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New York: Wm. C. Bryant & Co. Printers, 1868. 8vo. 230 x 145 mm., [9 ¼ x 5 ¾ inches]. 15 pp. Original printed wrappers; wrappers chipped at corners and parts of the rear wrap is missing, paper stock fragile. This copy with the stamp of the New York State..... More
In Udine: Per Girolomo Murero, 1795 & 1793. Together two volumes in one to which are included two “Advisi al pubblico” relating to care offered to pregnant women outside of wedlock, the care offered to abandoned and orphaned children, and request for help from women in the local communities of..... More
New York: John Ross & Co. (Nation Press), 1867 (1871). 8vo. 225 x 140 mm., [9 x 5 ½ inches]. xliv, 115 pp., with the half-title. Bound in original purple cloth , title in gilt on front board; binding faded, front hinge cracked, yet sound; paper stock showing some browning..... More
Baltimore: John W. Woods, Printer, 1874. Tall 8vo. 250 x 170 mm., [9 ¾ x 6 ¾ inches]. [2], 116 pp. Contemporary black cloth, chipped at head and tail of spine and corners; shelf mark on verso of the title-page. This copy with a notice taped in describing the “Delivery..... More
Boston and New York: 1859. 8vo. 200 x 120 mm., [7 ¾ x 4 ¾ inches]. 71 pp. Original printed wrappers, stitched as issued; corners show some paper deterioration and minor chipping, text block shows some tide marks in the upper margin. Sound and not unattractive. Joint publisher’s catalogue containing..... More
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Firenze: Stampata in Bologna con licenza de’Superiori et restampata in Firenze, 1592. 8vo. 145 x 95 mm., [5 2/4 x 4 inches]. [4] leaves. Title printed with an typographical border. Bound in recent half red morocco over marbled paper boards, title gilt on spine. A fine copy. Originally published in..... More
St. Louis: Published for the Author, 1869. 8vo. 185 x 120 mm., [7 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches]. 100, [iv] pp. Illustrated throughout with wood engravins. Brown publisher's cloth, title gilt on spine. Cloth somewhat faded and worn, text block partially loose in binding.First edition. Post Civil War book of..... More
New York: Harper & Row Publishers, 1966. 8vo. 210 x 135 mm., [8 x 5 1/4 inches]. 416 pp. Illustrated with 24 half-tone plates. Original green cloth, dust jacket; some minor wear to the corners and edges of the dust jacket, cloth binding in very good condition. First edition of..... More
Boston: Printed by John Wilson and Son, 1854. 8vo. 230 x 145 mm., [9 x 5 ½ inches]. xxiii, 298 pp. Original brown embossed cloth; piece of spine missing. Ownership signature of ‘James A. Woolsen of 7 Bowdoin Square’ appears in pencil on the front free endpaper. “Since 1848 (see..... More
London: Chatto and Wndus, 1878. 8vo. 195 x 140 mm., [8 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches]. xii, 283 pp., plus 36 pp. ads dated October 1877. Illustrated with 10 full-page plates and 18 half-page wood engravings by Randolph Caldecott. Original decorated publisher's cloth; edges bumped and showing very minor wear;..... More
Chapel Hill: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2005. 8vo. 220 x 145 mm., [8 ¾ x 5 ¾ inches]. x + 317pp., including final Acknowledgments. Publisher’s purple and teal paper over boards, gold stamping on spine; photo-illustrated jacket. Book is Fine: seemingly unread. Jacket is fine: as new.First Edition: signed..... More
Boston: Printed by Rogers and Fowle for Samuel Eliot in Cornhill, 1743. 8vo. 195 x 120 mm., [7 ¾ x 4 ¾ inches]. xxx, 18, 424 pp. Bound in contemporary mottled calf, raised bands, red leather label. The binding shows minor rubbing at joints, some discoloration due to age, but..... More
Chicago: P.L. Hanscom & Co., Printers, 1867. 8vo. 220 x 145 mm., [8 ½ x 5 ¾ inches]. 76 pp., Illustrated with one image in the text and 5 plates. Orig. printed wrappers; some light soling and minor wear; sound and attractive copy. Scarce genealogy of a pioneering family in..... More
A source collection of antiquarian books and engravings formed by Richard von Hunderdorff on Cicisbeismo, the unusual social convention peculiar to the Italian Enlightenment. The subject of the catalogue is the relationship between married women and young men of noble birth in 18th century Italy and Spain. This collection is..... More
New York: The Baker & Taylor Company, 1907. 8vo. 210 x 135 mm., [8 1/4 x 5 1/4 inches]. [16], 382 pp. Illustrated with frontispiece and 20 photographic reproductions. Bound in publisher's green cloth, with color printed pastoral scene pasted to the upper board, gilt title on spine; binding showing..... More
Verona: Various Printers, 1758-86. Rare Series of Twenty-Four Festival Broadsides Celebrating the Accomplishments and Appointments of Members of the Dionisi Family of Verona During the Middle Years of the Eighteenth Century. Including celebratory broadsides commemorating civil appointments, ordinations, taking of religious habits by the women of the family, retirements, and..... More
New Castle: Printed by John C. Clark, 1840. 12mo. 185 x 115 mm., [7 ¼ x 4 ½ inches]. 114 pp., interleaved copy with numerous blank sheets bound between signatures. Contemporary leather backed board; spine worn and front joint cracked. Ownership stamp of T. Holcomb on front pastedown. Organized in..... More
New England, ca. 1880. Square 8vo. 200 x 175 mm., (8 x 6 ¼ inches). 81 pages of manuscript on paper, text in ink, written in one hand; a 20 page section has been neatly removed at the end of the notebook. Bound in original black buckram with black leather..... More
Milano: Societá dei Cuochi Milanesi, 1892. Two volumes. Large 4to. 300 x 220 mm., [11 3/3 x 8 ¾ inches]. lvi, 303 [1] pp; 363, [3] pp. Illustrated with 64 plates with numerous images per plate. Bound in contemporary leather backed boards; expertly repaired at the joints of both volumes..... More
Washington, D. C. Dumbarton Oaks, Trustees of Harvard University, 1972. 8vo. 255 x 175 mm., [10 x 7 inches]. [x], 114 pp. Illustrated with 59 black and white illustrations. Bound in original green cloth, title in gilt on upper board. Very good copy. Inspired by the gardens at Dumbarton Oaks..... More
Bellow Falls, Vermont: Bill Blake & Co., 1818. 8vo. 180 x 115 mm. (7 1/4 x 4 1/2 inches). 180 pp. Contemporary calf binding with red leather spine label. Rubbing to edges and cover. Half of front flyleaf is missing and rear attached endpaper is partially loose. Some light foxing, otherwise a very good copy. ..... More
Keene, New Hampshire, 1870-1885. Folio. 330 x 210 mm., [13 x 8 ½ inches]. 77 pp. of ruled paper Bound in contemporary calf backed boards over marble paper; leather joints and edges worn, with loss of pieces of spine; embossed stamp and bookplate of W.H. Spalter & Co., Bookseller &..... More
Boston: Temperance Press, Ford & Damrell, 1833. 8vo. 213 x 135 mm., [8 ¼ x 5 ½ inches]. 79, [1] pp. Stitched as issued, wanting printed wrappers; Title-page and final leaf lightly soiled, otherwise a good copy. First Edition. The evils of the lottery system are explained, both from a...... More
New York: Phinney, Blakeman & Mason, [1859?]. 8vo. 190 x 130 mm. (7 1/2 x 5 inches). 356 pp. Striking frontispiece engraving of a female child, her face in sharp focus with looser detail moving away from the focal point. Contemporary blind-stamped cloth binding. Toned. Corners rubbed and frayed. Some..... More
New York: Robert Craighead, Printer, 1840. 8vo. 235 x 150 mm., [9 ¼ x 6 inches]. 46, [1] pp. Original printed wrappers, detached from text block but present. Paper soiled at margins, otherwise a good copy. This copy is inscribed to “The Rev. John Richards with cordial regards, C. S...... More
