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Philadelphia: T. M. Scroggy, Publisher No. 443 Vine Street, ca. 1853-58. Broadside. 8vo. 210 x 155 mm., [8 x 6 inches]. Lyrics only printed in five stanzas with chorus, enclosed within a decorative printed border. Small stain to upper right corner, corners with slight folds, otherwise an excellent copy. Rare..... More
ca. 1970. 7½ x 9 ¼ inches. Housed in an inexpensive gilt frame with a linen liner. The liner shows some foxing but the painting is in very good condition and does not appear to have been cleaned. On the back of the painting the original brown paper backing is..... More
New York: The Modern Library, 1929. 12mo. xii, 535 pp., plus 4 pp, ads. Brown cloth, gilt lettering on spine, orange decorated endpapers. Very good copy of an early printing of Calverton's Anthology, first printed in 1929. Calverton (1900-1940) was a literary critic and founder of the Modern Quarterly a...... More
Philadelphia: Hart, Late Carey & Hart, 1853. 8vo. [3], 4-426 pp., erratum. Later ownership stamp “Ex Libris Wilson H. Kimnach” on front flyleaf. Later three-quarter morocco binding with gray cloth covered boards. Spine with raised bands and gilt stamping, top edge gilt. First edition. Henry Charles Carey (1793- 1878) was..... More
Washington City: Chas. Fenderich, 1840. Folio. 435 x 325 mm., [17 x 12 ½ inches]. Lithographic portrait drawn from life. A few minor tears to the margins, expertly repair, some light foxing and discoloration. A very stable and flexible paper stock. Rare portrait of the military hero from Kentucky, (thought..... More
New York: McLoughlin Brothers, 1874. Oblong 4to. 230 x 275 mm., [9 x 11 inches]. 12 leaves, (ten color printed plates plus front and rear wrappers). Printed on card stock the corners and edges of which are chipped with minor loss to the margins; the stapled cover wrappers nearly loose..... More
Cincinnati: Moore Wilstach, Keys & Co., 1859. 8vo. 190 x 120 mm., [7 ½ x 4 ¾ inches]. [3], 478 pp., plus 2 pp. ads. Diagrams throughout. Original brown cloth; a bit soiled and the text in gilt on spine a bit faded. Preliminary leaves, including title-page foxed, otherwise a...... More
Bordeaux: Imprimeur de la Revue Catholique, 1843. 8vo. 218 x 133 mm. (8 1/2 x 5 1/4 inches). 15 pp. Later wrappers. Inscribed copy by the author to Omalius d'Halley, member of the Belgian senate. First edition (not an offprint). Important scientific argument advocating the unity of all mankind, with specific..... More
New York: Carlton Renard, [1891]. 8vo. 175 x 130 mm., [7 x 5 ½ inches]. [2], 43 leaves. Illustrated with 18 original illustrations on card stock by Horace W. Wightman. Original decorated stiff boards, text sewn with decorative cord; upper wrapper chipped at lower corner and at spine, wrapper stock..... More
(Winchester, Va.), 1833. Broadside 4to. 290 x 160 mm., [11 ¼ x 6 ¼ inches]. Printed in two columns, signed in type by Charles J. Faulkner at Winchester, dated March 8, 1833, at conclusion. Lightly dust-soiled, pale stain affecting perhaps one-third of the left-hand margin and column of text. Neatly..... More
