With:  The Unique and Splendid Effects of Fonthill Abbey.  Catalogue of the Extensive Assemblage of Costly and Interesting Property, which Adorns this Magnificent Structure: Embracing part of the Furniture, the Bijouterie, Composed of Precious Gems . . . With: The Pictures and Miniatures at Fonthill Abbey.  Catalogue of the Well-selected..... More

London: T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1814. Two volumes. 8vo. 220 x 140 mm. (8 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches). xv, 402 pp.; [iv], 403-758 [2], clvi pp., plus pp. ads. Illustrated with 9 plates 4 of which are folding and numerous illustrations in the text. Near contemporary calf backed..... More

Boston: [ca. 1855]. Broadside printed on blue paper.  330 x 205 mm., [13 x 8 inches].  Printed in two columns on light blue paper. Numerous horizontal folds, some with separations in margin, otherwise about very good. John Raynolds, the publisher (with Joel Nourse) of The New England Farmer conceived a...... More

25 November 1831. Folio broadside.  340 x 210 mm., [13 ¼ x 8 ½ inches].  Text in ink.  Old fold lines, neat archival repair along one vertical fold, without loss; small hole at left margin due to loss of wax seal.Frederick Mayo (1785-1853), was a Richmond bookbinder and stationer who..... More

Paris: A. A. Renouard, 1819. 8vo.  205 x 125 mm., [8 x 5 inches].  60 [1] pp.  Illustrated with one lithographic plate. Bound in modern boards, leather label.  Very good copy. First and only edition, printed in an edition of 250 copies only and published by the noted bibliophile and..... More

London and Bath: Isaac Pitman & Sons; Phonetic Institute, 1887. 8vo. 210 x 135 mm. (8 1/4 x 5 1/4 inches). viii, 244, [4] pp., plus 8 pp. ads. Original decorated green cloth; text block a bit cocked, but sound and attractive. Westby-Gibson finished his bibliography to celebrate the International Shorthand..... More