Albany: Gray, Sprauge & Co., [1851]. 8vo. 270 x 180 mm. (10 1/2 x 7 1/4 inches) 16 pp. with first and last leaves attached to wrappers, printed on one side only. Eight hand-colored illustrations, including frontispiece. Some minor edgewear and smudges. Bottom of page 10 chipped, but text unaffected..... More
New York: Mahlon Day, 1833. Chapbook. 110 x 65 mm. (4 1/4 x 2 1/2 inches). 16 pp. Paper wrappers with a list of books for sale by M. Day on the back. Illustrated with 15 woodcuts and short descriptions of domesticated animals such as the horse, the cow, and..... More
New York: McLoughlin Bros, [ca. 1870-1880]. Small 8vo. 190 x 150 mm. 7.5 x 6 inches.[12] pp. Original color-printed yellow wrappers. Hand-sewn binding with advertisement for Swift's Toy Blocks on the back cover. Six color lithographic illustrations. Front cover chipped on bottom right corner. Minor edgewear. Overall, an attractive copy..... More
Worcester: Published by Edward Livermore, 1852. Large 4to. 280 x 215 mm., [11 x 8 ½ inches]. 148 pp. Illustrated with 200 plates of plans, elevations, details, and practical stair-building on 54 plates and in the text. Contemporary sheep, Black leather label with title in gilt on spine; some rubbing..... More
New York: Frederic A. Brady, 1864. 8vo. 312 pp., plus 1 p. ads. Frontispiece caricature of the author at work. Bound in green publisher’s cloth, gilt decoration of the author on front board, blind tooled decorated cloth; binding showing some wear and discoloration. Owners signature of Rufus Munyan, Co. D...... More
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott and Co.:, 1857, Large 8vo. 270 x 185 mm., [10 ½ x 6 ¾ inches]. xvi-536 pp. 12 folding maps and one chart. Embossed publisher’s cloth, title gilt on spine; head and tail of spine chipped, joints a bit worn with small chipped missing; otherwise a...... More
Philadelphia: Thomas Dobson, 1813. 2 volumes. 8vo. 220 x 140 mm., (8 ½ x 5 ½ inches). [2], xxviii, 472 pp., iv, 551 pp. Illustrated with 21 folding plates of diagrams. Full contemporary calf, red leather labels; spines a bit rubbed, small chip from the head of spine of volume..... More
Philadelphia: Carey and Co, 1787. 12mo. 165 x 100 mm., [ 6 ½ x 4 inches]. viii, 123 pp. Contemporary brown calf, joints cracked and reinforced with expert tissue repair; paper stock brown with age, three leaves with expert repair to tears, edges a bit fragile, yet a sound and..... More
Burlington (VT): Printed by Smith & Harrington, 1836. 4to. 275 x 225 mm., [10 ¾ x 9 inches]. vi. 46 pp. Lithographic title-page and 13 full-page lithographic plates. Original cloth, paper label on spine; cloth discolored and shows some remnants of water staining, spine and tips expertly repaired with tissue..... More
Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1889. 8vo. 235 x 150 mm., [9 ¼ x 5 ¾ inches]. [2], pp. 367-548, [4]. One folding map of North America and 21 half-tone plates. Original wrapper, missing lower wrapper, final 2 leaves with expert paper repairs; with faults a good copy. Offprint from the..... More
New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1839. Folio. 310 x 250 mm., [12 x 9 ¾ inches]. 126 pp. 10 full-page plates. Bound in printer’s wrappers; some minor chipping at the spine, expertly repaired. With the embossed stamp of the American Museum of Natural History, who upon being contacted states that..... More
New York: Haper & Brothers Publishers, 1895. 8vo. 230 x 185 mm., [9 x 6 ¼ inches]. 8 [2], 269, [2] pp. Original light brown publisher’s cloth, decored with design of a Native American being chased by a Calvary Soldier, decorated spine; binding bumped in lower edge of front board..... More
New York: Published at Fulton Street, (for the Author?), 1842. 12mo. 180 x 110 mm., [7 x 4 ¼ inches]. 72 pp. Illustrated throughout with woodcut images of the planets. Disbound, trimmed to outer margin. First edition. “No. 1.—To be Continued Annually.” This appears to be the only edition printed. ..... More
Hartford: Printed for Hudson and Co., and Cooke and Hale, 1818. 8vo. 220 x 135 mm., [8 ½ x 5 ¼ inches]. viii, [3]-424 pp. Illustrated with eight full-page plates. Contemporary tree calf, red leather label; binding lightly rubbed, but in excellent condition. First American edition published immediately after..... More
Hamilton, Ohio: Niles Tool Works, 1891. 4to. 260 x 170 mm., [10 x 7 inches]. 244 pp. Illustrated with double page view of the Niles plant, 72 full-page lithographs and numerous lithographs in the text. Bound in publisher’s terra cotta colored cloth, title and logo embossed in gilt and black..... More
Colorado Springs, Colorado: Published by Ernest Whitney, 1891. Oblong 8vo. 205 x 255 mm., [8 x 10 inches]. Title-page, 12 leaves of poems printed on tissue, and 12 photogravures. Bound in publisher’s green cloth , title in gilt of upper board, blind tooled borders on both boards; edges a bit..... More
