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
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: 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
New York: Samuel Wood & Sons. 12mo. 140 x 90 mm. (5 3/4 x 3 1/2 inches). [5] - 108 pp. Five pages of hand-colored , six to a page, and ornamental woodcuts in the Bewick style at the end of some sections. Contemporary red leather spine over marbled paper..... 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
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
