London: Longmans, Green, Reader & Dyer [circa 1871]. viii, 336, 28 (pub cat), [29]-32 (index) pages. 12 mo. 6 5/8 x 4 1/4 inches. Publisher's original cloth. Spine plain with blind tooling. Title stamped in gilt on front cover. Front flyleaf lacking. Previous owner name penciled on front pastedown. Original..... More

East Windsor, Hartford County, Colony of Connecticut: 1768. 13 x 8 inches. Partially printed letterpress legal document on laid paper dated November 14, 1768 transfering land to Moses Write from Erastus Wolcott for the payment of Seventy two Pounds Lawfull Money. Creased, partial seal. Good.

Wolcott was "an American..... More

Tokyo, Japan: Japanese Government Railways 1924. Second Edition. cxxiv, [1]-448 pages. 6 3/8 x 4 3/8 inches. Publisher's limp red cloth boards gilt. Contains all 31 maps EXCEPT the "General Map of China Proper" usually found in the rear pocket. Generally bright and clean internally. Good. Cloth.

One of..... More

New York: Gordian Press 1986. [6],364 pages. 4to. 11 1/8 x 8 1/2 inches. Publisher's blue cloth gilt. A new copy. Fine. Cloth.

Collected Writings of Edgar Allan Poe, Vol 3 (Writings in the Broadway Journal NONFICTIONAL PROSE Part 1, The Text). "The Collected Works of Edgar Allan Poe..... More

Troy, N.Y. W. & L. E. Gurley 1899. Roughly 5 7/8 inches square. Cellulite volvelle with brass grommet. Surface scuffing from use. Front with volvelle, rear with great illustration of surveying instrument and table below. Very Good.

A nice advertising piece for surveying instrument manufacturer Gurley, and useful besides..... More

Wien: Wilhelm Braumuller 1873. First Edition. 40 pages. 8vo (8 1/4 x 5 1/4 inches). Publisher's original printed yellow wrappers. An uncut, unopened copy with a touch of wear and soiling, noting a penciled "ZK" on front cover lower left. Near Fine. Wraps.

Contains many advertisements on inside front..... More

New York: No 9. Murray Street: W. J. Johnston, Publisher circa 1876. Later printing. [6], [7]-188 pages. 6 7/8 x 5 1/4 inches. Publisher's mustard cloth with stamped decorations in black and gilt. Cancel author's name pasted on title page (the original author name was "John Oakum"). The frontispiece is..... More

London and New York: MacMillan and Co. 1891. First English Edition. xxxiii, [3], 976 pages. Color lithographed frontispiece of the Aurora Borealis. Original blue cloth with blind stamped title and decorations. Titles in gilt on spine. Spine panel still bright and readable, minor wear at the corners and head/tail spine..... More

London: R. Hunter 1823. First Edition. [6], [1]-83, [1-(blank)], [1-(errata)], [1-(blank)] pages + frontis + seven engraved plates (one folding). 8vo. 9 1/8 x 5 1/2 inches. Later 1/4 calf over drab boards with gilt spine lettering and leather tipped corners. Vaious penciled notations from previous booksellers presumably on the..... More

Boston, [Massachusetts]: Laban Heath 1864. First Edition. 26, [1], [1 (blank)] pages plus 8 plates extra to the pagination (plate 6 is the frontis). Publisher's brown cloth with stamped decorations in blind and gilt. Spotting and wear to the cloth. The plates are black and white engravings by the American..... More

A Bordeaux: L'Imprimerie de R. Laguillotiere et Comp.e [1828]. 51,[1 (blank)] pages. 8 3/8 x 5 3/8 inches. Self wrappers enclosed in much later paper wraps. Outer wrappers separating. Browning and foxing throughout. Signature (indecipherable) at head of title page. Good. Wraps.

English translation (rough): "The bust of Henry..... More

New York, Toronto, London: Pitman Publishing Corporation 1966. Later printing. xix, [3], [3]-416 pages. 8vo. Publisher's blue cloth in printed blue, white, and black dust jacket. Dj priced $10.75. Dj is bright, with several edges tears and associated creases at corners and fraying at head of dj. Presents nicely. Near..... More