Boston: Ginn and Company, 1903. Cloth. Small 8vo. Publisher's decorative cloth with gilt and stamped decorations on spine and cover. Frontispiece, photographic and text illustrations. 141 pp. Touch of rubbing to spine header. Gift inscription in pencil on front free endpaper. A near fine copy. This is an attractive early printing of..... More
Chicago: Rand, McNally & Company, 1893. Boards. 8vo. Flexible boards. Profusely illustrated, including text illustrations, advertisements and a folding map of the fair. 268 pp. Wear to boards, particularly edges. 1.5" loss at header and footer of spine. Front free endpaper loose and laid in. Library card pocket inside front cover..... More
Hartford, CT: Dustin, Gilman & Co., 1874. Cloth. Large 8vo. Publisher’s green cloth, author and title in gilt within floral design on spine and front cover. Numerous full- page and text illustrations. 604 pp. Shelf wear to corners and header and footer of spine. Hinges overopened but binding is tight. Ownership..... More
Cleveland, OH: Arthur H. Clark Company, 1926. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Publisher's cloth. Gilt top edge. Deckle edge. Hand-pressed rag paper. Illustrated plates, including a folding map. 349 pp. Minor shelf wear, and top left corner of rear cover bumped. Ex-library, with stamp on bottom block edge, card pocket inside front..... More
Cleveland, OH: Arthur H. Clark Company, 1912. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Publisher's cloth. Gilt top edge. Deckle edge. Hand-pressed rag paper. With 2 full-page colored maps and a number of facsimiles. 275 pp. Fine condition. This is a rare, finely printed first edition by historians Alvord and Bidgood. (Howes A194). More
New York: Sherman Publishing Company, 1886. Cloth. Large 8vo. Publisher's illustrated cloth with gilt stamps. Red stained edges. Numerous full-page and text illustrations and maps. 843 pp. Edge wear. Curled, closed tear at header of spine. Hinges split, threatening to detach. Attractive John Crerar Library bookplate inside front cover. Several pages..... More
Hartford, CT: House & Brown, 1850. Leather bound. Large 8vo. Contemporary leather with blind-stamped floral decorations. Marbled edges and endpapers. More than 300 engravings. [5], vi-x, 836, 48 (appendix). Spine professionally rebacked. 1851 ownership signature on front free endpaper. Some browning to front and end matter and minor foxing throughout. Tight..... More
Chicago: National Book & Picture Co., 1893. First Edition. Cloth. Oblong 8vo. Publisher’s illustrated cloth, with much stamped gilt. All edges gilt. Many photographic plates and text illustrations throughout, nearly every page. Unpaginated. Cloth is fairly worn around edges, with several tears at corners and along bottom edge of front cover..... More
Boulder, CO: self-published, 1949. 3rd printing. Cloth. Large 4to. Publisher's cloth. Many illustrated plates by Wolle throughout. 544 pp. Ex-library, but only indications are an unobtrusive mark on spine, bookplate on front free endpaper, and card pocket on rear free endpaper. Sunning to spine, leaving title quite faded. Hinges overopened. Signed..... More
Philadelphia: National Publishing Company, 1873. Leather bound. Large 8vo. Original blind-stamped leather. 244 illustrations, both full-page and in text. 823 pp. plus advertisements. Spine rebacked in tape, and first few leaves also repaired. Leather quite scuffed, rubbed away at corners and top edge. Card pocket on front free endpaper. Some foxing..... More
Chicago: Lakeside Press, 1932. First Thus. Cloth. Small 8vo. Publisher's cloth with Lakeside device on cover. Gilt top edge. Deckle edge. Numerous full-page illustrations. 609 pp. Minor shelf wear. 1/2" closed tear at header of spine. Corners bumped. Front hinge overopened. Ex-library with bookplate inside front cover and card pocket on..... More
New York: Putnam, 1907. 3rd printing. Cloth. Large 8vo. Publisher's cloth with gilt lettering on spine and cover plus illustrated pastedown. Gilt top edge. Deckle edge. Title in red and black, numerous full-page illustrations. 590 pp. plus advertisements. Lacking the map. Minor shelf wear, Ex-library with mark on spine, bookplate inside..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1889. Cloth. 8vo. Publisher's cloth with gilt lettering on spine and cover. Gilt top edge. Heavily illustrated with photographs, facsimiles, maps, and line drawings. 328 pp. Minor shelf wear, with some scuffing at header and footer of spine. Hinges overopened. revious owner's name on front free endpaper. Tight..... More
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1927. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Publisher’s cloth, gilt illustration on front cover. Numerous photographic illustrations. 298 pp. plus advertisements. Minor toning to endpapers. An excellent, near-mint copy. This is a very attractive first edition volume of historical tales of the exploration of American rivers. Profusely illustrated. More
Chicago: National Book Concern, 1888. Cloth. Large 8vo. Publisher's illustrated cloth with gilt lettering and decorations. Frontispiece and many engravings throughout. 671 pp. Several large chips to cloth covering spine. Covers quite rubbed, with sunning on rear cover. Ex-library with mark on spine and card pocket on front free endpaper. Hinges..... More
Garden City: Doubleday, 1931. Cloth. Large folio. Publisher's cloth. Hand-pressed paper. Very many lithographs throughout, many in color, including several pastedowns. 415 pp. Boards need to be re-glued to block. Cloth at header and footer of spine torn. Ex-library with mark on spine, bookplate inside front cover, and card pocket on..... More
Bloomfield, CT: Limited Editions Club, 1971. First Thus. Cloth. Large 4to. Publisher's cloth with gilt lettering on spine and red stained top edge. Full page color illustrated plates. 184 pp. No slipcase. Very minor edge wear. Signed by Ismar David on colophon. This is a finely printed Limited Editions Club first edition..... More
Garden City: Garden City Publishing Company, 1936. Cloth. 4to. Publisher's cloth. Illustrations and photographs throughout, including 106 color plates by Fuertes. 289 pp. No jacket. Scuffing and shelf wear to covers. Large damp stain on bottom edge visible throughout book, leading pages to wrinkle. Text and images not affected. This is a...... More
New York: Doubleday, 1940. Cloth. 4to. Burlap covered boards. Illustrated plates throughout, many in color. 317 pp. Cloth covering spine is missing, so boards are nearly detached. Edges are scuffed. Quite a bit of sunning to boards. Interior is excellent. This is a limited edition illustrated copy of Leaves of Grass. More
Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1877. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Publisher's cloth with gilt lettering and decorations on spine and cover. Frontispiece and full-page illustrations. 368 pp. Very minor shelf wear and a few speckles of water stain on covers. Hinges overopened but firmly attached. An excellent copy. This is a scarce first edition of..... More
Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 1992. Leather bound. 8vo. Orange morocco with gilt lettering and decorations, all edges gilt. Hubbed spine. Color illustrated plates and line drawings throughout. 119 pp. This is a finely printed limited edition of Stevenson's classic book of poetry for young people. More
[New York]: Random House, 1964. Hardcover. 8vo. Slipcase. Quarter cloth over maroon boards. 721 pp. Edges of slipcase rather worn with some chipping. Book is excellent. This is a limited edition of Fielding's classic novel, complete in slipcase. More
New York: Heritage Press, 1962. Cloth. 8vo. Quarter cloth over illustrated boards. 117 pp. No Sandglass Bulletin. No slipcase. Excellent condition. This is a limited edition Heritage Press printing of Aristophanes' satirical play, with illustrations by Picasso. More
New York: Heritage Press, 1967. Cloth. 8vo. Publisher's cloth. 80 pp. Sandglass Bulletin included. No slipcase. Excellent condition. This is a limited edition Heritage Press printing of Bierce's satirical novel. More
Norwalk, CT: Heritage Press, 1969. Cloth. 8vo. Publisher's decorated cloth. 117 pp. Sandglass Bulletin included. No slipcase. Excellent condition. This is a limited edition Heritage Press printing of Conrad's classic novel. More