New York: Hurst & Co., [1900s]. Reprint. Cloth. 12mo. Blue cloth with blind embossed decorations. 176 pp. Both hinges overopened with tearing to paper. Pages quite brittle, and several are chipped at edges. First 4 leaves loose and laid in. This is a handsome early reprint of the second Sherlock Holmes mystery..... More

New York: Thomas Nelson and Sons, [1900s]. Full leather. 8vo. 6.25"x4.25". Black soft mottled leather with gilt lettering and decoration on spine. Gilt top edge. Silk ribbon attached. Marbled endpapers. Vol. I: 726 pp. Vol. II: 728 pp. Edges scuffed. Spine header of Vol. I chipped. Front hinge of Vol. I...... More

New York: N.D. Thompson / E.B. Treat, 1889. Revised and Enlarged Edition. Cloth. Large 8vo. Brown publisher's cloth with gilt lettering and decorations to spine and cover. Many illustrated plates. 454 pp. Scuffing to edges. Corners bumped. Hinges overopened with tearing to paper. Title page loose and laid in. Some foxing..... More

R.S. Peale, 1883. Cloth. Front cover is loose at binding, which was repaired with scotch tape by previous owner. Would recommend removing the tape. Edges rubbed and torn all around, especially corners, but binding is sound. Mild soiling throughout. With 60 full-page steel and woodcut engravings. A very handsome family..... More

Washington: Cornelius Wendell, 1857. First Edition. Cloth. Large 4to. Brown cloth with embossed decorations. Many steel engravings, woodcuts, and color lithographs throughout, as well as fold-out maps and charts bound in. Part I: [xvi], 258 pp. Part II: [xiii], 174 pp. Cloth covering spine is removed, but binding is not affected..... More

Paris: Librarie Poussielgue Freres, 1881. Boards. In French and German. Small 8vo. Boards. 158 pp. No covering over spine, though binding is unaffected. Scuffing to board edges and a 1/2" chip bottom left of front cover. Soiling to endpapers. Tight and clean. This is an antique guide to learning basic German for..... More

Oxford University Press, 1914. Cloth. Minor rubbing to corners. Owner's mark on flyleaf. This is an early printing of Oxford's collection of Goldsmith's works, including the books The Bee (1759), Essays (1766), Eight Essays (posthumous, 1798), and The Life of Richard Nash (1762). More

Ernst Kaufmann, 1905. Boards. In German. This is a juvenile novel with bright full color illustrations. Has never been translated into English. This is quite a rare book with few copies found outside Europe. Spine is cracked, but pages are nicely sound. Corners are quite chipped. More

Little, Brown & Co., 1904. Cloth. Maroon cloth with gilt lettering on spine and cover and lovely green and white decoration. Some minor scuffing at top and bottom of spine, but an otherwise very well cared-for book. Owner's name and date 1910 on flyleaf. Illustrations and frontispiece by Hale's children..... More

New York: Harper and Brothers, 1892. 2nd American edition. Cloth. 8vo. Rust-colored cloth with gilt lettering and decorations and shamrock patterns. 10 illustrated plates plus frontispiece. 455 pp. Edges rather worn with scuffing to corners and header/footer of spine. A few spots of discoloration on covers, likely a water stain. Slight..... More

1898. Cloth. In German. This is a book of Christian poetry by various poets. A beautiful old book bound in red cloth with gilt and gray and black embossed decorations and lettering. Gilt edges, decorative endpapers, and a blue silk ribbon laid inside. Many lovely black and white illustrations throughout..... More

Hurst and Co., 1907. Wollen, W.B. Cloth. Small stain across bottom of several pages in middle, and bottom lines of each page are significantly darker and sometimes a bit smeared, evidently from the printer. Some damage to corners, but pictorial front board is lovely and colorful, the spine nice and..... More

Houghton Mifflin, 1899. Cloth. This is a collection of biographical essays of literary figures of the late 1800s. Bound in brown cloth with gilt lettering on spine and cover and a gilt top edge. Cover has a number of water spots, and corners are bumped. Foxing present throughout. Some erased..... More