![History of the Conquest of Peru [complete in 2 volumes]; With a preliminary view of the...](/pictures/thumb/1603.jpg?v=1593738617)
Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1864. Half leather. 8vo. Contemporary half calf and marbled boards. Gilt tooled hubbed spines. Marbled edges and endpapers. Frontispiece portrait in each volume. Vol. I: 527 pp. Vol. II: 547 pp. Scuffing to edges. First few leaves of Vol. I are loose and laid in. Ex-library with card pockets..... More
Stecher Lithographic Co., 1916. Original wraps. Large tear on front cover, otherwise very good and clean. This is a charmingly illustrated children's Christmas story in verse with Price's illustrations on every page. Following her career as an illustrator, Price would go on to co-found the Fisher-Price toy company. More
Clark & Maynard, 1885. Cloth. This is the 1885 edition of Reed and Alonzo's standard grammar textbook. Front cover is significantly rubbed. Loss of covering at top and bottom of spine. Corners are bumped and rounded. Foxing throughout. Some doodles in pencil on back endpaper. More
Chicago: Callaghan & Co., 1879. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Grey cloth with gilt lettering on spine. lxxxv. 261 pp. Wear to edges. Corners bumped. Slight cock to spine. Hinges overopened with some tearing to paper. Semi-legible law firm stamps on recto of first free endpaper and facing blank endpaper. Several occurences..... More
![History of the United States [complete in 9 volumes]; From the Compromise of 1850 to to the...](/pictures/thumb/1581.jpg?v=1593464883)
New York: Macmillan, 1920. "New edition" Cloth. 8vo. Publisher's navy cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Very minor shelf wear to bottom edges and corners. Each volume bears the signature and attractive bookplate of Frederick R. Whitman, a history teacher at Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire from 1917-1945. This is..... More
Estes & Lauriat, 1894. Boards. Cover is scuffed and has some stains. Interior has some foxing and owner's name and stamp on flyleaf. A nice children's adventure from the end of the 19th century. More
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1905. Reprint. Cloth. 8vo. Green cloth with gilt lettering and decoration on spine and cover. Some text printed in red. Photographic plates. 190 pp. Minor edge wear. Tight and clean. This is a fascinating, finely printed collection of Riley's romantic poetry featuring many early photographic plates (called "Life Pictures"..... More
Chicago: Donohue Brothers, [1896]. Boards. 4to. 10"x7.75". Pictorial boards with blue cloth spine. Many full page, black and white engravings. Unpaginated. Boards are quite chipped. Tight and clean. This is an illustrated Victorian book of Bible stories for children. The engravings by E.T. Roe are particularly of note. More
Paris: La Veure Estienne, 1742. Full calf. In French. Full calf. Raised bands. XLVIII, 548pp. Binder's copy. Boards detached, and binding is split at pp. 218/219. Edges scuffed. Mild soiling to endpapers. Armorial bookplate of John Lord Sheffield, Sheffield Place, Sussex pasted inside front cover. Interior very clean. This is a book..... More
R.H. Russell, 1900. First American Edition. Cloth. Hinges cracked and soiling on endpapers. PO's stamp on flyleaf. This is a handsome first American edition of Rostand's play in navy cloth with gilt lettering and decoration. More
Carl Hirsch, 1904. Cloth. In German. Front hinge cracked, and cloth is a bit rubbed around edges. Stray pen mark on title page. This is a very rare copy of Schmidt's exciting exploration of the "deathly grasp" that "Hindoo heathenism" has maintained over millions. Quite racist, but with gorgeous, if..... More
Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1834. Reprint. Full leather. 8vo. Maroon leather. Hubbed spine with blind stamped decorations. Maroon stained edges. Frontispiece. 382 pp. Scuffed edges. Rubbing to leather on spine and edges. Front hinge a bit tender. Signature of "Jepy Gosling, 1865" inside front cover. Foxing to endpapers and some occasional foxing..... More
Boston: Dana Estes, 1893. Cloth. 8vo. Green cloth with gilt lettering and decoration on spine and cover. Gilt top edge. xviii, 315 (Vol. I), 325 (Vol. II). Minor scuffing to edges. Bookplate of Gladys James inside front cover. Tight and clean. This is a finely printed edition of Scott's 1816 novel..... More
New York: J.S. Ogilvie, 1898. Cloth. 8vo. 7.5"x5". Maroon cloth with silver lettering on spine and black embossed decoration on cover. 10 unnumbered leaves of illustrated plates. 412 pp plus 7 pp. of advertisements. A number of scuffs and stains on cover and edges. Gift inscription on front free endpaper. Bottom..... More
Edinburgh: William Whyte and Co., 1840. 6th printing. Leather bound. 8vo. Quarter leather over marbled boards. Marbled edges. Decorative endpapers. 470 pp. Binder's copy. Front board detached. Edges scuffed. Ownership mark on front free endpaper. Interior is very good. This is an early printing of Scottish novelist Sinclair's light-hearted tale of the..... More
Stockholm: C.E. Fritze's K. Hofbokhandel, 1891. First Edition. Hardcover. In Swedish. 8vo. Quarter morocco. Gilt tooled lettering and decorations to spine and cover, as well as embossed decorations on front and rear cover. Red stained edges. Many engraved illustrations throughout. 450 pp. Corners quite bumped, particularly bottom right corner of front..... More
Scribner's, 1903. First Edition. Cloth. Minor scuffing at edges and a small stain on bottom edge. Table of illustrations has a ripped edge. Gilt lettering on cover and spine. Many fine unattributed illustrations. This is a collection of stories about "underdogs" of all walks of life. Smith was an author..... More
![Works of F. Hopkinson Smith [6 volumes]. F. Hopkinson SMITH](/pictures/thumb/320.jpg?v=1526608839)
Scribner's, 1914. Cloth. This set contains 6 volumes from the Scribner's 1914 23-volume illustrated collection of Smith's complete works. All are in very good condition save for some very minor scuffed edges and a bit of foxing. Tides of Barnegat has a small scratch on front cover. All are bound..... More
![The Life of Nelson [complete in 2 volumes]. Robert SOUTHEY](/pictures/thumb/1496.jpg?v=1583549826)
London: John Murray, 1813. First Edition, 2nd issue. Full leather. Small 8vo. Contemporary calf. Gilt tooled hubbed spines. Gilt top edge. Marbled endpapers. Brown silk ribbons attached. Vol. I: engraved frontispiece, viii, 253, 1 (advertisement); Vol. II: engraved facsimile of Nelson's signatures, viii, 280 (5 advertisements). Vol. I front hinge is..... More
Scribner's, 1917. Cloth. Inside back cover has a homemade library card pasted in from previous owner's personal lending library, presumably. A bit of soiling on endpapers and some light foxing throughout. Corners are bumped and scuffed. This is a retelling of the Arabian Nights tales by the great Stevenson in..... More
S.C. Griggs, 1887. First Edition. Cloth. Corners are bumped and back hinge is cracked. Previous owner's inscription on flyleaf. This is a handsome old adventure novel, and the great poet Taylor's fiction debut. More
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co., 1885. Leather bound. Large 8vo. Flexible padded ooze calf with gilt lettering to spine and cover. Rounded gilt edges. Decorative endpapers. Illustrated plates. 772 pp. Leather edges mildly scuffed. 1" closed tear to covering at header of spine. Previous owner's gift inscription on 2nd free..... More
![The Works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson [complete in 12 volumes]. Alfred Lord TENNYSON](/pictures/thumb/984.jpg?v=1567713995)
Boston: Estes and Lauriat, 1892-1898. Full leather. 8vo. 9.25"x6.5". Navy morocco with gilt lettering, 6-panel hubbed spine, and gilt top edge. Decorative endpapers and several illustrated plates. Japan paper. Occasional light foxing and very minor scuffing to some corners. Tight and clean, appears unread. This is the complete set of the Edition..... More
John B. Alden, 1888. Thackeray, William Makepeace. Cloth. Corners are crushed and several pages in the middle are loose but attached. Top and bottom of spine are frayed. Some foxing and soiling throughout, but better than average for a book of its age. This is a scarce early edition of..... More
