New York: W.M. Hazen, 1886. First Edition. Cloth. Large 8vo. Green cloth with gilt lettering and embossed decorations on cover. Profusely illustrated by J.H. Smith. 504 pp. Header and footer of spine rather scuffed. Hinges overopened with some tearing to paper, threatening to detach. Minor toning throughout. Otherwise solid and clean. This..... More
Ozark Music Company, 1915. Pamphlet. Edges are curled, and the linen has come away at the bottom of the spine. Binding is sound however. Staining and soiling throughout as this was printed quite cheaply and staple bound with a linen cover. This is a turn-of-the-century song book of evangelical Christian..... More
Chicago: Keen and Lee, 1855. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Publisher’s blind-stamped cloth. Advertisements in front matter. With 9 wood-engraved plates including frontispiece. 264 pp. Binder's copy. Front board and advertisements detached. Binding split between pp. 94/95, but block remains solidly bound. 1" loss of cloth at header of spine. Lacks the..... More
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1869. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Publisher's cloth with gilt lettering on spine. 425 pp. Scuffing to edges and corners. Several closed tears to spine covering. Both hinges overopened but attached. Three leaves of front matter (including the map) loose and laid in. Some tears to edges..... More
London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1911. Cloth. 8vo. 7.25"x5". Green decorative cloth. 363 pp. plus advertisements. Edges scuffed. Endpapers a bit soiled, and previous owner's initials written in pencil inside front cover. Minor offsetting throughout. Occasional notes in pencil. Tight binding. This is a second printing of the Longmans' English Classics edition..... More
Chicago: Office of the American Antiquarian, 1899. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Publisher’s cloth, design in gilt on front cover. Numerous full-page and text illustrations. 398 pp. Ex-library, with sticker on spine and cover, card pocket pasted inside front and rear covers, and embossment on title page. Minor edge wear. Backstrip of..... More
St. Louis: James R. Albach, 1851. 2nd edition, 2nd printing. Leather bound. Large 8vo. Contemporary sheep. 818 pp. Spine professionally rebacked with cloth and hinges secured with tape. Rubbing to board edges. Ex-library with card pockets pasted inside front cover and front free endpaper. Minor foxing throughout. Tight and clean. This is..... More
Albany, NY: 1902. First Edition. Pamphlet. Staple-bound pamphlet. 9"x5 3/4". 8 pp. No wraps as issued. Small chip to upper right corner of first page. Light toning to edges and margins. 1" closed tear at bottom of crease. This is a report read at a New York State conference on penal reform..... 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
Harper and Brothers, 1852. Cloth. This is an early edition of the great American historian's essay collection. Binding is nice and tight, but leather spine covering has come away, and there is some further loss on corners and covers. Foxing present throughout. A handsome and affordable old volume that shows..... 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
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
Albany, NY: Hoffman and White, 1833. 2nd Edition Revised. Leather bound. 8vo. Contemporary calf. Large folding frontispiece, additional folding map, full-page and text illustrations. 400 pp. Leather worn. Front hinge split but firmly attached. Contemporary signatures in front and end matter. Foxing throughout, mostly marginal. Frontispiece intact but tender at creases..... More
Chicago: Caxton Club, 1916. First Edition. Boards. 4to. Original binding of vellum-backed boards. Frontispiece with tissue guard. Uncut handmade Italian paper. 290 pp. Minor shelf wear to boards, with a 1/2" chip to the paper backing along right edge of front cover. Interior is perfect. Most pages are unopened. This is a...... 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
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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: Bowen-Merrill Company, 1902. Cloth. 8vo. Publisher's illustrated cloth with gilt lettering and pastedown. Illustrations by Christy throughout. Unpaginated. Minor shelf wear. Some of the gilt faded at header of spine and top left of front cover. Interior is perfect. This is a sentimental, heavily illustrated romantic poem by the great Riley..... More
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New York: Leslie-Judge Company, 1912. Hardcover. 8vo. Pebbled quarter cloth over marbled boards. Deckle edge. Minor shelf wear. Scuff on cloth of vol. IV and scuffing to bottom edges. Several volumes have damp stains around edges of front endpapers. Tight and clean, a very good set. This is a complete set of..... More
New York: American Book Company, 1909. Cloth. 8vo. Publisher's cloth. Folding color map, numerous full-page and text illustrations. 288 pp. Edges worn. Cock to spine. Hinges overopened but binding is sound. Strip cut from title page and last page. Interior is good. This is a brief, illustrated history of the state of..... 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
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
Philadelphia: Archibald Bartram, 1805. First Edition. Leather bound. 8vo. Contemporary calf backed with a leather strip. Large folding map frontispiece. Unpaginated. Boards and leather spine strip unglued from block. Toning and spotting throughout interior. Several contemporary plant leaves pressed in, which have caused discoloration. 2 closed tears at creases of folding..... 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