1893. [19th Century]. photograph - portrait and letter: Phillips Brooks silver gelatin[?] print measures 4" x 5.5". Reverse side of card dates the photograph "Copyrighted 1893 by H G Smith, Boston, MA." and includes studio's logo. photograph is clean and includes second card with a letter by Brooke, a notable..... More
1869. [19th CENTURY]. PHOTOGRAPH OF ADMIRAL D. G. FARRAGUT. 1869. measures 3.5" by 5". photograph originally frontispiece for OUR ADMIRAL'S FLAG ABROAD THE CRUISE OF ADMIRAL D.G. FARRAGUT, COMMANDING THE EUROPEAN SQUADRON IN 1867-1868. photograph is clean and sheet shows only minor aging. An interesting specimen. More
1901. AN UNCOMMON SET COMPLETE KINGSLEY, CHARLES. CHARLES KINGSLEY, HIS LETTERS AND MEMORIES OF HIS LIFE. London and New York: Macmillan Co., 1901. Limited edition of 525 copies; complete in 19 volumes. Frontispieces in first four volumes. 8vo., red cloth stamped and decorated in gilt to upper board and spine..... More
1896. HADAWAY, W. S. ALDRICH, Thomas Bailey. FRIAR JEROME'S BEAUTIFUL BOOK. Illustrated by W. S. HADAWAY. Boston: Houghton Mifflin & Co., 1896. 8vo., tan leather stamped in brown, with two green ribbon ties on each fore-edge, front and rear. Endpapers have offset tanning. Moderate wear to edges. Thomas Bailey Aldrich's..... More
1882. HOLMES, Oliver Wendell, Sr. AUTOGRAPH LETTER, SIGNED. 17 lines, 1 1/2 pages, octavo. Written from Beverly Farms, [Massachusetts], September 19th, 1882, and addressed to the writer and editor H. E. Scudder. Holmes states that he is busy making arrangements for lectures at present and "had better not make any..... More
1933. (FRENCH LITERATURE). LE LIVRE DE DEMAIN. Paris: Librairie Artheme Fayard, 1933 - 1938. 23 vols. 4to., decorated yellow paper wraps. A selection of 23 vols. from this series that includes works by Georges Duhamel, Gustave Flaubert, Colette, Georges Immann, Andre Gide, and others. Each vol. illustrated throughout with original..... More
1808. NOEL, Fr. DICTIONARIUM LATINO-GALLICUM | DICTIONNAIRE LATIN-FRANCAIS. Paris: Chez le Normant, Imprimeur-Libraire, 1808. Second edition. [viii] + 1026 pp. + 8 pp. publisher's ads. Thick 8vo., vellum with gilt red paper spine label. Vellum is lettered on both boards in ink, mostly illegible, not unpleasant. Ink ownership to front..... More
1954. ZENGER, John Peter. ZENGER'S OWN STORY: A BRIEF NARRATIVE OF THE CASE AND TRYAL OF JOHN PETER ZENGER PRINTER OF THE NEW-YORK JOURNAL: A LITERAL REPRINT OF THE ORIGINAL PAMPHLET PRINTED BY ZENGER IN NEW YORK IN 1736. 45 pp. 4to., b/w patterned paper covered boards with printed paper..... More
1656. COMENIUS, Johann Amos. LATINAE LINGUAE JANUA RESERATA. Rerum & Linguarum Structuram exhibens... The Gate of the Latin Tongue Unlocked. Exhibiting in a natural order the structure of Things, and of the Latin Tongue (according to the Rules of the newest Method of Tongues.) With an Etymological Index of the..... More
1851. LEECH, John. A BECKETT, Gilbert Abbott. THE COMIC HISTORY OF ROME. Illustrated by John Leech. (London): Bradbury, Evans, and Co., (1851). First edition bound from original parts. Illustrated with 10 full-page hand-colored steel etchings and with smaller wood engravings in text. Octavo. xii,308 pp. Full calf skillfully rebacked, with..... More
1859. (A Reporter of the New York Press). MATRIMONIAL BROKERAGE IN THE METROPOLIS; Being True Narratives of Strange Adventures in New York, and Startling Facts in City Life. New York: Thatcher & Hutchinson, 1859. First editon. Illustrated. 8vo., brown cloth stamped in blind; spine in gilt. Spine is sunned, slight..... More
1774. A SOCIETY OF ARCHITECTS. THE BUILDER'S MAGAZINE: OR MONTHLY COMPANION FOR ARCHITECTS, CARPENTERS, MASONS, BRICKLAYERS &C. ... [ALPHABETICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE TERMS OF ART WHICH ARE USED IN BUILDING; FORMING ALSO A COMPLETE BUILDER'S DICTIONARY, 2 VOLS]. London: Printed for the Authors; and sold by F. Newbery, 1774. [4]..... More
1934. A TORY. FRANKIE IN WONDERLAND. With Apologies to Lewis Carroll, the orginator and pre-histroian of the New Deal. New York: E.P. Dutton, 1934. Small 8vo., printed wrappers; 24 pp. Mild soiling to wraps, slight nick to one page. About very good. More
1963. ABAA. RARE BOOKS FIRST EDITIONS AUTOGRAPHS & MANUSCRIPTS, 9th Cooperative Catalogue of Members of the Middle Atlantic Chapter of the Antiquarian Bookseller's Ass'n of America. NP, ND [1963]. 8vo., wrappers. Ink to front wrapper; wrappers lightly stained, sunned and soiled. Interesting early ABAA piece, in about very good condition..... More
1950. ABBE, Elfriede, illus. AESOP'S FABLES. Retold, illustrated with woodcuts, and printed by Elfriede Abbe. Ithaca N.Y.: [n.p.], 1950. One of 500 numbered copies. Inscribed presentation from the author. Small folio, illustrated paper covered boards. A very good copy that shows some soiling and a few small spots of dampstaining..... More
1842. ABBOT, Rev. Abiel and Rev. Ephraim ABBOT. A GENEALOGICAL REGISTER OF THE DESCENDANTS OF GEORGE ABBOT, OF ANDOVER, GEORGE ABBOT, OF ROWLEY, THOMAS ABBOT, OF ANDOVER, ARTHUR ABBOT, OF IPSWICH, ROBERT ABBOT, OF BRANFORD, CT. - AND GEORGE ABBOT, OF NORWALK, CT. Boston: James Munroe and Company, 1842. xx..... More
1842. FE. [ABBOTT, Jacob]. COUSIN LUCY ON THE SEA-SHORE. Boston: B.B. Mussey, 1842. First edition. Slightly over-opened, with a little foxing and some spotting to the cloth. Overall, a very good and attractive copy. More
1857. FE. ABBOTT, Jacob. HARPER'S STORY BOOKS. A Series of Narratives, Dia-logues, Biographies and Tales for the Instruction and Entertainment of the Young. Embellished with Numerous and Beautiful Engravings. Volume 10. New York: Harper and Brothers, (1857). First edition. There is a bookplate on the front pastedown and a name..... More
1857. ABBOTT, John S. C. CONFIDENTIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON AND THE EMPRESS JOSEPHINE: Including letters from the time of their marriage until the death of Josephine, and also several private letters from the emperor to his brother Joseph, and other important personages. With numerous illustrative notes and anecdotes..... More
1855. ABBOTT, John S. C. HISTORY OF HERNANDO CORTEZ. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1855. First edition. Inscribed presentation copy to "Mr. Chase from his friend the Author March 6, 1856." Illustrated with full-color title page and engravings. 12mo., red cloth, gilt. Moderate rubbing and edgewear; shallow loss to spine..... More
1811. ABERNETHY, John. SURGICAL OBSERVATIONS ON THE CONSTITUTIONAL ORIGIN AND TREATMENT OF LOCAL DISEASES; AND ON ANEURISMS. ON DISEASES RESEMBLING SYPHILIS; AND ON DISEASES OF THE URETHRA. Philadelphia: Printed for Thomas Dobson; Fry and Kammerer, Printer, 1811. Offered with: SURGICAL OBSERVATIONS ON THE INJURIES OF THE HEAD; AND ON MISCELLANEOUS..... More
1887. ABOUT, Edmond, 1826-1885. LES MARIAGES DE PARIS. (STIKEMAN binding). Paris: A. Lahure pour Les Amis des Livres, 1887. 8vo. [vi]565. With frontispiece and 52 plates in two states, and numerous vignettes in the text, all drawn by Piguet and engraved on wood by Huyot. Number 6 of 100 copies..... More
1949. ABRAMS, Barney. THE TECHNIQUE OF FASHION LAYOUT. New York: Harper & Brothers, (1949). Review copy. HC w/dj. Very good plus in a moderately soiled and edgeworn dust jacket. More
1835. ACADEMIE FRANCAISE. DICTIONNAIRE DE L'ACADEMIE FRANCAISE. Sixieme edition. Publiee en 1835. Paris: Imprimeries et librairie de firmin Didot Freres, imprimeurs de l'Institut de France. 1835. Sixth edition. Engraved title-pages. Two 4to. volumes: xxxiv,911; 961 pp. Contemporary binding of full mottled calf, dark brown lettering pieces and gilt decoration at..... More