London: 1836. First edition. Folio. With 12 b/w engraved plates. Bound with leather spine and boards. A good copy. Rare work on dogs; not listed in Schwerdt. Contains 12 engraved portraits of dogs' heads by Edwin Landseer, A. Cooper and Charles Hancock. More
Boston: Silver Burdett, 1896. First edition. 1st ed 1st printing. First edition of the author's first book in fine condition. The future best-selling author wrote this account of his adventures in the deserts of Syria in the late 1890s. This copy is in green decorated cloth; the book is also..... More
Boston: Ginn & Co, 1897. Green cloth. Very good condition. ALBERT PAYSON TERHUNE'S COPY SIGNED BY HIM WITH A DRAWING. The book was a text of Terhune's at Columbia University; on the front endpaper he signed his name and college address then added a humorous drawing of "Mrs. Kendal". The..... More
Collegeville, MN: A Pueblo Book, the Liturgical Press, 1997. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 vols. A set of five blue cloth hardcover books in very good condition. Small indentation in volume IV's front cover. Owner's signature on each volume's front endpaper, and highlighting in text. Otherwise, binding is tight..... More
London: Richard Priestley, 1820. 1st Edition. Complete three-volume set. Bound in full leather, spines rebacked, preserving the original title labels. Very good condition. 411, 455, 476pp. Also contains a life of Berkeley and several of his letters. A sturdy set of the philosopher's writings. Best early edition of Berkeley's works..... More
London: Richard Bentley, 1839. 1st Edition. Leather bound. Complete two-volume set of this important account of the Pawnee Indians. Bound in half green leather and marbled boards. 473, 372pp, frontispiece in each volume. Small ink stamp on front pastedowns; slight shelf wear to covers. Usual offsetting to title pages from..... More
New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1860. 1st American Edition. Leather bound. FIRST PRINTING OF THE AMERICAN EDITION OF ONE OF THE GREAT WORKS OF MODERN THOUGHT. Handsomely rebound in full green leather, stamped in gilt and blind. Marbled green endpapers. Scattered foxing throughout text, else clean and unmarked. Binding..... More
Philadelphia: T.B. Peterson & Brothers, 1861. Hardcover. 168p. plus advertisements. A green hardcover book in good condition. Small stains on covers; edges worn & small dents in top edge of front cover. Cloth at top of spine slit and beginning to fray. Interior clean apart from mild foxing in a...... More
London: R. Montagu; J. Brindley; Olive Payne; T. Woodman, 1732. 1st Edition. Leather. 428p. A hardcover book bound in full brown leather, likely rebound sometime in the 19th century but retaining the original spine label. Very good condition overall. The edges are scuffed, and the leather on the spine has..... More
Philadelphia: Grigg & Elliot, 1834. Third Edition. Hardcover. 162p. A small hardcover book measuring approximatel 3 3/4" by 5 1/2". The covers are soiled and dampstained, and the paper is beginning to peel away from the boards in places. Inside, the book lacks the front free endpaper. Interior dampstaining is..... More
A Magnificent collection of the works of the best-selling military science fiction author David Drake. Includes 28 hardcover books, nine paperback books, 11 digests, three drafts for unpublished anthologies, and the unpublished first draft of The Dragon Lord. All items are inscribed, the vast majority with interesting notes such..... More
New York: Hopkins & Seymour, 1807. Leather. 376p. A hardcover book bound in full brown leather. Very good condition overall. The spine and boards are heavily rubbed, though the spine label is still dimly legible. Deeper, indented rubbing on the back cover, running along the outer edge. Endpapers and main..... More
London: Alexander Moring, [1908]. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 312p, plates. Folio, measuring 8.5 x 12 inches. Bound in half vellum and gray decorated paper-covered boards. A few old marks to covers; interior fine and in overall very good condition. Includes a tipped-in photograph and a ticket to a special Thanksgiving service..... More
London: John Murray, 1846. Second Edition. Complete six volume set. Bound in full polished brown calf, spines elaborately decorated in gilt with black leather author/title labels. Fine prize binding from the East India College with their crest in gilt on the front and back cover of each volume. Marbled endpapers..... More
London: A. Strahan, T. Cadell Jun., and W. Davies, 1796. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 2 vols. 703p; 726p. Rebound. A set of two large hardcover books rebound in blue cloth. Volume 1 is in essentially fine condition, apart from some very minimal foxing. Text unmarked and binding quite secure. Volume 2..... More
New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1941. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 288p. A red-orange cloth hardcover book in very good condition. Very faint soiling on cloth. Endpapers tanned. Previous owner's bookplate inside front cover has been partially torn out. Text is unmarked and binding is tight. A scarce publication discussing the threat..... More
The Plough Press, 1986. Limited Edition. Paperback. LIMITED EDITION; #28 OF 110 COPIES. A series of original leaves from books printed in Britain, along with an introductory pamphlet containing the colophon. Each leaf is intended to represent an important characteristic of British printing and is protected in its own paper..... More
Wilmington, DE: Burke's Peerage & Gentry, 2006. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 2 vols. 2086p total. A set of two large hardcover books with slipcase. Fine condition, as new. A very scarce guide to orders of merit all over the world. Measures approx. 11.7" tall x 8.75" wide x 5.75"..... More
London: Whittaker and Co., 1837. Leather. 203p. FINE BINDING BY MORRELL. A hardcover book bound in full green leather with ornate gilt decorations on the boards and spine. Features a gilt top edge, gilt dentelles, and silk doublures. Near-fine condition. Some light foxing on the endpapers and plates, but otherwise..... More
Montreal: R. and C. Chalmers, 1848. 1st Edition. Leather bound. 390p. Recently rebound in half black leather and cloth, lettered in gilt. Interior pages are uniformly a bit tanned by age, else clean and unmarked. Binding in fine condition, book in overall very good condition. RARE MEMOIRS OF THE FIRST..... More
Philadelphia: Printed by Budd and Bartram for William Cobbett, 1797. Third Edition. Hardcover. 3 vols. 392p; 451p; 528p; index. REBOUND. A set of three hardcover books rebound in modern navy blue cloth, retaining the original leather spine labels. Very good condition. Volume I lacks the frontispiece portrait. Only volume II..... More
London: Darton and Harvey, and W. Belch, 1805. 1st Edition. Leather. 2 vols., pages unnumbered. MAGNIFICENT FULL LEATHER BINDINGS. A set of two large hardcover books handsomely bound in full contemporary black leather with ornate gilt decorations on the boards and spines. All foredges gilt-trimmed. Corners barely bumped and rubbed..... More
Harrogate TN: Lincoln Memorial University, 1929. Hardcover. Complete set of 12 volumes. Original black cloth with gilt lettering on spine, covers stamped in blind. A set of hardcover books in near fine condition. Clean, tight, and unmarked. Just afew traces of rubbing to the gilt on the spines. Includes prefatory..... More
London: Sherwood, Neely, and Jones; J. Johnston; Macredie and Co.; and R. Millikin, 1819. First edition, first state. Leather. 224p; 68p notes. SIGNED FINE BINDING BY BAYNTON. A hardcover book handsomely bound in full polished calf with gilt decorations on the spine, marbled endpapers, gilt foredges, and gilt dentelles. The..... More
New York: Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1907. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 2 vols. 347p; 359p. A set of two green cloth hardcover books in near-fine condition. The spines and foredges are faintly foxed, and the spine text has grown dull with age. Embossed stamp on both volumes' front free endpapers. Otherwise..... More