London: B.R. Howlette / John Murray, 1813. Second edition. 8vo. [2], 130 pp. Printed in Greek throughout on fine paper. Contemporary English red diced russia calf (rubbed and worn), tooled in blind, outer frame of gilt palmette rolls, all edges gilt, drab endpapers. Front endpaper waterstained; second blank leaf with..... More

Leiden: s.n., 1744. First Edition. 8vo. 5 ff. (of 6, lacking half-title), 132 pp. Early 19th-century green glazed boards, spine richly gilt, red morocco lettering piece, marbled pastedowns and endleaves. Binding slightly rubbed, lower cover scuffed. An attractive copy. FIRST EDITION of one of the earliest and most importance works..... More

Rio de Janeiro / Baltimore: 1849. Manuscript on paper. Folio (310 x 195 mm). Stitched in contemporary marbled stiff wrappers (worn and partially defective, shaken). 63 pp. numbered in MS. TOGETHER WITH: working collapsible brass spyglass (likely contemporary), three draws, lens cap no longer present, clearly damaged but FULLY FUNCTIONAL..... More

Paris: 1766. Manuscript on paper (see below). Folio (364 x 244 mm). 8 pp. Original blue silk stitching at head and tail. Horizontal fold, edges creased and worn but the paper stock is strong and clean. RARE MANUSCRIPT INVOICE OF THE EXTENSIVE WORK OF A WELL-KNOWN PARISIAN GLAZIER, undertaken over..... More

Schenectady, New York: General Electric, 1965. Folio (11" by 8.5"). 19 numbered pages with in-text illustrations and reproductions of photographs. Stapled in original illustrated wrappers (trifle wear along spine, 1-inch line on front cover in ink, lower cover dust soiled). Vintage illustrated 1965 student's guide to computers and computing published..... More

Paris: Jeanne Bucher, 1934. First Edition. 4to. Complete set of all 5 Cahiers. Bound in 1990 by D.-H. Mercher (stamp-signed in minute lettering inside front cover, dated 1990 inside lower cover): quarter black morocco, spine lettered direct in multi-colored sans serif fonts (purple, green, red, blue, and yellow); both covers..... More

Mexico City: Fernando Loera - Chávez y Peniche, 1984. First Edition. Atlas folio (500 x 350 mm), loose as issued in original portfolio. 5 full-page plates on thick paper + 32 pp., including 26 in-text illustrations + 1 translucent leaf with letterpress identifications. Front cover of portfolio scuffed (from sliding..... More

Paris: Michel Van Lochom, 1638. First Edition. Folio, 393 x 267 mm. Engraved title-page by Van Lochom, engraved portrait of Boyceau after De Vris, [8], 87, [1] pp. With 36 single-page engravings (including one with 2 engravings on the page), 24 double-page engravings, and 1 quadruple-page engraving, numbered in recent..... More

Richmond, VA: Clemmitt & Jones, 1875 or 1876. Broadside (48 x 31 cm). Abrasions to outer edges in places, overall very good. STRIKING 1875 POSTER ANNOUNCING A "HUMOROUS" LECTURE ON VIRGINIA NEGROES, DELIVERED BY A POPULAR ANTI-NORTHERNER AND FORMER SLAVE-OWNER, GEORGE WILLIAM BAGBY (1828-1883). The editors of "Representative Men of..... More

London: Printed for A. Millar, 1754. First Edition. 2 vols., 4to. Elegant contemporary French blue morocco, smooth spines gilt (faded to chestnut brown), vol. 1 with special label at the foot of the spine gilt with the author's name, place of imprint, and date, inner dentelles gilt, marbled pastedowns and..... More

Rochester, NY: Rochester Lithographing Co., 1867-1936. Together 12 nurseryman's guides + one 1861 American pomology guide (see below). SIXTY YEARS OF ART IN THE SERVICE OF COMMERCE: AN EXCEPTIONAL COLLECTION OF 12 AMERICAN NURSERYMAN'S SEED CATALOGUES DEPICTING, IN VIBRANT COLOR-STENCILED CHROMOLITHOGRAPHS, FRUITS, TREES, AND FLOWERS. THESE WERE HEAVILY USED AS..... More

London: [Printed in Leipzig for] The British and Foreign Bible Society, 1895. First Edition. 8vo. 421 pp. Original green cloth embossed in black and blind, gilt lettering in Persian on front cover (some foxing and age toning, minor water-staining on the edges and endpapers, endpapers with old annotations in Ottoman..... More

Madrid: Francisco Laso, 1714-1715. Together 3 vols., small 4to (208 x 146 mm). A few small closed repairs, even toning throughout, in some instances foxed or quite browned as is true in all copies of this edition on account of the paper stock, but the paper is strong; erased inscriptions..... More