Amsterdam and "Londres" 1765-1768. Dates: 1765-1768. Together 6 vols., 4to. Bound in contemporary French calf, gilt, arms of Puiseux on all covers: azur; a chevron argent, in chief two estoiles or, above a quintefeuille argent, armorial bookplate of the Comte de Puiseux. Bindings sound but dry, rubbed and worn, some..... More

New York: Appleton and Company, 1884. Twelfth edition. 8vo. Frontispiece engraved by Bobbett-Hooper, 274 pp. + [2] pp. advertisements. Original publisher's brown cloth, gilt, decorated endpapers. Cloth covers with some minor blemishes, lower corner of back cover inexplicably abraided. Overall in excellent condition, the gilding glowingly bright, without any cracks..... More

Harrisonburg, Virginia: Ananias Davisson, 1818. Second edition, Revised and Improved. 12mo. vi, 5-240, [2] pp. (final endleaf excised). Contemporary full calf, brown leather label, gilt lettering. A little discoloration to the fore-edges of the text block; slightly worn; a little foxed throughout. ¶ CONTAINS STERN WARNINGS CONCERNING BORROWED BOOKS. ¶..... More

Paris: G. Mazeyrie, n.d. (1942?). 8vo. (210 x 130 mm). [16] pp., each one illustrated by Marcel Mars-Trick. Some staining at top of wrappers and elsewhere, some toning in the text, 1" vertical tear on the bottom of (unnumbered) page 5/6. Suitable for exhibition and study. FRENCH ANTI-SEMITIC ABCs FOR..... More

Harrisburg, PA: s.n., 1840. Stated Third Edition (but see below). 12mo, 84 pp. Contemporary patterned paper over boards, contemporary sheep spine (binding worn but perfectly sound; damp-staining at the foot of the gutter for the first several gatherings; textblock a bit foxed as is true in all copies). Completely unsophisticated..... More

Pontresina, Switzerland: M. Caviezel, n.d. (1860s - 1880s?). Large oblong 8vo. (230 x 190 mm). Altogether 12 leaves: 6 leaves with flower and plant identifications in manuscript, and 6 leaves with altogether 41 pasted-on pressed flowers (see below), each protected by original tissue guards. Original red cloth (a trifle worn)..... More

Boston: Printed and Sold by Rogers and Fowle, 1747. Seventh Edition (but First American). Small 8vo. Two volumes in one. [24], 287; [5], 184, [4] pp. Contemporary American tooled calf. Flaw to the title page affecting one word and a small tear to one lower outer corner on leaf E1..... More

New York: Sold at Auction by George A. Leavitt & Co., 1878-1897. First Edition. Five volumes, large 8vo. (10 3/8" by 7"). Original wrappers (chipping to extremities and partially defective). Interestingly, along top edges a former owner has written the number of the volume: I, II, III, IIII, IIIII (see..... More

Stanford [New York]: Printed and Sold by Daniel Lawrence, 1804. First Edition. 16mo. 12 pp. Extracted from a binding, later wrappers (at one time the wrappers had been affixed to the pamphlet). Foxing and age toning as is true with almost all American imprints of this date. Preserved in a...... More

Pamona, CA / Chambersburg, PA: Edgar Rothrock / Sellers Funeral Home, 1939 and 1965 (not after). Blook: 245 x 175 x 40 mm. With printed "title-page" conjugate with front pastedown bearing title, directions to the Funeral Director, and imprint (Edgar Rothrock). Contains: 4 sections of printed pages, each section with..... More

Fargo, North Dakota: Fargo Union Mission, n.d. (ca. 1933-1940?). Unbound tract (ca. 5.5" x 4"). 3 pp. Light toning. Preserved in a mylar sleeve. A LURID WARNING OF THE WAGES OF SIN FOR A LIBERATED "MODERN" WOMAN FOLLOWING THE REPEAL OF PROHIBITION IN 1933. Scarce: no other copy has been..... More

Stockholm: 1914-1916. First Edition. Together 3 vols. 8vo. and folio. 32, 330; [4], 4, 104, [8] pp. + 6 plates. One full-page plate in Teil 1 (Taf. VIII) and 15 illustrations in Teil 2 (Heft 1). Atlas: [6], 88 pp. (150 facsimiles). Original printed wrappers. Paper spines somewhat soiled, that..... More

London: British Museum, 1963. Atlas folio. Together 12 vols. in total: Parts I-X (10 vols). Facsimiles (2 vols). Original boards, cloth spines. Minimal defects to repart, save the back covers of Vols. 1 and 2 are scuffed, that of Vol. VI bumped, stains on front cover of Facs. Vol. 1..... More