Ethiopia: 20th (?) century. Small 8vo (binding size: 125 x 93 mm). Manuscript on thick parchment. Collation: A4 B-E10 F12-1 (-F:3) G-H10 J8 = 83 ff., COMPLETE. Contemporary wooden boards covered by leather spine, Coptic sewing structure (see below) with leather endbands, the entire leather binding covered with red fabric..... More

s.l. (but Paris): Aubert, n.d. (1840s). Educational game, housed in the original presentation box (185 x 140 x 20 mm); all edges of lid with ornate gilt foil floral border, box edged with green and gilt decorative paper, lower box edged in gilt, and divided internally into two compartments, the..... More

Quedlinburg und Leipzig: Druck und Verlag von Gottfr. Basse, 1835. 8vo (217 x 131 mm). xxii, [4], 362 pp. Gorgeously bound by Johann Jacob Selencka, signed with his ticket: "Gebunden bei J.J. Selencka Braunschweig" affixed inside front cover. Smooth red calf, richly gilt, covers with "gothick" heart-shaped cornerpieces containing volutes..... More

Paris: F.-A. Didot & G. Debure, 1782. 12mo. Contemporary Parisian crimson morocco by Derome le Jeune, triple gilt fillets around sides, small stars in the corners, flat spine with gilt ruled into six compartments, the second lettered direct, small stars in the others, board edges and turn-ins gilt, marbled endpapers..... More

[London and Paris]: 1851. Together 2 vols., folio. Vol. I: 127 pp. manuscript written on rectos only, with insertions of the author's Port of Entry, various MS slips, maps, a folding letterpress plan of the British Museum, and a large folding depiction of the Museum of Practical Geology. Vol. II..... More

Rochester, NY: Stecher Lithograph Co., n.d. (late 19th-century). Large 4to. With 51 chromolithograph and stencil plates, plus 1 duplicate and 1 b/w. CONDITION ISSUES throughout: staining, browning, wrinkling, a few plates loose, some with tears. Contemporary brown half morocco over brown buckram; upper cover with title-label "Colored Fruits and Flowers"..... More

Washington DC: War Department, 1859. First Edition. Together two matted and framed chromolithographs (visible portion: ca. 245 x 190 mm; frame size: ca. 303 x 274). The are original prints, NOT reproductions! AN EXCELLENT PAIR OF ORNITHOLOGICAL CHROMOLITHOGRAPHS from the famed "Pacific Railroad Surveys" of 1853-1855. "The ornithological studies produced..... More

[Washington]: GPO, 1866. First Edition. 8vo. 47, [1] pp. (final page blank), textblock browned. Modern sympathetic wrappers, upper cover with title in manuscript. SECOND FRENCH INTERVENTION OF MEXICO, A MAGNIFICENT FAILURE. This fascinating document contains abundant diplomatic correspondence and translations of strictly contemporary foreign newspaper reports; in it United States..... More

Wilmington, DE: Printed for John Boggs, Jun. by Bonsai and Niles, 1801. First Edition. 8vo. xx, 390 pp. Text foxed and brown as commonly. Contemporary Wilmington binding by Taylor & Andrews (signed with their letterpress ticket): tree sheep, smooth spined panelled in five compartments, gilt red morocco label in the..... More

New Haven: Yale University Press, 1968-1977. ONLY EDITION. Complete set: 4 volumes in original two-tone cloth, black leather label on spines. Preserved in 2 slipcases with separate compartments for each volume (trifle wear to slipcases and spine label of vol. 1; internally excellent with no unsightly markings or stamps). NOT..... More

Florence: Société Calcographique, 1801-1803. Two prints, matted and framed (frame sizes approx. 460 x 360 mm, visible portions: approx. 293 x 207). One print with dampstaining along left side (SEE IMAGE). These are original prints, NOT reproductions! TWO OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL TERRACOTTA PRINTS OF ETRUSCAN VASES FROM WILLIAM HAMILTON'S SECOND COLLECTION..... More

London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1844. First Edition. 8vo. 44 pp. Stitched as issued without wrappers. First and last pages a trifle dusty, p. 44 with blemishing (SEE IMAGES). AGAINST AMERICAN CONTROL OF THE OREGON TERRITORY, WHICH AT THAT TIME ENCOMPOSSED WASHINGTON AND BRITISH COLUMBIA AND WAS HELD JOINTLY BY..... More

New York: George F. Tuttle, 1858. First Edition. A quantity of six hand-colored engravings extracted from a bound volume of Howe's "The Great West," versos blank, evidence of offsetting from printed pages opposite, inner margins ragged where removed, somewhat browned. These are original engravings, NOT reproductions! A quantity of six..... More