Madrid: Ruiz de Murga, 1700. FIRST EDITION. Small 4to (204 x 146 mm). Bound in contemporary Spanish vellum (WORN and cockled, quite darkened, textblock almost completely detached), traces of two pairs of leather ties, spine lettered in manuscript. 71 ff. (including title-page) + 210 pp. + 2 (of 3) ff..... More
![COLLECTION OF 8 JEANNE D'ARC / JOAN OF ARC PAMPHLETS, IN FRENCH, 1886-1956]. Joan of Arc, Jeanne...](/pictures/thumb/3671.jpg?v=1642864044)
1886-1956. All in original wrappers, conditions vary from fair to very good (some wrappers chipped and worn; some textblocks browned and brittle on account of the WWI paper supply). One pamphlet is ex-Harvard (duplicate) with associated markings, another is a presentation copy. Small collection of 8 French pamphlets celebrating the..... More
![HENRY JAMES]. The Tender Recollections of Irene Macgillicuddy. Laurence Oliphant](/pictures/thumb/3660.jpg?v=1642554474)
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1878. First Edition. 32mo. 94 pp. (including integral 4-page advertisements for Harper's Half-Hour Series) + 2 pp. at end (advertisements for Wilkie Collins and Thackeray). Contemporary brown linen cloth, leather spine label (defective); paper stock toned; browning on first page of advertisements from offsetting of..... More
![1630 ELZEVIR OWNED BY ONE OF THE FIRST WOMEN MECHANICAL ENGINEERS]. Respublica sive status regni...](/pictures/thumb/3647.jpg?v=1641311643)
Leiden: Officina Elzeviriana, 1627 (i.e. 1630). Second edition. 24mo. Engraved frontispiece + 282, [2] pp. Late 17th-century polished calf (minor wear to extremities), double gilt fillets around sides, four raised bands on spines all enclosed within double gilt fillets, second compartment lettered direct, the others with a small gilt sunwheel..... More
![UNIQUE ARTIST PORTFOLIO / SCANDINAVIAN BOOK ARTS / "GHOST" BOTANICAL SPECIMENS]. "Ghostvoices"...](/pictures/thumb/3641.jpg?v=1640978648)
Denmark: 2019-2021. Portfolio (22 x 16 cm) containing one calligraphic title-page on boiled handmade tissue paper, and 32 pages of boiled botanical specimens on thick artist paper created by Merete Veian; each page with calligraphic musings and poetry by Camelia Elias. The entire ensemble is surrounded by a chemise of..... More
![UNKNOWN WISCONSIN AUTHOR, 1861]. De Matrimonio Tractatus Quinque, Usui Venerabilis Cleri...](/pictures/thumb/3615.jpg?v=1637016953)
Munich: E. Stahl, 1861. First Edition. 8vo. xiv, 424 pp. Original quarter sheep (leather suffed but the binding is perfectly sound; extremities worn). Contemporary inscription on title-page: "H.D. Tuncker, Ep. Altonensis" (i.e. Altona, outside Hamburg). NOT ex-library! SCARCE TREATISE ON MARRIAGE, "ADAPTED FOR THE USE OF AMERICAN CLERGYMEN," WRITTEN BY..... More
![WOMEN, IMPURITY AND SIN OF CHILDBIRTH]. [KING JAMES BIBLE, 1611]. Single leaf from the First...](/pictures/thumb/3606.jpg?v=1637016836)
London: Robert Barker, 1611. First Edition. Folio. Single leaf (K6r-K6v). Contents: 11 Levitius 43 - 13 Leviticus 34. There is non-sequential MS numbering in margins in an early hand (10, 11, 12, 16, 17) but the text is quite correct. Margins frayed, upper corner torn away affecting two letters of..... More
![AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED]. ALS from Julia Ward Howe to "Mr. Duncan" (i.e. William Addison Duncan)...](/pictures/thumb/3599.jpg?v=1637016789)
Newport, RI: 1884. Four half-pages with mourning borders, each page filled with. A.L.S. from Julia Ward Howe (1819-1910), American abolitionist and social reformer whose "Battle Hymn of the Republic" continues to be sung to the present day. The present letter contains excellent content relating to the death of her brother..... More
Cincinnati: Chase & Hall, 1875. First Edition. 8vo. 199 pp. Bound in original green publisher's cloth, title in gilt on spine with gilt floral ornament and triple ornamental roll in gilt at head and foot of spine. Corners slightly bumped, cloth rubbed away in bottom right corner of front cover..... More
![Woman Author]. Collection de vingt portraits du siècle de Louis XIV que l'on peut joindre à la...](/pictures/thumb/3577.jpg?v=1635135373)
Paris: J.J. Blaise, 1818. 8vo. 20 ff. + 20 full-page engravings. Contemporary French emerald-green glazed boards, red morocco spine label (trifle rubbed). PRINTED BY PIERRE DIDOT L'AINE (1761-1853). "Pierre published acclaimed editions of Virgil, Horace, La Fontaine, and Racine. Firmin designed the Didot typeface. He also invented stereotypes (plates cast..... More
![FIRST EDITION]. Riders of the Purple Sage. Zane Grey](/pictures/thumb/3566.jpg?v=1632956601)
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1912. First Edition, 2nd printing. 8vo. [8] 334 [1] pp. Complete with frontispiece and 3 full-page illustrations. Original brown decorative cloth with pictorial onlay (somewhat worn, spine dulled, top edges dust-soiled; slight shelf lean; some offsetting to pages opposite the three plates; title-page tissue guard..... More
![PRESENTATION COPY]. My Winter in Cuba. W. M. L. Jay, pseud. of Julia Louisa Matilda Woodruff](/pictures/thumb/3564.jpg?v=1631807480)
New York: E.P. Dutton, 1871. First Edition. 8vo. 296 pp. + 4 pp. ads at end ("New Books to be Published in the Fall of 1871" which also includes the present title). Original publisher's green cloth, blocked and gilt, abrasions on front fore-corner and upper joint, affecting cloth, other binding..... More
![THE FIRST DETAILED ACCOUNT OF THE LIZZY BORDEN TRIAL]. The Fall River Tragedy: A History of the...](/pictures/thumb/3561.jpg?v=1631807463)
Fall River: Press of J.D. Monroe, 1893. First Edition. 8vo. [2], 312 pp., numerous illustrations in the text including portraits, diagrams, and photographs of the crime scene (soiling and signs of age and use throughout). Title-page detached, lacking pp. 249/250 (facsimile leaf loosely inserted) otherwise complete with all illustrations. Original..... More
![NATIVE AMERICAN WOMAN AUTHOR]. Life Among the Piutes: Their Wrongs and Claims. Edited by Mrs....](/pictures/thumb/3368.jpg?v=1631504885)
Boston: For sale by Cupples, Upham & Co.; G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York; and by the Author, 1883. 8vo. 268 pp. Bound in green publisher's cloth with Greek-style printed border in black along top and bottom of covers. Edges slightly worn, corners bumped, minor tears at head and foot of..... More
Lancaster, PA: Printed and sold by William Dickson for The Benefit of the Authoress, 1808. 12mo. 220 pp. Bound in full contemporary mottled sheep. Wear and tear along edges, corners bumped, front hinges cracked but holding. Smooth spine with double gilt roll dividing compartments, red morocco spine label in the..... More
Watertown, New York: L. Ingalls & Co., 1862. First Edition. xii, 13-294. Bound in tan ribbed publisher's cloth by John W. Gorse & Co. Corners bumped, small stains on front cover, hinges cracked (lower cords broken), wear to binding extremities. Foxing throughout as is true in all copies, pages 117-122..... More
![DREAMY SILVER PRINT PHOTOGRAPH ca. 1910]. Woman seated on a river bank. Silver print photograph](/pictures/thumb/3446.jpg?v=1616960229)
S.l. 1910 (ca.). 168 x 115 mm, photograph bowed and slightly crinkled. Lovely, romantic photograph of a young woman wearing a white shirt and broach, holding a long branch which she dangles into the water; her gaze is drawn to the other side of the river, her expression seemingly wistful..... More
