Quincy, MA: 1813 (Dec. 24). Manuscript. 20 pp. 165 x 200 mm. Stitched as issued. At some point folded to pocket size and thus retains large fold down middle of pages, small chips and tears along edges, some age-toning, a few pages very browned. An ownership inscription on the front..... 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

Newburyport: John G. Tilton, 1852. Later edition. Together two parts in one volume. 12mo. Ad 1: viii, [1], 10-107, with a woodcut frontispiece of Dexter's mansion, a half-page woodcut of Dexter on p. viii, and a full-page woodcut of Jonathan Plummer on p. [108] opposite the facing title page; Ad..... More

Weathersfield, Vermont: Eddy and Patrick, 1814. First Edition. 12mo. 102 pp. (typical foxing, lacking final endleaf). Contemporary scaleboard binding: quarter sheep over scaleboard covered with drab blue paper (binding extremities and corners worn, lower fore-corner bumped and partially defective, back cover stained, with portions of the paper covering and leather..... More

Washington DC: Gales and Seaton, 1845. First Edition. Thick 8vo (23.5 x 16 cm). 693 [1 blank] pp., 5 lithographic maps (list below) including the huge 50" x 30" map, 22 lithographed plates (views, fossils, botany), 3 of the maps and 12 of the plates are attributed to Weber in..... More

N.p. [St. Louis?]: [Mrs. J.D. Burton], 1912. First Edition. 16mo. 2 blank ff., 32 pp., 2 blank ff. With reproductions of 5 photographs in the text. Original red printed wrappers bearing title, stapled as issued. Minor wear along spine fold, at one time folded vertically in half. In excellent state..... More

Philadelphia: Samuel F. Bradford. Vol 1 printed by H. Maxwell; vol 2 printed by Robert Carr, 1804. 8vo in 4's. 2 vols. 219 x 143 mm. Pagination: I: vi pp., 1 f.. blank, 313, [7] pp. II: [4], 466, [3] pp. Collation: vol. I: [A]4, B-3G4 3H8 (-3H8, a blank)..... More

Newburyport, Mass. / Boston: Printed by William Barrett (for Thomas & Andrews, Boston), 1796. First edition thus. 18mo. ix, [1], 11-108 [i.e. 11-208] pp. (errors in pagination: 156, 207-208 misnumbered 136, 107-108). Contemporary mottled American sheep, red spine label, flat spine with single fillets dividing compartments (old leather repair in..... More

New York: J. Parker and W. Weyman (et al.), 1754. First Edition. 4to. 314 (i.e. 416) pp. (numerous errors in pagination), LACKING FIRST TWO LEAVES (including title-page). Browned throughout, some pages loose and/or frayed. As issued with: Whole System of the XXVIII Articles (New York: J. Parker and W. Weyman..... More

Boston: Frederick T. Gray, 1827. First Edition. Large 8vo. [6], 491, [1] + "Proposals for publishing by Subscription the Works of George Washington" by Jared Sparks. Waterstains throughout, some of which are ugly (SEE IMAGES) but the paper is strong. Contemporary American sheep, dry and worn, upper joint cracked and..... More

Philadelphia: Published by Johnson & Warner, No. 147, Market-Street, Brown & Merritt, printers, 24, Church-alley), 1809 (i.e. 1821). Square 12mo. 16 pp. With 8 plates including frontispiece (dated 1821) which has been mounted inside front wrapper as per most copies (one plate loose; final page partially pasted onto the inside..... More

Lebanon, PA: Joseph Hartman, 1819. First American edition. Thick 8vo. Two parts in one volume, both with separate title-pages: [8], 458, [2], 426, [2] pp. Text foxed as is true in all copies, but COMPLETE and UNMARKED. Binding: original Pennsylvania binding by a workshop that was closely associated with Joseph..... More

New York: S. & D.A. Forbes, Printers, 1830. 12mo. 192 pp. + [4] full-page woodcuts. Original publishers glazed boards (soiled but perfectly square and sound), edges sprinkled red (intermittent foxing throughout, most prominently opposite the rectos and versos of the engraved plates and on pastedowns and endpapers, final blank leaf..... More