Charleston, South Carolina: Printed at the Office of the Charleston Courier, 1805. First Edition. 8vo. [3]-127, INCOMPLETE: lacking half-title, title-page (here in facsimile), and pp. 93-127 (paperstock browned throughout, p. [5] stained and a little soiled). Recent sympathetic wrappers, title written in ink on upper cover. Described in 1893 as..... More

Cincinnati: s.n., 1867. FIRST EDITION. Softcover. Original publisher's printed pale green wrappers (chipped). 128 pp. 8vo. 8-1/4" x 5-1/2". Some general wear & soiling. A touch of foxing. Unsightly abrasion to rear wrapper, resulting in some loss. OHIO CRIMEWAVE NARRATIVES "FOR THE FAMILY." Herein are described, in graphic detail, over..... More

Paris: Jules Gay, 1863. Hardcover. 16mo. xv, [1], 56 pp. (slightly toned). With 2 engraved plates depicting different models of "ceintures de chastete" i.e. chastity belts (trifle foxed). Bound by [Cyprien] Lhuinte of Grenoble, green half morocco over blue marbled boards (spine a little sunned, extremities slightly worn), top edges..... 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

Italy: 1325 (ca.). Manuscript on vellum, large folio (450 x 345 mm), main text 42-lines, extensive glosses, written in black (faded and almost completely illegible). Extracted from a bookbinding, very worn. SPECIMINA PALEOGRAPHICA, AN EXCELLENT MANUSCRIPT LEAF FOR TEACHING. OUR MANUSCRIPT IS PARTIALLY UNFINISHED, THUS PROVIDING VALUABLE EVIDENCE OF MANUSCRIPT..... More

San Francisco: Printed by the San Francisco Co-Operative Printing for Sumner Whitney & Co., 1871. Small 4to. 4, [2], 325, [1], xvii pp. The two portraits are in facsimile, otherwise complete. Some page numbers at top margin shaved; front blank with repaired tear; final page torn and backed. Inherent spotting..... More

Uppsala: Excud. L.M. Hojer, Reg. Acad. Typogr. 1755. First Edition. Small 4to (185 x 140mm). [4], 11, [3] pp. Collation: [pi]2, A4, B3 = COMPLETE. In Latin, French, Swedish. Woodcut headpiece vignette on p. [1], depicting the Tetragramaton, large 9-line woodcut initial. Stab-stitch sewn dissertation pamphlet, later gilt marbled spine..... More

Chicago: 1933. First Edition. 8vo. 3 pp. (1 sheet folded once to produce 4 pages, final page blank). 1" tear in fore-edge of both leaves, otherwise very good. CRIME AND CRIME DETECTION EXHIBITION AT THE 1933 CHICAGO WORLD'S FAIR. From a contemporary Guidebook "World's Fair Suvenir" (sic) published by Unk..... More

London: Miles Flesher and Robert Young, assignes of John More, 1639. 32mo in 8's. [24], 168 ff. = 192 ff., COMPLETE. Title-page and table of contents in English, Preface in Latin, text in Norman French. Contemporary calf in typical law trade binding fashion, joints cracked, later spine label, gilt floral..... More

London: Printed for Richard Chiswel, 1669. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 1 f., 219 pp. COLLATION: 1 leaf unsigned, B-E8, F-Z4, Aa4, Bb2 (E2, I2 incorrectly signed D2, I3, respectively), COMPLETE, blind-stamps of the Theological Institute of Connecticut (now known as the Hartford Seminary) on first and last leaves. NB: in..... More

[Edinburgh] : London, printed and re-printed in Edinburgh: by John Reid, 1688. First Edinburgh Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 39 pp. Signatures: A-E4, COMPLETE. Edges untrimmed (somewhat browned). Unobtrusive blindstamp on first and last leaves. Bound in recent quarter calf antique (Trevor Lloyd). ¶ THE REPEAL OF THE PENAL LAWS AND TEST..... More

Sicily, Naples and Turin: 1733-1764. Together 6 items: 1 broadside (46 x 34.5 cm) + 5 bandi (folio sheets, each folded once, various sizes, various wear, some signatures clipped, others supplied in manuscript, assorted manuscript annotations, extracted from bindings). Small but very interesting collection of Bandi on the prohibition of..... More