Boston: J. M. Whittemore, (1847). First Edition. Hardcover. Bound in publisher's brown blindstamped cloth with gilt lettering and decorations on the spine. For some reason, the first issue is not included, which seems to be rather common with this publication. Despite the title, this has nothing to do with photography.....
Washington DC: Gales & Seaton, 1827. First Edition. Hardcover. Large folio (19" x 23") bound in modern buckram containing a complete year of this important publication. THE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER began as a tri-weekly newspaper in Washington, D.C. on 31 October 1800 and became THE DAILY NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER in 1813, and.....
Livorno: Marco Coltellini, 1763. First Edition. Hardcover. Three folio (9-1/2" x 12") volumes bound in twentieth century half green morocco leather with marbled boards and endpapers and matching morocco corners. First Italian Edition of THE AMERICAN GAZETTEER, published in London in three duodecimo volumes by J. Millar in 1762, which.....
New York: Thomas Kelly, 1869. First Edition. Print. Scarce hand-colored lithograph (28” x 22” matted and framed to an overall size of 34" x 27"), one of a series of four prints published by Kelly and printed by Wm. C. Robertson of Jerome Park, site of the inaugural Belmont Stakes.....
London: J. Dodsley, 1789. First Edition. Hardcover. Bound in contemporary calf-backed marbled boards. While some copies have a title page dated 1788, the first edition was published in 1789. One of the most desirable volumes of this prestigious series as this year contains an early printing of the United States.....
London: Edward and Charles Dilly, 1775. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto (8-1/2" x 11-1/4") bound in contemporary calf rebacked with the original spine with a new gilt-lettered burgundy morocco spine label, the original label loosely laid in; [xii], 464, [2, ads] pages. Complete with half title and the engraved folding map.....
Quincy [MA]: 1 October 1874. Letter. Three-page letter on both sides of a 10" x 8" sheet to author and editor George W. Curtis responding about a series of lectures being organized by a man named Carpenter. Adams says he has an aversion "to all the system of lecturing which.....
Philadelphia: Budd and Bartram, For William Cobbett [volume 1]; H. Sweitzer for William Cobbett [volume 2]; William Young for William Cobbett [volume 3], 1797. Third Edition. Hardcover. Three volumes in early 19th Century half polished black calf with marbled boards and calf corners; 6, xxxiii, [1], [3]-392; [vi], 451; [ii].....
Chicago: Western Bank Note & Engraving Co., 1868. First Edition. Document. Large folio (16-1/4" x 21-3/4") finely engraved and printed on good quality paper with elaborate decorative borders with a "US" monogram to upper corners, a bold calligraphic heading with "ABOLISHING SLAVERY" in prominent decorated letters; at top center is.....
New York: J. Eastburn & Co., 1817-1818. First Edition. Hardcover. Two 5-1/2" x 9-1/4" volumes in original publisher's brown paper-backed gray boards with printed paper spine labels. Contains 24 issues, May 1817 - April 1819, apparently all published of this religious periodical. According to a statement at the end of.....
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Venice: Antonio Zatta, 1778. First Edition. Softcover. Oblong folio (16 1/4" x 12") bound in contemporary limp decorated paper covers. Containing 15 double-page engraved maps (including the double-page title), each beautifully hand-colored, depicting Bermuda; the east coast of North America from Nova Scotia to Florida, west to the Great Lakes.....
New York: V. G. Audubon, 1851-1851-1854. First Edition. Hardcover. Second Octavo Edition of the first volume, First Editions of the second and third. Three volumes in modern half black morocco leather with matching corners, retaining the original marbled boards, all edges marbled; 6-3/4" x 10-3/8"; viii, 383, [1] pages; [2].....
New York: V. G. Audubon, (1849)-1856. Early Edition. Hardcover. Early Octavo Edition of the first two volumes, lacking the third volume. Two volumes in publisher's full brown morocco leather elaborately embossed and stamped, the spine with five raised bands, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt; 7" x 10-3/4" with half-title pages.....
New York: Robert M. De Witt, (1874). First Edition. wraps. Original pictorial yellow wraps (4" x 6-1/4"); 99, (1) pages; with pages 63/64 misbound after page 42. Illustrated with frontispiece, as well as charts and tables. A very scarce and early guide to baseball, by the “Father of Baseball,” Henry.....
New York: [Wm. Porter & George Wilkes], 1856-1857. First Edition. Hardcover. Folio (10-3/4" x 16") in the original cloth rebacked with a recent brown morocco leather spine, lettered in gilt, and corners; original morocco label with the name "James Burnside" in gilt on the front cover; 416 (of 424) pages.....
New York: [Wm. Porter & George Wilkes], 1857-1858. First Edition. Hardcover. Folio (11-1/4" x 16-1/4") in modern leather-backed marbled boards with leather corners. Includes 26 issues (5 September 1857 - 27 February 1858) of this important sports newspaper containing accounts of horse races, billiards, cricket matches, chess, and some of.....
New York: [Wm. Porter & George Wilkes], 1857. First Edition. Hardcover. Folio (11-1/4" x 16") in early leather-backed cloth-covered boards with leather corners and marbled endpapers. Includes 26 issues (7 March 1857 - 29 August 1857) of this important sports newspaper containing accounts of horse races, billiards, cricket matches, angling.....
New York: David Longworth, 6 July 1815. First Edition. Hardcover. Duodecimo (4-1/4" x 7") in original calf-backed boards, the rear board printed; 458 pages. Illustrated with a full-page engraving of P. M. Stollenwerk's Mechanical Panorama and a small zodiac text engraving. Contains a wealth of information about New York City.....
London: Benj. Dodd, August 1743. George Bickham. First Edition. Hardcover. Folio (7-1/2" x 12-1/2") bound in contemporary marbled boards rebacked with a modern calf spine and a maroon gilt-lettered leather spine label. Engraved frontispiece of Britannia (strengthened), title, "Conditions," subscribers' list (2 leaves), engraved double-page map, engraved table (torn at.....
Philadelphia: 1845. Drawing. An 8" x 10-1/4" page removed from a book featuring an ORIGINAL PEN & INK DRAWING of a bird with calligraphic writing SIGNED with "Philadelphia 1845" added.
Philadelphia: Asbury Dickins, 1801. First Edition. Hardcover. Contemporary sheep leather (5-1/8" x 8-1/2"); [ii], 232, [2] pages. Complete with half-title and errata. INSCRIBED by the author on the front endpaper: "Presented to the Library of Harvard College by the Author." An answer to Thomas Paine by a distinguished New Jersey.....
Philadelphia: W. Spotswood, R. Campbell, and B. Johnson, 1792. First American Edition. Hardcover. Duodecimo (4-1/8" x 6-3/4") bound in contemporary calf leather with gilt rules on the spine and a gilt-lettered red morocco spine label; xiii, xii-xvi, 557, [1-advertisement for Spotswood's books] pages, as issued. Originally issued in London in.....
(Staten Island): (Martino), [1996]. Reprint. Hardcover. Red cloth (5-1/2" x 8-1/2"); xiv, 417 pages. Limited to 125 copies. Describes 4447 American cookbooks.
Wheatland near Lancaster: 27 June 1849. Letter. Two-page AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED "James Buchanan" on the recto and verso of the first leaf of a single folded sheet (7-3/4" x 9-5/8") to John Y. Mason, former Secretary of the Navy under President Polk, regarding the aging Dolley Madison (who would die.....
Newbury-port and Boston: John Mvcall for William Green, 1782. Fifth Edition. Hardcover. Small quarto (5" x 7-3/4") in contemporary sheep with a gilt-lettered morocco spine label; 352, [14], [2 - ads] pages. First published in 1762, and in America in 1775, Burgh's work helped shape the theories of speech delivery.....
