Leipzig: Leopold Voss, 1827. 4to. [viii], 40, [2] pp. FIRST EDITION. With half-title, corrigenda, and 1 full-page hand-coloured engraved plate. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards; a fine copy on bright white paper from the library of Tho. Wainwright, with his armorial book plate. More
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1898. 12mo. [x], 228, [2] pp. Later edition. Original blindstamped publisher’s cloth, author and title in gilt on the spine. An excellent copy. Later edition of this work, first published in London in 1872, and issued here as the second volume in the International..... More
Antwerp: 1715. 4to. (prelims mispaginated with pp. 5- 12 missing), 64, 854, (1) pp. Frontisportrait (loose), title r/b, half-titles, full-page engra. Contemporary calf, rebacked, new spine with gilt and raised bands. Leaves browned, some staining. Later edition. Included in the present volume is the author's tracts on earthquakes, the tarantula..... More
Albany: Barber & Southwick for Thomas Spencer, 1795. 8vo. [iv], 248, [12] pp. including table of contents. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Calf-backed contemporary marbled boards, spine label; interior somewhat browned, but a good copy from the library of the prominent Rhode Island physician Irving Addison Beck (1911-1998) with his very interesting..... More
Paris: Chez Debure, 1787. 4to. [4], clxxx, 427, [1] pp. FIRST EDITION. With decorative woodcut headpieces. Contemporary half-calf over boards; occasional browning, otherwise an excellent copy from the library of Jacob and Friedrich Schurer with their bookplate. First edition of Bailly's valuable history of Eastern astronomy which was separately published..... More
Bombay: Bombay Natural History Society, 1898-1900; 1908. Two works offered together. 8vo. I: Ten parts bound together. 222 pp.; II: xi, 292 pp., including half-title. I: First printings; II: First edition in book form. I: Half burgundy morocco on black cloth boards. With 10 chromolithograph plates by J.G. Keulemans. Despite..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1875. 8vo. 542 pp., including half-title and index. First American Edition. Portrait of the author plus 2 separate frontispieces, 2 maps (1 folding), plus 50 woodcut text illustrations. Modern cloth with the original covers and spine laid down; folding map torn in a number of..... More
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1868. 8vo. xxii, [2], 596 pp. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. With portrait frontispiece of Baker and his wife, 2 hand colored maps (1 folding), and 23 woodcut plates. Buckram, gilt spine; foxing on frontispiece and first few leaves, otherwise very clean. Ownership inscription in pencil..... More
London: John Bale, Sons & Danielsson, 1921. Three volumes. 4to. xvi, 340; xvi, 328; x, 341 pp., including half-titles and illustrated additional titles. SECOND EDITION. With 60 colored plates after Grönvold, Lodge and Keulemans, 15 black and white plates and 2 maps. Original half-morocco over cloth boards, spines of Volumes..... More
London: Witherby & Co., 1913. 4to. xv, [i], 260 pp., including half-title and index. SECOND EDITION. With chromolithographed frontispiece and 26 colored plates after Grönvold and Lodge. Contemporary half morocco over cloth boards, gilt lettering on spine, some wear to hinges and corners, otherwise a very clean copy from the..... More
London: Henry S. King, 1876. 8vo. xxiv, 380 pp., including half-title, plus 4 pages publisher’s advertisements. FIRST EDITION. Frontispiece plate (detached) with tissue guard, text illustrations. Contemporary cloth, worn, title in gilt with decoration on front cover; interior uncut. From the James Dolan collection with his bookplate on paste down..... More
Philadelphia: Lippincott, Grambo & Co., 1854. 8vo. FIRST EDITION. Contemporary mottled sheepskin with black morocco spine label, advertising end-papers, all edges marbled; paper residue to front paste-down, small damp-stain to fore-edge margin of first 100 pages, binding lightly scuffed and soiled, overall a solid very good copy. First edition. More
Philadelphia: Avil Publishing Co., 1901. Eight works in ten volumes. Titles in red and black. Each with frontispiece and illustration. Red cloth bindings with gilt spine titles, mostly in excellent condition (back cover to Vol. VIII waterstained). Works include Cousin Betty; César Birotteau; Scenes from a Courtesan's life; The Government..... More
San Francisco: The History Company, 1889. 8vo. FIRST EDITION. Navy cloth, gilt lettering to top cover. First edition. Gilpin was instrumental in setting up the government of the Oregon Territory, and was first governor of the Colorado Territory. Rare. More
Lisbonne: Imprimerie Nationale, 1881. 4to. xxxii, 576 pp. FIRST EDITION. With 10 hand-colored plates by Keulemans. Later half calf over marbled boards, original front printed wrapper bound in, gilt lettering on spine; other than repair to the edges of the final plate, a very nice uncut copy from the Library..... More
Utrecht: G. Paddenburg & G. Croon, 1723. 4to. [16], 679, [1] pp. FIRST EDITION. Contemporary calf, gilt spine. Originally published as a series of dialogues under the title Historia medicinae (1710), this collection of medico-historical essays deals with practices of and attitudes towards medicine in antiquity through the middle ages..... More
London: T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1806. 4to. x, [ii], 632 pp. Second edition. With 8 plates, including the hand-colored frontispiece, 4 additional hand-colored aquatints, plus 3 black and white plates (2 double page). Half morocco with marbled boards, chipped and faded along the edge, corners bumped and showing some..... More
Northridge, CA: Lord John Press, 1984. 8vo. [iv], 35, [1] pp. FIRST EDITION. Original cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine and gilt stamped cover, as issued without a dustjacket; an unblemished copy in impeccable condition. More
New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1967. 8vo. [vii], 252 pp. SIGNED, FIRST EDITION. Black cloth with gilt letting on spine, dustjacket lightly bumped on edges and spine; overall a clean and bright copy. More
New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1966. 8vo. xxxi, [i], 710 pp. FIRST EDITION. Black cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine, dustjacket lightly bumped on the edges; overall a clean and uncut copy. More
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1991. 8vo. [vi], 573 pp. FIRST EDITION. Green and black boards with gilt lettering on spine, dustjacket in perfect condition; a perfect copy as if brand new. More
Paris: Bechet et Labe, 1840. 8vo. 86 pp., plus 6 pages publisher’s advertisements. FIRST PRINTING OF THIS TRANSLATION. Half green morocco and cloth, title in gilt on spine; an excellent large-paper copy on thick paper. More
Boston: Draper and Halliday, 1866. Royal 8vo. 477 pp. Original printed wrappers (top wrapper only), chipped, needs re-sewing (first few leaves loose; very fragile. Interior fine. Uncut and unopened. One of the most comprehensive bibliographies of the literature of the Civil War. Sabin, 3743. More
New York & London: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1924. 8vo. xii, 147 pp. Illustrated boards, slightly worn on the corners. A fantastic copy. First edition of Barton’s first book, containing his light verses to match his wonderful illustrations, including the cover which, when opened, shows a large machine working to light..... More
London: Reprinted for J. Johnson, 1792. 8vo. xxiv, 520, [12] pp. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. With frontispiece portrait, folding map and 7 engraved plates (1 folding). Later half morocco and marbled boards with gold tooled spine, raised bands, and black title label; a very clean copy with minor stains only affecting..... More
