London: Charles Knight and Co., 1845, 1847. Two volumes. Large 8vo. xv, [i], 516, [1] pp.; xi, [i], 516 pp. (first volume bound without the half-title). FIRST EDITION (Vol. I); later printing of Vol. II. With 14 plates of portraits by J. Brown. Full calf, rubbed and repaired, gilt spine..... More
Paris: J.-B. Baillière, 1834. Folio. 28 unnumbered leaves. SECOND EDITION. Letterpress tables throughout. Original printed blue paper wrappers (frayed at the edges, spine repaired); minor staining and foxing, but a complete copy with a pen inscription on the front wrapper. More
Baltimore: The Williams & Wilkins Co., 1928. 8vo. viii, 210, [4] pp. FIRST EDITION. Complete with half-title, 30 photographs on 18 leaves, numerous graphs, tables and text illustrations, index and appendix of case reports, and 19-page bibliography. In the back of the book is a 2-page description of the process..... More
San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press, 1933. 8vo. Cloth-backed marbled boards; uncut. Originally printed in 1866, this is a limited printing of 500 copies by the Grabhorn Press. More
New York: Robert Carter & Brothers, 1862. 12mo. 90 pp. FIRST EDITION. With frontispiece. Original stiff pebbled wrappers, decorated in blind, gilt stamped, top wrapper as well as first few gatherings detached. First edition. “Three of these sermons were written for, and (shall I say?) preached some years ago, in..... More
London: Adam and Charles Black, 1907. 8vo. xi, [iii], 368 pp. FIRST EDITION. Frontispiece plus 11 plates. Blue cloth, worn at head and foot of spine; some foxing to preliminaries and last few leaves. Unidentified bookplate (name of owner scratched out). First edition, second printing. Edited by his son and..... More
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., [n.d.]. 8vo. 48 pp. Frontispiece portrait of author. Soft red morocco, title in gilt on front cover, marbled endpapers, hinges starting. Later American edition of an essay on Marjory Fleming (1803-11), the Scottish infant prodigy who was a favorite of Sir Walter Scott’s..... More
Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1878. 4to. 34, [1] pp. Frontispiece portrait plus 7 engraved plates, vignette of “Rab” on title. Publisher’s original beveled green cloth, decorated in blind and gilt, a bit worn at head and foot of spine; a few leaves loose. Bookseller’s label, “Roffey & Clark, CROYDON,” on front..... More
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1866. 8vo. 458 pp. LATER EDITION. Publisher’s blind-stamped cloth, spine faded; interior excellent. A presentation inscription on the fly-leaf reads: “Presented to George Washington Flint as a prize for excellence in scholarship during his freshman year. Bates College, July 15, 1868" by Jon. Stanton (the ornithologist..... More
London: Percival & Co., 1893. 8vo. xii, 197 pp. FIRST EDITION. Engraved frontispiece portrait plus text illustrations and photographs. Original brown cloth; some very light foxing on first few leaves. First edition of this biography of the well-known Scottish surgeon and author. More
Philadelphia: Collins, 1860. 8vo. xii, 276 pp. FIRST EDITION. With 3 numbered lithograph plates. Half morocco over boards, spine labels; interior very good with only minor foxing on last plate. More
London: Hurst and Blackett, 1869. Two volumes. 8vo. 317; 331 pp. FIRST EDITION. Frontispiece portrait of Chaucer, title engraving and wonderful illustrations at the beginning of each chapter. Contemporary half blue polished calf over marbled boards with gilt ruled borders, 5 raised bands with gilt tooled compartments and morocco spine..... More
London: Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd., [1940]. 8vo. 192 pp. Red cloth. With booksellers label “J. J. Waterfall.”. Edited, with an introduction by Geoffrey Keynes. More
London: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd., [1947]. 8vo. xvi, [ii], 296, 4 pp. Blue cloth, decorated in blind; minor browning. With contemporary annotations, and inscription in same hand “to make appear that doesn’t take any effort; Pretzatonia-to cover art with all; non-chalente” on front fly leaf, as well as “Milton..... More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1889. 8vo. lvi, 392 pp. Title page with engraved portrait of author. Blue cloth, gilt, slightly rubbed at head and foot of spine; some foxing to preliminaries and last few leaves. With inscription, “June 7, 1974. With love, Mother.” Ownership stamp of San Diego Public Library..... More
London: Faber & Gwyer Ltd., 1928-1931. Six volumes. 8vo. xvi, 189; xvi, [i], 317; [viii], 368; xi, [i], 130, [1]; xxiv, 473, [1]; xv, [i], 440 pp. Each volume with frontispiece, 12 plates total. Original blue boards, sunned, gilt tops; a fine, uncut set. Limited edition (number 57 of 210)..... More
Boston: David R. Godine, 1971. 4to. [ii], 41 pp., including half-title. Black calf-backed boards in matching slip-case, gilt lettering on spine and marbled end-papers. An excellent copy. Limited edition, number 7 of 750 copies printed at the University Press, Oxford, by Vivian Ridler. Written about a young man who died..... More
Eugene: John Henry Nash, 1939. 8vo. xix, [i], 114 pp. FIRST EDITION. With 2 plates, including frontispiece. Linen-backed marbled boards with paper label. Bookplate of Terence Cavanagh. First edition. Printed for the members of the Limited Editions Club by John Henry Nash. This copy is numbered 1007 of 1500, and..... More
London: Tho. Milbourn for Andrew Crook, 1659. 2 works in 1. 8vo. [xvi], 297, [5]; [ii], 75, [2] pp. I: FIFTH EDITION; II: THIRD EDITION, CORRECTED. Engraved title to vol. I, separate titles to Annotations upon Religio medici and Digby’s Observations. Contemporary calf, rebacked. Signature of T.C. Goldingham of Oxford..... More
London: A. Miller for Edw. Dod and Nath. Ekins, 1650. 4to. [xvi], 329, [10] pp. SECOND EDITION. Woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces. Text within double-lined borders Contemporary calf, worn, author, title and date in gilt on spine; interior with some waterstaining. Signature of Lewis Fry, Bristol, 1854 and another signature..... More
London: Edward Dod, 1646. Folio. [xx], 386 pp. FIRST EDITION. Contemporary calf, rebacked, corners renewed. Imprimatur leaf repaired on fore-edge, occasional foxing and browning. Presented to the library of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia by Edward Wilson, with the Academy's bookplate on the front paste-down. First edition. In..... More
London: Oxford University Press, 1944. 8vo. xii, 698, [2] pp. Full green morocco by Maurin, gilt spine and dentelles. More
Burlington: Stephen C. Ustick, 1812. 12mo. 266 pp. Later edition. Contemporary brown calf, gilt tooling on spine, edges and spine worn; tear to upper corner of p. 11 (one word of text missing), text leaves browned with some foxing, stain through last 40 leaves. Ownership inscription on fly-leaf. Rare edition..... More
Leipzig: Théodore Thomas, 1869. 8vo. xvi, 281, [2] pp. FIRST FRENCH TRANSLATION. Printer wrappers, uncut, foxing on preliminaries and browning throughout. First French translation by Auguste Jacquot, originally printed in German the prior year. "Buchner justifiably conceived the works of Darwin, for the dissemination of which he is especially to..... More
London, etc. Humphrey Milford Oxford University Press, 1913. Two volumes. 8vo. clxxviii, [ii], 614; xxv, [I], 804 pp. (The printed facsimile of the manuscript is in Syriac and paginated from back to front.). FIRST EDITION. Titles in red and black. Publisher’s red cloth, titles in gilt on spine. A fine..... More
