Dublin; London: Richard Milliken; Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Browne; Richard Milliken and Hodges and McArthur, 1822; 1827. Two parts in one. 4to. xi, [ii], 276; ix, [iii], 419 pp. FIRST EDITION. Contemporary half calf and cloth, calf worn at head of spine and corners; some minor spotting on first..... More
Greenbrae, California: Produced by hand at the Allen Press, 1985. Folio. 150 pp. FIRST EDITION. With 48 woodcuts, large hand-colored initial at the beginning of each book. Printed on Barcham Green all-rag paper and specially bound by Gale Herrick in full blue morocco with red, brown, yellow and orange leather..... More
Hartford: The American Publishing Co., 1876. 8vo. [vi] xvi-274, [1] pp., plus 4 pages of publisher’s advertisements (“Revised December 1st, 1876”). FIRST EDITION. Wood-engraved frontispiece and half title printed on separate leaves, and numerous wood engravings by True Williams and others. An excellent, near-perfect copy in the original decorated publisher’s..... More
London: Macmillan, 1867. 4to. viii, 143 pp. FIRST EDITION. A magnificent copy with the original cloth covers mounted and bound into full red calf by Rivière, with an elaborate gilt spine and morocco labels. First edition of Dodgson's only full mathematics textbook, which presents his ingenious method for computing the..... More
New York: Bruce Rogers- Random House, Press of A. Colish, 1944. 8vo. xlviii pp. FIRST EDITION. Woodcut design in blue and silver on title by Gordon Craig. Diagrams throughout the book in beautiful and delicate colours of green, turquoise, orange, gold, red, rust, pink, toast salmon and lavender. Original black..... More
Lille: C.F.J. LeHoucq, 1778-1779. Three volumes. 12mo. viii, 378, [1]; [iv], 271, [1]; [iv], 254, [2] pp. LATER EDITION. Engraved title and 15 engraved plates printed on blue paper. Contemporary richly gilt half sheep over green marbled boards, edges sprinkled red, green silk markers. Bookplates of the Duchesse de Croy..... More
New York: H.B. Price, 1859. 8vo. 298 pp., including index. FIRST EDITION. Publisher’s blind-stamped cloth, worn; interior with minor foxing throughout. A few newspaper articles are cut out and laid in, though one is pasted onto the back board. More
New York: John S. Voorhies, 1860. 8vo. 588 pp. FIRST EDITION. A 4-page publisher’s advertising circular bound in before the title page. Later calf-backed cloth boards, spine lable; text leaves somewhat toned but overall an excellent copy. More
Berlin: Verlag der Akademia der Wissenschaften in Kommission bei Walter de Gruyter, 1929. 4to. 8 pp. FIRST EDITION. Original printed orange wrappers; a fine copy, unopened, and bound into morocco-backed cloth boards, spine labeled in gilt. More
Boston? ca 1800. Broadside. Double column. Crude woodcut of a sailing ship. Top edge gnawed affecting the first word “Captain.”. More
Konigsberg: Borntraeger, 1829. 4to. vi, 191, [1] pp. First edition. With 1 large folding table. Contemporary marbled pasteboards, worn; other than some darkening to the paste-down and flyleaf, a fine copy. More
Berlin: Typis Academicis, 1839. 4to. xl, 248 pp. FIRST EDITION. Blue wrappers, printed spine label; a few leaves foxed. An uncut copy in good condition. More
Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1895. 8vo. [iv], 138, [1] pp. FIRST EDITION. Original printed wrappers pasted onto boards, a bit soiled; interior fine. An excellent copy preserved in a half-morocco slipcase. More
Petropoli: Academiae Imperialis Scientiarum, 1783-85. Two volumes in one. 4to. [iv], 363, [1]; [iv], 346 pp. FIRST EDITION. With 2 folding plates of figures. Contemporary half-calf and marbled boards, spine label; a clean and crisp copy with the small book label of the Physikalische Biblioteek der Königl. Landesschule on the..... More
St. Petersburg: Impensis Academia Imperialis Scientiarum, 1768-70. Three volumes. 4to. [iv], 542; [iv], 526, [8]; [viii], 639 pp. FIRST EDITION. With 1 folding engraved plate, woodcut head- and tailpieces. Uniformly bound in contemporary calf, spines rebacked with 5 raised bands and spine label. A wonderful, clean and wide-margined set. The..... More
Paris: Jean Boudot, 1707. 4to. [ii], 459, [2] pp. FIRST EDITION. Engraved printer's device on title, text vignette, decorative initial and 33 folding engraved plates. Contemporary calf, elaborate gilt spine with morocco spine label; interior in excellent shape. Laid in throughout the book are notes annotated in a contemporary hand..... More
Paris: Imprimerie de la Republique, [1797]. 4to. [iv], viii, 277, [1] pp., including half-title. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. Errata on final text leaf. Contemporary marbled paste-paper boards. More
Leipzig: S. Hirzel, 1917. 4to. xi, [i], 604 pp. (the entire volume offered). FIRST EDITION. Contemporary half cloth and marbled boards, preserved in a morocco slipcase. An excellent clean copy. More
London: S. Palmer, 1728. Royal 4to. [l], 407 pp. FIRST EDITION. With engraved title-vignette of an observatory within a border of instruments, 12 folding plates, and historiated initials, all engraved by J. Pine after J. Grison, including the arms of Sir Robert Walpole, to whom the work is dedicated. Complete..... More
Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1930. 8vo. x, 257, [1] pp. FIRST EDITION. Original cloth, author and title in gilt on spine; an excellent copy. More
Cambridge: University Press, 1903. Large 8vo. xxix, [i], 534 pp., including half-title and index. FIRST EDITION. Publisher’s cloth. From the library of Harry Todd Costello (1885-1960), a graduate student who took Russell’s class at Harvard entitled “The principles of mathematics” and was chosen to conduct the class during a time..... More
Cambridge: University Press, 1910; 1927; 1927. Three volumes. 8vo. xiii, [iii], 666; xxxi, [i], 742; viii, 491 pp., including half-titles. FIRST EDITION VOL. 1, SECOND EDITION OF VOLS. 2 AND 3. Original blue cloth, exteriors faintly rubbed and small tear to bottom edge of second volume, still an excellent set..... More
London: J. Matthews, 1703. 4to. [iv], 128 pp. FIRST EDITION. Numerous text diagrams and mathematical equations. Contemporary Oxford-style sprinkled calf, a bit worn, front hinge weak but holding; interior excellent. A duplicate from the library of the University of St. Andrews with a contemporary inscription on the title page and..... More
Leipzig: Teubner, 1899. 4to. [ii], 92 pp. FIRST EDITION. With 50 text figures. Contemporary half pebbled cloth over marbled boards; spine sunned, otherwise an excellent copy with an ownership signature on the fly-leaf. More
Leipzig & Berlin: B.G. Teubner, 1931-33. 5 vols. 8vo. 31; 38; 26; 45; 42 pp. FIRST EDITIONS. Original printed wrappers. More
