Toronto: William Briggs, 1889. cloth. SIGNED. 8vo; [i-vii], viii-ix, [3], 12-136pp; gilt stamped title and decoration on blue cloth over board, beveled board edges, blind stamped borders; inscribed and signed by author on free front endpaper; illustrated; scuffing and fraying to head and tail of spine, ½” scrape to mid..... More
New England: Printed for the Proprietor, 1813, February. Full calf. 12mo; 264pp; contemporary smooth brown calf, spine with onlaid gilt stamped black label; 4 woodcut illustrations of which 3 depict various conjoined twins and one with other genetic anomalies; damage to head and tail of spine, scuffing to edges, scrapes..... More
Portland, Maine: National Society of Colonial Dames of AMerica in the State of Maine, 1982. W. L. Frost. Limited Edition. cloth. Fold-out Map: FROST, W.L., Falmouth Neck and Stroudwater in the Time of the Tates, for the Colonial Dames, 1982. Fold-out Map: A Plan, of the Clear Inclosures in Brigadier Gen..... More
[Portland, Maine]: [Maine Historical Society], 1903. 1st Edition. Wraps. Cover title: Tercentenary of Martin Pring’s First Voyage to the Coast of Maine, 1603-1903, [Portland, Maine: Maine Historical Society], 1903. BAXTER, Hon. James Phinney. The Avant Couriers of Colonization. DENNIS, Prof. Alfred L.P. Captain Martin Pring, Last of the Elizabethan Seamen. THAYER, Rev. Henry..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1928. First Edition. Cloth. First edition, fourth impression, 1928 October. Two volumes. 8vo; gilt-stamped facsimile signature to front board navy ribbed cloth, gilt stamped spine; deckle fore-edge and bottom; Vol. I: xxviii, 607pp; photogravure portrait frontispiece with tissue guard of Abraham Lincoln; 8 inserted b&w plates; a...... More
Boston: D. Lothrop, 1888. First Edition. Cloth. First edition. 8vo; 336pp + [1pp] advertising; gilt-stamped pictorial on royal blue cloth; 19 half-tone illustrated plates; vignette head-pieces at chapter start; inserted slip between pp314/15 with updated information; book-seller’s ticket to rear pd; light wear to boards with fraying at spine head..... More
Hartford Connecticut: American Publishing Company, 1873. Cloth. 8vo; 772pp + [4]; brown cloth over board, blind-stamped border and decoration, gilt-stamped Indian figure, gilt-stamped spine with Indian vignette; wood engraved illustrations, frontispiece, pictorial hand-colored half-title with tissue guard; 12 engraved illustrated plates, 6 are portrait, some hand-colored; bumping of corners with..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1884. Cloth. 8vo; viii, 338pp; gilt and black stamped tan cloth, border of flowers and leaves to top, vignette of a horse in a horseshoe, gilt stamped spine; top edge gilt; green endpapers; b&w illustrated “Artotype” frontispiece, a collotype illustration process; light shelf wear, small..... More
New York: Girl Scouts, 1944. Cloth. Printed from new plates March 1944. 8vo; xviii, 220 + [2]; gilt-stamped green cloth over board; b&w reproduced photographic images; light age-toning of paper, light shelf-wear; unclipped color dust jacket without price, b&w portrait of Juliette Low to front, chipping to edges with loss..... More
New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1924. Half Bound Leather. Married set in a custom binding. 8vo; Vol. I: [vi]-xvi, [2]-368 + 2 blank leaves; Vol. II: [viii], 365pp + 2pp advertisements and 2 blank leaves; Vol. I: First edition, H-Y (August 1924); Vol. II: K-Y (October 1924)..... More
London: The Soncino Press, 1960. Fourth Impression. Cloth. Fourth Impression. 8vo; xiv, 488pp; navy cloth over board, gilt-stamped title on front in Hebrew, English title, author and publisher on spine; gift inscription to front pastedown; light age-toning of paper, lightly bumped bottom corners; dust jacket printed in navy with vignette..... More
New York City: Theo. Audel & Co., 1917. Cloth. Cover Title: Audel’s Easy Lessons Wireless Telegraphy. 32mo (5 ¾” x 2 7/8”); 242pp [14pp advertisements]; black cloth over board with gilt stamped title to front cover; edges stained red; soiling to cover with a few paint spots, bumping to cover corners..... More
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1922. Cloth. 8vo; vi, 580pp; tan cloth over board with stamped title and border stamped in black to front cover, title and publisher stamped to spine, stamped border to back cover; soiling to cover, light age toning to pages, short closed tear with crease to bottom..... More
State House, Augusta, Maine: Dept. of Sea and Shore Fisheries [Maine], 1958, July. Wraps. 8vo; 43pp; ivory color illustrated wrappers with title and publisher on front cover, State of Maine seal to back cover; illustrated with black and white photographs and drawings; scattered foxing to top of title page and..... More
Annapolis, Maryland: United States Naval Institute, 1942. Cloth. 4to; 509pp; gilt-stamped black cloth over board; ownership to endpapers; illustrated within text; scuffed cloth, small tears to cloth on front joint, wear to edges, light stain to bottom edge; foxing to endpapers; good plus. Seventh edition, published in 1942, as a...... More
Boston: Massachusetts State Board of Agriculture, 1912. W.E. BEECROFT and Edward Howe FORBUSH. First Edition. Cloth. First edition. 8vo; xvi [ii], 622pp; forest green ribbed cloth over board with blind-stamped border, gilt-stamped spine; 37 b&w half-tone photographic plates including frontispiece and b&w wood-engraved illustrations in text; scuffing to boards, bumping..... More
London and New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, Publishers, 1897. First Edition. Cloth. First edition. 12mo; xi [i], 625pp + [1]publisher’s ad; red cloth over board, title gilt-stamped, vignette of cards, dominos and game pieces stamped to front; illustrated with game plays; scuffing to boards, bumping to corners with loss..... More
Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1874. First Edition. Cloth. First edition. 12mo; 314pp; green cloth over beveled board, black-stamped decorative border and title to front, gilt-stamped house vignette; gilt-stamped spine; brown endpapers; b&w illustrated frontispiece with tissue guard; head & tail piece decorations to chapters; b&w illustrations; light board..... More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1952. First Edition. Cloth. First edition. 8vo; vii [i], 308pp; black glazed cloth over board, orange printed label with title on spine; 8 glazed plates with b&w photographic illustrations printed recto & verso; unclipped dust jacket in orange and black, vignette of baseball in a...... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 2011. Second Printing. Boards. SIGNED. Second printing. 8vo; 208 [1]pp; red foil stamped title to spine, black boards; signed by author on titlepage; unclipped dust jacket with baseball graphic in black and red to front; fine in fine dj. The baseball player, Shawn Green, played..... More
London: Charles Roberson & Co., 1875. Second Edition. Cloth. Second edition. 12mo; viii, 94 and 33 [1]pp; 34 pp of advertisements follow the text; gilt stamped green cloth over beveled board; 6 etched plates with tissue guard; bookseller’s label to front pastedown; scuffing and some fraying to head and tail..... More
Cambridge, [Masschusetts]: The Massachusetts Historical Society, Hilliard & Metcalf, 1815. Full calf. First edition. 8vo; vi, 676pp; brown calf with gilt stamped black label to spine; foxed; wear to cover, front cover split at gutter but holding; lacking free front end paper; front hinge split, cover sewing holding but fragile..... More
Washington: United States Government Printing Office, 1928. Cloth. 4to; 828pp; green cloth over board, blind-stamped borders, gilt Indian portrait to front; b&w photographic illustrated plates and text figures; binding tight; light scuffing to boards; very good plus. Following the 19 page Administrative Report of the Chief are five Accompanying Papers..... More
Edinburgh: William P. Nimmo, 1867. Half Bound Leather. 8vo; lx, 635pp; half-bound in brown leather and pebbled brown cloth; 5 banded spine, gilt stamped title and ornaments to spine; red speckled edges; clipping affixed to two fly-leaves; dedication page to His Royal Highness Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh; scuffing to spine..... More
Nashville, Tenn. Samuel I. Jones, 1932/36. 1/4 cloth. 12mo; x, 340pp; quarter-bound smooth red cloth, red pebbled gilt-stamped cloth, vignette of a nut with numbers to front; scuffs to boards, light bumping to corners; very good. A serious book with math problems including word problems, set in a somewhat humorous..... More