Boston: S. Rowland Hart, Printer, 1835. 132pp. plus seven engraved plates. Original cloth-backed boards, paper label on front cover. Corners worn, some old dampstaining on front board. Scattered foxing. Overall very good, in original state. A presentation copy from the author, inscribed on the front free endpaper: "East Cambridge /.....
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Washington. 1896. pp.17-23. Modern half cloth and marbled boards, leather label, original printed wrappers bound in. Near fine. Scarce separate printing of one of Adams' most famous essays, written while president of the American Historical Association. His search for a "science of history" is much in evidence here, more so.....
Philadelphia: Printed by Andrew Steuart, [1764]. [40]pp. including one in-text woodcut illustration. 12mo. Printed self-wrappers, stitched. Additional stab holes in blank gutter. Contemporary ink ownership inscription of John Lambert in outer margin of p.[3]. Edge wear, some soiling to titlepage, scattered foxing. Else very good. Untrimmed. The sixth annual UNIVERSAL.....
Philadelphia: Printed by Andrew Steuart, [1763]. [40]pp. including one in-text woodcut illustration. 12mo. Printed self-wrappers, stitched. Additional stab holes in blank gutter. Light soiling on titlepage, scattered foxing. Else very good, untrimmed. The fifth annual UNIVERSAL AMERICAN ALMANACK by "Andrew Aguecheek" (the pseudonym is taken from the character in TWELFTH.....
Philadelphia: Printed by and for Andrew Steuart, [1762]. [40]pp. including one in-text woodcut illustration. 12mo. Printed self-wrappers, stitched. Additional stab holes in blank gutter. Some wear, scattered foxing, else very good, untrimmed. The fourth annual UNIVERSAL AMERICAN ALMANACK by "Andrew Aguecheek" (a pseudonym taken from the character in TWELFTH NIGHT).....
Boston: Printed by John Draper, 1740 [i.e. 1739]. [16]pp. Stitched. First and final leaves extremely soiled and stained, obscuring some text. Text tanned, and with some internal staining as well. Fair. An early almanac by one of the most prolific almanac makers in colonial America. Ames' run of almanacs predated.....
Boston: Printed by John Draper, 1743 [i.e 1742]. [16]pp. Stitched. Light scattered foxing and soiling. Some loss in margins of three leaves, affecting a few letters in one leaf of the calendar. About very good. An early almanac by one of the most prolific almanac makers in colonial America. Ames'.....
Boston: Printed by J. Draper, [1747]. [16]pp. Stitched. Margins frayed, with no loss of text. First and last pages soiled; text tanned. Overall, a good copy. An early almanac by one of the most prolific almanac makers in colonial America. Ames' run of almanacs predated Benjamin Franklin's POOR RICHARD'S by.....
Boston: Printed by J. Draper, [1749]. [16]pp., including a woodcut of the cosmos on the fifteenth page. Stitched. First and last pages strengthened and repaired along gutter. A few small stains on last page. A subtle tape used to repair minor tears on several pages. Outer margins lightly torn, without.....
Boston: Printed by J. Draper, [1752]. [16]pp., including a woodcut on the second page. Stitched. Old library stamps on titlepage. Text very clean. A very good copy. An early almanac by one of the most prolific almanac makers in colonial America. Ames' run of almanacs predated Benjamin Franklin's POOR RICHARD'S.....
New-Haven: Printing-Office, [1763]. [24]pp. Stitched. First and last pages soiled. Fore- edge corners darkened. Text tanned. A very good copy. An early almanac by one of the most prolific almanac makers in colonial America. Ames' run of almanacs predated Benjamin Franklin's POOR RICHARD'S by eight years. Ames had a long.....
Boston: Printed and Sold by R. and S. Draper... [1763]. [24]pp. Contemporary plain wrappers, stitched. Contemporary manuscript notes on wrappers, wrappers chipped at edges. Text tanned. Very good. An early almanac by one of the most prolific almanac makers in colonial America. Ames' run of almanacs predated Benjamin Franklin's POOR.....
New York. 1809. 380pp. plus 10pp. (of 20pp.) of index. Lacks final ten pages of index. Contemporary calf. Rubbed, spine extremities worn. Uniformly tanned. Good. A useful compendium of trade secrets covering most fields of interest. Includes advice on engraving, cements, colored stones, paper, gilding, the confectionery business, removing stains.....
New York. 1816. 317 [erroneously numbered 139] pp. plus index. Contemporary tree calf, spine gilt, gilt leather label. Calf rubbed, spine extremities bit worn. Bookplate to front pastedown. Minor soiling. Else a very good copy. A useful compendium of trade secrets covering most fields of interest, including advice on engraving.....
Washington. 1889. 405pp. Folding map. Cloth. Hinges worn. Internally good. Prepared with C. Hart Merriam. The "Columbian Exchange" of New World and Old World animals is always fascinating. When one considers the horse, the potato, and various diseases, the effect of the mingling strains is intense. This is especially true.....
Boston. 1814. 24pp. Loose gatherings, stitching perished. Small chip at foot of titlepage. Tanned. Good. Uncut and untrimmed. Short history of Charlestown, with a focus on medical aspects, written and delivered as a speech by Josiah Bartlett, son of the New Hampshire Governor and Declaration signer.
Philadelphia: The American Philosophical Society, 1968. x,[4],180pp., including frontispiece and fifty-eight plates, many in color. Text printed in two columns. Large folio. Original green cloth, gilt. Some discoloration to cloth along the bottom edge. Near fine, in a slightly worn dust jacket. William Bartram was an American botanist and ornithologist.....
Boston: Little, Brown, and Co., 1863. iv,108pp. 12mo. Publisher's blindstamped burgundy cloth, spine gilt. Boards rubbed and sunned with a few spots of soiling, two chips to joints (but still strong), spine ends starting to fray. A few spots of foxing and even tanning throughout. Small manuscript label to front.....
Vienna: Im Selbstverlage des Verfassers, 1869. [8],202,[2]pp. plus seven woodcut plates and folding color map. Contemporary half cloth and marbled boards, paper library label. Slightly rubbed. Old institutional stamps on titlepage. Internally quite clean. Very good. Departing San Francisco in 1866, Bechtinger travelled to Hawaii and remained there for one.....
Philadelphia: Howard Challen, [copyright 1857]. 132,[2]pp. plus thirty-eight lithographed plates and numerous in-text illustrations. Tall octavo. Original cloth. Spine ends chipped. Front cover rather dampstained, with some bubbling. Some moderate foxing, mostly in text. Clean three-inch tear in plate 17 (no loss). Else good. An interesting 19th-century American work of.....
Philadelphia: Ferguson Bros. & Co., 1886. 152pp. including two hundred in-text illustrations, plus forty-four lithographic plates and [2]pp. of advertisements. Original cloth, stamped in blind and gilt. Spine frayed at ends and nicked at edge. Front hinge loosening. Internally very clean. Overall a very good copy. Second edition, "enlarged and.....
Greenfield: Thomas Dickman, 1800. [36]pp. plus thirty-five (of thirty-eight) plates, one folding. Lacks frontispiece and plates 25 and 32. Small quarto. Contemporary calf, remnants of leather label. Binding moderately worn, but sound. Moderate toning and foxing to titlepage. Scattered offsetting from plates, foxing and soiling. Light wear. Plate 29 torn.....
New York. 1816. 79pp. plus folding table. Original boards, printed paper label. Spine decayed, front board detached. Several old library stamps. Internally clean. Good. An early American astronomical and navigational work, setting out the author's theories in detail. Scarce.
Providence, R.I. Printed and sold by Hugh H. Brown, [1816]. [24]pp. 12mo. Printed self-wrappers, stitched. Contemporary ink annotations in margins of a few pages of text. Some toning and a few small stains, else a very good copy, untrimmed. Together with the calendar, this volume of Bickerstaff's RHODE-ISLAND ALMANACK includes.....
Providence, R.I. Printed and sold by Hugh H. Brown, [1817]. [24]pp. 12mo. Printed self-wrappers, stitched. Additional stab holes in blank gutter. Ex- lib., with inkstamp of Newport Historical Society in upper margin of titlepage. Some wear, else a very good copy, untrimmed. Together with the calendar, this volume of Bickerstaff's.....
