Boston: Printed by Richard and Samuel Draper, 1763. 55pp. Antique-style half calf and marbled boards, spine gilt. Modestly ex- library, with faint blindstamp of Dartmouth College Library in upper portion of titlepage, and inked four-digit number on verso. Small closed tear to inner margin of titlepage (no text affected). Mild.....
Buffalo, N.Y. Express Printing Company, 1867. 170pp. Publisher's black cloth, gilt vignette on front board, rebacked in matching black pebbled cloth. Cloth lightly rubbed, corners a bit worn, hinges reinforced with paper tape. Ownership signature of "Chas. D. Bigelow 1869" on front free endpaper. Offsetting from binding tape in gutter.....
London: British and Colorado Mining Bureau, [ 1869]. 64pp. plus folding frontispiece map. Original black cloth, spine gilt. Light wear to head of spine, front hinge weakening a touch. Moderate tanning, closed tear in foredge of front fly leaf. Small closed tear in upper edge of the map, just intruding.....
Greenfield, Ma. 1825. 108pp. Publisher's advertisements on rear board. 16mo. Original printed paper-covered boards. Paper along joints cracked, but hinges holding firm. Contemporary ownership signature on front free endpaper of Carlton Chase (see below). Pastedowns foxed, but very clean internally. Very good, in unsophisticated condition. Untrimmed. In a half morocco.....
Kansas City, Mo. Little Gem Brand Book Co., 1900. [3],27,158pp., profusely illustrated, plus advertisement on front pastedown and map on rear pastedown. Printed in blue ink. 12mo. Original half calf and printed cloth boards. Boards lightly worn at corners and edges. Previous owner's ink name on copyright page, else quite.....
Columbus, Oh. F.B. Toothaker, 1911. 48pp. plus eight full-page plates from photographs. Original printed wrappers, cloth backstrip. Small tear in cloth at foot of backstrip, three small shallow chips in the foredge of the rear wrapper. Small stain on two pages, small closed tear in outer edge of final leaf.....
Chicago: Kurz & Allison, 1899. Chromolithographic print, 19 1/4 x 25 1/4 inches. Slightly trimmed on right and left sides, small portion at upper left repaired. Backed on tissue. Withal, very good. An evocative chromolithograph depicting the storming of San Juan Hill by two units of Buffalo Soldiers during the.....
New York: Julius Bien, [ca. 1883-1892]. Series of seven color-printed lithographic maps, each sheet approximately 13 1/2 x 29 inches. Original folds with some short fold separations, minor toning, one short closed marginal tear to last map. Very good. A series of seven maps illustrating the progress of the transcontinental.....
Osage Mission, Ks. [N.d., ca. 1870s]. Hand-drawn and hand-painted watercolor sign on a 14 x 18 3/4-inch sheet of cardstock. Pencil sketch for the same sign on the verso. Small chips at lower corners, some light soiling. Very good. A remarkable and very attractive handmade sign for D.B. Gregory's livery.....
[Savannah]: 1876. 36pp. Original printed wrappers. Spine chipped, rear wrapper detaching, perceptible diagonal fold to front wrapper. Light tanning. About very good. An account of William Jasper's service during the American Revolution. A Munsell imprint.
Philadelphia: Young, Printer, April 26, 1832. 32pp. plus engraved plate and two maps on one sheet. Original printed wrappers. Minor dustsoiling to wrappers, mild chipping at spine ends. Moderate foxing and toning to text. Very good. Untrimmed. Second edition, "enlarged and improved," of this extensive collection of letters in support.....
San Francisco. 1852. 20pp. Modern paper boards, gilt leather label. Three bookplates on front endpapers. A touch of light foxing and a faint vertical crease. Very good. One of the bookplates on the present copy is that of the noted Vermont collector, Hall Park McCullough. A seminal collection of documents.....
London: J. Mawman; and David Brown, Edinburgh, 1815. [6],171,[2]pp. Contemporary three-quarter calf and marbled paper boards, expertly rebacked in matching calf, spine ruled in gilt, gilt leather label. Boards lightly rubbed and shelfworn. Occasional slight foxing, small hole from paper flaw in upper margin of pp.23-24 and center of pp.104-105.....
Utrecht. 1772. Two volumes bound in one: [16],223,[1]; [4],240,[8]pp. plus engraved titlepage, four copper-engraved plates (one folding), and a large folding map. Lacks half-title and the three leaf subscribers list ("Lyst der Intekenaren") in the preliminary section of the second volume. Half title in first volume. Large quarto. Contemporary three-quarter.....
Paris: Chez Louis, 1798. [4],xix,[1],244pp. plus handcolored frontispiece showing a portrait above a naval battle vignette. Half title. 16mo. Contemporary calf, gilt tooled borders on both boards, expertly rebacked with original gilt backstrip laid down, gilt morocco label. Corners a bit worn. Mild toning. A very good copy. Includes a......
Paris: Arthus Bertrand, 1837. Two large quarto text volumes plus folio atlas. Text volumes: vi,742; xvi,351,165,[2]pp. Atlas: [4]pp. plus fifty- six engraved or lithographed plates and double-page maps, many handcolored. Lacking front blank in first volume. Half titles. Errata. Uniform contemporary half tan diced russia and marbled boards, spines gilt.....
Madrid: Joaquín Ibarra, 1783; 1788. Four volumes. NOVA: [12],xxiii,[1],830; [4],xxii,669,[1]pp., plus engraved frontispiece portrait of King Carlos III in first volume; VETUS: [4],xxvii,[1],556,viii; [4],467pp., plus engraved frontispiece portrait of Antonio and plate entitled "Membranae" in first volume. Complete, but with the twenty-two-page section of preliminaries in the second volume of.....
New York: Printed by Frank, White, and Co., 1808. 96pp. 12mo. Antique-style half calf and marbled boards, spine ruled in gilt. Contemporary gift inscription on verso of titlepage and ownership signature on first page of text. Minor tanning, short horizontal closed tear to one leaf. Very good. A rare collection.....
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[N.p., but likely London. ca. 1864]. Ink and watercolor on thick paper, approximately 14 x 9 3/4 inches, mounted on foam core board approximately 15 1/2 x 11 1/4 inches. Minor edge wear, light soiling. Very good. An original ink-and-watercolor advertisement designed as a poster or a program cover for.....
[N.p., likely New York. early 1939]. Panoramic photograph, 19 3/4 x 204 inches. Some chipping, creasing, minor staining, and occasional closed tears, with repaired tears to each vertical edge, and minor loss to right edge. Still, a good image considering its size. An extraordinary and obscure seventeen-foot panoramic photograph highlighting.....
Nashville. 1848. Two issues. [16]pp. each. Folio. Contemporary ink signature on first page, with varying levels of ink burn, minor foxing and spotting, some edge wear, short closed tear to final leaf of one issue. Overall, very good. Two separate issues of this rare Nashville newspaper. Present here are the.....
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Bethel, Vt. January 9, 1837. Broadside, approximately 8 x 7 1/2 inches. Old fold lines. Minor wear and light soiling, offsetting along the left edge. Very good. A share in the Vermont Texas Land Company, organized in September 1836. The share is made out to Whitman Howard of Braintree, Vermont.....
Philadelphia: Published by J.O. Lewis, 1835-1836. Seventy-two handcolored lithographic plates. Extra-illustrated with an original parts wrapper from part number 3. Folio. Contemporary calf "bound by R. Allen. Late S. Bennett...Mercury Office, Nottingham" (see binder's label on front pastedown), covers paneled in gilt, titled in gilt on upper cover "Aboriginal /.....
Baltimore: Published by Fielding Lucas Jr., [ 1837]. 136,87pp., plus fifty-seven handcolored plates, including additional pictorial titlepage and presentation leaf. Quarto. Later full brown morocco ruled and stamped in gilt and blind, spine gilt with raised bands, a.e.g. Ownership inscription on front free endpaper ("Caro B. Turnbull"), presentation leaf is.....
[Biên Hòa, Nha Trang, Long Binh, and other locations in Vietnam, plus Luzon, Philippines and Osan, South Korea]. October 1969 to August 1970. 469 black-and-white or color photographs, measuring between 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches and 8 x 10 inches, either mounted or laid-in to acetate sleeves, almost all.....
