Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1853-1856. Ten parts bound in one volume. viii,298pp. plus fifty handcolored lithographs, printed by J.T. Bowen of Philadelphia, eighteen after George G. White, thirty-two drawn on stone by William E. Hitchcock. Original illustrated wrappers bound into contemporary three-quarter red morocco and marbled boards, spine gilt.....

St. Thomas, Virgin Islands. Nov. 21, 1867. 5pp. manuscript (written on rectos only) on folio sheets, with the letter addressed to his mother on the fifth page, following the description of events. Approximately 1250 words total. Sheets with wear around the edges. Each sheet neatly backed with paper, repairing small.....

Chengdu: The National Szechuan University, May 1942. Vol. I, No. 1 only. Title and text in parallel Chinese and English. Fifty lithographic plates, titled in Chinese and English. Folio. Later green corduroy-covered boards by Pan Iordanidis, sections of original wrappers loosely inserted. Very good. A significant and beautifully presented fragment.....

New York: Published by R. Martin, 1847-49. Three titles bound in one volume. 385,[1],iii,[3],152,8pp. plus fifty handcolored plates and two uncolored plates. Additional handcolored titlepage in first volume. Quarto. Original morocco, elaborately stamped in pictorial gilt, rebacked, with original richly gilt backstrip laid down, a.e.g. Binding a bit rubbed and.....

Castile, N.Y. Published by the Author, 1846. First volume only [all published]. 255,[1]pp. Contemporary calf. Spine ends chipped, calf generally rubbed and worn, upper backstrip separating from textblock. Rear hinge split, held by one cord. Pencil marks on front free endpaper. Old stains and light foxing throughout. Good. A domestic.....

Milford, N.H. John Burns, 1846. 181,[1]pp. plus eleven plates (including frontispiece). Contemporary calf, gilt morocco label. Spine rubbed and scuffed, hinges and spine ends worn, modest edge wear. Bookseller label on front pastedown. Pencil marks on front endpapers and final page of text. Tear in outer margin of p. vii.....

New-York: Printed...and London Reprinted: for J. Brindley, 1746. 75pp. Modern three-quarter speckled calf and original marbled boards, spine gilt, leather label. Lightly toned. Very good. The first British edition of Cadwallader Colden's important early contribution to American scientific knowledge, first published in New York in 1745. Colden was an important.....

Paris. 1726. 4pp. Quarto, on a folded folio sheet. Contemporary inscription. Very lightly tanned. Near fine. A French royal decree, setting the rate at which the Compagnie des Indes can redeem gold during the months of February, March, and April of 1726. This decree was made to facilitate trade in.....

London: Printed by W. and A. Strahan for G. Nichol and T. Cadell, 1784. Three quarto text volumes plus large folio atlas. Text: twenty-four engraved maps, coastal profiles, and charts (thirteen folding); folding letterpress table. Atlas: sixty-three engraved plates, charts, and maps (including one folding map and one double-page map).....

London: Printed for the Brethren's Society, 1767. Two volumes. lix,405;497,[1]pp. plus two folding maps and plates. Contemporary speckled calf, spines gilt ruled, gilt leather labels. Boards slightly rubbed, with a few scuffed areas, light wear to corners and edges, volume two label detaching. 20th-century bookplates on front pastedowns. Internally clean.....

Maastricht: J.E. Dufour & Phil. Roux, 1785. Two volumes. xxiv,457,[1]; [4],431,[1]pp. Half title in each volume. 12mo. Contemporary three- quarter calf over marbled boards. Spines and covers worn, front board of first volume detached. Bookplate of Caspar Joseph von Weber on front pastedown of first volume, Weber's ownership signature on.....

Paris: 1784. Two volumes. xxiv,iv,422,[2]; [4],iv,400,[2]pp. Half title in second volume. Bound in mismatched contemporary calf, first volume with the spine richly gilt. Boards of second volume quite worn, spine badly chipped. Bookplate on front pastedown and early signatures on titlepage of first volume. Some foxing and tanning. A good.....

Washington. 1830. 88pp. Illustrated with woodcuts. Dbd. Bit soiled, else very good. Early work on American silk culture. American Imprints notes a Philadelphia printing of the same year.