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[Nuuk, Greenland: Hinrich Rink, 1862-1946, lacking the years 1884-91, 1894- 95, 1901-03]. Eighty-five volumes. Replete with illustrations, many in color. Some issues loose. First volume in original limp patterned cloth. Second volume in cloth- backed printed boards, spine repaired. Third volume in cloth-backed boards, spine worn. Fourth volume with lower.....
Oxford: Printed by T. Wright and W. Gill, Printers to the University, 1769. [206] leaves (printed in double columns) plus fifty-nine full-page engraved plates. Extra- illustrated with fifty-nine full-page engraved plates. Tall quarto. Contemporary black morocco, almost imperceptibly rebacked with original backstrip laid down, elaborately gilt, spine gilt with raised.....
London: Ackermann & Co., 1850. 8pp., text in double columns, in English and French. Plus ten color lithographic views on seven sheets. Folio. Publishers' grey cloth with gilt title and royal standard on front cover, blindruling on both covers, a.e.g. Skillfully rebacked preserving portion of original spine. Wear and a......
London: Published by the author, 1848. Two volumes. xvi,296; xii,336pp., plus twenty- four plates. Printed slip bound in following p.302 in second volume. Original pictorial cloth stamped in gilt and blind, expertly rebacked, retaining original gilt backstrips. Endpapers renewed, save for the original front free endpaper in the first volume.....
Cincinnati: Wrightson & Co., 1866. 86pp. plus two folding maps. Presentation binding of dark blue morocco with red inlays, boards paneled and tooled in gilt, spine gilt, gilt inner dentelles, a.e.g. Boards scuffed and bowed, front joint weak. Internally very clean and very good. A presentation copy, inscribed on the.....
Wheeling & Philadelphia: H. Hoblitzell, 1851. 416pp. plus five plates (one folding) and numerous vignettes in the text. Original blindstamped cloth, gilt, neatly rebacked with original spine laid down. Corners repaired. Later ink ownership signature on titlepage, some dampstaining and foxing. Good. In a cloth slipcase. Presentation copy of the.....
Cincinnati. 1815. 251,[4]pp. plus two folding maps. Contemporary tree calf, spine elaborately gilt, black leather label. A presentation binding, as this book was issued either in boards or in a plain sheep edition binding. Scattered foxing, else a fine copy. With a presentation inscription, as given below. In a half.....
[Baltimore. ca. 1931]. Lithographic print, 21 3/4 x 15 1/2 inches. Mounted on board. Slightly tanned and foxed. Artist's presentation inscription and limitation statement in lower margin. Very good. One of thirty copies of this dark and dramatic lithographic print depicting the lynching of Matthew Williams in Salisbury, Maryland in.....
[N.p. but Arden, N.Y.]: Privately printed, [1938]. 74pp. plus tipped-in folding map of British Columbia. Illustrated with photographs. Original blue cloth, gilt. Spine slightly faded. Near fine. Inscribed on the front flyleaf: "For Jane from GFH." A detailed account of a hunting trip to the Sikanni and Opskia rivers in.....
Honolulu: Mea paipalapala a na Misionari, 1842. 418pp. plus eight woodcut plates (including frontispiece). 12mo. Contemporary Hawaiian sheep, boards and backstrip tooled with triangular and diamond- shaped pattern; rebacked with original spine neatly laid down. Very clean and fresh internally. Very good. A significant association copy of the rare first.....
Lexington, Ky. J. Clarke & Co., 1836. [2],viii,410pp. plus folding map. 12mo. Modern three-quarter morocco and marbled boards, spine gilt, leather label. Map backed on linen. Very good. A presentation copy from Mrs. Holley, inscribed in her hand at the head of the titlepage: "B. Drake from the Author." This.....
Paris: Chez David, 1780-1781. Six volumes consisting of I, II, IIII, V, VI, and VII (without volumes III and VIII). With hundreds of illustrations. Contemporary mottled French calf, neatly rebacked in matching style, spines gilt extra, leather labels stamped in gilt. A bit of light scattered foxing, but generally quite.....
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1868. 39pp. plus large color folding map, 23 1/4 x 44 3/4 inches. Original printed wrappers. Presentation inscription on front wrapper (see below). Wrapper edges chipped, minor soiling and tanning to wrappers, spine partially chipped, old vertical fold to pamphlet. Light foxing and tanning and occasional.....
New York. 1956. xix,266pp. Blue cloth with black cloth spine, gilt. Light edge wear. Presentation inscription on front fly leaf. Very good. Lacks the dust jacket. In a blue morocco slipcase, gilt, and with the presidential seal stamped in gilt on the front. Later printing of this famous work, which.....
St. Petersburg: Par Ordre de Sa Majesté Impériale, 1824. Engraved titlepage, dedication leaf, and fifteen engraved maps by S. Froloff (six double-page, nine single-page); some plates with more than one map, some with inserts, one with a folding extension, all dated 1824. Modern three-quarter red morocco and cloth boards, ruled.....
Montreal. 1889. 351pp. plus errata leaf and folding table. Half title. Contemporary three-quarter straight-grained morocco and marbled boards, spine gilt. Chipped at spine head, boards a bit rubbed, front hinge slightly worn. Internally clean. Very good. A presentation copy, inscribed by the author on a front flyleaf. Legoff lived among.....
Custer, S.D. The Chronicle Shop, 1935. 102,[2]pp., including photographic illustrations. Original suede-texture pictorial wrappers. Loocke's name inscribed on front wrapper; Library of Congress duplicate stamp on verso of front wrapper. Text block detached from wrappers. Small tear to upper edge of titlepage, occasional fingerprint stains to pages. Overall, very good.....
Boston. 1726. [2],14,18,[2],483pp. Folio. Original calf, elaborately stamped in gilt, rebacked to style duplicating the backstrip of the John Carter Brown Library copy in a similar binding. Moderate wear to boards. Internally quite clean. Near fine. This copy bears an exceptional colonial provenance, being inscribed on the front free endpaper.....
New York. 1873. 285pp. plus plates and advertisements. Original cloth. Binding rather cocked, spine ends bit frayed, else very good. A presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front flyleaf: "Charles R. Bennett, San Francisco, California December 1894, from the Author G.W. Perrie." "The author reached California in the.....
New York. 1910. 177pp. Original red pictorial cloth. Covers slightly worn, hinges cracked. About very good, with three laid-in typed letters. This copy bears the enigmatic presentation: "Mr. 'Booster' Brown - Compliments of E.M. Rhodes." Any Rhodes inscriptions are rare. This copy belonged at one time to collector Paul Seyboldt.....
Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1928. vi,40pp. Original publisher's cloth, printed paper label. Corners rubbed. Bookseller's label on lower inner corner of front pastedown. Author's presentation inscription on front fly leaf. Internally clean. Very good plus. In dust jacket with minor wear, price clipped on upper and lower corners.....
Philadelphia. 1888. [6],[25]-260pp., including two portraits. Original cloth, boards stamped in blind, spine gilt lettered. Corners and spine ends slightly worn, small chip at head of spine, a few patches of minor discoloration on front board. Contemporary presentation inscription. Light tanning, otherwise internally clean. About very good. A scarce biography.....
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London: John Murray, 1824. [4],vii,216,213-571. Half title. Large quarto. Modern three- quarter calf and marbled boards, gilt, spine gilt, leather labels. Contemporary inscription on titlepage (see below), occasional annotations in ink and pencil. Old tideline to preliminary leaves, tideline and foxing to last fifty leaves. Otherwise, internally clean. About very.....
[Toronto. 1886]. [2],26pp. plus errata leaf. Illus. Original pictorial wrappers. Minor chipping and splitting to backstrip, short tear in rear wrapper. Early 20th-century bookplate on verso of front wrapper. Very good. In a cloth chemise and clamshell case, gilt leather label. An extraordinary presentation copy of Seton's exceedingly rare first.....
Farmland, In. 1896. 200pp. Original gilt cloth. Bit rubbed, spine slightly sunned, else a fine copy. A presentation copy, inscribed by the author. Shaw was a member of the Granite State and California Mining and Trading Company, and here narrates the story of his overland trek from Massachusetts to California.....
