The Spectator, contained in the British Essayist...Prefaces Biographical, Historical andf Critical: by James Ferguson, Esq Author of the New Biographical Dictionary
by Addison, Joseph
London: Printed by Plummer and Brewis, 1819. 1 vols. 12mo. Bound in half contemporary calf, gilt spies (faded) and boards (10). 1 vols. 12mo.
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Remarks on Several Parts of Italy &c. In the Years 1701, 1702, 1703
by [Addison, Joseph]
London: Jacob Tonson, 1705. First edition. Engraved headpieces and vignettes. [xii], 534, [10, index] pp., with half-title. 8vo. Contemporay Cambridge calf, citron morocco spine label, red sprinkled edges. Small chip to head of spine, else fine. Old shelf label at foot of spine, book label on front pastedown. First edition. Engraved headpieces and vignettes. [xii], 534, [10, index]... Read More
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Miscellaneous Works in Verse and Prose … With some Account of the Life and Writings of the Author, By. Mr. Tickell
by Addison, Joseph
Edinburgh: Printed and sold by J. Robertson, 1769. 4 vols. 12mo. Contemporary sheep, red morocco spine labels. Extremities lighty rubbed, Vol. III lacking label, else Fine. Contemporary bookplates of Alexander Innes. 4 vols. 12mo.
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MAN, MAN, FICKLE MAN! From 'The Sultan of Sulu,' The Operatic Satire by George Ade, As Sung by Gertrude Quinlan. (Music by Alfred G. Wathall)
by Ade, George
New York: Published by Permission of George Ade [as] Music Supplement of Hearst's Chicago American, 1902. First edition; sheet music. Single leaf, folded. 4to. Illustrated wrap folded to make [4] pages; acidic text is tanned, few tears, thin chipping at base of spine, else a very good copy of a fragile publication. First edition; sheet music. Single leaf,... Read More
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Abschied Von Konrad Adenauer. 42 Briefe
by (Adenauer, Konrad)
N. P., 1963. 1 vols. Lg. 4to. Green ring-binder notebook, each contribution (except that of Klein) with a description in German and a fine facsimile of the article, letter or piece, in the folder at the back are facsimiles of a letter from Adenauer, from the editors of “Der Spiegel” and a prospectus as well as a copy of... Read More
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With the Mounted Infantry and the Mashonaland Field Force 1896
by Aderson, E. A. H.
London: Methuen, 1898. Folding map, frontispiece, plates, in-text illustrations, half-title, publisher's advertisements, small importation slip tipped onto the title-page for US distributor. [xvi], 308, 40 pp. 8vo. Publisher's blue pictorial cloth gilt. Very Good copy,. Folding map, frontispiece, plates, in-text illustrations, half-title, publisher's advertisements, small importation slip tipped onto the title-page for US distributor. [xvi], 308, 40 pp.... Read More
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A New Year's Gift. To Miss Maria Crawford and Merenda Frost
by Adgate (1796-1833), The Rev Chester V.
Penn-Yan, (New York): A.A. Royce, Pr, 1832. Printed on satin. 1 vols. 8 x 6-1/2 inches. Wear and browning at edges. Printed on satin. 1 vols. 8 x 6-1/2 inches. Adgate was a minister in the Genesee Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Not recorded
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![Letters from the Woods. [Editorial Correspondence.] Random Rhymes, from 20 to 70. Annual Addresses, Written for Press Carriers. Spine title: Forest, Lake and Random Rhymes]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/345/754/248754345.0.m.jpg)
Letters from the Woods. [Editorial Correspondence.] Random Rhymes, from 20 to 70. Annual Addresses, Written for Press Carriers. Spine title: Forest, Lake and Random Rhymes]
by (Adirondacks) Osborne, Edward B.
Poughkeepsie: [Privately Printed], 1893. First edition. Frontispiece portrait, five plates from photographs. 182 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Original burgundy cloth, spine titled in gilt, upper board stamped in silver. Some spotting to spine, else very good plus. First edition. Frontispiece portrait, five plates from photographs. 182 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. The first half of the book contains a... Read More
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Hollywood Club Memoirs
by (Adirondacks) Speare, E. Ray
Privately printed, 1952. First edition. Illustrated. [xii], 69 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Green cloth. Ex-library, with bookplate and release stamp on front pastedown, ink shelf number on p. [vi], and pocket on back pastedown. Some soiling (small tape residue at foot of spine). Very good. First edition. Illustrated. [xii], 69 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Uncommon memoir of this... Read More
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One Hundred Years in the Adirondack Wilderness. The North Woods Club 1886-1986
by (Adirondacks) Wilson, Leila Fosburgh
np, 1986. First edition. Map frontispiece. Folding map. 32 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Green wrappers. Fine. First edition. Map frontispiece. Folding map. 32 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Essex County, New York. Mrs Wilson states that her husband Evan M. Wilson and her brother Hugh Fosburgh put this information together. Rare, never seen. OCLC: 17679282
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Thirteen amateur pencil drawings on paper of Scenes of Mills in Adirondacks, Rochester "Genessee Lower Falls, Rand Powder Mills, Monroe Co., NY. (6), De Grasse River, Adirondacks (4)
by (Adirondacks)
1923. Paper watermarked Bodleian. 13 x 9-1/2 inches. Each sheet 10 inches x 13 inches, unframed. Fine. Paper watermarked Bodleian. 13 x 9-1/2 inches.
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Beyond Words A Holocaust History in Sixteen Woodcuts Done in 1945 by Miklos Adler, a Hungarian Survivor
by (Adler, Miklos) Touster, Saul, editor
New York: American Jewish Historical Society, 2001. First edition of which this is No. 74 of 600 copies, signed by Saul Touster. 16 woodcuts in a seperate portfolio. Captions in English, Hungarian, and Hebrew. 1 vols. 4to. Wrappers, in black portfolio, fine. First edition of which this is No. 74 of 600 copies, signed by Saul Touster. 16... Read More
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Yankee Notions for September 1860
by (Advertising) Woolfe, Michael Angelo, illustrators
New York: T. W. Strong, Caloric Printer, 1860. Color-printed woodcut broadside, after a design by Michael Angelo Woolf. 24x19 inches. Some light staining, horizontal fold, minor damage in lower left corner margin. Color-printed woodcut broadside, after a design by Michael Angelo Woolf. 24x19 inches. A rare large-format broadside, printed in red and black, advertising the September 1860 issue... Read More
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Color Lithograph: Advertising poster for “Bradley Knit Wear / For Freedom, Health & Style.” Depicting a young man and a boy in a speedboat
by (Advertising)
Chicago: R.R. Donnelley and Sons, 1920. 10 x 17 inches; with scalloped upper edge. Matted, framed, and glazed. 10 x 17 inches; with scalloped upper edge.
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The Bombardier and the Pocket Gunner
by Adye, Ralph Willett
London: Printed for T. Egerton, Military Library, Whitehall, 1809. Sixth edition, Corrected and considerably improved. ]16, [vi, [7]-279, 10, ads.pp. 12mo. Contemp. calf, black leather title label. Nice copy. Sixth edition, Corrected and considerably improved. ]16, [vi, [7]-279, 10, ads.pp. 12mo. at p. 6 of ads this edition offered at 4s 6d.
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![The Tactiks of Aelian or Art of Embattailing an Army After Ye Grecian Manner. Englished and Illustrated with Figures Throughout: and Notes upon Ye Chapters of Ye Ordinary Motions of Ye Phalange. [Translator’s dedication signed: Io: Bingham.]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/607/561/1601561607.0.m.jpg)
The Tactiks of Aelian or Art of Embattailing an Army After Ye Grecian Manner. Englished and Illustrated with Figures Throughout: and Notes upon Ye Chapters of Ye Ordinary Motions of Ye Phalange. [Translator’s dedication signed: Io: Bingham.]
by Aelianus
London: The Tactiks of Aelian or Art of Embattailing an Arm, 1616. First Edition in English, In this Earliest state the contents begin on p. 5. Engraved title, 50 engraved plates. (Title shaved at upper margin with a little loss.). The title page is engraved and signed: Egidius Gelius sculpsit A 1616 Woudrichemij in Hollandia. (with repair) [6], 7,... Read More
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The Subtyl Historyes and Fables of Esope Translated out of Frensshe into Englysshe by William Caxton of Wesmynster in the Yere of our Lorde mcccclxxxiii
by Aesop
San Francisco: Grabhorn Press, 1930. Number 160 of 200 copies (175 for sale). Initials and hand-colored decorations by Valenti Angelo. 1 vols. 8vo. Full brick-red morocco. Bookplate of Julia Wightman. Fine. Angelo, Valenti. Number 160 of 200 copies (175 for sale). Initials and hand-colored decorations by Valenti Angelo. 1 vols. 8vo. Grabhorn Bibliography 142
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Twelve Fables of Aesop newly narrated by Glenway Wescott
by Aesop
New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1954. No. 182 of 975 numbered copies, of an edition of 1000, signed by Frasconi, Wescott, and the printer, Joseph Blumenthal. Linoleum blocks by Antonio Frasconi. Printed by Joseph Blumenthal in Emerson type at the Spiral Press. Original pictorial paper-covered boards, red cloth spine, a fine copy in labeled card slipcase, missing glassine... Read More
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Fabulae Aesopi Selectae, or Select Fables of Aesop; with an English Translation, more literal than any yet extant. Designed For the Readier Instruction of Beginners in the Latin Tongue. By H. Clarke, Teacher of the Latin Language
by Aesop
Philadelphia: T. Dobson, 1789. The Ninth Edition, Corrected and Amended. Text in English and Latin. 161, [3]pp. Errors in pagination, as issued. Lacks terminal ad leaf. 12mo. Contemporary calf, some losses to spine, lacks endpapers. Foxing. The Ninth Edition, Corrected and Amended. Text in English and Latin. 161, [3]pp. Errors in pagination, as issued. Lacks terminal ad leaf.... Read More
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Fabulae Æsopi Select or Select Fables of Æsop; with English Translation. More Literal than any yet extant, designed for the Readier Instruction of Beginners in the Latin Tongue: by H. Clarke. Teacher of the Latin Language
by Aesop
London: Printed for C. Hitch and L. Hawes, 1760. The Sixth edition Corrected and Amended. 155 pp. 1 vols. Later half calf, trimmed closely at head and inner margins. The Sixth edition Corrected and Amended. 155 pp. 1 vols. ESTC N31485
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Ésope en bel Humeur, ou Fables d'Ésope en Vaudevilles, avec gravures par Augustin Legrand
by Aesop
Paris: Chez Batilliot frères, 1800. Folded engraved half-title with double page frontispiece and engraving facing title, 60 numbered pages of engravings. Text and illustrations printed within borders. Last page of text is a publisher’s list of books. [66] pp. 1 vols. 16mo. Contemporary mottled calf with gilt scroll border, red spine label. Minor rubbing. Very good plus. Folded... Read More
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Arrêt du Parlement, la Grand' Chambre Assemblée, Du 31 Mai 1786
by (Diamond Necklace Affair)
a Lyon: de l'Imprimerie du Roi, 1786. [2], 38 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Self wrappers. Upper wrapper dampstained and spotted, slightly stained within. [2], 38 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Official announcement of the verdicts rendered by the Assembly on all of the accused, in the complicated swindle known as the "diamond Necklace Affair, including Cardinal Rohan (acquitted), Count... Read More
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Salname-i Nezaret-i Hariciye, 1302 Hicri Senesi [1885)
by (Ottoman Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
Istanbul: Hariciye Nezareti Sicill-i Ahval Muduriyeti, Matbaa-i Ebuzzia, 1885. With 12 plates; an Ottoman imperial coat of arms gilt within the text. 4, 630, 1 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Later black cloth binding. Very good. With 12 plates; an Ottoman imperial coat of arms gilt within the text. 4, 630, 1 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. The almanac opens... Read More
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Behind the Ranges. Parentheses of Travel
by Aflalo, F.[rederick] G.[eorge]
London: Martin Secker, 1911. First edition. Illus. 284pp. 8vo. Bound in three quarters brown morocco with crimson leather title label. Fine. First edition. Illus. 284pp. 8vo.
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Cape of Good Hope. Proclamations and Government Notices issued during the period October, 1899, to June, 1900, having reference to and consequent on the outbreak of hostilities in South Africa
by (South Africa)
Cape Town: W.A. Richards & Sons, 1900. v, 23pp. Small folio. Original green wrappers, within a Gaylord binder. Text very toned and brittle. v, 23pp. Small folio.
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