New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1961. B&W Diagrams of Experiments. First Printing of Fifth Edition. Pictorial cloth. 8vo, blue pictorial cloth with white lettering and image of Faraday in his lab on front cover, Introduction and Notes by Prof. Keith Gordon Irwin, illustrated title page and several [~ 16]..... More
Alton, Illinois: Sagamore Publishing Inc., 1991. B&W Photographs. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. INSCRIBED & SIGNED by the Author on the front free endpaper, tall 8vo, black cloth with silver lettering on spine, archival mylar-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped: $19.95), Foreword by Richard A. Long, illustrated with several glossy B&W..... More
Glasgow: Printed by James Galbraith, 1705. Reprint of 1697 edition. Full leather. 16mo (6 1/2" x 4"x 1/2"), full leather, no label with title, 103 pages. Top and bottom of spine chipped & boards worn and scuffed consistent with age; losses to leather at head and foot of spine; lacking..... More
Charlestown: Printed by John Lamson, For the Principal Booksellers in Boston, 1798. Early edition of "The Works..." Leather with blind- & gilt-stamping. 16mo (6 5/8" x 4 1/8 x 7/8"), original leather, gilt title in red leather title block, 300 pages. Benjamin Franklin FRS FRSA FRSE (born 1706) was an..... More
Woodstock, New York: The Overlook Press, 1987. First Edition reprinting previous work. Cloth. 8vo, beige cloth with light gold lettering on spine and embossed logo on front cover, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) reproducing painting of Audubon in sepia, Bibliography, 144 pages. John Burroughs (1837 – 1921) was a...... More
Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1989. Collector's Edition / Bound in Geuine Leather. Full Leather with decorative gold-stamping. 8vo, publisher's full dark green leather with three hubs and elaborate 22kt gold fleur patterns on spine & front cover; Foreword by Robert S. Brumbaugh, Prof. of Philosophy, Yale; illustrated with glossy..... More
New York London Toronto Sydney New Delhi: Scribner, 2020. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. SIGNED boldly by the Author on the title pages, 8vo, black quarter cloth with silver lettering on spine over bright blue boards, ix, [x-xii] + 177 pages. Evan Osnos (born 1976) is an American..... More
Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1916. Plates & in-text lithographs. First U.S. Edition. Decorated & gilt-stamped cloth. Thick royal 8vo (8 7/8" x 6 3/8" x 2") with gilt lettering on spine, front cover + gilt medallion of Cicero on front cover, illustrated with frontispiece halftone photograph of Cicero's..... More
London: John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd., 1923. B&W Period Images. Third Edition Reprinting 1901 edition with new Preface. Pictorial cloth. 8vo, pictorial tan cloth with dark green lettering and thached gazebo with woman on spine and its larger image imprinted on front cover with double-rule borders, protective mylar added..... More
London New York Bombay: Longmans, Green and Co., 1899. Vellum and cloth. Small 8vo (7 7/8" x 5 1/4"), quarter vellum with gilt embossed lettering on spine & gray cloth over boards, 124, [125] pages + [3] blanks + 40pp. of Ads for Longmans. SCARCE title relating to Jane Austen..... More
New York: L.H. Walter, 1919. B&W photos. Memorial Edition. Pictorial cloth. 8vo, (8 3/8" x 6 1/4"), red pictorial boards with gilt & black lettering + black sword crossed with black pen beneath laurel wreath embossed on front and spine; introduction by Merritt Starr, M.A., LL.B.; special memorials by Bishop..... More
New York, N.Y. Warner Books / An Amistad Book, 1988. B&W Photos. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. INSCRIBED by the Author on the title page & dated "September 21, 1989," tall 8vo (9 1/4" x 6 1/4" x 1 3/4"), black quarter cloth with silver lettering on spine..... More
New York London Toronto Sydney Auckland: Nan A. Talese / Doubleday, 1998. Photographs by & about Wm Shakespeare. First American Edition, 1st Printing. Cloth and boards. 8vo (146 x 235mm), black quarter cloth with gold spine lettering over apricot boards, profusely illustrated with pictorial title page plus many full-color &..... More
Chicago: Rhodes & McClure, Publishers, 1879. Lithographic engravings. First Paperback Edition reprinting 1878 hardback. Pictorial wrappers. 8vo, tan pictorial wrappers perfect bound with publisher's cord tie and lithographic engraved oval image of bearded Abraham Lincoln, illustrated throughout with B&W frontispiece, vignette title page, & 8 plates; 188 pages + [2]..... More
New York: Pantheon Books, 2007. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Small quarto (9 5/8" x ,6 1/2"), maroon cloth with gold lettering on spine, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) with striking painting of Toussaint Louverture by Ester Pearl Watson, map endpapers of Saint Domingue [Haiti], Notes, Bibliography, Index, [xii]..... More