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Sketches of History, Life, and Manners in the West; Containing Accurate Descriptions of the Country and Modes of Life, In the Western States and Territories of North America.

Hall,James · 1834

$65.00 (€58.97 | £49.20 | ¥10,380)

Cincinnati Hubbard and Edmands First Edition 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Light spotting along edges, spine slio 263pp. FIRST EDITION. Contemporary calf, black spine label, gilt lettering. Rear board detached but present, front board loose but holding, covers worn and scuffed,...

A Year's Residence, in the United States of America. Treating of the Face of the Country, the Climate, the Soil, the Products, the Mode of Cultivating the Land....etc. - In Three Parts.

Cobbett, William · 1822

$95.00 (€86.19 | £71.91 | ¥15,170)

London J.M. Cobbett Third Edition 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 360pp. Bound in modern leather over marbled boards, paper spine label. folding map. Text is tanned and clean, folding map has minor archival tape repair and is in very sound condition. Author's descriptions of the ...

Hesperos: Or Travels in the West. (2 Volumes as One)

Houstoun, Mrs. (Matilda Charlotte Houstoun) · 1850

$135.00 (€122.48 | £102.18 | ¥21,558)

London John W. Parker First Edition 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 293, 279pp. Two Volumes bound together as one. Blue embossed cloth, gilt ship vignette to front cover, all edges gilt, frontispiece with tissue-guard for each volume. Covers edgeworn, spine chipped at head and t...

Bleak House

Dickens, Charles · 1853

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,977)

Phildelphia Getz & Buck 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 313pp. Contemporary half-calf, paper covered boards, 8 plates including frontispiece. Covers are soiled and scuffed, edges worn. Contents are tanned and occasionally foxed, endpapers have owner's name, pencil scribbles and ...

The Yukon-Tanana Region Alaska

Mertie, J.B. Jr. · 1937

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

276pp. + large multi-color United States Departmenr of the Interior 1st Edition 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall 276pp., large multi-color folding map, photo illustrations in text. Light cover wear, spine sunned, text is clean and folding map is in like new condition. Good

Ethic Amusements

Bellamy, Daniel The Elder · 1770

$124.99 (€113.40 | £94.61 | ¥19,959)

London D. Bellamy 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall Shana Valeska Brown striated leather, gilt borders, 5 raised bands, gilt bordered spine panels and gilt lettering, all edges gilt, gilt tooling to interior edges, numerous vignette engravings throughout. Front board is detached bu...

Stories of Popular Voyages and Travels; with Illustrations. Containing Abridged Narratives of Recent Travels of Some of the Most Popular Writers on South America. With a Preliminary Sketch of the Geography of that Country. (Detached Board)

Anonymous · 1829

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)

London Effingham Wilson 1st Edition 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall Light spotting along edges, spine slio 278pp. Half calf marbled boards, gilt lettering to spine, 4 full-page lithographs (including frontispiece and one by George Cruikshank), plus one title page lithograph. Fro...

The American Tutor's Guide; Being A Compendium of Arithmetic - In Six Parts

Thompson, James · 1808

$150.00 (€136.09 | £113.54 | ¥23,953)

Albany E.& E. Hosford 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall Signed by Author(s) vii+172+iv. FIRST EDITION. Contemporary binding of grey paper over boards, leather spine. Edges and spine rubbed, boards soiled, but binding is sound, and the text is otherwise clean and appears unread. O...

The Defense of Fort Sumter

Tower, Roderick · 1938

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Fort Sumter Hotel 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall 39pp. 16mo. First Edition. Publication sponsored by The Fort Sumter Hotel. Light blue cloth over boards, folding map. Covers foxed but solid and unworn. Foxing to endpapers and a small chip to front pastedown, tiny slit along...

Stars and Sand

Baron, Joseph L. · 1948

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Philadelphia Jewish Publication Society of America 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall 555pp. Illustrated with 18 plates plus frontispiece. Blue cloth binding with light waterstain at foot of spine and lower back cover. Dust jacket water stained along spine and back, small chip at top...

Hutchin's Improved: Being an ALMANACK and EPHEMERIS of the Motions of the Sun and Moon...for the Year of our Lord, 1774

John Nathan Hutchins · 1773

$450.00 (€408.28 | £340.61 | ¥71,859)

New York Printed and Sold by Hugh Gaine 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall Unpaginated 34pp. Moderate edgewear and occasional spotting, overall sound. Astronomical information, helpful suggestions on farming, a method of building chimneys, the best method for fattening geese. and med...

Dante's "New Life" (Boethius and Dante in Two Volumes) With Commentary of Henry Howard Harper

1930

$60.00 (€54.44 | £45.42 | ¥9,581)

Boston The Bibliophile Society Limited Edition 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall 148, 208pp. Two Volumes. Blue boards, ivory spine, gilt spine lettering, deckle edges. A Limited Edition of 433 copies. A handsome set in very good condition. Very Good No Jacket

The Hunting of the Snark and Other Poems - (With Original Publisher's Box)

Carroll, Lewis · 1903

$650.00 (€589.74 | £492.00 | ¥103,797)

New York and London Harper & Brothers 1st Edition 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall Edy Legrand 248pp, First Edition thus. Original cream colored boards, gilt lettering and decoration, top edge gilt, olive green dust jacket with same gilt design as book cover, unique full-page illust...

The Wonders of Geology

(Goodrich, Samuel) · 1849

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.28 | ¥6,387)

Boston Rand and Mann 24mo - over 5 - 5¾" tall 291pp. Blind-stamped brown cloth, gilt lettering and decoration to spine. Small chip to head of spine, corners lightly rubbed, cover otherwise sound and unworn, text is mildly age-toned, binding is tight, gilt on spine is still v...

The Murrey Collection of Cookery Books

Murrey, Thomas J. · 1895

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,977)

New York Frederick Stokes Company 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall Black faux- leather, red lettering to cover and spine. Very minor scuffing to cover, front free endpaper missing, some separation to endpaper gutters, binding holding tightly, text is age-toned and there is a very oc...

Swann's Way (2 Volumes)

Proust, Marcel · 1933

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

London Chatto and Windus 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall Netter, Frank H. 303, 288pp. 2 volumes, blue cloth, gilt lettering and decoration to spine. Corners very lightly rubbed, contents are clean, former owner's label on fronattractive t pastedown. both volumes in sound condition...

The Life of Sir Martin Frobisher

McFee, William · 1928

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

New York Harper & Brothers 2nd Printing 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Signed by Author(s) 276pp. Blue cloth, gilt spine lettering. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the half-title page. Light rubbing and soiling to cover, spine sunned, contents toned but clean, pages 79-80 have vertical ...

The Musical Blue Book of America 1918 War and Patriotic Edition

Trapper, Emma L. · 1918

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

New York Denver & Rio Grande Railroad 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall 465pp+28pp advertising. Blue cloth hardcover, gilt lettering and design. Some scattered stains to covers, but binding is otherwise clean and sound. Endpapers are stained and some pages age-toned, a very few mar...

The Danbury Boom! With a Full Account of Mrs. Cobleigh's Action Therein!

Bailey, James M. · 1880

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.85 | ¥7,984)

Boston Lee and Shepard 1st Edition 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall 317pp. Brown cloth, black lettering to front cover, gilt title on spine. 'Corners very lightly rubbed, 2 tiny spots on front endpapers, text is mildly toned, binding is tight and book is in sound condition. A hum...

A New System of Domestic Cookery; Formed Upon Principles of Economy: and Adapted to the Use of Private Families.

By a Lady (Maria Eliza Rundell) · 1816

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.69 | ¥15,969)

London John Murray 48mo - over 3 - 4" tall xxx, 348pp. Quarter-calf, marbled boards, leather spine label gilt lettered, 9 engraved plates including frontispiece. Cover is worn and scuffed, spine lettering still bright, contents moderately foxed throughout and occasionally da...