Old Bookshelf

John Bull in America or, The New Munchausen.

Paulding, John Kirke · 1825

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,973)

New York Charles Wiley Second Edition 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 228pp. Green contemporary paper-covered boards, rebacked in cloth, paper spine label. Wear and scuffing to boards, contents age-toned, scattered foxing, faint novitiate stamp on front endpapers and title page, f...

Life and Experience of a Northern Governess in the Sunny South .

Ingraham, J.H. · 1880

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

New York G.W. Carleton & Co. First Edition 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall 526pp. Covers edgeworn, spine ends chipped, foxing to first and last few pages, rest of text quite clean, mildly toned, crease and short tear to front endpaper repaired, binding is tight. Good

Observations on Professions, Literature, Manners and Emigration In the United States and Canada, Made During a Residence There In 1832.

Fidler, Isaac · 1833

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,973)

New York J. & J. Harper First Edition 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall viii, 247pp, 8pp publisher's list. Original publisher's cloth, paper spine label. Boards faded and spotted, spine label lightly chipped, foxing and spotting confined mainly to endpapers and occasionally in text...

Around the World : Sketches of Travel Over Many Lands and Over May Seas

Prime, E.D.G. · 1873

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

New York Harper & Brothers 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall xvi, 455pp + 6pp publisher's list. Marroon cloth, gilt lettering to cover and spine, frontispiece with tissue-guard. Light fraying to corners and spine ends, covers otherwise clean and gilt is very bright, cracking at fro...

Letters from New-York.

Child, Maria · 1843

$85.00 (€77.12 | £64.34 | ¥13,569)

London Richard Bentley First Edition 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall 310pp. Half-morocco maroon boards, 5 raised bands, gilt lettering and decoration to spine, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers. Chipping to upper spine, partial fading to boards, light edgewear, text mildly age-to...

Letters From the United States, Cuba and Canada.

Murray, Amelia M. · 1856

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

New York G.P. Putnam & Company First American Edition 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall 410pp. Brown stamped cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Endpapers soiled, contents a bit wavy, age-darkened and very occasionally foxed, a few small edge tears and no major defects. Howes M-912. Fair

Rhymes for Kindly Children (Signed by Author)

Fairmont, Ethel · 1937

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,973)

New York Wise-Parslow Company 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall Johnny Gruelle Signed by Author(s) Unpaginated approx. 100pp. Black pictorial cover. Ex-library with usual markings, corners rubbed, contents are clean. Book is INSCRIBED and SIGNED on half-title page : "To the Mark Tw...

Bright Rays for Golden Days.

Unknown · 1882

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,789)

New York Sharps Publishing Company 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Unpaginated approx. 100pp. Pictorial cover. Light wear to covers, contents mildly age-toned, text clean. One page story or poem with a highly detailed black and white engraving opposite each page of text. Book i...

My Life - Volume I

Harris, Frank · 1925

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

New York Frank Harris Publishing Co. First Edition 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 294pp. Brown boards, green cloth backing. Light wear to edges, abrasion to front pastedown from bookplate removal, interior otherwis clean and sound, binding is tight. Good

The Bomb

Harris, Frank · 1920

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

New York Published By the Author First Edition 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Signed by Author(s) 336pp. Green boards, gilt lettering. Inscribed to Alice O'Neill and SIGNED by author, Paris 1923. Light wear and heavy spotting to covers, slight split at front endpaper, interiror ...

A Diary in America, with Remarks on Its Institutions. (2 Volumes)

Marryat, C.B. (Capt.) Frederick · 1839

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,973)

Philade;phia Carey & Hart First American Edition 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall j242, 228pp. Original boards, cloth backed. Covers edgeworn,spotted, paper spine labels partially chipped off, contents are age-darkened and have very little foxing, bindings are tight, earl owners' ...

The Family Tourist: or a Visit to the Principal Cities of the Western Continent;Embracing an Account of Their Situation-Origin-Plan-Extent--Inhabitants-Manners-Customs-Dress-Amusements-Occupations-Public Institutions-Works-Edificies, &c.

Goodrich, Charles A. · 1839

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Hartford Philemon Canfield First Edition 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall 552pp. Full calf, gilt lettering and decoration to spine. Top half of spine missing, boards edgeworn, scattered foxing throughout most heaveily first 20 pages, endpapers stained, owner's name on front endpap...

Sonnets in Amaranth

Lush, S. Beryl · 1935

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

Brooklyn, NY The Parnassus Press Oblong 8vo Signed by Author(s) 72pp. Green velveteen cover string tied, inscribed, signed and dated August 1, 1936, plaid slipcase. This copy is No. 289 of 289 copies printed on rag paper, and SIGNED by the author. Margins of 3 leaves are d...

Retrospect of Western Travel. (2 Volumes)

Martineau, Harriet · 1838

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

London Saunders and Otley 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 276, 239pp. Green textured cloth paper spine ; most likely the later reprint edition of 1942, but only date appearing is 1838. Both volumes are clean and sound and unworn. Very Good

Transatlantic Sketches; or, Travelling Reminiscences of the West Indies and United States.

Wilson, Thomas · 1860

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.28 | ¥6,385)

Montreal John Lovell First Edition 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall x, 179pp. Red cloth, gilt spine lettering, errata slip bound-in at introductory page. Book is shaken, spine is loose, cover and endpapers are stained, text is age-toned, a few loose pages but is complete and surpri...

America and the Americans

Baxter, William E. · 1855

$60.00 (€54.44 | £45.42 | ¥9,578)

London G. Routledge & Co. First Edition 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall 244pp. Half leather, marbled boards, gilt-lettered spine label. Cover worn, front cover detached but present, contents age-toned, text is clean. Much information on the American people, their country, their...

Little Guide to Paris and the Battle Fields of France

The Printemps · 1921

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,873)

Paris The Printemps (Le Printemps) 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall 28pp, folding map. String tied stiff wraps, pictorial paste-on label. Cover is edge-chipped and partially faded, folding map is torn along folds and long ago tape repaired but mostly complete, first and last pages...

Life and Liberty in America : Or, Sketches of a Tour in the United States and Canada in 1857-58.

Mackay, Charles · 1859

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

New York Harper & Brothers First American Edition 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall viii, 413pp, 10 illustrations. Brown embossed cloth, gilt spine lettering, tissue-guarded frontispiece. Light wear to corners and spine ends, slight splitting to rear joint, covers faded, spine still...

A Family Tour Through South Holland; Up the Rhine' and Across The Netherlands, o Ostend.

(Barrow, John) · 1836

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

London John Murray and Thomas Tegg and Son Second Edition 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall Half morocco, marbled boards, gilt lettering and gilt decoration to spine, leather spine label. Folding map and 7 of 10 engravings. Front cover detached but present, ex-library label on fron...

Home Ballads and Poems

Whittier, John Greenleaf · 1860

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

Boston Ticknor and Fields First Edition 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall 206 + 16pp book list. Brown embossed boards, gilt spine lettering. Spine ends lightly chipped, light corner wear, contents age-toned, bookstore label and library stamp on free endpapers, binding is tight. Ov...