Structure, Verses, Agency Books

The Godmother's Tales

Anonymous · 1917

$28.00 (€25.40 | £21.19 | ¥4,471)

London, Printed for J. Harris, 1917. Fifth Edition. Hardcover. Size: 24mo 5" - 6" tall. Stated Fifth Edition. Penned anonymously, but by the author of A Cup of Sweets and other children's tales, some say Elizabeth Sandham, others, Elizabeth Semple. Numerous works published by...

Br: A Panel Discussion at the Bruce Rogers Centenary Held at Purdue University

Duncan, Harry, K.K. Merker and Ward Ritchie · 1981

$14.40 (€13.06 | £10.90 | ¥2,299)

San Francisco, The Book Club of California, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 12mo 7" - 7. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked. Handsomely bound in brown cloth over boards, fine gilt-stamped design to front cover....

Lettres Et Epitres Amoureuses D'Heloise Et D'Abeilard, Tome I, Tome II

Cailleau, A.C. · 1796

$108.00 (€97.99 | £81.75 | ¥17,246)

Paris, France, Didot Jeune, 1796. Reprint Edition. Hardcover. Size: 24mo 5" - 6" tall. These letters and epistles to and from Heloise and Abelard are collected in two beautiful little, pocket-sized tomes, measuring 5 1/2" x 3 1/2" tall and wide, respectively. Published origin...

Sketches of the Life of Philip Melancthon: With Brief Notices of Pascal and Luther

Anonymous · 1830

$28.00 (€25.40 | £21.19 | ¥4,471)

Hartford, Connecticut, D.F. Robinson and Company, 1830. . Hardcover. Size: 24mo 5" - 6" tall. Uber-scarce in the trade, there being no copies available currently on-line. An accessible, easy to read biography of Philip Melancthon, intimate friend and associate of Martin Luthe...

Oeuvres de Nicolas Boileau Despreaux Avec Des Eclaircissemens Historiques, Donnez Par Luimeme, Tome Premier, Tome Second, Tome Troisieme, Tome Quatrieme

Boileau, Nicolas · 1722

$140.00 (€127.02 | £105.97 | ¥22,356)

A la Haye, Paris, Chez Isaac Vaillant / Pierre Gosse / Pierre de Hond T., 1722. Nouvelle Edition revue, corrigee. Hardcover. Size: 24mo 5" - 6" tall. A perfectly serviceable set of all four volumes of the works of the mid-17th century French poet and critic Nicolas Boileau-De...

Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language in Miniature

Johnson, Samuel · 1805

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.69 | ¥15,969)

London, Printed by C. Whittingham for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme et al., 1805. Nineteenth Edition. Hardcover. Size: 24mo 5" - 6" tall. Stated Nineteenth Edition of Johnson's magnificent work of intellect and language, published a half-century after its first appearance in...

History of the Waldenses, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time

Revised by the Committee of Publication of the American Sunday School Union · 1829

$17.60 (€15.97 | £13.32 | ¥2,810)

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, American Sunday School Union, 1829. . Hardcover. Size: 24mo 5" - 6" tall. Hagiographic history of the Waldenses Christian mission and religious doctrine. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover, clean, if toned, minimal rubbing to extremities. ...

Elizabeth; or, the Exiles of Siberia. A Tale, Founded Upon Facts

Madame Cottin · 1828

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Boston, Massachusetts, Bedlington, 1828. . Hardcover. Size: 24mo 5" - 6" tall. An early reprint, translated into English from the original French of Sophie Cottin (22 March 1770 – 25 August 1807), a French writer "whose novels were popular in the 19th century, and [that] we...

A Series of Letters in Defence of Divine Revelation: In Reply to Rev. Abner Kneeland's Serious Inquiry Into the Authenticity of the Same / by Hosea Ballou; to Which Is Added a Religious Correspondence between Hosea Ballou, Joseph Buckminster and Joseph Walton

Ballou, Hosea · 1811

$36.00 (€32.66 | £27.25 | ¥5,749)

Windsor, James G. Watts, 1811. . Hardcover. Size: 24mo 5" - 6" tall. The author of this intriguing collection of letters, Hosea Ballou, D.D. (April 30, 1771 – June 7, 1852), was, according to his Wikipedia entry, "an American Universalist clergyman and theological writer" w...

Sons of Italy: A Social and Religious Study of the Italians in America

Mangano, Antonio · 1917

$11.20 (€10.16 | £8.48 | ¥1,788)

New York, Missionary Education Movement of the United States and Canada, 1917. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. An early, sympathetic, not-quite ethnography of Italian-Americans newly arrived. From a publisher blurb, "Mangano's work is a fascinating explorati...

Come and Welcome to Jesus Christ; or, a Plan and Profitable Discourse on John

Bunyan, John · 1798

$140.00 (€127.02 | £105.97 | ¥22,356)

London, England / York, England, Printed for A. Millar, W. Law, and R. Cates (London); and for Wilton, Spence, and Mawman (York), 1798. . Hardcover. Size: 12mo 7" - 7. An uncommon edition of an important title, a reprint of a classic work of Christian apology from an esteemed...

Caius Gracchus

Gregory, Odin · 1920

$14.40 (€13.06 | £10.90 | ¥2,299)

New York, Boni and Liveright, 1920. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Gaius Gracchus," a dramatic verse tragedy set in Ancient Rome, penned by "Odin Gregory," pen-name of J.G. Robin. Nice-looking exemplar of a First Edition. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound h...

Eliezer Et Nephtaly, Poeme Traduit de L'Hebreu; Suivi D'Un Dialogue Entre Deux Chiens, Nouvelle Imite de Cervantes Ouvrages de M. De Florian

M. de Florian · 1810

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Paris, France, Briand, 1810. . Hardcover. Size: 24mo 5" - 6" tall. A perfectly serviceable reference copy of one of the volumes from the Oeuvres de Florian. Bound in brown and tan marbled paper over boards, leather-backed. Heavily rubbed and scuffed, including gilt lettering ...

Novelette Library: Ten Illustrated Volumes, Fascinating Stories and Incidents of History--New Diggings; Let's Go to the Movies; Lafitte: Pirate--or Patriot; Lincoln: Captain Cummings Recollections of "Honest Abe"; It Happened in 1775: Diary of John Edwards, Dispatch Bearer, Vol. I; It Happened in 1775: Diary of John Edwards, Dispatch Bearer, Vol. II; Start Something: God Never Ordered It Thus; Our Patriotic Songs and How They Came to Be Written; Count Von Luckner: The Famous German Raider; the Ghost of Chateau Theirry, and Other Thrilling World War Stories

Franklin, George Cory, Wallace West, Wallace West, William Wasson, William Wasson, William Wasson, Robert Collier, William Wasson, Joseph Kaye, Llewellyn Hughes · 1931

$72.00 (€65.32 | £54.50 | ¥11,497)

Buffalo, New York, Reed Publishing Company, . First Edition Thus. Softcover. Size: 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall. Novelette Library: Ten Illustrated Volumes, fascinating stories and incidents of history, distributed by The American Legion of Erie County for the Benefit of the Welfa...

The Story of the Canadian Pacific Railway

Morris, Keith · 1927

$28.00 (€25.40 | £21.19 | ¥4,471)

London, England, William Stevens Limited Edition, 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover, clean, if very lightly toned interior, minimal rubbing to extremities. Dealer stamp, neatly affixed, inside front flap. Bluis...

The British Satirist: Comprising the Best Satires of the Most Celebrated Poets from Pope to Byron

Anonymous; Charles P. Fessenden · 1831

$140.00 (€127.02 | £105.97 | ¥22,356)

New York, Charles P. Fessenden, 1831. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall. A perfectly serviceable reference copy of the First American Edition; nothing fancy, but complete and sturdy, bound in a simple brown linen cloth over hardcover boards in 16mo. form...

Memoirs of a Late Officer in the Army of the United States

An Officer in the Same Service · 1836

$17.60 (€15.97 | £13.32 | ¥2,810)

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, American Sunday-School Union, 1836. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall. An odd tale telling the highlights of the life of an unnamed man from Connecticut who fights against the British in the War of 1812. The War changes him, d...

Handbook of Knots

Graumont, Raoul · 1945

$11.20 (€10.16 | £8.48 | ¥1,788)

Cambridge, Maryland, Cornell Maritime Press, Inc., . Reprint Edition. Softcover. Size: 12mo 7" - 7. 428 knots, 47 nice plates. Sturdy, still tightly bound softcover copy, minor wear of green and tan softpaper covers, less to text-block, but with neither underlining nor highli...

A Short Synopsis of the Most Essential Points in Hawaiian Grammar

Alexander, W.D. · 1977

$11.20 (€10.16 | £8.48 | ¥1,788)

Rutland, Vermont, Charles E. Tuttle, 1977. Fifth Printing. Softcover. Size: 16mo 6" - 7" tall. Big on orthoepy, a fine comparative study of a prototypic Polynesian language but one, Hawaiian, that has its own grammar. Tightly bound, clean, unmarked copy of a stated Fifth Prin...

Rim of the Caribbean

Morgan, Carol McAfee · 1942

$11.20 (€10.16 | £8.48 | ¥1,788)

New York, Friendship Press, 1942. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 12mo 7" - 7. A woman, the author, her husband, and their two children, travel around and make contact with the peoples and cultures of the Caribbean. A fine and accessible travelogue. Map on blue endpapers. Rea...