Maria Santissima, Mystica Cidade de Deos.
Lisbon: Lisboa Occidental, 1738. Breve Compendio da Vida e Mysterios de Maria. 340pp. Small 4to, contemporary calf. Lisboa Occidental: Domingos Gonsalves, 1738. Very Good (+). More
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Peace or War; The Democratic Position Illustrated by Frank P. Blair, Jr. Speeches of Senators Morton of Indiana,
Washington: Union Republican Congressional Committee, 1868. Stewart and Nye of Nevada, Delivered in the United States Senate...July 9th and 10th, 1868, on the bill offered by Senator Edmunds of Vermont, to regulate the counting of the Electoral Vote. 8pp. in double columns. 8vo, one sheet folded into 8 pages, light foxing to margins, otherwise very good. Washington: Union Republican Congressional Committee, 1868. First Edition. Speeches that are pro-Republican and pro-Union. The speeches advocate that the Democratic Party is in favor..... More
200 Years; A Bicentennial Illustrated History of the United States.
many color and b/w illus. 4to, cloth, boxed. (Washington): U.S. News and World Report, (1973). vg. More
An Appeal to the Public on the Conduct of the Banks in the City of New-York.; [Since the Suspension of Specie Payments]
New York: New-York Courier, 1815. 21 pages, printed with text in double columns. Original pamphlet, sewn (dampstain at upper corner, and rough at edges but well inside the ample margins; some pages still un-opened). New York: At the Office of the New-York Courier, 1815. First edition. A very good copy of this exceedingly scarce pamphlet. OCLC lists only 13 copies, including those at Columbia, Cornell, Yale, Harvard, and the New York Historical Society. Attributed to Isaac Bronson by F. Redlich..... More
Trials for Adultery: or, the History of Divorces. Being Select Trials at Doctors Commons, for Adultery, Fornication, Cruelty, Impotence, &c.; From the Year 1760, to the present Time. Including the whole of the Evidence on each Cause.
London: S. Bladon, 1779. Together with The Letters, &c. that have been intercepted between the amorous Parties. The whole forming a complete History of the Private Life, Intrigues, and Amours of many Characters in the most elevated Sphere... 7 volumes with individual pagination for each trial. Pages lightly toned and with some dampstaining at bottom gutter on some pages, otherwise rather clean copies of these scarce books. 8vos, beautifully rebound in recent 3/4 brown calf over marbled boards; gilt spines..... More
A Day in the Life of South Africa.
Emmarentia: A Day in the Life of South Africa, 1982. Profusely illustrated with b/w and color photography throughout. Unpaginated. Folio, red leatherette. (Emmarentia): A Day in the Life of South Africa, 1982. A very good(-) copy--boards slightly bent near lower edge, light foxing to first several pages. More
A Day in the Life of America
New York: Collins, 1986. Photographed by 200 of the world's leading photojournalists on one day, May 2, 1986. 268 pages of color and black & white photographs. Folio, black cloth, dust wrapper. Wrapper is very lightly rubbed on back cover. New York: Collins, (1986). Near-fine. More
A Day in the Life of Australia
New York: Collins, 1986. Photographed by 100 of the world's leading photojournalists on one day, March 6, 1981. 286 pages of color and black & white photographs. Folio, black cloth, dust wrapper. Wrapper is very lightly rubbed on back cover. Sticker residue on back endpaper. Otherwise near-fine. New York: Collins, (1986). More
A Day in the Life of Spain
New York: Collins, 1988. Photographed by 100 of the world's leading photojournalists on one day, May 7, 1987. 220 pages of color and black & white photographs. Folio, black cloth, dust wrapper. Wrapper is lightly rubbed. Near fine. New York: Collins, (1988). More
Untrodden Fields of Anthropology: Observations on the Esoteric Manners and Customers of Semi-Civilized Peoples; Being a Record of Thirty Years' Experience in Asia, Africa, America and Oceania.
1931. Two volumes. 8vo, cloth-backed boards; lacks third volume, which contains the plates. Paris: Librairie de Medecine, Folklore et Anthropologie, 1898. Reprint of the second, enlarged edition. A near fine copy. Limited edition of 500 copies. More
Untrodden Fields of Anthropology: Observations on the Esoteric Manners and Customs of Semi-Civilized Peoples; Being a Record of Thirty Years' Experience in Asia, Africa, America and Oceania.
Paris: Librairie de Medecine, 1898. 2 volumes. xxxi + 343 pages. and xxiv + 502 pages, tall thick 8vos, black cloth, original wrappers bound in; rubbing to edges and spines. Paris: Librairie de Medecine, Folklore et Anthropologie, 1898. Second edition. A very good copy. Limited edition of 1000 copies (500 for England & 500 for America). Previous owner's ex libris labels on front attached endpapers. More
Untrodden Fields of Anthropology: Observations on the Esoteric Manners and Customers of Semi-Civilized Peoples; Being a Record of Thirty Years' Experience in Asia, Africa, America and Oceania.
1931. Two volumes, lacks third volume, which contains the plates.. 8vo, cloth-backed boards; corners bumped. Paris: Librairie de Medecine, Folklore et Anthropologie, 1898. Reprint of the second, enlarged edition. Very good. Limited edition of 500 copies. More
A Defence of the Principal Doctrines of Evangelical Religion, in a Letter to "A Barrister;" Occasioned by his "Hints on the Nature and Effect of Evangelical Preaching."
London: S. Rousseau, 1808. 112 pages. 12mo, modern blue paper wrappers. London: S. Rousseau, 1808. A very good copy. More
Letters, Political, Military, and Commercial, on the Present State of the Government of the Province of Oude and its Dependencies. Addressed to Sir John Shore, Baronet, Governor General of the Possessions of in India.
40 pages. 4to, missing covers, recased in plain black paper; some small chips to top edge of first pages (text unaffected), some scuffs on title page. No place and no date of publication indicated (c. 1800). A very good copy. More
An Answer to Three Scurrilous Pamphlets, Entitled The Jockey Club. The Second Edition.
London: J.S. Jordan. 119 pages. 12mo, recased in new blue paper wrapper; some light foxing throughout. London: J.S. Jordan, (1792, as indicated in advertisement at back page). Second edition. A very good copy. More
Reminiscences of Seventy Years' Life, Travel, and Adventure; Military and Civil; Scientific and Literary.; Volume I: Soldiering in India. Volume II: Civil Service in Sheerness and Chatham Dockyards; Home and Foreign Travel.
London: Eliot Stock, 1893. 2 volumes. xvi, 558; viii, 574 pages, plus 16pp of ads. Thick 8vo, original gilt-lettered brown cloth (spine ends neatly repaired; first several pages torn at top edge but otherwise an unread copy with unopened pages). London: Elliot Stock, 1893. First edition. A very good copy. More
The Comic History of England.
London: Punch. 19 (of 20) hand-colored etchings, 200 woodcuts by John Leech. 2 vols. 8vo, 2/3 red morocco by Riviere, backs crudely glued or chipped; hinges cracked, lacking half-titles. London, 1847-48. OFFERED WITH: The Comic History of Rome. 10 colored plates, 98 text illustrations. 308pp. 8vo, bound as above. London, n.d. (1851). 3 vols in all. Internally fine. The first editions of both works, of which the Comic History of Rome is rarer. One plate in the History of England..... More
The Comic History of England.
London: Bradbury, Evans. 20 hand- colored etchings, 200 woodcuts by John Leech. 2 volumes bound in 1, rubricated title, thick 8vo, 3/4 back pebbled calf, marbled boards, a.e.g. London: Bradbury, Evans, n.d. ca. 1850. Very good (+). More
The Comic History of England.
London: Punch Office, 1855. 2 volumes. 20 hand-colored etchings, numerous woodcuts by John Leech. Slim 8vo, rubricated title, 3/4 burgundy morocco, ornately gilt spines, evenly faded to brown, marbled boards, top edges gilt. London: Punch Office, 1855. Some offsetting on titles and other pages facing plates, still near fine. More
The Comic History of England. The Comic History of Rome.
London: Bradbury, Evans. 30 hand- colored etchings, hundreds of woodcuts by John Leech. 2 volumes. Rubricated titles, 8vo, contemporary 3/4 brown calf with black leather labels; marbled edges. London: Bradbury, Evans, no date, circa 1850. Very good(+). Previous owner's name on verso of fly-leaves. More
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The Comic Blackstone
London: Punch Office, 1844. Frontispiece and illustrated title pages by George Cruikshank. 2 volumes, 92pp + 252pp. Part I - Of the Rights of Persons; Part II. Of Real Company. Small slim 8vo, polished blue calf, top edges gilt, ornately gilt spines, red and green leather spine labels, original printed wrappers bound in. London: Punch Office, 1844. First Edition. Near fine. More
George Cruikshank's Table Book.
London: Punch, 1845. Extra pictorial title, 12 steel-engraved plates and a profusion of text illustrations (one plate repaired). 284pp. 8vo, 1/2 calf, recased, hinges repaired; two plates repaired. London: Punch Office, 1845. Good. Contains some of Cruikshank's most amusing and representative drawings. Cohn 191. More
George Cruikshank's Table- Book.
London: Punch Office, 1845. Extra pictorial title page, and illustrated with 12 full-page steel engravings and a profusion of in-text woodcuts. viii, 284pp. 8vo, bound in older 3/4 burgundy calf over marbled boards (edgeworn but sound and attractive). London: Published at the Punch Office, 1845. First edition in book form. Very good. Contains some of Cruikshank's most amusing and representative drawings. Cohn 191. More
The Comic Blackstone.
London: Bradbury, 1887. Illustrated with 10 full-page colored plates and numerous in-text drawings by Harry Furniss. xxviii, 324pp. 8vo, nicely bound in 3/4 dark brown morocco over marbled boards, t.e.g., hinges strengthened, tiny hole in spine. London: Bradbury, Agnew, & Co., 1887. A new and revised edition. Very good. An unusual comic parody of the law. More
Voices of the Stones.
New York: Macmillan, 1925. Thine 8vo, blue cloth. New York: Macmillan, 1925. First American Edition. Fine, lacking the dust wrapper. Signed "George Russell 'AE' " on the fly-leaf. More