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New York: Heritage, 1970. Illustrated in color. Small 4to, brown cloth, with pictorial labels, publisher's slipcase. New York: Heritage Press, 1970. A fine copy. More
New York: Heritage, 1970. Illustrated in color. Small 4to, brown cloth, with pictorial labels, publisher's slipcase. New York: Heritage Press, 1970. A fine copy. More
New Haven: Oliver Steele, 1810. Folded plate. Slim 8vo, vi, 216 pages (browned), 3/4 brown morocco, marbled boards (rubbed), bookplate, small stamp on verso of title page. New Haven: Oliver Steele, 1810. First Edition. Very good (+). Contains 17 papers by Noah Webster, Elizur Wright, John Smith, Elizur Goodrich,Benjamin Silliman, Nathaniel Dwight, Jared Mansfield, David Daggett, Benjamin Dwight, Jerimiah Day and others. The Connecticut Academy of the Arts and Sciences was established to cultivate all aspects of the sciences, arts..... More
Hartford: Hudson & Goodwin. A few text engravings. viii, (1), 10-165pp. + 1 page of publisher's ads, correct pagination. 16mo, contemporary calf, head of spine lightly worn, corners worn and bumped, last page chipped in margin, several pages with small tears in the right margins, calf rubbed, light foxing to many pages. Hartford: Hudson & Goodwin, n.d., circa 1800. The twenty-fifth Connecticut edition. More
Wells River: Ira White, 1843. Frontis. and several text engravings. 168pp. 18mo, original calf-backed boards, boards worn and lightly soiled, scattered light foxing. Wells River, VT: Ira White, 1843. More
Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1982. Illus. 8vo, red boards, d.w. lightly rubbed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, (1982). Very good. More
Chicago: Year Book Publishers, 1944. Illustrated with b/w images throughout. 504 pages. 8vo, red cloth. Chicago: Year Book Publishers, (1944). Signed by Weiss on endpaper. A very good(-) copy--wear and some white paint to upper cloth corners, spine sunned with wear to ends, light staining to edge of title page. More
Washington: Way & Gideon, 1828. of the Pennsylvania Institution for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb. 11pp. 8vo, original wrappers, wrappers chipped, foxing throughout. Washington: Way & Gideon, 1828. First Edition Author was principal of the Pennsylvania Institution for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb. In this address, Weld reviews the history of the education of the deaf in the United States, the current situation, and what can be done to improve their education. More
London: Simpkin, Marshall, 1920. 26 black & white tipped in plates. Small 4to, dark blue pictorial cloth (extremities of spine repaired). London: Simpkin, Marshall, (1920). First Edition. Very Good (+). More
London: Simpkin, Marshall, 1920. 26 black & white tipped in plates. Small 4to, dark blue pictorial cloth, torn d.w. London: Simpkin, Marshall, (1920). First Edition. A near fine copy in a very good(-) dust wrapper. More
London: W. Clarke, 1826. Lithograph. 13.5" x 18.75" sheet mounted to 15.5" x 21.5" sheet. Shows some staining at right margin. In very good condition. William Westall was an English landscape artist and member of the Royal Academy. He was as one of the first British artists to visit and depict Australia. The Victorian Gothic style of the house was the work of Alfred Waterhouse, who had also built the Natural History Museum in London. It had 150 bedrooms, massive..... More
London: W. Clarke, 1826. Lithograph. 13.5" x 16.5" sheet mounted to 15" x 20" sheet. Shows some staining at right margin. In very good condition. William Westall was an English landscape artist and member of the Royal Academy. He was as one of the first British artists to visit and depict Australia. William Westall was an English landscape artist and member of the Royal Academy. He was as one of the first British artists to visit and depict Australia. The..... More
London: W. Clarke, 1826. Lithograph. 13.5" x 19" sheet mounted to 15.5" x 22" sheet. Margin of larger sheet has three small tears and a small chip at lower right. In very good condition. William Westall was an English landscape artist and member of the Royal Academy. He was as one of the first British artists to visit and depict Australia. William Westall was an English landscape artist and member of the Royal Academy. He was as one of the..... More
London: W. Clarke, 1826. Lithograph. 13.5" x 16.5" sheet mounted to 15" x 20" sheet. In very good condition. William Westall was an English landscape artist and member of the Royal Academy. He was as one of the first British artists to visit and depict Australia. William Westall was an English landscape artist and member of the Royal Academy. He was as one of the first British artists to visit and depict Australia. The Victorian Gothic style of the house..... More
London: W. Clarke, 1826. Lithograph. 11.5" x 15.75" sheet mounted to 15.25" x 19.5" sheet. In very good condition. William Westall was an English landscape artist and member of the Royal Academy. He was as one of the first British artists to visit and depict Australia. The Victorian Gothic style of the house was the work of Alfred Waterhouse, who had also built the Natural History Museum in London. It had 150 bedrooms, massive stables, huge kennels and a chapel..... More
London: W. Clarke, 1826. Lithograph. 12" x 15.5" sheet mounted to 15" x 19.5" sheet. In very good condition. William Westall was an English landscape artist and member of the Royal Academy. He was as one of the first British artists to visit and depict Australia. More
Edinburgh: Livingstone, 1949. Illustrated. 107 pages. Slim 8vo, beige cloth, d.w. (rubbed, lightly soiled). Edinburgh: E. & S. Livingstone, 1949. Very good (+). More
Edinburgh: 1967. Frontis. and 20 other plates. 152pp., tall 8vo, cloth, d.w. Edinburgh and London, 1967. Second edition. More
New York: New Press, 2005. ix + 260 pages, 12mo, board-backed cloth, d.w.; dust wrapper a bit dusty. New York: The New Press, (2005). A near fine copy in a very good dust wrapper. Presentation copy signed by the author. More
London: Michael Joseph, 1972. Illustrated. 484pp., 8vo, cloth, d.w.; small ink stamp on front and rear end-papers. dust wrapper lightly bumped at head of spine. London: Michael Joseph, (1972). A very good (+) copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
London: Oxford University Press, 1964. 8vo, blue cloth, d.w. rubbed on edges, cloth rubbed on bottom edges, title-page partially browned. London: Oxford University Press, 1964 Presentation copy. More
Washington: National Geographic, 2002. Illus. 8vo, 1/2 black cloth, d.w. Washington: National Geographic, (2002). Very good. More
A.L.S. 8vo. 1 page, no place, no date, paper with partial watermark c. 1810-1830, an invitation, "It would be a pleasure for you and Mr. Leonard Edwards to join us for dinner on Friday at six o clock." Mounting remnants on verso, otherwise in very good condition. Scottish advocate, literary critic and author best remembered as a professor of Moral Philosophy at Edinburgh University (1821-1851). More
New York: William Morrow, 1987. Some illustrations. 607 pages. Thick 8vo, blue cloth-backed boards, d.w. (torn and chipped). New York: William Morrow, (1987). First edition. Pages a bit toned and boards lightly bumped, still a very good copy in a very good(-) wrapper. More
Philadelphia: Philomathean Society, 1826. 30 pages. Slim 8vo, modern wrappers. [Philadelphia]: Philomathean Society, 1826. Very good. History of the University, with special stress on the medical school. More
Several plates. Phila., 1851. An important historical address with 2 fine original plates. More
Today I received 'Illustrations of Sterne' safe. I'm very glad to find the book is in much better condition than I expected. Thank you very much!
The book arrived today. It's beautiful, the packaging was great and the delivery incredibly fast. Thanks for everything!