Boston: Strong & Brodhead, 1849. 424pp. Thick 12mo, original blue blind stamped cloth with ornately gilt covers and spine, a.e.g. (light wear to cloth edges; scattered foxing, otherwise quite clean). Boston: Strong & Brodhead, 1849. Ninth Stereotype Edition. A very good(+) copy of this very scarce book. More
Boston: cummings, 1812. 434pp. 8vo, contemporary calf; (spine worn, covers scuffed, text lightly browned). Boston: Cummings and Hilliard, 1812. First American Edition. Good. S&S 24584. More
Boston: Loring, 1879. 76 pages. Slim 12mo, original gilt & black-stamped green cloth. Boston: Loring Publisher, (no date, circa 1879). A very good(+) copy with some wear at spine ends and neat contemporary pencil gift inscription on front endpaper. Scarce etiquette book. More
New York: Rawson Associates, 1987. xi, 371 pages, 8vo, beige cloth-backed boards, d.w. New York: Rawson Associates, (1987). First Edition. Near fine in a near fine dust wrapper. Presentation copy with a piece of Baldrige's letterhead inscribed and signed, inserted in front cover. More
New York: Norton, 1983. Profusely illustrated in both color and black & white. x + 340pp., tall 8vo, cloth, d.w.; two pages with a crease, small tear to the margin of page 221/222. New York: W. W. Norton, (1983). A very good (+) copy in a very good (+) dust wrapper. More
Oxford: Clarendon, 1930. Edited by Sir Frank D. Mackinnon. Color frontispiece and 13 other b/w plates. xii, 13-590 pages. Thick 8vo, marbled boards with gray cloth spine and paper spine label, uncut edges; blue printed d.w. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1930. First edition, thus. Binding lightly rubbed but still a very good(+) solid copy. The most acclaimed novel by Fanny Burney, daughter of Charles, sister of James, and friend of Queen Charlotte. More
New York: Morrow, 1966. Illustrated. xvi + 346pp., 8vo, black cloth-backed blue boards, d.w.; dust wrapper lightly rubbed. New York: William Morrow & Company, 1966. A very good + copy. Presentation copy signed by the author on the half title. More
London: Dodsley, 1774. 2 vols. Thick 4to, polished calf; recased, with new endpapers; black leather spine labels. London: Dodsley, 1774. First Edition. Very good (+). A popular work which went through 10 editions in its first year. With the half-titles, frontis. portrait, dedication to Lord North, and the preliminary ads. Errata for vol. I, bound at the end of vol. II. More
2 volumes. [vi], vii, [1], 568; [iv], 606, [1]pp. 4to, contemporary calf with red and brown leather labels, stamped in gilt (leather is edgeworn but attractive; internally fine and clean). London: J. Dodsley, 1774. First Edition. A popular work which went through 10 editions in its first year. Rare in complete form. with the half-titles, frontispiece portrait, dedication to Lord North, and the preliminary advertisements. Errata for volume I is bound at the end of volume II. Chesterfield's letters were..... More
New York: Burt Franklin, 1969. iv + 467pp. 8vo, cloth. New York: Burt Franklin, (1969). From the library of Wendell Garrett with his ownership signature. More
Boston: Weeks, Jordan, 1839. iv + 467pp. 8vo, original brown cloth, spine ends and edges of corners worn, foxing throughout, cloth lightly soiled, cloth partially faded from sun exposure, small area of bumping to front and back covers on right edge, some pages with a small dampstain to right margins. Boston: Weeks, Jordan, 1839. First Edition in English. From the library of Gilbert Chinard with his pencil annotations on the front flyleaf. Author was a French economist who began a...... More
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1943. xi + 234pp., small 8vo, cloth, d.w.; dust wrapper price clipped, chipped. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1943. A very good copy in a very good (-) dust wrapper. More
London: Peter Davies, 1928. Illustrated with dry-points by Hermine David. Translated from the French by D.B. Wyndham Lewis. 84 pages, untrimmed, top edge gilt, slim 8vo, black silk cloth (minor wear at ends; one snag in cloth on spine, neatly repaired). London: Peter Davies, 1928. A very good copy, internally fine. Number 424 of 500 numbered copies. More
London: Bentley, 1876. 2 volumes, rubricated titles, tall 8vo, burgundy cloth, decoratively gilt spines and blind stamped and gilt and covers. Lodnon: Richard Bentley, 1876. Spine ends repaired, else a fine copy. More
London: Trubner, 1868. 16 black & white woodcut illustrations. 405+133pp., tall, thick 8vo, 3/4 brown polished calf, green leatherspine label, marbled boards (slightly rubbed). London: Early English Text Society by N. Trubner & Co., 1868. First Edition. Very good(+). Manners and Meals in Olden Time. More
London: Adam and Charles Black, 1953. 8vo, red cloth, d.w. slightly chipped and lightly soiled, cloth spotted, foxing to endpapers and front flyleaf. London: Adam and Charles Black, (1953). More
London: Adam and Charles Black, 1951. 8vo, red cloth, small bump to right edge in the middle of front cover, front cover lightly rubbed. London: Adam and Charles Black, (1951). More
New York: Harper, 1888. 326 pages. 12mo, tan cloth with decoratively gilt spine (lightly soiled). New York: Harper & Brothers, 1888. First Edition. A very nice clean copy. More
London: Whittaker, 1834. Frontispiece, 348pp., light foxing. 12mo, recent cloth spine, original boards, cloth slipcase. London: Whittaker, Treacher and Co., 1834. Very good. A humorous look at the history of food and drink. (Bitting 237 (1829 edn). More
New York: Scribner, 1852. 7 engraved plates, including the extra engraved title page. 312 pages. 8vo, original decorative gilt-stamped blue cloth, a.e.g. (corners lightly bumped, cloth lightly soiled and with neat repairs at ends and front joint; contemporary pencil inscription on half title; some foxing at front including first 3 plates). New York: Scribner, 1852. First edition. Stories with morals and manners as the themes. Wright II, 1490. More
New York: Cornelia & Michael Bessie, 1991. xii + 254pp., 8vo, cloth-backed boards, d.w.. New York: Cornelia & Michael Bessie, (1991). First edition. A near fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
Paris: 1776. 3 folding engraved pates. viii + 525 pages plus index. 12mo, full mottled calf with gilt decorated spine, marbled edges; ink library stamp on title page, early pen notes on facing page, 2nd plate neatly repaired with tape, covers lightly worn. Paris, 1776. Nouvelle edition. A clean, tight very good copy. More
Varsovie: Rawski, 1911. 21 plates in relief with many monograms each, tissue guards. Oblong folio, cloth with a raised art nouveau cover in relief, cover worn, spine needs regluing. Varsovie: Rawski, (1911). Very good (-). More
London: Newbery. 12mo. 204 pages with even toning throughout, small bookplate on inside front cover and slightly damaged rear blank fly-leaf. Original brown calf, rubbed. London: printed for J. Newbery, in St. Paul's Church-Yard, (1787). Second Edition. Scarce. Very good. A rare guide to juvenile letter-writing etiquette. More
London: Paul Holberton Publishing, 2003. Illustrated with b/w plates throughout. 72 pages. 4to, faux marbled paper wrapper. London: Paul Holberton Publishing, (2003). A fine copy with a fine paper wrapper. 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!
I usually receive my packages as soon as delivered. However, this one had quite a night outside in a snow storm. Thanks to the extra care in packaging and double layer of wrapping cardboard and plastic bag, the book survived in pristine condition.... It sat in a three foot snow drift pounded by snow plows, in minus 25Temps overnight and was discovered this afternoon, the top of the package peeking out of the drift. If not for the attention to packaging and packing materials, this book would have been destroyed. Please let the people who package our treasures know that they make a difference. Whether in person or mail order, you folks rock. Best wishes from the (damned) frozen Adirondacks...