Baltimore: Printed by B. Lundy. 24, S. Calvert St. 1825. 17 cm. vii, 142pp. Brown cloth spine and marbled paper boards. Lacks portrait and errata. Tyson was an abolitionist who supported the American Colonization Society toward the end of his life. HOWES T453. More
Philadelphia: James Kay, Jun. & Brother, 267 Market Street / Pittsburgh: John L. Kay & Co, 1834. First Edition. 8vo. 244 pp. Original rose colored cloth with recent printed paper label on spine (some discoloration where original label had been), some wear to rear joint, binding slightly cocked. “An interesting..... More
Hartford, (CT): Belknap & Hamersley, 1835. First edition. 12mo. xvi, (2), [13]-372, (2), (10) pp. Engraved frontispiece portrait of Van Buren. Publisher's green blind embossed cloth. Gilt stamped title on spine. Some wear to spine ends and back joint, some light foxing. More
Pittsburgh: Printed for the publisher, by A. A. Anderson, 1847. Second edition. 18.5 cm. ix, [2], [13]-152 pp. Contemporary calf-backed marbled boards (rubbed). Contemporary ownership signature of Sarah McElhiney on front endpaper. The title page prints a quote from Robert Burns: "If I'm designed yon lordling's slave, / By Nature's..... More
Philadelphia: Printed and published by S. Parmele, 1818. 8vo. 95, [1] pp. Contemporary calf-backed plain boards. Lacks front endpaper, small piece torn from head of title page, not affecting text, persistent foxing throughout. COHEN 8111 NASH 117. More
Madison, WI: Atwood & Culver, Publishers, 1876. Sixth Edition. 19cm. [4], 128pp., illus. Original gray wrappers with title and an illustration of an eagle on front cover. Some short tears to edges of front wrapper. Old Abe was a bald eagle, and the mascot of the 8th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry..... More
New York: Gould, Banks & Co., 1842. First edition. 12mo. Two volumes: vi, 241; vi, 231 pp. Engraved plates; half-title to each volume. The first appearance of Herbert's pseudonym "Frank Forester." BAL 8068, Binding state A (sequence, if any, not fully established). Phillips, p. 163. Original blindstamped brown cloth, gilt..... More
Cincinnati: Printed by Morgan, Lodge, and Fisher, February, 1827. Original publishers black leather binding, title stamped in gilt on front cover, wear and chipping to spine ends and joints. First Edition. 19.5 x 12.5 cm. 100, [1] pp. Two plates. The plates depict the Medical College of Ohio and the..... More
Iowa City: A. H. Palmer, Printer, 1848. 21 cm. 117pp., errata. Contemporary leather binding, gilt stamped red and black spine labels, front joint cracked, front board starting. More
Boston in New-England: Printed by J. Draper for D. Henchman, 1726. 8vo. 195 x 125 mm., [7 3 4 x 5 inches]. [2], v, [1], 350 pp. Bound in contemporary sheep, decorated in blind in the Regency style, raised bands, leather title label; joints expertly repaired with Japanese paper. Contemporary..... More
Hartford: From the Press, 1795. 8vo. 205 x 120 mm., [8 x 4 1 2 inches]. [vi], [7]-328 viii pp. Contemporary mottled calf, red leather label on spine; head of spine a bit chipped, some minor staining to the spine, boards slightly bowed; some darkening to the text block. Stamped..... More
Boston: Printed by Richard Graper, 1755. 8vo. 205 x 133 mm., [8 x 5 1 4 inches]. [2], iv, [2] 510, [2] pp. Bound in contemporary mottled sheep, raised bands and red title label on spine; binding rubbed at joints, edge of label missing, text block browned at fore edge..... More
Hartford: Published by Silas Andrus, Roberts & Burr, Printers, 1820. Two volumes. 8vo. 225 x 1 35 mm., [9 x 5 1 2 inches]. [1], 573 pp; 595 pp.; each book with a separate title-page. Bound in contemporary mottled calf, read leather labels; upper joint rubbed with a short crack..... More
Boston: Published by Etheridge and Bliss, Oliver & Munroe, Printers, 1806. 12mo. 180 x 105 mm., [7 x 4 1 4 inches]. [xvi], 17 -164 pp; plus 2 pp. ads. Bound in contemporary brown sheep skin, red leather label; some minor rubbing to the joints, head of spine missing. Stamped..... More
Bostoni, in Nov-Anglia: Excusum, 1737. 8vo. 190 x 120 mm., [7 1 2 x 4 3 4 inches]. [2], 9 pp. Pictorial title page, with woodcut skull and cross bones at top of black funeral border. Text in Latin. Modern card stock wrappers. First and only edition. When he wrote..... More
Worcester: Printed and Sold by Isaiah Thomas, Jun, 1805. 12mo. 165 x 115 mm., [6 1 2 x 4 1 2 inches]. [4], 5- 121pp., plus 3 pp. ads. Bound in contemporary wooden boards, leather spine, marbled paper boards; binding paper a bit soiled, edges bumped, small part of wooden..... More
New-Haven: Printed and Published by S. Converse, 1822. 8vo. 215x140mm., [81 2x51 2inches]. 507pp. Bound in contemporary mottled calf, red leather label; minor rubbing to joints and head and tail of spine; some light foxing to end sheets and minor spotting to the text. Presentation inscription from E. D. Griffin..... More
Boston, New England: Printed by S. Kneeland & T. Green for D. Henchman, 1733. Bound WITH: (Thomas FOXCROFT). EUSEBIUS INERMATUS: Just remarks on a late book intitled Eleutherius Enervatus, or an Answer to a Pamphlet, Intituled, The Divine Right of Presbyterian Ordination ... / by Phileluth Bangor, V.E.B. Boston: Printed..... More
Boston: Printed by Rogers and Fowle for Samuel Eliot in Cornhill, 1743. 8vo. 195 x 120 mm., [7 3 4 x 4 3 4 inches]. xxx, 18, 424 pp. Bound in contemporary mottled calf, raised bands, red leather label. The binding shows minor rubbing at joints, some discoloration due to..... More
Philadelphia, [PA]: R. H. Baist 1238 W. Cambria St. 1948, 1938, 1950, 1954. 24 x 17 1/2 in. Colored plat maps. Vol. 1. N.W. section [south of Florida Ave.] (1948) -- Vol. 2. N.E. [section south of Florida Ave.], S.E. [section west of Anacostia River and] S.W. (1938) -- Vol..... More
[NP: T. W. Ingersoll, c1905]. Color stereoview, 7 x 3 ½ inches, two photographic images, mounted side by side, on card stock, picturing two duck hunters and their guides unloading several dozen ducks from their hunting boats which have been pulled ashore; long caption verso advocating for the end to..... More
(Memphis, TN: The author, c1945). First edition. Small 8vo. (21) pp. Illustrated from photographs, plates. Personal inscription, signed by the author, on the title page. Natural history of Lake Menasha, Stave Lake, and Mink Lake, lying just across the Mississippi River from Memphis; includes some waterfowl hunting and fishing, including..... More
Boston, (MA): Houghton Mifflin, 1930. First edition. 8vo. xiv, (2), 312 pp. Illustrated from line drawings, plates, maps. Original two-tone cloth, illustrated dust jacket (several small chips). Very good. More
NY: Amateur Sportsman Co., (c1910). First edition. 8vo. iv, (2), 207, (4, ads) pp. Illustrated from photographs, plates. Heller II, 685: “First book for American readers on the practical conservation of game.” Original white-stamped burgundy cloth. Inscription on endpaper, else very good. More
Washington, DC: American Wildlife Institute, 1944. First edition, “deluxe” issue, one of a small number with an original signed watercolor by the author as frontispiece (This titled “Canvasback / 12 days old” in the author’s hand). 8vo. xii, 201 pp. Illustrated from line drawings, tables, maps. Heller II, 672. Original..... More
