Parma: Typis Bodonianis (Bodoni Press), 1792. First Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Gilt ruled calf with inner dentelles and marbled endpapers. Both boards detached along with the front endpapers, spine dry, corners and edges worn. [22], 231, lacking the errata leaf, first two endpapers foxed and browned. A few finger marks... More about Britannia, Lathmon, Villa Bromhamensis
Boston: Published by the Author, 1849. First Edition. Cloth. Bound in full brown blindstamped cloth with some moderate wear to the edges and some loss at the corners. Some light rubbing of the cloth at the head and tail of spine with the library card number in white ink to... More about History of the Old Towns Norridgewock and Canaan, Comprising Norridgewock, Canaan, Starks,...
Newburyport: Henry Ranlet for Angier March, 1802. First Edition. Full Calf. The first American Edition taken from fourth English edition, and the first edition with the supplement added to it. Printed in Exeter NH and sold in Newburyport MA. Bound in full calf with some bumping to corners. Spine label... More about Songs in the Night; By a Young Woman, Under Heavy Afflictions
Leipzig: Ben Joh. Friedrich Gleditsch und Sohn, 1711. First Edition. Hardcover (Vellum). Slightly overlapping full contemporary vellum, old library spine label and bookplate, but otherwise unmarked. Modest foxing and toning, a bit of loss and degradation to the margins of three pages but no loss of text. An early study... More about Eigentliche und wahrhafftige Abbildung der alten und neuen Griechischen Kirche, Nach ihrer...
Geneva: Pauli Stephani (Paul Estienne), 1618. Early Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Full contemporary calf, worn, foxing and browning to text, heavy in spots, light dampstains occasionally including to the plates, Babel map adhered to the final preface page in the gutter. With the four plates depicting Babel, the tower and... More about Historiarum Libri IX
Ann Arbor: University of Michigan, 1906. Cloth. Former copy of Bowdoin Library with a presentation label from the University of Michigan to Bodoin College as well as a small spine label. Otherwise interior is clean and bright with a tight binding. Bound in dark green cloth with gilt decoration Size... More about History of the University of Michigan with Biographical Sketches of Regents and Members of the...
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Rome: Franciscus Minitius Calvus, 1525. First Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Later, but old, full speckled calf, worn at edges. Trimmed a little close at top edge, almost touching the running title in a few spots, dampstain to outer margin through last third of the volume, scattered minor foxing and staining... More about Octoginta volumina [Opera
New York: John A. Gray, 1860. Pamphlet. A very nice copy of this pamphlet of sermons and addresses. Virtually no wear or rubbing to original wraps. Text is bright and pages are crisp. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2 lbs 0 oz... More about The Laws of Civilization: The Substance of an Address Delivered on Several Occasions During the...
London: W.H. for Humphrey Moseley, 1705. Seventh. Hardcover (Full Leather). Cambridge paneled calf, both boards detached but present. With the frontis piece. Possibly missing a rear endpaper but otherwise complete and crisp. Size: duodecimo (12mo). Text is clean and unmarked. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Antiquarian... More about Epistolae Ho-Elianae. Familiar Letters, Domestic and Forren...With an Addition of a Third Volume...
New York: Appleton, 1842. Cloth. Scarce early american printing of this title. Cloth has torn along front hinge and spine is slightly shaken. Scattered foxing, endpapers stained. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Children; Antiquarian & Rare; Inventory No: 044182. More about Little Coin, Much Care: Or How Poor Men Live: A Tale for Young Persons
Worcester: S. A. Howland, 1850. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Spine is chipped at top and bottom, cloth is browned, generally mild foxing throughout; an attractive copy overall. 124pp. Bitting 236 (1848 New England edition). Size: 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Cooking, Wine & Dining; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: CAT000005. More about The American Economical Housekeeper and Family Receipt Book
New York: Trow's Printing and Bookbinding Company, 1885. Jessie Shepherd. Second Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Stamped and gilt olive cloth, quite bright and attractive. Old library spine labels, pocket at rear and scattered embossed stamps. A curiously pedantic work incorporating songs, questions and answers, menus and diagrams, and illustrations amidst... More about The Cooking Garden. A Systematized Course of Cooking For Pupils of All Ages, Including Plan of...
Arnhemiae: Jo. Fridericum Hagium, 1658. First Edition. Hardcover (rebound in leather). Rebound in full blind tooled calf, modest age toning and browning throughout, heavier in a few spots, a few light dampstains but otherwise clean; small quarto. Three volumes in one, each with separate title pages. (x), 181; (1), 239pp... More about In Nichomachi Geraseni Arithmeticam Introductionem et de Fato
Parma: Stamperia Reale, 1773. First Edition. Hardcover. Full navy cloth bearing gilt Harvard University stamp on spine, bookplate on pasted endpaper, and library stamp on first page. Some discoloration to spine where sticker was removed, minor wear to corners, extra engraved titlee, dedication to Duke Ferdninand I and Archduchess Maria... More about Versi Sciolti E Rimati Di Dorillo Dafneio P.A
Edinburgh: Gideon Shaw, 1682. First Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Full contemporary sheep neatly rebacked, wear and notes to endpapers, wear, notes and a library stamp to title. Trimmed a little close on the top edge, touching the title and just grazing the running title in a few spots. A good... More about Historiae Scoticae Nomenclatura Latino-Vernacula: Multis Flosculis, ex Antiquis Albinorum...
Paris: Michaelis Vascosani, 1553. Hardcover (Vellum). Full contemporary vellum, soiled but sound. Attractive floral pastepaper pastedowns. Light foxing here and there, first and last blanks a little soiled, over opened at 288/289 but sound otherwise. An attractively printed early French Isocrates. [10], 510, [2, blank], [39]pp with front and rear... More about Isocratis Rhetoris Atheniensis Orationes et Epistolae
Venice: Hieronymum Porro, 1589. First Edition. Hardcover (Vellum). Full contemporary vellum, toned, lacking ties, tear to vellum on rear cover with loss of a corner, a few stains and spots of wear, a bit shaken, but generally sound. 72 leaves with 34 engraved emblems by Girolamo Porro. Engraved title with... More about Vaticinia, sive prophetiae / Vaticinii, overo Profetie
1691. C. Decker. Hardcover (Full Leather). Later mottled calf. No general title page, no printer or date, apparently a surreptitious edition, attractive engraved title signed C. Decker; near miniature, binding measures 3 7/8" x 2 1/4". Old signature crossed out on verso of first section title with browning, unmarked internally... More about Priapeia, sive Diversorum poetarum in Priapum lusus, tom. II : Joannis Boschii In T. Petronii...
Dublin: Whitestone et al, 1779. First Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Original full calf, mild bumping to corners, rubbing to hinges, surface marks. Previous owner's name to the top of the title page. The first edition, first issue with the points (partaking his posterity, Milton for Butler), of the first of... More about The Lives of the English Poets and a Criticism of Their Works
Venice: Alessandro Vecchi, 1611. Early Edition. Hardcover (Vellum). Full contemporary vellum, lacking the front endpaper and inner joint cracked, a few mild creases and tears, light to moderate foxing, scattered light damp staining to bottom margin, four pages in early or contemporary manuscript (apparently a printing error), pages 114, 115... More about Gioseffo Flavio Historico Delle Antichita, e Guerre Giudaiche; Diviso in Ventisette Libri
Basel: Henrichum Petri, 1556. Second Edition. Hardcover. 18th century pastepaper boards, spine and edges degraded, light dampstains to first few and final pages, old library stamp to title and first page, some worming in the gutter - generally quite clean otherwise and with front, rear, and internal blanks present. (16)... More about De Anno & Mensibus Commentarius...Praeterea Calendarium...Antiquitatis Item Reliquiae
Paris: Gulielmum Merlin, 1562. Early Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Contemporary leather very worm, spine perished, front joint broken, rear nearly so, text block loose in binding, first signature loose, corners worn, covers intact. Scattered dampstains early on, light worming, text block mostly clean, a few old marginal notes, lacking blanks... More about Codicis DN. Justiniani Sacratissimi Principis PP. Augusti, Repetitae Praelectionis Libri XII
Hague & Rotterdam: Arnoldum, Regnerum Leers, 1683. Hardcover (Full Leather). Collection of satires including all 16 of Juvenalis's known satyrical poems with a life of each of the poets: 199pp. A later, probably 19th century, rebinding in an ornate, antique style. 5 raised bands on the spine, elaborate tooling of... More about Satyrae (D. Iun. Iuvenalis et Auli Persii Flacci Satyrae
Andrusko Karoly, 1973. Andrusko Karoly. Hand printed, 1 of 100 copies, color woodcuts of astronaut's journey into space. Miniature book (2 x 1.75 inches), interior is clean and unmarked, woodcuts are bright, clear impressions, very light fold to back bottom corner. Andrusko Karoly was a famous Hungarian artist and typographer... More about Kosmos [Limited edition miniature with color, original woodcuts
Philadelphia: Joseph Cruikshank, 1783. First Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). The first American edition of Payne's translation of Kempis's Imitation of Christ. In full contemporary tree calf, worn a bit at the corners, with the joints neatly strengthened and in a custom slipcase. Some foxing and browning to the endpapers and... More about Of the Imitation of Christ in Three Books