Report of an Expedition Down the Zuni and Colorado Rivers
by Sitgreaves, Captain L.
Washington: Richard Armstrong, 1853. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. Senate Issue. 8vo. Original brown ribbed cloth blocked in blind on the boards and spine and with the title in copper on the spine. Spine sunned and title dulled, with wear to the edges and corners, else this is a very good copy with the textblock in near fine condition and seldom seen so. All plates present as issued. Note, however, that the Bird plate No. 2... Read More
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George Drouillard, Hunter and Interpreter for Lewis and Clark and Fur Trader, 1807-1810
by Skarsten, M. O.
Glendale, CA: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1964. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. Red cloth, gilt spine title. 8vo. 356pp. Two folding maps. Index. fine copy. Western Frontiersmen Series XI. .
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George Drouillard Hunter and Interpreter for Lewis and Clark and Fur Trader, 1807-1810
by Skarsten, M. O.
Spokane: Arthur H. Clark Company, 2003. Hardcover. Fine. Second edition. Red cloth, gilt title on spine and upper boards. Folding map in rear. A fine copy. .
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George Drouillard, Hunter and Interpreter for Lewis and Clark and Fur Trader, 1807-1810
by Skarsten, M. O.
Glendale, CA: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1964. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. Red cloth, gilt spine title. 8vo. 356pp. Two folding maps. Index. fine copy. Western Frontiersmen Series XI. .
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An Account of a Journey Made Thro' Part of the Low-Countries, Germany, Italy, and France
by Skippon, Philip
London: Henry Lintot and John Osborn, 1745. Hardcover. Fine. Folio. Pp. 373-749 extracted from Volume 6 of Churchill's Voyages, third edition. Engraved and wood illustrations in the text. Bound to style with dark brown quarter leather spine, marbled paper boards, morocco lettering piece, gilt, on the upper board. Portion of lower margin lacking on the final page (not affecting the text), light foxing, else a fine copy. ESTC T97845. .
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The True Travels, Adventures and Observations ... Into Europe, Asia, Africa, and America, from Ann. Dom. 1593 to 1629
by Smith, Captain John
London: Henry Lintot and John Osborn, 1746. Hardcover. Fine. Folio. An extract from the third edition of Churchill's Voyages, pp. 307-346, Nicely bound to style with a leather spine, marbled paper boards, leather lettering label, gilt, on the upper board. Smith traveled to Gibraltar, was a pirate in the Mediterranean, fought in the Ottoman Empire, traveled through North Africa before becoming the leader of the Virginia Colony. See Cox I, p. 72. .
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The Arabella and Araminta Stories
by Smith, Gertrude
Boston: Copeland and Day, 1895. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Good. Illustrated by Ethel Reed.. 4to. (8),103,(1)pp. Tan cloth printed in black. Red pictorial endpapers. Title page in red and black. Illustrated with 15 full page illustrations. Introduction by Mary E. Wilkins. Occasional light scattered foxing and staining; rebacked with original spine paid on (lacking spine tips); edge and corner wear, and inner hinges worn. Still, a good copy of a rare children's book. Signed by... Read More
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Observations on Breeding for the Turf, Containing also Remarks on the Comparative Excellence of the English Race Horse on the Present Day and Former Times:; With an Account of the Foreign Stallions and Mares Imported into England ...
by Smith, Nics. Hanckey (but Hankey)
London: G. Whittakler, 1825. First edition. Very good. Hardcover. 8vo. vii, [1], 303, [1] pp. Recent half green morocco, leather lettering labels, gilt; marbled paper boards and endpapers. A fine copy. A fairly scarce work on horse breeding and racing. Includes "remarks on the comparative excellence of the English race horse of the present day and former times: with an account of the foreign stallions and mares imported into England, and the performances of their produce on... Read More
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The History of the Conquest of Mexico by the Spaniards done into English...
by Solis y Ribadeneyra, Antonio de
London: T. Woodward, 1724. First edition in English. Hardcover. Near fine. [xviii], 163, (1), 252, 152pp. 6 copper-engraved plates, 1 portrait plate of Cortes, and 2 maps. Modern full dark brown morocco signed binding intricately tooled in blind on the spine and boards, leather lettering label, gilt, silk headbands worked in three colors: red, white and green. Double-marbled endpapers. The portrait of Cortes, sometimes seen as a frontispiece, is here facing Book I, page 25. The upper... Read More
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The United States Chess Championship, 1985-1996
by Soltis, Andy, and Gene H. McCormick
Jefferson, NC: McFarland and Company, 1997. Hardcover. Thin 4to. Maroon cloth, silver titles on the spine and upper board. A fine copy. First published in 1986, this edition brings the narrative to 1996. Signed on the front endpapers by 22 chess masters, players and interested people, of which we have deciphered 18: Larry Cristiansen, Robert B Farmer (?), Jennie Franklakh, Esther Epstein, Vladimir (?) Samarov, Sharon Ellen Furtman, Alex Shabalov, Alrick Man, Irina Krush, (Boris) Gulka, Walter... Read More
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The States Through Irish Eyes
by E. Œ. Somerville
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1930. Limited edition. Hardcover. Fine. Illustrated by the author. 8vo. (x, 200)pp. Red cloth, gilt spine title, gilt rules on the upper board. A fine copy. One of 375 signed and numbered copies, this copy out of series and marked 'Presentation Copy' before the author's signature. Inscribed on the front free endpaper: "To Titine, My faithful "Manager"! with love from Edith Œ. Somerville, Christmas, 1930." Housed in the publisher's... Read More
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The Jolly Old Man Who Sings Down Derry Down
by (Dean & Son)
London: Dean & Son, 1860. Hardcover. Very good. Large 8vo. Colored upper board, cloth spine, rear board printed in black on purple paper with a list of Dean's "New Series of Strüwelpeters". Illustrated with eight full page hand-colored woodcuts. The page following the last of the illustrations contains a carved face of the "jolly old man" about an inch high which penetrates right through the book to the front cover, the faces of the woodcuts being cut away... Read More
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The Life of John Ledyard, the American Traveller ..
by Sparks, Jared
Cambridge: Hilliard and Brown, 1828. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine. 8vo. (2), (8)pp publisher's catalogue dated January, 1828, xii, 325, (5)pp. Early binding of brown cloth spine, printed paper label, drab paper over boards. Untrimmed, Ownership signatures of S(ilas). E. Burrows on a preliminary blank, and R. R. Ward in pencil on the title page. Burrows (b. 1794) was a successful merchant, shipowner of whaling and sealing vessels, and philanthropist, building a thriving business in New... Read More
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The New Whole Duty of Man, Containing the Faith as well as Practice of a Christian: Made Easy for the Practice of the Present Age
by (Sparks, Jared; Richard Allestree)
London: W. Bent, 1816. Hardcover. Very good. 12mo. viii, 492pp plus index. Full straight grain calf. Spine in five compartments, gilt; gilt rules to the boards. Marbled endpapers. Engraved frontispiece. Upper hinge cracked but firm else a very good copy. No author is identified; the attribution to Sparks and Allestree is taken from the OCLC records. This treatise was first printed in 1795. .
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The Works of the Famous English Poet, Mr. Edmond Spenser: The Faery Queen, The Shepherds Calendar, The History of Ireland, &c.; Whereunto is added, An Account of his Life, With other new Additions Never before in Print
by Spenser, Edmond
London: Henry Hills for J. Edwin, 1679. First complete edition. Near fine. Hardcover. Folio. (xii),339,(i),16,(8),2,10-11,9-11,14-258,369-391,(i)pp. Early full calf Cambridge-style binding, rebacked in the 19th century with the spine in 7 compartments, intricately gilt; leather label, gilt. Engraved frontispiece. Each work has its own title page, and, for the first three, begins the pagination anew, though 'The Shepherds Calandar' is mispaginated in three places. (2),A-Z4 (Kk mismarked K, Nn mismarked N),Aa-Zz4,Aaa-Zzz4,Aaaa-Iiii4,Kkkk, Aaaaa-Ccccc4. Laves A3 and A4 have a stain... Read More
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The Congo and the Founding of its Free State: A Story of Work and Exploration
by Stanley, Henry M.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1885. First US edition. Hardcover. Very good. 2 volumes. Large 8vo. xxvii, 528; x, 483pp. Index, Ads. Probably printed in England for Harpers at the same time as the Sampson, Low issue. Pagination is identical and the setting appears to be as well. Illustrated with over 100 full-page plates and in-text drawings, folding maps, large maps in the pockets of each volume. Original green cloth blocked in red, black, brown and gilt on... Read More
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Refuge in Avalon
by Steedman, Marguerite
Garden City: Doubleday, 1962. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. 8vo. 477pp. Black cloth spine, silver titles, blue textured boards. A fine copy. The dustwrapper is not price-clipped, has a bit of rubbing at the folds, else is near fine. Surprisingly scarce in first edition story of Joseph of Arimathea in Avalon. .
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East of Eden
by Steinbeck, John
New York: The Viking Press, 1952. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. 8vo. Apple green cloth blocked in black and deep red. "First published" statement on the copyright page, and date on the title page. Cloth sunned along the edges and spine but a very good copy. The first state dustwrapper has the price of $4.50 on the flap and Steinbeck's portrait on the rear panel. The top inch of the spine and the bottom edge... Read More
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The Winter of our Discontent
by Steinbeck, John
New York: The Viking Press, 1961. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. 8vo. Blue cloth, spine blocked in black and silver. Trace of fading to the top edge of the boards, pencil gift inscription on the front free endpaper, else a very good copy. The dustwrapper is price-clipped. It has light rubbing at the edges and fold and some creasing at the very tip of the spine else very good. .
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Letters from Yorick to Eliza
by Sterne, Laurence
Dublin: Chaimberlaine, Williams, et al., 1775. Hardcover. Fine. First Irish edition. (i)-xviii, 19-68pp. Thin 12mo. Modern binding to style in full deep teal morocco, spine in 5 compartments with raised bands, gilt, black leather lettering label, gilt. Elizabeth Draper met Sterne in 1766 in England but returned home to India in 1767. The letters were discovered after Setene's death, and in 1774 Draper authorized their publication. Her letters to Sterne were never published, although forgeries... Read More
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La Porte de Malétroit
by Stevenson, Robert Louis
Cagnes-sur-Mer, France: Book CLue of Calilfornia, 1952. Limited edition. Wraps. Fine. Small 8vo. Printed wraps in a ivory-colored embossed folder, gilt spine title. One of 300 copies printed by hand with Garamond types on hand-made paper from the medieval mill of Richard de Bas. Decorations by Ray Bethers, The plates are generally in two colors plus black and with gilt highlights. A fine copy. No slipcase. .
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A Christmas Sermon
by Stevenson, Robert Louis
San Francisco: John Henry Nash, 1928. Limited edition. Stiff card. Fine. One large sheet folded to make four pages, folio. Title printed on obverse of page one, the text of the Sermon on the inner two-page spread, and the final page blank. Beautifully printed letterpress in a Gothic font. Each of the four sections of Stevenson's work is introduced by an illuminated capital with hand-colored foliage. The title runs across the top of both pages in gilt... Read More
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Origines Britannicae. Or, The Antiquities of the British Churches; With a Preface Concerning some pretended Antiquities Relating to Britain, in Vindication of the Bishop of St. Asaph
by Stillingfleet, Ed
London: Printed by M. Flesher for Henry Mortlock, 1685. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. Folio. (ii),lxxiii,(ix),364pp. Bound to style in full calf. Spine in six compartments with raised bands; red leather lettering label, gil. Title page strengthened at the outer margin; light soil; some old ink names on the t.p. else a very good copy. Title page in red and black.
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Cornelio Adrian César: Impresor en la Nueva España, 1597-1633
by Stols, Alexandre and Juan Pascoe
(Tacámbaro), México: Martín Pescador, 1992. Limited edition. Hardcover. Fine. Large folio: 12 by 17 inches. 104pp. Finely printed letterpress by Juan Pascoe with the Washington hand press on Castilla Gvarro paper. One of 100 copies for sale, from a total edition of 135 copies. This copy is numbered 87. Signed by the printer on the last page. Finely bound by the Thorn Bindery in quarter warm brown morocco, double marbled paper boards by Pam Smith in... Read More
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Paul & Virginie
by St. Pierre, Bernardin de
Paris: Georges Servant, 1924. Limited edition. Hardcover. Fine. Illustrated by Jean Droit.. 8vo. (150)pp. Finely bound in half deep blue morocco. Spine in six compartments with title in gilt. Marbled paper boards and endpapers. Top edge gilt. Original wrappers bound in. A fine copy. Illustrated with brilliantly colored aquarelles of Jean Droit. One of 375 numbered copies from a total edition of 400. This is number 160. In French.
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