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Harper & Brothers: NY, 1841. First Edition. Hardcover. Good minus. Sold as an uncommon edition despite the difficult condition of the cover. Quarto, 10 1/8" tall, viii + 1423 pages, marbled fore-edges, gilt title on leather spine label, full calf. Internally very good, binding tight paper lightly yellowed with light scatter foxing throughout, BUT the leather of both covers is well worn with fore-corner tips through to boards, both hinges are broken and the front cover is loose. This is a larger and heavier volume and will require additional postage.A Classical Dictionary containing an account of the principal proper names mentioned in ancient authors; intended to elucidate all the important points connected with geography, history, biography, mythology, and the fine arts of the Greeks and Romans together with an account of coins, weights, and measures with tabular values of the same.

Chicago, Illinois: Laird & Lee, 1889. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Fair. 32mo, 5" tall, 440 pages, bound with wire side-stitch; black titles flexible decorative red cloth. A fair copy over all, shelf wear and rubbing to the cloth, cover creased, gilt chipping at the top fore-edge; hinges and binding solid, paper yellowed, rear ad pages loose.

Paris, France: Chez Mmme Ve Lepetit, Paris, 1818. Third Edition. Vellum. Very Good. Text in French. Apparently issued in paper covers and afterward bound in vellum. Single volume. Octavo, 8" tall, xviii, 556 pages, bound with original green printed wraps, period vellum. A very good, clean, sturdy volume with minor shelf wear, light scattered foxing, primarily in the margins, vellum darkened

New Haven, Connecticut: Bronson, Walter ; New Haven, 1806. Early printing. Disbound. Fair. A scarce original edition sold despite its condition as a historical reference copy. 16mo, 6 3/4" tall, 294 pages (the essential content without original covers), spine covered by leather of uncertain origin and attached to a thin piece of wood which may have been part of the original cover on the front side only). This is a fair copy only and sold as is. The covers are missing along with endpapers; title page missing and the possible contents page, along with most of title page (publisher name, city, and date present on a small portion of lower title page); the primary contents are present, paper is moderately yellowed and foxed throughout, first and last page somewhat soiled from exposure, a few pages are marginally marked, many pages are dog-eared and the fore-edges are roughed with use but still supple. Because paper is not fragile, this could be rebound despite condition. Priced accordingly.

Doubleday & Compan: NY, 1972. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good /Very good minus. Octavo, 8 1/2" tall, 145 pages, gilt spine titles on blue cloth. A very good, generally clean, sturdy hard cover first edition with minor shelf wear, binding tight, paper cream white but light foxing to the top fore-edge. In a very good minus, moderately worn dust jacket, with rubbing at the top and bottom edges of the back strip and flap-folds, with the original price clipped.

Burlington, New Jersey: D. Allison & Co, 1813. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair. This copy is really in poor condition but apparently complete and still useful as a reference to the language of the time. The author was not a scholar and took his information from other sources, primarily British. Small quarto, 10 1/4" tall, xiv + 85 + [approx 1000 pages unpaginated, full leather. A fair copy only overall; interior generally fair, paper yellowed but generally supple with moderate foxing throughout, internal binding relatively solid, but many pages 'pulled' and many edge tears present, some pages further foxed by the use of the book to press flowers; exterior leather binding is significantly worn and chipped, leather disintegrating and powdering, back strip completely missing, rubbing at all extremities with boards exposed, front hinge broken and cover loose. Restoration would be difficult but still useful as is.

United States Census Office: Washington, 1903. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Without dust jacket, if issued. A terrific reference volume in problematic condition. Quarto, 12" tall, 91 + 206 plate pages, many with color printed on one side only, silver titles on blue cloth. A good, generally clean, original hardcover edition with moderate shelf wear and rubbing at the corners, top of exterior spine cloth damp stained front hinges broken and first signature loosened, most of binding solid, paper clean and light to moderately yellowed but with top margin only of the last 40 pages damp stained, (not affecting map areas). This is a larger and heavier volume (about 7 lbs.,) and will require some additional postage depending on destination.

London, England: T. Davison and T. Gillet for R. Phillips, 1800. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair. An Universal Biographical and Historical Dictionary; containing a faithful account of the lives, actions, and characters of the most eminent persons of all ages and all countries; also the revolutions of the states and the successions of sovereign princes, ancient and modern, collected from the best authorities by John Watkins. This scarce volume is in difficult condition and priced accordingly. Octavo, 8 2/3" tall, unpaginated (approx 700 pages), three-quarter leather over boards. A fair copy overall, covers loose, back strip missing, binding broken into two halves, signatures divided about mid-book. BUT internally fairly clean and paper light to moderately yellowed and not fragile, leaving the possibility of rebounding.