Recent Arrivals from Old Bookshelf

Albany: Websters and Skinner, 1810. Hardcover. Good. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. 168p . First Revised Impression, 1810. Paper covered boards, leather backing. Cover worn and chipped, scattered staining and light foxing to contents, pages 15-24 missing, several first few pages have been gnawed at lower gutter and chipped along edges with some loss… Read more about this item

New York: Printed by William S. Dorr, 1843. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. 162pp. FIRST EDITION,1843. Green embossed cloth, gilt lettering. Light soil and wear, text is moderately foxed, 1/2 inch hole in front free endpaper, former ownership pencilled on endpapers, text is intact and binding is solid.… Read more about this item

Paris: Larousse et Boyer, 1860. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 48pp. No date c 1860s. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY AUTHOR on front free endpaper, presentation inscription in another hand on title page. Brown textured cloth, quarter leather bound, elaborate gilt scrolling and lettering to spine, all edges gilt. … Read more about this item

Boston : Lee and Shepard, 1873. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 303pp. Green cloth, gilt spine lettering. Clean and sound both inside and outside, inscription on front free endpaper reads "Ella with the regards of the author Oct.27, 92'" in the author's handwriting. A wonderful… Read more about this item

Boston: Printed by Manning and Loring, by Thomas & Andrews and D. West, 1797. Hardcover. Poor. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Alexandre Benois. 351pp. 1797. Full leather binding 2 engraved plates. Cover worn and chipped, large pieces missing from rear board, interior missing front free endpapers and pages 343-350, paste-down endpapers… Read more about this item

New York: Samuel Wood & Sons, 1819. Third American Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 352pp. Full calf, 5 folding plates. Wear and scuffing to cover, spine label missing, pastedown endpapers not present, interestingly bookbinder's utility endpapers exposed, endpapers soiled and stained, text is sound with very faint foxing. 3… Read more about this item

Boston: Rand and Mann, 1849. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 291pp. Blind-stamped brown cloth, gilt lettering and decoration to spine. Small chip to head of spine, corners lightly rubbed, cover otherwise sound and unworn, text is mildly age-toned, binding is tight, gilt on spine is still very bright, and book… Read more about this item

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1880. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 62pp +6pp answer sheets laid-in. FIRST EDITION. Maroon boards, gilt lettering to cover and spine. Edges and spine lightly rubbed, spine slightly faded , interior is clean and unmarked, former owner's name on front free endpaper and… Read more about this item

Soft cover. Good. 24mo - over 5 - 5¾" tall. 144pp. Marbled wraps, ex-library. Library stamps on title page and next page, library label on spine, 2 small holes on title page, text is age-toned, binding is tight. The first section of this book is devoted to Fleet's Almanack, and the remaining portionis Fleet's Massachusetts… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: H.C. Peck & Theo. Bliss, 1851. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 48mo - over 3 - 4" tall. 191pp. Miniature book measures 2 3/4 x 3 1/4 inches. (1851) Brown cloth, gilt vignette on front cover, gilt lettering and decoration to spine, engraved frontispiece and title page plus 45 )engravings in text.… Read more about this item

Boston : T. & J. Fleet, 1794. Hardcover. Fair. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. 148pp. Marbled boards, leather spine and leather backing. Rear board detached but present, front board barely holding, first 5 leaves separated (including title age), contents age-toned but clean and unmarked. A fascinating journal of a day's activities, … Read more about this item

New York: The Viking Press, 1954. Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 273pp. Tan cloth, red lettering and blue decoration to cover and spine. Bit of faint spotting to boards and endpapers, front free endpaper corner torn away, text is clean. Unclipped first state dust jacket ($3.50 price), lightly edge worn… Read more about this item

Paris: Robert Duchêne, 1867. Hardcover. Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Alexandre Benois. 118, 8pp. Full vellum binding with silk ribbon ties, seal of Bibloioteca Hispana, Archer Huntington Library, title handwritten on spine, title page also handwritten on rear cover. Cover and contents are both in very good condition. Unusual for an… Read more about this item

New York: Calvin Blanchard, 1845. Hardcover. Very Good. 32mo - over 4 - 5" tall. 227pp. No date c1840s. Brown blind-stamped boards, gilt motif to front and gilt spine decoration, engraved title page and engraved frontispiece with tissue-guard. Very good copy with very little wear both inside and out, faint stain to top edge, binding… Read more about this item

Mexico: I. Cumplido, 1847. Hardcover. Good/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 194pp. Blind stamped boards, gilt stamped floral border, gilt stamping and gilt lettering to spine, all edges gilt, 7 engraved plates with tissue-guards, signed on editor's page "Maria G. Haro." Edge worn, spine chipped with minor loss, endpapers stained, very occasional foxing… Read more about this item

Middletown, Connecticut: Wesleyan University Press, 1982. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 325pp. Blue cloth, silver spine lettering. Book and dust jacket are in near fine unused condition. A unique record of descriptions of great dance performances during the early part of the 20th centvury, by H.T.… Read more about this item

New York: Donald I Fine, Inc., 1987. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 278pp. Blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Book and unclipped dust jacket are in Near Fine condition.

New York and Cleveland: The World PUblishing Company, 1970. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 332pp. Yellow cloth, gilt lettering to spiine. Spotting to upper portion of boards and top edges, book is otherwise clean and sound, inside and out, with no apparent wear, unclipped dust jacket is… Read more about this item

London: Adam and Charles Black, 1953. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 133, 148pp. 2 vOLUMES covering the years 1847-1870. Red cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Both books are clean and sound and unmarked, and both are illustrated. A wonderful comprehensive and concise… Read more about this item

Lancaster: Jacob Bailey, 1784. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. 232pp. Full leather binding, 3 raised bands. Heavy wear to cover, contents are age- tanned and damp staned, fore-edge is trimmed closely with no appreciable loss of text, front free endpaper missing, tiny archival tape repair to title page… Read more about this item