Search Results: Antiquarian from Singularity Rare & Fine

New York: Samuel Wood & Sons, 1825. Early Printing. . Full-Leather. Very Good. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. About Very Good. New York: Samuel Wood & Sons, 1825. Early printing. 24mo, 5.75" x 3.75", 285 pp. Full calf binding. Worn, bumped and scuffed, back hinge tender. Contents complete and quite legible. About Very Good. See scans. An interesting early lexicographic production for schools, their marms and their students, with brief definitions for all the words you should know [by Richard Wiggins] and an added section of scientific terms of the era by John Griscom. L16n

Toronto: Home Knowledge Association, 1888. No Binding. Very Good. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Very Good. See scans and description. Toronto: Home Knowledge Association, 1888. Excised from disbound Home Knowledge Atlas. 13.5" x 11". (1888) Alaska Map & Arms of the Dominion and of the Provinces of Canada, in color. Map on verso, Arms on recto (The Dominion, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Manitoba, British Columbia, and Prince Edward Island). The Northwest Territories, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Newfoundland & Labrador, and Nunavut did not have Coats of Arms as of 1888. Very Good; moderate age-toning at periphery, several edge nicks. Frameable as either side. Ships in stout protection, of course. Leph2

New York: Charles E. Merrill Co., 1909. Hardcover. Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Better than Good, about Very Good. The 1909 Merrill's English Texts gathering of 'The Raven' (Edgar Allan Poe), 'The Courtship of Miles Standish' (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow), and Snow-Bound (John Greenleaf Whittier), with photo illustrations (daguerreotype in Poe's case) of the three noted authors. New York: Charles E. Merrill Co., 1909. 16mo, deep green cloth boards, imprinting in black on cover and spine, 198 pp (196+ 2 pp ads). 35 page introduction, uncredited, about the lives of each of the three authors. About Very Good, and scarce in even this condition. Moderate peripheral wear to the binding, a few small cover spots (scan), age-toning to the pages within, and, long ago, early owner Elizabeth M. Thorp of Mynderse Academy lightly signed the ffep and made a few light notation on late pages. Mynderse Academy is a high school in Seneca Falls, NY, the town considered… Read More

Boston: L.C. Page & Company, 1902. 1st Edition 5th or later Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Very Good. 'Abroad with the Jimmies', by Lilian Bell.The 1902 First Edition, 12th impression. Boston: L.C. Page & Company, 1902. 12mo; dark navy boards with red, green, black and white design and cover illustration, gilt lettering on cover and spine, 303 pp. + 14 pp. ads. Frontis illustration from a painting by Oliver Dennett Grover; retains its fragile protective onion skin leaf (scans). Very Good; all corners touched, front hinge starting but stout, minimal age toning to the pages, and a Christmas, 1907 gift inscription by an early owner. See all scans. An example of the easygoing travelogue fiction for which author Bell was noted. Ships in stout protection, of course. L109

London: Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1911. First Edition . Cloth. Very Good Plus. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. London: Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1911. True first edition, preceding Macmillan's American first by about a month. BAL 11928; Sisson & Martens p 53. 7.4" x 5.25"Octavo, 376 + viii ad pp. Green cloth, spine lettered in gilt against white background; decorative endpapers. Frontispiece illustration. Notoriously fragile white enamel spine panel is chipped, but approx. 70% remains, including all behind the gilt lettering. Minor spine lean, light soiling and rubbing to covers and edges, old bookseller's pricing on rear pastedown. Bright spine gilt. Very Good. Please see scans. Scarce true first edition copy of Jack London at his adventuring best - and racist worst. While his prodigious output (his personal rule was to write at least 1,000 words every day) spanned many genre and fields, London is most beloved for his adventure yarns, such as this tale of… Read More

New York: Dodd & Mead, 1871. First Edition . Decorated Cloth. About Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Frontis. New York: Dodd & Mead, 1871. First Edition. Frontispiece illustration. 12mo, 383 pp. Russet pebble cloth ornately decorated in gilt and black, as is the spine; light blue endpaper. Front hinge cracking at flyleaf, some spine lean (perhaps 10%), general mild to moderate wear at extremities, early owner's inscription dated Nov.4th, 1873 on ffep, else a very bright and handsome Very Good, with very strong gilt and black designs. See scans. An uncommon true first edition, with eye appeal on the shelf, of the second installment - "Hunter and Tom" - in Abbott's juvenile adventure series, "The August Stories", the others being "August and Elvie" (first volume); "The Schooner Mary Ann" (third volume); and "In Preparation" (fourth volume). Genuinely scarce as the 1871 first edition, and a truly… Read More

New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1917. Hardcover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fine. See scans and description. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1917. The 1897-copyright Author's Edition of J.M. Barrie's 'Auld Licht Idylls and Better Dead', one of the Barrie volumes in Scribner's series, 'The Novels, Tales and Sketches of J.M. Barrie'. Octavo, vivid forest green cloth, Top Edge Gilt, uncut fore-edge, frontis portrait photograph, tissue guard with 'J.M. Barrie' in red at the bottom, 289 pp. (x + 3 + 276 pp.). Fine, remarkably handsome and undamaged example, micro-wear at corners, bright and clean throughout; even the tissue guard is clean, white, and uncreased. Not too far from what its aspect must have been when new. See all scans. Early Barrie tales, in the case of both titles, based on his life in small-town, middle-class Scotland in the late 1880s. Hard to find in this superior condition. Ships in a new, sturdy, protective… Read More

New York: Hurst and Company, 1920. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. A strong Very Good. "Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table", Oliver Wendell Holmes' pithy collection of (fictional) breakfast table chats. New York: Hurst and Company, undated but for reference to the original Atlantic Monthly serial publication, 1857-1858, but circa 1920. 12mo, blue cloth with rather engaging blue, green, black and gilt designs on cover and spine (see scans); 326 pp. Very Good, with some modest cover soiling and less-than-average amount of age-toning to the pages. Has been read, but is still firmly bound. Ships in stout protection, of course. L8

Boston: Ballou, M.M., 1855. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. From Engravings. Very Good. Boston: M.M. Ballou, 1855. The August 25, 1855 issue, Volume IX, No.8, Whole No. 216, of Ballou's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion. Sixteen illustrations from engravings. Expansive Elephant folio size, sewn newsprint wraps, 16 pp. Very Good, the inevitable moderate age-toning and a light front-page stain being the only notable flaw. Moderate internal foxing spots, not heavy. Less edge wear than is typical. See scans. A sturdy example. Maturin Ballou's paper was quite supple, not at all fragile, and it shows. Sharp, healthy, well-preserved. This issue contains stories, articles, and / or the diverse and now somewhat legendary engravings. Here, there are 16 sizable engravings, most of these associated with articles or stories. They include the Boston Harbor masthead, a large State of Connecticut scene with the state escutcheon, three illustrations of… Read More

Boston: Ballou, M.M., 1856. First Edition . Self-wraps [newspaper]. Very Good Plus. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. From Engravings. Boston: M.M. Ballou, 1856. First Edition [newspaper] . Newsprint wraps, Elephant Folio (large), 16 pp. Numerous illustrations from engravings. Some edge wear and a bit of edge darkening. Better than very good; sharp, healthy, well-preserved copy. This issue contains articles - as well as the diverse and now somewhat legendary engravings, accompanying most of them - on Alexander Rice, Implements of Warfare, Southern France, Canada, Napoleonic Dragoon, Opera, Philadelphia, Card Game, and a number of smaller items and engravings dealing with Boston. Maturin Ballou's 16-page newsprint periodical was already a piece of American history when he, as managing editor of Gleason's Pictorial, bought it - the first successful illustrated weekly newspaper in America - from owner Frederick Gleason in 1855. l-lng1

Boston: Ballou, M.M., 1857. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. From Engravings. Boston: M.M. Ballou, 1857. First Edition. TheJune 20, 1857 issue, Volume XII, No.25, Whole No. 313. Numerous illustrations from engravings. Elephant folio size, sewn newsprint wraps, 16 pp. Very Good; closed tear at front cover (scan), small peripheral chipping, light toning, a few spots of foxing. See scans. A sturdy and handsome example. Maturin Ballou's paper was quite supple, not at all fragile, and it shows. Sharp, healthy, well-preserved. This issue contains stories, articles, and / or the diverse and now somewhat legendary engravings - here, regarding: cover article, Boat Race on the Charles River; Madame de Solange, short fiction by Anne T. Wilbur; poodle training, with engraving; Feats of Persian Horses; Sunshine; The Whaleship and the Cannibals; Parisian Theaters; Ancient Warfare, with engraving; Old Italian Violin Makers; Battle of Albuera; Wood Gas;… Read More

Boston: Ballou, M.M., 1856. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. From Engravings. Boston: M.M. Ballou, 1856. The August 2, 1856 issue, Volume XI, No.5, Whole No. 265. Numerous illustrations from engravings. Elephant folio size, sewn newsprint wraps, 16 pp. Just About Very Good; roughening at spine (scan), which is nearly loose; small peripheral chipping, moderate toning. See scans. A sturdy and handsome example. Maturin Ballou's paper was quite supple, not at all fragile, and it shows. Sharp, healthy, well-preserved. This issue contains stories, articles, and / or the diverse and now somewhat legendary engravings - here, regarding: New Jersey; Syracuse, NY (text and multiple engravings; Cologne; Thomas Comer; Deer Stalking in Germany; Narwhal Spearing; Turkish People; Tunnels, and fiction, - "The Gypsy's Secret" (installment chapters) "The East-Indiaman" (by Giddings H. Ballou) and "The Council Fire" (Ben:… Read More

Boston: Ballou, M.M., 1856. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. From Engravings. Boston: M.M. Ballou, 1856. First Edition. The February 2, 1856 issue, Volume X, No. 5, Whole No. 239. Numerous illustrations from engravings. Elephant folio size, sewn newsprint wraps, 16 pp. Very Good Plus, with small areas of peripheral darkening, soil on rear cover, small dog ear without loss at some leaves; standard age-toning to the paper. A sturdy example. See scans. Maturin Ballou's paper was quite supple, not at all fragile, and it shows. Sharp, healthy, well-preserved. This issue contains stories, articles, and / or the diverse and now somewhat legendary engravings - here, regarding: cover article, Victor Emmanuel, King of Sardinia, with text and one large portrait engraving; The Contrabandists, or The Secret of A Life / A True Story of the South of France (continuation, with of several chapters; one engraving as illustration; author uncredited here); two… Read More

Boston: Ballou, M.M., 1856. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. From Engravings. Very Good. Boston: M.M. Ballou, 1856. The July 12, 1856 issue, Volume XI, No.2, Whole No. 262. Seventeen illustrations from engravings. Expansive Elephant folio size, sewn newsprint wraps, 16 pp. Very Good or better, the inevitable moderate age-toning and occasional moderate foxing spots being the only notable flaws (hardly any foxing in this particular example). Much less edge wear than is typical, as well. See scans. A sturdy example. Maturin Ballou's paper was quite supple, not at all fragile, and it shows. Sharp, healthy, well-preserved. This issue contains stories, articles, and / or the diverse and now somewhat legendary engravings. Here, there are 17 sizable engravings; these include the masthead (nameplate) graphic of Boston Harbor; the Shot Tower in St. Louis; Hug-Seu-Tsene, the 'insurgent chief og China'; Hunt & Webster's clothing factory… Read More

Boston: Ballou, M.M., 1855. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. From Engravings. Boston: M.M. Ballou, 1855. First Edition. The July 7, 1855 issue, Volume IX, No. 1, Whole No. 209. Numerous illustrations from engravings. Elephant folio size, sewn newsprint wraps, 16 pp. Really quite better than Very Good, and superior to most surviving examples of Ballou's Pictorial; very little foxing or darkening, and the page edges are not at all roughened, as is often the case. Two quite short spine slits at left (see scans). Standard age-toning to the paper. High grade. Maturin Ballou's paper was quite supple, not at all fragile, and it shows. Sharp, healthy, well-preserved. This issue contains stories, articles, and / or the diverse and now somewhat legendary engravings - here, regarding: Washington Taking Command at Cambridge, the lead article with a large engraving; The Ducal Coronet, or,The Heir and the Ursurper (A Romance of Italy in the 16th… Read More

Boston: Ballou, M.M., 1855. First Edition . Self-wraps [newspaper]. Very Good Plus. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. From Engravings. Boston: M.M. Ballou, 1856. First Edition [newspaper] . Newsprint wraps, Elephant Folio (large), 16 pp. Numerous illustrations from engravings. Some edge wear and a bit of edge darkening. Better than very good; sharp, healthy, well-preserved copy. This issue contains articles - as well as the diverse and now somewhat legendary engravings, accompanying most of them - on the Niagara Suspension Bridge, Persia [fiction], Switzerland, Brazil, Bahia, Roxbury and Brookline Homes [nice engravings], theater, New England, short fiction and poetry and a number of smaller items and engravings dealing with Boston. Maturin Ballou's 16-page newsprint periodical was already a piece of American history when he, as managing editor of Gleason's Pictorial, bought it - the first successful illustrated weekly newspaper in America - from owner Frederick… Read More

Boston: Ballou, M.M., 1855. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. From Engravings. Very Good. Boston: M.M. Ballou, 1855. The December 15, 1855 issue, Volume IX, No.24, Whole No. 232, of Ballou's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion. Sixteen illustrations from engravings. Expansive Elephant folio size, sewn newsprint wraps, 16 pp. Very Good, the inevitable moderate age-toning and some moderate tatter at the bottom of two pages which had been cut overlength. Almost no internal foxing spots. See scans. A sturdy example. Maturin Ballou's paper was quite supple, not at all fragile, and it shows. Sharp, healthy, well-preserved. This issue contains stories, articles, and / or the diverse and now somewhat legendary engravings. Here, there are 16 sizable engravings, most of these associated with articles or stories. They include the Boston Harbor masthead, a group portrait of American authors, two illustrations for the serialized story 'The… Read More

Boston: Ballou, M.M., 1855. First Edition . Self-wraps [newspaper]. Very Good. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. From Engravings. Boston: M.M. Ballou, 1855. First Edition. The March 31,1855 issue, Volume VIII, No. 13, Whole No. 195. Numerous illustrations from engravings. Elephant folio size, sewn newsprint wraps, 16 pp. A strong Very Good Plus; other than modest occasional darkening to places on the covers (see scans),not much to point to here. See scans. High grade. Maturin Ballou's paper was quite supple, not at all fragile, and it shows. Sharp, healthy, well-preserved. This issue contains stories, articles, and / or the diverse and now somewhat legendary engravings - regarding as follows: Hughes High School, Cincinnati (text and one large engraving); "Secrets From the Cells, or, Leaves From My Diary" (continuation, part four, by Rev.J.H. Ingraham); "A Modern Belle's Career" by Mrs. E. Wellmont; A lengthy article on Arabs, with five impressive… Read More

Boston: Ballou, M.M., 1855. First Edition . Self-wraps [newspaper]. Very Good. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. From Engravings. Boston: M.M. Ballou, 1855. First Edition [newspaper]. The August 4, 1855 issue, Volume IX, No. 5, Whole No. 213. Numerous illustrations from engravings. Elephant folio size, sewn newsprint wraps, 16 pp. A strong Very Good Plus; other than modest occasional darkening to places on the covers (see scans), hardly anything to point to here. One of the highest grade copies I have. Maturin Ballou's paper was quite supple, not at all fragile, and it shows. Sharp, healthy, well-preserved. This issue contains stories, articles, and / or the diverse and now somewhat legendary engravings - as follows: Chantrey's Statue of Washington (with large engraving); the continuation (at chapter 10) of "The Ducal Coronet: The Heir and the Usurper/ A Romance of Italy in the 16th Century" by Arthur Morton; "An Indian Legend", by Mrs. M.E. Robinson;… Read More

Boston: Ballou, M.M., 1855. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. From Engravings. Boston: M.M. Ballou, 1855. First Edition. The May 19, 1855 issue, Volume VIII, No. 20, Whole No. 202. Numerous illustrations from engravings. Elephant folio size, sewn newsprint wraps, 16 pp. A strong Very Good Plus; other than modest occasional darkening to places on the covers (see scans), and of course a bit of age-toning to the newsprint paper (not excessive), not much to point to here. See scans. High grade. Maturin Ballou's paper was quite supple, not at all fragile, and it shows. Sharp, healthy, well-preserved. This issue contains stories, articles, and / or the diverse and now somewhat legendary engravings - regarding as follows: Ship-Building at East Boston (text and one large engraving); "The King and the Cobbler - A Romance of Ancient Persia" (continuation) by Austin C. Burdick; The Bridge of Cobosac, France (text and one large engraving); The… Read More