An Abridgment of Universal Geography, Together with Sketches of History. Designed for the Use of Schools and Academies in the United States by Rowson, Susanna (1762-1824) - 1805

New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1875. First edition of this three volume set bound in publisher's three quarter green morocco leather over green pebbled cloth, gilt decorative cover lettering, slightly raised spine bands with gilt lettering, compartments ruled in gilt and black, all edges gilt, brick red endpapers, 488 + 460 + 491 pages. With around three hundred engravings per volume, plus accompanying text, this Victorian era set provided those at home to view sights they had never seen before, or perhaps provided a preview to a European trip in the Grand Tour tradition. Covers a little rubbed and scuffed with some minor mottling, a little roughness to one spine end but no chips, spines faded to a warm olive green (covers are a brighter green), spines have some minor and shallow vertical waviness near the center but are not dried, good hinges, sound text blocks with no loosened pages, engraved titles, adjacent tissues and frontis plates a little foxed, small inner margin tear to frontis… Read More

London: John Lane, 1894. First Edition . Hardcover. Good. 1st edition, newly rebound in brown leather with a gilt-stamped red leather title piece and Florentine marbled endpapers. New binding fine; the text pages are about good plus. All are toned brown near the edges. The first blank (of 2 before the title page) bears a gift inscr. in French; that page also chipped at the corners. An owner's name is upside down on the final blank. 154 pp. + 16-p. publisher's catalog.

Philadelphia: Porter and Coates, 1876. Undated, ca. 1876. Early American printing of this English classic, compete in one volume. Externally rubbed but sound and attractive copy in a decorative Victorian binding, emerald green cloth lettered and decorated in gilt and black, 690 pages. Covers have some surfaces scuffing and edgewear, gilt and black printing bright and clear, very minor light fraying to corners and spine ends, front hinge internally neatly repaired, sound text block, small spot to front endpapers, notes in pencil on rear blank, no other markings.. Hard Cover. Good/No. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

The Queen Of Hearts, 1859 Harper & Brothers, NY. First Edition. By Wilkie Collins. Complete in one volume. RARE. QUEENS QUORUM TITLE. Exlib. Marbled boards, beige cloth spine. Paper library tag on spine. 4 5/8 X 7 1/2. Moss green end-papers are intact at the hinge. 472 pages. Pages tanned. Some pages show some degree of water damage. Please see our photos.

London: Printed for J. Roberts, 1715. First edition. leather_bound. Contemporary full Cambridge style brown calf, tooled panels with tulip florets at each corner. Very good. [4] xlii [43] 219 [5] pages. 19.5 x 12 cm. The second edition appeared the same year. A political satire on the statesman Robert Harley, Earl of Oxford (1661-1724). It takes the form of an account of Martin Powell (fl.1709-29), the somewhat physically deformed, and noted Irish showman who ran a celebrated puppet-show in Covent Garden. It also, of course, adopts the title of Swift's celebrated Tale of a Tub (but is not recorded by Teerink-Scouten in the list of this work's spurious sequels etc). Powell is presented in the frontispiece as a hunchback, which appears to be true. The author's substitution of "Robert" for Powell's real name, Martin, made to render the obvious satire more effective. Burnet was an English wit; barrister and judge. He wrote this work at age 21 with his friend and colleague George Duckett. The allusion of… Read More

New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1875. First edition of this three volume set bound in publisher's three quarter green morocco leather over green pebbled cloth, gilt decorative cover lettering, slightly raised spine bands with gilt lettering, compartments ruled in gilt and black, all edges gilt, brick red endpapers, 488 + 460 + 491 pages. With around three hundred engravings per volume, plus accompanying text, this Victorian era set provided those at home to view sights they had never seen before, or perhaps provided a preview to a European trip in the Grand Tour tradition. Covers a little rubbed and scuffed with some minor mottling, a little roughness to one spine end but no chips, spines faded to a warm olive green (covers are a brighter green), spines have some minor and shallow vertical waviness near the center but are not dried, good hinges, sound text blocks with no loosened pages, engraved titles, adjacent tissues and frontis plates a little foxed, small inner margin tear to frontis… Read More

Philadelphia: Porter and Coates, 1876. Undated, ca. 1876. Early American printing of this English classic, compete in one volume. Externally rubbed but sound and attractive copy in a decorative Victorian binding, emerald green cloth lettered and decorated in gilt and black, 690 pages. Covers have some surfaces scuffing and edgewear, gilt and black printing bright and clear, very minor light fraying to corners and spine ends, front hinge internally neatly repaired, sound text block, small spot to front endpapers, notes in pencil on rear blank, no other markings.. Hard Cover. Good/No. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

The Queen Of Hearts, 1859 Harper & Brothers, NY. First Edition. By Wilkie Collins. Complete in one volume. RARE. QUEENS QUORUM TITLE. Exlib. Marbled boards, beige cloth spine. Paper library tag on spine. 4 5/8 X 7 1/2. Moss green end-papers are intact at the hinge. 472 pages. Pages tanned. Some pages show some degree of water damage. Please see our photos.

By Daphne Du Maurier. Jamaica Inn, Doubleday & Company MXXXVI, BCE. 243 pages. INCLUDES RARE ORIGINAL REX WHISTLER 1ST EDITION UNCLIPPED DUST JACKET. Fits volume size 5 3/8 X 8 1/8. Original cover price $4.50. Includes good condition Library bound. DJ is taped to the book. We consider offers.

London: Printed for J. Roberts, 1715. First edition. leather_bound. Contemporary full Cambridge style brown calf, tooled panels with tulip florets at each corner. Very good. [4] xlii [43] 219 [5] pages. 19.5 x 12 cm. The second edition appeared the same year. A political satire on the statesman Robert Harley, Earl of Oxford (1661-1724). It takes the form of an account of Martin Powell (fl.1709-29), the somewhat physically deformed, and noted Irish showman who ran a celebrated puppet-show in Covent Garden. It also, of course, adopts the title of Swift's celebrated Tale of a Tub (but is not recorded by Teerink-Scouten in the list of this work's spurious sequels etc). Powell is presented in the frontispiece as a hunchback, which appears to be true. The author's substitution of "Robert" for Powell's real name, Martin, made to render the obvious satire more effective. Burnet was an English wit; barrister and judge. He wrote this work at age 21 with his friend and colleague George Duckett. The allusion of… Read More