THE DOCTOR by Robert Southey - 1834

NY: Outing Publishing Co. . VG. 1908. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition with "MCMVIII" on the title page and "1908" on the copyr ight page. Bound in green, blue and white cloth with gold lettering. A uthor's signature has been tipped onto the front fly. The subject of t he book, C.J. Jones, has also signed the copy below Grey's tipped-in s ignature. The front endpaper has "Signed by 'The Last Plainsmen'" penc illed at the upper left corner. Under Zane Grey's signature is written "One of America's greatest Authors" in blue ink. Illustrated with bla ck & white photos by Grey. 8vo (8 1/2" x 5 1/2") size, 314pp. A Very G ood copy. The cloth covers are mildly faded and dull and show some rub bing to the edges. Small frays to the spine tips. Moderate soiling to spine and covers. Light foxing to the upper edges of a few pages and a few other pages have been roughly opened else content is clean, unmar ked and reasonably tight. .

115 Nassau St NY: Currier & Ives, [ca.1893-4]. Illustrated by colored print. First edition. Black with silver trim hardwood and glass frame by Goodspeed's Book Shop, Inc 18 Beacon Street, Boston. Medium Folio Image size: 8.5 x 14.9-inches, 14 x 19 framed. Very Good/Very Good. Faint waterstain on print bottom can be restored. "Length over all 620 ft, Depth of Hold 43 Ft, Breadth 65 Ft, Tonnage 12,500 - Horse Power 30,000.Identification by address: at No. 115 Nassau from 1877-94 and both Cunard Line Twin-screws were in the New York World's Fair 1893. Cunningham 6260 except his is image size is 8.9x14.15..

Philadelphia: James Humphreys. Good+. 1804. First US Edition; First Printing. Hardcover (Full Leather). Moderate foxing, owner label and name on pencil on front pastedown, boards nearly detached, heavy rubbing to spine and boards, including loss of spine titles, loss at spine ends. ; Full calf. First US edition, without plates and maps as issued in true 1803 edition. Wittman was a member of the Royal College of Surgeons in London, and here describes weather and diseases in Turkey while traveling with the Turkish and British armies. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 432 pages .

Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1899 Each volume inscribed "General Saxton / With kind regards of / Edward W. Hooper" on the front free endpapers. Captain Edward William Hooper [1839-1901] also known as E. W. Hooper, was aide-de-camp on the staff of Union General Rufus Saxton during the American Civil War, from 1862 to 1865. Hooper also served as private secretary to General Saxton, when he was given the rank of Captain. General Rufus Saxton [1824-1908] commanded the defences of Harpers Ferry in 1862, where he earned the Medal of Honor. Vol. I - ix, [3], 353pp, [1], complete with three tissue-guarded plates, as called for. Binding is tight, front hinge cracked, back hinge starting, wear to upper/lower spine edges. Vol. II - vii, [3], 264pp, [2], complete with 2 tissue-guarded plates, the fac-simile Letter, and the map, as called for. Binding and hinges are tight, light wear to upper/lower spine edges. Uniformly bound in blue cloth, gilt on spines bright, top edges gilt. Both… Read More

Allahabad: Kitabistan. Very Good-. 1937. Second Edition; Fourth Printing. Hardcover. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 84 pages; [SIGNED] 1937 Kitabistan, Allahabad. HC. 2nd edition, 4th impression. Signed by Nehru on the half-title page without date or inscription. Soundly bound in original gray paper covered boards, blind stamped with a reptile skin pattern and lettered in black to cover and spine. Lightly shelf bumped and rubbed to corners. Light toning to spine and board edges. Contents clean, unmarked and neat with expected mild toning to the glossy paper stock. Illustrated with b&w figures and reprodcuctions in text. Composed as a series of letters to his daughter Indira, the chapters outline a history of the world for an engaged and curious child. "I hope that such as them who read these letters may gradullay come to think of this world of ours as a large family of nations" (foreword). Surprisingly uncommon in early editions, and among a very limited number of books… Read More

Colorado Springs, Colorado: Byron H. Gurnsey, 1875. Original stereoview: albumen prints mounted on printed card stock. A rare and highly sought-after western stereoview showing a group of Ute males in front of the photographer's studio on Pike's Peak Avenue in Colorado Springs circa 1875. Most of the men are holding weapons; one of them has both a Maynard Carbine (the first one with a folding sight) and a Colt Model 1860 army revolver. This stereoview is from the collection of Robert N. Dennis, who was one of the most important stereoview collectors in the U. S. The New York Public Library's "Robert N. Dennis Collection" includes more than 70,000 stereoviews from his collection, many of which can be viewed on the library's website. The albumen prints are clean and bright, with very good contrast. The mount is clean, with a hint of edgewear and another previous owner's name written neatly on the back. Also on the back of the mount someone has written the title, "Ute Indians" in pencil.. First… Read More

NY: Outing Publishing Co. . VG. 1908. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition with "MCMVIII" on the title page and "1908" on the copyr ight page. Bound in green, blue and white cloth with gold lettering. A uthor's signature has been tipped onto the front fly. The subject of t he book, C.J. Jones, has also signed the copy below Grey's tipped-in s ignature. The front endpaper has "Signed by 'The Last Plainsmen'" penc illed at the upper left corner. Under Zane Grey's signature is written "One of America's greatest Authors" in blue ink. Illustrated with bla ck & white photos by Grey. 8vo (8 1/2" x 5 1/2") size, 314pp. A Very G ood copy. The cloth covers are mildly faded and dull and show some rub bing to the edges. Small frays to the spine tips. Moderate soiling to spine and covers. Light foxing to the upper edges of a few pages and a few other pages have been roughly opened else content is clean, unmar ked and reasonably tight. .

London: John Boydell, 1781. Two volumes rebound as one in 2 of the original gilt-tooled leather-covered boards with new leather spine upon which the 2 original leather spines have been laid down--makes for an interesting and attractive "original" binding. There are 150 copperplate engraved plates after the drawings by Paul Sandby and accompanying text. We have been able to locate only two other copies for sale at this time, and one is the 1783 reprint.  Very good condition: clean and tight, with some edgewear and rubbing of leather; pages are clean and bright watermarked laid paper with slight toning at the edges.  There is no staining on the plates--not in the images, not in the margins. Size: 4to.. First Edition. Hardcover. Collectible-Very Good. Illus. by Paul Sandby. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.

New York: New Directions, 1946. 1946-1958. First printings of the first editions of all five books in the long poem to which Williams devoted so much of his later life. Each of Books I-IV were editions limited to 1,000 copies; Book V was limited to 3,000 copies. Seldom found as a complete set! The books are clean and tight, with light dusting of the top edges and some foxing along the top edge of the cloth only on Book Five. Two volumes have a previous owner's name written very neatly on a front endpaper, and one has a bookplate on the front endpaper. Pages are lightly toned (especially Book One) and more so on the endpapers. Pages edges are toned. The dust jackets for Books 1-4 are clean and attractive with some light tanning, mostly along the spines. The jacket for Book Five presents well but has moderate foxing, a couple of tiny chips, and one 1 1/4" closed tear at the bottom of the rear panel. All dust jackets are now protected in archival polyester sleeves.. First Editions.… Read More

Portland, Maine: Southworth Press for the Armor and Arms Club of New York City, 1933. First edition. 31 cm; 270 pages, frontispiece, and 63 plates. #243 of an edition of 250 copies. Bound in cloth stamped in gilt with the crest of the Arms and Armor Club of New York City. Fine.