Recent Arrivals from Garrett Scott, Bookseller (ABAA)

New York: William Wood & Co., 1870. Third edition, substantially revised. Spine and portions of the boards slightly sunned, some light bumping at the head and foot of the spine; the slightest hint of cracking to the coated paper along the front hinge, but quite sound; in very good condition. 12mo (7.5 x 5 inches), original purple cloth, gilt lettering,… Read more about this item

Hartford, Conn.: Published by Subscription Only, Hartford Publishing Co., 1869. First edition. Light damp-stain to the lower corners of the leaves in the latter quarter of the book, some light soiling; in very good condition. 8vo (9 x 6 inches), recent half leather and marbled sides, 524 pages. Frontis, 13 plates (including a map). An account of travel in the… Read more about this item

St. Louis: Published at the Office of "Edwards's Monthly," a Journal of Progress, (1860). First edition. Cloth somewhat rubbed, a few plates just a trifle shaken; a very good copy.. Large 8vo (9.5 x 6.25 inches), original blind-stamped gilt pictorial blue cloth, [49]-604, [32] pages, a.e.g. Frontispiece, plates, illustrations in the text. Midland Notes 82: "Recounts the activities of the… Read more about this item

Leipzig: n. p., 1914. First edition. Titling added to the spine in early ink and pencil autograph. Endpapers a bit browned, parchment binding a trifle soiled; in very good condition.. Small 8vo (6.25 x 5 inches), original embossed parchment over boards, [64] pages on laid paper, untrimmed. A presentation copy, inscribed in autograph ink in a fine hand on the… Read more about this item

New York: n. p., 1833. First edition. Cloth somewhat sunned, boards a little bumped; cloth frayed at the head of the spine; some light dust-soiling; in good condition. 12mo (8 x 5 inches), original cloth, spine stamped in gilt, [viii], 172 pages. A private publication of short literary pieces (criticism, an account of a dream, imaginary dialogues) and verses, collected for… Read more about this item

New York: Reinhold Publishing Corporation; Toronto: Cooper & Beatty, (1967). First edition in English. Jacket a little soiled and worn; a fine copy in a very good dust jacket. Original blue cloth (9.5 x 5.88 inches), 94 pages. Frontispiece portrait, illustrations throughout. Original printed white dust jacket. "Around the campfires of typographers Typographische Gestaltung has become the underground book of… Read more about this item

New York: Stringer & Townsend, 1854. First edition. Spine and board edges sunned and faded; a trifle worn, some light foxing; a very good copy. 12mo (7.38 x 5 inches), original gilt pictorial blind-stamped lilac cloth, gilt lettering, 304 pages. Frontispiece view of the new mission building. Women's mission work in the Five Points neighborhood of Manhattan, with some background… Read more about this item

Manchester [etc.]: Taylor, Garnett, Evans & Co., Guardian Printing Works, [ca. 1912]. First edition. Boards somewhat darkened, slightly soiled and rubbed; some light foxing and soiling; a good to very good copy. 8vo (9.75 x 6.5 inches), original decorated brown glazed parchment over beveled boards, 70 pages. Mounted plates included in the pagination. A lovely and elaborate promotional work and… Read more about this item

New York: Edward O. Jenkins, Printer, 1869. First edition. Light damp-stain along the upper edge of the frontispiece and text block; some general wear and soiling; in good condition. 8vo (9/38 x 6.25 inches), original blind-stamped brown cloth neatly rebacked with the original spine laid down, gilt lettering, [i-ii], [1-4], [3]-615, [1] pages. Lithograph frontis portrait, inserted engraved plate. Midland… Read more about this item

Boston: William White & Company, 1869. First edition. Cloth sunned, with boards and spine nearly completely turned tan; some light wear, with fraying at the head and foot of the spine; a little light foxing; in very good condition. 8vo (7.5 x 5.13 inches), original blind-stamped purple cloth, gilt lettering on the spine, 325, [1], 8 pages. "Moreover, finally, and… Read more about this item

New York: Edward O. Jenkins, Printer, 1869. First edition. A little rubbed and bumped, with the head of the spine a little frayed; in very good condition. 8vo (9/38 x 6.25 inches), original blind-stamped brown cloth, gilt lettering, [i-ii], [1-4], [3]-615, [1] pages. Lithograph frontis portrait, inserted engraved plate. Midland Notes 96: "He arrived in St Clairsville, Ohio, in 1817,… Read more about this item

Buffalo: Oliver G. Steele, 1836. Stated third edition.. Spine and board edges somewhat sunned; lightly foxed throughout; a very good copy.. 12mo, original embossed deep purple or brown cloth, gilt lettering, 111, [1] pages. Folding map tipped in before the title page, approx. 12.5 x 14 inches, A discursive guidebook to the falls, evidently expanded over the 96-page edition of… Read more about this item

Pittsburgh: Published by R. Patterson & Lambdin, 1818. An early Pittsburgh edition and a later American edition of this 18th century account of a Scottish surgeon's meditations aboard a British man of war. Small flaw in one leaf, with loss of several letters. Some chipping and cracking at the head of the spine, with some wear to the label and… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: Desilver, Thomas & Co., 1836. First edition. Cloth sunned and a bit spotted, label somewhat rubbed; some light foxing; in good to very good condition. 12mo (7.38 x 4.75 inches), original patterned rose cloth, gilt lettered leather spine label, 153, [1] pages. Many of these examples of youthful verses were written while the author was a student at West… Read more about this item

Hillsdale, Mich.: Published by the Author, 1871. Second edition; the first appeared in 1869. Front free endpaper excised. Light foxing throughout, cloth a bit bumped and rubbed; a very good copy. 8vo (8 x 5.5 inches), original green cloth, gilt lettering, 216 pages. This edition printed in Lansing by W. S. George & Co. Generally verses of piety and sentiment,… Read more about this item

Boston: Printed by Thomas Badger, Jun., 1819. First edition. Free endpapers excised; rubbed, soiled, front joint cracking but holding; a good, sound copy only. 8vo (8.88 x 5.5 inches), early half calf, blue boards, 49, [1] pages. Primarily printed music. A work from early in the career of Wainwright (1792-1854), the eventual provisional Episcopal Bishop of New York (he was… Read more about this item

Chicago Open Court Publishing 1894 First edition.. Slight scratch to the front board; coated endpapers a trifle spotted; a fine copy.. 8vo, original purple cloth, gilt lettering. Frontis portrait. With Trumbull's pseudonym "Wheelbarrow" at the head of the title. Arguments on questions of national economics from the man who had worked as a railroad laborer before becoming a… Read more about this item

New York: Huntington Press, (1933). First edition. Some foxing and light wear; in very good condition.. 8vo, original pictorial buckram, 204 pages. Illus. by Paul Honore. No dust jacket. A presentation copy, with a characteristic ink drawing by Lee, signed both by Lee and his wife (with a sentiment) on the front free endpaper. A collection of much cowboy verse; as Courtney Riley… Read more about this item

London: Printed for G. Terry, Bookseller [et al.] . . . Sold also, at Providence Chapel; at Monkwell Street Meeting, every Tuesday Evening; and at Horsleydown, every Thursday Evening 1792. First edition. Some light foxing and toning; in very good condition. 8vo, recent boards with covered with older white paper stock, 103 pages. "Maria has labored hard, I believe, almost five years, against… Read more about this item

(Hot Springs, Ark.: A. J. Whitworth, M. D.; Press of S. C. Toof & Co., Memphis, 1913). First edition.. Some minor rubbing and wear; some light spotting; a very good copy.. 8vo, original black-stamped red cloth, 189 pages. Two inserted portraits. A collection of receipts for various maladies, including venereal complaints, compiled by two Hot Springs doctors. Whitworth… Read more about this item