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Boston: American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, by Crocker and Brewster, 1842. First edition. Wraps. Near fine. 12mo. 64pp. Title page in English and Dakota; the remainder in Dakota. Illustrated with woodcuts. A translation by Riggs into Dakota of Gallaudet's "Mother's Primer" and "Child's Picture Defining and Reading Book". Cover, if there ever was one, replaced at… Read more about this item

New York: Barnes & Noble Books, 1996. First edition, first printing. Fine. Hardcover. Thick 4to. Black cloth printed in white on the upper bard and with a color paste-on of the Count. Illustrated endpapers. A fine copy. Accompanied by a lithograph by the illustrator. It is housed in a red cloth portfolio and is in fine condition… Read more about this item

Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1925. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine. 8vo. xxvii, (1), 211,(1)pp. Green cloth, gilt spine title and gilt rule and device on the upper board. Glossary, Index. Corners and spine tips with light wear, else this is a very good copy. It is remarkable free from underlining or notes so often seen in this… Read more about this item

London: Wm. H. Allen and Co, 1843. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. 2 volumes, 8vo. 401, 299, ciii pp. The large folding map is present. Contemporary full purple leather in a finely executed binding featuring the Scottish Wheel motif on the boards, spines in 5 compartments with raised bans, gilt, all edges gilt. gilt inner dentelles. Decorated endpapers. Frontispiece… Read more about this item

London and New York: John Lane/ George Richmond, 1896. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine. 8vo. (96)pp. Finely bound by Trevor Lloyd, M. B. E., in full brown morocco with green onlays to the boards and spine. SPine in 6 compartments, gilt; boards tooled in gilt; gilt inner dentelles; all edges gilt; decorated endpapers. Trances of rubbing else near… Read more about this item

New York: Brentano's, 1925. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near fine. 8vo. 153pp. blue cloth spine, printed paper label, decorated paper over boards. A fine copy. The dustwrapper is present. It is not clipped; there is a short closed marginal tear on the front cover, and some roughness along the bottom edge of the rear cover, but it is essentially… Read more about this item

Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1894. Limited edition. Hardcover. Near fine. 16mo. 144pp. Printed in Chaucer type. Translated by Morris. Printed on Perch paper. Printed in black and red. In a contempporary full vellum binding, gilt spine title. Cover gilt rubbed, boards yawning, as is typical with vellum, else a fine copy. One of 350 copies, from a total edition… Read more about this item

San Francisco: Book Club of California, 2019. Limited edition. Hardcover. Fine. Large quarto, 9" x 12.25". Quarter brown leather over linen boards. Portrait of Mora mounted on front board, gilt spine. With a paper portfolio of reproductions of two noted posters by Mora. All housed in a brown cloth publisher's slipcase with gilt lettered spine. One of… Read more about this item

London: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1884. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo. (10),227,(1),16pp, of which the final 12 are the publisher's catalogue dated November,1883. Blue cloth blocked in gilt on the upper board and spine. Chocolate-colored coated endpapers. Four full page plates. The board gilt is rubbed, light corner wear, and the inner hinges are neatly mended, else… Read more about this item

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1900. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo. Brown cloth blocked in red and black on the upper board and with gilt title on the spine. . Illustrated by the author a frontispiece and 12 full page plates. Some old tape marks on the endpapers, hinges and spine tips worn, else this… Read more about this item

New York: Sheldon and COmpany, 1874. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. mMall 4to. 256pp. Green cloth blocked in black and gilt. Frontispiece engraving of Custer. Illustrated with 8 plates. The frontispiece has a damp stain along the lower left corner just touching the facsimile signature, the hinges and edges are lightly rubbed else this is a very good… Read more about this item

London: Thomas M'Lean, 1820. Hardcover. Very good. The third edition. 8vo. 138pp. Illustrated with full page plates, including 12 aquatints which are vividly and magnificently hand-colored. In a contemporary binding of full crimson straight-grain morocco. The spine is in five compartments with raised bands, all intricately tooled in gilt. Gilt and blind rolls border the boards with a… Read more about this item

New York: The Century Co, 1912. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Near fine. 8vo. x, 284pp. Black cloth blocked on the upper board and spine in light gray, dark gray, and gilt. Top edge gilt. Illustrated with plates and three folding maps. Light wear in the hinge areas else a near fine and bright copy. Cowan, p.… Read more about this item

Hudson (New York): Harry Croswell, 1804. Hardcover. Good. Volume III for 1804, with 52 issues of this weekly newspaper. Contemporary binding in quarter leather with paste-paper boards. The free endpapers have perished, as well as the paper covering to the boards. The paper is soft and spotted reflecting its poor quality. Number 8 lacks the final… Read more about this item

Madrid: Real Academia Española, 1819. Hardcover. Fine. Small 8vo. 4 volumes, accompanied by the Vida de Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra by Miguel Navarrette for a total of 5 volumes. 175, xxiv, 359; [iv], 410; xxii, 406; vi, [blank], 403pp. and 643, [1] pp. The four volumes of Don Quijote are illustrated with copper plates and a folding copper-engraved… Read more about this item

Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1893. Limited edition. Limp Vellum. Fine. 8vo. 300pp. Printed in black and red using Chaucer and Troy types on flower paper. Limp vellum binding with silk ties. One of 300 copies from a total edition of 308. A fine copy with only a trace of wear. The original silk ties are present and intact. … Read more about this item

London: Charles Knight, 1825. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. 8vo. xii,(2),478pp. Four colored aquatint plates and a folding map of the Sandwich Islands. Magnificent binding by J. R. Mitchell in full crimson morocco. The spine in six compartments, gilt, separated by raised bands, gilt. Gilt rolls and rules on the boards, floral gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers. The textblock untrimmed.… Read more about this item

London: Bernard Quaritch, 1918. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine. 4to. 140, cxviii pp. Illustrated, Index. Full vellum binding, black printed title on spine. The boards yawning a bit else a fine copy. Inscribed to the Dean of Windsor by the author. Cripps-Day (1855-1941) specialized in the study of medieval European arms and armor. He is known for… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: Willia P. Hazard, 1857. Hardcover. Very good. 2 volumes. 4to. 402; 403-792pp. Recent binding of half brown morocco, gilt spine titles; Cockerel marbled paper boards. Illustrated with 150 illustrations on steel and wood. Bookseller stamps and numbers on reverse of title page and with a (shelf?) number at the base of the title and next pages in… Read more about this item

New York: Narine & Company, Printers, 1844. Only edition. Wraps. Good. 8vo. Sewn wraps. 32pp. Stained and worn, and lacking two corners. A rare pamphlet involving the claims unthe Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo. The Coxe claims on Mexico, also known as the Guadalupe-Hidalgo treaty claims, involved disputed land grants in Mexican territory that became part of the United… Read more about this item