Rare books from Old Saratoga Books

Baltimore: Armstrong & Plaskitt. Good with no dust jacket; Boards sunned, soiled and worn, top corner . missing from rear free endpaper, foxing throughout, musty.. 1833. Second Edition. Hardcover. 5.5 inches x 3.75 inches. Printed by J. W. Woods. Original red cloth binding. Paper spine label. An early appeal for abolition in the United States by a Baltimore Methodist evangelical preacher and missionary who espoused this unpopular and dangerous view in a slave state three decades before slavery was abolished. Hersey was also employed by the American Colonization Society in the 1830s as an agent for the new colony of Liberia, and as noted in the later chapters of this volume, he advocates for American slaves to be relocated there under the auspices of the Society and funded by a weekly contribution of three cents by American churchgoers over the course of 30-40 years, "an achievement worthy of a free and Christian nation; and by far the greatest and the best legacy which we could… Read More

Boston: James R. Osgood. Good with no dust jacket; Frontispiece and title page professionally . repaired at margins, gift inscription on front flyleaf, cup ring and white . paint stains on title page, pages toned.. 1882. Hardcover. Nicely rebound in brown cloth with gilt-stamped leather spine labels. Top edges gilt. 127 pages of text and 107 plates, including five heliotypes and 9 color plates illustrating equine anatomy. Preface by Leland Stanford. Photo of book before rebinding laid in. An important book in both the history of photography and equine literature with a fascinating back story about how it was researched and written. Railroad baron, California Governor, and horse racing mogul Leland Stanford (he also bankrolled the founding of Stanford University) had a wager with some of his horse racing buddies about whether all four hooves left the ground at a point during a horse's trot. Stanford hired antiquarian bookseller-turned-photographer Eadweard Muybridge to provide… Read More

Springfield, MA: Self Published. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards rubbed, corners rounded, owner . signature in two volumes. Some uncut pages.. 1898. First Edition. Hardcover. [Springfield, MA: Springfield Printing and Binding Company], 1897-98. In five volumes uniformly bound in burgundy cloth with titles stamped in gilt on front boards and spines. First four volumes have same photograph portrait of the author. Vol. I: The Story of The Man Who Didn't Know Much; Vol. II: The Story of the Man Who Missed It, The Story That the Keg Told Me, and Who Were They?; Vol. III: Mamelons and Ungava, with Supplementary Notes; Vol. IV: Stories of Description and Humor; Vol. V: Sermons, Lectures and Addresses. A compilation of "Adirondack Murray's" writings, covering both his fictional tales set in the Adirondacks and Labrador Peninsula, some favorite sermons from his years as a Congregationalist minister in Massachusetts and Connecticut, and stories featuring "John Norton the… Read More

Worcester, [MA]: Booksellers in Boston. Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn and pin hole in leather at center of . front board, top edge of spine label eroded, pages toned with a few . stains, chipping and tears to fore-edges of first ten leaves, last . signature starting to separate from binding, pp. 233-236 loose.. 1795. First American Edition. Hardcover. Full brown leather binding. Stamped leather spine label. iv, [1], 6-252 pp. Frontispiece engraving by Amos Doolittle depicting a man with quill and books pointing toward a buzzing bee hive with caption "From the Hive he cull'd the Sweets." Contemporary owner signature (Noah Bennet) on front free endpaper. Sabin 32278, Evans 28841. First published in England in 1791, this literary collection groups aphorisms, poetry, and short bits of prose culled from numerous unnamed writers according to subject, such as Anger, Envy, Conversation, Nobility, Music, Love of our Neighbour, and Honesty, among others. The book's publisher… Read More

London: Chatto & Windus. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards lightly sunned and worn, silverfish . damage to boards.. 1921. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. Introduction by Siegfried Sassoon. Red cloth with printed paper spine label. Photogravure frontispiece portrait of Owen with tissue guard. xi, 34pp. Some pages unopened. A collection of Owen’s poems published posthumously after he was killed in action in France in 1918. The iconic World War I poem “Dulce et Decorum est” is included in this volume (but is printed on one of the unopened pages.) Verso of half-title notes that “For the preparation of this book thanks are primarily due to Miss Edith Sitwell. ” ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

NY: Alfred A. Knopf. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards rubbed, spine sunned and slightly cocked, bookseller's ticket on rear pastedown, owner bookplate on front pastedown.. 1929. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Yellow decorated cloth. Hammett's second published novel, a hard-boiled mystery featuring his detective The Continental Op. All first printing points as per Layman A2.1.a. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 272 pages .

NY: William Morrow. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Boards sunned, corners rounded, smudge on front free endpaper, jacket rubbed. 1976. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 9780688030889 . Cloth-backed boards. The acclaimed naturalist author's first book, a collection of poems about the planets and solar system. Many photos and illustrations. Author photo on rear jacket panel. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 159 pages .

Self Published. Very Good with no dust jacket; Front hinge cracked, some foxing, boards . worn, fore-edges of some pages chipped.. Hardcover. Leatherbound sammelband of the writings of Dr. Edward O. Otis (1848-1933) , a Massachusetts tuberculosis researcher, medical professor, and one of the founders of the National Association of the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis, later renamed the American Lung Association. Dr. Otis' personal copy as indicated by penciled note on front free endpaper and with many letters and other items laid in. Dr. Otis was a proponent of climate therapy and fresh-air sanataria to treat TB patients. Three-quarter leather binding with maroon pebbled cloth boards. Five spine compartments with titling stamped in gilt in two of them. Most items bound in, but a few letters and clippings are laid in. A total of 55 items, including medical journal reprints, letters, cabinet card, book reviews, newspaper clippings, and other material. Full list of items upon request. ;… Read More

Washington, DC: US Government Printing Office. Good with no dust jacket; Boards rubbed and soiled, page tops dampstained, . owner name on front free endpapers, spine of Vol II worn, rear hinge of . Vol III cracked.. First Printing. Hardcover. 1951 / 1952 / 1953.4to. Blue cloth. Vol I xxiv, 688pp, Vol II xxii, 215pp, Vol III xxxvi, 679pp. Illustrated endpapers, black and white photos and illustrations, charts, figures, appendices, bibliography, and indexes. A solid copy of this essential military reference set. Laid in are Department of the Navy documents stating that the material has been downgraded from being classified. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall .

Los Angeles: The Ward Ritchie Press. Very Good in Good dust jacket; Jacket toned, soiled, and worn.. 1940. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 300 numbered copies. A lengthy narrative poem by Alfred Young Fisher, a longtime Smith College professor and James Joyce and Shakespeare scholar, whose first wife, M. F. K. Fisher, is better known. Book design and striking orange and black illustrations by noted designer Alvin Lustig. Black blindstamped cloth. xxiv, 304pp. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

London: Golden Cockerel Press. Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn, soiled, splits at backstrip, front free endpaper missing in volume I, 1951 gift inscriptions on front flyleaves of Log of the Bounty, 1937 gift inscription on ffep of Voyage in the Resource and third volume also has two inch split at head of spine, . faint foxing to front and rear endpapers. 1937. The Log of the Bounty in two volumes. Wood engravings by Lynton Lamb. Number 105 of 300 copies. Bound in red, ivory and blue cloth in sail design. Also includes Blighs Voyage in the Resource. Number 274 of 350 copies. Wood engravings by Peter Barker-Mill. Bound in blue and ivory cloth in sail design. Volume one introduction by Owen Rutter and comments on Bligh's navigation by Rear-Admiral J. A. Edgell. Volume two introduction by Owen Rutter. Bligh's Royal Navy botanical expedition on the HMS Bounty was aborted by the infamous April 1789 mutiny, later the subject of Nordhoff and Hall's book Mutiny on the Bounty. Films based on the… Read More

Edinburgh: Printed by E. and J. Robertsons, for L. Hunter and J. Brown. Good; Boards worn, front boards nearly detached, pages toned, numerals . inked on verso of front free endpaper..1758. Eighth Edition. Leather. By Sir George Mackenzie of Rosehaugh, Advocate to King Charles II. and to King James VI. [8], 296pp + [24]pp index. Contemporary brown calf. Five raised bands and red leather lettering piece on spine. Edges sprinkled. Measures 5.75 x 3.5 inches. ESTC T58754. Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone's bookplate on front pastedown endpapers. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Boston: Little, Brown, and Company. Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn and soiled, owner name on front free . endaper (Edward L. Osborn) , pages toned.. 1914. School edition; Later Printing. Hardcover. Four black and white plates by George Kerr. A volume in the Old Mother West Wind series by Burgess. Tan decorated cloth binding. Bookplate on front pastedown endpaper noting that this book was sent with the compliments of the publisher. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 159 pages .

NY: Alfred A. Knopf. Very Good in Good dust jacket; Boards rubbed, owner name (Alma Harriette . Jorey) on front free endpaper, spine cracked, jacket toned and worn with . several closed tears.. 1928. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Black cloth. 11 black and white plates and two color plates by Gibran. An innovator…Gibran proposes a new methodology to approach and analyze Jesus Christ as a person, moving ahead of most philosophers and intellectuals who studied the life of Jesus and explored his teachings. (from the Gibran National Committee) ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 216 pages .

Philadelphia: Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corp.. Good with no dust jacket; Usual library stamps and markings, light wear to . boards.. 1945. Hardcover. Black cloth bindings. Vol 117: xxvii, 1014pp, Vol 118: xxx, 1169pp; Vol 119: xxviii, 1070pp. Indexes, black and white and color illustrations, black and white photographs, tables, figures, maps, and advertisements. Uniformly bound ex-library editions of Railway Age Magazine covering the period from July 1, 1944 to December 31, 1945. ; Ex-Library; 4to 11" - 13" tall .