Indianapolis: Bobbs Merrill, (1926). 1st edition (Hubin I, p. 71). 316 pp. Crown 8vo. Green cloth binding with red lettering. Orange FACSIMILE dust jacket. A copy for the impecunius collector of mystery novels... one with the original jacket in Nr Fine condition would run a solid 4-figures, if one could..... More
San Marino CA: Golden West Books, 1973. 1st edition thus. 320 pp. Illustrated, primarily from photographs; many of locomotives. 8vo. Grey cloth binding with gilt stamped spine lettering. Yellow dust jacket. Vauclain "was an American engineer, inventor of the Vauclain compound locomotive, and president of the Baldwin Locomotive Works. He..... More
Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company Publishers, (1918). 1st edition (Smith W-651). [12], 352, [4 (blank)] pp. Crown 8vo. 7-1/2" x 5-1/4". Red cloth binding, gilt stamped lettering to spine and cover. White printed DJ. More
London: Printed for J. Peele, at Locke's Head in Pater-Noster-Row, 1730. 1st printing. 35, [1 (blank)] pp. Signed at end: "R. M." Headpiece & decorative initial capital letter, p. 3. Headpiece, p. 34. 8vo, signed in 4s. 7-1/2" x 4-3/4". Disbound, with binding remnants along spine. Now housed in an..... More
London: Printed for M. Cooper, 1757. 1st printing (ESTC T44730). 28 pp. 8vo. 7-7/8" x 4-7/8". Disbound, now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. The defendents charged with dereliction of duty with respect to their part in the Siege of Minorca. More
London: Printed for J. Debrett, 1786. 1st Edition (Goldsmith 13204). [2], vii, [1 (blank)], 96 [of 98] pp. 8vo. 8-1/4" x 5". Disbound, now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Attributed to the Earl of Buchan, David Steuart [sic] Erskine, cf. Halkett & Laing, v. 9 (1962). More
London: John Murray, Albemarle Street, 1840. xxxiii, [1], 384, 8 pp. Last 8 pages "Mr. Murray's Book-List 1840". Frontispiece lithograph. Facsimile letter. 8vo. 9" x 5-5/8". Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering to spine. Yellow eps. "John William Ward, 1st Earl of Dudley, PC, FRS, known as..... More
London: Printed for Anrew Millar, in the Strand, 1754. vii, [1 (blank)], 124, [4 (blank)] pp. Errata p. iv. Pp 121 - 122 mispaginated as pp. 102 - 103. 8vo: A4 B - H8 I4 K2. C gathering missigned with B. 7-3/4" x 4-3/4" Binding copy, lacks boards. Red edgestain..... More
London: Printed for J. Morgan, in Pater - noster Row, and C. G. Seyffert, in Pall - Mall, 1761. 1st Edition. viii, 108 pp. 8vo. Binding copy, lacks boards. More
London: Printed for M. Cooper, at the Globe, in Pater-noster-Row, 1749. 2nd edition. [2], 37, [1 (blank)] pp. 8vo. 7-13/16" x 5". Disbound, now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. A reply to John Perceval's "An Examination of the Principles and an Enquiry into the Conduct of the Two B*****rs."..... More
London: Printed and Sold by J. Wilford, near Stationers-Hall, 1730. The Second Edition. [2], 37, [1 (blank)] pp. T.p. printer's ornament. Tailpiece. 8vo. 7-1/2" x 4-3/4". Disbound, now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More
Philadelphia: Key & Biddle - 23 Minor Street. 1834. 1st edition (American Imprints 26289; BEAL 8549.50). vi, [2], [9] - 540, [2 (blank)] pp. P. 316 misnumbered 216. 8vo. 8-5/8" x 5-1/2". Original publisher's full sheep binding with gilt stamped title lettering to spine. Speeches of Lord Chatham (William Pitt)..... More
London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street, 1831. 1st Edition. 2 volumes: x, [2], 321, [1 (blank)]; viii, 314 pp. 12mo. 8" x 4-7/8". Later 19th C. maroon half-calf with complementary marbled paper boards. TEG. The account by Munster was originally published in parts (beginning in 1829) in..... More
London: Printed for H. Carpenter, in Fleet - Street. 1754. 1st printing (Goldsmith 8932). iv, 5 - 48 pp. 7-3/4" x 5". Disbound, now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More
London: Printed for J. Roberts in Warwick-Lane, 1743. The Third Edition. 63, [1 (blank)] pp. Headpiece. 8vo. 7-3/4" x 4-3/4". Disbound, now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Walpole's answer to Stanhope's opposition to the Parliament proposal to hire Hanoverian troops as mercenaries, cf. "The Case of the Hanover forces..... More
London: Printed: And Sold by J. Roberts in Warwick-Lane, 1731. 1st Printing. 52 pp. 8vo. Disbound, now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Caleb D'Anvers = William Pulteney. More
London: Printed for J. Cooke and J. Coote, at the King's Arms, opposite Devereux Court, in the Strand, 1757. 1st Edition. [4], 38, [2], iv pp. Preface follows main text. Half-title leaf present. 8vo. Disbound, now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More
London: Printed for J. Hinxman, in Pater-noster-Row, 1763. The Second Edition. 23, [1 (blank)] pp. 4to: [A]2 B - F2. 9-7/8" x 8-1/8". Disbound, now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. "C----M----T" = Claremont (Thomas Pellam-Holles); "H---Y---S" = Hayes (William Pitt). A satiric account of the negotiations between Pitt and..... More
[London]: [Printed for Charles Davis], [1751]. 1st Edition. 18 pp. Fold-out Table follows text. 9-1/8" x 6-7/8". Disbound, now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More
(n. p.): 1992. 1st printing. Unpaginated, though 12 pp. Illustrated, including a tipped-in color photograph of the Vernon plaque of Osler. 8-1/2" x 5-1/2". Printed white paper wrappers, stapled. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. A keepsake published for the 1992 Roxburghe - Zamorano meeting, held in San Francisco..... More
[London]: Printed in the three and twentieth year of the Raign of our Soveraign Lord King Charles, [1648]. 1st edition (Laslett, p. 47; NCBEL I, 2338; Wing F-912). [8], 64 pp. Printer's device to t.p. Head- tailpieces. 4to: A - I^4. 7-9/16" x 5-5/8". Modern brown quarter calf [appears late..... More
London: Printed for T. Copper at the Globe in Paternoster Row, 1742. 1st Edition (ESTC T2954). [2], 78 pp. Untrimmed. 8vo. 8-1/2" x 5-3/8". Original printed self-wrappers, stitched. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More
Boston: James R. Osgood & Co., 1877. 1st edition thus (cf. NCBEL III, 637). 111 pp. T.p. & preliminary woodcut vignettes. Headpiece & woodcut decorations. 16mo. 4-7/8" x 3-3/8". Original publisher's decorative terra-cotta cloth wtih gilt lettering on front board/decorations stamped in black. 'Vest Pocket Series' red advert eps... More
Boston: James R. Osgood & Co., 1877. 1st edition thus (cf. NCBEL III, 637). 111 pp. T.p. & preliminary woodcut vignettes. Headpiece & woodcut decorations. 16mo. 4-7/8" x 3-3/8". Green decorative cloth w/ gilt lettering on front board/decorations stamped in black. 'Vest Pocket Series' red advert eps... More
