![The JOURNAL Of The LINNEAN SOCIETY. BOTANY. ['On the Sexual Relations of the Three Forms of Lythrum Salicaria' - Charles Darwin] - as in Freeman, 1731.; Vol. VIII. Capt. R. H. Beddome, W. H. Brewer, Robert Caspary, Charles Darwin, Hooker, John Kirk, Maxwell Masters, William Mitten, - Contributors, oseph, alton, including others.](/pictures/thumb/46463.jpg?v=1546974304)
London. "Sold at the Society's Apartments, Burlington House; and by Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts & Green; and Williams And Norgate." 1865. 1st Edition. iv, 279, [1 blank] pp. Illustrated with lithographs by W[alter]. [Hood] Fitch (1817-1892). 8-3/4" x 5-6/8". Period binding, stamped in gilt to back strip, black ink stain... More
Dijon: Ropiteau, Libraire - Editeur, 1881. 1st Edition. 478, [2] pp. Errata page follows the 3 folding plates, bound-in after text. Avec 128 Figures dans le texte, gravees par M. Montigaud, et 3 Planches hors texte. 8vo. 7-7/8" x 5-1/8". Period black quarter leather binding with marbled paper boards, marbled... More
London: George Bell and Sons, York Street, Covent Garden, 1885 - 1891. 1st Edition. 3 volumes. Illustrated. 8vo. Period half leather with brown cloth boards, with joints professionally refurbished. TEG. Marbled eps. More
London: Chapman and Hall, 1866. 1st edition thus (Smith II, 11n9; cf. Flake/Draper 2830, citing a later edition). Issue with Pinwell credited on the t.p.; no priority established. viii, 204 pp (double column). Frontispiece by G. J. Pinwell. 8vo. 7-3/4" x 5-1/8". Publisher's original green cloth binding with elaborate gilt... More
Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard, 1848. 1st edition thus. Cf Smith, pp. 250 - 251. viii, [9] - 320 pp. Novel text in double column. Illustrated with a dual frontis, title page vignette & 6 inserted engravings, per Smith p. 251. 8vo. Modern brown quarter calf binding with complementary marble paper boards. New eps. More
Londini: Impensis L. Meredith & T. Newborough, 1686. 1st edition (Wing M-437). [12], 110, [4], 129 - 235, [17] pp [= 250 pp]. In two parts. 15 pp Index at rear. Text in Latin. Frontis of Charles I by R White (modeled on Marshall's emblematic frontis design found in the... More
Chicago: Lakeside Press, 1913. 1st edition. xxiii, [3],137, [1 (blank)] pp. Frontis, "Chicago in 1853." Captioned tissue guard. 12mo. 17.5 cm x 11 cm. Green cloth binding with gilt stamping. TEG. More
Boston: Colby & Rich, (n. d.). 1st US edition, ca 1879. xv, [1 (blank)], 334, [4 (blank)] pp (including Index). Frontis engraving of the author. "Valentine Greatrakes" engraving, p. 63. 12mo. 6-5/8" x 4-1/4". Original publisher's brown cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering to spine. "One peculiar feature in... More
Chicopee Falls, Mass. Stevens-Duryea Company, (1912). 1st printing. OCLC records no institutional holdings. 23, [1] pp. 9 b/w images of the divers models offered. 9-3/4" x 5-3/4". Orange & gold decorative wrappers, with brown cord tie. A rare promotional brochure from this short-lived early 20th C. automobile manufacturer. More
Racine, Wisconsin: Published by The W. D. Harney Photogravure Co., 1907. 1st printing (Smith 305 [calling for 8 parts only]; Soliday I, 1032; Wickersham 412). 9 parts, complete. 27 leaves of text [3 per part], printed recto only. "Seattle and Alaska; Seattle and its Environs" signed W.C. Bayles; "Alaska" signed... More
(Los Angeles): Pacific Electric, [1927]. Broadside, printed recto only. Blue and white photographic image of Lindbergh. 17-1/2" x 6". Blue and orange lettering printed on beige paper. 1st printing (presumed). Slight age-toning to paper. Modest wear to edges, with small chip to top left corner (no text loss), small crease... More
San Francisco: Issued by East Oakland Improvement Association. Printed by H. S. Crocker & Co., [1888]. 1st printing (Rocq 775). OCLC records 7 holding institutions. 30, [2] pp. Illustrated from b/w photographs. Oblong format: 6-1/8" x 9-1/4". Original publisher's pink paper wrappers, stapled, printed in dark brown ink. More
London: Hurst and Blacket, Publishers, Successors to Henry Colburn, 1854. 1st edition (Sabin 19111). [2], 315, [3], 23, [1]; [2], 328, 8 pp. Publisher catalogue concludes each volume. 8vo. 7-3/4" x 4-1/2". Modern green half-morocco Morrell bindings, with marbled boards & eps. TEG. Fairly rare work on the subject, with... More
New York: Thomas Nelson & Sons, Sole Agents for America and Canada. 1905. 1st US printing(s). 334 pages total. Illustrated. 8vo. Original printed green paper wrappers. More
London: John W. Parker and Son, 1854. 1st edition. INSCRIBED by the author, in the 3rd person, on the ffep. xii, 552 pp (including Index). 8vo. 8" x 5". Original publisher's dark green cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering to spine. Pale yellow eps. More
San Francisco: Cubery & Company, Steam Book and Job Printers, 1877. 1st printing (Cowan II, p. 391; Rocq 861). [3] - 10 pp. 8vo. 8-3/16" x 5-3/8". Original printed grey paper wrappers, sewn. Scarce early work on Oakland California, publishing a talk given in the city's 25th year. To quote... More
Edinburgh / Glasgow: Published by John Stewart / David Robertson, (n. d.). Ca mid-19th C. [4], 88 pp of text. Illustrated with 79 plates. 4to. 11-7/8" x 9-1/4". Full black leather binding with gilt stamping to front board. More
(n. p.): (1955). 1st edition. Limted to 500 cc., this #442. 3 p.l., 32 sheets, with b/w images reproducing drawings from 50 years of Mendelsohn's oeuvre. Folio. 14" x 10-7/8". Housed in a printd brown stiff-stock portfolio. Mendelsohn "a German Jewish architect, known for his expressionist architecture in the 1920s... More
Cincinnati: The Editor Publishing Co., 1900. 1st edition (Graff 901; Soliday II, 257; Streeter VI: 3607; Wickersham 2012). ix, [1], 123, [1] pp. Illustrated with a color frontis, portrait, 2 inserted color plates & 10 b&w plates (from photographs). Tailpieces. 8vo. 8-1/2" x 5-3/4". Original orange cloth with gilt stamped... More
Philadelphia: Henry Carey Baird, Industrial Publisher. 1870. 1st edition thus. Not in Romaine, who lists only one Baird catalogue [1879]. 81, [1] pp. Last page blank. Woodcut vignette of scientific instruments to front wrapper. 8vo. 9-1/8" x 5-3/4". Original printed, pale salmon-colored wrappers. Index to inside wrappers. Rare bookseller trade... More
London: The Nonesuch Press, (1981). 1st edition limitedition. #835/950cc. xv, 319 pp [including index]. Black and white illustrations throughout. 4to. 31.5cm x 20cm. Maroon cloth binding with gilt stamped spine and upper board. White pictorial dust jacket. More
Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard, 1845. 1st US edition [VanderPoel B388(1)]. 96 pp. With 12 illustrations after the originals. 12mo. 6-3/8" x 4-1/8". White linen cloth stamped in blind. More
Dresden: Sold by J. Budd, Crown and Mitre, Pall Mall; and Messrs. Richardsons, Royal Exchange, London. [n. d.]. 1st edition (NUC NC 0716461). 190 pp. 8vo. Modern full sheep with black spine label. NUC - 3 locations only (NcD, NN, CU). Presumed issued in 1805. From the preface, 'The author's... More
New York: James Egbert, 1860. 1st edition (Cowan, p. 570; Sabin 77485). 247 pp. 12mo. Original brown bindstamped cloth w/ gilt spine lettering. Per Cowan, "The author arrived aat San Francisco in Sept., 1849, and nearly the entire work is devoted to California. His narrations are exceedingly interesting." More
