Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard, 1840. New Edition. First published in 1829 (cf BAL 10125). 2 volumes: xii, [13] - 311, [1 (blank)]; vi, [7] - 319, [1 (blank)] pp. v 2: p. iv misnumbered as 'vi'; vi as 'iv'. 12mo. 7-3/8" x 4-5/8". Original publishers' green muslin cloth binding with..... More

London: Printed for J. Brindley, et al. 1740. 1st UK Edition thus, i.e., by Brindley, one of two English editions published in 1740. [2], ii, 163, [1 (blank)]. Printer's ornament to t.p. Head- tailpieces. Decorative initial capital letters. 12mo: [A]^2 B - O^6 P^4. 6-3/4" x 4". Modern respining with..... More

Chicago: R. R. McCabe & Co., 1874. 1st edition (Soliday IV, 671 [incorrectly listing the title as "Life in the Southwest"]; Wright II, 2193). 422 pp. Illustrated with 2 facing full-page wood engravings, prior to t.p. 8vo. 7-1/4" x 5". Original publisher's orange cloth with gilt spine lettering & decorations..... More

Boston: Reprinted by Munroe & Francis, 4, Cornhill, Corner of Water-Street, 1822. 1st US Edition. 586 pp. 6 issues contained herein. 8vo. 8-3/4" x 5-1/2". 19th C. tan half-calf binding with purple cloth covered boards. Marbled eps. American edition of the "Recreative Review", a short-lived British periodical, which, research suggests..... More

London / New York: MacMillan and Co. Ltd., 1896. 1st edition thus. 293 pp. Series adverts to covers. 7-1/4" x 4-3/4". Original publisher's pale pink paper covers printed in dark maroon. Series adverts to cover insides, listing to #264. Covers with printed statement, "This Edition is intended for circulation only..... More

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Company. Printed by D. B. Updike at the Merrymount Press. (n. d.). Charming later edition of a work first published in 1865. [8], 51, [5] pp. Later few leaves unopened. Frontispiece. 12mo. 7-5/8" x 5-1/8". Original publisher's decorative grey cloth binding, with white &..... More

Basel: ben Johannes Schweighauser, 1781. 1st edition thus. OCLC records one institutional holding. 272; 230 pp. First t.p. with bust vignette; 2nd with printer's ornament. Head- tailpieces. 8vo. 8" x 4-3/4". Period tan half-calf with marbled paper boards. More

Philadelphia: Published and For Sale by Towar and Hogan, 1826. 1st editon thus (American Imprints 24106). xviii, 394, [4 (blanks)] pp. 8vo, signed in 4s. 8-7/8" x 5-1/4". Period full tan sheep binding, with red leather title label to spine. More

Newark, N. J. Published and Sold by Benjamin Olds. 1830. 1st edition thus (American Imprints 2670; Felcone 903, for the 1838 edition). Not in the OERI collection. 252 pp. 12mo: [A]^6 B - X^6. 7" x 4". Period full brown sheep binding; flat back with horizontal double gilt rules &..... More

London: Smith, Elder, & Co., 15 Waterloo Place, 1873. 1st editon (NCBEL III, 468). xxxvi, 388, [2 (adverts)] pp. 8vo. Original publisher's brown cloth binding with black & gilt stamping. Slate grey eps. More

Philadelphia: Carey, Lea, and Carey, Chesnut Street, 1827. Early edition of the original 1826 work. 3 volumes. Vol I: [2], 224, [2 (blank)] pp. Vol II: [2], 152, [2 (blank)] pp. Vol III: [2], 247, [3 (blank)] pp. 7-1/4" x 4-1/4". Half-bound tan leather spine and edges, marbled paper boards..... More

Ingolstadii: Ex typographia Adami Sartorii, 1599. 1st edition (Adams G-1239; VD16 G-3221). [20], 541, [3] p. Errata, p. 542. Final 2 pages blank. Printer's device to t.p. Head- tailpieces. 8vo: *^8 2*^2 A - 2L^8. 6-1/4" x 4" [15.8 cm x 10.4 cm]. Period full vellum binding with 2 [of..... More

Bath: Printed by F. Curtis, Excelsior Steam Printing Offices, 9, Bridge Street, 1876. 1st Edition. viii, 46, [4] pp. T.p. printer's ornament. Head- tailpieces. 12mo. 7-1/8" x 4-3/4". Original publisher's blue cloth binding with gilt stamping. A rare volume of provincial poetry, OCLC = 1 cc [Oxford]. More