Boston: Phillips, Sampson, and Company, 1850. 1st US book edition, 1st printing (Tarr A21.2.b). Divers paginations. Stab holes present. 8vo. 7-3/4" x 4-7/8". Original publisher's vertically ribbed brown cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering to spine & boards blocked in blind. Contents: 1. The Present Time (46 pp). 2. Model..... More
London: James Clarke & Co., 13 & 14, Fleet Street, 1886. 1st Edition. xi, [3], 214, [2] pp. 8vo. 7-7/8" x 5". Original publisher's grey cloth binding with dark blue stamped lettering. "Dorothy Mae Ann Wordsworth was an English author, poet, and diarist. She was the sister of the Romantic..... More
[New York]: Press of the Woolly Whale, 1935. 1st Edition. [8], 9, [3]. T.p. printed in 4 color. 12mo. 6-3/8" x 4-3/4". Blue cloth spine over blue pictorial paper-wrapped boards with nautical cover design by Charles W. Smith. The 8th publication in this series. More
London: MacMillan and Co., 1867. 1st edition (NCBEL III, 468). viii, 244 pp. 8vo. 7-1/8" x 4-7/8". Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt stamped spine lettering. More
London: Richard Bentley, 1848. 1st Series: 4th Edition; Second Series: 3rd Edition; Third Series: 2nd Edition. 3 volumes: xii, 338, [2]; vii, [1 (blank)], 288; vi, [2], 364 pp. Illustrated with plates, including engraved title leaf in each volume. Frontis portrait of Barham in Vol III. 8vo. 8-1/4" x 5-1/4"..... More
London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1853. 1st Edition. vi, [2], 386, [6 (adverts)]; [4], 368; [4], 358, [2 (blank)], 32 pp. 32 page publisher catalogue concludes Vol III. 8vo. Original publisher's light maroon cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering to spines. Pale yellow eps. More
London: Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 1887. 1st Edition. vi, 320; vi, 318 pp. Crown 8vo. 7-3/4" x 5-1/8". Original publisher's brown cloth bindings with gilt stamped lettering to spine. Bevelled boards. Brown coated eps. Walford was a British magazine editor and a compiler of educational, biographical, genealogical and touristic works..... More
London / New York: MacMillan and Co., 1892. 3rd edition, first published in this form in 1874. xxvii, [1 (blank)], 245, [3]. 2 page publisher advert concludes volume. Crown 8vo. Original publisher's blue cloth binding with gilt stamped spine lettering. "Originally published as part of the volume 'Schools and Universities..... More
Cambridge: MacMillan and Co., 1856. 1st Edition. viii, 475, [1 (blank)], 24 pp. Partially unopened. 24 page publisher catalogue, dated March 1856, concludes volume. 8vo. 9" x 5-5/8". Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering to spine. Yellow eps. More
Edinburgh / London / Dublin: James Nichol / James Nisbet & Co. / W. Roberton, 1854. 1st Edition. xxiv, 298 pp. 8vo. 8-3/4" x 5-3/8". 19th C. maroon full calf binding, gilt decorated spine, marbled edges & eps. More
London: Printed by J. Wright ... for C. Cooke, [1800]. Cooke's Edition. 204, ii pp. Last leaf, "Contents". Engraved title leaf. Tailpieces. Copperplate engraving after p. 128. 16mo. 5-3/4" x 3-5/8". Period maroon half-leather binding with marbled paper boards. Red speckled edges. More
New York / London: John Lane: The Bodley Head, 1899. 1st US Edition. ix, [1 (blank)], 386 pp. Partially unopened. Crown 8vo. 7-3/4" x 4-3/4". Original publisher's decorative green cloth, with black & silver stamping. TEG. More
London: Bradbury, Agnew, & Co., (n. d.). Ca 1870s (?). 5 volumes: [4], 93, [3]; [4], 95, [3]; [4], 93, [3]; [4], 95, [3]; [4], 93, [3] pp. 2 page Index concludes each volume. ~ 550 illustrations per volume, or ~ 2750 total. Oblong folio: 12" x 17-3/4". Original publisher's..... More
Baltimore, MD. The Lord Baltimore Press, 1911. 1st Edition. 150 pp. Photographic frontispiece of the author. 8vo. 7-3/4" x 5-1/8". Original publisher's blue green cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering to front board. Gontrum a local attorney who dabbled in various literary pursuits, including poetry. More
New - York: Published by James Eastburn and Co. at the Literary Rooms, Broadway, Corner of Pine-street. Printed by J & J Harper. 1818. 1st edition thus (American Imprints 43864 [incorrectly noting 502 p]). 302, [4] pp. Table of Contents page follows text. 12mo, signed in 6s. 7-3/8" x 4-1/8"..... More
Cincinnati: Published for the Author by John P. Walsh, 190 Sycamore Street, 1869. ix, [3], 13 - 313, [1], 3 - 8 pp. Last 6 pages publisher adverts. Headpieces. Decorative initial capital letters. 12mo. Original publisher's purple cloth binding with gilt stamping. Bevelled boards. Peach-colored eps. Contents: "Concerning Boys", "Curiosities..... More
Newcastle upon Tyne: Printed by J. Marshall, in the Old Flesh-Market. (n. d.). Ca late 1790s. 8 pp (one [half] sheet folded). Untrimmed. Woodcut vignette to front wrapper [two ships firing a broadside at each other]. 16mo. 6" x 3-3/4". Printed self-wrappers. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve... More
New York: Duffield & Company, 1911. 1st Edition. vi, 373, [1] pp (including Index to First Lines) Frontispiece & 7 inserted color plates. Captioned tissue guards. 4to. Original publisher's blue cloth binding with gilt stamping, and color onlay to front board. Pictorial eps. A somewhat notorious title in Parrish's publishing..... More
London: MacMillan and Co., 1866. 1st printing. x, [2] 214, [2] pp. 12mo. 6-7/8" x 4-1/4". Original publisher's purple cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering to spine. More
Cambridge / London: MacMillan and Co., [1861]. 1st printing [presumed]. xxviii, [2] 145, [1 (blank)], 24 pp. 24 page publisher catalogue at rear. 12mo. 6-7/8" x 4-5/8". Original publisher's red cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering to spine. More
London: Edward Moxon & Co., Dover Street, 1865. 1st Edition. viii, 128, [4 (adverts)] pp. Head- tailpieces. 12mo. Original publisher's brown cloth binding with gilt stamping. Bevelled boards. Yellow eps. More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1915. 1st edition. 145 pp. 7 pages of adverts follow text. T.p. printed in red & black. Crown 8vo. Grey linen cloth with gilt stamped lettering. More
Edinburgh: Oliphant, Anderson, & Ferrier, (n. d.). Second Edition, ca mid-1880s. 188, [4 (adverts)] pp. 12mo. Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt stamping. More
Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1863. 1st edition, 2nd state per BAL 7626; 1st edition, 2nd printing per Clark A24.1.b. xi, [1], [9] - 398, [2 (blank)], 22, [2 (blank)] pp. 22 publisher catalogue, dated November 1863, concludes volume. 12mo. 7-3/8" x 4-1/2". Original brown publisher's cloth with boards stamped in..... More
Bath: Printed by R. Cruttwell, 1797. The Ninth Edition [stated]. vi, [2], Printer ornament to t.p., and last page. Headpiece, p. 1. 8vo. Period tan full diced calf binding. Pale yellow edgestain. "Jane was the eldest daughter of Thomas Bowdler of Bath, Somerset (1706–1785) and his wife Elizabeth Stuart Bowdler..... More
