Annandale, Va: Printed by the Turnpike Press, Inc., 1967. Full Description: [KING, Martin Luther, Jr.]. Speeches by The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. About the War in Vietnam. [Annandale, Va: Printed by the Turnpike Press, Inc., 1967-1968]. First edition pamphlet of three speeches given by King regarding the Vietnam.....
Honolulu, Hawaii, 1867. Honolulu, Hawaii: 1867. Full Description: DAMON, Samuel Chenery. Autograph Letter Signed. Honolulu, Hawaii: October 21, 1867. Autograph letter signed "S.C. Damon", to "Rev. E. A. Park D.D." One quarto page (10 x 8 inches; 254 x 203 mm). Manuscript letter on recto and verso in brown ink.....
London: Printed by [Thomas Dawson for] Richard watkyns, 1579. Full Description: PETRARCH. Phisicke against fortune, aswell prosperous, as aduerse, conteyned in two bookes. Whereby men are instructed, with lyke indifferencie to remedie theyr affections, aswell in tyme of the bryght shynyng sunne of prosperitie, as also of the foule lowryng.....
London: Printed for Thomas Northcott, 1693. Full Description: [PENN, William]. Some Fruits of Solitude, in Reflections and Maxims Relating to the Conduct of Human Life. The Second Edition. London: Printed for Thomas Northcott, 1693. Second edition, expanded, printed the same year as the first edition. Author is attributed to Penn.....
New York: North American Review, 1885. Full Description: BARTHOLDI, Frederic Auguste. The Statue of Liberty Enlightening the World. Described by the Sculptor, Frederic Auguste Bartholdi. Published for the Benefit of the Pedestal Fund. New York: North American Review, [1885]. First edition. Small quarto (9 x 7 inches; 228 x 178.....
London: Printed For Hatchard And Son, Piccadilly, And J. And A. Arch, Cornhill, 1823. Full Description: [MACAULAY, Zachary]. Negro Slavery; Or, A View Of Some Of The More Prominent Features Of That State Of Society, As It Exists In The United States Of America And In The Colonies Of The.....
London: John Macrone, 1836. . Sketches by "Boz". Illustrative of Every-Day Life, and Every-Day People. London: John Macrone, 1836. Full Description: DICKENS, Charles. CRUIKSHANK, George, [illustrator]. Sketches by "Boz,". Illustrative of Every-Day Life, and Every-Day People. In Two Volumes. Volume I [II]. London: John Macrone, 1836. First edition, first printing.....
Philadelphia: H.C. Carey & I. Lea, 1826. Full Description: [COOPER, James Fenimore]. The Last of the Mohicans. A Narrative of 1757. By the Author of "The Pioneers." Philadelphia: H.C. Carey & I. Lea, 1826. First edition, first issue with the following issue points: Vol. I: pagination present on page 71.....
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Milan: Uldericus Scinzenzeler, 1497. Full Description: [AESOP]. Esopo con la vita sua historiale vulgare e latino [with] Le Fabule de Esopo vulgare e latine. Historiade. [Milan: Uldericus Scinzenzeler, 1497]. An early and rare edition of Aesop's Life and Fables. Two parts in one octavo volume. Book 1- Vita: Complete with.....
Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1861. Full Description: ELIOT, George. Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe. Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1861. First edition. Octavo (7 7/8 x 5 inches; 200 x 125 mm). [4, unnumbered ads for "The Autobiography of Dr. Alexander Carlyle"], [6], 364.....
London: George Newnes, 1901. The First Men in the Moon. London: George Newnes, 1901. Full Description: WELLS, H.G. The First Men in the Moon. London: George Newnes, 1901. First English edition, published just one month after the first American edition. Inscribed by Wells on half-title "H.G. Wells/Monday May 12 1902".....
Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1864. Full Description: THOREAU, Henry David. The Maine Woods. Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1864. First edition, first issue. Octavo (7 1/8 x 4 5/8 inches; 181 x 119 mm). [viii], 328, [23, ads], [1, blank] pp. With list of Thoreau's writings on p. [ii] priced. Publisher's.....
Boston: American Stationers' Company, 1837. Full Description: [HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel]. Peter Parley's Universal History, on the Basis of Geography. For the use of families. Illustrated by maps and engravings. Boston: American Stationers’ Company, 1837. First edition, second issue, with volume designations added to first page of signatures. Two twelvemo volumes (6.....
Boston: American Stationers Co. John B. Russell, 1837. Full Description: HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel. Twice-Told Tales. Boston: American Stationers Co. John B. Russell, 1837. First edition, only printing. One of 1,000 copies printed. Twelvemo (7 3/8 x 4 7/8 inches; 187 x 123 mm). [4, publisher's ads], [5]-334, [2, blank], [16, publisher's.....
Philadelphia: Published under the Auspices of the School, 1888. Full Description: POSSELT, Erich. The Jacquard Machine Analyzed and Explained: With an Appendix on the Preparation of Jacquard Cards, and Practical Hints to Learners of Jacquard Designing. With 230 Illustrations. Philadelphia: Published under the Auspices of the School [Pennsylvania Museum and.....
Philadelphia: Lindsay and Blakiston, 1850. Full Description: MACKAY, Charles. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions. Philadelphia: Lindsay and Blakiston, 1850. First American edition. Two octavo volumes (7 3/4 x 4 7/8 inches; 196 x 125 mm). [4], [vii]-viii, [2], [13]-384, [8, publisher's advertisements], [2, blank]; [6], [13]-384, [4, publisher's advertisements], [2.....
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Mainz: Johann Gutenberg, 1455. A Leaf from the Gutenberg Bible- Numbers 21-23. The Story of Balaam, a Donkey and an Angel [BIBLE IN LATIN]. [GUTENBERG, Johann]. Leaf of the Gutenberg Bible, 1450-1455. [Biblia Latina] [Leaf 76, Numbers 21-23.] [Mainz: Johann Gutenberg, Johann Fust, and Peter Schoeffer, 1455]. Original large paper.....
Philadelphia: Printed for Thomas Dobson, 1789. An Inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations.. By Adam Smith, LL.D. and F.R.S. of London and Edinburgh: one of the commissioners of His Majesty's Customs in Scotland; and formerly professor of moral philosophy in the University of Glasgow .......
London: R. Dodsley, 1745. Full Description: SWIFT, Jonathan. Directions to Servants In General; And in Particular to the Butler, Cook, Footman, Coachman, Groom, House-Steward, and Land-Steward, Porter, Dairy-Maid, Chamber-Maid, Nurse, Laundress, House-Keeper, Tutoress, or Governess. [together with] Three Sermons... London: R. Dodsley, 1745. First London edition. There was a Dublin.....
London: Printed for Thomas Page and William Mount, 1728. ROPER, William. The Life and Death of Sir Thomas Moore, Knt. Lord High-Chancellor of England, In the Reign of K. Henry the Viiith. Written by William Rooper, Esq; Prothonotary of the King's Bench: To Which is added from Sir Thomas's English.....
Lausanne & Geneva: Apud Marcum-Michaelem Bousquet & Socios. 1744. Full Description: EULER, Leonhard. Methodus inveniendi lineas curvas maximi minimive proprietate gaudentes, sive Solutio problematis isoperimetrici latissimo sensu accepti. Lausanne: Apud Marcum-Michaelem Bousquet & Socios., 1744. First edition of Euler’s most valuable contribution to mathematics, in which he developed the concept.....
Swaftham: Printed and sold by D. Sudbury; By Longman, Hurst, and Co., 1805. First English edition of the unauthorized fifth book of Don Quixote, by the author of the unauthorized second book. Translation is attributed to Brigg Fountine. Presentation copy from the translator on title-page of volume one which reads.....
London, 1859. London: 1859. Check signed by Dickens, mounted to an inserted page in Volume I of the below book. Check is signed by Dickens in blue ink. The date on the check is fourteenth ? 1859. And it is made out for 150 pounds to Frederic Oury W?and canceled.....
London: Isaac Jaggard, 1625. The Modell of Wit, Mirth, Eloquence, and Conversation. Framed in Ten Dayes, of an hundred curious Pieces, by Seven Honourable Ladies, and three Noble Gentlemen. Preserved for Posterity by the Renowned John Boccacio, the first Refiner of Italian Prose: And now translated into English. London: Isaac.....
Philadelphia: Nathaniel Wiley, 1804. Full Description: CLARKSON, Thomas. An Essay on the Slavery and Commerce of the Human Species,. Particularly the African: In Three Parts. Translated from a Latin Dissertation, which was honoured with the First Prize in the University of Cambridge, for the year 1785... with Additions. Philadelphia: Nathaniel.....