Paris, France: Chez Mequignon-Marvis, 1819. First French Edition. Leather-bound. Octavo. Tree calf (8" x 5") , Once halfbound. Corners reinforced with green leather(?). Replacement label 5 7/8", along spine, in contrasting red, ruled and lettered in gilt). Light foxing throughout. Bears bookplate of Chandler Dymock Ingersoll to front pastedown, and..... More
Braunschweig: von Friedrich Vieweg & Sohn. 1877. Second Edition, Revised & Enlarged. Leather-bound. 8vo. Original half-leather over marbled boards Rubbing and some scuffing to extremities with 1/4" loss of leather at top of spine, and a bit of peeling of marbled paper to rear board. Second edition, substantially enlarged and..... More
Paris: Chez Helie Josset, rue St Jacques, a la Fleur de Lys d'or, 1674. Leather-bound. IN FRENCH. EN FRANCAIS. Full leather,small octavo [6x4 inches]. Hinges, spine chipped and spine leather worn and brittle. 182pp + index. Engraved title page. Binding tight. Writing in ink [fountain pen] at bottom and also..... More
New York: Hurst & Company, Undated. Reprint of Second Edition. Hardcover. 12mo, 5 x 7.5 in., pp. 705. With illustrations. Contemporary burgundy morocco half-calf over marbled boards. Gilt title and floral design to spine. Marbled endpapers. Frontispiece of Charles Darwin. Rubbing to edges and corners. Leather fraying top of spine,..... More
New York: Free Press, 2009. First US Edition. Hardcover. Signed by the author on the title page. Light rubbing to extremities. Light rubbing to edges of dustjacket. Original sales sticker to back of dustjacket. "150 years ago the momentous findings in Charles Darwin's masterpiece, On the Origin of Species, shook..... More
Montgomery, Alabama: Air Command and Staff College, 1985. First Edition. Pamphlet. Stapled pamphlet, 8 in. x 5.1 in., pp. vii, [1], 75. White paper with two blue double-bars and title to front. Rust to staples. Umarked interior. Laid-in: 3 in. x 5 in. card: "With the compliments of the Air..... More
London: A. & C. Black. Ltd., 1917. Reprint. Hardcover. Octavo, 8 in. x 5 in., pp. viii, 199. Red cloth boards with gilt title to spine. Rubbing to extremities. Lower front corner bumped. Bubbling in cloth at edges of front board. Untrimmed fore- and bottom-edges. Repaired front and rear hinges..... More
Edinburgh, Scotland: William Creech, 1796. Third Edition. Leather-bound. 8vo. Half-leather over marbled boards, and contrasting red leather spine label. Internally clean, moderate foxing to some plates, though not to obscure -- diagrams still very visible and usable. Third Edition in English. Lacks half title. xlvii +592 pages. Two folding tables..... More
New York: Robert Carter and Brothers, 1858. ("A New, Improved, and Enlarged Edition"). Octavo. Brick red/Light Brown cloth covered boards, both front and rear bordered with stamped, heraldic motif in black. Title in red-on-(bright) gilt to spine, with chessboard-like design within black and gilt lines at top and bottom. 403..... More
London. Longmans Green, and Co., [1897] 1903. First English Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Grey buckram over boards. Wear to extremities. This is a copy which was recently strengthened by rebacking and adding new leather spine (3 raised bands) with contrasting gilt-on-black spine title label, and gilt 1903 date stamped to bottom..... More
London, England: I (John) Okes, for Jasper Emory, 1639. First Edition. Pamphlet. First book on Metallurgy in English. LACKS TITLE. Quarto. (6 3/4" x 5 1/2"). Disbound with leather remnants of spine. Woodcut initials and decorations. Our copy missing first unsigned signature : 4to: B-I , K² [$3 signed]; 34..... More
London, England: Printed for the Heirs of Charles Elliot; and C. Elliot and T. Kay T. Cadell, and C.G. J. & J. Robinsons, 1790. First Edition. Leather-bound. Quarto. Full leather, originally acid-treated for effect. Gilt chain-and-dot border, largely rubbed off. Printed on high rag-content laid bond. Bright and uniformly internally..... More
Boston. James R. Osgood and Company, 1882. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition. Folio. 12-1/2 in. x 10". 32 cm. READING COPY. Original cloth. Beveled edges. Front hinge re-attached at some point in the past, but firmly attached. Top edge gilt and gilt title on spine. Gilt lettering and illus of..... More
