Nyon, 1766. First Edition. In French.English translation as follows (approximately): SMALL ENCYCLOPEDIA OR ELEMENTS OF HUMAN CONNECTIONS, CONTAINING THE GENERAL CONCEPTS OF ALL SCIENCES, ALL USEFUL ARTS, AND MATERIALS WHICH HAVE REPORTED TO THE SOCIETY. Two Volumes, measuring 6.75" x 4.00" Mottled (tree?) calf boards. Boards with five raised bands... More about PETITE ENCYCLOPEDIE OU LES ELEMENS DES CONNOISSANCES HUMAINES, CONTENANT LES NOTIONS GENERALES DE...

London: Henry G. Bohn, 1851. Early Printing. Leather_bound. 6.75" x 4.5" x 1 5/8". Early Printing. 24 lovely engravings (Goodyear, Rolls, Bentley, Higham, & others) after drawings by George Cattermole. Half-Bound in butterscotch calf, over a striking flame-tongued marbling, repeated on endpapers. Four raised hubs to spine, with contrasting spine... More about EVENINGS AT HADDON HALL, A SERIES OF ROMANTIC TALES OF OLDEN TIME (WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY GEORGE...

Boston, Mass: J.H.A. Frost, Lincoln and Edmands, Stimpson and Clapp, Marsh, Capen and Lyon, B.B. Mussey; Portland, Coleman, Holden and Co.; New York,Collins and Hannay; Troy, N.Y., William S. Parker; Philadelphia, Grigg and Elliot; Baltimore, Cushing and Sons; Cin, 1833. Thirteenth Edition. Leather-bound, measuring 7" x 4.25". Leather covered boards..... More about LIBER PRIMUS, OR FIRST BOOK OF LATIN EXERCISES. TO WHICH HAVE BEEN ADDED, COLLOQUIES FROM...

Chicago, IL: Rand, McNally & Company, 1904. Hardcover. No Date. Bound in blue cloth boards, with white lettering and flower decoration to spine and front board. Front and rear board warped, and spine lean Some minor rubbing to edges, and boards, and some minor staining to front board. Hinges started. More about A STUDY IN SCARLET AND A CASE OF IDENTITY (ALPHA LIBRARY

Philadelphia, PA: F.A. Davis Company, 1894. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Bound in brown boards, gold lettering to spine, and dark brown lettering to front board. Rubbing to extremities, corners very slightly nudged. Previous owner's name and date to front free endpaper; residue from bookplate to front endpaper. Some foxing to title... More about THE PHYSICIAN'S WIFE AND THE THINGS THAT PERTAIN TO HER LIFE (Original 1894

London: R. Bentley, 1689. First Edition. Hardcover. 16mo, (6.75" x 4.5") Half-calf over non-pareil marbled boards.Outer spine lacking but binding tight. Lacks pp. 27-30, which, according to the table of contents should be "Sylvia Perjured", but no pages appear cut out, perhaps rather neglected to originally be bound-in. The later... More about POEMS CHIEFLY CONSISTING OF SATYRS AND SATYRICAL EPISTLES

Chicago, IL: Albert Whitman & Company, 1924. Hardcover. Olive cloth with colorful paste-on to front board. Measures 7.25" X 5". Edgewear to extremities. Previous owner's crayoning and writing to endpapers. "Stories of Little Men and Women with the Charm of Fine Manners" More about THE SOCIAL TWINS : THE DAINTY BOOK OF ETIQUETTE; "A Just Right Book"

Brookfield, Massachusetts: E. and G. Merriam, 1826. Hardcover. 12mo. Leather bound. Wear to extremities and boards primarily around edges. Creasing to spine. Back hinge started. Foxing to pages. Bottom corner of spine worn. 250 pp. More about THE ENGLISH READER, OR, PIECES IN PROSE AND POETRY, SELECTED FROM THE BEST WRITERS DESIGNED TO...

Philadelphia, PA: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1866. Hardcover. "Stereotype Edition, Revised and Enlarged, with Exercises for The Slate. To Which is Added a Practical System of Book-Keeping." Sewn, worn paper-over-boards binding, with leather spine. Cover reads, rather faintly: "Smith's Second Book of Arithmetic. Previous owner's name several times -- once in... More about PRACTICAL AND MENTAL ARITHMETIC, ON A NEW PLAN: IN WHICH MENTAL ARITHMETIC IS COMBINED WITH THE...

Paris, France: Gabriel Martin, 1742. (Revue & Corrigee) Revised and Corrected. Leather-bound. NOUVELLE EDITION, REVUE & CORRIGEE) 8vo, full leather (tree calf), ruled in blind. Five raised bands to spine (six compartments), five with gilt ornamentation, one with contrasting (red) spine label. Rubbing and wear to leather, considerably to rear... More about TRAITE' DE L'ORTHOGRAPHE FRANCOISE EN FORME DE DICTIONNAIRE (NOUVELLE EDITION, REVUE &...