London: Printed for J. Bumpus, et al. 1818. Hardcover. The Fifteenth Edition, with Considerable Additions and Improvements. 8vo. xvi, 776pp. Folding engraved frontispiece of two world globes; Illustrated with folding engraved maps. Half deep blue calf, spine gilt, maroon lettering label, gilt, marbled paper sides, edges and end papers. Light..... More

Philadelphia: E. L. Carey & A. Hart, 1836. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. xvi,(17-)304pp. With the four folding engraved plates, as called for. Publisher's green embossed cloth in a floral pattern, paper spine label. Edges, hinges and spine tips worn, label partially perished, ownership stamp to title page, occasional light foxing..... More

London: James Ridgway, 1819. First edition. Hardcover. Tall 8vo. Unpaginated; comprises folia 351-435 inclusive, followed by notes and index to vols. 1 through 5. Contemporary half leather, spine titled and ruled in gilt, marbled paper boards and endpapers. The 48 folia are each accompanied by a handcolored illustration, many of..... More

Boston: Christian Scientist Publishing Company, 1875. First edition. Hardcover. Thick 8vo. 456pp. Publisher's black patterned cloth; gilt spine title; plain endpapers. Errata page tipped-in at rear. One of 1000 copies of the first edition. A fine, bright copy, with only the barest traces of wear, notably at the head of..... More

London: Richard Bentley and Son, 1871. First edition. Hardcover. First edition. Three volumes. 12mo. Original sand-grain violet cloth, gilt titles. Line engraved title pages. Sheridan Le Fanu was unquestionably the Victorian master of ghost and supernatural stories. This collection of tales came to LeFanu at the inn in Golden Friars..... More

Londine: Ad Ricco Stefano, n.d. (1720?). Hardcover. 4to. 360pp. Woodcut device on title page. "Nova editio ab innumeris, gravibusque mendis, quibus Parisiensis inquinata prodierat, emaculata." Contemporary limp vellum, remnants of manuscript title on spine. Old repair at heel of spine, light dampstain throughout, some internal pages darkened and stained, else..... More

Mexico: En la Imprenta del Ciudadano Alejandro Valdés, 1826. Wraps. 8vo. 72pp. (Later?) marbled paper wrappers, manuscript title on the upper wrapper.  Some soiling of the upper corners of the last three pages, else this is a very good copy. Important discourse on Papal authority, and how episcopal authority..... More

New-York: R. Shugg, nd., ca. 1880. Wraps. 5½ by 6½ inches. 24 pages. Each set shows an illustration in silhouette on the right with the text facing. Cock Robin is followed by 'Robin and Richard', 'Jack Sprat' and 'See, Saw Margery Daw'. Each of the three subsequent rhymes are one..... More

London: Printed for Thos. Dring, 1670. Hardcover. 'The second Edition very much enlarged.' (xxx), 574pp. Small 8vo. Contemporary full polished calf; spine in 5 compartments. Hinges expertly and nearly invisibly mended; light wear at spine tips and at corners, else a very good copy. With contemporary marginalia on the rear..... More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1928. First Asbury edition. Hardcover. 8vo. li,(3),169,(1)pp. Yellow cloth printed in Aquatone by the Edward Stern Co. Top edge stained green. Illustrated. Index.  This is the first cocktail recipe book published in the United States, first appearing in 1862. The 1928 edition is the..... More