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Harper & Brothers: NY, 1841. First Edition. Hardcover. Good minus. Sold as an uncommon edition despite the difficult condition of the cover. Quarto, 10 1/8" tall, viii + 1423 pages, marbled fore-edges, gilt title on leather spine label, full calf. Internally very good, binding tight paper lightly yellowed with light scatter foxing throughout, BUT the leather of both… Read more about this item

Doubleday & Compan: NY, 1972. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good /Very good minus. Octavo, 8 1/2" tall, 145 pages, gilt spine titles on blue cloth. A very good, generally clean, sturdy hard cover first edition with minor shelf wear, binding tight, paper cream white but light foxing to the top fore-edge. In a very good minus, moderately worn… Read more about this item

United States Census Office: Washington, 1903. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Without dust jacket, if issued. A terrific reference volume in problematic condition. Quarto, 12" tall, 91 + 206 plate pages, many with color printed on one side only, silver titles on blue cloth. A good, generally clean, original hardcover edition with moderate shelf wear and rubbing at the corners,… Read more about this item

Chicago, Illinois: Laird & Lee, 1889. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Fair. 32mo, 5" tall, 440 pages, bound with wire side-stitch; black titles flexible decorative red cloth. A fair copy over all, shelf wear and rubbing to the cloth, cover creased, gilt chipping at the top fore-edge; hinges and binding solid, paper yellowed, rear ad pages loose.

New Haven, Connecticut: Bronson, Walter ; New Haven, 1806. Early printing. Disbound. Fair. A scarce original edition sold despite its condition as a historical reference copy. 16mo, 6 3/4" tall, 294 pages (the essential content without original covers), spine covered by leather of uncertain origin and attached to a thin piece of wood which may have been part… Read more about this item

London, England: T. Davison and T. Gillet for R. Phillips, 1800. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair. An Universal Biographical and Historical Dictionary; containing a faithful account of the lives, actions, and characters of the most eminent persons of all ages and all countries; also the revolutions of the states and the successions of sovereign princes, ancient and modern, collected… Read more about this item

Burlington, New Jersey: D. Allison & Co, 1813. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair. This copy is really in poor condition but apparently complete and still useful as a reference to the language of the time. The author was not a scholar and took his information from other sources, primarily British. Small quarto, 10 1/4" tall, xiv + 85 +… Read more about this item

Paris, France: Chez Mmme Ve Lepetit, Paris, 1818. Third Edition. Vellum. Very Good. Text in French. Apparently issued in paper covers and afterward bound in vellum. Single volume. Octavo, 8" tall, xviii, 556 pages, bound with original green printed wraps, period vellum. A very good, clean, sturdy volume with minor shelf wear, light scattered foxing, primarily in the… Read more about this item