London: T. Nelson and Sons, 1853. First printing. Hardcover. 8vo. [5], iv-vi, [1], 2-409, [2], 16 (pages of publisher's advertisements), [2] pp. Orange blindstamped cloth neatly rebacked with later orange cloth, original spine laid down; front board and spine lettered in gilt. This volume also has later endpapers and pastedowns..... More
Washington D.C. Various, ca. 1925 - 1950. Pamphlet. Six brochures, each a pictorial folded sheet (folded into three sections). Brochures for the rates of the rooms of The Maury Hotel [ca. 1925], Hotel Grafton [ca. 1937-1941], Senate Hotel [ca. 1935], The Martinique Hotel [ca. 1939], The Lafayette Hotel [ca. 1950]..... More
Salem, MA: The Essex Institute, 1924; 1924; 1925; 1930. First edition thus. Hardcover. 4vol. 8vo. 173 pp.; 168 pp.; 164 pp.; 175 pp. Includes all four series: A History of the Pepper Trade with the Island of Sumatra; A History of the "George", "Glide", "Taria Topan", and "St. Paul", in trade..... More
Cambridge, Massachusetts: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1968. First edition thus. Hardcover. 8vo. [7], xi-lxii, [2], 3-370 pp. Brown cloth with gold lettering on the spine. Price of $7.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Edited with a new introduction by Frederick Merk. Journal originally entitled..... More
n.p. West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company, 1966. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [2], 5-207, [3] pp. Quarter green cloth over grey paper boards with green lettering on the front board and gold lettering on the spine. Housed in a white slipcase printed in green. Illustrated with full-page reproductions of engravings..... More
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1865. First edition. Hardcover. Small 8vo. 252 pp.; 1 - (publishers catalogue dated December 1864). Bound in brown cloth with gilt lettering and decorations on the spine, coated brown endpapers and pastedowns. BAL 20115, binding C (sequence not determined). A nice copy of this collection of..... More