New Arrivals
Poetica Erotica; A Collection of Rare and Curious Amatory Verse
New York: Boni & Liveright, 1921. Limited edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. (9! x 6 1/2") Vellum back over blue boards.Gilt lettering to spines. Three volume set. This work is limited to 1550 sets of which this is stamped copy #471. Volume one is in original glassine dust jacket. A fine..... More
Red Man's Religion; Beliefs and Practices of the Indians North of Mexico
Chicago & London: The University of Chicago Press, 1974. Third Impression. Paperback. 22.5 x 15 cm. Octavo. 301pp. Signed by the author on the title page. Two creases to the cover. Fading to spine. Internally clean. Binding is tight. More
Norway in the Forties.
Norway, Maine: Twin Town Graphics, no date [circa 1986?]. First thus. Hardcover. 23.5 x 15 cm. Octavo. xxv 733pp. Bound in blue cloth, no dust jacket. Work relates to Norway, Maine in the United States. Originally published in a series of articles in the Norway Advertiser from 22 October 1866..... More
The Summa Theologica of St. Thomas Aquinas First Complete American Edition in Three volumes.
New York: Benziger Brothers, Inc., 1947 and 1948. First Edition thus. Hardcover. Three volume set bound in navy blue buckram with gilt lettering and emblams in dust jackets. 26 x 18.5 cm. Small quartos. Translated literally by the Fathers of the English Dominican Province. There are a few scattered pen..... More
The Clerical Profession; In the Long Eighteenth Century, 1680-1840
Oxford University Press, 2007. First edition. Hardcover. 24 x 16 cm. Octavo. 357pp. Black boards in dust jacket. Small bump to bottom of boards. More
Yorick's Congregation; The Church of England at the Time of Laurence Sterne
Newark: University of Delaware Press, 2007. First edition. Hardcover. 24 x 16 cm. Octavo. 291pp. Black boards in dust jacket. Tail and corner of boards bumped. Light wrinkling to the jacket. More
John Henry Newman: A Biography.
Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2009. First Printing of this reissue. Hardcover. 24 x 16 cm. Thick octavo. 772pp. Black boards in dust jacket. Originally published in 1988, this is the first printing of the reissue done in 2009. Light shelf wear to the jacket. More
Suspicious Moderate; The Life and Writings of Francis a Sancta Clara (1598-1680)
Notre Dame, Indiana: University of Notre Dame Press, 2017. Hardcover. 23.5 x 16 cm. Octavo. Glossy boards, no jacket. Light shelf wear. More
Pale Fire.
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1962. First Edition First Impression. Hardcover. 22 x 14.5 cm. Octavo. 315pp. Black cloth in dust jacket. States First Impression on copyright page and front flap of jacket. Tail of spine is bumped. The red color to the top foredge is faded. Jacket shows..... More
The History of Norway Maine.
New England History Press, 1986. reprint. Large octavo. 718pp. A reprinting of the 1886 edition on the occasion of the town's Bicentennial Year. More
When Hitler Took Austria: A Memoir of Heroic Faith by the Chancellor's Son.
San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2012. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 329pp. A very nice copy in an equally nice dust jacket. More
An Apologicall Reply Rotterdam 1636.
New Jersey: Walter J.Johnson, Inc, 1976. facsimile edition. Hardcover. Octavo. Red cloth. 326pp. The English Experience Number 792. (It's Record in Early Printed Books Published in facsimile. More
Catechism of the Council of Trent.
Baronius Press, 2020. Full Leather. Octavo. Tan leather with gilt design and lettering to cover and spine. 608pp. This edition is is definitive translation of the Catechism of the Council of Trent from the original Latin. More
The Fairfax Correspondence: Memoirs of the Reign of Charles the First and Memorials of the Civil War 4 volume set.
London: Richard Bentley, 1848, 1849. Full Leather. Consists of two, two volume sets of Fairfax Correspondences that have been uniformly bound in tan leather with red spine labels. 22.5 x 14 cm. Octavo.405pg, 427pg, 403pg, 416pg. Volumes 1 and 2 are Memoirs of the Reign of Charles the First by..... More
History of European Morals from Augustus to Charlemagne in two volumes.
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1869. First edition. Full Leather. Two volume set. 22 x 14 cm. Octavo. xviii 498pg, x 423pg. Bound in full brown leather with 5 raised bands to spine and green spine labels. Marble endpapers Some scuffing to the leather, and rubbing to the joints. Some..... More
History of the Rise and Influence of the Spirit of Rationalism in Europe in two volumes Second Edition.
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1865. Second Edition. Full Leather. Two volume set. 22 x 13.5 cm. Octavo. xxx 447pg xi 449pg. Bound in full tan leather, green spine labels and 5 raised bands to spines. Previous owner's bookplate on front fixed endpaper of each volume. Sun toning to the..... More
Ranald MacDonald; The Narrative of his early life on the Columbia under the Hudson's Bay Company's regime; of his experiences in the Pacific Whale Fishery; and of his great Adventure to Japan; with a sketch of his later life on the Western Frontier 1824-1894
Spokane, Washington: The Eastern Washington State Historical Society by The Inland-American Printing Company, 1923. Hardcover. 24.5 x 16 cm. Octavo. 333pg (3). Bound in burgundy boards. Limited to 1000 copies, this being copy number 194. A few pages show some discoloration from where newspaper clippings lay. Ex-library copy with a...... More
History of the Rise and Influence of the Spirit of Rationalism in Europe in two volumes Third Edition.
London: Longmans, Green, and co, 1866. Third Edition. 3/4 leather. Two volume set. 22 x 14 cm. Octavo.xxx 447pg xi 449pg. Bound in 3/4 brown leather and green boards. Marble endpapers. Rubbing to the corners and some sun fading to the spines. Previous owne'rs name on 2nd endpaper volume 1..... More
My Day and Generation.
Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1908. First edition. 3/4 leather. 24 x 15 cm. Octavo. 452pg. With 63 illustrations. This copy has been rebound into 3/4 brown leather with marble boards and endpapers. Gilt and black spine embellishments with 3 raised bands. Rubbing to the corners. Some fading to..... More
The American Indians, their history, Condition and Prospects from Original Notes and Manuscripts; Together with an appendix, containing thrilling narratives, daring exploits, etc. etc.
Buffalo: George H. Derby and Co., 1851. New Revised Edition. 3/4 leather. 23 x 15 cm. Octavo. 495pp. Bound in contemporary 3/4 red leather with marble boards and endpapers. 5 raised bands to spine. Frontispiece illustration of King Hendrick. Front gutter is cracked. Rubbing to the joints and corners, wear..... More
On the State of Society in France Before the Revolution of 1789 and on the Causes Which Led to that Event.
London: John Murray, 1873. Second Edition. 3/4 Leather. 22.5 x 14.5 cm. Octavo. 416pg. Bound in 3/4 green leather with marble boards and endpapers. Brown and red leather spine labels. Translated by Henry Reeve. Half-title page is detached, but present. Fading to the spine and edges of the leather. Scuffing..... More
Memoirs of the Life and Reign of King George the Third in three volumes.
London: Tinsley Brothers, 1867. First edition. Hardcover. Three volume set. 22 x 14.5 cm. Octavo. x 601pg x 562pg ix 616pg. Bound in full brown leather with blue and red spine labels. Marble foredges and endpapers. Some scuffing to the spine labels. Some light rubbing to the joints. Indentation to..... More
The Shipe of the Line Volume I: The Development of the Battlefleet 1650-1850 and Volume II: Design, Construction and Fittings.
Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1983. Hardcover. Two volume set. 30 x 25 cm. Quarto. 224pg and 189pg. There is some yellowing to the jackets and page edges. Extensively illustrated. More
A Modern Herculaneum; Story of the New Richmond Tornado
New Richmond, Wisconsin: Pioneer Press, 1900. Hardcover. 20 x 14 cm. Octavo. Bound in green cloth. 333pp. Complete with 20 plates of photographs. One of the plates has some tearing to the top of it, not reaching the images. Wear to the boards. More