Philadelphia: At No. 118 Chesnut St and No. 8 Franklin Place, 1844. Stated second edition. 12mo (20cm). In brown cloth, blindstamped, and titled in gilt on spine; yellow coated endpapers; [i]-vi [7] 8-282, [5]pp; ad for Adams' "Printers' Furnishing Warehouse" at rear; illustrated with in-text wood engravings, including several pictures..... More

London: W. Dickenson in Witch Street, 1733. First Edition. Folio. 32.5cm. Disbound, with slight residual crust of old calf to spine region. 18pp. Some old ink spots to title page, which effectively comprises the front wrap, strong and durable, toning to the extremities of both outer wraps and a little..... More

Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1991. Octavo (24cm). Black cloth, in orange dust jacket; xviii,295,[3]pp. Straight and clean, lightly pushed at head and tail: Near Fine. Jacket lightly rubbed at edges, short tear at head: Very Good. More

Edinburgh: Ballantyne, Hanson & Co., 1909. First Edition. Octavo (23cm). Publisher's green cloth gilt; dustjacket; top edge gilt; x,190pp; frontispiece and nine unnumbered leaves of halftone plates; two folded facsimiles; text illus. Offsetting and slight foxing to prelims and back-matter, else a tight, clean, Very Good or better copy in..... More

New York: HarperCollins, 2003. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (23.5cm); black and brown paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; xx,444pp. Base of spine bumped, light wear to crown, with some faint foxing to upper edge of textblock; ownership signature of noted zoologist and marine biologist James..... More

London: F.C. and J. Rivington, 1817. First Edition. Two octavo volumes. 19th-century polished calf; spines in six compartments with gilt ornaments; viii,435;380pp. With manuscript key to identities laid in to each volume (see note). Some rubbing to joints (external), but holding strong, and overall and attractive, Very Good set in..... More

Buffalo, NY: State University of New York, University Libraries, 1983. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (26.25cm); navy blue cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; xvi,398,[8]pp. This copy from the library of noted poet, translator, and anthropologist Nathaniel Tarn (1928-2024), inscribed to him by the author on the..... More

New York: D. Appleton-Century Company, 1933. First printing of this edition. Octavo. Green cloth, gilt ttles; pictorial endpapers; 290pp; illus. Tight, clean and square; Near Fine, lacking the dustwrapper. This copy amusingly inscribed on verso of front free endpaper: "As a testament of ability to sell Good Books in Nashua..... More

Guelph: The Library [of] University of Guelph, 1970. First Edition. Quarto (27.75cm.); original orange printed spiral-bound wrappers; [6],41 typescript leaves. Top edge of upper wrapper a bit toned, else Near Fine. Bibliography Series no. 1. More

London: Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly, 1786. Third Edition, Revised and Corrected. Octavo. 21.5cm. Bound in a rather spectacular 20th century mossy green, ripple patterned vellum, with a red leather and gilt title label. [xv];[1]; 442pp.;[1] ads. Some sunning to spine panel, very light wear to extremities, clean, tight, and..... More

New York: Columbia University Press, 1912. Octavo (23.5cm). Red cloth titled in silver, stamped in blind on front; [xii],144,[4]pp; 3pp of publisher's ads at rear. Sound and clean, with mild rubbing and fading to spine: Very Good. More

Cape Town: University of Cape Town Libraries, 1969. Third Impression. Octavo (22.25cm.); original green printed staplebound wrappers; [6],iv,32pp.; printed from typescript. Minor dust-soil, else Fine. Submitted in "partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Higher Certificate in Librarianship." First published in 1952. More

[Sacramento, CA]: Trans Tech Management Press, [1981]. First Edition. Wrapper issue. Quarto (27.5cm.); publisher's yellow photo-illustrated card wrappers; [12],178pp.; text printed from typescript. Light shelf wear, else Near Fine. Review copy with slip and letter addressed to Robert Allen of the "Black Scholar," signed by publisher Max-Henri Cadet, laid in..... More