Boston: Alfred Mudge & Son, 1857. First Edition. Prospectus for a Society in Boston that the author proposed would supplement the foundations of the Smithsonian Institute and the diffusion of human knowledge. Contents include introductory remarks and four essays, all signed "Franklin" at the end, generally drawing on classical and..... More

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1873. First Edition. Slim octavo (23cm.); publisher's blue card wrappers printed within heavy funereal rule; 47pp. Tiny chip at spine foot, extremities a bit toned and dust-soiled, else Very Good and sound. Address delivered by the Boston politician and diplomat on the life and..... More

Savannah, GA: 1895. Printed self wrappers, 24cm x 16cm; [8]pp. Printed on newsprint. Wear to extremities (without loss); old dampstain affecting first two leaves; Good and sound. An apparently unrecorded trade monthly for drummers, bill-posters, and handbill distributors. A charmingly rustic piece of 19th-century Americana; the writing, layout, and printing..... More

Watertown [NY]: Ingall's & Stowell's Steam Press, 1852. First Edition. First printing. 12mo (20cm). Publisher's embossed brown cloth gilt; 288pp. Slight external wear, with some roughness to cloth at spine crown; final two pages faintly printed; pronounced foxing to endpapers but text generally tight, fresh, and clean; a Very Good..... More

Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1901. Octavo (23cm). Rebound in later black library buckram; L,[2],12442pp. Binder's ticket to front pastedown. Rebound but sturdy and clean: Very Good. Index volume only. [62301]. More

Washington DC: 1903. First Edition. First printing. Elephant folio (46cm). Original black cloth, titled in gilt on front; plain endpapers; [4]pp; 22 color maps, numbered 26-47. Straight, sound, and unfaded, cloth rubbed and scuffed with biopredation to edges, but internally largely clean with occasional smudges: around Very Good. Government reproductions..... More

Fort Worth: Amon Carter Museum of Western Art, 1982. First Edition. First printing. Maroon cloth hardcover; dustjacket; x,480pp; illus. Tight, square, Near Fine copy in crisp, clean dustwrapper with a single short tear at upper front panel, still Near Fine. Catalog for a 1982 exhibition of Miller's works. Includes Catalogue..... More

New York: A.O. Moore, 1859. Third edition, enlarged and revised. Octavo; publisher's grey-green cloth, titled in gilt on spine; pale yellow coated endpapers; 330pp + 6pp ads; frontispiece, 2 inserted leaves of plates; text illus. Cloth abraded along upper edge of front board; generally rubbed and dulled externally but still..... More

Worcester: William Manning, [1814]. First Edition. Octavo (23cm). Blue paper wrappers, stab-sewn; 12pp. Spine perished, losses to corners of covers, minor browning and foxing, but complete: Very Good. This copy bound without the laws of the society called for on the title page. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 32920. SABIN 1052. More

Georgetown [Washington, D.C.]: William Cooper and Joseph Milligan, 1812. First American Edition. 12mo. Contemporary full sheep; xx,[1]-130pp; frontispiece + 5 leaves of plates. A complete but somewhat worn copy, with typical darkening to text leaves; a few brief marginal chips (including a small loss to frontispiece, costing a couple of..... More

Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1975. First Edition. First printing. Octavo. Cloth hardcover; dustjacket; 303pp. Fine, unmarked copy in crisp, unworn dustwrapper; a new-appearing copy. More

New-York: Samuel Wood & Sons, n.d. but 1816 or 1817? 12mo (18cm.); publisher's sheep-backed printed boards; [2],viii,[9]-238pp. Boards rather rubbed with chipping at spine foot, leather quite dry and flaked, small loss to front free endpaper and substantial loss to rear free endpaper, contemporary ownership inscription, soiling throughout textblock. Good..... More

New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1973. First American Edition. Octavo. 26cm. Publisher's black cloth titled in gilt to spine. Dustjacket. [xiv]; 620pp. Very light wear, mostly confined to some minor bumping at the spine ends, strong and tight; internally cleand and fresh, bookplate to front pastedown, illustrated throughout; in..... More