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: Intenational Publishers, 1948. First Edition. Octavo. 21.5cm. Publisher's royal blue cloth titled in red to spine. 245pp. Slightly shaken in its binding, bumped and scufed to spine ends and corners, with some light surface wear and soiling to the boards, the most notable defect is a small, shallow..... 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

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

[New Haven? 1867?]. First Thus. Scarce handbill issued within the first two years of the founding of the Association, this version of the Constitution listing XII clauses, chiefly "to aid the development of Social Science, and to guide the public mind to the best practical means of promoting the Amendment..... More

Providence, New York, & Stonington, CT: 1842-3. Quarto and small folio, totaling 40 pages (not including address panels), all very legible with the exception of the last, most with typed transcriptions, and all in very good to fine condition. A collection of 14 letters dating from 6 April 1842 to..... 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

New York: Macmillan, 1904. First Edition. Octavo. 21cm. Publisher's green ribbed cloth, titled and decorated in gilt, light blue and white to the spine and front board, with an onlaid photograph to the centre of the front board. [xv]; 362pp.; [4] ads. Minor bumping and scuffing to the corners and..... More

Richmond, VA: J.L. Hill Printing Company, 1903. First Edition. Octavo. 24cm. Publisher's pebble grain cloth titled in gilt to spine and front board. 921pp. A trifle bumped to spine ends, hinges strong, tight and solid, the bookcloth used is a sort of unusual black crepe texture, and in a couple..... More

N.p. (Kilbourn, Wisconsin?): [ca 1901]. Oblong octavo (6-1/2" x 9"). Bound album of 17 mounted silver-gelatin photographs, most 5" x 7" (two smaller) on heavy pasteboard mounts. Captioned (but one); unsigned; apparently the work of a talented amateur or possibly a professional photographer (see note below). Binding worn, with losses..... More

New-Haven: Oliver Steele, 1816. First Edition. Collection of articles written in response to the pamphlet "The Bishop's Fund and Phoenix Bonus," regarding a grant given to Yale College by the state of Connecticut and the question of whether a similar grant should also be given to the Episcopalian Seabury College..... More

Boston: Whipple & Damrell, 1837. Stated First Edition. Small Octavo. 15cm. Stab bound, with no evidence of ever having been in wraps or a binding. 144pp. The title page and last leaf form the covers for this volume, so there is some light soiling and spotting to both leaves, with..... More

Philadelphia: William Smith, [1844]. A poignant image, depicting the first casualty of the 1844 Philadelphia Anti-Catholic riots, which roiled the city in both May and July of that year leaving dozens dead and hundreds wounded. As was the case in many other large cities on the Eastern seaboard, Anti-Catholic sentiment..... More