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Burlington, N.J: David Allinson, Lexicon Press, 1815. Read More about An Abridgement of Decisions, of the Supreme Court of New-Jersey, on certiorari to Courts for the...
Price: $100
Philadelphia: [1801]. America Looks to the Future: An Unusual Early American Perpetual Calendar. The Explanation running arount the outer border of the lower portion of the Calendar details its use: "Intersect the Column of the Month by the circle in which the Year stands & the Day you there find..... Read More about Calendar for the Nineteenth Century
Price: $1,500
Boston: Fleet, 1751. Though defective lacking the preliminary and terminal leaves, the printing of Wigglesworth's Day of Doom is complete. Read More about The day of doom; or, A poetical description of the Great and Last Judgment. : With a short...
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London: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1891. Second Edition. Extra-illustrated with 2pp. of manuscript revisions (likely by C.G. Heathcote), to be used in the stead of the existing text on p. 449, together with two relevant press reviews of earlier editions loosely inserted. There are many minor alterations, almost exclusively to..... Read More about Tennis by J.M. Heathcote ... Lawn Tennis by C.G. Heathcote... Rackets by E.O. P.-Bouverie. Fives...
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London: Printed by J.G., for Rich. Marriott at his Shop in St. Dunstans Church-yard, Fleet-street, 1661. Third edition. The Third Walton. This third edition of Walton’s Compleat Angler is a virtual reprint of the second edition, with an interesting alteration, however, to the final remark of Piscator on p. 255..... Read More about The Compleat Angler, or the Contemplative Man's Recreation ... The third edition much enlarged
Price: $9,000
London: Printed for Richard Marriott, 1676. Fifth edition of Walton’s Compleat Angler. The Last Lifetime Edition. The last edition published in Walton’s lifetime, and the first in which his name appears on the title-page. “In many respects it is the most interesting of the five [lifetime] editions.” (Coigney). It is..... Read More about The Universal Angler, Made so, by Three Books of Fishing. The First Written by Mr. Izaak Walton;...
Price: $12,000
London: Printed by T.M. for Rich. Marriot, 1655. The Second edition much enlarged. Attractive copy of the second edition of Walton’s Angler. Rare: Sir John Hawkins in the Preface to his 1760 edition of the Angler, said “The Second Edition I have never seen.”. Read More about The Compleat Angler or the Contemplative Man's Recreation. being a Discourse of Rivers, and...
Price: $16,000
New York: Vincent Fitz Gerald, 1982. One of 125 copies all on Somerset handmade paper, watermark: "Somerset" / "England"), the first 25 of which were signed by the artist and the translator in pencil. This is number 15 of the 25 deluxe issue. ONE OF 25. The Second Book of..... Read More about 10 Poems...Newly Translated by Michael Feingold
Price: $1,250
London: Printed by T. Maxey for Rich. Marriot, 1653. First edition. A Fine First of Walton’s ‘Angler’. A choice copy of the first edition of Walton’s Compleat Angler, a landmark of mid-seventeenth century English letters and one of the foundation stones of angling literature, with distinguished nineteenth century provenance. James Wilson..... Read More about The Compleat Angler or the Contemplative Man's Recreation
Price: $137,500
Chicago: William C. Hazelton, 1934. First edition. Inscribed by the author on ffep "Compliments of the author William C. Hazelton." and again below "To Ernest from Ned Avery Island La. April 1934." Read More about Supreme Duck Shooting Stories. Premier Narratives from Famous Ducking Waters
Price: $400
Chicago: Published by William C. Hazelton, 1938. First edition. This volumes includes 21 stories of duck shooting, all written by Hazelton, and describing hunts along the Illinois River and elsewhere in Illinois, as well as shoots in Arkansas, Nebraska, and Tennessee. Inscribed "To one Sportsman from another. William C. Hazelton." Read More about Days Among Ducks. Adventures Hunting the Winged Pilgrims of the Air
Price: $450
Charleston, SC: A.E. Miller, [1859]. Antebellum South Carolina almanac, with manuscript annotations listing recipes for various illnessess, but also listings of plantings including pear trees. Read More about Miller’s Planters’ & Merchants’ Almanac, For the Year of our Lord 1860
Price: $300
Providence: Bennett Wheeler, [1786]. Includes an account of Herschel's discovery of Uranus. Read More about The North-American Calendar: Or, the Rhode-Island Almanack For the Year of our Lord Christ, 1787
Price: $200
Providence: John Carter, [1784]. Erroneously attributed by Evans to Benjamin West. The actual calculator appears to be Nathan Daboll. The frequent identity or similarity of the astronomical and horological notes on the calendar pages with those in The New England almanack and gentlemen and ladies diary for 1785 (New London)..... Read More about The New-England Almanack, Or Lady’s and Gentleman’s Diary, For the Year of our Lord Christ...
Price: $300
Newburyport: John Mycall, [1781]. Scarce almanac from the period just following the American Revolution. George, a former student of astronomy at Haverhill issued New England almanacs in various Massachusetts towns between 1776 and 1787. Includes the following maxim: "Books are useful monitors, or dangerous guides: Read to improve your mind..... Read More about An Almanack for the Year of our Lord 1782
Price: $300
Boston: R. and S. Draper [et. al.], [1764]. The compilation of this issue was begun by the elder Nathaniel Ames (1708-1764) and completed by his son Nathaniel. Cf. New England Historical and Genealogical Record, v. 16 (1862), p. 255-257. See also the preface by the younger Ames, whose "Elegy on..... Read More about An Astronomical Diary: Or, Almanack for the Year of our Lord Christ, 1765
Price: $250
Boston: Printed and Sold by R. and S.Draper ; Edes & Gill, and Green & Russell, in Queen-Street; and T. & J. Fleet, at the Heart and Crown in Cornhill. [i.e., Printed by Timothy Green] Sold also by the booksellers, [1763]. The preface by Ames includes a notice lauding the..... Read More about An Astronomical Diary: Or, Almanack for the Year of our Lord Christ, 1764
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New York: 1937-1938. This photographic archive documents the construction of a massive double-barrel sewer line running from the World's Fair grounds, largely in the vicinity of Grand Central Parkway and Roosevelt Avenue. Many of the images are dated in the negative depicting the surveying of the region in June 1937..... Read More about Archive of photographs depicting the construction of the sewer system on the grounds of the...
Price: $3,500
Monte Carlo: Sauret, 1962. First edition. Signed. Signed on ffep "Marc Chagall Vence 1962." Read More about Vitraux pour Jerusalem. Introduction et notes de Jean Leymarie
Price: $2,250
London: Jonathan Cape, [1965]. Uncorrected proof in the uncommon proof jacket. The proof wrapper differs considerably from the published jacket, in that the author and title are printed horizontally along the length of the spine. Within the book itself there are dozens of textual and typographical variations from the published..... Read More about The Man With the Golden Gun
Price: $4,000
![Traité de la Sphere [manuscript in French]. Astronomy, Joseph Sauveur](/pictures/thumb/319568_1.jpg?v=1599153356)
France: [Early 18th Century]. Early 18th Century French Illustrated Manuscript on Astronomy and Cosmography. Joseph Sauveur served as the Examinateur des Ingenieurs de France from 1703 until his death in 1716. The present manuscript is one of several extant similar productions after Sauveur, i.e. including other manuscript copies of the..... Read More about Traité de la Sphere [manuscript in French
Price: $7,500
![Manuscript pattern book of designs for lace]. Lace Making](/pictures/thumb/319565_1.jpg?v=1601404050)
Great Britain: Circa 1820. The present designs likely are for bobbin lace making. From such a pattern book, a design would be tranferred to parchment or card, pin holes were pricked through and ink pattern markings were added. The finished pricking was attached to a pillow using strong pins for..... Read More about Manuscript pattern book of designs for lace
Price: $2,500
London: The Bombay Natural History Society, 1908. First Edition, one of 1200 copies. Read More about The Indian Ducks and Their Allies
Price: $300
Bombay: Bennett, Coleman & Co, 1906. First Edition. Read More about The Royal Tour in India. A Record of the Tour of T. R. H. The Prince and Princess of Wales in...
Price: $200
Medina, N.Y: Maher Bros, 1905. Read More about 1905 Maher Bros Upholstered Furniture
Price: $200