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Item #239541 Manuel de Malacologie et de Conchyliologie. H. M. Ducrotay de Blainville

In Boards, with American Medical Provenance

Manuel de Malacologie et de Conchyliologie.

Paris: 1825-1827. First edition. In Boards, with American Medical Provenance. This zoological manual of mollusks and conches (though de Blainville's definition was vague) contains impresive engraved plates by Prêtre and Turpin, the best French natural history artists of the period. The author, Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville (1777-1850), studied art..... Read More about Manuel de Malacologie et de Conchyliologie

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Item #306702 Bibliophobia. Remarks on the Present Languid and Depressed State of Literature and...

Large paper presentation copy with ALS

Bibliophobia. Remarks on the Present Languid and Depressed State of Literature and the Book Trade. In a Letter addressed to...

London: Henry Bohn, 1832. One of 100 Large Paper Copies. Large paper presentation copy with ALS. A large paper presentation copy, inscribed: "John Rawlinson Esq. / From Mercurius Rusticus." With an amusing ALS of Dibdin presenting the book to Rawlinson laid in: "May 22/32. My Dear Sir Finding that I...... Read More about Bibliophobia. Remarks on the Present Languid and Depressed State of Literature and the Book...

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Item #12989 Remarks on the Review of Inchiquin’s Letters, Published in the Quarterly Review;...

Remarks on the Review of Inchiquin’s Letters, Published in the Quarterly Review; Addressed to the Right Honourable George Canning, Esquire...

Boston: Published by Samuel T. Armstrong, 1815. Timothy Dwight (1752-1817), theologian and author, is best remembered for his presidency of Yale College from 1795 to 1817. Because of his absolute interest in and devotion to the school, Dwight was admired by students and faculty alike during his twenty-two year tenure..... Read More about Remarks on the Review of Inchiquin’s Letters, Published in the Quarterly Review; Addressed to...

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Item #323897 Memoirs Illustrative of the Life and Writings of John Evelyn, Esq....

First edition of Evelyn's Diary in Boards

Memoirs Illustrative of the Life and Writings of John Evelyn, Esq. F.R.S....Comprising His Diary, from the Year 1641 to 1705-6...to...

London: Printed for Henry Colburn, 1818. First edition, with half-title. First edition of Evelyn's Diary in Boards. A man whose interests ranged from numismatics to gardening--he was the author of the aboriculture classic Sylva, 1664)--, Evelyn (1620-1706) was educated at Balliol, Oxford, held a number of offices under Charles II..... Read More about Memoirs Illustrative of the Life and Writings of John Evelyn, Esq. F.R.S....Comprising His Diary,...

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Item #316367 Description des Expériences de la Machine aérostatique de MM. de Montgolfier et de...

The first standard work of an aerostation, UNCUT

Description des Expériences de la Machine aérostatique de MM. de Montgolfier et de celles auxquelles cette découverte a donné lieu...

Paris: Chez Cuchet, rue & hôtel Serpente, 1783. First edition. The first standard work of an aerostation, UNCUT. Barthélemy Faujas de Saint-Fond (1741-1819), was a very successful lawyer whose interest in natural history led him to become a geologist. He developed his own theory of volcanoes in the massive folio..... Read More about Description des Expériences de la Machine aérostatique de MM. de Montgolfier et de celles...

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Item #267243 An Introduction to Electricity. In six sections. I. Of Electricity in general. II. A...

IN ORIGINAL BOARDS

An Introduction to Electricity. In six sections. I. Of Electricity in general. II. A Description of the Electrical Machine. III...

London: Printed for W. Strahan, and T. Cadell, (successor to Mr. Millar,) in the Strand, 1770. First Edition. IN ORIGINAL BOARDS. Experiments illustrating phenomena in electrostatics. The work closes with a chapter on the medical uses of electricity. "This is one of the best early treatises on electricity." Wheeler Gift..... Read More about An Introduction to Electricity. In six sections. I. Of Electricity in general. II. A Description...

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Item #23669 The Baviad, and Maeviad. To which is Prefixed a Poetical Epistle to the Author by an...

IN ORIGINAL BOARDS

The Baviad, and Maeviad. To which is Prefixed a Poetical Epistle to the Author by an American Gentleman [Cobbett]. A....

London-Printed–Philadelphia: Re-printed for William Cobbett, 1799. First American edition. First published in London in 1795. IN ORIGINAL BOARDS. Gifford's notable satires against the Della-Cruscans. The “Poetical Epistle” is dated Philadelphia and signed “C,” mostly likely Cobbett. Read More about The Baviad, and Maeviad. To which is Prefixed a Poetical Epistle to the Author by an American...

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Item #326760 Deloraine. William Godwin

IN PUBLISHER'S BOARDS

Deloraine.

London: Richard Bentley, 1833. First edition, half-titles in Vols. II & II. IN PUBLISHER'S BOARDS. Godwin's last novel, written at the age of of 77; he died three years later, in 1836. Read More about Deloraine

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Item #256784 Histoire des Poissons, contenant la description Anatomique de leurs parties externes...

Uncut and Unpressed

Histoire des Poissons, contenant la description Anatomique de leurs parties externes & internes, & le caractere des divers genres ranges...

Strasbourg: Amand König [Imprimerie de Jonas Lorenz], 1770. First edition. Uncut and Unpressed. Gouan (1733-1821) was Professor of Medicine at Montpelier and one of the first naturalists in France to follow the Linnean system. Here, in the first section, he treats the anatomy of fish; the second section consists of..... Read More about Histoire des Poissons, contenant la description Anatomique de leurs parties externes &...

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Item #10103 The Old Arm-Chair; or, Recollections of a Bachelor. A Tale. “Vy Sexagenarius”....

Inscribed, in Original Boards

The Old Arm-Chair; or, Recollections of a Bachelor. A Tale. “Vy Sexagenarius”.

London: Printed by Henry Fisher at the Caxton Press, 1824. First Edition. Inscribed, in Original Boards. Inscribed on the flyleaf: “With the Author’s affectionate regards, April 6, 1824.” Desirable copy of this curious ‘tale’ in the form of essays, by John Holland (1794-1872) of Sheffield, miscellaneous writer and journalist. Block..... Read More about The Old Arm-Chair; or, Recollections of a Bachelor. A Tale. “Vy Sexagenarius”

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Item #53228 The Angler's Manual; or, Concise Lessons of Experience, which the proficient in the...

The Angler's Manual; or, Concise Lessons of Experience, which the proficient in the delightful recreation of angling will not despise...

Liverpool: Printed by G.F. Harris for Samuel Bagster, Strand, London, 1808. First edition. Westwood & Satchell's comment, "The etchings good, the text trivial" is not unjustified--the text is more general than useful--but it would be hard for any writing to upstage Howitt's charming images. This book, rebound, brought a high..... Read More about The Angler's Manual; or, Concise Lessons of Experience, which the proficient in the delightful...

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Item #305527 Astoria, or Anecdotes of an Enterprise Beyond the Rocky Mountains. Washington Irving

Astoria, or Anecdotes of an Enterprise Beyond the Rocky Mountains.

London: Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street, 1836. First British edition, issued shortly after the American edition. This is the most uncommon binding for this book which, when in the original state, is usually seen in cloth backed boards.  There is a half title in the first volume, but none is..... Read More about Astoria, or Anecdotes of an Enterprise Beyond the Rocky Mountains

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Item #305728 Endymion: A Poetic Romance. John Keats

Endymion: A Poetic Romance.

London: for Taylor and Hessey, 1818. First edition, second issue with imprint on verso of half-title reading "T. Miller, Printer, Noble Street, Cheapside." and with errata leaf in two states. First edition, second issue, a superb copy in original boards of the second of only three lifetime publications by Keats..... Read More about Endymion: A Poetic Romance

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Item #239132 Elia. Essays which have appeared under that signature in the London Magazine. Second...

IN BOARDS

Elia. Essays which have appeared under that signature in the London Magazine. Second Series.

Philadelphia: Carey, Lea and Carey, 1828. First edition. The American precedes the English issue of the Second Series. IN BOARDS. This is an unauthorized edition. The true "Second Series" was not published in England until 1833 under the title of "The Last Essays of Elia." The editor of this present..... Read More about Elia. Essays which have appeared under that signature in the London Magazine. Second Series

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Item #227397 British Field Sports; embracing practical instructions in shooting, hunting,...

In Original Boards

British Field Sports; embracing practical instructions in shooting, hunting, coursing, racing, cocking, fishing, &c. With observations on the breaking and...

London: Printed for Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, 1820. Second edition (i.e., first book edition; first published in 1818). In Original Boards. Contains the charmingly illustrated verses by "An Old Sportsman" entitled "A Sportsman's Progress", which, according to Schwerdt, are "generally missing " and without which "the work is incomplete." Rare..... Read More about British Field Sports; embracing practical instructions in shooting, hunting, coursing, racing,...

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