The Lost Word: A Christmas Legend of Long Ago

By: Van Dyke, Henry

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons: 1898

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 2283606

Condition: Near Fine

First edition. Spine and edges slightly faded, very faint discoloration to portion of front board. 1898 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 71, [5] pp. 8vo. Amy Richards trade binding with her initials incorporated. Original green cloth, gilt titles & decorations, top edge gilt. Frontispiece and plates by Corwin K. Tinson. A Christmas legend by the author known for his religiously themed fiction. View more info

Ptomains, Leucomains, Toxins and Antitoxins: or The Chemical Factors in the Causation of Disease.

By: Vaughan, Victor C.; Novy, Frederick G.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Lea Brothers & Co.: 1896

Edition: Third Edition

Seller ID: 2036386

Condition: Good

Third edition, revised and enlarged. Stain on top corner, ink name stamp on front endpapers. 1896 Hard Cover. xii, 604, 16 pp. 8vo. A study of poisons and chemicals attributed as causes of disease. Bibliography and index follow text. Garrison-Morton 712. View more info

Memoirs of the Court of Prussia. from the German of Dr. Edward Vehse (Nelson's Modern Library)

By: Vehse, Edward [Karl Eduard]; Demmler, Franz C.F.

Price: $75.00

Publisher: T. Nelson and Sons: 1854

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 2290465

Condition: Very Good

First edition. Spine and edges a bit toned, front and end matter faintly foxed, frontispiece and title page very dark along edges, owner bookplate and dealer plate on front endpaper. 1854 Hard Cover. xvi, [17]-532 pp. 8vo. A history of Prussia from the reign of Frederick William I through the reign of Frederick William III, translated from the German of historian and archivist Karl Eduard Vehse. View more info

Hector Servadac. [Off on a Comet]

By: Verne, Jules; Frewer, Ellen E.

Price: $600.00

Publisher: Scribner, Armstrong & Co.: 1878

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 2291995

Condition: Good

First American edition. Tear along spine head, corners rubbed with some loss, hinges weak, one gathering sprung but holding. 1878 Hard Cover. x, [4], 370, [4] pp. 8vo. Original green cloth, gilt & black titles, gilt decorations including images of planets and hot air balloon. Translated from Verne's original French by Ellen E. Frewer, with 96 engraved illustrations. One of Verne's lesser-known works, Hector Servadac (also titled Off on a Comet in some translations) tells the story of a group of people living on a piece of land that has broken away from Earth after the comet Gallia collides wit... View more info

Yankee Girls in Zulu Land

By: Vescelius-Sheldon, Louise

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Worthington Co.: 1888

Edition: 3rd Printing

Seller ID: 2201265

Condition: Very Good

3rd printing. Formerly loose gathering now repaired, faint pencil name on front flyleaf, very faint water stains and 1 x 3/4 inch bookseller sticker inside rear board. 1888 Hard Cover. 287 pp. A presentation of one woman's experience in Africa, with a strong focus on incorporating racial tensions. View more info

Annals of a Fortress [Translated from the French Histoire d'une Forteresse]

By: Viollet-le-Duc, E.; Bucknall, Benjamin

Price: $75.00

Publisher: James R. Osgood and Company: 1876

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 2266236

Condition: Very Good

First American edition. Rear endpaper split along hinge but binding not at all loose. Pencil name and date (Aug 9 1888) on front endpaper. 1876 Hard Cover. xv, 390 pp. 8vo. Original green cloth, gilt castle illustration on front board. A work on military fortifications in the context of France, with mentions of various sieges, the evolution of fortress construction, and the town of La Roche-Pont as fortified by Errard de Bar-le-Duc and M. Vauban. Viollet-le-Duc was no stranger to battle, and a brilliant architect in his own right - he was hired to design the internal structure of the Statue of... View more info

Alexandra Feodorowna, Empress of Russia, in Two Volumes [Feodorovna]

By: von Grimm, A. Th. [August Theodor]; Lady Wallace

Price: $250.00

Publisher: Edmonston and Douglas: 1870

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 2283852

Condition: Good

First edition. Hinges repaired by previous owner, edges and front and end matter foxed, bottom corner of front free endpaper of each volume clipped. 1870 Hard Cover. Complete in two volumes. xv, [1], 325, [3]; viii, 424 pp. 8vo. A biography of Alexandra Feodorowna (Charlotte of Prussia), the wife of Tsar Nicholas II. The work was written by a teacher to the Romanovs, who worked first for Alexander II, then for Nicholas I. It was originally published in Leipzig just six years after the empress's death, and translated into English for this edition by Lady Wallace. Frontispiece in each volume. View more info

Vortrage und Reden von Hermann von Helmholtz: Zugleich Dritte Auflage der 'Popularen Wissenschaftlichen Vortrage' des Verfassers. Erster und Zweiter Band.

By: von Helmholtz, Hermann

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Freidrich Vieweg und Sohn.: 1884

Seller ID: 1999482

Condition: Very Good

Boards a bit rubbed & soiled, lightly foxed on a few pages. 1884 Half-Leather. xi, 396; ix, 380 pp. Two volumes in one. 8vo. Maroon morocco spine & corners over light red cloth boards, gilt titles, green endpapers. A collection of Hermann von Helmholtz's lectures and speeches. von Helmholtz was a German physician, and an important figure in ophthalmology specifically, and the physiology of perception in general. He also made contributions to advancements in the sciences of mechanics and electromagnetism, and the largest association of research institutions in Germany bears his name (the Helmho... View more info

The Illustrated History of All Nations, From the Creation of the World to the Present Time

By: Von Muller, John

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Bradley, Dayton, and Company: 1861

Seller ID: 2205521

Condition: Very Good

Professional rebacked with new corners, includes numerous engravings. Edges rubbed, pages faintly foxed with a few light stains, ink stamp. 1861 Large Hardcover. xxviii, 1366 pp. CONTENTS: Introduction; Book I. From the origin of the human race to the age of the Trojan War; Book II. From the first rise of republican governments to the time of Solon; Book III. Sources of the Grecian History; Book IV. Revolutions in Greece from the age of Solon to the conquests of the Romans in Asia; Book V. Sources of Roman History; Book VI. The republic of Rome; Book VII. The Roman Empire under the Caesars as ... View more info

A Compendium of Astronomy; Intended to Simplify and Illustrated the Principles of the Science, and Give a Concise View of the Motions and Aspects of the Great Heavenly Luminaries; Adapted to the Use of Common Schools, as well as Higher Seminaries. (Stereotype Edition)

By: Vose, John

Price: $60.00

Publisher: Carter, Hendee & Co.: 1834

Edition: Reissue

Seller ID: 2130413

Condition: Fair

Light stain to bottom half of boards & pages (does not affect legibility), edges rubbed with 1 inch chip from spine head, front free endpaper removed, lightly foxed throughout. 1834 Hard Cover. viii, 184 pp. 12mo. Leather spine, printed paper over boards. Eight fold-out plates follow text, depicting various aspects of the solar system (planets, the moon, patterns of orbit, stars, constellations, etc.). A guide to basic astronomy for the use of students. Includes an introductory sketch of the history of ancient astronomy, a glossary of astronomical terms, and chapters on: the solar system; caus... View more info

The Annual Register, or A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for the Year 1791

By: W. Otridge and Son

Price: $50.00

Publisher: W. Otridge and Son; R. Faulder; J. Cuthell; Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe; J. Nunn; R. Lea; Lackington, Allen, and Co.; E. Jeffery: 1810

Seller ID: 2200982

Condition: Fair

Most of spine leather absent. Formerly the property of Lenox Library (bookplate dated Feb. 1874 on front paste-down). Front board detached, cover wear, page ridges lightly foxed, text unmarked and binding remains sound. 1810 Hard Cover. 216; 238; 199. 8 1/2 x 5 3/8. 8vo. Original quarter-leather, marbled boards. Paginated in three separate sections, topics include History of Europe; Chronicle; State Papers; Characters; Natural History; Useful Projects; Antiquities; Miscellaneous Essays; Poetry; Account of Books for 1791. Includes an early mention of the medical uses of electricity; a treatise ... View more info

Concord in the Colonial Period: Being a History of the Town of Concord, Massachusetts, from the Earliest Settlement to the Overthrow of the Andros Government, 1635-1689

By: Walcott, Charles H. [Hosmer]

Price: $500.00

Publisher: Estes and Lauriat: 1884

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 2297488

Condition: Near Fine

First edition. Map included. Minor wear to corners, ink date stamp on front endpaper (Nov 11 1892). 1884 Hard Cover. xiv, 172 pp. 8vo. Two-page map produced specially for this work precedes text, depicting colonial Concord (not including the new grant), complete with markings for highways, abandoned highways, bridle roads, town lines, and meeting houses. A well-researched account of the earliest years of Concord, Massachusetts, by a Harvard graduate who practiced law in Concord. View more info

The Tour of James Monroe, President of the United States, through the Northern and Eastern States, in 1817; His Tour in the Year 1818; together with A Sketch of His Life; with Descriptive and Historical Notices of the Principal Places through which He Passed.

By: Waldo, S. [Samuel] Putnam

Price: $175.00

Publisher: Silas Andrus: 1820

Edition: Second Edition

Seller ID: 2289774

Condition: Good

Second edition. Edges rubbed, leather drying, lightly foxed throughout, ink name and date on front endpaper. 1820 Full-Leather. xii, [13]-348 pp. 12mo. Frontispiece of James Monroe. Howes W-29. Sabin 101012. A biographical sketch of the fifth president of the United States, with an account of his election, inauguration, inaugural speech, and journeys in Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine, Vermont, and Ohio. Historical details about various locales, and transcriptions of some of Monroe's correspondence, are also included. View more info

The Tour of James Monroe, President of the United States, through the Northern and Eastern States, in 1817; His Tour in the Year 1818; together with A Sketch of His Life; with Descriptive and Historical Notices of the Principal Places through which He Passed.

By: Waldo, S. [Samuel] Putnam

Price: $150.00

Publisher: Silas Andrus: 1820

Edition: Second Edition

Seller ID: 2289775

Condition: Good

Second edition. Boards rubbed, top corner stained, foxed throughout. 1820 Full-Leather. xii, [13]-348 pp. 12mo. Frontispiece of James Monroe. Howes W-29. Sabin 101012. A biographical sketch of the fifth president of the United States, with an account of his election, inauguration, inaugural speech, and journeys in Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine, Vermont, and Ohio. Historical details about various locales, and transcriptions of some of Monroe's correspondence, are also included. View more info

Pathology, Founded on the Natural System of Anatomy and Physiology; A Philosophical Sketch, in which the Natural Classification of Diseases, and the Distinction between Morbid and Curative Symptoms, Afforded by Pain or its Absence, Are Pointed Out; as well as the Errors of Homoeopathy and Other Hypotheses. [Homeopathy]

By: Walker, Alexander

Price: $135.00

Publisher: J. & H.G. Langley: 1842

Seller ID: 2009227

Condition: Near Fine

Former copy of the Union Philosophical Society of Dickinson College, with their bookplate on front endpaper and sticker on spine. The bookplate lists two donors for this copy: J.W. Barrett of Berwick, and A.S. Hank. Small dealer bookplate (J. Pancoast) also on front endpaper. Lightly foxed. 1842 Hard Cover. xviii, 186, 24 pp. 12mo, bound in sixes. A work attempting to sketch the outlines of a natural system of Pathology. This appears to be the first trade edition, and the second edition overall: according to the advertisement preceding the text, Its First Edition was printed in the month of Se... View more info

The Complete Angler, or the Contemplative Man's Recreation

By: Walton, Izaak; Cotton, Charles; Lowell, James Russell

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Little, Brown, and Company: 1889

Edition: Reissue

Seller ID: 2172099

Condition: Near Fine

1898 printing. Spine & board edges faded, ink name & date on front endpaper. 1889 Hard Cover. lxxvi, 465 pp. 8vo. 'First published in 1653, Izaak Walton's The Compleat Angler celebrates the art and spirit of fishing in prose and verse. Walton infused his work with anecdotes and commentaries on catching and preparing everything from carp to trout, chub to pike. The Compleat Angler is as fresh and relevant today as it was two and a half centuries ago. The Compleat Angler continues to be must reading for every new generation of fishermen (and fisher women!) who have ever picked up a pole, line an... View more info

The Compleat Angler; or, The Contemplative Man's Recreation: Being a Discourse of Fish and Fishing Not Unworthy the Perusal of Most Anglers

By: Walton, Izaak; Lang, Andrew

Price: $125.00

Publisher: J.M. Dent and Company, at Aldine House: 1896

Edition: First Thus

Seller ID: 2291116

Condition: Very Good

First thus. 1/4 inch tear to spine head, owner bookplate on front endpaper. 1896 Hard Cover. lviii, [2], 319, [1] pp. 8vo. Original dark olive cloth, gilt titles and elaborate gilt decorations, top edge gilt. Includes all 21 original chapters by Isaak Walton, a new introduction and notes by Andrew Lang, and illustrations by Edmund Joseph Sullivan. The Compleat Angler was first published in 1653, but Walton continued to add to it for a quarter of a century. It is a celebration of the art and spirit of fishing in prose and verse; 6 verses were quoted from John Dennys's 1613 work Secrets of Angli... View more info

Harper's New Monthly Magazine (No. 562, March 1897)

By: Warner, Charles Dudley; Hutton, Laurence, et al

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Harper & Brothers: 1897

Seller ID: 2200983

Condition: Good

Wrappers rubbed. 1897 Magazine. 28, [3], [498]-654, [2], 1-4, 29-96 pp. Printed wrappers. CONTENTS: Love And Death (illustration) - Howard Pyle; Love and Death (poem) - Howard Pyle; The Awakening of a Nation, Part II - Charles F. Lummis; Separ's Vigilante: A Story - Owen Wister; Astronomical Progress of the Century - Henry Smith Williams; Perdita: A Story - Hildegarde Hawthorne; The Unreturning: A Poem - Margaret E. Sangster; Mrs. Henry G. Marquand - E.A. Alexander; La Gommeuse: A Story - Charles Belmont Davis; Preparedness for Naval War - Captain A.T. Mahan; The Martian: A Novel, Part IV - Ge... View more info

Physical Education and the Preservation of Health.

By: Warren, John C.

Price: $35.00

Publisher: William D. Ticknor & Company: 1846

Edition: Second Edition

Seller ID: 2012651

Condition: Very Good

Rebound in new wrappers with new endpapers. Author and title with date in pencil on front wrapper. 1846 Soft Cover. iv, 90 pp. 12mo, bound in sixes. Plain buff wrappers, sewn binding. Hoolihan 3714.1: Warren's earlier essay on the subject, with the addition of eight sections on digestion, exercise, sleep, bathing, tobacco use, etc. Hoolihan states, in reference to the original edition: The Lecture is an early publication of Warren's August 1830 address to the Americana Institute of Instruction on the education of adolescent females as it relates to their physical as well as intellectual develo... View more info

The Justice's Manual: Or, A Summary of the Powers and Duties of Justices of the Peace, In the State of New-York; Containing a Variety of Practical Forms, Adapted to Cases Civil and Criminal

By: Waterman, Thomas G.

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Websters and Skinners: 1829

Edition: Second Edition

Seller ID: 2199444

Condition: Good

Second edition. Boards rubbed, a few tears to spine head & foot, pages lightly foxed. 1829 Full-Leather. 294 pp. An early 19th century work of judicial law, focusing on the statutes applicable within New York State. CONTENTS: Part I - Of the powers and duties of Justices of the Peace, under the provisions of title 4, of Chapter 2, of part 3 of the Revised Statutes, entitled, of Courts held by Justices of the Peace; Part II - Of the powers and duties of Justices of the Peace, under various statutes; Part III - Of the powers and duties of Justices of the Peace, in relation to proceedings in crim... View more info

A True Relation Concerning the Estate of New-England as it was Presented to His Matie.

By: Waters, Henry F.; Banks, Charles E.

Price: $40.00

Publisher: David Clapp & Son: 1886

Edition: Reissue

Seller ID: 2008085

Condition: Very Good

Lightly toned. 1886 Stapled Binding. 15, [1] pp. Stapled binding, pink wrappers, black stamped titles. A transcription from three copies of a manuscript written about 1634, found in the British Museum. Transcribed by Henry F. Waters, A.M., with notes by Charles E. Banks, M.D. Reprinted from the New-England Historical and Genealogical Register for January, 1886. View more info

The Yankee Tea-Party; or, Boston in 1773. (The Young American's Library.)

By: Watson, Henry C.

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Lindsay and Blakiston: 1851

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 2293117

Condition: Very Good

First edition. Not in Sabin or Howes. Spine a bit faded, lightly foxed throughout. 1851 Hard Cover. xii, 13-192 pp. 12mo. Woodcut frontispiece and illustrations. A history of various events leading up to or directly connected with the fight for American independence. Includes: Introduction; The Lebanon Club; The Skirmish at Lexington; The Fight at Concord; The Fifer's Story; Arnold's Expedition; Expedition against Ticonderoga; Putnam's Escape; The Battle of Bennington; Capture of General Sullivan; Patriotism of Mrs. Borden; Escape of Captain Plunkett; Treason of Rugsdale; Cruelty of Tarlton; L... View more info

Public Health Papers and Reports Volume XX [20], Presented at the Twenty-Second Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Montreal, Canada, September 25-28, 1894, together with Other Papers and an Abstract of the Records and Proceedings - Quarterly Series, Volume I [1]

By: Watson, Irving A.

Price: $125.00

Publisher: Republican Press Association: 1895

Seller ID: 2161038

Condition: Very Good

Front hinge starting. 1895 Hard Cover. iv, 843 pp. A collection of several dozen papers by various authors, including works on diphtheria, tuberculosis, yellow fever, etc. Index follows text. View more info

The Improvement of the Mind. with Corrections, Questions and Supplement.

By: Watts, Isaac; Emerson, Joseph

Price: $50.00

Publisher: James Loring: 1833

Seller ID: 2262520

Condition: Good

Revised stereotype edition. Spine faded and dried with some loss from paper label, boards rubbed, pages foxed throughout, loss from a couple pages along margin, does not result in any loss of text. 1833 Small Hard Cover. xv, [1], 234 pp. 12mo. Leather spine with paper label, paper over boards stamped with black titles and decorations. A collection of writings on the function of the mind, the importance of knowledge and memory, the value of observation, reading, conversation, study, education, and instruction, with mentions of the Socratic method of disputation, meditation, fixing the attention... View more info

The Elements of Political Economy

By: Wayland, Francis

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Gould & Lincoln: 1858

Edition: Reprint

Seller ID: 2203545

Condition: Good

1858 reprint of the work originally printed in 1837. Edges rubbed with minimal loss along rear edge of spine, front free endpaper removed, minor ink note on rear endpaper. xii, 406, [26] pp. 8vo. A 19th century work of economics discussing production, capital, labor, the use of tools and technology to increase efficiency, commercial legislation, bartering and trade, currency (both coins and paper), banks, wages, interest rates, land ownership and rent, consumption, taxation, and civil government.  KEYWORDS: ECONOMICS ECONOMY ECONOMIES SOCIETY BUSINESS COMMERCE MACROECONOMICS MICROECONOMICS MO... View more info

Sixes and Sevens

By: Weatherly, F.E. [Weatherley]

Price: $40.00

Publisher: E.P. Dutton & Co.:

Seller ID: 2201411

Condition: Good

No date, circa 1880. One gathering loose, edges rubbed. 64 pp. Chromolithographs throughout. Original paper over boards with cloth spine. A collection of children's verse accompanied by beautiful color illustrations by Jane M. Dealy. View more info

The Great Orations and Senatorial Speech of Daniel Webster, Comprising Eulogy on Adams and Jefferson; First Settlement of New England; Bunker Hill Monument; Reply to Hayne.

By: Webster, Daniel

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Wilbur M. Hayward: 1853

Seller ID: 2184297

Condition: Good

Wrappers toned, loss along spine edges, top corner lightly stained, a few pages lightly foxed. 1853 Soft Cover. 111, [1] pp. Printed wrappers, sewn binding. A collection of speeches by the senator, influential statesman, and key leader of the Whig Party. View more info

The Life of Benjamin Franklin; with Many Choice Anecdotes and Admirable Sayings of This Great Man, Never Before Published by Any of His Biographers. [Weems's Franklin]

By: Weems, M.L. [Mason Locke]

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Uriah Hunt & Son: 1829

Edition: Reissue

Seller ID: 2293120

Condition: Fair

Reissue of Sabin 102488, Howes W-219. Front joint split, hinges weakening. 1829 Full-Leather. 239, [1], 10 pp. 12mo. Full leather, black morocco spine label, gilt titles and rules. Engraved frontispiece and illustrations. View more info

The Discoveries of America to the Year 1525

By: Weise, Arthur James

Price: $20.00

Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons: 1883

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 2084323

Condition: Good

First edition. Boards rubbed with some loss from spine head & foot, spine a bit stained. One fold-out map still included in pocket inside rear board, other two missing. 1883 Hard Cover. xii, 380 pp. 8vo. An account of early American exploration by the Spanish, Portuguese, French, and English. Includes fold-out maps and nine maps in text. View more info

The Gentle Art of Making Enemies, As Pleasingly Exemplified in Many Instances, Wherein the Serious Ones of This Earth, Carefully Exasperated, Have Been Prettily Spurred on to Unseemliness and Indiscretion, While Overcome by an Undue Sense of Right

By: Whistler, J. McNeill

Price: $50.00

Publisher: John W. Lovell Co.: 1890

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 2199446

Condition: Good

First authorized American edition. Front hinge loosening, boards rubbed. Affixed to the front blanks are newspaper clippings of a review of a later edition of the work, a biographical article about Whistler, and a brief article about the discovery of some of his early work. 1890 Hard Cover. 292 pp. 8vo. Light brown cloth spine, dark brown paper over boards, gilt titles. A publication detailing the legal action Whistler took against critic John Ruskin for disparaging marks made in a review. Whistler sought 1,000 pounds damages; he was awarded one farthing. This work was pirated several times in... View more info