Morocco: Its People and Places

By: De Amicis, Edmondo; Rollin-Tilton, C.

Price: $35.00  $28.00

Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons: 1882

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 2150497

Condition: Good

First edition. A bit musty, ink name & date partially crossed out on front flyleaf. 1882 Hard Cover. v, 374, [2] pp. 8vo. A 19th century overview of Morocco and its citizens, with illustrations throughout text. View more info

Historical Sketches of Europe, Illustrating Important Events and Characteristic Traits of Celebrated Persons, Accompanied, Each of Them, by One of Professor Nep. Geiger's Original Pen Drawings

By: De Buelow, Jos.; Geiger, Nep.

Price: $25.00  $20.00

Publisher: Jos. de Buelow: 1860

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 2034867

Condition: Fair

Front hinge loose, first couple gatherings beginning to loosen, majority of spine cloth lost, boards rubbed & lightly soiled. 1860 Large Hardcover. 96 pp. 4to. Includes 48 full-page engraved plates from original ink drawings by Professor Nep. Geiger, together with historical sketches of Europe from 70-1826 A.D., compiled and edited by Jos. de Buelow. View more info

History of the Indians of Connecticut from the Earliest Known Period to 1850.

By: De Forest, John W.

Price: $145.00  $116.00

Publisher: Wm. Jas. Hamersley: 1851

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 2003607

Condition: Good

First edition. Map and woodcuts present. Spine cloth split at rear joint, backstrip loose - easily repaired. Boards rubbed, scattered light foxing. Goodspeed catalog number in pencil on front endpaper. 1851 Hard Cover. xxvi, 509 pp. 8vo. Original brown cloth, gilt titles, blind-stamped borders. Includes very detailed table of contents and index, with six appendices following text. Sabin 19292. Howes D216: Best account of these tribes. View more info

The Memoirs of Baron de Marbot, Late Lieutenant-General in the French Army, in Two Volumes

By: de Marbot, Marcellin; Butler, Arthur John

Price: $125.00  $100.00

Publisher: Longmans, Green, and Co.: 1892

Seller ID: 2284889

Condition: Very Good

First edition (not to be confused with early reissues, some of which were abridged). Publisher's presentation copy, with their blind stamp on each title page. Frontispieces a bit foxed, owner bookplate of Harry Sutherland on front endpaper of each volume. 1892 Hard Cover. viii, [2], 452, 24; 472 pp. 8vo. Includes three fold-out maps, portraits and maps in text. Translated from the French by Arthur John Butler. A biography of the French lieutenant-general who fought with ... View more info

The Odd Number: Thirteen Tales

By: De Maupassant, Guy; Sturges, Jonathan; James, Henry

Price: $30.00  $24.00

Publisher: Harper & Brothers: 1889

Seller ID: 2260315

Condition: Near Fine

1908 printing, despite 1889 date on copyright (jacket advertises several works first published in 1908). Near fine in good jacket. A few tears and some loss along jacket corners, jacket toned, jacket flap corners trimmed. xvii, 226 pp. 8vo. A collection of short stories by the French author of the naturalist school. This edition is translated into English by Jonathan Sturges, with an introduction by Henry James. Includes: Happiness; A Coward; The Wolf; The Necklace; The ... View more info

Ethan Allen and the Green-Mountain Heroes of '76., with a Sketch of the Early History of Vermont.

By: De Puy, Henry W.

Price: $75.00  $60.00

Publisher: Phinney & Co.: 1853

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 2283789

Condition: Very Good

First edition (Sabin 19651; Howes D-265). Map, frontispiece, and view of Ticonderoga all included. Front matter foxed, a few other pages faintly foxed, corners a bit rubbed. 1853 Hard Cover. xvii, [18]-428 pp. 8vo. Brown blind-stamped cloth, gilt titles and decorations on spine. Ethan Allen was a co-founder of the state of Vermont, the leader of the Green Mountain Boys militia organization, and an American Revolutionary War hero best known for capturing Fort Ticonderoga ... View more info

Klosterheim; or, The Masque.

By: De Quincey, Thomas; Mackenzie, Shelton (Preface)

Price: $25.00  $20.00

Publisher: Whittemore, Niles, and Hall: 1855

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 1980700

Condition: Good

First edition. Spine & edges faded, front board stained, boards rubbed, pages heavily toned, ink name on title page. 1855 Hard Cover. xxiv, 258 pp. 8vo. Original purple blind-stamped cloth, gilt titles. A novel by the author of Confessions of an English Opium-Eater, the famous autobiographical account of laudanum addiction. View more info

Voyage de Deux Artistes en Italie

By: De Spinola, M.H.

Price: $125.00  $100.00

Publisher: Chez Barbou, Imprimeur-Libraire: 1838

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 2199178

Condition: Near Fine

First edition. Nicely rebound in beige cloth with gilt titles and new endpapers. Owner bookplate on front endpaper. 1838 Hard Cover. 283 pp. 12mo. French text. Engraved frontispiece, one engraved plate in text. A 19th century Italian travelogue which includes descriptions of Milan, Turin, Alexandrie, Monza, Pavie, Asti, Genes, Pise, Livourne, Sienne, Florence, Modene, Reggio, Ferrare, Mantone, Peschiera, Verone, Venise, Ancone, Laurette, Rome, and Naples. View more info

Transactions of the Medical Society of the State of New York, for the Year 1866.

By: Dean, Henry W.; Steel, James E.; Squibb, Edward R.; Boulware, J.R.; McKay, Lawrence; Williams, Peter O.; Rogers, Stephen; Noyes, Henry D.; March, Alden; Gray, John P.; Taylor, Isaac E.; Peaslee, E.R.; Parker, Edward H.; Buck, Gurdon; Gilfillan, William;

Price: $75.00  $60.00

Publisher: Van Benthuysen & Sons' Steam Printing House.: 1867

Seller ID: 2275128

Condition: Very Good

Lightly foxed throughout, edges a bit rubbed. 1867 Hard Cover. v, [3], 420 pp. 8vo. A collection of medical papers by various authors, with discussions of: embalming; materia medica; carbonaceous lungs; wound of heart; gingival margin as a diagnostic sign; obstetrical statistics; report of a case of gunshot wound of the liver; fibrinous bronchial casts; ophthalmic surgery; biliary calculus; general paresis, or incomplete progressive paralysis; recto-vaginal and recto-lab... View more info

The History of the Devil; Containing His Original; A State of His Circumstances; His Conduct, Public and Private; The Various Turns of His Affairs from Adam Down to This Present Time; The Various Methods He Takes to Converse with Mankind; with the Manner of His Making Witches, Wizards, and Conjurers; and How They Sell Their Souls to Him, Etc. Etc.; the Whole Interspersed with Many of the Devil's Adventures. to which is added A Description of the Devil's Dwelling, Called Hell.

By: Defoe, [Daniel]

Price: $350.00  $280.00

Publisher: C.D. Strong: 1851

Edition: Sixth Edition

Seller ID: 2280586

Condition: Good

Sixth edition. Spine toned, boards soiled and rubbed, endpapers and a couple text pages foxed, minor loss from frontispiece tissue guard, pencil name on front endpaper (Charles Brigand?). 1851 Hard Cover. vii, [2], 10-296 pp. 12mo. Includes engraved frontispiece entitled The Devil at Home. A Presbyterian view of the Devil, whom Defoe believed was a participant in world history. Originally published in 1726 as The Political History of the Devil. Defoe criticizes Milton's ... View more info

A Manual of Physical Diagnosis

By: Delafield, Francis; Stillman, Charles F.

Price: $225.00  $180.00

Publisher: William Wood: 1878

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 2203739

Condition: Good

First edition. Both illustrations included. Front hinge weakening, pencil name and ink owner stamp on front endpapers, ink owner stamp on preface page. 1878 Large Hardcover. 30 pp. A medical guide which, according to the preface, is intended for the use of those who have to teach and to learn the art of physical diagnosis... The drawings have been prepared by Dr. Stillman, and are original... The object of the entire work is to furnish a sort of skeleton, to which each o... View more info

Lincoln Recevant les Indiens Comanches [Lincoln Receives the Comanche Indians]

By: Delanney, Ferd.

Price: $200.00  $160.00

Publisher: Ch. Chardon: 1863

Seller ID: 2205080

Condition: Very Good

Matted for framing, taped to board at corners. Appears trimmed at lower edge. Image is free of stains, tears, and foxing, and the paper has not toned. 1863 Single Sheet. A hand-colored lithograph by Ferd. Delanney, measuring 6 5/8 x 4 3/4, on a 10 5/16 x 6 3/4 sheet (possibly trimmed). Printed in 1863 in Paris, it depicts President Lincoln in the East Room of the White House, receiving several Comanche chieftains. The Native Americans are highlighted with bold, bright co... View more info

Demosthenes with English Notes, Part I. -- De Corona [On the Crown]

By: Demosthenes; Holmes, Arthur

Price: $10.00  $8.00

Publisher: John Allyn, Publisher: 1872

Seller ID: 2199449

Condition: Good

Free endpapers removed, pencil notes in text. 1872 Hard Cover. xxviii, 195 pp. Greek text with English notes. The most famous judicial oration by the ancient Greek statesmen and orator, originally delivered in 330 B.C. View more info

Rothmell, By the Author of 'That Husband of Mine'

By: Denison, Mary Andrews

Price: $35.00  $28.00

Publisher: Lee & Shepard: 1878

Seller ID: 1535530

Condition: Good

Boards lightly soiled. 1878 Hard Cover. 371 pp. Mary Andrews Denison's first publications were short sketches printed in the Boston Olive Branch where her husband, a Baptist minister and active abolitionist, was assistant editor. In 1847 Denison published her first novel, Edna Etheril, the Boston Seamstress. This potboiler began her prolific career as author of pulp fiction and dime novels. Denison published over 80 novels during her lifetime. Many of them do not deserve... View more info

A Month in Russia during the Marriage of the Czarevitch.

By: Dicey, Edward

Price: $250.00  $200.00

Publisher: Macmillan and Co.: 1867

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 2285903

Condition: Near Fine

First edition. Spine a bit faded, corners lightly rubbed. Binding tight, interior clean and bright. 1867 Half-Leather. viii, 248 pp. 8vo. Maroon leather spine and corners over coral cloth boards, black morocco spine labels, gilt titles and rules, gilt designs in spine compartments. A firsthand account of the marriage of Emperor Alexander III to Grand Duchess Maria Federovna (a Danish princess, and sister of Queen Alexandra of Great Britain). Mounted photographs of both o... View more info

Dombey and Son; Old Curiosity Shop; Hard Times (The Works of Charles Dickens, Library Edition, Volume 3)

By: Dickens, Charles

Price: $15.00  $12.00

Publisher: D. Appleton and Company: 1868

Seller ID: 2200081

Condition: Good

1 inch tear and minor loss from spine head. 1868 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 356; 221; 202, 10 pp. 8vo. Volume 3 of a 6-volume set. Includes: Dombey and Son; Old Curiosity Shop; Hard Times. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Charles John Huffam Dickens (7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was the most popular English novelist of the Victorian era, and he remains popular, responsible for some of English literature's most iconic characters. Many of his novels, wi... View more info

The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club; Barnaby Rudge; Sketches by Boz (The Works of Charles Dickens, Library Edition, Volume 1)

By: Dickens, Charles

Price: $15.00  $12.00

Publisher: D. Appleton and Company: 1868

Seller ID: 2200083

Condition: Very Good

Minor loss from spine head, front hinge just starting. 1868 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 326; 257; 194, 12 pp. 8vo. Includes three complete novels: The Pickwick Papers, Barnaby Rudge & Sketches by Boz. Vol. 1 of a 6-volume set. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Charles John Huffam Dickens (7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was the most popular English novelist of the Victorian era, and he remains popular, responsible for some of English literature's most icon... View more info

Our Mutual Friend; Little Dorrit; Reprinted Pieces (The Works of Charles Dickens, Library Edition, Volume 4)

By: Dickens, Charles

Price: $15.00  $12.00

Publisher: D. Appleton & Co.: 1868

Seller ID: 2200084

Condition: Good

Bottom corner lightly stained. 1868 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 340; 343; 112, 6 pp. 8vo. Volume 4 of a 6-volume set. Includes: Our Mutual Friend; Little Dorrit; Reprinted Pieces. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Charles John Huffam Dickens (7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was the most popular English novelist of the Victorian era, and he remains popular, responsible for some of English literature's most iconic characters. Many of his novels, with their r... View more info

Little Dorrit

By: Dickens, Charles

Price: $125.00  $100.00

Publisher: Bradbury & Evans: 1857

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 2271960

Condition: Fair

First edition (three-line errata on p. xiv, William for Frederick on p. 317). Sold as is, an ideal copy for restoration to your specifications. Text block separated from cover, most of spine label lost, boards rubbed. Pencil name on front flyleaf. 1857 Half-Leather. We have more books available by this author!. 625, [3] pp. 8vo. Half-leather, marbled boards. Illustrations by Hablot Knight Browne (Phiz). Amy Dorrit’s father is not very good with money. She was born in t... View more info

Nineteenth Annual Report of the Board of Commissioners of Public Charities of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for 1888; Also the Report of the General Agent and Secretary Statistics, and The Report of the Committee on Lunacy. (Official Document, No. 12.)

By: Dickinson, Mahlon H.; Biddle, Cadwalader

Price: $150.00  $120.00

Publisher: Office of Eastern Executive Committee: 1888

Seller ID: 2159936

Condition: Good

Boards rubbed, rear hinge beginning to loosen, ink initials and pencil gift note on front endpaper ('M.F. Kooser, Presented by The Hon. J.L. Pugh'). 1888 Hard Cover. cxlv, 226 pp. 8vo. An early source of statistical information related to jails and penitentiaries, insane asylums, miners' hospitals, immigration, almshouses, and other institutions related to rehabilitation or special needs (e.g., The Pennsylvania Institution for the Instruction of the Blind). View more info

The Dog. by Dinks, Mayhew, and Hutchinson, Compiled, Arranged, Edited, and Illustrated by Frank Forester - Complete and Revised Edition.; The Sportsman's Vade Mecum. Containing Full Instructions in All That Relates to the Breeding, Rearing, Breaking, Kennelling, and Conditioning of Dogs. together with Numerous Valuable Recipes for the Treatment of the Various Diseases to which the Canine Race is Subject. as also a Few Remarks on Guns, Their Loading and Carriage, Designed Expressly for the Use of Young Sportsmen.; Dogs, and Their Management; Being a New Plan for Treating the Animal, Based upon a Consideration of His Natural Temperament; Dog Breaking: The Most Expeditious, Easy, and Certain Method. Whether Great Excellence or Only Mediocrity Be Required.

By: Dinks; Mayhew, Edward; Hutchinson, W.N.; Forester, Frank

Price: $75.00  $60.00

Publisher: Geo. E. Woodward.: 1873

Seller ID: 2201092

Condition: Near Fine

Spine faded, ink name on front endpaper. 1873 Hard Cover. vi, 663 pp. Three classic guides to the care of dogs as pets or as sporting companions, collected in one volume with new illustrations by Frank Forester. BAL 8158. View more info

Gilbert's Treasure

By: Dodd, Mead & Co.

Price: $15.00  $12.00

Publisher: Dodd, Mead & Co.: 1880

Seller ID: 1524701

Condition: Very Good

No jacket - pictorial cover. Front board chipped with figure missing face, boards rubbed, minor foxing to a few pages. 1880 Small Hard Cover. 96 pp. 6 x 4. Numerous illustrations. The story of an idle, lazy boy named Gilbert & his adventures & lessons. View more info

St. Nicholas: Scribner's Illustrated Magazine for Girls and Boys, Volume III, November 1875, to November, 1876. (Nos. 1-12) [Two Louisa May Alcott First Appearances]

By: Dodge, Mary Mapes; Alcott, Louisa May; Jewett, Sarah Orne; et al

Price: $60.00  $48.00

Publisher: Scribner & Co.: 1876

Seller ID: 2195570

Condition: Good

Boards rubbed. 1876 Hard Cover. viii, 808 pp. This volume, despite stating it includes November 1875 - November 1876 on the title page, includes the November 1875 issue through the October 1876 issue (all issues 1-12 present, so this is clearly just an issue of semantics). Leather spine & corners, gilt titles & rules, marbled boards. Stories, poetry, and illustrations by various contributors, including: Amy Lovell; Frank R. Stockton; J.T. Trowbridge; Sarah Orne Jewett; S... View more info

The Annual Register, or A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for the Year 1781

By: Dodsley, J.

Price: $50.00  $40.00

Publisher: J. Dodsley, Pall-Mall / T. Davison, Lombard-Street, Fleet-Street: 1800

Seller ID: 2200981

Condition: Fair

Formerly the property of Lenox Library (bookplate dated Feb. 1874 on front paste-down). Most of spine leather lost, title remains. Boards rubbed, page ridges lightly foxed, text unmarked and binding remains sound. 1800 Hard Cover. 339; 207. 8 1/2 x 5 3/8. 8vo. Original quarter-leather, marbled boards. Paginated in two separate sections, chapters include History of Europe; Chronicle; State Papers; Characters; Natural History; Useful Projects; Antiquities; Miscellaneous Es... View more info

Atlantis: The Antediluvian World.

By: Donnelly, Ignatius

Price: $125.00  $100.00

Publisher: Harper & Brothers: 1882

Edition: Reprint

Seller ID: 2288517

Condition: Very Good

1882 24th printing. Rebound in quarter leather with original spine and cloth from boards laid down on new end sheets. x, 490 pp. 8vo. Green leather spine with raised bands, gilt titles, top edge gilt, decorative paper over boards. Numerous illustrations throughout. The great classic of Atlantis, this book more than any other established the existence of this lost continent for the modern world. Attracting hundreds of thousands of readers and stimulating vast debate, it i... View more info

The Mormon Prophet

By: Dougall, Lily

Price: $75.00  $60.00

Publisher: D. Appleton and Company: 1899

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 2283765

Condition: Good

First edition. Hinges repaired, stain along rear joint, first few pages lightly smudged. 1899 Hard Cover. x, 427, [13] pp. 8vo. A critical assessment of Mormonism by a Canadian evangelical Presbyterian and feminist. View more info

From Hand to Mouth.

By: Douglas, Amanda M. [Minnie]

Price: $50.00  $40.00

Publisher: Boston: Lee and Shepard, Publishers.: 1877

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 2155405

Condition: Very Good

Front free endpaper removed. 1877 Hard Cover. 332, [3] pp. 8vo. A novel by the American author of novels for adult and juvenile readers. View more info

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (A Study in Scarlet; The Sign of the Four; The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes; The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes)

By: Doyle, A. [Arthur] Conan

Price: $125.00  $100.00

Publisher: Harper & Brothers: 1892

Edition: Reprint

Seller ID: 2151656

Condition: Good

Second state, with p. 65 typo corrected. A bit musty, tears along spine, spine toned, base lightly stained, hinges loosening. 1892 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 307, [4] pp. 8vo. Includes twelve adventures featuring the inimitable detective Sherlock Holmes. Frontispiece, 15 plates in text. Comprising: A Study in Scarlet; The Sign of the Four; The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes; The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. View more info

The Parasite

By: Doyle, A. [Arthur] Conan

Price: $75.00  $60.00

Publisher: New York: Harper & Brothers: 1894

Edition: Reprint

Seller ID: 2173931

Condition: Near Fine

1895 printing. A few minor spots to two board corners. 1894 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 143, [8] pp. 8vo. A novella with occult themes by the author of the Sherlock Holmes mystery stories. Includes illustrations by Howard Pyle. View more info

Songs of Action: First Edition

By: Doyle, Arthur Conan

Price: $75.00  $60.00

Publisher: Smith, Elder, & Co.: 1898

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 2201032

Condition: Good

First edition. Light stain along front edge and rear inside edge. 1898 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. viii, 136 pp. Original blue cloth, gold banner on front cover, gilt titles. A collection of story poems by the author of the popular Sherlock Holmes detective series. CONTENTS: The Song of the Bow; Cremona; The Storming Party; The Frontier Line; Corporal Dick's Promotion; A Forgotten Tale; Pennarby Mine; A Rover Chanty; A Ballad of the Ranks; A... View more info