Providence: John Miller, 1824. First Edition. Octavo, 352 pages; G-; Bound in full brown sheep skin with red morocco spine label with gilt lettering; Mild warping to head and tail of spine, three-inch split along bottom of rear joint, moderate bumping and rubbing to corners, slight shelf wear to edges, moderate soiling to boards and spine, and leather peeling from boards; Moderate age toning to text block, moderate uneven age toning to pages throughout, slight uneven foxing o pages throughout, minimal damp staining to front pastedown and ffep, bfep tearing from hinge, and back pastedown tearing from board. Sabin 70564. RWO. More

Hartford: Hudson & Goodwin, 1797. First Edition. Octavo, [4], 516 pages; G; Full contemporary calf, with heavily faded morocco spine label; Boards show moderate wear overall, with light warping to front and back covers; Textblock has moderate uneven age-toning and staining to edges, light age-toning to pages throughout, ffep is loose (but attached), and ink emendations in an early-19th century hand appear on the contents pages; Evans 32820; ESTC W 29386; Trumbull 1351. RWO. More

New York: Scheba Publishing Company, 1937. First Edition. Octavo, 344 pages; G+; fully bound in red cloth, front cover and spine have faded gilt lettering binding has moderate wear, with the top and bottom edges of the spine worn off, has bumping and minor fraying on the fore edge corners, has minimal rubbing on both covers; pages have minor age toning, have minor to severe detachment in several locations, occasionally illustrated; shelved on bookshelves to the left of the copier. More

New York: Stephen Gould, 1810. Presumed First Edition. Octavo, [2], xxxiv, 570 pages; VG-; Rebound in full brown cloth, with gilt lettering to spine; Boards show minor wear to corners and head/tail of spine, with moderate bumping to head of spine; Textblock has moderate damp staining to speckled edges, and moderate age-toning and minor foxing to pages throughout interiorly. RW. More

Edgartown: Dukes County Historical Society, 1966. Octavos, three volumes; G; Dark green cloth spine with gilt lettering; Boards show patches of moderate foxing on front and back cover, discoloration or fading in several places (especially volumes II and III), moderate+ shelfwear overall, light wear to corners, and moderate bumping to head/tails of spines; Binding on volume III is shaken (but fully intact), and spines on all three are slightly cocked; Textblocks show light age-toning to edges, very light shelfwear to bottom edges, and moderate soiling to the fore-edge of volume III; NOTE: Shelved in Room A. More

[Washington, D.C.]: [Blair & Rives], [1844]. First Edition. Octavo, 1075 pages; G+; Half bound in brown calf with marbled paper boards; Gilt titling and ruling to spine; Leather of spine rubbed and worn, with some flaking; Rubbing to edges and corners of boards; Previous owner's name stamped in center of title page, and written and stamped on first page of text; Text block slightly age-toned and somewhat foxed; Lacking two frontispieces found in some copies. RWO. More

Philadelphia: David Hogan, 1809. First Edition. Slim Octavo, [2], iii - iv, pp. 5 - 52; VG; Rebound in brown library binding, with original black leather spine and gilt lettering preserved; Boards have light wear overall, with very slight bowing to boards; Text-block has light foxing and age-toning throughout, and signature of previous owner (“E. Hubbard”) in ink on the title-page.; RW consignment; shelved case 8 1/4. More

Hartford; New York: Hudson and Goodwin; Lincoln and Gleason; Isaac Riley; Peter B. Gleason, 1806 - 1823. First Editions. Octavos, Five Volumes; G-; Full leather bindings (mixed calf and sheepskin), with morocco spine labels (detached on Vols. 4 and 5) and gilt lettering; Boards show moderate plus bumping and wear to corners, moderate to severe wear to edges, cracking to leather along joints, and the front boards of Volumes 2 and 4 detached (but present); Textblocks have moderate age-toning and light soiling to edges, light uneven age-toning and foxing to pages throughout interiorly, and multiple 19th-century ink ownership inscriptions to endpapers and titlepages. RWO-LC. Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates]. More

Providence: Knowles and Vose, 1844. Presumed First Edition. Octavo; viii, 594 pages; VG-; Bound in full brown calf with red leather label to spine; Leather much scuffed with numerous small stains; Joints and hinges starting; Minor chipping at head of spine; Annotations to front free-end page; Text block lightly age-toned and foxed; A few scattered ink annotations; Includes “An Act to Secure and Appropriate the Touro Jewish Synagogue Fund” at pp. 476-477. This act recognized the trust established by Abraham Touro to maintain the structure and grounds of what would become known as Touro Synagogue, one of the oldest synagogues in the United States. More

1787. One page with integral blank, (30.5x19cm), "Commonwealth of Massachusetts," November 4, 1787, appointing "Benjamin Pond . . . Quarter Master of the fifth Regiment, in the first Division of the militia in this Commonwealth comprehending the County of Suffolk." Countersigned by John Avery as secretary of the commonwealth. Docketed on the verso. On the docket is a signed statement from Colonel John Boyd, dated May 4, 1789 in Suffolk that Benjamin Pond appeared and took the Oath of Allegience as Quartermaster. Weakened folds have separated, with detachment has been repaired with non-archival tape along interior of all folds. KW consignment. Shelved case 7. More

New York: E. B. Treat, 1873. First Edition. Octavo, 359 pages; G; full binding of dark green cloth; spine with gilt lettering; moderate shelf wear; shredding at corners of boards; chips missing from head and tail of spine; mild soiling; small holes of cloth at front joint; spine repaired with glue at tail; mylar wrapper glued to covers; ex-library, with usual marks, including stamp to title page, bookplate to front pastedown; previous owners' names at front paste down and free end paper; contains black and white plates; pages clean; EF consignment; shelved on bookshelves to the left of the copier. More

New York; Albany: Isaac Riley; E. F. Backus, 1811 - 1823. Second Edition. Large Octavos, Twenty Volumes; G+; Full calf, with morocco spine labels, gilt lettering, and tooled volume numbers to spines; Boards show moderate wear to bottom edges, light bumping to corners, light chipping to head/tails of spines, and light plus shelfwear overall; More substantial chipping to top and bottom of spine on Volume 9; Significant cracking to leather along joints on volumes 4, 7, and 9; Textblocks show moderate age-toning to edges, light shelfwear to bottom edges, light to moderate uneven age-toning to pages throughout interiorly, occasional creases to pages, and various ownership inscriptions to several volumes; Possibly constructed of mixed editions, but all privately bound as a single set. RWO-LC. [Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates]. More

Burlington: David Allinson, 1815. Octavo, 100, [2] pages; G-; Bound in full brown leather with red spine label and gilt lettering; Severe chipping to head/tail of spine with binding exposed at head, leather on spine moderately worn, label on spine partially rubbed away, front/back joints beginning to split, moderate rubbing and bumping to corners, edges show moderate shelf wear, moderate soiling to leather on front/back boards, leather beginning to peel on back board; Slight age toning to exterior of text block, light + age toning and foxing to pages throughout, damp staining at top of pages from front pastedown to page 25 (does not effect readability of text), previous inscription in ink of front pastedown. RWO. More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1925. First Edition. Octavo, 311 pages; VG/none; bound in publisher's dark blue cloth. gilt lettering faded on spine; mild shelfwear; Signed flat on ffep by Mencken; MA consignment; shelved case 1. More

New York: Little, Brown and Company, 1959. First American Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 243 pages; VG/G; in dark green dust jacket, dark green spine with white titling; mild rubbing and wear, particularly to spine, including chips missing to head and tail of spine, small chips and tears; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, price uncut '$3.95'; Inscribed on the ffep by Joseph Mitchell, "To Rachel MacKenzie / with love / Joe Mitchell / November 11, 1974"; JM consignment;. Case 6. More

Trenton: Isaac Collins, 1784. Presumed First Edition. Folio, xiii, 289 pages, [4], [4], 30 pages; VG-; Rebacked in brown calf, banded spine with dark brown label and gilt lettering; Ex libris belonging to “John Black” appears on front pastedown, and name of former owner “Thomas Dudley” appears in ink on the title-page.; shelved case 7. More

New York: The New York Historical Society, 1870. First Edition. Tall Octavo, xiv, [2], 560 pages; G+; Full green cloth with black spine label and gilt lettering; Boards show light plus wear to corners and head/tail of spine, and minimal wear overall; Textblock has light plus age-toning to edges, and the ex libris of the "Gunn Memorial Library" appears on the front pastedown. RWO. More

New Brunswick: Printed By Abraham Blauvelt, 1800. First Edition. Folio, [2], xxi, [1], 455, [33] pages; G-; Rebound in full brown cloth with red spine label; Black spine label has rubbed away entirley, moderate bumping to corners, mild shelf wear to edges, Moderate staining to bottom of boards and spine, moderate discoloration to rear board, and mild discoloration to front board; Moderate age toning to text block, uneven mild to severe age toning to pages throughout, moderate foxing to pages throughout, mild damp staining from title page to page i, and a 1in closed tear from ffep to sfep. RWO. More

New Haven: Yale University Press, 1916. First Limited Edition, 450 Copies. Octavo, vi, [4], 190 pages; G; Red cloth, with gilt lettering to spine; Boards show moderate wear overall, with some fraying to cloth at head of spine, light bumping to corners and tail of spine, and some light staining to back covers; Textblock has moderate age-toning to edges; One of 450 copies; RWO. More

New York: William Gowans, 1862. First Edition. Octavo, 127/32 pages; G; fully bound in brown cloth, spine and front cover have gilt lettering; binding has moderate wear, with the top and bottom of the spine missing, fore edge corners have minor fraying and bumping, spine has minor cracking near the bottom; pages have age toning, have fraying along the top edge, occasionally illustrated; shelved on bookshelves to the left of the copier. More

Albany: Weed, Parsons and Company, 1873. First Edition. 12mo., 124 pages; G+; Green cloth spine, with light chipping and no text; Boards show chipping to head/tail of spine, bumping to corners (cloth worn from boards), moderate+ soiling to edges and discoloration along spine, a black ink mark on the spine, and three chips to cloth of spine; Textblock has moderate age-toning and light goxing to edges, ffep page has been excised; Copiously illustrated. More

Brooklyn: E. B. Spooner, 1848. First Edition. Octavo, 286, 191 pages; VG; rebound in full green cloth, paper labels from original boards preserved, new black leather label with gilt titling to spine; with tipped-in notice of appended additional names; Contains separately-paged section: Municipal register of the City of Brooklyn and manual of Kings County; Walt Whitman [Sr.] is listed on p. 241. Notable locations and Public figures are designated in All Caps; shelved case 13. More

Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1864. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 328 pages, 22, [1] ads; VG; bound in publisher's blind and gilt-stamped brown cloth, gilt titling to spine; housed in a VG custom buckram covered slipcase with matching chemise, leather label with faded titling; ink signature dated 1864 on ffep; light foxing; gutters beginning to crack, tail of front hinge cracking; one page of ads facing title page, April 1864 catalogue and one-page ad for the Thirteenth Volume of The Atlantic at rear; CX consignment; shelved case 1. More

Albany: Packard and Van Benthuysen, 1822. Small Octavo, 38 pages, 34 pages, 42 pages, 5 pages; VG; Rebound in quarter-leather with marbled paper boards and blue label to spine; Boards show very light wear to top and bottom edges, and slight bowing to front and back covers; Text-block has light plus age-toning to edges, minor age-toning to page interiors, light plus foxing to pages 1-6, and scattered ink annotations.; RW consignment; shelved case 8 1/4. More

New York: Haskell House Publishers, 1969. Octavo; 769 pages; VG-; Bound in orange cloth with gilt text; Covers have mild edgewear and shelfwear, slight bumping to corners; Textblock has slight age toning, marks along head edge; RWO. More