Uncommon: WorldCat locates only one U.S. institutional holding of this 1911 (as per the imprimatur) edition.

Binding:  Cream-colored plasticized boards (with cream cloth intentionally visible at joints), front cover with color-printed overlay of an angel delicately tinted in light blue and pink with gilt backdrop beneath a rose and grapevine motif, turn-ins with gilt roll, moiré silk endpapers. All edges gilt.

•  Binding as above, corners slightly rubbed, minor discoloration to sides and spine head. Lacking pp. 19–30 (though with its not being entirely clear whether these were ever present). Pages age-toned; lower outer corners of first few leaves bumped. A beautiful little prayerbook.  (30391)

•  Original printed tan paper wrappers; minor dust-soiling, front wrapper with small unobtrusive stain, corners slightly rubbed. A nice copy.  (35986)

numbered copy 80 out of just 100 printed

•  Publisher's Mexican bark paper wrappers bound on cream thongs; front wrapper with small splash of bright red. Pages very clean and crisp.  (31328)

Binding: Bound by Hayday in green pebbled morocco, spine with raised bands; two compartments with title and author and four with rich and elaborate gilt decoration; wide gilt composite borders to boards, board edges with gilt hatching, gilt zig-zag design on turn-ins. All edges gilt.

•  Bound as above; light rubbing particularly to spine-head, one slim scrape to front board and several to rear one. Endpapers lightly foxed, silk placemarker present with end a little frayed, old pencilling to verso of front free endpaper. Interior and illustrations clean and unmarked. A very good presentation copy of this classic.  (37320)

•  Publisher's teal cloth, front cover and spine with gilt-stamped title and decorative floral motifs; back cover and corners showing very slight scuffing. Back hinge cracked and front hinge starting; front free endpaper excised. Still, an attractive copy.  (18393)

In 1852 González Vigil responded to the pope with his Carta al Papa y análisis del Breve de 10 de junio de 1851, which is here in English translation from a Boston publisher.

A scarce American Catholicum.

•  Removed from a nonce volume; a little dusty and some dog-earing.  (37963)

The work isillustrated with a total of 12 engravings, including portraits of the first five presidents and an engraved half-title page.

Provenance:  Ownership signature on two front fly-leaves of Giles Satterthwaite, dated 1824; his note also, “Prise [sic] $1-75.”

•  Sabin 27871; Shoemaker 12704.   Contemporary sheep, spine with gilt-stamped title and compartment decorations; binding worn and abraded, spine leather much chipped and cracked with some fragments carefully reattached in first panel; joints, corners, and headcaps restored. Pagesfoxed and age-toned throughout, loosening in some signatures, torn and chipped in margins and corners of a few pages; inner margin of one front fly-leaf reinforced. Ownership inscriptions as noted.  (5503)

16 steel-engraved maps

While the title-page gives the Boston publication line described above, the printed front cover gives Philadelphia: Thomas, Cowperthwait, & Co., 1838; this is a later edition, following the first of 1832.

A first impression is that “child” readers had, in 1832, much greater powers of attention to print than is now common, but indeed the history here is — the stories are — absorbing and evocative.

•  American Imprints 50587.   Publisher's quarter sheep and printed green paper–covered boards, rubbed and worn; pages cockled and foxed, yet paper good and untattered. One page with stray ink marks, not obstructing legibility. A good, solid, pleasing copy.  (33716)

•  Late 19th-century textured dark blue-green cloth, half style, with mottled paper sides and elegant foliate-patterned endpapers. Text block partially printed on pale blue paper; foxing, sometimes heavy, as is characteristic of the paper. A solid, decent copy.  (33291)

Provenance:  From the library of American collector Albert A. Howard, small booklabel (“AHA”) at rear.

•  Mortimer, French 16th-Century Books, 216; EDIT16 CNCE 21481. Not in Adams. On Goselini, see: Treccani (online).   Contemporary limp vellum, inked title and flourish on spine, inked title on top edge, evidence of ties; evenly dust-soiled with one small ink spot, front pastedown and most of an endpaper removed, a few pencilled or inked notes. Light age-toning and a few leaves with small ink spots, with the occasional paper flaw from manufacture and one témoin; miniscule marginal worming or (barely) chipped edges through perhaps a third of text, with creased corners and marginal waterstaining of varying darkness to title-page and several gatherings of text.  (38901)

Provenance:  Vol. I title-page with inscription dated 1790, reading “Joseph Russells cost 10s a Vollume [sic]”.

•  ESTC T102429.   Contemporary treed calf, spines with gilt-stamped leather title labels; worn and one cover off. Ex–defunct library with bookplates, a stamp to each title-page and last leaf, old (interestingly make-shift) card pockets. Some instances of offsetting and foxing, generally no more than moderate, with pages otherwise clean.  (8655)

Printed and issued together, the works have separate title-pages; the letters open and close with typographical ornaments or very small woodcut type-pieces. This edition is scarce: WorldCat findsonly one U.S. institutional holding of the complete two-volume (two-title) work.

Binding:  Contemporary mottled sheep, spine with gilt-stamped leather title-label, gilt-dotted raised bands, and gilt pomegranate decorations in gilt-ruled compartments.

•  For first ed. of Péruvienne: Alden & Landis, European Americana, 747/64; Palau 107093; Sabin 28192.   Binding as above; leather chipped at joints with peeling and worn at extremities. Ex-library, properly deaccessioned: Spine foot with brown cloth hand-inked shelving label, front pastedown with institutional bookplate and label (bookplate stamped and annotated, noting acquisition date of 1922), back free endpaper with bar code sticker (lined through); title-page and one other with institutional pressure-stamp. Slight cockling throughout; first and last few leaves with minor foxing and a handful of scattered spots elsewhere, pages otherwise clean.  (38433)

Searches of WorldCat could not locate any institutional copies.

•  Publisher's red bead-textured cloth, spine with gilt lettering and decoration, front board with large central cartouche bearing a gilt urn with flowers and foliage and floral corner decorations in blind; rear board identical without gilt ornament, all edges gilt. Binding a little rubbed with corners lightly bumped, spine darkened, and small darkened areas on front board; interior and endpapers lightly age-toned, with a minor gutter crack and a few unobtrusive spots of foxing to a few plates and pages. A pleasure to read and admire; sturdy with stunning, frequently funny illustrations.  (38442)

This pamphlet presents the treaty and two separate articles with more specific details on implementation of its arrangements in French, Spanish, and English, with the British ratification statements recorded in Latin and English and the Spanish ones in Spanish and English. Several ships are mentioned by name, and the West Indies and Puerto Rico appear as locales for conflict.

•  ESTC T4473; Sabin 16195; not in Alden & Landis, European Americana; Goldsmiths'-Kress 07664.   Removed from nonce volume, first leaf separating from text block; light age-toning, one top margin trimmed closely, light marginal pencilling on first and final leaves. A good printed relic of a failed peace effort.  (38080)

woman

Printed mostly in roman type with some italic, this has headings in gothic and some long passages also in gothic.

Provenance:  18th-century ownership signatures at top of main title-page of J.W. Tarleton and J. Skynner (both lined through), and 19th-century signature of Wm. Saunders. Oldham Free Public Library (Lancs.) stamp on verso of same.

•  ESTC T136807; Sweet & Maxwell 12.Ia.6 and 12.Ia.10.   Late 20th-century quarter brown calf with brown stone-pattern marbled paper sides; all edges gilt. Slim waterstain in upper margin of last four leaves; same leaves foxed. Overall a very good copy.  (34007)

RLIN and OCLC report only one holding of this item in the U.S.

•  Not in NSTC. Removed from a nonce volume, now in a Mylar folder; title-page and final blank lightly dust-soiled. Sewing mostly gone. Title-page with short tear from inner margin, not touching text; some leaves with small edge chips.  (17274)

tobacco

Uncommon: ESTC locates only four copies, none of which are in the U.S.

•  ESTC T26238; Goldsmiths’-Kress 7877.5. Recent marbled paper–covered boards, spine with gilt-stamped leather title-label. Pages age-toned, with some dustsoiling.  (16585)

•  NSTC ENG385. Recent paper wrappers. Title-page with rubber-stamped numeral and shadows of now-absent pencilled annotations. Three leaves with upper outer corners torn off and reattached/repaired without loss of sense. A few faint spots of foxing to title-page, otherwise clean.  (18733)

ESTC lists no publication prior to this occurring in Newport-Pagnel.

•  ESTC T44132; NCBEL, II, 598.   Uncut copy and stitched as issued. Title-page with rubber-stamped numeral and internal tear touching the first line of title without loss; first and last pages dust-soiled, fore-edges chipped and slightly ragged. Not pristine, but a desirable example of this uncommon piece in its original state.  (29490)

Edmund Evans (1826–1905), an English wood engraver and Greenaway's frequent collaborator, engraved and color-printed the quaint illustrations. During the height of their partnership, Evans worked with Greenaway on two to three books a year; their career-long association was highly beneficial for them both. The nine songs here enhanced by their joint work were written by Myles B. Foster (1851–1922), son of the prominent English illustrator and engraver of the same name. Each song includes melody, lyrics, and piano accompaniment.

•  Thomson, Kate Greenaway: A Catalogue of the Kate Greenaway Collection, 31.   Publisher's printed paper–covered bevelled boards in green, yellow, and charcoal, with green cloth shelfback; binding showing mild dust-soiling, edges rubbed. One leaf with two short tears and one chip all in lower margin, touching page number but not text or image. Pages gently age-toned, with a handful of scattered small spots of foxing. Aged, but unabused by childish hands — a very nice copy.  (39059)

Sickness is a theme here

The volume is illustrated with a total of three wood-engraved depictions of New England buildings.

•  Publisher's pebbled terra cotta cloth, front cover and spine with gilt-stamped title; spine darkened and worn with gilt rubbed, sides with small spots of discoloration, cover gilt nice and bright. Some light smudging to margins, pages otherwise clean. All edges gilt.  (27649)

•  Martin & Walter 15618. Removed from a nonce volume; sewing holes present but stitching perished; gatherings now loose. Page edges untrimmed. Half-title lacking, title-page with paper shelving label in lower inner corner and inked numeral, old pencilling, and a light ink-smear. Pages age-toned with occasional small spots of mild staining or foxing; one word corrected in text in old ink.  (32622)

Uncommon:  WorldCat and NUC Pre-1956 locate only four U.S. institutional holdings.

•  Folded as issued, never sewn; outermost signature chipped at spine. First page with paper shelving label, not touching text, and with pencilled monogram in upper outer corner. Mild to moderate foxing.  (30820)

•  Removed from a nonce volume. Pages lightly creased but clean.  (27789)

George Gregory seeks here to champion his brother's cause of educating women to minister medically to women, especially but not exclusively as midwives in the broadest terms. “Does the fact that a man practises medicine give him any right to invade his neighbor's wife . . . ?”

Searches of NUC and WorldCat locate only five U.S. institutions reporting ownership.

•  Removed from a nonce volume, with the two plates (which would have been near-pornographic in their time) torn out and present in laid-in facsimile, thus lowering the price considerably. Lightly age-toned, with a little foxing and spotting only.  (32183)

Binding:  19th-century full tan calfsigned (on spine) Vogel. Boards with a simple gilt double fillet border with corner rondels; flat spine with raised bands accented above and below each band by gilt rule, a wide fillet in black, and another gilt rule, with gilt tooling on each band and gilt center devices in four compartments. Board edges with a gilt rope design and turn-ins with gilt roll. Marbled endpapers. All edges gilt.

Provenance:  From the library of American collector Albert A. Howard, small booklabel (“AHA”) at rear.

•  Adams G1157; Renouard 75:1; Edit16 CNCE 21740; Kallendorf & Wells, Aldine Press Books, 128; UCLA, Aldine Press: Catalogue of the Ahmanson-Murphy Collection (2001), 144; Legrand, Bibliographie hellénique, I, 50; Panzer, VIII, 432, 788.   Binding as above; front joint (outside) with excellent repair, each board with one small scuff, back lower outer corner with small leather loss, spine leather showing a few very fine cracks. Old cataloguing slip laid in. A very good copy.  (37982)

Bindings: 20th-century speckled calf framed and panelled 17th century–style in double blind fillets with blind-tooled corner fleurons, middle panels in plain calf, innermost panels framed with blind roll; spines with gilt-stamped leather title-labels, raised bands, and blind-tooled composite motifs in compartmentsdone by a modern master. Back pastedown of vol. I with pencilled note reading “Bound by Bernard Middleton [/] Feb. '62.”

Provenance:  From the library of American collector Albert A. Howard, small booklabel (“AHA”) at rear.

•  Brunet, II, 1735; Lowndes, IV, 943; NSTC 2G21923.   Bindings as above; joints and edges rubbed, spines evenly sunned, minor scuffing to sides. Front pastedown of vol. I with pencilled annotation of old purchase price. Page edges untrimmed; a few leaves in vol. II with very short tears from outer margins, not touching text; faint age-toning and intermittent instances of light spotting, mostly but not entirely in upper outer corners. Vol. I with one 20th-century pencilled marginal annotation, vol. II with one pencilled date correction. A good example of 19th-century scholarship on printing and literary history, here in a lovely demonstration of 20th-century binding technique.  (37968)

Provenance:  Front fly-leaf with decoratively flourished inked inscription: “Jn. M. Davis 1799"; title-page inscribed “Jn. Maynard Davis.” Davis, a maritime insurance expert, was one of the founders of the South Carolina Insurance Company; he is thought to have been the first independent insurance agent in America. His particular focus is noted by the sole obvious mark of emphasis here, which points towards a paragraph of the section on wrecks. Grimke (1752–1819) and Davis (professionally active in 1783 and alive through at least 1822) were both South Carolinian Freemasons during the same time period, though from rival lodges; the former was Grand Master of the Free and Accepted Masons, while the latter was Senior Grand Warden of the Ancient York Masons.

•  ESTC W37120; Evans 30519; Cohen, Bibliography of Early American Law, 8466.   Contemporary mottled sheep, covers framed in blind beaded roll, spine with gilt-stamped black leather title-label; moderately rubbed and scuffed overall, spine leather and label with cracks. Pages much foxed and darkened; one leaf with chip out of upper margin; inscriptions and one early inked marginal emphasis mark as above; back fly-leaf with legal term pencilled (“Amerciament”) in an early hand. An important work of early U.S. law, with happy provenance.  (36771)

•  American Imprints 40-2804; NSTC 2G23438. This ed. not in Amerine & Borg; see entry 1599 for later, 1848 ed.   Publisher's brown cloth, covers blind-stamped, spine with decorative gilt-stamped title; showing only light shelf wear. Ex–social club library: paper shelving label on spine, 19th-century bookplate and presentation plate (bequest of George Fox), call numbers on endpapers, title-page and one other rubber-stamped, no other markings. Pages lightly cockled but clean.  (28182)

• ESTC W28659; Evans 28775; Sabin 28933. 19th-century quarter sheep in imitation of morocco, rubbed and worn; covers pressure-stamped by a now-defunct institution, spine with paper shelving label. Half-title lacking, title-page and a number of others stamped, back free endpaper with pocket. Pages clean save for stamps. (9536)

Both the first and this second edition are little held in the U.S.: We trace three copies of the first and three of the second, one of which has been deaccessioned.

Provenance:  Three 18th-century ownership inscriptions on title-page: Jehoua Portis, Lib. Richbach, and Joh[ann]is Buys. 19th-century pressure-stamps of a Pennsylvania theological library, deaccessioned.

•  Full modern calf old style: Spine with raised bands, accented with gilt beading and blind rules, rules extending onto boards to Vs and ending with trefoils; blind double fillets beyond. Gilt center device in each spine compartment and a green title label lettered in gilt. Waterstaining in inner margins, extending into text on pp. 136–61; otherwise, expectable age-toning only. All edges red.  (25847)

•  This ed. not in Brunet.   Contemporary vellum, spine with early inked title; vellum showing minor spots of discoloration and spine with call number. Front pastedown and bottom page edges with institutional rubber-stamp; back pastedown with stamp of a 19th-century Dutch bookseller; front fly-leaf with early inked annotation. First dedication leaf with inked numeral in lower margin; some instances of early inked underlining and marginalia, confined to early part of volume. First few leaves with light waterstaining to outer portions. First part skips pp. 1/2 (between preface and first text page), with this collation matching that reported online.  (19564)

The text is printed in Latin, double-column, with a handful of large woodcut initials, a few tail ornaments, and one letterpress diagram. The title-page, printed in red and black, features Blaeu's large device of an astrolabe flanked by Time and Hercules. An index on the final two pages lists Grotius's correspondents and the corresponding letters, which are arranged chronologically in the text.

•  Meulen, Grotius, 1210; Brunet, II, 1766; Graesse, III, 163.   Contemporary northern-European style vellum over boards ruled in blind, panels with blind-stamped central cartouches, spine with seven raised bands and remnants of later paper labels, red speckled edges; vellum soiled and lightly rubbed at extremities with corners bumped. Ex-library with bookplate on front pastedown and later library marking in pen on second leaf; light foxing, a light waterstain across the lower outer corner of perhaps a dozen leaves, and scattered darker stains, with a few leaves browned; small tear in outer margin of title-leaf and another margin, small hole from natural flaw in outer margin of one leaf and small bit of paper torn away from lower corner of another. Very mild worming in middle of two leaves and final leaf, the latter repaired; additional very minor, “slim” worming mostly to margins at rear.A solid, handsome important book.  (30293)

Grotius saw his book published for the first time in 1625 at Paris: It studies the legality of war and immediately established itself as a foundational work on the topic. Modern scholars regard it asfoundational in international law.

This edition contains added scholarship from Joannes Fredericus Gronovius (1611–71) and Jean Barbeyrac (1674–1744). In addition to De jure belli ac pacis the reader will find two other important Grotius tracts at the rear of the volume: Mare liberum and Libellus singularis de aequitate, indulgentia et facilitate, meaning the volume treats not just of law of war, but natural law, international law, maritime law, and law of the sea.

There are two issues of this edition, the other having “Ex Officina Wetsteniana” on the title-page in place of “Apud Janssonio-Waesbergio.” In both editions the title-page is printed in black and red, and of course, they have the same pagination. The work has side- and shouldernotes, an engraved portrait of Grotius, and an added engraved title-page.

•  Meulen & Diermanse (1950 ed), Grotius, 602.   Modern quarter claret-colored morocco with gilt-accented raised bands; gilt center device in each spine compartment. Marbled paper sides. Library pressure-stamps on title-page, no other markings; light age-toning and occasional spotting or foxing. A very nice copy with all edges decorated — more than “speckled,” not quite “marbled,” definitely attractive.  (26526)

The work was originally published in same year at Paris by J. Camusat: This and that edition were published posthumously, Grotius having died in 1645. The dedication is signed by Grotius' widow, Maria van Reigersberch. The text is in Latin.

Handsomely printed in roman with the title-page in red and black, some four-line woodcut initials, and some tailpieces, this bears the Elzevir printer's device Rahir M.17, but the book was actually printed by Joan Blaeu.

Provenance:  18th-century armorial bookplate of Johann Georg Burckhard (1684–1764) and 20th-century bookplate of Dr. A. Hollander; ownership signature on title-page of L. Kulenkamp (1767) and 19th-century signature on front free endpaper of Dr. Cajetan Felaer; later in the collection of Frank Marshall Vanderhoof (American scholar, university librarian, private collector; 1919–2005).

•  Copinger, Elzevier, 2000; Willems 1065; Rahir 1074; STCN 852310625.   Contemporary vellum over boards. Spine lettered in black ink with author and title (probably late 19th century). Very good.  (35680)

•  ESTC N14190.   Contemporary speckled calf, spine with gilt-stamped leather title-label, board edges with gilt roll; joints cracked (sewing holding), extremities rubbed/chipped. Ex–social club library: 19th-century bookplate, call number on paper label to spine and endpaper, no other markings. Early inked ownership inscription on title-page. Title-page and last leaf with offsetting from turn-ins, otherwise occasional light foxing only.  (28342)

The first American appearance in 1821 came from the same publisher as this second American edition, but was printed by W. Grattan. That printing had a colored frontispiece not found here and not called for by Shoemaker, nor by the cataloguing for the copy recorded in NUC Pre-1956.

This edition is not listed in WorldCat and the copy noted in Shoemaker & NUC (at Harvard) is not found via its OPAC. Of the 1821 edition we locate only five copies (Yale, Free Library of Philadelphia, U.S. Patent Office, Essex Institute, and the American Antiquarian Society).

Provenance:  From the children's book collection of Albert A. Howard, small booklabel (“AHA”) at rear.

•  Shoemaker 8903; Rink, Technical Americana, 3185 (erroneously calling for a plate and erroneously locating a copy at the Free Library of Philadelphia).   Late 20th-century quarter red morocco with green stone-pattern paper sides. Small area of lower outside corner of title-leaf torn away and nicely repaired. Pages gently age-toned, with spots of mild to moderate soil, staining, and foxing.  (38527)

Searches of WorldCat, COPAC, and KVK locateonly one copy worldwide  (in the National Library of the Netherlands).

•  Original red clamshell box with spine label in silver metal holder; author, title, and imprint date on handmade paper adhered to front board. All contents in very good condition.  (34731)

Binding:  Rich green morocco, spine stamped and lettered in gilt with compartmental fleurons, covers framed and panelled in blind double fillets with gilt decorative corner stamps, board edges with single gilt fillet, turn-ins with decorative gilt rolls, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Signed binding by Capé, name camouflaged in lower front turn-in.

Provenance:  From the library of American collector Albert A. Howard, small booklabel (“AHA”) at rear.

•  EDIT 16 CNCE 47120; Adams G1358; Gamba, Serie dei testi di lingua e di altre opere importanti nella italiana letteratura scritte dal secolo XIV al XIX (4th ed.), 687; Brunet, I, 1737.   Bound as above, moderately rubbed especially corners and spine. Light pencilling on endpapers and one blue crayon mark over a numbered stamp with another stamp at back; provenance as above, old oval rubber-stamp (imperfect) on two leaves of text. Two small marginal paper flaws; leaves with a few instances of light marginal waterstaining or the occasional spot and light age-toning generally. An elegant production, an attractive volume.  (37997)

Searches of NUC, WorldCat, COPAC, CICLA, and Metabase locate only two copies, both in the U.S. However, we do know of a third copy at Tulane.

•  Not in Valenzuela.   Folded and stitched as issued; minor chipping in lower margins. Scattered faint foxing. A very good copy.  (31053)

Finally, the printers are the usual admirable suspects: Bracamonte, Beteta, and Arevalo. It is interesting to see them represented by such UNusual ephemera!

•  Medina, Guatemala, 761; 814; 852; 1523; 1525; 1557; 1577; 1580; 1596; 1613, 1626; 1758 1898; 1806; 1918; 2138.   All items are in very good condition, in Mylar sleeves, the entire collection in a quarter morocco clamshell case.  (33845)

WorldCat locates copies in only four U.S. and three Canadian institutions.

Provenance:  Stamp on the title-page of the [L'Oeuvre Pontificale de la] “Propagation de la Foi, 5 rue Monsieur, Paris.”

•  Pilling, Algonquian, 215; Newberry Library, Ayer Indians, Cree 36; Banks (rev. ed.), Books in Native Languages, 43; not in Evans, Masinahikan.   Publishers quarter cloth with blue paper covers; a bit of chipping to spine and lightly rubbed at edges. Ex-library: paper call number label partially removed from top of spine; stamp on title-page as above; else very good.  (34294)

•  Wing (rev. ed) E3714 & G2215; ESTC R519; McAlpin, IV, p. 15.   Removed from a nonce volume. Very good condition.  (32254)

WorldCat locates no copies of this edition in the U.S.; NUC Pre-1956 (under Guzman Genzer) finds three copies in the U.S.; the Catálogo Colectivo del Patrimonio Bibliográfico locates no copies in Spain, but the OPAC of the BNE finds a single copy in its holdings.

•  Palau 111738.   20th-century binding using an 18th-century vellum leaf over paste boards. Old ownership inscriptions on title-page inked out long ago; occasionally, amarginal note. Some age-toning, some gatherings browned (impurities in water during paper manufacture), glue stain in some inner margins; light waterstaining in a good many parts and other stray stains, yet in all a very decent copy of a rare edition.  (29083)