Madrid: En la Oficina de Antonio Fernandez, 1778. 196 pp. 8vo. Later vellum, spine lettered in manuscript. First edition. Written just a year before Spain joined the fight against England, an interesting history, and the longest Spanish work to that date, describing the English colonies in America. Quite thorough with..... More

London / Londres, 1757. [vi], [x], 365 pp., [1]; [iv], 480 pp., [1]; [iv[, 365 pp., [1]. Illus. with 14 plates (3 folding). Sm. 8vo. Quarter brown morocco over marbled paper-covered boards. Gilt titles and decorations to spine, sewn in bookmarks, marbled endpapers. First edition. Translation is by John Towneley..... More

Santiago de Chile: Sociedad de Bibliófilos Chilenos, 1946. 263 pp. Illus. with 6 b/w plates. Sm. 4to. Not bound. Loose in quires. First edition. Alfronso Bulnes, intro. No 43 of 100 copies. The first work issued by the Sociedad de Bibliófilos Chilenos, founded in 1945 with the purpose of “editing..... More

London: Bradbury, Agnew & Co., [1905]. xx, 200 pp. Illus. with 47 b/w plates. 4to. Quarter tan calf over linen boards with embossed red and gilt monogram of Edward VII, silk bookmark sewn in. First edition. An important collection of French and English furniture. A very good copy, boards rubbed..... More

[Lisboa]: Na officina de Antonio Rodrigues Galhardo, [1789]. 4 pp. 8" x 11 1/2" Removed. First edition. Law for the secularization of the religious military orders in Portugal including the Military Order of Christ, of Avis, and of Santiago (Ordem dos Cavaleiros de Nosso Senhor Jesus Cristo, Ordem Real Militar..... More

Philadelphia: Printed by T. Seddon, 1786. iv, 68 pp. 8vo. 19th c. three quarter morocco over marbled boards. A new edition with considerable corrections. First American edition. "The Society was not greeted so warmly in the United States. Within months of the adoption of the Institution, critics began to charge..... More

Paris: Chez L. Tenré... et Chez Henri Dupuy, 1836. xvi, 568 pp., [135 lvs of plates]. Illus. with 268 copperplate and steel engravings and two large folding maps. 4to. Modern dark green polished calf, five raised bands ruled in gilt, two compartments red, lettered in gilt, four decorated in gilt..... More

[Puebla, México]: [Gobierno del Estado de Puebla], Imp. del Hospicio, imprenta de Tomas F. Neve, 1872-73. Folio. Quarter morocco over marbled boards. First edition. Rare issues of this official newspaper of the State of Puebla (under various names,) during the period of unrest caused by Diaz' Plan de la Noria..... More

Springfield: Phillips Bros., [and] Journal Company, Printers, 1900-1902. 8vo. Cloth. Revised edition. Vol. 9 entitled “Record of the Services of Illinois Soldiers in the Black Hawk War, 1831--32, and in the Mexican War, 1846--48.” Gift to the Commandery from the author, Jasper N. Reese, the Adjutant General. This was the..... More

Madrid: En la Imprenta Real de la Gazeta, 1781-1786. [34], 668, [168]; [10], 748, [1] pp., including half-titles and final errata leaf in Volume 2. Folio. 18th-century mottled sheep decorated in gilt with morocco lettering pieces, edges stained red. First edition. Tomo 1. La noticia de los escritores rabinos españoles..... More

Paris: Mainsonneuve et cie, 1869. xviii, [19]-240 pp., + plates; [2], 81]- 142 pp. Illus. 146 plates (15 folding, 4 color) and numerous in text figures. Plates numbered 1-103, [1 unnumbered],109-132, & 141-156, [2 unnumbered]. 8vo. Quarter navy calf over marbled boards, 4 raised bands, gilt titles, all edges speckled..... More

Concord, N.H. Patriot Office, 1812. 8 pp. 8vo. Stitched self wrappers. First edition. Imprint at head of title: Patriot Office, Concord, N.H., November 19, 1812. Signed in print, William Plumer, November 18th, 1812. Plumer excoriates the British and argues for the right of the President to order up the militia..... More