Boston: David P. King, 1850. First edition. Hardcover. [6] 13-324 pages. 19 x 12.5 cm. Chromolithographed title page. Two full page steel engravings with tissue guards: some toning to borders, balance of text clean and sharp. Gift book from Samuel Stone to his sister Sarah A. Stone, handwritten in blue..... More
New York: John F. Scovill, 1862. Hardcover. 208 pages. 22 x 14.5 cm. One preliminary leaf, [9] - 208. Frontispiece, plates, hand colored botanical engraved plates. additional steel engraved and woodcut text illustrations. Contains music, fiction, poetry and religious content. Backstrip an early restoration, ornately decorated covers in gilt floral..... More
1843: E.H. Butler, Philadelphia. First edition. Hardcover. 320 pages. 16 x 11 cm. Half title, frontispiece and host of full page black and white steel engraved plates with tissue guards. Scattered, intermittent foxing, mostly marginal, yellow endpapers. Covers and spine decorated in gilt and blind with spine in gilt arabesques..... More