Brown's New Plan of Hull
Hull and London: A. Brown & Sons, Ltd. Stapled Binding.
Large fold-out map repaired at one seam with tissue.
Showing at a glance the extended city boundary, parliamentary divisions, municipal wards and new streets.
2023 Rochester Antiquarian Book Fair
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1907-1908 Catalogue [of] Books, Cards, Teachers' Supplies.
Warren, PA. A.J. Fouch & Co., 1908. Stapled Binding.
Top corner lightly creased, light stain along spine.
Unpaginated. Yellow printed wrappers. A catalog of books, cards, teachers' supplies, etc., from education and art publishers, importers, and manufacturers. Illustrations throughout.
The Founding of New Sweden (Old South Leaflets, No. 96)
Boston: The Old South Association. Stapled Binding.
No publisher date. Wrappers lightly toned.
20 pp. From the "History of New Sweden" by Israel Acrelius. Beginning in 1749, Acrelius took a post in Wilmington, Delaware, site of a Swedish Lutheran congregation which dated to the time of the New Sweden colony.....
![Item #2335357 Uncle Sam's Favorite Song Book: The Song Book of the Nation [Songbook]. N. H. Aitch](https://yesterdaysmuse.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/2335357.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1696362169)
Uncle Sam's Favorite Song Book: The Song Book of the Nation [Songbook]
Chicago, Illinois: Hall & McCreary Company, 1919. Stapled Binding.
Wrappers holding by one staple, 1 inch portion of front corner loose but included, multiple chips and tears foxed.
128 pp. Over 170 songs, all with words and music, complete.
The Divine Comedy (The Heritage Press)
New York: The Heritage Press, 1944. Blake, William. Hard Cover.
Lacks Sandglass insert. A near fine copy in a good slipcase. One joint of slipcase starting but still holding, slipcase edges rubbed.
xxii, 491 pp. Translated into English verse by Melville Best Anderson. Notes and elucidations by the translator. Introduction.....
Luscious Luncheons and Tasty Teas
Minneapolis, Minnesota: The Buzza Company, 1930. Soft Cover.
No publisher date. Front wrapper soiled and creased.
59 pp. Cookbook for luncheons and teas by well-know cook and author Ida Bailey Allen. Using a calendar style, recipes are given for each month of the year.
The Sunday-School Pocket Almanac for the Year of Our Lord 1850.
Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union, 1849. Soft Cover.
Gatherings resewn (appears to have been done some time ago). Toned, with creases corners and light foxing, small chip from fore-edge of front wrapper.
32 pp. Unclear whether this was issued in self-wrappers, or if this copy lacks cover (my inclination is toward.....
The Battle for the Fourteenth Colony: America’s War of Liberation in Canada, 1774–1776
Hanover, NH: University Press of New England, 2013. 2nd Printing. Hard Cover.
2nd printing. Rear jacket faintly rubbed.
460 pp. In this dramatic retelling of one of history’s great “what-ifs,” Mark R. Anderson examines the American colonies’ campaign to bring Quebec into the Continental confederation and free the Canadians from.....
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St. Helena: Ghost Town of the Genesee, 1797 -1954 [Saint]
Dalton, New York: Burts Printing Service, 1970. Second Edition. Stapled Binding.
Second edition. Light general wear.
48 pp. With appendix and additions. Includes black-and-white illustrations. A history of St. Helena from 1797 to 1954.
Maroon and White: September 29, 1948, Vol. XVIII, No. 1; October 27, 1948, Vol. XVIII, No. 2; November 24, 1948, Vol. XVIII, No. 3; December 15, 1948, Vol. XVIII, No. 4; February 23, 1949, Vol. XVIII, No. 5
Rochester, New York: Aquinas Institute, 1949. Newspaper.
No large chips and no large tears. Ink name on February 23, 1949, Vol. XVIII, No. 5 issue. Minor general wear to all volumes.
Five issues of Maroon and White, a Rochester, New York based newspaper published by Aquinas Institute.
Manual for the Medical Practitioner; Including Medical and Pharmaceutical Instructions, and 541 Prescriptions.
Rochester: Erastus Darrow & Brother, 1855. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Spine neatly restored, lightly foxed throughout.
xii, 215, [9] pp. 8vo. Gerard Arink was an immigrant from Holland who treated the German population of Rochester, New York. Arink has included treatments for yellow fever, consumption (tuberculosis), dysentery, cholera.....
Aristotle's Ethics and Politics, Comprising His Practical Philosophy, Translated from the Greek: Illustrated by Introductions and Notes; the Critical History of His Life; and a New Analysis of His Speculative Works; in Two Volumes. - The Third Edition
London: T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1813. Third Edition. Half-Leather.
Third edition. Boards a bit rubbed, corners slightly exposed, small dealer bookplate on front endpaper of each volume.
Complete in two volumes. xvi, 547, [1]; vii, [1], 510 pp. Leather spines and corners, black morocco spine labels, gilt titles and.....
The 1826 Journal of John James Audubon
New York: Abbeville Press, 1987. Hard Cover.
Jacket edges faintly toned, sticker remnant to front endpaper.
An account of his 1826 journey to England and Scotland to arrange the publishing of his Birds of America. Contains black-and-white reproductions of portraits and illustrations.
Twenty Drawings by Emmett R. Bailey, 1914
. 1914. Bailey, Emmett R. Unbound.
Minor general wear.
Twenty drawings of various sizes by Emmett R. Bailey, 1914.
From Books to Multimedia: A History of the Reynolds Library and the Reynolds Audio-Visual Department of the Rochester Public Library (Rochester History, October, 1974, Vol. XXXVI, No. 4)
Rochester, New York: Rochester Public Library, 1974. Stapled Binding.
Minor general wear.
40 pp. Mortimer Reynolds, prominent lifelong Rochesterian and businessman, came to purchase the collection virtually intact. Reynolds sought to form a new library (comprised of the collection he bought) in honor of his father and brother, Abelard and.....
The Genesee Country and Especially the Story of Castile: An Affectionate Essay
Perry: Moxon Printing, 1972. Stapled Binding.
Wrappers lightly toned, front corner lightly creased.
ix, 48, [2] pp. Stapled binding with 1809 map of Western New York on wrappers, 4 maps and black-and-white photographs in text.
The Little Minister
New York: American Publishers Corporation, 1897. Revised Edition. Hard Cover.
First thus. An exceptional copy.
xxxii, 375, [6] pp. 8vo. Maroon cloth, gilt titles & elaborate gilt decorations, top edge gilt. A new edition revised by the author, with a literary and biographical portrait preceding text, photographic frontispiece, and several.....
J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens
New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1930. Rackham, Arthur. 2nd Printing. Hard Cover.
Second printing of 1930 Byron revision. Jacket edges rubbed with multiple chips and tears. Ink gift note and name redacted on front free endpaper, page 123 soiled.
123 pp. Color plates by Arthur Rackham. Peter Pan in Kensington.....
A Chronology of Printing, XVIII Century, Excerpts from the Typographic Treasures in Europe
Rochester, New York: Press of the Good Mountain, Rochester Institute of Technology. Soft Cover.
A fine copy.
26 pp. A chronology of print history in18th century Europe.
Il Pentamerone; or, The Tale of Tales.
London: Henry and Co., 1893. First Thus. Hard Cover.
First edition of the Burton translation. Split along front joint of first volume, front and end matter lightly foxed.
xvi, 282; vi, [283]-562 pp. 8vo. Black cloth, gilt titles. Translated into English from the Italian by Sir Richard Francis Burton, best.....
Birds
New York: Pantheon, 2002. First Edition. Large Hardcover.
First edition. Top of wrapper worn.
176 pp. Internationally acclaimed wildlife artist and naturalist Robert Bateman has sketched and painted bird life in every corner of the globe. And a lifetime of observing an extraordinary range of species has given him a......
Queen Zixi of Ix: or, The Story of the Magic Cloak
New York: The Century Co., 1905. Richardson, Frederick. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition, first/second printing hybrid (rear endpapers are integral, but p. 171 illustration is light-brown and black, not light blue-green and black), no jacket as issued (Bienvenue 213-16). All plates included. Boards lightly soiled, endpapers toned as if.....
The Iroquois Trail, or Foot-Prints of the Six Nations, in Customs, Traditions, and History, in which are included David Cusick's Sketches of Ancient History of the Six Nations
Fayetteville, N.Y. Printed for H.C. Beauchamp, Recorder Office, 1892. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition - very scarce (only one [poor] copy has come to auction in the last fifty years). U.S. Secretary of State Robert Lansing's copy, with his bookplate on front endpaper (these were purchased from a family.....
Smithsonian Atlas of World Aviation
New York: Collins, 2008. First Edition. Large Hardcover.
First edition. An exceptional copy.
230 pp. Featuring 100 newly commissioned and historic maps as well as 200 related photographs, navigation charts, and historic artifacts, the Smithsonian Atlas of World Aviation charts the awe-inspiring history of flight around the world. Dana Bell.....
A Historical Account of the Neutrality of Great Britain during the American Civil War
London: Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, 1870. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Rebacked with cloth, new gilt titles and rules, new end sheets.
xv, 511, 20 pp. John Grant bookseller catalog bound in following text. A history of British neutrality during the American Civil War from a legal perspective.....