Titles starting with U from Michael Sharpe Rare & Antiquarian Books

Boston: John P. Jewett & Company, 1852. First edition ('J.P. Jewett' at base of spines), later printing. Two twelvemo volumes. [iii]-x, [13]-312; iv, [5]-322, [2, blank] pp. (correct collation). Wood-engraved title vignettes (also on front covers) and six wood-engraved plates. Publisher's 'Extra Gilt' gift binding (BAL binding C) of vertically-ribbed black cloth, covers with elaborate gilt borders surrounding a central gilt vignette (front and back vignettes are both gilt)... more information

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New York: Mitchell Kennerley, 1917. First edition. Small octavo. Frontispiece, [vi], 160 pp. Publisher's blind-ruled burgundy cloth, gilt spine lettering. An excellent copy. ... more information

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Boston: Bibliophile Society, 1907. First edition. One of 470 copies, all printed on vellum with tissue guards between each page. Octavo. XXVIII pp. Illustrated with engravings and facsimiles of the manuscripts. Publisher's parchment, expertly rebacked to style. Foxing to parchment but vellum pristine. ... more information

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New Haven: Yale University Press, 1930. First edition. Octavo. xxx, 601, [3, blank] pp. Frontispiece portrait, folding map, numerous halftone illustrations on thirty-one plates.Original navy blue cloth decoratively stamped and lettered in gilt on spine. Some light shelfwear, with a very small (5 x 5 mm) piece of cloth missing from the upper outer corner of the front board. Overall a very good copy.ÒThe Ôprincipal assistantÕ on J.D. WhitneyÕs California Geologi... more information

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New York: The Derrydale Press, 1937. First edition. One of 950 numbered copies. Small octavo with four color plates (including frontispiece) and twelve line drawings. [xiv], 366 pp. Unopened as issued. Publisher's blue cloth with inlaid oval color illustration to front cover. Lettering and rules no longer present as with literally every other copy. In the very scarce publisher's box with printed paper label restating the copy number. A pristine copy. ... more information

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