Search Results: Antiquarian from Singularity Rare & Fine

New York: Samuel Wood & Sons, 1825. Early Printing. . Full-Leather. Very Good. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. About Very Good. New York: Samuel Wood & Sons, 1825. Early printing. 24mo, 5.75" x 3.75", 285 pp. Full calf binding. Worn, bumped and scuffed, back hinge tender. Contents complete and quite legible. About Very Good. See scans. An interesting early lexicographic production for schools, their marms and their students, with brief definitions for all the words you should know [by Richard Wiggins] and an added section of scientific terms of the era by John Griscom. L16n

Toronto: Home Knowledge Association, 1888. No Binding. Very Good. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Very Good. See scans and description. Toronto: Home Knowledge Association, 1888. Excised from disbound Home Knowledge Atlas. 13.5" x 11". (1888) Alaska Map & Arms of the Dominion and of the Provinces of Canada, in color. Map on verso, Arms on recto (The Dominion, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Manitoba, British Columbia, and Prince Edward Island). The Northwest Territories, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Newfoundland & Labrador, and Nunavut did not have Coats of Arms as of 1888. Very Good; moderate age-toning at periphery, several edge nicks. Frameable as either side. Ships in stout protection, of course. Leph2

New York: Charles E. Merrill Co., 1909. Hardcover. Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Better than Good, about Very Good. The 1909 Merrill's English Texts gathering of 'The Raven' (Edgar Allan Poe), 'The Courtship of Miles Standish' (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow), and Snow-Bound (John Greenleaf Whittier), with photo illustrations (daguerreotype in Poe's case) of the three noted authors. New York: Charles E. Merrill Co., 1909. 16mo, deep green cloth boards, imprinting in black on cover and spine, 198 pp (196+ 2 pp ads). 35 page introduction, uncredited, about the lives of each of the three authors. About Very Good, and scarce in even this condition. Moderate peripheral wear to the binding, a few small cover spots (scan), age-toning to the pages within, and, long ago, early owner Elizabeth M. Thorp of Mynderse Academy lightly signed the ffep and made a few light notation on late pages. Mynderse Academy is a high school in Seneca Falls, NY, the town considered… Read More

Boston: L.C. Page & Company, 1902. 1st Edition 5th or later Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Very Good. 'Abroad with the Jimmies', by Lilian Bell.The 1902 First Edition, 12th impression. Boston: L.C. Page & Company, 1902. 12mo; dark navy boards with red, green, black and white design and cover illustration, gilt lettering on cover and spine, 303 pp. + 14 pp. ads. Frontis illustration from a painting by Oliver Dennett Grover; retains its fragile protective onion skin leaf (scans). Very Good; all corners touched, front hinge starting but stout, minimal age toning to the pages, and a Christmas, 1907 gift inscription by an early owner. See all scans. An example of the easygoing travelogue fiction for which author Bell was noted. Ships in stout protection, of course. L109

London: Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1911. First Edition . Cloth. Very Good Plus. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. London: Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1911. True first edition, preceding Macmillan's American first by about a month. BAL 11928; Sisson & Martens p 53. 7.4" x 5.25"Octavo, 376 + viii ad pp. Green cloth, spine lettered in gilt against white background; decorative endpapers. Frontispiece illustration. Notoriously fragile white enamel spine panel is chipped, but approx. 70% remains, including all behind the gilt lettering. Minor spine lean, light soiling and rubbing to covers and edges, old bookseller's pricing on rear pastedown. Bright spine gilt. Very Good. Please see scans. Scarce true first edition copy of Jack London at his adventuring best - and racist worst. While his prodigious output (his personal rule was to write at least 1,000 words every day) spanned many genre and fields, London is most beloved for his adventure yarns, such as this tale of… Read More

New York: Dodd & Mead, 1871. First Edition . Decorated Cloth. About Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Frontis. New York: Dodd & Mead, 1871. First Edition. Frontispiece illustration. 12mo, 383 pp. Russet pebble cloth ornately decorated in gilt and black, as is the spine; light blue endpaper. Front hinge cracking at flyleaf, some spine lean (perhaps 10%), general mild to moderate wear at extremities, early owner's inscription dated Nov.4th, 1873 on ffep, else a very bright and handsome Very Good, with very strong gilt and black designs. See scans. An uncommon true first edition, with eye appeal on the shelf, of the second installment - "Hunter and Tom" - in Abbott's juvenile adventure series, "The August Stories", the others being "August and Elvie" (first volume); "The Schooner Mary Ann" (third volume); and "In Preparation" (fourth volume). Genuinely scarce as the 1871 first edition, and a truly… Read More

New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1917. Hardcover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fine. See scans and description. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1917. The 1897-copyright Author's Edition of J.M. Barrie's 'Auld Licht Idylls and Better Dead', one of the Barrie volumes in Scribner's series, 'The Novels, Tales and Sketches of J.M. Barrie'. Octavo, vivid forest green cloth, Top Edge Gilt, uncut fore-edge, frontis portrait photograph, tissue guard with 'J.M. Barrie' in red at the bottom, 289 pp. (x + 3 + 276 pp.). Fine, remarkably handsome and undamaged example, micro-wear at corners, bright and clean throughout; even the tissue guard is clean, white, and uncreased. Not too far from what its aspect must have been when new. See all scans. Early Barrie tales, in the case of both titles, based on his life in small-town, middle-class Scotland in the late 1880s. Hard to find in this superior condition. Ships in a new, sturdy, protective… Read More

New York: Hurst and Company, 1920. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. A strong Very Good. "Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table", Oliver Wendell Holmes' pithy collection of (fictional) breakfast table chats. New York: Hurst and Company, undated but for reference to the original Atlantic Monthly serial publication, 1857-1858, but circa 1920. 12mo, blue cloth with rather engaging blue, green, black and gilt designs on cover and spine (see scans); 326 pp. Very Good, with some modest cover soiling and less-than-average amount of age-toning to the pages. Has been read, but is still firmly bound. Ships in stout protection, of course. L8

Boston: Ballou, M.M., 1855. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. From Engravings. Boston: M.M. Ballou, 1855. First Edition. The April 21, 1855 issue, Volume VIII, No. 16, Whole No. 198. Numerous illustrations from engravings. Elephant folio size, sewn newsprint wraps, 16 pp. Very Good; some darkening, small patches of soil (see scans); some edge wear, and of course a bit of age-toning to the newsprint paper (not excessive), and not much else to point to here. See scans. High grade. Maturin Ballou's paper was quite supple, not at all fragile, and it shows. Sharp, healthy, well-preserved. This issue contains stories, articles, and / or the diverse and now somewhat legendary engravings - here, regarding: Alexander II, Emperor of Russia, with a stately portrait engraving; Secrets of the Cells, or Leaves From My Diary (continuing) by Rev. J.H. Ingraham; Mozart's Requiem, by William Melbourne; Crimean War Scenes, two rich pages of text with four… Read More

Boston: Ballou, M.M., 1855. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. From Engravings. Boston: M.M. Ballou, 1855. First Edition. The May 5, 1855 issue, Volume VIII, No. 18, Whole No. 200. Numerous illustrations from engravings. Elephant folio size, sewn newsprint wraps, 16 pp. Very Good; some darkening, notably at front covers (see scan); some edge wear, and of course a bit of age-toning to the newsprint paper (not excessive), and not much else to point to here. See scans. High grade. Maturin Ballou's paper was quite supple, not at all fragile, and it shows. Sharp, healthy, well-preserved. This issue contains stories, articles, and / or the diverse and now somewhat legendary engravings - regarding as follows: The Uniform Overcoat of the First Regiment of the Massachusetts Voluntary Militia, text with one large engraving; The King and the Cobbler - A Romance of Ancient Persia (continuing) by Austin C. Burdick; Venice and Amsterdam (text and two large… Read More

Boston: Ballou, M.M., 1856. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. From Engravings. Boston: M.M. Ballou, 1856. First Edition. The May 24, 1856 issue, Volume X, No. 21, Whole No. 255. Numerous illustrations from engravings. Elephant folio size, sewn newsprint wraps, 16 pp. About Very Good, with an old faint dampstain throughout and darkening to some edges, only very moderate roughness to edges at places. One short spine slit at left (see scans). Standard age-toning to the paper. A sturdy example. Maturin Ballou's paper was quite supple, not at all fragile, and it shows. Sharp, healthy, well-preserved. This issue contains stories, articles, and / or the diverse and now somewhat legendary engravings - here, regarding: cover article, The Thousand Islands, with text and a half-page engraving; The Texan Cruiser: Calypso The Wanderer / A Tale of the Last War, by T. Burlingame Ross (several chapters in an ongoing serial); Labuan Island, Borneo, with… Read More

Boston: Ballou, M.M., 1856. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. From Engravings. Boston: M.M. Ballou, 1856. First Edition. The February 16, 1856 issue, Volume X, No. 7, Whole No. 241. Numerous illustrations from engravings. Elephant folio size, sewn newsprint wraps, 16 pp. Better than Very Good, with very little of the common peripheral darkening, modest edge wear, a few spots of foxing. Not all that far short of Near Fine. See scans. A sturdy and handsome example. Maturin Ballou's paper was quite supple, not at all fragile, and it shows. Sharp, healthy, well-preserved. This issue contains stories, articles, and / or the diverse and now somewhat legendary engravings - here, regarding: cover article, St. Valentine's Day, with large half-page engraving; several more chapters of serial fiction by the editors, The Contrabandist - The Secret of A Life. A True Story of Southern France / with two engravings illustrating that; Paris by Night;… Read More

Boston: Ballou, M.M., 1856. First Edition . Self-wraps [newspaper]. Very Good Plus. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. From Engravings. Boston: M.M. Ballou, 1857. First Edition [newspaper] . Newsprint wraps, large elephant Folio size, 16 pp. Numerous illustrations from engravings. Some edge wear and moderate foxing. Better than very good; sharp, healthy, well-preserved copy. This issue contains articles - and/or the diverse and now somewhat legendary engravings accompanying many of them - on Boston Common, The Contrabandist [fiction], Theater, Albany (six engravings of older Albany buildings, some shown in scans), Calcutta, Bashi-Bazouks, the American Prairie, Samuel Rogers, and a number of smaller items and/or engravings dealing with the Boston area. Maturin Ballou's 16-page newsprint periodical was already a piece of American history when he, as managing editor of Gleason's Pictorial, bought it - the first successful illustrated weekly newspaper in America - from… Read More

Boston: Ballou, M.M., 1856. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. From Engravings. Very Good. Boston: M.M. Ballou, 1856. The January 5, 1856 issue, Volume X, No.1, Whole No. 235. Thirteen illustrations from engravings. Expansive Elephant folio size, sewn newsprint wraps, 16 pp. Very Good, the inevitable moderate age-toning and a chip at rear cover affecting one engraving being the only notable flaws. Less edge wear than is typical, as well. See scans. A sturdy example. Maturin Ballou's paper was quite supple, not at all fragile, and it shows. Sharp, healthy, well-preserved. This issue contains stories, articles, and / or the diverse and now somewhat legendary engravings. Here, there are 13 sizable engravings - including a rather mammoth one, spanning two the the elephant folio pages, of the Battle of New Orleans. They include the masthead, a winter sleigh ride, two illustrations for the serialized story, "The Contrabandist", two arctic… Read More

Boston: Ballou, M.M., 1857. First Edition . Single Issue Magazine. Very Good Plus. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. From Engravings. Boston: M.M. Ballou, 1857. First Edition [newspaper] . Newsprint wraps, Elephant Folio (large), 16 pp. Numerous illustrations from engravings. Some edge wear and a bit of edge darkening. Better than very good; sharp, healthy, well-preserved copy. This issue is a particularly remembered one for its Shakespearian-interest lead article on Edwin Booth as Sir Giles Overreach, with an engraving of him in that role as well as a very large full-page engraving on the last page of an ensemble of As You Like It, but also contains articles - and/or the diverse and now somewhat legendary engravings accompanying many of them - on Sumo/ Japanese Wrestling, Walrusses, Quebec/Montreal, Col. John T. Heard, the Yacht "Emperor", and a number of smaller items and engravings. Maturin Ballou's 16-page newsprint periodical was already a piece of… Read More

Boston: Ballou, M.M., 1855. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. From Engravings. Boston: M.M. Ballou, 1855. First Edition. The April 14, 1855 issue, Volume VIII, No. 15, Whole No. 197. Numerous illustrations from engravings. Elephant folio size, sewn newsprint wraps, 16 pp. Very Good; some darkening, small patches of soil (see scans); some edge wear, and of course a bit of age-toning to the newsprint paper (not excessive), and not much else to point to here. See scans. High grade. Maturin Ballou's paper was quite supple, not at all fragile, and it shows. Sharp, healthy, well-preserved. This issue contains stories, articles, and / or the diverse and now somewhat legendary engravings - regarding as follows: The Aurora Borealis, cover story, with a beautifully executed engraving; Secrets of the Cells, or Leaves From My Diary (continuing) by Rev. J.H. Ingraham; massive two-page spread on Nice and the Chartreuse of Val Pesio, text and four large… Read More

Boston: Ballou, M.M., 1857. First Edition . Self-wraps [newspaper]. Very Good Plus. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. From Engravings. Boston: M.M. Ballou, 1857. First Edition [newspaper] . Newsprint wraps, Elephant Folio (large), 16 pp. Numerous illustrations from engravings. Some edge wear and moderate foxing. Better than very good; sharp, healthy, well-preserved copy. Ballou used supple paper, for newsprint.This issue contains articles - and/or the diverse and now somewhat legendary engravings accompanying many of them - on Chicago, the Emperor and Empress of Austria, Persia, Punjab, Hugh Miller, Ferouk Khan, Leeds, Lt. George H. Preble, Pifferari, Henry the First, and a number of smaller items and engravings. Maturin Ballou's 16-page newsprint periodical was already a piece of American history when he, as managing editor of Gleason's Pictorial, bought it - the first successful illustrated weekly newspaper in America - from owner Frederick Gleason in 1855. l-lng1

Boston: Ballou, M.M., 1857. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. From Engravings. Very Good. Boston: M.M. Ballou, 1857. The February 14, 1857 issue, Volume XII, No.7, Whole No. 295. Numerous illustrations from engravings. Expansive Elephant folio size, sewn newsprint wraps, 16 pp. Very Good; notable edge tatter at front cover and spine; the rest of this issue shows virtually no flaws at all but for a very modest amount of age-toning. See scans. A sturdy example. Maturin Ballou's paper was quite supple, not at all fragile, and it shows. Sharp, healthy, well-preserved. This issue contains stories, articles, and / or the diverse and now somewhat legendary engravings. Here, there are 18 sizable engraving. They include the masthead, a busy Boston Harbor engraving; a front-page State of Tennessee engraving; eight engravings of birds - Rupicola Aurantia, the Umbrella Bird, the Fantail Warbler, the Chinese Teal, the Emeu (Emu), the Loxia Bengalenses,… Read More

Boston: Ballou, M.M., 1855. First Edition . Self-wraps [newspaper]. Very Good. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. From Engravings. Boston: M.M. Ballou, 1855. First Edition [newspaper]. The May 26,1855 issue, Volume VIII, No. 21, Whole No. 203. Numerous illustrations from engravings. Elephant folio size, sewn newsprint wraps, 16 pp. A strong Very Good Plus; other than modest occasional darkening to places on the covers (see scans), hardly anything to point to here. One of the highest grade copies I have. Maturin Ballou's paper was quite supple, not at all fragile, and it shows. Sharp, healthy, well-preserved. This issue contains stories, articles, and / or the diverse and now somewhat legendary engravings - as follows: Club House, Corner of Beacon and Park Streets, with large engraving; "The King and the Cobbler: A Romance of Ancient Persia" (continuation at chapter VIII) by Austin C. Burdick; three locations in New Zealand, with text and three engravings; William the… Read More

Boston: Ballou, M.M., 1856. First Edition . Self-wraps [newspaper]. Very Good Plus. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. From Engravings. Boston: M.M. Ballou, 1856. First Edition [newspaper] . Newsprint wraps, Elephant Folio, 16 pp. Numerous illustrations from engravings. Some edge wear and a bit of edge darkening. Better than very good; sharp, healthy, well-preserved copy. See scans. This issue contains articles - and/or the diverse and now somewhat legendary engravings furnished by of M. Ballou - on Chelsea, Taunton, the Cape Ann Wreck, War, Armenia, and short serial fiction and a number of smaller items, ads and editorials. Maturin Ballou's 16-page newsprint periodical was already a piece of American history when he, as managing editor of Gleason's Pictorial, bought it - the first successful illustrated weekly newspaper in America - from owner Frederick Gleason in 1855. lLng1