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1 Boston Miscellany Of Literature And Fashion.
Boston 1842 First Edition Hardcover Fair; Front board detached, spine destroyed, first leaf toned from the frontispiece, page 50 lacks a corner affecting two lines of text in one column, light to moderate stain at rear upper corner, not affecting the color plates. 
tall 8vo; 3/4 leather, 278p., music, illustrations, 3 fashion color plates. **Volume 2, complete in six numbers, bound without title pages or ads. Pages 218-221 contain Edgar Allan Poe's review of "Griswold's American Poetry." One of the color fashion plates includes a man with the two women. 
Price: 45.00 USD
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2 Father Clement, A Roman Catholic Story...
Newark NJ Benjamin Olds 18511831 Hardcover Fair; Spine detached but present, else tight copy. 
24mo 5" - 6" tall; Publisher's blind stamped cloth, 246p. 
Price: 25.00 USD
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3 Lights And Shadows Of London Life.
London Saunders & Otley 1842 First Edition (?) Hardcover Good; Bottom half inch and top inch and a half of the spine are destroyed, light rubbing to corners, internally about VG. 
8vo; Two volumes, publisher's light green cloth with stamped design, x, 300, viii, 312p., leaf of ads 
Price: 100.00 USD
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4 Reception And Entertainment Of The Chinese Embassy, By The City Of Boston
Boston Alfred Mudge & Son, City Printers 1868 First Edition Hardcover Good+; Base of spine chipped, lacks top half inch of spine, two inch crack top of rear hinge, one inch crack at bottom of rear hinge, spine faded, two inch dark stain at lower inner corner of preliminary blank leaves else a tight clean copy. 
tall 8vo 9" - 10" tall; Publisher's wine colored cloth, uncut and unopened, 77p. **BAL 5257: Ralph Waldo Emerson, Speech, pages 52-55. BAL 8862: Oliver Wendell Holmes, Poem, pages 41-42. 
Price: 175.00 USD
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5 The Bibelot, A Reprint Of Poetry And Prose For Book Lovers... Volume I.
Portland, ME Thomas B. Mosher 1895 First Edition Hardcover Very Good-; Spine darkened, binding soiled. 
8vo; 351 pages 
Price: 20.00 USD
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6 The Fiddlehead.
Fredericton NB The Fiddlehead 1966 & 1969 First Edition Softcover Very Good 
8vo; Red pictorial wraps, Fall 1965 & Fall 1966, being numbers 66 and 69. 
Price: 15.00 USD
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7 The Fiddlehead.
Fredericton NB The Fiddlehead 1959-60 First Edition Softcover Very Good 
8vo; Wraps, numbers 42-46. 
Price: 20.00 USD
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8 The Fiddlehead.
Fredericton NB The Fiddlehead 1969-74 First Edition Softcover Very Good 
8vo; Wraps, numbers 82-103. **Additional postage is required. 
Price: 87.50 USD
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9 The Fiddlehead.
Fredericton NB The Fiddlehead 1979-80 First Edition Softcover Very Good 
8vo; Wraps, numbers 121 & 123-124. 
Price: 15.00 USD
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10 The Fiddlehead.
Fredericton NB The Fiddlehead 1984 First Edition Softcover Very Good 
8vo; Squareback wraps, numbers 139 & 140, spring and summer. 
Price: 10.00 USD
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11 The Fiddlehead.
Fredericton NB The Fiddlehead 1984-87 First Edition Softcover Very Good 
8vo; Squareback wraps, numberrs 142-151. 
Price: 85.00 USD
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12 The Fiddlehead.
Fredericton NB The Fiddlehead 1990 First Edition Hardcover Very Good 
8vo; Squareback wraps, numbers 164-166. 
Price: 15.00 USD
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13 The Library Magazine Of Select Foreign Literature.
NY American Book Exchange 1880 Hardcover Good+; Edges worn, one inch spine tear. 
Square Small 8vo; v, 1152 pages; 3/4 leather, marbled boards, index. Volume .3. 
Price: 30.00 USD
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14 The Wreath, Containing The Minstrel And Other Favorite Poems, To Which Is Prefixed the Life of Dr. Beattie.
London W. Suttaby 1806 First Edition (?) Hardcover Good; Front outer hinge cracked, spine label incomplete. 
24mo 5" - 6" tall; Ornate mottled calf, gilt spine, gilt rule on boards, 153, [2]p., frontispiece and vignette title page. 
Price: 25.00 USD
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15 Ade, George Doc' Horne: A Story Of The Streets And Town.
Chicago Herbert S. Stone And Company 1899 First Edition Hardcover Very Good; Binding lightly rubbed, contemporary lib. Plate pasted on inside front cover. 
12mo; 292 pages; Illustrated. 
Price: 20.00 USD
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16 Alison, Archibald Miscellaneous Essays. Reprinted From English Originals, With The Author's Corrections for This Edition
Philadelphia Carey & Hart 1845 First Edition Thus Hardcover Very Good; Corners are lightly rubbed, one small dent in spine. 
British Modern Essayists; Vol. 2; 8vo; 390 pages; 3/4 black leather, 5 panel spine gilt ruled, with raised bands, marbled board with a light blue/green background, all edges speckled, printed in double columns, portrait. **WIth the binder's ticket of D. Bugbee's Bookstore & Bindery and a pencil inscription stating half morocco. **American Imprint 45-132 
Price: 125.00 USD
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17 Ariosto, Lodovico Commedie In Versi ... Tomo Duodecimo Ed Ultimo.
Firenze Leonardo Ciardetti 1825 Softcover Good+; Lacks bottom half inch of spine, spine incomplete at top inch of hinges, moderate edge wear. 
Opera dell'Ariosto; Vol. 12; 32mo 4" - 5" tall; 303 pages; Uncut and unopened in publisher's printed wraps, ornate border. **La Leno, Il Negromante, & La Scholastica. 
Price: 25.00 USD
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18 Ariosto, Lodovico Commedie In Versi ... Tomo Undecimo.
Firenze Leonardo Ciardetti 1825 Softcover Good+; Lacks bottom quarter inch of spine and top eighth inch, moderate edge wear. 
Opera dell'Ariosto; Vol. 11; 32mo 4" - 5" tall; 240 pages; Uncut and unopened in publisher's printed wraps, ornate border. **La Cassaria & I Suppositi. 
Price: 25.00 USD
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19 Asimov, Isaac Constantinople, The Forgotten Empire.
Boston Houghton Mifflin 1970 78-122907 First Edition Hardcover Very Good in Fair dust jacket 
8vo; 293 pages; Index. 
Price: 75.00 USD
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20 Athenaeus The Deipnosophists Or Banquet Of The Learned Of Athenaeus, Literally Translated by C. D. Yonge [Volume II]
London Henry G. Bohn 1854 Hardcover Very Good-; Corners dented else light wear. 
Bohn's Classical Library; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; Publisher's embossed blue cloth, 3, 433-815p. **Being volume 2 of 3. 
Price: 25.00 USD
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