Boston: Printed and published for the author, 1854. 20 1/2 x 26 1/2. 16 pages + one-page index + 6 full size color plates. One chromolithograph is from a drawing by Allen; the other 5 are from drawings by Sharp. Recent boards with linen spine; facsimile of original title label..... More

Paris: Gruel & Engelmann, 1862. 5 x 6. CXCII pages, each richly illuminated by chromolithography in colors and gold + 12 full page illustrations, and terminal pages to record family births, marriages, etc. Each leaf is tipped to a hinge, allowing the book to be opened flat. Bound by Gruel..... More

Mittineague: Strathmore Paper Co, 1921. Two vols. 8 1/2 x 13. 28 text pages, 2 plates engraved by Rudolph Ruzicka showing unbalanced and balanced color, and 19 folding color-printed specimens demonstrating color combinations. Cloth-backed boards, printed cover label. Light wear to extremities, rusty paper clip mark inside front cover. Volume..... More

Treasury Department. Washington, D. C., 1869. Oblong 13 x 9. 3 leaves, 100 pages, 31 plates. The text is arranged in two sections followed by an Index. Pages 1-36 concern bonds, and are followed by 22 hinged-in engraved specimens. Pages 37-66 concern coinage, and are followed by 9 embossed plates..... More

(London: The Studio, 1931). 8 1/2 x 10 1/2. (90) pages + 20-page summary in French + 15 inserted plates. Printed in black and blue, and illustrated throughout. Cloth spine, printed paper over board sides. One joint with several splits, occasionally affecting a gutter between leaves. Very good copy in..... More

(Oxford, 1984). 7 x 10 1/2. 25 pages, including two tipped-in original specimens of nature- and color-printing, from The Octavo Ferns (a very large fern in green) and The British Seaweeds (a large seaweed in red). Quarter morocco & Japanese paper boards. Upper tips lightly bumped, but fine. No. 12..... More