Rare books from Quaint Book Shop, IOBA

Bobbs-Merrill, New York, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Book . Near Fine copy of stated "First Printing" in VG DJ, protected by archival mylar cover. 552 pp.; 23 cm. Grey textured paper over boards with bright silver title on spine. Book is in unread condition; binding tight, corners crisp. There is a slight bump at the top of the front cover. Unclipped DJ with no tears, but worn around the edges and suffers from rubbing, esp. on spine. 1" horizontal crease near bottom of front panel. Size: Octavo (8vo; up to 9 3/4" / 20-25 cm tall). 552 pages. Item Type: Book. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Coming of Age; . Main Picture: Mossman (1972), The Stones of Summer (First Edition) - Composite of views of Front Panel, Spine and Back Panel of Dust Jacket (Note: The jacket is intact; this image has three different views put together). Picture 2: Mossman (1972), The Stones of Summer (First Edition) - Publication Information from verso of Title… Read More

Oxford University Press, New York, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Near Fine. Illustrator: Tudor, Tasha. Book Signed by Author and Illustrator. Fine HB in unclipped DJ, protected by Brodart mylar cover. Signed by Tudor under the illustration on the front free end paper. A beautifully preserved copy of a scare book, made rarer by being a signed copy. [27] p.: col. ill.; 18 cm. Reddish, dark rose cloth over boards with title paste-down on the front cover. Size: Sextodecimo (16mo; up to 6 3/4" / 15-17.5 cm tall). 28 pages. Item Type: Book. Text block is tight, bright and unmarked. Binding is tight; corners sharp, but showing some minor shelf wear. DJ in Near Fine condition with slight losses at the outside corners and a small (1/4") chip at the bottom center of the back panel. Dust Jacket un-clipped with the $1.50 price at the bottom corner of the front flap. Illustrator: Tudor, Tasha. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Juvenile Fiction; Animals / Birds; Animals / Birds; United States;… Read More

Oxford University Press, New York, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Tudor, Tasha. Book VG+ HB in VG DJ, protected by Brodart archival cover. [27] p.: col. ill.; 18 cm. Brick red cloth over boards with paste-down title with decoration on front cover and title in yellow on spine. Size: Sextodecimo (16mo; up to 6 3/4" / 15-17.5 cm tall). 27 pages. Item Type: Book. Text block is tight and unmarked, except for previous owner's stamp on front and back endpages. The pages are slightly tanned from age. Binding is tight; corners sharp, but showing some minor shelf wear. Clipped DJ has wear and some loss at the corners. The edges and spine are darkened from handling and exposure. There is a worn spot on the front fold and spine affecting the "st" of "Thistly." At the foot of the spine there is a thin (3/16") piece of tape providing some reinforcement. Illustrator: Tudor, Tasha. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Juvenile Fiction;… Read More

D.M. Hogan, Pittsburgh, PA, 1835. First Edition. Hardcover (Quarter Leather). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket (as issued). Book Very Good hardback. Modern rebinding by Townsend Book Bindery, New Market, VA, in green paper-covered boards with paper title on leather spine and gilt decorations at top and bottom of spine. iv, [5]-204 p. 19 cm. The majority of the book is a parish-by-parish summary of the Baptist churches in Wales, including lists of all of the ministers in each. There is a chronological listing of each parish in the back (pp. 188-92), providing the founding date and the name of the "Ministers appointed to preach" (and often the text used in the first sermon). In addition, there is information about ministers who emigrated to the American colonies to found churches there. Size: Duodecimo (12 mo; up to 7 3/4" / 17.5-20 cm tall). Item Type: Book. Text contains marks and notes scattered throughout, in pencil. Binding is tight; corners bumped with some shelf wear. No… Read More

Cassell & Company Limited, London, 1884. Second Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition. Book Frontispiece map plate printed in gray and three other colors (red, brown and blue). Second edition issue points (besides the fact it is stated to be the Second Edition on the title page) include: "dead man's chest" uncapitalized on pages 2 and 7, "rain" for "vain" in the last line of page 40, the "a" is missing from the phrase "at a glance" at the break between lines 5/6 on page 63, "worse" for "worst" in line 3 of page 197, the period is missing following "opportunity" in line 20 of page 178, and "Treasure Island" is listed as having 304 pages on page 2 of the publisher's advertisements. Includes 8 pages of advertisements dated with the code "5R-12.83" with the last two leaves (pp. 5/6 & 7/8) still uncut. Additional pictures available upon inquiry Size: 7.5"-8" - Small Octavo (Sm. 8vo). 292 pages. Item Type: Book. The text block is bright and unmarked, except for three small pencil… Read More

Abraham Small, Philadelphia, 1824. First Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Very Good Condition. Book Sabin 44787; Howes M316. First edition, but without rear advertisement leaf. Written by the fourth and arguably most important Supreme Court chief justice. Originally published as Marshall's Introduction to his Life of George Washington, now issued in its first separate (and corrected) edition. In his Preface Marshall explains the reason for publishing his history of the colonies in a separate volume, in "a form less exceptionable than that which it originally bore" (p. vii): "From the extreme, I may add unpardonable, precipitation with which it was hurried to the press, many errors were overlooked which, on a perusal of the book, were as apparent to the author as to others. He was desirous of correcting these errors, and of making the work more worthy of the public to which it was offered, as well as more satisfactory to himself. For this purpose he . . . has made several alterations in the… Read More

S. Keimer, [London], 1716. First Edition. Hardcover (Three Quarter Leather). Very Good+ Condition. Pp. 3-38, 1 l. 18 cm. (8vo.). The publication information at the bottom of the title page is: "Sold by S. Keimer, at the Cheshire Coffee-house in King's Arms-Court on Ludgate-hill. MDCCXVI [for 1715]. Price 6 d." The one unnumbered leaf has two pages (recto and verso) of advertisements, including one for Keimer's newspaper, the London Post. Indexed in ESTC Defoe t070860, Moore 330, Furbank and Owens. A critical bibliography of Daniel Defoe, no. 180, Smith, Anti-Quakeriana, p.35. A beautifully preserved copy in an attractive binding of Defoe's "pseudo-Quaker rebuke to the Earl of Mar, the leader of the Jacobite rebels, making much of his violation of the Oath of Abjuration, pointing out the folly of his hopes of English support, and prophesying his defeat" (University of London Library-Senate House catalog note).�Moore reports six copies, of which I could confirm… Read More

A. Kincaid, His Majesty's printer, Edinburgh, 1761. Second Edition. Hardcover (Rebound in three-quarters leather). Very Good+ Condition. Book Thomas Jefferson's copy of this edition is held by the Library of Congress as part of the Jefferson Exhibit Collection. Originally published in 1758, the book was published anonymously but written by Henry Home, Lord Kames (1696-1782), one of the leaders of the Scottish Enlightenment, a judge in the supreme courts of Scotland, and a scholar on the natural law. The bulk of the text (pp. [1]-426) consists of 14 tracts relating, as the Preface describe them, "to subjects common to the law of England and of Scotland" (p. xii). The remainder (pp. 427-463) is an Appendix with supporting material. xv, [1], 463, [1] p. ; 22 cm (8vo). Signatures: A-2G⁸. Bookseller's advertisements: page [xiv]. Printed by A. Kincaid, His Majesty's printer, for A. Millar, London; and A. Kincaid and J. Bell, in Edinburgh, 1761. With… Read More

Chuer Dicey, London, 1760?. Softcover (in hardover folder). Good+ Condition. Book ESTC N13332. The ESTC reports two copies: The one at the Bodleian and one at UCLA. WorldCat shows the UCLA copy (OCLC Number 15584159). Full Title: “Robin Hood’s Garland. Being a Compleat History of all the Notable and Merry Exploits perform’d by him and his Men on divers Occasions. To which is added, A Preface, giving a more full and particular Account of his Birth, &c. than any hitherto published. [Woodcut] [6 lines of verse] Adorn'd with Twenty-seven Neat and Curious Cuts, proper to the Subject of each Song. London: Printed by Chuer Dicey, in Bow-Church Yard: Sold also at his Wholesale Warehouse in Northampton.” Pagination: [4],87,[1], which matches the copy held by the Bodleian Library at Oxford University. Signatures: 2 leaves unsigned, A-E⁸, F⁴. There are 27 traditional folk songs telling the… Read More

Printed by W.W. for Humphrey Moseley, London, 1650. Second Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Very Good+ Condition. Book ESTC Citation R202463; Wing (2nd ed.), H-3081; Thomason, E.1374[2]. 140 p. (Illustrated title, title, portrait of Prince Charles). James Howell (c.1594-1666) was an author of political and historical works who traveled widely in Europe and produced this book, which is often described as the first continental handbook for travelers. The full title is: "Instructions and Directions For Forren Travell. Shewing by what cours, and in what compas of time, one may take an exact Survey of the Kingdomes, and States of Christendome, and arrive to the practicall knowledge of the Languages, to good purpose. With a new Appendix for Travelling into Turkey and the Levant parts." The appendix (pp. 129-140) draws heavily from Sir Henry Blount's account of his trip in 1634-36. It describes ways of getting to Constantinople, touches briefly on travel to Egypt and compares and contrasts… Read More

Kelly and Walsh, Limited, Shanghai, 1904. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition. Book A rare copy of the First Edition that includes the folded map in the pocket on the inside rear cover. 4 p.l., xx, 221, [1] p. plates, Index, Advertisements on 26 unnumbered pages, front and rear free endpapers and front and rear pastedowns, folded map (in pocket). There is no publication date but it is generally assigned 1904 based on the date on the map. Copies held in the nine libraries listed in WorldCat are variously dated from 1904 to 1912. The second edition, published in 1920, is clearly marked as such on the title page and includes an additional preface. In addition to serving as the minister of the Union Church in Shanghai from 1899 to 1919, Rev. Darwent was a founding member of the Shanghai Amateur Photographic Society and 64 of his own photographs (taken around 1902) illustrate the guidebook The map is titled "A Map of The Foreign Settlements at Shanghai 1904". It is printed… Read More

Charles Gosselin, Paris, 1835. Second Edition. Hardcover (Quarter Leather). Very Good Condition. Book Second edition of the first part of this classic analysis of democracy in America, printed the same year as the small first edition of around 500 copies. The first volume’s topic is the institutions of the United States (Institutions des États-Unis) and the second is the functioning of those institutions (Fonctionnement de ces institutions). In a publication note Tocqueville says that because the first edition sold out so quickly, he was only able “to introduce very slight changes in the second. He had to confine himself to correcting some typographical errors and to removing a small number of material errors” (translated from the French). The second part was not published until April 1840 and was released with the eighth edition of this first part. The map has been hand colored and remains bright. It is in excellent condition, with only a small tear to the left margin where the map has… Read More

Printed by Bartholomew Green, Boston, 1727. Second Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition. Book 2 leaves (title page and address to Sir William Ashhurst) printed in facsimile on laid paper. 64 p., 24 p. Although the two works are paginated separately, the signatures are continuous (Sewall ends with Sig. S and Willard begins with Sig. T). Willard’s pamphlet is followed by an appendix written by Sewall. Size: 8"-9" - Octavo (8vo).In bringing together his earlier work, Willard’s sermon and an update in his appendix, Sewall marshals the evidence for his position that the Millennium is near and that the discovery and Christianizing of America is a crucial and perhaps final development to that end. Drawing from prophetic passages describing the coming Millennium, Sewall find significance in the discovery of the Americas as the final remaining area to be found. He also sees the New World as a logical place for the New Jerusalem to be established. Drawing upon others, including Manasseh Ben Israel,… Read More

Printed by Richard Bishop, London, 1649. First Edition. Hardcover (Quarter Leather). Binding Copy. Book John Sadler was an important lawyer and constitutional theorist who, among his many offices, at one point served as Oliver Cromwell’s personal secretary. The fact that The Rights of the Kingdom was published in June of 1649 is significant. Charles I had been tried by Parliament six months earlier and was beheaded at the end of the January. Sadler wrote to defend the power of Parliament to try and execute the King through what Parliamentarian historian Paul Seaward describes as “an extended argument that it had always been within the power of parliaments to choose their kings.” Sadler’s evidence is strongly influenced by his philosemitism (friendly attitudes toward the Jewish people), which informs his understanding of both the past and the future. In his backward look, Sadler traced the English constitution to Hebrew sources… Read More

Printed for J. Clark, at the Bible & Crown in the Poultry, R. Ford, at the Angel in the Poultry, and R. Cruttenden, at the Bible and Three Crowns, in Cheapside, London, 1720. First Edition. Hardcover (Quarter Leather). Very Good Condition. Book Two vols. Pagination: [1], x, [2], 330; [4], 331 - 712, xv, [1], which lines up with Howe's for the first editon. Volume 1 includes the folded map of New England bound between the Table of Contents and the text (between signatures A and B). The map is in excellent condition with no loss around the edges, but there is a 2” split along the top horizontal fold through the “Bay of Funda” (with a small piece of what appears to be acid-free paper tape just under the fold) and a one-half inch split at the bottom of the vertical fold, not affecting the map. The verso of the last leaf of Vol. 2 is a single advertisement page for “BOOKS printed for John Clark, Richard Ford and Robert Cruttenden,” which include three of Isaac Watts’ books and a notice of… Read More