![REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF CLAIMS OF THE MEMORIAL OF PETER [PIERRE] LANDAIS; FEBRUARY 5, 1810. READ, AND REFERRED TO A COMMITTE OF THE WHOLE HOUSE ON FRIDAY NEXT](/pictures/thumb/42962.JPG?v=1545158837)
City of Washington: A.&G. Way, Printers, 1810. Hardcover. The first USS Alliance of the United States Navy was a 36-gun sailing frigate of the American Revolutionary War. Her first commanding officer was Capt. Pierre [Peter] Landais, a former officer of the French Navy who had come to the New World..... More
![BERGFAHRTEN IN DEN GRÖDNER DOLOMITEN [MOUNTAIN RIDES IN THE VAL GARDENA DOLOMITES]. Fritz Benesch.](/pictures/thumb/36769.JPG?v=1545157003)
München, Germany: Verlagsanstalt F. Bruckmann A.-G. 1899. First Edition. Hardcover. 146 pages with 29 photographic plates with all tissue guards present, and 69 textual illustrations from photographs by the author. Very nice non author gift inscription to the reverse of the front free endpaper; "Unserem Hochverehrten Wandergenossen Herrn Julius Hölldobler..... More
New York: Looking Glass Library, 1959. Edward Gorey. First edition. first printing. Pamphlet. Limited edition of 600 copies (Toledano A5a). Gorey's fifth book. Issued as a Christmas greeting by the publishers. Unpagenated staple bound pamphlet. Hint of toning and soiling to covers. Inside front cover has small bookseller's label printed... More
London: G.G. & J. Robinson, and J. Mawman [successor to Mr. Dilly], 1800. Hardcover. Complete with all 25 double-page copper-engraved maps, 2 foldout maps, plus Armillary Sphere. Each map is hand-colored in outline. Period marbled boards backed with leather. Maps of the world, Europe and its various countries, Russia in... More
Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons [1863, 1868, 1875, 1880, 1887], 1863. Hardcover. Volumes II through VII contemporary uniform boundings of brown half calf over marbled boards, five raised bands with design and title printed in gilt within compartments. Top edge in gilt. Marbled endpapers. All map plates present... More
New York: Gotham Book Mart, 1974. Edward Gorey. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Number 18 of 100 copies signed by Gorey on the colophon. Toledano B59b. A fine and bright copy, issued without a dust jacket, within a fine example of the publisher's slipcase. More
