Americana from Michael Pyron, Bookseller, ABAA

Boston: S. Kneeland & T. Green for H. Foster, 1738. Disbound. Very Good binding. Octavo. [2], 34 pp. First edition. Removed from volume; lacks half title and final blank, else complete; trimmed close on the bottom edge, touching but not removing a few words of a note on one page; otherwise, touching only catchwords on a few leaves.… Read more about this item

Washington: A. & G. Way, 1806. Disbound. Good binding. Octavo. 118 pp., folding tables. Removed from volume with binding residue. 3 folding tables constitute a "List of Losses Sustained by the Merchants of Newburyport and Vicinity, by Depredations of the Belligerent Powers in Europe." A two-page message from Jefferson concerning "neutral rights and colonial trade . . .… Read more about this item

Greenfield, [MA]: Denio & Phelps, 1813. Original Wrappers. Good binding. Octavo. 80 pp. Stitched and in printed wrappers. Front wrapper is chipped and separated with pencil annotation; rubber stamped six-digit number on the title page as well as 19th century blindstamp; pages are toned and with some dog-earing. Contains a summary of important information on Massachusetts, including meteorological… Read more about this item

1852. Original Wrappers. near Very Good binding. Octavo. [3]-41, [1 (blank)] pp. Stitched in self wrappers. Toning and early pencil notations to the top of the first leaf, as well as a six-digit number rubber stamped. Despite the pagination beginning on [3], there is no evidence of a missing leaf unless perhaps it a wrapper. This… Read more about this item

New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1854. Original Wrappers. Good binding. Octavo. 176 pp. Stitched in original wrappers. Early damp-staining to front wrapper and tidelines to the top margin of many of the leaves, more prominent to the first several leaves diminishing to an unobtrusive toning to the top corner; dog-earing to the bottom corner of about 2… Read more about this item

New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1854. Disbound. Good binding. Octavo. [4], [7]-176 pp. Removed from binding, original wrappers lacking, as well the initial leaf of publisher's advertisements. Contemporary owner name on the title page; light and even toning throughout else clean. This is the transcript of the infamous murder trial of Matthew F[lournoy] Ward in… Read more about this item

1839. Unbound. Signature of Confederate General Eppa Hunton on a removed fly-leaf, 8.25" x 4.75." A crisp leaf; verso blank but for a penciled "1839," presumably the publication date of the volume from which this was removed. It can't be determined when General Hunton signed the page. This from a group of fly-leaves purchased along with a large quantity… Read more about this item

New York: Bioplasm Company. Unbound. Near Fine binding. Bifolium. 5" x 4." Very crisp copy with only trivial wear. Bioplasm Company was one of a great number offering pseudo-remedies at the turn of the century. In his expose of patent medicines The Great American Fraud, Samuel Hopkins Adams singles out Bioplasm Company of "[deserving] some special attention. … Read more about this item

Philadelphia: Craig, Finley & Co, 1890. Broadside. Fair binding. Trifold, promotional broadside. 10" x 6.25." A promotional piece. Chipping to the extremities, in one instance, just touching some text; closed tear along the folds and above the folds; generally soiled with some stray pencil writing. Nevertheless, fantastic graphics with prices. Rare.

1865. Broadside. Very Good binding. Business card. 4" x 2.5." Light wear and evidence of pencil erasures on both sides. A card offered by O'Grady with place on the back for quotes rates for freight. It looks as if the pencil erasures were a mixture of random strays but perhaps some actual quoted rates. The markings are in… Read more about this item

Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1963. Soft Cover. Very Good binding. Octavo. [2], 61-144 pp. plates, illus. Off-print from BAE Bulletin 186. In original wrappers; all plates present as called for. Previous owner stamp on the front cover and the title page else clean.

Buffalo, NY: Courier Company, Printers, 1877. Original Wrappers. Very Good binding. Octavo. 137-192 pp., plate. As issued, stitched and in printed wrappers; one mounted photograph of black-winged catocala; textblock unopened. A bright copy with limited wear and soiling. Contents include the conclusion of D. S. Jordan's "Check List of Fishes of the Fresh Waters of North America"; F.… Read more about this item

Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1963. Soft Cover. Very Good binding. Octavo. [2], 145-210 pp. plates, illus. Off-print from BAE Bulletin 186. In original wrappers; all plates present as called for. Previous owner stamp on the front cover and the title page else clean.

Clanton, AL: Banner, 1945. Original Wrappers. Good binding. Octavo. [4], 66, [2] pp,, illus. First edition. As issued, stapled in original wrappers. Covers are stained and silverfished partly obscuring the title; early phone numbers in ink on the back cover; minor toning to the contents, but generally clean. A short memoir by Hughes with in text illustration as… Read more about this item

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1901. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Quarto. 261 pp., frontis, First edition. In publisher's cloth. Generally a clean, bright copy with only minor shelf-rubbing and clean throughout but for one page with a small ink smudge.

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1909. Hard Cover. near Very Good binding. Octavo. vii, [1], 451 pp. First edition. In original cloth. Only light wear; evidence of a shelf label removed from the spine; spine a trifle sunned; previous owner bookplate on the front pastedown as well as an ink number on the bottom of the title page, else… Read more about this item

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1902. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Quarto. 244 pp. First edition. In publisher's cloth. Minor soiling and shelfwear to the binding, but generally a presentable and solid copy; previous owner bookplate and ink ownership name on the front pastedown; minor tideline to the top margin few dozen leaves else clean.

Verona, Italy: Officina Bodoni, 1965. Quarter Leather. Very Good+ binding. Octavo. 108, [4] pp., plates, facsims. Limited edition, one of 225 copies. As issued, backed in green morocco with paper over boards; in publisher's card slipcase. A fairly fresh copy with some light and scattered foxing and a bit of a musty smell; clean throughout. Compliments of R.… Read more about this item

Stanford, NY: Printed by Daniel Lawrence, for Henry and John F. Hull, 1803. Disbound. Good binding. 12mo. 111, [1 (ads)] pp. Removed from volume. Remnants of binding on the spine; title page is loosening; generally toned; ink number in the bottom margin of p. iii. Autobiography of a Quaker convert. An early edition was printed at Philadelphia by… Read more about this item

[Washington], 1803. Disbound. Good binding. Octavo. 4 pp. Removed from volume. Minor chipping to the edges; age-toned. Petition to Congress (dated 14 November 1803) to incorporate the Directors of the Columbian Library Company, established for the erection and support of a Public Library. The original bill [House document (United States. Congress. House); 7th Congress, 2nd Session, no. 52]… Read more about this item