Libros raros de ROSENBLOOM RARE BOOKS

27 Volume Set, raised bands 6 compartments gilt, light edgewear, two volumes have 1" blemish, top edge gilt slight spotting on two volumes, tissue-guarded frontispiece in each volume and in-text illustrations, unmarked, bright, clean.

Limited to 1000 copies, dark red cloth, top edge gilt, spine labels faded and chipped, tissue-guarded illustrations, unmarked but some hinges cracked, one volume has circular stain back cover, THREE MUSKETEERS in 2 volumes, COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO in 4 Volumes, VICOMTE DE BRAGELONNE in 5 volumes, TWENTY YEARS AFTER in 2 volumes, MARGUERITE DE VALOIS, LA DAME DE MONSOREAU in 2 volumes, THE FORTY-FIVE in 2 Volumes, GOOD +

Plates and maps engraved on copper, important article 'Account of the Causes which led to the Construction of the Rideau Canal, ... by Lieutenant Frome, 4 plates concerning this article, two foldout, red buckram has some wear and discolouration, red strip with gilt titles pasted along spine, 'patent office library' stamps throughout (mostly back of plates), light foxing throughout, a number of interesting articles and plates, rare Volume 1, 144pp.

First thus, limited (35/100) signed edition, previous owners name at top of flyleaf otherwise unmarked in slipcase.

printed for the author by F. B. Penniman, hinges cracked and weak but still holding, title page coming loose, black cloth worn, remnants of spine label, light foxing, pages 145-148 missing from pagination, no actual missing pages, unmarked, rare.

orange cloth covers lightly worn, back cover has more prevalent spotting, page edges lightly soiled/discoloured, hinges weak but holding, one page 'note on the type' at the end, a scarce sought after title, unmarked.

21.5cm by 13cm, 392pp, frontispiece and folding chart, full leather covers worn, loss at head and tail of spine, split along spine seem, corners bumped, binding still firm and square, pages somewhat darkened with age, very nice calligraphic inscription on front flyleaf by a George Griswold Guilford noting the book as a present from his uncle, Benjamin Cleveland, dated 1802, inscription on rear flyleaf also, unmarked.

Folio, 4pp, American Revolution, fold lines, various articles, front page contains a notice of the Attorney General of the Commonwealth charging one William Brattle, late of Cambridge with treason and high crimes, page 2 contains a notice of Gen. Clarke setting out against the NorthernIndians, last page has a notice of a 10 year old molatto boy named Joe who has run away and reward offered for return and caution against harbouring vassels, small amount of loss in a few places, unmarked.

32cm by 21cm, 453[xvii], boards and spine heavily worn, binding firm and square, some pencil marks on flyleaf and lower corner torn off, rear paste-down lighly mottled/discoloured, good quality hand-made paper in excellent condition, a few neat notes in margins otherwise unmarked.

17cm by 12cm, 83pp, errata slip, inscribed to Irving A. Brooks and signed by the author on the flyleaf, some wear to brown cloth covers, titles in black on front panel, light pencil notations flyleaf and paste-down, unmarked.

xiii, 509pp, 4to, original blue cloth shows light signs of wear, spine faded, unmarked.

17.5cm by 10.5cm, vii, paginated 9-55, first edition of the first biographical account of the first Christian convert in the Hawaiian Islands, with a Letter of Provenance from Mauna Kea Galleries, the book was formerly in the collection of John Dominis Holt, stapled booklet, two woodcut text illustrations, original printed wrappers detached, front cover heavily chipped about edges, title page has loss upper corner and lower edge, dog-eared pages, unmarked.

21.5cm by 13.5cm, 407pp, the first edition and Vol. 2 never printed, lacking plate illustration, contemporary full calf covers heavily worn, spine label faded, foxing throughout, some pages more than others, page edges darkened, lower corner rear endpaper torn off, previous owners name (in pencil-looks like Benjamin Johnson?)on front paste-down and title page, page 75 badly faded for some reason, a few notes in ink otherwise unmarked.

42.5cm by 22.5cm, pp215-286, rare, first edition, second issue published in 1749 same year as first issue, plain white paper covers have light foxing, small repair foredge of title page otherwise bright, unmarked, Sabin 33548.

8vo, 455 plus Appendix and 24pages ads for New Works, original ochre pebbled cloth with blindstamped border decoration, closed tear and some fraying along fore-edge of spine, otherwise very good and gilt titles still bright, illustrations and folding map bright, unmarked, colour illustrations with tissue-guards, ads on paste-down pages, binding pulling slightly in places but still square and firm, unmarked.