Ellen Saito, bookseller
Pall-Mall, London: Pr. at Strawberry-Hill for R. and J. Dodsley, 1757. Fine Binding. 8vo (8.8 in, 22.9 cm). [15 blank leaves] 21 [1 blank leaf] [4 blank leaves] [1 blank leaf]; illus. First edition: Unique extra-illustrated first issue (with "Ilissus" at 8:19 and a comma after "Swarm" at 16:20) to..... More
(Geneva): Huldrichi Fuggeri for Henri Estienne, 1560. Vellum. Two volumes in one. 32mo (5.0 in, 12.7 cm). [2] 3-576; [2] 3-hbvv432 pp. a-z aa-nn^8; A-Z, AA-DD^8. Greek and Latin on opposite pages. Vol I: "Pindar. Olympia, Pythia, Nemea, Isthmia. Eight of the rest of the lyric verse / Alcaeus, Sappho..... More
London: Leonard Smithers, 1898. Hardcover. 8vo (8.8 in, 22.4 cm). viii, 1-31 on every recto [3 blanks] pp. C. & p. For the first edition, 800 copies were printed on handmade paper and 30 copies on Japanese vellum. Of these, 800 handmade paper copies plus 20 Japanese vellum copies sold..... More
Venice: Plinio Pietrasanta, 1554. 1/2 Vellum. 8vo (8.3", 21.5 cm); 46, [2] pp. First edition: "Original edition of this study on marriage in antiquity, dealing with its institution, ceremonies and nuptial costumes, and the rights and duties of married women. The book is dedicated to Virginia Fieschi, who married Jacopo..... More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1952. Hardcover. 8vo (7.4 in, 18.8 cm). 285 pp. B. M. Mooyaart-Doubleday (translator); Eleanor Roosevelt (introduction). First English language edition: First edition stated on copyright page and $3.00 on jacket flap. Anneliese Frank's diary documents her life in hiding during the Nazi occupation of Holland beginning..... More
[Edinburgh]: 1718. Folio (31.2 cm, 12.3"). [1] p. Dated July 30 1718, this broadside is a rebuttal of certain financial assertions made by Ruth Pollock in her ongoing legal battle against John Campbell over the estate of Sir Hugh Campbell, which included Cawdor Castle (although that legendary castle is not..... More
[Edinburgh]: 1718. Folio (31.5 cm, 12.4"). [2] pp. Dated February 5th 1718, this broadside was part of a protracted legal struggle between Ruth Pollock and John Campbell, grandson of Sir Hugh Campbell, thane of Cawdor. Particularly in question here are the marriage articles between Sir Alexander Campbell and Elizabeth Lort..... More
[Edinburgh]: 1717. Folio (30.5 cm, 12"). 4 pp. The battle between Ruth Pollock and the Campbells (or Calders, from their estate of Cawdor) rages on, with the Calder side strenuously denying that any legitimate marriage ever took place between her and Capt. George Campbell. Pollock, who called herself Campbell's widow..... More
New York & Toronto: Random House, 1961. Hardcover. 8vo (9.1 in, 23.2 cm). [x], 458 [2] pp. C. & p. First edition: First printing stated. Jane Jacobs (1916-2006) was an American-born Canadian community activist noted for her incisive observations of urban planning and design. In her landmark book, Jacobs passionately..... More
London: Faber & Faber, [1929]. First Edition. Folio (7.3 in, 18.5 cm). 4 unnumbered pp.; frontis. Signed first edition: This wrappered first edition of 9 October 1929 preceded the hardcover signed edition of 28 October 1929. Ariel Poem, No. 23. T.S. Eliot's (1888-1965) signature verified unofficially through emailed photographs by..... More
Amsterdam: Printed by Heinricum Wetstenium, 1684. Vellum. 4to (8.1", 20.6 cm). [28], 598 40 [20] pp. Latin. Francesco Guicciardini (editor). First edition: The preeminent Swiss theologian of his time (not the 20th-century philosopher), Heidegger (1633-1698) was a professor of Hebrew, philosophy, dogmatics and ecclesiastical history, moral philosophy, and theology. This is..... More
Cadiz: Imprenta Nacional, 1813. 1/4 Leather. 4to (21 cm, 8.3 in). [4], 694 pp., lacks frontis. First edition: The Spanish Inquisition was established in the 13th-century. The power of the Spanish Inquisition wavered over the centuries and was limited to the censorship of books and free speech by the early..... More
London: Printed by J. Davis for the author, 1787. 1/4 Calf. 8vo (9", 22.9 cm). [2], x, 262 pp., folded plate: map. Printed by J. Davis for the author, and sold by Payne and Son, at the Mewse Gate; Cadel, in the Strand; Sewel, in Cornhill; and Flexney, in Holborn..... More
Paris: Chez Ladvocat, Libraire de S.A.R. Monseigneur le duc de Chartres, au Palais-Royal, 1825. 1/2 Leather. 10 volume set. 12mo (7.3 in, 18.5 cm). [6] i-viii i-xviii 399 [1], xx 380, xxiii 374, xi 370, xvi 375, xi 367, xii 387, xi 368, xi 414, viii 400 pp. First edition..... More
[Boston/]: [Tolman & White, Printers/], [1880]. Small 4to (10", 25 cm). [2] ff. (printed on rectos only). The prospectus of membership: includes a preamble, short history, aims, its constitution, and by-laws. Old folds. Else almost as issued. More
Smithfield (England): J. Evans & Son, [1817]. Broadside. Broadside (15 x 10 in, 38.1 x 25.4 cm). "Sold by J. Evans & Son, (Printers to the Cheap Repository for Moral and Religious Tracts) Long Lane, Smithfield; sold also by J. Hatchard, Picadilly, London; by Binns, Bath; Bulgin, Bristol; and by..... More
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1938. Hardcover. Small 4to (9.4 in, 23.9 cm). [2], [4] 5-504 [2] pp.; frontis. Index. Tribute by Pearl Buck on jacket lower panel. First edition: Teacher, social worker, and nurse, Margaret Sanger (1879-1966) witnessed frequent pregnancies and botched abortions. Sanger founded the paper, The..... More
Boston: Printed by George B. Wilcox, 1894. Softcover. 12mo (7.1 in, 18 cm). [ii], [1-4] 5-33 [blank] pp. Colophon: "This book was printed by George B. Wilcox, 299 Washington Street, Boston, in the year 1894." Sole edition: Emma Endicott Marean (1854-1936) dedicated her book of poetry to her daughter Edith..... More
[Boston?]: [Tolman & White Printers?], [1880]. 8vo (9.5", 23.5 cm). [2] ff. (printed on recto and verso). Perhaps the first printing of the association's constitution. Ex-American Antiquarian Society Copy with its embossed stamp. Top edge tattered with loss of blank paper, age-toned, some dog-earing. More
New York: J. B. Ford, 1869. Hardcover. 8vo (8 in, 20.3 cm). [6] xii,13-500 [12 adv.] pp.; illus. Second printing: Catharine E. Beecher (1800-1878) was the eldest of nine siblings including Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896), the famous abolitionist who authored Uncle Tom's Cabin. American educator, women's rights activist, and author..... More
[Leyden]: [s.n.], 1653. Full calf. 32mo (5.1", 13 cm). 536 pp. Latin. First edition: Compiled and in part translated into Latin by Dutch scholar Marcus Zuerius van Boxhorn (1612-1653). “Boxhorn, as a true patriot, felt the urge to defend his country when it became the victim of new foreign aggression..... More
London: Spottiswoode for Smith, Elder and Co., 1877. Hardcover. 3 vols. 8vo (19.7 cm, 7.8"). [v] vii [viii], [1] 441, [1 blank] pp.; frontis. (port.), ill; p. 235 as 225. [v] viii, [1] 510 pp.; frontis. (port.), ill. [iv], [1] 395 [1 blank] pp. Third edition stated: Harriet Martineau (1802-1876)..... More
Boston: Printed by S. N. Dickinson & Co., 1847. Pamphlet. 12mo (7.3 in, 18.5 cm). [1-3] 4-12 pp. The Society of Friends or Quakers has pioneered social reform since the mid-1600s. The pamphlet begins, "We have felt it a duty incumbent upon us, at this time, to revive our religious testimony..... More
London and Edinburgh: T.N. Foulis, [1913]. Fine Binding. 12mo (7.6 in, 19.3 cm). [4] [viii], 190 [2 ad] [4] pp.; illus. First thus: First Foulis edition. Louisa Stuart Costello (1799-1870) was an accomplished Anglo-Irish artist and prolific, critically acclaimed and professional poet and author. Introduction and chapter about Persian ornament..... More
Albany: Weed, Parsons & Company, printers, 1876. 8vo (22 cm, 8.5"). 54 pp. Devereux and Andersen's report on hospitals for the sick and insane in New York state occupies the first eight pages and Wilbur's highly important account of "the management of the insane in Great Britain" fills pages 11..... More