•  Original wrappers, illustrated in color on the front. Much paper loss over the spine. Front wrapper detaching, lightly soiled, with small chips to corners and fore-edge, and with several tears including one long tear extending halfway into the illustration but without loss. Three digit number pencilled in lower left corner of front cover. Back wrapper and final leaf (advertisement) chipped, torn, and detached. First leaf torn in inner margin and detaching. A couple of leaves with one or two short tears in margins, without loss. Fold mark along width of pamphlet. Bottom corners dog-eared, top corners curling a bit. Far from pristine butquite delightful. (8603)

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•  In modern wrappers, with sewing holes. Remnants of paper label affixed to top left corner (blank space) of first page. One map torn, with tear limited to blank space in inner margin. Moderate foxing throughout; some corners dog-eared.

•  Shaw & Shoemaker 39609.   Removed from a nonce volume; inner edge a little irregular; remnants of paper adhered in inner margin. First page rubber-stamped by the War Department Library. (13169)

•  Very Good condition, in recent wrappers.

•  Folded, never bound; with additional fold lines as to fit in an envelope or pocket. Dust-soiling; stray ink marks on p. 4. Edges tattered and dog-eared. In all a fair/good copy.

In addition to the five plates (three lithographed by A. Hoen & Co. after drawings by J.H. Emerton, one by A. Gast & Co. after a drawing by Riley, and one by Sinclair & Son after a drawing by C.S. Minot), the report is illustrated with a number of in-text woodcuts of locusts and other insects, their anatomy, and their eggs and egg-masses, as well as machines and devices designed to eradicate them. Appendices include a detailed comparison of insectivorous birds and their potential benefits.

Provenance: With affixed note on Entomological Commission letterhead, addressed to the Rev. E.H. Dalrymple of Baltimore, MD, and signed by C.V. Riley; front free endpaper bearing the mailing label to Dalrymple.

•  Publisher’s quarter cloth and printed paper wrappers; wrappers darkened, with small edge nicks, cloth starting to split from top of front joint. Front wrapper and front inside cover institutionally rubber-stamped, front free endpaper with label as above. First map and title-page partially torn along inner margin; plates 2 through 5 with small nick in upper edge, not approaching image. Pages clean.

•  Original printed wrappers, chipped at spine and edges and corners without loss of printing; darkened. A shallow chip or two to title and following page, shallow dog-earing and faint waterstaining to initial leaves including title-page; otherwise, clean and free of chips or tears. (21257)

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•  Disbound; three holes in inner margin, not touching text. Ink notation and numeral on first page. Some dog-earing and tattering in corners and outer margins. Pencillings in several margins. Occasional mild spotting. Now housed in a simple archival phase box. (13455)

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Provenance: First page with inked signature of Henry D. Gilpin (here "H.D. Gilpin"), the U.S. Attorney General who arguedthe Amistad case.  Front pastedown with Gilpin's bookplate and the Wisconsin Historical Society's rubber-stamp.

•  Half sheep over paper boards; covers off, leather rubbed and much abraded, spine leather chipped away; two holes in inner margin, never touching text. Remnants of paper label adhered to top margin of first page. Light spotting to several pages. A few small dog-ears. Now housed in a simple archival phase box. (13538)

•  Publisher's terra-cotta cloth, cover pictorially stamped, spine with black-stamped title; edges and spine a bit darkened, with corners and spine extremities slightly rubbed. Pages clean. (14992)

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•  Written in a clear hand and with the integral blank leaf. Paper good and document attractive.  (21767)

•  Publisher's canvas over boards, front cover and spine with gilt-stamped leather labels. A fine copy.  (18007)

•  Publisher's brown cloth, front cover with gilt-stamped title and affixed color-printed illustration; spine and corners showing light wear, otherwise a beautiful copy.  (23636)

•  Original printed wrappers. Five-digit number stamped on front wrapper. (287)

The present volume was the last to appear of four issues of this annual, which commenced its run in 1824. The binding style, which incorporates a wallet-pocket and pencil holder, is uncommon, though the first such American bindings date from the late 1790s.

•  Faxon 763 (for the 1826 edition); Shoemaker 26110. Green straight-grain morocco wallet binding, framed in wide gilt rolls; worn, with portions of binding faded to brown and hinges tender. Back pastedown with pencilled ownership inscription; some engagement pages filled in. Several leaves removed, some leaving traces. Some plates with spots of foxing. Clearly not only used but actually carried around on a regular basis; still appealing and intriguing.

•  Original grey wrappers. Near fine. (6445)

Scarce. Only 11 institutions, all in the U.S., report holdings via OCLC.

•  Sabin 37866; American Imprints 22538.   Period-style quarter tan cloth with light blue paper–covered sides, spine with printed paper label. Frontispiece portrait lacking. Light to moderate foxing.  (23903)

Presentation copy: Inked presentation inscription of E.B. Washburne on p. 1.

•  Recent speckled brown wrappers. Some shallow chipping and tears. Neat, handsome old library rubber-stamps.

•  Publisher’s color-printed paper wrappers; paper rubbed over spine, back wrapper with small scrape near upper edge. Inside front cover with early inked annotation as above. Pages mostly clean, with a very few small spots of foxing. A lovely copy of an ephemeral item.