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Issue No. 7 · October 11, 2026

Old Book Hunter #7

Every Man His Own Gardener. Being a New, and More Complete Gardener's Kalendar than any one hitherto publishedAcetaria: A Discourse of Sallets ... [bound with] Kalendarium Hortense; or, The Gard'ner's AlmanacInstruction pour les jardins fruitiers et potagers, avec un traité des orangers, suivy de quelques réflexions sur l'agricultureThe American Gardener's Calendar; adapted to the Climates and Seasons of the United StatesTraité sur la culture et les usages des pommes de terre, de la patate et du topinambour. Publié & imprimé par ordre du Roi

Issue No. 6 · October 5, 2026

Old Book Hunter #6

Traité des poisons tirés des règnes minéral, végétal et animal, ou toxicologie généraleA Mechanical Account of Poisons in Several EssaysAn Account of Indian Serpents, Collected on the Coast of Coromandel; containing descriptions and drawings of each species; together with experiments and remarks on their several poisonsThe Universal Directory for Taking Alive and Destroying Rats, and all other Kinds of Four-Footed and Winged VerminDeath in the Pot: A Treatise on Adulterations of Food, and Culinary Poisons, Exhibiting the Fraudulent Sophistications of Bread, Beer, Wine, Spirituous Liquors, Tea, Coffee, Cream, Confectionery, Vinegar, Mustard, Pepper, Cheese, Olive Oil, Pickles, and Other Articles... Second edition

Issue No. 5 · September 27, 2026

Old Book Hunter #5

A New Dictionary of Trade and Commerce, Compiled from the Information of the Most Eminent Merchants...Original old ledger reused as a scrapbook, with pasted-in trade cards from Detroit and Chelsea, Michigan firmsThe Present State of Hudson's Bay, Containing a Full Description of that Settlement and the Adjacent Country; and Likewise of the Fur TradeThe Cries of London: Exhibiting Several of the Itinerant Traders of Antient and Modern TimesIllustrated Catalogue of General Hardware Manufactured by the Penn Hardware Company. 1883

Issue No. 4 · September 18, 2026

Old Book Hunter #4

Traités des contrats aléatoires, selon les règles tant du for de la conscience que du for extérieur (including the Traité du jeu)A Complete Digest of the Theory, Laws, and Practice of InsuranceAnalysis of the Game of Chess; A New Edition, Greatly EnlargedA Short Treatise on the Game of Whist [bound with] A Short Treatise on the Game of Quadrille; ... Piquet; ... Back-GammonThe Doctrine of Chances: or, A Method of Calculating the Probability of Events in Play

Issue No. 3 · September 11, 2026

Old Book Hunter #3

Nouveaux Éléments des Mathématiques — Complete 2-Volume Set (Tome I & II), 1689Caminologie, ou Traité des cheminées, contenant des observations sur les différentes causes qui font fumer les cheminées, avec des moyens pour corriger ce défautA General History of Quadrupeds. The Figures Engraved on Wood by T. BewickWanderings in South America, the North-West of the United States, and the Antilles, in the Years 1812, 1816, 1820, and 1824Nouveaux Mélanges Philosophiques, Historiques, Critiques, &c. &c.

Issue No. 2 · September 4, 2026

Old Book Hunter #2

Traité de la suppurationHistoire des voyages que les Danois ont fait dans les Indes orientales, depuis l'an 1705 jusqu'à la fin de l'année 1736 (also issued as Histoire de la mission danoise dans les Indes orientales)The Antiquities of Herculaneum, Translated from the Italian by Thomas Martyn and John Lettice. Vol. 1, Part 1: Containing the Pictures (all published)Robin Hood's Garland. Being a Compleat History of all the Notable and Merry Exploits Perform'd by Him and His Men on Divers OccasionsThe State of the Prisons in England and Wales, With Preliminary Observations, and an Account of Some Foreign Prisons and Hospitals (second edition) [bound with] Historical Remarks and Anecdotes on the Castle of the Bastille (first English edition)

Issue No. 1 · August 29, 2026

Old Book Hunter #1

Journey Through Arabia Petraea, to Mount Sinai, and the Excavated City of Petra, the Edom of the PropheciesUnidentified Portuguese historical compilation on the Portuguese in Africa and Asia (Lisbon: Na Officina de Pedro Ferreira, 1752)Rural Architecture in the Chinese Taste, Being Designs Entirely New for the Decoration of Gardens, Parks, Forrests, Insides of Houses, &c. ... Divided into Four Parts (3rd edition)Sketches of Field Sports as Followed by the Natives of India, with Observations on the AnimalsNouvelles de la République des Lettres (année 1684) — bound with the two issues of Le Mercure sçavant, janvier–février 1684