Venice: Iuntas, 1607. Hardcover. Bound in half-vellum with decorative paper boards, hand-inked title to spine, missing the bottom corner of the bottom board, otherwise shows minor wear and rubbing, edgewear and soiling. Contemporary inscription of former owner on the front free endpaper. Copper-engraved title page and nearly 600 woodcut illustrations... More
Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, & Gr, 1830. Hardcover. Ex-library copy in a library binding, small stamps throughout. Cover shows minor wear. Pages are lightly tanned and mostly clean. More
Bailliere, 1865-01-01. Hardcover. Bound in hardcover with original wrappers, cover shows minor wear and tear, rubbing and soiling, tanning. Pages show minor scattered foxing. More
Charles Scribner's Sons, 1928-01-01. Hardcover. SIGNED limited edition, this is copy 39 of 525, signed by the author, James Boyd, and by the illustrator, N.C. Wyeth. Orange cloth cover with illustrated plate shows minor wear and rubbing. Pages are lightly tanned and clean. More
Pynson Printers, 1927-01-01. Hardcover. Copy #197, signed by Rockwell Kent. Half-leather cover with marbled boards shows minor wear and discoloration on the spine. Pages are clean, text and pictures are intact and unmarred. In original plain slipcase which shows minor shelfwear and tanning. More
W.J. Widdleton, 1868-01-01. Hardcover. First thus. Thin 4to., green cloth with gilt decoration designed by master engraver John Feely, minor wear to extremities. All edges gilt, marbled endpapers. Pages are clean with many plates of illustrations. More
Charlotta A. Bass, 1960. Hardcover. RARE, no other copies available! The memoirs of Charlotta Bass, the first African American woman to own and operate a newspaper (The California Eagle) in the USA. Red boards with gilt lettering on spine and front board. Slight reading wear, textblock seperate from boards but... More
London: Smith, Elder, & Co., 1900. Hardcover. 7-volume set, complete. Uniformly bound in half leather with raised bands and gilt on the spines, covers show minor wear and rubbing, fading on the spine. All edges gilt, marbled endpapers. Pages are clean. More
Cassell, 1946-01-01. Hardcover. First Edition. "First Published .. 1946" is stated. - Appears to be signed by Winston S. Churchill on a tipped in strip of paper affixed to half-title page. paper measures approx. 4.5" x 1.75" ( Signature approx. 3.5" by 0.25") Bound in 3/4 red calf with marbled... More
Editions Albert Morance, 1924. Portfolio. Ex-library, also from the collection of Cecil B. DeMille, includes his bookplate. Cream boards with brown fabric spine, ribbon tie. Unbound portfolio housing 40 plates, 16 color plates. Heavy age tanning to boards, pencil notes on boards, rubbing along edges of spine, library stickers on... More
Chez J.B. Bailliere, 1838. Hardcover. Two volumes, first edition textblocks. Modern green cloth binding with vibrant gilt lettering on spine. Original paper covers preserved within, volume I has some chipping at edges of title page. Some foxing at edges of pages throughout both volumes, does not mark text. Light edgewear... More
Printed for A. Strahan, and T. C, 1796. Hardcover. First edition. Volume I only! Front board has detached, could be repaired by an expert. Otherwise in good condition! Bound in full tree calf with gilt border, 6 raised bands on spine, gilt-tooled floral motifs. Some bumping to corners, a few... More
The Macaulay Company, 1935. Hardcover. RARE. 1st ed. Signed and inscribed by the author to Barrett C. Kiesling, publicity director for MGM studios. Dust jacket is unclipped- has some chipping along edges, sun fading to spine, but overall is in good condition, clean and vibrant. Now protected by mylar. Slight... More
Venetia: Scipion Banca, 1669. Hardcover. 8vo. Venice, 1669, [6]+798+[13]. Contemporary vellum binding with writing cirac 1681 on front and back (contemporary notes in Italian). The binding is seperated from the textblock and the paper supine liner is crumbling. Cover is stained and warped. Textblock is square, although some of the... More
London: S. Vandenbergh et al. 1778. Hardcover. Detached boards with heavy wear and rubbing on the cover, erosion on the spine. Pages show minor soiling, detached last page, textblock otherwise intact and square. A good candidate for rebinding. Gerard de Lairess was a Dutch Golden Age painter and art theorist... More
London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trub, 1890. Hardcover. Ex-library copy with usual markings, from an uncirculating museum research library. Half-leather in red with raised bands and gilt, cover shows minor wear to the extremities and fading to the spine. Tope edges gilt. Light tanning to the pages. 1st edigion, this copy... More
London: William Pearson, 1706. Hardcover. 2 parts in 1. [2], vi, [2], ii, 286; [4], 204 pp. Frontis portrait of Purcell by R. White after John Closterman. Titles in red and black, dedications, epistles and poems, verses on the death of Purcell transposed to Book 2, type-set music throughout. Contemporary... More
Casterman, 1944. Hardcover. 1st collected edition, published in occupied in Belgium. Cover shows moderate to heavy wear and tear, rubbing and edgewear, cracks and loss on the spine. Loose/torn hinges. Pages are tanned and clean, text and pictures are intact and unmarred. More
Houghton, Mifflin, and Company, 1881-01-01. Hardcover. 2-volume set, complete. Ex-library copies with usual markings. Decorative brown cloth cover shows minor wear and rubbing. Minor foxing on the edges and prelims. Pages are tanned and clean. More
Press of Rufus H. Darby, 1894. Hardcover. RARE. Signed by the author, who was the Door Keeper of Ford's Theater where Lincoln was assassinated. First edition. Brown cloth boards with blind-stamped embellishments, faded gilt title. Some edgewear, some rubbing at corners. A few unidentifiable small age stains, one chip in... More
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1865. Hardcover. Green cloth cover with decoration in blind to the boards, gilt to the spine, cover shows minor wear and tear, edgewear and rubbing, loss on the spine. Loose/torn hinges. Pages are lightly tanned with minor scattered foxing, 1 page detached in the center of... More
The Macmillan Co., 1903-01-01. Hardcover. First edition, 2nd printing, July 1903. Decorative green cloth cover with gilt lettering shows minor wear and rubbing. Pages are tanned and clean, text and pictures are intact and unmarred. More
Doubleday, 1962-01-01. Hardcover. First Edition is Stated. Signed, Inscribed Association Copy. Inscribed on the half-title by Joan Crawford, " To Lill/ and Barrett / with devotion/ Joan" There is also a 3 paragraph typed letter from Joan Crawford on her stationary dated, "June 26, 1962" also hand signed. The Co-Author... More
Chez Edouard Kelmarneck, 1751. Hardcover. Bound in thin boards covered in marbled paper which so some rubbing, typed label on the spine says "JEAN JACQUES ROUSSEAU". Tender hinges. Minor bookseller's writing on the front pastedown, handwritten author name added to the title page. Engraved frontispiece. Pages lightly tanned and clean... More
London: R. Royston, 1657. Hardcover. 8vo, [xxx], 718, [2], full half with rebacked spine, raised bands, gilt ruling and decoration, red label with gilt lettering. Boards rubbed with edgewear and erosion, cracked/loose joints, soiling and discoloration. Marbled endpapers, name label on the front pastedown. Engraved portrait frontispiece, vignette on the... More