John Churchill, 1835-01-01. Hardcover. Signed by the author, John Green Crosse, on the title page, with contemporary inscription. Crosse was a well-known English surgeon. Cover shows moderate to heavy wear and tear, rubbing and soiling. Portion of inscription cut out on the title page. Pages and plates are tanned with..... More
The Neale Publishing Co., 1909. Hardcover. 12-volume set, complete. SIGNED by Bierce in the prelims of volume 1, for a Mr. C. E. McLellan. This is set #12 of 250. Uniformly bound in luxury morocco with decoration in blind and gilt, covers with minor fading to the spines, rubbing. All..... More
Paris: Baudouin, 1801. Hardcover. 10-volume set, uniformly bound in half-leather with marbled boards, gilt decoration and black title label on the spines, covers show minor wear and rubbing, edgewear and tanning. Top board of volume 10 is detached. Pages are tanned with minor scattered foxing, books are intact and unmarred..... More
London: R. Ayre & G. Moore, 1778. Hardcover. Contemporary half-leather with marbled boards, erosion to the extremities, cracked joints and rubbing. Name of former owner in prelims, pages lightly tanned. 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
London: Chapman and Hall, 1839. Hardcover. Illustrated by Phiz (H.K. Browne). First edition, bound from parts. 8vo. London: Chapman & Hall. Bound in full blue leather with gilt portrait of Dickens on the top board, gilt signature on the bottom board, rasied bands and gilt decoration on the spine. All..... More
London: W.P. for John Young, 1714. Hardcover. Half-leather with marbled boards, cover shows heavy wear and edgewear, loose top board, rubbing and loss. Pages show minor scattered foxing. More
Mariette, 1738, 1738-01-01. Reliure inconnue. Bound in full contemporary calf with raised bands and gilt decoration on the spine, cover shows heavy wear and erosion, discoloration. Marbled endpapers. Pages are lightly tanned and mostly clean with a bit of minor scattered foxing. More
Chiswick Press, 1812. Hardcover. 2-volume set. 392, 360 pp., 14 & 12 woodcuts. Half-leather covers with marbled boards show minor wear and rubbing. With the armorial bookplates of Arthur Augustus Tilley on the front pastedowns (Tilley was a literary critic, historian, writer, and academic of the University of Cambridge teaching..... More
London: George Bell and Sons, 1905. Paperback. Bell's Indian & Colonial Library edition, 1905. Original red wraps with minor chipping, rubbing, and creasing on the spine. Small stain on the edges, pages are lightly tanned and clean. Scarce. A precursor and likely inspiration for Burrough's classic "A Princess of Mars,"..... More
Susan B. Anthony, 1902. Hardcover. 4-volume set. Volumes 1-3 are uniform and published in 1887 while volume 4 has a different cover and was published in 1902 with the subtitle "1883-1900." Ex-library copies with usual markings in library bindings. Covers show minor to heavy wear and rubbing, the top board..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Son, 1935. Hardcover. First edition, first state, with Scribner's colophon and "A" on the copyright page, pages 349-52 uncancelled. No dust jacket. Cloth cover with gilt lettering on the spine shows minor wear and fading. Bookseller's label on the front free endpaper. Pages are lightly tanned..... 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
Paris: Chez Pierre le Petit, 1674. Hardcover. Bound in full leather with raised bands and gilt, heavy erosion on the spine, cracked joints. Minor writing on the front endpaper. Pages are lightly tanned and mostly clean. Minor writing on the title page. 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
Philadelphia: Blanchard & Lea, 1859. Hardcover. First American edition, 1859. Rebound in sturdy brown buckram with gilt lettering on the spine. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed. An exceptional copy of this scarce book. More
London: Jonathan Cape, 1954. Hardcover. True first edition, stated "first published 1954" with no furhter editions mentioned on the copyright page. First edition, first state dust jacket with no credit for artist Kenneth Lewis on the front flap, price stated 10s 6d. Dust jacket with some minor chipping to the..... More
London: Jonathan Cape, 1963. Hardcover. 8vo, limited first edition, #98 of 250 copies signed by the author on the limitation page. Frontispiece portrait by Amherst Villiers, title page in red and black, black cloth board with vellum spine, bright gilt lettering on the spine, white ski-track illustration on the upper..... More
Imprenta de T. Fortanet, 1870. Hardcover. A beautiful book, full of really interesting medical illustrations. Slight bumping at corners, a few light scuffs to leather boards. Raised bands and gilt lettering on spine. Spine has only slight wear at edges, looks beautiful on a shelf. Pages have occasional faint foxing..... More
New York: The Aldine Book Co., 1903. Hardcover. First edition. Royal octavo. Author's edition on imperial Japanese vellum, #68 of 75 copies signed by the author. Full crushed levant in blue with raised bands and gilt decoration, tooled and inlaided morocco doublures, silk moire free endpapers. Frontis portrait, 12 plates..... More
Lisbon : by Regia Officina Typog, 1777 - 1788. Hardcover. Complete 24 Volume Set. Mixed dates ranging from 1777 - 1788. Vols Average 500pp. Includes 3 Portraits, 4 folding maps and 1 line drawing. Vol. 1 part 1 has 1 Port. Frontis.; 1 other portrait and 1 folding map; Vol..... More
Upsaliae: Henrici Curionis, [1662]. Hardcover. Bound in full contemporary vellum, the cover shows standard soiling and discoloration. Binding coming away from the textblock at the top hinge. Minor writing and owner marks on the endpapers. Textblock is solid and square, pages tanned and foxed. An exceptionally scarce copy of Johan..... More
London: T. Woodward, et al. 1744. Hardcover. 2-volume set, in folio. v.1: [12], xvi, [4], 984 pp., 7 plates (includes plates 5, 11, 14, 16, 20, 21, and 27). v.2: [10], 1056 pp., [22], 16 plates (includes plates 28, 38, 40, 41, 43, 45, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53..... More
Intrepid Trips Information Servi, 1974-1981. Paperback. Includes 2 copies of issue 1, the first printing and the 1977 reprint, as well as issues 2-6, and the book #7 published by Penguin in 2003. Issue 1 is signed by Kesey on the first page. The reprint of issue 1 is signed..... More
Paris, Prieur, Delaguette, Didot, 1761. Hardcover. 1761-1774 set in amazing condition for its age. 5 volumes in speckled calf leather with raised bands and elaborate floral gilt detailing on spines. Slight cracking in leather, along spine, some rubbing at edges. Top and bottom of spine of volume IV have chipped..... More