Come, Tell Me How You Live
New York: Dodd, Mead & Co, 1946. Hardcover. Dust jacket shows minor wear and tear, chipping and rubbing. Pages are clean. First American edition. Scarce. More about Come, Tell Me How You Live
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Observations on the Strucure and Diseases of the Testis
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 about Observations on the Strucure and Diseases of the Testis
Plan of Chicago Prepared Under the Direction of The Commercial Club During the Years MCMVI, MCMVII, and MCMVIII
The Commercial Club, 1909-01-01. Hardcover. Blue cloth cover with gilt lettering and decoration shows minor wear and rubbing. Presentation bookplate on the front pastedown. Name stamp of former owner on the title page. Pages are lightly tanned and clean. Profusely illustrated with many plates and some fold-outs. Copy #29 of... More about Plan of Chicago Prepared Under the Direction of The Commercial Club During the Years MCMVI,...
A Compendium: or, Introduction to Practical Musick in Five Parts. Teaching, by a New and Easie Method, 1. The Rudiments of Song. 2. The Principles of Composition. 3. The Use of Discords. 4. The Form of Figurate Descant. 5. The Contrivance of Cannon.
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 about A Compendium: or, Introduction to Practical Musick in Five Parts. Teaching, by a New and Easie...
Triumph and tragedy
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN CO@, 1964-01-01. Hardcover. Early Book Club Edition. *Appears to be signed by Winston S. Churchill near top of the first end paper. Bound in red cloth with gold stamped lettering. Includes Dust Jacket which is in a removable, clear plastic (Brodart) protector. Mild wear, some rubbing and a...... More about Triumph and tragedy
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Curiosities of Occult Literature. [Author's annotated copy].
London, Printed for the Author, 1863-01-01. Hardcover. Brown cloth cover shows minor wear and rubbing, cracked joints and loss on the backstrip. Heavily annotated by the author, pages show minor tidemarks. More about Curiosities of Occult Literature. [Author's annotated copy
La Folie de Jesus Tome I, II, III
A. Maloine, 1908-1912. Hardcover. Rare! SIGNED (on blank pages after title) first editions of all three volumes. Quarter-bound in brown leather with pretty gilt lettering and flowers on spines. Spines are rubbed along top and bottom but otherwise look very pretty on a shelf. First standard of vol. 1 loose... More about La Folie de Jesus Tome I, II, III
Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon, Esquire (With Memoirs of His Life and Writings, Composed by Himself: Illustrated from His Letters, With Occasional Notes and Narrative) Volume I
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 about Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon, Esquire (With Memoirs of His Life and Writings, Composed by...
An Essay Towards a Theory of Apparitions.
Cadell and Davies, 1813-01-01. Hardcover. Ex-library copy with usual markings, tape-reinforced spine, some erosion to the extremities. Loose hinges/gutters, reinforced with binder's tape. 139pp. Bound together with "Ode to Her Imperial Majesty Catherine the Great" published by Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1815, 27pp. & "Poetical Epistle to the Right Hon..... More about An Essay Towards a Theory of Apparitions
Tutte le Opere Spirituali di San Francesco di Sales
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 about Tutte le Opere Spirituali di San Francesco di Sales
La Vie Du Bienheureux Grégoire Lopez. De la Traduction de Mr. Arnauld d'Andilly. Sur l'Exemplaire imprimé à Madrid en 1658.
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 about La Vie Du Bienheureux Grégoire Lopez. De la Traduction de Mr. Arnauld d'Andilly. Sur...
Journal des Audiences du Parlement. Second Tome. Depuis l'année 1657 jusqu'a la fin de 1666. Avec quelques Arrests & Reglemens sur Procez par ecrit, placez selon l'ordre de leur temps.
Paris: Chez Jean Guignard, 1680. Hardcover. Volume 2 of this collection of legal judgements, French language text. Bound in contemporary calf with 6 raised bands and gilt on the spine, shows heavy erosion on the spine and corners, chipping and edgewear. Missing the title page. Pages show are lightly tanned... More about Journal des Audiences du Parlement. Second Tome. Depuis l'année 1657 jusqu'a la fin de 1666....
Dubia Evangelica in Tres Partes, distributa. Pars Prima/Pars Secunda & Pars Tertia. (2-volumes)
Genevae: Sumptibus Petri Chouet, 1651. Hardcover. 3-volume set, bound into two volumes. Vellum binding is sturdy and shows minor wear and tanning, soiling, handwritten titles on the spines show minor rubbing. Ex-library copy with labels and stamps on the front pastedowns. Parts 1 & 2 in the first volume, part... More about Dubia Evangelica in Tres Partes, distributa. Pars Prima/Pars Secunda & Pars Tertia. (2-volumes
De la folie. Considérations sur cette maladie : son siége et ses symptômes; la nature et le mode d'action de ses causes; sa marche et ses terminaisons; les différences qui la distinguent du délire aigu; les moyens de traitement qui lui conviennent; suivies de recherches cadavériques.
Crevot, 1820-01-01. Paperback. Hardcover binding with marbled boards, edges, and endpapers, leather backstrip with gilt lettering and ruling, blindstamped floral decorations. Cover shows minor wear and rubbing. Pages show minor scattered foxing, text is intact and unmarred. More about De la folie. Considérations sur cette maladie : son siége et ses symptômes; la nature et le...
The Aborigines of Tasmania
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 about The Aborigines of Tasmania
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Charles Scribner, 1940-01-01. Hardcover. Early Printing with no Scribner's "A" - *Signed, inscribed and dated by Ernest Hemingway on a small piece of paper which is taped onto the ffep "To Barrett C. Kiesling/ with sincere good wishes / always./ Ernest Hemingway. / Jan 29 1941"- Bound in original cloth... More about For Whom the Bell Tolls
The Call of the Wild
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 about The Call of the Wild
The India Directory or Directions for Sailing to and from the East Indies, China, Australia, and the Interjacent Ports of Africa and South America... Vol. 1 only (Seventh Ed.)
Wm. H. Allen & Co., 1855. Hardcover. An incredible piece of history! Printed by the booksellers to the East India Company. General wear due to age. A few age spots to boards and spine, a few scratches. Splitting at inner hinges, boards are almost detached from textblock but are still... More about The India Directory or Directions for Sailing to and from the East Indies, China, Australia, and...
Leven en bedryf van den vermaarden zeeheld Cornelis Tromp, Graaf van Sylliesburg, Ridder van den Olifant, Baronnet. Lieutenant Admiraal Generaal van Holland en Westvriesland. Ondermengs met de voornaamste daaden van verscheidene andere Zeehoofden, ...&c.
Amsterdam: Gedrukt voor den Auth, 1692. Hardcover. Etched t.p. by Jan Luiken. Engraved port. of Cornelis Tromp. Plates by Luiken, Bastiaen Stopendael and Thomas Doesburgh. Signature Y repeated (pages 169-176). Includes index. [8], 496, [8] p., [9] leaves of plates (6 folded, one ripped) : ill. ; 20 cm. (4to)... More about Leven en bedryf van den vermaarden zeeheld Cornelis Tromp, Graaf van Sylliesburg, Ridder van den...
Discours qui a remporte´ le prix a` l'Acade´mie de Dijon, en l'anne´e 1750. Sur cette question propose´e par la me^me Acade´mie; si le re´tablissement des sciences & des arts a contribue´ a` e´purer les moeurs.
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 about Discours qui a remporte´ le prix a` l'Acade´mie de Dijon, en l'anne´e 1750. Sur cette question...
Symbolon Ethiko-Polemikon. Or a Collection of Polemical and Moral Discourses.
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 about Symbolon Ethiko-Polemikon. Or a Collection of Polemical and Moral Discourses
De Nieuwe Schouburg der Nederlantsche Kunstschilders en Schilderessen: Waer in de Levens- en Kunstbedryven der tans levende en reets overleedene SCHILDERS, die van HOUBRAKEN, noch eenig ander Schryver, zyn aengeteekend, verhaelt worden. Eerste&Tweede Deel.
Gedrukt voor den Autheur, 1751. Hardcover. 2-volume set. The Hague: 1750 & 1751. Dutch language. Uniformly rebound in cloth, covers show minor wear, slight foxing to the title labels on the spines. Pages show minor foxing throughout. First editions. Missing 1/3 of a folding plate in part 2. Signed by... More about De Nieuwe Schouburg der Nederlantsche Kunstschilders en Schilderessen: Waer in de Levens- en...
The Minstrel: A Collection of Celebrated Songs Set to Music (1812) (Scottish and Irish Airs)
Baltimore: F. Lucas, 1812-01-01. Leather Bound. Later binding, half-leather with marbled boards, shows minor wear. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed. More about The Minstrel: A Collection of Celebrated Songs Set to Music (1812) (Scottish and Irish Airs
The Rugged Flanks of Caucasus. Two Volumes.
Oxford University Press, 1940. Hardcover. 2-volume set. Ex-library copy with usual markings. Cover shows minor wear and tanning. Pages are clean. Baddeley was a a British traveller, scholar and journalist. This posthumous work is dedicated to the geography, topography, history, archaeology, Natural history, and ethnology of the Caucasus, including the... More about The Rugged Flanks of Caucasus. Two Volumes
FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON, DIRECT IN NINETY-SEVEN HOURS AND TWENTY MINUTES: AND A TRIP AROUND IT ... Translated from the French by Louis Mercier ... and Eleanor E. King ...
Scribner, Armstrong & Company, 1874-01-01. Hardcover. Scarce first American edition. Gilt decorated pictorial binding in terra cota cloth, cover shows minor wear and tear, edgewear and rubbing, loss at the foot of the spine. Loose/torn hinges, pages shaken. Sticker of a little man affixed to the recto of the frontispiece..... More about FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON, DIRECT IN NINETY-SEVEN HOURS AND TWENTY MINUTES: AND A TRIP AROUND IT...