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London: Chapman and Hall, 1870. Paperback. 8vo, 14 x 22.5 cm. Engraved title and plates after Luke Fildes. Publisher's blue-green pictorial wraps. Moderate soiling and chipping to the wrappers, rear wrap of part 1 detached, slight loss to the spines and some curling edges, light tanning. "Price Eighteenpence" on part..... More
Chemnitz: E. Schmeitzner, 1882. Hardcover. First edition, 1882. Hardcover with original front wrap bound-in. Cloth spine and corners in brown with gilt lettering on the spine, paper-covered boards speckled in brown and yellow, some rubbing to the extremities, tears at the crown of the spine. Evidence of removed bookplate on..... More
Harcourt, Brace and Co, 1943-01-01. Hardcover. Stated first edition, inscribed and SIGNED by Orville Wright on the title page: "To Mr. Huxtable / Orville Wright" Dust Jacket is in a removable clear plastic (Brodart) protector. Dust jacket with faded spine, minor nicks and chipping to the edges/corners, rubbing. Blue cloth..... More
New York: Holt, Boni, Seltzer, 1923-1932. Hardcover. 12-volume set, the FIRST AMERICAN EDITIONS. Vols. 1&2: Swann's Way, Henry Holt & Co., 1923, 303 & 288 pp., label of former owner on rear pastedowns. Vols. 3&4: Within A Budding Grove, Tomas Seltzer, 1924, 396 & 356 pp., gift inscriptions in the..... More
London: Septimus Prowett, 1824. Hardcover. Volume 2 only. Luxury binding in full green morocco with lavish gilt decoration, red title lables on the spine, raised band, gilt dentelles. Cover shows minor wear and rubbing fading and soiling. All edges gilt, red endpapers. Pages with minor foxing... More
Philadelphia: Mathew Carey, 1795. Hardcover. 4-volume set, complete. 55 plates, 2 torn but included, with some offsetting. Torn page 437/438. Uniformly bound in full calf with gilt decoration and labels in red and green on the spines, covers show minor wear and rubbing, edgewear and bumped corners. Name label of..... More
London: Smith, Elder, and Co., 1834. Hardcover. Scarce. Inscribed by the author without signature: "To Serjeant Frere / with Kind Regards / from the Author." William Frere was an English lawyer, law-serjeant, academic, and Master of Downing College, Cambridge. Edward Moor was a British soldier for the East India Company..... More
Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger, 1878-01-01. Hardcover. First American edition, translated by Edward Roth. Green cloth cover with black and gilt illustration/decoration, cover shows moderate wear and tear, edgewear and rubbing, loss at the foot and crown of the spine. Missing the front free endpaper, stamped front pastedown. Name of former..... More
La Haye: Chez J.M. Husson, 1735. Hardcover. A prize book from Trinity College Dublin with prize binding and bookplate circa 1747. Bound in full calf with raised bands, the seal of Trinity College on both boards, cover with heavy rubbing, slight loss, crack on the spine. Engraved frontispieces for each..... More
London: John Van Voorst, 1855. Hardcover. An exceptionally Fine copy, rebound by Zaehnsdorf in 1920 in red morocco with decoration in gilt and rasied bands on the spine, cover shows very minor wear. Original gilt-decorated blue cloth top board and spine bound-in at the rear. All edges gilt, marbled endpapers..... More
London: John Murray, 1823-26. Hardcover. A beautiful set of 13 volumes, uniformly bound. Slight loss at the crown of volume 4, otherwise volumes all in Fine condition with minor rubbing and slight cracks to the spines, joints starting, discoloration. Bound in full navy-brushed calf with gilt ruling and dentelles, rasied..... More
London: George Bell & Sons, 1905. Hardcover. 2-volume set. Bound in green half-morocco with blue marbled boards, gilt ruling, raised bands on the spine, gilt decoration on the spien, covers show minor wear and rubbing. Marbled endpapers, top edges gilt. Pages are lightly tanned and clean. More
London: Richard Bentley, 1833. Hardcover. 3-volume set, 1st British edition. Half-calf covers with marbled boards, raised bands with titles in black calf panels, gilt ruling, blind-stamped decoration. Covers show minor wear and rubbing, discoloration, joints starting. Minor writing on the front pastedown of volume 1. Pages with minor scattered foxing..... More
London: richard Bentley, 1833. Hardcover. 3-volume set, 1st British edition. Half-leather covers ith marlbed boards, raised bands and gilt decoration in panels on the spine, title and volume labels. Cover shows moderate wear and tear, rubbing and edgewear, cracks on the spines. Minor writing on the front endpapers, pages show..... More
London: Colburn & Bentley, 1831. Hardcover. 3-volume set, first British edition, precedes the first U.S. edition. One of Cooper's few novels written in and about Europe. Bound in half-calf with rasied bands and gilt decoration on the spines, covers show minor wear and rubbing, joints starting. Minor pencil writing and..... More
Edinburgh: Robert Burns, 1787. Hardcover. First Edinburgh edition, second overall; "Boxburgh" error on page xxxvii, the addenda to the subscription list on page xlvi, and the "stinking" error on page 263. Rebound in mottled calf; 2 lines of gilt ruling to the boards, title label in the second compartment on..... More
London: T. Boys, 1823. Hardcover. 3-volume set, in slipcases. Bound in red leather with original wraps bound-in, gilt decoration, raised bands on the spines, covers show minor wear and rubbing, slipcases show minor shelfwear. Pages are lightly tanned with minor foxing and tidemarks. Includes fold-out map of London laid-in, with..... More
St. Louis: Buschart Brothers, 1907. Hardcover. Blue cloth cover with gilt shows minor wear and tear, rubbing. Pages with light scattered foxing, some minor annotation. Scarce first edition. More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1880. Hardcover. First edition, later printing (revised dedication). SIGNED by Wallance in the prelims: "Very respectfully, / Lew. Wallace. / Crawfordsville, Ind., / September 11th, 1888." Front free endpaper and blank prelim with signature are detached but present. Rebound in half morocco, later rebacked with..... More
A. Strahan, for T. Cadell, Jun. 1802-01-01. Unknown Binding. Half-morocco in green with marbled boards, raised bands and gilt decorations in panels on the spine, cover shows minor wear and rubbing. Marbled edges and endpapers. Pages are clean with a few spots of minor foxing. More
T. Fisher Unwin, 1897-01-01. Hardcover. First edition, with original cloth bound-in at the rear. Rebound by Riviere in green morocco with raised bands and gilt decoration, minor discoloration. All edges gilt, marbled endpapers, clean pages. A Fine copy of Maugham's first novel, in exquisite condition. More
London: T. Egerton, 1796. Hardcover. Montjoie was a French monarchist, lawyer, journalist, author, critic, and conspiracy theorist. Half-morocco with marbled boards, raised bands, gilt decorations, cover shows minor wear and rubbing. Marbled endpapers, top edges gilt. Pages lightly tanned. More
London: J. M. Dent, 1896. Hardcover. A new edition with introduction and illustration. Full morocco with 2 raised bands and decoration in blind and gilt, cover hsows minro wear and rubbing, fading on the spine, small crack at the crown of the spine. Beautiful turn-ins with decoration in red and..... More
London: John Murray, 1877. Hardcover. Prize binding in red morocco with raised bands and gilt decoration, gilt devices on both boards. Minimal wear and darkening to the cover. All edges gilt, marbled endpapers, prize bookplate on the front pastedown dated 1878. Pages are clean. More
