John Lane the Bodley Head Ltd, 1928-01-01. Hardcover. 8vo, xxx, [4], 217pp. Black cloth with bright gilt decorations, cover shows minor rubbing. Minor bookseller writing on the front free endpaper at the top corner. Bookplate of former owner in the prelims. Pages are lightly tanned and clean. Frontispiece and 10..... More
London: A. Strahan & T. Cadell, 1789. Hardcover. Volumes 1-3 are dated 1789 and volumes 4-6 are dated 1788. 6-volume set, uniformly bound in full contemporary calf, red label and gilt decoration on the spines. Top boards are detached, covers show moderate wear and rubbing, loss. Bookplate of former owner..... More
Boericke & Tafel, 1887. Hardcover. All of the individually issued parts loose in 6 protective binders. Ex-library copies with usual markings. Hardcover slips show moderate wear and tear, rubbing and soiling. Pages with some edgewear, chipping, light tanning but clean. This classic work consists of 180 full-page chromolithographic plates of..... More
Leipzig: P.G. Kummer, 1789-1797. Hardcover. First complete edition, 6-volumes. Includes essay on James Cook, writings on New Holland and Tahiti, North Ameria and the Northwest Passage, a biography of William Dodd, essays on English literature and reviews, and political writing. With all fold-out maps/plates. Ex-library copies with usual markings, uniformly..... More
Chicago: James B. Smiley, 1887. Hardcover. Blue cloth cover with decoration in black and gilt shows minor wear and rubbing, bumped corners. Loose/torn hinges, decorative endpapers. Pages are lightly tanned and clean. Profusely illustrated. Topics include embroidery, netting, tatting, macreme lace, Mexican drawn work, crazy patch work, kitting, crocheting, home..... More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1871. Hardcover. 2-volume set, complete. Ex-library copies with usual markings. Reinforced/rebacked spines and reinforced hinges, covers show moderate wear and tear, rubbing and loss on the corners. Pages are lightly tanned with minor scattered foxing. More
G.G. Harrap, 1928-01-01. Hardcover. Ex-library copy with usual markings. Decorative blue cloth cover shows minor wear and rubbing, bumped corners. Pages are clean. With 32 full-page illustrations by Evelyn Paul. More
London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trub, 1900. Hardcover. Ex-library copy with usual markings in a library binding. Cover shows minor wear and rubbing, portion of original cloth on the top board with illustrated vignette. Profusely illustrated, pages are lightly tanned and clean with minor annotation. More
Madrid: Benito Cano, 1797. Hardcover. Full leather cover with bowed boards and heavy wear/rubbing. Red edges with marbled endpapers. Name of former owner on the title page. Minor chipping to the fold-out plate. , pages are mostly clean with a few spots and minor tears, tidemarks. More
campbell, 1795-01-01. Hardcover. Full leather binding, cover shows minor wear and tear, rubbing and soiling. Name label of former owner on the front pastedown. Pages with minor foxing and tanning. More
N.Y./London: William Phillips, 1802. Hardcover. Bound in plain hardcover boards with label on the spine, cover shows wear and rubbing to the corners, chipped joints, minor loss on the spine. Name of former owner on the title page. Pages with minor soiling and foxing. More
printed for W. Innys, at the Pri, 1715-01-01. Hardcover. Rebound in half-leather cover, raised bands on the spine, leather title label, gilt lettering, textured cloth boards. Cover shows minor wear and rubbing. Name of former owner and some ex-library markings in the prelims, lacking front free endpaper. Pages are mostly..... More
John Murray, 1862-01-01. Hardcover. First edition, with the publisher's advertisments at the back of the book dated April, 1868. Ex-library copy with usual markings, in a library binding. Red buckram cover shows minor wear. Minor scattered foxing to pages. 12mo, with 1 folding plate and many text illustrations... More
New-York: Harper & Brothers, 1842. Hardcover. 1842 edition, rebound in half-leather with marbled boards. Cover shows minor wear, pages show minor scattered foxing. More
W.H. Allen & Co, 1895-01-01. Hardcover. Ex-library copy with usual markings. Shows minor wear. More
London: W. Bowyer & J. Nichols, 1776. Hardcover. Poor condition, with detached boards bound in full tree calf, cracked spine, split textblock. All pages are present, including 42 copper-plate engravings (4 maps, 9 charts, 29 vies) and a folding frontispiece with notable map of the world (missing portions of northwestern..... More
Oxford: James Parker and Co., 1874. Hardcover. Scarce 1874 first edition. Ex-library copy with usual markings. Cover shows minor wear and rubbing. Pages are clean. The first work of British idealist philosopher F.H. Bradley. More
London: Macmillan & Co., 1894. Hardcover. A book of lovely fairy poetry by Irish writer Jane Barlow, illustrated by Housman. Ex-library copy with usual markings. Yellow cloth cover with extensive gilt decoration shows minor wear. Pages are clean. More
Edinburgh, 1827. Hardcover. 3 selections with 3 individual title pages bound together, dated 1827 to 1828. Ex-library copy with usual markings. Rebacked spine, half-leather cover with marbled boards, cover shows minor wear and tear, edgewear and rubbing. Marbled endpapers. Pages are mostly clean. Scarce. A true first collection of Maidment's..... More
Verlag der J.G. Cotta'schen Buch, 1836. Hardcover. Volumes 1-2, 1830 & 1836. German language edition. Ex-library copy with usual markings. Bound in full red leather with raised bands, decorations in blind and gilt. Cover with moderate edgewear and rubbing. All edges gilt, marbled endpapers. Pages with minor scattered foxing, some..... More
NY: Appleton, 1894-01-01. Hardcover. Ex-library copy with usual markings. Rebacked spine, cover shows minor wear and edgewear, rubbing. Pages are clean. More
Clarendon Press, 1886-01-01. Unknown Binding. Ex-library copy with usual markings. Rebacked spine, heavy edgewear and rubbing, soiling. Pages are lightly tanned and clean. More
Hachette, 1893-01-01. Reliure inconnue. Half-leather cover with marbled boards, raised bands and gilt on the spine, cover shows minor wear and edgewear/rubbing. Marbled endpapers. Pages are lightly tanned with very minor scattered foxing. More
Harper & Brothers, 1880-01-01. Hardcover. Ex-library copy with usual markings. Illustrated cloth cover with decoration in black, green, and gilt shows minor wear. Pages are clean. More
Paris: Encyclopedique de Roret, 1830. Hardcover. Leather spine with marbled boards, cover shows minor wear wear and rubbing, warping and edgewears. Some writing int he prelims. Pages show minor scattered foxing. With fold-out diagrams/illustrations. A guide to watch-making and reapir. More