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Les Essais de Michel de Montaigne [3 volumes]
Chez Lavrent Rondet,... Christophe Iovrnel,... et Robert Chevillion, 1669. Leather Binding. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" 3 volumes, complete as issued. Bound in 17th-century French speckled calf, spines with raised bands and gilt tooling, edges speckled red (heavy rubbing with somee chipping to spines; boards rubbed; some wear to..... More
The Night Before Christmas: Or Account of a Visit from St. Nicholas
Arundel Press, January 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. New in cloth. 23pp Apparently the first book edition of the text as it originally appeared in the TROY SENTINEL, with textual variation. One of 150 copies hand-set in 24pt Goudy Hand-Tooled and hand printed letterpress..... More
Modernist Cuisine: The Art and Science of Cooking Volume 5, Plated-Dish Recipes
The Cooking Lab, 2011. Hardcover. A Very Good copy. Book has shelfwear, soiling to covers & edges of text block, & edgewear. Interior is tight, clean, & bright. Folio. More
The Lives of John Trueman, and Richard Atkins ... Also the Life of William Baker ...
James Webster, 1817. First Edition. Leather Binding. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Good- in lthr/boards (ext wear; lacks prelims, hinges starting). Tall 12mo [ 2]+111 Short biographies of 3 people (plus 'a short account of Atkins' sist er' and a funeral address for Baker), printed for the highly..... More
The Mystic Oracle; Or, the Complete Fortune-Teller and Dream Book (People's hand book series)
I. & M. Ottenheimer, 1894. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" 5.75 x 8.5'. 64pp. Original cream wraps printed in blue (some browning to wraps, bumping to spine, wear to edges; text age-toned). Scarce. More
The False Prince (The Ascendance Series, Book 1)
Scholastic Press, April 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" AS NEW, never-read copy of the first printing of Vol. 1 of this great new young adult series. More
The Orton diaries: Including the correspondence of Edna Welthorpe and others
Harper & Row, January 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Very good first American edition in jacket (has 2 ink inscriptions; else a near fine copy internally). 304 pages + plates. Includes diary entries from December 1966 to August 1967, plus 3 appendixes (including the 'Edna..... More
Les Metamorphoses traduites d'Ovide en vers franois, avec le texte a cote, par Monsieur L. de M***. Tome Premier [Volume I]
Chez Cuchet, Nyon, Belin, Lesclapart, 1784. First Edition. Leather Binding. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Volume I only. First appearance of this translation. xlviii+[2]+340 pages. Bound in period brown speckled calf, spine expertly rebacked in brown polished calf with remains of original spine label, marbled endpapers (bookplate of Exeter..... More
Journal of an Exploring Tour Beyond the Rocky Mountains, under the direction of the A.B.C.F.M.
Mack, Andrus & Woodruff, 1842. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" 3rd edition. Original dark brown cloth stamped in gilt and blind; intact folding frontis map (some creases at folds, cloth rubbed with some chipping, tears, and older repairs to spine; some foxing).Folding Map. More
Charter to William Penn and Laws of the Province of Pennsylvania ... Preced ed by Duke of York's Laws ...
Lane S. Hart, 1879. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" A very good copy in leather/cloth with slight external rubbing to cloth. Tall 8vo iv+614 'Published under the direction of John Blair Linn .. compiled and edited by Staughton George, Benjamin M. Nead [and] Thomas McCamant' (title..... More
Poisonous, Noxious, and Suspected Plants of our Fields and Woods
Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1857. First Edition. Wraps. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 44 chromolithograph illustrations with text beneath, printed rectos only, with title page, and bound in the orignal printed plum colored wraps, measuring 7.5 x 10.5' Some loss to spine and and bottom front cover..... More
History of the Conquest of Peru: With a Preliminary View of the Civilization of the Incas [2 volumes]
J. B. Lippincott, 1868. Leather Binding. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" 2 volumes, complete as issued. Bound in period dark brown morocco over marbled boards, spines with raised bands and gilt tooling, top edges gilt (spines, covers, and edges heavily rubbed). PROVENANCE: Bookplate of 'F. et F. Ferrero' in..... More
Gallantry: An Eighteenth Century Dizain in Ten Comedies, with an Afterpiece
Harper, 1907. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Very good (slight rubbing/fading to cloth). 8vo [10]+333+[1]+ Probable first state of binding.4 color plates / Decorations. More
Lettera Intorno a' Titoli d'Onore
Nella Stamperia Di Antonio Agnelli, 1751. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Wear to spine (detaching at spine edge of upper wrapper); slight stains, rubbing and browning to wrappers (chiefly to inner wrappers); previous owners' ink inscriptions (chiefly on title page and first preliminary leaf);..... More
Cactus: Surfing Journals from Solitude
Cyclops Press. Hardcover. New copy, still in publisher's shrinkwrap. Hardcover, oblong. Quite a heavy book (international shipping will be expensive). More
Histoire de l'Armee Francaise
Librairie Larousse, 1929. First Edition. Cloth. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. VG in cloth (slight rubbing/spine/edges; slight internal browning). Small folio viii+308pp+pl T ext in French. Coverage from the Gallic Wars to the 20th century; wonderfully illustrated with over 550 photos, 5 color maps and 37 heliogravures (5..... More
The Social Engineer
Lowman & Hanford, 1931. Paperback. Signed by author on title page. Scarce (2 copies in Worldcat) & substantial Depression-era political & economic treatise. Copy has corrections in ink in same hand as author's autograph. Plain paper wraps. 8vo. A Very Good copy. Book has edgewear, shelfwear, bumped corners, minor crease..... More
The Devil in Music (Julian Kestrel Mystery)
Viking Adult, September 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. VG/VG Signed and inscribed by author on title page. DJ [12],447,[2]pp Author's fourth novel featuring the early 19th century amateur detective Julian Kestrel, set in northern Italy amid the world of opera. Nice..... More
Making Capital from Culture (de Gruyter Studies in Organization)
De Gruyter, November 1991. Hardcover. 8vo. - over 7¾' - 9¾'. A Near Fine copy. Book has shelfwear, else fine. Interior is tight, clean, and unmarked. More
Schirra's Space
Easton Press, 1997. First Edition. Leather Binding. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by author Wally Schirra. As new - still in publisher's shrinkwrap! Full black leather stamped in gilt, spine with raised bands, all edges gilt; patterned silk endpapers and ribbon. More
A Picturesque Tour in Picturesqe Lands
Strahan and Company Limited, January 1881. First Edition. Hardcover. Folio - between 12" - 15" Tall. Contents fine. Binding is scuffed and rebacked. folio 812 Large decorative binding (15.5 inches by 12.5 inches). Decorative, multi-color paper onlays, gilt, etc. #14/300 copies.full page engravings. More
The Doctor's Dilemma, Getting Married, and the Shewing-Up of Blanco Posnet
Brentano's, 1916. Leather Binding. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Attractively bound in period 3/4 brown morocco over green cloth, spine with raised bands and gilt-ruled compartments with floral designs at corners, covers bordered in gilt, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers (some fading and darkening, some rubbing). More
Love Among the Artists By George Bernard Shaw
Brentano's, 1909. First Edition. Leather Binding. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Attractively bound in period 3/4 dark plum morocco over marbled boards, spine with raised bands and 6 gilt-ruled compartments, each with four leaf designs at corners, covers bordered in gilt, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers (spine faded..... More
Misalliance, the Dark Lady of the Sonnets, and Fanny's First Play, with a Treatise on Parents and Children By Bernard Shaw
Brentano's, 1914. First Edition. Leather Binding. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Attractively bound in period 3/4 brown morocco over green cloth, spine with raised bands and gilt-ruled compartments with floral designs at corners, covers bordered in gilt, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers (some fading and darkening, some rubbing)..... More