Amstelodami: Ex officina Elzeviriana, 1658. Early edition. Hardcover. 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall. [xii], 573 pages of text. Original or very early full leather binding with primitive blind ruling and leather spine label with gilt ruling; front hinge repaired with compatible Japanese tissue. Measures 13.5 cm (5.25 inches)...
Dublin: Printed by William Sleater for P. Wogan, L. White, P. Byrne, W. Porter, W. Sleater, J. Jones, J. Moore, B. Dornin, C. Lewis, W. Jones, G. Draper, J. Milliken and R. White. 1790. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). Six volume set. The set is complete with a total of...
Philadelphia, PA: Willis P. Hazard, 1857. Early edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). Two volume set. Half green calf (leather) bindings with marbled paper-covered boards; new leather spine labels. The bindings are rubbed and worn, with minor cracking to hinges, remaining intact and attractive. Marbled endpapers. Vol. I: (5)-402 pages. Vol. II...
East Aurora, NY: Roycrofters; Roycroft Shop, 1910. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). 62 pages of text. Original three-quarter leather binding with 5 raised bands and elaborate decoration, including the Roycrofters symbol and the date in Roman numerals all stamped in gilt on the spine. Marbled paper-covered boards. Minor to moderate...
London: Hakluyt Society, 1893. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). viii, liv, 259 pages of text including an index, [i], 4, 16 pages of publisher's advertisement. Original light blue stamped hardcover binding faded to gray, with gilt spine lettering and front cover gilt stamp of the ship "Victoria." Moderate shelfwear and...
Chicago: Reilly & Britton Co., 1914. First Edition. Hardcover. Oblong octavo (8vo). [viii] pages, followed 38 color plates for different mother goose rhymes followed by 38 duplicates plates printed in black-and-white. Hardcover binding; original decorative paper-covered boards and red cloth spine with minor to moderate shelfwear, and a bit of...
New York: Collectors Editions, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Folio. Six volume set. Original light blue hardcover bindings in almost new condition. The bindings are protected in clear mylar, which is slightly shelfworn and has several small tears and chips. The set contains over 1800 pages and over 6000 illustrations. The...
New York, NY: Abaris Books, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto (4to). 768 pages of text including a bibliography, index, and a list of the titles of works by Durer. Hardcover binding with minor shelfwear. No dustjacket. A few pages with minor creasing. The editor Walter L. Strauss's indispensable The Woodcuts...
Zurich, Switzerland: Iacobus Gesnerus, 1565. First Edition. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Published 1565-1566. Detached title page is worn, soiled, creased and has small chips. Minor soiling and creasing to text of Part 1. Minor worming to Part 7. Worming to Part 8, which lacks the final...
London: Printed for Thomas Osborne; Stanley Crowder; Richard Baldwin, 1760. Twelfth edition. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. xii, 214 pages of text. Rebound in full leather with a maroon leather spine label. Signed by the author Edmond Hoyle and the publisher Thomas Osborne on the back of...
Richmond, VA: Printed by Dixon & Holt, 1784. First Edition. Hardcover. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 6 pages, 90 page of text (complete). The original patterned paper boards are worn, stained and soiled but intact, with old ink ownership notation on board: B.W. Leigh [Virginia politician Benjamin Watkins...
London: Cassell & Company, Limited, 1885. First thus edition. Hardcover. Folio. Two volume set. Measures 12 and 3/16 inches in height. Vol. I: lxiv, 320 pages. Vol. II: [ii], [321]-757 pages. Bound in the original red pebbled cloth, which is moderately darkened on the spine, and slightly soiled on boards...
Paris: Moderne Imprimerie, 1914. First Edition. Paperback. Folio. 75 pages of text. Original binding; lithographed French wraps over flexible boards. The spine is cracked, chipped and browned with much loss, but the title "Cezanne" remains readable. The wrappers are otherwise moderately toned, with minor soiling. There are lighter areas adjacent...
Paris, France: Ancienne Mon Aubert, 1850. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto (4to). Two volumes containing a total of 365 beautifully hand-colored plates depicting the historic dress of villagers from various countries. Minor foxing to numerous plates, occasionally entering into the image but mostly confined to the margins. Plates measure 10+3/8 inches...
no place: No publisher, 1940. First Edition. Unbound. Octavo (8vo). Black & white photographic portrait of Nehru, under which he has signed his full name with no further inscription. The photograph is framed, and has a quote framed underneath it that reads "That is the goal of India - a....
London: Printed for J. F. and C. Rivington et al, 1789. Sixth edition. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. [ii], 231 pages of text. Expertly and attractively rebound in tan/olive colored cloth with a leather spine label by Scott Kellar in Chicago. Illustrated by a frontis and 60...
Aurora, NY: Roycroft Shop, 1899. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). 119 pages of text. Hardcover binding with suede spine and corners and gilt-stamped paper-covered boards. The suede is sunned and worn, with multiple abrasions to the spine, and discoloring and chipping to the corners; protected in custom-fitted stiff mylar. Limited...
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1925. First Edition. Hardcover. Folio. [vi], 47 pages, followed by [iii] blank and illustrated endpaper. Original hardcover binding is moderately rubbed at the extremities, with minor scuffing and shelfwear, and a large illustrated area lacking from the front cover illustration; protected in custom-fitted archival mylar...
Wien: K. K. Militarisch-Geografischen Institute, 1856. First Edition. Hardcover. Imperial Folio. Engraved title page followed by 19 engraved maps. Three quarter leather binding with minor to moderate shelfwear. This is a large folio, measuring over 25 inches wide by over 21 inches in height. Marbled boards and endpapers. The maps...
Lugduni Batavor: Franciscum Hackium, 1654. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. [xxx], 624 pages of text, followed by [32] pages of chronology (table) and index. Hardcover binding; half leather with paper covered boards; leather rubbed, worn and cracked, but binding remains intact and attractive. Engraved title...
London: John Speed, 1626. First Edition. Unbound. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. A repaired first issue of John Speed's map of America engraved by Abraham Goos in 1626. It measures 16 x 20.5 in (40.64 x 52.07 cm). The center crease, several tears, and several edges are reinforced...
New York, NY: Alfred Stieglitz, 1910. First Edition. Paperback. Quarto (4to). 48 pages of text followed by [xiv] of advertisements. Original printed gray paperback binding is chipped along the edges with the spine cracked and chipped, with minor creasing and soiling; protected in archival mylar. Issued with 5 plates by...
Tokyo, Japan: Heibonsha Limited, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 281 pages. Black hardcover binding in almost new condition. No dustjacket, as issued. The protective and decorative maroon hardcover clamshell box has a small bump to one corner and minor shelfwear. Beautifully illustrated with 463...
Philadelphia: published by the author, 1878. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). 594 pages of text. Original beveled cloth binding with minor fraying to 3 corners and minimal shelfwear; protected in archival mylar. While the textblock remains intact, there is a weakening of the inner hinge following the title page. A....
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