Paris, France: Henri Pauwels, Editeur, 1895. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). 279, [i] blank, [viii] pages of publisher's advertisement. Hardcover binding [not publisher's] with original front wrapper (illustrated) bound-in. Contains 10 black & white illustrations. No date of publication; circa 1895. Text in French. Pages slightly and evenly browned. Flagellation;..... More
Zurich, Switzerland: J. J. Bodmer, 1646. Second edition. Hardcover. Quarto (4to). Lacks the title page and 8 pages of plates, including some fold-outs. [viii], 308 leaves. Original full vellum binding is stained and soiled, with wrinkling to front board, with the fore-edge vellum loosened. This is the revised and enlarged..... More
Oxford: Printed for Grant and Matthewson, 1816. First thus edition. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. xii, 157 pages of text. Newly rebound quarter cloth, with leather gilt-lettered spine label and marbled paper-covered boards. The first and final several pages have minor foxing and toning/staining to the edges..... More
Strassburg, Argentorati: Theodosius Rihelius, 1539. First Edition. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. [7] leaves of preliminary text, followed by 162 leaves of text, followed by 4 leaves of index; followed by the 2nd book titled "De Amissa Decendi ratione, & quomodo ea recuperananda sit, Libri duo" composed..... More
Romae, Italy: Ex Typographia Guilelmi Facciotti, 1632. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). [viii], 317 pages of text followed by [iii] pages. Uncommon work on Vesuvio by Croce (born circa 1570). Full vellum binding is excellent condition with minor soiling and minor shelfwear. The first half of the text has a...... More
London: Hakluyt Society, 1898. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). xxxvi, 250 pages of text including an index and glossary, followed by 16 pages of publisher's information. Original blue stamped hardcover binding with gilt spine lettering and front cover gilt stamp of the ship "Victoria." Minimal to moderate rubbing to extremities..... More
Madrid: En la Imprenta de la Viuda de Francisco del Hierro, 1731. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). [xx], 308 pages of text followed by [xv] pages of index. Original contemporary full limp vellum binding with segments of the original ties intact; moderately worn with minor darkening/soiling to the spine. Inner..... More
London: Printed for T. Cadell, in the Strand, and W. Blackwood, Edinburgh, 1823. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). viii, 493 pages of text including an index. Newly rebound quarter cloth, with leather gilt-lettered spine label and marbled paper-covered boards. The edges of the first and final pages of text have..... More
London: Printed by His Majesty's Law Printers, 1771. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Quarto (4to). x, [ii], 252 pages, followed by [viii] pages containing an index. Rebound in full modern red morocco (leather) with gilt lettering and decoration. New endpapers. The title page is soiled and slightly worn, and the text is..... More
London: London Review Bookshop, 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). 306 pages of text. Hardcover binding new condition. Number 16 of 75 copies bound in Harmatan Black natural grain fine leather with Shadow Grey cloth sides signed by John Le Carre on a special limitation page. Printed paper label inset..... More
London: John Murray, 1830. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). Three volume set. Complete with 3 frontispieces (2 colored), 6 plates (1 colored) and 2 folding maps (1 colored), bound without the half-titles. Vol I: published in 1830; [iii]-xvi, 511 pages including and index, followed by [i] page of publisher's advertisement..... More
London: John Murray, 1845. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). Two volume set. Vol. I: viii, 316 pages. Vol. II: viii, 272 pages of text including an index, followed by 12 pages of publishers advertisement. Errata slip present in Vol. II. Original hardcover cloth bindings with sunning/browning to the spines, and..... More
London: Academy for Illustrating and Painting Natural History, 1792. First Edition. Hardcover. Folio. Two title pages, four unnumbered pages, 33 pages of text in English interspersed with plates, four unnumbered pages of text in French, 41 pages of text in French, followed by four unnumbered pages containing the General Table..... More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 279 pages. Number 167 of 391 copies, signed by Maugham on the limitation page. Grey hardcover binding with minimal browning/sunning to the spine. Top edge gilt; others page edges are untrimmed, leaving many pages uncut and unopened. The..... More
London: No publisher, 1930. First Edition. Unbound. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Two items sold together. A 4" x 5.25" (WxH) black & white photograph of Maugham, signed by him on the bottom edge. The back of the photo is stamped "Copyright Camera Study by Kay Vaughan..." Additionally..... More
London: Impensis Gul. Thurlbourn; Prostant apud J. & J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, & Gul. Innys, 1732. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). 29 pages of text. Modern paper-covered boards with minor shelfwear. Minor staining to the top corner of the half-title page. The text is otherwise clean and unmarked. John Woodward..... More
Rockhills, England: Not published, 1856. No edition. Unbound. Quarto (4to). Three page letter written entirely in the hand of English architect and gardener Sir Joseph Paxton, and signed by him. An excellent letter of political content. Dated March 4 1856, it reads "My dear Lemon [quite likely Mark Lemon, editor..... More
London: Lovell Reeve, 1856. First Edition. Hardcover. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. xiv, 359 pages of text including an index. Hardcover binding is quite worn and soiled. Complete: Illustrated with 20 beautiful color lithographed plates. Endpapers slightly foxed. Pencil annotations scattered lightly throughout text. Bookplate on the inside..... More
London: Chapman and Hall, 1874. First Edition. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Two volume set. Vol. I: viii, 317 pages. Vol. II: viii, 314 pages. Both volumes complete with half-titles. Bound in half emerald green morocco (leather) with marbled paper-covered boards; minimal shelfwear. Minor foxing to the..... More
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1866. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto (4to). xiv, 315 pages of text, including an index. Original brown cloth binding is quite worn, with the spine quite faded, worn and chipped, but remaining intact and attractive. Small label at the bottom of the spine. Theological seminary bookplates on..... More
Cleveland, OH: No publisher listed, 1862. Unbound. Octavo (8vo). The edges of this very thin paper handbill are chipped, and the paper is creased and wrinkled. Mentions the "Reading of the Farewell Address" by Rev. Thomas A. Starkey and a performance of the Star Spangled Banner. Handbill measures 5 7/8"..... More
New York: New Directions, 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). Book One: 45 un-numbered pages, [i] blank, followed by [i] page. Previous owner's name neatly on the front endpaper. About a half dozen pages have small spots of minor discoloration. Four pages have ink lines in the margins. Book Two..... More
Black-Heath [London]: Not published, 1758. First Edition. Unbound. Octavo (8vo). One folio leaf folded in half, with three of the quarters containing a handwritten and signed letter by Wolfe and the other page containing the recipient name and address, forming a letter and mailing envelope together; remnants of black sealing..... More
Chicago: Tribune Company's Book and Job Printing Office, 1865. First Edition. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 240 pages of text. Newly and professionally rebound in green cloth with a paper spine label. The top of the title page was trimmed and has been filled in with archival..... More