La Haye: Chez Duchesne, Libraire, rue Saint Jacques, 1755. Early edition. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Two volume set. Original mottled calf bindings with minor rubbing to the spines, and a few tiny wormholes. Minor browning to the endpapers and first and final few pages of text..... More
Boston, MA: Little Brown & Company, 1987. First edition, later printing. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). [x], 240 pages of text. Hardcover binding in almost new condition. Unclipped dustjacket with minimal shelfwear; protected in archival mylar. Signed in blue marker by the author on the half-title page. No further personalization or inscription..... More
Scottsville, NY: published by the author, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). [x], 207 pages of text. Hardcover binding with moderate shelfwear and minor rubbing to the spine. There are numerous pencil notations in text, and at least a dozen pages have discoloration from the newspaper articles about Octagon structures..... More
London: Printed by R. Norton, for Walter Kettilby, at the Bishops-Head in S. Paul's Church-Yard, 1684. First Edition. Hardcover. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. All four books, with supplementary "Review", rarely offered as a complete text. First editions, published 1684-1690. 1) THEORY OF THE EARTH published 1684: [xvi]..... More
London: Roper and Drowley, 1889. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). 400 pages of text including an index. Original red cloth binding with moderate sunning to the spine and moderate shelfwear and soiling; front cover decorated with a gilt vignette of an erupting Vesuvius above the Bay of Naples on the..... More
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1897. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). Two volume set, complete. Original green hardcover cloth binding with minor shelfwear including a few small bumps to corners. Complete with 383 illustrations and 7 folding maps in color. Vol. I: xxiv, 477 pages of text, followed by [ii]..... More
London: B. T. Batsford Limited, 1973. Reprint edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). 224 pages of text including a bibliography and an index of names (of players mentioned in the text). Hardcover binding with a fold in the cloth making it appear creased. Minor spotting to the closed page edges. The price-clipped..... More
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). xiv, 217 pages of text. Hardcover binding with minor shelfwear. The unclipped dustjacket with original price intact is rubbed and shelfworn, with several small tears and creases, with numerous spots of minor discoloration; protected in archival mylar; there are..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf Inc., 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). 475 pages of text. Hardcover binding in almost new condition. The unclipped dustjacket has minor shelfwear, and a crease on the inner front flap; protected in archival mylar. Signed by John Le Carre on a tipped-in leaf preceding..... More
Edinburgh: Pirnted for J. Dickson, 1788. First Edition. Hardcover. [209]-306 pages of text, complete with two engraved plates and one leaf of explanation, extracted from "Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Vol. I" and bound with two other works. Bound by Bayntun of Bath in 1972 in three quarter..... More
London: Moses Pits; S. Millers, 1677. First Edition. Hardcover. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. [xii], 358 pages of text, followed by [xii] including the errata leaf and an index. Lacks the folding map of Oxfordshire. Otherwise complete with engraved title page and 16 full-page engraved plates by Michael..... More
London: John Murray, 1823. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto (4to). viii, 303 pages of text including an index. Full navy morocco binding with four raised flat bands and heavy gilt; a.e.g. There is minor rubbing and shelfwear, including some weakening to the hinges. Minor foxing scattered throughout the text. Previous owner's..... More
Cambridge: Cambridge at the University Press, 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). xiv, 240 pages of text including an index. Original hardcover binding with minimal shelfwear and rubbing. No dustjacket. A few light pencil corrections to text; otherwise clean and unmarked. First edition. More
London: John Murray, 1858. Second edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). xviii, 258 pages of text including an index. Original dark green hardcover cloth binding with ordinary shelfwear and rubbing; protected in archival mylar. Complete with 17 plates, of which 9 are fold-out, of which one is in color and two fold-out..... More
London: Printed for John Whiston in Fleetstreet, 1750. Early edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). 18 pages of text. Bound in modern simple printed paper-covered boards with minor shelfwear and minimal soiling. The text is clean and unmarked. There were several different printings of this work in 1750; unknown priority. Measures 251mm..... More
Zagreb, Croatia: Nakladni Zavod Matice Hrvatske, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Oblong octavo (8vo). 84 pages of text. Hardcover binding in almost new condition. Unclipped dustjacket with one tiny chip and several small creases and tears and minor rubbing and soiling; protected in archival mylar. Contains 11 color plates and 33..... More
London: Printed for W. Lee and are to be sould at the Great Turks head next to the Mytre Taurne in Fleetstreet, 1631. Third edition. Hardcover. Quarto (4to). [xx], 260 pages of text, followed by [xxiv] page index, [i] page for a recipe to cure gout, [i] blank, followed by..... More
London: Printed for J. Harding, 1815. Second edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). xxviii, 492 pages of text, followed by 8 pages of publisher's advertisement. Original brown paper-covered boards with new cloth spine, and new printed paper spine label in the style of the original. The original boards are slightly worn. Complete..... 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
London: G.G. and J. Robinson, 1798. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). Four volume set. Full original mottled calf bindings with moderate shelfwear and rubbing, especially to the spines, where some of the extensive gilt decorations is worn. Several hinges are weakened, but all boards remain firmly attached. Complete with 11..... More
Edinburgh: Printed by James Clarke, et al. 1811. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). 88 pages of text. Original paper-covered boards, rebacked with modern matching paper spine and a new printed paper spine label. Inscribed by the author on the blank page facing the first page of text "For Mrs. Hepburn..... More
London: Printed for T. Osborne, et al. 1764. Third edition. Hardcover. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Two volume set. The revised and considerably enlarged 3rd edition, complete with 39 engraved plates (including the frontisportrait in Vol. II) and 22 engraved maps by finely engraved by or after Emmanuel..... More
Boston, MA: Little Brown & Company, 1987. First edition, later printing. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). [x], 240 pages of text. Hardcover binding in almost new condition. Unclipped dustjacket with minimal shelfwear; protected in archival mylar. Signed in blue marker by the author on the half-title page. No further personalization or inscription..... More
Napoli, Italy: Nella Stamperia del Monitore Delle Due Sicilie, 1815. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). 47 pages of text. Hardcover: leather spine and corners with marbled paper-covered boards; slightly worn. There is very minor soiling and spotting to the text. Measures 230mm (height) by 187mm (9" x 7 3/16"). First..... More
Neapoli: Typis Francisci Sauii Typolgraphi Curiae; Sauius, 1634. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). [xvi], 400 pages of text, followed by [xi] pages of index. Original vellum binding is moderately worn and is heavily darkened on the spine; stamped "AA" on the boards over which is stamped a crown. Previous owner's..... More