1800. Disbound. Persian manuscript with gouache on paper, likely from the epic poem The Shanameh. Some wear and age toning, minor stains; quite attractive overall. Undated but ca. early 19th century. 12" x 8 3/8" The page depicts a scene with hunters on horseback hunting gazelle. Some mild chipping to the..... More
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1985. First Edition. Softcover. Fine proof copy with price and date pencilled to front cover. Julian Barnes review copy with review slip laid in and signed by Barnes and Ackroyd. A nice association copy of Ackroyd's historical mystery. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under..... More
Madrid: La Imprenta Real, 1807. Later Edition. Hardcover (Half Cloth). 3 volumes in later 19th century cloth backed marbled boards, recornered, modest wear at edges. Volume one lacking pages 435-438 and volume 3 lacking 33-40, both apparently binding errors, the latter with blanks bound in. Otherwise clean and bright, a...... More
1810. Broadside. Single sheet, chipped and torn at the edges, mild staining and soiling, no loss of text. ca. 10 1/2" x 9". A few very similar copies exist at the AAS, but each with a small woodcut of a leprechaun. Undated, they suggest Boston, 1810-1814 Bunch of Rushes was sung..... More
The Hague: Chez Meindert Uytwerf, 1700. Early Edition. Hardcover (Vellum). Modern full decorated parchment, page edges decorated in green, white and gold - a charming rebinding. Occasional browning and wear to page edges, slight foxing in spots, but bright and clean overall. Two volumes bound in one each with a...... More
New York: Viking, 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. Chipping and wear to jacket at edges and corners with some light loss, slight dampstain to fore edge of text block - still quite attractive overall. Size: Quarto (4to). Previous owner's inscription in ink, neat. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo..... More
1591. Hand colored engraving, modest foxing and soiling, paper thinned in upper margin from prior mounting, small tape marks. A famous plate depicting the cannibals Staden described in Brazil. In the foreground a butcher is working on a partially butchered body, a tribesman is dragged off to be bludgeoned, a...... More
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London: Robert A. Thompson, 1905. Hardcover (Full Leather). Finely bound in gilt ruled green morocco with flowers designs at corners by Bumpus, slight running to hinges, some fading to spine, browning to endpapers from leather turn ins. With a fore-edge painting of Priapus from the Casa dei Vettii in Pompeii..... More
Meredith Press, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Slight wear to jacket edges, clipped. Signed by Gorey on the half title. Toledano A27a. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Comics & Graphic Novels; Humour. Signed by Author. Inventory No: 044707. More
Paris: Éditions Émile-Paul Frères, 1934. First Edition. Softcover. Original wraps, browned, brittle at edges with some light chipping and loss to page edges. Clean internally. A lovely collection of recipes from 600 years of French cuisine. xi, 373pp; xxxii, 579. Cagle 234 Size: 4to (quarto). 2-volume set (complete). Quantity Available..... More
Paris: Garneir Frères, 1894. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). undated ca. 1894. Original red cloth, faded and moisture damaged. Clean internally, slight age toning but otherwise unmarked. 196pp and 16 chromolithograph plates picturing over 100 delights. Not in Cagle, Vicaire. Size: 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo..... More
Madrid: Los Hijos de Doña Catalina Piñuela, 1837. Second Edition. Hardcover (Quarter Leather). 5 volumes rebound in burgundy leather backed cloth - original front wrap bound in on volumes 2-5, first title worn with a small tear, scattered browning and foxing, a few old ownership marks, otherwise unmarked and very..... More
Copenhagen: Martins Forlag, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover (Half Leather). First Danish edition, attractively rebound in half blue leather over paste paper boards in a slight worn slipcase. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; Inventory No: 045812. More
Paris: Theodore le Gras, 1742. Third Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Full leather, worn, spines perished, hinges cracked. Scattered foxing, browning, an an old stamp to the margin of page 3 on each volume, but otherwise very clean internally. The volumes deal principally with Martinique, Guadalupe, Barbados and Granada. Volume 7..... More
Leipzig: Sax, 1572. Early Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Contemporary full rolled pigskin, remains of clasps, much darkened, but still sound and attractive. Old and copious notes on endpapers and title, a few notes in preface, botton of front endpaper excised, modest general browning and scattered foxing, old ink burn through..... More
Angelopoli (Puebla): Typis Seminarii Palafoxiani, 1770. José de Nava. First Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Contemporary full calf, wear at edges, surface scrapes to leather, old paper spine label and private library label to spine, paste paper endpapers, stamp from library of Rev. L. Kenzel and a printed in Germany stamp..... More
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1963. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Full red cloth - with facsimiles of various editions of Chaucer throughout including Caxton and Kelmscott and an original leaf from the 1561 Chaucer Works tipped in. Size: Folio. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo..... More
Toronto: Lake Galleries, 1992. Pavel Skalnik. First Edition. Hardcover. Copy 18 of 60 with the six poems/prints each signed by Musgrave and Skalnik. Stunning six color prints on Arches paper, loose in a cloth clamshell box by Felton Binding, as issued. Title leaf with an original linocut printed at Columbus..... More
Paris: Loudmer, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Faint shelfwear - a lovely copy of Oberlé's sale catalog, an important reference and a joy to read. Size: Folio. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: Reference; Cooking, Wine & Dining. Inventory No: 045814. More
Antwerp: Plantiniana - Balthasar Moreti, 1622. Hardcover (Vellum). Contemporary overlapping vellum, wear at the corners and some soiling. Notes to endpapers in an early hand, scattered light foxing and browning, otherwise quite clean internally. An attractive copy of the works of the early Christian convert and poet. 896pp plus index..... More
London: John Lane, 1928. Alistair. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Gray cloth, wear at corners and spine ends. Untrimmed page edges a bit brittle, but otherwise very good. 11 color illustrations with tissue guards, one of 1850 copies. First Illustrated Edition, or first by this illustrator and in this format..... More
London: John Murray, 1811. Second Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Full contemporary calf, worn, hinges rubbed, but sound. xxxviii, (1), 434, (1)pp. Bitting 582 (1824 ed.), Oxford 137 (1810 1st ed.) Often attributed to Mrs. Rundell, but doubtful. It went through a number of editions in England and America - this has..... More
Berlin: Hugo Steinitz, 1900. Hardcover (Original Cloth). ca. 1900, undated 2" x 1 1/2". Red cloth, binding a bit shaken, publisher information blacked out on title page. Tiny book in a green metal box with a magnifying glass inset in the cover. Paint a little chipped, but a charming book..... More
Lyon: Widow of Antoine de Harsy, 1615. First Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Contemporary calf, cover neatly detached, old library label inside front cover, embossed stamp to title, old withdrawn stamp to title verso, endpapers and title a bit rumpled, scatterred minor foxing and wear, generally very good internally. (24), 336..... More
London: For the Proprietors, 1763. Second Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Full Contemporary polished calf, corners and spine ends a little bumped, joints splitting but binding still intact. Lacking the front endpaper, otherwise complete. Scattered foxing and browning. A book with substantial importance to 18th century colonial trade - as evidenced..... More