Chicago: Brothers of the Bok, 1912. First Edition. Hardcover (Quarter Leather). 1/4 leather over marbled boards. Collecting drink recipes purportedly found in 1784 book entitled "The Squire's Recipes" - it was actually nothing of the sort, but is a likable collection of a dozen drink recipes. Attractively printed on fine... More
![The Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to the Use of the Church oi England...[Fore Edge Painting of San Francisco Bay]. Sir John Bayley, notes.](/pictures/thumb/044335.jpg?v=1450374086)
London: Longman et al, 1816. Hardcover (Full Leather). Tall octavo in full purple straight grained morocco, mild wear at corners, spine darkened; a very attractive binding. With an finely executed fore edge painting of San Francisco Bay (as identified on an endpaper) at sunset. Probably copied from an engraving, the... More
![A History of British Birds [with] A General History of Quadrupeds. Bewick Thomas.](/pictures/thumb/045214.jpg?v=1450374276)
Newcastle: Edward Walker, 1816. Sixth. Hardcover (Full Leather). 3 volumes in matching contemporary green morocco, gilt tooling, all edges gilt, worn at the corners, each neatly rebacked, spines a bit dull and sunned, but attractive and sound. Two volumes of birds published 1816 and Quadrupeds published 1811, the 4th edition... More
Boston: Merrymount Press, 1936. First Edition. Hardcover (rebound in cloth). Recently rebound in full burgundy cloth with gilt lettering, endpapers a little worn and soiled as is the half title, scattered finger marks in the margins (no doubt from the members searching through for their portraits to sign - see... More
Basel: Decker, 1663. Sixth. Hardcover (Vellum). Full contemporary stamped vellum, spine blank, quite clean, lacking front pastedown, notes to rear endpapers. Scattered minor foxing. 669pp plus index and errata. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Religion & Theology; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 043285. More
Florence: Giunti, 1521. Second Edition. Hardcover (Vellum). Full later vellum with shelf number on spine, small library stamp to front board and library bookplate on the front pastedown. Small burn mark on 88/89 affecting a few words, slight soiling and foxing to edges, faint dampstain to upper corner of the... More
Lyon: Ant. Boudet, 1702. First Edition. Hardcover. Early floral boards, worn, chipped at edges, lacking blanks, light occasional edgewear and browning to pages, otherwise clean and sound. 199pp An uncommon collection of Italian proverbs each with a French translation. From De Guinzbourg's proverb library with his bookplate. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity... More
Austin: W. Thomas Taylor, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Number 62 of 325 in full cloth with the press samples tipped in. Faint wear and bumping to corners. Size: Folio. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Books on Books; Inventory No: 044702. More
Florence: Laurentii Torrentini, 1549. First Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Old, dry and worn leather, hinges cracked and inner joint repaired with tape, rear board detached, minor soiling and foxing, esp. to title, generally a nice, clean, wide margined copy. Pagination jumps from 176 to 179; complete. [8], 176, 179-440, [2]... More
East Aurora: Roycrofters, 1901. First Edition. Hardcover (Quarter Leather). Original 1/4 suede, modest wear at edges, slight staining to covers, vol xvii well preserved and burgundy suede unfaded, vol xviii spine is chipped and torn; some foxing and discoloration internally but otherwise unmarked. With the front wraps and most of... More
![Bygmester Solness [The Master Builder]. Ibsen Henrik.](/pictures/thumb/043735.jpg?v=1450374037)
Kobenhavn (Copenhagen): Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag (F. Hegel & Son), 1892. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Publishers elaborately gilt cloth, gilt page edges, silk page marker, decorative endpapers. Light edgewear and rubbing to joints. A very attractive copy of one of Ibsen's major works, published in English as The Master Builder... More
Northampton, MA: The Gehenna Press, 1962. Clarence Kennedy. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Light wear to boards. Attractively printed - number 203 of 500 copies. Size: Octavo (8vo). Slight foxing front/rear pages, but body of book mostly clean and unfoxed. Illustrator: Clarence Kennedy. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1... More
Charles Scribner's Sons for The Garden Club of America, 1931. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). 2 volumes - volume two with staining and fading to the rear cover, but otherwise unmarked. Jackets lightly browned and chipped at edges with occasional foxing. Bright internally - a nice pair. Size: Folio. 2-volume... More
New York: The Overlook Press, 2017. First Edition. Hardcover. New book, may have slight shop wear. Available inscribed, please email with inscription. This is the first US edition. Size: Octavo (8vo). Multiple copies available this title. Quantity Available: 10. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Cooking, Wine & Dining; History... More
![Droits de L'Homme; en Reponse a L'Attaque de M. Burke Sur la Révolution Françoise [with] Droits de L'Homme, Second Partie, Réunissant les Principes et la Pratique. Paine Thomas.](/pictures/thumb/045038.jpg?v=1450374223)
Paris: Buisson, 1791. First Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). 2 volumes bound in one in contemporary mottled calf; worn, leather chipped at the head of the spine, scattered mild foxing, small stain to first title. Complete with the half titles, reuniting the two parts of Paine's treatise on democracy and revolution... More
London: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1854. Second Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Original stamped green cloth, light fading and wear to spine, slight bumping to corners. iv, 291pp. Descriptions of all sorts of fish along with instructions for cleaning, preserving, boiling, frying, baking, stewing, pickling, and currying, as well as... More
Venice: Aldus & Andreas Torresano, 1519. First Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Contemporary calf, worn, paneled with a central Venetian device. Corners worn through, rubbing to hinges, old paper spine labels, lacking ties, but sound overall. Very light dampstain in top margin in latter sections, scattered very minor foxing, heavier to... More
New York: Leavitt and Allen, 1854. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Original stamped, gilt cloth, worn at corners, skillfully respined some time ago with added endpapers; binding tight and sound. With 32 steel engravings - scattered light foxing and a few finger marks in the margins, but generally clean. Size... More
New-Haven: Howe & Spalding, 1819. Early Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). The second American edition published a year after the first in Philadelphia. Full contemporary calf, rubbed but sound, scattered soiling, mild dampstains, endpapers stained, worn and written on, small tears internally, but intact and complete. Well used but well cared... More
Paris: E. de Boccard, 1922. First Edition. Softcover. 2 volumes in original printed wrappers, light age toning and soiling to wraps. Clean internally and unopened. 508pp; 579pp Size: Quarto (4to). 2-volume set (complete). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Language & Linguistics; Literature & Literary. Inventory No: 045746. More
Mexico: Academia de Cocina y Reposteria Velazquez de León, 1961. Second Edition. Hardcover (rebound in cloth). 2 volumes bound up in similar burgundy cloth, wraps and title pages discarded when rebound, extra photocopies leaf bound into volume 1. Scattered stains, occasional chipping and wear to page edges with a bit... More
Florence: Giunti, 1594. Second Edition. Hardcover (Vellum). Full contemporary vellum, modest discoloration, repair to bottom edge. Scattered mild foxing and the occasional stain, generally quite clean internally. Engraved printer's mark to title and colophon. (xx), 268, (16)pp. Graesse V302. Pettas 708. An attractively printed Giunti edition of Vettori's commentary on Demetrius... More
Weissenfels: Frid. Wehrmannum, 1726. Third Edition. Hardcover (Vellum). Full contemporary vellum, lightly soiled, small library bookplate inside front cover. Scattered foxing and staining but generally a nice, clean copy. The first edition was 1696. 1140pp plus index. Attractive engraved frontispiece. Second edition of this synagogue history by the Hebraist. Size... More
New-Haven: Oliver Steele, 1807. First Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Contemporary acid calf, corners worn and bumped, surface rubbing, spine a little worn - quite sound overall. Front endpapers and title dampstained, old signature to endpaper, foxing and browning throughout but mostly mild. Upper right corner of page 93/94 torn with... More
Leipzig: Immanuel Breitkopf, 1791. Second Edition. Hardcover (Quarter Leather). Volume 1 of 2 in 1/4 leather over boards, worn but intact. Some browning and foxing internally including to the plates, a few of the plates extending past the margin and with some edgewear; generally clean. With 19 astronomical plates, a.... More