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
Barcelona: Joseph Giralt, 1739. Hardcover (Vellum). Contemporary vellum rebacked, repair to title page in the gutter. Title, (30), 720, (48), blank. Front blank not present. Scattered browning, small occasional dampstains, mostly in the margins, small stamp to first page. Ma text in two columns. Housed in an attractive 1/4 leather..... More
Lyon: Anisson & Joannis Posuel, 1697. Early Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). 3 volumes bound in 2 in full contemporary calf, worn with surface marks, hinges cracked but bindings sound, library marks to spines, bookplates. First two title pages detached but present and with library stamps, the final is unmarked. Scattered..... More
Birmingham: John Baskerville, 1774. Second Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Rebound in full brown calf in an antique style. A few surface marks darkening the leather on the cover, otherwise fine. Slight scattered foxing and browning, generally quite clean; with the attractive frontis. Size: duodecimo (12mo). Text is clean and unmarked..... More
New York: James Miller, 1867. Hennessy and Thwaites. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Original green cloth, ruled and gilt, wear at corners and spine ends, just through to boards on one corners. Gilt page edges; binding tight and square. Scattered foxing and browning, heavier in a few spots (including the..... More
Paris: Vevey-Imprimerie Säuberlin & Pfeiffer, 1903. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Original decorative green cloth by Gunther Baumann and Co. of Zurich, spotting to cover, slight bowing to covers, silk ribbons slightly rumpled; fine internally and an altogether lovely production with full page & vignette illustrations and illuminated letters throughout..... More
London: Ric. Chiswell, 1696. Second Edition. Hardcover (rebound in cloth). In green library cloth with a spine label and bookplate but no other library marks. Frontis chipped at the edges, a few pencil marks, otherwise quite clean. 197pp with 3 1/2 pages of ads. Mary II became Queen following the..... More
Antwerp: Martinum Nutium, 1638. First Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Contemporary rolled calf, quite worn, spine perished, boards rubbed with remnants of clasps but still attractive. Old library spine label and a few other marks. Device or vignette excised from first title page, scattered minor dampstains. Published posthumously, the year after..... More
London: Jacob Tonson, 1694. First Edition. Hardcover (Quarter Leather). Small quarto, rebound in 1/4 red morocco over red cloth. Wear and rubbing to edges, light foxing and discoloration, a few pages more heavily browned, small tear to one page corner not touching any text, but a generally clean, unmarked copy..... More
London: B. Barker, 1732. First Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Full contemporary paneled calf, front board cleanly detached, spine rubbed and leather loose in one spot; very good otherwise and very clean internally. Scarce collection of proverbs and aphorisms. x, 297, (5)pp. From De Guinzbourg's proverb library with his bookplate -..... More
Paris: Garnier Frères, 1889. M. Blitz. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Decorative red cloth, light wear at the corners, spine faded, inner joints cracked and repaired. Clean and unmarked internally. 262 in text illustrations. xvi, 997pp. Signed or possibly stamped by author at the copyright notice. Cagle 203, Vicaire 386. The companion..... More
London: L. Upcott Gill, 1890. Hardcover (Original Cloth). 8 volumes in decorative brick cloth, modest wear to cloth at edges and corners, some mild discoloration and fading, scattered foxing and browning internally including to some of the plates, a few of the chromo plates detached or loose but otherwise undamaged..... More
Starsburg: Karl Trubner, 1912. Hardcover (Full Leather). In a fine calf binding by Walter Hacker, Leipzig. Spotting to calf, light wear at extremities, but a lovely binding. Added marbled endpapers; fine internally. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Inventory No: 042458. More
New York / Boston: Duell, Sloan and Pearce / Little, Brown and Company, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Chipping, browning, a few short tears, small crease, to edges of jacket with a bit of loss, mostly along top edge. Not price clipped, faint shelfwear to book. A nice copy of Gorey's..... More
Paris: Capelle et Renand, 1808. First Edition. Hardcover. Contemporary tree calf, a few small wormholes to binding, light wear to spine and hinges, a few surface marks - an attractive binding overall. Frontis and title lightly soiled, small repair to the verso of one plate, one plate and one page..... More
London: Colin Fenton, 1958. Reynolds Stone. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Slight wear to original black cloth. Inscribed by "the old Philadelphia firm of Namleda & Co." who printed the original broadside "Flying Scrolls" that are reprinted here. Foxing to endpapers, signed by Reynolds Stone who made the lovely wood..... More
Paris: Flammarion, 1929. First Edition. Softcover. Original wraps, a bit foxed, clean internally. 490pp An attractively illustrated cookbook and the first published cookbook of the cuisine of Perigord. Uncommon in the original wrappers. Size: 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Cooking, Wine & Dining; Inventory No: CAT000340..... More
1891. Broadside. ca. 8.5" x 23" broadside, chips, tape repairs at folds on verso, worn through in spots touching letters but not affecting sense. Attractive illustrated broadside advertising both the clippers and the chute and head holder as well as state manufacturing rights for the invention. Patent dated 1891. Size..... More
Frankfurt: Chr. Egen[olphum], 1550. First Edition. Hardcover (rebound in leather). Rebound in full modern calf, stains and old removed names to title, scattered minor browning. 80pp Scarce work on Galen - Lonicer's son was the famous Botanist Adam Lonicer. Size: duodecimo (12mo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category..... More
Paris: Comité de Salut Public, 1794. First Edition. Hardcover (Half Vellum). Later half vellum over decorative paper boards. 4 tables and 60 plates, mostly folding. Some browning and discoloration to the plate margins where they protrude from the book, scattered creasing to plates, but otherwise bright and unmarked. Monge, the..... More
Antwerp: Petri Belleri, 1646. Third Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Full contemporary blind tooled calf, well worn with loss to leather on the spine and corners. Scattered mild foxing, otherwise quite clean internally. The Crahan copy with his bookplate (item 181a in the 1984 sale at Sotheby's). Engraved title, stamp to..... More
Francfort: François Varrentrapp, 1755. Later Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Full contemporary calf, lacking lettering piece, front hinges cracked but front board held by 2 of 3 cords and rear by all 3, old notes to endpapers, age toning to edges of first few pages but generally quite clean otherwise. 2..... More
Madrid: Convento de Santo Thomas de Madrid, 1720. First Edition. Disbound. Disbound from a larger volume in early or original wraps. Light staining and soiling, generally clean and unmarked. Pages 1-94 only of ? - rare, no other copy located. Size: 16mo . Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1..... More
London: Secker & Warburg, 1944. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Light shelfwear, chipping to jacket edges with slight loss and one very small tear. Still a very attractive example. A bit of discoloration to edges of brown cloth. Stapledon remains a singular figure in early science-fiction, taking on sprawling, nebulous..... More
Venice: Gio. Battista Somasco, 1562. First Edition. Hardcover (Vellum). Contemporary vellum soiled and worn, covers a bit bowed, binding still sound. Title with marginal notes, small tear to corner, soiling, slight damage and loss to lower right corner of last couple pages. Generally quite clean otherwise, early notes and underlining..... More