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...
1950. Hardcover. Red boards, tape reinforcement to spine. Recipes in a single hand throughout, tear to first page with loss to text, some minor adhesions in the gutter, a few slight dampstains, otherwise clean and unmarked with scattered minor stains. 78 pages with blank sections between the used pages. A nice...
Amsterdam: Johannem Allart, 1805. Hardcover. First edition of the first official Dutchj pharmacopeia. (20), 21, L, 302, 33, (12). With the list of subscribers. Half cloth over marbled boards, worn at edges. small split on spine and a bit soiled. Light soiling to the edge of the title page, but...
London: Bernard Lintot, 1721. First Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Contemporary ruled calf, rebacked but rebacking failed and the front board cleanly detached, rear board interior joint weak but attached and sound. Old armorial bookplate inside front cover. Scattered minor foxing and soiling, very clean overall. The first Urry edition of...
London: W. and J. Mount and T. Page, 1748. Hardcover (Full Leather). 7 1/4" x 5 1/4" (but bound in quarto), rebound in modern brown calf. Frequent paper repairs to page corners at beginning and end of book, half title repaired and lacking some text from the advertisements on verso...
Naples: Antonio Bulifon, 1677. Second Edition. Hardcover (Vellum). Full contemporary vellum, worm holes to spine, some discoloration, but sound overall. Portrait frontis loose with old scribbles in the margins, mild foxing, scattered light dampstains in the outer margin, a bit heavier in a few spots, finger soiling in the margins...
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...
Lyon: Jean Certe, 1712. Later Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). 2 volumes in contemporary sheep, spines gilt in compartments. Mild edgewear, hinges slightly worn and just starting on volume one, but quite sound overall. Old note to title, slight scattered foxing - very clean overall with 11 folding maps. (12), 336pp;...
(Bexhill-on-Sea, England): Silver Thimble Books, 1986. Gordon Murray. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Clothbound in slipcase, signed by publisher Murray. Hand colored, #49 of 500 Size: Miniature. Illustrator: Gordon Murray. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Signed by person(s) connected with book. Inventory No: 046488.
Mexico: A. V. Arroyo, 1911. Unbound. Broadside detailing an execution by firing squad - good impression of the scene. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Politics & Government; Inventory No: 046814.
Venice: Hieronymum Porro, 1589. First Edition. Hardcover (Vellum). Full contemporary vellum, toned, lacking ties, tear to vellum on rear cover with loss of a corner, a few stains and spots of wear, a bit shaken, but generally sound. 72 leaves with 34 engraved emblems by Girolamo Porro. Engraved title with...
New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1939. Early Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Blue cloth with orange decoration, slight chipping to jacket edges; a very attractive copy. 1939b, the 25th printing as per Farah. Size: Octavo (8vo). Previous owner's signature in ink. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Children; Inventory No: 045682.
Paris: Roret, 1835. Sixth Edition. Hardcover (Quarter Leather). Leather backed marbled boards. Modest scattered foxing and browning, spine a touch rubbed. 280pp, 1 folding plate. Previously published by Roret with Cardelli as the author, these later editions added the folding plate. The Limonadier, popularized in Italy and brought to Paris in...
Antwerp: Christopher Plantin, 1585. Early Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). 3 volumes bound in 1 in old full calf, 1585, 1585 and 1588; a few dents at the edges, wear to corners, quite sound overall, old catalog entry pasted to endpaper. The first two titles continuously paginated. Minor staining here and...
Milan: Gio. Battista Cerri, 1627. First Edition. Hardcover. Original thick paper boards, modest wear, some scattered browning, title page reinforced in the gutter, privilege statement bound between pages 14 and 15. The second edtion, originally published the same year in Rome - both editions scarce, the Milan edition a bit...
London: For the Author, 1802. Second Edition. Hardcover (rebound in cloth). Rebound in full mustard cloth, scattered foxing, uniform mild browning. Large paper copy, 9 1/8" tall. xxiv, 314, (21). 12 plates of table settings, one loose and worn at the edges. Cagle 881, Bitting 328. Size: 8vo. Quantity Available...
New York: The Overlook Press, 2017. First Edition. Hardcover. New book, may have slight shop wear. Available inscribed, please email with inscription.
New York: E.P. Dutton, 1936. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very slight bumping to upper corners, light wear and slight chipping to jacket edges, small chip missing to jacket at head of spine - still at least very good and a nice, bright copy of the first US edition. This...
London: Secker & Warburg, 1944. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Jacket chipped with loss along edges and heavy loss at spine ends - front and rear panel are attractive. Old private library bookplate and pocket to front endpapers (from The Cleveland Science Fiction Society), modest uniform browning to paper. Stapledon remains...
Lipzig: Officina Voegeliana (Voegelin), 1568. Early Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Attractively bound in contemporary rolled pigskin, darkened, corners worn, hinges rubbed, one clasp remaining, old library marks and a pocket at rear. 3 volumes bound in 1, two by Corner and the final by Strigel. The third book with a....
New York: Random House, 1929. Paul Johnston. First Edition. Softcover. 12 pamphlets each with a cover illustration and an original poem one of 475 copies. With the yellow wrap around sheet (which is separated into 2 pieces) but lacking the slipcase. A few minor flaws, bright copies. Size: Octavo (8vo)...
Paris: Jan Jombert, 1684. Early Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Full contemporary calf, raised bands, spine gilt in compartments. Joints just starting to crack, but an attractive copy in a nicely preserved binding. 274pp Size: duodecimo (12mo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Religion & Theology; Inventory No: 044332.
Mard: Don Joaquin Ibarra, 1798. First Edition. Hardcover (rebound in cloth). Rebound in half blue cloth over marbled boards. Internally worn, foxed in spots, text block coming loose from binding, with the extra engraved title worn with tape repairs to verso, but lacking the final text page (417/418) and 2...
London: 1715. First Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Contemporary paneled calf, rubbed but sound, first few pages loose, title a bit stained with an old signature, rear endpaper worn and loose with old writing, some scattered foxing and some creasing and old stab holes (presumably from its brief life as an...
Belfast: Crannog Press, 1973. Eilisabeth Dowling. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Blue cloth, a bit rubbed, bright internally with lovely illustrations by Elisabeth Dowling. Number 28 of 100. Size: Octavo (8vo). Illustrator: Eilisabeth Dowling. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Poetry; Inventory No: 045302.
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