London: R. Dodsley, 1745. First Edition. Hardcover. Later cloth backed marbled boards, endpapers refreshed, slight toning to page edges, scattered very minor foxing, otherwise a fine, bright copy; with the half title bound in. Morocco bookplate of John Drinkwater with some offsetting to endpaper. 54pp Size: Quarto (4to). Quantity Available... More
Antwerp: Typographia Plantiniana (Plantin Press), 1718. Hardcover (Full Leather). Contemporary calf, wear at corners, spine a little dry with wear at the ends, clasps intact - quite attractive overall. Printed in red and black, scattered light browning internally. A nice copy. (72), 616, ccxliv, (4)pp. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available... More
Paris: Libraires Associés, 1771. Later Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Contemporary full calf, modest wear and rubbing, surface marks to cover, rear joint a little weak and binding slightly cracked in the center of the text block, but sound overall. Scattered light foxing and browning internally. With an engraved frontis and..... More
Leipzig: Weygand, 1780. First Edition. Hardcover. Volume 1 in original paste paper boards, corners bumped - very light scattered foxing. (24), 222pp Size: Octavo (8vo). One volume of the 2-volume set. Previous owner's book-plate inside front cover. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Language & Linguistics; Inventory No: 046043. More
![Pancharis [bound with] Imitations du Latin de Jean Bonnefons Avec Autres Gayetez Amoureuses de L'Invention de L'Autheur. Jean Bonnefons, Gilles Durant.](/pictures/thumb/044735.jpg?v=1450374165)
Lutetiae (Paris): Abelis L'Angelier, 1587. First Edition. Hardcover (Vellum). Later but likely 17th century half vellum over paste paper boards, some soiling and wear. Slight age toning, Durant penned to the second title, otherwise clean internally. 68, (2), blank; 148, (3), blank. Register of Erotic Books (the 1878 edition and... More
![Poems supposed to have been written at Bristol [with] A Vindication of the Appendix to the Poems Called Rowley's. In Reply to the Answers of the Dean of Exeter. Chatterton. Thomas, Thomas Tyrwhitt.](/pictures/thumb/044860.jpg?v=1450374189)
London: T. Payne, 1777. First Edition. Hardcover (Half Leather). Rebound in half morocco by J.W. Meyer. First edition, c4 cancelled and in the second state, extra engraved title lacking, scattered mostly minor foxing, quite clean otherwise and with the errata at the rear. xxvii, 307pp with one engraved specimen plate... More
Paris: Furne et Cie, 1854. Early Edition. Hardcover (Quarter Leather). Leather backed cloth boards, light wear to edges and spine, moire endpapers soiled. Scattered foxing, heavier to title and a few other spots, dampstain to the bottom right corner to the last 1/3 of the book. Attractively illustrated - covering... More
![A True State of the Difference Between Sir George Rook, Knight and William Colepeper, Esq; Together with an Account of the Tryal of Mr. Nathanael Denew, Mr. Robert Britton, and Mr. John Merriam Before the Right Honorable Sir John Holt, Knight, Lord Chief Justice of England on an indictment for the designs and attempts therein mentioned against the life of the said William Colepeper on behalf of the said Sir George Rook. Part I. [no more published]. Daniel Defoe, misattributed.](/pictures/thumb/043843.jpg?v=1450374042)
London: 1704. First Edition. Disbound. Often attributed to Defoe but apparently falsely and disputed by Furbank and Owens. There is a section that discusses Defoe by name and talks about his imprisonment (the source of his famous A Hymn to the Pillory), and the overall tone is faintly humorous, no... More
Lisbon: Simão Thaddeo Ferreira, 1783. First Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Full contemporary elaborately gilt red morocco, densely tooled with an array of fleur de lis and other fleurons. Light wear and rubbing, mostly at the corners. Minor worming to endpaper, minor stains to title and a few other spots. Lacking..... More
London: John More, 1636. Second Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). 19th c. half calf boards rebacked and recornered, bound a touch tight, title and first few pages browned at the edges, lacking the front and rear blanks, but otherwise complete. (6), 504, (14)pp. Printed in black letter and Roman typefaces. Though his... 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
New York: Horace Liveright, 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Chipping to jacket edges with a bit of loss along top and bottom edge and front fold, spine a bit darkened; still quite attractive. With a card signed "sincerely" by Jeffers laid in. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under... More
Gerald Howe, 1933. William Chappell. First Edition. Hardcover. Slight shelfwear, otherwise unmarked in an attractive price-clipped jacket. Great illustrations by Chappell. Size: Octavo (8vo). Illustrator: William Chappell. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Cooking, Wine & Dining; Inventory No: 045149. 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
Boston: Estes and Lauriat, 1887. Early Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). In full polished leather simulating ostrich by Macdonald and Sons, gilt, scalloped corners, richly gilt spine and inner dentelles, decorative endpapers, a few surface marks to leather, hinges rubbed. Some offsetting to the illustrations internally, otherwise fine. Size: Quarto (4to)... More
New York: The Overlook Press, 2017. First Edition. Hardcover. New book, may have slight shop wear. Available inscribed, please email with inscription. More
![[Excellentium Imperatorum Vitae] Cornelii Nepotis, non ut vulgo Æmily Probi, quæ extant. Nepos Cornelius.](/pictures/thumb/045405.jpg?v=1450374343)
Utrecht: Gisberti Zylii, 1665. Later Edition. Hardcover (Vellum). Full contemporary overlapping vellum, front inner hinger cracked and text block coming loose. Light foxing, old ownership marks to endpaper, but generally very clean internally. Attractive engraved title. Unpaginated. A nice pocket edition of Nepos's major work. Size: duodecimo (12mo). Previous owner's signature... More
London: Houlston & Wright, 1860. Early Edition. Hardcover (Half Leather). The single volume edition backed in red leather. Modest wear, corners worn through, scattered foxing. Philp had modest ambition for his work: "The Dictionary of Daily Wants may be said to have done for matters of practical utility in domestic affairs... More
Monte Carlo: Imprimerie Nonegasque, 1936. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Light wear and sunning to cloth boards. Slight uniform age toning to pages - with some likable handwritten additions to a few of the recipes. Two page folding facsimile menu. 68pp Charming recipes, illustration and anecdote, but not as much cannibalism... More
London: Hodder & Stoughton. Dulac, Edmund. Early Edition. Hardcover. Original cloth backed boards, corners worn and bumped, some rubbing to boards. A few minor instances of finger soiling, binding slightly shaken in a few spots, otherwise bright internally and just about very good overall. With 30 tipped in plates, all... More
London: J. Hughs, 1737. Third Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Early half leather, boards detached, spine dry and cracked, one signature near the middle loose and taped in the gutter, text block shaken, attempted amateur repair to rear (added) endpapers, scattered pencil marks, quite clean otherwise and a good binding or... More
Paris: L. Maison, 1854. First Edition. Softcover. Original wraps worn and torn, covers detached, binding perished, scattered mostly minor foxing. Very good internally and with both maps, one folding - well illustrated. Now neatly housed in a brown cloth slipcase and matching chemise. The author published a 48pp pamphlet about... More
Geneva: Jean Herman Widerhold, 1669. First Edition. Hardcover (Vellum). Later but old half vellum, spine with a few small tears but binding sound. Scattered minor foxing and browning, a bit of worming in the bottom margin early on, one gathering misbound but not missing any pages. 2 folding plates, 1... More
London: 1740. John Devoto. First Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Rebound in full blind tooled calf with new endpapers. Title slightly soiled and chipped at the edges, scattered slight soiling, two pages with closed tears, but generally clean and bright internally. Vol I of a planned two volumes, but no further... 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