Rome: Calvum, 1531. First Edition. Hardcover. Modern half vellum. 16 leaves, A-D. The first edition of Valeriano's work defending Clement VII's decision to wear a beard in mourning after the 1527 sack of Rome. One of the earliest works on beards - scarce. Size: Quarto (4to). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped... More about Pro Sacerdotum Barbis
Northridge: Lord John, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. One of 250 but not signed Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Inventory No: 046762. More about Granted Wishes: Three Stories
Northridge: Lord John, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. One of 100 specially bound but unsigned - with slipcase Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; Inventory No: 046760. More about Entropy's Bed at Midnight
Northridge: Lord John, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Purdy - one of 250; no jacket Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Theatre & Plays; Signed by Author. Inventory No: 046759. More about Proud Flesh: Four Short Plays
Northridge: Lord John, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Light shelfwear to jacket - signed on the title by Francis. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; Signed by Author. Inventory No: 046758. More about Scenic Route
Northridge: Lord John, 1984. Hardcover. Cloth backed decorative boards signed on half title by Crumley. Limited to 200, this an unnumbered presentation copy Size: duodecimo (12mo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Fiction; Signed by Author. Inventory No: 046757. More about The Muddy Fork: A Work in Progress
Philadelphia: Thomas Dobson, 1797. Early Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Contemporary acid calf, boards neatly detached, very good internally, scattered light browning. Volume 1 only of an early American edition of Eutropius's Roman history. 360pp Size: Octavo (8vo). One volume of the 2-volume set. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Inventory No: 046756. More about A Compendious History of Rome with an Appendix
Hartford: Elisha Babcock, 1794. First Edition. Hardcover (Half Leather). Later half leather over marbled boards, old bookplates on endpapers, old ownership signature to endpaper - boards detached, spine defective, frontis portrait resized and tipped back in, chipped at edges, very mild scattered foxing, old repair to bottom of one folding... More about A History of Three of the Judges of King Charles I: Major General Whalley, Major-General Goffe...
New York: T. Allen, 1794. Second Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Full period sheep, boards reattached with tape, worn. First volume is lacking the title and most of the first page of the first letter - separate title for volume 2. First few pages worn at edges, some scattered foxing, smal... More about Letters from France: containing a great variety of interesting and original information...
Mexico: Vicente G Torres, 1848. Softcover. Original wraps, mild wear, a few light stains internally. Details a convoluted property dispute during the US occupation of Mexico City. 47pp. Rare. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Americana; History. Inventory No: 046752. More about Vindicacion que hacen Benjamin y Tomas Laurent, confutando la esposicion que dirigo al Excmo. Sr....
Mexico: La Voz de la Religion, 1849. Hardcover (Full Leather). Full acid calf, spine label a bit worn, small burn mark to front cover, title penciled to an added endpaper, old withdrawn bookplate from Yale at rear. Details an episode where a Chilean ship the Natalia was stopped in Mazatlán..... More about Esposicion de...sobre el juicio a que se sujetó, como encargado de la administracion de la...
London: Francis Kirkman, 1667. Second Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Later leather, new endpapers, quite worn, covers detached, the rear taking the last 3 pages and endpapers with it. Title trimmed a little close at the bottom, last page of preliminaries chipped at the edge touching a few letters but not... More about Studii legalis ratio, or, Directions for the Study of the law Under These Heads
Hartford: Silas Andrus, 1831. Later Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Contemporary leather, worn but sound, scattered foxing, browning to map. 20th edition. A hugely popular and influential narrative - published in a number of versions as recently as 2004. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category... More about A Journal Comprising an Account of the Loss of the Brig Commerce Upon the Western Coast of Africa...
Germany: 1880. Hardcover. Accordion binding, red cloth covers, covers a bit stained. Undated, ca. 1880s. 12 pages of lithographs on coated paper. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Travel & Places; Inventory No: 046746. More about Manitou to the Summit of Pike's Peak Altitude 14,147 Feet
Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2018. Softcover. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Indigenous Cultures; ISBN: 1681340909. ISBN/EAN: 9781681340906. Inventory No: 046745. More about The Relentless Business of Treaties: How Indigenous Land Became U.S. Property
1850. Mid 19th century or a little earlier - 14 cards on heavy stock, moderate wear, 2 on heavy stock with more detailed images, 10 on paper Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Inventory No: 046744. More about Mixed collection of drawing cards
Boston: Higgins and Bradley, 1856. First Edition. Softcover. 24 loose numbered leaves on card stock, wide format; light foxing. 5-24 are drawing subjects 5" x 7" Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Inventory No: 046743. More about The Pioneer Drawing Cards
London: Rousseau, 1800. Early Edition. Hardcover (rebound in cloth). Early edition, later printing of the first edition (1777-80) and before the second (1806) - with errata, notes on omissions and a list of subscribers. Rebound in brown buckram, a few seminary library marks, call numbers to base of spines, slight... More about A Dictionary, Persian, Arabic, and English
(Bexhill-on-Sea, England): Silver Thimble Books, 1986. Gordon Murray. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Clothbound in slipcase, signed by publisher Murray. Hand colored, #38 of 50 Size: Miniature. Illustrator: Gordon Murray. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Signed by person(s) connected with book. Inventory No: 046493. More about Splendour of Life
Chicago: The Blue Sky Press, 191903. Second Edition. Hardcover. Light dampstains to cover, unmarked internally and largely uncut. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Inventory No: 041865. More about Castle, Knight and Troubadour: In an Apology and Three Tableaux
New York: Munn, 1877. Early Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Some spotting to blue cloth, rear endpaper cracked. In text illustration including a few nice views of Washington D.C. Size: duodecimo (12mo). Text is clean and unmarked. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Engineering, Industrial & Trades; Inventory No: 040755. More about The Scientific American Reference Book. A Compendium of Useful Information
Hamburg: Friedrich Perthes, 1836. Hardcover (Quarter Leather). 12 volumes in 1/4 black leather over marbled boards. Old Seminary library labels to spines, stamps to titles. A few mild stains and areas of foxing, light dampstain in the gutter of vol 1, generally clean. and bright. 1836-1853, Ritter's History of Philosophy... More about Geschichte der Philosophie Alter Zeit [with] Geschichte der christlichen Philosophie
Londres: Impresso Por T.C Hansard, 1818. Cloth. Cloth bound, original wraps bound in. Literatura Portugueza E Estrangeira: an article in the liberal journal "Investigador Portuguez" which was established in 1811 in response to anti-French journals being founded shortly after the French Revolution. Pages 273-406 Size: 8vo - over 7¾" -... More about Literatura Portugueza E Estrangeira Investigador Portuguez Em Inglaterra Ou Jornal Literario...
Author, 1983. Softcover. 13 page typescript with printed covers by the famed magician. Size: Octavo (8vo). Text is clean and unmarked. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Magic, Paranormal & Occult. Signed by Author. Inventory No: 040185. More about I Sold My Linking Rings
Quebec: Saint-Vincent de Paul, 1922. Hardcover. A reprint of the scarce first edition published the same year and bound up in burgundy cloth. Surface marks and scrapes to boards, otherwise attractive with marbled endpapers. Interesting old clipped ad for a Belgian police dog pinned to endpaper. Internally unmarked with numerous... More about Le Chien: Son Elevage, Dressage, Entrainement pour Exposition et Traitement de ses Maladies