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
Madrid: Espasa-Calpe, 1940. First Edition. Hardcover (Quarter Leather). 9 volumes in quarter brown calf over pebbled brown cloth, 1940-1946 - spines gilt in compartments. Light rubbing to spines and hinges, a touch of edgewear and a few corners bumped, slight dampstain to rear board and page edge of volume 3..... More
Hanau: Typis Wechelianis, Apud Claudium Marnium & haeredes Ioan. Aubrii, 1606. Early Edition. Hardcover (Vellum). Full contemporary vellum with gilt decoration, soiled and worn, hinges split but binding sound. With two library and one earlier bookplate internally, and a spine label, but no other library markings; wear to endpapers. One..... More
London: John Hartley, 1703. First Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Contemporary paneled calf, worn and dry, rear board detached, scattered minor browning and foxing, generally quite clean internally. (16), 423, (1)pp. In a custom leather backed slipcase and chemise. Size: Octavo (8vo). Previous owner's book-plate on endpaper. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped..... More
Albany: Joel Munsell, 1870. First Edition. Cloth. Nice copy with a few library markings. Moderate wear to green cloth boards with heavier wear at the corners and the head and tail of the spine. One puncture hole through cloth in the middle of the spine but not affecting gilt lettering..... More
New York: Harper's Brothers, 1886. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Original olive cloth, a bit dulled, shaken, rear joint cracked and pastedown torn; two pages browned from something left in the book, otherwise bright internally. Well illustrated and including the folding colored map. Howes D575 Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available..... More
Lyon / Grenoble: Claude Naulot; Faure et Fils, 1692. Hardcover (Quarter Leather). Later leather backed boards, spine rubbed, hinges cracked. The Geometrie Pratique bound here last, is a quite rare book on surveying, but missing the final page (? - the text seems to end on 48 but other copies..... More
The Hague: Adrian Moetjens, 1682. Early Edition. Hardcover (Vellum). In full period vellum, worn and soiled. Front endpaper loose, binding loosening but intact. First published in 1681, Fleury's treatise on the ancient Israelites was hugely popular for over 100 years in both French and English. It is often paired with..... More
Paris: Pijollet, 1923. First Edition. Hardcover (Quarter Leather). Quarter leather over marbled boards - an attractive binding. Scattered mostly minor foxing internally. Illustrated with phorogravures. Size: Quarto (4to). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Travel & Places; History. Inventory No: 045105. More
Hartford: Press of the case, Lockwood & Brainard, 1877. Cloth. Light edgewear else unmarked. #American History# Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Inventory No: 043742. More
Paris: Artheme Fayard, 1926. Hardcover (Quarter Leather). Leather over marbled boards. Leather a bit dry and rubbed but the binding is sound. Signature to title, otherwise unmarked internally. 574pp. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Inventory No: 045078. More
Oxford, 1989. Hardcover. Light wear to jacket, small remainder dot to top edge Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; ISBN: 0195019180. ISBN/EAN: 9780195019186. Inventory No: 047054. More
London: James Cottrel, 1662. First Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Small folio. 18th century full calf worn and dry, corners heavily rubbed and rounded, spine dry, rehinged in white cloth, front endpaper cracked. Modest browning and foxing, top of title excised and replaced, but otherwise clean internally. With neat and expertly..... More
Geneva: Paulus Stephanus (Paul Estienne), 1600. Early Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Early paneled calf, rebacked ca. 19th c., endpapers refreshed, hinges worn and cracked, held by cords, corners bumped, wear at edges, title foxed, scattered mostly light foxing and browning - generally quite clean internally and an attractively printed Estienne..... More
Venice: Domenico Guerra & Gio Battista, 1562. Early Edition. Hardcover (rebound in leather). Rebound in modern sheep, front endpapers replaced, minor worming and modest staining throughout, but still an attractive copy of this early Italian edition. With historiated initials - separate section titles but continuously paginated. (16), 375pp with a...... More
Paris: Baudry's Eureopean Library, 1840. Early Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). 8 volumes in brown cloth backed boards. Wear to the cloth with tears and loss on a few of the spines, two of the spines laid back down, bindings generally sound. Mild to moderate foxing throughout, owner stamps on titles..... More
Florence: Laurentius Torrentini, 1551. Early Edition. Hardcover (Quarter Leather). Attractively rebound in leather backed marbled boards, new endpapers. Quite clean internally, scattered minor foxing, last page with a small closed tear, title and last with some soiling, bright otherwise on fine, thick paper. (8), 204), index. Size: Folio. Quantity Available..... More
Florence: Lorenzo Torrentino, 1551. First Edition. Hardcover (Half Leather). Rebound in half leather over paper boards, title page soiled, scattered light foxing, but very clean otherwise. Attractively printed with wide margins and fine initial letters. Last 40 pages with mostly light marginal dampstaining. 340, (3)pp. Adams G 639, Graesse III..... More
Basel: Heinrich Petri, 1560. First Edition. Hardcover (Vellum). Full contemporary rolled pigskin, worn and discolored, coming loose from the wooden boards, lacking clasps. Cords and binding intact. Endpapers, title chipped and worn, first sections with some wear and discoloring, scattered foxing otherwise and mostly quite clean. The first German edition..... More
London: J. Compton, 1820. Later Edition. Hardcover (Quarter Leather). Early boards rebacked in red morocco. A scarce reprint of the 1591 pamphlet detailing Glemham's actions against the Spanish as an English privateer aboard the 240 ton ship the Edward Constance. 11 leaves including the title and rear blank, unpaginated. A...... 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
Worcester: Charles Hamilton, 1895. Pamphlet. Ex-library with stamp to cover and title page. Inscribed by Green on cover. Green was an important intellectual and a crucial figure in the founding of the public library movement. 59pp; from the proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society Size: 8vo - over 7¾" -..... More
Hartford: Case, Lockwood & Brainard, 1934. Cloth. Light soiling to cloth with a few surface marks - internally VG, tight and square. Laid in is a program from the 100th anniversary, October 7th, 1934 #American History# Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under..... More
Paris: Guillaume Morel, Gulillaume Guillard, et Almaricum Warancore, 1561. Hardcover (Full Leather). Contemporary armorial calf, very worn, corners worn through, spine perished and cords exposed, one head band detached, binding still generally sound. Upper corner of front blank excised, scattered foxing and early marginalia, rules line in outer margin in..... More
London: Edward Jeffery, 1811. Later Edition. Hardcover. Contemporary cloth backed boards, boards worn at the corners, front endpaper loose, endpapers browned; bright internally. 124pp Size: Quarto (4to). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: History; Reference. Inventory No: 045755. More