Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1870. First Edition. Hardcover (Quarter Leather). 2 volumes, contemporary leather backed boards, spines cracked with a bit of loss, bindings sound, one page opened inexpertly, generally very clean and bright internally. 36 plates, 12 in color and in text illustration throughout. 322pp; 327pp Size: Octavo (8vo). 2-volume set..... More

London: Routledge. Hardcover (Full Leather). Bull polished calf prize binding, undated ca. 1869 "new edition". With tipped in plates and illustration throughout. Light wear to boards at edges, a few light scratched; an attractive binding with "studio sapientia crescit" (wisdom grows by study" inscribed on a banner on the cover..... More

Paris: Herve du Mesnil, 1628. First Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Contemporary sponged calf, some surface scrapes and modest wear but sound and attractive. Old name penned to title, scattered minor foxing and staining, corner torn off a page in the preface with no loss of text. Lacking the extra engraved..... More

Paris: Veuve Duchesne, 1772. Third Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Contemporary calf, gilt, wear at the corners, joints a little weak. Scattered light foxing and browning - a nice, clean copy. [23],430,[2]An interesting enlightenment take on the book of secrets, named after, but not following, the great and little Albert of..... More

Pittsburgh: W.S. Haven, 1856. Wm. Schuchman. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Original green blindstamped cloth, gilt. Faint dampstain to endpapers and first few pages but otherwise a fine copy. With the three large folding plates at the rear showing "upwards of 150" grains and plants; a few minor creases to..... 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: 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..... More

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1931. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). 3 volumes in original green cloth, light wear at edges, corners slightly bumped, very clean internally. Laid in is a manuscript copy of the 1st paragraph of the editor's preface and a typed correction of the second, a full typescript of..... More

Madrid: Villalpando, 1807. Early Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Contemporary acid sheep, modest wear, still very sound. Unmarked internally. xiv, 280pp. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Science & Technology; Cooking, Wine & Dining. Inventory No: 045527. More

London: John Streater or Simon Miller, 1659. Later Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Later paneled and gilt calf, hinges a bit rubbed, cracking and weakening but still an attractive binding; bookplates of Charles John Shopee on pastedown and added endpaper. Either the 1659 or 1663 edition of Thomas Langley's translation and..... More