Ohio: More, Clarke, 1854. Early Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Stamped cloth, lacking front endpaper. A few portraits, scattered minor pencil marks. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Reference; Language & Linguistics. Inventory No: 046034. More
Beirut: American University of Beirut, 1953. First Edition. Softcover. 2 volumes in original printed wrappers, volume 1 come away from the spine a bit, wraps age toned and a little worn, but otherwise unmarked and still about very good. In Lebanese and English. 748pp paginated continuously Size: Octavo (8vo). 2-volume..... More
London: B. Barker, 1732. First Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Full contemporary paneled calf, front board cleanly detached, spine rubbed and leather loose in one spot; very good otherwise and very clean internally. Scarce collection of proverbs and aphorisms. x, 297, (5)pp. From De Guinzbourg's proverb library with his bookplate -..... More
Madrid: Viuda de Ibarra, 1791. First Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Early acid calf, wear to ends with a bit of loss to the leather at the head, old paper label at base of spine, browning to endpapers, otherwise very clean internally. 2 volumes in one, the first edition of a...... More
Toulouse: Jan Frances Caranove, 1713. Early Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Full early sheep, worn and rubbed. Notes to pastedown, missing blank endpapers, wear and a tear in the gutter to the title, scattered stains and browning, mostly mild, the half title for Le Ramelet Moundi transposed by the binder with..... More
London: Lockyer Davis, 1787. First Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Square 12mo in contemporary calf very attractively rebacked and recornered with gilt tooling, added endpapers. Scattered mild foxing. Text in three columns, unpaginated with 2 pages of ads at the rear. Graglia's dictionary was quite popular and went through a number..... More
Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd, 1832. First Edition. Hardcover (Quarter Leather). Leather backed marbled boards. Edges worn, spine rubbed and chipped but binding sound. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Language & Linguistics; Inventory No: 045949. More
London: Kegan Paul, 1921. Cloth. A married set in 2 vols - volume I is the 1921 sixth edition, Volume II is the undated 2nd edition published in Shamghai by Kelly & Walsh. The second volume consists of 12 stories. Light shelfwear, previous owner's name in volume I otherwise a...... More
Edinburgh: Gideon Shaw, 1682. First Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Full contemporary sheep neatly rebacked, wear and notes to endpapers, wear, notes and a library stamp to title. Trimmed a little close on the top edge, touching the title and just grazing the running title in a few spots. A good..... More
Barcelona: Oliva en la Plateria, 1836. First Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Contemporary tree calf, bright internally. An attractive little book. 176pp Size: 16mo . Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Language & Linguistics; Inventory No: 045529. More
Paris: G. Brandus et S. Dufour, 1866. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Full green cloth, modest wear at edges, slight browning and scattered light soiling internally, very slightly shaken, but clean and sound overall. 657pp; 170pp, index. The second section is largely music. Old bookplate and catalog entry pasted to..... More
Amsterdam: Janssonio Waesbergiana, 1676. First Edition. Hardcover (Vellum). Contemporary vellum, soiled, back strip reattached, endpapers refreshed; sound overall. Scattered browning, foxing, heavy in spots, dampstain in upper margin here and there, mild offsetting, generally clean internally. Illustrated in text throughout and with 5 plates (2 folding, 1 double page) outside..... More
Amsterdam: Janssonio Waesbergiana, 1676. First Edition. Hardcover (Vellum). Rebound in full brown leather, pages a bit brittle, repair to edge of half title, scattered chipping and loss to page edges, small hole to 65/66 touching a few letters, browning throughout as is often the case with this book, verso of..... More
Amsterdam: Janssonio Waesbergiana, 1676. First Edition. Hardcover (Vellum). Full contemporary leather, neatly rebacked and recornered. Small dampstain to bottom right early on, scattered minor foxing., modest browning and offsetting throughout, heavier is spots but still legible. Illustrated in text and with 3 (of 5) plates. Lacking the smaller hieroglyphic plate..... More
Leipzig: D. Richter, 1742. First Edition. Hardcover. Early paste paper boards, modest wear, corners worn, binding sound. General even toning to pages, scattered foxing. Scarce and substantial collection of proverbs. Duplessis 311, 624 Size: Quarto (4to). Previous owner's book-plate inside front cover. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category..... More
Paris: Gabriel Quinet, 1665. First Edition. Hardcover (Quarter Leather). Early leather backed boards, worn at edges, hinges starting but still sound. Very clean internally, trimmed a little close touching letters on the fore edge in the preface. Scarce. Brunet III 921. De Guinzbourg's bookplate on endpaper from his proverb collection..... More
London: Dulau & Co., 1799. First Edition. Disbound. Disbound but complete. Lenoir's system went through a number of editions, but all are curiously rare, none more than the first. ESTC shows two copies, Worldcat those 2 plus an additional 2. Slight foxing, mostly quite clean - endpapers present but soiled..... More
Gottingen: Vandenhoeck et Ruprecht, 1839. First Edition. Hardcover (Quarter Leather). 2 volumes in contemporary quarter leather over marbled boards. Boards a little rubbed, corners bumped; quite sound overall. Scattered foxing and minor marks in pencil. 541pp; 866pp. Bookplate of Colonel Victor De Guinzbourg, from his proverb library. Size: Octavo (8vo). 2-volume..... More
Exeter: E. Grigg, 1788. Tenth. Hardcover (Half Leather). Later half morocco, new endpapers, slight occasional soiling, a very nice copy overall. Undated ca. 1788. Size: Octavo (8vo). Previous owner's book-plate on endpaper. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Language & Linguistics; Inventory No: 045766. More
Paris: Delagrave et al, 1889. Softcover. Original printed wraps, like wear at edges, remains of old sticker to front cover. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Language & Linguistics; Inventory No: 046020. More
Paris: Bureau der Pasigraphie, 1797. First Edition. Hardcover. 19th century calf backed marbled boards, spine split and the boards held only by added endpapers. Original endpapers browned, some pages a little rumpled, slight dampstain in the gutter in one section, but mostly quite clean internally. Lacking the dedication leaf to..... More
Paris: Delagrave, 1925. First Edition. Softcover. Mild soiling to wraps, light wear at edges with some chipping; clean internally Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Language & Linguistics; Inventory No: 046023. More
New York: George W. Matsell, 1859. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Original red cloth, light wear and surface marks, paper spine label a bit chipped. Slight browning to pages, a few clumsily opened, put otherwise unmarked. Three plates and a frontis portrait; 130pp and 3 pages of ads - the..... More
New York: George Long, 1817. First Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Full leather with a number of surface marks and scrapes to the leather, label chipped, but binding intact and tight. Pages browned and foxed but a generally attractive copy. 356pp. This is the first USA edition. Size: Octavo (8vo). Text..... More
Paris: Henri Didier, 1932. Hardcover. Slightly browned. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Language & Linguistics; Inventory No: 045135. More