Paris: Montalant, 1738. First Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Volume 1 of 2 in full contemporary calf, worn and dry, hinges cracked but held by cords. Scattered foxing. The first French edition of a very popular and widely translated Italian work on Newton first published in 1737. xlii (i.e. lii), 279pp..... More
London: Sears & Co., 1830. M.U. Sears. First Edition. Hardcover (rebound in cloth). Rebound in salmon cloth with the chipped lettering piece laid back down. A singularly paternalistic and shotgun approach to the genre - includes recommendations on apparel, the duties of married life, female biography ("or, records of feminine..... More
Paris: Gallimard, 1958. Softcover. Two volumes in original plain wraps, some browning to spines; a nice pair of 1958 printings of De Beauvoir's enormously influential work of second wave feminism. Size: Octavo (8vo). 2-volume set (complete). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: Literature & Literary; Women & Feminism..... More
Leiden: Elsevier, 1660. First Edition. Hardcover (Vellum). First Elsevier edition, full vellum, inner hinge cracked and text block pulled away from binding, old notes to title and a few spots elsewhere; lacking the frontis and portraits but textually complete. 452pp plus index. Size: duodecimo (12mo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight..... More