London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, 1691. First edition. Hardcover. 4to. (14),51,(1)pp. The half-title is present with its advertisement on the reverse. Also present are the Prologue and the Epilogue. The earliest copies lack these leaves, but an unsigned leaf was inserted after A4 headed "Prologue to the OPERA, Spoken by..... More
Paris: La Connaissance, 1925. Limited edition. Hardcover. 4to. Full vellum over semi-rigid boards. Spine and boards gilt with onlays of red, blue and green. Top edge marbled. Vellum clasps. Finely printed by Charles Nypels, master printer of Maastricht. Frontispiece portrait of Du Bellay engraved by Henri Jonas. Printed letterpress with..... More
Paris: Apud Michaelem Le Petit & Stephanum Michallet, 1670. First edition. Hardcover. 12mo. (12),554 pp. plus 16pp. index, royal privilege and errata. Modern full calf; spine in six compartments tooled in blind; red leather lettering label; boards tooled in blind as well; marbled endpapers. A very good copy, with a...... More
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1898. First edition. Oblong folio. 95pp. Deep green cloth spine blocked in orange and gilt with the title and a representastion of excalibur; green paper bpards also blocked in orange and gilt. All edged gilt. Illustrated. Trace of sunning to the board papers else this..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1898. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. First state, with the author's name misspelled on the front board. Gray cloth blocked in black, silver and gold. Light wear to the hinges and rubbing to the gilt else a very good copy. The cover design is..... More
Edinurgh: W. H. Lizars, 1837. First edition. Hardcover. 12mo. 206pp. Contemporary full red leather, gilt spine title, boards embossed in blind, gilt inner dentelles, yellow coated endpapers, all edges gilt. Billed as having 33 plates: there are 30 handcolored plates of butterflies (one double, making 31), an engraved title page..... More
New York: G. W. Dillingham, Publisher, 1896. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 216pp. Blue cloth gilt spine title and gilt author name on upper board. Ten full page photographic plates. A near fine copy. According to a note laid in, Mrs. Dyer's husband, an Indian Agent, was offended by some of..... More
n.p. Lowman & Hanford Co., 1924. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 90pp. Green cloth in an embossed design, gilt spine title and vignette on upper board. Illustrated with photographs. Light wear to the spine tips, spine gilt dulled, two letters of title on upper board rubbed else a near fine copy..... More
London: Longmans, Green, 1877. First edition. Fine. 4to. xxv, 732pp. Illustrated throughout and with the two hand-colored folding maps present. We note a few pages with a light stain on the outer margin nor affecting either image or text, else the textblock is in near fine condition. Recent artist binding..... More
London: James Ridgway, 1819. First edition. Hardcover. Tall 8vo. Unpaginated; comprises folia 351-435 inclusive, followed by notes and index to vols. 1 through 5. Contemporary half leather, spine titled and ruled in gilt, marbled paper boards and endpapers. The 48 folia are each accompanied by a handcolored illustration, many of..... More
Cantabrigiae (Cambridge): Typis Academicis, 1720. Hardcover. Folio. (60),798,(24)pp. Folding plate of the Old Temple present in fine condition. The Ecclesiastical History of Eusebius in parallel Greek and Latin columns, followed by the Life of Constantine. Full title is: (In Greek) Eusebiou tou Pamphilou Ekklesiastike Historia, (in Latin) Eusebii Pamphili Ecclesiasticae..... More
London: William Pickering, 1848. First edition. Hardcover. Thin 4to. xvii, 116pp. Full leather tooled in gilt and blind on the spine and boards; all edges gilt. Inscribed on the preliminary blank to The Earl Howe, from the Author. The Earl Howe is likely Richard Curzon-Howe, the first Earl Howe, 1796-1870..... More
London: Heorge G. Harrap & Co., 1917. First trade edition. Hardcover. Small quarto. 120, [4] pp. With thirteen mounted color plates (included in pagination), and twenty-three pages of printed music. Copiously decorated with intertextual illustrations, initials, and borders throughout. These elements and the text printed in ochre and black. Contemporary..... More
London: Heorge G. Harrap & Co., 1917. Limited edition. Hardcover. Limited edition, No. 115 of 125 numbered copies, signed by Evelyn Paul. Small quarto. 120, [4] pp. With thirteen mounted color plates (included in pagination), and twenty-three pages of printed music. Copiously decorated with intertextual illustrations, initials, and borders throughout..... More
London: Nonesuch Press, 1932. Limited edition. Hardcover. Thin 8vo. 109, (3)pp. Bound in marbled paper with a green leather lettering label, gilt. Top edge gilt in the rough. Bookplate of Kenneth Garth Huston, A fine copy. The orange dustwrapper is present and is in fine condition as well, One of..... More
London: Printed for R. Chiswell in St. Paul's Church-yard, 1691. Early Edition. Hardcover. The eighth edition, with many useful additions. 12mo. (xxii,175(xv)pp. Title page in red and black, and with an engraved frontispiece-title. Index. Errata page present in rear. Contemporary full sprinkled calf; spine in 5 compartments with raised bands..... More
London: A. Millar, 1755. First edition. Hardcover. First edition. 12mo. (4),(xviii,)(19)-(276)pp. (Pp. 241-276 misnumbered 193-228.) Full sprinkled calf, probably 19th century; Spine in six compartments, gilt. Red and green lettering labels, gilt. Marbled endpapers. Half title present. Hinges rubbed and cracked but firm; tip of spine worn; a few lower..... More
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1942. First US edition. Hardcover. 8vo. (144)pp. Green cloth printed in dark green on the spine and upper board. Illustrated endpapers. A fine, bright copy with only the barest trace of rubbing along the bottom edge. The dustwrapper is unclipped and is in fine, bright..... More
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1942. First US edition. Hardcover. 8vo. (144)pp. Green cloth printed in dark green on the spine and upper board. Illustrated endpapers. A fine, bright copy with only the barest trace of rubbing along the bottom edge. The dustwrapper is unclipped and is in near fine..... More
London: Nichols and Son, 1810. Hardcover. The Fifth edition, corrected. 8vo. xxviii, 522pp. 13 engraved plates, many folding. Frontispiece portrait, lightly foxed. Contemporary full polished calf, red leather lettering label, gilt; Hinges cracked but firm else a near fine copy with lovely plates which have lightly offset as usual. With..... More
London: Faber & Faber, 1955. Illustrated by the author. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Oblong 4to. Yellow paper over boards printed in black, green and red. Plain endpapers. Illustrated in color throughout. Trace of soil else a near fine copy. The dustwrapper is not clipped and is in fine condition..... More
Paris: Monnier et Cie. 1882-1883. First edition. Hardcover. Think large 4to. Full orange morocco. Spine in six compartments, intricately gilt. Black leather lettering labels, gilt. Boards with two rectangles of triple gilt rules and intricate corner ornaments, gilt, with oval black onlays each with a gilt flower in the center..... More
Ulm: Daniel Barthomolaei et Filium, 1744. Hardcover. Small 4to. (xxii),226pp. Engraved frontispiece (Druides) and one additional engraved plate (Druides et Druidissae). Bound to style in quarter leather; spine in 6 compartments with raised bands; red leather lettering label, gilt; marbled paper boards. Scarce work on Druids edited by the author's..... More
London: WIlliam Smith, 1848 (and 1844). Hardcover. Two volumes in four, extra-illustrated with the insertion of the illuminated plates from Humpheys' "Illuminated Illustrations of Froissart" in addition to the hand-colored plates of this edition. Dark green levant morocco, spines in five compartments, intricately gilt, board tooled in gilt and blind..... More
New York: Lewis Colby, 1845. First edition. Hardcover. 12mo. viii, 254pp. Black cloth, gilt spine title. Edges, corners and spine tips well worn else a very good copy. The authors' letters published in a Boston newspaoer from 1844-1845 are here collected and published in book form for the first time..... More
