Baltimore: The Maya Society at Johns Hopkins University, 1932. Limited edition. Wraps. 1 pamphlet, 1 table, and facsimile (74 leaves, mounted on paper in 9 folded sections); in cloth case ; 22 x 10 cm. (approximately 3 by 7½ inches), housed in a dark blue cloth chemise with a printed..... More
London: G. M. for Andrew Crooke, 1641. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. (vi), 46pp. Bound to style in full calf; red leather lettering piece, gilt; the boards tooled in blind. Title page remargined (no loss) else a fine copy. With the statement at the foot of the title page: "Published by..... More
n.p. (London): n.p., 1649. Early Edition. Hardcover. 12mo. (4),260,pp. This edition is likely a variant of Madan #8, or a mixed 12 from Newcomb's printings for No 7(see Madan, p. 18). Without a frontispiece portrait nor any other illustration. Possibly defective, ending with leaf M10 and the word '"Finis" and..... More
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, (1894). First edition. Hardcover. Thin 8vo. Each letter of the alphabet has a full page full color illustration of a member of the military in caricature, and a comic caption on the following page. Bound in red, white and blue cloths, gilt spine title..... More
London: J. Bowyer, et al. 1718. First edition in English. Hardcover. 8vo. (ii),cxi,(xvii),401,(lv)pp. In a lovely contemporary binding of sprinkled calf. The spine is in six compartments, gilt, light brown lettering label, gilt, edges sprinkled red. The errata page is present in the rear. The List of Subscribers is present..... More
London: J. Bowyer, et al. 1718. First edition in English. Hardcover. 8vo. (ii),cxi,(xvii),401,(lv)pp. Recent full morocco, gilt spine title, marbled endpapers. The List of Subscribers is present (including Isaac Newton). A fine copy. With the illlustrated bookplate of Thomas Bowman Whytehead. Possibly a large paper copy as the margine are..... More
Ingolstadii: Typis Edegianis, 1658. First edition. Hardcover. Small 8vo. (2-1/2 by 4 inches). (16),267,(5). Later (18th cent?) quarter leather. Spine in six compartments with raised bands; gilt titles and leaf designs. Marbled paper boards and endpapers.Engraved title as well as a typeset title page. Tiny bit of marginal dampstain and..... More
New-York: Printed and Sold by S. Wood at the Juvenile Book-store, 1812. First edition. Wraps. 16mo. (2½ x 4 inches.) 26,(2)pp. The final 2pp are publisher's advertisements. Printed wraps, string binding. Illustrated with woodcuts. Four alphabets printed inside front cover: Roman capitals and lower case; Italic capitals and lower case..... More
Philadelphia: Pub. by James P. Parke, 1809. Hardcover. 12mo. Original half leather, gilt spine title and rules, marbled paper boards. 26 engraved plates (of 36) with descriptive text. This was first written in 1801 by William Darton, who also drew and engraved the copper plates. In 1806 it was revised..... More
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1983. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Stated first edition. Green textured paper over boards, silver spine title. A fine copy with only a trace of wear at the edges. The dustwrapper is unclipped and shows the original price of $11.95. It is in..... More
London: Printed for William Miller, 1806. First edition in English. Hardcover. Large 4to. 2 vols. (12),cxcii,220,(4);(6),440,(4)pp. Indices. Complete with 59 engraved plates (including a hand-colored folding map) and a second large, hand-colored folding map at rear of Vol. II. Errata page is present. Old calf over marbled boards (rubbed), tips..... More
Sur le Pas-de-Calais, 1798. Only edition. Hardcover. 8vo. iv,(i),106pp. Bound to style in half leather; red leather lettering label, gilt, mottled paper boards with tooling in blind; handmade paper end papers. With the large folding map of the British Isles by Tardieu. A fine copy. In French. Divided into sections..... More
Boston: Christian Scientist Publishing Company, 1875. First edition. Hardcover. Thick 8vo. 456pp. Publisher's black patterned cloth; gilt spine title; plain endpapers. Errata page tipped-in at rear. One of 1000 copies of the first edition. A fine, bright copy, with only the barest traces of wear, notably at the head of..... More
St. Petersburg: (Nikodim), 2020. Illustrations by Dmitry Sayenko. Limited edition. Hardcover. Artist book. Folio. 50pp. Half leather in a tan color, gilt spine title. The paper over boards has been etched by the artist, with an onlay engraving of Gogol in a recess and his signature reproduced in gilt. Illustrated..... More
London: George G. Harrap, (1929). Arthur Rackham. Limited edition. Hardcover. Full vellum, gilt. No. 447 of 775 copies signed by Rackham. Pictorial endpapers. Top edge gilt. 12 mounted color plates. Boards yawning slightly, light soil, else a fine copy. Very slight soil else a fine copy. Latimore & Haskell, p...... More
London: George G. Harrap, 1929. Arthur Rackham. Limited edition. Hardcover. Full vellum; gilt. Top edge gilt. No. 476 of 575 copies of the English edition, out of a total edition of 775 copies. 12 mounted color plates by Rackham. Signed by Rackham. The vellum is pure cream-white. Neat gift inscription..... More
Calcutta: W. Thacker & Co. St. Andrew's Library, 1849. First edition. Hardcover. 4to. I10), 147, (1), 9,(1). Red cloth, the boards blocked in blind, and the upper board with the title in gilt. Text illustrations throughout; map of Calcutta with coloring. The final 9pp constiutute a list of the illustrations..... More
Teheran: Offset Press and Soroush Press, 1971; 1990. First edition. Hardcover. Elephant Folios. The first work is bound in clue cloth, gilt spine title; blindstamping on the boards; blue endpapers. With 34 large mounted full color plates form the 15th century manuscript. Introduction by Basil Gray, who was the former..... More
London: Printed for Henry Harriman, 1656. First edition. Hardcover. 12mo. (14),120,(2). Plate of chessboard present. Contemporary sheep, blind rules on the boards. Light dampstain across the top, the leather cracked and rubbed, especially at the spine, lacking the preliminary blank and the portrait of the King, else a very good..... More
London: Hodder & Stoughton, n.d. (1923). First English edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Full gilt stamped red calf, t.e.g, Spine in five compartments, gilt; gilt tooling on the boards and board edges, with the title repeated in gold on the upper board. Inner dentelles tooled in gilt. Binding signed by Sangorski and..... More
Newtown, Powys: Gwasg Gregynog, 1998. Illustrated by Kyffin Williams. Limited edition. Hardcover. Folio. (40)pp finely printed on Velin Arches mould-made paper in Baskerville type. Linen cloth printed in black on the spine and with an illustration by Williams on the upper board. Illustrated with eight full page 2 color linocuts..... More
London and New York: Constable & Co. Ltd., 1917. Limited edition. Hardcover. Light gray cloth with a white panel on the cover with gold pictorials tamping and lettering in the panel, and gilt title on the spine. Top edge gilt. Pictorial endpapers. Lacking the extra plate in envelope. Tissue guards..... More
Auckland: H. Brett, 1885. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 225pp. Original brick-colored cloth blocked in gilt on the spine and in black on the upper board, blind on the lower board. Pages darkened with age and a few pp. with light underlining in pencil else a fine, bright copy. With the..... More
Philadelphia: Abraham Small, 1818. First US edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 201,(1)pp plus 2pp publisher's announcement of a forthcoming medical book. Two charts are present: The West Coast of Corea and the Great Loo-Choo Island. This is one of the first accounts of Korea by a European. Later full deep blue..... More
London: Printed for Timothy Garthwait, 1664. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. (4),108;113-320pp. Title page printed in red and black. Bound to style in quarter leather; red leather lettering label, gilt; marbled paper boards. Imprimatur on leaf [A]2v: Imprimatur, Geo: Stradling, S.T.P. Rev. in Christo Patr. Dom. Gilb. Episc. Lond. à Sac..... More
