(London): (The Pamphleteer), 1814. First edition. Wraps. 8vo. pp (243)-261, extract from Vol. III, No. v. A fine copy in modern marbled paper wraps, printed title label on the upper wrap. The author is unidentified, not unusual when criticizing police. Very scarce pamphlet on police practices, analyzing their inefficiency and..... More
London: Henry Colburn, 1828-1829. First edition. Hardcover. Two volumes. 8vo. xii,364; 306pp. Half polished calf by Morrell of London, blue cloth sides. Spines in six compartments with raised bands, gilt; brown leather lettering pieces, gilt. Top edges gilt. Spine compartments tooled in an eagle, bee and an 'N' surrounded by..... More
London: Ackermann, 1823. Hardcover. First "MIniature" Edition. 12mo. Handcolored plates by Rowlandson, reduced for this edition, Contemporary half green pebbled morocco, spine in six compartments, gilt; all edges gilt. Trace of rubbing else a fine copy. With the bookplate of interlocked 'H's and 'L's belonging to the Baron de Londau..... More
Boston: The National Publishing Company, 1902. Map. Single sheet apprixomately 37 by 56 inches bound into a portfolio of black cloth with 'The Scarborough Company' in gilt on the upper board. We note some (thumbtack?) holes along the upper margin, and a couple of small separations just at the folds..... More
London: Effingham WIlson, 1830. First edition. Hardcover. Small 8vo. vii,(1),100pp. Hand colored frontispiece, plus six lithographed plates. Modern quarter morocco, spine in six compartments with raised bands, leather lettering label, gilt; cloth boards; vellum corners; marbled endpapers. With the original wrappers bound in at the rear. Without the publisher' s...... More
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Copany, c. 1975. First edition, first printing. 8vo. Red cloth spine, black paper over boards. Silver spine title and silver wrench drawing on upper board. A fine copy with only a trace of wear and a light stain on the upper edge of the text block..... More
London: Wm. H. Allen and Co., 1843. First edition. Hardcover. 2 volumes, 8vo. 401, 299, ciii pp. The large folding map is present. Contemporary full purple leather in a finely executed binding featuring the Scottish Wheel motif on the boards, spines in 5 compartments with raised bans, gilt, all edges..... More
London: John Murray, 1835. First edition. Hardcover. 3 volumes. 8vo. xii, 395; viii, 415; [v]-viii, 408 pp. Original drab cloth boards, printed paper labels. BIndings are well worn and soiled, lettering labels on volume 3 partially perished, the first 7 leaves of Volume III with alight dampstain. A good set..... More
New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc., (1973). First US edition. Hardcover. 8vo. ix,(3),429,(1) pp. A fine copy. The dustwrapper is not clipped. The spine is lightly darkened else it is in fine condition. The first printing of the US edition, with the full number line on the copyright page; cream-colored..... More
London: George G. Harrap and Co, Ltd., 1936. Plates and Decorations by Stephen Gooden. Limited edition. Hardcover. 4to. Publisher's full cream-colored vellum, gilt spine titles and gilt rules and vignettes on the boards, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. Illustrated by Stephen Gooden. Finely printed letterpress by Walter Lewis at the..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1934. Hardcover. 8vo. Orange cloth blocked in black. Illustrated with photographs by the authors and with line illustrations by A. A. Jansson. A fine, bright, nearly as new copy. The dustwrapper is not price-clipped. It has some minor restoration along the top and bottom..... More
Venice: In Aedibvs Alsi et Andreae Asvlani Soceri, 1522. Hardcover. 12mo. 204 leaves. Contemporary vellum, ink name on spine. Anchor and dolphin device on title page and last leaf. Contemporary ownership name at base of title page. Engraved bookplate of Alfred Petit on the front pastedown. A very good copy..... More
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1884. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. (10),227,(1),16pp, of which the final 12 are the publisher's catalogue dated November,1883. Blue cloth blocked in gilt on the upper board and spine. Chocolate-colored coated endpapers. Four full page plates. The board gilt is rubbed, light corner wear, and the..... More
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, (1968). First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Tall 8vo. Publisher's blue printed paper over boards. Trace of sunning at the edges else this is a fine copy. Dustwrapper is price-clipped and is first state, without the Newbery Award sticker. It is lightly sunned at edges..... More
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, (1968). First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Tall 8vo. Publisher's blue printed paper over boards. A fine copy. Dustwrapper is not price-clipped and is first state, without the Newbery Award sticker. It is lightly toned, as usuaL, the spine a little darkened, else is near..... More
(London): George G. Harrap & Co., Ltd., n.d. (ca. 1916). Hardcover. 4to. (170)pp. Publisher's full leather biding in medieval style, with straps and metal nailheads, the upper board ewmbossed wiht the title within a decorative 'D' and also a bas-relief og the author. Illustrated by Evelyn Paul with music by..... More
Richmond, VA: Allen & Ginter, ca. 1890. Stiff card wraps. Twelve 8vo pages of cardstock, including the covers. Bound with cord. Each page is printed chromolithographically on one side in vibrant color. The interior pages reproduce cigarette cards issued by the tobacco company. Facing the pages with the illustrations is..... More
Kentfield, CA: The Allen Press, 1956. Limited edition. Hardcover. 4to. (43) leaves. Invicta parchment spine titled in silver; cream-colored paper over boards with engravings of light blue along a margin. Each page with marginal wood engravings colored by hand. A superb copy. Housed in the original matching slipcase. Allen Press..... More
Kentfield, CA: The Allen Press, 1956. Limited edition. Hardcover. 4to. (43) leaves. Invicta parchment spine titled in silver; cream-colored paper over boards with engravings of light blue along a margin. Each page with marginal wood engravings colored by hand. A trace of darkening to the spine but a fine copy..... More
Kentfield, CA: The Allen Press, 1970. Limited edition. Hardcover. Tall 4to. 56 leaves unnumbered. Finely printed by hand by Lewis and Dorothy Allen ion all-rag handmade Umbria paper made in Italy. Printed damp on an 1846 Columbian handpress. Decorative page heading in Hebrew with sentences from the first chapter of..... More
(Greenbrae): The Allen Press, 1986. Limited edition. Hardcover. Small 8vo. (53)pp. Gray cloth printed on the spine and upper board with the title. Title in two colors. Two full page illustrations ad several vignettes in the text; hand-colored initials. Finely printed letterpress on hand-made Richard de Bas paper. One of..... More
(Greenbrae): The Allen Press, 1986. Limited edition. Hardcover. Small 8vo. (53)pp. Gray cloth printed on the spine and upper board with the title. Title in two colors. Two full page illustrations ad several vignettes in the text; hand-colored initials. Finely printed letterpress on hand-made Richard de Bas paper. One of..... More
London: n.p., 1790. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 262pp. Half leather, marbled paper boards. Rebacked, gilt spine title, else a very good copy. Almon was an English bookseller and publisher. In 1758 he began printing books and pamphlets critical of the government and in particular King George III. He printed the..... More
Sanctiago del Canto: Medina del Campo, 1597. First edition. Hardcover. Thick 8vo. 480 folios plus beginning and endiings, unfoliated. Contempoary full leather binding tooled in blind and with remnants of gilt. Later manuscript spine label fairly well perished. Introductory folios and subsequent first eleven folios have been remargined along the..... More
Philadelphia, Printed: Boston, Re-printed. And sold by John Boyle: 1774. Octavo. Sewn pamphlet unbound. Complete in (4)pp. but apparently hurriedly misbound: (1-3), 4-24, 33-40, 25-32, 41-43,(1). Untrimmed with rough edges and a some short marginal closed tears, marginal worming to the lower left corner to pp. (1)-8 not reaching the..... More
