London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co., 1880. First edition. Stiff card wraps. 12mo. 112pp. stiff leather-covered boards, gilt title on the upper board. Light wear to edges and hinges else a very good copy. A book of reference for the volunteer artilleryman. The author was an instructor for many years... More
London: Richard Phillips, 1806. Hardcover. 4to. xiv,(2),530pp. plus (2)pp. publisher's ads. Illustrated with an engraved folding aquatint frontispiece, 16 engraved aquatint plates and an engraved hand-colored map (all plates with tissue guards). Contemporary speckled calf; red lettering label, gilt; spine tooled in gilt and with gilt rules on the boards..... More
London: J. Dodsley, 1774. First edition. Very good. First edition. Two volumes. 4to. [4], vii, [1], 568; [4], 606, [1]pp. Engraved frontispiece portrait. Second state (Type B) with text at I, 55, corrected. Contemporary full calf; spines in six compartments, gilt; gilt titles. Portrait lightly offset to title page. Both..... More
Madrid: "Diana" 1942. First edition. Hardcover. 4to. 344pp. New quarter leather binding, leather lettering slip, gilt; red buckram boards. Old library stamp on the reverse of the title page, two pp. remargined (no loss), light marginal stain along bottom of first 20pp, else a very good copy. Definitive discussion of..... More
Cologne: Apud Maternum Cholinum, 1564. First edition in Latin. Hardcover. Folio. (xx),205pp. Printer's device on title; woodcut initials. First Latin edition translated by John Grodecius. The dedicatory matter is followed by a Life of St Cyril, a discussion of his works and an index. Early 19th century marbled paper boards..... More
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1875. First US edition. Hardcover. 8vo. x,462pp. followed by 8pp of publisher's ads. Original brick-colored cloth blocked in gilt on the spine and in black on the covers. Pale yellow coated endpapers. Illustrated. Index. Some wear to the hinges and boards else a near..... 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: D. Appleton and Company, 1881. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Green cloth blocked in black and gilt on the spine and upper board. Printed endpaper sin a butterfly patters in gray blue. A fine copy with the cloth and gilt bright, and with only traces of wear at the..... More
Halae Magdeburgicae (Halla an der Saale): Impensis Orphanotrophei, 1725. First edition. Hardcover. 4to. (8),520,(22)pp. Bound with: CONSPECTUS FORMULARUM MEDICARUM: Exhibens Tabulis XVI..., 1723. 112pp. Both works are first editions. Title pages in red and black, each with a vignette of a sower with the motto: "Illo Splendente Levabor". Bound to..... More
New York: Random House, (1956). First edition, first printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Tan textured paper boards blocked in black and gold, and with a paste-on of Lunt and Fontaine on the upper board. Illustrated with scenes of the Broadway play. The paste-on is a little rubbed else this is a near..... More
Chicago: Charles H. Kerr & Company, 1906-1909. First US editions. Hardcover. Three volumes, 8vo. Red cloth blocked in gilt on the spines. Volume I is the 1906 US firs tprinting; Volume II is the 1907 US first printing; and Volume II is the 1909 US first printing. Volume II spine..... More
Richmond: Peter Cotton, 1825. Hardcover. The third edition, enlarged and improved. 12mo. vii,(8)-228pp. Contemporary full calf. Illustrated. Lacks front free endpaper and lettering label; spine and head of spine worn; dampstain on the upper third of the first half of the text block, but a presentable copy of a scarce..... More
London: Printed for John Garfield, 1657. First edition in English. Hardcover. "Rendred into English by a person of quality, and dedicated to the author of that well-known treatise call'd Advice to a son." 12mo. (22), 89. 61pp. Contemporary full leather, tooled simply in blind. The dialogue of Polygamy is..... More
London: Printed for Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, 1819. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. xxv,(1),27-84pp. Sherwood, Neely, and Jones' Third Issue. Half-title is present. The 'Extract', pp. 73-84, is present. Both Extracts are sometimes attributed to John Mitford. Nicely bound to style in quarter calf, spine gilt; leather lettering label, gilt; marbled..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1903-1910. First editions, first printings. Hardcover. Four 4to volumes, all in original mustard-color cloth with spines and upper boards blocked in black, red and gilt., With black and white illustrations by Howard Pyle. These titles have traditionally suffered cracked inner hinges because the textblock was..... More
Madrid: Juan Herrera, 1599. First edition. Hardcover. 4to. (14), fol. 1-271, (1). Woodcut of the arms of Don Luys Faxardo on the title page. Full vellum, ties, manuscript spine title Illustrated with woodcuts, including several full page plates of the sphere of Ivan Sacrobosco, another illustrating both solar and lunar..... More
London: R and J Dodsley, 1764. First edition. Hardcover. 2 volumes. 8vo. viii, 345, (9); (8), 392pp. Contemporary calf boards nicely rebacked with leather lettering labels, gilt. Illustrated with engravings and with a vignette of a kingfisher on the title pages. A very good set. ESTC T92444. More
New York: Harper & Brothers, (1885). First US edition. Hardcover. 2 volumes. Large 8vo. xxvii, 528; x, 483pp. Index, Ads. Probably printed in England for Harpers at the same time as the Sampson, Low issue. Pagination is identical and the setting appears to be as well. Illustrated with over 100..... More
London: J. M. Dent & Co., Aldine House, 1895. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 251pp. Red cloth, gilt spine title, and gilt upper board illustration by Rackham. First state, with the missing 'r' on p. 198. Spine sunned, rear inner hinge cracked, else this is a very good copy. Name of..... More
