London: John Lane the Bodley Head, (1902). First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 228pp. followed by a publisher's catalogue. Full light brown cloth blocked in a Parrish illustration in green, orange, black and gilt. Top edge gilt. Pictorial endpapers. Boards and edges lightly rubbed, some soil on spine and rear board, else..... More
Paris: Maison Quantin, 1890. First edition. Hardcover. Small folio. 245, (3)pp with nearly every page illustrated with full color aquarelles from the author's jewel-link watercolors. 150 illustrations. Custom binding in full woven blue and silver silk floral design, titles on Suminagashi marbled paper printed in deep blue, Suminagashi marbled endpapers..... More
London: Henry LIntot, 1745. Folio. Pp. (479)-604 extracted from the third edition of Churchill's Collection of Voyages. bound to style in quarter dark brown calf, red lettering label to the spine, marbled paper boards. A fine copy. This is the first biography anf history of Christopher Columbus written by his..... More
London: Henry Lintot and John Osborn, 1745. Hardcover. Folio. Pp. 373-749 extracted from Volume 6 of Churchill's Voyages, third edition. Engraved and wood illustrations in the text. Bound to style with dark brown quarter leather spine, marbled paper boards, morocco lettering piece, gilt, on the upper board. Portion of lower..... More
London and New York: Macmillan and Co., 1879. Hardcover. 12mo. xxxvii,(3),509,(1)pp. Red polished calf, spine intricately gilt, leather lettering label, gilt, boards tooled in gilt and with the seal of Haileybury College on the upper board, marbled endpapers and edges. Award plate (Diligentiae Premium) on the front pastedown awarding E...... More
Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1875. First edition. Hardcover. 4to. xi, 291 pp., frontispiece of Grand Canyon of the Colorado and 80 other numbered illustrations on full pages with verso blank, index. Two folding maps in rear pocket. Original dark green cloth, gilt spine title. Spine tips neatly repaired, new..... More
London: R. Wilks, 1816. Hardcover. 12mo. 3 volumes. xxiv [25]-326; xvi [17]-381; xvi [17]377pp. Engraved title pages in each volume. Engraved frontispiece of the Death of Sir Launcelot present in Volume 1, of the Parting of Tristan and Isolde in Volume 2, and of Prince Arthur Obtaining the Sword in..... More
New York: D. & J. Sadlier & Co., 1863. First edition. Hardcover. Two volumes. 12mo. 390,(2), 823 pp. Each volume has a frontispiece. Errata leaf present in Volume 1. Index in volume 2. Finely bound in tan calf. Spines in five compartments with raised bands, gilt; black lettering labels, gilt;..... More
Philadelphia: Lippincott, Grambo & Company, 1853. Illustrated by S[eth] Eastman, Capt., U.S.A. Hardcover. Thick 4tos.. Vol I: [6], (i - ii), iii - xviii, 13 - 568, [2 (blank)] pp. Vol II: [4], (i - vi), vii - xxiv, 17 - 608, [2 (blank)] pp. Vol III: [4], (i-iv), v...... More
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1898. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. Contemporary half leather, cloth boards, marbled endpapers. Illustrated with photographs and charts, some folding. The leather is worn, hinges neatly repairs, cloth rubbed, else in very good condition with the contents in fine condition. Senate Document No. 247, 55th Congress, 2d..... 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: James Robins & Co., 1827-1828. First edition. Wraps. Five issues. 12mo. Original printed wrappers. Each with an original woodcut. Three are unquestionably by Cruikshank, with his original signature; the remaining two are in his style and rare likely by him as well. No. 1, January 1827, 'King of..... More
(Tokyo): Iwajiro Noda, 1964. First edition. Hardcover. 4to. 103, (1)pp. Blue cloth blocked in silver on the upper board. Fold-out color illustration of Mt Fuji and Hotel Okura. Illustrated throughout with photographs, both in black & white and in color. The various sections start with, first, patterns from nature, then..... More
Freeville, NY: n.p., 2001. Limited edition. Hardcover. 12mo. Artist book. Green suede corners, marbled paper boards, printed label on upper board. 60, (10) pp. All but the first and last are double pages, folded, and printed only on one side. Illustrated with 28 in-text drawings hand-colored by the artist. A...... More
London: Hurst and Blackett, 1867. Hardcover. Fifth edition, Revised. Two volumes. Illustrated with cuts based on photographs. Full contemporary tan calf. Spines in six compartments with raised bands, gilt, and black lettering labels, gilt. Marbled edges and endpapers in a non-pareil pattern. Some of the tissues guards for the illustrations..... More
(London): Printed for Henry Lintot; and John Osborn, (1746). Hardcover. Folio. Pp. 3 to 116 extracted from the third edition of Churchill's Voyages, Volume VI. The original was written by a priest of the Society of Jesus in Latin. This is said to be the first English version, although..... More
Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop, 1956. Limited edition. Hardcover. Folio. 31,(3)pp. Finely printed at The Plantin Press by Saul and Lilian Marks. Gray cloth spine, gilt; gray paper over boards with a printed vignette on the upper board. Leather bookplate of H. Doolittle, Pasadena, on the front pastedown, which has..... More
New York: Boar's Head Books, 1958. First edition. Hardcover. 189pp. Brown cloth, gilt spine title. With Jarry's original illustrations. A fine copy. The dustwrapper is not clipped; it is reinforced at the spine tip from within with what appears to be archival tape. It appears to be fine and is..... More
Columbus, OH: Ward Bros. (1887}. Hardcover. 8pp plus (15)pp of views. Acordion style book in a green cloth case,, gilt. It opens to show view from photographs of Los Angeles, ets. Panoramic views, homes buildings, St. Vibiana's Cathedral, flora, beaches, and with an explanatory booklet on the rear board. Light..... More
New York: Harper & Row, (1967). First edition, first printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Black cloth spine printed in red and gold; yellowpaper over boards; yellow endpapers, A fine copy. Stated first edition. The dustwrapper is price-clipped else fine. Laid in are two newspaper articles on King's march, as well as a...... More
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1902. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. xiv, 384pp. Blue cloth decorated in gilt on the spine and upper board in a design by H. J. Ford and with Ford's initials at the lower right of the upper board. Decorated endpapers by Ford. All edges gilt. Illustrated..... More
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1902. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. xiv, 384pp. Blue cloth decorated in gilt on the spine and upper board in a design by H. J. Ford and with Ford's initials at the lower right of the upper board. Decorated endpapers. All edges gilt. Illustrated with eight..... More
London: Efingham WIlson, 1833. First edition. Hardcover. Three volumes, 8vo. Frontispieces in each volume. Original boards, printed paper labels. The hinges are weak and show some separation, but the boards are well attached. The frontispieces are foxed and that has offset onto the first few pages, including the endpapers. Otherwise..... More
Glendale, CA: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1954-1955. First editions, first printings. Hardcover. Volumes 1 to 3 of the Far West and Rockies Series. Green cloth, gilt spine titles. Fine, bright copies. Volumes 1 and 2 have been inscribed by LeRoy Hafen on the front free endpapers. Laid in is..... More
London: Chapman and Hall, 1878. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 372pp plus publisher's catalogue dated November, 1877. Gray cloth, gilt spine title, boards printed in black. Endpapers partially pasted down, first two pages partially detached, and others reinforced with what appears to be archival tape. A purple War Srvices stamp on..... More
