London: James Rivington and James Fletcher, 17571759. First edition in English. Hardcover. Two volumes. 8vo. (20),455 (8),387pp. Folding map of California in volume I; 4 copperplates (including frontispieces) each with two images, for a total of 8 images. Full speckled calf, nicely rebacked at an early date, retaining the original..... More

London: Published by Authority of the War Office, 1917. First edition. Hardcover. Foiio. Two volumes. Introduction by General Sir Douglas Haig. Tan buckram spiune, leather lettering labels, gilt; brown paper over boards. Illustrated throughout withb plates of the war by the author/artist. Corners worn and lettering labels chipped else a...... More

New York: Nafis and Cornish, 1849. Hardcover. Pictorial Edition. 8vo. iv, 5-468p. Brown sloth decorated in gilt on the boards and spine. Marbled edges. Illustrated with woodcuts throughout. Cloth is worn at spine tips, hinges, edges and corners, textblock shaken, but still a good copy. Some copies of this edition..... More

Williamsburg, MA: Cheloniidae Press, 1984. Illustrated with wood engravings by Alan James Robinson. Limited edition. Hardcover. State Proof Issue. Illustrated with sixteen wood engravings by Alan James Robinson, and finely printed by Harold P. McGrath. A fine set in a fine publisher's clamshell cases. One of 15 copies from a...... More

Sherman Oaks, CA: Joe D'Ambrosio, 1992. Limited edition. Hardcover. 8vo box binding with blue-gray cloth spine, printed title label, floral cloth boards. The spine is constructed of stepped planes. The text consists of individual pages as well as recessed leaves, including the title page, which also incorporates stretched open weave..... More

Leipzig & Paris: Karl Baedeker; Paul Ollendorff, 1910. First edition. Hardcover. Light red cloth spine, gilt; deeper red cloth sides. 17 maps, 32 town plans, 2 plates and a panorama. A fine copy, essentially as new, with the large folding map in the rear pocket. In the scarce dustwrapper, which..... More

San Francisco: James H. Barry Company, 1908-1915. First editions. Hardcover. Four volumes, brown cloth, gilt spine titles. Volume I contains an index pertaining to Lower California. There is a little wear to Volume three at the board edges else this is a fine set of first editions. An index volume..... More

London: Jonathan Cape, 1935. First trade edition. Hardcover. 4to. Publisher's brown buckram, gilt spine titles, gilt swords vignette on the upper board. Frontispiece and full page plates and folding maps in the text. A fine copy. Blank bookplate on the front free endpaper. IN the publisher's dustwrapper, which is a...... More

St. Petersburg: Nikodim Press, 2021. Limited edition. Hardcover. OBlong folio, 7 by 19 inches. Thick boards with an illustration of Marushka on the upper board; cloth spine; string ties. Finely printed by Dmitry Sayenko on paper he made for this title, and with his illustrations in color taken directly from..... More

München: Franz Eber, 1925. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. White cloth spine and corners; gilt spine title. Orange cloth boards with the upper board printed in white. Volume 1. (A second volume appeared in 1934, not present here.)Light wear, some spotting to the rear board, else a very good copy. In..... More

(London): Longman & Co., 1845. Hardcover. 12mo. 28 stiff pp. printed in Jones' lavish chromolithography throughout. The publisher's binding is pure red and white silk woven to the shape of the book, beveled boards. Spine cloth well worn, light stain on the upper front cover, inner hinges cracked, else this..... More

New York: Random House, (1942). Illustrations by Joe Shuster. First edition. Red cloth, titles and illustrations in deep blue on the spine and upper board. Illustrated throughout by Joe Shuster, including four full color plates. Inner hinges repaired, some spotting and wear to the covers, neat ownership name on the..... More

London: Cassell, 1972. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Blue cloth, silt spine title. A fine copy in a fine dustwrapper that is not price-clipped. Inscribed on the front free endpaper "For dearest Donald.....Alec." and with the bookplate of Donald Beswick on the front pastedown. More