London: Jarrold and Sons, n.d. (1861?). First edition. Hardcover. xii, 463,(1),(4)pp. The final (4)pp are the publisher's catalogue. Half black polished calf, marbled paper boards. Hinges, edges and sides lightly rubbed, light foxing, else this is a very good copy. Name and blindstamp fo former owner Joseph P. Mingeoli. Mann..... More
Philadelphia: Carey, Lea, & Blanchard, 1837. First US edition. Hardcover. Two volumes. 248; 248pp. 12mo. Blue cloth, printed paper spine labels. Folding map at front of each volume. Boards worn with light soil. Paper toned from age. Printed labels nearly perished. The map in volume one has a repaired closed..... More
New-York: Johnstone & Van Norden, 1823. First edition. Hardcover. 12mo. (3)-216pp. Engraved frontispiece. Full contemporary leather binding, spine tooled in gilt. boards with intricate blind-tooling of frames and a basket-weave pattern. Light wear to the edges, gilt rubbed else a very good copy. Without the folding plate sometimes seen. Rare..... More
London: Published by the Author, 1841. First edition. Hardcover. 2 volumes. 4to. viii, 264;viii, 266pp. Original deep blue-green cloth, coated endpapers. Folding map in Vol. I, and two full page maps in Vol. II. Errata slip present in Vol. I. Illustrated throughout. Even though the standard references call for 3112..... More
New York: Macmillan and Co., 1917. Limited edition. Hardcover. 4to. 517pp. Illustrated with 16 full page illustrations by Arthur Rackham. One of 250 numbered copies; this is number 240. Finely bound in full crimson morocco, the upper board inlaid with a black morocco base bearing a representation of the sword..... More
London: Longmans, Green, 1877. First edition. Fine. 4to. xxv, 732pp. Illustrated throughout and with the two hand-colored folding maps present. We note a few pages with a light stain on the outer margin nor affecting either image or text, else the textblock is in near fine condition. Recent artist binding..... More
New York: Macmillan Company, 1950. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. 8VO. 154pp. Illustrated by Pauline Baynes, Blue cloth blocked in black and yellow. Cloth sunned along the edges else this is a near fine copy. The dustwrapper has had professional restoration along the edges and folds, and gives a near..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1952. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Apple green cloth blocked in black and deep red. "First published" statement on the copyright page, and date on the title page. Cloth sunned along the edges and spine but a very good copy. The first state dustwrapper..... More
London: R, Baldwin, 1789. First edition in English. Hardcover. 8vo. x, (vii), 206, 209-508, pp. 6 engraved plates, 4pp. of descriptions and 12pp. of adverts. Sometime nicely bound in quarter leather, spine in six compartments tooled in blind with raised bands, red leather lettering labels, gilt, marbled paper boards. The..... More
New York: Kuttroff, Pickhardt & Co., n.d. (1920?). Hardcover. 4to. 8pp of thick card in which are inset 32 samples dyes threads per page, for a total of 256 samples, going through rose hues, then blues, greens, grays and violets, then reds and pinks, yellows, oranges and browns. Black textured..... More
n.p. Cheloniidae Press, 1984. Limited edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Finely printed letterpress by Harold McGrath at Hampshire Typothetae. Eleven wood engravings by Alan James Robinson. One of 60 copies (from an edition of 325 copies) printed on vintage Bodleian paper, french-foilded, and bound in quarter morocco by Gray Parrot. Gilt spine..... More
Kentfield, CA: The Allen Press, 1956. Limited edition. Hardcover. 4to. Foliated, XLIII folios. Invicta parchment spine, printed title; laid paper boards printed with woodcut illustrations used in the text. One of 130 copies using Van Krimpen's Romanee types on Val de Laga French paper. With wood-engraved decorations in the margins..... 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
Ithaca: The Dragon Press, (1932). First edition. Stapled wraps. 8vo. 44pp. Stapled wraps. Scarce second collection of poetry by this talented poet associated with the Harlem Renaissance, and published just a year before her death at a young age. Covers rubbed and soiled, spine neatly repaired, else a good copy..... More
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1865. First edition. Hardcover. 12mo. (6),252pp. followed by 24pp publisher's catalog dated December 1864. Original brown pebbled cloth, gilt spine title, and with the boards blocked in blind. Chocolate coated endpaper. Spine tips and corners worn, cloth rubbed, spine and inner hinges neatly mended, else a...... More
London & New York: Hoddder & Stoughton, n.d. (1911). Limited edition. Hardcover. Folio. Full vellum tooled in gilt and blue on the spine and upper board; top edge gilt, pictorial endpapers. Illustrated with twenty full color tipped-in plates by Eleanor Brickdale. Vellum soiled and lightly rubbed with a few red..... More
Madrid: Imprenta de Pedro Marin, 1772. Hardcover. Parte VI, Tomo XII (Part 6, Volume 12); Tercera edición. 8vo. (4), 240pp. Contemporary full marbled sheep, spine tooled in gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges red. Insect damage to the spine and to the margins of the first two dozen pages, boards yawning..... More
Rouen: Leon Deshays, 1885. Hardcover. 4to. (9 by 10 inches). Leather spine over marbled paper boards, gilt titles, spine in six compartments and tooled in gilt. Binding worn and rubbed else very good. Color frontispiece. edgewear. Errata slip present. When bound, blank pages of graph paper were included, some of which..... More
Tacámbaro, MIchoacán: Taller Martín Pescador, 2022. Limited edition. Hardcover. 156, (4) pp. Engraved vignette on the title page. Color photograph of Adriana Cao Romero tipped onto page (7). Light brown cloth spine, dark brown paper over boards, printed paper labels. One of 100 copies of which this is number 41..... More
Philadelphia: Porter and Coates, 1873 (but 1876). Hardcover. Second US illustrated printing. 8vo. Green cloth blocked in gilt and black on the spine and upper board and in blind on the rear board. Chocolate coated endpapers. All edges gilt. Edges worn,, occasional foxing and soiling to the text block else..... More
Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1873. First US edition. Hardcover. 12mo. Green cloth blocked in gilt and blind on the spine and upper board and in blind on the rear board. Chocolate coated endpapers. All edges red. Frontispiece of the Saint Michael, a small boat belonging to Verne and..... More
n.p. (Oregon House, CA): The Petrarch Press, 2004. Limited edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Finely printed on sheepskin parchment on an 1851 Super Royal Albion handpress. 131, (3)pp. Finely bound in full deep blue morocco, spine and boards blocked in gilt and with red leather onlays in the center of each. Florentine..... More
London: Secker & Warburg, 1949. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. 12mo. 312pp. Nicely bound in quarter black morocco, spine gilt and with a red leather lettering label. Black and white Cockerell marbled paper boards. A fine copy. More
London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1809. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 57 pp followed by a page of advertisements. Nicely bound in half polished calf, the spine in six compartments, gilt, and marbled paper boards. An illustration from the Ship of Fools is on the title page. A...... More
London: Tilt and Bogue, 1835-1853. First edition. Hardcover. NIneteen volumes comprising the complete first and second series. Bound in full crimson morocco by Riviere and son; spines in six compartments with raised bands, gilt titles, gilt inner dentelles, top edges gilt, marbled endpapers. With the color engraved bookplates of Chales..... More
