Harper and Brothers, 1847. Hardcover. BOTH VOLUMES. In Volume 1, 2 leaves / 4 pages loose, from the first page of the Preface to page xii. There are some dark-brown stains to several pages (seemingly ink), in addition to foxing. Both volumes pretty worn. BOTH VOLUMES. In Volume 1, 2.....
New Directions, 1962. First Thus. Hardcover. 'Fifth paperbook printing. First revised clothbound printing.' Introduction by Albert J. Guerard. Jacket present, brodarted, and not clipped, but with some chipping and rubbing, and some brown spots. Pages clean and binding tight. First sentence: 'Beyond the edge of town, past tar-covered poor houses.....
The World Publishing Company. Hardcover. Jackets have some edgewear including chipping, but are in mylar wraps. The pages are yellowing with age (due to the acidity in the paper). 'Judgment Day' has a cracked binding and a water-damaged cover and jacket. The other two volumes are tight. Jackets have some.....
ETIENNE LEDOUX, NA. Leather. some boards detached / foxing. some boards detached / foxing.
SCRIBNER BOOK CO., NA. Hardcover.
H PIAZZA L'EDITION D'ART PARIS. Leather. French text Illustrations by Edmund Dulac. no date tipped in illustrations light soiling on the front board wear at the head and tail of the spine bookplate. French text Illustrations by Edmund Dulac. no date tipped in illustrations light soiling on the front board.....
CHEZ PIERRE MARTEAU - COLOGNE. VELLUM. BINDING HISTory 2 volumes bound as 1 plain vellum binding tight minor foxing. BINDING HISTory 2 volumes bound as 1 plain vellum binding tight minor foxing.
CHEZ PAUL VAILLANT. Leather. FOREDGE PAINTING ANGLICAN LITURGY The dominant feature of this anglican liturgy is the fore-edge painting of a country landscape. While slightly faded the mountains trees and river are still quite evident. Two color title page two column text in french marbled endpapers heavily gilted red leather.....
UNKNOWN PUBLISHER. VELLUM. ANTIQUARIAN ROME ROMAN HISTORY book begins with Libro XXXVI and goes to Libro LX Title page quoted as follows Dione Cassio Niceo Historico Greco De' Fatti De'Romani Dall Guerra Di Candia Fino Alla Morte Di Claudio Imperatore; tradotto di Greco in Latino per Guglielmo Xilandro d'Augusta e......
LONGMAN REES & CO. Leather. FINE BINDING HISTORY 12 volumes (complete) all books have been rebacked with matching leather spine pieces some spine labels are missing gilt decorations on spine and double gilt lines on both boards leather on boards cracking binding tight on all volumes a relatively attractive set.....
CHEZ L'AUTEUR. Hardcover. FRENCH HISTORY ILLUSTRATED 4 volumes matching binding mixed pub dates. Volume 1 1788 Volume 2 1790 Volume 3 1791 & Volume 4 1791 wear along the spines some scuffing of the mottled paper on boards some internal foxing volume 4 has some tape repair on the spine.....
PETRUM LE GRAND - AMSTERDAM. VELLUM. Amsterdam 1667 full vellum binding text in latin pub'd by petrum le grand. Some darkening to spine binding tight. An attractive copy of a scarce and unusual item. Amsterdam 1667 full vellum binding text in latin pub'd by petrum le grand. Some darkening to.....
UNKNOWN PUBLISHER. Leather. LORD SOMERS'S TRACTS ESSAYS UNITED KINGDOM SOMMERS - A Collection of Scarce and Valuable Tracts on the Most Interesting and Entertaining Subjects But Chiefly Such a Relate to the History and Constitution of These Kingdoms Selected from an Infinite Number in Print and Manuscript in the Royal.....
NAPOLEON SOCIETY - PARIS. Leather. FRENCH HISTORY SETS LIMITED EDITION -16 volume set of the Edition des Amateurs Limited to Twenty-five Copies all volumes are #4 Set consists of The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte by William Hazlitt (6 volumes) Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte by Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne (4.....
