1821-1939. Hardcover. Ex-library mix of buckram, cloth, 3/4 leather, and full leather. Volumes 12-45, 50-53, 59-61, 64, 66, 69-76, 79-83, 85-7, 89-94, 98-114, 124-220, 222-47 for the years 1821-1939. Volumes 12-45, 59-114, 149-55, 202-5, 222-47 in buckram. Volumes 50-3 in full leather. Volumes 133, 138-40, 142-3 in 3/4 leather. Volumes..... More
Chicago: A.T. Andreas, 1884. Leather. 3 vols. Ex-library. A set of thre hardcover books bound in 3/4 leather, which is rubbed and chipping off. The boards are weakly attached, and in the case of volume 2, completely detached. However, apart from various library markings, the interiors are in fine shape..... More
London: Richard Priestley, 1820. 1st Edition. Complete three-volume set. Bound in full leather, spines rebacked, preserving the original title labels. Very good condition. 411, 455, 476pp. Also contains a life of Berkeley and several of his letters. A sturdy set of the philosopher's writings. Best early edition of Berkeley's works..... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1939. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 4 vols. LIMITED EDITION SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. A set of four brown cloth hardcover books in very good condition. The title plate on volume I's spine is lightly edgeworn. Some foxing on and around the plates and on foredges;..... More
London: Chapman and Hall, 1870. 1st edition. First printing, 1st state of Dicken's famed unfinished mystery novel. Complete with portrait, engraved frontispiece, and twelve plates. Bound in half green leather and marbled boards; marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. Marbloed boards show rubbing; some scattered spotting to text but generally clean..... More
NY: Covici Friede, 1937. 1st American Edition. Hardcover. First printing of the American edition of Lawrence Durell's second book, written under the pseudonym of "Charles Norden". Near fine condition with a very good dustjacket. The interior of the book has some slight age toning to endpapers and the light tan..... More
New York: Hopkins & Seymour, 1807. Leather. 376p. A hardcover book bound in full brown leather. Very good condition overall. The spine and boards are heavily rubbed, though the spine label is still dimly legible. Deeper, indented rubbing on the back cover, running along the outer edge. Endpapers and main..... More
New York: Random House, 1976. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First printing with full number line and all 1st issue points. Glossy pictorial boards. FINE CONDITION and very scarce in such condition. There are a few tiny traces of shelf wear along the bottom edge of the covers; the interior lacks the..... More
1945-1954. Leather bound. A SUPERB COLLECTION OF CATHOLIC CHURCH ARCHITECTURAL DESIGNS FROM THE 1940s AND 1950s. A leather folder contains a selection of xx loose plates. Each plate contains information on a single building, including such details as seating capacity and total cost ti build and furnish. There are both..... More
Paris: Claude Herirrant & Guillaume Desprez, 1763. 1st Edition. Leather bound. Folio, measuring 10x15 inches and being two inches thick. Bound in full brown leather, boards ornately stamped in blind. Spine decorated in gilt with 5 raised bands. This is an older binding but is not original to the book..... More
Edinburgh: John Grant, 1926. Hardcover. Two volumes. Red decorated cloth, stamped in gilt and black. Complete with all maps and plates present. A clean, bright set in very good or better condition. An attractive edition of Catlin with beautiful decorative covers. More
Suffolk: Brightly & Childs, 1815. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Two volume set. A pair of thick quartos, measuring approx. 9x11 inches and 2-3 inches thick. Bound in full leather, restored with new matching leather spines. Very good condition. In-depth history of the Napoleonic Era from the French Revolution through Napoleon's exile..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1890. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 304p. A hardcover book bound in 1/4 navy blue cloth with printed boards. The spine has been rebacked, preserving nearly all of the original cloth, and the interior has been recased with new endpapers. Good condition overall. The original spine cloth..... More
Mansfield OH: R. Brinkerhoff, 1858. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 296p, two ads at rear. Two plates + text illustrations. Rebound in black cloth in mid-19th century style, new endpapers. Old crease mark in title page. Text is mildly browned as one might expect but is otherwise clean, tight, and unmarked. In..... More
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1953-1982. Complete set of Vols. 1-8 in 11 hardcover books. Ex-library set: number painted on spines; mark from pocket on endpapers; stamp on title pages and page edges. Books are otherwise clean, tight volumes in very good condition. More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1916. 1st Edition. Leather bound. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED LARGE-PAPER ISSUE. One of 550 copies of the first edition printed on large paper, making the book about an inch taller than the trade first edition. BOUND IN A STRIKING DELUXE FULL LEATHER BINDING. Full green leather elaborately decorated..... More
London: J. Nourse, 1774. 3rd ed. 240p; 34 copper-engraved folding plates Bound in half brown leather and marbled boards. A very good copy. The plates are all in fine condition. A nice copy of this classic work on siege warfare. More
Indianapolis: Vincent Publishing Co., 1893. First edition. Reddish-brown cloth. Front hinge cracked and repiared with archival tape; front cover lightly soiled. Bookplate and owner signature on endpapers. Text clean and tight. A hardcover book in good condition. A very scarce early Lost Race science fiction/fantasy novel. More
Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood & Sons, 1900. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First issue with all bibliographic points present. An attractive copy in the original mint green cloth decorated in gilt and black; the cloth is clean and bright. Former owner's name on title page, scattered light foxing throughout. Overall still..... More
Chicago: The Reilly & Britton Co., 1913. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition, first printing, first state in Binding A. Conforms perfectly with Bienvenue, p. 52 with all points. Inner hinges starting but intact. Mild fading to decorative spine illustration while the light green covers show some overall fading. Interior clean..... More
Toledo: Hadley & Hadley, 1895. 1st Edition. First printing of the author's scarce second book. Brown cloth, stamped in gilt, with brown floral-design endpapers. Light soiling to covers include a thumb-sized stain on the lower front cover. Hinges tight and book actually in better condition than normally encountered. One of..... More
Cologne: Melchioris Nouesiani, 1548. Hardcover. Vellum backed marbled boards. 4" x 6". Unpaginated. Book in very good condition. Title in ink on spine. Boards somewhat shelfworn. Engraved chapter initials. Library stamp on front free endpaper and title page. Piece cut off top of front free endpaper. Stain on title page..... More
Hallowell, ME: Glazier & Co., 1826. Leather. 582p. REBOUND. A hardcover book rebacked with a new leather spine and fresh endpapers, retaining the original brown leather boards. Light rub marks on cover and corners a bit shelf-worn. Bottom corner torn off page 277-278. All pages browned and foxed with age..... More
New York: George F. Hopkins, 1802. Second Edition. Leather bound. THE SECOND PRINTING OF ONE OF THE GREAT WORKS OF AMERICAN HISTORY. Two volume set. Rebound in full brown leather, stamped and ruled in gilt. Housed in a custom brown leather and marbled paper clamshell box, with gilt decorated spine..... More
London: The Connoisseur, 1955. Limited Edition. Leather bound. #66 OF 100 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Bound in 3/4 vellum and blue cloth boards in publisher's slipcase. Internally fine, the work is in overall very good condition. The vellum is a bit darkened from age and the cloth slipcase shows..... More