New York: Harper & Brothers, 1857. 1st Edition. Leather. 828p. An oversize hardcover book with a black leather spine and corners. Very good condition overall. The edges are rubbed through and the boards marked with lots of small scuffs. Owner's signature and inscription on front free endpaper. The binding is..... More
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
London: 1836. First edition. Folio. With 12 b/w engraved plates. Bound with leather spine and boards. A good copy. Rare work on dogs; not listed in Schwerdt. Contains 12 engraved portraits of dogs' heads by Edwin Landseer, A. Cooper and Charles Hancock. 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
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1912. Leather. 3 vols., 1719p total. FINE BINDING FROM THE BOOKENDS BINDERY. A set of three hardcover books beautifully bound in 3/4 crushed red morocco with marbled boards and endpapers. The spines have five raised bands each and are ornately decorated in gilt. The top..... More
NY: Dillingham, 1897. 1st Edition. Leather bound. 214p. Recently rebound in full blue morocco leather, stamped in gilt, with five raised bands and gilt decor on spine, marbled endpapers. Fine condition. THE RARE FIRST PRINTING OF THE AUTHOR'S SECOND BOOK. Terhune published this collection of stories about undergraduate life at..... More
NY: Doran, 1925. First edition. Full limp leather in publisher's slipcase. Fine. Inscribed by the author in 1929. Also includes a postcard photograph of Terhune also inscribed to the same person. More
York, PA: Strength & Health Publishing Company, 1938. Revised Edition, 3rd printing. Hardcover. 400p. SIGNED BY HOFFMAN. A dark red cloth hardcover book in good condition. Corners rubbed through, and cloth splitting along the back edge of the spine. However, the binding is still tight. Tanning and speckly stains on..... More
Philadelphia: George W. Jacobs & Company, 1907. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 222p. A navy blue cloth hardcover book in good+ condition. Corners lightly bumped and worn. Head and foot of spine wearing through and starting to fray. Very faint spotting on front cover, and there are faint traces of a piece..... More
London: Chapman and Hall, 1865. 1st Edition. Leather. 320p; 309p. FINE LEATHER BINDING BY BAYNTUN-RIVIERE. A hardcover book bound in full red leather with ornate gilt decorations on the spine (which has five raised bands). Portrait of Dickens on front board and facsimile signature on back, both stamped in gilt..... More
London: Thomas Davison, for Taylor and Hessey / Edward Moxon, 1823. 1st Edition. Leather. 2 vols. 341p; 283p. FINE BINDINGS BY BAYNTUN. A set of two hardcover books bound in full golden-brown calf with gilt-decorated spines, gilt dentelles, gilt foredges, and marbled endpapers. Very good condition overall! Edges of spines..... More
Philadelphia: John Campbell, 1867. Limited Edition Facsimile Reprint. Hardcover. 184p. Facsimile reprint. Ex-library; REBOUND. A hardcover book rebound in green buckram. Sticker residue, stamps, and other library markings on endpapers and title page, but otherwise unmarked. Bright, clean pages and secure binding. A very nice reading copy in sturdy shape!..... More
Norwalk CT: Easton Press, 2014. Limited Edition. Leather bound. COMPLETE SET OF THE DELUXE FACSIMILE OF ONE OF THE GREATEST COLOR PLATE BOOKS EVER PRINTED. Published in a limited editrion of 800 copies by the Easton Press. Three volume set. MINT CONDITION. Each volume is still sealed in the publisher's..... More
Garden City: Doubleday, 1952. Later printing. Hardcover. Later printing with no notice of printing on copyright page, published by the original publisher in 1952, four years after the first edition. Brown cloth, a few touches of shelf wear, else in fine condition. Lacks the jacket. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY EISENHOWER..... More
London: John Murray, 1846. Second Edition. Complete six volume set. Bound in full polished brown calf, spines elaborately decorated in gilt with black leather author/title labels. Fine prize binding from the East India College with their crest in gilt on the front and back cover of each volume. Marbled endpapers..... More
Mexico: J. M. Andrade, 1867-1880. First edition. 535p; 177p; 65p Complete set with the third volume being the complete atlas volume of 66 engraved plates. Ex-library: numbers painted on spines; bookplates; library stamps on endpapers - title pages - foredges. Bound with leather spines and cloth boards. Corners of covers..... More
London: The Folio Society, 2007. Limited Facsimile Edition. Leather. 269p; 27p. An oversize hardcover book bound in full black leather with gilt decorations, gilt foredges, and a satin ribbon bookmark. Comes in its original black cloth box along with a companion essay bound in 1/4 black cloth. Fine condition; the..... More
Rome: Dominici Manelphi, 1649. 1st Edition. Leather bound. 407p + index. Quarto. Bound in full limp vellum. Title lettered on spine in old ink manuscript hand. Scattered toning to text else interior in good condition. Front pastedown has large circular hole where something (a bookplate?) was cut out exposing the..... More
Guadalajara: La Republica Literaria, 1891. Leather. 886p plus 27p index. Ex-library copy of a 1/2 brown leather hardcover book in good condition. Library markings and stamps inside, on spine, and on edges of text block. Edges rubbed. Scattered small pencil marks in margins. However, the vast majority of the pages..... More
New York: Miller, Orton & Mulligan, 1855. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 404p, frontispiece + two plates. Rebound in modern leather and marbled boards; the binding is more functional than aesthetic. A defective copy with pages 197-204 supplied in facsimile. The missing pages were copied from another first edition and neatly bound..... More
Cambridge MA: Houghton Mifflin, 1929. Limited Edition. SIGNED LIMITED EDITION, BEING #469 OF 500 COPIES SIGNED BY GEORGE HERBERT PALMER AND N.C. WYETH. Original half leather and green decorated cloth boards with acetate dustwrapper. Fine condition, with the only blemish being the slightest touch of rubbing to the top of..... More
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Rome: Desclee, 1903. Complete two volume set. Folio. A pair of massive, heavy books bound in brownish gold cloth. Former seminary library books with shelf labels and small library stamps on title pages but otherwise free of library markings. The binding of Vol. II is shaken - all plates are..... More
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1913. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 3 vols. 495p; 447p; A set of three hardcover books bound in green cloth. Volume II and III's spines are a bit faded. The heads of the spines on volumes I and II are lightly worn, with quarter-inch closed tears. Endpapers..... More
Grenoble: Editions des Quatre Seigneurs, 1973. Hardcover. 4 vols. A set of four oversize hardcover books in near-fine condition with like dustjackets. Very faint dampstaining along the bottom edges of the dustjackets, just barely bleeding through to the covers beneath. Text is unmarked and binding tight across the set. The..... More
New York: D. Appleton, 1906. New and revised edition. Hardcover. Red decorated cloth. SIGNED BY JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS with a flourish underneath is signature. The covers are clean with a few tiny smudges and the interior is clean and unmarked. Illustrated by A.B. Frost and complerte with all plates and..... More