Paris, France: Librairie de L. Hachette, 1870. Leather-bound. IN FRENCH. Thick quarto [8x11] inches. Gilt decorated leather spine with four raised bands with title stamped in gilt. All edges gilt. Red boards. Corners bumped, chafing along outer hinges, spine bright, light general wear to boards. Textblock square, binding tight. 612..... More
London: Felix Kyngston, [1559] 1610. Leather-bound (Vellum). Vellum. Octavo with red leather spine label with title in gilt. Covers show soiling and wear along outer hinge, spine label bright. Textblock square, binding tight. 769 pages. NOTE: INCOMPLETE: Lacks A1-7, B, ZZ1, ZZ8, EE2-LLL6. Three parts only of Four. Title page..... More
Portland, OR: J. K. Gill, 1887. Eleventh Edition, Revised, Corrected and Enlarged. Pamphlet. Grey paper covers. 5 3/4" x 3 3/4". Old cello-tape reinforcement remnants along borders of spine. Corner curl and staining to front, but solidly bound and unmarked, except for a small, neat handwritten name and a stamped..... More
New York: F.N. Buckles and Company, 1899. FIRST EDITION (NAP). Hardcover. 8vo. Sage-green cloth-covered boards (7 3/4" x 5 1/4") with teal binding, spine-lettered in gilt. Woodcut image paste-on to front board with design (black and white with red border and black-and-red lettering) consisting of an Eagle, an Elephant and..... More
London, England: Printed by Charles Say: And Sold by J. Nourse and P. Vaillant in the Strand, and T. Payne, by the Meuse-Gate, near St. Martin's Church. 1752. First Edition. Leather-bound. 8vo. Nicely rebound in period half-leather calf, over stone marble boards of slate blue, brick red and tan. Five..... More
New York: Review of Reviews Co, 1911. Hardcover. 4tos. Bright blue cloth-covered boards. Bright gilt. Semi-Centennial Memorial Edition. Profusely illustrated with photos, maps. Quarto. Blue cloth with embossed flags on cover Bindings strong. Decorated endpapers. Only the slightest rubbing to extremities. One small coffee stain to the front board of..... More
Philadelphia: Charles J. Peterson, 1864. Hardcover. 8vo. Half-leather over pebbled boards. Leather to boards (spine and corners) ruled in gilt. 4 raised bands (5 compartments) to spine, with name of magazine, year, a floral design within 2 compartments, and the name of the subscriber (Mrs. R. J. Chewning) in gilt..... More
London: J. Johnson, St. Paul's Church Yard, & J Edwards, Pall Mall, 1796. First Edition. Leather-bound. 2vols. 4tos. 25 cm. Contemporary mottled calf, rebacked with new spines of burnished red calf, ruled in gilt, with contrasting spine labels of dark green, titled in gilt. French curl marbling to endpapers. 2..... More
Chicago, IL: The Reilly and Britton, Co., [1908] 1910. Early Printing. Cloth. Cloth covered boards, (7 3/4" x 6") red, dark blue, and white on a pumpkin background. Fabulous cover debossed with scenes from a number of these classic tales. Faded red lettering to spine. Rubbing and bumping to extremities..... More
Danbury, Connecticut: Behrens Publishing Company, [1862] 1887. Third Edition, Paperback. Pamphlet, 7.25 x 4.50. Sunning and discoloration to top and spine edges, and spine paper covering missing an inch, at top and at bottom. Probably the third printing of Thomas's bartender's Guide. First published by Fitzgerald and Dick in 1862..... More
Amsterdam: Michiel de Groot, 1668-1670. Paperback. Lot of Five Pamphlets, all octavos in wraps. In 17th-Century Dutch. Loose translations in English (provided by a native Dutch speaker) as follows: 1. "The Dutch Gardener"..Describing all kinds of "prince-like", royal gardens showing how to plan, sow and decorate with trees, flowers and..... More
NEW YORK: Merriam-Webster, 1961. Second Edition. Hardcover. This is probably the very last printing of the 1959 edition of this venerable, storied, exhaustive, beautiful, and last-word version of Webster's New International Dictionary, Second Edition, First issued in 1934 and last printed in 1961 before giving way to the Third Edition..... More
