London. Cassell, Petter,Galpin& Co., 1879. C. Barberis. Hardcover. Original red pictorial cloth, with beveled edges. Rubbing to extremities and some tears to cloth, but structurally very sound. Gilt lettering on spine and front cover, gilt scene of 2 people sitting on a rug on front cover. Cover stained and browned..... More
Buffalo, New York: Phinney and Co., [1849] 1852. Second Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Brown stamped cloth, ruled in blind. Dull gilt lettering to spine. Cloth peeling along spine, with some small chips. Spine lean. Previous owner's (Library) notation to stained front pastedownReading copy only. 162 pp. "Racy and Picturesque -- full..... More
London, England: Printed for J. Debrett, opposite Burlington-House, Piccadilly, 1795. Second Edition. Leather-bound. 8vo. Full tree calf Six compartments to spine, gilt-chain ruled, with contrasting (red) spine label, bordered in floriated gilt. Pp. i & 455 plus 1-pp. publisher's catalogue. New preface for second edition, and a "List of the..... More
London, England: Richard Phillips, 1819. First Edition. Softcover. Octavo. 8 1/4 in. by 5 1/4 in. Recent (merely) protective rebinding in marbled paper-over-card with simple typewritten title paste-on to card front covers. Frontis fold-out: "A Chart of the Route of His Majesty's Hired, Armed Vessel THE ALEXANDER. On a Voyage..... More
London, England: Printed for William Mears at the Lamb without Temble-bar, 1722. First Edition. Leather-bound. Octavo. Contemporary calf, double ruled in gilt, with large gilt designs along all borders. Possibly, an early rebacking with original spine laid down. Marbled endpapers. Red and black title page, with three lines of manuscript..... More
New York: G. F. Hopkins, at Washington's Head, No. 118 Pearl-Street, 1802. First American Edition. Leather-bound. Three-quarter tree calf, recently re-backed. Five raised bands (six compartments) with contrasting maroon spine label, lettered in gold, and ruled in gilt chain.From the 1801 London Quarto Edition. Bears the bookplate of The Essex..... More
New Delhi, India: VIR Publishing House/Associated Publishing House, 1967. Hardcover. Slight spine lean. Book shows a wee bit of Edgewear and light chipping to dust jacket, now protected in achival mylar. Inscribed and signed on front free endpaper, with a 1941 nickel scotch-taped to the page saying "Attached is the..... More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1881. First Edition. Hardcover. Brown, cloth-covered boards, beveled at edges. Just a touch of rubbing to extremities. Foldout map to rear of Volume I, 407 pp. and 390 pp., respectively. Wonderful Rhode-Island-related inscription to half-title, which reads: "John Nicholas Brown from his friend John Russell..... More
London, England: Longman, Green, Longman and Roberts, 1860. First Edition. Leather-bound. Octavos. Handsome half-leather over lovely brick red, navy blue, mauve, and mustard stone marbled boards (and matching endpapers), and marbled edges. Stamped toothed pattern to leather spine and corners, where they meet boards. Five raised bands (six compartments, each..... More
London, England: A. & C. Black, 1907. T. Mower Martin. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Quarto. 9 in. x 7 in. Decorated, lettered brick-red cloth. Fine gilt lettering. Art Nouveau-style floral patterned illustrations to cover and spine in gold, mauve and green. Top edge gilt. Rubbing to extremities, slight forward cock, extensive..... More
London. Printed for Moses Pitt in Duke Street, Westminster, 1686. First Edition in English. Leather-bound. Quarto. Contemporary English panel calf boards 417 + 5 pp. index. (11 7/8" x 7 1/2"), sympathetically rebacked in mottled calf, on hempen cords. Contrasting spine label of gilt on maroon Rubbing to extremities. Marbled..... More
London: John Murray, 1829. Leather-bound. Contemporary calf, rebacked. Folio [9x11 inches]. Four raised bands with titles and decorations in gilt, with bright gilt calligraphic initials on the front cover. Embossed border design. Corners bumped, some scratches and darkening to boards, outer spine hinge chafed, front board a little loose, but..... More
London: Printed for James Knapton at the Crown, in St. Paul's Church-yard, [1697] 1699 &1700. The Fourth Edition Corrected (Vol. I) & The Second Edition (Vol. II). Leather-bound. 2vol. Maps. Full contemporary leather, rebacked with contrasting brick-red spine labels lettered and bordered in gilt. Four raised double-raised bands, with years..... More
London, England: John Murray, 1826. Second Edition. Leather-bound. 8vos. Full leather. Rebacked over earlier rebacking in cloth, with preservation of (most of) original spine. New Volume spine labels, gilt on black., third panel down. Marbled endpapers. 8-1/2 in. 321, 413pp. illus. Foldout maps and one large folding map at rear..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1891. FIRST EDITION (NAP). Hardcover. Imperial octavo. 9 1/8" x 6 1/2" Publisher's original pumpkin brown cloth. Bright gilt lettering in an Orientalist script, beautifully illustrated with boxed gilt ruling, brocade tassle flourishes bordering them, tiny tear-drop rubies stamped between them. Top-edge gilt, fore- and..... More
London, England: J. White, Fleet-Street, 1800. First Edition. Leather-bound. Octavo. Contemporaryl full calf . Red leather title label ruled in gilt. viii, 416, [1] pp. 8-1/2 in. Contemporary ms. notes on the back,with corresponding page numbers. Previous owner's name (Charles Williams) to front free endpaper, followed by "Berthlwyd, seat of..... More
London, England: T.N. Longman and O. Rees, Paternoster-Row, 1802. First English Edition. Leather-bound. 8vo. Boards (front detached, rear nearly so, both present) appear originally etched with an acid treatment, resulting in a mottled surface, similar (only) to catspaw. Gilt chain border to boards, which are scuffed and rubbed. gilt spine..... More
New York: Doubleday and Company, 2018. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. A powerful true story of adventure and obsession in the Atlantic. Henry Worsley ...spent his life idolizing Ernest Shackleton, the nineteenth-century polar exploirer, who tried to become the first person to reach the South Pole, and who later sought to..... More
London. Blackwood. 1864. Leather-bound. Rare first edition. Ex libris (markings to binding only) 454pp. Front board detached but present. Missing the map. Full contemporary mottled calf with gilt chain borders some wear, rebacked with spine laid down, marbled edges and endpapers. New Zealand General Assembly Library gilt stamped on front..... More
Indianapolis, IN: Vincent Publishing Company, 1893. FIRST EDITION. HARDCOVER. Early, and very scarce science fiction work (of the "lost race" genre) in which the author writes through the persona of his "old and esteemed friend, Captain Sampson De Lilly..." Red-brown cloth original blind-stamped boards with gilt lettering. 426 pp. Corners..... More
London, England: S.O. Beeton. (Printed by Stephen Austin), 1863. Hardcover. 418 pp., plus 8 pp.advertisements at rear. Red stamped and engraved boards with large, bright gilt graphic to front board depicting a loinclothed native,wielding a spear, and the entire spine taken up with engravings, and designs, heavy on the gilt..... More
London, England: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Blue cloth boards with bright silver lettering to spine. Corners nudged and bottom of spine bumped, but solid. Toning and previous owner's inked inscription to front free endpaper. Edgewear and cracking to dust jacket extremities. Illustrated with black and white photographs throughout..... More
New York, New York: Harper & Brothers, 1855. Hardcover. 2vol. Original green stamped cloth Shelfwear and some warping. Lettering on spine faded. Folding map. Light foxing throughout, and biopredation to cloth exterior. Solid reading copies. Huc, the first visitor to Lhasa (in 1846) since the Capuchins were expelled 100 years..... More
Cincinnati: U.P. James, 1854+. Later printing. Hardcover. Quarterbound buckram over leather spine, with gilt lettering. Original Minor age-tanning and staining/tideline throughout, and marginal spotting. viii +144 pages. With price of twenty-five cents printed at the top of front wrap. 13 illustrations. Text in double columns. Howes H-767. Graff: 2006. One..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1891. Hardcover. Quarto. Dark greencloth-covered boards with elaborate gilt illustration to front board, framing red lettering. Shelfwear and rubbing to thick boards. Duotone frontis, and numerous full-page illustrations (often from paintings) and in-text illustrations. Large (20" x 22") three-colored folding map stored in front pocket..... More
