Hanover: Printed by and for Charles and WM. S. Spear, 1810. Hardcover. Sm. 8vo. viii, 280pp. Contemporary leather with title-plate. Age wearing throughout binding. Glue residues on boards and spine. Scuffing, discoloration and rubbing to boards and spine. 3 small pieces of cello-tape to front and rear endpapers. Browning and..... More
Leiden: Brill, 2012. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. (10), 264pp. Index and bibliography. Pictorial buckram with black spine lettered in white. Illustrated with 3 photographs. A fine but ex-library copy (with minimal markings; i.e. rubber stamps on title page & bottom of text block). An edition of the scholarly letters of..... More
Philadelphia: Fisher & Brother, 1834. First edition. Hardcover. Miniature book (2 2/8 x 2"). 192pp. Original blind-stamped burgundy cloth, with gold lettering on spine. Engraved frontispiece. Vignette on title. Illustrated with twenty-seven mechanically reproduced woodcuts (including frontispiece), this charming tiny book is a collection of some of the most familiar..... More
London: George Bell and Sons, 1899. First Limited Edition. Hardcover. 50/200, hand-numbered on limitation page. Folio. xv, 230 (1)pp. Original light cloth, gilt decorated and with gilt lettering on cover and spine. Gilt top edge. Frontispiece photogravure, with printed tissue guard. Title page printed in red and black with publisher's..... More
London: The Hakluyt Society, 1948. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. XXIII, [1], [677]-984pp. Uncut and unopened copy! Original gilt-, and blind-stamped blue cloth, with gold lettering on spine. Frontispiece. This third volume tells the story of the Abbé's journey back to France with dispatches sent by de la Haye, the French..... More
Oxford: George Ronald, n/d. Lady Lawrence. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 398pp. Red cloth binding w/dj. Minor wearing to head and tail of spine, corners lightly bumped. Minor wearing to head and tail of dj. Colored frontispiece and three colored illustrations by the author. A few pages underlined with ink. Otherwise..... More
London: John Lane The Bodley Head Limited, 1924. First edition. Hardcover. Large quarto. XIII, [3], 268, [4]pp. Uncut. Original printed wrappers over cloth spine and paper covered boards. Gold lettering on spine. Color frontispiece. Title page in red and black lettering. Exquisite work on the life and works of the..... More