Amsterdam: W. van Lamsvelt [J.J. van Waesberge], (1674). First (Dutch) Edition. Hardcover. Quarto (9 x 7-1/4 in.). [8], 16pp. Collation (text): [asterisk]4, A-B4; 71 numbered full-page engraved plates. Woodcut printer's device at title. Contemporary vellum (darkened), manuscript title at spine. Text leaves only with some light marginal embrowing and smudges..... More

Amsterdam and Leipzig: Arkstee et Merkus, 1764. Second Edition, in French only. Hardcover. Oblong Quarto. (4) 52 (2)pp., 9 plates, two of them folding. Bound in full brown morocco with gilt and blind-tooling to covers, gilt lettering and ruling on spine. Title page printed in red and black, with publisher's..... More

1943. Hardcover. Oblong Quarto. 20 leaves. Original string-bound stiff dark brown leaves bound to additional stiff leaf inserted into back pocket of leather binding with silver ruling to cover with brown silk liner on inside cover. Included two official documents. The photographs (2 3/8 x 3" to 4 1/4 x...... More

London: Ballantyne and Co., ND. Edition de Luxe. Hardcover. 1/25. Sm. folio. xxiii,422,[1],pp. Brown suede with gold-stamped illustration of medieval hunting scene, gold lettering on cover and spine. Age wear to binding. Two-inch split along head of spine on front board. Abrasions to parts of leather. Top edge gilt. Fore-..... More

New York: Rizzoli, 1992. First edition. Softcover. Signed "Ali" on title page at a Book Soup event with his photographer Howard L. Bingham in 1993, Hollywood. Due to the effects Parkinsons Disease had taken on Ali's health he signed the book with just "Ali." Folio. Unpaginated. Original color photo-illustrated stiff..... More

Berlin: Volksverband der Bücherfreunde, 1927. First edition. Hardcover. Portfolio. 3/4 cloth over paper covered boards, with a stone drawing illustration on front board. Title-page, [3]pp. of text, 8 loose-leaf plates of stone drawings. Fascinating Art work by one of the leading illustrators of his times. Gino von Finetti made his..... More

Milano: Selleria A. Pariani, ND (ca 1930). First edition. Softcover. Quarto. 42pp. Original illustrated wrappers protected by modern mylar. Photographic title-page. Rare catalogue of saddles, harnesses and various other riding equipment by the Italian saddle manufacturer A. Pariani Selleria. Founded in 1903, Pariani become famous for the skilled craftsmanship and..... More

London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1887. Stanley Berkeley. Large Paper. Hardcover. Lg. 8vo. xxvi, 446 pp. Gilt decorated 3/4 blue morocco over gilt stamped orange cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Expertly rebacked retaining original boards. Light rubbing to edges. Corners lightly bumped. Gilt top edge. Pages untrimmed. Light..... More

Varsovie (Warsaw): Sport Y Turystyka, 1956. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 88pp. Original decorative dust-jacket over cloth, with gold lettering on front board. Pictorial endpapers. Fascinating work commissioned by the Polish Olympic Committee, and praising the winter sports in Poland. The numerous photogravures in duo tone illustrate the different sections dedicated..... More

Leipzig: Arbeiter-Turnverlag AG, 1929. Softcover. 4to. Stapled, color illustrated wraps, as issued (three in photomontage). 120pp., continuos pagination. Profusely illustrated with b/w and duo-tone reproductions of photographs of the games and events of the second Workers Olympics, held in 1929 in Nürnberg (Nuremberg). The first Olympics of this kind took..... More

London: Printed for W. Dickinson, S. Hooper, and Mess. Robinsons, 1787. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto (11 3/4 x 9 1/2"). vi, (iii) vi-xx, 38, 12 stipple engraved plates, incl. frontispiece. 19th Century half tan morocco over tan cloth with gilt lettering on spine, gilt ruling on cover and spine; raised..... More

London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1893. T. Dadd. Large Paper. Hardcover. Lg. 8vo. xviii, 486 pp. Gilt decorated 3/4 blue morocco over gilt stamped orange cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Expertly rebacked retaining original boards. Light rubbing to edges. Corners lightly bumped. Gilt top edge. Pages untrimmed. Light..... More