np (Samarkand?), nd (c 1800s). 8.5 x 5, later floral-print boards, 129 leaves of thick, waxy paper with two columns of 15 lines each, manuscript poetry in Persian in black and gilt, with gilt, green and blue borders, 11 bright color miniatures depicting people (many with halos of flame) and..... More
London, 1776. Eight engraved plates, 11 x 9, full tree calf, 322 pp, covers a bit rubbed with a couple of spots, extremities bumped, tiny holes at top and bottom of spine, hinges loose, old bookplate (Essex Historical Society), prelims missing, top margin of title page missing, pp toned and..... More
Philadelphia, 1891-1894. Paperback. Lecture tickets range in size from 2.5 x 4" to 4 x 5", colors are 2 red, 2 blue and remainder cream, all but two are signed by the instructor or the dean ie. James Tyson. (Dr. Tyson was the first professor of pathology at U of..... More
Froben: Basilae, 1538. 12.5 x 8.25", full paneled leather with gilt symbol on front cover and gilt-lettered red leather spine label, 562pp, covers rubbed and with some cracking and chipping of leather, extremities bumped, hinges loose, inner hinges cracking, pp a little toned, erased ink names on title page, some..... More
Oxford University Press: NY, nd. 7.25 x 5, full limp leather, aeg, 1087 pp + Concordance + index + maps, covers heavily worn, extremities bumped and badly fraying, hinges cracked, contents (especially endpapers) badly waterstained, pp creased, a poor, loose copy of the Red Letter Edition of the King James..... More
Alfred Mudge & Son: Boston, 1869. Paperback. Six tipped-in original photos, 9.25 x 6", gilt-lettered flexible cloth, 57pp, covers worn and puckering, spine abraded, staining to upper forecorner of text (and photos), pp toned and used, with former owner's ink name on front fly. SCARCE. More
Humphrey Phelps: NY, 1832. 16 x 20", folded into a 5 x 2" gilt-lettered leather folder, colored in outline, one tear at a fold repaired and now browned (at right margin and into the Atlantic Ocean, not at land) else a nicely preserved example; map shows the US to Arkansas..... More
1883. Hardcover. Frontis portrait of Queen Victoria; illus. (including the Queen's dogs), 8.5 x 5.5", gilt-dec and gilt lettered beveled green cloth, 404pp, covers rubbed and worn in spots, spine ends bumped, inner hinges tearing, bookplate of former owner inside front cover, "Bound by Burn & Co" label inside rear..... More
Typographia Balleoniana: Venetiis [Venice], 1741. Hardcover. Two full page illus., title vignette, 8 x 5", highly gilt decorated red leather; aeg, 453pp + index, covers rubbed and lightly scratched, extremities bumped and worn, spine quite worn and lightly chipped at ends, front outer hinge worn, endpapers toned, light marginal foxing..... More
London, 1700. Hardcover. 7.5 x 4.5", full leather, 376pp, covers very worn and waterlogged with old paper adhesions to front cover, front outer hinge cracked, rear cover and last two leaves detached (but present), bottom inch of spine cover detached (but present), title page browned around the margins, textblock toned..... More
Harry N. Abrams: NY, (1977). Hardcover. Illus., 12 x 9", black cloth, 258pp with index, spine ends a little bumped else a nice, clean copy in a yellowed and rubbed dustjacket. FIRST EDITION, WITH AN ORIGINAL DRAWING OF A SNAKE, INSCRIBED "Pour Anne & Peter, cordialement..." AND SIGNED "Alechinsky" BY..... More
np (London Film Productions: London), 1948. 17 x 12, one sheet, with crayon and watercolor illustration, creases, tears, edges chipped, pp browned, but SIGNED "BEATON," with ink manuscript instructions at bottom, referring to "Dolly:" Dolly Oblonsky was played by Mary Kerridge. The dress is brown with purple accents. Fantastic item..... More
Riccardi Press/Philip Lee Warner/The Medici Society: London, 1914. Hardcover. Illus. by John Tenniel, 9 x 6", gilt-ruled crushed brown morocco with five raised spine bands; teg, SIGNED BINDING BY ZAEHNSFORF, 131pp, extremities a little rubbed, hinges a bit rough and tender, old stain on rear cover (hardly noticeable), textblock edges..... More
Gazetecilik ve Matbaacilik: Istanbul, 1949. 8 x 5.5", gilt-lettered embossed (portrait of Churchill) red pebbled cloth, 392pp, covers worn and darkened, foredges of both front and rear covers badly waterstained, hinges loose, minor finger soiling to endpapers and a few other pages else a decent copy of one volume from..... More
Bradbury & Evans: London 1846. Illus by George Cruikshank, 8.5 x 5.25", 3/4 red leather; marbled boards, 311pp, pronounced chip out of spine title, top of spine torn, covers well rubbed, hinges loose, plates spotted with offset to text. "A New Edition, Revised and Corrected". FIRST SINGLE VOLUME EDITION... More
Harrison Smith and Robert Haas: NY 1934. 7.5 x 5", cloth, 371pp, couple minor pencil notes, ink name, spine darkened, in edge-chipped dw with chip at top of back panel with cello-tape repair, minor edge tears, spine darkened, some wrinkling. FIRST EDITION. More
Printed for the Author at the Artists Press: London 1906. 94 plates; 102 text illu, 13.25 x 10.5", elaborate blind-tooled oasis morocco, ribbed spine with wooden boards and engraved clasps, teg, subscribers' list, a bit worn with scribbled-out name on fep. LIMITED TO 270 NUMBERED COPIES ON HAND-MADE PAPER... More
St. Louis, MO `, 1923 `. Two printed photos and a printed explanation at top of one sheet, oblong 6 x 8.5", toned, folds, minor wear and soiling, but WRITTEN AND SIGNED BY HOUDINI. Houdini writes: "Dear Dr. Prince [?]. Hope alls well. I can "visualize" the test of the..... More
Doubleday, Doran & Co.: np, 1941. Frontis portrait in vol. one, 8.75 x 5.75", gilt-dec maroon buckram; teg, covers lightly edge-worn, hinges loose else nice copies in rubbed, soiled, toned and edge-worn and edge-torn dustjackets. Missing vols. 8-10, 17, 20-21, and 28. But LIMITED TO 1010 NUMBERED SETS, SIGNED BY..... More
J.B. Lippincott: Philadelphia, (1960). Hardcover. 8.25 x 5.5", green cloth backed boards, 296pp, spine ends lightly bumped else a nice, clean copy in a rubbed and extremity-worn dustjacket with a hint of moisture at bottom of rear panel. Ninth Impression in an Eighth Printing Dustjacket, but INSCRIBED "To Marian Osmond..... More
Macmillan and Co.: London, 1888. Hardcover. 7.5 x 5", grey cloth, 255pp + ads, covers heavily rubbed and darkened at edges, extremities badly bumped and fraying, small black spot on back cover, spine cocked, inner hinges cracked, blindstamp of former owner on front fly, pp toned with some finger soiling..... More
np (London), 1902. Hardcover. Frontis + 15 color plates by author, 5.25 x 4", pink pictorial boards, unpaginated, covers a bit rubbed, front cover a bit sunned, spine and top edge of front cover a bit soiled, end papers foxed else a nice copy, in a custom-made, lightly worn, splitting..... More
J.D. (Dawson) for Nicolas Bourne: London, 1629. Illustr title border, 7 x 5.5, rebound (early 20th century?) in half black leather, pebbled cloth, 240 pp, covers rubbed, extremities bumped and fraying, hinges loose, inner hinges cracking, ex-lib with usual markings, contents good. BOUND WITH: FOURE SERMONS, Wherein Certaine Objections against..... More
Ballatyne: Edinburgh. 1827. 7.5x5", full leather, contemporary blue morocco, gilt decorated, five raised bands on spine, gilt lettered red spine title labels, lightly worn owner's bookplate in each volume, all hinges sound, very good. FIRST EDITION. More
