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
np (London?), nd (c. 1330). Hardcover. 5.5 x 3.25", later limp vellum, 98 vellum leaves plus two blanks plus later front endpaper, pages numbered at bottom at a later date starting at "1" (though there is some concern that the first leaf is missing), some fading to ink but largely..... 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
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
Joannis a Sommeren, et al: Amsterdam, 1685. 104 (of 105) copper engraved plates + frontis + additional engraved title page, 21 x 15, old half vellum and boards, slightly raised bands, black leather spine label with gilt lettering, panels and label gilt tooled unpag. Covers extremely shelfworn, rubbed, creased, spotted..... More
The Company of Stationers: London 1820. 5.25x3", full period reddish-brown straight-grain morocco, decoratively ruled gilt, spine tooled and lettered in gilt, inner dentelles gilt, all edges gilt, ink name, bookplate, piece of preliminary page cut out, shows some wear but an attractive copy. WITH A FORE-EDGE PAINTING BEING A VIEW..... More
Macmillan and Co.: London, 1922. Hardcover. Illus. by John Tenniel, 7 x 5", full leather; aeg, 183pp + pp, covers lightly rubbed, pp a little toned, a few pp with lightly bent bottom forecorners, spine lightly sunned else a nice copy. SIGNED BINDING BY RIVIERE & SON, DECORATIVE DYED PICTORIAL..... 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
Paris (1956). B/w illus, 14.5 x 10.5", pict boards, spine defective, covers very worn (esp at edges), contents very loose, eps soiled, spotted & stained, ffep wrinkled, title page a touch soiled. MISSING ORIGINAL COLOR LITHOGRAPHS!!! (except for cover) BUT BOLDLY INSCRIBED & SIGNED TWICE BY MARC CHAGALL (ONCE IN..... More
Charles Scribner's Sons: NY, 1931. Hardcover. Maps, 9.5 x 6.75", blue cloth, 866pp with index, covers quite worn, spine toned, hinges loose, pp toned. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, INSCRIBED "Inscribed by...for Veronica Hutchinson Feb 1932" AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, WINSTON S. CHURCHILL. More
J.M. Dent & Sons: London, 1924. Frontis plus 60 tipped-in illus., 10.75 x 8.25", gilt-dec brown cloth, 122pp, covers a little rubbed, some bubbling of cloth (old water damage?), extremities bumped, hinges loose, ink inscription from former owner on front blank, last page unevenly toned (from old newspaper clipping?) else..... 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
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
(Embassy 1966). 17 x 14", goache & ink on Head's illustration paper, light soiling/smudging, light creasing near corners, paper removed from a sketchbook. Sketches show Elke as "Kay Bergdahl" wearin different syles of evening attire, each bears Heads' costume notations in heavy grease pencil: "Kay #4 Cocoanut Grove scene 111"..... More
Harper & Bros.: NY, 1924. Photos, 9.5 x 6.25", gilt-lettered blue cloth, 294pp + tipped-in errata sheet, covers rubbed and spotted, extremities bumped and fraying, spine dull, hinges loose, pp toned, front end papers with old (but still clear) cello tape, title page and frontis spotted, extremities bumped and fraying..... More
np, nd (c. 1968). Approximately 10 x 8, b&w portrait of Kennedy by Philippe Halsman, matted and framed to 14 x 12, not examined out of frame but appears very nice. INSCRIBED "FOR DANIEL MULCAHY WITH BEST WISHES" AND SIGNED BY ROBERT KENNEDY. Magic Marker signature a bit light. It..... 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
Methuen & Co.: London, (1926). Hardcover. Illus. by Ernest H. Shepard, 7.25 x 5", gilt-ruled and gilt-pict limp green leather; aeg, 158pp, spine a little sunned, extremities lightly worn, small spot in margin of foredge for last few pages, a few other light spots but still a remarkably well preserved..... 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
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Macmillan & Co: London & NY, 1893-1898. 8 Volumes. 7.75 x 5.25", gilt-ruled green morocco w/elaborate gilt inner dentelles, aeg. Includes: The Renaissance, Appreciations, Marius the Epicurean I & II, Plato & Platonism, Greek Studies, Gaston de la Tour, Imaginary Portraits. More
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Hodder & Stoughton: London, (c. 1921). Illus. by Arthur Rackham including three in color. 8.5 x 7", pict grey cloth, 77pp, covers well rubbed and darkened (esp. spine). Extremities bumped and frayed, hinges loose, pp finger soiled and used. WITH ORIGINAL SKETCH ON FRONT BLANK OF AN OLD WOMAN LOOKING..... 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
