Authors starting with A from Kenneth Karmiole, Bookseller, Inc.

Valencia: Manual Munoz y Compania.. N.d. (circa 1810). Full Calf. Very Good. Sm. 8vo. xx,148pp. plus 6 engraved plates. Orig. mottled calf, back cover (bottom corner) chipped. Spine label missing. Minor worming at inner margin. This edition not recorded in Palau. ... more information

New York: The Viking Press.. (1961). Sm. 4to. xxxvi,156pp. Index. With 153 half-tone illus. and 9 text-figures. Blue cloth. D.j. (rather chipped). ... more information

Paris: Chez L'Auteur, et al.. 1787. (10),223,(3)pp. Orig. mottled calf, hinges a bit rubbed. A.e.g. I couldn't find any reference to "L'Abbe de Boldoni." Finally, Barbier led me to an entry for this work, attributing it to Nicholas Ada m. ... more information

Berkeley: The Archetype Press.. 1938. Folio (17" x 13"). (8),(2)pp. Plus 50 mounted photographic plates, each with a printed leaf of description. Edition limited to 500 numbered copies, signed on the limitation leaf by Ansel Adams. Cream cloth stamped in black, a few small smudges on front cover and some light fraying at foot of spine. Light water stain at top inner margin of rear pastedown and some light soiling at top outer edges of last 4 leaves (3 are blanks). Three of the mounted photographs ... more information

Washington, DC: Buell & Blanchard.. 1853. (2),302pp. plus 4pp. ads bound in at front and 2pp. ads at rear. Orig. blind-stamped blue cloth. Endpapers browned and light text foxing. A novel concerning antislavery and southern life. Wright, AME RICAN FICTION. Vol. II #12; Work, BIBLIOGRAPHY O F THE NEGRO, p. 464. ... more information

Boston: J.H. Eastburn.. 1842. Tall 8vo. 64pp. Bound in 19th century green cloth, gilt spine. Adams was 75 in 1842, he suffered a stroke in 1846 and died in 1848. This essay was the last political paper prepared by Adams and "may serve as his political testament" (D.A.B.) ... more information

London: Printed for D. Midwinter and J. Tonson.. 1716. First edition. First edition. 12mo. (12),312pp. Bound in early 20th cent. calf, red calf spine label, over marbled boards. ... more information

London: Printed for D. Midwinter; and J. Tonson.. 1716. 12mo. (12),312pp. With the half-title. Cont. tooled paneled calf, elaborately gilt tooled spine (rubbed), small chip at head, brown calf label. ... more information

London: Printed for J. Tonson.. 1718. Second edition. 12mo. (12),x,410,(10)pp. Index. Numerous text woodcuts of ancient Roman coins and medals. Woodcut head- and tail-pieces and capitals. Cont. paneled calf, rubbed, small chips at extremities of spine. Hinges cracked but still sound. Large bookplate on front pastedown. ... more information

London: Printed for Jacob Tonson.. 1721. Lg. 4to. 4 vols. Illustrated with 6 plates (of Roman coins & medals), 6 copper engraved headpieces, several copper engraved decorative capitals and several text woodcuts (of Roman coins). Cont. mottled calf, red & black calf spine labels, hinges cracked & tender but cords still holding, minor chips at tops of spines. ... more information

London: Printed and Sold by H. Hills.. 1709. Very Good. Sm. 8vo. 16pp. Disbound. Foxon A39. ... more information

New York: Cornell University Press.. 1966. First edition. First edition. 5 vols. Folio. Each vol. with a frontispiece. 11 color folding plates in Vol. 2. Index. Blue cloth, gilt spine. Publisherís slipcase a bit soiled. An amazing publication. ... more information

Rome: Antonio Blado. 1545. y First edition. Near Fine. 4to. ff.(4),111,(13). Index. Complete, with the blank after the errata and with the final leaf blank but for the large printer's device on the verso. This same device also appears on the title page. Finely bound in 18th century red morocco, gilt. Extremities a bit rubbed. Title page a bit soiled, otherwise quite nice. This copy with a duplicate gathering (folios 81-84); nothing is missing. ... more information

Paris: Hieronymum de Marnef.. 1564. First edition, second issue. Very Good. 16mo. 450,(14)pp. Index. Printer's woodcut device on title and on the verso of the last leaf. Text illustrated with 205 woodcuts (which are close copies of woodcuts by Bernard Salomon). This copy bound in modern full morocco, gilt & blind tooled, a very attractive binding. Some occasional light soiling. Small dark brown stain at the lower blank margin of the last dozen leave. ... more information

Amsterdam: Ex Typographia Francisci Halmae.. 1701. Very Good +. Lg. 4to. (30),160,(84)pp. Indices. Title printed in red & black with an allegorical copper engraved vignette. Added copper engraved title. Illustrated with 18 copper engraved plates, each with six large emblematic fable medallions. Plus numerous copper engraved head and tail pieces and large pictorial initials. Early 20th c. full brown morocco, hinges & tips rubbed. A.e.g. ... more information

London: for J. Booker et al.. 1821. Later printing. Full Calf. Very Good. 12mo. xii,228pp. Woodcut on title and text profusely illustrated with cuts. Cont. calf, nicely rebacked, old gilt spine with red morocco label laid down. ... more information

Milan: Nella Regia-Ducal Corte.. 1748. First edition. Vellum. Very Good. 4to. 2 vols. (20),428,(2);(429)-1020,(2)pp. Illustrated with 59 copper engraved folding plates and 2 folding tables. Copper engraved title page vignettes, headpieces and historiated initials. Orig. vellum, gilt lettered spine labels, a bit soiled. Both spines with minor worming. Title pages with some old soiling & foxing. Engraved armorial bookplates on front pastedowns. ... more information

Basel: In Officina Frobeniana.. 1558. Second edition. Vellum. Very Good. Folio. (8),470,(42)pp. Index. With the blank leaf after page 470. Large Froben woodcut device on title and verso of final leaf. One full page woodcut illustration in the text. Large woodcut initials. Early vellum, spine lettered by hand, hinges a bit rubbed. A.e.g. Some occasional light soiling of text. Bookplate of R. G. Nicolaus. A wide margined copy. ... more information

London: Printed by J. C. for Samuel Speed.. 1676. 8vo. (18),368pp. Index. Copper engraved frontispiece portrait. Cont. calf, rebacked with an elaborately gilt tooled spine, red morocco spine label. A very nice copy. ... more information

Mexico City: (Editorial Polis).. 1939. Lg. 8vo. (xx),472,(4)pp. Indices. Following the introduction is another title page, ìFragmentos de la Vida y Virtudes del V. Ilmo. y R.M.O. Sr. Dr. D. Vasco de Quiroga...î Ilustrated with 2 portraits and 3 facsimiles. Edition limited to 500 copies. Full tree calf, red calf spine labels, lightly scuffed at extremities. Bookplate on front pastedown. ... more information