The Pied Piper of Hamlin
by Chamberlain, Sarah
n.p. (Portland, OR): The Chamberlain Press, 1980. Limited edition. Hardcover. Fine. 12mo. Unpaginated [22] pp. Marbled paper-covered boards with brown leather spine with dark brown spine titles, gray endpapers, rough cut fore-edge. The type is handset Goudy Bold and the paper is Hosho. Sarah Chamberlain designed and printed the book and cut the wood engravings: 11 engravings, printed black on white, and several smaller engraved designs, printed in brown. A fine copy of this finely printed book. One... Read More
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A Briefe Discovrse Vpon Tyrants and Tyranny
by (Charles I)
(London): n.p., 1642. First edition. Wraps. Near fine. 8vo. 8pp. Closely trimmed on the foredge else a very good copy, in modern wraps of marbled paper, printed lettering label affixed to the upper wrap. A criticism and warning to King Charles I to relax his arbitrary attempt to control the government. While undated, London bookseller George Thomason dated it to NOvember 23, 1642. His collection of circa 22,000 British Civil War tracts is now in the British... Read More
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Εικων Βασιλικη. The Portraictvre of His Sacred Maiestie in His Solidvdes and Svfferings
by (Charles I, or John Gauden)
n.p. (London): n.d. (Richard Roylston), 1648. First edition. Hardcover. Good. 112mo. Folding frontispiece. (viii), 269pp. Recent black leather, gilt spine title, and gilt crown and 'C.R.' on the upper board. Textblock generally soiled, and with stains form old tape marks, but still in good condition. The second issue, with the place of publication and publisher removed from the title page, but with the misnumbering on section G uncorrected. The frontispiece in state 'a, ii' with the... Read More
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Yosemite Trails
by Chase, J. Smeaton
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1911. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo. x,(2),354pp. Blue cloth blocked in black and gilt. Illustrated with photographs; the double-page map is present in the rear. Hinges and edges rubbed, neat ownership name on the front free endpaper, spine darkened a bit, else this is a very good copy. .
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Patagonia Revisited
by Chatwin, Bruce, and Paul Theroux
Salisbury, Wiltshire: Michael Russell (Publishing) Ltd, 1985. Limited edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near fine. Thin 8vo. 62pp. Brown cloth spine, gilt, decorated paper boards, grey endpapers. Illustrated by Kyffin Williams. A fine copy in publisher's glassine which has a small nick at the spine tip else is near fine. One of 250 numbered copies signed by both Chatwin and Theroux. This is number 192. .
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The Canterbury Tales
by Chaucer, Geoffrey; William Russell Flint
London: Philip Lee Warner; The Medici Society, 1913. First Flint edition. Hardcover. Fine. Unique copy. Number 5 of 12 copies printed on vellum, from a total edition of 512. 3 volumes, 4to. Full brown calf by Bumpus of Oxford, spines with raised bands, gilt titles, spines and boards tooled in blind in a mediaeval diaper designed with blind tooled symbols; inner dentelles tooled in blind; all edges gilt. Illustrated title pages and 30 color plates by Flint. A... Read More
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Doctor Franklin & Spain: The Unknown History
by Chávez, Thomas E.
Santa Fé: The Press at the Palace of the Governors, 2016. Limited edition. Hardcover. Fine. 4to. 59pp. plus colophon. One of 80 numbered copies. Printed letterpress at the Palace Press by Tom Leech and James Bourland on handmade wove Spanish paper from the Garza Paper Mill. The typeface is digital Bodoni Old Face; Franklin himself praised Bodoni's' Essay on Type as "one of the most beautiful..." Frontispiece portrait of Franklin based on a painting of Franklin by his... Read More
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Letters Written by the Late Right Honourable Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield, to His Son...
by (Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of)
London: J. Dodsley, 1774. Second edition. Hardcover. Very good. Second edition. 8vo. Four volumes. Contemporary binding of full polished calf; spines in 6 compartments with simple gilt rules; red morocco lettering pieces, gilt. Engraved frontispiece portrait of the Earl of Chesterfield in volume one. Hinges cracked but firm; light edgewear; closed marginal tear to the portrait into the lettering at the bottom, without loss; else a very good set. Gulick 5. ESTC T80892.
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Letters Written by the Late Right Honourable Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield, to His Son, Philip Stanhope, ESQ., Late Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Dresden:; Together with Several Other Pieces on Various Subjects
by (Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of)
London: J. Dodsley, 1774. First edition. Very good. Hardcover. First edition. Two volumes. 4to. [4], vii, [1], 568; [4], 606, [1]pp. Engraved frontispiece portrait. Second state (Type B) with text at I, 55, corrected. Contemporary full calf; spines in six compartments, gilt; gilt titles. Portrait lightly offset to title page. Both half titles are present, as well as the errata sheet at II, [607]. Nicely rebacked in calf with the originallettering labels laid on; paper lightly toned, else... Read More
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Aucassin and Nicolete
by Child, Harold; Anne Anderson
London: Adam and Charles Black, 1911. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. Large 8vo. xliii, (1), 131, (1) pp. White cloth intricately blocked in blue and gilt. Top edge gilt. Six colored plates by Anne Anderson. The text translated and with an introduction by Harold Child. A very good copy. Presentation inscription: "For May with Auntie Annie's love. Christmas 1946." Early pencied note indicates the inscription is by the illustrator. .
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History of the Early Steamboat Navigation on the Missouri River
by Chittenden, Hiram Martin
New York: Francis P. Harper, 1903. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine. 8vo. 2 volumes. Blue cloth, gilt spine title. Illustrated. Trace of soil to the upper board of volume 1, else a fine copy. Howes C-391 American Explorer Series IV .
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Discorso sopra la Castrametations, et Disciplina Militare de Romani, Composto per il S. Guglielmo Choul ... et Tradotto in Lingua Toscana per M. Gabriel Symeoni, together with: De Bagni et Essercitii Antichi de Greci et de Romani
by Choul, Guglielmo
In Lione: Appresso Gvgl. Rovillio, 1559. Hardcover. Very good. Folio. (8), 102, (2), 38, (10)pp., the final 8pp constituting the Tavola. Illustrated throughout with large woodcuts of military uniforms, implements and activities. Early quarter vellum, black leather title labels, gilt, marbled boards. All 43 plates are present but not the folding plan of a Roman camp. Vellum soiled, boards worn, but contents in near fine condition. .
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The Andromeda Strain
by Chrichton, Michael
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1969. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. A near fine copy in a similar, unclipped dustwrapper. .
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Martyrologium Romanum ad Novam Kalendarii Rationem, et Ecclesiasticae Historiae, Restitutum..
by (Catholic Church)
Paris: Impresis Societatis Typographicae Librorum Officij Ecclesiastici, 1635. Hardcover. Very good. Large 8vo. a-e8, i4, A-2E8, a-h8 [40], 440, [122] pp. Engraved vignette on title page, Printed in black and red throughout with occasional specimens of four-line Gregorian chant (black notes on red staves). Each month starts with woodcut initials, the individual days with red initials. Index. Contemporary full calf, spine tooled in gilt, marbled endpapers. Old owner's signature to first free endpapers,a few early pencil notes... Read More
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L'Office de la Quinzaine de Pasque, Latin-Francois, Imprime' par Ordre de Monseigneur l'Evesque d'Evreux, Selon le Noveau Breviare & le Noveau Missel
by (Catholic Church)
Paris: Libraires Associe's pour les Usages du Diocese d'Evreux, 1741. Hardcover. Very good. 12mo. 477,(1)pp. Woodcut of episcopal arms on title page. Contemporary full calf. Spine in six compartments, with raised bands. The compartments are gilt with floral tools, except the second, which contains the title. Marbled endpapers. Corners and hinge neatly mended, slight loss of head of spine and at lower hinge, leather rubbed, else a very good copy. Ownership inscription dated 1766 on the title page.... Read More
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The War Speeches: Into Battle; The Unrelenting Struggle; The End of the Beginning; Onwards to Victory; The Dawn of Liberation; Victory, Secret Session Speeches
by Churchill, Winston Spencer
London: Cassell and Company, 1946. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. First editions, first printings. Volume I is in the first state. Illustrated with half-tone plates. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt spine titles. Dustwrappers are unclipped except for Vol. IV. Bookplate in volume I, neat ownership names in the remaining volumes. The set overall is near fine. Cohen A142. Later printings of Volume I have a leaf inserted (128a-128b) with an additional speech. We include a second volume of... Read More
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Los Procesos de Hechicerías en la Inquisicion de Castilla la Nueva; (Tribunales de Toledo y Cuenca)
by Cirac Estopanan, D. Sebastian
Madrid: Diana, 1942. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. 4to. 344pp. New quarter leather binding, leather lettering slip, gilt; red buckram boards. Old library stamp on the reverse of the title page, two pp. remargined (no loss), light marginal stain along bottom of first 20pp, else a very good copy. Definitive discussion of the practices of the Tribunal and the persons it tried; lists of names and sentences; spells, extracts from the records. In Spanish.
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The Remarkable Life of Dr. Armand Hammer (Signed)
by Cisidine, Bob
New York: Harper & Row, 1975. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. 8vo. 287pp. Blue cloth spine, gilt title; green paper over boards. Trace of sunning along the top else a near fine copy. The dustwrapper is not price-clipped, has a trace of wear, but is near fine as well. Inscribed by Armand Hammer to Dolores and Bob Hope "with deepest gratitude and warmest regard" and signed by Hammer "Frances and Armand Hammer". Laid in is... Read More
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Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean; Performed By Order Of The Government Of The United States, In the Years 1804, 1805, and 1806
by Lewis (Meriwether) and (Wiliam) Clarke
London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1814. First English edition. Hardcover. Fine. Quarto, [iii]-xxiv, 663pp, [1pp ads]. Lacking half title and printers notice. Page 323 misprinted as 223. Full recent calf, spine in six compartments, gilt title and rules. Contains a large engraved foldout map of Lewis and Clark's Tract across the Western Portion of North America, from the Mississippi to the Pacific Ocean, tipped in before title page. Additional plates, all dated April 28th, 1814, include... Read More
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Christmas Card
by Clark, John Maurice
n.p.: n.p., 1930. Very good. Single sheet folded twice to make a 4 page card 5 by eight inches. The front cover bears an illustration signed J. M. C. depicting two boys decorating a Christmas tree and two terriers, one of them playing with a garland. The message reads as follows: "A Merry Christmas to you from Winifred & John Maurice, Little John & Dusty Clark, Meg Merilees & Angus MacFergus, 1930. Inside is the handwritten note: Affectionately,... Read More
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Omai, First Polynesian Ambassador to England
by Clark, Thomas Blake
San Francisco: Colt Press, 1940. Limited edition. Hardcover. Very good. Thin 4to. (115)pp. Cloth spine, printed paper label, decorative paper boards. Frontispiece portrait of Omai after Sir Joshua Reynolds. A very good copy with only as trace of wear at the corners. One of 500 copies. .
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Gazpacho: Or, Summer Months in Spain
by Clark, William George
London: John W. Parker, 1850. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo. viii, 276pp. plus 4pp publisher's catalogue. Publisher's deep rose-colored cloth in what appears to be a fine sand-grain pattern. Embossed in blind on the boards and in blind on the spine with gilt titles. Pale yellow endpapers. Engraved armorial bookplate of John Becher on the front pastedown, with his motto: 'Bis vivit qui bene [vivit].' Topics cover Burgos - Madrid - Segovia - El Escorial - Toledo... Read More
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The Runaway Hat & The Tailwaggers
by Cloke, Rene
n.p. (Wimbledon): The Author, 1980. Softcover. Fine. ORIGINAL ART: an original watercolor cover and 24 original pencil drawings with pasted-on text forming a mockup book prepared by Cloke for a publisher. Size: 5 ½ inches square. The mock-up contains two tales: the story of a runaway red hat, and the tale of the tailwaggers trying to enter a show. Together with a copy of the six-page “Lotus Birthday Book” of The Runaway Hat that resulted... Read More
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Hieroglyphic Bibles: Their Origin and History, A Hitherto UNwritten Chapter of Bibliography with Facsimile Illustrations...
by Clouston, William Alexander, and Frederick A. Laing
Glasgow: David Bryce and Son, 1894. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Very good. Thick 4to. xvi, 316pp. Index. Tan buckram printed in black on the spine and in black and gilt on the upper board. Top edge gilt. Patterned endpapers. Printed in red and black. The first part (text) is illustrated with a frontispiece and numerous black and white facsimiles. The second part is the "New Hieroglyphic Bible Told in Stories by Frederick A. Laing" The... Read More
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The Gentle Dragon
by Coates, Joseph K.
La Jolla, CA: Lane & Associates, 1979. First edition. Wraps. Very good. 8vo. 329, (1)pp. Pictorial wraps. Spine is lightly darkened else this is a very good copy. .
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