The Whole Art of Dress! Or, The Road to Elegance and Fashion at the Enormous Saving of Thirty Per Cent!!!
London: Effingham WIlson, 1830. First edition. Hardcover. Good. Small 8vo. vii,(1),100pp. Hand colored frontispiece, plus six lithographed plates. Modern quarter morocco, spine in six compartments with raised bands, leather lettering label, gilt; cloth boards; vellum corners; marbled endpapers. With the original wrappers bound in at the rear. Without the publisher' s catalogue, sometimes present. Title, frontispiece and plates lightly soiled and stained; the bound-in covers are darkened and badly rubbed. A good copy in a fine binding. None... Read More
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Insurance against Robbery; or, the Present System of Police Considered, and a New One Considered
(London): (The Pamphleteer), 1814. First edition. Wraps. Very good. 8vo. pp (243)-261, extract from Vol. III, No. v. A fine copy in modern marbled paper wraps, printed title label on the upper wrap. The author is unidentified, not unusual when criticizing police. Very scarce pamphlet on police practices, analyzing their inefficiency and suggesting improvements.
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The United States of America Including all its Newly Acquired Territory
Boston: The National Publishing Company, 1902. Map. Fine. Single sheet apprixomately 37 by 56 inches bound into a portfolio of black cloth with 'The Scarborough Company' in gilt on the upper board. We note some (thumbtack?) holes along the upper margin, and a couple of small separations just at the folds, else the map is in fine condition, but the protector portfolio is lightly worn and faded in places. The elaborate typographical title heads a map... Read More
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The Third Tour of Doctor Syntax in Search of a Wife
London: Ackermann, 1823. Hardcover. Fine. First "MIniature" Edition. 12mo. Handcolored plates by Rowlandson, reduced for this edition, Contemporary half green pebbled morocco, spine in six compartments, gilt; all edges gilt. Trace of rubbing else a fine copy. With the bookplate of interlocked 'H's and 'L's belonging to the Baron de Londau. Although published as a 'Miniature", it is not a miniature int he accepted sense as it measures 3½ by 5½ inches. .
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Memoirs of the Empress Josephine with Anecdotes of the Courts of Navarre ad Mailaison
London: Henry Colburn, 1829. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Two volumes. 8vo. xii,364; 306pp. Half polished calf by Morrell of London, blue cloth sides. Spines in six compartments with raised bands, gilt; brown leather lettering pieces, gilt. Top edges gilt. Spine compartments tooled in an eagle, bee and an 'N' surrounded by a wreath. Blue calf has aged to a pleasant shade of tan on the spines, and also on the boards, but in places a bit unevenly.... Read More
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The Monkey Wrench Gang
by Abbey, Edward
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Copany, 1975. First edition, first printing. 8vo. Red cloth spine, black paper over boards. Silver spine title and silver wrench drawing on upper board. A fine copy with only a trace of wear and a light stain on the upper edge of the text block. The dustwrapper is not clipped, and, except for a tiny closed marginal tear on the rear panel, and some soil, is fine as well. Ariozona 100, No. 1. .... Read More
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Narrative of a Journey from Herault to Khiva, Moscow and St. Petersburgh during the Late Invasion of Khiva, with some Account of the Court of Khiva ...
by Abbott, Capt. James
London: Wm. H. Allen and Co, 1843. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. 2 volumes, 8vo. 401, 299, ciii pp. The large folding map is present. Contemporary full purple leather in a finely executed binding featuring the Scottish Wheel motif on the boards, spines in 5 compartments with raised bans, gilt, all edges gilt. gilt inner dentelles. Decorated endpapers. Frontispiece portrait. The map has a short closed marginal tear where it attached to the book (no loss, else this is... Read More
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Journal Of A Residence And Tour In The United States Of North America, From April, 1833, To October, 1834
by Abdy, E. S.
London: John Murray, 1835. First edition. Hardcover. Good. 3 volumes. 8vo. xii, 395; viii, 415; [v]-viii, 408 pp. Original drab cloth boards, printed paper labels. BIndings are well worn and soiled, lettering labels on volume 3 partially perished, the first 7 leaves of Volume III with alight dampstain. A good set, unsophisticated, but in publisher's temporary binding. Abdy visited the major cities of New England and New York, Virginia and Kentucky, and his narrative focuses on... Read More
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Watership Down
by Adams, Richard
New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc, 1973. First US edition. Hardcover. Fine. 8vo. ix,(3),429,(1) pp. A fine copy. The dustwrapper is not clipped. The spine is lightly darkened else it is in fine condition. The first printing of the US edition, with the full number line on the copyright page; cream-colored binding; and with 70003 on the rear board. The dustwrapper is also first state, with the rabbit and compass repeated on the rear panel; a price... Read More
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Aesop's Fables, translated by Sir Roger L'Estrange, Kt
by Aesop
London: George G. Harrap and Co, Ltd, 1936. Limited edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Plates and Decorations by Stephen Gooden.. 4to. Publisher's full cream-colored vellum, gilt spine titles and gilt rules and vignettes on the boards, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. Illustrated by Stephen Gooden. Finely printed letterpress by Walter Lewis at the Cambridge University Press. Copper plates by A. Alexander and Sons, Ltd., in London. One of 525 copies on hand-made paper. This is copy number 256, signed... Read More
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Compilations of Narratives of Explorations in Alaska
by Senate Committee on Military Affairs
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1900. Hardcover. Very good. Large 4to. vii, 3-856 pp. 27 fold-out maps, 33 full-page plates, numerous in-text illustrations. Contains narratives of many late 19th century explorations of Alaska: The expeditions were led by C.W. Raymond, 1869; C.O.O. Howard, 1875; Ivan Petroff, 1880; F. Schwatka, 1883; P.H. Ray, 1884, 1897, 1898; W.R. Abercrombie, 1884, 1898; H.T. Allen, 1897; E.H. Wells, 1898; E.F. Glenn, 1899; and W.P. Richardson, 1899. Later half leather, leather lettering label,... Read More
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Lions, Gorillas and their Neighbors
by Akeley, Carl and Mary L. Jobe
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1934. Hardcover. Fine/Near fine. 8vo. Orange cloth blocked in black. Illustrated with photographs by the authors and with line illustrations by A. A. Jansson. A fine, bright, nearly as new copy. The dustwrapper is not price-clipped. It has some minor restoration along the top and bottom edge and presents a near fine appearance. Signed by Mary L. Jobe Ackeley on the half-title. (Carl died before the book was published.) . ... Read More
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Trogi Pompei Externae Historiae in Compendium ab Justino Redactae; Externorum Imperatorum Vitae
by (Aldine Imprint) Justinus, Marcus Julianus; Aemilius Probus
Venice: In Aedibvs Alsi et Andreae Asvlani Soceri, 1522. Hardcover. Very good. 12mo. 204 leaves. Contemporary vellum, ink name on spine. Anchor and dolphin device on title page and last leaf. Contemporary ownership name at base of title page. Engraved bookplate of Alfred Petit on the front pastedown. A very good copy in a contemporary binding with only light wear. Housed in a leather backed clamshell case. Justin's work covers the Hellenistic age and gives valuable... Read More
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Ranch Notes in Kansas, Colorado, The Indian Territory, and Northern Texas
by Aldridge, Reginald
London: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1884. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo. (10),227,(1),16pp, of which the final 12 are the publisher's catalogue dated November,1883. Blue cloth blocked in gilt on the upper board and spine. Chocolate-colored coated endpapers. Four full page plates. The board gilt is rubbed, light corner wear, and the inner hinges are neatly mended, else this is a very good copy. Howes A-110. Published in the US in the same year as "Life... Read More
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The High King
by Alexander, Lloyd
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1968. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. Tall 8vo. Publisher's blue printed paper over boards. Trace of sunning at the edges else this is a fine copy. Dustwrapper is price-clipped and is first state, without the Newbery Award sticker. It is lightly sunned at edges and on the spine else is in near fine condition, with a short closed marginal tear on the rear panel. The fifth and final installment... Read More
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The High King
by Alexander, Lloyd
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1968. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. Tall 8vo. Publisher's blue printed paper over boards. A fine copy. Dustwrapper is not price-clipped and is first state, without the Newbery Award sticker. It is lightly toned, as usuaL, the spine a little darkened, else is near fine The fifth and final installment of the Prydain Cycle.
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La Divina Commedia, or The Divine Vision of Dante Alighieri in Italian and English
by Dante Alighieri
The Nonesuch Press, 1928. Limited edition. Fine. Hardcover. Folio. (8)324,(4)pp. plus 34 unpaginated. 4pp. plates mad 8 unpaginated, 2pp. plates. The Italian text edited by Mario Casella and the English version by H. F. Cary. Illustrations after drawings by Sandro Botticelli. Finely printed on Van Gelder paper with the Nonesuch watermark by the Westminster Press. Bound in full orange-stained vellum, with rules and oval gold-blocked on front and back boards, and arabesque on spine. One... Read More
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Le Vita Nuova
by Alighieri, Dante; Dante Gabriel Rossetti; Evelyn Paul
(London): George G. Harrap & Co., Ltd, 1916. Hardcover. Very good. 4to. (170)pp. Publisher's full leather biding in medieval style, with straps and metal nailheads, the upper board ewmbossed wiht the title within a decorative 'D' and also a bas-relief og the author. Illustrated by Evelyn Paul with music by Alfred Mercer. Printed in Coventry at the Cheylesmore Presse in two colors throughout with many full color illustrations. Light wear, the edges of the early and late pages... Read More
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Barlaam and Josephat
by (Allen Press) Caxton, William, transl
(Greenbrae): The Allen Press, 1986. Limited edition. Hardcover. Fine. Small 8vo. (53)pp. Gray cloth printed on the spine and upper board with the title. Title in two colors. Two full page illustrations ad several vignettes in the text; hand-colored initials. Finely printed letterpress on hand-made Richard de Bas paper. One of 140 copies. A fine copy in its clear acetate wrapper. An edition of the Christian legend of the Buudha, translated and first published by William Caxton... Read More
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Barlaam and Josephat
by (Allen Press) Caxton, William, transl
(Greenbrae): The Allen Press, 1986. Limited edition. Hardcover. Fine. Small 8vo. (53)pp. Gray cloth printed on the spine and upper board with the title. Title in two colors. Two full page illustrations ad several vignettes in the text; hand-colored initials. Finely printed letterpress on hand-made Richard de Bas paper. One of 140 copies. A fine copy in its clear acetate wrapper. An edition of the Christian legend of the Buudha, translated and first published by William Caxton... Read More
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Memoirs of a Late Eminent Bookseller
by (Almon, John)
London: n.p., 1790. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo. 262pp. Half leather, marbled paper boards. Rebacked, gilt spine title, else a very good copy. Almon was an English bookseller and publisher. In 1758 he began printing books and pamphlets critical of the government and in particular King George III. He printed the 1775 Philadelphia Congressional Proceedings, and Paine's Common Sense. He was imprisoned for libel. And prosecuted for printing a letter by the mysteious Junius, for which... Read More
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Libro Inutililado: La Conservación de la Salud del Cuerpo y del Alma ...
by Alvarez Miraval, Blas
Sanctiago del Canto: Medina del Campo, 1597. First edition. Hardcover. Poor. Thick 8vo. 480 folios plus beginning and endiings, unfoliated. Contempoary full leather binding tooled in blind and with remnants of gilt. Later manuscript spine label fairly well perished. Introductory folios and subsequent first eleven folios have been remargined along the bottom inch, and the upper board has been replaced to the same extent. Significant worming. Front free endpaper lacks three margins, but most of the contemporary manuscript... Read More
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Navaho Weaving
by Amsden, Charles Avery
Santa Ana, CA: Fine Arts Press, 1934. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Near fine. 8vo, [ii], xviii-[xx], 261 pp.; 127 plates, 7 colored including the large folding frontispiece with coloring by Tom Lea. Map endpapers. Maps and illustrations in text. Light wear to the edges and inner hinges else a near fine copy. Part I describes the types of looms and their mechanics, the weaves, dyes, and types and uses of Navajo textiles. Part II describes the... Read More
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Stories from Hans Christian Andersen
by Andersen, Hans Christian; Dulac, Edmund, illus
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1911. Limited edition. Hardcover. Fine. 4to. viii, 250, (2) pp. Full vellum blocked in gilt on the spine and upper board; top edge gilt, ribbon ties, pictorial endpapers. Boards yawning a bit, else a fine copy. With two notices of an exhibition of Dulac original watercolors dated 1911 and 1915 laid-in. One of 750 numbered copies signed by Dulac. This is number 214. .
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Fairy Tales
by Andersen, Hans
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1924. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very good. Illustrated by Kay Nielsen. 4to. Maroon watered-silk finish cloth blocked in gilt on the spine and upper board. Illustrated endpapers. Illustrated by twelve full color tipped-in plates by Nielsen. A fine copy. In the scarce dustwrapper. The wrapper has been repaired on the reverse along the edges and folds, including a short closed marginal tear on the rear panel, It also shows some rubbing along the folds. It... Read More
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