1930. Limited Edition. LE BARBIER DE SEVILLE / BEAUMARCHAIS PIERRE AUGUSTE CARON (1930) LIMITED EDITION 380.00 Le Barbier De Seville. BEAUMARCHAIS, Pierre Auguste Caron (1930) Limited Edition Published by Paris, Librairie des Amateurs A. Ferroud (1930) Limited Edition Hand coloured frontice and plates. Color illustrations by Gustave-Adolphe Mossa. Octavo limited.....
London: Harper and Brothers, 1932. Small quarto, blue polished calf with full gilt spine, gold lettering to front cover and gilt dentelles, marbled end papers all edges gilt. Riviere & Son binding. Minor expert repair to head cap, a nice clean crisp copy. Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s famous love poems beautifully bound by Riviere and Son.....
1460. The Book of Hours is a common title for illu- minated manuscripts across Europe over the span of two centuries. These lavishly decorated books encourage private devotions by way of silent reading and reflection within the home, as opposed to recitation outloud in group set- tings or church atmospheres. These books are often personalized for an individual.....
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1914. Limited Edition. Full vellum cover. The volume is illustrated with 21 tipped-in colour plates by Hugh Thomson, with printed tissue guard and full gilt vellum, top edge gily, other edges untrimmed, tan cloth slipcase. This copy is signed by the illustrator, Thomson, at the limitation.....
London: Thomas Payne, 1754. London, Thomas Payne, 1754, Hardcover THE ART OF PAINTING: With the Lives and Characters of above 300 of the most Eminent Painters: containing a complete treatise of painting, designing, and the use of prints. With reflexions on the works of the most celebrated masters, and of the several schools of.....
London: John Starkey, 1663. London, John Starkey, 1663, Hardcover The History of Gavel-Kind: With the Etymology thereof; Containing also An Assertion that our English Laws are for the most part Those that were used by the Antient Brytains, notwwithstanding the several Conquests of the Romans, Saxons, Danes, and Normans; With some Observations and Remarks.....
London: J. Payne, 1755. Second Edition. London, J. Payne, 1755, Hardcover Sculptura; or, the History and Art of Chalcography and Engraving in Copper: With an Ample Enumeration of The Most Renowned Masters and Their Works. To Which Is Annexed, A New Manner of Engraving, Or Mezzotinto, Communicated by His Highness Prince Rupert To.....
London: Bernard Lintott/Wiliam Taylor, 1716. Second Edition. Hardcover. London, Bernard Lintott / William Taylor, 1716, Hardcover Published by London: Printed for Bernard Lintott and sold by William Taylor at the ship in Pater-Noster-Row. 1716. 8vo. pp. 8 p.l., lxviii, 397, engraved frontice. & dedication headpiece by S. Gribelin. Recent full gilt re-back into.....
London: R. & J. Dodsley, 1760. Published by London: Printed for R. and J. Dodsley, 1760. First Edition. Three parts in one volume 200, 123, and 155 pages. 2 pages of adds at the back all titles present nice clean text, bookplate of John Ward, recent professional full gilt re-back into original speckled calf.....
London: Rathbone Place, 1804. Unbound. rrowsmith, A[aron]. MAP OF AMERICA. London: 24 Rathbone Place, 4th September, 1804. Engraved hand-colored map of the Americas, approx. 50.5 x 59.5 , dissected into 24 panels and mounted on original linen, light blue silk edging, in original paste-board and marbled-paper slipcase. Map bright and.....
Paris: 1781-1786. First Edition. FIRST EDITION, 4 volumes bound in 5, folio (510 x 328mm), half-titles, engraved title vignettes, dedication to Marie-Antoinette, 275 engraved plates (of 276), many with two views, 15 maps, and plans, 9 double-page, numerous engraved head-and-tail-pieces (some hand- coloured), CONTEMPORARY MOTTLED CALF GILT BY J. DAHMEN, AMSTERDAM, red spines.....
T. Rickaby for J. Debrett, 1801. First English Language Edition. THE LITTLE SEA TORCH Or, TRUE GUIDE FOR COASTING PILOTS: By which they are clearly instructed how to navigate along the coasts of England, Ireland, France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, and Sicily; the isles of Malta, Corsica, Sardinia, and others in the.....
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1992. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Heart of Darkness With Etchings by Sean Scully. Conrad, Joseph New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1992 Signed Limited Edition; Signed and Numbered on the Rear Colophon. with four full-page and four half-page etchings by the artist, printed on.....
London: Newberry, 1759. First Edition. THE LAW OF NATIONS; OR PRINCIPLES OF THE LAW OF NATURE: APPLIED TO THE CONDUCT AND AFFAIRS OF NATIONS AND SOVEREIGNS. EMERICH DE VATTEL. London: Newbery. 1760-1759. First edition in English. Quarto, two volumes bound together as issued. Title page of Vol.1 dated 1760 printed.....
1853. HERBARIUM MANUSCRIPT. UNKNOWN. 1853. This incredible collection of leaves, flowers and grasses. Carefully cataloged and labelled, this small collection is important not for the samples themselves but from where they were collected. The traveller is unknown, although one maybe be able to do some research and track down the.....
London: Jonathan Cape, 1955. The Mint, By 352087 A/c Ross A Day-book of the R.A.F. Depot between August and December 1922 with later notes LAWRENCE, T.E. Published by London, Jonathan Cape. Jonathan Cape, London, 1955. A day-book of the R.A.F. Depot between August and December 1922 with later notes by.....
London: Whittaker & Co., 1837. First Edition. HISTORY OF NOVA SCOTIA. ROBERT MONTGOMERY MARTIN. Published by Whittaker & Co., London. 1837. 364pp. This handsome antique volume has been rebound in brown quarter-leather with marbled paper covers. There is stamped gilt lettering and ruling on the spine. The volume shows light.....
Chicago: Union Publishing Company, 1872. First Edition. EXPLORATIONS IN AFRICA, BY DR DAVID LIVINGSTONE, AND OTHERS, GIVING A FULL ACCOUNT OF THE STANLEY- LIVINGSTONE EXPEDITION OF SEARCH, UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF THE NEW YORK 'HERALD', AS FURNISHED BY DR. LIVINGSTONE AND MR. STANLEY: WITH A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH. Dr. DAVID LIVINGSTONE.....
London: Bradbury and Evans, 1853. First Edition. Zaehnsdorf. SURTEES (R S), Works, five volumes, 1853-65, 8vo, coloured plates, occasional foxing, half green morocco gilt spines by Zaehnsdorf, a.e.g. Bradbury and Evans, London, 1853 Mr. Sponges Sporting Tour. First Edition. Bradbury and Evans, London, 1854 Handley Cross. First Edition. Bradbury and.....
1831. Limited Edition. Softcover. SULLE MUMMIE DI VENZONE. MEMORIA. MARCOLINI Francesco Maria. Published by dalla Società Tipografica de' Classici italiani, Milano (1831) Milan, 1831. Edition of only 300 copies (as indication on the back wrapper). The title page reads; Di F.M. Marcolini primary doctor of the civic hospital of Udine.....