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189932639NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Good with no dust jacket. 1899. First Edition. Hardcover. History French; B&W Illustrations; 9; xv212 pages; Gilles de Retz was the basis for 'Bluebeard'. One of the leading figures in the kingdom he was executed for horrific crimes against children. 5 illustrations and facsimiles. . G. P. Putnam's Sons hardcover
1865biblio268<p>"The Old Blacksmith Jacob's Stories" in 19th century German an excellent copy from a prolific story teller. A treasure.</p><p>Photo on request.</p> Robler hardcover
1824SZEPEBKS007288IMilano: Presso Gli Editore 1824 1825 1824. Hardcover. Good. 8vo. - Four volumes in original printed yellow wrappers color of Volume 3 is somewhat lighter than the other three with decorative borders. - On each front cover in additon to the information provided on the title page the following is printed in Italics under Verri's name: "Co' testi latini tradotti dal Conte Bossi". - Each volume with printed price information on back cover. - Uncut. - Spines worn else very good. - Volume 1 with numerous annotations on front endpaper. - At end of Volume 3 engraved city plan of Milano folded. - Pagination: 3522;3022;2511 plus folding map;319 pp. - No 1824 copies in WorldCat <br/> <br/> Presso Gli Editore 1824, 1825 hardcover
183835980Milano: Bonfanti 1838-1841. In-8 p. mm. 228 x 145 mz. tela coeva con aloni titolo oro al dorso pp. 934 testo su due colonne con ritratto dell'A. Don Giuseppe-Maria-Queypo de Llano Conte di Toreno inc. in rame. Storia della guerra di indipendenza ampliatasi nella guerra peninsulare 1808-13 inizio della rivolta europea contro Napoleone alla cui catastrofe finale si ebbe l'ascesa al trono di Spagna di Ferdinando VII di Borbone 11 dic. 1813. Piccoli fori di tarlo con relativa perdita di alcune lettere del testo alla p. 933; restauro con nastro adesivo per strappo alla pagina 242; qualche rara e lieve fioritura altrimenti testo ben conservato. Bonfanti, hardcover
18831709020008Boston: S.E. Cassino 1883. Hardcover. Very Good. 2 volumes. 24 cm. Collated: xxiv 412; 2 iv 814 6 pp. 54 hand-colored plates. Rebound in modern green cloth with gold lettering. Pages generally clean with a few scattered spots. Say was one of the most important early American Entomologists. He founded the Entomological Society of America and described over 1500 new species of insects. ABPC 23 S.E. Cassino hardcover
1874093826London: Cassell Petter & Galpin 1874. 3rd Edition . Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. W.C. Walter Crane; E.G. Ernest Griset; F.B. F. Barnard and others. Third edition dated 1874 from the printer's mark at rear octavo hardback Pictorial gilt brown cloth all edges gilt viii 226 pp 7 coloured plates by Walter Crane deduced from his monogram on some plates so probably lacking a colour frontispiece. Many wood cut illustrations by Griset and Barnard Gilt rubbed and dull Good condition overall. No inscriptions. <br/> <br/> Cassell Petter & Galpin hardcover
18606496alJames Nichol. Fair. Hardcover. 1860. Text tanned in all volumes very readable for a copy this age. For more information see Description<br><p>Vol I: cover and spine scuffed on edges spine worn name on inside cover pa ge edge tanned and stained</p> ide cover page edge worn and tanned</p> . James Nichol hardcover
184450909London: Longman Brown Green and Longmans 1844. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. Half-leather 21 cm 69 ff. tp chromolithographic page and illustration boarders etc. designed by Owen Jones. Scarce. Fair copy but for light foxing throughout; leather spine deteriorating at edges. Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans hardcover
184434472Boston MA: Bradbury Soden & Company. Very Good. 1844. Full-Leather. Very Good full calf leather no names or marks. Front and rear outer hinges are both cracked but holding tight. Leather boards have some rubbing. Spine ends are worn. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 320 pages . Bradbury, Soden & Company hardcover
18303250Derby Printed and published by Thomas Richardson; and sold by Hurst Chance and Co. London c1830. 1830 16mo. 311;311;311p. Woodcuts throughout. Contemporary quarter morocco with marbled boards rubbed but sound. The Natural History is illustrated with Bewick cuts somewhat superior to the two other sets of blocks. Free endpapers removed otherwise a very good copy of a scarce provincial chapbook collection. Not traced in the BL online. Derby, Printed and published by Thomas Richardson; and sold by Hurst, Chance, and Co., London, hardcover
1880009032London Paris & New York: Cassell Petter Galpin & Co 1880 60 leaves printed on rectos only. Color pictorial boards with a 2" abrasion to front cover heavy shelf wear losss to spine ends gift inscriptions and a few small marks inside but generally clean. Entertaining verse accompanied by color artwork on every page. The verses and images range from everyday scenes whimsy and nearly fantastical including a humanized kite cat and insects. Originally published in booklet format in 3 volumes. Scarce. Pictorial Boards. Good/No Jacket. 4to. Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co unknown
1812155305Milano : dalla Stamperia Reale 1812. In-8 p. mm. 228x135 brossura muta coeva pp. 52. Istruzione estratta dai num. 86 87 e 89 del Moniteur 1812. Tradotta coll'aggiunta di alcune note da Claro-Giuseppe Malacarne Dottore di Med. e Chir. gia Professore nel Real Liceo di Brescia ora Segretario del Consiglio delle Miniere e pubblicata per ordine di S.E. il Signor Conte Vaccari Ministro dell'Interno del Regno D'Italia.Ben conservato intonso con barbe. dalla Stamperia Reale, unknown
1880009319New York: Thomas Nelson 1880 Date based on institutional holdings. 64 pgs.Pictorial boards edges worn and rubbed through binding shaken small marginal loss from one page offsetting opposite illustrations else clean. Juvenile verse with lovely color artwork on every page by artists Sowerby and Emmerson. Beautifully printed by the Dalziel Brothers Brain and Co. and Clay Son and Taylor. First American Edition. Pictorial Boards. Good to Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by John George Sowerby & Henry Hetherington Emmerson. 4to. Thomas Nelson unknown
1870140096London: Henry Sotheran & Co. nd. 1870s. Hardcover. Very good. 2 vols.: xxiv 412; iv 814 p. 25 cm. 54 coloured plates at rear of vol. I. Plates engraved by C. Tiebout after W. W. Wood C. A. LeSueur T. R. Peale and H. Bridport. Lacking engraved title page. Quarter black leather with marbled boards. Gilt and blank impressing to spines. Professional repairs to vol. I title page. Moderate thumbing. Ink notations on title page versos. A few small tears. Lacking third volume published later. <br/><br/>Say's American Entomology was the first of several major natural history publications by American men of science following the tradition of Alexander Wilson's American Ornithology. As with Wilson's mangnum opus American Entomology includes beautiful colour illustrations. The artist Titian Peale whose illustrations are noted for their beauty and accuracy created more than half of this book's plates. Praised by naturalists on both sides of the Atlantic American Entomology is considered a monumental work in the field. Memoir of the author by George Ord. Sabin 77370. Henry Sotheran & Co. hardcover
186919141-2New York: J. W. Bouton 1869 Hardcover 2-Volume set in publisher's original green cloth t.e.g. gilt spine titling and blind embossed ruling to spine & panels second issue of edition first published 1859 by Bailliere in New York with all of Say's published writings on entomology gathered by Le Conte; includes the justly-celebrated 'Description of North American Insects' first published 1824-28 with all the 54 hand-colored plates comprising Volume I of the set as well as all his miscellaneous writings on entomology Volume II; the set is exceptionally nice & tight with no hinge issues and only slight signs of wear to the green cloth boards and a small area of discoloration to front panel corner of Volume II many of the text pages in both volumes still unopened no markings other than penciled name to pastedown no foxing a truly exemplary set of the writings of "the father of entomology"; 8vo; xxiv 412pp indexed 54 plates I and vi 814pp indexed II. The set is heavy and oversize and may incur an additional shipping charge particularly for overseas delivery. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine. New York: J. W. Bouton hardcover
186241698AB1862. First Edition of a comic-style publication. London Ward And Lock 158 Fleet Street / Printed by Levey Robson and Franklyn 1862. 11 x 17cm. IV 220 pages with numerous grotesque illustrations. Original Hardcover with patterned cloth. Binding slightly shaky only. Otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. With illustrations in "Punch - Style". Includes for example the following chapters: The Opium Dream / Hippodrollery / Speculations Upon Masquerades / Shakesperian Fancies / Shakesperian Fancies / etc. hardcover
1898010303London and New York: John Lane The Bodley Head 1898 Blue cloth pictorially stamped and titled in gilt gilt and cloth darkened stain to upper cover roughness to inner rear hinge A collection of 12 fairy tales illustrated with detailed and imaginative b&w line art by Charles Robinson. . First Edition. Pictorial Cloth. Very Good Minus/No Jacket. Illus. by Charles Robinson. 8vo. John Lane The Bodley Head hardcover
189401809New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1894. First edition. Twelvemo. Brown pictorial cloth stamped in gilt; v 437 1 pp.; illustrations. The scarce first edition of Twilight Land a collection of fairy tales written and illustrated by Howard Pyle and the result of Pyle's "untrammelled imagination an inexhaustible vocabulary and a long-practised pencil." Illustrated with black & white illustrations profusely throughout. A Very Good copy with some rubbing to cloth; gilt to spine rubbed and dulled; corners bumped; owner's penciled name to front endpaper bookseller's ticket to rear pastedown else clean throughout. We find no other copies of this first edition in commerce 2015. Harper & Brothers Publishers hardcover
1840441313Tip. di F. Andreola Venezia 1840. Hardcover. Good copy bound in plain boards. Marbled end-papers. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Some discoloration to boards. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical Description: 59 p. ; In-8°. Tip. di F. Andreola, Venezia hardcover
188247510San Francisco: A. L. Bancroft and Company 1882. First edition. Hardcover. vg- to vg. Folio. 5 leaves 5-417pp. plates with tissue guards. Original brown morocco leather with gilt vignette and decor on cover gilt ruling on cover and spine elaborate blind-stamped decorative ruling on covers; raised bands and dentelles. Gilt edges. Decorative endpapers. The entirely separate volume on was published in 1881. "To gather into a compendium for preservation and reference the lives and portraits of those who have labored side by side in laying the foundations of human greatness upon the shores of the Pacific is the object of this work." Preface. This biographical directory or "mugbook" is illustrated with more than eighty full page steel-engraved portraits with a total of one hundred and seven biographies of distinguished Californians. The editor especially commissioned for this work three essays: "The Glaciers and Snow-banners of California" by John Muir "The Lakes of the Pacific Coast" by John Le Conte and "Alaska" by Caleb T. Fay. Binding with some wear scuffing along edges and joints of spine some foxing. some tissue guards with creasing. Binding in overall very good- interior in very good condition. A. L. Bancroft and Company hardcover
1898459977London : W. Heinemann 1898. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good cloth copy in vellum backed plain boards. Slight suggestion of dust-dulling and rubbing to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong.Previous owners signature. Physical description; xvi 400 p. : ill. port. ; 22 cm. Notes; illustrated with numerous reproductions from original pictures and documents. Subjects; Renaissance Italy. London : W. Heinemann hardcover
1858S1876Washington: Smithsonian 1858-1862. viixx95;viii68;xxv285;iv259 . . HB. Original cloth. Vg. Four parts bound in one volume. Smithsonian hardcover
1900144418London : T. Fisher Unwin Paternoster Square New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons 1900. First Edition. Hardback. Inst. Stamp to the title. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked decorated cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and dust-toned as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. ; 404 pages; Physical desc. : iii-xxii 1 404p. : ill. map ; 8°. Subject: Italy - History. Part of the Story of the Nations series. - Translated by Mary Alice Vialls. - With a half-title. London : T. Fisher Unwin Paternoster Square New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons hardcover
18974471Stuttgart: Loewes Verlag Ferdinand Carl 1897 . Seventeenth edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to 56 iv pages clothbacked chromolithographed boards <br/><br/>With 6 chromolithographs by the team of Offterdinger & Leutemann with fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm. The excellent frontispiece shows Gretel pushing the witch into the oven. Loewes Verlag Ferdinand Carl hardcover
1895003263London: Lawrence and Bullen 1895 Mauve patterned cloth pictorially stamped in gilt gilt slightly dulled spine sunned boards slightly bowed. Fairy stories set in Ireland written by Irish poetess Moira O'Neill. Illustrated with lovely b&w plates by Britten. Scarce. First Edition. Pictorial Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by W. E. F. Britten. 8vo. Lawrence and Bullen hardcover
