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197652707Place_Pub: London: The Folio Society 1976. very good in very good box. 285 illus. endpaper maps appendix index slight soiling and wear to box. Introduction by R. M. Hatton. This biography of Charles XII was first published in 1731. Voltaire broke with the tradition of the biography genre of the period to focus dramatically on one main character cutting ruthlessly all information which he judged irrelevant tedious or not fitting his conception of the central figure. The Folio Society unknown
185826713New York: Derby & Jackson 1858. Book. VG. Cloth. Reprint. 8vo. Gilt lettered brown pebbled embossed cloth. New edition. inding starting. Edgewear o/w vg copy with clean interiors. Derby & Jackson Hardcover
175827710Edinburgh: W. Gray 1758. first edition in English plain contemporary calf binding with wear and some bumping but sound spine label reads Voltair's War sic early blanks and half-title lacking opens onto title page lower corner of title page torn away with no loss of text text block throughout clean and sound pagination vi 470 rear blanks present. Armorial bookplate on front pastedown The Achievement of the Right Honble. the Lord Power and Curraghmore signature on first page of text of Edmond Power of Gurteen 13th Lord Power & Curraghmore. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. First Edition. Full-Leather. Good/No Jacket. W. Gray Hardcover
1731003755Hartford: Andrus and Judd. VG book. Contemporary brown morroco. Gilt ruled cover edges. 1836 1731 cp. LATER REPRINT. Hardcover. VG book Extrems scuffed. Charles XII frontis engraving. Tight. Inner hinges cracked just a bit but still sound. 18x11cm276pp. . Spine sunned a bit divided into 5 panels by gilt ruling. Gilt "CHARLES TWELFTH" on 2nd panel. Brown dot speckled text block edges. NEAR FINE inside just an occassional spot of foxing. With the 6 page "PREFACE to the EDITION OF MDCCL". Tight. Book stays closed when stood on its spine a sign of having been read with care if at all. . Andrus and Judd hardcover
173221577London: Aleander Lyon. Very Good. 1732. Second Edition. Full-leather. Appears to be a contemporary binding. Rubbing at the corners and spine ends. The paper is nice and white with very minimal foxing. Very nice undamaged frontice and folding map. ; 8" . Aleander Lyon hardcover
1789mon0000161204London: for J. Lackington 1789. NEW EDITION CORRECTED. 1 vol. 8-3/8" x 5-3/8" internally clean and bright. Bound in full red morocco ribbed gilt decorated spine covers double ruled in gilt gilt dentelles all edges gilt by Stikeman hinges fine in FINE condition. London: for J. Lackington unknown
1825037786Hartford: Silus Andrus 1825. Full Calf. Good. 276pp. Includes the six-page Preface to the Edition of MDCCL. Bound in old calf red spine label with gilt lettering and rules; some scuffing and faint foxing. 7" x 4.25" American Imprints 23182 First published in the US at Hartford by Andrus and Judd 1750. Silus Andrus unknown
2007DADAX0548278350Kessinger Publishing 2007-07-25. hardcover. New. 6.00x1.06x9.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Kessinger Publishing hardcover
173223422London: C. Davis and A. Lyon 1732. 8vo pp. 12 371 1; engraved frontis portrait and a folding map; contemporary paneled calf gilt-decorated spine red morocco label; some rubbing but generally good and sound or better. C. Davis and A. Lyon unknown
181129037Ostego N Y: H. & E. Phinney. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1811. Presumed 1st. Hardcover. Royalty; History Sweden; History Europe; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 275 pages; Contemporary sheep leather black and gilt leather spine label contents toned. Worldcat locates . H. & E. Phinney hardcover
1952ILTeVOLT35New York: The Limited Editions Club 1952. 1952. 8vo. pp. 172 2 leaves incl. colophon. leaves with illustrated borders blank leaves & endpapers. numerous hand-coloured text illus. A very good copy in original cloth with elaborate gilt design. with slightly worn slipcase. Limited to 1500 numbered copies. Planned with decorations and illustrations completely finished by the Illustrator Sauvage and produced posthumously at the request of Mme. Sauvage under the supervision of Henri Jonquières printed in Paris on special Lana paper by Priester Frères Paris set in monotype Pastonchi the illustrations key-black printed in collotype by Louis Duval Paris and hand-coloured by Étienne Girardot bound by Russell-Rutter Company NY. LEC Quarto-Millenary 233. Hardcover. [New York]: The Limited Editions Club, 1952. Hardcover
1780A109122London: Fielding and Walker 1780. reprint. Very Good. octavo. leather 260pp. b/w pls. maps diags. appends. bibliog. index Title-page indicates that the Life of Peter the Great is added however this is not bound in. Nice tight copy with modern decorated leather spine & new endpapers retaining original worn boards Fielding and Walker hardcover
1333069286.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
003193London: Printed for Thomas Brown 1765. Hardcover. Very Good. Voltaire François Marie Arouté de. The Philosophical Dictionary for the Pocket. London: Printed for Thomas Brown 1765. Octavo. iv 335 iipp. 2 B8-Y8 - Y8 blank. First edition of the first English translation of Voltaire's "Dictionnaire Philosophique Portatif" published the same year as another edition printed for S. Baldon with the same number of pages priority not determined. Contemporary calf with some repairs to the top and bottom of spine. Lowndes IV p. 2793; ESTC T133745; Besterman VIII 167. <br/> <br/> London: Printed for Thomas Brown, 1765. hardcover
0259187607.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
176652809Glasgow: Robert Urie 1766. First UK Edition. Hardcover. very good . 260p 16mo. A very good copy in leather boards wear to extremities and along spine. Previous owner Robert S. McCully's name and notes penned on front end paper as well as his blindstamp on title page. McCully. First UK Edition. <br/><br/> Robert Urie hardcover
1015418538.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
8622London: The Nonesuch Press. MCMXXVII 1927. Hardcover. 12mo 7.5" x 4.75" quarter parchment marbled paper over boards. t.e.g. deckled edges. 4 157 pp. 4 11 full page and 3 smaller illustrations by Lowinsky. Bookplate of Wyman Parker at front pastedown. CONDITION: Good spine browned covers worn with some loss faint evidence of formerly present label at lower spine. Lacking slipcase. Number 186 of edition limited to 1500 copies. The first Nonesuch Press book illustrated by Thomas Lowinsky. "The Princess of Babylon is the airiest and most charming of all Voltaire's romances. Never one thinks was he more aware that he was writing for the fine ladies as well as for philosophers never are his wit and style more perfect.It is the most fanciful and poetic of his parables and yet it had the true Voltairean tang of malice" McKitterick 48. <br /> <br /> Wyman Parker was a librarian at Wesleyan University librarian at the Bread Loaf School of English and a collector of fine press books. London: The Nonesuch Press. MCMXXVII [1927] unknown
19284038London: Nonesuch Press. Very Good. 1928. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 3/4-vellum over marbled boards printed on Batchelor's Kelmscott Hand-made Paper. One of 1500 copies - this copy is not numbered but "Number" is crossed out with the notation "For W. M." . Pencil inscription on front endpaper- "To W. M. From F. M." . May be a copy gifted by Francis Meynell founder of the Nonesuch Press to his father William Meynell. Vellum has light discoloration. ; 157 pages . Nonesuch Press hardcover
192730578London: Nonesuch Press 1927. Edition limited to 1500 copies 12mo pp. 6 156 2; original parchment-backed marbled paper-covered boards lettered in gilt on spine t.e.g. publisher's slipcase with copy number '854' and stamped with the title; generally fine. Dreyfus 48. Nonesuch Press unknown
1927324538London: Nonesuch Press 1927. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. First edition. Illustrated by Thomas Lowinsky. Near fine in three quarter vellum with marbled paper covered boards top edge gilt in a good dustwrapper with a browned spine chips at the spine ends and corners soiling. Number 1413 of 1500 copies. Nonesuch Press hardcover
177124235London: T. Carnan 1771. First edition in English of his famous philosophical tale L'Ingénu first published in 1767; 12mo pp. 4 210; contemporary calf-backed marbled boards neatly rebacked black morocco label on spine; two short tears entering the top margin of the title 1 internal page stained else generally very good and sound. An edition was published in Philadelphia in 1778. L'Ingénu is a young man born in Canada of French parents but brought up for twenty years among the Hurons. "He then comes to France and is recognized as the lost nephew of an old French prior and his sister . L'Ingénu's simplicity frankness and good sense produce some comical situations . The story . is both a protest against abuses of power . and an exposure of some of the absurdities of our conventions" Ox. Comp. to French Literature. T. Carnan unknown
192950556London: Scholartis Press 1929. Edition limited to 1400 copies 8vo pp. xv 1 207 1; orange paper-covered boards backed in black cloth gilt title direct on spine corners rubbed spine spotted textblock clean and sound in a very good dust jacket with some rubbing to edges and a toned spine. Nine of the twelve stories included are presented here in English for the first time. Scholartis Press unknown
18987793Philadelphia: Printed only for subscribers by George Barrie c1898 The Bibliophilist's Library Second Series. Limited to 1000 sets. Half blue morocco over blue cloth boards gilt spines with raised bands. Top edge gilt others uncut. Three volumes octavo. Numerous plates. Printed on Japan vellum. Spines faded to brown. A very good clean set. Printed only for subscribers by George Barrie, hardcover
0282422811.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback