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172p. Illustrated with pen and water-color drawings and elaborate page frames by Sylvain Sauvage, key black printed in collotype by Louis Duval; hand-colored by Etienne Girardot; designed by Henri Jonquieres; set in monotype Pastonchi on Lana paper. 8vo. 6 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches. Bound by Russell-Rutter Company in full brown linen, decorated with oriental figures in gold, blue leather label, gold-stamped. Original marbled gold slip case, slightly chipped. Number 769 of an edition limited to only 1500 copies. The books published by the Limited Editions Club are justly treasured for the quality of the texts, the beauty and artistry of the illustrations, the creativity of design, and the overall excellence of the paper, presswork, and binding. Each book would make a wonderful gift for any occasion. W35
8vo., First Edition; blue cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, uncut, backstrip mildly dulled else a very good, clean, crisp copy. Printed at the Shakespeare Head Press. SCARCE.
VG paperback reprint. Inscription on the inside front cover. Index by Alan Dent. 8529. eng
242p., illus. Biographies of James Boswell, Edward Gibbon, Laurence Sterne & James Wilkes Hardcover Very good condition good
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked blue cloth boards, slightly foxed page fore-edges and minor bump to upper rear corner. Foxed dust jacket price clipped but not marked or creased with small tear to spine foot and rubbing to ends of sunned spine. Jacket now protected in fully-removable transparent sleeve. 353pp. The travels and writings of James Boswell whose Grand Tour in 1764 took him to the courts of Europe and the company of princes, writers, duchesses and their fine libraries and art collections. Maps on end papers.
1st edition. VG hbk in blue cloth, gilt decoration and lettering. Slight foxing to the centre page edges. Page edges, frontispiece and title pages browned. 19744. eng
8vo., First UK Edition, with title in red and black, 3 plates on 2 and a large folding map, small neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; original red buckram, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, brown endpapers, uncut, boards unevenly sunned else a very good, bright, clean copy. Brown 906 (recording the first US edition of the previous year).
8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece and 16 plates, small mark on title; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy.
38 pages. Features: Refresh Your Dancers; Passport to Hospitality; Fifth Promenade for South Coast - M.C.'s Lee Boswell and Ralph Maxhimer; Meet Our Guest Caller - Lee Katke; Fiesta de la Cuadrilla; A Visit to Chicago's International Festival; Caller Bill Castner; They Followed the Square Dance Trail; Laramie Square Dance Festival; Nice vintage ads. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece toned in sepia, title in red and black, 14 plates toned in sepia, and endpaper maps, neat contemporary signature on frontispiece recto; burgundy cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter moderately rubbed and dust-soiled at edges.
A biography of the "Great Biographer" full of details of his life in 18th England and Scotland (and of his travels] 281p. plates maps on endpapers. some sun fading on spine.else fine Book
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and endpaper maps; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
1st edition. Hardback in dust jacket. VG/VG (price clipped). Ink inscription on the front endpaper. 16872. eng
In 8 (20,5x13) Brossura illustrata; pp. 249; antiporta strappata per il resto intonso
2 vols., 8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with large folding facsimile toned in sepia; original burgundy buckram, sides with multiple frame border in blind, gilt backs, uncut, a very good, bright, clean set. Vol. I: Oct. 30 1731 - Dec, 21 1776; Vol. II: Jan. 15 1777 - Dec. 18 1784. Hill does not reproduce the letters already in Boswell; instead each Is indicated and cross-referred at the appropriate chronological point. Hill's volumes were the subject of an article (pp.142-190) in Bailey's 'Studies in some famous Letters' (1899). Courtney & Smith, p.169; NCBEL II, 1133.
Paris, Editions de La Différence, Collection Outre-mers, 1991. Fort in-8, bien complet de sa jaquette à rabats et illustrée, 482 pp. Planches hors-texte. Etat neuf. Première édition intégrale en français de ces deux oeuvres. Bel exemplaire.
Roy. 8vo. First Edition, with plates; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly scuffed at rear panel.
Cover Painting by William Winter shows a joyous last day of school. Features: Colour photo Studebaker Commander V-8 ad inside front cover; Nice colour ad for George Weston Limited shows bride-to-be with family; Spyglass on Sweden - the Welfare State; If the Russians Attack Canada - article with photos and interesting map of likeliest Canadian targets; Wide Open, Excellency, by Lesley Holmes; How the Stock Crooks Operate, by Fred Bodsworth - how the 'blower boys' peddle worthless stocks via long-distance phone; The Long Ordeal of Mrs. Tak Sook Kyun - the Korean War has taken her home near the Manchrian border, her husband, her baby, and tossed her up like driftwood on the crowded Pusan hills - article by Pierre Berton with sad photos; Banff - a paradise for Sultans and Stenos - article with great colour photos; The Ups and Downs of Alan Young - originally from West Vancouver, he fought his way to the top in radio and movies; What it's Like to Live in the Dark - Larry Bartlett was blinded by a German shell; Boswell of the Brooks - Writer Roderick Haig-Brown milks a cow every day and gets called "Your Worship" - article with photos; The Secret Behind The Fiery Phantom that Sails Bay Chaleur; Nice colour illustrated ad for Allis-Chalmers Rumely, Ltd showing a grader levelling a country road; Attractive colour ad for the Hillman Minx Convertible; Colour illustrated Coke centerfold shows store display and picnic lunch packed and ready to eat; Colour Chevrolet ad featuring a 2-door Bel Air; Nice colour photo ad for Snyder's Fine Furniture; Colour illustrated ad for the Ford Custom Deluxe Convertible; Nice 2-colour ad for the Austin A-40 Devon auto; Nice colour Parker Pen ad inside back cover features endorsement by Mazo De La Roche; Colour Margene ad on back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. Address label atop front cover. A sound copy of this particularly wonderful issue. Magazine
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece and numerous illustrations in the text; green cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
Volume II only. With Index. vii, 532 pages. Seven illustrations. Ex library of Highgate Literary and Scientific Institution with stamps on title page, last page of Index and final free endpaper. Library pocket on front pastedown. Wear to top/base of spine. Browning to pastedowns and free endpapers.
EINAUDI 1964, 122 pagine PRIMA EDIZIONE. DUE PICCOLI TAGLI ALLA SOVRACCOPERTA (NELL'ORDINE DI 1 MILLIMETRO), PER IL RESTO IN OTTIME CONDIZIONI.
8vo., First Edition, on hand-made paper, with coloured and monochrome frontispieces; cloth lettered in red, backstrip lettered in red, a near fine copy. With an engraved armorial bookplate. EDITION LIMITED TO 99 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR (this copy No.92).
Mm 110x155 Volume rilegato in tela, sovraccoperta editoriale, 334 pagine con illustrazioni nel testo e numerose tavole in nero e a colori non comprese nel testo.Buona copia. Edizione dell'Editore per il Monte Paschi di Siena. SPEDIZIONE IN 24 ORE DALL'ORDINE.
Ten Volumes. Full page engraved illustrations. Title page printed in red and black with engraved vignette. Uncut and unopened. Top edges gold. XLib stamp on title pages. Large 8vo. Original Japan vellum backed paper boards. Original paper spine labels. XLib shelf number stamped on spine. Hardbound. Temple Bar Limited Edition. Number 694 of only 786 copies of which 35 are not for sale. Though XLib a very nice set. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! SET/W53
6 vols. 18cm. Hardcover Good condition, owners address on endpaper
