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184322537Longman Brown Green London 1843. 2 VOLUMES 1843 1st edition Green embosssed decorated Cloth Gold Gilt decorations VG/VG AS-IS NODJ Covers slight rub wear & tiny Chips tears Extremities some Sunning Covers SPINE Title gold Gilt spine beautiful Gold Gilt outer pages edges Interior nice tight cleanlight FoX Wear 6 3/4 X 9 1/2 in. approx light small tears outer spine edges 8vo. Large Publisher's gilt titled elaborately gilt bordered and blind stamped cloth INNER Hinges starting. First Edition. Hard Cover. Longman Brown, Green, London, hardcover
19476155London: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd. Printed at the Temple Press 1947. Second Impression. Hardcover. pp. vii 144. Slim 12mo. Publisher's tan cloth over boards gilt lettering over maroon spine label. Features striking wood-cut illustrations attributed to Claire Oldham an obscure seemingly forgotten "self-taught printmaker". Cloth extremities exceptionally well-preserved showing no detectable flaws contents equally without blemish with bright clean and unmarked pages and firm sound binding; near fine and housed in good original unclipped dustjacket showing some chipping along the edges of the panels small loss to the base of spine panel now housed in protective mylar cover. Overall very good. Scarce in commerce in this edition and state. <br/><br/> J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd. | Printed at the Temple Press hardcover
1991ABE-1570552858889Wakefield The Fleece Press England 1991 Wakefield: Fleece Press 1991. First printing of this edition. 156 pp w/index. Horizontal 8vo. Fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine. Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Robin Myers and wood-engraved illustrations by John Lawrence. One of 250 copies un-numbered. Each copy has a signed print by Lawrence in a rear pocket. The sturdy slipcase is near fine with evidence of a common problem; tiny threads are teasing along the edges. This seems common with all copies I have seen. An attractive example of this small press. The original prospectus is loose laid in the front. Signed by Illustrator. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Wakefield, The Fleece Press, England hardcover
1805046033New York: John Low 1805. Please read complete description. Scarce single plate volume XXI for Low's encyclopedia first such reference published in the United States in seven volumes from 1805 to 1811. Heavily worn volume containing 46 plates original total unknown numbered by section not consecutively with the following subjects: Scenography incorrectly identified as stenography on front cover; Sculpture; Shadow; Ships; Short Hand; Silk Manufactures; Steam Engine; Stereotomy; Stocking Frame; Stone Henge; Sugar Mill; Surgery. Paper covered boards with remains of leather spine two blanks at front and at rear about 10.75 x 8.5 inches. Covers heavily worn and detached spine chipping away blanks and final plate detached paper very age-browned and somewhat brittle especially nearest the edges some stray spots closed tear to one of the Steam Engines plates another plate with repair to reverse side generally very worn. . Hard Cover. Poor. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. John Low Hardcover
31044Facsimile reprint . Maroon cloth boards elephant folio engraved dedication & 22 engraved plates The plates include two perspective views of the interior and one of the main entrance and several plans and sections the last plate providing a comparative view of the plans of fourteen other theatres including Covent Garden London Versailles the old Paris Opera the Comédie Française and theatres in Berlin Argentina Madrid &c. fine condition please note it wil incur extra postage which we will be happy to quote for at cost. Facsimile reprint hardcover
0948265906.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1868z07391Anvers: Imprimerie J.-E. Buschmann 1868. First edition. Hardcover. Good . First edition 1868. Quarto. 1262 pp. plus 60 engraved plates. Original three-quarter leather and patterned cloth boards. Ex-lib. with institutional labels on spine and endpapers occasional institutional inkstamps in contents not affecting plates. Spine and front board detached binding heavily worn text leaves lightly soiled. Plates fine with the exception of No. 13 which bears a very small stain and a larger one in the margin. Good plus. The scarce collection of exquisite engravings of city views of Antwerp by artist and master etcher and engraver Joseph Linning. While the binding and some contents of this copy show typical library wear the plates themselves have remained unscathed in almost all instances. Imprimerie J.-E. Buschmann hardcover
183645942Leipzig Edward Kummer 1836. Small folio-oblong. 23x37 cm. Contemp. modest hcloth. Boards rubbed. 427 pp. in double-columns with description of the plates. Before the plates an engraved titlepage with the text: "Biblia Sacra Veteris et Novi Testamenti representata Centum Imaginibus Aeri incisis in Forma dimidii Plagulae transverssae una cum Expositione dilucidativa. Augustae Vindelicorum. Prostat apud Antonium Klauber. MDCCCXXXV". With 100 large engraved plates. Plates sign. C.P.S.C.M. - Klauber Cath. Sc. et exc. A.V. A bit of browning to edges of text and plates. Otherwise internally fine. hardcover
Q-015181905XHarcourt Brace & Co. NY. hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Harcourt Brace & Co., NY hardcover
1954337877-XC27St. Ives : The Ark Press 1954. Hardcover. Good. Original pictorial boards in matching dust jacket full page engravings in red by Ru van Rossem unpaged edition of 250 copies 8vo. Signed by Ru van Rossem on title page.; Foxed on dust jacket; foxed on cut; some foxing inside. , St. Ives : The Ark Press hardcover
188434050<p>Paris: J. Lemonnyer Publisher 1884 Two-Volume Set in publisher's gilt-stamped navy cloth no markings NOT ex-lib t.e.g. binding tight rough cut pages bright & unfoxed all of the wonderful Eisen illustrations present & tissue-guarded offsetting to endpapers light shelf/edge wear with only lightly bumped corners & softening to spine ends else a clean tight exemplary set of a beautiful edition; Text in English; 2 royal 8vos: xvi 252 xii 334pp illus. Extra shipping charge REQUIRED for shipment of this heavy set additional charge MAY BE SUBSTANTIAL for shipment outside the United States. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good.</p> Paris: J. Lemonnyer, Publisher hardcover
18841123979Paris Fra: J. Lemonnyer 1884. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Green cloth boards with gold-gilt type to spines 23 cm each volume 252 pages Volume One 334 pages Volume Two. With 85 engravings by Eisen. Japan paper edition. A very good set. Previous owner's bookplates on front endpaper of each volume. J. Lemonnyer hardcover
1969BOOKS074342ISterling Junction MA: The Scarab Press 1969. HC. good brown paper covered boards hardcover. Besnia engravings. Limited to 250 copies - signed by Howard John Besnia in colophon. unpaginated. The Scarab Press unknown
188052357London: Sampson Low Marston Searle and Rivington 1880. First edition. Hardcover. Very good condition. 17/50. Large Folio. 51 leaves. Original three-quarter blue leather over textured blue cloth with gilt ruling on covers gilt lettering tooling and ruling on spine; raised bands. Top edge gilt. Decorative floral endpapers rendered in lithography. Frontispiece engraving. Title page with engraving. Decorative initials. Black ribbon marker. Signed "Edition limited to 50 copies No. 17 C. O. Murray" in blue handwriting on half-title. illustrated with nineteen etchings including frontispiece and title page. All but the title page etching with C. O. Murray signature in plate and reference to the respective stanza. All plates tissue guarded with heavy paper plates. Contains list of etchings at front. Light wear along edges of binding some rubbing along hinges of spine. Offsetting to outer edges of endpapers from cover leather. Some offsetting of engravings to guards. Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington hardcover
188004411110044J Hetzel & Co Paris 1880. Edition Unstated. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Ferat Pannemaker. Undated circa 1880. Ouvrage couronne par l'Academie francaise. Bibliotheque D'Education et de Recreation. Half leather with marbled boards small bookplate for John William Hoyland annotated by Rachel Barbara Hoyland green leather is worn with spine-label detached boards are good but paper is worn on edges binding sound pages are a little darkened but clean excellent illustrations full page map of Afrique Australe Southern Africa numbered 78 1878. Text is in French. Estimated date only. Illustrator: Ferat Pannemaker. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: under 1 kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 04411110044. All our books music and maps are sent by a tracked mail service. J Hetzel & Co hardcover
1971ABE-10683366153Barre Publishers Massachusetts 1971 Barre Publishers 1971. Hardcover limited and slipcased signed by Michael McCurdy. The illustrations are printed from the original wood blocks. In a sturdy slip case. Signed by the artist limited to 1000 copies of which this is number 49. A beautiful small press production on 100% rag hand made paper. Slight scuffing on the leather spine edges at top and bottom. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng. Signed by Illustrator. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Barre Publishers Massachusetts hardcover
1984298176Maple Shade NJ: The Pickering Press 1984. Soft Cover. Near Fine binding. Large 8vo.; in blue paper-covered flexible boards with a decorative paper label to the upper board; 18 pages with a wood-engraved portrait as frontispiece and example of Pickering’s work tipped in and numerous illustrations in blue and black; there is minor fade to the spine. Near Fine binding. The Pickering Press unknown
18298060London: Jones 1829. Hardcover. Fine. Rebound in maroon cloth with black paper spine labels stamped in gilt. Fine condition. Minor foxing otherwise fine condition. 70 pages of text and 38 pages of steel engravings two illustrations per page in the first title. 52 pages of descriptive text and 40 pages of steel engravings two illustrations per page in the second title. Altogether 156 steel engravings on 78 pages. <br/><br/> Jones hardcover
18754432<p>One of 170 numbered copies on Hollande paper. Bound in 3/4 leather with marbled boards gold gilt top edges silk bookmarks. In very good condition sturdy and sound decorative bookplates on front pastedown of each volume some wear at spine and edges small chip at edge of half title page of volume 2</p> Édition Jouaust hardcover
1785000633London: Harrison & Co. 1785. Old Calf. Good Plus. 8.5" x 5.25. Stothard Thomas. London: Harrison & Co. 1785. Illustrated with 14 copper-engraved plates after Stothard. Vol 1. only which includes: Johnson Samuel. The Rambler 4 vols. in 1. bound with: Lyttleton George Lord. Letters from a Persian in England to his Friend at Ispahan. 1 vii 463 81 pp. Old calf 8v0 8.5" x 5.25". Joints weak with later three gilt incuse compartments added over spine edgewear; internally quite clean with lovely fine Thomas Stothard plates. L-40n <br/> <br/> Harrison & Co. unknown
18051317131London; Edinburgh: William Miller; The Letter Press by James Ballantyne 1805. Hardcover. Quarto iii 197 pages; VG; bound in period blind and gilt calf newly rebacked with brown leather paneled spine with a black label and gilt lettering; marbled text block and endpapers; mild rubbing and wear to boards; bookplate of the Countess of Beauchamp on the ffep; ownership stamp on sfep; with 4 engraved plates and an engraved headpiece vignette; wide margins. Shelved Room A Oversize. The History of Rasselas Prince of Abissinia originally titled The Prince of Abissinia: A Tale though often abbreviated to Rasselas is an apologue about happiness by Samuel Johnson. Early readers considered Rasselas to be a work of philosophical and practical importance and critics often remark on the difficulty of classifying it as a novel.1 Johnson was a staunch opponent of slavery revered by abolitionists and Rasselas became a name adopted by emancipated slaves. wikipedia. 1317131. Special Collections. William Miller; The Letter Press by James Ballantyne hardcover
1986246251Mexico: Editorial Dante 1986. Trade Paperback . Very Good. Two volume set; 127 engravings including three fold out illustrations by Catherwood. Mild wear. 321 volume one & 352 volume two. Editorial Dante paperback
2001058641The Folio Society 2001. First Edition Thus . Hardcover. Fine/Slipcase. Xix 472 Pp. Hardcover In Slipcase. First Printing Thus 2001. Text Following The Third Penguin Edition 1988 With Removal Of Otho The Great King Stephen And Poems Of Doubtful Attribution. Quarter Leather Gilt Illustrated Boards Green Endpapers. Fine In Fine Slipcase. <br/> <br/> The Folio Society hardcover
1793Flo260Very good copy of the first edition of Gay's <i>Fables</i> with the William Blake engravings.<br /><br />First issue of the Stockdale edition distinguished by the use of the long "s" throughout the text two volumes bound in one.<br /><br />Complete with the "Gay Monument" frontispiece two engraved title-pages with vignettes and 68 engraved plates<br /><br />With the 12 plates etched and engraved by William Blake in his inimitable style Vol. 1: page 1 29 59 73 99 109 125 133 181; Vol. 2: page 1 105 181. Blake had launched his own career publishing <i>The Book of Thel </i>and <i>The Marriage of Heaven and Hell </i>by this time and started taking on commercial book illustrating and engraving jobs such as Mary Wollstonecraft's <i>Original Stories from Real Life</i> 1791 and <i>Fables</i> 1793. <br /><br />Plates newly engraved by Blake William Grainger Philip Audinet Peter Mazell William Skelton Lovegrove Wilson and Cook after original designs by John Wootton William Kent and Hubert Francois Gravelot from the 1729-1747 editions. <br /><br />With the List of Subscribers and one page advertisement in rear. Blake's name is listed alongside the other engravers Philip Audinet Peter Mazell and William Skelton.<br /><br />Large octavo size in three-quarter red morocco with some scuffing to spine and corners five raised bands dark green leather title label and gilt tooling on spine marbled boards and endpapers t.e.g. some scattered spotting to text and plates.<br /><br />In a fine binding by Zaehnsdorf 1907 with the bookplate of John Ingleby Jefferson Standard House Northallerton Yorkshire on front endpaper. John Stockdale, Piccadilly hardcover
1993TOB217-32233-A-0.50Folio Society. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1993. Folio Society. Hardcover. No slipcover included. Foxing light to the exterior edge of pages only. Otherwise in great condition. No writing or noteworthy blemishes. ; - We're committed to your satisfaction. We offer free returns and respond promptly to all inquiries. Your item will be carefully wrapped in bubble wrap and securely boxed. All orders ship on the same or next business day. Buy with confidence. . Folio Society hardcover