London: Richard Bentley, 1847. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, pp. xxv, [1], 469, [3]; viii, 534;vignette title-pp. printed in red and black, 2 frontispieces; tops of spines cracked, else a fine, largely unopened copy in original blue cloth stamped in gilt on upper covers and spines. Volume I covers 1066-1327;..... More
Philadelphia and New York: Lea and Febiger, [1925]. 7 volumes, 8vo, plates (some in color), tables, and illustrations in the text throughout; very good, sound set in original red cloth, including the separately published index volume. More
New York: Paul B. Hoeber, 1919. Edition limited to 1600 copies (this, no. 580), 2 volumes, large 8vo, xix, [3], 649, [1]; [iii]-xi, [3], 651-1268; frontispiece portrait and 41 plates; hinges starting, else a very good copy in original blue cloth, gilt lettering on spines and upper covers. Laid in..... More
London & New York: Alexander Strahan, 1866. First edition, 8vo, [iii]-[xvi], 428pp. (lacking the half-title), 2 tinted lithograph city views (Chicago in 1831 and San Francisco in 1848); later half polished blue calf gilt, rubbed and worn, old library sticker at base of spine, upper joint tender, else good. Diverse..... More
London: printed for Sir Richard Phillips, 1822. First separate edition, 8vo, pp. [4], 116; later light blue paper wrappers, paper cover label; wear to wrappers, a bit of staining throughout, but generally a very good copy. An extract from Phillip's New Voyages and Travels (London, 1820-1823) intended for the general..... More
London: J. Moyes, n.d. 4to, pp. 5; OCLC finds only the U. of Chicago and Newberry copies; bound with: Observations on the coffin-plate and history of Gunilda, sister of the Saxon king, Harold II, by G.F. Bletz, London, 1834, pp. 15; frontispiece facsimile of the coffin-plate; bound with: Observations on..... More
London: published by the College, 1953. First edition, large 8vo, pp. xii, 889; original blue cloth stamped in gilt on spine; lightly worn, with hinges cracking; overall a good, sturdy, not unappealing copy. The second of nine volumes of this irregularly published serial, together outlining the careers, publications, and medical..... More
London: Published by Ashgate for the Hakluyt Society, 2006. Large 8vo, pp. xcvii, [1], 360; frontispiece, maps and illustrations throughout; original cloth in blue printed dust jacket; about fine. Hakluyt Society, Series III, Volume 15. More
Minneapolis: Associates of the James Ford Bell Library, 1995. Edition limited to 600 copies of which this is no. 81, large, slim 8vo, pp. [4], 79; illustrations, facsimiles throughout; original two-toned blue cloth, upper cover and spine lettered in gilt; about fine. Signed by Parker and Johnson. More
Cleveland: World Publishing Co., [1966]. Facsimiles of the 1596 and 1601 editions, sm. 4to, pp. [16], 112, [2]; [12], 97, [1]; orig. gilt-stamped vellum, yapp edges, linen ties, publisher's felt-lined folding box, with the separately printed Introductions and Notes laid in, as issued. Generally fine. More
London: Ernest Benn, [1966]. First edition, 8vo, pp. 170, [2]; fine copy in the dust-jacket. India 1907-41: the author was Governor of Assam for 1937-42. More
London: June 24, 1793. Approx. 18" x 12½", tipped at the top to a mat, and framed; minor spotting on the caption, else near fine. More
London: June 24, 1793. Approx. 18" x 13" within plate marks, recently professionally framed in 18th-century style (i.e. no mat) using all archival materials & UV plexiglass. Not examined out of frame. Overall appearance is fine. More
London: T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1809. 3 volumes, 8vo, pp. [2], cxxiv, [4], 288; [4], 427; [4], 370; stipple-engraved portrait frontispiece by Caroline Watson after Reynolds; contemporary half tan calf over marbled boards, black morocco labels and gilt numbering on spines; labels a little chipped and spines a bit..... More
London: printed by J.M. for John Starkey, 1680. First edition, folio, pp. [6], 89; 336, [16]; engraved frontispiece portrait of the author, 3 engraved portraits of Turkish emperors and another engraved plate of a Turkish pageant; full contemporary calf, recased and rebacked to match, gilt lettering direct on spine; clean..... More
New York: William Burgess, Jun. No. 97 Fulton Street, 1828. 12mo, 2 vols.; contemporary gilt-ruled calf, gilt-decorated spine, black morocco labels, speckled edges; boards rubbed and bumped, light spotting, tide stain to top edge of volume 1; ownership stamp of a Cyrus Harris on flyleaves. An uncommon edition. Not in..... More
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., [1894 or after]. 8vo, pp. xxix, [2], 770; engraved frontispiece, half-title page printed in red with vignette portrait of Scott, ink inscription at the bottom, numerous plates, Englewood, N.J. bookbinder ticket on front paste-down. A near fine copy in low-grade modern brown morocco..... More
Bristol, R.I. J. Gladding & Co., 1836. 16mo, pp. 232; original printed blue paper-covered boards, over which a hand-made muslin cover; front endpaper replaced, the muslin frayed and torn revealing the Gladding imprint on the lower cover which is upside down. This is only the second pre-1850 Bristol imprint I...... More
Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1835. 32mo (approx 5¼" tall), pp. [4], 317, [1]; engraved title page; somewhat later full green calf, double gilt rule on covers, smooth gilt-decorated spine laid out in 7 compartments, red morocco label in 1, a.e.g., gilt board edges and turn-ins; lightly worn, but very good and..... More
Paris: Baudry's European Library [printed by Casimir], 1838. Large, thick 8vo, 2 parts in 1 volumes, as issued, pp. [6], 532; [4], 512; engraved frontispiece, vignette title-pp., facsimile of Scott's handwriting, text in double column; a very good copy in contemporary half brown morocco, marbled edges, gray endpapers, bookbinder's ticket..... More
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Edinburgh & London: Archibal Constable [et al.], 1814-1832. First editions, first issues of each novel, but one, as below; 78 volumes in all, 12mo and small 8vo, complete with all half-titles, and bound, without ads, in early 20th century full red crushed levant, double gilt borders on covers, floral sprays..... More
London: Oxford University Press, [1904]. 1951 printing, 8vo, pp. [2], viii, 981, [1]; text in double column; full contemporary navy gilt-ruled morocco, gilt spine in 6 compartments, a.e.g.; recent ownership inscription in ballpoint pen on front free endpaper, else fine. More
Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1868. Thick 8vo, pp. [6],1078; full hand-carved wooden boards, decorative border, leaves in the corners, with "Waverley Novels Vol. 1" central, and with other smaller leafy decorations, backed in unlettered brown velvet; good and sound, or better. Includes Waverley; Guy Mannering; The Antiquary; Rob Roy;..... More
Edinburgh: Archibald Constable; London: Hurst, Robinson, 1820. First edition, first issue, with press figures conforming to those outlined by Todd & Bowden; 3 volumes, 8vo, pp. [6], xxxiii, [1], 298; [4], 327; [4], 371, [1], 3 (ads); contemporary maroon calf-backed marbled boards; top 1" of spine of vol. 1 gone;..... More
London: Hamish Hamilton Medical Books, 1939. First edition, 4to, pp. xiv, 532; frontispiece portrait, tables, more than 85 figures in the text; original blue cloth stamped in gilt on spine; covers a little spotted and slightly bowed; all else very good. Sherrington (1857-1952) was an "English physiologist whose 50 years..... More
