Franklin Center, Pa. The Franklin Library, 1983. Edition limited to an unspecified number; 8vo, pp. [6], 372; original full black gilt-stamped morocco, silk moiré endpapers, silk ribbon bookmark, a.e.g.; fine, bright copy. More
New York: James Miller, 1862. 12mo, pp. [2] (ads) [3]-187, [1], [10] (ads); wood engraved frontispiece and wood-engraved title page, 7 plates, a fine bright copy in original green cloth with pictorial gilt stamped front cover and spine. Nice example of a mid-19th century American trade binding. More
London: Longman [et al.], 1842. Second series, 8vo, xi, [1], 610; with woodcuts from drawings made on the spot by Camichael, Richardsons, and Taylor; contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards, spine gilt in six compartments, marbled edges and endpapers; binding rubbed, especially at joints and corners, mild foxing to first..... More
London: George G. Harrap, 1915. First British edition, 8vo, pp. [8], 242; 16 color plates; publisher's (?) full limp reverse calf, embossed with a portrait bust of Napoleon on the upper cover within an inset panel, the spine lettered in sliver, t.e.g., yapp edges; very good. More
Paris: J. Hetzel [and] A. Quatin, 1880-84. Edition limited to 100 sets only, 46 vols., tall 8vo, 3/4 red crushed levant by Gruel, t.e.g., very minor scuffing, several joints with small cracks, one volume (L'Homme Qui Rit) with front joint badly cracked and rear cover loose; otherwise generally a fine..... More
[Nashville, Tenn.]: Blue Marigold Press, 2013. Edition limited to 300 copies, this one of 150 bound in black linen stamped in blind and red; small folio, pp. xiii, [1], 93, [1]; illustrated throughout, much in color; fine. The bookbinder Greg Campbell's copy, Campbell-Logan Bindery, unsigned and out-of-series, More
London: Cassell & Co., 1887-1890. Large 8vo, 7 volumes, text in triple column, illustrations in the text; head of spine of vol. I slightly cracked, else a handsome copy in half red morocco over red cloth boards, gilt-decorated spine in 6 compartments, gilt-lettered direct in 2; slightly scuffed, but near..... More
London: printed for G. G. J. and J. Robinson, 1786. First edition, 4to, pp. vii, [1], 269, [1]; 4 engraved plates (3 folding), woodcut diagrams and tables in the text; the fine Macclesfield copy in contemporary mottled calf, elaborate gilt decorated spine, red morocco label; edges stained yellow; engraved bookplates..... More
New York: Brentanos, [after 1912]. 13 volumes in 6; 8vo; contemporary and almost certainly original 1/2 red morocco, gilt-lettered direct on gilt-paneled spines; t.e.g.; slightest scuffing, tops of two spines barely chipped, else a handsome and correct set. More
New York & Tokyo: Weatherhill, [1986]. First edition, large 8vo, pp. xi, [1], 127, [1]; illustrated throughout, some in color; fine copy in the dust jacket. From the library of Kim Merker. More
London: Leather Conservation Centre, [1982]. Small folio, pp. [2], v, [1], 23, [1]; pictorial paper wrappers; a monograph drawn mainly from a report by F. Jamieson titled "A survey of the potential demand for a leather conservation service, and a study of the state of the art, and its problems."..... More
Franklin Center, Pa. The Franklin Library, 1982. Edition limited to an unspecified number; 8vo, pp. [8] 432, [2]; original full red gilt-stamped morocco, silk moiré endpapers, silk ribbon bookmark, a.e.g.; fine, bright copy. More
Franklin Center, Pa. The Franklin Library, 1979. Edition limited to an unspecified number; 8vo, pp. [8], 375, [1]; original full black gilt-stamped morocco, silk moiré endpapers, silk ribbon bookmark, a.e.g.; fine, bright copy. More
Franklin Center, Pa. The Franklin Library, 1982. Edition limited to an unspecified number; 8vo, pp. [8], xi-xii, [4], 3-193, [1]; original full red gilt-stamped morocco, silk moiré endpapers, silk ribbon bookmark, a.e.g.; fine, bright copy. More
Franklin Center, Pa. The Franklin Library, 1983. Edition limited to an unspecified number; 8vo, pp. [12], 297, [1]; original full grey gilt-stamped morocco, silk moiré endpapers, silk ribbon bookmark, a.e.g.; fine, bright copy. More
Paris: G. Jeener, 1895. Large 8vo, pp. 62, [1]; later marbled boards backed in green cloth, gilt title on spine, marbled edges, original printed paper wrappers bound in; label residue on upper pastedown, from the library of Sarah T. Prideaux, with her bookplate on upper wrapper; boards a touch rubbed..... More
London: Bradbury & Evans, 1851-54. 8 volumes, small 8vo, slightly later full polished tan calf by Francis Bedford, red and black morocco labels on gilt-decorated spines. Front cover of vol. I separated, but otherwise generally a fine set. CBEL III, 602. More
London: Navarre Society Limited, 1927. New edition limited to 2000 copies, 2 volumes in one, pp. xxiii, [1], 309, [1]; xi, [1], 300; color frontispieces, 18 plates; recent tan morocco-backed marbled boards, gilt spine in 6 compartments, new endpapers; recent magazine clipping taped to front free endpaper with owner's ballpoint..... More
Franklin Center, Pa. The Franklin Library, 1979. Edition limited to an unspecified number; 8vo, pp. [10], xiii-xx, [2], 3-424, [2]; double-page photographic frontispiece; original full brown gilt-stamped morocco, silk moiré endpapers, silk ribbon bookmark, a.e.g.; fine, bright copy. More
Seattle & London: University of Washington Press, [1984]. Fourth printing, 4to, pp. xi, [1], 263, [1]; illustrated throughout; fine in original printed wrappers. Well-respected manual on the subject. More
Seattle & London: University of Washington Press, [1984]. Second printing, 4to, pp. xi, [1], 263, [1]; illustrated throughout; spine a little sunned else fine in original printed wrappers. Well-respected manual on the subject. More
London: John Sharpe, 1818. 12mo, pp. viii, 184; additional engraved title page dated 1817, 3 engraved plates from the designs of Richard Westall; contemporary full tan straight-grain paneled morocco, elaborately tooled in blind and gilt, a.e.g., blue endpapers; ownership signature dated 1859 on front flyleaf; plates foxed, else a very..... More
London: John Sharpe, 1822. 12mo, pp. viii, 184; engraved added title page dated 1817 and 3 plates from designs by Richard Westall; contemporary full tan gilt- and blind-tooled calf, gilt spine in 4 compartments, a.e.g., brown endpapers; spine a bit darkened, plates rather foxed, else a very good, sound, attractive..... More
London: John Sharpe, 1822. 12mo, pp. viii, 184; engraved added title page dated 1823 and 3 plates from designs by Richard Westall; contemporary full red gilt- and blind-tooled calf, gilt spine in 6 compartments, black gilt morocco lettering piece, all edges marbled, marbled endpapers; spine faded to tan, minor scuffing..... More
London: John Sharpe, 1818. 12mo, pp. viii, 184; additional engraved title page dated 1817, 3 engraved plates from the designs of Richard Westall; full contemporary maroon gilt-tooled calf, gilt spine, two black gilt lettering pieces, all edges marbled, marbled endpapers; a touch scuffed, manuscript inscription on front flyleaf, "Miss Clarke..... More
