Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1985. Full-Leather.
Spine a bit toned.
xv, [1], 572 pp. Full burgundy leather, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker bound in. A companion to the 25th Anniversary Limited Edition of The Great Books of the Western World, The.....
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1842. Full-Leather.
Spine and corners a bit rubbed, owner bookplate on front endpaper of each volume.
Complete in four volumes. xviii, 583; v, 600; v, 612; vi, 631 pp. 8vo. Full morocco, gilt titles and decorations, marbled edges and endpapers. A history of Europe from.....
Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1977. Lo Grippo, Robert. Full-Leather.
Tiny blemish to front edge of spine, otherwise an exceptional copy.
543 pp. Full orange-brown leather, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker bound in. Translated from the original Danish by Erik Christian Haugaard.....
London: Richard Bentley, 1834. First Edition. Half-Leather.
First edition. Howes A-304, Sabin 1943. Rebound in half leather with new end sheets. Spines a bit faded, front and end matter foxed (including frontispieces), a few other pages lightly foxed.
vii, [1], 433, [1]; vii, [1], 418, [2] pp. 8vo. Engraved frontispieces.....
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Londra [London]: Guglielmo Pickering, 1825. Full-Leather.
Edges rubbed, spine labels mostly absent, minor splits to spine heads and feet along joints, first gathering of volume 1 (free endpaper, flyleaf, and half-title page) loose but included. An attractive set that could be beautiful with some minor restorations.
Complete in three volumes.....
Geneve: Chez Claude Philibert & Barthelemi Chirol. 1770. Reprint. Full-Leather.
1770 reprint, originally published in 1769 in both Geneva and Amsterdam. Bindings appear to be original. Boards a bit rubbed with some loss along front joint of first volume, photographic owner bookplate and small dealer bookplate on front endpapers.
xxvi.....
Tours: Ad Mame et Cie, Imprimeurs-Libraires. 1843. Third Edition. Full-Leather.
Third edition. Gift bookplate on front endpaper, likely indicating this was a school prize (a common practice in the 19th century). Edges a bit rubbed, lightly foxed throughout.
262 pp. 12mo. French text. Green full leather, with intricate blind-stamped design.....
New York: Fords, Howard, and Hulbert. 1880. Memorial Edition. Full-Leather.
1880 Memorial Edition. Edges rubbed, one gathering slightly sprung and a bit proud at fore edge, 1/2 inch chip from front free endpaper.
1100 pp. Full leather with stamped designs on front and rear boards, gilt titles and fleur-de-lis in.....
London: E.H. for Tho. Basset, at the George in Fleet-Street, 1692. Elder, W. First Edition. Full-Leather.
First edition (this printing not in Wing, which transcribes the title as 'Metempsychosis or an essay of transmigration.' [Wing B5450]). ESTC R16493. Rebound, probably in the 19th century ('Larkins' in gilt on front turn-in.....
New York: Random House, 1965. Limited Edition. Full-Leather.
Limited edition, #285 of 500, signed & numbered by Capote on colophon, which states 'Of the first edition of In Cold Blood five hundred copies have been printed on special paper and specially bound.' Lacks slipcase issued with this edition, but is.....
New York: St. Martin's Press / The Buckingham Mint, 1983. Kahl, M. Philip. Limited Edition. Full-Leather.
Limited edition, #681 of 5000 copies, hand-numbered and signed by author on limitation page. An exceptional copy.
xi, [3], 238 pp. Brown full leather, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers.....
Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1980. Just, Hal. Limited Edition. Full-Leather.
Signed without inscription by author on front flyleaf. Faint blemishes to gilt on edges, otherwise an excellent copy.
563 pp. Illustrations by Hal Just. Original navy blue leather, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers.....
Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 2003. Reissue. Full-Leather.
Long thin abrasion on fore edge gilt, tiny scuff to top edge gilt, otherwise an excellent copy.
292 pp. Full blue leather, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker bound in. Color frontispiece. Farewell My Lovely, Raymond.....
London: Will. Botham; for James Knapton, at the Crown in St. Paul's Church-Yard. 1718. Fifth Edition. Half-Leather.
Fifth edition. Rebound by Green Dragon Bindery in half leather with marbled boards, with their sticker on rear endpaper. Manuscript page tipped in on p. 29 with previous owner's commentary on Clarke's position.....
Dublin: S. Powell, for G. Risk at the Shakespear's Head, G. Ewing at the Angel and Bible, and W. Smith at the Hercules, Booksellers in Dame's-Street, 1730. First Irish Edition. Half-Leather.
First Irish edition. Ink number stamp on page following title page of Exposition. Rebound by Green Dragon Bindery in.....
New York: James G. Gregory, 1862. Darley, F.O.C. Full-Leather.
Printed on flyleaf is the following text: 'Presented to Chas. Knickerbocker, by the Steel Plate Engravers of the Western Bank Note & Engraving Co. 'as a mark of esteem' and dated 1872, which seems to indicate this volume was custom-bound for.....
Parisiis [Paris]: Simonem Benard, via Jacobaea, e regione Collegii Claromontani Societatis Jesu. 1676. First Edition. Full-Leather.
First edition. Lacks frontispiece by Louis Cossin, otherwise complete. Joints beginning to split with minor loss from backstrip, minor loss from front board and corners, surface tear to front endpaper (as if a bookplate.....
A Londres [Paris]: S.N., 1734. Full-Leather.
Boards rubbed with some loss/drying of leather, corners exposed.
Complete in sixteen volumes. Full calf, morocco spine labels, gilt titles and tooled compartments. The life's work of the French historian and book collector who lived from the mid-16th to early 17th century. Originally published.....
New York / Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: Oxford University Press / The Franklin Library, 1984. Phiz [Browne, Hablot Knight]. Limited Edition. Full-Leather.
One of 7500 copies. Spine faded.
xxx, 882 pp. Full red leather with navy blue leather onlays, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker.....
New York / Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: Oxford University Press / The Franklin Library, 1984. Cattermole, George; Browne, Hablot Knight ('Phiz'). Limited Edition. Full-Leather.
One of 7500 copies. Spine faded.
xviii, 796 pp. Full red leather with navy blue leather onlays, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers.....
Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1981. Paget, Sidney; Steele, Frederic Dorr; Hutchinson, George; Friston, D.H.; Kerr, Charles; Hyde, William H. Reissue. Full-Leather.
Minor soiling to ribbon marker, which is also slightly frayed at the end, otherwise an excellent copy.
xxvi, 764 pp. 8vo. Original black full leather, gilt titles and.....
Mediolani / Lucae: Joseph Galeatium Regium Typographum / Typis Francisci Bonsignori, 1772. Full-Leather.
Rebound in full leather with gilt rules and decorations, black morocco spine label with gilt titles, new printed marbled endpapers. Text shows evidence of trimming on margins, with minimal loss from printed marginal notes. Base and binding.....
Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1981. Davis, Hubert. Reissue. Full-Leather.
Faint blemishes to gilt on edges, edges of endpapers slightly faded.
791 pp. Dark brown full leather, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker bound in. Illustrations by Hubert Davis. Dreiser's famous fictionalization of.....
New York: Black Dog & Leventhal, 1996. First Edition. Full-Leather.
First edition. This copy specially bound by Easton Press.
160 pp. Black full leather, gilt titles & decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, gold ribbon marker bound in. Skyscrapers is a lavish and appropriately soaring celebration of the world's.....
London: Faber and Faber, 1963. Reprint. Full-Leather.
1963 second edition, first printing of Justine, 1960s reprints of first editions of the other three books. Spines slightly faded.
The complete set of four books, finely rebound in two volumes by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Full burgundy morocco, gilt titles, rules, and decorations.....