Paris: A. Claudin, Libraire-Éditeur, 1858-59. First Edition. Hardcover. Two volumes in one. 311pp + ads; 499pp. Includes the first twenty-four issues. Quarter red leather and marbled boards, spine stamped in gold, top edge gilt. Annotations in pencil on endpapers, two signatures loose. A good+ copy. ; Octavo. More
New York: Published by Evert Duyckinck, 1809. Hardcover. 380pp + 18pp index. Contemporary full calf with red leather label lettered in gold on the spine. Includes sections on the art of engraving; on metals; on the composition of varnishes; on manufacturing glass; on colors and painting; on gilding; on casting..... More
London: Jarrold and Sons, (1901). First Edition. Hardcover. 58pp. Pictorial cloth backed boards, decorated endpapers. Illustrated. Some wear and tears to covers, front hinge a bit weak, rusted staples, one leaf partially detached. A good+ copy. ; Oblong quarto. More
Milano: Aldo Martello Editore, 1965. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Edition published to celebrate the seven hundredth anniversary of Dante's birth and limited to 500 numbered copies. In three volumes. 361pp; 333pp; 345pp. Full deep green morocco ruled and lettered in gold on the spine, five raised bands, top edges gilt, others..... More
Paris: Jacques Beltrand, 1922. Limited/Numbered Edition. Hardcover. Edition published to celebrate the six hundredth anniversary of Dante's death and limited to 225 numbered copies, this being #190. In three volumes. xii, 319pp; 320pp; 313pp. Full vellum with gilt decorations and rules on the boards, gilt lettering on the spines, gilt..... More
1749. Ephemera. Single sheet folded measuring approximately 40 x 33 cm (15.75 x 13"). Signed by the Recorder of the City of Philadelphia, William Allen. Allen was elected Mayor of Philadelphia in October, 1735. He was then appointed Recorder of Deeds in 1741, resigned in 1750 after having been appointed..... More
Amsterdam: Chez ****, 1695. Hardcover. 294, [5]pp. Contemporary green half calf over marbled boards, spine with red leather label lettered in gold and gold decorations, edges sprinkled red. Engraved frontispiece, title printed in red and black, title vignette. Wear to extremities, a few scuffs to covers, a couple of tiny..... More
New York: The Macaulay Company, 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. 381pp. Original red cloth stamped in black on the front panel and the spine panel, top edge stained red. Very minor discoloration to the spine panel, name on the front free endpaper. A near fine copy in good dustjacket with a...... More
Verona: Dalla tipografia di Paolo Libanti, 1822. First Edition. Hardcover. Edizione di Crusca. Large paper edition. xvi, 207pp. Contemporary quarter vellum over patterned paper boards, brown leather label lettered in gold on the spine, fore and bottom edges uncut, decorated endpapers. Engraved title vignette, head-pieces and tail-pieces. Includes an index..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Cloth. Inscribed and dated by Isaac Asimov and Alice Laurance on the title page. Collects stories by Robert Bloch, John D. MacDonald, Ruth Rendell, Dorothy Salisbury Davis, and many others. Story introductions by Isaac Asimov. A fine copy in very good dustjacket..... More
Paris: Alexis Eymery, Libraire, 1821. First Edition. Hardcover. In two volumes. xxxii, 415pp; 445pp. Contemporary full tree calf, spines decorated in gold and with red calf labels lettered and decorated in gold, all edges sprinkled. Engraved frontispiece in volume I. A short inscription from the original owner on the front..... More
Scottsdale, AZ / Burbank, CA: Gladstone Publishing, Ltd. / W. D. Publications, Inc., 1986. First Edition. Stapled wraps. A nice 55 issue run of the Walt Disney's Comics and Stories series published between 1986 and 1991, comprising issues #511 (the first by Gladstone) to 566. These include the first Donald..... More
Milano: Dalla Società Tipografica de' Classici Italiani, 1803. First Edition. Hardcover. In four volumes. lxiii, 516pp; 526pp; 416pp; 312, 151pp + index and publisher's advertisements. Subscribers' list at the end of volume one. Contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards, spines lettered and decorated in gold, all edges uncut. Engraved frontispiece..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Originally serialized in Argosy in 1936. Tan cloth stamped in black on the front panel and the spine panel. Cloth is slightly soiled, name on the front free endpaper. A bright, very good copy in very good dustjacket with four..... More
New York: Metropolitan Books, Inc., (1931). Illustrated by Hutton, Hugh. First Edition. Hardcover. 319pp. Original red cloth stamped in green on the front panel and the spine panel, top edge stained green. Currey binding "A". Frontispiece by Hugh Hutton. The seventh novel in the Martian series. Small spot to front..... More
Tarzana, CA: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., (1931). Illustrated by Burroughs, Studley O. Hardcover. 318pp. Beige cloth lettered in blue on the front and the spine, top edge stained blue. Frontispiece illustration by Studley O. Burroughs. Date in pencil on the front free endpaper (1950), tiny chip to spine head. A...... More
Paris: Librairie de L. Hachette et Cie, 1862. First French Edition. Hardcover. 719pp. Contemporary red half morocco over marbled boards, spine with raised bands and gold decorations and lettering, marbled edges, marbled endpapers. The elegant binding is signed by Ch. de Haas of Paris. Map, foldout map, and thirty-seven woodcut..... More
Paris: Ernest Flammarion & Fils, Editeurs, 1912. First Edition. Printed wrappers. xiv, 585pp. Original wrappers. With 235 photogravures. Princess Helene of Orleans' copy with her name and inscription on the front cover. Faint stain to the lower edge of the text block affecting only the first few leaves, chipping to..... More
Latina: Tunué, 2016-19. First Edition. Hardcover. The set includes the complete Monster Allergy Collection Variant Edition (10 volumes limited to 500 copies), and Monster Allergy Evolution volumes 1, 2, 3, and 4. Each of the books (with the exception of Monster Allergy Evolution #1) is signed and has an original..... More
New York: Modern Library, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. 843pp. Maroon cloth stamped in silver on the front panel and lettered in silver on the spine panel, top edge stained red. A touch of fading to cloth on the spine panel. A near fine copy in very good+ dustjacket with a...... More
London: Chapman & Hall, Limited, 1895. First Edition. Hardcover. Blue cloth elaborately ornated in gold and green on the cover and the spine, top edge gilt, decorated endpapers. Cloth is rubbed, corners and spine ends worn, previous owner's blind stamp to front free endpaper, covers slightly bent. A good+ copy..... More
Milano: L'Agrifoglio, 1991. Non-Book. Edition limited to 250 numbered copies. Plate number four from the portfolio Valentina incontra Henry Moore. Signed by Crepax on the lower right corner. In 1990 Crepax published a story called Sindrome di Moore (Moore Syndrome) in which a feverish Valentina has an oneiric encounter with..... More
Albany, [NY]: Weed, Parsons and Company, Printers, 1865. First Edition. Hardcover. 118pp. Brown cloth stamped in blind and lettered in gold on the front panel. Contemporary inscription and previous owner's name on the front pastedown endpaper. Internally clean. Some soiling and foxing to endpapers, spine missing, wear to extremities, front..... More
Milano: Fratelli Treves Editori, 1908. Illustrated by Cambelotti, Duilio. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition, thirteenth thousand. 249, [1]p. Contemporary full vellum with gilt decorations and red leather label stamped in gold on the spine. Marbled endpapers and top edge. Preserves the original wrappers. Signed, inscribed and dated by D'Annunzio to..... More
New York: Viking, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Spine ends and upper corner tips slightly bruised, light fading to edges. A near fine copy in very good dustjacket with some edge wear, toning and a short closed tear to rear panel. 1985 winner of the National Book Award. ; Octavo. More