Milano: Tipografia e Libreria Pirotta e C., 1841. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition in Italian. Five books in one. xxxv, 362pp. Contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards, spine lettered and decorated in gold. Head-pieces and initials. Originally published in Latin in 1840, the text documented the Great Plague of Milan... More

San Francisco: H. H. Bancroft and Company, 1865. First Edition. Flexible cloth. 100pp. Original brown limp cloth decorated and lettered in gold, all edges gilt, yellow endpapers. A story in verse of California's Volunteer company that fought in the Civil War with the 2nd Massachusetts Cavalry. Long inscription in pencil... More

Paris: Victor Retaux et Fils, Libraires-Editeurs. Third Edition. Hardcover. 369pp. Contemporary brown full morocco, boards decorated in gold, spine with four raised bands with gold lettering and decorations, gilt inner dentelles, top edge gilt others uncut, marbled endpapers. From the private library of the Postulazione Generale in Rome, with their... More

Milano: Molina, 1821-1839. First Edition. Hardcover. Collana degli Antichi Storici Greci Volgarizzati. Three volumes bound in one. xlvi, 192pp; 248pp; x, 364pp. Contemporary full vellum with red and green leather labels lettered in gold on the spine. Engraved foldout map of the Persian Empire in volume 1; engraved foldout plate... More

Milano: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Tiny bookstore sticker rear flap, some underlining. A good copy in about fine dustjacket. ; Octavo. More

Pawling, NY: Published by the Author, 1877. First Edition. Hardcover. 507, [1]p. Original green cloth stamped in blind on the sides, lettered in gold and stamped in blind on the spine. Frontispiece of the city of Poughkeepsie and numerous illustrations. Lacks the folding map. Light edge wear, spine ends bruised... More

London: Printed for T. Woodward, 1724. First English Edition. Hardcover. [18], 163, 252, 152pp. Contemporary full speckled panelled calf with large fleurons at corners, spine in six compartments with raised bands and gold decorations, speckled edges. Frontispiece of Hernan Cortès engraved by George Vertue, six engraved foldout plates, and a.... More

Vinetia: Appresso Gratioso Percaccino, 1569. Hardcover. [24], 283, [1]p. Old quarter calf over marbled boards, spine lettered in gold, all edges blue. Copper engraved title, portrait frontispiece, one foldout plate with the coats of arms of the Colleoni family, initials, head-pieces, tail-pieces and printer's device. The fascinating life and times... More

Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2003. Hardcover. New in publisher's shrinkwrap.; Quarto. More

London: The European Mail Limited, 1896. First Edition. Hardcover. vi, 178pp + [22]pp of advertisements. Original green cloth stamped in gold on the front panel and the spine panel. Decorated endpapers. An account of the South Sea Islands and their inhabitants. Many of the stories were originally published in The... More

London: Orbis Publishing Limited, 1985. First English Edition. Hardcover. Small stain on fore edge not affecting text. A near fine copy in near fine dustjacket with a hint of wear to upper edge. Signed and dated by the author on front free endpaper and with a presentation card attached also... More

1915. Hardcover. Contemporary dark red half leather. Unpaginated. 22 cm. A scrapbook with eighty-seven newspaper clippings (including photographs and illustrations) pasted on slick paper. With the name Franklin D. Rice lettered in gold on the front panel. Front cover partially split at spine, some loss to the spine panel. A.... More

Fitchburg, MA: J. Garfield Printer, 1836. First Edition. Printed wrappers. 111pp. Original yellow wrappers, stitched. Wear along the edges, scattered foxing throughout more pronounced on the first and last few leaves, name in pencil on front cover, lacks back cover. A good+ copy. Uncommon. Sabin 93600. ; Octavo. More