Parigi Books
Torino: Nella stamperia degli eredi Avondo, [1774]. First Edition. Wrappers. First edition in Italian. 72pp. Contemporary wrappers. Engraved head piece and one inserted plate. A short poem on the cinchona or quina. Some old faint stains to front cover, light scattered foxing. A nice, very good+ copy. ; Octavo... More
San Francisco: Leon C. Osteyee, 1906. First Edition. Pictorial wrappers. 128pp. Original wrappers. Photographs by J. D. Givens. Introduction by A. M. Allison. Chipping to spine, a few short closed tears along the edges, creases to back cover, two short tears to last page. A very good- copy. ; Oblong..... More
New York: George Routledge and Sons, 1887. Illustrated by Poirson, V. A. Hardcover. xvi, 291pp. Original brown pictorial cloth stamped in gold, black, light brown, red, and blue on the front panel and the spine panel, aubergine endpapers. With one hundred and fourteen color illustrations by V. A. Poirson and..... More
Paris: Librairie Internationale, 1869. First Edition. Hardcover. 380, [1]p. Red quarter morocco over marbled boards, spine lettered in gold. Original front cover preserved. Neat bookplate on the front pastedown endpaper. Light wear to extremities, last leaf of text soiled and creased, occasional foxing. A very good copy. In the French..... More
Cambridge, MA: Published by the Author, 1853. First Edition. Hardcover. xxiv, 8, 8, 8, 8, 18, 6, 8, 8, 4, 8, 4, 12, 4, 8, 4, 16, 4, 12, 8, 12, 16, 55, [7]pp + 8pp of advertisements. Original brown cloth stamped in blind on the sides and the spine..... More
Hartford, CT: Published by Hutchison and Dwier, 1835. Hardcover. 576pp. Contemporary full tree calf, spine decorated and lettered in gold, marbled edges. Frontispiece and thirty-six inserted plates with two engravings each. Draws from the works of Bernard Picart and Colin Mackenzie with important additions and alterations. With chapters on the..... More
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1898. First Edition. Hardcover. 406pp + [8]pp of publisher's advertisements. Green decorated cloth stamped in darker green, gold and red on the front, lettered in red and black on the spine. Foxing to cloth, spine is toned, name on front free endpaper. A very..... More
New York: Anson D. F. Randolph & Co., N.D. Illustrated by Foster, Birket. Hardcover. Edition limited to 500 copies. xii, 124pp. Contemporary brown half morocco over marbled boards, spine with five raised bands, elaborately decorated in gold, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. Frontispiece and seven illustrations by Birket Foster, head..... More
Dublin: Printed for the Author and Sold by T. Johnstone, 1811-4. Hardcover. Two volumes bound in one. 199pp; iv, [1], 6-48, [1], 51-216pp. Modern half calf over marbled boards, spine with four raised bands, gold lettering and decorations. Engraved frontispiece. The first title is a second edition, enlarged and continued..... More
New York: Worthington Co., 1887. First Edition. Hardcover. xiii, 288pp. Blue pictorial cloth stamped in green, gold, and red on the front panel and the spine panel, top edge gilt, decorated endpapers. Frontispiece. Each page has text printed in purple in a text box framed by an illustration. Poems by..... More
London: John Murray, 1820. First Edition. Hardcover. Full dark brown leather with elaborate decorations on the covers and spine, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers. Sixty-three engraved plates by John Pye, George Cooke, George Hollis, J. Landseer and others. Heavy wear to corners and edges, rodent damage to upper half of..... More
New York: Chautauqua Press, 1887. First Edition. Hardcover. 312pp. Original brown decorated cloth stamped in gold and black on the front and the spine. Foldout map and several illustrations. Previous owner's name on the front free endpaper, a touch of wear to extremities. A near fine copy. ; Octavo... More
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1899. First Edition. Hardcover. viii, 303pp. Cloth. With portraits, facsimiles, and other illustrations. A couple of faint spots to covers else a fine copy.; Octavo. More
Washington, DC: Buell & Blanchard, Printers, 1853. First Edition. Pamphlet. 15pp. Folded sheets. Light toning to pages, smudge on title page, light chipping. A very good- copy. Sabin 29640. ; Octavo. More
London: John Murray, 1818. First Edition. Hardcover. In two volumes. xvi, 530pp + errata; vii, 654pp + errata. Recent brown half cloth over marbled boards. Text blocks mostly clean, light foxing to first and last leaves. A near fine set. ; Quarto. More
New York: The New York Times, 1899. First Edition. Printed wrappers. 122pp. Original gray wrappers lettered in black. With an introduction by Francis Withing Halsey that explains how the correspondence started with a letter sent by Helen Church, a reader of The New York Times Saturday Review of Books and..... More
Chicago: Our Possessions Publishing, Co., 1899. First Edition. Hardcover. 452pp. Original tan pictorial binding stamped in gold, red, black, and white on the front panel and the spine panel. Frontispiece and twenty-seven half-tone engravings made from photographs taken especially for this book. A few tiny spots to cloth on the..... More
Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1866. First Edition. Hardcover. 352pp. Maroon cloth stamped in gold on the front and the spine, brown endpapers. Frontispiece and two plates with photographs. Inscription on the front free endpaper by John Pierce from Company G of Lowell, Mass, in the year of publication (his name..... More
Lowell, MA: Milton Bonney, 1847. First Edition. Hardcover. 164pp. Brown cloth decorated in gold and stamped in blind on the front panel and lettered and decorated in gold on the spine, all edges gilt, tissued color frontispiece. Mild chipping to spine, some pencil annotations in text, light foxing. A very..... More
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1883. Hardcover. vii, 378pp. Original publisher's brown pictorial cloth stamped in black and gold on the front panel and the spine panel, all edges gilt. Portrait frontispiece and several inserted plates with engravings. Light edge wear, contemporary owner's name on the front free endpaper. A...... More
Boston: Fields, Osgood, & Co., 1870. First Edition. Hardcover. Second issue with the story titled Brown of Calaveras. iv, [iv], 256pp. Brown cloth stamped in blind on the sides, spine lettered in gold. With the stamp and signature of S. S. Pinkerton of Oil City, PA, on the title page..... More
Hardcover. Brown half calf and marbled boards. A collection of several pamphlets pertaining mostly to politics. Three of them bear the signature of Sir William Jolliffe, one was inscribed to him by the author, and one includes an autograph letter signed by the author. Includes the following titles: 1) Character..... More
Boston: Lee and Shepard, Publishers, 1872. Hardcover. 334pp. Original brown cloth stamped in blind on the sides and lettered in gold on the spine panel. Double wood engraved frontispiece with views of the old prison, built in 1805 and of the same in 1868. Wear to spine ends, short inscription..... More
New York: William H. Appleton, 1865. First Edition. Hardcover. Yong American Modern History Heroes No. 2. 4pp of publisher's advertisements, 278pp. White cloth stamped in blind on the sides, lettered and decorated in gold on the spine. Frontispiece, engraved title, four inserted plates (one is a map), in-text illustration. Contemporary..... More
Venezia: Presso Francesco Pitteri, 1770. Second Edition. Hardcover. Second edition in Italian. Two volumes. xx, 447pp; 400pp. There are several misnumbered pages. Recent half mottled calf over marbled boards, spine with raised bands, decorated and lettered in gold, edges sprinkled red. Engraved frontispiece, twenty copper-engraved foldout plates, initials and tail-pieces..... More