Parigi Books
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1906. First Edition. Hardcover. xv, 168pp + [4]pp of publisher's advertisements. Blue cloth lettered in gold. A collection of personal experiences told to the author by women residents of Hull House, including the famous story of the Devil Baby. Light foxing mostly confined to the..... More
Parma: Dalla Stamperia Reale, 1777. First Edition. Hardcover. xix, [1], 224pp. Contemporary vellum backed paper covered boards with gold lettering on the spine. Some stains to covers, stain affecting lower corner of boards and of leaves, previous owner's name to front pastedown endpaper and to title page, small wormhole to..... More
Madrid: Por D. Antonio Espinosa, 1788. First Spanish Edition. Hardcover. 93pp. Contemporary quarter leather over boards. The defense by Cagliostro in the Affair of the Diamond Necklace that landed him nine months in the Bastille and for which he was subsequently acquitted. Text in Spanish. Translated from the French. Very..... More
Paris: Chez Maradan, 1807. First Edition. Hardcover. xiv, [12], 362pp. Contemporary quarter morocco over marbled boards, spine with four raised bands, decorated and lettered in gold, marbled endpapers. Engraved frontispiece. The monthly calendar is printed on blue paper. Considered by many the founding father of culinary journalism, the eclectic Grimod..... More
Londra? 1799? Hardcover. Later counterfeit edition. 189pp. Contemporary half vellum over marbled boards, spines with gold motifs, brown calf label lettered and decorated in gold, all edges stained yellow. This copy without the plate. Faint, small stain to lower edge else a near fine copy. In the Italian language. ;..... More
Firenze: G. Barbèra, 1867. Hardcover. Collezione Diamante. 24mo (10.5x6.5 cm). 593pp. Contemporary full vellum with spine lettered in gilt (now faded), marbled endpapers, tissued frontispiece. Original bookstore label on front free endpaper, small stain on bottome edge, light soiling to covers. Includes Ottavia, Timoleone, Merope, Maria Stuarda, La congiura de'..... 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
Boston and New York: Haskell and Post Company, 1887. First Edition. Hardcover. Complete in two volumes. Japan and China Paper Edition, Before Letter. 119pp; [120]-240pp. Brown half morocco over silk covered boards, spines with five raised bands, gilt decorations and lettering. Marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, others uncut. Text by..... More
Boston: Nichols and Noyes, 1868. First Edition. Hardcover. xi, 426pp. Original green cloth stamped in blind on the sides and lettered in gold on the spine. Frontispiece and several portraits with tissue guards. Light wear to spine ends and corner tips, name on front free endpaper, small spot to front..... More
Philadelphia: American Sunday School Union, 1829. Hardcover. 180pp. Quarter cloth over marbled boards. Engraved frontispiece. With the small bookseller label of George L. Weed, Juvenile Bookseller of Cincinnati. Front free endpaper partially torn, scattered foxing to text block, wear to covers. A very good- copy. ; 24mo. More
Hardcover. A unique look at human sexuality and literary Romantic love in the early part of the twentieth century during the colonial and modernist eras. As noted by the famous French philosopher Michel Foucault in his "repressive hypothesis,” the age of Victorian repression clearly produced non-traditional expressions of lust. The..... More
Boston: J. E. Tilton and Company. Hardcover. 128pp. Brown cloth stamped in gold on the spine panel. Frontispiece and two inserted plates. Small bookstore label of Geo. H. Hees of Oswego, NY, on the front free endpaper (which bears also the residue of another bookstore label). Light wear to extremities..... More
Boston: Frederic S. Hill, 1831. First US Edition. Hardcover. 285pp. Original green cloth with paper label affixed to spine panel. Engraved title and three inserted plates with etchings. Wear to cloth, chips to label. Contemporary owner's name on front free endpaper, pencil markings on endpapers, scattered foxing throughout. A good+..... More
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N.D. First Edition. Hardcover. 190pp; xvi, 175pp. Contemporary tree calf, spine elaborately decorated in gold and with red and black labels lettered in gold, all edges stained red. A series of biographical sketches and anecdotes about Frederick II of Prussia. With the bookplate of August Theodor Gausebeck on the front..... More
Boston: Russell, Odiorne, and Metcalf, 1835. First Edition. Hardcover. 60pp. Original brown cloth stamped in gold on the front. Light scattered foxing throughout, some chipping to spine ends. About very good. Sabin 27532.; Twelvemo. More
Philadelphia: Published for the Author by Edwad (sic) Earle, 1815. First Edition. Pamphlet. 27pp. Unbound. A humorous story on the sorry state of the paper currency of the United States. Small library stamps on title and first page, number and name on title. A very good copy. Sabin 32183. ;..... 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
Chester: Printed by J. Fletcher, 1792. Pamphlet. Originally printed in Edinburgh in 1776. 24pp. Disbound. With an advertisement by the editor. Very minor foxing to some of the leaves. A near fine copy. Uncommon. ; Octavo. More
Cosmopoli [Torino?]: Nella Reale Stamperia, 1790. First Edition. Hardcover. 76pp. Contemporary quarter vellum over paper covered boards, title vignette. Name and date on the front pastedown endpaper, boards are a bit worn. A very good copy. In the Italian language. ; 12mo. More
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, (1881). Hardcover. A Sequel to Nurse Bundle and The Story of a Little Boy. 128pp. Original brown pictorial cloth with two color illustrations of children affixed to the front panel, spine decorated in gold, rear panel stamped in blind. With several inserted plates. Light..... More
Boston / Dover: D. Lothrop & Co. / G. T. Day & Co., 1872. First Edition. Hardcover. 60pp. Green cloth stamped in blind on the sides, spine decorated in gold. Engraved frontispiece, title vignette, illustrations. Contemporary inscription on front free endpaper. Front hinge a bit weak, small scrape to spine..... More
Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication, 1849. Hardcover. Volume 1. 180pp. Red pictorial cloth stamped in black on the front, spine lettered and decorated in gold. Frontispiece, illustrations. Small bookstore label of Jas. R. Ewing of Portland, OR, on the rear pastedown endpaper. Contemporary inscription on front pastedown endpaper. Light fading..... More
New York: Robert Carter & Brothers, 1861. First Edition. Hardcover. One of the Carter's Fireside Library. 120pp. Blue decorated cloth stamped in blind on the sides, and lettered and decorated in gold on the spine. Pale yellow endpapers. Frontispiece and five inserted plates with illustrations engraved by Felter and Williams..... More
Hardcover. Black morocco, marbled endpapers, marbled edges, brass clasp. Ninety-five handwritten leaves plus several blanks. The first twenty numbered leaves are verbatim excerpts from titles such as Principles of Human Physiology by William Benjamin Carpenter, Outlines of Physiology in Its Relations to Man by John Gray McKendrick. The actual diary..... More
New York: American Tract Society. Hardcover. 146pp. Brown cloth stamped in blind on the sides, spine lettered and decorated in gold. Three inserted plates with illustrations. Light wear to extremities and text block. A very good copy. ; 24mo. More