Parigi Books
New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1895. First Edition. Hardcover. Precedes the British edition. 244pp. Original brown decorated cloth, top edge gilt, others uncut. Previous owner's name in pencil on the front free endpaper, light wear to extremities. A near fine copy. ; Octavo. More
New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1867. First Edition. Hardcover. 478pp + 2 pp of advertisements. Green cloth stamped in blind on the sides and in gold on the spine. The author was professor of Gastronomy and founder of the New York Cooking Academy. Paul Watkins' copy with his stamp..... More
New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1867. First Edition. Hardcover. 478pp + 2 pp of advertisements. Brown cloth stamped in blind on the sides and in gold on the spine. The author was professor of Gastronomy and founder of the New York Cooking Academy. Private library number on front pastedown..... 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
Venezia: Pietro Maria Bertano, 1638. Hardcover. xiv, 472pp. Bound in full vellum with gilt titles and decorations on the spine panel, sprinkled edges. A revised and somewhat censored edition of the Decameron by the Florentine nobleman Leonardo Salviati, who was among the founders of the Accademia della Crusca, originally published..... More
Firenze: Adriano Salani, Editore, 1899. Hardcover. Three volumes bound in one. 226pp; 212pp; 199pp + 7pp of publisher's advertisements. Light brown pictorial cloth with a nice Art Nouveau image of a nude woman sitting on top of a book, spine with ornate black decorations and gold lettering, rear board stamped..... More
Edinburgh: E. & G. Goldsmid, 1888. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Originally published in English in 1555. The Bookworm's Garner III-V. Edition limited to 97 copies on paper this being #81. In three volumes. Each volume is signed by the publisher on the limitation page. Brown cloth with paper label stamped in..... More
London: Printed and Sold by H. Hills, 1710. Self-wraps. 40pp. Disbound. Number and old price on title, light toning. A very good copy. ; 12mo. More
New York: Robert Carter & Brothers, 1855. Hardcover. 303pp. Brown cloth lettered and decorated in gold on the spine. Frontispiece and five inserted plates with illustrations. Wear to covers, missing front free endpaper, some of the leaves are partially detached, scattered foxing throughout. A good copy. ; Square 16mo... More
Paris: Imprimé pour l'auteur, 1888. First Edition. Printed wrappers. 62pp. Original gray wrappers with lettering in black and red. With three inserted color maps and a large (56 x 45 cm) foldout color map at rear. Spine is almost completely missing, light chipping to the edges, small tear to edge..... More
London: Printed by His Majesty's Law-Printers for W. Johnston and G. Kearsly... 1766. First Edition. Hardcover. xxxi, 264pp. Later quarter vellum over marbled boards, spine with raised bands and gold lettering. Endpapers replaced. Several contemporary names on flyleaves (including a Silas Marsh, esquire) and on the title page. A rectangular..... More
Philadelphia: Printed by Budd and Bartram for Thomas Dobson, 1801. Second Edition. Hardcover. Revised and enlarged. viii, 536, 8, [21]pp. Contemporary full tree calf, red leather label lettered in gold on the spine. Marbled endpapers. According to the author, almost eighty pages of additions and two extra copper plates were..... More
Napoli: Nella Stamperia de' Fratelli di Paci, 1778. Hardcover. xvi, 432pp. Full vellum with gold lettering on the spine. Some stains to covers, lower corner of page 1 is torn, mild scattered foxing throughout. In the Italian language. A nice copy. ; Octavo. More
Napoli: Nella Stamperia de' Fratelli di Paci, 1778. Hardcover. 688pp. Full vellum with gold lettering on the spine. Some stains to covers, lower corner of rear free endpaper is torn, mild scattered foxing throughout, small stain to bottom edge. In the Italian language. A nice copy. ; Octavo. More
Palermo: Tipografia di Federico Garofalo, 1853. Hardcover. Originally published in Paris in 1809. Follows the text of the revised 1819 edition. 389pp. Contemporary dark green quarter calf lettered and decorated in gold on the spine panel, sprinkled edges. Text in two columns. A history of the United States from the..... More
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1894. Illustrated by Harper, W. St. John. First Edition. Hardcover. vi, [4], 347pp. Original green cloth decorated in gold on the front panel and with gilt lettering and decorations on the spine panel. Frontispiece map and seven inserted plates with six illustrations by W. St..... More
Boston: Lee and Shepard, Publishers, 1868. First Edition. Hardcover. First in the Proverb Series. 233pp + [2]pp of publisher's advertisements. Green cloth lettered and decorated in gold on the spine. Frontispiece, engraved title, and two inserted plates with illustrations. Collects twelve short stories. Owner's bookplate on front free endpaper, title..... More
London: / Printed for J. Roberts, 1716-22. First Edition. Hardcover. Four volumes bound in one. 131pp (with three pagination errors); xvi, [4], 156pp; [6], 83pp + publisher's advertisement; 60pp. Recent mottled half calf over marbled boards, spine decorated and lettered in gold. Marbled edges. Head-pieces, tail-pieces and initials (in the..... More
Boston: Roberts Brothers, (1892). Illustrated by Goodridge, J. F. Hardcover. 319pp. Original blue cloth decorated and lettered in black on the front panel and the spine panel. Frontispiece and three inserted plates with illustrations by J. F. Goodridge. A story for young adults set in Florida featuring two white boys..... More
Rochester, NY: Union and Advertiser Company's Print, 1883. First Edition. Hardcover. xiv, 977pp. Green half leather stamped in gold on the spine, marbled endpapers. Several in-text illustrations. Wear to extremities, light chipping to first few leaves, previous owner's name to endpapers. About very good. Uncommon.; Octavo. More
1789. Pamphlet. 16pp. Folded sheet. One of Brissot’s many pamphlets composed in the years and months leading up to the July 1789 storming of the Bastille that launched the French Revolution. Brissot supported many of the ideals of the Enlightenment philosophes, such as Rousseau and Voltaire, and was committed to..... More
Philadelphia: J. Magee, 1864. Broadside. Single sheet, folded. Printed in blue and red on the first page only. Thirteen verses with chorus, red and blue ornamental border with American flags and the words Liberty and Union Forever. Blindstamp of the Southworth Co. paper company of Massachusetts on the top left..... More
Broadside. Circa 1860s. No publisher. Eight verses with chorus with a simple ornamental border. Measures approximately 12 x 19 cm (4.5 x 7.5"). Faint pencil markings on the top edge, tiny spot to the left of the last verse. Near fine. More
San Francisco: Bell & Company, General Publishers of Songs and Ballads. Broadside. Circa 1870s. Composed by T. S. Lonsdale. Four verses, chorus, and spoken parts with an ornamental border. Measures 9 x 26.5 cm (3.5 x 10.5"). Trimmed. Minor foxing and a tiny closed tear to the edge. Very good..... More
New York: J. Andrews. Broadside. Circa 1850s. No. 38. Composed by L. V. H. Crosby. Three verses with an elaborate ornamental border. Measures 11 x 22 cm (4.25 x 8.75"). Trimmed. Minor foxing, short closed tear to the edge, a couple of tiny holes. Very good. More