Parigi Books
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
Philadelphia: Printed and Published by H. Maxwell, 1799. First Edition. Hardcover. vi (but actually iv), 224pp. Modern red half morocco over marbled boards, spine with raised bands, decorated in gold and blind and lettered in gold. The endpapers were replaced but the original front free endpaper and the original bookstore..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1883. First Edition. Hardcover. xv, 102pp + 2pp of publisher's advertisements. Cloth backed pictorial boards, edges stained red. Light soiling to covers, wear to extremities. Internally very clean. A good+ copy. In Bitting, p. 64. ; Oblong octavo. More
London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1880-82. Hardcover. viii, 349pp; xi, 319pp. First Series, twelfth edition; Second Series, second edition. Contemporary dark green full calf bindings, sides ruled in gold and tooled in blind, spines with five raised bands, gilt decorations, red morocco labels lettered in gold, gilt inside dentelles, all..... More
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., (1886). Hardcover. vi, 282pp. Original olive green decorated cloth stamped in black and gold on the front panel and the spine panel, all edges gilt. Frontispiece. Publisher's advertisement leaf laid in. A clean, fine copy. ; Octavo. More
London: John C. Nimmo, 1887. First Edition. Hardcover. Edition limited to 500 copies, this being #107. xxx, 200pp. Brown buckram lettered in gold on the spine, top edge gilt others uncut. Title page printed in red and black. A very good copy. ; Octavo. More
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell. Hardcover. Circa 1890s. 371pp. Original green cloth over white celluloid hand painted with floral decorations in gold and lilac, all edges gilt. Portrait frontispiece. Contemporary inscription on the front free endpaper. Corner tips worn. A bright, near fine copy. ; Octavo. More
Roma: Nella stamparia di Domenico Antonio Ercole, 1698. First Edition. Hardcover. xxviii, 495pp. Contemporary full calf, spine and edges decorated in gold, leather label lettered in gold, marbled pastedowns, edges sprinkled in red. Engraved title, title vignette, thirty engraved plates (mostly of coins and medallions), three engraved foldout plates, several..... More
New York: Scribner, Armstrong, & Co., 1877. First Edition. Hardcover. [4], 270pp + [3]pp of publisher's advertisements. Brown decorated cloth stamped in black and gold on the front and the spine, brown endpapers. Collects eight stories originally published in Scribner's Monthly and Lippincott's Magazine. Contemporary inscription in pencil and small..... 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
New York: French & Adlard, 1837. First Edition. Hardcover. In two volumes. 299pp; 14 unnumbered leaves and 9 engraved plates, 7 of which are hand-colored and 2 are foldouts. The text volume is bound in the original brown decorated cloth with paper label affixed to the spine. The atlas volume..... More
London: Published by Ackermann and Co., 1841. First Edition. Hardcover. 15, [1]p. Original (or contemporary) green cloth stamped in blind on the sides and lettered in gold on the front panel and the spine panel, glazed yellow endpapers. Frontispiece and fifteen numbered plates with sixteen hand-colored illustrations and fourteen in..... More
Cincinnati: Robert Clarke & Co, 1873. First Edition. Hardcover. x, 403pp. Green cloth stamped in blind on the sides and lettered and decorated in gold on the spine, top edge gilt. Engraved frontispiece. Previous owner's inscription to flyleaf, light wear to extremities, front hinge a bit weak, flyleaf excised. A...... More
Boston: Estes and Lauriat, 1883. Hardcover. 318pp. Pictorial boards, pictorial endpapers. Profusely illustrated. Some wear to extremities and spine, small stain to lower edge of last few leaves and larger faint stain to back cover. A very good- copy. ; Octavo. More
Boston: Estes and Lauriat, 1883. Hardcover. 320pp. Pictorial boards, pictorial endpapers. Profusely illustrated. Light wear to extremities and spine, small stain to lower edge of last few leaves. A very good+ copy. ; Octavo. More
Manchester: Printed by Joseph Harrop, 1767. First Edition. Hardcover. ix, [1], [3]-92pp. There are two minor pagination errors: page 69 is erroneously numbered 68; the page number 76 is missing. The text is complete. Recent dark brown patterned paper over boards, spine lettered in gold. One engraved table and twelve..... More
London: G. Shield, 1862. First Edition. Hardcover. 96pp. Original brown cloth with green label lettered in black affixed to the front panel. Frontispiece. With chapters on Rods and Tackle, Fishing for Eels, Fishing for Trout, Salmon Fly, Trout Fly, Clear-Stream Fishing, Loch Fishing and more. Light foxing, front hinge weak..... More
London: Printed for and Sold by the Compiler, 1796. First Edition. Hardcover. iv, 416pp. Bound in light brown cloth stamped in gold and red on the spine, illustrated frontispiece. A note on the front pastedown endpaper informs us that the binding was done by George A. Simonds in Washington in..... More
Edinburgh / London: Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1812 / 1807. Hardcover. viii, 142, 240, 416pp. Recent maroon cloth, spine stamped in gold and with leather label lettered in gold. Old stains to fore and top edge affecting some of the leaves, dusty edges. A very good+ copy..... More
Hartford, CT: A. S. Hale & Co., 1869. Hardcover. 484pp. Original brown cloth stamped in gold and blind on the front panel and decorated in gold on the spine panel. Frontispiece and five inserted plates. The somewhat fictionalized autobiography of Enrichetta Caracciolo, a former Benedictine nun, Italian patriot and feminist..... More
Toronto and Brantford: The Bradley-Garretson Company, Lt'd, 1895. First Edition. Hardcover. 498pp, [2]pp. Original red pictorial cloth stamped in black and gold on the front panel and the spine panel. Portrait frontispiece and several illustrations. Mild foxing to endpapers and edges, some wear to edges and spine ends, spine panel..... More
Philadelphia: Porter & Coates, (1864). Hardcover. The Gun-Boat Series. 256pp. Blue pictorial cloth stamped in black and red on the front panel and in black, gold, and red on the spine panel. Engraved title. Previous owner's name in ink and pencil on the flyleaf. Wear to extremities, small chip to..... More
Philadelphia: Porter & Coates, (1891). Illustrated by White, George G. First Edition. Hardcover. Castlemon's War Series. iii, 428pp. Brown pictorial cloth stamped in black and grey on the front panel and in black, gold, and grey on the spine panel. Frontispiece and three inserted plates with illustrations by George G...... More
Philadelphia: Porter & Coates, (1892). Illustrated by White, George G. First Edition. Hardcover. Castlemon's War Series. iii, 456pp + 4pp of publisher's advertisements. Brown pictorial cloth stamped in black and grey on the front panel and in black, gold, and grey on the spine panel. Frontispiece and three inserted plates..... More
London: Burns & Lambert, 1858. Hardcover. xii, 821pp. Full brown morocco, covers stamped in blind and black and with inserted metal decorations, spine with raised bands stamped in blind and gold, gilt gauffered edges, inner gilt dentelles, metal clasp. Frontispiece and nine inserted plates with illustrations. Some wear to spine..... More