Parigi Books
Auburn and Rochester: Alden and Beardsley, 1855. Hardcover. Later printing. First in the Silver Lake Stories. 148pp. Brown cloth lettered and decorated in gold on the sides and the spine. Frontispiece, engraved title, illustrations. Owner's name on front free endpaper, wear to extremities, missing the rear free endpaper, light foxing..... More
Philadelphia: American Baptist Publication Society, (1866). First Edition. Hardcover. 144pp. Red cloth stamped in black on the sides, spine lettered and decorated in gold and black. Frontispiece and in-text illustrations. A few minor stains to cloth, pencil marks on the front endpapers. A very good copy. ; 24mo... More
London: Printed for J. Johnson, 1808. Hardcover. In two volumes. Contemporary full green morocco, sides with gold fillet and elaborate gilt decorations, spines lettered and decorated in gold, all edges gilt. Portrait frontispiece, head and tail-pieces designed by Thurston and engraved by Nesbit, Clennel, and Branston. Marie Marow Wilmot, Lady..... More
London: Printed for J. Johnson, 1788. Second Edition. Hardcover. [14], 491pp. Contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards, leather label lettered in gold on the spine. With four engraved plates, two of which are foldouts. Small insect damage to front free endpaper and fly leaf, wear to extremities, scattered foxing throughout..... More
London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Orme, and Brown, 1822. First Edition. Hardcover. iv, 176pp. Bound by Blackwell of Oxford in tan half calf over marbled boards, spine lettered and decorated in gold. With the armorial bookplate of William Taylor on the front pastedown endpaper. Forty-six engravings and two fold-out maps..... More
Paris: J.-B. Baillière et fils, 1874. First Edition. Hardcover. 543pp. Original cloth, spine rebacked in leather. Former library copy, rubbing to extremities. A good+ copy. ; Octavo. More
Boston: Printed for the Author, 1802. First Edition. Printed wrappers. 45pp. Original printed wrappers. Unbound. Several chips along the edges, toning to pages. Housed in a custom chemise and quarter green morocco slipcase in fine condition. Sabin 17682. ; Octavo. More
London: James Clarke & Co., 1892. First Edition. Hardcover. 121pp + 10pp of advertisements. Original blue limp cloth lettered in gold on the front panel. With severeal in-text illustrations. Label ghost to lower edge of front cover, previous owner's name in pencil, a hint of wear to spine ends. A...... More
Philadelphia: For James Humphreys, and for Benjamin and Thomas Kite, 1808. First US Edition. Hardcover. Two volumes in one. xvi, [17]-430pp + 2pp of publisher's advertisements. Contemporary full tree calf, red leather label on the spine lettered in gold. Wear to extremities, front joint partially cracked, small loss to head..... More
Edinburgh: William and Robert Chambers / Adam and Charles Black, 1837-53. Hardcover. Eleven works bound in one volume. Half calf over marbled boards, spine with five raised bands, red calf label lettered in gold and decorations. Includes: 1) The Life of Robert Burns, with a Criticism on His Writings... Here..... More
London: Published by Thomas Kelly, 1841. Hardcover. xvi, 472pp. Recent red half calf over marbled boards. Frontispiece and eleven inserted plates with engravings of the village of Polstead and its church, portraits of Maria Marten, William Corder, the execution scene, and more. The Red Barn murder was one of the..... More
Albany, [NY]: Weed, Parsons and Company, Printers, 1865. First Edition. Hardcover. 118pp. Brown cloth stamped in blind and lettered in gold on the front panel. Contemporary inscription and previous owner's name on the front pastedown endpaper. Internally clean. Some soiling and foxing to endpapers, spine missing, wear to extremities, front..... More
La Haye: 1763. First Edition. Hardcover. Two parts in one. vi, 167pp; 187pp. Contemporary full calf, spine decorated and lettered in gold, marbled endpapers, marbled edges. Joints partially cracked, fairly heavily worn leather, owner's name on flyleaves. Internally very clean. In the French language. ; Twelvemo. More
Madrid / France: Chez Copin Frères / Chez les principaux Libraires, 1809. First Edition. Hardcover. viii, 172pp. Contemporary green half calf over marbled boards, spine lettered and decorated in gold, edges uncut. In the preface, the author, himself a victim of the Inquisition, recounts the story of his wife’s suffering..... More
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1869. Hardcover. viii, 560pp. Brown cloth stamped in blind on the sides, spine lettered and decorated in gold. Frontispiece and five inserted plates with color steel engravings. Contemporary inscription on the front free endpaper. Spine slant, wear to corner tips, faint stain affecting the..... More
Capolago: Tipografia Elvetica, 1837-8. Hardcover. Eleven volumes in five. 310, [1]p; 388pp; 441pp; xxxii, 363pp; 410pp; 304pp; 545pp; 342pp; 410pp; 351pp; 365pp. Contemporary quarter polished calf over marbled boards, spines lettered and decorated in gold, edges stained blue. A comprehensive history of Venice, originally published in Paris in 1819. Translated..... More
Milwaukee, WI: Georg Brumder's Verlag, 1879. First Edition. Hardcover. iv, 400pp. Green cloth decorated in blind and gold and lettered in gold on the front and the spine, all edges stained red. Soiling and rubbing to cloth, pages are heavily toned, both hinges cracked. A good copy. In Bitting, p...... More
Paris: Lehuby, 1838. First Edition. Hardcover. 326pp + 12pp of publisher's advertisements. Contemporary full tree calf, spine decorated in gold and with black leather label lettered in gold, marbled edges, marbled endpapers. Engraved title, frontispiece, and two inserted plates. Light scattered foxing, some fading to spine, mild wear to extremities..... More
Malines: P. J. Hanicq, 1844. First French Edition. Hardcover. vi, 304pp. Contemporary full mottled calf decorated and lettered in gold on the spine. Frontispiece and nineteen inserted plates. Small bookstore label to front pastedown, library markings on half-title and title page, otherwise clean. Rear joint is almost completely cracked, wear..... More
London: Merric Smith, 1832-3. First Edition. Hardcover. In two volumes. xviii, 258pp; 277pp. Contemporary quarter leather and boards. Wear to extremities, light toning and soiling to text blocks, small bookstore label residue on the front pastedown of volume 1, boards fairly heavily rubbed. The rear free endpaper of volume 1..... More
Paris: Henry Tardieu / Joseph Chaumerot, 1808. Hardcover. xxiv, 306pp + 2pp of publisher's advertisements. Contemporary quarter calf, edges stained red. Frontispiece and two engraved plates. With the bookplate of Arthur J. Moulton on the front pastedown endpaper. Faint stain affecting the top edge of the text block, front hinge..... More
Paris: Briasson, 1771. First Edition. 9pp + 35 plates. Disbound. Includes thirty-five engraved plates on fishing by Benard and Groussier. Originally contained in one of the volumes of plates, which was part of the Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. One tiny wormhole to inner..... More
Virginia, NE: F. Boegle, 1889. First Edition. Printed wrappers. x, 158pp. Original grey wrappers. Bookplate of James A. Guilfoil and date on the inside of the front cover. Chipping to spine and edges, front cover partially split, two faint spots to back cover. Internally clean. A very good copy. Howes..... More
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1868. Illustrated by Eytinge, Jr., Sol. First Edition. Hardcover. [6], 241pp. Red pictorial cloth stamped in gold on the front, spine lettered in gold. Frontispiece and six (out of seven) inserted plates with illustrations by Sol Eytinge, Jr.. Short preface by the author. Includes Little Nell..... More
London: Bradbury & Evans, 1857. Illustrated by Browne, H. K. First Edition. Hardcover. xiv, 625pp. Contemporary brown half calf, spine with five raised bands, gilt decorations and titles, marbled endpapers and marbled edges. Tissued frontispiece, engraved title, and thirty-eight plates by H. K. Browne (Phiz). First edition with the errata..... More