Parigi Books
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
Boston: Fields, Osgood, & Co., 1870. First Edition. Hardcover. The complete first appearance of The Mystery of Edwin Drood as serialized in Every Saturday (April 9, 1870 to September 17, 1870). 880pp. Brown half calf, spine lettered in gold. Also includes the obituary of Charles Dickens (July 2, 1870, p...... More
New York / London: Cassell & Company, Limited / Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1889. First Edition. Hardcover. v, 138pp + note. Brown cloth lettered in gold on the front panel and the spine panel, all edges gilt. Printed on laid paper. Signed and inscribed by Charles M. Dickinson..... More
Philadelphia: Willis P. Hazard, 1857. Hardcover. 159pp; 160pp. Brown cloth stamped in blind on the sides, spine lettered and decorated in gold. Yellow endpapers. Complete with fifteen plates with hand-colored illustrations (seven in the first book, eight in the second). Translated from the German. Contemporary inscription and small bookstore label..... More
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1869. First Edition. Hardcover. 182pp + 10pp of publisher's advertisements. Original green cloth stamped in gold on the front panel and the spine panel. Mild slant to spine, light wear to extremities, name in pencil on the flyleaf, some faint spots to cloth. A...... More
Genova: Presso Bernardo Tarigo, N.D. Hardcover. Mid to late 1700s. xxxvi, 156pp. Contemporary full calf, edges decorated in gold, spine decorated in gold and with leather label lettered in gold, marbled edges, marbled endpapers. A collection of aphorisms on morality with sections on the obligations of man, passions, women, differences..... More
Cincinnati, OH: Printed by Morgan, Lodge, and Fisher, 1827. First Edition. Hardcover. 100pp. Contemporary full black leather lettered in gold on the front and the spine, edges stained yellow. Engraved frontispiece and one inserted plate. With the bookplate of noted collector Otto Orren Fisher to front pastedown endpaper. Wear to..... More
London: Suttaby, 1805-1810. First Edition. Hardcover. Two complete sets in five volumes. 470pp; 352pp; 401pp. 499pp; 503pp. Bright red straight-grain morocco tooled in blind and gold on the sides, spines in compartments with gold and blind decorations and gilt lettering, all edges gilt, gilt inner dentelles, marbled endpapers. Engraved frontispieces..... More
New York: Barse and Hopkins. Softcover. Savoy Series. n. d. 45pp. Limp suede lettered in gold, onion peel dustwrapper, silk moiree endpapers. Frontispiece. Comes in its original box. The book is in fine condition. The dustwrapper shows some wear and the front flap is detached. The box is in near..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1870. Hardcover. 260pp + 4pp of publisher's advertisements. Brown pictorial cloth stamped in gold on the front panel and the spine panel, brown endpapers. Frontispiece and thirty illustrations (some are full page). Contemporary name on the flyleaf. Small bookstore label of Louis Lewin &..... More
Philadelphia: James Kay, Jun. & Brother, 1844. First Edition. Hardcover. 136pp. Contemporary full calf with red leather label lettered in gold on the spine. Previous owner's name on title, covers are almost completely detached, some foxing to endpapers. A good- copy. Uncommon. ; Octavo. More
New York: Robert Carter & Brothers, 1858. First US Edition. Hardcover. 408pp. Original brown cloth stamped in blind on the sides and lettered in gold on the spine. Collects letters related to the Indian Rebellion of 1857 (also known as the First War of Indian Independence) and addressed to the..... More
Cahors: J.-P. Cambarieu, 1846. First Edition. Hardcover. 318pp. Contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards, marbled endpapers. A history of the town of Cahors during the Middle Ages. Rubbing and stains to covers, wear to extremities, scattered foxing, stain to fore edge of the last several leaves. A solid good+ copy..... More
New York: National Temperance Society and Publication House, 1877. First Edition. Hardcover. 248pp + 12pp of publisher's adverstisements. Original green decorated cloth stamped in black on the front and black and gold on the spine, yellow endpapers. Frontispiece. Light wear to extremities. A near fine copy. ; Octavo. More
Milano: Giuseppe Bernardoni, 1853. Second Edition. Hardcover. Dark red half-morocco, leather label stamped in gilt to front cover, ornate gilt spine, marbled edges and marbled endpapers. A description of the architecture of the Carthusian monastery of Pavia. Seventy copper engravings, eight of which are double spreads. Heavy wear to corners..... More
Paris: F. Kellerhoven, [1860]. First Edition. Hardcover. 218pp + index. Finely bound by Belz-Niedree (signed on the turn-ins) of Paris in full red morocco tooled in blind and gold on the front and rear panel, edges ruled in gold, spine with five raised bands, gilt lettering and decorations, gorgeous gilt..... More
London: Hippolyte Bailliere, 1853. First Edition. Hardcover. Part of The Ethnographical Library. 6pp of advertisements, xiv, [4], 239pp. Modern brown half calf over marbled boards, spine lettered and decorated in gold. Four color plates, two folding maps (one of the seats of the Papuan Race in the Indian Archipelago; the..... More
Boston / New York: Andrew F. Graves / Sheldon and Company, 1859. First Edition. Hardcover. The first book in the Percy Family series. 255pp. Red cloth stamped in blind on the sides, spine lettered and decorated in gold. Frontispiece and illustrations. Chips to spine ends, name and bookstore label residue..... More
New York: J. & J. Harper, 1830. First US Edition. Hardcover. 117pp + 9pp of advertisements. In reality 97 pages as pages 114 to 117 are numbered incorrectly. The author's first novel. Original cloth backed boards, paper label lettered in black on the spine. Light scattered foxing, some pencil markings..... More
Philadelphia: Times Printing House, 1888. First Edition. Hardcover. 30pp. Original brown stiff wrappers lettered in gold on the front cover. Mild rubbing and wear to covers. A near fine copy. ; Octavo. More
Philadelphia: Childs & Peterson, 1858. First Edition. Hardcover. [2]pp of publisher's advertisements, 416pp + subscribers' list and [2]pp of publisher's advertisements. Original decorated cloth stamped in blind on the sides, spine lettered in gold. Engraved title, frontispiece, and four inserted plates with woodcuts. Biography of the famous Arctic explorer. Some..... More
Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1861. First Edition. Hardcover. Carter's binding A. 364pp + 16, [4]pp of publisher's advertisements. Terracotta cloth decorated in blind on the sides, spine lettered and decorated in gold, pale brown endpapers. All edges uncut. With the binder's ticket of Burn of London, 37..... More
New York: Anson D. F. Randolph, 1860. First US Edition. Hardcover. 219pp. Brown cloth decorated in gold and black on the front panel, in black on the rear panel, and lettered in gold on the spine. Yellow endpapers. Frontispiece and four inserted plates with illustrations. Contemporary inscription on the front..... More
London: Madden and Malcolm, 1845. First Edition. Hardcover. xi, 220pp. Original brown cloth stamped in blind on the sides and the spine and lettered in gold on the spine. Former library copy with bookplate on the front pastedown endpaper and blind stamp on the title page, loss to spine ends..... More
New Bedford, MA: Printed for the Author by E. Anthony & Sons, 1890. First Edition. Hardcover. xi, 239pp + index. Green cloth stamped in gold on the spine, decorated endpapers. Illustrated frontispiece, several illustrations. Signed and inscribed by Charles S. Kelley, President of the New Bedford Protecting Society, and whose..... More