Clubs and Club Life of London. With Anecdotes of Its Famous Coffe Houses, Hostelries, and Taverns , from the Eleventh Century to the Present Times, with Numerous Illustrations by John Timbs, F. S. A - 1872

London: David Bogue, 1849. "The illustrations designed and drawn on wood by Gavarni, and engraved by Henry Vizetelly". Contains extra pictorial illuminated portrait title page plus 23 other tissue-protected illustrations, each at the head of a chapte except for the frontispiece. With armorial bookplate of William L. Scott to front pastedown along with smaller bookplate from the Virginia Warren Collection of Old London Street Cries. Very Good, bound in contemporay half calf over marbled boards, back with five raised bands, black leather label with gilt lettering, marbled end pages, boards a bit rubbed at edges, small chip to board rear cover. Subjects illustrated include Acrobats, Thieves, The Barmaid, The Opera, The Casino, and The Orange-Girl. The illustrations and interior quite clean and lovely, a handsome copy. . First Edition. Half Calf Over Marbled Boards. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

London: Macmillan and Co, Limited, 1937. Second printing of the First Edition, 1937. Finely bound in signed Sangorski & Sutcliffe polished blue calf binding for W. Robinson Co. Back decorated in gilt with two red morocco labels lettered in gilt and gilt tail date, all edges gilt, marbled end papers, ribbon marker, frontispiece photo of bust of Kipling. Near Fine, slight rubbing at edges and corners. . Second Printing. Polished Calf. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Bradbury & Evans, 1858. First Edition in book form; 1st issue, with "actresses" for "ancestress" on page 207, volume I, and last two chapters of volume 1 misnumbered. Vol. I published 1858, Vol. II, 1859. Illustrated by the author with frontispieces, extra engraved title pages, in text illustrations and all 44 further plates as called for. Very Good, in contemporary half green morocco over green buckram boards, the back with gilt tooled decorations and lettering, marbled end papers, and edges,internally quite lovely with only a few plates with scattered toning, light rubbing to leather at tips. . First Edition. Half Morocco. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Henry Colburn, 1818. SCARCE. xvi, 416 pages. Introduction by Benjamin Constant. The First French edition was published in 1804. From the collection of Hiram Scofield, who in the 1800's held one of the largest private libraries in America, his bookplate front paste down. In contemporary half calf over marbled boards, red morocco label with gilt lettering and rules. Very Good, moderate toning, light rubbing at the tips. Baroness de Stael-Holstein was an avid opponent to Napoleon and an early feminist best remembered for her many affairs. . First Edition in English. Half Calf. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: John C. Nimmo, 1886. British author, soldier, poet, historian and philosopher, (1882-1648). One of an unnumbered edition limited to 1000 copies, 600 for England and 400 for America. Near Fine in half calf over marbled boards, with matching marbled end papers, back and top gilt, Near Fine, light rubbing at edges, interior clean and bright. The bookplate of Paul Steinbrecher front paste down. . Limited Edition. Half Calf Over Marbled Boards. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1894. In contemporary fine binding, signed "Bound by Launder", half morocco over marbled boards, matching marbled end pages, back with gilt lettering, tail date and ornate decorations in gilt, top edge gilt. Very Good, light wear at spine ends and fore edges. 464 pp, with illustrations by the author. First appeared as a serialization in "Harper's Magazine", this First American Edition is the first edition in book form. . First American Edition. Half Morocco. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Edinburgh: William P. Nimmo, 1869. Fine binding signed Bickers & Son of polished blue calf, the back with ornate floral gilt tooled decorations and gilt lettering on red morocco label, matching marbled end pages and page edges, xx, 475 pages frontispiece (portrait) . Near Fine, light rubbing to edges, light toning to end pages. The bookplates at front paste down of Edward Robeson Taylor, lawyer, poet, and 28th Mayor of San Francisco and his son Edward DeWitt Taylor, noted California artist and printer. Signature of Mayor Taylor in pencil dated 1881 top edge front end page. A quite handsome finely bound copy of this SCARCE edition. . First Nimmo Edition . Full Calf. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Paris: L. Curmer, 1841. In contemporary fine binding signed J. Kelly Binders Gower Place. John Kelly (? -1861) was at Gower Place 1836-1841. Bound in full red morocco, tooled in gilt interlacing floral designs, the covers with a gilt rule border with triple rule inner border with floral decoration-s at corners, the front cover with a central gilt tooled crest bearing the motto Dum Spiro Spero and the head of a loon. All edges gilt. Very Good, wear at all edges and joints, darkening to morocco at edges, small label of noted book collector Frederick Spiegelberg front paste down. small chip bottom corner p. 159, scattered light toning. Copiously illustrated in the text by Honore Daumier, Gagniet, Gavarni, Grandville , Malapeau, Meissonier, Pauquet, Penguilly, Raymond Pelez, and Trimolet. Pencil note indicates that 30 of the illustrations were by Daumier. "The French painted by themselves" .. First Edition. Morocco. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

London: John Russell Smith, 1858. John Lyly (Lilly or Lylie), (c. 1553 or 1554 - November 1606) was a English writer, poet, dramatist, and courtier, best remembered now for his plays. V. 1. John Lilly and his works. Endimion. Campaspe. Sapho and Phao. Gallathea. Notes. --v. 2. Mydas. Mother Bombie. The Woman in the Moone. Love's Metamorphosis. Notes. xxxii, 298, 284 pp. Two volumes in Fine binding signed Matthews, (William Matthews (1822-1896), the most prominent American bookbinder at that time) of full polished calf, the backs with red and green morocco labels lettered in gilt and with intricate gilt tooled decorations, ornate inner gilt dentelles, marbled end papers, the top edges gilt. Near Fine, scant small rubs, front cover Vol.I a bit toned. A quite lovely set of an uncommon title. Library of Old Authors. . First Edition. Full Polished Calf. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Philadelphia: David McKay, 1900. This edition SCARCE. Photographic frontispiece, 2-page facsimile, numerous illustrations. Publisher's original green decorated cloth gilt, top edge gilt. Very Good, end pages uniformly toned, lacking front blank end page, small rubs to cloth at tips, faint discoloration rear board, front hinge just starting. . Lovely turn of the century binding. . New Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.