Sappho - Tartarin of Tarascon - Tartarin on the Alps - La Belle Nivernaise . Four Volumes by Daudet, Alp[honse - 1887

London: Bradbury & Evans, 1857. First Edition. Hardcover. Illustrated by Browne, H. K.. 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 on page xiv; with "William" for "Frederick" on page 317 line 27; with "Rigaud" instead of "Blandois" from pages 469 to 473; and with signature BB2 misprinted as "B2" on page 371. With the bookplate of the Marchese di Calvatone Sommi Picenardi. Old bookstore label affixed on the front free endpaper. Leather shows some wear to spine ends and corners, light offsetting to some of the pages. Missing the errata slip. A very good copy. ; Octavo.

London: Printed for G. Strahan Et Al. Good+. 1741. Eleventh Edition. Hardcover. Giving an Imperial Account to the Divan at Constantinople of the most remarkable Transactions of Europe and discovering several Intrigues and Secrets of the Christian Courts (especially of that of France) continued from the year 1642 to the year 1682. Complete in eight volumes. Full leather. Spine has raised bands, gilt decorated panels & title. Vol. #1, 312pp with a frontispiece of Mahmud the Turkish Spy; #2, 276pp; #3, 287pp; #4, 288pp; #5, 276pp; #6, 264pp; #7, 248pp; #8, 280pp. Text blocks tight, clean and intact. Although some hinges are split or splitting, all covers are firmly attached. Spine ends have light wear. Prior owner signatures. Rare Section; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 2231 pages .

Manchester: J. Slack, 1818. Hardcover. 226pp. Full patterned calf stamped in gold on the front and the back panel, spine elaborately tooled in blind with black label lettered in gold affixed. Marbled endpapers. Frontispiece and nineteen inserted plates. With the armorial bookplate of Charles Napier Lawrence, Baron Lawrence of Kingsgate to front pastedown endpaper. Bound with Plebeian Politics, or the Principles and Practices of certain Mole-Eyed Maniacs Vulgarly Called Warrites. Printed and published by J. Slack, Manchester, 1818. 83pp. Frontispiece and six inserted plates. Mild edge wear else a fine copy. ; Octavo.

Toronto: Macmillan of Canada, 1972. Decorative label signed by Robertson Davies laid in. First edition / First printing. Bright orange cloth. Fine in near fine dust jacket, with a short closed tear to the top front panel light creases, and wear primarily to the rear top corner of the spine. An exceptional copy of both the book and the fragile dust jacket. Second book in the Deptford Trilogy.

R. and J. Dodsley, London. - No date. 1760. FIRST EDITION. Two volumes. 8vo. (6.2 x 4 inches). Portrait frontis in volume one. Previous owner name neatly written on blank free endpapers and a name clipped from the top of the title pages, otherwise very good, bright and clean copies throughout. Early full tan calf bindings with raised bands to the spines. Compartments double gilt ruled. Red title labels, gilt. Some minor wear to the extremities but overall very good and attractive bindings. ---- Complete as published, these first two volumes of Stern's Sermons of Mr. Yorrick, published anonymously in 1760, were added to at a later date with another five volumes issued between 1766 and 1769.

London: Nonesuch Press, 1925. The Writings (limited edition of 1500 copies, this being No. 654): xviii, 364 pages+ vii, 397 pages + vii, 430 pages. The Life (published 1927; limited edition of 1480 copies, this being No. 864): xv, 397 pages. Quarto. Portrait frontispiece and many b/w plates. Notes at the end of each volume. The Life has appendices, notes and index. Original vellum-backed marbled papered boards. Gilt titling on the spines. All edges uncut. Partially unopened. Very slight spotting. Some offsetting on endpapers. *A very beautiful set.. Hard Cover. Very Good.

Leiden: Jean Elsevier [ Elzevir ], 1658. Hardcover. See Description. Small 12mo. pp. 417, [1]. With extra engraved title page. Bound in period full red morocco. Spine is gilt in compartments; boards are richly gilt with floral borders. The binding is well preserved with only minor spots of wear. All edges of the book block are gilt. The extra engraved title is tightly trimmed with no outer margin. Interior pages contain occasional mild marginal spotting but are otherwise generally clean. Lucan’s epic poem "Pharsalia" (written during the reign of Nero) concerns the Roman Civil War between Julius Caesar and Pompey. In 48 b.c.e the conflict came to a conclusion with Pompey’s defeat on the Thessalian plains of Pharsalus. The poem then extends down to the capture of Egyptian Alexandria. Lucan’s epic is also noted for containing many elements of the supernatural, including turgid scenes of magic and witchcraft. Translated from the Latin into French verse by the French poet and… Read More

New York: The Armchair Detective, 1991. Signed by Richard Condon on the colophon. Limited Edition / First Printing. Number 87 0f 100 copies. Maroon cloth in a Maroon cloth slipcase Very fine in a very fine slipcase. With a new introduction by Richard Condon. Basis for the 1962 John Frankenheimer film, starring Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey, Janet Leigh, and Angela Lansbury.

Toronto: Macmillan of Canada, 1975. Signed by the author on the title page. First edition / First printing. Orange-red cloth. Fine in fine dust jacket. An exceptional copy of both the book and the fragile dust jacket. Third book in the Deptford Trilogy.

W. H. Hudson - Birds of Plata [with 44 chromolithographic plates] - 1920Ornithologie - Aantal: 2 - Beperkte oplage, Stofomslag - BoekBirds of Plata by W. H. Hudson Volumes 1 and 2Chromolithographic plates by H. Gronvold.Limited edition of 1500 for England and 1500 copies for the United States of America.Published by J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, London, 1920.22 chromolithographic plates to each volume (44 in total).244 pages to volume 1.240 pages to volume 2.Some foxing inside, the plates are clean.Dust jackets have tears and the spine of the dustjacket for Volume 1 is completely missing.Please view the photos for further details!ObjectBoek(Meer kavels)Aantal boeken 2Onderwerp OrnithologieAuteur/ Illustrator W. H. HudsonBoektitel Birds of Plata [with 44 chromolithographic plates]Staat GoedPublicatiejaar oudste item. 1920Druk Eerste drukTaal EngelsOorspronkelijke taal JaBand Harde kaftExtra's Beperkte oplage, StofomslagAantal pagina's. 484Afmetingen 26×18 cm