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Paris: Hippolyte Souverain, 1839. First edition, Published in a Very Limited Number of Copies for Distribution Among Friends [CABET, Etienne]. Voyage et Aventures de Lord Villiam Carisdall en Icarie. Traduits de l'Anglais de Francis Adams par Th. Dufruit. Paris: Hippolyte Souverain, 1840 [1839]. First edition, published in 1839 in a very limited number of copies for distribution among friends only. In 1840 the work appeared under its generally known title, Voyage en Icarie, with the name of the author on the title. Two volumes. [4], 402 (misnumbered 378); [4], 510 pp. On both titles the name William has been misprinted Villiam. Modern half morocco, marbled sides, gilt lettering to spine by Lobstein-Laurenchet. Repair to the 'Table des Chapitres' of Volume I, without loss of text. Etienne Cabet (1788-1856), French communist and social reformer. Cabet was educated as a lawyer, became a director of the Carbonari and devoted himself to democratic propaganda. Because of his inflammatory denunciations… Read More

Lugduni Batavorum: Ex Officina Elseviriana, 1635. ELZEVIER. Iulii Caesaris quae extant, ex emendatione Ios. Lugduni Batavorum: Ex Officina Elseviriana, 1635. First edition. Twelvemo (5 x 2 7/8 inches; 128 x 73 mm). Complete with three folding maps, engraved title-page, engraved portrait of Caesar and five full-page woodcuts. Early nineteenth century red straight grained morocco, lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers, edges gauffred. Modern inscription on endpaper. Syston Park bookplate. Early nineteenth-century red straight grained morocco, lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers, edges gauffred. Modern inscription on endpaper. Syston Park Bookplate. One of the greatest works produced by the Elzeviers. It is described by some as a work that ranks above the Pliny of the same date, the Virgil of the following year and De Imitatione Christii (without date). Willems gives it the highest praise. Ebert calls it "One of the neatest and rarest Elzevier editions, and greatly sought after." Graesse and Brunet… Read More

London: J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1753. DUNCAN, William. . The Commentaries of Cæsar. Translated into English. To which is prefixed a Discourse concerning The Roman Art of War. By William Duncan. London: J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1753. Full Description: CAESAR, G[aius] Julius. [DUNCAN, William, translator].The Commentaries of Cæsar, Translated into English. To which is prefixed a Discourse concerning The Roman Art of War. By William Duncan, Professor of Philosophy in the University of Aberdeen. London: J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1753. First edition of the "Duncan Caesar." Folio (17 x 10 1/2 inches; 430 x 262 mm). [12], civ, 335, [1, blank], [20, index] pp. Eighty-six numbered engravings on eighty-five plates (the second folding plate is numbered III & IV), including engraved frontispiece, fifty-two double-page plates, many by Huijberti after Mantegna, twenty-three plates, seven double-page maps, six of which are folding, and three large folding plates including the "Bison"… Read More

Edinburgh: Printed by A. Donaldson, 1766. Terra Australis Cognita: or, Voyages to the Terra Australis, or Southern Hemisphere, during the Sixteenth, Seventeenth, and Eighteenth Centuries. Containing an account of the manners of the people, and the productions of the countries, hitherto found in the southern latitudes; the advantages that may result from further discoveries on this great continent, and the methods of establishing colonies there, to the advantage of Great Britain. With a preface by the editor, in which some geographical, nautical, and commercial questions are discussed. Edinburgh: Printed by A. Donaldson, 1766-1768. First edition, the variant issue of Volume I containing a dedication to Sir Laurence Dundas (no priority). Three octavo volumes in fours. v, [1], viii, 516; [4], ii, 692; iv, 745, [1, blank] pp. Bound without advertisements. With all three folding engraved maps by T. Phinn after Vaugondy; 'Straits of Magellan', 'General Chart of the Indian Pacific and Atlantic Oceans and… Read More

London: John Nichols, for T. Payne and Son, and G.G. J. and J. Robinson, 1789. First edition of expanded Richard Gough translation. Three folio volumes (16 3/4 x 10 3/8 inches; 426 x 262 mm). viii, [2], xxii, [4], viii, cxlix, [1, blank], 351, [1, blank], [38]; [6], 598, [42]; [6], 760, [54] pp. With frontispiece portrait and 154 engraved plates and maps. Of these, 98 are engraved plates of which 6 are double page and 2 are folding (including the large folding "Pedigree of Oliver Cromwell") and 56 are engraved maps, of which 42 are folding. Other additional engraved illustrations within the text. Contemporary full tree calf, with pieces of original spines laid down on each volume. Spines with original morocco spine labels, lettered in gilt. Spines stamped in gilt. Newer endpapers. Inner hinges reinforced. Spine label for volume III partially missing. A fair amount of foxing and toning throughout. the first few leaves of volumes II and III with some marginal repairs. Some dampstaining throughout,… Read More

London: For W. Faden, J. Robson, and R. Sewell, 1783. First edition. Quarto (10 x 7 3/4 inches; 255 x 197 mm). xx, 110, [4, blank] pp. With two folding maps, including frontispiece. Newer half calf over original marble paper boards. Contemporary red morocco spine label. Label lettered in gilt. Spine stamped in gilt. New endpapers. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown. Some mild foxing throughout. Previous owner's neat errata corrections in blue ink. Overall a very good copy. James Capper was a British army officer and meteorologist... "He was educated at Harrow School and served thereafter in His Majesty's Train of Artillery in the East Indies, first as a soldier cadet and later as an officer. He was then for a while a free merchant in Bengal before becoming in 1768 a captain in the Madras army and in 1769 senior writer for the presidency of Bengal. He was repatriated on grounds of ill health after becoming unwell on active service but returned to India in 1773, when appointed the East… Read More

London: Rafe Newberie and Henrie Denham, 1584. Full description: [CARADOC OF LLANCARFAN, Saint]. The Historie of Cambria. now called Wales: A part of the most famous Yland of Brytaine, written in the Brytish language aboue two hundreth yeares past. Translated into English by H. Lhoyd, and edited by David Powel. London: Rafe Newberie and Henrie Denham, 1584. First edition of this rare and important history of Wales and Welsh royalty, illustrated throughout with woodcut portraits and woodcut frames for coats-of arms (presumably to be filled in by hand). Octavo (7 1/8 x 5 inches; 180 x 140 mm). [16], 22, 401, [1, errata], [12, table], [4, blank]. Without the blank at B4, but with the final blanks. Printed in Roman and black letter. Illustrated with woodcut portraits, title-page, initials (some historiated), tailpieces and printer's device. This work was the first to attribute the original discovery of America to the Welsh in the 12th century and contains two very early references to King Arthur,… Read More

Washington, D.C., 1934. CARDOZO, Benjamin. Typed Letter Signed. Washington, D.C.: February 17, 1934. Written on Supreme Court stationary. 1 page, (measures 260 x 195 mm, 540 x 480 mm., framed). Addressed to Mr. Donald S. Baker. Handsomely framed with a portrait and metal plaque. Fine. "February 17, 1934 Mr. Donald S. Baker 818 Main Street Collegeville, Pennsylvania Dear Mr. Baker: I have your letter of February 15. My knowledge of Latin and Greek has so faded with the years that there would be little value to any opinion which I might venture to express. Even so, I am glad that I studied the two languages in my youth, and some times with the Loeb edition, I fancy that I remember more than I really do. Very sincerely yours, Benjamin Cardozo" (signed in black ink) Benjamin Cardozo was an American jurist and the first Jew to serve on the Court of Appeals in New York. Horatio Alger was once one of his tutors. He is most remembered for his development of American Common Law. HBS 67514. $1,000.

London: Printed by George Larkin for Benjamin Harris, 1682. Full description: CARE, Henry. English Liberties: Or, the Free-born Subject's Inheritance. Containing, I. Magna Charta, the Petition of Right, the Habeas Corpus Act; and divers other most useful statutes: with large comments upon each of them. II. The proceedings in appeals of murther; the work and power of parliaments; the qualifications necessary for such as should be chosen to that great trust. Plain directions for all persons concerned in ecclesiastical courts; and how to prevent or take off the writ De Excommunicato Capiendo. As also the oath and duty of grand and petty juries. III. All the laws against conventicles and Protestant dissenters with notes, and directions both to constables and others concern'd, thereupon; and an abstract of all the laws against papists. London: Printed by George Larkin for Benjamin Harris, [n.d.c.a. 1682]. First edition. An unrecorded variant of one of the two undated imprints listed in the ESTC, with a… Read More

Philadelphia: H.C. Carey & I. Lea- Chesnut Street, 1822. First collected edition. Octavo (8 3/8 x 5 3/8 inches; 214 x 135 mm). ii, [4], [iii]-x, [2], [9]-546, [10, index] pp. With general title-page and title-pages for all essays except The Farmer's & Planter's Friend which is not required for correct collation. We could find no copies of this at auction in over thirty years. Book comprises: Addresses of the Philadelphia Society for the Promotion of National Industry. Philadelphia, 1822. Sixth Edition. [and] The New Olive Branch: or the Attempt to Establish an Identity of Interest Between Agriculture, Manufactures, and Commerce: And to Prove that a Large Portion of the Manufacturing Industry of this Nation Has Been Sacrificed to Commerce, and that the Commerce Has Suffered by this Policy Nearly as Much as Manufactures. Philadelphia: M. Carey & Sones, 1821. Second Edition. [and] Address to Congress: Being a View of the Ruinous Consequences of a Dependence on Foreign Markets for the Sale of the… Read More

London: MacMillan and Company, 1866. TENNIEL, Sir John. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland [With:] Through the Looking Glass. London: MacMillan and Company, 1866. Full Description: CARROLL, Lewis. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. London: MacMillan and Company, 1866. First published edition, with inverted "s" on the last line of the contents page. Octavo. (7 3/8 x 4 7/8 inches; 186x 123 mm.). [xii], [1]-192 pp. With forty-two illustrations by John Tenniel including frontispiece. With the original cloth binding bound in at the end. The original blue endpapers are also bound in at the end. [Together with] CARROLL, Lewis. Through the Looking Glass, and What Alice Found There. London: MacMillan and Company, 1872. First edition. Octavo. (7 x 4 3/4 inches; 176 x 120 mm.). [xii], [1]-224, [2] pp. With the misprint "wade" instead of "wabe" on page 21. Fifty illustrations by John Tenniel including frontispiece. Without the page of publisher's advertisements. With the original cloth binding bound in at… Read More

Philadelphia: Printed by James Carey, 1796. COOKERY. Fourth American edition of the second American cookbook. (The first American cookbook is only know in one copy.) Twelvemo (6 1/2 x 3 3/4 inches; 165 x 95 mm). [1]-132 pp. With two engraved plates as frontispieces. Also with an engraved plate of table arrangements included in the pagination. Also with "Twelve bills of Fare," one for each month. There has been only one copy of the 1772 first edition and the 1792 second edition at auction in over seventy years. Contemporary quarter calf over marbled paper boards. Paper covered boards with rubbing and wear. Some mild soiling and spotting throughout. A small closed tear to frontispiece. Overall a very good copy of a book not usually found in good condition. "The Frugal Housewife or Complete Woman Cook by Susannah Carter was the only cookbook printed in this country between 1742 and 1796, a period that included both the late Colonial and the early years of these United States...Where history books… Read More

Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1968. First edition of the author's first book. Octavo. 196 pp. Full gray cloth, gilt-stamped on spine, dust jacket. Jacket lightly rubbed along extremities, some minor chipping to top and bottom of spine. Overall, a very good copy of this influential work dealing with "nonordinary reality." HBS 67668. $850.

Mexico: Publicado en el Establecimiento Litográfico de Victor Debray y Ca, 1877. Coleccion de vistas pintadas del natural por Casimiro Castro, y ejecutadas en cromo-litografia por A. Sigogne, C. Castro, etc, con una descripcion del camino y de las regiones que recorre por Antonio Garcia Cubas. Texto Español. Album of the Mexican Railway. A collection of views taken from nature by Casimiro Castro, chromo-lithographed by A. Sigogne, C. Castro, etc., with a description of the line and the country through which it passes. By Antonio Garcia Cubas. English edition. Translated from the Spanish by George F. Henderson. Mexico: Publicado en el Establecimiento Litográfico de Victor Debray y Ca., 1877. First edition. Oblong folio (13 3/8 x 19 1/8 inches; 340 x 485 mm.). [4], 56; [2], 18 pp. Title and text in double columns of Spanish and English, with French text at end (with separate title-page: Album du chemin de fer Mexicain...Texte Français. Traduit de l'espagnol par G. Gostkowski). Added… Read More

Paris: Imp. E. Acker, 1900. CATALOGUES; COLOMB, Alphonse Hector|MOLOCH, B.. COLOMB, Alphonse Hector, [illustrator]. MOLOCH, B., [illustrator]. [Incredible Shoes] Chaussures Incroyable. Hommes, Dames, Fillettes, Enfants. 30 Succursales Dans Paris. 120 Succursales en France et a L'Etranger. Paris: Imp. E. Acker, 1900. Full Description: [CATALOGUES]. COLOMB, Alphonse Hector, [illustrator]. [Incredible Shoes] Chaussures Incroyable. Hommes, Dames, Fillettes, Enfants. 30 Succursales Dans Paris. 120 Succursales en France et a L'Etranger. Paris: Imp. E. Acker, [n.d.c.a. 1900]. French catalogue of shoes. Octavo (8 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches; 223 x 138 mm). [1]-38, [2] pp. Illustrated in color with numerous shoes for sale for men, women and children. Additionally illustrated with eight full-page, full-color caricature illustrations by Alphonse Hector Colomb, also know as B. Moloch of famous French actors and entertainers of the time trying on shoes. Publisher's illustrated wrappers, printed in black, tan and… Read More

New York: Bartlett and Welford, 1844. First edition, one of three-hundred copies. Folio (21 x 14 1/4 inches; 533 x 361 mm.) [2], 24 pp. With the chromolithographed title by Owen Jones, lithographed map, twenty-six lithographs on twenty-five plates, and original paper guards. Contemporary half red morocco over red cloth, professionally rebacked retaining original spine. Spine with raised bands lettered and tooled in gilt. Marbled endpapers (nonpareil patten), all edges gilt. New tissue guards inserted alongside original paper guards. Several of the originals with Japanese paper repair. Some foxing throughout (though much less than usually seen), especially to margins. Dark stains to front and back boards. Fore-edge marginal restoration to title-page and plates 20, 22, and 24. Overall a very good copy housed in a grey cloth clamshell case with gilt lettering piece on spine. Catherwood's Views of Ancient Monuments is very rare at market, and often considerably more foxed than this copy. The work… Read More

London: Bull and Churton, 1835. DANIELL, William. . The Oriental Annual. Or Scenes in India; Comprising Twenty-Two Engravings from Original Drawings by William Daniell and a Descriptive Account by the Rev. Hobart Caunter, B.D. London: Bull and Churton, 1835. First edition. Octavo. 263 pp., [4, ads]. Original full brown morocco, pictorially gilt-stamped with an 3 men riding elephant on front and back covesr, man, camel and tree gilt-stamped on spine. With 22 black and white illustrations by William Daniell, each with a tissue guard. Library sticker on front paste-down. Tips lightly bumped and spine extremities rubbed, front hinge starting. Very good. HBS 66680. $350.

Naples, 1728. da lui medesimo scritta, nella quale molte curiose particolarità si toccano appartenenti alle arti ed all'istoria del suo tempo, tratta da un'ottimo manoscritto, e dedicato all'eccellenza di mylord Riccardo Boyle...In Colonia [i.e., Naples]: Per Pietro Martello, [1728]. First edition of Cellini's autobiography, a classic of Italian Renaissance literature. Quarto (10J x 7G inches; 256 x 186 mm.). [16], 318 pp. Title-page printed in red and black, with vignette. Ornamental initials. Contemporary vellum over boards with brown leather spine label lettered in gilt. Edges stained green. Vellum slightly rubbed. Occasional light foxing, staining, or browning. Small tear at inner margin of title. With the bookplates of the Marchese Salsa, Viscount Dudley, and Richard Manney. A very good, crisp copy. [Together with:] CELLINI, Benvenuto. Vita di Benvenuto Cellini...da lui medesimo scritta...In Colonia [i.e., Florence]: Per Pietro Martello, [1791]. Second edition. Quarto (10L x 7H inches; 267… Read More

London: Printed for Thomas Hodgkin and sold by William Whitwood, 1687. The first illustrated edition in English. Also the first Hodgkin printing and the first Edition of John Philips translation. Quarto (12 1/2 x 7 3/4 inches; 317 x 195 mm). [20], 161, [3], [1, blank] pp. According to ESTC the Frontispiece, S3, and 2P3 are integral engravings. The catchwords on the proceeding leaves show this to be true. With seventeen engravings on nine plates, including the frontispiece. With the errata and 3 pages of poems which are often found lacking. Full contemporary calf, rebacked with original spine laid down. Boards tooled in gilt. Red morocco spine label, lettered in gilt. All edges marbled. Previous owner's armorial bookplate and other smaller bookplate on front pastedown. Some minor repair to spine. Internally very clean. Overall a very good copy. "The first illustrated Don Quixote in English, in the translation of John Phillips, Milton's nephew, continuing Milton's disenchantment with chivalric and… Read More

Bruxelles: Roger Velpius, Huberto Antonio, 1607. El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Bruxelles: Roger Velpius, Huberto Antonio, 1607. Full Description: CERVANTES SAAVEDRA, Miguel de. El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Bruxelles: Roger Velpius, 1607. [Together with] Segunda Parte del Ingenioso Cavallero Don Quixote de la Mancha. Bruxelles: Huberto Antonio, 1616. First Brussels edition of both volumes. The second volume is also the second overall edition. Two small octavo volumes (6 3/8 x 3 3/4 inches; 161 x 95 mm). [24], 592, [8]; [16], 687, [1, blank] pp. With engraved head and tail pieces. Engraved and historiated initials. This edition is usually sold individually, and not as a set. In fact, other than this copy, the last copy of both volumes being sold together at auction was at Sotheby's in 1953. The second volume is the first edition published outside of Spain. and the "Velpius's edition, which introduced the text to Northern Europe, is based on Cuedra's second (with… Read More