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London: Longmans, Green, and Co.. Near Fine with No dust jacket as issued. 1875. Reprint. Leather. Beautifully bound in brown half morocco over marbled boards, spines in six compartments separated by raised bands, gilt lettering in two compartments, intricate gilt tooling in the remainder , gilt borders on covers, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled. Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay, PC (1800 – 1859) was a British historian and Whig politician. He wrote extensively as an essayist and reviewer; his books on British history were hailed as literary masterpieces. He held political office as Secretary at War between 1839 and 1841 and Paymaster-General between 1846 and 1848. He played a major role in introducing English and western concepts to education in India. He supported the replacement of Persian by English as the official language, the use of English as the medium of instruction in all schools, and the training of English-speaking Indians as teachers. In his thought… Read More

Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company (Bernard Quaritch, London). Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1884. First Edition Thus. First Printing. Hard Cover. Photo-lithograph plates (56) With ornamental Title-page and 56 magnificent full-page Illustrations by Elihu Vedder, reproduced by the Lewis phototype process. Printed at the Riverside Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Medium brown flat-weave cloth over beveled boards; front cover with gilt-ruled borders, symbolist design of vase, vine, swirl and stars, and titling 'Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam' and 'Drawings by Elihu Vedder'; rear cover without decoration; spine with gilt-ruled borders, floral ornaments, and titling 'Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam'; illustrator's facsimile signature, gilt, on front cover, lower right "V."; grey coated endpapers with grapevine decoration; t.e.g.. Detailed collation: 2 Frontis; 3 Title; 6 Pictorial Imprint; 7 Pictorial dedication; 10 Pictorial Fly-title; 11-103 Text of Third… Read More

London: T. Cadell and Jun. and W. Davies. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1802. 1st Edition. First Printing. Leather. First Edition, First Printing. Three volumes in contemporary half calf over marcled boards, spines in five compartments separated by raised bands, gilt lettering in two compartments on burgundy labels, intricate gilt tooling in the remainder, blind-stamped borders on covers, marbled endpapers, marbled edges. Frontispiece portrait of George III in volume one. John Adolphus (1768–1845) was an English barrister and historian. This, his major work, was first published in 1802. It includes summaries of parliamentary debates, and Adolphus was praised for it in issue No. 2 of the Edinburgh Review. The papers of George Dodington, 1st Baron Melcombe had been placed at Adolphus's disposal in the preparation of his history, and they enabled him to throw light on the conduct of Lord Bute, and on the political transactions of the earlier years of the reign of George… Read More

Paris: Chez C. P. Landon. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1801. 1st Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. 16 volumes, only, of 21. This set includes volumes 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 19, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, and 21. Bound in full green morocco, spines in five compartments separated by raised bands, gilt lettering in two compartments, gilt imperial eagle and floral tooling in remainder, gilt and blind-stamped borders on covers surrounding gilt imperial eagles, a.e.g., rust endpapers. Illustrated with hundreds of full-page engravings of works of art in the museums and public buildings of France. Charles Paul Landon (1760 – 1826) was a French painter and popular writer on art and artists. It is chiefly for his writing on the arts that he made a reputation. He published nearly one hundred volumes during his lifetime. Landon was among the collaborators of the influential Journal des arts, des sciences et de la littérature. He was also a part-owner of the Gazette de France,… Read More

NY: Random House. As New in As New dust jacket. 1987. 1st Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. 0394554639 . First edition. Three volume set. Volume 1: Text, including catalogue entries for 875 works, including specifications, biographies and translations of the calligraphic texts; 397 pages with index, publisher's full turquoise cloth. Volume 2: Painting, 369 pages of color reproductions, publisher's full green cloth. Volume 3: The Calligraphies, 288 pages of color reproductions, publisher's full clay cloth. The volumes are each 14.25 by 10.25 inches, the clamshell box, which is in brown cloth with embossed gilt titles and color illustration, is 15.5 by 11.5 inches. This monumental work is the culmination of more than three decades of study and collecting, and is one of the most important and sumptuous publications of Asian Art. Through more than 850 superb examples from his own collection, the author shows how exposure to Western art led, in painting, to an extraordinary… Read More

NY: Charles Scribner's Sons. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1885. First American Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's blue decorated cloth, gilt lettering and decoration on spine, elaborate gilt borders, lettering, and bull-riding medallion on cover, black endpapers, top edge gilt. Profusely illustrated with 188 woodcuts, 24 full-color chromolithographed plates, one map, and four plans (many of all of which are fold-out). . Former owner's name on first blank preliminary page, otherwise unmarked; head and heel mildly worn, gilt on spine only mildly faded, else fine; tight, square, and clean. All illustrations bright and clean. A large, heavy book - additional shipping charges may apply. VERY GOOD. . Color and B&W Illustrations. 4to 11" - 13" tall. lxiv, 385, (30-plates) pp .

London: T. Fisher Unwin. Near Fine with No dust jacket as issued. 1892. Fine Limited Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. "This is a copy of the Fine Edition, One Hundred in number, printed on Hand-Made Paper, and containing an Original Illustration by the Author. This is Number 52. (Signed) Charles G. Leland." Publisher's full terra-cotta cloth, spine in six compartments separated by black borders, red lettering in three compartments, reverse black illustrations in three compartments, black borders, red lettering, and intricate reverse black illustrations on cover; t.e.g., fore and bottom edges deckle. Illustrated with monochrome tissue-protected frontispiece and numerous B&W in-text drawings throughout. . Covers lightly rubbed, corners mildly bumped, some bibliographic noptes on fep, otherwise unmarked, tight, and square. All of the text and illustrations are clean and bright. Extremely scarce. NEAR FINE. . 4to 11" - 13" tall. 385 pp. Signed by Author .

NY: Alfred A. Knopf. As New with No dust jacket as issued. 1990. Stated 1st American Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. 0394589513 . Limited First American Edition. Copy #255 of a limited edition of only 350, signed by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. In publisher's full leather binding, spine in seven compartments separated by raised bands, gilt lettering is three compartments, gilt tooling in two compartments, marbled endpapers, top edge green, fore-edge deckle, ribbon marked bound in. In original pictorial map-covered slipcase. General Simon Bolivar, “the Liberator” of five South American countries, takes a last melancholy journey down the Magdalena River, revisiting cities along its shores, and reliving the triumphs, passions, and betrayals of his life. Infinitely charming, prodigiously successful in love, war and politics, he still dances with such enthusiasm and skill that his witnesses cannot believe he is ill. Aflame with memories of the power that he commanded and the dream… Read More

Germany (Wurttemberg?). Near Fine with No dust jacket as issued. c. 1790. 1st Edition. First Printing. Leather. Quarter bound in vellum over marbled boards. Hand-written Table of Contents with 23 hand-written tabs. Twenty Three text gathered into this sammelband, including, inter alia; (1) Quod Deus Bene Vertati ex Historia Civili de Henrico Pio Saxoniae Duce ac Misniae Marchione in Celeberrima Levcorea, Publice disputarunt praeses M. Gottlieb Bernsdorff, Schonwalda-Saxo, et Respondens Samuel Muller, Freib. Misn. Calend. Decemer. MDCXCIV; (2) Dissertatio Historica de Originibus Domus Wurtembergicae quam sub divinis auspiciis, Praeside Ludovico Iosepho Uhland, historiarum Prof. Publ. Ord., etc. MDCCLXV; (3) Q.D.E.V. Dissertatio Historica, de Phillippo Arabe Primo, ut videtur, Christianorum Imperatore, qua Locum, In Amplissimo Philosophorum Ordine beneuole fibi concessum tuebitur M. Jo. Georg. Neumann, Belticio-Saxo, etc. and 20 additional texts of similar content, all in Latin. Seemingly… Read More

NY: Random House. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1957. 1st Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. Stated first printing. Publisher's full green cloth, gilt lettering on black label on spine, author's initials in gilt medallion on cover, top edge blue, cream endpapers, fore-edge deckle. . Hinges just starting, small spot on top edge, else as new; unmarked, unmarked, tight, square and clean. A very fresh and clean copy. VERY GOOD. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 1168 pp .

London: Published for the Proprietors, At the Office. Near Fine with No dust jacket as issued. 1841-6. 1st Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. Eleven volumes of Punch, beautifully bound in seven volumes. Half bound in fine brown calf over marbled boards, spines in six compartments separated by raised bands, gilt lettering in two compartments, fine blind-stamped pattern in remainder, gilt borders on bands, blind-stamped borders on covers, all edges marbled, marbled endpapers. Profusely illustrated with engraved drawings, many full-page. These first eleven volumes of Punch begins with Volume I (1841) and continues to Volume XI (1846). Printed in London by Bradbury, Agnew, & Co., "for the Proprietors'" "Punch, or the London Charivari was a British weekly magazine of humour & satire established in 1841 by Henry Mayhew & engraver Ebenezer Landells. It became a British institution." . All of the bindings are in virtually perfect condition, smooth and… Read More

Boston: American Stationers' Company. Near Fine with No dust jacket as issued. 1838. 1st Edition. First Printing. Leather. Uniformly half bound in brown morocco over marbled boards (by MacDonald - N.Y.), spines in six compartments separated by raised bands, gilt lettering in two compartments, t.e.g., marbled endpapers. Illustrated with tissue-protected frontispieces, portraits, maps, facsimiles, and family trees. Original cloth spine bound in at the end of each volume. The works included are: (1) History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella, the Catholic (three volumes, 1st edition, Boston: American Stationers' Company, 1838); (2) The History of the Reign of the Emperor Charles the Fifth by William Robertson, with an Account of the Emperor's Life After his Abdication by William H. Prescott (three volumes, 1st edition, Boston: Phillips, Sampson, and Company, 1857); (3) History of the Conquest of Mexico, with a Preliminary View of the Ancient Mexican Civilization, and the… Read More

New York: Random House. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1957. 1st Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. 0394800796 . Publisher's printed boards, illustrated endpapers. Illustrated with color drawings by Dr. Seuss. First edition, first printing, with all first issue points present: (1) Cat in the Hat advertisement on rear panel of dust jacket with a price of $2.00; (2) 14 titles (up to now) listed on the rear flap; (3) list of 13 books printed under Other Books by Dr. Seuss on the last page of the book; (4) Dust jacket code is "250/250." [Younger & Hirsch 33].. The volume is in excellent condition, showing only light shelf-wear at heel of spine, else fine; unmarked, tight, square, and clean. The unclipped dust jacket (now in Mylar) is mildly worn at the corners and at the head and heel of the spine, else fine. An extremely nice copy. NEAR FINE/VERY GOOD. . Color Drawings. 4to 11" - 13" tall. Unpaginated pp .

NY: Rimington & Hooper. Fine with No dust jacket as issued. 1930. Limited Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. Signed limited edition (No. 55 of an edition of 550). Signed on the verso of the half-title by Virginia Woolf in her characteristic purple ink. Quarter bound in publisher's red cloth over gray boards, gilt lettering on spine, Dwiggins illustration on paste-down on cover, t.e.g. Illustrated with drawings and page decorations by W. A. Dwiggins. Printed and bound by The Printing House of William Edwin Rudge. This is Woolf's celebrated and amusing account of the 19th-century English dandy and arbiter of fashion, and his unfortunate end. Woolf's essay was first published in the Nation & Athenaeum, a British weekly newspaper, on September 28, 1929. This is the first edition in book form. In its original green slipcase with a Dwiggins paste-down on cover. . The volume is in perfect, pristine condition, unmarked, tight, square and clean. The slipcase is worn… Read More

NY and London: Charles Scribner's Sons. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1933. 1st Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. First edition, first printing (Scribner's "A" and seal on copyright page). Bound in publisher's original black cloth, black lettering on gilt labels on spine and upper board, top edge red, fore-edge deckle. [Hanneman A12a]. . The volume is in excellent condition; unmarked, tight, square and clean. In a very good unclipped ($2.00) dust jacket (now in Mylar) with Laurence Stallings' review of "Death in the Afternoon" on the rear panel, with one small open tear on the rear panel and a couple of small closed tears. FINE/VERY GOOD. . 12mo 7" - 7½" tall. (x), 244 pp .