![History of the Conquest of Peru [complete in 2 volumes]; With a preliminary view of the...](/pictures/thumb/1603.jpg?v=1593738617)
Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1864. Half leather. 8vo. Contemporary half calf and marbled boards. Gilt tooled hubbed spines. Marbled edges and endpapers. Frontispiece portrait in each volume. Vol. I: 527 pp. Vol. II: 547 pp. Scuffing to edges. First few leaves of Vol. I are loose and laid in. Ex-library with card pockets..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1891. Leather bound. Large 8vo. Flexible padded ooze calf with gilt lettering to spine and cover. Rounded gilt edges. Decorative endpapers. Illustrated plates. 348 pp. Leather edges scuffed. Corners bumped. Several small closed tears to leather around edges. Covering chipped at header and footer of spine. Previous owner's..... More
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co., 1885. Leather bound. Large 8vo. Flexible padded ooze calf with gilt lettering to spine and cover. Rounded gilt edges. Decorative endpapers. Illustrated plates. 772 pp. Leather edges mildly scuffed. 1" closed tear to covering at header of spine. Previous owner's gift inscription on 2nd free..... More
New York: Heritage Press, 1946. Cloth. Large 8vo. Illustrated cloth. Full color illustrated plates throughout. 550 pp. Minor wear to edges. Previous owner's information inside front cover. Minor soiling to endpapers. No Sandglass bulletin present. Tight and clean. This is a Heritage Press limited edition of Chaucer's classic work. The illustrated cloth..... More
New York: American News Company, [1920s]. Reprint. Cloth. 8vo. Publisher's green cloth with gilt to spine and embossed decorations on spine and front cover. 417 pp. Minor edge wear. Lean to spine. Hinges overopened. Previous owner's stamp on front free endpaper. Contemporary sticker from "Fred Seckel's Newstand" (which apparently offered, among..... More
New York: Grove, 1961. First American Edition, 1st Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Green half cloth. Green stained top edge. Dust jacket. 348 pp. Scuffs to jacket edges 1/2" closed tear at top of rear flap crease. Tape residue where flaps were once taped inside covers. Many stamps from "Trio Shop" in Chicago..... More
![Och Aldrig Motas De Tva [Never the Twain Shall Meet]. Peter B. KYNE](/pictures/thumb/1572.jpg?v=1591307872)
Stockholm: B. Wahlstroms Bokforlag, 1937. Leather bound. In Swedish. 8vo. Quarter leather over marbled boards. Gilt lettering to spine. Marbled top edge. Marbled endpapers. 254 pp. Rubbing to edges. Leather covering spine is peeling away from the footer and left edge. Tight and clean. This is a Swedish translation of American writer..... More
![Livet Pa Landet [Life in the Country]. Fritz REUTER](/pictures/thumb/1568.jpg?v=1591307869)
Copenhagen: Baltiska Forlaget Aktiebolag, 1927. Leather bound. In Swedish. Quarter morocco over marbled boards. Gilt lettering on spine. Marbled endpapers. 316 pp. Chips to leather at top right front cover and at header of spine, which is missing a 1" strip of leather. Interior is very good, and binding is tight. This..... More
Edinburgh: William Whyte and Co., 1840. 6th printing. Leather bound. 8vo. Quarter leather over marbled boards. Marbled edges. Decorative endpapers. 470 pp. Binder's copy. Front board detached. Edges scuffed. Ownership mark on front free endpaper. Interior is very good. This is an early printing of Scottish novelist Sinclair's light-hearted tale of the..... More
London: Waverley Book Company, [1912]. Cloth. 8vo. Blue cloth with gilt lettering and decoration on spine and blind stamped decorations on covers. Deckle edge. Illustrated plates. 320 pp. Edges scuffed. Cloth rubbed away at footer of spine. Hinges overopened. Previous owner's stamp occurs several times in front matter. This is an antique..... More
![Nicholas Nickleby; Morceaux Choisis [selected pieces]. Charles DICKENS](/pictures/thumb/1551.jpg?v=1591056983)
Paris: Librarie ch. Delagrave, 1885. Boards. In English with French annotations. Small 8vo. Boards. 209 pp. Boards quite scuffed. Cloth spine covering has been chipped away. Hinges overopened. This is an antique French student's guide to Dickens' classic novel. Contains the abridged text in English with vocabulary and questions in French. More
![Mrs Craddocks Aktenskap [Mrs. Craddock's Marriage]. W. Somerset MAUGHAM](/pictures/thumb/1543.jpg?v=1591056978)
Stockholm: B. Wahlstroms Bokforlag, 1955. Leather bound. In Swedish. 8vo. Quarter leather over striped boards. Marbled endpapers. Gilt top edge. 255 pp. Edges scuffed. Some chips to leather at spine header and footer. Tight and clean. This is a finely printed Swedish language edition of Maugham's classic 1902 novel, Mrs. Craddock. More
Boston: Atlantic Monthly Press / Little, Brown, 1947. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Grey cloth. Dust jacket. Two-color illustrations. 119 pp. Jacket in fair condition, with several large tears and a 2" triangular loss top left corner of rear jacket cover. Contemporary Marshall Field sticker inside rear jacket flap. Book is very..... More
New York: Knopf, 1979. First Edition, 2nd printing. Cloth. 8vo. Black cloth. Dust jacket. 278 pp. Minor scuffing and shelf wear to jacket edges. 1/8" closed tear top right of front jacket cover. This is a first edition, 2nd printing of Naipaul's acclaimed novel of modern Africa. More
![L'opere d'Oratio Poeta lirico comentate da Giovanni Fabrini da Fighine [Poems of Horace]; in...](/pictures/thumb/1535.jpg?v=1588805063)
Venice: Appresso Gio Battista, Marchio Sessa, & fratelli, 1573. 2nd edition. Hardcover. In Italian and Latin. 8vo. 8 1/4 x 6. Elaborate printer's device depicting a cat between cherubs on title page. Collated and complete. [vi], 389 ff. Binder's copy. Front board loose, 1 inch chip from spine base, boards rubbed..... More
Westvaco, 1972. Cloth. 8vo. Red cloth with blind stamped decoration on cover. In slipcase. Ornamental designs by Henry Louis Sullivan. 171 pp. Slipcase has some superficial dents and stains and a crack beginning on top edge. Book is near fine, except for previous owner's information embossed in corners of front matter..... More
![The Works of Charles Dickens [12 volumes]. Charles DICKENS](/pictures/thumb/1518.jpg?v=1583885204)
Chicago: Louis Lloyd Co., 1871. Cloth. 12mo. Green cloth with gilt lettering on spine and gilt stamped decoration on front cover, blind stamped rear cover. Illustrated plates by S. Eytinge Jr. Edge wear to all volumes, with some chipping to corners, header and footer of spine. Front hinge of Dombey and..... More
New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, [1931]. First American Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Grey cloth with illustrated pastedown on spine. Red stained top edge. Bentley's pen illustrations throughout. 390 pp. No jacket. Minor scuffing to cloth and pastedown. Tight and clean. This is a scarce first American edition story collection by English humorist..... More
Paris: Rene Hilsum, 1931. Wraps. In French. 12mo. Publisher's wraps. Rice paper jacket. 173 pp. Some chips at jacket edges. Tearing at header of spine. Rectangular discoloration on endpapers where rice paper jacket flaps touch page. Tight and clean. This is a very scarce French printing of the works of Perrault, the..... More
New York: Hurst & Co., [1900s]. Reprint. Cloth. 12mo. Blue cloth with blind embossed decorations. 176 pp. Both hinges overopened with tearing to paper. Pages quite brittle, and several are chipped at edges. First 4 leaves loose and laid in. This is a handsome early reprint of the second Sherlock Holmes mystery..... More
Elgin, IL: David C. Cook, 1907. Cloth. 8vo. Half olive cloth with holly-patterned boards. 94 pp. Minor edge wear. Tight and clean. This is an early reprinted novel by Welsh minister Jones with a very attractive binding. More
Philadelphia: Altemus, 1894. Reprint. Cloth. 12mo. Brown cloth with silver lettering and decoration to spine and cover. Frontispiece. Hand-pressed paper. 296 pp. plus advertisements. Scuffing to edges. 1" dark scuff on rear cover. Corner of p. 83 creased. Tight and clean. This is a handsome reprint of Mitchell's (pen name IK Marvel)..... More
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1903. Cloth. 8vo. Navy cloth with gilt lettering and decoration on spine. Gilt top edge. Deckle edge. 4 illustrated plates. 249 pp. Very minor shelf wear. Tight and clean. This is an early reprint of Davis' novel. More
Boston: Dana Estes, 1893. Cloth. 8vo. Green cloth with gilt lettering and decoration on spine and cover. Gilt top edge. xviii, 315 (Vol. I), 325 (Vol. II). Minor scuffing to edges. Bookplate of Gladys James inside front cover. Tight and clean. This is a finely printed edition of Scott's 1816 novel..... More
