Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1905. Reprint. Cloth. 8vo. Green cloth with gilt lettering and decoration on spine and cover. Some text printed in red. Photographic plates. 190 pp. Minor edge wear. Tight and clean. This is a fascinating, finely printed collection of Riley's romantic poetry featuring many early photographic plates (called "Life Pictures"..... 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
Oxford: Oxford University Press / Thomas Nelson, 1873. Full leather. King James translation. 12mo. 5"x3". Full calf with gilt tooled decorations to spine and both covers. All edges gilt. Unpaginated. Edges and spine scuffed. Leather beginning to tear at top and bottom right corners of spine. Corners bumped. Front hinge overopened..... More
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London: John Murray, 1813. First Edition, 2nd issue. Full leather. Small 8vo. Contemporary calf. Gilt tooled hubbed spines. Gilt top edge. Marbled endpapers. Brown silk ribbons attached. Vol. I: engraved frontispiece, viii, 253, 1 (advertisement); Vol. II: engraved facsimile of Nelson's signatures, viii, 280 (5 advertisements). Vol. I front hinge is..... More
Stockholm: C.E. Fritze's K. Hofbokhandel, 1891. First Edition. Hardcover. In Swedish. 8vo. Quarter morocco. Gilt tooled lettering and decorations to spine and cover, as well as embossed decorations on front and rear cover. Red stained edges. Many engraved illustrations throughout. 450 pp. Corners quite bumped, particularly bottom right corner of front..... More
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Winterberg: Steinbrener, [1911]. Full leather. In German, Gothic script. 12mo. 5.25"x3.25". Blind tooled morocco. Brass borders and working clasp (not original to this edition). Decorative endpapers. Steel engraved frontispiece. 640 pp. Front hinge is broken and detached. Attractive brass edges and clasps added by a previous owner. Leather a bit scuffed..... More
London: Adam & Co., [1876]. Cloth. Large 4to. Publisher's cloth with gilt tooled decorations to front cover and spine. All edges gilt. Full color lithograph frontispiece and tinted lithographs throughout. 310 pp. Corners bumped. Swipe of grey discoloration on rear cover. Hinges overopened, with some tearing to front hinge paper. 1.5"..... More
Troy, NY: Nims & Knight / Thomas Y. Crowell, 1884. Cloth. Large 8vo. Brown embossed cloth with gilt decoration to spine and cover. All gilt edges. Woodcut illustrations. Decorative border on each page. 369 pp. Cock to spine. Minor edge wear and bumped corners. Hinges overopened. 1894 gift inscription on 2nd..... More
London: Collins, [1930s]. Cloth. 8vo. In original slipcase. Blue flexible cloth-backed boards with gilt lettering and decoration on spine and cover. Blue stained top edge. Marbled endpapers. 1312 pp. Slipcase is in poor condition, with several cracks and large chips. Book is very good with a few creased corners but no..... More
Boston: George H. Ellis, 1884. Cloth. 12mo. Green cloth with gilt lettering and decoration on spine and cover. Red stained block edges. Hand-pressed pages. 180 pp. Shelf wear to edges. Front hinge overopened with some tearing to paper. Previous owner's bookplate inside front cover. This is a scarce early printing of the..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1890. Reprint. Full leather. 8vo. Brown morocco with gilt lettering, 5-panel hubbed spine, and gilt top edge. Marbled boards and endpapers. 321 pp. Minor scuffing to edges. Offsetting on title page from frontispiece, despite presence of tissue guard. This is a finely printed edition of Holmes' seminal essay..... More