Special copy, extra illustrated expanded to four volumes. Full brown morocco with gilt decoration to boards and spine; 5 raised bands. Rolled gilt edges; all edges gilt. Silk endpapers. Binding by Bayntun. Hors texte color plates with tissue guards throughout. General wear to boards; leather cracking at hinges; loss to spine head of volume 4'; Darkening to spines. Continuous pagination, Vol. 1: xviii, 1-200 pp.; Vol. 2: 201-449 pp. Vol. 3: x, 1-216 pp.;Vol 4: 217-548 pp. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches. View More...
Fine example of Riviere and Son binding in exceptional condition (see image). Full deep red morocco with gilt rule to boards; 5 raised bands and intricate gilt detailing to spine. Gilt ruled edges; intricate inner dentelles; all edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Frontispiece (with tissue guard) and 15 aquatint hors-texte plates throughout. Includes an advertisement page after title page stating this book would have been released earlier, but "impediments" and the plates delayed its release. There is also included a section for Notes and Errata. Without previous owners' names or other markings. 25... View More...
Cream cloth boards with red debossed text to front board and spine. Pictorial dust jacket protected in mylar. Black and white photography throughout, as well as 3 full color illustrations. French text throughout. Previous owner's inscription to 3rd free page, otherwise no other names or markings. Closed tears to dust jacket and wear to mylar (see image). Spotting to exterior boards, primarily at top edge. 9 x 11 1/2 inches. Dust jacket present. First Edition. View More...
Unique 3-dimensional pictorial metal boards with hinged metallic spine. Housed in blue and white cloth case with plastic window on blue case lid. Scarce. Unnumbered copy of 1200 as it has a label stating this was a display copy. Includes Editor's letter in glassine envelope. No previous owners' names or other markings. Pages bright and clean. Wear to case with abrasions to plastic window, plastic window's adhesive no longer holding on 3 of the 4 corners (see image). Light wear to metal boards. 10 1/2 x 11 1/4 inches. Shipped through boxed USPS Priority insured mail. First Edition. View More...
Signed by Adams to front fly. Revised edition. Black cloth boards with debossed text to front board and silver text to spine. Dust jacket protected in mylar. Black and white photography throughout. No previous owners' names or other markings. Previous book seller's ticket to back pastedown--Cleveland Antiquarian Books. 7.25 x 10 inches. Shipped through boxed USPS Priority insured mail. Dust jacket present. View More...
Very attractively bound with textured detailing to boards and gilt rule; gilt particulars to spine. Marbled endpapers. 2 Volumes, complete. Sur blanc plates throughout. Gothic German text throughout. Slight foxing throughout both volumes. General wear to boards (see image). Unpaginated. No previous owners' names or other markings. 8 x 10 1/4 inches. View More...
Professionally rebound in deep red cloth boards to complement original front board's cloth. The translator, Martini, was the Archbishop of Florence at the time of publication. 230 sur blanc plates by Doré throughout both volumes. "Friezes" by Enrico Giacomelli throughout. Vol. 1, 4th edition; Vol. 2, 3rd edition. No previous owners' names or other markings. Please expect extra postage as this is a large and heavy set. Soiling and wear to boards (see image). Foxing to pages, primarily at beginning and end of each volume with occasional spotting throughout. Previous evidence of worming to periph... View More...
SIGNED by Dali and dated 1945 to limitation page; limited to 1000 copies, this being #194. Blue cloth boards with gilt decoration to front board and gilt particulars to spine. Top edge gilt; deckle fore-edge. Housed in a black paper-covered slipcase with askew red label to front. No previous owners' names or other markings. Pages bright and clean. A mixture of full color hors texte plates and black and white illustrations throughout. General wear to slipcase at edges and slight sunning to spine of book (see image). 442 pp. 7 x 9 3/4 inches. First Edition. View More...
Half vellum over decorative boards and a circle with the title to the top right corner and gilt text to spine. Top edge gilt. Both full color chromolithographs and black and white illustrations throughout; 40 plates, most of which have tissue guards. Envelope with two letters, one hand-written from cartoonist Lank Leonard and the other an anonymously typed letter. No previous owners' names or other markings. Wear to boards, primarily at edges with small loss to exterior paper at the corners (see image); foxing to pastedowns and adjacent endpapers. 10.25 x 12.75 inches. Shipped through boxed US... View More...
Quarter Vellum. Number 52 of only 625 copies signed by Rackham. Quarter vellum over parchment boards wilt gilt decor. Top edge gilt, others deckled. Vellum a little mottled; otherwise a nice clean copy in glassine jacket. Without previous owners' names, bookplates or other markings. ; 4to ; Signed by Artist; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail. First Edition. View More...
Nicely bound in half green morocco with green cloth boards and gilt rule; 5 raised bands and gilt particulars to spine. Top edge gilt. Previous owners' bookplates to front pastedown, first free page and verso of first free page; Waldo Leon Rich, R. M. Kauffmann, and Rudolph Kauffmann II, respectively. Full color hors texte illustrations throughout with tissue guards. Liquid staining to margins of pages 259-264, but otherwise pages are bright and clean. Spine sunned to brown. [iv], 325 pp., [3]. 6 x 7 1/2 inches. View More...
No. 109 of 500 copies; 25 Lithographic prints in publisher's chemise and slipcase. A fine copy without names or other markings. Please expect extra postage for overseas orders. ; 4to; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail. View More...
Blue paper boards with silver text to spine. Pictorial dust jacket. No slipcase. Silver endpapers. Chronicles the history of Citi Bank and Travelers Group which converged into Citigroup in 1998 and later became Citi in 2011. Copiously illustrated with full color photographs and artwork throughout. No previous owners' names or other markings. Light wear to boards, primarily at corners and base of spine; light wear to dust jacket with some bowing to top edge (see images). 11 x 11 1/2 inches. Shipped through boxed USPS Priority mail. Dust jacket present. First Edition. View More...
Beige paper wraps with black text to front wrap and spine; encased in a glassine dust jacket. Pages uncut. Limited edition of 3000, this being #892. Full color illustrations throughout, and occasional color decoration throughout text. No previous owners' names or other markings. Pages bright and clean. 7 1/2 x 9 1/4 inches. Shipped through boxed USPS Priority insured mail. View More...
Half dark green morocco over tan cloth boards with gilt rule, decoration, and text to front board. 5 raised bands and gilt particulars to spine. All edges gilt; marbled endpapers. This is a facsimile edition of the original 1846 edition. Notes on this edition by Dr. Hans D. Schneider, Director of the National Museum of Antiquities at Leyden, the Netherlands. An unused copy free of previous owners' names or other markings. 17 3/4 x 24 1/2 inches. Please expect extra postage as this is an over-sized book weighing 25 lbs. View More...
Pictorial paper boards with text to spine. Dust jacket has light soiling and children's markings to front and back; not price clipped; tears at corners and base of spine. Unpaginated. 6 1/2 x 9 inches Dust jacket present. First Edition. View More...
Signed by author to title page. Limited to 1000 copies, this being number 187. Pictorial glossy paper covered boards, and pictorial dust jacket. Black and white illustrations throughout. No previous owners' names or other markings. Pages bright and clean. Small closed tears to edges of jacket and a repaired tear to back top edge (see image). 8 1/2 x 12 1/4 inches. Dust jacket present. First Edition. View More...
Signed by Alice Hargreaves, for whom Lewis Carroll based his Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass. Signature is done by an unsteady/elderly hand in blue ink to front fly. Pictorial red cloth with gilt particulars to front board, and debossed text to spine. Translated and edited from the original French version by M. Louise Baum; attractive black and white illustrations after Renard by Harriet N. Baum throughout. No other owners' names or other markings. Light wear to boards (see image). 226 pp. 5 x 7 inches View More...
Housed in navy blue cloth slipcase with paper adhered to sides with gilt text to front board. Navy blue cloth boards with gilt illustration to front boards and brown stamped label with gilt particulars to spine. Third impression with a new binding and color illustrations. Full color and black and white illustrations throughout. No previous owners' names or other markings. Pages bright and clean. Please expect extra postage as this is a heavy set. Slipcase has liquid staining to front board with title text and side but is contained to that area only (see image). 7 3/4 x 10 3/4 inches. View More...
