- TWENTY-SEVEN 18TH-20TH CENTURY BOOKS,
VARIOUS LANGUAGES Mostly 12mo, to include:
(20) French books, including: HISTOIRE ECCLESIASTIQUE. Paris, 1724. Hardcover. Leather bound, with gilt lettering and designs...
[more like this] - THE HISTORIANS' HISTORY OF THE WORLD,
5 VOL., 1907 The Historians' History of the World, edited by Henry Smith Williams, London: The Times, dated 1907, partial set of five volumes, comprising Vol. VIII - Arabs...
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69 VOLUMES 69 Leather Bound Easton Press Volumes, dealing with Presidents / Presidential Politics, to include: The Works of John Adams (2 vols), James K. Polk (2 vols), James...
[more like this] - (44) 19TH CENTURY HALF BOUND LEATHER
BOOKS Concerning the lives and work of Greek and Roman poets, historians, philosophers, and leaders. Various translators. London: A.J. Valpy, M.A., and Henry Colburn and Richard...
[more like this] - RICHARD SERRA (B. 1939): NOTEBOOKSThe
set of bound books, 1989, signed in pencil and numbered 56 of 1050 on the justification label, in original brown paper wrapper in paperboard box.
12 x 16 x 3 in. (box overall).
Note:...
[more like this] - COMPLETE WORKS OF CHARLES DICKENS, 30
ANTIQUE VOLUMESThe Works of Charles Dickens, published by Colonial Press (Boston), ca. 1910. The complete set, comprised of 30 octavo-size volumes (8.5 x 6 inch covers), bound...
[more like this] - 13 CHARLES DICKENS BOOKS, HISTORIES,
NOTES, LETTERS, IN...Thirteen (13) Charles Dickens books, including First Editions. 1st-3rd items: CHILD'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND, Vol. I-III, First Edition, by Charles Dickens,...
[more like this] - CHURCHILL, THE SECOND WORLD WAR, 6 VOLS.,
1948-54THE SECOND WORLD WAR by Winston Churchill, Vol. I-VI, published by Cassell and Company, Ltd., London, Toronto, Melbourne, Sydney, Wellington, 1948-54. Hardcover octavos,...
[more like this] - HARVARD CLASSICS ALUMNI EDITIONSet of
Harvard Classics. Alumni Edition, set no. 434. Edited by Charles W. Elliot, LLD. Published by P. F. Collier & Son, New York, 1910. Titles include ìThe Autobiography of Benjamin...
[more like this] - [AMERICANA], 21 VOLUMES[Americana],
26 vols., 8vo-4to, including: 2 vols., John Marshall, The Life of George Washington..., Philadelphia, 1836; 9 vols., The Public Papers and Addresses of Franklin D. Roosevelt,...
[more like this] - (5) VOLS., PAPERS ON AGRICULTURE, 1788-1790
Letters and Papers on Agriculture, Planting, &c. Selected from the Correspondence-Book of The Society Instituted at Bath..., vol. I, 3rd ed., vols II-V, 2nd eds., printed...
[more like this] - COLLECTION OF 14 BOOKS RELATED TO JAMES
ABBOTTMcNeill Whistler, to include: "The Life of Whistler", 2 vols, by E. R. and J. Pennell, Lippincott Co. , London, 1908, cloth bound boards, 8vo, hand cut pages, numerous...
[more like this] - LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB, (8) VOLS., 1930-1940
(8) titles in 16 vols., each in slipcase unless noted, numbered, and signed as indicated in (),: 1) Defoe, The...Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, 1930, #214, (Edward A. Wilson);...
[more like this] - BINDINGS, CLASSICS LARGE PAPER EDITION,
(20) VOLS. Houghton Mifflin, 1906, no. 147 of 650 sets, leather spines and corners, decorated sides and endpapers, top page edges gilt, ribbon markers, with frontispieces...
[more like this] - 25 HARD BOUND BOOKS BY HERMAN MELVILLE
OR RELATEDTO WHALING TO INCLUDE: (1) "BENNITO CARENO" BY MELVILLE WITH PICTURES BY E. MCKNIGHT KAUFFER, THE NONESUCH PRESS, 16 GREAT JAMES ST, LONDON, 1926, 123 HAND CUT PAGES,...
[more like this] - [English Literature Fine Press] Four
titles 1) The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer (Oxford: Blackwell 1928) #22/375 8 vols. 4to. cloth spines blue paper boards; 2) T. Malory Le Morte d'Arthur illus. by R. Gibbings...
[more like this] - 7 vols. Wilson, Alexander. American
Ornithology; or, The Natural History of The Birds of The United States. New York: Collins; Philadelphia: Harrison Hall, 1828-29. 3 8vo text vols. + folio atlas. Text vols....
[more like this] - 1 vol. (Wyss, Jonathann.) The Family
Robinson Crusoe... Translated from The German of M. Wiss. London: for M.J. Godwin, 1814. First edition in English. 2 vols. in 1. 12mo, contemp. sheep; rubbed. With frontis.,...
[more like this] - [HISTORY] Lives of the Queens of England
Strickland Agnes. Lives of the Queens of England from the Norman Conquest. London: Longmans Green Reader & Dyer 1871 1st ed. 8 vols. 12mo 3/4-leather over marbled paper marbled...
[more like this] - [HISTORY] History of the Decline and
Fall of the Roman Empire Gibbon Edward. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. London: John Murray 1862 8 vols. Small 8vo 3/4-leather over marbled paper marbled...
[more like this] - 2 vols. Davy, Sir Humphrey: Elements
of Agricultural Chemistry. London: W. Blume for Longman, et al., 1813. 1st ed. 4to, contemp. tan calf, gilt, spine richly gilt, morocco spine label, marbled edges; scuffed,...
[more like this] - 9 vols. Roycroft Printing Shop - East
Aurora, New York: Hubbard, Elbert. Little Journey to The Homes of Eminent Artists. Vol. X. (Book 1). 1902. #274/940 signed by the illuminator. 8vo, orig. limp green suede,...
[more like this] - 17 vols. Moore, George [Limited Editions
- Most Signed]: A Story-Teller's Holiday. London, 1918. 1st ed., #428/1000 signed by Moore. Tall 8vo, orig. paper vellum & bds., paper spine label, d/j. Untrimmed. Cutler...
[more like this] - 17 vols. Symons, Arthur - Poetry &
Drama: (Chiswick Press.) London Nights. L.C. Smithers, 1895. 1/500 (of 550). 8vo, orig. green cloth, gilt-lettered spine, untrimmed. Bright copy. Beckson A4a. * (Chiswick...
[more like this] - Rare books: Ottoman Empire history and
reference Edrehi Isaac HISTORY OF THE CAPITAL OF ASIA AND THE TURKS TOGETHER WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE DOMESTIC MANNERS OF THE TURKS IN TURKEY. Vol I-III in one. Boston: Isaac...
[more like this] - 6 vols. Washington Irving: (Irving,
Washington.) A History of New York... by Diedrich Knickerbocker. London: John Murray, 1820. 8vo, contemp. gilt-paneled calf, spine richly gilt; scuffed, joints slightly rubbed,...
[more like this] - 14 vols. (Scott, Sir Walter): The Fortunes
of Nigel. Edinburgh: Archibald Constable, 1822. 1st ed. 3 vols. 8vo, orig. bds., paper spine labels; edge wear, joints tender, foot of spine of vol. 1 gone, labels slightly...
[more like this] - Five Richard Kidder Meade, Jr. Confederate
Civil War Letters, Civil War Era Photographs, Paintings, Meade Family Archive Virginia, 1861-1862: letter from Fort Sumter, March 21, 1861, to sister Julia Meade (1830-1906),...
[more like this] - Archive of Documents Associated with
the Sturges Family Including John R. Sturges 3rd GA Infantry KIA The lot contains a variety of items including over 100 receipts and other ephemera an early indenture and...
[more like this] - 3 vols. James, Henry: The Portrait
of a Lady. Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1882. Vols 1 & 2 (of 3) only. 12mo, orig. paper vellum & bds., gilt; scuffed, occasionally darkened, spine of vol. 1 detaching. Signed...
[more like this] - 4 vols. Tindall, Thomas Keith & Harriet
Ramsey. The Handmade Papers of Japan. Rutland, Vt.: Tuttle, 1952. 4to, orig. portfolio with paper labels & ivory clasps, holding 3 vols. in wrappers with paper cover labels...
[more like this] - SEYER (REV. S) MEMOIRS HISTORICAL AND
TOPOGRAPHICAL OF BRISTOL AND IT'S NEIGHBOURHOOD two vols Bristol 1821; BARRETT (W) THE HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE CITY OF BRISTOL William Pine 1798; BRISTOL THE CITY CHARTERS...
[more like this] - 5 vols. British Travels in America:
Hall, Captain Basil. Travels to North America, in The Years 1827 and 1828. Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Carey, 1829. 1st Am. ed. 2 vols. 12mo, orig. bds., paper spine labels;...
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Storytellers Lot of 5. Scott Sir Walter. Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border. London: Alex. Murray & Son 1869. 12mo blue cloth with paper spine label 544pp. Spine worn corners...
[more like this] - 3 vols. British Travelers in America:
Trollope, Mrs. [Francis M.] Domestic Manners of The Americans. London: for Whittaker, Treacher & Co., 1832. 2nd ed. 2 vols. 8vo, orig. blue cloth, paper spine labels; occasionally...
[more like this] - 11 vols. Auction Catalogues: Christie's.
The Frank S. Streeter Library:... Navigation, Pacific Voyages, Cartography, Science. New York, April 16 & 17, 2007. 2 vols. 4to, orig. green cloth, gilt, cover labels. Color...
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