Sets & Fine Bindings
Bindings and library sets of first editions and rare books across genres such as literature, poetry, and philosophy.
Memoirs of John Bannister, Comedian.
London: Richard Bentley, 1839. First Edition. Read More about Memoirs of John Bannister, Comedian
Price: $300
Memoirs of Bertrand Barère, Chairman of the Committee of Public Safety during the Revolution. Now first Translated by De V....
London: H.S. Nichols 3 Soho Square and 62a Piccadilly W, 1896. Read More about Memoirs of Bertrand Barère, Chairman of the Committee of Public Safety during the Revolution....
Price: $300
Nero.
London: Arthur Humphreys, 1907. Later edition. Part of the Royal Library Belles Lettres Series. Read More about Nero
Price: $150
Woman, A Poem.
London: for Henry Colburn, Public Library, Conduit Street, Hanover Square, 1818. First edition thus. Barrett (1786-1820) first published a poem entitled ' Woman' in 1810; in this version of 1818 ' I determined to rewrite the poem ... I have found so much omission, alteration, and new matter necessary, that..... Read More about Woman, A Poem
Price: $200
The Seraphim, and Other Poems.
London: Saunders and Otley, 1838. First Edition. Read More about The Seraphim, and Other Poems
Price: $700
The Kirriemuir Edition of the Works of J.M. Barrie.
London, New York, Toronto: Hodder and Stoughton, 1913. Kirriemuir Edition. Read More about The Kirriemuir Edition of the Works of J.M. Barrie
Price: $1,100
Some Rules of Conduct for my Children and their Children.
[np]: Daniel Moreau Barringer, 1916. First edition. Flyleaf inscribed by Barringer' Son to his son Dick in 1956. Daniel Moreau Barringer (1860 - 1929) is best known for being the first person to prove the existence of a meteorite crater on Earth, the Barringer Meteorite Crater, or Meteor Crater, in..... Read More about Some Rules of Conduct for my Children and their Children
Price: $300
A Walking Tour in Normandy. by the Author of "All Round Ireland on Foot"
London: Richrad Bentley, 1868. First Edition. Read More about A Walking Tour in Normandy. by the Author of "All Round Ireland on Foot"
Price: $150
Travels and Discoveries in North and Central Africa.
London: Ward, Lock, 1890. Read More about Travels and Discoveries in North and Central Africa
Price: $150
Travels and Discoveries in North and Central Africa.
London: Ward, Lock and Co, 1890. Read More about Travels and Discoveries in North and Central Africa
Price: $150
Familiar Quotations. A Collection of Passages, Phrases and Proverbs traced to their sources in Ancient and Modern Literature.
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, [1955]. Thirteenth and Centennial Edition. Completely Revised. Read More about Familiar Quotations. A Collection of Passages, Phrases and Proverbs traced to their sources in...
Price: $150
American Scenery; or, Land, Lake, and River Illustrations of Transatlantic Nature.
London: George Virtue, 1840. First edition, state A of volume II with Contents list numbered. Originally published in 30 parts without text, and appearing here for the first time in expanded book form, this is a beautiful series of views, showing principal cities and scenic views, engraved from drawings Bartlett..... Read More about American Scenery; or, Land, Lake, and River Illustrations of Transatlantic Nature
Price: $3,500
The Pilgrim Fathers; or, The Founders of New England in the Reign of James the First.
London: Arthur Hall, Virtue & Co. [R. Clay, Printer. Bread Street Hill], 1853. First edition. Engravings by Bartlett (1809-1854), as superb as those for his famous AMERICAN SCENERY (1840). Read More about The Pilgrim Fathers; or, The Founders of New England in the Reign of James the First
Price: $350
Uncut and Bound in Red Morocco
Liber Conformitatum (vitae beati Francisci ad vitam Domini Iesu).
Milan: Gotardo da Ponte, 1510. First Edition. Uncut and Bound in Red Morocco. The first edition of the chronicler's biography of St Francis, written in 1399 by the Italian Franciscan Bartolomeo da Rinonico (Pisa, d. 1401), and presenting an extended comparison of each aspect of his life with that of..... Read More about Liber Conformitatum (vitae beati Francisci ad vitam Domini Iesu
Price: $7,500
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Quarto Greek New Testament
He Kaine Diatheke. [In Greek] Novum Testamentum, juxta exemplar Millianum. Typis Joannis Baskerville.
Oxford: E Typographeo Clarendoniano, Sumptibus Academiae, 1763. Oner of 500 done in 4to. Quarto Greek New Testament. Printed in the only typeface Baskerville designed apart from his Roman type, and cut entirely by him over a period of two years. Commissioned by Oxford University Press, which accepted Baskerville’s proposal for..... Read More about He Kaine Diatheke. [In Greek] Novum Testamentum, juxta exemplar Millianum. Typis Joannis...
Price: $2,000
Central America The West Indies ands South America.
London: Edward Stanford, 1885. Third Edition. Read More about Central America The West Indies ands South America
Price: $200
Abdul. An Allegory.
[New York]: Privately Printed by [The Derrydale Press], 1930. One of 500 copies. Memorial volume of verse privately printed by Connett and never intended for sale. "An extremely rare Derrydale book ... very scarce ... and very hard to come by" (Frazier). Read More about Abdul. An Allegory
Price: $900
Beardsley's Last Book
Volpone: or The Foxe. With a critical essay on the author by Vincent O'Sullivan together with an eulogy of the...
London: Leonard Smithers, 1898. No. 22 of 1000 copies on Art Paper. Beardsley's Last Book. Beardsley had intended a series of 24 drawings for Jonson's Venetian comedy, but died before completing it, at the age of 26. Read More about Volpone: or The Foxe. With a critical essay on the author by Vincent O'Sullivan together with an...
Price: $500
The Poetical Works of...with a Memoir of their Lives and Writings, by Thomas Miller.
London: David Bogue, Fleet Street. Late Tilt and Bogue, 1846. Absolon, John. A gift to " E A N Royds from his sincere friend Edward B. Lees on leaving Eton Xmas 1859." Read More about The Poetical Works of...with a Memoir of their Lives and Writings, by Thomas Miller
Price: $200
Switzerland illustrated in a series of views taken expressly for this work by W. H. Bartlett.
London: George Virtue, 1836. First edition. Read More about Switzerland illustrated in a series of views taken expressly for this work by W. H. Bartlett
Price: $1,250
The Waldenses or Protestant Valleys of Piedmont, Dauphiny, and the Ban de la Roche.
London: George Virtue, 1838. The First Edition. Read More about The Waldenses or Protestant Valleys of Piedmont, Dauphiny, and the Ban de la Roche
Price: $1,000
Le Magasin des Jeunes Dames, ou Instructions pour les Personnes qui entrent dans le monde et se marient leurs devoirs...
Paris: Chez J.-B. Garnery, Librairie, rue de Pot-de-Fer, No. 14, [c. 1823]. Jeanne-Marie Le Prince de Beaumont (1711-1780) was a Royal Governess, Teacher, Popular Novelist, Educational Writer for Women and Children. She settled in London and started a Monthly Magazine for Women: "Nouveau Magasin" and the first woman editor of..... Read More about Le Magasin des Jeunes Dames, ou Instructions pour les Personnes qui entrent dans le monde et se...
Price: $400