12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 504 pages; Bound in full period calf with dulled morocco title label to spine. One of two original straps present and working. Soundly bound and complete. Leather at board edges and surfaces rubbed and lightly scarred. Leather at spine more heavily worn with some chipping and loss of the polished surface layer of the leather - affecting the lower 1/3 of the spine. Spine label legible and complete. Prior owner's ink name stamp several times to front flyleaf. A few pencil doodles to the rear endpage/s. Contents bright and clean with much lighter toning than usually ... View More...
12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 504 pages; 4th printing, thus. Bound in full period calf with both original straps and clasps present and functional. Soundly bound and complete. Leather at spine creased and rubbed; shallow chipping to leather at spine ends. Front board tender in the joint. Usual and expected general light toning and spotting to page stock. Thin damp line along the top edge of the endpages. G++ to VG- View More...
24mo 5" - 6" tall; 384 pages; Small format, pocket sized Hymnal in full polished calf binding with leather title label to spine. Soundly bound and generally neat. Leather lightly shelf rubbed to surfaces. 384, 60 pp. Appendix of German Language Hymns at rear with separate title page and pagination. Light dust spotting and foxing to front edge of the page block. A few pages with superficial nicks and short margin tears. Prior ownership notation in pencil to front endpage. Solid neat copy. VG View More...
Angell's Union Series; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 296 pages; Revised stereotype edition. Bound in original full speckled calf with gilt tooled morocco title label to spine. Boards splayed slightly at front edge. Modest skinning to leather along edges; light surface rubbing mid-spine. Short, incipient split in the leather over the front hinge. Scattered moderate spot soiling to text. Prior ownership inscriptions to front and rear endpages. 1850's Bookplate of a University "Philosophical Society" mounted to the front pastedown. Solid copy. VG- View More...
8vo 8" - 9" tall; 367 pages; In original full calf over boards with black morocco title label to spine. Soundly bound example with light ru to leather at corners and a moderate bump to the crown of the spine. Severla surface abarasion scars to the leather boards. Prior owner's painted "B" catalog aid at the base of the spine. Pages supple but with expected light to moderate foxing and toning. Sporadic pencil underling in several of the sermons. Solid copy in original binding. VG- View More...
12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 304 pages; Period full speckled calf with red morocco title label to spine. Soundly bound and complete. Illustrated with frontis portrait from copperplate. Offset toning from the engraving to the facing title page. Leather surface and edge rubbed with just shallow chipping from spine at crown. Several prior ownership inscription to the front endpages and an early institutional stamp of Dickinson College, one at front and one at rear. No other institutional attachments or evidence. Solid with general light wear to period binding. VG- View More...
12mo 7" - 7½" tall; Liege, Bassompierre; 1773. Bound in full marbled calf. Tomes 1, 3 and 4, lacking only Tome 2. Sound and neat with matched bindings. Spines in six compartments with five raised bands. Gilt decoration tooled to panels. Gilt titled morocco labels to the 2nd and 3rd compartments. Leather rubbed over bands and spine ends with some just mild chipping at edge. Marbled endpages. Contents clean and suplle. Overall VG ... Oversize book may require additional charges for expedited or international shipping. View More...
Folio 13" - 23" tall; Folio in full leather over beveled wood boards. 2 volumes in 1; (6) 340 (4) ; (10) 608 (8) pp. Text block is soundly bound but boards are detached at joints. Original straps and clasps are missing; catches still intact on front edge of the upper board. Spine in six raised bands and seven compartments. Shallow chipping to leather at tail of spine. Tea colored, shallow damp stains in the bottom and front margins of the first 85 or so leaves. Usual and expected halo toning around the letter press printed columns of text. The text is quite sound and neat, complete w... View More...
Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 341 pages; Bound in full modern, chromed leather with gilt titled morocco like label to spine. Spine in six compartments with five raised bands. Handsomely presented copy of this very uncommon and extensive period portrait of Vietnam at the turn of the century. Illustrated with photographs, tables and 3 folding maps at rear. Maps immaculate; contents very neat. Originally issued in paper covers, the rear cover is bound in but the front cover not present. Two frontmost original pages (flyleaf and half-title page) have single, short edge tears mended with older ... View More...
8vo 8" - 9" tall; 524 pages; 1658 Printed for Luke Fawne, London. A later edition. [28], 524, [18] p. Early leather boards with a recent but complementary rebacking, Four raised bands to spine; title lettering tooled in gilt. Original, engraved title page is chipped and missing an inch or more swath from the gutter forward including about 1/4 inch from the engraved illustration - but all title lettering and imprint lettereing remains. A narrow jagged chip of loss from the top edge into the image surface. Full title page supplied in facsimile and tipped to a stub. Front and rear paste... View More...
8vo 8" - 9" tall; 554 pages; Full leather; calf over boards. No title label. Missing front free endsheets up to title page. First leaf is rubricated title page, a1. [xiii], xxx, 554, [16] pp. Front board detached but present. Rear board tenuously attached. Cut paper bookplate to front pastedown along with a pair of early ownership signatures. Leather rubbed through at corners, skinned at spots and missing thin sections along the spine edges. Text block sound, save for missing front ndsheets; occasional ink splash or stain - heavier to a few leaves. Good View More...
8vo 8" - 9" tall; 4 volumes, complete. Handsome in period full, speckled calf bindings, Morocco title labels to spines, tooled with gilt lettering. All 4 volumes soundly bound with boards securely attached. Front endpages of volume one detached and missing, with first page being the title. Remaining volumes with full complement of endsheets at front and rear. All engraved plates present. Text pages generally clean and bright with only light scattered toning and occasional foxing. Some minur surface scarring to the calf boards. Title label for Vol II is missing and that of Vol I has a ... View More...
8vo 8" - 9" tall; 568 pages; Full leather over wooden boards. Contents complete and generally neat. Clasps and straps intact; some mild pitting and pin hold predation to leather. Joints sound; endpages complete. Usual toning and foxing to the text block. Shaw & Shoemaker 23679 About VG View More...
With a Preface, giving some account of the Author's Writings and Life [edited by Thomas Ellis, the son]; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 486 pages; Bound in early, period polished calf with spine in six compartments and five raised bands. Decorative paneling to boards in blind. A comparison of the few institutionally held copies suggests that this is the earlier and rarer of two separate 1704 issues. This example has no mention of Thomas Parkhurst, bookseller, on the title page and contains a Dedication along with errata sheet at rear; A (3) 4. Woodcut frontis portrait of the author is mounted. Pri... View More...
Engraved portraits; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 647 pages; Bound in period full speckled calf, with black morocco title label to spine. Soundly bound copy with light rubbing to leather at corners and spine ends. Marbled endpages and matching marbled design, dulled, to edges. Contents clean and neat; light foxing confined to the few pages nearest the several steel engraved plates. VG ... Heavier book may require additional charges for expedited or international shipping. View More...
Nov-Dec, 1955; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Special issue of France-Asie, #114/115. P. [317]-559. Very handsomely bound in full red leather with a simple but elegant geometric design of intersecting diagonal rules in blind; each intersecton of rules pointed with a small tooled gold star. Titles and rules tooled in gilt to spine. This special issue devoted entirely to the history, religion and culture of Cambodia. Contents neat with just the expected moderate toning. Numerous illustrations, most on glossy stock plates. Numerous illustrated period ads to front and rear endmatter. A very attractive... View More...
B&W Engravings; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 360 pages; SPCK, London. Full leather binding. Full green morocco leather binding with ornate gilt tooled designs and titles to spine, borders and armorial motif to cover board. Board edges gilt tooled; text block edges marbled. Spine in 6 compartments with five raised bands; gilt titled brown morocco leather title label. Award bookplate in Latin to front pastedown dated 1862. Morocco leather toning to brown at spine and edges and lightly rubbed spine edges and tips. Solidly bound and attractive. Profusely illustrated with in text engravings. VG View More...
16mo 6" - 7" tall; 314 pages; Small 16mo in original leather covered boards. Leather title label to spine lettered in gilt. Sound complete copy with all endpages and errata page following the last numbered page of text. Leather rubbed and scuffed edges; corners nicked/rubbed through. Acid toning from leather to margins of first and last several pages. A bit splayed at fore edge but snugly bound and square in spine. Light damp stain/splotch to lower corner of last several pages. Even toning to text block. Sound and complete. G+ Herr's first published work, after his pioneering role in... View More...
12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 336 pages; Full calf binding with worn morocco title label to spine. Leather boards surface and edge rubbed with mild concavity to boards. Soundly bound. Contents toned, here and there spot soiled. Lower gutter edges of some several scattered pages have closed tears. Ornate manuscript of prior owner to front endpage. Page block edges rounded and bumped. Soundly bound and complete. Early VT imprint. Good only. View More...
16mo 6" - 7" tall; 654 pages; Handsomely bound in full red morocco leather with 4 raised bands, triple fillet gilt ruling to boards and gilt tooled devices and borders to spine compartents. Handsome gilt dentelles border a center piece of red silk with matching silk coated front endpage. Top edge gilt; other edges untrimmed. Sil bookmark sewn in. Printed on heavy paper stock. Mild stress to leather at spine ends. Solid and bright - a hyandsome copy of this finely bound book. NF View More...
