The letters of Robert Burns (2 Volumes)
Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1931. Hardcover. 2 Volume set. Maroon cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine, Vol 1 382 pg Vol II 413 pg. edited from the original manuscripts by J. De Lancey Ferguson. More
Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1931. Hardcover. 2 Volume set. Maroon cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine, Vol 1 382 pg Vol II 413 pg. edited from the original manuscripts by J. De Lancey Ferguson. More
Toronto: Rose-Belford Publishing Company, 1878. Hardcover. Purple-fuschia cloth, gilt letters on spine and stamped cover, 294 [10] pp., Elihu Burritt (1810-1879) was an American diplomat and essayist for social activism. Here he expresses his opinions and theories on contemporary issues of his day. More
Bonn, Germany: Expanded Media Editions, 1991. Softcover. blue wraps w/ bw illustration & orange printing. 106 pgs. Text in German and English. "... a collection of essays and a short story. First published in 1971 as the short story "Ali's Smile", the book eventually contained a group of previously published..... More
New York: Cherry Valley Editions, 1989. Softcover. bw white illustrated wraps w/ white printing. 53 pgs w/ bw illustrations. Illustrations by S. Clay Wilson. More
Norwalk, Connecticut: Easton Press, 1981. Limited Collector's Edition. Hardcover. Navy full-leather boards with elaborate gilt lettering and design; there are four compartments and three raised bands; textblock is fully gilted; cloth bookmark; xi, 674 pp.; [300] unpaginated; richly illustrated. One in the series, "The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written," by..... More
Mexico: Editorial Stylo, 1944. Paperback. Ivory colored wraps with brown and black lettering and illustration; 4 preliminary leaves, 11-97 pp. (unopened and untrimmed); 3 leaves of plates. Text in Spanish. More
New York: Dick & Fitzgerald, 1858. Hardcover. Brown boards with debossed design and gilt lettering and illustrations; 121 pp.; hand-colored frontispiece; illustrations. This is a delightful early instructional book about keeping an aquarium in your home with a colorful handpainted frontis. More
New York: American Tract Society, 1829-1832? Hardcover. Brown leather boards. Red title block with gilt lettering on gilt accented spine 400 pgs, each section individually paginated. Contains tracts numers 34-66. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1919. Hardcover. Black paper covered boards with green cloth spine; title block on front cover with black lettering; 6 preliminary leaves, xi-xx pages, 2 leaves, 3-99 pages. Laid in is a bw photo of Witter Bynner in his study. Also included is a letter to..... More
London, England: J. Murray, 1814. Hardcover. Tan leather with gilt, stamped decoration; Color marbling at page edges; 128 pp.; No illustrations. More
London: possiblyMurray, 1816. Hardbound. New Grey boards with new cloth spine with paper label attesting to the first title. See notes below. An interesting volume, consisting of the following: The SIege of Corinth (half-title, dedication dated January 22, 1816, Advertisement (2 pp.) and pp. 1-78); Parisina (half-title, Dedication page dated..... More
Boston: Joseph Knight Company Publishers, 1885. Original Edition. Hardcover. White vellum; gilt lettering and decoration. Volumes numbered consecutively with 236 total pages. Bw frontis of Lord Byron in Volume I; 14 photogravure illus. in Volume 1 and 15 in volume 2. Childe Harold's Pilgrimage is a lengthy narrative poem in..... More
Philadelphia, Penna. J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1856. Hardcover. Brown boards with intricate carvings on both covers; gilt letters on spine & both covers; gilt edges all around; 764 pp., 8 BW plates, one color tinted plate; weighs 3.75 lbs. Title on spine: Byron's Poetical Works. A collection of the..... More
New York: Robert M. McBride & Co., 1921. Hardcover. Brown cloth boards with gilt design on front cover; brown dj; 40 pp, no illustrations. "This edition is limited to nine hundred and twenty numbered copies." This is number 790. Contents include: The Dedication; Memoir of Saevius Nicanor; Prolegomena; The Legend;..... More
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Gebbie & Co. Publishers, 1894. Hardcover. brown boards w/ quarter leather spine & corners; spine w/ five raised bands & six comparments w/ gilt printing. marbled pastedowns & endpapers. 479 pgs w/ illustrations, plates; frontispiece. all edges red. Pages remain bright; instances of light marks, smudges with a...... More
Philadelphia: Gebbie & Co., 1890-1894. Softcover. Parts 16-30, each issued in grayish-blue wraps with blue lettering and blue illustrations. Each issue is approximately 30 pp, profusely illustrated in bw. This collection is part 16 through 30. Illustrated by Henry N. Cady. Antiquarian Edition. More
Roma: Botteghe Oscuro. Softcover. Cream wraps with brown lettering. Text is in several languages, mostly English, French, and Italian. Quaderno V has an additional volume containing the Italian translations of all of the English texts in the main volume. There were 25 Quaderni (Volumes) in all. This "set" of 16..... More
London: Folio Society, 2012. Leger, Patrick. Hardcover. Grey illustrated boards with white lettering; black slipcase; xi, 119 pp.; 7 unnumbered leaves of plates; richly illustrated. "This edition is based on the 2005 Orion Books edition, with minor emendations."-- Title page verso. This would make a gorgeous gift for the lover..... More
New York: Oxford University Press, 1988. Hardcover. Navy blue cloth covers; gilt lettering & art. 4 volumes : illustrations. The Schomburg library of nineteenth-century Black women writers. Edited by Joan R. Sherman. Contents: v. 1. Loew's bridge ; A Broadway idyl ; Poems / Mary E. Tucker (Lambert) -- Infelicia..... More
Milan, Italy: Adelphi Edizioni; Monte dei Paschi di Siena, 2008. Hardcover. Blue cloth on boards, green and white illustrated dust jacket. 442 pp.; 281 illustrations in color and bw. Text in Italian. More
London, England: John W. Parker & Son, 1856. Hardcover. Orange cloth with black titling and decoration; 229 pp.; No illustrations. A philosophical allegory concerning the mystery of life, written by Spanish author Pedro Calderon de la Barca; Includes an extensive essay about Calderon by Richard Chenevix Trench. More
Corkey Inc., 1989. Hardcover. Maroon cloth, gilt letters on spine & front cover, maroon & color illus. dust jacket, maps on flyleaves, 130 pp., BW & color illus. "Assembled here ... are many of the most memorable heroes and heroines taken from Shakespeare's tragedies, comedies and historical plays, painted by..... More
Cambridge/ New York: Cambridge University Press, 1984. Hardcover. Orange cloth boards, gray title block with gilt spine lettering; orange dj with black lettering, mylar cover; xixi, 203 pp. Text in English and parallel Greek with English commentary. Callimachus ; edited, with an introduction and commentary, by N. Hopkinson. Includes bibliographical..... More
London: Jonathan Cape, 1931. Number 136 of 500. Hardcover. Black-cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering and illustration; xiv, 123 pp.; richly illustrated. "500 copies of this edition of 'Translations from Callimachus' have been printed for sale of which this is number 136." More
New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1944. Hardcover. Green boards with yellow spine lettering. Paper dust jacket with black and green lettering. xiii, 365 pp. Verso: [b. 10. 44]. Includes bibliographical references. More