Old Celtic Vocabulary (Vol I & II)
Leipzig: BG Teubner, 1896-1904. Hardcover. German language text. 3/4 dark brown leather boards. Gilt lettering on 5 raised band spine. Rough cut bookblock. Vol 1. 2063 pgs. Vol 2. 2026 pgs. More
Leipzig: BG Teubner, 1896-1904. Hardcover. German language text. 3/4 dark brown leather boards. Gilt lettering on 5 raised band spine. Rough cut bookblock. Vol 1. 2063 pgs. Vol 2. 2026 pgs. More
London: Longmans Green & Co., 1889. Hardcover. Brown boards with black leather corners and spine. Gilt decorative elements on cover. Spine has gilt lettering and gilt highlights. Top edge gilt. Rough cut bookblocks. xvi, 426 pages frontispiece, illustrations, plates. Volume is from the large paper edition limited to 250 copies..... More
Paris/Lille: Chez Delarue, Libraire-Editeur/Chez Castiaux, 1869. Nouv. ed. Revue, Corrigee et Illustree par un Grand Nombre de Figures. Hardcover. Half-bound brown leather and brown cloth with four raised bands and gilt lettering on the spine; illustrated endpapers; vi, [3], 10-349 pp.; 6 unnumbered leaves of plates (some folded); richly illustrated..... More
Oxford, England / New York, NY: The Folio Society / Oxford University Press, 2002. Hardcover. two volumes of navy goatskin leather boards w/ inlaid moire silk; four raised bands in gilt trim w/ five gilt printed comparments. large, blue cloth slipcase w/ gilt printing. 5th Edition of Oxford's Shorter Dictionary..... More
London: Longmans Green & Co., 1902. Hardcover. Brown boards with black leather corners and spine. Gilt decorative elements on cover. Spine has gilt lettering and gilt highlights. Top edge gilt. Rough cut bookblocks. xx, 456, [4] pages illustrations, plates, plans, diagrams. Volume is from the large paper edition limited to..... More
London: Longmans Green & Co., 1890. Hardcover. Orange/brown boards with black leather corners and spine. Gilt decorative elements on cover. Spine has gilt lettering and gilt highlights. Top edge gilt. Rough cut bookblock. xvi, 524 pages : illustrations, plates. Volumes are from the large paper edition limited to 250 copies..... More
Paris: Paul Daffis, 1872-1879. Hardcover. French language text. Marbled boards with leather spines. Gilt lettering on 5 raised band spines. Decorative end pages and inside covers. Each volume paginated seperately. t. 1. A-D -- t. 2. E-L -- t. 3. M-Q -- t. 4. R-Z [&] Anonymes latins [A-Z]... More
New York: American Art Association, 1910. Hardcover. Red boards with gilt lettering; unpaginated. This extremely extensive book contains "Price List of the Edwin Babcock Holden Collection," at the front, which gives the prices realized for Part I (7780 pieces) and Part II (493 pieces) of the sale. Bound-in next is..... More
London: George Bell & Sons, 1858. Hardcover. Dark tan cloth boards. Gilt lettering on spine. Decorative bookblocks. 4 volumes. More
New York: Fowler & Wells, 1887. Hardcover. Red boards with black lettering and design; 199 pp; 25 pages of advertisements; richly illustrated. Early printing of this book. More
London: Printed for G.G. and J. Robinson...(and 27 others), 1798. Hardcover. Mabled cloth boards. Brown leather spine with gilt lettering and design elements and numbering. Each volume individually paginated. Includes bibliographical references and indexes. More
New York: Scientific American compiling Dept. 1903-1908. Leather bound. 3/4 black leather (one is brown leather). Various paginations, most with folding maps or plates, all edges are marbles, marbled endpapers. This set weighs about 96 pounds by itself. The shipping weight will be more like 110 pounds in three boxes..... More
London, England: Alexander Strahan and Co., 1862. Hardcover. light brown half-leather spine & corners w/ tan, inlaid cloth w/ gilt trim; spine w/ five raised, gilt bands & six gilt printed compartments. marbled pastedowns & endpapers. top edge gilt. 766 pgs w/ illustrations. Hinges beginning to crack, but joints intact..... More
St Louis: J & H Miller, 1860. Hardcover. German text. Black decorative leather boards. Gilt lettering and design elements on spine. Decorative end pages. Marbled bookblock. 1032 pages : illustrations. More
Milan, Italy: Aldo Martello Editore, 1962. Hardcover. burgundy boards w/ gilt printing. 15 pgs w/ 119 color plates. glossy white dustjacket w/ color illustration, black printing. No internal ex-library/ex-libris markings. Textblock edges foxed with remnants to page edges. Glossy white pages have bright edge toning. Text in Italian. Approximately 7lbs..... More
Boston: Charles Stimpson, 1843. Hardcover. Newer boards covers and cloth spine with gilt title and ruling. 542 pp., Contains 20,930 whole names. A lovely copy. No ads are present, as mentioned in other copies. More
London: Printed for W. Clarke and Sons, 1809. 2nd Edition, Corrected and Enlarged. Hardcover. Brown leather boards (front cover missing) with gilt lettering; xv, 703 pp. Very scarce copy. More
New York: View / Charles Henri Ford, 1941. Softcover. glossy, newspaper style w/ inserted, printed leaf; 2pgs double sided printed. Because of the deep tears to the spine/center fold line, this remains rather fragile. Paper retains its glossy finish, though with faint tanning to edges. More
Londion: John Russell Smith, 1850. Hardcover. Tan leather boards. Black and red title blocks on spine with gilt lettering and heavy gilt decoration. 960 total pgs. More
Gravenhage: Johannes Gaillard, 1770. Hardcover. Brown leather board; five raised bands; back cover missing; XLVIII, 724 pp. This book is a catalogue of auctions and artists' results from 1728 until 1768. It is volume 3 of a 3-volume set. The first 2 volumes were printed in 1752. The missing last..... More
London: Longmans Green & Co., 1886. Hardcover. Brown boards with black leather corners and spine. Gilt decorative elements on cover. Spine has gilt lettering and gilt highlights. Top edge gilt. Rough cut bookblocks. xii, 419 pages including plates color frontispiece, illustrations. Volume is from the large paper edition limited to..... More
Boston: Charles Stimpson, 1843. Hardcover. Older boards with 1/2 black leather . 542 pp., Contains 20,930 whole names. A lovely copy. No ads are present, as mentioned in other copies. More
London, England: Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, 1807. Hardcover. grey & black marbled boards w/ gilt printed leather spine. 288 pgs w/ bw plates. Pages variously tanned and darkened; scuffs and smudges with instances of concentrated foxing. Reading/rebinding copy. More
London, England: Vernor & Hood, 1799. Hardcover. grey & black marbled boards w/ gilt printed leather spine. 502 pgs w/ bw plates, color plates. Pages variously tanned and darkened; scuffs and smudges with instances of concentrated foxing. Reading/rebinding copy. More
New York: Harper & Bros. 1847. Hardcover. dark blue/green boards w/ blind-stamped design; gilt printing spine. 369 pgs, bw illustrations, additional index pgs. Splitting to lower front gutter; joints very secure and firm. Pages tanned with scattered blotched and speckled foxing; text and illustrations remain dark and detailed. Previous owners..... More