Mémoires de Jacques Casanova de Seingalt (Vol I & V)
Bruxelles: J Rozez, 1872. Hardcover. French language text. Decorative leather boards, red leather corners and spine. 5 band spine with gilt lettering. More
Bruxelles: J Rozez, 1872. Hardcover. French language text. Decorative leather boards, red leather corners and spine. 5 band spine with gilt lettering. More
London, England: Harvey Miller Publishers, 2011. Hardcover. black cloth boards w/ blind-stamped emblem & gilt spine printing. two volumes w/ various paginations, bw illustrations, plates. glossy burgundy dustjackets w/ bw illustration, white printing. A nice, bright set; appears to be lightly handled and read. This set consists of Volumes 1..... More
Hershey: Derry Literary Guild, 1983. Slipcased. Brown leather covered boards with silver title lettering. Silver Slipcase. xi, 356 pages : illustrations (some color). Edition limited to 500 copies ( Number 188). Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-353) and index. More
London: T.H. Whitely, 1819. Cruikshank, George. Hardcover. Leather spines corner tabs, marbled boards. gilt art and lettering on spine. Gilt top edge, 4 volumes frontispieces, portraits. Caulfield's 'remarkable characters' are persons famous for their eccentricity, immorality, dishonesty, and so forth. Great little piece of history with excellent shelf appeal. Years..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1905. Hardcover. Grey-green paper/boards with gilt image of the banner of Cardinal Wolsey as the Archbishop of York. Beige linen spine with black title block and gilt lettering. 192 pp. with 11 illustrations, each with a tissue guard. Biography of Wolsey, advisor to King Henry..... More
Philadelphia: B. Franklinm and D. Hall, 1749. First. Full leather with five passive raised bands. Title-page, xiii, (1), Title-page, 326 pp. (2 blank), Title-page for second part, (blank) pp. 329-590. Introduction (Testimony of The Monthly-Meeting of Friends in Philadelphia...) penned by Israel Pennington. Followed by a Title-page announcing "A Journal..... More
Dublin, Ireland: Wolfhound Press, 1983. Hardcover. Honey-colored cloth, gilt letters on spine, color pictorial dust jacket, 207 pp., few BW illus. Presents the life and times of Tibbott-ne-Long Bourke, the First Viscount Mayo and clan chief of the MacWilliam Burkes of County Mayo, Ireland. Includes genealogical tables of the Mayo..... More
Paris: Honore Champion, 1967. Softcover. Two volumes bound in white wraps with black lettering. Volume one has a bw illustrated frontispiece, 332 pp with bw illustrations. Volume 2 has a bw frontispiece, 448 pp. Two volume set. Text in French. Contents: Tome premier. L'église Saint-Benoît-le-Bétourné et Me Guillaume de Villon..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2005. Hardcover. Red boards with gold lettering; red and yellow dj with portrait of Mao with black, gold and white lettering; 814 pp. with several bw illustrations. Based on more than a decade of research and interviews with those in Mao's inner circle. More
Dublin, NH: William L. Bauhan, 1977. Softcover. White ill. wraps. ix, 188 pp. A few bw plates. Chapin's memoir. More
New York/ London: Harper & Brothers, 1922. Hardcover. Tan and brown illustrated boards with brown lettering; bw photographic frontispiece; 5 preliminary leaves, 155 pp; 16 additional bw plates. A very early printing of this book in black and white from February 1922. Chapters include: I Decide to Play Hookey; Off..... More
Boston: James R. Osgood, 1877. Brown cloth. 2 Volumes. Vol. 1: x, [2], 594 pp. with 4 illustrations. Vol. 2: vi, [2], 596 pp. with 2 illustrations. Lacking is the third, separately published memorials volume by the same author. Complete in and of itself. More
Boston: James R. Osgood, 1877. Hardcover. Brown cloth. 2 Volumes. Vol. 1: x, [2], 594 pp. with 4 BW illus. Vol. 2: library binding, vi, [2], 596 pp. with 2 BW illus. Lacking is the third, separately published memorials volume by the same author. Complete in and of itself. Harriet..... More
Garden City, N.Y: Doubleday, 1954. 1st edition, signed. Hardcover. Mylar covered dj; white cloth covers. 381 pages illustrations. "Vogue magazine's famous editor tells her own story -- and that of Vogue and fashion -- over a period of sixty years." More
Lille: Imprimerie de L. Danel, 1868. Limited to 25 copies. 3/4/ black leather with 6 raised bands and gilt title second compartment. Purple silk endpapers and pastedowns. T.e.g. Title-page with large gilt-decorated emblem device above imprint. 3 preliminary leaves, 7-97, [2] pages mounted portrait. Preliminary states "Recueil des Discours Pronounces..... More
Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 1952. Hardcover. Brown cloth, gilt letters on spine, light green paper dust jacket in mylar cover; 324 pp. Considers of the life and work of African American author, lawyer, and activist Charles Waddell Chestnutt (1858-1932), and told by his daughter. He was..... More
New York: C. S. Francis & Co., 1847. A New Edition, revised and enlraged. Hardbound. Blindstamped olive cloth with gilt title on stamped spine. 248 pp. followed by 4 pp. ads Steel engraved frontis. Rare edition of this early biography. More
Philadelphia: Saint Joseph's University, 2011. Paperback. Photo-illustrated wraps with gilt and white lettering; xi, 356 pp.; richly illustrated. "A profusely illustrated book of collected essays by a distinguished group of international scholars. This volume survey the development in art, spirituality, and literature of the veneration of St. Joseph from the..... More
Oslo, Norway: Forlaget Ars, 1985. Hardbound. Red cloth boards w/ BW illustrated DJ, 255pp, numerous color and BW illustrations. Text is in Norwegian. This is a signed copy. "A Gallerists Memories." Memoirs of Norwegian gallery owner Haaken A. Christensen. More
New York: Christie's, 1996. Softcover. Glossy color wraps, black and red spine. 123 pp. A handful of color and many BW illustrations. "The Property of the Einstein Family Correspondence Trust." Catalogue for an auction held November 25, 1996. Sale code ALBERT-8572, lots 1-115. More
New York: Christie's, 2018. Softcover. Black and white illustrated wraps; 33 pp; illustrated in bw and color. Catalogue of an auction held in New York on December 4, 2018. More
Cambridge, Mass. Lumen Editions, 1998. Softcover. Cream, black, red illustrated wraps; 226 pp; no illustrations. After interviewing over fifty famous women, Marian Christy proceeds to illuminate the world with their wisdom of words and experiences; includes important women such as Dr. Joyce Brothers, Bernadette Peters, Jane Pauley, Jihan Sadat, Shirley..... More
London: Folio Society, 2007. Hardcover. Illustrated taupe boards with white and blue lettering; blue slipcase; xxiv, 388 pp.; richly illustrated. This gorgeous book will make an excellent gift for the history buff in your life! More
[Charlottesville, VA]: University of Virginia Press, 2009. Hardcover. Forest green boards with gilt lettering. Brown/yellow/color-illustrated dust jacket, white lettering. viii; 158 pp. Approx 30 illustrations, mostly color. Chapters include Agriculture; Archaeology, Anthropology, Ethnology, and Comparative Linguistics; Paleontology; Social Architecture and Public Health; and Jefferson the Scientific Spymaster. More
Washington, DC: Regnery Publishing, Inc., 1995. First. Hardcover. Plum paper/boards with plum cloth spine; copper lettering. Color-illus. dj with white embossed lettering. 591 pp.; 10 bw maps; 24 bw illus. on glossy paper. Volume I in a series. Through the wealth of autobiographical material Washington left behind, Clark weaves historical..... More