The Pine Barrens [Signed/Inscribed 1st Edition] by McPhee, John - 1968

Rebound in blue full leather, bindings are tight, some rubbing along spines and edges, bottom of spine on Volume I is cracked about 2", top of spine on Volume IV is pulled and front cover is scuffed, gilt top edges, decorative endpapers, pages of all volumes are clean with minimal aging,

London- UK: J. Davis, 1817. Eighteen original journals (each by a general officer) of the campaigns of the Emperor Napoleon : (being those in which he personally commanded in chief)/translated from the French ; to which are added all the bulletins, now first published complete.- Volume 2 Only- J. Davis- London-UK- 1817- 1st Edition- Original Leather binding with gilt trim and gilt titles on 5 raised banded spine- VG+ condition, no jacket as issued- ex-libris William Sumners of Godalming, with his crest and ex-libris stamp on fep- leather binding is tight and clean, you won't find a nicer copy- title page, (1), blank verso, (J.M. Miot's Narrative of the French Expedition to Egypt and Syria) (3), 4-80. (The Campaign of Marengo by C. Petit), title page, blank, 83-123. (Journal During the Siege of Genoa), 124-209. (Campaigns in France) Title Page, (blank) 409-431. (Other Narratives Campaign and Battle of Waterloo 1815) 432-441. (The Whole of the Bulletins published by Bonaparte to his abdication)-… Read More

1799. [Paris] De l'Imprimerie Nationale An VII [1799].. [Paris] De l'Imprimerie Nationale An VII [1799]. Tables Used to Describe the Law to Revolutionary Citoyens Sedillez, Mathurin-Louis-Etienne [1745-1820]. Nomographie ou Tableaux Analytiques de Legislation, Accompagnes d'une Explication Sommaire, Pour Servir de Suite aux Vues Generales sur la Composition du Code Civil, Presentees au Conseil des Anciens le 23 Pluviose an 7, Par M.L.E. Sedillez (de Nemours), Department de Seine-et-Marne. [Paris]: De l'Imprimerie Nationale, An VII [1799]. viii, 32, [1]. Seven tables on six folding leaves. Complete. Quarto (11" x 8-1/2"). Uncut and untrimmed stab-stitched text block in original plain paper wrappers. Light soiling and some staining, some loss near foot of spine below text, some wear to spine ends. Light toning to text, somewhat heavier in a few places, faint dampstaining at foot of gutter to front wrapper and following four leaves, a few creases to folding tables. A well-preserved copy. $950. * Only… Read More

Amsterdam: Zacharie Chatelain,, 1749. Four volumes bound in contemporary calf, the backs with gilt floral decorations, marbled end papers, red edges, bearing the bookplate of M. de Sampigny, lieutenant-general in the Sénéchaussée d'Auvergne. Near Fine, small rubs at corners, the pages clean and bright without even a hint of toning or foxing. A quite lovely set. . First Edition. Calf. Near Fine. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

Paris: Chez Ant.-Aug. Renouard , 1825. Finely bound and Fine in full green crushed morocco, wide inner gilt dentelles over marbled end papers, all edges gilt, ribbon marker. The front marbled end page starting to loosen. Robert Hoe III (1839-1909), first President of the Grolier Club (morocco bookplate gilt). and the small leather bookplate of C.A. and V. Baldwin front paste down. Virginia Baldwin was an heiress to the Comstock Lode fortune.Facsimile letter bound in at end . An uncommon and elegant book with distinguished provenance. . First Edition. Morocco. Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Rebound in blue full leather, bindings are tight, some rubbing along spines and edges, bottom of spine on Volume I is cracked about 2", top of spine on Volume IV is pulled and front cover is scuffed, gilt top edges, decorative endpapers, pages of all volumes are clean with minimal aging,

London- UK: J. Davis, 1817. Eighteen original journals (each by a general officer) of the campaigns of the Emperor Napoleon : (being those in which he personally commanded in chief)/translated from the French ; to which are added all the bulletins, now first published complete.- Volume 2 Only- J. Davis- London-UK- 1817- 1st Edition- Original Leather binding with gilt trim and gilt titles on 5 raised banded spine- VG+ condition, no jacket as issued- ex-libris William Sumners of Godalming, with his crest and ex-libris stamp on fep- leather binding is tight and clean, you won't find a nicer copy- title page, (1), blank verso, (J.M. Miot's Narrative of the French Expedition to Egypt and Syria) (3), 4-80. (The Campaign of Marengo by C. Petit), title page, blank, 83-123. (Journal During the Siege of Genoa), 124-209. (Campaigns in France) Title Page, (blank) 409-431. (Other Narratives Campaign and Battle of Waterloo 1815) 432-441. (The Whole of the Bulletins published by Bonaparte to his abdication)-… Read More

1799. [Paris] De l'Imprimerie Nationale An VII [1799].. [Paris] De l'Imprimerie Nationale An VII [1799]. Tables Used to Describe the Law to Revolutionary Citoyens Sedillez, Mathurin-Louis-Etienne [1745-1820]. Nomographie ou Tableaux Analytiques de Legislation, Accompagnes d'une Explication Sommaire, Pour Servir de Suite aux Vues Generales sur la Composition du Code Civil, Presentees au Conseil des Anciens le 23 Pluviose an 7, Par M.L.E. Sedillez (de Nemours), Department de Seine-et-Marne. [Paris]: De l'Imprimerie Nationale, An VII [1799]. viii, 32, [1]. Seven tables on six folding leaves. Complete. Quarto (11" x 8-1/2"). Uncut and untrimmed stab-stitched text block in original plain paper wrappers. Light soiling and some staining, some loss near foot of spine below text, some wear to spine ends. Light toning to text, somewhat heavier in a few places, faint dampstaining at foot of gutter to front wrapper and following four leaves, a few creases to folding tables. A well-preserved copy. $950. * Only… Read More

Amsterdam: Zacharie Chatelain,, 1749. Four volumes bound in contemporary calf, the backs with gilt floral decorations, marbled end papers, red edges, bearing the bookplate of M. de Sampigny, lieutenant-general in the Sénéchaussée d'Auvergne. Near Fine, small rubs at corners, the pages clean and bright without even a hint of toning or foxing. A quite lovely set. . First Edition. Calf. Near Fine. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

Paris: Chez Ant.-Aug. Renouard , 1825. Finely bound and Fine in full green crushed morocco, wide inner gilt dentelles over marbled end papers, all edges gilt, ribbon marker. The front marbled end page starting to loosen. Robert Hoe III (1839-1909), first President of the Grolier Club (morocco bookplate gilt). and the small leather bookplate of C.A. and V. Baldwin front paste down. Virginia Baldwin was an heiress to the Comstock Lode fortune.Facsimile letter bound in at end . An uncommon and elegant book with distinguished provenance. . First Edition. Morocco. Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.