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London: Hurst, Robinson and Co, 1822. New Edition. Hardcover. Fine. 4 vols, 12mo. Bound in full smooth tan calf with gilt on spine. Green calf title and authors labels. A very desirable set.

Bryce, James. The American Commonwealth. Macmillan and Co., London 1890, stated third edition. 8vo, 2 vols. complete, top edge gilt, uncut foredge. Volume I: The National Government - The State Governments, 724pp. Volume II: The Party System - Public Opinion - Illustrations and Reflections - Social Institutions, 764pp. Attractively bound in half tan calf and marble boards, spine with raised bands, gilt decorated, green & red title labels. Exceptionally bright & clean binding, with some light scattered foxing. Re-issue of Howes B-906. "Remains the most authoritative study of American political and social institutions."

London: Macmillan, 1917. Hardcover. with 350 illustrations by the author. Fine binding, with three quarter red brown calf and red cloth covers. Gilt title at spine with 6 compartments, raised bands, and floral motifs inside gilt borders. Cloth is slightly sunned at top one quarter inch of front cover. Corners are gently rubbed and the first gilt "B" in the title is chipped at its base. Internally, purple marbled end papers, pages toned, and inscription from the Westminster School at ffep. 8vo, xii, 564 pp, b&w illus throughout, top edges gilt.

London: Grolier Society, 1910. Edition Magnifique. 13 volumes of this extravagantly bound and produced set, the "Edition Magnifique" limited to 26 lettered sets. Bound in full gilt and inlaid crushed morocco, printed on vellum with each illustration appearing in triplicate. Titles include Mrs. Siddons by James Boaden, 2 vols; Lord Chesterfield by W. Ernst, 2 vols; Mrs. Mary Robinson written by herself, 1 vol; Count de Grammont by Anthony Hamilton,1 vol; Lady Blessington by J. Fitzgerald Molly, 1 vol; Beau Brummell by Captain Jesse, 2 vols; The Sheridans by Percy Fitzgerald, 2 vols; Lady Hamilton & Lord Nelson by John Cordy Jeaffreson, 2 vols. Royal 8vo, one of 26 sets, Letter "S". Each volume approximately 400pp, the plates in three states, one hand-colored, each with tissue guards. Printed on Japan vellum by the Edinburgh Press. Bound in full gray crushed morocco, with floral design in gilt, red and green inlaid into the corners of the boards & spines, with the gilt stamped family crest of Sir… Read More

London: Henry G. Bohn, 1852. Full morocco. Fine. 8vo, b& w frontis, unpaginated, 64 b&w plates, with vignettes from Scott's novels. Fine binding is full red morocco. Spine has raised bands and tooled gilt floral motifs between the bands. Title on spine is: "Waverley Gems". Green marbled endpapers with outside edges of covers gilt tooled. All edges gilt. The interior is immaculate.

Edinburgh: William and Robert Chambers, 1850. First edition. Hardcover. Fine binding, with three quarter dark brown calf and marbled boards, with gilt rules. Gilt titles and rules at dark brown spine. Covers are gently rubbed at edges of spines and at corners. Internally, marbeled end papers and edges. Pages evenly toned; without fox spotting or owner bookplate or signatures. 8vo; complete set with 2 volumes bound together in each of six books. Articles on science, history, and exploration, such as: Etruria (Vol I), Plain of Yucatan (Ruined Cities of Central America, Vol. II), The Ivory Mine - A Tale of the Frozen Sea (the Arctic), and Recent Discoveries in Astronomy (Vol. III), Borneo and Antarctica (Vol. V), Australia and Van Diemen's Land and PRe-Columbian Discovery of America (Vol. VI), Life in an Indiaman and the Isthmus of Panama (Vol. VII), Ocean Routes and The Black Gondola, a Venetian Tale (Vol. VIII), Siam (Vol. X), New Zealand and Japan (Vol. XI), and The Progress of America (Vol. XII).

London: John Murray, 1857. Finely bound in full red morocco by Hatchard. Gilt rules and central device of an urn surrounded by two nymphs with pet birds (hawking?) on front & back boards, gilt inner and outer dentelles, spine gilt in compartments, raised bands. Lge 12mo, xii, 312pp, all edges gilt. Bookplate of George F. Stone, with a note on the title page heading with his signature and the date "London Nov 14/65 George F. Stone, New York". Mr. Stone was likely to have been a veteran of the Civil War. Very slightly rubbed at tips, spine a very little darkened otherwise a fine copy.

London: Macmillan, 1906. Hardcover. Part of the Golden Treasury Series. Riviere binding. 16mo, b&w illus title page, 344 pp, all edges gilt. Calf covers with gilt title and gilt flower in each of six compartments at spine of this Riviere binding. Covers are very gently rubbed at edges. Internally, pale blue marbled end papers, pages only very slightly toned, o/w very good, bright and clean.

New York, 1990. Reprint. Hardcover. Fine. A fine binding housing the reproduction of 11 furniture design catalogs issued in the 1930's. Catalog titles include: 20th Century Modern Furniture designed by Gilbert Rohde;, Royal Chrome Distinctive Furniture; Howell Tubular Furniture; LLoyd Chromium Furniture, Lloyd Chromium Furniture no. 41A, Lloyd Kitchen and Dinette Furniture catalog number 41-C; Lloyd Chromium Furniture 1938; Rohde Troy Streamline Metal 1934, Troy Streamline Metal1937; Gifts by Revere 1937; Herman Miller Modern Electric Clocks. Magnificently bound by Denis Gouey Binding Studio in very dark green morocco with a 1930's inspired gold tooled title on cover and spine. Black suede endpapers.

London & New York: Merrill & Baker, 1900. Westminster Edition. 18 volumes, complete, in a period handsome half red gilt decorated leather with marbled boards. Limited to 500 copies, set #121. Tall 8vo, approx. 370pp per volume, photo-etching frontispieces with tissue guards, titles printed in red & black and illustrated with plates. Red & gold marbled endpapers matching the marbled boards. Top edge gilt, the other edges uncut. A set in lovely condition.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1889. The "Standard Library Edition", elegantly bound in half brown morocco, gilt title and devices decorate the 6 compartments on spine, raised bands, marbled boards. 8vo, engraved frontis & plates throughout, illustrations in text. A handsome set indeed, in fine condition.

New York: Thomas Nelson, 1868. Hardcover. Complete set, fine binding, with three quarter dark brown calf and brown cloth. Gilt titles at spines (Robert Browning) with five compartments, gilt rules and gilt raised bands. New Century Library series. Vol. I: b&w frontis, xxxvi, 568 pp; Vol. II: b&w frontis, vii, 645 pp; Vol. III: b&w frontis, vii, 566 pp; Vol. IV: b&w frontis, 620 pp; Vol. V: b&w frontis, 558 pp; Vol. VI: b&w frontis, vii, 614 pp. Vol. III has been restored and has tape inside front cover. Covers are bright clean with only gentle rubbing at corners and two very small chips at the tops of Vol. II and Vol. V. Internally, pages bright and clean, with a small light owner signature in pencil at top of ffep to Volume I.

Paris: Gide Fils & Nicolle, 1819. 8th edition. Hardcover. 3 vols, 12mo. "Huitieme edition, revue et corrigee". Pp 509pp; 334 pp; 546 pp. Fine binding, full tan calf with gilt decorative spine with 6 compartments, floral decoration, and gilt title on red label (one cracked). Blind & gilt rules on covers, gilt inner & outer dentelles, all edges marbled. Covers gently rubbed at edges. Early previous owner signature on ffep, light scattered foxing, overall very good.

London: Studio Fallente Laborem, 1790. Later improved and expanded Edition. Hardcover. Otherwise very good condition. One of the first English school anthologies of prose and poetry, in an extremely handsome binding gilt decorated calf binding. The Extracts contain an extensive selection of contemporary literature for pupils, which could be added to the classical texts already available, and aid in their linguistic and moral growth. The Prose volume includes a long extract from Benjamin Franklin's 'Way to Wealth' and Jonathan Swift's 'Voyage to Lilliput', as well as interesting appendices on geography, natural history, a calendar of flora, and a chronological table of historical events. With the spine of the thick first volume (Prose) beautifully and sympathetically rebacked, with gilt decoration in the compartments and red title labels. The second and third volumes (Verse) are bound in matching full calf, with tooling differences only on the spine. The first volume with an elegantly engraved… Read More

New York: Houghton Mifflin Co, 1903. Hardcover. Very good condition. A fine binding of Emerson's essays on Self-Reliance, Love, Friendship, Prudence, Character, Nature etc. The Concord edition, in three-quarter "green, best French levant, crushed" with raised bands and gilt lettering. Two volumes, small 8vo, v1 445pp, v2 358 pp. Bookplate from the original owner, Murray Witherbee Dodge. Spine lightly sunned, teg.

London: Macmillan, 1924. Hardcover. Very good. Fine binding by Bayntun Binder. Small 8vo, xi, 369pp, top edges gilt, unopened. Three quarter blue morocco and marbled boards, gilt title and gilt raised bands at gilt panelled spine. Internally, marbled end papers, very good.

Philadelphia: George Barrie & Son, 1900. Limited to Ten Copies. An unrecorded edition of this work, "Edition Des Aims Des Art of the First State Large Paper Japan Edition Limited to Ten Copies". With a suite of 74 plates printed on silk, mounted in folders with tissue cover, in a morocco box. Within the volumes "With color facsimile title in each volume; With impressions of the Historical Portraits on India Paper, and with duplicates on Paper de Chine; With three impressions of the Etchings on Japan Vellum; First State - Remarque - After Remarque And one on Dutch handmade paper, finished in watercolors. Copy No. 6". 25 volumes, all edges gilt, bound in full dark green morocco with a full morocco portfolio of etchings, "AINSWORTH Edition Des Aims Des Arts No. 6" on the top flap. The plates on silk are largely after paintings by Hugh W. Ditzler. They illustrate ten volumes, some not included in the published volumes: Vol. 1 Reechoed; Vol. 2 Brighten; Vol. 3 Jack Shepherd; Vol. 4, Constable of… Read More

London: Printed for J.J. Stockdale, No. 41, Pall-Mall, 1807. Hardcover. Very good condition. Bound in fine diced leather, one of the best known histories by the famed French philosopher and author. A cautionary history of the career of the Swedish king, written to for "the benefit princes might derive ... should this book ever fall into their hands" (p29). Translated from the French by John Joseph Stockdale by M. de Voltaire ; to which are prefixed anecdotes of Peter the Great ... ; translated from the French by John Joseph Stockdale ... 8vo, frontispiece portrait, iv, 483pp. Top of spine slightly chipped. Owner signature laid down at top corner title page, Orlton Cooper, otherwise bright and clean. OCLC: 1008272773.

New York: Nottingham Society, 1900. Limited edition. Half Morocco. Otherwise very good condition. Regarded as one of the the best written history books, this set in publisher's dark burgundy half morocco, from an edition limited to 1000 copies. 6 volumes. 8vo, each volume runs approx. 700pp and includes 48 plates with notes by Dean Milman, M. Guizot and Dr. William Smith. Bound in original publisher's half dark burgundy morocco boards with marbled boards. Marbling matched on the endpapers. Printed on uncut laid paper, teg. Small chips to the lower spines of volumes 3 & 6. Otherwise a very good clean set. Number 556 of 1000. OCLC: 1069267227.

London: J.M. Dent & Co, 1906. Hardcover. Very good condition. A handsome vellum binding from the 'The Series of English Idylls' collection with 24 color illustrations by noted British artist C. E. Brock. Bound in full vellum, with lavish gilt tooling all over. Small 8vo, (7.5 inches) tall, xxviii, 185pp, uncut, top edge gilt. Period bookplate on the front pastedown.