Antique & Collectible Books

Rome: Rochus Bernabo at the expense of Laurentii & Thomae Pagliarini, 1728. Hardcover. Very Good. Copperplates (47 full-page numbered but with pl 35 & 37 replaced in good facsimile) + nice large plate of public dissection on TP + 50 large woodcut initials with country & hunting scenes etc.. Folio (378x251mm) newer calf with 5 raised bands, spine compartments gilt, gilt rules, black label with gilt titling. Titlepage in red & black XXVIII +79pp +[x] index & publisher's catalogue + 47 leaves of plates ex collation but numbered in the plate 1-47 (a4 mistakenly bound after b4). Bookplate of Dr.F.A. Sondervorst on marbled endpapers. A clean wide margined copy, no tears, very unobtrusive pale foxing to a few pages, some pages rehinged at gutter, a few with marginal dusting/damp marks but not affecting printed area except in index. Pl.20 minor offsetting from facing text page. As usual without the unnumbered page meant to be cut out and used to rule the scale. Fine thick quality paper, impressions clear &… Read More

Haarlem: Jan Bosch 2nd editions, 1757, 1758. Hardcover. Very Good. Copperplate engravings 85 of 88 comprising One (of two) repeated frontis. + 2 TP Vignettes + 82(of 84) engravings depicting Trades, Recreations, Commerce & Navigation, Domestic & Street scenes, etc. by Vincent vander Vinne. Small quarto, 197x156mm, red spined boards (gilt titling of spine faded and nearly illegible, hinges rubbed, tips sl.worn but neat and sound); (x)+218(of 220)+(iv);(4)+xii+142 (of 144)+90(recte 98)pgs; The 4 missing leaves supplied in good facsimiles (comprising half TP with explication of frontis on its back + The frontis which is repeated in Part 2 + 2 leaves with text and an emblem on each). Minor edge browning. Two works bound together, the first edition consisted only of Part I with 50 emblems. The emblems are nearly full page having a caption and number above and a few lines of moral below and are detailed and lively scenes of life in 18th century Holland. The 4 plates of The Spiegel are printed on one side… Read More

Boston: Gould and Lincoln, 1856. Edited by the son of the diarist, this is a collection of the writings of Amos Lawrence 1786-1852. Amos and is brothers were very successful early American merchants. The city of Lawrence, Massachusetts was named for his brother, Abbott Lawrence. Following his retirement Amos Lawrence was a philanthropist on a tremendous scale donating to education, libraries and healthcare in particular. (Not to be confused with his son Amos A. Lawrence, himself a businessman and philanthropist and also a leading abolitionist and the founder of Lawrence, Kansas.) This family figures prominently in early American genealogy and history. 359 tanned pages followed by index. Engraved frontispiece of Amos Lawrence with facsimile signature plus engraving of his brother Abbott. Another page is a facsimle of Amos Lawrence's handwriting. Both black and white illustrations are on heavy, glossy stock. Beautiful embossed scroll work on front and back cover and spine. From Preface:… Read More

VENETIIS : SUMPTIBUS SOCIETATIS, 1694. In 4. Dim. 33,5x23,5 cm. Pp. (20)+771+(76), (8)+697+(59), (16)+380+(28). Peso Kg. 5,600. Bella edizione del 1694 di questa Opera omnia del celebre giurista milanese e teologo Martino Bonacina (1585-1631). Bonacina insegnò diritto canonico e civile e le sue opere ebbero il compito di divulgare principi e decreti dogmatici emersi dal Concilio di Trento. L'opera è formata da tre tomi ed è completa. All'interno i celebri trattati "De Sacramentis", "De matrimonio", "De censuris" (assoluzione della censura, scomunica, scomunica dalle eresie, sospensione, interdizione, irregolarità casuate dai delitti e omicidi), "De horis canonicis", "De clausura", De Simonia", "Tractatus de legibus, peccatis et praecepti decalogi" (privilegi, dispensazioni, peccati, superstizione, sacrilegio, blasfemia, contratti, fideiussione, pignoramento, feudo, testamenti, successioni), "De… Read More

Frankfurt: Claudius Marnius & heirs of Johann Aubrius, 1603. Hardcover. Very Good. Printer's mark of flying horse over cornucopia & hand from cloud holding caduceus to titlepage + 2 full-page portaits of six + seven kings at page 38 & 410 + head- & tail-pieces & figural or foliated initials.. Folio handsome gilt 18th century gilt sprinkled calf with red spine label and 6 raised bands, gilt spine compartments, raised bands, dentelles & reverses (minor splitting to head and foot of one board but covers well attached, tips bumped). All Edges Marbled to match endpapers, sstamp on flyleaf "bound by J. Clarke". Two armorial bookplates (see provenance below), 2 miniature crested RFG monogram stamps on titlepage, [12]pp + 898pp + [32]pp index, verso of last leaf with repeated printer's mark. Collated complete. Side notes throughout with some erudite neat comments in pencil and a list of indexed page numbers written on an extra free front endpaper. Titlepage a bit dusty, narrow faint mark of former damp… Read More

1736 (date on title page, differs from spine); attractive original calf binding in excellent condition; raised bands, title and date (1735) to spine; marbled endpapers, all edges stained red - please see images; this is a compendium of four plays, each with its own title page and frontis. , as follows | 1. The Conscious Lovers (Jacob Tonson MCCCXXXV), 2. The Funeral or Grief a la Mode ( Jacob Tonson MDCCXXXV), 3. The Tender Husband (Jacob Tonson MDCCXXXV), 4. The Lying Lover ( W Feales, MDCCXXXVI) | this copy is in above average condition for a title of its age and type - clean and sound throughout, appears very little read or perhaps unread; name inside otherwise free of notes or other defacement | professional booksellers based in the UK | we package with great care and usually dispatch within 24hrs, always within two working days | please request scans or further information on any of our listings, which are all in stock and ready to be dispatched .

North Carolina: N.p. (Manuscript), 1889. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Fair. Folio. 27 pages, plus 6 other handwritten page and 3 typed pages laid in loosely and paper-clipped together. The binding measures about 15 1/2 inches tall by 11 inches wide. Bound in half leather with cloth-covered boards. The spine has completely disintegrated and the boards are just barely holding on. Corners rubbed and chipped. Paper label on the front cover has "Methodism in Beaufort" handwritten in ink. The original ledge was for the "Queen (Fire) Insurance Company of Liverpool, England" with the office in New York. Three leaves have been cut out at the front, but this may have been of different material. The first page reads, "Methodism in Beaufort..." and serves as a title page. The front pastedown has (pasted down) a letter from C. P. Jones entitled "Brief Historical Statement," which is about 3 pages long. The page after the title page begins the history,… Read More

Moisture marks to front cover. Particulars in gilt to spine, which is severely lacking the fabric. Bookplate removed from front pastedown. Odd pagination with corrections in pen to pages 161-163. Text block separated at page 258/259. ; xiii, 418 pages.

Hardcover. 277 pp. Doubleday, Page & Company, New York (1906). First Edition thus. Early Printing. October, 1906 on CP. First American Edition with Arthur Rackham illustrations. Block lightly soiled. Some foxing, mostly at end papers. Light pencil marks on first few pages. No ads. Very Good+. More photos on request. Shipped in a box within a box, in bubble wrap, with a tracking number.

"THE CHIMES - A Goblin Story of Some Bells That Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In" by Charles Dickens. 1845 1st American edition, 1st printing; Lea and Blanchard; Philadelphia. The book features gilt decorations on the front cover and spine as well as full-page illustrated plates. With a wonderful 2-page illustrated frontispiece. "The Chimes" is the 2nd of five novellas that comprised Dickens's "Christmas Books" (which included "A Christmas Carol"). There is a Dickens centenary stamp affixed to the inside front cover. From the library of A. Edward Newton, esteemed book collector and author (his bookplate is also affixed to the inside front cover).Condition:Light stain at the top edge of the boards; small cloth tears at the corners; bright gilt lettering and illustrations on the front cover, a bit dulled on the spine. Tight binding with no cracks and no loose pages. Thin, light stain at the top page edges. Consistent light foxing throughout (heavier on the front end papers). Name written in pen on… Read More

Half dark blue morocco over decorative boards; 5 dual raised bands and gilt particulars to spine. Floral decorative endpapers; top edge gilt. Original wraps bound in. French text throughout. Spine sunned to brown; light wear to paper boards (see image). 1281 pp. 9 1/4 x 11 1/4 inches.

FIRST EDITION. Octavo, 270 pp., [1] leaf (ads) attractive contemporary paneled calf. No spine label. Half-title is present and the text is very fresh for its age with white pages. The rear hinge is a little weak and shaken, but an excellent contemporary copy usually found rebound or in later bindings. Housed and chemised in a quarter morocco slipcase with marbled boards and a green morocco label by the Heritage Bindery which will insure protection. British clergyman Francis Hutchinson was "the man who gave the coup de grace to the witch delusion in England" (Robbins), leveling "a final and deadly blow at the dying superstition" (Note stein). "Of most interest to him were the witchcraft accusations at Boston and Salem, and… [the case] of Jane Wenham (1712), which provoked intense passions and vicious politicking… Hutchinson's account of witchcraft is thoroughly modern a history book 'of the moment'… and his carefully modest appeal for reform of the laws on witchcraft was indeed heeded, although… Read More

Edition 8vo 38pp ISBN 0 9579783-0-8, 2001 Fine original hand-bound red textured papered boards, spine in green cloth, gilt titles, no DW as issued. One of the few stories by Australians in prewar SF magazines, this was originally published in Amazing Stories October 1935, a subterranean high civilisation beneath the Australian desert.

Paris: Cent Femmes Amies des Livres, 1932. First Edition. This # 4 of only 20 printed on Imperial Japon with - in addition to the water colours an original water colour initial (the letter S in dragon form). This is the only copy available for sale online with this original. 26 poems illustrated with initials drawn by Wang Chao Ki engraved by Raoul Serres. Complete and in very good condition. 335 x 255 mm (13¼ x 10 inches). Première édition. Ce n°4 sur seulement 20 imprimés sur Japon impérial. En plus des aquarelles, parmi ces vingt, c'est le seul exemplaire disponible en ligne qui comporte également une initiale originale aquarellée (la lettre S sous forme de dragon). 26 poèmes illustrés d'initiales dessinées par Wang Chao Ki gravées par Raoul Serres. Complet et en très bon état. 335 x 255 mm

Spine and corners of boards slightly rubbed; a little scuffing to the lower corners of the front endpapers and two neat repairs to clean tears to one leaf and the rear free endpaper; a few short marginal tears; replacement to corner cut from front free endpaper with a small loss; still a remarkably clean, tight (no splits at staples) and attractive copy of the First Australian Edition printed in Sydney by Shepherd and Newman.