ILLUSTRATIONS OF STERNE: WITH OTHER ESSAYS AND VERSES by Ferriar, John - 1812

New York: Aloe Editions. Fine. 1973. First Edition. Softcover. Condition: Fine. Aloe Editions 1973. Octavo. 4 pages. Original gray printed wrappers, stiched at the spine as published. Printed from the original manuscript in an edition of seventy-four numbered & twenty-six lettered copies. This is copy #9. Also includes Gertrude Stein's Last Will & Testament of which 150 copies were printed for her friends in February 1974, the centennial of her birth. 2 items. Authors; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

London: Chapman and Hall. Good+. 1852. First Edition. Hardcover. Complete in two volumes. Half red leather over marbled boards & matching endpapers. Ribbed spine with gilt decorated panels. Marbled page edges. Text tight, clean & intact. Pictorial frontispieces. Vol. #1, 384pp plus 25 b/w plates; Vol. #2, 360pp plus 22 b/w plates by Phiz. Armorial coat of arms book-plate of its original or subsequent owner "Frederic Straker." Both texts with a hint of foxing. Lower spine lables indicating Vol 1&2 are chipped. Literature, Military Novel; Engraved illus.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 844 pages .

London: Bickers & Sons. Very Good. 1883. Second Edition. Hardcover. Half supple leather over clean marbled boards. Spine with 5 raised bands, gilt decorated panels and 2 morocco labels. Only 750 copies of this edition have been printed for sale, 250 of which are reserved for America. Each copy numbered, this copy #445. Texts tight, clean & intact. Top edge gilt. Complete in 19 volumes . Marbled endpapers. A biography of the author (b.1667-d.1745) by Laing Purves. Volume #1 with engraved portrait frontispiece and one additional plate. Chapters decorated with ornamentat headpieces & tailpieces. Armorial book plate, helmet over shield bearing name "Cragwood. " Volume 10, lower spine label missing. Volume 13 has a small leather chip on spine. Over all, except as noted, this set Is very good +. Rare Section; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Leibzig: Chez Gerard Fleischer. Good+. 1810. Hardcover. Nouvelle Edition. Thirteen volumes bound in half leather over clean marbled boards. Special binding with royal insignia: Gilt embellished spine including a "Royal Crown" over the letter "A" at the top. Marbled endpapers and engraved frontispiece in each volume. Text blocks tight, clean and intact. #1, Nouvelles, 326pp; #2, Numa Pompilius, 299pp ; #3, Theatre, 294pp; #4, Myrtil et Chloe Pastorale, 203pp; #5, Estelle, Roman Pastoral, 265pp; #6, Precis Historique Surles Maures D'Espagne, 288pp; #7, Gonzalve De Cordoue, 221pp; #8, Fables, 269pp; #9, Don Quichotte de la Manche, 287pp; #10, Don Quichotte de la Manche, 329pp; #11, Don Quichotte de la Manche, 312pp; #12, Imitations et Traductions, 416pp; #13, L'enfant D'Darlequin Perdu et Retrouve Comedie. Jean Pierre Claris de Florian was most noted for his fables and also his abridgement of Don Quixote. Some spine lables are fully or partly missing. Vols. 4… Read More

Boston: Printed for the Booksellers. Good+. 1832. Hardcover. Clean blue paper covered boards with brown cloth spine. Complete in three volumes . 216pp, 220pp and 216pp. Interiors of the three texts are tight, clean and intact. Each volume with a frontispiece. German literature, a Corsican bandit uprising against French domination. Small piece of blue paper missing from #1's rear cover. Lightly rubbed on front corners. Prior owner's signature on top edge and frontispiece. Vol. 1 & 3 have a small narrow damp stain on bottom margin. Novel, German Literature, Fiction; Thin 32mo 4" - 5" tall; 652 pages .

New York: Aloe Editions. Fine. 1973. First Edition. Softcover. Condition: Fine. Aloe Editions 1973. Octavo. 4 pages. Original gray printed wrappers, stiched at the spine as published. Printed from the original manuscript in an edition of seventy-four numbered & twenty-six lettered copies. This is copy #9. Also includes Gertrude Stein's Last Will & Testament of which 150 copies were printed for her friends in February 1974, the centennial of her birth. 2 items. Authors; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Hodder & Soughton. Very Good+. 1913. Hardcover. Clean violet cloth with heavily gilt decorated front cover & spine. Text tight, clean & intact. Pictorial endpapers & frontispiece. Illustrated with color tipped in plates & B/W drawing illustrations. VG original pictorial gift box. Theatre, Entertainment; Color & B/W Illus.; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 198 pages .

London: Chapman and Hall. Good+. 1852. First Edition. Hardcover. Complete in two volumes. Half red leather over marbled boards & matching endpapers. Ribbed spine with gilt decorated panels. Marbled page edges. Text tight, clean & intact. Pictorial frontispieces. Vol. #1, 384pp plus 25 b/w plates; Vol. #2, 360pp plus 22 b/w plates by Phiz. Armorial coat of arms book-plate of its original or subsequent owner "Frederic Straker." Both texts with a hint of foxing. Lower spine lables indicating Vol 1&2 are chipped. Literature, Military Novel; Engraved illus.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 844 pages .

London: Printed for G. Strahan Et Al. Good+. 1741. Eleventh Edition. Hardcover. Giving an Imperial Account to the Divan at Constantinople of the most remarkable Transactions of Europe and discovering several Intrigues and Secrets of the Christian Courts (especially of that of France) continued from the year 1642 to the year 1682. Complete in eight volumes. Full leather. Spine has raised bands, gilt decorated panels & title. Vol. #1, 312pp with a frontispiece of Mahmud the Turkish Spy; #2, 276pp; #3, 287pp; #4, 288pp; #5, 276pp; #6, 264pp; #7, 248pp; #8, 280pp. Text blocks tight, clean and intact. Although some hinges are split or splitting, all covers are firmly attached. Spine ends have light wear. Prior owner signatures. Rare Section; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 2231 pages .

Boston: William F. Gill & Co.. Very Good. 1874. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean green original cloth that has the gilt title on the spine. Pictorial frontispiece. Drawing illustrations. An anthology of five short stories first published together in 1874. Prior owners book-plate. Spine heel lightly rubbed. A few pages slightly out of alignment. Lightly age toned page edges. Literature; Drawing illustrations; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 285 pages .