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ECCE HOMO
by Grosz, George
- Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Jacket Condition
- No dust jacket
- Edition
- Issued in 3 states, limited to 1000 copies
- Published
- 1965
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Sarasota, Florida, USA
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$1,200.00
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NY: Jack Brussel, 1965. Issued in 3 states, limited to 1000 copies. Hardcover. Near fine/No dust jacket. NY: Jack Brussel, 1965. Issued in 3 states, limited to 1000 copies. 16 watercolors, 84 b/w drawings. Unpaginated. Hardcover. Folio. Full ivory crushed morocco. Professionally rebound in a one-of-kind art binding, cover tooled in… Read more about this item Item Price
$1,200.00

LES BALLADES
by Villon, M. Franios
- Condition
- Used - Very good+
- Jacket Condition
- No dust jacket
- Edition
- One of 226 copies printed in black and red on Arnold's hand-
- Published
- 1900
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Sarasota, Florida, USA
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$2,200.00
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London: The Eragny Press, 1900. One of 226 copies printed in black and red on Arnold's hand-made paper . Hardcover. Very good+/No dust jacket. London: The Eragny Press, 1900. One of 226 copies printed in black and red on Arnold's hand-made paper . Wood engraving withblack and red border by Lucien Pissarro, plus 38 wood-engraved initials… Read more about this item Item Price
$2,200.00

QUAE EXSTANT, AND FLORI, LUCCII ANNAEI. EPITOME RERUM ROMANARUM.
by Sollustii, C. Crispi
- Condition
- Used - Very good+
- Jacket Condition
- No dust jacket
- Published
- 1773
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Sarasota, Florida, USA
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$520.00
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Birminghamae: Joannis Baskerville, 1773. Hardcover. Very good+/No dust jacket. Birminghamae: Joannis Baskerville, 1773. 317 pp. Text in Latin. Hardcover. 4to. Rebound in a full brown morocco leather period-style binding. Top edge dyed. Spine is tooled in gilt compartments with six raised bands and red leather label. Board perimeters blind-ruled… Read more about this item Item Price
$520.00

THE LAST FLOWER-A PARABLE IN PICTURES
by Thurber, James
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No dust jacket
- Edition
- First edition
- Published
- 1939
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Sarasota, Florida, USA
- Item Price
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$650.00
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NY & London: Harper & Bros., 1939. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/No dust jacket. NY & London: Harper & Bros., 1939. First edition. Hardcover. Oblong 4to. Artistically rebound in full blue morocco. Gilt lettering, top edge gilt. Decorative Thurberesque flowers to covers done in blind-tooling and petal onlays in a rainbow of colors, with… Read more about this item Item Price
$650.00

CONTES DE LA FONTAINE AVEC ILLUSTRATIONS DE FRAGONARD
by La Fontaine, Jean de
- Condition
- Used - Very good
- Jacket Condition
- No jacket issued
- Published
- 1884
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Sarasota, Florida, USA
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$1,700.00
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Paris: A. Le Vasseur, 1884. Hardcover. Very good/No jacket issued. Reimpression de L'Edition de Diderot, 1795. Paris: A. Le Vasseur, 1884. 2 vols. 59 engravings by Fragonard, most of which are given in two states. 288 pp. Text in French. Hardcover. Large 4to. 1/2 polished dark brown morocco over… Read more about this item Item Price
$1,700.00

MANHATTAN OASES: NEW YORKÕS 1932 SPEAK-EASIES WITH A GENTLEMANÕS GUIDE TO BARS AND BEVERAGES BY GORDON KAHN
by Hirschfeld, Al
- Condition
- Used - Very good+
- Jacket Condition
- No dust jacket
- Edition
- First edition
- Published
- [ 1932
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Sarasota, Florida, USA
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$1,500.00
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New York: E. P. Dutton & Co, [ 1932. First edition. Hardcover. Very good+/No dust jacket. New York: E. P. Dutton & Co, [ 1932. First edition. Illustrated with 18 plates of drawings by Hirschfeld. 82 pp. Hardcover. 4to. Black full goat with the stylized gilt-type of the title forming a Manhattan… Read more about this item Item Price
$1,500.00

IL GOFFREDO OVERO GIERUSALEMME LIBERATA,...
by Tasso, Torquato
- Condition
- Used - Very good
- Published
- 1604
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Sarasota, Florida, USA
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$450.00
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Venice: Gio. Battista, 1604. Hardcover. Very good. Venice: Gio. Battista, 1604. Illustrated with woodcuts. Text in Italian. Hardcover. 32mo. Dark green full straight grained morocco. All edges gilt. Rebacked; bookplate of Charlotte, Countess of Surry pasted to front endpaper, signed by Charlotte on front flyleaf;title-page worn at edges. Else,… Read more about this item Item Price
$450.00

ADVENTURES OF DAVID SIMPLE: CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT OF HIS TRAVELS THROUGH THE CITIES OF LONDON AND WESTMINSTER, IN THE SEARCH OF A REAL FRIEND
by Fielding, Sarah
- Condition
- Used - Very good
- Jacket Condition
- No dust jacket
- Edition
- First Irish Edition
- Published
- 1744
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Sarasota, Florida, USA
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$1,000.00
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Dublin: Printed for William Smith, et al, 1744. First Irish Edition. Hardcover. Very good/No dust jacket. Dublin: Printed for William Smith, et al, 1744. 2 vols. First Irish Edition. vi, [1], 160 [ misnumbered 9]; 184 pp. Hardcover. 12mo. Brown period style modern rebinding in full morocco, but bound dos-a-dos. Boards single-ruled… Read more about this item Item Price
$1,000.00

SELECT FABLES; WITH CUTS, DESIGNED AND ENGRAVED BY THOMAS AND JOHN BEWICK, AND OTHERS, PREVIOUS TO THE YEAR 1784
by Bewick, Thomas and John
- Condition
- Used - Very good+
- Jacket Condition
- No jacket issued
- Edition
- First edition thus, Large paper copy
- Published
- 1820
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Sarasota, Florida, USA
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$850.00
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London: S. Hodgson, for Emerson Charnley, and Baldwin, Cradock and Joy, 1820. First edition thus, Large paper copy. Hardcover. Very good+/No jacket issued. Together with a Memoir; and a Descriptive Catalogue of the Works of Messrs. Bewick. London: S. Hodgson, for Emerson Charnley, and Baldwin, Cradock and Joy, 1820. Binding by Riviere. First edition thus,… Read more about this item Item Price
$850.00

EXTRACTS FROM THE JOURNALS AND CORRESPONDENCE OF MISS BERRY FROM THE YEAR 1783 TO 1852
by [Berry] Miss Berry
- Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Jacket Condition
- No jacket issued
- Edition
- 3 volumes extended to 6 by the insertion of 206 extra plates
- Published
- 1865
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Sarasota, Florida, USA
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$3,500.00
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London: Longman, Green and Co., 1865. 3 volumes extended to 6 by the insertion of 206 extra plates. Hardcover. Near fine/No jacket issued. London: Longman, Green and Co., 1865. Edited by Lady Theresa Lewis. 6 vols. 3 volumes extended to 6 by the insertion of 206 extra plates. Various pagination pp. Hardcover. … Read more about this item Item Price
$3,500.00
![WITS AND BEAUX OF SOCIETY. QUEENS OF SOCIETY. THE LITERATURE OF SOCIETY [ EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED IN 6 VOLS. ]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/445/230/357230445.0.m.jpg)
WITS AND BEAUX OF SOCIETY. QUEENS OF SOCIETY. THE LITERATURE OF SOCIETY [ EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED IN 6 VOLS. ]
by Wharton, Grace and Philip
- Condition
- Used - Very good
- Jacket Condition
- No dust jacket
- Edition
- An extra-illustrated set
- Published
- Nd; Nd; 1862
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Sarasota, Florida, USA
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$3,500.00
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London: James Hogg and Sons and Tinsley Brothers, Nd; Nd; 1862. An extra-illustrated set. Hardcover. Very good/No dust jacket. London: James Hogg and Sons and Tinsley Brothers, Nd; Nd; 1862. 6 vols. An extra-illustrated set. Illustrated by H. K. Browne and James Godwin; Charles Altamont Doyle and the Brothers Dalziel. 322+ 2 ad; 292+… Read more about this item Item Price
$3,500.00

HISTORY OF THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE
by Gibbon, Edward
- Condition
- Used - Very good+
- Jacket Condition
- No jacket issued
- Published
- 1862
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Sarasota, Florida, USA
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$1,750.00
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London: John Murray, 1862. Hardcover. Very good+/No jacket issued. London: John Murray, 1862. With Notes by Dean Milman and M. Guizot. Edited with Additional Notes by William Smith. 8 vols. Bound by Bayntun. Illustrated with frontisportrait and maps. 415, 425, 433, 410, 415, 428, 412, 434 pp. Hardcover. 8vo. … Read more about this item Item Price
$1,750.00

Notitia Orbis Antiqui, Sive Geographia Plenior, Abortu rerumpublicarum ad Constantinorum tempora Orbis terrarum faciem declarans
by Cellarius, Christoph
- Condition
- Used - Very good
- Jacket Condition
- No jacket issued
- Published
- 1703
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Sarasota, Florida, USA
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$850.00
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Cambridge: John Owen, 1703. Hardcover. Very good/No jacket issued. Abortu Rerepiblicarum ad Constantinorum Tempora Orbis Terrarum Faciem Declarans, Volume 1 only. Cambridge: John Owen, 1703. Illustrated with 21 double page engravings (20 maps and 1 diagram). Lacks the engraved frontisportrait. 862 + 38 index pp. Hardcover. Small 4to. Full vellum over… Read more about this item Item Price
$850.00
![[SENECA] OPERA [WORKS IN 4 VOLUMES]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/556/417/180417556.0.m.jpg)
[SENECA] OPERA [WORKS IN 4 VOLUMES]
by [Elzevir, Elzevier] Seneca
- Condition
- Used - Very good+
- Jacket Condition
- No jacket issued
- Edition
- Early Elzevir printing
- Published
- 1640; 1639; 1639; 1649
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Sarasota, Florida, USA
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$1,200.00
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Np: Elzevirios, 1640; 1639; 1639; 1649. Early Elzevir printing. Hardcover. Very good+/No jacket issued. Volume 1, Philosophicae; Volume 2, Epistolae; Volume 3, Controversae; Volume 4, Notae. Np: Elzevirios, 1640; 1639; 1639; 1649. 4 vols. Early Elzevir printing. 552; 718; 442 + Index; 429 + Index + unpaginated Corrigenda pp. Text in Latin.… Read more about this item Item Price
$1,200.00

THE BATTLE OF LIFE
by Dickens, Charles
- Condition
- Used - Very good+
- Jacket Condition
- No dust jacket
- Edition
- First edition, fourth state
- Published
- 1846
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Sarasota, Florida, USA
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$375.00
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London: Bradbury & Evans, 1846. First edition, fourth state. Hardcover. Very good+/No dust jacket. A Love Story. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1846. First edition, fourth state. Numerous b/w decorations and illustrations with a vignette and frontispiece. 175 pp. Hardcover. 16mo. Full dark green leather. Five raised bands ruled in gilt,… Read more about this item Item Price
$375.00