FINE BINDINGS from A. Parker's Books, Inc.
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ECCE HOMO
by Grosz, George
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- A. Parker's Books, Inc.
- Published
- 1965
- Condition
- Near fine
- Edition
- Issued in 3 states, limited to 1000 copies
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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
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$1,200.00

LES BALLADES
by Villon, M. Franios
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- A. Parker's Books, Inc.
- Published
- 1900
- Condition
- Very good+
- Edition
- One of 226 copies printed in black and red on Arnold's hand-
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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
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$2,200.00

QUAE EXSTANT, AND FLORI, LUCCII ANNAEI. EPITOME RERUM ROMANARUM.
by Sollustii, C. Crispi
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- A. Parker's Books, Inc.
- Published
- 1773
- Condition
- Very good+
- Item Price
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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
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$520.00

THE LAST FLOWER-A PARABLE IN PICTURES
by Thurber, James
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- A. Parker's Books, Inc.
- Published
- 1939
- Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First edition
- 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
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$650.00

CONTES DE LA FONTAINE AVEC ILLUSTRATIONS DE FRAGONARD
by La Fontaine, Jean de
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- A. Parker's Books, Inc.
- Published
- 1884
- Condition
- Very good
- Item Price
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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
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$1,700.00

MANHATTAN OASES: NEW YORKÕS 1932 SPEAK-EASIES WITH A GENTLEMANÕS GUIDE TO BARS AND BEVERAGES BY GORDON KAHN
by Hirschfeld, Al
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- A. Parker's Books, Inc.
- Published
- [ 1932
- Condition
- Very good+
- Edition
- First edition
- Item Price
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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
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$1,500.00

IL GOFFREDO OVERO GIERUSALEMME LIBERATA,...
by Tasso, Torquato
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- A. Parker's Books, Inc.
- Published
- 1604
- Condition
- Very good
- Item Price
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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
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$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
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- A. Parker's Books, Inc.
- Published
- 1744
- Condition
- Very good
- Edition
- First Irish Edition
- Item Price
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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
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$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
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- A. Parker's Books, Inc.
- Published
- 1820
- Condition
- Very good+
- Edition
- First edition thus, Large paper copy
- Item Price
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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
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$850.00

EXTRACTS FROM THE JOURNALS AND CORRESPONDENCE OF MISS BERRY FROM THE YEAR 1783 TO 1852
by [Berry] Miss Berry
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- A. Parker's Books, Inc.
- Published
- 1865
- Condition
- Near fine
- Edition
- 3 volumes extended to 6 by the insertion of 206 extra plates
- Item Price
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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
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$3,500.00
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WITS AND BEAUX OF SOCIETY. QUEENS OF SOCIETY. THE LITERATURE OF SOCIETY [ EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED IN 6 VOLS. ]
by Wharton, Grace and Philip
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- A. Parker's Books, Inc.
- Published
- Nd; Nd; 1862
- Condition
- Very good
- Edition
- An extra-illustrated set
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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
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$3,500.00

MEMOIRS OF GRIMALDI EDITED BY ÒBOZ.Ó
by Dickens, Charles
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- A. Parker's Books, Inc.
- Published
- 1838
- Condition
- Very good+
- Edition
- First edition, second state
- Item Price
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$1,200.00
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London: Richard Bentley, 1838. First edition, second state. Hardcover. Very good+/No jacket issued. With Illustrations by George Cruikshank. In Two Volumes. London: Richard Bentley, 1838. 2 vols. First edition, second state. Illustrated with 6 plates by Cruikshank in each volume, plus a frontisportrait in volume 1 [ 13 plates in all ].… Read more
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HISTORY OF THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE
by Gibbon, Edward
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- A. Parker's Books, Inc.
- Published
- 1862
- Condition
- Very good+
- Item Price
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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
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$1,750.00

Notitia Orbis Antiqui, Sive Geographia Plenior, Abortu rerumpublicarum ad Constantinorum tempora Orbis terrarum faciem declarans
by Cellarius, Christoph
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- A. Parker's Books, Inc.
- Published
- 1703
- Condition
- Very good
- Item Price
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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
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ASMODEUS: OR, THE DEVIL UPON TWO STICKS
by LeSage, Alain Ren
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- A. Parker's Books, Inc.
- Published
- 1881
- Condition
- Very good
- Edition
- This copy #75 of an edition limited to 100 copies with proof etc
- Item Price
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$1,000.00
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London: J. C. Nimmo and Bain, 1881. This copy #75 of an edition limited to 100 copies with proof etchings on Whatman paper. Hardcover. Very good/No dust jacket. Preceded by Dialogues Serious and Comic Between Two Chimneys of Madrid. London: J. C. Nimmo and Bain, 1881. 2 vols. This copy #75 of an edition limited… Read more
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[SENECA] OPERA [WORKS IN 4 VOLUMES]
by [Elzevir, Elzevier] Seneca
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- A. Parker's Books, Inc.
- Published
- 1640; 1639; 1639; 1649
- Condition
- Very good+
- Edition
- Early Elzevir printing
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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
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THE BATTLE OF LIFE
by Dickens, Charles
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- A. Parker's Books, Inc.
- Published
- 1846
- Condition
- Very good+
- Edition
- First edition, fourth state
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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
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DE SECRETIS SOCIETATIS IESV
by Joannes, D. and D. Ludouicus
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- A. Parker's Books, Inc.
- Published
- 1617
- Condition
- Very good+
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$425.00
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Np: Sumptibus Bernardi Gualtheri, 1617. Hardcover. Very good+/No jacket issued. Np: Sumptibus Bernardi Gualtheri, 1617. 190 pp. Text in Latin. Hardcover. 12mo size. Burnt sienna full leather. All edges speckled, marbled end papers. Nicely rebound with five raised bands separating six tooled compartments, black and gold tooling to boards, and marbled… Read more
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$425.00