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Barcelona. Very Good+. 1958. Paperback in box. Reproductions and engravings; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 173 pages; 1958 - 1962. Asociacion De Exlibristas De Barcelona. 4separate issues in original covers. Enclosed in a folding red cloth solander box with titles in gilt to spine and with Ginesta Binders of New York insignia bottom front corner of the cover. Diciembre 1958, Ano VIII, No. 16. Pp 184-224. Junio 1961, Ano XI - No. 21 pp 75-104. Diciembre 1961, Ano XI - No. 22 - pp 105-144. Junio & Diciembre, 1962 Ano XII - Nos. 23 y 24 - pp 145-208. Illustrated throughout with b&w reproductions and including some engraved bookplate examples, one signed in pencil M Colon. Trace soiling to covers. VG++ in NF case. ... Oversize book may require additional charges for expedited or international shipping. .

London: Macmillan. Very Good-. 1892. First Edition. Leather. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 111 pages; 1892 Macmillan, London. 1st edition. Snug and bright in full green morocco binding by Wickers & Son, Leicester - presumably for Charlotte Marion Byrd, Countess of Enniskellen. Her engraved bookplate to the front pastedown. A bookplate on the facing page has been removed with a bracket remanant of paper at the page edges. An ink numeral stamp base of title page and a dim ink stamp to rear pastedown enjoining the book's removal from the library suggest that the book was for some time in institutional ownership. Handsome binding and clean text with attractive bookplate. VG- thus .

Amsterdam: Pierre Humbert. Good+. 1738. First Edition. Leather. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 545 pages; 2 volumes, in 1. Paged continuously, with separate title pages and copperplate frontis facing both title pages. Prior ownership plate of Viollet Le Duc (Emmanuel) to front marbled paper pastedown; later ownership bookplate of Shakespearean scholar H. B. Charlton. Speckled calf binding with extra gilt to spine. Leather splitting in the joints with boards tenuous but holding. Leather at spine browning and a little crazed with dulling to gilt and some shallow chipping at ends. Text block snug and clean. At rear is appended an extensive 41 page alphabetized catalog of books published by Humbert. Wants rebacking and light conservation. G+ thus .

New York & London: New Amsterdam Book Co : Downey & Co. Very Good-. 1899. reprint. Hardcover. Engravings; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 390 pages; Circa [1899] New Amsterdam Book Co : Downey & Co. Stout HC in original blue cloth with decorative title lettering in gilt to spine. Illustrated with 30 tissue guarded plates from steel engravings of Hablot Knight Browne "phiz." Cloth a little toned at spine and lightly crimped and rubbed at spine ends. Prior ownership bookplates of Harold Chandler Kimball and Carol Pond Kimball to front endpaers. A few scattered instances of a shallow damp drip to front edge of a page and occasional mild foxing to a plate or adjacent page. Solid and generally neat. VG- .

Boston: George C Rand & Avery, for the Author. Very Good. 1860. early printing. Hardcover. Map & Woodcuts; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 224 pages; 1860 George C Rand & Avery, for the Author. HC early printing after the 1853 original edition. Snugly bound and clean in original ribbed brown cloth with decorative borders in blind and decorative title design in gilt to spine. Mild shelf bumping to boards at corner tips and corners with light shelf rubbing at spine ends. Illustrated with a map frontis and about 33 woodcut pictorial figures. Prior ownership, pictorial bookplate of C C Sampson to front endpage, with designer initials appearing to be C V K. Facing the Sampson bookplate Is an earlier bookplate donating the title to the "Amarinthine Literary Society" of the Pennsylvania Female College - presumably the institution founded in 1851 in Montgomery County, PA as Montgomery Female Seminary. A solid clean copy and uncommon thus. VG .

New York & London: New Amsterdam Book Co : Downey & Co. Very Good. 1899. reprint. Hardcover. Engravings; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 512 pages; Circa [1899] New Amsterdam Book Co : Downey & Co. Stout HC in original blue cloth with decorative title lettering in gilt to spine. Illustrated with 42 tissue guarded plates from steel engravings of Hablot Knight Browne "phiz." Cloth a little toned at spine and lightly crimped and rubbed at spine ends. Prior ownership bookplates of Harold Chandler Kimball and Carol Pond Kimball to front endpaers. A few scattered instances of a shallow damp drip to front edge of a page and occasional mild foxing to a plate or adjacent page. Solid and generally neat. VG .

London: James Duncan. Very Good-. 1832. First Edition. 1/4 leather. "Bookplate of Henry D. Gilpin]; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 346 pages; 1832 James Duncan, London. HC 1st edition soundly bound in 1/4 leather backed spine and corners with marbled paper covered boards. Bookplate to front pastedown of Henry D. Gilpin, Quaker lawyer and statesman, and 41st U. S. Attorney General (1840-41) under President Martin Van Buren. Leather rubbed over joints and corners with shallow loss at crown. Subsequent owner bookplate of John Penn Brock placed above the Gilpin bookplate on the pastedown. Brock was an executive of the Bethlehem Steel Co. Xvii, 325; 21 pp. Supplement to the work added at rear with separate title page date 1833. Frontis engraving and one plate. Offset toning to endpages. Contents clean and sound. Uncommon. VG- .

London: Walter Scott, Ltd.. Very Good. 1895. First Edition. Hardcover. "Great Writers"; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 242 pages; 1895 Walter Scott, Ltd. HC 1st edition. Soundly bound in publisher's dark green cloth with titles brightly in gilt to spine. 242, xx pp. With index. Color decorated prior owner armorial bookplate of Harrie d'Estaing Hussey to the front pastedown. Mild shelf evidence to boards and light toning to endsheets. Solid neat copy; uncommon thus. VG .

New York: The Macmillan Co.. Good+. 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Color Charts and b&w photos; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 581 pages; 1928 Macmillan & Co. Stout oversize HC in original green cloth with titles in gilt to spine. 1st edition. Lavishly illustrated with 172 b&w photo plates and a several page color tab chart inserted in the publisher's enclosure inside the rear board. Mild foxing to the front endpages; light shelf rubbing and trace fray to cloth at tips. Silverfish scaling and pitting to the front edge of the color chart front page and edges of the rear endpage. Two small shallow worm holes to page block bottom and front edge to rear matter and mild silverfish pitting to page block edges. Prior ownership of prominent bibliophile, Alexander Brown Griswold; his small cut paper bookplate on the front pastedown. Brown was a prominent collector and scholar of books and antiquities; he was a partner in the Alex Brown & Sons institutional bankers of Baltimore… Read More

Leipzig: E. A. Seemann. Very Good+. 1912. First Edition. Hardcover. 4to 11" - 13" tall; 144 pages; 1912 E. A. Seemann, Leipzig. Oversize large 4to. Stout HC volume in E. A. Enders' handsome moire patterned metallic green silk with decorative title design brightly in gilt. Wood grain petterned endsheets. Gathers the plates and text for all 12 monthly issues bound in one volume. Selection of plates numbered 577 - 648 followed by a cotinuously paged section of text comprised of 12 monthly parts. Each plate mounted on heavy green cardstock with lettered guard. Bookplate of prominent Lancaster PA, lawyer and civic leader, Redmond Conyngham, mounted to the front pastedown. Pictorial armorial bookplate designed by David McNeely Stauffer, noted historian of ealy American printmaking. The impressive cloth binding is by E. A. Enders, impressed with their binder's mark on the rear board. Some superficial shelf rubbing to cloth at spine ends and mild toning to cloth at edges. VG ot… Read More

Philadelphia: Running Press. Near Fine. 1992. Boxed Ephemera. 1561381187 . 64mo 3" - 4½" tall; 24 pages; 1992 Running Press. Set of 24 pictorial bookplates for miniature sized books, designed by Graham Evernden. Bookplates still sealed in publisher's internal shrinkwrap and held in a pictorial lidded box. Box lightly shelf rubbed at extremities. 24 pictorial miniature bookplates still sealed. NF thus .

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Very Good-. 1890. First Edition. Hardcover. frontis and stage plans; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 107 pages; 1890 G. P. Putnam's Sons. HC 1st edition. Soundly bound in original black cloth with titles in gilt to cover and spine. Mild fray to cloth at crown, superficial fading to cloth at spine and a whisper of fray to cloth at corner tips. Gift bookplate on the front pastedown from business magnate, Alfred Corning Clark to his son, the esteemed horseman, F. Ambrose Clark. The pictorial bookplate of F Ambrose Clark is mounted on the facing front flyleaf. Floral patterned endleaves are toning and partially splitting in the gutter at front. Illustrated with engraved frontis, along with a portrait and several stage plans. VG- .

519+: Maggs Brothers; Zeitlin & Verbrugge; G. Michelmore & Co. Good+. 1927. Hardcover. [Ownership Bookplate of Ifan Kyrle Fletcher]; B&W Reproductions and Facsimilies; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 657 pages; Various dates 1943, 1927, [1926]. Three Shakeseareana book catalogues bound together, with prior ownership, color pictorial bookplate of of Ifan Kyrle Fletcher, designed by E. McKnight Kauffer. Bound in quarter green cloth backed spine and drab paper covered boards. Zeitlin & Verbrugge Catalog number ten of 27 pp, bound with Maggas Bros Catalog #493, 519 oo plus index and G. Michelmore & Co [circa 1926] of 112 pp and many full page plates and facsimile leaves, some in color. Maggs issue has some wear and tear to front cover; here and there some pages corner creased, lacking rear wrapper and with the final several leaves loose, ruffled wrinkled and with old yellowing tape repairs. Michelmore catalog with both covers and VG. The striking pictorial bookplate designed by Kauffer for the noted… Read More