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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… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

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 … Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

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 … Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item