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Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. 258pp. Mustard cloth stamped in green on the spine. The first full-scale biography of Edgar Rice Burroughs. Includes compilations, letters, documents, synopses, lists of characters, plots and themes. Profusely illustrated with b/w pictures. A fine copy in near fine dustjacket with tiny scrapes to front panel. ; Octavo.

Firenze: Glittering Images, 2003. Hardcover. Pictorial boards, issued without dustjacket. Includes strips and drawings in b&w and color. The volumes have light wear to back covers and are in near fine condition. Foreword in Italian, French and English. Adults only. ; Quarto.

Paris: Goubaud et Cie, 1856. First Edition. Hardcover. 380pp. Contemporary marbled boards. With twelve hand-coloured wood engravings depicting various styles of clothing, and numerous b&w in-text illustrations including embroidery styles. Articles on home economics, travels, beaux-arts, history, the Louvre and the Tuileries Palace, and much more. Front board is detached (with title page and two leaves), internally mostly clean… Read more about this item

Milano: La nave di Teseo, 2016. Softcover. Second printing. 469pp. Collects fourteen essays. A near fine copy. Text in Italian. ; Octavo.

Milano: Società Editrice Libraria, 1900. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition from this publisher. viii, 447pp. Contemporary half vellum over marbled boards, edges sprinkled red. Engraved title page, full page and in-text engravings, two foldout maps (Guanabara Bay and a railway chart of Rio de Janeiro, S. Paulo and Minas Geraes). A first hand travel account of Brazilian life with… Read more about this item

London: Sheed & Ward, 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. 238pp. Green cloth stamped in brown on the spine. With color and b&w illustrations by the author. Collects fairy stories, comic verse, satirical ballads, an Introduction to the Study of Demonology, and more. Three small stains to the front board, toning to endpapers, light wear to extremities. A bright very good+… Read more about this item

Boston: Frederic S. Hill, 1831. First US Edition. Hardcover. 285pp. Original green cloth with paper label affixed to spine panel. Engraved title and three inserted plates with etchings. Wear to cloth, chips to label. Contemporary owner's name on front free endpaper, pencil markings on endpapers, scattered foxing throughout. A good+ copy.; 12mo.

Boston: William C. Brown, 1846. First Edition. Printed wrappers. Two issues in the original wrappers. Laid in is a receipt signed by the publisher and editor William C. Brown for a 3 year subscription. Subscriber's name and address on one of the covers (Mrs. Stover of Schuylerville, NY). Light overall wear and a couple of faint spots. Very good+.… Read more about this item

Loudon, NH, 1968. Stapled wraps. With b&w illustrations. Light wear to covers. A very good+ copy. ; Quarto.

Venice, CA: Webco, Inc, 1968. Stapled wraps. 88pp. Nice vintage catalog of motorcycle accessories. Features engine components, fuels, pipes, tires, gear and more. Three holes punched along the spine. A very good copy. ; Quarto.

Thompson, CT, 1969. Stapled wraps. With color and b&w illustrations. Light wear to covers. A very good copy. ; Quarto.

Madrid: Por D. Antonio Espinosa, 1788. First Spanish Edition. Hardcover. 93pp. Contemporary quarter leather over boards. The defense by Cagliostro in the Affair of the Diamond Necklace that landed him nine months in the Bastille and for which he was subsequently acquitted. Text in Spanish. Translated from the French. Very old annotations in Spanish on the margins of some… Read more about this item

Providence, RI: John Carter, 1787. First Edition. Self-wraps. iv, 60pp. Contemporary plain wrappers. Early landmark legal case establishing judicial review. Lacks pages 51-54. Heavy foxing to the first four leaves, pages 3 and 4 are pasted together, some annotations in pencil throughout, heavy wear and stains to covers. A poor copy. Comes with an original invoice from the Charles… Read more about this item

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. First Edition. Hardcover. Two volumes in slipcase. Cloth. With an introduction and commentaries by Joe DiMaggio. A fine set in slipcase. ; Quarto.

Vimodrone (MI): Giorgio Nada Editore, 2005. First Edition. Softcover. The history of Donnino Rumi and his "artist's" motorcycles. Profusely illustrated with roughly 300 contemporary photographs of Rumi's production and racing history, numerous technical drawings and detailed specifications for each model. A bright fine copy. ; Square octavo.

New York: Leypoldt & Holt, 1870. Hardcover. 186pp. Bordeaux cloth stamped in gold on the front and the spine. Translated by J. Durand. Spine panel and edges of boards faded. A very good copy. ; 12mo.

Philadelphia: Elliott & Beezley, 1888. First Edition. Hardcover. 416pp. Brown pictorial cloth stamped in black and gold on the front and the spine, color illustration affixed to front panel, all edges gilt. Floral endpapers. With several portrait illustrations. Light wear to spine ends, mild fading to spine. A bright near fine copy. ; Quarto.

London: Macdonald and Jane's, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. 245pp. Cloth. A fine copy in very good dustjacket with light fading to spine panel, fading to rear panel, and mild edge wear.; Octavo.

Firenze: Glittering Images, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. 172pp. Pictorial boards, issued without dustjacket. Profusely illustrated with hundreds of b&w and color illustrations by Alberto Vargas, Robert Patterson, Al Moore, George Petty, Don Lewis, Ernest Chiriaka, Fritz Willis, and others. Includes an article on paperback cover art and a bibliography. Some toning to spine but with titles perfectly readable. A… Read more about this item

Roma: Il Veltro Editrice, 2000. Second Edition. Softcover. Second Italian edition enlarged with an essay on Aldine studies. Light toning to covers, price marked out on the back cover. A very good+ copy. Text in Italian. ; Octavo.