from Robert Wright Books, ABAC / ILAB

Glasgow: Printed by Robert and Andrew Foulis for Edward and Charles Dilly, in the Poultry, London, 1768.. Hardcover. Very Good. First Edition of the Book that made James Boswell Famous. Demy octavo, full contemporary speckled calf, red morocco title label, pp. xxiv + 382 [with the half-title and final blank]. Large folding engraved map of Corsica by Thomas… Read more

Berkely: University of California Press, (1985). First edition in two volumes.. Hardcover. Near Fine. Octavo, publisher's deep green cloth, pp. xiv, 680, & pp. vii, 681-1337; illustrated. Slight foxing to top page edge, else books are near fine; publisher's pictorial slipcase, with splitting at joints and rubbing, else sound and reasonably attractive. Heavy set, may require extra… Read more

Johannesburg: Published under the auspices of the South African Labour Party, (1941).. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo, publsiher's red cloth blocked in black, pp. 186. Inscribed by the author: to Alf. B. Trollip Esq., M.P. with compliments and thanks, and dated 12 February, 1942.. Uncommon hardcover issue of this title. Light creasing and darkening to prelims and… Read more

Columbia: University of Missouri, (N.d). Reprint. Trade paperback format. pp. xvii, 333; illustrated. Inscribed by Elena Poniatowska in Spanish to a Canadian writer and dated in 2013. Poniatowska is a French-born Mexican journalist and author, best known for her work on social and political issues relating to the disenfranchised, especially women and the poor. Near… Read more

(Charleston, SC): Bibiolife, (N.d). Reprint of the Edinburgh edition of 1822. Card covers, pp. 332. Light creasing to covers, large bar code sticker over spine and gutters, else good. .

Nabu Public Domain reprint, made from a copy of the book in the University of California. Card covers, pp. 972, Reprint of the two-part 1907 edition from the Government Printer's Office, Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin 30. Text that is very uneven terms of its legibility - in all a rather bland presentation,… Read more

Cambridge at the University Press, 1943. First edition. Octavo, deep blue cloth, pp. lxi, 396. Pocket at rear with 3 small maps, as issued. English Place-Name Society Volume XIX. Slight foxing to endpapers, else very good, in spine-darkened dust jacket with foxing, and price on front flap torn away. . .

Belfast: The University Press Limited, (1983). Second edition. Octavo, grey cloth, pp. xii, 183. Signed by Clark. 1" ink pen stroke on endpaper, else very good in dust jacket, which shows wrinkles to the publisher's clear lamination. .

Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1954. First edition. Small octavo, blue cloth blocked in gilt, pp.xviii, (2), (1)-185; illustrations by Horace T. Pierce. Inscribed by the author and signed in Globe, Arizona. Near fine in dust jacket with red ink marker applied over price on front flap (in apparent effort to obscure… Read more

R. Hentsch, 1997. Trade paperback format, pp. 288; illustrated. Presentation inscription from Hentsch on title page. Covers lightly creased and marked, else very good..

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1928. First edition. Brown cloth, pp. xix, 256; illustrated. Attractive bookplate of William Henry Newbrough depicting a flyfisherman. A few minute nicks to cloth, else bright and near fine. No dust jacket..

Melbourne: Australian Scholarly, 2005. Trade paperback format, pp. 169. Nearly new condition..

Ottawa: The Royal Society of Canada, 1943. Offprint. Stapled wrappers. Inscribed by Innis to D.C. MacGregor (Professor of Economics at the University of Toronto). Creased vertically through centre of covers and textblock, covers a bit dust-soiled, else very good..

Mostly Reprinted from Banffshire Journals of October 10th and 17th, 1911. 21.5 x 14 cm, drab olive-grey wrappers over wire-stitched textblock, pp. 123; frontispiece portrait. "Seafield" penned on spine, a few pencil notes on "endpapers", else good or better..

Toronto: J.M. Dent & Son Ltd., 1919. Octavo, light green cloth, pp. [292]. Includes contributions by The Right Hon. David Lloyd George, George Bernard Shaw and Hillaire Belloc, amongst numerous others. Previous owner's name and date neatly on enspaper, a few pages roughly opened, else very good..

University of New Brunswick, 1950. First edition. 23 x 15.3 cm, stapled card covers, pp. 26. "One of a series of lectures commemorating the 150th anniversary of the University. Delivered at the University of New Brunswick March 30, 1950". Previous owner's initials neatly on title page, covers lightly dust-soiled, else very good. Uncommon..

New York: Macmillan, 1916. First American edition. 19.5 x 13.5 cm, dark blue cloth, pp. xv, 148, + [8] pages publisher's ads. Page edges darkened, very faint damp-staining to covers, corner tips lightly bumped, else very good. No dust jacket..

Canton: Published Privately, (1980). First edition. Octavo, cloth, pp. (vii), 239; illustrated. Previous owner's rubber-stamp name and address on front free endpaper, else a fine copy. No dust jacket - presumably so issued..

Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press, (1966). First edition. Octavo, dark blue cloth, pp. xiii, 560. Inscribed by Lane and signed "Frederic". Lane was amongst the foremost authorities on Renaissance Venice. Near fine in dust jacket with a 1.5 cm tear to the front panel, and some light edge wear. [Oversize*].

Fairfield, NJ, U.S.A.: Clifton: Augustus M. Kelley Publishers, (1973). Reprintof the 1955 edition. Octavo, red cloth, pp. 231. A fine copy, as issued without dust jacket..