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Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1925. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine. 8vo. xxvii, (1), 211,(1)pp. Green cloth, gilt spine title and gilt rule and device on the upper board. Glossary, Index. Corners and spine tips with light wear, else this is a very good copy. It is remarkable free from underlining or notes so often seen in this… Read more about this item

Salisbury, Wiltshire: Michael Russell (Publishing) Ltd, 1985. Limited edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near fine. Thin 8vo. 62pp. Brown cloth spine, gilt, decorated paper boards, grey endpapers. Illustrated by Kyffin Williams. A fine copy in publisher's glassine which has a small nick at the spine tip else is near fine. One of 250 numbered copies signed by both Chatwin and… Read more about this item

London: Wm. H. Allen and Co, 1843. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. 2 volumes, 8vo. 401, 299, ciii pp. The large folding map is present. Contemporary full purple leather in a finely executed binding featuring the Scottish Wheel motif on the boards, spines in 5 compartments with raised bans, gilt, all edges gilt. gilt inner dentelles. Decorated endpapers. Frontispiece… Read more about this item

London and New York: John Lane/ George Richmond, 1896. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine. 8vo. (96)pp. Finely bound by Trevor Lloyd, M. B. E., in full brown morocco with green onlays to the boards and spine. SPine in 6 compartments, gilt; boards tooled in gilt; gilt inner dentelles; all edges gilt; decorated endpapers. Trances of rubbing else near… Read more about this item

New York: Brentano's, 1925. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near fine. 8vo. 153pp. blue cloth spine, printed paper label, decorated paper over boards. A fine copy. The dustwrapper is present. It is not clipped; there is a short closed marginal tear on the front cover, and some roughness along the bottom edge of the rear cover, but it is essentially… Read more about this item

London: David Nutt, 1897. Hardcover. Very good. Two volumes. The first, printed in 1894, is the supposed suppressed edition, bout in publisher's navy blue cloth, gilt titles on spine and upper board. Edges lightly worn else this is a very good copy. The second, printed in 1897, is the entirely new translation by Ellis, bound in cream colored… Read more about this item

New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc, 1973. First US edition. Fine. Hardcover/Near fine. 8vo. ix,(3),429,(1) pp. A fine copy. The dustwrapper is clipped, and we note a small, nearly invisible stain on the rear cover, else it is near fine. The first printing of the US edition, with the full number line on the copyright page; cream-colored… Read more about this item

Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1894. Limited edition. Hardcover. Near fine. 16mo. 144pp. Printed in Chaucer type. Translated by Morris. Printed on Perch paper. Printed in black and red. In a contempporary full vellum binding, gilt spine title. Cover gilt rubbed, boards yawning, as is typical with vellum, else a fine copy. One of 350 copies, from a total edition… Read more about this item

San Francisco: Book Club of California, 2019. Limited edition. Hardcover. Fine. Large quarto, 9" x 12.25". Quarter brown leather over linen boards. Portrait of Mora mounted on front board, gilt spine. With a paper portfolio of reproductions of two noted posters by Mora. All housed in a brown cloth publisher's slipcase with gilt lettered spine. One of… Read more about this item

London: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1884. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo. (10),227,(1),16pp, of which the final 12 are the publisher's catalogue dated November,1883. Blue cloth blocked in gilt on the upper board and spine. Chocolate-colored coated endpapers. Four full page plates. The board gilt is rubbed, light corner wear, and the inner hinges are neatly mended, else… Read more about this item

New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1907. Hardcover. Near fine. 4to. Printed in black, red and blue throughout with decoprated initial letters and flourishes by Enrico Monetrti, and with a full color full page frontispiece. Full nave morocco; spine in six compartments, gilt, gilt rules on the boards, all edges gilt, gilt inner dentelles, decorated endpapers, for… Read more about this item

London: Printed for the Villon Society by Private Subscription, 1878. Hardcover. Good. 8vo. cvi, 158,(2) pp. xxiii,(1),185,(3)pp. Vellum blocked in gilt on the upper board and spine; top edge gilt. Frontispiece and 4 pp facsimiles of the original manuscript and an early printing.One of 157 copies, signed by the printer J. C. WIlkins. This is number 138. The… Read more about this item

New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1913. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine. 4tp. xviii, 231, (1) pp. Red brown cloth blocked in black, white and gilt. Illustrated with 80 photogravures illustrating Indian chiefs and Indian life. With the signature of Axel Lindegard (1862-1945) on the front free endpaper. A fine copy. .

Glendale, CA: The Arthur H. Clark Comapny, 1982. Limited edition. Hardcover. Fine. Small 4to. 194pp. Blue cloth blocked in deep blue, red and gilt. A fine copy. In a plain white dustwrapper with manuscript title on the spine. Introduction by Charles Mills. One of 350 numbered copies finely printed letterpress. This is copy 195. Signed… Read more about this item

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1900. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo. Brown cloth blocked in red and black on the upper board and with gilt title on the spine. . Illustrated by the author a frontispiece and 12 full page plates. Some old tape marks on the endpapers, hinges and spine tips worn, else this… Read more about this item

New York: Sheldon and COmpany, 1874. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. mMall 4to. 256pp. Green cloth blocked in black and gilt. Frontispiece engraving of Custer. Illustrated with 8 plates. The frontispiece has a damp stain along the lower left corner just touching the facsimile signature, the hinges and edges are lightly rubbed else this is a very good… Read more about this item

London: Thomas M'Lean, 1820. Hardcover. Very good. The third edition. 8vo. 138pp. Illustrated with full page plates, including 12 aquatints which are vividly and magnificently hand-colored. In a contemporary binding of full crimson straight-grain morocco. The spine is in five compartments with raised bands, all intricately tooled in gilt. Gilt and blind rolls border the boards with a… Read more about this item

New York: The Century Co, 1912. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Near fine. 8vo. x, 284pp. Black cloth blocked on the upper board and spine in light gray, dark gray, and gilt. Top edge gilt. Illustrated with plates and three folding maps. Light wear in the hinge areas else a near fine and bright copy. Cowan, p.… Read more about this item

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1934. Hardcover. Fine/Near fine. 8vo. Orange cloth blocked in black. Illustrated with photographs by the authors and with line illustrations by A. A. Jansson. A fine, bright, nearly as new copy. The dustwrapper is not price-clipped. It has some minor restoration along the top and bottom edge and presents a near fine… Read more about this item

Hudson (New York): Harry Croswell, 1804. Hardcover. Good. Volume III for 1804, with 52 issues of this weekly newspaper. Contemporary binding in quarter leather with paste-paper boards. The free endpapers have perished, as well as the paper covering to the boards. The paper is soft and spotted reflecting its poor quality. Number 8 lacks the final… Read more about this item