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Norwich: Thomas Hubbard, 1795. COOKERY; ART. One of the Earliest American Books of its Kind [COOKERY].[ART]. Valuable Secrets Concerning Arts and Trades: Or, Approved Directions, from the best Artists, For the Various Methods of Engraving on Brass, Copper, or Steel. Of the Composition of Metals, and Varnishes. Of Mastichs and Cements, Sealing-wax, &c. Of Colours and Painting, for Carriage Painters. Of Painting on Paper. On Compositions for Limners. Of Transparent Colours. How to dye Skins or Gloves. To colour or varnish Copper-plate Prints. Of Painting on Glass. Of Colours of all Sorts, for Oil, Water, and Crayons. Of the Art of Gilding. The Art of dying Woods, Bones, &c. The Art of Moulding. The Art of making Wines. Of the various Compositions of Vinegars. Of Liquors and essential Oils. Of the Confectionary Art. Of taking out all Sorts of Spots and Stains. Norwich: Thomas Hubbard 1795 First American edition, one of two American editions published in 1795. Twelvemo (6 1/2 x 4 inches; 164 x 100 mm).… Read More

London: R. Ackermann, 1824. Variedades; o Mensagero de Londres:. Periodico Trimestre. Tomo I [II]. London: R. Ackermann, 1824-1825. First edition. Nine numbers in two octavo volumes (9 1/4 x 6 inches; 234 x 151 mm). [4], 102, 101*-102*, 103-499, [1, reference], [2, table of contents]; [2], 399, [1, reference], [2, table of contents] pp. With 108 engraved plates, ninety-nine of which are hand-colored. Each Quarter section with and engraved frontispiece portrait. Also with tow folding facsimile letteres, a folding chart and a copy of a Five Pound Note. White's article on translating Poetical Shakespeare can be found on page 74 of volume I, number I. Contemporary red diced calf. boards tooled in gilt. Spines stamped and lettered in gilt. Board edges stamped in gilt. Marbled endpapers. A small amount of toning, mainly to title-pages. Some offsetting from plates to text pages. Previous owner's small bookplate on front pastedown of both volumes. Overall a very good set. "In 1823, about half a century… Read More

Copenhagen: Printed for Schuboth by J. R. Thiele, 1811. First edition. Octavo (6 11/16 x 4 1/16 inches; 170 x 140 mm). LVI, 282, [6] pp. Contemporary half brown roan over marbled boards, beige morocco gilt lettering label. Text lightly browned throughout due to the qulity of the paper, upper corner of front endpaper cut away, slight loss to head and tale of spine. A very good copy. "The ‘Guide to the Icelandic or old Nordic Language' was the first of an important series of publications which qualify Rask as one of the founders of the modern science of language... The interest that his writings aroused in the ancient Scandanavian Tongues directed attention to their literature, He was the first to study the ancient Nordic languages systematically. He disovered the correspondence of the consonant relations between the Indo-European languages, which led Jacob Grimm to formulate the rules underlying the Germanic as well as the the first complete texts of the eddas of Snorri and Saemund and added… Read More

Rotterdam: J. Immerzeel, Jr., 1818. PERKOIS, Jacobus. . Verzameling van Verschillende Gekleede Mans- en Vrouwen-Standen. Ter Oefening van Jonge Schilders en Liefhebbers, naar't leven geteekend door de Kunstteekenaars Perkois en Prins, en in't koper gebragt door den Kunstgraveur M. de Sallieth. Rotterdam: J. Immerzeel, Jr., 1818. First edition. Thirty-three beautiful hand-colored plates depicting street vendors and other laborers, many of which are women, by Sallieth after Jacobus Perkois and and Huibert Prins. Title-page with an engraved vignette by H. Kobell. Small folio (11 1/4 x 8 inches; 286 x 205 mm). [2] pp. Contemporary blue glazed paper boards, rebacked. Boards with borders tooled in gilt. Boards with some minor rubbing and spine with a few tiny tears. Previous owner's old ink ownership inscription dated 1829 to rear pastedown. Engravings are extremely clean and bright. Overall a near fine copy. Housed in a modern blue cloth clamshell with morocco spine label, lettered in gilt. This is the… Read More

London: John C. Nimmo, 1886. POIRSON, V.A.. London: 1886. Large octavo. Illustrated with 114 color illustrations. Octavo (9 7/8 x 6 5/8 inches; 250 x 167 mm). [4], xvi, [2], 291, [1, blank] pp. Modern full autumn morocco. Boards quadruple gilt- ruled. Spine decoratively stamped in gilt in compartments and lettered in gilt. Top edge gilt. Gilt dentelles. Green watered silk endpapers. Previous owner's book plate on front blank. A few tiny scratches to back board. Otherwise, about fine. Scott. HBS 65773. $450.

New York: The Vanguard Press, Inc, 1947. New York: The Vanguard Press, Inc., [1947]. First edition. Octavo (8 1/8 x 5 1/2 inches; 205 x 140 mm). [8], [1]-294, [2, blank] pp. Original full black cloth, blue lettering on spine. Top edge blue, fore-edge uncut. With original pictorial dust jacket. Sight foxing to endpapers and inner flaps of the dust jacket. Back panel of the dust jacket with a small closed tear. Otherwise near fine. This author's first two books (Dangling Man and The Victim, 1947) had a profound impact on the mid-twentieth century literary scene. "Together, they effectively introduced a new style of American fiction. The "Gentile" era of Fitzgerald, Hemingway, and Faulkner began, with Bellow, to give way to a new Jewish tradition and a sense of moral and social alarm. Bellow's characters are generally anti-heroes caught up in the existential dilemma of trying to define themselves with some measure of dignity despite the constant impediments of objective and subjective circumstances."… Read More

New York: Bartlett and Welford, 1844. First edition, one of three-hundred copies. Folio (21 x 14 1/4 inches; 533 x 361 mm.) [2], 24 pp. With the chromolithographed title by Owen Jones, lithographed map, twenty-six lithographs on twenty-five plates, and original paper guards. Contemporary half red morocco over red cloth, professionally rebacked retaining original spine. Spine with raised bands lettered and tooled in gilt. Marbled endpapers (nonpareil patten), all edges gilt. New tissue guards inserted alongside original paper guards. Several of the originals with Japanese paper repair. Some foxing throughout (though much less than usually seen), especially to margins. Dark stains to front and back boards. Fore-edge marginal restoration to title-page and plates 20, 22, and 24. Overall a very good copy housed in a grey cloth clamshell case with gilt lettering piece on spine. Catherwood's Views of Ancient Monuments is very rare at market, and often considerably more foxed than this copy. The work… Read More

London: Smith, Elder & Co..., 1853. Full Description: [BRONTË, Charlotte]. Villette. By Currer Bell, Author of "Jane Eyre," "Shirley," etc. In Three Volumes. London: Smith, Elder & Co...., 1853. First edition. Three octavo volumes (7 3/4 x 4 7/8 inches; 195 x 125 mm). [4], 324, [12, publisher's catalogue dated February 1853]; [4], 319, [1, printer's imprint]; [4], 350, [1, printer's imprint], [1, blank] pp. No half-titles called for. Original greenish-brown morocco-grain cloth decoratively stamped in blind with a three-line border enclosing a rectangular border that contains a floral design in each corner. Spines stamped in blind with a floral design at head and tail. Spines lettered in gilt. Original pale yellow coated endpapers. Top edges uncut. A very minor amount of rubbing to cloth. A bit of light finger soiling. A few pages with small marginal stains, and page 107 of volume III opened rough at fore-edge, but not affecting text. Housed in green cloth clamshell. A near fine copy in an… Read More

Philadelphia: Printed and Sold by William Gibbons, 1792. Ful Description: WOLLSTONECRAFT, Mary. A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: With Strictures on Moral and Political Subject. Philadelphia: Printed and Sold by William Gibbons, 1792. First American Edition, printed the same year as the first London edition, and before the Boston edition. Twelvemo (6 3/8 x 4 inches; 164 x 104 mm). xvi, 17-274, [1, contents], [1, publisher's advertisement] pp. Bound to style in full speckled calf. Boards double-ruled in gilt. Spine stamped in gilt. With red and black morocco spines labels, lettered in gilt. Edges speckled black. New endpapers. Some toning to leaves, as usual for American sheets. Previous owner's neat old ink signature on title-page and dedication page. Overall a very good copy. In her dedication, Wollstonecraft wrote "‘that, if woman be not prepared by education to become the companion of man, she will stop the process of knowledge, for truth must be common to all.' The main part of her book… Read More

London: William E. Hill & Sons, Violin-Makers, 1931. Arthur F., and Alfred Ebsworth. The Violin-Makers of the Guarneri Family (1626-1762): Their Life and Work. London: William E. Hill & Sons, Violin-Makers, 1931. First edition. Quarto. xxxvii, [1, blank], [1], [1, blank], 181, [1, blank], [4, ads] pp. With forty-four photogravure plates, seventeen color plates, and numerous black and white text illustrations. Original quarter vellum over green buckram, front cover stamped in black, red, gold, and green with Guarneri family crest, smooth spine ruled and lettered in gilt. Top edge gilt, others uncut. Spine slightly dust soiled. Still a fine copy of this handsome work on some of the greatest Italian violin makers. HBS 68670. $850.

San Francisco: Edward Vischer, 1862. VISCHER, Edward. First edition, third and best issue (with three more lithographs than the first issue). Title leaf (frontispiece) and twelve lithographic plates by Vischer, with a total of 25 engravings. Oblong folio, mount size (10 7/8 x 13 5/8 inches; 275 x 345 mm). The lithographer was C.C. Kuchel, and the printer L. Nagel. With the exception of the title leaf, the lithographs are mounted (as issued) and have letterpress descriptive text in purple. All plates are loose, as issued in the original cloth portfolio. Portfolio rebacked. Mounted on the inside of the front cover is a lithograph closely resembling the title leaf, but lacking printer's, lithographer's, and typographer's imprints. Mounted on the inside back cover is the "Index" and "Visitor's Guide." The present volume is Farquhar's state A, in a cloth portfolio rather than a pictorial paper envelope. In the envelope issue was a four-page folded sheet with text, which was not issued with this present… Read More

London: Owen Rogers, 1561. Full Description: LANGLAND, William. The Vision of Pierce Plowman. Newlye imprynted after the authours olde copy, with a brefe summary of the principall matters set before euery part called passus. Wherevnto is also annexed the Crede of Pierce Plowman, neuer imprinted with the booke before. London: Owen Rogers, 1561. Fourth edition. Quarto (7 3/8 x 5 1/8 inches; 185 x 130 mm). 127 leaves. Bound without the 'Crede' as usual. Text in black letter. Woodcut engraved initials throughout, and tailpiece on title-page. 19th-century full calf. Boards double ruled and tooled in blind. Spine with tan calf label, lettered in gilt. All edges speckled red. Some minor rubbing to boards and edges. A bit of toning throughout. But still a very good copy of this scarce title. All early editions are rare with Pforzheimer listing only this and the second edition of 1550. The 'Crede' (absent from most copies, including ours) is particularly scarce. "Its rarity, about half a dozen copies have… Read More

Naples, 1728. da lui medesimo scritta, nella quale molte curiose particolarità si toccano appartenenti alle arti ed all'istoria del suo tempo, tratta da un'ottimo manoscritto, e dedicato all'eccellenza di mylord Riccardo Boyle...In Colonia [i.e., Naples]: Per Pietro Martello, [1728]. First edition of Cellini's autobiography, a classic of Italian Renaissance literature. Quarto (10J x 7G inches; 256 x 186 mm.). [16], 318 pp. Title-page printed in red and black, with vignette. Ornamental initials. Contemporary vellum over boards with brown leather spine label lettered in gilt. Edges stained green. Vellum slightly rubbed. Occasional light foxing, staining, or browning. Small tear at inner margin of title. With the bookplates of the Marchese Salsa, Viscount Dudley, and Richard Manney. A very good, crisp copy. [Together with:] CELLINI, Benvenuto. Vita di Benvenuto Cellini...da lui medesimo scritta...In Colonia [i.e., Florence]: Per Pietro Martello, [1791]. Second edition. Quarto (10L x 7H inches; 267… Read More

Moscow: Mockba, 1868. Full Description: TOLSTOY, Leo. Voina i Mir [War and Peace]. Moscow: 1868-1869. First edition. Six books in seven parts, bound into three tall octavo volumes (9 1/4 x 6 inches; 236 x 153 mm). Book I, Part I: [2], 297, [1, blank]; Part II: 146; Book II, [4], 186, [2, blank]; Book III: [4], 284; Book IV: [4], 336; Book V: [4], 323; [1, blank]; Book VI: [4], 290, [2, blank] pp. With the map on p. 239 of book IV. Complete with all half-titles, except for Book I present. Additional original very rare front wrappers bound in for books II, IV, and VI. (Front wrapper for book VI states second edition on the wrapper, however the text is first edition like the other books as the title-page has no second edition statement. Text first issue points, Part III, page 227 for 127; page 265 for 255. Part IV page 153 for 253. Three volumes uniformly bound in contemporary half brown morocco over marbled paper boards. Some minor repairs to heads and tails of spines with no new leather. Some minor… Read More

Paris: Gide, 1840. Paris: Gide, 1840-[1843]. First edition. Four octavo text volumes (9 1/8 x 5 7/8 inches; 233 x 150 mm) and a folio atlas (21 3/8 x 14 7/8 inches; 536 x 377 mm). [2, blank], [8], xliv, 402, [2, blank]; [2, blank], [8], 464, [2, blank]; [2, blank], [8], 490, [2, blank]; [2, blank], [8], 178, [8 ads], [2, blank]; [4, blank], [4], 3, [3, blank] pp. Text volumes with numerous tables, seven of which are folding. Volume four with a folding map. Atlas complete with sixty-eight plates, fourteen of which are beautifully hand-colored and twenty-four which are tinted. The rest are black and white. One of which is a map. All plates with tissue guards. Eight pages of publisher's advertisements for M. Dumont-d'Urville's Voyage au pole sud bound in at the end of volume IV. Text volumes- Contemporary quarter brown calf over marbled boards. Spines lettered in gilt and stamped in blind and gilt. Marbled endpapers. Edges speckled brown. Spines lightly rubbed and corners a bit bumped. Some very light… Read More

London: Printed for the Author; by John and Paul Knapton, 1748. WALTER, Richard. A Voyage round the World. in the Years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV. By George Anson Esq; Commander in Chief of a squadron of His Majesty's Ships, sent upon an expedition to the South-Seas. Compiled from papers and other materials of the Right Honourable George Lord Anson, and published under his direction, by Richard Walter, M.A. Chaplain of His Majesty's Ship the Centurion, in that expedition. Illustrated with forty-two copper-plates. London: Printed for the Author; by John and Paul Knapton, 1748. First edition. Quarto (9 7/8 x 7 3/4 inches; 252 x 196 mm). [2, blank], [33], [1, blank], 417, [3, blank] pp. With the list of subscribers and forty-two numbered engraved double-page or folding plates and maps. Bound without the directions to the binder leaf. Full contemporary brown calf, rebacked to style. Boards ruled in gilt. With red morocco spine label, lettered in gilt. Top edge brown, others speckled red. Light wear to… Read More

London: Printed by C. Roworth...for John Murray, 1813. The First Russian Voyage around the World KRUSENSTERN, A[dam] J[ohann] von. Voyage round the World, in the Years 1803, 1804, 1805, & 1806, by order of His Imperial Majesty Alexander the First, on board the ships Nadeshda and Neva, under the command of Captain A.J. von Krusenstern, of the Imperial Navy. In two volumes. Translated from the original German by Richard Belgrave Hoppner, Esq. Vol. I. [II.] London: Printed by C. Roworth, for John Murray, 1813. First edition in English. Two quarto volumes in one. vii, [1, blank], [4, contents], [ix]-xxxii, 314; [9], [1, blank], 404 pp. Folding engraved map ("Chart of the Northwest Part of the Great Ocean") and two hand-colored aquatint frontispieces for each volume. Original quarter parchment over drab blue boards. Original printed paper spine label. Uncut. Previous owner's light ink signature on title-page. Very light small library stamp to title-page. Leaf a2 with a few closed tears, neatly… Read More

Paris: Imprimerie Impériale, 1807. Louis FREYCINET. Voyage de découvertes aux Terres Australes, exécuté par ordre de Sa Majesté l'Empereur et Roi, sur les corvettes "Le Géographe", "Le Naturaliste", et la goëlette "Le Casuarina", pendant les années 1800, 1801, 1802, 1803 et 1804; publié par décret impérial, sous le ministère de M. de Champagny, et rédigé par M. F. Péron, Naturaliste de l'Expédition. Paris: Imprimerie Impériale, 1807-1816. First edition. Complete with two text volumes ('Historique') and one atlas volume in two parts. Text: Quarto (12 x 9 1/4 inches; 306 x 235 mm). [4], xvi, 496, [2, errata], [8 publisher's ads]; xxxi, [1, blank], 471, [1, blank]. Uncut. Both half-titles present, engraved frontispiece portrait of Peron and two folding charts in second volume. Atlas: Quarto (14 x 11 inches; 353 x 275 mm.) Two parts bound together. First part with fourteen engraved maps and plans (of which two are folding), and the second part with forty plates numbered II to XLI and of… Read More

Paris: Hippolyte Souverain, 1839. First edition, Published in a Very Limited Number of Copies for Distribution Among Friends [CABET, Etienne]. Voyage et Aventures de Lord Villiam Carisdall en Icarie. Traduits de l'Anglais de Francis Adams par Th. Dufruit. Paris: Hippolyte Souverain, 1840 [1839]. First edition, published in 1839 in a very limited number of copies for distribution among friends only. In 1840 the work appeared under its generally known title, Voyage en Icarie, with the name of the author on the title. Two volumes. [4], 402 (misnumbered 378); [4], 510 pp. On both titles the name William has been misprinted Villiam. Modern half morocco, marbled sides, gilt lettering to spine by Lobstein-Laurenchet. Repair to the 'Table des Chapitres' of Volume I, without loss of text. Etienne Cabet (1788-1856), French communist and social reformer. Cabet was educated as a lawyer, became a director of the Carbonari and devoted himself to democratic propaganda. Because of his inflammatory denunciations… Read More

London: L. Davis and C. Reymers, 1758. First English edition. Two octavo volumes (7 7/8 x 4 7/8 inches; 201 x 124 mm). [2], xvi, [8], 432, 453-479, 472-509, [3, advertisements], [2, blank]; [8], 420, [18, index] pp. With seven plates, six of which are folding. Contemporary full speckled calf, rebacked to style. Red morocco spine labels, lettered in gilt. Edges speckled red. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown of each volume. A bit of toning throughout. Browning from glue to endpapers. Overall a very good and handsome set. "This translation of Ulloa's Relacion historica... was published exactly ten years after Richard Walter's official account of the Anson Voyage (q.v.), thus giving the British a valuable addition to their small fund of knowledge about the Spanish Viceroyalty of Peru..." (Hill, 1741). Hill 1741. HBS 67187. $2,000.