Rare books from CARDINAL BOOKS ~~ ABAC/ILAB

London: Company of Stationers, 1811. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Three annual volumes, each containing the seven Almanacks listed above for that year. Original matching crimson morocco leather covers. All edges gilt. Vellum tab-markers tipped in for each title-page. Printed in red and black. Some toning, light rubbing and handling wear to covers. Excise stamp on each title-page. Otherwise clean, tight and unmarked, internally fine. Very neat -- a sound and handsome set..

London: Simpkin and Marshall, 1822. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Recently bound in period-style red half-morocco over paper-covered boards, with raised bands and gilt title-labels to spines. Edges toned and uncut (indeed the signatures are in the greater part unopened). Some mild intermittent foxing and staining to text in the main two volumes, with heavier staining and old (1823) owner's name to title-page in the General Introduction volume, but in all very bright and near fine. Otherwise clean, tight and unmarked. Very neat -- a sound and very handsome set. Large folding map in Volume I well-preserved and bright with just a short closed tear (1 cm.) near stub. Small map in Volume II fine and partially hand-coloured. Engraved title-pages in Volumes I & II; half-title present in General Introduction volume. All plates, plans and folding maps present and very fine: three maps (two folding), two engraved title-pages, and one plan. Collation: [Vol. I]xx[+iv, with errata &… Read More

New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1917. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Elephant Folio - over 15 - 23" tall. Original paper-covered boards with leather title-label to front, professionally rebacked in calf with gilt title-labels to spine. Some moderate toning and soiling to boards; edge-wear and bumping. Ex libris (art gallery reference collection) with old label inside front cover, and a hand-writen number on copyright page; otherwise free of library marks. Some provenance notes in pencil to front endpaper. Mild stain to upper corner margin of text page 51-2. Otherwise clean, tight and unmarked. Very neat -- a sound and handsome volume. One of 500 copies printed in folio on Van Gelder paper. All plates present with captioned tissue-guards. Occasional mild creasing to guards. xxvi,79[+plates]pp..

London: Faber and Faber, 1952. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Original tan cloth hard covers, with gilt titles on red field to spine, in unclipped dust jacket. Jacket lightly toned and rubbed along edges, with tiny closed tear and some very shallow loss at extremities. Edges of text moderately toned. Owner's name, date and place to front endpaper: this was Canadian diplomat and literature professor Douglas Le Pan's copy. Otherwise clean, tight and unmarked. Very neat -- a sound and handsome copy. Nine plates, as listed. 243pp..

New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1964. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Original off-white textured paper hard covers with black title-field to spine, in price-clipped dust jacket. Slight soiling and toning to covers; small edge-paper repairs to upper fore-corners. Jacket is toned and a little faded at spine, with some spots of soiling and some loss to upper fore-corners. Otherwise, internally, clean, tight and unmarked. Very neat -- a sound and still handsome copy. viii,359+1[bio]pp. "Best Wishes" greeting slip of Montreal Mayor Jean Drapeau laid in. .

Tours: Maison Alfred Mame et Fils Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Elephant Folio - over 15 - 23" tall. No date, c. 1899. Two volumes, complete, quarter-bound in crimson leather over dark red textured cloth hard covers. Marbled endpapers. Original card wrappers bound in each volume. Mild scuffing to spines and edges. Otherwise clean, tight and unmarked. Very neat -- a sound and very handsome set. Illustrated with engraved portrait frontispieces, in-text drawings, and black & white colour plates; large fold-out plan. xvi,308;iv,296pp..