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Santa Fe, NM: Maxwell Spencer/Vinegar Tom Press, 1991. Limited Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+. Limited Edition, copy marked 'Out of Series' from a limited series of 26; 12mo, red cloth, no dj as issued; SIGNED by author/publisher Maxwell on colophon and by book designer and master bookbinder Mina Yamashita on copyright page; vg+ (shelfwear; spine toned).

London: Herbert Jenkins Ltd., 1926. First Edition . Hardcover. Good+. First Edition, no additional printings; 8vo, blue cloth, no dj; good+ (cocked; shelfworn; front board bowed with spot to side edge; black border on front board worn; rear board worn with bump and crease to bottom corner at joint; spine sunned and yellowed; spine ends bumped and crimped; cloth on spine head torn, reveals board; corners bumped and worn; bottom front corner worn to board; dyed top edge faded and stained; several brown spots on bottom edge; owner's name and date on ffep; cracked at p160; bottom corners of last one hundred pages creased along bound edge; feps browned; eps, pages, and plates toned); 312pp + ads and numerous b&w photographs. Adams' Herd 442.

Colorado: Pruett Press, Inc., 1965. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good-. First Edition, no additional printings; INSCRIBED on the title page by the author as Bud Davis; 4to, black boards, no dj; vg- (shaken, pages are sagging, pulling the headband; cocked, bowd boards; shelfworn; spine ends bumped, crease to spine tail; slight crease to pp779-82 which is printer's flaw); numerous b&w photos adorn the text with a few color photos near the end; 798pp incl. bibliography.

Biella, Italy: Ignazio Fecia Libraio-Editore, 1839. Hardcover. Good+. Later Printing, with a copyright notice stating 1826; folio, half-leather binding, not original but old today, with marbled boards; good+ (boards rubbed, worn, scratched, and scarred; edges worn, often to boards; spine worn and scarred; spine ends bumped and worn; corners bumped and worn to boards; waterstains to bottom of first thirty and last fifty pages along bound edge; broken at title page; foxing light to moderate throughout, including plates; short tear to bottom of Plate 18; pages toned; eps stained); 202pp incl. index + errata on last page. An instructional dictionary and grammar of Italian, marvelously illustrated with twenty-six lithographic plates (two images per plate) which illustrate the words; for example, one is of a barnyard which names all the animals and another of a kitchen with the utensils named; author Fecia was an abbott, teacher, author, and founder of newspapers and schools, and if this book is any… Read More

Kansas City, Missouri: Bufton, 1919. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. First Editions, no additional printings or editions stated; 4tos, three-quarter textured black cloth with black cloth boards, marbled edges and eps; overall, vg (boards rubbed and worn; cloth frayed where overlaps textured corners; shelfworn; spine ends bumped and very heavily worn; pages toned; white stains on boards of v2; v3 cracked at first blank rear flyleaf; v4 cracked at Roman Candle and at Thomson). Please be aware shipping this set priority or internationally will require additional postage.

Lyon/Paris: Librairie Catholique de Perisse Freres, 1857. Hardcover. Good. Seconde Edition stated; 3 vols, French text only; 12mo, half-leather, marbled boards and eps, speckled edges, gilt thistle devices on spines; good (marbled boards worn, rubbed, and chipped; shelfworn; leather on spines worn and rubbed; owner wrote numbers on spines; spine ends worn; corners worn to boards; side edges of vIII's boards heavily worn and chipped to boards; waterstains and discoloration to side edges of front and rear eps and first and last pages in vIII).

Madrid, Spain: Tipografia de la Revista de Archivos, 1927. Soft cover. Very Good-. Four Volume Set, Spanish text only. 8vos, brown wraps; overall vg- (edges and spine extremities bumped and worn with chips and tears; covers, spines, and pages toned; spines and covers creased; 'Printed in Spain' stamped on front covers of all; erased owner's name in red pencil on ffep and rear cover soiled of vI). An excellent collection of the best Latin American poets known at the time; begins with a large selection from Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz. Please be aware that shipping this item will require extra charges above our standard rate.

New York: Columbia University. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Three Volumes in FIVE Books, consists of Vols. 1, 2 and 4 of the set. Missing Volume 3. Vol. 1, 1970: 'The Latin and Greek Poems' by Douglas Bush and 'The Italian Poems' by J.E. Shaw & A. Bartlett Giamatti, vg (bumped corners) in vg+ dj. Vol 2 , 1972: 'The Minor English Poems' by A.S.P. Woodhouse & Douglas Bush. Part 1 is vg (spine ends and corners bumped, scratch on front board), no dj. Pt. 2 is vg (bumped spine ends) in vg dj (edgeworn). Pt. 3 is vg (spine ends and top corners bumped), no dj. Vol. 4, 1975: 'Paradise Regained' by Walter McKellar, vg (bumped spine ends and corners) in vg dj (faded spine). Please be aware that shipping this item will require extra charges above our standard rate.

El Paso: Carl Hertzog, 1946. First Edition . Hardcover. Good+. Tom Lea. Limited First Edition, No. 64 of 365 copies SIGNED by Lea and Erwin Will, president of El Paso Electric Company, on limitation page and by Hertzog in rear; folio, tan cloth, no dj; good+ (cocked; covers sunned, soiled, and bowed; bump to top joint end from cover to cover, affects pages; spine ends and corners bumped and worn; cloth on spine ends chipped; one chip to spine tail reveals boards; top corners worn to boards; owner's name stamp and penciled note on first blank flyleaf; ghosts of illustrations and some text on opposite pages; eps and pages toned). Please be aware that shipping this large item internationally may require shipping fees.

Santa Fe: Press of the Palace of the Governors, 2001. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+. 1st ltd. #25/150 SIGNED by Saul Cohen. Pictorial boards with red cloth spine (unstamped), no dj, a beautiful book in vg+ condition (boards very lightly bowed).

London: Macmillan and Co. Ltd., 1994. Hardcover. Very Good+. 1994 update of 1980 (6th) edition, brown cloth, a vg+ set with minor shelfrubs only.

New York: Bigelow, Brown and Co.. Hardcover. Good. Publication date not stated, published circa 1930s-40s; 8vos, rebound; contemporary rebind of three-quarter blue leather with blue moire cloth, top-edge gilt, marbled endpapers with unusual purple and blue starburst design. Overall, good (boards rubbed, worn, and scratched, incl. leather; shelf and edge worn; spines worn, rubbed, and scraped; spine ends bumped and worn; spine heads chipped; corners bumped and worn to boards; edges, eps, and pages toned; tear to front joint end of vI and vIII; front hinge repaired, now broken again, with repaired rear hinge in vI; two tears to spine tail of vI; front hinge of vII starting; front hinge of vV broken); 434pp, 456pp, 469pp, 624pp, and 650pp. Please be aware that shipping this heavy set internationally will require additional postage.

NY: Stokes, 1930. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+. 1st, red cloth/white cloth spine, vg+ in vg slipcase with minor edgewear, no dj. This is #158/500 SIGNED by the author. 463 pp.

Milan: Fratelli Fabbri, 1963. First Thus . Hardcover. Very Good-/Very Good-. First Thus, no additional printings; folios, gilt-stamped red leather; all text Italian; vg- (shaken; foxing on edges and endpapers) in vg- djs (several had flaps reinforced at ends with yellowing tape on inside; edgeworn and chipped at spine ends and corners; spines of vols. 4 and 5 sun-faded). This is a remarkable version, printed on thick glossy imitation parchment paper, with extensive commentary and an incredible gallery of vintage illustrations. This massive set will require extra postage.

London: J and R Tonson, 1736. First Thus . Hardcover. Very Good. Miscellaneous Works in Verse and Prose of the Late Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Esq; With some Account of the Life and Writing of the Author, by Mr. Tickell. Three Volumes. Original 1736 edition newly rebound in handsome brown full-leather. Occasional light foxing and browing of page edges. The volumes contain plays, essays, poems and dialogues. Vol. III has 235 pages devoted to "Dialogues Upon the Usefulness of Ancient Medals, Especially in Relation to the Latin and Greek Poets." Many illustrations of the medals are included. Addison was born in England, educated at Oxford, and then he entered politics. He married the Dowager Countess of Warwick in 1716, died in 1719, and was buried in Westminster Abbey. Very Good interior in Fine outer binding.