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Atelier 74, 1980. Hardcover. Very Good. 2 volume set. Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Shelf wear. Foxing to pages end. Clean, unmarked pages. Ships daily. This is an oversized or heavy book that requires additional postage for international delivery outside of Canada and the US.

H. Virtue and Company Ltd, 1901. Hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. 3 volume set. Hardcovers. Bound in green publisher cloth. Illustrated boards with gilt titling on front covers and spines. Moderate shelf wear to extremities. Bindings shaken. 3 v. ([4], xxviii, 224 p., [12] leaves of plates; [4], viii, 225-464 p., [12] leaves of plates; [4], viii, p. 465-580, [8], 581-741, [1] p., [12] leaves of plates) : ill., ports. ; 31 cm. Light tanning and foxing. This is an oversized or heavy book, that requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US.

Calcutta : Royal Asiatic Society, 1950. Hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. Volume I only. Rebound in modern gray cloth. Pencil marginalia. Stamp to final text pages. Lacking original wraps.

Ames-Rollinson company, 1900. Hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. Signed. [Presentation copy] Inscribed, with flourish, to G. S. Morse "with compliments of the author". Octavo. Original tan cloth, black and red leather spine labels. 293 pages ; 26 cm. Clean, unmarked pages. <br> Daniel T. Ames was a major figure in American ornamental penmanship, engrossing and illustration, and a leading expert in forgery detection who testified at many prominent trials in the U.S., Canada and other countries. He was also a pioneer in American penmanship publishing, who founded and edited the 'Penman's Art Journal' in New York City. Mr. Ames authored a number of books on penmanship, engrossing, designing and forgery detection. He testified as a handwriting expert in many important cases. In London, he was called as as a witness in the case of the Crown vs W. H. Hulbert. He was also a witness in the Davis will case, tried in Butte, Montana, in which $13,000,000 depended upon the authenticity of… Read More

Paris: A. Durand et Pedone-Lauriel, 1877. Hardcover. Good. Paris: A. Durand et Pedone-Lauriel, 1877. 1st Edition. French. Collated. Half calf. Octavo, viii + 402 pp. Bound in a 19th century red leather binding, with moderate wear. Minor cover wear. Internally, very good-, with minor foxing. Damp stain on first end page and frontis. A 19th century account of the life of Francois-Dominique Toussaint L'ouverture (1743-1803), a former slave who became the dynamic leader of the Haitian Revolution that liberated Haiti from France, he created and ruled the first black-ruled Republic, but who was captured by the French and died in captivity in France. The author of this book was able to read the secret family papers of Louverture that were preserved by his son Isaac Louverture and he provides a detailed and comprehensive description of L'Ouverture, and the events that terrified slave-owners worldwide and shocked Europe and the Americas.

Dublin: J. Moore, 1800. Hardcover. Acceptable. 8vo. 3 volume set. Cloth spine. J. Moore, 1800. Dublin imprint. 5th edition. Internally good, without marks or significant damage. Vol. 1 includes fold out map of Russia. Covers are worn, bindings chipped, front board of vol. 1 detached. Outer visage is not agreeable.

Dieterich'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1934. Hardcover. Like New. Supplementband 26. Bound in later black cloth. Fine binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. From the library of noted Medical Historian and Galen Scholar Owsei Temkin, with Dr. Temkin's signature on the title page.

G. & J. Robinson, 1802. Leather Bound. Good. 8vo. G. & J. Robinson. 1802. Describes Barthelemy's travels in Italy in 1755-1757. Full contemporary binding. Internally excellent, clean, unmarked pages. Good binding and cover. Hardcover. Chipping to head and tail of spine. Library stamp on title page, label on spine. Some chipping to cover. See our pictures. Ships daily.

London : Printed for A. Millar, 1753-01-01. Hardcover. Good. 3 volume set. Folios. 38 cm. Contemporary full leather binding. Spine rebacked and restored. 6 raised bands. Gilt flourish. Hardcover. Very good binding and cover. Unmarked pages. Minor marginal dampstain to bottom corner edges, doesn't invade text. See our pictures. Titles in red and black. Portrait of Bacon. Lowndes 93.

Philadelphia : Printed by Thomas Dobson, 1798-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 21 Volumes. Quarto. 595 of 596 plates present. Bound in full contemporary full leather. Gilt spine. Good bindings and covers. Wear to extremities. Most volumes lacking spine labels. Chipping and loss to head and tail of spines. Boards starting. Front boards detached on Volumes 1, 5, 9, 10 & 18. Plate 365 lacking. Plate 228 loose, but present. In Vol. IX: p 337-344 are misbound. Scattered foxing and toning to pages. Tanned pages. Evans 33676-33693; Sabin 22555. <br> Dobson's Encyclopaedia was the first encyclopedia issued in the newly independent United States of America, published by Thomas Dobson from 1789-1798. <br> The encyclopedia was a reprint of the contemporary third edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica (published 1788-1797), although Dobson's Encyclopaedia was a somewhat longer work in which a few articles were edited for a patriotic American audience. Dobson objected to a British bias he… Read More

Philadelphia: George Barrie, 1893. Hardcover. Very Good. [Fine Binding, The Complete Works of Victor Hugo] 41 volume set. Uniformly bound in full crushed red morocco. Gilt spine compartments, gilt spine ruled covers, gilt turn-ins. Top edges gilt. Handsome bindings, with minor rubbing. Includes three sets comprising: The Novels of Victor Hugo (23 volumes, Philadelphia: George Barrie, 1893-1897); The Dramas of Victor Hugo, complete and unabridged (10 volumes, New York: George Richmond, 1896); [AND] Selected Poems of Victor Hugo (3 volumes, Philadelphia: George Barrie, 1897.) The Novels of Hugo is the limited, Cabinet Edition. One of only 100 Numbered sets, printed on Japan Paper. Double illustrated with mounted plates in two states. List of novels: V. 1-2. Han of Iceland; v. 3-6. Notre Dame of Paris (The Hunchback of Notre-Dame); v. 4-10. The toilers of the sea; v. 11-20. Les Miserables; v. 21-24. The laughing man; v. 25-26. Ninety-three; v. 27. Bug-Jargal; v. 28. Last day of a condemned.… Read More

London : printed for T. Cadell: and sold by T. Longman, 1790. Hardcover. Very Good. 8 volume set. Remarkably good condition. Bound in contemporary tree calf, with red morocco gilt spine labels. 8vo. Good bindings and covers. Very limited foxing. Internally pages are generally white, clean and unmarked. Engraved frontispiece. Engraved portrait plates.

Mining Magazine, 1912-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Bound in publisher's vellum, with black spine lettering. Hinges restored. Soiling / staining to cover. Limited edition of 3000 copies printed by the Mining Magazine in 1912. xxxi, 640 pages : illustrations ; 35 cm. Hardcover. Good binding and cover. Hugo Reinbold's stamp and inscription on end page. Biographical introduction, annotations and appendices upon the development of mining methods, metallurgical processes, geology, mineralogy & mining law from the earliest times to the 16th century. This volume is the 1st English translation of the De Re Metallica, privately published by subscription. It was translated by future President Herbert Hoover, a mining engineer, and his wife, Lou Henry Hoover, a geologist and classical scholar. The contents of the book are separated into 12 books: Book I: Arguments for and against this art; Book II: The miner and a discourse on the finding of veins; Book III: Veins and stringers and… Read More

New York: George H. Richmond & Co, 1891. Hardcover. Very Good. [Fine Binding with interesting provenance: Paul Mellon's Copy] 28 volume set. Bound in fine 3/4 forest green, morocco. Gilt decorated spine compartments. 6 raised spine bands. Top edges gilt Marbled end pages. Hardcover. Clean, unmarked pages. <br> Contents: v. 1-2. Han of Iceland.- v. 3-6. Notre-Dame of Paris.- v. 7-10. The toilers of the sea.- v. 11-20. Les miserables.- v. 21-24. The laughing man.- v. 25-26. Ninety-three.- v. 27. Bug-Jargal.- v. 28. Last day of condemned. Claude Gueux. <br> Paul Mellon (1907-1999) was an American philanthropist and breeder/owner of thoroughbred racehorses. His fortune derived from the Mellon Bank created by his grandfather Thomas Mellon, his father Andrew W. Mellon, and his uncle Richard Mellon. His father was the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (1921-1932). Mellon's Rokeby Stables owned many successful racehorses, including Kentucky Derby Winner Sea Hero. He was a trustee of… Read More

Vanguard Press, 1938-01-01. Hardcover. Good. Signed. [Early edition of Dr. Seuss' second book, inscribed by Seuss] The story of a young man, with a magic hat. Held in a custom-made, black leather clamshell case with an image of a red hat on the front, outlined in gold. Also comes in a red cloth bag (similar to Bartholomew's hat). Bound in rebacked red cloth over black pictorial boards. Some edge wear. Small chip missing from first end page. Cover shows red feathered hat pointing left. Back cover shows hat pointing right. Facsimile dust jacket. Autographed by author, "To Norma, (who is really to old for this sort of thing) - Dr. Seuss." Edition notes: Smaller hats on the pastedown endpapers. Younger & Hirsch 22.