Florence, Italy: Edward Gordon Craig, 1925. Paperback. [6], 52, [8] p., frontispiece and 2 leaves of plates: illustrations, maps; 23 cm. Orange wrappers printed in black. Wrapper title: The Mask: An Illustrated Quarterly of the Art of the Theatre. Six unpaginated pages of advertisements precede text. Stamp of the North... More
London, Eng. Routledge, 1993. First Edition. x, 268 p.: 12 pages of illustrations; 22 cm. Black cloth with white-printed spine title; illustrated dust jacket. Includes notes and index. First edition. Part of the publisher's Christianity and Society in the Modern World series. Patricia Crawford in this groundbreaking study argues that... More
Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1895. Hardcover. xviii, 411 p.: 42 leaves of plates (1 in color): plan, illustrations, many in-text drawings; 23 cm. Full calf with five spine compartments between raised bands; gilt-tooled red label in second compartment and black label in fourth. Blind-rolled border on boards. This is... More
Norman, Okla. University of Oklahoma Press, 1988. Paperback. xviii, 283 p.: 1 double-page map, 5 full-page maps, 32 unpaginated pages of illustrations; 23 cm. Paperback with color illustrated front cover. New preface, third printing. No date of publication; year is based on library records. Volume 28 in The Civilization of... More
![Histoire de la République de Venise v. 9 [provenance: George H. Fisher and E.F. Wistar]. Pierre Daru.](/pictures/thumb/001166.jpg?v=1472082196)
Paris: Firmin Didot Frères, 1853. Hardcover. 4th edition "augmentée des critiques et observations de M. Tiepolo et de leur réfutation par M. le comte Daru." Volume 9 only: [4], 568 p.; 22 cm. Leather. All page edges red. Front free endpaper bears inscription: "Presented as a token of remembrance to..... More
London, Eng. George Routledge and Sons, 188-. Hardcover. viii, 545, [5] p.: color frontispiece and 3 leaves of color illustrations; 20 cm. Publisher's red cloth with gilt-stamped spine title and cover illustrations. No dust jacket. Final five, unnumbered pages contain publisher's advertisements for Morley's Universal Library, Routledge's Books for the... More
![Spain and the Spaniards; by Edmondo De Amicis; translated from the tenth edition of the Italian by Stanley Rhoads Yarnall [2 volumes]. Edmondo De Amicis.](/pictures/thumb/003336.JPG?v=1472082285)
Philadelphia: Henry T. Coates & Co., 1895. Hardcover. 2 volumes (293 p., frontispiece and 20 additional leaves of plates; 292 p., frontispiece and 23 additional leaves of plates, 1 folded leaf of a map); 19 cm. Original white linen with gilt-stamped spine title and elaborate decoration on spine and front... More
New York: Silas Newton, 1930. Hard Cover. x, [2], 146 p.; 22 cm. Modern white cloth; dark blue leather spine label with gilt-tooled spine title. Top page edges dark green. Endpapers are marbled blue, purple, and gilt. Former owners' bookplate on front fixed endpaper: William & Caroline Purcell. No dust... More
![Narrative and Miscellaneous Papers [2 vols]. Thomas De Quincey.](/pictures/thumb/001941.jpg?v=1472082219)
Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1853. Hard Cover. 2 volumes (4, [10], 280 p.; [6], 302 p.); 19 cm. Original brown ribbed publisher's cloth with gilt-stamped spine title; boards have blind-stamped center medallions and borders. Pale yellow endpapers. These are the 8th and 9th volumes in the publisher's series De... More
Philadelphia, Pa. Temple University Press, 1975. xvi, 300 p.; 22 cm. Black cloth with gilt-stamped spine title. Red, black, and white dust jacket. Includes notes, bibliography, and index. "The debate between Marxists and Christians has been viewed traditionally in terms of irreconcilable differences: divine grace versus human autonomy, the individual... More
Gravenhage, Netherlands: Meyndert Uytwerf, 1701. Paperback. "Tweede deel. Door den auteur van het eerste. Uyt het Engels vertaald." 40 p.; 19 cm. Disbound. Woodcut title vignette. Signatures: A-E4 (4to). Knuttel, 14606. A translation of The Duke of Anjou's Succession Further Considered, which is sometimes attributed to Daniel Defoe. In Very... More
New York: Liberty Publishing Co., 1933. Wistehuff, Revere F. Paperback. 53, [1] p.: illustrations; 29 cm. Paperback with color cover illustration by Revere F. Wistehuff. Contents include: Struggles to the Death in the Prize Ring by Edward Doherty and Noll Gurney -- Pretty Sadie McKee: The Story of Another "Bad... More
Paris: Baudouin Frères, 1825. Hardcover. Title continued: "Précis historique inédit des événements de la soirée du 9 Thermidor an II, par C.A. Méda, Gendarme, Chargé de Réduire la Commune de Paris et les conventionnels insurgés; avec une notice sur la vie de l'auteur, mort géneral de brigade et Baron." [4]..... More
London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1917. Paperback. [4], 87, [1] p.; 22 cm. Green paper wrappers printed in black. Publisher's advertisements on back wrapper. The authors describe the various fighting troops of Italy and their battles in the First World War up to 1917. In Very Good Condition: wrapper slightly soiled;... More
Garden City: Garden City Publishing Co., 1926. Hardcover. [2], 350 p.; 19 cm. Dark blue cloth with red spine and cover titles. Dust jacket with illustrated front section; publisher's advertising on back section. Originally published in 1906. An anti-socialist novel, which may have been an attack on socialist minister George... More
Pacific Grove, Cal. Brooks/Cole Publishing Company, 1991. Hardcover. With Jorgen S. Rasmussen and Joel C. Moses. xxiii, 673 p.: 63 in-text and full-page figures, 17 in-text tables; 24 cm. Brown and green illustrated paper over spine and boards. No dust jacket (as issued). Includes Index. Eighth Edition. A major study... More
Hague: Adriani Vlacq, 1652. First Edition. Hardcover. [16], 148 p.; 13 cm. Signatures: [fleuron]8 A-F12 G2 (12mo). Original vellum with title written on spine in an old hand. First edition. Published anonymously, but written by Pierre Du Moulin. See J. Shawcross, Milton: A Bibliography for the Years 1624-1700, p. 285;... More
![Crowland by Louis Blake Duff [woodcuts by A.G. Thum]. Louis Blake Duff.](/pictures/thumb/004757.JPG?v=1472082382)
Welland, Canada: Baskerville Press, 1928. Hardcover. 60 p.: illustrations; 29 cm. White cloth spine and corners with gilt-stamped spine title; white paper over boards. Scarce maroon dust jacket with black-and-gilt title and illustration on front section. Matching maroon endpapers. A Baskerville Press Quarto: No. V. Crowland. This is no. 60... More
Mâcon, France: Protat Frères, 1925. Pamphlet. 10 p.; 23 cm. Stapled. Part of the series Classification des Céramiques Antiques published by the Union Académique Internationale. No date of publication; probably published in the 1920s. Stamped at lower edge of first page and on last page: "Department of Classical and Near..... More
Mâcon, France: Protat Frères, 1928. Pamphlet. 7 p.; 23 cm. Part of the series Classification des Céramiques Antiques published by the Union Académique Internationale. Stamped at lower edge of first page and on last page: "Department of Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology, Bryn Mawr College." Former owner's name at upper..... More
New York: J. & H. G. Langley, 1841. Hardcover. iv, [[5], 14-376 p.; 19 cm. Dark green cloth with gilt-stamped spie title: Democracy in France. Blind-stamped decoration on both boards. Yellow endpapers. Former owner's name on front fixed endpaper: Grayson. Bookplate on back fixed endpaper indicating that this was given... More
Wisconsin: 1862. Paperback. 8 p.; 22 cm. Pamphlet without wrapper. Caption title. "Printed for private circulation." Daniel Steele Durrie (1819-1892) was librarian of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin from 1856 until his death in 1892. Pencilled marginal notations. In Very Good- Condition: lightly soiled; chipping of lower page edges;... More
New York: E. Bliss, 1828. Hardcover. "Published by E. Bliss. Sold by him, and Collins and Co.; White, Gallaher and White, Collins and Hannay, New York; W.C. Little, Albany; Hastings and Tracy, and William Williams, Utica; Bemis and Ward, Canandaigua; E. Peck and Co. Rochester; and Day, Follet and Haskins... More
Philadelphia, Pa. McCarty & Davis, 1828. Title continued: "Addenda: containing a brief history of the Seminole War, and cession and government of Florida." "3d ed. Rev. and cor. by the author." 335 p.: frontispiece portrait; 18 cm. Contemporary full calf with six spine compartments between double gilt-rules; red morocco spine... More
New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1901. Hardcover. "The Personal Edition of George Eliot's Works." [10], 518 p., frontispiece portrait of the author and 2 leaves of plates; 21 cm. Brown cloth; leather spine label with gilt-stamped title: George Eliot's Works: Miscellaneous Essays. Top page edges gilt. Title page printed... More