Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 1927. Hardcover. Vol. I: xiii, [1], 450 p.; 24 cm. Dark blue cloth with gilt-stamped spine title. A Semicentennial Publication of the Johns Hopkins University. This volume goes through 1679. Bookplate on front fixed endpaper of the Elise Willing Balch Collection at the Historical Society of..... More
Paris: A. Lahure, Imprimeur-Éditeur, 1898. Paperback. [4], 172, [6] p.: 24 leaves of tissue-guarded collotype plates, many in-text drawings; 34 cm. Original brown paper covers with "Detaille" printed in black on the front cover. Colophon states: "Achevé d'imprimer le 30 Novembre 1897." Title page printed in red and black. A...... More
London: Printed for W. Taylor, J. Pemberton, E. Symon, W. Chetwood, J. Lacy, and J. Clarke, 1722. Hardcover. 2 volumes: [2], vi, 356 p.; [4], 243, [1] p.; 19 cm. (8vo) Signatures: v. 1. A4, B-Z8, Aa2 -- v. 2. [A]2, B-Q8, R2. Contemporary speckled calf with blind-tooled decoration on..... More
Bielefeld und Leipzig: Velhagen & Klafing, 1886. Knötel, Richard. Hardcover. vi, 569, [1] p.: in-text illustrations; 24 cm. Dark brown cloth with gilt-stamped spine and cover titles. Black and gilt stamped illustration on spine and front cover. Blind-stamped border on back cover. Green-and-black patterned endpapers. Illustrations are by Richard Knötel..... More
New York: Century Co., 1907. Hardcover. Vol. 2 only: [4], 318 p.: frontispiece portrait of Josephine, 2 leaves of illustrations; 22 cm. Red cloth with gilt-on-white spine title; blind-stamped emblem on front cover. Top page edges gilt. Title page printed in red and black. Louis Constant Wairy's account of Napoleon's..... More
London: J. Debrett, 1793. Hardcover. "And now First Published from the Original Manuscript. With an Introduction by the Editor. Embellished with Portraits of Sir William Waller, and of J. Lenthall, Esq. Speaker of Cromwell's Parliament." [4], 14, [2], 326, [14] p.: engraved frontispiece portrait of Sir William Waller (signed R...... More
London: John Major, 1825. xviii, [2], 503, [1] p., frontispiece with author facsimile signatures and 11 leaves of copper plates: 52 in-text woodcuts; 18 cm. Full green polished calf with six spine compartments between raised bands. Gilt-tooled title in second compartment: Walton's Lives. Gilt-tooled decoration in remaining compartments with "1825"..... More
London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1870. Hardcover. xi, [1], 405, [1] p., frontispiece and 3 leaves of plates: many in-text illustrations; 21 cm. Contemporary half morroco with six spine compartments between raised bands. Gilt-tooled title in second compartment; gilt-tooled decoration in remaining compartments. Marbled paper over boards. Top page edges..... More
London: Thomas Davison, 1820. Hardcover. xiii, [3], 111, [1] p.; 23 cm. Contemporary binding with spine rebacked, retaining much of original red leather; plain pink paper over boards. Pages are untrimmed. In attractive modern slipcase covered in red and black paper; gilt-tooled title on slipcase spine: Battle of Waterloo. List..... More
London: Henry Colburn, 1845. Hardcover. 2 volumes: [1], xxiii, [1], 452 p., frontispiece portrait; [1], vii, 452 p., frontispiece portrait; 23 cm. Contemporary half red morocco with marbled paper over boards. Six spine compartments between raised bands; gilt-tooled title in second compartment and volume in third, with "1845" at tail..... More
London: Oxford University Press, 1939. Hardcover. xvi, [2], 498, [2] p.; 25 cm. Brown cloth with gilt-stamped spine title. Lacking dust jacket. Top page edges red. Includes appendices and indexes. First Edition. Tipped in on the front free endpaper is a typed letter to "Jackson" from Duckham House, 16, Cannon..... More
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London: C. Cox, 1848. Hardcover. 216, 224 p.: illustrations; 15 cm. Contemporary half calf with marbled paper over boards. Gilt-tooled spine title. Popular Customs, Sports, and Recollections of the South of Italy by Charles MacFarlane was published in London by Charles Knight & Co. in 1846. Front fixed endpaper bears..... More
London: Bennet Griffin, 1684. Printed for by Bennet Griffin, and sold by Christ. Wilkinson and by Sam. Keble. [8], 140, 12, [4] p., 1 double-leaf plate: genealogical tables, 1 map (Comitatus Rotelandiae Tabula Nova & Aucta), 19 in-text and full-age engraved illustrations of buildings, tombs, and monuments, 30 engraved coats..... More
New York: Pynson Printers, 1936. Hardcover. [317]-480 p.: illustrations; 24 cm. Illustrated paper over board. Cover title: The Colophon: A Book Collectors' Quarterly. Title page in red and black. Designed by W.A. Dwiggins. Continuously paginated with vol. 1 no. 2. Contents: The Launching of Bancroft's "Native Races" by Oscar Lewis..... More
Dublin: J. Milliken, 1771. Hardcover. "The Second Edition, Corrected and enlarged." xii, 1 leaf of an engraved plate (folded), 51, 50-284, [20] p.: 1 in-text engraved illustration, tables; 20 cm. Contemporary full calf; modern bonded leather spine label with gilt-tooled title: Six Weeks Tour. Folded plate, often bound as frontispiece..... More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1908. Hardcover. Reprinted October 1908. xvi, 207 p., frontispiece portrait of Sir Harry Lumsden and 15 leaves of plates; 23 cm. Red cloth with gilt-stamped spine title; armorial emblem of the Queen's Own Corps of Guides is gilt-stamped on front cover. Includes index. Gift inscription on..... More
Köln [Cologne]: Lingen Verlag, 1990. Hardcover. 127, [1] p.: illustrations; 28 cm. White cover with black spine and cover titles; cover illustration. Commemorating the official reunification of Germany on Oct. 3, 1990. Contributions by Reinhard Appel, Richard von Weizsäcker, Helmut Kohl, Willy Brandt, Ritya Süssmuth, Lothar de Maiziere, and Hans-Dietrich..... More