Florence, Italy: Edward Gordon Craig, 1924. Paperback. [6], [47]-94, [6] p., frontispiece and 4 leaves of plates: in-text illustrations; 23 cm. Orange wrappers printed in black, with small strip of matching orange paper on front wrapper below address, bearing price (10 shilling or $2.50). Wrapper title: The Mask: An Illustrated..... More
Florence, Italy: Edward Gordon Craig, 1925. Paperback. [6], [97]-150, [8] p., frontispiece: illustrations, including 31 pages of maps; 23 cm. Orange wrappers printed in black. Six unpaginated pages of advertisements precede text. Pages are unopened. Stamp of the North Carolina College for Women on front wrapper. Edward Gordon Craig, son..... 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
London: Horace Cox, 1896. Hardcover. 17, [87] p., 44 leaves of plates: plans, views; 19 x 28 cm. Faux vellum over boards with gilt-stamped cover title. Boards have bevelled edges. Floral patterned endpapers. Each plate is accompanied by one or two pages of descriptive text. Cutler's designs perfectly present late..... More
London: William Innys, 1716. Hardcover. [16], 304, [16] p.; 20 cm. Contemporary calf boards; flax spine repair dyed to match boards, with gilt-tooled leather spine label. Publisher's advertisements on page following Contents and on final page after the end of the index. Title page within double-ruled border. Woodcut head-pieces, tailpieces..... More
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: Frederick Warne, 1979. Hardcover. 185 p.: illustrations; 15 cm. Light grey cover with white spine and cover titles. Maps on endpapers. Illustrated dust jacket. Publisher's list of The Observer's Series on back section of dust jacket. This title is no. 78 of 82 titles in the list. In Fine/Fine..... More
![Item #001940 The Cæsars [The Caesars]. Thomas De Quincey](/pictures/thumb/001940.jpg?v=1472082219)
Boston: Tickner, Reed, and Fields, 1851. Hard Cover. 4, 295 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. This is the fourth volume in the publisher's series De Quincey's Writings. The series list on the verso..... 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
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: John Lane Company, 1917. Paperback. xv, [1], 292 p.; 18 cm. Original beige stiffened paper wrappers printed in black. Publisher's advertisement on back wrapper for recent war books and war poetry. Back free endpaper bears bookplate of the Washington County Historical Society [Pa.]. First published in Italy with the..... 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
Paris: Ludovic Baschet, 1900. Hardcover. Typogravure Goupil & Cie. [2] p., 56 plates; 37 cm. Red leather spine with gilt spine title; red and black marbled paper over boards. Marbled endpapers. Title page is printed on pink paper, with advertisements on the reverse. No date of publication. The plates are..... More
Paris: Boussod, Valadon et Cie. 1889. Hardcover. 2 volumes bound together: [2], 128, [4] p., frontispiece and 32 color plates; [4], 116, [8] p., frontispiece and 28 color plates: many in-text drawings; 49 cm. Contemporary half calf with six spine compartments between raised bands. Gilt-tooled title in second compartment and..... More
Cambridge: Privately printed, Riverside Press, 1864. Hardcover. 2 volumes (419, 453 p.); 23 cm. Half calf with gilt-tooled spine title. Red-brown paper over boards. Top page edges gilt. Pale yellow endpapers. Title page printed in red and black, with vignette. On each front fixed endpaper is the armorial bookplate of..... More
London & Edinburgh: T. N. Foulis, 1911. Hardcover. viii, 98, [2] p.: illustrations; 21 cm. Wrapper printed in red and black, over plain card cover; color pastedown on front wrapper. Publisher's advertisement for The Cities series on unpaginated page following text. Originally appeared serially in Punch; first published in book..... 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
Mâcon, France: Protat Frères, 1924. Pamphlet. 32 p.; 23 cm. Stapled. Part of the series Classification des Céramiques Antiques published by the Union Académique Internationale. Stamped at lower edge of first page and last page: "Department of Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology, Bryn Mawr College." Former owner's name at upper..... More
![Item #002216 Histoire de Louis XI [3 volumes]. Charles Pinot Duclos](/pictures/thumb/002216.jpg?v=1472082230)
Paris: Frères Guerin & Prault, Fils, 1745. Hardcover. 3 volumes ([6], xxxiv, [4], 458 p.; [4], 548 p.; [4], 476, [60] p.), v. 1 frontispiece (signed: "Et Jeaurat del. Et Fessard sculp."); 17 cm. Contemporary full polished calf; six spine compartments between raised bands. Gilt-tooled leather labels in second and..... 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
Cambridge, Eng. Journal of Hellenic Studies, 1944. Paperback. Reprinted from the Journal of Hellenic Studies, vol. 64. 35, [1] p.: illustrations; 25 cm. Brown wrapper printed in black. Stamped at lower edge of front wrapper and p. 31: "Department of Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology, Bryn Mawr College." The first..... More
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1963. Hardcover. [10], 411 p., 22 unpaginated pages of illustrations: maps, tables; 22 cm. Black cloth with gilt and red spine title. Map on endpapers. No dust jacket. Former owner's bookplate on front fixed endpaper: Larry Fischer. In Very Good Condition: corners lightly rubbed; top..... More
New York: Schocken Books, 1984. Hardcover. Blue label on front free endpaper indicating that this was a review copy sent by The Journal of Modern History. It was reviewed by renowned English legal historian J.S. Cockburn (who has signed the title page) in that journal in vol. 59, #3 (Sept..... More
Middletown, DE: First Rate Publishers, 2016. Paperback. Approx. 100 p.; 23 cm. Paperback with illustrated front cover. Unpaginated. In Fine Condition: clean and bright. More