First French Edition. Limited Edition, no. 1005 of 1200 copies. Text in French. Contemporary green paper-covered boards backed with light brown leather. Boards faded to mostly light brown. Gilt lettering on spine. Beautiful green and white marbled endpapers. Original paper spine tipped in on a front flyleaf. 5 3/4" x 8," 338 pages, complete. Table of Contents in back. Front colophon: "It a ete tire de cet ouvrage douze cents exemplaires sur papier velin du Marais tous numerotes. No. 1,005." Pages are virtually pristine and intact except for the occasional small mark, minuscule ag... View More...
Original publisher's dark blue cloth binding with gilt lettering on front cover and spine. Black border decorations on top and bottom of front cover and spine. 5 3/4" x 8." 366 pages, complete. Black-and-white illustrations, complete. Former owner's pencil inscription dated 1879 on front free endpaper. Pages and covers are very clean and intact overall. Binding is tight. Pages have slight age toning and a few stains on Pages 18-21 (text is still readable). There is moderate wear along the edges and at the corners and head and tail of spine. Slight rubbing to front and back with a few... View More...
Illustrated cloth, front cover and spine. Illustrations. From the Preface: "An intense interest has recently been awakened, and widely extended, in regard to South Africa. Questions are, in consequence, frequently arising as to the character of its surface, its diversified tribes, its plants, and its animals." "The object of the present volume is to meet such inquiries by popular details on the highest authority, abundantly interspersed with true stories of chivalrous enterprise and heart-thr illing adventure". Contents include: The Cape of Good Hope; The Hottentots; The Explorers of the Inter... View More...
315 pages; illustrations; blue cloth binding with gilt lettering on the spine. A full biography of Henri of Navarre and his love life. Very good clean copy. View More...
Original publisher's brown wrappers backed with black cloth. Red and blue decorative stripes on front cover. Bound by the Angwin Book Bindery in Angwin, California. 6 5/8" x 9 5/8." Pages 307-320, complete. Black and white photographic plates, complete. Pages and covers are very clean and intact. Binding is tight. A few numbers are written in red pencil and blue pen in the upper-left corner of the front cover not affecting text. Stamps of "South Sacramento School" and "John F. Kennedy Senior High School Library" are on the bottom margin of the front cover not affecting text. Front an... View More...
Original publisher's dark green cloth binding. 5 1/2" x 8." 492 pages, complete. Eight pages of advertisements for other books in the back. Former ownership signature written in black ink on back pastedown: "J. M. Rose, New York City." Gilt lettering on spine (a bit faded). Beautiful impressed decorations on front and back covers. Pages and covers are clean and intact overall. Some faded foxing on pages. Covers have a few faint spots and a little chipping at the edges. N. P. Willis (1806-1867) was an acclaimed American author famous for his travel writings. He also worked with liter... View More...
Extra illustrations. Red 3/4 leather binding with cloth-covered boards. Gilt lettering to spine. Top edge gilt. Red and green marbled endpapers. 6" x 8 3/4." 332 pages, complete. Fifteen black-and-white plates, complete. Fifteen plates are named in the List of Illustrations. Fourteen extra black-and-white plates included. Pages and covers are very clean and intact. Binding is tight. Pages have some age toning. Offsetting on title page from facing frontispiece. A few spots of discoloration on verso of title page. Covers have slight wear to front and back outer joints and edges. ... View More...
Original publisher's green cloth binding. 6 1/2" x 9 1/2." 191 pages, complete. Three plates, complete. Top edge gilt. Beige paper title label on spine. Pages and covers are very clean and intact. Binding is tight. Very minimal, if any, wear. A collection of numerous songs, ballads, and stories from Moorish and Berber culture. The songs and stories are categorized by subject: "Moorish Ballads," "Moorish Romances," "The Story of Sidi Brahim of Massat," "Five Berber Stories," "Stories of the Maghreb," "Popular Tales of the Berbers," and "Popular Tales of the Kabyles." View More...
Original publisher's red cloth binding with gilt lettering on front cover and spine. 5 1/4" x 7 3/4." 371 pages, complete. Eight black and white plates, complete. Pages and covers are very clean and intact. Dulled lettering on the spine. A Fine copy. Harry Leon Wilson (1867-1939) was an American author and playwright. Ruggles of Red Cap is his most famous work and is a comic novel about a British valet named Ruggles who is out of his element when he has to work for an American family. View More...
Signature on beige piece of paper in black ink by Margaret Harries Wilson (Mrs. Cornwell Baron Wilson). Signed paper is adhered to another piece of paper. No date, circa 1830s. Paper with signature measures 4 1/4" x 3"; paper backing measures 6 1/4" x 3 1/2." Signed, "Margaret Wilson, Mrs. Cornwell Boron Wilson." Both pieces of paper and the signatures are clean and intact. Margaret Wilson (or Mrs. Cornwell Baron Wilson; 1796-1846) was an English writer who published many works, including a biography on fellow playwright and novelist Matthew "Monk" Lewis in 1839. Wilson is considered on... View More...
Original publisher's brown wrappers backed with black cloth. Red and blue decorative stripes on front cover. Bound by the Angwin Book Bindery in Angwin, California. 6 5/8" x 9 5/8." Pages 401-466, complete. Plates in black and white and color, complete. Pages and covers are very clean and intact. Binding is tight. A few numbers are written in black pen in the upper-left corner of the front cover not affecting text. Back cover has a few wrinkles. A Fine copy. This author visits Umbria and Tuscany in Italy and describes the local history, scenery, and culture of the two regions. View More...
Publisher's dark gray cloth heavily decorated with gilt floral pattern. Inscribed by author with slip on front pastedown: "To my dear Louis. An affectionate rememberance on Christmas Eve 1896. With his father's love and blessing." (Not signed). William Winter was the leading theatre critic in America from the 1870's through the mid 19 teens. His son Louis was an actor. This is the first printing of the revised and illustrated edition. 324 pages, plus advertising of other of Winter's books at end. View More...
Original publisher's light blue cloth binding with orange text and decorations on front cover and spine. 5 1/2" x 7 3/4." 333 pages, complete. Former owner's signature in black ink on front free endpaper. Pages and covers are very clean and intact. Binding is tight. Minuscule fading along the spine and a light dampstain in lower right corner not affecting pages internally, else a nice, clean, unfaded, Fine copy. Another installment involving the miserly Lester Carmody at Rudge Hall and a "get rich quick" scheme gone wrong. View More...
Contemporary brown full leather binding. Gilt lettering and five raised bands on spine. Spine label chipped with some loss of lettering. All edges stained red. Marbled endpapers. Trimmed, with loss of two words of the title, "Florus Anglicus," and part of the headlines (page numbers and titles on top of the pages), but text complete. A small amount of the main text is affected by the trimming but the words are still readable. 4" x 6 1/2." 242 pages, complete. Black-and-white illustrations, including a frontispiece portrait of Oliver Cromwell, complete. Extra black-and-white illustrat... View More...
364 pages; dark blue cloth binding with gilt lettering. George Woodberry (1855-1930) was an American literature critic and poet. He was a Professor at the University of Nebraska and later Columbia University. This book gives an account of his travels in North Africa. Very good clean copy. View More...
Original publisher's beige paper wrappers. Title inset within a black-and-white illustration of a tree-lined avenue on front cover. No date, circa 1865-1890s. 5 1/4" x 8 1/2." Pages 79-91, complete. Five black-and-white plates, complete. Each plate shows a portrait of William Wordsworth. Printed by T. and A. Constable. Text printed on back: "Edinburgh University Press: T. and A. Constable, Printers to Her Majesty." Pages are clean and intact overall but are slightly age-toned and have a few small closed tears at the edges. Binding is a bit loosened, so some leaves may be detached. C... View More...
108 pages; ads {4} pages; gray cloth binding, design on the cover and spine in brown (5 x 6 1/8 inch). An account of Indian newspapers with background of their development. Very good clean copy. View More...
Limited edition. One of 250 copies printed. Inscription by the book designer in red ink on the front free endpaper: "To Anne Young, from Norman W. Forgue, Elaine Lundquist." Original publisher's orange cloth binding with yellow title label on front cover. 5 /12" x 8." Twenty-eight pages, complete. Pages and covers are pristine and intact. Binding is tight. Colophon in the front: "Limited Edition of Two Hundred Fifty Copies Issued. Most of the poems contained in this volume first appeared in Front Views and Profiles in the Chicago Tribune." Colophon in the back: "Designed by Norman W.... View More...
Limited Edition. No. 288 of 691 copies. Text in French. Original wrappers bound in beautiful dark blue 1/4 leather binding with multicolored, marbled paper-covered boards. Gilt lettering on spine. Marbled endpapers. Five raised bands. Marbling on boards and endpapers appears in a swirled pattern and includes the colors of blue, yellow, black, white, and red. Green ribbon bookmark included. 8 1/4" x 11 1/2." 357 pages, complete. Many black-and-white illustrations by Georges Jeanniot, complete. Pages and covers are very clean and intact. Binding is tight. Pages have some foxing. C... View More...
String bound, paper wrapper, some chipping and soiling. 24 pages. German translation of "The Fight at Dame Europa's School", a satire about the Franco-Prussian War written by Henry William Pullen (1836-1903), English clergyman. When first published in 1870, this work sold many copies and was translated into many languages. View More...
