Dust jacket is tanned with age, edges have chips and tears, spine is darkened with chips at head/tail, price unclipped. Red cloth boards are rubbed at extremities with bumps at the corners as well. There is some underlining in both pencil and pen on the interior. View More...
Volume five of this Latin, vellum bound book on the antiquities of Italy in the Middle Ages, published 1741. Vellum is discolored due to age and soiling, lower corners bumped, spine title largely obliterated by time and wear. Bookplate of S.P. Scott (Samuel Parsons Scott) affixed to inside front cover. Scott was a lawyer, banker and author, who endowed the library at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia. Frontis engraving by Francesco Zucci and F. Zugni. Light pen notation of publication year under the Roman numerals. Various woodcut decorations throughout book. Folio sized 10x15.75". View More...
Custom blue leather and cloth binding by Brian Frost & Co, Bath England. The cloth is spotted, some moderate wear on the leather, spine is light wear. Pen inscription on front endpaper, foxing on paper edges and some on the interior. 1963 printing. View More...
Two volume set of Shakespeare's works bound in full calf with engravings. Some edge wear on the boards, spines have light wear, gold and black spine labels with light rubbing. Pen name on front endpapers, foxing on the interior, nice marbled endpapers with tight bindings. View More...