Both volumes of this religious book are bound in brown and cream paper with vellum spine and corners with black and red text blocks on the spine and nice gold decoration. The numbers C199 are at the top of each spine, there are pen numbers on the top right corner of each endpaper and there is a round stamp on the obverse of the title page, they were in a European archaeological library at one time. The boards have considerable scuffing, the vellum has darkened with age, Part 2 has splitting on the front spine crease, the leather text blocks are chipped. Light foxing to first and last few pages... View More...
Batik-like, hand-crafted paper boards with black and gold spine text block are in excellent condition with small lower corner bumps and a little rubbing at the head and tail of the spine. Same wonderful paper is used on the inside covers and endpapers, bookplate on inside front cover, interior is tanned. Editions Maurice Glomeau 1929, stamped #474Adolphe is a classic French novel by Benjamin Constant, first published in 1816. It tells the story of an alienated young man, Adolphe, who falls in love with an older woman, Ellanore, the Polish mistress of the Comte de P***. Their illicit relationsh... View More...
Signed by the author on the title page, also includes a cabinet card photograph of the author, "Class of '88." No dust jacket. The grey cloth boards with gold decoration are wron, bumped at the corners, there is a 1/2 tear right over the word "An" on the front, there is soiling on the front. The spine is darkened with age. While the interior is tanned and there are a few fingerprints on the early pages, the interior is clean otherwise, the binding is tight. Copyright 1899, there was a limited first edition, this is a reprint. View More...
#1470/1500, this LEC title was not signed. The blue and cream slipcase is darkened on the pale panels with some light edge wear and scuffs - VG. The original glassine jacket is present, quite torn. The blue boards with cream spine have some spots on the spine. All else fine condition.Thus Spoke Zarathustra: A Book for All and None (German: Also sprach Zarathustra: Ein Buch fa¼r Alle und Keinen, also translated as Thus Spake Zarathustra) is a philosophical novel by German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, composed in four parts between 1883 and 1885 and published between 1883 and 1891. Much of t... View More...
An illustrated history of Switzerland executed in the arts & crafts style, this unique book begins in 1191 with the founding of the city of Berne and ends with 1857. This copy is unfortunately dis-bound, the cover is soiled, the spine is shredded, the back and front covers are separated, so the book is in three pieces. The interior is quite tanned , lower right corner has a light stain on the front pages , there are sixteen full-page prints and they are bright and vibrant. Published April 12, 1919 - in French.An illustrated history of Switzerland executed in the arts & crafts style, this uniqu... View More...
The full leather boards with red spine label are worn bare on the edges, there are tears on the finish on the front, spine has wear but the label is intact and readable. Pen name on the obverse of the title page and name stamped on the preface page, light foxing throughout. Revised and corrected from the latest London edition by D.P. Adams, M. and W. Ward 1809 New York.Comprehending the More Usual Primitives of the Latin Tongue, Digested Alphabetically, in the Order of the Parts of Speech ... Acquaintance with the Structure of the Language, and Preparing Them for the Use of a Larger Dictionary View More...
No dust jackets. The (once) burgundy buckram boards with beveled edges and gold spine decoration are sunned along the edges and one the spine, there is general age and rubbing at the corners, spines have some random spots and rubbing at the head and tail. Bookplates on inside front covers and weak front hinges with some discoloration of the ffeps. The deckle edges are tanned, gold top paper edges, wonderful sepia photo illustrations with paper guards, there is some foxing on these sheets. Chatto & Windus 1890. Apparent first edition.Nathaniel Hawthorne (July 4, 1804- May 19, 1864) was an Amer... View More...
No dust jacket or slipcase. The beveled green cloth boards with gold decoration are quite worn, the corners are worn to threads, there are some bare spots on the front and some soiling on the front. The spine and creases are worn, there is a bare spot in the middle and the head and tail are worn to threads, decoration is still readable on the front and spine. Endpapers are missing and I believe there was a limitation page in this book as well as this is a limited edition and quite uncommon. There is a short forward page, title page, dedications, a medal on the obverse, contents, map and then t... View More...
Signed on the colophon by the illustrator Rene Ben Sussan, #1470/1500. The brick red slipcase with tan spine label is sunned on the side panel and edges, tear at head of side panel. The boards are covered with a custom designed linen of cream, red and lavender in a Moorish-inspired design by the illustrator with a leather spine label. The spine is sunned, interior clean.Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar (10 July 1099) was a Castilian nobleman and military leader in medieval Spain. The Moors called him El Cid, which meant the Lord, and the Christians, El Campeador, which stood for "Outstanding Warrior" or... View More...
#262 of 500 printed for the Asian Series by John Culler & Sons. The custom linen slipcase is in fine condition. The rich blue leather boards with gold decoration and ribbed decoration on the spine are in fine condition as is the book's interior. There is beautiful swirled paper on the inside covers and ffep, fold paper edges on all three edges and nice illustrations for this volume.Hunting high mountain game in Kashmir, Ladakh and Tibet. Ibex, Tibetan argali, gazelle, markhor and more. View More...
On the colophon it states that this is one of five hundred and odd copies printed in December 1902 at G.J. Thieme, Oriental Printer for Charles Carrington of Paris. On the limitation page, it states that this is one of 440 copies on French hand made paper, there is also a sticker on the title page that states that the translation was made by Sebastian Melmoth (Oscar Wilde). Literary historians agree that Mr. Wilde probably didn't make this translation. The boards are covered with vellum spine and corners with marbled paper of burgundy, blue, grey and orange. The vellum is darkened with age, co... View More...
The burgundy leather boards are worn at the edges, scuffed and scratched on the front and rear. The spine originally had a few black lines for decoration, they are barely visible, the spine is chipped at the head, creases show wear. Nice marbled inside covers and endpapers, fine in front, messy 3/4" hole on rear endpaper. There is a free endpaper and then the title page with publication information, Sixth thousand edition, published 1838 by John Symington & Co. Pencil name on contents page, hinge broken on interior - threads are exposed. Meat juices appear to have stained the pages, some dog-e... View More...
