A Pastoral. Lamenting the Death of our late Gracious Queen Mary Of ever Blessed Memory. CONGREVE, William. The Mourning Muse of Alexis. A Pastoral. Lamenting the Death of our late Gracious Queen Mary Of ever Blessed Memory. London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, 1695. First edition. Small folio (11 3/4 x 7 7/16 inches; 299 x 189 mm). [2]. 10, pp. Unbound, inserted in newer purple paper wrappers. With a printed paper label. Light foxing to title-page. Very good. "This is one of the best of many ...
Or Romance of the Middle Ages. Octavo (7 3/8 x 4 7/8 inches; 188 x 124 mm). xx, 373, [1, blank] pp. With black and white engraved plates, including frontispiece and numerous textual illustrations. Full modern tan calf, ruled in gilt. Red morocco spine label, lettered in gilt. Spine heavily decorated in gilt. All edges marbled, marbled endpapers. Front board with some slight dampstaining. A very nice copy. HBS 64645. $250.
A Novel. First edition, one of 750 sets published in October of 1886. Three octavo volumes. Advertisement leaf at the end of volumes two and three. Publisher's dark green cloth, ruled in black on boards, gilt lettering on the spine. Green coated endpapers renewed. Spine extremities slightly bumped, light rubbing to tips and joints. Uncut. A very good copy. In custom cloth clamshell. "In the middle phase of his career, James wrote two novels dealing with social reformers and revolutionaries, The ...
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Saunders and Otley, London
Date published: 1837
Description: With Views of the Literature, Philosophy, and Social Life of the Athenian People. BULWER-LYTTON, Edward. Athens. Its Rise and Fall. With Views of the Literature, Philosophy, and Social Life of the Athenian People. London: Saunders and Otley, 1837. First edition. Two octavo volumes (9 x 5 5/8 inches; 226 x 144 mm). xiv, [2], [1]-484, [2, publisher's ads]; viii, [1]-596, [1, errata], [4, publisher's ads] pp. With half-titles in each volume. Errata page in volume two cropped at the top 2 7/8 ... Read More
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: William D. Ticknor & Company, Boston
Date published: 1848
Description: By John C. Warren, M.D. Emeritus Professor of Anatomy and Surgery in the University at Cambridge; Surgeon at Massachusetts General Hospital; Honorary Member of the Medical and Chirurgical Society of London; Corresponding Member of the Royal Academy of Medicine at Paris, and of the Academies of Naples, Florence, etc. First edition. Twelvemo (4 3/8 x 7 3/16 inches; 111 x 182 mm). [4], [i]-v, [1, blank], [1, half-title], [1, blank], 100, [4, Publisher's ads], [2, blank] pp. Without front free ... Read More
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Collins & Hannay, New York
Date published: 1833
Description: With Selected Sketches of Voyages to the South Seas, North and South Pacific Oceans, China, Etc., Preformed Under the Command and Agency of the Author. Also, Information Relating to Important Late Discoveries; Between the Years 1792 and 1832, Together with the Report of the Commander of the First American Exploration, Patronised by the United States Government, in the Brigs Seraph and Annawan, to the Southern Hemisphere. First Edition. Octavo (9 1/8 x 5 3/4 inches; 232 x 146 mm). xii, 13-499, ... Read More
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: John Murray, London
Date published: 1819
Description: with a Statistical Account of that Kingdom, and Geographical Notices of Other Parts of the Interior of Africa. Uncut in Original Boards With Seven Hand-Colored Aquatint Plates BOWDICH, T[homas] Edward. Mission from Cape Coast Castle to Ashantee, with a Statistical Account of that Kingdom, and Geographical Notices of Other Parts of the Interior of Africa. London: John Murray, 1819. First edition. Quarto (11 5/16 x 9 inches; 288 x 227 mm). viii, [2], 512 pp. Complete with half-title. Two engraved ... Read More
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London
Date published: 1866
Description: In Three Volumes. First edition. Three octavo volumes (7 5/8 x 4 3/4 inches; 194 x 122 mm). [iv], [1]-303, [1, blank]; [2], [1]-290; [iv], [1]-283, [1, blank], [4, publisher's advertisements] pp. Half-title present in volume I and III. Original reddish brown sand-grain cloth with blind-stamped borders on covers and spines stamped and lettered in gilt (Carter's "B" binding). Mostly unopened. Pale yellow-coated endpapers. Light toning to half-title of volume I. An exceptionally bright, clean set. ... Read More
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: G.G. and J. Robinson, London
Date published: 1796
Description: First edition of Coleridge's first published book of poetry. Small octavo (6 1/8 x 3 3/4 inches; 156 x 96 mm.). xvi, 188, [4, ads and errata] pp. Half-title, publisher's advertisements and errata all present. This title is often found without the ads and errata. Contemporary tree calf, in an unrestored state. Black morocco spine label. Spine stamped and lettered in gilt. Cover edges stamped in gilt. Very small amount of repair to spine. Corners slightly bumped. Spine label a bit rubbed. ... Read More
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Ri[chard] Chiswell, London
Date published: 1698
Description: Being Nine Years Travels, Begun 1672, and Finished 1681. Illustrated with Maps, figures, and useful Tables. Full Description: FRYER, John. A New Account of East-India and Persia, in Eight Letters. Being Nine Years Travels, Begun 1672, and Finished 1681. London: Ri[chard] Chiswell, 1698. First edition. Small folio (12 5/16 x 7 1/2 inches; 312 x 191 mm). [8], xiii, [1, errata], 427, [1, blank], [xxiv index] pp. With a total of nine engraved plates, including the engraved frontispiece, four ... Read More
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Printed for J. Johnson...by T. Bensley, London
Date published: 1803
Description: Or, A view of its past and present effects on human happiness; With an inquiry into our prospects respecting the future removal or mitigation of the evils which it occasions. A new edition, very much enlarged. The Economics of Population MALTHUS, T[homas] R[obert]. An Essay on the Principle of Population; Or, a view of its past and present effects on Human Happiness; With an Inquiry into our prospects respecting the future removal or mitigation of the evils which it occasions. A new edition, ... Read More
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: MacMillan and Co, London
Date published: 1885
Description: In Three Volumes. First edition. Three octavo volumes. 7 3/8 x 4 15/16 inches, 189 x 127 mm). [8], 280; [8, including preliminary blank], 280; [8, including preliminary blank], 269, [1, blank], [2, publisher's advertisements] pp. BAL binding "C", no priority. Full green cloth. Boards triple-ruled in black ink, spines stamped and lettered in gilt. Blue patterned endpapers. Top edges green. Mostly unopened. Each volume with a old library bookplate from "Library of the Supreme Council, 33.. ... Read More