Bertram R. Elliott. Good. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall Limited edition. The title continues: "in which is set forth an exact account of the manner of State held by Madam Venus, Goddes and Metetrix, under the famous Horselbert, and containing the Adventures of Tannhauser in that Palace, his Repentance, his Journeying to Rome and Return to the Loving Mountain". Essentially an erotic fantasy, but somewhat tame by today's standards. Black paper covered boards with light tan cloth spine lettered in black, ...
Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall Hard-to-find book of Lawrence's poems about tortoises, including: Baby Tortoise; Tortoise-Shell; Tortoise Family Connections; Lue et Elle; Tortoise Gallantry; and Tortoise Shout. Printed paper covered boards, 9" x 6", 50 pages. A worn but sound copy, externally chipped and soiled, with spine strip near gone. Hinges intact. Some pages lightly fingerprinted, with far outer margin chips to leaves 43/44 and 45/46. Endpapers foxed.
Good. 8vo (8.5" x 5" or 21.5 cm x 13 cm) Volume I of an influential medical text. The work as a whole is well organized by classes having to do with the body's different biological functions, which allows the volumes to be self-contained. For example, Volume I contains the complete text on Diseases of the Digestive Function and Diseases of the Respiratory Function. Full calf with gilt ruled spine and maroon spine label, xxxii, 404pp. Some shelfwear and some light evidence of rodent nibbling at ...
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harper & Brothers, New York
Date Published: 1836
Description: Fair. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall Volume II only of a two-volume set concerning an early 19th century tour of Europe. This volume details visits to Italy, the Vatican, and France, with a return to England, and then America. There are chapters on The Roman Catholic System, the European aristocratic system, the American republican system, and notes on the sensitiveness of Americans to public opinion abroad. Brown cloth with brown leather spine label, gilt lettering, 330 pages. A sound copy, with clean ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York
Description: Very Good in No jacket. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall Well produced and generously illustrated monograph on the works of Paul Gauguin, with text by Robert Goldwater. Includes 47 tipped on color reproductions of Gaugin's paintings with numerous additional illustrations in black and white. Grey cloth with gilt lettering, 158 pages plus plates. No dustjacket. Bookseller stamp on front free endpaper. Condition is near fine-a very clean copy. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company, Boston
Date Published: 1899
Description: Fair in No jacket. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall First edition of this hard-to-find title by the author of the "What Katy Did" series. Illustrated in black and white. Pictorial tan cloth printed in gilt, brown and white, 62 pages plus six pages of publisher's advertisements. Ex-library, with white spine numbering, attractive library bookplate and old-style pocket and circulation slip on rear endpapers-no other ex-library indicia. Condition is worn, with a small chip to the spin edge where it meets the ... read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons, New York
Date Published: 1897
Description: Fair. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall American history as seen through its publications, from the Bay Psalm book to early 19th century fiction. Illustrated with examples of works, portraits and more. 8vo (8.25" x 5 1/4'), tan cloth lettered in gilt and decorated in gilt and brown, gilt top, other edges uncut, large folding chronological chart, 402 pages. Externally worn, with light fraying the the spine ends, rubbed overall. Internally clean with no chips, tears, markings, and effectively no foxing. ... read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Pomegranate Artbooks, San Francisco
Date Published: 1998
Description: Fine. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall Beautifully illustrated books with more than fifty color plates and others in black and white. Edward Coley Burne-Jones (1833-1898) a protege of Dante Gabriel Rossetti and close friend of William Morris, developed a unique style of painting that involved fantasy and romanticism. This book discusses both the works and the greater themes in this artist's work. Printed wraps, 127 pages. Condition is near fine. Very clean copy. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston
Date Published: 1995
Description: Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall First edition of this comprehensive reference on children's books, arranged in encyclopedia format, alphabetically by author, illustrator or other significant name. A concise reference tool for anyone researching children's literature. Includes a recommended reading list and entries from nearly two hundred critics, writers and artists on such topics as ABC books, young adult novels, science fiction, series books, classics, picture books and ... read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: William Butler, Northampton, MA
Date Published: 1798
Description: Poor. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall First edition of this hard to find 18th century American imprint, with the text concentrating on prophecies and miracles as evidence of the existence of God. Full calf, 252 pages, worn but complete, with spine perished and binding loosened. Pages age-tanned with intermittent dampstains throughout, a bit of insect damage in the far upper margins from page 241 to the end, chipped endpapers, chipped lower margin and a clean tear with no text loss to page 155/156, ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Basic Books-Harper/Collins, New York
Date Published: 1995
Description: Very Good in Fine jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall Very clean copy of this narrative woven from the observations of more than three hundred travel writers, including Dickens, Trollope, Twain and others, about 19th century travel in the American interior, notably Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan. These contemporary descriptions of travel to the Midwest and Plains States describe a jarring contrast with life in Europe or even the more "civilized" eastern ... read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: The Westminster Press, Philadelphia
Date Published: 1975
ISBN-13:9780664241070ISBN:0664241077
Description: Fine. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall Revised Edition. Softcover. Looks and feels new and unread, firm binding, very clean pages free from names or other markings. read more
Tortoises
The Study of Medicine, With a Physiological System of Nosology (Vol. I of Five)
