London: For J. Reason, opposite Serjeant's Inn, 1757. First Edition. Octavo. 20cm. Disbound, with traces of an old calf spine. 22pp. Clean and strong, stitch bound; internally clean with a little offsetting and light soiling to the first and last leaves otherwise bright and fresh. A very good copy. A...... More

Lugduni: Laurentii Arnaud, Petri Borde, Joannis, & Petri Arnaud, 1679, 1665, 1678. First Edition. Three volumes in one; folio (36.5cm.); full blind-tooled contemporary pig skin, spine in six compartments, metal clasps, all edges stained blue (not contemporary); [6],263,[31];[6],293,[39];[18],684,[88]pp. (a4 A-2A6 2B3; ã4 A-2E4; ã4 ē6 A-2S6 2T4 2V4 2X-3L6 3M4..... More

North Hills, PA: Printed for the Philobiblion Club, Bird & Bull Press, 1970. First Thus. Limited to 250 copies of which this is no. 50. Slim quarto (30.5cm.); original brown cloth-backed marbled boards, spine lettered in black; 13pp.; 4 mounted facsimile plates; staplebound facsimile catalogue laid into chemise mounted inside..... More

Anvers: Guil. van Merlen, 1877. Offprint. Paper on the history of the slave trade by the Belgian Egyptologist, first published in the "Bulletin de la Société de Géographie d'Anvers." Not separately catalogued in OCLC as of April, 2020. Octavo (25cm.); publisher's green printed wrappers; 26pp. Wrappers slightly chipped and toned..... More

London: Weldon & Co., 1878. First U.K. Edition. Large Octavo. 24cm. 20th Century tan quarter calf over marbled boards, titled in gilt to spine. [x]; [2]; 62pp.; [18] ads to rear. Light scuffing to the soft leather , and a little very minor wear to corners; internally clean and fresh..... More

Mosvka: Akts. Izdat. O-vo "Ogonek" 1926 [but 1927]. First Thus. 12mo (14.75cm.); original white photographically illustrated staplebound wrappers; 68,[4](ads)pp.; illus. publisher's ads printed inside wrappers. Some light wear from handling, textblock uniformly toned and rather brittle due to poor paperstock, else Very Good. "Biblioteka 'Ogonek'" no. 195. Title page imprint..... More

[Barcelona: Imp. Llorens, 1871]. First Edition. Fortune-telling broadsheet regarding the fate of France following the Siege of Paris in September, 1870. The author, a certain "Doctor Refilando," predicted the event in an article in "La Conviccion" two days prior, and the concluding list of predictions made on verso refer to..... More

Ithaca, and London: Cornell University Press, 1975. First American Edition. Octavo. 21.5cm. Publihser's green cloth titled in black to spine. Dustjacket. [xv];231pp.;[1]. Strong, bright and clean, very light marginal wear; internally clean and fresh, bookplate to front pastedown; in a bright, strong dustjacket with some very lightscuffing to corners and..... More

Berlin: Verlag Ullstein, [1926]. 12mo (16.5cm.); original yellow photo-illustrated wrappers lettered in green; 251pp. Wrappers rather worn along extremities, dampstain to bottom two inches of spine edge of upper wrapper and spine foot (pulled), textblock uniformly toned and a bit brittle, else an About Very Good copy of this cheap..... More

Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1872. First Edition. First States. Two volumes; small octavo (18.5cm.); publisher's green blind-ruled cloth, gilt-lettered spines (binding A per BAL); [2],307; [2],306pp. Ex-Fitchburg Public Library with their internal markings and "Withdrawn" rubberstamps, evidence of shelfmarks removed from spines, bindings expertly recased with renewed endpapers..... More

London: Nonesuch Press, 1946. Reprint. Octavo. 19cm. Publisher's deep burgundy cloth titled in gilt to spine. Dustjacket. 795pp. Cleand and tight, very light wear; internally clean and fresh with some very occasional light pencil annotation, purple topstain; in a clean, strong example of the dustjacket with some light toning to..... More

Chicago & London: The University of Chicago Press/T. Fisher Unwin, 1908. First Edition. Octavo. 24cm. Publisher's dark grey cloth with paper title label to spine. [xiv];441pp. Solid and tight, some light wear to corners and a little soiling of the paper label, very heavy duty cloth; internally clean and fresh..... More

Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1982. Later Printing. Three Volumes. Octavo. 24cm. Publisher's jade green cloth titled in gilt to spines. [xvi];[1];374pp.;[xxi]; [1].;[xii];[1];531pp.;[xxvi].; [xv];[1];818pp.;[xxvi]. Clean, strong and handsome, very light wear; internally clean and fresh, bookplates to pastedowns of all three volumes. A near fine set. A highly regarded..... More