Glasgow, Edinburgh, and London: Blackie and Son, 1855. New Edition, revised with a supplemental volumes by Thos. Thomson. Five volumes. Illustrated with steel-engraved portraits. Bound in quarter black calf with marbled sides, endpapers, and text black edges, the spines with red title labels gilt and extensive panel gilt. More about A BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY OF EMINENT SCOTSMEN
London: Frederick Muller, (1938). First edition. 260p. Illustrated from photographs. Bound by Bumpus in full blue crushed morocco, a.e.g., the spine with gilt titles, the panels with double ruled border, the covers with double ruled borders, the upper cover with central gilt coat of arms. More about RETROSPECT
London: Chappell and Simpkin, Marshall, 1840. v, 118p, vi; [iv], 198p. 4to. Bound in half green morocco with marbled sides and endpapers, t.e.g., the spines with fancy panel ornaments including s flower in the center of each. More about A COLLECTION OF NATIONAL ENGLISH AIRS, CONSISTING OF ANCIENT SONG, BALLAD, & DANCE TUNES......
London: Philip Lee Warner, Publisher to the Medici Society, 1913. Limited to 500 copies on hand-made Riccardi paper, this no. 461. Three volumes. Illustrated by W. Russell Flint with 33 mounted color plates. 4to. Bound by Bayntun (Riviere) in full royal blue crushed morocco with marbled endpapers, a.e.g., the spines... More about THE CANTERBURY TALES OF GEOFFREY CHAUCER
London: Macmillan and Co., 1884. From the"English Men of Letters" series edited by John Morley. 8vo. viii, 227p. Extra-Illustrated with 40 plates of portraits and scenes, 11 in color. Bound by Bayntun in full green crushed morocco with marbled endpapers, a.e.g., the spine in six panels with gilt titles and... More about BACON
Geneva: Fratres Cramer, 1758. Editio Tertia, Emendatissima. Nine volumes. Quarto. Bound in full contemporary calf, the spines with red and green title labels gilt, the panels densely gilt with floral devices, board edges with decorative rules. Scholarly edition with extensive notes. Bookplate of Tho. de Grey Esq. More about M. TULII CICERONIS OPERA, CUM DELECTU COMMENTARIORUM EDEBAT JOSEPHUS OLIVETUS, ACADEMIAE GALLICAE...
Paris: J. Couche et Bouilliard, 1786. First edition. Atlas folio (19 3/4"). Illustrated with 111 excellent copper-engravings (including title and dedication pages). Each of the plates with the image in the upper half and explanatory material below, all surrounded by a small decorative border. Bound in full dark green morocco... More about GALERIE DU PALAIS ROYAL, GRAVEE D'APRES LES TABLEAUX DES DIFFERENTES ECOLES QUI LA COMPOSENT :
London: Joned and Company, 1824. Printed by Andrew & John M. Duncan, Printers to the University, Glasgow. 32mo. (3 3/4"). xv, 428p. Engraved frontispiece and engraved title-page. Bound in full calf with marbled text block edges, the spine with maroon title label gilt, the panels and large raised bands also... More about POEMS
Philadelphia: John B. Perry, 1855. 12mo (5" tall). viii, 504p. Illustrated with portrait frontispiece, vignette title and 20 full-page plates. Bound in full blue morocco, a.e.g., the spine with gilt titles with fleur-de-lis and laurels in the panels, the covers with a series of gilt rules with corner ornaments. More about ANECDOTES OF NAPOLEON BONAPARTE AND HIS TIMES, COMPILED FROM EVERY AUTHENTIC SOURCE
London: Bradbury & Evans, 1852. First edition. xi, 212p., 8p ads. Illustrated. Extra-illustrated with 35 portraits, 8 colored. Bound for Charles W. Sawyer, London by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in full red crushed morocco, t.e.g. in cosway style with a hand-colored oval portrait of Nell Gwyn under glass mounted on the... More about THE STORY OF NELL GWYN: AND THE SAYINGS OF CHARLES THE SECOND
London: Bradbury & Evans, 1852. First edition. Two volumes. Quarto. vii, 72p; (ii). 73-152p. Extra-Illustrated with 137 engraved plates of views, portraits, etc. Bound by Tout in full olive crushed morocco with patter papern endpapers and doblures in maroon and gold, t.e.g., the spines with gilt titles and elaborate panel..... More about THE STORY OF NELL GWYN: AND THE SAYINGS OF CHARLES THE SECOND
New York: D. Appleton, 1855. Two volumes. xx, 588p; xvii, 548p 12p ads. Illustrated with 16 engraved portraits. Bindings signed W. H. French in quarter red crushed morocco with tan cloth sides and marbled endpapers, t.e.g., the spines in six panels with ornate frames and central gilt crowns. More about MEMOIRS OF NAPOLEON, HIS COURT AND FAMILY
Paris: Rombaldi, (1936-37). Each volume numbered from a limitation of 3000 copies. Five volumes containing from the collection. Uniformly bound with three in red and two in black with marbled sides and endpapers, t.e.g. Original wrappers bound in. Titles:D'Aurevilly. Les Diaboliques. 7 plates after Lobel-Riche. Verlaine. Bonheur Liturgies Intimes. 5 color..... More about COLLECTION BALDI "LES CONTEMPORAINS"
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London: George G.Harrap, n.d. [1916]. Large 8vo. 167p. Translated by Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Illustrated by Evelyn Paul with color plates (some mounted) and decorations on every page. Title page and some plates highlighted in gold. Bound in full brown embossed and carved leather with illustrated endpapers and with three wrap-around..... More about THE NEW LIFE [LA VITA NOUVA
London: Williams and Norgate, 1887. First edition. Tall 8vo.viii, 298p, (i, errata). Text illustrations and 12 full-page plates drawn by the author, 3 uncolored and 9 "colored from nature" by Miss Florence Woolward in excellent chromolithography by Hanhart. Bound in full green niger morocco with marbled endpapers, t.e.g., spine in... More about BRITISH AND IRISH SALMONIDAE
London: Longman, Rivington, Duncan, Whittaker, et. al. 1844. "A new edition revised throughout" iv, 452p. Illustrated with woodcuts after Harvey. Bound in quarter red morocco with marbled sides and endpapers, t.e.g., the spine with gilt titles and richly gilt panels. More about THE HISTORY OF SANDFORD AND MERTON
Paris: Librairie Hachette, 1902. Nouvelle Edition Remaniee. Quarto. [iv], iv, 388p. Profusely illustrated, including a chapter on Napoleon's handwriting. Handsomely bound in dark green morocco with marbled sides and endpapers, a.e.g., the spine with gilt titles and Napoleonic panel ornaments, the bands surrounded by gilt rules and with dotted rules..... More about NAPOLEON RACONTE PAR L'IMAGE D'APRES LES SCULPTEURS, LES GRAVEURS ET LES PEINTRES
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Philadelphia: George Barrie, (1900). Edition printed on Japan vellum, limited to 26 copies, this no. 3. Two volumes. (viii), 303p.; (viii). 347p. Gerfaut translated by George B. Ives and illustrated with ten sets of plates in three states each: duplicate impressions of all the intaglio plates especially printed by hand... More about GERFAUT [with] GERFAUT Vol. II and MILITONA by Théophile Gautier
London: Constable & Company Ltd, 1925. First edition. [x], 378p. Illustrated with woodcuts by Bold. Bound by Bayntun in full scarlet crushed morocco with marbled endpapers, a.e.g., the spine with gilt titles, owner's name in gilt on lower front cover. More about BROOMSTICKS & OTHER TALES
Paris: Aimery Somogy, In Bertelsmann Lesering, (1956). Small quarto (9 1/8" tall). 88p. Illustrated with color reproductions of the paintings. In a modern design binding of full brown leather, the upper cover with eight oval inlays in four colors, t.e.g. More about MIESTERWERKE DES FRANZOSISCHEN IMPRESSIONISMUS
Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1862. 15 volumes. 8vo. Bound by Bridsall in quarter green calf with cloth sides and marbled endpapers, t.e.g., the spines each with two red title labels and fancy gilt panel ornaments. More about WORKS OF DE QUINCY
Paris: Editions Rombaldi, [1950's]. Each volume numbered from an unspecified limitation. Five volumes from the collection. Each volume with five "Illustrations Originales En Couleurs" reproduced after the original editions. Uniformly bound in maroon crushed morocco with marbled endpapers, t.e.g., the spines with gilt titles and heart shaped designs in series..... More about COLLECTION ROMBALDI
London: How & Parsons, 1842. First edition. Two volumes. xxviii, 318p, [ii, ad]; 368p. Engraved frontispiece portrait. The second volume is entirely printed music. Bound in half green morocco with pattern paper sides and endpapers, t.e.g., the spine with gilt titles and music ornaments in the panels. More about THE SONGS OF CHARLES DIBDIN, CHRONOLOGICALLY ARRANGED, WITH NOTES, HISTORICAL, BIOGRAPHICAL, AND...
Paris: Librairie Internationale; A. Lacroix, Verboeckhoven % Ce, Editeurs, 1870. No. 6 of 50 of hte Special Large Paper edition (total edition 400). Printed by D. Jouaust. Tall quarto. [iv], 124p. (Plates not figured in pagination). Illustrated with 20 mounted engravings after water colors by Martial, ornaments by Morin. Bound... More about LES JOLIES FEMMES DE PARIS
London: Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1927. Fourth edition revised and enlarged by Paget Toynbee. Two volumes. xiv, 185p; (ii), 186-395p. Illustrated, including hand-colored frontispiece and extra-illustrated with 50 engravings of portraits and scenes, 14 hand-colored. Bound by Bayntun in quarter medium blue crushed morocco with marbled sides and endpapers... More about HORACE WALPOLE, A MEMOIR, WITH AN APPENDIX OF BOOKS PRINTED AT THE STRAWBERRY HILL PRESS