Haarlem: Joh. Enschedé en Zonen, 1927 or 1928. First French Language Edition. Octavo; publisher's white pictorial staplebound card wrappers printed in color, adorned with lithographic illustration reproducing the IX Olympiade's official poster design by Jos Rovers; rear cover advertising the 1928 International Exposition in Amsterdam, the design by Jan Wijga;.....

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Paris: N. Bonnart, ca. 1690. First Edition. 12mo (15.5cm.); armorial binding of Madame de Maintenon, full crimson morocco adorned with her coat-of-arms on both covers, triple-ruled in gilt with diminutive repeating rampant lions at each corner, elaborate gilt spine in six compartments, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers; 100pp.; illus. and.....

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Cambridge: John Owen, 1842. First Edition. Octavo (25cm.); publisher's black cloth, gilt-lettered spine; [4],459pp. Cloth a bit rubbed, spine crown pulled, rear endpaper quite browned, stock extremities foxed, else Very Good or better. Oft-reprinted monograph by the noted entomologist and botanist. SABIN 30524. Provenance: Contemporary engraved armorial ownership bookplate of Boston.....

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Venetiis: Thomam Bettinelli, 1760. Novissima Editione. Two volumes in one; quarto (24.5cm.); contemporary vellum, manuscript spine label, all edges speckled red and brown; xx,420; 171[i.e. 471]pp. (*10 A-2A8 2B4 2B-2C4 2D6 A-2C8 2D-2I4); woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials. Vellum soiled and corners bumped with brief exposure, faint contemporary manuscript.....

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N.p. ca. 1900. Hardcover. Folio; 38 engraved plates mounted to thick card stock; loose as issued in grey printed cloth chemise (rather soiled); chemise spine perished, edges scuffed; one plate separated from mount, else contents fine. A collection of illustrations from early editions of the Tales of La Fontaine, all.....

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Paris: Pairault & Cie. 1895. First Edition. Miniature book (4x3cm.); publisher's buff pictorial card wrappers printed in red; 98,[2](ads)pp.; frontispiece, three woodcut plates. Light wear from handling, else a Very Good and sound, unopened copy. One of a series of ten miniature books issued by Pairault between 1895 and 1898.....

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Paris: Masson et Cie. 1905. First Edition. Paperback. Large 8vo; pp. [4], xv, [1], 454pp.; original buff printed wrappers (a bit a faint dampstaining along top edge and some soil spots); cracking to spine paper at crown without loss, else a very good, sound copy. Presumably the author's copy with.....

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Geneve: 1755. First Edition. Small 12mo (15cm.); full contemporary calf, gilt spine in six compartments, reddish-brown gilt spine onlay, all edges marbled, marbled endpapers; xviii,[19]-326pp. (*12 B-N12 O7 [M4 and M6 missigned L4 and L6]). Boards a bit scuffed, tiny chips at spine ends, 20th century Lisbon bookseller ticket to.....

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Casablanca [Paris]: [Presses de l'Union Commerciale d'Imprimerie], 1953. First Trade Edition. Slim quarto (27cm.); publisher's pictorial card wrappers printed in red and black; [68]pp.; chiefly illus. Light wear and brief chipping mid-spine, staples a bit rusty, small, faint soil spot to upper cover bottom margin, else Very Good, internally clean.....

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Paris: Chez l'auteur, 1939. Paperback. Edition limited to 500 copies printed on Rives, of which this is no. 369, 4to, pp. 105; self-portrait frontispiece of Jean Lebedeff [Ivan Lebedev], illustrations by the artist throughout; original white pictorial wrappers printed in black and red, foxing along edges, else a fine, uncut.....

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Barcelona: Imprenta de Joseph Texidor, 1705. Small octavo (14.5cm.); contemporary full vellum, manuscript spine title, retaining vellum ties; [16],483,[13]pp. ([*]8 A-2H8). Rear cover darkened, tiny loss mid-spine, one tie partly perished, red portion of half title has been neatly cut away, some tearing to waste paper endpapers, faint and shallow.....

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York, PA: 1932. Small octavo (17cm.); black cloth, upper cover "Diary" lettered in gilt; 206pp., filled to completion. Cloth a bit dusty, the youthful owner's faint pencil ownership initials on upper cover and in ink on textblock fore-edge. Still, given its heavy use, Very Good and sound. Gift inscription from.....

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