Lisboa: Typographia Universal de Thomas Quintino Antunes, 1867. First Edition. Small octavo (19cm.); late 19th-century dark brown morocco over cloth, gilt spine in six compartments, marbled endpapers, original pale pink wrappers bound in; 206pp. Spine leather a bit dried and rubbed, especially at raised bands, very light foxing to textblock..... More

London: Printed for the Company of Stationers, and Sold by John Wilkie, [1782]. First Edition. Small 24mo (10cm.); inlaid red, white, and blue elaborately gilt-tooled morocco with central motif of an anchor surrounded by myriad floral patterns, at its head a bird, at its foot a bee, marbled endpapers; housed..... More

[Sanktpeterburg': Tipografija Imperatovskoj Akademii Nauk'], 1882. First edition, 8vo, pp. [4], 86, [1]; 15 plain folding maps, 6 figures, tables; printed self wrappers; edges uncut and rather brittle, textblock mostly unopened; very good. At head of title (in Russian): "Zapiski Imperatorskago Russkago Geograficeskago Obscestva. Po Obscei Geografii, Tom' XII, No..... More

Parisiis: Apud Ioannem Iost, 1637. Editio Quarta. Thick quarto; full contemporary triple-ruled sheep, unadorned spine in five compartments, all edges speckled red, retaining original endpapers as well as a wastepaper front free endpaper; [4],1011,[61]pp.; engraved title page vignette and head- and tail-pieces, text printed in double columns. Leather somewhat edge..... More

Denver? 1930. Small oblong quarto; gilt-tooled padded die-cut calf with celluloid lozenge inserted into middle of upper cover carved with birds and flowers, all edges gilt, moiré endpapers; extremities quite rubbed and leather starting to peel from boards, several surface scratches, else Good, internally sound and quite legible. A token..... More

New York: American Bible Society, 1852. 105th Edition. 12mo (17.75cm.); publisher's black elaborately blind-embossed morocco, gilt-lettered spine; 591,[5],184pp. Boards rather rubbed at extremities, foxing throughout, else Near Very Good and sound. Bible and "book of ages" of the Captain Charles (1811-1873) and Janet (1809-1896) Cook[e] family. Family Record leaves at..... More

Atlanta: ca. 1950s. Three watercolor interior design maquettes (ca. 25x29.5 to 24x36cm.). Stock toned and rather dust-soiled, small loss at corner of two of the pieces, else Very Good. Designs for three rooms commissed for a Mrs. Leon Jones of Atlanta, Georgia, possibly the wife of the Athletic Director and..... More

Oakland, CA: 1938. Quarto (29cm.); hand-made book made of pastepaper boards bound with blue cloth tape, both covers decorated with original watercolors, handmade marbled endpapers; [72]pp. filled to completion; sixteen original watercolor plates mounted throughout, additional watercolor illus. throughout text, text in blue ink manuscript. Boards scuffed along extremities with..... More

Munchen: Adolf Ackermann, 1880. First Edition. Folio (33cm.); original cream pictorial cloth chemise stamped in black and gilt, red cloth and paper-covered flaps; [4]pp. and 25 loose plates (as issued) of pale blue card stock printed in red to which are mounted twenty-eight half-tone illustrations, title page printed within architectural..... More

Cambridge, MA: S. Willson Bailey, ca. 1920s. Collection of sixteen card tricks, trade catalogs, and advertisements issued by magician S. Willson Bailey. Some toning and wear to a few pieces including closed tears occasionally touching text without loss of sense, else a Very Good collection overall. Samuel Willson Bailey (1875-1935)..... More

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..... More

Paris: Éditions de la Sirène, 1920. First Trade Edition. Square quarto (24.5cm.); publisher's pink pictorial wrappers; [76]pp.; eight color plates. External wrapper extremities toned to tan, stock uniformly toned browned and rather brittle due to inferior paper stock; still, Very Good, the contents fine and illustrations bright. Collection of eight..... More

"Entre Chtaura et Beyrouth" n.d., ca. 1920? Original unpublished holograph poem on recto only of single sheet of ruled paper (21x13cm.); faint horizontal fold, light wrinkling and a few tiny chips to extremities, else Very Good and fresh. Unpublished holograph poem by Charles Robert Richet (1850-1935), winner of the 1913..... More