New York: The Noonday Press, 1970. Fifth Printing. Octavo, 228 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Paperback binding. Spine beige with red and black lettering. Covers show moderate soiling wear exteriorly. Text block has light age toning and minor soiling to the edges. Slight smudge to inside front cover to the tail fore corner. Frontispiece. Illustrated. Fifth printing. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column A, ND-A. More

Washington DC: Privately Published, 1920. Large Octavo, 379 pages. In Good plus condition. Bound in the publisher's red cloth bearing gilt lettering to the spine. Boards have few chips and white scuffs to the edges. Text block has slight age toning to the edges. Marbled end papers. Faint offsetting to gutters to few first and last pages, interior mildly age toned. Illustrated. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column A, ND-A. More

London and Boston: The Medici Society, 1926. Quarto, viii, 158 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Good dust jacket. Spine dark green with black lettering. Slight wear exteriorly with few instances of chipping to the head/tail edges, small stain to the front and small crease to head corner to the front flap. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering. Boards show faint age toning to the spine and slight sunning to the edges. Text block has mild age toning to the edges and faint offsetting to the end papers. Previous owner's information to the front end paper. Deckled edges. Very minor pencil interiorly. Some uncut pages. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area, Quarto and Folio Case. More

New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1957. First American Edition. Octavo, 160 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine black, grey and white with white lettering. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, price uncut: “$2.95”. Mild shelf wear and soiling. Bumping to tail of spine. Sunning to text block. Shelved under the Lit Crit. More

London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1970. First UK Edition. Octavo, 381 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Good plus dust jacket. Spine white with black lettering. Mild shelf wear exteriorly with small chip to the front tail edge, age toning to the fore edges. Boards have very slight wear exteriorly with lightly sunned spine. Text block shows head edge colored green with slight age toning and foxing to the fore and tail edges. Slight offsetting to the end papers. Previous owner's information to the front free end paper. First UK edition. Inscribed by the author. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column A, ND-A. More

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1938. First Edition, First Printing. 12mo, viii, 241 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Bound in the publisher's green cloth bearing gilt lettering on burgundy band to the spine. Boards show moderate wear including mildly age darkened spine, lightly sunned front and rear with slight wear to the edges. Text block has yellow coloring to the edges. Previous bookshop's small label to the front pastedown with slight offsetting to the facing page. Slight pencil to the half title page. First edition, first printing. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column A, ND-A. More

New York and London: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1937. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, v, vii, 421 pages. In Good plus condition, missing the issued dust jacket. Spine sunned beige with gilt lettering. Boards have moderate sunning with damp stain to the rear tail edge and minor wear to the edges. Text block has moderate age toning. Previous owner's name to the front free end paper. Few pencil notations interiorly, small damp stain to the edges to few pages towards the fore edge and mildly shaken binding. First edition, first printing. More

Philadelphia: Key and Biddle, 1835. Octavo, 583 pages. In Good condition. Full leather binding. Spine dark brown bearing gilt lettering and rules to raised bands. Moderate plus wear exteriorly including slight staining marks, some scuffing and rubbing wear to the edges and joints. Text block has moderate age toning to the edges with slight foxing throughout text. Cracking to the hinges. More

New York and London: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1982. Octavo, vi, 217 pages. In Very Good condition. Spine red with gilt lettering. Boards show mild soiling smudges to the front. Text block has slight foxing to the head edge. More

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1968. First Edition, Third Printing. Octavo, 416 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Very Good minus dust jacket. Spine white and multi-color with red and black lettering. Dust jacket protected in mylar covering, with price uncut: "$5.95." Minor shelf wear. Some soiling and scuffing to dust jacket. Small stain to rear cover near spine. Some soiling to edges of textblock. Top edge of textblock dyed blue, though faded. Shelved in Case 6. More

Paris: Pierre L'Amy, 1636. Octavo, [8], 1129 pages, [1], [32] index. In Very Good condition. Bound in contemporary full calf, covers with double gilt fillet borders, spine with gilt titling and tooling. Some light wear to binding, including some staining and rubbing, spine with vertical creases, hinges showing some wear. Collated: a8, A-4A8. Small burn mark to pagers 21-26, 313-316very light loss to text. Very light worming to lower gutter of a1-F4, upper fore corner of 3D5-3M3, light loss to text. 4A1 with small chip torn from lower fore corner, no loss to text. Text block on very thin paper, some leaves with poor impression. Some edges of the plate visible in impression. Frontispiece portrait of Montaigne laid in, possibly married from a different edition. Red wax seal affixed to the front pastedown, reading "Cabinet de Monsieur le Dauphin." Front free endpaper with pencil note reading "Copy of the Duc d'Angoulême, son of King Charles X of France." CL consignment. Shelved case 3. More

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1893. First American Edition. Octavo, [i-viii], [1]-305, blank, [306], 6 pp advertisements. In Fair condition. Bound in blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine and silver stamped decoration on spine and front cover. Boards have bumping and rubbing to corners, head edge of spine chippe doff, fraying to tail edge of spine, white mark on front cover, and mild shelf wear. Textblock has front endpaper detached but present, missing pages between front endpaper and title page, and light age toning. Shelved Room A. More

Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1850. Octavo, 84 pages. In Good plus condition. Bound in brown cloth with gilt text on front cover and blindstamped ornamentation on both covers. Covers have bending to corners, sunning to spine, and mild edge wear and shelf wear. Textblock has foxing to many pages, offsetting on to title page and preceding page, and offsetting from page 84 on to next page. Shelved Room A. More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 289 pages. In Very Good condition with Very Good minus dust jacket. Yellow and white spine with black and blue text. Dust jacket is protected by mylar covering and has tearing to head edge of spine and to corners. Signed flat on title page. Shelved under Front Counter. More

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1927. Limited edition 168/500. Octavo, xxiii, 97 pages. In Good condition with a Good slipcase. Slipcase in black paper with title label on rear panel, small tears to rear corners, small blemish on side panel. Spine is brown with gold print on black banner. Boards quarter bound with brown cloth to spine and black decorative paper to boards. Slight wear to spine caps. Text block has deckle edges, spotting to edges and endpapers, large owner stamp on front endpapers, uncut pages, news clipping tipped in following page xxiii. More

New York: Robert McBride & Company, 1927. First Edition. Octavo, 243 pages. In Good plus condition. Grey spine with gilt lettering. Full binding in dark grey cloth. Boards show light scuffing and edge wear, modest fraying and bumping to corners, slight sunning to spine and minor shredding to headband and tailband. Text block has deckled fore and bottom edges. More

Lewisburg: Bucknell University Press, 2006. Octavo, 233 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering. Boards show extremely light wear to the edges. Text block has mildly age toning to the edges. More

New York: Ives Washburn, 1960. Octavo, 256 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Good dust jacket. Spine is multicolored with white and black print. Dust jacket has light edge wear, and peripheral toning. Price unclipped: “$3.75”. Boards in blue cloth. Slight wear to spine caps and corners. Includes b&w cartoons. More

Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1876. First Edition. Octavo, [i-iv], [1]-314 pages. In Good condition. Bound in green cloth with gilt text on spine. Boards have fraying and chipping to spine edges, rubbing and bumping to corners, and mild edgewear and shelfwear. Textblock has slight age toning, splitting to gutter between pages 96 and 97, writing in pen on second page, and partial splitting to interior hinges. Shelved Room A. More

San Francisco: A.M. Robertson, 1909. First Edition. Octavo, xi, 249 pages. In Good condition. Spine dark brown with gilt lettering. Boards show moderate wear with rubbed joints/edges. Text block has age toned edges and moderate offsetting to the end papers. Deckled fore/tail edges. Previous owner's bookplate to the front free end paper, soiling smudges to front pastedown, wear to webbing at half title page and cracking to the gutter at pages xi. Very slight marginalia interiorly. First Edition. This edition is out of print. More

Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1860. First Edition, First Printing. 12mo, [i-x], [1]-288, [1]-16 pages. In Fair condition. Bound in brown cloth with gilt lettering on spine and blindstamped ornament and frame on both covers. Boards show exposed boards at corners, spine edges chipped off, partial splitting to front joint, and mild edgewear and shelfwear. Textblock has pages 73 to 96 detached but present and heavy splitting to gutter between pages 72 and 73 and between 96 and 97. Loose advertising sheet in front matter. Terminal catalog dated December 1860. Shelved Room A. More

Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 1968. First Edition. Octavo, x, xi, 346 pages. In Very Good condition with a Good plus dust jacket. Spine off-white with red and black lettering. Mild age toning with slight sticker residue to the front and very minor wear to the edges. Boards have extremely mild age toning. Text block head edge colored red with light toning to fore/tail edges. Illustrated. First Edition. More

New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc., 1978. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, vi, 313 pages. In Very Good condition with a Good dust jacket. Spine deep pictorial yellow with green and purple lettering. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering. Slight age toning exteriorly with few instances of chips to the edges and closed tear to mid spine. Boards have light wear with minor bumping to head fore corners and mild tilt to the spine. Text block has lightly age toned edges with deckled fore edge. First Edition, First Printing. More

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1900. Octavo, vi, 282 pages. In Fair plus condition. Spine is blue with gold print on red banner. Boards in blue cloth. Light wear to spine caps and corners, lightly cocked spine. Text block has red tinted top edge, name in ink on front flyleaf, intermittent spine breaks. More

Berkeley, Los Angeles, Oxford: University of California Press, 1991. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, vii, xi, 591 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine deep blue with white lettering. Mild wear to the exterior with extremely minor wear to the edges. Boards show light wear to the head/tail edges. Text block has slight soiling to the edges with very light toning. Illustrated. First Edition, First Printing. More