New York: Allen D. Bragdon Publishers, Inc., 1986. 12mo; unpaginated; VG/no-DJ; red spine without text; glassine wraps show slight wear; cloth has minor wear to exterior; slightly age toned papered front with red text and illustration; very slight wear to edges; strong boards; text block has minimal wear to exterior edges; color illustrations; interior clean. More
Punjab: Radha Soami Satsang Beas, 1997. Ninth Edition. Octavo; VG-/G+ Hardcover; Brown pictorial spine with White text; Dustjacket has some edgewear, some shelfwear, small open tear at top corner of front cover; Boards strong, some edgewear, slight shelfwear, white marks on both covers; Textblock has small amount of writing in pencil on rear endpaper, otherwise clean; 300 pp. More
London: C. Cowie, [between ca. 1830 and 1833?]. 16mo., 250 pages; VG; bound in three quarter black calf, marbled boards, spine gilt tooled, green label with gilt 'The Talisman' title; mild shelfwear and rubbing; lacking main title page, but each story with with separate title page, headed: 'Magic tales,' pagination and register continuous; 147/148 missing lower 2 cm; 'Embellished with eight coloured engravings,' all folding, of which this copy only has seven, 'The Magic Car! or, Three Days Trial' is missing the folding hand-colored plate' extremely scarce; shelved case 0. More
New York: Nelson and Sons, c. [1880]. Octavo, 211 pages; VG-; fully bound in brown cloth, spine and front cover have gilt lettering and tooling; binding has minor wear, with minor bumping and fraying at the top and bottom of the spine and on the fore edge corners; pages have minor age toning and minimal detachment in several locations. More
Hatboro: Folklore Associates, 1964. Octavo; G+/G; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine, black with white print; DJ has edgewear, fading to front top edge, mild shelfwear; Boards in black cloth, light shelfwear; Text block has black-tinted top edge, clean and tight; 287 pages, illustrated (b&w drawings). More
London: printed by C. Whittingham. For J. Johnson. W. Ginger and Son. R. Baldwin. F. and C. Rivington. G. and J. Robinson. [and 13 others in London, [1800?]. Octavo, [2], xii, [4], 267, [1] pages; VG-; bound in contemporary full calf, later rebacking with new spine, gilt titling; moderate shelfwear and rubbing to binding; The title-page is engraved; with 110 fables and one woodcut per fable; page 129/130 with large tear, non-archival repair, page 131/132 with large tear; early ink ownership to title page top edge. More
London: printed for R. Sare, B. Took, M. Gillyflower, A. & J. Churchil, G. Sawbridge, and H. Hindmarsh, 1699. Third Edition. Folio, [12], 28, [8], 476 pages; VG-. Bound by Jon Robbins in modern period style calf. Spine lightly sun-faded. With frontis. portrait (pi1v); Includes indices. Minor physical damage to middle of fore edge of text block, going in approximately 1/8 inch at most, does not impact text. Archival repair to portrait and frontispiece, minimal loss to edges. Marginalia to c5. small piece missing from upper fore corner of X1, closed tear to middle of Tt1, small tidemark to upper fore corner of Zz4, small open tear to upper edge of Aaa3. JR Consignment; shelved case 7; Oversized item(s). Will require additional postage for expedited/international orders. Economy international shipping unavailable due to size/weight restriction(s). Contact seller for additional information. More
London: printed for R. Sare, B. Took, M. Gillyflower, A. & J. Churchil, J. Hindmarsh, and G. Sawbridge, 1694. Second Edition. Folio, [10], 28, [8], 476 pages; [2] leaves of plates; VG-; Bound in full brown leather; rebacked with earlier boards preserved. Some wear to boards. Archival repairs to endpapers, engravings, and title page. Closed tear to lower margins of p. 7, 89. Significant closed tear to p. 365, with limited and loosening archival repair. Open tear to lower corner of p. 407, not impacting text. Annotations to back free endpaper. With a frontispiece portrait of Roger L’Estrange signed: G. Kneller pinxit R. White sculpsit. Pencil and ink annotations throughout. JR Consignment; shelved case 8 1/4 Oversized item(s). Will require additional postage for expedited/international orders. Economy international shipping unavailable due to size/weight restriction(s). Contact seller for additional information. More
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Basileæ: In Officina Heruagiana [Johann Herwagen]; [Johannes Froben], 1538/1518. Octavo, a-x8, y7, A8, B4; VG; bound in 17th century calf, plain paneled spine; some rubbing and wear to binding, minor worming to binding; mild soiling to interior; Lacking y8-z8; The wanting leaves of the 1538 edition substituted after 350 with new pagination of 106-126 with the Galeomyomachia in Greek only from the 1518 Froben edition of Aesopi Phrygis vita et fabellæ, cum latina interpretatione. Early substitution, (i.e. 17th century or earlier) as the textblock is integral and the binding unrestored; Printer's device on title page and on verso of last leaf.; Wide margins; Second title page trimmed at top; small holes in upper and lower gutters of the entire first part from previous binding; Text in Greek and Latin on facing pages for the Aesop, Greek only for the Galeomyomachia Provenance to the recto and verso of the ffep, Fitzwilliam family provenance in several early hands, the largest stating playfully: "William Fitzwilliam not his Book, but John Fitzwilliam his booke"; Scattered marginalia and underlining, including extensive minute annotations in an early faded 16th century hand around the rear printer's mark, other minor annotations throughout, notably in English on Midas on page 315.; Scarce; PD consignment; shelved case 3. More
New York: Dial Books, 1990. First Edition, First Printing. Quarto, unpaginated; spine brick red, with black lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering; mild shelf wear and scuffing; price uncut '$12.95'; profusely illustrated in full color; pages clean; shelved above Case 14. More
Boston: George W. Briggs & Co., 1855. First Edition. 8vo., 182pp.; G+; bound in original blind- and gilt-stamped brown cloth, gilt lettering; cover of tail of spine coming loose, head of spine missing, chips to rest of spine; rubbing, bumping, and fraying to corners, board edges; some water damage, cloth on boards has some waviness and air-pockets, lower edge of ffep through title page, page 174-end; water damage to the corners and lower edges of plates; pencil writing to endpapers; colored frontis and five b/w plates; Alcott's first book, a collection of fables about nature she wrote at age 16 for her friend and neighbor Ellen Emerson, the daughter of Ralph Waldo Emerson. It was published in an edition of 1600 copies.; KS consignment. More
Paris: Aubert et Cie. Quartos, unpaginated; Good condition; Worn light brown quarter-bound leather spine with black and gold indented bands and gilded text, significant wear to spine head, foot and hinges, significant rubbing to green cloth board edges, heavy bumping to corners, slight wear to boards, scratching to textblock edges; foxing and age-toning to pages, heavy in some portions and light in others, previous owner name written neatly on title page of both volumes, all plates by Honoré Daumier present (Volume I: 50 plates, Volume II: 51 plates); Volume I [1843] Volume II [1840]; Shelved on endcap between aisles 9 and 10. More
Baltimore and London: The Johns Hopkins Press, 1970. Octavo; pp 354; G/G; sunned beige spine with dark green and gilt text; dust jacket has slight sunning to exterior; mylar wraps; cloth shows slight sunning to spine; mild wear to exterior; lightly splayed boards; text block shows slight wear to exterior edges; interior clean; ex-library markings to ffep; previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown. More
New York: Brentano's. Early Edition. 4to., 319pp.; VG-; rebound in bright orange cloth, black lettering on spine; part of original front board preserved and attached to front board, includes the entirety of the title, center illustration, and artist's name; interior has some age-toning and foxing; mild rubbing, staining to rear cover; LP consignment; shelved case 12, Dupont. More
New York: A Studio Book, The Viking Press, 1978. Octavo; VG/G+; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine, yellow with red print; DJ has toning to spine, vendor label on rear, else clean and bright; Boards in blue cloth with gold print, clean and strong; Text block clean and tight; 54 pages, illustrated (color). More
New York, London, Toronto: Simon & Schuster, 1993. Octavo; VG-/G; ivory white pictorial spine with dark green text; dust jacket shows lightly sunned spine; otherwise light exterior wear; damp staining to rear; damp staining inside dj; mild dings to edges; cloth has light staining to exterior spine; strong, straight boards; text block clean; illustrated; tight binding; pp 831; inscribed by Bill Bennett [William J. Bennett]. More
London: E. Newbery, 1794. New Edition. 8vo., 271pp.; VG; spine paneled red leather with gilt lettering and tooling; 3/4 bound with marbled boards and endpapers; mild wear and rubbing to boards, corners, hinges; frontispiece; with 74 woodcuts by Bewick; JS consignment. More
n.p. Front Forlag AS, 2012. First Edition. Thin Quarto; VG; orange spine with black text; first edition; no jacket; cloth's exterior shows minimal wear; straight, sturdy boards; text block edges clean; pictorial endpapers; tight binding; interior clean; illustrated. More
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1983. Limited Edition, 518 copies. small 4to., 58pp.; VG; spine off-white; dust jacket off-white, protected with a mylar covering; very mild shelfwear; interior clean; with an original leaf from the first edition (1818) of The Fables of Aesop and a new impression from one of Bewick's original wood engravings, both present, this copy has page 51/52, The Fox and the Vizor Mask; JS consignment; Shelved Rockville (Sally's room). More
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, Inc., 1958. Quarto; pp 99; G; tanned spine with black text; no jacket; cloth shows mild age toning to exterior; chipped spine edges; minor wear to fore edges; chip to rear panel at tail corner; strong boards; text block has light toning to exterior edges; pictorial endpapers; interior clean; illustrated. More
Paulton: Purnell, 1979. Octavo; ©1976, Reprinted 1979; G+; Hardcover; Spine, red with gold print; Boards in red cloth with gold print, slight warping, but clean and strong; Text block has date in ink on front flyleaf, else clean and tight; “A Purnell de luxe classic”— facing title page; 178 pages, frontispiece, illustrated (b&w and color plates). More
Woodbridge: D.S. Brewer, 1992. Second Edition. Octavo; G+ Paperback; Red and Gray spine with White text; Covers have some edgewear, some shelfwear, bending to corners; Textblock has bending to top corner of many pages, gray mark along bottom corner of pages; 184 pp. More
Munich: Georg W. Dietrich, 1913. Quarto in dark pink cloth hardcovers with vinyl cover; gold and black gilt on covers; moderate soiling; strong binding; title page slightly soiled and repaired with scotch tape; illustrations on white glossy paper; text in Gothic letters; in German; pp. 95; DC consignment; please contact us for shipping costs. Shelved Rockville (Sally's room). More
London: The Burton Club, n.d. [1920]. Special edition. Octavos in black hardcovers with silver gilt; VG; good binding and minimal soiling; frontispiece color illustration in each volume; deckle edges; text clean; about 250 pages each; shelved above oversized art books; please contact us for shipping costs. More
Cambridge: The University Press, 1952. Octavo; G/Fair-; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine, tan with faint red print; DJ is blue with red and blue print, portion at front top spine corner torn away, tears at spine ends and flap corners, tears and chipping across top edge, toning to spine and peripheral toning; Boards in blue cloth with gold print, toning to bottom edge and to front top spine corner, wear to corners and spine caps; Text block has name stamp on front flyleaf, toning to endpapers, puckering to frontispiece and single interior plate, age-toning to paper; xvii, 365 pages, frontispiece, illustrated (b&w). More
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1988. Quarto; pp 125; VG-/G-; black spine with ivory text; full title: Historical Atlas of World Mythology, Vol. I: The Way of the Animal Powers; Part 1: Mythologies of the Primitive Hunters and Gatherers; odd volume; dust jacket shows moderate rubbing to exterior; minor wear to edges; small closed tears to rear; light toning to flaps; cloth shows light shelf wear to exterior; strong boards; text block has light wear to exterior edges; frontispiece; interior clean; profusely illustrated. More
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1989. Quarto; pp 251; VG-/G-; black spine with ivory text; full title: Historical Atlas of World Mythology, Vol. II: The Way of the Seeded Earth; Part 2: Mythologies of the Primitive Planters: The Northern Americas; odd volume; dust jacket shows moderate rubbing to exterior; minor wear to edges; small closed tears to rear; light toning to flaps; cloth shows light shelf wear to exterior; strong boards; text block has light wear to exterior edges; frontispiece; interior clean; profusely illustrated. More
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1989. Quarto; pp 387; VG/G-; black spine with ivory text; full title: Historical Atlas of World Mythology, Vol. II: The Way of the Seeded Earth; Part 3: Mythologies of the Primitive Planters: The Middle and Southern Americas; odd volume; dust jacket shows moderate rubbing and scratches to exterior; minor wear to edges; lightly toned flaps; cloth shows light shelf wear to exterior; lightly sunned edges; strong boards; text block has light wear to exterior edges; frontispiece; interior clean; profusely illustrated. More
New York: D. Appleton and Co, 1841. Octavo. VG/no DJ - hardback. Brown spine with gold text/title; top of the spine is cracked with some of the inner lining exposed; boards are strong and mostly clean with mild edgewear; binding is strong; textblock is age-toned but otherwise clean. Pp. 283. More
London: James Fraser, 1841. First Edition. Small octavo, 303 pages; VG; bound in brown leather with six-band embossed spine and gold gilt; rebacked with spine preserved; boards with double gilt rule, board edges with single gilt roll; marbled end pages; strong binding; first few pages with slight browning around spine; text and paper clean; includes lectures on Islam, the Reformation, Cromwell; GP consignment; shelved in Case 3. More
Seoul: Borim Publishing Co., 1995. Thin Large Octavo; VG/VG-; light blue and green spine with black text; 2 volumes in one bound book; dust jacket has slight rubbing to exterior; cloth clean; straight boards; text block clean; frontispiece; tight binding; illustrated; unpaginated. More
New York: Walker And Company, 1966. Octavo; VG/G-Hardcover; Yellow and white spine with black text; Moderate shelf wear and age to dust jacket otherwise intact, rubbing along jacket surfaces; Moderate wear to bowed boards otherwise strong and clean, binding solid; dark age toned pages; Age toned text block exterior, text block clean; 272 pp. More
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1925. Octavo; Second printing; G+; Hardcover; Spine, blue with gold print; Boards in blue cloth with gold print, light wear to spine caps and corners, light shelfwear, else clean and strong; Text block has gilt top edge, inscription in ink on front pastedown, else clean and tight; xxxi, 545 pages, illustrated (b&w plates, folded map tipped in at rear endpapers). More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1957. Octavo; G-; Hardcover; Spine, yellow with brown print; Boards in yellow cloth, illustrated pastedown on front, wear to spine caps and corners, toning to spine, cocked spine, small surface tears to pastedown, light smudging/shelfwear; Text block has yellow tinted top edge, inscription in ink on half-title page, cracked front hinge, clean text; 362 pages, illustrated (9 color plates). More
New York: Rinehart & Co., 1952. Octavo; G/G; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine, tan with tan and black print; DJ has peripheral tanning including spine, small tears at spine ends and flap corners, mild shelfwear; Boards quarter bound with tan cloth to spine and grey cloth to boards, red print on spine, mild wear to corners and spine caps; Text block has bookplate on half-title page, mild age-toning to endpapers and pages, else clean and tight; 329 pages, illustrated (b&w). More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1989. First Edition, First Printing. Small Quarto; VG/VG-; white spine with black and green text; first edition; first printing; dust jacket has light foxing to exterior; cloth clean; strong boards; text block clean; frontispiece; interior clean; illustrated; signed by author. More
Buenos Aires: Editorial Guillermo Kraft, 1953. Limited edition. Octavo; Limited edition 4816/5200; G; Paperback; Spine, tan with brown print; Cover has taped spine, toning to spine, edgewear to oversized cover, mild smudging; Text block has spotting to fore edge, else clean and tight; Text in Spanish; 379 pages, illustrated (b&w plates). More
n.p. Silesian Publishing, 1989. Octavo; G/G; white/yellow/blue/green pictorial spine with black text; dust jacket has modest exterior wear; minor edge wear; cloth has slight shelf wear to exterior; rubbed corners; mildly cocked spine; text block edges show mild tone; interior clean; pictorial endpapers; frontispiece; gift inscription to title page; illustrated; interior clean; pp 181; text in Polish. More
UK: Stephen Austin, 1854. Assumed First English Language. Quarto in green cloth, VG, title in white on spine. Shelf wear, soiling to boards. Gutter cracked. Age toning to text block, text clean. Some foxing, especially to endpapers. Former owner's name inked on title page. 850 pages. Shelved in India section. More
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1989. Octavo; VG-/G+; black spine with beige text; dust jacket has slight smudges to exterior; cloth shows minimal wear to exterior; lightly splayed boards; text block edges lightly foxed; mild smudges to ffep; tight binding; illustrated; pp 338. More
London, Copenhagen, Stockholm: The Norroena Society, 1905. 20/650. Octavo; pp 618; G-/no-DJ; navy blue spines with gilt text; 2 volumes; ex-library; limited Viking edition, this is no. 20 of 650; cloths have moderate sunning to exteriors; wear showing to spine edges and fore corners; noticeable rubbing to exteriors; strong boards; library markings to spines; text blocks show slight soiling to exterior edges; slightly age toned fore edges; ffeps missing in both volumes; some minor chipping to fore edges of first few pages; ex-library with library markings to few early pages; library pouches to rear pastedowns; library bookplate to front pastedowns; bookplate remnants to verso of title page of vol. 2; frontispieces with tissue guards; cracking to frontispiece near gutter in vol. 2, as is. More
Philadelphia: 1916. Octavo; VG/Hardcover; Cream spine with gold text; Copy 3 out of 600, privately printed, heavy rubbing, light marks and blemishes along exterior surfaces of boards otherwise strong; Binding intact,deckled page edges; Age toning to text block exterior, text block clean; 107 pp. More
London: Oxford University Press, 1967. Octavo; VG-/G Hardcover w/ Dustjacket; Pale Yellow spine with Black text; Dustjacket has some edgewear, slight shelfwear, sunning to spine, small closed tear along tail edge of front cover, small open tears at corners; Boards strong, some edgewear, slight shelfwear; Textblock clean; 240 pp. More
![THE LISPING GODDESS. A FIGUREHEAD FANTASY [SIGNED]. William Flint Russell](/pictures/thumb/1256971.jpg?v=1614630360)
Worcester, England: Privately Printed for the Author, 1968. Special Limited Edition (#39/240). Tall quarto in hand-bound morocco with deep blue spine in moire case; VG/VG; slight shelf wear on case; hand-sewn book has deckle edges; moire end pages; hand-made paper; two water colors of Neptune designed in author's studio; contains lead pencil studies and drawings of more than 32 inspirations for figureheads; shelved case 11; please contact us for shipping costs. More
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London: MacMillan and Co., Limited, 1919. First Edition, Second Printing. Octavo, three volumes; VG-; full bindings of forest green cloth; spines with gilt lettering; mild shelf wear and soiling; some scuffing to covers; small closed tears at heads and tails of spines; bindings shaken; uncut pages throughout; pages clean; shelved above Middle East A-F. More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1905. Octavo; Fair+/no DJ; Hardcover w/out DJ; Spine, brown with gold print; Boards in brown cloth, spine caps torn away, tears to front bottom and rear top of spine hinges, worn, exposed corners, blemishes and slight puckering to cloth on front and rear, shelfwear; Text block has cracked hinges in front and rear, intermittent spine breaks, name in ink on front flyleaf, mild tanning to endpapers, mild age-toning to paper; xi, 309 pages. More
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, Publishers, 1979. Quarto; unpaginated; G+; pink/green pictorial spine with black text; no jacket; cloth has some wear to corners; clean exterior; strong boards; text block show little wear to exterior edges; interior clean; pictorial endpapers; frontispiece; previous owner's name to front endpaper; profusely illustrated. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Publisher, 1973. First Edition. Octavo; pp 354; VG-/G; yellow spine with red text; dust jacket shows lightly sunfaded spine; mild soiling to exterior; price clipped front flap; mylar wraps; cloth has wear to exterior; slight rubbing to edges; text block has light foxing to exterior edges; frontispiece; interior clean; previous owner's bookplate to ffep; deckled fore edge;. More
London: J. and R. Tonson and J. Watts, 1746. Sixth edition. Octavo, 194pp. Hardcover in VG- condition. Rebacked with new spine and end-papers. Bumping and shelf-wear. Moderate rubbing and abrasions to original boards. Mild foxing throughout text. Slight offsetting of engravings on facing pages. Binding is sturdy. TJ CONSIGNMENT. Spine is tan leather with gilt text and green accent on raised bands. More
London: Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, 1810. Fourth edition. 10mo in dark brown leather; six-band spine with gold gilt; VG; moderate shelf wear and soiling; previous owner's initials on ffep; frontispiece engraving and vignettes throughout; age-toned paper; text in tight print; pp. 247; shelved in Case # 3; GP consignment. More
