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Image for Libro de Refranes Copilado por el orden del A.B.C En el cual le contienen Quatro mil y trescientos refranes. El mas copioso que hasta hoy ha salido impreso

Libro de Refranes Copilado por el orden del A.B.C En el cual le contienen Quatro mil y trescientos refranes. El mas copioso que hasta hoy ha salido impreso

By: N/A

Price: $240.00

Publisher: Zaragoza, 1917

Seller ID: 4363

Condition: Very Good

One of only 101 copies. This elegantly bound in half green mottled calf with fading to spine.
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Skrifter av Albert EngstrÃ¶m 8 Vol

By: Albert EngstrÃ¶m

Price: $170.00

Publisher: Stockholm, Albert Bonniers FÃ¶rlag: 1945

Seller ID: 4626

Condition: Very Good

Half brown calf over marbled boards. Gilt particulars to spine; top edge gilt. 8 Vol set: Ã„ventyr och Hugskott, 166pp; En Konstig Blandning, 225pp; Ur Mina Memoarer och Annat, 211pp; Mitt Liv och Leverne,196pp; Ã…t HÃ¤cklefjÃ¤ll minnen frÃ¥n en IslandsfÃ¤rd, 171pp; Min 5te Bok BerÃ¤ttelser och StÃ¤mingar, 168pp; Vid en Milstolpe, 249pp; Mot AftonglÃ¶den, 344pp. 5.25 x 7.5 in.
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The Adventures of Johnny Newcome in the Navy; A poem in four cantos: with plates by Rowlandson, from the author's designs

By: Alfred Burton

Price: $580.00

Publisher: London, W. Simpkin and R. Marshall: 1818

Seller ID: 5358

Condition: Very Good+

Fine example of Riviere and Son binding in exceptional condition (see image). Full deep red morocco with gilt rule to boards; 5 raised bands and intricate gilt detailing to spine. Gilt ruled edges; intricate inner dentelles; all edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Frontispiece (with tissue guard) and 15 aquatint hors-texte plates throughout. Includes an advertisement page after title page stating this book would have been released earlier, but "impediments" and the plates delayed its release. There is also included a section for Notes and Errata. Without previous owners' names or other mark...
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The Romance of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table Abridged from Malory's Morte D'Arthur by Alfred W. Pollard

By: Alfred W. Pollard

Price: $200.00

Publisher: London, Macmillan and Co., Limited: 1917

Seller ID: 4617

Condition: Very Good

Full blue cloth; gilt particulars to front and spine. 6 color plates. Scratch to spine (see image). Occasional foxing, otherwise nice copy without previous owners' names or markings. 509pp. 7 x 8.5 in
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Image for [Works - 31 Volumes] Autobiography; Doctor Thorne; The Warden; Framely Parsonage; Small House at Allington; The Last Chronicle of Barset; The Duke's Children; The Prime Minister; Barchester Towers; Orley Farm; Eustace Diamonds; Phineas Redux; Can You Forgive Her

[Works - 31 Volumes] Autobiography; Doctor Thorne; The Warden; Framely Parsonage; Small House at Allington; The Last Chronicle of Barset; The Duke's Children; The Prime Minister; Barchester Towers; Orley Farm; Eustace Diamonds; Phineas Redux; Can You Forgive Her

By: Anthony Trollope

Price: $3,500.00

Publisher: New York, Dodd, Mead and Company: 1904-1906

Seller ID: 5352

Condition: Very Good

Complete set of 31 volumes as issued up to 1906. Half maroon morocco over marbled boards with gilt rule and 5 raised bands and gilt particulars to spine. Top edge gilt; marbled endpapers; white silk ribbons present. Each volume contains a frontispiece with tissue guard. Samuel Mather ex-libris plate present to front paste-down in each volume. Complete listing of titles: Autobiography; Doctor Thorne (2 vol.); The Warden; Framely Parsonage (2 vol.); Small House at Allington (3 vol.); The Last Chronicle of Barset (3 vol.); The Duke's Children (3 vol.); The Prime Minister (3 vol.); Barchester Towe...
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The Pirate, and The Three Cutters [In fine binding] Illustrated with Twenty Splendid Engravings, from drawings by Clarkson Stanfield

By: Captain (Frederick) Marryat

Price: $350.00

Publisher: London, Henry G. Bohn: n.d. (c. 1851-1861)

Seller ID: 5371

Condition: Very Good

Beautiful binding by Hersant in full midnight blue morocco; 5 raised bands and intricate gilt detailing to spine, with brown morocco label. Rolled gilt edges; interior gilt dentelles; marbled endpapers; all edges gilt. Cerulean blue silk ribbon present. Hors textes plates throughout with guards present. Without previous owners' names or other markings. 362 pp. 6 x 9 inches.
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Works of Charles Dickens (30 Volume set -- Complete)

By: Charles Dickens

Price: $900.00

Publisher: London, Chapman & Hall, Ltd.: c. 1861-1874

Seller ID: 5300

Condition: Good

Half morocco over marbled boards with gilt particulars to boards and spine. 5 raised bands. Marbled edges. Hors texts plates throughout. Binding tight, but some boards very weak. Staining to some spines (see image), and general wear to board edges. 30 Volumes. Titles include: Pickwick Papers, Nicholas Nickleby, Martin Chuzzlewit, Old Curiosity Shop, Barnaby Rudge, Hard Times, Sketches by Boz, Oliver Twist, Dombey and Son, David Copperfield, Pictures from Italy American Notes, Bleak House, Little Dorrit, Christmas Books, Tale of Two Cities, Great Expectations, Our Mutual Friend, Great Expectati...
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The Poor Traveller: Boots at the Holly-Tree Inn: and Mrs. Gamp.

By: Charles Dickens

Price: $200.00

Publisher: London, Bradbury & Evans: 1858

Seller ID: 5356

Condition: Very Good

Bound by Jeffries and Sons, Bristol with their label to rear pastedown. Full red morocco with gilt rule and intricate detailing; 5 raised bands; all edges gilt. Gilt rolled edges; gilt inner dentelles; marbled endpapers. Original wraps were not included. 114 pp. 4 x 6 1/4 inches. First Edition.
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Image for Obras Completas de Don Francisco Quevedo Villegas EdiciÃ³n CrÃtica, Ordenada Ã© Ilustrada por D. Aureliano FernÃ¡ndez-Guerra y Orbe de la Real Academia EspaÃ±ola - 3 Volume Set Con Notas y Adiciones de D. Marcelino MenÃ©ndez y Pelayo

Obras Completas de Don Francisco Quevedo Villegas EdiciÃ³n CrÃtica, Ordenada Ã© Ilustrada por D. Aureliano FernÃ¡ndez-Guerra y Orbe de la Real Academia EspaÃ±ola - 3 Volume Set Con Notas y Adiciones de D. Marcelino MenÃ©ndez y Pelayo

By: Don Francisco Quevedo Villegas

Price: $430.00

Publisher: 1897, Impr. de E. Rasco: 1897, 1903, 1907

Seller ID: 3314

Condition: Very Good

Three Volume Set. Publisher's original wrappers bound in quarter morocco. Gilt particulars and decorations to spine, five raised bands, marbled end papers, deckled edges. Luis Bardon, Madrid, bookplate to front paste-down. Vol. I: 591 pp., Vol II: 400 pp., Vol. III: 458 pp.; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail.
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Image for The Chronicles of Enguerrand de Monstrelet: (Two Volumes) containing an account of the cruel civil wars between the houses of Orleans and Burgundy; of the possession of Paris and Normandy by the English; their expulsion thence; and of other memorable events that happened in the kingdom of France, as well as in o

The Chronicles of Enguerrand de Monstrelet: (Two Volumes) containing an account of the cruel civil wars between the houses of Orleans and Burgundy; of the possession of Paris and Normandy by the English; their expulsion thence; and of other memorable events that happened in the kingdom of France, as well as in o

By: Enguerrand de Monstrelet; Thomas Johnes (Translator)

Price: $280.00

Publisher: New York, George Routledge And Sons: 1865

Seller ID: 4945

2 volumes (xxxvi, 640, xvi, 552 pages): illustrations . Marbled boards & endsheets. Half red morocco. Top edge gilt, others deckle. Previous owners name sprawled on front page. 7 x 10.5 in.
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Sitten-Lehre [Sittenlehre] der Heiligen Schrift Siebenter Theil (7th Volume)

By: Johann Lorenz von Mosheim, Johann Peter Miller

Price: $100.00

Publisher: Halle und Helmstadt: 1765

Seller ID: 5278

Condition: Very Good

Half vellum over hand-colored boards. Gothic German text throughout. Losses to board paper and some light soiling. 24, 697 pp. 7 1/4 x 8 3/4 inches.
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The Works of Joseph Conrad (20 Volume set - Complete) SIGNED

By: Joseph Conrad

Price: $4,800.00

Publisher: London, William Heinemann: 1921

Seller ID: 5334

Condition: Very Good

Signed by Conrad to limitation page. "This edition of the works of Joseph Conrad, printed from type that has been distributed, is limited to 780 sets, of which 750 are for sale and 30 for presentation. This is No. 46." Deep blue half morocco over blue cloth boards with gilt rule and 5 raised bands and gilt particulars to spine. Top edge gilt' others deckle. Titles include: Almayer's Folly; Victory; Chance; Youth; Notes on Life and Letters; A Set of Six; Under Western Eyes; The Shadow-Line; Lord Jim; The Nigger of the "Narcissus"; Romance; Nostromo; An Outcast of the Islands; Th...
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The Novels and other Writings of Lyof N. Tolstoi (Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy) (Leo Tolstoy) - 24 volumes In a Stikeman binding.

By: Leo Tolstoy ( Lyof N. Tolstoi)

Price: $6,500.00

Publisher: New York, Charles Scribner's Sons: 1903-1904

Seller ID: 5532

Half green morocco with gilt rule to boards and gilt particulars to spine; 5 raised bands. Bound by Stikeman. Top edge gilt; deckled edges. Number 11 of only 150 copies. 24 volumes.
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Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There, 50 illustrations; Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, 42 illustrations;

By: Lewis Carroll

Price: $1,500.00

Publisher: London, Macmillan and Co., Limited: 1924-1925

Seller ID: 5350

Condition: Very Good

Beautiful midnight blue full grained morocco with gilt ruling and illustration to boards, as well as 5 raised bands with gilt particulars and two labels to spine; gilt rolled edges. Gilt inner dentelles;marbled endpapers; all edges gilt. Housed in marbled slipcase. General wear to slipcase (see image). No previous owners' names or other markings. TTLG: xi, 228 pp.; AAIW: 200 pp. 4 x 6 inches.
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Image for Life in London; or the Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorn, Esq. and Corinthian Tom, Accompanied by Bob Logic, The Oxonian, in their Rambles and Sprees through Metropolis.

Life in London; or the Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorn, Esq. and Corinthian Tom, Accompanied by Bob Logic, The Oxonian, in their Rambles and Sprees through Metropolis.

By: Pierce Egan (Illustrators: Geroge Cruikshank and I. R. Cruikshank)

Price: $300.00

Publisher: London, n.d.

Seller ID: 5311

Condition: Good

First edition, second issue. Lacking binding, therefore loose signatures. 36 hand-colored hors textes plates. Includes fold-out sheet music. xvi, 376 pp. 6 1/4 x 9 3/4 inches.
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Troisieme Partie Des Fameux Voyages de Pietro della Valle, gentil-homme romain, surnommÃ© l'Illustre Voyageur, avec un dÃ©nombrement trÃ¨s-exact des choses les plus curieuses, & les plus remarquables qu'il a veuÃ«s dans la Turquie, l'Ã‰gypte, la Palestine, la Perse, & les Inde

By: Pietro Della Valle

Price: $250.00

Publisher: Paris, Chez Gervais Clouzier: 1663

Seller ID: 5047

Condition: Fair

Full brown calf; gilt particulars to spine. 5 raised bands. Red edges. Separated hinges, boards still attached (see image). Bookworm marks on boards and worming throughout pages (see image). Water stain to first pages, without text obstruction. Fair third volume copy without previous owners' names or markings. [xii], 649, [xix] pp. 7.25 x 9.7 in. 18.5 x 24.5 cm
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Les Oraisons Amoureuses de Jeanne Aurelie Grivolin. Lyonnaise. Illustrations d'Esperance. Artist's copy.

By: Roger Pillet

Price: $250.00

Publisher: Paris, Editions Du Moustie: 1948

Seller ID: 3726

Condition: Very Good

Half red morocco over marbled paper. Some wear along edges. Gilt decorations and particulars to spine. Marbled endpapers. Artist's copy with black and white suite of plates including four surpressed plates to rear of book. Signed in pencil by artist at bottom of liitations page. Previous owner's inked notation to top right of title page. Stain to bottom margins of blank front fly and verso of p [159] not affecting text or images. Otherwise, a nice clean copy. ; 8vo ; [158] pages; Signed by Illustrator; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail.
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Works of Rudyard Kipling (Signed Seven Seas Edition) - 23 Volumes

By: Rudyard Kipling

Price: $1,200.00

Publisher: New York, Doubleday, Page & Company: 1913-1915

Seller ID: 5333

Condition: Very Good

Signed by Kipling. Half green morocco (reverted to brown on spine) over green cloth boards with gilt rule and particulars to spine; 5 raised bands; marbled endpapers; top edge gilt. Printed on paper with "R * K" watermarks (where * represents a swastika) "The Seven Seas edition of the Works of Rudyard Kipling is limited to one thousand and fifty numbered copies of which this is no. 356." Occasional wear to boards throughout. Titles include: Plain Tales from the Hills; Soldiers Three and Other Stories; Wee Willie Winkie under the Deodars, The Phantom Rickshaw; From Sea to Sea (2...
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Image for SprichwÃ¶rter, schÃ¶ne weise KlÃ¼gredenn, darinnen Teutscher und anderer Spraachen HÃ¶fflicheit, Zier, hÃ¶hste Vernunfft und Klugheit; was auch zu ewiger und zeitlicher Weissheit, Tugent, Kunst, und Wesen dient, gespÃ¼rt, und begriftett, von alten unnd newen im brauch gehabt, und beschriben, in etliche Tausant zusamen bracht.

SprichwÃ¶rter, schÃ¶ne weise KlÃ¼gredenn, darinnen Teutscher und anderer Spraachen HÃ¶fflicheit, Zier, hÃ¶hste Vernunfft und Klugheit; was auch zu ewiger und zeitlicher Weissheit, Tugent, Kunst, und Wesen dient, gespÃ¼rt, und begriftett, von alten unnd newen im brauch gehabt, und beschriben, in etliche Tausant zusamen bracht.

By: Sebastian Franck

Price: $950.00

Publisher: Frankfurt am Main, Christian Egenolff: 1565

Seller ID: 5134

[30] leaves, 392 leaves 11 x 16.8 cm. Handsome full goat with brass furniture. Lacking clasps; hinges quite loose; nonetheless a fine example of sixteenth century German binding. Bookplate of prominent proverb collector Lt. Colonel V. S. M.de Guinzbourg to front fly; inscription of Jacob Prager to pastedown. Title in red & Black; intricate tailpiece below colophon; full page printer's device to verso of last leaf.
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The Novels of Tobias Smollett Large Paper Edition in Eleven (11) Volumes (Complete)

By: Tobias Smollett

Price: $1,850.00

Publisher: Oxford (Boston & New York), Houghton Mifflin Company: 1926

Seller ID: 5360

Condition: Very Good

Half Riverside green morocco with gilt rule over light green cloth boards. 5 raised bands with gilt particulars; silk ribbons present; top edge gilt; others deckle. Limited to 500 numbered copies printed from type, this being No. 10. Illustrated by reproductions in collotype made by Mr. Emery Walker from proof copies of Cruikshank's etchings preserved in the print room of the British Museum; hors-texte plates with tissue guards. Titles are: Roderick Random (2 vol.), Peregrine Pickle (4 vol.), Count Fathom (2 vol.), Sir Lancelot Greaves; and, The History and Adventures of an Atom (1 vol.), and ...
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Category: European Literature