Boston Book Company

Eighteenth Century

LACROIX, Paul · 1876

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.61 | ¥19,955)

1876. LACROIX, Paul. THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. Its institutions, customs and costumes. France 1700-1789. New York: Scribner, Wellford and Armstrong, 1876. Illustrated with 21 chromolithographs and 351 wood engravings. 8vo. ful leather stamped in gilt, all edges gilt. A good copy...

Language of Flowers

GREENAWAY, Kate · 1884

$150.00 (€136.09 | £113.54 | ¥23,945)

1884. GREENAWAY, Kate. LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway. London: George Routledge and Sons, (1884). Printed in Colours by Edmund Evans. First edition. 16mo. white paper covered boards (imitation morocco) ruled and lettered in gilt, all edges gilt. A good copy...

Old Silver and Old Sheffield Plate

OKIE, Howard Pitcher · 1949

$150.00 (€136.09 | £113.54 | ¥23,945)

1949. OKIE, Howard Pitcher. OLD SILVER AND OLD SHEFFIELD PLATE. A history of the silversmith's art in Great Britain and Ireland, with reproductions in facsimile of about thirteen thousand marks. With twelve full-page illustrations. Garden: Doubleday and Co. 1949. 4to. black cl...

A Little Order

WAUGH, Evelyn · 1977

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,789)

1977. WAUGH, Evelyn. A LITTLE ORDER. A selection from his journalism. Edited by Donat Gallagher. Boston (etc.): Little, Brown and Company, (1977). First American edition. 8vo, red cloth. Near fine; in the dust jacket, with minor edgewear. .

Book of Good Dinners for My Friend

COOKBOOK · 1914

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.61 | ¥19,955)

1914. (COOKBOOK). A BOOK OF GOOD DINNERS FOR MY FRIEND, or "what to have for dinner". By Fanny Merritt Farmer. New York: Dodge Publishing Co. (1914). 8vo. printed paper wrappers. A fine copy, clean and bright, in the original glassine dust wrapper and publisher's illustrtaed b...

Footprints of Assurance

BULAU, Alwin E. · 1953

$150.00 (€136.09 | £113.54 | ¥23,945)

1953. BULAU, Alwin E. FOOTPRINTS OF ASSURANCE. New York: The Macmillan Co. 1953. First edition. A comprehensive and complete record of fire marks used by fire insurance companies in sixty-three countries. 4to. blue cloth stamped in giilt, spine in gilt. Illustrated throughout....

Oud-Nederlandsche Majolica En Delftsch Aardwerk

MAJOLICA · 1947

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.61 | ¥19,955)

1947. (MAJOLICA). OUD-NEDERLANDSCHE MAJOLICA EN DELFTSCH AARDWERK. Een ontwikkelingsgeschiedenis van omstreeks. Door Jonkvrouwe Dr. C.H. De Jonge. Amsterdam: Scheltema en Holkema, 1947. 4to. blue cloth, spine in gilt, illustrated throughout. A very good copy that shows some li...

Wedgwood

MANKOWITZ, Wolf · 1953

$175.00 (€158.77 | £132.46 | ¥27,936)

1953. MANKOWITZ, Wolf. WEDGWOOD. London: B. T. Bansford Ltd. (1953). First edition. 4to. blue cloth, spine in gilt. Illustrated throughout. A very good copy that shows sunning at the spine and board perimeters, a few small perforations at the spine. .

Great Books and Book Collectors

BOOKS ON BOOKS · 1975

$60.00 (€54.44 | £45.42 | ¥9,578)

4975. (BOOKS ON BOOKS). GREAT BOOKS AND BOOK COLLECTORS By Alan G. Thomas. New York: Excalibur Books, (1975). Folio, yellow illustrated paper-covered boards. Illustrated throughout. A near fine copy in the dust jacket. .

Turn in the South

NAIPAUL, V. S. · 1989

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

1989. NAIPAUL, V. S. A TURN IN THE SOUTH. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1989. First trade edition. 8vo. blue cloth-backed boards. Fine, clean and neat, in dust jacket. .

Die Sammlung Oscar Huldschinsky

SALE CATALOGUE · 1928

$150.00 (€136.09 | £113.54 | ¥23,945)

1928. (SALE CATALOGUE). DIE SAMMLUNG OSCAR HULDSCHINSKY. Berlin: Paul Cassirer - Hugo Helbing, 1928. Large folio, creme paper-covered boards backed in white cloth, spine in gilt. Illustrated throughout with full page photgravures of this remarkable collection of fine art. A ve...

English Goldsmiths and Their Marks

JACKSON, Sir Charles J. · 1949

$135.00 (€122.48 | £102.18 | ¥21,551)

1949. JACKSON, Sir Charles J. ENGLISH GOLDSMITHS AND THEIR MARKS. A history of the goldsmiths and plate workers of England, Scotland and Ireland. London: B.T. Batsford Limited, (1949). Second edition. 4to. blue cloth stamped in gilt, spine in gilt. A very good copy that shows ...

Honda the Samurai

GRIFFIS, William Elliot · 1890

$180.00 (€163.31 | £136.25 | ¥28,735)

1890. GRIFFIS, William Elliot. HONDA THE SAMURAI. A Story of Modern Japan. Boston and Chicago: Congregational Sunday-School and Publishing Society, (1890). 8vo. red cloth decorated in black and gilt; 390pp. With a map and 6 plates. A bit worn, but still in generally good condi...

Prelude

WILSON, Edmund · 1967

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

1967. WILSON, Edmund. A PRELUDE. Landscapes, Characters and Conversations from the Earlier Years of My Life. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1967). First edition. Small 8vo. olive cloth. Bookplate to ffep. Slight sun to cloth. Near fine, in a chipped dust jacket with sligh...

Congress of Women

WORLD COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION · 1894

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.61 | ¥19,955)

1894. (WORLD COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION). THE CONGRESS OF WOMEN, held in the woman's building, World Columbian Exposition, Chicago, U.S.A. 1893. With portraits, biographies and addresses. Edited by Mary Kavanaugh Oldham Eagle, Chairman of the Committee on Congresses, of the Board of...

General History of the House of Guelph

HALLIDAY, ANDREW · 1821

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,973)

1821. HALLIDAY, Andrew. A GENERAL HISTORY OF THE HOUSE OF GUELPH, or Royal Family of Great Britain, from the earliest period in which the name appears upon record, to the accession of His Majesty King George the First to the throne. London: Thomas & George Underwood, 1821. Fir...

Colonial Clippers

LUBBOCK, Basil · 1921

$60.00 (€54.44 | £45.42 | ¥9,578)

1921. LUBBOCK, Basil. THE COLONIAL CLIPPERS. With illustrations and plans. Glasgow: James Brown and Son, 1921. Second edition. 8vo. blue cloth lettered in gilt. A very good copy that shows some soiling at the cloth and slight rubbing at the spine ends and extremities. Contempo...

Old Silver and Old Sheffield Plate

OKIE, Howard Pitcher · 1928

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.61 | ¥19,955)

1928. OKIE, Howard Pitcher. OLD SILVER AND OLD SHEFFIELD PLATE. A history of the silversmith's art in Great Britain and Ireland, with reproductions in facsimile of about thirteen thousand marks. With twelve full-page illustrations. Garden City: Doubleday, Doran and Co. 1928. F...

Angler's Souvenir

CHATTO, W.A. · 1870

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.61 | ¥19,955)

18. (CHATTO, W.A.) THE ANGLER'S SOUVENIR. By P. Fisher. A new edition, edited by Christopher Davies. With illustrations by Beckwith and Topham. London: Frederick Warne and Co. [n.d.], (c 1870's). Small 8vo. red cloth illustrated in black and gilt, spine in gilt, a.e.g. Profuse...

Edward Weston

WESTON, Edward · 1971

$65.00 (€58.97 | £49.20 | ¥10,376)

1971. WESTON, Edward. EDWARD WESTON. The Flame of Recognition. His Photographs accompanied by excerpts from the Daybooks & Letters. Edited by Nancy Newhall. New York: Grossman/Aperture, 1971. Large 8vo. terra cotta cloth; illustrated. Fine, in a slighlty soiled dust jacket wit...