Charles Agvent

TRAVELS IN THE CONFEDERATE STATES. A Bibliography

COULTER, E. Merton · 0

$56.30 (€51.08 | £42.61 | ¥8,988)

Norman (OK). University of Oklahoma Press. First Edition. Second Printing. Red cloth in dustwrapper. Detailed descriptions of first-hand accounts by travelers through the South in the Civil War period.. Fine in a Very Good dustwrapper

WESTWARD HO!

KINGSLEY, Charles · 1947

$93.80 (€85.10 | £71.00 | ¥14,974)

New York. Limited Editions Club. Two quarto (7" x 10-1/2") volumes bound in half canvas stamped in red, black, and gold leaf with a design by Edward Wilson, and green paper sides bearing a two-color drawing. Introduction by John Winterich. Copy #1420 of 1500 numbered copies il...

THE SIR ROGER DE COVERLEY PAPERS FROM THE SPECTATOR, LONDON: 1711-1712

ADDISON, Joseph; STEELE, Richard; and BUDGELL, Eustace · 1945

$56.30 (€51.08 | £42.61 | ¥8,988)

New York. Limited Editions Club. Octavo (6" x 9-1/4") attractively bound in full glazed chintz boards. Illustrations by Gordon Ross hand-colored by Charlize Brakeley; designed by Richard Ellis. Copy #1420 of 1500 SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page.. Gordon Ross. Spine d...

MADAME BOVARY

FLAUBERT, Gustave · 1938

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.61 | ¥19,955)

Zurich. Limited Editions Club. Octavo (5-1/2" x 8-5/8") bound in semi-flexible full yellow Swiss silk with a gold-stamped green leather spine label. Introduction by Andre Maurois. Designed and illustrated with watercolors by Gunter Bohmer; printed and bound by Fretz Freres. Co...

TROILUS AND CRESSIDA

CHAUCER, Geoffrey · 1939

$93.80 (€85.10 | £71.00 | ¥14,974)

London. Limited Editions Club. Tall quarto (7-1/2" x 12-1/4") bound in quarter white rough natural linen and pale green boards decorated with a coat of arms on the front cover. Chaucer's classic verse romance has been rendered into modern English verse by G. P. Krapp. Designed...

A SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY THROUGH FRANCE AND ITALY

STERNE, Laurence · 1936

$218.80 (€198.51 | £165.61 | ¥34,928)

High Wycombe, England. Limited Editions Club. Small folio (9-1/8" x 11-1/2") bound in full tan buckram stamped in blue, red, and gold. Hand-set in Bunyan type designed by Eric Gill and first used in this book. Illustrated with 8 ORIGINAL ETCHINGS by Gill's son-in-law Denis Teg...

REPORT OF THE FISH COMMISSIONERS OF THE STATE OF PENNYSLVANIA FOR THE YEAR 1903

1903

$312.50 (€283.52 | £236.54 | ¥49,886)

[Harrisburg, PA]. Wm. Stanley Ray. First Edition. Publisher's red cloth (6" x 9-1/4"); 124 pages. Illustrated with 18 color plates and numerous B&W plates. Sticker of an assemblyman of the PA House of Representatives on the front pastedown. Uncommon.. Contents quite clean with...

AMERICAN FICTION 1851-1875. A Contribution toward a Bibliography

WRIGHT, Lyle H · 1965

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

San Marino, CA. The Huntington Library. First Edition. Second Printing with additions and corrections.. Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper with uneven sunning

AMERICAN FICTION 1774-1850. A Contribution toward a Bibliography

WRIGHT, Lyle H · 1969

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

San Marino, CA. The Huntington Library. Second Revised Edition. Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper

BOOK COLLECTING. A Comprehensive Guide. 1995 Edition

AHEARN, Allen and Patricia · 0

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

New York. G. P. Putnam's Sons. First Edition. Expanded to include the works of more than 5000 authors showing values over a two-decade span and full of useful information.. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper

THE VOICE OF THE CITY AND OTHER STORIES

HENRY, O · 1935

$468.80 (€425.33 | £354.84 | ¥74,838)

New York. Limited Editions Club. Quarto (7-1/2" x 10-1/2") bound in black buckram. Selected with an introduction by Clifton Fadiman. Copy #354 of 1500 illustrated with 21 full-page color plates and line drawings by George Grosz and SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page.. G...

A SHORT-TITLE CHECK LIST OF ALL THE BOOKS, PAMPHLETS, BROADSIDES, &C., KNOWN TO HAVE BEEN PRINTED BY BENJAMIN FRANKLIN A Contribution Toward a Complete Bibliography of Franklin Imprints

[FRANKLIN, Benjamin] CAMPBELL, William J · 1918

$31.30 (€28.40 | £23.69 | ¥4,997)

Philadelphia. The Curtis Publishing Company. First Edition. Printed wraps, string-tied (8-1/2" x 11"); [ii], 185-333 pages.. Soiling and chipping to cover, contents Very Good

WINE INTO WORDS. A History and Bibliography of Wine Books in the English Language

GABLER, James M · 0

$43.80 (€39.74 | £33.15 | ¥6,992)

Baltimore. Bacchus Press Ltd. First Edition. Cloth; xiv, 403 pages including index. Over 3200 entries with biographical sketches of prominent wine writers and hundreds of wine facts that span thousands of years.. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper

FOOD AND DRINK THROUGH THE AGES 2500 B. C. to 1937 A. D. A Catalogue of Antiquities, Manuscripts Books, and Engravings Treating of Cookery Eating and Drinking, Including Books from the Library and with the Bookplate of Robert Viel, the Famous Paris Restauranteur

[COOKERY] · 1937

$43.80 (€39.74 | £33.15 | ¥6,992)

London. Maggs Bros. Ltd.. First Edition. Pictorial wraps (7" x 9-1/2"); more than 200 pages including Language, Subject, and Author indexes. Illustrated.. Covers a little soiled. Very Good

AT THE SIGN OF THE QUEEN PÉDAUQUE

FRANCE, Anatole · 1933

$31.30 (€28.40 | £23.69 | ¥4,997)

Chicago. Limited Editions Club. Large quarto (9-1/4" x 11-1/2") in full decorated blue linen. Printed by the Lakeside Press. Translated by Wilfrid Jackson with an introduction by Ernest Boyd and a prefatory note by the author. Illustrated with twenty full-page and two smaller-...

THE DIAL, August 1922, Original wraps

LAWRENCE, D. H.; YEATS, W. B.; CUMMINGS, E. E.; DAVIS, Stuart; HESSE, Herman; et. al · 1922

$62.50 (€56.70 | £47.31 | ¥9,977)

(New York). (Dial Publishing). First Edition. Volume LXXIII, Number 2. Original printed salmon wraps. Contains contributions by D. H. Lawrence (section of THE FOX), W. B. Yeats (section of MORE MEMORIES), and others. Illustrations by E. E. Cummings, Stuart Davis, and others. U...

ELEGY WRITTEN IN A COUNTRY CHURCH-YARD

GRAY, Thomas (Agnes Miller PARKER) · 1938

$375.00 (€340.23 | £283.84 | ¥59,864)

London. Limited Editions Club. Small quarto (7" x 10") bound in forest green buckram with a relief design stamped in silver on the front cover, 92 pages. Beautifully illustrated with 32 full-page wood engravings by Agnes Miller Parker sketched in the very same country church-y...

THE CANTERBURY TALES

CHAUCER, Geoffrey · 0

$250.00 (€226.82 | £189.23 | ¥39,909)

New York. Limited Editions Club. Large octavo bound in original white morocco-grained sheepskin-backed decorated boards. Designed by George Macy with decorated initials and headings by Charles E. Skaggs and illustrated with full-page color plates by Arthur Szyk. Copy #1420 of ...

THE BALLAD OF READING GAOL

WILDE, Oscar · 1937

$106.30 (€96.44 | £80.46 | ¥16,969)

New York. Limited Editions Club. Quarto (7-1/2" x 11") bound in full granite-gray sheepskin leather embossed to resemble a jail cell wall; 76 pages. Copy #473 of 1500 illustrated with 8 full-page ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPHS by Zhenya Gay and SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page....

THE MAN WITHOUT A COUNTRY

HALE, Edward Everett · 1936

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.85 | ¥7,982)

New York. Limited Editions Club. Octavo (7" x 10") bound in full terra-cotta leather with a blind embossed design of North America without the United States on the front cover and gold-stamped on the spine. Printed on hand-made paper. Introduction by Carl Van Doren. Illustrate...