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Three Letters from the Andes [Signed]

FERMOR, Patrick Leigh (1915-2011) · 1991

$274.00 (€248.60 | £207.40 | ¥43,754)

London John Murray First Edition First Printing, with drawings and illustrated dust jacket by John Craxton. 8vo: [10],118pp, with four black and white illustrations and a map of Peru. Publisher's blue cloth, spine stamped in gold, jacket priced £10.95. Signed by the author to...

The Geological Evidences of the Antiquity of Man with remarks on theories of the origin of species by variation

LYELL, Sir Charles (1797-1875) · 1863

$424.00 (€384.69 | £320.94 | ¥67,707)

London John Murray, Albemarle Street Early Reprint Thick 8vo: xvi,528pp, with two full-page wood-engraved plates and 58 figures in the text. Original green heavily embossed, pebble-grained cloth, upper cover with two gilt fossil vignettes, spine lettered in gilt, marbled end p...

[American Indians] Die Indianer Nord-Amerikas und die während eines achtjährigen Aufenthaltes unter den wildesten ihrer Stämme erlebten Abenteuer und Schicksale . . . mit 24 vom Verfaffer nach der Natur entworfenen Gemälden [Hand-Colored] [Letters and notes on the manners, customs, and condition of the North American Indians]

CATLIN, George (1796-1872) · 18461848

$2,374.00 (€2,153.91 | £1,796.93 | ¥379,097)

Brussels and Leipzig Carl Muquardt First Edition thus Translated into German by Dr. Heinrich Berghous. Imperial 8vo: x,[2],382pp, with 24 tissue-guarded hand-colored plates. Contemporary quarter calf, flat spine in five compartments, lettered and decorated in gilt, stamped in ...

A Bibliography of Henry James [Jacob Blanck's copy, presented by the authors]

EDEL, Leon, (1907-1997); LAURENCE, Dan H. · 1957

$274.00 (€248.60 | £207.40 | ¥43,754)

London Rupert Hart-Davis First Edition First Printing, one of only 1,000 copies. Rare Presentation Copy, inscribed by Laurence on front fly-leaf and signed by both Edel and Laurence to the great bibliographer Jacob Blanck, with typed postcard signed from Edel to Blanck laid in...

Orley Farm . . . With illustrations by J. E. Millais

TROLLOPE, Anthony (1815-1882) · 1862

$289.00 (€262.21 | £218.75 | ¥46,150)

London Chapman & Hall First Edition Complete in two octavo volume: viii,320; viii,320pp, with 40 full-page wood-engraved plates that Trollope considered the "best he had seen 'in any novel in any language.'" (Ray) Contemporary green polished half-calf spines in six compartment...

The military guide for young officers, containing a system of the art of war; Parade, Camp, Field Duty; Manoeuvres, Standing and General Orders; Warrants, Regulations, Returns; Tables, Forms, Extracts from Military Acts; Battles, Sieges, Forts, Ports, Military Dictionary, &c. with Twenty-Five Maps and Copper Plates [Easton Neston Library copy]

SIMES, Thomas (fl. 1757-1780) · 1781

$724.00 (€656.88 | £548.01 | ¥115,613)

London Printed for J. Millan, near Whitehall Early Reprint Third Edition (incorporating regulations of H. R. H. the late Duke of Cumberland) of this standard reference for junior officers in the British army (and for officers in the Continental Army). Crown 8vo (204 x 125mm): ...

A New and Accurate Description of All the Direct and Principal Cross Roads in England and Wales

PATERSON, Daniel (1738-1825) · 1794

$199.00 (€180.55 | £150.63 | ¥31,778)

London printed for T. N. Longman, Pater-Noster-Row Early Reprint Small 8vo: xxxvi,380 numbered columns,381-394 [Index to the County Seats]pp, with folding copper-engraved map frontispiece. Recently bound to style by Fitterer in drab wraps, printed paper spine label, end papers...

Lectures on the art of reading [Parts I & II]

SHERIDAN, Thomas (1719-1788) · 1775

$724.00 (€656.88 | £548.01 | ¥115,613)

London printed for J. Dodsley, Pall-Mall; J. Wilkie, St. Paul’s Church-Yard; E. and C. Dilly, in the Poultry; and T. Davies, Russel-Street, Covent-Garden, MDCCLXXV First Edition First Edition, in two parts (volumes): Part I. The art of reading prose. Part II. The art of readin...

[Stonehenge] English Traits

EMERSON, R[alph] W[aldo], 1803-1882 · 1856

$499.00 (€452.74 | £377.70 | ¥79,684)

Boston Phillips, Sampson First Edition First Printing, with "(1)" on half-title, "Stereotyped at the Boston Stereotype Foundry" on title page verso, battered type at the bottom of page 230, and type of last line on p. 304 not battered. 8vo: 312pp. Publisher's dark brown ribbe...

Desiderata curiosa: or, a collection of divers scarce and curious pieces relating chiefly to matters of English history; Consisting of Choice Tracts, Memoirs, Letters, Wills, Epitaphs, &c. Transcribed, Many of them, from the Originals Themselves, and the Rest from Divers Antient Ms. Copies, or the Ms. Collections of Sundry Famous Antiquaries and other Eminent Persons, both of the Last and Present Age: the whole, as Near as Possible, digested into an Order of Time, and Illustrated with Ample Notes, Contents, Additional Discourses, and a Complete Index

PECK, Francis (1692-1743) · 1779

$649.00 (€588.83 | £491.24 | ¥103,637)

London printed for Thomas Evans in the Strand First Edition thus Large Paper Copy ("A new Edition, greatly corrected, with some Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Mr. Peck") of this "curious collection of original papers, relating chiefly to English history." (Lowndes) Two v...

Money and Investments : a reference book for the use of those desiring information in the handling of money or the investment thereof

ROLLINS, Montgomery (1867-1918) · 1907

$214.00 (€194.16 | £161.98 | ¥34,173)

Boston Dana Estes First Edition First Printing (no additional printings noted) of this dictionary devoted to definitions in untechnical language of the "most commonly used expressions and the most needed rules to aid the beginner in the handling of money and investments." Tal...

First Act : White Mule [and] In the Money

WILLIAMS, William Carlos (1883-1963) · 1945

$349.00 (€316.64 | £264.17 | ¥55,731)

Norfolk, Conn. New Directions [from 1937] First Edition First Printing of the first combined edition, bound from first edition sheets of each novel with separate title pages identical to the originals and no separate general title page added. Short, thick 8vo: [8],293[3]; 382p...

Southways

CALDWELL, Erskine (1903-1987) · 1938

$199.00 (€180.55 | £150.63 | ¥31,778)

New York Viking Press First Edition First Printing of this collection of 16 short stories abiout Gerogia poor whites from the author of "Tobacco Road." 8vo: 206pp. Publisher's coarsely woven slate blue cloth, spine and upper cover ruled in red and lettered in black, top edge s...

Butterfield 8

O'HARA, John (1905-1970) · 1935

$1,399.00 (€1,269.30 | £1,058.93 | ¥223,402)

New York Harcourt, Brace First Printing First Edition (so stated) of O'Hara's third book (second novel), and easily among his best. 8vo: [4],310pp. Publisher's black varnished V cloth, spine lettered in gilt, illustrated dust jacket priced $2.50. Hint of a lean, few faint spot...

The Same Door: Short Stories [Review Copy]

UPDIKE, John (1932-2009) · 1959

$574.00 (€520.79 | £434.47 | ¥91,660)

New York Alfred A. Knopf First Printing First Edition (so stated) of the author's first collection of stories—sixteen in number—published one year after his first novel, The Poorhouse Fair. 8vo: [10],242,[4]. Publisher's turquoise quarter-bound cloth, chestnut-brown paper-cove...

We Are the Living

CALDWELL, Erskine (1903-1987) · 1933

$274.00 (€248.60 | £207.40 | ¥43,754)

New York Viking Press First Printing First Trade Edition (following a limited edition of 250 copies) of Caldwell's second collection of stories. 8vo: viii,264pp. Publisher's ivory cloth, spine and upper cover stamped in brown and forest green, top edge stained brown; illustrat...

Switzerland and the adjacent portions of Italy, Savoy and the Tyrol Handbook for Travellers

BAEDEKER, Karl [Ludwig Johannes], 1801-1859 · 1905

$49.00 (€44.46 | £37.09 | ¥7,825)

Leipzig Karl Baedeker, Publisher Twenty-first edition. Small 8vo; xxxviii, 548pp, with 63 maps, 17 plans, and 11 panoramas. Publisher's red flexible decorative cloth stamped in blind and gilt, all edges marbled, two silk page-maker (red and green). A superb copy with bright gi...

The Natural History of Oxford-Shire, Being An Essay toward the Natural History of England [Admiral Edward Vernon's copy]

PLOT, Robert (1640-1696) · 1677

$2,899.00 (€2,630.24 | £2,194.32 | ¥462,933)

Oxford Printed at the Theater in Oxford and are to be had there: And in London at Mr. S. Millers, at the Star near the West-end of St. Pauls Church-yard, First Edition Complete in folio (311 x 181mm): [12],358,[12]pp, with magnificent folding map of Oxfordshire (often wanting)...

A journey to Paris in the year 1698

LISTER, Martin (1638?-1712) · 1699

$851.00 (€772.10 | £644.14 | ¥135,894)

London printed for Jacob Tonson, at Gray’s-Inn Gate next Grays-Inn Lane Early Reprint Third Edition (so stated) of this account of the author's travels to Paris, overflowing with observations of natural history collections, estates, and libraries, as well as commentary on sci...

Disturbing the Peace A Novel

YATES, Richard (1926-1992) · 1975

$274.00 (€248.60 | £207.40 | ¥43,754)

New York Delacorte Press / Seymour Lawrence First Edition First Printing (so stated). 8vo: [10],278pp. Publisher's black cloth, spine and upper cover stamped in red and gilt, top edge stained red, fore- and bottom edges untrimmed, red end papers, illustrated dust jacket priced...