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Fr. Baconis de Verulam. Angliae Cancellarii de Augmentis Scientiarum. Lib. IX.

Bacon, Francis · 1652

$260.00 (€235.90 | £196.80 | ¥41,519)

Lugd. Batavorum, Ex. officina Adriani Wijngaerden, 1652. . Hardcover. Size: 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall. Figured frontispiece engraved on copper (see below). Drop caps adorned in woodcut, quite finely. Leiden's edition of the work first appeared in 1605 in English under the title...

Catalogue of an Exhibition Commemorative of the Bicentenary of the Birth of Samuel Johnson (1709-1909)

The Grolier Club · 1909

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

New York, The Grolier Club, 1909. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 16mo 6" - 7" tall. Consisting of original editions of his published works, special presentation copies, and several of his original manuscripts, together with a large number of engraved portraits after the pict...

A Critical and Analytical Dissertation on the Names of Persons

John Henry Brady · 1822

$76.00 (€68.95 | £57.53 | ¥12,136)

London, Published by J. Nichols and Son, 1822. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover, rebound handsomely in white vellum, gilt lettering over vellum label, newer endpapers. Clean, unmarked interior, light foxing to endpa...

The Story of the Guard: A Chronicle of the War

Fremont, Jessie Benton · 1863

$28.00 (€25.40 | £21.19 | ¥4,471)

Boston, Massachusetts, Ticknor and Fields, 1863. . Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Bound sturdily in publisher's blind-stamped dark-green cloth, sharp and distinct gilt decorations to front cover, being a butterfly and a sword in wreath, gilt lettering to spine rubbed, scu...

The Old English Baron: A Gothic Story

Reeve, Clara · 1784

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.69 | ¥15,969)

London, Charles Dilly, 1784. A New Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and pretty sturdy yet. Marbled paper over boards, heavily rubbed leather-backed, rubbed gilt lettering to spine. Edges, tips rubb...

The New Bath Guide: Or, Memoirs of the B-N-R-D Family. In a Series of Poetical Epistles. A New Edition. Christopher Anstey

1800

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

London, Printed by C. Whittingham, for the Associated Booksellers,Verner and Hood, J. Cuthell, Ogilvy and Son, J. Walker, Lackington, Allen & Co., J. Nunn, Otridge and Son, 1800. New Edition. Hardcover. Size: 16mo 6" - 7" tall. I here present you with a collection of letters,...

Bewick's Birds: A Selection

Tessimond [Arthur Seymour John Tessimond] · 1952

$17.60 (€15.97 | £13.32 | ¥2,810)

London, England, Hutchinson, 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Still colorful teal cloth over boards, with still sharp and distinct black lettering to spine. Printed, illustrated paper dust wrapper protected by Brodart, chipping along bottom edge, price-...

Winnie and Walter's Evening Talks with Their Father About Old Times

Anonymous, but attributed to Increase Tarbox and Niles Tarbox · 1861

$19.20 (€17.42 | £14.53 | ¥3,066)

Boston, Massachusetts, J E Tilton and Co, 1861. . Hardcover. Size: 24mo 5" - 6" tall. An early reprint, published here a year after the original of 1860. A short, squat, almost pocketbook-sized hardcover bound in heavily textured brown cloth and with still sharp and distinct ...

The Rose Garden of Omar Khayyam

Thompson, Eben Francis · 1910

$9.60 (€8.71 | £7.27 | ¥1,533)

, Privately Printed, 1910. First Edition Thus. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and sturdy. Brown paper over boards, chipped along the edges, printed paper label to front cover, wraps missing from backstrip...

A Lowden Sabbath Morn

Stevenson, Robert Louis · 1909

$12.80 (€11.61 | £9.69 | ¥2,044)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1909. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. First Edition Thus, being the first to feature color frontis. First Illustrated Edition published 1898, and a Second Impression also in 1898. New Edition in 1907, then this edition with colo...

Tea with Miss Stockport

Seymour-Smith, Martin · 1963

$9.60 (€8.71 | £7.27 | ¥1,533)

London , Abelard-Schuman, 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Another fine contribution to The Abelard Poets, being a fine collection of 24 poems. Brilliant salmon cloth over boards, sharp and distinct gilt lettering to spine, front cover. Bright and shiny...

The Generous Days

Spender, Stephen · 1971

$9.60 (€8.71 | £7.27 | ¥1,533)

New York, Random House, 1971. First American Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Stated First Canadian Edition, the author's first book of poems since 1962. Gray cloth over boards, gilt-stamped design to front cover, lettering to spine. Faint residue at front cover fr...

Aegean Islands and Other Poems

Spencer, Bernard · 1948

$9.60 (€8.71 | £7.27 | ¥1,533)

Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A fine collection of W.W.I.I.-themed poems set in the Aegean islands. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound in hardcover format, generally clean, lightly toned at worst, minimal ...

The Weathercock

Stanford, Ann · 1966

$11.20 (€10.16 | £8.48 | ¥1,788)

New York, The Viking Press, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound in hardcover format, generally clean, lightly toned at worst, minimal rubbing to extremities. Bound simply in blue paper over boards, white cloth-backed. Brig...

The Outcast

Stephens, James · 1929

$12.80 (€11.61 | £9.69 | ¥2,044)

London, Faber and Faber, Ltd., 1929. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 12mo 7" - 7. SIGNED by the author, a fine exemplar of this Limited Large Paper Edition of 500 copies, this being Number 49. Beautifully illustrated in full color by Althea Willoughby. Sturdy, still tightly b...

Root and Branch

Stallworthy, Jon · 1969

$11.20 (€10.16 | £8.48 | ¥1,788)

London, Chatto and Windus / The Hogarth Press, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. SIGNED by the author at first free endpaper, being warmly inscribed to Carl Bedliant, with all good wishes. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound in hardcover format, generally ...

Telling It

Sullivan, Nancy · 1975

$11.20 (€10.16 | £8.48 | ¥1,788)

Boston, Massachusetts, David R. Godine, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound in hardcover format, generally clean, lightly toned of interior at worst, minimal rubbing to extremities. Decorated paper over boards. Another fin...

Teaching the Penguins to Fly

Spacks, Barry · 1975

$9.60 (€8.71 | £7.27 | ¥1,533)

Boston, Massachusetts, David R. Godine, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound in hardcover format, generally clean, lightly toned of interior at worst, minimal rubbing to extremities. Decorated paper over boards. 47 pp.Memb...

Teaching the Penguins to Fly

Spacks, Barry · 1975

$12.80 (€11.61 | £9.69 | ¥2,044)

Boston, Massachusetts, David R. Godine, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound in hardcover format, generally clean, lightly toned of interior at worst, minimal rubbing to extremities. Decorated paper over boards. SIGNED by t...

Tales of a Songsmith

Thow, William · 1951

$11.20 (€10.16 | £8.48 | ¥1,788)

Montreal, Ontario, Canada, George Stewart & Co., for the author, 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. SIGNED by the author at first free endpaper, "Andrew Baird: I hop eyou will find a moment of interest in this, Wm. Thow." The author was born in the Scotti...