An Expectant Heir to Millions by Charles Macknight Sain

Paris: Chez Le Pan, Rue S. Guillaume la premiere porte Cochere a droite en entrant par la rue S. Dominique, 1791 from editor's note in another vol.. Softcover. Good. Finely engraved plates (49 of 50) + engraved titlepage. Plates all "del" or "invenit" by Gravelot or Cochin, with various engravers named.. 232 by 153mm Volume III (of IV) octavo "en brochure", uncut thus edges dusty with all illustrated plates loosely laid in but all text pages in gatherings of 8 leaves. Half title + engraved titlepage + 48 plates but the first plate lacking its text [ie pages 1 & 2] + 100pp + partial index (index lacks A-N pp101-4 but p105/6 present covering letters N to Z). The plates are not within the collation and loose (as from the publisher) and only some are numbered but numbers are not sequential and several have the same number although the plates are not the same. All plates face a text page with the subject that matches the title opposite. *An outstanding collection of engraved emblematic figures for the… Read More

13, Rue Saint-Georges, Paris: Publie sous la direction de JEAN GUIFFREY, Conservateur au Musee du Louvre par L' ILLUSTRATION 0 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Ecole Italienne (Primitifs), Italienne (XVI au XVIII siecle), Flamande, Hollandaise, Allemande, Espagnole, Anglaise, Francaise (XIV au XVI siecle), Francais (XVII siecle), Francaise (XVIII siecle), Francaise (XIX siecle-1" partie), Francaise (XIX siecle-2 partie), Francaise (XIX siecle-3 partie). Light brown cover with oval black center, light brown title and cream colored spine. 2 Book set with 13 volumes included. About 11-3/4 x 8. Undated circa 1920? Two heavy thick volumes with black & white illustrations throughout and color frontis. Nice condition with secure bindings, clean pages, lightly rubbed covers and few small spine end cloth tear/frays. Text in French. THESE TWO BOOKS WEIGH OVER TEN POUNDS AND WILL NOT SHIP INTERNATIONALLY UNLESS FIRST CONTACTED ON SHIPPING PRICE! .

VENEZIA: CO TIPI DELL'ED. GIUSEPPE ANTONELLI, 1833. In 8. Dim. 23x15,5 cm. Pp. (12)+LII+264, 375, 251, 339, 312, 303, 319, 304, 308, 358, 280, 327, 327, 282, 347, 325+(3), 365+(1). Bella edizione del 1833-36 di questa poderosa opera di religione ad uso dei preti e predicatori scritta dal Padre Hyacinthe de Montargon predicatore del Re di Francia. L'opera è formata da 18 volumi ed è completa sebbene risultino mancanti tutte le incisioni. All'inizio discorso preliminare dell'Abate Guillon, segue dizionario. Tra gli argomenti trattati: amore di Dio, amore del prossimo, beatitudine dei Santi, confessione, educazione dei figli, elemosina, fede, giudizio universale, legge evangelica, morte, opere buone, predestinazione, profanazione delle Chiese, tempo, scandalo, tribolazioni, incarnazione, circoncisione, resurrezione, trinità, Beata Vergine ecc... Bella legatura in mezza pelle coeva con tasselli in pelle al dorso. In discrete condizioni Opera completa di tutte le… Read More

A married set in very good condition. Second edition, 1758, London. Original full leather boards. Volume 1 has a new spine (sometime in last 50 years) by Edward F. Gruver, Washington, DC. V.1 has bookplate and pencil notations of prior owner and booksellers, no other markings. The first four leaves after the map are loose at the bottom and remain attached at the top. Volume 2 has the original binding, no interior markings of any kind. Paginates: Volume 1: new blank, old blank, map, 4 leaves, 324, 5 leaves, old blank, new blank; Volume 2: blank, map, 6 leaves, 308, 1 blank (all original). See Howes B968; Hill 218/219; Field 206. Please see images of the books you will receive. Notes: The beautiful laid paper of 18th century London is gorgeous; supple, readable, amazing. Check out the map of North America from 1747 by Emanuel Bowen - upper midwest labeled New France; Louisiana extends west to New Mexico. More images are available. Feel free to inquire. [Amerind]

London: John Bowyer Nichols and Son, 1st edition, 1839. Hardcover. Good. Etched plates (30) by John Thomas Smith + portrait of author by J. Jackson R.A. engraved by W. Skelton.. Royal quarto, green cloth-spined marbled paper-covered boards, with defective gilt-titled spine label, xv (inc. half title, title, advertisement, contents and biography of author) + 99p +[1]p advert for author's Antiquities of Westminster. Some quite heavy scattered foxing, mosty on blank verso of plates and their margins. *The author was known as "Antiquity Smith" - although first published after his death, this book was prepared for press soon after publication in 1817 of his Vagabondiana or Anecdotes of Mendicant Wanderers through the Streets of London. So it was considered to be a continuation - the half title reads "VAGABONDIANA .. Volume II by John Thomas Smith London 1839".

Item Description:Book is in Excellent condition for age. No DJAn anthology of fictional stories about several boys at the Axleford school for boys.Hard to find first edition, 1880, George Routledge & SonsNicely Illustrated by Gettie, Houghton, Fraser, Mahoney, Walker and French.Remarkably clean pages for ageSmall amount of separation at front / rear hinges, but minimalSome surface wear,Gift inscription at the front of the book in ink.

Hard cover Folio (15 x 12 in). Original gilt tooled full brown morocco, edges gilt marbled endpapers. Pages complete xxiv + 180, with 250 full-page black and white engravings on card with captioned tissue-guards.Containing two hundred and fifty beautiful engravings selected from the Dore Bible, Milton, Dante's Inferno, Purgatorio and Paradiso, Atala, Fontaine Fairy Realm, Don Quixote, Baron Munchausen, Croquemitaine with critical essays by Edmund Ollier.Page edges lightly scuffed and rubbed with some small scratches to cover boards - some remedial work done to secure the cover boards and spine, but otherwise good. Card plates bright but some foxing to the outer edges. Some foxing to the later text pages.The plate index is a little tricky to use, but all plates are present with the following corrections:Plate 75 misplaced to p130, plate 91 misplaced to p95.Note: This volume is heavy (38x31x10cm, approx 10kg). Arrangements can be negotiated for the most cost effective method of delivery.

Cloth & Faux Leather covered boards. Cracked front hinge, slight wear on corners, yet strong. Contents display written number FTP, "Withdrawn" else no other imperfections nor blemishes. Rough cut text block. Number displayed on spine, probably Ex-Lib. but no other evidence. Slightest of toning. A very good + old book …
Books include "A Wonder Book" and "Tanglewood Tales" … Hawthorne wrote these stories for children based on Greek myth and legend. They are incomparable retellings of themes which the Greek dramatists used in creating their immortal plays and literature.
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London: John Murray, 1849. Octavo, pp viii, 212 [+ 16 page publisher's catalogue dated October 1848), slightly used and marked internally, corners slightly bruised throughout, a couple of pages opened slightly carelessly, a folding facsimile manuscript plate, a contemporary signature on the front endpaper, original cloth slightly worn and marked, corners bruised, the spine a little worn and lacking tiny pieces at head and tail. A duplicate from the Royal Society of London itself, with their stamp on the title page.. First Edition. Cloth. Good.

Mexico: I. Cumplido, 1847. Hardcover. Good/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 194pp. Blind stamped boards, gilt stamped floral border, gilt stamping and gilt lettering to spine, all edges gilt, 7 engraved plates with tissue-guards, signed on editor's page "Maria G. Haro." Edge worn, spine chipped with minor loss, endpapers stained, very occasional foxing to text.