Tombleson's views of the Rhine. Tombleson's Upper Rhine. by Tombleson, William & Fearnside, William Gray - 1832-1834

New York: McDowell, Obolensky, 1957. First English language edition / First printing. Black cloth. About fine with one small corner crease to the front free endpaper in near fine dust jacket with only a slight amount of laminate peel that is so common to this title.

Paris: Didier et Cie., 1865. Hardcover. Very Good. 4 volumes, 8vo, approx. 550 page each. Quarter leather, with damage to back strip of the second volume. Ex Libris label on front fixed end paper, "Le Proux." Usual shelf wear.

Paris: Ernest Bourdin, 1839 Leather/gilt tooled spine w/ blue marbled boards, marbled endpages w/ bookplate Wind Muller, speckled foredges,engraved half title Prevost D'Exiles w/ gilt engraving Histoire Manon Lescaut , VII. XII. extensive foxing. edgwear to boards, beautiful engraved/gilt spine. Scarce editon. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Illus. by Tony Johannot. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Owner's Bookplate. Early Edition. Leather/Marbled Boards. Very Good.

Francois-Seraphin Delpech, Paris, 1824; Hand colored stone lithograph of enigmatic Bourbon aristocrat Louis Philippe Joseph, Duke Of Orleans (1747-1793), whose dedication to the ideas of Rousseau led to his becoming an active supporter of the French Revolution, eventually giving up his own name and title in favor of "Philippe Egalité", for which act he became wildly popular. In the end, however, the complexities of political intrigue endemic to all revolutions resulted in his demise, and he was guillotined during the Reign Of Terror on November 30, 1793. Drawn, lithographed, and signed in the stone by French painter/printmaker Jean-Baptiste Mauzaisse (1784-1844) one of the first of French artists to adopt the process, then in its infancy. Original hand coloring. Published by notable early nineteenth century Parisian print shop proprietor Francois-Seraphin Delpech (1785-1836). Sheet size 12 1/4" x 10 1/8". Very Good condition. Slight toning, single 3/8" closed edge tear in… Read More

London: Chatto and Windus, 1938. First Edition, 1st Printing. Very Good/Very Good. [10x7.75in]; xv, [1], 295 pp., [1], frontispiece image of Penola's deck, 80 plates of 121 sepia toned images, 4 color maps (3 folding), 4 maps and 3 diagrams in text, appendices and index; Original green cloth covers, red paper spine label with gilt lettered, top and fore edges trimmed, bottom edge untrimmed; Sepia toned dust jacket with white and black lettering on front and spine, image of ice filled bay and glacier covered mountains; Minor shelf wear to covers edges and corners, several dents along top back edge and area of darkening to lower back cover, top edges and text soiled, minor foxing spots along all text edges, old prior owner ink signature on front end paper, Steve Fossett bookplate on paste down front end paper; Dust jacket aged toned, soiled edges and spots with surface rubbing on joint edges, several small scrapes on back, several small chips and closed tears along edges and corners, minor crease… Read More

New York: McDowell, Obolensky, 1957. First English language edition / First printing. Black cloth. About fine with one small corner crease to the front free endpaper in near fine dust jacket with only a slight amount of laminate peel that is so common to this title.

Paris: Didier et Cie., 1865. Hardcover. Very Good. 4 volumes, 8vo, approx. 550 page each. Quarter leather, with damage to back strip of the second volume. Ex Libris label on front fixed end paper, "Le Proux." Usual shelf wear.

Paris: Ernest Bourdin, 1839 Leather/gilt tooled spine w/ blue marbled boards, marbled endpages w/ bookplate Wind Muller, speckled foredges,engraved half title Prevost D'Exiles w/ gilt engraving Histoire Manon Lescaut , VII. XII. extensive foxing. edgwear to boards, beautiful engraved/gilt spine. Scarce editon. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Illus. by Tony Johannot. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Owner's Bookplate. Early Edition. Leather/Marbled Boards. Very Good.

London: John Murray, 1846. Hardcover. Very Good +. Two titles from Murray's Home and Colonial Library bound together: Philip Musgrave; or Memoirs of a Church of England Missionary in the North American Colonies edited by the Rev. J. Abbott (1846); and Memoirs of Father Ripa, During Thirteen Years' Residence at the Court of Peking in the Service of the Emperor of China; with an account of the foundation of the college for the education of young Chinese at Naples; selected and translated from the Italian, by Fortunato Prandi (1844). vi, 158 p.; viii, 160 p.; 18 cm. Contemporary half polished calf with marbled paper over boards. Five spine compartments between double gilt rules. Black leather label in second compartment with gilt-tooled series title "Home & Colonial Library." Gilt-tooled titles in fourth and fifth compartments. All page edges speckled red. Green endpapers. Both interesting works; Memoirs of Father Ripa is particularly scarce. In Very Good+ Condition: spine… Read More

Francois-Seraphin Delpech, Paris, 1824; Hand colored stone lithograph of enigmatic Bourbon aristocrat Louis Philippe Joseph, Duke Of Orleans (1747-1793), whose dedication to the ideas of Rousseau led to his becoming an active supporter of the French Revolution, eventually giving up his own name and title in favor of "Philippe Egalité", for which act he became wildly popular. In the end, however, the complexities of political intrigue endemic to all revolutions resulted in his demise, and he was guillotined during the Reign Of Terror on November 30, 1793. Drawn, lithographed, and signed in the stone by French painter/printmaker Jean-Baptiste Mauzaisse (1784-1844) one of the first of French artists to adopt the process, then in its infancy. Original hand coloring. Published by notable early nineteenth century Parisian print shop proprietor Francois-Seraphin Delpech (1785-1836). Sheet size 12 1/4" x 10 1/8". Very Good condition. Slight toning, single 3/8" closed edge tear in… Read More