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London, England: Saunders and Otlsy (Printed by J.F. Dove, St. Johns Square), 1827. FIRST EDITION (NAP). Leather-bound. Very Good. O tavo. Contemporary tooled leather boards, ruled in gilt, with central motif. Four raised bands to spine, each compartment being decorated in gilt, and the raised bands as well, each with five gilt "ladders" Contrasting spine label, lettered in… Read more about this item

London: Printed for Henry Colburn, 1812. Leather-bound. Fair. Octavo. Half-bound over marbled boards. Both front and rear covers detached. Frontis engraved portrait of Potemkin by J. Swaine. . 8-1/4 in. 256pp. Toning to textblock throughout, but overall, clean copy internally, except for a few occasional marginal bracketing in pencil. Some pages show through the text on verso, making… Read more about this item

London, England: Printed for Henry Colburn, Public Library, Conduit-Street, Hanover-Square, 1815. Leather-bound. Good Plus. Octavo. Full contemporary polished leather, boards double-ruled in gilt. Spine rebacked and re-laid, showing two chips where leather absent. Hinges simply strengthened. 8vo. Portrait frontis (after Romney), title page, 4pp, 399pp. On front free endpaper is written in ink, in a contemporary hand 'This… Read more about this item

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1891. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 12mo, pp. 288 + 10 (advertising). Illustrated with ten black and white photographic plates. Orange-tan cloth with baby ostrich and ostrich feather design and gilt title to cover and spine. Green endpapers. Rubbing to extremities. Two inches of cloth separation to front joint. One inch tear to… Read more about this item

London, England: Printed for J. Dodsley, in Pall-Mall, 1770. Hardcover. Very Good. Quarto, 9 3/4" x 7 3/4." Original hardcover boards covered in blue paper, rebacked in white paper. Mild soiling to front board. Corners bumped. Rubbing to extremities. Untrimmed edges. Recent white endpapers. pp. plate, [10], 173. No half-title. Fabulous foldout frontispiece reclining portrait of Edward Lord… Read more about this item

London: Printed for Samuel Briscoe at the Bell-Savage on Ludgate-Hill; and sold by Tho. Bickerton at the Crown in Pater-Noster-Row, 1721, 1721. Third Edition, Corrected. Leather-bound. Very Good. Small 8vo. Full old polished calf, crackled at edges and along spine. Title in red and black Rebacked, with original title tab ruled in gilt) glued on. 3rd Edition, Corrected. 7-1/2… Read more about this item

London: Longman, Hurst, Rees and John Muray, 1805. First Edition. Leather_bound. Very Good. 406, 346, 356, 344 total pages. [Lacks adverts at end of each volume which were excised when set was rebound]. Professionally bound in 3/4 green leather with marbled boards. Spine titles and decorations in gilt. Small octavos. Condition: Rear board to volume one has some… Read more about this item

Amsterdam: Pierre Brunel, 1699. Leather_bound. Good Plus. 569 [2] pages. Frontis engraving of the Council of Trent. Portrait of William Trumball. Leatherbound with five raised bands, spine decorations and title in gilt. Octavo. Head and tail of spine chipped, front board connected to all bands, but loose. Corners chafed and worn, edgewear and some scratches to boards. Some… Read more about this item