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Amstelodami (Amsterdam) & Trajecti Batav (Utrecht): Janssonio-Waesbergios & Jacobum a Poolsum, MDCCXXXIII (1733),. First Printing of This Edition. Quarto, contemporary full blind-stamped vellum, black leather title label on spine lettered in gilt. [48], 668, [134] pages. Engraved Frontispiece, title leaf printed in red & black with intaglio vignette, one additional full-page engraved plate [41] pp preliminaries, + 668… Read more about this item

London: T. Fisher Unwin, Paternoster Square., MDCCCXCII [1892].. First Edition (& 1st printing). Octavo, original pictorial red cloth lettered in gilt on spine and front panel, decorative designs and lettering in black. 317 pp., frontispiece and 6 additional full-page black & white plates inserted within the text, plus a folding map of Greece during the War of Independence, 1821-1829… Read more about this item

Vancouver, BC: University of British Columbia Press., [1975]. First Edition (& 1st printing). Octavo, original cloth, 373 pp., Illustrated, Index. Signed by the Editor Blakey on the title leaf, inscribed by Dr Helmcken's grandson Ainslee J. Helmcken on the half-title leaf "All members of the Helmcken family are very pleased with the beautiful production of this work and thank… Read more about this item

Gloucester: Printed For The Editor, MDCCCXXV (1825). First Edition (& 1st printing). Quarto, bound in full 20th Century brown morocco, spine panel with 5 raised bands, titled "Civil War Tracts" in gilt lettering on a red title label, "Washbourn" in gilt below this, handmade paper endpapers. ccv (Title leaf, Dedication, List of Subscribers, Address of the Editor, Historical Introduction,… Read more about this item

Sheffield: Leader and Sons, Printers, "Independent" Office., 1876. First Edition (& 1st printing). Octavo, original grey fine-diaper cloth, front panel bordered and lettered in blind, pale yellow endpapers. 208 pp. Previous owner's ink name & address stamp on front free endpaper, hairline crack to inner rear hinge. Small worn spot to cloth near base of spine, a few small… Read more about this item

No Place [Tokyo]: No Publisher [The Japan Times?], No Date [1925]. First Edition. Original wrappers.. Poor. Octavo, original printed wrappers. 618 pp. With a card glued to a preliminary blank "With the Compliments of The Japanese Consul Vancouver B.C." Complete, but in poor condition, the sewing is hlding but split in a few sections, about the top 1/3rd… Read more about this item

London: The Folio Society., 1962.. First Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good in slipcase. Royal Octavo, bound in quarter dark blue leather over blue cloth boards. 159 pp. Frontispiece plus thirty-nine additional full-page black & white plates showing facsimiles of various manuscripts, printed books, portraits, paintings and etchings illustrating the progress of English Literature. A fine copy in red… Read more about this item

London: The Folio Society., 1970.. First Folio Society Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good in slipcase. Royal Octavo, bound in quarter black leather over wood veneer boards with a design in gold and blue, map endpapers. 310 pp. Frontispiece plus nine additional full-page black & white plates, plus two double-page reproductions of antique engraved maps; in addition, there are nine… Read more about this item

London: The Folio Society., 2000. [2005].. Hardcover. Fine in slipcase. Octavo, original decorated boards boards, green cloth spine blocked in white and black. 278 pp., Index at rear, Frontispiece and line drawings throughout the text by Bailey. This is the Fifth Impression, dated 2005 on the copyright page. Miniscule mark to fore-edges of leaves, a fine copy in… Read more about this item

London: The Folio Society., 1968.. First Folio Society Edition.. Hardcover. Near Fine in slipcase. Octavo, original printed boards, blue cloth spine titled and decorated in gilt. 276 pp. Illustrated with a series of eight caricatures by James Gillray entitled "The Life of William Cobbett, - written by Himself", originally published in 1809. Spine panel a bit tanned, otherwise… Read more about this item

London: The Folio Society., 1965.. First Folio Society Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good in slipcase. Octavo, bound in full dark green buckram with a gilt design based on a binding by Samuel Mearne from the library of Charles II, now in the British Library. 256 pp. Frontispiece plus fiftenn additional full-page black & white lithographed plates which are… Read more about this item

London: The Folio Society., 2010.. First Folio Society Edition.. Hardcover. Fine in slipcase. Royal Octavo, original pictorial cloth, map endpapers. 502 pp. Frontispiece plus twenty additional full-page black & white plates, plus cover design, all by McLaren. Indexes at rear. A fine copy in slipcase. ¶ First published in 1830. A masterpiece of description and… Read more about this item

London: The Folio Society., 1981. [1997].. Hardcover. Fine in slipcase. Octavo, original pictorial cloth. 295 pp. Frontispiece plus 13 pages of plates reproducing 26 contemporary photographs, printed lithographically with the text and included in the pagination. Originally published by the Folio Society in 1981, this is the Fifth Impression, dated 1997 on the copyright page. A fine copy… Read more about this item

Stuttgart & Berlin: J.G. Cotta’sche Buchhandlung., 1913.. Third edition. Third Edition. Octavo, bound in contemporary half calfover marbled paper boards, gilt banding and titles on spine, marbled edges and endpapers. xxvi + 990 pp. Text in German. Covers and back lightly rubbed, old signature on front endpaper. Contents crisp, fresh and unmarked. ¶ Meyer's monumental history work. Volume… Read more about this item

Oxford & London: James Parker & Co., 1868.. First Edition, First Printing. First edition. Two volumes (or, as the titles pages state, two half-volumes). Octavo, original maroon cloth decorated in blind on front & rear panels, titled and ruled in gilt on spines. xii + 472; 473-959 pp (pagination is continuous); three large folding plates in Volume One, brown… Read more about this item

Tyrnau: Typis Academicis Societatis Jesu., 1743.. Small octavo. Three parts in one volume, bound in contemporary mottled calf, the spine with raised bands decorated gilt in compartments, red title label, marbled edges and endpapers. Attractive head- and tailpieces throughout, initial letters, title page vignette. 182 + 315 + 254 pp. Covers rubbed and scuffed with wear / slight loss… Read more about this item

Budae: Typis Regia Universiitatis., 1778.. First Edition, First Printing. First edition. Quarto. [A2-3, 233]. Vignettes on initial pages of Parts I & II, 3 folding engraved plates inserted at rear, decorative tailpieces & intital letters. Binding quarter calf, four raised bands, marbled boards. Stamp on title page and p.119, ink notations on title page, foot of pages 186-189… Read more about this item

Paris: L. Desessart et Cie., 1837.. First Edition, First Printing. First edition. Octavo, two volumes. Bound in contemporary half red calf over marbled paper boards, the spines with raised bands, ruled and decorated in gilt, gilt titles. Marbled endpapers and page edges. 450 + 440 pp. Heraldic bookplate of Samuel Eliot on front endpapers. Covers and backs… Read more about this item

San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press, 1933. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Very Good. Quarto, original green cloth titled in red "JOURNEY OF CORONADO" on spine. 550 copies printed. 134 pp + Notes, printed throughout in red & black, illustrated. Cloth at head of spine just starting to fray, otherwise a very good clean copy. ¶ An account by… Read more about this item