Napoleon: The Immortal Emporer - Easton Press Edition by Gengembre, Gerard - 2002

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1897. Hardcover. See Description. Large 4to. pp. XVI, xxvii, [1], 470, [2]. With 22 portraits engraved on copper and 33 full page illustrations including the frontispiece. Hundreds of illustrations with the text. Plates have tanned or browned with age. The plate opposite p. 62 has a chipped outer edge. Maroon cloth with gilt decoration - a garland surrounding the crown of France inside ornate borders. The endpapers are similarly decorated. Some wear at the head and tail of the spine. Corners a bit bumped. All edges gilt. Interesting picture book illustrating this period of French history and culture.

London: Hurst & Blackett, 1913. Hardcover. 8vo. Full tan calf with gilt spine panels, dentelles. viii, 307pp. Top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers. Very good. A bit scuffed at edges. First edition, handsomely bound by Riviere. Not really a travelogue, but -- well, let Fielding-Hall explain it: "It is of the humanity which India shares with the rest of the world, the hearts that beat always the same under the whatever skin, the ideals that can never be choked by no matter what customs or religions, that this book is concerned with.

Philadelphia: E.L. Carey & A. Hart, 1834. Eugene Francois Vidocq is considered the father of criminology and the first private detective. This is a one-volume edition of the original four-volume work, first published in 1828. Front board is nearly detached and cloth spine shows considerable wear. Boards are waterstained as is some of the interior of book, althoough textblock is tight and only lightly foxed.. Early Edition. Cloth Spine, Paper-Covered Boa. Good/None. 8vo.

Darien Georgia: Ashantilly Press, 1960. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good+/None Issued. G+/1st ed./ #67 Printed by Ashantilly Press, a small privately owned press housed in the Darien Georgia plantation home of Thomas Spaulding. Closed for quite a few years, Ashantilly Press was considered one of Georgia premier small presses. This is copy 67 of 100 printed, in marbled paper over boards and has a hand tied binding. Clean and secure in its binding, this copy has some light foxing throughout and a little more conscentrated on pastedowns. Paper lable on front has some light staining. Truly better than Good+ condition, but priced with faults considered. Size: Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall

Paris: The Pleiad, 1929. Hardcover. Fine. Giauque, Fernand. 57, [1] p., 1 hand-colored frontispiece, 1 addition leaf of a hand-colored plate, and 10 in-text illustrations; 28 cm. Original red cloth with gilt-rooled spine title. Burgundy slipcase with printed paper label on front section, with handwritten copy number. Designed by Frederic Warde. This is no. 172 of a limited edition of 550. "The twelve illustrations, ten in lithography and two hand-coloured, have been made by Mr. Fernand Giauque. The Lutetia type used for the text, designed by Mr. J. van Krimpen, has been composed and printed by Joh. Enschedé en Zonen, Haarlem, Holland." -- Colophon. Former owner's name on front free endpaper, Theodore W. Bozarth, dated 1946. Inscribed (by same hand?) at lower edge of back fixed endpaper: "S-- Trenton, N.J." Theodore W. Bozarth (1918-2005) was a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Air Force who served overseas in England and Japan. Book is in Fine Condition: clean and bright. Slipcase is in Very Good-… Read More

Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 3 volumes, spines buckram repaired, otherwise all leather and tooled in gilt, AEG, nice gift, onion skin paper, gutters strengthened, occasional thumb print, all volumes have frp, silk markers intact. 1214pps, 1315pps and 1128pps, glossaries. Penciled name of Doreen C. Spitzer on blank page in one volume (author of literary works).

Darien: The Ashantilly Press, 1963. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. NF/VG/1st ed. One of only 400 original copies, in excellent condition. The jacket is whole, no nicks or tears. There's a large lighter area on the front panel, otherwise the jacket would be Fine. The book is clean, unmarked, no foxing, no darkened areas. The cloth over the boards is clean with great color; the paper label on the front panel appears new. The binding is tight and the corners are sharp. 44pp. with a portrait frontis and wood block illustrations. Published by Ashantilly Press, one of Georgia's premier small presses. Scarce. Comes to you in an acid free document bag for storage, mailed boxed, and I can have it in the mail tomorrow. BRSEC

Full red grained leather binding with gilt raised banding, title and decoration on the spine. Gilt floral edge decoration on both boards. All edges gilt. A fine well bound edition – aesthetically pleasing.
The Pilgrim's Progress from This World, to That Which Is to Come is a 1678 Christian allegory written by John Bunyan. It is regarded as one of the most significant works of religious, theological fiction in English literature. It has been translated into more than 200 languages, and has never been out of print. It appeared in Dutch in 1681, in German in 1703 and in Swedish in 1727. The first North American edition was issued in 1681. It has also been cited as the first novel written in English. Bunyan began his work while in the Bedfordshire county prison for violations of the Conventicle Act of 1664, which prohibited the holding of religious services outside the auspices of the established Church of England. Early Bunyan scholars such as John Brown believed The Pilgrim's Progress was begun in… Read More

Red grained leather binding with gilt banding, decoration and title on the spine. Gilt patterned design edge on both boards. All edges gilt. Very fine binding.

Tan leather, Gilt emblem on front board, gilt lettering and banding with decoration on the spine. A lovely Fine Edition
Westward Ho! is an 1855 historical novel written by British author Charles Kingsley. The novel was based on the experiences of Elizabethan privateer Amyas Preston (Amyas Leigh in the novel), who sets sail with Francis Drake, Walter Raleigh and other privateers to the New World, namely the Preston Somers Expedition and Raleigh's El Dorado Expedition where they battle with the Spanish.
THE PLOT Set initially in Bideford in North Devon during the reign of Elizabeth I, Westward Ho! follows the adventures of Amyas Leigh (Amyas Preston), an unruly child who as a young man follows Francis Drake to sea. Amyas loves local beauty Rose Salterne, as does nearly everyone else; much of the novel involves the kidnapping of Rose by a Spaniard. Amyas spends time in the Caribbean coasts of Venezuela seeking gold, and eventually returns to England at the time of the Spanish Armada, finding his true… Read More