Rare books from HGG Books

J J Tourneisen, 1787. Hardcover. Pages generally clean with light/Fine leather binding, with raise. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon. 6 volumes complete 1787, printed by J J Tourneisen. 1st revised edition. Printed for sale by Pissot in Paris. Fine typography, English textFine leather binding, with raised spines and gold emboss decoration. Pages generally clean with light foxing throughout all volumes. Bindings all tight, boards have bumps to corners. Volume 2 missing front cover, and volume five separated front cover, and partial separation to rear cover. Leather still supple and smooth to touch.

Lake Champlain, NY: Winfred Porter Truesdell, 1921. First Edition. Hardcover. clean pages, binding tight as un/3/4 blue leather, raised spines . Very rare set of the Print Connoisseur published by Winfred Porter Truesdell. Volumes I to XI, each covering a year of quarterly magazines 1921 to 1931. Editorial on the best illustration, reproductions of noted art works, catalogues raisonnes of noted artists, and original paper art.List of original printed works:Volume I - John Taylor Arms aquatint, Loop the Loop; George Elmer Burr etching Moraine Park; Frederick Garrison Hall etching By the Pond; Frederick Reynolds mezzotint, Castle VitreVolume II - Frank Benson etching, Ducks Rising; Arthur William Heintzelman etching, Head of Old Man with Hat; George Taylor Plowman etching, The Refugee's Homecoming; Will Simmons etching, Bison on the TrailVolume III - Maurice Achener etching, Porte Perriere Annecy; Louis Godefroy etching, Opposite; Charles Heil etching, Young Blue Jay on Vine; Dominique Jouvet-Magron… Read More

Paris: Leon Curmer, 1864. First Edition. Hardcover. Pages clean with a few loose fro.

Gyldendalske Boghandel, 1890. First Edition. Hardcover. Pages show light toning througho. Extremely rare 1st edition Kvindelighed og Erotik by Anne Charlotte Leffler published in 1890. Contemporary 1/4 leather and marble boards.Danish language. Check our other listings, we just made a large foreign language estate purchase.Pages show light toning throughout, tight binding, clean boards

New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1876. First Edition. Hardcover. Pages show light toning and few . J Moyr Smith.

New York: Society of English and French Literature, 1906. Manydown Edition. Hardcover. Pages clean with slight toning a. Brock. The Novels and Letters of Jane Austen, rare Manydown Edition in 12 volumes. Published by the Society of English and French Literature in 1906. Rarest form with only 500 printed, these are numbered 452. In original bindings, all color plates present with tissue guards.Pages clean with slight toning and small amount of foxing to some front space pages, bindings solid though beginning to separate, boards clean with bumping to spine bottoms and tops, leather title labels worn rubbed and chipped

London: Printed by J Bennet for William Abington, 1684. First Edition. Hardcover. Pages clean with light toning, b. The Observator in Dialogue by Roger L'Estrange. Published in 1684 printed by J Bennet for William Abington in 1684. Folio size measuring `14 x 8 inches with the complete run of The Observatir papers from August 1681 to January 1684.Pages clean with light toning, binding of textblock solid, hinge at front board weak near to separate, leather boards bumped heavy rub wear and fraying

London: John Morphew, 1712. First Edition. Hardcover. Pages show light toning and bump. The Examiners for the Year 1711 to which is prefix'd A Letter to the Examiner. Printed for John Morphew in 1712. Contains the papers from August 1710 to July 1711. Pocket sized 5 x 3 inches.Pages show light toning and bumping, textblock binding tight, leather boards detached and missing

London: W A Strahan; H Hughs; G Nilol; T Cadell, 1784. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean pages, solid binding with . A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean undertaken by the Command of His Majesty for making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere in the years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, and 1780. Volumes I and II written by Captain James Cook, Volume III written by James King. Volume I is the 1st edition published by W A Strahan for G Nicol and T Cadell in 1784, Volume II and III are the 2nd edition published by H Hughs for G Nicol and T Cadell in 1785. The true 1st of Volume I is exceptionally rare. Does not include atlas sold separately mentioned in total list of plates in volume I.Volume I - 421 pages with 8 plates of varying sizes including full foldout engravingsVolume II - 548 pages with 11 plates including foldout engravingsVolume III - 556 pages including appendix with 6 plates including foldout engravingsClean pages, solid binding with volume I having hinge repair, boards show rub wear and light bumping

Doubleday & Company, 1977-01-01. International Center of Photogra. Hardcover. Clean pages, tight binding, boar. Peter Beard. Signed. The End of the Game by Peter Beard. Signed boldly in red graphine pencil to front by Peter Beard for the International Center of Photography. This was part of a benefit sale evening that Beard attended. The pamphlet is included and laid in the book. The sale also offer original prints on photographic paper printed under Beard's supervision. The print the prior owner purchased is also laid in the book. Picture shown of Rhino. This is an exceptional find for a Peter Beard fan.Clean pages, tight binding, boards crisp with some light discolorization to front board

TASCHEN, 2005-05-02. XXL signed limited edition. Hardcover. Clean pages, tight binding as un. Steadman, Ralph. Signed. First published in 1983, The Curse of Lono is a gonzo masterwork, mixing Hunter S.Thompson’s hallucinogenic writing with the splattery illustration of Ralph Steadman. Long out of print and coveted by collectors, this zany amalgam of wordplay and wild draftsmanship is now resurrected in a TASCHEN Collector’s Edition: a full-color, large-scale ride to the dark side of Americana.Limited Collector’s Edition of 1,000 copies, each signed by Hunter S. Thompson and Ralph Steadman, this is #880This offering also includes signed laser printed art from Steadman laid in the front of the book.Clean pages, tight binding as unread, clean boards, light rub wear to slipcase

Easton Press, 2011. Deluxe Limited Edition. Hardcover. Clean pages, binding tight as un. Metamorphoses by Ovid. Massive 2 volume Easton Press Deluxe Limited Edition. Measures 18 inches tall and 12 inches wide. This is number 293 of 400 printed and includes COA and unused book plate. Beautiful production with lithographs of the amazing engravings from the 1732 edition produced in Amsterdam.Clean pages, binding tight as unopened, bookplate unused and laid in the books, leather and gold bright with some minor rub wear from laying on one another

Edinburgh: William and Robert Chambers, 1842. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean pages with light toning Gu. Absolute one of a kind book containing 5 original books custom bound in one volume. Signed 3/4 leather binding of W H Lawrence, and receipt card from original bookseller in front space. Each book is complete and were all published by Chambers in Edinburgh. Bound set includes: A Treatise on Man and the Development of His Faculties by M A Quetelet first English translation 1842 with engravings; The Constitution of Man considered in Relation to External Objects by George Combe fourth edition 1836; General History of Civilisation in Europe by Guizot 1839; A Treatise on Agriculture and Dairy Husbandry by James Jackson 1840; The Life of Benjamin Franklin and Miscellaneous Writings 1838Each is a rare book on its own. The illustrations for Quetelet and Jackson are notable. Very handsome and each book is complete.Clean pages with light toning Guizot's Civilisation has underlining to some… Read More

Garden City: Doubleday, Doran and Company, 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. Pages clean with light toning, i. Alfred Stieglitz. Signed. America and Alfred Stieglitz a Collective Portrait edited by Waldo Frank, Lewis Mumford, Dorothy Norman, Paul Rosenfeld, and Harold Rugg with 120 illustrations. First edition published in Garden City, NY 1934 by Doubleday, Doran and Company. Illustrations produced in a catalog of Stieglitz's work at the end of the book.Inscribed in blank front space to Lou N Small and wife dated 1944 in Michigan. The book is signed of a reminder of their meeting as a gift from Stieglitz. Bold and bright signature.Pages clean with light toning, illustration catalog bright, binding solid with weakness at hinges, black cloth boards clean with light edge and rub wear

Hieronymi Commelini, 1594. First Edition. Hardcover. Pages show minor toning, light b. Etymologikon to Mega Egoun he Megale Grammatike rare First Edition 1594 by Frierich Sylburg. Published by Hieronymi Commelini. Provenance written on front inside board. Rare piece of history and understanding of the growth of language.Pages show minor toning, light bumping to pages corners, title page separated from text block, front and rear boards detached, heavy wear and loss to leather boards