London: J. Edwards, Pall Mall and T. Payne, 1798. Hardcover. xi, 270p. Contemporary green morocco with gilt ruled boards and spine. Marbled end papers and gilt foredge. Inner hinges reinforced. Early inscription on the inside front blank and the name F. Reginald Forbes on a preliminary leaves. Spine a little.....
London: J. Cundee, 1802. Hardcover. Engraved frontispiece, ix, [3], 260p, [4]. Contemporary calf rebacked with new richly gilt spine. The rebacking seems older and the marbled end papers were professionally replaced. Some light dryness to the boards and wear along the tips. Occasional editorial corrections in the text and a......
Edinburgh: F.C. and J. Rivington, 1812. Fourteen volumes. Early three quarter mottled brown calf gilt, raised bands, marbled boards and endpapers. Later edition of the collected works of these contemporaries of Shakespeare. The playwrights Beaumont and Fletcher were regarded in their time as two men so closely in harmony as.....
New York: Columbia University Press, 1925. Hardcover. xviii, 282p. Publishers cloth. A thorough academic study with plates whereof some folding. Corners a little bumped, otherwise internally a fresh clean copy. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1898. Hardcover. 2 volumes, Frontispiece, 332p: frontispiece, 344p. Contemporary brown quarter calf over marbleized boards. Bound by Charles E. Lauriat Co. Boston with their stamp on the inside front marble paper. Includes twenty-nine photogravure plates in addition to numerous illustrations. A rather fresh clean set.....
London: George Bell and Sons, 1883. Hardcover. Frontispiece, xlviii, 543p. 19th century vellum over boards with gilt ruled boards and spine. Foredge red stained. Rev Francis Cary (1772-1844) first edition of this translation appeared in 1814. See Lowndes II p590. According to Bohn's Complete Catalogue, 1889, p30, the editions by.....
Topsfield: The Wayside Press, 1927. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Frontispiece, xxxii, 326p. Publishers cloth spine over decorative paper covered boards. Limited to 97 numbered copies whereof this is #16. Headband a little rubbed and corners bumped. Small tear in the cloth at the lower front hinge, otherwise internally clean. 4to -.....
Topsfield: Perkins Press, 1925. Hardcover. 48p. Black cloth spine over marbled boards. Limited to 500 copies. Previous owners bookplate on the inside front board and another name with a small rubber stamp. Internally clean. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1884. Hardcover. 458p; 455p, Original three-quarter brown morocco, pattered endpapers. First edition of this abridgment of Schoolcraft's work, with 100 engraved and lithographic plates, including a color-printed frontispiece, ten hand-colored plates and a hand-colored map. In 1847 Congress authorized School craft, explorer and former superintendent of Indian.....
London: London: S&R Bentley for William Pickering, 1826, 1826. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. LIMITED TO 250 COPIES. xvi, cxxviii, vii, viii, 1-150p, viii, 151-415p. Engraved plate of signatures and a folding table in volume one. Some spotting to the preliminary leaves. Contemporary vellum with.....
New York: New York: The John Day Company, 1947, 1947. Cloth. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo. 293p. From the library of William Targ with ownership signature on the front leaf. 8vo.
London: Spencer Blackett. Frontispiece, 368p. original quarter burgundy morocco over linen boards. No print date. Three hand colored illustrations by John Leech. Sadleir lists the 1859 edition. A fresh clean copy in an attractive binding bound by Baynton bindery with their stamp on the insider front blank.
London: J. Mawman, 1801. Hardcover. viii, 380p; 394p, (2). Contemporary full calf with plain gilt ruled spine and red morocco label. The very scarce first edition by Francis Hare-Naylor (1753-1815) . The DNB vol 24 points out that while the first edition was a severe disappointment, an expanded version was.....
Philadelphia: M. Carey, 1788. Hardcover. [2], 22p. 8vo. 20th century three quarter brown cloth, marbled boards, leather spine label. Ex Library, with Library Company of Philadelphia bookplate (marked duplicate) and the title page blind-stamp. First edition, with corrected state of the title page, of this famous account of Philadelphias July.....
New York: The Publishing Society of New Jersey, 1903. 422p: 456p: 400p: 402p. Publishers original blue cloth over boards. Frontispieces in all four volumes. Bindings a little soiled, but internally clean.
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1860. Hardcover. Frontispiece, xxiii, 375p. Original blue cloth over boards. Nicely illustrated with four foldout plates. Some marginal scattered foxing and a white stain on the rear cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.
Baltimore: The John Hopkins Press, 1958. xii, 186p. Publisher cloth backed boards. Sixty-six libraries listed and described. A fresh clean copy.
London: Booker Longman, Hunt, 1809. 2 volumes. xxxi, 479p: xvi, 623p. Contemporary polished calf with gilt ruled boards and gilt spine. Marbled foredge. Francis Plowden (1749-1829) was an English Jesuit, barrister and writer. A fresh clean copy in an attractive and well-preserved binding.
Portland Maine: The Anthoensen Press. Cloth. x, 361p. Black cloth. A total of 525 items listed and described in detail. Also includes a section of oriental manuscripts. Nicely printed by the Anthoensen Press. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.