SECRET COURT MEMOIRS (EDITION DE GRAND LUXE) St Petersburg; Henry IV; Louis XIV; Louis XV-XVI; Empress Josephine; Cardinal De Retz; Madame De Montespan; St. Cloud; Berlin; Marie Antoinette; Sweden & Denmark; Marguerite of Valois (Complete 20 Volume Set) (Leather Bound) by VARIOUS, - 1900

London: Charles & Henry Baldwin, later volumes Baldwin, Cradock, & Joy, 1820-1828. 16 volumes, engraved titles. 8vo, contemporary half tan calf , spines floral gilt and with black lettering and numbering pieces; a little rubbed, a few headbands slightly chipped, lower joint of vol. 16 cracked and with chip to backstrip; attractive on the shelf however.

Internally exceptionally clean: no foxing, watermarks, underlining. Contact seller for full description.

Four Volumes, Three quarter bound in tan calf and marbled boards. Floral gilt tooled and rubbed spine. Blind line tooling to cover. Rubbed marble boards and shelf wear. Bumps and wear to cover edges. Vol. I with portrait portrait of Walpole. Frontispiece and endpapers tanned, foxed and binding slightly detached to front and to end. Some tanning and marks to book. Bookplate for William Arbuthnot and stamped in red for T.G. Odling. Vol II: two bookplates; William Arbuthnot and John Alves Arbuthnot and stamped for T. G. Odling. Slightly spiked endpapers. Foxing to first few pages. Vol III: foxed endpapers signed and stamped T.G. Odling, bookplates appears to have been removed. First few pages slightly soiled and moisture marks. Endpapers foxed. Vol IV: bookplates for William Arbuthnot and John Alves Arbuthnot and stamped for T. G. Odling. Slight fold markS and foxed to first three pages. Last few pages foxed with pencil annotations and marks to inside back cover.Thomas George Odling (1911-2002) was a… Read More

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart Ltd, 2013. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine/fine. SIGNED. 378; 425; 394pp. Octavo [24.5cm]. Two volumes featuring gray boards, one tan. Titles stamped in various metallic hues on spines. Boards lightly faded at edges. "The Year of the Flood" and "MaddAddam" are both signed by the author in black ink on the title page. "Oryx and Crake" is unsigned. Margaret Atwood's MaddAddam trilogy is scarily prescient look at a world brought to apocalypse by corporations and plague.

Italy: Fondo Ambiente Italiano (FAI) / Editrice Abitare Segesta / Moleskine, 2009. Twin set. Hardcover Moleskine book with back pocket and elastic and accompanying softcover blank book (not ruled). Condition: Near Fine. Elastic is a bit loose and covers of both books show minor shelf wear; interiors are pristine. Lovely set! Photo is of the copy we have here at Barbed Wire Books.

New York, New York: Abradale Press. Very Good with No Dust Jacket as issued. 1972. First Edition. Hard Cover. 3656 pages: 7.5 x 9.75 in.: 33.4: KB#006434: No Jacket as Issued. Scarce, Out Of Print, Book. LCCN# 76-166507 and SBN 810902869. Set Consists of Twenty Volumes. Spines and front board of books are slightly tanned due to age. Otherwise, boards and pages are clean, unmarked, brightly colored, tightly bound and sharp cornered. Set contains over 2,000 clear, informative photographs and drawings, many in full color. This is a heavy book set, but price INCLUDES FULL EXTRA COST of Media Delivery; however USPS Priority would incur additional charge due to weight. "There are seven easy keys to finding information. All entries are arranged alphabetically. Each volume has a Table of Contents. Volume 1 has a Table of Contents for all 20 volumes. Volume 20 has a Complete Index to all volumes. Volume 19 contains a Glossary. Cross references are listed under major entries. A complete… Read More

London: J. Dodsley, 1774. Hardcover. Good +. The Third Edition. "Together with Several Other Pieces on Various Subjects. Published by Mrs. Eugenia Stanhope, from the Originals now in her Possession." 4 volumes (xvi, 352 p.; [4], 355, [1] p.; [4], 376 p.; [4], 364 p.); 22 cm. Half 19th-century? blue calf with marbled paper over boards. Five spine compartments between raised bands; gilt-tooled volumed numbers in third compartments. Marbled endpapers matching boards. Without the frontispiece portrait found in some editions of this popular work. In Good+ Condition: the leather author-title labels are lacking almost entirely from the second and fourth spine compartments; vol. 2 leather splitting from head of back joint; lacking leather from head of vol. 3 spine and from first compartment of vol. 4; the blue calf has darkened and begun to crack on the spines; boards are rubbed; a few leaves are browning and foxing; otherwise, clean and solid.

"The 36 essays in these volumes survey racial and other forms of discrimination around the world. The selection (including a brief defense of South Africa) seeks in effect to argue: let him without sin cast the first stone."-[Foreign Affairs Review]1975-1976 Nijhoff. 1st Edition. ISBN: 9024717795. NOT EX-LIBRARY. 5 Volume Set "Published for the Foundation for the Study of Plural Societies". 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Printed in the Netherlands. All five books and dust jackets are in good to good+ condition. Some jackets have smudges, light soiling from age & rubbing/bumping on edges. There are signs of visible wear which may include markings, bookplate or authors name, bumping, small tears, non-major spine or binding defects but book is still wholly intact. SEE PICTURES for any wear or defects. Condition based on age of book. To ensure you receive the quality of book expected we provide pictures of NOTICEABLE WEAR for ALL books we sell with marked conditions of GOOD + . If you have any questions at all… Read More

(Vedere la parte inferiore dell'elenco per la traduzione in italiano.) RARE. Four consecutive paperback volumes with original pictorial dust jackets. Text in Latin. Sparsely illustrated. Each volume has an Index (scans are available upon request). Volume 1958 includes a small card which reads "OMAGGIO del Rettore Magnifico della PONTIFICIA UNIVERSITA' DEL LATERANO". Ex-library but showing only penciled numbers and small date stamps.Books show some edgewear, including minor bumping to tip and heel of spines, and the binding starting in a couple of places, but are otherwise Very Good+ to Near Fine. Dust jackets have some shelfwear, including tears at tip and heel of spines, and some discolouration/staining, but are otherwise in Very Good. Please see listing images for more detail. Customer may be asked to approve additional shipping costs before order is accepted, due to size and weight (approximately 8.5 x 12 x 4.5 inches, 7 lbs.).In Italiano (di Google Translate): RARO. Quattro volumi tascabili… Read More

P.F. Collier & Son Corporation, ca. 1930s. Hardcover . Collectible. Complete set volumes 1-51, with included Reading Guide volume. Tan hardbacks with stamped text cover and spine in dark blue. Collection is slightly dust faded, but generally in very good condition for their age. A copy that has been enjoyed! Light wear from average amounts of reading, but a well taken care of title!Marked up from in-store price - requires extra postage because it's just SO BIG! The Bluestocking Bookshop provides high-quality used and new books and gift items at deep discounts. Shipping media mail. Follow on Instagram for New Arrival stories and bookseller recommendations.