Search Results: Miscellany #16 A Gentleman's Library from Arroyo Seco Books

London: Richard Bentley, 1837. First Edition . Quarter Calf, Gilt. Near Fine. 7 1/2" Tall. (Vi), 318; (Ii), 311; (Ii), 307, Lacking Half Title To Vol I (Reportedly All That Is Called For). Twentieth Century Binding Of Quarter Calf, Five Bands, Red Morocco Spine Labels, Gilt Double Rules, Over Marbled Paper Covered Boards, Calf Tips, Edges Of Page Block Colored Red. Lightly Used, Very Near Fine, Hinges Tight, No Names Or Marks, Light Foxing Mostly On Early Pages Of Each Volume, A Near Fine Set.

London: Smith, Elder, & Co., 1897. First Edition . Brown Cloth. Fine/No Dust Jacket. 8 3/4" High.. With a Photogravure Portrait (Frontis). 46 immaculate pages. Tissue guard intact and without defect. Backside of FFEP, half-title, backside of rear endpaper and second rear endpaper yellowed; else pages white and clean.

New York: New York: Harcourt Brace and Company, 1961, 1961. First Edition . Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. First Edition, First Issue. Poetry. 2000 copies printed.

Alexandria: Whitehead Morris Ltd., 1938. Second Edition [Revised] . Yellow Printed Boards. Very Good. Maps, Plates. xii, 208 + folding map at end. Signed limited issue, #106 of 250 copies. Second edition, much revised, of the 1922 edition, and including his new dedication to his old friend Cavafy. Decorative bookplate of "John & Alexandrine Russell", no other names or marks. [Russell was in Naval Intelligence in WWII, after which, in 1945, he was recommended by Ian Fleming as a reviewer for the Sunday Times. He became an art reviewer/commentator/writer of note and later was the New York Times art critic for many years. He was married to Alexandrine Apponyi 1945-1950. ] This copy lightly used, boards slightly soiled and paper lightly aged as usual, but no fraying to paper-covered boards.

London: Edward And Charles Dilly, 1776. Second Edition . Disbound. Poor. 10 3/8" Tall. Title + 28Pp. Lacking Half Title, Disbound, With Preliminary Blank With Handwritten Index To Nine Titles Formerly Bound Together, With Handwritten Leaf Numeration In This Index And In Upper Right Corner Of Rectos. Browning, Especially At Edges. Ownership Signature Of Hulton Wood At Top Of Title Page (In A Different Hand Than The Index)..

London: T. Payne and J. White, 1805. Second Edition . Boards. Good. 8 7/16" Tall. Xxiv, 470. Ancient Blue Paper Apparently Over Earlier Full Calf, Later Paper Spine, Paper Label With Handwritten Author And Title, And London 1805 Handwritten Below On Spine. A Few Short Pencil Notes On Endpapers, No Other Names Or Marks. Quite Worn, Frayed And Chipped At Corners. Pages With Light Foxing In Text Block, A Few Tiny Spots, Otherwise Clean And Crisp, Edges Of Page Block Retain Original Polish. Per Wikipedia, Richard Payne Knight ( 1751 - 1824) Of Downton Castle In Herefordshire, And Of 5 Soho Square, London, England, Was A Classical Scholar, Connoisseur, Archaeologist And Numismatist Best Known For His Theories Of Picturesque Beauty And For His Interest In Ancient Phallic Imagery. He Served As A Member Of Parliament For Leominster (1780-84) And For Ludlow (1784-1806). An Analytical Inquiry Into The Principles Of Taste, 1805, Was Knight's Most Influential Work In His Lifetime. This Book Sought To… Read More

London: John Watts / Colley Cibber / W. Lewis, 1740. Second Edition . Full Leather. Fine. 8 1/8" Tall. (Xxiii), 488. The Second Edition, With Textual Revisions, But Not Including The Frontispiece. Rebound In Full Leather, Black Morocco Spine Label, 5 Rules, Gilt Rules On Covers, By Period Binders, Bath. Mid-Twentieth Century. With The Signature Of William Hamilton On The Title Page. Binding Is Still Fine, Contents Very Good+, A Little Soiling To Title And Following Few Pages, Small Worming To Very Lower Corner Of Last Few Pages Without Affecting The Text.

London / Toronto: J M Dent, 1914. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Vii, 234 Pp + One Page Catalog At End. Blue Cloth, Gilt. Light Wear At Corners, Gilt Brilliant, A Few Tiny Frays Along Top Edge Of Spine And Front Tipos, Two Small Bookstore Stamps On Front Endpaper, Foxing To Endpapers And Prelims.

London: Richard Davis, 1676. Eighth Edition, Revised . Full Calf. Fine. 20 Cm Tall. Eighth Edition, Revised, 1676. (12), 349, (9), Nicely Rebound In Antique Style Full Calf, Tooled In Antique Style To Resemble Paneled Leather, Four Bands, Gilt Lettering And Date On Spine, New Endpapers Plus Two Original Free Endpapers In Front And Another At Rear. Contents Clean, Light Foxing Without Spotting, Pages Nearly Square (19.2 Cm), Binding 20 Cm Tall. No Names Or Marks Or Bookplates.

London: John Murray, 1817. First Edition Thus . Original Quarter Calf. Very Good. 8 3/8 " Tall. (I), 210; (I), Viii, 214. Quarter Calf, 6 Compartments, Black Morocco Title Label. First Combined And Complete Edition, With Fifth Edition Of The First Part, Third Edition Of The Second Part, Including The Appendix At The End Of The Second Part, First Printed Here (In This Third Edition Of Part Ii.) Original Quarter Morocco Over Marbled Boards, With Preliminary And Final Blanks, No Ads, No Pages Between The Two Parts Except The Title Page For Part Ii. Wear To Edges, Joints And Hinges Solid, Joints Beginning To Crack At Edges, Fraying To Tips. Ancient Ownership Name Of George Wood, No Other Names Or Marks. This Edition, With The First Printing Of The Appendix, Is Quite Scarce.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1854. First American Edition . Blue Cloth. Good. Map and Woodcuts. 226 Pp. Original Cloth, Gilt And Blind Stamped. Contents Clean, Light Aging. Covers With Wear, Cloth Lightly Frayed Across Top Of Spine And Down 3/4" At Top Front Spine Edge, A Few Other Points Of Fraying. Spine Has Been Wet, Gilt Is Dulled, Cloth Of Spine And Adjacent Areas Of Covers And Endpapers Damp Stained, This Damage Not Reaching The Printed Pages. Anecdotes And Observations Made While Curzon Was Part Of A Commission To Resolve The "Turkish And Persian Problem In Kurdistan And Armenia", Seeking The Most Arbitrary And Least Democratic Solution For All Residents Of The Area And Achieving Enduring Success. Library Label {Franklin Institute] On Front Pastedown, Four Digit Number At Base Of First Page. This Copy Fairly Crisp And May Never Have Been Read.

London: R. Knaplock, D. Midwinter, and T. J. Tonson, 1721. Second Edition, Rev and Enlarged . Paneled Calf. Very Good/No Jacket. 16" Tall. Second And Best Edition. Two Blank Front End Papers, Xii, 371, 143, Vi (Index To Volume I), Vi, 593, 139, Viii (Index To Volume Ii). Two Volumes Bound As One, 16" X 11" X 3 1/2"; Pages Printed In Two Columns, Title Pages Printed In Red And Black. Original Tooled Paneled Calf With Three Panels, Spine With Six Plain And Heavy Bands. Pencil Ownership Signature On Verso Of Second Blank Front Endpaper At Corpus Christi College, 1899, No Other Marks, No Stains Or Tears Or Damp Marks. All Edges Of Binding Are Worn With Slight Losses, Joints Cracked But Binding Cords Strong. Extra Postage Required Due To Weight And Size, International Shipment At Usps Insured Rate.

London: G. Nicol, 1797. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Quarter Morocco Over Boards. Very Good +. 11 1/8" Tall. Frontispieces, Plates And Illustrations. (Ii), Xxxiv,518; (Ii), Xx, 626. The Two Complete Text Volumes In Full Size, Text Blocks 10 5/8" Tall; The Plates Were Issued 1796 In A Separate Volume, Not Present Here; But The Plate Of The Camellia Sesanqua Is Present Between Pp 466 And 467. Original Quarter Morocco Binding, Five Bands, Morocco Spine Labels, Over Boards Covered With Marbled Paper, Original Off-White Endpapers, Preliminary And Final Blank In Each Volume. Bindings With Old Wear But Nicely Furbished, Morocco Labels Clean With Brilliant Gilt, A Little Loss Of Leather At Tops Of Spines And At Top Right Front Spine Edge, Paper Frayed Along All Edges Of Boards, Hinges Tight, Contents Clean, Just A Few Tiny Foxing Spots. Small Very Old Booksellers' Label Of The China Times, Bookseller, 94 Consular Road, Tientsin. And Another From Sydney. Former Owner's Signature Dated 1894,… Read More

London: Dawsons Of Pall Mall, 1967. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine. 95, 24 Pp. Olive Cloth, Spine Gilt. Fine. Two Volumes In One.

London: Richard Bentley, 1834. First Edition . Quarter Cloth / Boards. Very Good. 8" Tall. vii, 317;(ii), 330; (ii), 335. Deckled edges. Later blue pebbled cloth over original grey boards, morocco spine labels, contents complete. Spines fine, boards worn and frayed only at tips, hinges tight. Pages aged, endpapers browned.

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1955. First Edition . Paper Covered Boards. Very Good +. 11 Pp. Pattered Boards. The First Chapter From His Forthcoming "Marianne Thornton". Lightly Used, Spine Lightly Tanned With A Small Bump At Top Edge.

London: Henry Colburn, 1826. Third Edition [stated] . Quarter Green Morocco, Gilt. Very Good. 7 3/4" Tall. (1), 338; (1), 358; (1), 373. Stated Third Edition. Three Volumes Bound In Green Quarter Morocco, With Morocco Tips, 5 Bands, Red Morocco Title Labels, Black Morocco Volume Number Labels, All Other Compartments Elaborately Gilt, With Gilt Heraldic Emblem Of Griffin Presented An Armor Headpiece, With Crown Above. Wear At Corners And Edges, Front Hinge To Vol Ii Cracked, No Names Or Marks Or Bookplates. International Postage At Usps Priority Mail Box Rate.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1923. First American Edition . Orange Cloth. Near Fine Book/No Dust Jacket. 164 Pp. First American Edition, First Printing, Using English Sheets. Orange Cloth Clean, Spine A Little Dusty, Endpapers And All Contents Fine, No Names Or Marks.

London: T. Cadell, 1791. First Edition, Second Printing 2nd Printing. Leather / Boards. Very Good. 6 7/8" Tall. Second Edition Stated ( Actually The Second Printing Of The First Edition Of Her Second Novel). Quarter Calf Over Marbled Paper-Covered Boards, Tiny Leather Tips, Morocco Spine Labels With Gilt Lettering And Elaborate Gilt Upper And Lower Borders, Gilt Rules And Volume Number On Spines. Complete With All Preliminary And Final Endpapers, All Four Half Titles Present. Bindings And Hinges Solid, Tips Worn, Paper Along Edges Of Boards Are Partly Frayed Away. Contents Clean, No Names Or Marks Or Bookplates.

Basil [Basel]: J J Tourneisen / J L Legrand, 1790. Reprint . Speckled Calf / Boards. Very Good +. 8 1/2" Tall. (Viii), 414; (Vi), 367; (Viii), 340, + Long Index To All Volumes At End. Published 1790. Original Or Very Early Spotted Calf, 6 Spine Compartments With Two Morocco Labels On Each Volume, Gilt Decorations And Borders On Spine, Over Marbled Paper Covered Boards, Spotted Calf Tips, Light Blue Endpapers. Lightly Used, Single 1/8" Deep X 3/16" Long Chip At Top Of Spines Of Vols 2 And 3, Hinges Solid. Bookplates Of Lady Frances Compton; She Is Noted By Jane Austen's Father As A Visitor To Their Household In The Early 1790'S, Which Makes For An Interesting Association As There Is Speculation That Jane Austen Used Shaftesbury As A Source For Her Ideas Of Morality. Although There Is No Evidence That Austen Had Access To A Copy Of Shaftesbury, It Is Possible That She Discussed The Ideas With Lady Compton, Or Even That This Particular Set Was Read By Jane Austen