Bartlebys Books

Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1926. First edition. 12mo. xxxv, 553 pp. With a tipped-in autograph letter, signed by the French poet Pierre-Jean de Beranger, 28 October 1829, to a M. Becker, apparently an aspiring song writer who had sent Beranger some of his songs (some evidence of repair along folds). Beranger (1780-1857), French poet and writer of popular songs, was celebrated for his liberal and humanitarian views during a period when French society as a whole was undergoing rapid and sometimes violent change; "the songs of Beranger are elaborate, written in a clear and sparkling style, full of wit and incision" (Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th edition). In this anthology are three Beranger poems. Joints a little rubbed, but very good. Somewhat later burgundy morocco, gilt spine title, gilt turn-in dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, by Rivière. (#6179).

Columbus, Ohio: Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society, 1904. 8vo. xix. 815pp. Hardback with pictorial green boards. Authors picture on frontis. Very clean and in very good condition.

Amsterdam: Paul Marret, 1695. . Later edition in French (first published in Paris, 1676; the work first published in English in London, 1648). 12mo. 2 volumes bound as one: (24), 200, 178; (14), 318 pp. Extra engraved title pages to each volume, 16 folding maps and plates. Sabin 26304. Hill 665 (for the 1648 edition): "[1625 to 1637] Gage spent in Central America, Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, and Panama. He lived for some years among the Indians, and, on occasion, acted as parish priest or professor of philosophy. His book, published after his return, caused a great sensation, for it was the first to give the world a description of the vast regions from which all foreigners had been jealously excluded by the Spanish authorities. The work was translated into French, Dutch, and German, but its purpose was to urge the English to seize the Spanish territories in the New World." Very good. Near contemporary calf (rubbed), spine with elaborate blind-stamped decoration, vellum spine label, all edges sprinkled red.…Read more

Cincinnati: Robert Clarke, 1873. 1st ed. 8vo.; x, 403pp. Frontis. portrait (portrait & facing title page foxed). Prev. owner's name on front free endpaper. Orig. gilt-stamped green cloth (spine ends rubbed). Very good. HOWES B1062.

Dublin: P. & W. Wilson [and others], 1769. 8vo. 2 volumes: vii, 463; viii, 415 pp. Contemporary flame calf (joints cracked and a little eroded), leather spine labels (rubbed). A solid copy. First Dublin edition, originally published in French in 1757; the first edition in English appeared in London in 1769). With the book label of William Tatham in each volume; Tatham was well known for his work in the tobacco business in North Carolina, Virginia, and Tennessee in the late 18th century and he published an important book on the subject in 1800.