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London: Macmillan and Co., 1874. 2 volumes. First edition. Illustrated with over 50 engraved plates and with one full page colour map and one large folding colour map. Tall 8vo, very handsome contemporary three-quarter polished calf, the covers of feathered marbled paper over boards, the spines with raised bands gilt stopped, one compartment of each volume with red morocco labels lettered in gilt, numbered in gilt within compartments, all edges marbled sympathetically to blend with the covers. vii, 447; viii, 588 including geographic notes, appendix and index pp.. A fine and handsome set, internally unusually clean and fresh, the maps and plates in excellent state, the bindings solid and attractive and still beautifully preserved. FIRST EDITION OF THIS CLASSIC WORK BY ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT AFRICAN EXPLORERS OF HIS TIME. The scarce and rarely found account of the Khedive of Egypt’s expedition, which Baker commanded, to suppress the slave trade in Central Africa. It was one of the… Read More

Philadelphia and London: J.B. Lippincott & Co. and MacMillan and Co., 1868. First edition, American issue (with the 1868 rather than the 1867 date), but made from the First Edition English sheets with the title page rendered for the American market and in this case, with an 1868 title-page slug. It seems apparent then that the first edition English sheets were being bound up for the American firm Lippincott over a period that spanned the two years, but prior to the "Second Edition" being issued in London in 1868. Illustrated with 24 black and white plates from original sketches by Sir S.W. Baker, and with two coloured maps, one full page and one folding in pocket at rear. 8vo, publisher’s original green cloth, the spine lettered and decorated in gilt. [xxiiii], 596, including index. A very fine, handsome and very bright copy, especially so, the text is pristine, the hinges are perfect and the green cloth is exceptionally fresh with no fading whatsoever and only the most trivial evidence of… Read More

London: Oxford University Press, 1977 . First of the edition and a reproduction in the original size of Blake's illuminated book. With the 54 beautiful coloured plates printed in 6 and 8 colour offset from the originals, on paper especially made to match the tint of that used by Blake.. 8vo, publisher's original blue cloth lettered in gilt on the spine and in a dustjacket with Blake colour plates on the upper and lower covers. 155 pp. A fine copy with a very lightly edge rubbed dustjacket. FIRST OF THE EDITION. The Songs of Innocence alone were completed in 1789 and made up Blake's first Illuminated Book. They are poems of Happiness, expressing the child's confidence and joy in the world about him. The Songs of Experience - "Experience" summing up for Blake all the bitterness and disappointment of adult reality - were composed and etched from 1790 to 1794. Of all Blake's poems, the Songs of Innocence and of Experience are the most widely-known and the best loved.

London: Sir Richard Phillips, 1823. First Edition. 8vo, disbound. 112. A very bright, clean and well preserved copy, partially unopened. RARE. A descriptive account of the author’s experiences as a merchant seaman. Includes some vivid passages about a near-catastrophic gale encountered while sailing from Madras to Cuddalore, and observations on Indian and Chinese cultural practices. “The only edition of this description of a visit to New South Wales in 1818 and one of surprisingly few accounts of a voyage on a convict transport. Cramp explains that the "scarcity of employment in England determined me again to try my fortune abroad". He found a place on the convict transport Tottenham, which struck a reef shortly after leaving Woolwich, and then transferred to the Lady Castlereagh, which at 842 tons was the largest convict ship of its time. Although the descriptions of the two Australian colonies are relatively brief, they are well written and give a good idea of Sydney, Newcastle… Read More

Boston: Francis A. Niccolls and Company, [circa 1902]. 14 volumes. The fine Edition De Luxe, limited to 1000 numbered sets of which this is set 109. With a total of 73 fine photogravures from paintings by various artists, each with tissue guards captioned in red, these being a frontispiece and 5 or 6 plates per volume, four of the frontispieces are hand-coloured. Tall 8vo, handsomely bound in contemporary three-quarter crushed crimson morocco over cloth-covered boards, the corner pieces and backs gilt trimmed. The spines with tall gilt ruled raised bands and gilt tooled compartments featuring a central floral motif within a multi-ruled gilt framework, two compartments gilt lettered, additional gilt at the tail, t.e.g. A very handsome set of this deluxe issue, internally very fine and essentially as new, many volumes remain partially unopened, the fine ivory wove-paper spotless, as are the plates. The handsome bindings with some minor rubbing at the edges and tips, one volume with an abrasion… Read More

Paris: La Librarie Scientifique - Industrielle de Malher, 1829 & 1833. Two volumes. First Edition Volume One & Reprint of Volume Two. With 15 folding plates, and a supplementary text by A. Quetelet. 8vo,, recent cloth with paper spine labels. Some minor spotting, but a lovely copy in attractive binding. HERSCHEL'S IMPORTANT TREATISE ON LIGHT. With Sections on photometry, refraction, the construction of the eye and lenses, achromatic telescopes, diffraction of light, colors, etc. Sir John Herschel was a scientist and astronomer like his father, Sir William Herschel. In 1809 he entered the University of Cambridge; in 1812 he submitted his first mathematical paper to the Royal Society, of which he was elected a fellow the following year. An accomplished chemist, Herschel also discovered the action of hyposulfite of soda on otherwise insoluble silver salts in 1819, which led to the use of "hypo" as a fixing agent in photography. In 1839, independently of William Henry Fox Talbot, Herschel… Read More

New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1893. First Edition. Illustrated throughout with eight full-page plates. 8vo, publisher’s original red cloth lettered and decorated in gilt on the upper cover and spine. [4], 340, [4 ads.] pp. A fine, well preserved copy, bright and with only light mellowing to the spine panel. FIRST EDITION.

Boston: Ticknor and Company, 1887. First Edition. 8vo, publisher’s original terra cotta Victorian cloth, decorated in gilt and black on the spine and upper cover. (4), 463, (24 ads). A clean and handsome copy. Very bright and very well preserved. FIRST EDITION. Howells was an esteemed novelist, dramatist, and poet, perhaps most well known for his glorifying literary critiques such as MY LITERARY PASSIONS, CRITICISM AND FICTION, and MY MARK TWAIN. His biography of Twain was especially significant as his friendship with the author lasted for nearly 45 years. THE RISE OF SILAS LAPHAM is considered his best and most important novel.

London: Richard Bentley, 1833. 2 volumes. First Edition, A Rare Complete Set. Illustrated with 4 large folding maps, 5 full-page lithographed plates and 5 wood-engraved illustrations, complete and original as called for. Tall 8vo, handsomely bound in contemporary calf backed marbled boards with calf corner pieces, the spines with wide gilt tooled flat bands between blind stippled compartments, two compartments with gilt lettering. With fine engraved armorial bookplate in each volume of Captain E. N. Norcott, Royal Navy. xxiii, 434; viii, 420 pp. A handsome and very pleasing copy of this scarce and highly sought work, in an excellent state of preservation, the paper clean and still quite fresh with only a touch of occasional foxing, the maps are complete and in surprisingly good order with a few unobtrusive paper repairs at the versos, the spines have been restored with the original back-strips laid down. FIRST EDITION OF A RARE AND HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER BOOK. COPIES COMPLETE AND IN… Read More

London: The Medici Society, 1930. Small Crown Quarto edition, and the First Popular Edition. Illustrated with 20 color plates after drawings by W. Russell Flint. 4to, publisher’s original green cloth, lettered in tan on the spine panel. x, 331, [1] pp. A very fine copy, bright and clean, the binding tight and strong. A LOVELY COPY OF AN ICONIC ENGLISH ILLUSTRATED WORK.We've always considered the Medici edition of Malory to be one of the most beautiful, and their edition of Homer certainly stands out from the competition as well. Flint's illustrations add flavor to the story by offering the perfect complement of romanticism and classical grace.

London: The Medici Society, 1936. Small Crown Quarto edition. Illustrated with 20 color plates after drawings by W. Russell Flint. 4to, publisher’s original green cloth, lettered in red on the spine. x, 331 pp. A fine copy, bright and clean, the binding tight and strong. A LOVELY COPY OF AN ICONIC ENGLISH ILLUSTRATED WORK.We've always considered the Medici edition of Malory to be one of the most beautiful, and their edition of Homer certainly stands out from the competition as well. Flint's illustrations add flavor to the story by offering the perfect complement of romanticism and classical grace.

London: Harmsworth Brothers, Ltd., 1900. 2 volumes. First edition. Profusely illustrated throughout, “from photographs and authentic sketches taken in South Africa”, with two very large folding maps and a number of charts and plans. 4to, publisher’s original light green cloth beautifully lettered and decorated in black and gilt on spine and upper and lower covers, edges beveled. 364; 365-716, including index. A very handsome set, very well preserved with only light expected age evidence to the bindings. HANDSOME FIRST EDITION. The South African war was notable for many reasons, not the least of which was the fact that it was “the first great struggle fought out under new conditions which smokeless powder had introduced. No invention has made a greater change in the art of war than this...revolution, so profound that it can only be compared with that brought about by the general adoption of firearms four hundred years (before).” In the early stages of the war, the British were… Read More

London: Harmsworth Brothers, Ltd., 1900. 2 volumes. First edition. Profusely illustrated throughout, “from photographs and authentic sketches taken in South Africa”, with two very large folding maps and a number of charts and plans. 4to, bound in publisher’s best bindings of three-quarter red morocco over pebbled red cloth, gilt lettered on the upper covers with gilt rules on the corners and margin. The spines very handsomely decorated with gilt ruled and tooled compartments between raised bands, gilt lettering in two compartments, marbled end-leaves, a.e.g. viii, 364; viii, 365-716, index. An unusually handsome, fine and bright set. HANDSOME FIRST EDITION. The South African war was notable for many reasons, not the least of which was the fact that it was “the first great struggle fought out under new conditions which smokeless powder had introduced. No invention has made a greater change in the art of war than this revolution, so profound that it can only be compared with that… Read More

London: T. Unwin Limited [and] A. H. Bullen, 1913. Together two volumes. Third edition, revised and with additions, reprinted of POEMS and second edition of POEMS: Second Series. Each with an etched portrait frontispiece after drawings by Jack B. Yeats, title to POEMS printed in red and black. 8vos, in handsome matching contemporary bindings of three-quarter white vellum over green cloth covered boards, gilt trim to the backs and corner-pieces, spines gilt ruled and with gilt trimmed green morocco labels gilt lettered, green marbled endpapers and silk markers, t.e.g. xv, 314; vii, 162 pp. A very bright and handsome collection, the paper fresh and clean but for some minor age spotting at the prelims and untrimmed edges only, the bindings very attractive and in an excellent state of preservation. A HANDSOME COLLECTION OF YEAT'S POETRY, PILLARS OF MODERN IRISH LITERATURE. Yeats was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, "for his always inspired poetry, which in a highly artistic form gives… Read More

Greenwish: New York Graphic Society Publishers, Ltd., 1964. First Edition With illustrations from photographs. 8vo, publisher’s original blue cloth, lettered in silver on the spine panel, in the original printed dustjacket. (8), 279 pp. A fine and very well preserved copy but for the old internal “withdrawn” stamps and markings from taping to the old plastic protective cover. The dustjacket is very well preserved and has now been placed inside of a clean plastic protective cover. A nice copy considering. FIRST EDITION. With selections from the most important of the Antarctic works: SCOTT’S LAST EXPEDITION, THE HOME OF THE BLIZZARD, THE HEART OF THE ANTARCTIC, SOUTH, THE SOUTH POLE and Byrd’s major works, ALONE, DISCOVERY and LITTLE AMERICA.

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1977. First Edition, First Printing. 8vo, publisher’s original tangerine cloth lettered in gilt, in the original dustjacket. 257 pp. The book is quite fine, the jacket has a touch of minor age evidence. FIRST EDITION OF THIS CLASSIC OF MODERN SOUTHERN LITERATURE. It tells the story of the dejected lawyer Lancelot Lamar, who murders his wife after discovering that he is not the father of her youngest daughter. He ends up in a mental institution, where his story is told through his reflections on his disturbing past. The novel compares the protagonist unfavorably to his namesake, Sir Lancelot, as he experiences a vision of an empty modern American culture which invokes the symbolism of the mythical Wasteland.

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1975. First Edition, first printing. 8vo, publisher’s original tangerine cloth lettered in gilt, in the original dustjacket. x, 335 pp. The book is quite fine, the jacket is also fine though with a touch of minor toning. FIRST EDITION OF THIS CLASSIC BOOK of essays on semiotics, language and culture. Percy argues a middle-ground between Judeo-Christian ethics, which give the individual freedom and responsibility; and the rationalism of science and behaviorism, which positions man as an organism in an environment and strips him of this freedom.

Boston: Little Brown, 1937. First Edition, INSCRIBED AND SIGNED VERY PERSONALLY to J...., the original "dear reader", by Stegner, signing as "Wally".. 8vo, publisher’s original blue boards, the spine and upper cover gilt lettered, in the original dustjacket. 154 pp. A very nice copy, some offset from the dustjacket spine lettering to the spine of the book, and a few minorl chips to the jacket edges. AN ATTRACTIVE COPY OF THIS VERY PERSONAL INSCRIBED AND SIGNED STEGNER TITLE. A prize winning novelette, it was Wallace Stegner's first book. It was awarded the Little, Brown prize. Stegner considered J.... his favorite reader and wrote as much when he inscribed another book to her in later years.

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co, 1940. First edition, second printing issued with immediacy after the first, INSCRIBED AND SIGNED by Stegner to a familiar friend as "Wally". 8vo, publisher’s original blue boards, the spine lettered in silver, in the original dustjacket. 230 pp. A handsome and quite pleasing copy with minor tip wear to the spine, and a bit of light wear or chipping to the edges of the jacket. A NICE COPY OF THIS INSCRIBED AND SIGNED STEGNER TITLE. This was the author's third novel and is a story of a man grown old in war and his quest for peace with himself and the world. It is the story of a rejuvenation of mind and spirit and a drama of deep human emotion.

New York: Duell, Sloan, and Pearce, 1942. First Edition, Affectionately and very personally INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY STEGNER "For Jinny, who has already signed up as official historian on the post-war expedition to God's country. Wally". 8vo, publisher’s original maroon boards, the spine lettered in gilt, in the original dustjacket. 362pp. A very fine copy but for subtle fading to the spine edge and gentle wear to the jacket. A VERY HANDSOME COPY OF THIS VERY PERSONALLY AND AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION AND IMPORTANT STEGNER TITLE. The story of Mormon Country is indeed a fascinating one. It begins with the great westward trek under the leadership of Brigham Young and goes forward as the chronicle of tireless and superhuman achievements by a people of faith. The myths and legends of the Mormons, their folkways and great leaders, are relatively unknown to many Americans. But theirs is a colorful saga, and it is the saga of a people who built by group effort a region entirely… Read More