Oeuvres Completes.; Premieres Poesies; Poesies Nouvelles; Comedies et Proverbes 3 volumes; Melanges de Literature et de Critique; Contes et Nouvelles 2 volume; La Confession d’un Enfant du Siecle; Oeuvres Posthumes
DE MUSSET, Alfred Illustrated throughout with charming color plates by Georges LePape, handsomely printed by Draeger Freres. 11 volumes. Tall 8vos, pictorial wrappers with pale blue marbled board sleeves and matching slipcases (a few are somewhat worn). Paris: Le Vasseur, (1937). Limited Edition. A fine set with mostly unopened pages in very good or better slipcases. Limited edition -- No. 19 out of only 69 sets on Japon imperial with 2 original watercolors signed by the artist, and an extra suite of 144 color plates, along with all 144 images also printed in black.- $1,250
- $1,250
Harlow Brooks: Man and Doctor
MOORHEAD, John J. Several black & white illustrations. vii, 302 pages. Thick 8vo, burgundy cloth with gilt lettering at spine (cloth rubbed, lettering faded). New York: Harper & Brothers, 1937. First edition. Pages toned. A very good copy lacking the dust wrapper.- $13
- $13
Harlow Brooks: Man and Doctor
MOORHEAD, John J. Several black & white illustrations. vii, 302 pages. Thick 8vo, burgundy cloth with gilt lettering at spine (cloth rubbed, lettering faded). New York: Harper & Brothers, 1937. First edition. Pages toned, bookplate at front endpaper, library stamp at the title page. A very good copy lacking the dust wrapper.- $13
- $13
A History of the Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus
IRVING, Washington 4 volumes, tall 8vo, 3/4 black calf, red leather spine labels, gilt titles, ornately gilt spines, marbled boards. Fold out maps in volumes 1 & 2, slightly damaged, occasional foxing. London: John Murray, 1828. A lovely set.- $850
- $850
The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night.; Rendered from the literal and complete version of Dr. J. C. Mardrus: and collated with other sources
MATHERS, E. Powys, ed 16 volumes bound in 8, extra illustrated, illustrations with tissue guards, rubricated title pages, tall thick 8vo, 3/4 blue calf, burgundy spine labels, top edges gilt. London: The Casanova Society, London, 1929. A fine set.- $1,850
- $1,850
The Road to Reality: A Complete Guide to the Laws of the Universe
PENROSE, Roger Illustrated. xxviii + 1099 pages. Very thick 8vo, pale blue cloth-backed boards, d.w. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2005. First issue of the first American edition. One page with some light pencil underlining, else a fine copy in a fine dust wrapper.- $150
- $150
The Court of King James the First
GOODMAN, Godfrey Rubricated titles and frontispiece portraits. 2 volumes. Slim 8vo, full tan polished calf; ornately gilt spines with red and black leather labels, marbled edges. Light scattered foxing on first few pages of each volume. London: Richard Bentley, 1839. First Edition. A near fine beautiful set.- $450
- $450
Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant
GRANT, Ulysses S. 2 volumes. Illustrated. Thick, tall 8vo, original gilt-stamped green cloth; some areas of dark ink staining and spotting to covers, small abrasion along portion of lower rear edge of volume One. New York: Charles L. Webster, 1885, 1886. First Edition. Still a near fine copy.- $950
- $950
The Works of Oscar Wilde
WILDE, Oscar 10 volumes. Thick 8vo, finely bound in recent 3/4 dark green morocco with twin burgundy spine labels, decoratively gilt spines, raised bands and marbled boards, top edges gilt, deckled edges. New York: Nottingham Society, circa 1910. Fine. Deluxe Edition, Number 832 of of 1000 sets.- $5,000
- $5,000
Contributions to the Natural History of Alaska.; Results of Investigations made Chiefly in the Yukon District and the Aleutian Islands; Conducted Under the Auspices of the Signal Service, United States Army, Extending from May, 1874, to August, 1881
TURNER, L.M. Prepared under the Direction of Brig. and Bvt. Maj. Gen. W.B. Hazen. 11 chromolithographic plates of birds, 15 black-and-white plates of fish. 226 page, 4to, original cloth; spine sunned, small ownership stamp inside front cover, damp stain outer margin of a few pages--not effecting text or illustrations. Washington: GPO, 1886. Very good. No. 2 of the Arctic Series of Publications issued in Connection with the Signal Service, U.S. Army.- $175
- $175
Paradise Interrupted: Hurricane Ivan, Grand Cayman, 11-12 September, 2004
PLATT, Courtney (photog.); LAWRENCE, Joanna Foreword by Governor Bruce H. Dinwiddy. Color photographic illustrations throughout. 159 pages. Oblong 4to, glossy pictorial boards, pictorial d.w. Grand Cayman: Courtney Platt Photography, (2005). Inked signature and lengthy inscription at front endpaper by Platt. A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper.- $75
- $75
The Carpet Wars: From Kabul to Baghdad; A Ten-Year Journey Along Ancient Trade Routes
KREMMER, Christopher Map, black & white photographic illustrations throughout. xii, 448 pages. 8vo, two-toned orange and black boards, pictorial d.w. New York: HarperCollins/Ecco, (2002). First American edition. A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper.- $15
- $15
Beyond Bokhara: The Life of William Moorcroft, Asian Explorer and Pioneer Veterinary Surgeon, 1767-1825
ALDER, Garry Several maps, several pages of black & white illustrations. xiii, 417 pages. 8vo, burgundy cloth with gilt lettering at spine, wraparound pictorial d.w. (sunned at spine). London: Century Publishing, (1985). Upper corners slightly bumped, otherwise a fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper.- $23
- $23