Nouveau Voyage Autour du Monde ou l’ou Décrit en Particulier i’Ithme de l’Amérique, pluseurs Côtes et Isles des Indes Occidentales . Les Côtes Meridionales du Chili, du Pérou & du Méxique . la Nouvelle Hollande (etc.)
Dampier, Guillaume (William) 4 volumes, 12mo, Old sprinkled calf, spines gilt. Numerous maps, charts, and plates, many folding. Spines well worn and titles partially perished; hinges cracked but firm; one map with a repaired marginal tear extending into the image but without loss; else a good set with very good textblocks. Ownership signature on the front free endpaper of volume 1 dated 1759. Complete set with the third and fourth volumes, sometimes missing. Volume 4 contains Wafer's account of a visit to the Isthmus of Darien. California is shown as an island on the world map in volume 1. .- $1,438
- $1,438
Dracula: The Definitive Edition
Stoker, Bram Thick 4to. Black cloth printed in white on the upper bard and with a color paste-on of the Count. Illustrated endpapers. A fine copy. Accompanied by a lithograph by the illustrator. It is housed in a red cloth portfolio and is lightly soiled else isn fine condition as well. Limited edition of 750 copies from a total printing of 776 copies. Both the book and the lithograph are number285, and both are signed by Gorey. Illustrated from Gorey's art which originally appeared in 'Dracula, A Toy Theatre' (1979). The book and lithograph are housed in the publisher's clamshell case of black cloth with black ribbon ties. .- $1,438
- $1,438
The Story of the Electrotypes Used to Illustrated Sir John Tenniel’s Drawings for Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass
Arman, Mark Thin folio. Stiff printed wraps. Unpaginated (24pp.) One of 50 numbered copies; this is No. 17. Arman's discussion of the history of the Alice electrotype plates in illustrated by twelve plates finely printed letterpress. A fine copy. The plates were electrotypes created from the original wood engravings cut by the Dalziel Brothers ca. 1860-1870. .- $518
- $518
The United States of America Including all its Newly Acquired Territory
Single sheet apprixomately 37 by 56 inches bound into a portfolio of black cloth with 'The Scarborough Company' in gilt on the upper board. We note some (thumbtack?) holes along the upper margin, and a couple of small separations just at the folds, else the map is in fine condition, but the protector portfolio is lightly worn and faded in places. The elaborate typographical title heads a map of the continental United States. Each of the States and Territories are divided into counties, with cities, towns, and villages labeled. Shipping lanes are shown with their destination and the name of the company operating the route. Several inset maps show Puerto Rico, Cuba, Hawaii, Wake, Guam, Samoa, Tutuila, Howland and Baker, Alaska, and the Philippines. .- $575
- $575
The Labyrinthine Ways
Greene, Graham First state, with pp. 165 & 256 transposed. Yellow cloth printed in black. The cloth has a small spot on the upper cover; the endpapers are browned in the gitters from the binding adhesive else this is a near fine copy. A former owner has written on page 256 in pencil to refer to p. 165 at that point. The dustwrapper is not clipped. The spine tips and folds have been professionally and unobtrusively repaired; it has a fine appearance, with only a little soil and toning from age. .- $1,150
- $1,150
Tight Lines
Bandini, Ralph 8vo. 239,(3)pp. Illustrated with photographs by the author. Nicely bound in quarter dark blue morocco, gilt spine title, Cockerel marbled paper boards, map endpapers. A very good copy. No 159 of 500 copies. Inscribed "Good Fishing" by the author under his frontispiece photograph. Tuna fishing off the California coast. .- $1,438
- $1,438
Map of Texas, Compiled from Surveys Recorded in the Land Office of Texas and other Official Surveys
Kennedy, William The large folding Arrowsmith map is dated April 17, 1841, as in the first printing. There is a short closed mended marginal tear (no loss) where the map is affixed to the text. The map is bound into to William Kennedy, "The Rise, Progress and Prospects of the Republic of Texas", London, Hastings, 1841, Second Edition. Two volumes. 8vo. (1-)lii, 378; (1)-vi,(1),548pp. Contemporary full calf, spines in six compartments, red leather title labels, gilt, one(of two) black volume labels, gilt. Calf worn and rubbed, hinges cracked but firm, one volume label perished, the other chipped. Except for the lettering labels, a near very good set. The textblocks are near fine. All four maps are present. In addition to the Arowsmith map, the two single page maps, one of Matagorda Bay, the other of Aranzas Bay, are present and in fine condition. The folding map of the Republic of Texas is present. It has a separation at one of the folds, now mended and without loss, else it is in fine condition. Armorial bookplates of Robert Sawers present, as well as a stamped signature of H. T. Fletcher on the front free endpapers and in the lower margins of pp. 100, 200, 300 in each volume and, in addition, pp. 400 and 500 ion volume !! Howes K92; Graff 2308. .- $14,375
- $14,375
Telegraph and Travel: A Narrative of the Formation and Development of Telegraphic Communications between England and India . with Incidental Notices of the Countries Traversed by the Lines
Goldsmid, Colonel Sir Frederic John 8vo. xiv,(2),673pp. Green cloth blocked in black and gilt on the upper board; black coated endpapers. Profusely illustrated with a steel engraving and wood engravings. Three maps, two of which are folding. Inner hinges and spine tips neatly repaired, cloth with some wear, else this is a very good copy. An account of the work on the telegraph lines from British India to Turkish Arabia ultimately reaching London via Munich, Vienna, Constantinople, and Baghdad. .- $1,438
- $1,438
New Light from the Great Pyramid
Parsons, Albert Ross Large 8vo. xvi,420 pp. plus publisher's ads. Blue cloth, gilt spine title and gilt illustration of the solar system on the upper board. Frontispiece illustration of Uxmal, a color plate, illustrations, and a folding chart in the rear. Binding worn at edges and hinges, text shaken, a few paragraphs early on with some highlighting and a sticker removal from the spine base, else this is a very good copy. "The astronomical-geogrfaphic system of the ancients recovered and applied to the elucidation of history, ceremony, symbolism, and religion, with an exposition of the evolution from the prehistoric, objective, scientific religion of Adam Kadmon, the macrocosm of the historic, subjective, spiritual religion of Christ Jesus, the microcosm. .- $460
- $460
Erectario
Moctezuma, Eduardo Matos Thin 12mo. Unpaginated. One of about 70 copies finely printed by Juan Pascoe and Martín Urbina. Dark brown paper over boards, printed title label on the upper board. A fine copy. Thirteen poetic essays by Moctezuma, In Spanish. ¿Quién, si yo gritara, me escuchara en el Coro de los Ángeles? Who, if I were to cry out, would hear me in the Choir of Angels? .- $29
- $29
Annala Rioghachta Eireann: Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland by the Four Masters
O'Donovan, John Seven volumes, large 4tos. Contemporary half green morocco, green sand grain green cloth boards, marbled endpapers in a non-pareil pattern, all edges gilt, ribbon markers. Light wear to the bindings at the edges and hinges, else this is a very good set. With the bookplates of John Eacott Manahan and the arnmorial plate of H. L. A. The Annals are printed in the original Irish with English translation on the facing pages by O'DOnovan. This is Part II of the Annals of the Four Masters, in Irish, with O'Donovan's English translation on facing pages, and copious footnotes. O'Donovan published the second half of the Annals in 1848, which covered the years 1172 to 1616. After the unexpected success of this publication, O'Donovan went back to the manuscript of the Annals and edited the remainder, covering the years AM 2242 to AD 1171, publishing this part in 1851. New title and final pages were supplied to buyers of the 1848 set, and binders were instructed to rebind the set into a set of six volumes bound separately, plus an index volume of persons and places. The result is a set of seven volumes with title pages dated 1851.
The Ill-Made Knight
White, T. H. 8vo. 291pp. Blue cloth, gilt spine title and gilt art of a knight on the upper board. Top edge red. SPine darkened and gilt dulled else this is a very good copy/ This American edition preceded the British edition by a year. White's third Arthurian offering, preceded by The Sword in the Stone and The Witch in the Wood. This title has become very difficult to find, especially in collectible condition. So far as we know, this is the only original appearance of this title; White rewrote it when it was republished as part of "The Once and Future King". .
Shackleton’s Last Voyage: The Story of the “Quest”
Wild, Frank Thick 4to. xvi, 372pp. Publisher's blue cloth blocked on the spine in gilt with the title and an illustration of the ship's mast, and on the upper board in gilt, black and white, with a vignette of the shop at sea. Illustrated endpapers. Colored frontispiece, numerous maps and over one hundred illustrations form photographs. A fine, bright, as new copy. Conrad, p. 232. . Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (Numbered edition)
(Arthurian: Sir Gawain); John Ridlan, transl Folio. 88,(2)pp. Sewn on vellum tapes laced into stiff green paper boards, printed title label on the upper board and printed design label on the spine. Finely printed letterpress on handmade paper of just the right shade of green, and made by Pasquale De Ponte in San Lucas. Illustrated with linocuts printed in black fashioned by Artemio Rodriguez. The text is a new and wonderful translation by John Ridland. He has masterfully evoked the original alliterative verse in modern English. This is the first edition of the complete translation, parts of it having been published in literary journals from 2005 to 2010. As a fine press book, this is clearly a masterpiece. The handmade paper is of a perfect shade of pale green to carry the text, set in Bembo Titling and Poliphilus types cast by Bradley Hutchinson. One of 200 numbered copies from a total edition of 226 copies. This is copy 63. A fine copy.
Darby O’Gill and the Good People
Kavanagh, Herminie Templeton Green cloth printed in black. A near fine copy with only traces of wear. The dustwrapper is sunned to a pleasant tan color on the spine, else it is in near fine condition and not price-clipped. Facsimile of the first edition of 1903 but with8 a new title page and without the ads from the original publisher. "This History sets forth the only true account of the amazing adventures of a daring Tipperary man among the Fairies of Sleive-na-Mon." --from the dustwrapper. .
Aunty Jaunty’s Tales: Little Charles and his Dog
Strong, T. W. Thin 8vo. Printed wrappers. (16)pp. Each page with a full page hand colored illustration facing the text, The hand coloring is of bright primary colors. Wrappers are stitched. Corners clipped in a diagonal (as issued?) Light soil to the wrappers and pages, else a very good copy. Scarce. OCLC locates only 4 copies not counting digital copies. .
The Boy’s King Arthur
Malory, Sir Thomas; Sidney Lanier 4to. 321pp. Black cloth with a full color paste-on to the upper board. Pictorial endpapers. Top edge gilt. Complete with 14 full page full color plates by N. C. Wyeth, in addition to the full color frontispiece. Spine sunned and light wear to the corners and edges but a very good copy of the scarce first Wyeth edition, many times reprinted. .
Zuni: Four Seasons
Hazelwood, Art Concertina style, 8½ by 10½ inches expanding to 8½ by 170 inches. Printed on the obverse of the pages only. Four seasons in Zuni Pueblo: Rain Dance, Monsoon, Shalako, and Winter. Each season is presented in three panels plus a panel with the title. The cover illustration, titled "Zuni", is executed in reduction color woodcut on Arches Cover wove. The main illustrations are reduction color linocuts with screenprinted titles. One of 10 copies signed by the illustrator; this is copy No. 4. Boards yawning a little else this is a fine exemplar. . Stuart Little
White, E. B. 8vo. Tan cloth boards blocked in black, flesh and white on the spine and upper board including a vignette of Stuart grasping a rope. Pictorial endpapers. Illustrated by Garth Williams. A near fine copy of the first printing with the proper code on the copyright page. The dustwrapper is also first state, with the $2.00 price on the flap. The spine tips and corners are worn, and the edges are a little rough, spine and edges browned with age and with some small abrasions,else a very good copy. White's first children's book, widely recognized as a classic of children's literature. Stuart Little was illustrated by the subsequently award-winning artist Garth Williams, also his first work for children. It is a realistic yet fantastical story about a mouse-like human boy named Stuart Little. .
Taran Wanderer
Alexander, Lloyd 8vo. Publisher's blue paper over boards printed in dark blue. Blue endpapers. A fine copy. The dustwrapper is clipped, the spine is lightly and uniformly darkened, else it is in near fine condition, and much better than the norm. With a bookplate signed by the author loosely inserted. Stated first edition on the copyright page as needed for a first printing. The fourth book in the Prydain Chronicles. .
Riders of the Purple Sage
Grey, Zane 8vo. 336pp plus 5 pp. of publisher's ads. Black cloth, gilt spine and upper board and with a full color paste-on to the upper board. First printing of the Dunton illustrated edition with the proper codes on the copyright page. Frontispiece and eleven full page color plates by Dunton. Neat ownership name on the front free endpaper. The paste-on shows light wear and fading but a very good copy and rare in first Dunton printing. . Mandeh-Pahchu, A Young Manden Indian
Aquatint engraving from Prince Alexander's 'Travels in the Interior of North America', plate 24 from volume 1. The image is about 10 by 14 inches on a sheet 12 by 18 inches. Faint sunning just inside the plate impression, else in fine condition with the coloring bright. Matted in a 15 by 19 inch mat. The embossed Bodmer stamp is present beneath the imprint.