Item 032198Arcadia & Piscatorial Eclogues.
USA: Wayne State University, 1966. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Hardcover with complete Dj. Clean, unmarked and square copy. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.
Literature
Item 67767The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Set of 5 Volumes.
Printed in Italy. The Folio Society. 2010-2016. First edition (first thus). Cloth over boards. Set of 5 volumes. Hardcover sparkly blue cloth over boards with slipcase. 8vo. Pagination varies. Each volume is illustrated in full colour with 5 to 7 full-page plate drawings and a font cover design by Jonathan.....
Item 67601Purgatorio.
Printed in the UK. The Folio Society. 2007. Folio Society edition. Leather and cloth over boards. Hardcover 1/4 blue leather over light blue moire silk over boards with slipcase. Folio. xvi, 154 pp. Illustrated with 34 full colour plate reproductions of watercolour paintings by Salvador Dali commissioned in 1951 by.....
Item 67346The Book of Chinese Poetry being the Collection of Ballads, Sagas, Hymns, and Other Pieces known as the Shin Ching or Classic of Poetry.
Printed in the UK. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., 1891. First edition. Cloth over boards. Hardcover cloth ( dark blue) over boards. 8vo. xxviii, 528 pp. Unillustrated. Title, line ornaments, and rampant dragon stamped in red on the front board. Stamped on the spine: title and publisher in gilt.....
Item 032380Daily life in Papal Rome in the Eighteenth Century
UK: George Allen and Unwin, 1968. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Hardcover without DJ. Minor rubbing to bottom edges. Fading to spine, head and tail slightly worn. Light scratches to back cover. Previous owner's inscription to ffep (in pencil). Overall clean, unmarked, and square. 8vo.
Item 68023Poeticae Aristotelis Nova Versio Ex Graeco Exemplari Editionis Novissimae Haud Paucis Tamen In Locis Si Diis Placet Emendato.
Printed in Italy. Typis Regiis. 1815. First edition. Hardcover: full burgundy cloth over boards. 8vo. viii, 1-138, 1-170. Unillustrated. Latin and Greek text. Trimmed and rebound into a library binding. McMaster University Library stamp on verso of title page. Slightly foxed. Pages clean and bright. Binding strong and square. Boards.....
Item 032425Two-Headed Poems; Signed
Canada: Oxford University Press, 1978. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Slightly used copy with soft creases and edgewear to covers. Light soiling to outer edges. Signed by author on title-page. Interior clean, unmarked, and bright. 8vo.
Item 67298The Door.
Printed in Canada. McClelland & Stewart. 2007. Limited first edition. Cloth and paper over boards. Hardcover 1/4 cloth (pale green) over paper (white) over boards with clamshell box. 8vo. [8], 120 [1] pp. Unillustrated, but includes an original signed and dated b/w relief print created by Atwood. Part of a......
Item 68033The Edible Woman.
Printed in Canada. McClelland and Stewart. 1972. First edition, second printing. Hardcover: orange cloth over boards with d/j. 8vo. 281 pp/. B/w photographic portrait of the author on the back of the d/j. Gilt lettering to spine. Previous owner's inscription at the top of the front flyleaf. Slight darkening to.....
Item 67295Payback: Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth.
Printed in Canada. House of Anansi Press. 2008. First edition. Cloth over boards. Hardcover 1/4 cloth (black and blue) over boards. 8vo. [12], 230, [2] pp. Unillustrated. Title and author stamped on front board and spine in silver and red foil. Embossed image of a balloon and thumbtack on the.....
Item 67362The Robber Bride.
Printed in the USA. The Franklin Library. 1993. Limited first edition. Leather over boards. Hardcover leather (brown) over boards. 4to. 466 pp. Unillustrated. Gilt stamped image on four women's faces on the entire front board. Five compartment spine with four raised ribs. Title, author, publisher, and gilt ornaments stamped on.....
Item 67603The Robber Bride.
Printed in the USA. Nan A Talese. 1993. First American edition. Paper wrap. Softcover paper wrap. 8vo. 542 pp. Unillustrated. Advanced reader copy. Pages are clean and bright. Binding strong and square. Wrap is slightly shelf worn and lightly bumped. A very good copy overall.
Item 67175Jugemens des savans sur les principaux ouvrages des auteurs, par Ardien Baillet, revus, corrigez, & augmentez par Mr. De La Monnoye. Nouvelle edition. Tome sixieme, premiere partie. Les satires personnelles qui portent le titre d'Anti. Parts 1 and 2.
Printed in the Netherlands. Compagnie des Libraires (Amsterdam). 1725. New edition (1725). Vellum over boards. Hardcover vellum over boards. 12mo. xv + 432 + 464 pp. Illustrated in b/w with several in-text wood block ornaments. Volume 6 of 8. French text. Rubricated title page. Hand written short title on spine.....
Item 66353The Control of Candy Jones
U.S. Playboy Press, 1976. 1st edition. Binding firm and intact. 267 pp. Hardcover. DJ with signs of wear, including minor closed tears and chips. Faded boards with slight offsetting from DJ. Bookplate to front pastedown. Clean, unmarked, and square.
Item 67839National Museum of Canada Bulletin No. 165 Anthropological Series No. 47: Huron-Wyandot Traditional Narratives in Translation and Native Texts.
Printed in Canada. National Museum of Canada. 1960. First edition. Softcover tan paper wrap. 8vo. vi, 338 pp. Illustrated with 14 b/w photographic portraits of Huron-Wyandot translators and storytellers, and a b/w map of the east coast of North America from Florida to the Hudson's Bay region. Signed and inscribed by.....
Item 27583La Divine Comedie. 3 Volumes. Complete. Miquel Barcelo.
Paris, France: France Loisirs, 2003. First Thus. Hardcover. Hardcovers Set In Complete Dj. 3 Vols. L'enfer; Le Purgatoire; Le Paradis. Approx. 250 Pp. Per Volume. Illustrated With Colourplates By Miquel Barcelo, Most Full-Page. Bilingual Edition With Original Italian And Facing French Translation By Jacqueline Risset. Notes By Jacqueline Risset. Also.....
Item 67274Quality Street: A Comedy in Four Acts, Illustrated by Hugh Thomson.
Printed in the UK. Hodder and Stoughton. Nd. (1913). First edition. Vellum over boards. Hardcover vellum over boards. Small folio. vii, [1], 198 pp. Illustrated with a tipped-in water colour frontispiece, 21 tipped-in coloured plates with b/w engraved tissue guards, and numerous b/w in text line drawings. Number 374 out.....
Item 67126Voyage du jeune Anacharsis en Grece, dans le milieu du quatrieme siecle avant l'ere vulgaire. 4 volumes plus atlas.
Printed in France. De Bure. 1788. First edition. Leather over boards. Set of five books: 4 volumes plus atlas. Hardcover full leather (tan) over boards. 4to. Pagination: vol 1 xviii+553+[1], vol 2 [6]+646+[1], vol 3 [6]+599+[1], vol 4 [6]+384+clxxxiv+[3], atlas xli+31 two-page plates. Illustrated with 31 b/w and hand-coloured, tipped-in.....
Item 032984The Eiffel Tower, and other mythologies
USA: Hill and Wang, 1979. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Hardcover with complete Dj. A small closed tear to Dj. Price sticker stain and slightly faded to front of Dj. Clean and unmarked inside. 8vo.
Item 67619The Happy Hypocrite.
Printed in the UK. John Lane. ND [1915]. First illustrated edition. Cloth over boards. Hardcover illustrated buckram over boards. Large 8vo. 70, [1] pp. Illustrated by George Sheringham with 24 full colour full-page plates with tissue guards (including frontispiece), 10 black/gold pictorial initials and tail-pieces, and an illustrated title page in black/gold.....
Item 032383Literature and Crime in Augustan England
UK: Routledge, 1991. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Hardcover with complete DJ. Minor signs of use. Includes some b/w illustrations. Clean, unmarked, and square. 8vo.
Item 66890Framing Feeling. Sentiment and Style in English Prose Fiction, 1745-1800.
USA: AMS Press, 1994. First edition. Cloth. Hardcover cloth (blue) over boards with complete d/j. 8vo. [x] + 261 pp. Illustrated with 8 b/w plates. Title and author stamped in gilt on front cover. Half title, author, and publisher stamped in gilt on spine. Text block clean and unmarked. Slight.....
Item 67330The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio.
Printed in the USA. Garden City Publishing Company. 1930. First edition. Leather over boards. Hardcover full leather (red) over boards. 8vo. xix, 576 pp. Illustrated with 24 full-page plate drawings by artist Jean de Bosschere: 16 in full colour (including tissue guarded frontispiece) and 8 in b/w. Binding by George.....
Item 67849Charlotte Emily + Anne Bronte: The Complete Novels. Illustrated with Wood Engravings. 7 Volume Set.
Printed in the UK. The Folio Society. 1997. The Folio Society 1991 second edition (revised with new illustrations), second printing (reset in 1996). Hardcover full green moire silk with slipcase. Seven volume set. Royal 8vo. Pagination: Jane Eyre -- 421 pp, Shirley -- 508 pp, Villette -- 450 pp, Wuthering.....
Item 66826William S. Burroughs, Cities of the Red Night.
USA: Holt, Rinehart and Winston. 1981. First edition. Cloth. Hardcover cloth over boards (brown) with slipcase. 8vo. 332 pp. Unillustrated. Signed by the author. Number 408 out of a limited run of 500 copies. Initials WSB stamped on front cover in copperleaf. Title, author, and publisher stamped in copperleaf on.....