Printed in Italy. Rizzoli. 2000. First American edition. Hardcover black cloth over boards with complete d/j. 4to. 703 pp. Illustrated with hundreds of b/w and full colour photographic plate reproductions of paintings, drawings, prints, architecture, and maps ranging in size from thumbnails to full-page. Gilt lettering to spine. Slight toning.....
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.....
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.....
USA: Dodd, Mead and Company. 1929. First edition. Cloth. Hardcover quarter bound cloth over boards (red and black) with d/j. 8to. xv + 332 pp. Illustrated in b/w with 5 tipped in maps, and a b/w photograph frontispiece. First flyleaf inscribed with: "Claremont Continuation School History 23." Minor dusting along the.....
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.....
Printed in the UK. G. G. J. and J. Robertson; and J. Debrett. 1793. First edition. Leather over boards. Hardcover original full calf leather over boards. 8vo. 251 pp. Unillustrated. Spine decorated with gilt ornaments and pasted on leather label with author and short title. Gilt dentelle to the board.....
Printed in the UK. Frederick Warne and Co., c early1900s. Sangorski & Sutcliffe edition. Leather and paper over boards. Three volume set. Hardcover 3/4 leather (turquoise) over paper (marbled) over boards with slipcase. 8vo. Vol. I: i-lvii, 58-447 pp; vol II: i-viii, 9-468 pp; vol III: i-x, 11-480 pp. Each.....
Printed in the UK. Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans. 1855. First edition. Leather and paper over boards. Hardcover 1/4 leather (red morocco) over paper (marbled) over boards. 8vo. Pagination: volume I - frontis, xiv, [1], 388 pp; volume II - frontis, iv, 426 pp; volume III - frontis, x, [1], 448.....
USA: Press of the Woolly Whale. 1937. First edition. Cloth. Hardcover cloth over boards with no d/j. 8to. 92 pp. Illustrated throughout with b/w collotype reproductions of playing cards. Hand coloured vignette on the titlepage. Number 74 out of a limited print run of 250. Foredge roughly trimmed. Gilt head.....
UK: B.T. Batsford, 1994. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Hardcover with complete Dj. All illustrations in B&W. A clean an unmarked copy. Large 8vo.
USA: Yale University Press, 1995. Hardcover. Hardcover with complete Dj. All illustrations in B&W. Slight signs of shelf wear. Clean and unmarked inside. Large 8vo.
Printed in the UK. John Grant. 1903. 1903 edition. Cloth over boards. Set of two volumes. Hardcover cloth (publisher's maroon) over boards. 8vo. Pagination: volume I -- xi, 298 pp ; volume II -- xii, 303 pp. Illustration: volume I -- a b/w engraved frontispiece, 288 b/w full-page engraved plates.....
Printed in Canada. The Musson Book Company Limited. 1911. First English edition. Cloth over boards. Hardcover original cloth (blue) over boards. 4to. viii + 315 pp. Illustrated with 51 b/w plate photographs and diagrams, a folding b/w photograph frontispiece, and a large, removable, quarter-folded, three colour map depicting the Antarctic.....
USA: Intellect Ltd, 2009. Soft cover. Soft cover. All illustrations in color. A clean and unmarked copy. 8vo.
Printed in the UK. John Tallis & Co., No date [c. early 1850s]]. Reprint of 1846 edition. Quarter leather over boards. Hardcover quarter leather (black) and cloth (green) over boards. 4to. 2 volume set. Vol 1: xx + 596, vol 2: xi + 556 pp. Volume 1 illustrated with 89.....
Printed in Italy. Electa/Abbeville. 1993. First U.S. edition. Hardcover beige cloth over boards with complete d/j and slipcase. Square 4to. 267 pp. Illustrated copiously throughout with predominately full colour plates with some b/w of Andrea Mantegna's frescos for the Camera degli Sposi (marriage chamber) in the Ducal Palace in Mantua. Includes.....
Printed in Canada. Garamond Press. 1998. First edition. Paper wrap. Softcover paper wrap. 8vo. x, 236, [2] pp. Illustrated with the occasional b/w plate. Pages bright and clean except for the introduction, which has extensive graphite underlining and circling. Binding strong and square. Wrap lightly worn, bumped and sunned. Very.....
Netherlands: Brill, 2003. Hardcover. Hardcover. Volume II only. All illustrations in B&W. Slightly sunned top edge of front cover; otherwise in near fine condition. Large 8vo.
Printed in the UK. Archibald Constable and Co., 1894. First English edition. Cloth over boards. Hardcover cloth (green) over boards. 8vo. xxiii, [5], 277 pp. Illustrated with a b/w engraved plate frontispiece, five b/w engraved plates, and 164 b/w in text engraved figures. Gilt ornament of the footprints of Buddha.....
UK: A. Millar, 1758. Second edition. Leather. Hardcover leather over boards. 12mo. xi + 276 pp. Unillustrated. Rebacked sympathetically. Inscribed on title page. Gilt stamped double border on front and back cover. On the spine is the original red leather label, with gilt stamped author and half title, pasted on.....
Printed in China. Laynfaroh. 2005. First edition. Hardcover red cloth over boards with d/j. 4to. 304 pp. Illustrated entirely throughout with b/w and full colour plates of drawings, paintings, and photographs. Gilt lettering to spine. Illustrated endpapers. Pages bright and clean except for the index which is lightly soiled. Binding.....
J. Jaques and W. Wright. 1827. 1827 edition. Cloth over boards. Hardcover cloth (green) over boards. 8vo. [4] + 692 pp. Illustrated with 7 b/w plate engravings, a b/w engraved portrait frontispiece, and a b/w illustrated title page. Trimmed and rebound into a library binding. Illustrated title page dated 1826.....
U.K. Oxford University Press, 1964. 1st edition. Binding firm and intact. 4to. Hardcover without DJ as issued. Ex-library copy. Boards with some soiling, rubbing, and sticker residue to several areas. Clear tape wrapped around bottom of spine. Barcode sticker to front pastedown and library pocket to FFEP. Sunned pages. Interior.....
Printed US. Harper Collins, 1992. 1st Edition. Half Cloth & Boards. Hardcvoer with complete Dj. 8vo. 203 pp. Bottom corners bumped and a touch of fore-edge soiling; dj slightly soiled.
UK: John Stockdale. 1807. Forth edition. Leather. Complete set of 3 volumes. Hardcover; leather over boards. 4to. Vol 1: xlviii+576 pp; Vol 2: viii+616 pp; Vol 3: xxx+477 pp. Illustrated with 22 b/w folding plates and maps. Covers are gold tooled, and the foredges are all marbled, as well as the.....