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London: Cassell and Company, 1957. Hard Cover. 8vo. Fourt edition. Maroon cloth. Volume I - The Birth of Britain: xxi, 416 pp. Volume II - The New World: xi, 344 pp. Volume III - The Age of Revolution: xi, 332 pp., B&W maps. Volume IV - The Great Democrats: xi..... More
London: Samuel Bagster and Sons Limited. Hard Cover. 8vo. Text in Greek and English. Full blue cloth. vi, 1134 pp. Spine slightly tilted. Mild rubbing to extremities. More
London & Glasgow: Collins Clear-Type Press. Finnemore, J. Hard Cover. 18mo. N.d., [ca. 1930s?]. Full burgundy cloth. x, 637 pp. [6] duotone plates, incl. frontis. Spine sunned, some very slight rubbing to extremities. A fictionalized account of the Great Plague of 1665 and the London fire of 1666. More
New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1967. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo. Quarter black cloth, mustard yellow paper boards. x, [4], 405 pp. B&W illustrations in text. Some slight toning to dust jacket, else fine. The Stories of the Greeks is a one-volume edition of Rex Warner's three highly praised..... More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999. Soft Cover. 8vo. Soft cover. xxx, 427 pp. Fine. The western tradition of philosophy began in Greece with a cluster of thinkers often called the Presocratics whose influence has been incalulable.They include the early Ionian cosmologists, Pythagoras, Heraclitus, the Eleatics (Parmenides, Melissus, and Zeno), Empedocles..... More
London: The Religious Tract Society. Hard Cover. 18mo. N.d. [ca. 1850 per WorldCat]. Abridged by the author. Rebound in full black cloth with new printed paper spine label. vi, 228 pp. B&W engravings in text. Light rubbing to cloth, small spot of wear and some scuffs to rear board. Paper..... More
Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1858. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. 12mo. First edition, first printing. Full brown cloth, gilt titles to spine, blind stamped filligree to boards. iv, 5-215 pp., 12 pp. ads. Professionally rebacked with original spine laid down. Some discolouration to cloth, a few spots of wear to extremities..... More
Toronto: The Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto, 2008. 1st Edition. Soft Cover. 8vo. Soft cover. 147 pp. B&W photos in text. Very slight crease to rear cover, fine overall. Details the exhibition of philosophical works post-1870 from the Slater and Walsh collections held by the Thomas Fisher..... More
London: Marcus Ward & Co., 1877. Hard Cover. 12mo. Orig. burgundy publisher's cloth, black and gilt stamped titling and vignettes to front board and spine. Rebacked, original spine laid down. 328 pp., 32 pp. ads. Duotone frontis. + numerous B&W illustrations in text. Some light staining, scuffing to cloth, a...... More
Philadelphia: Haswell, Barrington, & Haswell, 1839. 6" x 9" Lacking covers. Speckled edges. 151 pp. Moderate foxing and staining. Spine tilted. Ex-library stamp of the N.Y. State Library to title page. Pencil annotation to preface. "Withdrawn" stamp to gutter of verso of last page. More
London: Simpkin, Marhsall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. Hard Cover. 8vo. [N.d., ca. 1920?] Full green cloth. xxx, [94 pp.] plates. One hundred B&W illustrations. Cloth rubbed to extremities. Several additional photos from other books or magazines have been tipped into blanks and endpapers. Ink inscription to ffep. Bookplate of C.B...... More
Hong Kong: Salesian Catechetical Centre, 1958. Hard Cover. 12mo. One volume only of a 17 volume set. Orig. green blind stamped cloth, gilt title to spine. Unpaged. Colour pop-up illustrations of 20 catechetical scenes. Light rubbing to extremities. Rebacked. Lacking jacket. More
Georgetown, British Guiana: "The Argosy" Co., Ltd., 1913. Hard Cover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Orig. blue cloth, black stampted titles, gilt armorial device to front board. iv, 283 pp., [4], xii. Fold-out colour map at front. [27] B&W plates (most double-sided). Spine sunned, boards stained, corners bumped..... More
New York: W.J. Widdleton, 1879. Hard Cover. 12mo. Orig. blue cloth, gitl tiltles and triple filet to top and tail edges of front board, with some black ruling, black and gilt raven device to rear board. T.E.G. 305 pp. [3] B&W plates, including frontis. Bookplates of Philip Greely Brown and..... More
New York: Broadway Publishing Company, 1909. Hard Cover. 12mo. SIGNED with inscription from author to "R. Contee Rose, with the best wishes of the author, Christmas, 1910." Orig. teal cloth, silver stamped titling to spine and front board. 307 pp. [8] B&W portrait plates of significant locations and persons, including..... More
New York: Rudd & Carleton, 1860. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. 16mo. Orig. maroon cloth. 81 pp. Boards are damp stained. Bumping and wear to spine head and upper corners. Ink ownership inscription of Eugene LeMoine Didier to head of title page, dated 1871. Didier, son of Franklin James Didier, was..... More
Montreal: John Lovell, 1866. Hard Cover. 16mo. Lovell's Series of School Books. Quarter black cloth, printed paper boards. 320 pp. Illustrated with 72 engravings in text. Staining, rubbing and scuffing to board, wear to edges of paper. Wear to edges. Professional repairs to spine ends and hinges. Offsetting and foxing..... More
Philadelphia: John Grigg, 1830. Hard Cover. 8vo. Rebacked with full brown cloth spine, enw paper spine label, original tree calf boards. x, 11-237 pp. some scuffing and rubbing to boards, bumping and wear to corners. Foxing to endpapers. Some damp staining to top and tail around gutter. Some foxing and..... More
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1917. Hard Cover. 18mo. War Department Document No. 564 pp. Full brown cloth. 270 pp. Cloth is rubbed and lightly stained. Boards bumped to corners. Spine tilted. Repairs to hinges. Ex-library stamp and book plate of the American Library Association War Service Library. Handwritten recipes to..... More
Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1979. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. 9.5" x 9.5" Full turquoise cloth, gold lettering. 204 pp. Illustrated. A few small spots of staining to edges of boards. Dust jacket is sunned at joints, toned to flaps. Cornelius Krieghoff is the best known and best loved of..... More
Burbank: DC Comics, 2017. Hard Cover. 8vo. Glazed pictorial paper boards. Unpaginated, approx. [144 pp.]. Fine. Some criminals are too big for Gotham City. But no matter how far they flee, the Bat will always be there to stop them. When Mr. Freeze releases an ancient and deadly bacteria, it..... More
New York: Viking, 1987. Hard Cover. 8vo. Quarter cream paper over teal paper boards. viii, 263 pp., [8 pp.] B&W photo plates. Light rubbing to edges, bruise to spine foot. Remainder blue star stamp to tail edge of text block. Some slight toning to dust jacket flaps. Provocative, gripping and..... More
New York: Wings Books, 1960. Hard Cover. 8vo. Full white paper boards. 459 pp., [6]. Five B&W illustrations. Fine, bright and well-preserved. Here is a comprehensive and informative source book of American Indian history and lore that presents valuable information in an accessible A-to-Z format. More
London, Paris and Melbourne: Cassell. Hard Cover. 12mo. [N.d., ca. 1890s?] Five series bound in one volume. Full burgundy cloth, gilt title to spine. Speckled edges. xvi, 160. [40] coloured plates; xv, 160, [41] plates; xv, 160, [40] plates; xv, 160, [42] plates. B&W floriated initials and tailpieces depicting each..... More
Boston: Bruce Humphries, Inc. Hard Cover. 12mo (large). [[Copr. 1943]. 6] 7-62 p.p. plus [1]. Signed by the author on half-title. Jacket yellowed, with sunning to spine, edges and inner flaps. Small tears to jacket spine ends and tips. Very light rubbing to boards, edges. Slight bumping to top corners..... More