New York. Pantheon Books. 1960. 8vo. 20cm, first American edition, 318p., title-page vignette, full beige book linen, fine copy in good to very good complete jacket (clhmds). ~ An historical novel of third century Rome during the reign of Emperor Alagabalus. Signed by eminent Canadian poet, John Newlove.
Paris. Librairie Rene Colas. 1933. sm4to. 25cm, In 2 Volumes, viii,1411,69,iii,pp., (continuous pagination, These are Nos. 114 & 156 of a limited edition of 1000 copies, title-pages vignette, printed in double-columns, original grey printed wraps with vignette colour illustration, uncut, in publisher's glassine shipping wrappers, very good to fine clean.....
London. Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons. 1957. 12mo. 18cm, fifth edition, xvi,345,[3]p., ads., with 120 figures, 12 rear photographic plates, specifications, glossary, full blue green fine grain linen, cover and spine titles stamped in black, a fine copy in fine complete jacket. (ho.1). ~ One of The Artistic Crafts Series.....
London. Printed for Tim. Goodwin, at the Queen's Head against St. Dunstan's Church in Fleet-Street. M.DC.XC.IX (1699). 8vo, 19.3cm, (in8's), The First Edition. [16],213,[19]p., engraved frontis portrait, in full comtemporary sprinkled calf, real raised bands, gilt rules and centre decorations in the panels, crimson morocco label, blind ruled panels on.....
N.p. N.d. c.[1840-1860?]. oblong 16mo., 12x 16cm., (90)pp., light scattered foxing, full dark-green lacquered cloth, gilt spine-title ("Views"), wear on the spine edges, very good condition (ds1). ~ One plate by Ackerman is dated 1827. An impressive series of views, particularly the views of Spain and the Alhambra by David.....
Paris. Maisonneuve and Co. 1862. 8vo. 22cm, viii,191p., third edition (revised), quarter black morocco backed black pebbled cloth boards, gilt cover titles, (no spine title) some foxing on the endpapers, original owner's name on title-page, very good to fine (ds1). ~ First published in 1821 in French at St Peterburg.....
London. Prostant venales apud, Mosem Pit (Moses Pitt). 1675. 4to., (in 4's), trimmed 19.5 x 14cm, 86,(i),(iv), title-page vignette decoration, speckled later 19th quarter calf, tree marbled boards and marbled endpapers, gilt title on black leather label ("Bibliotheca Nummeria"), some wear on the outer side of the hinges but sound.....
Toronto. The Ryerson Press. 1928. 12mo, 19cm, 27p., with 2 full page illustrations, printed yellow wrappers, ads., near fine (Pol). ~ Sir Samuel Cunard, 1st Baronet (21 November 1787 28 April 1865), was a British-Canadian shipping magnate, born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, who founded the Cunard Line, establishing the first.....
Leipzig. Karl Baedeker, Publisher. 1909. 16mo. 16cm, 5th edition, xxxvi,454p., with 16 maps, including some folding & on the endpapers, 55 plans, original red cloth, gilt titles, some slight wrinkling on the bottom of the last map else very good sound condition (tr). ~ "Baedeker's Northern France" (cover title).
New York. Crown Publishers, Inc. 1978. sm4to., 25cm, sixth edition, xv,140p., with 104 illustrations primarily map plates (some colour), bibliography, index, fine in fine jacket (tr). ~ An extensively illustrated study of map-making from the earliest times to the mid-nineteenth century. A indispensable reference for the history of cartography...
Berkeley, California. University of California Press. 1940. 8vo, ix,155p., bibliography, maroon cloth, cover and spine titles stamped in silver, very good plus sound copy (Lt). ~ Fifty in Poems in German with English translation opposite. He was an Austrian poet and novelist. Acclaimed as an idiosyncratic and expressive poet, he.....
Montreal. Published by W. Notman. 1865. 8vo, 21.5cm, pp241-296, plus title and contents pages, plus 15p of interesting Canadian advertisements ~ With 5 mounted Notman photographic portrait, in the original pictorial decororated blue printed wrappers, fine condition ~ ROBERT BELL'S COPY, with his signature on the upper cover (Pol). Containing.....
University of Michigan. William L. Clement. 2007. 8vo. 23cm, 47p., rubricated title-page & cover, printed wraps, fine (Pol). ~ The William L. Clement's Library, located at the University of Michigan is particularly known for an expansive collection of books, manuscripts and maps on the American Revolution and the colonization of.....
Hamburg. Augustus Campe. 1827. 12mo, 17cm, 6th German edition, vii,312p., double-column (parallel English & German), covers detached, most of spine lacking, worn and rubbed marbled boards, text block in sound, good (ds1). ~ A popular grammar that first appeared in over 12 editions in English and French. This German (second).....
London. B.T. Batsford Ltd. 1954. sm4to. 24cm, Second Edition Enlarged, vii,424p., collations, dark blue cloth, fine sound copy, Autor's Signed Presentation copy, (gar). ~ A bibliographical account of the most important books illustrated by English artists in colour aquatint and colour lithography. (Sub-title). An important reference with 517 titles, covering.....
Cambridge, Massachusetts. The Belknap Press of Harvard University. 1964. 4to. 28cm, in 2 volumes, xvii,728 pp., wit 556 illustrations, indexes (general, artists, printers & publishers, subjects, chronological), grey book linen, gilt spine tiles on black labels, a fine sound set (gar). (Heavy volumes) ~ Volume I: Abbrege to Holbein. Volume.....
London & Edinburgh. T.N. Foulis. 1914. 8vo, 21cm, 2nd printing, 285,[8]p., (Foulis ads.), with 17 (of18) colour plate illustrations, original red cloth, black stamped titles on the spine and cover, near fine, (ILC). Illustration @p88 replaced in facsimile ~ A lighthearted look at English rural life by Irish novelist and.....
New York. Harper & Brothers Publishers. 1932. 8vo. 22cm, first US edition, xiii,296p., frontis portrait, 2 plates, appendices, index, green cloth, spine titles fading, good to very good sound copy (HmInDs). ~ An autobiography of a Russian-born British spy, Sidney Reilly (1873-1925) known as the "Ace of Spies" who worked.....
Toronto. McClelland & Stewart. 1979. 8vo. 23cm, first English language edition, 171p., light blue cloth, fine copy in good to very good complete jacket. (Clhmds). ~ A translation of "Ces enfants de ma vie", a novel of a young schoolteacher in the Canadian prairies. Translated by Alan Brown a noted.....
London. Faber and Faber 1958. 8vo. 20cm, first edition, 286p., title-page vignette, terra cotta red cloth, titles stamped in yellow, very good in worn but complete good jacket (clhmds). ~ "The story of the battles, murders, and intrigues that lead to the founding of the Kingdom of England." (cover). Signed.....
London. Printed for E. Smith, at the Elephant and Castle in Cornhill. 1682. 4to, 28.5cm, first edition, in 2 parts, 24,80p., pages 4 & 80 incorrectly numbered and corrected by hand, in later (19th cent) half tan calf and boards, black ruled borders decorations on the boards and in panels.....
Toronto. The University of Toronto Press. 1972. 8vo. 2nd Edition, 1085p., brown cloth,, a near fine copy in jacket. (Lt).
Toronto. The Golden Dog Press. 1934. 23cm, 14p., string tied wraps, near fine. (Bks). Designed by J. Kemp Waddie and printed by the Golden Dog Press, Toronto, Canada for the Philobiblon', a bookcollector's magazine, Vienna, Austria, Autumn 1934.
London. Small and Ingram Ltd. 1939. 46x63cm, (folded 23x16cm), fine. (cmt).
Ottawa. Edmond Cloutier, Queen's Printer. 1953. 8vo. 20 cm, 32p., illustrated, musical programs, illustrated wraps, fine. (On). Music programs for bi-weekly series of recitals, June- September 1953. The Dominion Carillonneur was Robert Donnell. Includes a list of the 84 carillons installed in various parts of Canada and the United States.....