Hardcover. Paris, Victor Havard, 1883, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 300 pages. Brown leather spine. Marbled boards. Raised bands. Gilt titled spine. Sticker on front paste down from previous owner.
Hardcover. New York, Covici Friede Publishers , 1st, 1929, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 1274 pages across three separate volumes. Full page color and b&w illustrations throughout by Jean de Bosschere. Top edge gilt. Includes eight appendices and extensive notes from translator. Illustrated color frontispiece to each volume. This set #370 of 1300 sets printed. Musty odor, but otherwise each volume is clean and tight.
Hardcover. Edinburgh, David Douglas, 1st, 1891, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 256 pages. Small format book measures - 5 1/4" X 4". Leather spine with raised bands. Title in gilt. Light rubbing to cover corners. Marbled boards and endpapers. Previous owners name stamped on front endpaper. Light foxing to preliminary pages and last 4 pages of index. Clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. Paris, Victor Havard, 1882, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 351 pages. Brown leather spine. Marbled boards. Raised bands. Gilt titled spine. Very good. Sticker on front paste down from previous owner.
Hardcover. Paris, Calmann Levy, 1886, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 411 pages. Brown leather spine. Marbled boards. Raised bands. Gilt titled spine. Sticker on front paste down from previous owner.
Hardcover. Paris, Calmann Levy, 1884, Book: Very Good, 389 pages. Brown leather spine. Marbled boards. Raised bands. Gilt titled spine. Sticker on front paste down from previous owner.
Hardcover. Paris, Victor Havard, 1881, Book: Very Good, 336 pages. Brown leather spine. Marbled boards and end pages. Raised bands. Gilt titled spine. Some stains on title page. Sticker on front paste down from previous owner.
Hardcover. NY, Harper and Bros. , 1st, 1909, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, end papers with signs of ex-lib but internally clean. 3 black & white illust. lovely gilt decorated covers w/a floral pattern. top edge gilt.
Hardcover. New York, Lothrop, Lee & Shepherd Books, first, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 244 pages. A collection of literary criticism about children's books. The book is a tribute to Zena Sutherland. In very good condition, very clean pages and tight bindings. Dust jacket in very good condition.
Softcover. Philadelphia, PA, Frank S. Schwarz & Son, 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 64 pages. Color illustrated cover, 33 color plates with accompanying descriptions and biographical information, perfect bindings. Light wear to cover; overall a clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. Boston, Little, Brown, & Co., Reprint, 1920, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. 252 pages. Illustrated with black & white photos. Cloth bindings with pictorial front. Heavy fade, soil to spine.
Softcover. New York, American Antiquarian Society, Second Edition, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 120 pages. Softcover wraps with blue printed decoration to cover & black printed titles. Black & white illustrations throughout. Clean, unmarked copy.
Hardcover. London , White Brothers, Ltd. , 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 345 pages, fourth volume in this series-- catalogue of the sale of Countess Estelle Doheny by Christie's of London; b&w and facsimile color photographs throughout. Red cloth cover with gilded titles on cover and spine. Gilded "Ex Libris Estelle Doheny" on reverse cover. Upper fore corners of boards slightly bumped. Interior tight and clean-- all plates intact. Prices realized list laid-in.
Hardcover. London , White Brothers, Ltd. , 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 316 pages, fifth volume in this series-- catalogue of the sale of Countess Estelle Doheny by Christie's of London; b&w and color photographs throughout. Red cloth cover with gilded titles on cover and spine. Gilded "Ex Libris Estelle Doheny" on reverse cover. Corners of boards slightly bumped. Interior tight and clean-- all plates intact. Prices realized list laid-in.
Hardcover. New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, Reprint, 1899, Book: Very Good, Vol 15 (Part 1): 494 pages. 3 b/w plates with tissue guards. Vol 16 (Part 2): 553 pages. 3 b/w plates with tissue guards. Hardcovers. Deckled untrimmed edges. Early editions in the Scribner's series, bound in publisher's brown cloth with gilt decoration and elephant and swastika sign (Kipling's trademark) on the front cover and title page, top edge gilt. Just a touch of age wear to spine and cover boards, fading, soil, chipping. Bindings tight. Lovely, clean copies from this collection.
NY, Hunt & Eaton, Rep., 1891(1890), Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 8 full-color chromolith plates, many full-page black & white plates, hundreds of smaller black & white drawings. Amazing illustrated cover with silver gold gilt.
Hardcover. New York, Harper & Brothers , 1st, 1853, Book: Fair, 864 pages. Dark brown decorative embossed cloth, gilt. Marbled end papers. Spine is starting to split off. Both hinges cracked. Extensive edgewear. Lone Ranger Victory Corps cards laid in. B/W pictures throughout, some browning.
Hardcover. New York, NY, Christie's, First Edition, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover three volume set. Laminate oards, glossy navy, with full color illustrations to covers. Each volume profusely illustrated in full page, full color and black & white, beautifully arranged to accompany text. Vol 1 - Part I: The Middle Ages and The Renaissance - Wednesday, March 18, 1998, 263 pages. Vol 2 - Part II: The Age of Reason - Monday, June 15 and Tuesday, June 16, 1998, 473 pages. Faint, marginal wear to edges. Vol 3 - Part III: The Modern Age - Thursday, October 29, 1998, 411 pages. All volumes have tight bindings, sharp corners, very clean & unmarked pages throughout. A very nice set.
Hardcover. Paris, Librairie de Fermin Didot Freres, reprint, 1870, Book: Fair, Seven volumes, covers and spines on most are fair to poor, but the bindings are all sound and holding, complete with all the fabulous plates (over 750), illustrating the art and architecture of ancient Pompei. Vol I: Peintures, Premiere Serie: Decoration Architecturales, [xxiii] 134 pp. 108 pl.; Vol. II: Peintures, Deuxieme Serie: Compositions de Plusieurs Figures, 263 pp. 90 pl; Vol. III: Peintures, Deuxieme et Cinquieme Series: Tableaux, Paysages, 104 pp. 59 pl + 49 pp. 55 pl; Peintures, Troisieme Serie: Figures Isolees, 230 pp. 122 pl; Vol. V: Peintures, Quatrieme et Sixieme Series, 111pp. 60 pl + 45 pp. 32 pl; Volume VI: Bronzes, Premiere Serie: Statues, 213 pp. 110 pl; Vol. VII: Bronzes, Deuxieme et Troisieme Series: Bustes, Lampes, 69 pp. 22 pl. + 230 pp. 100 pl. Many of the plates are signed Ade (Adolphe) Bouchet, most are by Henri Roux ain
Hardcover. London, Oak Knoll Press, 2nd, 1978, 341 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Maroon cloth with gilt lettering. Clean, unmarked copy with minor edgewear. Tight copy. Black & white and color images throughout.
Hardcover. Moscow / , Iskusstvo / , 1957, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 479 pages plus 253 plates of B/W photographs of art plus list of illustrations, index and bibliography in first volume. 454 pages plus 381 B/W plates plus list of illustrations, bibliography, and index in second volume. Some color plates are sprinkled throughout second volume. Bindings are somewhat loose and boards have corners bumped. Spines are faded. One plate is loose in the first volume but present. Text block is clean and unmarked. "Russian Department, Middlebury College" stamp on front fly leaf.
Hardcover. Philadelphia, H. Adams, 1828, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Small (4 1/2 X 2 3/4 inches) volume, leather bound and gilt decorations on front and back covers as well as spine, all edges gilt. 852 plus 259 pages. Sound, clean copy with only small nick from top of spine.
Hardcover. Hartford CT, A. D. Worthington, 1st, 1898, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Sample dummy for sales force. Contains many b&w plates plus 2 fold-out color maps, samples of leather and cloth bindings. Text not complete, very good condition. Light blue coth with gilt and dark blue decoration.
Hardcover. London, T. Nelson, 1st UK, 1875, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 368 pages. Black & white illustrations by Giacomelli. Pages and illustrations clean and bright. All edges gilt. Top 1/2" of spine cloth torn with fraying to cloth at very bottom of spine - otherwise gilt title and illustration on spine intact. Gilt title and illustration on cover shows minor wear. Light rubbing to cover corners.
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