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Philadelphia: George Barrie, [ca. 1900]. First Thus, Limited to 1000 copies printed on Japanese vellum paper of which this is no. 377. Two volumes; octavo; half green morocco over cloth, gilt spines in five compartments, top edges gilt, marbled endpapers; lxviii,202; vi,233pp.; double engraved frontispieces, seven illustrations bound in two..... More
London: John Calder, [1989]. First U.K. Edition. Octavo; publisher's boards in white pictorial dust jacket; 322pp. Light dust-soil to dust jacket, textblock uniformly toned due to inferior paper quality, slightly later ownership signature to front free endpaper, else Very Good and sound. Sweeping, multi-generational novel by the French Nobel..... More
Philadelphia: Printed and Published by M. Carey & Son. 1817. First U.S. Edition. Octavo. 144 pp.; 24 pp. publisher's catalog bound to front. Bound in recent red cloth with gilt lettering to spine and new endpapers. Light rubbing to boards and binding is sound. Recent bookplate to front..... More
Paris: Calmann-Lévy, n.d., ca. 1890. Nouvelle Édition. 12mo (18cm.); contemporary grey felt boards, grey paper spine label lettered in gilt, decorative endpapers; [4],xx,299pp. Boards a bit rubbed and darkened at extremities and spine, front free endpaper separated but present, textblock a bit brittle and toned due to inferior paper stock..... More
Boston: Joseph Bumstead, 1804. First American Edition. Small octavo; original full sheep, red gilt spine label; viii,296[i.e. 299]pp. Leather rather dried and scuffed at extremities, some peeling to upper cover, lacking front endpapers, long shallow loss along bottom margin of title page and first leaf of text not quite touching..... More
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1934. First U.S. Edition, first printing. Octavo. 509 pp. Black cloth stamped in gilt; red topstain. No dust jacket. Boards worn along edges with brief exposure, spine sunned, and white streaks (paint?) to rear board. Binding gives a little but overall sound. Ownership..... More
Second Edition. Dublin: P. Wogan, P. Byrne, W. Sleater. J. Moore, J. Jones, A. Grueber, W. Jones, R. Weite, J. Rice, and R. M'Allister, 1791. Second Edition. Part 1 (all published). Octavo; viii, 366 p. [A]5 B-2A8. Leaf 2A8 [blank] removed. Lacks fold-out chart of Constitution. Contemporary mottled calf with..... More