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The Revolutionary Plutarch, Exhibiting the Most Distinguished Characters, Literary, Military, and...

A Gentleman Resident at Paris [Attrib. to Lewis Goldsmith Stewarton]

The Revolutionary Plutarch, Exhibiting the Most Distinguished Characters, Literary, Military, and Politlcal, of the Recent Annals of the French Republic, the Greater Part from the Original Information of a Gentleman Resident at Paris (Three Volumes)

London: John Murray, 1804. Second Edition. Small Octavo; Vol. I xvi + 379pp + 4pp of publisher's prospectus; Vol. II 420pp; Vol. III vi + 322pp + 2pp of publisher's prospectuses. Each volume has an engraved portrait frontispiece (Moreau, Pichegru, and the Duc d'Enghien, respectively); the third also includes a...... More

Price: $100.00

The Works of the Late Edgar Allan Poe; with a Memoir by Rufus Wilmot Griswold and Notices of His...

Edgar Allan Poe; Rufus Wilmot Giriswold [ed.]; Nathaniel Parker Willis [contrib.]; James Russell Lowell [contrib.]

The Works of the Late Edgar Allan Poe; with a Memoir by Rufus Wilmot Griswold and Notices of His Life and Genius by N.P. Willis and J.R. Lowell. In Four Volumes

New York: Redfield, 1856-1857. Later Printings of Vols I-III, with apparent First Printing of Vol IV. Octavos (7.5" x 5"); Vol I - Tales (1857): lv, 483pp, portrait frontis with tissue guard; Vol II - Poems and Tales (1857): xxvi, 495pp; Vol III - The Literati (1857): iv..... More

Price: $650.00

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire [Twelve Volumes]. Edward Gibbon

Edward Gibbon

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire [Twelve Volumes]

London: Vernor, Hood, & Sharpe, In The Poultry, 1806. "A New Edition." Twelve Octavo Volumes Complete. Frontis portrait and two fold-out maps to volumes 1 and 2. Full contemporary tree-calf with black and red labels and gilt decoration to spine. Worn along edges; corners bumped; some loss to..... More

Price: $750.00

All the Extant Works of François Rabelais: An American Translation With a Critical Text, Variant...

François Rabelais; Samuel Putnam [Trans.]; Jean de Bosschère [Illus.]

All the Extant Works of François Rabelais: An American Translation With a Critical Text, Variant Readings, Variorum Notes and Drawings Attributed to Rabelais in Three Volumes

New York: Covici-Friede Publishers, 1929. "Privately Printed for Subscribers Only." "This edition is limited to thirteen hundred numbered copies of which this is copy number 1387"--a numerical impossibility which may indicate over-subscription or acknowledged over-run. Folio; Vol I xl + 515pp; Vol II extends pagination through p. 865; Vol III..... More

Price: $125.00

The Works of George Eliot (Eight Volumes). George Eliot, Mary Ann Evans

George Eliot [Mary Ann Evans]

The Works of George Eliot (Eight Volumes)

New York: The Nottingham Society, [c. 1900]. "Edition De Luxe." Octavo; Vol I: Silas Marner 186pp, Scenes of Clerical Life 377pp, The Lifted Veil 45pp, Brother Jacob 43pp; Vol II Adam Bede 544pp; Vol III The Mill on the Floss 546pp; Vol IV Romola 596pp; Vol V Felix Holt 477pp;..... More

Price: $300.00

Alfred Lord Tennyson: A Memoir by His Son [Four Volumes]. Hallam Tennyson

Hallam Tennyson

Alfred Lord Tennyson: A Memoir by His Son [Four Volumes]

Boston: Dana Estes and Company, 1897. Limited 'Connoisseur' Edition, this being #37 of 250. Four volumes bound in three quarter leather over marbled paper boards; spines lettered in gilt; five raised bands; marbled endpapers; top edge gilt. Frontispiece and black and white illustrations to each volume. Includes selections of Alfred..... More

Price: $325.00

Coins of the Roman Empire in the British Museum (Six Volumes Issued in Eight). Harold Mattingly,...

Harold Mattingly; R.A.G. Carson; Philip V. Hill

Coins of the Roman Empire in the British Museum (Six Volumes Issued in Eight)

London: British Museum Publications Limited, 1923-1962. Reprinted, corrected, or second editions of all volumes. Octavo; Vol I Augustus to Vitellius ccxxxi + 464pp + 64 plates; Vol II Vespasian to Domitian cv + 485pp + 83 plates; Vol III Nerva to Hadrian cxcvi + 640pp + 102 plates; Vol IV..... More

Price: $450.00

The Encyclopaedia Britannica: Renowned Eleventh Edition of 1910-1911: A Dictionary of Arts,...

Hugh Chisolm [ed.]; Walter Alison Phillips [ed.]

The Encyclopaedia Britannica: Renowned Eleventh Edition of 1910-1911: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and General Information; "Handy Volume" 1915 Photographic [Re]Issue on India Paper (29 Volumes)

New York [Chicago]: The Encyclopaedia Britannica Company, 1910-11 [1915]. (29 Volumes) "Handy Edition" photographic reissue on India paper, distributed by Sears, Roebuck, and Company. Octavo; page counts vary from 932pp to 1080pp. Tipped-in plates, maps, tables, and charts in every volume, with the exception of the final Index (Vol. 29)..... More

Price: $250.00

The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., together with the Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides and...

James Boswell; Hester Thrale Piozzi; Richard Cumberland; Thomas Percy; Thomas Campbell; Joshua Reynolds; Fanny Burney [as Mme d'Arblay]; Alexander Napier [ed.]; Robina Napier [ed.]

The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., together with the Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides and Johnsoniana (Five Volumes)

London: George Bell and Sons, 1884. First Edition Thus. Octavo; Vol I lv + 583pp; Vol II xi + 570pp; Vol III xi + 568pp; Vol IV xv + 469pp; Vol V xiii + 432pp. Fifty-three engravings of portraits, dwellings, locales, manuscripts, and signatures dispersed throughout the five volumes; two-color..... More

Price: $150.00

Oeuvres Completes de La Fontaine (Partial set - Vols 1, 2, 4, 5, & 7). Jean de La Fontaine, M....

Jean de La Fontaine; M. Louis Moland [ed.]

Oeuvres Completes de La Fontaine (Partial set - Vols 1, 2, 4, 5, & 7)

Paris: Garnier Freres, [1870s]. Five Volumes of a seven volume set. Octavo; V1: cxxix, 368 pp, 4 plates; V2: [vi], 507 pp., 4 plates; V4: [vi], 425 pp., 4 plates; V5:[vi], i-xliv, 516 pp., 2 plates; V7: cxiv, 488 pp., 2 plates. Mustard marbled paper-covered boards with brown leather spine..... More

Price: $150.00

John Leech's Pictures of Life & Character from the Collection of "Mr. Punch" (Three Volumes)....

John Leech

John Leech's Pictures of Life & Character from the Collection of "Mr. Punch" (Three Volumes)

London: Bradbury, Agnew, & Co. Ld., [c. 1885-1887]. Quarto; Vol. I 284pp; Vol. II 276pp; Vol. III 268pp. Early (first?) but unspecified printings. Hundreds of editorial cartoons anthologized in each volume. Red cloth with gilt pictorial stamping on front panels and spines, each volume's binding imagery unique. Lettering on..... More

Price: $100.00

Men of Good Will [complete set of English translation of Les Hommes de Bonne Volonté in American...

Jules Romains [Louis Henri Jean Farigoule]; Warre B. Wells, Gerard Hopkins [translators]

Men of Good Will [complete set of English translation of Les Hommes de Bonne Volonté in American Knopf edition]: Men of Good Will, Passion's Pilgrims, The Proud and The Meek, The World From Below, The Earth Trembles, The Depths and the Heights, Death of a World, Verdun, Aftermath, The New Day, Work and Play, The Wind is Rising, Escape in Passion, The Seventh of October (Fourteen Volumes)

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1933-1946. Stated Firsts: Vols. 1, 3-7, 13-14; Second Printing: Vol. 2: "First and Second Printing Before Publication": Vols. 8-9; unstated "wartime edition": Vols. 10-12. Octavo, various cumulative paginations from 385 to 615. Dust jackets present for Vols 8, 9, 11, 12. Modernist cubist..... More

Price: $200.00

The History of the United States of America from the Discovery of the Continent to the...

Richard Hildreth

The History of the United States of America from the Discovery of the Continent to the Organization of Government Under the Federal Constitution; The History of the United States of America from the Adoption of the Federal Constitution to the End of the Sixteenth Congress (Six Volumes)

New York: Harper & Publishers, Publishers, 1849-1852. Octavo; Vol I (1849) 570pp; Vol II (1849) 579pp; Vol III (1849) 593pp, including index to first three volumes; Vol IV (1851) 704pp; Vol V (1851) 686pp; Vol VI (1852) 741pp, including index to final three volumes, + 8pp of publisher's prospectuses... More

Price: $225.00

The History of Rome (Three Volumes in Two). D. D. Thomas Arnold

Thomas Arnold, D.D.

The History of Rome (Three Volumes in Two)

New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1846. Stated "Three Volumes in Two." Octavo; Vol I 536pp; Vol II 509pp [+ 9pp of publisher prospectuses bound in]. Brown cloth. Gilt stamped emblem on front panel of both volumes; gilt lettering on spines. Both spines battered crown and foot, some peeling..... More

Price: $50.00

Life and Writings of Thomas Paine [10 Vols]. Thomas Paine, Daniel Edwin Wheeler, ed

Thomas Paine; Daniel Edwin Wheeler [ed.]

Life and Writings of Thomas Paine [10 Vols]

New York: Vincent Parke and Company, 1908. Independence Edition, complete in ten volumes. Limited Edition, signed by editor Daniel Edwin Wheeler and numbered 306 of 500 copies. Mounted frontispiece portrait in volume one, surrounded by decorative floral pattern. Bound in charcoal-grey boards with paper labels to spine. Gilt top page..... More

Price: $125.00

History of the War in the Peninsula and in the South of France, from the Year 1807 to the Year...

W.F.P. [William Francis Patrick] Napier

History of the War in the Peninsula and in the South of France, from the Year 1807 to the Year 1814 [Alexander Little Page Green's Personal Copy]

Philadelphia: Carey and Hart, 1842. Four Volumes from the Fourth (British) Edition. Octavos. Lacks maps. Full contemporary sheep; five raised bands to spine; spine titled and ruled in gilt. Bookplate of Alexander Little Page Green to front pastedowns of volumes 2, 3, and 4. Appears to have been..... More

Price: $175.00

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