Old and New London: a Narrative of Its History, Its People, and Its Places. In Six Volumes by Thornbury, Walter; Walford, Edward - 1889

London: William Heinemann, 1891. Eight volumes, published 1891-1893, finely bound in unsigned contemporary half brown morocco over marbled boards, the backs gilt, marbled end papers, tops gilt. Florentine Nights, V. I; Pictures of Travel, Vols. II and III; The Salon, V. IV; Germany, Vols. V and VI; French Affairs, Letters from Paris, Vols. VII and VIII. Small labels of period San Francisco book sellers D.P. Elder and Morgan Shepard rear end pages. Very Good Plus, contemporary gift inscription Santa Monica, CA dated 1900 in pencil front end page Vol. II. Scattered underlining in pencil, mostly in Vol. II but noticed in half the volumes, prior owner name in pencil. The bindings showing the faintest of wear, a quite lovely set overall, and exceedingly SCARCE as a set. ( Worldcat locates 4 holdings). A heavy set, please be advised added shipping charges will be requested for international orders and priority mail. . First Edition Thus. Half Morocco. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 12mo - over… Read More

Londini : [prostant apud Gul. Sandby in vico dicto Fleetstreet., 1749. SCARCE early edition, much favored for its engravings Title-pages in red and black (both with large engraved portrait of Horace), vi, [4], 156, 157-396. Typis Jacobi Bettenham, Aug. 10, 1749. Variant: the list of plates following the dedication is printed on two leaves. With engraved frontispiece Vol. I of a group of 12 angels, the central angel playing a harp, and 35 full-page engraved plates (including frontispiece). Contemporary red straight-grain morocco, single gilt rule covers, smooth spine with gilt rules in seven compartments, plain pale yellow endpapers, marbled edges. The bookplate of Charles Dymoke Williaume front pastedowns and a three initial period bookplate "EHF" front end pages. Very Good Plus, spines a bit sunned, light edge wear. . First Sandby Edition . Straight - Grain Morocco. Very Good Plus/No Jacket, As Issued. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

Londini: Oxford: at the Clarendon Press, 1807. 3 volumes bound as 6 in contemporary full diced calf, the backs gilt with mottled calf labels, the covers with blind tooled border inside gilt rule border. plain brown end papers, small stamp of R. Parker. Very Good Plus, scattered light toning, boards lightly rubbed, bindings solid. A quite handsome set . New Edition. Full Diced Calf. Very Good Plus/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Amsterdam: Zacharie Chatelain,, 1749. Four volumes bound in contemporary calf, the backs with gilt floral decorations, marbled end papers, red edges, bearing the bookplate of M. de Sampigny, lieutenant-general in the Sénéchaussée d'Auvergne. Near Fine, small rubs at corners, the pages clean and bright without even a hint of toning or foxing. A quite lovely set. . First Edition. Calf. Near Fine. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

Paris: Chez Ant.-Aug. Renouard , 1825. Finely bound and Fine in full green crushed morocco, wide inner gilt dentelles over marbled end papers, all edges gilt, ribbon marker. The front marbled end page starting to loosen. Robert Hoe III (1839-1909), first President of the Grolier Club (morocco bookplate gilt). and the small leather bookplate of C.A. and V. Baldwin front paste down. Virginia Baldwin was an heiress to the Comstock Lode fortune.Facsimile letter bound in at end . An uncommon and elegant book with distinguished provenance. . First Edition. Morocco. Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Holborn Hill, Oxford, and Cambridge : Printed for W, Dwyer, Hanwell and Parker, Cooke, Deighton, and Barrett, 1804. Second Edition, Enlarged and Corrected , 1804, bound in contemporary full vellum, red leather labels with gilt lettering and rules at spine, all edges gilt, pp. xx, lxxiii, 571, [1]errata. frontis. facsimile of Complutensian Polyglot text. with half-title. The bookplates of J. Keene Fleck, legendary Princeton bookseller front paste down, and John Clyde Oswald, president of the National Arts Club, printer, publisher and outstanding authority on Benjamin Franklin, rear pastedown. Very Good, a few tidy marginal pencil notations, inked letters verso front end page, vellum soiled, text with light toning, binding solid. A quite useful and solid copy with a unique provenance. . Second Edition, Enlarged and Corrected. Vellum. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Henry Colburn , 1851. With portrait frontispieces. 2 volumes, bound by Taffin in dark grayish-blue crushed levant morocco, gilt paneled sides, banded and paneled backs, gilt ruled inner dentelles, top edges gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon markers. Near Fine, light toning throughout both volumes, small rubs at corners.. A quite handsome set. . First Edition. Levant Morocco . Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Macmillan and Co,, 1897. A SCARCE title, finely bound by Bumpus of London in pigskin with intricate gilt tooled Art Nouveau flowing rose blossom and vine motif to front cover and spine, gilt ruled dentelles, all edges gilt, ribbon marker. "The Text Collated Afresh with the Manuscript at Paris the Translation Revised & the Introduction Rewritten". Near Fine, the white morocco evenly soiled. An uncommon choice of binding for that time period, quite lovely with the intricate gilt tooling. . Second Edition. Pigskin . Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

London: Richard Bentley, 1835. SCARCE. INSCRIBED BY Alexander Hamilton, 10th Duke of Hamilton and William Beckford's son-in-law, in the year of publication at half-title page -"To Robert Browne Esq., from the Dk. of Hamilton, June 27th, 1835". Hamilton was married to Beckford's daughter Susan. William Beckford ( 1760-1844), English author and art collector, best known for his Gothic novel "Vathek". Very Good in contemporary signed binding by Maclehose, Glasgow. Full polished calf, two black morocco labels lettered in gilt, double gilt rules to covers, marbled end papers and matching marbled edges, frontispiece portrait of the author engraved by T. A. Dean from the original picture by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Covers rubbed, two small chips to calf at head of spine, scant foxing at end papers only, two small name stamps of prior owner Charles Clarence Chapman. (1853-1944) the first mayor of Fullerton, California, who has been called "The Father of the Citrus… Read More

Cottondale, AL: Ex Ophidia, 1986. # 63 of only 90 copies on hand-made paper and bound in full rust-colored niger morocco with a single small gilt square on spine. In publisher's cloth box, with Ex Ophidia Books In Print catalogue laid in. Fine in Fine box, a few minor spots to lower front cover of box. 21 pages. A gorgeous production, published after Cheever's death with his daughter Susan's approval. . Limited and Numbered 1st Edition. Niger Morocco . Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Limited Edition.