SECRET COURT MEMOIRS (EDITION DE GRAND LUXE) St Petersburg; Henry IV; Louis XIV; Louis XV-XVI; Empress Josephine; Cardinal De Retz; Madame De Montespan; St. Cloud; Berlin; Marie Antoinette; Sweden & Denmark; Marguerite of Valois (Complete 20 Volume Set) (Leather Bound) by VARIOUS, - 1900

New York, New York: Abradale Press. Very Good with No Dust Jacket as issued. 1972. First Edition. Hard Cover. 3656 pages: 7.5 x 9.75 in.: 33.4: KB#006434: No Jacket as Issued. Scarce, Out Of Print, Book. LCCN# 76-166507 and SBN 810902869. Set Consists of Twenty Volumes. Spines and front board of books are slightly tanned due to age. Otherwise, boards and pages are clean, unmarked, brightly colored, tightly bound and sharp cornered. Set contains over 2,000 clear, informative photographs and drawings, many in full color. This is a heavy book set, but price INCLUDES FULL EXTRA COST of Media Delivery; however USPS Priority would incur additional charge due to weight. "There are seven easy keys to finding information. All entries are arranged alphabetically. Each volume has a Table of Contents. Volume 1 has a Table of Contents for all 20 volumes. Volume 20 has a Complete Index to all volumes. Volume 19 contains a Glossary. Cross references are listed under major entries. A complete… Read More

(Vedere la parte inferiore dell'elenco per la traduzione in italiano.) RARE. Four consecutive paperback volumes with original pictorial dust jackets. Text in Latin. Sparsely illustrated. Each volume has an Index (scans are available upon request). Volume 1958 includes a small card which reads "OMAGGIO del Rettore Magnifico della PONTIFICIA UNIVERSITA' DEL LATERANO". Ex-library but showing only penciled numbers and small date stamps.Books show some edgewear, including minor bumping to tip and heel of spines, and the binding starting in a couple of places, but are otherwise Very Good+ to Near Fine. Dust jackets have some shelfwear, including tears at tip and heel of spines, and some discolouration/staining, but are otherwise in Very Good. Please see listing images for more detail. Customer may be asked to approve additional shipping costs before order is accepted, due to size and weight (approximately 8.5 x 12 x 4.5 inches, 7 lbs.).In Italiano (di Google Translate): RARO. Quattro volumi tascabili… Read More

New York: Academic Press, Inc., 1959. First edition. 1959 COMPLETE IN 3 VOLUMES: THE DEFINITIVE 20TH CENTURY TREATISE ON VIRAL BIOLOGY PUBLISHED 6 YEARS AFTER THE DISCOVERY OF DNA, EDITED BY TWO NOBEL LAUREATES. Three hardcover volumes 9 1/4 inches tall, publisher's blue cloth binding, gilt title to spines, Vol. I, xvi, 609; Vol. II, xvi, 408; Vol. III, xvii, 428. fine in very good+ dust jackets. FRANK MACFARLANE BURNET (1899 - 1985) was an Australian virologist best known for his contributions to immunology. He won a Nobel Prize in 1960 for predicting acquired immune tolerance and was best known for developing the theory of clonal selection. Burnet's major achievements in microbiology included discovering the causative agents of Q-fever and psittacosis; developing assays for the isolation, culture and detection of influenza virus; describing the recombination of influenza strains; demonstrating that the myxomatosis virus does not cause disease in humans. Modern methods for producing influenza… Read More

Silverton, CO: Sundance Books, 1977. 3 vols. Hardcover. Very Good. 3 volume set:
Volume I - Old South Park - Denver to Leadville
Interior is clean and bright; binding is tight. Covers show moderate shelf and handling wear with rubbing and denting to all corners and edges, as well as overall abrasion.
Volume II - Old South Park - Across the Great Divide
Interior is clean and bright; binding is tight. Cover is in protective mylar which shows minor shelf and handling wear. Envelope attached inside rear cover contains facsimile of Georgetown Courier and a Station Map.
Volume III - Georgetown - Mining - Colorado Central Railroad
Interior is clean and bright; rear pastedown and flyleaf show age-toning and light foxing. Cover is in protective mylar which shows minor shelf and handling wear. Edges of binding are cracked and torn. Fore-edges are foxed. Map of Colorado Showing All Railroads is tucked into rear mylar sleeve.
Photo is of the set here at Barbed Wire Books.

Paris: Dupuis Dumarsais, Edit. / Magen, Libraire, 1838. 2nd Edition . Leather Bound. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavos. 5 Volume set. 394; 492; 546; 482; 480 pages. Each volume is dated 1838 and is stated "Seconde Edition." Hardcovers bound in three-quarter leather with marbled paper-covered boards. All volumes rebacked with modern lighter brown leather (the original leather has chipping on the boards near the spines, but with the rebacks the bindings are sturdy and can withstand confident use). Each spine has a red leather title label and a small green leather Volume number label. There is moderate wear to the bindings, which is abraded in places. Rubbing and scuffing to the boards. Spines are sound and hinges are secure. The outer edge of the text block is speckled. The interior pages show occasional spotting and foxing, and in Volume IV there is a bit of damping at the top of the text block. Collates complete with all maps and plates, including 3… Read More

New York, New York: Abradale Press. Very Good with No Dust Jacket as issued. 1972. First Edition. Hard Cover. 3656 pages: 7.5 x 9.75 in.: 33.4: KB#006434: No Jacket as Issued. Scarce, Out Of Print, Book. LCCN# 76-166507 and SBN 810902869. Set Consists of Twenty Volumes. Spines and front board of books are slightly tanned due to age. Otherwise, boards and pages are clean, unmarked, brightly colored, tightly bound and sharp cornered. Set contains over 2,000 clear, informative photographs and drawings, many in full color. This is a heavy book set, but price INCLUDES FULL EXTRA COST of Media Delivery; however USPS Priority would incur additional charge due to weight. "There are seven easy keys to finding information. All entries are arranged alphabetically. Each volume has a Table of Contents. Volume 1 has a Table of Contents for all 20 volumes. Volume 20 has a Complete Index to all volumes. Volume 19 contains a Glossary. Cross references are listed under major entries. A complete… Read More

1893-1899. George Bell & Sons. Nine Volume set - Vols. I thru VIII plus "Pepysiana". Edited by Henry B. Wheatley, F.S.A. Ivory and tan boards with gold lettering. Condition overall is good. Moderate foxing on inside of front and back covers and some foxing throughout text, mostly on photo plates. Deckle edges show the brown coloring of age. First volume has statement "only 250 copies of this Volume are printed on Large Paper, of which this is No. 146" with the 146 handwritten in ink. Vol. II doesn't have this statement; Vols. III through VIII & "Pepysiana" show the printed statement but no number.

1947. F.E.Compton and Company. Black boards with green lettering on spine. Light edgewear and scuffing to boards and on some volumes title lettering has faded. Spines are sturdy. Text is clean and unmarked.

(Vedere la parte inferiore dell'elenco per la traduzione in italiano.) RARE. Four consecutive paperback volumes with original pictorial dust jackets. Text in Latin. Sparsely illustrated. Each volume has an Index (scans are available upon request). Volume 1958 includes a small card which reads "OMAGGIO del Rettore Magnifico della PONTIFICIA UNIVERSITA' DEL LATERANO". Ex-library but showing only penciled numbers and small date stamps.Books show some edgewear, including minor bumping to tip and heel of spines, and the binding starting in a couple of places, but are otherwise Very Good+ to Near Fine. Dust jackets have some shelfwear, including tears at tip and heel of spines, and some discolouration/staining, but are otherwise in Very Good. Please see listing images for more detail. Customer may be asked to approve additional shipping costs before order is accepted, due to size and weight (approximately 8.5 x 12 x 4.5 inches, 7 lbs.).In Italiano (di Google Translate): RARO. Quattro volumi tascabili… Read More

New York: Academic Press, Inc., 1959. First edition. 1959 COMPLETE IN 3 VOLUMES: THE DEFINITIVE 20TH CENTURY TREATISE ON VIRAL BIOLOGY PUBLISHED 6 YEARS AFTER THE DISCOVERY OF DNA, EDITED BY TWO NOBEL LAUREATES. Three hardcover volumes 9 1/4 inches tall, publisher's blue cloth binding, gilt title to spines, Vol. I, xvi, 609; Vol. II, xvi, 408; Vol. III, xvii, 428. fine in very good+ dust jackets. FRANK MACFARLANE BURNET (1899 - 1985) was an Australian virologist best known for his contributions to immunology. He won a Nobel Prize in 1960 for predicting acquired immune tolerance and was best known for developing the theory of clonal selection. Burnet's major achievements in microbiology included discovering the causative agents of Q-fever and psittacosis; developing assays for the isolation, culture and detection of influenza virus; describing the recombination of influenza strains; demonstrating that the myxomatosis virus does not cause disease in humans. Modern methods for producing influenza… Read More