Antiquarian/Rare from Leaf and Stone Books

London: Thomas Davison. Good with no dust jacket. 1820. Second Edition. Leather. [viii], 227 pp. Includes blanks and has what look to be original card covers bound in. Each Canto has a separate TP but pagination is continuous. A small octavo. Modern and very handsome full leather binding with 5 raised bands, red and gilt spine labels,… Read more about this item

London: and Letterman, Et Al. Good with no dust jacket. 1809. Tenth Edition. Leather. Iv, 433 pp + 358, [62] pp. 62 pages unnumbered index. In full contemporary calf, spines appear to be renewed by a long time ago. Black spine labels with gilt. Normal shelf wear to the covers, some distinctive darkeneing and wrinkling to the… Read more about this item

London: George G. Harrap. Good with no dust jacket. [1913]. Leather. 80 unnumbered pages, 16 full colour illustrations tipped in. Octavo. Brown leather with gilt and green ruling and decoration in the "Persian" Art Nouveau style to front cover and spine. Slight bit of wear to the spines, bit of wear to the corners but not much.… Read more about this item

Spain: S. N.. Good with no dust jacket. c1840. Leather. Large frontis engraving with cherubs and Father Time (? ) , by Esplugas and Amills, plus 138 other engravings of famous people throughout history. Octavo, in contemporary leather with gilt dentils to front and back, gilt in the spine. Each engraving with a tissue guard. Engravings are… Read more about this item

Saint Johnsbury East, VT: Owl Printer Works. Good with no dust jacket. [1898]. First Edition. Hardcover. 398 pp. Small octavo bound in original grey-green bookcloth. Corners a little rubbed, spine tail worn away. Interior endpapers quite darkened, front end paper has the bookplate of Hall Park McCullough (1872-1966) , the son and grandsome of two Vermont governors,… Read more about this item

Paris: Louis Janet. Good with no dust jacket. (1830). First Edition. Hardcover. No date but 1830. [ii], clvii, 11, 44, [2], [4]. Illustrated with 4 illuminated plates in colors and gold, 4 initials in colors and gold, and 4 initials in colors and gold with designs of flowers, leaves, dragons, knights, etc. around the page.… Read more about this item

London: A. Seguin. Good with no dust jacket. 1830. Leather. 59 pp. 12mo. Book plates of Kier House, Victor de Guinzbourg, and William Stirling. Italian on left, English translation facing. 1800s leather binding with what looks to be Kier House embossure to front and back, some rubbing and wear, new leather spine. Interior marbled end papers, hinges… Read more about this item

Shanghai: General Evangelical Protestant Missionary Society of Germany. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1902. First Edition. Hardcover. Xvi, 250, xlv pp. Frontis plate of E. Faber with tissue guard. Tall octavo. In what appears to be original 3/4 black leather with black shagreen cloth boards, gilt to spine. Spine has been repaired with original cover laid… Read more about this item

Mexico: Airzpe. Good with no dust jacket. 1808. Leather. [vii], 250 pp. Entirely in Spanish. A small octavo. Bound in what appears to be the original leather, front board detached, spine perished. First blank has an old flourished inscript dated 1824. Text is clean and unmarked, paper nice, printing is somewhat uneven as to be expected from… Read more about this item

London: T. Harvey. Good with no dust jacket. [1830?]. Second Edition. Leather. 8, 100 pp. 12mo. Bound in smooth calf with blind ruling, William Stirling Maxwell's initials embossed in the leather front and back. Front board is detached, some normal light rubbing, back board has cloth (? ) tape at inside hinge holding it on and partly… Read more about this item

Toronto: University of Toronto Press. Good with no dust jacket. 1980. Hardcover. KB 8. 700pp. Illustrations, photographs, bibliography. Octavo. No date but WorldCat says 1980. Book has blue cloth hardcover with silver text on front cover. Slight wear and marks on covers and spine. Bottom of textblock has slight wear and markings. Text is clear and unmarked.… Read more about this item

London: Chapman & Hall, Ltd.. Good with no dust jacket. 1844. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. Xiv, [i],624 pp. 1st edition early issue with the 14 line errata sheet. 36 of 39 plates. In what appears to be original 3/4 leather with marbled boards, paneled spine with gilt and black label, title gilt just legible, some chipping… Read more about this item

London: Bernard Quaritch. Good with no dust jacket. 1892. Leather. vii, 226, [ii], 54 plates. Frontis plate of Copinger. Large folio full bound in red pebble leather with gilt ruling, blind stamped florals at the corners, 5 raised bands to the spine with gilt titles in the compartments, top edge gilt. Leather is a bit scuffed… Read more about this item

Hartford, CT: Peter B. Gleason & Co.. Fair with no dust jacket. 1816. Second Edition. Leather. Early edition of this scarce work of American fiction, first published in 1797, based on much that was true. Contains many details on Algeria and North Africa, and on slavery and the slave market. The book is a 16mo measuring 5.5”… Read more about this item

New York: Ukranian Academy of Arts and Sciences in the US. Good with no dust jacket. 1999. Hardcover. 05031001 . KB 8. 208 pp. Frontis, photographs, index. Octavo. Frontis photo of Luckyj. Book has dark blue cloth cover with silver text on spine with silver design on front cover. Text is clear and unmarked. Scarce; The Annals… Read more about this item

Akron, Ohio: S. H. Paschen. Good with no dust jacket. 2000. Hardcover. KB7. 147pp + 5 unnumbered pages. Photographs, index, appendices. Book has black paper hardcover with gold text on front cover. Slight marks on covers. Text is clear and unmarked. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 152 pages .

London: Seeley, Jackson and Halliday. Good with no dust jacket. 1862. Hardcover. xxviii, 638pp + 2 unnumbered pages. 17 plates. Volume 1 only. Book has blue cloth hardcover with gold text on spine. Wear on head and tail, wear on covers. Ownership signature on front flyleaf. Text is clear and unmarked. ; Vol.… Read more about this item

Edinburgh: Waugh and Innes. Good. 1823. Third Edition. Hardcover. 155 pp. In what appears to be original full calf leather with gilt ruling, 5 raised bands to spine with dark red morocco label. Some rubbing and wear to binding, a 1" cut across the top of the board, some rubbing at the joints and a bit… Read more about this item

Uppsala: Zeipel et Palmblad. Good with no dust jacket. [1818]. Hardcover. [10] 39 pp. In Finnish and Latin, the Finnish in a Fraktur type. Dissertation praeside Johanne Trane´r ... proponit Carolus Axelius Gottlund ... die xii Dec. 1818. In full calf, boards worn and scuffed, top board barely hanging on, back board detached, spine partly perished.… Read more about this item

Paris?: Palais Sous Les Robes. Good. 1882. Hardcover. x, 188 pp. Signed Champs-Stroobants binding, 3/4 brown cloth with striking brown/orange marbled boards, some light rubbing and minor wear, morocco label a bit aged, front board very slightly forward. The blanks are of heavier stock than the rest of the book. Title and half have some… Read more about this item