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Zone Books, New York: ., 1997 1322p. Includes bibliographical references. 8vo. Original double jacketed wraps. Very good. The works included in this collection are: Supplement To Bougainville's Voyage - Denis Diderot; On the Education Of Women - Choderlos De Laclos; The Sofa - CreÌ billon Fils; The Indiscreet Jewels - Denis Diderot; The Story of A Modern Greek Woman -… Read more about this item

Thomas Y. Crowell, New York:, 1897 pp. 86. 8vo. 190mm. Original publisher's textured cream colored vellum covered color illustrated boards lettered in gilt. Gilt title set in a blue floral frame. Spine blank. Dust jacket present and intact but slightly torn. Gilt bright. Cover mildly soiled. Binding separating at base of spine. Corners bumped. Contents clean. Hardbound. Good. NW61. Hardcover.… Read more about this item

Triangle Press, New York:, 1940 pp. 300. 12mo. 190mm. Original publisher's full blue cloth binding. Cover stamped in black. Spine lettered in black. Corners slightly bumped. Covers clean. Dust jacket intact with small tear with at top corner. Chipped on spine. Dust Jacket art depicts a striking young woman with green eyes and red hair. Ownership stamp of 'D.I. Gross,… Read more about this item

Printed for Robert Campbell, Philadelphia: 1796, 1796 348 p. Dampstain. Browned but not brittle. Early manuscript ownership of Catherine Bargo, March 16th 1828 and Jacob Adomnia on first fly leaf. Three early manuscript ownerships of Robert Hamilton, April 17th, 1813 on title page and elsewhere. Dampstain. 12mo. 160 mm. Original full leather binding, worn. Rear board detached. Loss at head… Read more about this item

Appresso Cosimo Giunti, Stampato in Firenze (Florence): ., 1600 pp. [1], 93 [i.e. 95], [1]. Irregularities in numbering, but apparently complete. Small 4to. 220 mm. Engraved title page. The colophon has a wood engraved Giunti Fleur-de-lis and the text: In Fiorenza, Nella Stamperia di Cosimo Gionti. 1600. Con licenzia de'Superiori (very similar to the wording on the title page). Decorative… Read more about this item

Triangle Press, New York:, 1940 pp. 309. 12mo. 190mm. Original publisher's full maroon cloth binding. Cover stamped and lettered in silver. Spine lettered in silver. Corners sharp and covers clean. Dust jacket intact with small tear with loss on spine. Small abrasion on spine text. Dust Jacket art depicts passionate scene of a man and woman. Ownership stamp of 'D.I.… Read more about this item

T.B. Peterson & Brothers, Philadelphia: (between -1890)., 1858 pp. iv, 270. Frontis. Double column. Book label of P.R. Stetson on front paste down. Manuscript ownership and address of P.R. Stetson, 124 So. 5th St. Reading. Large 8vo. 230 mm. Original publisher's stamped cloth binding. Corners worn with loss. Small loss at head spine. Hardbound. Good. 'Tom Burke' is a characteristic… Read more about this item

G.M. & W. Snider, Philadelphia: ., 1832 224 p. Foxed. Early manuscript ownership of Robert H. Fogel, Fogel's Mill PA, Sept. 19, 1874 on first fly leaf. Pink printed bookplate of S.C.B. Fogel, M.D. on front paste down. Unusual early XLib bookplate of A.& W. Blumer's Circulating Library, No. 36 ruled in circles, pasted on front board. 12mo. 190 mm.… Read more about this item

(Stereotyped by A. Chandler for) Carey, Lea & Blanchard, Philadelphia: ., 1835 pp. 230, (32) [Publisher's catalogue]. Publisher's catalogue has damp stain. Foxed. Paper beginning to brown but not brittle. Joints and hinges cracked. 12mo. 185 mm. Original full green cloth binding, worn. Original paper spine label, worn. Hardbound. Fair. BAL 10142; Wright I 1402; S&S/AI 32318. First American edition.… Read more about this item

(Stereotyped by L. Johnson & Co., Philadelphia and printed by Botner & Doyle for) L.P. Crown & Co., Boston; J.W. Bradley, Philadelphia: ., 1855 pp. 308, 11 [Publisher's catalogue]. Age stain. Early pencil manuscript ownership of Mary A. Parker. 12mo. 190 mm. Original full lime green cloth binding, soiled. Embossed boards. Spine lettered and decorated in gold gilt. Extremities worn.… Read more about this item

W.A. Leary & Co., Philadelphia: Ca. ?., 1852 Three volumes bound in one: pp. 262 + Frontis; 238 + Frontis; 237 + Frontis, Lacks 1/4 of plate. Mildly foxed. 24mo. 130 mm. Disbound. Maria Roche is today known as a minor Gothic novelist - she was, however, a best seller in her own time. PAIMP 23.

Printed by E. and L. Merriam, Brookfield, MA for) Carey, Lea & Blanchard, Philadelphia: ., 1838 pp. (4), 212. Title page loose. Text beginning to brown but not brittle. 12mo. 185 mm. Original paper covered boards, very worn. Later leather spine. Hardbound. Fair. This is Mitford's most famous work. Her talk was said by her friends, Elizabeth Browning and Hengist… Read more about this item

T. Ellwood Zell, Philadelphia: Ca. ., 1869 524 p. + Folding Frontis outline. Penciled manuscript ownership of S.A. Williams, 1869 on title page and first fly leaf. Tall 8vo. 235 mm. Original full leather. Spine very worn with loss. Front board detached. Text very good. SCARCE. PAIMP 21. Hardcover.

J.J. Woodward, Philadelphia: ., 1827 Three volumes. Illustrated with a frontis in each volume. Early manuscript ownership of Mrs. C. Boulton, Sunberry, PA in each volume. Very foxed. 24mo. 130 mm. Virtually disbound: very worn leather bindings, boards detached and lacks rear board of Vol. III. Maria Roche is today known as a minor Gothic novelist - she was, however,… Read more about this item

Robert Desilver, Philadelphia: ., 1813 pp. xxi, (1)-130 + Engraved frontis. Foxed. Browned but not brittle. 24mo. 145 mm. Title continues: 'And Her Descendants Near Four Hundred Years. Now Dedicated To Master Samuel Irelaunde And Patrick Lyon'. Binding broken, text good. James White (1775-1820) was an English advertising agent, author, and lifelong friend of Charles Lamb. White developed a fascination… Read more about this item

H.C. Carey and I. Lea, Philadelphia; H.C. Carey & Co., New York: ., 1822 Two Volumes. pp. 310; 316 (pp. 122-124 blank and/or excised with no loss of text). Foxed. 12mo. 175 mm. Original leather spines and corners over marbled boards, rubbed. Hardbound. Good. A Scottish romance set in the early 1600's. The first edition was published in the same… Read more about this item

R.B. Peterson, Philadelphia: ()., 1851 254 p. Double column. 8vo. 225 mm. Original blue patterned cloth binding. Boards ruled in gilt. Corners rubbed with slight loss. Front board stained and detached. Hardbound. Very good. Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin (1804-1876), was best known by her pseudonym George Sand. She was a French novelist and memoirist, but is equally well known for… Read more about this item

Printed for Robert Campbell, by William W. Woodward, Philadelphia: ., 1794 pp. xii, (13)-218, (6) [An Elegy]. Includes half title. Quarter loss bottom of pages 21 & 22. Lacks front fly leaves. Browned but not brittle. Light dampstain. Age stain. Early manuscript ownership of Moses Young and David Young. Stamped ownership of Henry Kollock on half title. 12mo. 165 mm.… Read more about this item

H.C. Carey & I. Lea, Philadelphia: ., 1824 Two Volumes bound in one: pp. 323; 347. Engraved bookplate of Macaulay. 12mo. 185 mm. Later 19th century binding. Leather spine over marbled covered boards. Spine decorated and lettered in gold gilt, worn and repaired. Hardbound. Good. Hook was an English man of letters and composer, and briefly a civil servant in… Read more about this item

(Printed by T.K. & P.G. Collins for) Herman Hooker, Philadelphia: 1845, 1845 Two Volumes: pp. xii, 548, 4 [Publisher's catalogue]; 550. Mild foxing. 240 mm. Original full cloth bindings. Spines very worn with loss. Front board of Vol. I detached. Hardbound. Fair. Interesting to note that the publisher Herman Hooker (1802-1865) used an Aldine Anchor & Dolphin for his device.… Read more about this item