Paris: In MS: "M. Navarre résidant à l'ile Bourbon, de retour pour la seconde fois des Indes; a receuilly (sic) ces pièces à Paris en d[ernier]e année 1774, pour Mr. Desarnod son amy" 1774. Sammelband containing a MS title-page, and 18 printed works foliated 5-138, 2-4 (see below), 139-320. At..... More

Paris: A. du Brueil, 1611. 12mo. [6], 268 (misnumbered), [2] leaves = 276 ff, COMPLETE. Bound in 19th century calf, covers panelled in blind with blind-stamped floral tool on corners, spine with two raised bands, title lettered in gilt with blind-stamped tooling above and below bands, usual wear and tear..... More

Paris: Jacque (sic) Quillau, 1708. First Edition. 4to (270 x 200 mm). xxiv, 189, [3]. With three folding engraved tables, title-page with engraved monogram, four vignettes by Sebastian LeClerc showing games, 2 engraved illustrations of Trictrac boards in the text. Contemporary French speckled calf, spine gilt, red lettering piece, comb-marbled..... More

Cambridge: John Archdeacon, 1767. Two vols. (6.75 x 4.25"). Contemporary Scottish black morocco, spine in six compartments, red morocco lettering pieces in the second, others with gilt saltire with small flowers, covers framed with distinctive interlocking tool impressed individually. Red and black PRINTED book labels of Elisabeth Hall (dated 1769)..... More

Paris: Vinchon, 1852-1853. First Edition. Together 2 vols. 8vo. 348; Ex-library markings on spines, perforations on title-pages and other leaves, bookplates, accession stamps. Vol. I: contemporary quarter morocco over mottled boards, somewhat worn, front joint mended, headcap chipped, binder's blanks brittle, overall a good copy in a sound binding, the..... More

Venice: Domenico Giglio; Paolo and Aldo Manutius, 1558; 1564. Ad 1: 8vo. Part 1: [1], 2-138, [4] = 142 ff. Part 2: [1], 2-122, [2] = 124 ff. Contemporary limp vellum with "yapp" edges, title in MS on spine, singular "1" at bottom of spine indicating the first of two..... More

London: J. Debrett, 1796. First Edition. 8vo. [10], 839 pp. Bound in contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards (leather very dry, front cover nearly detached but cords holding). Bookplate of the Fraser Institute, which sold more than 5000 books to Livresse (Gatineau, Quebec), from whom we purchased the present volume..... More

Faenza: Archi, 1726. First Edition. 8vo. 185, [1] pp. Collation: A-Y4 Z6 (lacking final blank leaf Z6). With a printer's mark on title-page and p. 76 (Apollo with lyre) plus a large woodcut of Hercules and the Nemean Lion on final page. Some early corrections on pages 50, 55. Original..... More

Venice: Carolo Palese (sold by Lorenzo Basilio), 1787. First Edition. 8vo. 6 volumes. 54, 377 pp., 1 blank f., engraved frontispiece portrait of Pinelli ("F. Bartolozzi del. et sculp."); 4, 468 pp.; 4, 367 pp., 1 large folding plate ('Specimen scripturae in papyro') with small stain; 56, 471 pp.; 8..... More

Charterhouse School: 1871. Hardcover. Dates: 1871-1877 and 1910. Small 4to. 37 ff., mostly with newspaper clippings neatly pasted in on both sides + 4 ff. in manuscript ("Summary of Scores" from 1871-1877 and 1910). Several leaves excised; it is possible that the present album had been re-purposed. On a few..... More

S.l. (probably Santa Barbara, CA): 1936 (or after). Unbound. Large 4to. (8 1/2 x 11"). Unpaginated: 23 chapters + Epilogue, each individually paginated. Typewritten on "Superior Manifold - Esleeck Mfg Co." Preserved in a protective cloth case. This appears to be the only significant Cameron Rogers manuscript still in private..... More

Wilmington, N.C. 1874. Hardcover. Manuscript on paper, 58 unnumbered pages, written in an octavo ruled notebook, the MS occupying the first half, the second being blank. Contemporary American binding (sheepskin over boards), light wear to binding extremities, hinges cracked but firm, marbled edges. An attractive manuscript in very good antiquarian..... More

Paris: Guerin et Delatour, 1762. First Edition. Hardcover. Dates: 1762-1766. Quarto. Eight volumes in seven, COMPLETE THUS, with 202 folding engraved plates, illustrating more than 4000 coins and medals (!). The eight volumes contain numerous elaborately engraved vignettes, head- and tailpieces throughout. Collation: pp. iv; 220; 22 engraved folding plates..... More