Books to Build an Empire: A Bibliographical History of English Overseas Interests to 1620.
Amsterdam: N. Israel, 1965. First edition. Boards. Octavo, pp. 290. Index, fold-out map bound in. More
Amsterdam: N. Israel, 1965. First edition. Boards. Octavo, pp. 290. Index, fold-out map bound in. More
Stanford, CA: Hoover Institution Press/Stanford University, 1970. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. viii, 128. More
London: Oxford University Press, 1953. First edition. Boards. Octavo, pp. 198. With 55 b/w illustrations. More
Worcester, MA: American Antiquarian Society, 1961. First edition. Blue Cloth Over Boards. Octavo, pp. 389. Good ex-library copy. More
Bern & Munich: Francke Verlag, 1962. First edition. Boards. Octavo, pp. 350. Text in German. More
New York: Harcourt Brace, 1926. Third edition reprinted from 2nd London edition from 1853. Dark Blue Vellum. 12mo (5 1/2 x 8 1/2). pp xxxi, 427; ix, 875. with a few b/w plates. second edition introduction by Aldous Huxley. Haydon was English artist specializing in biblical subjects. More
London: Peter Davies, 1939. First edition. Boards. Octavo, pp. 442. Index, 7 b/w plates and color frontispiece. More
Chicago: Caxton Club, 2011. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. 214. Presents 52 association copies and the stories behind them. A fascinating read, especially such "associations" as the copy of "The Great Gatsby" inscribed by Fitzgerald to T. S. Elliot (sic) or Whitman and Thoreau inscribing copies to each..... More
Boston: G. K. Hall & Co., 1967. First edition. Navy Cloth over Boards. Folio, pp. 547, pp. 608. More
Watkins Glen, NY: Century House, 1977. First edition. Original Wraps. Octavo, pp. 48 (unpaginated). Includes a biography, bibliography, and reproductions of JWS illustrations. More
New York: Robert Carter & Brothers, 1859. First edition. Original Cloth, embossed and gilt cover. 12 mo (4 X 6), pp. 291, illustrated w/line drawings, "Carter's Fireside Library" embossed on front cover. In the 1870s and 1880s Juliana Horatia Ewing was among Britain's most popular children's writers. Although she died..... More
Stuttgart: J. Engelhorn, 1890. Later printing. Half-Leather with Marbled Board. Folio (11.5" x 15"), np ~100, with 42 plates and descriptive text. Text in German. Ex-library markings. The authors were both architects that worked together. Gewerbehalle was a periodical devoted to decorative arts, and the two men worked as the..... More
Cologne: Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, 2010. First edition. Decorated Boards. Quarto, pp. 272. Index, richly illustrated. Text in German. Very scarce catalog for an exhibition exploring the diversity and utility of graphic design through the 20th century in Europe and the US, from the world of interesting and avant..... More
Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1871. New and enlarged edition. Original Green Cloth. 12 mo (5 X 7 1/2), pp. iv, 152, illustrated with frontis portrait and 10 engraved plates. Field's impressions of Dickens while on the platform giving his readings. The readings described are: A Christmas Carol, Nicholas..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1892. Apparently, first edition. Original Cloth. Octavo, 3 volumes, pp. Vol I: 504, Vol II: 551, Vol III, 512, indexed, frontis portrait. In its day, the standard work on Chaucer. Uncommon in such good shape in all 3 volumes. More
Edinburgh: W. & R. Chambers, 1870. "New" Edition. Blue Cloth over Boards. Octavo, pp. 405, indexed. Wonderful, expert book on articulate, vivid popular poetry, w/ frontispiece and front cover illustrating "The wee bunnock." More
London: Oxford University Press, 1970. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Octavo, pp. Vol. I xlii, 555, Vol III xxxii, 536 (1151-1786), indexed. More
London: T. Nelson and Sons, 1866. First edition thus. Full Leather w/ gilt lettering and gilt-edge pages. 6 Mo (4 1/2 x 6 3/4), pp. xlvii, 383, illustrated w/ sepia photographs of author's homes on facing pages before title, tissue protected engravings within. Excellent, attractive copy of an early edition..... More
Philadelphia: J. Crissy, 1833. Second Printing. Leather over Marbled Boards. Octavo, pp. 527, frontispiece b/w engraving of Goldsmith. Nice copy of an early American edition. More
London: Frank Hallman, 1975. First edition, limited to 400. Staplebound White Pictorial Wraps (fine grey watercolor on front cover). Octavo, pp. 58. More
London: Philip Lee Warner. Limited edition (No. 539 of 1025). Cloth over Boards. Octavo, pp. x, 124, printed on handmade Riccardi paper, illustrated w/ woodcuts on frontispiece and title page, gilt on upper edge. Attractive deckled paper and bold typeface, a nice book. More
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1975. First edition. Magenta Cloth over Boards. Octavo, pp. 259, indexed. More
New York: Harper & Row, 1984. Uncorrected Proof, First Edition. Original Wraps. Octavo, pp. 81. More
New York: Facts on File, 1995. First edition. Original Cloth. Octavo, pp. xii, 452, indexed, illustrated with 50 b/w photos, bibliography, cross-references, chronolgy. Ex-library Franziska Porges Hosken (1919 - 2006), with her ownership stamp and signature (Viennese born, Smith College and Harvard School of Design educated - one of the..... More
Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1903. First edition. original publisher's cloth. 2 vols. 12mo. pp 371, 345. index in second volume. tissue-protected b/w photograph. uncommon. More