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New York: George H. Doran Co., 1927. xvi, (2), 335 pages, fold-out map at rear and one fold-out illustration, 24 illustrations listed including 8 by Eric Kennington, additional unlisted illustrations in text. In original camel brown cloth, gilt lettering at spine, illustrated end papers in black and white, First Printing in America, March 1927 stated. Very Good Plus, small rubs at corners, 2 small crease at folds of rear fold-out map, front hinge just barely starting. A quite handsome copy overall of this abridgement of Seven Pillars of Wisdom that Lawrence had to publish in order to cover costs from the subscription edition of Seven Pillars of Wisdom. . First American Printing. Cloth. Very Good Plus/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: G. P Putnam's Sons, 1903. Reprinted March 1903, following the First Edition, First Printing of November, 1902. Very good in original decorative cloth, the spine darkened, top edge gilt a bit dulled. Internally clean, bright and unmarked, the binding solid. From the collection of Joseph Hyde Pratt, (his signature in red front end page), noted North Carolina geologist, conservationist, state and civic leader and WWI hero. . Second Printing. Decorative Cloth. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Philadelphia: M. Carey & Son, 1817. Volume I only of the First American Edition, issued without the maps and plates. 340 pages. Bound in contemporary paper covered boards. Very Good Minus, front board nearly detached with broken joint, rear joint starting to open but hinge holding well, boards soiled and rubbed at edges, moderate toning and foxing throughout, title and dedication pages uncut. Koster's classic work on the North of Brazil, first published in England in 1816, with a 2nd edition following in 1817. This 1st American Edition published and printed by Carey July 16, 1817. While the English editions are valued for their maps and prints, this American edition much the scarcer. No copies in current commerce, last auction record 1986. Shaw & Shoemaker,; 41213. Sabin, No. 38272.. First American Edition. Paper Covered Boards. Very Good Minus. Tall 8vo.

London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts , 1856. "Comprising Reminiscences of Social and Political Life in London and Paris during that period." Volumes I and II stated Second Edition, published 1856, Vols. III and IV published 1857 with no statement of edition. Uniformly bound in publisher's brick red embossed cloth, ticket rear paste down Volume I "bound by Westleys & Co. London", with gilt titles, brick red end papers with publisher's advertisements at all paste downs. Very Good Minus, spines darkened, most hinges cracked yet bindings holding, pencil marginal check marks, small tears to cloth at spine ends, tops dusty, stain at top edge frontis plate Vol. I. Uncommon in commerce in the complete four volume set and original bindings. Additional postage charges for international shipping- please inquire. . Second Edition. Embossed Cloth. Very Good Minus/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Vienna: Printed for R. Sammer, Bookseller, 1797. "Written during her Travels in Europe, Asia and Africa, To Persons of Distinction, Men of Letters, etc. in different Parts of Europe. Which Contain, Among other curious Relations, Accounts of the Policy and Manners of the Turks, Drawn from Sources that have been inaccessible to other Travellers." This edition SCARCE in current commerce, no auction records. 5 volumes in 2: first volume = volumes I and II; second = volumes III, IV, and V. xxx, 321, xiii, 266 pages. Both with half-titles. Two volumes bound in contemporary quarter red morocco over orange straight grain morocco, Very Good, Vol. I lacking blank front end page, light soiling to boards. . New Edition. Quarter Morocco. Very Good. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall.

New York: A. L. Fowle , 1900. Two volumes in original cloth, fold-out map frontis Vol. I is Near Fine, small corner creases. Books are Very Good, boards sunned, light wear at corners. 16mo, pp. i, 371; x, 395. SCARCE in commerce. . First Thus. Cloth. Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

Cleveland: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1906. The original text of the Ambrosia MS, with English translation, notes, bibliography, and index by James Alexander Robertson. Three volumes, 8vo, bound in publisher's original red cloth, tops gilt, other edges rough. Near Fine, tape shadows at end pages most likely from old mylar covers since removed. First Separate Edition. One of only 350 copies printed in an unnumbered edition. Also issued as Volumes 33 and 34 of Blair & Robertson's 55 volume History of the Philippine Islands. SCARCE. A copy sold at auction 2013, previous copies seen at auction in 1950s. . Limited Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition.

New York: The Press of The Reader's Club, 1941. First Reader's Club Edition, 1941. With Foreword by Alexander Woollcott and Author's Introduction. First published 1929 by Simon and Schuster. Near Fine, light toning to end pages and spine, in a Near Fine dust jacket, Reader's Club promotional and ordering card tipped to front flap, as issued, and very light edge wear. SCARCE in either edition in dust jacket, particularly so in one so lovely. The twelve subjects are Alexander the Great. -- Casanova. -- Christopher Columbus. -- Mahomet. -- Lola Montez. -- Cagliostro (and Seraphina). -- Charles XII of Sweden. -- Napoleon I. -- Lucius Sergius Catiline. -- Napoleon III. -- Isadora Duncan. -- Woodrow Wilson. William Bolitho Ryall (1891–1930), died a year after the publication of this book, at the age of 39."We are born adventurers, and the love of adventures never leaves us till we are very old; old, timid men, in whose interest it is that adventure should quite die out. This is why… Leer más

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1890. Two steel-engraved portrait frontispieces, one hundred fifty illustrations, three folding maps in pockets. Small postage stamp of Protective Association Publishers & Booksellers rear end page. In publisher's deluxe half pebbled brown morocco over marbled boards, the backs intricately tooled in gilt, marbled end papers, tops gilt. Near Fine, scant rubbing at the tips, corners rubbedi, interiors clean and bright. The maps are Near Fine, a few small tears at fold creases and some toning verso of map, Vol. I. With laid in 4" x 6 1/2" trade card with portrait of Stanley, published by Wolfson Spice Co., Toledo, Ohio. Verso of card with Stanley bio and offer to receive portrait litho. Card, dated 1890, is Very Good, small edge tears. . First American Edition. Half Pebbled Morocco. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Henry Holt, 1874. SCARCE as a set. Fourteen volumes of the fifteen volume set - History of English Literature (3), Lectures on Art (2), On Intelligence (2), Notes on Paris, Notes on England, Ancient Regime, Modern Regime (2), A Tour Through the Pyrenees, and Italy, Florence, Venice. Lacking only Italy, Rome, Naples. In publisher's original green or blue embossed cloth with gilt lettering and rules, dark brown paper end pages. Publication dates range from 1874-1896. Overall a Very Good mixed set, several volumes with differing prior owner names and bookplates, light wear to cloth at edges, bowing to boards with bottom corner old dampstain Lectures on Art, V. I, not affecting legibility, with similar stain top corner Lectures on Art, V.II. Translated from the French by H. Van Laun, John Durand, T.D. Haye, J. Safford Fiske, and John Austin Stevens. *** An oversize and heavy set that will require well more postage than shown for priority and international mail. Please inquire before… Leer más

London: Henry Colburn, 1841. SCARCE. Early travelogue written by female author and journalist. Two volumes in full contemporary polished calf, the backs with gilt lettering on two black morocco labels, end papers and edges marbled. Very Good, boards lightly soiled, end papers foxed but interior pages clean and bright. Non-author gift inscription dated 1844 first white front end page Vol. I, to one Lesley Alexander on his leaving Eton, from Charles William (?). 356, 270 pp. . First Edition. Calf. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Printed for A. Strahan and T. Caddell, in the Strand, 1793. Two volumes in contemporary tree calf, the backs a bit later with gilt tooled decorations and red and black morocco labels. Very Good, old booksellers label and small bookplate front paste down, Very Good, front end page starting to separate Vol. I, light wear at corners and edges, light soiling. . Eighth Edition. Tree Calf. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1934. SCARCE as complete set and in collectible condition. Four volumes in publisher's original grey cloth gilt lettering at spine and gilt tooled emblem front covers. Numerous illustrations, particularly in Vol. IV. Very Good Plus, gilt a bit dulled, light toning, mainly at end pages, no jackets. A heavy four volume set that will require added charges for priority mail and international orders. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good Plus/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Seeley, Jackson, and Halliday, 1883. SCARCE, and especially so in lovely condition. xii, 296 pp., with fifteen illustrations. Bound in contemporary polished calf, double gilt rules bordering covers, five raised bands with decorative gilt rules, dark brown calf label in gilt, plain beige end papers, gilt medallion front cover of the Kingston on Thames Tiffins Endowed School. Near Fine, light toning to first and last few pages only, light wear to boards. "It is with the present that this little volume is mainly occupied. No attempt has been made to give any historical sketch of this long-surviving city ; my chief desire has been to awaken fresh interest in its present inhabitants, with many of whom a residence of seven years in Damascus has given me opportunities of forming an intimate acquaintance." . First Edition. Polished Calf. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Shanghai: Kelly and Walsh, Ltd., 1915. RARE.Worldcat shows only The British Library with a holding. In original printed beige paper wrappers, illustrated with 10 black and white photographs. Good, spine and rear wrapper missing, last signature loose from binding, front wrapper with edge wear, all contents present, interior clean and unmarked, most pages uncut. iv, 90 pp. Britain and Tibet 1765-1947, 3223. . First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Printed for G.G. And J. Robinson, 1794. Finely bound in contemporary tree calf, the backs in gilt with red and black morocco labels lettered in gilt, marbled end papers, bookplates of Thomas Carnegy of Craigo. Frontispiece map Vol. I of "General Dumourier's Campaign on the Meuse in 1792" is Fine. The two volumes Very Good Plus, toning at end papers only, gilt at backs rubbed, light rubbing at tips. A quite handsome set. . New Edition. Tree Calf. Very Good Plus/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: A. Strachan and T. Cadell , 1795. SCARCE Sixth Edition, Corrected, 1795. xi, 460, xi, 460 pp. Two volumes in contemporary calf, the backs with a red and a black label lettered in gilt and with gilt decorations. Period booksellers labels both paste downs of Lackington, Allen & Co,, Temple of the Muses, Finsbury Square. Period prior owner small name labels, the names obscured, both paste downs. Very Good, boards rubbed at corners and a bit rubbed at spines. A handsome set of this uncommon edition. . Sixth Edition, Corrected. Full Calf. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Richard Bentley, 1835. SCARCE. INSCRIBED BY Alexander Hamilton, 10th Duke of Hamilton and William Beckford's son-in-law, in the year of publication at half-title page -"To Robert Browne Esq., from the Dk. of Hamilton, June 27th, 1835". Hamilton was married to Beckford's daughter Susan. William Beckford ( 1760-1844), English author and art collector, best known for his Gothic novel "Vathek". Very Good in contemporary signed binding by Maclehose, Glasgow. Full polished calf, two black morocco labels lettered in gilt, double gilt rules to covers, marbled end papers and matching marbled edges, frontispiece portrait of the author engraved by T. A. Dean from the original picture by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Covers rubbed, two small chips to calf at head of spine, scant foxing at end papers only, two small name stamps of prior owner Charles Clarence Chapman. (1853-1944) the first mayor of Fullerton, California, who has been called "The Father of the Citrus… Leer más

Jena: Gustav Fischer, 1900. 549 pp. 2 maps in text, fold-out map at rear Near Fine, small edge tears at folds, 6 chromolithographs, 8 heliogravures, 32 full page plates, and 390 plates in text. Bound in quarter black cloth over paper covered boards, hand-written label at spine, period handwriting title page, small stamp "Konigl. Seminar Lobau" title page. Very Good, a quite well-bound book, and SCARCE in the 1900 First Edition. Carl Chun (1852-1914) was a German marine biologist, a specialist on cephalopods and plankton. Chun's expedition on the "Valdivia" in 1898-99 was the first large-scale German expedition to explore the deep sea.. First Edition. Quarter Cloth . Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co. , 1878. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on front end page - "With regards of the author Henry Carrington". Very Good in original blue cloth stamped in gilt front cover with decoration of Native American war chief, gilt lettering and rules at spine, cloth rubbed at spine ends, spine a bit sunned, front hinge starting. rear fold-out map #1 with 3" horizontal tear and small tears at fold edges, fold-out map #2 Fine. A classic of Western Americana. . SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Fourth Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.