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New York: Random House, 1937. First published in 1824 and subsequently compared to Burton's Arabian Nights, this classic is reprinted in a new edition with exquisite color illustrations, as well as line drawings, by Cyrus LeRoy Baldridge, who traveled throughout Persia (modern day Iran) to retrace the journeys of Hajji himself. The book includes a Foreword by Christopher Morley. This First Edition Thus has the 1937 date on the copyright page, as well as on the Title Page in Roman Numerals. Random House did not state First Edition on its earlier books until 30 years later, but only made note of subsequent printings. The book is in Fine, unread condition, with a close to Fine, price-clipped dust jacket. (Click on photo.) The book is bound in illustrated covers with artwork by Baldridge that match the artwork on the dust jacket. The book has a dark top-edge stain. The binding is tight and secure. The pages are clean and bright, with only a hint of toning. There are no names from former owners,… Leer más

Paris: L. Hachette, 1867. First Edition. Octavo. viiii, 416p. Beautifully bound by Devauchelle in rich red morocco over marbled boards with original wrappers bound in. Taine had a profound effect on French literature; the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica asserted that "the tone which pervades the works of Zola, Bourget and Maupassant can be immediately attributed to the influence we call Taine's. His Notes on Paris are among the most important of his works on the "City of Light

Boston: Dana Estes and Charles E Lauriat, 1877. Hardcover. Very Good. A DeNeuville, Leopold Flaming, G Staal, Viollat, Philippoteaux, Lienard, and others. I, II, III Three volume hardcover set in good to very good condition. Solid boards with tiny- pebbled maroon leather cover and deeper maroon corners and spine edged in gold gilt. Decorative raised bands on spine with a section used for title, a section used for author and volume, rest of bands with decorative scroll. Vol I has gold printing / decoratives well rubbed and off along most of center of spine; Vol II and Vol III still quite crisp and clear. Rubbing and wear along corners and extremities. Vol I has a section of front board with area of ""blotch"" - as if someone had rubbed too hard when cleaning. Marbled endpapers in all volumes in orange, blue, and maroon. All Volumes have a bookplate pasted on verso of front board but no handwriting or previous ownership noted. All edges marbled with orange, blue, and maroon,… Leer más

New York: George Braziller, 1991. Fine/in Fine dust jacket. First US Edition. Multi-award-winning author's first novel to be translated from the original Turkish Beyaz Kale into English by Victoria Holbrook. Won Independent Award for Foreign Fiction. "Turkey's foremost novelist and one of the most interesting literary figures anywhere, a first-rate storyteller. This is a highly entertaining, and indeed moving book". "An elegant and important meditation on East and West" (excerpt from jacket blurbs). 8½ x 6". 161. 0807612642. Original white quarter cloth with black boards, silver gilt lettering to spine. Dust Jacket with two faces, looking in opposite directions, superimposed over the ocean. Fine in Fine dust jacket, protected by mylar cover.

Istanbul: Kenan Matbaasi, 1946. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Original wrappers. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Turkish. 34, [1] p., b/w plates. First and only Turkish edition of "The Shakespeare myth and the Stratford hoax" by Walter Ellis. Five copies are located in OCLC (1275070658 and 315076635). Four copies in the UK, one in Turkish libraries. Not located in American libraries.

New York: Harper & Brothers 1883, new edition. (Hardcover set) 611, 666pp. Very good, no dust jackets. 4 volumes. Top edges gilt, frontispiece, illustrations, maps, notes. Light spine wear at top and bottom, corners lightly rubbed, top 2 inches of back cover of volume 1 is marred by a dampstain, minor shelf wear. Biography of Napoleon Bonaparte. Locale: France. (History--France, Battle of Waterloo, Napoleonic Wars, World Leaders).

London: H.S Nichols & Co, 1895. Limited Edition. Octavo. Limited to 500 copies. In two volumes, 324, 281pp. "The writer of the letters (whose name is said to have been Stewarton, and who had been a friend of the Empress Josephine in her happier, if less brilliant days) gives full accounts of the lives of nearly all Napoleon's Ministers and Generals, in addition to those of a great number of other characters, and an insight into th inner life of those who formed Napoleon's Court"., bound in blue cloth, central gilt arms, spine lettering gilt, top edge cut all others uncut, brown coated endpapers, publisher's notice tipped in to both volumes at front. A very nice, clean bright set.

Paris: Poulet-Malassis Et De Broise. Near Fine. 1858. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine binding, red leather spine and leather protected corners. Ribbed in six gilt-rulled panels. Text tight, clean & intact. Clean marbled boards. Top edge gilt. Marbled endpaper. Ornamental headpieces. Biography, French text. France; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 398 pages .

Nappanee, IN: (Press of the Indiana Kid), 1975. paper-covered boards, title stamped on spine, illustrated label on front cover, top edge cut, other edges uncut. Miniature Books. miniature book (7.0 x 5.0 cm). paper-covered boards, title stamped on spine, illustrated label on front cover, top edge cut, other edges uncut. unpaginated. Limited to 35 copies (Bradbury, Indiana Kid 11). A fine copy. An account of a journey into Iran and Afghanistan in search of ruins from the Isfahan Empire. Frontispiece and one illustration in text.

Boston: Dana Estes and Charles E Lauriat, 1877. Hardcover. Very Good. A DeNeuville, Leopold Flaming, G Staal, Viollat, Philippoteaux, Lienard, and others. I, II, III Three volume hardcover set in good to very good condition. Solid boards with tiny- pebbled maroon leather cover and deeper maroon corners and spine edged in gold gilt. Decorative raised bands on spine with a section used for title, a section used for author and volume, rest of bands with decorative scroll. Vol I has gold printing / decoratives well rubbed and off along most of center of spine; Vol II and Vol III still quite crisp and clear. Rubbing and wear along corners and extremities. Vol I has a section of front board with area of ""blotch"" - as if someone had rubbed too hard when cleaning. Marbled endpapers in all volumes in orange, blue, and maroon. All Volumes have a bookplate pasted on verso of front board but no handwriting or previous ownership noted. All edges marbled with orange, blue, and maroon,… Leer más