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Jacobi Gronovil, 1721. Hardcover. Fair. Bound in calf-skin vellum-- spine has 6 ridges with the words TACITUS Curante GRONOVIO (clearly done with quill and ink). It appears some text has worn away below this. The leather binding is an ivory color, more discolored along the spine, where it has begun to wear away at 2 of the ridges. Front and back are embossed with floral diamond design-- shows signs of shelfwear but nothing the sturdy vellum wouldn't handle. The binding is tight. Outer edges of pages very brown with age, dust and sun. Based on other book descriptions, I believe this is volume one of a two volume set. There's some foxing throughout the book, and yellowing around the edges of pages, as would be expected of a book this age. Paper is thicker than paper of later books, and you can see that each letter in the text was arranged by a typesetter. First pages (the introduction) begin with larger font that gradually reduces in size. 756 pages in all. The title page reads as follows: C. Cornelii… Leer más

H.E. Howard, January 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Hardcover issued without jacket - SIGNED AND NUMBERED 1st Edition (#457 of 1000). Grey cloth boards with gilt script. Includes maps, photos, and detailed rosters. Book LOOKS UNREAD.

Richmond, Va: University of Richmond Museum, 2013. Trade Paperback. Fine. FINE. Looks unread.

Timken Publishers, January 1991. Limited. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Signed and numbered on the colophon by Guy Davenport. Number 88 of only 100 copies signed and numbered by Guy Davenport and with a Meatyard photograph of Merton laid in, numbered 88/100 and noted on verso with estate stamp that the print is from the original 1967 Meatyard negative and printed in 1990 by his son Christopher. Photograph is approximately 8 x 10 inches (sheet size). Book is in full green cloth, gilt spine title, in publisher's gilt titled matching slipcase, no dust jacket as issued. All in pristine shape.

Green Shade, January 1996. Numbered. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. This is number 65 of 100 signed copies by Davenport. Printed in an edition of 550 copies of which 100 copies are signed by Guy Davenport. The book looks unread.

Mysterious Press, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Of this special limited edition of Cujo, 750 copies have been numbered and signed by Stephen King, of which this is number 388. Maroon cloth boards with gild script and matching clipcase. The book and slipcase are both in FINE condition.

New York, NY: Frank S. Holby, 1906. Hardcover. Good. Number 910 of 1250 numbered and registered copies. Edited by R. Brimley Johnson with an introduction by Professor William Lyon Phelps. Includes Austen's novels (Sense and Sensibility; Pride and Prejudice; Mansfield Park; Emma; Northanger Abbey; and Persuasion) as well as her short works and letters. Complete set in 12 volumes with each volume bound in brown cloth boards with printed paper labels on spines, gilt top edges, with coloured frontispiece, each of the major novels also with 5 coloured plates, Volume XI [juvenilia] with 3 sepia plates, and Volume XII [letters] with 1 sepia plate and a double page facsimile letter, all the plates with lettered tissue guards, all volumes with black & white title page vignette, all title pages printed in red & black, brief bibliography and facsimile of the first edition title page of Sense and Sensibility in Volume I. All volumes have some shelf wear with slightly bumped corners and light edgewear, some… Leer más