London: Macmillan, 1874. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 104 + 32 pages of advertisements in the rear. Bound in publisher's red cloth, stamped in black and gilt. Rubbed along the edges and worn at the extremities of the spine. Fawcett (1847-1929) joined the first woman suffrage committee in 1867 and emerged..... More
London: Arch, 1830. Second edn. 8vo, pp. xii, 495 + adv. Name and date stamp on the end paper, bound in contemporary rubbed leather backed marble boards, a good tight copy. See Smith: II, 957. Margaret Woods was a member of the Society of Friends, and her diaries Margaret Woods..... More
London: Henry G Bohn, 1851. Peter lely. Third edition, enlarged. Large 8vo, pp. 350. Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece and 20 full page engraved portraits(based on original paintings housed now at Hampton Court Palace.) Bookplate on the end paper, all edges gilt, Bound in contemporary 3/4 morocco with heavily tooled..... More
Paris: Chez Maradan, 1813. 12mo, pp. 196. Illustrated with a frontis portait of De Clermont and 4 engraved plates designs by Alexandre Desenne and engraved by Adr. Godefroy. Bound in full calf (couple of small cuts to the hinge at the extremities of the front board,) with leather label... More
London: Treuttel and Wurtz, 1820. First English translation Edition. 8vo, pp. 363. Rebacked original boards, with leather label, teg, Lacks the engraved portrait. A good copy. An important French writer and thinker. DeStael (1766-1817) dominated the thought and politics of much of England and the Continent and was an ardent..... More
Dublin: R. Jackson, 1792. First Irish edn. 8vo,pp. 435. Contemporary calf, contemporary name on end paper (Joseph Trimble 1793), some foxed and toned, a VG copy. See Sabin 86577; Morsch, New Jersey g, 275. Quaker Sarah Grubb travelled through the North and West of Britain, Ireland, Germany, and Holland. Her..... More
Washington, IA: Mills Seed Co, 1912. 4to, pp. 56. Color illustrated paper wraps (some chips out of the corner of the cover and the first 14 pages). Illustrated throughout, some color. A good copy. Offer retail offerings of fruits, vegetables and flowers. More
Milano Italy: Bompiani, (2002). Ninth printing. 8vo, pp. 394. Bibliography, index. In Italian. Illustrated in black and white by various artists. Paper, with dj. About as new. More
Hibbing, Minnesota: Wimp Press, (ca 1966 ?). First Edition (Pirated). 4to, stapled wraps,pp. 54, Stapled wraps, mimeographed. A near fine copy. FROM THE PUBLISHER - Accumulation of prose and poetry from a musician and personality of the 60s. In 1964 Dylan signed with Macmillan to write a book called Tarantula..... More
London: Edward Churton, 1834. First English edition thus. Large folio (21 inches tall), pp. 94, illsutrated with 15 (of 16 engraved portraits). Bound in contemporary 3/4 leather and paper boards with leather label. Some minor foxing, the front blanks had been folded and show creases. but a very good copy..... More
London: Smith, Elder, 1850. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 307, 329. Bound in 3/4 calf and marble boards by Henderson & Siebert, teg. A very good clean set. Biographical notices of important French women including feminists Mdm. Pompadour, Mdm. de Genlis, Mdm. de Stael, Charlotte Corday, etc. More
[South Hadley, MA]: Mt. Holyoke College(?), January, 1897. This is an interesting clutch of manuscript items probably created by a student at Mt. Hoyoke college, ca 1897. Included is a partially disbound "Renaissance Log" which is 35 stiff sheets (partially sewn with ribbon) with edges cut in half circles, the..... More
NY: Walker, (1977). First Edition. 4to, pp.72. With B & W and color illustrations. A very good clean copy in dj. A selection of owls in art and folklore. More
Norwalk, CT: Silvermine, (1967). First American edn. Large 8vo, pp. 93. Includes index and bibliography. Rust cloth, stamped in gilt on spine. A nice copy in price-clipped and little chipped and soiled dj. More
NY: Crown, [1961]. First American edn. 4to, p. 1101. IIntroduction by A. Escoffier and Ph. Gilbert. Edited by Charlotte Turgeon and Nina Foud. 1000 illustrations, many in color. No dj. An encyclopedia of cooking, with 8,500 recipes, many illustrations, full information on all culinary matters. "This book is the International..... More
NY: Knopf, [1971]. First Borzoi edition. 8vo, pp. 443. A very good copy in dj. Reminiscences and "meditations" on various subjects having to do with food and eating, such as "On the senses," "Theory of frying," "On gourmandism." More
London: Sidgewick & Jackson, (1980). First Edition. 4to, pp. 198 + index. A very good copy in little wrinkled dj. Inscribed by the author on the end paper. More
London: Granada, (1978). First Edition. 8vo, pp. 175. Very good in dj. More
NY: Lyle Stuart, 1967. First Edition? 8vo, pp. 247. A very good copy in little soiled & worn dj. More
NY: NY Times, (1980). Ninth printing. 8vo, pp. 258.Nice, in slightly soiled dj. Over 200 low-sodium, lowered-fat recipes. More
Garden City: Doubleday, 1964. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 224. A very good copy in dj. Over 250 recipes. More
NY: Putnam, (1972). First Edition? 8vo, pp. 322. A Very good copy in little stained dj. More
Washington, DC: US Committee for the United Nations, (1959). First Edition. 8vo, pp. 102. Spiral bound printed wrpas (little scribble mark on the cover, top inch of the plasic "spiral" missing. Just a good copy. More
NY: Holt, Reinhart and Winston, (1963). Geoffrey Walker. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 128. A very good copy in torn dj. More
