Paris: 1642. Folio: Three blanks, the third with what appears to be a Strasburg lily watermark, Engraved title by Claude Mellan, verso blank. Text, not divided into verses but with verse numbers in the text, 422pp; Variae Lectiones, pp 423-453, 1p. bearing ornament [1 f. blank]. Twenty engraved headpieces and..... More
London: Rivingtons, 1871 and 1874. mixed editions. Complete in four uniformly bound volumes; octavo; three quarters black morroco over navy pebbled boards; marbled endpapers with small square bookseller sticker on the front paste down of each; all edges marbled. Pp. viii, 924; viii, 723, [3]; viii, 435, [3]; vi, 750; [2]..... More
London: G. J. Galloway, n.d. Three miniatures bound in leather with gilt titles, all edges gilt, and eps printed to look like marbled paper. Unpaginated, each book carries a Bible verse for each day of the year. Edges are a little scuffed, otherwise very good. More
Clairvaux: Trianon Press, 1987. Folio, 22 facsimile hand coloured plates, loose in a folder as issued. Near fine (first plate has a bent corner) in a near fine (slightly rubbed) folder. The publication of Blake's last completed set of engravings formed an appropriate finale to the William Blake Trust's scheme..... More
London: The Religious Tract Society, n.d. [c. late 1800s]. Small hardcover octavo (11.5 x 7.5cm), pp. vii, [9], 431, [1]; red leather boards; banded spine; lettering, borders and detailing on the spine, covers and edges in gilt; outer blind border; gilt edges of text block; light yellow endpapers. Minor abrasions on..... More
London: The Athlone Press, 1981. Second Edition. Hardcover : pp. [i-v] vi-xxxiii [1, blank] [1-2] 3-366 : Navy blue cloth covered boards : Argent lettering on spine : Red ednpapers : Purple dust jacket with lettering in white, pink and blue. Faint foxing to top edge otherwise fine throughout : Dust..... More
Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1975. Hardcover : pp.[viii], lvi, [2], 192 : rust red cloth boards : mustard cloth spine with brown lettering : beige paper dust jacket. Some faint rubbing to dust jacket front : old price sticker stain to sleeve of jacket. More
London: B and R Crosby and Co, 1819. Thirteenth edition. Hardcover : pp. [i-iii] iv-cvi, [cvii] [1] 2-394 [2, publisher's adv.] : Illustrated frontispiece (dated 1808) : Original paper covers pasted onto boards with lettering in black : Recent brown cloth spine : Edges untrimmed. All edges toned : Open tear..... More
London: Benj. Motte for Cha. Harper, 1709. Twelfth impression. Octavo : pp. (2, blank) (16) 672 (2, blank) : extra engraved title page : plain eps : all edges speckled : headbands in alternating cream and light blue : polished calf boards with tooled design in a rectangle with corner..... More
London: George Virtue, n.d. [184-?]. Complete in two volumes, both large format hardcovers (28 x 22cm), Vol 1: pp. [8], 1020, [2, blank] + frontis, title page, double page family register and 46 black and white engraved plates, Vol 2. [4], 1021-1272, 1277-1336, 1273-1276, 1337-1586 (i.e. text is complete however..... More
London & New York: George Allen and Unwin & Humanities Press, 1970. First English Translated Edition. Complete in three volumes, all hardcover 12mo (24 x 15.5cm), pp. Vol. 1: 392, Vol. 2: 469, [3, blank], Vol 3: 422, [2]; green cloth covered boards with lettering in gilt on the spine..... More
1913. Fifth Edition. Softcover : pp. [i-iv] v-viii, 1-127 [blank] : Light brown paper cover with black lettering and small illustration. Front cover fore-edge has a very small chip and a tear : 2cm tear on top front edge near spine : Top edge of text block foxed : Spine worn..... More
Bombay: Examinor Press, 1907. Second Edition. Softcover : pp. [4 blank] [i] ii-vii [blank] [1] 2-96 : Green paper cover with black lettering : Written in pencil on last page "Sacred Heart of Jesus In Thee I place my trust" and some other ineligable text. Cover is faded with tonning around..... More
Bombay: Examiner Press, 1908. Softcover : pp. [4 blank] 1-100 [2 blank] : Brown paper cover with lettering in black : Indistinguishable stamp on bottom corner of title page. Spine worn : A few fox marks throughout : Small chip to back corner. These studies in Hinduism form the second number..... More
London: Baynes and son, 1825. Full calf. Octavo (225 x 145 mm.), 2 v., [6] vi, 568; [4] 496 pp., engraved portrait frontis., black calf, 5 false raised bands with red and brown labels in 2nd and 4th compartments with gold blocked author and title, other compartments decoratively tooled in..... More
Tokyo: Enderle, 1963. Hardcover : pp. [2], vi, 290, [2 blank] : Cream paper boards : Gilt lettering to spine : Red stamp free-endpaper : Card loosley inserted : Dust jacket in blue,black and olive : Slip case : Previous owners blind embossed name stamp : Paper price note attached..... More
Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover : pp. [7], x,[xii], 1-235, [7 blank] : Red cloth boards : Gilt lettering to spine : Pictorial dust jacket design by Helene Berinsky : Publisher's advertisement back dust jacket. Small mark to fore-edge : Some wear to edges of jacket. ''The most perfect..... More
London: George Allen & Unwin, 1934. First Edition. Hardcover : pp.[1-7], 8-528 : Aqua cloth covered boards : Gilt lettering and 2 bands to spine : Blind embossed owner stamp to free-endpaper : Occasional note or underline in pen of text by previous owner : Booksellers stamp to back pastedown..... More
New York: Oxford University Press, 2000. Hardcover : pp. xii, 252, [iv] ; lettered boards. Top edge a tad dust toned, otherwise a nice clean copy that has been protected in librarian's plastic. More
Tokyo: Daito, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover : pp. [i-iv], v-xv, [xvi], [1], 2-383, [384-386] : Quarter leather bound : Red cloth : Blind embossed symbol to lower board : Gilt lettering to spine : Ink stamps to endpapers : Previous owner's name blind embossed to title and dedication pages... More
Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover : pp. [vi], xxiv, [xxxi], 339, [342 : some illustration within text : foreword by I. Bernard Cohen : grey cloth boards : lettering in argent to spine : price clipped : white and grey dust jacket : lettering in black..... More
1857: John Henry and James Parker, Oxford. New edition. Full leather. Together with 'The Rule and Exercises of Holy Dying, together with Prayers and Acts of Virtue to be used by Sick and Dying Persons, or by others standing in their attendance. To which are added Rules for the Visitation..... More
Arizona ; Michigan: Association for Asian Studies, 1987 ; 1993. Hardcovers : vol 1 : pp. [vi] xlix [2] 302 : vol 2 : pp. [2] [v] xxviii [1] 288 [290] : beige cloth boards : lettering in red to both : dragon design to top board vol 2... More
London: BCA by arrangement with Hodder and Stoughton, 1993. Hardcover octavo; pp xii [xiv] 370; b&w photo illustrations; green boards lettered in gilt to spine; photo illustrated dust wrapper. Prize presentation pasted to ffep; loosely inserted is a menu for the Larrakeyah Barracks Officers' Mess for Saturday the 15th October..... More
London: John Linnell, March 8, 1825 [i.e. London: John Linnell, 1874]. posthumous printing. Large folio, title-page and 21 plates printed on India paper. Mounted on large sheets as issued, enclosed in a blue linen folder within a blue morocco box lettered in gilt. The box is slightly worn at the..... More