London: Horace Cox, 1895. Hardcover. Number 55 of 250 copies, printed on large paper. According to the preface, this book is not intended to be a guide as no hotels are menationed, rather it documents "scenes and places along the Devonshire seaboard, the result of a walk, or rather of a series of walks, over the cliffs of the fairest county in the west." Brown leather spine over dark green cloth covered boards with gilt title to spine and front board. Gilt vignette of Devon to front board. Minor sunning to spine and minor wear to edges of boards. Bumping to corners. Minor foxing throughout, heaviest on early and late pages. Includes a fold out map to rear and multiple full page illustrations. A few short closed tears to the map. 444 pages. ENG/080822. Very Good. More

London: Henry Fisher, Son, and P. Jackson, 1828. English clergyman, utilitarian, and philosopher, William Paley (1743 - 1805), is best known for his natural theology explanation of the teleological argument for the existence of God. This argument centers around the idea that things in the natural world function on such a complex level, that there must be a higher power. Complete in two volumes. Includes tracts on Christianity, natural history, astronomy, anatomy, morality, and more. Bound in full maroon leather with gilt title and volume numbers, gilt rules, and gilt decoration stamped to spines. Elaborate embossed design to boards. Leather is cracked in places on all four hinges, but boards remain attached. Wear to edges and corners with loss to leather on all corners, some bumped corners. Chipping to leather on spines, rubbing and scuffing to boards. Frontispiece portrait to first volume. Book seller markings to endpapers, else clean and bright interiors. Full speckled edges. A few darker spots (possibly ink) to fore-edge of first volume. Volume I: 290 pages; Volume II: 202 pages plus 2 pages of ads. More

New York: Bonanza Books, (1967). Hardcover. Includes 500+ examples of Beardsley's artwork. Bound in yellow cloth over black paper covered boards with black title to spine. Bumping to top corners. Clean and bright. Filled with black and white illustrations. In black and yellow jacket with yellow spine panel titled in black. Minor wear to edges of jacket and rubbing to panels. 372 pages. BOB/081722. Near Fine. More

New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 919660. Hardcover. First American edition. A comprehensive examination by French art historian Maurice Rheims of the Art Nouveau movement and its impact on art, architecture, and decorative arts. With 607 illustrations, of which 12 are tipped-in color plates. There is a description of each illustration that includes the item's location. In pictorial multi-colored cloth with title in black to spine. With a plastic protective cover. The cover has slight wear but the book is in near fine condition. Measures 9 x 12.25 inches. 450 pages including index. Near Fine. More

London: Printed for A. Strahan, T. Cadell, and W. Davies, 1803. Hardcover. Tenth Edition, which includes the fourth posthumous volume containing the history of Virginia to the year 1688 and of New England to the year 1652. William Robertson (1721 - 1793) was a Scottish historian best known for his History of Scotland and for presiding as Principal over Edinburgh University for thirty years. All volumes are bound in matching full brown marbled leather with titles, volumes, and decoration stamped to spines. Rubbing and fading to gilt and leather on spines, edges, and corners. Bumping to corners. All hinges are cracked with the front boards of Volume I and II nearly detached. Bookplate of George Prevost to front pastedowns of all volumes. Volume I is lacking the title page, but has the half-title and two fold-out maps. A third fold-out map is present in the second volume. All maps have closed tears and appear to have extra creases. Clean interiors. A good reading copy of this set. Volume I has 383 pages with a 20 page catalog of Spanish books and manuscripts; Volume II has 432 pages; Volume III has 435 pages; Volume IV has 418 pages plus one page of ads. AME/091322. Very Good. More

London: Richard Bentley, 1832. Hardcover. A presention copy from the author, with inscription to the top of the title page in Volume II: "H. Hole Esq. with the author's best regards." Thomas Roscoe (1791 - 1871) was an English translator and also a novelist who enjoyed studying the work by other European novelists. In the preface he writes: "In the following series of national novels, connected with the secondary class of prose fiction so abounding in Spanish literature, it has been the humble endeavour of the translator, upon a similar plan with the Italian and the German specimens, to convey to the English reader some idea of its rise and progress, as well as of the peculiar manners, customs, modes of thinking at different periods, as exhibited in this form of composition." Includes Don Juan Manuel, Mendoza, Mateo Aleman, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Matias de los Reyes, Don Christoval Lozano, Luis Veliz de Guavara, Isidro de Robles, Alonzo del Castillo Salorzano, Don Francisco de Quevedo Villegas, Doctor don Juan Perez de Montalvan, Antionio de Eslava, and Donna Maria de Zayas I Soto Mayor. Each author or tale is introduced by the compiler, Thomas Roscoe. All volumes are bound in matching three quarter tan leather over pink and brown marbled paper covered boards. Lacks title and volume labels. Gilt decoration to spine compartments. Wear to edges of boards, rubbing to boards and hinges. Large chip to leather on foot of spine of Volume II. A few chips to leather on boards. The front hinge of Volume I is starting. Marbled endpapers and full marbled edges. Occasional spots of foxing to interiors, but clean and bright overall. A worn, but still reasonably attractive set. Volume I: 360 pages; Volume II: 341 pages; Volume III: 321 pages. LIT/110922. Very Good. More

London: J. M'Creery for T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1806. Hardcover. A momentous study of the life of Lorenzo de Medici, the most powerful patron of Italian Renaissance culture. Fifth Edition, Corrected. Ex-library from Biblioth College, Washington, DC with stamps to front pastedowns, title pages, random interior pages, and fore-edges; and with library pockets with cards to rear pastedown in all volumes. Bound in quarter dark brown leather over marbled paper covered boards with gilt titles and volume numbers to spines. Embossed design to spines. Rubbing to leather on spines and paper covering boards, wear to edges with chipping to paper. Tear to leather near head of spine on Volume 2. Frontispiece portrait in first volume. Some chapters have head and/or tail pieces. Volume I: 426 pages; Volume II: 425 pages; Volume III: 433 pages plus one page of ads. ITA/111122. Very Good. More

New York: Rand McNally, 1911. Full color illustration by Ruth M. Hallock. A few light smudge marks to white margins. Includes an additional page with a verse "Miss Tippy Toes." Chipping to edges of pages. Suitable for framing. Size: about 11.5 x 9 inches. Print/111122. Very Good. More

London: Blackie & Son, Limited, 1898. Hardcover. All volumes are bound in matching three quarter brown leather over dark brown leather cloth boards. Red and gilt title labels to two of the three volumes. Wear and rubbing to corners, edges, and spines of all volumes. Dampstain to front board of last volume. Bubbling to cloth on front of first volume. Fading and scuffing to spines. Marbled endpapers and full marbled edges. Occasional spots of foxing, mostly to early and late pages, but clean overall. Illustrated. Size: Thick octavos. Volume I / II is 336 / 343 pages; Volume III / IV are each 344 pages; Volume V / VI are 362 / 368 pages. ENG/080522. Very Good. More

Dania Beach, FL: Claire Jeanine Satin, 2022. A unique artists' book from Claire Jeanine Satin, a well known book artist, sculptor and designer of public art installations. Satin's work has been extensively exhibited and collected in the United States and in Europe, including at The Library of Congress, the National Museum of Women in the Arts, The Getty (CA), MOMA, and The Victoria and Albert Museum. She is known especially for her conceptual works in uenced by the ideas of her friend and mentor the composer/visual artist John Cage, and the conversion of ordinary industrial materials into environmental constructions and book works of layered transparent mass. This is one of a series of unique works by Satin, each signed by her. The aesthetic overall image of these pages are tranquil, soft, and pretty - but when the segmented alphabet letters are correctly joined, they spell bitter words. Those words are lightly penciled in on the bottom of each page. This work plays with the extremes of hidden negative sentiments juxtaposed with crystals and uplifting pastel colors. Satin hides her "bitter" words by cutting each letter in half and rotating the segments.  According to the artist: "The idea behind (this book) is extremes: reflections / range of human feelings / emotions; opposing political positions; philosophical disparities; gentle and hard/bitter ... The aesthetic images are calm and soothing, [but] the segmented alphabet letters/text when joined, reveal opposite meanings." Created from acid free white card stock paper and bound with clear filaments and beads, this book includes segmented letters, various papers, crystals, and beads. In fine condition. Measures 5.5 x 8.5 inches. Unpaginated [12 pages]. ARTISTSB/110322. Fine. More

Philadelphia: Hopkins and Earle, 1808. Hardcover. First printed in 1808 in England, this is an uncommon early edition printed in America. A historical romance written in verse about 16th century Scotland and England. This set includes all six cantos as well as notes. Both volumes are bound in full marbled calf with red and gilt title labels to the spines. Rubbing and wear to hinges, boards, and edges of both volumes. Leather on front and rear hinges is starting, but boards remain firmly attached. Blank free endpapers of volume II have been removed and/or written on. Penned ownership signature to top of title pages. While light in color, there is foxing throughout both volumes. Dark offsetting to margins of first and last few pages of both volumes. Volume I is 219 pages; Volume II is 259 pages. POE/091322. Very Good. More

London and Manchester: John F. Shaw; T. Dinham and Co, 1856. Hardcover. A collection of lectures published posthumously by a late professor at the University of Pennsylvania. Bound in three quarter tan leather over navy blue pebbled cloth boards with black and gilt title label to spine. Raised bands, gilt rules, and blind stamped decorations to spine. Floral endpapers with speckled red edges. Minor rubbing and wear to boards, spine, and edges. Occasional spots of foxing to interior, but clean and bright overall. 279 pages. LIT083022. Very Good. More