Fine & Rare Books with Maps & Atlases
Catalogue Information: 502 lots with images | View lots
Date: 03 December 2009
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Including fine and rare books, maps, children's books, and more
Lot 1: 3 books: Oceana, 1886 + Narrative of the Peninsular Campaign, 1897 + Whitehall, 1895.
British Empire/Napoleonic Wars. 3 Titles. ++ James A. Froude. Oceana: Or England and Her Colonies. NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1886. 8vo. ix,396pp. Early half brown calf & marbled boards. Binding moderately worn and soiled. Contents near fine. Aust [...more]
Lot 2: The Speeches of the Right Honourable William Pitt, In The House Of Commons, 4 vols, 1806. 1st edition.
British History. The Speeches Of The Right Honourable William Pitt, In The House Of Commons. 4 Vols. Lon: Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme, et al, 1806, 8vo. Contemporary half red calf & marbled boards, gilt & blind-stamped spines. Lightly soiled and w [...more]
Lot 3: Musgrave, BELGIUM BRITANNICUM IN QUO ILLIUS LIMITES, 4 vols in 3, 1719-1716.
British History. William Musgrave. Belgium Britannicum In Quo Illius Limites, Fluvii, Urbes, Viae Militares, Populus, Lingua, Dii Monumenta... 3 Vols. Lon: Iscae Dunmoniorum, 1719-1716. 8vo in 4s. Early speckled calf, red morocco spine labels, all e [...more]
Lot 4: 7 Books (8 vols): Easton Press & Franklin Library. Jules Verne, Herman Melville, Jonathan Swift.
Easton & Franklin Press/Adventure & Travel. 8 Titles, all but two titles are Norwalk: Easton Press. 8vo/4to. Full leather stamped in gilt letters and design, aeg, silk endpapers. Illustrated. Near fine, some have owner's name blindstamped at bottom [...more]
Lot 5: THE HISTORY OF AMERICA, 16 vols, Easton Press, (1997).
Easton Press. The History Of America. 16 Vols. Norwalk: Easton Press, (1997). 8vo. Full tan leather stamped with gilt letters and design, aeg, silk ribbon. Near fine to fine. Few maps.
