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Paris: Jean - Thomas Herissant, 1769. NOT a library discard. Vol. 2 only (of 5) containing the political history of France Cover is in Good condition only, with worn edges. Paper over rear board partly torn away. SEE PHOTOS. Internally Very Good. Hinges are secure. Light damp stain in the margin only… Read more about this item

Paris: Jean - Thomas Herissant, 1771. NOT a library discard. Vol. 3 only (of 5). Tome Troisieme containing the political and civil history of France Cover is in Good condition only, with worn edges. Paper over boards is quite rubbed. Corners bumped. Wear/chips to front leather hinge. SEE PHOTOS. Internally Very Good. … Read more about this item

Berkeley & Los Angeles: The University of California [Plantin Press], 1967. Very Good condition. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are clean and unmarked. 1967. First Edition. Printed at the Plantin Press. Biographical profiles of Alexander Taylor, Hubert Howe Bancroft, Robert Ernest Cowan, and Henry Raup Wagner. Illustrated with portraits and title page… Read more about this item

New York: H. P. Kraus, 1986. Very Fine condition. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are crisp, clean and unmarked. H. P. Kraus Catalogue No. 175. No date (but 1986?). First Edition. 983 priced entries. PART I : Antiquarian Bibliography before 1850 (Items 1-84); PART II : Catalogues: Private Libraries, Auctions, Booksellers. (Items 85-623);… Read more about this item

London / New York: J. M. Dent / New Directions, 1956. NOT a library discard. Fine condition in a Good dust jacket. The jacket is intact, but sun darkened a shade or two at the spine (all lettering remains clear and distinct). NOT price clipped ($8.50). Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are… Read more about this item

London / New York: J. M. Dent / New Directions, 1956. NOT a library discard. Fine condition in a Very Good dust jacket. The jacket is intact, but slightly sun darkened at the spine (all lettering remains clear and distinct). Price clipped, with $8.50 ink stamp on front inner flap. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or… Read more about this item

London: University of London Press, Ltd, 1968. NOT a library discard. Fine condition in a bright and shiny Very Good dust jacket (price clipped; lightly rubbed at the extremities). NO chips. NO tears. NO creases. NO fading. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are clean and unmarked. 1968.… Read more about this item

Brussels [Belgium]: Bibliotheca Wittockiana, 1986. Fine condition. NO chips. NO tears. NO creases. Sharp corners. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are crisp, clean and unmarked. 1986. First Edition. Bound in the original full color pictorial wraps. Illustrated with 75 full page plates, a few… Read more about this item

1961. INSCRIBED: "For Dan MacGrath with bibliographical Esteem [SIGNED] Allan Stevenson." Very Good condition. Short closed tear to wrap. Lightly sunned at the extremities. 1961? Reprinted from the CATALOGUE OF BOTANICAL BOOKS IN THE COLLECTION OF RACHEL MCMASTERS MILLER HUNT. 7.5" wide by 10" tall. Bound in the original blue wraps, stamped in… Read more about this item

Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1952. Near Fine condition. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are clean and unmarked. 1952. First Edition. Useful source of information on original boards, cancels, binding variants, inserted advertisements, 19th Century dust jackets, etc. Third Annual Windsor Lectures in Librarianship. Bound in the original two-tone cloth… Read more about this item

Berkeley & Los Angeles: The University of California, 1967. Near Fine condition. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are clean and unmarked. 1967. First Edition. Profiles Alexander Smith Taylor, Hubert Howe Bancroft, Robert Ernest Cowan, and Henry Raup Wagner. Illustrated with portraits of them. Printed at the Plantin… Read more about this item

London: Mansell Publishing Limited, 1984. BRAND NEW in a BRAND NEW dust jacket. Perfect condition. NO chips. NO tears. NO creases. NO rubbing. NO fading. Protected since DAY 1 by a removable Brodart clear-plastic sleeve. Sharp corners. Fresh, crisp, clean and unmarked - obviously never read. First Edition, with "First published… Read more about this item

London: George Routledge and Sons, 1906. Cover is in Good condition (small bubbles on the cover under the cloth). Internally VERY GOOD but for light pencil notes on the front free endpaper which constitute a useful quick index to topics of special interest in the book (but easily erased if so desired). All other pages are clean and… Read more about this item

New York: R. R. Bowker Company, 1960. NOT a library discard. Near Fine condition. NO owner's name or bookplate. Sharp corners. Pages are clean and unmarked. NO highlighting. NO underlining. NO margin notes. 1960. First Edition. Foreword by Verner W. Clapp. List of chapter notes/bibliographical references. Index. … Read more about this item

Cambridge and London: James Clarke & Co. Ltd, 1969. Appears unread. Fine condition in a Fine dust jacket. NOT price clipped (50s net). Protected by a removable Brodart clear-plastic sleeve. NO chips. NO tears. NO creases. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. Crisp, clean and unmarked - apparently never read.… Read more about this item

Berlin: A. W. Hayn, 1827. Good+ condition. Square and tight. Moderate rubbing to the covers. Mild foxing to a few pages. Pages are otherwise clean and unmarked albeit just a bit age toned. PHOTOS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. NO owner's name or bookplate. 1827. First Edition. In German. Erster Band &… Read more about this item

New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Library, 1961. Unread (with pages still unopened). Fine condition. Sharp corners. NOT a library discard. Pages are fresh, crisp, clean and unmarked -- obviously never read. 1961. First Edition. Limited to 500 copies. Volume 5 only: MANUSCRIPTS BY ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON AND OTHERS. Expertly… Read more about this item

Oxford: Clarenden Press / Oxford University Press, 1979. NOT a library discard. Near Fine condition in a Very Good dust jacket. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are clean and unmarked. Volume V (five) only from the Index to British Literary Bibliography series. This is the "Author" volume. It is complete in itself. … Read more about this item

London: Bibliographical Society, 1944. Appears unread. Very Good condition. Light soil on the hard cover binder. Volume XXV, complete -- consisting of 2 paper bound, double-number issues loosely inserted into the publisher's hard cover binder. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a library discard. NO spine creases, probably never read. Pages are clean… Read more about this item

New York: The Bibliographical Society of America, 1942. Very Good condition. The spine is square and flat with NO creases. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a library discard. Pages are clean and unmarked. NO foxing. THE PAPERS OF THE BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA, Thirty-Six (Vol. 36, XXXVI), Second (2nd) Quarter, 1942. Only… Read more about this item