New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers [1879], 1879. Reprint. Hardcover. Small 8vo. [9], 14-328, [1]-7, [1] (pages of publisher's advertisements), [2] pp. Purple cloth with black lettering on the boards and spine, gold lettering on the spine. Illustrated with a frontispiece of the Empress Josephine and with six full-page wood..... More
London: The Folio Society, 2006. First edition thus. Hardcover. 8vo. [7], viii-xx, [1], 2-428 pp. Green cloth with red and gold decorations on the front board, red and gold lettering and decorations on the spine. Housed in a maroon slipcase. Tan endpapers and pastedowns with maps in maroon on the..... More
London: J.M. Dent & Co., 1906. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [4], v-ix, [1], 232 pp. White cloth with decorations in red, gold, and green on the front board and spine; top edge gilt. Title page printed in red and black. Illustrated with a color frontispiece and with twenty-four color plates..... More
London: Blackie and Son Limited, ca. 1915. Later printing. Hardcover. 8vo. [1], [1] (page of publisher's advertisements for other works by Captain Brereton), [6], 9-336 pp. Light brown pictorial cloth, spine lettered in gold and black. Illustrated by a frontispiece and five additional black and white plates. Illustrated by Arch..... More
London: Hutchinson & Co., 1915. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [3], iv-vi, [2], 316 pp. Blue cloth lettered in white on the front board with a pictorial inset, gold lettering and a decoration of a woman on the spine; blue topstain. Illustrated by a frontispiece and numerous additional photograph plates, photographs..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1955. First American edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [8], 3-212, [4] pp. Blue paper boards with red decorations on the front board and spine, red and blue lettering blocked in purple and white on the front board and white. Price of $2.95 net on the front flap..... More
London: George Bell and Sons, 1890. Later edition. Hardcover. 2 vol. 8vo. [5], vi-xlvii, [2], 2-399, [1], [3], 4-10, [2] (pages of publisher's advertisements); [3], iv-vii, [2], 2-444, [3], 4-10, [2] (pages of publisher's advertisements) pp. Publisher's maroon cloth with the Bohn's device on each front board, gilt lettering and..... More
London: H.D. Symonds, 1802. First edition. Hardcover. Small 8vo. [5], 2-219, [1] (page of publisher's advertisements), [2] pp. Bound in contemporary tree calf with an attractive expertly rebacked spine (in six compartments) retaining the original black morocco label, boards with gilt tooling to the edges. The volume is illustrated by..... More
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1935. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [6], 7-371, [5] pp. Yellow cloth with blue lettering and a blue decoration on the front board, blue lettering on the spine; black topstain. Price of $3.00 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Illustrations by Biala, including the color..... More
Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press[1988], 1988. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [11], xii-xiv, [3], 4-235, [3] pp. Blue cloth with gold lettering on the spine. Jacket has minor fraying on its edges, overall a pleasing copy. More
New York: Pantheon Books [1968], 1968. First American edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [8], 9-203, [3] pp. Black cloth with orange lettering on the front board and silver lettering on the spine; orange topstain. Price of $4.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Translated from the French by Len Ortzen..... More
New York: Franklin Watts, 1988. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [17], 4-495, [3] pp. Quarter brown cloth over beige paper boards with gold lettering on the spine. Brown endpapers and pastedowns. Price of $26.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Illustrated with two maps. Translated by Maarten Ultee. A..... More
London: Routledge and Kegan Paul (1966), 1966. First UK edition. Hardcover. 2 vol. 8vo. [4], v-xvi, [2], 3-460 pp. Textured grey boards with black lettering and black decoration on the spines. Price of £5 set (net) on each jacket's front flap. Translated from the French by John and Doreen Weightman..... More
London: William Heinemann, 1906. First English language edition. Hardcover. 2 vol. 8vo. [7], x-xii, [4], x-xviii, [1], 2-326, [2]; [5], vi-ix[4], 2-447, [3] pp. Half contemporary calf over marbled boards with the spines in six compartments, gilt decorations on the spines with a black morocco label lettered in gilt on..... More
London: T. & W. Boone, 1847. First edition. Hardcover. 3vol. 8vo. [3], iv-vi, [1], 2-432, [2]; [3], 2-427, [3]; [3], 2-410, [2] pp. Contemporary half black morocco over marbled boards, spines in six compartments with gilt lettering and decorations, marbled endpapers and pastedowns; top edges gilt. Volume one illustrated by..... More
Madison: The University of Wisconsin Press, 1960. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [6], vii-xi, [5], 3-201, [3] pp. Black cloth with gold lettering on the spine. Price of $6.50 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Illustrated with a full-page map. Inscribed by the author on the free front endpaper..... More
New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, 1916. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [8], 9-167, [1] pp. Bound in navy blue cloth with gold lettering and decorative device on the front board and gold lettering on the spine. Illustrated by a frontispiece. Enser 109. The author provides an account of his..... More
New York: Book Awards, 1965. First edition thus. Hardcover. 8vo. [6], 9-287, [1] pp. Quarter orange cloth over light green cloth with gold lettering on the spine. Price of $12.50 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Illustrated by a drawing on the title page. Part of the Erotic..... More
New York: E. P. Dutton & Company [1914], 1914. Early Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. [2], iii-xvi, [2], 217, [3] pp. Bound in blue cloth with gold lettering on the front board and the spine. Price of $1.00 net on the spine panel of the dust jacket. Overview of the first year..... More
New Haven: Yale University Press [1986], 1986. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [7], viiixx, 1-278, [4] pp. Red cloth with gold lettering on the spine. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait and with several full-page black and white photographs. A rich biography of the French monarch, drawing on primary sources and modern..... More
New York: Columbia University Pres, 1986. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [7], viii-xviii, [3], 2-368, [2] pp. White cloth with gold lettering blocked in blue on the spine. Grey-blue endpapers and pastedowns. With an introduction and commentary by Daniel Roche. Translated by Arthur Goldhammer. Foreword by Robert Darnton. An autobiographical journal..... More
[Bougival]: [Hostellerie du Coq Hardi], ca. 1950. Single Sheet. Folio. Single sheet. A brightly illustrated front cover printed in black, white, yellow, red, green, and brown, depicting a rooster crowing against the backdrop of the rising sun. The front cover done by Guy Arnoux. The menu itself is printed in..... More
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston (1964), 1964. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [6], vii-viii, [2], 3-342, [2] pp. Grey cloth with red and black lettering on the spine. Price of $5.95 on front flap of jacket. A very near Fine book with a small crease to the corner of the..... More
Boston: L.C. Page and Company, 1904. Second printing. Hardcover. 8vo. [6], v-xiii, [1], 11-400 pp. Blue textured cloth with red lettering and borders on the front board and spine, decorations in white, gilt, and red on the front board; top edge gilt. Illustrated endpapers and pastedowns. With eighty illustrations, including..... More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1887. First edition. Hardcover. 2 vol. 8vo. [7], viii-x, [3], 2-506, [2] (pages of publisher's advertisements); [5], vi, [3], 2-521, [1], [2] (pages of publisher's advertisements) pp. Brown cloth with gilt lettering and gilt rules on the spines. Black coated endpapers and pastedowns. Illustrated with several..... More