Literature
Le Voyageur philosophe dans un Pays inconnu aux Habitans de la Terre…
Amsterdam: 'depens de l'editeur,', 1761. Two volumes, octavo, titles printed in black and red; contemporary mottle,d calf, spines ornately gilt in compartments between raised bands, tan morocco title and number labels (number on volume two missing). First edition of a scarce lunar utopia. This early tale of space-travel is also.....
Price (AUD):
$2,600.00
Ref: #3006497
Dictionnaire Geographique-Portatif…
Paris: Chez les Libraires Associes, 1779. Octavo, 2 folding maps; in contemporary marbled calf. Third edition. With entries on 'Terre de Diemens' and 'Australes', and a double-hemisphere chart of the world.
Price (AUD):
$285.00
Ref: #2710229
A Catalogue of the Royal and Noble Authors of England, Scotland, and Ireland...
London: John Scott, 1806.
Horace to the rescue
Five volumes, octavo; with 149 engraved portrait plates; contemporary binding of dark green straight grain morocco, ornately gilt; armorial bookplates. A very attractive set of this major literary work by Walpole: although his literary reputation rests principally upon his voluminous correspondence, he...
Price (AUD):
$3,250.00
Ref: #3409289
The Mysterious Mother. A Tragedy.
London: 1791. Octavo; later half maroon morocco, with marbled sides. A tragedy about incest which suffered from more than the usual attention from pirateers. In the preface the author offered an apology for its appearance in public, claiming "it is solely to avoid its being rendered still worse by a....
Price (AUD):
$525.00
Ref: #2408514
The Complete Angler. Or the Contemplative Man's Recreation.
London: Nattali and Bond, 1860. Two volumes, large octavo, 14 fine engraved plates, with many additional textual engravings; contemporary half brown morocco over marbled boards, top edge gilt, preserved in a cloth slipcase. This edition is richly illustrated with a total of 61 plates and vignettes, after Stothard, Inskipp, and...
Price (AUD):
$2,850.00
Ref: #3002974
The Works in Natural History…
London: Printed for J. White, 1802. Two volumes, octavo, frontispiece in each volume, one handcoloured and folding, one folding plate; contemporary ownership inscription on each of the titles, contemporary marbled sheep. The Rev. Gilbert White (1720-1793), best known for his Natural History of Selborne - a classic of both natural...
Price (AUD):
$850.00
Ref: #3205407
Bierce and the Poe Hoax.
Book Club of California: 1934. Small quarto; original cloth. One of 250 numbered copies. Olmsted, 82.
Price (AUD):
$250.00
Ref: #2406442