Woodrow Wilson; A Biography
New York: Knopf, 2009. Illustrated, 702 pages, 8vo, gray boards, d.w. New York: Knopf, (2009). Fine. More
New York: Knopf, 2009. Illustrated, 702 pages, 8vo, gray boards, d.w. New York: Knopf, (2009). Fine. More
London: Bickers, 1886. Fore-edge painting of Milton's home with landscaping and sheep and a fine large portrait. Frontispiece portrait, rubricated title, 699 pages, thick 8vo, full brown morocco with elaborate gilt decorated borders, spine and inner dentelles, a.e.g. Contemporary inscription on fly-leaf. London: Bickers and Son, 1886. Near fine. More
New York: Gordian, 1966. Edited by J. Milton French. 5 volumes, tall 8vo, green cloth, black spine labels. New York: Gordian Press, 1966. Fine. Volume I, 1608-1639; volume II, 1639-1651; volume III, 1651-1654; volume IV, 1655-1669; volume V, 1670-1674 and additions. More
Paris: Giguet et Michaud, 1805. Translated by Jacques Delille. Three volumes, each with an engraved frontispiece. 8vo, gilt-bordered mottled calf, marbled endpapers; corners bumped and dented, to varying degrees, scattered light foxing throughout. Paris: Chez Giguet et Michaud, 1805. A very good set. More
London: Richard Bently, 1688. Elaborate frontispiece copperplate portrait of John Milton by R. White and 12 additional full page engravings by Medina, Aldrich, and Lens; with the 6 page subscribers list at the end. Contemporary paneled calf, lightly worn with the inner hinges strengthened. Small folio, 8, 343 pages. The pages are amazingly clean with very slight age browning on the top margins of some pages. London: Miles Fletcher for Richard Bentley, 1688. The Fourth Edition, Adorn'd with Sculptures. First..... More
London: Macmillan, 1874. Edited, with Introductions, Notes, and an Essay on Milton's English by David Masson. 3 volumes, steel engraved frontispiece portrait of Milton in each volume. Thick 8vo, 3/4 brown morocco, t.e.g. London: Macmillan, 1874. Very good (+). More
New York: Columbia University Press, 1931. Frontispieces and other illustrations. From a total of 21, this is volume 1 & 2 ONLY (bound in 4). Tall 8vo, 1/2 tan calf, marbled boards, board slipcase. New York: Columbia University Press, 1931. A very good(+) copy. One of only 150 numbered sets. More
London: Folio Society, 2015. Edited by Alastair Fowler and with a separate volume of commentary by him. Illustrated with 24 facsimile mezzotints by John Martin. xxvi, 311; xxiv, 335 pages. 2 volumes. Folios, red & blue cloth with black buckram spines, top edges gilt; pictorial board slipcase. London: Folio Society, 2015. A fine pair in a fine slipcase. More
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1954. Two volumes in one, printed back-to-back. Illustrated with the paintings of William Blake. Tall thin 8vo, gilt-lettered black cloth; publisher's slipcase. N.Y.: Limited Editions Club, 1954. A fine copy in a near fine slipcase. Limited edition of 1700 numbered copies, designed by Bruce Rogers. More
Illus. with etchings on steel by Birket Foster. 24pp. with tissue guards between each, 8vo, contemporary gilt and blind stamped patterned cloth, loose in glued binding, a.e.g. London, 1855. More
London: Wingate, 1947. Title page illustration, many color illustrations by Bernard Meninsky. 29pp., tall slim 4to, stiff pictorial wrappers. London: Allan Wingate, 1947. More
Cambridge: Limited Editions Club, 1954. Illus. with water-colors by Edmund Dulac. 6 color plates, 72pp. sm. 4to, 1/2 vellum, t.e.g., boxed. Cambridge: Printed for The Limited Editions Club at the University Press, 1954 One of 1500 copies, containing Dulac's last book illustrations. More
London: J. Johnson, 1809. To which are added illustrations, and some account of the life and writings of Milton, by the Rev. Henry J. Todd... The Second Edition, with Considerable Additions and with a verbal index. Frontispiece portrait. 7 volumes, 8vo, original calf, worn, most joints broken, several spine labels lacking. London: For J. Johnson, et al. 1809. Good. "The standard edition" -- DNB 19, p. More
New York: AMS, 1970. 7 volumes. Frontispiece portrait, 8vo, blue cloth lettered in gilt. New York: AMS Press, (1970). Fine. Facsimile reprint of the 2nd edition, 1809. More
London: Du Gardianis, 1652. Engraved coat of arms of Commonwealth on title. 192 pages with text in Latin. 24mo, full contemporary calf, neatly re-backed in older matching leather with hand-labeled spine title. Ex-library copy without stamps but with 2 large plates on endpaper. Londini: Du Gardianis, 1652. First published the prior year, this may be a false imprint [Gouda: G. de Hoeve?] -- Wing M-2169; Madan 12. Milton's famous refutation of Salmasius, in which the sovereign right and power of..... More
Excellent signed card, 3.75" x 2.25", during the Spanish American War, whereby he signs: "J. Milton Thompson - Colonel 42nd Infantry - U.S. Vols." Evenly toned and in very good condition. Civil War officer best remembered for his being appointed 2nd lieutenant of the first South Carolina Volunteers. This was the first Colored Regiment ever mustered in the U.S. Service. It's first officers were proclaimed felons and outlaws by Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederacy, in General Orders #60 at..... More
The Easton Press Rubens and Dali have just arrived in England - posted on 15th January and arrived here on 17th January. The books are splendid, but how you get out the shipping so quickly I am at a loss to understand! But many thanks
Thanks for the help. You are one of 'The Last of the Good Guys'...