Venice: Presso li Guerigli, 1651. 290 pages, all rather fine and clean, blue edges. Thick tall 8vo, copper engraved illustration on title page, engraved decorative chapter initials and tail pieces. Full vellum, lightly soiled, hand-lettered title on spine. Small ex-libris on inside front cover. Venice: Presso le Guerigli, 1651. First Edition. Scarce. More
Lyons: Mathieu Liberal, 1684. Woodcut design on title page. 473, (7) pages. Thick 12mo, full calf, gilt spine (rubbed). Lyons: Mathieu Liberal, 1684. Revised and augmented. Very good. Drips of what looks to be sealing wax on endpapers. Old bookseller's label on front attached endpaper. Small oval abrasion though leather down to board on back cover. More
London: Academy Books, 1940. Contains some black & white illustrations and maps. 351 pages. 8vo, red cloth with yellow lettering (shelf-wear, lightly dust-soiled). London: Academy Books, (1940). Pages toned. A very good copy lacking the dust wrapper. More
Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1961. Maps. xi + 441pp. plus index. 8vo, cloth, d.w.; dust wrapper price clipped. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, (1961). A very good copy in a very good (-) dust wrapper. More
New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1943. 383 pages, 8vo, beige cloth, d.w. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1943. A fine copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
Torino: Radio Italiana, 1953. 6 color plates and 53 in black & white. Small 4to, stiff pictorial boards (spine darkened), deckled edge, board slipcase (rubbed). Torino: Radio Italiana, 1953. One of 1670 numbered copies. More
Franklin Center: Franklin Library, 1982. Facsimile title page from first complete edition of Bacon's essays. 391 pages, 8vo, gilt-stamped gray leather, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers. Franklin Center: Franklin Library, 1982. A fine copy. 100 Greatest Books of All Time series. More
Leiden: Fransciscum Hackium, 1648. Thick 16mo, old leather; professionally re-backed to match, red leather spine label. Leiden: Fransciscum Hackium, 1648. Very good. Old stamp on title page. Very good copy of the first Latin edition (printed the same year by Elzevir). More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1978. Illustrated in black and white. 246 pages, large 8vo, gilt-lettered blue cloth, dust wrapper. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1978. A fine copy. More
New York: Henry Holt, 2001. Lightly illustrated in b/w. 272 pages. 8vo, cloth-backed boards, d.w. New York: Henry Holt, (2001). First edition. A very good copy--foxing to outer edges--in a very good wrapper--lightly scuffed with tear to front panel laminate. More
New York: Scribner, 1896. Two ex-libris volumes. xxvii, 577; xvi, 681 pages. Thick 8vos, green gilt-stamped cloth. New York: Scribner, (1896). Cloth edgeworn, page edges toned, several library markings both internally and externally. Bookplates at front paste-down endpapers. Overall, internally clean and tight. A good set. More
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1961. 3 maps. xiii + 369pp., 8vo, cloth, d.w.; dust wrapper chipped at spine ends. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1961. A very good copy in a very good (-) dust wrapper. More
Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz, 2009. Text in German. Illustrated in color throughout. 271 pages. 4to, pictorial wrappers. (Ostfildern): Hatje Cantz, (2009). A very good copy, light scuffing to spine ends and rear wrapper, infrequent underlining and writing in margins. More
New York: Abrams, 1979. 378 works illustrated in black and white. 299 pages. 4to, light blue cloth, d.w. New York Harry N. Abrams, 1979. A near fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
London: George Bell, 1904. 4 volumes. Thick 8vo, minor bumping to spine ends and corners, untrimmed. London: George Bell and Sons & A. H. Bullen, 1904-1912. A very good(+) set Variorum edition. More
New York: Chesire House, 1932. Introduction by Christopher Morley. Wood engravings by Freda Bone. viii + 147pp., tall 8vo, half green leather over marbled boards, deckled edges; spine faded, lightly rubbed. New York: Chesire House, 1932. A near fine copy. One of 1200 numbered copies. More
Paris: Estienne Danguy, 1646. Woodcut initials and decorative head & tailpieces throughout. XII, 225 pages. 12mo, contemporary vellum with calligraphic spine lettering. Paris: Chez Estienne Danguy, 1646. For some reason an attempt was made to obliterate the publisher's information on title, otherwise a solid copy; some pages at rear with neat marginalia, but mostly clean. A very good copy of this scarce book. OCLC lists only 3 copies, including Cambridge & Bibliotheque Nationale de France. More
London: Phaidon, 1954. Profusely illustrated with 1734 black & white images, many reproduced in the original size. 6 volumes. Small folios, turquoise cloth with gilt-lettered spines, tattered d.w. London: Phaidon, (1954-1957). First editions. A fine set in good dust wrappers. Un-retouched collotypes of all known drawings by the master, including over 100 "lost" originals. The standard catalogue raisonne of Rembrandt's drawings. More
London: Phaidon, 1947. 292 photogravure plates. 255pp. 4to, cloth. WITH: BENESCH. A Catalogue of Rembrandt's Selected Drawings. 64pp., 4to, red cloth, d.w. Together, 2 vols. London: Phaidon, 1947. Very good in slightly rubbed dust jackets. More
London: G. Bell and Sons, 1911. Profusely illustrated in black & white throughout. 2 volumes, small 4to, original beige cloth with gilt-lettered spines (bound in different shades of cloth, the spines are darkened and there is some foxing throughout). London: G. Bell and Sons, 1911. First edition. A very good(-) set. More
London: Sotheby's, 1981. 113 plates, several in color. 4to, blue cloth, d.w. sunned on spine portion, margins throughout are lightly age-toned. (London): Sotheby Parke Bernet, (1981). Very good. More
London: Alpine Fine Arts, 1962. Illustrated with 287 illustrations. Folding list of plates at rear. Folio, 4to, brown cloth. London: Alpine Fine Arts, 1962. More
Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1966. Volume 1 only. xvii, 994 pages. Large 8vo, blue cloth with gilt lettering. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, (1966). Front endpapers dust-soiled, pages toned. Boards toned at edges, slightly edgeworn, shelf-wear at bottom edge. A very good(+) copy. More
New York: Phaidon, 1952. Illustrated with 112 large plates, some mounted & in color; 27 smaller in-text figures. 22 pages of text. Slim folio, gray cloth, d.w. New York: Phaidon, (1952). Third edition with revised plates. A very good(+) copy, lacking the dust wrapper. More
Amsterdam: Jansson, 1654. xii , 116 + 120 pp. 2 parts in 1 volume. Slim 8vo, full mottled calf, decoratively gilt spine, rubbed. Amsterdam: Joannes Jansson, 1654. Scarce. More
Dear Mr. Hample, Just a short note to confirm receipt of the book and my absolute satisfaction with it. I am in the process of building a library of books from the interwar period to document and understand the events as seen by contemporaries as very often knowledge of what happened afterwards colours the views of historians. I am mainly focussed on Italian matters but books describing current events in other countries such as Germany, UK, France, Spain, Japan and the US are of interest to me. If you have a catalogue or can indicate to me any other books that you think could interest me, I would be very gratefll.Thank you in advance and best regards.
Thanks for your very prompt response. I'll keep checking your web site from time to time.