‎Collectibles‎

‎Philes, George P (Andrew J Odell)‎

‎Bibliotheca Curiosa: Catalogue of the Library of Andrew J. Odell‎

‎New York: Sears and Cole 1878-1880. AN IMPORTANT EXAMPLE OF AMERICAN COLOR PRINTING. Two volumes complete. A remarkable catalogue of a remarkable collection. Odell focused on bibliography books about books history of printing and the graphic arts and fine printing at a time when few American collectors were interested in these areas. Books in these categories account for well over half of the 2434 lots. There is also a wide selection of extremely rare books in other areas especially the occult including incunables and a few highly important medieval manuscripts. The catalogue itself is notable for two reasons. First there are the precise knowledgeable and extensive descriptions with numerous references to specialized bibliographies: most American book catalogues of this period give the barest information about the items at hand. Second this is certainly the most lavishly-produced American book auction catalogue of the 19th century. It was beautifully printed on fine laid paper with numerous engraved initials headpieces and tailpieces. VOLUME I OF THE PRESENT SET IS FROM THE DELUXE ISSUE ONE OF VERY FEW COPIES PRINTED PRIMARILY FOR PRIVATE CIRCULATION with the initials headpieces and tailpieces printed in different colors. The sets of this deluxe issue that reached the market were sold for $10 each a colossal price when we consider that lot 1462 a copy of Bodoni's 1818 Manuale Tipografico sold for $4.50! Volume II is from the regular issue and is NEATLY PRICED THROUGHOUT in a contemporary hand. Title-pages printed in red and black. Facsimiles. 4to. Volume I is ABSOLUTELY PRISTINE uncut unopened unsewn unstabbed and unglued loosely laid into original wraps light soiling to wraps. Volume II in bound in half leather and marbled boards with original wraps bound in binding somewhat worn at extremities. Both volumes internally FINE AND BRIGHT. Complete sets are extremely rare volume II is especially scarce. Not in Bigmore & Wyman or Taylor. <br/><br/> Sears and Cole paperback‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 1673

‎PHILIBERT‎

‎Rouges bleus et blancs ou les représentants du peuple devant les électeurs satire politique‎

‎Paris: Chez Martinon 1849. Fine. Chez Martinon Paris 1849 16 x 24 cm broché First edition. A dampstain affecting all leaves small marginal tears without loss affecting the covers. Rare. Chez Martinon unknown‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 12844

‎Philibert DAMIRON‎

‎Mémoire sur Bayle et ses doctrines‎

‎Paris: S. n. 1847. Fine. S. n. Paris 1847 22.50 x 28 cm broché First edition. Lacks to spine covers soiled handsome interior condition despite dampstaining and marginal worming. S. n. unknown‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 14020

‎Philibert AUDEBRAND‎

‎Soldats poètes & tribuns petits mémoires du XIXème siècle‎

‎Paris: Calmann Lévy 1899. Fine. Calmann Lévy Paris 1899 12 x 19 cm broché First edition. Le souper de Beaucaire H. Murger L'homme au camélia P.J. Proudhon et l'écuyère de l'hippodrome. Spine cracked and reglued with a small loss at head small marginal losses to front cover handsome interior condition. Calmann Lévy unknown‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 10976

‎Philibert-Louis DEBUCOURT‎

‎Modes et manières du jour à Paris à la fin du 18e siècle et au commencement du 19e. Collection de 52 gravures coloriées. • Modes and Manners of the Day in Paris‎

‎A Paris: Au Bureau du Journal des Dames Rue Montmartre N° 183 au coin du Boulevart 1798. Fine. Au Bureau du Journal des Dames Rue Montmartre N° 183 au coin du Boulevart A Paris s.d. 1798-1808 10.80 x 17.60 cm 52 planches en feuilles montées sous marie-louise en étui Set of 52 original plates etched and enhanced with watercolours at the time numbered 1 to 52 mounted in pairs under mats.   Leaves in red half calf slipcase early 20th century red shagreen boards. The plates vary in size 10.8 x 17.6 cm to 28.1 x 18.8 cm and paper stock as was often the case with La Mésangère's publications. Unbound engraved title on a bifolium printed separately absent from most copies. It is replaced here by its identical reprint by Gosselin 1893-1903 on antique watermarked paper and bears the publisher's 'G' mark characteristic of this reprint a century later. All the plates however are in their first edition without the G mark added by Gosselin to the lower corners of the engravings in the figure or the bowl occasionally accompanied by a date.   Some foxing a few rare engravings showing traces of pasted tabs on the reverse. Plate 42 restored without missing. A green stain in plate 11 probably due to the watercolour of the landscape. Twelve plates are trimmed to the plate mark: pl. 12 12.7 x 19.2 cm pl. 15 12.4 x 18.7 cm pl. 19 11.9 x 19.8 cm pl. 29 11.9 x 19 cm pl. 30 12.5 x 19 cm pl. 39 12.1 x 18.4 cm pl. 41 12.5 x 19.1 cm pl. 42 12.5 x 19.1 cm pl. 48 11.9 x 18.3 cm pl. 49 12.9 x 19.9 cm pl. 51 12.5 x 18.4 cm and pl. 52 12 x 18.1 cm. Plate 37 is trimmed around the black border 10.8 x 17.6 cm. More pronounced foxing in the margins of plates 4 28 30 31 35 44 45 and 47.   A rare and precious complete suite of 52 original costume prints from the Directoire and First Empire periods. Deemed ""unfindable"" by Gaudriault in his study of women's fashion engravings in France this is the only complete set of first editions currently available. This series of elegant silhouettes was published on the initiative of the bookseller Sellèque and Pierre La Mésangère a clergyman who returned to the press after the turmoil of the Revolution. In 1800 La Mésangère took over the management of the renowned Journal des Dames et des Modes a pioneering publication in the history of the women's press and produced a few standalone series such as this one aimed at 'a category of connoisseurs with an interest in a more refined and luxurious interpretation of fashion than that offered by the plates in the newspapers' Philippe Séguy Histoire des modes sous l'Empire. The plates are the work of Philippe-Louis Debucourt a painter of French elegance since 1787 and a regular contributor to the Journal des Modes. The first 38 date from Year VIII the next 12 from Year IX and the last two from 1808.   Through these 52 costumes unfolds a veritable grammar of dress a precious alphabet of the gown and hat - a language in which Parisian women were particularly well versed. Shepherdesses sultanas Etruscan princesses. the trend leaned towards exoticism even eroticism with the occasional bare breast. We find the fashions brought to the fore by the Merveilleuses following the Revolution inspired by Antiquity and mythology - gowns of iridescent muslin light and form-fitting alongside coats bandeau hairstyles and Grecian tunics. The captions accompanying the etchings often provide detailed descriptions of the attire hairstyles and headwear meticulously enhanced with watercolour. Some figures even double as biting social commentary verging on caricature featuring characters such as the ludicrously pretentious Turcaret a recurring theatrical figure since the early 18th century or genre scenes teeming with amorous intrigues. The significance of this series in the history of colour engraving is noteworthy albeit underappreciated by bibliographers. Some plates bear tiny black dots in the margins indicating the process of colour engraving by superimposing intaglio plates. These mark Au Bureau du Journal des Dames, Rue Montmartre, N° 183, au coin du Boulevart hardcover‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 87502

‎PHILIP G PEABODY‎

‎1915 Philip G. Peabody Autograph Letter from the White Star Line S. S. Canopic with Wartime Atlantic Blackout and Torpedo Reports by Boston Lawyer Social Reformer and Early NAACP Supporter‎

‎UNITED STATES. Fair with no dust jacket. 1915. Non-Book. On offer is a letter written by Philip G. Peabody 1857-1934 a world traveller and a significant person in the drive for equal rights for black Americans in the early days of the 20th century. This letter was written to his adopted daughter Olive Whipple Peabody later Beardwood 1886-1969. Written on ship's stationary the letter describes several days at sea. From a notation on the letter it is the 5th such letter mailed. The S. S. Canopic was a British-flagged passenger liner that sailed for the White Star Line. His letter covers a 7 day period from Mar 18th to Mar 24th 1915. He talks about life on board and some of the people he met: "Had a wakeful but comfortable night . Only just found at table the first pass. List. It contains 50 first cabins and 59 second cabin passengers. The sea is not rough but there is a perceptible motion which would probably send you to bed." In one of several oblique references to the war that was raging he notes that the ship is running blacked out at night. The Captain R. W. James also confides in him that ships have been lost: "I sat alone with the Captain and he told me that 2 more vessels were torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel last night. This is the only thing I have heard since sailing". He met a couple returning to their home in France: "I had a conversation with Mr. Souli .who later introduced me to his wife. They have lived in Paris for many years and know all the 'Yankee' Colony there. They were advised by the authorities to leave a few weeks after the war began and are now after an absence of five months on their way back confident that all danger of the enemy ever getting there is past." His letter ends on the 24th with the Canopic anchoring in heavy seas in the Azores. This is an interesting piece of correspondence from a a recognized world traveller and wealthy social reformer of the time. A historian would note that the letter conveys a sense of being apart from the world war that is engulfing the world - perhaps based on a sense of being 'above the fray' or confident that the war will not touch them as the United States was still a neutral country. Condition: The letter contains 8 pages and is 100% complete. The envelope bears the postmark. The letters are in excellent condition and the handwriting is quite legible. BIO NOTES: Olive Whipple Peabody Beardwood 1886-1969 born Hamilton Essex County Massachusetts USA. She married James Beardwood 1884-1968 of Lancashire England in 1920. They had one child Jamie W. Beardwood 1930-2003. Olive was the adopted daughter of Philip G Peabody. Philip G Peabody 1857-1934 was a noted American financier and philanthropist who lived in Boston in the early years of the 20th century. He was the son of a Justice of the NY Supreme Court of the United States and was himself an attorney by profession. He also was involved with several social campaigns of his day. In particular he was active in the anti-vivisectionist movement and a supporter of a major project of the nascent NAACP. Peabody had adopted Olive in 1904 when she was 18 years old. Their friendship was somewhat unusual. They had met on a local train when she was 14. He was an avid world traveller and in his lifetime he crossed the Atlantic an astounding 145 times and visited 43 different countries. He told her stories of his adventures and a friendship ensued. Over the years he gave her gifts and money took her places and showed her the world he lived in. ; Manuscript; Thin 8vo 8" to 9" tall; 8 pages; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF; EARLY 20TH CENTURY; AMERICA; MASSACHUSETTS; NEW ENGLAND; BOSTON; FAMOUS BOSTONIANS; UNITED STATES; PHILIP G PEABODY; NAACP; JESSSE WASHINGTON; S.S. CANOPIC; POLITICAL ACTIVISTS IN EARLY 20TH CENTURY AMERICA; AMERICAN TRAVELERS; TRANSATLANTIC CROSSINGS IN 1915; WHITE STAR LINE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; HARLAND AND WOLFF SHIPS; PASSENGER LINERS IN THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY; SEA TRIPS; WW1; FIRST WORLD WAR; AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS DIARY DIARIES JOURNALS PERSONAL HISTORY SOCIAL HISTORY HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL; Signed by Author . unknown‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 0008184

‎Philip K DICK‎

‎Loué soit Mercer - In Galaxie N°38‎

‎Paris: Galaxie 1967. Fine. Galaxie Paris Juin 1967 13.50 x 19 cm broché First edition in French. Handsome copy despite some foxing on the first leaves. Issue illustrated with a cover by Wenzel. Other contributions by Christopher Anvil ""Ceux d'Arcturus"" Larry Niven ""La face cachée de la terre"" Gordon R. Dickson ""Les mains nues"". Galaxie unknown‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 73869

‎Philip K DICK‎

‎Nous les martiens - In Galaxie N°32‎

‎Paris: Galaxie 1966. Fine. Galaxie Paris Décembre 1966 13.50 x 19 cm broché First edition of the French translation. Handsome copy despite some foxing on the first leaves. Issue illustrated with a cover by Pederson. Other contributions by John Brunner ""Le secret de Gorgone"" Algis Budrys ""Le Veld"" Jack Williamson ""La planète masquée"". Galaxie unknown‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 73871

‎Philip MILLER‎

‎The abridgement of the gardeners dictionary containing the best and newest methods of cultivating and improving the kitchen fruit flower garden and nursery . • . as also for performing the practical parts of agriculture; including the management of vineyards with the methods of making and preserving wine according to the present practice of the most skilful vignerons in the several wine countries in Europe; together with directions for propagating and improving from real practice and experience all sorts of timber trees.‎

‎London: Printed for the author 1771. Fine. Printed for the author London 1771 21 x 27.50 cm relié Sixth edition revised and expanded illustrated with an allegorical frontispiece by Wale and 12 folding plates greenhouses for melons another on greenhouses a third of a plant polygala another of a barn another of rubia plant. Some plates are bound out of order. Printed in double columns. Contemporary full blonde calf binding. Spine with raised bands decorated with fillets. Red morocco title label. Double fillet frame on boards. 2 wormholes at foot. 2 corners opened. One lack to upper board. Surface wear to boards. Lower joint split at head. Lacks to upper joint at head and lower joint at foot. The work was considered at the time by horticulturists and gardeners as the best and most comprehensive on the subject. It is a dictionary of plants according to Linnaeus's classification. Each article contains the history of the plant its region of origin its cultivation. Printed for the author hardcover‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 51526

‎Philippa Glanville‎

‎Silver in England‎

‎London: Unwin Hyman Ltd 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Illustrated with photographs. A presentation of silver in a historical context. Bound in blue cloth with silver lettering on spine. Contains numerous photographs throughout the text. Indexed. 366 pp. Pictorial dust jacket. Book is in near fine condition with very light foxing and blemishes on page edges. Dust jacket is in near fine condition with minor wearing around the edges. Full refund if not satisfied. Unwin Hyman, Ltd hardcover‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 060564 ISBN : 0047480041 9780047480041

‎Philippe Athanase CUCHEVAL-CLARIGNY‎

‎L'Asie centrale et le réveil de la question d'Orient‎

‎Paris: La Revue des deux mondes 1877. Fine. La Revue des deux mondes Paris 1877 15.50 x 25 cm agrafé Extract from the Revue des deux mondes. First edition. In plain wrappers. Rare. La Revue des deux mondes unknown‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 20058

‎Philippe Athanase CUCHEVAL-CLARIGNY‎

‎L'avenir de la puissance anglaise. III. Les colonies d'Afrique et d'Amérique‎

‎Paris: La Revue des deux mondes 1885. Fine. La Revue des deux mondes Paris 1885 15.50 x 25 cm agrafé Extract from the Revue des deux mondes. First edition. In plain wrappers. Rare. La Revue des deux mondes unknown‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 20089

‎Philippe Athanase CUCHEVAL-CLARIGNY‎

‎La crise présidentielle au États Unis. Le général Grant. Les candidats. Extrait de la Revue des Deux Mondes‎

‎s. l. Paris: Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes 1876. Fine. Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes s. l. • Paris 1876 15.50 x 25 cm agrafé First edition. Plain paper cover. Rare. Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes unknown‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 18590

‎Philippe Athanase CUCHEVAL-CLARIGNY‎

‎La presse au XIXe siècle. Les États Unis. Extrait de la Revue des Deux Mondes‎

‎s. l. Paris: Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes 1853. Fine. Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes s. l. • Paris 1853 15.50 x 25 cm agrafé First edition. Plain paper cover. Rare. Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes unknown‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 16001

‎Philippe Athanase CUCHEVAL-CLARIGNY‎

‎La situation économique de l'Italie. Extrait de la Revue des Deux Mondes‎

‎s. l. Paris: Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes 1881. Fine. Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes s. l. • Paris 1881 15.50 x 25 cm agrafé First edition. Plain paper cover. Rare. Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes unknown‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 19712

‎Philippe Athanase CUCHEVAL-CLARIGNY‎

‎Le général Grant. Extrait de la Revue des Deux Mondes‎

‎s. l. Paris: Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes 1885. Fine. Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes s. l. • Paris 1885 15.50 x 25 cm agrafé First edition. Plain paper cover. Rare. Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes unknown‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 14894

‎Philippe Athanase CUCHEVAL-CLARIGNY‎

‎Les fonctionnaires et le budget. Extrait de la Revue des Deux Mondes‎

‎Paris: Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes 1887. Fine. Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes Paris 1887 15.50 x 25 cm agrafé First edition. Plain paper cover. Rare. Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes unknown‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 20551

‎Philippe BORNIER‎

‎Conferences des ordonnances de Louis XIV. Roy de France et de Navarre avec les anciennes ordonnances du royaume le droit ecrit et les arrests. Enrichies d'annotations et de décisions importantes‎

‎à Paris: Les Associez choisis par ordre de Sa Majesté 1744. Fine. Les Associez choisis par ordre de Sa Majesté à Paris 1729 -1744 19.50 x 26 cm relié New edition the first having appeared in 1729. Second volume in first edition. Title pages in red and black. Bound in contemporary marbled blonde sheep for volume I. Bound in full speckled brown calf for the second. Spine with raised bands decorated roll-tooled at foot. Red morocco title and volume labels. Headcap of volume I worn with a loss. Headcap of volume II worn. 3 corners rubbed on volume I. Some surface abrasions. Rubbing. Good general appearance nonetheless. The edition contains the ordinances of 1667 1669 1670 and 1673 on civil criminal commercial administrative matters. Of particular interest are the chapters on criminal jurisprudence on mutes and deaf persons and those who refuse to answer on torture on the manner of prosecuting a corpse on duels etc. Les Associez choisis par ordre de Sa Majesté hardcover‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 37053

‎Philippe BOURDREL‎

‎Histoire des Juifs de France‎

‎Paris: Albin Michel 1974. Fine. Albin Michel Paris 1974 15.50 x 24 cm broché first edition. Pleasant copy Autograph dedication signed by Philippe Bourdrel to Pierre Gamarra. Albin Michel unknown‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 70743

‎Philippe BERTRAND‎

‎La Vie moderne‎

‎Paris: Dargaud 1989. Fine. Dargaud Paris 1989 24 x 33 cm reliure de l'éditeur First edition. Publisher's polychrome cardboard binding smooth spine. Signed autograph inscription from Philippe Bertrand to a man named Guillaume accompanied by a drawing depicting geometric forms. Dargaud unknown‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 79895

‎Philippe BENOIST‎

‎Nouvelle église de la Trinité - Paris et ses ruines Lithographie originale‎

‎Nantes Paris: Charpentier 1874. Fine. Charpentier Nantes • Paris 1874 33.50 x 48.80 cm une feuille Original black and white lithograph drawn and engraved by Philippe Benoist and used as illustration for Paris et ses ruines by Victor Fournel a work documenting the devastation of the Paris Commune. Handsome copy despite some worming. Charpentier unknown‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 79768

‎Philippe CHABANEIX‎

‎Comme des songes‎

‎Paris: Collection de l'Ermitage 1928. Fine. Collection de l'Ermitage Paris 1928 13 x 17 cm broché First edition one of 450 numbered copies on pure wire Lafuma. Bel autograph signed by the author to the poet Pierre Jalabert "". by thanking him for the beautiful poem of the"" Muse ""that made me so much pleasure ."" Nice copy. Collection de l'Ermitage unknown‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 47546

‎Philippe CHABANEIX‎

‎Couleur du temps perdu‎

‎Paris: Les Amis d'Edouard 1925. Fine. Les Amis d'Edouard Paris 1925 13 x 16.50 cm broché First edition one of 188 numbered copies ours one of the 50 hors commerce and unnumbered copies bearing the author's manuscript notation: ""un des cinquante exemplaires d'auteur non numérotés"" below the justification page. Inscribed by Philippe Chabaneix. Additionally our copy is enriched with the author's visiting card on which he has specified his address in his hand. Spine and boards marginally faded some worming to the rear board. Les Amis d'Edouard hardcover‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 33159

‎Philippe CELERIER‎

‎La théorie de la relativité au point de vue philosophique‎

‎Paris: Société mutuelle d'édition 1922. Fine. Société mutuelle d'édition Paris 1922 12.50 x 19 cm broché First edition of which there were no deluxe copies. A rare and handsome copy. Société mutuelle d'édition unknown‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 10818

‎Philippe CHABANEIX - Robert LOTIRON‎

‎Musiques nouvelles‎

‎Paris: Les pharmaciens bibliophiles 1958. Fine. Les pharmaciens bibliophiles Paris 1958 23.50 x 28.50 cm en feuilles sous double chemise et étui Edition with 32 original lithographs by Robert Lotiron one of 200 numbered copies on Rives the only printing. A rare and good copy. Les pharmaciens bibliophiles unknown‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 40732