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Hood, Thomas
The serious poems of Thomas Hood. With a preface by Thomas Hood the younger. A new and complete edition
London: Ward Lock Bowden and Co 1876. 8vo pp. xviii 2 576; frontispiece 7 plates; contemporary half burgundy calf over marbled boards blue-green morocco spine label all edges marbled marbled endpapers; spine faded to brown edges a bit scuffed textblock lightly toned else a very good attractively bound copy. Ward, Lock, Bowden, and Co unknown
Ссылка продавца : 45424
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Burns, Robert
The poetical works of Robert Burns with notes glossary index of first lines and chronological list. Edited by J. Logie Robertson
London: Oxford University Press 1904. 1960 printing 8vo pp. xx 635 1; rebound in full red gilt-ruled calf maroon morocco spine label a.e.g. marbled endpapers; textblock shows some dampstaining else a very good nicely bound copy. Oxford University Press unknown
Ссылка продавца : 45411
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Talleyrand, [Charles Maurice]
Correspondance diplomatique de Talleyrand. I. La mission de Talleyrand a Londres en 1792; II. Le ministère de Talleyrand sous le directoire; III. Ambassade de Talleyrand a Londres 1830-1834
Paris: Librairie Plon; E. Plon Nourrit et Cie 1891. 3 volumes large 8vo; recent brown morocco-backed marbled silver and gilt paper; art-nouveau-style gilt spines library call numbers stamped in gilt on upper cover leather; t.e.g. marbled endpapers; a very nice set. Bookplates on front pastedowns. Librairie Plon; E. Plon, Nourrit et Cie unknown
Ссылка продавца : 45484
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Sheridan, Richard Brinsley
The critic; or A tragedy rehearsed: a dramatic piece in three acts as it is performed at the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane
London: T. Becket.S. J. Neele sculpt. Strand 1795. 8vo pp. 8 95; engraved title page; 19th-century full green gilt-ruled morocco gilt spine in 6 compartments 4 of which adorned with small red lozenges t.e.g. others uncut red glazed endpapers; upper cover and front free endpaper separated textblock fine. A piracy the paper watermark dated 1795. ESTC T220624. T. Becket...S. J. Neele, sculpt. Strand unknown
Ссылка продавца : 45416
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Motley, John Lothrop
The correspondence of John Lothrop Motley.Edited by George William Curtis
New York: Harper & Brothers 1889. First American edition 2 volumes large 8vo pp. x 395; ix 1 423 1 8 ads; engraved portait frontispiece in Vol. I; recent full gilt- and blind-tooled calf red and black gilt morocco spine labels a.e.g. marbled endpapers; Vol. I upper hinge a touch weak else an about fine set. BAL 14595. Harper & Brothers unknown
Ссылка продавца : 45407
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Horatius Flaccus, Quintus
The works of Horace rendered into English prose with introductions running analysis notes and an index. By James Lonsdale.and Samuel Lee
London: Macmillan and Co 1890. 8vo pp. vi 2 274; contemporary half brown morocco over marbled boards gilt spine in 6 compartments t.e.g. marbled endpapers; engraved Bath Abbey Church bookplate on front free endpaper verso; about fine. This edition first published in 1873. Macmillan and Co unknown
Ссылка продавца : 45422
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Pitt, William, & Rutland, Charles Manners, Duke of
Correspondence between the Right Honble. William Pitt and Charles Duke of Rutland Lord Lieutenant of Ireland 1781-1787. With an introductory note by John Duke of Rutland
Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons 1890. First edition 8vo pp. viii 189; contemporary full dark blue gilt-tooled calf red gilt morocco spine label all edges marbled marbled endpapers; edges scuffed bookplates on pastedown and free endpaper the latter accomplished in ballpoint pen; the same owner has written "Bath Books" on title page; a very nice copy all the same. Lowndes p. 1874. William Blackwood and Sons unknown
Ссылка продавца : 45486
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Pepys, Samuel
Peeps into Pepys
London: Arthur L. Humphreys 1913. 12mo pp. 6 68 1; sepia-toned mounted head- and tail-pieces title page printed in red and black; full brown contemporary blind- and gilt-tooled morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe gilt spine in 6 compartments t.e.g. marbled endpapers; upper cover nearly loose else a good attractively bound copy. Arthur L. Humphreys unknown
Ссылка продавца : 45626
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[Addison, Joseph, & Richard Steele]
The spectator. A corrected edition: with prefaces historical and biographical by Alexander Chalmers
London: printed by T. Bensley.for J. Johnson et al. 1806. 8 volumes 8vo; engraved title pages; late 19th- or early 20th-century half calf over marbled boards brown gilt morocco spine labels; edges a bit scuffed front free endpaper in vol. I separated but present; a very good attractive set. NCBEL II 1101. printed by T. Bensley...for J. Johnson [et al.] unknown
Ссылка продавца : 45630
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Edison, John Sibbald
Lord Brougham's character of Mr. Pitt
London: T. Cadell 1842. First edition 8vo pp. vii 1 317 1; near-contemporary full dark blue gilt-tooled calf red gilt morocco spine label all edges marbled marbled endpapers; edges a bit scuffed; 20th-century bookplates on front pastedown and free endpaper one of which accomplished in manuscript in ballpoint pen by a recent owner; "Bath Books" written in pen on title page. Nevertheless a very good attractive copy. The author's response to Lord Henry Brougham's rather caustic essay on William Pitt 1759-1806 Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1783 to 1801. Brougham's essay originally appeared in book form as a chapter in the first series second volume of his "Historical Sketches of Statesmen" 1839. OCLC locates one copy in North America as of May 2014 at Harvard. T. Cadell unknown
Ссылка продавца : 45485
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Stevenson, Robert Louis
The novels and tales
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1911. 27 volumes 8vo 2 folding maps 1 double-page map 5 plates; original three-quarter turquoise crushed levant gilt decoprated spines in 6 compartments gilt-lettered in 2 t.e.g.; spines uniformly toned occasionall minor rub marks; all else very good and sound. Includes The Life of Robert Louis Stevenson by Graham Balfour as volume 27. Charles Scribner's Sons unknown
Ссылка продавца : 45590
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Moulder, David S, & Allen Varley
A bibliography on marine and estuarine oil polution With: Supplement 1 and Supplement 2
Plymouth Devon: Laboratory of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1978. First edition 3 volumes large 4to; text printed from typescript; original grey printed wrappers; ex-Hill Library with usual markings some minor shelf wear else a very good sound set. Prospectus bound in first volume. Supplement volumes published in 1975 and 1978. Laboratory of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom unknown
Ссылка продавца : 45774
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Lammens, H[enri]
L'islam: croyances et institutions. Second édition revue et augmentée
Beyrouth: Imp. Catholique 1941. 8vo pp. xxiv 334; recent half green morocco over marbled boards gilt spine in 5 compartments marbled endpapers; fine. Originally published in 1926. Imp. Catholique unknown
Ссылка продавца : 45653
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The human environment
Washington: Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars 1972. First edition 2 volumes 4to pp. vii 1 171; vi 109; original mustard spiral-bound wrappers; ex-Hill Library with usual markings; shelf wear tear to rear wrapper of vol. II not affecting text else good and sound. vol. I: A selective annotated bibliography of reports and documents on international environmental problems; Vol. II: Summaries of national reports submitted in preparation for the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment. Environment Series 201. Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars unknown
Ссылка продавца : 45776
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Scott, Walter, Sir
The poetical works of Sir Walter Scott. With the author's introductions and notes. Edited by J. Logie Robertson
London: Oxford University Press 1904. 1951 printing 8vo pp. 2 viii 981 1; text in double column; full contemporary navy gilt-ruled morocco gilt spine in 6 compartments a.e.g.; recent ownership inscription in ballpoint pen on front free endpaper else fine. Oxford University Press unknown
Ссылка продавца : 45647
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Commines, X de
Pages d'histoire: chroniques des grandes époques de la France.d'après les documents originaux de Diodore de Sicile Jules César Strabon Eginhard Grégoire de Tours Joinville Froissart Brantôme etc.
London: T. C. & E. C. Jack 1913. Reprint 8vo pp. 177 1; color frontispiece 10 plates plain text map; full contemporary gilt-tooled prize tree calf red and brown gilt morocco spine labels all edges marbled marbled endpapers; contemporary bookplate of the Royal Academy of Arts on front flyleaf; a couple of plates nearly loose else very good. Prize binding from King's College Choir School Cambridge. List of plates includes the cover illustration not present here. T. C. & E. C. Jack unknown
Ссылка продавца : 45659
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Kolb, Jack
The hero and his worshippers: the history of Arthur Henry Hallam's letters
Manchester: John Rylands University Library of Manchester 1973. Reprinted from the "Bulletin of the John Rylands University Library of Manchester" Vol. 56 no. 1 Autumn 1953 8vo pp. 2 150-173; original tan printed wrappers; fine. Inscribed and signed "Jack" to the author's parents Gwin and Ruth Kolb addressed here as "Mommy & Daddy". John Rylands University Library of Manchester unknown
Ссылка продавца : 45762
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Almeida, Eduardo de Castro e
Archivo de Marinha e Ultramar
Coimbra: Imprensa da Universidade 1909. 2 volumes large 4to pp. xi 5 402; 4 487; text illustrations and maps; later half dark brown calf over cloth gilt spine in 6 compartments original printed wrappers bound in; edges a bit scuffed some foxing and discoloration most heavily to last few leaves of volume II else a very good attractive set. At head of title: Bibliotheca Nacional de Lisboa. Imprensa da Universidade unknown
Ссылка продавца : 45658
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Aikin, John, MD M D
A view of the life travels and philanthropic labors of the late John Howard Esquire L.L.D. F.R.S.
Phildelphia: printed for John Ormrod by W. Woodward at Franklin's Head 1794. 12mo approx. 6½" x 4¼" pp. 196 7 Ormrod ads; the last 10 pages consist of a subscriber list among whom Oliver Evans and Benjamin Rush; engraved frontispiece portrait top blank margin trimmed; full crimson calf covers roll-grained to resemble roan or goat gilt key border on covers smooth gilt-decorated spine laid out in 6 compartments green morocco label in one alternating gilt stars and rosettes in the others gilt board edges and turn-ins marbled endpapers; minor rubbing; near fine. Ode Inscribed to John Howard by William Haley with separate title page occupies pp. 167-185 as issued. Evans 26543. printed for John Ormrod by W. Woodward at Franklin's Head unknown
Ссылка продавца : 45932
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Headley, J T
The great rebellion; a history of the Civil War in the United States
Hartford: Hurlbut Scranton & Company 1864. 8vo mixed pagings; steel engraved portrait frontispiece of Abraham Lincoln added engraved title page with the publisher "Hurlbut Williams & Co."; 13 specimen plates; two broadside prospectuses one in English the other in German bound in; subscription leaves in back with a couple of manuscript subscribers listed including a "molder" and a "painter" both from Lambertville New Jersey. Contemporary maroon embossed morocco gilt spine all edges marbled marbled endpapers; spine samples for the gilt cloth and library sheep bindings mounted to pastedowns. Edges scuffed and rubbed spine faded; preliminaries heavily foxed else interior very good and sound. Provides sample pages of both the English and German-language editions. Arbour 695 describes a similar item with the imprint Hurlbut Williams & Company 1863. Hurlbut, Scranton & Company unknown
Ссылка продавца : 45878
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The Holy Bible containing the Old and New Testaments . Stereotypeed by B. and J. Collins
Boston: R. P. and C. Williams stereotyped by B. & J. Collins 1818. Small 12mo approx. 5¾" x 3½" engraved frontispiece sectional title page for the N.T.; contemporary full sheep gilt borders on covers enclosing a central gilt panel gilt-decorated spine with 2 morocco labels and fillets also with gilt decorations the bottom one with an early owner's name in gilt: "Chloe Holt's" board edges gilt edges stained yellow marbled endpapers; some toning of the text but in all a very good sound copy in a nice early fine American binding. "This seems to be an erroneous date as it is too early for a Collins stereotyped edition" Hills. This is evidently born out in an inscription on the first flyleaf by Chloe Holt dated "Townsend Sept. 18 1824." Hills Bible in America 239 "not located". R. P. and C. Williams, stereotyped by B. & J. Collins unknown
Ссылка продавца : 45954
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The Book of Common Prayer and administration of the sacraments and other rites and ceremonies.According to the use of the Protestant Church in the United States of America
Philadelphia: S. Potter & Co. J. Maxwell printer 1821. 24mo unpaginated i.e. pp. 328; 6 engraved sectional titles; text largely in double column; contemporary full straight-grain morocco elaborately decorated in gilt with wide and ornate gilt-tooled borders on covers enclosing a central blindstamped panel in which is the name in gilt of an early owner "Abigail Dimon / 1824" heavily gilt-decorated spine with gilt lettering gilt edges and turn-ins marbled endpapers a.e.g.; fine copy of an ornate decorative American binding. The binding is possibly attributable to Henry I. Megarey of New York based on stylistic evidence. See Early American Book Bindings from the Collection of Michael Papantonio no. 39. American Imprints 4701. S. Potter & Co., J. Maxwell, printer unknown
Ссылка продавца : 45947
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Southey, Robert
Poems
Boston: Manning & Loring for Joseph Nancrede 1799. First American edition small 8vo pp. 8 9-132; very nice Boston binding of full red calf double gilt-rules on covers smooth gilt-decorated spine laid out in 6 panels with urns and anacanthus leaves green morocco label in one gilt-decorated board edges marbled endpapers; first free flyleaf excised; a few minor scuff marks but a very good copy in a handsome 18th-century American binding. Presentation in an early hand on the title page: "Harriet Stickney presented by my mother Miss Mary Stickney." Among the poems are a short poem to Mary Wollstonecraft poems on the slave trade and Botany-Bay Ecologues. The last 7 pages consist of ads and publisher's announcements. Evans 36345; NCBEL III 255. Manning & Loring for Joseph Nancrede unknown
Ссылка продавца : 46120
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John Carter Brown Library
Bibliotheca Americana. Catalogue of the John Carter Brown Library in Brown University. Books printed 1675-1700
Providence: Brown University Press 1973. 4to pp. xxxi 1 484; text in double column; very good sound copy in original black cloth gilt-stamped spine. Together with: A Short-title List of Additions to the John Carter Brown Library Books Printed 1471-1700. Providence 1973 pp. 6 67 1; original black cloth gilt-stamped spine. Brown University Press unknown
Ссылка продавца : 46385
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Napier, W F P, Sir
History of the war in the peninsula and in the south of France from the year 1807 to the year 1814. To which is prefixed a reply to Lord Strangford's Observations.
London: Thomas & William Boone 1835. Third editions of vols 1 & 2; second edition of vol. 3; first editions of vols 4-6; 6 vols 8vo; 55 engraved plans and maps bookplate on front pastedown; contemporary full diced russia maroon morocco labels on gilt decorated spines marbled edges; spine ends rubbed joints partially cracked some dampstaining to textblocks map in volume 3 dampstained covers of vols 3 5 and 6 are partially stained otherwise a very good set. Thomas & William Boone unknown
Ссылка продавца : 24558
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Sarre, F
Islamic bookbindings
Berlin: Scarabaeus n.d. 1923. Edition limited to 550 numbered copies this no. 46; folio pp. 4 9-167 1; 36 chromolithograph plates 4 illustrations in the text 3 full-page; original green morocco-backed papstepaper boards gilt lettered direct on spine; the binding is scuffed and rubbed but it is sound and the contents clean. Egyptian Persian and Turkish bindings from the 9th to the 19th century. "Translated from the German manuscript by F. D. O'Byrne. Scarabaeus, n.d. unknown
Ссылка продавца : 46808
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Sitwell, Sacheverell, & Wilfrid Blunt
Great flower books 1700-1900. A bibliographical record of two centuries of finely-illustrated flower books
London: Collins 1956. First edition limited to 1750 copies this being one of 295 copies on Amstel special mould-made paper signed by Sitwell and Blunt; large folio pp. x 94; 20 plates in color 16 in black & white; original half green morocco over marbled boards gilt-lettered spine; fine copy in a slightly rubbed publisher's slipcase. With a bibliography edited by Patrick M. Synge and compiled by W.T. Stern Sabine Wilson and Handasyde Buchanan. Foreword by S. Dillon Ripley. Collins unknown
Ссылка продавца : 46984
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Grabhorn, Robert, Anne Englund, et al
Valenti Angelo author illustrator printer
San Francisco: Book Club of California 1976. Edition limited to 400 copies printed by Andrew Hoyem and signed by Valenti Angelo on the colophon; folio pp. 97 2; fine copy in original red cloth-backed orange paper-covered boards printed paper label on spine; plain white paper jacket soiled and slightly chipped. Illustrated throughout with 43 facsimiles of Angelo's work mostly in color and mostly full-page. Includes texts by Robert Grabhorn Sherwood Anderson Annis Duff Valenti Angelo himself as well as a bibliographical checklist of Angelo's work by Anne Englund. Design of title page and decorations throughout by Angelo who has also added colors and gold by hand. Book Club of California unknown
Ссылка продавца : 47000
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Bayldon, Oliver
The paper makers craft
Leicester: printed by Will Carter at Cambridge for the Twelve by Eight Press 1965. First edition number 312 of less than 400 copies pp. 6 19; 9 plates with color illustrations by Rigby Graham; linsom vellum boards stamped in gilt without the cardboard protective sleeve otherwise fine. Signed by Mason on the limitation leaf. Printed on hand made paper from Millbourn at Tuckenhay in Devon Wookey Hole in Somerset by Jack Green at his Hayle Mill in Kent and by Mason at his Twelve by Eight Private Mill in Leicester. printed by Will Carter at Cambridge for the Twelve by Eight Press unknown
Ссылка продавца : 47028
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The Typophiles whodunit A private revelation of the hitherto most mysterous origin development practices & works of the Typophiles
New York 1938. Edition ltd. to 190 copies sm. 12mo pp. 6 64 1; errata slip laid in at colophon; spine darkened else a very good copy in original beige buckram leather label on spine; publisher's slipcase wanting. Bookplate of George Salter. Sixth publication of The Typophiles with contributions by Paul Bennett William Euler and Thomas Perry Stricker and with a bibliography of the previous 5 publications. unknown
Ссылка продавца : 47076
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Puterschein, Hermann
Paraphs
New York: Alfred A. Knopf for The Society of Calligraphers 1928. Edition limited to 540 copies signed by the author 8vo pp. lxxxii 2; printed in red and black decorations and typography by W.A. Dwiggins; fine copy in original black cloth-backed paper-covered boards paper label on spine. The first formal publication of The Society of Calligraphers printed at the Plimpton Press. Alfred A. Knopf [for The Society of Calligraphers] unknown
Ссылка продавца : 47244
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Quarto-millenary. The first 250 publications and the first 25 years 1929-1954 of the Limited Editions Club. A critique a conspectus a bibliography indexes
New York: Limited Editions Club 1959. First edition limited to 2250 copies this no. 1967 large 4to pp. 2 xiii 3 295 3; illustrated with numerous facsimlies from the press; fine copy in black morocco-backed red cloth black moerocco medallion on cover; fine copy in a slightly worn slipcase. Limited Editions Club unknown
Ссылка продавца : 47061
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Walsdorf, Jack
The Yellow Barn Press: a history and bibliography
Council Bluffs Iowa: Yellow Barn Press 2001. First edition one of 175 copies this no. 40; folio pp. 140; 22 color plates 58 illustrations many of them John DePol's wood engravings text in 14-point Perpetua an Eric Gill design; quarter black Oasis goat skin with a DePol pattern paper over boards leather spine label cloth clamshell box; fine. Original bifoliate prospectus with 2 tipped-in photographs laid in. Neil Shaver began his Yellow Barn Press in Council Bluffs Iowa in the 1960s but it wasn't until 1979 after having studied printing with Harry Duncan that the press produced its first book. Throughout the eighties and nineties the press continued to publish titles noted for their quality of design and high craftsmanship in production in particular books of poetry and books about books or books about printing such as the successful Elbert Hubbard: William Morris's Greatest Imitator American Iron Hand Presses and John DePol: A Celebration. Included are a history and comments by Neil Shaver. Yellow Barn Press unknown
Ссылка продавца : 47031
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Sotheby's
The collection of The Garden Ltd. Magnificent books and manuscripts conceived and formed by Haven O'More funded by Michael Davis
New York: Sotheby's 1989. 4to unpaginated; black cloth with gilt titles; auction estimates addenda and results laid in; fine. Auction catalog for a remarkable collection. Sotheby's unknown
Ссылка продавца : 47328
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Newton, A Edward
A tourist in spite of himself . with illustrations by Gluyas Williams
Boston: Little Brown 1930. First edition limited to 575 copies signed by the author this no. 490 8vo pp. 2 xii 252; additionally inscribed by the author at the front flyleaf; title-page printed in blue and black frontispiece illustrations in the text; fine copy in original blue cloth-backed decorative paper-covered boards. Little, Brown unknown
Ссылка продавца : 47367
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The William L. Clements Library of Americana at the University of Michigan
Ann Arbor: published by the University 1923. First edition 8vo pp. xii 2 228; contemporary cloth backed paper-covered boards; some wear to extremities else very good. published by the University unknown
Ссылка продавца : 47317
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Grolier Club
The Neale M. Albert collection of miniature designer bindings: a catalog of an exhibition at the Grolier Club September 13-November 4 2006
New York: Grolier Club / Piccolo Press 2006. First edition oblong 4to pp. xii 212; photographs throughout by Tom Grill; fine in publisher's cloth with photograph of a miniature binding pasted to front cover; publisher's slipcase. Includes essays by Priscilla Juvelis and Neale M. Albert. Grolier Club / Piccolo Press unknown
Ссылка продавца : 47574
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Sawyer, Charles, & F J Harvey Darton
English books 1475-1900: a signpost for collectors
Westminster & New York: Chas. J. Sawyer Ltd. & E.P. Dutton 1927. First edition ltd. to 2000 copies 8vo 2 volumes pp. xvi 367 1; viii 423; numerous facsimiles throughout mostly full-p. T.L.s. from author laid in half is affixed to front pastedown to "Miss Coates" of the Manor House thanking her for assistance on the book; endpapers toned spine faded else a very good and sound set in original red buckram gilt lettering direct on spines t.e.g.; volume I covers from Caxton to Johnson; volume II from Gray to Kipling. One of the best guides ever written on the collecting of English books. Chas. J. Sawyer Ltd. & E.P. Dutton unknown
Ссылка продавца : 47474
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Wroth, Lawrence
The first century of the John Carter Brown Library: a history with a guide to the collections
Providence: Associates of the John Carter Brown Library 1946. First edition 8vo pp. vi 88; frontispiece 21 facsimiles on plates fine copy in black cloth-backed marbled boards gilt-lettered spine. Printed at the Merrymount Press. This copy with a presentation from Wroth to Samuel E. Murray the antiquarian bookseller although at the time still working for the G. & C. Merriam Co. dated 4 February 1954. Smith-Bianchi 973. Associates of the John Carter Brown Library unknown
Ссылка продавца : 47583
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The annual of bookmaking 1927-1937
New York: The Colophon 1938. 4to unpaginated sections of varying length produced by 25 different printers; decorative title page designed by Rockwell Kent and a profusion of facsimiles and illustrations throughout; extremities lightly soiled and small stain on rear cover else a very good sound copy in original half light blue cloth stamped in black and silver designed by W.A. Dwiggins. Among the bibliophilic enterprises represented are AIGA Alfred A. Knopf Riverside Press Ward Ritchie Press Press of the Woolly Whale Mergenthaler Linotype Co. and University of Oklahoma Press. The Colophon unknown
Ссылка продавца : 47528
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Harlan, Robert D
The two hundredth book. A bibliography of the books published by the Book Club of California 1958-1993
San Francisco 1993. Edition limited to 500 copies; folio pp. x 2 62; printed in red; 6 facsimile plates one bifolium announcement tipped in; fine in original linen-backed decorative paper-covered boards printed paper label on spine. unknown
Ссылка продавца : 47721
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Thomson, James
The seasons . illustrated with engravings by F. Bartolozzi and P.W. Tomkins . from original pictures painted for the work by W. Hamilton
London: printed for P.W. Tomkins . the letter-press by T. Bensley. The types by V. Figgins 1797. Large folio 18½" x 14¾" pp. 12 244; engraved title and dedication pages 21 engravings throughout 6 full-page contemporary full red straight-grain paneled morocco by Kalthoeber with his ticket 4 elaborate gilt borders of varying designs on covers almost imperceptibly rebacked with gilt-lettering direct on gilt-decorated spine a.e.g. inner gilt dentelles blue pastepaper endpapers with printed gilt borders and fleurons in the corners; the covers slightly soiled and bit worn with some minor loss of the leather at the edges but generally a very good sound copy. Engraved armorial bookplate of Chas. Forbes. The subscriber's list contains nearly 300 names. The engravings are dated 1792-98. The German-born Christian Samuel Kalthoeber who operated a bindery in London from 1782-1808 "was an outstanding craftsman and was responsible for the introduction of a number of new binding styles" Glaister's Glossary of the Book p. 265. Abbey Life 252; Lowndes p. 2671; Ebert 22907: "This edition ornamented with very neat vignettes and 4 sic large plates is very fine but it has too small a margin for the largeness of the size. A repitition with the same vignettes appeared Lond. 1807 lg. 4to." An old bookseller's pencil note on the flyleaf states "The finest edition of Thomson's Seasons published / only 10 copies like this at 40 guineas each / cost 20 guineas binding. printed for P.W. Tomkins ... the letter-press by T. Bensley. The types by V. Figgins unknown
Ссылка продавца : 47940
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Dickens, Charles
Pickwickian wit and humor. Selected by Percy Fitzgerald
London: Gay and Bird 1903. Edition limited to 60 copies on Japan vellum signed by the publishers; 32mo approx 5" tall pp. x 150; engraved portrait of Dickens; full maroon straight-grain morocco by Zaehnsdorf triple gilt rules on covers gilt-decorated spine in 6 compartments red morocco label in 1 t.e.g.; 1 or 2 small scrapes but generally fine. Issued in the Bibelots series edited by J. Potter Briscoe. Gay and Bird unknown
Ссылка продавца : 47985
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Scott, Walter, Sir
Marmion a tale of flodden field
Edinburgh: Robert Cadell 1835. 32mo approx 5¼" tall pp. 4 317 1; engraved title page; somewhat later full green calf double gilt rule on covers smooth gilt-decorated spine laid out in 7 compartments red morocco label in 1 a.e.g. gilt board edges and turn-ins; lightly worn but very good and sound. The fore-edge shows a painting of Holy Island Castle with ships and a beach scene in the foreground. Robert Cadell unknown
Ссылка продавца : 47986
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Le Sage, [Alain Rene]
The adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane.Translated from the French of Le Sage. Embellished with fifteen highly finished engravings from drawings designed expressly for this edition
London: Thomas M'Lean; John Bumpus et al. 1819. 3 volumes 8vo 15 hand-colored aquatint plates; bound without the half-titles in later full polished blue calf by Zaehnsdorf double gilt rules on covers gilt-decorated spines in 6 compartments morocco labels in 2 a.e.g.; a very good sound set. With the engraved bookplate in each volume of the meat-packing baron Philip D. Armour Jr. 1832-1901 of Chicago. Thomas M'Lean; John Bumpus [et al.] unknown
Ссылка продавца : 47996
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Ford, Worthington Chauncy
George Washington
New York: Charles Scribners Sons and Paris: Goupil 1900. Edition de bibliophile limited to 50 copies large 8vo 2 volumes; color portrait frontispieces and 22 plates engraved tailpieces original half vellum over green boards gilt presidential seal on covers gilt title on spine; t.e.g.; light spotting to endpapers vellum slightly toned very good overall; old bookseller's description on pastedown of vol. 1. Although the description on the limitation page describes this edition as having three sets of each plate and an extra title page and index this copy appears to have only ever had one of each. Charles Scribners Sons, and Paris: Goupil unknown
Ссылка продавца : 48262
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Shakespeare, William
Songs and sonnets.edited by F.T. Palgrave
London: Macmillian & Co 1902. 16mo pp. 8 253 1; a.e.g.; bound by Zaehnsdorf in full purple polished calf with gilt double-ruled border on covers and gilt decorated spine in 6 compartments; raised bands tan leather label gilt decorated turn-ins; spine faded and hinges rubbed very good overall. Macmillian & Co unknown
Ссылка продавца : 48246
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Title in Greek: Tes kaine diatheke apanta
Amsterdami: Apud Guilielmum Blaeu 1633. 32mo pp. 3-454 6 as in Darlow & Moule; extra engraved title-p. inserted; early 19th century wallet-style black morocco with slit in back cover to accommodate flap a.e.g.; small tear adjacent to flap front free endpaper excised else very good. Darlow & Moule 4681: "The editor according to Ruess must have taken as the basis of this text Beza's third major edition . emending it in places by the help of other editions especially R. Stephanus' second edition who do not call for a printed title. Apud Guilielmum Blaeu unknown
Ссылка продавца : 26220
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Duez, Nathanael
Dittionario Italiano & Francese. Dictionnaire Italien & Françoise. Bien curieusement reueu corrigé & augmenté
Leiden: chez Jean Elsevier 1660. First edition 2 volumes 8vo pp. 16 970; 605 1; vignette title pages title page in volume I printed in red and black; text printed in double column; contemporary full unadorned parchment turned-in edges; some wrinkling of the flyleaves but in all a very good sound set. Not common. Not in the Kraus Elsevier Catalogue 194; Copinger 1480; Vancil p. 74; Willems 862: "Dictionnaire parfaitement exécuté en caractères ronds et italiques. chez Jean Elsevier unknown
Ссылка продавца : 48659
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Dibdin, Thomas Frognall
The bibliomania or book madness history symptoms and cure of this fatal disease
Boston: Bibliophile Society 1903. Edition limited to 473 copies printed for members only; 4 volumes 8vo frontispiece in each volume in two states one a remarque proof on Japanese vellum the other on Holland paper without remarque from original oil paintings by Howard Pyle etched by W.H.W. Bicknell; title pages printed in colors on Japan paper; original full blue morocco gilt-paneled spines in 6 compartments gilt-lettered direct in 2 seal of the Bibliophile Society gilt stamped on covers gilt turn-ins t.e.g.; spines a touch discolored bookplates in all volumes; a fine copy. This edition contains "Rare Books and Their Values" by William P. Cutler and an introduction by Richard Garnett. Bibliophile Society unknown
Ссылка продавца : 48637
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