‎English‎

‎Word Wide Fund for Nature International - WWF ; CAREY, Geoff (édit.)‎

‎A Biodiversity Review of China‎

‎1 vol. 4to. softcover, black & white maps and graphics, Word Wide Fund for Nature International - WWF, Hong Kong 1996, 529 pp. Text in English‎

‎Very nice copy. Scarce, nowadays.‎

Bookseller reference : 51288

‎CRUIKSHANK, George J.‎

‎The Humourist : A Collection of Entertaining Tales, Anecdotes, Repartess, Witty Sayings, Epigrams, Bon Mots, Jeu d'Esprits, &c. Carefully Selected (4 Tomes - Complet)‎

‎2 vol. in-12 reliure fin XIXe demi-chagrin vert, dos à 4 nerfs orné, tranches ocelées, J. Robins & Co, London, Tome I ; 1822, 226 pp. and 1 leave, with 10 coloured etchings,including the engraved title ; Tome II : 1819, 230 pp. and 1 leave, with 10 coloured etchings,including the engraved title ;Tome III : 1819, 222 pp. and 1 leave, with 10 coloured etchings,including the engraved title ; 1820, 226 pp. and 1 leave with 10 coloured etchings,including the engraved title‎

‎Nice copy, with the title of Vol. I re-issued (dated 1822), the plates dated 1819. Edition originale, avec le titre du tome premier en seconde émission. Charmant exemplaire en bel état (petit accroc marginal à une planche, bel exemplaire bien frais par ailleurs). Cohn, 405‎

Bookseller reference : 52063

‎HAY, Ian‎

‎The First Hundred Thousand - Being the Unoffical Chronicle of a unit of "K (1)"‎

‎1 vol. small 12mo half-leather binding, four raised bands on spine, Nelson's Continental Library vol. XXIII, Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd, 189 rue Saint-Jacques Paris, circa 1920, VIII-377 pp. + catalogue‎

‎Very nice copy‎

Bookseller reference : 52195

‎HATTON, Joseph‎

‎Christopher Kenrick. His Life and Adventures‎

‎1 vol. in-12 reliure demi-chagrin brun, dos à 5 nerfs orné, Frederick Warne and Co, London, s.d., VIII-364 pp. et 2 ff. n. ch.‎

‎Etat très satisfaisant‎

Bookseller reference : 52217

‎LIBRI, Guglielmo‎

‎Catalogue of the extraordinary collection of Splendid Manuscripts, Chiefly upon Vellum in various Languages of Europe and the East, formed by M. Guglielmo Libri. Mathematical, Medical and other Scientific Works, Ancient Italians poets and Prose Writers, autograph Mss. of Tasso, Galileo, Kepler, Leibnitz, &c., [ With : ] Catalogue of the Magnificent Collection of Precious Manuscripts and Objects of Art and vertu of M. Guglielmo Libri‎

‎Catalogue of the extraordinary collection of Splendid Manuscripts, Chiefly upon Vellum in various Languages of Europe and the East, formed by M. Guglielmo Libri. Mathematical, Medical and other Scientific Works, Ancient Italians poets and Prose Writers, autograph Mss. of Tasso, Galileo, Kepler, Leibnitz, &c., Wich will be sold by auction bu S. Leigh Sotheby & John Wilkinson, on Monday 28th of March 1859 [ With : ] Catalogue of the Magnificent Collection of Precious Manuscripts and Objects of Art and vertu of M. Guglielmo Libri, Which will be sold by auction by Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, on june 1 1864, 1 vol. in-4 reliure demi-chagrin maroquiné brun, dos à 5 nerfs, xlviii-260 pp. et 37 planches, 1190 numéros ; 2 ff., 44 pp. et 15 planches‎

‎Très intéressant exemplaire (reliure frottée, bon état intérieur), provenant de la bibliothèque du grand libraire Georges Heilbrun (avec son ex-libris), et bien complet de l'intégralité des prix d'adjudications (pour le premier catalogue) porté en margé à l'encre (prix de départ et prix d'arrivée). Guglielmo Libri fut certainement le plus grand voleur de livres et de manuscrits précieux du XIXe siècle ; il pilla notamment la bibliothèque Inguimbertine de Carpentras, la bibliothèque Royale, la bibliothèque de l'Arsenal, etc. Devant les soupçons qui pesaient sur lui, il réussit à s'enfuir en Angleterre où il réalisa pour une véritable fortune les trésors qu'il avait dérobés. Catalogue Lemouel, 10 octobre 2012‎

Bookseller reference : 52801

‎COURNOT, Augustin‎

‎Researches into the Mathematical Principles of the Theory of Wealth by Augustin Cournot 1838. Translated by Nathaniel T. Bacon with an Essay on Cournot and mathematical Economics and a Bibliography of Mathematical Economics by Irving Fisher [ Inscribed : "G. H Bousquet Don d'Irving Fisher" ]‎

‎8vo, The Macmillan Company, New York, 1927, xxiv-213 pp. with a folding plate. Rappel du titre complet : Researches into the Mathematical Principles of the Theory of Wealth by Augustin Cournot 1838. Translated by Nathaniel T. Bacon with an Essay on Cournot and mathematical Economics and a Bibliography of Mathematical Economics by Irving Fisher [ Inscribed : "G. H Bousquet Don d'Irving Fisher" ]‎

‎From Irving Fisher's library. Joseph Schumpeter described him as "the greatest economist the United States has ever produced". Good (waterstains on cover, a few manuscript annotations by G. H. Bousquet). Annotation manuscrite en garde : "G. H. Bousquet Don d'Irving Fisher" [ unidentified manuscript indication in french : Gift from Irving Fisher ]. Le professeur Georges-H. Bousquet (1900-1978) fut notamment professeur aux facultés d'Alger puis de Bordeaux. Juriste de formation initiale (docteur en droit en 1923 avec une thèse sur "L'évolution sociale en Hollande 1914-1922"), il devint un spécialiste de questions économiques, proche de Pareto et Schumpeter, ainsi qu'un islamisant de l'école de Goldziher et Snouck-Hugronje. Il fut proche de son maître en sociologie Vilfredo Pareto, dont il servit fortement la pensée, avec lequel il échangea une correspondance et qu'il rencontra, en Suisse.En septembre 1923, à Vienne et par l'intermédiaire de Paul Lazarsfeld, il fut présenté à son autre maître et ami Joseph Schumpeter. "A ce moment, Schumpeter avait 40 ans. Il était alors totalement ignoré en France, mais connu aux Etats-Unis où il avait été invité à professer quelque temps, et en Angleterre, où il avait eu également l'occasion de se faire entendre". Georges Bousquet sera fasciné par l'oeuvre de Schumpeter, qu'il fera notamment découvrir, tant par ses articles que par les discussions, à l'économiste François Perroux. Dans les années 1933-1934, les Bousquet et Schumpeter seront en contact permanent à Harvard, où Schumpeter était devenu professeur, et ou G.-H. Bousquet avait été envoyé faire un séjour de recherche, avec le soutien de la fondation Rockfeller. C'est à cette occasion que Bousquet rencontre Irving Fisher (1867-1947), l'un des premiers économistes américains de l'école néoclassique. On peut signaler que G.-H. Bousquet est l'un des quelques économistes français contemporains à être plusieurs fois cité par Schumpeter dans sa monumentale Histoire de l’Analyse Economique.‎

Bookseller reference : 52958

‎GOLDSMITH, Oliver‎

‎The Vicar of Wakefield‎

‎8vo, editor's blue cloth richly gilted, edges gilted, John Van Voorst, London, 1855, 306 pp.‎

‎Charming editor's cloth. Good (binding slightly rubbed)‎

Bookseller reference : 53099

‎ISHIMORI, Nobuo‎

‎Nobuo Ishimori and his Works. Nominee for the Hans-Christian Andersen Medal from Japan‎

‎1 vol. in-4 br., Printed in Japan, 1969, 252 pp.‎

‎Very interesting collected works, translated in english, from Nobuo Ishimori, and collected as he was nominated to the Andersen Medal. He was born in 1897 at Sapporo (Hokkaido) and grew up in the nrthern city surrounded by the great plains of Ishikari, an environment that must have exercised considerable influence over his impressionable mind. He taught successively at Seisho Middle School of Aichi Prefecture and Kagawa Prefectural Normal School. As member of Publication Bureau of Education Ministry participated in compilation of state textbooks (from 1939). Worked after the war as leader in teaching of Japanese language. Following retirement from Government service (1950) became professor of Showa Women’s University. Among his works of juvenile literature are a children's novel Sakidasu Shonengun (Children Coming to Bloom) which was awarded the Shincho Prize. Good condition.‎

Bookseller reference : 53988

‎HOLME, Charles (Ed.) ; James Craig Annan, Alvin Langdon Coburn, Frank Eugene, Baron Adolf de Meyer, Frances Stebbins Allen, Mary Electa Allen, Dwight Arthur Davis, Robert Demachy, Rudolf Dührkoop, David Octavius Hill, Gertrude Käsebier, Clarence H. White, Alexander Keighley, Joseph Turner Keiley, Guido Rey, Eva L. Watson-Schutze, George H. Seeley, Alfred Stieglitz, Heinrich Kühn, Malcolm Arbuthnot, Anne W. Brigman, J. Dudley Johnston‎

‎Colour Photography and other recent developments of the Art of The Camera 1908. Special Summer number of The Studio‎

‎1 vol. in-4 reliure demi-maroquin brun, dos à 5 nerfs, couvertures d'origine contrecollées en plat, Offices of "The Studio", London, Paris & New York ("Bureau du Studio, à Paris" on cover, 1908, 10 pp. et 113 planches / 4to, half morroco leather binding, Offices of "The Studio", London, Paris & New York ("Bureau du Studio, à Paris" on cover, 10 pp. et 113 planches‎

‎Nice copy with its great morocco binding (binding very slightly rubbed, slight foxing) ! With photographs by James Craig Annan, Alvin Langdon Coburn, Frank Eugene, Baron Adolf de Meyer, Frances Stebbins Allen, Mary Electa Allen, Dwight Arthur Davis, Robert Demachy, Rudolf Dührkoop, David Octavius Hill, Gertrude Käsebier, Clarence H. White, Alexander Keighley, Joseph Turner Keiley, Guido Rey, Eva L. Watson-Schutze, George H. Seeley, Alfred Stieglitz, Heinrich Kühn, Malcolm Arbuthnot, Anne W. Brigman, J. Dudley Johnston, or Charles Job. De la bibliothèque Henry Frugès avec son bel ex-libris arabisant signé "Abd En Nor". Passionné d'art, l'industriel sucrier Henry Frugès (1879-1974) tenait de sa grand-mère maternelle née Bentajou que sa famille descendait d’une certaine Zohra, fille de l’émir El Hadj Abd En Nor El Maimouny, général de Boadbil, le dernier roi de Grenade ; il restera profondément attiré par l'art musulman, comme le montre son amusant ex-libris avec sa devise "Je m'éclaire !".‎

Bookseller reference : 54264

‎Collectif ; THE GRAPHIC‎

‎The Graphic. Royal Jubile Number. June 20, 1887‎

‎Hardcover folio (62 x 31 cm), The Graphic. Royal Jubile Number. June 20, 1887, 32 pp.‎

‎Special issue celebrating the fiftieth year of Queen victoria's reign. Includes Walter Besant's "Fifty years ago or The Queen's accession". Fair copy (internally good, cover shows numerous signs of wear).‎

Bookseller reference : 54724

‎U.S. Department of Commerce‎

‎American Samoa. Census of Population 1970. General Population Characteristics [ We join : ] Census of Housing 1970. General Housing Characteristics‎

‎Two 4to vol., paperback, U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, 1972, pp. 56-9 to 56-27, 24 pp. ; pp. 56-1 to 56-9, p pp.‎

‎Good. Scarce.‎

Bookseller reference : 55022

‎WAUGH, Alec ; AARON, Sam‎

‎Wines and Spirits [ Copy signed by Sam Aaron to Hugues Lawton ]‎

‎Revised edition, 1 vol. in-4 cartonnage éditeur, Time-Life Books, New-York, 1975, 208 pp.‎

‎Very interesting copy signed by Sam Aaron to the Bordeaux Wine broker "Hugues Lawton, who knows more about french wine than this editor. Fondly, Sam Aaron". Famous wine merchant, Sam Aaron (1911-1996) was honoured in 1984 by the vignerons of Bordeaux. VG‎

Bookseller reference : 55349

‎WETHERELL, Elizabeth‎

‎The Wide wide World‎

‎With coloured illustrations, 12mo, green éditor's cloth, George Routledge & Sons, no date, VII-584-31 pp.‎

‎Good condition. With nice coloured illustrations.‎

Bookseller reference : 56347

‎SHANAHAN, Richard‎

‎Let Priest and People Weep. A War romance of the Belgian Border. [ Edition originale - First Edition ]‎

‎1 vol. in-12 reliure éditeur pleine percaline bordeaux, Gay and Hancok, Ltd, London, 1916, VIII-297 pp. et 7 ff. n. ch.‎

‎Rare édition originale en bon état de ce roman évoquant le village belge de Francorchamps, proche de la ville de Stavelot par laquelle les troupes allemandes avaient pénétré en Belgique. Réfugiée de Malmédy à Francorchamps, la famille Simonnet doit affronter les persécutions prussiennes.‎

Bookseller reference : 56999

‎RASHEV, Strashimir‎

‎Bulgarian Black Sea Coast‎

‎1 vol. in-8 carré cartonnage éditeur sous jaquette illustrée, Sofia-Press, Dimiter Mihailov, Balkantourism, 1968‎

‎Good copy‎

Bookseller reference : 57689

‎COCKS, Charles ; FERET, Edouard‎

‎Bordeaux and its Wines classed by order of merit‎

‎3rd english edition improved, 1 vol. grand in-12 pleine percaline rouge éditeur, Féret & Fils, Bordeaux, Libraires Associés, Paris, 1899, 830 pp. avec 9 cartes dépliantes en couleurs‎

‎Bon état (petits frott. au cartonnage, bon exemplaire par ailleurs) pour cet exemplaire conservé dans son cartonnage d'origine. Good (binding slighlty rubbed, good copy otherwise) for this copy with its original cardboard binding.‎

Bookseller reference : 57767

‎ABDULLAH YUSUF ALI‎

‎4 autograph letters signed by Abdullah Yusuf Ali, to "Khourshed" [ "Khourshed de Ravalieu", Raden Ayou Jodjana born Elisabeth Pop ], mostly about Persian Poets, and about Rembrandt (very damaged, with great lacking). From Chelwood, 3 Bedford Road, Bedford Park, London, W 4. Dated Dec. 22 1920, Mar. 7 1921, Mar. 28 1921, Apr. 7, 1921‎

‎Dec. 22 1920, 4 pages, with small lackings : "My Dear Khourshed, warmest greetings & best wishes for Xmas & the New Year. I am sorry to hear that you have been ill [ ... ] Your husband write to me just before he was leaving London, to let him know when time came, if I would let him this house. I have decided nothing yet, & shall not I think be in a position to decide till the Spring. It is [ ... ] to hear that [ .... ] thinks your plan can be performed if certain conditions are fulfilled, which you are in a position to fulfill. [... ] It is evidently a musical Plan. Do you want my collaboration in the Libretto ? What is the idea underlying it ? For title, either "At feet of Shiva" or "At Shiva's Feet" would be good English. Some [ ... ]might prefer the one, and some other prefer "At Shiva's Feet". It is shorter, and the rythm is more balanced. As regards [ ... ] I agree with your remarks in the abstracts, but am puzzled to see later application. What is the question that I did [ ... ] but which you want to answer ? What is the question & what is the answer ? Perhaps the sand & waves of Scheveningen are necessary before I can solve the puzzle ? Or perhaps a [ ... ] chair of musical laughter, or perhaps after all, not among these things, but simply [... ] I don't know. That's unfinished conversation - or interrupted [ ... ] : shall we just treasure it because it began at all, & not be impatient because it did not finish ? [ ... ] sunbeams, love themselves in [... ]Mar.7, 1921, 4 pages, with small lackings : "My dear Khourshed, I a glad you are better, & I hope you will soon recover this weakness which must make an eager soul like yours free under the compulsory withdrawal from fields words & the ever-sounding sea. We are having such beautiful weather - [ ... ]summer spring days, with a bite of frost in the mornings, our clear blue skies, through which Orion & Sirius & all the great summer constellations are gradually making their [ ... ] overload. Do you remember the glorious summer days we had in The Hague ? It was autumn then. Now is the sun of Spring, increasing in splendour and strength. Good [ ... ] About my Lecture on Hafiz in the Lyceum Club an Mar. 5th. : I am going to give an account of Hafiz & illustrate his poetry to this audience : 1 - by the singing of one of his Tales in Persian ; 2 - by the singing of this same Ode in an English verse translation in the original metres, & 3 - by explanations of his meanings. I have transleted the Ode which begins [persian text ] [ lacking ] who are going to set it to music & also to find singers if possible. [... ] But you are at a distance, & in this state of your health, I dare not ask you to undertake the strain. I have not seen any english translation of Hafiz that is satisfactory. I do not claim for my translation that it is satisfactory. But it is an honest presentment. [ ... ]I send you my Poem on Rembrandt. If you can make, or have made, two copies without mistakes, I shall ask for one copy to be sent to me & the other for publication to the Gazette de Hollande or any other paper that may like to publish it." Mar. 28,1921, 10 pages, with important lackings : [long letter about his poems on Rembrandt, then, on a second part, about Hafiz ] "Hafiz first addresses his master, the beloved Shiraz. He offers him whole heards, but if he only finds acceptance, what will he not give ? The black mole is rules a blemish, but even for a blemish of their master, he will give what is to him most precious. Samarkand & Bokhara were reputed the two finest cities of the time [... ] The turkish painter whom picture : "Jeune Emir à l'étude" I saw in Liverpool was Osman Hamdu Bey, of Constantinople. He frequently exhibited in Paris and died within this century. If you can get any reproduction of this picture, I shall be obliged" [ ... ]. Apr. 7, 1921 4 pages, very damage, half of the text lacking‎

‎Scarce set of 4 autograph letters by Abdullah Yusuf Ali (1872-1953), the famous british-indian scholar known for is his translation into English and commentary of the Qu'ran. Formed by Hazrat Inayat Khan, his correspondent Elisabeth Pop (1888-1981) then gave recitals of Indian and Persian songs, under the stage name of "Khourshed de Ravalieu". She will officially married in 1923 to a famous Javanese dancer, Raden Mas Jodjana and changed her name in "Raden Ayou Jodjana" (a large set if archives coming from them available in our catalogue).‎

Bookseller reference : 57812

‎Collectif‎

‎Attractive Tours in Romantic North Africa with the Atwater Tourist Agency Algiers - Tunis - Casablanca 1933 - 1934 Les plus beaux circuits Nord-Africains par l'Agence de Voyages Atwater & Cie, Alger - Tunis - Casablanca‎

‎1 vol. in-8 br., Atwater Tourist Agency, 1933, 258 pp. et 4 ff. avec planches couleurs et carte dépliante. Titre complet : Attractive Tours in Romantic North Africa with the Atwater Tourist Agency Algiers - Tunis - Casablanca 1933 - 1934 Les plus beaux circuits Nord-Africains par l'Agence de Voyages Atwater & Cie, Alger - Tunis - Casablanca‎

‎Text in English, French and German. Bon état (accroc sans manque au support d'une planche contrecollée, très petite fente à un mors, bon exemplaire en très bon état par ailleurs).‎

Bookseller reference : 58597

‎AAVV ; Collectif‎

‎This is Japan. 1962. Number 9‎

‎4to paperback (33,2 x 26 cm) under wooden slipcase, Published by the Asahi Shimbun Publishing Company, September 1961, 403 pp.‎

‎Nice publication about Japan, under its fine original wooden slipcase. Unusual and seducing. Good copy (spine and slipcase very slighltly rubbed, otherwise a VG copy). Très belle publication visant à promouvoir le Japon à l'international, présentée sous un très beau et décoratif étui en bois, qui en fait un obje t très élégant.‎

Bookseller reference : 59326

‎DEMAREE, R. J.‎

‎The 3h ikr Rc-Stelae on Ancestor worship in ancient Egypt‎

‎1 vol. grand in-8 br., Nederlands Instituut voor het Nabije Oosten, Te Leiden, 1983, VII-348 pp. avec 19 planches hors texte‎

‎Bon état. Good copy.‎

Bookseller reference : 59505

‎GOEDICKE, Hans‎

‎Comments on the "Famine Stela"‎

‎1 vol. in-8 br., Van Siclen Books, San Antonio, Texas, 1994, 152 pp. et 5 ff.‎

‎Fair (one leaf unstitched, foxing on cover, otherwise good condition). The Famine Stela is an inscription written in Egyptian hieroglyphs located on Sehel Island in the Nile near Aswan in Egypt, which tells of a seven-year period of drought and famine during the reign of pharaoh Djoser of the Third Dynasty.‎

Bookseller reference : 59508

‎CONDON, Virginia‎

‎Seven Royal Hymns of the Ramesside Period. Papyrus Turin CG 54031‎

‎1 vol. in-8 br., Münchner Agyptologische Studien Heft 37, Deutscher Kunstverlag München Berlin, 1978, 84 pp.‎

‎Bon exemplaire (très bon état). Very good copy.‎

Bookseller reference : 59518

‎HABACHI, Labib‎

‎The second Stela of Kamose and his Struggle against the Hyksos Ruler and his Capital‎

‎4to paperback, Abhandlungen des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts Kairo, Agyptologische Reihe, Band 8, Verlag J. J. Augustin, Glückstadt, 1972, 67 pp. & 8 plates‎

‎Very good copy‎

Bookseller reference : 59540

‎EL-AGUIZY, Ola‎

‎A Palaeographical Study of Demotic Papyri in the Cairo Museum from the Reign of King Taharka to the End of the Ptolemaic Period (684-30 B.C.)‎

‎1 vol. in-folio br., Mifao, IFAO, Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale, Le Caire, 1998, XVI-456 pp.‎

‎Very good copy. Très bon état.‎

Bookseller reference : 59552

‎GOEDICKE, Hans‎

‎The Quarrel of Apophis and Seqenenrec‎

‎4to, paperback, Van Siclen Books, San Antonio, Texas, 1986, 47 pp.‎

‎With, in Appendix, "Gardiner's Transcription of the Text".‎

Bookseller reference : 59560