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194428p. Title page printed in orange and black. Thin 8vo. Original paper binding, lettered in orange. Binding soiled. Hardbound. Limited Edition. Number 345 of only 1000 copies. A remarkable account describing: the crossing of the Isthmus of Panama; the voyage to San Francisco; trips to Sacramento City; Sutter's Fort; life in the mines; lawlessness; & etc. Though the binding is a bit soiled and stained, the text is bright and clean. ** . PRESS/W33
1996ref. 2082702114605414Bungei Shunju fixed 1700 yen 1996. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 Bungei Shunju fixed 1700 yen paperback
197525x18 cm. XVII+XVI+464 Pages. Hard cover with dust jacket. Cover and jacket slightly rubbed. Else in Good condition.
16 pp. With an ornamental woodcut initial on the title page. Papered spine. Second edition of Sibutus's first published work, previously printed by Quentel in March 1505: a treatise on the art of memory. The humanist Sibutus (c. 1480-1528), probably from Tannroda in Thuringia, was a student of Conrad Celtis. Crowned poet laureate by Emperor Maximilian, he practised as a physician and taught rhetorics in Wittenberg, Rostock, Cologne, and Vienna. "This frequently cited and rarely discussed instruction by Sibutus contains within the space of 7½ pages so many obscure precepts, counter-productively mingled with verses by Virgil, Ovid, and others, that it must be quite incomprehensible to anyone unaccustomed with mnemonics. It is apparent that Sibutus employed a very difficult and roundabout method. So as to have no more than 36 mnemonic devices, he used the verse 'arma virumque cano' etc.; for each letter he would imagine a person whose name began with that letter etc. He does not explain how to avoid confusing these persons in case a particular letter occurs more than once" (cf. Aretin, Systematische Anleitung zur Theorie und Praxis der Mnemonik, Sulzbach 1810, p. 194ff.). More of a practitioner than a theorist, Sibutus was proficient in mnemotechnics himself: for Frederick, Elector of Saxony, he recited from memory 600 verses of his "Silvula in Albiorim", a poem praise of Wittenberg. The present volume includes two introductory poems by Johannes Murmellius and Johannes Cesarius, a dedicatory poem to the Lübeck jurist Heinrich Bucholt, as well as Sibutus's own "Carmen in vitam S. Annae". - Slight brownstaining throughout; insignificant waterstain to upper gutter. A single copy in the U.S. according to OCLC (Harvard Med. School). VD 16, S 6262. BM-STC German 812. Panzer VI, p. 358, no. 104. Verfasserlex. II.3, col. 892. OCLC 230985978. Not in Adams.
18098vo. 32 pages. SUBJECT (S) : United States politics and government 1789-1809; Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826; Madison, James, 1751-1836. OCLC lists 1 copy by this printer worldwide (UConn) . Tears in margins throughout with some text missing on pages 1-2, water stain throughout, owner's name on last page, fair condition. (SPEC-6-12)
1931pp. xxxviii, 193. Printed on Van Gelder paper. Deckle edges. 8vo. Original stiff boards with flower dust wraps. Original solander case, nicked at front. Original floral slip case. Limited Edition printed by The Kynoch Press. Number 582 of which 725 copies are for sale in England and 485 for sale in the United States by Random House. First printed in 1591, Astrophel and Stella is an English sonnet sequence containing 108 sonnets and 11 songs. The name derives from the two Greek words, 'aster' (star) and 'phil' (lover), and the Latin word 'stella' meaning star. Thus Astrophel is the star lover, and Stella is his star. Some have suggested that the love represented may be a literal one as Sidney evidently connects Astrophel to himself and Stella to Penelope Rich, the wife of a courtier, Robert Rich, 3rd Baronet. Payne. A very nice example. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PRESS/W43
2008ref. 160813Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic 2008. XIX, 248 Seiten. Gr. 8° (22,5-25 cm). Illustrierter Orig.-Pappband. [Hardcover / fest gebunden].
Folio (217 x 298 mm). 198 ff. With one woodcut initial. Late 19th c. boards. Edges sprinkled in red. Fine post-incunabular printing of this important medical compendium and pharmacopoeia, replete with Arabic-derived terminology, strongly based on Avicenna, Serapion the Younger (Ibn Wafid), and Dioscorides. Matthaeus Silvaticus, active around 1300, "was one of the most important mediaeval botanists and pharmacologists. His magnificent compilation from works of earlier physicians, with occasional observations and opinions of his own, presents its subjects in alphabetical order, making this effectively a kind of dictionary. The book's principal value lies in the explanations of various specialist terms from all fields of medicine, in particular several of Arabic origin" (cf. Hirsch/Hübotter IV, 117). - Occasional light browning. Annotated throughout in red ink by a contemporary physician's hand. A good copy despite the unsophisticated modern binding. Edit 16, CNCE 69665. Durling 4206. Panzer VIII, 404, 543. Proctor/Isaac 12960. Wellcome I, 5972. Not in Adams, Bird, Lesky, Osler, or Waller.
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1965139 p. + Illustrations. 8vo. Cloth backed boards. Original glassine wrapper. Best work on the subject of early American typefounding. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PA 27
First edition, 2 vols., 8vo, [4], viii, 384; [4], 385-745, [23]pp., illustrated throughout, cont. morocco-backed marbled boards, rubbed, slight sign of tape residue to base of spines, but still a very good copy, uncut, t.e.g. A most important reference book picturing, in full size for the most part, and identifying more than 1300 French printers' devices from the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Printers, like other manufacturers, put a proprietary mark on their goods?a design cut in wood or metal, printed on the title-page or at the end. It customarily consisted of a pictorial device, sometimes with ornament, sometimes with a motto; an indication of the printer's identity was often included?his name, initials or a personal sign. Bigmore & Wyman, II, p.356.
ref. 28041014xbvkNo place, not dated. 8 unopened pages; Original printed cream-coloured wrapper with orig.-woodcut illustration by J. Miguel (man and woman with guitars), rearcover with announcements of L.d.C. by J. Borges, Edson pinte, Artur P. Salles and Antonio A. da Silva; sm.-8vo.(ca. 17 x 11 cm).
1955127 p. Paper beginning to brown but not brittle. 175mm. Softbound. Signet Book paperback. Covers soiled. Tear lower spine and front cover. Small loss. First Signet Printing. Georges Joseph Christian Simenon (1903-1989) was a prolific Belgian writer, best known for his creation of the fictional detective Maigret. LIT BX 7
1992ref. ABE-3461646959Headline London 1992 First British Edition. Scarce in this 1st UK hardback edition because copies were taken up in libraries and the original print run was small. An American researcher adopts a child in Romania. The boy turns out to be the offspring of an ancient family from Transylvania which wants him back. A modern classic of vampire novels. Justly sought after. Clean and tight book in a protected jacket that is unclipped. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Headline London hardcover
2001Biblioteca Cominiana, gennaio 2001. A cura di Pier Luigi Rebellato. Introduzione di Enzo Dematt?. Prima edizione. Spedizioni tracciabili con raccomandata entro 24 ore dall'ordine. First edition. Soft cover in fine conditions, no inscriptions or markings inside. Worldwide delivery.
194618 vols., roy. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous illustrations throughout; two volumes in original cloth, the remainder in printed wrappers with tissue dustwrapper, a near fine run. A GOOD RUN IN UNUSALLY BRIGHT CONDITION.
1946A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Full light tan cloth boards with type border design. 138 pages. Many illustrations in black and white.
1901pp. xvii, 17-613; + 16 p. (Catalogue of Books Published by Lea Brothers & Co.). With sixty-six illustrations and nine colored plates (one a colored spectra plate). 8vo. 240 mm. Original full cloth binding. Autograph ownership of Dr. Francis A. Hoodner, Univ. of MD Dental Dept. Balt. MD. Hardbound. Very Good. Scarce. YORK /DENTISTRY 1
1938ref. 190048Berlin u. Leipzig, Heintze & Blanckertz, (1938). 4°. M. zahlr. Abb. 39 S. OKart. Einbd. leicht fleckig u. angeschmutzt.
193280p. Title page elaborately bordered in red. Deckled edges. Printed on Auvergne handmade paper by John Johnson at the Oxford University Press in the Fell types. Designed by Francis Meynell. Endpapers beginning to brown. Thin 4to. Original vellum like paper binding, intricately embossed in blind. Yapp edges. Binding slightly soiled. Hardbound. Limited Edition. Number 601 of only 750 copies. Very nice copy. PRESS/W43. **PRICE JUST REDUCED!
2005ref. ABE-1704556316415Penguin 2005 A stunningly refreshing look at the subject of Englands legends. Clean and tight unread looking finely produced and utterly fascinating. No annotations NEW looking hardback first edition. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Penguin hardcover
2012New English Original cloth binding. HC. 4to. (28 x 20 cm). In Turkish. 191, [1] p. Color and b/w ills. Osmanli'dan bugüne gözümüzden kaçanlar.
1966ref. 019230New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1966. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. 8vo. 451pp. Solid First Edition but later printing. Bound in black cloth boards with gilt lettering. Square tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Attractive clipped dust-jacket has rubbing to edges and folds. Moderate edge-wear. Still bright with no chipping creases or tears. Inscribed and signed by the author on the front end-paper "With my greetings I.B. Singer". A sharp collectable copy at a great price. G.P. Putnam's Sons hardcover
1920ref. KOST0055Lpz., Haberland (1920). 38(1) S., mit 12 Abb., OKart., abgegriff., Farbspuren, angestaubt, etliche Seiten etw. randrissig, papierbed. gebr. Beiliegend: Kühnemann, Ursula. Stoffdruck. Stoffmalerei gar nicht schwer. Stgt., Frech o. J. (ca. 1960). 111 S., mit zahlr., tls. farb. Abb., OKart., abgegriff., Deckel stärker aufgebog. Beide Bücher mit schwach muffigem Geruch.
