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1948ref. ABE-6610060675Collins New Naturalist 1948 A sought after early addition to this brilliant series. This is the first printing so the plates are fresh and sharp. Taking the age into consideration 1948 this is Near Fine. Jacket is complete and the price is not clipped and it is protected but there is a closed tear on the front and some spotting. The green buckram is fresh looking the text block is firm. No marks beyond some foxing. A great collectable. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Collins New Naturalist hardcover
ref. 69582aafLondon, The trustees of the british museum by british museum publications, 1949, in-folio, LXXXVII + 441 p. + 21p. + LXXII plates of facsimiles, original half-clothbound,
ref. 0282586687.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1980No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slightly dusty top of page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with sunning to spine and traces of storage. 409pp. Combined index to British Literary Bibliography, Shakespearen Bibliography, Textual Criticism and Author Bibliography, which were published separately as Volumes 1 to 4.
ref. 1163937355.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
2011ref. ABE-5738793136Atlantic Books London 2011 PERFECT unread new copy of a book that was acclaimed on both sides of the Atlantic. Sumptuous history vividly brought to life with the documents themselves and benefiting from Graham Stewart's astute comments. Great book telling a great story. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng. 1st Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. Atlantic Books London hardcover
1961ref. 212561Berlin, EVA, (1961). 74 S. OLwd.
1896ref. 447014Dorchester : ""Dorset County Chronicle"" Printing Works 1896. First Edition. Hardcover. Good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Boards dust-toned. Spine bands and panel edges slightly bumped and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Signed with the memorial card inserted. Physical Description; 55 p. Subjects; Memorial. Religion. Dorset County. Great Britain. Rector. Dorchester : ""Dorset County Chronicle"" Printing Works hardcover
1999ref. ABE-1723870561Headline London 1999 Fine collectable first printing in an unclipped protected and fine jacket. Very slight lean to the spine. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Headline London hardcover
1977IN KARMELITIC SCRIPT. 225x155 mm. 47 pages. Hardcover. Cover yellowing and slightly rubbed. Cover corners and edges slightly bumped and worn. Spine stained and worn. Spine edges bumped. Pages yellowing. Else in good condition.
ref. 25379Au nom du Roi sd,Un brevet d'imprimeur lithographe 45 x 35 cm,plié,sur peau de velin fort, sd ,vierge,muet vide,sans indications manuscrites,état neuf,rarissime-
4to. 88 ff. With woodcut printer's device on reverse of final leaf. 18th-c. Italian vellum with two giltstamped spine labels. First edition. - Giasone De Nores (c. 1530-90), a friend of Paolo Manuzio, is best known for his criticism of Guarini's "Pastor Fido" (which, as he believed, offended Aristotelian poetic principles). His 1574 "Brief Treatise for the Orator" has a "clear and practical aim: it is addressed to the young heirs of noble Venetian families, that is, to those who will later practise the art of eloquence in politics and judicial administration. In order to enhance the efficacy of the work, he published with it an 'essay ... on the distinctions, definitions, and divisions of rhetoric articulated in multiple tables for easy classification'." (Lina Bolzoni, The Gallery of Memory. Toronto 2001, p. 34f.). De Nores was exceedingly fond of such tables: indeed, he was among the first to identify the importance of structure and methodology as key to the art of memory. - Some browning and waterstaining throughout. Bookplate of the Hilding Hjelmberg Collection, Katrineholm, Sweden. Edit 16, CNCE 16811. BM-STC Italian 469. Not in Adams.
4to. (4) ff. With the woodcut Papal arms on the title-page. Modern half vellum over marbled boards. Papal breve regarding the deposition and excommunication of the rebellious cardinals Bernardino Carvajal, Guillaume Briçonnet, Francesco Borgia, and René de Prie for having convoked the schismatic second Council of Pisa in 1511. After the death of Julius II and the election of Leo X in 1513, the surviving rebels apologized and were once more received into the church. - Slight waterstaining throughout; an old handwritten shelfmark to title. Edit 16, CNCE 51235.
1940ref. 3127220Tel-Aviv (Palaestine): Hagschama Verlag (Sefer Printing Press) (1940). 24 Seiten. 8° (23,5 x 17 cm). Klammergeheftete Kartonage mit montiertem Deckelschild.
1596ref. 44809Troyes, Jean Griffard, s. d., (1596). In-8 de 85-(2) ff., portrait, notes en manchettes, vélin souple (reliure de l'époque).
ref. 2090502130400716Not Available N.A. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Not Available paperback
2008ref. ABE-1659027906959Hamish Hamilton 2008 A simply wonderful novel. And this is a clean collectable unread looking copy. Slight foxing to the text block which clearly reveals the bad decision by this publisher regarding the cheap stock paper. Protected jacket. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/As New. Hamish Hamilton hardcover
195825p. Tall thin 8vo. Original full black cloth binding, gold lettered spine. Limited Edition of only 500 copies. Nice copy. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PRESS/W34
ref. 21461Mulhouse, Braun, 36 X 26 cm, br.
ref. 7247Sans lieu (Bourg), sans nom (Imprimerie Dufour), sans date ; in-8 ; bradel cartonné, pièce de titre en long sur la quasi-totalité du dos (reliure fin XIXe) ; 86 pp.
Folio. [10], 306 ff. With about 320 mostly botanical woodcuts in the text (3 botanical illustrations repeated on the title-page and a few of the non-botanical illustrations including repeats in the text), about 70 woodcut decorated initials plus a few repeats (4 series, the largest pictorial and the others white on black, often with multiple blocks for the same letter), many cut by Sebald Beham. Set in roman types with Greek and Schwabacher for the Greek and German names. 16th-century sheepskin parchment (extensively reworked), sewn on 5 supports. First edition of Theodor Dorsten's Latin adaptation of Eucharius Rösslin's extensive and beautifully illustrated German herbal, Kreutterbuch, first published (also by Egenolff) in 1535. It includes about 284 botanical illustrations originally cut for the Rösslin edition, many based on the pioneering naturalistic illustrations cut by Hans Weiditz for Otto Brunfels's Herbarium vivae eicones (1530-1536). Most show complete plants including roots, some show fruits or other parts of plants, and about 36 mostly smaller woodcuts (including a few repeats) show containers for the medicines or other relevant objects. Egenolff clearly saw the importance of the new and more accurate style of illustration, and engaged the best woodblock cutters to produce his blocks. While Brunfels's Herbarium had no text beyond the names of the plants, Egenolff saw the importance of combining the images with detailed botanical medical texts, first in German by Rösslin and here in Latin by Theodor Dorsten (1492-1552), a physician and professor in Marburg, Germany. The book therefore played a considerable role in bringing botanical medical knowledge to a wider public, both in Germany and abroad. Dorsten's adaptation was also further developed in German for Adam Lonitzer's Kreutterbuch in 1557. The present first edition of Dorsten is a nice piece of book production, the roman type (following the "Venetian" style of Nicolaus Jenson, but in the variant form prevalent north of the Alps) perfectly complements the woodcuts, and the presswork is excellent. The present edition appeared in two simultaneous issues, the present issue repeating three of the botanical illustrations on the title-page and the other instead showing Egenolff's woodcut burning heart device (USTC 616902 & VD16 D2443): most catalogues do not distinguish the two. - Signed above the colophon by "Remigius Ruffius" (Rémy Roussel), a French humanist active 1517-40. He is said to have come from Loudun and been active in Paris; we suppose he is the canon of that name recorded at Tours, near Loudun, in 1539. With the title-page somewhat worn and with a small hole restored, a few small worm holes in the first few leaves (1 in the head margin continuing through the first third of the book), but still in very good condition. The binding has been extensively restored but is now structurally sound. First edition of one of the earliest herbals to provide scientifically accurate botanical images. VD 16, D 2442. Adams D 589. BM-STC German 253. Anderson, Herbals, p. 156. Durling 1203. Nissen, BBI 522. Pritzel 2378. Plesch, p. 206. USTC 616903. Wellcome I, 1861. Not in Hunt.
Folio (196 x 275 mm). (10), 306 ff. With about 320 mostly botanical woodcuts in the text, coloured throughout in green, yellow, blue, red and pink in a strictly contemporary hand (3 botanical illustrations repeated on the title-page and a few of the non-botanical illustrations including repeats in the text), about 70 woodcut-decorated initials plus a few repeats (4 series, the largest pictorial and the others white on black, often with multiple blocks for the same letter), many cut by Sebald Beham. Set in roman types with Greek and Schwabacher for the Greek and German names. Restored 18th century calf covers, modern spine rebacked with lighter leather in six compartments with gilt floral ornamentation and giltstamped red morocco label. Marbled endpapers (free endpapers renewed). All edges red. First edition of Theodor Dorsten's Latin adaptation of Eucharius Rösslin's extensive and beautifully illustrated German herbal, "Kreutterbuch", first published (also by Egenolff) in 1535. It includes about 284 botanical illustrations originally cut for the Rösslin edition, many based on the pioneering naturalistic illustrations cut by Hans Weiditz for Otto Brunfels's "Herbarium vivae eicones" (1530-36). Most show complete plants including roots, some show fruits or other parts of plants, and about 36 mostly smaller woodcuts (including a few repeats) show containers for the medicines or other relevant objects. - Egenolff clearly saw the importance of the new and more accurate style of illustration, and engaged the best woodblock cutters to produce his blocks. While Brunfels's "Herbarium" had no text beyond the names of the plants, Egenolff saw the importance of combining the images with detailed botanical medical texts, first in German by Rösslin and here in Latin by Theodor Dorsten (1492-1552), a physician and professor in Marburg, Germany. The book therefore played a considerable role in bringing botanical medical knowledge to a wider public, both in Germany and abroad. Dorsten's adaptation was also further developed in German for Adam Lonitzer's "Kreutterbuch" in 1557. The present first edition of Dorsten is an appealing piece of book production: the roman type (following the "Venetian" style of Nicolaus Jenson, but in the variant form prevalent north of the Alps) perfectly complements the woodcuts, and the presswork is excellent. The present edition appeared in two simultaneous issues, the present issue repeating three of the botanical illustrations on the title-page and the other instead showing Egenolff's woodcut burning heart device (USTC 616902 & VD 16, D2443): most catalogues do not distinguish the two. - Edges of title reinforced with old paper on verso. 17th century ownerships "Andreae Biscontis" and "Miguel Burilly" to lower edge of title-page. Some damp- and brownstaining throughout, several near-contemporary annotations, mostly trimmed at rebinding. First edition of one of the earliest herbals to provide scientifically accurate botanical images. VD 16, D 2442. Adams D 589. BM-STC German 253. Anderson, Herbals, p. 156. Durling 1203. Nissen, BBI 522. Pritzel 2378. Plesch, p. 206. USTC 616903. Wellcome I, 1861. Not in Hunt.
1950ref. ABE-1732367137367William Heinemann London 1950 1st Edition 1950. Hardcover with price clipped but now protected DJ. Illustrated first publication of the original manuscript. FINE condition considering the age. Little wear to jacket and book no owner names not ex library. Never before published this intimate journal is a unique literary event. The journal was suppressed after Boswell's death.The author was twenty two and he records brilliantly what living in Georgian London was really like to a keen observer and brilliant recorder. This is a superior copy of the book which instantly became a best seller. The mapped end papers are also of great interest. The text block has the smart navy blue stain. A great copy of a beautiful book. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. William Heinemann London hardcover
1920ref. 944Paris, M. Dreyfus, sans date (circa 1920-30), in-12, broché, 214 pages. (Imprimerie Blais, Roy et Cie à Poitiers), couverture illustrée lithographiée en couleurs.
