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1985réf. 161942Paris: Galerie Christian Cheneau 1985. First edition. Oblong softcover. 20 pages. Exhibition catalog. Text in English and French with an essay by Barbara Rose. Includes numerous color and black and white illustrations and a list of previous exhibitions. A very good copy in wrappers. Galerie Christian Cheneau unknown books
1961réf. 81874Pietermaritzburg: Natal Convention Committee 1961. Paperback. Very Good. 64p. plus errata sheet tipped inside back cover. Softcover in original wrapper. 21cm. Errata sheet browned. Natal Convention Committee paperback books
1847réf. 87099Paris: Firmin Didot Freres 1847. Paperback. Good. 4 maps 3 folding 38 plates 387 136 48p. Contemporary quarterbinding. 21cm. Foxing light to moderate. French text. L'Univers: Histoire et description de tous les peuples series. Firmin Didot Freres paperback books
1892réf. 86639London: Hurst and Blackett 1892. 1st ed. Hardcover. Good. 2 vols. Original cloth. 19cm. Moderate cover discoloration bubbling and wear. Spine sloped. Contents sound and clean. An uncommon and poorly reviewed Victorian double-decker. Hurst and Blackett hardcover books
1937réf. 55445Garden City New York: Doubleday Doran and Company Inc 1937. First trade edition. Illustrated with photographs. 1 vols. 8vo. Red cloth. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket owner signature of British-American anthropologist Ashley Montagu on ffep. First trade edition. Illustrated with photographs. 1 vols. 8vo. Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc unknown books
1815réf. 302355Philadelphia: James P. Parke . Wm. Fry Printer 1815. First Philadelphia edition. 47 1 pp. with half-title. 12mo. Uncut in publisher's drab boards. Spine perished but sewing intact staining to rear board signature of "M. Canty 1816" at head of title-page. First Philadelphia edition. 47 1 pp. with half-title. 12mo. Shaw and Shoemaker lists the Boston edition of 1815 as the first American with 2 editions published in New York that same year. Shaw & Shoemaker 34267 James P. Parke ... Wm. Fry, Printer unknown books
1963réf. 135356London: Heinemann 1963. First edition. Softcover. Uncorrected proof. 507 pages. An about fair copy in blue printed wrappers with publishing information written in ink on the front cover which is also soiled and with some creasing to the corners and spine and some other wear as well. Scarce in this early format. Heinemann unknown books
1807réf. 267757Newark: S. & J. Ridge 1807. First edition Large Paper second issue with half-title. xiii i errata 187 pp. 8vo 9 x 5-7/8 inches. Almost contemporary plum cloth text uncut. Covers unevenly toned few blisters hinges strengthened. Laid into quarter blue morocco slipcase and chemise. First edition Large Paper second issue with half-title. xiii i errata 187 pp. 8vo 9 x 5-7/8 inches. Byron's first regularly published book following the privately printed Fugitive Pieces and Poems on Various Occasions. This copy has the second issue points as follows: leaf D3 i.e. pp 21-22 is not a cancel; p. 114 'Thunder' in spelled correctly; p. 171 numbered as 71; and p. 181 has 'The' correctly printed in the penultimate line. Wise I p. 8; Randolph pp. 9-10 thinks this is a forgery S. & J. Ridge unknown books
1985réf. 44312Marlborough: Paulinus Press 1985. Edition limited to 250 copies of which this is one of 50 bound in cloth and accompanied by signed proofs of the four engravings copy no. 21 small 4to unpaged; wood engravings plus four numbered and signed proof copies loose as issued in printed bifolium; original grey cloth-backed boards plate printed in grey mounted to upper cover printed paper spine lable matching cloth slipcase; fine. Colophon signed by the author and the artist. Printed by Jonathan Stephenson at the Rocket Press. Paulinus Press unknown books
1981réf. 122449Newcastle Upon Tyne Ireland: Bloodaxe Books 1981. First edition. Oblong softcover. Copy 12 from a limited edition of only 25 numbered copies. Poems by Paulin and illustrations by Connor. A fine copy in wrappers. Signed by both Paulin and Connor on the title page and numbered on the copyright page. Bloodaxe Books unknown books
1847réf. 81266Paris: Firmin Didot Freres 1847. Paperback. Good. 3 of 4 maps 38 plates 387 136 48p. Softcover in partial original wrapper. 23cm. Backstrip replaced with modern plain untitled paper. Front and back covers rehinged. Foxing light to moderate. Lacks one Ethiopia of the maps. Unopened. L'Univers: Histoire et description de tous les peuples series. French text. L'Univers: Histoire et description de tous les peuples series. Firmin Didot Freres paperback books
1925réf. 257773London: Ernest Benn Limited 1925. First Edition. 106 1 pp. 1 vols. Orange wrappers. Fine. Each laid into a crimson cloth slipcase with cloth matching chemises. First Edition. 106 1 pp. 1 vols. Ernest Benn Limited unknown books
2004réf. 110225Syracuse NY: Light Work 2004. First edition. Softcover. An exhibition catalog for a show that ran March 15 through June 30 2004. Includes a brief introductory essay by Jeffrey Hoone that accompanies thirty black and white images as well as an artist statement at the end. A very near fine copy in wrappers. Light Work unknown books
1798réf. 21607Paris: C.-F. Patris 1798. First edition 12mo pp. vi 2 188; 2 copper-engraved plates; contemporary calf stamped in gilt red leather spine label lettered in gilt a.e.g. covers worn with a 1/2 inch chip at the foot of the spine glue stains to endpapers and first and last few leaves hinges starting still a good sound copy. "This anthology of priapic verses was edited and published by F.-J. Noel Inspector of Universities who was University counsellor and Inspector General of Studies during the government of Napoleon I c. 1833." Private Case 672. Brunet IV 869. C.-F. Patris unknown books
1855réf. 18139Paris: Didot 1855. Deluxe edition with full amount of photos. With 8 mounted photographic vignettes after drawings by F.J. Barrias. 64 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Marbled boards red morocco spine covers worn internally fine. Deluxe edition with full amount of photos. With 8 mounted photographic vignettes after drawings by F.J. Barrias. 64 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Inscribed by the editor on flyleaf "A Monsieur et Mme de La Grange.". The Truthful Lens 179 notes; Yanul Photographically Illustrated Books Before 1860 P. 7 notes Didot unknown books
1905réf. 30231New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1905. First Edition. Illustrated. 1 vols. 8vo. Handsomely bound in 3/4 brown morocco gilt spine t.e.g. a fine copy. From the library of the great American opera diva Geraldine Farrar with her book label on front pastedown. First Edition. Illustrated. 1 vols. 8vo. Charles Scribner's Sons unknown books
1782réf. 56686Paris: Knapen & Fils 1782. Engraved frontispiece to each volume and 57 engraved foldout plates. 2 vols. 8vo. Bound in full contemporary speckled tan calf gilt spine with labels in red and green marbled endpapers. Fine. Engraved frontispiece to each volume and 57 engraved foldout plates. 2 vols. 8vo. Abbé Pluche's work -- intended for the instruction of the young -- first appeared in 1732 and was frequently reprinted thereafter. Knapen & Fils unknown books
1931réf. 54427London: William Heinemann 1931. New impression. 83pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Publisher's purple cloth. Spine sunned else Very Good/Fine. New impression. 83pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Inscribed on flyleaf "For Ronnie Who agrees with me Noel 1932. William Heinemann unknown books
1885réf. 233875Boston: J. Stilman Smith 1885. First separate publication of this work. 1 vols. 12mo. Original wrappers printed in red and black slight cover toning. A fine copy. First separate publication of this work. 1 vols. 12mo. On the verso of the front wrapper is printed "A Christmas Present from Edward E. Hale". On the cover Hale has written in the top margin "Hon. H. C. Lodge" ; further down by the printed line "By Edward E. Hale D.D." Hale has crossed out the "By" and "D.D." and written "With the best wishes of". This story by the the author of The Man without a Country is followed by the three stanzas of Hale's reverential "Boston Club Song". A splendid association copy. J. Stilman Smith unknown books
1740réf. 56667Paris: Chez la Veuve Estienne rue S. Jacques à la Vertu 1740. Seconde édition. Copper engraved frontispiece and 24 plates by J. P. le Bas on Greek and Egyptian mythological and symbolic themes all in vol. I. Pp. xxxvii 2 list of plates and explanation of frontispiece 1 corrigenda 518; 4 496. 2 vols. 12mo. Contemporary mottled French calf. Occasional offsetting to plates. Fine. Seconde édition. Copper engraved frontispiece and 24 plates by J. P. le Bas on Greek and Egyptian mythological and symbolic themes all in vol. I. Pp. xxxvii 2 list of plates and explanation of frontispiece 1 corrigenda 518; 4 496. 2 vols. 12mo. Noel Antoine Pluche 1688-1761 was director of the College of Reims until suspected of opposition to the papal bull 'Unigenitus' 1713 when he was obliged to resign. He wrote the enormously popular Le spectacle de la nature 1732 and is widely known as a popularizer of science. "In the Histoire Pluche restated his opposition to the cosmologies proposed by the physicists . He also attempted to demonstrate that monotheism preceded polytheism" DSB. "Ouvrage utile à toute personne s'occupant de l'occulte; on y trouve des renseignements précieux. Il est ainsi divisé: le zodiaque l'écriture symbolique les céremonies symboliques la théogonie la divination les principes d'alchimie" Caillet. A curious and fascinating study of mythology symbol and the occult in a very pretty contemporary binding. Cioranescu XVIIIe siecle 50659; Barbier 2916; Caillet 8756 Chez la Veuve Estienne, rue S. Jacques à la Vertu unknown books
1751réf. 26185Paris: Chez la Veuve Estienne & Fils 1751. A New Edition. 30 folding engraved plates. 1 vols. 12mo. Contemporary sprinkled calf morocco labels. Some rubbing of joints head of spine chipped short marginal tears in section at the back else a very good copy. A New Edition. 30 folding engraved plates. 1 vols. 12mo. The plates primarily show machinery relating to the woolen industry: looms spinning machines and the like. There is a section on agriculture and also on leather tanning. Chez la Veuve Estienne & Fils unknown books
1930réf. 59412New York 1930. 1 vols. Black and white photograph 9 x 7 1/4 with archival matt framed. Photographer's studio stamp on reverse. Framed. 1 vols. Black and white photograph 9 x 7 1/4 with archival matt framed. Photographer's studio stamp on reverse. Beautifully composed portrait of Noel Coward at his most suave and debonair by the noted photographer of society and stage. unknown books
1887réf. 013983NY: Pollard & Moss 1887. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Very Good. Small folio vi 39 iv amply illustrated with 42 drawings by Dore and 20 plates by Paton. Bound in original publisher's red cloth beveled covers elaborate pictorial cover decorated in black and gilt. Covers faded around the edges about 2" deep on all sides spine faded too with cloth loss head of spine corners worn. Internals nicely preserved. Pollard & Moss hardcover books
1941réf. 87731New York: Whittlesey House 1941. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo 21cm; red cloth with titles stamped in black on spine; dark red topstain; dustjacket; x23-2602pp with portrait frontispiece of the author. Pictorial bookplate of noted poet translator and anthropologist Nathaniel Tarn 1928-2024 mounted on front pastedown. Spine ends very gently nudged else a clean Near Fine. In the original pictorial dustjacket designed by E. McKnight Kauffer; unclipped priced $2.50 edgeworn gently spine-sunned and a bit dust-soiled with several nicks tears and attendant creases and eight small clear tape mends on verso; Very Good. Monks was a Daily Mail journalist embedded in France with the RAF in the early days prceding the Battle of Britain and was close friends with a number of the men who fought the seemingly inexhaustible waves of Luftwaffe seeking to subjugate Europe under fascism. His central point is one that is often overlooked in stirring accounts of Spitfires and Hurricanes scrambling across the skies of Europe; no man had previous to the early days of WW2 fought another man at 30000 feet in an "orange crate" made out of aluminium and canvas screaming across the sky at 350mph firing 9600 rounds per minute. Everything we now know about being a fighter pilot had to be developed from the ground up by these men; additionally it had to be conceived by men whose average age was 22 and upon whose barely-of-age shoulders rested the security and future of their society and way of life. 87731. Whittlesey House unknown books
1933réf. 88047London: The Fortune Press n.d. 1933. First U.K. Edition. Octavo. 19.5cm. Publisher's pebble grain black cloth titled in green to spine. Lacks dustjacket. xviii; 263pp.; 1. One of several bindings probably the least glamorous the book can appear in red dark blue black dark green etc. with varying text to the spine crediting or not Montague Summers in his role as translator. Strong and tight bound in a particularly hardwearing cloth with some light bumpiing to spine ends and some dulling of the spine text some minor wear to the extremities and a slight bowing to the lower edge of the rear board which appears to have been caused by an issue with excessive binding glue rather than something later traces are also present on the front pastedown; internally clean and fresh with some soiling to the lower edge fore-edge untrimmed and with most pages after the first 30 or so unopened. A very good copy with some unconventional wear. A typically eccentric bit of esoterica comprising Franciscan Father Taillepied's attempt to 'prove' the existence of spirits and the afterlife with a number of researched and recounted myths and phenomena originally published in French in 1588. No such text could survive into the twentieth century with the very un-Reverend Montague Summers getting his hands on it and this is presented as a new translation by Summers with an additional introduction and commentary by him in typical irresistible barnstorming fashion. Like his translation of the Malleus Mallificarum and his other earlier 20th century esoteric cornerstone texts the end result owes as much to Summers' enthusiasm for the field as it does to its original author and is none the worse for it. The Fortune Press unknown books
