1928réf. 011137London: Cassell & Company 1928 251 pgs. TEG. Blue cloth with parchment spine titled and ruled in gilt some fraying and soil to cloth occasional light foxing but clean overall. 12 wonderful color illustrations by Dulac in the style he adopted later in his career. Tales by Charles Perrault Mme. D'Aulnoy Ct. Anthony Hamilton. Copy #389 / 1000 signed by Edmund Dulac. . Signed by Illustrator. Signed Limited Edition. Cloth Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Edmund Dulac. 8vo. Cassell & Company hardcover books
1911réf. 011154London: Macmillan 1911 Red cloth pictorially stamped and titled in gilt gilt bright spine slightly sunned front and rear pasted down endpapers with adhesive residue else clean and bright internally. A selection of folk tales collected primarily from Italy and Greece in the 17th Century. Illustrated here with 32 beautiful color plates by Warwick Goble. Uncommon in such lovely condition. First Trade Edition. Pictorial Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by Warwick Goble. Thick 4to. Macmillan hardcover
1911réf. 011154London: Macmillan 1911 Red cloth pictorially stamped and titled in gilt gilt bright spine slightly sunned front and rear pasted down endpapers with adhesive residue else clean and bright internally. A selection of folk tales collected primarily from Italy and Greece in the 17th Century. Illustrated here with 32 beautiful color plates by Warwick Goble. Uncommon in such lovely condition. First Trade Edition. Pictorial Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by Warwick Goble. Thick 4to. Macmillan hardcover books
1914réf. 027029London 1914 MacMillan and Co Hardcover 1st Edition
1962réf. 1242801962 Editions d'Art Les Heures Claires, Paris - 1962/1966 ( Quarante quatre mois de travail ont été nécessaires à la réalisation de cet oiuvrage)) - 3 volumes in-8 en feuillets sous chemise et étui cartonné illustrés de l'éditeur. 194 + 165 + 209 pages - Illustrations en couleur dans le texte gravées par Jean Tarico (travail ayant requis deux mille deux cents bois nécessaires à la reproduction des aquarelles)- Exemplaire bien complet du fac-similé de la lettre d'Henri Lemarié
réf. 18902Undated 1920s and with place not stated. 4to 71 pp with one 12mo page at end. In poor condition damp damaged and detached from green cloth covers but with texts legible and complete. Manuscript table of contents on recto of first leaf describes nine tales in German told by Ascher Horowitz and T. Holpern on first 51 pp: 'Jewish Tales from Jerusalem 1 Dear Aschmadai 2 Reb Itzchak Alchonon der Heilige 3 Ein Brief zu Gott 4 Die Hyaene 5 Die Hungersnoth in Jerusalem 6 Der Reich Mann mit seinen Soehnen 7 Der Mann der neimals sorgte 8 Der Edelmann Ahron beim Graefen von Polen 9 Wie ein Rabbiner seine Tochter verheiratete.' These are followed by 'King Artus' in English apparently transcribed from 'Magazin ed. Berliner XII 1885 Hebrew p. I-II'. The 8vo leaf carries a manuscript page of translation into English. For the mediaeval tale 'King Artus' the only known copy of which is in the Vatican Library see Curt Leviant 'King Artus: A Hebrew Arthurian Romance of 1279' Syracuse University Press 2003. No record of any of the other nine pieces in this collection or of Ascher Horowtiz or T. Halpern on COPAC. Undated (1920s?) and with place not stated. hardcover
1804Two Volumes. With 10 hand-coloured aquatint plates "Drawn by H. Repton. Engraved by Stadler.", title vignettes signed "H. Repton inv. & delin. H. R.Cook sculpsit." Offsetting. Plates age stained especially on verso. Decorated title pages. 185mm. Disbound. Early inked ownership of E.W. Spangler in both volumes and scratched out ownership on title pages. Edward Webster Spangler. (1846-1907) was from York, PA. During the Civil War he was a member of Company K, 130th Regiment PA Volunteers, Second Brigade, Third Division, Second Corps, Army of the Potomac. After the War he was a lawyer in York for more than 40 years, president of the Spangler Manufacturing Company, and for a time publisher of the York Daily (Record). .Humphry Repton (1752-1818) was a great English landscape designer, and illustrator. These 'Odd Whims' were dedicated to his neighbour William Windham of Felbrigg Hall. Repton served as Windham's confidential secretary during Windham's very brief stint as Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! ENGSETS BX 5
réf. EXE0TOU1Paris, Kieffer, 1924. In-4° broché, couverture rempliée illustrée. Nombreuses illustrations coloriées dans le texte. Tiré à 500 exemplaires numérotés; celui-ci sur vélin.
1779réf. 144319Londres, s.n. 1779 10 volumes. In-18 14 x 8,5 cm. Reliures de l’époque veau havane marbré, dos lisses ornés de fers dorés, plats encadrés d’un triple filet doré, piéces de titre et de tomaison maroquin vert, XXXII-226-388-315-XXIV-230-244-168-194-254-199-246 pp., richement illustré d'un titre gravé, 10 frontispices et 10 figures par tomes numérotés, soit 111 figures, les dessins de Gravelot, Boucher et Eisen la plupart de Gravelot ont été regravés par Vidal après l'édition de 1757-1761, bandeaux et culs-de-lampe, tables. Ex-libris gravé de Maître Henri Larguier, avocat et avoué. Coiffed de tête arasées.
2011Huge book: 15" w x 22" h, in Near Fine condition with a bumped lower back corner, small tear at front lower corner, small impact mark at bottom spine with very small tear, some light scuffing. Otherwise Fine. Contents include: stories from Weird Fantasy #12, 13, 17; Weird Science #13, (two stories) 16, 18, 22, Weird Science-Fantasy, #23, 24,, 27 with three previously unpublished works from Spawn of Venus, one a "splash page pencil rough." Shock and War Stories (pp. 98 -- 133): Shock Suspenstories, Frontline Combat, #15, Two-Fisted Tales #13, 33, 34, 41, with (13) full page cover art prints from other editions of the above publications. 152 pages. This is a very large object and will require special shipping to be arranged by seller at time of purchase.
1706réf. 87605Nürnberg: Joh. Leonhard Buggel 1706. Second edition. First published 1701; reissued by the same publisher under revised title in 1718. 12mo 125cm. 19th-c. mottled calf over marbled boards; gilt spine title; 123146pp; engraved extra-title. Pressure-stamp of a 20th-century owner to base of title page David B. Dickens. Two small ink-spots to the engraved extra-title; mild age-darkening to text but overall a very clean and attractive copy. Very Good. Text entirely in German. Uncommon collection of brief parables and humorous vignettes each intended to illustrate a particular virtue vice or crime - Rejuvenation Kindness Friendship Industry; Superstition Jealousy Fratricide Adultery etc - built around the author's conceit of a book organized as a pleasure-garden wherein "Just as a garden lover tired from office business and worries is refreshed again and.comes alive when he strolls around in his sweet-smelling flower field picking a little flower here and there.so a person recovers his spirits when he occasionally devotes an hour to reading various moral stories picking their morals as he would flowers and fruits and applying their beneficial use." from the author's Foreword; translation ours. Apparently the only published work by Caspar Blanckard to whom we can find no reference beyond his authorship of the current work. Very scarce; OCLC and KVK find only three physical locations for any edition; we note another apparently unindexed copy in the Harold Jantz Collection of at Duke University. This copy from the collection of David B. Dickens long-time professor of German Language and Literature at Washington & Lee University. Joh. Leonhard Buggel unknown
1706réf. 87605Nürnberg: Joh. Leonhard Buggel 1706. Second edition. First published 1701; reissued by the same publisher under revised title in 1718. 12mo 125cm. 19th-c. mottled calf over marbled boards; gilt spine title; 123146pp; engraved extra-title. Pressure-stamp of a 20th-century owner to base of title page David B. Dickens. Two small ink-spots to the engraved extra-title; mild age-darkening to text but overall a very clean and attractive copy. Very Good. Text entirely in German. Uncommon collection of brief parables and humorous vignettes each intended to illustrate a particular virtue vice or crime - Rejuvenation Kindness Friendship Industry; Superstition Jealousy Fratricide Adultery etc - built around the author's conceit of a book organized as a pleasure-garden wherein "Just as a garden lover tired from office business and worries is refreshed again and.comes alive when he strolls around in his sweet-smelling flower field picking a little flower here and there.so a person recovers his spirits when he occasionally devotes an hour to reading various moral stories picking their morals as he would flowers and fruits and applying their beneficial use." from the author's Foreword; translation ours. Apparently the only published work by Caspar Blanckard to whom we can find no reference beyond his authorship of the current work. Very scarce; OCLC and KVK find only three physical locations for any edition; we note another apparently unindexed copy in the Harold Jantz Collection of at Duke University. This copy from the collection of David B. Dickens long-time professor of German Language and Literature at Washington & Lee University. Joh. Leonhard Buggel unknown books
1913réf. 010418London: Hodder and Stoughton 1913 113 pgs. White cloth decoratively stamped in teal and gilt light wear to top of spine 3 tiny marks to lower cover else a bright beautiful copy. Tipped in color frontis & 9 other very beautiful tipped in color plates with captioned guards. Dulac most celebrated for his "Arabian Nights" illustrations continues his heavily mid-east influenced style in this fabulous volume. Hughey 31a. First Trade. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by Edmund Dulac. Thick 4to. Hodder and Stoughton hardcover
1913réf. 010418London: Hodder and Stoughton 1913 113 pgs. White cloth decoratively stamped in teal and gilt light wear to top of spine 3 tiny marks to lower cover else a bright beautiful copy. Tipped in color frontis & 9 other very beautiful tipped in color plates with captioned guards. Dulac most celebrated for his "Arabian Nights" illustrations continues his heavily mid-east influenced style in this fabulous volume. Hughey 31a. First Trade. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by Edmund Dulac. Thick 4to. Hodder and Stoughton hardcover books
1930réf. 32263Indianapolis IN: Popular Fiction Publishing Company 1930. Slight tanning to text paper top front edge trimmed tiny tears to yapp edges slight wear to spine ends with a tiny closed tear at lower left front corner a nearly fine copy. 32263. Octavo single issue cover art by C. C. Senf pictorial wrappers. Pulp Magazine. Includes stories by Seabury Quinn Edmond Hamilton Murray Leinster August Derleth Frank Belknap Long Robert E. Howard verse Clark Ashton Smith verse and others. Reference: Tymm and Ashley Science Fiction Fantasy and Weird Fiction Magazines pp. 727-736. Popular Fiction Publishing Company unknown
1936réf. 32271Indianapolis IN: Popular Fiction Publishing Company 1936. Mild tanning to text paper a touch of edge rubbing a fine copy. 32271. Octavo single issue cover art by Margaret Brundage pictorial wrappers. Pulp Magazine. Includes stories by Paul Ernst Doctor Satan Jack Williamson Robert Bloch Edmond Hamilton Manly Wade Wellman August Derleth and others. Reference: Tymm and Ashley Science Fiction Fantasy and Weird Fiction Magazines pp. 727-736. Popular Fiction Publishing Company unknown
1929réf. 32042Indianapolis IN: Popular Fiction Publishing Company 1929. Mild tanning to text paper two small chips to right front edge all edges trimmed slight loss at head of spine and 15 mm loss at base of spine spine shows good color front cover separated at lower left edge a very good copy. 32042. Octavo single issue cover art by C. C. Senf pictorial wrappers. Pulp Magazine. Includes stories by Seabury Quinn Robert E. Howard "Skull-Face" part two Everil Worrell Zealia Brown Reed Bishop "The Curse of Yig" - written in uncredited collaboration with H. P. Lovecraft Clark Ashton Smith verse E. F. Benson August Derleth and others. Reference: Tymm and Ashley Science Fiction Fantasy and Weird Fiction Magazines pp. 727-736. Popular Fiction Publishing Company unknown
1931réf. 32240Indianapolis IN: Popular Fiction Publishing Company 1931. Text paper tanned but supple tiny brown tape to corners small split to upper right front corner split along rear panel edge mid-spine mild color fade to spine panel a very good to nearly fine copy. 32240. Octavo single issue cover art by C. C. Senf pictorial wrappers. Pulp Magazine. Includes stories by Seabury Quinn Greye La Spina Frank Belknap Long "The Horror From the Hills" Clark Ashton Smith H. Warner Munn H. P. Lovecraft "The Fungi From Yoggoth" 6 & 7 - verse and others. Reference: Tymm and Ashley Science Fiction Fantasy and Weird Fiction Magazines pp. 727-736. Popular Fiction Publishing Company unknown
1932réf. 32247Indianapolis IN: Popular Fiction Publishing Company 1932. Text paper tanned but supple slight edge wear mild reading crease a nearly fine to fine copy. 32247. Octavo single issue cover art by C. C. Senf pictorial wrappers. Pulp Magazine. Includes stories by Seabury Quinn Hugh Cave Robert E. Howard "Wings in the Night" and others. Reference: Tymm and Ashley Science Fiction Fantasy and Weird Fiction Magazines pp. 727-736. Popular Fiction Publishing Company unknown
1932réf. 32248Indianapolis IN: Popular Fiction Publishing Company 1932. Mild tanning to text paper supple crease at upper right corner a touch of edge rubbing a fine copy. 32248. Octavo single issue cover art by T. Wyatt Nelson pictorial wrappers. Pulp Magazine. Includes stories by Seabury Quinn E. Hoffman Price August Derleth and Mark Schorer Clark Ashton Smith Robert E. Howard verse and others. Reference: Tymm and Ashley Science Fiction Fantasy and Weird Fiction Magazines pp. 727-736. Popular Fiction Publishing Company unknown
1929réf. 31664Indianapolis IN: Popular Fiction Publishing Company 1929. Text paper tanned but supple mild edge wear covers trimmed front cover at spine has tape to verso small facsimile patch ins at spine ends a very good copy. 31664. Octavo single issue cover art by Hugh Rankin pictorial wrappers. Pulp Magazine. Includes stories by Gaston Leroux Robert E. Howard "Skull-Face" part one Edmond Hamilton E. F. Benson Seabury Quinn Flavia Richardson and others. Reference: Tymm and Ashley Science Fiction Fantasy and Weird Fiction Magazines pp. 727-736. Popular Fiction Publishing Company unknown
1927réf. 31654Indianapolis IN: Popular Fiction Publishing Company 1927. Text paper tanned but supple edges trimmed small chip to upper left front cover a very good copy. 31654. Octavo single issue cover art by Hugh Rankin pictorial wrappers. Pulp Magazine. Includes stories by E. Hoffman Price Clark Ashton Smith verse Bassett Morgan Edmond Hamilton August Derleth Everil Worrell Bram Stoker story reprint of "Dracula's Guest" and others. Reference: Tymm and Ashley Science Fiction Fantasy and Weird Fiction Magazines pp. 727-736. Popular Fiction Publishing Company unknown
1927réf. 31651Indianapolis IN: Popular Fiction Publishing Company 1927. Text paper mildly tanned and supple upper and lower edges trimmed tiny chip to upper right edge creasing a very good copy. 31651. Octavo single issue cover art by C. C. Senf pictorial wrappers. Pulp Magazine. Includes stories by Ray Cummings Henry S. Whitehead Greye La Spina and others. Reference: Tymm and Ashley Science Fiction Fantasy and Weird Fiction Magazines pp. 727-736. Popular Fiction Publishing Company unknown
1929réf. 27669Indianapolis IN: Popular Fiction Publishing Company 1929. Text paper tanned but supple closed tears and creases to yapp edges a very good to nearly fine copy. 27669. Octavo single issue cover art by C. C. Senf. pictorial wrappers. Pulp Magazine. Includes stories by Seabury Quinn Donald Wandrei Frank Belknap Long "The Hounds of Tindalos" August Derleth Edmond Hamilton S. Fowler Wright Eli Colter and others. Reference: Tymm and Ashley Science Fiction Fantasy and Weird Fiction Magazines pp. 727-736. Popular Fiction Publishing Company unknown
1927réf. 27866Indianapolis IN: Popular Fiction Publishing Company 1927. Text paper tanned but supple mild edge wear cover creases tape to verso of front cover with some bleed through clear tape over spine advert cut out of last page and tape repairs to previous to last page a very good copy. 27866. Octavo single issue cover art by Hugh Rankin pictorial wrappers. Pulp Magazine. Includes stories by Frank Belknap Long Jr. Wilfred Branch Talman "The Black Bottles" written with an uncredited H. P. Lovecraft G. G. Pendarves and others. Reference: Tymm and Ashley Science Fiction Fantasy and Weird Fiction Magazines pp. 727-736. Popular Fiction Publishing Company unknown