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1923Best.-Nr. 4745London: Chatto & Windus 1923. First UK Edition. First English language edition of Constance Garnett's translation of The Overcoat issued as Volume III of her five-volume Works of Nikolay Gogol published between 1923-28. Contents include "The Nevsky Prospect" "A Madman's Diary" "The Prisoner" "The Carriage" "The Nose" "The Portrait" and "The Overcoat" a tragic story which Vladimir Nabokov called "the greatest Russian short story ever written." The Art of Translation 1941. Garnett's English translation is significant still in print today preceded by Isabel Hapgood's translation as "The Cloak" in St. John's Eve and other stories from "Evenings at the farm" and "St. Petersburg stories" Crowell 1886. Scarce in dustjacket with no copies found in the auction record. cf.Line p.19 Bibliography of Russian Literature in English Translation to 1945. First Impression and first in English. Octavo 19.5cm; denim blue cloth with titles stamped in royal blue on spine; blue topstain; dustjacket; viii2791pp. Gentle sunning to spine topstain faded owners name in ink to front endpaper with the faintest suggestion of foxing to a few preliminary leaves and right edge of textblock; Near Fine. Dustjacket is gently sunned particularly at spine lightly edgeworn with some small nicks and shallow losses to spine ends and corners; tiny bits of sticker remnant and a few faint stains to spine with a neat 2" split at lower front joint; still a complete Very Good unrestored example. Chatto & Windus unknown
2020Best.-Nr. 066416London Great Britain: The Folio Society 2020. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 753 pages Folio. Includes slipcase. Limited Edition of 750 numbered copies. This is copy 421. SIGNED by the translator Robin Waterfield introducer Peter Frankopan and illustrator Nick Hayes on limited page. Test and illustrations printed by Northend Sheffield on Abbey Pure Paper. Bound in full light blue leather by Smith Settle Yeadon and blocked with a gilt and black design by Nick Hayes. Minor shelfwear. Tight binding no marks. Volume is in Fine-minus condition. The Folio Society Hardcover
2016Best.-Nr. 066577London Great Britain: The Folio Society 2016. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 419 pages Folio. Includes slipcase. Limited Edition of 980 numbered copies. This is copy 242. Text printed on Abbey Wove and the illustrations on Natural Evolution Ivory Papers. Bound by Josef Spinner using polished leather cases made by Richard Mayer. Minor shelfwear: some scuffing along outer page edges. Tight binding no marks. Volume is in Near Fine condition. The Folio Society Hardcover
Best.-Nr. BN382074Chapelle Sixtine Tome 3 - Le Jugement dernier. Chapelle Sixtine Tome 3 - Le Jugement dernier. Pierluigi de Vecchi Gianluigi Colalucci ; Franz Gisler ; translation : Paul Alexandre unknown
1998Best.-Nr. 2080202103700603Japanese Standards Association 1998. Soft Cover. Fine. Page number: 923p Size: 26cm B5 Japanese Standards Association paperback
1995Best.-Nr. 2090202120403973Kyoto shoin 1995. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 Kyoto shoin paperback
1712Best.-Nr. 32892Jermiah Bright James Brooks John Stuart and James Holland 1712. Contemporary binding in 1/4 leather generally internally clean and bright but with occasional page with staining or toning plate 85 "Goliath Slaine - 2. Samuel 17" plate crudely repaired with tape in the past. Overall a great and very presentable copy 435 by 285mm 17¼ by 11¼ inches. Jermiah Bright, James Brooks, John Stuart and James Holland unknown
1918Best.-Nr. 66277Paris : Librairie Renouard 1918. KIAI-TSEU-YUAN HOUA TCHOUAN. - PETRUCCI Raphaël traduction commentaire et préface.Les Enseignements de la Peinture du Jardin grand comme un Grain de Moutarde. Encyclopédie de la Peinture Chinoise. Traduction et commentaires par Raphaël Petrucci. Augmentés d’une préface d’un dictionnaire biographique des peintures et d’un vocabulaire des termes techniques. Illustrés d’environ cinq cents gravures. Paris Librairie Renouard1918 408x285mmXII - 519 pages demi-chagrin noir dos à nerfs auteur et itre dorés bords du haut du dos fendus sur une dizaine de centimetre reliure solide. Tirage limité exemplaire numéroté n.° 273 / 550. For shipments to the U.S.A. with a value exceeding 800 USD VAT is not included. Please contact us via our website if needed. Librairie Renouard unknown
1793Best.-Nr. 117972Paris : de l’imprimerie de Didot jeune chez Bleuet père 1793 an 2e. de la République. VIRGILE Publius Virgilius Vergelius ou Virginius Maro. - Abbé de LILLE traduction.Les Géorgiques de Virgile traduites en vers français par de Lille. Edition a laquelle on a joint le texte latin avec les notes et les variantes. Paris de l’imprimerie de Didot jeune chez Bleuet père1793 an 2e. de la République 240x160mm 1 ff. page de faux-titre 1 frontispice gravé sur cuivre par De Longueil d'après Casanova 384 pages 4 planches gravées sur cuivre par De Longueil d'après Ch. Eisen chacun des 4 livres est précédé d'une planche édition bilingue : français - latin reliure maroquin rouge dos à cinq nerfs doré étiquette verte plats encadrés de quelques motifs et filets dorés superexlibris doré au centre des deux plats tranches dorées bordures fleuries dentelles intérieures garde papier marbré. Bel exemplaire. Les superexlibris représentent les armes du Marquis de Villeneuve : “A tout premier Maroquis de France”.Voir le Vapereau Dict. univ. des littératures sur les louanges à l’adresse de Delille pour son oeuvre principale.Brunet V col. 1303-4 mentionne la première édition 1770 Paris Bleuet de cette excellente traduction une édition de Didot 1783 et celle-ci an II 1793. For shipments to the U.S.A. with a value exceeding 800 USD VAT is not included. Please contact us via our website if needed. de l’imprimerie de Didot jeune, chez Bleuet père unknown
1989Best.-Nr. 201275080Sarvadeshik Arya Pratinidhi Sabha 1993 1978 1984 1986 1989 1989. Good. Hardcovers with dustjacket. Books in good condition. Signs of edgewear to dustjackets and fraying spine part 1. Flaps dustjacket part 3 on two small spots attached to inside bookcover. 952 pp 992 pp 808 pp 800 pp 720 pp. See photo's Sarvadeshik Arya Pratinidhi Sabha 1993, 1978, 1984, 1986, 1989 hardcover
1781Best.-Nr. 1409442London; Edinburgh: W. Strahan and T. Cadell; W. Creech 1781-1785. First English Edition. Hardcover. Small quartos Nine Volumes. In Very Good minus condition. In fine matching tree-calf bindings with elaborate gilt decoration along board edges and spines and gilt roll along the turn-ins; spines with gilt titling on colored morocco labels; with bound-in ribbon bookmarks. Boards show moderate shelf wear with small scuffs to covers rubbing along edges and mild bumping to fore corners. Fore corners often show small areas of exposed board. Splitting to joints and hinges of most volumes. Light shallow chipping to heads and tails of spines; heavier on Vol. I with some loss of material. Some rubbing to gilt elements on spines. Text blocks show moderate rubbing and wear along edges with dust soiling to top edges. All volumes moderately age toned and foxed throughout. Some pencil and pen numbering/notation on verso of the front flyleaves; a single mark in most volumes with more notes in Vol. I. CONTENTS: Vol. I 2 iii 2 iv-xxi 3 514 pages plus frontispiece and plates i-ii; Vol. II 4 517 pages plus plates iii-x.; Vol. III iv 4 524 pages plus plates xi-xv1 xv2 xv3-xxiii; Vol. IV vii 352 pages plus plates xxiv-liii1 liii2-lxxvii lxxix lxxviii lxxx-xcix; Vol. V vii 440 pages plus plates c-clxii; Vol. VI 4 443 plus plates clxiii-cxcvii; Vol. VII vii 452 pages plus plates cxcviii-ccxl1 ccxl2 ccxl3-ccli; Vol. VIII v 2 352 pages plus plates cclii-ccxcv; Vol. IX viii 422 2 pages plus plates cccii-cccvii. Shelved in Room A. Oversized books. Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers please inquire for rates. This is an excellent first edition of William Smellie's influential English translation of the Comte de Buffon's monumental work the Histoire Naturelle which was a comprehensive multi-volume treatise on the most current natural science of the time. 1409442. Special Collections - Upstairs. W. Strahan and T. Cadell; W. Creech hardcover
Best.-Nr. 51-4651London: William Miller 1804. Small folio. 26 x 36cm. Contemporary morocco with gilt embellishments on cover. Light stain in lower margins but very fresh otherwise.OCLC Number: 837662958. In-folio mar. brun à long grain large roulette dorée en encadrement dos lisse orné tr. dorées Rel. de l'époque.Colas 2112.Édition originale illustrée de 50 planches gravées par W. Ellis et W. Poole coloriées ; elles "sont copiées sur la première émission des cinquante planches de Kininger" Vienne vers 1803 : Colas 1610.Ex-libris : Thomas Whitemore Francis Whitemore.Reliure très usagée premier plat et premiers feuillets détachés larges mouillures au début in fine et dans la marge inférieurela marge inférieure. London: William Miller, 1804 unknown
1950Best.-Nr. 052190London: Basil Blackwell 1950. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Green Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. Xii 119 Pp. With Page Numbers And Text Duplicated In English And German. Green Cloth Gilt. First Edition In English With German And English Text On Facing Pages. Near Fine Gilt Brilliant Dj Unlaminated And Slightly Taller Than The Book Is Priced 16S Slight Wear And Browning To Spine And Edges Minute Loss At Upper Front Tip. Basil Blackwell hardcover
1965Best.-Nr. 002853Paris: Aux depens d'un amateur 1965. Book. Fine. Soft cover. Signed by Illustrators. Loose sheets in lithographed wrappers. In grey cloth clamshell box with white lettering. Illustrated with 22 original lithographs in color including wrappers by Leonor Fini. Text in French translated by Andre du Bouchet. Printed on Grand Velin de Rives with BFK watermark. One of 50 copies with an extra suite of the lithographs on Grand Velin de Rives. This is number 83 of a limited edition of 200 copies hand signed by Leonor Fini and Andre du Bouchet on the limitation page. All lithographs protected by tissue guards. The clamshell box is in very good condition with a few vague stains The contents are in mint condition. Sheets measure 40 x 30 cm. . Aux depens d'un amateur Paperback
1940Best.-Nr. 264525Ministerio da Educacao 1940. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. 424 pages with 55 leaves of plates most folded of portraits maps views etc. Plates are reproduced from the 1647 Latin edition. In 1647 Barleu wrote an account of the Dutch colonial empire in Brazil inspired by the leadership of John Mauricio of Nassau who was appointed governor of the Dutch West India Company in 1637 and continued as governor until 1644. Limited edition. First edition thus. A very fine copy in full leather covers over boards with gold insignia and lettering. Covers with bevelled edges. Spine with five raised bands. Marbled endpapers. Binding by A. V. Emmott & Sons Houston. Presentation copy signed by the Minister of Education with typed presentation translated from Portugeuse: 'Rio 7.7.40 Mr. Judge Florencio de Abreu I am pleased to offer you an example of the work of Caspar Barleu - 'Brasil under the rule of Joao Mauricio de Nassar' translated and published by the Ministry of Education. With the expression of my high intellectual appreciation signature follows.' Presentation slip bound in preceding the half-title page. The presentation slip and front free endpaper have rust marks from removed paperclip. Ministerio da Educacao hardcover
1968Best.-Nr. 8473New York: Grove Press Inc 1968. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo 20.75cm; brown cloth with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; x214pp. Elegantly signed by the author in Japanese on the title page. Previous owner's ink inscription to front endpaper else a clean Fine copy. Dustjacket is price-clipped showing light wear to spine ends some mild surface wear with one tiny tear and a small faint stain to lower edge of front panel; Very Good or better. The Japanese Nobel Prize-winner's grim semi-autobiographical novel in which a young father must come to grips with his newborn son having severe mental difficulties after being born with a brain hernia. Originally published in Japan under the title Kojinteki na taiken in 1964 the Grove Press edition was the first in the English language preceding the UK edition by a year. 8473. Grove Press, Inc unknown
Best.-Nr. 87778The Limited Editions Club. Hardcover. near fine. Tadaaki Kuwayama. Limited Editions Monthly letter loosely laid in. Number 562. Series 52 Volume 1 November 1996. Quarto. 35 cm x 28 cm. Limited to 375 copies of which this is copy #59. Signed by designer Tadaski Kuwayama and translator Edward Seidensticker. Illustrated with aquatints by Tadaaki Kuwayama. The binding in full gray morocco was done at Jovonis Bindery. Spine lightly sunned.In slipcase. The Limited Editions Club hardcover
1982Best.-Nr. 2081002109001338techno project 1982. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of pages: 657p Size: 30cm techno project paperback
1970Best.-Nr. 2091502133904169Gendai shin sha 1970. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Gendai shin sha paperback
Best.-Nr. SONG0809103737Brand: Paulist Press 0000-00-00. First Paperback Edition. hardcover. Used: Good. 0.00x0.00x0.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Brand: Paulist Press paperback
Best.-Nr. 44043Amsterdam: Yshak de Cordova 5466. Fifth printing. Hardcover. poor to g-. 16mo. 3.5x6". 167pp. missing final page. Original brown calf boards. The book is a complete Spanish-language translation of the biblical book Song of Songs Song of Solomon and Pirkei Avot Ethics of the Fathers the famed collection Jewish ethical sayings taken from the Talmud. Both of these works feature Moses Belmonte's translations which had been printed in Amsterdam since 1644. The translations are interlinear with each passage printed in Hebrew followed by the Spanish and in the case of Song of Songs the translation is followed by Spanish-language commentary. These works are related in their connection to the Jewish observance of Passover. Song of Songs is read on the Sabbath during Passover and chapters from Perkei Avot are traditionally read one each week between Passover and Shavuot. Pages 1-91 contain Song of Songs and 92-167 contain the text of Perkei Avot. As stated in the preface this is the "Quinta Imprension" Fifth printing of the work based on Belmonte's translation and that it was printed for the congregation of Rabbi Jacob de Mesa in Amsterdam. Title page bordered with a decorative woodblock motif. Decorative head and endpeices at the beginning and end of sections. Some of the translated text of Perkei Avot contains numerous in-text hand-corrections and Hebrew marginal notes in ink from the period. Text in Spanish with passages in Hebrew and some Ladino. Binding with spine missing rubbing and light chipping to extremities. Covers with some creasing scratches and abrasions. Starting at interior covers and some other pages throughout. Some sporadic water stains foxing and smudges throughout. The final section of Pirkei Avot is wormed in the upper corner with minimal loss of text overall. Page 103-104 with a vertical closed tear. A few pages have notes in ink. The final page p.167 containing the final passage of Perkei Avot verse 14 in Hebrew and Spanish is missing. Interior back cover is partially torn away from the board. Name of the previous owner in ink on the interior covers and the bottom of the title page. Binding fairly tight overall. Binding in poor interior good- condition overall. Moses Belmonte 1619 - 1647 Amsterdam was a poet and translator of Portuguese Jewish origin. Alternative titles: "Paraphrasis Caldayca en los Cantares de Selomoh con el Texto Hebrayco y Ladino traduzida en lengua Española" "Paraphrasis Caldaica en los cantares de Selomoh: con el Texto Hebrayco y Ladino traduzida en lengua Española" This copy belonged to Jacob Alvarez-Pereira 1684-1754 who was a prominent Sephardic Jewish merchant. References: Kayserling p.181 under bible; Silva-Rosa 18. Yshak de Cordova hardcover
Best.-Nr. 7982New York: E.P. Dutton & Co. Inc 1970. First American Edition. First Printing. Quarto 28.25cm; photomechanically reproduced sheets comb-bound into light blue printed covers; 1011-1722pp. Publisher's rubber stamp appearing on half-title page with the tentative date Nov.16 1970 and tentative price $7.95 written in blue pen and the rubber stamp of the Crane Duplicating Service appearing on inner rear cover. Some very subtle toning to covers with a handful of faint tiny stains and a few faint creases to same; Near Fine housed in a custom clamshell case. Proof copy of the author's sixth book translated into English and together with Ficciones the collection he considered his major work. The volume collects 20 stories - eleven of which had never previously appeared in book form in English - and a lengthy autobiographical essay. While many of these works are exceptional metaphysical fantasies the title work stands above the others describing "a magical point in space which contains all others and in which the whole infinite universe can be glimpsed" Barron Fantasy Literature 3-43. The English versions of these stories are superb; to this point di Giovanni's translations were the only ones done with Borges's collaboration. While no hard numbers are known for how many such proofs were printed marketing materials for Crane from this period suggest they would not undertake a job printing fewer than 11 copies of a proof with other known examples from this period numbering between two to three dozen. Uncommon. Becco 281. E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc unknown
1931Best.-Nr. 3117938London: Nash & Grayson. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1931. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. First English language edition. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. 316pp. Interior tape mend at upper spine on jacket. Light chipping at edges. Shelf-wear and creasing at edges of jacket. Lovely illustration on front panel of jacket. A most appealing survivaL which is rare to find in jacket. ; 5 1/4" X 7 1/2"; 316 pages . Nash & Grayson hardcover
1931Best.-Nr. 066206London great Britain: The Nonesuch Press 1931. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 2 Volume Set. Greek and English text. Bound in full dark brown morocco with gilt lettering along spines. Marbled endpapers and inside covers. Limited Edition of 925 copies for sale in England and 525 copies for sale in the United States. The Ilaid is numbered 1073 and The Odyssey is numbered 1210. English translation printed from the first 1975 edition of Pope's translation. Shelfwear: light scuffing along edges and covers heavy spine fade to both volumes heavy fading on rear cover of The Odyssey. Both volumes are tightly bound no marks. Set is in Very Good condition. The Nonesuch Press Hardcover
Best.-Nr. 6630Tokyo & New York: Kodansha International 1994. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo 24.25cm; black paper and cloth-covered boards with titles stamped in yellow on spine; dustjacket; vi3931pp. Inscribed by the author in a contemporary hand following the copyright page directly above rubber-stamped name in Japanese: "To Patrick Marks / H.Murakami." Hint of foxing to upper edge of textblock trivial wear to lower edge of front board; very Near Fine in like dustjacket unclipped priced $22.00 with a tiny scratch to upper spine panel. The author's fourth book and third novel to be translated into English originally published as Dansu Dansu Dansu by Kodansha in 1988. Rubin 11. Kodansha International unknown
