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1669rif. 195823London: James Flesher 1669. Folio Edition. Fine Binding. A rare early edition of John Ogilby's translation of the Iliad and Odyssey. Beautifully illustrated throughout both voumes. Volumes Very Good in decorative boards. A scarce early edition of John Ogilby's translation of the Iliad and Odyssey. Illustrated with a frontispiece of Ogilby full page engraved scene of Ancient Rome and 48 plates to the Iliad and a frontispiece and 24 plates to the Odyssey. Translated into English with extensive notes by Ogilby to the outer margins.; Folio - over 12" - 15" ta. James Flesher unknown
1931rif. 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
2009rif. 727Chestertown Md: Chester River Press 2009. First thus. Hardcover. New/New. Lawrence Avery. New still in publisher's shrink-wrap. This scarce two-volume set of "The Iliad" and "The Odyssey" a 2009 first edition/first printing is the very definition of a "fine edition" and it might be the very definition of "luxury item" as well. It was published by Chester River Press a firm that specializes in bespoke books that are designed in cooperation with the individual commissioning a publication. In this case that anonymous individual went all out with separate hardcover folio copies for each text with the original Homeric Greek edited by Barry B. Powell Professor of Classics Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in parallel columns with the great Alexander Pope translation. Steven Shankman Professor Emeritus at the University of Oregon and UNESCO Chair in Transcultural Studies Interreligious Dialogue and Peace wrote a two-part introduction that tells the reader first about Homer then about Pope. It may be the illustrations that make these volumes especially distinguished however. Most of the approximately 55 original prints produced by Avery Lawrence are in the form of full-page recreations of red-and-black Greek pottery that illustrate the stories being told.if "recreations" is the right word for images that follow the exacting artistic forms but still spring from Lawrence's imagination. The facing captions provide the applicable quotes for the action being depicted but also the date and even the artist or collector of the vessel used as a prototype. The print is dignified and sized to be easy to read and the paper is sturdy without being overly thick in a cream color that is gentle on the eyes. They are bound in identical black Dutch cloth with differences in their decoration and obviously their lettering but following the same format. "The Iliad" has an ancient Greek plumed helmet in profile stamped in gold on its front cover. A smaller copy of that helmet is at the top of the spine with the publisher's name at the bottom. The title in large Greek letters is between. All are stamped in bright gold. "The Odyssey" is similar in appearance. Instead of a helmet its cover is decorated with an ancient Greek ship and the title is again in Greek lettering. Unlike many books that come in slipcases these volumes have dustjackets made of sturdy glossy black paper. The spines of the dustjackets match the spines of the binding of the volumes only with orange printing instead of gold but the covers are quite different from the covers of the volume bindings. Here the Greek titles are printed in large orange letters with the titles repeated in smaller orange letters beneath along with Homer's and Alexander Pope's names. Shankman's and Lawrence's names are beneath those even smaller again in orange. We have described the text block to some extent above but we did not mention that each volume has a bright gilt top edge and comes with double black and gold satin ribbon bookmarks. The two volumes share a single slipcase and in this case even that slipcase is extraordinary - black sturdy with an attached broad satin ribbon that is serves as a booklift to help take the volumes out without damage. There are also small blocks built into the bottom of the interior of the slipcase that serve as supports for the text blocks so they don't drag on the binding helpful as the volumes are substantive and large: 15"x13"x1.75" to 2". These books won't be easy to cuddle up with but they will be volumes to be treasured as exemplars of the book arts. That is likely why institutions as far afield as the National Library of New Zealand and as prestigious as the Wren Library at Trinity College Cambridge University have copies. Now you can possess one too. Ours are new and still in shrink wrap as delivered by the publisher. See attached photos. Happy to address any questions. For overseas shipments please consult with us on mailing costs. Postage free with the US. Chester River Press hardcover
1955rif. 12555New York: Pantheon Books. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1955. Third Printing. Hardcover. No jacket volume 1; jacket on volume 2 with moderate soil chipped at corners and spine ends with some loss to bottom edge. In slipcase that shows wear & some rubbing but intact.; Black cloth in gray jacket.; Bollingen Series XIX; tall 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 395; 376 pages . Pantheon Books hardcover
1952rif. 062522New York: Bollingen Foundation. Two volumes. Clean crisp tight hardcovers in fine condition. Very good DJs in mylar covers; light edge wear and rubbing age-toned lettering at spines small chip at spine tail on volume one. No slip-case. . Fine. Hardcover. 1952. Bollingen Foundation hardcover
2006rif. Q-1590303415Shambhala 2006-07-11. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Shambhala paperback
1955rif. 061875New York NY: Simon and Schuster 1955. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 245 pages 8vo. First American Edition. Jacket price unclipped. Black cloth boards with green cloth spine black lettering along spine. Shelfwear to DJ: scuffing along edges and covers many small tears and small missing pieces along edges and spine some light smudges and tanning on rear cover. DJ in mylar. Spine is lightly cocked some light tanning and foxing on inside covers and endpapers. Volume is in Very Good conditon DJ in Good condition. Simon and Schuster Hardcover
2005rif. 2091502135413539Sojinsha 2005. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 Sojinsha paperback
2014rif. BN206704Black Library 2014. 2014. The Horus Heresy Tome 5 : Fulgrim : Portrait d'une trahison The Horus Heresy Tome 5 : Fulgrim : Portrait d'une trahison Graham McNeill Auteur Julien Drouet Traduction Black Library unknown
rif. 000769Lahore India: Islamic Propagation Centre International English translation alongside original text. Beautiful brand new book ---------- Orders of $100.00 or more are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Size: Approx 6" Wide and 9½" Tall Islamic Propagation Centre International hardcover
rif. 1853727792.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
2007rif. Q-1596059974Cosimo Classics 2007-07-15. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Cosimo Classics paperback
1962rif. 2198180321005Collins' Clear-Type Press 1962-01-01. Hardcover. Good. Nice looking book has edge wear on top & lower spine. has writing on presentation page. Collins' Clear-Type Press hardcover
2014rif. 337292Norwalk Connecticut: Easton Press 2014. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine Leather Bound. Accented in 22kt gold. Printed on archival paper with gilded edges. The endsheets are of moire fabric with three silk ribbon page markers. Smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints. This book is in full leather with hubbed spines. Very large and heavy. International shipping will be expensive. Foxing on top text block edge.; Number 73 of 800 printed copies. Easton Press hardcover
1990rif. Q-0195283309Oxford University Press 1990-04-12. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Oxford University Press hardcover
1991rif. Q-0195283805Oxford University Press 1991-08-15. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Oxford University Press paperback
1989rif. 147260New York: Oxford University Press 1989. New Revised Standard Version; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in a Near Fine dust jacket. Creasing on first few end page corners.; 8.4 X 5.9 X 1.6 inches; 1600 pages. Oxford University Press hardcover
rif. 1935302248.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
rif. 8493775-nnew. unknown
1997rif. 5542Faridabad Harayana India: Jiva Institute 1997. Hardcover. Good. Scarce hardcover x 262 pages NOT ex-library. No ISBN. Book is undamaged in overall good condition clean with unmarked text and firm secure binding free of inscriptions and stamps however the manufacturing quality of paper and binding is somehow not on par with Western standards: boards are a bit crooked with creases and uneven wrinkly texture; there is also slight wrinkling of pastedowns and some of the pages book is not moisture-damaged. -- "Hitopadesa or 'Good instructions' is famous for its wisdom and is one of the most popular books on ethics and polity from Niti-sastra. Many verses can be traced to the Puranas and Itihasas. It uses the story-within-a-story-format with animals as the main characters. The first book Mitralabha 'Acquisition of Friends' defines the characteristics of real friends and shows the importance of having them. Hitopadesa is an especially helpful tool in decision-making as it teaches one the valuable art of discrimination. During moments of decision fate is written. In movements of indecision and doubt Hitopadesa can illuminate one's intelligence inspire one to face problems as well as help one overcome obstacles on the path o enlightenment." "About 1500 vears ago the King of Iran got a book with the secret of how to raise the dead by means of a rasayana an elixir of life. The book explained how the elixir was extracted from herbs and trees growing on the high mountains of India. Eager to sample this elixir the King sent his chief minister on a quest for the prescribed herbs and trees. In India the minister was well-received and aided by sages he scoured the mountains for the herbs and trees to make the elixir. No mixture they made however could bring the dead back to life. Finally the disappointed minister concluded that the information was false. Greatly distressed about returning empty-handed and disappointing his king the minister asked his hosts what he should do. They led him to a famous philosopher who once searched in vain for the same elixir and in the end discovered hat the elixir was actually a book. The philosopher explained that the story about the elixir was allegorical. The high mountains in the story represented the wise and learned men of lofty intellect; the trees and herbs which are products of the mountains indicated the various writings of those sages; the elixir indicated the wisdom extracted from the sages' writings which revived the dead intelligence and buried thoughts of ignorant materialistic men. Relieved and elated the minister begged a copy of the book from the philosopher translated it and returned to his king. That book we know today as the Pancatantra of Visnu Sarma; it is the basis of the Hitopadesa. As Visnu Sarma is the narrator in both books he was thought the author of Hitopadesa. Study of old hand-written manuscripts reveal however that Narayana Pandit who lived in 14th-century Bengal wrote the book on the request of King Dhavalacandra drawing heavily from Pancatantra. It is common knowledge that beginning students learn more effectively by singing rhymes since this evokes emotions and aids memorization. Though this method is employed today using nursery rhymes these are generally inane and of no practical value. In contrast ancient Vedic teachers taught simple melodious Sanskrit verses. These hold invaluable wisdom which blossomed as the child matured; indeed as the years passed the verses became more meaningful. It should be noted that Sri Narayana Pandita uses a dialectic technique called purva-paksa-presenting a piece of conventional wisdom which is actually detrimental to spiritual progress and is the antithesis to what he wants to establish. After giving the antithesis he systematically refutes it and presents the actual conclusion siddhanta. This method is used in the Srimad-Bhagavatam and other Vedic literatures." from the Introduction Jiva Institute hardcover
1926rif. 20168Cambridge: Harvard Univ. Press 1926. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. black cloth. Rogers Bruce. 115 pages. 21.5 x 16 cm. Printed in red and black with typography by Bruce Rogers. A vivid glimpse of life in the ninth century; a hitherto scarcely known piece of mediaeval literature. ROGERS 285. Harvard Univ. Press hardcover books
1960rif. 86826Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press 1960. Second Printing. Octavo 24cm; gray cloth-covered boards with titling and blocking stamped in black and red on spine; dustjacket; xxi23-5044pp. Modest rubbing of cloth to front cover and board edges with soil to edges of textblock; Very Good. Dustwrapper designed by George Lenox price-clipped with modest shelf-wear and rubbing with slight effect to titling two 1" tears to upper spine folds 1" triangular chip to lower front flap fold tiny nicks to panels and tiny tears to extremities; Good. Text includes Volume One "The Overthrow of Tzarism" Volume Two "The Attempted Counter-Revolution" and Volume Three "The Triumph of the Soviets" with a concluding appendix section chronological table and index. 87826. The University of Michigan Press unknown books
rif. 31269The Caliphates of Al-Mu'tadid, Al-Muktafi and Al-Muqtadir A.D. 892 - 915 / A.H. 279-302 New York, 2007 State University of New York Press 239 p., broché. 15,2 x 22,7
rif. 31277The War Against thte Zanj Ends A.D. 879 - 893 / A.H. 266-279 New York, 1987 State University of New York Press 260 p., broché. 15,2 x 22,7
rif. 31251The Caliphates of Al-Musta'in and Al-Mu'tazz A.D. 862 - 869 / A.H. 248 - 255 New York, 1985 State University of New York Press 187 p,. 15,2 x 22,7
