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1964rif. 431964Park Forest Illinois: The Prairie School Press 1964. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Fine in price-clipped else near fine dust jacket with a small chip at and near the crown. The Prairie School Press hardcover books
1974rif. 422876Stratford Ontario: Pasdeloup Press 1974. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. Drawings by Virgil Burnett. Pictorial card covers. Small abrasion on front wrapper affecting the "M" in Maurice else near fine. One of five hundred copies printed. Poetry. Pasdeloup Press unknown books
1899rif. 416436Portland Maine: Thomas B. Mosher 1899. Softcover. Very Good. Fourth edition. Narrow octavo with yapped wrappers. Pictorial cream card covers. Wrappers age-toned spine sunned a blank endpaper has a full page gift inscription very good. "Old World Series" One of 925 copies on Van Gelder paper. Thomas B. Mosher unknown books
1914rif. 412941Morristown N.J.: Jerseyman Press 1914. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Collected and edited by George S Harris English Teacher. Small octavo. 109 3pp. Green cloth gilt. Near fine probably issued without dustwrapper. Verse by high school students including five in black dialect and one about the sinking of the Titanic. Uncommon. OCLC locates seven copies. Jerseyman Press hardcover books
1899rif. 411460Portland Maine: Thomas B. Mosher 1899. Softcover. Very Good. Fourth edition. Narrow octavo with yapped wrappers. Pictorial cream card covers. Spine sunned light overall wear very good. "Old World Series" One of 925 copies on Van Gelder paper. Thomas B. Mosher unknown books
1916rif. 409780London: Jas. Truscott & Son Ltd 1916. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. Introduction by Gilbert Parker 12mo. 20 2pp. Stapled printed buff wrappers. Modest overall age-toning on wrappers else near fine. Jas. Truscott & Son, Ltd unknown books
1916rif. 409840London: Jas. Truscott & Son Ltd 1916. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Introduction by Gilbert Parker 12mo. 20 2pp. Stapled printed buff wrappers. Ink number and small library stamp on front wrap else very good. Jas. Truscott & Son, Ltd unknown books
1926rif. 381843New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1926. Hardcover. Very Good. First American edition. Silver gilt-stamped blue cloth. Rear hinge starting extremities a bit worn spine darkened else very good lacking the dustwrapper. Translation of an important 14th Century Chinese novel. G.P. Putnam's Sons hardcover books
1679rif. 96969London: no publisher 1679. Unbound. Very Good. First edition. Disbound. 18pp. Tiny tears modest age-toning and small stains a very good copy. ESTC R1480. (no publisher) unknown books
2011rif. 225052Stackpole Books 2011-02-09. First Edition. hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 6x1x9. First Edition First Printing. Dust jacket and book are clean. Brown boards. Has a good binding no marks or notations. S.U. Stackpole Books hardcover books
1922rif. 11290New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1922. Second American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Second American Edition. Hardcover. Ouspensky was a Russian esotericist known for his expositions of the early work of the Greek-Armenian teacher of esoteric doctrine George Gurdjieff. He met Gurdjieff in Moscow in 1915 and was associated with the ideas and practices originating with Gurdjieff from then on. He taught ideas and methods based in the Gurdjieff system for 25 years in England. Gurdjieff proposed that there are three ways of self-development generally known in esoteric circles. These are the Way of the Fakir dealing exclusively with the physical body the Way of the Monk dealing with the emotions and the Way of the Yogi dealing with the mind. What is common about the three ways is that they demand complete seclusion from the world. According to Gurdjieff there is a Fourth Way which does not demand its followers to abandon the world. The work of self-development takes place right in the midst of ordinary life. Gurdjieff called his system a school of the Fourth Way where a person learns to work in harmony with his physical body emotions and mind. Ouspensky picked up this idea and continued his own school along this line. He made the term "Fourth Way" and its use central to his own teaching of the ideas of Gurdjieff. He greatly focused on Fourth Way schools and their existence throughout history. Revised edition with Gurdjieff and Ouspensky Centre postcard laid in. Loose but intact boards some toning foxing to rough cut edges noticeable scuffing to boards bumped corners otherwise clean and bright. Black cloth boards lettered in red and on spine xv 336pp author's preface one foldout plate at rear 24cm. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
1939rif. 2222164First American edition from English sheets. Octavo. Two page preface. Dust jacket unclipped; some small chips; short tears. Very good. 96 pages. With rubber stamped bookplate of Selma & Dan Brenner. Random House hardcover books
1926rif. 2222165First American edition first printing March 1926. Octavo. Illustrated with eight full page b/w plates by John Richard Flanagan. Pictorial dust jacket with Irish country side view by Barkentin. Very good unclipped; few small nicks. 466 pages. No signatures or bookplates. BAL 2301. Filmed in 1928 by John Ford. Byrne 1889-1928 has 13 film/TV credits. His full name was Brian Oswald Donn-Byrne. The Century Co. hardcover books
1944rif. 2221931First edition so stated. Octavo. Original gilt stamped blue cloth. No dust jacket. Very good spine gilt dull. 192 pages. Inscribed by the author on title page: "For George from Winifred." From the library of noted film director George Cukor with his Paul Landacre bookplate. Cukor's 1932 film "A Bill of Divorcement" was based on her 1922 play. Dane aka Winifred Ashton 1888-1965. She won an Oscar in 1947. William Heinemann Ltd. hardcover books
1915rif. 2221760First edition American issue from British sheets. Octavo. Original gilt and black lettered ribbed red cloth spine age toned; corners of a few pages at end crimped. No dust jacket. Good. 297 pages. From the library of noted "Gone With The Wind" Hollywood director George Cukor with his Paul Landacre Bookplate on the front pastedown. Printed by Hazeli Watson and Viney Ld. London. Hodder and Stoughton hardcover books
1889rif. 220992First edition. Small square octavo. Editor's preface. Bibliographical references index of first lines. Gilt stamped dark blue calf over matching blue linen t.e.g. uncut slight rubbing. Very good. #87/500 numbered copies printed at the Chiswick Press. Spine title: Love-Poems From the Song-Books of the XVIIth Century. Healdic bookplates of William Adcock and Stephen George Holland on the front pastedown. Privately Printed hardcover books
1999rif. 225796First edition so stated. 4to. Illustrations by Ralph Steadman many in color. Original blue cloth stamped in silver on the spine. Color pictorial dust jacket unclipped. Fine fresh copy. No other signatures or bookplate. Boldly signed and inscribed by Ralph Steadman in red ink on the half title page: "For Gloria.the latest one. Love Ralph Steadman 2 Sept. 99." Jonathan Cape hardcover books
1900rif. 13625London: Griffith Farran & Co. / Printed in Tokyo 1900. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. First Edition. Original Wraps. 1. Yamata no Orochi also written as or is a legendary eight-headed and eight-tailed serpent that appears in Japanese mythology. Both the Kojiki and Nihon Shoki record the serpent as being slain by the god Susanoo in order to rescue the goddess Kushinada-hime. 2. A charming tale about an arranged marriage between two mouse families including detailed account of the ceremony and exchange of gifts. Toning and shelfwear else bright and unmarred. Crepe paper printed wrappers 4-hole musubi-toji binding with cream silk. Small 8vo. var. pg. Illus. color. Missing front wrapper on title caption. Griffith Farran & Co. / Printed in Tokyo unknown books
1973rif. 9706Old Westbury N.Y.: The Feminist Press SUNY/College 1973. Second Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. Second Edition. Original Wraps. First published by the Feminist Press in 1972 it is an essential pamphlet about the corruption of the medical establishment and its historic roots in witch hunters. Reprinted and reissued in several imprints over the last 40 years. This second edition includes reviews and other title information on back wrapper. Tight bright and unmarred. Scarce staple-bound in original wrappers minimal wear else in very good condition. Brown on gold wrappers 45 pp. Illus. Printed by Red Ink NY. Glass Mountain Pamphlets #1. The Feminist Press, SUNY/College unknown books
1710rif. 9200United Kingdom various 1710. Second Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Second Printing. Hardcover. A collection of poetry tracts in the 18th century assembled and bound as a set showcasing typical and popular poetry writing and style in England. This was a common practice to gather political satire and literary tracts and bind them together generally at the discretion of the owner or in some cases the printer and/or bookseller. The majority of these works are poetry written as political satire towards the Tory government. This method of binding separate works 'sammelband' also speaks to contemporary collecting and publishing practices. The bound volume lists separate works as follows: attrib. Ward Edward. "The Pleasure of a Single Life or the Miseries of Matrimony. Occasionally Writ upon the many Divorces Lately Granted by Parliment. With the Choice or the Pleasures of a Country-Life." London: Printed and Sold by H. Hills in Black-fryars near the Water-fide 1709. Wilmot John. Earl of Rochester John Freke. "The History of Insipids a Lampoon By the Lord Roch---r. With his Farewell. 1680. Together with Marvil's Ghost. By Mr. Ayloff." London: Printed and Sold by H. Hills in Black-fryars near the Water-fide 1709. Blackmore Richard. "The Kit-Cats a Poem. To Which is Added the Picture in Imitation of Annacreon's Bathillus. Also also the Coquet Beauty by the Right Honorable the Marquis of Normanby." London: Printed and Sold by H. Hills in Black-fryars near the Water-fide 1709. Anon. "A Well-Timber'd Poem on Her Sacred Majesty; Her Marble Statue and Its Wooden Enclosure in Saint Paul's Church-Yard." Psalm XXII. 16. The Wicked have Enclosed Me. London: Printed and Sold by H. Hills in Black-fryars near the Water-fide 1712. Cavendish William. "The Charms of Liberty: A Poem. By the late Duke of D--. To Which is added Epigrams. Poems and Satyrs." Written by Several Hands. London: Printed in the Year 1709. Shippen William. "Faction Display'd. A Poem. From a Corrected Copy." London: Printed and Sold by H. Hills in Black-fryars near the Water-fide 1709. Dryden John. "Absalom and Achitophel. A Poem." London: Printed and Sold by H. Hills in Black-fryars near the Water-fide For the Benefit of the Poor1708. Wilmot Earl of Rochester John. "Poems on Several Occasions: with Valentinian; a Tragedy. To which is added Advice to a Painter. Written by the Right Honorable John late Early of Rochester." London: Printed and Sold by Booksellers of London and Westminster 1710. Milton's Sublimity Asserted: in a Poem. Occasion'd by a late Celebrated Piece Entituled Cyder a Poem; in Blank Verse by Philo-Milton. London: Printed for W. Hawes and Sold by J. Morphew near Stationer's Hall and Stephen Fletcher Bookseller in Oxford 1709. Nine sammelband pamphlets bound in blind stamped decorative calf overlay recased with brown cloth boards; apparent shelf wear and toning to leaves each pamphlet constitutes approximately 16 pp. 8vo. Scarce copies of all in disbound condition so this bound aggregate is a rare and singular entity. hardcover books
1984rif. 121032London: Faber and Faber 1984. First edition simultaneous paperback issue 3rd reprint. Perfecr-bound illustrated wraps. Fine condition. Trade Paperback. Heaney's sixth poetry collection. The images are of the book described and not stock photos. Faber and Faber paperback books
rif. 20604St. Petersburg: Dmitry Sayenko; Nikodim 2018. Limited edition. Hardcover. Fine. Two volumes folio. Slipcased. One of 20 copies signed by Owens and Sayenko in the colophon. Prospectus laid in. The volumes are in fine as new condition; the slipcase has a tiny bump on one corner else is fine. The main volume 56pp hardcover is in full grey linen with a linocut paste-on and brass corners. Tan endpapers. All pages of handmade paper and uncut replete with linocuts taken directly from the blocks and in multiple colors with the text letterpress deeply printed on dampened paper with Baskerville type. Volume 2 is also folio and in handmade paper wraps the upper wrap with a linocut of Gawain and Ragnell taken from the block and title by letterpress in red. 28pp. The text is printed offset on ivory machine-made paper and contains the complete Romance as transcribed from the sole manuscript by Frederick Madden and rendered into modern English by James J. Owens keeping the original cadence and rhyme schemes. The artist explains the first volume: loose pages in an attic from an old book some chewed by rats. The owner realizing they are from the same book puts them together as best he can even though some of the pages are artfully torn by the artist to imitate the effects of rats gnawing through paper. This is the story of Gawain and the Loathly Lady Dame Ragnell. For Arthur's sake and safety Gawain wed her and when he did exactly the right thing the spell was broken she shed her ugliness and became beautiful. The sovereignty of women was the key. Dmitry Sayenko is a Ukrainian-born printmaker and book artist. His works are in private collections and in special collections in many countries. For this bit of artistry he cut over 50 blocks made the paper printed it with text and illustrations while damp and bound the books. The deep impression of the illustrations and the text on the handmade paper are superbly satisfying. His renderings of a morose Arthur a gallant Gawain a Lady with ugliness to spare and finally the beauty in the ending: these are a perfect match for the text. . Dmitry Sayenko; Nikodim hardcover books
1922rif. 204721922. Full Limp Red Calf. Slipcase -- marbled paper pastedown on all sides other than opening. Chemise or inner folder -- thick glossy card stock all sides other than that has red calf with title label. Emily Swinton. Magnificent illuminated manuscript version of the Rubaiyat or some verses from the Rubaiyat. The illuminated borders are singular -- their design is unlike that we are familiar with and not even vaguely similar to anything we have ever seen produced by a latter-day illuminator professional or amateur. Their tracery is of blues greens reds some yellow in a few instances and not least the all important gilt. The illuminator surely was paying homage to some Islamic and Persian illumination in her palette but overall these sources are but influences; the illuminations are far from merely imitative. The design pulls you in and as one gazes longer one will discover small figurative imagery woven into the lines and swirls of the larger ornamentation. Words are beyond us to come close to capturing their complexity and character -- our photos hopefully will impart something of that. Let us just say the colors are deep and bold. Within these extraordinary borders is the calligraphic text rendered in a stunning easily legible Gothic Fraktur script. And there are four dream-like miniature watercolors as well of scenic Persian villages. N.d. circa early 1920s. 4to. 28.5 by 19 cm. Unpaginated 14 leaves with illumination -- illumination on one side. The back side of the leaf then left blank. Tissue guards for each page with illumination. The first leaf has no text -- it is a rectangular abstract design suggestive perhaps of a spectacular rug and inspired by such illuminated painting as one finds in many an antiquarian Koran. The next leaf is the title page with the words appearing to float on the page. The lettering has a distinctive verticality and the gilt letters are both clearly the letters they are supposed to be but have an abstraction that one can imagine they are Arabic script as well. The last two leaves with a more restrained formalistic illumination has evenly spaced dome-shaped pointers as one finds in Koranic decoration to highlight important passages. The binding slipcase and chemise are functional but don't really do the contents justice. Other than some crease marks on the calf and light wear overall to these protective features the binding and slipcase present no issues. unknown books
2006rif. 017246New Kent VA: Department of Dead Letters 2006. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Fine. Digest Sized Illustrated Stapled Wraps. 364pp. Beautiful Limited Edition of this collection of four vampire stories from the early 20th century. Letter "M" of only 26 lettered copies published. Cover illustration by Dave Carson. Square tight and clean throughout with no discernible wear. Fresh and bright with no chipping creases toning or tears. A gorgeous collectable copy of a very scarce item with no other copies currently available in the marketplace. Department of Dead Letters unknown books
2008rif. 009365New Kent VA: Dead Letter Press 2008. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Fine/No Jacket As Issued. Thick 8vo. 8vo.318pp. Beautiful Unread Stated First Edition of this anthology of dozens of creepy stories about creepier books. One of only 500 unnumbered copies printed. Bound in black faux leather with titles in gilt on spine and illustrations stamped in gilt on front board. Illustrations by Allen Koszowski. A very pretty production. Square tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. A gorgeous collectable copy of an uncommon title. Dead Letter Press hardcover books
