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2009Best.-Nr. SKU0634128Oxford University Press 2009-10-04. paperback. New. 7x0x5. New Textbook Ships with Tracking Oxford University Press paperback
2009Best.-Nr. Q-0199554951Oxford University Press 2009-10-04. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Oxford University Press paperback
1977Best.-Nr. 1419011New York: George Braziller 1977. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Quarto 222 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good minus dust jacket. Spine white with black lettering. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering. Rubbing and light soiling to dust jacket spine with small open tears at head and tail. Large closed tear on top edge of front cover. Rubbing to corners of dust jacket. Mild shelf wear to boards. Textblock clean. Shelved on the Front Table. 1419011. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. George Braziller hardcover
1989Best.-Nr. Q-0140440593Penguin Classics 1989-06-06. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Penguin Classics paperback
1937Best.-Nr. 353London: A. Zwemmer printed in Paris by Philippe Gonin 1937. Limited Edition. Fine. Aristide Maillol 1861-1944. 8vo 7 3/4 x 5 1/2 in. 200 x 132 mm; pp. 6 blank vi 211 colophon 12 blank; Copy 21 of 250 numbered copies on hand-made Maillol paper and SIGNED BY THE ARTIST on the colophon with 52 original woodcuts and 4 woodcut initials printed in bistre; leading and bottom edges deckle. Full vellum with laced-in thongs gilt lettering on spine faint; pencil notations and tipped in label from earlier booksellers on inside front cover edges stained on first 2 and last 2 blanks. EXTRA SUITE of 45 WOODCUTS in a separate vellum portfolio printed in black. Fine copy in simple cardboard slipcase. Colophon: "Aristide Maillol engraved with his own hand the wood-cuts which illustrate this book The text is that of Thronley's translation of 1657 revised and augmented. Philippe Gonin of Paris undertook the achievement of this work and printed it on his hand-press for A. Zwemmer London. Paris December 7th 1937" followed by MAILLOL'S SIGNATURE IN PENCIL. Garvey 174; Garvey Wick 22; BNF32393010. According to Eleanor Garvey "The Artist and the Book" p. 122 this work is "perhaps the most harmonious of Maillol's illustrated books." An ancient Greek novel written during the Roman Empire the only known work of the 2nd century CE Greek novelist and romance writer Longus translated by George Thornley in 1657 the story of Daphnis and Chloe inspired the French-Catalan sculptor Aristide Maillol 1861-1944 to create an extensive set of sometimes mischievous woodcuts of nymphs and lovers using the same classical lines that typify his sculpture. The format of the book is particularly suited "to the black and white balance of the decorated page" François Chapon. The images the luscious hand-made paper the sensual tone of the engravings all contribute to this piquant book meant to educate and titillate the "young beauties" to whom the book is dedicated. The Epistle Dedicatory reads "To Young Beauties". "The ceremonies customes & manners of the ancient Greekes; with delightfull interspersion of their old and sweet Tales: And in short; nothing to vex you unless perchance in your own conscience. A. Zwemmer [printed in Paris by Philippe Gonin] unknown
Best.-Nr. mon0000153746Librairie H. Launette & Cie. leather_bound. Acceptable. in x in x in. Limited edition: #239 of 500. Internal contents are Very Good VG with crisp text and clean plates. Bound in original vellum gilt; binding condition is Poor to Fair with typical vellum aging/wear. Librairie H. Launette & Cie. hardcover
1896Best.-Nr. 1912Paris: Societe Des Beaux Arts 1896. First edition. First edition. Limited to 20 Copies 9 for America. This one lettered "B." Large thick quarto. Superb dark green morocco with ornate inlaid morocco decorative covers heavily gilt front and back covers as well as spine. Large ornately gilt inner dentelles with inlaid color oval illustrations matching image on preliminary pages four separate pages one color three tinted; 166pp with superb engravings throughout many whole-page some in tint by Raphael Collin. Printed on thick Japan Vellum with tissue guards throughout. Binding in near fine condition except for the joints at the spine which are worn due to large weight of covers. The front cover quite weakened. In need of small repair to make this a highly desirable item. Societe Des Beaux Arts hardcover books
1977Best.-Nr. biblio 7530594736Dafhnis and Chloe by Longus. Braziller 1977. Translate by George Moore. Illustrated by Chagall with 42 plates in color of which several in double page reproducing Chagall's original limited edition of 1961. A fine copy in pictorical dust jacket in fine condition complete of slipcase. George Braziller hardcover books
1949Best.-Nr. 47921Pantheon 1949. Maillol Aristide. 8vo pp. 175. With woodcuts by Aristide Maillol. Rust cloth. Edges little spotted cover somewhat faded owner's name and address on flyleaf o/w a VG tight copy. Pantheon unknown books
1949Best.-Nr. 6846New York: Pantheon 1949. First trade edition 8vo 174-175pp. illustrations from woodcuts throughout the text by Aristide Maillol. Fine copy in a slightly chipped jacket. Pantheon unknown books
1994Inspired by a journey through Greece, Marc Chagall, one of this century's most popular painters, created a wonderful series of lithographs that brought new life to this ancient Greek love story -- the first pastoral romance. "'Touching yet humorous, naive and at the same time highly sophisticated, Daphnis and Chloe is the story of a shepherd boy and girl who fall desperately in love yet find themselves facing great obstacles, because in their passion they behave, as the author says, even more awkwardly 'than rams and ewes.'" Translated by Paul Turner. 150p. Illustrated with forty-two full color illustrations based on the original lithographs. 150 pages. New copy still in shrink wrapping. Book
1977Best.-Nr. 292470New York: Braziller 1977. hardcover. fine/fine. Chagall. Translated by George Moore. With 58 full-page single-sided color illustrations by Marc Chagall. 222 pages. Small folio natural cloth d.w. slipcase. New York: George Braziller 1977. Fine in fine dust wrapper. Reprint of the illustrations published by Verve in 1961 here integrated with the text in George Moore's translation. Braziller unknown books
1972Best.-Nr. 2204168Imprint Society 1972. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Hoffmann Felix. Limited edition #813 of 1950 copies. Hand-numbered in black ink and signed by illustrator in pencil on limitation page. Lacks slipcase. Boards slightly bowed light stain to marginal corner of frontispiece does not affect image. 1972 Hard Cover. 152 pp. 8vo. Turquoise leather spine over paper-covered boards gilt titles. Designed and produced in Switzerland by Max Caflisch printed on Zerkall laid paper. Includes seventeen aquatints created by Felix Hoffmann specially for this edition. Translated from the original Greek by Christopher Collins. The only known work of the 2nd century AD Greek novelist and romancer Longus. A tender novel describing eager and inept young love Daphnis and Chloe tells the story of a baby boy and girl who are discovered separately two years apart alone and exposed on a Greek mountainside. Taken in by a goatherd and a shepherd respectively and raised near the town of Mytilene they grow to maturity unaware of one another's existence until the mischievous god of love Eros creates in them a sudden overpowering desire for one another. A masterpiece among early Greek romances attracting both high praise and moral disapproval this work has proved an enduringly fertile source of inspiration for musicians writers and artists from Henry Fielding to Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot and Maurice Ravel. Longus transforms familiar themes from the romance genre including pirates dreams and the supernatural into a virtuoso love story that is rich in insight humorous and ironical in its treatment of human sexual experience. Imprint Society hardcover books
1885Best.-Nr. WRCLIT53515London: Vizetelly & Co. 1885. Large octavo. Brick-orange cloth decorated in gilt. Plates and decorations. A few hand smudges to cloth but a very good bright copy. First Vizetelly edition ordinary issue reprinting the translation from the Greek by C.V. Le Grice first published in 1803. The plates are full page copperplate engravings from designs by Eisen Gerard and Prudhon originally published by Didot in 1800 and the head and tailpieces are reproductions of designs by Philip of Orleans for an edition of 1718. There were also copies on handmade paper with plates in two states. Vizetelly & Co. hardcover books
1949Best.-Nr. D7129New York: Pantheon 1949. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Red cloth lettered in black on spine blindstamped illustration on front board; illustrated dust jacket; 8vo; pp. 175 with woodcut illustrations by Maillol throughout. Discreet previous ownership signature on FFEP otherwise book is fine. Small scuff mark on front panel of dust jacket; spine tips very lightly chipped; price-clipped; VG presents nicely in mylar. A clean bright copy. Pantheon hardcover books
1934Best.-Nr. 002243France 1934. First Edition presumed. Wraps made of 18th Century French Vellum Documents. Near Fine. No text with fifteen color lithographed plates of a softcore sensibility with nudity. The only words in the story proper is the title rendered in Cyrillic. The illustrations are far from lewd yet do have a delicious kitschy quality of the second-rate book illustration and they were in their time meant to give the viewer a frisson of excitement from partaking of something mildly naughty and taboo. The illustrations feel anachronistic fitting more squarely in the twentieth century than the classical world being portrayed but perhaps that is also their charm. No one could find the illustrations pretentious or overblown and if nothing else they do capture a simplicity and innocence that are at the core of the tale. Perhaps the most special aspect of the booklet is the wraps or outer wraps to be precise made up of two sheets of vellum documents from the mid-18th century that may have come from a Royal Archive. These sheets were clearly meant to conceal the erotic contents. One of the documents is signed Besnard P and is a letter dated 25 9bre 1734 with a seal of the city of Rouen. Back to the Daphis and Chloe a few of the plates bear a stylized device of what appears to be "LG" and above the date of 1934. hardcover books
1956Sm. 8vo., First Edition thus, page-edges very lightly browned, small blind stamp on half-title; original pictorial wrappers, a very good, bright, clean copy. First appearance in Rieu's renowned 'Penguin Classics' series, and first publication of Turner's translation. The cover roundel is by John Diebel. Penguin Classics, L59.
Best.-Nr. 32774London: Vizetelly & Co. J. Miller and Sons Printers Edinburgh n.d. Extensively illustrated. 9 full-page engravings in two states one blue after designs by Prudhon Baron Gerard and Philippe D'Orleans frontispiece after P. Thomas portrait by Darval after Masson and Rouen title-page by P. Dien of Paris printed in blue many of vignettes and tail-pieces in two states with second state printed in blue several after Charles Eisen blue state generally on china. xi 155 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Olive green morocco by M. Ritter Rel. with repeating floral diaper pattern of stylized flowers within gilt borders turn-ins elaborately tooled with silk doublures and free endpapers in ribbon pattern. Upper joint skilfully restored some darkening of green head of spine gently bumped else a very good copy. Extensively illustrated. 9 full-page engravings in two states one blue after designs by Prudhon Baron Gerard and Philippe D'Orleans frontispiece after P. Thomas portrait by Darval after Masson and Rouen title-page by P. Dien of Paris printed in blue many of vignettes and tail-pieces in two states with second state printed in blue several after Charles Eisen blue state generally on china. xi 155 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Plates in Two States. Vizetelly & Co. [J. Miller and Sons, Printers, Edinburgh] unknown books
1949Best.-Nr. 1485New York: Pantheon 1949. First Thus. Hardcover. Near fine/very good. A. Maillol . 175 pp. red cloth blindstamped with cupid title in black at spine. Woodcuts throughout by Aristide Maillol. In a rather bright dustjacket with only light creasing at rear within mylar. A handsome copy. Pantheon hardcover books
1885Best.-Nr. 288670London: Vizetelly & Co 1885. hardcover. very good. Prudhon Baron Gerard and Philippe d'Orleans. Translated from the Greek. Illustrated with copper-plate engravings after designs by Prudhon Baron Gerard and Philippe d'Orleans. xii 155 pages. 8vo handsomely rebound by Morrell in 3/4 brown polished calf with ornate gilt-decorated spine; lightly worn at extremities. London: Vizetelly & Co no date circa 1885. A very good copy with charming ownership bookplate. Vizetelly & Co unknown books
1931Best.-Nr. 3890Paris: Se trouve ‡ Paris chez l'Artiste 8 Rue Lacretelle 1931. A superb production Limited to 250 numbered copies beige flexible wrappers with printed illustration and lettering on cover glassine wrapper contents entirely unbound and gathered in folded groups as issued. 192p. 3p. With 26 original etchings by Jean Dulac. 23 x 16 cm. In marbled cardboard cover and cardboard slipcase. Very fine. A wonderful production. Scarce. Se trouve ‡ Paris, chez l'Artiste, 8 Rue Lacretelle unknown books
Best.-Nr. 0666028702.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
Best.-Nr. 1331893461.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1890Best.-Nr. ST20732Paris: H. Launette et Cie 1890. No. 196 of 1000 copies and 100 Large Paper Copies with the etchings in multiple states. 255 x 165 mm. 10 x 6 1/2". 3 p.l. viii 190 pp. 3 leaves.Translated into French by Jacques Amyot. LOVELY DARK BLUE MOROCCO GILT BY CAPTAIN GLADSTONE stamp-signed C. E. G. on front dentelle covers divided into multiple compartments that at center a lobed mandorla all of the compartments densely gilt the inner compartments with swirls of leafy branches on a dotted background the others diapered by diagonal gilt fillets into lozenge-shaped compartments containing a single gilt dot smooth spine covered with leafy branches gilt lettering wide inner dentelles with sprays of leafy branches green silk pastedowns and endleaves top edge gilt imperceptible repair at top of spine. With 12 full-page etchings and 29 in-text illustrations by Champollion after the designs of Raphaël Collin. Ray "French" p. 377. Spine just faintly sunned though difficult to see with all its gilt occasional very minor foxing otherwise a fine copy clean and fresh internally with vast margins in a well-preserved binding bright with gilt. A unique combination of decadence and sweet innocence Longus' charming pastoral novel appears here with a series of engravings that were considered to be some of the most attractive of the period and in an impressive binding that emphasizes its pastoral setting and that has an origin clouded with mystery. Ray says that in a survey conducted in 1895 our "Daphnis et Chloé" with the Collin engravings came in fourth in a poll to determine the 10 most successful modern French illustrated books. Our edition uses the popular translation of Jacques Amyot 1513-93 first printed in 1559 and always recognized for its graceful style. Naval Commander Charles Elsden Gladstone 1855-1919 or "Captain Gladstone" as he is commonly called was an English bookbinder of great technical skill working in the late 19th Century but no one seems to know how or by whom he was trained. We know he had many hobbies including microscopy and optical magic lanterns per family accounts suggesting a curious mind and attention to detail both useful in bookbinding. Although testimony from the period indicates that Gladstone personally bound his books there are no known contemporaneous i.e. 1880-1910 exhibitions or auction records of the sale of any of his bindings and no information exists about his being an apprentice. Since the degree of complexity and beauty of his bindings--clearly in evidence here--is extraordinary one wonders if he did in fact personally bind the books. Yes he could have been a self-taught genius binding for his own pleasure but it is not inconceivable that he commissioned someone like Alfred de Sauty as finisher requiring that his own initials always be placed on the dentelles. Regardless of their origin Captain Gladstone bindings are exquisitely crafted filled with lovely all-over gilt-tooled work and characterized by innovative design features. Whoever produced them they are among the best to be found in England around the turn of the century. H. Launette et Cie unknown
1928Best.-Nr. 78871Paris: A l'enseigne du Pot Cassé 1928. Fine. A l'enseigne du Pot Cassé Paris 1928 13.50 x 20.50 cm broché New edition of the French translation one of 300 numbered copies on Rives laid paper deluxe copy. Light sunning to head and foot of spine handsome copy with full margins. Work illustrated with wood engravings by François-Martin Salvat. A l'enseigne du Pot Cassé unknown
