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1846rif. 7121J. Hertzel Paris 1846. 8vo. First Edition with an engraved frontispiece title-vignette and very numerous delightful illustrations in the text very neat calligraphic inscription in French on blank preliminary; handsomely bound in mid-nineteenth century green full morocco sides with triple frame border enclosing elegant floral tools at corners back gilt extra with five raised bands bands ruled in gilt second compartment lettered in gilt all other compartments elaborately tooled in gilt to a floral design all edges gilt doublures richly tooled in gilt joints lightly rubbed old and dulled tide-mark at lower outer corner of upper and lower boards not affecting interior or contents but a notably bright clean copy in splendid period binding. With 2pp publisher's catalogue bound in at end. First edition of this popular fable drawn originally from the Ossian-Fingal legends.The author 1808-1880 was the brother and biographer of Alphonse de Musset. The unfortunate mark on the boards are the only flaw in what is otherwise a quite remarkable copy. Very scarce especially in this condition. J. Hertzel, Paris, hardcover
1806rif. 7096Printed by T. Bensley of Bolt Court for J. Johnson in St. Paul's Church-Yard 1806. 2 vols. 12mo. on laid paper; early nineteenth century full speckled calf very neatly rebacked in calf gilt to style doublures tooled in gilt and blind a most attractive crisp clean copy in period binding. With the bookplate of Edward H Douty of King's College Cambridge in both volumes. Douty is recorded as a member of the KC Boat Crew in 1882. One of four unillustrated editions published in this year. A delightful set in near contemporary binding. Russell 98. Printed [by T. Bensley of Bolt Court] for J. Johnson, in St. Paul's Church-Yard, unknown
1900rif. 6655Thomas B Mosher Portland ME 1900. 32mo. Second Edition thus on Japan vellum with title in red and black; original printed wrappers printed in red and black a near fine copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 425 COPIES. The colophon at end reads incorrectly 'Third Edition'. Miller & Matthews confirm that no 'second edition' is known and that the next printing is also titled 'third'. Miller & Matthews C3.2. Thomas B Mosher, Portland ME, hardcover
1893rif. 6461Chatto & Windus 1893. 8vo. Special Paper Edition on hand-made laid paper free endpapers mildly browned neat signature on half-title; original brown buckram gilt back gilt top bevelled boards uncut a very good bright crisp copy. With the page of publisher's advertisements at end. BRIGHT COPY OF AN ATTRACTIVE EDITION. Miller & Matthews B17.6. 500 copies were printed. Chatto & Windus, hardcover
1892rif. 5952Longmans Green 1892. 8vo. First Edition with photographic portrait frontispiece original tissue guard present some very light foxing mainly marginal; original pale green tweed cloth backstrip with printed paper label chipped without loss of lettering black endpapers uncut a remarkably bright crisp clean copy. With the fine nineteenth-century engraved armorial bookplate of R.Milne-Redhead and trade ticket of Beach of Salisbury on front paste-down. With 24pp publisher's catalogue bound in at end. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Miller & Matthews B27.1 Longmans Green, hardcover
1880rif. 4920Smith Elder & Co. 1880. 8vo. Third Impression half-title and few succeeding leaves lightly spotted; original decorative green cloth upper board blocked in gilt and black gilt back chocolate endpapers uncut a near fine copy in publisher's period binding. 500 copies were printed. THE FIRST IMPRESSION TO REVEAL THE AUTHOR'S NAME. Miller & Matthews B9.4 Smith Elder & Co., hardcover
1979rif. 6421Moonraker Press Bradford-on-Avon 1979. 8vo. First Edition with 20 striking full-page illustrations in the text; green cloth backstrip lettered in silver a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Collects eighteen essays and two letters all but one previously unpublished in book form. Miller & Matthews B39.1 Moonraker Press, [Bradford-on-Avon, hardcover
1885rif. 6453Chatto & Windus 1885. 8vo. First Edition neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper verso; original pictorial ivory cloth upper board blocked in blue gilt back black endpapers uncut covers very lightly age-soiled else a remarkable bright clean firm copy. With 32pp of publisher's advertisements at end. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Miller & Matthews B23.1 binding variant a; printing variant e recording that 1264 copies were printed; Rogerson 21; Wolff 3622. Chatto & Windus, hardcover
1585rif. 7270Per Gio. Rossi Bologna 1585. 4to. 398ff title enclosed by narrow decorative frame border with fine woodcut arms of Sixtus V to whom the work is dedicated large woodcut of King David within ornate decorative border on fourth leaf verso several woodcut initials and head- and tail-pieces some extremely light virtually negligible spotting on fore-margins rather heavier on a few leaves some light marginal damp-staining on two leaves of general index; modern full vellum backstrip lettered by hand in brown new endpapers original free endpapers preserved lettered in MS on bottom edge in an early calligraphic hand a remarkably bright crisp copy with broad margins. This copy was formerly in the notable library of Viscount Bangor. With 15pp general index and index of verses. The final printed leaf gives errata recto and registration verso. Collation: 4 A-ZAA-ZZAAa-Ca8DDd2. An extraordinarily long commentary on ten verses of the first penitential psalm Psalm 6 by an apparently obscure Bolognese monk. RARE. Not in BMC Adams or NUC. Per Gio. Rossi, Bologna, hardcover
1830rif. 7397Cadell & Moxon 1830. 8vo. First Edition thus with 55 fine steel-engraved illustrations two full-page vignettes and head-and tail-pieces in the text some moderate spotting and offsetting as often; most attractively bound in contemporary straight-grain dark green morocco sides with treble frame border in gilt back gilt extra with five raised bands second compartment lettered in gilt all other compartments richly tooled in gilt to an elaborate floral design all edges gilt board edges and doublures ruled in gilt watered rose-pink silk endpapers lightly rubbed at joints else a very nice bright firm copy in well-preserved period binding. Rogers' well-known collection of verse and prose pieces was first published in two separate parts in 1822 and 1828 but despite the work's literary merit publication in parts was a relative failure. A remedy was sought with the appearance of this combined edition including both parts and greatly augmented by a splendid series of engravings from drawings by Stothard and Turner with one each from Batty Prout Titian and Vasari. Care was taken with the engravings varying from full-page to thumbnail in size which are of uniformly high standard; it is no surprise to find that no fewer than thirteen different engravers were employed the list including many of the finest talents of the period: Allen Cooke Davenport Finden Goodall Humphrys Le Keux Lewis Pye Robinson Rolls Smith and Wallis. With the appearance of this edition the situation was not merely rescued but transformed into a runaway success prompting the classic one-liner attributed to Lady Blessington: 'poor Rogers would have been dished without the plates'. CBEL III p.164. Cadell & Moxon, hardcover
1822rif. 7568John Sharpe 1822. Sm. 8vo. First Edition thus with an engraved frontispiece and 4 charming engraved plates by Rolls after Westall some mild foxing principally to plate margins; most attractively bound in mid-nineteenth century full polished blue calf sides with broad and elaborate gilt frame border enclosing another in blind back with five raised bands ruled in gilt second compartment lettered in gilt all other compartments richly tooled in gilt gilt dentelles and doublures marbled endpapers marbled edges a delightful copy in well-preserved period binding. Well printed by Whittingham at the Chiswick Press. With the nineteenth century trade ticket of Guy of Chelmsford on front paste-down.Hester Chapone 1727-1801 author and blue-stocking was a close friend of Richardson and Gilbert White. An active intellectual she was a regular participant in London's literary salons alongside Vesey Montagu Ord and More. First published in 1774 her 'Letters on the Mind' as they came to be known were held in high esteem. They were followed by 'A Letter to a New-Married Lady' in 1777.See CBEL II 843. John Sharpe, hardcover
1822rif. 7594Bechet Aine Libraire Paris 1822. 2 vols. in 1 8vo. First Edition; attractively bound in mid-nineteenth century half calf marbled boards gilt back leather label lettered in gilt a notably crisp clean copy. SUPERIOR COPY IN PERIOD BINDING OF THE FIRST EDITION OF THE WORK WHICH TRIGGERED LLORENTE'S BANISHMENT FROM FRANCE. Juan-Antonio Llorente 1756-1823 Spanish historian and chronicler of the Inquisition was born at Rincon de Soto in Aragon and studied at the University of Saragossa. In 1782 following his ordination he was appointed Vicar-General to the Bishop of Calahorra. In 1785 he became commissary of the Holy Office at Logrono and four years later its general secretary at Madrid. In the crisis of 1808 Llorente identified himself with the Bonapartists and was for some years employed in superintending the execution of the decree for the suppression of the monastic orders and in examining the archives of the Inquisition. On the return of King Ferdinand VII to Spain in 1814 Llorente withdrew to France where he published his great 'Historia critica de la Inquisition de Espana' Paris 1815-1817. Translated into English French German Dutch and Italian it attracted much attention in Europe and involved its author in considerable persecution. This establishment opprobrium was strengthened by the publication of his 'Portraits Politique des Papes' in 1822 and he was ordered to leave France at the end of the year dying in Madrid on 5th February 1823. Both the personal character and the literary accuracy of Llorente have been assailed but although he was not an exact historian there is no doubt that he made valuable and in many cases unique use of documents no longer extant. VERY SCARCE Bechet Aine, Libraire, Paris, hardcover
1993rif. 7696Scolar Press 1993. Roy. 8vo. First Edition with a portrait frontispiece 12 plates and very numerous full-page facsimiles in the text; cloth back lettered in silver a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. One of the finest bibliographies of any single author and a model of its kind. Covers over 1500 items in immense detail and provides valuable and extensive contextual introductions to each individual work. A masterly achievement. Extremely scarce especially in this condition Scolar Press, hardcover
1924rif. 7816John Grant Edinburgh 1924. 12 vols. 8vo. on laid paper with 12 frontispieces series and volume titles in red and black and 55 plates on 54; original leaf-green cloth backs gilt extra gilt tops excepting one volume uncut some backstrips lightly faded that of 'The Professor' rather more so but all gilt designs and lettering entirely legible else a very good crisp internally spotless set. The edition comprises Bronte A: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall 2 vols; 2 frontispieces; Agnes Grey 1 vol; frontispiece. Bronte C: Jane Eyre 2 vols; 2 frontispieces and 9 plates; Shirley 2 vols; 2 frontispieces and 10 plates; Villette 2 vols; 2 frontispieces and 4 plates; The Professor 1 vol; frontispiece and 3 plates. Bronte E: Wuthering Heights 1 vol; frontispiece and 4 plates. Mrs. Gaskell's Life of Charlotte Bronte 1 vol; frontispiece and 25 plates on 24. First issued in 1911 the Thornton edition is by far the finest twentieth century collected edition well printed with broad margins and fine plates. Please note that additional postage will be required for shipping outside the UK. John Grant, Edinburgh, hardcover
1825rif. 7819Talboys & Wheeler and W. Pickering Oxford 1825. 11 vols. 8vo. with engraved armorial vignette on titles; attractively and strongly bound in contemporary full tan calf sides with gilt frame border backs with five raised bands second and third compartments with red and black leather labels lettered in gilt all other compartments richly ruled and tooled in gilt doublures tooled in blind all edges marbled one volume neatly rebacked with old backstrip laid down six labels three red and three black missing but residual lettering wholly legible in blind backstrips rather scuffed and age-worn particularly on sixth volume joints mildly rubbed but all bindings entirely sound else a handsome internally crisp and spotless extended set in elaborate period binding. This set includes all half-titles but was bound without the engraved portrait of Johnson often present in first or third volumes. Published in the series 'Oxford English Classics' this edition was supervised by Francis Pearson Walesby 1798-1858 Fellow of Lincoln College and later Professor of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford. The set was originally to comprise nine volumes see titles; the tenth and eleventh volumes containing the 'Debates' were issued as supplements. Volume one contains Murphy's 'Essay' first published separately in 1792. In volume nine 'Journey' retains the dates of August 13 'Lough Ness' and September 20 'Skye' but corrects the error about the Macleods. Courtney & Nichol Smith pp.166-7; CBEL II p.614 Talboys & Wheeler, and W. Pickering, Oxford, hardcover
1767rif. 7824Printed for T. Davies in Russel-Street Covent-Garden; R. Davis in Piccadilly; L. Davis and C. Reymers in Holborn; and J. Dodsley in Pall-mall 1767. 3 vols. sm. 8vo. Fifth Edition on laid paper with marbled endpapers half-titles in red and black some light and occasional spotting primarily in the first volume with rather heavier spotting on a few scattered leaves; attractively bound in contemporary full calf sides with gilt frame border backs with five raised bands second and third compartments with new leather labels gilt in red and black to style all other compartments elaborately tooled and ruled in gilt gilt doublures covers mildly scuffed and age-marked joints rubbed and cracked but bindings entirely sound else a crisp and elegant original set in largely unrestored period binding. This copy was formerly in the library of Lord John Townshend with his printed early nineteenth century book-label on front paste-down of all three volumes. His printed press-label in present on all three front paste-downs superseded by a MS press-mark on front free endpaper versos.Published as vols. 19-21 of Hawkesworth's edition of the 'Works' but the letters are complete in themselves. Whilst made-up sets are not uncommon it is pleasing to see an original set in this crisp state. The bibliography of the several Hawkesworth editions is complex. Teerink pp.80-83 distinguishes no fewer than seven separate stages of publication which he summarises in an invaluable table p.104.The 'fifth edition' present here is the Large Crown Paper issue of the Small Octavo edition.The original owner was probably the politician Lord John Townshend 1757-1833. He was the son of George 1st Marquess Townshend and Lady Charlotte Compton and father of Rear-Admiral Townshend who succeeded to the family title as 4th Marquess.CBEL II p.583; Jackson p.184; Teerink 90. Printed for T. Davies, in Russel-Street, Covent-Garden; R. Davis, in Piccadilly; L. Davis and C. Reymers, in Holborn; and J. Dod hardcover
1706rif. 8065Jean-Baptiste Coignard Paris 1706. 8vo. with a fine woodcut frontispiece woodcut title-vignette and 4 fine woodcut head-pieces in the text one prefacing each book of the work frontispiece and title very lightly age-stained; handsomely bound in full calf back with five raised bands second compartment with leather label lettered in gilt all other compartments ruled and tooled in blind with a floral spray new endpapers to style speckled fore-edges a bright crisp copy. Third edition of the prose translation by Francois Mace 1640-1721 first published in 1698 with a second edition the following year.The frontispiece is unsigned. BnF attributes the headpieces of Books I II and possibly III to Jean Mariette 1660-1742. The work is prefaced by the unsigned dedication to the Duchess de Bourgogne Marie-Adelaide de Savoie contents of the four books Approbation de Monsieur Coursier Theologal de Paris and Approbation de Monsieur Pillot Docteur de Sorbonne & grand Penitencier de Tournay. The work is completed by litanies de Jesus-Christ de Saint-Sacrement de la Vierge oraisons.Two of the four spirited head-pieces are captioned in Latin; p.161 is misprinted 147.Jean-Baptiste Coignard was printer to the King and to the Academie Francaise.Very scarce. Jean-Baptiste Coignard, Paris, hardcover
1978rif. 219205New York: George Braziller 1978. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. Very Good in wraps. Foxing along top text block edge.; 279 pages. George Braziller unknown
1938rif. 26552Chicago: Normandie House 1938. First Limited edition. Hardcover. Fine. 4to 45 pages orange cloth gilt deckle-edged lacking the slipcase. Ex libris Richard J. Nelson. One of only 249 copies printed by Norman W. Forgue for the Black Cat Press. Signed by the Author at the dedication "To the Thirty-one Editors who . regretted their inability to accept them for publication". These essays on Chinese eunuchs and the Chinese economy resulted from Starrett's lengthy visit to China in the 1930s. Honce 43. Normandie House hardcover
2004rif. 00006378London: Book Works ND but 2004. First Edition. Softback. Near fine. Pale yellow printed stapled side-stitched card wraps 20cm with three large staples. pp. 63. Features 48 photographic plates of covers from Monk's collection of artists' books starting with Statements by Lawrence Weiner to a Sol LeWitt work. The first 48 leaves with glossy card stock to rectos; thereafter 6 blank leaves and the last section a transcript of a conversation between Monk and Seth Siegelaub 'On Book Making & Book Collecting' printed on orange coloured stock. Some very light wear to cover edges; a few very faint marks finger smudges to cover small crease mark to lower front tip. A fun conceptual look at artists' books in the format of an artist's book. Book Works unknown
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1936rif. 002406Frederic Fairchild Sherman Westport Connecticut 1936. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illustrator: Hals Frans. Special Limited Edition first issue in this format. Size: 4to. Limited edition 200 copies printed October 1936. Cloth spine green paper over boards gilt stamped on cover and spine deckle edges x 16 pp text Introduction and 104 b & w plates the Catalogue for the Frans Hals Exhibition in Detroit in the Spring of 1935. A nice copy clean with no writing or marks binding tight. There is a small black smudge on the front cover and a couple of even smaller smudges on back cover several minor spots of wear at corners and along edges. Illustrator: Hals Frans. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 4 lbs 5 oz. Category: Art & Design; Exhibition Catalogue; Books; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 002406. . Frederic Fairchild Sherman hardcover
1985rif. SBBIH-Q6SIZRKM7VULOctopus Books Ltd 1985. hardcover. Acceptable. Please see the condition note after this for details if this is missing please consider Acceptable to mean poor quality that could include major staining water damage writing missing dustjacket etc etc. Our books are dispatched from a Yorkshire former cotton mill. We list via barcode/ISBN so please note that the images are stock images and may not be the exact copy you receive furthermore the details about edition and year might not be accurate as many publishers reuse the same ISBN for multiple editions and as we simply scan a barcode or enter an ISBN we do not check the validity of the edition data when listing. If you're looking for an exact edition please don't order at least not without checking with us first although we don't always have time to check. We aim to dispatch prompty the service used will depend on order value and book size. We can ship to most countries see our shipping policies. Payment is via Abe only. Octopus Books Ltd hardcover
1992rif. 2306010Evanston: Northwestern University 1992. First Edition. Soft cover. Fine. TWO original issues of Northwestern Perspecive signed by Doig. Winter 1991 on page 20 has a brief reference to Doig and the completion of his Montana trilogy. A portrait of Doig accompanies the notice and Doig has signed beside the notice. Issue is magazine size 4to and is total of 48pp. Also offered is Winter 1992 issue. In it is a lovely 5pp photo-illustrated article on Doig written by Caroline Green "Son of the Big Sky: Writer Ivan Doig weaves tales of the old and new West set against Montana's northern Rockies." On the first page Doig has a two-line written personal presentation to your bookseller and his wife. This issue also 48pp. Signed copies of these two issues are almost certainly hard to come by and yours truly is parting with them reluctantly. Northwestern University unknown
1996rif. SHEL1372Denver: Bella Luna 1996. First Thus. Soft cover. Fine. Broadside about 14" x 17". This one is copy "H" of 26 lettered copies regular edition was 350 copies. Signed by novelist David Guterson Snow Falling on Cedars and one initial by illustrator Debbie Faas. Printed by Tom Parson on gray paper handmade by Ray Tomosso. Excerpt from Guterson story. Fine. This more limited edition scarce. Bella Luna unknown
