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A Paris, Chez Dessaint & Saillant, Libraires, 1754. 3 volumes in-12 ; Tome premier : cviij (Vie de Milton -sommaire)-450 pp. Tome second : 456 pp. Tome troisième : 514 pp-[6] ff (table errata du premier, second et troisième volume, approbation, privilète du roi). Plein veau marbré, tranches rouges, dos à 5 nerfs, pièces de titre en maroquin rouge, reliure d'époque. Coins émoussés néanmoins bon exemplaire.
1985Best.-Nr. 208307Berkeley CA: University of California Press 1985. First edition. Softcover. Uncorrected proof. A biographical look at American poet Wallace Stevens. A clean near fine copy in blue printed wrappers with a small spot to the rear cover. Uncommon in this format. University of California Press unknown books
1673Best.-Nr. 1309151673. First Edition. MILTON John. Poems &c. Upon Several Occasions. Both English and Latin &c. Composed at Several Times. With a Small Tractate of Education to Mr. Hartlib. London: Printed for Tho. Dring at the Blew Anchor 1673. Small octavo 4-1/2 by 6-1/2 inches 19th-century dark purple crushed levant morocco elaborately gilt-decorated boards and spine raised bands watered silk and marbled endpapers all edges gilt. Housed in a custom half red morocco clamshell box. $8500.First expanded edition of Milton's Poems initially printed in 1645 this second edition published only one year before his death and ""doubtless authorized by Milton"" Pforzheimer with over 40 poems ""printed here for the first time"" including the first printing of Sonnet XVI the first sonnet to refer to Milton's blindness especially memorable for its oft-quoted final lineÑ""They also serve who only stand and waite""; the Chevalier copy handsomely bound by Roger de Coverly & Sons.""After Shakespeare and Chaucer John Milton is the most eminent poet in the English languageÉ No other great poet not even Dante began with so clear and systematic an intention to devote himself entirely to poetry"" Bloom John Milton 1. This edition of Milton's poetry published only one year before his death and ""doubtless authorized by Milton"" is the first expanded edition of the earlier collection titled Poems of Mr. John Milton 1645. Containing all the works therein including L'Allegro Il Penseroso and Of Education this scarce volume also includes ""a number of poems here printed for the first timeÉ 'On the Death of a fair Infant dying of a Cough' ten sonnets numbered X to XIX inclusive 'The 5th. Ode to Horace' 'At a Vacation Exercise in the Colledge' 'On the new forcers of Conscience under the Long Parliament' and seventeen Psalms numbered 1-8 and 80-88 inclusive in Latin and Greek 'Apologus de Rustico & Hero' 'In Effigiei Ejus Sculptorem' and 'Ad Joannem Rousium Oxoniensis Academiae Bibliothecarium'"" Wither to Prior 573. Notably this edition features the first printing of Sonnet XVI the first published sonnet to refer to Milton's blindness and especially memorable for its final lineÑ""They also serve who only stand and waite."" With Pforzheimer's second state title page containing ""Blew Anchor"" in its imprint; publisher Dring moved from the ""White Lion"" as it appears on the first state title page to the ""Blew Anchor"" as it appears here. ""The title is otherwise from the same setting as the first state and the alteration was evidently made while the first sheet was still in the press"" Pforzheimer. With publisher's catalogue at rear; also with separate title page in Latin and separate pagination of Londinensis Poemata first published separately in 1645. Text in English and Latin. Wing 2161A. Pforzheimer 724. ESTC R42174. Lowndes 1563. See Pforzheimer 722 723; Wing 2159-2161; ESTC R202162. Bookplates of notable collectors Templeton Crocker and Paul Edward Chevalier; small modern ""SCM"" label.Contents overall clean faint waterstaining to a few upper outer corners. A stunning finely bound copy. hardcover books
1945Best.-Nr. 27390New York: Wendell Malliet and Company 1945. First Edition. Slim octavo 21cm.; original cloth in pale grey dust jacket printed in maroon; 41pp. A fine copy. In the original dustwrapper unclipped priced $1.50 at lower front panel; very lightly worn with a short closed tear to top edge of upper panel spine a shade darkened; Near Fine. A book-length cycle of ".Poems Inspired by the Negro's Fight for Democratic Rights" authored by a young Jewish-American lawyer/poet. The book is dedicated to the memory of Franklin D. Roosevelt; the African-American composer Hall Johnson contributes a brief foreword; Eleanor Roosevelt is quoted in a blurb on front jacket panel. Uncommon in dustwrapper especially in such nice condition. Wendell Malliet and Company unknown books
1941Best.-Nr. 79812NY: Dynamic America Press 1941. First edition. 55 pp. Very good plus in very good dust jacket with wear and chipping along the top edge. NY: Dynamic America Press, unknown books
1909Best.-Nr. 48779Washington DC: GPO 1909. 52pp. 232 x 150 mm. Original printed wrappers light wear. Treasury Dept. Public Health and Marine-Hospital Service of the United States Hygienic Laboratory Bulletin no. 50. Very good. GPO unknown books
1985Best.-Nr. 76208Berkeley: University of California 1985. First edition. xii 319 pp w/index. Very near fine in near fine dust jacket with some light sunning along spine. Berkeley: University of California unknown books
1986Best.-Nr. 152351986. COALTER MILTON J. Gilbert Tennent Son of Thunder. New York 1986. xx 2 227 5 p. Port. Cloth. "A case study of continental pietism's impact on the first Great Awakening in the Middle Colonies"--subtitle. Tennent 1703-1764 was the eldest son of William Tennent and an important Presbyterian minister at New Brunswick and elsewhere. unknown books
1973Best.-Nr. USHAJAC00drpArchway 1973. Very Good. Shapiro Milton J. Jackie Robinson of the Brooklyn Dodgers. NY: Archway 1973. 250pp. Illustrated. 12mo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good with gentle rubbing. Stamp on inside front cover. Archway paperback books
1998Best.-Nr. UBATREP00kwLibrary of America 1998. Fine. Bates Milton J. Reporting Vietnam Part One. N.P.: Library of America 1998. 8vo. Green cloth in slipcase. Book condition: Fine. In shrink wrap. This is the first of one of two volumes. Library of America hardcover books
1954Best.-Nr. RJOHKIN00fpJohn Wiley and Sons 1954. Very Good. Johnson Frank H. The Kinetic Basis of Molecular Biology signed by Henry Eyring. Eyring Henry; Polissar Milton J. New York: John Wiley and Sons 1954. vii 874pp. Indexed. Illustrated. Bibliography. 8vo. Full brown leather with gilt lettering. Signed by author. Book condition: Very good. A little rubbing on head of spine and scratch on back cover. Binding tight with decorative end sheets. Former owner's book plate on front paste down. Signed by Eyring on title page next to his name. Scarce in leather binding. John Wiley and Sons hardcover books
1945Best.-Nr. 561124New York: Wendell Malliet 1945. Hardcover. Good/Fair. First edition. Faint offsetting on front fly dark offsetting presumed from a clipping on a prefatory poem before the titlepage good or better in fair only dust jacket with some neat but obvious tape repairs. Poems by a White man inspired by the Black struggle. A thin and fragile volume of poems with an Eleanor Roosevelt blurb on the front panel. Scarce in jacket. Wendell Malliet hardcover books
1980Best.-Nr. 456632New York: David McKay Company 1980. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. 58pp. Illustrated from black and white photographs. Fine in fine dust jacket. David McKay Company hardcover books
2004Best.-Nr. 66128Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press 2004. First edition 8vo pp. xvi 2 127 1; 8 illustrations and 7 maps; fine copy in a fine dust jacket. University of Alabama Press unknown books
1860Best.-Nr. 54138New York: Derby & Jackson 1860. 8vo pp. x 2 370 2; original green cloth gilt title on spine; extremities rubbed occasional foxing very good and sound. A derivative account of the life of Hong Xiuquan and the Taiping Rebellion. It had been previously published under the title Life of Tai Ping Wang in 1857. Derby & Jackson unknown books
1975Best.-Nr. 176930Harrisburg Pennsylvania: M.J.S. Publishing Company 1975. Hardcover. VG. Signed Copy; signature to cover flyleaf. pgs clean. dustjacket has edge-wear & scuffs. aqua cloth boards w/ white signature & spine printing. 65 pgs w/ color illustrations. black & pictorial dustjacket. Signed by the author and former Governer of Pennsylvania Milton Shapp who was the first Jewish governor of Pennsylvania. Shapp's lovely ode to Israel is a wonderful collectible for those of Pennsylvania history. M.J.S. Publishing Company hardcover books
1945Best.-Nr. 179600New York: Wendell Malliet & Co 1945. Hardcover. 41p. foreword by Hall Johnson introduction signed by the poet mild shelfwear otherwise a very good first edition in cloth boards and gilt. The author was a Jewish Democrat from Brooklyn who wrote much about African Americans including this long poem from the p.o.v. of an African American. Wendell Malliet & Co hardcover books
1966Best.-Nr. 94475New York: Julian Messner 1966. Hardcover. Good. Second printing. Water damage on the boards some edgewear thus a good copy. Julian Messner hardcover books
Best.-Nr. 3221Sewanee Tennessee: University Press of Sewanee Tennessee 1905. . Tall 12mo in halfsheets blue paper-covered boards white cloth spine soiled; bottom corners badly bumped resulting in some paper loss One of 250 copies. This copy unopened and uncut Sewanee, Tennessee: University Press of Sewanee Tennessee, 1905. hardcover books
Best.-Nr. 95099London, Printed in the Year, 1731. "10 x 16, 2 volumes, xx-300-28 + 306 pages, bandeaux, lettrines et culs-de-lampe, reliure d'époque plein cuir, dos lisse, 2 pièces de titre, 4 caissons ornés de motifs floraux, plats encadrés d'un triple filet, tranches jaspées, état moyen (reliure usagée; papier blanc quasi sans rousseurs)."
Best.-Nr. 107.067Paris, Chez Cailleau, Brunet, Bordelet, Henry, 1729. 9 x 15, 3 volumes, 235 + 322 + 306 pages, bandeaux, lettrines et culs-de-lampe, reliure ancienne plein cuir,garde marbrée, état moyen (couvertures cuir, rongées par des vers : prix en fonction de l'état).
2009Best.-Nr. 13494Flammarion 2009 150 pages in8. 2009. Broché. 150 pages. Ce livre de John Milton publié en 1644 sous le titre 'Areopagitica' est un pamphlet précurseur du libéralisme qui défend la liberté d'imprimer sans autorisation ni censure. Il reste un texte actuel sur la tolérance et la liberté de penser écrit pendant la guerre civile anglaise
1805Best.-Nr. vd1319A Paris, chez Giguet et Michaud, imp.-libraires, rue des bons enfans, N°. 6 Relié 1805 Deux forts volumes au format in-16° (8,5 * 13,4 cm), pleine basane, dos lisse, pièce de titre, reliure du début du XIX° siècle, dans le premier volume : tome premier : LII et 292 pages puis tome 2 : 292 pages, dans le deuxième volume : 262 pages fin du Paradis Perdu avec les livres IX, X, XI, XII puis l'homme des champs ou les Géorgiques Françoises, 159 pages ; charmants volumes en reliures d'époque. Livraison a domicile (La Poste) ou en Mondial Relay sur simple demande.
1850Best.-Nr. 99914337William P. Nimmo Edimburg William P. Nimmo, vers 1850. F fort In-12 relié plein chagrin rouge, dos à nerfs orné de fleurons dorés, 1er plat très décoré de fleurons estampés à froids et d'un décor oval en écaille et soie brodée, double filets dorés en bords, 2eme plat de fleurons estampés, toutes tranches dorées. Portrait en frontispice, XXXVII + 455 pages, 11 gravures en hors texte de F. BOPDERS. Papier bruni néanmoins très bon exemplaire dans une amusante reliure anglaise très travaillée. Une page déchirée sans manque de papier. Bon état.
2009Best.-Nr. 168833Le Monde Flammarion Le Monde Flammarion, 2009. In-8 broché, 150 pages. Très bon état
