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1855ref. 002062Pagan Burma: n/a 1855. A rectangular footed wooden manuscript case sadaik from Burma constructed in three sections providing two separate compartments for manuscript storage. The exterior of the case is richly decorated overall with inscribed scenes outlined in red orange green and yellow lacquer over a black lacquer background. Unusually the box bears seven inscriptions in stylized Burmese script which provides much information on the dating of the box 1855 the donors' names Daw Mae Ngwe and U Sein of Hman Kyo Pagan City and the scenes depicted on the box. These are as follows: for the top panel the left side portrays King Ajatashatru consulting with his ministers regarding where he should seek repentance for his wicked deeds. To the left of center the King is kneeling before Venerable Kasyapa surrounded by attendant Bhikkhus apparently expressing remorse. A single robed figure to the far right Ven. Ananda sits in meditation seeking the Dharma. Around all four sides of the case there are processions of figures in courtly dress all culminating in the center of one long side where a single central figure the Brahmin Dona sits on an ornate platform facing a naga dragon. According to the inscription above him Dona is in the process of distributing the Buddha's relics. The interior surfaces of the three sections are covered in plain red lacquer; the base in black lacquer. The case would typically have been used to house and protect a Buddhist manuscript either a sutra on lontar palm or a Buddhist initiation manuscript kammavaca. There are minor chips and scratches commensurate with its age and use; overall the case is in very good sound condition. The case dimensions are 67 cm. x 21.3 cm. x 22 cm. high. n/a. Very Good/n/a. 67 cm. x 21.3 cm. x 22 cm. n/a
1790ref. CAT000091Paris: Hotel de Bouthillier 1790. First Edition. Hardcover Quarter Leather. Very Good Condition. Later 1/4 morocco over boards. light wear at corners. Slight offsetting to text otherwise quite clean internally. xxxvii 121 5 109 3. Vicaire 348-9. Scarce tract on the history trade use and chemical properties of coffee. At the end is a rather charming long poem on coffee translated from the Latin of Abbé Massieu. Size: 8vo octavo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Cooking Wine & Dining; History. Inventory No: CAT000091. Hotel de Bouthillier hardcover
1850ref. 3502London: Fisher Son & Co 1850. Leather Bound. Very Good. Leather Bound. 2 vols. Anon Historic Illustrations of the Bible. Principally after the old masters. Illustrated throughout. Bound beautifully in full black Morocco leather with elaborately embellished gilt covers spines and inner dentelles. All egdes gilt raised bands on spine. Published London: Fisher Son & Co. Circa 1850s. H: 11 1/4" W: 9" D: 1 1/4". Fisher, Son, & Co unknown
1784ref. CAT001005Torino: Beltrano Antonio 1784. Second Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition. Original plain boards worn and a little shaken and a few signatures loose some degradation to rear board a few marginal notes but a sound and unsophisticated copy overall. Modest foxing throughout lined endpapers added early on with two manuscript recipes in the front for the Italian carnival fritters called bugie in Piedmont and a recipe for preparing marroni estemporanea Italian chestnuts. 467 1pp. Folding double sides plate of table settings with detailed legends. Bitting 540 eds of 1766 and 1789 Vicaire Vicaire 899 843 ed. Not in Cagle Simon. A heavily French influenced cookbook Bitting notes it is "the adaptation of French methods to Italian ingredients and is comprehensive in its scope" and that plays out as the recipes are heavy on meat recipes using the modular techniques developed in France in the 17th and 18th centuries. Few recipes for pasta no polenta. Early editions are quite scarce. Size: 1784. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Cooking Wine & Dining; Inventory No: CAT001005. Beltrano Antonio hardcover
1902ref. CAT0007271902. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Purple string tied softcover collection of pochoir plates of Japanese confectionary designs; modest wear rear wrapper lacking foxing to covers. Measures 7 x 9 1/2. Finely rendered depictions of sweets. Date Meiji 35 1902. Intriguing collection that includes a number of European and American confections. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Cooking Wine & Dining; Inventory No: CAT000727. unknown
1984ref. 048557Devonport: Samuel and John Keys 19840. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Original printed pink wraps a bit faded. 12 pages of tricks including: To make a party appear ghastly; To cause a brilliant explosion underwater; To make Waterloo crackers; A curious method of returning a fly to life in two minutes that has been dead twenty-four hours; To make an egg stand on one end. A finely preserved copy in a custom chemise and leather tipped slipcase. Toole Stott 65. Undated ca. 1840 Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Magic Paranormal & Occult; Inventory No: 048557. Samuel and John Keys unknown
1824ref. BS7BRWN20FLondon: W. H. Reid 1824. Hardback full-calf. 162pp. Engraved pictorial title and contents. Complete with coloured map of England and Wales and 52 county maps. Marbled end-papers. Reading creases to spine binding a little rubbed. A splendid copy. bs7. Hard Cover. Good. W. H. Reid Hardcover
1877ref. 39388Stockholm 1877. Tvær-folio. Samt. halvlæderbind med forgyldt tekst på permer. Med 55 plancher, de fleste vandskjoldede. Folio oblong. Contemporary half calf bindig with gilt lettering to boards. With 55 plates depicting the World exhibition of 1876. Most plates with dampstaining.
1877ref. 39388Stockholm 1877. Tvær-folio. Samt. halvlæderbind med forgyldt tekst på permer. Med 55 plancher de fleste vandskjoldede. Folio oblong. Contemporary half calf bindig with gilt lettering to boards. With 55 plates depicting the World exhibition of 1876. Most plates with dampstaining. hardcover
ref. 5888London Nineteenth century. Unique. As issued. Very good unused . Each has a different hand drawn scene on the central panel appx. 5.5 inches in diameter. A set of six lace trimmed circular doilies that have a central white cloth panel on which is drawn a detailed ink sketch of an individual scene with short text from one of Dickens' novels. The illustrator is not identified. The diameter including the lace border is appx. 7.5 inches. unknown books
ref. Z1-V-019-01552Elsevier. Used - Good. Ships from UK in 48 hours or less usually same day. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library so some stamps and wear but in good overall condition. 100% money back guarantee. We are a world class secondhand bookstore based in Hertfordshire United Kingdom and specialize in high quality textbooks across an enormous variety of subjects. We aim to provide a vast range of textbooks rare and collectible books at a great price. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions. We provide a 100% money back guarantee and are dedicated to providing our customers with the highest standards of service in the bookselling industry. Elsevier unknown
ref. Z1-Q-025-02382Read Books. Used - Like New. Used - Like New. Book is new and unread but may have minor shelf wear. Ships from UK in 48 hours or less usually same day. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. 100% money back guarantee. We are a world class secondhand bookstore based in Hertfordshire United Kingdom and specialize in high quality textbooks across an enormous variety of subjects. We aim to provide a vast range of textbooks rare and collectible books at a great price. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions. We provide a 100% money back guarantee and are dedicated to providing our customers with the highest standards of service in the bookselling industry. Read Books unknown
ref. Z1-C-066-00702Read Books. Used - Like New. Used - Like New. This is a reproduction of an out of print title. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages poor pictures errant marks etc. that were either part of the original artifact or were introduced by the scanning process. Ships from UK in 48 hours or less usually same day. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. 100% money back guarantee. We are a world class secondhand bookstore based in Hertfordshire United Kingdom and specialize in high quality textbooks across an enormous variety of subjects. We aim to provide a vast range of textbooks rare and collectible books at a great price. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions. We provide a 100% money back guarantee and are dedicated to providing our customers with the highest standards of service in the bookselling industry. Read Books unknown
ref. Z1-U-004-01014Adler Press. Used - Like New. Used - Like New. This is a reproduction of an out of print title. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages poor pictures errant marks etc. that were either part of the original artifact or were introduced by the scanning process. Ships from UK in 48 hours or less usually same day. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. 100% money back guarantee. We are a world class secondhand bookstore based in Hertfordshire United Kingdom and specialize in high quality textbooks across an enormous variety of subjects. We aim to provide a vast range of textbooks rare and collectible books at a great price. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions. We provide a 100% money back guarantee and are dedicated to providing our customers with the highest standards of service in the bookselling industry. Adler Press unknown
ref. Z1-R-026-01611Maurois Pr. Used - Like New. Used - Like New. Book is new and unread but may have minor shelf wear. Ships from UK in 48 hours or less usually same day. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. 100% money back guarantee. We are a world class secondhand bookstore based in Hertfordshire United Kingdom and specialize in high quality textbooks across an enormous variety of subjects. We aim to provide a vast range of textbooks rare and collectible books at a great price. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions. We provide a 100% money back guarantee and are dedicated to providing our customers with the highest standards of service in the bookselling industry. Maurois Pr unknown
ref. Z1-C-080-02357Higgins Press. Used - Like New. Used - Like New. This is a reproduction of an out of print title. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages poor pictures errant marks etc. that were either part of the original artifact or were introduced by the scanning process. Ships from UK in 48 hours or less usually same day. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. 100% money back guarantee. We are a world class secondhand bookstore based in Hertfordshire United Kingdom and specialize in high quality textbooks across an enormous variety of subjects. We aim to provide a vast range of textbooks rare and collectible books at a great price. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions. We provide a 100% money back guarantee and are dedicated to providing our customers with the highest standards of service in the bookselling industry. Higgins Press unknown
ref. Z1-M-017-02127Wylie Pr. Used - Like New. Used - Like New. This is a reproduction of an out of print title. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages poor pictures errant marks etc. that were either part of the original artifact or were introduced by the scanning process. Ships from UK in 48 hours or less usually same day. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. 100% money back guarantee. We are a world class secondhand bookstore based in Hertfordshire United Kingdom and specialize in high quality textbooks across an enormous variety of subjects. We aim to provide a vast range of textbooks rare and collectible books at a great price. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions. We provide a 100% money back guarantee and are dedicated to providing our customers with the highest standards of service in the bookselling industry. Wylie Pr unknown
1976ref. 1962Lexington: Anvil Press 1976. Hardcover. Very Good. Red hardcover quarter linen in Very Good condition LIMITED EDITION of 58 copies. Eight tipped in illustrations from drawings by Fritz Kredel hand-colored. Several small spots on boards front and back. This is a rare book to find. Anvil Press hardcover
1760ref. 000556London: Printed for J.W. J.K. D.M. A.B. E.R. M.R. T.L. B.M. and A.W. ca. 1760. Twenty-seventh. Hardcover. Very Good. 16mo 3.5 x 6 156 pages. Full title continues: "with other astronomers astrologers physicians and philosophers wherein is contained divers questions and answers touching the state of man's body together with the reasons of divers wonders in the creation: the generations of birds beasts fishes and insects; and many other problems on the most weighty matters by way of question and answer. Tightly bound full calf or sheep skin with minor scuffing two or three holes and small tears at each end of the spine. Pages foxed but supple. Printed for J.W. J.K. D.M. A.B. E.R. M.R. T.L. B.M. and A.W. hardcover
ref. 1937Munich: Franz Hanfstaengl. Hardcover. Near Fine. Near Fine hardcover with 54 portraits Franz Hanfstaengl hardcover
1929ref. 46741Editions Albert Levy Paris 1929. hardback. about very good condition- 40 colored plates in a cardboard folder. There is a bit of foxing to the folder. There is also some foxing to the inside of the folder to the first page of the text and to the edges of many of the plates. The plates are all clean and bright. Editions Albert Levy, Paris hardcover
1967ref. 1936New York: George Braziller 1967. Hardcover. Near Fine. LIMITED EDITION of 1000 copies of which this volume is numbered 224. "This facsimile edition comprises the two parts of the Lorsch Gospels from the Biblioteca Documentara Batthyaneum in Alba Julia Rumania and the Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana in Rome." Red cloth hardcover with cream colored leather spine. Near Fine condition in slpicase. George Braziller hardcover
1820ref. 22081ca1820. Framed; acid free material but utilizing the original mat with its hand drawn and colored watercolor floral decoration. Very good; some age toning to the paper; occasional minor paper flaw. Original watercolor meas. appx. 270 x 395 mm. with excellent margins on all sides. What appears to be an English themed watercolor but having another French language title on the sheet that reads : Costume Anglois!. The paper is watermarked: I&E C / 1819. It is a delightful multi-subject view into an elaborate childhood nursery showing children and dogs in all kinds of circumstances. unknown books
ref. 123592Tel Aviv General Federation of Jewish Labour in Palestine 1947. . 24.6 x 23 cm publishers printed boards pages metal-spiral-bound numerous black & white photographic illustrations with text pages printed in blue; text in English unpaginated; 72 ll. Extremely scarce Zionist historic account. A scarce photographic publication depicting the members of the Women Workers in Palestine Movement their life inspiration agricultural initiatives factory work and service. Following the establishment of the Histadrut General Federation of Workers in 1920 Mo'ezet HaPo'alot Council of Women Workers was formed in 1921 to be the elected apparatus of the Histadrut women. The leader of these women workers was Ada Maimon Fishman sister of Rabbi Judah Leib Maimon 18751962 of Jerusalem a key figure in the Mizrachi religious-Zionist party. Golda Meir the future first woman PM of the State of Israel has launched her political career as a member of Mo'ezet HaPo'alot. Extremely rare - OCLC only lists 3 copies. OCLC 31027458. Tel Aviv, General Federation of Jewish Labour in Palestine, 1947. hardcover
ref. 68208London: James S. Virtue 1857. History / Art / Architecture Small folio 34 x 25cm pp.250. Illustrated with twenty-one steel engraved plates and numerous wood-engravings throughout the text. Bound in contemporary half dark blue morocco titled in gilt. Some dampstaining mostly marginal a few light marks within. Binding worn joints starting or cracked in places. Very good. In 1853 the Crystal Palace building was moved from Hyde Park in London to suburban Sydenham. It was set up with a number of permanent fine arts courts Assyrian Egyptian Greek Roman Renaissance etc and industrial courts. Owen Jones and Digby Wyatt were responsible for the fine arts courts. It was until its destruction by fire in 1936 a great center of popular entertainment instruction and cultural activities. The present work describes in great detail the various courts and exhibits both fine arts and industrial. London: James S. Virtue, [1857] unknown
