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Best.-Nr. 7716Seven double-page one of which has flaps & folds out into a four-panel scene and two single-page woodcuts all finely color-printed and nine double-page black & white woodcuts. One color-printed title-page pasted down on inner upper wrapper 24 folding leaves. Small 8vo orig. color-printed upper wrapper with embossing decorated lower wrapper new stitching. Edo: Preface dated 1864. First edition and very rare; we find no copy in WorldCat. The Preface was written by Tanekiyo Ryusuitei 1823-1907 using his pen name "Insuitei." Following one of the frequent fires in the famous pleasure quarters of Yoshiwara often started by the prostitutes in an effort to free themselves many brothels temporarily re-established themselves in other locations throughout Edo. This book was issued as sort of a guide to the newly relocated brothels and very much reflects the changes that shunga books were going through during the end of the Edo period. The first double-page woodcut depicts the exterior of a thriving brothel in Edo with many prostitutes within looking out to the numerous passing men and women on the bustling street. This opens up into a four-panel image of the interior of the brothel showing men being entertained and engaging in several sexual activities. The following six double-page woodcuts depict the "star" prostitutes all engaged in sex with the names of the brothels where they worked. All the rooms shown are very luxuriously furnished with silk screens ornate fabrics and beautiful furniture. These woodcuts are all printed in richly saturated colors including silver and gold pigments and with complex embossing. The cult of sex organs where phalluses are objects of veneration and worship is also exhibited here in a most uncommon image. The final color-printed woodcut - single-page - depicts an altar inside the brothel where a phallus is the center of worship. Envelopes containing cash left by clients are piled in front. See Suzuki Kenko's most fascinating "Popular Cults of Sex Organs in Japan: Guardian Deities Auspicious Objects and Votive Paintings" in Timothy Clark et al. eds. Shunga. Sex and Pleasure in Japanese Art British Museum: 2013 pp. 364-67. The text section contains nine very interesting double-page black-and-white woodcuts showing elaborate scenes of entertainment men and women having "intimate moments" the aftermath of sex with copious dribbling secretions used napkin wipes on the floor etc. These scenes can be described as "action-packed." Fine and fresh copy. One black-and-white woodcut has two small holes. unknown books
1920Best.-Nr. 337514Paris 1920. unbound. Wall map 70 x 81 inches with title sheet. Re-strike of a monumental 15-sheet plan of the Siege of Arras. Paris 1654 but early twentieth century. Hand-colored engraving on Arches paper; 12 images measuring 23 x 18 inches 3 measuring 23 x 8 inches. The siege of Arras took place from 22 June to 9 August 1640 during the Franco-Spanish War that had begun in 1635 a connected conflict of the Thirty Years' War. A French army besieged the Spanish-held town of Arras capital of the province of Artois then part of the Spanish Netherlands which surrendered after holding out for 48 days. unknown books
1987Best.-Nr. 308478New York: Stone Street 1987. Limited. paperback. fine. Thin 8vo hand sewn gray wrappers with red title label; un-paginated. New York: Stone Street Press 1987. Limited Edition. "Hitler and his men are idealists who want only the very best for Germany." One of 495 copies of this hand-made book numbered and signed by Malachi McCormick the publisher. Stone Street unknown books
1919Best.-Nr. 6983New York: Privately Printed 1919. Octavo 9 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches. Handsomely bound by the French Binders signed in gilt pallet front lower dentelle: The French Binders Garden City N.Y. in full maroon crushed morocco with attactive six-line gilt fillet border grouped together and a two-line grouping at outer edge on both covers single gilt ruling on edges of boards all sides gilt-ruled motif on spine. Dentelles with similar gilt ruling marbled endsheets. The French Binders a later iteration of the Club Bindery were established in New York City in 1918 and continued to early 1920's led by key artisans including Henri Hardy and LÈon Maillard with many later working with American binder Edith Diehl. Frontispiece tipped-in photograph of Lowman curiously signed by "same" on facing tissue guard. Fine condition. Scarce thus. Privately Printed unknown books
Best.-Nr. 3262Offered here are the four "Christmas Books" each published designed and illustrated by Will Bradley. First editions. 12mo 12mo 16mo 16mo. Each 1903 Concord Printed by Will Bradley at the Sign of the Vine. Each gray or light gray paper covered boards with printed paper label on spine; "Rabbi Ben Ezra" by Robert Browning; "A Dissertation Upon Roast Pig" by Charles Lamb; "A Love Song" by George Wither; and "The Leather Bottel. All fine condition. Printed on superb handmade paper rubricated title-pages with border designs full-page or vignette designs and borders by Will Bradley. Scarce as a set. unknown books
1940Best.-Nr. 25006459United Kingdom 1940. Wrap titled The College" Drawing Book split down down the spine and kept separate to prevent further discoloration; binding thread has severed; else near fine. This book is represents the true meaning of commonplace book - interpretations of things read or observed on the streets in museums and throughout one's environs. It focuses on vignettes of history military satire and gallows humor with smatterings of everything else. Executed in ink and watercolor. Constructed as one to four thought stories or interpretations per page. All accompanied with thick outlined illustrations with vibrant color washes. The accompanying art is zany skillfully executed and tells much of the story. A segment often begins with a statement of fact followed by mockery or musings on the subject. The first page is themed "Note from Biblical Quotations" e.g. lighting our darkness give us this day our daily bread and though shalt not steal. This is followed by The Chest in Which the Domsday sp. was Kept and Domesday Book Number 1. Followed by The New Shako For Infantry 1860 on a royal marine officer Sir George Rodney Admiral Ring of Martin Luther and Signet Ring of Mary Queen of Scots. Page 4 focuses on English presentation swords while the facing page is Esquimaux tools and the Royal Red Cross. Next is commentary on Saint Asaph Cathedral and Women of the Holyland. The next pages are Pompey's Pillar Gladstone as a young man and Cleopatria's Needle recruiting marching dogs potatoes and a London Fire-Float. It continues with Haydock Lodge The "Greatestest" honour a British Soldier can Earn Some Formosa Quakes and Shakes and the Persian crown of the Emperor of Germany. For a change of venue it progresses to the King of Arrancan and an Australian Aborigine and his Boomerang leading to an Antique Snuff Box Egyptian Key of Life and Stonehenge. This is followed by A Dream Impression The Nina Chakaral Near Cabul Cradle and Chairs of Charles VI of Scotland Passion Flower Mohammed Seuleman Sutlan Borneo The Bear Heart The Bare Beer Glass St. John resting in the Tale of Patmos The final illustration is a well dressed woman with a large dog on a leash. It is captioned "She could lead her dog bur Her dog of a husband could not be lead". Measures 10.75" by 7". 16 pages. unknown books
1991Best.-Nr. 231902Grandreams 1991-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. Pamela Storey. Oversize Hardcover with glossy illustrated boards. Published First edition from Grandreams Publisher in London. No dust jacket. The exterior boards have slightly bumped corners and a bit of shelf wear. Rich color illustrations throughout the text. Clean has a good binding no marks or notations. Professional packaging and prompt shipping. Grandreams hardcover books
1954Best.-Nr. 336266Aldershot: Gale & Polden Ltd 1954. hardcover. very good. Color frontispece. Some b/w illustrations with folding maps in rear. 39 pages. Slim 12mo black cloth with green cloth band and silver text cloth a bit scuffed. Aldershot: Gale & Polden Ltd. 1954. A very good copy. Gale & Polden Ltd unknown books
2001Best.-Nr. 183725Koln: Schnutgen Museum 2001. Hardcover. VG Minor cover and dj wear. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering. Blue dj with color photograph. 510 pgs. Illustrations. Includes bibliographical references and index. Schnutgen Museum hardcover books
1850Best.-Nr. 174034H.E. Carrington 1850. Softcover. As Is complete but front cover is off and stained spine missing corners of illustrated pages have mall water stains all pages included. Red cloth wraps with gilt lettering and gilt armorial illustration on front cover marbled endpages 72 1 pp 3 bw full page illustrations. "In compiling the history of a regiment from such records as are in its possession it is intereting and necessary to shew its origin and the immediate causes which led to its enrolment." page 3 History of the North Somerset Regiment of the Yeo-Cavalry. H.E. Carrington paperback books
1933Best.-Nr. 1426c. 1933. Hardcover. Black boards spiral bound. Very good. An unusual and unique all in one manuscript partly typed partly hand written. Sections include: Physiology Geography American History Art History World History French Archaeology Religion Literature Physiology Chemistry Calorie and Nutritional tables and recipes - pasted in typed and hand written. Most likely a homemaker in the 1930's with access to educational materials. hardcover books
1912Best.-Nr. 3283641912. Large oblong folio. Japanese style lacquered covers inland with mother of pearl in the design of a bird and a snake. Inside includes a water color of Mount Fuji & irises. Some cracks in the cover and staining but otherwise in very good condition. Photos start with portraits of the likely owner a German commander. 129 photographs 4 large 9 x 11 1/2" arranged and mounted in a cream leaf photo album. Company printed photographs include Port Arthur N. China Beijing and German Samoa are some of the many places included in this WWI era Military Vernacular album. Circa 1901-1912. unknown books
1927Best.-Nr. 319567Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill 1927. First. hardcover. very good/very good-. 8vo red cloth d.w. edge-worn. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill 1927. First American Edition. Bobbs-Merrill unknown books
Best.-Nr. 307542Paris. Manuscript map. Pencil crayon and ink on thick Vidalon-Les-Annonay paper. 9 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches. Carefully drawn map featuring Ile de la Cite in ancient times. The street of Old Drapery also called street of the Drapery is featured and is a famous ancient street of Paris that was demolished as the city modernized. It extends from Rue de la Barillerie to Rue aux Fevres -which was demolished around 1860. Lovely orange pencil shading and tidy labeling in ink gives the map an official look. unknown books
Best.-Nr. 307545Paris. Manuscript map. Pencil crayon and ink on thick Vidalon-Les-Annonay paper. 9 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches. Carefully drawn map featuring Ile de la Cite in ancient times. Rue de la Juiverie is named after a large Jewish population that inhabited the street from the 5th to 7th centuries and again from the 9th until the explusion of the Jews from France in 1183. The church labeled as "La Magdelaine" on the corner of Rue des Marmousets was originally built as a synagogue in the 9th century and converted in the 12th century. Lovely yellow pencil shading and tidy labeling in ink gives the map an official look. unknown books
Best.-Nr. 305380Watercolor and gouache on pith paper. Tipped onto a backing sheet at each corner and bordered by strips of embroidered fabric. A few splits in the corners but otherwise in good condition. 10 1/4 x 14 1/4 inches. Accomplished painting of a botanical arrangement from China for the export market undated but early 19th century. Beautifully painted with many flowers and a butterfly. unknown books
Best.-Nr. 305388Watercolor and gouache on pith paper. Tipped onto a backing sheet at each corner and bordered by strips of embroidered fabric. A few splits in the right margin but otherwise in good condition. 10 1/4 x 14 1/4 inches. Accomplished painting of a botanical arrangement from China for the export market undated but early 19th century. Beautifully painted bouquet of flowers with many types of fruits intertwined. unknown books
Best.-Nr. 305385Watercolor and gouache on pith paper. Tipped onto a backing sheet at each corner and bordered by strips of embroidered fabric. A few splits in the left margin but otherwise in good condition. 10 1/4 x 14 1/4 inches. Accomplished painting of a botanical arrangement from China for the export market undated but early 19th century. Beautifully painted with a tiny butterfly flowers and fruit flowing over the page. unknown books
Best.-Nr. 305383Watercolor and gouache on pith paper. Tipped onto a backing sheet at each corner and bordered by strips of embroidered fabric. A few splits in the corners but otherwise in good condition. 10 1/4 x 14 1/4 inches. Accomplished painting of a botanical arrangement from China for the export market undated but early 19th century. Beautifully painted with five different flowers and a cute butterfly. unknown books
Best.-Nr. 280469Santa Fe: Santa Fe Chamber of Commerce. Map. 8 3/4" x 12". Included in pamphlet entitled "The City Different. Descriptive Guide to Santa Fe and Vicinity Road Maps." This detailed map of the national park to park highway was published in a Santa Fe travel pamphlet from around the 1920s. It depicts all the city stops on the highway as well as the nearby national parks on the route. In a time when the west was still relatively new and cars weren't owned by everyone yet this map is a unique demonstration of the luxury of car travel during that time. Santa Fe Chamber of Commerce unknown books
1845Best.-Nr. 59876London: Fortey 1845. Broadside: 10 x 7 in. Consist of a woodcut under the title with the text in 2 columns. Seems to be unlocated in British Library Catalog and OCLC etc. Some ragged around the edges but not affecting any of the text. The page is toned. The :Old Gentleman" pledges his heart and estates to neighbor "Mary": "For believe me my dear Mary that I never can eat drink or sleep but I am always thinking of you . signed O. C. Mary replies: . "as to your fortune I think nothing of it in the least I would sooner go begging with the man I love than ride in a coach and six with the man I do not love; but excuse me the next love epistle you send to a yound lady put your name in full ." Harsh! Fortey unknown books
1917Best.-Nr. 59495NY: Isaac Goldman Co 1917. 8vo pp. 8. Self wraps. The cover has the large label tipped on: "From The Albany Branch of the N. Y. State Woman Party" A new fine copy. Isaac Goldman Co unknown books
1890Best.-Nr. 58264np 1890. Broadside around 8-1/2 x 11 in. recipes written in three columns. Above the title is noted: Copyright Secured. Dates gotten from OCLC which notes just the one copy at Indiana University none listed on line. Page little toned but a very good copy. Not in Bitting. Contains recipes for everything from sun burn and mildew to tea cakes. unknown books
1920Best.-Nr. 58182NY: Gilman Collamore 1920. 12mo 37. Cream cloth a very good copy. Gilman Collamore unknown books
1780Best.-Nr. 57363London: G. Kearsly 1780. First Edition. 8vo pp.4 91 1. Includes the half title removed from a bound volume. Very good. Not in Adams nor Sabin. Refers to the Gordon Riots also called No-Popery Riots that took place in London in June 1780. The Anti-Catholic agitation was instigated by Lord George Gordon. From Wikipedia: "The Gordon Riots of 1780 began as an anti-Catholic protest in London against the Papists Act of 1778 which intended to reduce official discrimination against British Catholics. The protest evolved into riots and looting. The Gordon Riots by Charles Green. The Popery Act 1698 had imposed a number of penalties and disabilities on Roman Catholics in England; the 1778 Act eliminated some of these. An initial peaceful protest led on to widespread rioting and looting and was the most destructive in the history of London. Painted on the wall of Newgate prison was the proclamation that the inmates had been freed by the authority of "His Majesty King Mob". The term "King Mob" afterwards denoted an unruly and fearsome proletariat.The Riots came at the height of the American War of Independence when Britain was fighting American rebels France Spain and the Dutch Republic. They led to unfounded fears that they had been a deliberate attempt by France and Spain to destabilise Britain before an imminent invasion similar to the Armada of 1779. G. Kearsly unknown books
