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1880ref. H5089Tours: Camp du Ruchard 1880. Hardcover. Very Good. Information taken from the spine title published ca. 1880 quarto 12.5 inches 31 cm tall quarter calf and mottled boards 13 double-page color lithographs showing the stocks mechanics and actions of various rifles including Remington Winchester Mauser Spencer Berdan Wetterli Beaumont Albini etc. Very good light rubbing to binding. Very rare we could not find any copies of this book or its text volume in OCLC nor by using the meta-search of vialibri. Camp du Ruchard hardcover
1937ref. 46496New York:: Snellgrove Publications 1937. First edition. publisher's cloth illustrated in color. Cloth rubbed at extremities with tiny chips at the extremities of the spine. Folio. Illustrated by Willy Pogany and Natalie Harlan Davis including a color flower diagram with printed overlay. Snellgrove Publications, hardcover
ref. 5311First edition second issue. Lacking binding therefore loose signatures. 36 hand-colored hors textes plates. Includes fold-out sheet music. xvi 376 pp. 6 1/4 x 9 3/4 inches. hardcover
1982ref. 11627Salisbury; Wiltshire UK: Michael Russell 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in Wraps. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscription on tp "To Oliver Happy Birthday!" Association copy. First edition in book-form of the author s autobiographical essay "As Old as the Century" previously published in a Sunday newspaper. This copy numbered 106. From the library of Dr. Oliver Sacks the renowned neurologist author and educator. He was in his life celebrated for his contributions to the understanding of the human brain and his ability to communicate complex scientific concepts to a broader audience. In doing so he highlighted the profound impact of neurological disorders on human identity and experience. His library is a reflection of this remarkable polymath's questing mind. Minimal shelfwear tear to wrappers else tight bright and unmarred. Original green cloth spine lettered in gilt sepia-toned pictorial plate mounted to upper cover. 12mo. 48pp. Illus. b/w engravings. One of 150 numbered copies signed by the author and Theroux. Michael Russell hardcover
1982ref. 11627Salisbury; Wiltshire UK: Michael Russell 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in Wraps. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscription on tp "To Oliver Happy Birthday!" Association copy. First edition in book-form of the author s autobiographical essay "As Old as the Century" previously published in a Sunday newspaper. This copy numbered 106. From the library of Dr. Oliver Sacks the renowned neurologist author and educator. He was in his life celebrated for his contributions to the understanding of the human brain and his ability to communicate complex scientific concepts to a broader audience. In doing so he highlighted the profound impact of neurological disorders on human identity and experience. His library is a reflection of this remarkable polymath's questing mind. Minimal shelfwear tear to wrappers else tight bright and unmarred. Original green cloth spine lettered in gilt sepia-toned pictorial plate mounted to upper cover. 12mo. 48pp. Illus. b/w engravings. One of 150 numbered copies signed by the author and Theroux. Michael Russell hardcover books
2000ref. james97Knopf New York 2000 Knopf New York 2000. First edition. First printing with full number line. Hardbound. A new copy in a new jacket. A pristine unread copy. Price $14.95 intact on front flap. SIGNED BY BRADBURY on title page as pictured. Smoke-free no defects. Comes with archival-quality mylar dust jacket protector. Ferry-Art. Signed by Authors. 1st Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. Knopf, New York hardcover
1909ref. 656820G.P. Putnam's Sons 1909. First Thus. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 8 volumes complete. A good set in period 3/4 navy blue morocco over marbled boards spines with raised bands and two gilt-ruled compartments covers sectioned with a single gilt filet top edges gilt marbled endpapers spine faded to brown with rubbing; some rubbing to boards; some nicking to spine tips. Illustrated with photogravures after Coburn and Dore. G.P. Putnam's Sons paperback
ref. 16-2555Berlin: Genossenschaft PAN 1895. Original wraps with graphics by Ubbelohde Otto & Otto Gampert. Reproduced is A POSTER BY MAbel Dearmer.Söhn HDO: 52605- 1 2 Edited by Richard Graul and Caesar Flaischlen.PAN the important German 21 volume art nouveau periodical 1895-1900 is a deluxe fin de siècle periodical with plates illustrations color initials vignettes and tail-pieces representing a multitude of processes of modern picture reproduction including original lithographs etchings and woodcuts. Berlin: Genossenschaft PAN, 1895 paperback
1901ref. 21877London : Otto Limited 1901-1907 . First Editions . VG . 4TO . Bound in publisher's red-brick cloth. Extensively illustrated in black and white and colour with every kind of illustration. A treasure trove of period material. Copies bright and generally unworn. Hinges loose in some cases Not all covers or indices are present A very handsome set. Very heavy books special shipping considerations will apply. Otto Limited hardcover
1974Volume I covers 1515-1849 while Volume II spans 1850-1950. Volume I is 40 pages plus a large collection of black and white plates. Volume II is 37 pages plus another large collection of full-page black and white plates. Inclusions in this work are restricted to painters for whom, in at least one known painting the inclusion of representational flowers, fruit or still life has been of major importance. This definition allows the inclusion of many of the almost unknown illustrators who, working for scientific or horticultural publications have nevertheless served the two masters - Art and Science. Front endpaper removed from Volume I. Usual library markings to both volumes else unmarked. Average wear to blue boards. No library markings to exterior except darkened patches where library stickers were removed from spines. Bindings sound. Book
ref. 70084London: Wm S. Orr and Co.; London: David Bogue c.1851. Humour FINELY BOUND AND ILLUSTRATED. Octavo 17 x 13cm pp.2; 47; 5; 59; 1; 30. With numerous plates and in-text illustrations by multiple artists includes frontispieces. First two tales with colour-printed title pages. Contemporary olive-green half morocco matching textured cloth over boards. Gilt titles to upper board and spine with raised bands and further gilt embellishment to spine. Edges speckled blue and red. Spotting to preliminaries and endpapers sunning to spine bumping to corners wearing to leather at edges. Very Good. A unique text comprised of three separate editions perhaps combined by the binder or the owner. The first two stories are undated though 'The Crystal Palace' is a first printing published in 1851. Two classic fairy tales and one contemporary one inspired by the Great Exhibition. London: Wm S. Orr and Co.; London: David Bogue, c.1851 unknown
ref. 62247London: MacMillan and Co. Ltd. 1935. Fantasy Tales FIRST EDITION THUS first impression. Octavo 19 x 12cm pp.x; 670 4 ads. With colour frontispiece and full page illustrations. Publisher's red cloth gilt with top edge gilt in pictorial dust-wrapper priced 10/6. Contents clean school prize label binding a little mottled fragile jacket mostly complete with a few chips to upper panel and to crown with a few neat tape strips to reverse side. Very good uncommon in jacket. Kipling's complete series of popular tales told by 'Puck' traditionally a name for a malicious spirit or demon of popular superstition and from the 16th century the name of a mischievous goblin or Hobgoblin similar to that appearing in Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' the fairy scene from which is acted out here. Bleiler; Checklist of Fantastic Literature 277. BMC No.11984; 'Edwardian Children's Books'. London: MacMillan and Co. Ltd. 1935 unknown
ref. 68403London: Sampson Low Marston Searle and Rivington 1883. Russian Adventure 'New Edition'. Octavo 21 x 15cm pp.xii; 377 1. With a folding map and illustrations by Ferat and Barbant including a frontispiece. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles and black decoration to spine and upper. Yellow-coated endpapers. Ink names to endpapers. Contents generally clean. Binding shows acceptable wear with joints rubbed corners pushed frayed at spine tips inner paper joints cracked as usual. Very good. Verne's classic tale of adventure and intrigue in the Russian Empire which was first published in English in 1877; also includes Verne's novella 'The Mutineers' which was omitted from most printings after 1912. Provenance; H.A.V. Bulleid M.A. 1912-2009 writer film-maker and cinema historian and an amateur bibliographer of Jules Verne. London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington, 1883 unknown
1915ref. 31375Hamburg, Otto Meißner, 1915. 112 S., mit zahlr., tls. farb. Illustr. im Text u. auf Taf. HLn. d. Zt. mit schwarz-grün marmor. Deckeln.
1875ref. 4786London: Punch Office. Good. Hardcover. Boards rubbed especially spine. Most of the pages loose but present. Hinges cracked. Light foxing to endpapers; Extremely scarce. Bound in dark blue leather boards with a closing flap. All edges gilt; 24mo; 192 pages . 1875. Punch Office hardcover
1843ref. 540812London: Wm. S. Orr & Co 1843. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Quarto. Printed on various color leaves with a publisher’s advertisement on recto of final leaf. Humorous articles verses etc. by Dickens Thackeray and others. Illustrated throughout with wood engravings designed by Alfred Forrester known under the pseudonym of Alfred Crowquill John Leech and others. Contemporary bookseller’s ticket and later owner’s small bookplate on front pastedown autograph note in pencil on front free endpaper. Contemporary half polished levant and pebbled cloth over boards gilt decorated spine with red titling label cream endpapers all edges gilt. Head and tail of spine and one corner tip neatly refurbished in matching leather joints are rubbed with light wear at corners a few small stains on endpapers very good. Wm. S. Orr & Co hardcover
1843ref. 540812London: Wm. S. Orr & Co 1843. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Quarto. Printed on various color leaves with a publisher’s advertisement on recto of final leaf. Humorous articles verses etc. by Dickens Thackeray and others. Illustrated throughout with wood engravings designed by Alfred Forrester known under the pseudonym of Alfred Crowquill John Leech and others. Contemporary bookseller’s ticket and later owner’s small bookplate on front pastedown autograph note in pencil on front free endpaper. Contemporary half polished levant and pebbled cloth over boards gilt decorated spine with red titling label cream endpapers all edges gilt. Head and tail of spine and one corner tip neatly refurbished in matching leather joints are rubbed with light wear at corners a few small stains on endpapers very good. Wm. S. Orr & Co hardcover books
1915ref. 78995Wien:: Munk 1915. publisher's blue cloth with applied color illustration on front panel. Some staining and soiling to the applied color illustration; cloth a little frayed at joints and extremities; but tight and sound; the contents fine. . Folio. Complete with twelve spectacular full-page color illustrations by Heinrich Lefler and Joseph Urban and elaborate border decorations on every page. . Contents: Die wilden Schwaene. Die Prinzessin auf der Erbse. Das Meerfrauelein. Die Galoschen des Gluecks. Die Reisekamerad. Die roten Schuhe. Des Kaisers neue Kleider. Die Schneekoenigin. Der Fliegende Koffer Das Maerchen vom Paradiesgarten. Der Schweinhirt. Die Nachtigall. Munk, hardcover
1881ref. L2614D. Appleton & Company. Fair with no dust jacket. 1881. First Edition; 2nd State. Pictorial Hardcover. Shelfwear rubbing to edges of covers w/small tears and corners lightly bumped some light soiling and several moisture spots interior hinges starting to crack page 23 has several tiny tears and some tiny chips along edges page 203 has 1/2" tear to fore-edge pages mildly toning very tiny burn spot to top corners of last dozen pages a couple pencilled numbers inside front and rear covers; brown pictorial covers w/gilt rabbit in a garden gilt lettering on spine pink butterfly design endpapers; 8 plates; POINTS: the word "presumptuous" on page 9 and the ad at end of text for this book; 231 pages . D. Appleton & Company hardcover
1976ref. 77279Leawood KS: Morning Star Press. Very Good in Near Fine dust jacket. 1976. hardcover. 102 pp; #672 of a limited edition of 1000 copies. DJ has very minor edge wear on the corners and bottom of spine. Inner hinges are weak but binding is tight overall. An attractive book. Dust jacket protected in clear Brodart cover.; Always Delivery Confirmation. 35 Years Fast Excellent Service. We Know How To Pack Books. . Morning Star Press hardcover
2009ref. 1415774Burton Mi: Subterranean Press 2009. Limited edition #635/750. Hardcover. Octavo xxii 503 2 pages. Very Good Plus in a Very Good Plus dust wrapper. Bound in light blue cloth with red stamped lettering and a gilt stamped design. Spine has red stamped lettering and a gilt stamped design. Corners and spine ends are sharp. Text block has no apparent problems. Slipcase is Very Good Minus with a color illustration paste down on the front. Slipcase has some soiling and minor scuffing. Signed on the limitation page by the illustrators Jim & Ruth Keegan. Numbered 635 of an edition of 750. Shelved in Case 4. 1415774. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Subterranean Press hardcover
2009ref. 1415773Burton Mi: Subterranean Press 2009. Limited edition #613/750. Hardcover. Octavo xxii 503 2 pages. Very Good Plus in a Very Good Plus dust wrapper. Bound in light blue cloth with red stamped lettering and a gilt stamped design. Spine has red stamped lettering and a gilt stamped design. Corners and spine ends are sharp. Text block has owners stamp on the bottom edge else no apparent problems. Slipcase is Very Good Minus with a color illustration paste down on the front. Slipcase has some minor scuffing with one corner slightly dented. Signed on the limitation page by the illustrators Jim & Ruth Keegan. Numbered 613 of an edition of 750. 1415773. Special Collections - Downstairs. Subterranean Press hardcover
2009ref. 1415774Burton Mi: Subterranean Press 2009. Limited edition #635/750. Hardcover. Octavo xxii 503 2 pages. Very Good Plus in a Very Good Plus dust wrapper. Bound in light blue cloth with red stamped lettering and a gilt stamped design. Spine has red stamped lettering and a gilt stamped design. Corners and spine ends are sharp. Text block has no apparent problems. Slipcase is Very Good Minus with a color illustration paste down on the front. Slipcase has some soiling and minor scuffing. Signed on the limitation page by the illustrators Jim & Ruth Keegan. Numbered 635 of an edition of 750. Shelved in Case 4. 1415774. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Subterranean Press hardcover books
2009ref. 1415773Burton Mi: Subterranean Press 2009. Limited edition #613/750. Hardcover. Octavo xxii 503 2 pages. Very Good Plus in a Very Good Plus dust wrapper. Bound in light blue cloth with red stamped lettering and a gilt stamped design. Spine has red stamped lettering and a gilt stamped design. Corners and spine ends are sharp. Text block has owners stamp on the bottom edge else no apparent problems. Slipcase is Very Good Minus with a color illustration paste down on the front. Slipcase has some minor scuffing with one corner slightly dented. Signed on the limitation page by the illustrators Jim & Ruth Keegan. Numbered 613 of an edition of 750. 1415773. Special Collections - Downstairs. Subterranean Press hardcover books
ref. 16-2570Berlin: Genossenschaft PAN 1899-1900. Folio. Original wraps with original graphics by KAMPMANN GUSTAV KALCKREUTH LEOPOLD. Söhn HDO: 53003-1 2. Edited by Richard Graul and Caesar Flaischlen et al.PAN the important German 21 volume art nouveau periodical 1895-1900 is a deluxe fin de siècle periodical with plates illustrations color initials vignettes and tail-pieces representing a multitude of processes of modern picture reproduction including original lithographs etchings and woodcuts. Berlin: Genossenschaft PAN, 1899-1900. paperback