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réf. 0870781294New. New. Satisfaction Guaranteed or your money back. unknown
1999réf. __1858989132Edward Elgar Pub 1999. Hardcover. New. 308 pages. 9.75x6.50x1.00 inches. Edward Elgar Pub hardcover
1895réf. ST19567-179Buffalo: Charles Wells Moulton 1895. FIRST EDITION. No. 229 OF 600. 155 x 195 mm. 6 1/8 x 4 3/4". 79 1 pp. Publisher’s illustrated brown cloth binding edges beveled front board stamped in gilt flat spine top edge gilt. Photograph of the author mounted on page 6 facing the half title. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the limitation page; title page printed in red and black. Cloth with just the slightest hint of wear and soiling; internally fresh and clean. This is an excellent copy of a very personal collection of poetry by a female writer of the late 19th century offered in a signed limited edition. Born in Northern Ireland Frances Margaret Milne 1846-1910 spent most of her life in San Luis Obispo California where she worked as a librarian and volunteered tirelessly for social causes. Much of her writing was political in nature: the 1893 publication "A Woman of the Century" a collection of biographies of "leading American women in all walks of life" said she had "made a profound study of economic and political questions and with pen and voice . . . and had aided in extending the discussion of the relations of progress and poverty and of individuals and society." She also published a number of fictional and poetic works; this was her second collection of poems. They primarily deal with themes of love and loss and while the poems have some of the formulaic gentility one would expect from a writer of this period and background the genuine emotions behind them are clear. By turns ebullient and poignant the text has works—such as the poem "To My Beloved at rest May 11th 1804"—that reflect the grief and joy of Milne's intense personal experiences. Copies of the book are not so readily available especially in the condition seen here. Charles Wells Moulton unknown
1693réf. ST19567-153La Haye: Abraham de Hondt & Jacob van Ellinkhuysen 1693. Translated by Guilleragues. 140 x 75 mm. 5 1/2 x 3". 346 pp. Attractive contemporary speckled calf raised bands spine gilt in compartments with central gilt tool surrounded by gilt rules and tendrils gilt lettering all edges speckled red expert repairs to spine ends and perhaps to corners. With woodcut initials tailpieces and frontispiece of a nun at a writing desk. Front pastedown with ink signature of Martin Bowes. Brunet III 1031; see also: Barbier II 1286. Joints and corners a little worn but the binding otherwise in excellent condition; just a hint of browning along a couple edges but A REMARKABLY BRIGHT FRESH AND CLEAN COPY INTERNALLY. This is a collection of passionate love letters purportedly written by a Portuguese nun Mariana Alcoforado to her French lover Noël Bouton de Chamilly. First published in 1669 the letters express profound longing heartbreak and emotional intensity. Although the work originally included just five letters the racy content raised quite a sensation and the book proved so popular that it went through several expanded editions that included newly "discovered" missives. The present edition includes a total of 12 epistles by our nun and 11 responses from her lover as well as another series of "tender and passionate" love letters between a couple referred to only as "la présidente F. à M. Le baron de B." Though the original work is now widely believed to be a piece of fiction written by the supposed translator French diplomat Gabriel Joseph de Lavergne viscomte de Guilleragues 1628-84 it is still considered to be a very important epistolary novel providing insight into the emotional landscape of the time and influencing numerous adaptations and imitations in literature. Some importance of the work can be seen in the fact that copies of the first edition consistently bring substantial prices at auction more than $25000 three times since 2010. The early ownership inscription on the pastedown belongs to Martin Bowes 1670-1726 a barrister and fellow of the Royal Society. Abraham de Hondt & Jacob van Ellinkhuysen unknown
1942réf. 003809New York: Alfred A Knopf 1942. First Edition . Tan Cloth. Very Good/Good. Bumps to corners light shelfwear foxing in outside hinges bookplate inside front cover orig dealer's stamp on rear flyleaf. Price clipped jacket complete worn at edges and folds light soiling. A biography of the "Strange Man of the Oglalas". Tipped in map is in excellent condition. Alfred A Knopf hardcover
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réf. 76-0605London: British Publisher 1833. Etching. 26 x 19.5 cm sheet. Very Good. [London: British Publisher, 1833]. unknown
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1922réf. 206370New York: Dutton 1922. Second. hardcover. near fine. Fronitspiece many b/w plates. 140pp. 4to blue cloth spine ends very slightly frayed. New York: E.P. Dutton 1922. A near fine copy. Printed by D. B. Updike at the Merrymount Press. Dutton unknown
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1717réf. ST20754Lyon: Chez Anisson et Posuel 1717. Second Edition. 197 x 125 mm. 7 3/4 x 5". Three volumes. Pleasing contemporary half calf over paper boards painted to resemble tree calf smooth spines with gilt rules and two citron morocco labels. Attractive woodcut head- and tailpieces throughout WITH 153 ENGRAVED PLATES depicting the scenery flora fauna dress and architecture of locations described. Contemporary ink ownership inscription of De St. George on title page. Brunet V 903; Graesse VII 180. Corners slightly bumped and rubbed joints with just a hint of flaking but the period bindings solid and still extremely attractive survivals. Internally with a handful of quires faintly browned other trivial defects BUT AN UNUSUALLY WELL-PRESERVED SET inside and out. This lively narrative of travel at the turn of the 18th century includes a wealth of illustrations and a pleasing period bindings. A professor at the Jardin des Plantes in Paris Joseph Pitton de Tournefort 1656-1708 developed a system of botanical classification that became the standard method until it was superseded by Linnaeus in 1753. He made numerous collecting trips throughout his career; the present work is the record of his most significant voyage through Greece Turkey and along the Black Sea to Armenia and Georgia. The expedition which took place between 1700-02 had been proposed by the Comte du Pontchartrain then Secretary of State in 1699 as both a botanical and commercial endeavor. Tournefort's observations include a wealth of botanical detail but are also a rich source of information about the landscapes and peoples he encountered. He was accompanied on this voyage by German botanist Andreas Gundelsheimer and by the painter Claude Aubriet ca. 1665-1742 who had collaborated with Tournefort on his previous work "Eléments de Botanique." The work of Aubriet a botanical illustrator at the Jardin des Plantes was long appreciated by botanists and laypeople alike for its beauty and accuracy. The detailed depictions of plants here are accompanied by illustrated maps and engravings depicting zoological specimens archaeological sites and the costumes and cultures of the areas visited. The account was published posthumously in 1717 first in Paris and then shortly afterward in the present Lyon edition. The bindings here were never meant to be showy but they have come down to us in a remarkable state of preservation given their pedestrian construction and expected use. Chez Anisson et Posuel unknown
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