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1978ref. 146598New York: Crowell 1978. hardcover. very good/good. Illustrated with b/w photos 256pp. 8vo cloth d.w.; large tear to front cover of dust wrapper. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Publishers 1978. A very good copy in a poor dust wrapper. Crowell unknown books
1984ref. 134717New York: Random House 1984. hardcover. near fine. Illustrated. 8vo cloth- backed boards d.w. N.Y.: Random House 1984. Near fine. Random House unknown books
1995ref. 44637NY: Limelight 1995. First Edition. 8vo pp. xvi 390.Bibliograph notes index. Foreword by Burt Lancaster. Copiously illustrated with photos and movie stills. A nice copy in little scuffedand spotted dj. Limelight unknown books
1995ref. 583885New York: Theatre Communications Group 1995. Softcover. Fine. First edition. Pictorial wrappers. Very faint toning on interior rear wrap else fine. Theatre Communications Group unknown books
1989ref. 562624New York: Workman Publishing 1989. Softcover. Fine. First edition. Illustrated by Jeremy Bennett. Oblong slim quarto. Fine in glossy wrappers. Illustrated pages with die-cut openings and a specially-positioned hand beneath yield naughty Victorian-style images. Workman Publishing unknown books
1968ref. 422532Philomathean Society of the University of Pennsylvania 1968. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. 63pp. Black and white wrappers. Fine. A magazine of poetry stories and more by Humphrey Tonkin John Stevens Wade Philip Baum Craig McDaniel Joe Marchesani Paul Hopper and J. McLeod. Philomathean Society of the University of Pennsylvania unknown books
2008ref. 418959New York: Simon & Schuster 2008. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Inscribed by the author to fellow author Nicholas Delbanco. A novel. Simon & Schuster hardcover books
1997ref. 563442New York: Delacorte Press 1997. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. 261pp. Illustrated from black and white photographs. Ex-library copy with glue remnants on the endpapers thus very good in a very good dust jacket with internal glue remnants. Delacorte Press hardcover books
1984ref. 547733Jackson: University Press of Mississippi 1984. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. 238pp. Illustrated from black and white photographs. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with edgewear and slight toning. University Press of Mississippi hardcover books
1965ref. 407410Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia 1965. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. Lightly edgeworn near fine lacking the glassine dust jacket. Published for the Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia. University Press of Virginia hardcover books
1965ref. 403321Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia 1965. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Lightly edgeworn near fine in a very good edgeworn and moderately chipped glassine dustwrapper. Published for the Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia. University Press of Virginia hardcover books
1974ref. 312660London: Leslie Frewin 1974. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Leslie Frewin hardcover books
1972ref. 321520New York: Viking 1972. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with creases in the front flap light wear at the spine ends. Viking hardcover books
1973ref. 154421Media PA: Friends Suburban Project 1973. Pamphlet. ii 38 16p. wraps 8.5x11 inches light pen price & notes on front wrap otherwise in very good condition printed on page form letter laid in form the group. On the county prison in Delaware County Pennsylvania. Not found in OCLC as of 11/2026. Friends Suburban Project unknown books
1823ref. ST15946Paris: Jules Didot l'aîné et Baudouin Frères 1823. FIRST EDITION. 235 x 150 mm. 9 x 5 3/4". 2 p.l. 235 pp. Quite attractive contemporary calf decorated in gilt and blind in the Gothic cathedral style central panel of covers with blind-stamped centerpiece in the style of a rose window and gilt cornerpieces enclosed by blind- and gilt-roll frames raised bands spine panels with blind-stamped drawer-handle ornaments gilt titling gilt-rolled turn-ins marbled endpapers all edges gilt. WITH 24 LIVELY COLOR PLATES IN THE STYLE OF GEORGE CRUIKSHANK. Front pastedown with book label of "Beguin." Vicaire III 564. Upper cover with small dark stain spine sunned to a soft tan head of spine with small chip minor wear to front joint and corners but the binding solid and pleasant; text leaves with mild foxing due to paper quality but the plates happily unaffected and still bright with vivid coloring. In a stylish contemporary binding and with illustrations depicting the various "characters mores and manners" of the English this humorous exploration of the highs and lows of London society is a close adaptation of Pierce Egan's enormously popular "Life in London." The present work though not a word-for-word translation closely follows Egan's original story of Tom Jerry and Logic a group of friends whose misadventures lead them from the most fashionable districts of London to its poorest slums. The wonderful illustrations show the trio taking part in all manner of mischief and merrymaking including attending a masked ball mingling in the crowded foyer of a theatre visiting a bespoke tailor taking boxing lessons carousing at a rowdy alehouse and perhaps inevitably having to appear before a constable. Though the plates are unsigned they appear to be faithful copies of those done by George and Robert Cruikshank for the original Egan work. Deriving its name from the use of design motifs taken from Gothic architecture the so-called "Cathedral Binding" or "Cathedral-Style Binding" was fashionable in England and France for about three decades beginning ca. 1810. French binder Joseph Thouvenin is sometimes credited with popularizing the style. The design is usually accomplished with either blocking or gilt tooling but sometimes both are employed in a pleasing mixture as seen here. Jules Didot l'aîné et Baudouin Frères unknown books
1984ref. 272842New York: Random House 1984. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First American Edition. A small strip of fading along the bottom of the front cover otherwise fine in a nearly fine dust jacket with a very small chip in the rear flap fold. Random House hardcover books
1968ref. 17287Chicago: U. of Chicago Press 1968. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dustwrapper. U. of Chicago Press hardcover books
1977ref. 96546Worcester MA: American Antiquarian Society 1977. stiff paper wrappers. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. ii pages 111-194. Offprint from the Proceedings of the Amaerican Antiquarian Society. Includes a state by state account of printing in this period with additional sections devoted to the west and to sea-presses. Well footnoted. Crease in front cover. American Antiquarian Society unknown books
1972ref. 8435N.P.: The Typophiles 1972. stiff paper wrappers. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. 8 pages. Limited to 400 copies and issued as Typophile Monograph 97. A fine copy. Silver comments on American book design. (The Typophiles unknown books
1970ref. 277796San Francisco: Good Times Commune 1970. Newspaper. 24p. folded tabloid underground newspaper news opinion reports actions psychedelia ads illustrations photos lightly worn evenly toned address label on front wrap else very good on newsprint. Originally San Francisco Express Times. Pennewell hippy taking a toke cover cartoon with McCartney "Let it be." caption. "Capitalism is Absurd" interview with Duskin. Report From Hanoi. Good Times Commune unknown books
1970ref. 204673San Francisco: Good Times Commune 1970. Newspaper. 24p. folded tabloid underground newspaper news opinion reports actions psychedelia ads illustrations photos evenly toned lightly edgeworn address label on front wrap else very good condition. Originally San Francisco Express Times. Crucified African American man on cover. Stories start with UC Berkeley faculty organizing against Viet war; a rash of police violence in Augusta Georgia fatalities; bayonetting by National Guard on Univ. New Mexico campus; San Francisco supervisors' anti-war proposals Goodlet spoke; Soledad Brothers coverage; a tepid anti-war protest in DC; "The Zen of rock-throwing"; shooting junk; shooting pix at a demonstration; cartoon of Nixon and Agnew in bed together. And other articles along with usual ads of the era. Good Times Commune unknown books
1867ref. 879541867. SILVER J.M.W. SKETCHES OF JAPANESE MANNERS AND CUSTOMS. London:Day and Son 1867. First Edition. 4to viii 51pp errata red cloth gilt 29.5 x 21.8 cm. Chromolithographed title page and 27 chromolithographed plates. Original gilt-pictorial brick colored cloth a.e.g. Expertly rebacked with original cloth laid down occasional light scattered foxing. Complete. The covers are bright and clean. Silver was a Lieutenant in the Royal Marines who spent a good deal of time in Japan. "The text in twelve brief chapters comments on a wide range of subjects from religious festivals games pastimes and domestic life to the Imperial and Shogunal systems criminal justice and he Takaido. It also touches on Japanese characteristics." Blomber The West's Encouter with Japanese Civilization 1800-1840. An appealing copy of a lovely book. unknown books
1978ref. 107534NY:: Platt & Munk. Near Fine. 1978. Hardcover. 0448465280 . Illustrated by the author. First edition. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper else near fine in glossy illustrated boards. No dust jacket as issued. . Platt & Munk, hardcover books
1822ref. ST16606London: Thomas M'Lean Repository of Wit and Humour 1822. FIRST EDITION. 432 x 342 mm. 17 1/8 x 13 1/2". Without text as issued. Very appealing late 19th century scarlet crushed morocco gilt by Riviere & Son stamp-signed on front turn-in covers with French fillet and drawer-handle tool borders upper cover with gilt lettering; raised bands spine gilt in compartments with central floral sprig surrounded by small tools volute cornerpieces gilt titling turn-ins with decorative floral rolls moss green watered silk doublures and endleaves all edges gilt. WITH 17 ANIMATED AQUATINT ENGRAVINGS COLORED BY HAND 14 plates in "Moments" and three plates in "Byron". Front flyleaf with bookplate of Ernest G. Mocatta. For "Moments": Tooley 40. See also: Ray p. 32; Houfe p. 217. ◆Leather with hints of dulling from leather preservative but the binding virtually unworn with a lustrous spine. A couple of trivial smudges to one margin and occasional light offsetting but A FINE COPY the plates clean and bright with vivid coloring and all imperfections insignificant. With plates that include comical scenes of horsemanship hunting soldiers and disastrous coach rides this attractively bound book brings together two separately published works by an artist Ray calls "the premier sporting illustrator of his time." The first work "Moments of Fancy and Whim" was originally published in two parts consisting of seven plates each. There are several different illustrations on every plate most of which use a play on words or a phrase especially one of the many uses of the word "fancy" to frame the scene. The illustrations lampoon familiar character types and aspects of English society--particularly those with an affinity for the equine--to wonderful comic effect. The second work here is composed of three plates each with four separate scenes accompanied by a line of verse from Byron's "Childe Harold" or "The Giaour." In this unexpected pairing Byron's lyric poetry is given an entirely new lowered context when interpreted through Alken's pen; for example the line "Tis Greece--but living Greece no more" is depicted as three men sitting down to a greasy dinner of roast duck. Henry Thomas Alken 1785-1851 was the son of a sporting artist. He received early training from his father and later studied under miniaturist J. T. Barker Beaumont. A talent for depicting horses and dogs led to a profitable career in sporting prints. As DNB relates "The fertility of Alken's pencil was amazing . . . . In all Alken's works there is a freedom of handling and a happy choice of subject which rendered them very popular in their day." The present works are both excellent examples of his signature style and are here in such marvelous condition that they can be fully appreciated for their wit spirit and vibrancy. Both are also quite rare on the market with "Moments" often showing up incomplete and "Byron" appearing only once in ABPC and RBH. Thomas M'Lean Repository of Wit and Humour unknown books
1885ref. ST20549cOxford: Printed at the University Press for Peacock Mansfield and Britton London ca. 1885. 146 x 80 mm. 5 3/4 x 3 1/8". 536 pp. IN A LOVELY 18TH CENTURY SILVER BINDING over contemporary brown morocco DONE IN THE FRENCH RÉGENCE STYLE combining piercing with repoussé ornamentation the covers with central cartouche depicting a scene from the life of Christ in repoussé that on the front cover showing the Baptism of Christ with two hallmarks at the upper left an "A" and a rooster that on the lower cover showing the Ascension this surrounded by a pierced frame of rocaille drawer handles vases of flowers swans a leafy fronds spine pierced with rocaille and flowers separating three allegorical putti ornaments representing Faith Hope and Charity two openwork rocaille clasps. Endpapers rather worn at fore edge isolated very faint foxing otherwise A FINE COPY the text clean and fresh and THE SILVER BINDING SPARKLING AND UNMARRED. This glittering binding is a lovely example of 18th century silverwork in nearly flawless condition. While we have been unable to identify the maker the binding is probably French. A silver binding on a 1686 copy of a Rotterdam "Speculum Poenitentiae" catalogued by Antiquariat Roo is identical to ours in size and design except for the content in the large central frames and is identified by them as French. They find a master's mark of "T. G" beneath the front scene not present on our binding. In any case the delicate symmetrical ornamentation featured on our binding is typical of French Régence decorative arts with scrolls studded with naturalistic embellishments that reward close inspection. Many charming details are hidden within the sea of volutes such as the swans stealing treats from overflowing baskets of fruit. The central scenes from the life of Christ come to life through meticulous execution as our silversmith has taken great care with the details: water trickles from John the Baptist's outstretched arm and voluminous curls of cloud frame Christ's Ascension. The later Book of Common Prayer the binding now contains is a testament to the binding's enduring appeal as a precious devotional object. Printed at the University Press for Peacock, Mansfield, and Britton, London unknown books
