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réf. 20038101Kyoto 1697 Umemura. Blue stitched wrs. very good covers basically clean scuffed rubbed tiny bit of old worming in vol. 1 else clean entirely woodblock printed on hand-made paper 43 woodcut illustrations 8 volume set complete. . . . AN EXCEPTIONALLY RARE & EARLY ILLUSTRATED RESOURCE . . . COMPLETE IN 8 ILLUSTRATED VOLUMES AS ISSUED . A most famous and valuable illustrated biography & historical work. . The FIRST EDITION of this was published in 1635 and is a biography of Yoshitsune. complete in 8 stitched & beautifully woodblock illustrated volumes. . Per Toda: "The illustrations suggest was a sugared pill of warning against the occupants of the Yoshiwara. Drawings are in simple outline with here and there a note of black. Another GIKEI-KI an extremely rare series of historical books on Yoshitoshi and his time profusely illustrated and with some sets coloured by hand appeared in Shohho 2 1645. It is one of the most interesting works of the period and when complete in 8 volumes in which it was issued is very valuable." See pp.3233 et al. . The title is written in Kambun old Chinese characters as used by Japanese the common title reading: GIKEI KI YOSHITSUNI KI in Japanese. . This set is complete in 8 uniformly bound volumes and follows the original in volume count & contents 18 x 25.5 cm. as cited in Brown's bibliographical notes see below. . ABOUT YOSHITSUNE: . Yoshitsune was the son of Mina-Moto No Yoshitomo his father turned against the Taira clan in the Heiji uprising. Yoshitsune entered Kuramadera temple in Kyoto to become a monk. Around 1180 he joined his half-brother to fight the Taira and at the famous battle of Dan No Ura spelled the end of the Taira. Yoshitsune and his famous retainer Benkei are the subject of a good number of dramatic books & stories performed as Kabuki plays. . This work outlines the life of Yoshitsune until his death at the hands of the Yoritomo forces. With a group set of charming woodblock illustrations. One in particular shows a young Yoshitsune testing his arm and sword against a solid tree another shows him in a successful defense against four assassins as he beheads two and cuts another in the heart as blood sprays forth the fourth attacker flees for his life. . THE ILLUSTRATIONS: The work is nicely woodblock print illustrated in black outline with a good number of examples. . Per Toda: There is a complete list of text pagination & illustrations of the 1635 edition but he also cites the 1659 edition as well. . Per Toda there are no titles to the illustrations nor is any artist indicated. Each illustration was divided into two printed on the front & back pages of the sheet. In many cases two plates are used to show a successive single picture. See Toda pp.28-30. . Color photos are posted to our website. . CONDITION: The set is bound in the original indigo-blue paper over boards with stitched spine as issued by the publisher. . Volume 1 front cover has more rubbing than the other volumes including to the title slip. With some usual loss see photos posted to our website typical cover edge corner & spine wear and rubbing to the blue paper covered covers with some typical minor loss & chipping. . The balance of the volumes show the minor and typical corner edge & spine wear all volumes art firmly stitched. Contents is clean there is a touch of the usual but minor old worming in vol. 1. first page some minor worming to the last few pages. Also some minor worming to the last few pages of vols. 7 & 8 very minor loss back covers rubbed old worming but solid and stable. No illustrations are affected. . The impression & registry are excellent & firm the contents are clean no stains or issues. There is some of the typical old worming here and there by and large mostly not a great distracting affecting the text or illustrations. All in all the contents & illustrations are quite clean and nice. . Seldom found & seldom found complete as issued. Our first copy in 55 years tenure. . REFERENCE: . K. Toda.: DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF JAPANESE AND CHINESE ILLUSTRATED BOOKS IN THE RYERSON LIBRARY OF THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO cites this on pp.28-30 with a careful list of the illustrations and two editions p.32-33. L. Brown.: BLOCK-PRINTING & ILLUSTRATION IN JAPAN p.32 & 48. She states:".each illustration extends over 2 full pages.it is one of the most interesting sets of books of this period not only because it represents rather typical Kwanyei work in wood-engraving but also because it shows the dress armor weapons etc. for the time of Yoshitsune." S. Iwao: BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY OF JAPANESE HISTORY p.92 et al. F. Brinkley: A HISTORY OF THE JAPANESE PEOPLE.p.294 et al E. Papinot: HISTORICAL & GEOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY OF JAPAN. pp.383-385. H. Murakami: GREAT HISTORICAL FIGURES OF JAPAN p.75 et al. J.M. Goedertier: DICTIONARY OF JAPANESE HISTORY index p.347 for several entries. . . unknown
1840réf. 376783London: Printed by C. Reynell Little Pulteney Street. Published by J. Clements Nos. 21 & 22 Little Pulteney Street Regent Street 1840. Text in three columns. Pp. iv 1-412 iv 1-412; iv 1-411 412 iv 1-411 412. 2 vols. 4to. Contemporary dark blue pebbled cloth possibly a uniform publisher's volume binding. Minor rubbing some foxing mostly in first and last pages of each volume. Very good. Text in three columns. Pp. iv 1-412 iv 1-412; iv 1-411 412 iv 1-411 412. 2 vols. 4to. Published Every Wednesday Price 2d. The Romancist and Novelist's Library is a fascinating example of early literary reading aimed at the popular market with each 16-page number containing one or more substantial works and shorter pieces to fill out the formes. The 26 numbers of the first volume have an ornamental title on the first page; thereafter only the running head and printers' slugs identify the series. With the title pages for the third and fourth volumes William Hazlitt the younger 1811-1893 is identified as the editor. "From about 1824 Hazlitt had been frequenting the family of Carew Reynell one of his father's printers; on 8 September 1833 he married Reynell's daughter Catherine d. 1860. At first they lived over a cabinet-maker's at 76 Charlotte Street London where their son William Carew Hazlitt was born in 1834 then at various other lodgings until they settled in Ovington Square Brompton in 1838. Life was a struggle" ODNB. Bleiler writes "This remarkable collection contains several score novels and short stories including sentimental supernatural Gothic and Romantic material". The contents are indeed remarkable in their range and include standards such as Monk Lewis Mrs. Radcliffe Maturin Schiller Irving's "Rip Van Winkle" and Leigh Hunt as well as several of Charles Lamb's Tales from Shakespeare. Hazlitt wrote to Leigh Hunt in March 1839 that translations were to be "a very important feature of the work". The Library included works by Alexandre Dumas Paul de Kock Goethe François Guizot Augustin Thierry Jules Michelet and Évariste Huc Hazlitt had been the first to translate Victor Hugo's Notre Dame de Paris in 1833 with a trenchant "literary and political preface". The Library includes Notre Dame de Paris "translated expressly for the Romancist with the addition of several chapters" and also good number of scarce and surprising choices notable among them Longsword The Early of Salisbury by John Leland 1762 Percy Shelley's St. Irvine; or the Rosicrucian; as well as several by Mrs. Shelley; "Sketches and Eccentricities of Colonel Crockett of West Tennessee"; Edgar Huntly by Charles Brockden Brown; The Post Captain or the Wooden Walls Well Manned here curiously attributed to Dr. Moore; and Mocha Dick; or the White Whale of the Pacific A Leaf from a Manuscript Journal by J.N. Reynolds. Each volume includes a title page and table of contents; the Preface in the first volume reviews the aims of the series; in the third volume the editor observes that 3572000 words have been published or 17862000 pieces of moveable type comprising 121 works to date or that works originally published in 64 half guinea volumes 32 pounds 10 shillings have been made available for just thirteen shillings; the Address in the fourth volume announces that a New Series in 8vo will be issued in a "more portable form" promising an alphabet of authors "ranging more nearly with other reprints of Standard Authors which are daily issuing from the press". AN IMPORTANT TREASURY OF POPULAR READING. Bleiler Guide to Supernatural Fiction 783. OCLC: 2457257 Printed by C. Reynell, Little Pulteney Street. Published by J. Clements Nos. 21 & 22 Little Pulteney Street, Regent Street unknown
1840réf. 376783London: Printed by C. Reynell Little Pulteney Street. Published by J. Clements Nos. 21 & 22 Little Pulteney Street Regent Street 1840. Text in three columns. Pp. iv 1-412 iv 1-412; iv 1-411 412 iv 1-411 412. 2 vols. 4to. Contemporary dark blue pebbled cloth possibly a uniform publisher's volume binding. Minor rubbing some foxing mostly in first and last pages of each volume. Very good. Text in three columns. Pp. iv 1-412 iv 1-412; iv 1-411 412 iv 1-411 412. 2 vols. 4to. Published Every Wednesday Price 2d. The Romancist and Novelist's Library is a fascinating example of early literary reading aimed at the popular market with each 16-page number containing one or more substantial works and shorter pieces to fill out the formes. The 26 numbers of the first volume have an ornamental title on the first page; thereafter only the running head and printers' slugs identify the series. With the title pages for the third and fourth volumes William Hazlitt the younger 1811-1893 is identified as the editor. "From about 1824 Hazlitt had been frequenting the family of Carew Reynell one of his father's printers; on 8 September 1833 he married Reynell's daughter Catherine d. 1860. At first they lived over a cabinet-maker's at 76 Charlotte Street London where their son William Carew Hazlitt was born in 1834 then at various other lodgings until they settled in Ovington Square Brompton in 1838. Life was a struggle" ODNB. Bleiler writes "This remarkable collection contains several score novels and short stories including sentimental supernatural Gothic and Romantic material". The contents are indeed remarkable in their range and include standards such as Monk Lewis Mrs. Radcliffe Maturin Schiller Irving's "Rip Van Winkle" and Leigh Hunt as well as several of Charles Lamb's Tales from Shakespeare. Hazlitt wrote to Leigh Hunt in March 1839 that translations were to be "a very important feature of the work". The Library included works by Alexandre Dumas Paul de Kock Goethe François Guizot Augustin Thierry Jules Michelet and Évariste Huc Hazlitt had been the first to translate Victor Hugo's Notre Dame de Paris in 1833 with a trenchant "literary and political preface". The Library includes Notre Dame de Paris "translated expressly for the Romancist with the addition of several chapters" and also good number of scarce and surprising choices notable among them Longsword The Early of Salisbury by John Leland 1762 Percy Shelley's St. Irvine; or the Rosicrucian; as well as several by Mrs. Shelley; "Sketches and Eccentricities of Colonel Crockett of West Tennessee"; Edgar Huntly by Charles Brockden Brown; The Post Captain or the Wooden Walls Well Manned here curiously attributed to Dr. Moore; and Mocha Dick; or the White Whale of the Pacific A Leaf from a Manuscript Journal by J.N. Reynolds. Each volume includes a title page and table of contents; the Preface in the first volume reviews the aims of the series; in the third volume the editor observes that 3572000 words have been published or 17862000 pieces of moveable type comprising 121 works to date or that works originally published in 64 half guinea volumes 32 pounds 10 shillings have been made available for just thirteen shillings; the Address in the fourth volume announces that a New Series in 8vo will be issued in a "more portable form" promising an alphabet of authors "ranging more nearly with other reprints of Standard Authors which are daily issuing from the press". AN IMPORTANT TREASURY OF POPULAR READING. Bleiler Guide to Supernatural Fiction 783. OCLC: 2457257 Printed by C. Reynell, Little Pulteney Street. Published by J. Clements Nos. 21 & 22 Little Pulteney Street, Regent Street unknown books
1968réf. 4545Bangkok: The Social Science Association Press of Thailand 1968. First edition in English of the Dalai Lama’s first book on Buddhist philosophy. Octavo original cloth. Signed by the Dalai Lama on the title page in Tibetan "with prayers." A near fine copy in an excellent dust jacket that is lightly rubbed. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Rare especially signed. The Opening the Eye of the Western Eye is a succinct thorough overview of the doctrines of Buddhism as they have been practiced for a thousand years in Tibet. The Dalai Lama here discusses the need for religious practice and the importance of kindness and compassion. Originally written for Tibetan lay people this was the Dalai Lama's first book on Buddhist philosophy to appear in English. Written for both Tibetan and Western readers Opening the Eye of New Awareness is the Dalai Lama's first religious work. It is not an edited transcript of public lectures but is His Holliness' own summation of Buddhist doctrine and practice. Completed in 1963 just four years after his escape from Tibet and four years after completing his religious education it is a work of consummate scholarship by a twenty-seven year-old geshe wise beyond his years. The Social Science Association Press of Thailand hardcover
1968réf. 140949936Berkeley: Berkeley Graphic Arts Offset Printing 1968. First printing. Signed by Angela Davis Kathleen Cleaver David Hillard Black Panther Party co-founder and Chief of Staff and Elaine Brown the only female Party President. With short inscriptions by Davis "Onward!" and Hilliard to the former owner "To Rick Synchef The struggle continues 7/12/97". Offset printed poster on medium cardstock. 23 x 17.5". Very Good with mild creasing and light edgewear a few minuscule closed tears to edges. "Bus / Masonic / Panhandle" is written faintly in grease pencil apparently a reference to a San Francisco bus line. Original memorial poster for Bobby Hutton the first recruit of the Black Panther Party who served as its treasurer until being killed in a confrontation with the Oakland police just two weeks shy of his 18th birthday. As the first Black Panther to die he has occupied a central place in the story of the group ever since being mentioned in hip-hop songs by luminaries such as Tupac Shakur The Coup Paris and this cataloguer's favorite of the bunch Smif-N'-Wessun'. This poster provides details for a memorial in a local park and visiting the funeral home where he lay in state. It also includes details for a procession that marched to the Oakland jail where Eldridge Cleaver was being held. "Bobby Hutton Day" is still held annually in Oakland nearly 60 years later. This historically important poster is rare in any condition with only one holding appearing on OCLC at Yale University. This example is a unique piece of ephemera from the movement signed by four major figures. Berkeley Graphic Arts Offset Printing unknown
1968réf. 140949936Berkeley: Berkeley Graphic Arts Offset Printing 1968. First printing. Signed by Angela Davis Kathleen Cleaver David Hillard Black Panther Party co-founder and Chief of Staff and Elaine Brown the only female Party President. With short inscriptions by Davis "Onward!" and Hilliard to the former owner "To Rick Synchef The struggle continues 7/12/97". Offset printed poster on medium cardstock. 23 x 17.5". Very Good with mild creasing and light edgewear a few minuscule closed tears to edges. "Bus / Masonic / Panhandle" is written faintly in grease pencil apparently a reference to a San Francisco bus line. Original memorial poster for Bobby Hutton the first recruit of the Black Panther Party who served as its treasurer until being killed in a confrontation with the Oakland police just two weeks shy of his 18th birthday. As the first Black Panther to die he has occupied a central place in the story of the group ever since being mentioned in hip-hop songs by luminaries such as Tupac Shakur The Coup Paris and this cataloguer's favorite of the bunch Smif-N'-Wessun'. This poster provides details for a memorial in a local park and visiting the funeral home where he lay in state. It also includes details for a procession that marched to the Oakland jail where Eldridge Cleaver was being held. "Bobby Hutton Day" is still held annually in Oakland nearly 60 years later. This historically important poster is rare in any condition with only one holding appearing on OCLC at Yale University. This example is a unique piece of ephemera from the movement signed by four major figures. Berkeley Graphic Arts Offset Printing unknown books
1933réf. 34594Elizabeth New Jersey: Charles D. Hornig 1933-1935. Bound in brown buckram titled in gold on the front and spine panels with "F. Lee Baldwin" stamped on the upper cover retaining the original wrappers where so issued. Overall the issues are in excellent condition which is not usually the case as they tend to be quite fragile when encountering single issues. A unique set of this uncommon and important publication. Complete sets are rare. 34594. Octavo 18 issues printed or self wrappers bound in cloth. Label affixed to front paste down with a presentation inscription from editor Charles D. Hornig to noted fan and publisher Gerry de la Ree. A contributor's complete set of this amateur magazine the first important weird fiction fanzine and one of the most desirable of the fanzines of the thirties. This set belonged to F. Lee Baldwin whose name is stamped in gold on the upper cover of the binding. "Franklin Lee Baldwin 1913-1987 corresponded with H. P. Lovecraft 1933-1936. "Baldwin first wrote HPL in the fall of 1933 proposing to issue 'The Colour Out of Space' as a booklet. HPL revised the tale slightly for the prospective publication but the plan never materialized. In early 1934 HPL put Baldwin in touch with Duane W. Rimel who by coincidence lived in the same small town Asotin Washington. The two took turns reading HPL's letters to each of them. Baldwin wrote two columns of news notes for the FANTASY FAN: 'Side Glances' April May September 1934 and 'Within the Circle' June July August October November 1934 January February 1935 much of the information for which was derived from HPL's letters to him as was the significant early article 'H. P. Lovecraft: A Biographical Sketch' originally scheduled to appear in the FANTASY FAN but following the magazine's demise published in FANTASY MAGAZINE April 1935. Baldwin later revised the article as 'Some Lovecraft Sidelights' FANTASY COMMENTATOR Spring 1948" Joshi and Schultz An H. P. Lovecraft Encyclopedia pp. 14-15. In 1989 Baldwin's copy was presented to early fantastic fiction fan and publisher Gerry de la Ree by Charles D. Hornig the editor of THE FANTASY FAN. Stories first published in THE FANTASY FAN include H. P. Lovecraft's "The Other Gods" and "From Beyond" Clark Ashton Smith's "The Epiphany of Death" "The Ghoul" "The Kingdom of the Worm" and "The Primal City" as well as tales by Robert Bloch August Derleth Robert E. Howard David H. Keller and others. THE FANTASY FAN was "an interesting mix of news articles stories poems and miscellany. Hornig however made an error in initiating a column of controversy entitled 'The Boiling Point' which quickly led to acrimonious letter exchanges between Lovecraft Forrest J. Ackerman Clark Ashton Smith and numerous others; the column was terminated with the February 1934 issue. Perhaps Hornig's greatest accomplishment was the serialization of the revised version of Lovecraft's 'Supernatural Horror in Literature' October 1933-February 1935. However the serialization proceeded at such a slow pace that it had reached only the middle of Chapter VIII before the magazine folded. THE FANTASY FAN also saw the first publication of Lovecraft's stories. 'The Other Gods' November 1933 and 'From Beyond' June 1934 as well as reprints from amateur papers of 'Polaris' February 1934 and 'Beyond the Wall of Sleep' October 1934; it also published 'The Book' October 1934 'Pursuit' October 1934 'The Key' January 1935 and 'Homecoming' January 1935 from 'Fungi from Yuggoth.' Brief excerpts of Lovecraft's letters to Hornig appeared regularly in the magazine's letter column. The October 1934 issue was dedicated to Lovecraft. After the demise of THE FANTASY FAN numerous attempts were made to revive or succeed it but no magazine truly filled its place as a news organ a forum for the expression of fan's views and a venue for work by distinguished writers in the field" Joshi and Schultz An H. P. Lovecraft Encyclopedia pp. 90-91. "As a real help to the lover of weird and fantasy fiction Hornig's magazine reigned supreme in the field at that time . Almost every weirdist of importance in fandom was at one time or another represented in its pages. And as a love-feast for such fans it has never again been equaled" Moskowitz The Immortal Storm pp. 18-20. ". one of the legendary magazines of the 1930s . an extremely consistent and reliable magazine ." Tymn and Ashley eds. Science Fiction Fantasy and Weird Fiction Magazines pp. 822-23. According to Hornig writing in 1988 "THE FANTASY FAN was printed by Conrad Ruppett of Jamaica New York hand set. Julius Schwartz and I helped him collate and staple each copy every month for eighteen months. Except for the second issue 500 copies there were only 250 printed and the paid circulation never reached over 50. What happened to the residue Well I found someone to buy up most of the unsold copies and that was B. K. Gores of Austin Texas. I never heard from him before or since never knew him in fandom and don't know whatever happened to him. Somewhere there should be stacks of TFF unless they're destroyed." Reference: See Kenneth W. Faig Jr. ed. Within the Circle: In Memoriam F. Lee Baldwin Moshassuck Press 1988. Pavlat and Evans Fanzine Index 1965 p. 37. Charles D. Hornig unknown
1982réf. 55071Washington DC: Department of the Air Force 1982. Presumed First Edition First printing. Wraps. fair. Quarto approx. 1900 pages. 6-vol. set. Wraps. Many illustrations and fold-outs some in color. Appendices. References. Volume I: Program Overview; Volume II: Full-Scale Engineering Development; Volume III: Missile Flight Testing; Volume IV: Basing Mode Evaluation; Volume V: Appendices; Volume VI: Public Comments. All text complete. Items have been poorly stored and have some warping edge soiling and a few instances of peripheral insect damage. The U.S. Air Force is developing a new advanced ICBM and basing system known at MX for Missile-eXperimental. This Final Environmental Impact Statement represents a full exposition of the impacts associated with a decision to proceed with Full-Scale Engineering Development. The complete 6-volume set is very rare; print-on-demand and microfilm versions of individual volumes may be available but typically they do not have comparable quality for illustrations especially fold-outs. Department of the Air Force paperback
1938réf. 552364New York: The Columbia Broadcasting System Orson Welles and The Mercury Theatre on the Air 1938. Hardcover. Near Fine. Quarto. 94 mimeographed leaves printed rectos only. Bound or likely rebound at an early date with quarter canvas spine and thick card boards with typed title labels on front board and spine. Modest evidence of bookplate removal inside front board small chip at the corner of the label on the front board else very near fine. Adapted from the Charles Dickens novel. The Mercury Theatre on the Air produced 22 radio plays based on literary novels plays or short stories in 1938 this was the third play produced. Up until October 1938 all of the adaptations including this one were written by Orson Welles and John Houseman. Overwhelmed by the weekly deadlines Welles also starred in most of the dramas sometimes playing multiple parts they hired Howard Koch to assist - three weeks later they collaborated on The War of the Worlds - arguably the most famous dramatic radio broadcast in history. In A Tale of Two Cities Welles played both Sidney Carton and Dr. Alexandre Manette in this production. In the script page two is blank except for the word "Welles" - presumably Welles would deliver his introduction extemporaneously. The Mercury Theatre on the Air scripts are rare. OCLC locates a single copy of this script Dartmouth. (The Columbia Broadcasting System, Orson Welles and The Mercury Theatre on the Air) hardcover
1938réf. 552364New York: The Columbia Broadcasting System Orson Welles and The Mercury Theatre on the Air 1938. Hardcover. Near Fine. Quarto. 94 mimeographed leaves printed rectos only. Bound or likely rebound at an early date with quarter canvas spine and thick card boards with typed title labels on front board and spine. Modest evidence of bookplate removal inside front board small chip at the corner of the label on the front board else very near fine. Adapted from the Charles Dickens novel. The Mercury Theatre on the Air produced 22 radio plays based on literary novels plays or short stories in 1938 this was the third play produced. Up until October 1938 all of the adaptations including this one were written by Orson Welles and John Houseman. Overwhelmed by the weekly deadlines Welles also starred in most of the dramas sometimes playing multiple parts they hired Howard Koch to assist - three weeks later they collaborated on The War of the Worlds - arguably the most famous dramatic radio broadcast in history. In A Tale of Two Cities Welles played both Sidney Carton and Dr. Alexandre Manette in this production. In the script page two is blank except for the word "Welles" - presumably Welles would deliver his introduction extemporaneously. The Mercury Theatre on the Air scripts are rare. OCLC locates a single copy of this script Dartmouth. (The Columbia Broadcasting System, Orson Welles and The Mercury Theatre on the Air) hardcover books
1971réf. ZB394871Oxford University Press 1971-2001. volumes 21-51. 1971-2001 an uninterrupted run of complete volumes partly bound library markings textually clean & tight PRICE IS FOR THE LOT. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request. Oxford University Press unknown
1519réf. 702L19Kobe: Kobe Herald 1915-1924. Cloth. Good. 9" by 6.5". None. A very scarce collection of recollections regarding the mountains of Rokko-san. Compiled by 'The Bell Goat' a member of the Japan Alpine Club. Comprising of volumes I-XIII and XV-XVIII of this very scarce set. It is extremely scarce to have so many volumes together. An important account of mountaineering during the Golden Age of this sport and at a time where mountaineering in Japan was becoming a popular activity. A charming work written in English which provides a detailed description of journeys on Mount Rokko in the Hyogo Prefecture in Japan. Volumes IV to X are signed by the author with an association to one of their fellow 'mountain goats'. There is no volume XIV to this set. Volume IV is signed by the author with an inscription to the recto of front endpaper. 'J G S Gausden The flying Goat with the author's best compliments Kobe July 8th 1916'. Volume V is also signed by the author with the inscription 'To the flying goat with the Bell Goat's best compliments Kobe Xmas 1916'. Author's inscription to volume VI reads 'With the author's compliments'. Inscription to volume VII reads 'J G S Gausden The flying goat with the Bell Goats' Compliments Kobe Xmas 1916'. Inscription to volume VIII reads 'To the flying goat with the Bell Goats' best Compliments Kobe Japan May 1918'. Author's inscription to volume IX reads 'J G S Gausden from . Kobe New Years Day 1919'. Inscription to volume X reads 'With the Editors' best compliments and Thanks Kobe June 30th 1919'. Inscription to the recto of front endpaper to volume XV 'With love from Jim'. To the start of volume I there is a dedication to Arthur Groom who had a home at Mount Rokko and opened the first golf course in Japan Kobe Golf Club. Rokko-san was also the first place that rock climbing was introduced in Japan. Forty-four illustrations to volume I thirty-four illustrations to volume II fifty illustrations to volume III fifty illustrations to volume IV fifty-five illustrations to volume V fifty illustrations to volume VI VII thirty-five illustrations to volume VIII with thirty seven illustrations to volume IX forty-one plates to volume X thirty plates to volume XI twenty-five plates to volume XII twenty-five illustrations to volume XIII twenty-five illustrations to volume XV twenty-five illustrations to volume XVI twelve illustrations to volume XVII with thirteen plates to volume XVIII. With the colophon in Japanese. With poems and diary entries anecdotes and transcripts this work is a thorough account of many mountaineering expeditions over the course of several years. A delightful examination of Rokko-san. In the publisher's original cloth bindings. Externally generally smart. Loss to the spine of volume I and II. Bumping to the head and tail of all spines. Damp staining to the bottom of boards to all volumes. Gilt to the front board of volume X is fading. Author's inscription to the recto of front endpaper to volumes IV to X inclusive. Further inscription to the recto of front endpaper to volumes XII and XV. Internally most volumes are firmly bound. Volume XIII has a tender binding. Pages 75-78 of volume XIII are detached but present. 'The Bessan Ridge' plate is detached but present to volume X. 'The sword peak' plate to volume VIII is detached but present. Pages are bright with occasional scattered spots. Good Kobe Herald hardcover
1991réf. 2091202133213041Hanayama Bungei Publishing Company 1991. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 40 books in total Hanayama Bungei Publishing Company paperback
1895réf. 4681Paris, S. Bing, Noël 1895. 2 volumes brochés: Les Vierges, 24 pages, couverture muette de papier moiré blanc, recouverte d'une large bande de papier gris vert rempliée, illustrée d'un bois tiré en blanc. Les Tombeaux: broché, 28 pages, couverture muette de papier moiré noir, recouverte d'une large bande de papier vert-jaune rempliée illustrée d'un bois tiré en rose (passé).2 volumes: Les Vierges 24 pages, blank cover of white shimmering paper, covered with a wide band of grey-green paper wrapped, illustrated with a woodcut printed in white. Les Tombeaux: 28 pages, blank cover of black shimmering paper, covered with a wide band of green-yellow paper wrapped, illustrated with a woodcut printed in pink (faded).
1701réf. 22642London 1701. 4to. Thomas Ilive for Edward Brewster Late-18th-century sprinkled calf sewn on 5 cords 3 attached to the boards and 2 cut short gold double fillets blind-tooled board edges red morocco spine label in 2nd of 6 compartments red sprinkled edges. With woodcut of King Lion's court on the title page 61 woodcuts in text of part 1 including 23 repeats all signed Edward Brewster and all half-page 7.5 x 10.5 cm to nearly full-page 13 x 9.5 cm and 15 woodcuts in part 2 all repeated from part 1. Further with a large woodcut decorated initial in part 3 and decorations built up from cast fleurons in parts 1 and 2. Set in textura types with incidental roman and italic including Moxon's 1669 Canon roman on the title-page of part 3. 3 parts in 1 volume. 160; 112; 4 160 pp. One of the rare sets of all 3 parts of the English Reynard the Fox the third part here in its first edition. The Reynard stories were already established as a coherent collection in the 12th century and were first printed in 1479 in a Dutch prose edition. They became especially well known when translated into English and adapted for Caxton's 1481 edition in 43 chapters. The publisher Edward Alde in London began work on an extensive revision of Caxton's text with many new additions but he published only the first part probably in 1620 the first edition of the present part 1 containing 25 chapters some corresponding with chapters in Caxton's edition and some not. Although the second part would have to wait 52 years the first part quickly became the standard English version of the Reynard the Fox stories with 8 editions from 1620 to 1671. Its language was modernized giving both a view of the stories as they were known through most of two centuries and insights into English values and culture of the time. In 1684 Brewster added the present first edition of part 3 giving the adventures of Reynard's son Reynardine.With 20th-century woodcut bookplate. The woodcut on C1 of part 1 is printed upside down. In good condition with parts 2 and 3 slightly browned. One front endleaf is detached the spine slightly damaged at the head and the front hinge cracked.l Ebert II 18879; ESTC T60836 R218371 R40614; Kirmse 15; Menke V B c note on pp. 221-222 nos. 35 29 30; Wing S3512 S3436 parts 1-2; not in Prien. hardcover
1954A document which should have rocked the USA to its core but was squelched by the very powers it exposed. In the course of her duties as legal analyst for the Committee, Kathryn Casey was granted access to the archived minutes of the board of directors of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. According to the Committee's Research Director Norman Dodd, it was here that Ms. Casey discovered the board's conclusion that the best way to create world government, and permanent peace, was to involve the United States in a terrible war. The Reece Committee and its findings came to prominence decades later when Norman Dodd, Research Director for the Committee, came forward with stunning revelations of the Committee's findings. Printed for the use of the committee, this booklet contains pages 627-665b from the printed hearings. Includes 20 tables, 12 charts and 10 data sheets. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Crease to lower corner. A sound copy of this powerful document. Book
1934Stable Money Association gift bookplate inside front board is signed by Irving Fisher, James Rand, Jr., and Frederic A. Delano. Delano [1863-1953] was uncle to FDR, President of the Stable Money Association and was appointed to serve on the first Board of the Federal Reserve by Woodrow Wilson. James Rand Jr. [1886-1968] was Chairman of the Committee For the Nation and a prominent American businessman. This copy inscribed to Ethan Bates Stanley who was President of the American Laundry Machinery Company. pp. [vi], vii-xxiii, 484. Selected bibliography. Index. Extensive footnotes. "The present book is intended to be not so much a history of [monetary] catastrophes, due to unstable money and endured by unsuspecting millions subject to the money illusion, but rather a history of the efforts of a few to remedy or prevent such catastrophies." - xxi. Pages 443-484 constitute a lengthy list of Stable Money Pioneers, individuals who supported the movement. Corporate affiliations are included for most of these names, thus the list reads like a corporate Who's Who of America. Dust jacket not included. Average wear to publisher's pebbled navy cloth. Binding sound. Bookseller ink stamp inside front board. 21 x 14.5cm. Rist p.379, Cohen p.186, Fisher M-2058, Book
1914réf. 000555Bagdad: Dar us Salam press 1914 Book. Good. No Binding. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Printed on weak paper. The first and only part printed in Bagdad of 3 parts by the author later printed together in Cairo. Very rare printed book in Bagdad during the world war about the political and military history of Bahrain and al-Khalifa. 144 p. Arabic text with one photographic plate of the author. Scarce. Dar us Salam press
1929Lucky Strike cigarette ad on back cover provides a truly classic and timeless example of a mis-timed advertisement. Consider that the great Wall St. stock market crash of 1929 occurred mere days before this issue hit the newsstands. Beneath the caption "An Ancient Prejudice has been removed" appears a clenched fist labeled as "American Intelligence" breaking a heavy chain. Top left a paranoid miser stacks his gold by candlelight. Top right a wealthy couple visits their palatial bank. Text beneath miser reads "Hoarding gold with the fanatical zeal of the miser has vanished. American Intelligence sponsors thousands of banking institutions to which the individual (i.e. the wealthy couple) safely entrusts his wealth." The message is clear. Readers should put their trust (and money) in the banks, and shun gold. This issue was likely printed just as the Great Crash occurred, causing countless financial institutions to go under - and destroying even more individual fortunes. (The ad goes on to claim that cigarettes have similarly overcome the prejudice against them.) A truly stunning work which deserves to be preserved and reflected upon in this age of limitless fiat currency printing. Average wear with three-inch crease to lower corner of back cover. Suitably framed and mounted, this ad will make a superlative office display for any precious metals executive. Magazine
réf. DarkTower2026aComplete Set of Dark Tower Books by Stephen King all first editions/first printings plus two extra supplementary books published by Donald M. Grant plus one UK edition as a bonus. 10 Volumes including a fine copy of the First Edition/First Printing of the Gunslinger three artist editions books V to VII and two supplementary titles. Nine of the ten books are housed in five Grant slipcases except for the one UK edition: I to III IV & V VI & VII and two stand-alone books in their own slipcases. The entire Dark Tower series published by Donald M. Grant nearly all Fine in Fine dustjackets! Please read ALL of the following before buying or emailing me with questions. There is a lot of information here. The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger by Stephen King Illustrated by Michael Whelan Hardcover First Edition – Trade Issue first printing West Kingston RI: Donald M. Grant 1982. Limited to 10000 copies. Five color plates two repeated for the jacket and header illustration above the beginning of each chapter. All illustrations by Michael Whelan. Fast-becoming King's most sought-after book. Housed in the three-volume slipcase also containing DT II and III. An additional 500 copies comprise the signed-limited issue which runs about $10000 right now. Issue Points: Brown cloth boards clothed in a mostly black illustrated dust jacket on the front with Roland and the boy Jake confronting the slow mutants and a colorful illustration of Roland at a beach seeing the Dark Tower in the distance on the back. Author and title in bright yellow on the front. Five interior color plates by Michael Whelan two of which were used for the front and back of the jacket. States "First Edition" towards the top of the copyright page. 216 numbered pages plus AFTERWORD. Collation: brown cloth boards end-papers with three-color illustration of the Gunslinger and Jake half-title full title copyright page which states "First Edition" Contents Dedication to Ed Ferman editor of the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction List of Illustrations blank on verso Title Main Text 11- 216 illustration of tarot cards Afterword Illustration of a skull on the recto of the last free end-paper not present in the second edition. See NOTE about the DT The Gunslinger below the listings of the books. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. A superior near-new copy not often found as such; one of the best copies I've handled. Book itself is near perfect with straight corners and almost no wear save for a bit of natural aging as the book is now 44 years old if you can believe it! Jacket: Almost NO imperfections or short-comings that I can see save possibly a tiny hint of toning to the flaps which is common with this edition. I challenge anyone to find a better copy. The Dark Tower II: The Drawing of the Three Illustrated with 10 color plates by Phil Hale Hardcover First Edition - First Printing -Trade Issue West Kingston RI: Donald M. Grant 1987. Issue Points: Black boards clothed in black and red dust jacket. Title and author on spine in gold. Illustration of part of the face of the Roland the Gunslinger on the jacket front. States "First Edition" on the bottom of the copyright page. 400 pages including AFTERWORD at end. Housed in the three-volume slipcase also containing DT II and III. Also contains an order slip for future Grant purchases. Fine in Fine Dustjacket near-perfect just about as perfect as you could ask for. Tiniest hint of a nick to front lower corner. This copy appears as NEW and UNREAD. The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands sometimes misspelled Wastelands Illustrated with 12 color plates by Ned Dameron Hardcover First Edition - First Printing – Trade Issue. Hamton Falls NH: Donald M. Grant 1991. Issue Points and Collation: Red cloth with title and author in black on the spine dust jacket with illustration from one of the 12 interior color plates Argument and Main Text 9-509. Also contains an illustrated order slip for future Grant purchases. Fine in Fine dustjacket as NEW and UNREAD a superior copy nearly perfect in all respects save a hint of a nick to the lower right-hand front corner. This came out of a shrink-wrapped copy and I notice nearly all copies have this nick to the bottom front corner possibly a manufacturing short-coming. The Dark Tower IV: Wizard and Glass illustrated with 18 color plages by Dave McKean. Hardcover First Edition - First Printing – Trade Issue. Hamton Falls NH: Donald M. Grant 1997-8. Black cloth. 18 color plates. Fine in Fine Dustjacket a beautiful near-perfect UNREAD copy. The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla illustrated by Bernie Wrightson. Hardcover First Edition – First Printing - Artist Issue. Hamton Falls NH: Donald M. Grant 2003. One of 3500 copies signed by the late artist Bernie Wrightson. Black cloth. 12 color plates. Fine in Fine Dustjacket. NOTE: The cover artwork is essentially the same but with a slightly different jacket design than the trade edition. The Dark Tower VI: Song of Susannah illustrated with 10 color plages by Darrel Anderson Hardcover First Edition – Artist Issue - First Printing. Hamton Falls NH: Donald M. Grant 2004. Limited to 3500 copies signed by Anderson with slightly different jacket art than the trade edition. Black cloth. Fine in Fine Dustjacket. A near perfect copy. The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower illustrated by Michael Whelan Hardcover First Edition – Artist Issue - First Printing. Hamton Falls NH: Donald M. Grant 2005. Limited to 5000 copies signed by Michael Whelan. 12 color plates. Fine in Fine Dustjacket. Supplemental Books: The Little Sisters of Eluria with the complete The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger the first Grant edition of the revised version. Hardcover First Edition – Gift Issue/Gift Edition in Slipcase. Illustrated by Michael Whelan. Hampton Falls NH: Donald M. Grant 2008. Limited to 4000 copies numbered and signed by the artist Michael Whelan. This is copy no. 1678 of 4000. Fine in Fine- Dust Jacket and Fine- Slipcase. A superb book and slipcase. Only a touch of edge-wear to the back flap top edge of the jacket and a few little tiny dings here and there to the slipcase very minor. The Little Sisters of Eluria is a novella concerning Roland just before the events of the first DT volume. The Dark Tower 4.5: The Wind Through the Keyhole A novel set in the Dark Tower universe. Illustrated by Jae Lee. Hardcover First Edition in Slipcase Hampton Falls NH: Donald M. Grant 2012. Limited to 5000 copies signed by the artist Lee. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket and Fine Slipcase. The story takes place between DT IV and V. Bonus Book: The Wind Through the Keyhole Hardcover First UK Edition. London: Hodder & Stoughton 2012. My favorite dust jacket artwork of this title. Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket. Special NOTE on The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger: The first appearance of these interconnected stories of Roland aka the Gunslinger the Dark Man and his quest for the Dark Tower were originally published in the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction from 1978 to 1981 edited by Ed Ferman. In 1982 Donald M. Grant publisher of classic SF/Fantasy particularly of Robert E. Howard published the stories now chapters plus an Afterword in hardcover as The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger the first hardcover appearance of what begins the Dark Tower series. Only 10000 hardcover copies were printed a small run even for King whose first printings of his new titles in hardcover were by 1982 typically 100000 to 200000. Only customers at specialty SF/Fantasy bookshops and book fairs would have been privy to the release of this book. King honestly believed it wouldn't be particularly popular. In the first edition of Pet Sematary: Doubleday 1983 "The Dark Tower" was listed as one of King's books. It was the first mention of the Dark Tower in one of his books and apparently King fans went wild. Here was a Stephen King book few King readers had ever heard of! Word spread fast of the book and fans contacted bookshops publishers and there were even attempts to contact the author directly. King and Grant realized they had underestimated interest in the book and Grant quickly ran off a second edition of another 10000 copies. The copy herein is from the original first edition. King believed because of unexpected interest decided to continue the series. Paperbacks of the Dark Tower: The Gunslinger eventually appeared. Donald M. Grant continued to publish the series in hardcover. The first book is the only one to have had two editions two years apart. A third edition of The Gunslinger a second edition of DT II: The Drawing of the Three and a first edition of DT III: The Waste Lands appeared as a set in slipcase in the late 1990's. Eventually Viking King's previous publisher in hardcover from circa 1979 to 1996 released the first four books in hardcover. NOTE: All books with dust jackets come with dust jacket covers. ALSO: The pictures are of the actual item for sale. The pictures are NOT stock photos. NOTE on Shipping: $12.50 ground advantage 25.00 large priority box US domestic; Canada $65 UK and International $99. I ship on Tuesday Wednesday Thursday and sometimes on Friday. I don't ship Monday and Saturday. Further NOTE on Shipping: If there is a delay in receiving your item from USPS check with the tracking number first to see any updates! If there seems to be a problem please contact USPS before contacting me! I have NO control over any package once it is the on the hands of USPS! Also if the package is international I have no control over delays due to customs inspections. It is best to find out your country's policies in this regard as there may be customs fees and/or duties or tariffs. You should be able to use your international tracking number. IMPORTANT NOTE: All sales are generally FINAL. I do NOT accept returns because of buyer's remorse "it was a gift but the recipient already had it" or "I found the same books at a better price". I am not selling new items to compete with other retailers of new items. The items being offered here are collectible and priced based on scarcity availability and demand. Returns are only accepted because of significant discrepancies regarding edition and/or condition of which I try to be very thorough in researching the edition/printing as well as describing ALL condition issues. So make sure you're 100% positive you desire one of my items before making a purchase. If you have any questions please contact me BEFORE purchasing! Donald M. Grant (9 books) and Hodder & Stoughton (1 book)
1763réf. 54525Kiøbenhavn Godiche 1763 - 81. 4to. Indbundet i 8 tome V i 2 samtidige helldrbd. Rig rygforgyldning og forgyldte skindtitler. Rygge på de 4 første bind med lette brugsspor. Marmorerede snit. Stempel på titelblade. Slesvigbindet på skrivepapir. Med 295 kobberstukne prospekter planer grundtegninger foldekort m.v. Nogle af foldekortene fint forstærkede på bagsiden. rent eksemplar kun enkelte spredte brunpletter. Nogle eksemplarer er forsynet med Pontoppidans Danmarkskort. Dette er ikke her og det er heller ikke nævnt i oversigterne. Originaludgaven af Danmarks topografiske hovedværk. unknown
1763réf. 54525Kiøbenhavn, Godiche, 1763 - 81. 4to. Indbundet i 8 (tome V i 2) samtidige helldrbd. Rig rygforgyldning og forgyldte skindtitler. Rygge på de 4 første bind med lette brugsspor. Marmorerede snit. Stempel på titelblade. Slesvigbindet på skrivepapir. Med 295 kobberstukne prospekter, planer, grundtegninger, foldekort m.v. Nogle af foldekortene fint forstærkede på bagsiden. rent eksemplar, kun enkelte spredte brunpletter. Nogle eksemplarer er forsynet med Pontoppidans Danmarkskort. Dette er ikke her og det er heller ikke nævnt i oversigterne.
1660In-4, [12] ll. (incl. frontispiece), 689 pp., [9] ll., engraved title-page, full-page coat of arms of the dedicatee on the verso of the title, 12 copper-engraved plates; contemporary vellum, ms. title stamp, one clasp remaining, blue edges (tiny stain touching some margins, very rare sporadic browning, small cover defects). Genuine beautiful copy.
1862réf. 2092902144201293Not Available 1862. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Not Available paperback
2012réf. L3 box257 a1osMasterpieces of Early Chinese Painting and Calligraphy in American Collections From Chinese Five Dynasties 907-960; Song Dynasty 960-1279; Yuan Dynasty 1271-1368. Sponsored by The Metropolitan Museum of Art Museum of Fine Arts Boston The Cleveland Museum of Art The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art Shanghai Museum. Edited by Shanghai Museum Editors-in-Chief: Chen Xiejun Chen Kelun. Published by Shanghai Fine Arts Publishing House 2012. Burgundy red buckram cloth hardcover 600 pages. This book is oversize and heavy: 17" x 12.5" x 3". This book includes: Five Forewords and Dedication by the five Museum Directors in Chinese and English; Six introductory articles in Chinese and English; Sixty pieces of painting and calligraphy collections: 52 painting 8 calligraphy with brief introduction in Chinese and English detailed introduction in Chinese. Shanghai Fine Arts Publishing House. hardcover
