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1870réf. 324194New York: Leypoldt & Holt 1870. First. hardcover. very good. Frontispiece protected with tissue and with 3 folding maps 12 plates and numerous in-text figures. xvi 454 pages. Thick 8vo original burgundy cloth with gilt-stamped globe on cover spine evenly sunned and just a bit soft at ends; contemporary pencil ownership name on flyleaf; light foxing at front and rear and offsetting from frontis. on title page. New York: Leypoldt & Holt 1870. First edition. A very good copy. Pumpelly was an adventurer geologist and mining engineer whose profession took him to Japan China Siberia etc. This is an account of his travels and cultural observations. The first four chapters deal with Arizona where he was involved in developing silver mines while the rest deal with his extensive travels in Japan China & Siberia. Chapter XIV written by Pumpelly's friend John La Farge constitutes one of the earliest Western appreciations of the importance of the art of the Japanese; illustrated with 4 facsimile woodcuts. Leypoldt & Holt unknown books
1904réf. 13437London: Grant Richards 1904. Very Good. London: Grant Richards 1904. First Edition. Octavo. 303 pp. 16 pp. publisher's catalog. Blue cloth stamped in white red and black. 4 black and white illustrations including frontispiece with tissue guard complete. No dust jacket. Housed in custom-made slipcase. Boards have been repaired with tears filled and colored in at spine. Coloring-in appears throughout entirety of boards resulting in a somewhat strange shimmery look to lettering. With repairs boards remain moderately worn and scuffed and corners bumped with separation to top of spine. Binding remains sound. Toning spotting and glue remnants to endpapers with soiling and foxing to edges of text block. Slight loss along fore-edge of page 13-14 leaf of publisher's catalog at rear but otherwise pages unmarked. Despite the repairs still a Very Good copy of a scarce title. Knight & Darley A.2.a. Grant Richards unknown books
1901réf. 293460Madrid: Libreria General de Victoriano Suarez 1901. First Edition. Full Leather. Near Fine binding. Two 8vo. volumes; in mottled leather with black and burgundy labels lettered in gilt; xv 3 4-757 including Index; 7 8-775 including Index; each volume with the rubber stamped from the books of Carlos M. Fredenhagen and the stamp of Arnoldo Moen editor of Nueva Libreria Europa.~~Publihsed as part of the Law and Social Science Library issued by Victoriano Suarez this work is Rafael Salillas’ “Basic Theory of bio-sociology”. Salillas was quite eminent the field of sociology and criminology. His thinking about Criminal Anthropology culminated in this two volume work “The Basic Theory”.~~~. Near Fine binding. Libreria General de Victoriano Suarez unknown books
1853réf. 2940Paris 1853. Very good. 154pp. Original printed wrappers stitched as issued. Minor soiling to wraps. Even tanning. The Colombian government forced Archbishop Manuel José Mosquera into exile in 1852 because of his vehement opposition to a series of laws he felt to be government encroachments on his authority over benefices and "internal" church administrative matters. This is his publication while in exile in Paris of a letter of support he received from the clergy of Chile along with his response to them. OCLC locates five copies. unknown books
1803réf. 607371803. Granada 1803. Granada 1803. Remarks by the Recently Appointed President of the Supreme Court of Grenada Vasco del Campo Don Rafael. Discurso Pronunciado en la Real Chancilleria de Granada el Dia 2 de Enero de 1802 por El Exmo. Sr. Don Rafael Vasco Caballero del Orden de Santiago y de las Reales Maestranzas de Ronda y Granada; Regidor Perpetuo del Aquel Ilustre Ayuntamiento; Teniente General de los Reales Exercitos; Gobernador y Capitan General del Exercito Costa y Reino de Granada y Presidios Menores de Africa; Presidente de Esta Real Chancilleria De la Junta de Reales Obras de la Plaza de Malaga De la Mayor de Caminos de Este Reyno Los de Cordoba y Jaen; Superintendente de los del Obispado de Malaga Y de las de Sanidad Establecidas en el y su Costa; Inspector de las Companias de Invalidos Las de Infanteria Fixa y Torreros del Distrito Etc. Etc. Granada: En la Imprenta de Moreno 1803. iv xix pp. Quarto 8" x 5-1/2". Contemporary mottled sheep gilt frames to boards. Light rubbing to extremities with minor wear to spine ends and corners a few minor scuffs to boards tiny manuscript label to rear cover marbled endpapers crack between front free endpaper and following endleaf which is detached text notably fresh. An attractive copy. $250. First edition. This book reproduces the text of a speech given by military leader Don Rafael Vasco del Campo shortly upon his elevation by the King of Spain to the Presidency of Granada's Supreme Court of Justice. Don Vasco who distinguished himself in the service of the Spanish Crown in Mexico proclaims his humility before the office of his charge never before entrusted to a military man and invokes education as an antidote to envy hate revenge and thoughts of theft lies and deception. He also challenges the need for capital punishment and other legal injustices. During his short-lived presidency over Granada's highest court the region enjoyed peace and a flowering of the arts which ended with Napoleon's invasion of Spain and the subsequent popular uprisings against the Spanish Crown. No copies located on OCLC. Palau Manual del Librero Hispano-Americano 353024. unknown books
1960réf. 322947San Francisco: Galley Sail Publications 1960. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Small octavo. 40pp. Very good or better in toned stiff wrappers slightly rubbed with some wear along the spine and a few scattered spots. Signed or Initialed by William Carlos Williams Cid Corman Philip Lamantia Max Finstein as well as several other poets we could not definitively identify. It's additionally signed by Betty Boop John Paul Jones and Napoleon though we have reason to believe these are not genuine given that one is a cartoon character and the other two had been dead for more than 100 years at the time of this issue's publication. These were done fictitiously by one of the contributors. Nevertheless an interesting and possible unique copy of this poetry magazine. Galley Sail Publications unknown books
1982réf. 1419066New York: The Limited Editions Club 1982. Limited edition 1932/2000. Hardcover. Quarto xii 348 pages. In Very Good condition in a Very Good minus slipcase. Slipcase in brown cloth slight edge wear. Spine is brown with gold print. Boards quarter bound with brown leather to spine and tan cloth to boards; toning to spine. Illustrated: b&w drawings color frontispiece b&w and color plates 1 unbound color leaf laid in. Signed in ink by Rafael Ferrer Gregory Rabassa and Alastair Reid on the limited edition page. Oversized books. Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers please inquire for rates. NOTE: Shelved in Net Desk work area . 1419066. FP New Rockville Stock. The Limited Editions Club hardcover books
1900réf. 11186HONEYMOON IN SPACE complete in Pearson's Magazine for January thru June 1900 Vol. 9 first edition a vg or better copy with marbled paper edges and fine contents bound in burgundy cloth boards with highly decorated black cloth spine with gold-gilt lettering and gold-gilt stamped design. Wonderfully and profusely Illustrated. Also contains works by Robert Barr A GAME OF CHESS & THE SILENT CASTLE Barry Pain 6 episodes complete of NATURES NEXT MOVES Allen Upward 6 episodes complete of HISTORIC MYSTERIES Rudyard Kipling GARM -A HOSTAGE Edith Nesbit THE EYE OF X.J.X. Baroness Orczy THE REVENGE OF UR-TASEN which is the authors 4th appearance in print Raphael Sabatini THE COWARD which is likewise the authors 4th appearance in print and today remains uncollected Halliwell Sutcliffe 6 episodes complete of Willowdene Will's NIGHT-ROAD ROMANCES B. Fletcher Robinson A TRUE STORY being a 10 stanza 100 line poem about golf which is illustrated Herbert Hamilton THE CYCLE IN WAR illustrated with photos W. Bob Holland THE PASSING OF THE WESTERN DESPERADO illustrated with photos of actual American outlaws K. & Hesketh Prichard THE DERELICT OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC Charles Emerson Cook PICTURES BY TELEGRAPH Herbert C. Fyfe TELEPHOTOGRAPHY Mrs. Hinde LION HUNTING BY A LADY illustrated with photos et.al. Pearson's hardcover books
1923réf. 018106McClelland And Stewart 1923. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. First Canadian Edition 1923 Fine Copy In a Very Good Jacket. Chipped At Heel & Crown.Ink Stamp Name.Great Movie Of the Same With Erol Flynn.Scarce Copy. McClelland And Stewart Hardcover books
réf. 32414Fair copy of this 12-line poem. 15 cm x 11 cm blue ink on the reverse of an invitation to the publication of Alberti's "Degli Angeli" Rome 1966 inscribed on both sides. unknown books
1939réf. 260981Paris: Desclee de Brouwer 1939. hardcover. good. Portraits. 486pp. 8vo rebound in later 3/4 red morocco pencil marks in some margins with several pages underlined in the text in pencil edges of corners worn and lightly bumped morocco with some rubbing. Paris: Desclee de Brouwer 1939. Volume one only. The text of this volume ends in 1819. Desclee de Brouwer unknown books
2012réf. 187972Mexico: National Institute of Fine Arts 2012. Paperback. VG. Spanish Language text. Color illustrated wraps. 283 pages: numerous illustrations. exhibition exhibited at the Museo Casa Estudio Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo as of November 15 2012. National Institute of Fine Arts paperback books
1958réf. 153406New York 1958. unbound. Inscribed sepia-toned photograph of the young Czechoslovakian conductor wearing a white tie holding a baton and standing against the backdrop of a concert hall. Addressed to conductor John Corigliano. 9.5 x 7.5 inches signed in white ink. New York 1958. Light creasing; still very good condition. "To John Corigliano in remembrance of our happy collaboration most cordially Rafael Kubelik 1958--New York." unknown books
1976réf. 153227N.p.: N.p. 1976. Vintage borderless double weight reference photograph from the 1976 film showing actress Ornella Muti. A chauvinistic engineer has recently been abandoned by his wife leaving him with their nine month-old son. He embarks on an affair with his son's daycare worker but trouble looms when the exposure of the relationship threatens his custody rights. A film that generated controversy at the time of its release for its graphic depiction of sexuality and male nudity and for its shocking final scene. Set and shot on location in Paris. 10 x 8 inches. About Fine. N.p. unknown books
1870réf. 316701New York: Leypoldt & Holt 1870. Third edition revised. 4 maps 3 folding and one in color 12 plates including 4 facsimile plates of Japanese woodcuts and color printing numerous text illustrations. xvi 454 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Bounds in three quarters recent mottled brown calf and marbled boards maroon title label. Fine. Third edition revised. 4 maps 3 folding and one in color 12 plates including 4 facsimile plates of Japanese woodcuts and color printing numerous text illustrations. xvi 454 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Leypoldt & Holt unknown books
2001réf. 20729Rome: Percorsi Immaginari Edizioni 2001. Original wraps. Fine/Fine. SIGNED BY THE LEGENDARY CUBAN PHOTOGRAPHER RAUL CORRALES on the front free endpaper. A pristine copy to boot of this handsome 2001 1st paperback edition pubished out of Rome. Tight and Fine in a crisp Fine dustjacket. Tall quarto magnificent black-and-white photographs by the great Raul Corrales. In fact these probably represent the most intimate photos of the revolution and the Bay of Pigs taken by a highly-skilled professional photographer. Introduction by Rafael Acosta. Percorsi Immaginari Edizioni unknown books
1977réf. 53520Washington D.C.: New Republic Books 1977. First edition. Illustrated. xvi 316 pp. 1 vols. Small 4to. Blue cloth. Fine copy in dust jacket. First edition. Illustrated. xvi 316 pp. 1 vols. Small 4to. INSCRIBED by Soyer on the flyleaf: "To Renee and Jack Berger in friendship / Raphael Soyer / 1977. New Republic Books unknown books
1976réf. 158156N.p.: N.p. 1976. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1976 film showing actors Gérard Depardieu and Ornella Muti. Annotation in manuscript pencil on the verso noting the name of photographer Tazio Secchiarolli. A chauvinistic engineer has recently been abandoned by his wife leaving him with their nine month-old son. He embarks on an affair with his son's daycare worker but trouble looms when the exposure of the relationship threatens his custody rights. A film that generated controversy at the time of its release for its graphic depiction of sexuality and male nudity and for its shocking final scene. Set and shot on location in Paris. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with light edgewear. N.p. unknown books
1996réf. 06925ANAIS NIN: A BOOK OF MIRRORS Sky Blue Press 1996 first edition as new in black faux leather binding with gold-gilt stamping without dust-wrapper as issued. 1/50 copies of this the deluxe edition numbered and SIGNED by the editor with one printed leaf taken from Nin's unpublished diary and an unpublished photo of Nin in numbered envelope laid in. The first book from the press being an array of original reflections personal testimonials and essays mostly written expressly for this book from many who have known her: Ginsberg Raphael Lay Green Porter Jong and over 60 others. Out of print. An apparent must book for the Nin collector. Sky Blue Press hardcover books
1747réf. 844301747. A Scarce Essay on Insolvency Written When Great Britain was Emerging as a Modern Commercial Power: OCLC Locates 1 Copy in a North American Law Library Courteville Raphael 1675-1772. Arguments Respecting Insolvency. Dedicated to the Rt. Hon. Arthur Onslow Esq; Speaker of the House of Commons. London: Printed for M. Cooper At the Globe in Pater-Noster-Row 1760. vii 1 32 pp. Octavo 7-1/4" x 4"; 18.4 x 10.2 cm. Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet. Moderate toning light soiling to exterior upper outside corner of last leaf lacking with no loss to text "6" in small early hand to head of title page. A very good copy overall. $350. Only edition of this rare insightful commentary on the intersections of credit ethics and British law at the dawn of the Industrial Revolution. Writing at a pivotal moment when Great Britain's domestic and global commerce increasingly relied on complex credit networks Courteville offers an early sophisticated critique of the social and economic costs of imprisonment for debt alongside a rigorous analysis of contemporary bankruptcy statutes. Rather than viewing insolvency through a purely punitive or moralistic lens Courteville treats it as an unavoidable structural reality of a modern commercial state. He proposes a series of pragmatic legal reforms aimed at balancing the rights of creditors with the economic rehabilitation of honest debtors. To support his arguments he performs a comparative legal analysis-most notably drawing parallels to the mercantile laws of Holland-and scrutinizes recent insolvency acts passed by Parliament to illustrate where current British legislation fell short. Raphael Courteville is a fascinatingly multifaceted figure of the Georgian era. While chiefly remembered today as a notable organist at St. James's Westminster and a hymn composer he was also an aggressive and prolific political writer. For years he served as a dedicated state pamphleteer under the payroll of Prime Minister Sir Robert Walpole frequently writing for The Daily Gazetteer under the pseudonym "Freeman"-a role that earned him the colorful nickname "Court-Evil" from his Tory detractors. This tract displays his characteristic polemical sharpness applied to legal and economic reform. OCLC locates 1 copy in a North American law library Library of Congress. English Short-Titl. unknown books
1902réf. 191212New York: Macmillan 1902. Hardcover. vii 261p. iii ads frontispiece and 7 plates mild foxing front hinge starting at publisher's device and frontis untrimmed fore-edge and bottom edge first edition according to Sisson page 6 and BAL 11873 blue-gray cloth titles in white decorations on cover and spine in red black and white spine titles abit rubbed otherwise very good. Macmillan hardcover books
réf. 468730New York no date. Hardcover. Good. Portfolio 11 ½" x 14 ½". Contains thirteen loose plates: one mounted letterpress plate: "Key to Raphael's Hours" and 12 mounted sepia toned reproductive photographs of the famous set of 12 allegorical engravings circa 1803-06 after Raphael's Six Hours of the Day and Six Hours of the Night. The portfolio is bound in contemporary red cloth over beveled boards title lettered in gold on spine interior silk moire endpapers and flaps. Wear and dust soiling to the edges of the boards a few small tears and fraying to the flaps the letterpress plate is moderately toned good overall with all 12 photographic plates in very good condition. As noted by printmaker James Brust: "The twelve images represent the first six phases of the day and night respectively. Each has an allegorical figure of a beautiful woman draped in a gown and holding an object or animal floating gracefully across a dark background. A narrow strip along the bottom of each plate shows various animals with symbolic meaning also against a dark background." An attractive scarce set of 12 sepia toned photographs 5 ¾" x 8 ¾" mounted on thick cardboard plates 11" x 14". OCLC records three copies of only one similar portfolio published in New York by "Stroefer & Kirchner 1870s.". hardcover books
1972réf. 517556New York: Write! On Press 1972. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Quarto. Stapled wrappers. 28pp. Large stain on the spine thus very good. A photo-reproduced guide for women writers with an additional report of the 1971 Writers Conference sponsored by The American Society of Magazine Writers and The New School for Social Research. Raphael gives tips on a variety of topics affecting writers including "Sample Query Letter" "My First Writer's Conference by a Full Time Freelance Writing Mother" and selling articles to men's magazines. Write! On Press) unknown books
1777réf. 7514London: Published by John Boydell Cheapside 1777. Mezzotint. State iii/iii with the engraved inscription in thick and thin cursive letters. In good condition apart from some overall light surface soiling and foxing. Occasional rubbed creases throughout image. Laid down onto cream wove backing paper. Image size: 13 1/16 x 10 15/16 inches. This charming portrait of the fashionable Catherine Schindlerin expertly illustrates Smith's superior technique and artistic ingenuity. Catherine Schinderlin was a German singer and actress who began her career in London in 1775 the year Reynolds did this portrait for the Duke and Duchess of Dorset. It shows the actress in the role of the "Coquette" from an as yet unidentified play or opera. A highly influential figure in the late eighteenth-century British art world John Raphael Smith was the most robust and prolific printmaker of his time. During his prodigious career Smith produced nearly 400 prints 130 of which were of his own design. The remainder reproduced paintings by such noted British artists as Joshua Reynolds George Romney and Joseph Wright of Derby. Smith was an incredibly astute businessman and soon became an impresario of the print-publishing trade. At the 1783 exhibition of the Society of Artists Smith exhibited his print of the Prince of Wales. This clever bit of marketing precipitated his appointment as the Prince of Wales' mezzotint engraver immediately making him even more desirable to an art market hungry for quality prints. D'Oench D'Oench Copper into Gold Prints by John Raphael Smith 88; Frankau An Eighteenth Century Artist and Engraver John Raphael Smith 306 iii/iii; Chaloner Smith British Mezzotinto Portraits 147 iii/iii; Russell English Mezzotint Portraits and their States 147; O'Donoghue Catalogue of Engraved British Portraits.in the British Museum 1; Lennox-Boyd & Stogdon state iii/iii. Published by John Boydell, Cheapside unknown books
1977réf. 305779washington DC: New Republic 1977. First. hardcover. fine/fine. Illustrated. Small 4to cloth d.w. Washington DC: New Republic Books 1977. First Edition. Long presentation copy -"I don't know your age. Although I am 78 years old I still don't know what the purpose or meaning of life is. By now I don't worry about it. I work every day and take pleasure in my family. New Republic unknown books
