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1963rif. 557771New Haven: Yale University Press 1963. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Volume four of nine only. Quarto. xxii 495pp. Black cloth with red and gilt stamped spine. Page edges lightly foxed spine title lightly rubbed edges lightly bumped very good. Yale University Press hardcover books
1959rif. 557769New Haven: Yale University Press 1959. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Volume three of nine only. Quarto. xxi 482pp. Black cloth with red and gilt stamped spine. Page edges lightly age-toned with a couple of small stains spine title lightly rubbed corners lightly bumped very good. Yale University Press hardcover books
1957rif. 557766New Haven: Yale University Press 1957. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Volume two of nine only. Quarto. xix 534pp. Black cloth with red and gilt stamped spine. Page edges lightly age-toned pencil marginalia on a few pages spine title lightly rubbed corners lightly bumped very good. Yale University Press hardcover books
1909rif. 560374New York: The Macmillan Company 1909. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Illustrated by W.T. Benda. Decorative brown cloth stamped in black. Gutters cracked one-inch tear on foredges of last couple pages edges rubbed else a very good copy. Uncommon in this brown cloth. The Macmillan Company hardcover books
1971rif. 52083London: Science Fiction Book Club 1971. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. Pages tanned else a very good hardback in a rubbed and darkened jacket. Science Fiction Book Club hardcover books
1944rif. 125511New York: Harper 1944. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Very good hardcover with good dustwrapper. 4th edition. Signed by the author on front endpaper. Text clean. Spine ends lightly bumped. Tape on edges and crease of dustwrapper on inner side. Light water stain on dustwrapper. Chipping on edges to the dustwrapper. Harper hardcover books
1926rif. 195706New York: Harcourt Brace and Company 1926. Hardcover. Very Good. Later printing. Volume two only. Blue cloth stamped in orange. Authorized translation by Ludwig Lewisohn. Owner's bookplate and date inked on front pastedown gutter cracked spine darkened and ends nicked still a very good copy. The European Library. Harcourt, Brace and Company hardcover books
1955rif. 17545New York: Vantage Press. Very Good in Very Good dj. c.1955. First Edition. Hardcover. a bit of wear and light bumping at spine ends top front corner also very slightly bumped; jacket age-toned with a bit of wear at extremities small tears with slight paper loss at top of spine small stain at bottom edge of rear panel. A "strange and fascinating novel about an illegitimate child who becomes a modern Jezebel. Through the clever use of her angelic innocent-seeming beauty Edna Mae conquers then destroys all who cross her path. In Farmdale town of her birth she becomes notorious as the cause of a triple tragedy: the deaths of the doctor's son of her youthful lover and of his father -- all in one night." The Chicago-born author's idea of authentic down-home Farmdale dialogue appears to have been primarily the substitution of "ya" for "you" at every opportunity; I suspect he'd never been much farther south than Garfield Blvd. . Vantage Press hardcover books
1937rif. 164009New York: Macmillan 1937. hardcover. very good. xi 284 pages 8vo green cloth; spine sunned. New York: Macmillan 1937. A very good copy. Macmillan unknown books
1939rif. 11996New York: The Macmillan Company. Very Good- in Fair dj. 1939. 1st U.S. edition. Hardcover. NOISBN . price-clipped ex-lending library book worn but intact markings confined to pocket on front pastedown and remnants of label on ffep; jacket heavily edgeworn moderately soiled top 1-1/2" of spine missing but not affecting spine text torn and ragged along top edge more so to rear panel; see note about wrap-around cover. "The author of the famous novels of Jewish life the Claudia and Gollantz books has this time written the story of a man who was not a Jew but who pretended to be one because he felt it would be an asset in business." NOTE that this copy has an interesting "bonus" feature namely a printed wrap-around paper cover sort of a dust jacket under the actual dust jacket that bears the name of the lending library Ramona Rental Library Los Angeles along with ads for a number of local businesses. . The Macmillan Company hardcover books
1632rif. 1417859The Hague: Isaac Burchoorn 1632. Loose folio. Two portfolios containing 127 loose half-page engraved emblems excised from Jacob Cats' 17th century emblem book. Condition of pages is Very Good Minus. Pages show mild age toning to body and mild-to-moderate toning to edges. Occasional light foxing or minor stain to page edge. Spot of mold to p.196. Shelved at Rockville Room C. 1417859. Special Collections - Upstairs. Isaac Burchoorn unknown books
1740rif. 56036Leipzig: Jacob Schuster 1740. Second edition. Hardcover. Very good condition. Octavo. 7 8 leaves 1120 64pp. 2 folding plates. Bound in vellum. Red edges. Frontispiece engraving with seven variant images including a map of the world. Decorative woodcut head and endpieces and initials. Folding plate A contains a genealogy of the tribe of Levi facing page 276 and a genealogy of the Herodians. The two registers at rear relate to explications of passages in various books of the bible the second to places names and various matters. Introduction into Biblical history and its most important parts of geography chronology genealogy history Biblical scribes the history of idols and antiques brought into clear and short order in the spirit of the Holy Bible with thorough notes and registers. Dedicated to the German politician and statesman Heinrich von Podewils. Inside cover and recto and verso of front free endpaper as well as recto of endpaper with commentary in period handwriting. Text in German Gothic script. Vellum binding with some rubbing and light staining. Block lightly age-toned. Jacob Schuster hardcover books
2024rif. 17676New York: Harper 2024. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good /near fine. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Jennifer Aniston in ink to pictorial bookplate affixed to front endpaper. Stated First Edition with full number line indicating First Printing. 10 1/4" X 10 1/4". Unpaginated. Mild shelfwear to covers corners and edges of unclipped dust jacket. Bound in pictorial paper over boards with slight lean to spine. Binding is firm and sound. Pages are bright clean and unmarked. A very presentable signed first edition of this delightful picture book starring her food-loving dog Clydeo from global superstar Jennifer Aniston. ABOUT THIS BOOK: From global superstar and everyone's F-R-I-E-N-D Jennifer Aniston comes a delectable and fun-filled picture book about self-discovery and self-confidence starring her food-loving dog Clydeo! Everyone in the Clyde family knows what their "thing" is except Clydeo. Clydeo doesn't love to surf like his uncle. He isn't into painting blindfolded like his cousin. And digging for dinosaur bones like his aunt is definitely not his thing. Clydeo tries everything he can think of but nothing seems to make his world sparkle. Will Clydeo ever find what he loves to do most Find out in this relatable and heartwarming story brought to you by actress producer and entrepreneur Jennifer Aniston.Publisher. Signed by Jennifer Aniston in ink to pictorial bookplate affixed to front endpaper. Stated First Edition with full number line indicating First Printing. 10 1/4" X 10 1/4". Unpaginated. Mild shelfwear to covers corners and edges of unclipped dust jacket. Bound in pictorial paper over boards with slight lean to spine. Binding is firm and sound. Pages are bright clean and unmarked. A very presentable signed first edition of this delightful picture book starring her food-loving dog Clydeo from global superstar Jennifer Aniston. ABOUT THIS BOOK: From global superstar and everyone's F-R-I-E-N-D Jennifer Aniston comes a delectable and fun-filled picture book about self-discovery and self-confidence starring her food-loving dog Clydeo! Everyone in the Clyde family knows what their "thing" is except Clydeo. Clydeo doesn't love to surf like his uncle. He isn't into painting blindfolded like his cousin. And digging for dinosaur bones like his aunt is definitely not his thing. Clydeo tries everything he can think of but nothing seems to make his world sparkle. Will Clydeo ever find what he loves to do most Find out in this relatable and heartwarming story brought to you by actress producer and entrepreneur Jennifer Aniston.Publisher. Harper hardcover books
2002rif. 17513Boston Leiden: Brill Academic Publishers 2002. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Hardcover. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". xiii 329pp. A hint of edgewear to dust jacket with gentle bumping to head and tail of spine. Bound in cream cloth over boards with upper board and spine lettered in gilt. Mild wear to binding with bumping to corners. Binding is firm and sound. Pages are clean bright and unmarked. ABOUT THIS BOOK: If Moses Jesus and the Prophet Muhammad were to meet what would they tell one another about Judaism Christianity and Islam Three of today's leading scholars explore the topics such a conversation might entail in this comparative study of the three monotheistic faiths. In systematic side-by-side descriptions they detail the classical theologies of Judaism Christianity and Islam and the authoritative writings that convey those theologies-Torah Bible and Qur' n. They then compare and contrast the three faiths which though distinct and autonomous address a common set of issues. While asserting that this book is by no means a background source for issues and conflicts among contemporary followers of Judaism Christianity and Islam the authors nevertheless aspire to reveal among the three a common potential for mutual understanding. Publisher. Brill Academic Publishers hardcover books
1988rif. 13279New York: Basic Books 1988. First English Language Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good Dustjacket. First English Language Edition. Hardcover. Underlined and annotations by Oliver Sacks on p.8: "what mad pursuit" and kind remarks on page 22. Dr. Sacks often wrote conversations with the author and reactions in the margins. Signed on the front endpapers "Oliver Sacks "re-re-read '05." From the library of Dr. Oliver Sacks the renowned neurologist author and educator. He was in his life celebrated for his contributions to the understanding of the human brain and his ability to communicate complex scientific concepts to a broader audience. In doing so he highlighted the profound impact of neurological disorders on human identity and experience. His library is a reflection of this remarkable polymath's questing mind. Light shelfwear even toning/sunning with a clipped dj else tight bright and unmarred. Blue cloth. 8vo. 326pp.Index. All underlining emphasis and notations are in the hand of Dr. Oliver Sacks. Signed by Oliver Sacks. Basic Books hardcover books
1998rif. 13243Cambridge: Harvard University Press 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good Dustjacket. First Edition. Hardcover. "On the revolution in modern biology by one of the scientists who helped make it." Annotated and signed by Oliver Sacks. Notes by Sacks on rear ffep: "Marvelous work! Must get everything else of his in English. noted page numbers pp. 35-36 "team work" and "communal creativity." From the library of Dr. Oliver Sacks the renowned neurologist author and educator. He was in his life celebrated for his contributions to the understanding of the human brain and his ability to communicate complex scientific concepts to a broader audience. In doing so he highlighted the profound impact of neurological disorders on human identity and experience. His library is a reflection of this remarkable polymath's questing mind. Ex-library and annotation marks else tight bright and unmarred in a mylar dustjacket. 8vo. 158pp. All underlining emphasis and notations are in the hand of Dr. Oliver Sacks signed by Oliver Sacks. Harvard University Press hardcover books
1918rif. 16025London: T. C. & E. C. Jack Ltd 1918. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover. Descend into the depths of enchantment on a spiral staircase of stories by the Brothers Grimm Hans Christian Andersen Nathaniel Hawthorne Maria Edgeworth Ouida the women's suffragist animal rights activist and socialist Mary de Morgan and more! In this circa 1918 collection bound in cloth the color of pumpkin spice and bearing a witch whisking away a slumbering child on its cover you'll encounter a girl who marries a skull magic candles that summon fairies good or bad based on one's intentions enchanted streams guarded by fearsome dragons and a princess who escapes the unbearable politeness of the court when a witch places an automaton in her stead as well as timeless tales from Celtic Norse Italian West African Russian Japanese Greek and Arthurian folklore. This "staircase of stories" is arranged by ascending complexity for growing readers from ages 4 to 14 and beyond bountifully illustrated in a color frontispiece by Minnie Dibdin Spooner 30 colored plates and 41 black and white plates 4 of which have been colored in rather well by a previous reader by such artists as Cecile Walton Katharine Cameron Olive Allen Evelyn Beale Cecil Aldin and the great Walter Crane. 9 1/4" X 6 3/4". viii iv 521pp. Presents nicely in protective archival jacket. Bound in deep orange cloth over boards with color pictorial plate of M. D. Spooner's rendering of the witch and princess from Mary de Morgan's "The Toy Princess" to upper board lettered in black to upper board and spine with small vignettes of owls and staircase stamped in black. Moderate wear to binding with rubbing bumping and small tears to corners and head and tail of spine as well as faint scattered scratching and soiling to cloth. Substantial foxing to edges of text block and preliminaries with scattered foxing to pages throughout and small neat tear to margin of pages 25-26. Bookseller's ticket of J. J. Banks & Son of Imperial Library Cheltenham to front pastedown. Toning to endpapers. Binding is sound. Fully illustrated throughout in 31 color plates and 41 black and white plates with black and white plates facing pages 235 286 509 and 514 colored in rather well by a previous owner. Christmas card signed Maude and drawing of sailboats laid in. T. C. & E. C. Jack, Ltd hardcover books
1996rif. 11542New York: Marcel Dekker 1996. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good in Wraps. First Edition. Original Wraps. Inscription on front inside wrappers of Volume 1: "Now it's my turn. It's not as exciting but it's practical. Inscription on front inside wrappers of Volume 2. "Oliver have you finished volume 1 yet" From the library of Dr. Oliver Sacks the renowned neurologist author and educator. He was in his life celebrated for his contributions to the understanding of the human brain and his ability to communicate complex scientific concepts to a broader audience. In doing so he highlighted the profound impact of neurological disorders on human identity and experience. His library is a reflection of this remarkable polymath's questing mind. Minimal / Moderate shelfwear else tight bright and unmarred. Glossy paper wraps. 8vo. xix 1146pp. Illus. b/w plates. 2 volumes. Marcel Dekker unknown books
1956rif. 7184Berkshire: Golden Cockerel Press 1956. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Textblock Fine. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Designed by Christopher Sandford. Illustrated by Gwenda Morgan. "Among the manuscript note-books of the brothers Grimm are a large number of the fairy-tales they collected with such tireless enthusiasm. A considerable number of these have never been available to the general reader and are virtually unknown. Wilhelm Hansen director of the Lippe Folk Museum had access to the manuscripts and selected fifty of these tales for us tales which Taylor who made the first English translation had described as 'most curious' and 'of great merit' but which he felt bound to suppress 'in deference to the scrupulous fastidiousness of modern taste especially in works likely to attract the attention of youth'. Gwenda Morgan's quaint engravings seemed to compliment these folk tales to perfection." Cock-A-Hoop. Minor shelf/edge wear even sunning at spine else tight bright and unmarred. Purple cloth board gilt lettering and decorative elements frontispiece teg. 8vo. 160pp. Illus. b/w plates. Numbered limited edition this being 188 of 500. Golden Cockerel Press hardcover books
2002rif. 6190Portland ME: Ascensius Press/Ornaflat Publishing 2002. Limited Edition Fascimile Reproduction. Stiff Wraps. Fine in Fine DJ. Limited Edition Fascimile Reproduction. Stiff Wraps. Explores a curious lawsuit regarding the buried treasure of renowned Pirate Captain Kidd and a cast of characters from Cotton Mather Fredrick Law Olmsted Lady Dunmore John Jacob Astor. Photographic illustrations reproduce several paintings frontispiece shows John Jacob Astor dressed in the regalia of a Fur Trapper of 1813 and there is also a reproduction of a letter from F.L. Olmsted. A new issue of the minor classic story by Franklin H. Head founder of the Chicago Liars Club telling the tale of Frederick Law Olmsted"s $5000000 lawsuit against John Jacob Astor in 1898 for his theft of the Pirate Captain Kidd's treasure. A hoax that has at various times been taken as true. The colophon is inaccurate: the 400 "trade edition" copies were never printed and only 50 of the 100 listed hand-bound copies on hand-made paper were printed. Tight bright and unmarrd. DJ bright and clean. White cardstock stiff wraps. 12mo. 38pp plus np plates. Illus. b/w plates. Numbered limited edition. Ascensius Press/Ornaflat Publishing unknown books
2020rif. 2345345Rock Point 2020. Hard Cover. Fine. 7x1x9. Brand new from publisher. 2020 Hard Cover. 665 pp. Featuring 211 classic tales from the Brothers Grimm including favorites such as "Hansel and Gretel" "Cinderella" "The Frog Prince" "Rapunzel" "Snow White" and "Rumpelstiltskin" The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales is accompanied by 40 color plates and 60 black-and-white illustrations from award-winning English illustrator Arthur Rackham whose books and prints are now highly sought-after collectibles. Originally titled Children's and Household Tales The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales contains what have been the essential bedtime stories for children worldwide for over two centuries. The Brothers Grimm Jacob and Wilhelm were German linguists and cultural researchers who gathered legendary folklore and aimed to collect the stories exactly as they heard them. Rock Point hardcover books
1795rif. 13033N.p. likely Maryland: January 20 1795. 2pp. with integral leaf addressed and docketed. Old mailing folds minor unobtrusive chipping to edges some old tape repairs some toning. Margins of address leaf reinforced with later sheet. Overall good condition. A document of almost pure irony in which a Maryland militia member who served for the government during the Whiskey Rebellion petitions the governor of Maryland for relief from a fine of 600 pounds of tobacco levied on him and his wife for.selling whiskey without a license. Apparently during the time in which Cable "was drafted to go against the insurgents and during his absence" Cable's wife "sold liquor for the support of her family to wit 3 small children." Upon his return from service and during the January 1795 term of the Baltimore County court Cable "was presented for selling liquors without license and was fined 600 lbs of Toba for said offence." Here Cable asks Governor Stone and the "Home Council" for forgiveness of the fine. It worked. According to a note on the verso signed by three "Justices of Baltimore County Court" they found "compassion" for Cable "in remitting the fine imposed as stated in the within Petition." Though the central issue of the Whiskey Rebellion was the 1791 excise tax on whiskey which angered farmers in western Pennsylvania enough to violently resist it it is some level of irony that Cable asks for mercy from the court for selling liquor without a license incurred while he was fighting the farmers resisting the whiskey tax. January 20 unknown books
rif. 005220Amsterdam: Edente Nicolao Iohannis Piscatore. First Edition. Full Vellum. Ribbon ties. Very Good. One later title bearing the date of 1638; the only copy found on line bearing the primary title is dated 1674. 4to oblong 30 by 38 cm. Partially hand-colored title page 206 copper engraved plates not counting five later title pages and 101 manuscript leaves. In essence then this is two works -- a printed illustrated plate book and a highly scarce one at that and a manuscript commentary on the plates. The captions of the printed plates are in Latin while the manuscript text is in Dutch. The manuscript portion is beautiful with an abundance of ornate letter devices virtually one on each manuscript leaf and the writing besides being rendered generally with a calligraphic hand. These Dutch exegeses are written in a vernacular non-stilted manner. Not referenced in Brunet nor Landwehr. We could locate only one copy of the Visscher work on OCLC. It is at the Herzogin Anna Amalia Bibliothek-Klassik in Weimar Germany. It would appear that copy has the same number of plates as ours yet given the higgely piggely ordering of the plates which are often numbered within a series yet there are several instances of numbers missing we can not state with confidence that our printed matter is identical with that of the German library. In terms of the printed work contained herein it is arguable that this is in fact a collection of smaller works as there are other printed title pages. Contraverting this view is that it was not uncommon in the seventeenth century for something issued as a single work to have multiple title pages as was often the case with bibles. In the present work the other printed titles include "Memorabilium Novi Testamenti In Templo Gestorum Icones Tre Decim Elegentissimi AC Ornatissimi"; "Vita Passio et Resurrectio Jesu Christi . . . " ab Adriano Collart and this bearing a date of 1638; "Acta Apostolorum Elegantissimis Iconibus Summo Artificio Delineata a Duobus Praestantissimis Pictoribus Belgis . . . "; "XII. Fidei Apostolicae Symbola Iconibus Artificiosissimis"; manuscript title "Martelisatie der Apostolen"; and "Visiones Apocalyticae Exhibitae Johanni Apostolo in Insula Pathmo Elegentissimis Iconibus Expressae". There are also manuscript title pages among them "De Seven Wonderen der Weerelt" or "The Seven Wonders of the World" which is curiously followed by eight plates of eight different wonders. The bulk of the work as suggested both by the primary title and subsequent title pages covers scenes from the new testament but the first six plates depict the first six days of creation as recounted in Genesis. Notwithstanding the religious thrust of the plates many of them have an appeal that may excite even those not moved by pietistic imagery. More than anything many of the plates provide a window to the landscape society economy and culture of the seventeenth century Low Lands. A good number of the plates have fantastical imagery as well. Finally the plates represent a Baroque artistry tour de force. Rebacked. The older vellum of the boards is soiled and has some smallish chips and edge tears. Browning to the pages. A few tape repairs and some leaves with roughness along their edges. Edente Nicolao Iohannis Piscatore unknown books
1902rif. TB34071New York: The MacMillan Company 1902. First Edition. Very good in decorated blue cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and gilt text and decorations on the front board with the top edge of the text block in gilt. An octavo of 8 1/4 by 5 3/4 inches with the cloth at the corners of the head and heel of the spine rubbed and the book plate of The Tabard Inn Library of Philadelphia on the front paste-down. The slipcase that covers the book is also from The Tabard Inn Library which shows its distinctive red ribbon around the slipcase. Pasted to the rear paste down is a short review of this title by The Tabard Inn Library. The author's "sequel to How the Other Half Lives". 465 pages including an index and text. Illustrated with a frontispiece of Theodore Roosevelt from a black and white photograph and 91 images in line drawings or from black and white photographs. The MacMillan Company hardcover books
1901rif. TB34077New York: The MacMillan Company 1901. First Edition. Very good in decorated blue cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and gilt text and decorations on the front board with the top edge of the text block in gilt. An octavo of 8 1/4 by 5 3/4 inches with the cloth at the corners of the head and heel of the spine rubbed and worn and with a small photographic image of the author pasted to the front paste-down. Without a dust jacket. The author's autobiography told in a number of stories starting with his departure from Denmark to emigrate to the United States where he became famous as 443 pages followed by two pages of ads by the publisher. Illustrated with a frontispiece of the author from a black and white photograph and with hundreds of images within the text from images from works of art and from black and white photographs. The MacMillan Company hardcover books
