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2005réf. 001426Night Shade hardcover Night Shade 2005 A dozen short stories two of which the first and last in the collection involve the industrial exploitation of Lilliputian-type people. No remainder mark not price-clipped not bumped. Comes in a Brodart protective cover. All books are bubble-wrapped and placed in a sturdy shipping box when mailed. Tracking number supplied on domestic orders.
Album oblungo (mm. 420x580), bella legatura in tela edit. (con aloni, risguardi rifatti), cornici a secco con grande stemma della Svizzera in ricca decorazione oro al piatto anteriore. Magnifica raccolta di 15 tavole (al vivo mm. 300x460) disegnate da Eugène Adam e litografate da Jules Adam, introdotte da un bellissimo frontespizio figurato, pure litografato; tutte sono precedute da una pagina di descrizione in tedesco e in francese. Dall’introduzione apprendiamo che l’artista svizzero ha concepito “l’idéé de consacrer ses pinceaux à l’illustration d’une campagne simplement simulée, exécutée au sein de la paix.. en faisant un heureux mélange de scènes guerrières avec les scènes majestueuses de la nature des Alpes.. En 1861 la Suisse se trouve attaquée sur toute sa frontière méridionale..”. Le operazioni di guerra disegnate e descritte sono le seguenti: “Embarquement des troupes à Lucerne, 14 aout - Départ d’Amsteg, 16 aout - Construction du pont au Pfaffensprung (Saut du Moine), 16 aout - Combat du pont de Meidschlingen, 16 aout - Levée du camp de Wasen, 17 aout - Position près de Goeschenen, 17 aout - La batterie n. 27 à la première galerie de la route du St. Gotthard, 17 aout - Service divin du bataillon bernois au camp d’Andermatt, 18 aout - Rapport du soir au camp de Réalp, 19 aout - Marche de la I brigade vers la Furka, 20 aout - La II brigade au col des Nufenen, 20 aout - Halte de la I brigade au glacier du Rhone, 20 aout - Scène de bivouac dans la cour du palais Stockalper à Brigue, 22 aout - Combat du Bois de Finges, 24 aout - Entrée des troupes à Sion, 24 aout”. Cfr. Benezit,I, p. 55: “Eugen Adam (1817-80), allemand, peintre de sujets militaires, paysages, fut élève de son père Albrecht”. Nel ns. esempl.: 4 pagg. di descrizione restaurate per mancanze (non di testo) e altre con aloni; le tavole, tutte ben conservate, portano a volte e solo ai margini, lievi aloni o lievi fioriture.
Siena, Circolo Giuridico dell'Università, 1979, in-8, brossura editoriale. Estratto di 34 pp. da “Studi Senesi”.
Milano, I.S.U. - Università Cattolica, 1990, in-8, brossura editoriale, pp. 135. Ottime condizioni.
8vo., First Edition, with endpaper maps, top a little dusty; original cloth, gilt back, a good, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Armstrong's second novel (following 'The Crowthers of Bankdam') set in nineteenth-century Yorkshire.
Sm. folio, original printed wrappers, sewed as issued, a near fine copy. Includes the Prince of Orange's March, Duke of Gloster's March, Duke of Gloster's New March, Capt. Reid's or the 3rd Regt of Guards March, The Marquis of Granby's or First Troup of Grenadiers March, Jove in his Chair or the Bedfordshire March, A Favourite March, Coldstream March, New Coldstream March. Very scarce.
8vo., First Edition, with plates; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, red endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece map, photographs and maps in the text, and endpaper charts; brown cloth, backstrip lettered in white, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter very lightly chafed at lower edge. Already scarce in this condition.
8vo., First Edition; black cloth, gilt back, black endpapers, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece, 4 coloured plates (one double-page), 154 monochrome plates on 80 and numerous illustrations and plans in the text, endpapers lightly browned; terracotta cloth, gilt back, red top, fore-edge mildly spotted else a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped, midly rubbed dustwrapper. Published in Batsford's notable 'British Art & Building' series.
8vo., First Edition; dark grey cloth, backstrip lettered in cream, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
8vo., Fifth Edition, with frontispiece, plates, 112 coloured plates of tartans and large folding coloured map at end; red cloth, upper board blocked in blind, gilt back, a near fine copy.
3 vols., 8vo., Sixth Edition, early nineteenth-century signature on titles, some light and inoffensive spotting to a few leaves, some very ight marginalia in pencil only; strongly and attractively bound in nineteenth century half calf, boards in dark green diced cloth, backs with five raised bands tooled in gilt, second and fourth compartments with red leather labels ruled, lettered and numbered in gilt, red sprinkled edges, a remarkably well-preserved, crisp, clean copy in later period binding. One of 2000 copies printed. 'The Wealth of Nations', coming at a point when 'natural liberty' was being being widely debated, had a decisive influence both on the study of national economy and on the freeing of economic policy from the artificial restraint of the mercantilist system. Smith's statement that labour is the source of a nation's commodities and that the variation in 'stock' values are due to the interaction of wages, profits and rent, formulated the doctrine of the classic school of economic thought, and round it all modern economic discussion has revolved' (PMM). Goldsmiths 14612; Kress B.2209; Tribe 41. See also PMM 221, 363.
2 vols., 8vo., Fourth Edition, neat contemporary signature on blank preliminary; elegantly bound in contemporary full tan calf, sides with multiple frame border stopped at corners with gilt rosettes, back with five raised bands ruled in gilt, second compartments with red leather labels framed and lettered in gilt, third compartments framed and lettered in gilt, all other compartments elaborately framed and tooled in gilt, marbled edges, gilt doublures, gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers, a most attractive copy in wholly unrestored period binding. THE BINDING IS SIGNED ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER VERSOS. Henry Stamper (1802?-1887), master bookbinder, was an associate of Bedford, Lewis, Clarke and Morrell; indeed he may have succeeded Bedford as manager of the Lewis bindery, and his later business passed to Morrell. Examples of his work are held by the Folger Shakespeare Library and the Bodleian. [We are indebted to Laurence Worms for the foregoing information.]
Sm. 8vo., original series binding of maroon ribbed cloth, upper board framed and blocked in blind, gilt back, pictorial endpapers, joints mildly rubbed else a very good, bright, clean copy. EL 27; Seymour 321.0.
8vo., First Edition, with plates and maps in the text; black cloth, backstrip lettered in red, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
Oblong 4to., First Edition, comic-strip -style illustrations throughout; original pictorial wrappers, covers mildly age-soiled else a very good, bright, clean copy. 'Adam' was a leading gardener's guide during WWII and played a not insignificant role in the 'Dig for Victory' campaign. His weekly features in the Sunday Express were followed eagerly; this is the first omnibus edition.
3 vols., 8vo., with coloured plates; pictorial cloth, backstrips lettered in colours, a near fine copy in publisher's printed board slip-case. New edition, in new binding, of the original three-fold collection of 2010.
In folio. Dim. 46,5x32 cm. Pp. (8)+24. Rarissima opera, una raccolta di 24 riproduzioni di quadri di artisti moderni apparsi nei vari Saloni d'arte, circoli ed esposizioni del 1882 (Exposition internationale de Vienne, Cercle artistique et litteraire de Paris, Exposition des artistes americains de New York, Exposition nationale de Moscou, Academie Royale de Londres). Senza data ma contemporaneo. L'opera era formata da 25 planches purtroppo la planche sull'opera di Mellerie "Une vente publique au XVI siecle" risulta mancante. Le planches contengono il facsimile del disegno originale dell'opera inciso e applicato alla planche. Velina parlante presente in ogni planche. Diversi artisti divennero poi famosi come Louis Emile Adan (1839-1937) che con "Soir D'automne" vinse la medaglia per il secondo posto al Salon, Otto Baditz (1849-1936), Leon Barillot (1844-1929), Antoni Casanova Estorach (1847-1896), Frederik Hendrik Kaemmerer (1839-1902), Desire Francois Laugee (1823-1896), Fernand Lungren l'opera "Parc de New York effet de lumiere electrique sur la neige), Albert Maignan (1845-1908), Hans Makart (1840-1884), Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (1824-1898), Theodule Ribot (1823-1891), Toby Edward Rosenthal (1848-1917), Edouard Alexandre Sain (1830-1910), William Frederik Yeames (1835-1918). Tra gli altri: E. Byrne, J. Max Claude, E. C. Daux, Simon Durand, N. Masic, A. Novoskoltzeff, E. Repine, P. Soyer. In discrete condizioni. Cartella in tela editoriale con titolo e decorazioni in oro ai piatti in discrete condizioni generali con usure e parti mancanti. Legatura editorialmente assente. All'interno le pagine si presentano in discrete condizioni con fioriture e gore d'umidità marginali. Strappi ai margini della planche di Daux, Maignan, Yames. Risulta mancante la planche di Mellery, presente solo la velina parlante. Very scarce work, a collection of 24 reproductions of paintings of modern artists appeared in different art Salon , cyrcles and expositions of 1882 (Exposition internationale de Vienne, Cercle artistique et litteraire de Paris, Exposition des artistes americains de New York, Exposition nationale de Moscou, Academie Royale de Londres). Not dated but contemporary. the work was made up of 25 planches unfortunately planche about the work of Mellerie "Une vente publique au XVI siecle" is missing. Planches contain facsimile of original drawing of the work engraved and applied to planche. Specking tissue paper in each planche. Different artists became famous as Louis Emile Adan (1839-1937) who with "Soir D'automne" won second place medal in Salon, Otto Baditz (1849-1936), Leon Barillot (1844-1929), Antoni Casanova Estorach (1847-1896), Frederik Hendrik Kaemmerer (1839-1902), Desire Francois Laugee (1823-1896), Fernand Lungren l'opera "Parc de New York effet de lumiere electrique sur la neige), Albert Maignan (1845-1908), Hans Makart (1840-1884), Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (1824-1898), Theodule Ribot (1823-1891), Toby Edward Rosenthal (1848-1917), Edouard Alexandre Sain (1830-1910), William Frederik Yeames (1835-1918). Between the others: E. Byrne, J. Max Claude, E. C. Daux, Simon Durand, N. Masic, A. Novoskoltzeff, E. Repine, P. Soyer. In fair conditions. Editorial cloth case with golden decorations in plates in fair general conditions with wearings and missing parts. Binding editoriarly missing. Inside pages are in fair conditions with foxings and humidity stains in the edges. Tears in the edges of planche of Daux, Maignan, Yames. Planche of Mellery is missing, there is only speacking tissue paper.
Mm 170x240 Brossura editoriale di pagine XVI-260. Opera in buone condizioni. Spedizione in 24 ore dalla conferma dell'ordine.
Mm 140x220 Collana "Campi del sapere" - Brossura editoriale con bandelle, 248 pagine. Copia in condizioni pari al nuovo, ovvero mai letta. SPEDIZIONE IN 24 ORE DALLA CONFERMA DELL'ORDINE.
Mm 210x295 Brossura editoriale, sovraccoperta originale, 252 pagine con figure in nero nel testo. Copia in condizioni ottime. SPEDIZIONE IN 24 ORE DALLA CONFERMA DELL'ORDINE.
No inscriptions or marks. Slight creasing to corners of front cover only. A clean tight copy with bright covers and no bumping to corners. Small tear (two cm) near top of spine. First page not price clipped.
Features: The Burlington Glass Site; Silver Christening Presents; The Tam O'Shanter Jug; The Heritage of Robert Adam; Early Canadian Furniture; Pomanders and Vinaigrettes; Corporate Collectors; The Indispensable Inkstand. Somewhat above-average wear. Sound working copy. Book
Features: Daniel - Potter Feud... a grim Arkansas frontier recollection of bloodletting whose beginning had no neutral witnesses; Beloved Cowboy, Ben Bird; D. Storms' High Mesa - there was a strange alliance between river refugees and a lawyer few people ever really understood (Stormsville); The Ancient Eel Trail; Mule Meat and Shoe Leather - travails on the 19th Kansas Cavalry; Seeking the Lost Adam; A Frontier Doctor - Part I; Deadwood, South Dakota; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Magazine
