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Favorite Operas By Italian & French Composers
1973réf. 314106New York: Dover Publications 1973. Softcover. Near Fine. Reprint. Near fine in wrappers. Dover Publications unknown books
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1692réf. D4272Amsterdam: n.p. Chez Pierre Brunel 1692. First Edition in French. Hardcover. Very Good. 4 232 pp. Title in red and black with etched royal cypher. 120 copper engraved commemorative medals by Adriaen Schoonebeeck. Added engraved title page signed by Romeyn de Hooghe dated 1691. 12 full-page etchings signed by de Hooghe that depict festival constructions for Williams entry into The Hague in 1691 and also portraits of William and Mary among other emblems. Engraved headpiece and initial decoration on dedication leaf signed by Schoonebeck followed by full-page engraved leaf honoring Chevalier with depictions of Atlas Aristotle and other muses. Full contemporary vellum blind-stamped with central lozenge design; very slight foxing or staining engravings fresh; covers slightly bowed. Initialled bookplate P.M.G to front pastedown. First Edition in French of this biography of William III of England extensively illustrated to show important events in the monarchs life. This work was privately printed for Nicolas Chevalier who was a hobbyist and coin collector. A large proportion of Dutch print-making at the end of the 17th century focused on William III. An almost categorical personality cult surrounded the stadtholder-king. Among the print-makers Romeyn de Hooghe 1645-1708 was an important and prolific late Dutch Baroque engraver and caricaturist. He is best known for his political caricatures of Louis XIV and propagandistic prints supporting William of Orange. De Hooghes 12 etchings of triumphal arches for this work are adaptations of plates in the works by Bidloo and Tronchin de Breuil published in 1691 and 1692. Adriaen Schoonebeek c. 1657- 1705 is often mentioned because of his appearance as witness for the prosecution in a court case against de Hooghe that formed the climax of a slanderous exchange of pamphets between Orangists and members of the Amsterdam faction in 1690. These animosities did not prevent re- employment of both engravers in executing plates for this Nicolas Chevaliers 1692 illustrated volume on numismatics and the life of King William. Rare. Worldcat locates only 3 copies in institutional collections in North America. Brunet I1838; Graesse II 25; Landwehr 81 [n.p., Chez Pierre Brunel?] hardcover books
1973réf. 314106New York: Dover Publications 1973. Softcover. Near Fine. Reprint. Near fine in wrappers. Dover Publications unknown books
1973réf. 310774New York: Dover 1973. Softcover. Fine. Unabridged reprint. Fine in pictorial wrappers. Dover unknown books
1919réf. 296557New York: Grosset & DunlapSmall Maynard & Company 1919. Hardcover. Good. Reprint. Good only lacking the dust jacket. Grosset & Dunlap(Small, Maynard & Company hardcover books
1855réf. ST19567-044London: Printed by G. E. Eyre and W. Spottiswoode 1855. 121 x 78 mm. 5 x 3". 532 leaves. Attractive contemporary dark purple velvet covers edged in brass brass corner pieces upper cover with a central brass "IHC" Christogram smooth spine brass clasp all edges gilt white silk endleaves. Housed in a probably contemporary black pebble-grain morocco case with brass clasp lined with white silk a little wear to case silk a little discolored in places. Front endleaf with a gilt gift inscription: "Presented to Jessie Cooper / from her affectionate Uncle / Alfred John Tubb. / Oct. 29. 1856." Verso of front free endpaper with the book label of Anthony David Estill. Velvet ever so slightly worn miniscule separation at top and bottom of joints a couple of pages with short marginal tears or nipped corners but very close to pristine condition. This is an unusually well-preserved example of a Victorian gift binding little changed since the day it left the bindery. Judging from the charming gilt inscription on the silk endleaf stating that it was a present from an "affectionate uncle" to his niece it seems likely that the book was intended as a gift in honor of the girl's confirmation. The luxurious purple velvet delicate brass fittings and bright gilt edges connote treasure and opulence and it is clear the that the young female recipient--and generations of later owners--took scrupulous care of it over the years. Velvet can be worn down quite easily but here it remains fresh and richly colored having been carefully stored away in its custom-made protective leather case. Printed by G. E. Eyre and W. Spottiswoode unknown books
1970réf. CAT0131New England 1970. Two plastic albums 10 ½ x 11 inches. A lovingly arranged and annotated product of someone’s obsession with New England’s churches. Nearly all photos 3 ½ square. A few of the churches have multiple photos. Most photos are shot from a similar three quarters frontal view though some are frontal. The repeated perspective shows a respect for the vernacular forms though it is unclear if the photographer’s interests were architectural or historical in nature. The photographer travelled throughout New England with the breakdown of churches as follows: 206 in Massachusetts forty-six in Connecticut forty-eight in Maine eighty-six in New Hampshire sixteen in Rhode Island and six in other states. A fine collection impeccably preserved in the original albums which read “Memories” on the front. unknown books
1842réf. 499621Providence: Knowles and Vose 1842. Softcover. Fine. First edition. Octavo. 24pp. In an early or original tan plain paper wrapper. Inscribed in ink on front cover: “From Col. Barkey Westmoreland N.H. / To the N.H. Historical Soc’y”. Slight bump to upper right corner tip a fine bright copy. A survey of the slave trade in the United States and other countries with graphic often horrifying details regarding the carrying capacity of slave ships and mortality rates during the voyages. Signed in letterpress on the final page: “Samuel Boyd Tobey Clerk.” Sabin 52612. Knowles and Vose unknown books
1711réf. 179130London: Printed for John Morphew 1711. Pamphlet. 31p. disbound 7.8x4.8 inch textblock enclosed in makeshift 19thC wrapper; ex library with unobtrusive institutional blindstamp overprinted with tiny withdrawn stamp. Wrapper is split and nearly detached. Good copy. Written for Queen Anne while Atterbury was prolocutor of the lower house of Convocation. Printed for John Morphew unknown books
1684réf. 1397186London 1684. Fourth Impression. Hardcover. Quarto 14 65 68-182 193-374 173-178 379-406 12 pages. In Good minus condition. Bound in full brown leather with blind tooling to boards. Paneled spine with faded label and loss of leather along the head/tail loss of endbands and cracking along the joints. Pieces of leather torn away from the boards significant chipping and bumping to corners resulting in exposed boards. Front board is detached from spine and rear board is partially detached from spine. Textblock has light plus age toning stains impacting text on page 238-239 and soiling scattered throughout. Text in English and Latin. Shelved in Room A. 1397186. Special Collections. hardcover books
1963réf. 333735Voluntown CT: New England Committee for Nonviolent Action 1963. Handbill. 11x8.5 in. handbill printed on both sides. A postmarked envelope is stapled to the flyer. Flyer has tears to the edges not affecting text. Good. Flyer for a 24-hour fast and vigil to protest nuclear policies prompted by the USA's request to Canada to accept nuclear weapons and deterrent policy. The action took place at a border crossing. Includes a blank form for participants to fill out. New England Committee for Nonviolent Action unknown books
1918réf. 16966London et.al: Cassell and Company Limited 1918. Softcover. vg. Ex-library copy: "With compliments of FREDERICK P. LEE. Fellow of Royal Colonial Institute." Stamp to front wrapper 8vo. 7xv. 431pp. Orange wrappers with black and red lettering. Minor scuffing rubbing to wrappers with minor tears at spine. In English. Very good condition. Cassell and Company Limited unknown books
1906réf. 56388Portland Maine: L. H. Nelson Company 1906. Paperback. Good. Slim oblong quarto 20 cm x 24 cm Purple wraps stamped in gilt. The wraps are unevenly faded and a couple of the pages are detached but loosely tipped in. A scenic view book of the longest widest and most solid beach of New England. L. H. Nelson Company paperback books
1997réf. 45652New England States Mission 1997. 26 29pp. Quarto 28 cm Cream printed wrappers with binders tape over spine as issued. Fine. Self-published yearbook for a fifty year reunion of the missionaries who served in the New England Mission in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Contents include a brief overview of the news of 1947 and then continues with brief biographical sketches of the missionaries and "where are they now." Presumed miniscule print run. Laid in at the front is a stapled copy of a Dialogue article and laid into the rear is a biographical sketch of one of the missionaries likely a last minute addition. [New England States Mission] unknown books
1968réf. 1397289Charlottesville: Published for the Folger Shakespeare Library by the University Press of Virginia 1968. Hardcover. Octavo lxi 216 pages. In Good plus condition with a Fair minus dust jacket. Spine is tan with brown print. Dust jacket has tears at spine ends and long tear to front flap fold toning to spine peripheral toning light creasing smudge to spine. Price unclipped: “$7.50”. Boards in brown cloth. Text block has slight spotting to top edge. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column R. 1397289. FP New Rockville Stock. Published for the Folger Shakespeare Library by the University Press of Virginia hardcover books
1809réf. ST19496London and Hafod 1809-11. 300 x 240 mm. 11 3/4 x 9 1/2". 14 volumes. Froissart translated by John Bouchier Lord Berners. Monstrelet translated by Thomas Johnes. Rastell edited by Thomas F. Dibdin. HANDSOME CONTEMPORARY SPRINKLED CALF GILT covers with French fillet border corners with floral spray topped by a coronet raised bands spine compartments with central floral sprig surrounded by small tools acorn and oak leaf cornerpieces one tan and one brown morocco label marbled endpapers all edges gilt. Monstrelet with 51 plates one double page; Rastell with numerous woodcuts in the text and 18 full-page portraits of English kings. Lowndes III 1586; Cave "Private Press" pp. 43-44 Monstrelet; Cox III 380; Lowndes II 924 Grafton; Cox III 375; Lowndes II 843 Froissart; Cox III 378; Lowndes II 984 Hall; Cox III 374; Lowndes I 72 Arnold; Cox III 377; Lowndes IV 2051 Rastell; Cox III 375; Lowndes II 773-774 Fabyan; Cox III 378; Lowndes II 994 Hardyng. Spines lightly sunned top label more affected a dozen boards with small patches of lost patina from insect activity light rubbing to extremities other insignificant defects but the bindings lustrous with very little wear and making an imposing presence on the shelf. Illustrations lightly foxed occasional minor foxing or browning to text more prominent on a dozen or so openings but never severe other isolated negligible imperfections but a fine set inside and out the amply-margined text clean bright and fresh. Tall uniformly bound and a striking ornament to any library these volumes contain important histories first published in the 15th and 16th centuries covering events in England France and western Europe from the first century A.D. through the mid-1500s. The famed "Chronicles" of Jean Froissart ca. 1337 – ca. 1405 are a key resource for the Hundred Years' War and for the chivalric culture of the 14th century. Monstrelet ca. 1400 – 1453 picked up where Froissart left off reporting on the years 1400-44. The works by Robert Fabyan d. ca. 1512 and John Hardyng 1378–1465 look at English history from the first century Roman occupation through the Plantagenet and Tudor dynasties ending in the 15th and 16th centuries respectively. Printer John Rastell d. 1536 compiled and published "Pastime" which looks at England from 1066-1485. The "Chronicle" by Edward Hall 1497-1547 covering the years 1399-1547 was a key source for Shakespeare's history plays and according to A. W. Rosenbach's 1938 catalogue was "the second book printed in English and written by an Englishman referring to America as well as the first English historical work mentioning a voyage to America." King's printer to Henry VIII and Edward VI Richard Grafton ca. 1506/7 or 1511 – 1573 produced an abridgement of earlier Chronicles and a continuation of Hall's work notable according to DNB for "his description of the accession of Queen Elizabeth her welcome in London and the pageants held along the route—from the Tower to Westminster—which Grafton helped to oversee." "Customs of London" attributed to Richard Arnold d. ca. 1521 lists mayors sheriffs and bailiffs of that city from the time of Richard I to that of Henry VI and contains its articles charters and ordinances. It is easy to picture the present set on the shelves of a stately home---which given their "country house" condition is quite possibly where they resided for many years. unknown books
1777réf. D17899Oxford: Wright and Gill sold by Crowder and Jackson 1777. Hardcover. Good. and A New Version of the Psalms of David Fitted to the Tunes Used in Churches London: Printed by Mary Harrison 1774; with forty-nine of the fifty-two engravings interspersed through the first two titles viz. engraved frontis portrait of George II engraved title plates numbered 2-51 with the omission of plates 10 26 and 27 all hand-colored contemporary or near-contemporary. Small 8vo. Contemporary full red sheep tooled in gilt spine worn and laid down; a.e.g. Two early women owner's signatures to front blank one dated 1813. Various manuscript notes in pencil to front leaves. This is an especially scarce suite of engravings not in ESTC. The engravings depict the usual religious subjects but end with plates depicting the Gunpowder Plot martyrdom of Charles I and restoration of Charles II; Book of Common Prayer ESTC T82211; Psalms ESTC N67336. Wright and Gill, sold by Crowder and Jackson hardcover books
1929réf. 216998New York: Funk & Wagnalls 1929. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Volume four of ten only. 16mo. measuring 4" x 6 1/4". 199pp. Red cloth gilt-stamped spine. Spine slightly cocked near fine in a very good dust jacket with short tears on edges creased tear on top edge of rear panel. Contributions by Gilbert K. Chesterton Agatha Christie James Hay Jr. Hulbert Footner George Allan England Frederic F. Van de Water and E.W. Hornung. Funk & Wagnalls hardcover books
1929réf. 217011New York: Funk & Wagnalls Company 1929. Hardcover. Very Good. Reprint. 16mo. Spine stamped in gilt topedge gilt. Upper hinge neatly repaired a few pages and textblock edge with a small spot at bottom covers lightly worn and soiled with modest edgewear about very good lacking the dust jacket. Volume 4 only of a 10-volume set. Stories by Gilbert K. Chesterton Agatha Christie James Hay Jr. Hulbert Footner George Allan England Frederic F. Van de Water and E.W. Hornung. Funk & Wagnalls Company hardcover books
1927réf. 186114New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1927. Very Good. First American edition. Very good minus. Stain on spine. Slightly rubbed on the edges and the corners and the edges of the spine. Alfred A. Knopf unknown books
1908réf. 329480Girard KS: J.A. Wayland Publisher 1908. Magazine. 16p. stapled wraps 5.25x7.5 inches wraps slightly browned very good condition. Contents: A conversation with you by J.A. Wayland short poem "Omar for Teddy" by May Beals and Will socialism break up the family by H.E. England. J.A. Wayland, Publisher unknown books
1977réf. 321545Gateshead Tyne and Wear: Tyneside WPPE 1977. 36p. staplebound pamphlet old price penned in corner mildly worn. "A Marxist-Leninist look at the current state of British politics and the economy including articles on devolution and racism." Collection of articles from the group's newsletter. Tyneside WPPE unknown books
1908réf. 221767Girard KS: J.A. Wayland Publisher 1908. Magazine. 16p. stapled wraps 5.25x7.5 inches wraps slightly browned old pen markings on front wrap else good condition. Contents: A conversation with you by J.A. Wayland short poem "Omar for Teddy" by May Beals and Will socialism break up the family by H.E. England. J.A. Wayland, Publisher unknown books
1994réf. 300857Wilmington: Magcorp 1994. Magazine. 48p. includes covers 8.5x11 inches b&w and color photos of fetish sex scenes involving men in drag transsexuals and dominatrixes lightly worn magazine in stapled pictorial wraps. Straight gay lesbian trans fetish wear and sex. Magcorp unknown books
1998réf. 301069Wilmington: Magcorp 1998. Magazine. 48p. includes covers 8.5x11 inches b&w and color photos of fetish sex scenes involving men in drag transsexuals and dominatrixes lightly worn magazine in stapled pictorial wraps. Straight gay lesbian trans fetish wear and sex. Magcorp unknown books
1974réf. 243531Eugene: Center for Educational Reform 1974. Magazine. 63p. 8.5x11 inches wraps worn and stained table of contents stained else good condition. Center for Educational Reform unknown books
