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2004ref. 24291London: Granta Books 2004. A first edition first printing of The Smoking Diaries by Simon Gray published by Granta Books London in 2004. A near fine copy free from inscriptions with some slight bumping to the fore-edge of the text block. In a near fine wrapper with a little bumping to the extremities and damp-staining internally. A first edition first printing of The Year of the Jouncer by Simon Gray published by Granta Books London in 2006. A fine copy signed by the author in black ink to the title page in a near fine wrapper with a little bumping to the extremities. A first edition first printing of The Last Cigarette by Simon Gray published by Granta Books London in 2008. A fine copy free from inscriptions in a similarly fine unclipped wrapper. Published in 2004 The Smoking Diaries began when playwright Simon Gray turned sixty-five and started recording his thoughts with little concern for conventional diary form. Digressive candid and mordantly funny it ranges across cigarettes abandoned drinking theatrical triumphs and disasters adultery shame friendship family and ageing. Gray presents himself without vanity transforming anxiety irritation and regret into comedy. Beneath its casualness lies a poignant meditation on memory mortality and the consolations of love and companionship. Granta Books unknown
1872ref. 876F35Philadelphia: Landis Publishing Society 1872 . First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 7.5" by 5.5". None. The first edition of this very scarce American utopia novel regarded by E. F. Bleiler as a work with 'lurid sensationalism and sexual elements with a nasty messianic urge'. The first edition of this very scarce novel which was self-published in 1872 to commercial failure and has been reviewed as one of the worst novels ever written.The novel follows a healer who leads a militant secret society - the Naturalists - who ultimately win a civil war. They then bring about a savage eugenics regime to the world in which they shoot all prisoners of war and institute a totalitarian theocracy decreeing that all must work on pain of death and all money is to be collected by the state.God demonstrates his approval for this state of affairs by sending a plague and famine in which the wicked perish leaving only the Naturalists alive.With fourteen pages of advertisements to the rear. With library label to back strip library bookplate to front pastedown and inscription to front free endpaper.Research librarian and author Jess Nevins termed this 'the worst science fiction novel of the 19th century' due to its 'unreadability cliché and thematic foulness'. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Significant discolouration to back strip. Bumping to spine head and tail with minor loss of cloth to spine head and label to back strip. Front hinge strained but firmly held. Library bookplate to front pastedown with inscription to front free endpaper. Front blank strained with closed tear at gutter. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright with handling marks throughout. Very Good Landis Publishing Society hardcover
1917ref. 162549London: Harrison & Sons 1917. First edition presentation copy presumably prepared by the author's battalion commander Colonel Walter Gordon Wolrige-Gordon 1861-1938 to be given to close family and friends with an original photographic portrait of him mounted as a frontispiece. Posted to France in November 1915 the author served with the Royal Fusiliers at Festubert and Cambrin before gaining a commission in the Machine Gun Corps and returning home in February 1916. Educated at Radley and Christ Church Oxford Sturges 1893-1971 joined the 19th Public Schools Battalion Royal Fusiliers as a private. His is a no-nonsense but colourful first-hand account largely based on letters home. He was later Political Secretary at the British High Commission in Baghdad. Harrison & Son the printer-publisher generally worked for the War Office and were not known for general publishing so it is quite likely that this scarce work was printed for the author. Sturges's commanding officer W. G. Wolrige-Gordon 1861-1938 previously of the Black Watch had a distinguished military career. Wounded at El-Teb during the Sudan campaign 1884 he saw service on the Nile Expedition 1884-5 Matabeleland 1893-4 and the Boer War. During the First World War he was five times mentioned in despatches. The original photograph of him mounted as frontispiece is the same image that appears in The History of the Royal Fusiliers "U.P.S." 1917. This is affixed to card with a printed caption reading "Some Colonel" and a reference to page 112 where we read: "We staggered on at snail's pace along the Bethune road and I really believe I should never have been able to complete the journey and other men were worse than me. Then to our great relief the Colonel stopped two motor lorries into which we all climbed and they brought us all here. The Colonel himself stayed behind with those who couldn't find room - some Colonel!" Provenance: John Gordon Wolrige-Gordon 1856-1925 W. G.'s brother with his imposing armorial bookplate dated 1909 engraved by the bookplate specialist Charles W. Sherborn. J. G. served with the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders and had a similarly illustrious career: he was on the Tochi and Tirah expeditions 1897 and saw extensive action during the Boer War notably at Modder River Magersfontein and Paaderberg. Octavo 179 x 115 mm. Tissue-guarded original sepia-toned gelatin silver portrait by Turner of St Albans mounted as frontispiece. Small diagram of opposing front lines at p. 102. Presentation binding contemporary of red morocco bevelled boards spine with a gilt castellated fillet on raised bands and at head and tail gilt fillets either side of raised bands black label covers with border of blind paired fillets foliate cornerpieces resembling the flaming grenade cap badge o Royal Fusiliers blind foliate roll to turn-ins pale cream-coloured ribbed endpapers top edge gilt. Spine and head of back cover sunned frontispiece slightly silvered: a very attractive copy. Not in Falls. hardcover
2022ref. __0414098528Sweet & Maxwell 2022. Hardcover. New. 15 edition. 1618 pages. 9.45x6.46x2.52 inches. Sweet & Maxwell hardcover
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1995ref. 50599BASTEI-LÜBBE 12/1995. 1. softcover. Time Wars BASTEI-LÜBBE paperback
2007ref. Q-3865213804Steidl 2007-06-01. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Steidl hardcover
1993ref. DBS-97818533388471993. 1st. Hardcover. New. hardcover
1993ref. DBS-97818533388471993. 1st. Hardcover. New. hardcover
ref. 120875aafA Lausanne, Chez la Société Typographique, M. DCC. LXXVIII, 1778 - 1780, in-8vo, ca. 500 p. par volume, reliure en plein veau, pièce de titre en maroquin rouge au dos, tranches vertes (charnière T. 1 début de fente, sinon bel ensemble.
1796ref. 262349Versailles: D. Pierres 1796. hardcover. very good. 21 sepia engravings small 4to original marbled boards rubbed brown leather spine label half title and title page have been repaired not affecting the text. Versilles: D. Pierres 1796. Very good . Nissen 2B1 995. D. Pierres unknown
1796ref. 262349Versailles: D. Pierres 1796. hardcover. very good. 21 sepia engravings small 4to original marbled boards rubbed brown leather spine label half title and title page have been repaired not affecting the text. Versilles: D. Pierres 1796. Very good . Nissen 2B1 995. D. Pierres unknown books
1967ref. 729422 volume set all with accompanying dust jackets wrapped in mylar. Cloth boards; titles to spines. A very nice set without previous owner's names or other markings. Volume I and II contain small stains to dust jackets see image but does not affect spines of books. Please expect extra postage as this is a very large and heavy set. 7 x 10 in Southern Illinois University Press hardcover
ref. FRE4Octavo. Brown ink on creamy paper with ornate printed letterhead “American Engraving Co. of Boston Mass.” featuring an advertisement: “Designers & Engravers Fine Half-Tone and Line Plates. Catalogue Magazine Book and Newspaper Illustrations.” 2 pp. With the original matching envelope addressed “Mr. Nazaret Tcheordukian c/o Mr. Marcarian: Frezno California”. Text in Western Armenian. Fold marks light edge wear and toning otherwise a very good letter. An interesting early piece of correspondence between pioneer Armenian immigrants in Massachusetts and California during a formative era for the Armenian-American community. The letter opens with "Dear Nazaret Cheordukian " and goes on to thank him for his previous letter share greetings from friends ask for more news and closes with "Your friend Simon Karapetian”. Simon S. Garabedian Karapetian; 1873–1931 immigrated to Massachusetts from the Ottoman Empire in 1896. Until at least 1916 he worked as a photo engraver at the American Engraving Company in Boston which explains the use of its letterhead. Notably the company’s manager A.J. Kemalyan mentioned on the letterhead was also an Armenian immigrant from the Ottoman Empire. The recipient Nazereth Chordigian Chordikian; 1855-after 1920 immigrated from the Ottoman Empire in the same 1896 as Garabedian. Around 1899 he settled in Fresno California and worked as shoemaker and later as rancher. The "c/o Mr. Marcarian " notation on the envelope almost certainly refers to a member of the well-known Markarian family one of Fresno's earliest and most prominent Armenian fig-growing settlers widely credited with establishing the city’s Armenian agricultural prominence. Henry Markarian 1872–1918 president of the California Fig Growers' Association was referred to as the “Fig King” of the country and at one time the family was the largest fig grower in the United States and possibly in the world see more at Figs Friends of the Fresno Fair - Armenian Exhibit. Fresno California was one of the largest and most important early Armenian-American communities. The first Armenian settlers moved there in the early 1880s from the East Coast when the local population was not more than a thousand people. Later they were accompanied by the settlers from the Armenian territories of the Ottoman Empire. Most of the first Armenians who settled in Fresno lived and worked downtown in what is now referred to as Old Armenian Town. By 1894 the Armenian population in Fresno was 360 a number which grew rapidly with the onset of the Hamidian Massacres in 1895-96. The massacres and persecution of the Armenians by the Turks fueled the growth until it reached about 10000 even before the start of the Armenian Genocide in 1915. During and after the genocide even more Armenians came until the restrictions on immigration in 1921 and 1924 brought this to a virtual end. Los Angeles also became a focus of Armenian immigration and some Armenians from Fresno moved there as well. The number of Armenians in Los Angeles surpassed those in Fresno in 1930 — partly because of the agricultural depression in the valley during the 1920s. Overall the letter reflects the development of the Armenian-American community and the personal connections linking Armenian families in Boston and Fresno and stands as a rare example of early Armenian diasporic correspondence in the United States. unknown
1933ref. 33754London: The Soncino Press 1933. Hardcover. First Edition First Printing in the English language. 5.5 x 9in. xxx. 390pp.; 404pp.; 420pp.; 411pp.; 406pp. Publisher's cloth boards. All 5 volumes are in NEAR FINE condition in Very Good dust jackets protected in removable archival covers. The books themselves show marginal shelf rubbing of the extremities otherwise remain Fine/As New. The dust jackets show very slight hints of toning slight shelf rubbing of the extremities with two or three short closed tears a few small instances of creasing some spots of discoloration to Vol. 2 and 3 otherwise remain bright colorful and distinct. As pictured. The Soncino Press hardcover
1938ref. 131891Paris: Paris Film 1938. Vintage oversize double weight reference photograph from the 1938 film a strong image of actor Jean Gabin in a train engineer's uniform lighting a cigarette. Shot by acclaimed portrait photographer Sam Levin who worked with director Jean Renoir on several other productions including "La Grande Illusion" 1937 and "The Rules of the Game" 1939 and whose early photographs of Brigitte Bardot helped craft her public image as a sex symbol. Based on Émile Zola's 1890 novel. Renoir's film remains true to the proletarian source material while grafting on elements of film noir and his own humanist philosophy. One of the director's biggest commercial successes with a powerful lead performance by Gabin. Remade in the US in 1954 by Fritz Lang as "Human Desire." 11.5 x 12 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 324. Paris Film unknown
1938ref. 131891Paris: Paris Film 1938. Vintage oversize double weight reference photograph from the 1938 film a strong image of actor Jean Gabin in a train engineer's uniform lighting a cigarette. Shot by acclaimed portrait photographer Sam Levin who worked with director Jean Renoir on several other productions including "La Grande Illusion" 1937 and "The Rules of the Game" 1939 and whose early photographs of Brigitte Bardot helped craft her public image as a sex symbol. Based on Émile Zola's 1890 novel. Renoir's film remains true to the proletarian source material while grafting on elements of film noir and his own humanist philosophy. One of the director's biggest commercial successes with a powerful lead performance by Gabin. Remade in the US in 1954 by Fritz Lang as "Human Desire." 11.5 x 12 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 324. Paris Film unknown books
ref. 1152701Southern Illinois University Press 1967/2000 printings. Silas Felton blindstamp on ffep of Vols. 1 5 11-13. Very minor soiling on dust jackets of Vols. 1 5 7 13-16. Tiny snag on spine of Vol. 8 jacket. Otherwise all jackets are Near Fine to Fine. Books themselves are fresh and Fine. A heavy set that will ship at my postage cost; cannot be shipped internationally. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Book. Southern Illinois University Press Hardcover
1937ref. 45946London: Signature. Near Fine. 1937. First Edition. Softcover. Original printed wrappers. Issue 5 March 1937. Limited to 1000 copies. Spine faintly toned. Contents about fine; slightest bump to spine head. Includes color frontis by McKinght Kauffer three original color lithographs by Eric Ravilious and 2 tipped-in lithographed dust jackets. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 542 pages . Signature paperback
2003ref. 59628Antique Collectors Club. Fine in Fine dust jacket. First Edition. Hardcover. Original cloth. First edition. Trace rubbing to the gilt titles else fine condition in fine DJ.; 9.2 X 0.84 X 11.26 inches; 208 pages . 2003. Antique Collectors Club hardcover
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2007ref. Q-0813823234Wiley-Blackwell 2007-11-13. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Wiley-Blackwell hardcover
1851ref. 11551851. Zweite vermehrte Auflage. - Berlin Verlag von Georg Reimer 1851 8° XII 420 pp. 9 von Troschel gezeichnete und gestochene Stahlstichtafeln mit 123 Figuren Pappband d. Zeit; St.a.Tit.; feines Exemplar. BEGINN HISTOPATHOLOGISCHER FORSCHUNG IN DER DERMATOLOGIE ! "Die günstige Aufnahme welche meine Schrift über Hautkrankheiten gefunden machte es nöthig schon zwei Jahre nach dem Erscheinen der ersten Auflage die Bearbeitung einer zweiten zu beginnen. Der ursprüngliche Plan des Buches ist in der hier vorliegenden neuen Auflage nicht verändert sondern es sind nur die Abschnitte umgearbeitet oder mit Zusätzen versehen worden bei denen ich durch fremde oder eigene Untersuchungen in den Stand gesetzt war das früher Gegebene zu vervollständigen. Solche veränderte Kapitel sind z. B. das über die normale Haut über Entzündung Geschwüre Condylome Elephantiasis Graecorum u.s.w. Der Umfang des Werkes ist auf diese Weise durch einige Bogen verstärkt und die Zahl der Kupfertafeln zugleich um eine vermehrt worden." Vorwort zur zweiten Auflage / Berlin den 15. December 1850. Der Verfasser. Carl Gustav Theodor Simon 1810-1857 als Pathologe ausgebildet in Dermatologie habilitiert und an der Charité tätig war der erste Vertreter seines Faches in Berlin. Das gesuchte Grundlagenwerk zur Einführung der Histopathologie in die Dermatologie im 19.Jhdt ist seinem Lehrer Johannes Müller gewidmet und mit Abbildungen von H.Troschel nach den vom Autor gefertigten Präparaten großzügig illustriert. Er benutzte die Nomenklatur nach Willan-Bateman. "Einen Eindruck erweckenden Fortschritt schafft Simons Hauptwerk. Es bietet für damals einen sicheren Leitfaden der pathologischen Histologie der Haut." Gottron/Schönfeld. "Gustav Simon reviesed the entire subject of the histopathology of the skin and wrote on the structure of condylomas and warts pigment formation of the skin and the development of hairs and first described the acorus follicularum."-Pusey Hirsch-H. V 279; Richter 232; Klaschka-R. 100 Jahre Dermatologie in Berlin unknown
1771ref. 273191771. Aus dem Französischen. Berlin bei Haude und Spener 1771 8° 3 Bl. 367 1 pp. Pappband i. St.d.Zt.; ab Seite 202 unbedeutender Wurmgang. KLASSIKER DER EPILEPTOLOGIE SELTENE DEUTSCHE AUSGABE. Diese frühe Abhandlung zur "Fallenden Sucht" ist eine der profundesten Monographien über die Epilepsie. Tissot der berühmte Genfer Arzt und führende Praktiker Europas war Freund A. von Hallers und Zimmermanns. "The first book on this subject to show all characteristics of enlightenment in medicine and. at once learned scientific and readable." - Temkin The falling sickness. 229-231. Heintel Quellen z. Gesch. d. Epilepsie 52-57. unknown
