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1953ref. 24302London: the Wine and Food Society 1953. First edition 1 of 750 copies 8vo pp. 12 196 1; facsimiles; fine in original red cloth gilt near fine dust-jacket. 1644 items listed. the Wine and Food Society unknown books
1928ref. 22161London & New York: Peter Davies & Harper and Brothers 1928. First edition 4to pp. xix 1 83; plates with 122 illustrations showing examples of typography; original blue cloth with large patterned paper label on upper cover paper label on spine glassine wrapper; some spotting to cloth wrapper darkened and chipped internally fine. Printed at The Curwen Press. The specimens were selected to indicate the general trend of design of the printed book in Europe and the United States. The name of the book author printer publisher and artist are given along with the particular type whenever possible. Peter Davies & Harper and Brothers unknown books
1885ref. 24901Paris: Hachette & Cie 1885. First edition large 8vo 5 p.l. including frontispiece map and portrait pp. 5-632; numerous wood engraved illustrations throughout a number full-page plus a large folding map at the back; preliminaries and terminals a bit spotted but generally a very good sound copy in publisher's red morocco-backed cloth gilt lettering direct on gilt-paneled spine a.e.g. Explorations for and investigations of a route for a railway in the upper Niger. Ibrahim-Hilmy p. 253. Hachette & Cie unknown books
1756ref. 22766Paris: publisher not identified 1756. First edition 12mo pp. 4 124; lacking the errata leaf; head- and tail-pieces throughout; contemporary mottled calf the spine gilt in six compartments red morocco label in 1 and all edges red; light wear to extremities small worm trail on back cover affecting leather only and a small 1-inch diameter illegible stamp in red on title page; overall a very attractive clean copy. An important treatise on crop rotation. La Salle de l'Etang d. 1765 provides one of the earliest systematic plans for rotating food crops with "artificial" pastures allowing tilled lands to rebuild nutrient reserves. In addition the author advocates raising livestock for manure to fertilize dry and sterile lands. In order to facilitate his plan he calls for the establishment of a national bureau of agriculture that would be responsible for record-keeping distributing produce throughout the country in times of famine and regional crises regulating foreign trade in agricultural products and maintaining fair prices. A second edition of La Salle de l'Etang's treatise appeared in 1758 and a third expanded version of 330 pages in 1762 both with a Brussels imprint. Six copies in US libraries: Harvard Yale Delaware UC-Davis and 2 others. [publisher not identified] unknown books
2024ref. 17698London: Simon & Schuster 2024. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. Cindy Lee Wright. Cindy Lee Wright. First Edition. Hardcover. 8.75" x 5.5". 276pp. Illustrated dust jacket over green cloth boards gilt lettering to spine. Jacket presents nicely in protective archival sleeve. Signed by the author on the title page. First UK edition first printing with full number line present. Sprayed edges matching dust jacket design. From the publisher: Can you tell a tomato from a grape Lawn from an oak tree Then congratulations - you are a botanist.Self-confessed bad birdwatcher Simon Barnes thought he knew nothing about plants. He didn't object to trees are interesting because birds perch in them; plants are useful as they create habitats and birds live in habitats. But while admiring the tenacity of some sea kale and yellow-horned poppy to thrive on an inhospitable shingle beach he was struck by a truth - it all begins with plants.In this funny and inspiring book Simon Barnes tells the story of a lifelong relationship with plants and the realisation of the fact. Taking us from thinking ourselves ignorant about plants to gently starting to observe seasons patterns and places Barnes guides us on a journey to better observing the beauty and diversity of the natural world.Both a primer on how to appreciate the plants around us and an exploration on how they make our external and interior worlds How to be a Bad Botanist opens our eyes to the wonders around us. Plants are everywhere in every part of your life and you know more than you think. Simon & Schuster hardcover books
2001ref. 629078Williamsburg Virginia: William and Mary Quarterly 2001. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Offprint. Corner-stapled octavo sheets. 1 348-372pp. Fine. First published in William and Mary Quarterly 3d Series Vol. LVIIII No. 2 April 2001. William and Mary Quarterly hardcover books
2000ref. 629079Cooperstown New York: The New York State Historical Association 2000. Unbound. Fine. Offprint. Unbound octavo sheets and card covers. 381-416pp. Cover a trifle soiled still fine. Inscribed to fellow scholar Graham Hodges who is also thanked in the Author Note on the first page and with a Typed Note from the author laid in sending the offprint along. First published in New York History Volume LXXXI Number 4 October 2000. The New York State Historical Association unknown books
2000ref. 629077Cooperstown New York: The New York State Historical Association 2000. Softcover. Fine. Offprint. Unbound octavo sheets and card covers. 381-416pp. A trifle worn still fine. First published in New York History Volume LXXXI Number 4 October 2000. The New York State Historical Association unknown books
1949ref. 350687Rio de Janeiro: Casa de Rui Barbosa 1949. 248p. text in French inscribed in French to Germain Bazin and signed by Simon folding frontispiece Message from Claudel in facsimile handwriting followed by French translation Frenchfold cream wraps separating yet intact stamped Library Discard on a bookplate from York University Library. Bazin was a respected French historian and curator at the Louvre. Casa de Rui Barbosa unknown books
2024ref. 16927Boston: Godine 2024. Fifth Printing. Hardcover. Very good /Very good . Fifth Printing. Hardcover. Signed by Simon Van Booy in ink to bookplate at half-title page. Fifth Printing. 8 1/2" X 5 3/4". 223pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers corners and edges of unclipped dust jacket with "Signed Copy" sticker to front panel. Bound in yellow cloth over boards with spine lettered in gilt. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is firm tight and sound. A very presentable signed early printing. ABOUT THIS BOOK: "Beautiful and enchanting"-Washington Post Sometimes a second chance comes in the most unexpected way. Following the loss of her husband and son Helen Cartwright returns to the village of her childhood after living abroad for six decades. Her only wish is to die quickly and without fuss. She retreats into her home on Westminster Crescent becoming a creature of routine and habit: "Each day was an impersonation of the one before with only a slight shuffle-as though even for death there is a queue." Then one cold winter night a chance encounter with a mouse sets Helen on a surprising journey. Over the course of two weeks in a small English town this reclusive widow discovers an unexpected reason to live. Sipsworth is a reminder that there is always reason for hope. No matter what we have planned for ourselves sometimes life has plans of its own. With profound compassion Simon Van Booy illuminates not only a deep friendship forged between two lonely creatures but the reverberations of goodness that ripple out from that unique bond.Publisher. Godine hardcover books
1905ref. 12594London: Sidney App.leton 1905. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First Edition. Hardcover. 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. Posthumously designed book plate by a friend of Oliver's incorporating his longstanding love of cephalopods. Also pastedown from the Occult Library London. Moderate shelfwear especially head and tail bumped/folded corners discoloration spotting/sunning to spine and even toning uncut pp. else tight bright and unmarred. vii 402pp. index illus b/w folding plates. Dark maroon cloth with gold titling and green cloth badge. Ex-libris from library and former owner. Sidney App.leton hardcover books
1998ref. 11545Oxford: Oxford University Press 1998. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good in Wraps. First Edition. Original Wraps. Blurb by OS on front wrappers. 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 shelfwear else tight bright and unmarred. Glossy paper wraps. 8vo. 110pp. Illus b/w. Oxford University Press unknown books
2005ref. 7448Paris: Centre Pompidou 2005. Paperback. Good . Paperback. 10 1/2" X 10 1/2". 59pp. Mild wear to pictorial paper wraps with light rubbing and creasing to covers and edges. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. A solid clean copy of this work depicting the art of Dada with accompanying text in English and French. Centre Pompidou paperback books
ref. 9325Portland OR: Parasol Press 2014. Limited Edition. Loose Sheets. Fine in Fine Archival Boxes. Limited Edition. Loose Sheets. A collection of 10 aquatints on Rives Paper. Leon Battista Alberti renaissance scholar artist and architect coined the term Concinnitas to connote the beauty found in the confluence of perfect uses of number position and outline. In 2012 Parasol commissioned ten mathematicians physicists and computer scientists including two Nobel Laureates and five Fields Medalists to create etchings of the mathematical expression most meaningful to them. These formulae were then printed by the fine-art print shop Harlan and Weaver as aquatints evoking the look of equations quickly and elegantly sketched in white chalk on a blackboard. Accompanied by an expository essay of each and description card signed by each. Sir Michael Atiyah. Edinburgh University. Fields Medal Enrico Bombieri. Institute of Advanced Study Princeton. Fields Medal Simon Donaldson. Stony Brook University / Imperial College London. Fields Medal Freeman Dyson. Institute of Advanced Study Princeton. Templeton Prize Murray Gell-Mann. Santa Fe Institute. Nobel Prize Richard Karp. UC Berkeley. Turing Medal Peter Lax. Courant Institute NYU. Abel Wolf and Norbert Wiener Prize David Mumford. Brown University. Fields Medal Stephen Smale. City University of Hong Kong. Fields Meda Steven Weinberg. University of Texas. Nobel Prize. Bright and unmarred. Black coated cloth archival boxes prints descriptions cards. 8 are 26 1/8 x 31 5/8 inches. 2 are 31 5/8 x 26 1/8 inches. Illus. b/w plates. Limited edition of 100. Signed by the mathematicians/physicists. Parasol Press unknown books
1924ref. 7217Berkshire: Thornton Butterworth Ltd/Golden Cockerel Press 1924. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Notation at front pastedown read "Not in the bibliography. Probably from the period 1920-26 when Harold Taylor ran the press the records of this period being incomplete." The author was a renowned scholar on the history of the bow and and accomplished archer. Minor shelf/edge wear hint of toning at spine and textblock edges ownership signature at ffep else tight bright and unmarred. Quarterbound vellum spine blue paper board gilt lettering. 8vo. 166pp. Numbered limited edition this being 109 of 350. Tipped in Errata at ffep. Thornton Butterworth Ltd/Golden Cockerel Press hardcover books
1938ref. 5148Milwaukee: The Settlement Cook Book Co. 1938. Later printing. Hardcover. Cream colored boards. Good. 623 pages. 19.5 x 14 cm. Lizzie Black Kander 1858-1940 became involved in charitable and educational reform as a young woman and later helped to merge two reform societies into an institution called "The Settlement." The Settlement assisted recently arrived immigrants particularly Eastern European Jews through classes and other community services. The cooking classes taught economic meal prep cleanliness nutrition and household management. The first edition was published by a local printer - 1000 copies. The cookbook reflects overlapping traditions: German and other European family dishes Jewish foods and American home cooking. Twenty-second Edition Enlarged and Revised. House in a homemade embroidered linen book jacket. Previous owner has laid in several clipped recipes. Interior lightly toned. Front hinge cracked but just holding. The Settlement Cook Book Co. hardcover books
1992ref. 18164Gland Switzerland: International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources 1992. Paperback. Very good. Quarto 28 cm pp. 252. White wraps with photo of bat. Previous owner's name on front cover. Minor wear to corners and 1/2" tear at bottom. Numerous black and white photos appendices and bibliography. International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources paperback books
1998ref. 60978New York: Harper Collins Publishers 1998. paper-covered boards dust jacket. small 8vo. paper-covered boards dust jacket. xi iii 242 pages. First edition later printing. A fine copy in fine jacket. The story of the two men Professor James Murray and Dr. William Chester Minor who were at the heart of the Oxford English Dictionary. After twenty years of correspondence Murray decided to travel to meet Minor only to find that he was actually criminally insane. Illustrated. Harper Collins Publishers unknown books
1968ref. 557228New York: Studio Duplicating Service / David Merrick 1968. Softcover. Near Fine. Stated "Rehearsal Script". Quarto. Music by Burt Bacharach. Lyrics by Hal David. 154 mimeographed leaves printed on the rectos only in screwbound black Studio Duplicating Service wrappers titled in gilt. Small neat handwritten control number "#80" on titlepage plasticized wrappers are slightly rubbed near fine. A musical comedy in two acts adapted for the theatre from the screenplay of The Apartment by Billy Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond. A wildly successful musical that closed after 1281 performances. OCLC locates two copies likely contemporary scripts with approximately 50 fewer pages Princeton; U of Colorado Boulder. Studio Duplicating Service / David Merrick unknown books
ref. 420881New York: Saturday Morning 1978. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. Edited by Simon Pettet. Tall octavo. Unpaginated. Stapled wrappers with illustrated covers by David Morris. Some modest age-toning on the wrappers else near fine. This copy with a printed limitation at the bottom of the front cover: "This is number 4 in a set of 10 signed editions." Signed by virtually all of the contributors including Pettet John Cage Ted Berrigan Allen Ginsberg Anne Waldman Peter Orlovsky Gerard Malanga Alice Notley John Giorno Dick Higgins Ron Padgett Carl Solomon Eileen Myles Maggie Dubris John Godfrey Jim Brodkey Bob Rosenthal Michael Scholnick Gary Lenhart Harris Schiff Annabel Levitt Michael Lally Maureen Owen Greg Masters Bob Holman Rose Lesniak Paul Violi Tom Savage Steve Carey and artist David Morris. Perhaps most amusing is an angry contribution by Kathy Acker purporting to be a public service announcement by the Chase Manhattan Bank of North America Signed by Acker as "The Chase Manhattan Bank of North America." Berrigan's signature notes himself as "Ted Berrigan on Ibogaine." The only signature that appears to be lacking is that of contributor Ray Bremser. Seemingly the last issue of this short-lived poetry zine. OCLC locates just two runs four issues of Vol. I and this double issue of Vol. II and only one in the U.S. with no mention of the limitation. Undoubtedly rare and a considerable achievement in corralling so many of the contributors to sign the issue in what might be considered an exercise in "herding cats. Saturday Morning unknown books
1981ref. 2354335Long Island City New York: Schlangekraft Inc. / Barnes Graphics Inc. / James Wasserman / Feint Type 1981. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 10x7x1. Second edition. Portion of spine neatly reattached fore edge a bit scuffed. Binding tight and square pages clean bright and unmarked. 1981 Hard Cover. lvi 218 pp. Edited with an introduction by Simon. Includes prefaces to second and third editions bibliography and suggested reading list an introductory essay that mentions the significance of H.P. Lovecraft and Aleister Crowley etc. "In the past 31 years there has been a lot of ink - actual and virtual - spilled on the subject of the Necronomicon. Some have derided it as a clumsy hoax; others have praised it as a powerful grimoire. As the decades have passed more information has come to light both on the book's origins and discovery and on the information contained within its pages. The Necronomicon has been found to contain formula for spiritual trans-formation consistent with some of the most ancient mystical processes in the world processes that were not public knowledge when the book was first published processes that involve communion with the stars. In spite of all the controversy the first edition sold out before it was published. And it has never been out of print since then. Schlangekraft, Inc. / Barnes Graphics, Inc. / James Wasserman / Feint Type hardcover books
1997ref. 299754Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 1997. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. Octavo; in the publisher’s black cloth binding; with titling on the spine in gold; xvi 366 pages including the Index; a bit of wear to the jacket; a trivial bump to the bottom of the upper board; no markings of any kind. Very Good binding / Very Good dust jacket. Cambridge University Press unknown books
1797ref. 006817London: Printed by W. Bulmer & Co. Shakespeare Printing-Office for John & Josiah Boydell and George Nicol. From the Types of W. Martin 1797. First Edition. Full Gilt and Blindstamped Morocco. Near Fine. Folio 32 by 26 cm. cxxxiii 3 213 286 300 pp. 32 hand-colored mezzotint plates within the 3 volumes one plate folding. Among them are three reproductions of Milton portraits including Milton as an infant as a boy and the famous Romney painting of the blind Milton dictating to his daughters this plate being the folding one. To our knowledge this copy of the Boydell Milton is an uniquely hand-colored copy. All the plates other than the Milton portraits are the artwork of Westall. These have an unmistakable affinity to the heroic style of Blake his contemporary. The men and even the women can have exaggerated bulging muscles as found most famously in Michelangelo. As invited by Milton's epic light contends with dark and the illustrations serve up a phantasmagoria of imagery with swirling shadows and specters. The hand-coloring is of a very high caliber and we think greatly enriches the mezzotints. The three volumes contain all the major poetry of Milton -- "Paradise Lost" "Paradise Regained" "Samson Agonistes" "Comus" etc. etc. Note all half-titles are present. Binding of a rich russet/crimson straight-grained morocco with bands of blindstamping and gilt-stamping decoration on the boards and gilt decoration within and on the raised bands. Decoration consists of ruling Greek palmettos and more floral rinceaux bands. Conditiion: morocco binding with minor abrasions and wear. One leaf with repaired tear Vol. II pp. 103/4. Pages generally clean plates bright. All volumes tight. Printed by W. Bulmer & Co., Shakespeare Printing-Office, for John & Josiah Boydell, and George Nicol. From the Types of W. Marti unknown books
1916ref. 27228no place : International Marine Engineering 1916. first collected edition. Wraps. Very Good. first collected edition. 48 pages. 9 x 12 inches. Self wrappers stapled. Minor wear and soiling to the front and rear pages. Generally clean internally. Nicely illustrated. Wraps. This work gathers together for the first time a series of articles originally published by Simon Lake in International Marine Engineering from July 1915 to April 1916. It does a good job of identifying the state of the art at the time and is surprisingly hard to find. Worldcat shows several copies only. Each section is headed "Modern Submarines in War and Peace" Subtitles identify the section number and topic. The nine parts are listed here: I Present status of the submarine and its future possibilities -- early submarines and lessons applied to modern development -- II. Development of the submarine beginning with 1893 -- principles of construction and operation -- III. Early development of the submarine in Germany France and Italy -- modifications of original inventions -- IV. Motive power of submarines for surface work -- the heavy oil diesel type engine -- periscopes -- V. Construction and installation of storage batteries -- tactics of the submarine in warfare -- the invisible weapon -- VI. Coast defense and cruising or "fleet" submarines -Value of so called "amphibious" submarines for defense purposes -- VII. Under-ice navigation with a submarine -- experiments and tests with the protector in 1903 -- VIII. Application of the submarine to commercial enterprises -- cargo carrying submarines -- sea bottom exploration and wreck salvage -- IX. Submarines for the recovery of shellfish -- future development of the submarine and its use in warfare. Simon Lake was a productive engineer with over 200 patents to his name and played an important role in early submersibles. He competed with John Philip Holland for early military submarine contracts in the United States. He eventually founded the Lake Torpedo Boat company out of Bridgeport Connecticut which did successfully supply the US Navy with submarines. While not a household name Lake contributed greatly to the introduction of the submarine as a primary tool in the US Navy's arsenal. International Marine Engineering unknown books
2001ref. 628942Williamsburg Virginia: William and Mary Quarterly 2001. Softcover. Offprint. Corner-stapled octavo sheets. 1 348-372pp. First leaf with a tiny tear at the staple but sound and final page with a tiny stain near fine. Briefly Inscribed to noted scholar Graham Hodges on the first page. Hodges is one of several historians thanked on the first page for their comments on the article. First published in William and Mary Quarterly 3d Series Vol. LVIIII No. 2 April 2001. William and Mary Quarterly unknown books
