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1724Best.-Nr. 56279Amsterdam: R. & G. Wetstein 1724. Very good plus. Well-preserved Enlightenment-era edition of the Roman playwright - from the celebrated collection of the Duchess of Berry who famously sold her books after her failed coup in 1832. The Duchess of Berry was an important member of the House of Bourbon's royal family After her husband's assassination in 1820 the Duchess's son became the heir apparent to the French throne. But when the July Revolution of 1830 deposed the Bourbons the Duchess and her son went into exile. In 1832 however the Duchess of Berry clandestinely returned to France to lead a rebellion becoming "the most wanted woman in France" Samuels. Her coup failed and she was once again exiled; her story would later be dramatized in fiction by Alexandre Dumas as LES LOUVES DE MACHECOUL 1859. Realizing she would never return to her beloved library of some 8000 volumes at Chateau Rosny she made the decision to sell it. It was then one of the most famous libraries in France with a tremendous range in philosophy history travel science law theology fiction and theater. This copy's bookplates mark its provenance from the library of the Duchess bearing the engraved bookplate of Rosny in all three volumes. An important translation from the era's great translator Anne Dacier from the library of a great book collector the Duchess of Berry. Three 12mo volumes 6.25'' x 3.75'' each. Contemporary full calf raised bands elaborately gilt-tooled spines red and tan goatskin spine labels. Marbled endpapers red stained edges blue silk ribbon markers. Illustrated with engraved allegorical frontispiece engraved dedication headpiece and 47 plates by Picart 2 folding. 10 v-lxxxviii 511 1; 485 1; 431 1 pages. Engraved bookplate of the Bibliothèque de Rosny on front pastedowns; ink shelf notations to early blanks. Light wear to hinges and corners. Some foxing. Largely bright and clean. R. & G. Wetstein unknown
1724Best.-Nr. 56279Amsterdam: R. & G. Wetstein 1724. Very good plus. Well-preserved Enlightenment-era edition of the Roman playwright - from the celebrated collection of the Duchess of Berry who famously sold her books after her failed coup in 1832. The Duchess of Berry was an important member of the House of Bourbon's royal family After her husband's assassination in 1820 the Duchess's son became the heir apparent to the French throne. But when the July Revolution of 1830 deposed the Bourbons the Duchess and her son went into exile. In 1832 however the Duchess of Berry clandestinely returned to France to lead a rebellion becoming "the most wanted woman in France" Samuels. Her coup failed and she was once again exiled; her story would later be dramatized in fiction by Alexandre Dumas as LES LOUVES DE MACHECOUL 1859. Realizing she would never return to her beloved library of some 8000 volumes at Chateau Rosny she made the decision to sell it. It was then one of the most famous libraries in France with a tremendous range in philosophy history travel science law theology fiction and theater. This copy's bookplates mark its provenance from the library of the Duchess bearing the engraved bookplate of Rosny in all three volumes. An important translation from the era's great translator Anne Dacier from the library of a great book collector the Duchess of Berry. Three 12mo volumes 6.25'' x 3.75'' each. Contemporary full calf raised bands elaborately gilt-tooled spines red and tan goatskin spine labels. Marbled endpapers red stained edges blue silk ribbon markers. Illustrated with engraved allegorical frontispiece engraved dedication headpiece and 47 plates by Picart 2 folding. 10 v-lxxxviii 511 1; 485 1; 431 1 pages. Engraved bookplate of the Bibliothèque de Rosny on front pastedowns; ink shelf notations to early blanks. Light wear to hinges and corners. Some foxing. Largely bright and clean. R. & G. Wetstein unknown books
Best.-Nr. 4118Lexington Kentucky: The University Press of Kentucky. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1971. First Edition. Cream cloth with gilt particulars to spine. Printed dustjacket with small loss to top of front hinge. Half title signed by both Berry and Meatyard. A very nice clean copy without previous owners' names or other markings. ; Square 8vo ; 97 44 pages; Signed by Author & Illustrator; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail. . The University Press of Kentucky hardcover
1983Best.-Nr. 2203San Francisco: North Point Press 1983. First edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. A nice association copy: his mother's copy Signed by Berry and numbered 2/100 of a limited signed edition opposite the title page presumably he kept the first copy or gave it to his wife. Uncommon or scarce signed the only copy available as of this writing. As an accompanying letter of provenance explains after the book came back to Berry following his mother's death he donated it to the Pendleton County Public Library in Kentucky to help it rebuild after its collections were lost to a devastating flood. As Berry's preface explains this book is a revision of an out-of-print novel first published in 1967 substantially revised and cut by about a third. He concludes the preface: "This then is not a new book but a renewed one." Set in his fictional town of Port William Kentucky the land itself and its rhythms are the essential character. Handsome auburn paper boards with a blue cloth spine. Very good with very mild rubbing to corners and spine ends and faint foxing to text block faces. In a very good or better jacket with just a hint of toning to the pale rear panel's edges but the jacket is slightly misaligned on the book possibly a printer's error as it seems a little small. A sweet copy. More about the book: "Part ribald farce part lyrical contemplation Wendell Berry's novel is the story of a place-Port William Kentucky-the farm lands and forests that surround it and the river that runs nearby The rhythms of this novel are the rhythms of the land. A Place on Earth resonates with variations played on themes of change; looping transitions from war into peace winter into spring browning flood destruction into greening fields absence into presence lost into found." . North Point Press hardcover
1989Best.-Nr. 1005North Point Press 1989. First thus. Hardcover. Near fine. Association copy inscribed by Berry on the first blank in the year of publication to the poet critic and biographer Vince Clemente with a holograph version of the titular poem "Traveling at Home." Clemente was a professor at SUNY and his papers are held at Rochester University. This trade volume by North Point Press Berry's longtime home in its various permutations with editor-publisher Jack Shoemaker reproduces a fine press version published by the Press of Appletree Alley at Bucknell University in 1988 the year before this edition limited to 150 signed copies. The first section in the book is a short essay running 10 pages "A Walk Down Camp Branch" described as "an essay in which the author reveals his special sensitivity to nature and his rural Kentucky community"; the second two sections feature fifteen poems. Fifty-six pages total. Green botanically patterned paper boards and a dark green cloth spine; speckled mint-green endpapers. Illustrated throughout with wood engravings in green by well-known artist John DePol. A handsome production adhering to the original and likely less common signed in this trade version. Without a dust jacket as issued. A near fine copy with just a touch of rubbing to corners; the lower front corner has just worn through to the board but it's tidy and inconspicuous. The holograph poem is sensational and makes this a unique find. Berry is our consummate agrarian poet-writer-intellectual and "Traveling at Home" in Kentucky defines his world-renown ethos. North Point Press hardcover
2023Best.-Nr. 1004NY: Knopf 2023. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Association copy inscribed on the title page in the Nobel Prize winner's small script: "For Eric and Tania Idle from Jim Watson." Eric Idle is the English actor comedian musician and writer best and very hilariously known as a member of the British surreal comedy group Monty Python. Laid in is a typed letter signed TLS on Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory stationary roughly 4 x 7" dated July 2003. Conveying the book it's addressed to Tania Eric Idle's wife and is seven sentences in all perhaps most intriguingly: "Being like you on Paul Allen's super St. Petersburg weekend was a once in a lifetime experience." Sounds fun. It also mentions enclosing two short speeches but those are no longer present. Watson's first book The Double Helix 1968 telling the story of his and Crick's discovery of DNA remains one of the most successful science memoirs of all time. Thirty five years late DNA: The Secret Life serves as layman's introduction and a longview: "Watson provides the general reader with clear explanations of molecular processes and emerging technologies. He shows us how DNA continues to alter our understanding of human origins and of our identities as groups and as individuals." A fine book quarto in blue cloth color illustrations and photos throughout. In a near fine jacket with a nifty elegant hologram plate at center as you shift your perspective the image changes from a double helix to a bee foraging on flowers; it has a paper clip impression at the top of the rear panel. The letter is fine once folded in three. Knopf hardcover
Best.-Nr. 154485Bourges, Vermeil, 1838-1848 14 titres en 3 vol. in-8, basane marbrée, dos lisse orné, tranches mouchetées (reliure de l'époque). Un mors inf. fendu, mais bon exemplaire.
1814Best.-Nr. 28721Caen G. Le Roy s.d. [1814] placard in-folio de 44 x 35 cm sous verre, cadre moderne bois clair
1858Best.-Nr. 0024891858 Paris, A. Morel et Cie, 1858. In-folio (288 X 395 mm) percaline violine, dos lisse muet, double encadrement avec écoinçons à froid sur les deux plats, auteur, titre et illustrateur dorés au centre du premier plat, grand fleuron à froid au centre du second plat, tranches dorées (reliure de l'éditeur) ; (2) ff. de faux-titre et titre illustré, VII pages (table des matières, fac-similé d'une lettre de George Sand à Maurice Sand et avant-propos), 48 pages et 12 planches hors-texte.
1978Best.-Nr. 011535Hodder & Stoughton Ltd 1978. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Kate Greenaway. 1992 first edition hardback in near fine condition. No marks clean and bright tight binding black cloth boards in excellent condition. In its original unclipped dust wrapper with a little wear to corners now in a protective sleeve. A lovely copy. Items are dispatched the same or the following working day. Please note our excellent customer feedback. Hodder & Stoughton Ltd hardcover
Best.-Nr. 8828Sierra Club/San Francisco. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Signed by Authors. 1st Printing 223 pp. Book/dust jacket condition: NF minimal abrasion to top bottom of spine at corners; neat pencil annotation at top of ffep/NF in professionally-applied mylar longterm. 1st/First Edition 1st/First Printing. All orders are processed and shipped from MI or WI USA. Sierra Club/San Francisco paperback
1936Best.-Nr. 84921s. l. 1936. Fine. s. l. 1936 24 x 30 cm 38 photographies Set of 38 original photographs silver gelatin prints of the period in 24x30cm format depicting scenes from the filming of the movie. Le mort en fuite is a film by André Berthomieu assisted by André Zwobada with Carlo Rim as dialogue writer and adapter; the main roles were played by Michel Simon Jules Berry and Marie Glory. Here is the synopsis: Two mediocre actors from the ""Folies printanières"" Hector Trignol Jules Berry and Achille Baluchet Michel Simon invent an imaginary crime to gain publicity: Achille will pretend that he murdered Hector out of romantic rivalry and when the press seizes upon this news item the ""victim"" will reappear to exonerate Achille and make him a hero. For authenticity the two friends threaten each other in public and make noise in their room before Hector secretly leaves the building without being seen by the concierge. But contrary to what the two accomplices had imagined no one pays attention to Hector's disappearance and he grows impatient in his hideout in Brussels. He finally sends an anonymous letter to the Public Prosecutor to report the ""crime"" but despite Baluchet's efforts to make himself appear suspicious the investigators only believe in Trignol's ""disappearance"". It is then that the revue leader Myra supposedly the cause of the romantic rivalry between Baluchet and Trignol decides to profit from the latter's disappearance for her own publicity. Achille is finally arrested and in vain he proclaims his innocence first before the examining magistrate then before the criminal court. The verdict falls: he will be sentenced to capital punishment and his request for presidential pardon will be rejected. Meanwhile feeling watched Trignol has taken refuge in Berlin then in Warsaw where he was kidnapped because he is the double of Russian General Mikhaïl Popov. He will appear before a court martial and be sentenced to be shot. The set is presented in a cardboard box whose lid is missing. unknown
1977Best.-Nr. 71944San Francisco: Sierra Club Books 1977. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. SIGNED. 228pp. Large octavo 25 cm Bound in navy cloth with title stamped in white ink on spine and blind stamped on front board. Light rubbing and bumping at the spine ends and corners of the covers. Spine just a tad rolled back. In the printed dust jacket with a couple of very short closed tears to the edges and a very minor gouge to the surface of the rear panel. Signed by Wendell Berry on the title page. Berry's powerful and eloquent argument that good farming is a cultural development and spiritual discipline including valid criticism of the environmentally irresponsible agribusinesses of the modern world. Sierra Club Books hardcover
1977Best.-Nr. 71944San Francisco: Sierra Club Books 1977. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. SIGNED. 228pp. Large octavo 25 cm Bound in navy cloth with title stamped in white ink on spine and blind stamped on front board. Light rubbing and bumping at the spine ends and corners of the covers. Spine just a tad rolled back. In the printed dust jacket with a couple of very short closed tears to the edges and a very minor gouge to the surface of the rear panel. Signed by Wendell Berry on the title page. Berry's powerful and eloquent argument that good farming is a cultural development and spiritual discipline including valid criticism of the environmentally irresponsible agribusinesses of the modern world. Sierra Club Books hardcover books
Best.-Nr. 2632New York: Alfred A. Knopf 2004. First edition of this classic work. Octavo original illustrated wrappers. Signed by James Watson Andrew Berry and also signed by scientist Edward O. Wilson on the front free endpaper. In fine condition. A remarkable alignment of the planets is occurring in 2003: the 50th anniversary of the double helix and the completion of the sequence of the human genome. As a defining figure in both landmark events no other human being on the planet is positioned to write as authoritatively about all this as Jim Watson. In DNA: The Secret of Life he does so with characteristic clarity style and wit. If you really want to know what happened in the most important half-century of biology since the world began read this" Francis Collins. Alfred A. Knopf unknown
Best.-Nr. Z1-R-035-02264Oxford University Press. Used - Good. Ships from UK in 48 hours or less usually same day. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library so some stamps and wear but in good overall condition. 100% money back guarantee. We are a world class secondhand bookstore based in Hertfordshire United Kingdom and specialize in high quality textbooks across an enormous variety of subjects. We aim to provide a vast range of textbooks rare and collectible books at a great price. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions. We provide a 100% money back guarantee and are dedicated to providing our customers with the highest standards of service in the bookselling industry. Oxford University Press unknown
Best.-Nr. Z1-F-019-01702Cengage Learning. Used - Good. Ships from UK in 48 hours or less usually same day. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library so some stamps and wear but in good overall condition. 100% money back guarantee. We are a world class secondhand bookstore based in Hertfordshire United Kingdom and specialize in high quality textbooks across an enormous variety of subjects. We aim to provide a vast range of textbooks rare and collectible books at a great price. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions. We provide a 100% money back guarantee and are dedicated to providing our customers with the highest standards of service in the bookselling industry. Cengage Learning unknown
Best.-Nr. Z1-E-038-01750Cengage Learning. Used - Acceptable. Used - Acceptable. Ships from UK in 48 hours or less usually same day. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library with wear and barcode page may have been removed. 100% money back guarantee. We are a world class secondhand bookstore based in Hertfordshire United Kingdom and specialize in high quality textbooks across an enormous variety of subjects. We aim to provide a vast range of textbooks rare and collectible books at a great price. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions. We provide a 100% money back guarantee and are dedicated to providing our customers with the highest standards of service in the bookselling industry. Cengage Learning unknown
Best.-Nr. Z1-E-038-01747Cengage Learning. Used - Good. Ships from UK in 48 hours or less usually same day. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library so some stamps and wear but in good overall condition. 100% money back guarantee. We are a world class secondhand bookstore based in Hertfordshire United Kingdom and specialize in high quality textbooks across an enormous variety of subjects. We aim to provide a vast range of textbooks rare and collectible books at a great price. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions. We provide a 100% money back guarantee and are dedicated to providing our customers with the highest standards of service in the bookselling industry. Cengage Learning unknown
Best.-Nr. Z1-C-045-01474Scottish Arts Council. Used - Good. Ships from UK in 48 hours or less usually same day. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library so some stamps and wear but in good overall condition. 100% money back guarantee. We are a world class secondhand bookstore based in Hertfordshire United Kingdom and specialize in high quality textbooks across an enormous variety of subjects. We aim to provide a vast range of textbooks rare and collectible books at a great price. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions. We provide a 100% money back guarantee and are dedicated to providing our customers with the highest standards of service in the bookselling industry. Scottish Arts Council unknown
Best.-Nr. Z1-S-023-03541London School of Economics and Political Science Centre for Voluntary Organisation. Used - Good. Ships from UK in 48 hours or less usually same day. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library so some stamps and wear but in good overall condition. 100% money back guarantee. We are a world class secondhand bookstore based in Hertfordshire United Kingdom and specialize in high quality textbooks across an enormous variety of subjects. We aim to provide a vast range of textbooks rare and collectible books at a great price. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions. We provide a 100% money back guarantee and are dedicated to providing our customers with the highest standards of service in the bookselling industry. London School of Economics and Political Science, Centre for Voluntary Organisation unknown
Best.-Nr. Z1-F-023-01259British Association for Counselling. Used - Good. Ships from UK in 48 hours or less usually same day. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library so some stamps and wear and may have sticker on cover but in good overall condition. 100% money back guarantee. We are a world class secondhand bookstore based in Hertfordshire United Kingdom and specialize in high quality textbooks across an enormous variety of subjects. We aim to provide a vast range of textbooks rare and collectible books at a great price. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions. We provide a 100% money back guarantee and are dedicated to providing our customers with the highest standards of service in the bookselling industry. British Association for Counselling unknown
Entstehung der Handschrift wahrscheinlich Anfang des 15. Jahrhunderts in den Niederlanden im Auftrag des Herzogs von Berry. Überall in den Bordüren finden sich die herzoglichen Wappen, seine Embleme wie etwa den Bären sowie das Monogramm VE aus seiner Devise. Einer der Maler dürfte Andre Beauneveu aus dem Hennegau, der andere Jacquemart aus dem nordfranzösischen Städtchen Hesdin gewesen sein. Erstmalig in der Geschichte der Buchmalerei wurde ein Verfahren der Koloration angewendet, welches zuvor ausschließlich in der Tafelmalerei auftrat. Die überraschendste Eigenart der Heures de Bruxelles besteht darin, dass sie vermutlich als erste unter den großen Stundenbüchern der Zeit um 1400 die Hauptminiaturen zu den einzelnen Gebetsstunden als Vollbilder konzipierten, denen jeweils eine ganze Seite zur Verfügung stand. Beiliegt der Kommentarband. Luzern, Faksimile Verlag 1996. In 980 Exemplaren erschienen. Tadellos erhalten.
1938Best.-Nr. 009039London: Oxford University Press 1938. Lower cover corners bumped. Very large book 15 1/4 X 18 1/4 inches weighing 14 1/2 pounds. First Edition. Original Cloth. Very Good. Oxford University Press Hardcover
1870Best.-Nr. 24646Paris 1870 -in-8 demi chagrin un Manuscrit ORIGINAL relié, reliure demi-chagrin violet in-octavo (binding half shagreen in-octavo), RELIURE D'ÉPOQUE, dos à nerfs (spine with raised bands)(dos insolé), décoré "or" et à froid (gilt and blind stamping decoration), titre frappé "or", entre-nerfs à fleurons fleur de Lys "or", filet à froid de part et d'autre des nerfs, papier marbré marron foncé, marron clair et rouge aux plats, tête lisse dorée (gilt top edge), gouttière et tranche de queue non-rognées, Ex-Libris gravé en noir par Dan Lailler sur papier blanc collé au dos du 1er plat : aux armes de RICHELOT [de la Bibliothèque de René RICHELOT (1895-1969), un des derniers Grands Bibliophiles Bretons, ancien président de la Société archéologique d'Ille et Vilaine ], extrait découpé du catalogue de la Librairie Durand-Noël collé au dessus de l'Ex-Libris aprés l'achat de celui-ci, Texte Autographe Manuscrit à l'encre brune par V. BONHIOL (tampon de V. Bonhiol, Paris en bleu en bas du titre + Préface signée V.B.), Manuscrit orné d'une photographie albuminée en noir : Portrait de Mme la Duchesse de Berry en frontispice + 2 Photographies albuminées en noir "Portrait de Mme la Duchesse de Berry" différentes en hors-texte (dont une à la fin de sa vie) + 2 dessins originaux à la plume en noir à l'encre de chine ( dessin du Chateau de la Pénissière + dessin avec Femmes en costume d'époque lisant l'affiche "ETAT DE SIEGE" devant l'entrée du Château des Ducs de Nantes) + une grande planche hors-texte dépliante : "Intérieur et plan de la mansarde ou S.A.R. la Duchesse de Berry à été arrêtée"d'aprés un dessin de PLOUAYS DE CHANTELOU, lithographié en noir par Charpentier à Nantes + un Fac-Similé de lettre Autographe de Marie-Caroline Duchesse de Berry à Mr Meyer consul de Naples à Bordeaux, fait à Paris en Aout 1870,
