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1881ref. 95418Paris, Amand-Durand, [ 1881]. 8,6 x 4,3 cm (Einfassung). Blattmaß 9,9 x 5,1 cm. Verso mit dem rotem Orig.-Stempel des Stechers. Unter Feinkarton-Passepartout.
ref. 82731o.J. Plattenmaß 28 x 40 cm. Gerahmt.
1858ref. 135295Roma. Tipografia della Rev. Camera Apostolica 1858. (6), 197, (1) pages and 6 (3 folded) plates in steel engraving. Harc cover binding with spine lettering. (A little rubbes. Paper partially spotted. Title with library stamp). 30x22 cm
1930ref. 20691New York: Coward-McCann Inc 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Cloth spine. Paper pastedown on boards. Very Good. John Held Jr. A Prohibition Era paean to the bibulous lifestyle with many apercus and interspersed among these short pieces over 60 cocktail recipes and of course the inimitable woodcuts of John Held who made something of a specialty as an illustrator of cocktail literature. With a short inscription by compiler editor writer Hunt who was Librarian at Yale and who also had been a publishing executive. 8vo. 22.5 by 17 cm. xiv 2 95 1 pp. The short inscription was to a woman living on Christopher Street back when it was the backdrop for "My Sister Eileen". Cover stained. Hinge somewhat loose. Leaves fairly heavily age toned but generally clean otherwise. Coward-McCann, Inc hardcover
1930ref. 20691New York: Coward-McCann Inc 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Cloth spine. Paper pastedown on boards. Very Good. John Held Jr. A Prohibition Era paean to the bibulous lifestyle with many apercus and interspersed among these short pieces over 60 cocktail recipes and of course the inimitable woodcuts of John Held who made something of a specialty as an illustrator of cocktail literature. With a short inscription by compiler editor writer Hunt who was Librarian at Yale and who also had been a publishing executive. 8vo. 22.5 by 17 cm. xiv 2 95 1 pp. The short inscription was to a woman living on Christopher Street back when it was the backdrop for "My Sister Eileen". Cover stained. Hinge somewhat loose. Leaves fairly heavily age toned but generally clean otherwise. Coward-McCann, Inc hardcover books
1989ref. 157079London: Folio Society 1989. reprint. As New. octavo. hardbacks in decorated cloth c.2200pp. illusts. Sense and Sensibility Pride and Prejudice Mansfield Park Emma Northanger Abbey Persuasion & Shorter Works. Bound in red quarter cloth over patterned boards. In a nice red cloth slip-case as issued Folio Society hardcover
ref. 913Sans lieu, sans date.
1929ref. Lib29183BC6mhThe Golden Cockerel Press 1929. Hardcover. Very Good. Book is in very good condition. Red boards with black spine gilt lettering on spine. Clean text with tight spine. Foxing to front fly page and rear page fortunately text is clean. 156pp. Limited edition 154/500 copies. The text is in the original formatting of the 1824 text. Some chipping to the top and bottom of the spine. The Golden Cockerel Press hardcover
19757 vols., 8vo., with wood-engraved frontispieces, numerous engraved illustrations in the text and pictorial endpapers; original patterned paper boards, dark cloth backs lettered and tooled in gilt, ivory endpapers, a near fine set in publisher's board slip-case. The text is based on Chapman's definitive edition; the patterned paper boards were designed by Hassall. First published by Folio Society between 1957-1963, with the Second Edition reset in 1975. In this reissue several novels contain additional wood-engravings. Gilson, E281(P&P; 1957); E286(S&S; 1958); E300(MP; 1959); E307(NA; 1960); E328 (P; 1961); E340(E; 1962); F17 (SW; 1963).
1840ref. lib55342BC5Charles Tilt 1840. Hardcover. Good. original orange binding with gold design 3o engraved views by Cooke Charles Tilt hardcover
1959ref. 031990Los Angeles: Anais Nin 1959. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good. Softcover Issue Beige Wrappers Printed In Black; Unpaginated. Inscribed By Nin To A Female Friend And With The Friend's Signature. Wear Foxing To Covers Spine Bowed Still Very Good. Anais Nin paperback
ref. 178023Mid 19th Century. 12 hand-coloured engravings laid onto card rounded corners each approx 11.3 x 7.8cm title text in English Italian French and German slight toning and edgewear one with a chipped corner but overall in good condition. Single figure costume engravings likely prepared for an educational work for children these a larger format than those by Bauer the German family of globe makers. Ten of the cards are paired male and female examples: Spanish Russians "Black Peter" Gipsies a pair from Syria and two of female figures from the Tyrol and Greenland. This item is held off-site. Please note there may be a few days delay while it is brought into our shop for viewing or mailing to you. Thank you for your understanding. . unknown
1805ref. 046033New York: John Low 1805. Please read complete description. Scarce single plate volume XXI for Low's encyclopedia first such reference published in the United States in seven volumes from 1805 to 1811. Heavily worn volume containing 46 plates original total unknown numbered by section not consecutively with the following subjects: Scenography incorrectly identified as stenography on front cover; Sculpture; Shadow; Ships; Short Hand; Silk Manufactures; Steam Engine; Stereotomy; Stocking Frame; Stone Henge; Sugar Mill; Surgery. Paper covered boards with remains of leather spine two blanks at front and at rear about 10.75 x 8.5 inches. Covers heavily worn and detached spine chipping away blanks and final plate detached paper very age-browned and somewhat brittle especially nearest the edges some stray spots closed tear to one of the Steam Engines plates another plate with repair to reverse side generally very worn. . Hard Cover. Poor. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. John Low Hardcover
1954ref. 7400London: Golden Cockerel Press 1954. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Quarto. 2 158 pp. frontis plates. Limited edition number 205 of 260. As issued in paper over boards backed in buckram; 8 full page wood engravings and two in-text vignettes. Generally an attractive copy; spine a trifle sunned; tail of the spine bumped; bookseller's pencil notes to front free endpaper; bottom edges of many pages are just a bit toned quite subtle; a beautiful copy. "First published in 1603 in Latin this very early picaresque novel immediately became a European best-seller. Written by a Scotsman who was born and bred in France it was reprinted in Latin twenty times with the first seventy years and was also translated into French Dutch and German. It was never translated into English although the original was widely read in England at the time. Our translation was thus the first to introduce Euphormio's bizarre and unpredictable adventures to the ordinary reader" Cock-A-Hoop 196. Golden Cockerel Press unknown
1883ref. 56228Paris: P. Roquette Librairie 55 Passage Choiseul 55 1883. 4to. 9.25 x 12.5 in. 4 vii 1 34 pp unpaginated. Engraved frontisp. w/ tissue guard including 16 engravings. Original printed softcovers preserved in contemporary three-quarter morocco over marbled boards binding by Enry - Jose Pierson t.e.g. minor scuffing edgewear light wear to corners still VG copy w/ interior in NF condition. First edition thus of this beautiful series of engravings wonderfully executing Scarron’s picaresque novel relating the occasionally ribald adventures of a company of strolling players. Tiburce de Mare was a noted French portrait painter and engraver and son of Johannes de Mare who frequently contributed to the Gazette des Beaux Arts. P. Roquette Librairie, 55, Passage Choiseul, 55, paperback
2000ref. 12345Lewisburg PA: The Press of Appletree Alley 2000. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Large octavo 69pp. illustrated. From The Bucknell University Fine Editions: A Series in Contemporary Poetry edited by Cynthia Hogue. A near fine copy in the publisher's abstract paste paper boards. Boards just a tinge warped in the same direction and the spine a tinge cocked; else lovely. The colophon reads: "This book was hand-set in 14 pt. Spectrum monotype with titling in Open Kapitalen both Van Krimpen types. Designed and set by Jason Urban and Juanita Bishop this edition was printed by Barnard Taylor and Juanita Bishop in Rives lightweight mouldmade paper with a Vandercook No. 4 press. The wood engravings were printed directly from the blocks. Each book has been hand-bound by Don Rash in cloth and paper over boards using an original abstract paste paper." This is number 35 of 125 limited copies each of which is SIGNED by Weaver and Richards on the colophon. A striking production. Laid-in is a letter from the previous owner to the publisher enclosing a check for his copy and lamenting the then-imminent demise of the press. The Press of Appletree Alley hardcover
1985ref. 2415Andoversford: The Whittington Press 1985. First Limited Edition. Fine. Miriam Macgregor. Oblong 8vo; 7 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches 190 x 265 mm; 39 unnumbered pages. 41 wood-engravings by Miriam Macgregor. Machine-set in 12-point Bell roman and 14-point Bell italic; printed in black and olive-green on Zerkall cream smooth wove paper. Quarter-bound in brown buckram by Woolnough title-label in a blind panel on the spine Zerkall Silurian patterned paper-covered boards with a repeat pattern of three engravings printed in olive-green and dark green. Headbands top edge red-brown. Zerkall Silurian endpapers. Colorplan Bagdad Brown paper-covered slipcase title-label. Copy 81 of 335 numbered copies signed by R. P. Lister and Miriam Macgregor. Butcher 81. A finely illustrated account of English allotment life combining the understated observant gently humorous prose of R. P. Lister with an extensive series of wood engravings by Miriam Macgregor. The text considers allotment gardening as both practical activity and social practice noting its rituals routines characters and seasonal patterns. Macgregor's 41 engravings depict tools plots and gardeners with clarity economy and wit closely aligned with the tone of the text. Together text and image create a portrait of allotment culture that is both documentary and affectionate preserving a distinctly British way of life undergoing gradual change in the later twentieth century. The Whittington Press unknown
1957ref. 20127Nancy Frankreich France: Berger-Levrault 1957. Fine/VG. Two Fine Volumes In Very Good Case. TEXT IN FRENCH. Text by Pierre Frieden with 17 tissue-guarded engravings by Albert Decaris. Case has some surface spotting with a couple of short tears; else a fine copy in a very good case of a SCARCE first edition first printing. Pierre Frieden 1892-1959 was a Luxembourg politician and writer. HEAVY 2.6KG PLEASE CONTACT US ABOUT POSTAGE. ORDERS OUTSIDE OF UK MAY INCUR EXTRA COST. First Edition First Printing. Fine/Very Good. Berger-Levrault unknown
ref. 18867Paris chez Aubert 1840,50 livraisons reliees en vol. in-4,Non paginé : ill. ; 27 cm demi- papier noir , dos muet(reliure de l'epoque). Premier tirage des 150 planches par Daumier, , Gavarni, , etc. bon exemplaire malgre' quelques rousseurs. Carteret, 426 ; Vicaire I, 32.
1813Very Good English Original color engraving with its frame. Oblong folio. (28 x 41 cm). Description in English. Originally folded. It's in frame. It's from the book named 'A Journey through Albania, and other Provinces of Turkey in Europe and Asia, to Constantinople, during the years 1809 and 1810' by John Cam Hobhouse printed in 1813, London. Attractive one of 17 color plates in the book. Scarce.
1845Very Good French A fine original chromo-lithograph print from "Souvenirs de Constantinople" by Brindesi, printed in 1845. Framed, but will be sent no frame. 52x49 cm / 39x 44 cm print area. Stains on right bottom margins of the paper. The Ottoman navy, stationed in front of the Tophane Artillery barracks, is preparing to sail under the leadership of Kapudan Pasha's ship "Amiraute". Jean Brindesi was born in 1826 and worked primarily as a watercolour artist. During the Abdulmecid period (1831-1861), he worked on scenes involving soldiers in Istanbul. Two albums of lithographs after his drawings were produced by Lemercier in Paris: Elbicei Atika - Musee des Anciens Costumes Turcs de Constantinople, 1855, and Souvenirs de Constantinople, 1860; these two works are collections of picturesque views of the city of Constantinople. The originals are kept at the Istanbul Topkapi Palace Museum and at the University of Istanbul. (Source: Levantine Heritage).
1766Two volumes. I. [1], LXXIX, 304. II. [1], 415, [1](Errata), [4](Approbation) + Eleven (11) engraved plates. French text. 8vo. 200 mm. Edges decorated red. Some age stain and foxing. Original decoratively mottled full leather bindings. Spines worn, but some gilt remains. Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (39-65 CE), was an important Roman poet, born in Cordoba. One of the outstanding figures of the Imperial Latin period, his youth and speed of composition set him apart from others. The Pharsalia is an epic poem on the Roman Civil War. It is considered the greatest epic in Latin after the Aeneid. It depicts the Battle of Pharsalus (48 BC) where Julius Caesar defeated Pompey. Lucan's poetic talent apparently aroused the jealously of the Emperor Nero. After the publication of Pharsalia the Emperor forbade him to write, or even plead in the courts, and then later compelled him to commit suicide for alleged treason. The engraved plates in this edition are mostly by the famous French engraver and book illustrator, Hubert Francois Gravelot (1699-1733). The original art was by: Antoine-Jean Duclos; Emanuel Jean Nepomucene Ghendt; Noel Le Mire; Francois Denis Nee; Jean Francois Rousseau; and Jean-Baptiste Blaise Simonet. See: Schweiger II, 568; Cohen & DeRicci 662. Apparently not in Ray. Very good. CHEST 2/1.
1970Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Original b/w printed poster. Size: (100 x 70 cm). In Turkish. It shows Mahir in front of devil. Beynelmilel illizyonist ve vantrolog Mahir. [International illusionist and ventriloquist Mahir]. Scarce.
1884ref. 6901884 London, P. & D. Colnaghi and Co, 1884. 27 x 18 cm, petit in-4, VII + 195 pp., reliure de percaline verte de l'éditeur, encadrements à froid sur les plats, titre doré au dos.
1997Complete in 3 volumes: together 510pp. (continuous pagination), volume 3 contains 120 pages of bl/w illustrations, 27cm., doctoral dissertation at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam 1997, softcovers, very good condition, S87836