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1991ref. 350570Roslyn: The Stone House Press 1991. 31p. frontispiece note from the printer rubricated initial caps #49/75 hand-numbered and signed by both the author and the artist designed Mary Ahern and printed by M. A. Gelfland by hand at The Stone House Press printed from type and woodblock on Mohawk Letterpress paper gray cloth boards over green cloth spine with gilt titles and clear mylar dust jacket in near fine condition. Essay on poetry. The Stone House Press unknown books
1989ref. 327176San Francisco: North Point Press 1989. 56p. illustrated signed by Berry on the title page first trade edition hardcover bound in decorative boards and green quarter-cloth slight toning to top quarter of the boards otherwise in very good condition. Originally published in a limited edition of 150 copies by the Press of Appletree Alley. North Point Press unknown books
1950ref. 55275London: The Collectors Book Club 1950. Limited edition. Hardcover. Good- to fine condition. 1/100. Folio. Unpaginated with six tissue-guarded copper engravings. Original green Morroco with five inch black cloth strip laid to covers gilt decorated grape motif across front cover and raised bands with gilt ruling on spine. Gilt top edge. Purple ribbon marker. Title page printed in red-brown. Signed by the artist on dedication page. Printed with the permission of the University Presses of Oxford and Cambridge. Contains six beautiful copperplate engravings by the decorated Dutch sculptor Ru van Rossem well known for his sculptures pen drawings lithographs wood and copper engravings as well as set and costume designs. Printed on English handmade paper by John Roberts Press engravings on Japanese vellum. A pupil of Jam van Tongeren and Arend Hendriks Ru van Rossem 1924-2007 taught at the Great Yarmouth College of Art while he lived in England. For almost twenty years he was a lecturer at the Tilburg Academy and among other awards was appointed Knight of the Order of the Netherlands Lion in 2003. Spine and left Moroccan panel on front cover faded with very light wear at along edges slightly more pronounced at head and tail of spine. Some offsetting of leather edges to endpapers. Binding in good- interior in very good to fine condition. The Collectors Book Club hardcover books
1880ref. 52357London: Sampson Low Marston Searle and Rivington 1880. First edition. Hardcover. Very good condition. 17/50. Large Folio. 51 leaves. Original three-quarter blue leather over textured blue cloth with gilt ruling on covers gilt lettering tooling and ruling on spine; raised bands. Top edge gilt. Decorative floral endpapers rendered in lithography. Frontispiece engraving. Title page with engraving. Decorative initials. Black ribbon marker. Signed "Edition limited to 50 copies No. 17 C. O. Murray" in blue handwriting on half-title. illustrated with nineteen etchings including frontispiece and title page. All but the title page etching with C. O. Murray signature in plate and reference to the respective stanza. All plates tissue guarded with heavy paper plates. Contains list of etchings at front. Light wear along edges of binding some rubbing along hinges of spine. Offsetting to outer edges of endpapers from cover leather. Some offsetting of engravings to guards. Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington hardcover books
1698ref. 47512Amstelodami Amsterdam: Apud Abrahamum a Someren 1698. Altero Editio priori auctior & emendatior. Hardcover. good to vg. Large octavo 8 x 6 3/4". 72 344 1 40pp. Indices Errata of Vol. I 6 plates one folding; 4 345-752 60pp Indices Errata of Vol. II 14 plates one folding. Bound in full vellum. Red edges. Volume one with engraved half-title. Both title pages with publisher's device. Engraved Ex-Libris of Philipp Wilhelm Grimm father to the Brothers Grimm on verso of title page volume one. Decorative initials and headpiece. Originally published in 1680 Johannes Braun's "Vestitus sacerdotum Hebraeorum" was the standard work on Hebrew priestly vestiments; how they were produced and their ritual use. The text is accompanied with 20 striking full page one in-text engraving and numerous in-text tablets plus frontispiece by Bastiaan Stoopendaal-Schulz a celebrated Dutch engraver and mapmaker. Penciled note on "The Dress of the Hebrew Priests" on verso of engraved half-title in English. Text in Latin. Binding with light wear along edges rubbed with light line indentations. Red edges faded. First folding plate with two inch closed tear at fold near gutter light creasing at lower edge. Inked note in margin of page 384 of volume two. Some parts age-toned mostly indices. Front endpaper missing back endpaper with small chips. Binding and interior in overall good to very good condition plates very good. Apud Abrahamum a Someren hardcover books
1574ref. 47005Venice Venetia: Printed by Simon Calignani 1574. First edition. Hardcover. Very good condition. Quarto. 8 109 1pp. Rebound in full leather with ornate period blind-stamped decor on covers gilt lettering on spine; raised bands. Red edges. Title page with elaborate architectural framing. Historiated woodcut initials. Twenty-three headpiece copper engravings 3 3/4 x6" for each chapter and tailpiece vignettes. Contains author's dedication to Ottaviano Manini and five page table of notable facts Index with errata note. Woodcut on colophon at rear is the printer's device initialed S. C. K. with his motto "The Tower and the Strength of my God." Famous work on ancient customs of funeral rites and ceremonies among Romans Egyptians Greeks Indians Scythians Cavemen and Christians by author and cartographer Thomaso Porcacchi illustrated by Girolamo Porro. Written as a dialog between author and two characters praising the talent of Girolamo Porro and the quality of his work. Porro who's eyesight was impaired is also credited with the design of a "flying machine" able to transport many man. Porro also illustrated Porcacchi's 1572 publication "Isole piu famose del Mondo Most Famous Islands of the World." Porcacchi's work on funeral rites known to have been consulted in arranging high profile funerals e.g. that of Cosimo I. de Medici. Text in Italian. Page 51 misnumbered 15. Binding with light wear along edges light streaking to boards. Some offsetting along edges of free endpapers form leather binding. Original endpapers and title page with some age-toning else only minor blemishes in block. Printed by Simon Calignani hardcover books
1729ref. 44168London: Printed for J. Tonson 1729. First edition. Hardcover. vg. Duodecimo. 1 plate 24pp. 1 plate 348pp. 11 plates with tissue guards. 19th century three-quarter calf with gilt lettering on black label of spine over marbled boards with guilt ruling; raised bands protected by modern mylar. Gilt top edge. Marbled endpapers. Frontispiece engraving. Historiated and decorative head and endpieces. Decorative initials. Content: Sapho to Phaon; The Fame wholly translated by Mr. Pope; Canace to Macareus Edward Poley; The same by Ed. Floyd; Hypermnestra to Linus; Ariadne to Theseus; Hermione to Orestes; Leander to Hero; Hero to Leander; Laodamia to Protesilaus; O Enone to Paris; A Paraphrase on O Enone to Paris; Paris to Helen; Helen to Paris; Penelope to Ulysses; The Fame by Mrs. Wharton; Hypsipyle to Jason; Medea to Jason; Phaedra to Hippolytus; Dido to Aeneas; The fame by another hand; Briseis to Achilles; Dejanira to Herculus; The fame by another hand; Acontius to Cydippe; Cydippe to Acontius; Ulysses to Penelope; Demophoon to Phillis; Paris to E Enone; Ovid's Amours. In Three Books. Illustrated with thirteen steel plate engravings with tissue guards. Binding with some scuffing along edges. Block somewhat age toned. Binding and interior in overall very good condition. Printed for J. Tonson hardcover books
1695ref. 43155Amstelaedami Amsterdam: Apud Johannem Wolters 1695. Second edition. Hardcover. g to vg. Octavo 7 3/4 x 6 1/4". 58 859 49pp. Original full blind-stamped parchment with handwritten lettering to spine. Raised bands. Additional engraved title by Dutch Golden Age painter and engraver Gerard Hoet. Title page in red and black lettering. Title vignette. Decorative head- tailpieces and initials. Originally published in 1692 this work is the second edition of Hermann Witsius' compendium of religious works. It includes eight full-page engravings by Jan van den Aveelen including four double-page. Six of these appear in the text on Jewish law and ritual "de Tabernaculi Levitici mysteriis" and one includes an overflap showing the Ark of the Covenant. At the end of the Preface has been added a large engraved portrait of the author by Pieter van Gunst after a painting by Gerard Hoet. The portrait is dated 1700 and comes from a later edition of Witsius' "Miscellaneorum Sacrorum" published in Amsterdam and Utrecht in 1700 by Francisci Halmae François Halma. Also includes an extensive Index at rear. Minor foxing and darkening to binding. Ex-library bookplate on inside of front cover. Minor and sporadic clear water-staining at upper lower or outer margin of pages never affecting lettering. Slight rippling to pages due to damp exposure. Otherwise pages are extremely clean and white. Text in Latin with some Hebrew and Greek. Binding in overall good to very good interior in good to very good condition. About the author: Hermann Witsius 1636-1708 was "Professor of Divinity in the Universities of Franeker Utrecht and Leyden. A brilliant and devout student he was fluent in Latin Greek and Hebrew by the age of 15 when he entered the University of Utrecht. He was ordained at 21 and served in several pastorates filling both the pulpit and the academic chair over the course of his life" Encyclopedia Britannica. Apud Johannem Wolters hardcover books
1692ref. 43176Trajecti ad Rhenum Utrecht: Apud Franciscum Halmam 1692. First edition. Hardcover. g- to vg. Octavo 8 1/4 x 6 1/4". 28 859 49pp Index. Contemporary full vellum with handwritten title to spine. Additional engraved title by Dutch Golden Age painter and engraver Joseph Mulder 1658-1742 after a painting by Dutch Baroque era painter Gerard Hoet 1648-1733. Title vignette. Decorative initials and tailpieces. Scarce first edition of Hermann Witsius' compendium of religious works illustrated with eight full-page engravings by Jan van den Aveelen including four double-page. Six of these appear in the text on Jewish law and ritual "de Tabernaculi Levitici mysteriis" and one includes an overflap showing the Ark of the Covenant. Age-toning to binding. Ex-library sticker at head of spine and stamp on free front endpaper. Previous owner's gift inscription dated 1830 on fly leaf. Clear water-staining along fore-edge of the first two leaves of Dedication then sporadically along fore-edge of a few pages throughout 9not affecting lettering. Both hinges slightly starting. Sporadic foxing and age-toning throughout. Text in Latin with some Hebrew and Greek. Binding in overall good- to good interior in good- to very good condition. About the author: Hermann Witsius 1636-1708 was "Professor of Divinity in the Universities of Franeker Utrecht and Leyden. A brilliant and devout student he was fluent in Latin Greek and Hebrew by the age of 15 when he entered the University of Utrecht. He was ordained at 21 and served in several pastorates filling both the pulpit and the academic chair over the course of his life" Encyclopedia Britannica. Apud Franciscum Halmam hardcover books
1736ref. 42844Amsterdam: J. Wetstein; G. Smith 1736. First French-language edition. Hardcover. g to vg. Quarto 10 1/4 x 8". 14 lxxv 1 696pp; 4 848pp. Modern half brown calf over light green cloth with gold lettering and tooling to spines retaining the original gilt-lettered leather titles. All paper edges red. Marbled endpapers. Engraved frontispiece portrait of the author and engraved portrait of Caroline of Brandenburg-Ansbach Queen of Great Britain as the wife of King George II by George Vertue. Title vignettes. Title pages in red and black lettering. This work was originally published in London in 1619 by Paolo Sarpi 1552-1623 an Italian historian prelate scientist canon lawyer and statesman active on behalf of the Venetian Republic during the period of its successful defiance of the papal interdict 1605-1607 and its war 1615-1617 with Austria over the Uskok pirates. The author published it under the name of Pietro Soave Polano an anagram of Paolo Sarpi Veneto plus o. The book's emphasis was on the role of the Papal Curia and its slant on the Curia hostile. Sarpi's work attained such fame that the Vatican opened its archives to Cardinal Pietro Sforza Pallavicino whom it commissioned to write a three volume rebuttal entitled the "Istoria del Concilio di Trento scritta dal P. Sforza Pallavicino della Comp. di Giesù ove insieme rifiutasi con auterevoli testimonianze un Istoria falsa divolgata nello stesso argomento sotto nome di Petro Soave Polano" "The History of the Council of Trent written by P. Sforza Pallavicino of the Company of Jesus in which a false history upon the same argument put forth under the name of Petro Soave Polano is refuted by means of authoritative testimony" 1656-1657. Sporadic foxing and offsetting throughout. Bindings in overall very good interior in good to very good condition. J. Wetstein; G. Smith hardcover books
1700ref. 18867Utrecht: Anthony Schouten; Hermannus Ribbius 1700. Second edition. Hardcover. g to vg. Folio 15 6/8 x 10 2/8". 42 844 36pp Index 4 845-1716 36pp Index. Text in Dutch. Contemporary blind-stamped vellum with gold lettering and tooling to spines. Raised bands. Additional engraved allegorical titles by Gilliam van der Gouwen after Wilhelmus Goeree and Philip Tideman. Title pages in red and black lettering. Decorative initials. Originally published in 1690 this work is an extensive encyclopedical study of Jewish Biblical life and times and of the Ancient Near East incl. Egypt. This complete two-volume set is embellished throughout with no less than 87 engraved plates including 29 folding and 36 in-text engravings. The magnificent engravings depict numerous Biblical scenes as well as the ancient coins of the period; the Enoch Hebrew Assyrian Phoenician Egyptian Copte Armenian and Chinese alphabets; astronomical observations; views of Jerusalem; scrolls and writing instruments; the first 13 Assyrian kings; footwear in Antiquity; mosaic floor tiles; Solomon's Temple etc. Moderate and sporadic rubbing along edges. Gold partly and slightly faded on spines. Light and minor water-staining along margin of very first leaves in first volume. Title page remargined not affecting text. Front free endpaper fly-leaf additional engraved title and title of second volume slightly and partly chipped along edges not affecting text or illustration. Very minor and sporadic foxing/age-toning throughout. A nearly fine amply-magined copy with clean plates throughout. Anthony Schouten; Hermannus Ribbius hardcover books
1743ref. 18928Utrecht: Hermanus Besseling 1743. Second edition. Hardcover. g- to vg. Folio 15 6/8 x 10 1/2". XVIII 652 pp; folding engraved map. Text in Dutch. Contemporary full calf with gold lettering and tooling to spine front joint tender. Raised bands. Additional engraved title by Bernard Picart. Title in red and black lettering. Publisher's vignette on title page. Decorative head- tailpieces and initials. This handsome second edition of "Biblia Sacra" is splendidly illustrated throughout with 35 double-page engraved plates of 36 lacking plate #1 depicting the Creation from Johannes Luyken's "Icones Biblicae Veteris et N.Testamenti 1729" as well as 2 folded maps and one folded plan of Jerusalem. This is the first volume containing the entire Old Testament. Binding rubbed along edges and on covers. Head and tail of spine partly chipped. Minor age-toning along paper margin. Text in Dutch with plate captions in Dutch and French. A good copy with clean fresh plates throughout. Hermanus Besseling hardcover books
1700ref. 18870Utrecht: Anthony Schouten; Hermannus Ribbius 1700. Second edition. Hardcover. Very good-. Two volumes folio 12 6/8 x 8 1/4". Text in Dutch. 42 844 36pp Index 4 845-1716 36pp Index. 19th-century half calf over burgundy cloth with gold lettering and tooling to spines. Raised bands. Marbled endpapers. Additional engraved allegorical titles by Gilliam van der Gouwen after Wilhelmus Goeree and Philip Tideman. Main title pages in red and black lettering. Decorative initials. Originally published in 1690 this work is an extensive encyclopedical study of Jewish Biblical life and times and of the Ancient Near East incl. Egypt. This complete two-volume set is embellished throughout with no less than 87 copperplate engraved plates including 29 folding and 36 in-text engravings. The magnificent engravings depict numerous Biblical scenes as well as the ancient coins of the period; the Enoch Hebrew Assyrian Phoenician Egyptian Copte Armenian and Chinese alphabets; astronomical observations; views of Jerusalem; scrolls and writing instruments; the first 13 Assyrian kings; footwear in Antiquity; mosaic floor tiles; Solomon's Temple etc. Moderate and sporadic rubbing along edges. Binding of second volume partly water-stained. Head and tail of spines rubbed with minor closed tears. A 3" closed tear at lower margin of page 59/60 of first volume. Light water-staining along upper gutter of second volume slightly affecting text in the very last leaves of the Index. Pages somewhat rippled in second volume else a very good set. Anthony Schouten; Hermannus Ribbius hardcover books
1979ref. 1401434Boston: David R. Godine 1979. Hardcover. Quarto 61 pages. In Very Good condition with a Good minus dust jacket. Spine is yellow with red print. Dust jacket has edge wear toning to spine light shelf wear. Price unclipped: "$12.50". Boards in orange cloth. Illustrated: b&w plates wood engravings. Inscribed in ink by the author on the title page. Oversized books. Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers please inquire for rates. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area Oversized Ephemera Shelf. 1401434. FP New Rockville Stock. David R. Godine hardcover books
ref. 140949499San Francisco: The Arion Press 2011. Limited edition. Limited edition. No. 43 of 400 numbered copies signed by artist Julie Mehretu from a total edition of 426. Folio. Bound in publisher's vellum-backed printed cloth spine lettered in gilt; prospectus laid in. Fine in a Near Fine slipcase with minor scuffing. The 93rd publication of The Arion Press featuring the classic female poet of antiquity's work in Greek and English. The Arion Press unknown books
1733ref. 140941304London: Aeneis Tabulis Incidit Iohannes Pine 1733. First Edition. Near Fine. 1733 1737. Two volumes. First edition first issue with "post est" error in the Caesar medallion on page 108 of Volume II. In a lavish full brown morocco binding with five raised bands and ornate gilt stamping to spine borders on covers wide turn-ins and beautifully patterned endsheets; all edges gilt. Near Fine with a light amount of rubbing to joints spines lightly faded a scuff to the front cover of Volume II and small former owner bookplates of noted collector Abel E. Berland to the front pastedowns. Pine's Latin text was based on Talbot's 1699 edition and is remarkable for being entirely illustrated with engraved copper plates throughout the text. Aeneis Tabulis Incidit, Iohannes Pine unknown books
1850ref. ST20997Edinburgh: Inlaid and bound for Mr. Ebenezer Murray by Alexr. Stewart 1850. 225 x 175 mm. 9 x 7". Manuscript title page 61 leaves. OPULENT VICTORIAN GOTHIC REVIVAL GREEN MOROCCO GILT by Alexander Stewart stamp-signed in gilt on front pastedown dated Edinburgh 1850 covers with a wide frame diapered in blind and studded with gilt stars surrounded with a lacy gilt border cornered with impressive raised brass bosses this all surrounding a central raised oval similarly decorated raised bands spine decorated in compartments turn-ins gilt scarlet silk moiré endleaves the pastedowns with sculptural morocco inlays all edges gilt and gauffered. WITH 61 17th CENTURY ENGRAVINGS depicting Old Testament scenes mounted on heavy stock all protected by tissue guards three partially colored by a later amateurish hand. Plates trimmed a bit close at edges the plate number at lower right often cut into otherwise only the most trivial defects. The plates entirely fresh and containing bold impressions and the binding gleaming and unworn. This most unusual album of Old Testament illustrations was put together in Edinburgh in 1850 using engravings apparently taken from a 17th century English work and bound--with considerable imagination and vigor--in an appropriately gothic revival style. The elusive Alexander Stewart who bound the volume is not listed in Ramsden or in the Scottish Book Trade Index but he was perhaps associated with or successor to one of the half-dozen binders named Stewart active in Edinburgh in the first half of the 19th century. The design and execution of this binding took considerable creativity talent and access to high quality materials so it seems odd that we can find no record of the artisan in the usual reference materials or in auction records. It seems possible the Ebenezer Murray for whom it was created was the furniture dealer lister in the 1851 Edinburgh census. This intriguing object stands as a testament to the Victorian enthusiasms both for the Gothic style and for making decorative use as John Ruskin did of images cut from old books and manuscripts. Inlaid and bound for Mr. Ebenezer Murray by Alexr. Stewart unknown books
1928ref. 1409751Reading: Golden Cockerel Press 1928. Limited Edition #285/500. Hardcover. Octavo 151 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine red with black lettering. Bound in publisher's red fabric. Dust jacket protected with mylar covering. Top edge of text block gilt. Mild shelf wear to dust jacket small closed tears on spine. Three spots of discoloration on front dust jacket. Mild wear and rubbing front and back boards. Shelved in Case 9. Golden Cockerel Press is a curated private press started in 1920 in the Caxtonian tradition of editor-printer-publishers. 1409751. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Golden Cockerel Press hardcover books
1926ref. 176360Paris: Societe d'edition "le livre" Emile Chamontin directeur 1926. No. 10 of 20 of this edition. Paperback. VG but with soiling to covers where glassine was lacking minor age toning to extremities of some pages not bad overall a tight copy that could have been stored better. The front cover is slightly cattywampus from the two extra sets of engravings being inserted in the front of the book as might be expected. Printed wraps with glassine remnants on inside flaps. 24 pp. 15 engravings etchings withing the text and two extra sets of these illustrations each set representing a different state are included only 20 such sets were issued of the overall edition of 430 copies. Text is in French. The book itself has been printed on Imperial Japon and the extra engraving printed on Imperial Japon and on Holland Van Gelder it appears from the colophon and limitation at the rear of the book. Quite rare as a result of this limited configuration. Each set of plates is wrapped in glassine and the extremities of these plates show age-toning or light soiling. Societe d'edition "le livre", Emile Chamontin, directeur paperback books
1964ref. 240569Iowa City: Printed for the author at The Stone Wall Press 1964. Hardcover. 20p. 8x5 inches landscape layout preface woodcuts tissue guards rubricated title page #169/250 limited first edition thus in sewn blue boards and gilt. Printed for the author at The Stone Wall Press hardcover books
1930ref. 21073007Ditchling Sussex: St Dominic's Press 1930. First and Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Derrick Thomas. No. 49 of 480 copies octavo size 45 pp. The Saint Dominic's Press founded by Harry Hilary Douglas Clarke Pepler flourished at Ditchling Sussex from 1916 to 1936. The first home of the Press was "a disused stable" with a hundred-year-old Stanhope hand-press which supposedly had belonged to William Morris. Pepler endeavored to do everything possible by hand believing that such would both produce the best results and also be a "more individual or 'humane'.product". He therefore "preferred the handpress to the machine handmade to machine-made paper and handset founder's type to the products of typesetting machines." Pepler met Edward Johnston and Eric Gill while living in Hammersmith; Pepler and his family would eventually move to Ditchling to join Gill who was one of the most important artists to provide illustrations for the St. Dominic's Press. Other artists who provided illustrations included David Jones Desmond Chute Philip Hagreen and Thomas Derrick among others. This a fascinating association copy: inscribed in the year of publication by Bede Jarrett OP "an English Dominican friar and Catholic priest who was a noted historian and author.who formally reinstated the Dominican order at the University of Oxford for the first time since the dissolution of the monasteries under King Henry VIII." Fr. Jarrett inscribed the volume in the front free endpaper: "For Mother Prioress O.P. / on / Sept. 8: 1930 her silver / Jubilee / from / F. Bede Jarrett O.P.". The Mother Prioress according to an inked notation next to the inscripton is Sr. M. Hyacinth Graham O.P. of whom alas we were unable to find any additional information. ___DESCRIPTION: Bound in quarter black cloth over paper covered boards title in gilt on the spine Ex-Libris of the Dominican Nuns St. Dominic's Priory Carisbrooke Isle of Wight on the front pastedown to which order presumably Sr. Graham belonged inscription on the front free endpaper as described above black and white reproduction of a portrait of Fr. McNabb by Kenneth Green on blue paper as the frontispiece title page with the press device of Eric Gill three wood engraved illustrations by Thomas Derrick throughout St. Dominic p. 4; Mary as Queen of Heaven p. 12; and Christ Crucified p. 37; octavo size 8 3/4" by 6" pagination: i-vi 1-39. ___CONDITION: Very good with clean boards the top corners lightly bumped the bottom corners straight all without rubbing a strong square text block with solid hinges the interior is clean and bright the sole prior owner markings we see the Ex-Libris and inscription both as described above; we had a professional name available upon request repair a split joint and the head and tail of spine very slight indentation to the top of both boards light residue at the tail of the spine presumably from a former library label; please note this copy is missing the tipped-in errata slip called for in the bibliography. ___CITATION: Saint Dominic's Press Bibliography no. A188. ___POSTAGE: International customers please note that additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs; please inquire for details. ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA ILAB and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. St Dominic's Press hardcover books
1829ref. List3693Philadelphia 1829. Folio 2 pp. Tear to title page some chips to margins with loss good condition overall. An early Philadelphia theatrical music imprint by I. T. Norton credited on the sheet as “I. T. Norton R.A.M. Composer & Director of the Music to the Chestnut St. Theatre.” Norton served as musical director at the Second Chestnut Street Theatre during the late 1820s a period when the house mounted a mixture of melodrama burletta opera excerpts and popular entertainments requiring resident musical supervision and arrangement. Theatre directors of music routinely composed incidental numbers glees and topical songs for stage performance and subsequent publication bridging the repertory of live performance and domestic music-making. Mister Punchinello! draws upon the well-known Punch and Judy puppet tradition. The text is lyrically straightforward built around the repeated refrain “Oh mamma I must be married to Mister Punchinello” suggesting a number intended for accessible vocal delivery rather than elaborate dramatic structure. The R.A.M. designation appended to Norton’s name—presented without elaboration on the imprint—appears as a professional credential typical of early nineteenth-century music publishing though he very well may have never attended the Royal Academy of Music. A representative survival from the intersection of Philadelphia theatre culture and early American sheet music production. OCLC locates about a dozen copies across multiple entries. unknown books
1990ref. 1409636New York: Fordham University Press 1990. Hardcover. Octavo 107 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good minus dust jacket. Spine pictorial ivory and sage green with black lettering. Exterior has slight wear including faint age toning and light edge wear. Boards have very slight wear. Text block has very slight wear. Frontispiece. Illustrated. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Column AA. 1409636. FP New Rockville Stock. Fordham University Press hardcover books
1992ref. 343971Roslyn NY: The John Carter Brown Library : The Stone House Press 1992. 82p. 6.5x10 inch gray cloth boards with titling pressed in gilt; wood engraving illustrations invery good condition. Signed by the printer publisher and translator. The John Carter Brown Library : The Stone House Press unknown books
1994ref. 343702Roslyn NY: The Stone House Press 1994. 113p. 6x9 inch quarter cloth boards with pattern design on boards spine lettering in gilt; in very good condition. This edition is limited to 175 numbered copies signed by the author the artist and the printer/publisher with 150 for sale. Errata slipped in-laid and signed. This copy number 106. The Stone House Press unknown books
