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194923622Mexico: Vargas Rea 1949. 12mo. 50 pp. <br><br>Limited to 100 copies. In series: Biblioteca Aportación Histórica 2a Serie. Publisher's wrappers. Vargas Rea unknown books
1520WRCAM17720Augsburg 1520. 4pp. Small quarto. Later plain paper boards. Marginal tears and old fold marks with slight discoloration else very good. "After the death of Ferdinand II Charles V succeeded to the Kingdom of Spain. In 1517 he proceeded to Spain which he left in 1520. At his departure he was very unpopular; he made this speech when he left and said 'That he did not see the happy faces with which he had been received.' He also mentions America in the following words: 'He might have been satisfied with the Spanish Empire the Balearic Islands and Sardinia the Kingdom of Sicily Italy and a large part of Germany and Gaul AND THAT OTHER GOLD-BEARING WORLD'" - Maggs. <br> <br> EUROPEAN AMERICANA locates only two copies at The New York Public Library and the Bibliothèque Nationale. There is also a Rome edition of which a copy is located at Harvard. The present copy appears to be the only one offered for sale in this century. EUROPEAN AMERICANA 520/17. MAGGS BIBLIOTHECA AMERICANA I:33 this copy. PALAU 44419. ROTHSCHILD 3137. hardcover books
17423993Frankfurt am Main: Johann David Jung 1742. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 18 double-page or folding plates comprising 6 of processions and 12 of interior and exterior views; 19 portraits; 2 double-page floor plans of coronation events. 100 306 80 2 38 4 96 8 2 28; 20 128 52 2 26 2 34 2 30; 4 20 8 2 10 2 26 48 pages including half-titles in first 2 volumes. Together 3 volumes in one. Frankfurt am Main: Johann David Jung 1742-43. First edition of an account of festivities and events surrounding the coronation of Charles VII 1697-1745. Lipperheide 1963 2517. Folio contemporary vellum; 19th-century institutional stamp on Volume 1 half-title large folding procession plate in Volume 2 lightly dampstained and backed with sheets from 19th-century literary journal. Very rare complete copy of this wonderfully illustrated book in handsome comdition. <br/><br/> Johann David Jung hardcover books
45377London: Frederick Warne and Co n. d. Ca 1870s. Original publisher's green cloth binding with elaborate gilt & black stamping professionally refurbished. Modest wear with faint poi to ffep. Gilt bright a pleasing VG copy. Unpaginated. Illustrated with 24 stunning chromolithographed plates by Petherick Henley &c. 4to. 10-5/8" x 9" <br/><br/> Frederick Warne and Co hardcover books
42716New York: McLoughlin Brothers n. d. Ca 1880s. Color illustrated pictorial wrappers. Wear soiling & staining to covers & text-block. Later resewing of the spine. An About VG copy. 12 pages of text. 6 chromolithograpic iIlustrations one double-page in center serving as 2. 'Quarto Demi'. 9-1/8" x 10-3/4" <br/><br/> McLoughlin Brothers unknown books
1907223971Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1907. Number 753 of 1000 sets. Numerous plates and illustrations after George Cruikshank Hans Tegner F. H. Townsend Velazquez John La Farge Howard Pyle Gustave Doré Winslow Homer F. T. Merrill John Leech Randolph Caldecott F. O. C. Darley et al. Each volume includes a photogravure frontispiece including one by Chile Hassam. A facsimile of the original manuscript of "The Children's Hour" by Longfellow. 10 vols. 8vo. Brown buckram brown morocco spine labels. Very good. 10. Number 753 of 1000 sets. Numerous plates and illustrations after George Cruikshank Hans Tegner F. H. Townsend Velazquez John La Farge Howard Pyle Gustave Doré Winslow Homer F. T. Merrill John Leech Randolph Caldecott F. O. C. Darley et al. Each volume includes a photogravure frontispiece including one by Chile Hassam. A facsimile of the original manuscript of "The Children's Hour" by Longfellow. 10 vols. 8vo. There is a wide variety of stories ranging from traditional favorites like Puss in Boots and Little Red Riding Hood Grimm's tales; modern stories by John Ruskin Kate Wiggin Charles Dickens Washington Irving Bret Harte Rudyard Kipling Sir Walter Scott Edgar Allan Poe Edward Everett Hale and Louisa May Alcott; poetical works by Robert Louis Stevenson Henry Longfellow Charles Kingsley Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning Alfred Tennyson and Samuel Taylor Coleridge; and many others. A fascinating set of children's literature very nicely compiled. Houghton Mifflin unknown books
188635986Boston: D. Lothrop & Company 1886. Color pictorial glazed paper boards. A VG copy. 52 6 pp. Illustrated with pen-n-ink drawings printed in maroon. 5-7/16" x 4-1/2" <br/><br/>Story of two children: Chris & Chrissy Cherryblow. Scarce title: not found on OCLC. D. Lothrop & Company hardcover books
192546513Cambridge: Washburn & Thomas 1925. 1st edition thus. Black cloth spine over green paper-wrapped boards. Printed paper title labels to spine & front board. Printed green paper dust jacket. Modest wear a VG book in a Fair - Good jacket lacking the spine panel. 49 1 pp. Illustrations from Cruikshank's 19th C efforts. 12mo. <br/><br/> Washburn & Thomas hardcover books
1986WRCLIT78368London: British Library 1986. Glossy pictorial stiff wrappers. First edition. Color and black & white plates often full page by Randolph Caldecott Kate Greenaway Walter Crane and others. Small ink collector's notations next to some items indicative of ownership otherwise very good or better. British Library unknown books
1967WRCLIT78361Boston: The Horn Book Inc. 1967. Stiff printed wrappers. Frontispiece. Black & white plates. Fourth edition updated. List of recommended editions by Helen Adams Masten. Essay originally published in THE HORN BOOK MAGAZINE February 1947. Fine. The Horn Book, Inc. unknown books
184247080Boston: Massachusetts Sabbath School Society 1842. First American stated. Not found in American Imprints. Publisher's printed blue paper wrappers. General wear & soiling/staining to wrappers with japanese paper reinforcement along spine. Holes to rear wrapper extending through the last two leaves affecting the text though not the sense thereof. Foxing. A Good copy. 52 pp. Frontispiece. Illustrated with cuts. 5-3/4" x 3-3/4" <br/><br/>OCLC records just a single institutional holding. Massachusetts Sabbath School Society unknown books
47865San Francisco: Lith H. S. Crocker Co n. d. 1st printing presumed ca mid-to-late 1880s. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. General wear & soiling. Pin-hole in lower left margin. Withal Very Good. Broadside printed in full color. 57 cut-out images many featuring Sperry Flour including adults & children 20 cats 2 bakery goods 9 a stove a table etc. etc. 11-3/4" x 19-1/8" <br/><br/>Sperry Flour Co. founded in mid-1850s became the second largest flour milling company in California. We find no record of any institutional holdings of this item so here offered an extremely rare promotional piece published by this prominent California firm. Lith H. S. Crocker Co unknown books
31392London: The Sunday School Union n. d. Ca late 1895 / early 1896. Blue decorative cloth binding. Floral patterned-paper eps. General wear. POI to ffep & preliminary blank. An About VG copy. ii 475 1 pp. Illustrated. Royal 8vo. <br/><br/> The Sunday School Union hardcover books
192326692Philadephia Pennsylvania: Presbyterian Board of Publications and Sabbath School Work 1923. 4 pages; with black and white illustrations. Includes the cover story by Grace E. Osborne "The Best Fishing Day" and an anti-Hindu beliefs pro-Christian missionary promotional "The Goddess of Smallpox" by Elizabeth Donovan. Approx. 6 3/4" x 9 3/4" size; old fold lines; light wear and in very good condition. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Presbyterian Board of Publications and Sabbath School Work paperback books
193015706JParis: En Vente a la Librairie Gumuchian & Cie 112 Rue De Richelieu 1930. First Editions. Two volumes folio 11.5" X 9" illustrated with original pictorial wrappers. Limited to 1000 copies. The famous Gumuchian's Catalogue 13 the greatest of rare bookseller's catalogue in the field of children's literature and long a standard reference. The collection spanning the 15th - 19th centuries. Volume I consists of 6251 annotated entries. Volume II contains 336 plates Size 11.5" X 9". Each volume has a preface in French by Paul Gavault; Volume I has an introduction in English and French by the editors Volume II has an “Index des Planches" with the English French or German captions for the plates size 11.5" X 9.5". Slight wear on spine very good set. Pages untrimmed This set comes in special hand made original slipcase printed and decorated on spine and is it about 13" X 11" X 4.25". En Vente a la Librairie Gumuchian & Cie, 112 Rue De Richelieu unknown books
191133358New York: Saml Gabriel Sons & Company 1911. Color pictorial wrappers stapled. A VG copy. Unpaginated though 10 pp. Illustrated including 4 full page color images. 8-5/8" x 6-5/8" <br/><br/> Saml Gabriel Sons & Company unknown books
45542Kenosha Wisconsin: John Martin's House Inc n. d. 1st Edition thus ca 1945. Hardback. Pictorial eps. Dust jacket. Gutterbreak after the first gathering otherwise a VG book in a similar jacket. Unpaginated though 24 pages. Illustated in color by Doane. Small Folio. 11-5/8" x 8-1/2" <br/><br/> John Martin's House Inc hardcover books
188638609New York: F. M. Lupton 1886. Early printing with the rear wrapper advert listing through No. 123 in the series. OCLC records two holding institutions: Yale & the Huntington. Printed self wrappers sewn. Age toning to paper. Two stab holes in margin along spine. A VG copy of this rare title. 16 pp text double column. Ornamental masthead. Folio. 11-5/8" x 8-3/8" <br/><br/> F. M. Lupton unknown books
1864WRCLIT17600Philadelphia: Henry B. Ashmead Book and Job Printer 1864. 60pp. Printed wrappers. Upper wrapper stained at edges as are the fore-edges of the first several leaves otherwise a good copy. First edition of this anthology of poetry and prose largely accounts of battle capture and privation by soldiers in the field and in hospital published under the auspices of the Great Central Fair of the Sanitary Commission. Henry B. Ashmead, Book and Job Printer unknown books
186242292Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co 1862. 1st Edition. Original publisher's brown cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering to spine. Advert eps. Square & tight. Pencil pos. Some foxing & staining to paper. Withal a respectable VG copy. viii 9 - 182 8 pp. 8 page publisher catalogue concludes volume. Illustrated with 15 maps 5 folding 5 plates & 31 intratextual figures. 7-1/2" x 4-3/4" <br/><br/>"I have undertaken in this little work to give a clear and precise idea of the great maxims of war. It was written for the citizen soldier and officer. To show the application of the principles I have given several examples fully developed." J. B. Lippincott & Co hardcover books
1965127342Paris: Claude Schwartz 1965. Vintage silver gelatin photograph of Roman Polanski Jean-Luc Godard and actress Catherine Deneuve at Cannes in May 1965 taken by French press and still photographer Claude Schwartz. With Schwartz's French press stamp appearing 5 times on the verso. Arguably the tall man in the background is Barbet Schroeder. <br/><br/>Polanski's 1965 film "Repulsion" a film that had much to do with Ms. Deneuve's impending fame made its world premiere at this festival. <br/><br/>In 1964 Ms. Deneuve appeared in "Les plus belles escroqueries du monde" "The Beautiful Swindlers" an omnibus of grifting stories shot on location in Tokyo Paris Italy and Amsterdam by Polanski Godard Claude Chabrol Ugo Gregoretti and Hiromichi Horikawa. Deneuve starred as a lovely swindler in Chabrol's segment "L'Homme qui vendit la Tour Eiffel." <br/><br/>9.5 x 7.25 inches. Near Fine. Claude Schwartz unknown books
195461332Mexico: Imprenta Universitaria de Mexico 1954. Paperback. Very Good. 276p. Original wrapper. 24cm. Backstrip darkened. Spanish text. <br/><br/> Imprenta Universitaria de Mexico paperback books
200822827Portland and Various 2008-2018 and counting. The collection is in generally fine condition. Complete with all inserts booklets ephemera etc. Lacking only perishables which were eaten by your cataloguer and occasional assorted Powell's swag mugs totes and like which were also appropriated by your cataloguer. More than 125 columes in total a complete inventory is available. <br/><br/>For more than ten years and over seventy installments Powell's Books Portland has been issuing their semi-monthly INDIESPENSIBLE series a subscription-only selection of specially-produced typically limited edition volumes from many of the most prominent names in literature Claire Messud George Saunders Michael Chabon Annie Proulx Donna Tartt J.M. Coetzee Jeffrey Eugenides Jonathan Franzen Siri Hustvedt and publishing MsSweeney's Graywolf Algonquin. Installments commonly include a signed and slipcased recent release as well as one of more promotional titles usually ARCs or like but sometimes advance excerpts. We've been subscribers since volume one and over the ensuing decade this collection has come to represent one of the most diverse and vibrant portraits of contemporary letters and modern bookselling around — a tribute to both independent publishing and independent bookselling. With limitations for the initial installments were in the low hundreds not an easy collection to recreate esp. with all included ephemera and inserts — most of which include interviews with the featured writers not published elsewhere. A biographically and bibliographically significant collection. Price is as of current volume #76. Subscription will be maintained until sold. Price therefore subject to change. unknown books
193542834Oakland: Dry Fruit Products Corporation 1935. Stapled cream self-wrappers with green and black printing. Light toning to front margin gentle crimp to upper corner; paper clip shadow to rear wrapper. VG. Unpaginated though 10 pages. "Business reply" card laid in; agent's business card affixed to front wrapper with paper clip. 8-3/8" x 5-3/8" <br/><br/>Trade booklet advertising the "dryfruit" process explaining the chemistry advantages and uses of dried fruit. Business card of Howell Givens of Los Angeles-based Eyman & Givens Manufacturers' Agents paper-clipped to front wrapper perhaps indicative of a statewide expansion. [Dry Fruit Products Corporation] unknown books
19161505Havana 1916. Good plus. Eight parts in two volumes. Original half calf and marbled boards spine gilt. Calf scuffed at spine ends; light wear to corners and edges; boards rubbed. Rear board with a dime-sized chip at lower fore-edge. Slightly later pencil ownership inscriptions to initial title pages of each volume. Small chip at fore-edge of first title page. Light tanning. The first eight issues of this scarce Cuban literary periodical which published twice monthly during 1916. The editor of the series Nestor Carbonell y Rivera grew up in the United States before returning to Cuba and obtaining his doctorate from the University of Havana; he was active in several prominent intellectual and literary society of Cuba and later served as ambassador to Argentina and Peru. Each issue of the periodical comprises one previously unpublished work by Cuban author including José Martà Manuel Sanguily and Máximo Gómez. We locate runs of the series at seven institutions as well as scattered holdings of individual issues. This set clearly bound by a contemporary Cuban subscriber one F. Gamboa. unknown books
