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28443 p.l. x 214 pp. 1 leaf. 8vo cont. red boards flat spine gilt uncut. Paris: Silvestre 1837. bound with: VEINANT Auguste Alexandre. Catalogue des Livres rares et précieux du Cabinet de M. name supplied in a contemporary hand: "Veinant" dont la Vente aura lieu le jeudi 20 décembre 1855 et jours suivants. vi 2 118 pp. 8vo uncut. Paris: E. Tross 1855. Two important catalogues attractively bound together. Each priced throughout in a contemporary hand. I. The sale catalogue of the first library formed by La Bédoyère 1782-1861 one of the best-known French book collectors of the 19th century. The son of one of Napoleon's generals La Bédoyère was a high officer in the Gardes du Corps of Louis XVIII and Charles X and chevalier of Saint-Louis and of the Légion d'honneur. Known as one of the most discerning and rigorous collectors he envisioned forming a library of the best early and modern editions in the most splendid examples. He bought from the leading dealers and made important acquisitions at the sale of Caillard in 1810 and the sales of d'Ourches and Firmin Didot in 1811. When buying modern luxury books he often bought five or six copies printed on the finest paper and selected the best leaves from each to form one "extra" superior copy. He sought with great ardor copies of proofs before letters and the original watercolors and drawings which he bound in the most sumptuous style. "Très-belle bibliothèque formée par un amateur plein de zèle et très-difficile. Les reliures de Du Seuil de Padeloup de Derome sont nombreuses ainsique les ouvrages non rognés."-Gustave Brunet Dictionnaire de Bibliologie Catholique col. 476. The sale of 1750 lots produced the large sum of 108753 fr. Immediately after this sale La Bédoyère started collecting again and the second library was sold in 1862 after his death. This copy lacks the index. II. Veinant d. 1859 formed one of the finest private libraries in Paris of the period. An extremely active collector from his earliest days Veinant knew all the dealers and fellow collectors and frequented the sales rooms. He had the reputation of being extremely difficult and at the same time being one of the most knowledgeable of bibliophiles. Fine copies. ❧ I. Guigard II pp. 269-70-this sale "passait pour l'une des plus riches de son époque tant par le choix le nombre et la variété des sujets que par le luxe de l'ornementation et de la reliure." II. Gustave Brunet Dictionnaire de Bibliologie Catholique cols. 111 & 541-42. hardcover books
1833130405London: John Murray 1833-1834; 1836. First edition in book form of Finden's celebrated illustrated edition of Byron's works; uniformly bound with a first edition of Finden's Byron Beauties. Octavo four volumes bound in full pebbled calf with gilt titles and tooling to the spine elaborate gilt ruling to the front and rear panels all edges gilt. Finden's Landscape & Portrait Illustrations to the Life and Works of Lord Byron is illustrated with 129 engraved plates including illustrated title pages. Finden's Byron Beauties is illustrated with 39 engraved plates. In very good condition. A unique example of this important set in the Byron canon. It was William and Edward Finden's illustrations to Byron that substantially enhanced the status of their work. Following his death in Greece in 1824 their engravings sensitively conveyed to a wide contemporary audience images of Byron's life and work. Finden's Landscape Illustrations to the Life and Works of Byron finally appeared in fourteen monthly parts with both Murray's and Tilt's names on the paper wrappers from January 1832. The Illustrations created a great sensation and led to further projects to engrave the life and works of other poets" ODNB. John Murray unknown
1807937Newark: S. and J. Ridge 1807. First Edition Later Printing. =-. First Edition Later Printing. Finely bound in full dark brown crushed morocco with gilt ruled borders three-dot motif in corners five wrap-around embossed strapwork devices connecting five raised bands which have gilt ruled borders. A fine copy of the rare first edition with later issue points. <br/><br/> S. and J. Ridge hardcover books
182017071London: Thomas Davison / John Hunt 1820-24. Six volumes bound in three. Demy-octavos 16.5cm; contemporary full diced calf; bound including original title pages; half-titles and terminal leaves where called for. An attractive set in contemporary binding sympathetically re-backed preserving the original endpapers as well as most of the original spines and spine labels. Early printed bookplate of John Colston to each front pastedown with later inked ex-libris "J. Hames" added beneath each printed portion. The full foolscap octavo edition of Don Juan preceded in each case by quarto editions in the same year. Cantos I-II are from an early but not first printing with 1820 date at base of title page but no statement of "New Edition" as seems somewhat common though this issue appears unmentioned by Wise. The remaining volumes are first printings. WISE II p.3-8. Thomas Davison / John Hunt unknown books
18534676London: John Murray 1853. Two volumes. Bound in full red morocco by Riviere signed in ink on paper pastedowns with all-over gilt interlacing floral and leaf design on both covers and spine literally every square centimeter covered with this attractive repeating design. Some light foxing All edges gilt with attractive and intricate interweaved goffering to all edges on both volumes. Near fine. Exquisite. <br/><br/> John Murray unknown books
18534676London: John Murray 1853. Two volumes. Bound in full red morocco by Riviere signed in ink on paper pastedowns with all-over gilt interlacing floral and leaf design on both covers and spine literally every square centimeter covered with this attractive repeating design. Some light foxing All edges gilt with attractive and intricate interweaved goffering to all edges on both volumes. Near fine. Exquisite. John Murray unknown
006925Fine. A folded Christmas card custom made for Coward measuring 15 by 10 cm. The front of the card features a witty photo of the mature regal Coward on a thrown of sorts with a wall hanging behind creating the impression that he has wings attached at his side. Inside on the verso Coward writes in blue ink "Just to let you know I'm still thinking of you. Love Tangerine '. Dialogue -- Me --"Why are you wearing those wings God" God -- "Because they amuse me!" On the recto beneath a red printed "Heureux Noel" Coward signs "Love Noel" in his swoosh illegible signature. The card was sent to James Frasher we believe who played supporting roles in several Westerns and worked repeatedly with Gene Autry in the early fifties. He later became the manager for Lillian Gish. Photo credited to Tappe Vevey. unknown
19640010796Doubleday 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Doubleday hardcover
1848103118<p> Large 4to 9" x12" original red cloth gilt title top cover and gilt decorated spine illustrated with 42 hand colored plates xii. 137 1 pp. and 206 pp. Spine is split and torn lower portion may have been reattached frayed at head and foot hinges weak some minor foxing and toning a little some staining to half title probably from and old flower; otherwise about very good. Plates bright and clean. Henry Noel Humphreys 1807-1879 was a graphic artist and author born in Birmingham. His illustration work ranged from natural history and book illumination to works of fiction. He would do the incredibly attractive illustrations in Jane Loudon's Ladies' Flower Garden Series 1839-1848. The present title was first published in 1841 but several editions followed. Humphreys would also publish a similar work on Moths in 1845 and a second work on moths and butterflies in 1859. The 42 plates in this volume illustrate most of the known British butterflies at that time. ODB.</p> William Smith, books
186470620Boston:: T. O. H. P. Burnham 1864. First US edition. publisher's green gilt cloth. A very attractive tight and sound copy with only the very slightest of wear at extremities. 8vo. With Illustrations by J. Noel Paton. T. O. H. P. Burnham, hardcover
184652545Paris: Lerebours et Secretan 1846. Fifth edition. 8vo. 4 vii 288 pp. folding plate loosely inserted adverts. Scattered foxing to the first and last few leaves. Quarter morocco and paper over boards gilt decorations on spine. The binding is lightly rubbed and worn at the tips. A very good copy. N.P. Lerebours is most noted for his publications EXCURSIONS DAGUERRIENNES 1841-1844 the first large-scaled publication illustrated from photographs as well as for his manufacture of apparatuses of which he was among the first. In his TREATISE he discusses the underlying theory of the photographic process and the numerous practical methodologies of the day. Even though it is largely concerned with the daguerreotype there are sections on the paper processes of Talbot Ponton and Bayard and a description of the galvanographic process to make prints from daguerreotypes with a compilation of writings by the inventors or practitioners themselves the list of which reads as a European directory of the most famous of the period and the gravure process of Fizeau. Although stated as the fifth edition it should be referred to as the fifth enlarged and revised edition; his earlier publications had various other titles and were less than half the length of this work. The appended catalogue p. 269 -288 lists all manner of photographic apparatus and is priced. There are several pages concerned with his publication EXCURSIONS DAGUERRIENNES and the various contents that could be ordered. <br /> <br /> "French daguerreotypists achieved wide reputation especially daguerreotypists Lerebours and Secretan opticians to the observatory and to the navy in Paris. Before the end of 1839 N.P. Lerebours had constructed large daguerreotype cameras which produced pictures of 12 x 15 French inches. He worked at first with Gaudin then established himself in Paris as a manufacturer of optical physical and mathematical instruments . and later associated himself with Secretan. Their studio was opened about 1845 and it flourished for several years. In 1850 Lerebours and Secretan made one of the most excellent panoramic daguerreotypes of a view of Paris ever made." Eder p. 314 HISTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY. <br /> <br /> Roosens and Salu No. 2842. Bellier de la Chavignerie Manuel Bibliographie du Photographe Francais 1863 No. 18. Lerebours et Secretan unknown
1954142898Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1954. Final White script for the 1956 film. Director Michael Curtiz's Specially bound copy in tan leather with gilt titles and Curtiz's name at the bottom right corner of the front board. <br /> <br /> An adaptation of the 1925 operetta of the same name by Rudolf Friml which is based on Justin Huntly McCarthy's 1901 romantic novel and play "If I Were King." <br /> <br /> Set in France in the year 1461. <br /> <br /> Brown leather covered boards titles in gilt. Title page present dated December 9 1954 with credits for producer Pat Duggan director Michael Curtiz screenwriter Ken Englund. 114 leaves with last page of text numbered 96A. Mimeograph duplication with blue and goldenrod revision pages throughout dated variously between 12-15-54 and 2-9-55. Pages Near Fine binding Very Good plus with some wear at the edges. Paramount Pictures unknown
1969144541Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1969. Collection of six vintage oversize borderless photographs from the 1969 British film. With holograph annotations and an agency stamp on the verso of each. <br/><br/>One of the best heist films of the twentieth century: funny complex and altogether beautiful to watch. Michael Caine and Noel Coward bring the erudite and the cockney together to make a quintessentially British film with as fine an ending as one could ask for. <br/><br/>13 x 9 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Lee The Heist Film. Paramount Pictures unknown books
183669700Paris: Furne 1836. Fine. Furne Paris 1836 13.50 x 21.80 cm 6 volumes reliés New edition illustrated with a frontispiece portrait and 10 steel-engraved plates by Johannot Geoffroy. Translation by Amédé Pichot. Contemporary glazed navy half-calf binding signed at foot signature illegible. Smooth spine decorated with a long mirrored tool with central ornament. Title and volume number gilt. Decorative fillets on covers. Beautiful marbled paper in blue white and gold. Top edge gilt. Spine slightly darkened. Some corners slightly bumped. Light traces of rubbing. Paper of superb freshness uncut completely free of foxing except in the margins of some engravings due to tissue guards which have not been removed; rare condition. ""New edition augmented with a historical notice on Lord Byron all unpublished pieces and notes by Moore Walter-Scott Campbell Guiford Jeffrey E. Brydges Coleridge Southey Wilson Hobhouse Hunt Dallas Milman Lockhart Bowles Heber Medwin Gamba Croly Ugo Foscolo Ellis Kennedy Parry Bulwer Galt Nathan Lady Blessington Mrs. Shelley. Contained in the definitive edition recently published in London"". Besides the poetical works Miscellanies Speeches correspondence and the famous novella: The Vampire. Furne unknown
183673784Charpentier 1836. Fine. Charpentier 1836 17 x 26.50 cm 4 volumes reliés First edition of Benjamin Delaroche's translation. Notes and commentary by Walter Scott Thomas Moore etc. Printed on fine laid paper. The copy has been extra-illustrated with 39 steel engravings from the album ""Women of Byron"" a type of collection very fashionable at the time as there were also ""Women of Balzac"" ""Women of Walter Scott"" and ""Women of Shakespeare"" in which the heroines of the novels were depicted in engravings by English artists considered masters of the genre during this period. Life of Byron by John Galt. Contemporary half polished navy calf binding. Spine with 4 flat raised bands decorated with fillets and compartments roulettes at head and tail. Gilt title and volume number. Navy marbled paper with wave pattern. Marbled edges. Traces of rubbing. Overall the paper is in very fine condition with occasional light foxing at the tissue guards in the margins of the engravings at the beginning or end of volumes. Traces of an old label in the last compartments. Corner fold to second board of volume 4. Handsome copy. Charpentier hardcover
179126261Bingii ad Rhenum: G. C. Voigt 1791. First quarto edition. Editio omnium novissima notis et animadversionibus quoad historiam et dissertationem sic Novi Testamenti aucta ad castigationem et illustrationem opinionum quorumdam sic auctoris opera et studio Constantini Roncaglia . Quibus accedunt praeter animadversiones a P. Joanne Dominico Mansi . in 2. Lucensi editione inserta sic aliae insuper ejusdem auctoris noviter elucubratae. Full mottle calf raised bands gilt decorated compartments morocco labels marbled endpapers all edges red. Spines and boards rubbed and scuffed worn at extremities heads and heels of a few volumes chipped calf occasionally darkened or brittle mainly on spines library call numbers to lower compartments mostly removed seminary book plate to front pastedowns occasional bookseller's ticket bindings tight some scattered foxing otherwise leaves clean and unmarked. A valuable set. Sm. 4to.25 cm. Noel Alexandre or Alexander Natalis 1639-1724 was a French historian and theologian of the Order of St. Dominic who studied philosophy and theology in the convent of Saint Jacques Paris where he taught for twelve years obtained the licentiate from the Sorbonne and in 1675 the doctorate and was urged to write a complete history of the church the first volume appearing in 1677. “His directness and conciseness his critical acumen and his manner of viewing history and dividing it into special studies then quite original although now common enough won for him the approbation of the learned. The first volumes of the history brought him letters of commendation and praise from Pope Innocent XI and many cardinals but later volumes gave offense at Rome because of the author's Gallicism and Innocent XI finally forbade the faithful to read .it" Cath.Ency. Alexandre corrected the work in the third edition. Constantino Roncaglia brought out a sixth edition unaltered but with the addition of paragraphs and dissertations correcting the most offensive statements. The work was thus removed from the Index by Pope Benedict XIII. The edition offered here is the best and most complete edited by Giovan Domenico Mansi who added many explanatory notes. An anonymous writer in two supplementary volumes also included here carried the history into the eighteenth century and added various dissertations from other historians. The work thus completed appeared at Venice in 1778 in eleven folio volumes and at Bingen 1785-91 in twenty volumes. Brunet I 169. G. C. Voigt hardcover
1925W1914New York: Unpublished 1925. Original photograph by the Australian-American photographer Anton Bruehl 1900-1982. A vintage circa 1925 gelatin silver print mounted on cardstock. 7 1/2 inches by 5 1/2 inches. The photograph is unsigned but the composition of the still-life photo clearly is Bruehl's. From the same collection we have a signed photo that matches the size backing and printing of this one. In 1919 the Australian born Bruehl along with his brother and parents emigrated to the United States where he worked for Western Electric as an electrical engineer until an exhibition of Clarence H. White's photographs persuaded him to change professions. In 1924 he enrolled in White's photography school and by the next year was hired to teach in the school. In a 1976 article for Image magazine landscape photographer Joe Deal observed that "Anton Bruehl's background in engineering and love of machine forms in combination with his training under Clarence White resulted in still life photographs which give the satisfaction of well-resolved formal problems and portraits choreographed with the rhythm and movement characteristic of the age." The early photograph offered here already displays the combination of formalism with inventiveness that was characteristic of Breuhl's later color photographs for Vogue and Vanity Fair. It is easy to imagine that photographs like this one were responsible for Ansel Adams' observation that Bruehl's work was "entirely contrived and yet absolutely sincere." Bruehl's early black and white still-life photographs are much more scarce than his later color images and they seldom come on the market. The photograph is clean and bright with 3 crease lines that were probably made when the photo was affixed to the backing. The verso of the backing has some old glue stains. First Edition. Single Sheet. Very Good. Illus. by Anton Bruehl. 7 1/2" X 5 1/2". Photo. Unpublished
193713885London: William Heinemann Ltd 1937. Used; Like New/Used; Like New. The first volume of memoirs by the English playwright actor director and wit signed and inscribed on the half title to Maurice Chevalier: "Maurice / From one 'old Ham' / To another! / Noël / Arras 1939." The memoir written in Coward's amusing style covers his life until 1931; it was followed by Future Indefinite and Past Conditional. 431 pp. Blue cloth binding. Some light shelf wear and fading to the spine; overall in fine condition.<br style="">The French actor cabaret singer and entertainer Maurice Chevalier is perhaps best known for his signature songs including "Louise" "Mimi" "Valentine" and "Thank Heaven for Little Girls" and for his films including The Love Parade and The Big Pond. His trademark attire was a boater hat which he always wore on stage with a tuxedo. In 1958 he starred with Leslie Caron and Louis Jourdan in Gigi and in the early 1960s he made eight films including Can-Can in 1960 and Fanny the following year.  The success of Gigi prompted Hollywood to give him an Academy Honorary Award that year for achievements in entertainment. <br style=""> William Heinemann Ltd hardcover books
1931539146Garden City: Doubleday Doran & Company Inc 1931. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Green cloth gilt. Spine sunned rendering the lettering difficult to read very good lacking the dust jacket. George Cukor's copy with his small Paul Landacre-designed bookplate. Inscribed by Coward to Cukor: "Dear George with my love Noel. Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc hardcover
16-4141Paris Chez Montalant 1720. Folio. 24 x 37.5 cm. Contemporary calf gilt spine 6 raised bands. Cover of vol. 2 rubbed. Vol 1: vi 1158pp; Vol. 2: x 1112pp.Veau brun dos à nerf ornés et dorés pièces de titre et tomaison mar. rouge Rel. de l’époque un peu usagées.Expertise by Dominique Gomez Paris. OCLC Number: 490235072Notes: Approbation du 12 aouÌ‚t 1717 privileÌ€ge donneÌ le 12 aouÌ‚t 1717 et registreÌ le 16 aouÌ‚t 1717.Lettrines bandeaux.Sign. ã6 A-6Z4 7A-7B4; ã4 ẽ1 A-6Z4 7A2.Description: 2 vol. 6 f. 1127 1 p. ; 101112 p. : page de titre ill. en noir et en rouge. ; in-Fol.Collections of Laws Treaties and other Public Documents. I. General Collections and Code Paris, Chez Montalant, 1720. hardcover
1988LIQ-4229P. Les Cahiers des Brisants 1988. Petit in-4° en feuilles sous chemise et étui de l' éditeur.
236395Cologne [Hollande], héritiers de Corneille d'Egmond, 1700 2 tomes en un fort vol. in-12, 378 pp., [2] ff. n. ch. de table, [3] ff. n. ch. (titre du tome II, table), 366 pp., [4] ff. n. ch. de permissions et d'index, veau fauve granité, dos à nerfs cloisonné et fleuronné, pièce de titre, encadrement de simple filet doré sur les plats, tranches mouchetées de rouge (reliure de l'époque). Restaurations aux coiffes et coins.
1740RO30009860Jean Covens &Corn. 1740. In-Folio. Relié. Bon état, Couv. légèrement passée, Dos frotté, Rousseurs. Tome 1 : 496 pages; Tome 2 : 480 pages, dont certaines blanches d'origine et annotations; petit manque dans les coins inférieurs des 2 tomes, couverture légèrement déboîtée dans 1er tome. . . . Classification Dewey : 94.3-Livres anciens XVIII ème
1800J8EBSA1B7A79Amsterdam 1800. Large 8vo. Johannes Allart All volumes bound in contemporary half goatskin with marbled sides gold-tooled spine with an orange and blue morocco label. With 24 hand-coloured engraved plates of different plants herbs mushrooms flowers trees and animals. 4 volumes. XII 560; 4 584; 4 568; 4 598 pp. Set of four volumes that can serve as a practical handbook for matters pertaining to home economics. It contains information about various flowers trees herbs and other plants such as anise catnip tulips and even cannabis but also fruits for example apples and lemons and advice on the best way to cultivate these in your own garden. Although a great part of the four volumes is devoted to horticulture and agriculture at home they do also discuss illnesses like measles and ailments such as lice and tapeworms and their home remedies and gives tips and tricks on how to live to a great age.This practical guide on horticulture with tips and tricks to promote human health and the health of animals gives a pervasive insight into the 18th-century knowledge and mentality in and around the house when it concerns home economics and managing a mansion during the Ancien Regime.Bindings slightly worn around the edges some minor foxing. An attractive set in good condition.l Bibliotheca gastronomica 1076; Landwehr Coloured plates 483; cf. NBG X col. 370; Brunet I col. 1849-1850; NNBW VI cols. 294-295; not in Ferro; Landwehr Het Nederlandse kookboek. ABE CAT Agriculture unknown
184711055PARIS: Firmin Didot Frères Éditeurs 1847. 4º.- Media piel con puntas y nervios lomo decorado con dorados y grecas en cabecera y pie.- 2 hojas.- 522 páginas.- 1 hojas.- 44 láminas fuera de texto en grabado acerado más 1 mapa plegado. Procedencia: Al pie de la portada manuscrito lleva el número de referencia de la Biblioteca Villalonga de Palma. Ligeros puntos de óxido. Impreso a dos columnas. Ejemplar con todos los márgenes sin cortar. Buen ejemplar. Firmin Didot Frères, Éditeurs unknown
