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184841192London: Longman & Co. 1848. 8vo 17.1 cm 6.75". iv pp; 16 double-sided col. plts. <br><br>First edition of this Victorian interpretation of a medieval book of meditations: Biblical miracles delicately calligraphed and => framed in 32 vividly illustrated chromolithographed illuminated borders. The main figures were adapted from the Old Masters and the decorative details "all strictly original and not borrowed" according to the artist p. ii a successful illustrator with particular interests in natural history numismatics and classical and medieval studies.<br>Â Â Â Â Binding: Publisher's boards of papier-mâché and black plaster molded to resemble a medieval carved binding each cover with six figural medallions surrounded by a border of interlaced vines and strapwork incorporating small creatures; spine with embossed title edges and turn-ins with gilt roll. All edges gilt; marbled endpapers. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Ray Illustrator and the Book in England 232. Binding as above small red shelfmark at foot of spine; corners and spine extremities chipped one small chip to outer edge of back panel design one very unobtrusive break in inner frame of front panel design nicely refurbished. Sewing loosening as is common with last leaf separated and previous one threatening; pages gently age-toned with occasional minor smudging in margins; text pages not plate pages foxed. => A striking binding and equally striking color-printing. Longman & Co. hardcover books
184822423London: Longman 1848. First edition. Hardcover. Black leather spine papier mache boards decorated in blind. Aeg. Very good. Unpaginated. 17 x 12 cm. Thirty two chromolithographed plates. The author a British illustrator naturalist entomologist and numismatist took advantage of the Victorian craze for for gift books as well as aquariums providing practical instruction for creating them at home. This work exemplifies the former as GORDON N. RAY 232 notes in his Chromolithography section: "'Not content merely to imitate his medieval predecessors he created fresh designs in their spirit thus producing the most attractive of chromolithographic books." Chips to upper cover corners last two text leaves Remarks of the Illuminator toned T. Bowler book label Manchester and gift inscription dated 1849. Longman hardcover books
184817405London: Longman & Co 1848. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo. iv1312pp. Thirty-two pages are chromolithographed by Humphreys in addition there is a leaf of the illuminator' s remarks and one comprising an index of the miracles. Bound in the original black papier-mache covers designed to look like carved ebony. The binding was based on one carved in ivory in the 12th Century and has medallions of the principal miracles intertwined with ornate decorations and the title. The front and rear covers are identical. The book is exuberantly illustrated using chromolithography on 32 pages alternating between hot bright colors and cool pages subtly tinted with various shades the whole combining to make both a magnificent tribute to Medieval illustration and to the then new and novel technique of chromolithography. Marbled endpapers all edges gilt. Nicely rebacked in plain black leather;; a few small cracks in the binding edges and corners neatly mended but a very good copy. The Art of Publishers' Bookbindings 160-162. Housed in a custom slipcase. Longman & Co hardcover books
20028010Mukileto Washington: Hundman Publishing Company Inc. 2002 Third edition. Quarto. 304pp. Profusely illustrated with photographs a few in color maps detailed drawings etc. Bibliography and index. Black cloth lettered in yellow. A very fine copy with pictorial dust jacket. A classic volume covering the development equipment and operation of the Milwaukee Road's electrified zones across the Rockies and the Cascades. The electrics were a rugged and unique form of railroad motive power; fueled through copper wires instead of coal or oil. Much of the story is told through the railroaders who worked on them. Hundman Publishing Company, Inc. hardcover books
1978149287Brussels: Centre du Cinema et de l'Audiovisuel de la Federation Wallonie-Bruxelles 1978. Vintage oversize borderless photograph of director Chantal Akerman and actress Aurore Clement on the set of the 1978 film with various cast and crew members in the background. With a provenance stamp and holograph ink annotations identifying the photograph subjects on the verso. <br/><br/>A Belgian filmmaker travels across western Europe to promote her latest film encountering a wide range of figures both strangers and important people from her past along the way.<br/><br/>Set and shot on location in Belgium France and West Germany. <br/><br/>11.75 x 8.25 inches. Very Good plus with light wear and creasing to the edges. <br/><br/>Criterion Collection Eclipse 19. Rosenbaum 1000. Centre du Cinema et de l'Audiovisuel de la Federation Wallonie-Bruxelles unknown books
192732375London: Benn 1927. First edition. Cloth covers marked very good. Bookplate of Louis Halle Gluckstein brother of the lesbian painter Hannah Gluck. <br/><br/> Benn hardcover books
2013296621New York: Rizzoli 2013. hardcover. fine/fine. Translated by Denise Raab Jacobs. Illustrated. 244 pages 8vo black cloth d.w. New York: Rizzoli Ex Libris 2013. A fine coy in a fine dust wrapper.<br/><br/> Rizzoli unknown books
195655829Baltimore Maryland: Contemporary Poetry 1956. First Edition. Signed presentation from Coleman on the front endpaper to Irish literary critic Enid Starkey: "To Enid Starkie at the suggestion of Louis and in praise of Pierre. December 1959- E. Coleman." Starkie was also known for her biographical works on French poets. 8vo. gray cloth stamped in gilt in dust jacket; 34 pages. Translated From the French by Elliott Coleman. Volume Eleven Of The Contemporary Poetry Library Series. Near fine covers very nice; contents clean & tight; minor wear & soil one-inch tear base of rear cover d/j. Contemporary Poetry unknown books
197394227Woodstock:: Overlook Press. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1973. Hardcover. 0879510110 . Stated first printing. Near fine in a very good foxing along rear flap fore edge dust jacket. . Overlook Press, hardcover books
1973Embry 147314The Overlook Press 1973. First edition first printing. Minor wear still fine in near fine lightly worn dust jacket with a crimp to upper spine in mylar cover. The Overlook Press, 1973. First edition, first printing. unknown books
2007Embry 188203W. W. Norton 2007. First edition first printing. Fine in fine dust jacket in mylar cover. W. W. Norton, 2007. First edition, first printing. unknown books
1970WRCLIT29687New York: Pantheon 1970. Cloth. Photographs. First American edition. Remainder stamp on bottom edge else very good in jacket with creased closed tear at bottom edge of front panel. Pantheon hardcover books
1970USTOLIF00HMRDiscus 1970. Good. Stock Noel. The Life of Ezra Pound. New York: Discus 1970. 610pp. Indexed. 16mo. Mass Market. Book condition: Good. Yellowed with bumped edges. Former owner's name penned on first page and index entries penciled on rear pages. Discus paperback books
1970USTOLIF00TMPantheon 1970. Very Good. Stock Noel. The Life of Ezra Pound. New York: Pantheon 1970. 472pp. Indexed. Illustrated. 8vo. Black cloth. Book condition: Very good with light bumping and rubbing and a slightly rolled spine. Light soiling on spine and previous owner's name and date on front pastedown. Dust Jacket Condition: Good with chipped edges bumping rubbing and short tears. Wrapped in protective plastic cover. Pantheon hardcover books
197060701New York: Pantheon Books 1970. 1st Amer. ed. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. illustrations index xvii 472p. Cloth faded at top edge. dj. 24cm. Jacket has a few minor chips and spots. <br/><br/> Pantheon Books hardcover books
174911hardcover. Illus. 472pp. 8vo cloth dust wrapper; d.w. edgeworn. N.Y.: Pantheon Books a division of Random House 1970. Very Good.<br/><br/> unknown books
200734724New York: Alfred A. Knopf 2007. 1st Edition. White papered boards with glit title lettering stamped to spine. Dust jacket. A Fine copy in a Fine jacket. xii 780 6 pp including index. Several b/w photographic images. 9-1/2" x 6-1/2" <br/><br/> Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
20092207858Vintage Books 2009. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 1st printing. Spine creased very faint stain to rear wrapper. 2009 Trade Paperback. xii 780 pp. "Lavishly illustrated and annotated this first and definitive collection of letters to and from Coward provides a divine portrait of an age from the Blitz to the Ritz and beyond. Vintage Books paperback books
200195882Chicago: Charles H. Kerr 2001. Paperback. 159p. wraps very good condition. Young America series classics from the first hundred years of American radicalism. Charles H. Kerr paperback books
1961117466London: Chapman & Hall 1961. Octavo cloth. First edition. The author's third collection of short fiction a slim volume of nine stories "civilized pointed witty and often moving" as the Times Literary Supplement commented about an earlier collection. New York literary agent's book label affixed to front free endpaper. Mild dent to spine panel a nearly fine copy in very good dust jacket with small nick to spine panel. #117466 Chapman & Hall unknown books
1961248114London: Chapman & Hall 1961. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/near Very Good dust jacket. 176pp. No markings in text; black cloth binding slightly cocked; light edge wear to dust jacket; dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. Very Good binding / near Very Good dust jacket. Chapman & Hall unknown books
Q11C-00509Harper Business. Used - Good. Good condition. Harper Business unknown books
1949221031New York Charles Scribner's Sons 1949. 1949. First American edition from English sheets. 8vo. 8 illustrations. Dust jacket designed by Elizabeth Friendlander price clipped. Very good. Ink signature on the fron free endpaper. No bookplates. F. Hardcover. New York, Charles Scribner's Sons [1949]. hardcover books
199761162Woodland Hills: Valley Contemporary Poets 1997. First edition. 35 pp. Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. SIGNED by Natal and O’Halloran. Woodland Hills: Valley Contemporary Poets unknown books
1966226581New York: Simon and Schuster 1966. First edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Gray cloth. Fine in worn dust jacket with chip from foot of spine. In quarter red morocco slipcase with chemise. First edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Signed by the author on the flyleaf. Simon and Schuster unknown books
