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1972174040Paris: Sandoz 1972. hardcover. very good. Filled with photographic reproductions of x-ray images 367 4to illustrated gilt-lettered green cloth; corners bumped. Paris: Sandoz Editions 1972. Very good .<br/><br/> Co-authored by: Franic Joffre Jean-Michael Suc and Jean Putois.<br/><br/> Sandoz unknown books
195129871951. CONTE CORTI Egon Caesar. THE DESTRUCTION AND RESURRECTION OF POMPEII AND HERCULANEUM. London: Theodore Brun Limited 1951. 8vo. dark-blue cloth with gilt-stamping marbled endpapers top edge gilt. Limited Edition of 100 of which this is #15. Very Good contents clean & tight with covers bright; creases to lower corner of a few pages. $50.00. <br/><br/> hardcover books
19002440Port Sunlight U.K.: Lever Brothers Ltd. c. 1900. Staplebound. Color illustrated wraps. Very good. Neilson Harry B. Unpaginated. 8 pp. 12 x 9 cm. Charming advertising pamphlet establishing a connection between big business and the homemaker's new purchasing power. The solid yellow bar of soap first introduced in 1884 was one of the first packaged branded soap used to clean clothes dishes and hair. Some light bleeding to illustrations staple rust to spine. <br/><br/> Lever Brothers Ltd. paperback books
001074Morrow 1986 Book. As New. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. F. Cloth. As New/As New. First Edition. Signed by Author. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ISBN:0-688-06135-4. Morrow, 1986 Hardcover books
185823190Firenze: Presso Angelo Romei 1858. Later printing. Cloth. Good. Later printing. 10 XII 277 1 blank 2 pages plus 2 plates 1 folding. Ex-library properly withdrawn. 5 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches. Blue buckram with red spine label and remnants of library label. Notes 1816 on the spine but the blue wrappers which are bound in before the 1816 title page note 1858 as the date of publication. Volume 1 and possibly part one of that ONLY. Note the page count! Clean internally other than the occasional library marking. Cloth. One volume of a 5 volume set published on the works of Volta. The first edition was published in 1816. Presso Angelo Romei unknown books
192949051New York: Horace Liveright 1929. Black cloth binding with gilt spine stamping. Yellow decorative eps. Green dust jacket. VG some modest shelfwear/period poi to half-title page/Abt VG backstrip quite sun-tanned/extremity wear with largish piece lacking from rear panel lower left corner. x 4 456 pp. List of Editions pp. 427 - 432. Index at rear. 8vo. 8-3/4" x 5-7/8" <br/><br/>The Book of the Courtier by Baldassare Castiglione is a lengthy philosophical dialogue on the topic of what constitutes an ideal courtier or in the third chapter court lady worthy to befriend and advise a Prince or political leader. The book quickly became enormously popular and was assimilated by its readers into the genre of prescriptive courtesy books or books of manners dealing with issues of etiquette self-presentation and morals particularly at princely or royal courts books such as Giovanni Della Casa's Galateo 1558 and Stefano Guazzo's The civil conversation 1574. The Book of the Courtier was much more than that however having the character of a drama an open-ended philosophical discussion and an essay. It has also been seen as a veiled political allegory. It offers a poignantly nostalgic evocation of an idealized milieu — that of the small courts of the High Renaissance which were vanishing in the Italian Wars — with a reverent tribute to the friends of Castiglione's youth in particular the chastely married Duchess Elisabetta Gonzaga of Urbino to whom Castiglione had addressed a sequence of Platonic sonnets and who died in 1526. The work was composed over the course of twenty years beginning in 1508 and first published in 1528 by the Aldine Press in Venice just before the author's death." Wiki Horace Liveright hardcover books
248505Tokyo: Kobunsha. paperback. very good. 16mo color illustrations with colored pictorial front wrapper; silk ties. Tokyo: Kobunsha n.d.<br/><br/> Japanese Fairy Tale Series number 5. The front edge is chipped but otherwise a fine example of an ephemeral piece. Printed on paper not crepe.<br/><br/> Kobunsha unknown books
1888222New York: D. Appleton and Company 1888. Sm. 8vo. xviii344pp. Index. Plus 10pp. ads. Orig. olive cloth. D. Appleton and Company hardcover books
1948145155Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1948. Vintage double weight photograph of actors Vanessa Brown Wallace Beery and director Richard Thorpe on the set of 1949 film. Mimeo snipe and rubber stamps on the verso. <br/><br/>Set in the early 1800s a band of outlaws take-in a distressed doctor who is on the run after digging up corpses for his medical research.<br/><br/>Shot on location in Maryland. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
185811073London: Pr. by C. Whittingham 1858. 8vo. 44 pp. <br><br>Sole edition. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â NSTC 2C12358. Disbound. Final few leaves with small chips at fore-edge. Inked owner's signature at top of title-page partly cropped out. Pr. by C. Whittingham unknown books
193013024San Francisco: The Sierra Club 1930. First Edition. Very Good/Good. San Francisco: The Sierra Club; 1930; First Edition Limited to 1500 copies reprint of 1875 edition printed by Taylor & Taylor 6x8.5"; Blue-gray paper boards with light tan cloth spine and paper label fore and bottom edges untrimmed; plain paper dust jacket with repeat of label printed on spine as issued;1 x 4 152 pp. 1 five images including frontispiece and facsimile of original 1875 title page; Paper boards slightly faded corners bumped minor shelf soiling to top of text block top of spine has small unraveling and top front cover inside edge at spine shows signs of nibbling ink inscription to prior owner on front endpaper; Dust wrapper has typical shelf wear at edges and loss of 4 inches of bottom of spine with no loss to slightly darken spine printing; Cover and text in very good condition and dust wrapper in good condition given the quality of paper. Joseph Le Conte 1823-1901 arrived in Berkeley in 1869 as a Professor of geology natural history and botany with the newly established University of California. In 1870 he was invited by several students to join them on a four week camping trip to Yosemite and the High Sierra. This trip was his first visit to Yosemite which began a lifetime love affair with preserving the Valley. While John Muir is more closely associated with promoting the establishment of national parks Le Conte was instrumental in laying the foundations for the Yosemite National Park in 1890. He co-founded the Sierra Club with John Muir. He died in Yosemite of a heart attack in 1901. San Francisco: The Sierra Club unknown books
1965254440Roma: P. & P. Santamaria 1965. Soft Cover. Very Good binding. With 38 plates in rear; digital images can be made available upon request. Very Good binding. P. & P. Santamaria unknown books
1949137081Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1949. Post-production Dialogue and Continuity script for the 1949 film. Brief notation in holograph ink on the front wrapper and in pencil on the verso of the last page. <br/><br/>Based on the novel "Thieves' Market" by A.I. Bezzerides who also wrote the screenplay. <br/><br/>Based on Bezzerides' own experiences as a truck driver the author's adaptation of his own novel takes a direct aim at the fruit industry of the West coast resulting in essential proletarian literature. The novel's rich California scenery comes through beautifully in Dassin's visually stunning film reminiscent of the director's earlier noirs "Brute Force" in 1947 and "The Naked City" in 1948 Silver et al. <br/><br/>Blue studio wrappers dated August 19 1949 noting footage of 8437 feet. Mimeograph duplication. Very Good plus overall bound internally with three gold brads. <br/><br/>Criterion Collection 273. Grant US. Hardy The BFI Companion to Crime. 129. Selby Canon. Silver Classic Noir. Spicer US. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
193022245San Francisco: The Sierra Club 1930. Cloth backed boards spine label fine copy. One of 1500 printed by Taylor and Taylor. <br/><br/> The Sierra Club hardcover books
1919011239Boston: International Pocket Library 1919. First Edition Thus. Soft cover. Near Fine. Uncommon "pocket book" paperback edition of Hardy's work with a new forward by a young conrad Aiken. Striking decorative cover silkscreen in yellow blue and purplke. Small bimp lower spine else near fine. This is not a reprint or fascimile. This is the first edition in this form aka "thus" and collectible as such. International Pocket Library unknown books
001075Farrar Straus and Giroux 1972 Book. As New. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. F. Cloth. As New/As New. First Edition. Presentation By Author. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. ISBN:0-374-37126-1. Presentation by the author original art a man coat and top hat. Price clipped 1/8 missing from heel. Farrar , Straus and Giroux, 1972 Hardcover books
184514958Boston: Bradbury Soden & Co 1845. 1st edition thus American Imprints 45-2774. Original buff printed wrappers. VG avg wear/usual light foxing/pos/Vol I front wrapper starting. 2 volumes iv 5 - 176; 4 177 - 328. Frontis & title page vignette. 4 3/4" x 7 1/8" <br/><br/> Bradbury Soden & Co unknown books
184529741Boston: Bradbury Soden & Co 1845. 1st edition thus American Imprints 45-2728. Original pink printed wrappers. Series advert to rear wrapper. POS to top of front wrappers. Paper wear to spine ends. A VG set. 2 volumes vi 7 - 160; 2 161 - 320 pp. Cancel copyright notice pasted over that printed on copyright page. Frontis & engraved title page to Part I. 7" x 4-5/8" <br/><br/>First Part begins with a section on Phrenology. Uncommon in original wrappers. Bradbury Soden & Co unknown books
184429742Boston: Bradbury Soden & Co 1844. 1st edition thus American Imprints 44-2697. Original salmon-colored printed wrappers. Series advert to rear wrapper. POS to top of front wrappers. Part I spine paper mostly perished with lower 1" of Part II lacking. Tide-line stain to upper quadrant of last quarter of text Part II. A Good set. 2 volumes 160; 2 161 - 352 pp. Frontis & engraved title page to Part I. Wood engraving p. 8. 7" x 4-5/8" <br/><br/>Contents include: Lucretia and Margaret Davidson; Mrs. Adams; Mrs. Washington; Madame de Sael; Lady Hester Stanhope; Hannah More; Mrs. Barbauld; Madame de Genlis; Josephine; Marie Antoinette; Madame Roland; Madame de Sévigné; Mary Queen of Scots; Elizabeth Queen of England; Isabella of Spain; Joan of Arc. Uncommon especially in original wrappers. Bradbury Soden & Co unknown books
184414970Boston: Bradbury Soden & Co 1844. 1st edition thus American Imprints 44-2679. Original buff printed wrappers. VG some wear to spine paper/pos on wrappers/Part I wrapper misprinted as 'Part 2' which has been corrected by hand. 2 volumes iv 5 - 176; 177 - 336. Frontis engraved title page & occasional intratextual cut. 4 3/4" x 7 1/8" <br/><br/> Bradbury Soden & Co unknown books
184414971Boston: Bradbury Soden & Co 1844. 1st edition thus American Imprints 44-2688. Original buff printed wrappers. VG some wear to spine paper/pos on wrappers. 2 volumes vi 7 - 160; 161 - 320. Frontis title page vignette & occasional intratextual cut. 4 3/4" x 7 1/8" <br/><br/> Bradbury Soden & Co unknown books
184514956Boston: Bradbury Soden & Co 1845. 1st edition thus American Imprints 45-2739. Original buff printed wrappers. Nr Fine little wear w/ Part I prelims unopened/pos. 2 volumes 176; 177 - 336 pp. Frontis & title page vignette. 4 3/4" x 7 1/8" <br/><br/> Bradbury Soden & Co unknown books
197321349New York: Farrar Straus Giroux 1973. 1st ed. Hardcover. Near Fine. Sendak Maurice. 1st ptg. 2 vol. 12mo full brown cloth with the delicate Maurice Sendak drawings. Fine in fine djs and lightly sunned full cloth slipcase with separate chemise of the individual plates. The volumes are not signed having been presumably replaced by the previous owner with the regular 1st ptg. <br/><br/> Farrar Straus Giroux hardcover books
19303598San Francisco: The Sierra Club/ Taylor & Taylor 1930. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Near Fine/Good. Octavo. Limited to 1500 copies. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED ON THE FFEP A.E. GUNTHER/ THE HAGUE/ MARCH 1931. 152pp. Bound in 1/4 cream cloth over blue paper covered boards printed paper spine label in original plain paper dust jacket with a half inch loss at foot of spine and a larger chip on rear panel; a very nice copy. Albert Everard Gunther's interest was the history of the Natural History Museum London where his grandfather Albert Günther was a Keeper. His two books about the Natural History Museum 1975 and 1980 are useful contributions to the burgeoning subject of museum history and were followed by a study of the eighteenth-century scientific antiquary Thomas Birch published in 1984.Sphaera newsletter. A nice association copy. <br/><br/> The Sierra Club/ Taylor & Taylor hardcover books
16725393Venice: Steffano Curti 1672. soft cover. Very Good/The classicist Fulvio Testi worked diligently to oppose of the baroque excesses of Marino and his followers and to maintain Horatian decorum. After a brilliant diplomatic career he died--or was murdered--in prison. His poems were admired and went through many editions. . 12mo 16 cm; 596 pages. Half title present. Typographic and woodcut ornaments. Bound "alla rustica" in pasteboard worn. Shaken. Title in ink on spine. Pages untrimmed and generally clean. Vinciana 2661. Steffano Curti paperback books