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A Lille, chez CFJ Lehoucq, 1785. Nouvelle édition en 3 volumes in-12 brochés sous couverture d'attente, avec titre manuscrit sur le dos. 344 + 340 + 295 pages. Un des plus grand succès des recueils de contes orientalisant du XVIIIè siècle. Cette nouvelle édition contient l'intégralité des écrits de GUEULLETTE, à savoir les 114 contes.
Paris, Gibert Jeune, Librairie d'Amateurs, 20 décembre 1937-1938. 2 volumes, in-4, brochés, couvertures illustrées en couleurs et rempliées, 164 et 233 pp, sous étui. Première édition limitée à 3000 exemplaires numérotés sur Vélin Navarre. Tome 1) 16 hors-texte en couleurs et 35 dessins en noir. Tome 2) 16 hors-texte en couleurs et 42 dessins en noir. Bel exemplaire.
Features: Was it Coincidence? - a Zulu witch doctor and his magic; The Man Who Hesitated - a dramatic story from West Africa; Comacchio on the Adriatic - the Venice of the Eels - article with photos; The Brophy Will Case - an unusual American detective case; The Wily Coyote - interesting stories of these hated coyotes and their ways in the Western States; McNeill's Lapse - a good man falls victim to temptation; Climbing the White Elephant near the Tom Reed Mine at Oatman, Arizona - article with nice photos; The Adventures of a Rolling Stone (part II) - tales from two young naval officers who set off to see the world with five dollars between them; Lion Hunting in Somaliland - article with many photos; The Cruise of the Dream Ship - part IV of Ralph Stock's sailing through the enchanted South Sea Islands - article with nice photos; Trapped by a Flash-flood in a canyon; Down the River - two youngsters seek fortune and adventure running a little launch on a New Zealand river; Robert Tipp's terrible ordeal at the top of a lofty flagstaff; My Visit to Mexico - why the author didn't want to go and now likes Mexico less than ever; Our Adventures Among the Berbers - the author's experiences with the Shawia Berbers of Algeria - article with great photos; That Donkey! - the pathetic story of a journalist and the donkey he bought; nice vintage ads. Multiple pieces of red, clear and brown tape securing covers. Somewhat above-average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Book
Bulino misure: 246 x 167 Incisore fiammingo. Iniziò studiando pittura nella sua città per poi perfezionarsi nell'incisione e già all'età di quattordici anni divenne maestro nella gilda di Anversa. Fu allievo di Lucas Vorsterman e lavorò anche per Rubens, del quale interpretò e copiò diverse opere. La sua fama la si deve soprattutto ai ritratti e alle eleganti interpretazioni delle opere di van Dyck, oltre che di de Crayer, Tiziano e Velázquez. Questa stampa fa parte della serie Icones Principum Virorum, 1630-1645, ed è tratta dall'opera di Anthony Van Dyck. Viene raffigurato Don Carlo Colonna Marchese di l’Espinar (Roma 1630-1686) a mezzo busto girato leggermente a destra. Il volto spicca sullo sfondo lasciato scuro e scandito solo a destra da una tenda; è un uomo anziano, il viso è segnato dalle rughe del tempo ma è fiero nella postura e guarda con attenzione lo spettatore. Sotto un ampio colletto di pizzo indossa un armatura scintillante, una fascia di tessuto si seta attraversa il petto, le mani sono coperte da guanti da corazzati. Nella mano sinistra afferra un bastone simbolo del comando, una spada dall’elsa elaborata è nel fodero e la destra viene poggiata oltre lo spazio dell'immagine stessa come se l’uomo si affacciasse ad una balaustra. Nel margine inferiore incise due righe in latino "Dom Carolvs. De. Colvmna. ... / ... In. Belg..." e Paul. Pontius sculp.", "Ant. van Dyck pinxit", e "Cum priuilegio". Impressione eccellente, forte inchiostrazione. Ottimo stato di conservazione. Ampi margini oltre la battuta de rame. Stato: VI/VI lettere "GH" cancellate. Bibliografia: New Hollstein 19; Hollstein 66; Mauquoy-Hendrickx 45.
32 pages. Features: Firestone ad inside front cover features photo of Harvey S. Firestone addressing 25th annual stockholders' meeting in Akron, OH; A Sailorman Poet - John Masefield; What has become of our Parties? - Coolidge puts last Democrat doctrine into Republican creed; Is the Pulpit a Bulletin Board? - is the preacher a prophet or propagandist?; An English View of American Installment Buying; A Scientist Urges Farmers to Utilize Waste Products - paper can easily be made from wheat straw; Mental Tests Make Us Seem Foolish - because quacks rush in where true psychologists fear to tread; Henry Ford's Page - the dangers of debt; Editorials - U.S. surplus of housing, Abraham Rothfeld is ordered to not reapply for U.S. citizenship for 10 years; Senator Borah speaks like a statesman, P.R. battle over French debt to the U.S., Dictators are increasing in number in Europe, Robert T. Lincoln of the Pullman Company has given the negro 'the only racial monopoly in the world', namely the Pullman porter, sea travel in steerage becomes fashionable; Life Among the Wild American Humorists, as described by Thomas L. Masson; Islam Aims at World Domination - Consolidation of Moslemism inspires Conference at Mecca; A Negro Views His Own Race - the thoughts of Charles Plummer; The Voyage of the Victoria (part 8) - Wreck of the Santiago; Chats with Office Callers - William Lyon Phelps writes article claiming New York stage plays attack Protestants but not Catholics because they are afraid to attack them; Under the White Tops with 'Gil' - (part 4) - tales of the time when people traveled for days to see teh circus, and slave-traders followed the show; China's Use of Proverbs; The Stories the Windmills Tell - Joy, grief, trouble or celebration all are indicated by the huge sails which serve as 'Town Criers' for the countryside; A Fighting Quaker of '76 - Joseph Hewes - who led the North Carolina Men in Declaring for Independence; A Dance a Week - Seventeenth Century Minuet, with piano sheet music; I Read in the Papers. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
144 pages. Features: I believe in editors; Der Simpl; 3 Designers interpret a theme; Interview - Kodwo Eshun; Chrome Pharoah; Anno O. and other Tales from Gerggasse 19; Near-Death experiences; Post; Paving Paradise - urban sprawl in Miami; Soccer Moms; I wouldn't be so sure about that - a question of uncertainty; The Lost Boys - portraits of Russian soldiers in a decade of war in Chechnya; Interview - Todd Phillips; Captured Alone; The diplomats; Man at Play - German gambling addicts and the culture of social withdrawal; Fear Eats the Soul; Rock, Paper, Scissors; Economics, computers, and the war machine; 4 Graphic artists interpret a theme. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality example of this lavish and wonderful but short-lived publication. Book
56 pages. Features: Nice color ad inside front cover for Nash cars features a picnic scene; One-page Plymouth car ad; Igor Stravinsky marries Vera Sudeikina; Gracie Fields marries Monty Banks; Obituaries for Blanca Errazuriz de Santacruz, Col. Frank White, Sir Patrick Playfair Laidlaw and Sir John Harry Lee Fagge; Charming one-page photo ad for H.J. Heinz features Rene Black of the Waldorf-Astoria, and Crosby Gaige, Chairman of the Wine and Food Society; Murder for sale in Brooklyn; Article and photos on France's new war Premier, Paul Reynaud; War by Moonlight; Gandhi's Victory; Great color one-page Firestone "Champions" ad features color illustration of five racers who won on Firestone Tires - Louis Unser, Mauri Rose, Ab Jenkins, Wilbur Shaw, and Roscoe Turner; Nice one-page color ad promotes the new Golden Gate International Exposition; Finns withdraw before Reds - Swede concern grows; Search for Dr. Hjalmar Schacht aboard Italian liner Conte di Savoia at Gibraltar; The military significance of crisscrossing the North Sea with Air Raids; The Effect of Air Raids on future sea strategy; James R. Young convicted in Tokyo civil court; Vast British evacuation is altering class barriers; Photo of Maj. Armstrong - FM inventor; Rabbi Joseph Isaac Schneersohn arrives in New York to a hearty welcome; Classy one-page color ad for the major US airlines features Mr. & Mrs. Lang Wharton, Mr. & Mrs. Lowell Thomas and Mr. & Mrs. Charles S. Howard; Nice one-page two-color ad for Texaco gas dealers features fire trucks; Billiard player Willie Hoppe; All-American rookie Lou Mandel of the St. Louis Cardinals; Centenary of dentistry; Student Joan Lawrence sues to avoid using shower room at Mark Keppel High School in Alhambra; Frank Davenport Duncan Jr. paints his way in college; Photos of Frank W. Andrew of Palmyra, Ill who watches his tractor work in circles by itself; Chairman of the SEC - Jerome N. Frank; Lord Calvert Whiskey color ad inside back cover features $75k Hawthorn Vase; Back cover color ad for Grace Line South American Cruises features couple preparing for fancy dress party; And much more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
Unpaginated. Undated. Circa early 1900s? Nice colour illustration upon front board. Many black and white illustrations in text. Narrow openings along each hinge. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this charming children's collectible. Book
Features: The Life of Big Foot Wallace; The Haunted Corral; Pedro Loco; Ring-Tailed Roarer; Tales of the Branding Iron; The Honor of Old Thunder; Mad Killers of El Dorado Canyon; Blizzard Bull; When Cooper Wright Met the Mob; Medicine Woman; Last War Trail of Victorio; The Rifle That Opened the West; Lost Mine of the Klickitat; Spur Talk; Spirit Curse of the Lost Frenchman's Gold; Wild Horse Roundup; When Death Rode the Jarbidge Stage; Big Winnie; The Great Baptizing; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A quality copy. Magazine
Two Volumes. pp. Frontis, Engraved Title, XVI (lacks 2 leaves in this section - apparently blanks), 611, [1]; Engraved Title, 493, [3] + Engraved frontis portrait of Boccaccio. Both title pages are fully engraved, each with a vignette showing Cupid sharing tales with Boccaccio as women wait on the veranda of a house in the background. Italian text. 8vo. 205 mm. Wide margined; uncut; deckle edges. Some slight age stain. Old tape repair at frontis hinge. No front free fly-leaf. Early vellum backed marbled boards binding. An attractive (if mis-leading) edition. The Decameron is a collection of novellas by Italian author Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375). It is a 14th-century medieval allegory told as a frame story encompassing 100 tales by ten young people. Boccaccio probably began composing the work in 1350, and finished it in 1351 or 1353. The bawdy tales of love in The Decameron range from the erotic to the tragic. Tales of wit, practical jokes, and life lessons contribute to the mosaic. In addition to its literary import, it documents life in 14th-century Italy - From Wiki. A false imprint - Because of its sometimes erotic nature, printers and publishers were often loathe to claim the Decameron as their own. Therefore 'Amsterdamo' appears in the imprint of this edition. It was not printed in Amsterdam, but almost certainly in Venice, by Antonio Locatelli. There are several similar, but different editions. They are identified by examination of the occasional ornaments and a notice at the very end of volume two, which in our example reads: "Si Vende Lire Venti Venete." (Sell this for 20 pounds). No priority noted for the variants. W118
3 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with frontispieces; cloth (grey/blue/grey respectively), gilt backs, a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. DUNCTON STONE IS A PRESENTATION COPY WITH THE AUTHOR'S HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON TITLE. Bright set of the second Duncton trilogy.
Famous fables. [1869] Text in French. xxxii, 668 pages. Five bands on spine, gilt decoration and title on spine. Gilt page edges all round. Blind stamped line decoration on covers. Front free endpaper facing half-title page has been removed leaving a quarter behind. Browning to margins of title page with a few brown spots. Occasional foxing in the text. Wear to cover edges and joints of spine, cover corners with heavy wear. Gutter cracked between pages 662/3. This book is extra heavy, and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries
Paris ,Boivin, 1937. In-4 carré relié pleine percaline éditeu, premier plat illustré en couleurs, tête dorée. 159 pages encadrées d'un triple filet bleu. Illustration couleurs et en noir. 8 hors-texte couleurs contrecollées et dessins en noir dans le texte. Bon état
3 vols., 8vo., with coloured frontispiece and 28 monochrome illustrations in each volume; pictorial green cloth, upper boards and backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt and black, green endpapers, a fine set in publisher's illustrated board slip-case.
Very Good German Original wrappers. 12mo. (16 x 11 cm). In German. 71, [1] p., [12] unnumbered b/w plates. Very rare first edition (from first 1st-5th thousand impressions and both in scarce institutional holdings and market rarity) of this fourth book of "A thousand and one nights" series, titled 'The Caliph Harun Al-Rashid' with fine illustrations edited by Heinrich Wolgast, (1860-1920), a German educator and pedagogue. Close to social democratic ideology, Heinrich Wolgast became known as a literary pedagogue. He criticized a "specific" juvenile literature which, as trivial mass literature, only satisfies the need for entertainment, and called for an artistic education of the youth through aesthetically demanding literature. In 1888 Wolgast became a co-founder of the "Youth Writings Committee" of the "Association of Hamburg Elementary School Teachers". As a co-founder of the "United German Examination Committees for Youth Writings", he acted from 1896 to 1912 as the editor of the magazine "Jugendschriften-Warte". This small and very collectible book published by Otto Zimmermann reflects the pedagogical concerns rather than the true harsh, erotic, and imaginary atmosphere of the Arabian Nights. Only one printed copy in OCLC 76105214 (German National Library, Leipzig = Deutsche Nationalbibliothek, Leipzig).
Very Good Russian Original orange cloth bdg. The illustration depicted hunting Zulus between the titles of Cyrillic and Latin ones. Demy 8vo. (22,5 x 15 cm). The text is fully in Russian. Fading on cloth. Otherwise a good copy. [iii], 246, [2] p., 10 color plates and many unnumbered illustrations (b/w and color). First edition of the first-ever comprehensive compilation of Zulu tales in the Soviet Union, printed as the first volume in the African Literature Series. The book contains 43 selected tales of Zulus, with an index and "with an introductory article, translated and annotated by I. L. Snegireva; illustrated by N. A. Ushin [OCLC]". Nikolai Alexeyevich Ushin (1898-1942) was a Soviet graphic artist, theatre designer, and book illustrator. In the 1920s, Ushin began designing theatrical decorations for stage performances. He creatively adapted the themes of medieval Russian painting and Palekh miniature. As a particularly recognized work by him, Ushin illustrated the Russian translation of One Thousand and One Nights published in eight volumes by Academia. His illustrations for One Thousand and One Nights were awarded the gold medal at the 1937 Paris Exposition. Ushin also made lithographs and bookplates. OCLC 869825603 / 28384126.
Fine Tatar Original illustrated bdg. HC. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Crimean Tatar and Crimean Turkish (Cyrillic script). 383, [1] p., b/w ills. Kirimtatar halk masallari. [= Krimsko-Tatarski narodni kazki]. Illustrated by Varfolomeev A. An extremely rare book on Crimean-Tatar fairy tales.
Very Good French Paperback. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In French. [vii], [1], 176 p. Documents Anatoliens sur les langues et les traditions du Caucase. IV: Recits Lazes en dialecte d'Arhavi (parler de Senköy). Anatolian documents on the languages and traditions of the Caucasus. IV: Recits Lazes in Arhavi dialect (about Senköy). Georges Edmond Raoul Dumézil was a French philologist, linguist, and religious studies scholar who specialized in comparative linguistics and mythology. He was a professor at Istanbul University, École pratique des hautes études and the Collège de France, and a member of the Académie Française. Dumézil is well known for his formulation of the trifunctional hypothesis on Proto-Indo-European mythology and society. His research has had a major influence on the fields of comparative mythology and Indo-European studies. And he's one of the pioneers who collected Laz fairy and folk tales.
Very Good Russian Paperback. Demy 8vo. (22 x 15,5 cm). In Russian. 160 p., unnumbered b/w plates. Slightly chipped on extremities of wrappers. Faded gilded ills. on cover. Several small stains interior, on several pages. Interesting ex-library trace of a Russian bookseller in Contantinople (G. L. Pakhalova) on colophon with an ownership inscription in 1924. Otherwise a very good copy. Helmuth Maximilian Böttcher was the son of the writer Maximilian Böttcher. After attending the Königsstädtischer Realgymnasium in Berlin, Helmuth Maxmilian Böttcher studied law, economics and natural sciences at the universities in Berlin and Greifswald. He worked in the Prussian War Ministry during the WW1. Böttcher married a daughter of the industrialist Paul Reuss, founder of the Kyffhäuserhütte Artern and the Hörselwerke in Eisenach, with whom he had two daughters and a son. From 1924 to 1938 Böttcher was managing director of Hörselwerke, a company in Eisenach that specializes in the production of folding rules. After the Second World War Böttcher lived in the GDR, where his literary works were published at that time, but also had a residence in the Federal Republic. Towards the end of the 1950s he went to West Germany, where he lived in Sprendlingen in Hesse. Helmuth Maximilian Böttcher was the author of novels, short stories, plays and radio plays. Since the 1960s he has mainly published non-fiction books on cultural history and medical topics. (Wikipedia). Russian Edition was published in the same year, 1923 in Berlin. Only one institutional copy located in New York Public Library System NYPL according to OCLC: 70056062.
In-8, broché, couverture imprimée de l'éditeur, 24 p. Première édition séparée. Ce conte avait d'abord paru dans un recueil des "Idylles" de Gessner (Zurich, 1773). En quatrième de couverture il est précisé que: "Cet opuscule fait partie de la nouvelle édition des 'Oeuvres complètes de D. Diderot', en 20 vol. in-8°, précédées de 'Mémoires historiques et philosophiques', par J. A.Naigeon, et peut servir de spécimen pour le papier, le caractère et la justification." (Adams, DC2. Tchemerzine-Scheler, II, 959). Couverture insolée, quelques rousseurs. Bon exemplaire, entièrement non rogné, tel que paru sous sa couverture jaune imprimée.
Paris, P. Rouquette, 1883. 2 volumes grands in-8, 244-330 pp. Demi-chagrin brun, dos à 5 nerfs, titre et tomaison dorés, couv. cons. (qq. griffures aux dos sinon bel ex.). Bon exemplaire.
Paris, Librairie de France, 1930. 2 volumes in-4, (280 x 220), brochés, couvertures imprimées et rempliées. (dos insolés). 64 compositions dont 32 en couleurs coloriées au pochoir (Tome 1: 27 hors-texte dont 11 en couleurs). Tome 2 : 37 hors-texte dont 21 en couleurs). Un des 1500 exemplaires numérotés sur papier vélin d'Alfa Navarre.
In-4, cc.(5)pp. 290. contiene 46 illustrazioni di Henry Warren incise su acciaio da Edward Finder. Pagine bordate in oro, legatura in cartonato.
Firenze, Fratelli Batelli, 1828-29, tomi 4 (in 2 volumi), in-8, 1 volume in legatura coeva in mz. pergamena ed angoli, doppio tassello in pelle con titolo e filettature oro al dorso, l'altro in mz. pelle coeva, doppio tassello con titolo e filettature oro, tagli spruzzati, pp. LI, (1), 245, (3), 312, (4), 381, (3), 287, (1). Qualche mancanza, ma ben reintegrata, alla carta marmorizzata di copertura dei piatti del primo volume; poche fioriture. La prima edizione delle opere fu curata da N. Tommaseo (a cui si deve il "Discorso preliminare"), ma senza l'autorizzazione di Manzoni; a questi 4 volumi (il 1° dedicato al "Conte di Carmagnola", il 2° all'"Adelchi"). Con 2 tavole inc. Evidenti tracce di umidità con gore residue, che non pregiudicano però l'integrità del volume con i tomi III e IV che contiene le poesie varie, gli "Innni sacri" e le "Osservazioni sulla morale cattolica" (3°) e i primi XI capitoli de "I Promessi sposi" (4°). Firma d'appartenenza accompagnata dalla data d'acquisto dell'opera (1873).
156 pages. Features: Nice Christmas-theme 1-page color ad for General Electric's 'Daylight Television'; Half-page color Christmas ad for REO deluxe Trimalwan mowers; 2-page color-photo ad for Elgin watches features 'best dressed' Mrs. Mandel of Chicago and James (Jimmy) Stewart, starring in 'Broken Arrow'; Color ad for Knapp Monarch appliances features Claudette Colbert; Nice 1-page color Christmas ad for Eversharp Pens; 2-page color Christmas ad for Bulova watches; Nice 1-page color ad for General brand winter tires; Detroit Cracks Down on Relief Chiselers - article with photos on how Detroiters took a look at their relief rolls and uncovered some facts that shocked the state and will shock you too - 30% of Detroit reliefers were chiselers; Spies are Shot at Dawn - fiction; The Great Bamboozler - James Moran and his crazy publicity stunts; Amateur Angel (fiction); Murrow Sticks to the News - article on Edward R. Murrow with photo; My Three Years in Moscow - Part 5 - God Won't Stay Underground in Russia, where Christians and Jews cling to their beliefs - article with photos; America's Toughest School - Webb Institute of Naval Architecture - article with color photos; Tales of the Sea Otter - it is now coming back from near extinction; The Christmas Racket (fiction); How Murderers Beat the Law - double-length photo-illustrated article on Harvard's Department of Legal Medicine; The Uncertain Heiress (fiction); The Town of Santa Claus, Indiana - article with great color photos; He works at 459 Below - Dr. William Francis Giauque, winner of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry - article with photos; Vengeance Valley (fiction); Futuristic color Oldsmobile ad; Nice color Borden's ad featuring Elsie the Cow; The Innocent Buccaneer (fiction); Gorgeous 1-page Christmas color ad for Old Gold cigarettes with photo of couple under mistletoe; Color 1-page ad for the new 1950 Mercury cars; Nice 1-page color ad for Wilson's food products; Great 1-page color ad for American Airlines shows snowbound Christmas family looking up at an airliner in flight; Color Christmas ad for Fatima cigarettes; Fantastic 2-page color ad for Pontiac cars; Color 1-page ad for the Sunbeam Shavemaster; Great 1-page color photo Caterpillar ad shows Christmas trees being harvested by Halvorson Trees, Inc. near International Falls, MN; 1-page ad for RCA Victor products; 1-page ad for Philco products; 1-page color ad for John Hancock insurance features North Pole explorer Robert (Bob) Peary; Demuth pipe ad; Nice 2-page black and white Buick ad; 2-page color ad for Prince Gardner wallets; Nice 2-color 1-page Christmas ad for Motorola TVs and radios; 1-page Webster cigar ad; 1-page Dumont TV Christmas ad; Nice 1-page color ad for Willys-Overland Jeeps; Color-photo ad for Florida orange juice; 1-page color ad for Greyhound bus trips to the sunny south; Nice 1-page color photo ad for Ford trucks features Christmas tree grower Roy Halvorson of Duluth, MN plus his wife, Edythe and daughter, June, as well as his Ford dealer P.N. Hegvold; Nice 1-page color ad for Kaywoodie pipes; Nice 2-color 1-page Christmas ad for New York Central Railway; Nice 1-page color ad for Nescafe coffee; Crosley TV ad; Manhattan clothing color ad features unusual tie designs; Nice 1-page color Toastmaster Christmas toaster ad; Color Esterbrook pen ad; Color Gruen watch ad; Nice 1-page color-photo ad for Samsonite Luggage shows pleasant travel scenes; Nostalgic 1-page color ad for Bell & Howell home movie cameras; Color ad for Rolfs wallets; Color ad for Waterman's pens; Nice 1-page color-photo ad for Capehart televisions; Jones Dairy Farm Sausage ad; Statler Hotels ad features Santa cartoon by Tony Barlow; Color ad for Shulton (Old Spice) products inside back cover; Color Christmas ad for Kodak cameras on back cover. Moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine