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182036791820. : 75 . Binding: Contemporary Half Leather Duodecimo 12mo Height cm: 19 CM Width cm: 12 CM Thickness cm: 6 CM hardcover
1850AQ30927Glasgow: Printed for the booksellers 1850. 24pp. Disbound. A trifle creased. A Victorian anthology of twelve traditional Irish tales intended for a juvenile readership including an account of Anne Boney ‘the female pirate’. . 12mo. Printed for the booksellers unknown
189724<i>This book is over 122 years old. <br />"The Raven"</i> in particular—Poe investigates the loss of ideal beauty and the difficulty in regaining it. These pieces are usually narrated by a young man who laments the untimely death of his beloved. <i>"To Helen"</i> is a three stanza lyric that has been called one of the most beautiful love poems in the English language. The subject of the work is a woman who becomes in the eyes of the narrator a personification of the classical beauty of ancient Greece and Rome. <i>"Lenore"</i> presents ways in which the dead are best remembered either by mourning or celebrating life beyond earthly boundaries. In <i>"The Raven"</i> Poe successfully unites his philosophical and aesthetic ideals. In this psychological piece a young scholar is emotionally tormented by a raven's ominous repetition of "Nevermore" in answer to his question about the probability of an afterlife with his deceased lover. Charles Baudelaire noted in his introduction to the French edition of <i>"The Raven"</i>: "It is indeed the poem of the sleeplessness of despair; it lacks nothing: neither the fever of ideas nor the violence of colors nor sickly reasoning nor drivelling terror nor even the bizarre gaiety of suffering which makes it more terrible." Poe also wrote poems that were intended to be read aloud. Experimenting with combinations of sound and rhythm he employed such technical devices as repetition parallelism internal rhyme alliteration and assonance to produce works that are unique in American poetry for their haunting musical quality. In <i>"The Bells"</i> for example the repetition of the word "bells" in various structures accentuates the unique tonality of the different types of bells described in the poem.Poe's stature as a major figure in world literature is primarily based on his ingenious and profound short stories poems and critical theories which established a highly influential rationale for the short form in both poetry and fiction. Regarded in literary histories and handbooks as the architect of the modern short story Poe was also the principal forerunner of the "art for art's sake" movement in nineteenth-century European literature. Whereas earlier critics predominantly concerned themselves with moral or ideological generalities Poe focused his criticism on the specifics of style and construction that contributed to a work's effectiveness or failure. In his own work he demonstrated a brilliant command of language and technique as well as an inspired and original imagination. Poe's poetry and short stories greatly influenced the French Symbolists of the late nineteenth century who in turn altered the direction of modern literature. It is this philosophical and artistic transaction that accounts for much of Poe's importance in literary history.<br /><br />This book contains the first collection of Poems Poems and Tales. See Pictures Houghton Mifflin Company hardcover
187047749Paris, Amédée Bédelet, o. J. (um 1870). 8°. Mit einigen Textholzstichen u. (inkl. Frontispiz) 7 kolor. Holzstichtafeln. 2 Bll., 121 S., Farb. illustr. OPpbd.
18961252A003Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz 1896. Copyright Edition . Hardback. Printed pages: 718. Very Good. 4.75 x 6.5 inches 12 x 16.5 cm. Tauchnitz copyright edition. Complete in two volumes bound as one. First impression with 16 Twain titles to the verso of the first half title page. Half red calf leather binding with marbled boards. Marbled page edges and endpapers. Spine with five raised bands and floral ornaments to compartments. Fading and slight rubbing to spine. Good solid binding very clean text throughout. Contemporary gift inscription to first title page. Scarce. Overall condition is Very Good. Size: 4.75 x 6.5 inches 12 x 16.5 cm. Bernhard Tauchnitz hardcover
1840008542Finsbury London: A. Park 47 Leonard Street 1840 Circa 1840 publisher was at this address from 1835-1863. 7 x 4 inches 18 x 12 cm . Pictorial blue paper wraps with some wear and corner creasing amazingly clean but with some offsetting. 8 leaves containing an abbreviated version of the familiar humorous verse about Mother Hubbard and her talented dog with equally amusing engravings colored by hand as issued. . Original Wraps. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Archibald Alexander Park Engraver. 12mo. Chap Book. A. Park, 47 Leonard Street paperback
190055596NY: D. Appleton & Company. Very Good. 1900. Hardcover. Original blue cloth gilt. Early edition; copyright page dated 1899. Ex-library plate scar to front pastedown stamp to text block edge and ffep. Rubbing and corner wear. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 499 10ads pages . D. Appleton & Company hardcover
182670805Treviso: dalla tipografia Andreola Ed 1826. 8vo pp. 40; Columbia only in OCLC; bound with: Saggio sopra le influenze lunari Trevisio 1826 pp. 22; Columbia and the Smithsonian in OCLC; bound with: Osservazioni sopra l'antico commercio de' Veneziana con due appendici una sullo stato antico delle arti presso di essi e l'altra sull'antica loro marina militare Venezia 1803 pp. 363 3; not found in OCLC; bound with: Osservazioni sopra le vicende annuali atmosferiche di Venezia Venezia 1828 pp. 106; not found in OCLC; bound with: Osservazioni sulle cause che possono aver fatto ritrovarte nel secolo xiv Venezia 1820 pp. 232; BL only in OCLC; bound with: Memoria sopra il corpo di S. Marco Venezia 1813 pp. 2 5-68 2; Illinois and Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin in OCLC. Together 6 titles in 2 volumes contemporary quarter maroon calf gilt decorated spines; lightly rubbed occasional spotting of the text but overall a very good sound set. Being able to count on large incomes from his family Filiasi 1750-1829 devoted himself totally to study taking an interest in the most disparate topics from botany to physics from hydraulics to archaeology passing through astronomy and meteorology. However it was history that made him famous: his main work is Memorie storiche dei Veneti primi e secondi concerning in fact the history of Veneto and in particular of the Venetian Lagoon. He was an elector of the College of the Learned blacksmith of San Marco director of the Venetian Gymnasiums; he also boasted the title of Knight of the Imperial Order of Leopold. See the Italian Wiki. dalla tipografia Andreola Ed unknown
18839412(London), Leadenhall Press, (1883). 4to (29 x 22 cm). Mit zahlr. Holzschnitten. Titel in Rot u. Schwarz. Ca. 200 S., einzeln paginiert. Grüne OLwd. m. zweifarbiger Deckelpräg. 2 unbeschnittene Kanten.
1880011085New York: McLoughlin Bros 1880 Circa 1880. AAS dates it to 1882 but this copy differs from their copy with no advertisements for Over the Hills by Ida Waugh. Upper cover printed in red blue and blac spine reinforced chipping to lower corner cover soil. A selection of popular Mother Goose rhymes illustrated with 6 vibrant color plates plus a dual-page centerfold. Rhymes include Pussy Cat Pussy Cat; Ride-a-Cock-Horse; Mary Mary quite contrary; Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater; Jack and Jill etc. Pictorial Wraps. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Uncredited. Small 4to. McLoughlin Bros unknown
181743772Foligno: Feliciano Campitelli 1817. Submarine warfare before Fulton First edition to include the section on underwater navigation illustrated with a wonderful etching of a submarine propelled by oars including a cut-away view. Count Gaetano Marchetti Tomassi 1774-1857 a nobleman born in Foligno near Perugia was an amateur scientist. He devised one of several methods of squaring the circle which constitutes the first part of the first treatise of the present book the second part containing a discussion on conical sections. The most interesting part however is the second treatise where the author proposes a new model of submarine moved by the tides and able to submerge and resurface with the use of a mechanism similar to the swimbladder of fish. Marchetti Tomassi claims to have first described this boat in a publication issued in Ancona in 1800 though in a very imperfect form. Apparently a boat built to those specifications was given a trial at Rouen under the eye of Napoleon. Thus Marchetti Tomassi anticipated Fulton at least in the concept of a submarine though he does not appear to have heard of him. Marchetti proposes military applications for his submarine though he has no conception of a torpedo and only mentions the use of classical artillery kept dry in his submarine. Quarto 204 x 144 mm. 6 etched plates. Contemporary bottle green half roan patterned paper boards crudely marbled edges. A little light toning some worming at the spine with trails penetrating through the text-block largely marginal but minor loss to text and plates rear hinge cracked but holding remains very good. Cat. Weil 6 275: "very uncommon seems to be very rare". hardcover
187717370ABHamburg, Friedrich Perthes, (1877). 8°. 2 Bl, (50) Bl. (mit je einer Fabel), 44 S. Mit 50 Tafeln von Otto Specker. Pappband der Zeit (gering berieben). + Wichtig: Für unsere Kunden in der EU erfolgt der Versand alle 14 Tage verzollt ab Deutschland / Postbank-Konto in Deutschland vorhanden +
1836004859<p>Philadelphia: E. L. Carey & A. Hart 1836 189 194 pages. Two volumes bound together in the 19th century in three-quarter brown leather and marbled boards. "81" written on the spine otherwise no other marks inside or outside. Front board partially loose but holding firm. The complete set is uncommon. Small 8vo. First Edition. 3/4 Leather Binding. Very Good.</p> E. L. Carey & A. Hart hardcover
1900135176Editions Marguerat et éditions Joubert 1900. sheet music. <b>Partition en français</b>. - Reliure demi-basane 28 x 33 cm. Légèrement défraîchi. Rousseurs. 108 124 37 55 pages. <i>ref. 135176</i> Editions Marguerat et éditions Joubert unknown
1888319819Tokyo: Kobunsha 1888. paperback. very good. Told in English for Children by B.H. Chamberain. Illustrated with color wood block prints on double folded crepe paper string-tied Tokyo: Kobunsha 1888.<br/> <br/> Perhaps uniquely the back cover reproduces a letter to the London publishing house Griffith Farrar & Co dated and stamped FairyLand/Jan. 1 1888 presumably asking them to order copies of the book. The front cover is somewhat faded with one of the corners curled but the interior prints are clean and bright.<br/> <br/> Kobunsha unknown
1882010134<p>New York: McLoughlin Bros 1882 Circa 1882. 10.75 x 8.5 in. 27 x 21 cm. Color printed card covers with light soil and surface wear 2 inch tear to rear cover. Mother Goose rhymes illustrated with four full-page chromolithographs a dual-page sepia centerfold and in-text artwork in sepia throughout. Illustrated by Walter Satterlee per American Antiquarian Society. Pictorial Wraps. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by W. Bruton Attrib cover & Walter Satterlee . 4to.</p> McLoughlin Bros
1900144418London : T. Fisher Unwin Paternoster Square New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons 1900. First Edition. Hardback. Inst. Stamp to the title. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked decorated cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and dust-toned as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. ; 404 pages; Physical desc. : iii-xxii 1 404p. : ill. map ; 8°. Subject: Italy - History. Part of the Story of the Nations series. - Translated by Mary Alice Vialls. - With a half-title. London : T. Fisher Unwin Paternoster Square New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons hardcover
186071324<p> Volume I xiii 656 pages Volume II 792 pages. 91 black and white engraved plates many are portraits with accompanying letterpress tissue guards.</p> Published by Francesco Pagnoni hardcover
189448612No Place: National Academy 1894. First Separate Edition. Original wraps. Good. 22p octavo Very dusty affecting the covers and a few pages. Very scarce memoir of the Georgia Botanist <br/><br/> National Academy paperback
1827286New York: Edmund Blunt 1827. Map Savannah River From Its Mouth to the City of Savannah. Engraved by John Le Conte Topographical Engineer 1821. Drawn and published by Edmund and G.W. Blunt New York. Printed by W. Hooker New York City 1827. 18.5 x 8.5 inches.<br /> <br /> Disbound from Edmund Blunt's American Coast Pilot 1827 edition. Previous folds needs to be pressed with toning to edges. Light foxing within map. Good condition.<br /> <br /> Nicely detailed map of the Savannah River from its mouth near Tybee Island to the City of Savannah. Edmund Blunt unknown
1844biblio2688<p>Boston: Thompson Brown & Company 1844. Profusely Illustrated. VeryGood Hardcover Blue cloth Gilt lettering no dj. Moderate edge wear. Some darkening of the spine . Clean Free of marks inscriptions etc. throughput. Strong original binding excellent hinges. 6.9"x5.0"x1.0". be10255</p> Thompson, Brown & Company hardcover
18296188CBAarau, Heinrrich Remigius Sauerländer, 1829. 8°. Mit radiertem Titel und 9 Kupfertafeln von Martin Disteli. Orig.-Heft. + Wichtig: Für unsere Kunden in der EU erfolgt der Versand alle 14 Tage verzollt ab Deutschland / Postbank-Konto in Deutschland vorhanden +, Abb.
184913615061903Boston: Rand and Mann 1849. Brown cloth. Binding lightly cracking spine lightly rubbed small holes in front joint waterstain at bottom of front endpapers: VG-/no dj. 12mo. Illustrated with black and white wood engravings. Rand and Mann hardcover
1856124615Geo. C. Rand & Avery 1856. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. In brown cloth. Two-inch by one-inch area of lifting and lightening to brown to cloth on rear board. Else a very nice copy with light rubbing. Bookplate. Someone many years ago hand-colored- some partially- the plates. . Geo. C. Rand & Avery Hardcover
