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1959206112Paris: The Dead Language Press 1959. First Edition. Fine. Square 8vo three long narrow leaves of Arches Ingres laid paper printed by letterpress folded and loosely inserted into printed textured blue wrappers. With rare folding prospectus listing eleven titles produced by the press. Contents include poems by Gregory Corso from his 1955 first book Vestal Lady and by Henk Marsman a.k.a. J. Berlef along with editorial comments from Dead Language founder and creative mastermind Piero Heliczer. Complete with the tipped-in photograph of "OM" i.e. Olivia "Melusine" de Haulleville. The Dead Language Press unknown
198132206Georg Olms Verlag. 1981. Hardcover. Very Good in No Dust Jacket dust jacket. Some pages browned. Scholar's bookplate to inner covers G. P. Goold. Else very minor shelfwear.; Facsimile reprint of: Lipsiae: in aedibus B. G. Teubneri 1857-80. Vol. I: 1981 lvii 610 pp. ISBN: 3487001713; Vol. II: 1981 xxxiv 597pp. ISBN: 3487001721; Vol. III: 1981 xii 602 pp. ISBN: 348700173X; Vol. IV: 1981 LV 615 pp. ISBN: 3487001748; Vol. V: 1981 685 pp. ISBN: 3487001756; Vol. VI: 1981 xxviii 672 pp. Isbn: 3487001764; Vol. VII: 1981 676 pp. Isbn: 3487001772; Vol. VIII: 1981 Cclxi 399 pp. Isbn: 3487001780; 8 Volume Set; 1-8; Full titles: v. 1. Flavii Sosipatri Charisii Artis grammaticae libri V. Diomedis Artis grammaticae libri III. Ex Charisii Arte grammatica excerpta --v. 2. Prisciani Institutionum grammaticarum libri I-XII / ex recensione Martini Hertzii --v. 3. Prisciani Institutionum grammaticarum libri XIII-XVIII / ex recensione Martini Hertzii. Prisciani opera minora / ex recensione Henrici Keilii --v. 4. Probi donati servii qui feruntur de arte grammatica libri / ex recensione Henrici Keilii. Notarum laterculi / ex recensione Theodori Mommseni --v. 5. Artium scriptores minores : Cledonius Pompeius Iulianus excerpta ex commentariis in Donatum ; Consentius Phocas Eutyches Augustinus Palaemon Asper. De nomine et pronomine. De dubiis nominibus. Macrobii excerpta --v. 6. Scriptores artis metricae : Marius Victorinus Maximus Victorinus Caesius Bassus Atilius Fortunatianus Terentianus Maurus Marius Plotius Sacerdos Rufinus Mallius Theodorus. Fragmenta et excerpta metrica --v. 7. Scriptores de orthographia. Terentius Scaurus Velius Longus Caper Agroecius Cassiodorius Martyrius Beda Albinus. Audacis excerpta Dosithei ars grammatica Arusiani Messii Exempla elocutionum Cornelii Frontonis liber de differentiis Fragmenta grammatica. Index scriptorum --v. 8. Supplementum continens Anecdota Helvetica / ex recensione Hermanni Hageni. . Georg Olms Verlag hardcover
19774669E. J. Brill. 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in No Dust Jacket dust jacket. All volumes are in Near Fine or better condition. Volume 2 has rubbing to small portion of spine.; 6 Volume Set. Études Préliminaires Aux Religions Orientales Dans L'Empire Romain; 1-6 . E. J. Brill hardcover
178931688Amsterdam: J. G. Treuttel. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1789. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Military; Maps Military; French Revolution; 18th Century; Patial color and b/w; Folio 13" - 23" tal; Recueil des plans de batailles sieges et combats arrives dans les expeditions memorables da la guerre de sept ans pour servir a l'intelligence des oeuvres Posthumes de Frederic II roi de Prusse. Contemporary boards worn. Binding sound. 17 x 13.5". Engraved partly hand-colored table 17 18 of 19 total engraved partly hand-colored battle maps 1756-1759- primarily large double-page & folding. Occasionally slightly toned but generally clean of markings and tears. On good quality paper. Ex-library - blind stamp on title page. . J. G. Treuttel hardcover
52567Oxonii Oxford E Theatro Sheldoniano Sheldonian Theatre 1697. . Pindar 522-445 v. Chr. - Erster Druck der ersten in England erschienenen Pindaros-Ausgabe. Zweispaltiger griech.-latein. Paralleltext einspaltige Kommentare in eleganter Kursivschrift. "Sehr selten. . Die Uebers. ist aus Schmid's Ausg. genommen so auch das Beste in den Noten. Varr. aus 5 Bodlejan. Mscr. Sudorius lat. Uebers. u. Benedict's Paraphrase sind beigefügt" Schweiger 236. - Nicolas Le Sueur 1545-1594 franz. Jurist und Philologe. - Die letzten 77 S. einer anderen Papiercharge enth. "Pindari Opera Omnia Viz. Olympia Pythia Nemea & Isthmia / Latino carmina reddita per Nicolaum Sudorium in Curia Parisiensi Inquisitionum Prćsidem". - Gedruckt bei Fitz-Herbert Adams. - Auf großem Papier. - Kapitale angeplatzt Deckel mit Schabspuren; Titel u. Frontispiz mäßig sonst vereinzelt braun- o. stockfleckig lagenweise schwacher Wasserrand. S. 275/276 mit Quetschfalte u. unterlegtem Einriss. - Selten! Oxonii [Oxford], E Theatro Sheldoniano [Sheldonian Theatre], 1697. unknown
1930ZB262777Modern Language Association of Southern California 1930. volumes 15-16 18 22-24 26-29 36-40 42 1930-1957; partly bound ex library good; price is for the lot. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request. Modern Language Association of Southern California unknown
1930ZB262778National Federation of Modern Language Teachers Associations 1930. volumes 16-58 60-82 1930-1998 partly bound ex library good PRICE IS FOR THE LOT. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request. National Federation of Modern Language Teachers Associations unknown
182643113London W.Nicol 1826. 4to. No wrappers as extracted from "Philosophical Transactions" 1826 - Part III. Pp. 250-265 and 4 engraved plates. Some faint dampstains to plates. One plate with a small tear no loss. the same plate some creasing at upper part verso of plate somewhat soiled. Page 261 with some marginal brownspots and some soiling. The other leaves clean and fine. <br/><br/><em>First appearance of a main paper in the history of Computing Science in which Babbage set forth some of the basic principles that guide modern computers."Babbage's first publication of his system of mechanical notation that enabled him to describe the logic and operation of his machiness on paper as they would be fabricated in metal. Babbage later stated that: "Without the aid of this language I could not have invented the Analytical Engine; nor do I belive that any machinery of equal complexity can ever be contrived without the assistance of that or of some other equivalent language. The Difference Engine No.2.is entirely described by its aid." .Babbage considered his mechanical notation system to be one of his finest inventions and thought it should be widely implemented. It was a source of frustartion to him that no other machine designerr adopted it probably because no ther engineer during Babbage's time attermpted to build machines as logically and mechanically complex as Babbage's. More than one hundred years later in the 1930s when development in logic were applied to switching systems in the earliest efforts to devwelop electromechanical calculators. Ckaude Shannon demonstrated that Boolean algebra could be applied to the same types of problems for which Babbage had designed his mechanical notation system."Hook & Norman No. 37.Together with Babbage's paper comes a paper by J.F.W. Herschel "On the parallax of the fixed stars" pp. 266-280. </em> unknown
19892081402109801058Not Available 1989. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 3 Not Available paperback
20082092902140902291Shuei Publishing Great Japan Map 2008. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 40 Shuei Publishing Great Japan Map paperback
1795002473Baltimore: Samuel Saur 1795. Hardcover. Very Good -. 8 304 p.; 17 cm. Signatures: pi4 A-2B6 2C2 12mo. Contemporary half calf; red morocco spine label with gilt-tooled decoration and title: Heiliger Krieg. Marbled paper over boards. Woodcut head-pieces and tail-pieces. Evans 28371; Bötte & Tannhof First Century of German Language Printing in the U.S.A. 964. Translation of: The Holy War. "Nunmehro aber allen die lieber unter Christo ein seliges als unter dem Satan ein unseliges Leben führen wollen im Hoch-deutschen nachgeführt." Pages 198-201 are substituted for pp. 150-153 which are lacking this mistake in binding is found in some copies but not all. Errors in pagination found in all copies: pp. 97-240 are misnumbered 98-241. Errors in signing found in all copies: B3 missigned B5 L3 missigned J3 N3 missigned R5 T2 missigned T3 T3 is missigned T5 U2 is not signed and U3 is missigned U2. Small label on front free endpaper verso with initials in pencil: Mgh. Lacking frontispiece found in some copies. Otherwise in Very Good- Condition: edges are rubbed; corners bumped particularly upper front corner; leather separated for 2 cm. from tail along front joint and 1 cm. across spine; light foxing and occasional soiling throughout. A solid copy of this scarce German translation of John Bunyan's The Holy War. Samuel Saur hardcover
1752003364Liegnitz Legnica: David Siegert 1752. Hardcover. Very Good -. 3 titles bound together: 14 296 p.; 14 221 5 p.; 29 3 p.: 2 frontispieces both signed Boetius; 17 cm. Signatures: 8 -8 A-S8 T4; -8 A-O8 P4; A-B8 8vo. Contemporary half calf with five spine compartments between raised bands. Dark brown speckled paper over boards. Simple decorations on page edges. Woodcut head- and tail-pieces. Small inscription on front free endpaper dated 1754. Contents: 1 Kortholt Christian. Gründlicher Beweis der Wahrheit der Christlichen Religion und der Wichtigsten Lehren Welche in Selbiger zum Voraus gesetzet werden; mit einer Vorrede Herrn M. Jonathan Krausens Liegnitz: David Siegert 1752 Zweyte und viel verbesserte Auflage. 2 Sherlock Thomas. Gerichtliches Verhör der Zeugen der Auferstehung Jesu Worinnen nicht nur des berüchtigten Woolstons Einwürffe die er in seinem so genanten sechsten Discours angeführet; Sondern auch diejenigen welche so wohl er als andere in Schrifften hervor gebracht gantz unpartheyisch erwogen werden; Aus dem Englischen übersetzet; Nebst einer Vorrede von des Verfassers Leben und historischer Nachricht von Thomas Woolstons Schicksal Schriften und Streitigkeiten versehen von M. Johann Adam Schier Leipzig: J.G. Lowe 1748 Dritte und vermehrte Auflage. Former owner's name on p. 1: Wilhelm Waller. 3 Sherlock Thomas. Des Bischofs zu Londen D. Thomas Sherlocks merckwürdiges und vortreffliches Pastoral-Schreiben darinnen Er den jeziger Zeit verderbten geistlichen Zustand der Einwohner der Stadt Londen umständlich beschreibet und selbige zu einer wahren Besserung und Busse eifrig und getreulich ermahnet; Aus dem Englischen übersetzt Leipzig und Onoltzbach: Jacob Christoph Posch 1750. In Very Good- Condition: binding is rubbed; loss at ends of spine; spine and joints are cracking; stain along fore-edge of Gerichtliches Verhör title page; otherwise clean and tight. The first work Kortholt's Gründlicher Beweis der Wahrheit der Christlichen Religion is very scarce. The second and third works are very scarce translations into German of Sherlock's Tryall of the Witnesses of the Resurrection of Jesus and his Letter to the Clergy and People of London and Westminster on Occasion of the Late Earthquakes. David Siegert hardcover
186047825New York: American Bible Society 1860. Very Good. New York: American Bible Society 1860 but ca. 1861-62. First Edition. Octavo; bound in black cloth with spine stamped in gilt; edges sprayed red; new endpapers; 408pp. collated and complete. Corners bumped; minor shelfwear and rubbing; binding sound; tape remnants to front endpapers; minor creasing; a Very Good or better copy. <br /> <br /> First Edition of the first complete New Testament published in the Cherokee language. Individual books and portions had been printed from the 1820s onward primarily by Cherokee printer and journalist Elias Boudinot and missionary Samuel Worcester. This edition nearly entirely in the Cherokee alphabet with English titles at the foot of the first page of each book. Uncommon in retail. <br /> <br /> Pilling pp. 40 - 41; Darlow & Moule 2448. American Bible Society unknown
82228France 19th c. 12 x 18 inches on stiff flexible board. Generally very attractive original condition. Oblong folio. unknown
1931019569New York: The Viking Press 1931. First American Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine DJ. 292 Pp. Red Cloth. First American Edition 1931 Date On Title Page. A Fine Copy In A Lightly Used Dj No Names Or Marks No Chipping Not Price-Clipped $2.50 One 1/2 Completely Closed Tear At Edge Another 3/16". Per Wikipedia Ferdynand Goetel 1890 - 1960 Was A Polish Novelist Playwright Essayist Screen Writer And Political Activist; Member Of The Prestigious Polish Academy Of Literature From 1935; President Of The Polish Pen Club As Well As The Union Of Polish Writers In Interwar Poland. He Established A Prominent Place In Polish Literary Circles Between The Wars And Was The Recipient Of The "Golden Laurel" Awarded By The Polish Academy Of Literature For His Contributions To Polish Literature. He Was Forced To Leave Poland After World War Ii Due To His Involvement In The German Investigation Of The Katyn Massacre And Died In Exile In London. He Moved Back To Warsaw In 1912 But Was Arrested And Interned By The Russian Authorities At The Outbreak Of World War I As He Was An Austrian Citizen In Russian-Ruled Poland. The Russian Authorities Sent Him To An Internment Camp At Tashkent In Turkestan Where He Was Put To Work On Road And Bridge Construction. After The Russian Revolution He Served With The Red Army In The Caucasus For A While An Experience He Subsequently Used As The Basis For His 1922 Novel Kar Chat About The Russian Civil War In The Caucasus. In December 1919 With The Situation In Russia Deteriorating And His Newly Married Wife Jadwiga Pregnant He Decided To Make An Escape To Poland. The Journey Took The Couple Fourteen Months Via Persia Afghanistan India And England Before They Arrived Back In The Now Independent Republic Of Poland In January 1921. Goetel's Experiences In Russia Prompted Him To Become A Staunch Anti-Communist. The Events Of His Internment Exile And Escape Were Described In His Memoir Przez Plonacy Wschód Across The Burning East 1923 And In His 1929 Novel From Day To Day About The Russian Internment Camp. He Was Elected President Of The Polish Pen Club From 1926-33 And Also Served As President Of The Trade Union Of Polish Writers. In 1936 He Was Accepted As A Member Of The Polish Academy Of Literature. During The Inter-War Years Goetel Wrote A Number Of Novels And Travel Books That Were Well Received. From Day To Day Was Translated Into A Number Of Languages And Was Filmed By Józef Lejtes. He Also Wrote For The Theatre; His Play Samuel Zborowski About The 1584 Beheading Of Samuel Zborowski Was Performed In Warsaw At Teatr Polski In 1929 With Marian Jednowski In The Title Role And Kazimierz Junosza-Stepowski As King Stefan Batory. Goetel Joined The Polish Resistance Movement Armia Krajowa Ak Or Home Army In World War Ii And Was Temporarily Imprisoned In Pawiak By The Ss. He Has Sometimes Been Described As The Last Victim Of Katyn. He Was Blacklisted In Communist Poland And Driven Out Of The Country In 1945 With An Arrest Warrant Issued Against Him By The Secret Police Because The Germans Arranged For Him To Participate In The Original Katyn Delegation On Behalf Of The Ak And Also Because In His Postwar Writings He Demanded Justice For The Victims Of Katyn. Goetel Was Proposed As A Witness For The Katyn Delegation By Lawyer Ludwig Fischer The German Governor Of Warsaw But Ultimately The Polish Delegation Refused To Help The Nazi Propaganda Efforts Any Further And Secretly Informed The Polish Government-In-Exile About Their Findings. The First Arrest Warrants Against Goetel Were Issued In July 1945. For The Next Several Months He Stayed In Hiding At The Carmelites Convent In Kraków And Then In December 1945 Escaped To Italy On A False Passport. He Joined The Army Of General Anders And At The Conclusion Of World War Ii Went To London. He Lived There Until His Death In 1960. In Exile He Wrote Mostly Memoirs And Fiction Based On His Own Life Experiences. <br/> <br/> The Viking Press hardcover
2019ABE-1621427540325Max Ernst Museum 2019 RARE Moebius Edition Hardback NOW OUT OF PRINT NEW & UNREAD still sealed. The first ever Moebius retrospective in English and some German:This lavishly illustrated large format hardback retrospective has over 270 pages of the fullest and most exceptional art produced by Jean Henri Gaston Giraud. better known as the formidable Science Fiction Bandes Dessinées and Western artist Moebius. This long overdue art book contains page after page of Moebius's incredible work including production work for films such as James Cameron's 'Abyss' rarely seen artwork for the San Francisco Sony Metreon centre where four artists including Maurice Sendak were commissioned to design entire floors illustrations for a version of Dante's Divine Comedy work inspired by Salvador Dali collaborations with comic artist Geof Darrow rarely seen images of Arzach exclusive artwork for posters abstract paintings beautiful reproductions of pages from 'Inside Moebius' 'La Faune de Mars' '40 Days in the Desert' 'Blueberry' 'The Long Tomorrow' 'L'Incal' and the Hermès Collection. In short this art book is comparable only to 'Transe Forme' the book published by Fondation Cartier in 2010 which became an instant collectors item the main difference of course being that this book contains detailed essays in English. The book includes: full biography with rarely seen personal photos of Giraud's time in Mexico Venice and during his military service in Algeria. detailed bibliography section dedicated to Moebius's very own words relating to his major projects including Arzach 40 Days Self Portraits and Abstraction. a four page full colour fold-out of Moebius's mural designed for the Beffroi de Montrouge a Cultural Centre in Paris. A magnificent celebration of this major artist whose work will surely be rated above the absurdists who currently dominate ART thinking. This man has imagination enormous skill and wit. A worthy addition to any history of art. OUT OF PRINT & RARE. Special Edition. Hardcover. New. Max Ernst Museum hardcover
19862081402109703570Not Available 1986. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Not Available paperback
188425481Paris: Raoul Marchand. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1884. Hardcover. French Art; FINE Binding; Decorative Binding; We fit archival quality clear acrylic covers for additional protection whenever possible. ; Color Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Rochas Albert de. Albert de Rochas. Le Livre De Demain. Blois: Raoul Marchand 1884. 8vo. Three-quarter decorated vellum & marbled boards. Binding lightly soiled contents about fine. Lacking 1 etching of 4 lacking 8 pages printed on gray paper includes 1 silhouette of 4. All other leaves present. #118 of 250 signed by Rochas and the Publisher. Examples of French poetry and short prose printed on 44 different types of paper in a diverse array of colors - blue aquamarine varying shades of orange yellow brown brick patterns cream-colored and others. Each portion of text surrounded by decorative border pages occasionally heightened in gold and silver various typefaces many printed in various color inks wth ornately illustrated borders. 2 photolithograph plates 4 etched plates 4 pages of chromatic circles 8 full-page silhouettes. An elegant 19th century example of the Book Arts. 11 mounted paper samples. Laid in limitation sheet bound in marker ribbons . Raoul Marchand, hardcover
1752002066Paris: Durand Pissot 1752. Hardcover. Very Good. Title page continued: "Un Mémoire sur la Maniere de faire le Saffre; Le Secret des Vraies Porcelaines de Chine & de Saxe. Ouvrages ou l'on trouvera la maniere de faire le Verre & le Crystal d'y porter des Couleurs d'imiter les Pierres Prétieuses de préparer & colorer les Emaux de faire la Potasse de Peindre sur le Verre de préparer des Vernis de composer des Couvertes pour les Fayances & Poteries d'extraire la Couleur Pourpre de l'Or de contrefaire les Rubis de faire le Saffre de faire & peindre les Porcelaines &c. Traduits de l'allemand par M. D." 4 lv 1 629 3 p. 16 leaves of copperplate engravings including the frontispiece most folded; 26 cm. Contemporary full calf with six spine compartments between raised bands. Orange leather spine label in second compartment with gilt-tooled title; gilt-tooled decoration in other compartments. All page edges red. Woodcut head pieces and in-text illustrations. Contents: Sol sine Veste ou Trente Experiences pour Tirer la Couleur Pourpre de l'Or by J.C. Orschall -- Helioscopium Videndi sine Veste Solem Chymicum -- Sol non sine Veste ou L'Invincibilité de l'Or by Christophe Grummet -- De la Vitrification des Vegetaux -- Chapitre XI du Livre de Mr. Henckel qui a pour titre Flora Saturnizans -- Secret des Vraies Porcelaines de la Chine et de Saxe. Baron von d'Holbach translated several early works on glassmaking including works by Antonio Neri Christopher Merret and Johannes Kunckel. In Very Good Condition: front joint starting to separate from tail; slight loss of leather at head and tail of spine; light cracking on spine; corners rubbed. Pages and plates are clean and bright. Durand, Pissot hardcover
19102080402107100238Geisha-do 1910. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Geisha-do paperback
1975LN-1Taipei Taiwan: Ch'eng Wen Publishing 1975. Classic comprehensive reference text authored by the renown Chinese linguist Herbert Giles contains a compilation of biographical data spanning the past 400 years through the present date of publication This publication is a complete unabridged reprint of the original 1898 edition. Includes the surname and personal name by which the individuals are formally known; Emperors and their dynasties; tables for Chinese characters for place-names dynasties etc. and an index. At the end of the text is a full alphabetical listing of the literary and fancy names coupled in some cases with the surnames and of the canonisations. Text in Chinese and English. 1022 pp. Prior owner's name on front endpaper. Gilt spine. Corners slightly bumped. Minimal shelfwear. Heavy item. Reprint. Hard Cover. Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ch'eng Wen Publishing Hardcover
18994002642Moscow: Sinodalnaya Typografija 1899. Fine. Octavo iv 114 paginated in Old Slavonic; old quarter sheep with marbled boards. <p><p>Rare: evangelical text translated into the Aleut language and printed in Cyrillic prepared by Ivan Veniaminov-Popov 1797-1879 the great Orthodox missionary to the northern Pacific. Veniaminov was educated in Irkutsk and as a young man he was selected for the Orthodox mission to Unalaska arriving there in 1822 with his wife and children. While there had been some successful conversions already the Church feared that Christian and indigenous beliefs had become merged. The scope of the missionary project soon expanded to include the entire Alaskan peninsula and surrounding islands a vast and often inhospitable geographical area. For ten years Veniaminov was an intrepid traveller often using small craft and kayaks to visit coastal settlements and travelling on foot through rugged mountainous regions. In 1832 he was appointed to a relatively sedentary position at Sitka as minister to the Tlingit of the Northwest Coast.</p> <p>Veniaminov was a skilled linguist fluent in several dialects; he prepared this evangelical text in the Aleut language which was first published by the Moscow Synod in 1840 and later in 1899 the present edition. Both editions are rare. As a pioneer apostle to the frozen north Veniaminov was canonized Saint Innocent and holds a cherished place in the history of the Orthodox Church.</p> </p> . Sinodalnaya Typografija unknown
