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19688473New York: Grove Press Inc 1968. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo 20.75cm; brown cloth with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; x214pp. Elegantly signed by the author in Japanese on the title page. Previous owner's ink inscription to front endpaper else a clean Fine copy. Dustjacket is price-clipped showing light wear to spine ends some mild surface wear with one tiny tear and a small faint stain to lower edge of front panel; Very Good or better.<br /> <br /> The Japanese Nobel Prize-winner's grim semi-autobiographical novel in which a young father must come to grips with his newborn son having severe mental difficulties after being born with a brain hernia. Originally published in Japan under the title Kojinteki na taiken in 1964 the Grove Press edition was the first in the English language preceding the UK edition by a year. 8473. Grove Press, Inc unknown
87778The Limited Editions Club. Hardcover. near fine. Tadaaki Kuwayama. Limited Editions Monthly letter loosely laid in. Number 562. Series 52 Volume 1 November 1996. Quarto. 35 cm x 28 cm. Limited to 375 copies of which this is copy #59. Signed by designer Tadaski Kuwayama and translator Edward Seidensticker. <br /> Illustrated with aquatints by Tadaaki Kuwayama. The binding in full gray morocco was done at Jovonis Bindery. Spine lightly sunned.In slipcase. The Limited Editions Club hardcover
1950052190London: Basil Blackwell 1950. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Green Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. Xii 119 Pp. With Page Numbers And Text Duplicated In English And German. Green Cloth Gilt. First Edition In English With German And English Text On Facing Pages. Near Fine Gilt Brilliant Dj Unlaminated And Slightly Taller Than The Book Is Priced 16S Slight Wear And Browning To Spine And Edges Minute Loss At Upper Front Tip. <br/> <br/> Basil Blackwell hardcover
17811409442London; Edinburgh: W. Strahan and T. Cadell; W. Creech 1781-1785. First English Edition. Hardcover. Small quartos Nine Volumes. In Very Good minus condition. In fine matching tree-calf bindings with elaborate gilt decoration along board edges and spines and gilt roll along the turn-ins; spines with gilt titling on colored morocco labels; with bound-in ribbon bookmarks. Boards show moderate shelf wear with small scuffs to covers rubbing along edges and mild bumping to fore corners. Fore corners often show small areas of exposed board. Splitting to joints and hinges of most volumes. Light shallow chipping to heads and tails of spines; heavier on Vol. I with some loss of material. Some rubbing to gilt elements on spines. Text blocks show moderate rubbing and wear along edges with dust soiling to top edges. All volumes moderately age toned and foxed throughout. Some pencil and pen numbering/notation on verso of the front flyleaves; a single mark in most volumes with more notes in Vol. I. <br /> <br /> <br> <br> <br /> <br /> CONTENTS: Vol. I 2 iii 2 iv-xxi 3 514 pages plus frontispiece and plates i-ii; Vol. II 4 517 pages plus plates iii-x.; Vol. III iv 4 524 pages plus plates xi-xv1 xv2 xv3-xxiii; Vol. IV vii 352 pages plus plates xxiv-liii1 liii2-lxxvii lxxix lxxviii lxxx-xcix; Vol. V vii 440 pages plus plates c-clxii; Vol. VI 4 443 plus plates clxiii-cxcvii; Vol. VII vii 452 pages plus plates cxcviii-ccxl1 ccxl2 ccxl3-ccli; Vol. VIII v 2 352 pages plus plates cclii-ccxcv; Vol. IX viii 422 2 pages plus plates cccii-cccvii. Shelved in Room A.<br /> <br /> <br> <br> <br /> <br /> Oversized books. Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers please inquire for rates.<br /> <br /> <br> <br> . This is an excellent first edition of William Smellie's influential English translation of the Comte de Buffon's monumental work the Histoire Naturelle which was a comprehensive multi-volume treatise on the most current natural science of the time. 1409442. Special Collections - Upstairs. W. Strahan and T. Cadell; W. Creech hardcover
51-4651London: William Miller 1804. Small folio. 26 x 36cm. Contemporary morocco with gilt embellishments on cover. Light stain in lower margins but very fresh otherwise.OCLC Number: 837662958. In-folio mar. brun à long grain large roulette dorée en encadrement dos lisse orné tr. dorées Rel. de l'époque.Colas 2112.Édition originale illustrée de 50 planches gravées par W. Ellis et W. Poole coloriées ; elles "sont copiées sur la première émission des cinquante planches de Kininger" Vienne vers 1803 : Colas 1610.Ex-libris : Thomas Whitemore Francis Whitemore.Reliure très usagée premier plat et premiers feuillets détachés larges mouillures au début in fine et dans la marge inférieurela marge inférieure. London: William Miller, 1804 unknown
1989201275080Sarvadeshik Arya Pratinidhi Sabha 1993 1978 1984 1986 1989 1989. Good. Hardcovers with dustjacket. Books in good condition. Signs of edgewear to dustjackets and fraying spine part 1. Flaps dustjacket part 3 on two small spots attached to inside bookcover. 952 pp 992 pp 808 pp 800 pp 720 pp. See photo's Sarvadeshik Arya Pratinidhi Sabha 1993, 1978, 1984, 1986, 1989 hardcover
171232892Jermiah Bright James Brooks John Stuart and James Holland 1712. Fourth Impression Folio includes five double-page engraved maps 259 plates. The History of the Old and New Testament often called the Bible de Royaumont originally published in French in 1669 is a renowned illustrated Bible synopsis written by Nicolas Fontaine under the pseudonym Le Sieur de Royaumont. Created while in prison this influential work features detailed summaries moral commentary and numerous engravings aiming to make scripture accessible. This is the Fourth edition of the English Translation. It's highly regarded for it's detailed engravings and woodcuts. Contemporary binding in 1/4 leather generally internally clean and bright but with occasional page with staining or toning plate 85 "Goliath Slaine - 2. Samuel 17" plate crudely repaired with tape in the past. Overall a great and very presentable copy 435 by 285mm 17¼ by 11¼ inches. Jermiah Bright, James Brooks, John Stuart and James Holland unknown
19952090202120403973Kyoto shoin 1995. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 Kyoto shoin paperback
19982080202103700603Japanese Standards Association 1998. Soft Cover. Fine. Page number: 923p Size: 26cm B5 Japanese Standards Association paperback
BB110256Two volumes with identical half leather bindings bindings with damages but still attractive. Goldprint and decorations on the spine. In -4 25 x 21 cm. Complete set of two volumes. From the female author Naatje van Streek-Brinkman. With provenance Museum Willem Twee initiated by bookdealer Anthony van Tetroode in The Hague. 12 songs of Virgil's Aneis with explanations Aanteekeningen.First volume with stamp on the flyleaf of Museum Willem Twee 's Gravenhage and the name A.J. van Tetroode. Stamp on the titlepage top right of Bibl. Gymn. Soc. Jesu Amstelodam IHS Jesuits Jezuïeten.Second volume with stamp on the flyleaf of the same former museum but then in French: Musée Guillaume-Deux à La Haye.NL Museum Willem Twee was een museum in Den Haag. Het museum werd opgericht door boekhandelaar Anthony A.J. van Tetroode Toon Tetteroo ook wel Tetterode die een bewonderaar was van deze koning. Het museum was gevestigd aan de Lange Voorhout en werd geopend in 1856 zeven jaar na de dood van de koning. Het museum heeft op die locatie slechts een jaar bestaan. Baron van Brienen kocht in 1858 het perceel en bouwde er een grote woning een paleis dat het latere Hotel Des Indes zou worden. Van Tetroode adverteerde voor zijn commerciële activiteiten met de aanduiding ""Museum Willem Twee"" soms met de Franstalige naam Musée Guillaume-Deux. Wat er gebeurde met de inboedel van het museum is niet bekend.Dichteres Naatje van Streek-Brinkman werd geroemd om haar nauwgezette vertaling van de oorspronkelijke tekst door Virgilius waarbij ze dicht bij de oorspronkelijke tekst bleef. In een recensie uit 1809 in DBNL staat dat zij de oude dichter weer terug gegeven heeft zoals hij is met alle schone vindingen en nu en dan schrik-verhevene beschrijvingen. Vooral de vertaling van het stuk waar Aeneas langs de Italiaanse kunst Sicilië nadert de beschrijving van de vuurbrakende Etna en de bedolven reus Encelades worden geroemd. Naar algemeen oordeel waren de vertalingen van Vondel en Westerbaen niet geheel gelukt en was dit de beste vertaling in het Nederlands. Naatje Brinkman Anna Catharina Brinkman 1760-1828 trouwde 1784 met Coenraad van Streek en berijmde ook de vertaling van de Fransche Catechismus. Ze was in 1800 redactrice van de Constitutioneele opregte Woensd. Bataafsche Courant. Ze gaf in 1804 een roman in 2 delen uit: Charakaters en lotgevallen van Adelson Heloïse en Elius nabootsing van La Nouvelle Heloïse van Rousseau en van de romans van Wolff en Deken. Zij dichtte op de ramp van Leiden 1807 en begroette koning Lodewijk met een <em>welkomstgroet</em> na de watersnood in 1809 en in 1813 De Souvereine Vorst enz. hardcover
191866277Paris : Librairie Renouard 1918. 408x285mm. XII - demi-chagrin noir dos nerfs auteur et itre dors bords du haut du dos fendus sur une dizaine de centimetre reliure solide. Tirage limit exemplaire numrot n.¡ 273 / 550. 6400 Librairie Renouard unknown
1793117972Paris : de lÕimprimerie de Didot jeune chez Bleuet pÂre 1793 an 2e. de la RÂŽpublique. 240x160mm. 1 ff. page de faux-titre 1 frontispice gravÂŽ sur cuivre par De Longueil d'aprÂs Casanova 384 pages 4 planches gravÂŽes sur cuivre par De Longueil d'aprÂs Ch. Eisen chacun des 4 livres est prÂŽcÂŽdÂŽ d'une planche ÂŽdition bilingue : franÂais - latin reliure maroquin rouge dos ˆ cinq nerfs dorÂŽ ÂŽtiquette verte plats encadrÂŽs de quelques motifs et filets dorÂŽs superexlibris dorÂŽ au centre des deux plats tranches dorÂŽes bordures fleuries dentelles intÂŽrieures garde papier marbrÂŽ. Bel exemplaire. Les superexlibris reprÂŽsentent les armes du Marquis de Villeneuve : Ã’A tout premier Maroquis de FranceÓ.Voir le Vapereau Dict. univ. des littÂŽratures sur les louanges ˆ lÕadresse de Delille pour son oeuvre principale.Brunet V col. 1303-4 mentionne la premiÂre ÂŽdition 1770 Paris Bleuet de cette excellente traduction une ÂŽdition de Didot 1783 et celle-ci an II 1793. 1023 de lÕimprimerie de Didot jeune, chez Bleuet pÂre unknown
17811357586London: J. Walker 1781. Second Edition. Hardcover. Octavo xiii 418 pages. In Good condition. Bound in full contemporary leather. Boards show some surface marks to covers cracks to hinges and light wear to edges and corners. Boards slightly shaken binding otherwise tight. Text block has minor age toning and several instances of light staining to edges and light age toning and foxing to pages throughout interiorly. Three plates present and intact. Previous owner bookplate to inside front pastedown: "Ex Libris Julius Friedenwald". An English language translation of Person's Nouveaux elemens d'anatomie raisonnée first published in 1749. <br /> MF consignment.<br /> <br /> <br> <br> Reference: ESTC T114740. 1357586. Special Collections. J. Walker hardcover
184842797Philadelphia: Printed by C. Sherman 1848. 1st edition original cloth boards 8vo viii pages 243 242 2 leaves; 24 cm. In Hebrew and English. Hebrew and English on facing pages with duplicate foliation. Singerman 1024. Rosenbach 636 Deinard 959 Goldman-Kinsberg 37. Vinograd Philadelphia 18. <br> The first English translation of the Ashkenazi prayer book published in America. “To unite Ashkenazic Jews in America using different prayer books and to provide them with an error-free text Leeser issued this work the first Ashkenazic prayer book published in America"--Goldman 37. <br> During the mid-19th century IsaacLeeser was the most prominent leader of American Orthodox Judaism and his writings show a defense of traditional Judaism against the changes in doctrine proposed by the growing Reform movement. Starting with Jewish publications in the 1830s Leeser is considered to have laid the foundation for a consistent Jewish printing industry in America. “Practically every form of Jewish activity which supports American Jewish life today was either established or envisaged by this one man†Bertram W. Korn “Isaac Leeser: Centennial Reflections†in American Jewish Archives Vol. XIX 1967 page 136.<br> Hebrew text is chiefly after Rabbi Wolf Heidenheim's celebrated Sapha Berurah. The most recent copy offered at major auction sold for $1250 in 2023. SUBJECTS: Siddurim -- Texts. Judaism -- Liturgy. Prayers and devotions. Ashkenazim. Germany. Poland. OCLC: 13891018. Wear on spine and cover spine internally fixed some pencil marks. Good Condition. A nice solid copy in original binding. BK5 AMR-69-3-. Philadelphia: Printed by C. Sherman unknown
19731401039New York: Harper & Row 1973. First U.S. Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo 172 pages. In Very Good plus condition with Very Good dust jacket. Spine of jacket is dark purple with pink lettering. Dust jacket is sleeved in a protective mylar cover and shows mild shelf wear on covers. Single small closed tears in top and bottom edges of jacket front. Very small area of chipping in top corner of jacket front near spine. Boards show mild rubbing wear and light sunning along bottom edges. Text block shows negligible shelf wear. Inscribed in black ink by Joseph Brodsky to Myra Sklarew on title page: "Joseph Brodsky / For Myra Sklarew from guess who" followed by a small drawing of a heart. Shelved in Room A. Joseph Brodsky was a Nobel-prize winning Jewish Russian-American poet who served as Poet Laureate of the United States from 1991-1992. This book is inscribed to Myra Sklarew another Jewish poet and professor who was a prominent figure within the Washington D.C. literary scene alongside Brodsky. 1401039. Special Collections. Harper & Row hardcover
1938131772NY: Covici Friede Publishers. Very Good in Fair dust jacket. 1938 verso. 1st Edition. paperback. 9x12"OVERSIZED". VERY GOOD CONDITION IN fair UNCLIPTS2.50 DUST JACKET. Clean solid bright hardcovers & book. DJ has 1" strip across top edge front panel & dj torn away.removes tops on some of title letters. Back dj panel has 3x3" chip top near spine & 1" chips at back fold of dj. Inner flaps are fine.Bottom DJ spine strip missing 3". OW quite clean book & DJ.with some minor wear along edges of DJ. DRAMATIC DJ COVER PHOTO IS CLEAN & COMPLETE. HAS 2" CLOSED TEAR INTO GREY SKY COMING DOWN FROM WORD IN TITLE "DEATH". ; Tan titles on Black spine & cover boxes.TAN CLOTH HARD COVERS. all very nice as are endpapers and text papers.text is on Matte textured paper not glossy.Inner front gutter & entire binding is very sturdy but does show a bit of coloring due to nature of binding glue.very limited .dj IS NOW UNDER PROTECTIVE VINYL COVER & HAS A MUCH NICER APPEARANCE. ; Classic Cover Photo Of Dying Soldier In White. . Covici Friede Publishers paperback
196281278New York: George Braziller 1962. First English Language Edition. First Printing. Folio 33.5cm; red cloth with titles stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; photo-illustrated endpapers; publisher's dustjacket and original acetate overlay; publisher's slipcase; 1011-2106pp; illus. Fine in a Fine unclipped dustjacket priced $35 showing some trivial wear at the crown; acetate overlay is a bit wavy else Near Fine; gentle sunning to slipcase extremities else very Near Fine. Pre-eminent modern artist Marc Chagall was nearly 70 when he began working on his first major stained glass projects during the mid-to-late 1950's. In 1959 he was commissioned to create a set of stained glass windows for Abbell Synagogue at the Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center in Jerusalem. Upon completion the Jerusalem Windows enjoyed two short exhibitions in Paris and New York before their permanent installation in the synagogue in 1962. These twelve masterpieces in stained glass each representing one of the twelve tribes of Israel are showcased in this lush folio which also includes two original lithographs Chagall created exclusively for this publication.<br /> <br /> Readers may observe the development of the windows through a procession of preparatory sketches in pencil ink and watercolor; the final models are represented on full page color plates 36 total. Additional commentary by Jean Leymarie explains the religious significance of each subject as well as Chagall's artistic intentions. An additional chapter details the assembly of the windows themselves and the book concludes with a selection of sketches and paintings related to the project. George Braziller unknown
20105457Tokyo: Hayakawa Books 2010. First Edition. A key translation by Haruki Murakami of Chandler's sixth novel - the apex of 20th century detective fiction winner of the Edgar Award for Best Novel in 1955 and basis for Robert Altman's 1973 film starring Elliott Gould and Sterling Hayden. While Murakami is world-renowned for his fiction and essays he has enjoyed a parallel career doing translation work including translations of Raymond Carver F. Scott Fitzgerald J.D. Salinger Ursula K. LeGuin and Truman Capote. His biographer and primary translator Jay Rubin notes Murakami developed a fondness for hard-boiled literature while attending high school in Kobe devouring works by Chandler Ross Macdonald and Ed McBain and Murakami himself acknowledged his debt to Chandler's influence on his novel A Wild Sheep Chase: "The structure of A Wild Sheep Chase was deeply influenced by the detective novels of Raymond Chandler. I am an avid reader of his books and have read some of them many times. I wanted to use his plot structure in my new novel. This mean first of all that the protagonist would be a lonely city dweller. He would be searching for something. In the course of his search he would become entangled in various kinds of complicated situations. And when he finally found what he was looking for it would already have been ruined or lost. This is obviously Chandler's method and it is what I wanted to use in A Wild Sheep Chase. One West Coast reader saw the connection. Referring to Chandler's The Big Sleep he called my novel The Big Sheep. I felt honoured by this" Rubin Haruki Murakami and the Music of Words p.81. Uncommon one of a few signed copies offered through Japanese bookstores to promote the new translation. Hubin p.76. First Impression. Octavo 15.75cm; pale grayish-green wrappers with titles printed in dark purple; dustjacket and publisher's original wraparound advertising band; 67-64511pp; text is entirely in Japanese. Signed by Murakami in Japanese on the title page directly above his English-language rubber-stamp. Fine in a Fine dustjacket and wraparound band. Hayakawa Books unknown
19234745London: Chatto & Windus 1923. First UK Edition. First English language edition of Constance Garnett's translation of The Overcoat issued as Volume III of her five-volume Works of Nikolay Gogol published between 1923-28. Contents include "The Nevsky Prospect" "A Madman's Diary" "The Prisoner" "The Carriage" "The Nose" "The Portrait" and "The Overcoat" a tragic story which Vladimir Nabokov called "the greatest Russian short story ever written." The Art of Translation 1941. Garnett's English translation is significant still in print today preceded by Isabel Hapgood's translation as "The Cloak" in St. John's Eve and other stories from "Evenings at the farm" and "St. Petersburg stories" Crowell 1886. Scarce in dustjacket with no copies found in the auction record. cf.Line p.19 Bibliography of Russian Literature in English Translation to 1945. First Impression and first in English. Octavo 19.5cm; denim blue cloth with titles stamped in royal blue on spine; blue topstain; dustjacket; viii2791pp. Gentle sunning to spine topstain faded owners name in ink to front endpaper with the faintest suggestion of foxing to a few preliminary leaves and right edge of textblock; Near Fine. Dustjacket is gently sunned particularly at spine lightly edgeworn with some small nicks and shallow losses to spine ends and corners; tiny bits of sticker remnant and a few faint stains to spine with a neat 2" split at lower front joint; still a complete Very Good unrestored example. Chatto & Windus unknown
2020066416London Great Britain: The Folio Society 2020. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 753 pages Folio. Includes slipcase. Limited Edition of 750 numbered copies. This is copy 421. SIGNED by the translator Robin Waterfield introducer Peter Frankopan and illustrator Nick Hayes on limited page. Test and illustrations printed by Northend Sheffield on Abbey Pure Paper. Bound in full light blue leather by Smith Settle Yeadon and blocked with a gilt and black design by Nick Hayes. Minor shelfwear. Tight binding no marks. Volume is in Fine-minus condition. The Folio Society Hardcover
2016066577London Great Britain: The Folio Society 2016. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 419 pages Folio. Includes slipcase. Limited Edition of 980 numbered copies. This is copy 242. Text printed on Abbey Wove and the illustrations on Natural Evolution Ivory Papers. Bound by Josef Spinner using polished leather cases made by Richard Mayer. Minor shelfwear: some scuffing along outer page edges. Tight binding no marks. Volume is in Near Fine condition. The Folio Society Hardcover
1969L3 box59 a<p>Statistical Thermodynamics First English Edition Volume 1: General Foundations; Theory of Gases. By Arnold Münster. Translated by Dr. Veronica Hall and Scitran Scientific Translation Service. Published by Springer-Verlag and Academic Press in 1969. Brown cloth hardcover 692 pp.</p> Springer-Verlag and Academic Press. hardcover
1970L3 boxtemp ju<p>Michael Maier: Atalante Fugitive 2 edition French Edition. Traduction francaise d'Etienne Perrot. Librairie de Medicis 1970. Hardcover 382 pp. Le tirage de cet ouvrage a ete limite a 500 exemplaires numerotes de 1 a 500 et exemplaires hors commerce. Exemplaire No 392. d'Etienne Perrot wrote and signed on front page.</p> Librairie de Medicis. hardcover
1947L3 box754 b1<p>Titi Lvcreti Cari: De Rervm Natvra: Libri Sex Complete Three Volume Set. Edited with Prolegomena Critical Apparatus Translation and Commentary by Cytical Bailey. Volume 1. Prolegomena Text and Critical Apparatus Translation; Volume 2. Commentary Books 1-3; Volume 3. Commentary Books 4-6 Addenda Indexes Bibliography. First published 1947 Oxford University Press at the Clarendon Press Reprinted photographically in Great Britain at the University Press Oxford 1950 from corrected sheets of the first edition. Blue cloth hardcover complete 3 volumes total 1798 pp.</p> Oxford University Press at the Clarendon Press. hardcover
1978L3 3v<p>A Dream of Red Mansion Complete Three Volumes. By Tsao Hsueh-Chin and Kao Ngo. English translation from the Chinese by Yang Hsien-Yi and Gladys Yang. First Edition published in 1978 Volume 1 Volume 2 1980 Volume 3 by Foreign Languages Press. Blue cloth hardcover toal 1908 pages: xiv599 pp Volume 1 iv701 pp Volume 2 iv586 pp Volume 3.</p> Foreign Languages Press. hardcover
