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18792221941<p>First edition. Octavo. With half-title page. 3/4 gilt stamped red calf over marbled boards spines with raised bands and gilt stamped devices within gilt rule compartments covers ruled in gilt marbled endpapers. Very good light rubbing. 387 pages.</p><p>Heraldic bookplate of Raymond.</p><p>No signatures.</p> Smith, Elder & Company hardcover books
1928155614<p>First edition. Thin octavo. Issued without wrapper but with protective tissue; white cord tie. Tan cloth protective folding case with bookplate of Lord Esher. 11 pages. Scarce.</p> Privately Printed paperback books
192654824Paris et Bruxelles: G. van Oest 1926. First edition in French. Color frontispiece and 100 full-page plates reproducing 164 miniatures. x 162 pp. 1 vols. Folio. Three quarter polished tan mottled calf and marbled paper boards gilt-lettered spine raised bands t.e.g.; with the original blue printed wrappers bound in. Fine. First edition in French. Color frontispiece and 100 full-page plates reproducing 164 miniatures. x 162 pp. 1 vols. Folio. G. van Oest unknown books
192854668Paris et Bruxelles: G. van Oest 1928. First edition in French. Color frontispiece and 100 full-page plates reproducing 159 miniatures. x 113 pp. 1 vols. Folio. Three quarter brown morocco and marbled paper boards gilt-lettered spine raised bands t.e.g.; with the original blue printed wrappers bound in. Fine. First edition in French. Color frontispiece and 100 full-page plates reproducing 159 miniatures. x 113 pp. 1 vols. Folio. G. van Oest unknown books
1869007788Melbourne Australia: George Robertson 1869. New Edition containing prefaces to First and Second Editions xliii 255 pp with six full page color illustrations and numerous black and white illustrations. Master Tyll Owlglass is the Anglicized name for the German jokester Till Eulenspiegel. Finely bound in lovely Art Deco brown morocco with vertical sets of double gilt rules five raised bands with gilt lettering decorative end pages all edges gilt wide inner dentelles with double gilt rules. Bearing the small bookplate of Alfred Sutro English author dramatist and translator of the works of Maurice Maeterlinck. Near Fine original cloth covers bound in front and rear moderate toning to end pages and first few pages two small rubs to morocco at rear joint prior owner name half-title page. . New Edition. Morocco. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. George Robertson Hardcover books
19813777<p>First edition. Small octavo. Edited with introduction by George Miller. Signed frontispiece etching by Arthur Neal. Original full dark green morocco exhibition binding by George Miller covers and spine decorated in gilt and blind with stylized designs of fish water birds and willows Japanese paper endpapers t.e.g. uncut. Fine. Morocco-edged slipcase lined with corduroy. No other signatures or bookplates. Copy Number 8 of only 20 copies in this designer binding printed by the Daedalus Press.</p> Stevens hardcover books
17721280432Edinburgh: Printed for G. Hamilton and J. Balfour 1772. 4to. 243pp.; VG-; spine paneled brown calf with maroon label and gilt lettering; marbled boards; boards have some rubbing to covers bumping and peeling to corners; bookplate on ffep; name written on ffep; mild scattered foxing and age-toning; interior clean; some slight wear to hinges front board slightly loose; shelved case 4. 1280432. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Printed for G. Hamilton and J. Balfour unknown books
1944146004Hollywood: Republic Productions 1944. Shooting script for the 1944 film. Single holograph pencil notation to the front wrapper.<br/><br/>A physician researching life-after-death is possessed by the spirit of an executed murderer who uses the doctor's body to exact vengeance on those involved in his death. A Jekyll-and-Hyde-style supernatural horror B-movie unusual for Republic Productions who were better known for their Western pictures.<br/><br/>Tan partial titled wrapper noted as SHOOTING SCRIPT on the front wrapper noted as production No. 1463 dated October 3 1944 with credits for screenwriter John K. Butler. Title page integral to the first page of text dated October 3 1944. 82 leaves with last page of text numbered 80. Mimeographed rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated 10/14/44. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with splashes to the front wrapper bound with two gold brads. Republic Productions unknown books
196524345Detroit: Artists' Workshop Press 1965. First edition. Paperback. Fine. 4to. Tall side-stapled wrappers 80 pp. The April 1965 issue of this desirable small press poetry journal. Edited by Robin Eichele. Cover artwork by C. Peret. A stunning fine copy in thick stapled wrappers. Includes a ten page journal / memoir piece by Magdalene Arndt plus poems by Sinclair Bill Cox Bill Harris Bill Hutton and more. Erratum slip laid in. Artists' Workshop Press paperback books
189412611894. ENGLISH William F. EVOLUTION AND THE IMMANENT GOD. An Essay On The Natural Theology Of Evolution. Boston: Arena Publishing Company 1894. Small 8vo. purple cloth stamped in gilt. First Edition. An essay focusing on using Darwin's theory of evolution as a clearing ground for upbuilding acceptance of Christian theology. A rare book- I have been unable to locate any other copy! English was pastor of the First Congregational Church in East Windsor Connecticut. Signed inscription by English on a front blank page: "Regards of Wm. F. English." Near fine covers bright with very minor rubbing spine; contents clean & tight. $450.00. <br/><br/> hardcover books
1972133021San Diego CA: Legend Films 1972. Draft British script for the 1973 film. <br/><br/>Alec Guinness plays here against type imbuing his Adolf Hitler with an introverted solemnity. Set almost entirely inside Hitler's Berlin bunker the film chronicles the dying days of the Third Reich as the Allied armies close in on Berlin. Guinness' Hitler is an enclosed depressive who sinks slowly into madness depression and ultimately suicide as his 1000-Year Reich collapses around him. <br/><br/>A co-production between Italy and the UK made by Ennio De Concini better known for his many exploitation films of the 1970s. <br/><br/>Blue titled wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present dated 10th July 1972 with credits for screenwriter-director De Concini screenwriters Fusco and Reinhardt and English adaptation writer Moffat. 128 leaves roneograph on eye-rest green stock. Pages about Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two silver brads. Legend Films unknown books
1950306823<p>First edition. Thin octavo. Dust jacket unclipped; tiny tear. Very good-fine. 99 pages. Signed on the half title page by 10 cast members including Laurence Olivier March 2 1950 Denholm Elliott Heather Stannard Micheline Patton Fred Johnson George Relph Brenda de Banzie; signed by Christopher Fry on the facing leaf. Together with an original 8 page 1950 program for the play at London's St. James Theatre. Provenance: from the collection of author Roy Moseley.</p> Oxford University Press hardcover books
04102New York: The Limited Editions Club 1946. The Greatest Poem of Ancient and Modern Times Alfred Lord Tennyson<br/>Eight Magnificent Colored Illustrations by Arthur Szyk<br/><br/>SZYK Arthur illustrator. BIBLE IN ENGLISH. The Book of Job from the Translation Prepared at Cambridge in 1611 for King James 1 with a Preface by Mary Ellen Chase. New York: The Limited Editions Club 1946. <br/><br/>Limited to 1950 copies signed by Arthur Szyk this being number 478. <br/><br/>Folio 12 x 8 1/2 inches; 304 x 216 mm. 148 2 blank 1 limitation 5 blank pp. Eight mounted color plates by Arthur Szyk.<br/><br/>Publishers three-quarter creme leather over white paper boards front cover pictorially stamped in gilt spine title blocked in gilt top edge gilt. Minimal rubbing to spine extremities otherwise an excellent copy housed in the original slightly worn red felt-lined metallic gold slipcase. Complete with the LEC Monthly Letter loosely inserted.<br/><br/>The Book of Job is a book in the Ketuvim "Writings" section of the Hebrew Bible Tanakh and the first poetic book in the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. Addressing the problem of theodicy - why a good God permits evil or more simply "Why do the righteous suffer" - it is a rich theological work setting out a variety of perspectives. It has been widely and often extravagantly praised for its literary qualities with Alfred Lord Tennyson calling it "the greatest poem of ancient and modern times".<br/><br/>LEC Bibliography No. 173. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1946 unknown books
18042221995<p>1804-1805. First edition. Octavo. 2 volumes in 1. Second title page reads: "Fables Containing Cambuscan an Heroic Poem in Six Books." Bound on old green linen red leather label on spine corners rubbed joints cracked but holding all edges gilt with a foredge of Salisbury Cathedral in the distance and an angler fishing on the river in the foreground. Bookplate of antiquarian Thomas Bell 1785-1860 who is known to have had an extensive library see DNB Vol. 4 page 174. Very good.</p> T. Bensley for Payne and Mackinlay hardcover books
197715106Cambridge: Rampant Lion's Press 1977. Edition ltd. to 315 copies this 1/280 in quarter vellum over green patterned paste-paper boards small folio pp. 151 1; very fine. Designed by Sebastian Carter printed on Barcham Green paper and published by Wm. Dawson & Sons as a "Deighton Bell Edition." The text is that of Miles Coverdale as revised for his Great Bible of 1539. <br/><br/> Rampant Lion's Press hardcover books
1769WRCAM44884London 1769. 235pp. Lacks half title. Modern paper boards printed paper label. Modern bookplate on front pastedown. Light foxing and soiling. Very good. In a tan half morocco and cloth folder. Commentary on William Pitt the Elder's conduct during his term as Prime Minister. It was under Pitt's administration that the Townshend Acts were passed leading to further strained relations with the American colonies and eventually Revolution. ESTC T148155. SABIN 63756. hardcover books
18251354New York: Evert Duyckinck George Long E. Bliss & E. White. 1825. First American Edition. Hardcover. Faux quarter bound gray boards with white spine. Good. 2 v-xii 371 pages. 19 x 11 cm. Title conclusion Also The Art of Composing the Most Simple and Most Highly Finished Broths Gravies Soups Sauces Store Sauces and Flavoring Essences: Pastry Preserves Puddings &c. and An Easy Certain and Economical Process for preparing PICKLES By which they will be ready in a Fortnight and remain good for Years. The Quantity of each Article is ACCURATELY STATED BY WEIGHT AND MEASURE; The whole being the result of ACTUAL EXPERIMENTS Instituted in the Kitchen of a Physician. The whole work has again been carefully revised by the author of "THE ART OF INVIGORATING LIFE BY FOOD" &c. "Miscuit utile dulci." The author William Kitchiner M.D. 1775-1827 was a wealthy physician of London who did not practice his profession but was a food science and music enthusiast. An early devotee of mastication Masticate denticate chump grind and swallow Kitchiner purportedly did most of his own cooking and cleaning. First published in 1817 this extensive guide for the domestic cook took the UK and US by storm making Kitchiner a household name and an inspiration for many later cookbook authors including Mrs. Beeton who lifted a number of her recipes directly from his book. Owner's inscription on title page. Rebound with one page of index missing. Usual foxing throughout. LOWENSTEIN 99 <br/><br/> Evert Duyckinck, George Long, E. Bliss & E. White. hardcover books
1930253119San Francisco: Printed by Edwin & Robert Grabhorn for John Howell at the Sign of the Open Book 1930. From an edition limited to 580 copies this is one of 515 copies in the "Colonial Edition. Inserted leaf from the Bible printed by Robert Aitken Philadelphia 1782 from Deuteronomy; and 8 illustrations. 34 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original half leather and paper boards spine gilt. Bottom corners and head and foot of spine rubbed. Bookplate on front pastedown. Very good. From an edition limited to 580 copies this is one of 515 copies in the "Colonial Edition" Inserted leaf from the Bible printed by Robert Aitken Philadelphia 1782 from Deuteronomy; and 8 illustrations. 34 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. From an edition limited to 580 copies this is one of 515 copies in the "Colonial Edition" printed for John Howell Books by the Grabhorn Press and containing an essay by Edwin Grabhorn on typography in America in 1776. This volume contains an original leaf from a copy of the Aitken Bible one of the most celebrated American bibles being the first complete English Bible printed in America. During the colonial era the monopoly on printing English bibles belonged to the Royal Printer and the colonies were supplied entirely with bibles printed in England. The only Bible printed in the British colonies in America was the famous Eliot Indian Bible in Algonquian issued in Cambridge in 1661-63 and reprinted in 1680-85. With the Revolution this monopoly naturally ended and the embargo on goods from England acted to create a shortage. Aitken a Philadelphia printer undertook the task producing the New Testament in 1781 and the Old Testament in 1782. On completion he petitioned the Continental Congress for their endorsement and received it in September 1782. Because of this official endorsement and the reasons behind its production the Aitken Bible is often referred to as "The Bible of the Revolution" Grabhorn Bibliography 131 Printed by Edwin & Robert Grabhorn for John Howell at the Sign of the Open Book unknown books
181823922London: Published by J. Hatchard and Williams and Co. 1818 1818. First edition first issue without the author's name on the title-page. OCLC records about 16 copies of the two issues combined; not found in Block or Garside Raven & Schöwerling. Binding rubbed; some light foxing and faint stains; very good copy. 12mo contemporary calf rebacked gilt rules and lettering. An uncommon and unusual novel written in the form of a memoir of seven days that two men the narrator and his guide Mr. Grey spend roaming the streets of London in search of answers about the morality and sanity of the world. They report on Londoners from all walks of life in their visits to banks the Stock Exchange coffee-houses Covent Garden St. James's "on a court-day" an auction house the Scientific Institute the British Museum and a "chapel for frail females" among many other places. The narrator and Mr. Grey discuss a multitude of subjects including fiction religion cruelty to animals and prostitution. And among the many conversations they record is one between a bookseller an author and two reviewers. Each evening they return to their inn to discuss that day's events and their conclusions about the moral madness of the world its follies and vices. The Insane World was apparently sufficiently popular that its author Thomas Williams 1755-1839 put his name on the title-page of a reissue in which there are also two pages inserted of excerpts from reviews. Modern bookplate of Mary Kenny on the front free endpaper. <br/><br/> London: Published by J. Hatchard and Williams and Co., 1818 unknown books
16398The Case of William Ball. Official Brutality on the Increase. London: Men's Political Union for Women's Enfranchisement 1912. 1 page. 11 x 8 ¾ in. Flyer publicizes the inhumane treatment suffered by a man jailed for supporting the women's suffrage movement. <br/><br/>Like many suffrage activists jailed at this time William Ball protested his imprisonment though hunger strike and the document details the forced feeding isolation and physical and mental torture sustained by a man jailed for just over a month before he was declared "insane." The documents calls for those "who care about freedom" to stand with the Men's Political Union oppose the atrocious government and fight to "secure the full and equal citizenship for the women of our country." Printed in green and purple ink referencing the official colors for many suffrage groups this handbill shows the solidarity and support that many men had for women's rights. Handling dents especially along right and bottom edges. Loss to bottom left corner. Some light scattered stains. Very good. unknown books
188640309London: John C. Nimmo 1886. Hardcover. Prefatory memoir by George Saintsbury. Illustrations by V.A. Poirson. Small 4to. Fall polished green calf with gilt rules compartments gilt spine lettering and decorations inner dentelles. xvi 291pp 23pp ads. All edges gilt. Numerous small color illustrations marbled endpapers. Very good. Spine slightly sunned to a golden color; hinges a tad delicate but holding. First of this illustrated edition. Superb copy of this scarce lovingly illustrated edition -- custom bound with the original brown decorated cloth spine and cloth front and rear panels bound in at rear. John C. Nimmo hardcover books
1833246869London: Charles Knight Pall-Mall East 1833. 168 engraved portraits. 7 vols. 8vo. Half lavender pebbled morocco. Some rubbing else very good. 7. 168 engraved portraits. 7 vols. 8vo. Charles Knight, Pall-Mall East unknown books
193012714Tokyo: T. Hasagawa 1930. Wraps. Near Fine. A lovely example of this uncommon offering in the "Japanese Fairy Tales" series published by T. Hasegawa of Tokyo circa 1930. Clean bright and Near Fine to Fine in its string-tied terrycloth with nicely-reproduced color woodblocks thruout. 64mo text rendered into English by the great Lafcadio Hearn. <br/><br/> T. Hasagawa paperback books
192726618London: Fortune Press 1927. Hardcover. Unpaginated #154/700 copies printed on handmade paper rubricated decorative borders by Geofroy Tory orange buckram cloth boards in a floral-pattern dj with a small piece of tape at the head of the spine. Publisher Caton so slavishly imitated the Nonesuch Press typography that the threat of a lawsuit forced him to surrender the run of this book to Nonesuch. Fortune Press hardcover books
18312221818<p>First edition. 6 1/4" x 4". Engraved frontispiece vignette on title page three full page plates and tail-piece are by Robert Cruishank. Full later brown morocco a.e.g. by Riviere front wrapper lacking; original yellow printed rear wrapper bound in. No dust jacket. Fine fresh clean copy. 36 pages. No signatures or bookplates.</p> Edward Moxon hardcover books
