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19147040London: Philip Lee Warner Publisher to the Medici Society 1914. First thus. Fine. One of 500 copies on paper twelve copies on vellum were also produced printed by C.T Jacobi and published for the Medici Society by Philip Lee Warner. Original full limp vellum binding titled in gilt and retaining the original fore-edge ties. Quarto. xv 1 88 pp. Printed on handmade paper in the signature Riccardi Press typeface. With ornaments and ten mounted color plates including frontispiece by Frederick Cayley Robinson 1862 - 1927 each with a printed tissue guard. Title-page lettering by Edith M. Engall. Ink gift inscription dated 1918 and mid-twentieth century ink ownership signature to upper flyleaf. A Fine bright copy.<br /> <br /> Frederick Cayley Robinson 1862 - 1927 was an accomplished painter and illustrator. His painting The Death of Abel held at the Musée d'Orsay in Paris is considered his most enduring work. "This work was the source of an illustration for The Book of Genesis published by the Riccardi Press in 1914; together with another masterpiece The Death of Rachel it constitutes his finest achievement as a book illustrator" ODNB. Robinson's illustrations for The Book of Genesis epitomize his melancholy style which reflected the influence of both ornate art deco aesthetics and the somber clarity of the Symbolist movement. Fine. Philip Lee Warner, Publisher to the Medici Society unknown
177828314London: Printed for G. Kearsly 1778 1778. First edition all published. ESTC P2575; NCBEL II 1305. Head of the spine chipped; edges and hinges a little rubbed; very good sound copy. Folio contemporary brown smooth calf red morocco spine label five raised bands gilt lettering. Engraved title-page and 123 engraved copper plates. A complete run of 42 issues of an illustrated magazine published by George Kearsly between 1774 and 1777 intended to display and celebrate the art of copperplate engraving. Each of the 123 examples is accompanied by a leaf of explanatory text. The subjects include portraits 25 English and 16 French - all men historical events mythology and fables 40 plates including several dedicated to scenes from Telemachus and views of important castles houses and other picturesque structures and places 42 plates including two of Strawberry Hill. At least 12 engravers were involved among them Thomas Cook Thomas Ryder William Sharp William Walker Charles Grignion the Younger John Hall William Watts Valentine Green and Joseph Collyer. The final leaf of text has directions to the binder for the arrangement of the plates which the binder of this volume adhered to perfectly. The Copper Plate Magazine was a perfect candidate for breakers and grangerizers and complete volumes are uncommon today. Contemporary bookplate on the front paste-down of John Chaloner Smith and later bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst. London: Printed for G. Kearsly, 1778 unknown
1770WRCLIT66987Oxford: Printed by T. Wright and W. Gill . 1770. Not paginated. A8-3C5 †A8 -†M4 3D8-3S6. Thick octavo. Contemporary unlettered red morocco spine gilt extra covers with gilt roll of vines at edges with oval black morocco central inlay with the sacred monogram and cross within a gilt sunburst a.e.g. marbled endsheets. Vertical crack in spine with shallow losses at crown and toe front binder's blank detached but present rear inner hinge cracking after free endsheet some wear to joints and forecorners; still a good internally fresh and crisp copy. An attractive octavo printing including the Apocrypha. Wright and Gill printed an edition in folio the same year. A highly likely association copy of some interest signed on the front binder's blank "Sarah S. Villiers 1804" probably Sarah Sophia Child-Villiers 1785-1867 Countess of Jersey and with the earlier signature of "Sarah Child 1779" her mother Sarah Anne Child 1764-1793. Sarah Childs married Lord Villiers on 23 May 1804. As heir to Child's Bank and to the property at Osterley Park she brought considerable resources to the marriage and was engaged as an active partner at the bank. She exerted influence in political circles and was prominent socially sufficient to provide models for fictional characters in novels by Disraeli and Lady Caroline Lamb. ESTC T91638. DARLOW & MOULE HERBERT 1206. Printed by T. Wright and W. Gill ... unknown books
1792WRCLIT76093London: Printed for Bellamy and Roberts 1792. Four volumes bound in six. Quarto. Contemporary unlettered calf marbled endsheets spines gilt. Plates and maps some folding. Institutional bookplate and early gift inscriptions hinges cracked but still holding spine ends chipped scattered foxing and tanning burn scar to lower board of first volume scrape to spine of sixth volume. Still a sound useful set amenable to cosmetics. First edition of Thomas Scott's edition of the English Bible first published in 174 weekly numbers spanning 1788-92. The enterprise contributed to the bankruptcy of the publisher and Scott was saddled with considerable debt but his commentary has been described as "the greatest theological performance of our age and country" - Sir James Stephen quoted by Herbert. The title calls for a Concordance and accompaniments which does not appear in this set -- according to Herbert it is usually the separate 3rd edition of Powell's 1792 concordance and was published as a separate accompaniment in quarto format and in 8vo both as standalones. Given the binding configuration of this set it usually appears in four volumes it is possible that this set was bound up from the parts issue. The New Testament is bound in two volumes with general title in 1st volume only and what usually appears as volume one is here present in two volumes with the general title in the first and the second beginning with Ruth. ESTC locates three sets: BL Newport Central and Washington State. HERBERT 1366. ESTC T95096. Printed for Bellamy and Roberts unknown books
1898010053London: W. Griggs Chromo-Lithographer to Her Majesty the Queen 1898 Limited Edition this being No. 201 of 300 Copies issued for Private Circulation. Lxxxiii 144pp printed on rectos only 65pp printed on rectos only and being in Amharic text printed on hard stock paper. Collated and complete with 33 b/w illustrations and 92 chromo-lithographic plates as called for colours still bright. OVERSIZED measuring 12 1/2 inches tall by 10 1/2 inches wide and 3 3/4 inches thick. Bound in the original blind stamped leather done in an Ethiopian style top edges gilt other edges marbled. Covers in Good Condition internally in Very Good Condition front cover detached foxing on back preliminary pages upper/lower spine edges shows some loss. Valerie Lady Meux 1852-1910 was a character in her own right being a banjo playing barmaid that married Sir Henry Bruce Meux 3rd Baronet who came from one of Britain's richest brewing dynasties - Meux's Brewery. The original Ethiopian manuscripts were brought back from the Abyssinian Campaign by a British officer who sold them to the antiquarian book dealer in London Bernard Quaritch. They were then purchased by Lady Meux and reproduced by E. A. Wallis Budge on her behalf. W. Griggs, Chromo-Lithographer to Her Majesty the Queen hardcover
196930347London: Faber and Faber 1969. First edition first prnt. Inscribed by Heaney on the title page. "to _ at Pace University Seamus Heaney with good wishes. May 1983." Dustjacket with a short closed tear at the spine top edge not immediately apparent. Fine condition in a Near Fine dustjacket. A very nice copy of Heaney's second book. Inscribed and Dated By Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Faber and Faber Hardcover books
196930347London: Faber and Faber 1969. First edition first prnt. Inscribed by Heaney on the title page. "to _ at Pace University Seamus Heaney with good wishes. May 1983." Dustjacket with a short closed tear at the spine top edge not immediately apparent. Fine condition in a Near Fine dustjacket. A very nice copy of Heaney's second book. Inscribed and Dated By Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Faber and Faber Hardcover
1934604714<p>"A.E. Housman" in black fountain pen ink Trinity College Cambridge December 7 1934. 1 page with integral leaf. 4 1/2" 7". Together with the original holograph mailing envelope postmarked Cambridge December 7 1934. Very good. To R. Lane - Latimer New York City: In part: ". . .I did not know Ernest Dowson. . ." No in The Letters edited by Maas. Ernest Dowson the poet 1867-1900.</p> unknown books
205934New York: Steidl / Whitney Museum 2003. First edition thus. Oblong hardcover. Limited edition one of 75 numbered copies of this new edition of Meiselas' classic first book. An intimate but gritty collection of black and white photographs. Features text by Sylvia Wolf and Deirdre English. Includes 78 black and white images and an audio cd that features a 1977 interview with Meiselas. A fine copy in black cloth boards and in a fine dust jacket and in a fine cloth covered slipcase. Signed and numbered by Meiselas. Includes an original gelatin silver photograph of "Shortie on The Bally." Photograph is in fine condition and in a mat affixed to a cloth chemise and is signed by Meiselas as well. Steidl / Whitney Museum unknown
175235540London: A. Millar 1752. First English language edition. Hardcover. vg. Large octavo. 4 376 2 388pp. Modern half calf over marbled paper covered boards with gold lettering and ruling on spines. All edges green. Gibbs' scarce English version of Osorio's important history of Portuguese exploration featuring Vasco da Gama Magellan Cabral Albuquerque and others. Osorio was well-regarded in his day as a stylist of Latin earning the sobriquet 'the Portuguese Cicero.' Previous owner's stamp on inside of each title page. Binding and interior in overall very good condition. A. Millar hardcover
200172073Guernsey Great Britian United Kingdom: London River Editions Limited 2001. Presumed first edition/first printing thus. Hardcover. Near fine. Text is in English and Farsi. 114 pages in English approximately the same number in Farsi. Color illustrations. Footnotes some appear to be in Russian. Volume One only. There is a second volume with a slightly different title with a different translator different place of publication.--offered separately. Tajik is a general designation for a wide range of Persian-speaking people of Iranian origin with traditional homelands in present-day Tajikistan Afghanistan and Uzbekistan. As a self-designation the term Tajik which earlier on had been more or less pejorative has become acceptable only during the last several decades particularly as a result of Soviet administration in Central Asia. The Samanid Empire also known as the Samanid dynasty. The Samanid state was founded by four brothers; Nuh Ahmad Yahya and Ilyas-each of them ruled their own territory under Abbasid suzerainty. In 892 Isma'il ibn Ahmad 892-907 united the Samanid state under one ruler thus effectively putting an end to the feudal system used by the Samanids. It was also under him that the Samanids became independent of Abbasid authority. Emomali Rahmon born 5 October 1952 is a Tajik politician who has served as President of Tajikistan or its equivalent post since 1992. During the early years of his presidency Rahmon faced a civil war in which up to 100000 people died. In 2013 he was elected to a fourth term in office. In March 2007 Rahmonov changed his surname to Rahmon getting rid of the Russian-style "-ov" ending. Rahmon explained that he had done so out of respect for his cultural heritage. Following the move scores of governments officials members of parliament and civil servants around the country removed Russian-style patronymics and "-ov" endings from their surnames. Rahmon is a Sunni Muslim and he has frequently stressed his Muslim background even though his administration is engaged in a relentless campaign against public displays of Islamic devotion. During a 2010 Organisation of the Islamic Conference session hosted in Dushanbe Rahmon spoke against what he deemed was the misuse of Islam toward political ends claiming that "Terrorism terrorists have no nation no country no religion . Using the name 'Islamic terrorism' only discredits Islam and dishonors the pure and harmless religion of Islam." London River Editions Limited hardcover
1822520632 vol. in-12 reliure fin XIXe demi-chagrin vert, dos à 4 nerfs orné, tranches ocelées, J. Robins & Co, London, Tome I ; 1822, 226 pp. and 1 leave, with 10 coloured etchings,including the engraved title ; Tome II : 1819, 230 pp. and 1 leave, with 10 coloured etchings,including the engraved title ;Tome III : 1819, 222 pp. and 1 leave, with 10 coloured etchings,including the engraved title ; 1820, 226 pp. and 1 leave with 10 coloured etchings,including the engraved title
1971143809Gambit Incorporated. Boston 1971. 207, (1) pages. Original cloth binding and an illustrated dustjacket. Good condition. 22x15 cm
First English edition, 2 parts in one, folio (290 x 190 mm), 2 vols., in one, [26], 162, 175, [5], 40, [8], 41-156, 153-236pp, additional engraved title to first volume, by Renold Elstracke, woodcut decorative initials and head-pieces, separate printed title page to part two, engraved title soiled, repair to blank margin and slight fraying to margins, a couple of small worm pin holes throughout, slightly larger worm track to final 20 leaves, light water-staining to upper portion of leaves towards the end of part one, penultimate leaf to part two creased with closed tear repair, terminal leaf with loss to upper and lower corners effecting several lines of text, repaired with archival paper, nineteenth-century half reversed calf, marbled boards. Wing, B2936.
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
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
GOR008630125Paperback. Very Good. paperback
19742021569Franklin Center PA: The Franklin Mint 1974 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Quarto 1480 pages sculpted sterling silver covers in velvet chemise in publisher's clamshell paper box scuffed with its quarto Prospectus octavo Supplementary Notes typed letter from the Mint Suggestions for the Care of Your Franklin Mint Family Bible and a special leather bookmark but lacking the silver polishing cloth. Calligrapher's inked name for the original purchaser in the Family Records preceding the Bible. Note: WorldCat cites only one copy of this. <br /><br />This is the very special deluxe edition of the King James Version of the Bible in English in a very special binding containing 12 ounces of sterling silver with a cross on top and bottom on the top are the sculpted images of the Four Evangelists: Mark Matthew Luke and John. The design was done by Barcelona silversmith Oriol Sunyer. The illustrations are reproduced - for the first time in a printed book - from the priceless original manuscript in the British Library which was executed in the mid-14th century. "As the most extensively illustrated of all surviving medieval psalters the Queen Mary Psalter is a unique treasure. . The Queen Mary style is one of the three main styles of English painting in the Middle Gothic period which encompasses the years 1280 - 1380. . Of particular interest in the development of the Queen Mary style is the fact that it can be traced to a single artist the Master of the Queen Mary Psalter." The Franklin Mint hardcover
1787D15093London: printed for C. Taylor 1787. First Edition. Full Leather. Near Fine. Two volumes in contemporary calf elegantly rebacked in light tan calf with dark brown morocco labels raised bands spine compartments gilt. 8 x 7 inches 20.5 x 18 cm; various paginations with 45 and 50 superb engravings respectively including engraved titles the latter count including the ten engraved landscapes largely stipple-engraved plates executed by Taylor and Ogborne mostly after designs by Samuel Shelley and Robert Smirke. Originally issued in parts the work is rarely found complete with all plates. As the publishers state "Gentlemen may bind any numbers together to make a volume and in any order they please" as a consequence of which few copies have the full quota of plates. The authors represented include Shakespeare Milton Pope Gay Burns Goldsmith and others. <br/><br/> printed for C. Taylor hardcover
186413347London: Longman Green Longman Roberts & Green 1864. 4to 29.5 cm 11.75". Frontis. iiixvi 540 pp.; illus. <br><br>First edition and one of 250 large paper copies printed of this lavishly illustrated quintessentially Victorian Bible. The decorations and initials were drawn and engraved by Henry Shaw who also supervised the engravings of the illustrations after Leonardo da Vinci Titian Raphael and other Italian masters; engravers involved with the project included F. Anderson James Cooper Messrs. Dalziel W.T. Green William Linton and many others all of whom labored mightily in this attempt to reproduce the feel of a 16th-century production.<br>Â Â Â Â Binding: Signed reddish-brown morocco binding by Root & Son with covers and spine gilt extra; extremely wide and handsome turn-ins elaborately gilt tooled.<br>Â Â Â Â Provenance: Front fly-leaf with attractively inked gift inscription to the Rev. John Francis O'Hern the third Bishop of Rochester NY dated 1929. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Not in Darlow & Moule. Leather with light restoration; front pastedown with traces of a now-absent bookplate. Small area of front joint outside expertly resealed/repaired; the weight of this substantial volume dictates storage on the volume's back not its lower edge. => A lavishly produced Victorian New Testament in an impressive binding. Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, & Green hardcover books
180320435London: F. And C. Rivington. 1803. Early Edition. Later Printing. Hard Cover. Good in No Dust Jacket dust jacket. F. And C. Rivington hardcover
19207573United Kingdom 1920. Quarto-sized spring-back binder 29 x 24 cm. 10 84 pages numbered by hand. Detailed table of contents. Title from cover. Many leaves are carbon with a few the original and most leaves have a few holograph edits. Paper watermarked "Silver Line". An illustrated advertisement for the "Rekarts Instantaneous Spring Back Binder" pasted-down to front interior binding panel. Laid-in is an original photograph 20.5 x 16 cm. signed by the photographer "Thos. Tindall Hancock" the subject of the photo is presumably the compiler R.H. Murphy. ~ A "manuscript" cookbook with more than three hundred eighty recipes in ditto or mimeograph alternating blue or black ink many with holograph edits. Based on the style of edits textual and not culinary and the detailed Table of Contents it seems likely this was a compilation being prepared for publication. We have not however been able to identify a published work that corresponds with this text. After the nine page table of contents listing all the recipes there are three pages of miscellaneous remarks on cooking followed by sections on soups fish breakfast dishes joints and meats sweets and puddings iced sweets sweets and puddings and desserts again savouries vegetables sauces liquids juices and jams and cakes and breads. Desserts or sweets are the vast majority of recipes. Another section "Knitting and Miscellaneous" though referred to in the table of contents is missing. A range of recipes from various traditions is included spellings original: Mulligtawn soup palestine soup becamel of chicken Ketcherei with Finnan Haddock lobster a la Neuberg a breakfast cold chicken cream in aspic Neapolitan eggs hashed mutton beef galantine sardine fritters devils on horseback angels on horseback Welsh rabbit Mrs. Dunsmuir's Prize cake Sally Lunn Jessica's eggless cake a faroli souffle chocolate drops. Some recipes are labeled "War" likely wartime recipes which would at least provide an earliest date as during or post-WWI. Attributions are given for some recipes "Alice" "Gwen" "Francis" "Olivia" "Dorothy" "Margaret" "Jessica" "Mrs. Allen" "Dr. Lumsden" "Mrs. Freeman Plymouth" "Miss Fyfe" "Alice Monroe" "Mrs. Hall" "Nonnie Bennett" etc. The frequent use of first names indicates a casualness not seen in most earlier compilations. ~ In a brown pebbled cloth-covered spring-back binder gilt-titled on the front board. Some light soil to some text leaves and some closed tears to edges of interior folder. Light dusting to boards other wise very good. hardcover books
18301891London 1830. Lithograph with hand coloring in watercolor on cream wove paper 12 1/4 x 9 5/16 inches 312 x 235 mm full margins. In good condition with some light areas of minor foxing throughout. Hand coloring is extensive and vibrant. An ass wears his Lord Mayor's gown and chain over court dress with big bows on his shoulders. Published in November 1830 this anthropomorphic satirical caricature is of Sir John Key 1st Baronet 16 August 1794 - 14 July 1858 who was a wholesale stationer and Whig politician in England. He was elected Sheriff of the City of London in 1824 and Lord Mayor of London for two years from 1830 to 1832. <br /> <br /> An uncolored impression of this work may be found in the permanent collection of the British Museum accession No. 16302. unknown
18201889London 1820. Lithograph with handcoloring in watercolor 9 x 6 1/2 inches 230 x 165 mm full margins. Light pencil inscriptions in the lower margins which are largely illegible. Light handling wear and some surface soiling otherwise in good condition with beautiful saturated watercolor work in the area of the subject's face. Whitehead's brother Philip was employed by the Bank of England from 1797 to 1810. During his employment at the Bank Philip Whitehead "adopted an extravagant lifestyle" and evidence came to light that he had defrauded Robarts & Co. by "forging an acceptance to a Bill." He was charged with forgery in 1811 and executed on 29 January 1812. The news of her brother's conviction was kept from his sister Sarah as long as possible. Learning of the execution Sarah Whitehead's mental health became unstable and she began to visit the Bank daily asking if Phillip was there. This continued until 1818 when the Directors offered Whitehead a financial grant on the condition that she stopped coming to the bank. Whitehead wore black crepe clothing which was a sign of mourning and as a result became known as the "Black Nun." To this day Whitehead's ghost reputedly haunts the Bank of England as well as the area on Threadneedle Street nearby. The myth of Whitehead's ghost appears in the poem New Year Letter by W. H. Auden. unknown
187516765London: Longmans Green and Co. Near Fine with No dust jacket as issued. 1875. Reprint. Leather. Beautifully bound in brown half morocco over marbled boards spines in six compartments separated by raised bands gilt lettering in two compartments intricate gilt tooling in the remainder gilt borders on covers marbled endpapers all edges marbled. This collection was edited by Lord Macaulay's sister Lady Trevelyan. NB Thomas Babington Macaulay 1st Baron Macaulay PC 1800 1859 was a British historian and Whig politician. He wrote extensively as an essayist and reviewer; his books on British history were hailed as literary masterpieces. He held political office as Secretary at War between 1839 and 1841 and Paymaster-General between 1846 and 1848. He played a major role in introducing English and western concepts to education in India. . All of the volumes are unmarked tight square and clean with only minor edgewear. This is a large and heavy 17 pounds set - additional shipping charges may apply. An extremely handsome set. NEAR FINE. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall . Longmans, Green, and Co. hardcover
