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19919005NY:: Ecco Press 1991. First edition first prnt. Glossy pictoral wraps. No hardcover issue. Selected with Introduction by Hall. Publisher's mailing card laid in as issued. Signed by Hall on the title page. One in Ecco's "Essential Authors" series. Unread copy in Fine condition. Unusual as such. Signed. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine/Not Issued. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Ecco Press Paperback books
19071317605New York: The Century Co 1907. Reprinted. Hardcover. Octavo; G/no-DJ; red spines with gilt text; 4 volumes: vol. 1 pp 336; vol. 2 pp 318; vol. 3 Memoirs of pp 307; vol. 4 pp 326; cloths show moderate wear to exteriors showing light rubbing to exteriors; some soiling to spines; some rubbing to corners; text blocks have top edges gilt; deckled fore edges; minor chips to few pages; frontispieces with tissue guards; interiors have some foxing to few pages; illustrated; additional shipping may be necessary due to size/weight restrictions for international/expedited orders;. 1317605. FP New Rockville Stock. The Century Co hardcover books
1870D11031England 1870s. Hardcover. Very Good. England Kent and Norfolk counties: c. 1871-1874. 8vo 175 x 115mm; 61 numbered pages in the hand of Charles W. Prescott detailing his various hunting excursions around the Kent countryside. Prescotts ownership inscription on front free-endpaper is dated 1871. His entries are easily read and cover Prescotts adventures on hunting hares with a skulk of foxes writing Found another in the same field ran her straight back to Old Park round the pond and the pack hunted her beautifully . Dec. 16 1871. The hunts took place over sprawling village and countryside or as he describes hop-gardens hills and ploughs of land in the Herne Bay area of Kent England. Many entries are headed by recognizable locations; Stroud Park Broomfield Hilsborough Wolston Heath and Chislet Mill and are dated with month and sometimes year. Only a portion of the way full his entries span about three years the first dated: Oct. 19 71 Stroud Park and last March 25 1874. Contemporary black morocco marbled endpapers and marbled endpapers with original brass clasp faint splitting at lower hinge of first few leaves strengthened at endpapers corners rubbed otherwise in very good shape especially considering it was wielded around so much of the Kentish countryside. Prescott makes many personal anecdotes about his day noting things in his surroundings like scent moderate or adding his opinions we could not kill I think we should have but the sun was too hot. Prescott often ends the entries with jotting down the days weather as something like very indifferent but as good as could be expected with a very cold east wind or simply stating Frost. It is evident from Prescotts personal asides that he was a vigilant huntsman quite dedicated to the task. Further personal glimpses reveal a record of his horses charming names including Salt Fish and Molly Malone. At the time Prescott was taking these notes Herne Bay area and the Kentish villages would have been teeming with people. The Victoria era was one of prosperity when elite English folk flocked to popular destinations to partake in their favorite pastimes. From 1873 on in the journal Prescott notes he was hunting with Pytchley by writing their name in parentheses. The Pytchley hunt is an organization originally based in Northamptonshire in formation as early at the 1630s. The organization is still active today. Pytchleys website notes that from 1819-1873 right as Prescott began with Pytchley for one year the Althorp and Pytchley countries were hunted by one pack with a second pack established at Brigstock. Prescott was part of the famous hunt organization at a time when it was amid significant change and expansion. His notes may keep further clue of such growth. While the huntsman himself may be unknown to history the anecdotal evidence in Prescotts diary gives us a glimpse of the Victorian man fond of his sport. <br/><br/> hardcover books
185934522n.p. n.d. but Japan 1859. An interesting and instructive look at how the Japanese learned English in the generation following Admiral Perry's opening of Japan. 2 volumes in 1 oblong fukurotoji 5.5" x 8" approx. 198 french-fold pages sewn in the Japanese manner in contemporary and almost certainly original brown paper wrappers; minor working and wear but in all a very good and striking example of a Japanese student's workbook for the attainment of English. The book has apparently been copied from American primers published by A. S. Barnes in New York in 1857 and Sargent's School Primer Boston 1859; both contain a variety of reading and spelling lessons "especially adapted to the capacity and taste of young children. It is hoped that it will proved sic valuable introduction to the national series of school readers prepared by Richard G. Parker." Both Parker's and Sargent's primers were available in bi-lingual editions in the Japanese market. Might this be the manuscript from which a printer might have used to publish the Japanese editions Throughout the English text which has been carefully written in ink is often translated interlinearly in red ink with Japanese characters creating an attractive visual appearance on the page. Included are 3 pages of alphabets simple sentences often in rhyme "A cart for me / to ride and see / A ship at sea / with you and me." <br/><br/> unknown books
19581336848Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press 1958. Hardcover. Octavo; G/G-; light green spine with dark green text; Dumbarton Oaks Studies 3; dust jacket shows some foxing toward edges; chips to fore edges; otherwise slight wear to exterior; cloth clean; mildly bowed boards; text block edges have light foxing; previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown; frontispiece; interior pages unmarked; good binding; pp 327. 1336848. FP New Rockville Stock. Harvard University Press hardcover books
1990010483New York: Hemisphere Publishing Corp 1990. First English Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 8vo. 118pp. Text. Figures. Formulae. Index. Bound in red cloth boards with grey printed dust jacket. Hemisphere Publishing Corp unknown books
199633372NY: Cambridge University Press. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1996. Hardcover. 0521473640 . First edition. Book-plate on front paste-down else near fine in a fine dust jacket. . Cambridge University Press hardcover books
201820604St. Petersburg: Dmitry Sayenko; Nikodim 2018. Limited edition. Hardcover. Fine. Two volumes folio. Slipcased. One of 20 copies signed by Owens and Sayenko in the colophon. Prospectus laid in. The volumes are in fine as new condition; the slipcase has a tiny bump on one corner else is fine.<br/> <br/>The main volume 56pp hardcover is in full grey linen with a linocut paste-on and brass corners. Tan endpapers. All pages of handmade paper and uncut replete with linocuts taken directly from the blocks and in multiple colors with the text letterpress deeply printed on dampened paper with Baskerville type. <br/> <br/>Volume 2 is also folio and in handmade paper wraps the upper wrap with a linocut of Gawain and Ragnell taken from the block and title by letterpress in red. 28pp. The text is printed offset on ivory machine-made paper and contains the complete Romance as transcribed from the sole manuscript by Frederick Madden and rendered into modern English by James J. Owens keeping the original cadence and rhyme schemes.<br/> <br/>The artist explains the first volume: loose pages in an attic from an old book some chewed by rats. The owner realizing they are from the same book puts them together as best he can even though some of the pages are artfully torn by the artist to imitate the effects of rats gnawing through paper.<br/> <br/>This is the story of Gawain and the Loathly Lady Dame Ragnell. For Arthur's sake and safety Gawain wed her and when he did exactly the right thing the spell was broken she shed her ugliness and became beautiful. The sovereignty of women was the key.<br/> <br/>Dmitry Sayenko is a Russian printmaker and book artist. His works are in private collections and in special collections in Russia Germany and England among others. For this bit of artistry he cut over 50 blocks made the paper printed it with text and illustrations while damp and bound the books. The deep impression of the illustrations and the text on the handmade paper are superbly satisfying. His renderings of a morose Arthur a gallant Gawain a Lady with ugliness to spare and finally the beauty in the ending: these are a perfect match for the text. Dmitry Sayenko; Nikodim hardcover books
19392222164<p>First American edition from English sheets. Octavo. Two page preface. Dust jacket unclipped; some small chips; short tears. Very good. 96 pages.</p><p>With rubber stamped bookplate of Selma & Dan Brenner.</p> Random House hardcover books
19861340358Milan: Cinisello Balsamo 1986. Hardcover. Quarto; VG-/VG-; off-white spine with black text; dust jacket has very slight exterior wear; cloth shows lightly toned head and tail edges; strong boards; text block exterior edges shows mild toning; profusely illustrated; pp 127; arts- Collections. 1340358. FP New Rockville Stock. Cinisello Balsamo hardcover books
1977126184Philadelphia Pennsylvania: University of Pennsylvania Press 1977. Hardbound. VG cover and pages crisp and fresh owner's mark on free endpaper of each volume. Tan cloth on boards with embossing and burgundy cloth spine 2-volume set in tan board envelope Vol. 1: xxix 248 pp Vol. 2: 4 pp 250-531 several BW images per volume. Autobiography from age 14-22 of Isaac Mackey 1822-1855. He was from the introduction a lawyer editor historian politician musician translator inventor and diarist.Isaac Mackey not only reveals his own precocious gifts but also illuminates the years in which he wrote. University of Pennsylvania Press unknown books
200233853Manchester: Manchester University Press. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2002. Hardcover. 0719061563 . First printing. Remainder mark on top edge book-plate on front paste-down else near fine in a fine dust jacket. . Manchester University Press hardcover books
1994162535Taibei 1994. 83p. mostly photographs text in Chinese and English very good in wraps inscribed by the artist in Chinese next to her photo on the page facing the table of contents. Collection of colorful and often three-dimensional works of art formed from dyed and carved leather. unknown books
200332812NY: Cambridge University Press. As New. 2003. Hardcover. 0521820065 . First edition. As new in like dust jacket. Still in original shrinkwrap. . Cambridge University Press hardcover books
186912056NY: Putnam & Son 1869. First edition second issue. 12mo.; 63pp. 1. Cloth. Both Howes and Clark call for 62pp. in the first issue. Clark also calls for 23 engraved views while Howes calls for a 62 panel folding viewbook. This issue has no illustrations. The NUC locates just 3 copies of this issue and 16 of the first issue. Near fine. CLARK NEW SOUTH I 136 HOWES S23. <br/><br/> Putnam & Son 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
20061324204New York and Boston: Little Brown and Company 2006. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Square Octavo; unpaginated; VG-; black spine with multicolored text; no jacket; cloth has mild wear to exterior; strong boards; text block clean; profusely illustrated;. 1324204. FP New Rockville Stock. Little, Brown and Company hardcover books
200532142San Francisco: Chronicle Books. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2005. Hardcover. 0811842460 . First printing thus. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Chronicle Books hardcover books
605948<p>1. Man in bed being served tea by his man servant. 2. Man in a wheelchair at the seaside being pushed by his servant while passing a male pedestrian. On tan mount with red ruled border. Signed in pencil "John Leech" 6 7/8" x 5 1/4" on mount 7 3/4" x 6 1/4". Very good.</p> unknown books
20181680London: The Everyday Press 2018. Pink silk screen paper covers. Near fine. 42 x 30 cm. Limited Edition 75 copies - Artist Proof. Lavish and lovingly produced by artist Simon Popper with handwritten recipes by Jeremy Lee using potatoes as the main ingredients. Includes hand painted title bands on pink coloured paper covers each Potato insert was cut hand tinted and tipped in individually. Jeremy Lee known for his dedication to British seasonal produce and simple but delicious cuisine has been at the helm of the Quo Vadis in Soho since 2012. <br/><br/> The Everyday Press unknown 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
19312222129<p>First edition. Octavo. Frontispiece. 24 illustrations include 9 illustrations of his paintings. White parchment boards stamped in red. Dust jacket a few chips and old repair on verso. Very good. 275 pages.</p><p>Printed by Tipografia Giuntina Florence.</p><p>From the library of noted "Gone With The Wind" Hollywood director George Cukor with his Paul Landacre Bookplate on the front pastedown.</p> G. Orioli hardcover books
176030339In the Savoy: Printed by Catherine Lintot Law Printer to the King's most Excellent Majesty; for W. Owen 1760. First edition. xii 354 6 357-468. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary blind stamped calf more recent red leather title label. Nice copy. Bookplate of Dn. Pedro Forstall. First edition. xii 354 6 357-468. 1 vols. 8vo. Gilbert who died in 1726 was highly lauded by Blackstone. The final two sections on Debt and the Constitution are of great interest o. Printed by Catherine Lintot, Law Printer to the King's most Excellent Majesty; for W. Owen unknown books
1948304942<p>First edition. 4to. Chosen and arranged with a preface by Richard Buxton. Title page and about 20 wood engravings by Iain Macnab. 3/4 brown morocco over tan cloth by Evans of Croydon gilt stamped spine and upper cover uncut and partly unopened some light foxing to edges of page. Dust jacket unclipped; chip at head of spine; toning; few nicks. Very good. 54 pages. Selection of 63 poems. Number 92 with number later crossed out of 300 copies printed by the Dropmore Press.</p> Dropmore 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
