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2221575<p>1924-1930. Temple edition. 5" x 4 1/4". Prefaces by Israel Gollancz. Frontispieces. Later 3/4 gilt stamped tan calf red and green spine labels by Sangorski & Sutcliffe London for Dutton's New York. Marble endpapers. Very good minor rubbing at edges. 19 volumes.</p><p>An attractive set.</p> J. M. Dent hardcover books
1589D15147London 1589. First Edition thus. Full Calf. Near Fine. Small folio 10 3/4 x 7 1/2 in.; 274 X 191 mm. Text in parallel columns 56 lines to the full column: Rheims New Testament printed in roman type on the left the Bishops' version in italics on the right both divided in verses all arguments marginal notes and other annotations of the Rheims NT printed at the end interspersed with the confutations title within woodcut border woodcut initials head and tailpieces. Eighteenth-century Cambridge-style mottled calf; expertly rebacked to period style red morocco lettering pieces mottling oxidized. An exceptionally nice copy of the first edition of Fulke's refutation of the arguments and accusations contained in the Catholic New Testament which was edited chiefly by Gregory Martin and printed at Rheims in 1582. The Rheims New Testament and the Bishops' version are here printed in full side by side with Fulke's commentary at the end of each chapter. This tandem printing "secured for the former a publicity which it would not otherwise have obtained and was indirectly responsible for the marked influence which Rheims exerted on the Bible of 1611" Herbert <br/><br/> unknown books
163324066London: Pr. by Augustine Mathewes one of the assignes of Hester Ogden 1633. Folio 33.3 cm 13.25". Frontis. engr. t.-p. 58 912 18 25 1 206 2 17 1 blank pp. <br><br>When the Jesuit scholars at Rheims succeeded in printing their Catholic translation of the New Testament into English first edition 1582 the event affected various English Protestant scholars in different ways: Some were offended or outraged others intrigued and yet others spurred to action. William Fulke of Pembroke College Cambridge was among those offended outraged and spurred: In 1589 he produced the first edition of his work attempting to refute the Rheims New Testament. His approach however which was to print the Rheims NT in parallel columns with the Bishops' NT the then accepted version of the Church of England supplying accompanying notes and explanations had unforeseen consequences.<br>Â Â Â Â As Darlow and Moule comment "by printing the Rheims Testament in full side by side with the Bishops' version Fulke secured for the former a publicity which it would not otherwise have obtained and was indirectly responsible for the marked influence which Rheims exerted on the Bible of 1611." Alan Thomas elaborates by observing that "many a dignified or felicitous phrase was silently lifted by the editors of King James's Version and thus passed into the language" Great Books and Book Collectors p. 108.<br>Â Â Â Â This is the fourth edition "wherein are many grosse absurdities corrected." A portrait of William Fulke precedes the engraved title-page both done by William Marshall. The Biblical text is followed as issued by Fulke's Defense of the Sincere and True Translation of the Holy Scriptures into the English Tongue against the Manifold Cavils Frivolous Quarrels and Impudent Slanders of Gregorie Martin. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â STC 2nd ed. 2947; Darlow & Moule 371; ESTC S121246; Herbert 480. Contemporary mottled calf covers framed and panelled in gilt double fillets with gilt-stamped corner fleurons spine with gilt-stamped leather title-label all edges gilt; binding rubbed leather moderately acid-pitted joints cracked rectangle of leather lost at upper inner corner of front cover. Lower edges of closed book rubber-stamped; free endpapers excised; lower outer corners lightly waterstained at rear; pages otherwise slightly age-toned but notably clean. A sound good copy. Pr. by Augustine Mathewes on[e] of the assignes of Hester Ogden hardcover books
184091198London: Charles Knight and Co 1840. 1st ed. Hardcover. Good. These volumes ONLY of 3. illustrations index xxxii 618 xii 643p. Original embossed green cloth with gilt camel on front covers. 25cm. Rebacked with most of original gilt-lettered and decorated backstrips mounted. scuffing with some modest spotting and wear. <br/><br/> Charles Knight and Co hardcover books
1794215352London: Debrett; Longman; Debrett; Debrett 1794. All but the last title first editions. 80; 6 42; 4 61 3; 4 32 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Three quarters blue polished calf gilt spine t.e.g. Upper cover detached. All but the last title first editions. 80; 6 42; 4 61 3; 4 32 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Debrett; Longman; Debrett; Debrett unknown books
1784WRCAM44794London 1784. 23pp. Modern speckled calf by Sangorski and Sutcliffe spine gilt. Fine. Issued in the wake of the loss of the American colonies this anonymous work urges a curb on the Royal prerogative and in favor or greater Parliamentary power. Addressed to William Pitt the Younger who had just become Prime Minister and making specific references to the situation of the East India Company. unknown books
19052222079<p>First edition. Octavo. Multi colored pictorial title page. Illustrations with numerous b/w designs and vignettes by Adolfo De'Nesti. Pictorial endpapers. Original vellum spine over grey boards t.e.g. uncut. No dust jacket. Very good light rubbing. 123 pages. No signatures or bookplates.</p><p>Printed by Turnbull & Spears Edinburgh.</p> Alfred Bartlett hardcover 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
2222197<p>1923 First Doran printing with their logo and figure I on copyright page. Original orange cloth with two large pictorial label on front and back cover the artwork signed T-N. Also with vignette by same artist on title page. No dust jacket. Very good tight copy. 313 pages. No signatures or bookplates.</p><p>With small label of Newbegins San Francisco.</p><p>Bramahs' story "The Missing Witness Sensation" was filmed as "The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes" in 1971.</p> George H. Doran Company hardcover books
197721518Dublin: The Gallery Press 1977. First edition first prnt. The simultaneous hardcover issue. Publisher's price and isbn stickers on front flap as issued with bookstore price sticker over the publisher's sticker. Dublin bookstore pagemarker laid-in. Cloth backstrip ends with very slight shelfwear. Near Fine condition in a Near Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. No. 33 of the Gallery Press's books edited by Peter Fallon. Clifton's first full collection of poems. First Edition. Hardcovers. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The Gallery Press Hardcover books
191633172London: James Truscott and Son 1916. Paperback. Very good. 20pp. Rubbed and darkened overall else very good in publisher's stapled wraps. <br/><br/> James Truscott and Son paperback 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
162927807London: Printed for the Company of Stationers 1629. Title within woodcut historiated border512 15 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Full contemporary olive morocco 2 gilt outer panels with gilt-stamped lozenge on upper and lower cover ties lost black leather title lanbel a.e.g. Signed on back free-endppaer "Mary Crosse/Mary Crosse/ Her Booke/1678. Title within woodcut historiated border512 15 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Printed for the London Company of Stationers the organization that policed the London print trade. This book bears a near-contemporary ownership inscription by a woman implying that this copy at least was owned personally and used outside of church. Printed for the Company of Stationers unknown books
19761311965Amsterdam: Paddington Press Ltd 1976. Hardcover. Small quarto; pp 240; G/G; black spine with yellow text; dust jacket has minor chipping to edges; slight rubbing to exterior; cloth shows minimal wear to exterior; strong boards; text block has soiled exterior edges; light pencil to endpapers; light ink to rear pastedown; interior clean; profusely illustrated with many photographs. 1311965. FP New Rockville Stock. Paddington Press Ltd hardcover books
198622310San Francisco: Gay Sunshine Press 1986. Paperback. 127p. very good first US edition trade paperback in pictorial wraps. Poetry. Gay Sunshine Press paperback 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
200639469NY:: Pantheon. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2006. Hardcover. 0375424083 . First printing. Fine in a very near fine price clipped dust jacket. . Pantheon, hardcover books
19699014499University Alabama: University of Alabama Press 1969. 1st. Hardcover. Fine condition / Near fine condition dust jacket. The dust jacket has minor wear to the extremities. <br/><br/> University of Alabama Press hardcover books
1827WRCLIT72810London: John Murray 1827. 284pp. Disbound. Several faint old stamps of a mercantile library occasional foxing and minor spotting but near very good. First edition. A curious work the narrative in verse appearing on pp. 151-191 with the extended preface up through p.151 being concerned with establishing reform and pp.191 to the end being a record of the evidence and proceedings in the 1825 Lord's Committee hearings and other matters. Uncommon. OCLC: 6206989. BRADSHAW 7908. John Murray unknown books
1997Embry 193955Simon & Schuster 1997. Later printing. Fine in fine dust jacket in mylar cover. Signed by Todd English. Simon & Schuster, 1997. Later printing. unknown books
1938119827New York: Leo Feist 1938. Sheet_music. 6p. 9x12 inches lyrics in Spanish and English sheet music in lightly-worn pictorial wraps. The Mexican American composer had a number of hits from the 1920s until her return to Mexico in 1949 most notably "What a Difference a Day Makes Leo Feist unknown books
33696Jacobi responds to Mosel's letter about "Two Richards" and "Discovering Hamlet." And notes that he has just had a long run of Anouilh's "Becket. unknown books
19492221628<p>First American edition so stated; "C-Y" March 1949. Octavo. Dust jacket unclipped with Price $3.00; two small chips; few small nicks and short tears; rubbing. Very good. 343 pages.</p><p>Pencil signature of Milton Merlin on the front free endpaper.</p><p>Advance review copy with publisher's slip laid in loose with publication date April 13 1949.</p><p>First published in U.K. in 1942 but in 1949 in U.S.</p> Harper & Brothers hardcover books
1977042365Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Society 1977. viii. 98p. b/w illus. original stiff printed wrappers Indiana Historical Society publications 25:3. Indiana Historical Society unknown books
199631679Westport: Greenwood Press. As New. 1996. Hardcover. 0313295050 . Part of the Critical Companions to Popular Contemporary Writers series. First printing. As new in glossy printed boards. No dust jacket as issued. . Greenwood Press hardcover books
