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1891149515Paris and Boston: Goupil & Co. and Estes & Lauriat 1891. Hardbound. VG or better fading to spine text but cover gilt and illustration clear and bright. Lithograsphed elaborate wrapsd contained in a silk colored wrap-around. Color lithographed frontispiece 102 pp. appx. 100 tissue-guarded photogravures. Text of this edition one of 250 copies is in English. Astounding plates. 93 paintings and 7 sculptures are illustrated. Vellum edition with plates on India paper. Far superior to the red cloth bound edition. Number 22 of 100 copies thus printed and bound. Goupil & Co. and Estes & Lauriat hardcover books
19072127London: Arthur L. Humphreys 1907. First edition thus. First edition thus. 12mo. Attractive full brown crushed morocco binding by Harcourt Bindery signed in pallet front dentelle with gilt border designs on covers and spine gilt dentelles. Slight wear to margins of spine else near fine. <br/><br/> Arthur L. Humphreys unknown books
1706028145London: Printed by H. Clark for R. Chiswell 1706. Octavo. . hand-colored frontispiece and nine other hand colored plates pictorial title page in red and black xii 308 pages. In the middle of the 19th century there was a taste for humor with issues of Punch and in books by Lewis Carroll and Gilbert A Beckett which often had symbolical or allegorical overtones. The puns in this volume often bring a hidden delight along with the ten etched engravings by John Leech all of which are hand colored. Cicero Denouncing Cataline is issued as a frontispiece instead of at the end of the book. Bound in 3/4 red polished calf over marbled paper covered boards with matching endpapers all edges marbled raised bands with lettering gilt and compartments fully gilt decorated edges rubbed. A clean bright copy without foxing names or bookplates. Printed by H. Clark, for R. Chiswell unknown books
1953137487Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1953. Revised final script for the 1953 film "The Great Sioux Uprising" seen here as "Sioux Uprising." <br/><br/>Though very loosely based on true events surrounding the two-year Red Cloud's War during which a Cheyenne Native American chief repeatedly attacked US forces in an effort to stem the flow of White settlers this film centers around a white man who attempts to help a Sioux tribe retrieve a large number of stolen horses white attempting to convince them to join up with the Union soldiers instead of the Confederates. Shot on location in Oregon with a cast partly comprised of local Native Americans. <br/><br/>Tan titled wrappers noted as REVISED FINAL SCREENPLAY on the front wrapper dated September 3 1952. Title page present with credits for screenwriters Levy and Gill. 138 leaves with last page of text numbered 125. Mimeograph duplication with pink and blue revision pages throughout dated 9/22/52 and 9/15/52. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. Universal Pictures unknown books
1948147739Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1948. Final Draft script for the 1948 film. <br/><br/>Based on Raphael Blau's unpublished story. Widow Abby Abbott Loretta Young and her teenage daughter Susan Betty Lynn support themselves on a trust fund started from her late husband. In order to get Susan the needed funds to pay for college tuition Abby must enroll as well to get a needed scholarship and both end up falling for English professor Richard Michaels Van Johnson.<br/><br/>Nominated for an Academy Award.<br/><br/>Shot on location at the University of Nevada-Reno.<br/><br/>Blue titled wrappers noted as FINAL on the front wrapper rubber-stamped copy No. 186 and production No. 241 dated July 15 1948. Distribution page present with receipt removed. Title page present dated July 15 1948 noted as Final Script with credits for screenwriters Mary Loos and Richard Sale. 153 leaves with last page of text numbered 151. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus with creasing and closed tears at the outer edges bound internally with three gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
183926122New York: Published by S. Colman 1839 1839. First edition. BAL 556; Wright I 218; Sabin 7801; American Imprints 54087. Some light foxing; very good copy. 12mo original blind-stamped gray-green cloth and printed paper label. With half-title. The first two signatures are bound in reverse order - a binder's error. The second book by Delia Bacon 1811-59 an historical tale set during the early days of the American Revolution told in a series of dialogues that includes among its principle characters John Andre and Benedict Arnold. Bacon is principally remembered for her obsession with the idea that Shakespeare's plays were written by a cabal of Elizabethan figures that included her ancestor Francis Bacon. <br/><br/> New York: Published by S. Colman, 1839 unknown books
180765108Boston: Published by Oliver and Munroe 1807. First American edition of the first complete edition of Bacon's "Essays" and first separate American edition. In 1688 William Bradford had printed the first American appearance of Bacon's essays in the third part of a collection edited by Daniel Leeds entitled "The Temple of Wisdom for the Little World. 12mo. Contemporary sheep red morocco label. Ex-library with small paper label on spine and pockets and labels on pastedowns rubbing and wear to extremities and joints some browning of text mostly at the front and back and of endpapers. With the signature of William Pickering the gift to the library of Charles Walker Pickering. In a leather tipped brown cloth open end case. First American edition of the first complete edition of Bacon's "Essays" and first separate American edition. In 1688 William Bradford had printed the first American appearance of Bacon's essays in the third part of a collection edited by Daniel Leeds entitled "The Temple of Wisdom for the Little World" 12mo. Bacon's theories and his reasoning methods were popular during the Jeffersonian era. Jefferson was a strong advocate and believer in his inductive scientific methods and Baconian theory was evident in many of his actions; he even catalogued his library using "Bacon's classification of the human mind into 'Reason' "Memory' and 'Imagination.' " Brown "Thomas Jefferson" p.196. Lilly "Grolier 100 Books Famous Books in English Literature" 13; Shaw and Shoemaker 43127. For the first complete edition: Gibson 13; Pforzheimer 30 Published by Oliver and Munroe unknown books
1798692981798. Notable for Its "Curious and Diffuse Learning" Bacon Matthew fl. 1730. A Treatise on Leases and Terms for Years. London: Printed by A. Strahan 1798. iv 251 4 246-352 pp. Text continuous despite pagination. Octavo 9" x 5-3/4". Recent library buckram red and black lettering pieces gilt-stamped library name and paper shelf label to spine small security tag and embossed library name to front board library stamps to edges of text block and endleaves endpapers added hinges reinforced. Moderate toning and light foxing to text early owner signature W.A.F. Wilkinson and library annotation to title page library stamp to its verso. $350. First and only edition. This treatise was probably derived from a manuscriptby Sir Jeffrey Gilbert one of the manuscripts that formed the basis of Bacon's Abridgment 1736-1766. Whatever its origin this treatise was a respected authority. Blackstone cites it the Commentaries 1765-1769; Barton says it "contains a great deal of curious and diffuse learning" in his Elements of Conveyancing 1802. Blackstone and Barton cited in Marvin Legal Bibliography 84-85. English Short-Title Catalogue T128166. unknown books
16917430London: Printed for A. Swall 1691. Later printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Sm. 8vo. 3 parts in 1. 82224;1028;121042pp. Index of the essays. "The Wisdom of the Antients" has its own title page. Cont. calf rebacked. Final text leaf "The Table" with a small hole affecting a few letters. Title page with a 2" paper repair on verso no loss. Gibson 26d. Wing B291. Printed for A. Swall hardcover books
1942214203Oakland: Howell-North press 1942. Hardcover. xvi 763p. 9.75x12.25 inches pictorial endpapers genesis Mexican Governors of California American Rule Flags that have flown revelation index illustrations 21 maps several folding presentation inscription to the Sarah Dix Hamlin School in SF signed by author at rear and a personal inscription signed by the author on front free endpaper very good first edition in rubbed and worn original blue cloth and dulled gilt on spine. Howell-North press hardcover books
1942140937387New York: Farrar & Rinehart Inc 1942. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. vii ii 1013 pp. Original cloth with black and gilt lettering green topstain. Near Fine in Very Good unclipped dust jacket with light edge wear no fading. A very nice copy of the mammoth posthumously-published utopian novel. Farrar & Rinehart Inc unknown books
192819342London: Cresset Press 1928. Hardcover. Orig. full vellum lettered in gilt. Teg. Very good. 198 pages. Folio 39.5 x 26. Limited edition copy 17 of 250 on Batchelor's Kelmscott paper printed at the Shakespeare Head Press. Printed in red and black with wide text margins. Titles and initial letters designed by Joscelyne Gaskin. Bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe book-label of Philip Duschnes interior contents fresh and bright small nick back cover some natural discoloration to rear cover. Cresset Press hardcover books
16524473Leyden: Ex Officina Adriani Wijngaerden 1652. 12mo. 2068460pp. Index. Engraved pictorial title-page. Cont. calf somewhat worn nicely rebacked in antique style with blind tooled spine. Gibson #133. Ex Officina Adriani Wijngaerden unknown books
1928011842NY: Harcourt Brace and Company 1928. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/VG-. Uncommon juvenile music songbook edited by Untermeyer and charmingly illustrated by Peggy Bacon who became best known for her cartoons in The New Yorker. Large 4to publisher's ribbed blue cloth titles pressed in green in pictorial dustjacket in yellow green and black Dustjacket is soiled worn abot edges and moderately chipped with an inch loss foot of spine. Still presenatble. Internals near fine. A solid copy of an uncommon Bacon title. Harcourt Brace and Company hardcover books
1813215601Oxford: e Typographiceo Clarenoniano 1813. viii 318 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Bound in full polsihed tan calf edges uncut. Bookplate. About fine. viii 318 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. e Typographiceo Clarenoniano unknown books
1662RW1306Amsterdam:: Officina Elzeviriana 1662. 1662. 12mo. xvi 232 16 pp. Engraved decorative title index. Original gilt-stamped calf raised bands; joints cracked extremities worn. Front free endpaper partly excised; rear typed bibliographic note mounted with initials H.S.B. Good. Fourth edition. Bacon's history of wind science and experimentation. Contents: "Historia Naturalis et Experimentalis de Ventis" "Historia Naturalis et Experimentalis de Forma Calidi" "De Motus Sive Virtutis Activa Variis Speciebus" "Ratio Inveniendi Causas Fluxus et Refluxus Maris". Officina Elzeviriana, 1662. hardcover books
184213511Philadelphia: Carey & Hart 1842. Large 8vo. 3 vols. I: cxvii 455 pp. II: viii 589 pp. III: xv 584 pp. <br><br>A new edition. With a life of the author by Basil Montagu Esq." An early U.S. printing of his works. Publisher's blind-stamped cloth. Lightly soiled. Top and bottom of spine chipped. Volume one has sun bleached lines over front board due to exposed bookends. All cloth spines and faded. Cloth over the spine of volume three is torn in several places along extremities. Institutional bookplate in each volume. Water stains along the top edge of two of the volumes though not affecting text. Signature in each volume has been cut out leaving a portion of the free end-paper missing. Early pencilling in some margins and on some blank pages. Some unevenly trimmed pages. Pages cockled lightly. Carey & Hart hardcover books
193442257New York: Robert M. McBride & Co 1934. First edition. 1 vols. 4to. Two-toned cloth. Minor wear to spine ends a corners a little sunned else very good. First edition. 1 vols. 4to. With an ALS from the Author. A collection of sketches of various people with humorous descriptions. Laid in: ALS to "Mr. Wescott" from Peggy Bacon: "Thank you for your kind note. I am delighted that you enjoy "Off with Their Heads". And as for the title you suggest it is so perfect that I think I will certainly use it and am all gratitude for the idea." Dated Jan. 16th 1935. Robert M. McBride & Co unknown books
7420London: Printed by H. Clark for R. Chiswell et al. 1706. Later printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 3 parts in 1. "The Wisdom of the Ancients" has its own title page dated 1705. 10168;822;10102pp. Index of the essays. Cont. tooled paneled calf later gilt tooled spine with red calf label hinges & top of spine rubbed. Printed by H. Clark, for R. Chiswell et al. hardcover books
1679045996London: J.D. 1679. First Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Good Condition. Contemporary tree calf front board detached spine varnished old signature to title scattered browning mostly minor trimmed a little close in spots touching the running title small repaired tear to b1 with no loss; generally bright and unmarked internally. 104 3-270pp with 5 divisional titles in the second part but paginated continuously - lacking the first divisional title . With the portrait frontis. Size: Octavo 8vo. Previous owner's book-plate inside front cover. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Essays & Literary Criticism; Science & Technology. Inventory No: 045996. <br/><br/> J.D. hardcover books
1897318865London: G.W. Bacon 1897. 34 colour maps. and 51 extra-illustraions. Large 4to. Bound in modern three quarters green morocco and marbled boards paper label on spine. 34 colour maps. and 51 extra-illustraions. Large 4to. With 51 Extra-Illustrations. G.W. Bacon unknown books
1680GG01651London:: printed by Mary. Clarke. for Samuel Mearne in Little Britain John Martyn in St. Pauls Church-yard and Henry Herringman in the New Exchange 1680. 1680. Three works in one vol. Small 8vo. 8 222 4; 10 28; 12 111 3 blank 2 pp. Title is mounted. "Of the colours of good & evil" has separate divisional title and pagination. "The wisdom of the ancients. . . Done into English by Sir Arthur Gorges Kt." a translation of "De sapientia veterum" has separate pagination and title-page. Register is continuous throughout. Modern half speckled period-style calf with marbled boards simple blind rules and gilt stamping on spine red title label. Ownership signature of James Hutson. One of two known imprint variants of this edition the other: printed by M. C. for Samuel Mearne Stationer to the Kings Most Excellent Majesty. First issued in 1597. References: Gibson Francis Bacon: A Bibliography of His Work and of Baconiana 24a; ESTC R11985; Wing B288. FULL TITLE: The Essays or Counsels Civil and Moral of Sir Francis Bacon Lord Verulam Viscount St Alban: With a table of the colours of good & evil. Whereunto is added The wisdom of the antients. Enlarged by the honourable author himself; and now more exactly published. printed by M[ary]. C[larke]. for Samuel Mearne, in Little Britain, John Martyn, in St. Pauls Church-yard, and Henry Herringman, hardcover books
185958527NY and Savannah: D. Appleton and William Thorne Williams 1859. First edition. 8vo. 2 volumes: xiii 2 503; 524 pp. Frontispiece portrait of Oglethorpe in volume one 3 plans folding view of St. Augustine. Typed letter in pocket at rear of volume one related to the provenance of this set. "Writing with precision and accuracy and using the documentary sources Stevens produced a history which has not yet been supplanted." Howes S-974. Sabin 91574. De Renne catalogue II pp. 516-516. Harwell & Willingham Georgiana 36. Ex-institutional library copy with stamp on title page overstamped "duplicate" and bookplates on front pastedown stamped "released" otherwise very good. Original embossed black pebbled cloth gilt spine title. #5772. <br/><br/> D. Appleton and William Thorne Williams hardcover books
1998141593Santa Monica: Artisan Entertainment 1998. Draft script for the 1999 film. With a single notation in holograph ink on the front wrapper. <br/><br/>Based on the 1958 novel by Richard Matheson. A man is hypnotized by his sister-in-law leading to haunted visions and the complete breakdown of his family life. <br/><br/>Set in Chicago shot on location there. <br/><br/>Yellow titled self wrappers dated August 14 1998 with credits for screenwriter David Koepp and author Richard Matheson. Title page integral with front wrapper. 116 leaves with last page of text numbered 113. Xerographically duplicated with yellow and pink revision pages throughout dated variously between September 9 1998 and September 18 1998. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Artisan Entertainment unknown books
1807WRCAM27886Boston: Joseph Greenleaf 1807. xv3270pp. Contemporary calf ornate gilt spine gilt- tooling on edges of binding. Spine lightly chipped. Attractive and very good with the ownership signature of Samuel Putnam Waldo on the front free endpaper. First American edition and the first work by Bacon to be published separately in the United States. Samuel Putnam Waldo was the grandson of Gen. Israel Putnam and a popular writer known for his biographies of Andrew Jackson and Stephen Decatur and particularly his TOUR OF JAMES MONROE. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 12020. Joseph Greenleaf unknown books
