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1702224214London: Benj. Tooke 1702. First. hardcover. very good. 304 pages square 8vo contemporary paneled calf edges worn handsomely recased with blind stamped raised bands and a burgundy leather spine label. London: Benjamin Tooke 1702. First Edition. Very good .<br/><br/> A presentation copy from the editor Robert Stevens to Sir Edward Abney inscribed on the front fly-leaf stained dated 1702. Also with the signature dated 1712 of Abney's brother Sir Thomas Abney lord mayor of London. Bookplate of Charles James Fox the noted statesman orator and indulger "in vicious pleasures".<br /> Gibson 245 points out that as with this copy many copies lack the two dedication pages which were canceled owing to the death of William III before the publication pf the work. The remaining unsold sheets of this edition were issued with a new title-page and portrait added in 1736.<br/><br/> Benj. Tooke unknown books
180343014London: J. Johnson 1803. Large octavo 10 volumes. Bound in full contemporary calf. Gilt titles and tooling to the spine edges speckled. Frontispiece of Francis Bacon in volume one. With the early armorial bookplate of J. Lawson Whalley and the modern bookplate of Elmer Holmes Bopst namesake of New York University's Bopst Library. In very good condition. I have taken all knowledge to be my province Bacon declared He held to his course if not beyond the utmost bound of human thought at least to the uttermost edge discernible in his day and that too in every department of intellectual activity. Bacons day was perhaps the latest moment in history when anything like omniscience was within the limits of human attainment; even in his day Bacons was perhaps the only mind that could achieve it" Winterich 205-6. J. Johnson unknown books
163035769London: Printed by the Assignes of John Moore 1630. Hardcover. Very good/No dust jacket. London: Printed by the Assignes of John Moore 1630. 6 84 pp. Hardcover. 12mo. Full marbled calf by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Raised bands gilt borders and compartment borders. 11 mm turn-ins with gilt single-rule borders. All edges gilt. Collation: A4-L4 M2. Page 83 misnumbered 85. Gibson 192; STC 2nd ed. 1175 = 6983. Rear board lightly scraped bookplate on front free endpaper both free endpapers toned at edges by turn-ins. Early notes and underlining damp-staining to corners of last few leaves. Else quite good. Very good/No dust jacket. "The Use of the Law" was the second part of a work by Sir John Doddridge entitled "The Lawyers Light; or a Due Direction for the Study of the Law" originally published in 1629. This second part was issued anonymously with a separate title-page. It was subsequently attributed to Bacon and afterwards included as part two of Bacon's "The Elements of the Common Law." Insurance required to ship this item. Printed by the Assignes of John Moore hardcover books
1825007722London: William Pickering 1825. The RARE 1825 Basil Montagu edited edition in a fine contemporary binding signed Proudfoot Binder of full black crushed morocco front cover bordered by single gilt fillet central gilt tooled decoration of the Aldine Dolphin and Anchor trademark of Pickering and Basil Montagu bordered by a gilt fillet and corner emblems the rear cover the same except no central anchor back lettered in gilt marbled end papers top edge gilt with an appropriate period bookplate artist A. Wyon featuring a man writing at his desk in his library while a skeletal figure representing Death in the background plays a xylophone. The Latin inscription on the bookplate reads " stulte hac nocte repetunt animam tuam et quae parasti cuius erunt" This is part of a quotation from the Book of Luke and translates ""`Foolish man this night your life is demanded from you; and these preparations--for whom shall they be". Book is Near fine light foxing throughout. . First Edition Thus. Morocco. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. William Pickering Hardcover books
198518360Millbank London: Tate Gallery Publications 1985. Used; Like New/Used; Like New. Booklet "published to accompany the Francis Bacon exhibition held at the Tate Gallery 22 May—18 August 1985" signed and inscribed on the half-title page in blue ballpoint "To Carl Barton/ with all best wishes/ Francis Bacon." The front cover features the artist's "Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion" 1944. Softcover 32 pp. 8.25 x 5.75 inches 21 x 14.5 cm. In fine condition.<br style=""> Tate Gallery Publications paperback books
1702169<b>Small 4to 9"x11" tall 8 Lxx 2 302 2pp. Full contemporary calf skillfully rebacked with five raised bands on the spine with the label bearing gilt titles. Boards with gilt ruled borders and large gilt armorial to the center of both boards. All edges gilt marbled endpapers with bookplate on both front pastedown and ffep engraved portrait of Bacon pasted to blank facing the page internally clean and bright with good wide margins. Lacks the dedication leaf which was canceled due to the death of William III before the publication of this work but does have the final errata and advertisement leaf. This copy being from the small paper issue; ESTC N476823. Although best remembered for his contribution to natural philosophy Francis Bacon 1561-1626 was an English statesman and philosopher who served as both Solicitor General and Lord Chancellor. After being made Solicitor General in 1607 and thereafter was at or near the heart of James' administration although high office was risky in a Jacobean administration and bacon would be impeached in 1621 and spend time as a prisoner in the Tower.</b> Printed for Benjamin Tooke at the MiddleTemple Gate in Fleetwood hardcover
16804143M. Clark for Samuel Mearne in Little Britain John Martyn in St. Paul’s Church-yard and Henry Herringman in the New Exchange London 1680; 12mo; blank flyleaf title page A1-7 1-222 3 pg. index Q1-9 blank 1-28 blank title page I-X 1-110 blank 2 pg. index page 111. The 1680 edition containing three additional essays: "A Fragment Of An Essay On Fame" "A Civic Character Of Julius Cesar" and "A Civic Character Of Augustus Cesar" thus increasing the total number to sixty-one plus the two titled works "Of The Colours Of Good & Evil" and "The Wisdom Of The Antients" Sir Arthur Gorges translation. Attractive British armorial binding finely rebacked by Rene Patron of Hollywood California in brown calf with genuine raised bands morocco label and gilt spine titles. Quill & ink inscription on front pastedown: "The gift of Clement Watson of New Zealand ‘81." Engraved armorial bookplate on rear pastedown on a mount a palm tree fess in chief crosses botonnée with device reading "Jabez Watson e Coll: Magd. Cantab." Jabez Watson b. 1823 son of Benjamin Watson Esq. of Wakefield in Yorkshire attended Magdalene College Cambridge taking his B.A. in 1848 and receiving ordination as a deacon the same year. Upon earning his M.A. in 1851 he became an Anglican priest and was Curate of St. Veep in Cornwall from 1853 to 1857 before converting to Catholicism. Palm tree crest impressed in gilt at center of front board. Name "Watson" written on the top and bottom page block edges. Crisp and bright paper supple binding absolutely tight and square text with some scattered minor staining in the blank margins edge chip in the blank margin of page 205 not intruding upon the text. An original binding error has the last leaf of "Wisdom Of The Antients" pg.111 bound in after the index. A solid and desirable copy. M. Clark for Samuel Mearne, in Little Britain, John Martyn, in St. Paul’s Church-yard, and Henry Herringman, in the New Exchan hardcover
1824005126London: for W. Baynes and Sons 1824 1824. 10 vols. 8-13/16" x 5-15/16" bound 1/2 brown mottled calf ribbed gilt decorated spines gilt lettered red and blue morocco spine labels top edges gilt plain pastedowns and edpapers by Bayntun. Inner and outer hinges fine head and foot of spines fine internally clean and bright no previous ownership markings inscriptions or bookplate a VERY GOOD set. An excellent collected works of Bacon printed in English and in Latin collecting his Scientific philosophical and historical works together with his speeches and letters issued at a time when Bacon's methodological precepts were greatly valued among the English epistemologists. London: for W. Baynes and Sons, 1824 unknown
180343014London: J. Johnson 1803. Large octavo 10 volumes. Bound in full contemporary calf. Gilt titles and tooling to the spine edges speckled. Frontispiece of Francis Bacon in volume one. With the early armorial bookplate of J. Lawson Whalley and the modern bookplate of Elmer Holmes Bopst namesake of New York University's Bopst Library. In very good condition. I have taken all knowledge to be my province Bacon declared He held to his course if not beyond the utmost bound of human thought at least to the uttermost edge discernible in his day and that too in every department of intellectual activity. Bacons day was perhaps the latest moment in history when anything like omniscience was within the limits of human attainment; even in his day Bacons was perhaps the only mind that could achieve it" Winterich 205-6. J. Johnson unknown
14673Bacon Peggy American 1895-1987. PORTRAIT OF JULIANA FORCE. Not dated. Conte crayon on paper. Signed in pencil lower right. Identified in pencil lower left in another hand. 11 12/ x 8 1/2 inches sheet. In very good condtion.Juliana Force 1876-1948 was the first director of the Whitney Museum a position she held from 1930 until her death. From that position she exercised great influence in Americn art and many artists did paintings and drawings of her.She also served as a Regional Administrator of the Public Works Art Project during the depression. unknown
12283Bacon Peggy. THE COPY DESK. Flint 149. Lithograph c. 1945. Edition size not known but likely small as the print is rare. Titled and signed in pencil. 12 x 10 inches image 12 x 16 1/4 inches sheet. In excellent condition. unknown
196724513Boston: Little Brown and Company 1967. First edition first printing. Hardcover. Fine/Very good. 8vo. Yellow-green cloth blocked in dark red on the spine and upper board Illustrated by the author. A fine copy. The dustwrapper is not price-clipped and shows the correct first state price of $4.95. It does have some rubbing at the top bottom and along the side of the spine but is otherwise in very good condition. <br /> <p><br /> Inscribed by the author to two of the children who posed for the pictures she drew for the book. Signed copies of Opalina are scarce to begin with presentations even more so.<br /> <p>. Little, Brown and Company hardcover
196737375Boston: Little Brown and Company 1967. First printing. Fine in very good jacket. Inscribed first edition of the book about a ghost cat and a haunted house notoriously scarce in this edition and even moreso signed. 8'' x 5.5''. Original cloth green cloth stamped in magenta including vignette of a sleeping cat. In original unclipped $4.95 color pictorial dust jacket. Illustrated by Bacon with 16 full-page 20 half-page and numerous smaller black-and-white illustrations throughout. 8 243 1 pages. Inscribed by Bacon on front endpaper. Jacket with shallow chipping at spine ends and rubbing alone edges and folds some sunning to spine and rear panel. Little, Brown and Company unknown
165129091<p>This 1651 edition of Francis Bacon's Sylva Sylvarum includes three texts printed together in London by J.F. for William Lee. Alongside the central treatise are New Atlantis a fictional philosophical narrative and History of Life and Death which discusses physical longevity and references substances like opium. Bacon's approach reflects early scientific curiosity structured around collection and experiment. The quarto volume opens with an illustrated title page and is rebound in secure modern leather. Format: Quarto 4to single volume. Collation: 19 218 22; 2 36; 8 64. Illustrations: One illustrated title page. Edition: 1651 issue. References: Wing B330. Very Good; complete tightly bound clean leaves throughout. #29091. PHOTOS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.</p> J.F. for William Lee hardcover
165129808<p>This 1651 edition of Francis Bacon's Sylva Sylvarum includes three texts printed together in London by J.F. for William Lee. Alongside the central treatise are New Atlantis a fictional philosophical narrative and History of Life and Death which discusses physical longevity and references substances like opium. Bacon's approach reflects early scientific curiosity structured around collection and experiment. The quarto volume opens with an illustrated title page and is secure in restored leather. Format: Quarto 4to single volume. Collation: 19 218 22; 2 36; 8 64. Illustrations: One illustrated title page. Edition: 1651 issue. References: Wing B330. Very Good; complete tightly bound clean leaves throughout. #29808. PHOTOS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.</p> Printed by J.F. for William Lee hardcover
1936161343N.p.: N.p. 1936. Revised Final script for the 1936 film musical. Specially bound copy belonging to screenwriter Jerry Wald with his name in gilt on the front board. SIGNED by actor Joe E. Brown on the distribution page. <br /> <br /> Jerry Wald is best remembered for his long and successful association with Warner Brothers as both a screenwriter and producer of a number of notable films including "Mildred Pierce" 1945 "Humoresque" 1946 "Key Largo" 1948 and "Flamingo Road" 1949. In the 1950s he moved to Twentieth Century-Fox and was the producer there for "An Affair to Remember" 1957 "Peyton Place" 1957 and "Sons and Lovers" 1960.<br /> <br /> Based on the successful 1929 Broadway play by Jack Donahue and Fred Thompson/ A stage actor joins the US Army during World War I where he falls in love with a French barmaid and is arrested as a spy. <br /> <br /> Bound in dark red cloth with gilt title on the front board. Distribution page present with receipt intact. Title page integral with distribution page dated 1/13/36 noted as REV. FINAL. 111 leaves with last page of text numbered 110. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine binding lightly worn at the spine ends else Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1760B1846London: D. Browne and A. Millar c. 1760. Occasional faint foxing otherwise an excellent copy. Edition: Fifth edition Binding: Contemporary full calf upper and lower boards with gilt floral centerpiece within two thin gilt lines rebacked expertly preserving the original spine in six compartments of raised bands and a gilt diamond pattern gilt morocco label on two gilt text on six gilt tooling along board edges endpapers marbled. Notes: Nathaniel Bacon was the half brother of Sir Francis Bacon and the son of Nicholas Bacon. He was a member of the Suffolk committee for the defence against the Royalists an M.P. for Cambridge University and Master of requests during Richard Cromwell's protectorate. The book according to the Dictionary of National Biography is a sort of constitutional history of England showing much knowledge of the development of its institutions civil and ecclesiastical and pervaded by a strong spirit of hostility to the claims of the royal prerogative and hierarchical pretensions. Size: Large 4to Volume: Two volumes in one. References: Graesse I:247. Pages: P. title blank advertisement 2 half title blank advertisement iii-iv contents v-vi preface vii-viii index xiii-xix blank 1-203; half-title blank preface iii-xii 1-178 contents 2 index 5. Category: Book Social Sciences; Book History D. Browne and A. Millar hardcover
1939161376N.p.: N.p. 1939. Second Revised Draft script for the 1940 film. Specially bound copy belonging to screenwriter Jerry Wald with his name in gilt on the bottom of the front board. <br /> <br /> Jerry Wald is best remembered for his long and successful association with Warner Brothers as both a screenwriter and producer of a number of notable films including "Mildred Pierce" 1945 "Humoresque" 1946 "Key Largo" 1948 and "Flamingo Road" 1949. In the 1950s he moved to Twentieth Century-Fox and was the producer there for "An Affair to Remember" 1957 "Peyton Place" 1957 and "Sons and Lovers" 1960. <br /> <br /> Thomas Mitchell stars as a Irish New York policeman forced into retirement after 25 years on the force who must cope with his favorite daughter played by Priscilla Lane who is romantically involved with Dennis Morgan the Scottish cop who he despises who has taken over his beat. <br /> <br /> Bound in maroon cloth with maroon quarter leather binding with five raised bands and gilt titles on the spine. Distribution page present with receipt intact. Title page present dated December 12 1939 with credits for screenwriters Jerry Wald and Richard Macaulay. 144 leaves with last page of text numbered 138. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages dated 1/6/40. Pages Near Fine binding Very Good plus with faint rubbing and toning. N.p. unknown
2016108761Harrison, Martin: Francis Bacon Catalogue RaisonnÃ. 5 Vols. London: 2016. 1,584 pages, with over 900 colour illustrations. Hardback in a slipcase. 31 x 24.5cms. Presents the artist's entire oeuvre for the first time - in colour. Surmounts the 1964 Rothenstein and Alley catalogue raisonnà which documented just 37% of the artist's work up until 1992. Contains over 900 illustrations across five, cloth-bound hardcover volumes, and includes an extensive introduction, chronology, index, user's guide, catalogue of the artist's sketches and illustrated bibliography. This 10 year project will be published on the 28th April to coincide with the 24th anniversary of the artist's death, and will present 584 paintings, including over 100 previously unknown works.
2016108761Harrison, Martin: Francis Bacon Catalogue RaisonnÃ. 5 Vols. London: 2016. 1,584 pages, with over 900 colour illustrations. Hardback in a slipcase. 31 x 24.5cms. Presents the artist's entire oeuvre for the first time - in colour. Surmounts the 1964 Rothenstein and Alley catalogue raisonnà which documented just 37% of the artist's work up until 1992. Contains over 900 illustrations across five, cloth-bound hardcover volumes, and includes an extensive introduction, chronology, index, user's guide, catalogue of the artist's sketches and illustrated bibliography. This 10 year project will be published on the 28th April to coincide with the 24th anniversary of the artist's death, and will present 584 paintings, including over 100 previously unknown works.
19050001978ABOARD THE BARGE ALICE. Good. 1905. On offer is a fascinating original 1905 ship's log book of approximately 160 pages handwritten in pencil by Captain C.H. Bacon of the Barge "Alice." His loads are coal which he delivers to Hartford Naubuc Middletown Asylum Rocky Hill &c. By 1906 he is taking on water pipe at Elizabeth Port and Port Reading then delivering it to Newport Providence and New London. In October he goes back to hauling coal from New Jersey ports to Hartford Middletown Naubuc and Pawtucket. Laying up is delayed until Jan. 3 1907 and the work resumes in March &c. &c. Capt. Bacon hailed from Middletown Connecticut. His schooner the Hattie A. Butler is on the list of vessels lost or damaged in the catastrophic Portland Gale of November 1898 when she was in Vineyard Sound off Massachusetts. She was wrecked near Angelica Point Buzzards Bay Massachusetts with the loss of one crew member. Researchers and collectors of nautical manuscripts will have a treasure trove of details on the economics commerce and financials of a well worked commercial ship like the Alice. The 6" x 3.75" book is bound in cloth with "Memoranda" printed on the cover binding stained and lightly worn. ; Manuscript; 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF MARINE NAUTICAL NAVAL OCEAN TRAVEL BARGE SCHOONER CAPTAIN C.H. BACON SCHOONER HATTIE A. BUTLER PERTH AMBOY NEW JERSEY BARGE ALICE AMERICANA COMMERCE ECONOMICS FINANCES HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT AUTOGRAPHED AUTHORS MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY ARCHIVE DIARY DIARIES antiquité contrat vélin document manuscrit papier Antike Brief Pergament Dokument Manuskript Papier oggetto d'antiquariato atto velina documento manoscritto carta antigüedad hecho vitela documento manuscrito Papel . hardcover
2016__0956927319The Estate of Francis Bacon 2016. Hardcover. New. slp edition. 1537 pages. 18.50x17.00x15.00 inches. The Estate of Francis Bacon hardcover
1946146888Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1946. Final script for the 1946 film.<br/><br/>Based on the 1944 comedic mystery novel by Craig Rice about the children of a widowed mystery novelist attempting to solve a murder in their neighborhood with the help of a handsome police lieutenant.<br/><br/>Blue titled wrappers noted as FINAL rubber-stamped copy No. 66 and production No. 100 dated MARCH 2 1946. Distribution page present with receipt intact. Title page present dated March 2 1946 noted as Final Script with credits for screenwriter F. Hugh Herbert. 192 leaves with last page of text numbered 160. Mimeographed rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 3/12/46 and 5/7/46. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus slightly yapped to the fore edges bound internally with three gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
17531312110035London : Printed for A. Millar 1753-01-01. Hardcover. Good. 3 volume set. Folios. 38 cm. Contemporary full leather binding. Spine rebacked and restored. 6 raised bands. Gilt flourish. Hardcover. Very good binding and cover. Unmarked pages. Minor marginal dampstain to bottom corner edges doesn't invade text. See our pictures. Titles in red and black. Portrait of Bacon. Lowndes 93. London : Printed for A. Millar hardcover
16397922London Printed by John Haviland for William Lee & are to Be Sold at the Great Turks Head Next to the Mitre Taverne in FleetStreet 1639 1639 Full-Leather. No Jacket. HBNODustJacket issued 1639 1st Edition of 5th Edition Pages edges Gold Gilt Oversized Tall Brown embossed Leather with Tooled Spine & Gold Gilt Lettering with Red Label with Gold Gilt VG-/VG- AS-IS NODJ Edges Extremities & Spine show Scuffing & Some Rubbing Cover Shows some Rub & Wear & Possible Restoration Interior Relatively Nice Tight Clean with few small pg chips title page has few Chips & small Pieces Missing Some pages have penciled or small ink notations in Margins Minor Fox Few of Back pages in End of Book show small stains near interior Spine WRITING IN SORT OF OLD ENGLISH STYLE But Not in Latin. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. London Printed by John Haviland for William Lee & are to Be Sold at the Great Turks Head Next to the Mitre Taverne in FleetS hardcover