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177890529Paris: Imprimerie Royale 1640-1792 1778. Fine. Imprimerie Royale 1640-1792 Paris 1778 19.8 x 25.2 cm Broché First edition.Our copy is offered in loose sheets unbound. Imprimerie Royale (1640-1792) unknown
182590618Paris: Librairie de l'Industrie Renard 1825. Fine. Librairie de l'Industrie Renard Paris 1825 13.5 x 21.5 cm Broché First edition.Minor marginal tears to the boards a few spots of foxing.Not recorded by Sabin. Librairie de l'Industrie Renard hardcover
177890894Colmar: Jean-Henri Decker 1778. Fine. Jean-Henri Decker Colmar 1778 & 1781 20 x 24 cm 2 volumes brochés Copy in parts unbound each one of them a first edition. According to the CCFr the Lunéville media library holds the first text in manuscript copy form. On May 28 1777 France renewed in Solothurn Switzerland for fifty years its long-standing treaties of alliance with the thirteen cantons. The privileges specified in the second text are chiefly commercial and financial in nature; they derive to varying degrees from the Treaty of Perpetual Peace of 1516 Treaty of Fribourg. Jean-Henri Decker unknown
169755960Parisiis Paris Paris: Frederici Leonard 1697. Fine. Frederici Leonard Parisiis Paris Paris 1697 7 x 12.50 cm relié Edition decorated with a title-frontispiece signed Pitau which contains as title only Via verita et vita with in the pediment a verse extracted from the Gospel according to Saint John the title in a book designated by Christ and held by cherubim. Address in the lower banner: Typis Frederici Leonard. Parisiis. 1697. A folding plate containing several maps including the Holy Land Jerusalem. Armorial copy of Pierre Francis de Lastre with three escutcheons 2 azure and one gold. Full brown morocco binding of the 18th century. Jansenist raised-band spine. Boards stamped with arms in blind with armorial cornerpieces. All edges gilt. Upper joint partly cracked with very slight lacks. Very handsome copy in brown morocco with arms. The New Testament reproduces the official text of Sixtus V and Clement VIII. NB: This work is available at the bookshop on request within 48 hours. Frederici Leonard hardcover
#[60540]Copy after Annibale Carracci's popular engraving of the Madonna della Scodella: the Madonna seated with the infant Christ on her lap holds a bowl for the infant Baptist to drink from; St. Anne standing in the back watching over the scene with her left hand raised. Lettered on the bottom right: 'A.b.C.I.' Documented copy number 12 Berlin. In this copy figures have no halo and the background has no hatchings l Etching on paper; trimmed within platemark; total: 142 x 163 mm; yellowed paper small stain on the shoulder of the Madonna; The Illustrated Bartsch 1980 p. 395 9-12 unknown
#[60142]l Watercolour drawing with traces of pencil on 18th century paper 171 x 215 mm. 'J. De Beijer ad viv. delin: 1746' on the lower left illegible signature on the lower right. Pasted on Japanese paper otherwise in good condition. unknown
191485475London: Hodder & Stoughton 1914. Fine. Hodder & Stoughton London s. d. 1914 21 x 28.50 cm reliure de l'éditeur First printing of the 23 color plates by Edmond Dulac. Publisher's full brick-red cloth binding smooth spine richly decorated with Arabesque design on a background of blue roses front board decorated with large gilt Arabesque design on a background of blue roses small spots of discoloration on the boards endpapers and pastedowns of brick paper on a background of blue roses. Half-title and final endpaper pages spotted otherwise handsome interior condition. Hodder & Stoughton hardcover
192148026Paris: Marcel Seheur 1921. Fine. Marcel Seheur Paris 1921-1925 19.50 x 24 cm 3 volumes brochés Illustrated editions with original woodcuts hand-colored by pochoir by Lucien Boucher one of 250 numbered copies on Arches paper the only printing with 1 vellum copy for each of the works. Each copy retains its duplicate suite of woodcuts on China paper as stipulated in the justification pages. Spines slightly sunned without consequence. Rare and handsome set. Marcel Seheur hardcover
199231777Garage A smallish black: Ebury Press 1992. Hardcover. Used: Acceptable. Condition good clean. Ebury Press hardcover
60283Anonymous engraving: Man on a horse with an empty coat of arms on the top right. Engraving on paper trimmed to platemark irregular margins; total: 92 x 72 mm; weak margins. unknown
ANAIS-1576875555MTV Press. hardcover. Good. 9.5X6.5X1.5. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. MTV Press hardcover
188048377n.p.: Privately printed n.d. ca 1880-1890. ca 1880-1890. 10" x 8" thick cardstock with 6" x 4 3/4" albumen photograph affixed. Advertisement for a shoe clasp which reads: "Buy Your Arctics with the King 'B' Clasp Fastener. A Boon to Fat Men! A Comfort for All! No getting Red in the Face Out o' Temper or Breaking your Back. 'Don't you hate to tie your shoe strings Yes I own that is true.' - Oliver Wendell Holmes." The photograph shows two men one pointing to the clasp on his boot and the other in the midst of using the shoe clasp. Heavy toning foxing and soiling and with chipping to edges. Photograph has moderate yellowing but still presents a crisp image. Good. A great advertisement for the Velcro of the 19th century. Privately printed, n.d. (ca 1880-1890). unknown
181312665Philadelphia: Thomas T. Stiles 1813. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 6 1/4 x 10 in. 128 pp. Original contemporary binding of cream and blue paper boards. The paper is hand-laid with a natural edge. Condition is VERY GOOD ; boards have wear at corners with light shelf wear. Covers are rubbed with some faint foxing. Spine has loss at sides and ends with loss over some of the sewn lines but overall the stitched binding is very sound with a hint of looseness to the front cover. The text is excellent bright clean and clear with some toning to edges and just a few spots/foxing. The title page has the name of "Thos M. Willing May 9 1814" written at top in ink. Thomas Mayne Willing 1767-1822 was the grandson of Charles Willing a mayor of Philadelphia and the son of Thomas Willing 1731-1821 also a mayor of Philadelphis and the president of the Bank of North America. Rare. RGR. Philadelphia: Thomas T. Stiles hardcover
18906719London: Dean and Son 1890. Quarto. Original publisher’s color pictorial paper-covered boards front and back; blue cloth spine. No.4 in Dean’s “Surprise Model†Series features wonderful chromolithograph illustrations including four pages with intricate mechanical pop-up illustrations operated by cotton thread one of which is a double page spread. Minor finger soiling and scuffs to margins some chipping to edges spine somewhat rubbed. A very good copy of a scarce movable with only three held in Institutions. Dean and Son unknown
70861London: Henry Serventi Ltd. no date circa 1927. Hairstyles FIRST EDITION. Quarto 31 x 23cm 34 unnumbered leaves of captioned plates each with a tissue guard no text leaves. Publisher's maroon cloth with gilt titles to upper. Also with a loose pamphlet: 'L'Oreal Guide for Harmless Hair Tinting' London: Debacq & Harrop in publisher's brown paper wrappers stapled twice. Light spotting and a few minor marks throughout with one tissue guard chipped and re-inserted and another creased and torn to one corner. Moderate general wear to cloth including some marks and stains. Good. A very scare publication showing French high-society hairstyles from the period of Henri III to the time of publication including the famous 'Marcelle Wave' from the late nineteenth-century. Only one copy listed on Library Hub at the University of the Arts London. London: Henry Serventi, Ltd., no date [circa 1927] unknown
186816496London 1868. 130 by 210mm. 5 by 8.25 inches. Cashing in at the Bank of Love Bank note creased a few tears skilfully repaired. A Valentine's Day promissory note published for the 14th February 1868. The note is in the form of the five pound bank notes issued by the Bank of England in the nineteenth century. Whereas the bank of England promised to pay the bearer of the note five pounds worth of gold. The bear of this note can expect "the entire Love of the supplicant who sends this". The note is endorsed by none other than Cupid Chairman of the Bank of Love who's head office is located at the Temple of Hymen. unknown
179912423London: Published by Laurie & Whittle 55 Fleet Street 1799. Image: 271 by 397mm 10.75 by 15.75 inches. Sheet: 317 by 428mm 12.5 by 16.75 inches. Engraving with original hand colour crease to upper part of print trimmed to side neat lines. Trinity House was founded as a pilotage authority and maritime charity. In 1793 their London headquarters was in need of repair and a new site was selected in Tower Hill. A new headquarters designed by Samuel Wyatt was completed by 1796. The trust continues to act as the General Lighthouse Authority for England and Wales to this day. The print is dedicated to William Pitt the Younger who at the time was Master of Trinity House and had laid the foundation stone of the new building. BL Maps K.Top.25.8.; BM 18801113.3451. Published by Laurie & Whittle, 55 Fleet Street, unknown
1890038531United Kingdom: A. Reader 1890. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/NO Dustwrapper. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fifth in the Phallic Series. Published in Limited Numbers. Rare First Edition. Privately Printed. A. Reader London 1890. viii 98 2pp adverts hb No Dust-wrapper pict cream paper bevelled boards with red lettering pages untrimmed covers discoloured pages browned good <br/> <br/> A. Reader hardcover
1693h037.010J Leonard Bruxelles 1693. FRENCH TEXT. DISBOUND TEXT No covers. 133 x 74 mm. 8 and 160 pages. Commences at title page. Text edges bit dust marked else Book is in nearly fine condition with only slightest signs of wear and/or age. Old circular stamp of BEDFORDSHIRE CENTRAL LIBRARY on blank space at base of last page. No other marks. . 1st Edition. VG. J Leonard (Bruxelles) unknown
1840922F42Lincoln: W. and B. Brooke 1840-1848. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 10" by 6.5". Not Stated. A signed presentation copy of two very scarce anonymously authored works on Lincoln and its Cathedral. Two signed very scarce first edition works bound together. The British Library suggests these two works were typically issued together.Signed to the front pastedown 'from the author to Edw.d. Betham August 1848'.An inscription beneath this reads 'Charles Jepson Betham with love and best wishes from his affect. mother - C.B. Lincoln July 22 1880'.The author of these two works however remains anonymous and has not been identified by the British Library.The first of these two works dated 1840-1848 is titled 'A Survey of the Antiquities of the City of Lincoln' and is illustrated with an engraved frontispiece and twelve further plates one of which is trimmed and mounted.The second work dated 1848 is titled 'The Stranger's Guide through Lincoln Cathedral' and is illustrated with three plates.Rebacked retaining the original endpapers.Two very scarce works signed by their author describing the city of Lincoln and its chief antiquities. Rebacked with the publisher's original cloth covered boards. Retaining the original endpapers. A touch of fraying to back strip head otherwise externally excellent. Handling marks to paper label at front board. Author's inscription and contemporary owner inscription to front pastedown. Extensive pencil inscriptions from a prior owner to front free endpaper. Internally firmly bound. Pages clean and bright with significant spotting to a number of plates. Very Good W. and B. Brooke hardcover
1888934F50Glasgow: T. & A. Constable 1888 . First edition. Cloth. Good. 9" by 6.5". None. The very scarce first edition of this limited edition guide to the fine art exhibited at the 1888 International Exhibition of Industry Science and Art in Glasgow. One of only 370 copies of this Large Paper Copy printed. Presented to James Heddewick Esq with the compliments of the executive committee of the fine arts section.The International Exhibition of Industry Science and Art took place in Kelvingrove Park aiming to draw international attention to Glasgow's achievements in applied sciences industry and the arts during the Industrial Revolution.With details of the oil paintings water colours sculpture architecture and photography displayed at the exhibition.Including works by the Autotype Company Dr. P. H. Emerson T. & R. Annan & Sons F. M. Sutcliffe H. P. Robinson Valentine & Sons Barraud F. Boissonnas and others the majority of whom are not today well known. In the publisher's original paper vellum backed boards. Bumping to back strip head and tail. Significant age toning and handling marks to paper vellum. Fading and tide marks to tail of each board. Internally firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Good T. & A. Constable hardcover
1887950F30Sydney: Wise Caffin & Co 1887 . First edition. Cloth. Fair. 11" by 8". None. A very scarce and highly detailed late nineteenth century guide to Australia and the New South Wales region. A very scarce first edition being the 1886 to 1887 guide to New South Wales.This work features alphabetically arranged directories for 'many hundred townships boroughs cities and districts' alongside 'an alphabetical directory for the entire colony' trade directories for the whole country and 'government official directories for New South Wales'.With the stamp of the United Kingdom Incorporated Law Society to the title page and throughout.With xxi leaves of advertisements to the start of the work and 193 pages of advertisements to the rear.Boards detached but present. Offering fascinating insight into life and businesses in Australia in the late nineteenth century. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Lacking back strip. Boards detached but present. Three preliminary advertisement leaved detached and loosely inserted with significant losses to leaf perimeters. Internally firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Library stamps throughout. Fair Wise, Caffin & Co hardcover
1827777P49London: T. Clerc Smith 1827. First edition. Leather. Good. 7.5" by 5". None. A very scarce first edition of this novel following soldiers in the British Army. A very scarce work.The first edition of this work.Complete in three volumes.An exciting novel based within the British Army focusing on the many adventures of the soldiers whilst fighting.Written anonymously. Bound without half-titles and adverts.Prior owner's ink inscription to the title pages. 'R. C. Kingsford Seaton'. In a half calf binding with marbled paper to the boards. Externally generally smart with some rubbing to the boards and spines. Minor bumping to the spines and extremities. A little loss to the front board of Volume I. A little chipping to the spine labels. Hinges of Volume I are starting but firm. Bound without half-titles and adverts. Internally firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned with some spots. Prior owner's ink inscription to the head of the title pages and the first leaf of text to Volume I. Good T. Clerc Smith hardcover
1834828F7New York: John Swaine 1834. Cloth. Good. 2.5" by 5". None. A very original copy of the two volumes in one New York edition of this very scarce Gothic novel. A very scarce work of early nineteenth century literature.This 1834 two volumes in one New York edition is based upon the third London edition. With a title page to each volume.A thrilling novel set in a medieval Norman chateau this is an example of the hugely popular Gothic novels of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century popularised by authors such as Horace Walpole Ann Radcliffe and Matthew Lewis.An anonymously authored Gothic Romance very scarce in all editions. In a full cloth binding. Areas of fading to back strip and boards. Bumping to back strip head and tail. Rear hinge starting with board holding firm. Internally firmly bound. Significant spotting and areas of foxing throughout. Good John Swaine hardcover
1773973F26London: J. Cooke c1773 . First edition. Cloth. Good. 9" by 5.5". Not Stated. The first edition of the first two volumes of this sensational record of crimes and criminal executions illustrated throughout with engraved plates. A very scarce work. A very scarce first edition originally issued in fifty parts and published in five volumes. Present here are volumes I and II only.This is a popular moralising compendium of biographical narratives about notorious criminals in Britain collecting sensational accounts of offences trials dying speeches and executions intended to warn readers against vice and criminality.Illustrated with a frontispiece and two plates to volume I with a further two plates detached and loosely inserted. Volume II illustrated with eleven plates bound to the rear and with two further plates detached and loosely inserted.Collated lacking six plates to volume I which have instead been bound to the rear of volume II. Lacking the frontispiece of volume II.Volume II lacks pages 297 to 398.ESTC T188775Undated; dated circa 1773 via the ESTC.Rebound in cloth lacking free endpapers.The Calendar was both a quasi-official record and a piece of popular didactic literature. Rebound in cloth with endpapers renewed. Externally excellent. Bumping to back strip head and tail. Front hinge of volume I and hinges of volume II strained with boards firmly held. Stamp to volume I front pastedown. Lacking free endpapers. Internally generally firmly bound but with two plates detached and loosely inserted to each volume. Pages significantly age toned with the odd spot. Volume II lacking frontispiece and lacking pages 297 to 398. Good J. Cooke hardcover