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19413064<p>Signed Limited Edition #662 of 1050. Near Fine</p> Books for the Few hardcover
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181615486Philadelphia: W. Dobson 1816. Old binding very worn with front cover and spine detached but present. Browning and moderate to heavy foxing throughout. A reading or reference copy only. Quite scarce. Half-Leather. Fair. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. W. Dobson Hardcover
19413064<p>Signed Limited Edition #662 of 1050. Near Fine</p> Books for the Few hardcover
38817n.p.: Published by Old Man Anonymous n.d. circa 194. Privately printed limited edition. Pages 109 pp.8vo. Burgundy colored cloth binding. Privately printed limited edition. No copies located by WorldCat. A collection of short stories or �fables� of Navy life and life in general during World War II set in New Zealand and the South Pacific May 1943-April 1944 England and the United Kingdom May 1944-July 1944 and France August 1944-May 1945. Inscribed and signed on the front free end paper possibly by the author. (n.p.): Published by Old Man Anonymous (n.d. circa 194?.) hardcover
184446796Tappan And Dennet January 1844. Hardcover. Good. boards bumped and rubbed; endpapers browned; some light foxing otherwise good tight text Tappan And Dennet hardcover
1793935Suisse: De L'imprimerie Philosophique 1793. Hardcover. Near fine. A Lovely 1793 Printing of the Notorious Les Trois Imposteurs <br /> <br />The most ubiquitous and influential of the clandestine philosophical manuscripts <br /> <br />ANON Traité des trois Imposteurs A Treatise on the Three Imposters De L'imprimerie Philosophique En Suisse 1793. 1 blank leaf TP TP 3 168 i iii = Table des Matieres 1 blank leaf. 12mo. Later edition. <br /> <br />NOTE: This edition contains the six notorious chapters along with three Appendices: "Sentimens sur le Traité des trois imposteurs" by B. de La Monnoye pp. 113 - 144; "Réponse à la dessertation de Mr. de La Monnoye sur le Traine des trois Imposteurs" signed J.L.R.L. and attributed to P.F. Arpe and to J. Rousset de Missy pp. 145 - 163 dated Janvier 1716; "Copie de l'article IX du tome ler seconde partie des Mémoires de littérature imprimes a la Haye ches Henry du Sauzet 1716 pp. 164 - 168. <br /> <br />The publication history of this book has become something of a cottage industry for Enlightenment bibliographers. The authorship has been variously attributed to Lucas Faint-Glain Boulainvilliers Levier Vroesen Aymon and even to Baron dHolbach. Because of its heretical and blasphemous content Israel in Radical Enlightenment says on p. 695 that it surpasses infinitely in atheistical profanity even those works of Spinoza which are regarded as the most pernicious this text was long an underground affair never officially published showing up in slightly different hand-written versions and frequently seen incorporated with other texts. Its history is still confused by the fact that everyone involved with this work was so secretive an understandable position to take given the harsh penalties including death that could result from being associated with this text in any way. <br /> <br />The first printed appearance the text seemed to have been just a part of a larger work La Vie et lEsprit de Spinosa which had a tinypress run in 1719 by a Dutch printer see Israel Radical Enlightenment 684 & 700. The text of Traite des trois Imposteurs was then excerpted and avidly copied by hand and circulated among the most radical free thinkers of Europe who frequently paid exorbitant prices just for the privilege of owning a copy. <br /> <br />Beginning in 1768 printers became brave enough or government supervision lax enough that they actually began to print and surreptitiously sell various editions of the text. Offered here is a 1793 edition of this revolutionary and heretical work. <br /> <br />The short treatise presents a direct assault on the three great monotheistic religions and challenges the integrity of their founding figures Moses Jesus and Muhammad claiming that these religions lack any substance whatsoever and owe their success in the world to the fear that underlies all of their basic assumptions and pronouncements. In contradistinction to these three frauds the text claims that Nature as the only god that is acting within the world. <br /> <br />For more details and a scholarly discussion of this important work see Jonathan Israels Radical Enlightenment Oxford University Press Oxford 2001 especially pages 684-703. <br /> <br />CONDITION: Very good to near fine in contemporary full leather gilt decorated spine with title in gilt to black panel. Mior cracking to hinges. Decorative endpapers. Former owners bookplate to verso of front endpaper. Small elegantly scripted annotations to the first page of the Reponse and Copie pages. A wonderful copy of this extraordinarily important text of the Radical Enlightenment. <br/><br/> De L'imprimerie Philosophique hardcover
30246<p>Quarto three pages of a four page bi-folium written neatly in ink on a pictorial letter-sheet depicting the <em>View from Near the Ferry House U. S. Side</em> at Niagra Falls small oil stain at lower right hand corner else in very good clean legible condition. <br />Our knowledge both of Czech and consequently its orthography are non-existent the identity of the writer could probably be determined by someone without these constraints. The writer has evidently just returned to Europe from America via New York Havre and thence to Paris. He mentions and presumably describes some of the places he visited in America including Chicago Michigan including Huron Detroit and St. Clair Erie Buffalo Niagra Falls et cetera. An interesting and unusual letter recording a Czech traveler's experiences in America.</p>
16181001771618. In 's Graven-Haghe By Hillebrandt Iacobsz woonende aende Marckt. Anno 1618. 37pp. Unbound. unknown
a56945Prag 1787 Johann Mangoldt. In German. 8vo. 181pp. original 3/4 leather with patterned papercovered boards and mounted leather spine label and raised bands. Good plus text clean with only light occasional spotting light to moderate wear on cover with two small chips on spine. Very scarce. hardcover
191716169London: John Murray 1917. First Edition. Wraps. Very good. 16mo; pp; 117 i 6 colophon ads; illustrated with a line drawings; original printed pictorial stiff paper wrappers; spine worn but intact;. A pilot's memoir of life in a French observation squadron on the western front. He describes his experience "Compared with some Squadrons our work is pleasant." Though the author's experiences may have been "pleasant" they were not to be taken as typical of those of all pilots at the front states the introduction. A nice relic of WWI John Murray paperback
1842101007<p>Glasgow: Printed for Richard Griffin and Company 1842. 1842. Fair. - Octavo 7-1/2 inches high by 4-1/2 inches wide. Hardcover bound in the original black cloth titled in gilt on the spine with decorations in blind on the covers. Half-title engraved frontispiece title pages vii-xii and pages 1-360. Profusely illustrated with portraits of the subjects. The front cover endpaper half-title and frontispiece are detached. The title page is detached and a tear through the center of it has been repaired with clear document tape. The rear cover and pages 359/360 are detached. The corner of page 153 is torn without any loss of text. A fair complete copy.</p><p>Exceedingly rare First edition printed by Robert Malcolm of Glasgow.</p><p>The book was reprinted in 1845 with the title "Curiosities of Biography or Memoirs of Remarkable Men.: Illustrated by one hundred characteristic portraits". Apart from the title a page-by-page comparison of the two books shows them to be identical in content and even in pagination. The only difference to be found is the absence in the 1845 reprint of an engraving of Napoleon on page xii at the foot of the contents page. Although the 1845 edition has been represented by many sources as the first edition it is indeed a reprint of the rare 1842 edition.</p><p>The work contains 131 separate biographies. Nearly 100 of these include portraits of the subjects. Among the biographies are Margaret Finch Queen of the Gypsies John Case celebrated quack doctor Logan the American Indian Chief Eugene Aram executed for murder Dolly of the Chop-House Lord Lovat executed for treason Maximilian Christopher Miller a Saxon Giant Old Harry a famous raree-show man John Gale born deaf and dumb Patie Birnie a famous fiddler of Kinghorn Thomas Topham the strong man La Maupin a French female singer and duellist Matthew Hopkins witch finder general Owen Farrel a celebrated Irish dwarf Henry Blacker famous English giant Jonathan Wild "cold-hearted villain" Jack Sheppard celebrated criminal Sarah Mapp a quack a "remarkable female bone-setter" Jacob Hall celebrated rope-dancer Mr. Andrews a famous billiard player Joseph Strong a remarkable blind mechanic Peter the Wild Boy O'Brien the Irish giant James Mackean "cold-blooded murderer" Claude Ambroise Seurat the living skeleton Daniel Dancer a "wretched miser" and Valentine Greatrakes "renowned in the annals of quackery".</p> Glasgow: Printed for Richard Griffin and Company, 1842. hardcover
awd-674Album à l'italienne recouvert de tissus brodé à motifs rouges floraux sur fond blanc contenant 72 échantillons de tissus répartis sur 18 pp., la plupart destinés à la fabrication de Kimonos en soie ou en coton (pour femmes, pour hommes ou pour enfants), insérés dans des compartiments à encadrements de papier blanc, formant des pages thématiques par associations : ikats, textiles pour enfants, thèmes divers imprimés ou brodés, représentations de la nature (fleurs, insectes, oiseaux, paysages), monuments ou objets traditionnels du pays (éventails décorés, accessoires de jeu, poupées), compositions géométriques. Vers 1950 - 1970 (31/19 cm). Bon état (parfois quelques déchirures sur les encadrements de fenêtres).
200223982San Francisco: Arion Press 2002. Limited edition. Very fine. 51 pp. 6 photogravure plates on proof paper octavo 10.5 x 7 inches black cloth spine and yellow cloth boards printed with an ink-blot pattern. Slipcase. <br/><br/>Edition of 300 numbered and 26 lettered copies this #246. Autographed by author and illustrator. Arion Press hardcover
189821028Paris: H. Le Soudier 1898. Fine. H. Le Soudier Paris 1898 14.50 x 23 cm broché First collected edition. Spine with two slight lacks at head and some stains boards slightly and marginally faded handsome interior condition. Complete with its folding 'calendrier positiviste' at rear. H. Le Soudier hardcover
1141July 1859. Drawing. Pencil Drawing: 6 x 9 . Ink Drawing 14 x 8½. Cambridge MA. unknown
1906402641906. Cavaniol a Chaumont, (1906). Format 11x18 cm, broche, 63 pages. Couverture defraichie. Etat acceptable.
19102281London: Henry Frowde and Hodder & Stoughton 1910. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 2 1/4 X 2 1/4 Inches. 63 PP. Original ties intact. A first printing copy in the original blue boards with cover label intact. Early story of dolls that come to life and seek out a new home far from their current tormenting owner. Sounds an awful lot like Toy Story to me. Hint of wear to boards. Henry Frowde and Hodder & Stoughton hardcover
183011988Paris: Au bureau de l'Organisateur 1830. Fine. Au bureau de l'Organisateur Paris 1830 14 x 21.50 cm broché First edition published in a small number of copies. Rare and handsome copy almost entirely free from foxing. Au bureau de l'Organisateur unknown
1957329076Paris: Olympia Press 1957. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. Preface and illustrations by Jean Cocteau. Slight rubbing and light wear near fine. Issued in The Traveler's Companion Series No. 51. Scarce in reasonable condition. Olympia Press unknown
2000365202US: American Bible Society 2000. American Bible Society 2000 Large Print Edition Fine/ Spine reinforced with clear library tape. LARGE PRINT 18 PT type. Exceptionally bright pages. Large Print Edition. Paperback. Fine. American Bible Society Paperback
173722493Amsterdam Jacques Desbordes 1737 in-12 plein-veau 2 volumes, reliure plein veau havane raciné in-douze (binding full calfskin duodecimo) (13,5 x 8 cm), dos long (spine without raised bands), titre et tomaison frappés "or", pièce de titre et de tomaison sur fond bordeaux avec double filets "or" ou roulette "or" en encadrement, double filets "or" en place des nerfs, double filets "or" et roulette "or" en tête et en pied, entre-nerfs à fleuron "or" dans un encadrement à double filets "or" avec rinceaux "or" aux angles, coins écornés, filet "or" sur les coupes, toutes tranches lisses jaspées bleues et rose, etiquette Ex-Libris gravée en noir sur fond blanc au dos de la première de couverture : Bibliothèque du Baron VOYSIN DE GARTEMPE, Titre imprimé en rouge et noir, sans illustrations (no illustration) excepté une vignette au titre gravée sur bois en noir, 387 + 357 pages, 1737 Amsterdam : Jacques Desbordes Editeur,
1829115311829 Paris : L. Baume, 1829; in-8 broché de (4) - 41 pp.; 1 frontispice et 19 planches hors texte au trait. Couverture beige titre en noir au 1er plat, dos muet. Au total 20 planches, dont 19 portraits, discrètement légendés postérieurement au crayon., la première planche représentant la localisation des sentiments.
198495424NY:: Alcoholics Anonymous World Services. Very Good. 1984. Hardcover. This copy is from the personal library of novelist and poet Erica Jong with her SIGNED name on the front free endpaper. Eighteenth printing of the third edition revised. Underlining and marginalia presumably Jong's on about forty pages else very good in blue cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. No dust jacket. ; 575 pages . Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, hardcover
19821689New York: Trisexual Books Star Disbributors 1982. Paperback Original 1st. Original wraps. Very Good. 4 1/4 X 6 5/8 Inches. 180 PP 12 PP ads. Scarce Trisexual Books "Pretty Boy" in original wraps. A paperback original first edition. Only copy located on OCLC is held by the Beinecke Library at Yale University. Light scuffing to edges and covers. A nice copy overall. Trisexual Books (Star Disbributors) unknown
1950771New York: Ultra Publishing 1950. First Edition First Printing. Original wraps. Near Fine. 5 1/2 X 8 1/2 Inches. 36 PP. Original staple binding. Circa 1950. Classic 1950's "art book" featuring nude models. Sold to the public as photography studies vintage mags such as this one represent the mostly bygone era of sex suppression in the United States. Issue #1 as stated on front cover. Hint of wear to spine and edges. Unusually nice condition. Ultra Publishing unknown
182618609Paris: A. Le Clerc & Cie 1826. Fine. A. Le Clerc & Cie Paris 1826 13.50 x 22 cm broché First edition. Occasional foxing. Rare. A. Le Clerc & Cie unknown
