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19182221993<p>Foresta via El Portal California July 10 1918. 11" x 8 1/2". 1 1/4 pages recto and verso on Foresta Land Company letterhead to Mr. W. E. Ambler in Cleveland Ohio regarding the sale of an Indian Basket with citations to one of the clients baskets in his book "Indian Basketry" and in his book "How to Make Indian and Other Baskets." Together with envelope front panel only in James' hand. Very good.</p><p> Foresta Land Company was a real estate company selling lots near Yosemite.</p><p>James may have been associated with the promotion of the land sales.</p> unknown
182120085London: John Murray 1821. Hardcover. Complete 2-volume set. Small 8vo. Full diamond-patterned calf gilt. xxxi 341pp; 282pp. Very good. Minor edgewear and rubbing with spines rather darkened; recently expertly archivally rehinged thus tight and attractive. Contemporary ownership signature on front flyleaf of each volume of one Tom Llewellyn Jones unidentified but warrants research. Handsome set of this early English edition of Washington Irving's great satire. John Murray hardcover
2221669<p>"Edwin Markham" 1 page 9 3/4" x 7 1/4" "San Francisco Desolate". Holograph manuscript of his 12 line poem on the San Francisco earthquake of 1906. Very good short tear right margin; light traces of previous framing.</p><p>Fair copies of Markham's Lincoln are common. This is the first we have seen of his "San Francisco Desolate."</p><p>Markham 1852-1940 was an American poet.</p> unknown books
2221669<p>"Edwin Markham" 1 page 9 3/4" x 7 1/4" "San Francisco Desolate". Holograph manuscript of his 12 line poem on the San Francisco earthquake of 1906. Very good short tear right margin; light traces of previous framing.</p><p>Fair copies of Markham's Lincoln are common. This is the first we have seen of his "San Francisco Desolate."</p><p>Markham 1852-1940 was an American poet.</p> unknown
19012221728<p>First edition. Octavo. Original green cloth with emblematic design of Indian headdresses and chest plate stamped in gold white and red. Dust jacket unclipped; small chips and tears with design that replicates the pictorial cloth. Rare in jacket. Very good. 416 pages. No signatures or bookplates.</p><p>Naylor 1860-1945 physician poet novelist.</p> The Saalfield Publishing Company hardcover books
19012221728<p>First edition. Octavo. Original green cloth with emblematic design of Indian headdresses and chest plate stamped in gold white and red. Dust jacket unclipped; small chips and tears with design that replicates the pictorial cloth. Rare in jacket. Very good. 416 pages. No signatures or bookplates.</p><p>Naylor 1860-1945 physician poet novelist.</p> The Saalfield Publishing Company hardcover
197920552NY: Random House 1979. Limited issue of the first edidtion of 500 numbered copies signed by Styron on the limitation page as issued. Copy #132. Full cloth. Issued without dustjacket. Slipcase. Spine cloth with beginning toning; slipcase with beginning edge toning. Unread copy in Near Fine condition in a Near Fine slipcase. National Book Award winner and the basis for the 1982 film starring Kevin Kline and Meryl Streep who won her first Oscar for her performance of the title character. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Random House hardcover
1724000423Leiden: Samuelem Luchtmans 1724. Hardcover. See Description. Second and best Burmann edition. 4to. pp. 154 760 96. With engraved frontispiece depicting the Argonauts. Title is printed in red and black with vignette medallion depicting an ancient rowing ship. Very faint library stamp in outer margin of title and on p. 101. Bound in attractive modern half calf with marbled boards and end papers. Original spine label is preserved. Interior is generally clean with periodic mild scattered foxing; occasional small tears are neatly sealed; some staining present on the bottom outer marginal corner of some leaves. Gaius Valerius Flaccus was a first century c.e. Roman poet. His surviving epic verse work the "Argonauticon" describes the quest of Jason and the Argonauts for the legendary Golden Fleece. The work exists in eight books but was left incomplete by the author. This edition of the "Argonauticon" was edited by Pieter Burmann 1668-1741 a professor of History and Eloquence at Utrecht and Leiden. He compiled and included copious notes from previous scholars. Detailed indexes are given in the rear. Burmans edition also contains the "Supplement of Pius" and the "Argonautica of Orpheus." Schweiger II p. 1100; Dibdin II p. 516; Brunet V 1046 "Bonne edition"; Graesse VII. <br/> <br/> Samuelem Luchtmans hardcover
2 Bde. Gr.-4°. OLn mit goldgepr. Rückentiteln. Rücken beschabt und oben/unten gering schadhaft. Inhalt leicht fingerfleckig und gelegentlich mit einigen Bleistift-Ansterichungen Erstausgaben der Bearbeitungen der 4 Sinfonien. Alle Ausgaben mit Wasserzeichen. 1. und 2. Sinfonie: C.G.R. und drei sechseckige Sterne und Zahl 6. 3. Sinfonie: drei sechseckige Sterne und Zahl 8, 4. Sinfonie: C.G.R., Kleeblatt und Zahl 8.
1909035420London: Hodder and Stoughton 1909. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition Thus. Large 4to 26 x 31. A very good copy with the scarce original dust jacket. No Date. 1909. Rendered into English verse by Edward Fitzgerald. With 20 tipped-in colour plates with captioned tissue guards. Publisher's red cloth extravagantly stamped in gilt decoration to the front board gilt lettering very good and bright having been protected by the dust jacket now protected in a clear removable archival sleeve. Original plain endpapers. Contents clean and tight neat gift inscription to the front free end paper plates and text unmarked captioned tissue guards to all plates. A very good copy of this superb edition with the rare dust jacket. Hodder and Stoughton Hardcover
1927026965London: John Rodker 1927. No 85 in a 4 Volume Limited Edition Set of 1000 copies. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spines. Four very clean very tight copies with bright unmarked boards some rear covers very slightly rubbed spines very well sunned blind stamped in gilt and no bumping to any corners. Upper page edges dark blue fore and lower pages edges untrimmed dusty and lightly foxed. Notes and introductory pages plus total of 1664pp. The first translation into English of 'The Eastern Art of Love' printed on all rag paper and published 1927-1929 The four books contain 12 volumes of Eastern Anthology on the subject of Love including ancient literature from India Persia Arabia Laos Cambodia and Japan. The copper-plate engravings throughout the books have been hand coloured. A heavy set. Hard Cover. Very Good . Illus. by Hester Sainsbury. 9.25 x 6.25 inches. John Rodker Hardcover
44849LEIPZIG WEIDMANNOS 1853. FIRST EDITION IN TWO VOLUMES CONTEMPORARY QUARTER CALF OVER MARBLED BOARDS REBACKED IN BROWN MOROCCO pp 1163. A VERY GOOD SET OF A SCARCE TITLE. LATIN TEXT. LEIPZIG, WEIDMANNOS, 1853 hardcover
190463897Paris, Combet & Cie, Ancienne Librairie Furne 1904 In-4 37 x 30 cm. Cartonnage d'éditeur pleine percaline bleue, rel. Engel, dos lisse, tranches dorées, premier plat orné d'un superbe décor montrant le roi en habits d'apparat montant un cheval, le tout sur un fond doré, 92 pp. Ouvrage monté sur onglets, 40 illustrations de Maurice Leloir en chromolithographie, dont 34 à pleine page, et 2 sur double page, chromotypogravure de Cueille et Bouché. Coiffes émoussées, coins légèrement émoussés. Intérieur frais.
20109048164540Springer 2010. New. <p><strong>Author:</strong> Dept. of Special Collections of the Koninklijke Bibliotheek</p><p><strong>Publisher:</strong> Springer</p><p><strong>ISBN:</strong> 9789048164547</p><p><strong>Release Date:</strong> 2010</p><p><strong>Languages:</strong> English</p><p><strong>Binding:</strong> Paperback</p><p><strong>Number Of Pages:</strong> 653</p><p><strong>Details:</strong> The Annual Bibliography of the History of the Printed Book and Libraries aims at recording articles of scholarly value which relate to the history of the printed book to the history of arts crafts techniques and equipment and of the economic social and cultural environment involved in its production distribution conservation and description.</p> Springer paperback
1958267667A.-M. Henry Paris 1958. Hardcover mit Leinenrücken und -ecken ohne Schutzumschlag 13 Bände 1958-1970. Zustand: keine Beschädigungen keine Eintragungen. Rücken Ecken Kanten gut. Nachgebunden. Mit Kennungen einer Klosterbibliothek. A.-M. Henry, Paris, hardcover
17188872Printed for J.T. Jacob Tonson and sold by J. Brown at the Black Swan without Temple-Bar 1718. 4to. on laid paper some mild age- and damp-marking to several leaves; strongly bound in twentieth century boards paper label a bright crisp copy. Although attributed here to Beaumont and Fletcher later scholarship increasingly favours authorship by Fletcher and Massinger. The play one of the finest Restoration comedies was first performed in 1622 with the first licensed edition following in 1647. We have not been able to trace another eighteenth century edition of this work on its own. Tannenbaum 501; see CBEL I 635. Printed for J.T. [Jacob Tonson] and sold by J. Brown at the Black Swan without Temple-Bar, hardcover
1963031154Pasadena: Pasadena Art Museum 1963. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Fine. Photograph; 4 Color Plates. 14 Pp. In Glossy Wrappers With Color Illustration On Cover Full Page Photo Of Mclaughlin At Work Short Foreword By Walter Hopps With Acknowledgment To Felix Landau Gallery For The Loan Of Much Of The Work In The Exhibition And Four Tipped In Color Plates Untitled 1948;No. 31 1952; Untitled 1955; No. 12 1963 Each Three With Mclaughlin Quotations On Facing Pages One With Short Bio On Facing Page And Catalog Of The Exhibition On Two Pages 69 Works. Issued In 1200 Copies Now Quite Scarce. No Marks No Wear Or Stains. <br/> <br/> Pasadena Art Museum paperback
1998027257New York: The Museum of Modern Art / Harry N Abrams 1998. First American Edition 2nd Printing. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 12 1/4 " Tall. B/W and Color Throughout. 224 Pp. Cloth. Fine In Fine Dust Jacket Signed By Chuck Close Without Inscription And Dated 1998. <br/> <br/> The Museum of Modern Art / Harry N Abrams hardcover
2012045608Cambridge England: Cambridge University Press 2012. Soft cover. As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A four volume set bound in eight soft cover books from the Cambridge Library Collection. Photo illustrated wrappers are clean and without wear. Binding square and tight. Octavo: 232 x 154mm. German language text. Books appear unread. Additional shipping will be required - 7kg. Volume 1 Part 1: Die Zeit vor den Persenkriegen. Volume 1 Part 2: Die Zeit vor den Persenkriegen. Volume 2 Part 1: Bis auf die Sophistische Bewegung und den Peloponnesischen Krieg. Volume 2 Part 2: Bis auf die Sophistische Bewegung und den Peloponnesischen Krieg. Volume 3 Part 1: Bis auf Aristoteles und die Eroberung Asiens. Volume 3 Part 2: Bis auf Aristoteles und die Eroberung Asiens. Volume 4 Part 1: Die Griechische Weltherrschaft. Volume 4 Part 2: Die Griechische Weltherrschaft. <br/> <br/> Cambridge University Press paperback
[5] Bll., 124 S. Gr.-4°. Typendruck. HLdr. d. Zt. Ecken bestossen. Vorsatz mit handschr. Inhaltsangabe mit Bleistift. Besitzerstempel. Gering randfleckig.
198237038E. J. Brill. 1982. Softcover. Very Good. Vey Minor shelfwear to wraps; 2 Volume Set; 444 pages . 9004064095 . E. J. Brill paperback
188916220B. G. Teubner. 1889. Hardcover. Very Good in No Dust Jacket dust jacket. Vols I IV V have been rebound in red boards with dark red spine. Black lettering to spines. Pages tanned. Light pencil to a few pages. Vols. 1 & 2 have scholars' bookplate to inner covers. Vol. 3 has edgewear to corners with light chipping to cloth at corners. Vol 2 has edgeworn corners with light chipping to edges of boards.; Text in Ancient Greek; Preface in Latin. Mixed set: Vol. I: 1922 L 361 pp; Vol. II: 1889 cxxii 678 pp; Vol. III: 1893 xxiv 431 pp; Vol. IV: 1904 lvi 552 pp; Vol. V: 1904 251 pp; Bibliotheca Scriptorum Graecorum Et Romanorum Teubneriana TEUBNER; 1-5; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall . B. G. Teubner hardcover
18018321Printed for G. and J. Robinson No. 25 Pater-noster Row 1801. 2 vols. 8vo. Second Edition on laid paper two early nineteenth signatures on titles later signature on blank preliminary of both volumes; handsomely bound in early nineteenth century full tree calf sides with decorative floral frame border in gilt backs gilt extra second and fourth compartments with red and green leather labels lettered and tooled in gilt all other compartments ruled with Greek key and floral rolls enclosing a gilt star device doublures tooled in gilt and blind a clean crisp and most attractive copy. Dedicated to Warren Hastings late Governor General of Bengal Hamilton's first novel appeared in 1796 to considerable acclaim. It satirises society through the device of Oriental letters on the model of works by Montesquieu and Goldsmith its theme being that women also can be both strong and able. The Preface based partly on her brother's experiences in India is both extensive and erudite. Elizabeth Hamilton 1758-1816 Irish novelist essayist and poet. Born in Belfast she moved as a child to Stirling later to London and finally to Edinburgh in 1804. She directed all her works to her own sex whose qualities of mind she admired and promoted. She was praised by Maria Edgeworth and famously by Jane Austen who was pleased that such 'a respectable writer' had read Sense and Sensibility. Block p.96; Todd p.147. See CBEL III p.398. Printed for G. and J. Robinson, No. 25 Pater-noster Row, hardcover
32002316Tokyo 1976 Kodansha. White cloth very good folded blue box 310p. 101 tipped in color plates 281 b .w. photos chronology folio vol. 9 of 12 volume set.cloth case a bit faded else bright. FIRST LIMITED EDITION OF 2000 COPIES . . . RARE FIRST NUMBERED & LIMITED EDITION OF 300 COPIES . . . A DELUXE EDITION IN FOLIO FORMAT WITH CLOTH CASES . . Critically acclaimed ceramic research document material. The efforts of all major scholars in the field of Oriental Ceramics from each of the world's best museum collections. . THE SET IS COMPLETE IN 12 VOLUMES: Vol. 1. Tokyo National Museum 1977 Vol. 2 National Museum of Korea 1976 Vol. 3. Museum Pusat 1977 Vol. 4. Iran Bastan Museum 1978 Vol. 5. British Museum1976 Vol. 6. Victoria & Albert Museum 1976 Intro by John Ayers. Vol. 7. Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art 1976 Vol. 8. Musee Guimet 1976 Vol. 9. Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities Stockholm 1976 Vol.10. Freer Gallery of Art Washington D.C. U.S.A. 1976 Vol.11. Museum of Fine Arts Boston 1978 Vol.12 Metropolitan Museum of Art New York 1977 . THE BINDING: The work is printed on heavy rag paper uniformly bound in a durable heavy white cloth then encased in a uniform heavy blue cloth clam shell case. . SIZE: The books are all uniformly bound and about the same size: ca. 27 x 37 cm. and are ca. 5.5 cm. thick. The folding blue protective cloth boxes/clamshell cases are 28 x 39.5 cm. . THE CONTENTS: It is an outstanding piece of scholarship. It covers the Chinese Japanese Korean Islamic South-East Asian ceramics and porcelains. It has been praised as the "Best work ever on the subject." . CONTRIBUTORS: Contributors are from among the most recognized and respected scholars on Asian ceramics include: Seizo Hayashi Jan Fontein Wu Tung Julia Meech-Pekarik Marilyn Jenkins John Ayers Sunu Choi Abu Ridho Firouz Bagherzadeh Anne Saurat Masahiko Sato Doug Barrett Laurence Smith R. Whitfield R. Pinder-Wilson Margaret Medley Madeline Paul-David Daisy Lion-Goldschmidt Bo Gyllensvard John Pope Josephine E. Knapp Esin Atil et al. . THE LANGUAGES: The work has captions both Chinese and English text in English & Japanese. . By and large an impressive work with the highest quality polychrome plates careful descriptions & identification for each piece. An essential reference resource now considered the standard and most reliable single reference on the subject. . EDITION: The FIRST EDITION was published in two editions: First Numbered Edition of 300 copies has a hand numbered number on the verso of the title page with limitation statement. . The FIRST TRADE EDITION was printed in an edition of 2000 copies and has a colophon at the back size is identical. Each is 26 x 37 cm. the blue clam shell case is 28 x 39.5 cm. These are folio size volumes. . Volume Numbers: !! EDITION VARIANCE: This being the First Edition not all volumes of the second or "Trade" Edition match with the same volume numbers. !!! Please use caution when ordering the First Edition volumes. Please check with us as we may have other editions of these volumes in stock. Please confirm the title matches what you are ordering as well as the volume number. . EXTRA SHIPPING PACKING AND HANDLING FEES APPLY: Each volume is large and heavy extra fees apply on all shipping. International shipping will be by Federal Express or by registered/insured air mail with signature required at our digressions. . BIBLIOGRAPHY: Arntzen p.358 . unknown
32002315Tokyo 1976 Kodansha. White cloth very good blue cloth box 104 tipped in color 378 b.w. photo plates chronology 323p. notes vol. 2 of 12 only box bit faded else bright copy. FIRST LIMITED EDITION OF 2000 COPIES . . . RARE FIRST NUMBERED & LIMITED EDITION OF 300 COPIES . . . A DELUXE EDITION IN FOLIO FORMAT WITH CLOTH CASES . . Critically acclaimed ceramic research document material. The efforts of all major scholars in the field of Oriental Ceramics from each of the world's best museum collections. . THE SET IS COMPLETE IN 12 VOLUMES: Vol. 1. Tokyo National Museum 1977 Vol. 2 National Museum of Korea 1976 Vol. 3. Museum Pusat 1977 Vol. 4. Iran Bastan Museum 1978 Vol. 5. British Museum1976 Vol. 6. Victoria & Albert Museum 1976 Intro by John Ayers. Vol. 7. Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art 1976 Vol. 8. Musee Guimet 1976 Vol. 9. Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities Stockholm 1976 Vol.10. Freer Gallery of Art Washington D.C. U.S.A. 1976 Vol.11. Museum of Fine Arts Boston 1978 Vol.12 Metropolitan Museum of Art New York 1977 . THE BINDING: The work is printed on heavy rag paper uniformly bound in a durable heavy white cloth then encased in a uniform heavy blue cloth clam shell case. . SIZE: The books are all uniformly bound and about the same size: ca. 27 x 37 cm. and are ca. 5.5 cm. thick. The folding blue protective cloth boxes/clamshell cases are 28 x 39.5 cm. . THE CONTENTS: It is an outstanding piece of scholarship. It covers the Chinese Japanese Korean Islamic South-East Asian ceramics and porcelains. It has been praised as the "Best work ever on the subject." . CONTRIBUTORS: Contributors are from among the most recognized and respected scholars on Asian ceramics include: Seizo Hayashi Jan Fontein Wu Tung Julia Meech-Pekarik Marilyn Jenkins John Ayers Sunu Choi Abu Ridho Firouz Bagherzadeh Anne Saurat Masahiko Sato Doug Barrett Laurence Smith R. Whitfield R. Pinder-Wilson Margaret Medley Madeline Paul-David Daisy Lion-Goldschmidt Bo Gyllensvard John Pope Josephine E. Knapp Esin Atil et al. . THE LANGUAGES: The work has captions both Chinese and English text in English & Japanese. . By and large an impressive work with the highest quality polychrome plates careful descriptions & identification for each piece. An essential reference resource now considered the standard and most reliable single reference on the subject. . EDITION: The FIRST EDITION was published in two editions: First Numbered Edition of 300 copies has a hand numbered number on the verso of the title page with limitation statement. . The FIRST TRADE EDITION was printed in an edition of 2000 copies and has a colophon at the back size is identical. Each is 26 x 37 cm. the blue clam shell case is 28 x 39.5 cm. These are folio size volumes. . Volume Numbers: !! EDITION VARIANCE: This being the First Edition not all volumes of the second or "Trade" Edition match with the same volume numbers. !!! Please use caution when ordering the First Edition volumes. Please check with us as we may have other editions of these volumes in stock. Please confirm the title matches what you are ordering as well as the volume number. . EXTRA SHIPPING PACKING AND HANDLING FEES APPLY: Each volume is large and heavy extra fees apply on all shipping. International shipping will be by Federal Express or by registered/insured air mail with signature required at our digressions. . BIBLIOGRAPHY: Arntzen p.358 . unknown
