3 607 résultats
182828840Ponthieu Paris and Leipzig 1828. 2 works in 1 vol. 16mo. text in French some minimal age-staining; handsomely bound in contemporary full tree calf boards with decorative gilt frame border back with flat bands second compartment with green leather label lettered in gilt all other compartments ruled and tooled in gilt marbled edges marbled endpapers a very good bright clean copy. Early reissues of these two well-known devotional works; the first recounting a young girl's solo and hazardous journey across Siberia; the second the Fall of Jericho. VERY SCARCE. Ponthieu, Paris and Leipzig, hardcover
193137634William Heinemann & G. P. Putnam's Sons. 1931. Hardcover. Very Good. Scholar's name to ffep D. Gerber. Minor shelfwear. Pages tanned.; 8.4 X 5.9 X 0.7 inches; 638 pages . William Heinemann & G. P. Putnam's Sons hardcover
196919427William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California Los Angeles CA 1969. 8vo. First Edition thus; original buff wrappers printed in black wire-stitched as issued a near fine copy. Augustan Reprint Society Publication No. 133. This facsimile is a high-quality photographic reprint of the copy in the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library. VERY SCARCE. William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, University of California, Los Angeles CA, unknown
189642678New York: George H. Richmond & Co 1896. Hardcover. Illustrations by Walter C. Greenough. Small 8vo. Blue cloth with gilt and silver lettering and decorations. viii 399pp. Top edge gilt. Frontispiece full-page illustrations. Very good. Binding middle edgeworn and a tad rubbed with spine rather rubbed and age toned; nonauthorial 1899 gift inscription on front flyleaf. A tight nice and internally near fine first edition of this strange utopian sci-fi fiction involving travel to Mars etc. A decent copy of this scarce title. George H. Richmond & Co hardcover
196911560Olms Hildesheim 1969. 2 vols. 8vo. with frontispieces and titles in red and black; cloth gilt gilt backs a fine set. Olms, Hildesheim, hardcover
18067096Printed by T. Bensley of Bolt Court for J. Johnson in St. Paul's Church-Yard 1806. 2 vols. 12mo. on laid paper; early nineteenth century full speckled calf very neatly rebacked in calf gilt to style doublures tooled in gilt and blind a most attractive crisp clean copy in period binding. With the bookplate of Edward H Douty of King's College Cambridge in both volumes. Douty is recorded as a member of the KC Boat Crew in 1882. One of four unillustrated editions published in this year. A delightful set in near contemporary binding. Russell 98. Printed [by T. Bensley of Bolt Court] for J. Johnson, in St. Paul's Church-Yard, unknown
182514091Printed by Whittingham at the Chiswick Press for John Sharpe Duke Street Piccadilly 1825. 12mo. on laid paper with engraved frontispiece half-title engraved and printed titles and 6 engraved plates plates moderately spotted; attractively bound in mid-nineteenth century full rose calf sides with triple frame border stopped at corners by rosettes all in gilt enclosing a triple frame border stopped at corners by rosettes all in blind the space between filled with an elaborate arabesque in blind back with four raised bands tooled in gilt second and fourth compartments lettered in gilt all other compartments richly tooled in gilt gilt doublures gilt edges marbled endpapers brown silk marker binding mildly age-worn and faded at extremities but all lettering wholly legible else a most attractive textually clean crisp copy. This handsome 12mo edition derives directly from the foolscap octavo edition of 1817. The engravings save the last are by Rolls after designs by Richard Westall. The engraving to Book VI of The Task is by Romney; all the plates are re-engraved and dated March 25 1825 but notably the frontispiece differs considerably from that of its 1817 forerunner. Some of the vignettes have been reduced in size and the headings and imprints brought closer to accommodate the 16mo edition as well as the present 12mo format. An attractive if faded copy. Russell 145. Printed [by Whittingham at the Chiswick Press] for John Sharpe, Duke Street, Piccadilly, hardcover
1903BIB264686Melbourne: The Montfort Press. 1903. Octavo Size approx 15.5 x 22.8cm. Very Good condition. No dustjacket. Green cloth boards. Corners lightly bumped. A single ink "tick" to ffep. Black and white frontispiece. Tiny piece missing from top corner of "Synopsis" page. Light scattered foxing to fore and top edges and inside edges of covers. 200 pages. The story of the Elphington family and their life in the Mallee country of Victoria during the 19th century. Whilst fictional it is a very good representation of life at that time in that place. . Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardback. The Montfort Press hardcover
187733382Chicago: Jansen McClurg & Co 1877. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Orange cloth with black and gilt decorative and pictorial stamping. xiii 502pp. Frontispiece illustrations. Very good. Spine slightly sunned and a bit cocked with minor fraying at head and tail of spine; inner front hinge cracked but expertly archivally strengthened. Fairly tight and decent first edition of this Illinois fiction whose dedication page thanks "General U.S. Grant who was Colonel of the 21st Illinois Regiment while I was its chaplain." Delightful full-page engravings by Frank Beard. Crane was a Springfield preacher and this colorful novel depicts the rugged life of the Methodist preachers who traveled from village to village settlement to settlement preaching the gospel -- much as young Springfield attorney Lincoln traveled the judicial circuit trying cases in tiny rural villages. Interesting provenance the front pastedown bearing the plain red-printed bookplate "From the Library of / Ed Grabhorn / at the Grabhorn Press. Jansen, McClurg & Co hardcover
1895301220<p>First edition. 6 1/4" x 4 1/2". Original tan boards stamped in black with an art nouveau floral design on the covers outer joints cracked. Good. Enclosed in an attractive 1/2 red morocco slipcase. Crane's second book; the first published under his own name.</p> Copeland and Day hardcover
188732852Privately Printed 1887. 8vo. First Edition on laid paper; burgundy cloth backstrip with printed paper label lightly worn chocolate endpapers uncut a very good bright clean copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 250 NUMBERED COPIES THIS COPY NO. 104. THE EDITOR'S PRESENTATION COPY TO HIS PARENTS WITH HIS SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON HALF-TITLE. With the errata slip mounted following title. Privately Printed, hardcover
192733795Clarendon Press Oxford 1927. 8vo. First Edition on laid paper with portrait frontispiece and facsimiles in the text some moderate offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; navy cloth upper board blocked in gilt gilt back uncut a very good brght crisp copy in unclipped mildly browned dustwrapper. With a copy of the original purchase invoice James Thin Edinburgh 1937 loosely inserted. VERY SCARCE ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. Clarendon Press, Oxford, hardcover
1990049472London Ontario: G. E. Crich 1990. First Canadian Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. viii 284pp w bibliography and index. bw photos illustrations drawn by the author. Frontis map. Professionally rebound in blue buckram w gilt lettering to cover and spine. Scratch in cloth to lower back corner. Binding square and sound. Quarto: 28.5 x 22.5cm <br/> <br/> G. E. Crich hardcover
188834219Mayerum Et Muellerum. 1888. Hardcover. Very Good- in No Dust Jacket dust jacket. Book smartly rebound in blue cloth spine with pretty marbled boards. Part of spine label rubbed off. Scholars' bookplate to inner cover. Former owner's name in ink to ffep James Hutton. Pages toned. Endpapers browned.; 124 pages . Mayerum Et Muellerum hardcover
199942359Cambridge University Press. 1999. Hardcover. Very Good in No Dust Jacket dust jacket. Pencilling to some pages.; Cambridge Classical Studies; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 328 pages . 0521464900 . Cambridge University Press hardcover
189544931Thorin & Fils. 1895. Hardcover. Good in No Dust Jacket dust jacket. Pages browned. Original wraps bound in. Rebound in yellowish brown boards with gilt lettering to spines. Former owner's name in ink James F. Dyer to vol. 5. A bit of spotting to boards. Dampstaining to lower foreedges of vol. 5.; Tome 1: Homère - La poésie cyclique - Hésiode. XXXVI- 575 p. - Tome 2: Lyrisme. Premiers prosateurs. Hérodote. IV- 643 p. - Tome 3: Période Attique. Tragédie. Comédie. Genres secondaires. VI- 687 p. Tome 4: Priode Attique. Eloquence. Histoire. Philosophie. 752 p. - Tome 5: Période Alexandrine. Période Romaine. 1096 pp; French Edition; 1- 5; Volume 1- date is 1896 Vol 2- 1898 Vol 3 & 5- 1899 Vol 4- 1895. Mixed set but uniform bindings. . Thorin & Fils hardcover
189515241Librairie Hachette et Cie. 1895. Third Edition. Hardcover. Good in No Dust Jacket dust jacket. Book has been rebound in olive green boards. Pages browned. Else VG.; 458 pages . Librairie Hachette et Cie hardcover
113845Ldn. etc. OUP 1957. XIX1492 p. Cloth 24 cm hardcover
1992004134Amherst: The University of Massachusetts Press 1992. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good . 8vo. x 306 pp. Bound in full light brown cloth title stamped in black on spine in black and orange dust jacket printed in white. Near Fine minor bumping to extremities internally bright and clean in Very Good dust jacket with rubbing and wear. <br/><br/> The University of Massachusetts Press hardcover
188316686B. G. Teubner. 1883. First Edition. Hardcover. Good in No Dust Jacket dust jacket. Book has been rebound in brown and tan marbled boards swith brown spine. Paper label to spine has mostly torn away. Ex-library copy with usual stamps call numbers. Some chipping to head of spine.; 176 pages . B. G. Teubner hardcover
1996009756NY: Brave Wolf Publishing. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Brave Wolf Publishing 1996. Square 4to. 12 1/8" x 12 1/8" 113pp. illustrated with 43 plates. Text in English and Portuguese. Black cloth with blind embossed cover titles spine titles in silver gray endpapers.Fine in fine dust jacket with a short closed tear on the rear panel. Program for Valdir Cruz "Faces of the Rainforest" - Houston Center for Photography laid in. . Fine. Hard. 1st. 1996. Brave Wolf Publishing unknown
1944SB12736Cleveland OH: The Rowfant Club 1944. Hand-written signed and dated letter from the Author in ink laid in; Copy 65 of 250 copies; Textblock is clean and tight; Paper-covered boards lightly bumped at head/foot of spine. Moderately worn and scuffed plain paper dust jacket; 16p. Limited and Numbered Edition. Paper-Covered Boards. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hardcover. The Rowfant Club Paperback
197712099-1<p>Seattle: University of Washington Press 1977. First edition / First printing. Gray cloth. Fine in fine dust jacket.</p> University of Washington Press, hardcover
200536770Oxford University Press. 2005. Hardcover. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. Scholar's name to ffep D. Gerber. Very faint shelfwear to book and DJ.; Oxford Classical Monographs; 21.6 X 14 X 3.17 centimeters; 512 pages . 0199277249 . Oxford University Press hardcover
1977000732Out Of The Ashes 1977. Book. Trade Paperback. Author's account of his life on the streets in Los Angeles. A VERY GOOD COPY SIGNED BY Curtis on the title page THIRD PRINTING stated on back cover. Curtis was a Beat Poet and this is his life as a sex hustler and other dealings on the streets and the basis for Gus Van Sant's 1985 movie Mala Noche. Signed " wino poet Walt Curtis". Out Of The Ashes Paperback