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88018601Tokyo 1981 Kodansha. Blue cloth fine folio 10.25x14.25 inches slipcase 95 color 445 b.w. photos 181p. chrono- logy with notes to the plates very clean solid copy. FIRST TRADE EDITION Introduction by John A Pope selection & notes by Josephine E. Knapp on Chinese Japanese and Korean ceramics. Notes on Islamic ceramics by Esin Atil. An outstanding work on their collection superbly illustrated on heavy paper with very high quality polychrome plates. unknown
88018701Tokyo 1980 Kodansha. Blue cloth folio 26.5 x 37 cm. cloth/board slipcase 61 color 319 b.w. photos 182p.notes the plates chronology of China Japan & Korea very clean sharp like new copy. Volume #10 is especially scarce ! Introduction by Jan Fontein Director & Curator Asiatic Dept of Art selection & notes by Ms. Fontein & Wu Tung. An outstanding work superbly illustrated on heavy paper. An important reference source book. Superbly done well written. . unknown
2017BN77832Hamburger Kunsthalle 2017. 2017. Surreal Encounters: Colledcting the Marvellous <br/><br/> Hamburger Kunsthalle unknown
1900317208Verlag Velhagen und Klasing Bielefeld 1900. Hardcover Leinen ohne Schutzumschlag 3. Auflage Zustand: zwei Namensstempel in den Vorsätzen - ansonsten keine Eintragungen. Zwei Druckbögen sind lose. Risse am Rücken. Die Ecken und Kanten sind berieben/bestoßen. Verlag Velhagen und Klasing, Bielefeld, hardcover
193814292Macmillan 1938. 8vo. on laid paper with an engraved portrait frontispiece and engraved title-vignette some mild offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; original maroon cloth gilt back a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper the latter lightly browned at backstrip and rear panel. Knight's edition was first published in two volumes in 1897. The first single-volume edition was issued in 1924. A lovely copy of a most attractive edition. Scarce in this condition especially in the dustwrapper. Macmillan, hardcover
185112045Edward Moxon 1851. 2 vols. 8vo. First Edition with engraved portrait frontispieces one original tissue guard present and an engraved illustration and several full-page pedigrees in the text frontispieces mildly damp-marked at margins not affecting engraved images; attractively bound in contemporary half morocco marbled boards backs with five raised bands all compartments ruled in blind second and fourth compartments lettered in gilt all other compartments tooled to a floral design green endpapers sprinkled edges boards age-scuffed else a very good bright tight set. With both half-titles the separately printed errata slip and the advertisement leaf at end. The errata slip for both volumes is present in the first volume; Wise calls for it to be in the second. The engraved frontispieces depict Wordsworth engraved by Skelton from Pickersgill and Dora Wordsworth Mrs Quillinan Armytage from Gillies. The first full biography by Wordsworth's nephew and containing the first printing of many letters and several poems. Cornell 875; Wise IV 6. Edward Moxon, hardcover
18448645Edward Moxon 1844. 8vo. Fifth Edition neat early twentieth century signature pencilled in front paste-down; original publisher's cloth sides with double frame border in blind enclosing an elaborate arabesque in blind gilt back uncut short split in backstrip not affecting lettering or soundness cloth hinges just cracking but binding wholly firm and sound else a remarkably bright fresh clean copy. Complete with 8pp publisher's catalogue dated June 1 1844 bound before title and 2pp publisher's catalogue bound in at end.The Excursion was first published in 1814 the only quarto issue. A second edition in demy octavo appeared in 1820 followed by a third in foolscap octavo in 1832. This was subsequently reprinted from stereo plates in 1836 and as here in 1844. See Wise p.83. Edward Moxon, hardcover
195842649Clarendon Press Oxford 1958. 8vo. First Edition on laid paper with portrait frontispiece plate and folding pedigree; mavy cloth gilt back a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Clarendon Press, Oxford, hardcover
193514837Oxford University Press Oxford 1935-1939. 6 vols. 8vo. First Edition on laid paper with folding facsimile as frontispiece large folding facsimile 2 double-page pedigrees and tinted folding map; original maroon buckram gilt backs uncut a near fine set set. With uniform personal bookplate on front paste-downs and small relevant cutting mounted on front free endpaper of first volume. The set comprises: Vol. I: The Early Letters 1787-1805 1935; Vol. II: The Middle Years 1806-1811 1937; Vol. III: The Middle Years 1811-1820 1937; Vol. IV: The Later Years 1821-1820 1939; Vol V: The Later Years 1831-1840 1939; Vol. VI: The Later Years 1841-1850 1939. COMPLETE SETS IN THIS CONDITION ARE VERY SCARCE. NCBEL III 188. Oxford University Press, Oxford, hardcover
194613485Clarendon Press Oxford 1946. Roy. 8vo. First Edition thus on laid paper; original cloth blocked in blind gilt back uncut a remarkably bright clean copy in unclipped lightly browned dustwrapper. ROY FULLER'S COPY WITH HIS NEAT SIGNATURE ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. Volume III comprises Miscellaneous Sonnets Memorials of various Tours Poems dedicated to National Independence and Liberty The Egyptian Maid The River Dudgeon series The White Doe and other Narrative Poems Ecclesiastical Sonnets 1946. Professor Ernest de Selincourt is universally recognised as the single most outstanding editor of Wordsworth. Following his edition of the poet's great single work 'The Prelude' 1926 immediately recognised as the definitive text he devoted almost twenty years to the preparation of his magnum opus - the 'Poetical Works' in five magisterial volumes. Quite apart from the scrupulous veracity of the texts the edition bristles with variora and comprehensively detailed notes and comment by a lifetime scholar. In the last three volumes de Selincourt was assisted by his close collaborator Helen Darbishire who subsequently assumed his mantle. A SPLENDID LITERARY ASSOCIATION COPY. Clarendon Press, Oxford, hardcover
194614657Clarendon Press Oxford 1946. Roy. 8vo. First Edition thus on laid paper top lightly dust-soiled; original cloth blocked in blind gilt back uncut a near fine copy in unclipped moderately age-browned dustwrapper. Volume III comprises Miscellaneous Sonnets Memorials of various Tours Poems dedicated to National Independence and Liberty The Egyptian Maid The River Dudgeon series The White Doe and other Narrative Poems Ecclesiastical Sonnets 1946. Professor Ernest de Selincourt is universally recognised as the single most outstanding editor of Wordsworth. Following his edition of the poet's great single work 'The Prelude' 1926 immediately recognised as the definitive text he devoted almost twenty years to the preparation of his magnum opus - the 'Poetical Works' in five magisterial volumes. Quite apart from the scrupulous veracity of the texts the edition bristles with variora and comprehensively detailed notes and comment by a lifetime scholar. In the last three volumes de Selincourt was assisted by his close collaborator Helen Darbishire who subsequently assumed his mantle. Clarendon Press, Oxford, hardcover
192630940Clarendon Press Oxford 1926. 8vo. First Edition thus on laid paper with portrait frontispiece and 6 plates of facsimiles 2 double-page; original terracotta buckram backstrip with paper label printed in black uncut label moderately browned else a very good bright clean copy. With elegant personal bookplate on front paste-down and spare label tipped in at end. A copy of the publisher's prospectus for De Selincourt's 'Poetical Works' is loosely inserted. Bright copy of the first appearance of the magisterial edition by the poet's finest editor. Clarendon Press, Oxford, hardcover
27603G/NONE. Hardcover. 4 different hardcover books by or about Woolcott 1. A. Woollcott: His Life and His World by Samuel Hopkins Adams Reynal & Hitchcock 1945 pub date 386 pages DJ remnants only. 2. The Letters of Alexander Woollcott blue cloth boards with inscribed "AW" decoration edited by Beatrice Kaufman and Joseph Hennessey dated 1944 410 pages. 3. Long Long Age by Woolcott red cloth boards sketch of Woolcott embossed on front dated 1943 280 pages 4. Woolcott's Second Reader Viking Press 1937 with 1056 pages. Blue cloth boards endpapers browned faded sketch of Woolcott embossed on front. Short stories essays by 12 different writers including My Aunt Daisy by Albert Halper Peter Rugg The Missing Man by William Austin The Gold Age by Kenneth Grahams Joe by Gustav Eckstein etc. ; . hardcover
189643604New York: Samagundi Publishing Company 1896. First edition. first printing First printing. Hardcover. Good. Inscribed in blind by the author; "Yours Sincerely R. Pitcher Woodward 'Frisco Ma. 24 97."The author sights four reasons for writing this book. The fourth reason "to make myself immortal." A book of humorous stories with thirty-eight illustrations by Dan Beard J. Carter Beard Harry L.V. Parkhurst and the artist of the party. Bound in original tan buckram lettered and illustrated in black with small red fleurs. Professionally rebacked with original spine pressed on. Interior hinges repaired. A better than good but not quite very good copy. <br/> <br/> Samagundi Publishing Company hardcover
19788234Ams Press. 1978. Hardcover. Good in No Dust Jacket dust jacket. Ex-library copy with usual stamps call numbers and pocket. Shelfwear.; English translation of Thucydides' De bello peloponnesiaco book V chapters 61-75 followed by the author's interpretation of the events therein described. Reprint of 1933 edition.; 161 pages . 0404153577 . Ams Press hardcover
19789609Ams Press. 1978. Hardcover. Near Fine in No Dust Jacket dust jacket. Very light shelfwear. Else fine.; English translation of Thucydides' De bello peloponnesiaco book V chapters 61-75 followed by the author's interpretation of the events therein described. Reprint of 1933 edition.; 161 pages . 0404153577 . Ams Press hardcover
192428862Oxford University Press 1924-1926-1927. 3 vols. of 5 8vo. Mixed Impressions with frontispieces and plates; original black cloth backstrips with printed paper labels backstrips worn and split labels worn but just legible uncut a good sound working collection of the first three volumes. Sold from an institution with its bookplate and press-marks on endpapers and small blind stamp on titles. Woodforde's account includes Oxford and the Somerset Curacies 1758-1776 and thereafter his residence in the Norfolk village of Weston Longeville. The first three volumes comprise Vol. I: 1758-1781 second impression 1924; Vol. II: 1782-87 first edition 1926; Vol. III: 1788-92 first edition 1927. Beresford's definitive edition was first published in five volumes between 1924 and 1931. See Cordeaux & Merry 158; Darroch & Taylor 3369; Pargellis & Medley 671. Oxford University Press, hardcover
194632003New York: The Woodford Press 1946. Hardcover. 12mo. Tan textured paper over boards pictorial dust jacket. 254pp. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear; jacket trimmed about 1/8" in height. Tight handsome first edition of this typically racy potboiler by the popular Chicago pulp novelist of the '30s and '40s. Near the top of the front jacket flap he crosses out his printed name and signs boldly in blue ink. The Woodford Press hardcover
30605LONDON WARNE 1911. NEW EDITION REVISED AND EXTENDED BY THE REV. JAMES WOOD. ATTRACTIVE HALF LEATHER BINDING MARBLED BOARDS AND ENDPAPERS RAISED BANDS GILT SPINE TITLES. 816 PAGES. SOME FOXING T OTHE PRELIMS. THEREAFTER CLEAN. A TIGHT AND ATTRACTIVE BINDING. LONDON, WARNE, 1911 hardcover
1995112385Bastei-Verlag Lübbe Bergisch Gladbach 1995. Taschenbuch/ 520 gramm/ Befriedigender Zustand aussen/ innen gut bis sehr gut/ ISBN 3404252616 Bastei-Verlag Lübbe Bergisch Gladbach, unknown
195610009New York: Random House 1956. Hardcover. 8vo. Black cloth dust jacket. 373pp. Very good/very good. Minor jacket edgewear and rubbing. First edition tight and attractive. YOUNG 4221. Random House hardcover
199210667<p>NY: Knopf 1992. First edition first prnt. <em>Signed</em> by Wolff on the title page. Unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Wolff's third non-fiction book. Blurbs by Conroy Hoagland McGuane Plimpton et al. Hardcovers. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.</p> Knopf hardcover
197600006612New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux 1976 1976. First edition. Hardcover. Very near Fine/very near Fine. 8vo. 11 3-243 3 pp. Black cloth with gold red and purple lettering on the spine. Price of $8.95 on the front flap of the jacket. Illustrated with several in-text and full-page drawings. A sharp copy of Wolfe's third collection of humourous essays and stories. A tiny concavity to the spine else Fine. Farrar, Straus and Giroux (1976) hardcover
1919230565August Scherl Berlin 1919. Hardcover mit Leinenrücken und -ecken Zustand: keine Beschädigungen keine Eintragungen. Rücken Ecken Kanten gut. August Scherl, Berlin, hardcover
197420717Berlin: Deutsche Buch-Gemeinschaft 1974. Hardcover Buchzustand: Sehr gut Kein Schutzumschlag Berlin: Deutsche Buch-Gemeinschaft, hardcover
