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1790034145London: J. Sewell 1790. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. Eight volumes Vol.17 1790 Vol.18 Jun - Dec.1790; Vol.19 Jan - June. 1791; Vol. 20 Jun - Dec. 1791; Vol. 21 Jan - June. 1792; Vol. 22 July - Dec. 1792; Vol. 23 missing Vol. 24 July - Dec. 1793; Vol. 25 Jan - Jun. 1794. All half leather bound marbled paper covered boards leather spine labels and gilt lettering; title page frontispiece several engraved plates to each volume not all present in accordance with list of embellishments. Binding show various degrees of wear and handling but all have secure boards and joints please see image. Contents clean and tight endpapers do not appear to be original no inscriptions no annotation. A very good incomplete run. J. Sewell Hardcover
191424932New York: Doubleday Page / The Winthrop Press 1914. Immaculate and tight with minimal edge wear; 32 un-numbered pages single staple at the spine; Two full-color illustrations including front cover. Rear cover advetisement for "Murray's" Restaurant and Roman Gardens at 228 West 42nd Street New York. First Edition. Illustrated Wraps. Near Fine. Illus. by Two Full-Color Illustrations. 64mo - up to 3" tall. Paperback. Doubleday Page / The Winthrop Press Paperback
198914641New York: Christie Manson & Woods 1989. 1st. Hardcover. Fine. 12.0x8.6x7.1in. limited presentation edition of 100 copies all edges gilt ribbon bookmarks. <br>The complete seven volume set of auction catalogues. Part I: Fifteenth-Century Books including the Gutenberg Bible lots 1-136 October 22 1987; Part II: Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts lots 137-182 December 2 1987; Part III: Printed Books and Manuscripts including Western Americana lots 183-1010 February 1-2 1988; Part IV: Printed Books and Manuscripts including Early Printing Literature and Fine Bindings lots 1011-1672 October 17-18 1988; Part V: Printed Books and Manuscripts including Americana Literature and Fine Bindings lots 1673-2231 February 21-22 1989; Part VI: Printed Books and Manuscripts concerning William Morris and His Circle lots 2232-2370 May 19 1989; Part VII: Index and Price Lists. <br>19.92lb 12.0x8.6x7.1in <br>EXTRA SHIPPING CHARGES NECESSARY Christie, Manson & Woods hardcover
199629803Chicago IL: Leslie Hindman Auctioneers 1996. Soft cover. Good. 10.7x8.3x0.4in. crease to upper corner of front cover and first few pages several lots marked with prices realized. <br>1593 lots described some illustrated several in color. <br>1.28lb 10.7x8.3x0.4in Leslie Hindman Auctioneers paperback
19991101028NY: Random House 1999. First edition first prnt. Edited by Fred Kaplan. Introduction biographical chronology and bibliography. Signed by Vidal on a tipped-in front free endpage as issued. One of an unspecified number of copies as such. Rear endpage with a one inch tear on the bottom edge a shallow crease on the bottom corner of the last few pages and a wrinkle on the spine topedge. Very Good condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Very Good/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Random House Hardcover
189938059Bell & Sons 1899. 8vo. with engraved portrait frontispiece; handsomely bound in full light tan calf BY ZAEHNSDORF boards with double frame border stopped at corners with rosettes all in gilt upper board with Uppingham crest blocked in gilt back with five raised bands tooled in gilt second and fourth compartments with green and red leather labels ruled and lettered in gilt all other compartments richly tooled in gilt to an art nouveau floral design gilt dentelles gilt doublures gilt edges marbled endpapers silk headbands a splendid example of a notable prize binding. The frontispiece is by Finden after Wageman. Bell & Sons, hardcover
181128938London: W. Miller White and Cochrane Lackington Allen and Co 1811. Hardcover. Complete 3-volume set. Small 4to. Modern fall calf binding with gilt compartments and borders and gilt spine lettering. 530pp; 545pp; 458pp 81pp index. All edges gilt. Frontispiece Vol. I marbled endpapers. Near fine to very good. Original text blocks clean and lovely and free of foxing with first few preliminary leaves showing age toning; modern bindings likewise tasteful and handsome although head of spine of Volume II bears 3/4" mended gash; circular blind-embossed ownership stamp on inner front flyleaf of each volume. A superb and quite handsome set of the ninth edition. W. Miller, White and Cochrane, Lackington, Allen, and Co hardcover
1925017535London: George Routledge & Sons Ltd 1925. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards minor sunning and very minor marking to cream vellum spine marbled end papers dusty page edges and no bumping to corners. Clear gilt lettering on light brown label on spine. 315pp. Undated ca 1920s. Introduction on 38 pages. The medieval epic tale of Reynard the Fox first printed by Caxton in the 15the century here with a text modernised by William Swan Stallybrass and with an Introduction by William Rose. This is followed by the writings of Physiologus translated from the Latin by James Carlill. Lastly there is an extensive Glossary and Notes on Caxton's words and phrases. Included are Kaulbach's famous illustrations. We do not use stock photos the picture displayed is of the actual book for sale. Every one of our books is in stock in the UK ready for immediate delivery. Hard Cover. Very Good /No Jacket. Illus. by Kaulbach. 7.5 x 5 inches. George Routledge & Sons Ltd Hardcover
19280006246New York: Dodd Mead 1928. First American edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 12 plates. Small quarto viii 660 pages; blue cloth water spots on cover. <br/><br/>The original 1665 appearance of THE ENGLISH ROGUE "was a forbidden book copies being printed secretly and sold furtively at alehouses and such places." The Censors disapproved it for indecency. Kirkman later enlarged it. ER was the first book of English prose fiction that was translated into a continental language and it provoked a flood of imitators. 12 plates. Dodd, Mead hardcover
1996SB16820NY: Penguin Books 1996. This is the Advanced Uncorrected Proof. Very clean and tight textblock; Creased corners age toned edges illustration on front cover. 145p. Advanced Uncorrected Proof. Wraps. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Paperback. Penguin Books Paperback
19305725San Francisco: Privately Printed. Near Fine. 1930. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 33 of 60 copies printed. 18 pp.; tall quarto; gray cloth; printed green paper cover label; without slipcase. Frontispiece of the Stevenson Monument by Ansel Adams pencil signed lower right corner. Frontis has the usual hotizontal shadows of offset from facing printed page. Faint scattered flecks of soil to cover; hint of darkening to spine. The colophon states: "This book was privately printed for Garfield D. Merner and is didicated by him to Flodden W. Heron in apperciation of a Stevenson Night given by Mr. Heron before the Roxburghe Club of San Francisco. It was printed by Cecil and James Johnson at The Windsor Press San Francisco set in Goudy Antique type. The photograph of the of the Stevenson Memorial was specially taken for this book by Ansel E. Adams." Text of David Anderson's piece about the Memorial Robert Louis Stevenson and the history of the architecture of the area and of San Francisco.; Signed by Authors . Privately Printed hardcover
2003005322Bristol United Kingdom: Thoemmes Press 2003. Book. New. Hardcover. 8vo. 7 vol set. Reprinted facsimile editions. Vol I: Bulwer Chirologia: Or the Natural Language of the Hand 1648. Vol II: Burgh The Art of Speaking 1768 . Vol. 3: Sheridan Lectures on the Art of Reading: In Two Parts 1781. Vol 4: Enfield The Speaker: Or Miscellaneous Pieces; Selected from the Best English Writers 1799. Vol 5: Walker Elements of Elocution: In which the Principles of Reading and Speaking are Investigated 1810 Vol 6: Knowles Orthoepy and Elocution; or The First Part of a Philosophical and Practical Grammar of the English Lanuage 1829 and Vol 7: Short Treatises. A new set. Thoemmes Press Hardcover
19300006245London: George Routledge & Sons Ltd. 1930. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Small quarto lxiv 543 pages blue cloth. Ex libris Dr. Lester H. Pierce. <br/><br/>20 facsimile plates. George Routledge & Sons, Ltd. hardcover
191239043Shakespeare Head Press Stratford-upon-Avon 1912-13. 2 vols. 8vo. First Edition on laid paper with frontispieces and numerous plates free endpapers lightly browned; original boards green buckram backs lettered in black green silk markers uncut AND PARTIALLY UNOPENED covers very lightly age-marked else a near fine set. EDITION LIMITED TO 760 NUMBERED COPIES THESE COPIES Nos. 630 AND 506 RESPECTIVELY. Loosely inserted is an A.L.s from Edith Lister Secretary to the Press on SHP stationery to Frank Murrell Director of William Lewis printers of Cardiff. A NEAR FINE SET OF AN EDITION PRODUCED BY THE PRESS IN ITS HEYDAY. Shakespeare Head Press, Stratford-upon-Avon, hardcover
1969006298<p>Toronto/Montreal: McClelland & Stewart Limited 1969. <em><strong>Margaret Atwood's 1st Edition of her first nove</strong></em>l. 1st. Hard Cover. Good to Very Good/Good to Very Good. 7" x 5". Clear Brodart Covering.</p> McClelland & Stewart Limited hardcover
195914081Chatto & Windus 1959. 8vo. First Edition; original red cloth gilt back a near fine copy. A PRESENTATION COPY 'For Talog with affectionate regards from Marius' FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HIS SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON BLANK PRELIMINARY Chatto & Windus, 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
1928024564London: Macmillan & Co Ltd 1928. Tiny name/date 1929 to front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked boards gilt top of page edges clear gilt lettering/embossing to front/spine rubbing to spine ends and no bumping to corners. 327pp. This account of Hardy's life published under his second wife's name was in fact a collaboration between them from his diaries notebooks and letters and completed by his wife after his death. Illustrated including with pictures of Thomas Hardy at various stages in his life. Tucked in is a further photograph of Hardy in his later years from part of a book review article. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 9 x 6 inches. Macmillan & Co Ltd Hardcover
71279London Methuen 1965. X323 p. Cloth. 23 cm hardcover
42785MICHIGAN JUNTO: A PRIVATE PRESS 1965. FIRST EDITION. A NEAR FINE COPY PROTECTED WITH A GLASSINE COVER. VERY SCARCE. 200 COPIES PRINTED. MICHIGAN, JUNTO: A PRIVATE PRESS, 1965 unknown
1905020048London: Early English Drama Society 1905. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. Very clean very tight pages with green paper and faux vellum boards sunned spine dusty untrimmed page edges minor rub to rear and no bumping to corners. 140pp. In the Early English Dramatists Series with the plays 'Lusty Juventus' 'Disobedient Child' 'Nice Wanton' .written in the mid-16th century plus a Note-Book and Word-List. Very scarce. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 7 x 4.5 inches. Early English Drama Society Hardcover
1907020051London: Early English Drama Society 1907. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. Very clean very tight pages with green paper and faux vellum boards sunned spine dusty untrimmed page edges minor rub to front foxing to end papers and minor bumping to corners. 347pp. In the Early English Dramatists Series with religious works and plays - The Three Laws of Nature Moses and Christ The Chief Promises of God unto Men John Baptist's Preaching in the Wilderness The Temptation of Our Lord John King of England A note on the Tragedy of David and Absolom.written in the late 15th to 16th centuries plus a Note-Book and Word-List. Very scarce. Hard Cover. Very Good -/No Jacket. 7 x 4.5 inches. Early English Drama Society Hardcover
196040138New York: The Dial Press 1960. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Black cloth spine with white lettering and striped paper over boards dust jacket. 188pp. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear and bit of rubbing. A tight and nice first edition of the third novel by this American writer 1922-93 whose style critics often placed somewhere between Hemingway and Camus. Laid in is an unlined index card bearing pencilled notes about this title by academic and literary critic Joseph J. Waldmeir 1923-2013 -- presumably jottings for one of his many published book reviews. The Dial Press hardcover
1945121Peoria IL: Edward J. Jacob 1945. Paperback. 16mo. Beige wrappers tied with red silk ribbon. 5pp. Fine. First separate edition. Retelling of the folk tale of "Grosse Boule" reprinted from the October 1 1944 "Chicago Sunday Tribune." An uncommon Starrett ephemeral item. Edward J. Jacob paperback
199136599J. C. Gieben. 1991. Softcover. Very Good. Scholar's name to ffep D. Gerber. Faint yellowing to wraps.; Offers a better understanding of Pindar's dithyrambs. In the first chapter the author gives an overview of the dithyrambic genre and tries to define Pindar's position within it. Then follows the text and the commentary. Text presented includes both genuine and doubtful fragments from Pindar's dithyrambs.; 242 pages . 9050630677 . J. C. Gieben paperback