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Hardback, 280 p., , 136 in colour, 150 x 200 mm. ISBN 9781872501925. This is the reproduction of the moralized Bible, made in the first half of the 13th century, in which biblical scenes are juxtaposed with theological and allegorical interpretative images.The moralized Bible, in which biblical scenes are juxtaposed with theological and allegorical interpretative images, was a new and original type of biblical manuscript that emerged in Paris in the 1220s. The book reproduced here in facsimile in one of the most beautiful of the surviving copies that was made in the firt half of the 13th century, and its glorious pages, with over 1000 illuminated medallions, vie with the translucent stained glass windows of the great Gothic cathedrals. Languages : English.
Paperback, 312 p., 148 x 210 mm, ISBN 9782503510965.
First edition, 2 vols., xvi, 368; viii, 423pp., limited edition, presentation inscription "It gives me pleasure to sign this copy of [English Books 1475-1900] for George Noel Paxton, Charles J. Sawyer", frontispiece, folding plate, 98 full-page illustrs., and facsimiles, orig. cloth, uncut, spine lightly faded otherwise a very nice set. Discusses the works of each writer in turn from a selling and book-collecting point of view; the authors were a bookseller and a collector.
softcover - 434 pages. English / Corpus Catalogorum Belgii. VII - The Medieval Booklists of the Southern Low Countries; 007 ISBN 9789065690562. Corpus Catalogorum Belgii. VII - The Medieval Booklists of the Southern Low Countries; 007). /Engels/ Preface (p. 7) Introduction (p. 9) Literature quoted in Abbreviated Form (p. 17) Surviving Manuscripts and Incunables (p. 21) Index Auctorum Operumque (p. 347) Index Personarum et Locorum (p. 421)
531 pages including index and black and white illustrations. A fascinating book about wartime politics, military strategies, and the birth pains of an independent U.S. Air Force - which was forged in fire over Brest, Schweinfurt, and Berlin. Sequel to author's A Few Great Captains - which traced the history of the U.S. Army Air Corps from its beginning to the onset of the German Blitzkrieg - picks up the story where Captains left off and continues through the strategic bombing of the Third Reich from 1942 to the end of the war in Europe. The story of a handful of air commanders who risked all for what they believed, at the conference table and in the cockpit. Prior owner's bookplate upon front endpaper else unmarked. Very light wear. Clean and unmarked. Small tears and moderate edgewear to dust jacket. Excellent copy. Book
270 pages including footnotes. Rejects the current cliches and myths about masculinity. Author's brilliant insights challenge most of the popular assumptions about today's man including Freud's Oedipal theory. With vigor and wit, he tells men how they can pull themselves out of the swampy confines of their outdated thinking. Examines why so many men are emotionally isolated, feel guilty about their sex drive and are driven to succeed in everything but love. Men will find out why women withdraw from them sexually or leave them. Informative and startling. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Excellent copy. Book
Gebonden in groen linnen, goudopdruk op platen en rug, 18x26,5cm, 380pp. Koninklijke Academie voor Wetenschappen, Letteren en schone Kunsten van Belgie.De brieven van Iustus Lipsius worden door de leden van de commissie sinds 1978 chronologisch vertaald. De werken die hieruit resulteerden, zijn ondertussen een standaard referentiewerk geworden voor al wie met Iustus Lipsius en humanisme bezig is
Gebonden in groen linnen, goudopdruk op platen en rug, 18x26,5cm, 418pp. Koninklijke Academie voor Wetenschappen, Letteren en schone Kunsten van Belgie.De brieven van Iustus Lipsius worden door de leden van de commissie sinds 1978 chronologisch vertaald. De werken die hieruit resulteerden, zijn ondertussen een standaard referentiewerk geworden voor al wie met Iustus Lipsius en humanisme bezig is
Gebonden in groen linnen, goudopdruk op platen en rug, 18x26,5cm, 493 pp. Koninklijke Academie voor Wetenschappen, Letteren en schone Kunsten van Belgie.De brieven van Iustus Lipsius worden door de leden van de commissie sinds 1978 chronologisch vertaald. De werken die hieruit resulteerden, zijn ondertussen een standaard referentiewerk geworden voor al wie met Iustus Lipsius en humanisme bezig is
Gebonden in groen linnen, goudopdruk op platen en rug, 18x26,5cm, 493 pp. Koninklijke Academie voor Wetenschappen, Letteren en schone Kunsten van Belgie.De brieven van Iustus Lipsius worden door de leden van de commissie sinds 1978 chronologisch vertaald. De werken die hieruit resulteerden, zijn ondertussen een standaard referentiewerk geworden voor al wie met Iustus Lipsius en humanisme bezig is
Gebonden in groen linnen, goudopdruk op platen en rug, 18x26,5cm, 492 pp. Koninklijke Academie voor Wetenschappen, Letteren en schone Kunsten van Belgie.De brieven van Iustus Lipsius worden door de leden van de commissie sinds 1978 chronologisch vertaald. De werken die hieruit resulteerden, zijn ondertussen een standaard referentiewerk geworden voor al wie met Iustus Lipsius en humanisme bezig is
4to [28 x 22 cm]; xxiii, [iii], 324 pp, numerous illustrations including in color, bibliog, index. original blind-stamped cloth, gilt title lettering on spine in gilt border, gilt titling on cover, fine, clean, unmarked, as new in original clear glassine jacket. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Nicely illustrated with over 200 illustrations and 91 colored plates of book covers and bindings, the work describes in detail 752 books, with these fabulous bindings, the books covering various subject areas, from literature to travels. As well there is good introductory material, including of biographies of artists and binders, illustrations of bookbinders' tickets, etc.
255 pages. Whether they came from Britain or Europe, these newcomers all wove new vigour and spirit into the Canadian cultural, economica and social fabric. And they all vividly remember their first hours, days and momths in a new country. This book is about their memories: sad, happy, sometimes incredible and always moving. The often felt frustrated and homesick and were at times resourceful or bewildered, weak or determined. But always they felt like immigrants in a strange land. Book clean, unmarked and very lightly worn. Some yellowing at edges. Slight lean to spine. Dust jacket in excellent condition but for scratch in lower corner of back panel. Very nice copy. Book
Royal 8vo, 32pp., title vignette, some light browning, orig. paper wrappers.
4to, 29, [1]pp., limited edition of 29 hand-numbered copies, this being number 14, 11 illustrs., signs of labels having been removed, orig. cloth.
2 Vols., large 8vo, xvi, 398; xvi, 399-782pp., plates, illustrs., in the text, orig. cloth. An indispensable tool for the art historian, dealer and collector, listing over 5,500 books with collations.
3 Vols., in one, illustrs., in the text, orig. cloth, d.w. Since its original publication in 1880 this famous work has established itself as the greatest work in its chosen field. Many thousands of books and monographs are fully described, many with detailed collations.
First Edition, 4to, xi, 644pp., (including a 96-page index), orig. printed wrappers. Contains 14,000 items, the most extensive collection in the United Sates.
8vo (225 x 140 mm), 32pp., text lightly browned, orig. printed wrappers. "Also supportive of Libri, the bibliographer and publisher Gustav Brunet of Bordeaux wrote to Lacroix confirming Lacroix's accounts of large-scale thefts from libraries and the resultant suicides of librarians."?Norman. Norman, 40.
5 Parts, 4to, munerous facsimiles throughout, orig. printed wrappers, 1,665 items. An important collection of material relating to California.
First edition, 4to, 79pp., one of 200 copies, 11 plates, orig. cloth-backed boards, uncut.
First Edition, large 8vo, front inner hinge shaken, orig. buckram, slightly stained and worn.
2 Vols., 4to, 176; 172pp., illustrs., orig. decorated wrappers.
First Edition, 4to, x,149,[1]pp., frontis., orig. cloth-backed boards, uncut. A scholarly monograph describing the relationship between government and the newspaper press.
