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18142081402110005206Not Available 1814. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 6 Not Available paperback
18322106290006New Haven-s. Babcock 1832. very aged with splotches. Whatever was on the cover has been rubbed off. Both covers are detached from spine. Corners are rounded and to boards. Text is intact. New Haven-s. Babcock hardcover
18902111902160200625Denko-sha 1890. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 sheet Denko-sha paperback
1876667P16Paris: Goupil & Cie 1876. Leather. Fair. 20" by 14". Not Stated. A very scarce and beautiful look at the ceiling paintings at the Paris Opera the Palais Garnier written by the painter of the ceiling Paul Baudry. Illustrated throughout. Last seen at auction in 1993. In the original French. A very scarce work last seen at auction in 1993. A beautiful look at the impressive ceiling paintings found in the Grand Foyer of the Palais Garnier the Paris Opera a foyer that stretches over five-hundred feet. The Palais Garnier is well known today due to it being the setting of the novel 'The Phantom of the Opera' by Gaston Leroux. The ceiling was painted by Paul-Jacques-Aimé Baudry who painted representations of various moments in the history of music. These include the allegorical figures of Eurydice Psyche Diana and Aurora.The foyer was designed resembling a classical chateau with gold accented by mirrors and windows. This work was published only one year after the Opera first opened. Illustrated with a frontispiece six folding plates and thirty-three plates. Written by Paul Baudry who painted the ceiling. The Palais Garnier is his best known work. His style is full of elegance and grace He also painted in the Court of Cassation Chateau of Chantilly Hotel Fould and Hotel Paivabut. In the original publisher's half morocco binding with cloth to the boards. Externally sound the boards are detached from the textblock. Some loss to the extremities. Top third of the spine is lifting. Rubbing and marking to the boards and spine. Two institutional labels to the front pastedown. Label to the recto to the front endpaper. Front free endpaper and half-title detached but present. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and with some spotting and marking not affecting the images. Mark to plate IX. Institutional stamps to the half-title title page and to the reverse of the plates. Fair Goupil & Cie hardcover
183743533Leipzig Johann Ambrosius Barth 1837. Without wrappers as issued in "Annalen der Physik und Chemie. Hrsg. von J.C. Poggendorff" 40. Bd. 4. issue "Heft" No 4 1837. Titlepage to vol. 40. Pp. 497-644 a. 1 engraved plate. entire issue "Heft" 4 offered. Magnus' paper: pp. 583-606 1 woodcut in the text. Clean and fine. <br/><br/><em>First printing of a classic paper in physiology in which Magnus concludes that RESPIRATION TAKES PLACES IN THE TISSUES. After he had analyzed gases in the blood he found that there was a higher concentration of oxygen in the blood flowing in arteries than that flowing in the veins thus being the "First quantitative analysis of the blood gases" Garrison & Morton No. 929."In this paper Magnus determines that the oxygen nitrogen and carbon dioxide content of the arterial and venous blood of horses. He introduces blood into mercury in a funnel and by repeatedly applying nergative pressure he liberates the gases from the blood. The mercury seal maintains the anaerobic conditions when transferring the gases to a eudiometer for analysis. Magnus finds a positive arterio-venous difference for oxygen and a negative difference for carbon dioxide. rom this he concludes that carbon dioxide is added not in the lungs but during circulation. he also calculates the balance of carbon dioxide assuming values for the cardiac output and carbon dioxide elimination and the measured arterio-venous difference. This is the first use of what later came to be called Fich's principle."Gedeon "Science and Technology in Medicine" Nr. 37. </em> unknown
1860100102505Tübner & Cie / Paternoster Row 1860. tranche ternie bords frottés coins émoussés itnérieur propre bonne tenue de la reliure. in8. 1860. Relié. Tübner & Cie / Paternoster Row unknown
1882032537Boston: James R. Osgood And Company 1882. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Frontispiece Portrait. Xvii 261 Pp. Brown Cloth Gilt. First Edition. Light Wear Gilt Fairly Bright A Little Bubbling Of Cloth A Few Pinpoint Frays At Edges Rear Hinge Cracked Due To Bancroft's Personal Envelope With Thick Enclosures Tipped To Rear Endpaper Pages Clean But A Little Aged. Ownership Signature Of Textile Manufacturer Samuel Bancroft Jr. Of Rockford Mills Delaware Dated 11/22/81 And With His Large And Elaborate Heraldic Bookplate On Front Pastedown. Also With A Seven Page Holograph Letter From Alfred Darbyshire To His Cousin Bancroft Dated September 11 1881 Apparently In Response To Inquiries From Bancroft Providing A Summary Of Everything Darbyshire Knew Of Mrs. Ward Her Family And Background And Her Current Activities. Also Included Is Bancroft's Copy Of An August 26 1879 Cable From Ward To Derbyshire Accepting The Invitation To Speak At A Calvert Benefit; Also A Note From L. Wingfield To Darbyshire "Good Lord! Genevieve's Biography- All Of It It Would Take From Here To New York" Etc. And Offering To Send Darbyshire A Copy Of This Book; Both Typed Out With An Attestation That The Originals Had Been Returned To Darbyshire. In 1880 Bancroft Was Introduced To Pre-Raphaelite English Artwork By His Cousin Architect Alfred Darbyshire. He Fell In Love With The Art And Once Bancroft Stepped Back From Directly Managing The Family Firm In 1889 He Began To Purchase Numerous Pieces Of Artwork. In 1880 He Was Introduced To Pre-Raphaelite English Artwork By His Cousin Architect Alfred Darbyshire. He Fell In Love With The Art And Once Bancroft Stepped Back From Directly Managing The Family Firm In 1889 He Began To Purchase Numerous Pieces Of Artwork. His Collection Began In 1890 With A Work By Dante Gabriel Rossetti Whose Art And Poetry Featured Prominently In Bancroft's Further Collections Over The Next 25 Years. He Maintained Correspondence With Other Artists In The Movement And Offered Financial Support To The Families Of Some Of Them. Bancroft Continued Adding To The Collection For The Remainder Of His Life And Built It Into The Largest Such Collection Of Pre-Raphaelite Works Outside England. Alfred Darbyshire 20 June 1839 - 5 July 1908 Was An English Architect. He Was A Nephew Of George Bradshaw The Compiler Of Railway Guides. Darbyshire Admired The Gothic Revival Style Of Alfred Waterhouse But Also Designed In The Neoclassical Style. Darbyshire Was A Man Of Many Talents Which Centered On The Theatre. As Well As Building Them He Acted In Them And Became Famous For His Extravagant Stage Productions. In 1869 Charles Calvert Actor-Manager Of The Prince's Theatre Manchester Employed Alfred To Redecorate The Theatre. They Became Good Friends And Alfred Assisted Calvert With The Staging Of Some Of His Great 'Revivals' Of Shakespeare's Plays. Page 139/140 Where Ward's Productions With Calvert Is Turned Down At A Corner By Bancroft. In 1872 He Built A Spectacular Set For The Triumphal Entry Of The King Into London In Henry V. The Production Was Carried Through The United States And Into Australia. In New York More Than 100000 People Visited Booth's Theatre To See The Play. As A Landscape Painter He Sketched And Painted In Italy France Belgium And Germany. Alfred Was An Art Critic For The Manchester Guardian And From 1874 To 1905 He Was An Art Critic For The Courier. He Wrote A Number Of Books On Architecture Heraldry And Art And Innumerable Pamphlets And Brochures. <br/> <br/> James R. Osgood And Company hardcover
1868002954Paris: Hachette 1868. E.O.- Un volume In 8vo di 6-315pp.-4-8pp. Brossura originale. Ex libris De La Tour de Mitry. - Prima edizione. Ce ne furono altre 5. Temi trattati da questo manuale popolare di economia: Produzione moneta e cambio salario risparmio cooperazione assicurazione ecc. Hachette unknown
1878903Q46London: Remington and Co. 1878 . Cloth. Good. 7.5" by 5". None. The first UK edition of this very scarce science-fiction time travelling novel written by French author Edmond About translated into English by J. E. Maitland. The first UK edition. First published in France under the title 'L'Homme a l'Oreille Cassee' and then in the US as 'The Man with the Broken Ear'. Complete with two volumes bound in one. Written by French novelist and journalist Edmond Francois About known for his amusing anti-clerical writing. A number of his works including this one have been adapted into film; 'The Man with the Broken Ear' was a 1934 French drama film starring Robert Boudrioz and Thomy Bourdelle. This entertaining science-fiction novel presents the difficulties faced by a man who is stuck in the wrong time. A French soldier of the First Empire is suspended in time for fifty years being brought back to life in the Second Empire. Translated by J. E. Maitland. Bound in green cloth. Externally sound with slight rubbing to the joints and extremities. The odd mark to cloth with 'Ben' written in faint ink to the spine. Hinges are strained with boards tenderly held and cords visible. Internally generally firmly bound with binding a little tender in places. Pages are generally bright and clean with the occasional spot or handling mark. Good Remington and Co. hardcover
1884917Y26Paris : Librairie Hachette Et Cie 1884. Leather. Good. 7" by 4.5". None. A smart copy of Edmond About's novel delving into themes of love and societal expectations of 19th-century France. A later edition of this French novel from Edmond About.In half crushed morocco binding signed by Riviere and Son. With decorative paper covered boards. This book is a captivating tale of love and revolution that offers rich insight to 19th-century France. The work was adapted into two Italian films in the early 1920s. About initially made his name as an entertaining anti-clerical writer later becoming best remembered as a farceur. In half crushed morocco binding with decorative paper covered boards. Externally smart. With rubbing to the extremities heaviest to the joints. With a bookplate of one W. U. L. Unwin to the front pastedown. Internally firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean with occasional spots heaviest to the first and last few leaves. Good Librairie Hachette Et Cie hardcover
187849635Paris: Calmann Lévy 1878. Fine. Calmann Lévy Paris 1878 11 x 18 cm relié Tenth edition. Half red shagreen binding spine with five raised bands set with black fillets decorated with gilt fleurons marbled paper boards marbled endpapers and pastedowns. Handsome copy. Calmann Lévy hardcover
1864860B2Paris: L. Hachette 1864 . First edition. Leather. Very Good. 8.5" by 5.5". None. A first French edition of Le Progres by Edmond about. A first edition copy. In the original French. Edmond About was a French novelist publicist and journalist. This volume contains About's honest recollection on the great affairs of life. Commenting on property education representation politics and war. Bound by Hatchard & Co. In half calf binding with cloth covered boards. Externally smart with some rubbing to the joints spine and extremities. With some marks to the boards. Internally firmly bound with bright pages with some scattered spots throughout. Very Good L. Hachette hardcover
1884861M7Paris: Librairie Hachette et Cie 1884. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 10.5" by 6". Gustave Dore. A novel by French writer Edmond François Valentin About with illustrations by Gustave Doré. A new edition of this work in a quarter morocco binding with cloth boards. All edges gilt. An adventure novel concerning brigands and corruption in 18th century Athens by French writer and journalist Edmond François Valentin About 1828-1885. First published in 1856 this was his best-known novel. The second edition to be illustrated throughout by French artist Gustave Doré 1832-1883. In a quarter morocco binding. Externally smart with a little shelf wear to the boards and extremities. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed Librairie Hachette et Cie hardcover
1872964H28Paris: Librairie Hachette et Cie 1872 . Vellum. Very Good. 7" by 4.5". None. A scarce edition of this satirical adventure novel by French writer Edmond François Valentin concerning brigands and corruption in 18th century Athens. Elegantly rebound in paper vellum wrapped cloth with gilt decoration.First published in 1856 this was his best-known novel. This volume is the tenth edition.Set in 19th-century Greece a time when the countryside was plagued by brigands and banditry this novel follows the adventures of a French botanist Hermann Schultz in search of rare plants. He meets two English women Mrs. Simons and her daughter Mary and befriends them before all three are abducted by a band of brigands led by notorious bandit chief the king of the mountains Hatzistavros. This work is a subtle satirical story of Greek institutions and corrupt authorities as well as European romanticism about the Orient and ancient Greece. Rebound in paper vellum wrapped cloth. Externally smart. The odd handling mark with slight soiling not unusual for this pale binding. Small spot of paper stuck to upper left corner of front board likely from an attempt to repair loss. Slight loss to paper of front board and joints from rubbing. Rubbing to spine label. Previous owner's ink inscription to front free endpaper from 1873. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean if a little age toned. Scattered spotting to first and last few leaves and Page 50 the odd spot heavier to fore edge. Very Good Librairie Hachette et Cie hardcover
18837630Librairie des Bibliophiles 1883. Bon état coiffes et coins légèrement usés intérieur propre. in8. 1883. reliure editeur demi basane à coins. 299 pages. Un jeune botaniste allemand ou français selon les sources est envoyé en mission en Grèce et se fait enlever avec deux Anglaises par le chef de bandits Hadji-Stavros dit le "Roi des montagnes". Le roman publié en 1856 mêle aventure palpitante satire sociale et humour pour dénoncer la collusion entre brigands et autorités politiques dans la Grèce post-indépendance Edmond About Le Roi des montagnes Charles Delort Mongin Jouaust 1883 roman d'aventures Grèce brigands édition illustrée bibliophilie Roman d'aventures Littérature française du XIXe siècle Édition illustrée de luxe Brigandage et enlèvement Bibliophilie Librairie des Bibliophiles unknown
186175239Paris: Librairie de L. Hachette et Cie 1861. Fine. Librairie de L. Hachette et Cie Paris 1861 15 x 23.70 cm relié First illustrated edition by Gustave Doré. 142 vignettes and 12 plates. Includes: Autograph inscription by the author on a card with his red seal on the left side of the card for an appointment. Contemporary half brown shagreen binding. Spine with raised bands decorated with 4 fleurons and fillets. Spine slightly faded. Some foxing. Handsome copy. One of the first books illustrated by Gustave Doré after Balzac's Contes drolatiques. A popular novel that enjoyed great success in its time and remains one of the classics of adventure novels for young people. Librairie de L. Hachette et Cie hardcover
188270293Paris: Hachette & Cie 1882. Fine. Hachette & Cie Paris 1882 17.50 x 27 cm reliure de l'éditeur Edition illustrated with 52 original compositions by Adrien Marie. Publisher's binding in full polychrome boards smooth spine richly decorated with gilt ornamental motifs front cover also enhanced with gilt decoration blue paper endpapers and pastedowns all edges gilt. Some light foxing affecting mainly the very last pages of the work. Handsome copy presented in boards of beautiful freshness. Hachette & Cie hardcover
186918934s. l. Paris: Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes 1869. Fine. Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes s. l. Paris 1869 15.50 x 25 cm agrafé First edition. Plain paper cover. Rare. Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes unknown
188739178Paris: Les Amis des Livres 1887. COPY NUMBER 1. A charming illustrated edition with dozens of wood-engravings by Huyot after Piguet LIMITED TO ONLY 115 COPIES ALL PRINTED ON FINE CHINESE PAPER WITH AN EXTRA SUITE OF THE WOOD-ENGRAVINGS PRINTED WITHOUT TEXT. This is COPY NUMBER 1 printed for About's close friend "Mme Edmond Adam" i.e. Juliette Lambert 1836-1936 noted writer republican and widow of prominent French politician Edmond Adam 1816-1877. She was an extremely accomplished and interesting woman and among the regulars at her salon were Gambetta Thiers George Sand Hanotaux Alphonse and Julia Daudet Hetzel Bonnat Sully-Prudhomme Georges Clemenceau Flaubert Maupassant Hugo Turgenev and About himself. 8vo. Original wraps. Light wear to extremities of wraps else FINE AND BRIGHT a pristine copy. <br/><br/> Les Amis des Livres paperback
1872FGN9-D-1Paris: Librairie Hatchette 1872. Leather. Very Good. 7" by 4.5". None. A satirical novel by Edmond About Edmond Francois Valentin About 1828 1885 was a French novelist publicist and journalist. He made his name as an entertaining anti-clerical writer. The satirical Le Roi des Montagnes 1856; translated into English by Mary Louise Booth as The King of the Mountains and by Tom Taylor as The Brigand and His Banker for a dramatised version is the best-known of his novels. About Edmond is also a comic writer as he knows how satire. He became famous with his new style to the quick clear and concise and his novels that evoke imaginary situations often inspired by the progress of science. Weddings of Paris 1856 The King of the Mountains 1857 The Man with the Broken Ear 1862 or The Province Marriages 1868 are all bestsellers. In a half calf binding with marbled paper boards. Externally some rubbing. With a bookplate to the front paste-down. Internally firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean with some browning to the fore-edges Very Good Librairie Hatchette hardcover
1858861N17Paris: Hachette 1858. First edition. Leather. Very Good. 7" by 5". None. A first edition copy of Edmond About's novel signed by the author. A first edition of Edmond About's novel signed by the author. Published in French. With the author's ink inscription to the half title 'Monsieur Dosquet avec tous les remerciments et les compliments de l'auteur'. About was a French novelist publicist and journalist who is best known for his satirical novel Le Rois des Montagnes but also wrote a commentary on modern Greece pamphlets on contemporary issues and popular manuals of political economy. The present volume tells the tale of Master Pierre who gives up shepherding to become a solitary hunter until he meets a small girl and attempts to nurse her back to health. Bound in a full red leather binding. Externally generally smart. Lightly rubbed to the boards with a little soiling to the front board. A little rubbed to the head and tail of the spine and front joint. The front hinge is starting but firm. Internally firmly bound. Aside from some very light spotting to the front and rear of the volume pages are bright and clean. Very Good Hachette hardcover
18613677Paris: Michel Lévy 1861. Fine. Michel Lévy Paris 1861 14 x 23.50 cm relié First edition. Half black shagreen binding spine with five raised bands some light wear marks without consequence contemporary binding. Handsome copy. Michel Lévy hardcover
186124341Paris: Michel Lévy frères & Cie 1861. Fine. Michel Lévy frères & Cie Paris 1861 13.50 x 22 cm relié First edition. Half-shagreen binding in navy blue spine with five raised bands decorated with gilt typographical motifs marbled paper boards marbled endpapers and pastedowns. Light foxing primarily affecting the edges; Michel Lévy frères & Cie hardcover
1896861P9Paris: Petite Bibliotheque-Charpentier 1896. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 4.5" by 3". Uberti. Edmond About's novel following the adventures of a young actress in Paris as she tries to begin her career in the original French. In the original French.'Tolla' is a novel following the story of a young Parisian actress.The publication of this novel in 1855 gave rise to some controversy as some thought the author lifted too freely from an earlier Italian novel named 'Vittoria Savelli'.Illustrated with a frontispiece and one plate.By Edmond Francois Valentin About.Bookplate of Ronald Lindsay to the front paste down likely the British diplomat who was Ambassador to Turkey Germany and the United States. In a half morocco binding with marbled paper to the boards. Externally smart. Spine is a little faded. Some light marks to the boards and spine. Minor bumping to the extremities. Bookplate to the front paste down. Spots to the fore edge. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright with scattered spots. Very Good Indeed Petite Bibliotheque-Charpentier hardcover
1872FGN10-E-14Paris : Librarie Hachette 1872. Leather. Very Good. 7" by 4.5". None. A farcical novel by author Edmond Francois Valentin About. In original French. About was a French novelist publicist and journalist. He made his career as an entertaining anti-clerical writer. He wrote several satirical works and is best remembered for his farcical writings including Trente et Quarante. Trente et Quarante has been adapted into a 1945 film directed by Gilles Grangier. In a half morocco binding. Externally smart with rubbing to the head of the spine and the paper covered boards. Internally firmly bound. Pages are slightly age toned due to paper used. Spotting to the endpapers and occasional scattered spots throughout. Very Good Librarie Hachette hardcover