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1883312201883. Paris chez tous les Libraires 1883. 10 tomes reliÂŽs en 2 vol. au format gd in-16 141 x 98 mm de 1 f. bl. 2 ff. n.fol. 1 frontispice gravÂŽ n.fol. 242 pp. et 1 f. bl. ; 1 f. bl. 1 f. n.fol. 1 frontispice gravÂŽ n.fol. 232 pp. et 1 f. bl. Reliures uniformes de l'ÂŽpoque de demi-chagrin maroquinÂŽ lie-de-vin ˆ coins roulettes et filets dorÂŽs portÂŽs sur chacun des plats dos ˆ nerfs ornÂŽs de filets gras en noir roulette dorÂŽe portÂŽe sur les nerfs filets dorÂŽs larges fleurons dorÂŽs titre dorÂŽ tomaison dorÂŽe filet en pointillÂŽs dorÂŽs en tÂte et queue tranches mouchetÂŽes. Edition originale. Ensemble complet de ses 10 livraisons ; ici reliÂŽes en 2 volumes. Belle impression sur vergÂŽ de Hollande d'ÂŽdition. L'ouvrage s'orne de 10 dÂŽlicats frontispices gravÂŽs ˆ l'eau-forte montÂŽs sous serpentes et signÂŽs dans la plaque Fernand Besnier. Lequel ''exposa au Salon des Artistes indÂŽpendants de 1912 ˆ sa moer en 1927''. in BÂŽnÂŽzit. ''Fleuron de son abondante production de nouvelliste Les Monstres parisiens sÕimpose comme une Ãuvre essentielle de la littÂŽrature fin-de-siÂcle dont elle condense les obsessions et les thÂmes fondamentaux en peignant diverses monstruositÂŽs morales.'' Thierry Santurenne. Vicaire V Manuel de l'amateur de livres du XIXÂme 674 - ThiÂme Bibliographie de la littÂŽrature franÂaise contemporaine p. 273 - Osterwalder I Dictionnaire des illustrateurs p. 131 citant la prÂŽsente contribution de l'artiste - BÂŽnÂŽzit I Dictionnaire des peintres p. 711. Quelques cahiers lÂŽgÂrement dÂŽrÂŽglÂŽs. Papier des gravures oxydÂŽ. PrÂŽsence de quelques claires rousseurs dans les corps d'ouvrages ; davantage marquÂŽes sur quelques feuillets. Nonobstant bonne condition. b42961 unknown
1945179421945. Paris Editions de La CitÂŽ 1945. Un vol. au format pt in-4 ÂŽtroit 258 x 168 mm de 79 pp. Reliure de l'ÂŽpoque de plein chagrin maroquinÂŽ havane semis de fleurons dorÂŽs sur les plats dos lisse ˆ l'identique titre dorÂŽ tÂte dorÂŽe sur tÂŽmoins gardes de pleine moire havane sous ÂŽtui bordÂŽ couvertures et dos conservÂŽs. Exemplaire sous pleine reliure du temps. ''IntÂŽressante et charmante publication''. in Carteret. Un des 60 exemplaires du tirage sur Arches deuxiÂme papier aprÂs seulement les trois exemplaires de tÂte sur Japon. Outre les compositions originales gravÂŽes - ici en premier tirage - par Paulette Humbert que l'ouvrage se doit de contenir ce dernier recÂle par ailleurs in fine une suite en noir desdites planches. ''Dipl™mÂŽe de l'Union centrale des Arts dÂŽcoratifs et sociÂŽtaire du Salon d'Automne Paulette Humbert a - entre autres - illustrÂŽ RenÂŽ de Chateaubriand''. in BÂŽnÂŽzit. ''Chateaubriand se plait ici ˆ dÂŽpeindre la mÂŽlancolie du hÂŽros-narrateur. Lequel narre ici sa vie passÂŽe en dÂŽcrivant les ÂŽvÂŽnements qui l'eurent pu conduit ˆ ce mal de l'‰me ainsi que son habitude ˆ chercher refuge dans une rÂverie qui devient poison.'' in Espace franÂais. Carteret V Le TrÂŽsor du bibliophile / IllustrÂŽs modernes p. 47 - BÂŽnÂŽzit V Dictionnaire des peintres p. 168. Frottements affectant le dos de l'exemplaire. Nonobstant trÂs belle condition. b42961 unknown
1951300004084par le Club bibliophile de France pour l'Union Latine d'éditions 1951. 1951. par le Club bibliophile de France pour l'Union Latine d'éditions unknown
B2-UXNI-GY82Fine. Fine book & jacket. unknown
199138627Barcelona 1991-1996. A gorgeous livre d'artiste with TEN LARGE COLOR ETCHINGS with aquatint BY JAUME RIBAS each SIGNED and numbered in pencil by the artist. This is copy 7/35 printed on extremely fine Arches wove paper and SIGNED by the artist and the author in the justification / colophon. Square folio. Loose as issued in printed wraps housed in an elaborate wooden and metal box. FINE AND BRIGHT exactly as issued. VERY RARE. <br/><br/> paperback
192639221Paris: Librairie de La Collection des Dix Veuve Romagnol 1926. Henri Le Riche. An outstanding copy of an outstanding livre d'artiste devoted to the glamorous and sensual side of early 20th-century Saigon illustrated with 53 ORIGINAL ETCHINGS mostly with drypoint and aquatint by Henri Le Riche one of the great masters of color etching. From a total edition of 300 numbered copies this is ONE OF 100 ON IMPERIAL JAPANESE PAPER. This copy includes A A remarque suite also on Imperial Japanese paper of the 36 color-printed en-têtes in first state without text; B A remarque suite of the 17 hors-texte etchings in first state before the reduction of the plates; C A suite of the 17 hors-texte etchings in second state before the reduction of the plates; D The two planches refusées in two states with and without remarque. Folio. Loose as issued in original wraps. FINE AND BRIGHT WITH NO DEFECTS in the original board chemise and banged-up slipcase. <br/><br/> Librairie de La Collection des Dix, Veuve Romagnol paperback
1927D10945Paris: Editions d'Art de l'Intermediaire du Bibliophile 1927. Limited Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Printed wraps with aquatint vignette on front cover; folio 286 x 380 mm; contains 12 loose color etchings of prostitutes of Marseille each one signed in the plate and numbered in the lower margin. Number 47 from a limited edition of 100 copies on Rives paper. Glassine and tissue-guards wrinkled chipped and torn; portfolio lightly rubbed and wrinkled along the edges. Auction records suggest that this copy may be missing a slipcase box or "board portfolio" -- difficult to say. Nonetheless contents are fine suitable for display. A lovely item. <br/><br/> Editions d'Art de l'Intermediaire du Bibliophile paperback
189949449Philadelphia: The Walpole Press 1899. Grand Edition De Luxe. Hardcover. Very good condition. 7/1000. Octavo. 365pp. 10 plates in two states with printed tissue guards. Three-quarter red leather over red cloth with gilt ruling on covers gilt lettering on spine; raised bands. Top edge gilt. Decorative endpapers. Frontispiece in two states with tissue guards. Title page printed in red and black<br /> <br /> Beautiful publication of this novel by Alphonse Daudet 1840-1897. Delightfully illustrated with reproductions of etchings by Eugene Abot and Albert Duvivier as well as b/w reproductions of drawings by Stanislas Rejchan. Engravings in two states protected by captioned tissue guards. This edition printed on Japanese vellum paper. Some scuffing along edges of binding. Ex-libris of Seymour Nebenzal on inside of front cover. Block lightly age-toned. The Walpole Press hardcover
1890mon0003790500Librairie des Bibliophiles 1890-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. . Complete 2 Volume Set. Limited Edition of 125 copies on Holland paper; This being # 120. Bound in matching 1/2 Dark Green Morocco with dark green & black marbled boards; 5 raised bands and gilt lettering decorations on spines; top edges gilt marbled end papers and bound in silk markers. - 203 & 211 pp. Illustrated with a portrait of the author 8 plates and 32 vignettes in the text drawn and etched by Adolphe Lalauze. - Slight edge wear; former owner's bookplates on front pastedowns. Otherwise very clean tight square and unmarked. A very good to fine set. Librairie des Bibliophiles hardcover
18907502Paris: Librairie des Bibliophiles 1890. Hardcover. Fine. Full red morocco with elaborate gilt stamping on boards and spine gilt-stamped lettering on spine t. e. g. inside gilt dentelles marbled endpapers. Each volume housed in a custom clamshell box half red cloth and marbled paper. Both volumes are without flaw. Please be advised that these two heavy volumes MAY INCUR ADDITIONAL SHIPPING CHARGES. <br/><br/> Paris: Librairie des Bibliophiles hardcover
1982165391Sydney: Ansay 1982. 1st edition. As New. large octavo. hardback with dust jacket 63pp. sepia illusts. Presentation copy inscribed & signed by Paul Deprat on the title-page Ansay hardcover
198318613West Islip NY: Universal Limited Art Editions ULAE 1983. First Edition First printing. Hard Cover. Inscribed on title page by Jim Dine to fellow artist R.B. Kitaj. FINE BOOK IN VERY GOOD DUST JACKET WITH SLIGHT EDGEWEAR AND TINY CHIPS. Universal Limited Art Editions (ULAE) unknown
15566Ulae 1983. First edition. Fine and bright in near fine illustrated dustjacket with crisp text throughout very attractive Ulae, 1983 unknown
1895H4417New York: Dodd Mead 1895. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Two volumes 'new edition revised and enlarged' no. 11 of 50 copies with various original pencil signatures of author and illustrators; with etchings in two states signed in pencil by artists and one frontispiece also signed by Austin Dobson. Frontispieces in Vol. I by William Strang both signed in two states; plus several etchings by Adolphe Lalauze also in two states the first of each of which is signed by Lalauze who also supplied the frontispiece which is signed for the second volume. Cloth-backed boards in rare original dust jackets books very good bindings a little soiled especially to edges and spine ends with some foxing to deckled fore edges contents fine with decorated endpapers text printed on thick cream japanese vellum paper some pages unopened uncut; dust jackets show slight soil and toning darkening to spines light wear to spine ends one volume with chip to spine and both dust jackets a good half inch shorter than the books — probably made that way one of the fashions of that early period in modern dust jacket production. A distinctly uncommon set in the limited signed edition with no recent copies at auction. Dobson was a modernist and a pioneer in adapting French verse forms -- the villanelle rondel rondeau ballade etc. -- for use in the English language. Dodd, Mead hardcover
1974000652Land's End Press 1974. Hardcover. Good/Good. Scarce edition. From dust Jacket: "Here in one volume are facsimiles of three rare and valuable works of fencing by the noted eighteenth century fencing masters Domenico and Henry Angelo." Hard back binding in publisher's original crimson cloth covers gilt title and author lettering to the spine. Landscape 6½'' x 9¼''. Contains printed pages of text with full-page monochrome etchings and engravings throughout.Very Good condition book with minor rubbing of the cloth along the spine. Good condition dust jacket with some damage. Not price clipped.Names stamped on First page. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. <br/> <br/> Land's End Press hardcover
1930042244Paris: G. Cres 1930. First Edition Thus . Hardcover. Near Fine/Slipcase. 201 Ii Pp. Full Black Niger Gilt And Blind-Stamped In An Art Deco Design Top Edge Gilt Black Gilt And Blindstamped Turns With Blue Silk Doublures And Additional Blue Marbled Endpapers Matching Leather And Marbled Paper On Slipcase. Front Board Neatly Detached Long Ago Reattached With Nearly Invisible Silk Now Again Detached But Can Be Invisibly Reattached Using New Cords Without Any Rebinding. Slipcase With Wear At Corners Split Along One Top Edge. Tipped In Is A Calling Card Of Emile Rossignol With Handwritten Message "Avec Tous Les Voeux De Bonheur Pour L'an Qui Vient" Rossignol." Very Faded Abbreviated Signature At End Of Contents Page. Roland Dorgelès 1885 - 1973 Was A French Novelist And A Member Of The Académie Goncourt. Born In Amiens Somme Under The Name Roland Lecavelé He Adopted The Pen Name Dorgelès To Commemorate Visits To The Spa Town Of Argelès He Spent His Childhood In Paris. A Prolific Author He Is Most Renowned For The Prix Femina-Winning Wooden Crosses Les Croix De Bois A Moving Study Of World War I In Which He Served. It Was Published In 1919 In English By William Heinemann In 1920. Dorgelès Served As A Juror With Florence Meyer Blumenthal In Awarding The Prix Blumenthal A Grant Given Between 1919 And 1954 To Painters Sculptors Decorators Engravers Writers And Musicians. <br/> <br/> G. Cres hardcover
96510<p>Paris circa 1805 through 1814. . Very good. - A suite of 18 plates by Jean Duplessis-Bertaux engraved on creamy white stock measuring between 10-1/2 inches by 8 inches and 11 inches by 8-1/2 inches with large margins there is one smaller exception. The images depict the various cries of Paris merchants. All but three are signed "JDB" in the plate. Most of the images are identified and titled in French in pencil by a previous owner. The collection is as follows:</p><p>"Marchand de gravures etalagiste" portrays street vendors of engravings offering their merchandise to customers some of whom are handling the prints. Several prints hang from a wire stretched between poles in the background and a large blank canvas hangs from the center of the pole. In some editions what is here a blank canvas bears the printed title "Suite de Marchands ambulants de Paris par J.D. Bertaux" and serves as frontispiece to the work. The image measures 3-1/4 inch high by 2-1/4 inch wide within 4 inch high by 3-1/4 inch wide plate marks. The edges are very slightly creased with two tiny tears to the left edge and a couple of tiny stains or spotting to the bottom margin of the page.</p><p>"Decrotteur et ramoneur" portrays a man shining the shoes of an officer as chimney sweeps and other shoe-shiners are pictured in the background. A small dog stands at the side of the officer. The image measures 2-1/4 inches high by 3-1/4 inches wide within 3-1/4 inch high by 4 inch wide plate marks. There is some minor faint foxing.</p><p>"Parade de comediens ambulants" portrays traveling actors performing and parading on the porch of a house with spectators in the foreground. The image measures 2-3/8 inch high by 3-3/8 inches wide within 3-1/2 inch high by 4-1/4 inch wide plate marks. There is light foxing throughout.</p><p>"Colleur d'affiches" portrays a bill-poster perched on a ladder pasting a poster or bill to the corner wall of a building. Another worker stands around the corner and a family looks on with their dog. The image measures 2-3/8 inches high by 3-3/8 inches wide within 3 inch high by 3-7/8 inch wide plate marks. There are some minor faint stains and minor foxing to the margins.</p><p>"Gagne petit" portrays a knife grinder or sharpener carrying his grinding wheel on his back with a dog at his side. Another knife grinder wheels his equipment in a wheelbarrow. A house and people are pictured in the background. The image measures 2-3/8 inches high by 3-1/4 inches wide within 3 inch high by 3-7/8 inch wide plate marks. There is minor foxing to the margins.</p><p>"Remouleur" although the title differs the image is identical to the prior one. "Gagne petit" and "remouleur" both translate to knife grinder or sharpener. There is some scattered foxing and the paper is lightly darkened.</p><p>"Titre" possibly the title page to the work. The image portrays men filling water containers from a city's monument fountain with water pouring from the mouth of a troll. The image measures 2-1/2 inches high by 3-3/8 inches wide within 3-1/8 inch high by 3-7/8 inch wide plate marks. The edges of the plate are darkened with a short tear to the top edge and just a hint of foxing to the margins.</p><p>"Serrurier" portrays a locksmith grinding keys near the open gate leading to a mansion. The image measures 2-3/8 inches high by 3-3/8 inches wide within 3-1/8 inch high by 3-7/8 inch wide plate marks. There is a minor crease to the bottom right corner with just a hint of foxing to the margins.</p><p>"Cardeuses de matelats" portrays mattress carders. 3 women are seated with their carding tools and sections of stuffed fabric. The image measures 3-3/8 inches high by 2-3/8 inches wide within 4-1/4 inch high by 3-1/4 inch wide plate marks. There are minor creases to the corners with a couple of faint specks to the margins.</p><p>"Menuisiers" portrays carpenters working on furniture at their work table. The image measures 2-1/4 inches high by 3-1/4 inches wide within 3-1/8 inch high by 3-7/8 inch wide plate marks. There is light scattered foxing mostly to the margins.</p><p>"Marchands de parapluies et de soufflets" portrays an umbrella merchant carrying several on his back and a bellows merchant with several fireplace bellows attached to this clothing. The image measures 3-1/4 inches high by 2-3/8 inches wide within 4 inch high by 3-1/4 inch wide plate marks.</p><p>"Batteurs de platre" portrays plaster beaters. A man is beating away at plaster spread out upon the ground as another carries a basket of plaster to spread over it. The image measures 2-3/8 inches high by 3-3/8 inches wide within 3-1/4 inch high by 3-7/8 inch wide plate marks. There is some minor foxing to the margins.</p><p>"Charrons" portrays wheel builders constructing wooden carriage wheels. The image measures 2-1/4 inches high by 3-1/4 inches wide within 3-1/8 inch high by 3-7/8 inch wide plate marks. There is some minor faint foxing throughout.</p><p>"Scieurs de bois" portrays sawyers at work as an empty horse-drawn cart rides away and another stacks wood upon a ramp leading to a barn's loft. The image measures 2-3/8 inches high by 3-1/4 inches wide within 3-1/8 inch high by 4 inch wide plate marks. There are some minor sports of foxing or browning to the print.</p><p>"Lingere au petit crochet" portrays an elderly woman cloth merchant carrying her linens in a basket on her back. Several dogs are near her and another cloth merchant can be seen speaking to a man in the background. The image measures 3-3/8 inches high by 2-3/8 inches wide within 4-1/8 inch high by 3-1/4 inch wide plate marks. There are minor creases to the edges.</p><p>"Porteur d'eau" portrays a water carrier and his wife pulling a large barrel of water on a cart. Another water cart and houses are depicted in the background at left. The image measures 2-3/8 inches high by 3-1/4 inches wide within 3-1/4 inches high by 3-7/8 inches wide plate marks. There is creasing to the bottom right corner and some foxing to the margins.</p><p>"Tomeliers" portrays coopers at work constructing wooden barrels to which they affix metal rings. The image measures 2-3/8 inches high by 3-1/4 inches wide within 3-1/8 inch high by 3-3/4 inch wide plate marks. There is some minor foxing throughout.</p><p>An untitled image portrays barbers working on customers hair and beards and a wigmaker at her loom. Several wigs hang from the wall. The image measures 2-1/4 inches high by 3-1/4 inches wide within 3-1/2 inch high by 4-7/8 inch wide plate marks. This print is engraved on a sheet which is slightly smaller than the others measuring 7-3/8 inches high by 9-1/4 inches wide. There is a piece chipped from the bottom left corner with some foxing and darkening to the margins. The artist's name here spelled "Duplessis-Berteaux" by an early owner is penned on the verso.</p><p>The engravings are in overall very good condition with a paper tab mounted along one edge of the verso of each print.</p><p>The French painter and draughtsman Jean Duplessis-Bertaux 1747-1819 produced etchings and burin engravings. Having taken part in the French Revolution Duplessis-Bertaux produced a series of prints entitled "Scenes de la Revolution" followed by "Campagnes de Napoleon" which illustrated scenes from Napoleon Bonaparte's Italian campaigns engraved after paintings by Carle Vernet. He also produced a series of engravings portraying the street cries of Paris "Cris de Paris". Duplessis-Bertaux also collaborated on some prints with Jean-Louis Delignon and produced several pornographic prints many of which were printed anonymously but were later re-attributed to him. The work entitled "Recueil de cent sujets de divers genres" published in 1814 gathered together in one volume 100 of Duplessis-Bertaux' engravings from eight of the suites including military scenes and those from his Cries of Paris which had previously been distributed seperately.</p> Paris, circa 1805 through 1814. hardcover
6294Minneapolis: Red Egypt Press 1994. Limited Edition. One of 20 copies plus three Artist's Proofs specially bound and signed by Rathman this being copy no.20. Quarto 33.5cm; text is letterpress printed on Rives BFK wire-bound into grey cloth-covered boards with pictorial label inset on front cover; publisher's matching cloth slipcase; 26pp; illustrated with 9 three-color engravings from relief prints and etchings by David Rathman. Fine in a Fine slipcase. An elaborate production pairing the poetry of Russell Edson 1935-2014 with the artwork of Minneapolis-based visual artist David Rathman. Edson a Guggenheim Fellow has been called the "godfather of the prose poem in America." Uncommon evidently sold out prior to publication; OCLC notes 8 holdings. Red Egypt Press unknown
1946B7264New York: Heritage Press. 1946. Light wear to slipcases interiors clean and crisp. . Binding: Pictorial paper boards backed in brown cloth. Spines with gilt lettering and decoration. Top edges purple. Housed in brown paper slipcases. <br><br> Notes: A very good example of this set illustrated with reproductions of Piranesi’s renown etchings of Rome. <br><br>Giovanni Battista or Giambattista Piranesi 1720 – 1778 was an Italian classical archaeologist architect and artist famous for his etchings of Rome and of fictitious and atmospheric "prisons" Carceri d'invenzione. He was the father of Francesco Piranesi Laura Piranesi and Pietro Piranesi.<br><br> Size: 8vo. 240 x 160 mm Volume: 3 volumes. Category: Book Classics; Heritage Press. hardcover
058622Berkeley Ca: Pacific Editions / Arif Press 1986. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Box. 36 Pp. #143 Of A Limited Edition Of 165 Copies Of Which 130 Were For Sale. Unique Rag Papers In Two Colors Commissioned From Twinrocker Paper Mill And Hand Bound In Gold Stamped Leater Gray Boards In A Custom Made Box Covered In Gold-Stamped Van Heel Cloth From Holland With A Printed Spine Label. Signed By Thomas And Goldyne On The Limitation Page. Fine. Also With The Prospectus 8 Pp Covers Also Fine. Box Fine But Small Bump To Lower Front Tip. With The Printed Folder Enclosed A Signed Color Print By Goldyne Apparently Issued Only With The 35 Copies Not For Sale. <br/> <br/> Pacific Editions / Arif Press hardcover
1923ferry06249Tillinger 1923 Berlin: Hans Heinrich Tillgner Verlag 1923. Very good/no dust jacket as issued. A tight clean copy. 300 copies only were printed. 1-20 were bound in parchment and printed on Imperial Japan paper. With signed etchings. This is copy #14. Signed by Authors. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Tillinger hardcover
198328520The Strange Company: USA 1983. First edition. Oversize pictorial wrappers. No 2. Large octavo single issue pictorial wrappers perfect bound. Weird magazine: 116 pages including covers. Ten issues published in total the first issue in 1973 then a gap of ten years when a further nine issues were published by The Strange Company 1983-1987. ''of special interest in no 2 is an interview with the leading Weird Tales cover artist of the 1930s Margaret Brundage'' plus ''The Room Of Fear'' a previously unpublished short story by William Hope Hodgson'' see Ashley/Tymn: Science Fiction Fantasy And Weird Fiction Magazines pp. 205/206. Fine unread copy. The Strange Company: USA unknown
198728527The Strange Company: USA 1987. First edition & 1st printing. Oversize pictorial wrappers. Tenth and final issue. Large octavo single issue pictorial wrappers perfect bound. Weird magazine: 116 pages including covers. Ten issues published in total the first issue in 1973 then a gap of ten years when a further nine issues were published by The Strange Company 1983-1987. This issue has a mscellany of fiction poetry and essays by Thomas Ligotti ''The Spectacles In The Drawer'' Brian Lumley and others. The emphasis of this issue is on the work of WEIRD TALES author Amelia Reynolds Long and includes two of her short stories and an essay about her work by Chet Williamson. 1000 copies printed. Fine unread copy but for a touch of edge wear. The Strange Company: USA unknown
198520052The Strange Company: USA 1985. Oversize pictorial wrappers. Seventh issue. Large octavo single issue pictorial wrappers perfect bound. 96 pages including covers. Weird magazine: ten issues published in total the first issue in 1973 then a gap of ten years when a further nine issues were published by The Strange Company 1983-1987. This issue has fourteen pieces of fiction including Brian Lumley illustrated throughout plus lots of poetry plus an interview with Joseph Payne Brennan a short piece listing ''The Thirteen Best Obscure Stories From Weird Tales'' and ''Landscapes of Intertextuality'' by Philip E. Kaveny. See Ashley/Tymn: Science Fiction Fantasy And Weird Fiction Magazines pp. 205/206. Near fine NF copy. The Strange Company: USA unknown
2T-7QNB-5NR6Hardcover. Good. Jacket has some wear nicks and scratches. Book has some wear and bumps foxing to textblock edges and endpapers otherwise clean pages firm binding. hardcover