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16141313997London: printed by William Stansby for Walter Burre and are to be sold at his shop in Paules Church-yard at the signe of the Crane 1614. First Edition. Hardcover. Folio; G; bound in early diced brown calf newly rebacked with new spine and corners paneled with gilt lettering; housed in a custom brown buckram covered clamshell; With the Poem and the engraved title page. Both have been trimmed and inlaid possibly having been married to this copy from another.; With 5 folding maps Lacking 3 maps: the Arabian Desert pages 414/415 Troy 452/453 and Troy 454/455. Maps trimmed incredibly close with map of the Middle East impacted just slightly.; Lacking blank leaf 3K4 and terminal blank 7C6; 4G3r has the woodcut initial hand-colored with the color bleeding over to the facing page; with the Errata leaf at the end; Printer's name and bookseller's address from colophon.; "The first part of the historie of the vvorld . The third booke" caption title begins new pagination on 4A1r.; LD consignment; shelved case 4. Written during his imprisonment in the Tower of London the History of the World consists of a million words spanning from the biblical creation of the world to 146 BCE. The work was intended to serve as an educational tool for Henry Prince of Wales 1594-1612 and includes numerous references to warfare law and kingship.<br /> <br><br /> <br><br /> It was entered 15 April 1611 in the Stationers' Register but not published until 29 March 1614 due to the death of Prince Henry.<br /> <br><br /> <br><br /> Once published James had it immediately suppressed and subsequently issued with no title page and therefore no authorial acknowledgement.;<br /> <br><br /> <br><br /> "In the century that followed the publication it was vastly influential.The book went through eleven editions in the 17th century outselling even Shakespeare's collected works. It was not until 5 January 1615 that a letter from Archbishop Abbot reached The Stationers Company telling them that he had express orders from His Majesty that the book should be suppressed and withdrawn from shops. By this time the book had nearly sold out and it does appear from the letter that the Archbishop may once have praised it." Raleigh Trevelyan;<br /> <br><br /> <br><br /> "Sir Walter Raleigh's book is called in by the king's commandment for divers exceptions but especially for being too saucy in censuring princes. I hear he takes it much to heart for he thought he had won his spurs and pleased the king extraordinarily." Letter from John Chamberlain Esq to Sir Dudley Carleton;<br /> <br><br /> <br><br /> ESTC S116300;. 1313997. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. printed [by William Stansby] for Walter Burre [and are to be sold at his shop in Paules Church-yard at the signe of the Crane] hardcover books
1616010148London: Printed by W. Stansby and to be Sold by Rich. Meighen 1616. Book. Very Good. Full Calf. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 12 1015 1 blank with engraved allegorical title by William Hole Pforzheimer state A. Lacking the rare initial blank as with Pforzheimer's copy. Volume 1 1616 pages measure 10 3/8" by 7". a small-paper copy. The title to Every Man Out of his Humour has no border and reads LONDON: Printed by WILLIAM STANSBY for Iohn Smithwicke rule M. DC. XVI. The Dedication recto G2 is signed "By your true honorer Ben Jonson". Line 6 verso reads "PVNTERVOLO.; the catchword on recto G5 is "Naked" on verso "Where"; recto G6 begins "Where I want arte" ; and eighth line from bottom on versoG6 reads "But why enforce I this as fainting no". The title to Cynthia's Revels is in compartment with LONDON printed by W. Stansby 1616. The tirle for Poetaster p. 277 is in compartment and reads LONDON printed by W. Stansby for M. Lownes 1616. Bound in contemporary calf the late 18th c. bookplate of S.P PeachTockington at front paste down. About Very Good front cover separarting yet held by cords boards rubbed with a peeling lacquer at spine not quite obscuring the label. Internally tight and clean without foxing and with only a few spots of scattered browning. An unsophisticated copy of the earliest edition of Jonson's Works later volumes were published in 1640-41. Pforzheimer 560. Printed by W. Stansby and to be Sold by Rich. Meighen Hardcover
1945149147Culver City CA: RKO Radio Pictures 1945. Draft script for the 1945 film with an additional seven page addendum on pink stock with alternate endings written out in a treatment form. <br/><br/>In addition to containing an alternate ending the date on the script coincides with the takeover of the project by RKO from original producer David O. Selznick in July 1945 making it one of the earliest possible drafts to bear the RKO label. Selznick who was never happy with the film's script or casting sold it to RKO after the disastrous production of "Duel in Sun" began absorbing most of his time and money. <br/><br/>Nominated for two Academy Awards including Best Original Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor for Claude Rains.<br/><br/>Set in and shot on location in Brazil with Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden and Santa Anita Park & Racetrack. <br/><br/>Red titled wrappers front wrapper dated July 16 1945 and rubber-stamped production No. 1490 credited to both Hecht and Hitchcock. Title page integral with the first page of text. 167 leaves with last page of text numbered 160 followed by 7 pages on pink stock numbered A-G and titled "ALTERNATIVE ENDING."<br/><br/>Mimeograph duplication all pages on white and pink onionskin stock. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very God plus with some tiny closed tears bound with three gold brads. <br/><br/>National Film Registry. Criterion Collection 137. Ebert l. Grant US. Penzler 101. Rosenbaum 1000. Selby US Canon. Selby US Masterwork. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US. RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
19333623Pete Rice Magazine A very scarce and desirable western title. Pete Rice Magazine was one of several single character hero pulp titles published by Street & Smith. With a cover date of November 1933 for the first issue he appeared just eight months after Doc Savage appeared on the stands and nine months after Nick Carter. The title changed to Pete Rice Western Adventures with the September 1935 issue and continued as such until the end of the run. Austin Gridley was the Street & Smith house author that the Pete Rice stories appeared under however most were written by a pulp author named of Ben Conlon. In "Cheap Thrills" Ron Goulart describes the Pete Rice realm as "built around a cowboy with a coterie of distinctive sidekicks." In his book "The Pulp Western" John Dinan considered Pete Rice more a modern detective than your typical pulp fiction cowboy "as the crimes and circumstances surrounding them were modern and not particularly western e.g. counterfeiting." Nick Carr cites Link Huller as referencing telephones and cars popping up in the stories occasionally. Pete seemed to be stuck somewhere between the old west and the early 20th century. The first 26 issues had nice striking cover art by Walter Baumhofer. Starting with the January 1936 issue R.G. Harris took over and continued until the end of the run with the June 1936 issue. Pete Rice has traditionally been a very difficult run to put together and to obtain all 32 issues can be quite a daunting task. Average condition is about VG/FN with many high grade. $8500.00 Nov 1933 #1 VG Dec 1933 #2 VG sm int tp Jan 1934 #3 VG Feb 1934 FR/G Mar 1934 G int tp April 1934 G May 1934 int. tp. G June 1934 FN/VF July 1934 FN Aug 1934 FN/VF Sept 1934 FN- Oct 1934 FN- Nov 1934 int. tp. G/VG Dec 1934 FN/VF Jan 1935 FN/VF Feb 1935 FN/VF Mar 1935 FN/VF April 1935 VG May 1935 G/VG June 1935 VG- July 1935 int. tp. G Aug 1935 VG Sept 1935 FN/VF Oct 1935 2" tear VG Nov 1935 FR/G Dec 1935 FR/G Jan 1936 FN/VF Feb 1936 VG Mar 1936 FN April 1936 VG/FN May 1936 FN- Jun 1936 FN- Street & Smith books
160189N.p.: N.p. 1978. Archive of approximately 200 original blueprints of set plans schematics and designs as well as photographs drawings notations and newspaper and magazine clippings for various Broadway and off-Broadway productions Metropolitan Opera productions film and television productions as well as various ballet companies including the National Ballet Company mounted on 62 oversize art boards 1943-1978. <br /> <br /> Detailed inventory and all images available upon request. Serious purchase inquiries only please.<br /> <br /> An expansive archive of sets and schematics blueprints for over 30 various productions from 1943 to 1978 all mounted on the rectos and versos of 62 oversize artboards the majority of which contain 1-6 blueprints per panel side. Included in the archive are 59 panels of blueprints for 16 Broadway and off-Broadway productions 1943-1978 36 panels for four Metropolitan Opera productions 1963-1967 as well as layout plans for the MET at Lincoln Center from 1965 the year before it premiered twelve panels for three film productions 1960-1971 three panels for two television productions 1959 and 1961 as well as panels of blueprints for the National Ballet circa 1962 the Pennsylvania Ballet circa 1963 the Columbia Theatre Association Ballet 1953 and various other film and theatre productions.<br /> <br /> From the estate of Boston sculptor Robert Berks who in his early years painted movie and theater backdrops as well as blueprint work for industrial design. <br /> <br /> All material Very Good to Very Good plus mounted to rectos and versos of boards as originally maintained.<br /> <br /> Shipping billed at cost. N.p. unknown
194883909New York: Progressive Party 1948. Lithograph in colors 45" x 30". A Near Fine example with subtle cleaning and repair to margins. Professionally mounted on archival canvas. <br /> <br /> Shahn's most celebrated political poster created to support the Progressive Party's 1948 Presidential candidate Henry Wallace. The poster lampoons the Democratic and Republican candidates Dewey and Truman leaving the viewer to conclude that the two mainstream parties are indistinguishable partners in "the same old song and dance" leaving Wallace as the only viable candidate. The visual metaphor may have proved too subtle; only one of the Progressives' 114 candidates succeeded in winning a seat; Presidential candidate Wallace received only about 2% of the popular vote. 83909. Progressive Party unknown
33033502Guangzhou 1870-1871 Huì Shi Litang. Stiff buff stitched wraps.2 vol.set: 132166 double folded leaves woodblock printed on red paper title pages55 drawing13.2 x 24.4 cm. contents clean firmly bound solid. RARE FIRST EDITION . . . WORLDCAT ONLY LISTS ONE COPY IN THE WORLD . . . THE FIRST RARE QING DYNASTY EDITION . . . IN "CANTONESE VERNACULAR" LANGUAGE . . . FULLY ILLUSTRATED . . . A TRANSLATION OF "PILGRIM'S PROGRESS" . . . PUBLISHED IN CANTON . This is a very RARE book the FIRST EDITION OF THE CANTONESE VERNACULAR language fully illustrated and complete in 2 volumes. Translated into "Cantonese Vernacular." as "The Progress on the Path to Heaven." . This article first points out the highly intertextual sic nature of Pilgrim's Progress and the King James Version of the Bible and examines the parallel process in which the two works were translated in the late Qing Dynasty. . A translation of the original work by Paul Bunyon PILGRIM'S PROGRESS London 1678 edition. . A timeless book "Pilgrim's Progress" known today as one of the most inspiring allegories of the Christian faith ever written and the second most read book in the world. . Per Wikipedia: . "Beginning in the 1850s illustrated versions of The Pilgrim's Progress in Chinese were printed in Hong Kong Shanghai and Fuzhou and widely distributed by Protestant missionaries. Hong Xiuquan the leader of the Christianity-inspired Taiping Rebellion declared that the book was his favorite reading." . Translated by William Raymond Weeks 1783-1848 Bound in 2 uniform buff stitched wrappers cover titles printed on front covers profusely illustrated with line drawings written in the Canton dialect with Hanzi characters . Issued with 2 red paper title pages in Cantonese vernacular reading of title: TIAN LU LICHENG. . Issued in 2 volumes showing the English titles on the inside of the red color title pages: reads: . "PILGRIMS PROGRESS" PT. I CHRISTIANA. CANTON VERNACULAR 1871. PT. II CHRISTIANA. CANTON VERNACULAR. 1870. . Part I: 5 Juan chapters 29 illustrations. Part II: 6 Juan chapters 26 illustrations. . PUBLISHER: . Publisher: Canton Guangzhou Yangcheng Huì Shi Litang Yangcheng Hui Shi Auditorium. Published Tong Zhi period Qing Dynasty: . Color photos are posted to our website. . RARE BOOKS: This is the FIRST & ONLY RARE EDITION in Cantonese vernacular entirely woodblock printed & illustrated in the later part of the 19th century China. . THE ILLUSTRATIONS: This work is profusely illustrated by Chinese line drawings converting the story into something the Chinese could identify with and understand visually. Beautifully illustrated by Chinese artists contains 55 superb graphical depictions of the story. . See photos posted to our website especially illus06.jpg & illus10.jpg for "persecution of Chinese Christians;" illus11.jpg for "Stairway to Heaven;" "the fires of hell" ilus12.jpg; "the power of prayer" illus14.jpg; "acceptance of women into heaven" illus15.jpg; & others. . CONDITION: The set of 2 uniform volumes are firmly bound in the original publisher's buff stitched wrappers with silk threads. . The covers are a bit dusty with some typical small spots a few rubs scuffing and typical signs of age and use for books over 150 years old from China. . The contents are very clean and solid. The title pages are printed in black ink over double-folded red paper title pages. Volume 1 has some red transfer to the first several pages getting more mild as the page numbers increase completely not visible from page 5 onwards. The paper in both volumes is a bit 'toned' as usual. The balance of the pages are exceptionally clean bright no issues. . Volume 1 has some old pencil numbers inside of the first fly leaf and some penned notes in the top margin of the first page along with pencil page numbers in the top right corner of every other page there is a small black ink blotch on the spine. . Volume 2 has no issues whatsoever. . There are brushed titles on the lower edges typical of Chinese books of this period. . By and large an excellent example of a very RARE book printed in China in 1870-71 seldom found. . OCLC Number: 65902726 . REFERENCE: . John Bunyan: See Wikipedia article. . Listed in WorldCat by author/title it shows only one copy listed at Leiden University. . . unknown
163191764London: Robert ALLOT John BEALE 1631. Fine. Two plays by the ""greatest of Shakespeare's contemporaries""Ian Donaldson Robert ALLOT John BEALE London 1631 20 x 32 cm Relié First edition. Binding inspired by Seventeenth century Cambridge panelled boards spine with five raised bands framed by double fillets in blind boards framed by double fillets in blind outer corners of central frame decorated with small fleurons tools in blind decorated roll inside central frame decorated roll in blind on edges all edges gilt a corner and edge and lower spine-end slightly rubbed some chafing on boards a small hole p. 8 affecting part of a letter. Very scarce first editions of The Staple of News and The Devil is an Ass by Ben Jonson master of comedy and satire who appears alongside Shakespeare as the most celebrated playwright of the English Renaissance. These two delightful satires of the modern world were performed by the Kings Men respectively in 1626 and 1616. As Jean-Christophe Mayer observes Shakespeare and Jonson had clearly understood that the present was beginning to take on a quite particular importance for their contemporaries who would as the years went by become avid consumers of current events. in Modernité représentation de lhistoire et présentisme dans le théâtre shakespearien. The printed press was barely in its infancy when Jonson wrote The Staple of News: the first play mocking the feverish appetite for information among readers staging games of speculation and inflation around news of every kind. He then continued his sharp description of his contemporaries in The Devil is an Ass: Satan sends one of his demons to London to recruit new souls. But this poor devil finds himself so thoroughly outpaced in every old vice and every old trick of hell by modern usurers ruffians and swindlers of high and low degree alike that he no longer knows where he stands allows himself to be duped and returns to the dark empire reviled and mocked by all. Ernest Lafond. These rare imprints follow Jonsons First Folio 1616 a landmark in English literary history as the first printed edition of an authors works supervised by the author himself. Jonson was moreover instrumental in the publishing of Shakespeares First Folio which opens with his verses To the Reader and also contains his eloquent tribute To the Memory of My Beloved the Author Master William Shakespeare and What He Hath Left Us. The two plays in the present volume were published simultaneously with a third Bartholomew Fair to form a collection that never came to fruition: The lack of a general title page on this collection has led scholars to offer several theories seeking to explain how and if it was ever sold to readers see Greg 3:1075-76; Creaser 2014. One theory is that copies of the edition may have been sold as a supplement to Jonsons 1616 Works DEEP 5074-5075. Alternatively copies of the collection but also of the individual plays in it may have been distributed as private gifts by Jonson. . It is also possible that the plays were intended to be sold separately despite the use of continuous signatures in the collection and the use of continuous pagination in Bartholomew Fair and The Devil is an Ass. Another possibility is that Jonson prevented copies from being sold by the publisher Robert Allott and likewise prevented other works from being printed for the collection in 1631 because of Jonsons dissatisfaction with John Beales printing of the three plays in it. The three plays in the collection were issued again in 1640 Database of Early English Playbooks. A fine association of two Jonsonian comedies issued by Allot who would go on to publish the celebrated Shakespeare Second Folio the following year. ESTC ; STC 14753.5. A bibliography of the English printed drama to the Restoration 456. 1631 ; 457. 1631. Robert ALLOT John BEALE hardcover
1640743L20London: Richard Bishop and Robert Young 1640 1641. Fine Binding. Very Good Indeed. 12" by 7.5" . None. A beautifully bound scarce collected edition of Ben Jonson's works. In a fantastic recent binding with a custom slipcase. From the library of Allen and Beryl Freer. The Freers were avid art collectors and acquired quite the selection over the twentieth century of works mostly bought from the artists. Allen organised many exhibitions of artists he admired and published several works on art. With Allen Freer's bookplate to the front pastedown. Freer's handwriting to the front free endpaper 'Ex collection H J Massingham'. ESTC reference no: S112456. Greg 1073; STC 14753Collated lacking A8 further celebrations of Ben Jonson and B1 Title page to 'Every Man in His Humour.'. With the title page engraved and signed 'Gulielmus Hole fecit' and the frontispiece signed 'Ro: Vaughan fecit' provided in a very good facsimile on laid paper. Collated using The BL's copy. With the signatures: A3-A7 B2-B6 C-2K6 2L4 A-T6.This second collected edition of Jonson's works was entered to R. Bishop on the 4th March 1639. Separate title page for 'Every Man Out of His Humour' dated 1640; 'Cynthias Revels' dated 1640; 'Poetaster' dated 1640; 'Seianus His Fall' dated 1640; 'Volpone or The Fox a Comedy' dated 1640; 'Epicoene or The Silent Woman' dated 1640. Part 2 begins with 'Epigrammes. I. Booke' dated 1640. Separate title page to 'Part of the Kings.' dated 1640; 'Masques At Court' dated 1640; To the verso of title page is a hand-written verse which begins 'O She is wilder & more hard with all/ then bird or beast or tree or stony wall./' It is monogrammed 'W: S:'. This verse was likely written in 1660 as the excised signature at the top of the verso is dated 1660. Contemporary inscription to the tail of B4r 'John Noble His Book'. Prior owner's inscription to the title page of 'The Alchemist a Comedy' 'The Fox the alchemist and the silent woman Elizabeth Congreve'. Excised contemporary inscription to the final leaf. Recently rebound in a full morocco binding. Externally excellent with minor shelfwear. Bookplate to the front pastedown. Recent ownership inscriptions to A3 A4 B4 Y4 and T6. Internally firmly bound. Repair to the fore-edge of L6 and M1 not affecting text. Minor repair to the top corner of R4-S6 not affecting any text. Repair to 2P2 to the bottom six lines of the leaf affecting half of several words. Repair to 2P4 affecting three lines fourteen from the bottom. Lacking A8 B1 and the title page and frontispiece are provided in facsimile. Pages are bright. Scattered spots from A-E of part II. Very Good Indeed Richard Bishop [and Robert Young] unknown
1944177448No place: no publisher 29 June 1944. There are almost a million people in the United States who live in hospitals. for the mentally deranged Screenplay for Hitchcock's psychological thriller starring Ingrid Bergman and Gregory Peck released in 1944 to significant acclaim. The present script presents a version of the text featuring many revised sheets from the time that the screenplay was submitted for approval to the Motion Picture Association of America. The film is based on the 1927 novel by John Palmer and Hilary A. Saunders under the pseudonym Francis Beeding entitled The House of Dr. Edwardes. The script notes "'Spellbound' The House of Dr Edwardes" on the first leaf. The first page of text has the novel's title struck through and replaced by the title of the film. Hitchcock and his wife began working on a treatment of the novel in December 1943. Hitchcock hired Angus MacPhail to help a month later and Ben Hecht then wrote the screenplay. The opening titles of the film credit the screenplay by Hecht with "adaptation by" MacPhail. The present script includes revised leaves dated 7 July 44 pink leaves 10 July 2 pink and 2 yellow leaves 11 July 1 pink and 7 yellow leaves 12 July 3 pink and 3 yellow leaves 17 July 2 pink and 4 yellow leaves 25 July 4 pink and 3 yellow leaves 27 July 5 pink 13 yellow and 2 green leaves and 1 August 2 pink and 1 yellow leaves. "Hitchcock's Spellbound. was the director's most overt handling of psychological subject matter up to that time. Largely based on the theories of famed psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud and featuring a stunning set of dream sequences designed by the world's most renowned surrealist painter Salvador Dali Spellbound in many ways marked a new trajectory in Hitchcock's career" Cunningham. Folio. Mimeographic typescript 154 leaves 280 x 216 mm printed on rectos only of white pink yellow and green paper pagination includes "16-17" "31A" "75A-76" "94-95" "139-140" "144-145" and "152-153" first leaf notes "Please return to Vanguard Films Inc." script no 1699 and date. Rear blue wrapper three split pins. Housed in a custom black cloth box. Lacking front wrapper rear worn with loss and adhesive tape repairs first leaf of screenplay worn with minor loss not affecting text: a very good copy. Douglas A. Cunningham Critical Insights: Alfred Hitchcock 2017. hardcover
16401315045London: Printed by Richard Bishop and Robert Young and are to be sold by Andrew Crooke in St. Paules Church-yard 1640/1641. Second Folio Printing. Hardcover. Folios Three Volumes bound in two books. In Very Good condition. Rebacked with new calf spines and burgundy labels with gilt lettering with previous boards preserved. Both volumes have previous owners name and information on second free end page. Marbled endpapers.<br /> <br> <br /> <br> <br /> In the first book which contains only Volume 1 the subsidiary plays each have separate dated title pages. "Epigrammes" begins a new pagination and register; otherwise pagination and register are continuous. Most of the parts have special title pages with imprint: London Printed by R. Bishop 1640. "Poëtaster" has title page with imprint: "London Printed by Robert Young M.DC.XL." The title page is engraved and signed "Gulielmus Hole fecit". Signatures: A-Kkk6 Lll4; 2A-2T6. <br /> <br> <br /> <br> <br /> The second book contains Volumes 2 and 3. Volume 2 was edited by Jonson himself but Volume 3 was edited by by Sir Kenelm Digby. The three plays comprising Volume 2 "Bartholmew sic Fayre" "The Diuell is an asse" and "The staple of nevves" each have separate title page with imprint ". printed by Iohn. Beale. for Robert Allot . 1631." Signatures: A6 B-M4 Aa-Cc4 2D-H4 2I6 N-Y4 Vol. 3 B-Q4 R2 S-X4 Y2 Z4 Aa-Oo4 Pp2 Qq4 2A-K4 2L2 2M-R4 3A-P4 3Q2 3R-V4. Closed tear to L4. JK Consignment. Shelved in Case 0.<br /> <br> <br /> <br> <br /> Oversized books. Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers please inquire for rates. The first volume printed by Richard Bishop for Andrew Crooke was a 1640 reprint of the 1616 folio with corrections and emendations; it has sometimes been termed "the second edition of the first folio." The second volume was printed by James Dawson for Thomas Walkley in 1641 lacks a general title page and the order of the parts varies in published editions. This volume contains later works most of them unpublished or uncollected previously. ESTC S112456 ESTC S111824. 1315045. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Printed by Richard Bishop [and Robert Young], and are to be sold by Andrew Crooke, in St. Paules, Church-yard hardcover
1640OB317<p>London Printed by Richard Bishop. M. DC. XL 1640. Hard Cover. Folio: 226 63-668 pages headpieces initials marginal notes. A-S6 T5 G2-G6 H-Z6 Aa-Zz6 Aaa-Kkk6 Lll4; 29.5 cm. Each part has separate title-page and the above imprint except for "Poetaster" London Printed by Robert Young. M. DC. XL. Contents: Epigrammes. I. Booke. The Author B. J.; Part Of The Kings Entertainment In Passing To His Coronation. The Author B. J.; A Panegyre On The Happy Entrance Of Iames our Soveraigne to His first high Session of Parliament in this his Kingdome the 19 of March 1603. The Author B. J.; A Particular Entertainment Of The Queene And Prince their Highnesse at Althrope At The Right Honourable the Lord Spencers on Saturday being the 25. of Iune 1603. as they came first into the Kingdom; The Author B. J.; Masques At Court. The Author B. J. incomplete: ends with catchword 'Till'; Every Man Out Of His Humour. A Comicall Satyre. First Acted in the yeere 1599. By the then Lord Chamberlaine his Servants: With the allowance of the Master of Revells. The Author B. I.; Cynthias Revels. Or The Fovntaine Of Selfe-Love. A Comicall Satyre. First Acted in the yeere 1600. By the then Children of Queen Elizabeths Chappell. With the allowance of the Master of Revells. The Author B. I.; Poëtaster Or His Arraignement. A Comicall Satyre. First Acted in the yeere 1601. By the then Children of Queene Elizabeths Chappell. With the allowance of the Master of Revels. The Author B. J.; Seianus His Fall. A Tragedie. First Acted in the yeere 1603. By the Kings Maiesties Servants. With the allowance of the Master of Revells. The Author B. J.; Volpone Or The Fox. A Comedy. First Acted in the yeere 1605. By the Kings Maiesties Servants. With the allowance of the Master of Revells. The Author B. J.; Epicine Or The Silent Woman. A Comedy. First Acted in the yeere 1609. By the Children of her Maiesties Revells. With the allowance of the Master of Revells. The Author B. J.; The Alchemist. A Comedy. Acted in the yeere 1610. By the Kings Maiesties Servants. With the allowance of the Master of Revells. The Author B. J.; Catiline His Conspiracy. A Tragedy. Acted in the years 1611. Detailed collations on request. Faded dampstain through much of lower margin; outer bottom corner of p. 187/188 torn with partial loss of catchword; closed tears at inner tops of pp. 189/190 and 523/524; ink note on p. 600 with ink smear on inner margin. Expertly rebound by Dragonfly Bindery in red mottled calf gilt spine decoration red leather spine label. A very good and handsome copy. Stock#OB317.</p> Printed by Richard Bishop. , and are to be sold by Andrew Crooke in St. Paules Church-yard. M. DC. XL hardcover
87009Roosevelt NJ: ca 1950s. Original brush drawing in black on white wove paper ca. 40" x 26". Inscribed and signed below image: "Black & White for Sol" signed in full "Ben Shahn." Well-preserved with a few faint spots of foxing visible in image. Unframed.<br /> <br /> "Sol" is the noted documentary photographer Sol Libsohn who was Shahn's close friend and neighbor in Roosevelt New Jersey. The composition possibly a portrait of Libsohn is in Shahn's later semi-figural abstract style depicting a human man with Phoenix wings hovering over and looking down upon a mysterious spiral symbol perhaps a maze or mandala. An exceptional large and clearly personal work - Shahn drawings of this size are rare on the market and this is an uncommonly nice example. unknown
13262Shahn Ben. IMMIGRANT FAMILY. Serigraph 1941. Prescott 2. Edition size unknown; Prescott knew of only 3. This copy unsigned. 11 1/2 x 18 inches image 19 1/4 x 25 1/4 sheet framed to 23 x 28 1/4 inches. This was only the second print made by Shahn and the first serigraph a medium in which he continued to use for his prints throughout his career. Provenance: Kennedy Galleries with its label George Krevsky Gallery with its label and estate of Donald Brenwasser New Jersey. In excellent condition. Very Rare. unknown
163191764Robert ALLOT John BEALE | Londres 1631 | 20 x 32 cm | Relié
163518006Amsterdam 1635. the author 2 works in 1 volume. 8vo. Contemporary calf rebacked with the original backstrip laid down. With a letterpress decoration on title-page Hebrew text of Psalm 85.11 in a frame a so-called "magical square" in which the the text can be read both horizontally as well as vertically some woodcut initials and some Hebrew passages in the text. 16 156 2 2 blank; 40 346 6 pp. Ad 1: First edition of a work on God's creation of Earth by the well-known Portuguese rabbi writer and printer Menasseh Ben Israel 1604-1657 who established the first Jewish printing office in the Netherlands. The work presents 30 questions or "problems" concerning God's creation of the Earth which Menasseh tries to answer and explain citing or referring to passages of the Tenach. Problems include "on which day were demons created" and "was there another world or earth before God created this one". The preliminaries including an important poem by Caspar Barlaeus which caused the Amsterdam authorities to consider the reintroduction of censorship for Jewish publications. As this didn't happen Barlaeus's poem can be seen as an indicator of the relationship between Jews and Christians and the religious tolerance in Amsterdam during the Golden Age.Ad 2: First edition of a work on the resurrection of the dead by the same author. The work is divided into three "books" and opens with several dedicatory letters an index of the chapters and 3 laudatory poems. The last page of the preliminaries gives a short list is of books translated from Hebrew into Spanish. The main text deals with the Last Judgment the resurrection of the dead and the immortality of the soul.With a bookseller's ticket and bookplate. Title-page of ad 1 slightly smudged browned throughout some water stains and small spots but still in good condition. Binding rubbed along the extremities and sides somewhat scratched rebacked with the original backstrip laid down.l Ad 1: Fuks & Fuks-Mansfeld p. 107; STCN 843242612 7 copies; ad 2: STCN 084840250 9 copies; for Menasseh in general: Fuks & Fuks-Mansfeld pp. 99-135; NNBW X cols. 604-613. unknown
54842Nice: Centre d'Art Total 1963. Quarto 31.4 × 22.5 cm. Original printed wrappers consisting of two sections; 52 individual leaves with collages multiples hectographs on different types of paper. Due to age and material some glue is partially loose; else very good or perfectly preserved. First edition of the exceptionally uncommon artist's book the second edition of which is also very rare. Because of its rarity it is not listed in Jon Hendrick's "Fluxus Codex" but is mentioned in the foreword as a "landmark publication" of the Fluxus movement p. 22. With "Ben Dieu" Vautier documents his early Fluxus works on paper. He first met his Fluxus mentor George Maciunas in 1962 in London at the "Misfits Fair" organized by Daniel Spoerri. Vautier took part in the event as did Robert Filliou for example. Maciunas was passing through and a conversation ensued between the two which ultimately led Vautier to start Fluxus in Nice under the label "Total Art". Cf. Ben Vautier in: 1962 Wiesbaden Fluxus 1982 Wiesbaden Kassel Berlin 1983 p. 148ff. A lively exchange and close collaboration developed between the two. The catalog of the Sohm Archive states that Vautier was the only artist among all Europeans whom Maciunas liked to supervise extensively in the production of his artist's books. Thomas Klein "Fröhliche Wissenschaft". Das Archiv Sohm Stuttgart 1986 p 99. <br /> <br /> Vautier seems not only to have sent the artist's books individually to colleagues friends collectors and critics but also compiled them individually. Thus the copies known to us repeatedly reveal differences. A detailed documentation of all pages and supplements of the artist's book can be viewed on the website of the Fondazione Bonotto under the following link: fondazionebonotto. org/it/collection/fluxus/vautierben/2158.h tml as of January 2025 The copy offered by us differs in the following points: The following leaves are not in our copy: "Absolument n'importe quoi est art" - 2 leaves of "Partie du Tout a Ben" - "Jalousie". In comparison to the copy owned by the Fondazione Bonotto the copy we are offering has the following additional leaves and multiples: Poster "France Dimanche. L'illustre de Paris. Les enfants de Joséphine Baker a L'assistance" signed by Ben. - Sticker in the shape of a blue circle "15 compositions"<br /> <br /> Only 100 copies were produced.<br /> <br /> Sohm Happening & Fluxus Materialien Vautier.<br /> <br /> Cf. Fondazione Bonotto Code FX1263. <br /> <br /> As of January 2025 OCLC lists only three copies of the first edition in North America. unknown
196620985151966. Paris: The Trianon Press 1966. 80 leaves. Large unbound folio in stiff glassine covered wrappers housed in large vellum box stamped with gilt lettering on front back and spine with double clasp closure. Loosely inserted foam cushions at front and back of box. Includes an extra set of the coloured plates an extra set of the uncoloured plates and a proof state of the frontispiece in paper folders enclosed in a linen portfolio with ties. Very clean copy.One of 20 copies numbered I to XX this being VII. Signed and stamped with the artist's cypher on the frontispiece. Ben Shahn 1898-1969 enjoyed a long career as a social realist artist and left wing visionary. Widely recognized for his murals paintings commercial illustrations and photography he collaborated with Diego Rivera and undertook commissions for the Farm Security Administration. Perhaps his most famous work the Jersey Homesteads Mural has also been linked to the Haggadah and the themes of slavery the struggles of immigrants deliverance and redemption which were important throughout his career. hardcover
105486EterS.l. (Malmöl), du n°1 (1966) au n°5 (1967) : Collection complète en 5 fascicules in-4, comprenant des œuvres originales en feuilles libres sous couverture imprimée de différentes couleurs. Directeur : Paul-Armand Gette. New EterDirecteur : Paul-Armand GetteMalmö, du n°1 (1969) au n°6 (1973) : Collection complète en 6 fascicules.
169555262Amsterdam: Be-veit ha-meshutafim Asher Anshil ben Eliezer ve-Yisakhar Ber ben Avraham Eliezer/ Moses Wiesel 1695. First edition. Hardcover. fair. Small folio 29 by 18.5 cm. Collation: aleph-vav4 zayin2 = 26 numbered leaves. Additional engraved title page engraved folding map at rear; main title with woodcut vignette; 14 half-page engraved illustrations in the text. Contemporary quarter calf over dark brown pastepaper boards skilfully rebacked. Images of Moses and Aaron at engraved title excised the seven small engraved vignettes along with letterpress text of engraved title and imprint mounted on old paper. Old marginal repairs at main title resulting in slight loss of initial letters along right margin and several leaves; slight strictly marginal worming and occasional tears. Stained throughout sometimes heavily though not impairing legibility. Map mounted to reinforce tears with virtually no loss of text or engraved imagery apart from printed border at right side. A fair copy at best; despite all defects the half-page engraved illustrations have survived intact with minimal staining. Housed in new maroon buckram slipcase.<br /> <br /> First edition of this gorgeously illustrated work now referred to simply as the Amsterdam Haggadah. The first such work to be illustrated with copperplate engravings it ranks among the most imitated of the Jewish manuals for the Passover seder. The popularity of these illustrations can be attested by the huge number of reprint editions over the centuries. Fourteen finely printed half-page engravings appear throughout the text. Some of these images illustrate the traditional content of the Passover seder or the Exodus story while others reference other biblical tales. Images include: the Rabbis of Bene Brak discussing the Passover story the four sons Abraham smashing the idols of his father Abraham welcoming the three angels Moses slaying the Egyptian overseer the rescuing Moses from the river Moses and Aaron coming to Pharaoh w/ staves turning to snakes the ten plagues the Egyptian army drowning in the Red Sea the Exodus the receiving of the Ten Commandments at Mt. Sinai the eating of the Pascal Lamb King David composing his psalms and finally an exterior view of the Jewish Temple with the cityscape of Jerusalem in the background. All images are captioned with relevant passages in Hebrew. The engravings were all created by Abraham ben Jacob a German convert to Judaism who had moved to Amsterdam although some sources over the years misattributed them to financier Moses Wiesel 6 of which were adaptations and/or modifications of previous images by Swiss artist Matthäus Merian 1593-1650 from his original work "Icones Biblicae" 1625-30.<br /> <br /> In addition to the in text engravings there is famously fold-out engraved biblical map of the Holy Land in a notable format. Measuring a total of 19.5 by 11.5" the map shows the land of Israel the Wilderness of Sinai and Egypt in landscape orientation looking eastward towards the top of the map. It traces the journey of the Israelites starting with the Exodus from Egypt through the Sinai and into the Land of Israel. The map is detailed showing the areas of the twelve tribes important locations and cities as well as geographic features including the Red Sea Mount Sinai the Dead Sea the Sea of Galilee and many others. Additional illustrations appear near the bottom along with a legend. This beautiful work also by Abraham ben Jacob is considered among the earliest if not the first map of its kind to be printed within a Hebrew publication. It is now known to have been heavily based on the previously printed 1620 map in Hebrew by Jacob ben Abraham Zaddiq and Abraham Goos 1590 - ca. 1643 which itself was based on the map of 1590 by Christian Kruik van Adrichom Adrichem printed in Latin.<br /> <br /> Text throughout is printed in Hebrew with smaller text in Rashi script underneath containing famous commentary on the Passover Haggadah by acclaimed Portuguese Rabbi and scholar Isaac ben Judah Abarbanel 1437-1508. The verso of the title page contains the order of the Passover seder with brief instructions in both Ladino Judeo-Spanish and Yiddish Judeo-German a nod to the subtitle which references both the Ashkenazi and Sephardi traditions.<br /> <br /> Provenance and annotations: Full page of text appx. 1500 words in neat Hebrew cursive at front endleaf which discusses aspects of the Haggadah text; inscription in German at front endleaf by Isidor Adler who mentions his friend Hermann Mechlenburg dated March 1906; old annotations throughout in at least two hands. In one notable instance the Hebrew phrase l'shana ha-ba'ah be-hamburg next year in Hamburg! has been added in fine block characters above the traditional phrase l'shana ha-ba'ah bi-yerushalayim next year in Jerusalem. Hebrew title: סדר הגדה של פסח ×›×ž× ×”×’ ××©×›× ×– וספרד <br /> Alternate transliterations: Seder Hagadah shel Pesah Seder Hagadah sel Pesah<br /> <br /> References: Friedberg 278 Fuks HTN II 521; Yudlov Haggadah 93; Vinograd Amsterdam 627; Ya'ari no. 59; Laor 876 Map; Nebenzahl pp.138-1389 Map; Yerushalmi plate 59-62; Rosenau "Vision of the Temple" p.135 146-7. Be-veit ha-meshutafim [Asher Anshil ben Eliezer ve-Yisakhar Ber ben Avraham Eliezer]/ Moses Wiesel hardcover
19661253941966. First Edition. Signed. SHAHN Ben. Haggadah for Passover. Paris: Trianon Press 1966. Large folio 13 by 17 inches unsewn as issued original glassine wrappers original clasped parchment box. $6500.Beautiful large limited folio Passover Haggadah number 175 of only 228 copies out of a total edition of 292 on Arches Vergé paper illustrated by Ben Shahn with 21 color pictorial borders and line drawings and an additional beautiful double-page color lithograph also signed by him.Lithuanian-born graphic artist Ben Shahn executed many of the illustrations for this Haggadah around 1930 while working on a pictorial representation of the Dreyfus case and conceiving his celebrated series of paintings of the Sacco and Vanzetti trial. Like those for his secular works Shahn's Haggadah illustrations highlight the struggle against oppression a theme central to the story of Passover. In 1965 Shahn reproduced these Passover drawings which had already been acquired by the Jewish Museum incorporating them into this extraordinary Haggadah. Shahn's year-long visit to Djerba off the Tunisian coast and his masterful calligraphy lend this Haggadah an oriental feel. Text in Hebrew and English. Only very mild discoloration to original box. A beautiful production in fine condition. unknown
161249853Hannoviyah Hanau: Hans Yakop Hena 1612. First edition. Hardcover. vg- to vg. Quarto. 9 92 leaves. Rebound in modern dark brown leather boards with gilt lettering red label and raised bands on the spine. Title page illustrated with historiated woodblock lettering at the top and encircled by text borders. Missing the final unnumbered initial leaf containing approbations and the final two leaves index. <br /> <br /> First edition of this compendium of Kabblistic topics by Prague rabbi Shabtai Sheftel ben Akiva Horowitz 1565-1619. Illustrated throughout with a total of 15 prominent and intriguing Kabbalistic woodblock diagrams and charts in black as well as some small tables. Among the specific subjects the work provides commentary and analysis of the work of previous Kabbalists including "Iggeret ha-Te'amim" Letter on the Accents by 16th century rabbi Aaron Abraham ben Baruch Simeon ha-Levi the writings of Rabbi Moses ben Jacob Cordovero aka the RAMAK 1522–1570 Sefer Yetzirah and the Zohar.<br /> <br /> Text throughout in Hebrew printed in two and three-column formats in multiple size fonts and some of the text in Rashi script.<br /> <br /> Binding with some light scratches to the covers. Title page with some staining some small worm holes reinforcement along the gutter and most notably a repaired tear along the left margin resulting in some loss of border text and text on the verso. Repaired marginal tears also on the 2nd and 3rd unnumbered initial leaves with no loss of text. The large diagram on the leaf 8 has been trimmed in the margin resulting in minor loss of the image on the left side. Closed tear to leaf 18. Pages throughout with some age toning occasion minor chipping to the edges and some sporadic water stains and smudges. Binding in very good interior in very good- condition overall. Hebrew title: ספר שפה טל<br /> Author: שבתי שפטל בן ×¢×§×™×‘× ×”×œ×•×™ הורוביץ<br /> Publication: ×”×× ×© ×™×קופ ×”×¢× ×”<br /> Alternate transliteration: Shabtai Sheftel ben Akiva ha-Levi Horowitz<br /> <br /> Bibliographic References: Vinograd p.162 Hanau 13; Steinschneider col. 2241; Cowley 630. Hans Yakop Hena hardcover
22925New York and Amsterdam: W. A. Benjamin Inc. 1969 1975. First edition first printing. First edition first printing. Two volumes. Inscribed presentation copies from the joint Nobel Prize winning scientists to an Nordita colleague. Publisher's original dark blue volume I and brown volume II cloth with titles in blue and gilt and silver and gilt to the upper boards and spine in dustwrapper. Excellent near fine copies the bindings square and firm the cloth bright and fresh. The contents are clean throughout and without previous owner's marks. Complete with the very good rubbed and nicked dustwrappers that of volume II with a few small chips and tears. Publisher's flyer laid in to volume two as issued. Inscribed at the head of the front endpaper of volume one in blue ink "Til Peter Winge / med mange hilsner / Aage Bohr" next which Ben Mottelson has signed in full in black ink. Volume two is inscribed in blue ink at the head of the front endpaper "Til Peter / med mange hilsner / Aage" next to which Ben Mottelson has signed his first name. The recipient Peter Winge was a scientist and colleague of Bohr and Mottleson at The Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics Nordita in Copenhagen. These volumes summarise a life's work on nuclear structure the centerpiece being the work for which Bohr and Mottelson won the Nobel Prize in Physics. The Nobel Prize in Physics 1975 was awarded jointly to Aage Niels Bohr Ben Roy Mottelson and Leo James Rainwater "for the discovery of the connection between collective motion and particle motion in atomic nuclei and the development of the theory of the structure of the atomic nucleus based on this connection". Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers. New York and Amsterdam: W. A. Benjamin, Inc. 1969, 1975. hardcover
1972016607Haarlem Holland: Limited Editions Club 1972. Original Art. Fine. Rene Ben Sussan. The complete publisher's archive of 16 ORIGINAL watercolors some mildly erotic in theme and 17 ORIGINAL line drawings by Rene Ben Sussan used for the book. The watercolors are 5" x 8" on 7-3/4" x 11-1/4" paper with the line drawings on smaller various sized sheets. All are lettered in the upper corner in red ink with pencil annotations below the image. Housed in a paper folder from the publisher. Accompanied by an out-of-series copy of the book SIGNED by the artist that was bound upside down. <br/><br/>Rene Ben Sussan was active from the 1920s to the 1960s and illustrated many books including 8 for the Limited Editions Club alone. [Limited Editions Club] unknown
43448Venice : Apud Ioannem Variscum Giovanni Varisco 1588. First and only edition. Octavo 190 x 140 mm modern brown cloth over boards; faint trace of stamp tp front free endpaper original first blank with early ownership signature to verso browned clipped at upper corner title-page with vignette woodcut printer's device and with coat of arms to verso; pp. 7 Dedication to Francesco Maria II della Rovere Duke of Urbino 1 foreword by Paulus Manutius 2 foreword by Judah Alchalay 4 index 1-127; decorative woodcut initials; sidenotes; first few leaves with a mild horizontal crease at centre some occasional and very light foxing otherwise clean and crisp throughout; a very good copy in a modern binding. David de' Pomis 1525-1593 was a physician philosopher and linguist born in Spoleto to a Jewish family of bankers. He commenced medical studies in Todi under two of his uncles both rabbis and continued them at Perugia where he received his doctorate in 1551. He was then for a brief period rabbi and physician at Magliano in Tuscany. However there followed a number of years of insecurity during which successive papal edicts withdrew and restored the right of Jewish physicians to attend Christians; de' Pomis found himself forced to keep moving from town to town in Italy finally settling in Venice in 1569. It was here that he published most of his works. His tract De Medico Hebraeo Enarratio Apologica Venice 1588 is a refutation of aspects of a bull of 1581 issued by Gregory XIII 1572-85 which brought various charges against Jews - and more specifically Jewish physicians. De' Pomis argues that in accordance with the teachings of the Bible as well as the Talmud a Jewish physician is morally obligated to attempt to alleviate the suffering of every patient. He also cites numerous cases in the historical record to illustrate the fact that Jewish doctors can and have distinguished themselves by their medical prowess and civic-mindedness. The last section comprises a selection of Talmudic rules translated into Latin presented as a form of collective argument to counter the charge that the Talmud is to be despised for its moral character. The writings of the learned De’ Pomis were wide-ranging. He is now perhaps best known for his trilingual Hebrew Latin and Italian dictionary the Ẓemaḥ David Venice 1587 which he dedicated to Pope Sixtus V - although this work is more than a straightforward dictionary since it also contains disquisitions on scientific and historical subjects. He also wrote a philosophical essay on human suffering Discorso intorno a l'humana miseria e sopra il modo di fuggirla Venice 1572 a treatise on the plague Venice 1577 and another on geriatric conditions Venice 1588. Very rare. No sale record traced on Rare Book Hub. hardcover
