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1852ST20768London: Simpkin & Marshall 1852. FIRST EDITION. 153 x 102 mm. 6 x 4". 64 pp. <br/> Publisher's deluxe red pebble-grain morocco gilt covers with graceful Romantic-style frame central panel of upper cover with gilt lettering that of lower cover with gilt ornament spine blind-stamped to resemble raised bands panels with gilt ornament gilt turn-ins pale yellow endpapers all edges gilt. With title page vignette frontispiece portrait of Wellington and three full-page engravings of battles. Printed entirely in gilt on "enamel" gloss paper. Front free endpaper with faint pencilled signature. Binding very slightly soiled joints and extremities a little rubbed trivial soiling to front endpapers otherwise quite a fine copy the text entirely clean fresh and bright with sparkling gold.<br/> <br/> This now-scarce luxuriously produced little volume celebrates the life and military achievements of Arthur Wellesley Field Marshall and 1st Duke of Wellington perhaps the most widely admired Briton of the 19th century--and does so in glittering fashion. The key facts of Wellington's life and the decisive battles of his storied career are related here in sparkling gold text and images on alabaster white pages. Poet laureate Tennyson's funerary ode described Wellington 1769-1852 as "the last great Englishman" and his death evoked great mourning in response to his life of public service. DNB notes that his defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo crushing the emperor's ambition for European dominance put him in a class of his own: "No man certainly no Briton had ever been in such a situation before in Europe the object of universal hero-worship and gratitude." Wellington was particularly notable among senior military officers for his determination to lead his troops on the frontline in battle. The three battles depicted in the illustrations here attest to this: in "The Battle of Assaye" we see him on horseback two horses were shot from under him during the conflict wielding his sword as he bears down on enemy cannon. At the "Battle of Vittoria" he is shown leading the infantry to face the enemy with bayonet fixed. And in the decisive "Battle of Waterloo" scene he is once again with the cavalry wheeling to attack the advancing French. The frontispiece shows Wellington astride his famed horse Copenhagen who was his mount at Waterloo. Our volume concludes with a chronology of principal events in the duke's life. It is notable that such a handsome memorial work was produced so quickly after Wellington's sudden death on 14 September 1852: a contemporary ad in Bent's Literary Advertiser notes our title was published on 15 November three days before Wellington's state funeral on the 18th. Copies of this work are rare: we could trace no auction sales and OCLC records only seven copies just one in North America. Simpkin & Marshall unknown
1672QQ0466No publisher 1672. Original full dark brown mottled calf triple blind fillets framing boards triple fillets parallel to spine to front and rear boards. Raised bands blind decor and red gilt label to spine. Remains of blind decor to board edges. Hinges secure cords all holding firm though leather of front hinge cracked except for a 1cm section at base and rear board is cracked at top over hinge c. 3cm. Small loss to top spine. 8vo 11.8 x 18.4cm. All edges marbled faded. Endpapers cracked at gutters. Recent bookplate and minor pencil annots to inside front board. Typographic headpiece. Very minor tidemark to bottom margin of pp. 437-444. A response to Stillingfleet's 'notorious book on Idolatry among Catholics' Clancy the 1671 'Discourse concerning the idolatry practised in the Church of Rome' which was itself answered by Daniel Whitby and Stillingfleet himself. The 5pp. dedication to the queen is signed 'T. G.' for Thomas Godden pseudonym of Thomas Tylden or Tilden 1622-1688 Roman Catholic controversialist. The son of a tanner from Kent Tylden converted to Catholicism as a young man and by 1656 was president of the English College in Lisbon where he was created D.D. in 1660. In 1661 he was appointed chaplain and preceptor to Princess Catherine of Braganza: he accompanied her to England and was among the witnesses to her marriage to Charles II after which he remained a member of her household serving as chaplain and treasurer: 'it is said that he taught her to speak English' ODNB. According to Bishop John Russell Tylden 'spent his life at court as though in the cloister and "he was very dear to the Queen and not disliked by the King"' ODNB. His refutation of Stillingfleet in Catholicks No Idolaters was his 'most important work' ODNB. This copy has the separate section of 48pp. before the main body of the work called for in ESTC but according to Clancy 'not to be found in most . copies'. ESTC R16817; Clancy 962.3. Robust packaging. Tracking is always added to USA orders. It can be added to other overseas orders on request. Used books are exempt from USA tariffs. 1st edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 32 48 448pp. No publisher Hardcover
53093London: Charles Adams 1654. 12mo. pp. xciv 86. Latin text and English translation on facing pages the latter verso. Some light dust soiling heavier on title and verso of last leaf browning mostly to margins and occasional spots. 19th century half calf over marbled boards gilt-lettered morocco label. Joints and extremities rubbed small repair at head and foot. 20th century inscription to front pastedown later monogram RC inked to title. The first edition in English of this poem on hunting by a contemporary of Virgil and Ovid. The translator's commentary includes chapters on "the styles of hunting different from the English both antique and forreigne" and "the modern authors who have written upon this subject." The first edition in Latin had been published in Lyon by Sebastian Gryphius in 1537. For an account of Wase's translation which remained the only English-language translation of Gratius' poem for 280 years until the Loeb Library edition with translation by J. W. Duff and A. M. Duff in 1934see the chapter 'Hunting and the seventeenth-century English gentleman' by Michael Waters in Steven J. Green ed. Gratius. Hunting an Augustan Poet Oxford University Press 2018 pp. 235-256. Wing G1581; ESTC R1966; Schwerdt I p.217. (London:) Charles Adams, 1654. hardcover
Pages 562-676. Features: In the Khalifa's Clutches - part IV of Charles Neufeld's ordeal; Impressions of Pekin - sensational photo-illustrated article; Two Loves Affairs, and How They Ended - Colonel Hervey Tryon falls headlong into a deep well of garbag; The Hook-Swinging Ceremony as I Saw It - Rev. Joshua Knowles describes a South Indian pagan festival in which devotees have hook placed in their flesh before they are swung into the air at the end of long poles - with photos; A Desperate Plight - travails of Captain H.V. Barclay in the arid Australian interior; The Great Grottos of Han - photo-illustrated article on the marvelous caverns near Han-sur-Lesse in the Belgian Ardennes; Held by An Octopus - Herbert Perkins explains how he was grabbed from out of the water; Shooting the Reversible Falls - photo-illustrated story from St. John, New Brunswick involving Xavier Francis and Louis Mitchell; Life in an Italian Village (near Pallanza); On the War-Path with Redskins - a retaliatory raid of natives is recounted by J.W. Schultz, a Rocky Mountain guide who was married to a Blackfoot and lived among them in Montana; The Fantastic Carnival at Pangau in a remote part of the Austrian Tyrol; Twenty-Seven Days in an Open Boat - Part II - the castaways are finally rescued, but in ghastly condition; Naia, The Witch of Rochefort-en-Terre, in Brittany - photo-illustrated article; Through Italy in Bedouin Dress - photo-illustrated account; One Thousand Miles on Mule-Back - Part I of this photo-illustrated article of the amazing journey of Mabel Penniman from New York to London via Central and South Amerca; The Bogus "Rush" at Coolgardie - photo-illustrated of a fake gold rush in Australia as told by John Marshalll of Kalgoorlie; Photo of women coal heavers in Dresden; Full-page photo from Kelsey Creek, California showing a river of fish three feet deep - with no water!; Photo of Tunisian camel fight; and more. Average external wear and soiling. Few pencil markings. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy of this excellent issue. Book
164823711n.p. London: n.d. Richard Roylston 1648. First edition. Hardcover. Good. 112mo. Folding frontispiece. viii 269pp. Recent black leather gilt spine title and gilt crown and 'C.R.' on the upper board. Textblock generally soiled and with stains form old tape marks but still in good condition. <br /> <P><br /> The second issue with the place of publication and publisher removed from the title page but with the misnumbering on section G uncorrected. The frontispiece in state 'a ii' with the pattern in the roof above the inscription similar to that in the remaining panels the right edge of the window cutting the 'c' of 'specto' and with three plants to the left of the palm tree top. <br /> <p><br /> This state according to Maden appeared within a few days of the King's death. <br /> <p><br /> Maden I second issue.<br /> <p>. n.d. (Richard Roylston) hardcover
1969List911Chicago 1969. 21 1/4 x 29 1/4 inches. Some light toning and edgewear near fine condition overall. The first example of this poster we have encountered which shows Judge Julius Hoffman Chicago Mayor Richard Daley and President Richard Nixon. We find no other records and can only assume it was produced in the same era as the previous offering as it bears the same address of 28 E. Jackson. unknown
51-4450Paris et Alger : L. Hachette 1848. 8vo. Original wraps. 15 x 24cm. 8pp in French and 60 pp. in Arabic. Front cover detached. Top margin of rear cover missing. Rare. The captive Emir Abd Al-Qadir who resisted the French colonization of Algeria and an entourage of family and retainers were transferred to Château d'Amboise in November 1848 under the supervision of le général Baron Boissonnet who apparently annotated and initiaied this copy.OCLC Number: 456739107.ABD-EL-KADER. "Quelques" Poésies d'Abd-El-Kader. Ses règlements militaires "par le général Baron Boissonnet ex-gouverneur du Château d'Amboise où fut interné l'émir Abd-El-Kader" titre annoté par un amateur. Paris-Alger Librairie de L. Hachette et Cie 1848. 235 x 145 cm 8 60 p. Rare recueil en arabe précédé d'une préface en français monogrammée et datée mars 1848 par Boissonnet. La rareté excuse le mauvais état de l'ex. débroché multiples déch. et manques not. le haut du dernier plat sur 5 cm. En l'état. Paris et Alger : L. Hachette, 1848. paperback
1928404840New York: Syrian-American Press 1928. A very good copy internally clean the front wrapper with large chip at fore-edge. 8vo. Frontispiece by Kahlil Gibran. Original printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION PRESENTATION COPY inscribed on the front flyleaf in Arabic: "Ila Akhiy Jawaad 'Arid To my brother Jawaad 'Arid Rashid Ayyub." This is the second of the three volumes of verse published by the Lebanese-born poet Rashid Ayyub 1872-1941 nicknamed the "complaining" or "dervish" poet. It's frontispiece is a characteristic image by Kahlil Gibran Jubran Kahlil Jibran. As a merchant he visited Paris and Manchester and later emigrated to New York where he joined the romantic movement of the Mahjar "exiled" poets founding with other writers al-R bi a al-Qalamiyya the first Arab-American literary society. A scarce title especially inscribed. <br/><br/> Syrian-American Press unknown books
1969List911Chicago 1969. 21 1/4 x 29 1/4 inches. Some light toning and edgewear near fine condition overall. The first example of this poster we have encountered which shows Judge Julius Hoffman Chicago Mayor Richard Daley and President Richard Nixon. We find no other records and can only assume it was produced in the same era as the previous offering as it bears the same address of 28 E. Jackson. unknown books
1604H16669London: Printed for Mathew Lownes 1604. First printing. Hardcover. Good. Quarto 10.75 x 8 inches 18th century vellum over boards good copy light restoration to outer joint and inner hinges front endpapers somewhat soiled and stained two modern bookplates on pastedown and on flyleaf; with rarely seen portrait frontispiece of Caesar engraved title page 3 double-page plates 2 full page plates -- lacking one double page plate. Contents otherwise very good and clean minor occasional wear and soil occasional very short tear to edges. 7 199 1 138 pp. A copy in a contemporary binding and with all plates sold at Christie's in 2008 for a total of over $7300. STC 7490. Edmondes ca. 1568-1622 was an English government official likely in the employ of the Earl of Oxford Edward de Vere often mentioned as a possible author of Shakespeare plays. In 1600 he published a commentary on the first five books of Caesar's Commentaries dedicated to Sir Francis Vere Born about 1560 Francis was the second son of Geoffrey Vere of Crepping Hall Essex a younger son of John de Vere 15th Earl of Oxford. In this 1604 edition Edmondes augmented the previous edition with commentaries on books VI and VII and a short dissertation on the modern art of war. There is a further slight familial connection with Shakespeare. John Bernard 1604-1674 married firstly Elizabeth daughter of Sir Clement Edmondes; they had four sons who all predeceased him and four daughters. His second wife Elizabeth was the granddaughter and only surviving descendant of William Shakespeare. It is unlikely however that Shakespeare consulted Edmondes regarding the play Julius Caesar; the play was first performed in 1599 a year before Edmondes' commentary appeared. Good. Printed for Mathew Lownes hardcover
1828321057London: J. Taylor 1828. Engraved title and 55 plates on thick wove paper. Uncut. 8vo. Early calf rebacked. Minor dampstaining. Engraved title and 55 plates on thick wove paper. Uncut. 8vo. Includes designs for gates garden seats alcoves temples baths entrance gates lodges facades prospect towers cattle sheds ruins bridges greenhouses a hot house & hot wall with plans and scales. First issued circa 1800 this later issue from the same plates. Variously ascribed to Elison or Middleton. A charming pattern book. Berlin Kat. 3433; Archer 68.1; ESTC N71679 J. Taylor unknown books
1999573405Los Angeles California: Tom of Finland Company 1999. Softcover. Fine. Magazine. Two volume set. Pictorial wrappers. Quartos. 64pp. 64pp. A fine set with illustrations in both color and black-and-white. Containing tributes to the American homoerotic artist Etienne by Jeff Kincaid Bob Yuhnke and Durk Dehner. Scarce gay erotica art with OCLC showing only 4 copies of Book 2 and only 1 copy of Book 1. Seldom found in trade. Tom of Finland Company unknown
192486856Petropolis Berlin 1924. Ltd ed. in French. Hardcover. Near Fine. 61 2p. plus 28 leaves of plates which are printed on one side and seem to alternate with text leaves. Contemporary blue buckram on which almost all of the lighter blue front and back panels of the original wrapper have been mounted. 35cm. Endpapers browned. Glassine tissue guards have some browning and a couple have corner creasing but all are present. French text. This French-language edition was limited to 175 copies 125 of which were to be numbered 1-125 and the other 50 numbered I-L on the colophon page -- this copy is not numbered. Translator not identified. Grigoriev was a Russian painter and graphic artist. <br/><br/> hardcover books
1599111111113633Gualtherus 1599. Vellum. Very Good. Gualtherus; Colonia 1599. Hardcover. A mirror of the concubines of priests nuns and clerics and Letter from the Bishop of the Church of Roermond to Maurice Count of Nassau. Bound with two titles: Speculum concubiniariorum sacerdotum monachorum ac clericorum 148pp and Henrici Cuickij Ruraemudensis ecclesiæ episcopi Ad Mauritium comitem Nassauium paraenetica epistola 48pp. Very uncommon book. Hendrik van Cuyk or Henricus Cuyckius was the second bishop of Roermond from 1596 until his death in 1609. Text in Latin. A Very Good full period vellum binding some age-appropriate discoloration and handling marks to vellum binding sturdy still sturdy and intact previous owner bookplate affirmed to front and rear pastedown ink notation front free endpaper and rear pastedown age toned text block with some age spotting/foxing throughout some warping to vellum binding and bowed boards without Dust wrapper. A nice overall clean and uncommon copy. 18mooctodecimo or approx. 4 x 6.5 inches. We pack securely and ship daily with delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scans are available for any item please inquire. Gualtherus hardcover
18374940London: Longman Rees Orme Brown Green & Longman 1837. First edition. References: Ibrahim-Hilmy i 310; Kalfatovic 0338. Fine/Living in Luxor in 1836 Hoskins traveled with Robert Hay and Frederick Catherwood to the oases of Libya where he ran into Joseph Bonomi. "A good account" Kalfatovic illustrated with maps and engravings from Hoskins's own drawings. 22 cm; xvi 338 i.e. 341 pages map and 20 engraved plates 3 of them folding. Bound in recent half leather over marbled boards in period style. Marbled edges. Ownership inscription of W. Cushman of Watertown. Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green & Longman, unknown books
1691Alibris.0035927Louvain Belgium: Aegidium Denique. 1691. 8th ed. Full leather. Fair. Ex-library. Vol. 1 hinges are splitting large chips at top of spines small label at bottom of vol. 1 call number at bottom of vol. 2 covers worn & slightly bowed labels inside front covers vol. 2 front hinge is partly-separated inscription. 2 volume set. 1243 p. Includes index. 2 volume set. Volume 1: 226081633 pp. 769 pp. Volume 2: 64983624 pp. 564 pp. Index appears towards the end of each volume. . Subtitle of first volume Tomus Primus: Solidam & orthodoxam continens explicationem symboli apostolici orationis Dominicæ salutationis angelicæ præceptorum Decalogi & priorum trium sacramentorum. / Subnexa est ejusdem Censura super legenda sanctorum cum notis Joannis Molani Sacrae Theologiae Doctoris. Subtitle of second volume Tomus Seecundus: Soli dam & Orthodoxam continens Explicationem quatuor postremorum Sacramentorum Paenitentiae Extreme Unctionis & Matrimonii. Accedit ejusdem Authoris Responsio ad Quaestionem propositam ab Abbate Aquicinctino Ad quid teneatur Religiosus vi Voti sui Aegidium Denique hardcover
17605757Gottingen: Wittwe Vandenhoeck 1760. Published 1760-1791 general title page of Vol. 1 dated 1768. Folio. 12 volumes bound in 3 each volume in 4 parts each with its own title page. Indices. With numerous folding tables throughout. Frontispiece portrait of Putter. Cont. vellum over boards extremities a bit rubbed and a little chipping to the spine of Vol. 3 but quite a nice set. A key set for the study of German law by one of the foremost legal scholars of his day. Putter 1725-1807 taught law at Marburg and Gottingen. Ten years after Volume 12 a fourth physical volume was added. It has 3 parts i.e. parts 13-15 printed in 1801-1809. Wittwe Vandenhoeck hardcover books
6277Paris: Allardum Julianum 1573. Good . 8vo. 2 parts in 1. 815436;1012014. Indices. With the final blank. Each part with its own title page each with a large woodcut device. BOUND WITH; Sigonio Carlo. ORATIONES. Paris: Allardum Julianum. 1573. ff.591. With the final blank. Title with woodcut device. Both works bound in cont. brown paneled calf with gilt tooling including a small central ornament on both covers. Bottom of spine with an old neat repair top of spine with a small chip. A few minor worm pinholes. An attractive copy overall. I. A study of Roman law and the history of Italian law which first appeared in 1560. Adams S1098. II. 7 scholarly "orations" on history linguistics etc. The first edition is 1560. Not in Adams. Allardum Julianum unknown books
192330251<p> </p><p> HARDBACK NODUSTJACKET 1926 ON TITLE PG <br /> First Illustrated Edition. 1923 ON COPYRITE PG TITLE TO SPINE COVER Hardcover. patterned gold foil paper-covered boards w/ red device on front cover Owner inscription on the front free endpaper; moderate wear to covers. Near Fine in a Near Fine- Slipcase LITE RUB. Parchment-backed decorated gold boards LITE WEAR 7-1/4" x 10" in a possible later slipcase with a large GOLD & RED label on the front as well as a label on the spine. The First Illustrated Edition of this popular title with 12 plates reproduced from drawings by the author. Printed by the Southworth Press Portland Maine. The artist Rodin compared Gibran to William Blake. An attractive early edition of this modern classic. Cover w/ COLLOTYPE Illustrations by Author Collector's Edition PRINTING PLATE Made by Exposing a Sensitive Gelatin Plate to Action of Light Thru Photographic Negative a collection of philosophical spiritual mystical and inspirational poetic essays that have been treasured by generations around the world</p> Alfred A. Knopf hardcover
18632111902160201223Not Available 1863. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Not Available paperback
1595V67175Venice: Haeredem Hieronymi Scotus 1595. Hardcover. Very Good. Large woodcut portrait Aristotle over 50 diagrams in the text historiated woodcut intial capitals . Folio modern cream linen with red leather label with gilt title tips rubbed 16pp 316pp Tideline from waterstaining at the front but becoming marginal & faint by text page 13. Some gatherings with more or less paper tanning but paper always supple and strong. Part of an 18 volume collected edition of Thomas Aquinas. It is printed in double columns with side-notes and deals with Aristotelian physics not in Adams or STC. Haeredem Hieronymi Scotus hardcover
1913Paris: A la Cite des Livres 1925-1927. 26 volumes complete. First and only edition of this extremely important collection of 26 short novels each by an author whose last name begins with a different letter from Claude Anet to Emile Zavie. Edition limited to 440 copies. This is an out-of-series LARGE PAPER COPY printed throughout on Madagascar and Japan paper. Squarish 12mo. Original pink wraps. Entirely uncut and largely unopened. A fine set with no defects. <br/><br/> Paris: A la Cite des Livres, 1925-1927 paperback
193938110Paris: Les presses de l'Hôtel de Sagonne / Société des Bibliophiles Les Plaquettes 1939. First and only edition. THE EXTRAORDINARILY RARE FIRST PUBLICATION of a grand total of two OF THE SOCIETE DE BIBLIOPHILES "LES PLAQUETTES" AN OUTSTANDING EXAMPLE OF FRENCH PRE-WAR FINE AVANT-GARDE TYPOGRAPHIC PRINTING. 2 blank leaves; 27 pp. This bibliophile society was conceived by Gaston-Louis Vuitton in 1929 and by 1932 it had 57 members but hadn't yet published anything. In that year it lost all of its funds when its bank went belly up. The Society got rolling again in 1938 and finally printed this gorgeous book in 1939. The text of course is about booklets and their history in France and in the world. Shortly after this book was printed World War II and the German Occupation put a final end to this Bibliophile Society: its only other publication was an equally rare edition of St Francis' "Cantique du soleil" printed in 1943. Fleuret died in 1945. Notable avant-garde typographical design on cover. Edition limited to 111 numbered copies but much rarer as few if any copies were ever actually distributed to the members of the Société beautifully printed with huge margins on fine Montval laid paper. Folio. Publisher's wraps. UNCUT AND UNOPENED FINE AND BRIGHT LIKE NEW WITH NO DEFECTS. Original paper knife laid in. An incredible survival even more so in such pristine condition. The only copy in WorldCat is the one in the Bibliothèque Nationale. <br/><br/> Les presses de l'Hôtel de Sagonne / Société des Bibliophiles Les Plaquettes paperback
56049aafVenundantur ab eodem Ascensio (Paris, Jodocus Badius Ascensius), Feb. Anno MDXX., (1520), gr. in-4to, 8 leaves, title page decorated with large woodcut frame and printer's device in center (printing press) + 110 leaves (CIX + 1 not numb. leaf), leaf 33 small piece of margin cut off and small tear in three lines of text, leaf 40 tear to 11 lines of text and to one initial, browning and small stains to a few leaves as well as hw. marginal notes in places, text decorated with numerous mostly seven line initials, and several large size initials, untrimmed, recent boards.
#[60288]Jesus Christ sitting on the globe placed in a car drawn by Bishops and preceded by a great number of persons among whom are distinguished Adam and Eve and the Sybils carrying standards; the disciples of Christ Martyrs Saints of both sexes are following; several Latin inscriptions particularly on the margin above and below. Small and oblong from left to right. On the verso collector's marks of Collection A.J. Domela Nieuwenhuis Lugt 356B and Museum Boymans. l Engraving on paper trimmed within platemark; reinforced and pasted on thicker paper; total: 75 x 382 mm; state I/2; Hollstein/Wurzbach 6 unknown
