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198827204New York and Oxford: The New York Public Library and Oxford University Press 1988. First edition. Stiff decorated paper wrappers. A fine copy. xiii 223 pp. Illus. with b/w and color reproductions. 4to. Includes: Dead Sea Scrolls: Light on the Text and Canon of the Bible How Hebrew Manuscripts Are Made The Decoration of Medieval Hebrew Manuscripts the Hebrew Manuscript As Source for the Study of History and Literature Forming the Great Collections Early Hebrew Painting The Development of Hebrew Printing in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries The Hebrew Book in a Christian World Publishing and the Rise of Modern Hebrew Literature The Art of the Hebrew Book in the Twentieth Century Between Western Culture and Jewish Tradition: Translations Text and Texture: Early Adventures in the Fourth Dimension plus bibliography. The New York Public Library and Oxford University Press unknown books
1905RO60004739Punch Publications. 23 august 1905. In-4. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 17 pages. Très nombreuses illustrations noir et blanc in et hors texte par différents illustrateurs.. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon
DADAX1305253922and sections on green chemistry and biofuels spark students interest and engage them in the learning process. Instructors may choose to offer Cengage Learnings optional Premium Website 0000-00-00. thirteen project-based experiments. 9.78E12. New. 9.00x1.50x11.25. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. and sections on green chemistry and biofuels spark students interest and engage them in the learning process. Instructors may ch unknown
SONG1305253922and sections on green chemistry and biofuels spark students interest and engage them in the learning process. Instructors may choose to offer Cengage Learnings optional Premium Website 0000-00-00. thirteen project-based experiments. 9.78E12. Used: Good. 9.00x1.50x11.25. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. and sections on green chemistry and biofuels spark students interest and engage them in the learning process. Instructors may ch unknown
276 pages including index. "A mine of information... well-organized and clearly written. For the pediatric psychologist or other clinicians who might need a compilation of research findings for a grant proposal, the book does indeed serve as a sourcebook of accurate and detailed information." - Journal of Pediatric Psychology. Solid unmarked copy moderately worn. Book
1980016762Ames Associates Inc. 1980. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 8-1/2 x 11 Spiral-Bound Softcover; 159pp; Covers clean & bright text unmarked binding is tight VG condition. Program plan for the Columbia River Gorge urban outreach prepared in March 1980. Illustrated with photos & color foldout maps. Ames Associates, Inc. paperback
20001-0590395254Scholastic 2000. SAL. New. 176 pages. 8.50x5.75x0.75 inches. Scholastic unknown
2000Q-0590395254Scholastic 2000-04-01. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Scholastic hardcover
1774ME1081London:: Printed and Sold at No. 76 Fleet-Street 1774. 1774. 4to. iv xv 1 68 pp. Original full calf gilt spine; neatly rebacked to style preserving original endsheets. Inscribed by an early owner "This Book belonging to Monsieur Pierre Monneron." Extremely rare. This is the first edition in English of the ghazals of Hafez translated by one of the leading Persian orientalists of his day John Richardson FAS of Wadham College Oxford and famous for his seminal work written in conjunction with Sir William Jones the work being A Dictionary Persian Arabic and English 1777. / Hafez was previously unknown to the western world until Count Karl Emerich Reviczky von Revisnye 1737-1793 the Hungarian Orientalist and bibliophile 'discovered' him and brought his poetic classic to Europe with this Vienna printing. The work features an extensive text on Hafez and a translation of selected ghazals . Reviczky von Revisnye also issued in 1784 1794 a catalogue of his Greek and Latin library using the pseudonym of "Periergus Deltophilus". In the prefatory essay for that volume he shows an interest in the printing of Nicolas Jenson Aldus Manutius and the Estiennes. / Hafez was born in Shiraz Persia and lived approximately from 1325/26–1389/1390. He is considered a mystic and poet. His life and poems are the subject of much analysis commentary and interpretation influencing post-fourteenth century Persian writing more than any other author. FULL TITLE: A Specimen of Persian Poetry; or Odes of Hafez With an English Translation and Paraphrase. Chiefly from the Specimen Poeseos Persicae of Baron Revizky Envoy from the Emperor of Germany to the Court of Poland. With Historical and Grammatical Illustrations and a complete Analysis for the assistance of those who wish to study the Persian language. Printed and Sold at No. 76, Fleet-Street, 1774. unknown books
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1901h42324New York: Street & Smith 1901. Wraps. Good. 7.25 x 5 inches softcover pulp dime novel good with light general wear and soil to covers contents tanning. Copyright is 1893 but ad on rear cover references Paris Exposition of 1900. 192 pp. Very likely the work of Frederick van Rensselaer Dey. In 1891 Street & Smith hired him to continue the series begun by John R. Coryell on the adventures of Nick Carter. Most of his Nick Carter stories appeared under the pseudonyms "A Celebrated Author" and "The Author of 'Nick Carter." He wrote over a thousand Nick Carter novelettes comprising over forty million words all written longhand. In 1922 Dey committed suicide. This book is rare in the trade and only a few copies found in institutions of any edition. Street & Smith unknown
189321365London: T. Fisher Unwin 1893. Hardcover. Near Fine. Hardcover. FIRST EDITION very uncommon. American author Pearl Craigie 1867 - 1906 published several novels including this one in Fisher Unwin's Pseudonym Library series. She was a popular socialite kept company with Aubrey Beardsley and was the lover of author George Moore. <br /> <br /> Near fine in original beige cloth with green title to spine and front board. Minor foxing to end pages else the interior is clean. Top edge in gilt. Nice condition. 249 pages plus 8 pages of ads. LIT/012109. T. Fisher Unwin hardcover
98101501Canton 1860-80's Cheungqua. A group of 7 pith or Tongcao color paintings usual minimal issues mostly clean & solid sold "as is" as a collection with the typical chips & a few fox spots else very good clean examples. A RARE GROUP ! . . . . A SUITE OF 7 FINE CHINESE COLOR PITH PAINTINGS . . . SHOWING BEAUTIFULLY DRESSED CHINESE WOMEN . . . PLAYING MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS . . . EXECUTED IN STUNNING & BRILLIANT COLORS . . . AKA: CHINESE EXPORT WATERCOLOURS . A group of typical "trade paintings" executed by Chinese native artists for foreign traders visiting Canton or Macao during the early to mid-19th century. . A SUPERB SUITE OF FABULOUS COLOR PITH PAINTINGS: A stunningly beautiful group of hand-painted color pith paintings depicting a woman playing a musical instrument. . "GOLDEN LOTUS" or "LOTUS FEET" BOUND FEET Chanzu: This like most illustrations of the period show the women with bound feet. Chanzu bound feet was an erotic obsession and fetish in ancient China. The erotic ramifications are outlined in the references below. . The paintings illustrate Chinese women in a domestic scene with furniture playing musical instruments. Subjects are: . a. Yue1in Ruan Moon Guitar Moon Zither 4 stringed . b. Yanqin Chinese Dulcimer . c. Sanxian three-stringed Chinese lute . d. Drumming on the back of a Chinese ceramic bowl . e. Dizi Chinese bamboo flute . f. Huqin Chinese violin . g. Tong Luo Chinese Brass Gong . DESCRIPTION OF THE PAINTING ART WORK AND CONDITION: . Each painting is in brilliant vivid and stunning colors. Each is skillfully painted with a fine hand delicate fine-point brush with great detail incredible reality texture and appeal. . As usual the set paintings were tipped to a contemporary backing period Each painting is backed with a contemporary stiff paper or a more current back card. . Items "a" & "b" are matted see cover.jpg & title.jpg photos posted to our website. . Each painting is approximately 21 x 34 cm. most have a blue silk ribbon border partial border or border lacking chipped and the like on has restorations on the verso in the margin only. . Each painting has some chips parts missing on the edges or with small holes here and there 'e' by and large the images are complete but some may have usual and often typical age-related cracks or splits a touch of fox spots on "c." . Suitable for framing & display. Please review photographs posted to our website for details. . "RICE PAPER" PAINTINGS: Several authors refer to this name rather than the proper name "Pith" paper paintings also can be called "Tung Tsao." . THE CANTON ARTIST OR 'SCHOOL' OF CHEUNG QUA: Cheung Qua was an export watercolor painter in Canton. He and followers of his school produced various single and albums of these paintings which were sold from his studio. . Often his in-house artists began painting on their own thus replicating the techniques subjects and essence of their masters. Because these paintings were rarely signed the one and only identification ever found was occasionally on the album cover or spine with the studio name. . Often these paintings were sold in various shops in Macao the main resting and gathering place of foreigners during part of the year. . REFERENCE: . CLUNAS Craig.: CHINESE EXPORT WATERCOLOURS. This entire book is devoted to Pith or Rice paper paintings. For musical instruments see color plates on pp.50-53 especially plates on pp.66-67 plates 39 & 40 are particularly similar to our examples that is to say by the same or an artist who was in the same house of Cheungqua or that school. CHU Arthur. et al.: ORIENTAL ANTIQUES AND COLLECTIBLES: A GUIDE pp.62-66. THE CHINESE PITH PAINTING COLLECTION AT THE NATIONAL LIBRARY OF AUSTRALIA: An Annotated Guide. Crossman Carl L. The decorative arts of the China trade : paintings furnishings and exotic curiosities. LEVY Howard S.: CHINESE FOOT BINDING: The History of a Curious Erotic Custom. . --. THE LOTUS LOVERS: The Complete History of the Curious Erotic Custom of Foot binding in China. JACKSON Beverly.: SPLENDID SLIPPERS: A THOUSAND YEARS OF AN EROTIC TRADITION. . . unknown
51-6848Switzerland: or France Circa: -early 19th Century. Six original lithographs. 21.5 x 28.3cm.Unsigned.Paysages lithographiés à la manière du crayon. Suite de 6 planches sans nom d'artiste et avant toute lettre.Expertise by : Jean Lequoy Librairie Giraud-Badin 22 rue Guynemer – 75006 Paris Switzerland: or France Circa: -early 19th Century unknown
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0930QIINKPJHardcover. Very Good. London: Nelson 1855. The Cousins Or Mary Mowbray and Lucy Lovett: A Tale of Early Life. 1855 Early Life Home library of tales for the young. Scarce. Moderately edgeworn. gilt and blindstamped little book. Hint of tidemarks pictured at front endpapers. hardcover
302 pages. "A love story that gives the history of demonetization and depicts the evil spirit and influences that have worked the destruction of American prosperity." - from Advertisement. "One of the most striking - almost startling - and original novels of the day, the keynote of which may affect a nation." - Chicago Times. Unmarked. Above-average but not excessive wear and soiling externally. Minor yellowing to contents. Binding intact. A rare surviving copy of this important work. Book
0213R268825Good. Earlier ed.: Thos. Crowell nd189 illus. gilt design on red cloth; tissue frontis over FRANK T MERRILL illus. corner wear. Prev. o's 1904 inscrip. paste-down.Tight bound with MOHICANS572421 pp hardcover
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A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 218 pages.
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