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pp. xiv, 502, (14) [Publisher's catalogue] + Plus frontis. Numerous woodcut text illustrations. 12mo. Original full publisher's cloth binding. Spine very worn with loss. Boards detached. Early booksel ler's label. XLib. A series important anf influential of lectures by Miller (1802-1856), a famed Scottish geologist who also was instrumental in founding the Free Church of Scotland. NH 1
Worn blue cloth boards with edge wear and fraying. Pasted-down color illustration on cover and eight full-page illustrations inside by Culmer Barnes. 6 1/8"w x 8 1/8"h. 210 pages. Pictorial endpapers. Black servants on Broadlands plantation tell animal tales to the white children. Written in Southern black dialect.
In pre-war Greece Lawrence Durrell and Henry Miller discovered Greek literature and poetry from their friendship with George Seferis and George Katsimbalis.290p. notes, index. Author inscription on title page Book
Jerome-Schotsmans, Micheline: Constantin Meunier. Sa vie, son oeuvre. 2012. 394pp., with 63 colour and 125 monochrome illustrations. Wrappers, 24 x 17cms. Illustrated biography of Belgian painter and sculptor Constantin Meunier (1831-1905). Text in French. Illustrated biography of Belgian painter and sculptor Constantin Meunier (1831-1905). Text in French
Oblong 4to., First Edition, with very numerous plates, illustrations and diagrams in the text; cloth, glt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter very lightly chafed at head and tail of backstrip.
8vo., First Edition, with an engraved title-vignette and 22 engraved illustrations in the text; original decorative ribbed cloth blocked in blind, gilt back, uncut, backstrip chafed at tail else a remarkably bright, clean copy. Intriguing collection of extended essays by the author of 'Beauties of the Countryside' and other works. Uncomon in this condition.
8vo., First Edition, with plates; black cloth, backstrip lettered in white, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
82 pages. Features: Lots of coverage of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver; Moderate wear. Prior owner's address on front cover otherwise clean and unmarked wiht moderate wear. A quality copy. Magazine
Paris, Plon, Feux Croisés, 1950. In-12, broché, non coupé, 302 pp. Edition originale de la traduction. Un des 110 exemplaires numérotés sur Alfa (N°7), seul tirage en grand papier. Cet ouvrage a été publié en langue américaine sous le titre : The shure thing.
Paris, Editions de La Cité, 1947. Grand in-8, oblong, couverture imprimée et rempliée, 112 pp. Edition originale ornée d'un frontispice par René Letourneur. Un des 750 exemplaires numérotés sur vélin du Marais. Bel exemplaire enrichi d'un envoi autographe de l'auteur à René Lalou.
8vo., First Edition; beige faux-morocco cloth, black cloth back, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt, silver and red, uncut, backstrip just a trifle chafed at headband else a near fine copy.
8vo., Second Edition, with title-vignette and 73 fine wood-engravings by Parker; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Long-awaited reissue of the original edition of 1936. THIS EDITION IS NOW ELUSIVE IN ITS OWN RIGHT.
8vo., First Edition, with illustrations in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Miller was a member of the resistance movement in Berlin, subsequently spending three years in concentration camps. VERY SCARCE.
36 pages. Songs include: Dancing with Tears in My Eyes; Silver Moon; Bye, Bye, Blackbird; Poor Butterfly; Medley - That's An Irish Lullaby/Mother Machree; Baby Face; Medley - I Wonder What's Become of Sally?/Ain't She Sweet?; I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover; Medley - The Man on the Flying Trapeze/Ta-Ra-Ra-Boom-De-E; Medley - Little Brown Jug/After The Ball; Season's Greetings. Writing on front cover and title page. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
xxii, 1362 + Plus Color Portrait Frontis by Mike Rodericks and wood engravings by Agnes Miller Parker. Moire silk pastedowns and endpapers. Ribbon bookmark. All edges gold. Sm. 4to. Original full brown embossed leather binding, boards ornately decorated in gold. Spine lettered and decorated in gold with raised bands. Hardbound. Collector's Edition of the 100 Greatest Books ever written. A Lovely copy, as new. These Leather Bound Easton Press Books Make Great Gifts! SHELF NW34
Book shows wear to covers and spine. Binding is solid and square, text/interior is clean and free of marking except for several words in the text underlined, apparently by a person who meant to look them up. First page creased (see photo). 8 1/2 x 7 3/4 inches, 102 pp. with b/w photo Contents include: District Judge Louis Goodman; Attorney Trygve Hirsch to Henry Miller; (two letters) ; An essay by L. Yakovlev 'Literature of Decay' ; Lord Chief Justice Wold, and The dissenting Judge Thrap on The Trial of 'Sexus' in the Supreme Court of Norway; "Henry Miller, Pornographer or Prophet" by Peter P. Rohde; Henry Miller, Superman and Prophet by Albert Maillet. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED on title/contents page by Emil White who was one of Henry Miller's closest friends in Big Sur. Miller dedicated *Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch* to him and was one of Big Sur's most notable characters and a local painter. After Miller's death in 1980, White managed his estate (Big Sur Land Trust) until his own death in 1989. The book documents different views and perspectives on Henry Miller and particularly his trials with on charges of pornography and obscenity. 12 pages of photographs of Big Sur and of Miller, including the location of Miller's impressive residence in the hills of Big Sur's coast and miller hauling groceries up the dirt hill to his residence in his underpants and another of him sharing a cigarette with a 10 year-old, as well as one of Mr. Miller using a French urinal, in a traffic circle with drunks... Dude!
8vo., Second Impression, with portrait frontispiece, plates and maps, tiny signature on front free endpaper; green cloth, gilt back, backstrip faded at extremities, fore-edge lightly spotted else a bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter with loss (not affecting lettering) at head of backstrip. Personal account of the Communist insurrection in Malaya and Templer's successes in stemming the tide. Published in the same year as the first edition. UNCOMMON.
pp. (125), (3). 8 vo. Title printed in red, blue and black. Drawings inserted and in text, including a reproduction of two pages of the manuscript. Illustrated with circus and clown drawings by Klee, Picasso, Chagall, Rouault, Toulouse-Lautrec, de Segonz. Attractive binding - blue and tan boards, backed in gilt lettered cloth. Red and white striped end papers. Original dust jacket in orange, yellow and blue; price partially clipped. Designed by Merle Armitage; printed under the supervision of M. A. Johnson. Though the dust jacket is somewhat soiled and torn, it is still attractive. SCARCE. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! W41
This is a very good softcover copy with almost no wear. Very clean inside and out. This copy was hand-signed by the artist Steve Miller, on the lower front cover, and numbered '21/35', so number 21 of 35 numbered signed copies. Not inscribed. No other marks, completely clean inside. Text in French and English. Essay by Michel le Brun. Illustrated in color. 8" high X 9" wide, 55 pages. Signed by artist. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
384 p. Mildly age stained. 12mo. 18 cm. Worn contemporary full leather binding. Front board loose. Early manuscript ownership of Benjamin Hornor on title page. In the era 1762-1783 Benjamin Horner was a Philadelphia merchant. Evans 34371. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PA 60 Mid Stk x2
59 page stapled booklet measuring 9" x 6". Prior owner's details atop title page. Includes poetry and prose by: Marc Norman, Adam David Miller, Michael Brailowe, Michel-Andres Strickman, Bruce Hawkins, Leon Weiner, Kenneth Butler, and fourteen others. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
8vo., Second Edition, with very numerous photographs in the text, free endpapers lightly dust-soiled, text lightly browning at outer edge as often; original decorative cloth, upper board blocked and lettered in gilt, gilt back, very neatly rebacked with original backstrip laid down, a very good, clean copy. Includes the well-known full-page portrait of Jesse Owens at the start of the 200m sprint.
125p. Highly Illustrated. Original full cloth binding. Covers foxed. Limited edition. BEFORE ORDERING PLEASE Email to RareBooks@POBox.com so that we can CONFIRM AVAILABILITY
125p. Highly Illustrated. Original full cloth binding. Covers foxed. Limited edition. BEFORE ORDERING PLEASE Email to RareBooks@POBox.com so that we can CONFIRM AVAILABILITY
