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149511825Paris: Ulrich Gering and Berthold Rembolt 1495. Late 17th- or early 18th-century mottled calf worn hinges cracked slightly wormed crown repaired spine and label gilt edges sprinkled red. <p> The Moralia brings Christian mysticism asceticism dogma and allegory to bear on the story of Job's suffering. Pope Gregory deeply engages Scripture in his massive commentary which bridged the ancient and medieval worlds and remained a preeminent guide to moral theology through the Enlightenment.<br /> For this edition THE PRINTERS ADDED TWO NEW INDICES FOR YOUNG SCHOLARS and busy clerics. The first index provides access to all Bible verses referenced or quoted in the text - some fifteen hundred entries. THE SECOND INDEX TREATS THE NATURAL WORLD in three hundred entries - animals metals herbs stars human body parts precious gems rivers etc. Two copies in U.S. libraries. In good condition a few pale scattered stains and minor worming loss of six sorts on the title verso a handful of contemporary annotations manuscript title inscription Ex biblioteca Sanctae Crucis Viridariensis 1669.<br /> ¶Seow Job 1-21: Interpretation and Commentary 193; Manitius Geschichte der lateinischen Literatur des Mittelalters I: 971; ISTC ig00431000; Goff G-431.</p> Ulrich Gering and Berthold Rembolt unknown
19684545Bangkok: The Social Science Association Press of Thailand 1968. First edition in English of the Dalai Lama’s first book on Buddhist philosophy. Octavo original cloth. Signed by the Dalai Lama on the title page in Tibetan "with prayers." A near fine copy in an excellent dust jacket that is lightly rubbed. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Rare especially signed. The Opening the Eye of the Western Eye is a succinct thorough overview of the doctrines of Buddhism as they have been practiced for a thousand years in Tibet. The Dalai Lama here discusses the need for religious practice and the importance of kindness and compassion. Originally written for Tibetan lay people this was the Dalai Lama's first book on Buddhist philosophy to appear in English. Written for both Tibetan and Western readers Opening the Eye of New Awareness is the Dalai Lama's first religious work. It is not an edited transcript of public lectures but is His Holliness' own summation of Buddhist doctrine and practice. Completed in 1963 just four years after his escape from Tibet and four years after completing his religious education it is a work of consummate scholarship by a twenty-seven year-old geshe wise beyond his years. The Social Science Association Press of Thailand hardcover
193334594Elizabeth New Jersey: Charles D. Hornig 1933-1935. Bound in brown buckram titled in gold on the front and spine panels with "F. Lee Baldwin" stamped on the upper cover retaining the original wrappers where so issued. Overall the issues are in excellent condition which is not usually the case as they tend to be quite fragile when encountering single issues. A unique set of this uncommon and important publication. Complete sets are rare. 34594. Octavo 18 issues printed or self wrappers bound in cloth. Label affixed to front paste down with a presentation inscription from editor Charles D. Hornig to noted fan and publisher Gerry de la Ree. A contributor's complete set of this amateur magazine the first important weird fiction fanzine and one of the most desirable of the fanzines of the thirties. This set belonged to F. Lee Baldwin whose name is stamped in gold on the upper cover of the binding. "Franklin Lee Baldwin 1913-1987 corresponded with H. P. Lovecraft 1933-1936. "Baldwin first wrote HPL in the fall of 1933 proposing to issue 'The Colour Out of Space' as a booklet. HPL revised the tale slightly for the prospective publication but the plan never materialized. In early 1934 HPL put Baldwin in touch with Duane W. Rimel who by coincidence lived in the same small town Asotin Washington. The two took turns reading HPL's letters to each of them. Baldwin wrote two columns of news notes for the FANTASY FAN: 'Side Glances' April May September 1934 and 'Within the Circle' June July August October November 1934 January February 1935 much of the information for which was derived from HPL's letters to him as was the significant early article 'H. P. Lovecraft: A Biographical Sketch' originally scheduled to appear in the FANTASY FAN but following the magazine's demise published in FANTASY MAGAZINE April 1935. Baldwin later revised the article as 'Some Lovecraft Sidelights' FANTASY COMMENTATOR Spring 1948" Joshi and Schultz An H. P. Lovecraft Encyclopedia pp. 14-15. In 1989 Baldwin's copy was presented to early fantastic fiction fan and publisher Gerry de la Ree by Charles D. Hornig the editor of THE FANTASY FAN.<br /> Stories first published in THE FANTASY FAN include H. P. Lovecraft's "The Other Gods" and "From Beyond" Clark Ashton Smith's "The Epiphany of Death" "The Ghoul" "The Kingdom of the Worm" and "The Primal City" as well as tales by Robert Bloch August Derleth Robert E. Howard David H. Keller and others. THE FANTASY FAN was "an interesting mix of news articles stories poems and miscellany. Hornig however made an error in initiating a column of controversy entitled 'The Boiling Point' which quickly led to acrimonious letter exchanges between Lovecraft Forrest J. Ackerman Clark Ashton Smith and numerous others; the column was terminated with the February 1934 issue. Perhaps Hornig's greatest accomplishment was the serialization of the revised version of Lovecraft's 'Supernatural Horror in Literature' October 1933-February 1935. However the serialization proceeded at such a slow pace that it had reached only the middle of Chapter VIII before the magazine folded. THE FANTASY FAN also saw the first publication of Lovecraft's stories. 'The Other Gods' November 1933 and 'From Beyond' June 1934 as well as reprints from amateur papers of 'Polaris' February 1934 and 'Beyond the Wall of Sleep' October 1934; it also published 'The Book' October 1934 'Pursuit' October 1934 'The Key' January 1935 and 'Homecoming' January 1935 from 'Fungi from Yuggoth.' Brief excerpts of Lovecraft's letters to Hornig appeared regularly in the magazine's letter column. The October 1934 issue was dedicated to Lovecraft. After the demise of THE FANTASY FAN numerous attempts were made to revive or succeed it but no magazine truly filled its place as a news organ a forum for the expression of fan's views and a venue for work by distinguished writers in the field" Joshi and Schultz An H. P. Lovecraft Encyclopedia pp. 90-91. "As a real help to the lover of weird and fantasy fiction Hornig's magazine reigned supreme in the field at that time . Almost every weirdist of importance in fandom was at one time or another represented in its pages. And as a love-feast for such fans it has never again been equaled" Moskowitz The Immortal Storm pp. 18-20. ". one of the legendary magazines of the 1930s . an extremely consistent and reliable magazine ." Tymn and Ashley eds. Science Fiction Fantasy and Weird Fiction Magazines pp. 822-23. According to Hornig writing in 1988 "THE FANTASY FAN was printed by Conrad Ruppett of Jamaica New York hand set. Julius Schwartz and I helped him collate and staple each copy every month for eighteen months. Except for the second issue 500 copies there were only 250 printed and the paid circulation never reached over 50. What happened to the residue Well I found someone to buy up most of the unsold copies and that was B. K. Gores of Austin Texas. I never heard from him before or since never knew him in fandom and don't know whatever happened to him. Somewhere there should be stacks of TFF unless they're destroyed." Reference: See Kenneth W. Faig Jr. ed. Within the Circle: In Memoriam F. Lee Baldwin Moshassuck Press 1988. Pavlat and Evans Fanzine Index 1965 p. 37. Charles D. Hornig unknown
198255071Washington DC: Department of the Air Force 1982. Presumed First Edition First printing. Wraps. fair. Quarto approx. 1900 pages. 6-vol. set. Wraps. Many illustrations and fold-outs some in color. Appendices. References. Volume I: Program Overview; Volume II: Full-Scale Engineering Development; Volume III: Missile Flight Testing; Volume IV: Basing Mode Evaluation; Volume V: Appendices; Volume VI: Public Comments. All text complete. Items have been poorly stored and have some warping edge soiling and a few instances of peripheral insect damage. The U.S. Air Force is developing a new advanced ICBM and basing system known at MX for Missile-eXperimental. This Final Environmental Impact Statement represents a full exposition of the impacts associated with a decision to proceed with Full-Scale Engineering Development. The complete 6-volume set is very rare; print-on-demand and microfilm versions of individual volumes may be available but typically they do not have comparable quality for illustrations especially fold-outs. Department of the Air Force paperback
1938552364New York: The Columbia Broadcasting System Orson Welles and The Mercury Theatre on the Air 1938. Hardcover. Near Fine. Quarto. 94 mimeographed leaves printed rectos only. Bound or likely rebound at an early date with quarter canvas spine and thick card boards with typed title labels on front board and spine. Modest evidence of bookplate removal inside front board small chip at the corner of the label on the front board else very near fine. Adapted from the Charles Dickens novel. The Mercury Theatre on the Air produced 22 radio plays based on literary novels plays or short stories in 1938 this was the third play produced. Up until October 1938 all of the adaptations including this one were written by Orson Welles and John Houseman. Overwhelmed by the weekly deadlines Welles also starred in most of the dramas sometimes playing multiple parts they hired Howard Koch to assist - three weeks later they collaborated on The War of the Worlds - arguably the most famous dramatic radio broadcast in history. In A Tale of Two Cities Welles played both Sidney Carton and Dr. Alexandre Manette in this production. In the script page two is blank except for the word "Welles" - presumably Welles would deliver his introduction extemporaneously. The Mercury Theatre on the Air scripts are rare. OCLC locates a single copy of this script Dartmouth. (The Columbia Broadcasting System, Orson Welles and The Mercury Theatre on the Air) hardcover
1519702L19Kobe: Kobe Herald 1915-1924. Cloth. Good. 9" by 6.5". None. A very scarce collection of recollections regarding the mountains of Rokko-san. Compiled by 'The Bell Goat' a member of the Japan Alpine Club. Comprising of volumes I-XIII and XV-XVIII of this very scarce set. It is extremely scarce to have so many volumes together. An important account of mountaineering during the Golden Age of this sport and at a time where mountaineering in Japan was becoming a popular activity. A charming work written in English which provides a detailed description of journeys on Mount Rokko in the Hyogo Prefecture in Japan. Volumes IV to X are signed by the author with an association to one of their fellow 'mountain goats'. There is no volume XIV to this set. Volume IV is signed by the author with an inscription to the recto of front endpaper. 'J G S Gausden The flying Goat with the author's best compliments Kobe July 8th 1916'. Volume V is also signed by the author with the inscription 'To the flying goat with the Bell Goat's best compliments Kobe Xmas 1916'. Author's inscription to volume VI reads 'With the author's compliments'. Inscription to volume VII reads 'J G S Gausden The flying goat with the Bell Goats' Compliments Kobe Xmas 1916'. Inscription to volume VIII reads 'To the flying goat with the Bell Goats' best Compliments Kobe Japan May 1918'. Author's inscription to volume IX reads 'J G S Gausden from . Kobe New Years Day 1919'. Inscription to volume X reads 'With the Editors' best compliments and Thanks Kobe June 30th 1919'. Inscription to the recto of front endpaper to volume XV 'With love from Jim'. To the start of volume I there is a dedication to Arthur Groom who had a home at Mount Rokko and opened the first golf course in Japan Kobe Golf Club. Rokko-san was also the first place that rock climbing was introduced in Japan. Forty-four illustrations to volume I thirty-four illustrations to volume II fifty illustrations to volume III fifty illustrations to volume IV fifty-five illustrations to volume V fifty illustrations to volume VI VII thirty-five illustrations to volume VIII with thirty seven illustrations to volume IX forty-one plates to volume X thirty plates to volume XI twenty-five plates to volume XII twenty-five illustrations to volume XIII twenty-five illustrations to volume XV twenty-five illustrations to volume XVI twelve illustrations to volume XVII with thirteen plates to volume XVIII. With the colophon in Japanese. With poems and diary entries anecdotes and transcripts this work is a thorough account of many mountaineering expeditions over the course of several years. A delightful examination of Rokko-san. In the publisher's original cloth bindings. Externally generally smart. Loss to the spine of volume I and II. Bumping to the head and tail of all spines. Damp staining to the bottom of boards to all volumes. Gilt to the front board of volume X is fading. Author's inscription to the recto of front endpaper to volumes IV to X inclusive. Further inscription to the recto of front endpaper to volumes XII and XV. Internally most volumes are firmly bound. Volume XIII has a tender binding. Pages 75-78 of volume XIII are detached but present. 'The Bessan Ridge' plate is detached but present to volume X. 'The sword peak' plate to volume VIII is detached but present. Pages are bright with occasional scattered spots. Good Kobe Herald hardcover
19912091202133213041Hanayama Bungei Publishing Company 1991. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 40 books in total Hanayama Bungei Publishing Company paperback
18622092902144201293Not Available 1862. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Not Available paperback
2006__4861660203Routledge 2006. Hardcover. New. 1st fac edition. 5400 pages. 14.96x13.78x11.02 inches. Routledge hardcover
2012L3 box257 a1os<p>Masterpieces of Early Chinese Painting and Calligraphy in American Collections From Chinese Five Dynasties 907-960; Song Dynasty 960-1279; Yuan Dynasty 1271-1368. Sponsored by The Metropolitan Museum of Art Museum of Fine Arts Boston The Cleveland Museum of Art The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art Shanghai Museum. Edited by Shanghai Museum Editors-in-Chief: Chen Xiejun Chen Kelun. Published by Shanghai Fine Arts Publishing House 2012. Burgundy red buckram cloth hardcover 600 pages. This book is oversize and heavy: 17" x 12.5" x 3". This book includes: Five Forewords and Dedication by the five Museum Directors in Chinese and English; Six introductory articles in Chinese and English; Sixty pieces of painting and calligraphy collections: 52 painting 8 calligraphy with brief introduction in Chinese and English detailed introduction in Chinese.</p> Shanghai Fine Arts Publishing House. hardcover
H789Rangoon Government Printing Burma 1900-1901. 4to. Mit zahlreichen Tabellen Falt- Karten Pl‰nen fotogr. Abbildungen und teilw. handkolorierten Illustrationen auf Tafeln. Original-Leinenb‰nde mit goldgepr. R¸ckentiteln. Im Original nahezu unauffindbares durch Register erschlossenes Monumentalwerk in einem guten Exemplar mit insgesamt geringen Gebrauchsspuren ein Set in gutem Zustand. unknown
20212081502111902865Tianjin People's Art Publishing House 2021. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Tianjin People's Art Publishing House paperback
140942517Guildford Surrey: Genesis Publications Limited 1980. Signed Limited First Edition. Near Fine. Signed limited first edition. Copy number 1321 of a limited 2000 signed by George Harrison; from the collection of best-selling poet Rod McKuen with his personal emboss on two preliminary pages. In publisher's original half black leather over black cloth all edges gilt in original black cloth slipcase with paper title label to front panel. Near Fine with light wear in a Near Fine slipcase. A lovely production signed by the late Beatle. Genesis Publications Limited unknown
1962148398Chicago: University of Chicago Press 1962. First edition of Friedman's magnum opus. Octavo original blue cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light wear with a laid in signature of Milton Friedman. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. An exceptional example. "Friedman a laissez-faire economist and professor at the University of Chicago is considered one of the leading modern exponents of liberalism in the 19th-century European sense. In Capitalism and Freedom he argued for a negative income tax or guaranteed income to supersede centralized bureaucratized social welfare services which in his view are inimical to the traditional values of individualism and useful work" Britannica. Selected by the Times Literary Supplement as one of the "hundred most influential books since the war". It also placed tenth on the list of the 100 best non-fiction books of the twentieth century compiled by National Review and on Time Magazine's top 100 non-fiction books written in English since 1923. University of Chicago Press hardcover
1460ST12835Paris ca. 1460. 195 x 143 mm. 7 3/4 x 5 1/2". Single column 16 lines in a gothic book hand. <br/> Minor feast days in red and blue major feasts in gold numerous gold and painted line fillers the five "A" initials and the "KL" highly decorative and painted pink and blue against a gold background gold and pink bar surrounding the text on three sides BOTH SIDES OF THE LEAF WITH EXTRAVAGANTLY DECORATIVE BOTANICAL FULL BORDERS with two small birds hidden within and INCORPORATING TWO MEDALLION MINIATURES DEPICTING THE LABOR OF THE MONTH SOWING AND THE SIGN OF THE ZODIAC SCORPIO FOR OCTOBER. ◆IN VERY FINE FRESH CONDITION with gold and paint extraordinarily bright.<br/> <br/> The extraordinarily lavish and animated full borders coupled here with extensive use of brushed and burnished gold--for major feast days for decorative border elements and even for the hundreds of seeds being sown!--suggests that this calendar folio comes from a Book of Hours that was commissioned for a person or persons of high rank since it would have been very costly. The leaf comes from a manuscript that included numerous roundels depicting the lives of St. Catherine and the more obscure St. Alexius and it is possible that the Book of Hours belonged to a husband and wife for whom these saints served as patrons. The style of the delicately painted figures especially in the roundels indicates an artist who was familiar with the early output of the Coëtivy Master who according to Avril and Renaud can be identified with Colin d'Amiens who made a great name for himself in Paris not as was previously thought with Henri de Vulcop who made a great name for himself in the Loire region. The master takes his name from the Book of Hours now in the Austrian national library that he painted for Olivier de Coëtivy and his wife Marie de Valois one of some 30 works that have been identified as his. Although there is considerable Flemish influence that can be seen in his work he has links for example with Simon Marmion Colin d'Amiens was active in Paris during the third quarter of the 15th century and with Barthélmy van Eyck and Jean Fouquet was among the three great artists of this period patronized by the French court--Avril and Renaud says flatly that our master was "the most important artist practising in Paris in the third quarter of the century from about 1450 to 1485." For more on the Coëtivy Master see Avril and Reynaud pp. 58-69. unknown
1465ST17243bBruges ca. 1465. 193 x 145 mm. 7 5/8 x 5 3/4". Single column 21 lines in a gothic book hand. <br/> Rubrics in red one two-line initial in gold filled with blue on pink ground WITH THREE LARGE HISTORIATED INITIALS: ONE FEATURING AN OVAL-SHAPED PIECE OF FLESH WITH A GASH IN THE CENTER AND TWO WITH CHRIST'S DISEMBODIED FOOT SHOWING THE PUNCTURE WOUND FROM THE CRUCIFIXION each initial in pink or blue with white tracery filled with dark pink and thin gilt lines and dots four wavy blue rays radiating from behind each appendage all within a thin gilt frame both sides with a three-quarter border consisting of hairline vines gold bezants and a few colorful flowers. ◆Vellum a shade less than bright faint marginal rumpling trivial paint transfer on one initial BUT IN FINE CONDITION the initials richly painted and extremely well preserved.<br/> <br/> From a manuscript probably produced in Bruges for the English market this leaf contains arresting initials that direct the viewer's attention to the wounds endured by Christ during the Passion. According to Roger Wieck Passion Cycle images enjoyed a particular vogue in 15th century Dutch Flemish and English Books of Hours including those that were exported to England. In the present example the strikingly unusual imagery includes the wounds of the left and right foot as well as the spear injury to Christ's side depicted as an oval piece of flesh with a laceration across the center. A sister leaf to the present item features three additional initials showing a portrait of Christ wearing the Crown of Thorns his gaze fixed directly at the viewer and in separate initials his left and right hands appear disembodied and displaying the stigmata. The parent manuscript containing the present leaf sold at Christie's on 15 November 2006 lot 16 the description for which gives us additional information about the book's contents and provenance: it was made for the Use of Sarum included a calendar with the English saint Thomas Becket and Popes Gregory and Silvester with their names crossed out indicating that it was in England through at least the time of the Reformation and contained an early ownership inscription of a woman named Bridget Lowe with a Middle English inscription on the pastedown. Christie's also attributed the parent manuscript to the workshop of William Vrelant with miniatures possibly by his chief assistant the Master of the "Vraie Cronique Descoce." They note that this work is "of higher quality than many of the works that satisfied the English demand for Netherlandish illumination" and that it "demonstrates why Vrelant appealed to the great bibliophiles of the Burgundian Netherlands." Vrelant was the leading purveyor of books of private devotion in Bruges during the third quarter of the 15th century and his prominent position among Flemish illuminators of the time is indicated by the considerable number of manuscripts illustrated in his manner by other miniaturists both in Bruges and in nearby cities in Flanders. Similar examples to the present leaf can be found in intact Books of Hours at the Philadelphia Free Library MS Widener 3 and the Huntington HM 1086--both of which were produced in Flanders or the Netherlands around the same time as the present work. The present leaf surpasses both of these examples in terms of excellence of the artistic hand and attention to detail. unknown
165476Elstree: Anna Hunter 1991. The King as artist Edition of 295 signed and dated in pencil by King Charles lower right titled lower middle numbered and blind stamp of the publisher and of the printer at the lower left publisher's and printer's blind stamp lower left; together with the publisher's prospectus. "One of the world's most beautiful fairytale castles Balmoral was designed by architects working with Prince Albert consort of Queen Victoria and has been the favourite home of the Royal Family for four generations. Charles writes: 'What I love about Balmoral and this sketch was done in August is the wonderful shadows. They alone made my painting finger itch so I sat out in a field on three consecutive days at exactly the same time of day being examined by some rather inquisitive Highland cows'" prospectus. Lithograph in 12 colours after an original watercolour on watermarked Somerset paper. Image size: 31 x 45 cm. Sheet size: 45 x 60 cm. Framed size: 61 x 76.5 cm. Light rubbing to frame else in excellent condition. Presented in the publisher's gold leaf frame embellished at the top with the Prince of Wales heraldic feathers with acrylic glazing. unknown
1897526<p>A collection of 50 albumen prints from the British Museum Series numerous manuscript captions slight age-related toning photographs mounted to album occasional light marginal foxing not affecting image original maroon cloth with quarter morocco spine retaining studs title gilt to spine slightly rubbed folio London: W.A. Mansell c.1897 </p><p><br /></p><p>The 50 photographs of antiquities in the British Museum covering Greek Roman and Etruscan Statues and Vases including 24 of the Parthenon Frieze. Many of the images are accompanied by manuscript captions. Other photographs include:</p><p>Horse of Selene Ilissos "Colossal Lion" The Piranesi Vase "Marble Vase found in the Villa of Hadrian at Tivoli" "Mercury" "Venus de Medici" "The "Townley" Venus" "Venus Entering Bath" "Apollo as a Player of the Lyre from Cyrene" "Hercules" Hercules found in Hadrian's villa at Tivoli Drum of Sculptured Column from Temple of Diana Artemision Ephesus "Casts from Balustrade of Temple of Wingless Victory - Athens -" Etruscan Sepulchral Monument in terracotta "Thalia"</p><p>T. Aurelius Fulvius Antonius Pius Aurelius Antoni Satyr Apollo Demeter Ceres and Sepulchral Rites at the Tomb of a Hero. </p><br /><p>The Elgin Marbles are a collection of statues and architectural decoration acquired by the Earl of Elgin during his time as Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire. He successfully petitioned the authorities to be able to measure draw and remove figures in various ruins. The most extensive work was on the Parthenon or Temple of Athena but he also received permission to remove sculptural and architectural elements from a number of other ruins including the Acropolis and the Temple of Nike Athena. </p><br /><p>The most famous of the Elgin Marbles are the Parthenon Sculptures a collection of different types of marble architectural decoration on the Parthenon. The Parthenon Frieze 75 metres in length depicts various scenes including the battle between the Lapitas and the Centaurs at the marriage feast of Peirithoos. Elgin originally intended on using the Frieze as decoration in his private home but due to the collapse of his marriage he sold them to the British Museum. There have been debates over the legitimacy of Elgin's excavation. After an investigation from a Parliamentary Select Committee in 1816 Elgin's actions were found to be entirely legal. Since 1983 Greece has formally requested the British Museum to return all the Parthenon Sculptures in the Museum's collection the British Museum states there are no current discussions with the Greek Government on this issue. </p><br /><p>Roger Fenton is one of the most celebrated figures in the history of photography. He was a creative and highly influential photographer in the mediums "golden age" of the 1850s. In his role as the British Museum's first official photographer Fenton demonstrated his sure sense as a 'photo artist'. He was initially engaged to photograph cuneiform tablets but that soon developed into taking pictures of other antiquities. As early as 1852 Fenton received permission from the Trustees to photograph antiquities within the museum establishing a small studio inside the museum the following year. He left in 1854 to serve as a photographer in the Crimean War for which he is most widely known but he was re-appointed on his return in 1856 until the termination of his contract in July 1859. The Trustees decided that photography was not cost effective and after they failed to negotiate the South Kensington Museum now the V&A as an alternative Fenton terminated his association with the British Museum. </p><br />References: The British Museum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Luminous-Lint. W.A. Mansell
1964190422New York: Souvenir Publishing and Distributing Co. 1964. Signed by the Stones in 1964 First edition of this tour programme published to coincide with the Stones first North American Tour signed in blue ball-point pen on each of their full-page portraits by Mick Jagger Keith Richards listed as "Keith Richard" as he was originally known Brian Jones Charlie Watts and Bill Wyman. Quarto. Original photographic wrappers lettering to front and back covers in pink. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs many full-page. Spine rubbed and covers lightly creased but overall a very good copy. unknown
1935169367Aden: 1935-36. A superb window onto Yemen in the 1930s Two albums depicting the experiences of British servicemen stationed in Yemen around the time of the Second Italo-Abyssinian War 1935-7 mixing the documentary and the personal. The images include very rare contemporary aerial photographs of towns including Aden Ta'izz and Shibam graphic pictures of war in Addis Ababa urban military and agricultural scenes and records of free time on the RAF base at Khormaksar. Nearly all carry explanatory manuscript captions. Aden was of crucial strategic importance to the British Empire having been brought under the control of the East India Company in 1839. After the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869 it became one of the world's busiest ports. The RAF maintained a base at Khormaksar now Aden International Airport which played host to numerous squadrons throughout the 1930s. Of these No. 8 Squadron was stationed at Khormaksar for the longest period of time maintaining a policing and day-bombing role. Photographs of military aircraft belonging to No. 8 Squadron can be seen in these albums alongside pictures of planes flown by Nos 203 41 and 55 Squadrons. The photographs give a vivid impression of the volume of air and maritime traffic - mostly British but also French and Dutch - which passed through Aden after Mussolini's invasion of Ethiopia. Aerial shots show Fairey MK IIIs and Vickers Vincent planes flying in formation as well as night and day bombers and flying boats. There are also detailed close-ups of ships including British aircraft carriers. It seems probable that the photographer who assembled these albums was involved in surveying: there are fine aerial shots of Aden and Crater the Sultan's palace at Lahij Shuqra Shibam Tarim Ibb al-Mukalla and Ta'izz giving an outstanding sense of how these towns looked in the early 20th century. The pictures of Ethiopia include one aerial photograph of Addis Ababa a number of ground shots of an execution the wounded and the dead and images of buildings on fire. There is only one photograph captioned as having been taken in Somaliland but this provides a further clue that the photographer was sent from Yemen to the Horn of Africa with the intention of documenting Italian military activities there. As a result of the Second Italo-Abyssinian War Ethiopia was incorporated into Italian East Africa consisting of Italian Somalia Ethiopia and Eritrea. Britain ruled British Somaliland and France controlled French Somaliland Djibouti. Many of the images may have been taken when the photographer was off duty. There are several almost touristic shots of everyday life in Crater showing children playing and Friday prayers images taken on the beach and in the salt pans around Aden pictures of Yemeni pastoralists with their cattle and photographs of Yemeni Indian and Somali women. A significant minority of the pictures show downtime at Khormaksar with a string of images depicting airmen in fancy dress playing football and drinking. There are even two photos of the squadron's dog in a cap and glasses and with a pipe in its mouth. 2 albums. Album I with 175 silver print photographs of various dimensions 100 x 65 mm - 240 x 180 mm mounted on card. Album II with 55 silver print photographs all c.100 x 150 mm or c.75 x 100 mm. Almost all photographs with period ink captions. Album I: quarto 290 x 230 mm. Original cloth covers spine and sides decorated with pictorial designs in relief marbled endpapers 36 card stock leaves. Album II: landscape octavo 130 x 187 mm. Contemporary black card wrappers "Aden" title sticker on front cover 22 card stock leaves. Album I: superficial rubbing to spine and rear cover short splits to inner hinges fore edges nicked. Album II: rear inner hinge split glue residue to gutters. Photographs all in very good condition. hardcover
Brøndum, Hans JørgenIn Pristine Condition. unknown
165252876<p>London printed for Joshua Kirton at the Kings Arms in St. Pauls Church-yard 1652. FIRST EDITION 1652. First word of title and part of running title in Greek characters. Small 4to approximately 180 x 125 mm 7 x 5 inches pages: 16 1-240 24 241-376 bound in full vellum gilt lettering and decoration to spine gilt decoration to edges of covers marbled endpapers all edges gilt 3 bookplates: Sir William Grace; Henry Cunliffe Armiger to first pastedown and first free endpaper; Fox Pointe Collection on last pastedown. Vellum slightly dusty and soiled pale age-browning and staining to title page title page slighty dusty with small ink letter and small repair on blank side to top margin trimmed copy affecting the lower margins of pages 369-374 with loss in lower margin of 4 catchwords and 2 signature numbers 16 ink pointing hands in margins plus a few ink marginalia small repair to 3 margins not affecting text occasional small ink stain or brown spot otherwise a very good copy. An attack on magical practices and beliefs with dedication to Oliver Cromwell. John Gaule 1603 1687 was an English Puritan cleric now remembered for his sceptical views on astrology witchcraft and hermetic philosophy. See: A Catalogue of Printed Books in the Wellcome Library Volume 3 page 96; William Lowndes & Henry Bohn Volume 2 page 869; Sotheby's Catalogue Tuesday 14th December 1993 The Fairfax Library and Archive No. 395; ESTC R3643. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING ALL ZOOMABLE FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.</p> London, printed for Joshua Kirton at the Kings Arms in St. Pauls Church-yard, 1652. hardcover
1888g5899London: Vizetelly & Co. G: in Good condition without dust jacket. Boards lightly rubbed and bumped with slight lean to spine. Tissue guard missing from frontispiece. Rear endpaper missing. 1888. Reprint unexpergated edition. Brown decorated hardback cloth cover with gilt titles. 190mm x 130mm 7" x 5". 392pp. This seemingly insignificant book is from the Mermaid Series of Best Plays of the Old Dramatists belonged to Aubrey Beardsley. On the ffep a hand drawn bookplate by Aubrey Beardsley is pasted dated Xmas 1888. On the half title page there is the signature A V Beardsley Xmas 1888. On the reverse of the frontispiece in the top corner is an ink stamp BEARDSLEY. . Vizetelly & Co hardcover
19792110502151002264Masterpiece publisher 1979. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 52 Masterpiece publisher paperback
1801000449<p>.Istanbul Ãœsküdar: Imperial Press DÄr al-ṬibÄÊ¿a al-Ê¿Ä€mira 1801.<br />Folio over 12–15 in.<br />KitÄb Laḥjat al-LughÄt<br />Tri-lingual Dictionary Turkish–Arabic–Persian<br />First edition. An early Ottoman printed dictionary produced at the Imperial Press of Muhendishane established by imperial decree following the closure of the Ä°brahim Müteferrika press. Printed under the supervision of Ê¿Abd al-RaḥmÄn al-Mudarris head administrator of the Ãœsküdar printing house.<br />Contemporary French binding in yellowish-brown morocco richly gilt in Ottoman Turkish decorative style with original folding envelope flap. Gilt panels and tooling spine and flap partially worn.<br />Collation:<br />2 pp. imperial decree and justification for the establishment of the press signed by Ê¿Abd al-RaḥmÄn al-Mudarris<br />7 pp. index<br />851 pp. text<br />Upper left corners of the imperial decree index and first six pages with early professional restoration slightly affecting the first letters of the opening lines on some pages. Light water staining throughout as commonly encountered in early Ottoman imprints. The upper half of the colophon leaf is neatly adhered to the rear cover. Otherwise complete with the text internally clean crisp and fully legible.<br />Binding shows wear: minor losses to spine and flap covers lightly rubbed. Overall good condition with notable bibliographical integrity.<br />Provenance / Reference:<br />An identical copy recorded in the Atabey Sale Sotheby's 28 May 2002 Lot 844.</p><p>Rare and important: among the earliest products of the post-Müteferrika Ottoman state press representing a major milestone in Ottoman lexicography and multilingual scholarship.</p><p>Muḥammad EsÊ¿ad Efendi was a prominent Ottoman jurist Ê¿Älim religious authority and statesman who served as Åžeyhülislâm the highest religious office in the Ottoman Empire during the mid-18th century.<br />Educated in the classical Ottoman madrasa system he rose through the ranks of the Ê¿ilmiyye learned hierarchy serving in various judicial and scholarly posts before attaining the office of Åžeyhülislâm where he exercised authority over Islamic law SharÄ«Ê¿a legal opinions fatwÄs and religious appointments throughout the Empire.<br />EsÊ¿ad Efendi was known for his legal scholarship administrative prudence and engagement with intellectual life at a time when the Ottoman state was navigating institutional consolidation and reform. He authored and supervised works in Islamic jurisprudence theology and language and his name appears on several important Ottoman scholarly and administrative publications of the period.<br />He died in 1166 AH / 1753 AD leaving a legacy as one of the notable religious jurists of the 18th-century Ottoman Empire.</p> the Imperial press, Muhendishane hardcover
