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1982046171Washington: Dumbarton Oaks Center for Byzantine Studies 1982. xxi 218p. dj. Dumbarton Oaks, Center for Byzantine Studies unknown books
187613117New York: Scribner Armstrong & co. 1876. 12mo. xxx 336 p. illus. <br><br>Publisher's "Bric-a-brac series" no. 10. Selections from "Archibald Constable and his literary correspondence" by his son T. Constable 1873 and from Gillies' "Memoirs of a literary veteran " 1851. Edited by Richard Henry Stoddard & compiled Thomas Constable. Publisher's white cloth stamped and decorated in black and gold. Ex-library with bookplate call number on spine in white charge pocket and date due slip at rear. Private owner's stamps including on title-page. Scribner, Armstrong, & co. hardcover books
1738800281738. CONSTABLE John. REFLECTIONS UPON ACCURACY OF STYLE. IN FIVE DIALOGUES. London: Printed for John Hawkins 1738. 2nd edition. Octavo. xvi80113-246 pp. lacking two signatures G & H or p. 81-112. Modern half calf and marble paper covered boards with a red leather label and raised bands on spine; new endpapers. Light wear to spine but the label remains bright. Text clean. One leaf L4 has a diagonal closed-tear which has an old repair at the fore-edge. Constable on writing: metaphor style antitheses; commentary on Aristotle Tasso Milton and others. A clean copy attractively bound but missing some text leaves the end of the third essay 'Reflections upon Accuracy of Style'; it is offered with all faults. unknown books
184617383Washington: Blair and Rives 1846. 13 3 blank pp double columns disbound Scattered foxing. Good. Sabin 16046. Blair and Rives unknown books
2018171663London: Lowell Libson & Jonny Yarker Ltd 2018. First edition. Softcover. 48 pages. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran March 10-18 2018 at TEFAF Maastricht March 21-26 2918 at Salon Du Dessin and April 4-11 2018 at Lowell Libson & Jonny Yarker Ltd. Essay by Jonny Yarker. Includes numerous illustrations. A fine copy in wrappers. A nicely printed catalog. Lowell Libson & Jonny Yarker Ltd unknown books
SKU1037556Doubleday. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good. B001CAWU2S Black cloth boards have minor wear. Has a good binding no marks or notations. First Edition. xv 318 pages. Doubleday hardcover books
189574897Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons 1895. Octavo pp. 1-4 1-3 4-177 178: printer's imprint 179-180: ads original yellow cloth front and spine panels stamped in black t.e.g. other edges untrimmed. First edition. "Biological science fantasy of a large monkey which is taught to think and to participate in human society; part two of three comprises the beasts written autobiography." - Locke A Spectrum of Fantasy p. 13. "Written alternately by human narrator and intelligent monkey with estranged point of view. Intrigues and murders plus long essay on loss of happiness because of reason. Monkey commits suicide. Influenced THE ISLAND OF DOCTOR MOREAU." - Suvin Victorian Science Fiction in the UK p. 60. Bleiler 1978 p. 48. Reginald 03714. Early private owner's tiny monogram blind stamp on title leaf and last leaf of text and date "7.5.95" neatly inked on recto of title leaf. Yellow cloth a trifle soiled a near fine attractive copy. Publisher's slip regarding trade terms for the book laid in. #74897 William Blackwood and Sons unknown books
2003109438Aldershot England: Lund Humphries 2003. Softcover. VG. Blue illus. wraps; 34 pp. plus 32 pp. of plates; 64 plates color and bw; 5 bw figures. Includes an essay about Ravilious's life and work; Contains watercolors of countryside gardens farmhouses and other aspects of English life. Lund Humphries paperback books
1968701502NY: Harcourt Brace & World. 1968. Very Good in Very Good DJ. Unless otherwise noted our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Harcourt, Brace & World hardcover books
1954107480London: Oxford University Press 1954. hardcover. very good. Illustrated with 24 plates. Small 4to cloth d.w. London: Oxford University Press 1954. Very good<br/><br/> Oxford University Press unknown books
120London: Michael Joseph 1949. . 8vo orange cloth dust jacket very minor chips at base of spine. London: Michael Joseph, 1949. hardcover books
199053760Alexandria VA: Time-Life 1990. 4to pp. 288. Index. With 262 recipes illustrated with color photographs. Paper over boards with cloth spine. Cover very slightly bumped at bottom corners leaves very slightly rippled at upper corners o/w a nice copy in chipped dj. Time-Life unknown books
1958140940162Los Angeles: New Age Publishing Company 1958. First Edition. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. 270 8 pp. with 32 pages of black and white photos. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Very Good with slightly cocked spine bumped corners in a price-clipped dust jacket with a small tear at head tiny chip at foot. An unusual explanation of the 1950s "flying saucer" wave with one foot firmly planted in the New Age movement from which so many early figures in the UFO contactee movement came. While the author a New Zealand native postulates that UFOs are in fact biological entities-- so-called macrobacteria invisible floating "critters" in the sky-- in this his first work he also employs occult techniques like channeling and clairvoyance. The author includes blurry photos of the entities that he took as well as some classic photos from famous UFO contactee and fellow occult devotee George Adamski. New Age Publishing Company unknown books
2006048771Cambrdige: Cambridge Univerisity Press 2006. xix 423p. b/w illus. original stiff printed wrappers. Cambridge Univerisity Press unknown books