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1972153777London: Dennis Dobson 1972. Octavo boards. First British and first hardcover edition. "Nowhere is Lafferty's devout Catholicism more evident than in this strange mélange of a novel which incorporates elements of fantasy and science fiction while being indefinable as either. The book's madcap characters and bizarre settings are typical Lafferty as is the uncertainty about whether the wild plot essentially a secret history of the world amounts to a complete allegory or simply a crazy game -- or perhaps both. No matter since the result is also typical Lafferty in being highly entertaining and absorbing." - Barron ed Fantasy and Horror 1999 7-217. The earlier American paperback original was published as part of the highly regarded Ace "Specials" series. 1970 Nebula nominee. Anatomy of Wonder 2004 II-621. Barron ed Fantasy Literature 4A-157. Pringle Modern Fantasy: The Hundred Best Novels 45. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. #153777 Dennis Dobson unknown books
19723059London: Dennis Dobson 1972. Octavo boards. First British and first hardcover edition. "Nowhere is Lafferty's devout Catholicism more evident than in this strange mélange of a novel which incorporates elements of fantasy and science fiction while being indefinable as either. The book's madcap characters and bizarre settings are typical Lafferty as is the uncertainty about whether the wild plot essentially a secret history of the world amounts to a complete allegory or simply a crazy game -- or perhaps both. No matter since the result is also typical Lafferty in being highly entertaining and absorbing." - Barron ed Fantasy and Horror 1999 7-217. The earlier American paperback original was published as part of the highly regarded Ace "Specials" series. 1970 Nebula nominee. Anatomy of Wonder 2004 II-621. Barron ed Fantasy Literature 4A-157. Pringle Modern Fantasy: The Hundred Best Novels 45. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. #3059 Dennis Dobson unknown books
1926291383New York.: Charles Scribner’s Sons. 1926. 1st Edition. Tan cloth black titles palm tree and camel design on cover map endpapers. . Good plus covers lightly soiled. spine head slightly pulled contents very good no dust jacket. 22x15 cm. . Inscribed and signed by the author below the portrait frontis. De Nogales was a Venezuelan soldier of fortune who fought in several of the wars of the early 20th century. This is his account of his service in the Ottoman army during World War I. weight: 1.4 lb. 29 full-page photo illustrations. Charles Scribner’s Sons. hardcover books
2009152288New York: The New Press 2009. First. Hardcover. NF/NF. Dark mauve cloth/boards with gilt lettering on spine. White/tan illus. dj. 594 pp. with 44 bw figures. Washington Franklin Jefferson Hamilton Adams and Madison-together they are best known as an intimate cadre of daring brilliant men credited with our nation's founding. But does this group tell the whole story In his widely praised new history of the roots of American patriotism celebrated author Ray Raphael expands the historical canvas to reveal an entire generation of patriots who pushed for independence fought a war and set the United States on its course-giving us "an evangelizing introduction to the American Revolution" Booklist. Called "entertaining yet informative" by Library Journal Founders brings to life seven historical figures whose stories anchor a sweeping yet intimate history of the Founding Era from the beginnings of unrest in 1761 through the passage of the Bill of Rights thirty years later. Here we follow the intertwined lives of George Washington and a private soldier in his army. America's richest merchant who rescued the nation from bankruptcy goes head to head with a peripatetic revolutionary who incited rebellion in seven states. Rounding out the company is a richly nuanced cast that includes a common village blacksmith a conservative slave owner with an abolitionist son and Mercy Otis Warren the most politically engaged woman of the time. - from the dj flap. The New Press hardcover books
200222368Madrid: T.f. Editores 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. Small 4to. Neon coral cloth boards in photographic dust jacket. Minor edgewear. Near fine. <br/><br/>Studio photographs from midcentury Barcelona printed with various techniques on paper of varying colors textures and opacity. Images include boxers wrestlers showgirls traditional studio portraits and more. T.f. Editores hardcover books
32455Madrid: Tf. Editores 2002. Hardcover. 7.5" x 10.25". Bright orange boards in b&w photographic dust jacket. Some light wear to corners of boards. Otherwise clean and unmarked. Near Fine. . LikeNew. Hardcover . Tf. Editores 2002 hardcover books
1894013927London: W. Foulsham & Co Ltd 1894. Book. Good. Hardcover. ---------------<br />The first 12 pages contain 144 questions relating to all the causalities and events of a human life divided into twelve houses each having a separate and distinct class of twelve questions. The remainder of the work is divided into 12 circles each circle containing the sixteen geomantic oracles of twelve answers each thus forming 2304 answers to the 144 questions. ------------ <br />Publisher's cloth with black titles and decorations. Bindings are tight and square. Text clean light even toning. Shelf handling wear with age-soiling and rubbed corners and spine tips. Early signatures loose with older tape reinforcement.16mo; 5.5 inches tall. 212 pages with 4 pages of publisher's adverts. A reprinted edition. ----------- <br />Robert Cross Smith was an English astrologer writing under the pseudonym of 'Raphael' was a pioneering modern astrologer was the first of a lineage of British astrologers to use the pseudonym Raphael with his writings. -------Subjects: Fortune-Telling; occult; zodiac . W. Foulsham & Co Ltd hardcover books
157766536First Edition of Holinshed's Chronicles an Important Shakespeare Source Book HOLINSHED Raphael and others. The First -Laste Volumes of the Chronicles of England Scotlande and Irelande. London: George Bishop and John Hunne 1577. First edition. Two median folio volumes 11 1/2 x 7 3/4 inches; 289 x 197 mm. Titles with woodcut borders McK. 147a numerous woodcut initials and vignettes of various sizes throughout many repeated. Blank b6 lacking in I:2; second leaf of errata lacking from I; several leaves supplied G5-8 I2-3 in I:3; 4S2 in II and probably others from another genuine copy; map of Edinburgh remargined and with other minor repairs; several paper repairs to the titles and text with occasional loss; some printed marginal notes shaved as usual. A made-up copy "as many copies have been made-up by later owners who combined parts having different imprints" Pforzheimer. This copy with the George Bishop title in Vol. I and the remaining titles with the John Hunne imprint. Early nineteenth-century full tan calf over thick boards gilt wide fillet bordering on covers gilt-ruled board edges spines gilt in compartments with six raised bands. Yellow endpapers. All edges gilt. A little rubbed; a few scuffs. Hinges and joints just becoming tender. Overall a very good copy of this important work. Housed in a custom quarter brown morocco clamshell gilt-stamped. While in the employ of London printer/publisher Reyner Wolfe King's Printer in Greek Latin and Hebrew Raphael Holinshed began planning the Chronicles that are known by his name though by several hands. This work formed the first authoritative vernacular and continuous account of the whole of English history. The Historie of Englande was written by Holinshed himself. The Description of Britaine was written by William Harrison. The Historie and Description of Scotlande and the Historie of Irelande were transcriptions or adaptations. The Description of Irelande was written by Richard Stanyhurst and Edmund Campion. Provenance: Borowitz Sotheby Parke Bernet 15 November 1977. STC 13568 most sets seem to have variations in imprint. Grolier Langland to Wither 146. Lowndes 1086. Pforzheimer 494. HBS 66536. $25000 George Bishop [and] John Hunne hardcover books
1999260179Ithaca NY: Cornell Southeast Asia Program 1999. Paperback. 258 5p. wraps 6.75x10 inches wraps lightly worn else very good condition. Studies on Southeast Asia No. 25. Cornell Southeast Asia Program paperback books
1924804971924. HILTON S. W. SABATINI Rafael. "FERRANTE'S JEST." Boston Mass.: The Boston Sunday Post Magazine 13 July 1924. First/only separate edition. "Summer Fiction Booklet." With spot illustrations throughout by S. W. Hilton in color. 16 double-column pp. pinned together through the center fold. 20.4 x 14.2 cm 8 x 5 5/8 in. Paper has toned as is to be expected with some small nicks in top-edge else a clean and very good copy of an ephemeral issue. Rare. The story "Ferrante's Jest" first appeared in the short story collection The Justice of the Duke 1912. unknown books
2008282911Basel: Beyeler 2008. First. paperback. fine. Leger Fernand. Extensively illustrated including many full page and in color. 207 pages. 4to stiff pictorial wrappers. Basel: Fondation Beyeler 2008. A fine copy.<br/><br/> Beyeler unknown books
19962307240New York: Crown Publishers 1996. 4th Printing. 4th Printing. Very Good. Faint edge wear. 1996 Soft Cover. 243 pp. "Simons a feng shui master and astrologer teaches readers how to feng shui their homes in a clear step-by-step fashion and gives personalized advice based on readers' dates of birth. Simons presents not only the popular eight-point method but also divining techniques and other authentic Chinese methods that make analysis more complete. Crown Publishers unknown books
1974005614New York: Schocken Books 1974. 246 1p. b/w front. dj. Schocken Books unknown books
1974WRCLIT30641New York: Shocken 1974. Cloth. First edition. Light soiling to edges else near fine in dust jacket with some light soiling to lower panel and a couple of soft creases to the top edge. Shocken hardcover books
1993915740NY: Warner. 1993. The advance reading copy. Fine in wrappers. Unless otherwise noted our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Softcover. Fine. Warner paperback books
1957150334N.p.: N.p. 1957. Vintage oversize borderless double weight reference photograph from the 1957 film showing actors Anthony Perkins and Norma Moore. With the stamps of photographer Bill Avery and editor Bud Fraker on the verso along with the stamp of Photoplay and several holograph pencil and ink annotations regarding layout. <br/><br/>A dramatization of the experiences of major league baseball star Jimmy Piersall loosely based on his own 1955 memoirs following his 1948 contract with the Boston Red Sox to his eventual nervous breakdown and hospitalization for bipolar disorder. <br/><br/>Bill Avery worked as a photographer at Columbia Pictures in the early 20th century with a brief interlude working as a combat cameraman during World War II. He also worked at MGM under noted photographer C.S. Bill and occasionally worked as a freelance publicity photographer shooting iconic images of Elvis Presley Jack Lemmon Katharine and Audrey Hepburn and Shirley MacLaine among many others.<br/><br/>Set in Boston Massachusetts and Waterbury Connecticut. <br/><br/>8.3 x 13.5 inches. Very Good plus with a few small holograph pencil annotations regarding cropping on the bottom edge. N.p. unknown books
40589TUCK Raphael and Sons. FATHER TUCK'S FAVOURITE FLOWERS PAINTING BOOK. London: Raphael Tuck & Sons circa 1910. 4to. Glazed card stock with six o cut outs at each head revealing the paint blocks on the rear inner cover. 16 pages of which there are four colored examples with the opposite pages having only three partially colored. Rare early twentieth century children's paint color book. While OCLC does record a select number of the Tuck and Sons paint books all in singular copi there are none of this book recorded. Tuck and Sons produced a popular serie of paint-box books which included at least twenty color books for children. This one is number 3027. Three outlines partially complete quite proficientl The paint samples used by the child are still in situ. Instruction on last p and advertisement for the Tuck and Sons series of books on back cover. Origi decorative card covers a little worn down the backstrip but in good conditio. unknown books
177417011Rome 1774. Copper engraving by Ottaviani after drawings by Savorelli and Camporesi printed in light brown coloured ink with contemporary hand-colouring. Good condition. Shaved within plate mark expert neat repairs to left margin one just affecting the image area. A stunning plate from "Logge di Rafaele nel Vaticano": with contemporary colouring of the highest quality from the golden age of the hand-coloured print.<br/> <br/>A very fine image from the second part of a work titled "Loggie di Rafaele nel Vaticano" depicting the decorative work executed by Raphael and his assistants between 1518-1519 in the Vatican. They were drawn by Gaetano Savorelli a Roman painter and draughtsman best known for his Raphael drawings and Pietro Camporesi a Roman architect who worked for Pope Clemens XIII and Pius VI on rooms for the Vatican Museum. The first to illustrate the famous frescoes these beautiful plates were probably planned as early as 1760 but were not executed until 1772 to 1776. The plate is remarkable not only as the first important visual record of Raphael's work but also for the quality of the hand-colouring - the work on this image is in our opinion some of the greatest to be produced in Europe during the whole of the eighteenth century: the golden age of the hand-coloured print. They were remarkable not just for their size and magnificent colouring but also because of the influence they had on contemporary taste. The decision was made to "borrow" elements from Raphael's Vatican tapestries and insert them where the original frescoes were in too poor a state to be legible. The finished plates therefore represented an amalgam of design elements presented with a crisp freshness of colour that held enormous appeal and did much to stimulate the taste for the "grotesque" in the Neo-classical period. A year after the death of his principal patron Julius II Raphael succeeded Donato Bramante in 1514 as the official Vatican architect. Having previously adorned the "Stanze" or chambers of Julius on the second floor of the papal apartments in the Vatican palace he was commissioned by Leo X in 1517 to decorate the adjacent Logge. He designed an elaborate cycle of ornamental frescoes for the room's ceiling vaults doors and auxiliary pillars which were executed by his assistants Giulio Romano and Giovanni da Udine. Twelve of the quadrilateral ceiling vaults were adorned with murals of familiar Old Testament scenes and one with a scene from the New Testament while the more decorative frescoes painted on the pilasters by Udine were covered with imaginative compositions of 'grotesque' motifs like foliage fruit and chimerical beasts. The biblical scene depicted shows the infant brothers Cain and Abel vying for their mother's attention. Adam is sowing nearby.<br/> <br/>Cf. Brunet IV 1110 & 1111; cf. Berlin "Kat". 4068 & 4066; "Raphael Invenit: Stampe da Rafaello" 1985 Ottaviano 22; cf. "Raphael: Reproduktions-graphik aus vier Jahrhunderten" Coburg 1984 104 & no. 245. unknown books
1906018636Madrid: I. Moreno 1906. Quarto. 588p. 14p. supplement. Paetow #145. Original wrappers. These studies on medieval law deal mostly with the Visigothic Laws. These laws are evidenced in the rule of Recceswinth 649-672 and recognized as essential in the early study of medieva law. Edgewear else a very good copy. I. Moreno unknown books
195039544Baltimore: John Hopkins Univ. Press 1950. Offprint. Stapled paper wrappers. A very good copy. 230-232 pp. Sm. 4to. Reprinted from Hispania Vol. XXXIII No. 3 August 1950. Ermilo Abreu Gómez 1894-1971 was a Mexican writer. John Hopkins Univ. Press unknown books
195339532Washington D.C.: Ateneo Americano de Washington 1953. First edition. Paper wrappers. A very good copy with a few small soiled spots on wrappers. 14 pp. Sm. 8vo. Ermilo Abreu Gómez 1894-1971 was a Mexican writer. OCLC locates eleven copies. Ateneo Americano de Washington unknown books
197862325Bogota 1978. Paperback. Very Good. lii 315p. Original wrapper. 23cm. Unopened. Spanish text. Edited by Mario German Romero. Publicaciones del Instituto Caro y Cuervo. Archivo epistolar colombiano; 13. <br/><br/> paperback books
1875018433Mexico: Imprenta de Ignacio Escalante 1875. Book. Good condition. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. ii 60 pages of text followed by 12 beautifully hand-colored plates of hummingbirds. The text has sustained water damage but those pages have been professionally washed and stabilized. Signatures page gatherings were reformed and resewn. Rebound with a new leather spine with gilt-lettered leather spine label and linen-covered boards. The tinted lithographed frontisportrait and six pages of text are affected by dark areas of discoloration from the water exposure and many pages have minor rippling as some treated pages were discreetly detached for treatment and re-inserted on an added tab. Minor rippling to the hand-colored plates but the images remain bright and are not noticeably affected. There is minor soiling to the plates. All page edges were trimmed by about a half inch to remove damaged paper and does not affect any text or plates; the size is about 10.5 inches height by about 7.5 inches. Imprenta de Ignacio Escalante Hardcover books
197625708Cherry Valley: Cherry Valley Editions 1976. First edition. 24 pp. Fine in stapled wrappers. Wrap-around cover art by Claude Pelieu. Cherry Valley: Cherry Valley Editions unknown books
198887328Cambridge MA: Ballinger Publishing Company 1988. xiv 334p. shelfworn dj. Ballinger Publishing Company unknown books
