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1697020472Paris: Imprimerie Royale 1697. Early Edition. Hardcover. Lacking the frontispiece; owner names on front blanks; title page to first volume with short stitched repair of a tear; contents clean with dark impressions of the plates. Bindings solid with light wear and short splits along the joints with covers firm. Near Fine. Two small quarto 6-1/4" x 8-1/4" volumes bound in full mottled calf leather with marbled endpapers and gilt-lettered contrasting morocco spine labels: x 243 1; 220 4 pages. Text in French translation by Issac de Benserade who was commissioned by Louis XIV to make this translation for the education of his son Louis -- Le Grand Dauphin of France. Illustrated with title vignettes and 226 half-page engravings by Francois Chauveau and Sebastien Le Clerc; lacking the frontispiece. The plates are copies mostly reversed and unsigned of the original etchings by Chauveau and Leclerc; they were first published in 1679 Amsterdam: Abraham Wolfgang. Philip Hofer in BAROQUE BOOK ILLUSTRATION refers to the illustrations as prefigurements of the "grace and elegance of the best French rococo" page 14. Bookplate of Mr. Edward F. Starbuck on the front pastedown of each volume with ink presentation on the bookplates. <br/><br/> Imprimerie Royale hardcover
183112521London: Holdsworth and Ball. London Holdsworth and Ball 1831. First Edition. First Impression. Hardback. A very good copy. An uncommon book with only two located in commerce in last few decades. ".a long disquisitional tale at the heart of which may be found an impressive city built on ruins left by a lost race dating it seems likely from the Flood." JC SFE "Long novel set among both real and imagined nations of the ancient Middle East with numerous fantasy sequences. A qualifier for classification as an ancient/lost race novel it includes a description of a journey to and sojourn in an isolated city of learning built on the ruins of a mightier city originally constructed by the first race of men. The novel also hovers on the verge of being an interplanetary with a description of the ethereal nations". Locke Spectrum II:101. Some rubbing to the leather and a little to the boards Internally tidy with a neat quote to the front endpaper of volume one. TEG with a few marks. Small ownership inscription. A nice copy. 12521 Hyraxia Books. . Very Good. Hardback. 1st Edition. 1831. Holdsworth and Ball hardcover
197215122ASSOCIATION COPY THE GODS THEMSELVES Doubleday 1972 first edition some light scattered foxing to the t.p.e.'s and fore edge else near fine in like dust-wrapper with some light wear and tear to the dust-wrapper spine extremities. The 4th novel to win both the HUGO & NEBULA award. Wonderfully INSCRIBED by the author to one of his minor publishers "To--- This copy of THE GODS THEMSELVES Hallam's Folly the 4th book to win both the HUGO & NEBULA awards Isaac Asimov 6 Jan 78. Doubleday unknown
1720523641720. Amsterdam Chez Pierre Humbert 1720 12° 15 1 328 pp.; 1 pp.331-583; 17 pp. Catalgoue des Livres Impres Chez Pierre Humbert . 12 gefalt. Kupferstichtafeln; Ledereinband d.Zt.; Rücken erneuert; feines Exemplar. PREMIERE EDITION FRANCAISE ! Pierre Coste 1668-1747 "the translator spent many years in England where he fled on the revocation of the Edict of Nantes and where he became intimate with Locke. His translations were of durable service and helped to introduce english thought to the French of the XVIIIth century" Babson Babson 139; Wallis 186; Dibner 148; PMM 172; Horblit N° 79b all 1st engl. Ed. unknown
196433332PANTHER BOOKS 08/1964. 1. softcover. Roboter-Foundation PANTHER BOOKS paperback
623603Amsterdam: Thomas Fritsch 1710. unknown_binding. Used-Very Good. Folio. x xxviii 580 text 324 notes 59 index pp. -4 2 A-Cccc4 Dddd2; A-Rr4 Ss2; a-p2. Title page in black & red with flying horse engraving. Engraved initials in first part; several delineating line ornaments throughout. Full calf professionally rebacked with corners also repaired. Original gilt stamped ornaments on spine in 8 compartments with raised bands are nicely preserved; spine label gilt stamped. Newer leather corners. Scuffing and wear to original leather. Very little spotting to pages. Overall a very sound copy with clean internals and wide margins. Dibdin: 'This excellent edition emphatically called 'Editio optima' contains for the first time some new Scholia on the 'Lysistrata;' some notes of Isaac Casaubon on the 'Equites;' and of Spanheim and Bentley on a few other plays. . . . The animadversions and commentaries of many learned men adorn this edition . . . .' p. 299-300. Dibdin also seems to be quite taken with the life and work of Kuster. Amsterdam: Thomas Fritsch, 1710 unknown
19603900GOLDMANN WILHELM 1960. 2. hardcover. Roboter-Foundation GOLDMANN, WILHELM hardcover
197939551PANTHER BOOKS 1979. 6. softcover. Maloftege! PANTHER BOOKS paperback
19603781GOLDMANN WILHELM 1960. 1. softcover. Roboter-Foundation GOLDMANN, WILHELM paperback
1951GA202409082<p>This is a hardcopy book in dark blue cloth covers with titles and author in red lettering. The book is clean and tight. It shows light ware on the edges and light corner bumping. It has previous owner's small stamp with name and address on the interior front cover. The pages are cream color due to age and paper quality.</p><p>The jacket shows light shelf ware has a small closed tear on the upper back near spine. It is priced clipped. The colors are bright.</p><p>"Exceptionally entertaining and thought provoking this novel is one of today's most imaginative and enjoyable science fiction authors and represents another outstanding science fiction volume published by."</p> Gnome Press Publishers hardcover
1952140947355New York: Gnome Press 1952. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition first printing. 247 pp.<br /> In Currey's first state binding publisher's red cloth stamped in black nebula insignia to front cover. Near Fine with very light soiling to covers and light rubbing to extremities minimal foxing to endpapers and light stain to front free endpaper. Contents tanned. In a Very Good unclipped first state dust jacket with light soiling and toning moderate edgewear foxing to verso and several short tears to front panel repaired with tape to verso. Pencil inscription to upper right corner of rear panel. <p>A lovely copy of the second book of Asimov's Foundation series in an unusually good dust jacket. Gnome Press unknown
19321003656Berlin: S. Fischer Verlag 1932. First edition of German novelist Alfred Döblin's Giganten inscribed by Döblin to the Russian-Jewish political writer Isaac Steinberg 1888-1957 from the library of Steinberg's son art historian Leo Steinberg 1920-2011. While Döblin is best remembered for his 1929 realist novel Berlin Alexanderplatz critical attention in recent years has turned to his ambitious dystopian works of science fiction. Giganten is a revised and condensed version of Döblin's 1924 Berge Meere und Giganten adapted in an effort to find his sprawling eco-horror novel a broader audience. Döblin's vision of a precarious global future characterized by energy crises relentless genetic engineering and environmental catastrophe now seems prescient. The unabridged 1924 text was finally translated into English as Mountains Oceans Giants in 2021. Döblin has inscribed this copy of Giganten to his friend Isaac Steinberg a Russian exile Socialist Revolutionary and leader of the Jewish Territorialist movement. In Berlin Steinberg convinced Döblin to join the Zionist movement "Freiland-Liga" and in 1932 both men participated in the Sholem Aleichem Club to discuss Jewish settlements in Siberia. The inscription reads: "Dem Genossen Steinberg. Mit schönen Grüßen. Von Haus zu Haus. Alfred Döblin. 7.4.32" "To Comrade Steinberg. With kind regards. From house to house. Alfred Döblin. April 7 1932." For more on the relationship between Döblin and Steinberg see Gabriele Sander "A Banner I Could Not Hold Aloft: Alfred Döblin and Judaism." European Judaism 34:1 2001. Text in German. A sound copy of a compelling novel very scarce inscribed. Single volume measuring 8 x 5 inches: 8 11-377 7. Original tan cloth stamped in brown and red upper board lettered in brown. Presentation inscription from Döblin to Isaac Steinberg on preliminary blank. Owner signature of Leo Steinberg to front free endpaper. Light soiling to cloth and edges trace of insect damage to upper joint; no dust jacket. S. Fischer Verlag unknown
1954140942710Garden City NY: Doubleday and Company 1954. Book Club Edition. Book club edition. Signed by Isaac Asimov on the title page. Bound in publisher's original blue leatherette binding. Very Good with droplets to topstain light wear to corners and spine ends small nick to gutter of front endsheet pages toned and endhseets offset. In a Very Good dust jacket with chipping at the corners and spine ends; blindside is toned and with light staining at the spine ends not visible from the exterior. The first book in Asimov's Robot series rare signed. Doubleday and Company unknown
196183606Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society of America 1961. New Edition Second English Edition. Hardcover. Good/Fair. xv 1 285 3 pages. Footnotes. Illustrations. Notes. Index. DJ worn torn soiled chipped and price clipped. Inscribed by the author on the fep. Includes List of Illustrations Preface to the First English Edition; Preface to the Second English Edition and Introduction. Book One---Yemen North Africa; "They That Were Lost in the Land of Assyria'; The Mountain Jews of Causasia; The Jews of Georgia; The Jews of Bukhara; The Krimchaks--Grandeur and Decline; and The Crypto-Jews in Persia. Book Two--Samaritans; The Sabbateans of Salonica; and Karaites; Book Three--The Jews of Khaibar; Jewish Tribes in the Arabian Desert and Last of the Tribe Afghan Tribes and the Traditions of Their origin Gilead in the Persian Disapora Benjamites Khwarezm and the Khzars; Book Four--Leaves from a Persian Diary Four Days with Yemenite Immigrants and Aden Diary; Book Five--Types of States--Egypt and Mesopotamia; Himyar and Ethiopia; Khazaria and Surinam. Yitzhak Ben-Zvi 24 November 1884 - 23 April 1963 was a historian Labor Zionist leader and the longest-serving President of Israel. He was the second President of Israel. He was with Theodore Herzl one of the organizers of the first Zionist Congress in Basel in the fall of 1897 where the World Zionist Organization was founded and the intention to re-establish a Jewish state was announced. Shimshi was the only organizer of the first Zionist Congress to live to see the birth of the modern State of Israel in 1948. In 1952 Ben-Zvi was honored by the first Israeli Knesset parliament with the title "Father of the State of Israel". In 1948 Ben-Zvi headed the Institute for the Study of Oriental Jewish Communities in the Middle East later named the Ben-Zvi Institute Yad Ben-Zvi in his honor. The Ben-Zvi Institute occupies Nissim Valero's house. His main field of research was the Jewish communities and sects of Asia and Africa including the Samaritans and Karaites. This work is the study of three different categories of Jews: Jews belonging to communities that were originally dispersed in Moslem countries; Certain religious sects that consider themselves as belonging to the House of Israel and certain groups of Jewish extraction who were coerced by their Moslem conquerors into adopting the Moslem faith. The Jewish Publication Society of America hardcover
1728177<b>4to 288 x 218 mms. pp. 50 407 408 blank engraved vignette on title-page other engraved vignettes and illustrations in text by John Pine after John Grison 12 folding engraved plates. FIRST EDITION. The subscriber s list is also present. Full contemporary calf boards are slightly worn which has been professionally rebacked by the Heritage Bindery. Henry Pemberton was tasked with bringing Newtonian philosophy to the layman with this work which was completed and published a year after Newton s death. Small blind- stamp from the Meadville theological school library on the title page. </b> S. Palmer hardcover
16633201<p>First edition of the report on Iceland by the French diplomat Isaac de la Peyrère 1596-1676.</p><p>Condition:</p><p>Vellum Binding in Fair Condition. Top right corner with extensive damage but does not affect any of the text block throughout. Paper yellowed uniformly with age. Light marginalia throughout. Previous ownership marks. Map is excellent and in quite clean/bright condition</p><p>Deals in particular with history population geography and trade. With a general map of Iceland by Pierre Duval. - Through his acquaintance with Christina of Sweden and the Danish scientist Ole Worm La Peyrère gained access to numerous old manuscripts and chronicles. From 1644 to 1646 he traveled to Scandinavia on diplomatic mission. He subsequently published in addition to a work on Greenland first edition 1647 the present description of Iceland both of which he wrote in letter form to F. de la Mothe le Vayer.</p><p>BINDING: Contemporary parchment. 16 x 11.5 cm. - ILLUSTRATION: With one folded copperplate map.</p><p>BIBLIOGRAPHY: Chavanne 2138. - Alden/Landis 663/80. - Lerclerc 658. - Klose 571. - Cioranescu 40042.</p><p>Rare first edition of La Peyrère's geographical and historical account of Iceland. With 1 engr. map. Contemp. vellum.</p> Louis Billaine hardcover
183041052Philadelphia: Adam Waldie 1830. First edition. Hardcover. g. Octavo. viii 139pp. Rebound blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Gray endpapers. Isaac Leeser's first printed work in America. Translated from the German of J. Johlson teacher of an Israelitish School at Frankfurt on the Maine by Isaac Leeser. "The design of this work is the instruction of the younger part of Israelites of both sexes who have previously acquired some knowledge of the fundamental part in the principal topics of their religion." translator. Includes Appendix: a short account of the ceremonial laws and customs. Rosenbach 321 Singerman 489. Ex-library. Text in Hebrew and English. Binding lightly rubbed. Union college bookplate on inside cover. Perforated college stamp on title page. Brief pencil and ink notations on title page dedication page and last page. Last two leaves browned. Foxing throughout. Binding and interior in overall good condition. Singerman #0489. Adam Waldie hardcover
193722209London: Chatto & Windus 1937. First edition. Keynes B15. Reilly p. 279. "The Collected Works was issued in an edition of 500 copies with 900 sets of sheets stored at the publisher's bindery; only 403 copies had been sold by March 1938 and the remaining unbound sheets were destroyed in April 1941 when Chatto & Windus' warehouse was bombed during the Blitz. The Collected Works became exceedingly scarce and today it is impossible to obtain." - Cohen Journey to the Trenches N. Y. 1975. Killed during a night patrol near Arras in 1918 Rosenberg was one of the most promising poets and painters to die in the Great War. His war poems such as "Louse Hunting" "Dead Man's Dump" and "Break of Day in the Trenches" rival the best poems of Owen Graves and Sassoon. Dust jacket lightly foxed and worn and a bit dust-soiled but a very good copy of a rare book. 8vo frontispiece portrait illustrated original russet cloth dust jacket. Dust jacket lightly foxed and worn and a bit dust-soiled but a very good copy of a rare book. Chatto & Windus unknown
elala4872London: Longman Hurst Rees & Orme and James Carpenter October 1806. First Edition First Issue dated 1806. 4to. pp. vii 223 1platelist. engraved title by J.Landseer 2 engraved maps 17 engraved plates 1 folding & 1 engraved vignette after drawings by the author. later full blind & gilt-paneled green morocco by Woolstencroft Warrington t.e.g. others uncut gilt inside dentelles small chip to foot of spine some mainly light foxing but first map first leaf of text & folding plate more significantly affected. armorial bookplate of John Platt London: Longman, Hurst, Rees & Orme, and James Carpenter, October 1806 unknown
1799525891799. WELD Isaac. Travels through the States of North America and the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada During the Years 1795 1796 and 1797. London: Printed for John Stockdale 1799. 2 vols. 2nd ed. xxiii 427; xii 376pp. 16 folding plates. Orig. boards with paper spine labels. An excellent uncut set. "According to the Travels Weld landed at Philadelphia in November 1795 from which he made excurisions in all directions. On one of these he visited Baltimore Washington Alexandria and Mount Vernon. On another he moved west to York and Lancaster the northern neck of Virginia and Williamsburg and Norfolk apparently going as far south as the Dismal Swamp. At Williamsburg he noted that the captial was crumbling to pieces that William and Mary was a grammar school rather that a college that the church was out of repair and that the hospital for the insane was not well regulated. On his return he journeyed to Richmond and west to the mountains and as was usual with travelers he described Rock Bridge. After coming back to Philadelphia he went to Canada. His departure for home took place at New York."--Clark II 132. HOWES W-235. Sabin 102541. Haynes 20950. unknown
2006__1852787783Edward Elgar Pub 2006. Hardcover. New. 2120 pages. 9.50x7.00x7.00 inches. Edward Elgar Pub hardcover
1972322210New York: Doubleday 1972. First. hardcover. near fine/very good. Glaser Milton. Illustrated by Milton Glaser. 1153pp. cloth d.w. price intact lightly chipped at the edges. New York: Doubleday 1972. First Edition.<br/> <br/> Near fine copy in a a very good pictorial board publisher's slipcase. Presentation copy "with lots of love/ only starting with G & S/ 31 Jan 80 happy birthday" . Scarce.<br/> <br/> Doubleday unknown
1801D13028Haage: J. C. Leeuwestijn 1801. Hardcover. Very Good. Nineteenth-century half brown morocco and marbled paper gilt-stamped lettering in spine compartments 5 raised bands; 3 volumes 8vo 223x135mmwith folding engraved plates and maps; pp. xxxii 391 plus 5 plates and 1 map Washington D.C. see below; xv 1 425 plus 5 plates and 3 maps; xii 340 with 1 plate and 1 map this one larger than the others and hand-colored. Bindings a bit scuffed but tight and square. Library inkstamps NYPL duplicate stamps - dated 1898 - on verso of title-pages and verso of plates; ink does not leak through; some browning and off-setting but generally text blocks are nice and clean. The map of Washington D.C. is early and rare unrecorded in Baynton-Williams Phillips and Verner. <br/><br/> J. C. Leeuwestijn hardcover
109039London Morrice Phillips printer 1831. . Small 4to; contemporary blue marbled calf-backed boards with gilt title in english to spine quite rubbed front cover detached; marbled edges rubbed; wine staining to leaves as expected small marginal tears to few block cracked but holding; half-title in Hebrew and two separate titles in Hebrew and English; old signature of previous owners to front endpapers; 1 40 6 ll.<br /> Ashkenazic Passover Haggadah edited by Isaac Levi Professor and Teacher of Hebrew Language. <br /><br />Hebrew text and English translation on opposing pages. The copperplate frontispiece in this Haggadah was originally published in the 1807 London Machzor but a pastedown with the Haggadah title was placed in the middle of the page covering the original title. According to Yudlov this pastedown-altered frontispiece does not appear in all copies.<br /> Vinograd London 292; Yaari 516; Yudlov 717; Not in Yerushalmi. London, Morrice Phillips (printer), 1831. hardcover
95389London Yehuda Leib Bar Alexander 1792. . First edition; 8vo 20 x 12.5 cm; title printed within ornamental border; library stamp to title and on one or two other leaves occasional foxing restorations to corners of title and of the last three leaves; later 18th-century-style calf boards with gilt decorations; text in Hebrew. 3 52 ll.<br /> Book of kabbalistic readings and prayers for Friday nights customarily recited in the Eastern cities of Morocco. <br /><br />Moshe Edrehi c. 1774-1842 was a Moroccan scholar Kabbalist and itinerant preacher in North Africa who travelled to London in 1791 where he studied in the Sephardic Beit Midrash Etz Hayyim preaching there every Sabbath. A child prodigy he had started preaching at the age of 14. He published this work in order to support himself and his family in Morocco and after its publication left for Amsterdam. There he published two more works - 'Yad Moshe' a collection of sermons and 'Ma'aseh Nissim' tales of the ten tribes with a Yiddish translation. His final journey to the Holy Land took four years and led Edrehi through France Italy Malta and Smyrna where many of his writings were lost in a fire. <br /><br />The 'Tikun' here arranged according to the book 'Chemdat HaYamin'.<br /> ESTC N475360; Roth Bibliotheca Anglo-Judaica B12 - 20. Vinograd London 135. London, Yehuda Leib Bar Alexander, 1792. hardcover
