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1926D7966Amsterdam 1926. Paperback. Very Good. Blue wraps; pp. 24 1. Covers lightly rubbed; front cover lightly wrinkled along bottom edge; spine tips lightly chipped. Contents nice and clean. The first use of the typeface Grotius by S. H. de Roos. <br/><br/>"Deze verzameling brieven bewerkt door A. Lysen conservator der bibliotheek van het Vredespaleis met een inleiding van Jacob ter Meulen directeur der bibliotheek van het Vredespaleis werd in verband met de herdenking der eerste uitgave van Hugo de Groot's De Iure belli ac Pacis in de Grotius-letter gedrukt door de Lettergieterij 'Amsterdam' voorheen N. Tetterode Amsterdam 1926" from the colophon. paperback books
197611657Cornell University Press 1976. A solid copy of the 1976 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine small tasteful bookplate at the front pastedown in a bright Near Fine dustjacket with very light creasing along the spine crown. Octavo 288 pgs. <br/><br/> Cornell University Press unknown books
1935180426New York: Coward-McCann Inc 1935. 53/525; Signed by author. Hardcover. VG slight fading to cloth boards Pages of text and illustrations are very crisp and clean. Cardboard box is missing top and bottom has overall wear and one corner torn. Black cloth boards with gilt design on front cover; gilt spine lettering; vii 2 leaves 3-111 pp; 7 color illustrations on thick card stock with paper guards throughout. Black silk ribbon page marker. Issued in remnants of black cardboard box. "This edition is limited to 525 copies of which 500 are for sale in Great Britain and Ireland; each copy is numbered and signed by the author. This is number 53." Coloured drawings by Jacob Epstein. Includes a list of the 7 illustrations page vii. Table of Contents includes: He-She Standard Bearer of Affinity: 1. In this heroic age -- 2. That night the Man dreamt -- 3. The selfsame morning brought in an old man -- 4. Many days after -- 5. Prince Seafoamya and his famous coffee -- 6. Immoral nature -- 7. The crucifying story -- 8. Five beautiful daughters -- 9. He-She pufed with suspicion -- Brruggbrromm God of Love-Chaos: 10. When He-She left the den -- 11. Said and done -- 12. Suddenly He-She gloating over his trophy of types lifted up his cup -- 13. There was a rattling at the door -- 14. Scoffers mocked -- 15. The Jewish Critic nodded his shivering head -- 16. Synchronizing with this strained moment -- 17. Immediately a cry was raised -- 18. Each eye that gazed raised a query -- 19. Then He-She rose to the occasion -- 20. Now at the eleventh hour -- 21. Finally there was no voice -- The Lion of Judah Conscience of Israel: 22. During the Judgement Banquet -- 23. In the early days of adolescence -- 24. Tell me my Conscience -- 25. The Lion of Judah stormed -- 26. It happened when all being glowed with His Presence -- 27. The Lion of Judah jealously mused -- 28. From behind the veil of shame -- 29. The Lion of Judah lifted his head -- 30. The Man confirmed -- 31. The Lion of Judah enduringly listened -- 32. The Man lit a torch -- 33. The Lion's voice stopped with suddenness -- 34. When the Man was left in the ruin -- 35. Behold a master has chosen a servant -- 36. Into the soul of Jacob you poured your promise -- 37. Oh Israel Israel the world's crown and thorn -- 38. Woe to us -- 39. When the lap of the Shekhinah was still our cradle -- 40. Oh my God I can no more be still -- 41. Once o Lord God I called upon a simple just man -- Ahaviel Archangel of Love: 42. Many days had indifferently flashed past -- 43. But when the Lion of Judah savoured the sweet after-taste of He-She -- 44. Then the Archangel took the Crown from the Lion of Judah's head -- 45. And when the Seven Archangels enquired for the Archangel Ahaviel -- 46. And it came to pass as the Man was waiting -- 47. Yea the Lord denied it to me -- 48. All is known to the Lord of Passion -- 49. Then behold the Ahavah-Light shone down from Heaven -- 50. Listen o remnant -- 51. When I desired Moses to instruct your yet savage senses -- 52. From the darkness of the pit I undug the gold within you -- 53. And thus pivoted in your Holy Land you shall traverse the world -- 54. Behold I the Master shaped this planet to its perfection -- 55. Therefore cling to the Most High -- 56. Loveless and idol-burdened -- 57. And a day shall come -- I gathered word by word. Coward-McCann, Inc hardcover books
192815101New York/London: G.P. Putnam's Sons. Good. 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. no dust jacket shelfworn but solid copy with firm binding; internally clean except for some minor ink markings on ffep; spine cloth discolored/darkened light bumping/fraying at spine ends and most corners. One of the best-known works of this Danish essayist poet novelist and social critic 1896-1975 -- and one of only two of his many novels to be translated into English and published in America -- this novel centered around a lighthouse on a lonely North Sea outpost was an exploration of the destructive effects of technological progress on the natural world. . G.P. Putnam's Sons hardcover books
187847440Portland: B. Thurston and Company 1878. Paperback. Good. 34pp. Spots of moisture staining to front loss to extremities and spine else a good example in publisher's wraps. <br/><br/> B. Thurston and Company paperback books
1904WN38615New York: The Macmillan Company 1904. Original blue cloth decorated in green and gilt. TEG other edges untrimmed. 4 pages 7-12 injured at lower edge and some occasional staining but overall a very attractive book with margins filled with black and white Chritsmas illustrations. Four pages of adverts at rear. An unusual book by the great sociologist. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Trade. The Macmillan Company Hardcover books
1901264664New York: Macmillan 1901. First. hardcover. very good-. Illus. 443pp. 8vo blue cloth edges of corners very lightly worn cloth lightly soiled spine ends rubbed. New York: Macmillan 1901.<br/><br/> Macmillan unknown books
1932226338New York: International Workers Order Inc 1932. Paperback. 74 16p. stiff paper wraps with cloth spine detached but present with a few closed tears wraps slightly toned some edge wear and bumping 6.75x10 inches. Lyrics and music to radical songs a few such as Solidarity Hold the Fort in English the rest in Yiddish introductory material in Yiddish using Hebrew characters lyrics transcribed using Roman characters. International Workers Order, Inc paperback books
1936228784Brooklyn: Dental Items 1936. hardcover. very good. 482 illustrtions xiv 354pp. Large 8vo cloth; corners lightly bumped. Brooklyn: Dental Items of Interest 1936. A very good copy<br/><br/> Dental Items unknown books
199617978London: National Portrait Gallery 1996. Paperback. VG- a clean tight copy with only a hint of shelf rubbing; unbroken spine. Notes from previous owner on inside back cover. Glossy black wraps with white lettering. 224 pp. with 190 color & bw plates. Catalogue from the exhibition held at the National Portrait Gallery Nov. 8 1996 to Feb. 9 1997. This is a study of picture framing in Britain written wih the intention of provoking a change in attitude in this underrated art form. It covers 500 years of painting following changes in fashion and technique tracing links with wider European taste and connecting with other decorative arts. National Portrait Gallery paperback books
19671773Palo Alto: Lewis Osborne 1967 Limited to 2350 copies. With an Introduction by Kenneth Johnson. 75pp. Illustrations portrait endpaper maps. Tan cloth lettered and decorated in gilt. A very fine copy. Winner of the Western Book award. Dr. Stillman's letters from Sacramento during the 1849-1850 period first published as part of the book Seeking the Golden Fleece in 1877. Includes an endpaper map of Sacramento City 1850. Kurutz:605-d. Lewis Osborne hardcover books
200119052No Place: Aggie Weston Editions 2001. First edition. Paperback. Fine. 8vo. The second chapbook in the Aggie Weston Poet's Poems Series. Each issue is edited by a different poet and contains selections chosen by the editor. A fine copy in printed stapled wrappers. Aggie Weston Editions paperback books
2007155704Greenbelt Maryland: The Boxwood Press 2007. Small octavo pp. 1-4 1 2-12 13-18 printed wrappers side stapled. Second edition. Issued as "The Boxwooder" number 459 October 2007. This issue reprints Warner's excellent essay "Kurt Vonnegut Jr. -- A Personal Appreciation of the Works of" which comprised the whole issue of "The Boxwooder" number 70 May 1975 with a new 2-page preface by Warner. Probably distributed as part of a National Amateur Press Association monthly bundle. This is a Vonnegut collector's item unknown to most. A fine copy. Seemingly very scarce. #155704 The Boxwood Press] unknown books
1932755651932. WASSERMAN Jacob. DOCTOR KERKHOVEN. New York: Horace Liveright 1932. First U.S. edition. Translated from The German by Cyrus Brooks. 646pp. 8vo. olive cloth. Bookplate to front pastedown. Volume just slightly cocked. Small spot of soil near top-edge of front board. Light scuffing to rear board. Clean and fresh within. A very good volume scarce in a worn dust jacket. unknown books
1881184539New York: T. Kelly 1881. Hardcover. VG Cover and spine have general wear fading staining and peeling. front end page missing. Bookblock has age toning. Interior pages have some age toning. Some pages loose from binding. Brown leather boards. Black title blocks on 4 raised band spine. Decorative inside covers and end pages xv 1090 xxii pages : illustrations Decorative bookblock. "Illustrated with one thousand engravings by distinguished artists. T. Kelly hardcover books
188917321NY: J. A. Hill 1889. First edn. 8vo pp. 544. Bound in leather backed cloth title-leaf starting to come loose a very good copy. J. A. Hill unknown books
1929007716New York: Farrar & Rinehart 1929. 2 vols. xiv 380; 500p. b/w illus. original brown cloth. Farrar & Rinehart unknown books
190829770New York: Privately printed 1908. First edition limited to 550 copies printed at the De Vinne Press this one of 500 on Old Stratford paper; 8vo pp. xiv 131; frontispiece portrait in sepia title-page printed in red and black and a few full-page facsimiles in the text; original gray paper-covered boards red leatherette label lettered in gilt on spine; the covers soiled and stained and extremities worn with spine ends chipped away and a half-inch scrape to spine label; still a good sturdy copy. First editions of this title are hard to come by in the trade--even in this condition; reprints and PODs abound online. <br/><br/> Privately printed hardcover books
195051411New York: The Typophiles 1950. Edition limited to 420 copies small 8vo pp. viii 6 60 2; 8 plates plus illus. in text designed and printed by Taylor & Taylor. Fine copy in orig. cloth. "First documented biography" of the inventor of the Columbian "America's first important contribution to printing." <br/><br/> The Typophiles hardcover books
19741309669Springfield MA: Jacob Freedman Liturgy Research Foundation 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Imperial Octavo;VG-/VG; DJ comes in protective archival cover shows ware: chipping along fore-edge of front coveropen tear on bottom of spine closed tear on head edge of back cover rubbing on front back and corners sunning on spine age toning elsewhere; Text block shows shadowing on front and back end papers from inside slips text block is otherwise clean text and illustration legible and clear; pp 134. 1309669. FP New Rockville Stock. Jacob Freedman Liturgy Research Foundation hardcover books
20039012216Hong Kong: Taschen 2003. Hardcover. Book fine Dust jacket fine. Text is in English and German. <br/><br/> Taschen hardcover books
19799008686New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art / Abrams 1979. 1st. Hardcover. Book fine Dust jacket fine. With 379 illustrations. With an index of former owners and a concordance. <br/><br/> Metropolitan Museum of Art / Abrams hardcover books
195595328N.P.: n.p. 1955. heavy paper folder with 4 page offprint loosely inserted. Johnson Merle Devore. 8vo. heavy paper folder with 4 page offprint loosely inserted. An offprint from Antiquarian Bookman September 24 1955. Presentation on front cover "E. Carpenter Esq fr. J.B." and further inscribed in the back "40 copies. JB. n.p. unknown books
19146828New York: Privately printed 1914. boards leather spine label slipcase. Lowell James Russell. 8vo. boards leather spine label slipcase. xvii 136 pages. Compiled from the Collection Formed by the late Jacob Chester Chamberlain with Assistance . Luther Livingston. First edition limited to 550 copies. Slipcase worn and soiled. Soiling to spine. Privately printed unknown books
7456Leipzig Vernh. Friedr. Voigt 1922. 2nd edition. Cloth lettered in gilt on the cover and spine viii 405 3 pp. illustrated. Text browned top fore-corner of the front free endpaper clipped cloth chipped at the heel of the spine otherwise very good. Arents IV 2658. <br/><br/> Leipzig, Vernh. Friedr. Voigt, 1922. hardcover books
