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1911274223London: Harrap 1911. Limited. hardcover. very good. Pogany Willy. A Dramatic Poem. Translated by T.W. Rolleston. 16 tipped-in color plates full page black and whites orange text illustrations plus beautiful color pictorial endpapers by Willy Pogany. Calligraphic text with decorative initials are also by Pogany. Tall 8vo handsomely bound in publisher's full tan blind stamped calf some fading on spine and top edge top edge gilt uncut edges. London: Harrap 1911. Very good .<br/><br/> Number 341 of only 525 numbered copies signed by Willy Pogany. A beautiful book.<br/><br/> Harrap unknown books
1877746London: Schott's 1877. First English language edition. First trade edition and 1st combined edition in English translated by Alfred Forman of The Rhein-Gold The Walkyrie Siegfried and Dusk of the Gods preceded only by privately printed separate issues of the 4 individual parts 1873-1875 to secure copyright which had a total of just 238 pages. This is the complete librettos with 351 pages of snugly printed tiny type containing all the dialogue and stage directions for all 4 parts. <br/><br/>Half cloth marbled boards printed paper label. Near fine condition with the series half-title and title page as well as all 4 half-titles. Ex-Edw. Schuberth & Co. oval stamp to half-title. Schott's unknown books
187795London: Schott 1877. First Edition. 1/2 cloth. Near fine. 1st collected edition in English complete in 356 pages a copy with less pages is missing something. The Rhein-Gold The Walkyrie Siegfried and Dusk of the Gods preceded in English only by the privately printed individual librettos a hastily gathered abridged assembly of 238 pages total published to secure copyright. Our edition issued to accompany Wagner's conducting of the cycle in London has all 4 parts with all the stage directions and dialogue. Contemporary half cloth marbled boards printed paper label near fine complete with the volume half-title the 4 half-titles for the individual parts and the coda To Richard Wagner. Ex-Edw. Schuberth with his company's oval stamp to the general half-title. The source was the prodigious German epic poem Das Nibelungen Lied anonymously written by an unknown massive-aggressive in the 12th century about events in the 5th or 6th. It recounts the deeds of Siegfried the Dragon Slayer the Germanator his betrayal and murder and the revenge of his wife Kriemhilda the real heroine. In 1816 Professor of philology Karl Lachmann began a careful study of the 11 known more or less complete manuscripts then ordered them chronologically collated corrected translated and amalgamated them to finally produce the version in Middle High German. It remains a foundational pillar of European literature but it was Wagner 1813-1883 who transformed it into an opera the only venue where people die of love by first revisiting Lachmann then brooding upon it and finally escalating the dramatic harmonic and most famously the instrumental forces beyond any of his predecessors setting a new and basic though often ignored challenge for his successors. The Ring Cycle exemplifies his theories and it's conjoining with national epic poetry was the appropriate agent for a masterwork. Schott unknown books
189921376Akron: The Werner Company 1899. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. pebble grained brown cloth decorated pictorially and in gilt. Teg. Near fine. 241 pages. Oblong folio 45 x 34 cm. 43 chromolithographs 25 Army and 18 Navy army and navy uniforms from the Revolution through the Spanish-American War with lettered tissue guards printed in red. Title page printed in red and black. Appendices include The Ships of the United States Navy by class some were wood gunboats. BENNETT p.109. Minor nicks to backstrip extremities a very fresh clean copy with beveled edges. The Werner Company hardcover books
1911RWAG001London: G. G. Harrap and Co. 1911 1911 Illustrated with 16 full color plates tipped in text printed on heavy gray stock decoratively lettered and embellished with numerous lithographs printed in orange gray and black throughout the text designed by Willy Pogany in his characteristic fairy-like Art Nouveau style. Finely bound in full black morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe with five raised bands to spine compartments and bands decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt elaborate leaf design stamped in gilt to turn-ins all edges gilt black and gray marbled endpapers with the original cloth bound in to rear. Overall a beautiful example of turn of the century illustrations in an exquisite binding. Tannhauser is an opera by Richard Wagner inspired by the German legend of the medieval poet Tannhauser and the Warturg Song Contest. Written in three acts the opera tells of the struggle between love in its many forms. This particular edition contains a poetic interpretation of the opera's original libretto by T. W. Rolleston. Born in Hungary in 1882 Willy Pogany was a prolific illustrator active in Europe and the United States throughout the first half of the 20th century. After attending art school he travelled through Munich and Paris finally finding success in London following the demand for illustrators sparked by Arthur Rackham's publication of Rip Van Winkle in 1906 which was widely popular. Pogany is most known for the four illustrated books he published between 1910 and 1913 The Rime of the Ancient Mariner 1910 Tannhauser 1911 Parsifal 1912 and Lohengrin 1913. Hard Cover. Fine. London: G. G. Harrap and Co., [1911] hardcover books
18882180Bloomsburg PA 1888. Very Good . Manuscript notebook composed by Ida Sylva Wagner a young woman training to become a teacher at the Bloomsburg State Normal School now Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania between 1888-1889. Comprised of 88 pages in ink and pencil blending lecture and reading notes with what appear to be Ida's own drafts of analytic essays practice lesson plans and examination questions. Quarter cloth over marbled boards measuring 5.5 x 8.5 inches. Shelf-wear to extremities and hinges tender but holding. Text block overall tight with mild toning not affecting text. Wagner's ownership signature and school information on front paste-down; second ownership signature along with Wagner's later teaching location on rear paste-down. In Very Good condition overall considering its daily class use and apparent usage as a reference guide during Ida's later teaching career.<br/><br/>Established in 1869 the Bloomsburg State Normal School aimed to provide rigorous teacher training to ensure that regional educators could "teach the youth elements of classical education" Bloomsburg University. State census records show that she would have been 22 at the time of this class and that she later moved to Luzerne County to work as a teacher after graduation. This notebook rigorously documents her work in an advanced Practical Teaching course which provided pedagogical methodology as well as requiring students to put methods into practice by designing usable teaching materials. Ida's notebook is roughly divided into sections with blanks separating each; and they include practical notes including Introductory Consideration Foundations and Principles Length of Recitation Object Lessons and Plan of Lessons as well as sample content for lessons such as Primary Reading Primary Numbers and Rules of Grammar. In her hand Ida reflects on the importance of theory and practice noting "The powers of the child which demand the teacher's attention are the physical the intellectual the moral and the spiritual.before knowing can take place there must be something to know and the thing to be known must affect its appropriate sense." This guiding principle clearly shapes the class and Ida's notes show that she is being trained in the "something to know" for example the 15 pages of vocabulary pronunciations and definitions as well as the "affecting its appropriate sense" for example the 46 initial pages on methods for shaping appropriate lessons. <br/><br/>A dense resource with research possibilities including but not limited to the fields of history of pedagogy history of American higher education women's education and employment and gender studies. Very Good . unknown books
18712499291871. unbound. 2 pages front and back 8.5 x 5.25 inches no place September 22 1871. Elegant letter signed "Cosima" by the daughter of Franz Liszt second wife of Richard Wagner and director of the Bayreuth Festival for 31 years. This letter thanks a friend for sending her clothing measurements and giving her carte blanche for both color and make of an item of clothing. She also writes that the children's maid has gone away leaving her to do the washing hairdressing clothing playing teaching running up and down stairs like a rat ".je lave je coiffe j'habille je joue j'enseigne je cours comme un rat a travers les escaliers.". She ends with a request for used foreign stamps for her daughter Loulou's collection. Natural folds; very good condition.<br/><br/> unknown books
191115122903New York: Doubleday Page & Co 1911. 1st and Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Rackham Arthur. First US limited edition no. 82 of 1150 copies quarto size 184 pp. signed by Arthur Rackham. British illustrator Arthur Rackham 1867-1939 is credited with renewing interest in book illustration at a vital moment of advances in printing technology. The subtle colours and thin lines were unlike anything that had come before as if plucked from the fog of a wild imagination breathing new life into the whole of children's book illustration. Part of Rackham's genius was his ability to convey both menace in his grotesque humanoid trees and trolls as well as delicate and almost ethereal beauty in his fairies princesses and heroines.<br/><br/>This work "Siegfried & The Twilight of the Gods" is considered by many to be Rackham's most magnificent work; based on the "Götterdämmerung" by Richard Wagner the last in his cycle of four musical dramas collectively called "Der Ring des Nibelungen" "The Ring of the Nibelung" it is loosely based on Old Norse mythologies. <br/><br/>Rackham created thirty full-colour illustrations for this work which are breathtaking in presenting the passions of the "Ring" and its many characters: the ethereal beauty of Brünnhilde the venomous evil of the dragon Fafner the cunning of the dwarves the ecstasy of love found and the subsequent despair of love betrayed and lost. Later reprints do not do these illustrations justice and Rackham justifiably oversaw the first edition reproduction processes to ensure the illustrations were to his exacting standards.<br/><br/>___DESCRIPTION: Rebound in brown laid paper boards with an ivory cloth spine original publisher's paper label laid down on the spine grey-green laid paper endpapers limitation statement with Arthur Rackham's signature on the verso of the page preceding the frontispiece title page with green lettering and a small illustration by Rackham in black the thirty colour illustrations are tipped onto heavy brown paper each with a lettered tissue guard nine drawings total including title page in black and white many signatures unopened; quarto size approximately 11.5" tall pagination: i-x 1-182 blank printer's statement printed by Ballantyne & Company Ltd London count excludes pages with tipped-in illustrations and tissue guards; limited edition of 1150 copies all signed by Rackham with 150 being reserved for America of which this is no. 82. <br/><br/>___CONDITION: Near fine overall with a strong square text block hinges a bit tender but holding well the interior bright and clean obviously unread as many signatures are unopened free of prior owner markings and all the illustrations with their tissue guards are present as called for each of the illustrations being in fine condition save one pg. 108 which has a very small rubbed spot; the binding with some rubbing to the corners particularly the bottom corners overall light soiling with some small tears to the cloth spine; even with its few exterior faults and having been rebound a lovely example of this Rackham tour de force. <br/><br/>___CITATION: Latimore & Haskell pg. 37; Riall pg. 109. <br/><br/>___POSTAGE: International customers please note that additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs; please contact us for details. <br/><br/>___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA ILAB and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. Doubleday Page & Co hardcover books
191321543London: Harrap 1913. 1st ed. Hardcover. Fine. Pogany Willy. 4to limp brown suede binding "velvet calf yapped" stamped with blind and gilt cover illustration and gilt decorated spine 8 mounted color plates by Willy Pogany and lavishly illustrated in line and gray-scale throughout. Bound in ribbon book mark brittle with age else fine in aged glassine wrapper and original publisher's 2-part illustrated box. Uncommon with the box. <br/><br/> Harrap hardcover books
19111286384London: Heinemann 1911. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Quarto; VG-; Vellum binding; Silk ties to front fore edge; Gilt lettering on spine gilt design to front; Some bowing to boards as is typical for this edition; Upper edge gilt all other edges deckle cut; Binding is tight; Text block is toned but free of marking; All images clean; Book has been SIGNED by Rackham and is numbered 944 of an edition of 1150. This volume contains the second and third days of the Ring of the Niblung Trilogy: Siegfried and The Twilight of the Gods. Shelved Case 14 Dupont. 1286384. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Heinemann hardcover books
1929151068N.p.: N.p. 1929. Collection of seven vintage oversize double weight reference photographs four of William Dieterle and Lien Deyers two of Dieterle and one of Dieterle and Nikolai Malikoff from the 1929 German silent film. <br/><br/>Viola von Birkenfeld Deyers falls madly in love with the young Friedrich von Bornim Dieterle while he cares for her grandfather after an accident. Upon finding out Friedrich is married her grandfather seeks retribution for breaking his granddaughter's heart. <br/><br/>15.5 x 12 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1955139429New York: Library Publishers 1955. First American Edition originally published in the UK by Derek Verschoyle the previous year. Photo illustrated throughout with different images than the UK edition. <br/><br/>An early examination of the negative influence of pop culture on the American public with sections on film pin ups pulp novels television and most importantly comic books which Wagner referred to as "the marijuana of the nursery." A companion piece to Fredric Wertham's infamous "Seduction of the Innocent" just as influential in the creation of the Comics Code Authority and far more scarce. <br/><br/>Near Fine in a Very Good example of the rare dust jacket. Front board slightly bowed. Jacket chipped affecting the "P" in "Parade" on the front panel and publisher's name on the heel with a few short closed tears repaired with cello tape on the verso and faint creasing. A presentable copy overall. Library Publishers unknown books
1911221006London: Heinemann 1911. Limited. hardcover. very good. Rackham Arthur. Translated by Margaret Armour. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham with 30 mounted color plates protected with lettered tissue and numerous b/w drawings in the text. 181pp of text. Thick 4to original gilt-stamped pictorial vellum slightly discolored & lacking cloth ties; uncut edges t.e.g. London and New York: Heinemann and Doubleday 1911. A very good copy.<br/><br/> Edition de Luxe. Number 102 of 1150 copies signed by the artist on the limitation page.<br/><br/> Heinemann unknown books
1927600716<p>in black fountain pen ink. Portrait shot from chest up attired in overcoat with raised collar and hamburg hat his eyes looking to the right by Max Schneider Vienna with photographer's blindstamp in the lower right corner. Photo image 12" x 9 1/4" on photographer’s mount 13 1/4" x 9 3/4". A handsome portrait signed in 1927 the year he won the Nobel Prize for Medicine. Professor Julius Wagner Ritter von Jauregg 1857-1940 Austrian Scientist Director of the Psychiatric University Clinic in Vienna between 1893 and 1928. In 1927 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine for his discovery of Malaria treatment for progressive paralysis. Although he had no direct connection with Freud and psychoanalysis he allowed his assistants for example Otto Potzl Paul Schilder Heinz Hartmann Helene Deutsch to work as psychoanalysts.</p> unknown books
1911180219007Paris: Hachette et Cie 1911. Signed Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Deluxe French limited edition; copy #213 of 340 of 390 total signed by Arthur Rackham on the limitation page. Publisher's full vellum binding stamped in gilt. Near Fine. Boards faintly bowed bump to top of spine vellum lightly soiled bookseller ticket to front paste down. All illustrations and tissue guards present lacking ribbon ties. A lovely copy of the deluxe French limited edition which had a much smaller limitation than its British counterpart. Hachette et Cie hardcover books
18863040Paris: Jules Rouam 1886. First edition. First edition. Thick folio. The Deluxe Copy. Three quarter light brown morocco five rasied bands marbled boards gilt spine. Celebrated treatise on Wagner with superb gravure illustrations by Fantin-Latour 120 including a double suite of lithographs printed on both Japan Vellum as well as China Paper. Scenes from operas much more all tissue-guarded. Some light rubbing to corners and spine very good copy. <br/><br/> Jules Rouam hardcover books
187526101Mainz: B. Schott's Söhne PN 21500 1875. Folio. Contemporary dark brown tooled half calf with dark green cloth boards decorative initials "P.R." to upper gilt titling to spine in ruled compartments all edges gilt. 1f. general title "Der Ring des Nibelungen 1f. title 1f. half-title 1 cast list and contents 2-357 i blank pp. Lithographed throughout. <br/><br/>Cloth portion of binding slightly stained worn and frayed at edges light blue watered silk endpapers slightly soiled. Slightly foxed and browned. First Edition. Fuld p. 465. Deathridge Geck and Voss WWV p. 402. Klein p. 51. The general title and half title are common to the full scores of all four Ring operas.<br/><br/>Götterdämmerung is the fourth opera in the Ring cycle. Excerpts were first performed in a concert at the Musikverein in Vienna on March 25 1875; the entire work was first performed as part of the Ring cycle at Bayreuth on August 17 1876. <br/><br/>"The final opera of the Ring. provides an appropriately weighty conclusion to the epic cycle. 26 years elapsed from the time Wagner made his first prose draft for the work then called Siegfrieds Tod to the completion of the full score with inevitable consequences in terms of stylistic unity. Retrogressive elements of grand opera exist side by side with motivic integration representative of Wagner's most mature style. And yet the stylistic integrity of Götterdämmerung is scarcely compromised so skilfully are the disparate elements welded together and so intense the dramaturgical conviction. The resources and stamina demanded by the work from both singers and orchestra combined with its sheer length and theatrical potency make it one of the most daunting yet rewarding undertakings in the operatic repertory." Barry Millington in Grove Music Online. B. Schott's Söhne [PN 21500] unknown books
03377London: G.G. Harrap 1913. One of Pogany's Masterpieces<br/>Limited to 525 Copies Signed by the Artist<br/><br/>POGANY Willy illustrator. ROLLESTON T.W. WAGNER Richard. The Tale of Lohengrin Knight of the Swan after the Drama of Richard Wagner by T.W. Rolleston. Presented by Willy Pogany. London: G.G. Harrap n .d. 1913. <br/><br/>Limited to 525 copies signed by the artist this being copy no. 90. Quarto. Eight tipped-in color plates numerous full page color illustrations calligraphic text head- tailpieces; an image on every page. Printed on heavy grey stock. <br/><br/>Full vellum pictorially gilt-stamped. Top edge gilt others untrimmed. A fine copy. Housed in a blue cloth slipcase.<br/><br/>William Andrew "Willy" Pogany born Vilmos Andreas Pogány August 1882 - 30 July 1955 was a prolific Hungarian illustrator of children's and other books. Pogany's best known works consist of illustrations of classic myths and legends done in the Art Nouveau style. He also worked as an art director on several Hollywood films including Fashions of 1934 and Dames.<br/><br/>The publication of Pogány's Lohengrin was the final act in his trilogy of masterworks focused on Wagner's Germanic tales and one of the quintet that is considered his finest work. Pogány clearly approached the commission to illustrate Lohengrin as an opportunity to improve and extend techniques that he had developed through his preceding work particularly The Rubáiyat of Omar Khayyám The Rime of the Ancient Mariner Tannhäuser and Parsifal the other four books that immortalized his career as an illustrator. That commitment to ongoing innovation resulted in an incredible suite of illustrations including color lithographs monotone and marginal illustrations and the delightful tipped-in color plates produced with a four-color process included in Lohengrin. Themes of medieval chivalry erotic love and moral tests are illustrated in a lavish fashion by Pogány with an outstanding use of iconography form and color. London: G.G. Harrap, 1913 unknown books
1910215879London: William Heinemann 1910. First edition thus no. 124 of 1150 copies. With 35 mounted color plates and other black and white drawings by Arthur Rackham. 1 vols. 4to. Original full parchment gilt with Rackham devices on spine and upper cover silk ties t.e.g. Spine soiled endpapers foxed toning and light foxing throughout. In green cloth slipcase. Rackham Arthur. First edition thus no. 124 of 1150 copies. With 35 mounted color plates and other black and white drawings by Arthur Rackham. 1 vols. 4to. With 35 Mounted Color Plates. William Heinemann unknown books
03378London: G.G. Harrap & Co. 1911. One of Pogany's Quintet of Masterpieces<br/>Limited to 525 Copies<br/><br/>POGANY Willy illustrator. Tannhauser. A Dramatic Poem by Richard Wagner Freely Translated in Poetic Narrative Form by T.W. Rolleston. Presented by Willy Pogany. London: G.G. Harrap & Co. n.d. 1911. <br/><br/>Limited to 525 copies signed and numbered by the artist this being copy no. 241. Quarto. Sixteen mounted color plates including frontispiece many full page two-tone illustrations each page beautifully decorated. <br/><br/>Full vellum pictorially stamped in gilt. Top edge gilt others untrimmed. A fine copy with only a bit of light staining to spine. Housed in a blue cloth slipcase.<br/><br/>William Andrew "Willy" Pogany born Vilmos Andreas Pogány August 1882 - 30 July 1955 was a prolific Hungarian illustrator of children's and other books. Pogany's best known works consist of illustrations of classic myths and legends done in the Art Nouveau style. He also worked as an art director on several Hollywood films including Fashions of 1934 and Dames.<br/><br/>The publication of Pogány's Tannhauser was the first act in his trilogy of masterworks focused on Wagner's Germanic tales and one of the quintet that is considered his finest work. Pogány clearly approached the commission to improve and extend techniques that he had developed through his preceding work particularly The Rubáiyat of Omar Khayyám and The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. Along with Tannhäuser Parsifal and Lohengrin these five books immortalized his career as an llustrator. That commitment to ongoing innovation resulted in an incredible suite of illustrations including color lithographs monotone and marginal illustrations and the delightful tipped-in color plates produced in four-color process included in Tannhauser. Themes of medieval chivalry erotic love and moral tests are illustrated in a lavish fashion by Pogány with an outstanding use of iconography form and colour. London: G.G. Harrap & Co., 1911 unknown books
03376London: G.G. Harrap & Co. 1912. De Luxe Parsifal<br/>Exquisite Pogany<br/>One of 525 Copies<br/><br/>POGANY Willy illustrator. ROLLESTON T.W. Parsifal or the Legend of the Holy Grail. Retold from Ancient Sources with Acknowledgment to the Parsifal of Richard Wagner by T.W. Rolleston. Presented by Willy Pogany London: Harrap 1912. <br/><br/>Edition De Luxe limited to 525 copies signed and numbered by the artist this being copy no. 293. Quarto 10 7/8 x 7 1/8 in; 275 x 181 mm. Unpaginated. Sixteen mounted color plates including frontispiece many full page color and two-tone illustrations each text leaf with elaborate pictorial borders.<br/><br/>Publisher's full vellum pictorially stamped in gilt. Top edge gilt others untrimmed. Top board very slightly bowed. A fine copy. Housed in a blue cloth slipcase.<br/><br/>William Andrew "Willy" Pogany born Vilmos Andreas Pogány August 1882 - 30 July 1955 was a prolific Hungarian illustrator of children's and other books. Pogany's best known works consist of illustrations of classic myths and legends done in the Art Nouveau style. He also worked as an art director on several Hollywood films including Fashions of 1934 and Dames.<br/><br/>The publication of Pogány's Lohengrin was the final act in his trilogy of masterworks focused on Wagner's Germanic tales and one of the quintet that is considered his finest work. Pogány clearly approached the commission to illustrate Lohengrin as an opportunity to improve and extend techniques that he had developed through his preceding work particularly The Rubáiyat of Omar Khayyám The Rime of the Ancient Mariner Tannhäuser and Parsifal. the other four books that immortalized his career as an illustrator. That commitment to ongoing innovation resulted in an incredible suite of illustrations including color lithographs monotone and marginal illustrations and the delightful tipped-in color plates produced with a four-color process included in Parsifal. Themes of medieval chivalry erotic love and moral tests are illustrated in a lavish fashion by Pogány with an outstanding use of iconography form and color. London: G.G. Harrap & Co., 1912 unknown books
186918200Leipzig: Verlagsbuchhandlung von J.J. Weber 1869. Cloth. Very Good. Following the 1850 original printing of Wagner's virulent attack on the influence of Judaism in music this is the 1869 correct 2nd edition published out of Leipzig and for the first time using Wagner's own name as author. Rebound in the mid-20th century in a light-blue cloth with dark leather title label at the spine. New front and rear endsheets as well. Happily though the complete book is bound-in including the original light-green wrappers which show minor soiling and creasing along the edges. The original text has held us very nicely as well; bright clean and eminently readable. Octavo 57 pgs. plus publisher's ad at the rear. <br/><br/> Verlagsbuchhandlung von J..J. Weber hardcover books
191319898London: G. G. Harrap & Co 1913. Limited edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Illustrated by Williy Pogany. 4to. Illustrated throughout in both black and white and color by Pogany. This copy bound in the somewhat scarce publisher's brown leather spine intricately gilt and with the title and illustration on the upper board as in the more common vellum and morocco bindings. Illustrated endpapers. Top edge gilt. Light wear to the inner hinges else this is a fine copy with only a trace of sunning to the spine. One of 525 copies signed by Pogany of which this is number 272. Lohengrin comes to us courtesy of Wolfram von Eschenbach where is is described as the son of Sir Perceval Parzifal. When Parzifal becomes the Grail King Lohengrin becomes the Grail Knight and his twin inherits Parzifal's secular lands. G. G. Harrap & Co hardcover books
1899208238Akron: Werner Company 1899. First. hardcover. very good-. Handsomely illustrated with 44 full-page color lithographs. 241pp. Oblong folio pictorial cloth; some areas of edges lightly worn back cover and first few page margins lightly soiled last two blank pages lightly dampstained rebacked in modern brown cloth front flyleaf lacking bottom right corner inner hinges strengthened. Akron: Werner Company 1899. First Edition.<br/><br/> Internally the plates and text are bright. Plates depict soldiers on horseback and on foot mostly in battle scenes.<br/><br/> Werner Company unknown books
20053223Oxford: University Press 2005. First Edition. COMPLETE SET of all 6 vols. comprising more than 2965 pages sic! printed in two- and three-columes. Original publisher's blue cloth some scuffing to cloth covers ISBN stickers on lower right corner of back covers. Vertical creasing on half title of volume III occasional signs of use / thumbsoiling but overall the contents are clean fresh and unspoiled. NOT ex-library! Complete sets are rare in private ownership; only two complete set have appeared action and this was one of them -- the other one sold at Swann in 2013.<br/><br/>"Bod-Inc" as it is affectionately -- and reverentially -- known is so epic that it scarcely warrants any discussion whatsoever. Suffice it to say that more than 5600 incunables are EXHAUSTIVELY described with detailed listings of the contents of EACH EDITION. Arranged alphabetically the aims of Bod-Inc are summarized in the catalogue's introduction:<br/><br/>"The main aim of the catalogue has been from the outset to combine information about the individual copies in the collections of the Bodleian Library their bindings their provenance manuscript notes and other signs of use with a detailed analysis of the contents of each edition locating all texts in each edition identifying their authors and giving references to modern editions of each text where they exist. It is not the aim of the catalogue to replicate typographical information which is already available in one of the other detailed incunable catalogues such as GW BMC or Polain."<br/><br/>The sixth volume contains an indispensible 102-page "Index of Provenances Owners and Donors" pp. 2833-2935. Printed in 3 columns there must be 4000 names listed herein.<br/><br/>The Bodleian Library Bod-Inc database is NOT condusive to browsing and thus the user cannot experience the luxurious joy of bibliographic discovery namely browsing through the Bodleian's incunabula for months and years.<br/><br/>MUST BE SEEN TO BE FULLY APPRECIATED. University Press unknown books
