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1984400156London: Weidenfeld and Nicholson 1984. First edition. Fine. 4to. Profusely illustrated in color and black-and-white. Original printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION issued simultaneously in wrappers and cloth. This exhibition was held at the Hayward Gallery London 5 April-8 July 1984. The essays by leading scholars in the field include studies of manuscripts wall-paintings stained glass sculpture ivory carvings metalwork decorative ironwork seals coins bindings potters and textiles. A bibliography and chronology are found at end. <br/><br/> Weidenfeld and Nicholson hardcover books
1967Embry 172399Macmillan 1967. First printing thus. Fine in near fine slightly toned price-clipped dust jacket in mylar cover. Macmillan, 1967. First printing thus. unknown books
1981RWYCPLA00RJBPress Syndicate of The University of Cambridge 1981. Very Good. Wycherley William. The Plays of William Wycherley in the series 'Plays by Renaissance and Restoration Dramatists'. Holland ed. Peter. Cambridge UK: Press Syndicate of The University of Cambridge 1981. First edition. 492pp. Indexed. 8vo. Hardcover with gilt stamping to spine. Book condition: Very good with a couple subtle bumps to edges. Dust Jacket Condition: Near fine. In clear dust jacket protector. Especially scarce in hardcover. Press Syndicate of The University of Cambridge hardcover books
1985134348Chicago IL: Arts Club of Chicago 1985. First edition. Softcover. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran May 6 through June 26 1985. Essay by Nicholas Wilder. Includes with the cover 10 color illustrations. A very good copy in stapled wrappers with a sticker shadow to the front cover and from the Cranbrook Academy of Art Library with their stamp to the verso of the rear cover. Errata slip laid in. Arts Club of Chicago unknown books
1969199654Austin: University of Texas Press 1969. Hardcover. xiv 216p.first edition edge worn and slightly darkened dj. "Written in an informal and vernacular style the recollections of a former Texas farmer and Baptist minister in Jacksonville Texas begun in 1928." Brignano 404. University of Texas Press hardcover books
1973CNBR110Menston Yorkshire England: Ilkey Literature Festival printed by The Scolar Press 1973. Folio in a case. Near fine. Folio size 19 unnumbered pages with facsimiles of the manuscripts of each poem. Wystan Hugh Auden 1907-1973 was an English-American poet known for his variety of styles and subject matter including politics love and religion; this collection of poems by various poets serves as a tribute to Auden's profound influence on the contemporary literature of the time and a celebration of the first Ilkley Literature Festival which was opened by Auden during the last year of his life. Beginning the collection is Auden's poem "Lullaby" an unconventional love poem followed by poems by ten other writers; each poet was asked to take a title or epigraph from Auden's published work as a starting point and each offers a unique voice connected through an admiration of Auden and the forms of his poetry. Included also are facsimiles of the manuscripts of each poem printed on beautiful Amatruda Amalfi paper.<br/><br/>___DESCRIPTION: Light green two-fold cardstock folio with dark green cloth spine with flap on the inside back cover to hold items black lettering on the front cover the folio enclosing a light green soft cover volume with staples containing poems black lettering on the front cover and twenty-three loose facsimiles of the manuscripts of each poem; Amatruda Amalfi paper folio size 14" by 10.5" pagination: volume with nineteen unnumbered pages plus twenty-three loose pages; paper has soft creasing from being dampened to print and dried without flattening.<br/><br/>___CONDITION: Soft cover volume is fine; with clean covers straight corners with no rubbing a strong square text block with solid hinges the interior is clean and bright and entirely free of prior owner markings. Cardstock folio is near fine with clean covers and entirely free of prior owner markings; some rubbing to the bottom and fore-edges and the head and tail of the spine top and bottom corners bumped and some slight sunning to the top edges of the inside covers. Loose facsimiles of manuscripts are fine clean and uncreased with only a few spots of soiling on a couple of the poems.<br/><br/>___POSTAGE: Â International customers please note that additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs; please inquire 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. Ilkey Literature Festival [printed by The Scolar Press] unknown books
2010145966Minneapolis Minnesota: Voyageur Press 2010. Hardcover. VG Light wear to cloth at extremities. Black cloth over boards color pictorial dj.; 176 pp.; Profusely illustrated in bw and color. A history of Pullman cars from the early era of wooden cars to steel cars to lightweight cars and beyond. Wonderfully illustrated with extensive text. Voyageur Press hardcover books
196981925London:: Macmillan. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1969. Hardcover. First British edition. Light foxing on edges else very good in a very good light edge wear dust jacket. . Macmillan, hardcover books
4174London: Chapman & Hall Ltd. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. A handsome example of the complete 12 volume set. Published 1925-1928. Each volume limited to 1000 copies. 7 of the volumes translated from their original French by Eric Sutton 4 of them translated by H.B.V. and one of them by Mrs. Wilfrid Jackson. All volumes have held up nicely and are solid and VG to VG in their original decorative cloth with bright gilt-lettering along the spines. Octavos top-edges gilt deckled fore-edges and bottom-edges. The 12 volumes are as follows: Vol. I: The Fairy Doll La Poupee by Jean-Galli de Bibliena; Vol. II: The Opportunities of a Night La Nuit et Le Moment by M. de Crebillon le Fils; Vol. III: The Queen of Golconda and Other Tales by Stanislas-Jean de Boufflers; Vol. IV: Angola: An Eastern Tale by Jacques-Rochette de la Morliere; Vol. V: Rameau's Nephew and Other Works by Denis Diderot: Vol.VI: The Prophet's Cousin Le Cousin de Mahomet by Nicolas Fromaget; Vol. VII: The Masked Lady Le Masque by Joseph Durey de Sauroy; Vol. VIII: All the Better for Her! and Other Stories by Claude-Henri de Fusee de Voisenon; Vol. IX: The Coachman's Story and Other Tales by Anne-Claude-Phillipe de Tubieres; Vol. X: Spleen and Other Stories by Pierre Victor and Baron de Besenval; Vol. XI: A Thousand and One Follies & His Most Unlooked-For Lordship by Jacques Cazotte and Vol. XII: Never Again! Point de Landemain and Other Stories by Claude-Joseph Dorat. <br/><br/> Chapman & Hall Ltd hardcover books
1983132802Los Angeles: self-published 1983. 16p. 6x9 inches foreword very good in stapled wraps. Personally inscribed signed and dated 27 March 2000 by the UCLA music professor. self-published unknown books
199125564Hastings-on-Hudson NY and MA: David & Yola Coffeen and Raymond V. Giordano 1991. First Edition. Staplebound wraps. Near Fine. First Edition. Pgs 1-32. 8vo. Wraps. Illustrated. A bright clean copy. Staplebound wraps. ISSUE CONTENTS:<br/><br/>Spiders in the Crosshairs: Cobweb and the Search for the Perfect Line by STEVEN TURNER. <br/>Notes on the Blink-Comparator by LOUIS F. DRUMMETER JR. <br/>John Roach's Instruments in Sydney by JULLIAN HOLLAND. <br/>British Instrument Makers in the U.S. by DEBORAH JEAN WARNER. <br/> Obituary: Saul Moskowitz by DAVID AND YOLA COFFEEN.<br/><br/>The Rittenhouse Journal of the Scientific Enterprise was a scholarly journal focused on increasing and distributing knowledge about scientific instruments made and/or sold in the US and the Americas. Throughout its 23 years of publication and a total of 70 issues the journal covered areas including mathematical optical and philosophical instruments chemical physical and electrical apparatus sundials and globes; and time periods from the 17th to the mid-20th century. Authors of the various articles in the journal are well known scholars from major institutions collectors and dealers in the field of scientific instruments. David & Yola Coffeen and Raymond V. Giordano unknown books
1610WRCAM33905The Hague: Hillebrant Iacobsz 1610. 8pp. Large vignette on titlepage. Modern marbled boards. Very good. This pamphlet provides further definitions of the terms of the Twelve Years' Truce between Spain and the Netherlands. While negotiated as a prelude to permanent peace both sides hoped to use the truce from the long and grueling Dutch war of independence to build their military resources. In the end it greatly benefited the Dutch who ended the peace in 1621 greatly strengthened. Rare. Not in EUROPEAN AMERICANA. KNUTTEL 1721. Hillebrant Iacobsz hardcover books
189426160Philadelphia: Porter & Coates 1894. Reprint. Cloth. Near Fine/near fine. 8vo. Matching two volume set of books describing the land of Holland by De Amicis with translation from the Italian by Helen Zimmern. Illustrated with photographs. 273 and 275 pp respectively. Fold-out map at rear of Volume II. decorative green cloth bindings with gilt tulipdesign are both in superb condition. Prior owner names to the inside front pastedowns of both volumes else exceptionally clean and unmarked. The matching dark green linen dustwrappers with gilt lettering to spine are also both in superb condition. Integral red silk bookmarks present. Porter & Coates unknown books
2014285389Norwalk Connecticut: The Easton Press 2014. Collector's Edition. Full Leather. Near Fine binding. The Easton Press Collector's Edition of Tom Holland's Rubicon The Last Years of the Roman Republic. Photographic plates. With no marks of any kind. Easton Press introductory leaf and blank bookplate laid in. Brown leather with lettering and decoration in gilt. Silk ribbon marker bound in. All edges gilt. Near Fine binding. The Easton Press unknown books
186347767New York: Charles Scribner 1863. 1st edition BAL 8592. Publisher's original brown cloth binding with gilt title stamping to spine. Pale yellow eps. Square & tight. Modest shelfwear. Spine sunned with some light wear at the spine ends. A VG - VG copy. 347 1 blank pp. 12mo. <br/><br/> Charles Scribner hardcover books
186373051New York: Charles Scribner. Very Good. 1863. Hardcover. LETTERS TO THE JONESES By Timothy Titcomb; Charles Scribner. New York NY. 1863. First Edition. This book is hard-bound in brown cloth. The binding is solid and tight Light rubbing to the lower spine end. The contents are bright and clean. Spine sunned. Holland was one of the founders of Scribner's Magazine which became Century Magazine. Overall Very Good condition. . Charles Scribner hardcover books
1919127710New Haven: Yale University Press 1919. 3ix 250p. 6p. photoillus. reproduced in gravure olive green cloth slightly edgeworn copy in the Abraham Lincoln edition binding. Chronicles of America 42. Photos where humans are seen appear all to be European Americans. Yale University Press unknown books
166729hardcover. Illustrated. 267 pages. Small 8vo decorative cloth. New Haven: Yale UP 1921. A very good copy<br/><br/> The Chronicles of America Series. Volume 37. Allen Johnson Editor.<br/><br/> unknown books
1920028046New Haven Etc.: Yale University Press Etc. 1920. Extra-illustrated edition. vii 250p. b/w illus. t.e.g. original blue cloth with gilt trim The chronicles of America series 42. Yale University Press, Etc. unknown books
71199hardcover. illus. tall 12mo cloth. Yale UP 1919 Chronicles of America Series vol. 42.<br/><br/> unknown books
181737583London: Printed by Thomas Davison Whitefriars for Longman Hurst Rees Orme and Brown 1817. First thus. xv 261 1; vii i 232 pp. 2 vols. 8vo. Bound in full contemporary brown polished calf spines rubbed brown binder's ticket on front pastedowns "Bound by Smith 49 Long Acre" in each volume; front joint of vol. I starting fixing to preliminaries else very good. First thus. xv 261 1; vii i 232 pp. 2 vols. 8vo. Inscribed Twice. INSCRIBED on the first blank leaf of volume I "With the author's best regards March 1834 London" and on the title page of both volumes "To my dear Aunt Mrs. Moore E.V. Holland." Lady Holland's Aunt Mrs. Moore of NYC was Clement C. Moore's mother. <br/>The first volume containing the account of Lope de Vega's life and writings was first published in 1806; this is the first two volume edition and the first containing the treatment of Guillen de Castro. Printed by Thomas Davison, Whitefriars for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown unknown books
188129245New York: Harper & Brothers 1881. "Third Edition". Original printed self-wrappers stapled. Usual bit of browning & foxing to paper. Minor edgewear. Two stab holes in gutter margin as if the issue was previously bound with others from the series. A VG copy. 86 2 pp. Text triple column. Adverts last 2 pages. 11" x 8" <br/><br/> Harper & Brothers unknown books
1855WRCLIT75255New York: Harper & Bros. 1855. Two volumes. xi1378;xviii511pp. Original brown cloth decorated in blind. Early ink ownership signature in top margin of title repeated in pencil otherwise a very good or better set. First US edition published in the same year as the UK edition. The second volume consists entirely of the letters edited by Sarah Austin. Harper & Bros. hardcover books
1987295965London: BBC Books 1987. First. hardcover. near fine/very good. Harris Keith. Illustrated with special illustrations by Keith Harris. 215 pages 8vo blue cloth d.w. London: BBC Books 1987. First edition. A near fine copy in a very good dust wrapper.<br/><br/> BBC Books unknown books
1973130508London: Sidgwick & Jackson 1973. First. Hardcover. VG/VG minor bump to upper corners. Black cloth over boards; Red dj. with b/w illus. clear mylar cover; 232 pp. plus 20 pp of plates with 18 bw illustrations. From the jacket: Joan of Arc is a legend a national heroine a saint. John Holland Smith's prime concern is to present her as a flesh and blood girl of her time. Sidgwick & Jackson hardcover books