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152566040Paris:: Simon de Colines 1525. old full calf; gilt spine. A few old ink notes to the title page; rubbed at corners and extremities. 16mo. Trad. S. Hieronymus. Renouard ICP III 770. Simon de Colines, unknown
140948230New York: Schlangekraft Inc. / Barnes Graphics Inc 1977. First Edition. Fine. First edition limited issue #619 of 666 copies. Signed by publisher L.K. Barnes in red ink on acknowledgments page. lvi 218 3 pp. Bound in publisher's full black leather stamped in silver all edges silver black ribbon bookmark. Very light toning to title page and front free endpaper verso else Fine. The deluxe first edition issued simultaneously with the first trade edition of the Simon Necronomicon. The grimoire is typically attributed to the American occult author and historian Peter Levenda and has references to H.P. Lovecraft's Cthulu mythos and the writings of Aleister Crowley. Schlangekraft Inc. / Barnes Graphics, Inc unknown
158049122Geneva: Jean de Laon 1580. First edition. Hardcover. Nearly Fine. Three volumes octavo.Vol. I: Ï€2 3 4 Ï€3-4 blank Ï€4 6 a-3k8 3l4 blank 3l4 3m8 3n4 = 476 leaves. 24 901 27pp. Vol. II: A8 2A-3F8 3G2 3H8 3I3 blank 3I2 and 3I3 = 437 leaves. 16 836 22 indexpp. Vol. III: Ï€1 B2 3 B4 A1 C2 Au lecteur Ï€2 blank 2A-3G8 3H4 2A4 2B2 258 leaves 16 480 8 index 12 erratapp. N.B.: while the text is complete and continuous collations of preliminary leaves in volumes 1 and 3 are irregular.; printer’s device at each title; 6 errata leaves for the entire work at the end of the third volume. Complete with all four blanks noted in Adams and one additional vol. 2: 3I3. Later polished calf; richly gilt spine with gilt-stamped lettering piece; triple gilt filets at covers; board edges ruled; edges stained red; inner dentelles; marbled endleaves. Occasional mild foxing. Tiny worm hole sometimes obscuring a letter in early leaves of the first volume. A nearly fine handsomely bound set.<br /> <br /> First edition of the celebrated ‘Livre d’Or du Protestantisme français’. It is of primordial importance for the period 1521-1563 and among of the chief source books for the history of French- and Swiss Protestantism during the sixteenth century. Long attributed to the Calvinist theologian Théodore de Bèze 1519-1605 it is now generally assumed to have been written by his fellow Calvinist theologian humanist translator and writer Simon Goulart 1543-1628 based on materials gathered by de Bèze since 1565. <br /> <br /> Provenance: With a wonderful bookseller’s handwritten bill Mr. Scherff libraire Ave de l’Oratoire S. Honoré No. 6 dated 1 Décembre 1821 offering the set for fr. 39. Full title and imprint: Histoire ecclesiastique des eglises reformees au royaume de France en laquelle est descrite au vray la renaissance & accroissement d'icelles depuis l'an M.D.XXI. iusques en l'annee M.D.LXIII. leur reiglement ou discipline Synodes persecutions tant generales que particulieres noms & labeurs de ceux qui ont heureusement trauaillé villes & lieux où elles ont esté dressees auec le discours des premiers troubles ou guerres ciuiles desquelles la vraye cause est aussi declaree. Divisee en trois tomes ayans chasque Tome leurs tables. De l'Imprimerie de Iean Remy. A Anvers 1580.<br /> <br /> References: Adams B 917 under Beza. Index Aureliensis 118.737 under Bèze De. BM STC Dutch p. 77 under: France - Refored Churches “ascribed to T. de Bèze and N. des Gallarsâ€. Belgica Typographica 1457 under: Histoire “Toegeschreven aan S. Goulart ook wel aan Th. De Bèzeâ€. Chaix-Dufour-Moeckli 98: “Ouvrage collectif faussement attribué à Th. de Bèze et mis en oeuvre par Simon Goulart. Mlle Droz a démontré que l’imprimeur était en réalité J. de Laonâ€. Gardy De Bèze 222: “Ainsi que l’a établi Geisendorf cette histoire a été compilée en partie avec des matériaux que Bèze prenait soin de réunir dès 1565 et le travail de compilation semble s’être déroulé à Genève sous sa haute direction; mais Bèze n’a jamais cessé d’en parler dans sa correspondance comme d’une oeuvre anonymeâ€. Jean de Laon hardcover
1796154868Paris: Cercle-Social 1796. First. hardcover. very good. 2 volumes. 314 4; 312 4 pages. 8vo early marbled boards with paper spine labels bindings well-worn but very firm; uniform light foxing throughout. Paris: Imprimerie du Cercle-Social An IV 1796. First edition. Extremely rare. A very good copy.<br/><br/> "One of the most successful popularizations of science ever composed." -DSB. An accompaniment to the author's lectures on calculus mechanics and astronomy. Contains sections on observable astronomical phenomena real motion of planets satellites and comets a summarization of his work in gravitational mechanics and a survey of the history of astronomy. "An elegant non-mathematical classic on astronomy. It is in this work that Laplace introduced one of his most notable contributions although he himself did not take it very seriously at first -- the so-called nebular hypothesis which provided a conjectural account of the origin of the solar system" which exercised powerful influence on scientific thought throughout the 19th century. PMM 252.<br/><br/> Cercle-Social unknown books
1825S9415Leipzig:: Joh. Ambrosius Barth 1825. 1825. Contained in: Annalen der Physik und Chemie Vol. 4. J. C. Poggendorff ed. pp. 79-83. 8vo. 12 476 pp. 4 folding charts 6 engraved plates 2 folding. Modern brown marbled boards printed paper spine label; extremities rubbed. Bookplate of Andras Gedeon institutional exlib stamps. Very good. FIRST EDITION. THE PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT OF OHM'S LAW; HIS FIRST PUBLICATION. This short article in Annalen der Physik und Chemie preceded Ohm's book Die Galvanische Kette Mathematische Bearbeitet 1827 and is his first published scientific paper May 1825. Ohm began publishing his electricity researches in 1825 with his Vorlaufige Anzeige des Gesetzes nach welchem Metalle die Contakteletricitat leiten a paper in which he sought to find a functional relationship between the decrease in the electromagnetic force exerted by a current-carrying wire and the length of the wire. Although this paper contained some fundamental errors it was remarkable for its direct foundation on experiment a characteristic of all Ohm's early papers. In February and April of the following year Ohm published two important papers dealing separately with the two major aspects of his theory of galvanic electricity which he would later unify in his landmark Die galvanische Kette. DSB. "From the zinc and copper poles of a voltaic pile he ran two wires A and B the free ends of which terminated in small mercury-filled cups M. and N; between M and another cup O he ran a third wire C. Together A B and C formed what he called the 'invariable conductor' to distinguish it from one of the seven wires of different lengths that when placed in the circuit between O and N constituted the 'variable conductor'. . . over wire C Ohm hung the magnetic needle of a Coulomb torsion balance which served to measure the electromagnetic force exerted when one of the variable conductors completed the circuit. . . Tabulating these values against the lengths of the wires he found that his data were well represented by the formula v = 0.41 log 1x where v is the loss in force and x is the length of the wire in feet." DSB. In modern application the formula is simplified to v = i r; voltage being equal to current and resistance. Reference: DSB Vol. X p. 187. Joh. Ambrosius Barth, 1825. hardcover books
51-4109Paris: Deterville Librairie économique1805. Folio. New half orange goatskin and marbled boards by Sasha Mosalov; original spine preserved. 28 x 40 cm. 37 of 55 plates. Right part of plate 16 missing. Title page and a few others soiled. Brunet IV col. 325; Cat. Russica 36; Stafleu & Cowan 7224; Wood p. 511; DSB X pp. 283-285. Russie - PALLAS Pierre-Simon. ATLAS des Voyages entrepris dans les gouvernemens méridionaux de l'empire de la Russie dans les années 1793 et 1794 par Mr. le professeur Pallas. Paris Deterville 1805.In-4 oblong demi-veau reliure de l'époque. 37 planches sur 55.partie droite de la carte 16 manquante. Paris: Deterville, Librairie économique1805 hardcover
190690384London: Wyman & Sons 1906-07. First editions of Simon's landmark work. Octavo original cloth three volumes. Volumes I and III are signed Andre Simon Volume II is inscribed by him "With the author's Compliments Andre L. Simon 12 Nov 08 To Austin Bellow." In very good condition with rubbing and wear to volume II. British wine expert Hugh Johnson described French-born wine merchant Andre Simon as "the charismatic leader of the English wine trade for almost all of the first half of the 20th century and the grand old man of literate connoisseurship for a further 20 years". Simon's most distinctive work The History of the Wine Trade in England covers the history of the production and trade of wine in England from ancient Roman times through the end of the 17th century. Wyman & Sons hardcover books
1982310212Stanford CA 1982. Approximately 150 pen and ink and pencil partial and complete drawings including five hand-colored pieces. 2 vols. 4to. Fine. Approximately 150 pen and ink and pencil partial and complete drawings including five hand-colored pieces. 2 vols. 4to. From Stanford to Taxi. A fun and fascinating look into the creative process of Samuel Michael "Sam" Simon 1955-2015 a dynamic and versatile force in American television who won nine Primetime Emmy Awards eight of which were for his work on the iconic animated sitcom The Simpsons. <br/><br/>Sketchbook One still has it's Stanford Bookstore price tag and dates to 1977 Simon's final year at Stanford when he worked as a newspaper cartoonist for the San Francisco Chronicle and The San Francisco Examiner before becoming a storyboard artist at Filmation Studios. Sketches include sports-themed cartoons comic strip ideas for submission to Playboy and Cosmo magazines and various other characters and story concepts. <br/><br/>Sketchbook two dates to circa 1980-1982 and includes the loose pages of concept art for "Wags" a cartoon about a group of talking dogs with a related page of concept notes. Other drawings in the sketchbook include concept sketches for "Best of the West" a short-lived ABC sitcom where Simon worked as a writer in 1981; cartoon renderings of Danny DeVito and Christopher Lloyd from the hit sitcom "Taxi" where Simon served as executive story editor showrunner producer and writer from 1981-1983; and several personal drawings of ideas for a friend's birthday party invitation. unknown books
190690384London: Wyman & Sons 1906-07. First editions of Simon's landmark work. Octavo original cloth three volumes. Volumes I and III are signed Andre Simon Volume II is inscribed by him "With the author's Compliments Andre L. Simon 12 Nov 08 To Austin Bellow." In very good condition with rubbing and wear to volume II. British wine expert Hugh Johnson described French-born wine merchant André Simon as "the charismatic leader of the English wine trade for almost all of the first half of the 20th century and the grand old man of literate connoisseurship for a further 20 years". Simon's most distinctive work The History of the Wine Trade in England covers the history of the production and trade of wine in England from ancient Roman times through the end of the 17th century. Wyman & Sons hardcover
187613221Erlangen & Stuttgart: Ferdinand Enke 1876. FIRST EDITION. With 9 lithographed plates 2 chromolithographs; wood engraved text illustrations. Half morocco over marbled boards; front blank leaf lacking large library label on first paste-down paper is brittle and occasionally chipped on a few fore-edges. First edition of this historic landmark in urology. In 1869 Simon performed the first successful intentional nephrectomy on a woman patient. That date marks the beginning of renal surgery which he here describes in great detail in Volume I. The second volume issued five years after the first treats the subject of kidney surgery on both injured and diseased kidney. He had proved that one healthy kidney can take over the entire excretion process. The illustrations are remarkable.<br /> <br /> Simon 1824-1876 was a distinguished German surgeon who first served as a military physician. He specialized in the fields of gynecology orthopedics and military surgery publishing a well known work on gunshot wounds. As professor of surgery at Rostock he published monographs on gynaecological plastic surgery as well as numerous other literary works in many areas of surgery. Ferdinand Enke unknown
310212Stanford CA 1982. Approximately 150 pen and ink and pencil partial and complete drawings including five hand-colored pieces. 2 vols. 4to. Fine. Approximately 150 pen and ink and pencil partial and complete drawings including five hand-colored pieces. 2 vols. 4to. A fun and fascinating look into the creative process of Samuel Michael "Sam" Simon 1955-2015 a dynamic and versatile force in American television who won nine Primetime Emmy Awards eight of which were for his work on the iconic animated sitcom The Simpsons. <br /> <br /> Sketchbook One still has it's Stanford Bookstore price tag and dates to 1977 Simon's final year at Stanford when he worked as a newspaper cartoonist for the San Francisco Chronicle and The San Francisco Examiner before becoming a storyboard artist at Filmation Studios. Sketches include sports-themed cartoons comic strip ideas for submission to Playboy and Cosmo magazines and various other characters and story concepts. <br /> <br /> Sketchbook two dates to circa 1980-1982 and includes the loose pages of concept art for "Wags" a cartoon about a group of talking dogs with a related page of concept notes. Other drawings in the sketchbook include concept sketches for "Best of the West" a short-lived ABC sitcom where Simon worked as a writer in 1981; cartoon renderings of Danny DeVito and Christopher Lloyd from the hit sitcom "Taxi" where Simon served as executive story editor showrunner producer and writer from 1981-1983; and several personal drawings of ideas for a friend's birthday party invitation. unknown
170338593Nurnberg: Wolfgang Maurice Endter 1703. Engraved title page 46 engraved equestrian plates numbered 1-34 on 42 leaves two folding two-page table; one wood engraving in text. 22 223 pp. 1 vols. Small folio. Nineteenth century maroon morocco upper board titled in gilt. Rebacked in later black morocco. Lower hinge weak closely trimmed at table loss of two lines of text and also at pp. 123-126 with loss of numbering. Plates 1&2 backed some loss to plate 2. Lacking plate 3 view of stable complex and plate 7; with 4 additional plates on 3 leaves. Engraved title page 46 engraved equestrian plates numbered 1-34 on 42 leaves two folding two-page table; one wood engraving in text. 22 223 pp. 1 vols. Small folio. Winter's noted work on the breeding of horses originally published in 1672 with the bold equestrian engravings. Mennessier de la Lance II p. 649; Nissen ZBI 4426 Wolfgang Maurice Endter unknown books
51091Headline 2000-2024. 24 vols. 8vo. First Edition with maps in the text; cloth gilt backs coloured endpapers a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. 'THE EAGLE'S CONQUEST' AND 'REBELLION' SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR WITHOUT DEDICATION ON TITLE. Splendid set to 2024 of Scarrow's acclaimed historical saga charting the progress of characters Cato and Macro from AD 42 to AD 60. In order of publication the set comprises: Under the Eagle 2000; The Eagle's Conquest 2001; When the Eagle Hunts 2002; The Eagle and the Wolves 2003; The Eagle's Prey 2004; The Eagle's Prophecy 2005; The Eagle in the Sand 2006; Centurion 2007; The Gladiator 2009; The Legion 2010; Praetorian 2011; The Blood Crows 2013; Brothers in Blood 2014; Britannia 2015; Invictus 2016; Day of the Caesars 2017; The Blood of Rome 2018; Traitors of Rome 2019; The Emperor's Exile 2020; The Honour of Rome 2021; Death to the Emperor 2022; Rebellion 2023; Revenge of Rome 2024; Tyrant of Rome 2025. COMPLETE SETS ARE SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Please note that additional postage will be required for shipping outside the UK. Headline, hardcover
17103201143Bordeaux: chez Jacques l'Aveugle 1710. Extremities slightly rubbed rebacked corners reinforced a very good copy. Duodecimo with woodcut device on title; original sprinkled calf binding. <p><p>First edition Rosenberg edition 'A' of this important imaginary voyage to Australia: a "landmark" in the development of the French voyage novel Atkinson. Friederich comments that the importance of mining and irrigation to the Australians makes it the only work "to foreshadow what has actually come to pass in modern Australia".</p> <p>This is an attractive copy of this precursor to Defoe set on the Australian continent among people obsessed with mining and the problems of irrigation: "the detailed account of the adventurer's camp in the Austral continent the building of a raft and the descriptions of plants and trees may be compared favourably to similar passages in Robinson Crusoe." Atkinson.</p> <p>The author Tyssot de Patot was a remarkable figure an English-born Huguenot and self-taught philosopher with a background in mathematics who at the impressive age of 72 suddenly scandalized his Dutch community and was run out of town as a dangerous heretic. He wrote two wonderfully inventive imaginary voyages both well ahead of their time: one was an account of a journey deep underground into a hollow earth while the present work tells the story of a veteran sailor called Jacques Massé who shipwrecks in the far southern reaches of the Indian Ocean not far from what is now Kerguelen Island. Delighted with the new world he discovers Massé denounces his European heritage only to be betrayed and have to flee to the coast where he is besieged for 12 years before being finally rescued by a Portuguese ship. </p> <p>The work was a modest bestseller of the era and the question of editions has been thoroughly investigated by Aubrey Rosenberg no small task given that all four major editions are dated 1710 on the title-page. Rosenberg argues that this edition 'A' in his list with an armillary sphere device on the title with its base pointing to the left was probably published between 1714 and 1717 and is the true first edition of the work. As Rosenberg points out this series of editions dispels the notion that interest in Tyssot quickly died out: in fact the staggered publications argue a sustained interest in the work throughout the eighteenth century.</p> <p>Tyssot de Patot's writings were a continual source of scandal: Voltaire thought that he had "carried the torch of discord into their homeland". Certainly the antagonistically anti-religious stance of this novel created much ill-feeling. Atkinson comments that because "open criticism of the Bible is so frequent" he will have to content himself with listing just a few of the more extreme examples. Nonetheless Atkinson's positive summary gives a good sense of the importance of the work: "a close following of accounts of real travellers such as Dellon Tavernier Mocquet and Lahontan. There is nothing fantastic unbelievable or overdrawn in the descriptions of the Austral continent.". </p> <p>---</p> <p>The story has Massé shipwrecking on the Southern continent at "44 South latitude almost at the point where Kerguelen Island will be found to be on modern maps" Atkinson. Whilst most of the survivors of the wreck are content to maintain a large presence on the coast Massé and his friend Moret travel inland where they settle in an enormous and well-organised utopia "a plentiful fruitful country a land of blessing and peace . where human blood is sacred and safe from the rage and tyranny of great men". They become so enamoured of their Australian hosts that they abjure their faith and their European heritage and it is only when Moret is betrayed by his liaison with a treacherous queen that they reluctantly flee escaping rather fortuitously by a subterranean river which deposits them close by the original settlement. They remain besieged in the camp for another twelve years before they are finally picked up by a Portuguese ship.</p> </p> . Provenance: James Hustler "of Acklam in Cleveland in the North Riding of the Country of York Esq." engraved armorial bookplate dated 1730; Bernard Gore Brett Melbourne book collector. chez Jacques l'Aveugle unknown
17343006519Cologne: Jaques Kainkus 1734. Slight wear to top and tail of spine otherwise fine. Duodecimo frontispiece title-page printed in black and red; contemporary sprinkled calf spine gilt in compartments. <p><p>A handsome copy of the third edition Rosenberg edition 'C' with frontispiece portrait of Massé and title-page vignette of Mercury. Friederich comments that the importance of mining and irrigation to the Australians makes it the only work 'to foreshadow what has actually come to pass in modern Australia'.</p> <p>Tyssot de Patot was a well-known Huguenot free-thinker whose writings were a continual source of scandal: Voltaire thought that he had 'carried the torch of discord into their homeland'. Certainly the antagonistically anti-religious stance of this novel created much ill-feeling. Atkinson comments that because 'open criticism of the Bible is so frequent' he will have to content himself with listing just a few of the more extreme examples.</p> <p>Massé shipwrecks on the Southern continent at '44 South latitude almost at the point where Kerguelen Island will be found to be on modern maps' Atkinson. Whilst most of the survivors of the wreck are content to maintain a large presence on the coast Massé and his friend Moret travel inland where they settle in an enormous and well-organised utopia 'a plentiful fruitful country a land of blessing and peace . where human blood is sacred and safe from the rage and tyranny of great men'. They become so enamoured of their Australian hosts that they abjure their faith and their European heritage and it is only when Moret is betrayed by his liaison with a treacherous queen that they reluctantly flee escaping rather fortuitously by a subterranean river which deposits them close by the original settlement. They remain besieged in the camp for another twelve years before they are finally picked up by a Portuguese ship.</p> <p>Rosenberg argues for a date of around 1734 for this edition to coincide with the renewed interest in Tyssot's work at the time he cites 1733 English and 1737 German editions. His theory is that this renewal of interest 'arose because it was confused with Mandeville's Fable of the Bees which by 1730 had achieved considerable notoriety'.</p> </p> . Provenance: Frédéric Lachèvre 1855-1943 writer and bibliographer with his romantic bookplate and armorial gilt stamp on front board. Oddly enough the National Library of Australia has Lachèvre's copy of a later edition of this work Special Colelctions SR 913. Jaques Kainkus unknown
17173211648Bordeaux" actually Rouen 1717. A fine copy. Duodecimo woodcut device on title; 19th-century grained morocco gilt gauffred edges. <p><p>First edition Rosenberg edition 'A' of this important imaginary voyage to Australia: a "landmark" in the development of the French voyage novel Atkinson. Friederich comments that the importance of mining and irrigation to the Australians makes it the only work "to foreshadow what has actually come to pass in modern Australia".</p> <p>This is an attractive copy of this precursor to Defoe set on the Australian continent among people obsessed with mining and the problems of irrigation: "the detailed account of the adventurer's camp in the Austral continent the building of a raft and the descriptions of plants and trees may be compared favourably to similar passages in Robinson Crusoe." Atkinson.</p> <p>The author Tyssot de Patot was a remarkable figure an English-born Huguenot and self-taught philosopher with a background in mathematics who at the impressive age of 72 suddenly scandalized his Dutch community and was run out of town as a dangerous heretic. He wrote two wonderfully inventive imaginary voyages both well ahead of their time: one was an account of a journey deep underground into a hollow earth while the present work tells the story of a veteran sailor called Jacques Massé who shipwrecks in the far southern reaches of the Indian Ocean not far from what is now Kerguelen Island. Delighted with the new world he discovers Massé denounces his European heritage only to be betrayed and have to flee to the coast where he is besieged for 12 years before being finally rescued by a Portuguese ship. </p> <p>The work was a modest bestseller of the era and the question of editions has been thoroughly investigated by Aubrey Rosenberg no small task given that all four major editions are dated 1710 on the title-page. Rosenberg argues that this edition 'A' in his list with an armillary sphere device on the title with its base pointing to the left was probably published between 1714 and 1717 and is the true first edition of the work. As Rosenberg points out this series of editions dispels the notion that interest in Tyssot quickly died out: in fact the staggered publications argue a sustained interest in the work throughout the eighteenth century.</p> <p>Tyssot de Patot's writings were a continual source of scandal: Voltaire thought that he had "carried the torch of discord into their homeland". Certainly the antagonistically anti-religious stance of this novel created much ill-feeling. Atkinson comments that because "open criticism of the Bible is so frequent" he will have to content himself with listing just a few of the more extreme examples. Nonetheless Atkinson's positive summary gives a good sense of the importance of the work: "a close following of accounts of real travellers such as Dellon Tavernier Mocquet and Lahontan. There is nothing fantastic unbelievable or overdrawn in the descriptions of the Austral continent.". </p> <p>---</p> <p>The story has Massé shipwrecking on the Southern continent at "44 South latitude almost at the point where Kerguelen Island will be found to be on modern maps" Atkinson. Whilst most of the survivors of the wreck are content to maintain a large presence on the coast Massé and his friend Moret travel inland where they settle in an enormous and well-organised utopia "a plentiful fruitful country a land of blessing and peace . where human blood is sacred and safe from the rage and tyranny of great men". They become so enamoured of their Australian hosts that they abjure their faith and their European heritage and it is only when Moret is betrayed by his liaison with a treacherous queen that they reluctantly flee escaping rather fortuitously by a subterranean river which deposits them close by the original settlement. They remain besieged in the camp for another twelve years before they are finally picked up by a Portuguese ship.</p> </p> . Provenance: This copy from the British Museum with the stamp on verso of title and the 1831 duplicate release stamp; also the crowned cipher "C.G." on spine. unknown
200352598Basic Books. New. 2003. Hardcover. 0738208442 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened - 271 pages. -- with a bonus offer-- . Basic Books hardcover
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19482089New York: Grosset & Dunlap. As New. 1948. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE CLEAN UNMARKED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - - "New Edition Revised by Crosby Gaige". -- with a bonus offer-- . Grosset & Dunlap hardcover
2002__0415226244Routledge 2002. Hardcover. New. 1st edition. 1600 pages. 9.24x6.50x1.50 inches. Routledge hardcover
196077601Paris: Les Editions de Minuit 1960. Fine. Les Editions de Minuit Paris 1960 14 x 19.50 cm broché First edition one of 87 numbered copies on pure wove paper ours being one of 7 hors commerce the only deluxe copies printed. A fine copy. Les Editions de Minuit unknown
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51946<p>London printed by W. Wilson for John Harison . to be sold at his shop in Pauls Church-yard 1648. TITLE CONTINUED: or The best way for planting grafting and to make any ground good for a rich orchard: particularly in the north and generally for the whole kingdom of England as in nature reason situation and all probability may and doth appear. With the country-houswifes garden for herbs of common use: their vertues seasons profits ornaments variety of knots models for trees and plots for the best ordering of grounds and walks. As also the husbandry of bees with their several uses and annoyances all being the experience of fourty and eight yeers labour and now the second time corrected and much enlarged by William Lawson. Whereunto is newly added by Simon Harward A Most Profitable New Treatise from approved experience of the Art of propagating Plants followed by The Husband Mans Fruitfull Orchard. 7th EDITION 1648. 8vo approximately 190 x 140 mm 7½ x 5½ inches woodcut to title page repeated later 5 plates of knot gardens full page plan of an orchard 2 text illustrations of trees and one small illustration of a straw beehive 4 tiny text illustrations printer's woodcut device to title page of the Country House-Wives and colophon decorated initials and headpieces. Pages: 8 1-134 1 - last leaf is original endpaper printed notes to margins bound in full recent speckled calf gilt lettered green label gilt decoration rules and date between raised bands new black endpapers. Pale age-browning throughout 3 lower margins ragged due to paper fault not affecting text tiny burn hole affecting 1 letter 4 pages at rear have small pale stain to outer margins original free endpaper slightly chipped and brown at edges occasional small spot or mark. A very good copy. The Country Housewifes Garden is the first book written especially for women gardeners. See: Blanche Henrey British Botanical and Horticultural Literature before 1800 Volume 1 page 255 listing earlier editions; H. Frederic Janson Pomona's Harvest page 84: "Pomona's English herald was William Lawson the author of A New Orchard and Garden. It is unique and important as the first English entry of note into pomological literature"; Rachel Hunt Catalogue of Botanical Books Volume 1 page 229 No. 209 listing an earlier edition; Sandra Raphael An Oak Spring Pomona pages 29-32; British Bee Books 1500-1976 No. 20 pages 46-47; Lt-Col. Walker Catalogue of Bee Books page 44 listing a later edition; F. Poynter A Bibliography of Gervase Markham page 165 also issued as part 3 of Gervase Markham A Way to Get Wealth. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING ALL ZOOMABLE FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.</p> London, printed by W. Wilson, for John Harison, ... to be sold at his shop in Pauls Church-yard, 1648. hardcover
179448720Paris: Maradan 1794. Hardcover. Good. Peter Simon Pallas 1741-1811 was a German naturalist zoologist and botanist known best for his explorations and scientific work in the Russian Empire. He made significant contributions to natural history particularly in taxonomy geology and geography. This is the second French edition of his expedition across vast parts of the Russian Empire including the Ural Mountains Siberia and parts of Central Asia between 1768 and 1774. This edition expanded into eight volumes plus one atlas volume of plates and maps. 8vo. Pp. xl 422; 490; 492; 499; 443; 455; 448; viii 463 with 108 engraved plates and maps in the atlas volume many folding. Bound in full nineteenth century calf each spine with two red leather labels with gilt-stamped titles. Spines sunned and heavily rubbed joints rubbed and the leather dry with various scars and scratches to the boards and some volumes lightly chipped at the spine head. The spine of the atlas volume has been glued back down all boards firmly attached. Internally the books are bright and crisp and the atlas volume is the same with very crisp and bright plates and maps. Two bookplates one unidentified the second is a Bella Coola etched bookplate by Stanley Harrod dated 1926 of T.F. McIlwraith. McIlwraith was a Canadian anthropologist who spent eleven months with the Nuxalk First Nation at Bella Coola between 1922 and 1924. He was the author of The Bella Coola Indians published in 1948 see Wood p. 511 for more details. From his library. Wood p. 511. Maradan hardcover
19118431<p>This is a rare collection of two lectures delivered by Andre Simon at Vintners' Hall in London in the early 1900's. Simon was a French-born wine merchant gourmet and prolific writer about wine. In 1908 he created 'The Wine Trade Club' with friends organizing tastings and technical lectures that foreshadowed the 'Institute of Masters of Wine' 45 years later. This collection constitutes two of six of Simon's lectures that were published. The lectures were published either separately "for distribution to the staff of provincial wine-merchants" or as a monthly supplement to issues of "Ridley's Wine and Spirit Trade Circular." The lectures published separately came in two versions - a "plain" version with paper wraps or - as offered here - a deluxe "presentation" version bound in green calf leather with gilt covers. Each lecture is a first edition published by Wyman & Sons in London.<br /><br />The following two lectures are included:<br /> "The Wine Trade of England: Past and Present." A Lecture Delivered at Vintners' Hall by The Wine Trade Club. 20th November 1911.<br /> "The Vineyards of the World." A Lecture Delivered at Vintners' Hall by The Wine Trade Club. 19th January 1912.<br /><br />Condition:<br />Light soiling to the covers. Light wear to the top edge of both spines. Both books are firmly bound with no cracks and no loose pages. All covers are firmly attached. Both books have consistent foxing to the pages. There is a wine-themed vintage bookplate affixed to each front pastedown." Overall in Very Good- condition.</p> Wyman & Sons