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199540819London: Longman Rees Orme Brown & Green 1827 Brattleboro VT: Optical Toys 1995. 12mo 15.3 cm 6.02". 28 pp. incl. pr. wrappers. <br><br>This is a faithful reproduction of a set produced in France over 100 years ago": Modern facsimile of the chapter on thaumatropes from the first edition of Dr. Paris's Philosophy in Sport => accompanied by 14 working examples and instructions for their use. The 1827 text uses an elaborate fictional frame story about the Seymour family and friends to teach about conducting experiments and examining scientific principles via "the common toys which have been invented for the amusement of youth" p. 25 including the thaumatrope or wonder turner a spinning-disk optical illusion serving as an early form of animation and often considered a part of cinematic history. The French "jeu du thaumatrope" set reproduced here was originally published circa 1891; 12 of the present thaumatropes have preprinted illustrations while two have been left blank for a user to decorate.<br>Â Â Â Â Provenance: Inside box lid with bookplate of Vance Gerry of the Weather Bird Press; later in the children's book collection of Albert A. Howard with small booklabel "AHA". Publisher's printed paper wrappers housed in the original printed papercovered box with color-printed "Jeu du Thaumatrope" illustration; box edges and corners with minor rubbing. => Booklet and toys clean absolutely fresh and ready for fresh experimentation! Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, & Green, 1827 [Brattleboro, VT: Optical Toys unknown books
192420715London: W. Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. Near Fine in Very Good dj. 1926 c.1924. 5th printing. Hardcover. book has only minor wear to extremities brief gift inscription "To 'Mamma'" on ffep; jacket is somewhat age-toned with small tears and minor paper loss at most corners and base of spine short closed tear at lower left corner of front panel. The second of several Japanese-set novels by this author a British diplomat and Foreign Office official who spent most of the 1920s stationed in Asia and per Wikipedia "was a significant influence on the British foreign policy in the Far East in the early 20th century." Per the jacket blurb both his first two books the previous one was "Kimono" were "bitterly assailed by sentimental orientalists who allege that the coldly realistic picture Mr. Paris paints of Japanese life is libellous but it is significant that Far-Eastern English journals have been unanimously enthusiastic about Mr. Paris's accuracy and insight." The book concerns a young English priest who marries a Japanese woman. It should be noted that the book is unrelated to the later novel of the same name by James Michener which was adapted for a Hollywood movie in 1957 even though the two books share the theme of interracial romance. . W. Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. hardcover books
1998131516Brooklyn NY: Woodside Press 1998. items loosely laid in cloth clamshell box paper front cover label decorated endpapers. Woodside Press. folio. items loosely laid in cloth clamshell box paper front cover label decorated endpapers. unpaginated. Limited to 125 numbered copies signed by the author on colophon. List of contents. A set of eight engravings printed from the artist's original blocks on Cartiere Enrico Magnani Pescia paper. Published previously in Walt Whitman Selections from "Sands at Seventy New York: South Street Seaport Museum. Each item signed and numbered by the artist. Woodside Press unknown books
1875WRCAM40335N.p. but possibly Paris 1875. Forty engraved plates. Folio. Contemporary green half calf and marbled boards spine gilt. Spine faded. Lightly rubbed at extremities. Bookplate on front pastedown. First plate lightly age- toned. Some very minor scattered foxing else bright and clean internally. Very good. A volume of engravings depicting the voyage of the ship Bellone and seafaring life. Following the "title" plate which is numbered 21 are scenes of Africa primarily in Senegal. These plates depict the natives villages and cities. After the scenes of Africa are plates depicting maritime life evidently on a French naval vessel in the Atlantic. These images are much more delicately engraved and are not numbered. The first few of these detail a "day in the life" of a sailor from morning muster and breakfast through scrubbing the deck and inspection and shore leave. Two plates of Uruguay and two unidentified landscapes are also inexplicably inserted in the midst of this sequence. An interesting and perhaps unique compilation of travel and maritime images. hardcover books
1854015926Reims: Brissart-Binet 1854. Limited Edition. 12mo. #19/102 copies 58pp. title page in red text in black and contains the "Cult décadien by Joseph Mongin 63pp with half-title all text in red bound in orange paper covered boards black leather spine label gilt spine ruled in gilt wear to corners and minor wear to spine ends. A very uncommon book. Brissart-Binet unknown books
1883245372Paris: Michel Levy 1883. hardcover. very good. Volume 5. 761 pages tall thick 8vo 3/4 blue morocco marbled boards t.e.g. Paris: Michel Levy 1883. Very good .<br/><br/> With a 3 page autographed letter written by the author tipped in on inside front cover. Prince Philippe d'Orleans Count of Paris Louis Philippe Albert 1838-1894 was the grandson of Louis Phillippe I King of the French the last French ruler. A historian journalist and democrat he volunteered to serve as a Union Army officer in the American Civil War. His history of that war is considered a standard reference work.<br/><br/> Michel Levy unknown books
1875244190Paris: Michel Levy 1875. hardcover. very good. 7 volumes. Tall thick 8vo 3/4 blue morocco marbled boards t.e.g. a few hinges have been reinforced bookplates on marbled endpapers. Paris: Michel Levy 1875-1883. Very good.<br/><br/> Each volume has a 1 2 or 5 page autographed letter written by the author tipped in a small 5 page letter in an separate envelope. Prince Philippe d'Orleans Count of Paris Louis Philippe Albert 1838-1894 was the grandson of Louis Phillippe I King of the French the last French ruler. A historian journalist and democrat he volunteered to serve as a Union Army officer in the American Civil War. His history of that war is considered a standard reference work.<br/><br/> Michel Levy unknown books
186913859London: Longmans et. al. 1869. 3 volumes royal 8vo; 1 folding facsimile in color illustrations in margins throughout; ex-library copy with usual markings some pages slightly browned three hinges cracked extremities and spines rubbed cracks at tops of spines covers slightly spotted and scuffed else a good sound copy in contemporary quarter brown morocco over black paper-covered boards or blue cloth. Two works on English history by Matthew Paris both published from Paris' original manuscripts. The Historia Anglorum was written in 1250 compiled by Paris from his greater work a world history but including additional information. The history begins with William the Conqueror and concludes in 1253 during the reign of Henry III. The Abbreviato Chronicorum Angliae begins with the marriage of Ethelred in 1002 ending in 1252 with a continuation in another monk's hand to 1255. This history is an abridged version of the Historia Anglorum but with alterations and insertions containing new matter or giving the opinion of the author. In Latin. <br/><br/> Longmans, [et. al.] hardcover books
199334993Cambridge UK: Alan sutton 1993. Small 4to pp. 210. Edited translated and introduced by the Richard Vaughan. Illustrated in color. Paper wraps. Cover very slightly soiled o/w a nice copy. The author Brother Matthew "comes across as warm cheerful lively and violently prejudiced." He also is very informative on the life of his era. Alan sutton unknown books
1987Embry 184955U. of California Press 1987. First edition first printing. Fine in fine dust jacket in mylar cover. B&W reproductions. U. of California Press, 1987. First edition, first printing. unknown books
16404887London: Excudebat Richardus Hodgkinson. 1640. Folio 13-3/4" x 9-1/2". 2 parts in 1 Part 2 dated 1639. 481010126;31014pp. Engraved frontispiece portrait old paper repair in blank fore-margin. Title printed in red & black with a woodcut device. Cont. calf a bit worn nicely rebacked red morocco spine label. Title-page lightly spotted. Engraved armorial bookplate of Sir Edward Tumour of Hollingbury dated 1705 on verso of title. Overall a fine copy of the best Latin edition of this early English chronicle by Paris ca. 1200-1253. STC 19210. Excudebat Richardus Hodgkinson. unknown books
156750126London: Printed by Richard Jugge 1567. Hardcover. Very good/No jacket issued. Narratio quam Mattaeus VVestmonasteriensis monachus eius author vir in vtraque literature eruditus Flores historiarum scripsit. Anno Domini. 1567. vicesimo die Octobris. London: Printed by Richard Jugge 1567. 2 volumes bound as 1 vols. 339 1 227 1 pp. Hardcover. Folio. Professionally rebound in period style full studio dyed brown goat gilt spine with embossed gilt covers. Lovely recent period-style rebind. Facsimile title-page. Internally clean and tight. "Book 1 covering through the year 1066 follows closely the "Historia major" of Matthew Paris. Book 2 is an abridgment from the same work with additions covering 1067-1307. The additions from 1259-1273 have been attributed to William Rishanger. "Matthaeus Westmonasteriensis" is a fictitious name traditionally assigned to this compilation. The "Historia major" is based on an earlier work by Roger of Wendover also known as "Flores historiarum" probably based in turn on an earlier St. Albans chronicle. See Vaughan Richard. "Matthew Paris" Cambridge 1958." STC 2nd. ed. 17652. Very good/No jacket issued. Multiple volumes - extra shipping charges apply Printed by Richard Jugge hardcover books
20009004664London: Reaktion Books 2000. 1st. Hardcover. Book fine Dust jacket fine. Bound in the publisher's original blue cloth with the spine stamped in silver. <br/><br/> Reaktion Books hardcover books
1977JC8653London: Eddison Press 1977. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Spine tips and edges of boards lightly bumped otherwise book is fine. Dust jacket sunned along spine; wrinkled along the edges; lightly rubbed. Includes a discography bibliography and index. <br/><br/> Eddison Press hardcover books
19295848Great Neck 1929. unbound. Typed letter signed in full commenting on a watch she received from and an advertisement by the Helbros Watch Company. 1 page on personal stationery measuring 7" x 10.5" in part: ".I understand that you conceived and executed.this advertisement. It has been done extremely well and you are to be complimented on your work." Kenwood Great Neck NY November 9 1929. Very good condition.<br/><br/> Aviator with Curtiss Flying Services.<br/><br/> unknown books
196822832San Diego: Greenleaf Classics 1968. Paperback. 143p. illustrated with drawings very good in camp pictorial wraps. Homoerotic poetry in pulp format. Young 2965 Greenleaf Classic GC 330. Greenleaf Classics paperback books
1977191836Wolf Creek: RFD 1977. Magazine. 48p. 7.25x10 inches poetry editorials photos art very good magazine in stapled pictorial wraps. Rustic Fairy Dreams aka Radical Faerie Digest. Magazine emphasizing communal aspects of rural gay life. RFD unknown books
1903182979Paris: Ernest Leroux 1903. Hardcover. VG- light shelfwear to boards of both volumes. Volume 1 has small tears to beginning pages up to and including frontispiece along the hinges. Volume 2 is damp stained on boards with some staining to top of first 20 pages. previous owner's bookplate inside front covers. Pages are brittle and age toned as expected with age but are otherwise clear and clean. Both volumes bound in blue buckram with gilt spine lettering. Volume 1 has a bw illustrated frontispiece small bw illustration on title page with black and red lettering xv 357 pp; profusely illustrated throughout in full page plates and smaller bw illustrations. Volume 2 has a double page color illustrated frontispiece title page has small bw illustration and red and black lettering; 326 pp bw plates and illustrations throughout. A two volume set in French. T.1. Avant-propos -- L'architecture -- La sculpture. -- t.2. La céramique -- Les figurines de bronze -- Les bijoux les armes -- Les monnaies -- Conclusion. Title page: "Ouvrage qui a obtenu le Grand Prix Martorell Barcelone Concours de 1902. Publié sous les auspices de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles'Lettres Fondation Piot. Ernest Leroux hardcover books
1928109299Paris 1928. hardcover. 64 plates. 47pp. 4to cloth. Paris 1928.<br/><br/> unknown books
5938Engraved frontis. port. & six folding engraved plates. 2 p.l. vii 1 40 256 pp. 8vo cont. red straight-grained morocco upper cover with small ink-stain some foxing panelled in gilt outer border elaborately gilt flat spine gilt a.e.g. Besançon: Librairie de Deis 1821. The catalogue of the collection of books and antiquities of Pierre-Adrien Pâris; the greatest professional library of the early 19th century. He bequeathed it to the city of Besançon. It contained a number of the essential books on architecture about 1500 manuscript architectural designs by Pâris and paintings and drawings by Fragonard Boucher and Saint-Aubin. Pâris 1745-1819 was architect to Louis XVI designer of the royal cabinet and directed royal festivities at Versailles Marly and Trianon. The collection reflects his deep appreciation for the classical architecture of Greece and Rome where he journeyed several times. During these trips he sketched buildings and artifacts found at Pompeii Herculaneum Paestum and other sites which along with other drawings compose the 1500 architectural designs described here. These experiences prepared him to serve as director of the Académie de France in Rome under Napoleon where he was responsible for excavations at the Colosseum. The library has considerable sections on architecture history the arts of antiquity etc. The first 40 pages provide a biographical sketch of Pâris. Pages 1-146 enumerate 777 lots of books. Pages 147-222 contain a description of his cabinet 509 lots. The book concludes with an index of authors and artists. The engravings depict bronzes terra cotta sculptures marble statues and other unique items in the collection. Nice copy apart from the foxing. From the library of Bernard H. Breslauer his sale Christie's NY 22-23 March 2005 lot 660. ❧ N.B.G. Vol. 39 cols. 209-10. unknown books
1988128129000001Washington DC: National Museum of Women The Arts 1988. Softcover. VG. Black wraps with color illustration; 114 pp.; over 72 color and bw plates. Annotates 72 works of art in the exhibition includes a biography. National Museum of Women The Arts unknown books
1988128129Washington DC: National Museum of Women in The Arts 1988. Softcover. VG- ex-library with one label on cover pencil notation on one page cover crease. Black wraps with color illustration; 114 pp.; over 72 color and bw plates. Annotates 72 works of art in the exhibition includes a biography. National Museum of Women in The Arts unknown books
1988178648New York: Seaver Books 1988. 1st American Edition. Hardcover. VG/VG minor shelf wear otherwise clean and tight. Light gray binding with dark gray lettering. Glossy dust jacket illustrated in B&W. xxviii 258 pp. Illustrated in B&W. "Recounting the tragic story of Camille Claudel this beautifully illustrated biography celebrates the work of a major sculptor rescuing her from the obscurity to which time madness and the shadow of Rodin's overbearing genius has condemned her." -- dust jacket. Seaver Books hardcover books
1937172482New York: Baker 1937. hardcover. B/w illus. 182pp. 8vo cloth; corners bumped & cloth faded. New York; G.A. Baker & Co. Inc. 1937.<br/><br/> Baker unknown books
1925167118New York: The Haddon Press 1925. First. Hardcover. VG-. Staining wear to covers. Ex-library with usual marks including stickers and blind stamps. Occasional smudges and soiling in contents but overall clean and tight. SIGNED by author. Cloth over boards olive green and 3/4 white gilt lettering on spine. Top gilt page edging. 91 deckled pp. 53 BW plates. Descriptions of the Detroit Public Library. Chapters include The Library Ceilings The Windows The Art of Painted Glass The Mosaics in the Frontal Colonnade and Pictorial Geography. The Haddon Press hardcover books
