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Very Good French Paperback. Large demy 8vo. (23 x 14 cm). In French. 398, [2] p. David de Sassoun: Epopee en vers (Collection Caucase). Traduit de l'Armenien avec une introduction et des notes de Frederic Feydit. Preface de Joseph Orbeli. David of Sasun [= Sasuntsi Davit] is the main hero of Armenia's national epic Daredevils of Sassoun, who drove Arab invaders out of Armenia. As an oral history, it dates from the 8th century, and was first put in written form in 1873 by Garegin Srvandztiants.
Very Good Fine German Original decorated cloth. A bookseller label. Foolscap 8vo. (18 x 12 cm). In German. 122, [3] p. Das türkische Liederbuch: Das türkische Liederbuch Nachdichtungen türkischer Lyrik. The Turkish songbook. 7.-10. thousand.
Fine Fine German Original yellow cloth bdg. Dust wrapper. Cr. 8vo. (19 x 12 cm). In German. 415, [1] p. Edition of this book which was translated by Rosen, directly from Turkish text. Tutinama literal meaning "Tales of a Parrot", is a 14th-century series of 52 stories in Persian. The work remains well-known largely because of a number of lavishly illustrated manuscripts, especially a version containing 250 miniature paintings was commissioned by the Mughal Emperor, Akbar in the 1550s. The Persian text used was redacted in 14th century AD from an earlier anthology 'Seventy Tales of the Parrot' in Sanskrit compiled under the title Sukasaptati (a part of katha literature) dated to the 12th century AD. In India, parrots (in light of their purported conversational abilities) are popular as storytellers in works of fiction. Georg Friedrich Wilhelm Rosen, (1820-1891), was a German (Lippe / Prussian) orientalist and diplomat. He studied in Berlin and Leipzig. From 1844, he was a dragoman at the Prussian embassy in Constantinople. From 1853 he was the Prussian consul in Jerusalem. From 1867 he was Consul General of the North German Confederation (from 1871, the German Empire) in Belgrade. In 1875, Rosen returned to Detmold, where, in May 1907, the Rosenstraße was named in his honor.
8vo., First Edition thus, with 16 plates; handsomely bound in full burgundy morocco, back gilt with five raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled and ruled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, uncut, pictorial gilt from original upper board and backstrip preserved and mounted on new and separate leaves, ribbon marker, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. With 2pp publisher's catalogue bound in at end. The first English edition of Andersen's 'Eventyr' was published by Pickering as 'Danish Fairy Tales and Legends' in 1846. The fourteen tales contained therein were translated by Mrs. Howitt. In 1852 the scarce second edition appeared, containing forty-five tales and at the time the sole complete collection in English. The translations were made from the original Danish and not from any of the later German versions. Enhanced by Heath Robinson's inimitable illustrations, this edition comprises a verbatim reprint of the fourteen tales of the 1846 edition and the remaining thirty-one tales of the second edition of 1852. AN ELEGANT COPY OF A VERY SCARCE EDITION.
8vo., First Edition thus, on laid paper, with frontispiece (original tissue guard present) and 15 plates, endpapers mildly spotted; original red cloth, upper board blocked and lettered in gilt, gilt back, gilt top, backstrip faintly chafed at head else a remarkably bright, crisp copy. With contemporary prize bookplate and trade ticket of Combridges of Hove on front paste-down. The first English edition of Andersen's 'Eventyr' was published by Pickering as 'Danish Fairy Tales and Legends' in 1846. The fourteen tales contained therein were translated by Mrs. Howitt. In 1852 the scarce second edition appeared, containing forty-five tales and at the time the sole complete collection in English. The translations were made from the original Danish and not from any of the later German versions. Enhanced by Heath Robinson's inimitable illustrations, this edition comprises a verbatim reprint of the fourteen tales of the 1846 edition and the remaining thirty-one tales of the second edition of 1852. AN ELEGANT COPY OF A VERY SCARCE EDITION.
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Previous owner's name or label inside. Full beige cloth boards. 244 pages. " Eeny, meeny, miny mo / Sit the baby on the po./ When he's done / Wipe his bum, /Tell his mummy what he's done."
pp. xv, 367 + Frontis and full page plates. Map end papers and text maps and drawings. Book label of Dorothy K. Bond on front paste down. 240 mm. Original full orange cloth binding decorated in gold. Edges soiled. Original dust jacket, very worn with loss. The Guild selection for February, 1931. Hardbound. Good. W11
Very Good English In modern cloth bdg. with original covers. Demy 8vo. (21 x 14 cm). In French. 234, [2] p. Contes Turcs. Vielles histoires de chez nous. Preface de la Princesse Bibesco. Translated by Belkis Tavad. First Edition. Rare.
One volume (of two). pp. xiv, [2], 268, [2], 8 [Directions to the Binder often lacking] + Plus a remarkable group of (40) elegant engravings, including two duplicates and a portrait frontis. Lacks the plate at p. 87. Many fine vignettes. Most of the plates are after Charles-Dominique-Joseph Eisen (1720-1778). 12mo (in 8s). 185 mm. Some age stain, but generally clean. All edges gilt. Attractive contemporary French dark green morocco bindings, with only slight defects. Hardbound. Very Good. First Edition. The world famous tales and fables of Jean de La Fontaine (1621-1695), neatly printed in verse, are joined by the best work of the great illustrators & engravers Charles Eisen (1720-1778) and Pierre-Philippe Choffard (1730-1809). Justly considered one of the greatest examples of French rococo illustration. The Fermiers Generaux, an entrepreneurial financial association responsible for gathering and banking certain kinds of taxes, commissioned this edition of La Fontaine's zesty tales. Determined that the book should be the best of its kind, they allowed their agent, the Chevalier d'Agincourt, unlimited resources. It is still provocative to consider that patronage of the arts by this new plutocracy produced the greatest monument and triumph of this renowned age of illustration. See: Cohen-de Ricci 558-571; Ray. 'Art of the French Illustrated Book' p. 54-56; Holloway. 'French Rococo Book Illustration' pp. 21-24; & Etc. By offering this one volume we give you an addordable opportunity to acquire part of THE IMMORTAL FERMIERS GENERAL EDITION OF THE . TALES OF LA FONTAINE. Please check our other entries for the full set of this great work in fine condition. CHEST 2/1
Two Volumes. pp. xiv, [2], 268, [2], 8; [2], viii, [2], 306, [4], [9]-16 + Plus a remarkable group of elegant engravings, including: Two frontispieces by Fiquet, after Rigault and Vispre; over fifty vignettes and culs-de-lamp by Choffard; and 80 full-page plates after Eisen by - Aliamet, Baquoy, Choffard, Delafosse, de Longueil, Flipart, Le Mire, Lempereur. Leveau, Ourvrier, et. al. One plate is apparently from a different copy. Some slight age foxing. ALSO: Two plates that are often censored - Cas de Conscience & Diable de Papefiguiere - do not seem to appear at all in my examples. 12mo (in 8s). 185 mm. Attractive contemporary French red morocco gilt bindings, with only very slight defects. First Edition. Provenance: The set belonged to Edwin Wolf II (1911 1991) - famous as the Librarian of the Library Company of Philadelphia, and as a collector, and an employee of the renowned Rosenbach Co. from 1930 to 1952. The Family Album purchased a large part of his collection of early books in 1992. About this work : The world famous tales and fables of Jean de La Fontaine (1621-1695), neatly printed in verse, are joined by a 'Dissertation sur la Joconde' by Nicolas Boileau Despreaux (1636-1711); and the best work of the great illustrators & engravers Charles Eisen (1720-1778) and Pierre-Philippe Choffard (1730-1809). Justly considered one of the greatest examples of French rococo illustration. The Fermiers Generaux, an entrepreneurial financial association responsible for gathering and banking certain kinds of taxes, commissioned this edition of La Fontaine's zesty tales. Determined that the book should be the best of its kind, they allowed their agent, the Chevalier d'Agincourt, unlimited resources. It is still provocative to consider that patronage of the arts by this new plutocracy produced the greatest monument and triumph of this renowned age of illustration. See: Cohen-de Ricci 558-571; Ray. 'Art of the French Illustrated Book' p. 54-56; Holloway. 'French Rococo Book Illustration' pp. 21-24; & Etc. THE IMMORTAL FERMIERS GENERAL EDITION OF THE TALES OF LA FONTAINE. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! SAFE ADD 1
A clean, unmarked copy with a tight binding. Pictorial cover. Text in French. 126 pages. 8 7/8"w x 11 1/4"h.
This is a very good softcover copy in stiff pictorial card covers and a glassine wrapper. A few chips and short tears to the glassine. Very clean inside and out. Text in French. Illustrated with a number of pochoir plates by Rene Ringel. 8" high X 6 1/2" wide, 134 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
in-16, 253 pp, broché. Bel exemplaire. [LP-2]
in-16, 375 pp, broché. Bel exemplaire. [LP-2]
224 p. Foxed. Early manuscript ownership of Robert H. Fogel, Fogel's Mill PA, Sept. 19, 1874 on first fly leaf. Pink printed bookplate of S.C.B. Fogel, M.D. on front paste down. Unusual early XLib bookplate of A.& W. Blumer's Circulating Library, No. 36 ruled in circles, pasted on front board. 12mo. 190 mm. Original linen spine over paper covered boards. Paper spine label perished. Boards stained. Hardbound. Good. Early American anthology of wit and humor, from both domestic and foreign sources. Very Scarce: OCLC records holdings at just five libraries. S&S/AI 11923. First edition. PAIMP 25
A clean, unmarked copy with a tight binding. 111 pages. Previous owner's note on endpaper.
188 pages. Numerous colour illustrations. "In a superb act of creative imagination Peter Dickinson offers a radical and intriguing approach to thirty-three Bible tales. Clean, bright and unmarked but for ink stamp to bottom edge. Very light wear. Excellent copy. Book
Cover title. 12p., col. illus Paperback Very good condition Die cut toy book, Antique style
Unpaginated. Undated. Circa early 1900s? Nice colour illustration upon front board. Many black and white illustrations in text. Narrow openings along each hinge. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this charming children's collectible. Book
Cover title. 12p., col. illus Paperback Very good condition Antique style
Very Good Russian Original pictorial fine cloth bdg. Stains boards. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Russian. 300, [1] p., color and b/w ills. Early Russian compilation of the Chuvash fairy tales including 44 tales. The Chuvash people are a Turkic ethnic group, a branch of Oghurs, native to an area stretching from the Volga-Ural region to Siberia. Most of them live in Chuvashia and the surrounding areas, although Chuvash communities may be found throughout the Russian Federation. They speak Chuvash, a unique Turkic language that diverged from other languages in the family more than a millennium ago. (Source: Wikipedia).
55 pages. Sees the Arctic world as one, united by the extremeties of climate, where people are able to create for themselves the warmest Christmases of all. Usual library markings. Moderate wear. Solid clean copy. Book
8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece, text browning at edges, neat inscription on dedication; decorative cloth blocked in silver, backstrip lettered in silver, one corner lightly bruised else a very good, tight copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly age-soiled and with minor loss at lower edge of front panel. The bibliography of this school tale is confused. The author is given variously as W.E. Eastways (dustwrapper and title) and W.W. Eastways (series catalogue on dustwrapper rear panel). BLPC gives the latter and records two editions, neither of which matches the present copy. Here the pagination matches the first edition of 1949, though the imprint is Children's Press (not Collins). A scarce survival in this condition.
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, dusty page edges, rubbing to top of spine and minor bumping to corners. Clear gilt lettering to spine and front board. Spine not faded or sunned. 292pp. Dialect tales of old Lancashire, many autobiographical. Undated ca 1890.
A clean, unmarked copy with a tight binding. Pictorial cover. Text in French. Sticker residue on cover.