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2008C87025Veenman Publishers. As New. 2008. Paperback. 9086901077 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- 224 pages; 1500 illustrations. Catalogue Raisonne Catalog Raisonné Complete Works Catalogus Het Complete Oeuvre Raisonnee -- with a bonus offer-- - May be EITHER: out of print OOP and extremely rare in this pristine condition; signed by author or contributor; or a first or special edition; inquire for details . Veenman Publishers paperback
179267002Ouvrage contenant des détails intéressans sur leurs principales Institutions Civiles, Religieuses et Politiques ; sur leurs divers Systèmes et leurs Moeurs, tant publiques que privées ; détail auxquels a été ajouté un Manuel Politique de cette Nation, 2 vol. in-8 reliure de l'époque demi-basane marron, Chez Buisson, A Paris, Chez Bruysset, frères, A Lyon, 1792, 2 ff., frontispice, lxxj-334 pp. et 1 f. n. ch. (avis de l'imprimeur avec errata) ; 2 ff., 496 pp. et 1 f. n. ch. (errata)
192314.241Santander: s.i 1923. 1ª ed. Tela de época; falta la cubierta original. 16.5x23. 21 xilografías a toda plana y viñetas de Pancho Cossío. s.i hardcover
19106404London: Robt. Riviere & Son 1910. A fine example. Square sixteenmo 5 1/16 x 3 15/16 inches; 129 x 100 mm. 46 2 blank pp. Title-page and initial letters printed in red and black. Handsomely bound ca. 1910 by Rivière & Son stamp-signed in gilt on lower turn-in. Full dark blue crushed levant morocco covers bordered in gilt surrounding an ornate floral design stamped in gilt each with twelve inlaid red morocco flowers spine with five raised bands decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments gilt board edges and turn-ins cream paper liners and end-leaves top edge gilt. Neat ink inscription on front free end-paper and a small gold bookplate. <br /> <br /> Shelley's poem The Sensitive Plant is a beautiful and tragic poem commemorating the brevity of life and immortality of cyclical nature. Written after death of his son while Percy and Mary Shelley struggled with their grief in Pisa the poem consists of four stanzas with three sections charting the change of seasons. It is set in a garden bursting with blooms but highlights the sensitive plant-a mimosa-with its humble leafy foliage. Human will is nothing in the face of the impartial power of nature and time. First published in Prometheus Unbound and Other Poems 1820 here it has been reproduced with a delicate binding to match its subject. <br /> <br /> "For the Sensitive Plant has no bright flower;<br /> Radiance and odour are not its dower;<br /> It loves even like Love its deep heart is full<br /> It desires what it has not the Beautiful!"<br /> <br /> "The Riviere Bindery was one of the most notable and prolific shops in London's West End from about 1840 through 1939" Princeton. Bath-based Bayntun Bindery acquired the firm in 1939 transforming into the "Bayntun-Riviere bindery" which is still in existence and family owned. Robt. Riviere & Son unknown
19313720St. Louis 1931. Good. Cover letter plus 109 photographs all 8 x 10 inches including about thirty duplicate prints. Contemporary brad-bound wrappers typed title label on front cover. Moderate soiling and significant edge wear and tearing to wrappers. Varying levels of marginal chipping to cover letter first two photographs and top right edge of several later photographs with some mostly marginal staining. An informative collection of photographs featuring the right of way on Section J of the River des Peres Drainage Works project in St. Louis from the Fall of 1926 to August 1933. According to the cover letter to the earliest group of photographs from the District Engineer E.E. Ashlock the first group of photographs were taken between September 14th and 16th 1926 by the assistant engineer of his department Harrold I. Smutz. Ashlock also includes a detailed listing with descriptions of the contents of some of the photographs keyed from "J-1" to "J-11." Following Ashlock's cover letter are over a hundred photographs detailing the River des Peres project with additional typed annotations for the later group of photographs. The project pictured here was undertaken after a series of significant floods in St. Louis. The River des Peres at the confluence of the Mississippi River was effectively channelized and its contents redirected underground through a series of large pipes. The river functions today as a critical part of the city's sanitary and storm water system a role it took on after the project pictured here.<br /> <br /> The photographs depict a wide range of perspectives of the River des Peres showing views of upstream equipment pictures taken from an "old road looking east across the cleared right of way" from a "road west.looking downstream along right of way" "on crest of hill.looking upstream showing cut timber to be covered by spoil" and so forth. The photographs are often annotated on the verso sometimes in pen and sometimes on small sheets with typed captions. A typical caption reads: "300 feet west of Sta. 201 on old road looking east. Men are standing on West R. of W. line. The line shown is the west of R. of W. line. East R. of W. line is approximately along line of Telegraph poles."<br /> <br /> The first twenty-two photographs were taken in September 1926. The next thirteen images were produced in 1927-28. The remainder of the images were produced from 1931 to 1933. About thirty of the images are present in duplicate but one or both of the images are usually produced at different exposures or sometimes one of the images is annotated or has additional information captioned on the front or back. In several cases on both the unique images and some of the duplicates an engineer has drawn the right of way lines on the surface of the images and added additional explanatory text especially in the earlier images.<br /> <br /> An important group of photographs showing the state of a major St. Louis public works project in the midst of the Roaring Twenties and one of the largest and most significant public works projects of its time. unknown
02297London: Printed for Thomas McLean 1821. Scarce Copy<br/>With Earliest Watermarks<br/>Complete With Half-Title<br/><br/>CARELESS John pseudonym. CHATTO William Andrew. The Old English 'Squire. "A Jovial Gay Fox-Hunter Bold Frank and Free." A Poem in Ten Cantos. Illustrated with Plates by One of the Family. London: Printed for Thomas McLean 1821. <br/><br/>First edition earliest issue a Large Paper copy complete with half-title; scarce. Tall octavo 10 3/8 x 7 1/8 in; 263 x 181 mm . viii 136 pp. Twenty-four hand-colored aquatint plates including frontispiece watermarked "Whatman 1821"; the plates in Abbey's copy watermarked "Whatman 1823."<br/><br/>Bound by Rivière & Son in full green crushed morocco with French fillets gilt tooled compartments broad gilt dentelles. Top edge gilt. Plum endleaves. Spine sunned to warm brown. Bookplate of Graham M. Adee. A fine copy.<br/><br/>"The half-title is frequently missing" Tooley.<br/><br/>The story of the life of a somewhat debauched squire from birth until his bridle at marriage.<br/> <br/>"'John Careless Esq.' is only known as the author of a rare colour-book The Old English Squire published by M'Lean in 1821 with twenty i.e. 24 coloured plates 'by one of the family' in the style of Rowlandson. The literary matter differs from that of Combe and Mitford in being strongly influenced by the style of Walter Scott wherever the galloping metre of Retaliation and Haunch of Venison is not used. Especially curious is the account of the collection of Old Masters from which the Old English Squire bought his St Anthony preaching to the Fishes." Prideaux.<br/><br/>"It is not certainly known who 'John Careless' was. He is sometimes said to have been 'Stephen Oliver' a pseudonym of W.A. Chatto; but Chatto's poem of the same title was published in 1838 by 'Phiz.' His 'Old English Squire' with twenty-four aquatints colored by hand 'by one of the family' is in fact something of a mystery and for the collector rather an expensive one: it may cost £20 or even more. The reason of such a price though there is the justification of rarity lies in two features it possesses. One is the plates which are attributed to Thomas Rowlandson of which all that can be said is that they are utterly unworthy of the artist who in the same year completed the illustrations to 'Dr. Syntax's' three 'Tours.' However these puzzles of authorship and illustration make the book interesting. And trashy though the verse is it has yet one other great interest - that of life" Sawyer and Darton English Books 1475-1900.<br/><br/>The stunning library of color-plate and sporting books collected by Capt. Graham M. Adee USN ret. of Newport. R.I. was sold at Parke-Bernet Galleries in 1953.<br/><br/>Tooley 128. Abbey Life 387. Prideaux pp. 305 330. Schwerdt I p. 95. London: Printed for Thomas McLean, 1821 unknown books
02669London: Printed for B. Blake 1815. The First Dr. Syntax Imitation<br /> In a Superb Inlaid Binding by Rivière & Son<br /> <br /> COMBE William after. RIVIÈRE & Son Binders. The Adventures of Doctor Comicus or The Frolicks of Fortune. A Comic Satirical Poem for the Squeamish & The Queer. In Twelve Cantos by a Modern Syntax. London: Printed for B. Blake n.d. 1815. <br /> <br /> First edition. Octavo 8 13/16 x 5 1/4 in; 224 x 132 mm. 2 269 1 pp. Fifteen hand-colored aquatint plates including frontispiece and extra engraved title. <br /> <br /> Bound c. 1925 by Rivière & Son stamp-signed in full antelope brown crushed morocco with gilt fillets surrounding an elaborately gilt frame enclosing a reproduced portrait of Dr. Comicus from the extra titlepage comprised of multi-colored calf onlays. Spine compartments reiterate gilt decoration to boards. Broad turn-ins with gilt rules and corner-pieces. Moire silk endpapers. Expertly and almost invisibly rebacked with the original spine laid down. A very attractive example.<br /> <br /> A clever and now uncommon parodic offshoot of the hugely successful Doctor Syntax series consciously modeled on William Combe's verse and Rowlandson's visual idiom. Although neither Rowlandson nor Combe were directly involved the book trades knowingly on their fame adopting the familiar cantos mock-heroic tone and episodic structure that had made Doctor Syntax a publishing sensation in the previous decade.<br /> <br /> Doctor Comicus follows its hapless protagonist through a sequence of misadventures and social embarrassments using broad humor caricature and topical satire to skewer manners pretensions and eccentricities of Regency life. The hand-colored plates - spirited energetic and intentionally Rowlandsonian - form an essential part of the joke reinforcing the book's role as both homage and spoof.<br /> <br /> "This is the first of many imitations of Dr. Syntax" Tooley. The success of Dr. Syntax "produced a host of parodies and spurious imitations. Among them the best perhaps is the Tour of Dr. Syntax through London.Others were Dr. Comicus or the Frolics of Fortune in 1815 with fifteen plates reprinted in 1820 with only twelve plates.It looks as if Com-icus were a pun on Combe's name to add insult to injury" Hardie.<br /> <br /> Abbey Life 254. Tooley 431. Prideaux p. 334. Hardie p. 317. London: Printed for B. Blake, 1815 unknown
1720WRCAM48868Amsterdam 1720. Single-sheet map 9 3/4 x 7 3/4 inches. Minor foxing. Near fine. A scarce early map of the Mississippi River Valley depicting the American region between the Gulf of Mexico and the Great Lakes taken from HET GROOT TAFEREEL DER DWAASHEID. THE GREAT MIRROR OF FOLLY a scathing account of the speculative crashes that led to European financial disaster in 1720. The work was a chronicle of the failed attempts by John Law Controller General of Finances for the French government to open Louisiana to trade in order to help alleviate France's financial problems. This led to the creation of the Mississippi Company which created the "Mississippi Bubble" incident that destroyed the Banque Générale Privée the General Private Bank which Law founded. The map depicts the Mississippi River parts of Louisiana and Florida Lake Michigan referred to here as "Lac de Illionis" and Lake Superior the extent of French colonial explorations in the region and names of Indian tribes. It is decorated with a title cartouche incorporating the arms of John Law and depicting two Native Americans holding a cornucopia through which flows the mighty Mississippi River. unknown books
19078535Édition originale de ce très beau livre. Il comporte outre un portrait de Rivière par Steinlen (lithographie originale), une eau-forte originale de Rivière : Coup de vent. Titage total à 1100 exemplaires, celui-ci 1 des 100 du tirage de tête sur grand vélin de Rives. Seul les exemplaires de tête comportent l'eau-forte originale. 1/2 maroquin tabac à coins, dos long orné, filets dorés sur mors et coins. Couvertures et dos conservés. Reliure signé Canape. Quelques taches éparses sur le cuir. Très bon Paris Floury 1907 1 volume grand in-8°
2012BRG-41_4_1019Berkley Trade 2012-03-07. paperback. Good. 5x0x7. Good condition.No marking/highlighting.Cover and pages may show some wear.Not Satisfied Contact us to get a refund. Berkley Trade paperback
1921142821Winnipeg: Valentine & Sons United Publishing Co. Ltd. ca. 1921. 50 real photo postcards Complete set complete with the rare original box. The flaps are missing but the box is whole and was mailed to someone in Manitoba. The cards have a slight curve to them but are overall in fine condition. They are postally unused with the publishers imprint on the back. They are numbered 1-50 and captioned below the image. Valentine & Sons of Dundee were Scotland's most successful commercial photographers. The company set up offices in Montreal Toronto and Winnipeg in 1903 and soon went on to be a very successful post card publishing house. Although many of the cards were produced by lithography they also produced wonderful real photo cards as well. This very rare complete set of real photo cards probably dates from 1921 just after oil was discovered on the Athabaska River in the Fort McMurray/Fort Norman area of Alberta. The wonderful images mainly show life along the Mackenzie river in most of the northern settlements. The fantastic photographer covers many of the elements of the towns and people who lived and worked on the river. Most of the images show street scenes in the towns and show many of the commercial businesses. The commercial enterprises shown include the Hudson's Bay Company Northern Trading Company the religious missions native peoples boats and planes mounted police etc. Several of the images directly relate John Franklin and include an image of the Franklin Hotel in Fort McMurray the sun dial erected at Fort Simpson by Franklin and the 2 storey building Franklin built in the north. One of the historic images shows Albert LeBeaux Slave Indian brought to Fort Smith by the Mounted Police. He was the first man executed in the NWT. A wonderful set with dozens of iconic images of the north. 1921 Valentine & Sons United Publishing Co., Ltd. unknown
177130904MADRID: En la Imprenta de Francisco Xavier García 1771. Primera edición.- 4º Mayor.- 6 hojas de Portada Prólogo Tabla e Introducción.- LXX 70 páginas de Introducción.- CCCXLIV 344 páginas de Texto.- 1 Hoja de Erratas.- Encuadernado a plena pasta española de época y del taller de Sancha. Lomera con nervios tejuelo y entre nervios florones filetes y hierros dorados. Muy buen ejemplar limpio y muy marginoso con una encuadernción de época. Preocedencia: Al pie de la portada consta manuscrito: Hilario Cisnero y Saco. Primera edición de este texto jurídico publicado conjuntamente con Miguel de Manuel y Rodríguez. Juan Sempere y Guarinos en ""Ensayo de una Biblioteca Española de los Mejores Escritores del Reinado de Carlos III"" hace un extenso elogio de la obra y en particular de la Introducción: ""Las esquisitas noticias que se dan en esta introducción sacadas de los instrumentos antiguos M. S. y de libros impresos los más raros y preciosos la hacen por si misma una obra muy apreciable que manisfiesta al mismo tiempo lo que hay que adelantar todavía en el estudio de nuestra legislación y Jurisprudencia"". Palau 18717 - Sempere y Guarinos I- página 147 - Aguilar Piñal IV - 4932 En la Imprenta de Francisco Xavier García hardcover
192678130Paris Gallimard 1926-1928 4 vol. reliés 4 vol. in-4 tellière, demi-maroquin bordeaux à gros grain à coins, dos à fins nerfs, plats de papier marbré, têtes dorées, non rognés, couvertures et dos conservés (J.-P. Miguet), 351, 396, 380 et 388 pp., fac-similés en frontispice. Édition originale de cette célèbre correspondance qui se lit comme un roman d'apprentissage. Jacques Rivière et Henri Fournier se rencontrent en octobre 1903 au lycée Lakanal de Sceaux, où ils préparent le concours d’entrée à l’École Normale Supérieure. De tempéraments différents, rien ne les prédestine à nouer un lien d'amitié si ce n'est leur goût commun de la lecture. C'est en découvrant "Tel qu'en songe" de Henri de Régnier que les deux jeunes gens accèdent aux sortilèges de la littérature, une illumination qui décide de leur vocation d'écrivain, mais chacun selon sa manière : d'un côté l'homme appliqué qui prendra les commandes de la Nouvelle Revue française ; de l'autre, l'auteur fougueux du Grand Meaulnes, qui tombera au front en 1914. Chaque volume est l'un des 109 exemplaires de tête réimposés et numérotés sur vergé Lafuma-Navarre. En parfaite condition.
192678130Paris Gallimard 1926-1928 4 vol. reliés 4 vol. in-4 tellière, demi-maroquin bordeaux à gros grain à coins, dos à fins nerfs, plats de papier marbré, têtes dorées, non rognés, couvertures et dos conservés (J.-P. Miguet), 351, 396, 380 et 388 pp., fac-similés en frontispice. Édition originale de cette célèbre correspondance qui se lit comme un roman d'apprentissage. Jacques Rivière et Henri Fournier se rencontrent en octobre 1903 au lycée Lakanal de Sceaux, où ils préparent le concours d’entrée à l’École Normale Supérieure. De tempéraments différents, rien ne les prédestine à nouer un lien d'amitié si ce n'est leur goût commun de la lecture. C'est en découvrant "Tel qu'en songe" de Henri de Régnier que les deux jeunes gens accèdent aux sortilèges de la littérature, une illumination qui décide de leur vocation d'écrivain, mais chacun selon sa manière : d'un côté l'homme appliqué qui prendra les commandes de la Nouvelle Revue française ; de l'autre, l'auteur fougueux du Grand Meaulnes, qui tombera au front en 1914. Chaque volume est l'un des 109 exemplaires de tête réimposés et numérotés sur vergé Lafuma-Navarre. En parfaite condition.
8549Paris, l'Edition d'Art H. Piazza, imprimé le 14 septembre 1913 par G. Kadar. 1 volume in-8, 174 pp., reliure plein maroquin tête de nègre, plat mosaïqué, dos à 4 nerfs orné de caissons mosaïqués, gardes moirées, toutes tranches dorées, couvertures illustrées conservées, doublures et gardes de soie mauve, encadrement des doublures de maroquin, très bel exemplaire en parfait état sous étui cartonné. Richement illustré par de La Nézière. 50 illustrations en couleurs dont 10 hors texte, bandeaux, culs-de-lampe, encadrements décoratifs. Ex-libris de Et. Beauvillain.
191312381Paris, H. Piazza, 1913. 1 vol. in-8. Plein maroquin havane, plats estampés à froid de motifs orientalistes avec une figue de bouddha rehaussée à l'or, large listel doré à motifs d'arabesques en encadrement, dos orné des même motifs dorés avec un bouddha doré en tête et queue de dos, filets dorés aux contreplats, titre doré, tête dorée, couvertures et dos conservés, sous étui bordé. [DURVAND].
838 pages. "Even though the geographic limitations of this work are prescribed by the boundaries of a specific Icelandic settlement, its general scope and extensive background research defy this narrow categorization. The author not only traces the history of the settlement itself, from its beginnings to recent times, he includes a great deal of material of potential interest to those who may have only tenuous links with the Icelandic cultural heritage, at the same time establishing ties between thousands of Icelandic-North Americans and their native Iceland.... The author's disciplined approach has made the writing of this book an arduous task, but at the same time his stringent demands upon himself have enhanced the scholarly merit of his work immeasurably. Virtually unaided, the author has now completed and seen through to publication a more meticulous piece of research than any previously undertaking in the field of Icelandic ethnic history." - Haraldur Bessason, Professor and Head , Department of Icelandic Language and Literature, University of Manitoba. Average wear. Binding intact. Gift greetings atop front free endpaper. Highlighting on five pages. A sound copy of this invaluable genealogical reference. HACKETT (2) 268. Book
182111711Madrid 1821. 600 by 910mm 23.5 by 35.75 inches. Engraved chart soundings latitude and longitude signs of the sea and six coastal profiles. Rare Spanish Admiralty chart of part of the south-east coast of Cuba. The charts produced by the 'Direccion de Hydrografica' were detailed surveys not unlike the charts of the British Hydrographic Office however official Spanish charts of this sort appear on the market much less frequently than their French and English counterparts and even fewer have appeared to survive than contemporary American publications. unknown
1624044461Mainz: Petri Henningii 1624. Early Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Very Good Condition. Contemporary rolled and stamped pigskin remains of clasps worn at the corners but quite sound - an attractive binding. First published in 1593 Graesse D355 various editions. A widely disseminated and influential book - as central in its way as the Malleus Maleficarum - Del Rio untangles good and bad magic superstition idolatry and devil worship and gives a list of Devil inspired authors Bacon Paracelsus George Ripley etc. Though written from a generally counter-reformation stance Delrio's work was the standard guide for Catholics and Protestants throughout the 17th and 18th centuries. Bookplate at rear old signature to title.Moderate to heavy browning to the paper a few minor tears to the outer margin but otherwise clean. 24 1070pp; lacking the front endpaper. Size: Quarto 4to. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Inventory No: 044461. <br/><br/> Petri Henningii hardcover books
199961435Foundation; Et Al. New. 1999. Paperback. 8476646631 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- Text in Spanish and English biographical notes and entries in Spanish only. 112 pp. With 91 col. Ills. 30 x 24 cm. -- with a bonus offer-- . Foundation; Et Al paperback
193391987Floury. As New. 1933. Paperback. 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 - - Corresponds to ASIN: B00164S7U4. Text in French. 179 pages; 60 images with 8 in color. -- with a bonus offer-- . Floury paperback
198385377Peregrine: Gibbs Smith Publishers / G. M. Smith / Peregrine Smith Books. As New. 1983. Hardcover. 0879051337 . 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 - - Corresponds to ASIN: B0006ECKF8 and ISBN: 0879051337. -- with a bonus offer-- . Gibbs Smith Publishers / G. M. Smith / Peregrine Smith Books hardcover
197385184Garden City NY: Pocket Books. As New. 1973. Paperback. 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 - - 480 pages. -- with a bonus offer-- . Pocket Books paperback
194313507Garden City NY: Garden City Publishing Company. As New. 1943. 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 - -- with a bonus offer-- . Garden City Publishing Company hardcover
197625826Yonkers New York U.S.A.: Hudson River Museum. As New. 1976. Paperback. 0890620210 . 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 - -- with a bonus offer-- . Hudson River Museum paperback
