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19352110502150410795Heibonsha 1935. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 12 Heibonsha paperback
1655B6712London: Peter-Cole. Translated by Nicholas Culpeper Abdiah Cole and William Rowland. 1655. A very good example of one of Riviere’s most noted works on early medicine. General age toning. Interior is clean. . Binding: Full contemporary speckled calf boards expert 19th century rebacking. Spine with 5 raised bands in 6 compartments. Title in gilt lettering in red label in 2. Compartments with gilt rules and motifs. Marbled paste-in and free endpapers. All edges cut. Notes: Lazare Riviere 1589 – 1655 was a prominent French physician credited with making influential contributions to early medicine. His Praxis Medica Cum Theoria was a series of 17 books discussing different fields of medicine and medical theories of the time. Size: Quarto276x181mm. Illustration: Elaborate half-title. With frontispiece of translators’ portraits. Title printer’s notice author’s note contents from 1 – 645 physical dictionary. Category: Book Medical; Peter-Cole. Translated by Nicholas Culpeper, Abdiah Cole, and William Rowland. hardcover
176742108A Londres, chez Jean Nourse ; et se trouve à Paris, chez Desaint, 1767. In-4 (289 x 220 mm) de (2)-VII-(1)-511 pp., veau fauve marbré, dos orné à nerfs, pièce de titre en maroquin rouge, tranches marbrées (reliure de l'époque).
179243499A Paris, chez Buisson, 1795 (1792). 2 vol. in-8 de (4)-LXXI-334 pp. 1 f.n.ch. ; (4)-496 pp. 1 f.n.ch. (les deux feuillets d'errata ont reliés à la fin du 2e vol.), demi-basane brune à petits coins, dos lisses ornés de filets dorés, pièces de titre et de tomaison en veau citron (reliure de l'époque).
1901tp8Paris, Ernest Leroux, éditeur Sélection Abraxas-libris Relié 1901 "Sept volumes in-4 (20,8 x 27,5 cm), reliure demi-toile, dos lisses ornés d'une pièce de titre rouge, envoi de l'auteur, nombreuses cartes et gravures in et hors texte, cet ensemble comprend les tomes suivants : ""Géographie et voyages I : Exposé des travaux de la mission (Introduction, première et deuxième périodes - 1879 à 1889)"" [1901, 332 pp.] // ""Géographie des voyages II : Exposé des travaux de la mission (troisième et quatrième périodes - 1889 à 1895)"" [1906, 402 pp. + 54 pp. d'atlas] // ""Géographie et voyages III : Voyages au Laos et chez les sauvages du sud-est de l'Indo-Chine"", par le Capitaine Cupet [1900, 428 pp.] // ""Géographie et voyages IV : Voyages au centre de l'Annam et du Laos et dans les régions sauvage de l'est de l'Indo-Chine"", par le Capitaine de Malglaive et le Capitaine Rivière [1902, 296 pp.] // ""Géographie des voyages V : Voyages dans le Haut Laos et sur les frontières de Chine et de Birmanie"", par Pierre Lefèvre-Pontalis [1902, 326 pp.] // Etudes diverses I : Recherches sur la littérature du Cambodge, du Laos et du Siam"" [1898, 367 pp.] // ""Etudes diverses III : Recherches sur l'histoire naturelle de l'Indo-Chine orientale"" [1904, 549 pp.] ; il manque les cartes I, II, IV et V dans le volume 2 de ""Géographies et voyages"" et un portrait dans le volume 5 de ""Géographie et voyages"", quelques petites marques de frottement sur la toile et dans les coins, quelques très rares rousseurs, bel état général. Livraison a domicile (La Poste) ou en Mondial Relay sur simple demande."
19552115Joseph Foret éditeur Paris 1955. 1 volume in-folio (420 x 340 mm) en feuilles sous couverture illustrée imprimée rempliée. Édition originale illustrée de 10 LITHOGRAPHIES ORIGINALES EN COULEURS, SIGNÉES DANS LA PIERRE. Tirage limité à 207 exemplaires. Cet exemplaire, spécialement imprimé pour Monsieur Duchemin sur vélin de Rives. Il est signé par l'éditeur Joseph Foret. Les ornements in-texte sont gravés sur bois par Lucie Valore, artiste de talent et épouse de Maurice Utrillo. —— ENGLISH DESCRIPTION : MAUROIS, André - MAURICE UTRILLO. PARIS CAPITALE. Joseph Foret éditeur Paris 1955. 1 volume in-folio (420 x 340 mm), in loose sheets, printed cover, slipcase with the title. Original edition of 207 copies. The French text by André Maurois. - 10 ORIGINAL COLOR LITHOGRAPHS BY MAURICE UTRILLO. Each plate with the printed signature of Maurice Utrillo,V. in the stone. The color vignettes are woodcuts by Lucie Valore (a talented artist and Utrillo's wife). - The book is signed by the editor M. Joseph Foret. A superb and clean nominative copy on vélin de Rives of the last and the most attractive illustrated book by Utrillo. With 10 lithographs in color all signed in the stone. More pictures on request.
1883PHO-1179Paris, imp. Noblet , Administration: 12, rue Visconti, sd (circa 1883) . In-folio (26x35 cm ) , oblong , relié toile éditeur ,[4], 8 pp et 25 planches H.T. ,reliure usée , début de fente ,coins usés ,petite mouillure, gardes changées .Les planches tirées sur acier sont les ports , villes et vues au cours du voyage de Laplace à bord de l’Artémise . Avec une vue de l’Artémise échouée à Papeete ainsi que une belle vue de Hawaï et des bagnards de Van Diemen .
18896403London: Kegan Paul Trench & Co 1889. Fine. Sixteenmo 6 3/16 x 3 5/8 inches; 157 x 93 mm. vi 306 1 imprint 5 blank pp. Portrait frontispiece with tissue guard. Title-page printed in red and black. Bound ca. 1920 by Rivière & Son stamp signed in gilt on lower turn-in. Full antelope crushed levant morocco covers decoratively ruled in gilt surrounding a very elaborate floral design in pointillé spine with five raised bands similarly decorated and lettered in gilt in compartments gilt-ruled board edges full dark blue morocco liners elaborately decorated in gilt blue watered silk end-leaves top edge gilt. A wonderful example of the art of 'pointillé'.<br /> <br /> The Scottish author critic and thinker Thomas Carlyle 1795-1881 was a major influence on Victorian society. His novel Sartor Resartus translated as The Tailor Re-tailored among other variations is a satirical look at the work of a fictional philosopher Diogenes Teufelsdröckh. Intriguing in its form the book is structured from the prospective of a skeptical English reviewer consumed by Teufelsdröckh's book Clothes Their Origin and Influence. In crafting Sartor Resartus Carlyle drew on a range of literary influences: Goethe Hegel Sterne and Switft. Carlyle's complicated text not only critiques academic writing and materialism but offers meditations on the meanings of symbols and the search for truth. Although first started as an essay the project eventually developed into a novel which was first published serially in Fraser's Magazine 1833-34. Fine. Kegan Paul, Trench & Co unknown
69466Leiden Johannes Pillehotte 1612. 4° 36 x 24 cm gestochenes Titelbl. 25 Bl. Zueignung u. Inhaltsverz. etc. 468 S. mit einigen Vignetten u. Initialen 10 Bl. «Elenchus Locorum» u. «Elenchus Auctorum» 18 Bl. «Repertorium Generale» Neue HLdr. m. gold. Rückenpräg. Titelbl. neu aufgezogen u. m. winzigen Randverlusten letzte Hälfte mit Wasserfleck im Bund oben 1 Bl. mit Eckriss 1 Eckabriss im Register ohne Textverlust 1 Bl. am Seitenrand eckknittrig sehr vereinzelte Seiten etw. druckschwach tlw. an den Stegen min. stockfl.; allg. gutes Ex. Die S. 325 bis 336 und 342 f. fehlpaginiert.Title-page newly mounted and with tiny marginal losses last half with waterstain in upper margin 1 leaf with corner tear 1 corner tear in register without loss of text 1 leaf creased in margin very few pages somewhat weak in print some slightly foxed in the margins; generally a good copy. pp. 325 to 336 and 342 f. wrong pagination. Caillet 2967. Zweispaltiger Druck. Das Titelblatt zeigt elf Abbildungen aus dem Buch «Exodus» gestochen/gezeichnet von J. de Fornazeris. - Martin Anton Delrio SJ lateinisch Martinus Antonius Delrius spanisch Martín Antonio del Río französisch Martin Antoine del Rio 1551 in Antwerpen - 19. Oktober 1608 in Löwen war ein Jesuit spanischer Herkunft der insbesondere als Hexentheoretiker hervortrat sowie Jurist und Philologe.- Delrios Hauptwerk sind die Disquisitionum magicarum libri sex. Dieser Hexentraktat wurde von 1599 bis 1600 in drei Teilen gedruckt. Obwohl das Werk über 20 Auflagen erlebte der letzte Nachdruck wurde 1755 in Köln veranstaltet beschränkte sich seine Wirkung auf den des Lateinischen mächtigen Teil der Gesellschaft insbesondere den Klerus. Delrio lieferte mit dieser Schrift ein annähernd umfassendes Kompendium aller wichtigen bisher erschienenen Hexentraktate darunter der Hexenhammer und das Werk von Jean Bodin. Damit lieferte er seinen Lesern zugleich ein umfassendes Bild der Entwicklung der Hexenlehre und des Dämonenglaubens. Der Glaube an Besessenheit und die Notwendigkeit von Teufelsaustreibungen sind für ihn wichtige Bestandteile der christlichen Lehre. Dabei betont er dass er sich keinerlei Art von Zauberei ohne Ketzerei vorstellen kann. Somit stellte auch die Weiße Magie für ihn ein verfolgungswürdiges Verbrechen dar.Enth.:Lib. I. De Magia generatim & de Naturali Artificiali & Praestigiatrice agitur. Über die Zauberei im allgemeinen und über die natürliche künstliche und vorgaukelnde;Lib. II. De Magia Daemoniaca & eius efficacitate. Über die dämonische Zauberei und ihre Wirksamkeit;Lib. III. De Maleficio & vana observatione. Über den Schadenzauber und den Aberglauben;Lib. IV. De Prophetia Divinatione & Coniectatione. Über die Prophezeiung die Weissagung und ihre Deutung;Lib. V. De Iudicis officio & ordine iudiciario in hoc crimine. Über die Aufgabe des Richters und die Gerichtsordnung bei diesem Verbrechen; Lib. VI. De officio Confessarii ac remediis licitis & illicitis. Über die Aufgabe des Beichtvaters und die erlaubten und verbotenen Heilmittel. 010 Leiden, Johannes Pillehotte, 1612 unknown
FIRST EDITION of Shelley's longest and most spiritually revolutionary work. xxxii, 270 pp., COMPLETE WITH THE DEDICATION LEAF, THE FLY-TITLE (with a quotation from Pindar in the original Greek), AND THE ERRATA LEAF. This copy is from the COLLECTION OF ROBERT HOE, the greatest of all American book collectors, with his small, finely gilt leather bookplate on front pastedown (his auction catalogue, volume IV, part 2, lot 2917). TEXT CORRECTED (in accordance with the errata leaf) IN A CONTEMPORARY HAND. Printed on fine wove paper. Large 8vo. BEAUTIFULLY BOUND (surely for Hoe) IN FULL HAVANA MOROCCO HANDSOMELY GILT BY RIVIERE (signed). Top edge gilt, other edges uncut. Traces of wear to joints, else FINE AND BRIGHT. For an interesting account of the publication of this volume, see Buxton Forman's Shelley Library, pp. 71-87. An outstanding copy of an important book.
197390655Riviere. 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 - -- Text in French. 225 pages; 595 illustrations. Catalogue Raisonne Catalog Raisonné Complete Works La Vie Et L'uvre Oeuvre Raisonnee -- with a bonus offer . Riviere paperback
200093143Biro. New. 2000. HARDCOVER. 2876602865 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - FLAWLESS COPY BRAND NEW PRISTINE NEVER OPENED -- HARDCOVER. Text in French. 358 pages. Catalogue Raisonne Catalog Raisonné Complete Works La Vie et L'uvre Oeuvre Raisonnee Biro hardcover
1959182892Tianjin: Tianjin shi Haihe gaizao gongcheng weiyuanhui "Tianjin City Hai Ho Development and Engineering Committee" 1959. New China tames its rivers First edition otherwise untraced of this extensively illustrated report. Constructed in just six months and opened with great fanfare the Haihe Tidal Barrier was the first large-scale water-management project undertaken in the People's Republic of China. Funding was provided in the ambitious atmosphere of the Great Leap Forward when propagandists talked of humanity's ability to master nature. The finished barrier was 11 metres high and divided into 8 electronically controlled channels. At its peak the number of people working each day on the construction site reached 50000. This publication was for internal and reference use and only a small number of copies were printed. Sections elaborate on the course of construction including arrangements for the massive workforce and the technological and engineering challenges. Quarto. With half-tone photographic frontispiece with tissue guard showing new barrier 9 folding maps and plans; illustrations maps plans and tables in text. Original brown cloth spine and front cover lettered in gilt. Old library sticker on front cover index-card sleeve and notation on rear pastedown. A little dusty couple of areas of wear general foxing internally as common with Chinese books from this period: very good. hardcover
1940184769Perhaps Tokyo: Shina homen kantai shireibu 1940. With 60 plans of the river Later edition mapping the river's course from Shanghai to Chongqing in sections and incorporating new information on the unfolding Sino-Japanese war. Issued by Japan's China Area Fleet the work also includes plans of key ports showing wharfs railway lines and other riverside infrastructure. Yosuko annai was first published under this title in 1935 but draws heavily on earlier reports written by Okino Matao 1898-1978 the head of Japanese naval intelligence in China during the Second World War. Okino was captured by Allied forces in 1944 and was the most senior Japanese POW brought to the US during the war for interrogation. Landscape quarto. With 18 half-tone plates 75 maps and diagrams most colour. Text in Japanese leaf printed on pink paper. Original card wrappers green cloth backstrip front cover lettered in black against illustrative background. Recent bookseller's ticket on inner rear cover. Wrappers with central vertical crease staining and foxing contents clean: very good. hardcover
197494065Arts Et Metiers Métiers Graphiques. New. 1974. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Text pristine & unmarked tight to the spine - Text in French. 145 pages; illustrated with black and white as well as som color images. Catalogue Raisonne Catalog Raisonné Complete Works La Vie et L'uvre Oeuvre Raisonnee -- with a bonus offer . Arts Et Metiers (Métiers) Graphiques paperback
1742ST18426London: Printed for A. Millar 1742. FIRST EDITION. 165 x 98 mm. 6 1/2 x 3 7/8". With four pages of ads at the end of volume I; one leaf of ads at the beginning and two pages of ads at the end of volume II. Two volumes. <br/> VERY PRETTY TAN CRUSHED MOROCCO GILT BY RIVIERE & SON stamp-signed on front turn-ins covers with French fillet border raised bands spine compartments with central fleuron within a lozenge of dots curling cornerpieces gilt lettering lacy gilt turn-ins dark green endpapers all edges gilt. Housed together in a brown buckram slipcase. Front pastedown with morocco bookplate of Robert Hoe. Cross III 305; Rothschild 844; Tinker 1034. ◆Occasional mild browning or faint foxing but AN ESPECIALLY FINE SET clean and fresh internally in unworn bindings.<br/> <br/> This is a handsomely bound copy with superior provenance of the first appearance of a breakthrough work in the field of English literature. Fielding had a profound influence in determining the development of the novel and this was the first great instrument of that influence. Although some of the names of the characters are facetious the events personalities and settings are all characterized by convincing verisimilitude. The book was begun as a spoof of Richardson's sentimental "Pamela" but it ended up on its own as one of the best novels of the period. The beautiful bindings by the leading English workshop Riviere and the sparkling condition here are characteristic of books from the collection of our earlier owner Robert Hoe 1839-1911 founding member and first president of the Grolier Club. According to Beverly Chew Hoe's library was "the finest America has ever contained." Hoe acquired illuminated manuscripts early printing French and English literature and very fine bindings; when his library was sold in 1911-12 it fetched nearly $2 million a record that held until the Streeter sale more than 50 years later. Printed for A. Millar unknown
19192113Chez Ambroise Vollard, Paris, 1919. Un fort volume in-4 (32,1 x 24,7 cm) broché, 261 pages, couverture illustrée imprimée rempliée. ÉDITION ORIGINALE comprenant en frontispice: 1 EAU-FORTE ORIGINALE "BAIGNEUSE ASSISE" TIMBRÉE DE LA SIGNATURE DU MAÎTRE (vers 1897 - Delteil 11 ; Lugt 2137A). Illustration de l'ouvrage: 1 lithographie en couleurs hors texte, 51 héliogravures sur cuivre en hors-texte et environ 175 illustrations (dessins) en noir dans le texte. Tirage : 1 des 525 exemplaires numérotés sur vélin d'Arches teinté. Broché tel que paru, non rogné. L'ouvrage, malgré quelques rousseurs habituelles (mais bien moins que d'habitude !), est en très bon état, même excellent. La gravure originale de Renoir est en très bon état de conservation. —— ENGLISH DESCRIPTION : LA VIE ET L'ŒUVRE DE PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR, "Baigneuse Assise" (D.; S. 11) Etching, 1897, on wove paper, from the total edition of 1,525, with wide margins, the palest light- and time staining, a few very soft creases, a few minute foxmarks in the margins,otherwise in excellent condition. Comes with the book "LA VIE ET L'ŒUVRE DE PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR" (A. Vollard 1919). Paperback as published, untrimmed. Illustrated with 1 color lithograph in full page, 51 heliogravures on copper off-text and around 175 illustrations (drawings) in black in the text. The book, despite some usual foxing (but much less than usual!), is in very good condition, even excellent. The original Renoir's etching is in excellent condition. P. 8.78 x 5.4 in. (220 x 138 mm.) S. 12.6 x 9.7 in. (321 x 247 mm.)
1766485411 vol. in-4 (format 21 x 26 cm) reliure de l'époque pleine basane marbrée, dos à 5 nerfs orné, tranches marbrées, Chez Benoît Duplain, Lyon, 1766, 1 f. blanc, xvi pp., 4 ff. n. ch., 276-400 pp. avec 10 planches dépliantes
1830ST17640vLondon: Printed for T. Cadell 1830 1834. First Illustrated Editions. 202 x 135 mm. 8 x 5 1/2". iv 2 284 pp.; viii 295 1 pp. Two separately published works bound in two volumes but often found as companion volumes. <br/> VERY ATTRACTIVE GREEN MOROCCO BY RIVIERE & SON stamp-signed on front turn-in BEAUTIFULLY GILT-TOOLED BY FINISHER CHARLES MCLEISH covers with frame of two gilt rules with gilt dots along the inner frame raised bands spine lavishly gilt in compartments with complex design formed by trefoils sprouting from a central branch along with clusters of berries the background with gilt pointillé gilt lettering gilt-rule-and-dot frame repeated on turn-ins maroon endpapers all edges gilt. The two volumes with a total of four plates 20 illustrations in the text and more than 100 fine steel-engraved headpieces and tailpieces after designs mostly by J. M. W. Turner and Thomas Stothard. Italy with A HANDWRITTEN NOTE SIGNED BY ROGERS bound in at front. Ray 13 15. Spines evenly sunned to a light brown as usual with green morocco a hint of sunning to top inch of three covers faint offsetting from engravings other trivial imperfections but A FINE SET clean and fresh internally IN LUSTROUS UNWORN BINDINGS.<br/> <br/> In handsome morocco finished by one of the finest binders of the day this is an extremely appealing set of two poetic works with illustrations of considerable interest. Born in 1859 finisher Charles McLeish was apprenticed to Andrew Grieve in Edinburgh then came to London to work for the prestigious Riviere firm. When Cobden-Sanderson founded the Doves Bindery in 1893 he hired McLeish as the firm's finisher; McLeish held that estimable position until 1909 when he left to go into partnership with his son also named Charles who had apprenticed under Roger de Coverly. McLeish's expertise in applying the gilt decoration to bindings is evident here in the intricate tooling of the spine compartments which required applying individual small tools dozens of times and doing so with such exactness that only the most careful inspection will spot a couple of minute variations between one compartment and another.<br /> <br /> The scion of a wealthy banking family Samuel Rogers 1763-1855 first achieved fame with the publication in 1792 of "The Pleasures of Memory." After Italian travels during which he met Shelley and Byron in Pisa Rogers produced a first version of "Italy" in 1822 and issued a sequel in 1826 both of which sold poorly. He destroyed the unsold copies revised the poems and published them at his own expense in the present edition of 1830 our first volume embellished this time by illustrations. These were the work of two artists with very different propensities--Stothard 1755-1834 who did demure figure scenes and Turner 1775-1851 who provided landscape vignettes. The success of this edition was perhaps due as much to the artists as to the poet. <br /> <br /> Britannica describes Rogers as a "witty conversationalist" who "maintained an influential position as a leading figure in London society and as a generous host to brilliant company." Bound in here is an invitation to tea at his lovely home at 22 St James's Place: "Dear Katherine / If you & Miss Mallet / & Wm. have nothing better to do / pray come & drink tea with me / next Sunday the earlier the better. / Yours very truly Saml Rogers / St. James's Place / Thursday Evg." It is possible "Katherine" was London socialite Katherine Jane Canning daughter of British diplomat Stratford Canning 1st Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe; Rogers inscribed a copy of the 1845 edition of his poems to her according to auction records. Printed for T. Cadell unknown
26973A Londres, Chez J. Nourse, & se trouve à Paris, Chez Desaint, 1767. (2), vii, (1, Fautes à Corriger), 511, (1) pp. 4to. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt in compartments, label with gilt lettering, joints starting to split but holding firm, a bit rubbed and worn. Weulersse, i, p. xxviii; Kress 6475; Goldsmiths 10269; Higgs 3979; INED 2794; Einaudi 3307 (the 8vo edition in 2 volumes); May, Le Mercier de la Rivière, 163. First edition, the rare 4to edition. The rare 4to edition by 'the ablest expositor of this (the physiocratic) system' (McCulloch). It was written following Le Mercier's retirement from Parliament in 1759. Praised by Adam Smith and Diderot amongst others, L'Ordre naturel was, according to Palgrave, considered more highly than l'Esprit des Loix by some contemporaries. The author argues that there is a natural law of property which is based on the physical order of nature, and which underlies all other laws. Taxation and the use of public revenue by the ruler are both governed by natural law of property. Schumpeter lists this work as the second textbook of Physiocrat orthodoxy.Catherina II of Russia invited the author to her court, and it provoked Voltaire's l'Homme aux quarante écus and Mably's vehement criticism in his Doutes proposés aux Philosophes économistes. - Faint library stamp on half-title, handwritten ex-libris of Lussac in blank upper outer margin of title.
17679980A Londres, chez Jean Nourse; et se trouve à Paris, chez Desaint, 1767. 1 vol. in-4 de (4)-VII-(1)-511 pp., veau marbré, dos orné à nerfs, pièce de titre en maroquin rouge, tranches rouges (reliure de l'époque).
40 pages. Features: Great cover photo of wild-haired Albert Einstein in leather jacket; Photo of swastika atop smoke stack of New York hospital power plant on the East River between 70th and 71st; Photo of Mr. & Mrs. David Hearst; photo of Pinky Tomlin and his bride; Photo of Joan Bennett wounded on movie set by a bayonet; Great photo of FDR in limo in Gainesville, Georgia surrounded by crowd; Concern over Japanese fishing off Alaska; Photo of Dr. Seyss-Inquart with Hitler; One-page article on Einstein includes photo of his relaxing chair, work desk and Princeton home; Five photos of famous racehorse Man o' War; Nice one-page photo ad for the Chrysler Royal car; Nice one-page, two-color Chesapeake and Ohio ad features Ohio's "Cheese Corridor"; Photo of crowd of Akron Goodrich workers protesting wages; Photo of a 42-passenger 'Ensign' built for Imperial Airways; Handsome color Packard auto ad on back cover features illustration of well-dressed couple. Somewhat above-average wear. Unmarked. Articles clipped from pages 15, 16 and 39. One-third of table of contents page has been removed. A worthy vintage copy Book
19126402Oxford: Clarendon Press 1912. Small octavo 6 9/16 x 4 3/16 inches; 167 x 106 mm. x 1-1084 pp. Printed on thin india paper. Bound by Rivière & Son ca. 1912 in full midnight blue morocco covers elaborately stamped in gilt pointille in a wonderful floral design. Red morocco doublures with an elaborate gilt design cream watered silk end leaves all edges gilt. Spine with five raised bands elaborately tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments double gilt ruled board edges. Joints very slightly cracked - almost invisible.<br /> <br /> How does one honor the expansive history poetic output in the English language That appears to be the motivating question behind the famous poetry anthology The Oxford Book of English Verse 1250-1900. Compiled and edited by the novelist Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1863-1944 also called Q this epic collection would go on to be a turn-of-the-century best-seller almost 500000 copies of the first edition. A temple of poetry this volume includes all of the greats and some hidden lyrical treasures. <br /> <br /> A spectacular binding from the house of Rivière & Son during the best years. The elaborate pointille design is almost breathtaking and the inner red morocco doublures equally pleasing. "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. Clarendon Press unknown
1892ST19701New York: Printed in Paris by D. Jouast for Duprat & Co 1892. No. 326 OF 350 COPIES this one of 300 on Holland paper; there were also 50 on Japon. 258 x 162 mm. 10 1/4 x 6 1/2". xii 170 pp. 1 leaf colophon. With an introduction by Richard Henry Stoddard. <br/> VERY PRETTY SEA GREEN MOROCCO ELABORATELY GILT FOR H. S. NICHOLS LTD. covers framed by gilt rules with floral tooling at corners raised bands spine panels lavishly gilt with a starburst of floral tools emanating from a central medallion all on a stippled ground gilt lettering turn-ins framed in similar style to covers leather hinges ivory watered silk pastedowns and endleaves top edge gilt other edges untrimmed. Original paper wrappers bound in at rear. With title page vignette decorative frame and six engraved headpiece vignettes by Jacques Wagrez and 15 plates five by Louis Titz and 10 by Wagrez. A Large Paper Copy. Front pastedown with morocco bookplate of W. A. Foyle of Beeleigh Abbey. A very faint two-inch scratch to front board vague fading around perimeter of covers occasional minor foxing or smudges but a very attractive copy the text generally clean and bright and the binding with virtually no signs of use.<br/> <br/> This is a bibliophile's edition of Shakespeare's tragedy printed in Paris on special paper with large margins attractively illustrated and expertly bound for bookseller and publisher H. S. Nichols. The work is introduced with an essay by American literary critic Richard Henry Stoddard 1825-1903. Although the lettering on the front turn-in states otherwise our volume was surely bound for--rather than by--the enterprising bookseller H. S. Nichols. Nichols started out in the trade in Sheffield where he sold books and worked with Leonard Smithers a publisher of the Decadent movement who issued books by Sir Richard Francis Burton Oscar Wilde and Aubrey Beardsley as well as erotic works that crossed the line into prurience. Nichols moved to London in 1893 and set up as a publisher and bookseller on Charing Cross Road. Facing the threat of obscenity charges he fled to Paris in 1900 and to New York in 1908. There he established himself as a purveyor of quality editions and rare books. It is unclear at which point in his career our book was bound for him but given the date of publication and the style of the binding it was likely when he was in London where there were a number of fine binderies that could produce work of this quality. The beautiful tooling fine materials and elegant design suggest a firm like Riviere which also did such bespoke work for Bumpus booksellers. Our former owner W. A. Foyle 1885-1963 was himself a bookseller on Charing Cross Road where he co-founded with his brother the famous Foyle's Bookshop. Foyle was an avid and discriminating collector whose three large sales at Christie's held in 2000 were a bibliophilic highlight of the new century. The sum of $19 million for which William Foyle's personal library sold in July set a record for private European collections. [Printed in Paris by D. Jouast for] Duprat & Co unknown
19276401London: Bell and Sons 1927. Octavo 7 1/2 x 5 inches; 191 x 127 mm. xxiv 570 pp. Fifty-seven full-page black and white plates and three text drawings. Handsomely bound by Rivière & Son ca. 1927 stamp-signed on front turn-in in full medium blue morocco with a very ornate multi-fillet gilt frame enclosing a vari-colored morocco onlaid illustration with painted highlights reproducing the black and white plate in the book "So To Bed" facing p.400. Gilt ornamented raised bands. Gilt framed compartments with ornate gilt centerpieces. Gilt tooled edges and turn-ins marbled paste-downs and end-leaves publisher's pictorial end-papers bound in at end all edges gilt. Minimal fading to spine light and almost imperceptible mark on rear cover otherwise fine.<br /> <br /> Samuel Pepys 1633-1703 was an English naval bureaucrat and member of Parliament who is now most famous for his diary. Hailed as a significant primary source for Restoration-era England the diary spans the years 1660-69 as Pepys ages from 27 to 36 years and was "written in Thomas Shelton's system of shorthand or tachygraphy with the names in longhand it extends to 1250000 words filling six quarto volumes." Britannica. Pepys was a highly inquisitive man and filled his pages with lively descriptions of people as well as documented his experiences living through "the Restoration and coronation; the horrors of the Plague; and the Fire of London" Britannica. In this edition of his dairy Ernest H. Shepard's illustrations enliven these first-hand experiences for readers.<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. Bell and Sons unknown
