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1879000342New York: Appleton and Company 1879. First Edition. Decorated Cloth. Very Good. 4to. 256pp. Contents include the Colonial Period Later Period and Modern Period. Many famous houses such as that of Frederick Church Washington Irving; many in Newport RI not the Vanderbilt mansions yet to be built the White House. Homes from Saratoga Charleston Cambridge Tarrytown Virginia and on and on. Illustrated by 103 B&W illustrations. Slight shake to inner hinge. Pages clean as in pictorial decoration on cover spine. Minimal shelfwear. Gilded foreedges. Overall VG. <br/><br/> Appleton and Company hardcover books
1889183591New York: White and Allen 1889. Softcover. Fair heavy wear to wraps damp staining along all edges spine torn and pages loose but all accounted for. Tan wraps red and blue lettering; 86 pp bw illustrations throughout. Includes: Program of celebration.--First paper. The inauguration of Washington 1789. Read before the New York historical society Oct. 2 1888--Second paper. Washington as president 1789-1790. New York city the seat of government.--Third paper. Historic homes and landmarks. The Battery Bowling Green and vicinity. Includes advertisements. White and Allen unknown books
1901178153London/Paris/New York: Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd 1901. Leather bound. VG- overall wear and staining to leather boards corners bumped fraying to edges pages of text and illustrations are very clean and clear. Two volumes in tan full leather boards with gilt stamped design on front cover gilt tooling five raised bands on spine with gilt lettering all edge gilt bw frontispiece with tissue guard for both volumes. Volume one xvii 355 pp illustrated throughout in bw. Volume two xiv 308 pp illustrated in bw throughout. This edition is limited to 250 copies. This copys is not numbered but is signed by Frederick James Furnivall editor and Harold Copping illustrator. Volume 1 has list of comedies on page 347: The Comedy of Errors; A Midsummer Night's Dream; The Two Gentlemen of Verona; The Merchant of Venice; The Taming of the Shrew Much Ado About Nothing As You Like It Twelfth Night; or What You Will; All's Well that Ends Well; Measure for Measure; The Tempest; The Winter's Tale. Volume 2 List of Tragedies on page 309 include: Romeo and Juliet; Hamlet Prince of Denmark Othello Macbeth King Lear Timon of Athens Pericles Prince of Tyre and Cymbeline. Includes six additional tales by Furnivall: Love's labour's lost Merry wives Julius Cæsar Troilus and Cressida Antony and Cleopatra and Coriolanus. Includes introductions and additions by F. J. Furnivall. Illustrated by Harold Copping. Raphael Tuck & Sons, Ltd unknown books
46708NY: Charles Scibner's Sons. Hardcover. Very good. 324pp. Scattered foxing throughout with a light dampstain to the top edge of the first few pages boards darkened gilt a but rubbed else very good. <br/><br/> Charles Scibner's Sons hardcover books
7238London J.M. Dent 1914. Later printing of this edition. Half red morocco and marbled paper boards with gilt rules on the covers and gilt letters on the spine t.e.g. marbled endpapers uncut liv 317 1 pp. color engraved frontispiece and numerous textual illustrations. Light foxing to the endpapers otherwise a very good copy. <br/><br/> London, J.M. Dent, 1914. hardcover books
1971TB22257Barre Mass.: Barre Publishers 1971. First Edition. First printing Fine in green cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and yellow end papers. In a good glassine dust jacket with a long closed tear to the fold to the rear panel which has been repaired with archival tape. and with the spine area tanned. Both the book and its jacket are contained within a near fine paper covered slip case which shows minor soiling and tanning at the edges. Signed by the author on the first free end pape. A collection of 36 short stories on 92 pages. One of only 1500 copies printed. This copy is identified as number 401. Barre Publishers hardcover books
1995BL2299Aldershot and Brookfield:: Variorum 1995. 1995. Series: Variorum Collected Studies Series CS499. 8vo. xv 267 pp. Illustrations index. Blue cloth gilt-stamped cover and spine titles. Burndy bookplate. Fine. ISBN: 0860784738 Variorum, 1995. hardcover books
2378Edinburgh: T. N. Foulis 1904. An oblong 8vo. 95 pages plus footnotes bound in original Japon vellum. Both the cover and spine of this exceptional example of Arts and Crafts period design have decorative ornaments and titles executed in light olive green and gilt. The design consists of stylized rose buds and foliage that replicate stenciled hand work. Top edge gilt. Elaborate ornamental title page in the Celtic tradition as well as several head and tail pieces in a mirroring design. A most unusual and handsome gift book produced by one of the leading publishers of the day. The book is notable also as the first volume to be produced in the highly regarded series the Library of English Prose. A fine copy. hardcover books
005265Scribner's Book. Illus. by N.M.Price. Fine. Decorative Cloth. First American. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Fine copy in decorative gilt.Beautiful copy of these Tales by Charles & Mary Lamb. Scribner's Hardcover books
200072841Oaxaca Mexico.: UPIO Unión de Pueblos Indios del Estado de Oaxaca 2000. 27cm. 80p ind. b/w and color plates map color pict. fldg. wrps Protection of natural and cultural patrimony of the state of Oaxaca in Mexico presenting transcriptions of mixe stories as told by local "notables" about the natural water springs and man made pools channels and terraces in Hierve el Agua a government protected natural area and a sacred zapoteca archaeological site in the region of San Lorenzo Albarradas. SCARCE only three copies show in OCLC UPIO, Unión de Pueblos Indios del Estado de Oaxaca unknown books
196133217Kuala Lumpur: Printed for the MBRAS by Printcraft 1961. First edition. Paper wrappers. Wrappers soiled with some edge wear contents near fine plates and maps fine. 248 pp. Illus. with 12 b/w plates and 9 figures incl. 5 folding maps 2 in rear pocket. 8vo. Printed for the MBRAS by Printcraft unknown books
274901London: Constable. hardcover. very good. Edited with notes and illustrations by Percy Fitzgerald. 6 volumes small 8vo gilt-decorated blue cloth. London: Constable no date circa 1900. A very good copy of the "Enfield" edition.<br/><br/> Constable unknown books
1838646931838. LAMB Charles. THE WORKS OF CHARLES LAMB. To which are prefixed his letters and a sketch of his life by Thomas Noon Talfourd. In two volumes. Vol. I & II. New York: Harper & Brothers 82 Cliff St. 1838. First American edition. Two 12mo. volumes: x 11-451; x 13-476 pp. Engraved portrait in vol. 1. Bound in publisher's brown cloth gilt-stamped title within a triple-rule frame at spine. Early ink ownership stencil of Edward Bayard twice in each volume. Light to moderate foxing throughout being heavier on the endpapers and blanks. Front hinge of vol. 1 is starting. Faint marginal dampstaining at the top-edge of both volumes and on the lower board of vol. 1 and the upper board of vol. 2. Cloth shows moderate soiling overall with occasional ink splatter to cloth and bottom edges of book blocks. A touch of wear at spinal ends; and the upper board of vol. 2 is gently bumped at the top-edge. A solid copy in very good condition. Martin & North p. 170. unknown books
189350316London: J. M. Dent & Co 1893. First edition. Hardcover. Very good/No dust jacket. London: J. M. Dent & Co 1893. First edition. Numerous b/w Ògrotesques Ò by Aubrey Beardsley. 191 pp. Hardcover. 16mo. Cream gilt- and maroon-stamped cloth. Top edge gilt. Spine a bit dulled; cloth of covers rippling along hinges and lightly stained; light chipping to front free endpaper; inked name and date to half-title and title; title-page and frontise lightly foxed; some slight scattered foxing through out. Despite its faults. quite a nice copy of a fragile book. Very good/No dust jacket. J. M. Dent & Co hardcover books
6220LONDON BICKERS 1899. LONDON, BICKERS, 1899 unknown books
1971TB20152Barre Mass.: Barre Publishers 1971. First Edition. First printing Fine in green cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and yellow end papers. With a prior owner's name neatly written on the first free end page and with the same prior owner's book plate on the second free end page. Signed by the author on the first free end pape. One of only 1500 copies printed. A collection of 36 short stories on 92 pages. This copy is out-of-series. Barre Publishers hardcover books
1967TB30931Barre Mass.: Barre Publishers 1967. First Edition. First Printing Fine in 1/4 tan cloth and green paper covered boards with black text on the spine. An octavo of 9 by 6 inches. In its clear acetate dust jacket and within its near fine printed paper covered slipcase. One of only 1500 copies printed. 101 pages of text containing 37 short stories. A fine bright copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind. Barre Publishers hardcover books
1968266272New York: Arno Press 1968. hardcover. very good. xxiv 438pp. 8vo rebound in full brown morocco with gilt decorations spine and top of front cover faded from sun exposure. New York: Arno Press 1968. Very good<br/><br/> Facsimile of the Dublin 1809 edition.<br/><br/> Arno Press unknown books
1965130702Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1965. Draft script for the 1965 film. <br/><br/>Two men attacked by Apaches try to warn nearby settlers of an imminent Apache attack but are rebutted by unbelievers and a group of stagecoach robbers. When the stagecoach then suffers an Apache attacked mid-robbery the two men must attempt to survive the attack themselves. <br/><br/>Pale green titled wrappers rubber stamped as copy No. 27 and noted as production No. 20039 dated May 25 1965 with credits for writers Lamb and Sanford. Front wrapper integral with the title page as issued. 109 leaves on pale green stock mimeograph duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Paramount Pictures unknown books
2013183850Rio de Janeiro Brazil: Soraia Cals Escritorio de Arte / Evandro Carneiro Leiloeiro 2013. Hardcover. VG upper corners bumped & creased. indentations to upper spine edge. dustjacket scuffed & smudged; corners creased. white & pictorial boards w/ gold printing. approx 300 unpaginated w/ color illustrations. white pictorial dustjacket. Text in Portuguese. The famed Brazilian model and actress's collection of glassware artwork and haute couture. Lavishly illustrated. Details 617 items for auction. Price List laid-in. Uncommon. Soraia Cals Escritorio de Arte / Evandro Carneiro Leiloeiro hardcover books
025242New York; 1892: Putnam's. Limited Edition. Octavo. ix 267 pages frontispiece portrait. index. Large Paper Edition. No. 110 of 150 copies. The scholar Ernest Dressel North traced not only what he had written by how other major writers had quoted him. After confirming the quotes and anecdotes he arranges the sections so they can be read either consecutively or by topic with the helpful index. Bound in ¼ light brown polished calf spine lettering and top edge gilt internally fresh. A very good copy with light rubbing to spine. Putnam's unknown books
001931London Bickers and Son 1880. Brown cloth yerllow endpapers. All edges gilt. Lovely front cover and spine illustrations of fairies in gilt and black. Modest edge wear spine lightly rubbed. Twelve plates in "permanent photography from the Boydell Gallery" each mounted on heavy card stock. Frontispiece tissue guard and title page show peripheral foxing. The tissue guard appears to be the culprit. Plates and text are clean. 16 pages of advertisements at the end dated July 1880. Printed at the Chiswick Press. London Bickers and Son 1880. hardcover books
188940992London: Field & Tuer The Leadenhall Press 1889. 8vo 20.2 cm 7.95". xii 31 1 pp.; 10 plts. 9 col. <br><br>Type facsimile of the famously scarce 1811 first edition. Lamb's verse fairy tale gives us a royal babe cursed by an enchanter who as he grows up must overcome vanity and self-flattery to win his true love not to mention a nose of less Cyranoesque proportions. Here it opens with an introduction by Andrew White Tuer half of the publishing firm. "The type and illustrations . . . follow as closely as possible the original edition of 1811" notes the limitation statement which also marks this as => numbered copy 143 of 500 printed signed by the publishers.<br>Â Â Â Â The plates include a reproduction of the woodcut from the original first edition paper wrapper printed on blue paper as well as => hand-colored facsimiles of the nine original copper engravings.<br>Â Â Â Â Provenance: From the library of American collector Albert A. Howard small booklabel "AHA" at rear. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Gumuchian 3612; NCBEL III 1225; Opie C 993. Publisher's half vellum and blue papercovered sides vellum edges ruled in gilt front cover with gilt-stamped title; binding lightly dust-soiled. Front free endpaper with inked inscription of G. Tansley and pencilled purchase-related annotations. Pages gently age-toned with very faint spots of foxing more noticeable to endpapers otherwise clean. => A lovely copy of an uncommon item. Field & Tuer (The Leadenhall Press) hardcover books
1911716291911. LAMB Charles. THE ESSAYS OF ELIA THE LAST ESSAYS OF ELIA. With an Introduction by Augustine Birrell and Illustrations by Charles E. Brock. London: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.; New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1911 1910. Later printing. Title-pages printed in brown and blue. Engraved frontispieces; line illustrations throughout text. Two octavo volumes uniformly bound by Riviere & Sons. Bound in half dark blue morocco with blue cloth sides gilt title and decoration to spines marbled endpapers t.e.g. Internally fine but the leather elements of the bindings are rubbed at joints corners and raised bands on spines. Very good overall. unknown books
183848325London: Edward Moxon / Baldwin and Cradock for Tales 1838. Prose - later edition first published in 1835; Poetical - 3rd Edition; Tales - 6th Edition. Set uniformly bound in grey-green diaper cloth with gilt stamping to spine & boards stamped in blind. Pale yellow eps. Spine gilt bright. Modest wear. Prior owner signature. Odd spot of foxing here & there. A VG - VG set. 5 volumes. Tales "ornamented with engravings from designs by Harvey." 12mo. 7" x 4-3/8" <br/><br/> Edward Moxon / Baldwin and Cradock [for Tales] hardcover books