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165528459First or early editions. Various places and publishers 1655-1897 1655. See Beverly Seaton The Language of Flowers A History. University Press of Virginia 1995. A detailed description of the collection is available via pdf on our website at www.brickrow.com on the catalogues page. The Language of Flowers phenomenon flourished for almost eighty years beginning in France in the early 19th century. As both potent and subtle symbols in Western culture flowers are found in religious texts poetry heraldic and emblematic literature from the classical period and early Christianity through medieval literature and the enlightenment. In the early 19th century books were written and published for the first time under titles such as Abécédaire de Flore ou Langage des Fleurs 1811 Oracles de Flore 1816 Emblemes de Flore et des Végéaux 1819 and Le Langage des Fleurs 1819. With those publications the language of flowers and its exploration of floral symbolism in communication - usually as a language of love and romance - gained acceptance and popularity. During its nascent years in France the language of flowers had a relatively limited affluent audience but once publishers saw the potential for profit and obtained the ability to print and illustrate books on a large scale they began to publish language of flowers texts in the popular formats of literary annuals gift books and almanacs. By 1830 the genre was widely available to a new world of fervent book buyers and readers in the working and middle classes. The vogue for language of flowers books was so prevalent that it became the subject of parodies and satires by among others Frederick Marryat and J. J. Grandville. Herman Melville was a devotee of symbolic flower language and referred to it in Mardi and Pierre and poems written to his wife Lizzie. The core of this collection of language of flowers titles was assembled by Doris Ann Elmore a French teacher in San Francisco and lifelong Francophile. The collection is unusual for its scope. The collection is for sale en bloc. <br/><br/> First or early editions. Various places and publishers, 1655-1897 unknown books
1925868921925. BIRDS & FLOWERS Tsuchida EISHO Takeuchi SEIHO artists. EISHO HYAKUCHO GAFU. 4 vols. complete 22.7 X 33.1 cm. Kyoto Unsodo Taisho 3 3 12 14 1914 14 23 25. Profusely illustrated set of images of birds often quite surreal renderings ostensibly after design by Tsuchida Eisho the mid-19th century painter here re-interpreted by Seiho the 20th century master and subtly printed by the Unsodo. Very unusual work complete in a clasped chitsu case. Very good colors impressions condition. A brief notice can be seen at Mitchell p. 249 referencing Brown p.202. unknown books
1933895941933. FLOWERS. KANJI SHÔHIN GASHÛ Kyoto MARIA Gabo Showa 8 1933 29.5 x 41.6 cm. 15 oblong color woodblock prints of flowers many in fan format. Maria Gabo was a very skillful woodblock printing house in the 1930s. Their aesthetic sense differs from others of the period the pallette is subtler the printing more "boneless" - overall a more painterly effect is achieved in this group of prints by two of the most celebrated Kyoto artists of the day Kobayashi Kanji 1892-1974 and Matsumura Suiho. Here MARIA has created prints embellished with all the effects of a deluxe production bokashi mica overprinting etc. etc. The original ribbon-bound boards with printed papertitle label are worn the prints themselves are very good. Very unusual collection MARIA Gabo productions have almost always been broken up for the prints. Complete. unknown books
89765FLOWERS. SHINSHIN MEIKA KACHÔ SEN Vol. 1. Kyoto MARIA Gabo N.D. c.1935 30.0 x 41.6 cm. 12 color woodblock prints of flowers and birds. Maria Gabo was a very skillful woodblock printing house in the 1930s. Their aesthetic sense differs from others of the period the pallette is subtler the printing more "boneless" - overall a more painterly effect is achieved in this group of prints by some of the most celebrated Kyoto artists of the day. MARIA has here created 24.5 33.0 cm size prints embellished with all the effects of a deluxe production bokashi overprinting etc. etc. The portfolio covers are worn but the prints themselves are very good. Very unusual collection almost never found complete. unknown books
1878104083<p>4to original printed wrappers 27 separate installments incomplete and 108 full-page chromolithograph plates. Wrappers are a little soiled and have a few chips and tears one top cover is missing a few corner folds some aging and browning plates are generally clean and bright but sometimes show some browning along margins; overall a decent set of plates. Meehan 1826-1901 was a noted botanist of his day. While he wrote a number of serious scholarly works on the subject this book was an attempt to reach a wider more popular audience. Meehan goal for this work was to improve popular comprehension of the subject without sacrificing good science and by the way at a price people could afford. The concept of bringing more sophisticated botanical knowledge to a wider audience was rare. However Meehan received a lot of critical success for this effort at that time Nissen Botany 1331. Although incomplete this format of Meehan's work is somewhat scarce. It includes installments from the first and second series and was published by the Prang and Robson firms. Sold as a set of plates. Nissen Botany 1331.</p> L. Prang & Co./Chas.Robson & Co., books
187738076Stuttgart 1877. 58 of 60 Chromolithographic plates some folding missing Plate #7 of 1866 and Plate #2 of 1873. 1 vols. 4to 10 1/2 x 7 1/2 Inches. Original yellow printed wrappers. Plates Fine. 58 of 60 Chromolithographic plates some folding missing Plate #7 of 1866 and Plate #2 of 1873. 1 vols. 4to 10 1/2 x 7 1/2 Inches. unknown books
20081327929Sydney: University of New South Wales 2008. First Edition. Softcover. Thin octavo; pp 128; VG/paperback; covers clean; text block clean; profusely illustrated; frontispiece; tight binding; arts - Scandinavian;. 1327929. FP New Rockville Stock. University of New South Wales unknown books
004923Wraps. Very Good. Scarce with no copies located on OCLC FirstServe. N.d. circa 1914 when the fragrance "Un Air Embaume" was first introduced. 8vo. 24 by 21 cm. Unpaginated 12 leaves plus tissue guards and wraps with nine of those being color plates. Rigaud as a parfumier dates back to 1852. At the turn of the century it created and marketed fragrances associated with celebrities of the day -- one fragrance was named after the opera star "Mary Garden" -- and the company might well have been a pioneer in such tie-ins. The company also consciously pursued the Anglo market and capitalized on the Gallic vogue at the time for things English by naming a number of its products in English. The company remains in business today but its emphasis it now on home or ambient fragrances. In this glossy marketing brochure intended as much to build the exotic luxurious mystique of the companies fragrances as to peddle its specific products the color plates capture perfectly the sinewy rich aesthetic of the day with equal amounts of Art Nouveau elegance; the overripe almost lurid colors and styles of the Jugendstil or the Teutonic version of Art Nouveau; and the softer Rococo frivolity and flirty lightness epitomized by a Fragonard or Boucher. The Richepin poem that serves as a preface evokes the hedonistic possibly decadent sensuality that is the mood or mix of moods of the illustrations that follow. And so the names of perfumes are Prince Igor Marthe Chenal a French opera singer who like Mary Garden was particularly associated with Jules Massenet Pres de Vous Muses des Bois l'heure charmante lilas de Rigaud Oeillet d'Andalousie Mary Garden and des Roses. The cream cover has foxing. Within the brochure is clean. <br/><br/> paperback books
1975280806New York: Grove Press Inc 1975. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Near Fine dust jacket. A modernist as well as Uranian novel winner and of the 1973 Prix Medicis and translated from the French for this Grove Press Edition. Uncommon. The text block has browned a bit and there is minor toning to the endpapers. The dustjacket is reasonably bright; it has not been price-clipped and is now protected with a new mylar cover. Very Good binding / Near Fine dust jacket. Grove Press, Inc unknown books
184533897San Luis Potosi Mexico 1845. First Edition. 1p. quarto broadside 31.5 x 21.5 cm. No copies in OCLC. Seeking volunteers for the Army who "quieren ser defensores de la independencia y de leyes". Quotes are established for each locality. The lists of men were to be turned in by local authorities in two weeks. In early August Taylor had moved his forces to Corpus Christi and war fears were clearly rising in Mexico. unknown books
198318324London: A5 Albany Piccadilly 1983. 1 vols. 8vo and 4to. To her friend Isabel Leighton Bunker. Primarily concerning personal matters and opinions. The first responds to Mrs. Bunker's earlier letter congratulating her on her "brilliant son-in-law" hoping that Iran is not a powder keg and regretting that the Bunker's wouldn't be going to Europe for the summer. The second written while she is recovering from a leg injury "the cast is off and I'm left in bandages which replace it from toes to knee" and mentions a letter received "I went back to tears when I read the long and sorrowful letter sent me by Prince Ranier. The pain and anguish he feels is heartbreaking.I've alwas loved her but isn't it sad that I didn't know how much until she was gone After 30 years of close friendship sisterly this is a sad truth." And the last letter commences with business stating that she's fired her agent and was looking for another then describes how she snapped off four teeth biting on an English muffin and needed "pinning all together. 1 vols. 8vo and 4to. Fleur Cowles was the editor and publisher of the elaborate fashion magazine "Flair." Her husband Gardner Cowles was the editor of "Look." Isabel Leighton later Mrs. Arthur Hugh Bunker was a war correspondent playwright actress radio personality and author and very active with various social responsibilites. She was the author of "Where Away" and her short story "Fat Girl" was chosen for inclusion among the "100 Best Stories to Come of the War." Her theatrical successes include "Spring Again" and "Mercenary Mary" and as a war correspondent she covered both Asia and Europe with her articles appearing in most of the leading periodicals in the country. A5 Albany, Piccadilly unknown books
1924260689Mexico City: Grupo Cultural 1924. 68p. slender paperback 5.25x7 inches paper toned and fragile mild handling wear very good. Third edition. Vida y Obra tomo VI. A play by the Mexican revolutionary who had died in Leavenworth Prison two years earlier. The play was first performed in Los Angeles in 1915 when Flores Magón and other members of the Mexican Liberal Party were based in the area. Grupo Cultural unknown books
1924260690Mexico City: Grupo Cultural "Ricardo Flores Magón 1924. 83p. slender paperback 5.25x7 inches paper toned mild handling wear very good. Third edition. Vida y Obra tomo VII. A play by the Mexican revolutionary who had died in Leavenworth Prison two years earlier. The play was written in Los Angeles when Flores Magón and other members of the Mexican Liberal Party were based in the area. Grupo Cultural "Ricardo Flores Magón unknown books
18504147Mexico: Imp. de la Voz de la Religion 1850. 8vo. 29 pp. <br><br>Jurisdictional squabbling differences of opinion concerning censorship and => the role of the state in suppressing anti-Catholic books are addressed in Flores's opinion to the court. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Sutro 859. Removed from a nonce volume. Imp. de la Voz de la Religion unknown books
1847WRCAM41208Lima 1847. 371pp. Removed from a bound volume. Last page is foxing lightly. Text is bright and clean. Signatures of the two authors on the second to last page. Very good. San Roman was the President of the Council of State from 1845 until 1849. This document is a list of acts and resolutions made by the council. San Roman went on to become the President of Peru in 1862. This copy is signed in ink by both San Roman and his Secretary Flores on the second to last page. unknown books
1993165329Lima Peru: Banco de Credito del Peru 1993. Hardcover. VG/G. Dust jacket has some creases through center rips along edges shelf wear. Some soiling on cloth along bottom edges. Pages slightly creased along bottom near gutter. Clean and tight interior. Orange cloth over boards with red lettering. Color pictorial dust jacket with white spine. xxii; 359 pp. A plethora of color illustrations. Coleccion Arte y Tesoros del Peru. Text in Spanish. Banco de Credito del Peru hardcover books
1982129045Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1982. Early Draft script for the 1995 film "Screamers" seen here under its working title "Dragon's Teeth." The script itself is dated 1982 over ten years between script writing and the film's release. Bound at the rear are appendices and a colored map of Soviet and United Nations territories during World War III. Shot on location in Canada. <br/><br/>Based on the 1953 short story "Second Variety" by Philip K. Dick the story takes place in the year 2078 on a distant mining planet ravaged by a decade of war WWIII where scientists have created the perfect weapon: a self-replicating army of killing machines called "Screamers." They have continued to evolve without any human guidance and eventually seek to destroy all of life. Joe Hendricksson Weller leads a group of soldiers still alive on the mining planet Sirius 6B and decides he must negotiate a peace treaty with enemy forces. To do so he will have to cross a wasteland full of Screamers. <br/><br/>Pale gray titled wrappers dated October 29 1982 with credits for screenwriter O'Bannon and for writer Dick. Title page present dated October 29 1982 with credits for screenwriter O'Bannon and for writer Dick. 126 leaves mimeograph duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound with three gold brads. <br/><br/>Lentz p. 1494. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1845RMORELA00JFAlfa 1845; 1846. Fair. Morales Dario. El Alfa The Chilean Newspaper containing pertinant information refering to General Flores and the Ecuadorian revolution 2 issues - Saturday August 30 1845 and Friday December 4 1846. Flores Juan Jose; Cucalon Jose Maria; Denoso Andres. Talca Chile: Alfa 1845; 1846. 4; 4pp. Folio. Newspaper. Book condition: August 30 1845: The newspaper's condition is good with small open tears to edges and along fold of newspaper.; December 4 1846: Fair with missing one inch strip along the bottom. All text is present. Small open tears along the folds. Light discoloration to the bottom corner of the paper. In Spanish. August 30 1845: This Chilean Newspaper gives a microcosmic glimpse into a fascinating time for Ecuador. Chile's front page story posts the details of Ecuador's old regime of General Flores and his stipulations for surrender. He will nonetheless try to gain back power 19 more times.; December 4 1846: Includes an incendiary letter condemning the United States and their ""crimes against society"" calling the U.S.A. out on it's aggressive use of the military during the Mexican American War. Alfa unknown books
1940186269Mexico: Museo Nacional 1940. Softcover. VG- light shelfwear to wraps; light age toning to pages but text and illustrations are otherwise clean. Glassine dj is worn and torn. Off-white wraps with burgundy lettering and mounted color illustration on front cover; glassine dj; 4 preliminary leaves 244 pages 2 leaves portraits some color. At head of title: SecretarÃa de educación pública Instituto nacional de antropologÃa e historia. Text is in Spanish. "Portraits of notable figures in the colonial history of Mexico existing in the National Museum with notes collected from various authors and ordered by the Head of the Department of History of the same Institution" -translated from the title page. Museo Nacional unknown books
195240708NY:: Cowles Magazines 1952. First Edition. Periodical. 4to 229. Articles on various subjects heavily illustrated; some with fold-out or cut pages. Red cloth with cut-out on front. A nice copy. Designed by Federico Pallavicini and printed and bound at the Lakeside Press. An annual issued after the demise of the magazine. In her "Editor's Note" the magazine's founder/editor calls this volume "my reply to those who wrote since the magazine's demise and to the many others I hope still wonder with some yearning about Flair. I bring it back as a book in which you will find in the separate folios which follow each an entity in itself each in fact like a slim separate book subjects in which I believe many people will share a common interest with me. You will see them presented with the same physical attributes which distinguished Flair Magazine -- the same beauty and invention and the element of surprise imitations of which have flattered Flair since its suspension. Cowles Magazines unknown books
19751322694New York: Grove Press Inc 1975. First US Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo 265 pages; VG-/VG; spine green with black and blue lettering; dust jacket protected by a mylar cover; price uncut "$7.50"; minimal wear to edges of dust jacket age-toned pages; shelved in case 6. 1322694. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Grove Press, Inc hardcover books
197945320Kent England: Dawson 1979. 1st Edition. Quarter bound with maroon cloth spines over grey linen boards. Gilt stamped spine lettering. A Fine unused set. 4 volumes; 4000 pages. Vol 1: Generalities Philosophy & Religion. Vol 2: Social Sciences Pure Sciences Technology the Arts. Vol 3: Language Literature. Vol 4: Geography & History. Imperial 8vo. 12" x 8-3/8" <br/><br/> Dawson hardcover books
1971140939243San Francisco: Last Gasp Eco-funnies Co 1971. First Edition. Fine. First edition. Black and white photo illustrated wraps. 48 pp. including covers. Printed on rectos only. Staples a bit rusted else Fine and unread. An attractive copy. A souvenir celebration of the Haight Ashbury performance troupe that anticipated many facets of glam rock as well as modern drag and gay performance culture. Last Gasp Eco-funnies Co unknown books
20031281737Venice: Foundazione Giorgio Cini Istituto di Storia dell'Arte 2003. Quarto: VG/G: Off white spine with dark red text: DJ has general shelfwear some dark smudges remnants of a sticker on front bottom quarter minor age toning: Boards are strong and clean light bumping to head and tail of spine bumping to corners binding is tight: Textblock exterior is clean and pages free of markings folds or tears: Text is in ITALIAN: 515 pp.<br /> Over sized book. Additional shipping necessary for expedited/international shipping. Economy international shipping unavailable due to weight/size restrictions. Please contact seller for additional information. 1281737. Rockville Non-Retail Listings. Foundazione Giorgio Cini Istituto di Storia dell'Arte unknown books
1950012157NY: Cowles Magazines 1950. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. First issue of the very expensive very short-lived and very highbrow magazine conceived and edited by Fleur Cowles socialite all around swell and wife of magazine magnate John Cowles who published - and financed. Covers a wee dusty remarkably well-preserved. Cowles Magazines unknown books
