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201126010011<p>First edition first printing of the bestselling author's debut novel inscribed and signed by Towles dated August 7 2011 less than two weeks after the novel's publication. Location of signing is mentioned but not quite legible. Inscription includes a stamp of a man with a looking glass. Extraordinarily rare on the current market. Jacket presents near fine in mylar with the subtlest shelfwear to edges. Light grey paper-covered boards are clean with Towles colophon in bright gilt to front cover. Corners bumped with a bit of shelfwear mostly to bottom edges. Some shelfwear to head and tail of spine stronger to tail. Interior is sharp clean bright. Subtle scratches to edges of textblock with a small subtle spot of soiling near stitching at bottom edge. A very rare find for a Towles collector.</p> Viking hardcover
1831300966London: T. Hookham 1831. First edition. Page 154 numbered 54. Fly title present; bound without ads. iv 300 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Full green polished calf spine gilt. Joints repaired. First edition. Page 154 numbered 54. Fly title present; bound without ads. iv 300 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Sadleir 1957; not in Wolff T. Hookham unknown books
1893300969London: J.M. Dent 1893. First collected edition. 10 vols. 12mo. Half brown morocco spine gilt marbled boards. Near fine textblock faintly toned. Book plates on front paste downs. First collected edition. 10 vols. 12mo. Handsome set of the writings of Peacock. Volumes are 1. Headlong Hall. 2 & 3. Melincourt 2 volumes. 4. Nightmare Abbey. 5. Maid Marian. 6. The Misfortunes of Elphin. 7. Crotchet Castle. 8 & 9. Gryll Grange 2 volumes. 10. Calidore & Miscellanea. With "Recollections of Thomas Love Peacock" by Sir Edward Strachey. <br/><br/>Previous owners include H. Walter Webb American railway entrepreneur and later his wife Leila Howard Codman. <br/><br/>Thomas Love Peacock was a satirist novelist poet and official of the East India Company. Peacock's place in literature is preeminently that of a satirist with most of his works featuring the same setting in which his characters are set a table criticizing contemporary philosophical opinions. Peacock was a very close friend of Percy Bysshe Shelley and they influenced one another's' works throughout their shared journeys and close lodgings. J.M. Dent unknown books
1831300966London: T. Hookham 1831. First edition. Page 154 numbered 54. Fly title present; bound without ads. iv 300 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Full green polished calf spine gilt. Joints repaired. First edition. Page 154 numbered 54. Fly title present; bound without ads. iv 300 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Sadleir 1957; not in Wolff T. Hookham unknown
1893300969London: J.M. Dent 1893. First collected edition. 10 vols. 12mo. Half brown morocco spine gilt marbled boards. Near fine textblock faintly toned. Book plates on front paste downs. First collected edition. 10 vols. 12mo. Handsome set of the writings of Peacock. Volumes are 1. Headlong Hall. 2 & 3. Melincourt 2 volumes. 4. Nightmare Abbey. 5. Maid Marian. 6. The Misfortunes of Elphin. 7. Crotchet Castle. 8 & 9. Gryll Grange 2 volumes. 10. Calidore & Miscellanea. With "Recollections of Thomas Love Peacock" by Sir Edward Strachey. <br /> <br /> Previous owners include H. Walter Webb American railway entrepreneur and later his wife Leila Howard Codman. <br /> <br /> Thomas Love Peacock was a satirist novelist poet and official of the East India Company. Peacock's place in literature is preeminently that of a satirist with most of his works featuring the same setting in which his characters are set a table criticizing contemporary philosophical opinions. Peacock was a very close friend of Percy Bysshe Shelley and they influenced one another's' works throughout their shared journeys and close lodgings. J.M. Dent unknown
1693ST19567-153La Haye: Abraham de Hondt & Jacob van Ellinkhuysen 1693. Translated by Guilleragues. 140 x 75 mm. 5 1/2 x 3". 346 pp. <br/> Attractive contemporary speckled calf raised bands spine gilt in compartments with central gilt tool surrounded by gilt rules and tendrils gilt lettering all edges speckled red expert repairs to spine ends and perhaps to corners. With woodcut initials tailpieces and frontispiece of a nun at a writing desk. Front pastedown with ink signature of Martin Bowes. Brunet III 1031; see also: Barbier II 1286. Joints and corners a little worn but the binding otherwise in excellent condition; just a hint of browning along a couple edges but A REMARKABLY BRIGHT FRESH AND CLEAN COPY INTERNALLY.<br/> <br/> This is a collection of passionate love letters purportedly written by a Portuguese nun Mariana Alcoforado to her French lover Noël Bouton de Chamilly. First published in 1669 the letters express profound longing heartbreak and emotional intensity. Although the work originally included just five letters the racy content raised quite a sensation and the book proved so popular that it went through several expanded editions that included newly "discovered" missives. The present edition includes a total of 12 epistles by our nun and 11 responses from her lover as well as another series of "tender and passionate" love letters between a couple referred to only as "la présidente F. à M. Le baron de B." Though the original work is now widely believed to be a piece of fiction written by the supposed translator French diplomat Gabriel Joseph de Lavergne viscomte de Guilleragues 1628-84 it is still considered to be a very important epistolary novel providing insight into the emotional landscape of the time and influencing numerous adaptations and imitations in literature. Some importance of the work can be seen in the fact that copies of the first edition consistently bring substantial prices at auction more than $25000 three times since 2010. The early ownership inscription on the pastedown belongs to Martin Bowes 1670-1726 a barrister and fellow of the Royal Society. Abraham de Hondt & Jacob van Ellinkhuysen unknown
DADAX1498721281CRC Press 2015-04-10. 9. hardcover. New. 10.00x4.00x12.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. CRC Press hardcover
CBS 9781498721288USA Edition . New. Brand New! Fast Delivery US Edition and ship within 24-48 hours. Deliver by FedEx and Dhl & Aramex UPS & USPS and we do accept APO and PO BOX Addresses. Order can be delivered worldwide within 6-10 days and we do have flat rate for up to 2LB. Extra shipping charges will be requested if the Book weight is more than 5 LB. This Item May be shipped from India United states & United Kingdom. Depending on your location and availability. unknown
189114815LITLondon: J. M. Dent & Company 1891. Original brown cloth covers w/ gilt title on spines. Bindings lightly soiled and rubbed. Spine and edges darkened. Natural toning and light foxing to endpapers. #6 of 100 copies Large Paper Edition. Leaves untrimmed. Eight of the volumes are illustrated w/ a b/w frontispiece w/ a tissue guard. Hard Cover. Good to Very Good-/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition. J. M. Dent & Company Hardcover
193219788Paris, aux dépens de la Société des Bibliophiles du Papier, 1932 (Imprimerie Stelmans) ; in 8, vélin ivoire, titre imprimé sur le premier plat, tête dorée, garde de papier marbré à tourbillons, façon XVIIe (reliure non signée mais très probablement de Canape et Corriez) ; [1]f. bl., [8], 125, [1] pp., [1] f. bl., frontispice gravé par Omer Bouchery et bandeaux dessinés par J. Bruna, étui.
In-8°; pp. 332, (3), piccolo legno al frontespizio; I edizione. Vinciana 3258; Albertazzi p. 198; B. Croce, St. età barocca pp. 292-294. legatura in pien pergamena con titolo manoscritto al dorso
1914215041914 Aquarelle signée en bas à droite, (1917), 37.5 x 28.2 cm., encadrée.
1782001556Genève s.n. 1782
196611246Paris, Les Bibliophiles de la Basoche, 1966 ; grand in-4 ; en feuilles sous chemise rempliée crème imprimée en rose, chemise-étui illustrés de l'éditeur ; 177, (9) pp., (1) f. blanc, 15 grandes pointes sèches hors-texte rehaussées en couleurs à la main et 15 dessins accompagnant les lettrines.
201613825New York: Viking 2016. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 1st Printing. Signed to the title page. Fine copy. <br/> <br/> Viking hardcover
1836002756Paris, Charles Gosselin et Furne, 1836
Original 1969 Led Zeppelin songbook for what many consider to be their finest album. 48 pages including 19 pages of photos of the boys in band, six of which are in color. One-page color headshot photo of each band member. Colour photos of the band inside each cover, our favorite being the one inside the front cover which shows the shaggy boys staring down at the camera, with Jimmy Page resplendent in yellow clothes trimmed in blue and the band's yellow phallic logo added above them. Includes piano sheet music, lyrics and chords for these classic rock anthems: Whole Lotta Love; What Is And What Should Never Be; The Lemon Song; Thank-You; Moby Dick; Heartbreaker; Living Loving Maid; Ramble On; Bring It On Home. Includes brief write-ups about the band and each of its members. Store stamp atop title page otherwise contents clean and unmarked. Binding intact. Above-average external wear and soiling as perhaps befits this pre-eminent heavy metal band which definitely got down and dirty on this album. An awesome Led Zep collectible. Book
Sensational vintage compilation of thirty-five 1930s lumberjack songs from the Pacific Northwest. Elmore Vincent was known as "The Northwest Shanty Boy" and the front cover art features his image superimposed over a scene of tall timber being brought down by hand, as chainsaws were but a dream at that time. 64 pages. Includes lyrics, guitar chords and piano sheet music for these songs: A Lumber Lad's Love, Ballad of the Lumberjack, Billy the River Driver, Canaday-I-O, Come With Me In My Little Canoe, Darling Janet, Down in That Lonely Valley, Drinking Song, Fair Charlotte, Grizzly Hogan, Lonesome Lumberjack, Lumberjack Memories, Moose Meat, Smart Johnny the Logger, Song of the Lumberjack, Strawberry Lane, The Death of George Phalen, The Flying Cloud, The Gambling Lumberjack and the Jim Creek Girl, The Good Old Times, The Great Fit, The Green River Girl, "The Jam at Gerry's Rock", The Lakes of Pontchartrain, Three Leaves of Shamrock, The Little Brown Bulls, The Lumberjack and the Pretty Girl, The Lumberjack's Alphabet, The Lumberjack's Bible, The Lumberjack in Town [as sung on Seattle's "Skid Road" by Syd Johnson], The Sandy Stream Song, The Stranger and the Maiden Fair, The Two Sisters, Who Feeds Us Beans, and Yodeling Lumberjack. Most songs have several verses or more. Unmarked with above-average wear. Binding intact. A rare and wonderful musical memento of the glory days of Northwest lumberjacking. Book
Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: Behind the Scenes in Russia - Part VI - Robert Wilton, a British War Correspondent on the Eastern Front, recounts his experiences, tells the true story of the tragic end of Rasputin, and discusses claims that the Czar is alive - article with photos of the Czar, his family, and Rasputin; The Most Savage of Beasts - John A. Jordan describes the strange tactics and danger of hunting the African Buffalo; A Hero of the Soudan - How the first Civilian's Victoria Cross was won by Sergeant J.J. Farmer - article with photo; My Niggers - humorous account of the writer's experiences of Gyppies at a camp along the Suez Canal; My Wanderings in Little-Known Angola - interesting article with many excellent photos; The Mechanically-Minded Skipper - Tobias Meddling of the 8-thousand ton ship Peerless; Capturing Seventy-Nine Germans Single-Handed - Canadian officer Captain MacDowell tricked Germans into surrendering at Vimy Ridge; The Battle for the Lake - German warships are ousted from the great inland sea in Central Africa, Tanganyika; Our Grizzly Bear Record - Francis Dickie and his companion set a new world's record for killing Grizzly bears in the Canadian Rockies - article with photos; Pipe Town - where Brier pipes are made for the "Tommies" and the "Poilus" - article with excellent photos; A "Rice Wedding" in Java - fascinating photo-illustrated article; Some Strange Escapes From Germany - Part I - how prisoners of war escaped from the Germans in WWI; My Escape From Russia - Madame Semenoff describes her escape from Petrograd after the Bolsheviks took over; Canada's Water Miracle - The Bassano Dam, the world's longest, built in Alberta, Canada - article with excellent photos; The Zulu Love Medicine - Part I - a member of the Natal Mounted Police describes how an Englishman was murdered by a Zulu medicine-man and accomplices so a portion of the body could be used to make an effective love medicine; and more. pp. 8 [ads], [3], 268-352, 9-16 [ads]. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy of this wonderful issue. Book
2766THE FIRST WORK OF FICTION WRITTEN IN SWEDISH TO HAVE AN AUSTRALIAN SETTING. Stockholm : Gadelius 1817. First edition. Duodecimo modern half green morocco over marbled boards spine with raised bands and gilt lettering sunned modern marbled endpapers original printed upper wrapper bound in but lacking the lower wrapper 98 pp; a crisp clean copy in handsome modern binding. Ferguson 691a. The ideas and social attitudes expressed in the works of Swedish romantic poet and novelist C.J.L. Almqvist were highly unconventional for their period being considered tantamount to revolutionary in many quarters of Swedish society - this in spite of the fact that Almqvist was ordained as a Lutheran pastor at quite a young age. Parjumouf is one of his first published works written at a time in his life when his main influence was the philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau. In this novella a story within a story Almqvist relates the strange romantic tale of Parjumouf a woman who lives in the earthly paradise that is to be found on the western slopes of the recently-crossed Blue Mountains of New South Wales. Almqvist's storyteller who recounts the adventure to a gathering in a Bordeaux wine merchant's refers to Australia as both New Holland and Ulimaroa a term Almqvist had borrowed from the Swedish geographer Daniel Djurberg and which originally derives from the account of Cook's first voyage. There is no published English translation of Parjumouf. Scarce. Two copies of this first edition are recorded in Australian collections National Library of Australia; State Library of New South Wales. hardcover
193410682London / New York: Constable / Gabriel Wells 1934. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. Octavo 10 volumes complete. A fine sharp set in the publisher's full plum cloth with black spine labels titled in gilt. Many pages in some volumes unopened. In the original grey paper dust jackets near fine with occasional edge nicks and abrasions small area of scuffing to the spine on volume X and mild even rubbing to the spines generally but overall very nice. A handsome set one of 675 produced which includes some illustrations some from artistic portraits of the author and related figures along with some nice reproductions of documents relating to his life and work. Peacock a master of English satire was by day an official with the British East India Company. He also maintained a close and mutually influential friendship with Percy Bysshe Shelley. This lovely set is scarce in commerce and most appealing in its original dust jackets. Constable / Gabriel Wells hardcover
102760aaf1820, kl. in-8vo (11x10 cm), Front. (Darstellung des Paares auf einem Boot im Sturm, von der Hand des Autors gemalt) + Titel + 106 unnum. Bl., handgeschrieben in feiner deutscher Kurrentschrift d. Z. auf handgezogenem Papier mit Wasserzeichen (Wappenadler mit Reichsinsignien), grüner Maroquinband mit ornamentalen Goldfileten auf Deckeln und reicher Goldprägung auf Rücken, Goldschnitt, sehr schönes Exemplar.
1920165021920 Pochoir en couleur, signé dans la planche et numéroté, (1920), 34,7 x 44,7 cm.
1890240091890 Paire de 2 Terres cuites, (1890), 12.5 x 14 x 10 cm. et 11.5 x 9.5 x 7 cm. signées sur la terrasse.
