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193015344The Macmillan Company 1930. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. This old book with Original slipcase is clean solid and in great shape! This is a Signed Limited Edition hardcover book with 318 pages including many illustrations. This book is #310 of 350 copies printed. The binding is strong with all pages firmly attached. The author and illustrator both signed the second end paper. The pages are clean with no soiling writing or tears. The copyright page shows 1930 as the published date. The black slipcase shows just a hint of edgewear and some light soiling. The covers are clean and in great shape. This old book with slipcase looks and feels great! We always ship in a sturdy cardboard box! The Macmillan Company hardcover
1528215133.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
15-5747Ann Arbor MI.: Passim Editions 1998. 12mo. Thirteen Book Marks Very Good with some creasing. Envelope addressed to Peter Howard & of Serendipity Books present. Thirteen bookmarks letterpressed on handmade paper with wood-engravings. Ann Arbor, MI.: Passim Editions, 1998. unknown
63836333Indiana University Press USA . Papeback. New. Indiana University Press (USA) unknown
199512350Lewisburg PA: The Press of Appletree Alley 1995. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Large octavo 48pp. illustrated. From The Bucknell University Fine Editions: A Series in Contemporary Poetry edited by John Wheatcroft. A near fine copy in the publisher's printed boards with very dark navy cloth spine. Spine just a tinge sunned top edge gently foxed but the contents fresh and lovely. Per the colophon: "This book was set in Spectrum type and printed on English Somerset mould-made paper with a No. a Vandercook press. The edition was designed type-set and printed by Juanita Bishop Barnard Taylor and Kathy Pino a Bucknell University graduate student. The engravings were printed directly from the blocks. Don Rash and Nicolyn Rosen hand bound each book with printed paper over boards." This is number 34 of 125 limited copies SIGNED by Peacock on the limitation page. Publisher's prospectus laid-in. The Press of Appletree Alley hardcover
1935365888US: Putnam 1935. Putnam 1935 Limited Edition Very Good/ This Limited Edition issued in 1938 with new format and wood engravings by Asa Cheffetz. Light wear to greeen cloth with illustrated front in black and gold and gold spine lettering. Spine lightly tanned. NO DUST JACKET NO SLIP CASE. Tight unmarked illustrated text. 43386 pages signed on page 340 by "Asa Cheffetz" artist the copy number "1384". LARGE HEAVY ITEM 2.25 Pounds. Size: 9 3/8 x 7 3/8 x 1 1/8 inches. Signed by Author. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. No Exp. Putnam Hardcover
282202Reeves and Turner 1886. TWO VOL SET super octavo brown buckram boards gilt lettering to spine gilt lettering & motif of Newgate Prison to front boards frontispieces with tissue guards vol 1- xii 592pp vol 2- viii 636pp illus/engravings with tissue guards- not counted but presumed all present VG-/scruffy very heavy chipping to spine extrems with considerable loss to each volume spine moderate to heavy chafing to boards moderate to heavy tanning to page edges moderate tanning & foxing to prelims moderate cracking to gutters throughout 9cm closed tear to top of pg vii of vol 2 light foxing to illus & tissue guards but unobtrusive pencil inscription to verso of fep of vol 1 Reeves and Turner 1886 hardcover
1881027568Paris / Poitiers: H. Oudin Freres 1881. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine. 14 3/4" Tall. 238 Pp. Fine Engravings Pasted In Or Printed In As Issued. Fine Quarter Morocco Over Marbled Paper Also Full Marbled Paper Endpapers Gilt Lettering On Spine And Top Edge All Gilt. Gilt Brilliant. First Printing 1881 Stated Of Volume Iii Of This Finely Made Original Work 14 3/4" X 11". No Names Or Marks. A Few Light Rubs To Morocco No Chips Or Tears Gilt Brilliant; Wear At Tips And Edges Of Boards With Loss Of Paper At Tips Only. Pages Clean Lightly Aged No Foxing Spots. <br/> <br/> H. Oudin Freres hardcover
1981ABE-11095721627Gryphon Press Sussex 1981 SIGNED by the author and dated February 1995. This is an unread first printing of an elegant non standard landscape format by this superb small press book. Beautiful marriage of word and image lyrical poetry complemented by the engravings of Nicholas Perry. As new privately printed a first rate collectable. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng. Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Soft cover. As New/As New. Gryphon Press, Sussex paperback
172130780Londini London: Typis Gulielmi Bowyer 1721. Very Good-. Londini London: Typis Gilielmi Bowyer 1721. First Edition. Octavo 24cm; contemporary paneled calf gilt spine in six compartments all edges speckled; 6646444pp.; engraved portrait frontispiece and two leaves of plates including one other portrait and a folding table. Leather quite scuffed and rather dried joints rubbed with exposure of spine chords spine gilt mostly effaced 20th-century ownership inscription to front free endpaper else a Good to Very Good internally clean and sound copy. Preliminary text includes the extensive list of subscribers.<br /> <br /> Posthumously-published biography of the late Dean of St. Paul's John Barwick 1612-1664 by his brother Peter 1619-1705. "Begun in 1671 Vita was clearly intended as more than simply a memoir of Barwick's brother; it is perhaps better understood as a statement of his own commitment and lifelong zeal for the restored Anglican church and its royal head" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.<br /> <br /> ESTC T088503. Typis Gulielmi Bowyer unknown
0504OTFRIWVUnknown Binding. Very Good. SIGNED by the author Harry Worcester Smith with a dedication on the front fly to John Cary Randolph who when he rides is "a thoroughbred on a thoroughbred." Dr. Archibald Cary Randolph a landed surgeon whose family helped settle Virginia was hunt master of the Piedmont Hunt until his death in 1959. Very good red cloth brighter gilt and doecot on front board than on spine; No reader remainder or ex-library marks. first ed. 1st printing in no dustjacket. Foxing at textblock and dusting at top edge only. Illus. excellent throughout. unknown
174318928Utrecht: Hermanus Besseling 1743. Second edition. Hardcover. g- to vg. Folio 15 6/8 x 10 1/2". XVIII 652 pp; folding engraved map. Text in Dutch. Contemporary full calf with gold lettering and tooling to spine front joint tender. Raised bands. Additional engraved title by Bernard Picart. Title in red and black lettering. Publisher's vignette on title page. Decorative head- tailpieces and initials. This handsome second edition of "Biblia Sacra" is splendidly illustrated throughout with 35 double-page engraved plates of 36 lacking plate #1 depicting the Creation from Johannes Luyken's "Icones Biblicae Veteris et N.Testamenti 1729" as well as 2 folded maps and one folded plan of Jerusalem. This is the first volume containing the entire Old Testament. Binding rubbed along edges and on covers. Head and tail of spine partly chipped. Minor age-toning along paper margin. Text in Dutch with plate captions in Dutch and French. A good copy with clean fresh plates throughout. Hermanus Besseling hardcover
18992335181011007A.L. Burt 1899-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. Nice looking book has edge wear. has tears on spine & cover faded. A.L. Burt hardcover
56324Copenhagen 1763-81. . 8 Copper-Engraved plates from this massive Danish atlas. Original folds some marginal tears several are mounted on larger sheets with spots of glue at upper margins; clean and very good for the most part. Sizes are about 12 x 9 inches; some are trimmed smaller. Titles are: H. Zebaoths Kirke / Fridrichshafns Castell-Kirke / Friderichsberg Slotsgaard 2 copies - one is colored / Harboes Frue-Closter / Fridrichs Tydske Kirke paa Christianshavn / Arrest-Huset / Vor Frelseres Kirke paa Christianshavn partly colored. <br/><br/> Copenhagen, 1763-81. unknown
1759848041759. T. Kinnersley. London. 1759. In Two Volumes II and III and contains the whole set for the year 1759. Bound in 18th century quarter brown calf gilt very worn and rubbed and lacking portions of leather from heads and tails of spine. Joints tender but holding. Vol. II; ii 372 pages plus 4pages of index. Vignette to general title-page and engraved head-piece for each month. 6 engraved plates of unusual and more ordinary fauna including the dodo the rhinoceros sea hedge-hog the horned didapper flying fish and cassowary. 1 portrait plate of Magliabechi 14 full page engraved maps and plans. Vol. III; ii. 404 pages plus 4 page index. Engr. vignette to general title-page and engraved head-pieces or decorations to each month 4 engraved plates of fauna one portrait plate of Major General Wolfe 1 incredible engraved plate displaying the Torments Inflicted by the Dutch on the English in Amboyna plus the engraved frontis. to Pope's Essay on Man. Three engraved plates - 1 map and 2 plans. A wonderful insight into what interested people in the mid-18th century. Pages browned and occasionally foxed but otherwise a very useful set. hardcover
157447005Venice Venetia: Printed by Simon Calignani 1574. First edition. Hardcover. Very good condition. Quarto. 8 109 1pp. Rebound in full leather with ornate period blind-stamped decor on covers gilt lettering on spine; raised bands. Red edges. Title page with elaborate architectural framing. Historiated woodcut initials. Twenty-three headpiece copper engravings 3 3/4 x6" for each chapter and tailpiece vignettes. Contains author's dedication to Ottaviano Manini and five page table of notable facts Index with errata note. Woodcut on colophon at rear is the printer's device initialed S. C. K. with his motto "The Tower and the Strength of my God."<br /> <br /> Famous work on ancient customs of funeral rites and ceremonies among Romans Egyptians Greeks Indians Scythians Cavemen and Christians by author and cartographer Thomaso Porcacchi illustrated by Girolamo Porro. Written as a dialog between author and two characters praising the talent of Girolamo Porro and the quality of his work. Porro who's eyesight was impaired is also credited with the design of a "flying machine" able to transport many man. Porro also illustrated Porcacchi's 1572 publication "Isole piu famose del Mondo Most Famous Islands of the World." Porcacchi's work on funeral rites known to have been consulted in arranging high profile funerals e.g. that of Cosimo I. de Medici. Text in Italian. Page 51 misnumbered 15. Binding with light wear along edges light streaking to boards. Some offsetting along edges of free endpapers form leather binding. Original endpapers and title page with some age-toning else only minor blemishes in block. Printed by Simon Calignani hardcover
194556138John Marshall Press. As New. 1945. 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 - - 233 pages. -- with a bonus offer-- . John Marshall Press hardcover
1982306969NY: RANDOM HOUSE. Fine. 1982. First Edition. 0394525019 . First American Edition. SIGNED Limited Edition. Copy #455 of 500 numbered copies. Signed by V.S. Pritchett. Fine in green cloth in an orange cloth slipcase with the original price sticker at the bottom righthand corner. . RANDOM HOUSE. hardcover
19302104300050Lewis Historical Publishing Co 1930-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 4 volume set. Quartos. Bound in publisher's 3/4 black cloth over green cloth. Hardcover. Good binding and cover. Unmarked pages. Some discoloration to rear cover of v.1. This is an oversized or heavy book which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US. Lewis Historical Publishing Co hardcover
42710London: W. Nicol 1832. 8vo 2 57 1pp. title and terminal leaf dust soiled blank margins a little chipped stitched as issued 1109 lots. [London: W. Nicol], 1832 unknown
44717NY: Atheneum 1963. First edition; sm 4to; orange cloth covered boards hardcover; 57 pages; colored engravings by Philip Reed; lightly rubbed board edge else a very good clean tight copy in a lightly soiled dustjacket. <br/><br/> NY: Atheneum, 1963 hardcover
194913511Los Angeles: Limited Edition Club 1949. First Edition in this Format; Limited Edition. Hardcover. Book condition is Very Good bound in 1/4 leather and paper covered boards housed in a Very Good slipcase. Minor edge wear and a few weak smudges to slipcase. Sunning to slipcase. A few smudges to covers. A few small weak scuffs to spine of each volume. Text is clean and unmarked. Illustrated throughout. Limited to 1500 copies this set numbered 822. ; Signed by the engraver Carl Schultheiss on the Limitation page. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 690 pages. Limited Edition Club hardcover
1965228244The University Press 1965. Hardcover. Used - Very Good. Signed by Joan Hassall; #999 of a limited 1500 produced; Yellowing to outer slipcase little wear to covers with small chip to top of spine small inscription inked on verso of final endpaper book block otherwise clean square and tight. The University Press hardcover
1948008728New York: Printed at The Spiral Press 1948. First edition. Paperback. This original Robert Frost 1948 Christmas Card features a trifecta of virtues. This is the first published appearance of this poem which had an unusual text history detailed further below. Of 2275 copies printed for 9 different names this is one of 375 printed for the poet himself. Last but certainly not least this is not only one of Frost's copies but is inscribed and signed by him. Following the first and second printed lines on the presentation page "This new poem brings Holiday Greetings from Robert Frost December 1948" Frost wrote "the Hendersons" and signed "Robert Frost". <br /> <br />Condition is near fine. The gray-green card wraps are clean bright and sharp cornered the binding staple firmly intact and uncorroded. We note only a tiny blemish above the title on the front cover and a trivial hint of wear to the spine heel. The contents are crisp and clean lightly age-toned but with no spotting or soiling. <br /> <br />With the permission of Frost and his publishers in 1929 the Spiral Press began printing an annual Robert Frost Christmas Card featuring one of his poems. The tradition continued until 1962 Frost's final Christmas. Each annual Christmas poem publication was printed with varying names on the title page to accommodate their being sent by various Frost publishers artists and important friends. This copy is one of those printed for Frost himself. <br /> <br />The 1948 Christmas poem "Closed for Good" has an unusual textual history. After it was first printed here it appeared in a number of other Frost collections including in the 1949 edition of Complete Poems and the 1954 1955 and 1963 editions of selected poems. In 1962 a revised version of Closed for Good was published as part of In the Clearing. There the poem is altered; the first stanza lines 1-6 is deleted And becomes They in line 7 and the word brush becomes spread in line 24. <br /> <br />This is clearly how Frost wanted the poem to evolve. In the Clearing was his final new collection and in 1958 Frost told Elizabeth Shepley Sergeant that he was trying out a new version of four stanzas. Nonetheless When Edward Connery Lathems edition of The Poetry of Robert Frost was published in 1969 the poem was presented in five stanzas and the two word changes restored to original. Given both Frosts manifestly deliberative use of words and the fact that the poem is a commentary on Frosts inheritance from the past and his legacy to the future the changes do not seem incidental. <br /> <br />By 1948 when this poem first appeared in his annual Christmas card and he inscribed this copy Robert Frost 1874-1963 had already entered the final decades of his life as the most highly esteemed American poet of the twentieth century with an accumulating hoard of academic and civic honors. Half a decade had passed since he had won his still-to-this-day-unrivalled fourth Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. This is all the more remarkable given that he did not publish his first volume of poetry until he was nearly 40 years old. <br /> <br />References: Crane B19; Tuten and Zubizarreta; ANB <br/><br/> Printed at The Spiral Press paperback
1959008606New York: Henry Holt and Company 1959. First edition first printing. Hardcover. This strikingly clean jacketed copy of the first edition first printing of Robert Frosts 1959 collection of Favorite Poems for Young Readers is signed by him "Robert Frost" on the title page just above his printed name. <br /> <br />This collection takes its title from the words repeated at the end of each stanza of this book's first poem "The Pasture" first published as the prefatory to North of Boston in 1914. Of this collection the publisher said Frost "has gathered a group of his poems to be read to and by young people. To Robert Frost a great-grandfather with a remarkable number of small friends this was a labor of love. Frost dedicated the volume to his mother Belle Moodie Frost who knew as a teacher that no poetry was good for children that wasnt equally good for their elders. Evoking Frosts famous poem Mending Wall Frosts friend Edward Hyde Cox 1914-1988 who contributes a Foreword to this volume said of Frost that he had never added a single stone to the wall that so often separates age from youth. Prevalent among the 51 poems herein is Frost's gently subversive inclination to write verse that is superficially accessible "lovely dark and deep" upon sounding. <br /> <br />This is a handsome book bound in orange-yellow linen cloth with a vignette of a bird on a fence post stamped in black on the lower right front cover corner and spine print stamped in black with a red acorn and leaf device between at the spine's center. The contents feature wood engravings by Thomas W. Nason and are bound with endpapers of heavy light gray wove paper and red and yellow head and tail bands. The dust jacket printed on beige laid paper features a wood engraving of birches spanning the lower front face spine and extending onto the rear face. The rear face prominently features Yousuf Karsh's famous portrait photograph of Frost. <br /> <br />Condition is truly fine in a truly fine dust jacket. The illustrated cloth binding is immaculately clean and bright with sharp corners and only the most trivial hints of shelf wear to extremities. The contents are likewise pristine with no spotting soiling toning or previous ownership marks. "FIRST EDITION" is so stated on the title page verso. The contents retain a pleasingly stiff feel The dust jacket is crisp bright clean and entirely complete with no loss or tears and retaining the original "$3.00" upper front flap price. We note only a hint of wrinkling to the spine heel and a touch of soiling to the lower rear face. The jacket is protected beneath a clear removable archival cover. <br /> <br />Publisher's statements are often hyperbolic. In this case the dust jacket's front flap description of Robert Frost as "America's beloved poet ageless and for the ages" was and remains more accurate than advertising. Before this volume was published on 26 March 1959 Robert Frost 1874-1963 reached the age of eighty-five. His stature had risen to an apex arguably unequalled by any American poet since. Frost had long-since won all of his still-unrivaled four Pulitzer Prizes for poetry 1924 1931 1937 and 1943. He spent his final years as the most highly esteemed American poet of the twentieth century with an accumulating hoard of academic and civic honors. Two years before his death he became the first poet to read in the program of a U.S. Presidential inauguration Kennedy January 1961. <br /> <br />Reference: Crane A39; Tuten and Zubizarreta; ANB <br/><br/> Henry Holt and Company hardcover
