np (Samarkand?), nd (c 1800s). 8.5 x 5, later floral-print boards, 129 leaves of thick, waxy paper with two columns of 15 lines each, manuscript poetry in Persian in black and gilt, with gilt, green and blue borders, 11 bright color miniatures depicting people (many with halos of flame) and..... More
Philadelphia, 1891-1894. Paperback. Lecture tickets range in size from 2.5 x 4" to 4 x 5", colors are 2 red, 2 blue and remainder cream, all but two are signed by the instructor or the dean ie. James Tyson. (Dr. Tyson was the first professor of pathology at U of..... More
Oxford University Press: NY, nd. 7.25 x 5, full limp leather, aeg, 1087 pp + Concordance + index + maps, covers heavily worn, extremities bumped and badly fraying, hinges cracked, contents (especially endpapers) badly waterstained, pp creased, a poor, loose copy of the Red Letter Edition of the King James..... More
np (London?), nd (c. 1330). Hardcover. 5.5 x 3.25", later limp vellum, 98 vellum leaves plus two blanks plus later front endpaper, pages numbered at bottom at a later date starting at "1" (though there is some concern that the first leaf is missing), some fading to ink but largely..... More
Frederici Pustet: Ratisbonae (Regensburg), 1920. Hardcover. Color frontis, illus. title vignette, full page color plate of the Crucifixion, decorative initials; black and white pictorial chapter heads, 14.25 x 10", full tooled polished calf with metal clasps and five (of eight) circular metal ornaments on covers; aeg, 722pp + 219pp +..... More
London, 1700. Hardcover. 7.5 x 4.5", full leather, 376pp, covers very worn and waterlogged with old paper adhesions to front cover, front outer hinge cracked, rear cover and last two leaves detached (but present), bottom inch of spine cover detached (but present), title page browned around the margins, textblock toned..... More
Harry N. Abrams: NY, (1977). Hardcover. Illus., 12 x 9", black cloth, 258pp with index, spine ends a little bumped else a nice, clean copy in a yellowed and rubbed dustjacket. FIRST EDITION, WITH AN ORIGINAL DRAWING OF A SNAKE, INSCRIBED "Pour Anne & Peter, cordialement..." AND SIGNED "Alechinsky" BY..... More
The Company of Stationers: London 1820. 5.25x3", full period reddish-brown straight-grain morocco, decoratively ruled gilt, spine tooled and lettered in gilt, inner dentelles gilt, all edges gilt, ink name, bookplate, piece of preliminary page cut out, shows some wear but an attractive copy. WITH A FORE-EDGE PAINTING BEING A VIEW..... More
Charles Scribner's Sons: NY, 1931. Hardcover. Maps, 9.5 x 6.75", blue cloth, 866pp with index, covers quite worn, spine toned, hinges loose, pp toned. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, INSCRIBED "Inscribed by...for Veronica Hutchinson Feb 1932" AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, WINSTON S. CHURCHILL. More
J.M. Dent & Sons: London, 1924. Frontis plus 60 tipped-in illus., 10.75 x 8.25", gilt-dec brown cloth, 122pp, covers a little rubbed, some bubbling of cloth (old water damage?), extremities bumped, hinges loose, ink inscription from former owner on front blank, last page unevenly toned (from old newspaper clipping?) else..... More
Bradbury & Evans: London 1846. Illus by George Cruikshank, 8.5 x 5.25", 3/4 red leather; marbled boards, 311pp, pronounced chip out of spine title, top of spine torn, covers well rubbed, hinges loose, plates spotted with offset to text. "A New Edition, Revised and Corrected". FIRST SINGLE VOLUME EDITION... More
Harrison Smith and Robert Haas: NY 1934. 7.5 x 5", cloth, 371pp, couple minor pencil notes, ink name, spine darkened, in edge-chipped dw with chip at top of back panel with cello-tape repair, minor edge tears, spine darkened, some wrinkling. FIRST EDITION. More
Printed for the Author at the Artists Press: London 1906. 94 plates; 102 text illu, 13.25 x 10.5", elaborate blind-tooled oasis morocco, ribbed spine with wooden boards and engraved clasps, teg, subscribers' list, a bit worn with scribbled-out name on fep. LIMITED TO 270 NUMBERED COPIES ON HAND-MADE PAPER... More
Ticknor, Reid and Fields: Boston 1850. 7 x 4.5", later 3/4 red leather by Brentano's, top edge gilt; marbled end papers, 322pp, small ding in spine, erasure on fep, title worn & soiled with spotting that continues next few pp, pp321-322 in facsimile, minor text spotting, lacks publisher's list, new..... More
(Paramount 1946). Nice 14.5x23" sketch accomplished in watercolor and gouache showing Stanwyck wearing a periwinkle gown with parasol. More
(Embassy 1966). 17 x 14", goache & ink on Head's illustration paper, light soiling/smudging, light creasing near corners, paper removed from a sketchbook. Sketches show Elke as "Kay Bergdahl" wearin different syles of evening attire, each bears Heads' costume notations in heavy grease pencil: "Kay #4 Cocoanut Grove scene 111"..... More
The Viking Press: NY, (1962). 8.25 x 5.5", green cloth, 311pp, covers lightly rubbed, extremities a little worn, spine ends bumped, hinges loose, textblock edges toned else a nice copy in a rubbed, creased, edge-worn dustjacket. FIRST EDITION, FIRST STATE ("...that fool Red Cross woman..." on page 9; "...Red Cross..... More
J.B. Lippincott: Philadelphia, (1920). Hardcover. 8.25 x 5.5", green cloth backed boards, 296pp, spine ends lightly bumped else a nice, clean copy in a rubbed and extremity-worn dustjacket with a hint of moisture at bottom of rear panel. Ninth Impression in an Eighth Printing Dustjacket, but INSCRIBED "To Marian Osmond..... More
Methuen & Co.: London, (1926). Hardcover. Illus. by Ernest H. Shepard, 7.25 x 5", gilt-ruled and gilt-pict limp green leather; aeg, 158pp, spine a little sunned, extremities lightly worn, small spot in margin of foredge for last few pages, a few other light spots but still a remarkably well preserved..... More
Macmillan and Co.: London, 1888. Hardcover. 7.5 x 5", grey cloth, 255pp + ads, covers heavily rubbed and darkened at edges, extremities badly bumped and fraying, small black spot on back cover, spine cocked, inner hinges cracked, blindstamp of former owner on front fly, pp toned with some finger soiling..... More
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Macmillan & Co: London & NY, 1893-1898. 8 Volumes. 7.75 x 5.25", gilt-ruled green morocco w/elaborate gilt inner dentelles, aeg. Includes: The Renaissance, Appreciations, Marius the Epicurean I & II, Plato & Platonism, Greek Studies, Gaston de la Tour, Imaginary Portraits. More
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Hodder & Stoughton: London, (c. 1921). Illus. by Arthur Rackham including three in color. 8.5 x 7", pict grey cloth, 77pp, covers well rubbed and darkened (esp. spine). Extremities bumped and frayed, hinges loose, pp finger soiled and used. WITH ORIGINAL SKETCH ON FRONT BLANK OF AN OLD WOMAN LOOKING..... More
np (London), 1902. Hardcover. Frontis + 15 color plates by author, 5.25 x 4", pink pictorial boards, unpaginated, covers a bit rubbed, front cover a bit sunned, spine and top edge of front cover a bit soiled, end papers foxed else a nice copy, in a custom-made, lightly worn, splitting..... More
Washington, DC, 1955. Paperback. Two cent postcard, oblong 3.25 x 5.5", front cover with pre-printed stamp, postmark, address written by Ezra Pound; reverse with written message from Pound, INITIALED "Ez P." BY EZRA POUND. Pound writes to a Corporal in the US Army at Fort Benning, GA, answering two questions..... More
