Over the River: Project for Arkansas River, State of Colorado [Signed].
Christo and Jean-Claude; photographs by Wolfgang Volz; commentary by Jonathan Henery. Belgium, 2006 Large quarto in light blue cloth stamped in dark blue. Unpaginated, but about 200 pages. SIGNED BY CHRISTO AND JEAN-CLAUDE ON THE TITLE PAGE IN ORANGE. First published in 1998 in paperback in tandem with a book on "The Gates", this edition updates the activity since that time on this still uncompleted project. This hardback edition is a larger format than the original, about 12 x 10 inches. A clean, bright, unworn copy but, while the binding is still sound, the perfect binding is exposed behind the front endpaper. The jacket is crisp and complete but very slightly worn at the tips.- $300
- $300
![History of the French Protestant Refugees from the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes to Our Own Days [Vol. I. Vol. II].](https://rarebookinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/1409283237.0.l.jpg)
History of the French Protestant Refugees from the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes to Our Own Days [Vol. I. Vol. II].
Weiss, M. Charles [Professor of History in the Lycée Bonsparte]. New York, 1836 First Edition. Small Octavo Translated from the French by William Herbert Henry; with an American Appendix by a Descendant of the Huguenots; John F. Trow, Printer and Stereotyper. Detailed Publishers' Advertisement with note of praise and comment as to the excellence of author. A seven page Author's Preface stresses the end of the book is one purely historical, not to revive the irritating controversy or reawaken ancient resentments. Volume I, 382 pages with advertisements; Volume II, 333 pages with Authentic Documents referred to in Justification of the Text for both Volume I and II; pages 335 to 419. Near fine, sturdy condition with only slight bending at top and bottom of spines. Front and back covers blind stamped with initialed crest and edge rules. A very uncommon book. OCLC reports few libraries committed to retain the hard copies- $350
- $350
Complete Angler, or the Contemplative Man’s Recreation, Being a Discourse of Rivers, Fish-Ponds, Fish , and Fishing . . . .
Walton, Izaak; Charles Cotton; Harris Nicolas. London, 1836 Two quarto volumes, about 11 inches tall, in full green Morocco by J. Wright, with elaborately decorative gilt borders on cover, five raised bands with brown spine labels, extra gilt decorated compartments, gilt decorated dentelles. All edges gilt, marbled endpapers. A magnificent copy of the first Pickering edition. From the library of R.B. Adam, his oval bookplate with the bust of Samuel Johnson in the center on the front pastedown of volume I. Adam was a significant collector from Buffalo who built the best Johnson collection in America. Light edge wear to the covers; an inconsequential chip to the author spine label of volume I. Irregular foxing in both volumes: moderately heavy here and there but volume I is largely clean and significant parts of volume II are as well. Some offsetting from engravings, occasionally fairly substantial. Some bookseller notes in pencil on verso of the front endpaper.- $3,000
- $3,000
American Harness Racing
Hervey, John; Edwin T. Keller New York, 1949 Quarto, about 12 inches tall, in burgundy calf decorated in gilt, five raised spine bands with horseshoes surrounded by a decorative device in four compartments, decorated dentelles, marbled endpapers. 206 pages illustrated by photographs. LIMITED EDITION, #50 OF 250 COPIES. The first "book" is 115 pages, and is titled "American Harness Horses and Horsemen" by Hervey; the second book, by Keller, completes the book and is titled "American Harness Horses and Horsemen of Today". Inside is clean, bright and sound. The covers have ever so slight extremity wear and a modest abrasion to the lower spine. Otherwise this impressive book is lovely with bright gilt.- $400
- $400
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Old Settlers’ Souvenir Album [Sauk County]
Canfield, William H. Unknown, No Date [1901] Hardback octavo in white cloth with a faux alligator finish. 53 pages plus ads and a portrait of the publisher of the Sauk County Democrat, perhaps the publisher or printer. A scarce early history of an area of south-central Wisconsin, Baraboo being the county seat of Sauk County. Lots of photographic portraits including frontis of the author. An assortment of letters, biographies, minutes of meetings of the Old Settlers' Association. A funeral notice tipped in near the front, and several pages of religious materials by Canfield as well as a pamphlet containing argument on separation of church and state. These extra materials are on different, more acidic, paper but they all appear to have been inserted when the book was bound. Some irregular darkening to the rear covers; extremities modestly worn with the tips worn through to the boards, and the cloth at the front joint (the exterior hinge) is beginning to separate at top and bottom. The binding is sound but the rear endpaper has separation of a couple inches. The extra pages mentioned above are moderately toned. There are, therefore, several flaws, but all are of minor severity.- $350
- $350
Taming of the Sioux
Fiske, Frank Bismarck ND, 1917 Red cloth stamped in gilt on cover with a teepee and a column of smoke pictured on a pastedown along the foredge of the front cover. 186 pages with photographs by the author and drawings by Francis Zahn (Holy Star). SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR WITH A SIMPLE PERSONAL INSCRIPTION, IN A SHAKY HAND, DATED 1951. Howes, F155A. Shifflet, p. 162. A short but important look at the end of the Indian Wars in the Dakotas and the period thereafter including the death of Sitting Bull. A bright, sound copy with bumping to the front tips so that boards show through. Otherwise just a touch of edge wear and an old price in red pencil on the front endpaper. The rear pastedown was applied somewhat sloppily, showing a crease.- $750
- $750
YEAGER; An Autobiography.
Yeager, Chuck and Leo Janos New York, 1985 Qctavo, 9 inches, in tan cloth with dark brown spine, 343 pages includes an 8 page index.. Signed on free front endpaper. "General Chuck Yeager, the greatest test pilot of them all...the first man to fly faster than the speed of sound...the World War II fighting ace..." Book signed by him at an annual meeting of Motorola Service Shops, circa 1987 General Yeager died December 7, 2020 at 97 in Los Angeles. Hardcover. Near Fine in Near Fine Dustjacket.- $225
- $225
ANACREON TEIUS, Poeta Lyricus Summa Cura & Diligentia, ad Fidem Etiam Vet. MS. Vatican. Emendatus. Item Anacreontis Vita. Accessere Ormanenti Loco Tres Eleganter-Sculptae. Opera & Studio Josuae Barnes.
Anacreon 12mo. First edition edited by Barnes (a professor of Greek at Cambridge University). (20),lxxv,(37),401,(7)pp. Index. Illustrated with 3 copper engraved folding portraits (the author, the editor, and the Duke of Marlborough). Cont. tooled, paneled calf, rebacked, gilt decorated spine with black morocco label. Front hinge cracked but holding nicely. Engraved bookplate of Edward Conyers, Esq. of Walthamstow, Essex, on front pastedown & the same owner's signature dated 1710 on a blank preliminary. 1710 is the year Conyers (1693-1742) graduated from Oxford. One leaf with a repaired tear (no loss, but a bit discolored). See Dibdin, GREEK & LATIN CLASSICS, 4th ed. Vol. I, p. 260-261.- $350
- $350
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Mrs. Craddock [dated 1903]
William Somerset Maugham 1st printing 1902 but dated 1903 - some of the bound copies of the first printing were allocated for the Colonial edition. They were given a cancel title page stating '1903' instead of the original title page '1902' which was replaced - the idea was that by the time they arrived at the farthest reaches of empire their date remained current - some of these were ultimately issued with no half-title and sold to the Times Book Club with no ads at the rear [see Toole Stott A5a and b.] like this one. In publisher's original petrol blue cloth with titles in gilt to front board and spine and publisher's windmill device stamped to centre of rear board in blind - with fading to spine titles which remain legible however, a little rubbing to spine ends and corners. The binding is sound, tight and square with all page block edges trimmed as required with a hint of spotting. Internally clean with occasioal mark; no inscriptions. A nice copy.- $369
- $369
The Magician
William Somerset Maugham Scarce 1st printing and 1st issue [Toole Stott A11] with collation as required and one of 2100 intended for the home market. In publisher's original river blue cloth with title and author's Islamic arch design to front board and titles to spine all in gilt; publisher's windmill device to rear board in blind - still very good with original spine, nibbled at ends, relaid professionally and inconspicuously; the spine is a little faded and soiled. The binding is therefore entirely sound, tight and square. Internally new endpapers; all else original with occasional light mark or stain; there are no inscriptions; 3 pages of publisher's ads following main text at rear as required. Uncommon.- $1,064
- $1,064
The Merry-go-round
William Somerset Maugham Very scarce 1st printing, 1st issue of the author's 5th novel [Toole Stott A7 - there were only 3000 copies] in publisher's original dark petrol blue cloth with titles to spine in gilt and titles and Islamic arch motif stamped to front board in gilt and publisher's windmill logo to rear board in blind - with original spine professionally and inconspicuously re-laid and with original eps retained. There is a little unevenness of colour at front and rear boards.The binding is entirely sound, tight and square with top edge of page block cut and the other two rough trimmed as required. Internally the front flyleaf appears to be absent; the gutters of both eps are split but there is absolutely no movement and there are no inscriptions, bookplates or marks. Book presented now in a clear, removable, acetate cover- $2,056
- $2,056
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The Complete Short Stories [3 volumes all 1st printings]
W. Somerset Maugham 3 volumes, all 1st printings - in recent half morocco with leather corners and with 5 raised bands, black title labels and gilt titles and ruling with publication date at base to each spine. The boards of the original publisher's binding have been retained with titles stamped in gilt towards top and publisher's Islamic arch logo at bottom right hand corner of front board in blind. All bindings remain fresh, clean and bright and the joints are completely unworn. All bindings are sound, tight and square with just a little light spotting to the leading page block edge of volume 3. Internally there are no marks or inscriptions, bookplates or anything else and each volume has matching and very attractive marbled endpapers. A lovely 1st edition set that would grace any library. 1st printings are becoming increasingly uncommon.- $1,404
- $1,404
A Gun For Sale
Graham Greene 1st printing in publisher's original red cloth with titles to spine in gilt - all still fresh, clean and bright with a hint only of lightening to spine. The binding is sound, tight and square. Internally clean and fresh with no inscriptions or other marks. A very nice copy.- $1,253
- $1,253
Decline and Fall
Evelyn Waugh 1st printing, 1st state with the original names Martin Gaythorn-Brodie and Kevin Saunderson respectively on pages 168 and 169 in publisher's original snake skin patterned red/black cloth with titles in gilt to spine - all still fresh, clean and bright. The binding is sound, tight and square. Internally clean with all illustrative plates by the author present and no inscriptions with the occasional light stain or light diffuse foxing. A very nice copy.- $1,360
- $1,360
The Confidential Clerk: A Play
T.S. Eliot 1st printing in publisher's original mid-blue cloth with titles in gilt to spine - all still fresh, clean and bright. The binding is sound, tight and square. Internally clean and fresh with author's signature to title page with no further inscription. The unclipped, 1st state dust jacket [with 10/6 on front flap at lower end] is complete and still generally bright with just a tiny amount of nibbling at top spine and fold ends and a little fading at spine. A very nice copy.- $2,001
- $2,001
OBSERVATIONS PHYSIQUES ET MATHEMATIQUES: POUR SERVIR A L’HISTOIRE NATURELLE & A LA PERFECTION DE L’ASTRONOMIE & DE LA GEOGRAPHIE: Envoyees de Siam a l’Academie Royale des Sciences a Paris, par les Peres Jesuites Francois Qui Vont a la Chine en Qualite de Mathematiciens du Roy.
Gouye, Thomas 8vo. (8),278,(6)pp. With the leaf of approbation and the 2 leaves of index at back. With 3 copper engraved folding plates, illustrating the author's dissection of a crocodile. Original mottled calf, gilt spine in six compartments. Spine extremities worn and front hinge starting, but quite sound. Front free endpaper lacking. Small paper repair on a blank portion of the title, likely removing the name of a previous owner, and a small repair at the bottom blank margin of pp. 33/34. Some occasional text foxing. This is the scarce first edition of Jesuit scholar Gouye's (1650-1725) first book, a report of his scientific observations made on his voyage and stay in Siam before traveling on to China. He makes observations on the animals of Siam, on eclipses, mathematical calculations of latitude & longitude, and geography. Currently there is no other copy for sale on-line. The last auction record was 2004 (2,160 GBP). There is one copy (2 listings but the same copy) of his second report of his observations published in 1692, a briefer work of 113pp., for $15,000. DeBaker & Sommervogel III, columns 1640-1641. Cordier. INDOSINICA 949.- $6,500
- $6,500
Ninety-Two in the Shade
McGuane, Thomas New York, 1973 First Edition, First Printing. Hard cover. Octavo. 197pp. Top edge stained red. Signed by author on title page and dated 1992. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. The author's third novel and the basis of a 1975 movie of the same name directed by him.- $250
- $250
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CRITICISMS ON THE ROLLIAD. [By Joseph Richardson and others]. The Ninth Edition, Corrected and Enlarged
Rolliad 2 parts bound in one. 164;iv,136,8pp. Engraved frontis. and large engraved vignette on title. Contemporary tree calf, ornately gilt spine with red calf spine label; extremities a bit rubbed. Part I is the ninth edition (1791) and Part II is the third edition (1790). A collection of Whig political satires directed against William Pitt and his followers. The two parts are usually found separately.- $150
- $150
The Raven, Le Corbeau
Poe, Edgar Allan New York, 1968 A facsimile of the 1875 edition of The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe with French translation (into English) by Stephane Mallarme and illusttrations by Edouard Manet. Copy number 119 of a limited edition of 1000 copies. Slim quarto. Hard cover. Unpaginated but 32pp. Fine in a fine dust jacket.- $225
- $225
Oölogy of New England: A Description of the Eggs, Nests and Breeding Habits of the Birds Known to Breed in New England with Coloured Illustrations of Their Eggs.
Capen (Elwin A.) Tall folio (10 1/2 x 14ins, 270 x 375mm). Text and plates loose and unbound (see below) in original black cloth box, small splits, a little rubbed, but very good. pp 116. "25 full page plates of eggs, representing several hundred, beautifully coloured. Notably complete and good". ( Bennett, American Nineteenth Century Colour Plate Books). The dramatic colour printed plates show 323 eggs, decoratively arranged on each plate with ruled border and captioned, most images far larger than usual, and printed on a straw-coloured or very light-green card stock. This has become a scarce book, and is the first copy I have seen in many years. Quite the largest format of its sort and the only one on American Birds Eggs. The Finest Possible Copy. " This magnificent volume. has long been out of print. Last Summer amongst the effects of the late E.A Capen a few copies of this valuable work, uncut, untrimmed and unbound, but each copy assembled and wrapped ready for the binder were unearthed, and. the undersigned secured them. The few copies I possess are being distributed among my old. friends." From the label affixed to the top of the box, in the name of Frank H. Lattin M.D., Albion. N.Y.- $2,026
- $2,026
Statutes of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire 1957. Together with: Service of Dedication in St Paul’s Cathedral, Wednesday 22 May 1974.
Order of the British Empire: 2 items folio (8 1/2 x 11ins, 215 x 285mm) original maroon stiff card covers, gilt and in fine condition. Statutes: pp67, 7 monochrome plates. 3 letters to Richard Gronow Hinks MBE from the Registrar of the OBE concerning fund raising and dedication of the chapel in St Pauls, signed receipt of One Pound's donation (the maximum permitted) to the funds of the chapel. Service: pp2 p printed red and black, coloured frontispiece and plate. With invitation and dress and transport instructions.- $109
- $109
New Year’s In Sokolniki
Kononov, A Moscow, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Ca 1954 Stapled in wraps. 11 1/4" by 8 1/2" Twelve pages including three full page b/w illustrations by N. Zhukov. Very good. A publication of the Soviet Children's Library For Tiny Tots which tells a story of V.I. Lenin visiting an orphanage outside of Moscow and delivering presents and good cheer. Propaganda in the form of a thinly veiled retelling of the Santa Claus folk tale.- $125
- $125
THE WORKS OF SHAKESPEARE. Edited by W. E. Henley
Shakespeare, William Folio. 10 volumes. Each volume with a fine frontispiece with tissue guard. Large vignette on each title. Finely printed in an edition of 1,000 copies, signed by the publisher, on fine paper, with deckle fore-edge. Bound in half dark green morocco over dark green cloth. Gilt spines with 5 raised bands. T.e.g. A very attractive set, but for a few covers being a bit bowed. This fine set is referred to as the Constable Edition or the Edinburgh Folio Edition.- $750
- $750
THE WORKS OF SALLUST, Translated into English. With Political Discourses Upon That Author. To Which Is Added, a Translation of Cicero’s Four Orations Against Catiline. By Thomas Gordon
Sallustius Crispus, Caius 4to. 2 parts in 1. xvi,xviii,202;viv,336,(10)pp. Index. Cont. half calf, spine decorated in blind & gilt, with brown calf spine label, over marbled boards (a bit darkened). Cont. inked signatures of 2 previous owners on title page. The scarce first edition of this translation. The title page is not dated (in all copies). The date of 1744 is assumed from "the evidence of" Sept. 3, 1743 printed at the end of the dedication of Volume 2.- $450
- $450
PICCADILLY IN THREE CENTURIES. With Some Account of Berkeley Square and the Haymarket
Dasent, Arthur Irwin 8vo. vi,(vi),318,(6)pp. The final 4 pages being ads. Index. Illustrated with 11 plates, and further "Extra-Illustrated" with 71 plates (5 in color); portraits, facsimiles and views, some inlaid or mounted. Fine copy in full tan polished morocco, with ornately gilt pine and two colored morocco spine labels. T.e.g. Bookplate of J. L. and E. B. Ketterlinus of Philadelphia. Binding signed by Riviere.- $650
- $650
DICTIONARY, PERSIAN, ARABIC, AND ENGLISH; With a Dissertation on the Languages, Literature and Manners of Eastern Nations. A New Edition, with Numerous Additions and Improvements by Charles Wilkins
Richardson, John. A. 2 volumes. Lg. 4to. xcvi,1157,(1);(4),xxiv,853,(3)pp. Double column text. With the leaf of ads at the back of Volume II (a tape repair to a blank portion of the leaf), and the half-title in Volume II (no half-title required in Volume I). Cont. calf boards, quite rubbed & worn, calf chipped along the edges and some corners. Both volumes nicely rebacked with red morocco spine labels. A number of old rubber stamps of the Mercantile Library New York, who sold off their books in the 1970s. Each volume with an old inscription of a preliminary blank from one Joseph Wolff to his friend J. King. Very scarce. The greatly revised "New Edition" with extensive revisions by the great orientalist Charles Wilkins (Richardson died in 1795). The work was originally printed in 2 folio volumes in 1777-1780 in Oxford. Richardson also wrote A SPECIMEN OF PERSIAN POETRY (1774), and both an Arabic Grammar (1776) and a Persian Grammar (1771). The first volume is Arabic and Persian words translated to English, and the second volume English words translated to Arabic and Persian.- $2,000
- $2,000
Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature. Ichtyologie. Dédié et présenté à M. Necker, Ministre d’Etat, & Directeur Général des Finances.
BONNATERRE, Abbé. Première édition, in-4; lvi, 215p.; 102 planches gravées en taille douce, en beau tirage, représentant 413 poissons. Jolie reliure moderne en demi-veau bronze, dos à nerfs orné de filets et roulettes dorées, et de petits fers à froid, plats et gardes marbrés. Traces de mouillures en marge extérieure du volume, n'affectant pas le texte ni la gravure, ayant entraîné une fragilisation du papier sur quelques cahiers. La partie "Ichtyologie" de l'Encyclopédie Panckoucke, qui forme un panorama descriptif des principales espèces de poissons alors recensées, remarquablement illustrée de 102 belles planches gravées en taille-douce.- $1,278
- $1,278
THE POETICAL WORKS OF LORD BYRON with Explanatory Notes and a Life of the Author, by Thomas Moore. Illustrated with Numerous Fine Steel Engravings Embracing the Principal Female Characters, Landscape and Historical Subjects. First Quarto Edition Complete in One Volume
Byron, George Gordon Noel, Lord Lg. 4to. (2),ii,xxviii,(5)-740pp. Double column text. Plus a frontispiece portrait, added engraved title and 38 steel engraved plates (each with a tissue guard). Bound in full 20th c. gilt decorated polished green calf. A.e.g. Some foxing of outer leaves and occasional light foxing of the plates (mostly in the blank outer margins). A lovely edition.- $200
- $200
Catalogo De La Coleccion De Codices
Glass John B. Mexico City, 1964 Hard cover. Grey publisher's cloth with silver lettering. Quarto. 237pp. plus 139 b/w plates. Marginalia consisting of cross referencing in pencil to the descriptions, and ink to the margins of the plates by a previous scholar. Very good.- $112
- $112
Meditations on Hunting
Ortega y Gasset, Jose New York, 1972 First American Edition. Hardcover. 152 pages. Gift inscription to front free end paper otherwise fine in a very good dust jacket. Translated by Howard B. Wescott, with an introduction by Paul Shepard and illustrated by Lewis S. Brown.- $200
- $200
The Charlie Chaplin Archives
Duncan, Paul (Editor) No.1068 of a limited first edition with a 12 Frame Strip from "City Lights" cut from an Original 35 MM Print in the Charlie Chaplin Archives. Hard cover. Oblong 16 1/2" by 12 1/4" 560 pages. Tiny blemish to one of the title letters on front cover otherwise fine. In original custom box. Three years in the making, and leaving no document unturned in the vast Chaplin archives, this XL tome follows the making of every one of Chaplin's films. Featuring personal letters and memos, sketches, storyboards, posters, on-set photos, and oral history from Chaplin and some of his closest collaborators, it reveals the impromptu invention as well as the meticulous planning that together made Chaplin the first international film star. - from the publisher.- $375
- $375
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THE ANTIQUARIAN BOOK MONTHLY REVIEW [name changed to: ANTIQUARIAN BOOK MONTHLY starting in 1993]
Volume I, No. 1 (February, 1974) -- Volume XXVIII, No. 11 (Dec - Jan, 2001-2002). 322 issues (of 324) lacking two issues; July 1990 (#195)and Oct. 1998 (#289). 4to. Profusely illustrated in color and black & white. Glossy wrappers. Just about a complete file of the very popular British trade journal covering all aspects of book collecting, and the world of books. There were name changes after this date, to ANTIQUARIAN BOOK REVIEW (to 2004), and RARE BOOK REVIEW (to 2009), which we are not offering.- $850
- $850
Codice Xolotl
Dibble, Charles E. Mexico, 1980 Two Volume set in matching slip case. Cloth bound hard covers with crest in gilt and black to front. Tall quartos. Vol. 1 (text) 164 pages. Vol. 2 Plates. Both volumes clean and unmarked with tight bindings and minor wear to covers. The Codicé Xolotl is a post-conquest cartographic Aztec codex, thought to have originated before 1542. It is annotated in Nahuatl and details the pre-conquest history of the Valley of Mexico, and Texcoco in particular, from the arrival of the Chichimeca under the king Xolotl in the year 5 Flint (1224) to the Tepanec War in 1427. The manuscript consists of six amatl boards measuring 17" × 19" with ten pages and three fragments from one or more pages. While it is unknown who did the binding of the manuscript, it is cast like a European book back to back. The Codex Xolotl has been an important source in giving detailed information on material, social, political and cultural changes in the region during the period. It is one of the few still surviving cartographic histories from the Valley of Mexico and one of the earliest of its type. - Wikipedia.- $350
- $350
THE BOTANIC GARDEN. A Poem, In Two Parts. Part I. Containing the Economy of Vegetation. Part II. The Loves of the Plants. With Philosophical Notes. The Second American Edition
Darwin, Erasmus and Elihu H. Smith and others] 2 parts in 1, each part with a separate title page. xviii,278;144pp. Index of pant names. Illustrated with a copper engraved frontispiece, 16 copper engraved plates (6 by William Blake, including 4 of the Portland Vase), and a copper engraved folding geologic stratigraphic column. Cont. tree calf, brown calf spine label, hinges & spine a bit rubbed but sound. General title page a bit browned and with an old paper repair to a blank portion (no text loss). Some offset browning to pages facing the plates. AMERICAN BIBLIOGRAPHY 1807, #12395.- $450
- $450
THE AMERICAN BOOK COLLECTOR
Thorsen, W. B. (ed.) Volume I, No. 1 (Sept. 1950) to Volume XXVI, No. 6 (July/August 1976), when publication ceased. 230 (of 233) issues published. This run lacking Vol. XVIII, No. 2 and Vol. XIX, No. 1 and No. 2. This important journal started in 1950 as "The Amateur Book Collector," until the summer of 1956. At that time (Volume VII, No. 1) it became THE AMERICAN BOOK COLLECTOR. The 6 first years were published in two different sizes, in a newspaper-like format, then switched to a uniform illustrated wrapper format. All of the issues from Volume VII to the final issue are housed in 6 big slipcases. It is very unusual to find a complete run of this journal. Particularly scarce are the issues of the first 6 years.- $950
- $950
VITAE PONTIFICUM
Platina, Bartholomaeus Folio. Complete with 136 leaves including the final blank. A wide margined copy. Capital letters unrubricated. Original Italian oak boards, with later sheep spine with two black morocco spine labels, spine worn and lower 2 inches of front and back hinge cracked, but quite sound overall. Remnants of fore-edge clasps (clasps lacking). Last leaves with small inner marginal stains. Some occasional light dampstains or foxing. Title in a contemporary hand on rear oak board and fore-edge. Housed in a rust cloth folding box with morocco spine label. A very influential and popular reference work for centuries. Platina (d. 1481), the librarian of the Vatican, wrote the first medieval chronicle of the papacy, in effect, the official history of the Roman Pontiffs. It was first printed in 1479. Our edition is the third printed. The printer, Johannes Vercellensis, is usually associated with Venice, but he printed 9 books (per the ISTC) in Treviso, starting in 1480. This edition includes the biography of Pope Joan unexpurgated, on leaf gIII. Goff P770; BUC VI 897; HC 13048*. ISTC ip00770000. This edition includes the biography of Pope Joan unexpurgated, on leaf gIII. Goff P770; BUC VI 897; HC 13048*. ISTC ip00770000.- $6,000
- $6,000
The Magical Record of the Beast 666
Crowley, Aleister (John Symonds and Kenneth Grant, Editors) London, 1972 Limited edition number 233 of 250 signed on the limitation page by editors John Symonds and Kenneth Grant, the latter with the addition of his O.T.O. moniker. Green cloth over boards with gilt to spine Crowley's distinctive signature reproduced in gilt on the front cover. Marbled end papers. All edges green stained. Octavo. [xv] 326pp. In custom slip case. Some white marks to spine and slip case. The diaries of Aleister Crowley from 1914 to 1920 covering almost all of his time in America and the start of his time at Cefalu and travels in between. Including daily events and records of his occult practices.- $800
- $800
The Campus: University of California
Abell, Carl Oakland, 1919 Hard cover 10 1/2" by 8 1/4" String tied. Blue cloth spine, gold cloth over boards with a bear and lettering in blue. 43 full page b/w photographs of the campus of the University of California, each captioned on the page opposite. Previous owner's signature in ink with the inscription, Memories / of my / "Alma Mater" dated Feb 3, 1922 to front free end paper. Slight darkening and shelf wear to cover.- $109
- $109
Pen & Inklings
Herford, Oliver New York, 1893 Slim 12 mo. Unpaginated. Green cloth over boards with red initial and black lettering to front cover. A volume of poetry with b/w illustrations throughout. Bookplate of Frank Earle Hayward to the front fixed end paper and another smaller "property of " label of his to the front free end paper. Mr. Hayward had considerable connections to the revolutionary era-- he was a member of the Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, and apparently of the Order of Washington, where he was the Deputy Vice-Commander-General for the state of New York. He was also a member of the Bibliophile Society of Boston. A copy of this bookplate resides in the William Augustus Brewer Bookplate Collection at the University of Delaware.- $150
- $150
Two Women in the Klondike
Hitchcock, Mary E. New York and London, 1899 Green cloth over boards with title in gilt and two colored design to front. 8vo. [xiv] 485pp [2] with fold out map of Alaska in rear pocket. 105 illustrations, primarily b/w photographs. Internal hinges split. Some rubbing to corners with slight loss to top front and top of spine Describes the adventures of Hitchcock and Edith Van Buren, a grandniece of President Van Buren, during a perilous and eventful journey taken in the summer of 1898. Owing to the waters of the Yukon River being low, the two women were delayed for some time at Dawson City where they located miner's claims and lived as squatters. Besides the interesting incidents of travel included, the book included graphic descriptions of the Klondike region, and accounts of local customs and superstitions, as well as mining methods. - wikipedia- $125
- $125
Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits
Fisher, Philip A. New York, 1958 Hardcover in dust jacket. 8vo. [xiii] 136pp. Book in very good condition. Dust jacket shows shelf wear with some chipping to edges and small loss at top of spine and front edge. Philip A. Fisher, widely regarded as one of the most successful investors of all time, was a pioneer in the field of growth investing. His book "Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits" has achieved almost legendary status in the investment community. "I sought out Phil Fisher after reading his Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits...A thorough understanding of the business, obtained by using Phil's techniques...enables one to make intelligent investment commitments." -Warren Buffet.- $300
- $300
Observations on the Brumal Retreat of the Swallow
Philochelidon. (Forster, Thomas) London, 1808 Sewn pamphlet. 8 1/8" by 6" 32pp. Gathering of pages 19-30 loose otherwise in very good condition. Although not the first, the author uses observation and research to provide evidence that swallows, and also martins and swifts, are "birds of passage" that migrate annually and do not hibernate or overwinter underwater as previously thought. Additional Remarks include a list of translations of the name "swallow" from several languages and also a list of different names, in English, for each particular species, many not now in common use. In 1808, under the signature 'Philochelidon,' he published 'Observations on the Brumal Retreat of the Swallow,' of which the sixth edition appeared, with a catalogue of British birds annexed, in 1817.- Wikisource.- $200
- $200
With The Colors From Montgomery County, Illinois U.S.A.
Litchfield. Ill, 1919 Hardcover quarto. 190pp. Fully indexed with six engraved color plates. Very good. With The Colors From Montgomery County. An Honor Roll of members of the armed forces and Red Cross nurses from Montgomery County, Illinois, each with a portrait photograph, who gave their lives in the First World War.- $150
- $150
Prohibition Punches
Doran, Roxana B. Philadelphia, 1930 Stated first printing. Hard cover. Octavo. 93pp. Pale purple cloth over boards with gilt lettering. Slight fading at spine otherwise very good. "Several years into the noble experiment (prohibition) Roxana B. Doran wife of James M. Doran, the Commissioner of Industrial Alcohol, earned fleeting fame with the publication of Prohibition Punches (Philadelphia: Dorrance, 1930), the result of a nationwide campaign to popularize fruit drinks. Her own recipe for "1930 Cocktail" was composed of grapefruit juice, pineapple juice, limes and ginger ale, garnished with fruit and a sprig of mint. "Mrs. Doran Introduces New Cocktail at Dinner"- Baltimore Sun [2nd January 1930]. P.2 So that's the background to Harry Craddock's cheekily named "Prohibition Cocktail" in the Savoy Cocktail Book. This one, at least if enjoyed outside the US, was legal, delivered a kick and actually tasted nice. It was everything other prohibition cocktails were not. Even more cheekily, it's almost exactly the same as Craddock's Charlie Lindbergh cocktail: the sole difference is that this recipe calls for a single dash of apricot brandy, not two (the Lindbergh also specifically calls for the proprietary brandy Pricota).- $425
- $425
Selected Readings Translated From Traditions and Myths of the Taiwan Aborigines
Baudhuin, R.F. Hard cover. Red cloth over boards with gilt design and lettering to front cover and spine. 10 1/2" by 8 1/2" [13] 732pp. Partial tanning to end papers. Very good. Manuscript translation of an unspecified Japanese work by Ogawa [Takuji?] and Asai [Susumu?] published c. 1930.- $300
- $300
The Secret Commonwealth of Elves, Fauns and Fairies.
Kirk, Robert. comment by Andrew Lang Stirling, 1933 Hard cover. Octavo. Publisher's purple cloth with lettering in black to front cover and spine. Bookseller's label from Hartman's Books, Inc. Seattle inside back cover. Two previous owner's names inside front cover. Dust jacket faded and tanned around spine with small closed tears to head. Very good in a good dust jacket. The Secret Commonwealth is a curious book, the bibliography being extremely obscure. Written in 1691 the work apparently existed in MS, only until its publication in 1815, with Sir Walter Scott as editor.- from the dust flap.- $250
- $250
El Salteador, roman de cape et d’épée. Bibliothèque Diamant (sur la couverture d’origine).
DUMAS, Alexandre. Edition originale, 2 volumes in-32; déposé selon le voeu de la loi, propriété des éditeurs. T.I: 225p. T.II: 196p. Cartonnage bradel ivoire d'époque, dos orné d'un fleuron doré avec pièce de titre en maroquin vert et date en pied, couvertures d'origine en papier jaune conservées (en partie doublées et très défraîchies). Tache claire au premier plat du second volume, gardes refaites, quelques feuillets restaurés en coin ou effrangés avec petits manques de papier, quelques taches ou salissures occasionnelles. Très rare édition originale de ce roman historique situé en Espagne, d'abord publié en feuilleton dans le journal "Le Mousquetaire" de Dumas, en 1854, puis publié à Bruxelles par Pierre Jules Hetzel pendant son exil de 1851 à 1859. Né en 1814, le jeune Hetzel fonda sa maison d'édition en 1837 à Paris. Contraint à l'exil après le coup d'Etat du 2 décembre 1851, il poursuivit en Belgique son travail d'éditeur. Défenseur de la propriété littéraire dans un pays où la contrefaçon était endémique, il entreprit d'éditer des ouvrages français en achetant aux auteurs leurs droits pour l'étranger. Jules Hetzel ne vendait pas ces livres au détail, mais à divers éditeurs avec leur propre nom imprimé sur la page de titre. C'est ainsi que l'on trouve des exemplaires "édités" par Hachette, Michel Lévy, Méline, Kiessling. (Voir Vicaire III, 707). Un seul exemplaire au CCFR. Talvart et Place, 127A. Vicaire II, 718.- $710
- $710
A Dissertation on the Antiquity and Use of Seals in England. Collected by **** 1736.
LEWIS, Reverend John] Scarce first edition. In hard back neat burgundy coloured library cloth. Ex-library copy. With one full-page engraved plate showing seals, plus other engravings in text. Lovely deep impressions. [2],31,[1]pp. 255 x 195 mm (10 x 7¾ inches). Has expected library stamps, new endpapers. Tipped-in handwritten note to back of plate reads: This Tract is written by John Lewis author of the History of the Abbey of Faversham etc. Another small insert tipped-in to title page states: Purchased out of a donation of £250 given by George William Palmer Esq. to the Reading Free Public Library. One or two pages have been reinforced towards the spine edge. Light foxing, but overall in very good shape.- $251
- $251
Sous La Colline
BEARDSLEY, Aubrey First edition. One of a thousand copies (not numbered) on Velin paper. Grey boards with minimalist titles to the spine and front board. There is a little rubbing to the edge of the spine. Front board is a little bowed. Contains 2 portraits, 11 plates by Beardsley and 2 cul de lamp. Internally a very nice clean copy. 129 pages. Plates have glassine guards. The spine is darker than the boards and has possibly been neatly re-laid. 26cm x 20cm.- $108
- $108
Souvenir De Voyage 1895-1899
ANON] A lovely album, containing 74 large original photographs from five trips. These are Berlin 1895, French alps & Nancy in 1896, Trier in 1897, Interlaken and the Swiss Alps in 1898 and the Tirol in 1899. The photographs were purchased from prominent commercial photographers of the time. The French photographs are largely from ND Phot, the Swiss from Schroeder & Cie of Zurich and Edition Photoglob. The majority of the prints are either albumen or early silver gelatin prints. As the early silver gelatin were so similar to albumen it is difficult to tell. There are a number of colourised prints. Most of the prints are quite large, with quite a few as large as 21cm x 27.5cm Most are printed one to a page, but a couple of the smaller prints are printed two to a page. One of the images is a double / folding photograph. Album size 27cm x 36cm- $570
- $570
Home Thought’s and Home Scenes in Original Scenes. And pictures by A.B. Houghton, engraved by the Brother’s Dalziel
INGELOW, Jean et. al. 1st Edition. The finest feature of this work is the 35 engravings after works by Houghton. Contemporary Morocco with gilt designs and titles. A little rubbed, but still attractive. All edges gilt. Marbled end papers. A variety of poems, author's include Jean Ingelow, Dora Greenwell, Mrs Tom Tailor, The Hon Mrs Norton, Amelia B. Edwards, Jennett Humphreys and the author of "John Halifax Gentleman". Internally in a sound state, but with moderate foxing to most of the pages Unpaginated but 70 leaves printed to recto only. 26cm x 21cm- $289
- $289
A Collection Of Hand Coloured Lithographs.
ANON] An attractive work. A collection of 20 hand coloured lithographs, numbered 1-20, showing scenes of life in the Low Countries. For example, the first shows the progress of a young man, accompanied by his dog and monkey. There is no title page, and no clue about artist or printer to any of the plates. The covers of the album bear the word "Album" surrounded by blind stamped designs. The text is somewhat rubbed. Cloth spine. The first lithograph has a reference 656 to it, which presumably indicates a series, but we have been unable to identify it. 20 leaves printed and hand coloured to recto only. 21.5cm x 32cm- $216
- $216
Montaigne’s Essays.
MONTAIGNE, Michel De / STEWARD, J.I.M. (Editor) Two volumes. These copy # 160 of an edition limited to 900 copies. In the original morocco bindings with Que Scay-Je? (What do I know?) gilt stamped to green leather on both of the front boards. Green endpapers. Gilt top page edges. Other edges rough-cut. Boards a little darkened / stained. Inside tight and virtually spotless. Volume I: xxxviii, 724 pp. Volume II: vi, 708 pp. 21.5 x 13.5 cm. Originally in French, this work cover diverse subjects; from Drunkennesse to Smels and odors, Friendship, and Cruelty, plus education of Children.- $289
- $289
The Soft Ashes Of Berlin Snowing On Hans Falladas Nose
CHILDISH, Billy Published on the occasion of Billy Childishs first exhibition at Neugerriemschneider, Berlin. This hardback catalogue contains paintings, placards, studio photos and source materials made for, and used in, the run up to the exhibition. Introduction by Harold Rosenbloom (aka Steve Lowe). Orange spine with pictorial inlay to front board. The catalogue is in Fine condition with no significant flaws. 176 pages. 24.3 x 21.5 cm- $289
- $289
Photos In And Out City Limits: New York C.
Rauschenberg, Robert White slipcase with white cloth covered hardback with silver titles and facsimile signature. Both in Fine condition, with a touch of handling to the slipcase only. With 70 well produced black and white photographs, mainly New York street scenes (street details and imagery), a few portraits. The first of a planned series on American cities. In fact Rauschenberg only got to New York and Boston. (we also have the Boston photobook available if you are interested in the pair). Publisher's initials stand for 'Universal Limited Art Editions' 70 numbered leaves / photographs. Nicely reproduced. "The photos make no attempt to totally document, moralize or editorialize the specific locations. They are a collection of selected provocative facts (at least to me) that are the results of my happening to be there." (Rauschenberg in the preface). 33cm x 25.5cm- $130
- $130
A Travel Photograph Album Of England, Germany, South Tyrol And Austria
ANON] A lovely large format photograph album of a tour of England and Wales in 1893. There was also a tour of Bavaria, Salsburg and Innsbruck in 1895. The album starts in 1893 and has 38 photographs (mostly Albumen) of England and Wales. These are mostly large (24cm x 32cm) images. There are some smaller (18.5 cm x 23.5cm). They appear to be commercially purchased photographs. There are also a further 9 smaller (17cm x 22cm and 12cm x 18cm) images of cottages with descriptions on the back. These seem to be personally taken photographs? The trip began with the Needles on the Isle of Wight, (24cm x 32cm) and continued with similar photographs of the Isle of Wight, Tennyson's house, Southsea & Portsmouth, Tintern Abbey. The tour then moved on to Wales, and there are photographs of North and South Wales, with quite a few of Betws-y-coed, and some bridges in the area. The trip moved on to Chester, with a number of photographs of Eaton House in Chester, and Hatfield house. A second part of the album covers a trip in 1895, comprising 23 photographs of Bavaria, Salzburg and Innsbruck. The photographs are all of good condition, still bright, with a touch of fading only. A few have light creasing, or the odd tear where they have come away from the album at some point, but overall a very presentable and attractive album of English and European topography from the 1890's. The album itself is black buckram with leather spine and corners. There is some rubbing to the boards, and some scuffing. A tape repair (with black tape) to the spine. The album measures 37cm x 45 cm. The photographs have hand written annotations below describing the view. There is some staining to the inside boards of the album and a few of the cardboard backing sheets are wavy, but this doesn't really affect the photographs.- $685
- $685
C. Julius Caesar’s Commentaries of His Wars in Gaul, and Civil War with Pompey.
CAESAR, C. Julius. - BLADEN, Martin (Trans.) Full title: "C. Julius Caesar's Commentaries of His Wars in Gaul, and Civil War with Pompey. To which is added, a Supplement to his Commentary of his Wars in Gaul; As also, Commentaries of the Alexandrian, African, and Spanish Wars. By Aulus Hirtius, or Oppius, &c. With the Author's Life. Adorn d with Sculptures from the Designs of the Famous Palladio." Fourth Edition Improv'd. Recent blind stamped soft brown morrocco with border embossed patterns. Gilt titles to the spine. Excellent condition. 11 plates (including frontis). Maps of France, Spain and the Roman Empire. One of the plates is only half present (the other half has been torn away). Another has a significant part missing. A couple of chips to some other plates. Frontis portrait / engraved title, engraved by Mvd. To the recto of this is a contemporary owner's florid signature, now feint. The frontis is half detached, but still holding well. The text block is clean, with just a touch of darkening. Overall a decent copy. A-A8, a-a8, 1-432, [viii], (=B-FF4) pp. 20cm x 13cm.- $325
- $325
Culture and Anarchy: An Essay in Political and Social Criticism
ARNOLD, Matthew. First Edition. In an attractive Zaehnsdorf binding. Three quarters blue calf and marbled boards. Raised bands and gilt to spine. Bookplate of Lord Battersea (Cyril Flower) to front pastedown. This book of social and political criticism was, at its time, seen as quite controversial. Binding is a little rubbed. Foxing to front/rear pages, but body of book mostly clean and not foxed. lx + 272pp. 21 x 15 cm.- $361
- $361
Pompei e la Regione Sotterrata dal Vesuvio nell’anno LXXIX.
RUGGIERO, M. (Editor) A very attractively illustrated volume with 18 documents on items removed from Pompeii and Vesuvius "Memorie e notizie pubblicate dall'Ufficio " 7 chromolithographic plates (Of which 1 double page), 1 fold-out card, 1 fold-out plate, 3 double-page plates and 7 other plates. Ex-library with label removed from the free front cover and several discreet stamps. Some very incidental light spots. All edges uncut and a bit dusty otherwise content very clean Publisher's printed paper covers shelves and old spine repairs. Copac finds 9 copies in the UK. (6), 291, (1); 243, (5). (320 x 225). pp 410 by 320mm (16¼ by 12½ inches).- $469
- $469