Gazette du Bon Ton. Art, Mode et Frivolités. “Sais-tu Ta Lecon? Costumes tailleur de fantaisie de Jeanne Lanvin.” Mai 1914, Pl. 46.
Vogel, Lucien (editor). Brissaud, Pierre (illus). Paris: Lucien Vogel, 1914. Single plate. § From a spectacularly illustrated fashion magazine of the early 1900s, depicting the cutting edge of style at the time.- $125
- $125
Signed Photograph Of Musician Lionel Hampton
LIONEL HAMPTON LIONEL HAMPTON (1908-2002). Hampton was an American jazz vibraphonist, pianist, percussionist, and bandleader. PS. 8" x 10". N.d. N.p. A photograph signed "Best of Luck To Jimmy Lionel Hampton". The image is a black-and-white photograph of a smiling Hampton wearing a tuxedo and looking directly towards the camera. The photograph is printed on cardstock and was a headshot of Hampton titled "LIONEL HAMPTON And His Orchestra" manufactured by Associated Booking Corp. Jimmy is James V. Murfin (1929-1987), who left a legacy of more than a dozen books, numerous articles, and other works writing for the National Park Service and various historical publications. The document is in excellent condition.- $200
- $200
1762 Land Indenture Signed By Francis Hopkinson, Future Signer Of The Declaration Of Independence, And Elizabeth Graeme, Early American Female Poet And Intellectual
FRANCIS HOPKINSON FRANCIS HOPKINSON (1737-1791). Hopkinson was a signer of the Declaration of Independence as a delegate from New Jersey. He later designed Continental paper money and an early version of the United States flag. DS. 1 pg. 15" x 21". October 1, 1762. Pennsylvania. A partially printed document signed "Fra. Hopkinson" and "Eliza Graeme", among others. It is for an early land sale in Manheim, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania between Henry William Stiegel, Charles Stedman, Alexander Stedman, and Benjamin Mishy. Additional signatories include Ann Stedman, Charles Stedman, Elizabeth Stedman, Alexander Stedman, Elizabeth Stiegel, Henry William Stiegel, and Justice Adam Simon Kuhn. The area was first gifted to James Logan in 1734 by William Penn's heirs, then sold by Logan's granddaughter in 1762 to the three men named in this document: German glassmaker Henry William Stiegel (1729-1785), Scottish immigrant Alexander Stedman (1703-1794), and his brother Charles Stedman. The reverse contains a lengthy endorsement signed by Mishy and his wife Elizabeth, who can only sign with an "X" mark. The previous summer, these individuals escaped Philadelphia's spotted fever outbreak for a trip to Manheim, amongst other stops in Lancaster County. Being friends, the Stedmans and Stiegel surely saw Hopkinson and Grame as credible witnesses to the transfer. Graeme would later start America's first literary salon in 1767, to which Hopkinson and other Founding Fathers like Benjamin Rush would attend. One of her contemporaries called her "The Most Learned Woman in America." The document is in very good condition but does contain some folds and tears and is lightly toned.- $1,500
- $1,500
A Document For Revolutionary War Service Signed By Benjamin Harrison V, Signer Of The Declaration Of Independence And Father And Great-Grandfather To Presidents
BENJAMIN HARRISON BENJAMIN HARRISON V (1726-1791). Harrison served as the 5th Governor of Virginia between 1781-1784 and was a signer of the Declaration of Independence. DS. June 29, 1784. Council-Chamber. A partly-printed document signed "Benj Harrison": "I DO Certify, That Benjamin Smith XX of Edward Clark is entitled to the properties of land allowed a Sargeant of the Continental line, for three years service". In addition to Harrison's signature, "Tho Merriwether" signed the document. This document represents a land grant given to a veteran of the American Revolution. According to the Library of Virginia, the state offered bounty lands for Revolutionary War military service who had served at least three years continuously in the Continental or state forces. This land was in western Virginia, which is present-day Kentucky or Ohio. No bounty land was given by the state for militia service. After reviewing the claims and affidavits, the Governor's office reviewed the claims and had final say. Once a claim was approved, the Governor's Office issued a military certificate that authorized the Land Office to issue a warrant for a specific amount of land based on the veteran's military rank and length of service, from 100 acres for a soldier or sailor to 15,000 acres for a Major General. Thus, this certificate notes that Smith was a Sargeant. In total, the Governor's Office issued 9,926 certificates between 1782 and 1876, as veterans' heirs continued to make claims. These land certificates, rather than direct payment, were the most prominent reward granted to veterans of the American Revolution, and therefore this document is a key reminder of the practice. The document is cut into black cardstock and placed below an engraving Governor Harrison, whose distinguished political service before, during, and after the Revolution was overshadowed by the political success of his son and great-grandson. Both items are placed into a black and gold wooden frame, which is in fine condition.- $1,500
- $1,500
Future Florida Governor, James E. Broome, Signs 1845 Document As Probate Judge
JAMES E. BROOME JAMES EMILIUS BROOME (1808-1883). Broome served as the third Governor of Florida between 1853 to 1857. DS. 2 pg. 8" x 10". November 19. 1845. N.p. A document signed "J.E. Broome". The front of the document is the "Sales of Cotton?for asc and risk of Estate of John W. Gotten deceased by Henry Waring & Son". Before serving as Florida's Governor James E. Broome was Probate Judge of Leon County between 1841-1848, and as such he was required to certify wills and estate sales such as that of John Gotten. After calculating the sale of cotton as $2611.45 and deducting related expenses, Broome certifies a profit ("net proceeds") of $2219.05. The reverse lists other sources of income and deductions (generally outstanding debts to other individuals) from the "Estate of John W. Gotten deceased", and the final value ("balance") of the estate is listed at $1608.89. This would equal over $60,000 in value today. This document is an excellent example of a typical Southern planter's estate and sources of income and costs in the 19th century. The document is in fine condition with some creases along the edges.- $150
- $150
Contemporary Manuscript Copy Of The Quadruple Alliance Treaty Of 1718
(QUADRUPLE ALLIANCE TREATY OF 1718) (QUADRUPLE ALLIANCE TREATY OF 1718). AM. 71 pg. 7" x 14". August 2, 1718. London. A contemporary manuscript copy of the Quadruple Alliance Treaty of 1718. This copy is believed to be that of William Wake, Archbishop to Canterbury and one of the signatories to the original treaty. This document also includes the signature of "Georgius R". British King George I was one of several Western European royal leaders that was a party to this treaty, which launched war against Spain. In 1713, the Peace of Utrecht had ended the War of Spanish Succession upon the king of Spain, Philip V to retain the Spanish throne in exchange for renouncing the French throne and holdings in modern-day Italy to Hapsburg Austria. However, by 1717, the Spanish monarchy desired to expand and successfully seized Sardinia in October 1717, followed by an invasion of Sicily the next year. In response, Great Britain, France, the Dutch Republic, and Hapsburg Austria created the Quadruple Alliance, which this treaty codified. Written in Latin and signed in London, the Treaty of London was a mutual defense pact between these four powers with the goal of restoring the pre-1717 boundaries in Western Europe. Signatories included King George I of Great Britain, King Charles VI of the Holy Roman Empire, and King Louis XV of France. Over the next two years, a world war broke part between Spain and the Quadruple Alliance, which included a failed Irish invasion of Great Britain sponsored by Spain, a failed Spanish invasion of Brittany France, the French capture of Spanish Pensacola, and an Austrian attack on Spanish forces in Sicily, among other theaters of war. In the end, the conflict ended with the Treaty of The Hague on February 17, 1720, which resulted in Spain ceding all territory gained since 1717 in exchange for France returning Spanish territory it captured. This conflict is notable for the final alliance between Britain and France until the 19th century, for France subsequently allied with Spain in the Bourbon Compact. Spain would regain Sicily during the War of Polish Succession in 1735. This copy is written in Latin, folio on gilt edged paper, and sewn together in book form. It is in good condition, though the binding is aged.- $750
- $750
George Gershwin Endorses Simon Bucharoff’s The Modern Pianist’s Text Book In 1931 Letter
GEORGE GERSHWIN GEORGE GERSHWIN (1898-1937). Gershwin was an American composer and pianist whose compositions spanned popular, jazz, and classical genres. TLS. 1 pg. 8" x 10". March 31, 1931. New York. A typed letter signed "George Gershwin" to "Mr. Simon Bucharoff": "I've been looking through your book called A [sic] MODERN PIANIST'S TEXT BOOK and fine that it is practically complete, from a pianist's standpoint. If I were to go on tour playing the piano, I feel that your book would be the only one necessary to take along, so far as developing and keeping up the technique is concerned. I will be happy to recommend your book wherever possible. Good luck to you". Simon Bucharoff (1881-1955) was a Russian-American pianist, composer, and educator who lectured and taught on the piano and musical composition. His textbook on the piano was published in 1931, and Gershwin's endorsement surely would have been used for marketing and commercial purposes. The same year this letter was sent, Gershwin's Of Thee I Sing became the first musical comedy to win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The letter is paired with a black-and-white image of Gershwin. Both are mounted on white in a black wooden frame. All are in fine condition, though the letter has some folds, and the signature is somewhat light.- $4,000
- $4,000
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Habilitado por el Rey N[ues]tro S[eño]r D[on].
Ferdinand VII King of Spain (1808, 1813-1833) Fernando VII. Manuscript in brown ink on paper penned in a neat legible hand including corrections, deletions and footnotes, dated at end 1 May 1833. 39 pages of written text in folio, 1 double-page in octavo, last page blank. Each recto page headed with rectangular stencilled royal seal dated 1823 incorporating circular royal arms in the centre. Comprehensive ministerial manuscript draft proposal to the king (Ex[elentisi]mo Señor) to incorporate the Junta de Cria Caballar (Horse breeding Board) into the recently created Ministerio de Fomento (Ministry of Development) in order to achieve a more economic and efficient administration of national studs. The substantial draft in 44 paragraphs discusses various aspects of the proposed reforms and for the legislation on horse breeding in Spain from both the technical and political point of view with interesting comments. It argues in favour of removing the Junta de Cria Caballar (Horse Breeding Board) from the Secretaria de Despacho de Guerra (War Ministry) in order to incorporate it into the recently formed Ministerio de Fomento (Ministry of Development) for both economic and technical reasons, dwelling on the expenses of the Suprema Junta de Caballeria in transformation. The draft represents an attempt at modernising the cumbersome Bourbon administration of Ferdinand VII who died in September of the same year. The writer stresses the benefits of improved horse breeding for national agriculture, trade and for effective formation of cavalry. Referring to ancient times, he seeks to recreate the famous breeds of Spanish horses, calling Spain the Arabia of Europe and he emphasises the importance of royal encouragement and direction. The writer actually suggests that the kings younger brother, Infante Carlos Maria, later the Carlist pretender to the throne, should become protector of horse breeding in Spain. Special attention is given to the management of studs in Andalucia, Murcia and Estramadura and to the importance of regular and diligent government inspection. The draft covers 34 pages dated Madrid, 1 May 1833 at the end; it is followed by 2 supplementary pages entitled Gastos providing the considerable annual administrative expenses of the present Suprema Junta de Caballeria (Horse Breeding Board) for the year 1832 and by three pages entitled Productos containing actual figures of the numbers of foals born to mares in the same year to date. Edges tailend corners of 2 leaves affected by water staining, otherwise the manuscript is in excellent archival condition.- $4,461
- $4,461
Amélie de Saint-Far, ou la Fatale Erreur; Par Madame de C***, Auteur de Julie, ou J’ai sauvé ma Rose.
[ CHOISEUL-MEUSE (Félicité de) ]. 2 volumes in-12. 2ff. 236pp. 6 dessins originaux et 2ff. 236pp. 6 dessins originaux. Plein maroquin bleu à grain long, dos à nerfs finement ornés, roulette dorée encadrant les plats, coupes et bordures intérieures décorées, gardes de moire saumon (reliure de la deuxième moitié du 19e siècle). Edition Originale du deuxième roman pornographique écrit et publié par une femme en français, seulement précédé par "Julie, ou j'ai sauvé ma Rose" de la même autrice, paru l'année précédente. Cet ouvrage dont on connaît deux tirages présentant la même pagination (l'un étant daté et l'autre non daté comme c'est ici le cas), fut mis à l'index par mesure de police en 1825. Il suscitait le scandale non seulement par son caractère pornographique mais aussi - et surtout - parce qu'il était l'uvre d'une femme. Ainsi, le critique littéraire Girault de Saint-Fargeau le mentionnait en 1839, en évoquant "la pitié et le dégoût" que lui inspiraient "de tels tableaux écrits par une femme" "Around 1800, there tended in France to be a clear gender division in the production of stories about love and passion. Women novelists such as Adèle de Souza, Sophie Cottin, and Félicité de Genlis wrote sentimental stories in which young men and women died of unrequited love. On the other hand, male authors such as Mirabeau, Restif de la Bretonne, and Andréa de Nerciat were setting up the pattern of modern pornography, by writing forthright stories in which people took their sexual pleasure quickly and often. Choiseul-Meuses erotic work, while self-consciously feminine, does not fit this gendered pattern. She focusses on womens pleasure and seductive tactics, attempting to make room for nuanced desires and gentle pleasures" (Cryle). Cette première édition est évidemment d'une grande rareté. Elle est uniquement répertoriée dans les collections de quatre institutions en France, souvent sous forme de fragments incomplets, et nous n'avons pu en localiser aucun exemplaire à l'étranger. Précieux exemplaire truffé de douze dessins originaux à l'encre spécialement composés pour l'ouvrage et attribués à Jules Adolphe Chauvet (1828-vers 1905). "Merveilleux pasticheur du XIXe siècle, Chauvet travaillait beaucoup à la demande. Gay fit de nombreuses fois appel à lui pour ses éditions bruxelloises avouées ou clandestines" (Bibliothèque érotique Gérard Nordmann). Très bel exemplaire provenant de la bibliothèque du grand bibliophile suisse Gérard Nordmann (1930-1992), qui constitua au siècle dernier la plus grande collection de livres érotiques au monde dispersée aux enchères par Christie's en 2006. Bibliothèque érotique Gérard Nordmann I, 2006, n° 82. Pia, Les Livres de l'enfer, p. 33-35. Peter Cryle in: "Encyclopedia of Erotic literature" (Routledge, 2006), p.236. Girault de Saint-Fargeau, Revue des Romans, I, p.321: "Si un homme l'avait écrit on pourrait lui reprocher d'avoir trahi par ses écrits le dérèglement des murs; mais lorsque de tels tableaux ont été écrits par une femme, la pitié et le dégoût arrêtent la censure". Barbier I, 128. Quérard I, 607. Apollinaire, Fleuret et Perceau "L'Enfer de la Bibliothèque nationale", n°45. Gay-Lemonnyer, Bibliographie des ouvrages relatifs à l'amour I, col. 91 : "roman licencieux, cynique et peu commun".- $15,813
- $15,813
Almanzaïde, Histoire Afriquaine. A Amsterdam, et se trouve à Paris, chez la Veuve Duchesne, Penkouke, et Dufour, 1766. RELIÉ AVEC (en tête): 2). [ NOUGARET (P. J. B.) ]. Les Passions des différens ages; ou Tableau des folies du Siècle. Par M. N***. A Utrecht, 1766.
LA ROCHE-GUILHEM (Anne de). 2 ouvrages en 1 volume petit in-12. 1). 2ff. 160pp. 2). 159pp. Plein veau, dos lisse orné, filets dorés autour des plats (reliure de l'époque, un peu frottée). 1). Rare deuxième édition (?) restée inconnue à Quérard, de ce roman "africain" paru pour la première fois en 1674 et composé par une romancière protestante française qui sétait exilée en Hollande après la révocation de lEdit de Nantes. "Elle était riche et, ayant réalisé, malgré les persécutions, la plus grande partie de sa fortune, elle put se livrer à son goût pour les lettres" (Larousse). C'est un recueil d'histoires contées par Almanzor, esclave et favori d'Abdala, roi du Maroc: "Histoire de Méroï, ou les Trois Fées", "Histoire d'Almanzor et d'Almanzaïde" et "Histoire de la naissance d'Almanzor et d'Almanzaïde". 2). Edition Originale. Recueil de quatre nouvelles galantes consacrées aux passions dans les différents âges de la vie: "Le Jeune Homme", "Le Vieillard", "La Jeune fille" et "La Vieille". Bon exemplaire. 2). Cioranescu, 48404. Gay-Lemonnier, III, 665.- $384
- $384
La Fille Naturelle, ou l’Abus de l’Indépendance; drame historique, en trois actes et en vers. Reçu à plusieurs Théâtres de Société, à Paris. Par M. de B .
[ BARRUEL-BEAUVERT (Comte Antoine Joseph de) ]. in-8. 84pp. Plein maroquin rouge, dos lisse orné, roulette dorée autour des plats (reliure de l'époque). Edition Originale. Pièce de théâtre apparemment autobiographique, publiée sous le voile de l'anonymat par le Comte de Barruel-Beauvert (1759-1817) qui fut notamment le premier biographe de Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Il y relate la persécution d'un père orchestrée, pendant la Révolution, par sa fille naturelle qui l'avait dénoncé pour royalisme et qui est décrite dans la pièce sous les traits d'Albertine, "modèle extraordinaire de fausseté, de noirceur et de scélératesse, avec une apparence infinie de candeur et d'honnêteté. Âgée de 17 ans". Le père de la pièce, personnage que l'on suppose représenter l'auteur, se prénommait comme lui Joseph. "Les monstres sont de tous les sexes; mais, dans l'espèce humaine (et certes ce sont les monstres les plus dangereux) ils appartiennent principalement à la nature des êtres faibles: elle a droit de les réclamer; elle les a produits. Telle est l'héroïne de cette tragédie". La préface se termine par une sombre prophétie : "Vos enfants, sous leurs pieds, fouleront vos cadavres". En fin de volume, une "post-face de l'éditeur" évoque par ailleurs la situation de "Joseph" (l'auteur) après la Révolution et aux premières heures du Consulat, auquel il prête désormais allégeance. C'est un livre rare que nous n'avons trouvé répertorié dans les fonds publics qu'à la Bibliothèque Nationale de France et à Princeton. Signature ancienne "Jauzelle" au verso d'un feuillet de garde. Bel exemplaire relié à l'époque en maroquin rouge.- $494
- $494
La Chymie Charitable et Facile, en faveur des Dames. Seconde édition.
[ MEURDRAC (Marie) ]. in-12. 18ff. 334pp. 1 planche. Plein veau, dos à nerfs orné (Reliure de l'époque). Très rare traité de chimie composé par une femme, Marie Meurdrac (1610-1680), qui possédait un laboratoire particulier et qui a composé cet ouvrage pour vulgariser les connaissances chimiques de l'époque (du Souffre, du Mercure, des Distillations, de la Sublimation, de la Calcination, etc.). "La dernière partie apporte une vision très originale, étrangère aux aspects médicaux classiques, portant sur l'embellissement du visage, et réunissant des eaux, des huiles, des pommades et du rouge. ( ) Cette préoccupation d'embellissement est en faveur des dames, ainsi que le précise l'auteur qui y ajoute des indications sur la fabrication des doublures de masques, ou des cornettes de jour et de nuit, des recettes de pommades pour adoucir les mains ou de teintures pour les cheveux" (Flahaut). 1 planche dépliante hors-texte. Petite manque réparé dans le blanc de la page de titre. Taches et mouillures éparses. Exemplaire manipulé mais solide. Cf. Flahaut Jean, "La chimie et les dames au XVIIe siècle : Marie Meurdrac, La Chymie charitable et facile, en faveur des Dames", in: Revue d'histoire de la pharmacie, vol. 88, n° 326 (2000), pp. 299-301.- $659
- $659
Lettres écrites de Lausanne. A Toulouse (Genève, Bonnant), 1785. RELIÉ AVEC (à la suite) : [ (de la même) ]. Caliste ou Suite des Lettres écrites de Lausanne. Seconde partie. A Genève, et se trouve à Paris, chez Prault, 1788.
[ CHARRIERE (Isabelle de) ]. 2 parties en un volume in-8. 116pp. + 1f. 148pp. 2ff. Demi-veau à coins, dos lisse (fraîche reliure de l'époque, infimes traces de vers au bas du dos). Edition Originale extraordinairement rare, parue à Genève sous la fausse adresse de Toulouse, des "Lettres écrites de Lausanne". Elle fut reliée à l'époque avec la suite publiée deux ans plus tard à Paris sous le titre de "Caliste" (également en première édition, même si quelques exemplaires de premier tirage portent la date de 1787). Isabelle de Charrière (1740-1805), connue dans sa jeunesse sous le nom de Belle de Zuylen, était une célèbre femme de lettres pré-romantique d'origine hollandaise qui s'était établie en Suisse où elle réunissait autour d'elles tout un cercle d'intellectuels et d'écrivains. Notamment liée à Benjamin Constant et à Madame de Staël, elle représente l'une des plus importantes voix féminines des lettres francophones de son temps. "Dans les Lettres neuchâteloises ou dans les Lettres écrites de Lausanne, déjà, Mmede Charrière prenait la défense d'une conception de l'amour libérée de tous les préjugés, qu'ils soient liés à la fortune, au rang ou à la réputation. Dans Caliste, elle reprend tous ces thèmes en leur donnant la force symbolique d'un personnage et d'une destinée exemplaires. (.) Caliste meurt du chagrin d'amour, et son destin transcende par cette mort la simple lutte contre les préjugés. Avant Corinne de Mmede Staël (1807) et Adolphe de Benjamin Constant (1816), qu'il annonce, Caliste est le tableau extraordinairement vivant et pathétique d'une grande passion contrariée dans la société de la fin du18e siècle" (Dictionnaire des uvres Littéraires Françaises). "Ces Lettres appartiennent au genre exquis, au groupe des petits chefs-d'uvre; s'il n'existait pas, il manquerait une perle à l'écrin de la littérature française" (Godet). Très bel exemplaire, très pur dans sa première reliure. 1 seul exemplaire au NUC de la première partie seule (MH Harvard University). Escoffier, Le Mouvement Romantique, 20 (édition de 1788): "Ouvrage très rare". Clouzot, p.35 : "Première édition extrêmement rare". Quérard, II, 141 (qui ne cite que des éditions postérieures).- $6,369
- $6,369
Bayonne, Vues Historiques et Descriptives. Six vignettes par Melle Hélène Feillet.
MOREL (Félix). in-8. 3ff. IX. 558pp. 1f. 6 planches lithographiées hors-texte. Demi-veau vert, dos lisse orné (reliure de l'époque dans le style romantique). Edition Originale de ce rare ouvrage richement illustré sur la ville de Bayonne. Après avoir évoqué l'histoire de la ville dans une première partie (depuis l'Antiquité jusque dans les années 1830), l'auteur évoque la cathédrale, les Cinq-Cantons, les allées-marines, les femmes, Biarritz, Cambo, Itcatsou, les Basques. L'ouvrage contient par ailleurs des notices d'Ulysse Darracq, pharmacien à Saint-Esprit, sur la flore, les poissons des eaux douces et salées et les oiseaux des Landes et des Pyrénées Occidentales. Les planches sont lithographiées d'après les dessins d'Hélène Feillet (1812-1889), peintre et lithographe basque: vue de Bayonne, de sa Cathédrale, de la Porte d'Espagne, du cimetière anglais, du port-vieux à Biarritz, et de l'établissement thermal à Cambo. Rares rousseurs, petite trace de mouillure claire, un feuillet déchiré sans manque. Bel exemplaire dans une fine reliure romantique.- $988
- $988
TIBETAN PAINTED SCROLLS. An Artistic and Symbolic Illustration of 172 Tibetan Paintings Preceeded by a Survey of the Historical, Artistic, Literary and Religious Development of Tibetan Culture. With an Article of P. Pelliot on a Mongol Edict, The Translation of Historical Documents and an Appendix on Prebuddhistic Ideas of Tibet
[Tibetan Scrolls]; Tucci Giuseppe 3 volumes. First of the Edition. Originally published in Rome. One of 500 sets only. Profusely illustrated in black and white and in colours, the text volumes with well over 100 plates in black and white, the folio plate volume with a profusion of full-page colour plates and a great number in duotone, some repeats, folding charts and plates. Quarto and Folio, publisher's original maroon leatherette, the covers with large gilt decorative devices and lettering, the spine panels fully gilt with images of the Buddha in gilt and lettering and designs in gilt xv, 327, [1]; viii, [2], 331-798; folio volume of plates pp. A superb set, as pristine and essentially mint. Beautifully preserved. FIRST OF THE EDITION AND A SUPERB COPY. 'Tibetan painting reproduces the Tibetan soul like a mirror in which we can discern what this people have learnt from India, China or Central Asia and what they have created on their own initiative. When we look at on after another of these specimens we can see reflected in the images they present the culture and the spiritual history of a people who lived for ages and is still living under the domination of religion. This painting is an unfolding panoramic vision of Tibetan soul, its religious life and its history.' Giuseppe Tucci- $1,045
- $1,045
A BRIEF RECORD OF THE ADVANCE OF THE EGYPTIAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE UNDER THE COMMAND OF GENERAL SIR EDMUND H.H. ALLENBY. G.C.B., G.C.M.G. July 1917 to October 1918, Compiled from Official Sources.
[Lawrence, T.E.] [Egyptian Expeditionary Force; Middle East; Israel] First Edition, First Issue of the text. Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece of General Allenby, signed in the plate, and a profusion of colour maps, 56 in all. 4to, publishers original tan wrappers, lettered in black on the upper cover and on the burnt-orange linen spine. [iv], 112 pp. A very well preserved copy, handsome with some light wear to the wrappers, a light bit of foxing to the end-leaves as usual, the text-block clean throughout, all maps in fine order. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, THE TRUE CAIRO PRINTING FOR THE PALESTINE NEWS. A core text for understanding the modern Middle East and the fall of Ottoman dominion over the land. This primary document gives a largely day-by-day progression of the events between July 1917 and October 1918 that led up to the Arab revolt against the Ottoman rule in Arabia, the defeat of the Ottoman Turks and ultimately, the fall of Damascus. This important work is one of the very best documents for understanding the conflict and the subsequent agreements settling the affairs of Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Arabia, Yemen, Iraq, Jordan and greater Arabia at the end of the First World War. Included are two pieces by T.E. Lawrence, the famous "Lawrence of Arabia" and arguably, the most important of all the individuals involved with leading the revolt (see Seven Pillars of Wisdom). The two articles compiled from Lawrence's own writing concern the 'Sherifian Co-operation in September' and the 'Story of the Arab Movement' that accompany plates 49-50 and 51-53 (concerning the Arab Revolt and the fall of Damascus), as well as various military reports and numerous maps marking the daily positions of the troops as the final showdown grew nearer. This document was created so that "members of the Force may be able to take home with them an acceptable account of the great advance in which they have played a part" [preface]. This is one of the earliest accounts of that campaign, its details being still "fresh in the memory." A fascinating and comprehensive record. Much of what is covered in the text is important in the establishment of the modern Middle East, including Israeli statehood and the various events leading up to it: the Balfour Declaration and the British Mandate.- $545
- $545
Sevres Porcelain of Buckingham Palace (Signed by King Edward VII)
LAKING, GUY FRANCIS London; Bradbury, Agnew & Co: 1907. A near-fine copy in publisher's original quarter-backed tan morocco over fine white cloth with King Edward VII's crest on the front panel and with gilt spine lettering, slightly rubbed but still readable. The book, 203 pp, and approx. 13 1/2" X 11", is square and tight with gilt top edge and light foxing to the endpapers and rear panel.Contained in a fine case in red cloth. cloth It contains 63 immaculate full-page color plates showing some of the Royal collection, fully documented, as well as a history of the collection, considered the most important and comprehensive when the book was published. This was a presentation copy inscribed by Edward VII at Christmas, 1907, to Viscount Esher, a noted politician and historian close to the Royal Family.- $500
- $500
VERT-VERT OSSIA IL PAPPAGALLO DI M. GRESSET TRADOTTO IN VERSI ITALIANI DA LODOVICO ANTONIO VINCENZI
GRESSET Jean-Baptiste-Louis (Amiens 1709 - 1777) nella traduzione italiana di VINCENZI Lodovico Antonio - EDIZIONE BODONIANA Legatura del XX sec in mezza pelle rossa con angoli con duplice filetto in oro ai piatti; autore, titolo e data in oro al dorso entro conrnice dorata; alla carta di sguardia anteriore Ex libris di Adrianae Cartotti Oddasso. XI - (1b) - 65 - (3, di cui 2bianche).Stimata traduzione in rima baciata, con testo francese a fronte, di questa divertente invenzione intorno ai talenti di un pappagallo, conteso da alcune suore. L`opera è dedicata a Madama Murat (nata Bonaparte). Bella edizione bodoniana in buono stato di conservazione in barbe.- $275
- $275
DISCORSI DEL POEMA HEROICO DEL S TORQUATO TASSO ALL`ILLUSTRISS.MO E REVERENDISS.MO SIGNOR CARDINALE ALDOBRANDINO
TASSO Torquato (1544 endash; 1595) Legatura coeva in piena pergamena rigida con titolo manoscritto al dorso. (4, compresa l`ultima bianca) 179 carte numerate, manca l`ultima carta, bianca. Marca tipografica al frontespizio e data anticamente manoscritta, testatine e capilettera xilografici. Prima edizione di un ampliamento dei "Discorsi dell`arte poetica" pubblicate a Venezia dal Tasso nel 1587 nei quali sviluppa la sua riflessione sul contenuto del poema epico, che deve essere un poema unitario, una presa distanza critica dal poema epico di Ariosto, una narrazione ordinata e coerente. Esemplare complessivamente in buone condizioni, tracce di sporco al frontespizio, piccola macchia d`inchiostro al taglio laterale, tracce di sposrco alla carta 91.- $384
- $384
GALEATII CAPELLAE DE REBUS NUPER IN ITALIA GESTIS, LIBRI OCTO.
CAPELLA Galeazzo (Galeazzo Flavio Capra) (1487 endash; 1537) Legatura della metà del 19edeg; sec in mezza pelle rossa con angolie carta marmorizzata con titolo e autore in oro al dorso. 75carte numerate; al frontespizio marca tipografica con xilografia araldica. Diversi capolettera abitati e silografati, particolarmente elegante quello alla carta 3. Raraprima edizione edizione a cui ne seguirono molte altre, spesso ristampata e tradotta: una storia della cosiddetta guerra milanese, che portò prima all`espulsione, ma infine alla reintegrazione di Francesco Sforza II come duca di Milano. Lo scrittore e statista italiano (1487-1537) Capella fu segretario del duca e per un certo periodo anche ministro; . Esemplare indiscrete condizioni,dorso con maldestri tentativi di coloritura; restauro integrativo all`angolo superiore della prima carta, lieve gora all`angolo superiore dalla carta 5 alla carta 14, altra lieve gora al bordo superiore dalla carta 26 alla carta 30 per riprendere dalla carta 60 fino al termine; uniforme lieve ingiallitura delle carte.- $329
- $329
LA COLTIVATIONE DI LUIGI ALAMANNI AL CHRISTIANISSIMO RE FRANCESCO PRIMO.
ALAMANNI Luigi (1495 endash; 1556) Legatura in piena pergamena antica rimontata; autore e titolo breve in oro su tassello al dorso. 154 -(4) carte numerate, delle 4 carte senza numerazione due sono poste all`ingresso dell`opera e due infine; le due poste all`ingresso dell`opera dedicate alla serenissima"Lettera a Madama Dalphina". Edizione originale del celebre poema didascalico scritto dal poeta fiorentino durante il suo forzato soggiorno in Francia. L`opera letterariafa riferimento alla coltivazione dei campi ed alla vita rustica, si parla di agricoltura, agraria, apicoltura ed è citata nei repertori gastronomici. Fra ipoemi didascalici cinquecenteschi, questo è certamente fra i più notevoli e felici. (Diz. Bompiani, volo. II. Axs. Codice articolo 8cc3d1553c2535587456c83d796836f3). Luigi Alamanni fu un illustre letterato e uomo politico negli ultimi periodi della Repubblcia fiorentina, caduta la quale andò esule in Francia dove ebbe grandi onori da Francesco I e Enrico II. Esemplare in modeste condizioni; macchie alla parte inferiore delle prime due carte , qualche altra sporadica macchia dalle carte allentate.- $417
- $417
PHILIPPUS BEROALDUS JUNIOR CONSTANTIO BENTIUOLO S.SAL. (ISOCRATIS AD DEMONICUM ORATIO PRAECEPTIVA E GRAECO IN LATINUM VERSA PER PHILIPPUM BEROALDUM IUNIOREM)
BEROALDO Filippo Junior (1472 endash; 1518) Legatura moderna in pellespruzzata da reimpiego; al piatto anteriore etichetta di carta col titolo manoscritto "Isocratis ad Demoni". 6 carte non numerate ( in accordo con Adams I - 230 anche se il registro riporta la numerazione intermedia di a iii e a iiii ; al frontespizio ampia marca tipografica a silografia di Denis Roce (Renouard n 1005) ; all`interno due capolettera abitati finementi incisi.Filippo Beroaldo il giorvane (1472 - 1518) era figlio di un cugino nonchè discepolo di Filippo Berolado il Vecchio. Insegno a Bologna e alla sapienza in Roma, dove nel 1516 fu nominato bibliotecario della Vaticana da Leone X. Esemplare in discrete condizioni , la prima carta controfondata all`inserimento del volume e ampio, pur se quasi invisibile restauro, al margine inferiore, le altre pagine in buono stato con minuscola velatura all`ingresso delle cuciture; l`ultima carta recaevidenza di una piccola targa di cui ha subito la pressione.- $714
- $714
RICORDI DI MONSIGNOR SABBA DA CASTIGLIONE CAVALIER GIEROSOLIMITANO DI NUOVO CORRETTI ET RISTAMPATI.Unito a: IL DIAMERONE DI M. VALERIO MARCELLINO OVE CON VIVE RAGIONI SI MOSTRA, LA MORTE NON ESSER QUEL MALE, CHE`L SENSO SI PERSUADE.
SABBA DA CASTIGLIONE(1480 endash; 1554) - Unito a : M. Valerio MARCELLINO (Venezia 1536 ca - 1593) Legatura in piena pergamena coeva floscia con unghie e tracce di bindelle deperdite; dorso muto. I Volume:(6) - 148 - (1b) carte numerate. Magnifica illustrazione al frontespizio silografata che vede l`autore seduto ad un banco mentre redige un testo; alcuni bellissimi capolettera silografati di grandi dimensioni. II Volume: (48) - 128 - (4) pagine numerate. Frontespizio con fregio e ampia marca tipografica dei Giolito ripetuta all`ultima pagina; eleganti fregi e capolettara istoriati. La prima opera i Ricordi di Monsignor Sabba da Castiglione. Il Gamba 1301 "confessa l`autore, in una lettera posta al fine dell`edizione del 1555, di aver scritto in lingua massimamante lombarda, ma che questa sua foggia di scrivere era stata approvata dal Sannazaro a Napoli, e dal Bembo a Padova. Curiose sono le notizie che vi si leggono, specialmante nel Ricordo circa gli ornamenti della casa." La prima edizione fu pubblicata a Bologna nel 1546. Il secondovolumetratta diun dovizioso trattato filosofico, "Ove - come dichiara il frontespizio - con vive ragioni si mostra, la morte non esser quel male, che`l senso si persuade. Con una dotta, e giudiciosa lettera, over discorso intorno alla lingua volgare". Curatore dell`edizione fu Citolini, che testimonia che quella che si appresta a stampare è opera "uscita da l`intelletto d`un giovinetto, tutto occupato per gli altrui intrighi ne i continui, e noiosi travagli del pallazzo". Quest`opera di Valerio Marcellino rappresenta non solo un trattato filosofico ma anche un contributo al dibattito linguistico del suo tempo, offrendo un dialogo intenso e ricco di argomentazioni sulle percezioni umane e sulle lingue. Il testo si presenta come un prezioso trattato diviso in due giornate, introdotto da una lettera sulla lingua volgare. Esemplare in splendide condizioni, legatura integra interno fresco e molto bene inchiostrato.- $1,208
- $1,208
DISCORSO SOPRA IL PRINCIPIO DI TUTTI I CANTI D`ORLANDO FURIOSO .DINUOVO RISTAMPATO, ET CON DILIGENZA REVISTO
TERRACINA Laura (1519 endash; 1577) Legatura del XIX sec. in pieno marocchino marrone; ai piattiduplice filetto con graziosi angolari in oro; dentelle interne in oro; sguardie policrome; tagli dorati sbiaditi.Dorso a 5 nervi con autore, titolo e data in oro e fregi in oro agli scomparti. 88 carte numerate. Frontespizio con cornice e marca tipografica ripetuta all`ultima pagina; al verso del frontespizio elegante ritratto a mezzobusto silografato dell`autrice. All`interno alcuni capolettera istoriati e 86 vignette silografate riprese dall`edizione dell`Orlando Furioso pubblicato da Giolito nel 1542. La prima edizione risale al 1549, questa èla quinta e ultima edizione giolitina. Laura Terracina celebre autrice napoletana fece parte dell`Accademia degli Incogniti con lo pseudonimo di Fedea.Esemplare in buono stato di conservazione leggermente corto al margine superiore con illustrazioni dalla nitida inchiostratura, qualche sporadica fioritura.- $1,318
- $1,318
FLAVII IOSEPHI OPERUM TERTIUS TOMUSDE BELLO IUDAICO LIBROS CONTINENS SEPTEM: CONTRA APIONEM LIBROS DUOS: EX GRAECORUM CODICUM COLLATIONE PER SIGISMUNDUM GELENIUM CASTIGATOS: DE MACHABAEIS, SIVE DE IMPERIO RATIONIS LIBRUM VNUM, A D. ERASMO ROTERODAMO RECOGNITUM
FLAVIUS JOSEPHUS (Giuseppe Flavio) (37 d. C. - 100) Elegante rilegatura coeva policroma "àlacire" in piena pelle; ai piatti entrotriplice filetto raffinate impressioni floreali policrome alla cera; fitta punzonatura in oro e meraviglioso ampio fleuron centrale impresso in oro a motivo floreale; dorso a tre nervi con filetti in oro; tagli dorati e goffrati.; carte di sguardia mancanti. 755 - (121) pagine numerate. Esemplare reglè; antiche note manoscritte al frontespizio. Il solo terzo volume del "De Bello Iudaico" di Flavio ma in splendida legatura. Esemplare in buone condizioni complessive dalla particolare legatura che presenta leggerissima crepa alla parte superiore del piatto anteriore e qualche piccola modesta integrazione agli angoli.- $1,043
- $1,043
LABERINTO D`AMORE DI M.GIOVANNI BOCCACCIO DI NUOVO RISTAMPATO eamp; DILIGENTEMENTE CORRETTO PER THOMASO PORCACCHI. CON LE POSTILLE NEL MARGINE, eamp; CON LA TAVOLAIN FINE.
BOCCACCIO Giovanni Elegante legatura ottocentesca in pieno marocchino verde smeraldo, firmata Bouzzonet; ai piatti, triplice filetto con ampi angolari a motivi ornamentali impressi in oro; dorso a cinque nervi rilevati con titolo e data impressi su due scomparti in testa e al piede; agli altri scomparti, raffinate impressioni in oro a motivi ornamentali; tagli dorati, sguardie marmorizzate. 2 carte bianche di guardia; 130 pagine numerate, compreso l`elegante frontespizio con titolo in parte racchiuso entro fregio rinascimentale e ampia marca tipografica (al verso, vistosa scritta a penna "Lodovico" alla parte inferioreche traspare anche al recto); 1 carta non numerata con marca tipografica al recto, al verso scritta a penna slavata. Opera tardiva del Boccaccio. Il Laberinto d`Amore o Corbaccioha una datazione incerta inclusa tra il1335 e il 1336. Incerto anche il significato del titolo:è possibile che venga da corvo simbolo della cattiveria, l`uccello che becca gli occhi, in questo caso sta a rappresentare l`amore che acceca e rovina ; oppure deriva dallo spagnolo corbachos`, cioè scudiscio, che richiama il tratto satirico dell`opera. La narrazioneè incentrata sull`invettiva contro le donne.Esemplare complessivamente in buone condizioni, salvo i difetti descritti, tracce di sporco al frontespizio e alla carta a seguire, piatti riattaccati.- $604
- $604
LABERINTO D`AMORE DI M. GIOVANNI BOCCACCIO DI NUOVO CORRETTO, ET AGGIUNTE LE POSTILLE, CON LA TAVOLA DELLE COSE DEGNE DI MEMORIA.
BOCCACCIO Giovanni (1313-1375) Legatura del secolo XIX in piena pelle avana spruzzata, firmata Stoakley - Cambridge; triplice filetto in oro ai piatti, al dorso titolo in oro su tassello verde e fregi in oro agli scomparti; dentelle interne in oro; tagli dorati. Al contropiatto anteriore Ex Libris nobiliare di Arthur Santley Towsey. Carte di sguardia dell`epoca della legatura. 56 - (4) carte numerate. Marca tipografica dei Giolito sia al frontespizio che all`ultima carta; sempre al frontespizio timbro tondo con monogramma P.G.N. Alcuni bei capolettera abitati. Rara edizione giolitina della quale sono noti solo 10 esemplari nelle Biblioteche pubbliche italiane. Esemplare in ottimo stato di conservazione, segni di riattaccatura dei piatti con piccolissima integrazione della parte superiore del dorso.- $1,043
- $1,043
ÉLÉGIES DE TIBULLE. TRADUCTION DE C. L. MOLLEVAUT. CINQUIÉMEÉDITION.
MOLLEVAUT Charles Louis (1776 -1844) Legatura inpieno marocchino blu firmata Frederico d` Almeida celebre legatore di Lisbona dei primi anni del `900.Ai piatti doppio filetto con puntinatura angolare, cupido al centro impressi in oro. Dorso a 4 nervicon titolo in oro su tassello rosso,fregi floreali in oro agli scomparti. Dentelle interne in oro ; tagli in oro, sguardie di seta. 260 pagine antiporta figurata incisa in bianco e nero, 7 deliziose illustrazioni fuori testo di altra provenienza, finemente colorate all`acquarello e tempera, la prima e l`ultima messe all`ingresso e alla fine dell`opera sono state inserite montate all`interno di un sottile passe partout verde. Esemplare in ottimo stato di conservazione.- $527
- $527
Collection d’Anciennes Porcelaines de Chine et Pierres Dures par GORER, 170, New Bond Street, Londres W. Exposée a l’Hôtel Astoria, Paris, 1912.
GORER (Éditeur). [1912]. Grand in-4° ; 73 pages illustrées de 14 reproductions photographiques en couleur. Une pleine toile bleue, titre doré imprimé sur le plat supérieur, reliure de l'éditeur, un bel exemplaire. ÉDITION ORIGINALE.- $165
- $165
Recüeil de Plusieurs Plans des Ports et Rades et de quelques Cartes Particulieres de La Mer Méditerranée, Avec Les Figures Des Terres Remarquables Pour Les Reconnoissances Des Atterrages [depuis 1732 à 1746]. Dédiée À Monseigneur Le Comte de Maurepas, Ministre d Etat. Levé et dessigné par le S.r Ayrouard pilote Real des Galeres du Roy, dans Les Voyages qu il a fait a la Visite des Côtes, Et dans d autres Occasions, avec Les Remarques necessaires qu il faut Observer pour L entrée à Certains Ports, et autres Endroits. Avec Privilege du Roy.
AYROUARD (Jacques, Pilote réal des Galères du Roy). Le précieux exemplaire de Calonne ministre des finances du roi Louis XVI [1746-1750]. Petit in-folio ; Un titre gravé et encadré sur feuillet double et 79 planches gravées par Louis Corne sur un papier à fort grammage et montées sur onglet. Un plein maroquin rouge, un triple filet doré encadrant les plats, fleurons aux angles, armoiries frappées or au centre des plats, dos à nerfs richement orné, pièce de titre en maroquin vert, fleurette or, une large palette dorée à croisillons en pied, un double filet or sur les coupes, une large roulette dorée intérieure, tranches dorées, une superbe reliure de l époque. UN BEL EXEMPLAIRE TRÈS FRAIS INTÉRIEUREMENT. Format bibliographique : L 34 cm ; l 28 cm (grandes marges) PROVENANCE PRESTIGIEUSE : Exemplaire relié en plein maroquin rouge aux armes de Charles-Alexandre de CALONNE, contrôleur général des finances (novembre 1783) et ministre d État du roi Louis XVI. PREMIÈRE ET UNIQUE ÉDITION, RARE, de ce précieux recueil de cartes marines et de plans de ports, vues à grande échelle, couvrant les côtes méditerranéennes françaises, italiennes et espagnoles, dont l'île de CORSE dressée en plusieurs cartes et profiles (11 levés particuliers !). Ce précieux atlas nautique fournissait aux pilotes, à partir des lignes de rumbs, des caps de routes entre des points remarquables de la côte : ports, havres, mouillages, sondes, estuaires et toponymie. Ce Pilote comprend 80 planches CONSTITUÉES DE cartes hydrographiques (dont le titre) finement gravées et bien encrées, d une « noirceur » homogène sur l ensemble de l atlas, une netteté absolue, preuve d'un exemplaire de premier tirage de choix. Toutes les cartes sont à double page, sauf trois de plus grand format, repliées, dont le superbe plan de Marseille, daté de 1736. Chaque carte est ornée de cartouches, d échelles, de roses des vents et des signes conventionnels. L orientation des plans gravés respecte toujours l encadrement de la carte. On trouve dans cette uvre cartographique LA PREMIÈRE CARTE IMPRIMÉE ET PUBLIÉE DE LA BAIE DE MONACO. LA FICHE EXPLICITE BIBLIOGRAPHIQUE SUR NOTRE SITE : LIBRAIRIEHERODOTE. COM Ce Neptune décrit les vues de côtes de : Marseille, Cassis, La Ciotat, Bandol, île Sainte-Marguerite, Toulon, Villefranche, Saint-Tropez, Antibes, Monaco, Savone, Gênes, Portofino, Livourne, Porto Ferraro, Civitavecchia, Naples, Porto-Vecchio, Bonifacio, Calvi, Longo Sardo, Loristan, Cadaquès, Barcelone, Alicante, Carthagène, Majorque, etc.- $21,962
- $21,962
Le passage de la Mission Marchand dans le Haut-Oubangui en 1896.
MARCHAND. La Mission MARCHAND dans le Haut-Oubangui (1896) MARCHAND (Commandant Jean-Baptiste), officier et explorateur (1863-1934), il dirige la mission française. Grand-officier dans l ordre national de la Légion d honneur (12 septembre 1889). [Photographe non identifié]. Le passage de la Mission Marchand dans le Haut-Oubangui en 1896. Un album exceptionnel, une archive unique représentant pro parte des étapes oubanguiennes de la fameuse « Mission Marchand », les très rares photographies de la canonnière française à vapeur le « Faidherbe », mais plus précisément les parures d époque de certains groupes ethniques, particulièrement les Gbanziri de Kouango et les Sango de Mobaye. Un très rare album photographique relié en percaline, format in-octavo oblong, conservé à part (usures du temps), constitué d un ensemble de 36 épreuves originales sur papier aristotype, de formats entre H_11,5 cm L_17 cm, contenant 18 feuillets en papier carton à fort grammage montés sur onglets, sur lesquels sont apposés (folio recto & folio verso) 36 photographies originales légendées à la plume, encre sépia. Une écriture manuscrite soigneusement calligraphiée. Corpus conservé dans une boîte ouvrante d'archive à feuillets mobiles en carton toilé noir. Un bon état général des épreuves. LA FICHE EXPLICITE BIBLIOGRAPHIQUE ET LES PHOTOGRAPHIES SUR NOTRE SITE : INF0@HERODOTEBOOKSCOM.- $7,138
- $7,138
Panoramic and Monumental Map of Havana
Mirabal, Rogelio L. folding map; overall 39 x 54 cm. folds as issued as well as additional folds; some wear and tear; o/w vg cond. A detailed map of Havana in birds-eye perspective by Rogelio L. Mirabal, showing the important buildings and sites, surrounded by advertisements. On verso, a key relating to numbers on recto, a Map of Marianao by Mirabal, a map of Cuba highlightening roads and highways as well as table with distances.- $320
- $320
Receipts and Relishes being a Vade Mecum for the Epicure in the British Isles.
Darwin, Bernard colour printed maps; small 4to; some discolouration; spotting; some splitting at lower part of the book; dustjacket some wear and tear and loss of paper; o/w vg cond. very decorative title page. 72 pp. 19 maps, mostly double paged, back-to-back. A most charming book sharing traditional dishes across the United Kingdom and how to make them, illustrated by humourous pictorial maps, published for Whitbread & Co. 1st edition.- $128
- $128
DIARIO DEL VIAGE EXPLORADOR DE LAS CORBETAS ESPAÑOLAS “DESCUBIERTA” Y “ATREVIDA” EN LOS ANOS DE 1789 A 1794, LLEVADO POR EL TENIENTE DE NAVIO D. FRANCISCO JAVIER DE VIANA.
Viana, Francisco Javier de [2],360pp., including two titlepages. Each page of text is printed within a decorative border. Contemporary marbled boards, rebacked in modern brown morocco with modern brown morocco corners. Boards slightly rubbed and shelfworn. A few gatherings tanned, leaf with pp.115-116 bound out of order. A very good copy. In a brown cloth clamshell box, spine gilt. A very rare work, the first published account of the Malaspina expedition of 1789-94. Malaspina, an Italian who sailed under the Spanish flag, was for a long time virtually forgotten. Nevertheless, his voyage of circumnavigation stands as Spain's most important 18th-century scientific exploration in the Pacific. Although an official publication was envisioned from the start, with artists and scientists aboard working towards its production, Malaspina became the victim of Spanish court intrigues, and the elaborate expedition report never materialized. It was not until 1885 that his narrative was published in Madrid. The present book thus stands as the first publication on the Malaspina expedition. It is based on the narrative of an ensign on the voyage, Francisco Viana, who settled in Uruguay towards the beginning of the 19th century. According to Palau, Viana's account was prepared for publication by D. Manuel Dribe, who worked with the manuscript which was still in the possession of Viana's sons in Montevideo. Viana's narrative adds greatly to the later publication of Malaspina's account, elaborating with much detail on the visits to the northwest coast of America (Nootka), Australia (describing Port Jackson barely five years after its settlement), Manila, Acapulco, Monterey, Tierra del Fuego, Islas Malvinas, and Patagonia. Malaspina's expedition is one of the great voyages of exploration of the 18th century and is often likened to the exploits of La Pérouse and Captain Cook. "Malaspina left Cadiz in 1789 and visited the western coast of North America as far as 60 degrees North latitude. He then returned to South America, by way of the Philippine Islands and Australia, rerounded Cape Horn, and reached Cadiz in 1794. During his voyage he visited Nootka Sound and Monterey; he gives an account of his explorations on the California coast. The work also contains Ferrer Maldonado's relation of the discovery of the Straits of Anian; accounts of the principal Spanish expeditions to the North Pacific between 1774 and 1791; a description of the country and customs of California; and a long historical introduction of the voyage by Pedro de Novo y Colson" - Hill (describing the 1885 publication of Malaspina's narrative). "This diary is of immense value. It is the only full and detailed printed account of Malaspina's voyage from California to Alaska by one of the participants.For some reason, Viana's diary was published on the traveling press of the Army besieging Montevideo, during the war between Argentina and Uruguay. This is the reason for the extreme rarity of this important diary, not recorded by Sabin or Wagner" - Lada Mocarski. Not in the catalogue of the Hill Collection, though there is a copy at the University of California at San Diego. An important and exceedingly rare Pacific voyage account. FERGUSON 5100, 5228. PALAU 361688. HOWES V85. LADA-MOCARSKI 134. TOURVILLE 4696. WICKERSHAM 6642.- $27,500
- $27,500
COLONIE ICARIENNE AUX ÉTATS-UNIS D’AMÉRIQUE. SA CONSTITUTION, SES LOIS, SA SITUATION MATERIELLE ET MORALE APRES LE PREMIER SEMESTRE 1855
[Icarian Community]: [Cabet, Etienne] 240pp. 12mo. Original printed brown wrappers, expertly rebacked in matching brown paper. Wrappers a bit soiled, worn at edges. Small tear in upper margin of p.239, neatly repaired and not affecting text. Quite clean internally, and in very good condition. Untrimmed and unopenend. A scarce French printing of the principles, history, laws, constitution, and status of the Icarian communities in the United States. Founded by Étienne Cabet, the Icarian Community was among the most interesting Utopian experiments in the United States during the 19th century. After an unsuccessful attempt to settle in Texas, the Icarians established themselves in Nauvoo, Illinois, an abandoned Mormon town. After Cabet's death in 1856, the group splintered, with some of the remaining Illinois group moving to Corning, Iowa. This volume, published in the year of Cabet's death, offers his description of the community and the principles of its founding and operation, as well as the laws and constitution that governed them. We find no copies at auction since the Streeter sale in 1969, where a copy in wrappers was purchased by H.P. Kraus for $160. SABIN 9779. HOWES C5, "aa." STREETER SALE 4267.- $6,500
- $6,500
A Companion to the Museum, (Late Sir Ashton Lever’s) Removed to Albion Street, the Surry end of Blackfriar’s Bridge
Leverian Museum 8vo, [4], [1]-53, [54] blank.197 mm x 140 mm. Engraved frontispiece (trimmed with loss from the caption (as often, says Forbes). (Part 1 only, Part 2, which was devoted to mineral specimens, was published after some years' interval.) Forbes 197. [Bound with] Portland, Margaret Cavendish Holles Harley, duchess of, 1714-1785. A Catalogue of the Portland Museum, lately the property of The Duchess Dowager of Portland, Deceased: Which will be Sold by Auction by Mr. Skinner and Co. On Monday the 24th of April, 1786 and the thirty-seven following days.London: Skinner and Co., 1786. First edition. 4to., 194 pp. Forbes 116 . Lacking the frontispiece view of the Museum and the print of the Portland Vase. Manuscript prices on pp. 138-139 ( May 28 sale: shells, corals, etc.). Modern half calf using old marbled paper over boards; old endpapers, front one detached. The front flyleaves carry four pages of contemporary manuscript notes about the collection and discussing a visit by the former American President, John Adams. The Leverian collection was particularly notable for the number, diversity, and beauty of the objects collected on Cook's third voyage.- $27,500
- $27,500
A Voyage Round the World; but more particularly to the North-West Coast of America: Performed in 1785, 1786, 1878, and 1788, in the King George and Queen Charlotte, Captains Portlock and Dixon
Dixon, George Quarto (350 x 240 mm), 360, 48 pp.,with 22 engraved maps, charts, and plates Original blue-gray paper boards, parchment spine. Printed on thick paper (4 cm.+) and with the natural history plates beautifully colored. Old public library stamps on versos of plates, minor spotting and offsetting, but a superb, completely untrimmed, copy "George Dixon's account of his trading voyage in the Queen Charlotte forms an important supplement and companion to Nathaniel Portlock's narrative of the same on the King George.It is important for its account of trading at Hawaii, Kauai, and Niihau, with considerable information on the chiefs and the political atmosphere of the period". Forbes 161.- $12,500
- $12,500
CARTA DECORATA XILOGRAFATA POLICROMA
c174 CARTA DECORATA XILOGRAFATA POLIOMA.Remondini,Italia,XVIII secolo. Stampa xilografica a più legni. Fondo non colorato. Motivo: fitto reticolo di piccole losanghe rosse con motivi geometrici blu e rossi. Dimensioni mm. 437x324ca.Piega centrale. Foglio intero, buone condizioni. c174 DECORATED XILOGRAPHIC PAPER Probably Remondini paper. Italy, XVIII century. Xilographic ( woodblock) print with more woodblockes. Decoration with Losengy diamond shapes decoration in red and blue ink on uncolored paper. Sheet dimensions 437x324ca. Previously folded in half. Full sheet,good condition.- $329
- $329
CARTA DECORATA DORATA DECORATED GILT PAPER
C219 CARTA DECORATA DORATA Germania (?), Italia (?). Prima metà XIX secolo.Foglio dorato a pennello.Dimensioni mm 286x376 ca.Leggera piega centrale. Leggere tracce d'uso.Riutilizzato come legatura C219 DECORATED GILT PAPER Germany (?), Italy (?), First half of XIX century.Golden leaf brush.Sheet dimensions mm 286x376ca.Previously folded in half.Traces of use. Used as a binding.- $186
- $186
CARTA DECORATA DORATA E GOFFRATA DECORATED DUTCH GILT PAPER
C216 CARTA DECORATA DORATA E GOFFRATA Probabilmente Germania. Primi anni del XIX secolo.Stampa dorata e goffrata su carta di colore blu dipinta a pennello.Disegno incavato in oro su fondo rilevato nel colore di base.Quattro file sovrapposte di nove edicole ciascuna contengono figure di santi con grande aureola a raggiera. Dimensioni mm 343x443 ca.Alcune bruniture e macchie scure.Leggera piega centrale. Foglio intero, buone condizioni C216 DECORATED DUTCH GILT PAPER Probably Germany, beginning of XIX century. A decorated paper - blue color - embossed.There are 4 rows each with 9 panels of gilt saints on a blue paper ground.Sheet dimensions mm 343x443 ca.Some browning and dark spots.Previously folded in half; fine condition.Full sheet- $603
- $603
CARTA DECORATA DORATA E GOFFRATA DECORATED DUTCH GILT PAPER
C213 CARTA DECORATA DORATA E GOFFRATA Augsburg primi anni del XIX secolo da matrice settecentesca di Johann Carl Munck.Il laboratorio di Munck ha svolto l'attività fra il 1750 e il 1794.Stampa dorata e goffrata su carta di colore giallo; alternanza di superfici dorate incavate e superfici non dorate rilevate. Motivo: teoria di tralci con foglie e grossi fiori quali: peonie, garofani, tulipani, rose, campanule. Dimensioni mm 355x415 ca.Leggera piega. centraleFoglio intero, buone condizioni C213 DECORATED DUTCH GILT PAPER Augsburg , Germany, beginning of XIX century. Copy by Johann Carl Munck (second half of XVIII century ).A decorated paper - yellow color - embossed with big gold floral pattern.Sheet dimensions mm 355x415 ca.Previously folded in half; fine condition.Full sheet- $548
- $548
CARTA DECORATA DORATA E GOFFRATA DECORATED DUTCH GILT PAPER
C212 CARTA DECORATA DORATA E GOFFRATA Augsburg primi anni del XIX secolo da matrice settecentesca di Johann Carl Munck.Il laboratorio di Munck ha svolto l'attività fra il 1750 e il 1794.Stampa dorata e goffrata su carta di colore arancione; alternanza di superfici dorate incavate e superfici non dorate rilevate.Motivo: teoria di tralci con foglie e grossi fiori quali peonie, garofani, tulipani, rose, campanule. Dimensioni mm 341x431ca.Leggera piega centrale.Foglio intero, buone condizioni C212 DECORATED DUTCH GILT PAPER Augsburg , Germany, beginning of XIX century. Copy by Johann Carl Munck (Second half of XVIII century ).A decorated paper - orange color - embossed with big gold floral pattern.Sheet dimensions mm 341x431 ca.Previously folded in half; fine condition.Full sheet- $548
- $548
CARTA DECORATA DORATA E GOFFRATA DECORATED DUTCH GILT PAPER
C211 CARTA DECORATA DORATA E GOFFRATA Germania. Seconda metà XVIII secolo.Stampa dorata e goffrata su carta di colore rosa scuro dipinta a pennello; alternanza di superfici dorate incavate e superfici non dorate rilevate.Motivo: tappeto di piccoli rametti fogliati e fioriti con fiori e frutti: bacche, fiordalisi, melograni, grappoli d'uva, campanule. Bordo in fascia dorata.Dimensioni mm 344x400 ca.Leggera piega centrale.Foglio intero, buone condizioni, piccoli difetti. C211 DECORATED DUTCH GILT PAPER Germany, Second half of XVIII century. A decorated paper - pink color - embossed with gold floral and fruit pattern.Golden band on the border .Sheet dimensions mm 360X437ca.Previously folded in half; fine condition, light abrasions.Full sheet.- $548
- $548
CARTA DECORATA DORATA DECORATED GILT PAPER
C103A CARTA DECORATA DORATA Germania (?), Italia (?). Seconda metà secolo XVIII Carta vergellata con filigrana non visibile.Queste carte sono state prodotte sia in Italia che in Germania e non è possibile risalire all'area di provenienza.Foglio con applicazione di sottili lamine dorate. Le lamine possono essere in rame o ottone.Dimensioni mm 312x378 ca.Leggera piega centrale. Tracce d'uso. Presenza di ossidazioni e leggere gore sul retro. C103A DECORATED GILT PAPER Germany (?), Italy (?), Second half of XVIII century.Sheet with application of thin gold leaf ( it's not real gold but copper or brass).Sheet dimensions mm 312x378 ca.Previously folded in half; fine condition.Leaf oxided and light water stains on the back.- $307
- $307
CARTA DECORATA DORATA E GOFFRATA DECORATED DUTCH GILT PAPER
C214 B CARTA DECORATA DORATA E GOFFRATA Probabilmente Germania. Seconda metà XVIII secolo.Stampa dorata e goffrata su carta di colore verde; alternanza di superfici dorate incavate e superfici non dorate rilevate.Motivo: Tappeto di piccoli tralci molto ravvicinati con fiori, frutti e foglie.Dimensioni mm 306x374 ca.Leggera piega centrale, Foglio intero rifilato alla battuta, buone condizioni. C214B DECORATED DUTCH GILT PAPER Probably Germany, second half of XVIII century.A decorated paper - green color - embossed with little gold floral and fruit pattern.Sheet dimensions mm 306x374 ca.Previously folded in half; fine condition.Full sheet trimmed at the margins- $417
- $417
Vol de nuit *
Broché, couverture imprimée, dos insolé avec plis. Ex-dono. Édition de l'année de l'originale, bien complet de la préface d'André Gide, ce tirage imprimé en décembre tandis que les grands papiers seraient du mois de mai. Joint un mystérieux texte tapuscrit corrigé de 5 pages sur papier rose "Lettre aux hommes" avec une finale manuscrite, probablement de la main de l'ancien possesseur soit l'écrivain suisse romand Auguste Martin. Touchant petit ensemble. > En cas de problème de commande, veuillez nous contacter par notre page d'accueil / If you have any problems with your order please contact us via our homepage- $186
- $186
La Côte *
SARTO Pietro: Estampe originale couleur ( héliogravure, aquatinte et burin) 26 x 21 (feuille 30 x 25 pliée), signée et justifiée essai couleur ? le tirage de cette épreuve tire plus sur le rouge que celle du livre. Essai de gravure pour l'ouvrage de C-F. Ramuz "Chant de notre Rhône", publié par les Éditions Gonin à Lausanne en 1978. Le catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre gravé de l'artiste précise que les aquatintes ont nécessité de nombreux essai. [Simecek 105 d] > En cas de problème de commande, veuillez nous contacter par notre page d'accueil / If you have any problems with your order please contact us via our homepage- $744
- $744
Le Mespris de la Vie et Consolation contre la Mort.
MOCKEL Francis & CHASSIGNET Jean-Baptiste MOCKEL Francis (Né en 1940) & CHASSIGNET Jean-Baptiste (Besançon 1571-Gray 1635) Le Mespris de la Vie et Consolation contre la Mort. A ses dépens, Paris, 1982 (daprès lédition de 1594). H530xL345mm. Ouvrage complet des 3 sonnets illustrés de gravures à laquatinte réalisées par Francis Mockel. Imprimé par René Tazé. Exemplaire numéroté 23 dun tirage total à 60 et signé au crayon par le graveur sous le colophon. Emboîtage cartonné et toilé beige, titré gaufré. Etat de conservation : Emboîtage légèrement empoussiéré. "Pour moi, la gravure est dabord une descente vers le noir, et, dans ce noir, il faut que jessaie de retrouver les êtres qui existent dans mon univers, et que je les fasse remonter, peut-être, et pas tous dailleurs, vers la lumière." (Francis Mockel)- $659
- $659
Thérèse de la Terre. Hommage à lAnge de Lisieux.
ESTRADE Daniel ESTRADE Daniel (Né à Bagnères-de-Luchon en 1954) Thérèse de la Terre. Hommage à lAnge de Lisieux. In-folio, 1994. Ed. Galerie Vanuxem, Paris. Couverture rigide toilée à rabats, titrée. H550xL410mm. 2 pages de texte en français par Gérard Barrière. Portfolio complet de ses 6 planches originales gravées à leau-forte par Daniel Estrade. Les titres : Hache ; Thérèse défunte ; Thérèse transfigurée (1) ; Thérèse transfigurée (2) ; Transverbération & Thérèse de laube. Belles épreuves titrées, numérotées 24/50, signées et datées au crayon par lartiste. Toutes marges non ébarbées. Ouvrage édité à loccasion de lExposition « Thérèse de la Terre » et achevé dimprimer en Mai 1994. Imprimée chez Géhan-Parthenay. Exemplaire N°24 dun tirage à 50 exemplaires sur papier Hahnemühle. Bel état de conservation.- $659
- $659
MALAPARTE/ Deux chapeaux de paille dItalie.
CURZIO Malaparte & BRESSOLIN Bruno CURZIO Malaparte (Prato, Italie, 1898 Rome 1957) ; BRESSOLIN Bruno (Né en 1961. Vit et travaille à Joinville). MALAPARTE/ Deux chapeaux de paille dItalie. 1996. Atelier Etic Seydoux, 1996. Edition originale. H520xL370mm. Ouvrage in-folio complet de ses 12 planches en couleurs sur vélin BFK. Exemplaire dartiste Hors commerce, annotée H.C/EA, signé et daté par les artistes sous le colophon. Tirage total à 64 exemplaires. Emboîtage conçu par lartiste avec réhaut à lor et couvercle boîte de conserve imbriquée. Très bel état de conservation.- $659
- $659
La grande Meutte.
TREMOIS Pierre-Yves & VIALAR Paul TREMOIS Pierre-Yves (Paris 1961 2020 Saint-Nom-La-Bretèche) & VIALAR Paul La grande Meutte. Editions Archat, 1945. In-4, 287pp, demi-maroquin marron. H380xL290mm. Enrichi de 33 eaux-fortes dont 24 hors-texte de Pierre-Yves Trémois. Etablie par les soins de Marcel Poulaille et imprimé pour la typographie dans lAtelier de Jean Crès à Paris. Tirage numéroté limité à 385 exemplaires (n°153), sur vélin de cuve de Lana. Bel état de conservation. Pierre-Yves Trémois, né le 8 janvier 1921 à Pariset mort le 16 août 2020 à Saint-Nom-La-Bretèche, est un dessinateur, peintre, graveur et sculpteur français. Il était membre de la section gravure de lAcadémie des Beaux-Arts. Il remporte en 1943 le Grand Prix de Rome de peinture, mais choisit de se consacrer aux arts graphiques. Son uvre est en effet particulièrement vaste : livres dartistes, tapisserie, sculpture, céramique, joaillerie Mais cest dans la gravure quil sillustre tout particulièrement. Son uvre, empreint dérotisme, est le fruit dinspirations multiples : religion, mythologie, histoire, sciences, monde animal Surnommé « le fou du trait », il met en place une esthétique pure et incisive, marquée par la précision et la simplicité de la ligne.- $1,318
- $1,318
Sienne, Burins originaux de Pierre-Yves Trémois.
TREMOIS Pierre-Yves & SUARES André TREMOIS Pierre-Yves (Paris 1961 2020 Saint-Nom-La-Bretèche) & SUARES André Sienne, Burins originaux de Pierre-Yves Trémois. La Société des Francs-Bibliophiles sous la direction de E. Simon & J. Le Désert, 1963. H410xL290mm. In-folio en feuilles, sous chemise. Ouvrage complet de son texte et gravures (27 burins originaux de Pierre-Yves Trémois, dont 8 sur double page et une sur la couverture rigide), conservé dans son étui beige de léditeur (couleur imitation bois). Le texte de cet ouvrage est extrait du « Voyage du condottière » dAndré Suarès, avec lautorisation des Editions Stefano Venturini à Sienne. Pierre-Yves Trémois a composé les illustrations à Sienne en 1962 à loccasion de la Fête du Palio. Exemplaire sur vélin pur chiffon dArches, numéroté 20. Bel état de conservation. Pierre-Yves Trémois, né le 8 janvier 1921 à Pariset mort le 16 août 2020 à Saint-Nom-La-Bretèche, est un dessinateur, peintre, graveur et sculpteur français. Il était membre de la section gravure de lAcadémie des Beaux-Arts. Il remporte en 1943 le Grand Prix de Rome de peinture, mais choisit de se consacrer aux arts graphiques. Son uvre est en effet particulièrement vaste : livres dartistes, tapisserie, sculpture, céramique, joaillerie Mais cest dans la gravure quil sillustre tout particulièrement. Son uvre, empreint dérotisme, est le fruit dinspirations multiples : religion, mythologie, histoire, sciences, monde animal Surnommé « le fou du trait », il met en place une esthétique pure et incisive, marquée par la précision et la simplicité de la ligne.- $659
- $659
Les Belles de Nuit.
[CHIMOT (Edouard)] MAGRE (Maurice) : P. Devambez 1927. Grand in-8° en feuilles, étui (dos de l?étui orné d?une composition ?art deco? en couleurs mosaïquée) 18 eaux-fortes originales en couleurs d'Edouard CHIMOT. Tirage limité à 437 exemplaires, un des 325 sur vélin enrichi sur la page de faux-titre d?un dessin original aux crayon gras en couleurs signé par l?Artiste- $1,318
- $1,318
Le Pied Fourchu suivi des Légendes de Légendes.
[BECAT (Paul-Emile)] BOYLESVE (René) : P. Editions du Banyan 1959. In-4° en ff, sous chemise et étui 15 pointes-sèches originales hors-texte en noir de Paul-Emile BECAT. Tirage limité à 575 exemplaires, un des 17 H.C nominatifs, celui-ci sur Japon pour Paul-Emile BECAT, avec 2 suites en noir dont une avec remarques,- $604
- $604
THE BIRD’S HEAD HAGGADA ( Vogelkopf – Haggadah ) of the Bezalel National Art Museum in Jerusalem
HAGGADAH - UNIQUE LIMITED FACSIMILE EDITION of the Hebrew Manuscript 2 volumes (COMPLETE SET). 1965-67. Volume1: INTRODUCTORY VOLUME by E.D.Goldschmidt, H.L.C.Jaffe, B.Narkiss. Volume2 : RARE FACSIMILE VOLUME of the famous original manuscript haggadah on permanent display at the Israel Museum, Jerusalem. PRINTED IN ONLY 600 NUMBERED COPIES. Original half vellum in orig. cardboard boxes.4to. Truly insignificant thin sunning on side margins of one of the boxes (see last photo). A FINE SUPERB COPY - 2 Bände (KOMPLETTES SET) . Band 1: Einführungsband (in englisch) von E.D.Goldschmidt, H.L.C. Jaffe, B. Narkiss. Band 2: FAKSIMILE der hebräischen Handschrift. 4to. Orig. Halb-Pergament in Originalkassette. SEHR SCHÖNES EX. Berühmte Faksimile-Ausgabe in einer einmaligen Auflage von nur 600 num. Exemplaren der sogenannten VOGELKOPF- HAGGADAH , der wohl ältesten illuminierten Handschrift-Haggada ( ca. 1320 ) des deutschen Judentums.- $1,100
- $1,100
THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF DAVID COPPERFIELD
[Reynolds, Frank illus.] Dickens Charles First Edition. Illustrated with 20 mounted color plates by Frank Reynolds and a vignette titlepage. 4to, publisher's original red cloth lettered in gilt on spine and cover, with gilt and black silhouette decoration on the upper cover. 572 pp. A handsome and fresh copy, bright and clean, a very pleasing copy. FIRST EDITION OF THIS VERY PLEASING ILLUSTRATED EDITION OF CHARLES DICKENS CLASSIC WORK. "With many lovers of the author's works 'David Copperfield' ranks as the finest of his writings. With a book which gave to the world such characters as Betsy Trotwood, Micawber, the Pegottys and Mr. Dick, to mention only a few, it would have been strange if it had been otherwise" (Eckel, p. 77). Reynolds fine color plates bring these characters vividly to life.- $215
- $215
THE POETICAL WORKS OF ROBERT BURNS: Complete, Chronologically Arranged, With Notes, Glossaries and Index by W. Scott Douglas
Burns Robert 3 volumes. A complete and pleasing printing. Illustrated with frontispieces to each volume. Small 8vo, handsomely bound by Macklehose of Glasgow in three quarter red crushed morocco over patterned red cloth, double gilt fillets to the turnovers and corner pieces, the spines with raised bands gilt stopped, the compartments with double gilt fillet ruled frames, two compartments lettered in gilt, marbled endleaves, top edges gilt. xx, 635 pp. A very fine, and handsome copy, beautifully preserved with no real evidence of wear or use. A VERY PLEASING PRINTING. Included in this volume are Burns' Poems, Epistles, Ballads, Political Ballads and Satires. Burns wrote some 200 songs, which include many of his best-known lyrics such as "Auld Lang Syne". The binding on this copy is especially attractive. Burns, a ploughman poet, to this day ranks high among the poets of Great Britain. Whether employing his flawless 18th century English or his native Scots dialect, his writings speak to us eloquently . "His finest work springs from his own soil, from his compassionate and generous nature, and from the Scots poetic tradition.He employed the Scottish vernacular with great skill and range.he was in direct contact with its source and the themes of Scots rural life provided an inexhaustible field for poetic expression."-Michael Stapleton. Burns most famous collection was a tremendous success and was reprinted many times during his lifetime. Just prior to its first publication in 1786 he was preparing to leave Scotland for Jamaica to escape several scandalous affairs involving a number of young ladies. With the money from the publishing of his POEMS, he was able to remain in Scotland and build a new (though perhaps none the more chaste) life in Edinburgh.- $495
- $495
HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS
ROWLING, J.K. As New in original glistening, As New pictorial dust jacket. This pristine copy is boldly signed on the title page by J.K. Rowling and bears the all-important silver holographic sticker as proof of the signing. The copy is accompanied by numerous promotional items -- all given at the well-publicized midnight signing of 21st July 2007. To find this item anywhere is highly unlikely. To find it in such pristine condition, along with all this array of accompanying Harry Potter collectible artifacts, is -- today -- nothing less than amazing.- $17,500
- $17,500
Charlie And The Chocolate Factory
DAHL, Roald A Near Fine copy in dust jacket that has a slight triangular chip near the bottom of the dj. of this children's classic book. This copy has all the First Edition issue points.In original unclipped ($3.95) pictorial dust jacket. No ISBN number. Near Fine but for a small triangular chip to the dj.- $6,000
- $6,000