PULP FICTION
TARANTINO, Quentin Original shooting script of the 1994 Oscar-winning screenplay by Tarantino and Roger Avary, directed by Tarantino, and with an audacious look at honor among lowlifes which starred John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Uma Thurman, Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth and a host of others. This unique item, boldly signed on the title page by Tarantino and Uma Thurman, comes in a custom-made, burnt orange four-paneled cloth presentation binding with black leather title label, gilt lettering and silk moire linings. A superb presentation for a highly scarce collectible which comes with Beckett certification. Script enclosed in custom designed burnt orange cloth and silk moire folding chemise with elegant leather label bearing gilt titles- $2,500
- $2,500
BRAVE NEW WORLD
First Edition, First Printing A superb Near fine book with a stunning Fine/near fine vibrant original dust jacket. Named by Modern Library as one of the 100 Greatest Novels of the twentieth century. “A nightmarish prognostication of a future in which humanity has been destroyed by science. Easily Huxley’s most popular (and many good judges continue to think his best) novel”. The book is in beautiful condition with bright blue boards still retaining their original sheen, with bright unfaded gilt titles to spine. The boards have sharp corners and no edgewear, and one tiny edge bump. The binding is tight and square. The end papers and internal pages are clean, with NO owner names, NO inscriptions, NO bookstore stamps and NO bookplates. The internal pages are clean, bright and flat with some dots of foxing to the first few leaves and a few stray dots to the outer page block. Otherwise no stains, no marks, no writing, no handling marks, and no bent pages. Lovely book appearing as unread. Rough cut page edges as published. Please see detailed images. The scarce original dust jacket has benefited from very slight restoration to the outer spine tips by an expert paper conservator and as such presents as a near fine example. The Brave New World jacket is known to be extremely fragile, and usually in pieces, or has a lot of sunning (browning) to the spine, or the spine may be missing altogether. This jacket has strong vibrant colors with NO sunning to the spine, no rips, no chips, no edgewear, no stains, no fading, and no rubbing, but few dots of foxing to the inner flaps. An absolutely lovely bright, vibrant dust jacket presenting the book very well. The jacket is NOT price clipped, and has a stated price of 7s. 6d.net. Please see detailed images. A defining moment in the genre of the dystopian novel, Brave New World considers the dangers that new technologies and mass modernization pose to the very core of humanness. Rather than depicting these developments as gateways to utopia, as writers such as H.G. Wells had done, Huxley foreshadowed how radically technology and psychological conditioning could limit individual rights ranging from sexuality and reproduction to creativity to love. A “nightmarish prognostication of a future in which humanity has been destroyed by science” (DNB). A very handsome fine/near fine example of this classic fragile book. ADDITIONAL IMAGES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. Please see our ABE store for other landmark Scifi listings.- $14,995
- $14,995
ORIGINAL CHARLES SCHULZ FELT TIP DRAWING
CHARLES SCHULZ, (AMERICAN 1922-2000) LARGE FRAMED ORIGINAL BLACK FELT TIP DRAWING OF SNOOPY W. COA/LOA THE ART IS IN FINE CONDITION AND WAS CUSTOM MATTED, FRAMED AND GLAZED TO 18.25″ X 17″. A VERY STUNNING PIECE! A stunning large drawing of snoopy. This bold original Charles Schulz drawing has Snoopy in a classic sitting pose, and is signed by Schulz just below the drawing with his full large signature as “Charles M. Schulz”. Rendered in black felt tip on red heavy paper stock, the drawing is 9.5″ x 8″ by sight. The art was custom matted, framed and glazed using all archival materials, and UV glass to 18.25″ X 17″. (see images) PROVENANCE: The piece will come with a Certificate of Authenticity (LOA/COA), from James Spence, LLC. A very strong and vibrant piece with an important presence, which showcases very well. Perfect for the collector/lover of Charles Schulz. FRAMED SIZE: 18.25″ X 17″ ***Please note NO International Shipping****- $6,995
- $6,995
Geography & Plays
STEIN, Gertrude 1st Edition in 1st State binding. 13 x 19.5 cm blue cloth backed grey boards with blue stamped titles to the front and white titles label to the spine. 417 [1]pp. In original dust jacket with $3.50 price on the spine. There is a touch of shelfwear and pushing to the spine tips and a hint of toning to the edges. Internally clean and without name inscription or bookplate. The dust jacket is toned and rubbed on the spine. There is chipping to the spine tips and corners with loss of up to 1.5 cm. The lower joint has some reinforcement with Japanese paper. The book contains the first publication of Miss Furr & Miss Skeene considered to be the first published use of the word "gay" to mean homosexual/lesbian. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are packaged with great care.- $453
- $453
Black Mischief ~ Signed
WAUGH, Evelyn First Edition No. 26 of 250 copies, signed by the author 15 x 23 cm purple beveled cloth with gilt stamped roundel to the front and titles to the spine. Top edge gilt, other edges uncut xi[i] 13-323[1]pp with purple ribbon book mark. In original jacket with Two Guineas Net price on the spine. The boards are generally clean and bright with a touch of general fading to the spine with more obvious fade to three patches of the spine which match loss to the dust jacket. Internally clean and bright with only the author's signature on the limitation page. The ribbon book mark is in two pieces. The dust jacket, which is now protected in a clear removable cover [not shown], has minor loss to the spine tips and corners extending to 1cm. There is also a section missing from the spine measuring 4.5 x 2.5 at its greatest, some small holes in the rear lower corner, one or two chips to the edges and a couple of short closed tears. All in all a very nice signed limited 1st Edition. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are packaged with great care.- $2,263
- $2,263
Black and White: An Anthology of Washington Verse
Johnson, Georgia Douglas; Angelina Grimke; Walter Everette Hawkins; J.C. Byars [Editor]; Courtland Darke Baker; First edition. 96pp. Bound in publisher's half black cloth with pictorial paper boards. Very Good+ with light rubbing to spine ends, soiled and toned edges at covers; corners scuffed and lightly bumped. Female ownership on front free endpaper; typed letter laid-in at front gutter. A scarce collection of 75 poems by 17 white and African American writers. Includes six poems by Angelina Grimke, author of the antiracist play Rachel and five by Harlem Renaissance poet Georgia Douglas Johnson. Walter Everette Hawkins, a reclusive, freethinking Black author whose style prefigured the Harlem Renaissance, makes an appearance as well.- $600
- $600
NOTES ON BLOOD MERIDIAN
Sepich, John Editor's Notes by Rick Wallach. One of approx 700 copies printed (an additional 50 copies were for sale) and given away to attendees at the first Cormac McCarthy CONFERENCE held at Bellarmine College in Louisville, Kentucky in October of 1993. A critical work on McCarthy's masterpiece that was Sepich's thesis. Shelby Foote had this to say; "Explicating the text by exploration of its foundations, Sepich lets us see how the author went about crafting what he built. This is constructive scholarship at its best." 191 pages with index. Perfect bound in the original decorated wrappers. as issued. Cover illustration by Alan Shapiro. A nearly fine copy with only minor wear- $400
- $400
SAMMELBAND Of LATE 19TH C. DICKENS COMMENTARY & CRITICISM
[Dickens, Charles. 1812 - 1870] 10 extracted articles on Dickens, bound together in this volume. Divers paginations. Article sources provided in ink, by a period hand, at top of first page. 5th article with period marginalia. Newpaper clipping laid-in, dated July 21, 1918, which includes commentary on Martin Chuzzlewit. 8vo. 8-7/8" x 5-5/8" Contents include: 1. The Pickwick Papers. Signed "W. S." Belgravia, July 1870. Pp. [32] - 36. 2. Art IX - Charles Dickens. "The Cheap Edition". Nat'l Review, Oct 1858. Pp. 457 - 486. 3. Charles Dickens Use of the Bible. Temple Bar, Sept 1869. Pp. 225 - 234. 4. Charles Dickens as Dramatist & Poet. Percy Fitzgerald. Gentleman's Magazine, Jan 1878. Pp. 61 - 77. 5. Mr Dickens's Amateur Theatricals, A Reminiscence. MacMillan's Magazine, Jan 1871. Pp. 206 - 215. 6. Forster's Life of Dickens. Quarterly Review, Jan 1872. Pp. 125 - 147. 7. Bulwer and Dickens, A Contrast. Temple Bar, Jan 1875. Pp. 168 - 180. 8. Art VII - Charles Dickens. [review of 5 publications]. Temple Bar, Jan 1875. Pp. 125 - 146. 9. Art VI - Letters of Charles Dickens. Dublin Review, April 1880. Pp. 409 - 438. 10. Charles Dickens on Bells. George Delamere Cowan. Temple Bar, (n. d.). Pp. 380 - 387. I found the 2nd article quite interesting, for the author concedes Dickens' early literary genius, but seemingly calls into question Dickens status as a gentleman, with such negatively impacting his later writings. "There has been much controversy about Mr Dickens's taste. A great many cultivated people will scarcely concede that has has any taste at all. Nor has Mr Dickens the gentlemanly instinct ." [p. 483]. General wear with rubs to extremities. Front joint rubbed. Bookplate of "George Pitt". A VG volume. Period red half-sheep binding with pebbled red cloth boards. Blue marbled eps- $193
- $193
RKO, Radio Pictures1941-42: The “show me” Season
Folio. The year RKO fired Orson Wells although Citizen Kane is featured several times throughout this volume. he expulsion of Orson Welles from his unprece dented contract and envied directorial position at RKO in the summer of 1942 is one of the most controversial and often debated topics in the history of American movie production, since Citizen Kane is frequently voted the greatest film of all time. It also has he expulsion of Orson Welles from his unprece dented contract and envied directorial position at RKO in the summer of 1942 is one of the most controversial and often debated topics in the history of American movie production, given that Citizen Kane is frequently voted the greatest film of all time. It also has a page for Journey Into Fear which though Wells was responsible for they did not disclose this fact. .These volumes were published by RKO for the movie colunnist as well as the heads of movie distribution in the various regions of the country. Also full pages on Ginger Rogers, Gary Grant, Disney's Fantasia, Bambi, Dumbo as well s Bette Davis in "the Little Foxes. Spriial bound padded brown leather stamped in yellow-green,the first page has broken through one ring, two black and white photographs mounted from front pastedown depicting a soldier in from of a building, bottom margin states "Denver, Col. 1943". the other depicts a statue of a soldier in from of a building, bottom margin states "Norwich, England, 1943", with a few small nicks to rear cover, light wear to corners. A very good copy.- $618
- $618
Mount Everest, The Reconnaissance 1921 (First American); The Assault on Mount Everest 1922 First American, 2nd Impression, and The Fight for Everest 1924 (First edition)
Howard-Bury, Lieut.-Col. C.K.; Brig-Gen C.G. Bruce and Lieut.-Col. E.F. Norton and Others Small Quartos. In three volumes, mixed editions. frontispieces, 356, 339 (1 p. ad) and 372pp. Each volume illustrated with amazing photographic images and maps (some folding). To climb mount Everest, it was imperative to locate many men called Coolies who were accustomed to living in cold climates to help, cooks were needed and translators to translate to the men especially the Tibetan language and more. It took months to prepare. All the men needed specific clothing, sleeping bags and of course, food. When the expedition began its journey, it included nine Europeans including two surveyors. It also included 50 Coolies and 100 mules. A fascinating journey. All volumes bound in cloth, one green cloth and two in blue cloth, all lettered in gilt, all have some foxing to fore-edges, the green volumes has bumped corners, and previous owner's names, each volume displays only ocassional spots of foxing. In gernal, a very nice set.- $876
- $876
5 Volume Set of Books Scenes From The Life Of An American Jew (The Color of the Air, The Waters of Darkness, A Very Good Land To Fall With, A Walk in the Fire, and The Season It Was Winter) All Signed
Sanford, John Five volume set of books. The first four are from the limited edition of 150 copies SIGNED by the author. Volume 5 is one of 125 SIGNED. All in near fine condition in clear acetate wrappers. Laid into Volume One is a publisher sheet with details regarding this autobiography (referred to at the time as a trilogy). A heavy set of books. Additional shipping charges will apply.- $300
- $300
Blake’s Newton (Signed)
Palmer, Michael Number 2 of 175 numbered and SIGNED copies of this early work by Palmer. Price sticker affixed to the second front endpaper. Otherwise a near fine copy in quarter cloth over boards with faint sunning to top of boards in a near fine clear acetate wrapper with very faint evidence of a sticker to the front panel of the acetate. Signed by Author.- $135
- $135
La photographie des couleurs
CLERC, L.-P 190-[2]-16 p. Paris, Gauthier-Villars - Masson et Cie, sans date (vers 1900), in-12, 190-[2]-16 p, broché, Édition originale, "n° 239 A" indiqué sur une page de garde. Dans la collection Encyclopédie des Aide-Mémoire. Avec une préface de Gabriel Lippmann. Après des notions générales sur les couleurs, l'auteur aborde dans une première partie la chromophotographie (reproduction directe des couleurs) puis ,dans une seconde partie traite de la photochromographie (reproduction directe). Couverture fatiguée avec petite déchirure sans perte, dos bruni.- $111
- $111
COLLECTED POEMS
LARKIN, Philip; edited THWAITE, Anthony First edition, first printing. An inscribed presentation copy from the editor, Anthony Thwaite to Edwin Dawes, Larkin's friend and a founder of the Philip Larkin Society with, in addition, a loosely laid in typed letter from Thwaite to Dawes. With Dawes' distinctive bookplate affixed to the front pastedown. Original dark olive cloth with white lettering to the spine, in the dustwrapper with Sue Linney's drawing of Larkin to the front panel. A fine, bright copy, the binding tight and square, the contents clean throughout. Complete with the fine dustwrapper. Not price-clipped (£16.95 to the front flap). A lovely association copy of a volume notably scarce in signed or inscribed state. Inscribed by the editor, Anthony Thwaite, to the front free endpaper, "for Eddie from Anthony Thwaite / signed at a / celebration of Philip / Larkin, Brynmor Jones Library [Larkin's library at Hull], / October 13 1988.". Also laid in to this copy is a typed letter (signed by hand) from Thwaite to Dawes dated June 2, 2010, apologising for being unable to attend that year's Larkin Society AGM following a recent bout of "atypical pneumonia". The recipient, Edwin Dawes (1925-2023) was Reckitt Professor of Biochemistry at the University of Hull, later serving as the University's Pro Vice Chancellor, Dean of Science, and also Chair of the Library Committee. Dawes first knew Larkin in the latter's capacity as chief librarian at the university, but they soon became good friends. Dawes was also a founder and chairman of the (posthumous) Larkin Society. He was also an award-winning magician and historian of magic, which explains his Ex Libris bookplate showing an alchemist presiding over a steaming concoction with, at his left hand, a copy of Giovanni Battista Della Porta's 1558 'Natural Magick' (the figure bears an uncanny resemblance to Sigmund Freud). The design, he later explained, married his two passions of science and magic. This posthumous collection, which presents all Larkin's published poems (and a selection previously unpublished) in chronological order of composition, was edited by Larkin's friend and fellow poet, Anthony Thwaite. It was later ousted by a less comprehensive (if more immediately user-friendly) edition, also edited by Thwaite, which printed the contents of each of the poet's four published collections intact, with some uncollected poems tucked away in appendices. Both versions have their adherents. Larkin arranged his slim volumes very carefully, so it's good to have the poems printed that way. This original edition, however, prints the date of composition at the foot of every poem (the dates drawn from the poet's manuscript notebooks), allowing the reader to witness the growth of a great poet. It includes an appendix indicating the ordering of the individual volumes, along with relevant page numbers. Published on 10th October 1988, 11,563 copies of this first impression were printed. Such was the appetite for a Collected Larkin, a further 8460 copies had to be printed later the same month (and another 12,700 the following month). (Bloomfield A19) Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.- $252
- $252
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Essai sur lhomme Traduit de lAnglois en François par M[onsieur]. D[e]. S[ilhouette]. ****
POPE, Alexander. One of at least five printings in 1736 of the French prose translationthe first translation into Frenchof Popes Essay on Man by Étienne de Silhouette (17091767), Controller-General of Finances under Louis XV, who produced a number of translations (Pope, Bolingbroke, Warburton), as well as giving his name to the cut shadow profiles which became so popular at the time. This copy bears an edifying engraved label on the benefits of methodical reading, presumably in preparation for giving the book to a young reader. This edition not in Rochedieu. There were four other printings the same year, two, as here, with no imprint (one Paris, Jean-Barthélemy Alix, pp. xxiv, 81, [3]; the other pp. xxx, 109, [1]), the other two both styled édition revue par le traducteur, with a Londres (Pierre Dunoyer) and Amsterdam (Jean-Frédéric Bernard) imprint, one pp. xxxvi, 112, the other pp. xxxiv, 103, [1]. In the present copy, the title and c4 have both been cancelled and the cancellans, in each case, has been mounted on the stub. 12mo (158 × 91 mm) in eights and fours, pp. xxxi, [1], 112; with a 4-page offprint (Affiches de Février 1786) on Fabres Essai sur les facultés de lâme bound in at the end; early ms. ink emendation (completing the word espace) at the end of p. 7; some light browning/offsetting; late eighteenth-century red morocco, smooth spine lettered gilt, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers; from the library of Hubert de Ganay (18881974), with his booklabel.- $904
- $904
My Jubilee or Fifty Years of artistic Life With six Plates, and a Preface by Thomas Ward
REEVES, John Sims. First edition. Sims Reeves (18181900) was one of the leading English tenors of the nineteenth century. He made his début at La Scala in 1846 as Edgardo in Lucia di Lammermoor [featured in one of the plates here, opposite p. 74] and in 1847 he appeared as Zamoro in Verdis Alzira. Returning to London in December that year he sang Edgardo at Drury Lane, where on 20 December 1847 he created the role of Lyonnel in Balfes The Maid of Honour. In February 1848 he sang Faust in the first performance in England of Berliozs La damnation de Faust under the composer. From 1848 he sang at Her Majestys Theatre, first under Lumleys and then Maplesons managements. In 1851 he was briefly engaged at the Théâtre Italien, Paris. In London he sang the title role in Faust in the operas first performance in English in 1864, and Huon in the revival of Oberon in 1866. In 1848 he appeared at the Norwich Festival and sang in Handels Messiah at the Sacred Harmonic Society, and thereafter he appeared regularly at the various choral festivals. He was particularly admired in Handel oratorios and for his performance of the Evangelist in Bachs St Matthew Passion, which he sang under Sterndale Bennett in 1862 He made his formal farewell appearance at the Royal Albert Hall in 1891, but reappeared in a concert in 1893, and made a tour of South Africa in 1896 with his pupil Maud Richard, whom he had married the previous year (New Grove). 8vo (218 × 137 mm), pp. viii, 280, [4] advertisements; with a portrait frontispiece (Printed by C. G. Röder, Leipzig, a well-known lithographic printer for music) and 6 plates; occasional light spotting; original publishers decorated cloth, upper cover and spine lettered gilt; a little rubbed; inscribed Yours faithfully J. Sims Reeves 1890 on the verso of the frontispiece, to T. H. Peirce.- $194
- $194
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Londoner Notizen. Erster [- Zweiter] Band.
ZINTERHOF, Bernhard. Seemingly a self-published book, the memoirs of a young Austrian abroad, typed up by the author himself, who apologises for the look of the final product in his preface. The young Zinterhof came to London in 1903 from Vienna in order to improve his English, working for Lord Walters. Or so he says. I have been unable to trace a Lord Walters at that time. Is the whole book actually an elaborate fiction which, in terms of composition (photographs etc.), prefigures the work of W. G. Sebald by almost 90 years? Typescript copy, 2 vols, thick 8vo (236 × 168 mm); vol. I: pp. [4], 00 , 00/a , 01 02a, 02b , 03 032, 134, 134a 134h, 8, 8/1 8/2, 8a 8f, 9 352 (some cut-out images from Madame Tussaud s pasted to pp. 269 276); with 5 black-and-white photographic illustrations pasted onto additional leaves, plus one small photograph, and another from a newspaper, loosely inserted; vol. II: pp. [8], 353 , 353a 353d, 354 813; with 6 black-and-white photographic illustrations pasted onto additional leaves; some numbered blanks between sections and at the end in each volume; contemporary cloth, spines lettered gilt; slipcase, a little worn.- $581
- $581
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Typed Letter Signed [TLS] introducing The Lord of the Rings
TOLKIEN, J.R.R. EIGHT MONTHS BEFORE PUBLICATION, TOLKIEN ANXIOUSLY INTRODUCES HIS MASTERPIECE, THE LORD OF THE RINGS, TO A FAN OF THE HOBBIT. Tolkien had begun work on The Lord of the Rings in December of 1937 and by early 1950, after over twelve years of labor, the writing was essentially complete. The road to publication, however, was not an easy one, for Tolkien feared his book would have difficulty finding an audience. In February, 1950, he wrote about his concerns to his publisher (Allen & Unwin): "My work has escaped from my control and I have produced a monster: an immensely long, complex, rather bitter, and rather terrifying romance, quite unfit for children (if fit for anybody)." (Carpenter, 213). Tolkien's admission that he had produced a "monster" turned out to be prescient, for seeing the book through publication proved to be a challenge for both him and his publisher and three years after completion, the first volume (The Fellowship of the Rings) was still not in print. At the time of the present letter -December 2, 1953 -publication finally seemed imminent, and Tolkien was understandably nervous. Writing to Mrs. F.L. Perry, a fan of The Hobbit, he explains the delays in publication (it was supposed to be published by Christmas, 1953), worries that the book will be too long and expensive to reach a wide audience, introduces the world of The Lord of the Rings and expresses his hopes that she will like the book despite humbly worrying that it is filled with too much history, geography, and genealogy. His was right to be concerned about further delays in publication -the first edition of The Fellowship of the Ring wouldn't actually appear until July 29, 1954 - but of course his other major concern -that the book would not find an audience - was wildly misguided. The letter reads in full: December 2nd, 1953 Dear Mrs. Perry, Thank you very much for your letter, and kind words. All I can say is that, if you have so much enjoyed The Hobbit, then at least you will not be disappointed with The Lord of the Rings. Unfortunately, I have not only been crushingly busy this year, but also during October and November often ill, and certain adjuncts, necessary to publication, which only I can supply (e.g. maps) have been so long delayed that issue of Vol. I for Christmas, as planned, has become impossible. I hope it will appear early in 1954, and the next two vols. in quick succession. I am correcting the proofs of Vol. II at the moment. I do not know the price yet. Alas! Having put so much into this sequel, it has grown to such a large book that size and cost alone will, I fear, keep it out of many hands that would enjoy it. But I hear that the Americans are taking it up, after seeing an advance copy of Vol. I, and I am told that may make a larger issue and a rather lower price possible on the side of the Water. There is no more about Mirkwood or the northern countries, I am afraid; and the story moves away down the Great River to the kingdoms of the South. But there is a great deal of Ancient History and geography and genealogy in it: too much, I dare say, for all but the most devoted friends of Hobbits. I would send you some proof-copies, if I had any to spare, and if I did not think that you would enjoy it more, when it is complete, and has maps and appendices and all. But I hope very much that when at last you get it you will not be disappointed. It will take a very long time to read, even once, and even quickly! Yours sincerely, [signed] JRR Tolkien Typed Letter Signed ("J.R.R. Tolkien") to Mrs. F.L. Perry, two pages, on one half-sheet (both sides) of Tolkien's 76 Sandfield Road stationery. Center mailing fold, two tiny closed tears at extreme edges; generally fine. Housed in custom presentation folder. As far as we can tell, this letter is unpublished. References: Carpenter, Humphrey. J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2000.- $37,500
- $37,500
Miss Virginia Stephen”: Large Charcoal Drawing of Virginia Woolf
WOOLF, VIRGINIA; DODD, FRANCIS ORIGINAL, HISTORICALLY IMPORTANT DRAWING OF THE YOUNG VIRGINIA STEPHEN BY FRANCIS DODD. DODD'S WORK FROM HIS 1907-1908 SITTINGS WITH WOOLF ARE THE ONLY EXTANT LIKENESSES OF HER FROM THIS PERIOD. FROM THE BENJAMIN SONNENBERG COLLECTION. Virginia Woolf famously hated being an artist's subject. According to her nephew Quentin Bell, "one of the things she most disliked in life was being peered at. A very few friends had been allowed to make pictures; some were made by stealth." We have, therefore, very few surviving images from artists of Woolf, and Dodd's work from 1907-1908 are the only extant artist portraits of her in the early years of her work on her first novelThe Voyage Out and were the only artist likenesses of Woolf made prior to Duncan Grant's painting of her of 1911 (now at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York). At the time of her 1907-1908 sitting with the artist Francis Dodd, Woolf was not yet a famous writer (The Voyage Out would not be published until 1915). In a letter to Violet Dickinson (June 3, 1907) she mentions her first sitting for Dodd, almost with amusement:â "Dodd, a little New English Club artist, half drunk and ecstatic, wishes to paint my portrait, and I am to sit in the afternoons from 2 to 4:30. Alone?" On 1 October she mentions further Dodd sittings to Dickinson, and later in the month to Vanessa Bell. The sittings extended well into 1908: in March 1908 she writes to Lady Robert Cecil about Dodd, wittily calling him "friend-brother-citizen-Dodd" and on 10 August 1908 she mentions to Vanessa that Dodd was "much pleased with his print of me" but complains that "my lip is probably a chronic blemish; I always forget to anoint it-and how do you account for that, considering my vanity?" From his sessions with Woolf, Dodd created three known drawings in preparation for a print etching (as mentioned by Woolf in her letter): One of the drawings is in the National Portrait Gallery; another is held privately; the third is this drawing from the Sonnenberg collection and it is by far the most complete and detailed of the drawings. The others are incomplete sketches of just her head; this Dodd drawing is a large, full drawing showing Woolf adorned with a flowing scarf from just above her waist and appears to be a completed work. Of particular note is Dodd's evocative rendering of Woolf's eyes -Woolf stares off the side in a wonderful portrayal of pensiveness. The artist Francis Edgar Dodd (1874-1949) was a successful and highly regarded painter and etcher, active in the New English Art Club, a trustee of the Tate Gallery (1929-35), and a member of the Royal Academy of Arts, from 1935 until his death (by suicide) in 1949. He was introduced to the Stephen family and Clive and Vanessa Bell by the painter Henry Lamb. Provenance: â -J. S. Maas & Co., Ltd., London, 1965. -Benjamin Sonnenberg (1901-1978), renown art collector and member of New York's high society. Sold his sale Sotheby Parke Bernet, 3-5 June 1979, lot 1490 (where it sold for $6500). Illustrated in catalog. -Private collection, with gift presentation note on frame backing Exhibited: -London, Maas Gallery,Pre-Raphaelite to Post-Impressionists, 1965, no. 38. -New York, The Pierpont Morgan Library,Artists and Writers: Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Portrait Drawings from the Collection of Benjamin Sonnenberg, May 13 to July 30, 1971, no. 40, p. 37, illustrated in catalogue. DODD, Francis.Miss Virginia Stephen. Charcoal on paper. Signed and dated by Dodd in pencil at upper right "Francis Dodd / 1908" and inscribed by Dodd at lower center "Miss V. Stephen". "Virginia Stephen" also in another hand in pencil at upper left. In beautiful ornate frame, from Mass Gallery/Sonnenberg, now refitted with museum plexiglass. Dimensions: sight = 11.75x 7.5 inches. framed = approx. 15 x 19.5 in. Paper uniformly toned, only evident when drawing removed from frame. References: BELL, QUENTIN. Virginia Woolf. Vol 2., p.160. NICOLSON, NIGEL; TRAUTMANN, JOANNE, ed. Letters of Virginia Woolf, Vol 1., 1888-1912.- $80,000
- $80,000
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All the Pretty Horses; The Crossing; Cities of the Plain [The Border Trilogy]
McCARTHY, CORMAC FIRST EDITIONS, with All the Pretty Horses and The Crossing signed and inscribed by McCarthy. Inscribed in ink on the half-titles of All the Pretty Horses: "For Darla / All best / Cormac McCarthy"; and The Crossing: "For Darla / All best wishes / Cormac McCarthy". All three volumes are from the recipient, with detailed letter of provenance (available upon request). "The completion of Cormac McCarthy's Border Trilogy - All the Pretty Horses (1992), The Crossing (1994), and Cities of the Plain (1998)--marked a major achievement in American literature. Only ten years earlier this now internationally acclaimed novelist had been called the best unknown writer in America. "The trilogy is McCarthy's most ambitious project yet, composed at the height of his mature powers over a period of fifteen years. It is 'a miracle in prose,' as Robert Hass wrote of its middle volume, an unsentimental elegy for the lost world of the cowboy, the passing of the wilderness, and the fading innocence of post-World War II America. The trilogy is a literary accomplishment with wide appeal, for despite the challenging materials in each book, these volumes remained on bestseller lists for many weeks." (Arnold and Luce, A Cormac McCarthy Companion). Note: The Crossing was also issued in a signed limited edition of 1000 copies with a tipped-in leaf signed by McCarthy (before binding). The copy in the present set is a much more desirable first trade edition where McCarthy actually signed the book. There was no signed limited edition issued for All the Pretty Horses. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1992-98. Octavo, original half black cloth, original dust jackets. Fine copies. Original cloth, original dust jacket- $4,900
- $4,900
![Über das Wasserstoffspektrum vom Standpunkt der neuen Quantenmechanik [On the Hydrogen Spectrum from the Standpoint of the new Quantum Mechanics]](https://rarebookinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/31704790530-600x646.jpg)
Über das Wasserstoffspektrum vom Standpunkt der neuen Quantenmechanik [On the Hydrogen Spectrum from the Standpoint of the new Quantum Mechanics]
PAULI, WOLFGANG FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS of Pauli's influential paper demonstrating the superiority and validity of the new quantum mechanics. Following the development of quantum mechanics by Heisenberg, Born, and Jordan, "the first nontrivial and physically important application of quantum mechanics was made soon afterwards by Wolfgang Pauli [On the Hydrogen Spectrum from the Standpoint of the new Quantum Mechanics], who calculated the stationary energy values of the hydrogen atom by the matrix method and found complete agreement with Bohr's 1913 formulas. From this moment, there was no longer any doubt about the correctness of the theory among physicists" (Max Born, Physics in My Generation). IN: Zeitschrift für Physik, Band 36, Heft 5, pp. 336-363. Berlin: Julius Springer, 1926. Octavo, original wrappers; custom box. A few smudges to wrappers, otherwise fine. Rare in wrappers and without any institutional stamps.- $3,800
- $3,800
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Kunstformen der Natur [Art Forms in Nature]
HAECKEL, ERNST FIRST EDITION OF HAECKEL'S BEAUTIFUL AND HIGHLY INFLUENTIAL COLLECTION OF "ART FORMS OF NATURE", WITH 100 STUNNNING FOLIO PLATES, MOST COLORED. "The geometric shapes and natural forms, captured with exceptional precision in Ernst Haeckel's prints, still influence artists and designers to this day. Powerful modern microscopes have confirmed the accuracy of Haeckel's prints, which even in their day, became world famous. Haeckel's portfolio, first published between 1899 and 1904 in separate installments. illustrate Haeckel's fundamental monistic notion of the 'unity of all living things' and the wide variety of forms are executed with utmost delicacy. Incipient microscopic organisms are juxtaposed with highly developed plants and animals. The pages, ordered according to geometric and 'constructive' aspects, document the oneness of the world in its most diversified forms. This collection of plates was not only well-received by scientists, but by artists and architects as well. Rene Binet, a pioneer of glass and iron constructions, Emile Galle, a renowned Art Nouveau designer, and the photographer Karl Blossfeld all make explicit reference to Haeckel in their work" (Breidbach, Olaf. et al. Art Forms in Nature). "From the delicately intricate architecture of micro-organisms such as diatoms and algae, to the graceful variations of hummingbird species, Ernst Haeckel (1834-1919) visually explored the diversity of life on Earth through his stylistic and painstakingly detailed illustrations.These artworks opened people's eyes to the complexity of life forms rarely seen by his contemporaries. Even in today's world of high resolution photography and digital archiving, these illustrations remain wondrous.While it would be ideal to have more information about the images themselves, Art Forms in Nature is a mesmerising collection of science and art history" (Ten Great Books on Scientific Illustration). The plates were originally published in sets of ten before collected in this first edition. WITH: Supplement bound-in. Two volumes bound in one. Leipzig & Vienna: Bibliographisches Institit, 1904. Folio (10.5 x 14), contemporary half-morocco; later endpapers. Fading to spine. In outstanding condition with text nearly pristine and plates extraordinarily bright.- $6,500
- $6,500
Endless Night
Christie, Agatha First edition, first printing. Published by Collins Crime Club, London, in 1967. This is a near fine copy. The dust wrapper, designed by Kenneth Farnhill, price clipped but otherwise clean and bright. The text blocks are bright and white throughout and it is free from previous owner's ink. Some light spotting to page edges and front end paper. This is a very good (or better) copy. Endless Night was one of Christie's favourites of her own works which received some of the warmest critical acclaim of her career upon publication.- $241
- $241
Death Comes As The End
Christie, Agatha First edition, first printing. Published by Collins, London, in 1945. This is a very good copy. The dust wrapper has chipping to the spine tips and to the corners - mostly to the bottom of the spine. It has not been price clipped and shows 7s 6d. The internal pages are generally clean and with a neat name the top of the front endpaper. The boards are free from notable chips and marks and are generally clean with a little off-setting married to the chipping evident on the dust wrapper. The text blocks are bright and white throughout and free from foxing. This is a very good copy of a fine, rare title. It is the only one of Christie's novels not to be set in the 20th century, and - unusually for her - also features no European characters. Instead, the novel is set in Thebes in 2000 BC, a setting for which Christie gained an appreciation whilst working with her archaeologist husband, Sir Max Mallowan, in the Middle East. The novel is notable for its very high number of deaths and is comparable to And Then There Were None from this standpoint. It is also the first full-length novel combining historical fiction and the whodunit/detective story, a genre which would later come to be called the historical whodunit.- $632
- $632
The Man Who Fell To Earth – First US Edition
Tevis, Walter A first edition, first printing Gold Medal Books in 1963. An unread near fine paperback published in 1963. Rough patches to the back panel. No inscriptions. The US edition is remarkably scarce. Walter Tevis's novel, "The Man Who Fell to Earth" (1963), is notable for inspiring the iconic 1976 film adaptation starring David Bowie as the lead character, Thomas Jerome Newton. Bowie's casting in the film helped elevate its cult status and added a significant dimension to his own career. His portrayal of Newton, a melancholic alien seeking to save his home planet, resonated with Bowie's own otherworldly persona, and the film's exploration of alienation and transformation mirrored the singer's chameleon-like identity in his music career. This convergence of Bowie's unique artistry and the novel's themes created a powerful synergy, making "The Man Who Fell to Earth" a seminal work in both literature and pop culture.- $372
- $372
The Ascent of Everest – SIGNED by John Hunt and Edmund Hillary
Hunt, John A first edition, first printing published by Hodder and Stoughton in 1953. A near fine book without the usual spotting. SIGNED by the Author on a bookplate affixed to the half title accompanied by a similar bookplate signed by Ed Hillary on the opposite page without dedication. In a near fine unclipped wrapper. Rare in this condition.- $489
- $489
The Box of Delights
Masefield, John First edition, first printing. Published by Heinemann in London, 1935. This is a very good copy. Without the dust wrapper. The deep blue clothbound boards are slightly bumped at the spine tips and corners. The titling is bright and the spine is slightly sunned. The text blocks are markedly bright and clean. The end papers, wonderfully illustrated throughout, are highly presentable but with some light toning in places. The text blocks are slightly foxed, which extends to the edges of the preliminaries. Small gift inscription to the front pastedown and is in near fine condition. Most likely Masefield's best work.- $782
- $782
The Hobbit
Tolkien, J R R A first edition, first printing of the first appearance in paperback published by Puffin in 1961 and decorated by Pauline Baynes. A very good book with inscriptions. Some rubbing to the edges and corners. Browning to the page edges. A very presentable copy indeed and a more economic alternative to the mega expensive hardcover first edition. 'The Hobbit' was nominated for the Carnegie Medal and awarded a prize from the New York Herald Tribune for best juvenile fiction. It has been adapted into films, starring Peter Jackson, Cate Blanchett and Orlando Bloom. The first edition paperback was a significant publication as it introduced Tolkien's work to a wider and younger audience. This edition featured cover art by Pauline Baynes, who created iconic illustrations that helped define the visual representation of Tolkien's world, as well as C S Lewis' 'Narnia'. The paperback format made the book more accessible and contributed to its popularity, eventually leading to the widespread recognition of Tolkien's Middle-earth universe.- $372
- $372
13 For Luck!
Christie, Agatha A first edition, first printing published by Collins in 1966. A near fine book without inscriptions in a very good price clipped wrapper with signs of wear to the rear wrapper flap and a closed tear to the head of the front panel. Some browning to back panel wrapper.- $241
- $241
Where Eagles Dare
MacLean, Alistair A first edition, first printing published by Collins in 1967. A very good book. In a very good un-clipped wrapper with a little edge wear but with some small tears to front panel and spine. "Where Eagles Dare" is a thrilling novel by Alistair MacLean, later adapted into a highly acclaimed film of the same name. Set during World War II, the story follows a daring mission by British commandos to rescue an American general held captive in a Bavarian castle. Led by Major John Smith and Lieutenant Schaffer, the team faces perilous challenges and enemy double-crossing as they navigate through treacherous terrain. The novel and movie are both known for their intense action, suspenseful plot twists, and memorable characters, making them enduring classics in the genre of war fiction and cinema.- $124
- $124
Collection of six autograph letters signed with initials to Charles Sumner
LONGFELLOW, HENRY WADSWORTH 6 letters comprising 22 pages, various sizes. Very good condition. An important correspondence between Longfellow and his closest friend, Charles Sumner, the abolitionist senator from Massachusetts. A highlight of the collection is the letter Longfellow wrote immediately after the brutal attack on Sumner by congressman Preston Brooks. Two days after Sumners May 20, 1856 speech condemning southern slaveholders, Brooks repeatedly struck Sumner on the head with a cane on the floor of the Senate. The badly injured Sumner was unable to retake his Senate seat for more than three years. These fascinating letters cover a wide range of literary and personal matters. He reports to Sumner on a dinner given by Lowell to Darley the artist, who is now here making studies for a series of Illustrations for The Scarlet Letter, the success of the Atlantic Monthly, and the latest from Oliver Wendell Holmes (in full blast, at his Breakfast Table). He discusses Emersons speech at the Burns dinner, an inside joke by Lowell in an Atlantic article on Shakepeare, and refers to Emerson, Dana, Norton, Ticknow, James, Palfrey, Felton, Parker, Stowe, Fields, and many others. Longfellows touching letter on the death of the historian William H. Prescott states in part, And so I stand here at my desk by the window, thinking of you, and hoping you will get some other letter from Boston before you do mine, so that I may not be the first to break to you the sad news of Prescotts death! Yes, he is dead! He died of a stroke of paralysis on Friday last We shall see that cheerful, genial, sunny face no more! How much sunshine it will take out of the social life of Boston! This is a superb and wide-ranging correspondence between two giants of the era. Their close friendship lasted until Sumners death in 1874. Longfellow was among the pallbearers at his funeral, together with Ralph Waldo Emerson, John Greenleaf Whittier, and Oliver Wendell Holmes. the greatest voice, on the greatest subject, that has been entered since we became a nation. No matter for insultswe feel them with youno matter for wounds, we also bleed in them! You have torn the mask off the faces of Traitors, and at last the Spirit of the North is aroused. Longfellow to Sumner after the Preston Brooks caning. See Blue, The Poet and the Reformer: Longfellow, Sumner, and the Bonds of Male Friendship, 1837-1874, Journal of the Early Republic, Summer 1995.- $12,000
- $12,000
Snakes Are Not Nice
One of 25copies, each signed and numbered by the artist, Lois Morrison, printed on oriental paper from Staedtler's master carve, hand-lettered onto Nideggen paper, grommeted, and bound in sharkskin over board forming 12-piece "snake" that is highlighted with colored threads glued down on images, several pieces to each piece, with images and text on one side and sharkskin on the reverse, housed in maroon "snake-catching" bag tied with green cord, fine. The pieces were laser cut by Julie Chen. The title is hand lettered and on the sharkskin-side of the snake's head - which also has stamped eyes. Yes, SNAKES ARE NOT NICE but this book is!- $275
- $275
Oarsbread Realization
McCallion, Barry Unique artist's book, hand-written and hand-painted by the artist / author, Barry McCallion on cream Rives BFK a Barry McCallion continues his exploration of the narrative of his created world (or is it his observations of this world?) through chance word and particular image. His creation of the Oarsman - a sailor / traveler who rows (backward of course) towards his mythical destination - is intriguing. His voyages may be autobiographical or completely haphazard. He hoists his sails or locks his oars and is off - and we follow, observing from the sidelines, to places we otherwise would not go.- $3,300
- $3,300
Roadkills. A Collection of Prose and Poetry. Illustrated by Alan James Robinson. Texts by John McPhee, Gillian Connelly, Gary Snyder, Madeline DeFrees, William Stafford and Richard Eberhart
Cheloniidae Press. McPhee, John First Edition, one of 50 Deluxe copies, from a total issue of 300: 50 Deluxe copies bound in quarter leather, with text printed on Sakomoto and the prints on Cha-u-ke plus an extra suite of the prints, signed by the artist and all of the authors; 250 regular copies with text on Mulberry paper, bound in paper, signed by the artist. Page size: 12 inches x 8 3/4 inches. Bound by Gray Parrot: quarter grey morocco with tire tracks blind tooled across spine and title in blind, matching black chemise with blind tooled tire tracks, all housed in grey morocco and black cloth clamshell box. Illustrated with 11 woodengravings (10 roadkills and one tire track/broken muffler as colophon) and one etching, the text was printed in red and black by Harold Patrick McGrath at Hampshire Typothetae in Bruce Rogers' Centaur and Frederick Warde's Arrighi which was hand set in 18 point by P. Chase Twichell. The artist explains in "On the Conception of Roadkills" that he had originally planned a portfolio without text of some of those animals he had encountered during his many drives to and from college. He adds, "Meanwhile, friends began to call my attention to writers who had also been inspired by the casualties of the highways: John McPhee, in Travels in Georgia, and poets Madeline DeFrees, Gillian Connelly, Gary Snyder, William Stafford, and Richard Eberhart. Thus I began to conceive of Roadkills as a book, with images and text interwoven." And what a book it is -- the text in red and black on tan Japanese paper, the black woodengravings on a darker tan paper, red Japanese paper as preliminaries -- all making a powerful statement about "The Dead by the Side of the Road." This is the very rare second book of the press; the deluxe edition with its extra suite and signatures of all the authors has long been out of print. In addition.- $2,750
- $2,750
The Bells: A Numerical Exploration. Images by Donald Glaister. Text by Edgar Allan Poe
Glaister, Donald. Poe, Edgar Allan Artist's book, one in a series of 10, on paper, polyester film, and metals, by noted book artist, Donald Glaister, who has signed and numbered the book on the colophon. Page size: 14-1/2 x 8-7/8 inches. Bound by the artist: painted paper over boards, hand-sewn with each page on tabs to allow complete opening of each page spread, grey morocco spine, title written in dark grey on aluminum inset on front panel, edges of front and rear panel edged in orange, housed in clamshell box. Designed, painted and bound by the artist, this book uses paper, various metals and polyester. The text is printed by laser on mylar; the mathematical formulas and equations are hand painted on metal inserts in each of the pages / boards. Using Edgar Allan Poe's diacopic masterpiece, THE BELLS (1849), the artist uses this important American text as a basis for visual exploration. The musicality of "The Bells" is reflected in the artist's use of numerical notations / equations. While not musical notations, they do reflect that sensibility - as do the arabesques that link each page spread. The page colors reflect the increasing darkness and frenzy of Poe's text, starting with the bright silver-white opening page spread with bright blue arabesques that run across both recto and verso and the interleaved mylar text page. The silver bells are reflected in the three aluminum inserts on each page - perfectly placed to lead the eye to the smaller text page in the middle. The "golden bells" of the next - not quite gold but more orange-toned - page spread have the mathematical equations written on gold metal, in black, orange, and white and the arabesques running across both pages (in a more frenetic pattern than the preceding page) again highlight the text. The subsequent page spread (alarm bells - fire) is a deeper orange, more frenzied. The iron bell page spread is dark grey - with the painting and inset mathematical formulas drawing the eye in to a very deep, dark place indeed. A masterful book, what one expects from Donald Glaister, who manages to astonish with each new work. Edgar Allan Poe's word mastery and dark visions are perfectly served by the non-representational art, painted on each page, of Donald Glaister.- $6,050
- $6,050
Ruy Blas, drame en cinq actes. Un portrait et quinze compositions de Adrien Moreau. Grave a l’eau-forte par Champollion
Hugo, Victor One of 350 numbered copies on velin du Marais numbered and paraphed in pen by publisher, L. Conquet.from a total edition of 500. Page size: 10 5/8 x 7 1/8 inches. Bound by Antonio Flaiban: 3/4 tan morocco and marbled boards; spine paneled, gilt decorated, title gilt, top edge gilt (gilt-stamped on front blank: Flaiban Enc.), original covers bound in, matching slipcase, some light foxing throughout. Inscribed by the binder on the half-title, "Al distinguido Senor don Marcelino Dumais / Recuerdo de so affect. / Antonio Flaiban / S. / C. Larrea 389 Sgostgo 28 / 1902." Illustrated with 16 etchings (10 vignettes and 6 full page) by Champollion (1848-1901).- $440
- $440
Pseudodoxia Epidemica: Of Unicornes Hornes. Illustrated by Alan James Robinson. Introduction by Jan van Dorsten
Cheloniidae Press. Browne, Sir Thomas First Edition, Artist Proof issue, one of 5 copies only, all on obsolete Whatman paper (blue-white laid ca. 1962), from a total issue of 225, all signed by the artist, as follows: 5 AP copies (this copy) in an elegant full limp vellum non-adhesive binding, title in gilt on spine, frontispiece etching in 2 states, an extra suite (14), each signed and numbered, and two extra suites of working proofs (28), each signed and labeled "wp," and an original drawing, a unicorn within an oval border signed in full by Alan J. Robinson, housed in 1/4 vellum folder with Narwhal "horn" tooled in gold gilt on spine, housed in tan cloth over boards with vellum spine stamped with title in gold gilt; 15 State Proof copies, bound in full vellum non-adhesive limp binding with an original drawing and an extra suite of prints plus a suite of working proofs of the prints and state proofs of the etching; 60 deluxe copies in vellum binding and an extra suite; 150 regular copies on T.H. Saunders Laid. Page size: 9 1/2 x 7 inches. Bound by Gray Parrot with his binder's ticket at lower rear turn-in: full limp vellum, matching quarter vellum sleeve for extra suites all housed in vellum and linen clamshell box, box slightly worn with 2 or 3 minor bumps, book fine. Illustrated with 15 woodengravings and one etching by Robinson, the text is set and cast in Van Dyck Monotype by Winifred and Michael Bixler and printed by Harold Patrick McGrath in black and blue at Hampshire Typothetae. Jan van Dorsten, Professor of English Literature at the University of Leiden, Nethrlands and Head of the Sir Thomas Browne Institute there, has written an introduction on Browne's life, work and thought especially for this volume, which is Chapter XXIII of PSEUDODOXIA EPIDEMICA . In all, this is a lovely book, full of fantasy and romance, beautifully produced and executed by one of the finest naturalists working today.- $2,750
- $2,750
Carthusian Ordinarium for the Mass and Office, in Latin, decorated manuscript on paper
MANUSCRIPT FOR CARTHUSIAN MONKS ON HOW TO OBSERVE THE LITURGY. In Latin, decorated manuscript on paper, Southern France (M ounes-les-Montrieux), November 15, 1544.Dimensions 145 x 90 mm. 96 folios on paper, watermark: a cross on a mount (unidentified), complete, written in a gothic cursive bookhand in a single column on 25 lines, red rubrics and initials. BINDING: modern half binding in cream-colored parchment over pasteboards, marbled papers on covers, pastedowns and flyleaves, five raised bands on spine, in excellent condition. TEXT: A handbook for the Carthusian liturgy for new priests. This is a manuscript about the Mass and Divine Office, setting forth the rules that governed the complex liturgical life of a Carthusian monastery. The information it contains is thus very different than the contents of much more common liturgical manuscripts like Missals or Breviaries. How widely this text was disseminated within the Carthusian Order remains a question for further research. PROVENANCE: copied at the charterhouse of Montrieux (in Latin, mons rivus), in Southern France, located in the commune of M ounes-les-Montrieux, north of Tolon, and about an hour away from Marseille, and securely dated 1544 in the scribal colophon at the end of part one; bookplate of Ludovic Froissart (d. 1977); modern booksellers's marks on the verso of the front flyleaf. CONDITION: slight water damage on the first leaves, some stains, and signs of use, otherwise in very good condition. Full description, images, and video available (TM 1181).- $11,000
- $11,000
Lo Statuto della Compagnia del Santissimo Sagramento in S. Nicolà dei Perfetti (Statutes of the Confraternity of the Most Holy Sacrament), in Italian and Latin, decorated manuscript on parchment
CAREFULLY WRITTEN AND DECORATED UNPUBLISHED MANUSCRIPT FROM AN ITALIAN CONFRATERNITY. In Italian and Latin, decorated manuscript on parchment, Italy (Rome), c. 1736-1745. Dimensions 231 x 167 mm., 27 folios, complete, written in black ink in italic and in an upright script modelled on Roman font in 25 long lines, red rubrics, full decorative borders in black ink throughout, five 3-line and one 4-line initials in red ink with acanthus, one 6-line initial in black ink with acanthus, decorative tail pieces throughout. BINDING: original quarter leather binding with decorative paper covered boards. TEXT: This manuscript contains the statues for a confraternity in Rome, recording its regulations including the election of its chief officers, maintenance of the archives, care for the sick, funerary arrangements for deceased members, and so forth. Carefully written and decorated, this manuscript illustrates the interesting continuation of manuscript culture (in this case clearly influenced by the aesthetics of contemporary printed volumes) in the eighteenth century. PROVENANCE: Written and decorated in Rome for the Confraternity of the Holy Sacrament in S. Nicol dei Perfetti, Rome; the Statutes were originally ratified c. 1736; additions at the end of the manuscript confirming reforms to the statutes are dated 1744-1745; auction and other notes, all in pencil, in several hands; later owned by Kroch's Bookstore, Inc., Chicago (typed description from Kroch's bookstore laid in). CONDITION: slight darkening to edges, binding with slight wear to corners of boards, first quire loosened from bottom cord, in otherwise very good condition. Full description and images available. (TM 1093)- $6,500
- $6,500
Vaderboec (second Dutch translation of the Vitae patrum); in Middle Dutch, manuscript on paper
RARE DUTCH TRANSLATION OF A TEXT IMPORTANT TO THE RELIGIOUS REFORMERS KNOWN AS THE DEVOTIO MODERNA. In Middle Dutch, manuscript on paper, Southern part of the Northern Netherlands, probably Limbourg, c. 1475-1500. Dimensions 207 x 140 mm., 188 folios, written in a littera hybrida by one hand, skillful and vary attractive penwork initials. BINDING: CONTEMPORARY, wooden boards covered with brown leather, blind-tooled with double and triple fillets, two brass clasps. TEXT: This neatly written codex includes the second Dutch translation of a compilation of early Christian hagiographic texts, presenting the lives of third- and fourth-century hermits as examples worthy of imitation. Appearing high on the list of recommended reading for the Devotio Moderna , the Vaderboec in this translation that originated not far from the heartland of the Modern Devotion is nevertheless very rare. PROVENANCE: Copied in the Northern Netherlands, probably Limbourg, c. 1475-1500; later owned by brother Conrad Melis of Roermond (a city in northern Limbourg, the Netherlands), who presented it to the Benedictine monastery of St. Vitus in Mönchengladbach in 1688 (Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany); owned in the late 1960s by Mr. P. Mullaert in Ghent, Belgium (listed in Bernard Lambert, Bibliotheca hieronymiana manuscripta ); later belonged to Joost R. Ritman (b. 1941). CONDITION: in good general condition, lacking 2 leaves with text, both covers worn, both catches missing, upper hinge weak, quire iii (ff. 19?28) nearly loose, ff. 23 and 24 entirely loose, tear of c. 7 cm. in f. 90, some unobtrusive stains. Full description and images available. (TM 539)- $75,000
- $75,000
Scriptum super libros sententiarum Petri Lombardi, Liber I (Commentary on the Sentences of Peter Lombard, Book one); in Latin, decorated manuscript on paper
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS MEDIEVAL MANUSCRIPT OF A THEOLOGICAL COMMENTARY BY THOMAS AQUINAS. In Latin, decorated manuscript on paper, Central Italy, c. 1450-1500. Dimensions 225 x 237 mm., 134 folios, copied by two scribes in small gothic book hands, red and blue initials throughout. BINDING: reversed calf over pasteboards (eighteenth-century?). TEXT: St. Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274), a Dominican friar and Doctor of the Church, composed his commentary on the Sentences of Peter Lombard while teaching in Paris in the 1250s. It was his first major work on theology, in which he presented ideas that were to be elaborated in the Summa contra Gentiles and Summa Theologica , the latter destined to become the standard textbook of Catholic theology for centuries to come. When Aquinas was teaching, the Sentences had been the standard theology textbook since its compilation in the twelfth century. Our manuscript includes only book one, and many manuscripts of this text in fact include only a single book (or books). Only one other copy of Book I is found in a North American collection. PROVENANCE:Copied probably in the Marche region of Italy in the second half of the 15th century, when it was acquired by the Dominican convent of Santa Lucia in Fabrian (note on f. 134, partially erased and partially missing the ends of lines where the original page was torn away); European Private Collection. CONDITION: lacking two leaves at front, last leaf partially defective with some loss of text, mild dampstaining to margins and a few text pages (f. 1 and ff. 114-134), some fraying at edges and corners. Full description and images available. (TM 1136)- $32,000
- $32,000
Latin Bible, part (Pauline and Catholic Epistles, Acts, Apocalypse); NICHOLAS OF LYRA, Postillae (Commentaries on the Pauline and Catholic Epistles, Acts, Apocalypse); in Latin, decorated manuscript on paper
Nicholas of Lyra MANUSCRIPT COMBINING A LATIN NEW TESTAMENT AND COMMENTARIES BY NICHOLAS OF LYRA. In Latin, decorated manuscript on paper, Northeastern Netherlands or Northwestern Germany, c. 1450-1475. Dimensions 275 x 198 mm., 383 folios, apparently complete, written in a formal cursive gothic bookhand without loops in two columns of 38 lines, red initials, nine- to fifteen-line blue or parted red and blue initials, added running titles, which continue to part two of the volume; ff. 146-end, copied in a very neat controlled hybrida script, red initials 3- to-10 line (occasionally blue), a few with pen decoration,10-line red initial, six 10-line parted red and blue initials. BINDING: seventeenth century(?) plain vellum over pasteboard with yap edges. TEXT: This sizeable volume combines a copy of the New Testament, lacking only the Gospels, with the Commentaries by Nicholas of Lyra on the same books of the New Testament. Although possibly of independent origin, these two sections are contemporary and were united very soon after they were copied. This is the only manuscript we know of that combines the two within one volume, but it is easy to see how readers benefited greatly by having these complementary texts together. PROVENANCE: Evidence of the script, decoration, and watermarks suggests the first part of the manuscript, with the biblical text, was copied in Northwestern Germany, c. 1450-1475; evidence of the watermarks and script suggest the second half of the manuscript with Nicholas of Lyra's postillae likely copied in the Northeastern Netherlands or in Northwestern Germany, c. 1460-1470; belonged to Johann Heinrich Joseph Niesert (1766-1841); later owners, Isaac H. Hall and S. B. Pratt. CONDITION: In very good overall condition, f. 1 slit at the bottom inner margin, frayed in the outer margin, ff. 145v-146 paper noticeably darkened, f. 383 frayed at the gutter, few worm holes, rare stains from damp top margin in the second half, last few pages a bit fragile in the inner margin, vellum at the front now detached from the pasteboard and curling up, front and back covers rather dirty and scuffed. Full description and images available. (TM 1089)- $70,000
- $70,000
Viridarium Gregorianum sive Biblia Gregoriana, New Testament (A Garden or Bible of Gregory); in Latin, decorated manuscript on parchment
JACOBUS FOLQUERIUS (JACQUES FOUQUIER) FOURTEENTH-CENTURY MANUSCRIPT OF A RARE NEW TESTAMENT COMMENTARY COPIED BY A NAMED SCRIBE. In Latin, decorated manuscript on parchment, Southwest Flanders or Hainaut (Tournai?), c. 1350. Dimensions 240 x 170 mm., 120 folios, complete, catchwords in red and brown ink, quire signatures, written by a single scribe in a university bookhand, scrolling cadels at top lines sometimes in human and animal forms, numerous red and blue/black penwork initials of five to seven lines. BINDING: Nineteenth-century marbled boards and doublures, parchment covering corners and spine, spine title in red and black with filigreed decoration in red. TEXT: A New Testament commentary, Jacobus Folquerius's Viridarium Gregoriana , mined from many of Gregory the Great's works, drawing occasionally on Alulfus of Tournai's Gregorialis . The text is known in only three other manuscripts; this copy was, until now, apparently unknown, and is certainly the only of its kind on the market. PROVENANCE: Based on the script, this manuscript was copied c. 1350 by a scribe trained in Southwest Flanders or Hainaut (Tournai?). The parchment's texture and penwork initials are also consistent with this region. The scribe, moreover, names himself on the final folio: "Hic liber est scriptus ludofus sit benedictus." Ludolfus is otherwise unknown. The Germanic name Ludolfus, coupled with the manuscript's northwestern physical features, is consistent with production in this region; an auction record indicates this manuscript was previously in a Bordeaux private collection, although the blue pencil note in English suggests an interruption in French ownership. CONDITION: some small spots and parchment discoloration occasionally clouding text, several original holes in parchment once stitched, rodent damage to bottom inner corner of last two quires, minor cockling of leaves due to tight binding, some chipping on binding cover, edges, and hinges, staining on front flyleaves and some ink transfer to flyleaves adjacent to book block, overall in good condition. Full description and images available. (TM 1054)- $85,000
- $85,000
Children of Hertha and other poems
Whistler (Laurence). Title and illustrations by Rex Whistler One of 300 numbered copies Very slight wear to wrappers and a little cockling, but a very nice copy; numbers in ink on inner lower wrapper Original wrappers decorated with stars with printed label- $478
- $478
Les fleurs du Nall, au Palais des Papes, Avignon, du 8 juin au 4 août 1988.
NALL Fred NALL Fred (Né aux USA en 1949) Les fleurs du Nall, au Palais des Papes, Avignon, du 8 juin au 4 août 1988. 31pp. Catalogue dexposition illustré en couleurs. Textes en français et en anglais. Exemplaire dédicacé « For Michelle B. Amitiés / Nall», numéroté 239 et signé par lartiste sous le colophon. Il a été tiré 2000 exemplaires de ce catalogue à loccasion de lExposition des uvres de Nall au Palais des Papes. Les textes sont de Alain Renner, André Verdet et Jean-Pierre Garand. Couverture illustrée et titrée, à rabats. H240xL170mm.- $335
- $335
Désert.
ESTRADE Daniel & HUBAUT Sandrine ESTRADE Daniel (Né à Bagnères-de-Luchon en 1954) ; HUBAUT Sandrine Désert. 2009. H510xL660mm. Portfolio complet du texte de Sandrine Hubaut et des 7 planches gravées à leau-forte et à laquatinte par Daniel Estrade. Toutes les planches sont titrées, numérotées I/XXX, datées et signées au crayon par lartiste. Imprimé sur papier Hahnmühle par Mario Boni à Paris. Bel exemplaire numéroté I/XXX et cossigné par lauteur. Emboîtage cartonné crème, titre collé. Titres des planches : Le travail de la grâce (1) ; Le travail de la grâce (2) ; Le travail de la grâce (3) ; Le travail de la grâce (4) ; Face à face (1) ; Face à face (2) & Traversé. Le désert est l'une des métaphores bibliques les plus employées pour désigner la rencontre avec la divinité. Dieu s'y révèle dans une telle surabondance de lumière qu'il provoque cécité et douleur. Pareil à un feu consumant, il dessèche et paralyse les facultés. Au coeur de cette aridité grandit la soif dévorante tandis que Dieu demeure encore caché. Dans cet état d'abandon, l'image que l'homme a de lui-même s'écroule : renvoyé à sa faiblesse et son imperfection, il découvre que la créature n'est rien et ressent l'abîme qui le sépare de Dieu qui est le Tout. La sensation de ne plus être maître de sa vie peut le conduire à la révolte. Or la passivité est nécessaire : non pas la résignation, mais la réceptivité totale au travail de la grâce qui agit en des profondeurs que la conscience n'éclaire pas. Au désert, l'homme expérimente le vide, qui joue un rôle de transformation radicale. C'est le creuset dans lequel le dépouillement fera jaillir l'or pur de l'union mystique. Ce vide passif exigé de l'âme est un vide créateur puisqu'il enfante en elle le germe divin. Mais cette percée de l'essence pure dans l'existence provoque une déchirure. La gangue fragile de la personnalité doit éclater pour que puisse apparaître "mon vrai visage". Ce dernier me rend semblable à Dieu, mais il demeure enfoui au tréfonds de mon être : pour le trouver, il me faudra traverser la "nuit mystique", cette traversée du désert où s'opère la purification des sens et des puissances de l'âme que sont l'entendement, la mémoire et la volonté. Ce qui est en jeu ici, c'est l'éveil de l'homme à sa dimension intérieure car la révélation divine devient révélation de soi-même. "Pour parvenir à goûter tout, N'aie de goût pour rien. Pour parvenir à savoir tout, Ne cherche à savoir rien de rien. Pour parvenir à posséder tout, Ne cherche à posséder rien de rien. Pour parvenir à être tout, Ne cherche à être rien de rien. "Dans ces vers, Saint Jean de la Croix montre en quoi la pauvreté spirituelle devient richesse en Dieu. L'homme "pauvre" devient sourd aux sollicitations du monde extérieur, parce qu'il a trouvé en lui un champ d'une richesse insoupçonnée à explorer. Au lieu de se perdre dans la multiplicité, il s'est rassemblé : le Tout gît au coeur du Rien. (Sandrine Hubaut. Paris, Mars 2009).- $670
- $670
IMAÏ.
IMAÏ Toshimitsu IMAÏ Toshimitsu (Japon 1928 2002) IMAÏ. Editeur Yoichi Kimura / Atsushi Oshita, 1989. 198pp. Ouvrage dédicacé « A Lucia Bouchetal, avec toutes mes amitiés ! Paris le 7 oct. 1989 ». Texte en anglais et japonais. Emboîtage dorigine toilé rouge et titré à lor. H360xL360mm. Etat de conservation : Légères traces de manipulation pour lemboîtage, sinon très bel état de conservation.- $670
- $670
Imaï.
IMAÏ Toshimitsu IMAÏ Toshimitsu (Japon 1928 2002) IMAÏ. Editeur Yoichi Kimura / Atsushi Oshita, 1989. 198pp. Ouvrage dédicacé « A Lucia Bouchetal, avec toutes mes amitiés ! Paris le 7 oct. 1989 ». Texte en anglais et japonais. Emboîtage dorigine toilé rouge et titré à lor. H360xL360mm. Etat de conservation : Légères traces de manipulation pour lemboîtage, sinon très bel état de conservation.- $670
- $670
Myrtis.
DELAUNAY Bernard; REVERDY Pierre; FARGUE; HESLER Michel Leon-Paul & DELAUNAY Bernard (Né à Poitiers en 1954) REVERDY Pierre, FARGUE Leon-Paul & HESLER Michel Myrtis. 1981. In-folio. H260xL290mm. Ouvrage complet de ses 9 gravures originales en couleurs accompagnées de leur texte. Exemplaire numéroté 9 dun tirage total à 15 exemplaires, sur papier vélin dArches. Imprimé sur les Presses de lENSAD à Paris en Juin 1981. Couverture rigide et ensemble conservé dans son emboîtage toilé beige dorigine. Légères traces de manipulation pour lemboîtage.- $391
- $391
LAdieu.
GERBIER Luc et VILDRAC Charles GERBIER Luc (Né à Saint-Tropez en 1940) VILDRAC Charles LAdieu. 1976. IN-4. In-folio. Paris Ed. Luc Gerbier 1976. H345xL240mm. Ouvrage complet de son texte par Charles Vildrac et des 8 gravures originales à laquatinte par Luc Gerbier. Edition conçue par Luc Gerbier et réalisée à ses dépens. Imprimé sur les Presses de Robert Blanchet. Exemplaire numéroté 8 dun tirage total à 100 exemplaires, et signé au crayon par lartiste sous le colophon. Couverture papier rempliée, avec titre gaufré. Emboîtage cartonné gris dorigine et titré. Rares et infimes rousseurs claires. Luc Gerbier aborde la peinture en 1960 et, quelques années plus tard, la gravure en compagnie de son ami Francis Mockel. A partir de 1972, il participe à diverses expositions collectives qui présentent à l'étranger (Suède, Italie, USA, Espagne, etc.) les courants de la gravure française contemporaine. Ses travaux voisinent avec ceux d'artistes tels que Yves Doare, Hélène Czech, Roland Seneca, Moreh, Enrique Marin, Jean Pierre Velly, etc.- $391
- $391
12 croquis de Frise.
BOGRATCHEW Claude BOGRATCHEW Claude (Né à Paris en 1936). 12 croquis de Frise. 1964. In-folio. H330xL250mm. Ouvrage complet de 12 eaux-fortes originales, sur papier Japon, toutes signées au crayon gris par le graveur, enrichi dune aquarelle et dun dessin titré « Dorrum » (tous deux également signés). Un des 5 exemplaires sur Japon ancien numéroté I (sur V), signé au crayon par lartiste, enrichi dun dessin à lencre en première page et dune dédicace « Pour Henry avec notre amitié ». Tirage total à 75 exemplaires. Les gravures ont été tirées par lartiste sur sa presse. Chemise papier bleuté à rabats, imprimée et titrée. Traces de manipulation pour lemboîtage, sinon bel état de conservation.- $670
- $670
Tulipan.
ABRAM Ronald ABRAM Ronald (1938 1999) Tulipan, 1973. Editions Deckart, à Paris. H450xL610mm. Portfolio complet de ses 13 sérigraphies sur papier calque ou Arch, signées dont 5 imprimées recto verso, une page de texte et un justificatif de tirage. Toutes les planches sont signées et numérotées. Exemplaire numéroté 23/110 (dun tirage total à 125), daté, signé par lartiste et conservé dans son emboitage dorigine titré. Réalisé en présence de lartiste dans les ateliers de sérigraphie Michel Caza à Franconville en 1973. Les dessins, les textes ainsi que la maquette du coffret ont été conçu par lartiste. Bel état de conservation.- $279
- $279
Rotella : Dal décollage alla Nuova Immagine.
Pierre RESTANY ROTELLA Mimmo (Catanzaro 1918 Milan 2006) Rotella : Dal décollage alla Nuova Immagine. Pierre RESTANY. Edizioni Apollinaire, à Milan. 1963. Texte en italien, illustrations en noir & blanc, & couleurs. Exemplaire numéroté 230, dédicacé « Alla simpaticissima Lucia con i piu casi auguri du buon compleanno / Mimmo / Parigi 21 giugno 1965 ». Etat de conservation : Bon état de conservation.- $502
- $502
Fantaisies Romaines
HOUTIN François & EROUART Gilbert HOUTIN François (Né à Mayenne en 1950) et EROUART Gilbert Fantaisies Romaines. 1985 Gravures de François Houtin accompagnées dun texte de Gilbert Erouart. Ancien jardinier-paysagiste, Houtin est notamment connu pour ses gravures de jardins imaginaires. 9 gravures à leau-forte ainsi que la couverture gravée en couleur par lartiste. Ces gravures sont signées, datées et numérotées HC 2/7 crayon. Y est cependant joint une suite de 5 gravures comprenant différents états de la même planche, numérotées 7/10 et signées au crayon. Ouvrage numéroté H.C. 7, parmi les 7 exemplaires réservés aux collaborateurs. Signé au crayon sous le colophon par lauteur et le graveur, et dédicacé à léditrice Michèle Broutta par ce dernier (« Pour Michèle avec tous mes remerciements pour ce livre que nous avons fait ensemble. Amicalement. François »). Imprimé pour le compte de Michèle Broutta, éditions uvres Graphiques Contemporaines, à Paris. In-folio de format oblong, conservé dans son emboîtage cartonné. Excellent état.- $3,350
- $3,350
GLASMALEREIEN FÜR JERUSALEM. TEXT VON JEAN LEYMARIE.
Chagall, Marc 213pp. WITH 2 ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPHS BY CHAGALL. A FINE COPY with the original with the coloured dust-jacket and additional transparent clear plastic cover IN THE ORIGINAL BOX. Contains the double-page separate advertisement.- $500
- $500
I DISEGNI DI RAFFAELLO NEL GABINETTO DEI DISEGNI E DELLE STAMPE DEGI UFFIZI. RIPRODUZIONI IN FACSIMILE. Scede Critiche Di Pierluigi De Vecchi.
RAFFAEL - LARGE FOLIO LIMITED EDITION 234pp,Large folio (35 x 50cm) Italian text incl. 31 plates. Original red leather. Spine partly broken, with wear and loss at heads ( please see photo). Inside very clean clean and fresh copy. One of 999 copies of this beautiful book.- $200
- $200
VALENS AQUAEDUCT – CONSTANTINOPLE – ISTANBUL (Original antique etching)
De BRUYN - CONSTANTINOPLE - ORIGINAL ANTIQUE PRINT - FIRST EDITION Double-leaf with a marine scene on the Bosphorus and two depictions of VALENS AQUAEDUCT (etching is not titled), one of the most famous sites in Istanbul, dating back to Roman times, nowadays also known as "BOZDOGAN KEMERI BRIDGE. Drawn from nature by the famous Dutch traveler and topographer Cornelis de Bruyn (1652-1726) this is an accurate depiction of the late 17th century. FIRST EDITION.Published in " Reizen van Cornelis de Bruyn.". RARE LARGE PAPER EDITION with exceptional large margins. Size of the illustrated area : 36 27cm. - With margins: 48,5 x 39 Strong paper quality, clear imprint of the etching. Margins with light foxing, not visible on the illustration itself.With 1 tiny whole in the left margins not affecthing image.- $180
- $180
ALMANACH DES SCHOCKEN VERLAGS . KOMPLETTES SET IN 6 BÄNDEN auf die Jahre 5694-5699. ( 1933 – 1938/1939). Mit Beiträgen von Kafka, Wolfskehl, Buber, Rosenzweig, Werfel
JÜDISCHER ALMANACH - SCHOCKEN VERLAG ( 1933-1938/9) - COMPLETE SET IN 6 VOLS. Komplett in 6 Bänden. Erschienen 1933-1938 als eine der wenigen deutsch-jüdischen Publikationen bis 1938 während der Nazi-Zeit in Deutschland. Sehr schön erhalten. Selten komplett zu finden.- Jewish-German series published during the Nazi period in Germany 1933-1938/9. Rarely to be found complete.- $300
- $300