The Book of Common Prayer noted by John Merbecke.
PRAYER. (MERBECKE, John) Full morocco, 9 1/2 inches tall. An extraordinary and magnificent full hard grain morocco by Catherall & Pritchard with gilt raised bands, ornate gilt tooling to the panels and boards, gilt dentelles and all edges gauffered. Unpaginated, including facsimile title page and colophon of Richard Grafton (1550), printed in red and black throughout. Ornamental initials and woodcut headbands and musical notations. Light foxing. From the library, and with the bookplate of, R.H.L.-C. de Beaumont. A reprint of a volume of selections from the 'Book of Common Prayer' as set to music by John Marbecke (or Merbecke). First printed in 1550 by Richard Grafton, and here reprinted by Charles Whittingham at the Chiswick Press.- $2,067
- $2,067
The Trial in Ejectment (At Large) Between Campbell Craig, Lessee of James Annesley Esq; And Others, Plaintiff; And the Right Honourable Richard Earl of Anglesey, Defendant: Before the Barons of His Majesty’s Court of Exchequer in Ireland. Begun on Friday, November 11, 1743; And continued by several Adjournments to Friday the 25th of the said Month. Containing The Whole Evidence, as deliver’d by the Witnesses, with all the Speeches, and Arguments of the Judges, and of the Counsel: Corrected and Revised by Themselves. Published by the Permission of the the Right Honourable The Lord Chief Baron Bowes, The Honourable Mr. Baron Mounteney, and the Honourable Mr. Baron Dawson
First Edition. Folio. [359 x 235 x 26 mm]. [2]ff, 99, 104-259 pp. Bound in recent half burgundy calf, marbled paper sides, the spine divided into six panels by raised bands, lettered in the second on a black label, plain endleaves, original red sprinkled edges. Pp. 101-103 were missed in pagination. A sensational case pitting James Annesley against his wicked uncle Richard Earl of Anglesey. To secure the title and family properties Richard seized James off the streets of Dublin in 1727 and shipped him to America where he spent 12 miserable years as an indentured servant in Delaware. Finally making it back to London he took his case to court for what was then the longest trial ever heard in the British Isles. The jury found for James but the affair dragged on until his death in 1760. Richard died a year later and was posthumously found guilty of bigamy and the earldom became extinct. The saga is said to be the inspiration for Robert Louis Stevenson's Kidnapped and Sir Walter Scott's Guy Mannering. Bound with: The Tryal of Mary Blandy, Spinster; For the Murder of the her Father, Francis Blandy, Gent. At the Assizes held at Oxford For the County of Oxford, on Saturday the 29th of February, 1752. Before The Honourable Heneage Legge, Esq; and Sir Sydney Stafford Smythe, Knt. Two of the Barons of his Majesty's Court of Exchequer. Published by Permission of the Judges. First Edition. Folio. [1]f, 46pp. London: printed for John and James Rivington, at the Bible and Crown , in St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1752 Early ink signature of J. Salwey at the head of the title. Mary Blanding was a respectable 32 year old from Henley who was convicted of murdering her father with arsenic, despite her defence that she believed the poison to have been a love potion supplied by her lover. Blandy was hanged outside Oxford Castle for the crime of patricide. Both works are in very good clean condition.- $1,033
- $1,033
The Trial of Sir Francis Blake Delaval, Knight of the Bath at the Consistory Court of Doctors Commons, For Committing Adultery with Miss Roach, alias Miss La Roche, alias Miss Le Roche. This Trial was instituted by Lady Isabella Delaval, wife of Sir Francis Blake Delaval, and Daughter of the Earl of Thanet. To which is added, The Trial of George Fitzgerald, Esq. This Trial was Published at the earnest solicitation of man Ladies in the amorous Ton
DELAVAL (Sir Francis Blake) First Edition. 8vo. [218 x 135 x 16 mm]. [2]ff, 68pp. Modern calf, the spine tooled in blind with an older label. Originally priced at One Shilling and Sixpence. At the front is bound an obituary notice and a three page memoir of Sir Francis Blake Delaval (died 1771) the latter taken from The Court Miscellany, and at the rear are four pages on the sudden death from the Town and Country Magazine and two notices, one from the Norwich Mercury. The text is quite heavily foxed and there are a few stains, but nothing offensive. This is the sole edition and rare, with ESTC locating six copies, at Advocates Library, British Library, Dublin Honourable Society of King's Inn, Harvard Law, University of Texas at Austin and Yale. The two trials took place in 1755 and 1753, and the long delay in publishing the accounts is partly explained in the preface, signed "S.B." - "The ladies who have committed matrimonial faux pas, have been so unmercifully handled in a variety of late publications, that I am determined to stand forth their champion: I would not have it understood that I mean to justify their conduct, or that I wish to throw a veil over the fashionable vices of the age. It must however be admitted, that, among all the trials for infidelity, which have hitherto been ushered into the world, care has been taken not to insert a single one that has been instituted against the men;- the ladies only have been exposed. - And why? Because the men have been the editors and publishers! - How illiberal, unjust, and partial are such proceedings!"- $484
- $484
The Holy Bible Containing the Old Testament and the New. Newly translated out of the Original Tongues and with the former Translations diligently compared and revised by His Majesties speciall command. Appointed to be read in Churches.
Engraved title-page with architectural border. 8vo. [235 x 173 x 70 mm]. Bound c.1850 in blue calf, the covers with a border of a gilt double fillet and a blind triple fillet. The spine divided into six panels with gilt tooled raised bands, lettered in the second, the others with centres and corners, the edges of the boards tooled with a gilt broken fillet, marbled endleaves and edges. (Minor scratching or scuffing to covers). Wing B2333. Darlow & Moule / Herbert 780. The date has been amended from 1682 to 1683. The New Testament was printed in Cambridge by John Hayes in 1680 and is entered separately as Wing B2684. The engraved title for the Holy Bible is bound directly before: The Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to the use of the Church of England: Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David, Pointed as they are to be Sung or Said in Churches. Cambridge: printed by John Hayes, Printer to the University, 1679. Wing B3656. At the end is bound: The Whole Book of Psalms, Collected into English Metre, by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins, and others, conferred with the Hebrew: Set forth and allowed to be sung in all Churches, of all the people together, before and after morning and evening Prayer, and also before and after Sermons; and moreover in private houses, for their godly solace and comfort, laying apart all ungodly songs and ballads, which tend onely to the nourishing of vice, and corrupting of youth. [Cambridge?] printed by John Heyes, Printer to the University of Cambridge, 1679. Wing B2534. Occasional minor browning, and with brief early ink notes and codes throughout the Bible, trimmed at the outer margins. At the front there are 19 pages of closely written manuscript entries for the Lillington, Cooper and West families. The early entries were transcribed in 1857 and begin with Samuel Lillington, the fourth son of Richard and Honour Lillington who was born at Turners Piddle in the County of Dorset on the first of December 1686. Mary Lillington married John Cooper in 1737 and Elizabeth Cooper married Charles West in 1762. The last entry is for Peter Edward Francis Archibald West, born 17th August 1914, the son of Archibald Thornton West and Dorothy Margaret (nee Keyser) and grandson of William West, Director of Great Western Railway.- $1,292
- $1,292
Sylva Britannica; or, Portraits of Forest Trees, Distinguished for their Antiquity, Magnitude, or Beauty. Drawn from Nature, by Jacob George Strutt, Author of “Deliciae Sylvarum” &c.
STRUTT (Jacob George) Frontispiece and 49 lithographed plates on mounted India paper. 4to. [286 x 194 x 29 mm]. viii, 151 pp. Bound in the original green cloth, the spine lettered in gilt on a black label, yellow endleaves. (Short splits in joints and headcaps a little frayed). A few minor spots but a very good copy. First published by Strutt in 1826 in folio, for the present work the plates were reduced in format and the text was modified to allow for the reordering of the trees into more coherent groups. The Scottish trees appear at the end, with a divisional title "Sylva Scotia". Strutt depicted real trees, which are each described.- $517
- $517
Le 22 Avril 1969
Simone SIGNORET Simone SIGNORET à Yves MONTAND. 2 pages dactylographiées in-4, sur papier gris à en-tête du Val d’Autheuil, Autheuil (Eure), avec signature manuscrite à l’encre rouge. Le 22 Avril 1969 Mon amour, C’est mardi, il est quatre heures de l'après-midi, il pleut, peut-être je t'appellerai tout à l'heure, mais j'ai peur de te réveiller. Alors comme je pense à toi je te le dis dans le moment où ça m'arrive. J'ai été cueillir des « choses » et j'ai fabriqué le plus maladroit bouquet de toute ma carrière, mais j'ai marché. Georges est allé à Paris ce matin et reviendra demain. Moi, demain je serai partie pour Rouen, où je vais commencer une nouvelle création : quatre ou cinq jours sur le « Bozzuffi » [l’Américain] et je suis toute contente. Décidément je suis incorrigible. je sais mon texte comme pour une audition, je me suis préparée mes costumes en tremblant qu'ils déplaisent au « metteur en scène », j'ai être contente qu'il aime bien la blouse de travail que Marcelle (la nôtre) portait il y a cinq ans et qui est juste bien assez délavée pour faire vrai Je me réjouis à l'idée de jouer avec Trintignant, et puis aussi, ce que j'ai vu de leur projection est si bien, que je suis bien contente d'y avoir cru autant que j’y ai cru. Vous avez, (Z) reçu, non, pas reçu, parce que vous la recevrez en Juin officiellement, cette vieille Etoile de Cristal qui n'a rien perdu de son charme ni de sa dignité. Je te situe, parce que je connais les lieux, et c'est très réconfortant de situer quelqu'un qu'on aime dans un cadre qu'on connait. Je t'ai trouvé drôle, gentil, comme je t'aime, samedi au téléphone». La maison est belle. J'ai lu tout ce qu'on peut lire sur les procès de Prague, et après ces derniers jours (je veux dire le vidage de Dubcek) je n'ai plus les restrictions que j’avais par rapport à « l'Aveu ». Elles peuvent revenir, puisque ; comme tu le dis dans l'interview de Luxembourg, qu'on a réécouté avec Chris, Dimanche, il suffit d'un rien. c’est à dire de beaucoup, pour tout d'un coup leur donner de nouveau raison. Mais en tout cas je ne suis plus dans le même doute qu'il y a quinze jours. Je m'aperçois qu'à force de refaire l'artiste, je ne tape plus aussi bien à la machine que lorsque je fais l'intellectuelle, mais j'aime bien faire l'artiste. Langlois de la Cinémathèque m'a appellée [sic] tout à l'heure pour me prévenir que la Cinémathèque allait me faire un « hommage » pendant dix jours. Pour prendre une contenance j'ai d'abord dit « tu crois pas que ça fait prétentieux ? » et puis finalement je lui ai dit que j'étais bien fière et bien contente. Si je ne travaillais pas ça aurait un petit côté « posthume », mais comme je travaille, je suis. bien fière. et bien contente. un point c'est tout. Peut-être à cause de tout ce que j'ai lu, et relu, (en particulier le dossier de Sartre sur l'affaire Rosenberg qui s'appelle le Chant Interrompu, et dans lequel Aragon cite la phrase d'Eluard. que je nous suis revus tous les deux dans la chambre à Angers !) peut-être disais-je à cause de tout ça, je mesure à quel point ces vingt années cheminées ensemble, ont été peu communes. Peut-être que tout ce verbiage va tomber à côté, par un de ces matins calmes et Beverlyhillsiens que j'aime autant que toi, mais ça aussi je le comprendrai, parce que je les connais. Allez, hein, allez. je t'aime. XXX Simone. Embrasse les copains [manuscrit à l’encre rouge] 1000 €- $1,105
- $1,105
Decorated leaf from a Book of Hours Manuscript on vellum.
Bible. Psalms. Latin. One vellum leaf, 125 x 180 mm, with text within 80 x 95 mm guidelines. Text in manuscript recto and verso including eight capitals decorated in gold leaf and colors, and six spacers also decorated in blue, red, and gold leaf. Chapter incipit in red.- $350
- $350
![[ENGLISH HISTORY] REASONS AGAINST A WAR WITH FRANCE](https://rarebookinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/31838353754.jpg)
[ENGLISH HISTORY] REASONS AGAINST A WAR WITH FRANCE, OR AN ARGUMENT SHEWING THAT THE FRENCH KING’S OWNING THE PRINCE OF WALES AS KING OF ENGLAND, SCOTLAND AND IRELAND; IS NO SUFFICIENT GROUND OF A WAR
[Daniel Defoe] 8vo; in a later signed binding by Ramage of half-mottled calf over marbled boards; 30 pages; the top and fore edges have been trimmed; minor paper repair to the bottom of the final leaf, affecting a catchword; with the armorial bookplate of Michael Tomkinson (1841-1921) on the modern front pastedown; this copy has been rebacked by a conservator using Japanese tissue.~~First Edition of Daniel Defoe's anonymous political pamphlet, Reasons Against a War with France. "Though ostensibly arguing that the French sanction of an empty title was no sufficient ground for a war, his real purpose was to urge that the solid interests of England lay in securing for itself the colonial empire of Spain" (DNB). Defoe argued strenuously of the dangers to English trade such a war would provoke. (Moore 39. ESTC T56951. DNB V, 732.). Very Good binding.- $1,250
- $1,250
![[FINE BINDINGS] THE LIVES OF THE LORD CHANCELLORS AND KEEPERS OF THE GREAT SEAL OF ENGLAND: FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES TILL THE REIGN OF KING GEORGE IV [8 VOLUMES]](https://rarebookinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/31838351708-600x383.jpg)
[FINE BINDINGS] THE LIVES OF THE LORD CHANCELLORS AND KEEPERS OF THE GREAT SEAL OF ENGLAND: FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES TILL THE REIGN OF KING GEORGE IV [8 VOLUMES]
John Lord Campbell | Mary Scarlett Campbell Eight large 8vo. volumes, in full calf finding with rule in gilt to the perimeter of the boards, spine with gold and blind decorative tooling and with black and burgundy labels; the date of the volume stamped in gold.~~There is minor wear to the spines of Volume V and VIII; several corners are bumped.~~V. 1-3, First series, to the revolution of 1688 (1846) -- V.4-5, Second series, from the revolution of 1688, to the death of Lord Chancellor Thurlow, in 1806 (1846) -- V.6-7, Third series, from the birth of Lord Chancellor Loughborough, in 1733, to the death of Lord Chancellor Eldon, in 1838 (1847) -- V. 8 Lives of Lord Lyndhurst and Lord Brougham, lord chancellors and keepers of the Great Seal of England (1869) / ed. Mary Scarlett Campbell. Very Good binding.- $300
- $300
Atlas d’anatomie topographique du cerveau et des localisations cérébrales
GAVOY, E. *** Première édition. Bel atlas d'anatomie, qui synthétise les travaux publiés sur le sujet à l'époque. Illustré par 18 planches en couleurs hors-texte. De grandeur naturelle, elles ont été dessinées par l'auteur et chromolithographiées par Lefèvre. Reliure frottée, papier légèrement bruni. *** In-folio de 180, (2) pp., 18 planches hors-texte. Demi-chagrin rouge, dos à nerfs orné, tête dorée. (Reliure de l'époque.) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - * First edition. Fine atlas on the anatomy of the brain. Illustrated with 18 chromolithographied plates. - -.- $662
- $662
Recueil pour les astronomes
BERNOULLI, Johann (Jean III) *** Premier volume de cet ouvrage périodique "fournissant de petits mémoires nouveaux d'astronomie, des tables subsidiaires, des observations, &c. présentant le tableau de tout ce qui paraît de nouveau en astronomie." Deux autres volumes seront publiés par la suite (1772 et 1776). Johan (ou Jean) (III) Bernoulli (Bâle,1744-1807) était le fils du mathématicien Jean (II) Bernoulli. Il a été un pionnier de la presse scientifique en particulier astronomique. "La curiosité universelle [de J. Bernoulli] et son prosélytisme scientifique incontestable font de ses écrits - périodiques ou autres - une mine de renseignements variés." (Sgard, Dict. des journalistes). Papier bruni, auréoles sur les premiers feuillets. Exemplaire dans son cartonnage de l'époque. *** In-8 de X, (2), 284 pp., 1 planche et 5 tableaux h.-t. dépliants. Cartonnage bleu de l'époque. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - * First volume of this periodical work "furnishing small new memoirs of astronomy, subsidiary tables, observations, &c. presenting an overview of everything new in astronomy." Two further volumes were subsequently published (1772 and 1776). Johan (or Jean) (III) Bernoulli (Basel, 1744-1807) was the son of the mathematician Jean (II) Bernoulli. He was a pioneer of the scientific press, particularly astronomical. "J. Bernoulli's] universal curiosity and unquestionable scientific proselytism make his writings - periodical or otherwise - a mine of varied information." (Sgard, Dict. des journalistes). Paper browned, stains on first few leaves. Copy in its original boards. - -.- $552
- $552
In quartum sententiarum theologicarum Petri Lombardi parrhisiensis opus preclarissimu apprime divini verbi seminatoribus scelerumque auditoribus et denique cuilibet ecclesiastico viro utile ac necessarium, cui plura in margine recenter adjecta sunt insuper et index tertius questionum titulos complectens
MEDIAVILLA, Richard de *** Titre en noir et rouge, avec gravures et encadrements sur bois. Initiales gravées. Texte sur deux colonnes en caractères gothiques. L'imprimeur Antoine Du Ry a été à Lyon le premier à utiliser des caractères mobiles hébraïques, avec la grammaire de Pagnini, les "Hebraicas institutiones", en 1526. On remarque que le bois sur le titre, montrant l'auteur entouré de ses élèves, est le même qui a été utilisé par Du Ry l'année précédente pour cette grammaire de Pagnini. Richard de Mediavilla (c.1243-1308), moine franciscain est un penseur scolastique original, dont l'Å"uvre philosophique et théologique a été influente jusqu'au XVIIe siècle. Petits manques de vélin sur les coupes. Bel exemplaire. *** In-4 de (34), 310 ff. Vélin. (Reliure de l'époque.) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - * Title in black and red, with woodcuts and frames. Engraved initials. Two-column text in gothic script. The printer Antoine Du Ry was the first in Lyon to use Hebraic movable type, with Pagnini's grammar, the "Hebraicas institutiones", in 1526. To be noted, the woodcut on the title, showing the author surrounded by his pupils, is the same one used by Du Ry the previous year for this grammar by Pagnini. Richard de Mediavilla (c.1243-1308), a Franciscan monk, was an outstanding scholastic thinker whose philosophical and theological works were influential until the 17th century. Slight vellum wear to edges. A fine copy. - -.- $938
- $938
Experiments on Bleaching. By Francis Home, M. D. Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in Edinburgh. To which are added, I. An experimental essay on the Use of Leys and Sours in Bleaching. By James Ferguson, M.D. II. An explanation of the effect of lime upon alkaline salts; and a Method pointed out whereby it may be used with Safety and Advantage in Bleaching. By Joseph Black, M.D. III. An abstract of the foregoing essays, containing, Practical Rules and Plain Directions for the Preparation and Use of the Sours made of Oil of Vitriol, and of the Leys made of Bleaching-Ashes with the addition of Quick-Lime.
HOME (Francis) First Irish edition,12mo, [iv], 295, [1]pp., closed tear to C6 and E3, contemporary calf, rubbed, slight cracking to joints, red leather spine label. First published at Edinburgh in 1756, of "the first scientific study of chemical processes employing bleaching. Written at the request of the board of trustees for the Improvement of fisheries and manufactures in North Britain, the text was read to and the 135 experiments described herein were performed before "the bleachers of this country"." ((Neville. Historical Chemical Library, I, p.653). "A theoretical-practical collection of works on alkaline bleaching of linen. The importance of the book was in changing both bleaching practice and attitudes by recommending the use of lime together with alkalies, which was then actually forbidden by law - bearing the death penalty (!). This book eventually brought about the repeal of these laws by showing that the use of lime does not weaken the fibers, it taken in the right proportions - as prescribed in the book itself."Ron, Bibliotheca Tinctoria. 0548. Provenance: Ink ownership signature of Mr Carter of Liverpool struck through, 'William Haig, 1787' added.- $355
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Dissertatio philosophica inauguralis de Pelluciditate.
EELKING (Martin Martens) & PAGENSTECHER (Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Pagenstecher) First edition, 4to, [2], 116, [2]pp., one folding engraved plate, later quarter calf, marbled boards, spine lettered in gilt direct. A philosophical dissertation that explores the concept of transparency or clarity.- $142
- $142
The Modern Husbandman: or, the Practice of Farming: As it is now carried on by the most Accurate Farmers in several Counties of England.
ELLIS (William) First edition, 8vo (195 x 115 mm), 12 parts in 4 vols., (complete) each part with its own title-page, [4], viii, 148, viii, 151, [1], viii, 150; viii, 152, [2], x, viii, 188, [10], 190; [10], 142, [8], 139, [1], [8], 152; [8], 152; [2], viii, 150, [8], 152pp., contemporary calf, rubbed, joints cracked, a couple of boards detached, spine of vol. IV split down the centre, a very good working set in need of attention. This is Ellis's most important work, arranged in the form of an agricultural calendar. Each part was issued separately with its own title page, complete set are extremely hard to find. William Ellis (c.17001758), agriculturist and writer. After a short period in the brewing industry, Ellis bought Church Farm at Little Gaddesden, near Hemel Hamstead, Hertfordshire, were he combined the practice of farming with his passion for writing on the subject. His writings were far more successful than his farming activities and his early books were very well received and "farmers in all parts of the country asked him to visit and report on their farms. He travelled over the country giving advice and observing different farming methods. Many farmers visited Ellis's farm at Little Gaddesden, but they found that he did not practise what he advocated in print, that his implements were old-fashioned, and that his land was neglected and in bad condition." (ODNB). Provenance: From the Lawes Agriculture Library, Rothamsted Research Institute, with a few of their ink stamps. Fussell II, p. 7; Perkins 561; Aslin, p.43.- $510
- $510
Self-Murder. Asserted to be very heinous Crime: in opposition to all arguments brought by the Deists, to the contrary. To which is added, a prodigy of providence, containing, the wonderful preservation of a woman of Totnes, who endeavour’d, Jan. 25. 1707. to drown herself by leaping over the bridge, near 20 foot high, into the river running by that town. A Story well attested, yet hardly to be parallell’d in History. With many necessary Instructions how to avoid a Sin of this Nature.
PRICE (John) First and only edition, 8vo, [18], 83, [3, adverts]pp., later half calf, marbled boards, rubbed.- $484
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Catalogue of the Collection of Books in Valuable Bindings of the Late Professor W.H. Corfield, M.D. Comprising Early Stamped, Embroidered, Inlaid, and Other Bindings, by Binders of Various Countries and Periods. Chiefly in Fine Preservation.
CORFIELD (Professor W. H.) Small 4to (260 x 190 mm), [iv], 48pp., ruled in red with prices and buyers names in a cont. hand, 56 plates (16 folding) beautifully produced in gold and colours (several with minor abrasions), orig. printed wrappers, the text is disbound from the wrappers and the coloured plates are loose. First auction catalogue solely devoted to fine bindings, containing some 466 lots. Include a typed list of prices and buyers names.- $187
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Le court leete et court baron collect per Iohn Kitchin de Graies Inne vn Apprentice in Ley. Et les cases & matters necessaries pur seneschals de ceux courts a scier, & pur les students de les measons del Chauncerie.
KITCHIN (John) 8vo, [12], 289, [3] leaves, without front free-endpaper, contemporary full vellum, a very good copy. Provenance: Contemporary ink signature of William Witaker to title page; bookplate of the Law Library, Los Angeles inside front cover (no other library marks).- $639
- $639
Kelly’s Directory of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire (with coloured maps).
KELLY'S BERKSHIRE, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE AND OXFORDSHIRE. 4to, xviii, 424; vi, 418; vii, [1], 440 pp., 2 folding coloured maps (old repairs to tears but with no loss), margins of title page frayed, original publishers red cloth, lettered in black and gilt.- $103
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An Illustrated Record of Important Events in the Annals of Europe, During the Last Four Years; Comprising a Series of Views of the Principal Places, Battles, etc. etc. etc. [Printed paper label on upper cover reads:] Illustrated Record of Important Events Through the Years 1812, 1813, 1814 & 1815. Comprising a Series of Views, Battles, &c. A History of all those Important Transactions which have taken place since the Retreat of Bonaparte from Moscow.
[BOWER (Robert)] Folio (485 x 340 mm), [3], 4-30, [14], [4, appendix]pp., 9 plates (7 hand-coloured acquatint plates), of which 3 are folding, orig. marbled boards, later cloth spine. The Plates within are: 1. Moscow (folding). 2. Frankfort. 3. Flight of the French through Leipsic (folding). 4. Dresden. 5. Grand Entrance of the Allied Sovereigns into Leipsic (folding with closed tear). 6. Grand Entrance of the Allied Sovereigns into Paris. 7. Facsimile Autographs. 8. Map of Elba, Portrait of Napoleon & View of Porto Ferrajo. 9. A Map of the Retreat of the French Army from Moscow to Paris.- $484
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A Biographical Notice of “Wright, of Derby.” “Reprinted (with additions) from no.s XV & XVI of the “Reliquary” Quarterly Journal, 1864.”
BEMROSE (William) Royal 8vo, 24pp., lithographic portrait frontispiece, orig. printed wrappers (spotted), cloth spine. Loosely inserted is a early manuscript pedigree of the Wright family and an accompanying A.L.s.- $110
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[Drop-head title:] Alvará para que se naõ levem negros dos pà rtos do mar para terras, que naõ sejaõ dos Dominios Portuguezes. De 14. de Outubro de 1751
[PORTUGUESE SLAVE TRADE] Single sheet, printed on both sides. A trifle creased. A rare survival of a mid-eighteenth century edict issued by King Josà I of Portugal forbidding traders to transport slaves from Portuguese seaports to colonial territories held by other nations. The Portuguese slave trade experienced continual growth throughout the latter half of the eighteenth century, in particular from West African colony of Luanda, from which, between the issue of this edict in 1751 to 1760, an average of 10, 940 enslaved Africans were trafficked annually. OCLC records copies at just three locations (BL, NYPL, and UoL); COPAC adds one further (Senate House). Size: Dimensions 200 x 300 mm- $484
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Musical Instruments, Historic, rare and unique The selection, introduction and descriptive notes by. Hipkins. Illustrated by a series of fifty plates in colours drawn by William Gibb
HIPKINS, Alfred James (1826-1903) (15 7/8 x 12 inches). Title, dedication and some text leaves printed in red and black, half-title. 50 chromolithographic plates by McLagan & Cumming of Edinburgh after Gibb. (Perforation stamp to title). Original half-red morocco, rebacked. Limited edition of 1,090 copies, this one of 1,040 with printed facsimile signature of the publishers A. and C. Black. Inspired by the Loan Collection of Musical Instruments exhibited in the Albert Hall, London in 1885, the present work was undertaken by Hipkins at the suggestion of Robert Glen of Edinburgh and eventually went through a number of editions. The present edition with early impressions of all fifty plates is undoubtedly the most desirable.- $750
- $750
Phantom Tollbooth.
Juster, Norton; Feiffer, Jules First edition of this modern classic. Octavo, original blue cloth, cartographic endpapers, illustrated by Jules Feiffer. Boldly signed by Norton Juster on the title page. Fine in a very good dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. Rare and desirable in this condition and signed. "This book has been described by Naomi Lewis as the best original modern book in the Carroll line" (Carpenter & Prichard, 409). Anyone with an appreciation for the language and irony of Alice in Wonderland will consider this witty adventure a classic. The novel begins with a miserably bored lad who exclaims that "there is nothing for me to do, nowhere I'd care to go, and hardly anything worth seeing." Suddenly a tollbooth appears in his room, and, having no other interests, the lad Milo drives through it and sets off in his toy car for a mythic journey.- $6,000
- $6,000
A Time To Heal.
Ford, Gerald R First edition of the 38th president of the United States' autobiography. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To John Marshall Hobbs, with gratitude and appreciation for your prayers, your confidence and your support at those times when they were needed most Warmest regards, Gerald R. Ford." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Lawrence Ratzkin. Desirable signed by Ford and Stevens. This memoir was the most extensive commentary Gerald Ford ever provided regarding American politics. He granted several interviews over the years, but they were usually short and not very introspective. Ford was perfectly willing to retire from the public eye and concentrate on serving on the boards of directors of various businesses. Unlike most ex-presidents who work hard to achieve elder statesman status to either rehabilitate or firm up their place in history, Ford was satisfied with what he'd done in his years of public service. While he was never called an "amiable dunce" as Clark Clifford once called Ronald Reagan, Ford never developed a reputation as a brilliant strategist nor was he gifted with a knack for policy development. However, in reading his memoirs, one finds a man very comfortable with himself and his decisions.- $500
- $500
Profiles in Courage.
Kennedy, John F Inaugural edition of Kennedyâs Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Octavo, bound in full flexible blue leather boards with gilt titles to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, Presidential seal stamped in gilt to the bottom corner of the front panel, beveled edges, gilt stamped turn-ins, all edges gilt, silk ribbon bound-in, illustrated with photographs. Association copy, inscribed by Special Assistant and Assistant Appointments Secretary David Powers to the front free endpaper, "To: Bob + Winnie My very best wishes always. Dave Powers [followed by] Bob, it was a great pleasure to work with you in the promotion of 'Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye' Dave." In very good condition with some rubbing to the extremities. Rare and desirable. John F. Kennedy's seminal work, "Profiles in Courage," stands as a cornerstone in American political literature, offering profound insights into the complexities of moral leadership and political integrity. Published in 1956, the book delineates the stories of eight United States senators who exhibited extraordinary courage in upholding their principles despite facing considerable adversity and political repercussions. Kennedy masterfully intertwines historical narratives with insightful analyses, showcasing how these individuals defied popular opinion, party lines, and personal interests to champion causes greater than themselves. Through meticulous research and eloquent prose, Kennedy elucidates the timeless virtues of integrity, resilience, and selflessness in the realm of politics, inspiring generations of leaders to prioritize conscience over expediency.- $1,500
- $1,500
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DE LATINITATE FALSO SUSPECTA. [with] DE PALUTI LATINITATE DISSERTATIO
(ESTIENNE IMPRINTS). ESTIENNE, HENRI II 145 x 100 mm. (5 3/4 x 3 7/8"). 8 p.l., 400 pp. Contemporary calf with triple blind-ruled fillets, neatly rebacked (using original leather), raised bands ruled in blind, endpapers (said in a pencilled note to be) from a Strassburg incunable, ca. 1470. Printer's device (Schreiber Device 16) on title. Front pastedown with the bookplate of Magdalen College, Cambridge, with their cancellation stamp. Renouard, p. 144; Schreiber 198; Adams S-1763. âRear cover with a group of small (but rather deep) gouges, minor abrasions and scratches to the leather elsewhere, light wear to spine, but the binding quite secure and nicely restored; contents in excellent condition, with just the occasional trivial mark or light dampstain. This is a pleasing example of a 16th century scholar's portable volume that features the first edition of the first work in a trilogy decrying the fanatical Renaissance cult of Ciceronianism, written by the renowned classical scholar Henri II Estienne. As Schrieber observes, there was during the author's time a "fanatic adherence . . . to the vocabulary and idiom of Cicero, with the exclusion of any words or expression not found in his writings." But in "On Latin Wrongly Regarded as Suspect," Schreiber says Henri "demonstrates that some Latin words, although suspect by the Ciceronians, because they appear superficially to derive from French, are actually well attested in ancient Latin texts." Among those texts are the plays of Plautus (ca. 254-184 B.C.); in the added treatise here, Estienne notes, "the French love the Latinity of Plautus more than any other people do, for in many respects, his speech has greater affinity with theirs than with anyone else's." He emphasizes the influence Plautine Latin appears to have had on the development of French. Grandson and namesake of the founder of the printing dynasty, Henri II (1528-98) was a brilliant classicist best known for producing a Greek lexicography ("Thesaurus graecae linguae," 1572) that was the standard reference for 300 years. His standing as a humanist and his influence on classical studies was recognized by the 2022 printing of nine of his essays in English and the original Latin (Henri Estienne, "On Books"), including an excerpt from the present work. The contemporary binding here incorporates recycled leaves from an incunable, which a pencilled note attributes to "Strassburg ca. 1470." The fragmentary text appears to be a commentary on the Bible.- $624
- $624
David Attenborough’s First Life : a journey back in time (signed copy)
ATTENBOROUGH, David (1926 - ) By Matt Kaplan with John Young. Introduction by David Attenborough. With material and images from the television series. London : Collins, 2010. First edition. Quarto, illustrated boards in dustjacket, pp. 288, illustrated. Signed by David Attenborough on a label affixed to a preliminary leaf. With a letter from the publisher to the subscriber apologising for the lengthy delay in supplying a signed copy. Signed edition by popular naturalist and television broadcaster David Attenborough.- $185
- $185
Ambrotype of a young woman holding a cased photograph. U.S.A., 1862-65.
Photographer unknown Sixth-plate ambrotype (wet collodion positive) with extensive applied colour, 70 x 80 mm (sight); housed in an oval brass mat under cover glass, in a wall case with geometric design; the ambrotype is in very good condition. Sourced in the United States, this is an unusual Civil War-era ambrotype portrait. The woman is quite clearly showing off her wedding band, and the cased photograph she holds up for the camera is quite likely to be of her husband, away fighting for the Union or the Confederacy. The ambrotype - from the Greekambrotos, "immortal" - is created using the wet plate collodion process developed by the English inventor Frederick Scott Archer, which came into vogue in Europe and North America from around 1854 as a cheaper alternative to the daguerreotype. A glass plate covered with a thin layer of collodion, then dipped in a silver nitrate solution, is exposed to the subject while still wet, then developed and fixed. When the reverse of this negative image is coated with a dark emulsion such as varnish or paint, the resulting image appears as a positive. The process requires the expertise and experience of a professional photographer. Every ambrotype is a uniqueimage that can only be duplicated by copying with another camera.- $269
- $269
Joseph Lycett : convict artist
McPHEE, John (ed.) Sydney : Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales, 2006. Quarto, cloth-covered boards in illustrated dust jacket, pp. 285, illustrated in colour throughout, academic text on the artist by John McPhee, Richard Neville, Roger Butler, Shane Frost and Martin Terry. A richly illustrated monograph on the convict artist Joseph Lycett published on the occasion of the travelling exhibition by the same name. A very good copy. Out of print and scarce. 'This book examines the life and work of one of Australia's earliest colonial artists, Joseph Lycett, who worked in Australia from 1815 to 1822, and was responsible for the most extravagantly illustrated account of the colony, published in London in 1824-25. His works in watercolour and oil are among the most important visual records of early New South Wales and Tasmania, documenting the life of Aboriginal people, the landscape and its flora, and the towns, houses and properties of colonial Australia from a time when there were few such competent artists in the colony.' -dustjacket.- $222
- $222
Program : Civic Auditorium, San Francisco, 1945. Presented by the United Nations Conference Committee of the City and County of San Francisco.
KNOWLES, Squire (designer); KNOWLES, Evelyn (illustrator) [Drop title]. San Francisco, CA : The United Nations Conference Committee of the City and County of San Francisco (printed by Pisani Printing Company), 1945. Quarto (280 x 220 mm), stapled blue wrappers lettered in gold (lightly rubbed), 15 pp., sepia tone illustrations (including double-page view of the San Francisco Civic Center Buildings, the venue for the conference), and double-page program for Yehudi Menuhin's concert with the SFSO at the Civic Auditorium on Saturday evening, April 28 1945; internally excellent, a very good example. Scarce program produced in honour of the delegates to the Conference of the United Nations, held in San Francisco in 1945. Delegates of fifty nations met in San Francisco, California, USA, between 25 Apriland 26 June 1945 at theUnited Nations Conference on International Organization. Working on the Dumbarton Oaks proposals, the Yalta Agreement, and amendments proposed by various governments, the Conference agreed upon the Charter of the United Nations and the Statute of the new International Court of Justice. This conference in fact pre-dated the official birth of the UN by four months: the UN Charter would be ratified on24 October 1945, by China, France, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, the United States and by a majority of other signatories.- $135
- $135
Exhibition of paintings. Cumbrae Stewart. Hilda M. Atkins. John Shirlow.
CUMBRAE STEWART, Janet et al. Melbourne : Athenaeum Gallery, 1927. Quarto, lettered wrappers (annotated on lower panel), pp. [8], catalogue of 40 works by Cumbrae Stewart and 30 works by Atkins and Shirlow, a few marks, a good copy.- $111
- $111
Exhibition of paintings. Cumbrae Stewart. Ernest Buckmaster
CUMBRAE STEWART, Janet et al. Melbourne : Athenaeum Gallery, 1928. Quarto, lettered wrappers (tear to lower margin of upper panel), pp. [8], catalogue of 76 works by Cumbrae Stewart and 17 works by Buckmaster, a few marks, a good copy.- $111
- $111
Group of Arabana men dressed for corroboree. Peake Creek, Far North South Australia, 1902.
REID, Hughie Sepia tone gelatin silver print photograph, cabinet card format, 120 x 165 mm (mount); verso inscribed in ink: 'Dicker / Blacks in Corroboree Dress, taken by Hughie Reid at Peake Creek, Far North, 1902'; despite the fact it was not taken by a professional photographer, this is a very sharp print; it has a few small surface scratches, and the mount is lightly marked.- $942
- $942
Salome. A Tragedy in One Act: Translated from the French of Oscar Wilde, with Sixteen Drawings by Aubrey Beardsley.
WILDE, Oscar & BEARDSLEY, Aubrey (illustrator). 4to. (25.5 x 19 cm). pp.xviii+65+[1]+[2, ads.]. Original red cloth binding designed by Beardsley and lavishly decorated in gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut. 16 full-page plates by Aubrey Beardsley. "From the private library of the Yaegers" with their book-plate to front pastedown. An excellent, bright copy, contents remarkably clean and fresh. "If Le Morte Darthur [1893] made Beardsley known, his designs for the first edition in English of Wilde's Salomé made him notorious, and it remains the book of which most people think when his name is mentioned" (Ray).- $581
- $581
The History of England from the Revolution to the Death of George the Second. (Designed as a Continuation of Mr. Hume’s History.) A New Edition, with the Author’s last Corrections and Improvements.
SMOLLETT, T. 5 vols. 8vo. Contemporary tree-calf, smooth spines with complimenting red and green morocco labels and gilt decoration. Engraved portrait frontispiece of Smollett. Joints just starting but still holding firm, lightly rubbed along extremities, contents clean and unmarked, generally a very good set in handsome tree-calf bindings. Tobias George Smollett (1721 1771) was a Scottish novelist, surgeon, critic and playwright. He was best known for picaresque novels such as The Adventures of Roderick Random (1748), The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle (1751) and The Expedition of Humphry Clinker (1771), which influenced later novelists, including Charles Dickens. In fourteen months from 1755 to 1757 Smollett wrote his four-volume Complete History of England, making him one of the most distinguished literary men in London; he considered it to be his major work.- $387
- $387
Jamoo, Kashmir and Adjacent Districts. Surveyed between the Years 1856 & 1860 under the Superintendence of the Lieut. Colonel Sir Andrew Scott Waugh Surveyor General of India and Superintendent G.T. Survey by Captain T.G. Montgomerie Engineers F.R.G.S. 1st Assistant G.T. Survey of India and the Assistants under his Orders. Scale: 4 Miles to 1 Inch.
MONTGOMERIE, Thomas George. Original large lithographed map (150.5 x 128.5 cm) annotated with a route into the Himalayas, dissected into 80 sections and backed onto linen, title to top right, inset plan to bottom left of 'Srinagar or city of Kashmir and environs', printed label of Edward Stanford 'wholesale & retail mapseller' of Charing Cross pasted at foot printed advertisements on yellow paper for 'Stanford's Maps' and 'Stanford's Atlases' visible to front and back when folded. Lithographed by 'J. & C. Walker lith.' A little foxing, some pin holes at head, ink note at head and route drawn out in red ink (see below), lower quadrant a bit more toned than the others, generally a very good example. A scarce large scale map of Jammu and Kashmir in northern India by Thomas George Montgomerie (1830 1878), executed as part of the Great Trigonometrical Survey of India under the superintendence of Sir Andrew Scott Waugh (1810 1878). Montgomerie gave K2 its name (K for Karakoram), and Waugh is credited with naming Mount Everest. This particular copy was clearly used by a near contemporary French expedition to the region. It bears the inscription 'Voyage au Cashmire [Himalaya] Légende' in red ink at the head and a route is mapped out, also in red ink, from 'Raul Pinde' to 'Lahore' (both off the map). This runs east from Muzaffarabad to Baramulla, Wular Lake, Srinagar, Anantnag, and the Warwan Valley. Here the expedition undertook a circular loop into the Himalayas some elevations are noted in red ink (e.g. '12000' at 'Sangam') before heading south to Jammu. Rarity: OCLC records only one copy in the US (University of Minnesota), one in Australia (University of Melbourne), one in Japan (National Diet Library), one in France (Bibliotheque Nationale), one in Germany (Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin), and two in the UK (Bodleian, National Library of Scotland).- $5,166
- $5,166
10 menus de la société suisse d’histoire de l’Art en Suisse *
BOESCH Paul & al. : 10 menus de divers formats et papiers, sauf un tous pliés en deux (moi c'est en quatre pour tenter de vous offrir des notices alléchantes :-). En très bel état de conservation. Tous sauf un (le cavalier bleu à gauche) illustrés d'(au moins) un bois gravé de Paul Boesch, quatre colorés main. Au fil de rencontres entre Lausanne, Genève, Saint-Gall, Lucerne, Rorschach (2 x), Lugano, Montreux, Interlaken & Brunnen ? le cavalier, le copiste et les deux lions sont disponibles isolément. En écho à bien d'autres menus enluminés par le graveur bernois. Prix pour l'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- $431
- $431
Africa *
BOESCH Paul : Montage 47 x 63 de huit matrices d'un bois gravé en noir, tiré sur papier calque. Formidable ?uvre graphique d'une rare puissance chez cet artiste qui s'est ici exceptionnellement plonger dans les terres exotiques? Le résultat n'est pas sans rappeler les compositions de Pierre Pinsard qui rime avec les petites contes nègres de Cendrars ? que les amateurs de têtes de choco me pardonnent ! :-( Tout comme on peut regretter que le confrère graveur Bischoff n'ait pas illustré Robinson Crusoé, on aurait bien aimé voir Paul Boesch se lancer dans l'illumination d'un texte africain. PS : ceci est la 20 000e notice descriptive que rédige votre humble serviteur. > 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- $185
- $185
Chanson du 9 *
Collectif & anonyme : Broché 16 x 12, couverture illustrée d'un bois original quadrichrome de Paul Boesch. 5e édition revue et corrigée de ce charmant petit chansonnier militaire, publié chez Roth & Sauter donc au Verseau, présentant l'historique rimé de cette compagnie, créée en 1876, ici jusqu'aux années 30. Y est joint :? une seconde version colorée du bois de couverture tirée sur Japon? une lettre autographe signée de l'auteur qui nous permet de dater cet opuscule, probablement paru en 1931. En survolant les différents couplets on y traverse Sottens, Vuiteb?uf Lausanne, Semsales, Villars, le Val d'Anniviers le Tessin, Bretaye, le Val Ferret & Les Diablerets les Mosses, Champex, Rougemont, etc. Une partition musicale central permettra à tout un chacun de fredonner ! > 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- $431
- $431
Fédération des caves coopératives valaisannes *
BUDRY Paul : Dépliant publicitaire de 4 pages 23 x 18, couverture bicolore illustrée. Bois gravé de Paul Boesch, avec une variante de composition au nom de Provins, fédération de producteurs de vins du Valais Sion. En page trois de cet ephemera inconnu au bataillon (probablement imprimé chez ROTH et SAUTER), un mille feuilles publicitaire avec des texticules de Budry fourré de la crème des vins valaisans ? si vous ne connaissait pas encore l'Amigne ou la petite Arvine, foncez à la cave la plus proche pour en déguster ! > 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- $246
- $246
Lettre tapuscrite signée *
BILLE Edmond : Feuillet 27 x 22, plié en 4 (comme Bibi pour tenir le rythme et la poésie de mes notices accordés à la bibliopholie des hauteurs), 11 lignes dactylographiées, signées à l'encre. L'auteur-artiste demande l'autorisation d'user d'un motif amicoresque (qui sera en effet repris pour ses "Heures valaisannes") à l'imprimeur qui l'a fait figurer en faux-titre des Vendanges de Ramuz publié avec cette marque sous le label les Bibliophiles Helvêtes. > 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- $308
- $308
Sainte Marie-Madeleine, pénitente à qui il fut beaucoup pardonné *
PONCET Chanoine Louis & BOESCH Paul : Poème affiche avec bois gravé original 43 x 53, impression en noir. Bel et rare exemplaire de ce tirage à part de l'une des 6 images du portefeuille "Saintetés" publié au Verseau. Certaines planches de Paul Boesch furent proposées d'origine de façon autonome, d'autres firent l'objet d'essais sur divers papiers. C'est le cas d'icelle, avec le texte, tirée en noir (à prix rehaussé pour une version colorée). > 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- $185
- $185
Iqbal-nama.
Nizami Ganjavi. Small 4to (162 x 226 mm). 108 ff. Persian manuscript on paper. Black nastaliq script in four columns, ruled in black, gold, and blue, with titles in red. With three full-page miniatures from the Qajar period, pasted in, and a fine blue and gold 'unwan. 20th century red leather. Alexander the Great in the 16th century Muslim manuscript tradition: Nizami Ganjavi's "Iqbal-nama", comprising half of his poetic "Eksandar-nama" and illustrated with three fine Qajar miniatures showing hunting scenes and a particularly striking battle with demons or djinns. "The Alexander of the Persian romances is much more colorful than his Western counterpart [.] Nizami celebrates him first as a king and conqueror, then as a sage and a prophet. In 'Iskandarnamah', in addition to being a zealous Moslem, Alexander becomes an ardent lover with numerous wives and concubines" (Southgate). - Paired with the "Saraf-nama", which tells the stories of Alexander's life and travels, the "Iqbal-nama" focuses on Alexander as the scholar-king, who can hold his own in debates with the greatest of Greek and Indian philosophers, follow extensive discussions of the creation of the universe, and set the standard for all kings and princes to follow. This allows Nizami, one of the greatest Persian poets in history, to stretch his talents: "Whereas the araf-nama clearly belongs to the tradition of Persian epic poetry [.] in the Eqbal-nama he shows his talents as a didactic poet, an anecdotist and a miniaturist" (Enc. Iranica). - This manuscript, beautifully illustrated, is a fantastic 16th century example of the "Iqbal-nama" (with later and quite fine Qajar illustrations); its colophon, though with the final digit of its date obscured, dates it to the 970s Hijri (1562-71 CE). Thus, a quite early and beautiful copy, uncommon on the market from this date. - Light exterior wear, occasional gentle soiling and minor paper repairs; final digit on date on colophon damaged. Quite well preserved, especially the miniatures. - With four Arabic ownership stamps on the opening leaves, one bearing the name Mohammad [Fatih?]. Later from the private collection of Monsieur P., Paris, and inherited. - Southgate, "Portraits of Alexander in Persian Alexander-Romances of the Islamic Era", Journal of the American Oriental Society 97 (1977), pp. 278-284. Encylopaedia Iranica VIII, 612-614.- $27,465
- $27,465
Les trophées
HEREDIA José Maria de - Alphonse Lemerre, Paris 1893, 12x18,5cm, relié. - Première édition dans le commerce et première édition in-12 parue la même année que l'édition originale. Reliure en demi basane noire à coins, dos lisse orné de doubles filets et de motifs floraux dorés, frise dorée en queue, plats de papier marbré, gardes et contreplats de papier à motifs floraux, tranches mouchetées rouges, coins légèrement émoussés. [ENGLISH DESCRIPTION ON DEMAND]- $190
- $190
Ah ! Jeunesse !.
COURTELINE Georges STEINLEN Théophile Alexandre - Flammarion, Paris s.d. (1894), 12x19cm, relié. - Edition originale, un des 10 exemplaires numérotés sur japon, seuls grands papiers. Reliure en plein maroquin jaune moutarde, dos très légèrement éclairci à quatre nerfs soulignés de filets noirs, contreplats de maroquin vert, gardes de soie moirée jaune, gardes suivantes de papier marbré, couvertures et dos conservés, ex-libris encollé sur un contreplat, toutes tranches dorées, élégante reliure de l'époque signée Cretté. Petites décharges de colle sur la page en regard de l'ex-libris. Couverture illustrée d'un dessin de Théophile Alexandre Steinlen. Agréable exemplaire parfaitement établi en maroquin doublé de Georges Cretté. [ENGLISH DESCRIPTION ON DEMAND]- $2,148
- $2,148
Military Academy at West Point on the Hudson
Glaser, Louis Hardcover. 24mo (5.5" 3.25"), red cloth, stamped in black and gold. Accordion strip, 19 lithographic plates. Three page catalog of Witteman Bros. souvenir albums pasted in at rear. CONDITION: Very good, first plate partially detached from inside of front cover. A souvenir album of views of the Military Academy at West Point on the Hudson, showing the parade ground, barracks, and other such scenes.- $125
- $125
Southwest Louisiana on the Line of the Southern Pacific Company
Knapp, S. A., et al. 8vo (9" x 6"), printed tan wrappers. 71, [2] pp., illus. Faded agent stamp on front wrapper. CONDITION: Very good, re-backed, chips to edges of wrappers neatly filled in, one minor stain on p. 37. An appealing pamphlet picturing and detailing Southwest Louisiana for the prospective settler and capitalist. The text offers a full description of Southwest Louisiana along the line of the Southern Pacific Railroad, where some 10,000 Northerners have located homes. Covered here is the production of sugar; fruit growing (several letters concerning fruit growing in the state are reproduced); truck farming; the climate and its "advantages," and the cultivation of rice on the prairies (including a list of rice planters in the area and the number of acres they own). Also detailed are Southwest Louisiana's grasses, machinery, "safe and profitable investments," Lake Charles College, feed for stock ("the problem of cheap feed for stock"), value and price of land, Southern homes, Joseph Jefferson's Orange Island (near New Iberia), the abundant plant Palmetto, cotton, timber, Lake Charles, minerals, topography, roads, water, and insects. A number of Louisiana regions are described, including Welsh, Jennings, Lake Arthur, Shell Beach, Acadia Parish, La Fayette, Vermillion Parish, and Jeanerette. The text concludes with a note on choice lands in Texas by a land commissioner in Houston. The illustrations show sugar cane fields, a pear orchard, an orange grove, residences and families, scenes of laborers harvesting, threshing, and shipping rice, a stock farm, a live oak tree, black workers in cotton fields, a tramway transporting lumber, and a rice flume. The map, entitled "Map of Southwestern Louisiana," shows the Southern Louisiana Railroad extending from New Orleans into Texas. Promoted on the verso of the front wrapper is the Southern Pacific Company's "Sunset Route."- $475
- $475
Theodore Roosevelt’s letters to His Children
ROOSEVELT, Theodore; BISHOP, Joseph Bucklin, editor 'With an Autograph Letter from one Big Game Hunter To Another' ROOSEVELT, Theodore. Theodore Roosevelt's letters to His Children. Edited by Joseph Bucklin Bishop. New York: Charles Scribners' Sons, 1919. First edition, first issue. Octavo (7 7/8 x 5 5/8 inches; 200 x 143 mm.). x, [1]-240 pp. With an illustrated four-page facsimile letter between pp. 104 & 105, and several line drawings in the text. Publisher's green cloth, covers bordered in blind, front cover and spine lettered in gilt. A near fine copy chemised in a green cloth slipcase, red leather label on spine lettered in gilt. Loosely inserted is a two page Als. with envelope from The Juja Farm, Nairobi, addressed to A. Radclyffe Dugmore dated 1909 "Sunday. Dear Mr. Dugmore, You are very kind to write me. I should prefer not to express any feeling or preference as to the photo of the dead buffalo; you are entirely within your rights to do as you choose. The other photos of course are simply like various photos you have already taken. I look forward eagerly to seeing your work; it must be really noteworthy. With all good wishes. Very sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt". It was during Theodore Roosevelt's hospitalization in late 1918, near the end of his life, that American newspaper editor Joseph Bucklin Bishop disclosed that he wanted to publish examples of letters Roosevelt had written to his children when they were young. Theodore Roosevelt's Letters to his Children, released in 1919, became a national best selling book and made Bishop economically self-sufficient for the remainder of his life. In his introduction, Bishop notes that Roosevelt never spoke down to his children in his letters. As they grew, he discussed more serious topics in his letters to them and helped guide them through school and career decisions, but they were first and foremost always his equals. Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (1858-1919), often referred to as Teddy or by his initials, T.R., was an American politician, statesman, conservationist, naturalist, and writer who served as the 26th president of the United States from 1901 to 1909. He previously held various positions in New York politics, rising up the ranks to serve as the state's 33rd governor for two years. He later served as the 25th vice president under President William McKinley for six months in 1901, assuming the presidency after McKinley's assassination. As President, Roosevelt emerged as a leader of the Republican Party and became a driving force for anti-trust and Progressive policies. Roosevelt was a passionate hunter. He loved the thrill of tracking and chasing game, the skill in marksmanship, the careful and deliberate recording of his observations about each hunt, the demanding - if smelly - preservation of specimens, and the pleasure of capturing in rich and vibrant language this ephemeral experience so that he could share it with the world. Arthur Vaux Venner Radclyffe Dugmore (1870-1955) was a Welsh-born American naturalist and wildlife photographer, painter, print-maker and author. He turned from "hunting to capturing his subjects on paper and canvas."- $4,500
- $4,500
Terry and the Pirates
CANIFF, Milton Inscribed by the Milton Caniff CANIFF, Milton. Terry and the Pirates. Adapted from the famous comic strip. New York: Random House, [1946]. First edition inscribed by the author. Small quarto ( 10 x 7 inches; 254 x 178 mm.).[vi], [1]-115, [1, blank]. With seventeen black & white illustrations in the text. Inscribed on the front free endpaper "For Richard Baker / Best Wishes / Milton Caniff / 7 January / 1947". Publisher's pictorial boards, pictorial dust jacket. A near fine copy. Milton Arthur Paul Caniff (1907-1988) was an American cartoonist known for the Terry and the Pirates and Steve Canyon comic strips.- $250
- $250
Judy and Liza
MINELLI, Liza; SPADA, James With a Signed Photograph of Liza Minnelli MINELLI, Liza. Judy and Liza by James Spader. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1983. First edition. Large quarto (11 x8 1/4 inches; 280 x 235 mm.). [iv], [1]-216 pp. Illustrated throughout with black & white photographs. Publisher's pictorial stiff wrappers. Near fine. With a signed photograph of Liza Minnelli affixed to inside front cover. Loosely inserted is an invitation from Liza Minelli to attend her party to celebrate Michael Feinstein's opening of the New Cafe Mondrian and four guest passes. Liza May Minnelli (1946-) is an American actress, singer, dancer, and choreographer. Known for her commanding stage presence and powerful alto singing voice, Minnelli is one of the very few performers awarded a non-competitive Emmy, Grammy (Grammy Legend Award), Oscar, and Tony. Minnelli is a Knight of the French Legion of Honour.- $250
- $250
Masters, The
[GOLF]. PALMER, Arnold Jack Nicklaus With Four Presentation Photographs - Two Signed by Arnold Palmer & Two Signed by Jack Nicklaus [GOLF]. PALMER, Arnold. NICKLAUS, Jack. BISHER, James Furman. The Masters. Augusta Revisited. An Intimate View by Furman Bisher. Birmingham [Alabama]: Oxmoor House, Inc., [1976]. First edition. Large quarto (11 x 9 1/2 inches; 280 x 241 mm.).[vi], 186 pp. Illustrated in color & black & white throughout. Publisher's green cloth over boards, front cover titled in blind, spine lettered in gilt, pictorial endpapers. A fine copy in a near fine pictorial dust jacket. Loosely inserted are four signed black & white photographs: two of Arnold Palmer (same photo), and two of Jack Nicklaus - each one inscribed to Paul [Sherlock]. Paul Sherlock V.P. Hospitality and Lodging at Arnold Palmer's Bay Hill Club & Lodge. Also a copy of Time Magazine January 10, 1949 featuring Ben Hogan (1912-1997). James Furman Bisher (1918-2012) was a newspaper sports writer and columnist for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution in Atlanta, He was the author of eleven books including, "Arnold Palmer - Birth of a Legend." In recognition of his 56th Masters Tournament coverage, and his 50 years with the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the newspaper published a special "Fifty Years of Furman" edition in 2000.- $1,250
- $1,250
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THE LONG NIGHT; [Inscribed association copy]
Lytle, Andrew First edition. His first novel, a Civil War tale. INSCRIBED on the title page, "To Jane and Walter/ again/ Andrew Lytle." Walter Sullivan (1924-2006) studied under Lytle at the Iowa Writer's Workshop before becoming an author, critic, longtime Vanderbilt University professor, authority on Southern literature, and -- along with Lytle -- one of the founding members of The Fellowship of Southern Writers. His wife, Jane Harrison Sullivan (1923-2022), taught English literature at Aquinas College. 8vo gilt-stamped green cloth boards; top edge pale yellow; 331 pages. Very good or better with spine a little shaken and few small spots of light soiling; in very good, supplied dust jacket with upper corners nicked, touch of rubbing, and few edge tears with light adjacent creasing. Relatively scarce in dust jacket and especially so inscribed.- $500
- $500
Cyclone Galop Composed by Blind Tom
Bethune, Thomas Greene, 1849-1908 [Blind Tom] [Thomas Greene Wiggins] 7p. 35 cm. Sheet music. Light soil and minor uneven browning. Unclear meaning or purpose of the small 5 printed within an eight pointed circle on front cover. One of his less common composition. The small sketch of Bethune occupying the center of the title-page on this piece of sheet music appears to have been drawn by A. Caloma. OCLC locates 2 copies (NYPL and U of Mich Lib.). The song is identified on the title-page as copyrighted by Elise Bethune, presumably Eliza Bethune, who after much litigation was awarded control of Tom in August, 1887. He remained with her for the rest of his life, last performing around 1904.- $1,250
- $1,250
Banjo: a Story Without a Plot
McKay, Claude, 1890-1940 326p. Original orange and blue ripple-striped paper-covered boards, backed in black cloth. 19 cm. Worn copy. Back strip darkened and lettering barely visible. A few holes in joint cloth. Ends of backstrip chipped and corners rubbed. Thin white mark running diagonally across back cover. Former owner's name (Yvette E. LeRoy) on front free endpaper. Internally sound and clean. No Jacket. Fiction about Banjo, an African American, in Marseilles (France).- $100
- $100
The Science of Double Entry Book-keeping, Simplified, Arranged, and Methodized .
Colt, J[ohn] C[aldwell] 24x17 cm. Disbound, no boards present. Free endpapers frayed at edges and worn. Light water stain throughout. 188 pp. Styled as the 6th edition, the first edition appears to have been published in 1837. There is no evidence of there having been five earlier editions. Contents include instructions for setting up business account books and journals along with other forms and records. American Imprints 41-1214, OCLC 8290535 (2 loc.).- $225
- $225
THE NURSERYMAN’S SPECIMEN BOOK OF AMERICAN FRUITS, FLOWERS, Ornamental Trees, Shrubs, Roses, & c
Oblong octavo (8-1/2" x 5-1/2") in black leather with a color plate of an apple pasted on the front cover. Illustrated with 71 chromolithographs, printed on rectos only with many finished by hand, of mostly fruit including apples, pears, plums, various berries, grapes, etc. Plates bright and clean with occasional smudge. Slight looseness of covers. Near Fine with lovely plates- $2,188
- $2,188