Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour
by Surtees, Robert Smith
London: Bradbury and Evans, 1853. First Edition. Half Calf. Good. John Leech. First Edition in book form. 8vo. 22 by 14 cm. [10], 408 pp. Marbled edges, marble paper pastedown on boards, and marble endpapers. Decorative bookplate on FEP. Rebacked, with original spine preserved and re-mounted. That spine has fairly elaborate gilt decoration, the gilt now faded. The calf on the spine has also darkened. The calf on the boards is rubbed and discolored in a number of... Read More
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[Novels of Surtees] (SIx Volumes); Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour, Hawbuck Grange, Handley Cross, Ask Mamma, Plain or Ringlets? and Mr. Romford's Hounds
by Surtees, Robert Smith. Illustrations by John Leech, Phiz, H. K. Browne
London: Bradbury, Agnew, & Co. Half Morocco. Cloth boards. Fine. Six volume set of Surtees bound in green half morocco by Bayntun Riviere. N.d., circa 1890. 8vo. 22 by 14.5 cm.
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Robert Smith Surtees 1803-1864; Creator of "Jorrocks
by Surtees, Robert Smith and E. D. Cuming
Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1925. Fourth Impression. Very Good/Very Good. Light soiling to the cloth binding. Age toning to the leaves. Creases to the dust jacket, along with a few chips and soiling. Now protected by Mylar.
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Histoire de l'Ancienne Infanterie Francaise. Atlas de 151 Planches
by Susane, Louis. Philipoteaux, illustrator
Paris: Librairie Militaire de J. Correard, 1856. First Edition. Quarter Morocco, Marbled Boards. Near Fine. 8vo. 24 by 16 cm. 151 plates, all black and white. Altas volume only. Generally clean and tight. The half-title and title leaf have some darkening and soiling.
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[Ephemera] Card with Painting of Straw Hat and Garden Pail, with Small Beads Used for Flowers
by S.W.
France. String. Very Good. Sweet floral cover vignette for small oblong notebook. N.d., circa early 20th century. We don't know the identity of the artist other than the initials, "SW". However, the watercolor of a garden pail and hat could not be more pleasing, and the tiny beads used to make a bouquet lend a novelty three dimensionality to the picture. Within is a single folded leaf, or four pages, upon the third of which is printed, "... Read More
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![[Illuminated Manuscript] The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, the Astonomer Poet of Persia](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/372/306/1692306372.0.l.jpg)
[Illuminated Manuscript] The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, the Astonomer Poet of Persia
by Swinton, Emily. Omar Khayyam. Using the English translation by Edward Fitzgerald
1922. Full Limp Red Calf. Slipcase -- marbled paper pastedown on all sides other than opening. Chemise or inner folder -- thick glossy card stock, all sides, other than that has red calf, with title label. Emily Swinton. Magnificent illuminated manuscript version of the Rubaiyat, or some verses from the Rubaiyat. The illuminated borders are singular -- their design is unlike that we are familiar with, and not even vaguely similar to anything we have ever seen produced by... Read More
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The Memoirs of Ruth Anne Fairchild Espoir 1958
by Switzer, Larry Jay
New York: Parlor Press Book, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Leatherette. Velvet dust jacket. Fine/Fine. Ruth Anne Fairchild. No. 9 of 50 copies. A wonderful and peculiar "Artist's Book", self-published, or so it would appear, by an author, artist, graphic designer who playfully suffuses his work with misdirection. Indeed, misdirection is at the heart of the work, for although "Memoirs" form part of the title, this isn't a true memoir for Ruth Anne Fairchild, since Ruth Anne Fairchild is... Read More
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Mountaineering, With One Hundred & Thirty Illustrations (The Lonsdale Library, Volume XVIII)
by Sydney Spencer, editor
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippiincott Company. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾. N.d., circa 1930s. 383 pp. and 102 full page plates in black and white. Interesting history of early mountaineering, followed by many aspects, practical and of general interest, about the sport. Some soilage on cloth spine. Light fox marks on foreedge. Very tight copy, and generally clean. VG overall.
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The Early Days of the Nineteenth Century in England 1800-1820 (2 volumes in one)
by Sydney, William Connor
London: George Redway, 1898. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. viii, 263, viii, 243 pp. Social and cultural history of Regency England. Clean and tight copy. Minor wear of contemporary green cloth. Overall very good or better.
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Folk Songs of Bohemia
by Illustrated by Marie Fischerova-Kvechova. Translated from Czech by Raf. D. Szalatnay
Prague and New York: Printed by Koppe-Bellmann. Published by Czechoslovak Art and Craft, 1925. Paper Pastedown on Boards. Good Minus. 24 pp., with ten songs, each accompanied by a color woodblock plate that is done in a naive, folk art style and depicts picturesque scenes of Bohemian country life. The songs are presented with two to four lines of musical notation, the lyrics in English, and similar color decoration to the plates ornaments the music pages. An absolutely... Read More
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Le Juif Qui Rit; Deuxieme Serie
by Szyk, Arthur. Arrangees par Curnonsky & J. W. Bienstock
Paris: Albin Michel Editeur, 1927. Full Morocco. Fine. 8vo, 222 pp. Original wraps bound in full morocco binding. Humorous anecdotes and one liners illustrated with Szyk line drawings, from the time when Szyk was residing in Paris. A beautiful binding, with just one minor abrasion on front. Pages are age toned, and edges of leaves are somewhat roughly cut.
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The Ten Commandments
by Szyk, Arthur, illustrator. Book design by Franklin Whitman. Commentary by Reverend Clarence Edward Macartney
Philadelphia and Toronto: The John C. Winston Company, 1947. First Edition. Cloth. Slipcase with same cloth. Fine.. 4to. 25.5 by 19.5 cm. Unpaginated, 14 folded sheets of glossy paper, not counting prelim and final blank leaves. Leaves folded Japanese-style. Szyk illustrations are half-title, title, first leaf quoting bible as to origin of 10 commandments, then an illustration on every recto. Facing versos have commentary. Following tenth commandment, two pages of further commentary, and final page with content is... Read More
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Box of Eighty Place Cards, with four different sets, each set with a small reproduction of a Hiroshiga woodblock scene on one side, the other side, blank for a name to be written
by Takemura, H. [Hideo]
Yokohama: H. Takemura & Co. [Hideo Takemura], 1930. Decorative Box. Each group of cards held together by paper band. Fine. Hiroshiga. Stunning group of place cards that transcend the genre -- these place cards are exquisite miniature woodblocks based on Hiroshiga's immortal artwork. N.d., probably from the 1930s when this printer and publisher, Hideo Takemura, was active and such place cards would have had an enthusiastic pool of buyers among Western tourists. H. Takemura was known for his... Read More
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Box of Ninety Place Cards, with four different complete sets of twenty, each set with a small reproduction of a Hiroshiga woodblock scene on one side, the other side, blank for a name to be written, plus a bonus of ten additional cards of that represent an intermediate state of the woodblock printing process for four designs all different than the designs of the complete sets
by Takemura, H. [Hideo]
Yokohama: H. Takemura & Co. [Hideo Takemura], 1930. Decorative Box. Each group of cards held together by paper band. Fine. Hiroshiga. Stunning group of place cards that transcend the genre -- these place cards are exquisite miniature woodblocks based on Hiroshiga's immortal artwork. Plus there is the added interest of the extra ten cards (two of two designs, three, of the other two designs) that obviously aren't quite yet the finished version of their artwork, yet are lovely... Read More
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My Lady's Casket of Jewels and Flowers for Her Adorning; With Selections
by Talbot, Eleanor W., illustrated
Boston (also New York): Lee and Shepard (also Charles T. Dillingham), 1885. First Edition. Decorated Cloth. Very Good. Oblong, 24.5 by 17 cm, 9.75 by 7.75 inches. Unpaginated, with sixteen chromolithographic plates, two with movable doors revealing things behind, and each of the plates accompanied by two text leaves, one carrying an apercu of verse from a famous poet and the other with a beauty hint or an allusion to some aspect of a woman's toilette. The book... Read More
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Japanese Lacquer Photo Album with Watercolor Vignettes on Borders, with Original Box
by Tamamura, K.
Lacquer, Calf Boards, Fabric covering box. Very Good Minus. N.d., circa late nineteenth century. 25 by 20 cm. With 24 hand-tinted and/or colored photographs, all embedded in very thick card leaves, which have gilt edges. The margin of each photo is embellished with traditional Japanese watercolors of flowers, trees, birds, including ducks, pheasants, cranes, fish, waves. The watercolors tend to be diagonally arranged, with the artwork predominantly occupying two kiddy corners. In some of the watercolors, the colors... Read More
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Design & Figure Carving. 1298 Illustrations
by Tangerman, E. J.
New York: Dover Publications, 1964. Wraps. Very Good. Reprint. 8vo.
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Penrod
by Tarkington, Booth
Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1914. First Edition. Cloth. Good. Grant, Gordon. 8vo. First edition, second state, with "sence" instead of "sense" on page 19 but page viii unnumbered. Light soilage and shelfwear to cloth binding. Picture on front board rubbed some but still clear. Very slight looseness to front hinge. Pages generally clean. Small tear by hinge edge of frontis.
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The Man from Home
by Tarkington, Booth and Wilson, Harry Leon
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1908. First Edition. Decorated Cloth. Very Good. 8vo. Soilage to barods but pictorial cover of young man and Neopolitan backdrop still vivid. Binding tight, pages clean, photo plates the same. VG.
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La Gierusalemme Liberata di Torquarto Tasso
by Tasso, Torquarto; Annotations of Scipio Gentili and Giulio Guastavini
Genoa: Girolamo Bartoli, 1590. 1st Edition thus. Hardcover. Very Good. Castello, Bernardo; Agostino Caracci; Giacomo Franco. 8vo. First illustrated version of "Gerusalemme Liberata". 255, 69, 40, [8] pp. With 20 plates of illustrations and illustrated title page, along with decorative tail and header elements framing each canto. Quarto, 9.5 by 7 inches or 24 by 17 cm. Brunet V 665. Gamba 948. Govi 137. (Govi, I Classici Che Hanno Fatto L'Italia, giorgio Regnani Editore, Modena 2010.) Agostino Caracci,... Read More
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Il Goffredo, overo Gierusalemme Liberata, Poema Heroico; Con l'Allegoria universale dell'istesso, Et con gli Argomenti a ciascun Canto del Sig. Horatio Ariosti, Aggiuntevi in questa ultima Impressione l'Annotationi di Scipio Gentili, et le Figure a ciascun Canto
by Tasso, Torquato
Venetia: Presso Gio. Battista Ciotti, 1598. Full Calf. Very Good. 768 pp. A near miniature book, 12mo, measuring 11 by 6 cm or 4.5 by 2.25 inches. Small postage stamp-sized woodcuts as header of each canto. Also decorative letter figures starting off each canto. Tight and notwithstanding some toning to leaves, text clear and crisp. Side margins tight, but this is how pages were cut. Later brown calf (probably 19th century) has some scuffs and rubbing but still... Read More
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La Gerusalemme Liberata
by Tasso, Torquato
Firenze: G. Barbera, 1881. Vellum. Near Fine. 32mo, measuring 4 inches tall, or 10 cm. 659, [4] pp. Frontis portrait. Vellum clean. Slight starting at top of front joint, but inconspicuous and stable. Pages are age toned yet clean. Tiniest chip to red title label.
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La Gerusalemme Liberata
by Tasso, Torquato
Firenze: G. Barbera, 1881. Vellum. Near Fine. 32mo, measuring 4 inches tall, or 10 cm. 659, [4] pp. Frontis portrait. Vellum clean. Small orange stain on upper spine. Pages are age toned yet clean.
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The Fourth Book of Mary Susan
by A. Taylour-Smith
London. Wraps. Very Good. Scarce clothing store promotion in the guise of an original children's story, with color plate illustrations. No copies found on OCLC or elsewhere, of this book or the implied earlier books. N.d., 1920s. 8vo. 21.5 by 13.5 cm. 16 pp.
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Rural Scenes, or A Peep into the Country; For Children
by Taylor, Ann and Jane
Cooperstown: H. & E. Phinney, 1834. Wraps. Good. 16mo. 13.5 by 9 cm. 31 pp. Many woodcut illustrations, one for each poem. Foxing throughout.
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