THE ROOTS OF THE MOUNTAINS
by (BINDINGS - MORRIS-DESIGNED LINEN). MORRIS, WILLIAM
London: [Printed by C. Whittingham at the Chiswick Press for] Reeves and Turner, 1890. FIRST EDITION. ONE OF 250 COPIES. 206 x 168 mm. (8 1/8 x 6 1/2"). 4 p.l., 424 pp. Bound (as usual) in Morris-designed floral-patterned linen, untrimmed edges. A Large Paper Copy. See: MacCarthy, "William Morris: A Life for Our Time," p. 608. Lower board just slightly warped, but the binding nevertheless extremely well preserved and retaining its unfaded colors. Rear hinge with multiple... Read More
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AN ESSAY UPON MIRACLES. IN TWO DISCOURSES
by (BINDINGS - ROBERT STEEL). FLEETWOOD, WILLIAM
London: Printed for Charles Harper, 1701. FIRST EDITION. 203 x 146 mm. (8 x 5 3/4"). 8 p.l., 277, [3] pp. FINE CONTEMPORARY CRIMSON MOROCCO, GILT, BY ROBERT STEEL, covers with French fillet border, central floral frame with triangular filigree sidepieces and oblique fleuron cornerpieces, raised bands, spine heavily gilt in compartments adorned with curls and small tools, black morocco label, gilt-rolled turn-ins, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. A Large Paper Copy. ESTC T83611. Front joint a bit... Read More
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A TREATISE ON RUPTURES, CONTAINING AN ANATOMICAL DESCRIPTION OF EACH SPECIES, WITH AN ACCOUNT OF ITS SYMPTOMS, PROGRESS, AND TREATMENT
by (BINDINGS - PUBLISHER'S BOARDS). (MEDICINE - HERNIAS). LAWRENCE, WILLIAM
London: Printed for Callow and Wilson, 1824. Fourth Edition. 235 x 145 mm. (9 1/4 x 5 3/4"). xvii, [1], 568 pp. Publisher's gray paper boards, flat spine with printed paper label, leaves untrimmed. WITH TWO ENGRAVED PLATES, one folding. Early ink ownership inscription of Jas. McKee on title page. Wellcome III, p. 462; Garrison-Morton 3587 (5th Edition); Heirs of Hippocrates 822 (Second Edition). Spine and boards a bit darkened, covers with a hint of soiling, occasional light foxing, a... Read More
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AGENDA ECCLESIAE MOGUNTINENSIS . . . PER REVERENDISSIMUM IN CHRISTO PATREM . . . DOMINUM WOLFGANGUM, ARCHIEPISCOPUM MOGUNTIUM
by (BINDINGS - BLIND-STAMPED PIGSKIN). [DALBERG, WOLFGANG VON]
Moguntiae [Mainz]: Balthasaar Lippius, 1599. 266 x 185 mm. (10 1/2 x 7 1/4"). 16 p.l., 323, [1] pp. CONTEMPORARY BLIND-STAMPED PIGSKIN over bevelled wooden boards, UPPER COVER WITH THE ARMS OF WOLFGANG VON DALBERG, ARCHBISHOP-ELECTOR OF MAINZ stamped in black at center, the world "AGENDA" stamped above it and the date 1599 below, the arms enclosed by blind-rule and decorative roll (lattice-work, medallion portraits) frames, lower cover similarly framed, with three vertical bands at center (lattice-work flanked... Read More
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MEDIAEVAL ART, FROM THE PEACE OF THE CHURCH TO THE EVE OF THE RENAISSANCE 312-1350
by (BINDINGS - CLUB BINDERY). LETHABY, W. R.
London: Duckworth and Co, 1904. FIRST EDITION. 195 x 133 mm. (7 3/4 x 5 1/2"). xviii, 315 pp. ELEGANT CRIMSON CRUSHED MOROCCO, GILT, BY THE CLUB BINDERY (stamp-signed on front turn-in), covers with mitered fillet border enclosing a central panel ruled into nine compartments, the four corner sections tooled with an elaborate fleuron design, raised bands, spine with mitered frame enclosing five vertical parallel fillets rising through five panels, the panels at head and foot with volute... Read More
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THE PILGRIM ON THE EARTH
by (BLACKAMORE PRESS / COULOUMA PRESS). GREEN, JULIAN
Argenteuil: Printed at the Coulouma Press under the artistic supervision of J. E. Pouterman for the Blackamore Press, London, 1929. First Edition in English. No. 245 OF 375 COPIES for sale, 25 of these on Japanese vellum, and 35 hors commerce. 187 x 254 mm. (7 3/8 x 10"). 120 pp, [2] leaves.Translated from the French by C. Bruerton. Original blue buckram backed with vellum, smooth spine. With the dust jacket and slipcase. With 12 wood engravings in... Read More
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WILLIAM BLAKE: CREATIVE WILL AND THE POETIC IMAGE
by (BLAKE, WILLIAM). LINDSAY, JACK
London: [Printed at the Burleigh Press, Bristol, for] Fanfrolico Press, 1927. FIRST EDITION. 203 x 133 mm. (8 x 5 1/4"). 4 p.l. (including a blank), 55, [1] pp. Original green paper boards and burgundy cloth spine with gilt lettering. With an etching by Lindsay at the front. ◆Light staining on front pastedown (vestiges of bookplate?), otherwise very fine. A substantial analysis divided into six parts, this, as the book indicates, "is not a critical essay on... Read More
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![TEXTUS SEQUENTIARUM COM EXPOSITIONE LUCIDA AC FACILI. [and its supplement] SEQUENTIE NOVITER ADDITE. [with] EXPOSITIO HIMNORUM](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/692/412/1537412692.0.l.jpg)
TEXTUS SEQUENTIARUM COM EXPOSITIONE LUCIDA AC FACILI. [and its supplement] SEQUENTIE NOVITER ADDITE. [with] EXPOSITIO HIMNORUM
by (POST-INCUNABLE). (BINDINGS - 16TH CENTURY BLIND-TOOLED)
Basel: Michael Furter, 1504. 220 x 138 mm. (8 x 5 1/2"). CXXII, [10], LXX, [1] leaves. EXCELLENT CONTEMPORARY BLIND-TOOLED CALF, covers panelled in blind, title stamped in gothic letters at head of upper cover, central panel with vertical row of three large rosettes (EBDB tool s013635), this enclosed by a frame with eight carnation stamps (EBDB tool s013643), then by a roll-tooled frame filled with circles containing flowers, fruit, and stars (EBDB tool r000675; Kyriss 84, Roll... Read More
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DE RE POETICA: OR, REMARKS UPON POETRY. WITH CHARACTERS AND CENSURES OF THE MOST CONSIDERABLE POETS, WHETHER ANCIENT OR MODERN
by BLOUNT, SIR THOMAS POPE
London: Printed by Ric. Everingham, for R. Bently, 1694. FIRST EDITION. 203 x 159 mm. (8 x 6 1/4"). 6 p.l., 129, [3] pp.; 248 pp. Two parts in one volume.. Really excellent contemporary dark sprinkled calf, raised bands, spine gilt in compartments with central fleuron and filigree cornerpieces, gilt titling (portions of the joints apparently repaired with great skill). Front pastedown with engraved armorial bookplate of "Rolle" (see below). Lowndes I, 221; Wing B-3347. Short crack at... Read More
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![THE TRAGEDIES, GATHERED BY JHON BOCHAS, OF ALL SUCH PRINCES AS FELL FROM THEYR ESTATES THROUGHE THE MUTABILITY OF FORTUNE SINCE THE CREATION OF ADAM, UNTIL HIS TIME. ["FALL OF PRINCES"]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/636/372/1534372636.0.l.jpg)
THE TRAGEDIES, GATHERED BY JHON BOCHAS, OF ALL SUCH PRINCES AS FELL FROM THEYR ESTATES THROUGHE THE MUTABILITY OF FORTUNE SINCE THE CREATION OF ADAM, UNTIL HIS TIME. ["FALL OF PRINCES"]
by [BOCCACCIO, GIOVANNI]. LYDGATE, JOHN
London: Iohn Wayland, at the signe of the Sunne oueragainst the Conduite in Flete-strete. Cum priuilegio per septennium, [1554 or 1555]. Third or Fourth Edition of the First English Translation of "De Casibus Illustrium Virorum.. 340 x 220 mm. (13 1/4 x 8 3/4"). 9 p.l., clxiii, xxxvi, xxxv-xxxvii, [1] leaves (complete, including "A Memorial of such Princes" leaf, often lacking, at the end; collates as ESTC). Translated from the French version of Laurent de Premierfait by John Lydgate.... Read More
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![POESIE. [with] ELOGIO. [and] LA BUCCOLICA DI VIRGILIO. [and] LE GEORGICHE DI VIRGILIO](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/960/662/1744662960.0.l.jpg)
POESIE. [with] ELOGIO. [and] LA BUCCOLICA DI VIRGILIO. [and] LE GEORGICHE DI VIRGILIO
by (BODONI IMPRINT). MANARA, PROSPERO VALERIANO, MARCHESE
Parma: Giambattista Bodoni, 1801. 165 x 113 mm. (6 1/2 x 4 1/2"). 3 p.l., 100 pp., [1] leaf (blank); 8 p.l., 132 pp., [1] leaf (blank); 1 p.l., VIII, [2], 86 pp., [1] leaf (blank); 2 p.l. (first blank), VII, [1], 135, [1] pp. Four parts bound in one volume. Virgil's "Bucolics" and "Georgics" translated into Italian verse by Prospero Manara. Handsome contemporary scarlet straight-grain morocco, gilt in the style of Bozerian, covers framed by annular dots,... Read More
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THE WORKS
by BOLINGBROKE, HENRY ST. JOHN, LORD VISCOUNT
London: David Mallet, 1777. 308 x 238 mm. (12 x 9 1/4"). Five volumes.. IMPRESSIVE CONTEMPORARY TREE CALF, covers with gilt-rule border, raised bands, spines elegantly gilt in compartments with floral sprays at center and in corners, one red and one green morocco label, gilt-rolled turn-ins, marbled endpapers. With frontispiece portrait. Front pastedowns with engraved armorial bookplate of Merthyr Guest. ESTC T139449; Day, "History of English Literature 1660-1837," pp. 116-17. Three abrasions (one the size and shape of... Read More
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LE TABLEAU DE LA CROIX
by (ENGRAVED BOOKS - 17TH CENTURY). (BINDINGS - CAPÉ). (PRAYER BOOK)
Paris: Chez F. Mazot, 1651. 172 x 118 mm. (6 3/4 x 4 3/4"). [3], 34 leaves, 35-39, [1] pp., [2] leaves. LOVELY CRIMSON CRUSHED MOROCCO, GILT AND ONLAID, BY CAPÉ (stamp-signed on front turn-in), covers with onlaid green morocco cornerpieces and central quatrefoil, all filled and surrounded by delicate pointillé tooling in floral and paisley designs, raised bands, spine compartments tooled in pointillé, gilt lettering, richly gilt turn-ins, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In a felt-lined, morocco-lipped... Read More
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HOWE'S PRIMER; OR, THE CHILD'S FIRST BOOK
by (CHILDREN'S BOOKS)
Derby, England: William Bemrose and Co, ca. 1830. FIRST EDITION. 140 x 88 mm. (5 1/2 x 3 3/8"). 34 pp. (inclusive of frontispiece leaf pasted down to front wrapper). ORIGINAL BLUE PRINTED WRAPPERS. With printer's device on title and upper wrapper and 22 woodcut illustrations (including "The Vain Goose" on the lower wrapper). Rear pastedown with book label of "AHA" (Albert A. Howard). Osborne Collection, p. 124. ◆Upper wrapper with a hint of soiling and a faint... Read More
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THE GORHAM GOLF BOOK
by (GOLF - EARLY MANUALS). (MINIATURE BOOKS)
New York: The Gorham Manufacturing Co, 1903. FIRST EDITION. ONE OF 500 COPIES. 102 x 64 mm. (4 x 2 1/2"). 4 p.l., [9]-148 pp. CHARMING PUBLISHER'S LIMP SUEDE, illustrated covers with a rotund golfer on front and a long-suffering caddy at rear, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed. In a later(?) glassine wrapper. Housed in a very sturdy custom-made buckram folding box with inlaid marbled spine label. Color floral and foliate headpieces, tailpieces, and title page, and... Read More
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A SMALL COLLECTION OF DESIRABLE MINIATURE BOOKS, OFFERED AS A GROUP
by (MINIATURE BOOKS)
1) FOUR EARLY 20TH CENTURY DIARIES. DE LA RUE'S CONDENSED DIARY AND ENGAGEMENT BOOK (FINGER SHAPE) FOR 1902, 1906, 1909, AND 1914. (London: De La Rue & Co., 1902-14) 77 x 24 mm. (3 x 1"). [34] leaves. Four separately issued annual volumes. Diaries with soft leather covers decorated in gilt (1902 in brown morocco, 1906 and 1906 in burgundy, 1914 in scarlet), 1902 diary IN A SILVER FILIGREE SLIPCASE, the others in matching morocco cases. 1902 diary... Read More
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AMORIS DIVINI ET HUMANI EFFECTUS VARII, SACRÆ SCRIPTURAE SANCTORUMQUE, PP. SENTENTIIS AC GALLICIS ILLUSTRATI
by (VELLUM PRINTING). (EMBLEM BOOKS)
Antwerp: M. Snyders, 1626. FIRST EDITION. 135 x 82 mm. (5 1/4 x 3 1/4"). 39 [of 40] leaves (lacking C4). Two volumes (one as issued, the other a companion volume containing related plates, without any title page).. Very pretty late 18th or early 19th century red morocco, covers bordered by delicate cresting roll with leaf cornerpieces, smooth spine gilt in compartments with leafy centerpieces, gilt lettering, turn-in with gilt floral roll, pale blue watered silk endleaves, all... Read More
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THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON
by BOSWELL, JAMES
Westminster: Archibald Constable and Co, 1896. 178 x 114 mm. (7 x 4 1/2"). Bound with the half titles. Six volumes. Edited by Augustine Birrell. Simple but pleasing contemporary tan crushed morocco over vertically ribbed green buckram, spines flat with gilt lettering, olive green chalky endpapers, top edges gilt, other edges rough trimmed. With engraved frontispiece in each volume. ◆A touch of rubbing to the joints and extremities, spines just very slightly sunned, but an extremely appealing little... Read More
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FLORA PEDEMONTANA SIVE ENUMERATIO METHODICA STIRPIUM INDIGENARUM PEDEMONTII
by (BOTANY). ALLIONI, CARLO. PEYROLERI, FRANCESCO AND PIETRO, Illustrators. (BINDINGS - ANNIE BOIGE)
Turin: Michael Briolus, 1785. FIRST EDITION. 410 x 270 mm. (16 1/8 x 10 5/8"). Volume II with pp. 3-4 bound before pp. 1-2, but complete. Three volumes.. INVENTIVE AND ELEGANT BROWN CRUSHED MOROCCO BY ANNIE BOIGE (stamp-signed "A. Boige" on front pastedown and dated 1996 on rear pastedown), upper covers cleverly encrusted with botanical specimens (leaves or branches), smooth spines with silver titling, leather hinges, watermarked light gray endpapers. Housed together in the original suede-lined brown cloth... Read More
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AMPHITHEATRIDION. HOC EST, PARVUM AMPHITHEATRUM, CUI PAVCA MUNDI THETRA COMPARARE VIX ULLUM ANTEPONERE AMPHITHEATRUM POSSIS. IN QUATUOR PARTES DIVISUM
by BOTERO, GIOVANNI
Coloniae Agrippinae [Cologne]: Apud Lambertum Andreae, 1597. FIRST EDITION. 208 x 160 mm. (8 1/4 x 6 1/4"). 26 p.l., 147, [1] (blank) pp. Once splendid--and still appealing--18th century calf, elaborately gilt, covers framed by wide palmette roll and narrow flower-and-bead roll, central panel outlined in black paint, large central lozenge composed of myriad small floral tools, leaves, and lancets, this enclosed by a frame of garlands, ornate fleurons at corners, raised bands, spine compartments with decorative fleuron... Read More
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![SOME CONSIDERATIONS TOUCHING THE USEFULNESSE OF EXPERIMENTAL NATURALL PHILOSOPHY. [bound with] CERTAIN PHYSIOLOGICAL ESSAYS](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/483/457/881457483.0.l.jpg)
SOME CONSIDERATIONS TOUCHING THE USEFULNESSE OF EXPERIMENTAL NATURALL PHILOSOPHY. [bound with] CERTAIN PHYSIOLOGICAL ESSAYS
by BOYLE, ROBERT
Oxford: Printed by Hen. Hall, 1663; London: Printed for Henry Herringman, 1661. FIRST EDITIONS of both works. 195 x 160 mm. (7 3/4 x 6 1/4"). [20], 127, [9], 48, 57-417, [19]; [4], 36, [2], 37-105, [13], 107-249, [1] (blank) pp. (with several mis-paginations but complete). Two works in one volume.. Contemporary speckled calf, raised bands, spine with lettering that was once gilt (but now rubbed away). Verso of title and recto of H2 with small ink stamp... Read More
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CINQ SAPATES
by BRAQUE, GEORGES, Illustrator. (BINDINGS - BRINDEAU). PONGE, FRANCIS
Paris: [Maeght], 1950. No. 82 OF 101 COPIES. 408 x 280 mm. (16 x 11"). 50 pp., [2] leaves. INGENIOUS DOVE GRAY CALF BY FRANÇOIS BRINDEAU (stamp-signed on front doublure), covers with geometric onlays that are variations of the number 5 ("cinq"), some highlighted with white-tooled parallel lines, author's name and title lettered in blue on upper cover, artist's name and date on lower, smooth spine, gray calf doublures, gray suede free endleaves, edges untrimmed. Original printed gray... Read More
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TEXT FROM JULY AND AUGUST
by A MEDIEVAL ILLUMINATED VELLUM CALENDAR LEAF FROM THE LLANGATTOCK BREVIARY
Italy [Ferrara], 1441-48. 205 x 200 mm. (8 x 7 7/8"). 35 lines in a very fine rounded gothic hand. Text in dark brown and red, capitals touched with yellow, two four-line "KL" initials in blue, pink, and green on burnished gold ground with leafy marginal extensions, the initials on the recto crowned with an exuberant spray of green, blue, and gold acanthus, hairline tendrils, pink flowers, and gilt bezants and leaves, the verso initials with a long... Read More
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BLACK IRISH BLUES
by (BROODING HERON PRESS). MCLAUGHLIN, JOE-ANNE
Waldron Island, Washington: Brooding Heron Press, 2000. COPY B OF 26 LETTERED COPIES on Rives Lightweight paper (and 274 on Mohawk Superfine). 242 x 160 mm. (9 1/2 x 6 1/4"). [17] leaves. Publisher's blue and black cloth, front cover titled in black, spine with a paper label. Illustrations on frontispiece and colophon by Julie Loyd. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the title; signed by the printer, binder, and illustrator on the limitation page. With a publication notice... Read More
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1914 AND OTHER POEMS
by BROOKE, RUPERT
London: Sidgwick & Jackson, Ltd, 1915. FIRST EDITION. One of 1,000 copies. 192 x 130 mm. (7 3/4 x 5 1/4"). 63, [1] pp. Publisher's black cloth, paper label on smooth spine. With frontispiece portrait of the poet. Front pastedown with ink owner's inscription of S. J. A. Evans, 1915. ◆Spine a little faded, paper label a bit rubbed and with a chipped corner, a couple of corners gently bumped, minor browning to endleaves (from pastedown glue), occasional... Read More
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