A BOY'S WILL
by FROST, ROBERT
London: David Nutt, 1913. FIRST EDITION, Second Issue. With the blank preceding the first leaf of text, and "Printed in Great Britain" rubber-stamped on verso of title. 183 x 120 mm. (7 1/4 x 4 3/4"). ix, [1] pp., [1] leaf (blank), 50 pp., [1] leaf. Publisher's cream vellum-paper printed wrappers (variant binding D), housed in a modern green morocco-backed marbled paper clamshell box. SPECIALLY SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR on title: "For Franklin Bennett/ from/ Robert... Read More
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IN THE CLEARING
by FROST, ROBERT
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1962. FIRST EDITION. No. 850 of 1,500 copies. 248 x 157 mm. (9 3/4 x 6 1/4"). 1 p.l., 101, [1] pp., [1] leaf. Publisher's tan buckram, spine printed in black and gilt. In the original black paper slipcase (in excellent condition). SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the limitation page. Front pastedown with ex-libris of the Rev. John Annas Jr. with gift inscription from John III. Crane A41. An extremely fine copy.... Read More
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![LIBER DE PLENITUDINE. [with] POLYBIUS. DE SALUBRI VICTUS RATIONE PRIVATORUM](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/730/326/1682326730.0.l.jpg)
LIBER DE PLENITUDINE. [with] POLYBIUS. DE SALUBRI VICTUS RATIONE PRIVATORUM
by GALENUS, CLAUDIUS
[Paris]: [Simon du Bois] apud Chrestien Wechel, 1528. First Separate Edition of "Plenitudine.. 265 x 185 mm. (10 1/2 x 7 1/2"). 25, 3 pp. (printed on 14 leaves). Old (contemporary?) limp vellum, all edges dyed. Historiated woodcut initial beginning each section. Faint ink underlining throughout. Durling 1917; Wellcome I 2600; USTC 145959. Upper cover splayed, vellum a bit rumpled and soiled, but the unsophisticated binding solid and harmless; several very neat repairs internally (including to title page),... Read More
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THE DOCTRINE OF CHANCES, OR THE THEORY OF GAMING, MADE EASY TO EVERY PERSON ACQUAINTED WITH COMMON ARITHMETIC, SO AS TO ENABLE THEM TO CALCULATE THE PROBABILITIES OF EVENTS IN LOTTERIES, CARDS, HORSE RACING, DICE, &C. WITH TABLES ON CHANCE, NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED, FROM WHICH MERE INSPECTION WILL SOLVE A GREAT VARIETY OF QUESTIONS
by (GAMBLING). ROUSE, WILLIAM
London: Printed by Gye & Balne, Gracechurch Street, for the Author, Published by Lackington, Allen & Co, [1814]. FIRST EDITION. 222 x 137 mm. (8 3/4 x 5 1/4"). lvi, [57]-350, [1] leaf (errata). Excellent retrospective half calf over marbled boards, raised bands, spine panels with leafy gilt centerpiece, red morocco label. Engraved title page with vignette of gentlemen playing cards, throwing dice, and watching a horse race. With two folding tables (one divided into two charts) mounted... Read More
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THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF GARDENING
by (GARDEN DESIGN). [DEZALLIER D'ARGENVILLE, ANTOINE JOSEPH.]
London: Bernard Linton, 1728. Second Edition in English. "With very large Additions, and a new Treatise of Flowers and Orange-Trees.. 255 x 195 mm. (10 1/8 x 7 3/4). viii, 297 (i.e., 299), [17] pp.Translated by John James. Contemporary calf boards (capably rebacked in a lighter calf), raised bands, dark brown morocco label with gilt lettering. With tailpieces, a number of illustrations, and 38 folding plates of garden plans. Front pastedown with armorial bookplate of Whyte Melville of... Read More
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VOYAGE AUTOUR DE MON JARDIN
by (GARDENS, ILLUSTRATED WORKS ON). KARR, ALPHONSE
Paris: L. Curmer & V. Lecou, 1851. First Illustrated Edition. 280 x 185 mm. (11 x 7 1/4"). [iv], 416 pp. EXTREMELY ATTRACTIVE CONTEMPORARY CAT'S-PAW CALF, covers with triple gilt fillet borders and floral cornerpieces, raised bands, spine gilt in compartments with floral centerpiece and fleuron cornerpieces, tan morocco label, gilt turn-ins, all edges gilt. With numerous in-text black & white illustrations, seven of which are full-page, and eight botanical color plates, including frontispiece, all with light pink... Read More
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THE ABRIDGEMENT OF THE GARDENERS DICTIONARY
by (GARDENING). MILLER, PHILIP
London: Printed for the Author; And Sold by John and Francis Rivington [et al], 1771. Sixth Edition. 270 x 200 mm. (10 1/2 x 8"). [464] leaves. Early half calf over marbled boards, skillfully rebacked in the 19th century with sheep, raised bands, spine with blind-tooled flowers, gilt lettering, hinges neatly reinforced. With 13 total illustrations, including the engraved frontispiece and 12 folding plates depicting plants and agricultural structures. Spine with faint remnants of labels in top and... Read More
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THE BRITISH GARDENER'S NEW DIRECTOR
by (GARDENING). JUSTICE, SIR JAMES
Dublin: John Exshaw, 1765. Fourth Edition (First Irish Edition). 250 x 125 mm. (8 x 5"). 8 p.l., xxvi, 443, [1] pp., 6 leaves (index). Plain contemporary calf, spine with raised bands, head and tail of spine (and some edges and corners) skillfully restored. Four copperplate diagrams inserted into the text, three folding; additionally with two attractive woodcut headpieces and one tailpiece, all with scrolling foliate motifs. Front pastedown with handwritten bookplate of L. A. Skinner, 4 The... Read More
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ECONOMY OF THE KITCHEN-GARDEN, THE ORCHARD, AND THE VINERY, WITH PLAIN PRACTICAL DIRECTIONS, FOR THEIR MANAGEMENT
by (GARDENING - 19TH CENTURY AMERICAN). WILSON, WILLIAM
New-York: Anderson, Davis and Co, 1828. FIRST EDITION. 182 x 112 mm. (7 1/8 x 4 1/2"). xii, [13]-206 pp. Publisher's gray boards, backed with black roan, flat spine divided into panels by double gilt rules, gilt lettering. With an engraved plate depicting the recommended pruning and training of a grape vine. Front flyleaf with pencilled signature of Addie Gratacap and blue crayon signature of John Fields. Occasional neatly pencilled underlinings or marginalia in a 19th century hand.... Read More
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VOYAGES
by (GEHENNA PRESS). CRANE, HART. BASKIN, LEONARD, Illustrator
New York: [Gehenna Press for the] Museum of Modern Art, 1957. No. 735 of 975 numbered copies (and 25 lettered copies). 255 x 290 mm. (10 x 11 1/2"). [12] leaves (including one blank). Original blue stitched paper wrappers, printed paper label on cover. Housed in the original matching folding paper portfolio with printed label on cover and spine. With six wood engravings and one woodcut (three on tissue and one on handmade green paper), one of these... Read More
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CONRAD'S MANIFESTO: PREFACE TO A CAREER. THE HISTORY OF THE PREFACE TO THE "NIGGER OF THE 'NARCISSUS,'
by (GEHENNA PRESS). CONRAD, JOSEPH
Philadelphia: Printed for the Rosenbach Foundation by the Gehenna Press, 1966. FIRST EDITION. ONE OF 1,000 COPIES (of a total edition of 1,100). 305 x 241 mm. (12 x 9 1/2"). 81 pp. (including 15 photographic facsimiles).Facsimiles of the manuscripts for "Narcissus" edited and with an essay by David R. Smith. Distinctive marbled paper boards, enclosed in the original textured heavy inner folder and matching slipcase, paper labels on volume and case. Frontispiece portrait by Leonard Baskin. Printed... Read More
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![DAS GANZE NEUE TESTAMENT. [with] PSALMEN DAVIDS. [with] DIE KLEINE BIBEL: ODER: DER PSALTER DAVIDS](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/373/960/1689960373.0.l.jpg)
DAS GANZE NEUE TESTAMENT. [with] PSALMEN DAVIDS. [with] DIE KLEINE BIBEL: ODER: DER PSALTER DAVIDS
by (BINDINGS - VERMEIL). BIBLE IN GEMAN
Zurich: David Gessner, 1740, 1738, 1738. 162 x 90 mm. (6 3/8 x 3 1/2"). 270 pp.; 192, [16] pp.; 64 pp. LOVELY PIERCED VERMEIL SILVER BINDING over dark brown sharkskin, the metalwork with intricately twining strapwork accented with acanthus leaves, a basket of flowers, and two eagles, elongated vermeil head and tail caps over spine, two fore-edge clasps, gilt patterned paper pastedowns, all edges gilt. Housed in a fine modern brown morocco felt-lined clamshell box. First two... Read More
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BIBLIA, DAS IST: DIE GANTZE HEILIGE SCHRIFT, ALTES UND NEUES TESTAMENTS VERTEUTSCHT VON HERRN DOCTOR MARTIN LUTHER
by (BINDINGS). BIBLE IN GERMAN
Nuremberg: J. A. Endter, 1720. 433 x 278mm. (17 x 11"). 68 p.l. (first blank), 1-664, [1]-904 pp., [8] leaves. ONCE SPECTACULAR AND STILL REMARKABLY IMPRESSIVE CONTEMPORARY GERMAN CALF, ELABORATELY GILT WITH A PAINTED BROWN STRAPWORK DESIGN OVER REVERSE BEVELLED WOODEN BOARDS, two cartouches on each cover with four- or five-line quotations from the Bible, initials "J A B" and "D B" and the date "1726" on upper cover, the strapwork forming geometric compartments filled with gilt foliate... Read More
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DAS GANZE NEUE TESTAMENT. DER PSALTER DAVIDS. DIE CL PSALMEN DAVID
by (BINDINGS - PEASANT). BIBLE IN GERMAN
Zurich: David Gessner, 1768. 169 x 94 mm. (6 1/2 x 3 3/4"). 272, 64, 214 (of 215) pp. CONTEMPORARY PAINTED AND BLIND-TOOLED VELLUM, DECORATED IN AN ELABORATE AND QUAINT STYLE, covers with black and red starburst at center in a lobed red and green frame stamped with stars and tulips, yellow cornerpieces stamped with a floral design, smooth spine painted red and tooled in blind with flowers, Dutch gilded endpapers, all edges gilt. ◆Covers faintly soiled, extremities... Read More
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![DAS GANZE NEUE TESTAMENT. [bound with] DIE CL. PSALMEN DAVIDS. DURCH D. AMB. LOBWASSER IN TEUTSCHE REIMEN GEBRACHT. [and] GEISTREICHES FEST- UND NACHTMAHL BÜCHLEIN. [and] DIE KLEINE BIBEL: ODER: DER PSALTER DAVIDS](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/744/298/1667298744.0.l.jpg)
DAS GANZE NEUE TESTAMENT. [bound with] DIE CL. PSALMEN DAVIDS. DURCH D. AMB. LOBWASSER IN TEUTSCHE REIMEN GEBRACHT. [and] GEISTREICHES FEST- UND NACHTMAHL BÜCHLEIN. [and] DIE KLEINE BIBEL: ODER: DER PSALTER DAVIDS
by (BINDINGS - STEEL). BIBLE IN GERMAN
Zürich: David Geßner, 1738. 162 x 88 mm. (6 3/8 x 3 1/2"). 272 pp.; 192 pp.; [8] leaves; 64 pp. BEAUTIFUL ENGRAVED STEEL FILIGREE OVER BLACK VELVET, each cover with swirling foliage studded with 37 pointed bosses and four oblique lozenge bosses at corners, smooth spine in a similar design with nine studs (binding with a total of 83 sharp studs), two fore-edge clasps (one broken off). Housed in a brown buckram chamois-lined chemise and matching slipcase.... Read More
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![BIBLIA DAS IST: DIE GANTZE HEILIGE SCHRIFFT. DEUDSCH. D. MARTIN LUTHER. [THE GERMAN BIBLE IN LUTHER'S TRANSLATION]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/698/903/1437903698.0.l.jpg)
BIBLIA DAS IST: DIE GANTZE HEILIGE SCHRIFFT. DEUDSCH. D. MARTIN LUTHER. [THE GERMAN BIBLE IN LUTHER'S TRANSLATION]
by (BREMER PRESSE). BIBLE IN GERMAN
Munich: Bremer Presse, 1926-28. ONE OF 365 COPIES. 360 x 250 mm. (14 1/4 x 10"). Five volumes. Edited by Carl von Kraus. VERY FINE TAN MOROCCO BY WERNER G. KIEßIG (stamp-signed with his "K" mark at foot of lower cover), upper covers lettered in blind, lower cover with small round book stamp of former owner Martin Wandersleb, smooth spines divided into panels by blind rules, blind-stamped titling, marbled endpapers, leather hinges, top edges black, other edges untrimmed.... Read More
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A PICTURESQUE TOUR ALONG THE RHINE
by GERNING, BARON JOHANN ISAAC VON
London: R. Ackermann, 1820. First Edition in English, First Issue. ONE OF 50 LARGE PAPER COPIES. 422 x 324 mm. (16 5/8 x 12 3/4"). sheets 407 x 318 mm. (16 x 12 1/2"). xiv, [ii], 178 pp.Translated from the German by John Black. Excellent contemporary red half morocco over marbled boards by Charles Hering (stamp-signed on verso of front free endpaper), newly rebacked and recornered to style by Courtland Benson, wide raised bands and panels attractively gilt... Read More
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THE ENGRAVINGS OF ERIC GILL
by (GILL, ERIC)
Wellingborough: Christopher Skelton, 1983. No. 4 OF 85 SPECIAL COPIES printed on archival rag paper (and 1,350 copies of the ordinary edition.). 349 x 267 mm. (13 3/4 x 10 1/2"). Two volumes plus portfolio.. Publisher's deluxe biscuit-colored morocco over reddish-brown linen, flat spines with gilt titling. In the original slipcase. Profusely illustrated with more than 1,000 reproductions of Gill's works; THIS SPECIAL COPY ACCOMPANIED BY A PORTFOLIO OF EIGHT ENGRAVINGS PRINTED DIRECTLY FROM THE ORIGINAL WOODBLOCKS. Front... Read More
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THE CANTERBURY TALES
by GILL, ERIC, Illustrator. (GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS). CHAUCER, GEOFFREY
Waltham St. Lawrence: Golden Cockerel Press, 1929-31. No. 344 OF 485 COPIES on paper (and 15 on vellum). 318 x 197 mm. (12 1/2 x 7 3/4"). Four volumes.. Original Niger morocco-backed patterned paper boards by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, raised bands, gilt titling, top edges gilt, others untrimmed. The four volumes housed in two burnt orange morocco-backed cloth clamshell boxes with gilt lettering on the backs. Red and blue initials, ONE FULL-PAGE AND EIGHT HALF-PAGE WOOD ENGRAVINGS, AND... Read More
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L'AMI DE LA NATURE
by GIRARD, JOSEPH FRANÇOIS HENRI DE
Paris: [Printed by Didot l'aîné for] Chez Buisson, 1787. Second Edition. 159 x 92 mm. (6 1/4 x 3 5/8"). 106, [4] pp. Extremely pretty contemporary dark green morocco, gilt, covers with plain double-rule and garland border as well as oblique inward-facing fleurons at corners, flat spine divided into compartments by pentaglyph and metope roll, classical urn centerpieces, red morocco label, gilt turn-ins, endpapers printed with rows of gilt stars and dots, all edges gilt. Front pastedown with... Read More
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SELECT VIEWS OF GLASGOW AND ITS ENVIRONS
by (GLASGOW - VIEWS). LEIGHTON, JOHN M.
Glasgow: Published by Joseph Swan, 1828. FIRST EDITION. 276 x 216 mm. (10 7/8 x 8 1/2"). 4 p.l., xvi, [1] (fly title), 91, [1] pp. Handsome 19th century polished calf, covers with elaborate floral roll frame in gilt and blind, raised bands decorated with four gilt rules terminating in an arabesque at either end, gilt compartments formed by thick, thin, and dotted rules, tan morocco title label, turn-ins tooled in blind, all edges gilt. WITH 33 ENGRAVED... Read More
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WILLIAM GODWIN: HIS FRIENDS AND CONTEMPORARIES
by (GODWIN, WILLIAM). PAUL, C. KEGAN
London: Henry S. King & Co, 1876. FIRST EDITION. 202 x 140 mm. (8 x 5 5/8"). Two volumes.. Attractive half calf over marbled boards, raised bands, spines gilt in compartments with floral sprig centerpiece, two maroon morocco labels, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt. With frontispiece portraits of Godwin (vol. I) and Mary Wollstonecraft (vol. II), two facsimiles of letters, and two wood-engraved vignettes. Front pastedowns with engraved pictorial bookplate of Louis V. Ledoux, signed "Charlotte A. Morton... Read More
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THE WELLINGTON SOUVENIR -- A GOLDEN RECORD!
by (GOLD PRINTING). WELLESLEY, ARTHUR, DUKE OF WELLINGTON
London: Simpkin & Marshall, 1852. FIRST EDITION. 153 x 102 mm. (6 x 4"). 64 pp. Publisher's deluxe red pebble-grain morocco, gilt, covers with graceful Romantic-style frame, central panel of upper cover with gilt lettering, that of lower cover with gilt ornament, spine blind-stamped to resemble raised bands, panels with gilt ornament, gilt turn-ins, pale yellow endpapers, all edges gilt. With title page vignette, frontispiece portrait of Wellington, and three full-page engravings of battles. Printed entirely in gilt... Read More
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A HISTORY OF ENGLAND, IN A SERIES OF LETTERS FROM A NOBLEMAN TO HIS SON
by GOLDSMITH, OLIVER
Basil [Basel]: James Decker, 1800. First Swiss Edition. 210 x 127 mm. (8 1/2 x 5"). Two volumes.. Modern half calf over marbled paper boards by D&D Galleries (signed on the front pastedown), the spines with raised bands and gilt lettering on black morocco labels, edges sprinkled, new endpapers. Scott 119. Minor intermittent foxing, other trivial defects, but a pleasing copy with clean text in an attractive, unworn binding. This is an attractive copy of the first... Read More
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DELINEATIONS OF ST. ANDREWS; BEING A PARTICULAR ACCOUNT OF EVERY THING REMARKABLE IN THE HISTORY AND PRESENT STATE OF THE CITY
by (GOLF). GRIERSON, JAMES
Edinburgh: Printed for Peter Hill, et al., 1807. FIRST EDITION. 197 x 114 mm. (7 3/4 x 4 1/2"). 2 p.l., [v]-viii, 244 pp. PUBLISHER'S ORIGINAL BLUE BOARDS, paper label on spine, edges untrimmed. In a felt-lined, morocco-backed folding box. Four engraved plates (three views and a city plan). Front free endpaper inscribed, "Edin. 27th April 1807 / Agnes Cockburn / in memory / of the author." Donovan & Murdoch 270. Boards a little soiled, front joint cracked... Read More
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