CATCH-22
by HELLER, JOSEPH
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1961. FIRST EDITION, First Printing. 220 x 150 mm. (8 5/8 x 5 3/4"). 443 pp. Publisher's blue cloth, white lettering on smooth spine. In the original illustrated dust jacket. Housed in a modern red morocco-backed clamshell box. Title page SIGNED BY HELLER in ink. A pristine volume in a bright, pleasing dust jacket. (The jacket with one-inch tear to fold at front joint neatly repaired on verso, one other quite small closed... Read More
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POEMS, BY FELICIA DOROTHEA BROWNE
by HEMANS, FELICIA DOROTHEA BROWNE
Liverpool and London: Printed by G. F. Harris for T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1808. FIRST EDITION. 285 x 226 mm. (11 1/4 x 9"). xxvii, [1], 111, [1] (blank) pp. Complete with half-title. PUBLISHER'S ORIGINAL BLUE BOARDS, flat spine with original printed paper label, EDGES UNTRIMMED. Large wood-engraved vignette by G. Cuitt on title page, 10 headpiece ornaments and one tailpiece. Front pastedown with armorial bookplate of William Garnett. A Large Paper Copy. Minor soiling and chafing... Read More
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THE POEMS AND FABLES OF ROBERT HENRYSON, NOW FIRST COLLECTED
by HENRYSON, ROBERT
Edinburgh: William Paterson, 1865. First Printing of this Edition. 203 x 127 mm. (8 x 5"). lx, 331 pp.Edited, with a biography of the author, by David Laing. Pleasant recent retrospective plum-colored quarter morocco, marbled sides, raised bands, brown morocco label. With one black and white facsimile. Title page with pencilled note, "From the Library of J. B. Thayer." ◆Text with isolated trivial imperfections only, otherwise A FINE COPY, especially fresh, clean, and bright internally, and in a... Read More
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THE FAMILY HERBAL
by (HERBALS, ENGLISH). HILL, SIR JOHN
Bungay: C. Brightly and Co. and T. Kinnersley, 1812. Sixth Edition. 215 x 133 mm. (8 1/2 x 5 1/4"). viii, xl, 376 pp. Sympathetic light speckled half calf over marbled paper boards, raised bands, red and black morocco labels. With 54 hand-colored plates, including frontispiece, illustrating plants discussed in the text. A couple of ink corrections in a contemporary hand. Johnston 760. Variable foxing, with perhaps a fourth of the text noticeably foxed, but the plates almost... Read More
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LA VIE TRES HORRIFICQUE DU GRAND GARGANTUA PERE DE PANTAGRUEL
by (HERMANN-PAUL, RENÉ GEORGES, Illustrator). RABELAIS, FRANÇOIS
Paris: Léon Pichon, 1921. Edition Nouvelle. No. 353 OF 967 COPIES. 283 x 222 mm. (11 1/8 x 8 3/4"). 180, [1] pp. (colophon). Publisher's brown paper wrappers, uncut edges (spine and fore edges very neatly reinforced with Japanese rice paper). In a (slightly scuffed) marbled paper slipcase. With 105 woodcut head- and tailpieces, woodcut initials, and printer's device by Hermann-Paul. Half title page and title page printed in red and black as are the initials, chapter headings... Read More
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ALLO / TROPES. AN ALCHEMY THRU A GLASS DARKLY -- WITH LINES EXPROPRIATED FROM TENNYSON & WORDSWORTH
by (HERMETIC PRESS). GALLO, PHILIP
[Saint Paul]: The Hermetic Press, 2019. COPY "G" OF 26 LETTERED COPIES on 125 gsm Stardream paper (and five copies on 110 gsm Plike paper). 245 x 143 mm. (9 3/4 x 5 5/8"). [20] leaves. Original card covers wrapped in a shiny orange chemise, upper wrapper with title printed in dark orange. Printed in color throughout. ◆In mint condition. An alchemy of typography, color, words, and design, this is an impeccably printed work that plays on... Read More
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![A SAMMELBAND OF FIVE THEOLOGICAL WORKS: VIGILIUS VON THAPSUS. OPUS UT VETUSTUM. [and] RUPERT VON DEUTZ. IN XII. PROPHETAS MINORES. [and] PHILIPPUS PRESBYTER. IN HISTORIAM IOB COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI TRES. [and] SEDULIUS SCOTUS. IN OMNES EPISTOLAS PAULI COLLECTANEUM. [and] JACQUES LEFÈVRE D'ÉTAPLES. COMMENTARII IN EPISTOLAS CATHOLICAS](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/383/208/1729208383.0.l.jpg)
A SAMMELBAND OF FIVE THEOLOGICAL WORKS: VIGILIUS VON THAPSUS. OPUS UT VETUSTUM. [and] RUPERT VON DEUTZ. IN XII. PROPHETAS MINORES. [and] PHILIPPUS PRESBYTER. IN HISTORIAM IOB COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI TRES. [and] SEDULIUS SCOTUS. IN OMNES EPISTOLAS PAULI COLLECTANEUM. [and] JACQUES LEFÈVRE D'ÉTAPLES. COMMENTARII IN EPISTOLAS CATHOLICAS
by (HESS, JOHAN, His Copy). (BINDINGS - 16TH CENTURY ARMORIAL). (REFORMATION)
Tübingen, Cologne, or Basel, 1527-28. 315 x 205 mm. (12 1/2 x 8 1/4"). 6 p.l., XXII, leaves; CCXLII leaves; 12 p.l., 211 pp.; [14], 110, [1] leaves; 10 p.l., 3-77 leaves, [1] leaf. EXCELLENT CONTEMPORARY HALF PIGSKIN over wooden boards, UPPER COVER WITH "VIGILIUS" at top and the year "AN[NO] [MD]XXVIII" at the bottom, AND WITH JOHAN HESS' SUPRALIBROS composed of his family coat of arms surrounded by the text "ARMA HESSICA ANNO 1525," this flanked by... Read More
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HISTOIRE DU CONCILE DE CONSTANCE, TIRÉE PRINCIPALEMENT D'AUTEURS QUI ONT ASSISTE AU CONCILE
by (HISTORICAL PORTRAITS, COUNCIL OF CONSTANCE). LENFANT, JACQUES
Amsterdam: Pierre Humbert, 1714. FIRST EDITION. 290 x 220 mm. (11 1/2 x 8 3/4"). Two volumes.. Excellent contemporary calf, raised bands, spine lavishly gilt in compartments with unusual architectural centerpiece, intricate scrolling cornerpieces with lancet accents, two red morocco labels, marbled endpapers. Title pages with engraved vignette of the council, dedication page with engraved royal arms of Frederick William of Prussia, decorative engraved initials, and 19 ENGRAVED PORTRAITS BY BERNARD PICART. A Large Paper Copy. Front pastedowns... Read More
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![HISTORY OF GREAT BRITAIN FROM THE REVOLUTION TO THE ACCESSION OF THE HOUSE OF HANOVER. [bound uniformly with] MEMOIRS OF THE KINGS OF GREAT BRITAIN OF THE HOUSE OF BRUNSWICK-LUNENBURG. [bound uniformly with] MEMOIRS OF THE REIGN OF GEORGE III TO THE SESSION OF PARLIAMENT ENDING A.D. 1793](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/600/855/1543855600.0.l.jpg)
HISTORY OF GREAT BRITAIN FROM THE REVOLUTION TO THE ACCESSION OF THE HOUSE OF HANOVER. [bound uniformly with] MEMOIRS OF THE KINGS OF GREAT BRITAIN OF THE HOUSE OF BRUNSWICK-LUNENBURG. [bound uniformly with] MEMOIRS OF THE REIGN OF GEORGE III TO THE SESSION OF PARLIAMENT ENDING A.D. 1793
by (HISTORY, GREAT BRITAIN - FINELY BOUND SETS). BELSHAM, W[ILLIAM]
London: G. G. and J. Robinson, 1798, 1796, 1796. FIRST EDITION of the first work; Second Edition of the second work; Third Edition of the third work. 216 x 130 mm. (8 1/2 x 5 1/8"). 10 volumes (First work: two volumes; second work: two volumes; third work: six volumes).. ATTRACTIVE CONTEMPORARY TREE CALF, smooth spines divided into panels by gilt rules, one red and one black morocco label. Front pastedown stamped in ink "Ashley Combe"; front free... Read More
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THE RISE OF THE DUTCH REPUBLIC, A HISTORY
by (HISTORY - EUROPEAN). MOTLEY, JOHN LOTHROP
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1870. 235 x 152 mm. (9 1/4 x 6"). Three volumes.. VERY PRETTY DECORATIVE CONTEMPORARY HALF CALF, raised bands, spines handsomely gilt in double-ruled compartments with bands of tangent concentric circles at top and bottom, delicate inner frame with curling and dotted borders and looping cornerpieces, the whole enclosing a central wheel design formed by fleurs-de-lys, marbled boards, edges, and endpapers. With frontispiece portraits. ◆Boards a little chafed, small area of discoloration at... Read More
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HISTORY OF THE UNITED NETHERLANDS: FROM THE DEATH OF WILLIAM THE SILENT TO THE TWELVE YEARS' TRUCE
by (HISTORY - EUROPEAN). MOTLEY, JOHN LOTHROP
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1874. 238 x 152 mm. (9 3/8 x 6"). Four volumes.. VERY PRETTY DECORATIVE CONTEMPORARY HALF CALF, raised bands, spines handsomely gilt in double-ruled compartments with scrolling cornerpieces and intricate central lozenge, one red and one green morocco label on each spine, marbled boards, edges, and endpapers. With frontispiece portraits and one folding map. ◆Very small area of slight discoloration at head of one spine, a vague hint of chafing to paper sides,... Read More
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HISTOIRE DES REVOLUTIONS D'ANGLETERRE DEPUIS LE COMMENCEMENT DE LA MONARCHIE
by (HISTORY - ENGLISH). ORLÉANS, PÈRE [PIERRE JOSEPH] DE
Paris: Chez Claude Barbin, 1693-94. FIRST EDITION. 248 x 191 mm. (9 3/4 x 7 1/2"). Three volumes.. SPLENDID AND UNUSUAL EARLY 19TH CENTURY MARBLED CALF, SUMPTUOUSLY GILT, WITH RED MOROCCO SPINES, covers with gilt borders of two decorative rules and an elegant undulating floral vine, flat straight-grain morocco spines very handsomely gilt in compartments with pointillé ground and central circlet from which radiate four lilies and four leaves on twining stems, turn-ins gilt with plain and decorative... Read More
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THE WORKS OF WILLIAM HOGARTH, IN A SERIES OF ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY STEEL ENGRAVINGS
by HOGARTH, WILLIAM, Illustrator. TRUSLER, JOHN, REV
London & New York: The London Printing and Publishing Company, [ca. 1860]. 283 x 217 mm. (11 x 8 1/2"). Two volumes.. FINE PUBLISHER'S PEBBLE-GRAIN DARK BROWN MOROCCO, ELABORATELY GILT, covers with a thick gilt-tooled medallion encircling an image of Hogarth sitting in a chair and holding a palette and brushes, at the bottom of the medallion a gothic capital with a bust, books, and palette, each corner with a lacy floral garland in the shape of an... Read More
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FLORA HOMOEOPATHICA; OR, ILLUSTRATIONS AND DESCRIPTIONS OF THE MEDICINAL PLANTS USED AS HOMOEOPATHIC REMEDIES
by (HOMEOPATHY). HAMILTON, EDWARD
London: H. Baillière, 1852-53. FIRST EDITION. 263 x 165 mm. (10 3/8 x 6 1/2"). Two volumes.. Publisher's olive green cloth, covers decorated in gilt and blind, spine attractively gilt, the volumes very expertly recased, with new appropriate endpapers. WITH 66 VERY ATTRACTIVE HAND-COLORED PLATES lithographed by H. Sowerby. Harvard Arnold Arboretium, p. 314; Nissen BBI 778. ◆Spines faded to brown, a few minor signs of use, but the bindings solid and definitely appealing. Occasional minor foxing, one... Read More
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ILIAS AMBROSIANA
by HOMER
Bern, Switzerland: In aedibus Urs Graf, 1953. No. 66 OF 800 COPIES. 365 x 275 mm. (14 1/2 x 10 3/4"). LVII, [3] pp., followed by plates. Publisher's stiff vellum with gilt illustration on front cover. In original plain dust jacket and (somewhat soiled and worn) blue backram slipcase with printed paper label on spine. With 58 color photographic reproductions of the illustrations from the Ambrosiana Library manuscript of the Iliad, printed on glossy paper and tipped onto... Read More
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![[Title in Greek]: ILIAS](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/849/647/1695647849.0.l.jpg)
[Title in Greek]: ILIAS
by (BREMER PRESSE). HOMER
Munich: Bremer Press, 1923. No. LVIII of 615 COPIES. 351 x 356 mm. (13 3/4 x 8 7/8"). [243] leaves.Edited by Dr. Eduard Schwartz. ELEGANT CONTEMPORARY RED CRUSHED MOROCCO, blind meander roll at head and foot of covers and spine, raised bands, gilt Greek lettering, leather hinges, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed. In a linen clamshell box lined with silk and backed with matching red morocco. Grolier Club, "A Century for the Century," 12; Ransom, p. 256;... Read More
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THE WORKS
by (SHAKESPEARE HEAD PRESS). HOMER
Oxford: Shakespeare Head Press, 1930-31. No. 302 OF 450 COPIES on paper (and 10 on vellum). 292 x 203 mm. (11 1/2 x 8"). Five volumes. Translated by George Chapman. Publisher's original burnt-orange half morocco over cream-colored buckram, edges untrimmed. In a later paper-covered slipcase. With 52 wood engravings by John Farleigh, comprised of two frontispieces, woodcut-framed title pages to volumes I and V, and 48 full-page cuts. With ink ownership inscription of Daisy Patterson Hall on limitations... Read More
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OEUVRES COMPLÈTES
by (BINDINGS - THOUVENIN). HORACE
Paris: [Printed by Jules Didot l'aine for] Chez Dalibon, 1823. 210 x 132 mm. (8 1/4 x 5 1/4"). Three volumes.. VERY ELEGANT CONTEMPORARY VIOLET CALF BY THOUVENIN (stamp-signed in gilt on backstrip of volume I), covers each with two single gilt rules enclosing a blind-stamped panel composed of swirls and floral motifs on a stippled ground, with smooth medallion at center within an ornate frame, raised bands ruled in gilt, compartments with rectangular gilt tool or gilt... Read More
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THE ODES OF HORACE
by HORACE. MARTIN, THEODORE, Translator
London: Parker, Son, and Bourn, 1861. Second Edition. 195 x 117 mm. (7 1/2 x 4 1/2"). xxxiii, [3], 368 pp. Very pleasing deep green cross-grain morocco by Hayday (stamp-signed on the front free endpaper), raised bands, spine with gilt lettering, covers double ruled with floral cornerpieces, gilt-tooled turn-ins, all edges gilt. Attractive historiated headpieces and tailpieces throughout, with floriated capitals beginning each poem. Ink ownership inscription of Frederick George Banbury, dated Easter 1863. Corners negligibly bumped and... Read More
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FOUR NEW PLAYS, VIZ: THE SURPRISAL, THE COMMITTEE, COMEDIES. THE INDIAN-QUEEN, THE VESTAL-VIRGIN, TRAGEDIES. AS THEY WERE ACTED BY HIS MAJESTIES SERVANTS AT THE THEATRE-ROYAL. . . . IMPRIMATUR, MARCH 7. 1664/5. ROGER L'ESTRANGE
by HOWARD, SIR ROBERT
London: Printed for Henry Herringman, and are to be sold at his shop at the Blew-Anchor in the Lower Walk of the New-Exchange, 1665. FIRST EDITION. 282 x 176 mm. (11 x 7"). 6 p.l., 242, [2] pp. Contemporary sheep, covers double ruled in blind, nicely rebacked and recornered, raised bands, gilt lettering, newer endpapers. Each play beginning with an attractive woodcut headpiece; play title pages with a woodcut device. Front pastedown with engraved armorial bookplate of Sir... Read More
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WODWO
by HUGHES, TED
New York and Evanston: Harper & Row, 1967. First American Edition. 211 x 137 mm. (8 1/4 x 5 1/2"). 184 pp., [1] leaf. Publisher's blue quarter cloth over brown paper boards, with original (price-clipped) dust jacket. Sagar A12 a.2. Laura Webb, "Wodwo," The Ted Hughes Society, 2021. A very fine copy in a very nearly fine jacket. Named for the wild man in the Arthurian romance "Gawain and the Green Knight," Ted Hughes' fourth collection of... Read More
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JÉZUS SZÈNTSEGES SZIVE. IMA - ÉS ÉNEKKONYV A ROM. KATH MAGYAR NÉP SZAMARA
by (BINDINGS - CELLULOID). (PRAYER BOOK IN HUNGARIAN)
Eger, Hungary: n.p., 1900. 178 x 114 mm. (7 x 4 1/2"). 584 pp. Early 20th century celluloid resembling carved ivory, with two cameos on the upper cover, cutouts revealing red velvet underneath, gold and silver accents and edges lined with gold, three dangling gold chains with small medallions, smooth spine, gold clasp, all edges gilt. Engraved frontispiece portrait with decorated border printed in blue ink, 14 engraved illustrations within the text representing the Stations of the Cross.... Read More
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ALTENBURGISCHES GESANGBUCH NEBST GENETEN
by (BINDINGS - VELVET AND EMBOSSED PAPER). (HYMNAL)
Altenburg: In der Herzoglich Sachs. Hofbuchdruderei, 1846. 182 x 114 mm. (7 1/4 x 4 1/2"). iv, 423, [1], 56, 84 pp. ESPECIALLY PRETTY CONTEMPORARY DARK BROWN VELVET, COVERS WITH GILT FRAME OF EMBOSSED PAPER, featuring lyre cornerpieces, upper cover with colored embossed-paper grapevine twining around a gilt post, the letters "A. S. / A. E. M." above the centerpiece, the date 1848 below it, lower cover with painted embossed-paper centerpiece of strawberries, flat spine divided into panels... Read More
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HEDDA GABLER: A DRAMA IN FOUR ACTS
by IBSEN, HENRIK
New York: John W. Lovell & Co, 1891. FIRST AMERICAN PRINTING. No. 49 OF 100 COPIES of the Large Paper Edition. 210 x 165 mm. (8 1/4 x 6 1/2"). xv, 236 pp.Translated from the Norwegian by Edmund Gosse. Contemporary chocolate brown three-quarter morocco over marbled boards, raised bands, spine gilt in compartments with lily-of-the-valley sprig at center, volute cornerpieces, gilt titling, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed. With frontispiece photogravure portrait of Ibsen, and two photo-mezzo-type pictures... Read More
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SETTLING A BOUNDARY DISPUTE BETWEEN THE MONASTERY ATTACHED TO THE LATERAN PALACE AND THE PRIORY OF SANTI QUATTRO CORONATI
by (PAPAL BULL ON VELLUM). POPE INNOCENT III
[Rome], 2 December 1210. 206 x 293 mm. (8 1/8 x 11 1/2"). 12 lines in a papal documentary script. Attractively framed. Lead bulla suspended on silk threads. Very light rubbing to ink in places, one horizontal and three vertical creases (each with a tiny hole where the folds meet), lead seal showing a bit of wear around edges and to protuberances of the faces, but these faults all quite minor, and on the whole an excellent specimen.... Read More
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