Livre Des Mille Nuits
by ARABIAN NIGHTS
Paris: Henri Piazza, 1926. ARABIAN NIGHTS; CARRÉ, Léon|MOHAMMED, Racim|MARDRUS, J.C.|KIEFFER, René. CARRÉ, Léon, [illustrator]. KIEFFER, René, [Binder]. MARDRUS, J.C., [translator]. MOHAMMED, Racim. Le Livre Des Mille Nuits . Et Une Nuit. Paris: Henri Piazza, [1926]. Limited to 2,500 copies, of which this is number 2,365 printed on "velin chiffon." Complete in 12 quarto volumes. (Measures 11 11/12 x 9 in., 300 x 230 cm.). Illustrated in color with 144 full-page miniatures by Leon Carré and 85 ornamental decorations... Read More
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Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night [Benares Edition]
by ARABIAN NIGHTS
Benares: Printed by the Kamashastra Society for Private Subscribers Only, 1885. ARABIAN NIGHTS; BURTON, Sir Richard Francis|LETCHFORD, Albert. A Finely Bound and Extra-Illustrated Set of The Benares Edition of Burton's Arabian Nights [ARABIAN NIGHTS]. BURTON, Sir Richard Francis, [translator]. A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Night's Entertainments, Now Entitled The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night. With Introduction Explanatory Notes on the Manners and Customs of Moslem Men and a Terminal Essay Upon... Read More
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True Prophecies or Prognostications of Michael Nostradamus
by NOSTRADAMUS
London: Thomas Radcliffe and Nathaniel Thompson, 1672. First English edition of Nostradamus' famous prognostications. Small folio in fours (11 3/4 x 7 1/2 inches; 299 x 191 mm). [36], 522, [2, blank] pp. With scarce engraved frontispiece portrait by Dolle, often not present. Decorated woodcut initials and headpieces. Title page printed in red and black. Contemporary mottled calf, neatly rebacked, retaining original red morocco lettering label. Board edges tooled in gilt. Marbled edges. With two previous owner's bookplates... Read More
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Works of Monsieur Noverre
by NOVERRE, Jean Georges
London: Sold by G. Robinson.., 1782. BALLET. . Translated from the French. London: Sold by G. Robinson..., [1782]-1783. First English edition. Three octavo volumes, bound in one (8 3/8 x 5 inches; 212 x 126 mm). [4], lxviii, 227, [5, index]; [4], 258; xi, [1, blank], 330 pp. Volume I not dated, the title-pages to volumes II and III are dated 1783. With frontispiece portrait. Half-title for each volume. This is very scarce as we could only find... Read More
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Everything That Rises Must Converge [LEC]
by O'CONNOR, Flannery
New York: Limited Editions Club, 2005. LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB; ANDREWS, Benny. ANDREWS, Benny, [artist]. LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB. Everything That Rises Must Converge [LEC]. Etchings by Benny Andrews New York: Limited Editions Club, 2005. Full Description: O'CONNOR, Flannery. ANDREWS, Benny, [artist]. Everything That Rises Must Converge [LEC]. Etchings by Benny Andrews New York: Limited Editions Club, [2005]. Limited to 300 copies, signed by the artist Benny Andrews on limitation page. This being number 27. Folio (22 x... Read More
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Africa
by OGILBY, John
London: Printed by Tho. Johnson for the author, 1670. Full Description: OGILBY, John. Africa: being an accurate description of the regions of Aegypt, Barbary, Lybia, and Billedulgerid, the land of Negroes, Guinee, Aethiopia, and the Abyssines, with all the adjacent islands, either in the Mediterranean, Atlantick, Southern, or Oriental Sea, belonging thereunto. With the several denominations of their coasts, harbors, creeks, rivers, lakes, cities, towns, castles, and villages. Their customs, modes, and manners, languages, religions, and inexhaustible treasure;... Read More
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America: Being The latest, And Most Accurate Description Of The New World
by OGILBY, John
London: Printed for the Author, 1671. MONTANUS, Arnoldus. America: Being The latest, And Most Accurate Description Of The New World. Containing The Original of the Inhabitants, and the Remarkable Voyages thither. The Conquest Of The Vast Empires Of Mexico and Peru, and Other Large Provinces and Territories, With The Several European Plantations In Those Parts. Also Their Cities, Fortresses, Towns, Temples, Mountains, and Rivers. Their Habits, Customs, Manner, and Religions. Their Plants, Beasts, Birds, and Serpents. With An Appendix,... Read More
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Poems
by O'HARA, Frank
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1988. DE KOONING, Willem; LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB. DE KOONING, Willem, [artist]. LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB. Poems. With Lithographs by Willem De Kooning New York: Limited Editions Club, 1988. Full Description: O'HARA, Frank. DE KOONING, Willem, [artist]. LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB. Poems. With Lithographs by Willem De Kooning. New York: Limited Editions Club, 1988. Limited to 550 numbered copies with Willem de Kooning's facsimile, authorized signature taken from the hand-signed Bon a Tirer proof... Read More
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Works of Mr. John Oldham, Together with his Remains
by OLDHAM, John
London: Printed for Jo. Hindmarsh, 1684. Full Description: OLDHAM, John. The Works of Mr. John Oldham, Together with his Remains. London: Printed for Jo. Hindmarsh, 1684-1685. First collected edition. Four works in one octavo volume (7 1/4 x 4 1/2 inches; 185 x 115 mm). [8], 148, [8], [2, blank], 134, [2, blank], [6], 215, [1, blank], [24], 80, 83-130, [2, blank] pp. With general title and separate title-pages for each of the four books. Although there... Read More
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Alphabet de l'imperfection et Malice des Femmes
by OLIVIER, Jacques
Paris: Chez Jean Petit-Pas, 1617. Full Description: [OLIVIER, Jacques., pseud. TROUSSET, Alexis] Alphabet de l'imperfection et Malice des Femmes. De mil hommes i'en ay Trouve un bon & de toutes les femmes pas une, Dedie a la plus mauvaise de monde. Paris: Chez Jean Petit-Pas, 1617. First Edition of Trousset's famous misogynistic tract, "Alphabet of imperfection and malice of women." an alphabetically ordered descriptions of female vices, beginning with the letter 'A' ('a very avaricious animal'). Twelvemo... Read More
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Metamorphoses d'Ovide
by OVID
Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1676. BENSERADE, Isaac de. . Metamorphoses d'Ovide. En Rondeaux Imprimez et Enrichis de Figures Par Ordre De Sa Majesté, Et dediez å Monseigneur Le Dauphin. Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1676. First Edition of this illustrated edition. Quarto (10 7/8 x 8 inches; 277 x 200 mm). [14], 463, [1, blank], [8, table] pp. With engraved frontispiece title-page by Sébastian Le Clerc after Charles Le Brun. Engraved royal arms on the title-page, two cherub vignettes and 226... Read More
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Three Letters
by OXLEE, John
London: Hatchard and Son, 1842. Humbly Submitted to the Consideration of His Grace the Most Reverend the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate of All England, and Metropolitan, on the Inexpediency and Futility of Any Attempt to Convert the Jews to the Christian Faith, in the Way and Manner Hitherto Practised, Being a General Discussion of the Whole Jewish Question. London: Hatchard and Son, [1842]. [Together with] OXLEE, John. Three More Letters Humbly Submitted to the Consideration of... Read More
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Three Letters
by OXLEE, John
Philadelphia: Abraham Collins, 1843. Philadelphia: Abraham Collins, [1843]. First American edition. Octavo (8 1/4 x 5 1/8 inches; 210 x 130 mm). [2], ii, [5]-72 pp. Bound without pages 73-104 which contain the "Appendix" [pg 73-95], "Conclusion" [pg 95-96] and "Reviews" [pg 97-104] (Possibly not issued with all copies and not found in the English edition). But text of the "Letters" is complete. A scarce items being that we have found no copies of this at auction... Read More
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Rights of Man
by PAINE, Thomas
Philadelphia: Re-Printed by Samuel Harrison Smith, 1791. JEFFERSON, Thomas. Being an Answer to Mr. Burke's Attack on the French Revolution. Second Edition. [First American]. Philadelphia: Re-Printed by Samuel Harrison Smith, 1791. [Together with] PAINE, Thomas. Rights of Man. Part the Second. Combining Principles and Practice. Second Philadelphia edition. Philadelphia: Printed by and For Messrs. Printed by and for Messr. H. and P. Rice, no. 50, Market-Street, and S.H. Smith, 1792. First American Edition of part one... Read More
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Common Sense; Addressed to the Inhabitants of America
by PAINE, Thomas
Philadelphia, printed; London, re-printed: For J. Almon, 1776. on the following subjects: I. Of the Origin and Design of Government in general, with concise Remarks on the English Constitution. II. Of Monarchy and Hereditary Succession. III. Thoughts on the present State of American Affairs. IV. Of the present Ability of America, with some miscellaneous Reflections. A new edition, with several additions in the body of the work. To which is added an appendix; together with an address to the... Read More
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Journal of Travels over the Rocky Mountains, to the Mouth of the Columbia River
by PALMER, Joel
Cincinnati: J. A. & U. P. James, 1847. Full Description: PALMER, Joel. Journal of Travels over the Rocky Mountains, to the Mouth of the Columbia River. Made during the Years 1845 and 1846: Containing Minute DCincinnatiescriptions of the Valleys of the Willamette, Umpqua, and Clamet; A General Description of Oregon Territory; its Inhabitants, Climate, Soil, Productions, etc., etc.; A List of Necessary Outfits for Emigrants; and a Table of Distances from Camp to Camp on the Route. Also... Read More
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California and Oregon Trail
by PARKMAN, Francis
New York: George P. Putnam, 1849. Full Description: PARKMAN, Francis. The California and Oregon Trail: Being Sketches of Prairie and Rocky Mountain Life. New York: George P. Putnam, 1849. First edition, first issue, terminal catalogue B, binding A. Binding A is noted on first printing sheets only according to BAL Parkmans's name on spine without serif. Octavo (7 3/8 x 5 inches; 186 x 127 mm). [2, ads], [3]-448, [8, ads] pp., With sepia-tinted lithographed frontispiece and... Read More
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Knave of Hearts
by PARRISH, Maxfield
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1925. PARRISH, Maxfield; SAUNDERS, Louise. Autograph Note Signed. [No place, no date]. An autographed note, signed by Parrish on a 3 x 5 inch card. In his distinct hand it reads: "Dear Mr. Johnson:/As far as I can remember the books I/ have illustrated are about as follows:/ The Knave of Hearts: Louise Saunders./ Arabian Nights./ Italian Villas. Edith Wharton./ Mother Goose in Prose./ The Golden Age [and] Dream Days} Kenneth Grahame./ Poems... Read More
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Knave of Hearts
by PARRISH, Maxfield
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1925. PARRISH, Maxfield; SAUNDERS, Louise. illustrator]. SAUNDERS, Louise, [contributor]. The Knave of Hearts. With pictures by Maxfield Parrish. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1925. Full Description: PARRISH, Maxfield, [illustrator]. SAUNDERS, Louise. The Knave of Hearts. With pictures by Maxfield Parrish. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1925. First edition. Large quarto (13 7/8 x 11 1/2 inches; 352 x 292 mm.). [6], 46, [1], [3, blank] pp. Complete with the full complement... Read More
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Provinciales: Or, The Mysterie of Jesuitisme
by PASCAL, Blaise
London: Printed by J.G. for R. Royston, 1657. The first example of French prose as we know it today"-PMM [PASCAL, Blaise]. Les Provinciales: Or, The Mysterie of Jesuitisme. Discover'd in certain Letters, Written upon occasion of the present differences of Sorbonne, between the Jansenists and the Molinists, from January 1656 to March 1657. S.N. Displaying the corrupt Maximes and Politicks of that Society. Faithfully rendred into English. London: Printed by J.G. for R. Royston, 1657. First edition... Read More
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Mémoire sur les Corpuscules Organisés
by PASTEUR, Louis
Paris: Mallet-Bachelier, 1862. Full Description: PASTEUR, Louis. Mémoire sur les Corpuscules Organisés qui existent dans l'atmosphère, examen de la doctrine des générations spontanées. Extrait des Annales de chimie et de physique, 3e série, t. LXIV. Paris: Mallet-Bachelier, 1862. First separate edition. Octavo (9 x 5 1/2 inches; 226 x 140 mm). [4, blank], [1]-110 pp. Complete with two folding plates by Dulos. Original blue printed wrappers, rebacked to style. Wrappers printed in black. Edges uncut. Some... Read More
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Della Nuova Geometria di Franc. Patrici. Libri XV
by PATRIZI, Francesco
Ferrara: Vittorio Baldini, 1587. Full Description: PATRIZI, Francesco. Della Nuova Geometria di Franc. Patrici. Libri XV. Ferrara: Vittorio Baldini, 1587. Rare first edition. Small quarto (7 3/4 x 6 inches; 198 x 150 mm). [8], 227, [1, printer's imprint], [1, errata], [3, blank] pp. Woodcut printer's devices on title-page and colophon. Engraved initials and head and tail pieces. Small woodcut diagrams in the text. Contemporary full limp vellum. Manuscript title on spine. Some old ink markings... Read More
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TLS [with] Signed Photo
by PATTON, George S.
Fort Clark, Texas, 1938. Fort Clark, Texas: July 29, 1938. Typed letter signed "G.S. Patton, Jr." to "Morry" [Luxenberg] a friend and military uniform supplier. This letter is anticipating his general's stars just days after becoming a colonel. Patton was promoted to colonel on July 24, 1938, and given command of the 5th Cavalry at Fort Clark, Texas, and this letter was written on the 29th of July. Letter on single sheet stationary headed "Fifth Calvary/ Fort Clarkm... Read More
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Journal of a Cruise of the United States Schooner Dolphin
by PAULDING, Hiram
New York: G.& C.& H. Carvill, 1831. First edition. Twelvemo (6 1/4 x 3 7/8 inches; 160 x 100 mm). 258, [2, blank] pp. With frontispiece folding map. Original full pink cloth, with original printed paper spine label. Label is complete. All edges uncut. Previous owner's old ink signature on front free endpaper. Small ink spot on title-page. Small ink spot and small hole on front endpaper. Cloth with some sunning to edges and spine. With foxing throughout,... Read More
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Paxton's Magazine of Botany and Flowering Plants
by PAXTON, Joseph
London: Orr & Smith/William S. Orr & Co, 1834. Sixteen octavo volumes (9 ? x 6 ½ inches; 236 x 166 mm). With 717 hand-colored engraved or lithographed plates. Numerous wood engravings in the text. Including the rarely present volume XVI. With an additional 5 colored plates on ornaments, and one unnumbered plate. Half green morocco over green cloth boards. Gilt decoration and lettering on the spine. Spines lightly sunned and extremities slightly bumped. Overall a very good... Read More
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