Georgiques
by VIRGIL
Paris: Philippe Gonin, 1937. MAILLOL, Aristide. VIRGIL. Les Georgiques. French text by L'Abbe Jacques Delile. Paris: Philippe Gonin, 1937-1943 [ie. 1950]. First Maillol edition. Deluxe edition, one of 750 copies, this being number 452 and the two extra suites of plates. Three folio volumes (12 3/4 x 9 3/4 inches). [2], 174, [2]; [2], 154, [2]; [154] pp. With 122 Maillol woodcut illustrations (including a few repeats). Volume I contains 61 woodcuts of which some are illustrated initials... Read More
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[Anglica historia] Polydori Vergili Vrbinatis Anglicae historiae
by VIRGIL
Basileae: Apud Thomam Guarinum, 1570. Anglica historia] Polydori Vergili Vrbinatis Anglicae historiae libri vigintiseptem. ab ipso autore postremùm iam recogniti, ádq[ue] amussim, salua tamen historiae veritate, expoliti ; indices rerum singularum & vtiles & copiosos, in operis calce adiectos reperies. Basileae: Apud Thomam Guarinum, 1570. Folio (12 5/8 x 8 inches; 320 x 205 mm). [2], [1]-691, [37, index], [2, colophon] pp. Printer's device of Palm, stating "Palma Guar." on title-page and final leaf. With eight lines of... Read More
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Eclogae. [The Eclogues of Vergil]
by VIRGIL
Weimar: Cranach Presse, 1926. CRANACH PRESS; LAFARGUE, Marc|MAILLOL, Aristide|KESSLER, Count Harry|GILL, Eric. The Cranach Press Virgil, With Woodcuts by Aristide Maillol CRANACH PRESS. GILL, Eric, [illustrator]. KESSLER, Count Harry. LAFARGUE, Marc, [translator]. MAILLOL, Aristide, [illustrator]. VIRGIL. Eclogae. [The Eclogues of Vergil]. Les Eclogues de Virgile, Texte Latin et Traduction Francaise de Marc Lafargue. Illustrations D'Aristide Maillol. Weimar: Cranach Presse, 1926. Full Description: [CRANACH PRESS]. VIRGIL. KESSLER, Count Harry. LAFARGUE, Marc, [translator]. MAILLOL, Aristide, [illustrator]. GILL, Eric,... Read More
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Vischer's Views of California: The Mammoth Tree Grove
by VISCHER, Edward
San Francisco: Edward Vischer, 1862. VISCHER, Edward. First edition, third and best issue (with three more lithographs than the first issue). Title leaf (frontispiece) and twelve lithographic plates by Vischer, with a total of 25 engravings. Oblong folio, mount size (10 7/8 x 13 5/8 inches; 275 x 345 mm). The lithographer was C.C. Kuchel, and the printer L. Nagel. With the exception of the title leaf, the lithographs are mounted (as issued) and have letterpress descriptive text in... Read More
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Pictorial of California
by VISCHER, Edward
San Francisco: Joseph Winterburn & Co, 1870. VISCHER, Edward. . Pictorial of California. Landscape, Trees and Forest Scene. Grand Features of California Scenery, Life, Traffic and Customs. San Francisco: Joseph Winterburn & Co., 1870. First edition of the Plate volume, without the accompanying text volume (except for 3 leaves inserted). Possibly a preliminary issue. With a total of 125 photographs on 101 plates after drawings by Vischer and others. Photographs are from original pencil drawings, and some are... Read More
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Metropolis
by VON HARBOU, Thea
Berlin: August Scherl, 1926. First edition, in original dust jacket with cover art by W. Reimann. Octavo (7 1/4 x 5 inches; 184 x 126 mm). [1]-273, [274], [1, blank], [5, publisher's advertisements] pp. With half-title. Publisher's full green cloth. Front board double ruled and lettered in gilt. Back board double ruled and stamped with publisher's central device in blind. Spine stamped and lettered in gilt and red. Edges yellow. Some very minor shelfwear to bottom of the... Read More
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Theory and History
by VON MISES, Ludwig
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1957. Full Description: VON MISES, Ludwig. Theory and History. An Interpretation of Social and Economic Evolution New Haven: Yale University Press, 1957. First Edition. Octavo (8 x 5 3/8 inches; 202 x 135 mm). ix, [1, blank], 384 pp. In publisher's dust jacket. Publisher's full blue cloth. Spine ruled and lettered in gilt. Some very faint foxing to edges of text block. A small spot of toning from a removed sticker... Read More
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Legenda aurea
by VORAGINE, Jacobus de
Strassburg: Printer of the 1483 Jordanus de Quedlinburg, 1486. sanctorum sive Lombardica historia. [Strassburg: Printer of the 1483 Jordanus de Quedlinburg (perhaps associated with Georg Husner)], 19 December 1486]. Folio (11 1/2 x 8 1/2 x inches; 293 x 215 mm.). 265 leaves. Collation: [1], 18 ,26 a-z8.6 ,A-E6.8 ,F-I6.8 ,K-M6 ,N8. Gothic type. Double columns. Forty-seven lines plus headline. Initials supplied in red and blue throughout. Title-page and initial and final blank renewed and laid down. ... Read More
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Legenda aurea
by VORAGINE, Jacobus de
France, 1300. France: 1300. Full Description: [VORAGINE, Jacobus de. Legenda aurea. France: n.d.c.a. 1300]. Illuminated manuscript on vellum. Small quarto (7 3/4 x 6 inches; 198 x 150 mm.). 264 leaves. Apparently complete. Two columns of forty lines, written written in a small regular gothic script. Justification: 6 1/8 x 4 1/8 inches; 135 x 105 mm. Early ink foliation to the upper outer corner of the text [i-iii, 1-525]. Rubrics in red. Running headings in... Read More
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Erotism in Antiquity in Small Sculptures and Ceramics
by VORBERG, Gaston
Germany: Freyja-Verlag GmbH, 1985. One of 500 Copies, With 113 Photographic Prints [VORBERG, Gaston]. Erotism in Antiquity in Small Sculptures and Ceramics. [Germany: Freyja-Verlag GmbH, n.d.c.a.1985]. One of 500 copies, this being number 438. With 113 photographic prints, on loose leaves. Each leaf with a black and white print, with a blue printed border and blue page number. An eight page portfolio containing the colophon and list of plates also included, in English. Leaf size (14 1/4... Read More
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Photographer of the Southwest
by VROMAN, Adam Clark
Los Angeles: Ward Ritchie Press, 1961. VROMAN, Adam Clark. Los Angeles]: Ward Ritchie Press, 1961. First edition. Small folio. Orange cloth with white cloth spine, photo printed on front cover, clear printed dust jacket. Jacket with small tear, otherwise, fine. HBS 66349. $100.
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America Invoked to Praise the Lord
by WADSWORTH, Benjamin
Printed At Salem: Thomas C. Cushing, 1795. Full Description: WADSWORTH, Benjamin. America Invoked to Praise the Lord. A Discourse Delivered on the Day of Public Thanksgiving through the United States of American, February 19, 1795. Printed At Salem: Thomas C. Cushing, 1795. First edition (?). Small octavo (8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches; 220 x 140 mm). 31, [1, blank] pp. With half-title. Stitch-bound in contemporary drab paper wrappers. Uncut. Previous owner's ownership inscription dated 1799... Read More
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Rhinegold & The Valkyrie
by WAGNER, Richard
London: William Heinemann, 1910. RACKHAM, Arthur. WAGNER, Richard. The Rhinegold & The Valkyrie. London: William Heinemann, 1910. Edition de luxe, limited to 1,150 copies signed by Rackham, this being number 770. Quarto (11 3/8 x 9 inches; 289 x 225 mm). Illustrated throughout with a total of thirty-four tipped-in color plates with descriptive tissue guards and black-and-white drawings throughout. Publisher's full vellum. Boards decoratively stamped in gilt. Boards and spines lettered in gilt. Silk ties lacking. Top... Read More
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Days in Catland with Louis Wain "Panorama
by WAIN, Louis
London: Raphael Tuck & Sons, 1912. WAIN, Louis. Days in Catland with Louis Wain. [London: Raphael Tuck & Sons, n.d., ca. 1912]. Father Tuck's Panorama. Oblong quarto. Panorama consisting of four chromolithographic panels with fourteen numbered slots and fourteen numbered cut-out cat figures to fit into the slots. "The Pictures are made up by arranging the cut out Figures in different parts of the Scenery" (back cover). The scenes depict: Bedtime; Helping Mother in the Kitchen; Cat's Tea... Read More
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For My People (LEC)
by WALKER, Margaret
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1992. CATLETT, Elizabeth; LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB. A Fine Copy, Signed by the Illustrator and Author CATLETT, Elizabeth, [illustrator]. LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB. WALKER, Margaret. For My People (LEC). New York: Limited Editions Club, 1992. Full Description: CATLETT, Elizabeth, [illustrator]. WALKER, Margaret, [author]. [LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB]. For My People. New York: Limited Editions Club, 1992. Limited to 400 copies signed by Catlett and Walker on the colophon. This copy being number 295.... Read More
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Compleat Angler
by WALTON, Izaak
London: George G. Harrap & Co, 1931. RACKHAM, Arthur. . WALTON, Izaak. The Compleat Angler, or The Contemplative Man's Recreation. Being a discourse of rivers, fishponds, fish and fishing not unworthy the perusal of most anglers. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. London: George G. Harrap & Co., [1931]. Limited to 775 numbered copies, of which this is number 622 signed by the artist. Quarto. 223 pp. Twelve color plates, with descriptive tissue guards, and twenty-five drawings in black and... Read More
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History Of The Persecutions!!
by WANDELL, C.W.
Sydney: Printed by Albert Mason, 1852. Sydney: Printed by Albert Mason, [n.d.c.a.1852]. First edition. Octavo (8 1/8 x 5 5/16 inches; 208 x 135 mm). [1]-64 pp. From what we can find, no other copy has appeared at auction since 1967. In 1957, Sotheby's described this book as "extremely rare." Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in full speckled calf. Boards double-ruled in gilt with small floral corner devices. Spine stamped in gilt. A long red morocco spine... Read More
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Union Cards
by CIVIL WAR
New York: Benjamin W. Hitchcock, 1862. CIVIL WAR. New York: Benjamin W. Hitchcock, 1862. A complete deck of 52 Civil War playing cards. Each card standard size (3 9/16 x 2 1/2 inches; 91 x 63 mm). The usual suits are replaced with "National Emblems" including blue Federal eagles, blue 13-star shields, red stars, and red American flags. Jacks are replaced by majors, Queens by the Goddess of Liberty, and Kings are replaced by colonels. The ace of... Read More
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Mick Jagger 1975
by WARHOL, Andy
New York: Leo Castelli Gallery and Seabird Editions, 1975. WARHOL, Andy. Mick Jagger 1975. New York: Leo Castelli Gallery and Seabird Editions, 1975. First edition set of 10 signed serigraphs of Mick Jagger by Warhol. Each serigraph card is 4 x 6 inches, signed by Warhol in black ink along the recto fore-edge margin. Also each card is stamped with Warhol's signature purple stamp on verso and blindstamped with Warhol's name along recto bottom edge. Each card numbered... Read More
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Etherization; With Surgical Remarks
by WARREN, M.D., John C.
Boston: William D. Ticknor & Company, 1848. First edition. Twelvemo (4 3/8 x 7 3/16 inches; 111 x 182 mm). [4], [i]-v, [1, blank], [1, half-title], [1, blank], 100, [4, Publisher's ads], [2, blank] pp. Without front free endpaper. Publisher's full brown cloth, decoratively stamped in blind. Gilt lettering on the spine. Former owner William Glen's bookplate of front pastedown. Head and tail of the spine chipped. Otherwise a very good copy. "Warren's Etherization provides a fascinating... Read More
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America's Lecacy [sic]
by WASHINGTON, George
Hudson: A. Stoddard, 1797. Full Description: WASHINGTON, George. America's Lecacy [sic]: Being the Address of G. Washington, on his Declining a Re-election to the Presidency, to the People of the United States. Hudson: A. Stoddard, 1797. [Together with] Circular Letter from His Excellency George Washington, commander in chief of the armies of the United States of America, to the Governors of the several States. Hudson: A. Stoddard, 1797. [Which contains] Farewel Orders of General Washington, to... Read More
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Brief Historical Account of the Behaviour of the Jesuites
by WATSON, William
London: Printed for James Adamson, 1689. First Edition of the First Part of this Pamphlet, Called "A Brief Historical Account of the Behaviour of the Jesuites" [WATSON, William]. [BLUET, Thomas]. A Brief Historical Account of the Behaviour of the Jesuites. and Their Faction, for the First Twenty Five Years of Q. Elizabeth's Reign. With an Epistle of W. Watson, a Secular Priest, Shewing, How They Were Thought of by the Other Romanists of That Time. London: Printed... Read More
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Signed Film Still from Citizen Kane
by WELLES, Orson
1941. WELLES, Orson. n.d.c.a. 1941]. A black and white film still from Welles famous film "Citizen Kane." The still is inscribed by Welles at the top left corner with "Best regards/Orson Welles." (still: 9 3/4 x 7 3/4 inches; 245 x 195 mm). Matted, framed and glazed. Frame is wood and gilt and the matte is rust colored. (Frame: 16 1/2 x 14 3/4 inches; 422 x 375 mm). Visually fine, not examined out of frame. "In... Read More
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Brett Weston: Photographs From Five Decades
by WESTON, Brett
New York: Aperture, 1980. WESTON, Brett. New York]: An Aperture Monograph, [1980]. First edition. Limited to 400 copies signed by the artist, this being number 241. With an original silverprint photograph signed by Brett Weston. Original photograph entitled Reeds, Oregon, 1975. With numerous black and white photographs through out and text by R.H. Cravens. Folio (13 3/8 x 11 3/4 inches; 340 x 296 mm). [2], [1]-131, [1, blank] pp. Original full oatmeal linen cloth, spine lettered... Read More
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Autograph Letter Signed
by WHARTON, Edith
[Paris], 1929. 8220;Edith" [Paris]: 1929. Full Description: WHARTON, Edith. Autograph Letter Signed. "Edith." Pavillon Colombe. St Brice-Sous-Foret (S&O). [Paris]: Oct[ober] 24, [19]29. An autograph letter signed, by Edith Wharton, written to her cousin Le Roy King. One octavo leaf. Visible leaf size: (8 x 6 3/4 inches; 205 x 170 mm). With the manuscript letter in brown ink written on the recto and verso. With 17 lines on the recto and 13 lines on verso. Letter... Read More
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