The Atlantic Monthly, Devoted to Literature, Science, Art, and Politics. Volume LII, Number 309, July 1883
Boston, et al: Houghton Mifflin, et al, 1883. Paperback. Good. Wraps; 8vo; pp. 144, [13]-24 (ads). Spine and corners reinforced; loss to upper corner; a bit water-stained along the edges; the whole a bit wavy. A good reading copy. Sold as is. Includes "En Province" by Henry James.
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Album of photographs, America early 1900s
c. 1915. Very Good. Stab binding, black cloth over flexible boards (11 x 7.25) with Photographs stamped in gilt on front board; contains 50 black leaves with b/w photographs and cyanotypes (ranging in size from about 1 x 1, to 3.5 x 5.5) affixed by corners; nearly 200 images in all. Boards a little rubbed; ghost of an old sticker on front board; a few photographs detached and neatly laid in, but all are legible. This collection of... Read More
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Ukiyo-e, The Floating World
San Francisco: The Book Club of California / Grabhorn Press, 1962. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Cloth-backed decorative paper over boards, paper label on spine; red dust jacket. Illustrated by 28 examples of Japanese woodblock prints by 17 great masters of the art. Limited edition of 400 copies. Book is without flaw, in sunned dust jacket. A lavish production, with full and double-page color illustrations.
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Articles of Religion, as Established by the Bishops, the Clergy, and Laity of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, in Convention, on the 12th Day of September, in the Year of Our Lord, 1801.
New York: T. & J. Swords, 1802. Paperback. Very Good+. Sewn pamphlet; pp. 22. Disbound. Chipped and darkened along the edges, Scarce. Sold as is.
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Les Vikings. Les Scandinaves et l'Europe 800-1200
Association Francaise d'Action Artistique / Conseil Nordique des Ministres / Consil de l'Europe, 1992. Hardcover. Near Fine. Lamianted full-color photo-illustrated paper over boards; pp. 428, [4] (maps), lavishly illustrated in full-color and b/w throughout. Aside from some light rubbing and scratching on boards, book is without flaw -- bright, tight, and internally clean. Exhibition catalogue, with bibliography, index, glossary, and much more. An excellent resource.
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Fortescutus Illustratus, or A Commentary on that Nervous Treatise "De Landibus Legum Angliae," Written by Sir John Fortescue, Knight, First Lord Chief Justice, after Lord Chancellour to King Henry the Sixth...
London: Printed by Tho. Roycroft for Thomas Dicas, 1663. Hardcover. Very Good. Contemporary calf, gilt-stamped lettering and detail on spine. Bookplate on front paste-down, and a weird one at that -- engraved, no ownership name, showing two hands emerging from a royal crown, each holding a feather and seemingly "saluting" another crown above it. Boards scuffed; spine tips perished; contemporary ownership signature at top corner of title-page.
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Photo Albums. Cartes-de-visite.
Good+. Black calf over boards (5.25” x 7.5”) with raised morocco panels elaborately stamped in gilt, 4 knobs on each board, two clasps; contains 24 heavy cardstock mounts with alternating oval and rectangular frames, accommodating 2 portraits on each side (recto/verso); 80 images in all, a collection of albumen and tin-type portraits, cartes-de-visite. Spine heavily scuffed, with interior completely detached from text block; one knob missing; text block split. With the exception of some light (expected) foxing, images... Read More
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GAZ. Immagini dall' Archivio Storico Italgas
Societa Italiana per il Gas, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Cloth; slipcase; oblong 4to; unpaginated (approx. pp. 250), illustrated in b/w and full-color throughout (photographs, documents, advertisements, and more). Book is fine, appearing unread. In lightly scuffed and soiled slipcase.
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Chants et Chansons Populaires de la France (Two Volumes in One)
[Paris]: H. - L. Delloye, Editeur / Librairie de Garnier, Freres, 1843. Hardcover. Very Good. Full morocco, ornate gilt-stamped border on boards, gilt-stamped lettering and detail on spine; inside gilt dentelles, a.e.g.; lavishly illustrated throughout, with engraved borders and illustrations around lyrics and score for piano and voice. Spine faded, chip at crown, binding splitting; spots of fading and scuffing on boards, mostly along the edges. Internally quite lovely -- a wonderful collection of nearly 100... Read More
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Wyeth at Kuerners
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Cloth, NF with gently bumped corners; in VG dust jacket with chipping at spine tips and corners. From the library of Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., with his bookplate, and inscribed to him on the last page of the preface by Betsy and Andy. Sir Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. (1909-2000) was an iconic American actor (credited with more than 50 films, including the starring role in “Gunga Din”), and a... Read More
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Medicina practica, sive Methodus cognoscendorum, & curandorum omnium corporis humani affectuum
by [16TH-CENTURY MEDICINE] -- [CAPIVACCIO, Girolamo (1523-1589)]
Venice: apud haeredes Melchioris Sessae, 1598. First Venice Edition. Hardcover. Good. Folio (310 x 210mm). [2],175pp., [1], 301pp. [2], 12pp., 175pp., [1]. Contemporary dark brown goatskin, (title and preliminaries lacking and supplied in early manuscript with illustrated printers device, some browning and staining least severe after page 9). 17th-century inscriptions on rear endpaper for Index Capitum, a medical students description of the various parts. Pictorial wood-engraved ex-libris by Leo Wyatt for Lord Norwich on front endpaper. Sold as... Read More
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Operum in sex tomos divisorum
by [17TH-CENTURY MEDICINE] -- SENNERT, Daniel (1572-1637) – HUGUETAN, Jean Antoine, printer
Lyons: Sumptibus Joannis Antonii Huguetan, [1676]. Hardcover. Very Good. 6 vols. in 3, folio (350 x 220mm,). Vol. 1: [38], 306pp., [6], 309-808pp., [32]; Vol. 2: [16], 363pp., [5], 363-786pp., [18]; Vol. 3: [12], 696pp., [12]. Titles in red and black. Woodcut printer’s device of Huguetan showing Ptolemy (left) and Euclid (right) either side of an astronomical device known as an armillary sphere. The text is in Latin, with the central motto translating as “the universality of things... Read More
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De singulis humani corporis juxta hodiernum usum, curandis morbis medica praxis, accurata ...
by [17TH-CENTURY MEDICINE -- PATHOLOGY] -- POLVERINO, Giovanni Girolamo (fl. 1586-1589)
Naples: apud Camillam Cavallum, 1643. Hardcover. Very Good. Folio (290 x 195mm). [8], 215pp., 57pp., [1]. Engraved woodcut printer’s device of Cavallum with compass under motto “Labore et constantia” (device also used by Freemasons). Title printed in red and black. Double column. 18th-century vellum (title browned, some dampstaining throughout, marginal worming lightly worn). Early ownership inscriptions on front endpaper dated 1724, 1731 and 1744 and dated 1749 on verso of final blank. “Ex Libris Prosperi Selli Medicinae et... Read More
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Encyclopaedia chirurgica rationalis
by [17TH-CENTURY MEDICINE] -- DOLAEUS, Johann (1651-1707)
Venice: apud Ioannem Hertz, 1695. Hardcover. Very Good. Folio (330 x 220mm). [4], 616pp., [30]; [1], 92pp. (i. e. 90). Copper-plate engraved printers device of Hertz to tiltle. Title printed in red and black. Double column. Contemporary vellum. Ex Libris Prosperi Selli Medicinae et Chirurgiae above pictorial wood-engraved ex-libris by Leo Wyatt for Lord Norwich on pastedown. Dolaeus surgical encyclopedia, his opus magnus which was widely popular. Reissued several times as in this copy of 1695,... Read More
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Opera medica Omnia ... Accedunt Fabritii Bartholeti ... de dyspnoea, seu de respirationibus libri quinque
by [17TH-CENTURY MEDICINE] -- RIVIÈRE, Lazare (1589-1655) – BARTOLETTI, Fabrizio (1586-1630)
Venice: ex Typographia Balleoniana, 1735. Hardcover. Very Good. Folio (375 x 240mm). [xxiv], 572pp., [4], 208pp. Title in red and black with ornamental device of the muses. Diagrams interspersed, numerous ornamental initials and head-and tail-pieces. Preface by Jacopo Grando. Contemporary vellum (lacking plate, joints splitting, intermittent foxing). Ownership inscription “A. Docinelli A. M. D. 1864” on title and also “Di Giorgio Bonelli da Mondovi. P.P.” Pictorial wood-engraved ex-libris by Leo Wyatt for Lord Norwich on pastedown. Complete medical... Read More
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Institutionum medicarum. Libri quinque
by [17TH-CENTURY MEDICINE] -- RIVIÈRE, Lazare (1589-1655)
Venice: apud Franciscum Brogiollum, 1674. Hardcover. Very Good. Folio, book 5 only (325 x 220mm). [12], 159pp., [9], 443pp., [21]. Engraved woodcut printer’s device depicting Europa. Title printed in red and black. Tables. Double column. Some woodcut ornamental head- and tailpieces and initials. Later half vellum over marbled boards, endpapers renewed (light browning and foxing or dampstaining). Pictorial wood-engraved ex-libris by Leo Wyatt for Lord Norwich on pastedown. Rivière’s extensive compendium of medicine. There was a parallell edition... Read More
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Collection of eleven titles of French fiction in sixteen miniature volumes, produced for the Count dArtois in 1780: "Zayde" -- "Le Berceau de la France" -- "l'Histoire d'Aloïse de Livarot" -- "Les Amours de Roger et de Gertrude" -- "Ismene and Ismenias. Roman Grec" -- "Le Prince Gerard, Comte de Nevers et la Belle Euriant, sa mie" -- "Histoire du petit Jehan de Saint" -- "Histoire de Tristan de Léonois" -- "Confessions du comte de ***" -- "Le Siege de Calais -- Sargines
by 18TH-CENTURY FRENCH LITERATURE -- ARTOIS, Count d' (1757-1830) -- DE LA FAYETTE, Madame (1634-1693) -- DAUCORT, Claude Godard d'Aucour (1768-1826) -- RICCOBONI, Marie-Jeanne (1714-1792) -- DUCLOS, Charles Pinot (1704-1772) -- TRESSAN, Comte de (1705-1783
Paris: Imprimerie de Didot l'aîné (collection d'auteurs français pour Monseigneur le Comte d'Artois), 1780. Hardcover. Good. [1780-1781]. Sixteen volumes, pocket 18mo (133 x 74mm). Printed on fine laid paper. Uniformly bound in contemporary mottled French calf, ruled in gilt with olive morocco lettering labels, marbled endpapers, gilt edges. This beautiful miniature set was executed at the solitary expense of the Count d'Artois (1757-1830), later Charles X of France, and numbered in full 64 volumes; the aim of which... Read More
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Manuscript legal documents on paper, in Spanish on "Estado Libre de Mexico" embossed stationery
by [19TH CENTURY MEXICAN DOCUMENTS ]
1833. Very Good. Manuscript legal documents on paper, in Spanish on "Estado Libre de Mexico" embossed stationery. [Dos Reales (?):] c.1831-1832 and dated 6 May 1833. 2pp., and another 2pp., both approximately (315 x 218mm). Four institutional seals in total bearing the Mexican national emblem (eagle holding serpent in mouth surmounting cactus). Important legal documents from a Mexican government office referencing laws and equities; (lightly toned, slightly brittle edges).
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General Household Hints
by [A. A. M.]
n.p.: n.p., n.d. (c. 1900). Hardcover. Very Good. Ornately blind-stamped cloth; 12mo; pp. 82, with a half-title page, no publication information. Spine tips and corners a little frayed; boards lightly rubbed, with a few small bumps along the edges; some light foxing throughout. An interesting little volume, addressing medicinal herbs, cleaning, baking and cooking, and even a recipe for beer.
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I Had a Hammer: The Hank Aaron Story
by Aaron, Hank; (with) Lonnie Wheeler
New York: Harper Collins, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Cloth. Inscribed by the author to the renowned singer and civil rights activist, Lena Horne: To Lena, Having you in our home was a special treat! We love you! Hank Aaron and Billye 12-29-91. The inscription, save for Hanks signature, is in Billyes hand.
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An Essay on the Origin of Human Knowledge. Being a Supplement to Mr. Locke's Essay on the Human Understanding.
by Abbe de Condillac; Nugent, [Thomas] (trans.)
London: J. Nourse, 1756. First English language edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Contemporary morocco, boards ruled in gilt, rebacked, with original backstrip laid down (5 gult-ruled raised bands, otherwise unadorned); 8vo; pp. [lx], 339, [5] (ads). Boards a bit scuffed; NOT the most subtle rebacking this cataloguer has ever seen. First and last few leaves a bit browned, mostly along the edges; contemporary ownership and library markings (discreet) on FFEP and title-p.; library bookplates on front paste-down; small chip... Read More
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The Comic History of England
by Abbott a Beckett, Gilbert; Leech, John (illus.)
London: Bradbury, Evans, and Co., n.d. (c. 1850). Hardcover. Very Good+. Half gilt-ruled green morocco and green cloth, gilt-stamped lettering and ornament in spine compartments (5 raised bands), a.e.g.; complete set of 2 volumes, 8vo; pp. xviii, 320; 304; with 20 hand-colored steel-engraved plates (10 in each volume), numerous wood-engraved illustrations in text; collates complete. Spines sunned; boards lightly rubbed; corners a little scuffed. Internally bright and clean, with plates in excellent condition, colors remain true.... Read More
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The Comic History of England (Volumes I and II)
by A' Beckett, Gilbert Abbot; Leech, John (illus.)
[London]: Punch [Bradbury and Evans], 1847-8. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. Complete set of 2 volumes. Lovely dark brown gilt-ruled morocco and blue marbled paper, gilt-stamped lettering and detail in compartmented spine, all edges gilt. Each volume complete with 10 hand-colored etchings (20 total), as well as numerous woodcuts in text. Joints a bit scuffed; corners lightly bumped; otherwise a simply lovely set.
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Peter Abelard's Ethics: An Edition with Introduction, English Translation and Notes By D. E. Luscombe
by Abelard, Peter. [D. E. Luscombe, edited by]
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good+. 8vo. Pubisher's cloth in DJ. Previous owner's signature. A nice copy.
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Children of Capricorn (Signed)
by Abrahams, Williams
New York: Random House, 1963. First Edition, First Printing Stated. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+. Original red cloth; illustrated dust jacket. Inscribed by the author on the FFEP: "For Howard Roberts, that phenomenon, a friend who BUYS the book! Warmest regards, Billy Abrahams / February 1963." Boards and spine tips rubbed, with a few small spots of fraying here and there. Dust jacket rubbed; chipped and creased at spine tips and corners; VG+ in... Read More
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