Four Hand-Colored Fencing Prints from "L'Ecole des Armes" (1763) Handsomely Framed
by ANGELO, Domenico
London: (R. & J. Dodsley), 1763. First English Edition. Single Prints Framed. Gwyn. Four plates, hand-colored, uniformly framed. Sheet size measures 19 x 13 inches, with the plate mark measuring 15.50 x 9.50 inches. Printed on laid paper that shows slight evidence of handling; foxing in two prints is moderate at worst. Elegantly framed in walnut moulding with a silver-accent complementing the steel of epees, sabres and, in one image, daggers. Plates are numbered 15, 18, 35 and 42.... Read More
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The Red Rover A Tale
by [ANON.] (COOPER, James Fenimore)
Paris: Hector Bossange, 1827. First Edition. Three volumes in full red morocco. Very Good+. Three volumes. 12mo. Pp. viii, [1], 2-284; [1], 2-310; [1], 2-312. Half titles present. Marbled endpapers; all edges gilt. In later full polished calf, decoratively bordered in gilt, spine with gilt rules, lettering and flourishes. Inner dentelles. Contemporary owner initials on free endpapers. Spines a tad faded, negligible rubbing to covers. Interior quite fresh. First edition of Cooper's early novel of the sea, following... Read More
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From Plotzk to Boston -- First Edition in Publisher's Cloth
by ANTIN, Mary
Boston, Mass: W. B. Clarke & Co, 1899. First Edition. Hardcover. Good+. Small 8vo. Pp. [1-7], 8-80. Three-page foreword by Israel Zangwill. Bound in the publisher's red pebble-grain cloth, gilt lettering stamped on spine. Bookseller's tag on rear pastedown (Gotham Book Mart). General wear to extremities of cloth, with corners worn through, spine darkened and with wear to head and tail. Despite those factors, book remains well bound and text block sturdy and bright. Now protected with a... Read More
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Summi Adulatricis Medicinae Artificis, De re Culinaria libri decem.; Cremonensis de Tuenda Valetudine, Natura rerum, & Popinae Scientia libri X.; de Facultatibus alimentorum Tractatus
by APICIUS, Caelius [or Marcus Gavius Apicius]; Bartolomeo Platina; Paulus Aegineta; Johannes Damasceno (Albanus Torinus, editor)
Luguduni [sic: Lyon]: Seb. Gryphium [Sebastian Gryphius], 1541. Early reprint. Leatherbound. Good. 12mo. Pp. 314 [13]. Early 18th-C. tree calf, five raised bands with gilt tooled decorations and lettering piece, edges trimmed and dyed red. Decorative initial caps, italic text with roman titles, table of Latin and Greek chapter titles, marginal notes, index following text, followed by a tail-piece (that of a gryffin, in reference to printer Gryphius). Includes Appendicula de condituris varijs, ex Ioanne Damasceno, a section... Read More
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Brain Guy
by APPEL, Benjamin
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1934. First Edition. Hardcover in Dust Jacket. Near Fine/Very Good+. 12mo. Pp. 355. Gray cloth, titles and illustration stamped in red on the cover and spine, top edge dyed red: spine ends rubbed, board edges lightly discolored. In the illustrated dust jacket printed black on silver foil, price $2.50 intact on front flap: edges rubbed, small chips to spine head, mellowed creases to rear panel and flaps, silver bright and reflective. A New... Read More
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The California Illustrated World - Six Numbers
by BARTLETT, George H. (Editor)
San Francisco: World Publishing Co, 1895. First printings. Wrappers. Good. Quarto. Six numbers: Vol. IV No. 19, Vol. IV No. 26, Vol. VI No. 1, Vol. VI No. 11, Vol. VIII No. 4, and Vol. XII No. 9. Pp. 16 to 20 each. Off-white paper, Vol. IV printed in blue ink, later volumes in black. Numerous illustrations throughout. Small closed tears to spines, Vol. VI No. 1 cover detached, Vol. VIII No. 4 covers taped. Some chipping and... Read More
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The Yellow Book, An Illustrated Quarterly. COMPLETE Run In Thirteen Volumes
by [BEARDSLEY, Aubrey]
London: Elkin Mathews & John Lane [The Bodley Head], 1897. First Editions. Uniformly Bound Hardcovers. Very Good/Fine. John Singer Sargent, Aubrey Beardsley, Charles Conder, William Rothenstein, Walter Sickert, Philip Wilson Steer, et al.. Thirteen volumes. 8vo. Profusely illustrated with over 200 plates. Original black-stamped yellow cloth. Bound without advertisements. Spine of Vol. I a tad dulled; front cover a touch rubbed; rear hinge of Vol. XII cracked. Withal, original cloth bright, in VG-Fine condition. First editions of all... Read More
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Anonyme Skulpturen A Typology of Technical Constructions
by BECHER, Bernhard und Hilla
New York: Wittenborn and Co, 1970. First American Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Near Fine/Fine. 4to. Unpaginated. Three-column text in German, English, and French. Copiously illustrated with lavish black-and-white photography throughout. Bound in blue cloth with white lettering stamped on front cover and spine. Slight foxing to endpapers. In the photo-illustrated dust jacket. First American edition of the author-artists' first book, published the same year as Dusseldorf edition.The Becher's methodical documentation of blast furnaces, grain silos, cooling towers,... Read More
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order ... in Two Volumes
by BOSWELL, Esq., James
London: Printed by Henry Baldwin, for Charles Dilly, in the Poultry, 1791. First Edition. Full Leather. Very Good. Two volumes. 4to. Pp. xii, [16], 3-516; [1], 2-588, [2]. Engraved portrait frontis. after Sir Joshua Reynolds, in the first volume. Second volume illustrated with two plates of Dr. Johnson's handwriting in facsimile. Marbled endpapers. Full speckled calf with gilt filigree borders and inner dentelles, rebacked in period style; repaired corners. Two bookplates: "The High Canon's Library" and "Malo Mori... Read More
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Large, Antique Oil Painting Depicting the Olympia Beer Logo; Original Painting of Tumwater Falls, Historic Site of Olympia Brewing Company, Tumwater, Washington State
by [BREWERIANA]
Tumwater, WA: Leopold Schmidt. First Edition. Oil Paint on Canvas. Good+. Oil on canvas. Painted circa 1902 – 1910. Oval in shape, the painting was designed to fit within the form of a horseshoe, tapering inward at its lower half. Painting measures 37.5” at its widest breadth, 45.5” at its tallest height. Condition: Overall crackling consistent with age. Crimped/mottled areas on left and right margins, a result of storage in a mailing tube from 1974 to 2018. Loss... Read More
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Original Oil Painting by Denver Painter Henrietta Bromwell
by BROMWELL, H. E. [Henrietta or "Nettie"]
[Denver]: Henrietta Bromwell. Original Painting. Oil on Canvas, Framed. Painting Fine within a Very Good Ornate Frame. Original oil painting, framed, depicting a disused pioneer cabin amid a forest clearing, blue sky and pink clouds overhead. Exposed painting measures 9.75 x 8 inches; frame measures 14 x 11 inches. Bromwell neglected to sign and date many of her paintings; this work is signed "H. E. Bromwell" and features the "July 25, 192[unintelligible]". On the back of the period... Read More
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![Sylvie and Bruno [with] Sylvie and Bruno Concluded - PRESENTATION Copies Inscribed to the Mother of Enid, Dodgson's Last Child-Friend](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/595/305/1563305595.0.l.jpg)
Sylvie and Bruno [with] Sylvie and Bruno Concluded - PRESENTATION Copies Inscribed to the Mother of Enid, Dodgson's Last Child-Friend
by CARROLL, Lewis [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson]
London and New York: Macmillan and Co, 1893. First Editions. Original cloth with both vols. housed in a morocco slipcase with chemises. Very Good/Case: Fine. Harry Furniss. Titles for both volumes continue: "With Forty-Six Illustrations by Harry Furniss." Two 8vo volumes. Pp. xxi, [4], 2-400, followed by three page of publisher ads, [1]; [4], x-xxxi, [1], 2-423, [2], followed by four pages of publisher ads, and then a facsimile of one page of Alice's Adventures Under Ground. Frontis.... Read More
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God's Protecting Providence ... Evidenced in the Remarkable Deliverance of Robert Barrow ... and Also from the Devouring Jaws of the Inhuman Cannibals of Florida
by DICKENSON, Jonathan
London: James Phillips, 1790. Early reprint. Full morocco leather. Very Good. 12mo (10 x 16 cm.) Pp. xiv - 136. Marbled endpapers. Exquisitely rebound by Sanford in plum morocco with gilt backstrip; inner dentelles. With a couple light scuffs on rear board, else a bright, handsome copy. A later edition of this early and perhaps most famous American shipwreck narratives, first published in 1699 -- a book that was long thought to be the first published in Philadelphia.Barrow... Read More
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![[Belladonna Poisoning] Strychnomania Explicans Strychni Manici Antiquorum, Vel Solani Furiosi Recentiorum, Historiae Monumentum, Indolis Nocumentum, Antidoti Documentum. Quam. Occasione Stragis, Qua Augustae Vindelicorum](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/713/943/1473943713.0.l.jpg)
[Belladonna Poisoning] Strychnomania Explicans Strychni Manici Antiquorum, Vel Solani Furiosi Recentiorum, Historiae Monumentum, Indolis Nocumentum, Antidoti Documentum. Quam. Occasione Stragis, Qua Augustae Vindelicorum
by FABER, August M. D. Johannes Matth. [Johann Matthaeus]
Augsburg: Theophili Gobelij, 1677. First Edition. Half-Leather Binding. Very Good. 4to. Pp. [4, A-04, P2, Q4, R2: [8], 107, [17] followed by four index pages and errata. Engraved frontis. With 12 engraved plates with printed side-notes. Recent half-calf over marbled boards with gilt title on spine. Mild foxing at title and occasionally throughout; text somewhat limp. A very presentable copy, attractively bound. The only edition. Obscure author Johann Matthias Faber (1626-1702), physician to the Duke of Wurttemberg, discusses... Read More
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1959 Junior World Series Cuban Baseball Photographs: Fidel Castro, Camilo Cienfuegos, Che Guevara with Preston Gómez and Danny Morejón of the Cubanos Havana Sugar Kings, Minneapolis Millers including manager Gene Mauch
by [Fidel Castro] DIEGUEZ, Arturo [?]
[Havana], 1959. Loose photo prints. Very Good. Lot of seven 4-3/4 x 7 inch black and white silver gelatin photo prints cello tape mounted to 6-3/4 x 9 inch pre-printed mattes, some annotated verso. Attributed to Arturo Diéguez. The Cubanos / Havana Sugar Kings were champions of the AAA International League / Liga Internacional in the first year after the revolution, defeating the Minneapolis Millers, a Boston Red Sox farm team, for the 1959 title.1. Fidel Castro with... Read More
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Come and Join the Dance - SIGNED copy
by GLASSMAN, Joyce
New York: Atheneum, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Janet Halverson (dust jacket design). 8vo. Pp. [2], 3-176, [1]. Bound in purple half-cloth over gray paper-covered boards. In the illustrated dust jacket that shows old creases and a one-inch closed tear to lower fore-edge corner; light soiling to front panel. Price of $3.95 intact on front flap. Dust jacket is now housed in a removable, clear archival sleeve. Signed by Glassman on the front free endpaper. The position... Read More
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Twice-Told Tales
by HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel
Boston: American Stationers' Company, 1837. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Case Fine. 8vo. Pp. [4], 12-234, [16] of publisher's advertising. Rib-embossed blue-green publisher's cloth, gilt stamped titles in frame on the spine, publisher's circular device on the title page. Light stains to cloth and spine a trifle sunned, corners crisp with edges minimally rubbed, hinges and gutters intact, top edge dust-soiled, light scattered foxing. Name of early owner R. Dodge in ink on FFEP. Bookplate of Lawrence Waters Jenkins.Custom... Read More
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Mein Kampf
by HITLER, Adolf
Munich: Franz Eher Nachfolger GmbH, 1934. Early Reprint. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Very Good/Fair. Small 8vo. Pp. xxvi, 781, [10] of publisher's advertising. Frontis. portrait photo and signature facsimile with tissue guard. Title page states Zwei Bände in einem Band / Ungekürzte Ausgabe / 97 - 101 auflage [Two volumes in one, unabridged, 97th to 101st thousand.] With index of persons and subjects. Dark blue cloth, titles and rules stamped in gilt on the spine, swastika in eagle-borne... Read More
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Words and Their Meanings - SIGNED copy
by HUXLEY, Aldous
Los Angeles: Jake Zeitlin, 1940. Limited Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Very Good/Very Good. Alvin Lustig. 8vo. Pp. 28. Lustig decorations in red on the title and p. 7. Light gray laid paper-covered boards, Lustig illustration printed in red and dark gray on the front board, titles in dark gray on the spine: boards and leaves a tad age-toned. In the Lustig illustrated dust jacket printed red and dark gray on light gray laid paper: Spine sunned, age-toned,... Read More
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![Kuthan's Menagerie Completed [Edition Limited to 50 Copies, Using Original 1960 Nevermore Press Leaves]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/648/087/1449087648.0.l.jpg)
Kuthan's Menagerie Completed [Edition Limited to 50 Copies, Using Original 1960 Nevermore Press Leaves]
by [Illustrated Books] (KUTHAN, George]
Vancouver (BC): Heavenly Monkey [and Nevermore Press], 2003. Limited Edition. Loose leaves presented in folio. Near Fine/Fine. George Kuthan. 4to. Preface by Robert R. Reid. Thirteen original Nevermore Press folded sheets as issued, printed in 1960, within a Chinese-yellow inner wrap, with three contemporary (2003) Heavenly Monkey folded sheets, all in a blindstamped wrap of St. Armand handmade paper. Housed in a deep red cloth-covered clamshell box with printed paper labels mounted on the front panel and spine.... Read More
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![Jay's Journal of Anomalies [Publisher William Dailey's Personal Set, Complete in 16 Issues, with Prospectus Included]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/854/588/1461588854.0.l.jpg)
Jay's Journal of Anomalies [Publisher William Dailey's Personal Set, Complete in 16 Issues, with Prospectus Included]
by JAY, Ricky
Los Angeles: W & V Dailey, Antiquarian Booksellers, 2000. First Printings. Loose sheets, bifolium, now protected in clear sleeves mounted in two leather binders. Near Fine. Complete set from Vol. I, Issue 1 (1994) through Vol. IV, Issue 4 (2000). The letterpress prospectus, printed in two colors and measuring 8.25 x 13.25 inches, is included. Issues are 4to. Pagination varies per issue, the shortest being the first issue in six pages; the longest is the final issue in... Read More
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Forty Drawings to Illustrate the Works of William Shakespeare
by (KENT, Rockwell) William Shakespeare
Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1937. Limited Edition. Folio in Custom Drop Spine Box. Very Good+/Box: Very Good+. Rockwell Kent. Folio (matted lithograph sheets measure 8.75 x 11.5 inches; in matting, 15 x 18 inches). All 40 lithographs present. Slight age-toning to the mat board of first print, which is signed. In a custom box simulating the issued box, original label laid down, thus replacing the publisher's box most often found dilapidated. Two-inch scuff to bottom edge of... Read More
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The History of Kamtschatka and the Kurilski Islands with the Countries Adjacent; Illustrated with Maps and Cuts
by (KRASCHENINNIKOV, Stepan Petrovich) Translated by James Grieve, M.D.
Glocester: R. Raikes for T. Jefferys, Geographer to His Majesty, 1764. First Edition. Leather bound. Good+. 4to. Pp. (4), vii, 280, (8). English Translation by James Grieve. With all five plates accounted for, with four of them folding, and the two folding maps. Index. Bound in three-quarter brown morocco over contemporary calf boards with new endpapers. Spine with red morocco label with gilt lettering, gilt flourishes in compartments. The preliminaries with dampstaining to bottom edge, and lower fore-edge,... Read More
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Greenwich Village by its Artists
by LANGTREE, Maud; Hugh Farriss; Glenn O. Coleman; Forest Mann
New York: Arthur H. Moss, 1917. Limited Edition. Loose Leaves in Portfolio. Very Good. Harold True (cover illustration). Folio. 17 leaves printed recto. Black & white gravure reproductions of fifteen sketches and photographs on heavy cream paper, plus historical foreword and map, in stiff textured gray paper portfolio with titles and illustration printed in black on the cover, six flaps. Black on yellow label for The Quill a Magazine of Greenwich Village affixed to back cover and introduction... Read More
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The Knave of Hearts - Exquisite Copy in Clamshell Case
by [Maxfield Parrish] SAUNDERS, Louise
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1925. First Edition. Original Cloth. Fine/Clamshell Box Fine. Maxfield Parrish. Folio. Pp. 46. Illustrated ownership page (space for owner's name remains blank). Full-color frontis. with tissue guard. Title page vignette and illustrated page of dramatis personae. With eleven full-page color plates and nine large color illustrations in text. Illustrated endpapers. Publisher's black cloth with color pictorial plate mounted on front board. A superb, fresh copy housed in a striking custom black morocco clamshell... Read More
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