Nature: a weekly illustrated journal of science.
London: Nature, 15 January 1927. Vol 119, number 2985. Good. pp 73-108. Unbound in self wraps. Old library stamp on flag and on first text page. A little dog-eared With articles on television, Darwinism, quantum theories, etc. Reviews Max Born's book on quantum theory, Probleme der Atomdynamik. Also articles by Arthur Keith, H.D. Smyth, P. Debye. Introductory editorial on the problem of television.
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Macrocosmos: a poem.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1930. Very Good. 4to, 32 pages. Bound in pictorial boards designed by Percy Smith, preserved in original slipcase. Slight darkening of outer leaves and spine; slipcase worn at edges. One of 500 copies for U.S. distribution signed by Laver.
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Le Bonheur.
by Helvétius (1715-1771).
London [i.e., Maastricht]: [Dufour & Roux], 1773. Very Good. 23 cm; cxxv, [1], 110 pages. Title page printed in red and black. Half title present. Woodcut device on title page; typographic ornaments in text. Bound in original publisher's boards, untrimmed and unsophisticated. Leaves sewn out of order in first signature, but all pages present. Pervasive damp stain at lower right corner of text block. Reference: Smith, Bibliography of the writings... Read More
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Sphinx de Gizeh.
by Abdullah frères, photography studio.
After 1886. Very Good. Albumen-silver print on paper. 255 x 197 mm. Signed and titled in plate. Corners trimmed. Depicts the famous Sphinx with six male figures in traditional dress distributed at various places on the monument for scale.
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The Comic History of England.
by A'Beckett, Gilbert Abbott; John Leech, illus.
London: Bradbury, Evans & Co. Boards. Poor. ca. 1855. 2 vols in one. 320, 304 pages, and 20 hand colored steel engraved plates by John Leech. 200 wood engravings in text. Bound in original green cloth with whimsical image stamped in gilt on upper board, spine decorated in gilt. Entire, but shaken with some leaves coming loose.
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The Comic History of Rome.
by A'Beckett, Gilbert Abbott.
London: Bradbury, Evans & Co, 1852. Boards. Good. 308 pages, pictorial title page and 10 hand-colored steel engraved plates by John Leech. 100 wood engraved illustrations in text. Bound in 19th-century half green calf over marbled boards. Marbled edges and endpapers. Binding rubbed away at edges and extremities. Child's pencil marks on rear blank.
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Passover Haggadah.
by [Abraham Israel, Illustrator.].
New York: Hebrew Publishing Company, 1959. Good. 29cm; [160] pages, illustrated in color with lively border decorations, vignettes, and Hebrew calligraphy. Bound in blue velvet-nap cloth, with original dust jacket. Dust jacket discolored along spine, chipped at edges, and once torn and repaired on rear panel. Velvet uneven. From the search for Chometz to Chad Gadya, a very pleasing, richly illustrated and well-designed Haggadah.
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Donggar Cave Murals in Ngari Prefecture [Zhongguo Xizang Ali Dongga bi hua].
by [Abu she ying ; Pengcuo Langjie bian].
Beijing: Zhongguo da bai ke quan shu chu ban she, 1998. 18, 135 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm. Preface in Chinese, Tibetan, English, and Japanese. Soft cover, Very good; slight edge wear along top edge. Color illustrations of Buddhist mural painting and decoration in Tibet.
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Medicine & Ethnology: selected essays.
by Ackernecht, Erwin H.
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins, 1971. First edition. Blue cloth; 195 pages. About fine. With essays on "culture and medicine" among the Cheyenne, the Thonga, and other groups; and on shamanism, surgery, autopsies, diagnostics and treatments in non-Western cultures.
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Les Libertins au XVIIe siècle.
by Adam, Antoine, ed.
Paris: Buchet/Chastel, 1964. Wraps. Very Good. 323 p. Wraps. Anthology of French libertine writing from Le Pere Garasse to Fontenelle.
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Man and Metaphysics.
by Adams, George P.
New York: Columbia University Press, 1948. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good .
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The land of the Nile; or, Egypt Past and Present.
by Adams, W. H. Davenport.
London and New York: T. Nelson and Sons, 1872. Fair. 19cm; xi, [3]-338 pages including frontispiece, 100 wood-engraved illustrations, and map. Bound in original red cloth with gilt medallion on top board. Protected in vinyl wrap taped down to endleaves. Front hinge starting. Minor foxing.
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Elmer Adler In the World of Books. Reminiscences of Frederick B. Adams, Jr., John T. Winterich, Lawrance Thompson, Kneeland McNulty, Al Hine, David Jackson McWilliams, Edward Naumburg, Jr, Philip C. Duschnes, Elmer Adler....
by Adler, Elmer, and others. Paul Bennett, editor.
New York: The Grolier Club, 1964. Limited ed. About fine.. Memorial volume dedicated to the great graphic artist, printer, book designer, and collector, Elmer Adler, with contributions by many friends and admirers. 19 cm, 114 pages, and many full-page illustrations. No dust jacket, as issued. In black cloth with "EA" monogram in gilt on upper board. The book's production was shared by the Friends of the Princeton University Library, the Typophiles Society,... Read More
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Fábulas de la vida del sabio y clarísimo fabulador Isopo :
by Aesop.
Madrid: Imprenta de Lopez y Hermano, 1815. Hard cover. Good. Small octavo (16 cm); [24], 352 pages. Woodcut vignette on title page and 62 woodcuts vignettes, many of them captioned with proverbs or "dichos," illustrating the fables. Bound in rustic contemporary vellum over boards, in Latin American style (laced to text block with headband cores), titled in ink on spine, worn, peeling at fore-edge of upper board; scorched (?) on lower board. Old sewing... Read More
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The Aesop for Children.
by Aesop; Milo Winter.
Chicago: Rand McNally, 1919. First edition. Good. 31 cm; 112 pages. Color illustrations by Milo Winter. In original cloth with title illustration mounted on upper board. Covers generally quite good with some fraying at spine ends and corners, and a 15mm drop of pigment on the upper board, obscuring a bit of the illustration. Background of mounted illustration faded to tan. Contents rather good for a children's book, without marks or blemishes. The paper stock is slightly tanned, darker toward... Read More
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Sefer Yuhasin :
by Ahimaaz ben Paltiel (d. ~1060); Cesare Colafemmina, ed.
Cassano delle murge (Bari): Messaggi, 2001. Original edition. Paperback. About fine. Small bump at lower right edge.. 24 cm; 219 pages, illustrated, including facsimiles of original manuscripts. In original illustrated wraps. Genealogical and historical account of a medieval Jewish family in Puglia (Southern Italy). The Village of Oria, near Brindisi, once hosted a thriving Jewish community. This lively chronicle, taken from a manuscript rediscovered in 1869, accounts for one family's experiences between the 9th... Read More
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La coltivazione.
by Alamanni, Luigi.
London [but Livorno?]: G.T. Masi, 1780. Wraps. Good. 17 cm; xxxxiii, 238 pages. Imprint state "Londra, si vende in Livorno...." Engraved title page; engraved portrait. Bound in 19th-century marbled wraps, titled in manuscript on spine. Untrimmed. Wraps frayed at edges, joints, spine ends, and over cords. Some pages yellowed. Eighteenth-century edition of Virgilian imitations by Luigi Alamanni (1495-1556). Alamanni wrote his elegant "La Coltivazione" while in exile for anti-Medici leanings. ... Read More
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Everyday life in Ancient Egypt.
by Alan Wynn Shorter.
London: Sampson Low, Marston, 1932. First edition. Cloth, no dust jacket. Good. 23cm; xiv, 208 pages, and 38 half tone plates. Spine somewhat frayed and sun-bleached, with discoloration on covers. Text is very good.
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The Gleam.
by Albee, Helen R.
New York: Henry Holt, 1911. First edition. Very Good. 312 pages. Bound in full russia blindstamped on top board with a crest bearing the initials "LMBS." Five paneled spine with title and year stamped in blind. Marbled endleaves. Binding signed in blind with initials "K.A.O'L." Name of owner, L.M.B. Sceanfflu (?) in ink on first blank. Pencil notation on last blank. One raised band a little scuffed, otherwise... Read More
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I giochi numerici fatti arcani, palesati.
by Alberti, Giuseppe Antonio.
Bologna: Bartolomeo Borghi, 1747. First edition. Good. Octavo (19cm); viii, 314 pages (misnumbered in last gathering--a point of the first printing), and XVI full page engraved plates, along with several woodcut tables in text. In 18th-century two-tone woodblock decorated paper over boards. Paper label on spine worn and illegible. Spine darkened and faded. Endleaves renewed. Some spots and stains throughout. References: Honeyman 47 ("Contains arithmetical puzzles, tricks with cards and dice, problems... Read More
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Lettere edite e inedite ...
by Alfieri, Vittorio (1749-1803); Giuseppe Mazzatinti (1855-1906).
Torino: Editori L. Roux, 1890. Very Good. edited by Giuseppe Mazzatinti, the gifted literary scholar from Gubbio. 23 cm; xiv, 431 pages. Bound in contemporary 1/4 polished calf over decorated paper-covered boards. Original wraps bound in. Very light scattered foxing. Few pencil marks in margins. Inscribed on front blank by Mazzatinti.
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Satire e poesie minori di Vittorio Alfieri.
by Alfieri, Vittorio (1749-1803) ; Giosuè Carducci (1835-1904).
Florence: Barbèra, Bianchi e Comp, 1858. Collezione Diamante. Good. 48mo (112 mm), xvi, 537 pages; engraved frontispiece portrait with tissue guard. Bound in contemporary green cloth, titled in gilt on spine. A few gilt letters are tarnished. Endleaves discolored. Intermittent light scattered foxing. Reference: Annali bibliografici, 40; Parenti, Rarità bibliografiche, I, 45, #7. The canny Italian publisher Gaspero Barbèra made two brilliant moves practically simultaneously: he developed the vest-pocket 48mo format for... Read More
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Le Musée pour rire,
by Alhoy, Maurice; Louis Huart; Charles Philipon; Honoré Daumier; Gavarni.
Paris: Chez Aubert, 1839-40. First edition. 27 cm; 3 volumes in two. 150 lithographs, including 45 by Daumier (among them 27 from "Croquis d'expression") and 42 by Gavarni. Half titles present. Plates not colored in. Bound in recent green crushed morocco over marbled boards, ruled in gilt; spines titled in gilt. Marbled edges. Endleaves foxed; some scattered toning. Overall a clean copy. References: Ray, #164 ("one of the freshest and most attractive... Read More
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Bulletin of the Nuttall Ornithological Club: a quarterly journal of ornithology.
by Allen, J.A.; Spencer F. Baird; Elliott Coues.
Cambridge: The Nuttall Ornithological Club, 1876. First edition. Very Good. 25 cm; 100 pages and hand-colored frontispiece plate by Robert Ridgeway. Original wraps and indices bound in at end. In blue buckram. With articles by the great ornithologists of the later 19th century: Brewer, Brewster, Ridgway, Henshaw, Coues, Allen, Cooper, and on and on.
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Maddie and Lolly
by American Sunday-School Union.
Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union, 1859. First edition. Very Good. 16 cm; 36 pages. Wood-engraved frontispiece and extra title page. Bound in original patterned cloth stamped in blind; titled in gilt on spine. Very little wear or deterioration. Pages somewhat toned.
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