Secure Checkout

Website Secured with 256-bit TLS Encryption

Cart Totals

Promo Code:	– $0.00
Subtotal:	$8,270.22
Shipping:	$97.58
	$0.00
Donation Amount:	$0.00
Total:	$8,367.80
Change Currency:

Contact

Email Address

Re-type Email Address

Shipping

Expedited shipping $211.19 2 - 6 days

Standard Shipping $97.58 5 - 14 days

All fields are required unless marked optional.

Add Shipping Note

Payment

Verified and Secured. Guaranteed.

Website Secured with 256-bit TLS Encryption

Please select your payment method from the following list:

PayPal
Credit or Debit Card
Express Wallet

Click the button to checkout with PayPal.

You will be charged $8,367.80 when completing this purchase.

Cart Totals

Subtotal:	$8,270.22
Shipping:	$97.58
:	$0.00
Donation Amount:	$0.00
Total:	$8,367.80
Change Currency:

You are about to purchase:

Scraps From the Sketch-Book of Henry Alken by ALKEN, Henry

7 to 14 days for delivery

Standard Shipping: $5.50

Details

$4,500.00

( US$)

Seller: David Brass Rare Books, Inc.

Title: Scraps From the Sketch-Book of Henry Alken
Author: ALKEN, Henry
Seller: David Brass Rare Books, Inc. (United States)
Description: London: Thomas M'Lean, 1823. A Very Scarce Alken With Forty-Two Hand-Colored Plates The Schwerdt - Duke of Gloucester Copy ALKEN, Henry. Scraps From the Sketch-Book of Henry Alken. Engraved by Himself. Containing Forty-Two Plates. London: Thomas M'Lean, 1823. First edition with the plates all dated 1820. Oblong folio (9 9/16 x 13 5/8 inches; 243 x 347 mm.). Title leaf (verso blank), and forty-two hand-colored engraved plates heightened with gum arabic, twelve with multiple images. Plates watermarked "J. Whatman 1822 & 1824". Bound ca. 1900 by Morrell of London (stamp-signed) in half maroon straight-grain morocco over plum cloth ruled in gilt. Front cover with rectangular maroon morocco label, bordered and lettered in gilt, spine with five raised bands, ruled and lettered in gilt in compartments, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. The Schwerdt copy, with his bookplate and that of Prince Henry, first Duke of Gloucester on the front pastedown and the free endpaper. A bright, clean, and superb copy of an extremely scarce album by Henry Alken. According to Schwerdt there was an uncolored edition of 1821. While Siltzer notes an Alken Sketch Book of 1820 (34 plates), and the Scraps... edition of 1822 (assumedly mistaken for 1823). It is not in found in Tooley or Abbey in any edition. The "Scraps" include equestrian, hunting, dog, bowling scenes, etc. In short, each print features a sporting tableau. Of Alken, Siltzer wrote, "It took but a short time for the leading art publishers of London to recognize his genius and to discover that they had 'struck a reef' of both artistic and financial value, and the well-known firms of Thomas M'Lean, S. and J. Fuller, and Rudolph Ackermann were not slow to reaping full benefit... It appears that Alken himself occasionally engraved plates, and thus added to the facility of production..." C.F.G.R. Schwerdt (1862-1939) was the esteemed collector whose collection of sporting books up to WWII was considered the finest ever amassed. The catalog to his collection, Hunting, Hawking Shooting, is a standard reference. Prince Henry, first duke of Gloucester (1900-1974) was a soldier and member of the British Royal Family, the third son of King George V and Queen Mary. Schwerdt I, p. 21. Cf. Siltzer, p. 71.

The Principles of Beauty in Colouring Systematized by HAY, D. R.

5 to 10 days for delivery

Standard Shipping: $10.00

Details

$2,500.00

( US$)

Seller: Ursus Books

Title: The Principles of Beauty in Colouring Systematized
Author: HAY, D. R.
Seller: Ursus Books (United States)
Description: 1845. HAY, D. R. [David Ramsay]. The Principles of Beauty in Colouring Systematized. iv, 72, 8 pp. of advertisements, including 14 color plates of colour samples, with a total of 86 paint samples. 8vo, 201 x 140 mm., cloth, professionally rebound and rebacked into original boards, with piece of the original spine laid in. Text is bound to the front board, the plates to that back, so one can view the plates and read the text at the same time. Edinburgh, London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1845. An unusual work on colour theory by David Ramsay Hay (1798-1866), author of numerous works on the subject and a decorator to Queen Victoria. Hay offers an analysis of the nature of color, the principles governing contrast, and a newly developed system of chromatic harmony. The latter is demonstrated with a series of 14 examples, 13 of which consist of six different coloured samples arranged in a hexagonal pattern. The result is a strikingly modern design. Birren Collection 305. The Book of Colour Concepts 320.

Souvenir Photo Album of a U.S. Infantryman in Dau Tieng, South Vietnam

5 to 14 days for delivery

Standard Shipping: FREE

Details

$650.00

( US$)

Seller: Brian Cassidy Bookseller at Type Punch Matrix

Title: Souvenir Photo Album of a U.S. Infantryman in Dau Tieng, South Vietnam
Seller: Brian Cassidy Bookseller at Type Punch Matrix (United States)
Condition: Very good.
Description: [Dau Tieng]: n.p., 1970. Very good.. Striking collection of photographs showing many carefree, recreational moments of wartime: soldiers sitting around at the barracks, reading and smoking; and many photos of Vietnamese acquaintances across the album, such as women lounging at the base library. Notably, includes two photographs of a Vietnamese all-woman rock band performing, and three of an African-American soldier rock band (likely USO). Plus several exterior shots of the military base, one sign noting the headquarters of the 2/28 Infantry (the Black Lions). A moving portrait, particularly of what appear to be (at least momentarily) jovial relationships between soldiers and local Vietnamese. 12mo. Commercial album; turquoise faux-leather boards. 46 gelatin-silver B&W prints, most 4.5" by 3.5"; 13 color prints; 3 pieces of various ephemera (including an Army library card dated 1970); plus 4 photos apparently sent from home. Very good. Mild exterior wear; light soil to plastic sleeves throughout; but photos remain clean and bright.

Tradition und Tradenten in den Schulen Palästinas und Babyloniens: Studien und Materialen zur Entstehung des Talmuds by Bacher, Wilhelm

7 to 10 days for delivery

Standard Shipping: $5.00

Details

$150.00

( US$)

Seller: Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller

Title: Tradition und Tradenten in den Schulen Palästinas und Babyloniens: Studien und Materialen zur Entstehung des Talmuds
Author: Bacher, Wilhelm
Seller: Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller (United States)
Condition: g
Description: Leipzig & Frankfurt: Gustav Fock & J. Kauffmann, 1914. First edition. Hardcover. g. 8vo. xi. 704pp. Green cloth spine over olive paper-covered boards with black lettering. Two-inch closed tear along tail of spine. Head and tail of spine slightly rubbed. Corners bumped and worn. Some scuffing and discoloration to boards. Hinges starting.This wonderful book looks at studies and other works in regards to the creation of the Talmud. Part of Schriften heraugegeben von der Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaft des Judentums. Text in German and Hebrew. In good condition. Wilhelm Bacher was a 19th and early 20th century Jewish scholar and liberal rabbi. He studied languages at the University of Budapest and later Breslau as well as Talmud with Samuel Löb Brill. Later he served as rabbi in Szegedin. As a scholar Bacher authored or co-authored approximately 750 works. He also contributed to the Jewish Encyclopedia.

Patrick Mimran, Partage Des Correspondances by Ardenne, Paul

7 to 10 days for delivery

Standard Shipping: $2.50

Details

$20.00

( US$)

Seller: Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller

Title: Patrick Mimran, Partage Des Correspondances
Author: Ardenne, Paul
Seller: Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller (United States)
Condition: vg
Description: Paris: Editions Du Regard, 2001. First edition. vg. Folio. 80pp. As new. Text in French and English.

A Cycle of Adams Letters: 1861-1865 - 1st UK Edition/1st Printing by Adams, Charles Francis and Worthington Chauncey Ford (editor)

5 to 14 days for delivery

Standard Shipping: $7.00

Details

$130.00

( EU VAT US$0)

Seller: Books Tell You Why, Inc.

Title: A Cycle of Adams Letters: 1861-1865 - 1st UK Edition/1st Printing
Author: Adams, Charles Francis and Worthington Chauncey Ford (editor)
Seller: Books Tell You Why, Inc. (United States)
Condition: Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
Description: London: Constable and Company Ltd.. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1921. 1st UK Edition; First Printing. Cloth. A handsome first British edition/first printing in Near Fine condition in Very Good+ dust-jacket with mild edgewear, chipping, and light sunning to spines of both volumes. Volume 1: [7] viii-xiv [4], [3] 4-298 [2] pp; Volume 2: [8], [3] 4-281 [282] pp; Charles Francis Adams, Sr. , was the grandson of John Adams and son of John Quincy Adams. The letters contained within this volume were written while Adams served as the United States Ambassador to Great Britain during the American Civil War; Vol. 1 & 2; 8vo .

Lawrence City Mission Cook Book: Favorite Recipes of the Women of Greater Lawrence by [Lawrence City Mission (Lawrence, Mass.); Women of Member Churches]

7 to 14 days for delivery

Standard Shipping: $15.75

Details

$60.00

( EU VAT US$0)

Seller: Rabelais - Fine Books on Food & Drink

Title: Lawrence City Mission Cook Book: Favorite Recipes of the Women of Greater Lawrence
Author: [Lawrence City Mission (Lawrence, Mass.); Women of Member Churches]
Seller: Rabelais - Fine Books on Food & Drink (United States)
Description: Lawrence, Massachusetts: The Boothby Press, 1928. Octavo (23 x 16 cm.), 164 pages. Cover title: City Mission Cook Book. Publication date derived from image in Walter Baker advertisement on page [107]. Includes table of contents. Advertisements interspersed. Second printing (see Brown). A generous anthology of seven hundred recipes assembled by delegate members of a community defining itself on a wide franchise. An idea of the scope can be inferred from the number–forty-eight–of recipes for pudding of one sort or another, a number, moreover, that does not include cobblers, shortcakes, or pandowdies. Several melted cheese dishes are not seen every day (Gnorchi; Montaug; Mexican Bunny), and there is sometimes an experimental impulse: Pineapple and Shrimp Salad; Fig Mousse (with sherry); Spiced Rhubarb (with vinegar and cloves). To restore calm, there is advice on mixing an Elderberry Flower Cordial. The Lawrence City Mission, originally called the Lawrence Provident Association, was created in 1859. "We are confirmed in the opinion so freely expressed at our last meeting," read the plan of organization, "that the establishment of a city mission, free from sectarian bias, for the purpose of friendly counsel, encouragement, and material aid to the poor and friendless, is a measure that promises results of a most beneficial character." Once established, with twenty-six delegates from twelve churches under the leadership of Rev. George Packard (1803-1876, originally of Wiscasset, Maine), the Mission acted as a clearinghouse for charitable initiatives of various kinds. An unusually successful civic cooperative, it also provided disaster relief and assistance to victims of tuberculosis. Reorganized, the organization continues under the name Family Services of Merrimack Valley. Several pages lightly stained or darkened; also some markings or corrections in pencil (one in ink). Bound in blue textured publisher's cloth with dark blue lettering, upper slightly soiled, lower discolored, both cracked at the hinge; back and forecorners worn. One recipe handwritten on title page verso. Near very good. [OCLC locates five copies].

The Engraved Designs of William Blake by Binyon, Laurence

7 to 14 days for delivery

Standard Shipping: $6.35

Details

$40.00

( EU VAT US$0)

Seller: John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller

Title: The Engraved Designs of William Blake
Author: Binyon, Laurence
Seller: John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller (United States)
Description: 1967. New York: Da Capo Press, 1967. 4to, xiv, 140pp followed by 82 plates. Green cloth with gilt lettering to front and backstrip. Illustrated dust-jacket. § Facsimile reprint. First published in 1926. Bentley, Blake Books, 627 B.

[Faux Book] Majolica Flask Shaped Like a Book

7 to 14 days for delivery

Standard Shipping: $4.50

Details

$40.00

( EU VAT US$0)

Seller: White Fox Rare Books and Antiques

Title: [Faux Book] Majolica Flask Shaped Like a Book
Seller: White Fox Rare Books and Antiques (United States)
Condition: Fine
Description: Portugal. Fine. N.d., mid-20th century, most assuredly of Portuguese origin. With Delft blue floral embellishments on front and back and yellow raised bands on spine. With cork top. On fore-edge is written in bold blue strokes "The Gift is Small Goodwill is All

Wingfield: Edwardian Gentleman by George E. Alexander

7 to 14 days for delivery

Standard Shipping: FREE

Details

$37.50

( EU VAT US$0)

Seller: Dale Steffey Books, ABAA

Title: Wingfield: Edwardian Gentleman
Author: George E. Alexander
Seller: Dale Steffey Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN: 9780914339144
Condition: Fine
Description: Portsmouth, New Hampshire: Peter E. Randall, Publisher, 1986. Book. Fine. Cloth. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on front end page. "The story of the life and times of the inventor of our game of tennis.".

Sumerian Vistas: Poems. by AMMONS, A.R.

5 to 14 days for delivery

Standard Shipping: $2.50

Details

$35.00

( EU VAT US$0)

Seller: Jeff Maser, Bookseller-ABAA

Title: Sumerian Vistas: Poems.
Author: AMMONS, A.R.
Seller: Jeff Maser, Bookseller-ABAA (United States)
Description: NY: Norton, (1987).. Uncorrected proof.. 112 pp. Fine in printed yellow wrappers. Photograph of the finished cover art laid in.

The Evans Country by Amis, Kingsley

7 to 14 days for delivery

Standard Shipping: $5.99

Details

$35.00

( EU VAT US$0)

Seller: Kenneth Mallory Bookseller. ABAA

Title: The Evans Country
Author: Amis, Kingsley
Seller: Kenneth Mallory Bookseller. ABAA (United States)
Condition: Very good
Description: Oxford: Fantasy Press, 1962. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. First Edition. 12pp. Foxed and rubbed overall, else very good in publisher's stapled wraps. Order form laid in.

Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different

Art of the Medieval World: Architecture, Sculpture, Painting, The Sacred Arts by ZARNECKI, George

6 to 14 days for delivery

Standard Shipping: $7.00

Details

$33.75

( EU VAT US$0)

Seller: Argosy Book Store

Title: Art of the Medieval World: Architecture, Sculpture, Painting, The Sacred Arts
Author: ZARNECKI, George
Seller: Argosy Book Store (United States)
ISBN: 9780810903616
Condition: fine
Description: New York: Abrams, 1975. hardcover. fine/fine. 532 illustrations, including 57 color plates, 476pp., 4to, buckram, d.w.; (lightly rubbed). New York: Abrams, (1975). Fine.

The Lipski Collection of English and Irish Delftware Part 3

7 to 14 days for delivery

Standard Shipping: $12.99

Details

$29.97

( EU VAT US$0)

Seller: Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB

Title: The Lipski Collection of English and Irish Delftware Part 3
Seller: Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (United States)
Condition: VG, prices realized and estimates included
Description: London: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1983. Softcover. VG, prices realized and estimates included. Glossy yellow illustrated wraps. 55 pp. profusely illustrated in bw. Catalogue lists lots 374 to 581. Not all lots are illustrated. Sale held March 1, 1983. Includes estimates and prices realized.

Anton Webern: An Introduction to His Works by [WEBERN]. Kolneder, Walter

7 to 14 days for delivery

Standard Shipping: $12.50

Details

$9.00

( EU VAT US$0)

Seller: J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians LLC

Title: Anton Webern: An Introduction to His Works
Author: [WEBERN]. Kolneder, Walter
Seller: J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians LLC (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: London: Faber, 1968. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo. Boards. 232 pp. With musical examples. Dustjacket slightly worn.

Secure Checkout