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THE POETICAL WORKS

THE POETICAL WORKS by (BINDINGS - COSWAY-STYLE). SHELLEY, PERCY BYSSHE

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Seller: Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts
Title
THE POETICAL WORKS
Author
(BINDINGS - COSWAY-STYLE). SHELLEY, PERCY BYSSHE
Seller
Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts (United States)
Description
London: [Printed at the Ballantyne Press for] Reeves & Turner, 1892. Third Edition with the Notes of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. 188 x 122 mm. (7 3/8 x 4 3/4"). Two volumes. Edited by H. Buxton Forman. PARTICULARLY FINE RED CRUSHED MOROCCO, GILT AND ONLAID, BY SANGORSKI & SUTCLIFFE (stamp-signed on front turn-in), covers framed by multiple plain and decorative rolls, cornerpieces with the gilt torch of liberty extending obliquely from an onlaid green morocco heart bracketed by volutes, front boards with central onlaid citron morocco medallion stamped with the poet's gilt monogram, rear boards with onlaid citron morocco pansy surrounded by a gilt collar with the quote "Pansies let my flowers be" (from "Remembrance"); raised bands, spine compartments with onlaid green morocco quatrefoil at center, volutes at corners, volume I with FRONT DOUBLURE OF BROWN MOROCCO semé with rows of alternating quatrefoils and dots, at center A MINIATURE PORTRAIT OF SHELLEY UNDER GLASS framed by a laurel wreath inlaid with four red morocco cinquefoils, navy blue moiré silk endleaves, all edges gilt and delicately gauffered. Housed together in a fleece-lined red cloth drop-back box. Frontispiece in each volume, vignette title pages. Front flyleaves with engraved bookplates of Edward Laurence Doheny and Carrie Estelle Doheny. A FLAWLESS AND SPARKLING SET. This is the outstanding Doheny copy, in lovely bindings, of a body of literature graced with a lyricism Day asserts is "unmatched elsewhere in English verse in its ethereal, ideal beauty." While the notes of Shelley's wife, appended here, have aroused considerable denigration (she is accused, among other things, of making her husband's verse less political than it actually was), her editorial work is nevertheless professional and has remained an essential source for the study of Shelley's work. As Betty T. Bennett explains, "biographers and critics agree that Mary Shelley's commitment to bring [her husband] the notice she believed his works merited was the single, major force that established Shelley's reputation during a period when he almost certainly would have faded from public view." Thanks to her efforts, Shelley (1792-1822) is one of the best-known English poets and an icon of the Romantic movement. According to DNB, our editor, Henry (Harry) Buxton Forman (1842–1917) "channelled a general enthusiasm into a minute study of textual details, for which his careful and exacting temperament was ideally suited. His patient application produced impressive editions of Shelley," who was, along with Keats, Forman's main literary interest. After studying under and then working for Douglas Cockerell, Francis Sangorski and George Sutcliffe founded their own bindery in 1901 and continued in a successful partnership until 1912, when Francis tragically drowned. Despite this loss, the firm grew and prospered, employing a staff of 80 by the mid-1920s and becoming perhaps the most successful English bindery of the 20th century. The "Cosway" binding, with painted miniatures inlaid in handsome morocco, apparently originated with the London bookselling firm of Henry Sotheran about 1909, the year G. C. Williamson's book entitled "Richard Cosway" was remaindered by Sotheran and presumably given this special decorative treatment. The name "Cosway"--referring to the British miniature painter, Richard Cosway (1742-1821)--was then used to describe any book so treated, whoever its author. This set was bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe for book dealer J. W. Robinson of Los Angeles, who supplied many books for the superb collection of Estelle Doheny (1875-1958), one of the most distinguished women book collectors of the 20th century, whose magnificent library was especially rich in fine bindings. Volumes from her collection are sought after for their especially fine condition..
Ein Hungerkünstler

Ein Hungerkünstler by Kafka, Franz

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Title
Ein Hungerkünstler
Author
Kafka, Franz
Seller
Biblioctopus (United States)
Description
Berlin: Verlag die Schmiede, 1924. First Edition. (in German) The last collection of short stories to be finished before Kafka’s death, though it was published posthumously. Original green cloth (it was also published in paper boards), spine and extremities faded, front hinge starting, but holding strong, near fine. The title story was published 2 years earlier in Die Neue Rundschau magazine, the other three appeared for the first time in this book. The four stories comprising Kafka's final collection, "Ein Hungerkünstler," are a culmination of his literary preoccupations with artistic alienation and the futility of human endeavor. Reading these stories it is easy to see how they form a cohesive thematic quartet despite their disparate subjects, each examining the relationship between the exceptional individual and an indifferent community. In "Josefine, die Sängerin oder Das Volk der Mäuse," perhaps the most enigmatic of the four tales, Kafka constructs a complex allegory of artistic exceptionalism through the figure of Josephine, a mouse whose singing—which the narrator suggests may be nothing more than ordinary squeaking—commands unusual attention from her mouse community. The narrative's persistent ambiguity regarding the actual quality of Josephine's art creates a tension between the performer's self-perception and the community's response, foregrounding questions about the social function of art. Unlike the hunger artist whose talent is measurable (through his capacity to endure prolonged fasting), Josephine's artistry remains fundamentally unverifiable, existing primarily through collective acknowledgment rather than objective criteria. This unstable ontological status of the artistic performance destabilizes conventional hierarchies between artist and audience, suggesting that artistic value emerges not from inherent qualities but from the complex social negotiations between performer and community. The story's final movement, documenting Josephine's disappearance and rapid forgetting by her community, offers Kafka's most poignant commentary on artistic legacy—the once-celebrated performer vanishes "like a legend dissolving into the ordinary," leaving no trace of her supposedly transformative art.
Ulisse Colombini - Bologna. Prezzo Corrente (senza impegno)

Ulisse Colombini - Bologna. Prezzo Corrente (senza impegno) by (Cookery)

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Title
Ulisse Colombini - Bologna. Prezzo Corrente (senza impegno)
Author
(Cookery)
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De Simone Company, Booksellers (United States)
Description
(Bologna): ca. 1902. Broadside. 8vo. 230 x 145 mm. (9 x 5 3/4 inches). Printed on tissue, with prices and notes in manuscript. Tiny hole where the broadside was hung, folds to corners, but otherwise in very good condition. Very rare survival of this list of cured meats with written prices in Italian lira, issued to Sig. Alfonso Scala, dated 11/10/2 (1902?) and signed S. Severo. The selection of cured meats includes mortadella (200 lira), salami fino (300 lira), prosciutto naturali (250 lira), pancetta (180 lira) and lardo (ranging in price from 165 to 180 lira). The must have been out of spalle (shoulder) as there is no price listed. The list also includes a little pasta to go with the meet, offering tortellini, priced at 6 lire per 1000 grams. (125).
Catalogue of the Library of the Calliopean Society, Yale College

Catalogue of the Library of the Calliopean Society, Yale College by Yale College

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Catalogue of the Library of the Calliopean Society, Yale College
Author
Yale College
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De Simone Company, Booksellers (United States)
Description
New Haven: Printed by B. L. Hamlen, Printer to Yale College, 1846. 8vo. 235 x 145 mm., [9 ¼ x 5 ¾ inches]. 94 pp.  Stitched as issued; wanting wrappers, some soiling to the edges of the paper and some light foxing throughout. A late comer to the debating societies of Yale College, the Calliopean Society was incorporated in 1819 by a group from the Linonia Society dissatisfied with the leadership of oldest society on the campus.  This society named after the muse of poetry Calliope included in its ranks many students from the Southern states and created a strong voice for antebellum issues in a stronghold of abolitionism.  As a result it was disbanded in 1853 and only resurrected one hundred years later in the mid-1950's as an active more conservative union with little interest in New Deal and Great Society policy.  The main headings of the catalogue include Biography, Divinity, Encyclopedias, History, Mental and Moral Philosophy, Novels and Romances, Natural Science, Poetry and Plays, Politics and Law, Rhetoric, Voyages and Travels, and Books in Foreign Language. (804).
In The Trades, The Tropics, & The Roaring Forties; With 292 Illustrations Engraved on Wood by G. Pearson and J. Cooper after drawings by R.T. Pritchett

In The Trades, The Tropics, & The Roaring Forties; With 292 Illustrations Engraved on Wood by G. Pearson and J. Cooper after drawings by R.T. Pritchett by Brassey, Lady [Annie]

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In The Trades, The Tropics, & The Roaring Forties; With 292 Illustrations Engraved on Wood by G. Pearson and J. Cooper after drawings by R.T. Pritchett
Author
Brassey, Lady [Annie]
Seller
The First Edition Rare Books, LLC (United States)
Condition
Very good
Description
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1885. First American Edition. Cloth. Very good. First American edition of In the Trades, the Tropics, & the Roaring Forties by Lady Annie Brassey.. Octavo, xiv, 532pp. Gray cloth, title in gilt on spine, decorative illustrations in gilt and color on covers. Light sunning to spine, some toning and loss of color. Complete with fold-out map and 8 full-page color plates. Solid text block, free of any marks or notable wear. Bookseller's label on front pastedown endpaper, previous ownership notation in pencil on front free endpaper. Lady Brassey (1839-1887) was a world traveler and author. Her best-selling work, A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam,' Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months chronicles her family's voyage around the world. She wrote six books in total, including: The Flight of the "Meteor," 1869-71 (1872), A Cruise in the "Eothen," 1872 (1873), A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam,' Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months (1878), Sunshine and Storm in the East, or Cruises to Cyprus and Constantinople (1880), In the Trades, the Tropics, & the Roaring Forties (1885) and The Last Voyage, to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam.' (1889).
The Victim

The Victim by Bellow, Saul

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Title
The Victim
Author
Bellow, Saul
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Burnside Rare Books, ABAA (United States)
Description
New York: The Vanguard Press, Inc, 1947. First Edition. First edition. [viii], 294 pp. Bound in publisher's black cloth with blue spine lettering. Offsetting to endpapers, else Fine in a Very Good dust jacket with dulled spine panel, a little soiled and rubbed, chip at head, a few short tears, unclipped. The author's second novel, with troubled protagonist Asa Leventhal.
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Gamaium: izbrannye stikh [Selected Poems] by Bal'mont, Konstantin Dmitrievich

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Title
Gamaium: izbrannye stikh [Selected Poems]
Author
Bal'mont, Konstantin Dmitrievich
Seller
Sanctuary Books (United States)
Condition
Very Good+
Description
Stokkol'm: Sievernye ogni, 1921. Paperback. Very Good+. Wraps; 12mo; pp. 109. Spine mended with tape; some light rubbing along edges of covers. An excellent copy.
R.F.K.: A Photographer's Journal

R.F.K.: A Photographer's Journal by Benson, Harry

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R.F.K.: A Photographer's Journal
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Benson, Harry
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ReadInk (United States)
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Fine in Near Fine dj
Description
Brooklyn NY: powerHouse Books. Fine in Near Fine dj. 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. [nice clean as-new copy, the book is flawless; the jacket shows just a touch of surface wear]. (B&W and color photographs) An eyewitness (and camera-eyewitness) account, by the world-renowned photojournalist, of Robert F. Kennedy's ill-fated campaign for the 1968 Democratic Presidential nomination, which came to a shattering end at Los Angeles' Ambassador Hotel on June 6, 1968. Benson's photographs and personal memories of RFK's assassination and subsequent funeral comprise the second half of the book. ****NOTE that additional postage charges will be assessed for international shipping of this oversize, heavy book; if this concerns you, please contact us for a shipping quote before placing your order.**** .
Brute in Brass

Brute in Brass by Whittington, Harry

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Brute in Brass
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Whittington, Harry
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ReadInk (United States)
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Good+
Description
Greenwich CT: Fawcett Publications (Gold Medal 595). Good+. 1956. 1st Edition (pbo). Softcover. [general exterior wear, slight spine lean, small crack/tear at bottom rear hinge, vertical creasing along left edge of front cover, agency name lightly rubber-stamped on front endpaper]. Mass Market PB Hard-boiled tale, a paperback original, about a bad cop redeemed (sort of) by falling in love. A la some of Jim Thompson's better work, the book is narrated by its troubled protagonist: "My name's Mike Ballard. I had been a bad man and a worse cop, but this thing that I was doing now was good. I remember the day it started. I went up to State Prison and saw a man in the death house, an innocent man whom I had to save because I coveted his wife with every fiber of my being." .
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Kidd: a Moral Opuscule. by Walsh, Richard J.

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Kidd: a Moral Opuscule.
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Walsh, Richard J.
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Ten Pound Island Book Co. (United States)
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Tunnel Vision

Tunnel Vision by Arrick, Fran

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Title
Tunnel Vision
Author
Arrick, Fran
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Yesterday's Muse Books (United States)
ISBN
9780878881635
Condition
Near Fine
Description
Scarsdale, N.Y: Bradbury Press, 1980. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8x5x0. Signed by author. First edition. Signed by author with inscription, "For Sean Daly with best wishes, "Fran Arrick" + Judie Angell." Jacket flaps very faintly toned. 1980 Hard Cover. 167 pp. "After 15-year-old Anthony hangs himself, his family, friends, girlfriend, and a teacher must deal with their feelings of guilt and bewilderment.
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Das Buch ARSCHI. Herausgegeben von Elisabeth Schweeger für das Bayerische Staatsschauspiel/Marstall, München. by ACHTERNBUSCH, HERBERT.

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Das Buch ARSCHI. Herausgegeben von Elisabeth Schweeger für das Bayerische Staatsschauspiel/Marstall, München.
Author
ACHTERNBUSCH, HERBERT.
Seller
Ars Libri Ltd (United States)
Description
Stuttgart (Verlag Gerd Hatje), 1994.. 262, (2)pp. 128 color plates. 4to. Cloth. D.j.
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A True Princess by Zahler, Diane

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A True Princess
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Zahler, Diane
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Weller Book Works ABAA/ILAB (United States)
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Good
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Harper, 2012. Good. Zahler, Diane. A True Princess. NY: Harper, 2012. 182pp. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Good with scrape on rear cover. Rubbed and lightly bumped edges.

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