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Queen Margot Wife of Henry of Navarre (Extra-illustrated)

Queen Margot Wife of Henry of Navarre (Extra-illustrated) by [Fine Binding - Cosway style] Williams, H. Noel

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Seller: Whitmore Rare Books
Title
Queen Margot Wife of Henry of Navarre (Extra-illustrated)
Author
[Fine Binding - Cosway style] Williams, H. Noel
Seller
Whitmore Rare Books (United States)
Condition
Fine
Description
London and New York: Harper & Brothers, 1907. Fine. Quarto (9 3/8 x 7 3/8 inches; 238 x 188 mm.), xviii, 409, [1, blank] pp. Colored frontispiece and nineteen photogravure plates with tissues printed in red & brown, extra-illustrated by the insertion of twenty-five engraved plates of which six are hand-colored. Bound ca. 1925 by Bayntun, stamp-signed in gilt "Bayntun. Binder. Bath. Eng." on front turn-in. Full dark blue crushed levant morocco over beveled boards, covers with elaborate gilt frames, spine with five raised bands, elaborately decorated and lettered in gilt in compartments, gilt ruled board edges, wide elaborate gilt turn-ins, all edges gilt. Front doublure of red morocco surrounded by a frame of inlaid maroon morocco. Set into the front doublure are two very fine oval miniature paintings set under beveled glass within a double gilt frame. The upper miniature is of Margaret de Valois, Queen Margot of Navarre. The lower miniature is of her spouse Henry III of Navarre (later Henry IV of France). Both miniatures measure 3 3/16 x 2 1/2 inches; 81 x 63 mm. The rear doublure is of red morocco surrounded by a frame of inlaid maroon morocco. Blue watered silk end-leaves. A very fine example housed in its original felt-lined blue cloth clamshell case. Margaret of Valois (1553-1615) was a French Princess who became Queen of Navarre and France. Highly educated and a patroness of the arts, Margaret would kind herself embroiled in political upheavals. Her marriage to Henry III of Navarre (later Henry IV of France) was organized to promote reconciliation between Catholics and Huguenots. However, she would find herself at odds with her husband during continued religious tensions and unable to conceive an heir. Margaret also faced conflict with her brother Henry III. Eventually she would choose to side with the Catholic League, survive prison, annul her marriage, and eventually live out her life in her an intellectual court pursuing her own scholarly devours. George Bayntun (1873-1940) was the founder of Bayntun Bindery. Trained by apprenticeship with the Taylor family, Bayntun opened his own book bindery in 1894 dedicated to using traditional hand-crafted techniques and high-quality materials. The Bath-based firm acquired the Rivière Bindery (also based in Bath) in 1939, transforming into the "Bayntun-Riviere bindery," which is still in existence and family owned. Although named after the English miniaturist Richard Cosway (1742-1821), the desirable "Cosway Binding" with its jewel-like portrait miniature set into a fine binding was first developed at the turn of the century by J.H. Stonehouse, director of London's Henry Sotheran Booksellers. Their miniatures were painstakingly crafted by the talented painter Miss C. B. Currie (1849-1940). As the style grew in popularity, other publishing houses quickly began to reproduce this technique-each developing their own desirable take on the aesthetic-referred to as "Cosway style.". Fine.
Le Jardin d'encre

Le Jardin d'encre by WOU-KI, Zao (1920-2013); Bernard NOËL (b.1930)

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Seller: Riverrun Books & Manuscripts
Title
Le Jardin d'encre
Author
WOU-KI, Zao (1920-2013); Bernard NOËL (b.1930)
Seller
Riverrun Books & Manuscripts (United States)
Condition
A fine copy with a few small soilmarks on box
Description
Liancourt: Bernard Dumerchez, 2007. A fine copy with a few small soilmarks on box. Folio (25.25 x 14.5 inches; 640 x 368 mm). The complete portfolio with etching with aquatint printed in colors. Loose as issued in original portfolio; original cloth folding case, titled on top and spine. LIMITED EDITION, number 17 of 63 copies SIGNED BY NOËL AND WOU-KI, from a total edition of 99. Printed on Vélin BFK Rives. Throughout his career, Zao Wou-Ki merged Eastern and Western aesthetic traditions in his work, retaining technical elements of Chinese painting styles while embracing European Modernism. Published in 2007 by Bernard Dumerchez, Paris, the Le jardin d’encre portfolio, whose title translates to The Ink Garden, demonstratesº Zao’s use of free-flowing brushstrokes, which incorporate elements of traditional Chinese calligraphy, to contemplate nature. The portfolio features a limited-edition etching and aquatint print on wove paper by Zao and a text by Bernard Noël, both housed within the original cream-colored fabric-wrapped clamshell box. Reference: 'Zao Wou-Ki 1950 - 2010: 60 Years of Graphic Works, Go Art Gallery,' Udine, 2012, p. 29, illustrated in color.
Original Photograph / Albumen print / Carte-de-visite (CDV)

Original Photograph / Albumen print / Carte-de-visite (CDV) by Stowe Harriet Beecher (attributed)

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Seller: Michael Laird Rare Books LLC
Title
Original Photograph / Albumen print / Carte-de-visite (CDV)
Author
Stowe Harriet Beecher (attributed)
Seller
Michael Laird Rare Books LLC (United States)
Condition
Good
Description
S.l., 1860. Good. Small photograph (89 x 58 mm), irregularly trimmed; mounted on card (99 x 61 mm), likewise irregularly trimmed. Identified on card verso and recto in two different hands; on verso "Taken at the time UTC written." Print thumb-soiled; on subject's face a small portion of print flaked with loss. If indeed the subject of the present portrait is Harriet Beecher Stowe, then she was certainly a young woman here. Her hair uncharacteristically tied at the back, and her countenance free from the sorrow and woe that seems to eminate from all other known photographs of the author. For comparison purposes, images of a young Harriet Beecher Stowe have been almost impossible to procure. Unlike the two individuals who have identified the subject of the present photograph as Harriet Beecher Stowe, we are reluctant to make this claim, and thus differ to specialists.
Horse, Foot, and Dragoons; Sketches of Army Life at Home and Abroad

Horse, Foot, and Dragoons; Sketches of Army Life at Home and Abroad by Zogbaum, Rugus Fairchild

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Title
Horse, Foot, and Dragoons; Sketches of Army Life at Home and Abroad
Author
Zogbaum, Rugus Fairchild
Seller
James & Mary Laurie Booksellers (A.B.A.A.) (United States)
Condition
Near fine
Description
New York: Harper & brothers, 1888. 1st. Hardcover. Near fine. Illustrations by the author.
Gallatin River, Mont

Gallatin River, Mont by Schlechten, Albert

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Seller: Tschanz Rare Books
Title
Gallatin River, Mont
Author
Schlechten, Albert
Seller
Tschanz Rare Books (United States)
Description
[Bozeman, MT]: A. Schlechten, 1911. Silver gelatin photograph [28 cm x 36 cm] / [11" x 14"]. Nice condition with strong contrasts. Title in the negative. Manuscript note in pencil on the reverse: "Old original Road Over 'Sagebrush Point' South End." View of the Gallatin River. Albert Schlechten (1876-1962) initially established a portrait photography studio with his brother but he spent most of his time and efforts on location and landscape photography. Shortly after his move to Montana in 1900, Albert purchased an 11x14 in. field camera and began photographing the mountains, rivers, lakes and farmland around Bozeman. Established in 1900, the Schlechten Brothers, became renowned for Albert's landscape photography.
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The art of hunting, trapping and fishing, a complete and practical guide for the use of the amateur or professional ... with full instructions on the art of training dogs, and using the gun and rifle

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The art of hunting, trapping and fishing, a complete and practical guide for the use of the amateur or professional ... with full instructions on the art of training dogs, and using the gun and rifle
Seller
Rulon-Miller Books (United States)
Description
New York: Hurst & Co., publishers, 1874. Small 8vo (6¾" x 5"), pp. [3], 8-65, [3] ads; a number of small wood engravings in the text; original orange pictorial wrappers; piece torn from the upper wrapper affectintg 1 letter and part of the printed border, spine partially perished; all else good and sound. LC only (dated 1875 and without ads) in OCLC.
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Typewritten letter signed, Trenton, 17 November 1885 by ABBETT, LEON

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Seller: Joseph J. Felcone Inc.
Title
Typewritten letter signed, Trenton, 17 November 1885
Author
ABBETT, LEON
Seller
Joseph J. Felcone Inc. (United States)
Description
1885. ABBETT, LEON (1836-1894). Governor of New Jersey, 1884-1887, 1890- 1893. Typewritten letter signed, Trenton, 17 November 1885. To John Cadwallader, recommending William H. Getty of Camden for a position. One page, octavo. On Executive Department letterhead.
Tony and His Pals

Tony and His Pals by CHRISTESON, H.M. [Helen Mae] and F.M. [Frances Mary]

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Seller: Sandra L Hoekstra Bookseller, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA
Title
Tony and His Pals
Author
CHRISTESON, H.M. [Helen Mae] and F.M. [Frances Mary]
Seller
Sandra L Hoekstra Bookseller, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA (United States)
Condition
Very good +
Description
Chicago: Albert Whitman & Co., Junior Press Books, 1938. Second Printing. Cloth. Very good +. Second printing. 8vo; 144pp; brown pebbled cloth over board with a silver border around a b&w photographic illustrated onlay; endpapers feature b&w photographic illustration of horses in a coral; b&w photographic illustrations throughout; light sunning of spine, small spot to front board; very good plus. Tony was known as the Wonder Horse and an equine star of early film. He was purchased by Tom Mix and used in his Western films. Mix was a silent film star and the first Western star of screen.
La-Bas Experimental Poetry & Poetics. No. 10 January-February, 1978

La-Bas Experimental Poetry & Poetics. No. 10 January-February, 1978

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Seller: Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
Title
La-Bas Experimental Poetry & Poetics. No. 10 January-February, 1978
Seller
Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (United States)
Condition
Near Fine
Description
College Park, Md: La-Bas, 1978. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. Quarto. 85pp. Stapled pictorial wrappers. Top edge is lightly foxed, faint crease on rear cover, else a near fine copy. Prints poems by Ron Silliman, Ted Greenwald, Rochelle Ratner, Loris Essary, Michael Lally, Dick Higgins, and others.
AESOP, FIVE CENTURIES OF ILLUSTRATED FABLES

AESOP, FIVE CENTURIES OF ILLUSTRATED FABLES

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Title
AESOP, FIVE CENTURIES OF ILLUSTRATED FABLES
Seller
Oak Knoll Books/Oak Knoll Press (United States)
Description
New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1967. cloth, dust jacket. Aesop. square 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 95+(1) pages. First edition. With the private bookplate of the H.P. Kraus Reference Library on the front pastedown. Fine in near fine jacket. Reproductions of various artist's interpretations of the Fables of Aesop.
Prophet: A Novel SIGNED FIRST EDITION

Prophet: A Novel SIGNED FIRST EDITION by Blache, Sin; Macdonald, Helen

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Seller: Underground Books, ABAA
Title
Prophet: A Novel SIGNED FIRST EDITION
Author
Blache, Sin; Macdonald, Helen
Seller
Underground Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN
9780802162021
Condition
Very good +
Description
New York: Grove Press, 2023. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good +/Very good +. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by both Helen Macdonald and Sin Blache to page specially bound in by the publisher. First Edition with full number line indicating first printing. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". 468pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of unclipped dust jacket. Bound in white paper over boards with spine lettered in silver. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is firm, tight, and sound. A very presentable signed first edition of this dazzling speculative debut from the extraordinary minds of award-winning and New York Times-bestselling author of H Is for Hawk Helen Macdonald and first time author Sin Blaché. ABOUT THIS BOOK: From the extraordinary minds of award-winning and New York Times-bestselling author of H Is for Hawk Helen Macdonald and first time author Sin Blaché, Prophet is their electric debut, a tantalizing adventure fusing noir, sci-fi and a slow burn queer romance set in a universe just one perilous step from our own. Adam Rubenstein and Sunil Rao have been reluctant partners since their Uzbekistan days. Adam is a seemingly unflappable American Intelligence officer and Rao is an ex-MI6 agent, an addict and rudderless pleasure hound, with the uncanny ability to discern the truth of things about everyone and everything other than Adam. When an American diner turns up in a foggy field in the UK after a mysterious death, Adam and Rao are called in to investigate, setting into motion the most dangerous and otherworldly mission of their lives. In a surreal, action-packed quest that takes Adam and Rao from secret laboratories in Colorado, to a luxury lodge in Aspen, to the remote Nevada desert, the pair begins to uncover how and why people's fondest memories are being weaponized against them by a spooky, ever-shifting substance called Prophet. As the unlikely twosome battles this strange new reality, Prophet's victims' memories are materializing in increasingly bizarre forms: favorite games, beloved pets, fairground rides, each more malevolent than the next. Prophet is like no enemy Adam and Rao - or the world - have ever come up against. A tension-shot odd-couple romance, an unflinching send-up of corporate corruption, and a genre-bending tour de force, Prophet is a triumph of storytelling by a new writing duo with a thrilling future.(Publishing).

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