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Lady Godiva and Other Poems, The

Lady Godiva and Other Poems, The by SANGORSKI, Alberto, calligrapher; COSWAY-STYLE BINDING; TENNYSON, Alfred, Lord

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Title
Lady Godiva and Other Poems, The
Author
SANGORSKI, Alberto, calligrapher; COSWAY-STYLE BINDING; TENNYSON, Alfred, Lord
Seller
David Brass Rare Books, Inc. (United States)
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London: , 1919. Ride You Naked Through the Town, And I Repeal it" "Then She Rode Back Clothed on with Chastity" [SANGORSKI, Alberto, calligrapher]. [COSWAY-STYLE BINDING]. TENNYSON, Alfred, Lord. The Lady Godiva and Other Poems. [Sonnet - O Beauty, passing beauty! sweetest Sweet!] & [The Sea-Fairies]. [London: 1919]. A Very Fine Alberto Sangorski Illuminated manuscript on vellum. Large quarto (10 1/16 x 7 11/16 inches; 255 x 195 mm.). Eighteen vellum leaves, mounted on guards, including three blank leaves at front and one at back. [6, blank], 25, [1, blank], [1, colophon], [3, blank] pp. Interleaved with white silk. Written in black and red, with title in burnished gold, red, and purple. Two full-page miniatures of Lady Godiva (on pages 4 & 17). Three-half-page miniatures of Lady Godiva, and The Sea Fairies (on pages 7, 20 & 25) and two small miniatures of Tennyson, and Lady Godiva (on pages 1 & 12). Twenty-two pages with elaborate borders in gold and colors incorporating large illuminated initials, as well as dragons, grotesques, coats-of-arms, and foliage, that on the title incorporating a portrait of the author, those around text with three additional miniatures of Lady Godiva and two of sea fairies. Colophon statement: "This manuscript The Lady Godiva and other poems by Alfred Lord Tennyson was designed, written out and illuminated by Alberto Sangorski London. 1919. This manuscript was executed by me [signed:] Alberto Sangorski/[flourish]." Bound by the Chelsea Bindery ca. 2000 in full red levant morocco. Covers with gilt decorative borders enclosing an elaborate all-over gilt design of buds, leaves and flowers. Front cover with four circular 2-inch diameter gilt-framed hand-painted miniatures and in the center one large rectangular 4 1/8 x 3 1/8 inches gilt-framed hand-painted miniature, all set under glass of scenes from the book (two of Lady Godiva unclothed, one of her clothed, and two others). Rear cover with same gilt border and one oval 3 x 2 1/2 inch gilt-framed hand-painted miniature under glass of Tennyson. Spine with five raised bands decoratively tooled in a similar pattern and lettered in gilt in compartments, gilt board edges and turn-ins, navy blue elaborately gilt-paneled morocco doublures, navy blue moire silk endpapers, all edges gilt. Housed in a quarter red morocco over red cloth boards, blue moire silk lined clamshell case, spine with five raised bands decoratively ruled and lettered in gilt in compartments. Contents: 1. The Lady Godiva pp. 1-18 2. Sonnet - O Beauty, passing beauty! sweetest Sweet! p. 19 3. The Sea-Fairies pp. 20-25. The Miniatures: 1. Center front cover "Then she rode back clothed on with chastity." (page 17) 2. Top left front cover "He sought her Lord, and found him, where he strode..." (page 7) 3. Top right front cover "The Tower" (page 17) 4. Lower left front cover "The Lady Godiva..." (page 4) 5. Lower right front cover "That grim Earl who ruled in Coventry..." (page 7) Rear cover 6. Center "Alfred Lord Tennyson" (title-page) An exquisite marriage of a beautiful illuminated manuscript and an elaborate Cosway-style binding. "The Lady Godiva" is a poem written in 1840 by Alfred, Lord Tennyson whilst waiting for his train when he was returning from Coventry to London, after his visit to Warwickshire in that year. It was first published in 1842, no alteration was made in any subsequent edition. The poem is based on the story of the Countess Godiva, an Anglo-Saxon lady who, according to legend, rode naked through the streets of Coventry after her husband, the Earl of Mercia promised that he would remit oppressive taxes on his tenants if she agreed to do so. O Beauty, passing beauty! sweetest Sweet! (Sonnet) "The Sea-Fairies" was first published in 1830 but excluded from all editions till its restoration, when it was greatly altered, in 1853.
Album des Charges du Jour

Album des Charges du Jour by DAUMIER, Honoré

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Album des Charges du Jour
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DAUMIER, Honoré
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Paris: Charivari and Martinet, 1859. The Moroccan Sultan, Monsieur Prudhomme (a Stereotypical Bourgeois), and the Chinese Emperor Thirty Fine, Humorous Lithographs by Honoré Daumier DAUMIER, Honoré. Album des Charges du Jour. 30 Lithographies par H. Daumier. Paris: Au Bureau du Charivari...et chez Martinet, [1859-60]. First edition. Oblong folio (10 3/8 x 13 5/16 inches; 264 x 338 mm.). Lithographed pictorial title-page and thirty wonderful plates lithographed by Destouches. Some light foxing to a few plates, mainly on the verso. Publisher's pictorial lithographed yellow paper wrappers, spine very slightly chipped at extremities, otherwise fine. A Wonderful example. Housed in a felt-lined half green morocco over pale green cloth boards clamshell case, spine with five raised bands, ruled and lettered in gilt. This scarce album contains thirty fine and humorous lithographs by Daumier, which had previously appeared in the Le Charivari in the series: Actualités, En Chine, Croquis de Chasse, Ces Bons Parisiens and Emotions Nautiques. The three figures featured on the front cover and the title-page are: the Moroccan sultan, Mr. Prudhomme (a stereotypical bourgeois), and the Chinese emperor. OCLC locates just two copies in libraries and institutions worldwide, New York Public Library (NY, USA) & The Morgan Library & Museum (NY, USA). The Plates: 1. - Dire que nous v'la Parisiens!... Unbelievable.. we are Parisians now too! (DR #3235; Actualités) 2. Mr. Prudhomme - Mon fils rappelle toi ce jour mémorable où tu as vu démolir à jamais le mur d'octroi...... rappelle-toi que tôt ou tard, la philosophie, produit de la raison humaine; renversera de même les barrières des préjugés sociaux!....., Le Petit Adolphe- Oui, papa!...... mais dis donc........, papa, ....... pourquoi qu'on les reconstruit un peu plus loin?...... Mr. Prudhomme - My son, remember that memorable day when you saw the wall of the grant being demolished forever ...... remember that sooner or later, philosophy, product of human reason; will also reverse the barriers of social prejudice! ....., Little Adolphe- Yes, dad! ...... but say so ........, dad, ....... why do we rebuild them a little further? ...... (DR #10945; Actualités 141) 3. Le Diamant Magnétiseur. Nouveau divertissement des soirées. - ou manière de s'amuser et de se faire loucher en société, sans se fâcher..... The Diamond Hypnotist. A new pastime at evening parties - or how to have fun and get someone to squint, without getting into trouble. (DR #3227; Actualités 134) 4. Une Application Utile du Diamant Magnétiseur. - Ma femme est bien magnétisée!...... je peux filer tranquillement pour le bal de l'opéra.... dors bien bobonne!.... Practical Application for a Diamond Hypnotist. My wife is hypnotized... now I can quietly leave for the opera ball.... sleep well, my dear! (DR #3230; Actualités 140) 5. Toujours les merveilles du diamant magnétiseur. - ou manière, en société, de faire prendre aux dames des poses non moins fatigantes que disgracieuses. More marvels from the diamond hypnotist. Or, how to make the ladies pose in society in exhausting and not very gracious positions. (DR #3228; Actualités 137) 6. - Mon ami... viens donc voir ces jolis diamants!.... - Ne regarde pas cela....., imprudente!..... ça te ferait loucher!!... - My dear, come and have a look at these beautiful diamonds! - Don't even look at them, you careless woman.... they'll make you cross-eyed! (DR #3229; Actualités 138) 7. La Chiromancie, Nouveau Passe Temps Des Bons Parisiens. - Adélaïde....... j'ai beau chercher..... je ne me trouve pas la petite ligne qui annonce une longue vie..... mon Dieu!.... dois-je donc mourir à la fleur de l'âge!..... Palmistry, New Parisian Pastime. - Adelaide... no matter how intensely I am searching, I simply cannot find the line for long life.... oh my God, must I die in the prime of my days! (DR #3240; Actualités 142) 8. - Ah! Théophile..., j'en apprends de belles sur ton compte...., d'après le livre de Mr. Desbarolles, je vois que tu as dans la main la ligne du libertinage!..... - Ah!... bah..... - Ah, Théophile, what ghastly things I am reading about you. According to the book by Mr. Desbarolles, I can tell that you have in your palm the lines of a libertinage!... - Oh, well... (DR #3241; Ces Bons Parisiens 1) 9. L'empereur du maroc consultant le celèbre sorcier desbarolles. - Voici une petite ligne qui m'indique que vous êtes destiné à recevoir une grande raclée!..... The Emperor of Morocco in consultation with the Famous Magician Desbarolles. - This small line here indicates to me that you are going to get a royal thrashing! (DR #3225) 10. À Tanger - Sublime Majesté! . . . . . voici les Espagnols qui arrivent . . . . . je crois aller au devant de vos désirs, afin de leur inspirer du respect ..., de déployer votre auguste parasol ! . - Laisse-moi donc tranquille, Belboul, avec mon parasol . . . . en ce moment-ci, j'aimerais mieux avoir un Pare-à-balle ! . . . . . . In Tangiers. - Sublime Majesty... the Spanish are coming... in order to frighten them off I took the liberty to fully open your umbrella as a sign of your greatness! - Leave me alone with your umbrella, Belboul.... I would rather like to have an umbrella protecting me from their bullets. (DR #3223) 11. Le Cid se mettant aussi en campagne pour aller combattre les Maures. El Cid also takes to the field to fight against the Moors. (DR #3233) 12. Combat singulier entre le Cid et l'Empereur du Maroc. A unusual battle between El Cid and the emperor of Morocco. (DR #3234) 13. Un parasol dans une position difficile. An umbrella in a difficult position. (DR #3224) 14. - Voilà un vent qui va joliment contrarier le débarquement des Espagnols!..... - Oui..., mais c'est aussi un bien fichu temps pour mon parasol ...... - This wind will give the Spanish a hard time when disembarking. - Sure, but look at what it is doing at my umbrella! (DR #3226) 15. - Dire que c'est là ce que les Français appellent des chinois!....... Strange.. this is what the French call "Chinois". (DR #3120) 16. - Ils vont être bien attrapés, ces européens!... ils ont des canons qui sont terribles parce qu'ils sont rayés, moi j'ai eu l'excellente idée de faire rayer tous mes soldats!...... These Europeans will be quite surprised.... they are using "rifled cannons" .... thus I had the clever idea to add "rifles" (stripes) to the uniforms of my soldiers. (DR #3118) 17. Patrouille chinoise en reconnaissance. Chinese reconnaissance unit in action. (DR #3117) 18. - Tiens, regarde cette caisse...., elle renferme les envoyés Américains qui se rendent à Pékin!...... - On dirait que cette voiture contient des animaux curieux.... - Ma foi! s'ils sont curieux......, tant pis pour eux, car ils ne voient pas beaucoup le pays qu'ils traversent! - Look at that box - it contains the American envoys on the way to Peking! - Anyone would say it was a coach full of curious animals. - Well, if they are curious, so much the worse for them, for they can't see much of the country they are travelling through. (DR #3114) 19. Arrivée à Pékin, des ambassadeurs Américains. Arrival of the American Ambassador in Beijing. (DR #3115) 20. L'envoyé américain obtenant une audience de l'Empereur de la Chine. The Emperor of China receives the American Ambassador. (DR #3116) 21. - Tchinn-tchinn..., tu m'apportes une bonne nouvelle!... je t'accorde l'insigne honneur de baiser l'auguste poussière de mes augustes souliers!..... Tchinn, Tchinn... you are bringing me good news! As a special sign of grace, I will allow you to kiss the sublime dust of my sublime shoes! (DR #3119) 22. La Chine se civilisant. - Voyons...., attention!.... voici la théorie européenne..... les yeux à quinze pas de distance et que le pied qui est à terre vienne rejoindre vivement celui qui est en l'air... China on its way to become civilized. Attention!... this is European theory now.... the eyes must look fifteen feet ahead. .. the foot on the ground must quickly join the one in the air... (DR #3124) 23. Fonctionnaires chinois veillant au salut de l'empire ! ... Chinese civil servants, diligently guarding over the welfare of the nation. (DR #3123) 24. -Tenez, je viens de tuer un magnifique coq de bruyère!.... -Mais, malheureux!... c'est le coq Brahma de la ferme voisine..., un coq qui vous coûtera peut-être plus de trente francs.... sans compter les coups de fourche!.... - Look! I just killed this magnificent grouse! ... - Poor you! That is the rooster of the farm next door. That cock will cost you more than thirty francs, not counting the pitchfork jabs! (DR #3216) 25. - Eh! bien...... as-tu l'intention de rester là ?.... - Non, certes!... je t'attendais pour que tu me transportes sur ton dos jusqu'au village.... - Merci, à une lieue et demie d'ici!!... es-tu fou?.... - Allons!.... voyons mon ami..... fais comme si tu avais tué un chevreuil et que tu sois obligé de le rapporter chez toi!.... - What about it... are you planning to stay here all day? - Surely not... I thought you were going to carry me to the next village! - You must be joking.... one and a half leagues.. you must be crazy! - Oh, come on.. just pretend I were a stag you shot, you would have had to carry him too. (DR #3217) 26. - Eh! bien.... allons-nous continuer notre chasse, malgré le vilain temps? . . . . . - Non ! du tout . . . . ., il pleut . . . . le gibier craint autant la pluie que nous . . . . , il ne pourra manquer de venir se mettre à l'abri dans cette chaumière et nous allons en prendre beaucoup ! . . . . . . - Now what? Are we going to continue hunting during the rain? - Not at all! The animals are just as afraid of the rain as we are. They might not be able to find this shelter, and we would end up losing too many of them! (DR #3215) 27. Mr. Prudhomme. - Comment . . . , flots impudents ! . . . . . vous ne savez donc pas qui vous portez en ce moment, que vous vous montrez si hardis à mon égard? . . . . mer audacieuse! . . . apprends que, comme Xerxès, je pourrais te faire fouetter ! . . . . . Mme. Prudhomme (Toute tremblante.) - Oh! . . . mon ami . . . . . je t'en supplie ! . . . . ne lui dis pas d'insolences, tu la mettrais en colère et elle serait capable de nous engloutir! . . . . . Mr. Prudhomme: - Obnoxious waves.... don't you know whom you are carrying in this moment?... oh audacious... know I shall, like Xerxes, whip you terribly. Mme Prudhomme: (shivering of fear) - Pray, my dear friend, do not offend the sea any longer... you might wake its fury and it might devour us completely! (DR #3218) 28. Les Eunuques Réformés par le Bey de Tunis. - Qu'allons-nous devenir?..... nous voilà mis à pied!... - Nous n'avons plus qu'à nous faire cochers de Constantinople!.... Eunuchs reformed by the Bey of Tunis. - What's going to become of us... we have been fired.... - The only thing we can do is go to Constantinople and become coachmen. (DR #3237) 29. Le nouveau costume des cochers turcs à Constantinople - Ni hommes, ni femmes......, tous eunuques!...... (Extrait de la nouvelle ordonnance). The new uniform of the Turkish coachmen in Constantinople. neither male nor female... all eunuchs. (from the new ordinances..) (DR #3238) 30. Une position difficile. - Tiraillé entre la civilisation et le parti rétograde. A difficult position. Torn between civilization and the conservative party. (DR #3221).
Erich Topp Signed Photograph

Erich Topp Signed Photograph by Erich Topp

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Erich Topp Signed Photograph
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Erich Topp
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German U-boat commander with the 2nd highest tonnage sunk by anyone in WWII. Signed Photo, 8 x 10", card stock, B/W. Topp in navy uniform shown inside submarine looking through scope. Signed in black felt tip on the lower white margin "Erich Topp." In excellent condition.
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Danny Thomas Signed Check by Danny Thomas

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Danny Thomas Signed Check
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Danny Thomas
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US Actor, best known from television series "Make Room for Daddy". Signed check, dated July 24, 1973. Made payable for the amount of $126.61. Signed in black ink, "Danny Thomas." In excellent condition. A great example of an authentic signature on a check.
1866 – A fascinating solicitation from a Liverpool merchant seeking funds to purchase a boarding house so the destitute widow of a former New York City associate could support her family

1866 – A fascinating solicitation from a Liverpool merchant seeking funds to purchase a boarding house so the destitute widow of a former New York City associate could support her family by Jas. Moore

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1866 – A fascinating solicitation from a Liverpool merchant seeking funds to purchase a boarding house so the destitute widow of a former New York City associate could support her family
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Jas. Moore
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Kurt A. Sanftleben (United States)
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Very good
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Liverpool, 1866. Unbound. Very good. This one-page printed solicitation was privately sent by Jas. Moore of Liverpool on October 15th, 1866, to George Rogers of Lee, Kent (a small parish southeast of London). In nice shape. The notice reads::
THE CUCKOO'S SECRET

THE CUCKOO'S SECRET by Chance, Edgar

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THE CUCKOO'S SECRET
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Chance, Edgar
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Very Good
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London: Sidgwick & Johnson, 1922. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Green cloth, covers slightly soiled. All one wants to know about the cuckoo bird. One-leaf statement by author tipped in after ffe. Scarce title. BIRDS ORNITHOLOGY.
Quake, Quake, Quake. A Leaden Treasury of English Verse

Quake, Quake, Quake. A Leaden Treasury of English Verse by DEHN, Paul. Illustrated By Edward Gorey

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Quake, Quake, Quake. A Leaden Treasury of English Verse
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DEHN, Paul. Illustrated By Edward Gorey
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Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc. (United States)
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Near Fine
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New York: Simon and Schuster, 1961. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Near Fine/Near Fine. Edward Gorey. Octavo. $3.50 on front flap. Dust jacket cover art and illustrations by Edward Gorey. A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket with minimal edge wear. 109 pp.
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Sun in Your Eyes: New Light on the Southwest by ARNOLD, Oren

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Sun in Your Eyes: New Light on the Southwest
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ARNOLD, Oren
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Houle Rare Books & Autographs (United States)
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Alberquerque, New Mexico, University of New Mexico Press [1947]., 1947. First edition (so stated). 8vo. Over 25 duotone illustrations and pictorial endpapers by Lloyd Lozes Goff. Bibliography. Dust jacket (unclipped). Very good. No signatures or bookplates.. F. Hardcover.
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THE BOOKLOVER'S LONDON by Adcock, A. St. John

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THE BOOKLOVER'S LONDON
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Adcock, A. St. John
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Very Good
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New York: The Macmillan Company. Very Good. 1913. Hardcover. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1913. Ex-lib, usual markings, hinges show tape repairs, contents are lightly foxed, cover edges are rubbed, a Good copy, no DJ. 20 illustrations by Frederick Adcock. .

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