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Expedition of Humphry Clinker by SMOLLETT Tobias

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Seller: Bauman Rare Books
Title
Expedition of Humphry Clinker
Author
SMOLLETT Tobias
Seller
Bauman Rare Books (United States)
Description
1771. First Edition. SMOLLETT, Tobias. The Expedition of Humphry Clinker. London: For W. Johnston and B. Collins, 1771 [misprinted MDCLXXI in Volume I]. Three volumes. 12mo, early 20th-century full red crushed morocco, elaborately gilt-decorated spines and covers, raised bands, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Housed in a custom leather-edged slipcase. $3800.First edition, one of the four possible first states, of Smollett's finest novel, beautifully bound in morocco-gilt by Chambolle-Duru.Smollett's last novel was published in 1771, the year of his death, and is ""generally agreed to be Smollett's crowning achievement… The mellowest and most accomplished of his works"" (Drabble, 915). ""The novel of Humphry Clinker is, I do think, the most laughable story that has ever been written since the goodly art of novel-writing began"" (Thackeray). Renowned French bookbinder René Chambolle's father established his bindery in 1873. ""At some point [Chambolle père] added to his own name the surname of Hippolyte Duru, the celebrated mid-century binder under whom he had been apprenticed, calling his atelier Chambolle-Duru. His son continued the business on his father's retirement in 1898, introducing a formal range of floral decoration to supplement the inspired period-revival bindings for which the firm was known [both tendencies in evidence here]"" (Duncan & DeBartha, 189). The date at the foot of the spines, 1671, matches the incorrect date given on the title page of Volume I. Bound with half titles. ""Four variant states of the first edition have been recorded… The status of these variants has yet to be determined""; this is state A4 as in the Rothschild copy, with sig. A signed in lower case, the rest in capitals, and with ""Mrs. Gwyllim"" at Volume I, page 3. Rothschild 1925. Grolier 100, 112. Bookplate of Dr. Henri Stilling (1853-1911) bound into Volume I as a preliminary leaf at time of binding; Dr. Stilling was known for his valuable medical library; later morocco-gilt bookplate.A splendidly bound copy in fine condition.
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The San Francisco City Directory. [First reprint] by Kimball, Charles P.

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Seller: Argonaut Book Shop
Title
The San Francisco City Directory. [First reprint]
Author
Kimball, Charles P.
Seller
Argonaut Book Shop (United States)
Condition
Fine
Description
San Francisco: Journal of Commerce Press, 1870 Book. Fine. Hardcover. First reprint of the rare 1850 first edition; this edition printed c. 1870. 24mo. 5½ x3 ¾ inches. 139pp. Original blind-ruled smooth maroon cloth lettered in gilt on front cover. Spine faded to brown and covers slightly spotted. Important contemporary red oval stamp on three leaves. A fine copy. First reprint of the exceedingly rare 1850 first edition of which there are only 5 or 6 copies known. Two nearly exact reprints of Kimball's original directory were published, probably by George W. Vincent, about 1870 and again about thirty years later in 1898. Both reprints were published with three additional pages of "omitted names" at the rear of the book. The second (and quite common) reprint (bound in dark maroon cloth) is distinguishable from this first, very scarce, reprint by the fact that in the list of "omitted names" of the later reprint, two "Donahoes" have been added. The first reprint of this famous directory (offered here) does not include the two names and was bound in a smoother maroon cloth. It is exceedingly scarce. In over fifty years we have been able to offer only one other copy of this first (1870) reprint. Our copy is stamped with a contemporary small red oval stamp of "Alexr B. Grogan. San Francisco." Alexander B. Grogan is listed in "Omited Names" and was part of the firm, Grogan & Lent, commercial merchants at the corner of Montgomery and Washington Streets. Kimball's directory was the first comprehensive San Francisco directory, with an alphabetical list of the names and addresses of the citizenry, street names and locations, government officials, and city services both public and private. [Cowan: pp.172-173; Graff: 2322; Greenwood: 236n; Howes I: K-134; Howes II: K-134; Rocq: 7979]. .
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The astonishing hypothesis. The scientific search for the soul by CRICK, Francis

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Seller: Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts
Title
The astonishing hypothesis. The scientific search for the soul
Author
CRICK, Francis
Seller
Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts (United States)
Description
New York: Scribner’s Sons, 1994. FIRST EDITION. Original publisher’s cloth; dust wrapper in perfect condition. Signed by the author on the title page. First edition of Crick’s search for the answer to the meaning of consciousness. Though his focus is the human brain and the neurobiology of vision, his purpose is to discover why humans might be different from other animals, “challenging the very foundations of current scientific, philosophical, and religious thought.” Crick (1916-2004) was awarded the 1962 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of the nature of DNA.
DIVINE AND MORAL SONGS FOR CHILDREN

DIVINE AND MORAL SONGS FOR CHILDREN by Watts, Isaac; Gaskin, Mrs. Arthur [Georgina Gaskin]

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Title
DIVINE AND MORAL SONGS FOR CHILDREN
Author
Watts, Isaac; Gaskin, Mrs. Arthur [Georgina Gaskin]
Seller
Type Punch Matrix (United States)
Condition
Near fine.
Description
Boston: L.C. Page & Company, 1896. Near fine.. Lovely Arts and Crafts edition of Watts' stern and pious children's verses, illustrated by Gaskin's sunlit Greenaway-esque visions of figures untroubled by guilt, grief, and sin. 7.75'' x 5.5''. Original blue cloth with pictorial paste-on. 91, [1] pages. Illustrated with 14 color plates by Gaskin. Minor wear to boards; spine gently sunned.
KIRBY'S DERBY

KIRBY'S DERBY by White, George; O'Malley, Jason; Foster, Bruce

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Seller: Type Punch Matrix
Title
KIRBY'S DERBY
Author
White, George; O'Malley, Jason; Foster, Bruce
Seller
Type Punch Matrix (United States)
ISBN
9780979544156
Condition
Fine.
Description
Mason, OH: Jumping Jack Press, 2008. First printing. Fine.. First edition of this pop-up chronicle of a whimsical soapbox derby with animal racers. 6.25'' x 6.25''. Original color pictorial boards. No jacket as issued. Illustrated in color. [12] pages with pop-up elements to each opening. Sharp and bright.
Kaferbuch. Allgemeine und Specielle Naturgeschichte der Kafer Europa's nebft der Unweifung sie zu Sammeln und aufzubewahren, mit 1 schwartzen und 48 colorirten Tafeln [Beetle Book. General and special natural history of the beetles of Europe, together with instructions on how to collect and preserve them, with one black & white and 48 colored plates]

Kaferbuch. Allgemeine und Specielle Naturgeschichte der Kafer Europa's nebft der Unweifung sie zu Sammeln und aufzubewahren, mit 1 schwartzen und 48 colorirten Tafeln [Beetle Book. General and special natural history of the beetles of Europe, together with instructions on how to collect and preserve them, with one black & white and 48 colored plates] by Calwer, Carl Gustav

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Seller: Biomed Rare Books LLC, ABAA, ILAB
Title
Kaferbuch. Allgemeine und Specielle Naturgeschichte der Kafer Europa's nebft der Unweifung sie zu Sammeln und aufzubewahren, mit 1 schwartzen und 48 colorirten Tafeln [Beetle Book. General and special natural history of the beetles of Europe, together with instructions on how to collect and preserve them, with one black & white and 48 colored plates]
Author
Calwer, Carl Gustav
Seller
Biomed Rare Books LLC, ABAA, ILAB (United States)
Description
Stuttgart: Krais and Hoffmann, 1858. First edition. 48 FINE HAND COLORED ENGRAVED PLATES OF EUROPEAN BEETLES. 22 x 15x5 cm hardcover, leather spine with gilt black leather title label, gilt compartments, leather corners, and marbled blue paper covered boards, patterned endpapers, bookplate of Robert L Chevalier MD to front paste down, i-xxviii, 788 pp, 1 black & white plate and 48 hand colored engraved plates. Covers, corners, and spine edges rubbed, browning to page edges, scattered foxing to text with plates largely unaffected. A few pencilled notations on the plates. Very good minus in custom archival mylar cover. CARL GUSTAV CALWER (1821 – 1874) was a German entomologist who specialized in Coleoptera. He wrote initially with the Stuttgart professor Dr Gustav Jäger Käferbuch, Naturgeschichte der Käfer Europas published by Julius Hoffmann. This very popular work was successively reprinted until 1916.
Weird Science EC Archives Volumes 1-4 Box Set

Weird Science EC Archives Volumes 1-4 Box Set by Spicer, Bill; Benson, John; Evanier, Mark; Menville, Doug

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Title
Weird Science EC Archives Volumes 1-4 Box Set
Author
Spicer, Bill; Benson, John; Evanier, Mark; Menville, Doug
Seller
Carpetbagger Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Fine
Description
West Plains: Russ Cochran, Publisher, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Fine in a Near Fine slipcase, bumped and with some rubbing. Pictorial cloth on the boards, lightly bumped, some scuffing at the spines. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. An omnibus of numbers 1 through 22.
You Can Never Find a Rickshaw When It Monsoons; The World on One Cartoon a Day

You Can Never Find a Rickshaw When It Monsoons; The World on One Cartoon a Day by Willems, Mo

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You Can Never Find a Rickshaw When It Monsoons; The World on One Cartoon a Day
Author
Willems, Mo
Seller
Carpetbagger Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN
9780786837472
Condition
Very Good
Description
New York: Hyperion Paperbacks, 2006. Paperback. Very Good. Foreword by Dave Barry. Second Printing. Inscribed by Willems with a cartoon face on the title page. Very Good. Wraps lightly bumped and curled. Square and firmly bound, some soiling at the edges, clean internally. A production of Willems's sketchbook during his travels around the world before starting his children's book career.
Makarony Fables:Fables for Grown Gentlement

Makarony Fables:Fables for Grown Gentlement by Cosmo (John Hall-Stevenson)

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Seller: Thorn Books
Title
Makarony Fables:Fables for Grown Gentlement
Author
Cosmo (John Hall-Stevenson)
Seller
Thorn Books (United States)
Condition
Near fine
Description
London: Printed for Circulation Amongst Private Subscribers Only, 1897. Limited edition. Hardcover. Near fine. 8vo. 258pp. Half red leather, spine in six compartments, gilt; marbled paper sides and endpapers, top edge gilt, ribbon marker. Trace of rubbing else a near fine copy. One of three hundred numbered copies; this is number 18. .
The Arthurian Legend: An Exhibition

The Arthurian Legend: An Exhibition by (Manchester Exhibit)

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Title
The Arthurian Legend: An Exhibition
Author
(Manchester Exhibit)
Seller
Thorn Books (United States)
Condition
Very good
Description
Manchester: John Rylands University Library, 1985. First edition. Stapled wraps. Very good. Stapled wraps with a woodcut design and titles on the upper cove. 60pp. Some illustrations. A very good copy. Stapled within is an airletter from the library's Keeper of Printed Books to Dr. Charles Monell thanking the Dr. for his donation of the catalogue of the US Arthurian exhibition. .
Schweizerischer Mittelschulatlas mit Unterstützung durch den Bund und die Kantone herausgegeben von der Konferenz der Kantonalen Erziehungskirektoren. Neunte Auflage Jubilümsausgabe 1898-1948. Umgearbeitet und erweitert unter Mitwirkung von Dr. H. Annaheim [and others] durch ed. Imhof

Schweizerischer Mittelschulatlas mit Unterstützung durch den Bund und die Kantone herausgegeben von der Konferenz der Kantonalen Erziehungskirektoren. Neunte Auflage Jubilümsausgabe 1898-1948. Umgearbeitet und erweitert unter Mitwirkung von Dr. H. Annaheim [and others] durch ed. Imhof

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Schweizerischer Mittelschulatlas mit Unterstützung durch den Bund und die Kantone herausgegeben von der Konferenz der Kantonalen Erziehungskirektoren. Neunte Auflage Jubilümsausgabe 1898-1948. Umgearbeitet und erweitert unter Mitwirkung von Dr. H. Annaheim [and others] durch ed. Imhof
Seller
Rulon-Miller Books (United States)
Description
Zürich: Orell Füssli, 1948. Folio, pp. viii, 144; color lithographs maps throughout, many full-page and some double-page; original black cloth-backed brown cloth-covered boards stamped in gilt on the upper cover; previous ownership inscription on front free endpaper, 3 small adhesion marks on front pastedown, else very good, sound, and clean. Laid in is a folding color map: "Karte der Deutsch-Franzosischen Grenzlande (approx. 27" x 21"), Leipzig, n.d. (ca. late 1940s). Swiss Secondary School Atlas, published with support from the Federal Government and the Cantons by the Conference of Cantonal Directors of Education.
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Utah Historical Quarterly, Volume XXIV, Number 3, July 1956

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Title
Utah Historical Quarterly, Volume XXIV, Number 3, July 1956
Seller
Weller Book Works ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Condition
Fine
Description
Utah State Historical Society, 1956. Fine. Utah Historical Quarterly, Volume XXIV, Number 3, July 1956. Salt Lake City: Utah State Historical Society, 1956. 8vo. Wraps. Book condition: Near fine.

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