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Breviary Treasures

Breviary Treasures

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$3,500.00
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Seller: James Cummins Bookseller
Title
Breviary Treasures
Seller
James Cummins Bookseller (United States)
Condition
Bound in full dark blue french levant, gilt spines, t.e.g. Fine. Bookplate of C.W.C. Deering
Description
Boston: Privately Printed by Nathan Haskell Dole, 1905. The Athenian Edition, Number 78 of 100 copies on Royal Japanese vellum. Illustrated with frontispieces and head and tail-pieces. 10 vols. 8vo. Bound in full dark blue french levant, gilt spines, t.e.g. Fine. Bookplate of C.W.C. Deering. The Athenian Edition, Number 78 of 100 copies on Royal Japanese vellum. Illustrated with frontispieces and head and tail-pieces. 10 vols. 8vo. A choice set of this finely printed compendium of world literature: Comprising: The Wisdom of Marcus Aurelius. Translated by Jeremy Collier, illus. by A.G. Learned The Ecolgues of Vergil. Translated by Baron Bowen Sayings of Epictetus Selections from Gesta Romanorum. Translated by Rev. Charles Small Odes of Anacreon Anacreontics and Other Selections from the Greek Anthology The Satires of Horace The Story of Odysseus in the Land of the Phacians, Being the Sixth and a Part of the Seventh Book of the Odyssey translated by Andrew Lang and Prof. Butcher Selections from Aristophanes and Lucian. Translated by F.A. Paley The Olympic and Pythian Odes of Pindar. Translated into English Verse by Abraham Moore. Illus by A.G. Learned Selections from the Koran of Mohammed. Translated by George Sale. Illus. by A.G. Learned.
Citizen Kane Book, The

Citizen Kane Book, The by WELLES, Orson

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Seller: David Brass Rare Books, Inc.
Title
Citizen Kane Book, The
Author
WELLES, Orson
Seller
David Brass Rare Books, Inc. (United States)
Description
[Boston & New York]: Atlantic-Little Brown, 1971. With an Inscribed Photograph of Orson Welles affixed to the Front Free Endpaper WELLES, Orson. The Citizen Kane Book. Raising Kane by Paul Kael [&] The Shooting Script by Herman J. Mankiewicz and Orson Welles. Now Published for the First Time and illustrated with Eighty-one Frames from the Film and the Cutting Continuity of the Completed Film. [Boston & New York]: Atlantic-Little Brown, 1971. First edition. Large quarto (11 x 8 3/8 inches; 280 x 213 mm.). [vi], [1]-440 pp. Illustrated in black & white. Publishers gray cloth over boards, front cover and spine lettered in silver. Pictorial dust jacket. A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. Affixed to the front free endpaper is a fine 10 x 8 inch black & white photograph inscribed "To Paul [R. Palmer] Best Wishes Orson Welles" George Orson Welles (1915-1985) was an American director, actor, writer, and producer who is remembered for his innovative work in film, radio, and theater. He is considered to be among the greatest and most influential filmmakers of all time.
Farthing Hall

Farthing Hall by WALPOLE, Hugh; PRIESTLEY, J.B.

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Seller: David Brass Rare Books, Inc.
Title
Farthing Hall
Author
WALPOLE, Hugh; PRIESTLEY, J.B.
Seller
David Brass Rare Books, Inc. (United States)
Description
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1929. A Collaboration... WALPOLE, Hugh. & PRIESTLEY, J.B. Farthing Hall. London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1929. First edition. Octavo (7 1/2 x 5 inches; 191 x 127 mm.). [viii], [1]-275, [1, blank], [4 advertisements] pp. Publishers green ribbed cloth, spine lettered in gilt. A fine copy in the publisher's gray printed dust jacket, spine slightly darkened, a couple of small closed edge tears, small piece (1/8 inch) missing from top of spine. An excellent copy. The novel is a collaboration between Hugh Walpole and John Boynton Priestley. Walpole, the older novelist, writes as the young artist, while Priestley takes the character of the middle-aged academic. Sir Hugh Seymour Walpole, CBE (1884-1941) was an English novelist. He was the son of an Anglican clergyman, intended for a career in the church but drawn instead to writing. Among those who encouraged him were the authors Henry James and Arnold Bennett. John Boynton Priestley (1894-1984) was an English novelist, playwright, screenwriter, broadcaster and social commentator.
Electrical Papers

Electrical Papers by HEAVISIDE, O.

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Seller: Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts
Title
Electrical Papers
Author
HEAVISIDE, O.
Seller
Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts (United States)
Description
New York & London: Macmillan & Co, 1894. SECOND EDITION. Text illustrations. Original publisher’s cloth, an exceptionally good copy. Ownership signature of the writer and electrical engineer F[ranz] J[osphe] Dommerque. Scarce second edition of Heaviside’s collected works in all aspects of electricity, practical and theoretical. First printed two years earlier, many of the papers had originally appeared in the Philosophical Magazine and The Electrician. He deals with “theoretical aspects of problems in telegraphy and electrical transmission, making use of an unusual calculatory method called operational calculus, now better known as the method of Laplace transforms, to study transient currents in networks. His work on the theory of the telephone made long-distance service practical” (Encyclopedia Britannica). Heaviside (1850-1925) was a self-taught electrical engineer, physicist and mathematician. He became “an expert in mathematical physics and played an important role in the development of the electro-magnetic theory of James Clerk Maxwell and in its practical applications” (DSB). He anticipated employment of Laplace and Fourier transforms in electrical engineering, and was the first to formulate the mathematical equations for use in telegraphy. He was elected an honorary member of the Institute of Electrical Engineers, from whom he was awarded the first Faraday Medal, as well as a Fellow of the Royal Society.
PAROISSIEN: ELZEVIR, RITE ROMAIN

PAROISSIEN: ELZEVIR, RITE ROMAIN by (BINDINGS - GRUEL). (PRAYER BOOK IN FRENCH)

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Seller: Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts
Title
PAROISSIEN: ELZEVIR, RITE ROMAIN
Author
(BINDINGS - GRUEL). (PRAYER BOOK IN FRENCH)
Seller
Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts (United States)
Description
Paris: Gruel et Engelmann, 1889. 165 x 83 mm. (6 1/2 x 3 1/4"). 2 p.l., 649 pp., [1] (colophon) leaf. STRIKING CONTEMPORARY BURGUNDY MOROCCO, ELABORATELY GILT, BY GRUEL (stamp-signed at tail of spine), UPPER COVER WITH A LARGE AND RICHLY DETAILED OVAL BAS-RELIEF PLAQUETTE OF THE LAST SUPPER framed above and below by a large panel of interlacing open strapwork comprised of abstracted gilt floral and foliate curls and other decorative elements, lower cover similarly decorated, with its central medallion containing a gilt cipher in intertwined majuscules, raised bands, spine gilt in double-ruled compartments with central arabesque, gilt filigree turn-ins, claret moiré silk endleaves, all edges gilt, original brass clasps with strapwork decoration. With 26 illustrations, comprised of 22 large black and white woodcut headpieces, and four chromolithographed plates with gold highlights, along with numerous uncolored woodcut initials. Front free endleaf gilt-stamp "24 Mai 1891"; first Communion card of Andre Gallien, dated 9 May 1895, laid in. A VERY FINE COPY, the morocco lustrous and the leaves entirely crisp and clean. Gruel and Engelmann published and bound numerous works of devotion, like the present impressively adorned "Paroissien," a service book that includes the texts and prayers (in Latin and French) used to celebrate Mass throughout the year. The very pleasing plaquette on the front cover showing the Last Supper is reminiscent of the celebrated Apollo and Pegasus bindings done for collector Giovanni Battista Grimaldi (ca. 1524-ca. 1612). In her "Bookbinders and their Craft," Sarah Prideaux says that the Gruel firm, founded in 1811, "always had the highest reputation . . . for initiative in artistic matters, as well as for irreproachable execution in the detail of its many-sided achievements." Paul Gruel (1864-1954) took over the firm after the death of his father, the great Léon Gruel, in 1923 and ably directed the operation until his own death, maintaining the atelier's reputation for excellence. Over the years, the firm employed some of the most skillful artisans in the trade, including Prideaux herself..
QUESTIONS OF TRAVEL

QUESTIONS OF TRAVEL by Bishop, Elizabeth

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Seller: Type Punch Matrix
Title
QUESTIONS OF TRAVEL
Author
Bishop, Elizabeth
Seller
Type Punch Matrix (United States)
Condition
Very good plus.
Description
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1965. First printing (stated). Very good plus.. Rare unbound advance galley proofs of Bishop's first poetry collection after winning the Pulitzer Prize for her 1955 POEMS. Bishop first came to Brazil in 1951, and once there, the poet "reshaped and redefined her entire career around Brazil from the moment of her arrival [...] so much so that her mature work is inconceivable without Brazil. Bishop's decision to stay quite literally transformed her career" (Hicok). Half the poems in QUESTIONS OF TRAVEL have overtly Brazilian themes, while the rest, separated by the section title "ELSEWHERE," hearken back to her experiences in Nova Scotia, Massachusetts, the "world of books gone flat" of St. Elizabeths hospital, all seen from a new distance of time and space. 8.25'' x 6''. Seven original unbound gatherings with olive-green endpapers. 95, [1] pages. Single scuff line to outer leaves, light wear and marginal toning to endpapers.
The Pilgrims of the Rhine. By the author of "Pelham", "Eugene Aram", &c

The Pilgrims of the Rhine. By the author of "Pelham", "Eugene Aram", &c by (Bulwer-Lytton, Edward)

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Title
The Pilgrims of the Rhine. By the author of "Pelham", "Eugene Aram", &c
Author
(Bulwer-Lytton, Edward)
Seller
Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
NY: Harper & Brothers, 1834. First US Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Solid, unsophisticated copy of the American first edition of Lytton's famous work. 8vo, brown linen-backed covers, paper label spine (typical period binding), (xiii). 239, (1), 9 (3). Cloth faded a bit, more so at spine. Small corner of fly torn away. Slightly cocked spine.
Mustang Sally; A Novel of Sex, Gambling, and Higher Education
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Mustang Sally; A Novel of Sex, Gambling, and Higher Education by Allen, Edward

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Title
Mustang Sally; A Novel of Sex, Gambling, and Higher Education
Author
Allen, Edward
Seller
James & Mary Laurie Booksellers (A.B.A.A.) (United States)
ISBN
9780393034035
Condition
Near Fine/ Near Fine
Description
New York: W W Norton & Co Inc, 1992. 1st. Hardcover. Near Fine/ Near Fine. Near fine condition in near fine dust jacket.
Apaches: Eagles of the Southwest.
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Apaches: Eagles of the Southwest. by WORCESTER, Donald E.

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Title
Apaches: Eagles of the Southwest.
Author
WORCESTER, Donald E.
Seller
Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB (United States)
ISBN
9780806123974
Condition
Near Fine
Description
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. Near Fine. 1992. Paperback. 0806123974 . Fifth paperback printing. Previous owner's name on half-title page, else about fine in illustrated wraps. .
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How Things Work

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Title
How Things Work
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Weller Book Works ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Condition
Good
Description
Publications International, 1990. Good. How Things Work. Lincolnwood, Illinois: Publications International, 1990. 320pp. Indexed. Illustrated. 4to. Hardcover. Book condition: Good with bumped and lightly yellowed edges. Top edge soiled slightly and marked with brown ink.