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Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam by [Fine Binding - Unknown] Edward Fitzgerald

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Seller: Whitmore Rare Books

Title: Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
Author: [Fine Binding - Unknown] Edward Fitzgerald
Seller: Whitmore Rare Books (United States)
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Stratford-Upon-Avon: The Shakespeare Head Press, 1927. Later edition. Near Fine. Exquisitely bound, apparently by an amateur binder, although possibly an apprentice at Sangorski. Full maroon crushed morocco with an elaborate peacock design in gilt and inlaid morocco on the front board. Rear board in a more muted style, reminiscent of the Dove's Bindery. All edges gilt, with silk endpapers and paste-downs, and then with a second set of patterned endpapers. Very slight rubbing along the front and rear joints, holding well. Housed in a custom lined slipcase. Fitzgerald attributed the original work to the famed astronomer and mathematician Omar Khayyum, and this collection of quatrains rapidly became a favored text of the Pre-Raphaelites. "Like the Odyssey or the Vita Nuova [it] was once the most widely known and quoted work of Victorian poetry in the world," and its place in Western culture at the time was secured by Fitzgerald's "epigrammatic, sophisticated, often mordant verses [that] display Fitzgerald's adroitness in handling this stanza form" (Warner). Yet with the rise of Modernism, the Rubaiyat fell out of style for a time, its lush and romantic orientalism considered out of step with the concerns of those who were living through a devastating World War. But the beautiful surviving copies in exceptional vellum, silk, and leather, alongside recently released critical editions, have helped draw attention back to the Rubaiyat's beauty and its role in inspiring so many monumental pieces of Victorian art and literature. Near Fine.

[WOMAN AUTHOR / ILLUSTRATOR OF PAGAN EMBLEMS IN THE SERVICE OF PEDAGOGY]. Arabesques Mythologiques, ou les attributs de toutes les divinites de la fable [together 2 vols.] by Genlis, Madame de [Stephanie Felicite, comtesse de Genlis]

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Title: [WOMAN AUTHOR / ILLUSTRATOR OF PAGAN EMBLEMS IN THE SERVICE OF PEDAGOGY]. Arabesques Mythologiques, ou les attributs de toutes les divinites de la fable [together 2 vols.]
Author: Genlis, Madame de [Stephanie Felicite, comtesse de Genlis]
Seller: Michael Laird Rare Books LLC (United States)
Condition: Very good
Description: Paris: C. Barrois, 1811. First Edition. Very good. Together 2 vols., 8vo printed on LARGE PAPER. Ad 1: [4], xxx, 266 (recte: 166) pp., inexplicably lacking one leaf (pp. 111/112) which has been supplied from a small paper copy. Bound by Rosa in contemporary red diced morocco: single floral roll gilt round sides, smooth spine paneled into six compartments, red morocco lettering piece in the second, signed REL[IE] P[AR] ROSA, old shelf label at the foot (likewise on vol. 2), blue and black marbled pastedowns and endpapers, all edges gilt. Ad 2: [4], iv, 228 pp., 1 f. Avis au Relieur (short tear in blank margin of p. iii). Bound in contemporary pink glazed boards (spine and portions of upper cover sun-bleached, a few corners bumped), green spine labels, edges uncut, with many gatherings unopened. Complete with all 54 + 24 = 78 plates, all color-printed stipple engravings (in one instance heightened in gold) engraved by Gaitte after designs by Mme de Genlis. From the library of Archduchess Sophie of Austria with her crowned monogram stamped on the verso of both title-pages, and identical shelf-marks: "IX.G.38." EXCEPTIONAL LARGE PAPER COPY OF THIS HIGHLY ORIGINAL WORK, INTENDED FOR THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN YOUNG AND OLD, CONTAINING THE FULL COMPLIMENT OF 78 EXTRAORDINARY COLOR-PRINTED MYTHOLOGICAL ORNAMENTS IN WHICH APPEAR THE NAMES OF PAGAN GODS, EACH INGENIOUSLY CONJOINED WITH ITS MIRROR IMAGE, AND SURROUNDED BY RESPECTIVE EMBLEMS. IT IS A REMARKABLE FACT THAT EVERY ILLUSTRATION WAS DESIGNED BY THE AUTHOR HERSELF. OUR COPY COMES FROM THE LIBRARY OF ARCHDUCHESS SOPHIE OF AUSTRIA, PRINCESS OF BAVARIA: VOL. 1 WAS SUPERBLY BOUND IN PARIS BY FREDERIC-GUILLAUME ROSA; VOL. 2, PUBLISHED IN THE FOLLOWING YEAR, WAS BOUND IN CONTEMPORARY GLAZED BOARDS AND IS LARGELY UNOPENED. The plates are color-printed stipple engravings which in our copy are sometimes heightened in gold. In each plate, the name (or names) of the god (or demigod) described in the text appears in calligraphic script. The respective name was incorporated into the design of the ornament thusly: First the name appears in cursive; then a reversed mirror-image of the same is cleverly attached to it, with the result that the visual representation of the name becomes ALMOST hidden within the ornament itself. Surrounding the whole are the various attributes of the god or gods: for instance, the ornament, or "arabesque" for Ceres (pl. 9) is formed by a group of freshly-cut wheat, a scythe, a sickle, a group of autumn flowers, and of course the mirrored name of the deity. Some plates are signed: "Gravé par Gaitte" -- possibly Antoine Joseph Gaitte (b. 1753). Most copies are uncolored and/or lack the second volume entirely. Madame de Genlis (1746-1830), one of the most popular and prolific authors of her day, possessed an almost maniacal enthusiasm for teaching children. The text of her "Arabesques" contains a history of pagan gods and their worship, details of religious ceremonies, sections on general mythology, paganism, and the character, manners, and literature of the ancient Greeks and Romans. BINDER: Frederic-Guillaume Rosa (1760-1833) was a brilliant Empire-era binder active in Paris, for whom see Ramsden (p. 178). Flety (p. 154) notes that Rosa is one of the few binders NAMED by Lesne in his immortal poem "La Reliure." Our binding shares the identical floral roll with Jerome Bonaparte's copy of Mejan's "Recueil des causes celebres" (4 vols., 1808) sold at Christie's Paris 22 May 2025 lot 75. We note with interest that Rosa bound another copy of of Madame Genlis' "Arabesques mythologiques" vol. 1, sold at Audap et Mirabaud on 7 Nov. 2012 lot 43. PROVENANCE: Princess Sophie (1805-1872) Archduchess of Austria. She was the daughter of Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria and his second wife, Caroline of Baden. She became Archduchess of Austria through her marriage to Archduke Franz Karl of Austria. Both volumes of the present set bear her crowned Imperial monogram. Books from her library are uncommon on the market. SEE THE 38 REPRESENTATIVE IMAGES ON OUR WEBSITE. § Querard III, 306. Gumuchian 2699.

Three Hours of Experimental Films on Alchemy Astrology, Magic

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Seller: Ken Lopez Bookseller, ABAA

Title: Three Hours of Experimental Films on Alchemy Astrology, Magic
Seller: Ken Lopez Bookseller, ABAA (United States)
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Gorham/Portland: [University of Southern Maine]. 1971. Poster advertising two showings of films by Kenneth Anger, Harry Smith, Stan Brakhage, Ed Emshwiller, and "one unannounced film on an American Mythical Event," to be held on two campuses of the University of Southern Maine. Anger's films were his landmark Scorpio Rising and his 1969 Invocation of My Demon Brother, which had a soundtrack by Mick Jagger and won a Film Culture award in 1970 for best experimental film. Brakhage's films included the Dog Star Man sequence and two others from the early 1960s, one of which includes a typo in its title ("Theigh" instead of "Thigh"). 19" x 24". An attractive and compelling design, four color on green background; near fine. No Binding. Near Fine.

The Best of Me by Nicholas Sparks

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Title: The Best of Me
Author: Nicholas Sparks
Seller: Grayshelf Books, ABAA, IOBA (United States)
ISBN: 9780446547659
Condition: Fine
Description: Stated First Edition/First Printing with the complete number line; A Fine book in a Fine dust jacket with only a small previous bookstore sticker to the back panel, else as new and unread. SIGNED by the author boldly to the title page; a flyer from the signing event laid in. A pristine copy of this novel by the critically acclaimed and hugely popular author; this title somewhat uncommon unsigned. Not remaindered, not price clipped, not ex-library; in a protective Mylar sleeve and will ship carefully wrapped in a sturdy box.

The Intruder by Beaumont, Charles

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Title: The Intruder
Author: Beaumont, Charles
Seller: ReadInk (United States)
Condition: Near Fine in Good+ dj
Description: New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. Near Fine in Good+ dj. (c.1959). First Edition. Hardcover. (price-clipped) [slightly bumped at bottom corners, otherwise a nice clean copy with minor shelfwear; jacket has a number of small chips along top and bottom edges and at top of spine]. The fantasy author's "serious" book, a small-racist-Southern-town novel that served as the basis for a remarkably effective low-budget, shot-on-location film adaptation by Roger Corman, released in 1961, with William Shatner as a rabble-rousing outsider who comes into town and makes a whole lotta trouble for everybody. .

A Whistler Centenary, October 16th to November 17th, 1934 by [Whistler, James Abbott McNeill, 1834-1903]

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Title: A Whistler Centenary, October 16th to November 17th, 1934
Author: [Whistler, James Abbott McNeill, 1834-1903]
Seller: McBlain Books (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: New York: M. Knoedler & Co., Inc, 1934. Paperback. Very Good. 15p. Softcover in original wrapper. 23 cm. Introductory text by Howard Mansfield. Etchings, dry-points and lithographs. 100 items listed.Not illustrated.

Haymarket. August 1976 by ANDREAS, Joel (et al)

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Title: Haymarket. August 1976
Author: ANDREAS, Joel (et al)
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books (United States)
Description: Los Angeles: Haymarket, 1976. Stapled self-wraps; [12pp]. Fine. House organ of the The Haymarket, a socialist community co-operative bookstore and coffee house located on Parkview Street in Los Angeles. Publication details uncertain, though this issue announces an expansion "to include fiction, poetry, criticism, and anything else of interest." Cover illustration by Joel Andreas, taken from his full-length comic book "The Incredible Rocky." Other contributions include poetry by Victor Valle, Carlisle Schnitzer, others.

Tchaikovsky by [TCHAIKOVSKY]. Hofmann, Michel R.

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Seller: J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians LLC

Title: Tchaikovsky
Author: [TCHAIKOVSKY]. Hofmann, Michel R.
Seller: J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians LLC (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: London: John Calder, 1962. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo. Boards. 192 pp. With illustrative plates. In dustjacket.

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