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Speculum aureum decem praeceptorum Dei

Speculum aureum decem praeceptorum Dei by Henricus de Herpf (c.1410-1477)

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Title
Speculum aureum decem praeceptorum Dei
Author
Henricus de Herpf (c.1410-1477)
Seller
Liber Antiquus (United States)
Condition
Fine
Description
Mainz: Peter Schoeffer, 10 September, 1474. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Fine. A fine copy, in an impressive binding, of the first edition, printed by Gutenberg’s apprentice, Peter Schoeffer. Bound in contemporary Bamberg blindstamped pigskin over wooden boards [Kyriss 006, EBDB w000078, Bamberg Minoritenkloster], with flyleaves from vellum manuscript antiphonal, brass catch-plates with sphinxes, straps and clasps intact. Wormholes to both boards, endpapers renewed, binding a little soiled. Incipit and printer’s device printed in red. Rubricated throughout, some of the initials with flourishes, red paragraph marks and capital strokes. Text in overall fine condition with minor worming to first and last two quires, mostly little holes and two very short (1 cm) trails entering the text. Occasional fingersoiling and stains. Provenance: erased inscription on first leaf – acquired from Lathrop C. Harper, Inc, New York, 27 March 1956. 212 sermons on the Ten Commandments by the Dutch mystic Hendrik Herp, whose writings had a profound impact on later mystical writers, including Francisco de Osuna, who in turn influenced St. Teresa of Jesus. His works might also have influenced St. John of the Cross. Herp’s mysticism concerned the Inquisition, who placed his books on the Index. This edition was printed by Peter Schoeffer, who began his printing career as Gutenberg’s apprentice. Schoeffer is considered, after Gutenberg, “the most influential individual in the early history of printing in Europe.” From 1445, Herp was a rector of the Brothers of the Common Life in Delft and, later, in Gouda, where he encouraged book production in particular. In 1450, on a pilgrimage to Rome, he joined the Franciscan Observance (the Capuchin reform) at the Convent of Ara Coeli. Upon his return to northern Europe, he served in several posts for the Franciscan Observants of the Cologne Province, including as provincial of the Province of Cologne (1470–73), then as guardian of the convent of Mechlin in present-day Belgium, where he died in 1477. Peter Schoeffer: “After Johannes Gutenberg (c. 1397–1468), Peter Schoeffer was the most influential individual in the early history of printing in Europe. Born about 1425 in Gernsheim, near Mainz, educated at Erfurt University, and trained as a calligrapher in Paris, Schoeffer had become involved in the new art of printing by 1455, serving as an employee of Johann Fust of Mainz, who was then financing Gutenberg’s “work of the books” – doubtless the printing of the Gutenberg Bible. As Gutenberg’s helper, later as Fust’s junior partner, and finally on his own, Schoeffer remained at the forefront of Europe’s printers for the better part of five decades, producing an impressive array of essential theological and legal editions. Before his death in 1503, he had done more than any other to introduce important publishing innovations and to set technical standards that would shape the history of the printed word… “Peter Schoeffer’s role in the production of the Gutenberg Bible is not documented directly, but his training as a calligrapher, his close association with Fust c. 1455, and his expertise as an independent printer after Fust’s death in 1466 all suggest that he was a central participant in the early development of European printing.” (Peter Schoeffer: Printer of Mainz. A Quincentenary Exhibition at Bridwell Library, displayed from 8 September to 8 December 2003) Among Schoeffer’s accomplishments are, together with his partner Johann Fust, of the 1457 and 1459 Latin Psalters, the 1462 Bible, and the 1465 Cicero (possibly the first printed Classical text); and, on his own, the third printing (using Gutenberg’s types) of the Mainz Catholicon (ca. 1469).
Tancrede, Tragedie ... Représentée pour la premiere fois par l'Academie Royale de Musique le septiéme jour de Novembre 1702. [Short score]

Tancrede, Tragedie ... Représentée pour la premiere fois par l'Academie Royale de Musique le septiéme jour de Novembre 1702. [Short score] by CAMPRA, Andre 1660-1744

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Tancrede, Tragedie ... Représentée pour la premiere fois par l'Academie Royale de Musique le septiéme jour de Novembre 1702. [Short score]
Author
CAMPRA, Andre 1660-1744
Seller
J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians LLC (United States)
Description
Paris: Chez Christophe Ballard, seul lmprimeur du Roy pour la Musique, ruë Saint Jean de Beauvais, au Mont-Parnasse ... Avec Privilege de Sa Majesté, 1702. Large oblong octavo. Contemporary dark brown mottled calf with raised bands on spine in decorative compartments gilt. 1f. (recto title, verso blank), [iii] ("Table"), [i] ("Airs a jouer"), [i] ("Airs a chanter"), [i] ("Memoire des oeuvres de Monsieur Campra"), [i] (blank), [i] (a second, more extensive "Memoire des oeuvres de Monsieur Campra"), xlix (prologue), l ("Cet air se chante aprés le Sarabande du Troisiéme Acte page 166"), 291, [i] (privilege), 4 (an alternate section to be performed at the end of Act V) pp. With attractive decorative woodcut headpieces to head of each act. Binding worn, rubbed, and bumped; title label lacking; free endpapers lacking, pastedowns worn and stained. Occasional soiling and staining, primarily to margins; several small edge tears; some signatures partially detached; minor loss to lower margin of p. 251 affecting clef of lowermost staff but with all music intact; early paper restoration to upper outer corner of pp. 282/283 and 284/285. Quite a good copy overall, with strong impression. First Edition. Lesure p. 97. BUC p. 158. RISM C745. Tancrede, in five acts and a prologue to a libretto by Antoine Danchet after Torquato Tasso's Gerusalemme Liberate, was first performed in Paris at the Académie Royale de Musique at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal under the direction of Marin Marais on 7 November 1702. Considered a 'chef-d'oeuvre' by Rameau, the work, Campra's best-known lyric tragedy, was performed regularly until 1764. It marks the first appearance of a contralto on the French lyric stage.
Gennem Wahhabiternes Land Paa Kamelryg

Gennem Wahhabiternes Land Paa Kamelryg by Raunkiaer, Barclay

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Title
Gennem Wahhabiternes Land Paa Kamelryg
Author
Raunkiaer, Barclay
Seller
Whitmore Rare Books (United States)
Condition
Near Fine
Description
Copenhagen: Gyldendal, 1913. First edition. Near Fine. Octavo. Original publisher's pictorial green cloth lettered in gilt. Half-tone frontispiece (with tissue guard), black and white illustrations after photographs and line drawings throughout, large folding coloured regional map in end pocket. Extremities a little bumped, gilt on spine slightly dulled, otherwise an excellent, Near Fine example, internally fresh and clean and pleasingly not ex-library (as is often found with this title). An important account of Iraq, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, one praised and supported by T. E. Lawrence who was instrumental in the publication of the unillustrated English edition of 1916. The work stands as the lone account of Kuwait from this period. The journey cost Raunkiaer his health, dying from tuberculosis soon after returning in 1915. The large folding map is of Eastern Saudi Arabia (including Riyadh), Southern Iraq and Kuwait. "Early in 1912, the Dane Barclay Raunkiaer travelled in eastern Arabia on behalf of the Royal Danish Geography Society to reconnoiter for a proposed Danish expedition into the Southern desert. Various parts of Raunkiaer's route (Kuwait-Buraida-Riyadh-al-Hufuf-'Ujair) coincided with parts of the journeys of Palgrave (1862), Guarmani (1864), Pelly (1865), Doughty (1878) and Shakespear. Raunkiaer's scientific intentions were largely thwarted by practical problems, but his account of Kuwait in 1912 was praised by T.E. Lawrence, and he was the first European to visit Riyadh for fifty years. In Riyadh he met 'Abd al-Rahman Ibn Sa'ud father of Abd al-'Aziz Ibn Sa'ud. While in Kuwait Raunkiaer became seriously ill; he never recovered, and he died in 1915 aged twenty-five" (Cottrell, p. 119). Alvin J. Cottrell, ed.,The Persian Gulf States: A General Survey, 1980. Near Fine.
[Offprint]: What's Happening to Prose

[Offprint]: What's Happening to Prose by VAN DUYN, Mona

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Title
[Offprint]: What's Happening to Prose
Author
VAN DUYN, Mona
Seller
Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (United States)
Condition
Good
Description
[Urbana, Illinois]: College English [University of Chicago Press/ National Council of Teachers of English], 1954. Softcover. Good. First separate edition, offprint from *College English*. Large octavo. [8]pp. pagination as issued p.[17]-24. Stapled printed self-wrappers. Covers are quite worn along spine and partially detached at staples, with a few nicks and short tears, a single horizontal crease where once folded, just a good copy of a rare publication. Text of a paper read at the Conference on College Composition and Communication held in Saint Louis." Inscribed by Van Duyn: "for Jacqueline & Peter with best wishes Mona" on the front cover. A very early separate publication of any work by Van Duyn; her first collection of verse was not published until 1959. Rare. *OCLC* cites one holding for this title at Yale; and a single holding of a similar offprint by Van Duyn from a July, 1953 issue of "Sewanee Review
[HAMILTON VASES]. Two bold terracotta prints from the "Peintures des vases antiques de la Collection de son Excellence M. le Chevalier Hamilton" [in Italian: Pitture de vasi antichi etc.]

[HAMILTON VASES]. Two bold terracotta prints from the "Peintures des vases antiques de la Collection de son Excellence M. le Chevalier Hamilton" [in Italian: Pitture de vasi antichi etc.] by Hamilton, William (collector)

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[HAMILTON VASES]. Two bold terracotta prints from the "Peintures des vases antiques de la Collection de son Excellence M. le Chevalier Hamilton" [in Italian: Pitture de vasi antichi etc.]
Author
Hamilton, William (collector)
Seller
Michael Laird Rare Books LLC (United States)
Condition
Very good
Description
Florence: Société Calcographique, 1803. Very good. Two prints, matted and framed (frame sizes approx. 460 x 360 mm, visible portions: approx. 293 x 207). One print with dampstaining along left side (SEE IMAGE). These are original prints, NOT reproductions! TWO OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL TERRACOTTA PRINTS OF ETRUSCAN VASES FROM WILLIAM HAMILTON'S SECOND COLLECTION. Hamilton actually formed two collections of Greek vases; the first he sold to the British Museum. The present prints depict vases from his second collection, part of which was lost at sea. The surviving portion was sold to Thomas Hope. Our prints belong to the 1801-1803 Florence Société Calcographique edition of the "Peintures des vases antiques / Pitture de vasi antichi" (1801-1803) which is distinguished by the sumptuous TERRACOTTA printed ground onto which the black ink was applied directly (one has handpainted with highlights). Hamilton's second collection was first made known to the public through the greatly inferior UNCOLORED outlines of the vase designs, published in Wilhelm Tischbein's "Collection of Engravings from Ancient Vases [...] discovered in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies [...] now in the possession of Sir William Hamilton" (Naples, 1791-1795). As is well known, Hamilton's first collection was published in the famed "Collection of Etruscan, Greek and Roman Antiquities from the cabinet of the Honble. Wm. Hamilton" (in French: "Antiquités étrusques, grecques, et romaines tirées du cabinet de M. Hamilton" (1766-67) compiled by Pierre Francois Hugues (called d'Hancarville). The Société Calcographique prints are often (mis)attributed to the better-known d'Hancarville series; even Christie's London experts did so in the catalogue of their 13 Jun 2018 sale (lot 41, a collection of nine frame prints); despite this error, the lot nonetheless realized GBP 10,000 (!).
MEMOIRS OF THE BERNICE PAUAHI BISHOP MUSEUM OF POLYNESIAN ETHNOLOGY AND NATURAL HISTORY -- Hawaiian Feather Work & Ancient Hawaiian Stone Implements & Additional Notes on Hawaiian Feather Work & An Index to the Islands of the Pacific Ocean; Vol 1. Nos. 1-2, 4-5

MEMOIRS OF THE BERNICE PAUAHI BISHOP MUSEUM OF POLYNESIAN ETHNOLOGY AND NATURAL HISTORY -- Hawaiian Feather Work & Ancient Hawaiian Stone Implements & Additional Notes on Hawaiian Feather Work & An Index to the Islands of the Pacific Ocean; Vol 1. Nos. 1-2, 4-5 by Brigham, William Tufts

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MEMOIRS OF THE BERNICE PAUAHI BISHOP MUSEUM OF POLYNESIAN ETHNOLOGY AND NATURAL HISTORY -- Hawaiian Feather Work & Ancient Hawaiian Stone Implements & Additional Notes on Hawaiian Feather Work & An Index to the Islands of the Pacific Ocean; Vol 1. Nos. 1-2, 4-5
Author
Brigham, William Tufts
Seller
Royoung bookseller, Inc. (United States)
Condition
Green buckram, red leather spine label printed in gilt. 4 Nos., bound in one. Very good
Description
Honolulu: Bishop Museum, 1903. First edition. Hardcover. Green buckram, red leather spine label printed in gilt. 4 Nos., bound in one. Very good. Respectively, as per above titles: 81 (2) pages, 17 pages, 100 pages, 170 pages. A plethora of black and white plates most with multiple images, illustrations in the text, maps and two color lithographs. With Index of Vol. I, 1899-1903 containing a List of Plates, Illustrations in the Text, and Alphabetical Index. Original wrappers bound-in. Clean and fresh internally, bookplate and label front paste-down only ex-library marking, modest extremity rubbing.
The Modern Movement in Art

The Modern Movement in Art by Wilenski, R.H.

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Title
The Modern Movement in Art
Author
Wilenski, R.H.
Seller
Royoung bookseller, Inc. (United States)
Condition
Orig. maroon cloth. Very good in chipped dust wrapper
Description
New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1957. 1st American edition. Hardcover. Orig. maroon cloth. Very good in chipped dust wrapper. 216 pages. Two color plates, and sixty-six black and white monochrome plates. Index. In this edition updated with a new Preface of 12000 words in which the author reviews the recent developments of art discussed in earlier volumes. LUCAS p.38.
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Original manuscripts of two musical compositions by Benoîst-Méchin, Jacques; [Joyce, James]; Claudel, Paul

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Original manuscripts of two musical compositions
Author
Benoîst-Méchin, Jacques; [Joyce, James]; Claudel, Paul
Seller
Thomas A Goldwasser Rare Books (United States)
Description
Paris, 1925. 1, "Mon jour terreste diminue" a setting of Paul Claudel's poetry for voice and orchestra. Six pages, musical partition, in red and black ink, with hand written cover and a formal dedication to Adrienne Monnier. Signed at the end and dated June 1920 and 2, "Finale des Choeurs pour un exposition Coloniale. A la mémoire de Joseph Conrad et ses navigateurs" Six pages, musical partition, in pencil, with title and annotations in ink. 350 x 270 mm. Inscribed by Benoist-Méchin to Adrienne Monnier. Before becoming a politician,the young Benoîst-Méchin tried his hand as a composer. He was not yet 20 years old when he wrote the first piece. At Adrienne Monnier's request, he also translated the "Penelope" section of Joyce's "Ulysses," for which he supplied musical notation that Joyce had photographed and used in print. When he was an official in the Vichy government, Benoîst-Méchin was able to use his influence to have Sylvia Beach released from internment.
ELIMUS

ELIMUS by Windeler, B.C.; Shakespear, D. [Illustrator]

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ELIMUS
Author
Windeler, B.C.; Shakespear, D. [Illustrator]
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Second Story Books, ABAA (United States)
Description
Paris: Three Mountains Press, 1923. Limited First Edition #95/300. Hardcover. Thin Octavo, 45 pages. In Very Good condition. Spine red with no lettering. Quarter bound in red cloth with grey paper boards. Minor shelfwear and soiling. Minor agetoning to pages. Pages uncut. SH consignment. Shelved case 9 3/4. Bill Bird was an American publisher best known for running the Three Mountains Press, a small press that published many prominent modernists in the 1920s including Ezra Pound, Ernest Hemingway, James Joyce, William Carlos Williams and Robert McAlmon, with Ezra Pound serving as editor. Over a period of two and a half years he published 9 works. Concurrently he founded Consolidated Press Service and worked there as a journalist from 1920-1933, when he joined the New York Sun as chief foreign correspondent. Forced to flee France after the Nazi invasion, he wrote articles warning of war. After WWII he moved to Tangier and was the editor of the Tangier Gazette. This title was among Bird's private collection, having been carted by him from Paris (where he stayed until 1940), to Spain, Tangiers, and finally back to Paris and by descent to the US. 1403296. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
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Poems of Childhood by (PARRISH,) MAXFIELD. Field, Eugene

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Poems of Childhood
Author
(PARRISH,) MAXFIELD. Field, Eugene
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L'Estampe Originale (United States)
Description
New York., Charles Scribner's Sons., 1922. Illustrated throughout with color plates by Maxfield Parrish. 1922. 4to. Bound in gilt titled cloth covered boards. Pictorial cover plate by Parrish. Light chipping to head and tail pieces. Mild foxing to prelims. Book plate, else a Near Fine copy.
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Vingt-Deux Artistes Du Livre by Mornand, Pierre. Introduction by J.-R. (Jules-Rene) Thome

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Vingt-Deux Artistes Du Livre
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Mornand, Pierre. Introduction by J.-R. (Jules-Rene) Thome
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L'Estampe Originale (United States)
Description
Paris, Les Editions Courrier Graphique. 4to, limited to 1,800 numbered copies - this copy numbered. condition is good. Beautifully printed (engraved etching printed intaglio) in wraps, minor spine creasing otherwise as new, internals as new , printed in red & black throughout. features: Alexander Alexeieff; Gus Bofa; Pierre Bonnard; Jean-Louis Boussingault; Antonio Clavà ; Andrà Collot; Jean-Gabriel Daragnà s; Hermine David; Albert Decaris; Andre Derain; Raoul Dufy; Demetrios Galanis; Louise Hervieu; Jean Hugo; Chas Laborde; Jean-Émile Laboureur; Edy-Legrand; Aristide Maillol; Luc-Albert Moreau; Stefan Mrozewski; Picart Le Doux; Dunoyer De Segonzac 305pp.
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Academie royale de Chirurgie. Recueil des pieces qui ont concouru pour le prix. . . by Academie royale de Chir

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Academie royale de Chirurgie. Recueil des pieces qui ont concouru pour le prix. . .
Author
Academie royale de Chir
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Jeremy Norman & Co., Inc. (United States)
Description
Paris: Delaguette & Le Prieur, 1753. 1st edition. 3 vols., 4to. Frontispieces in each volume engraved by Le Bas after Francois Boucher (1703-70). c.1900pp. 258 x 192mm.Contemporary half calf, gilt, a little rubbed. Occasional very light foxing or browning, faint dampstain on a few leaves in vol. 1 but a fine set still. Bookplate & signatures in vol. 1. FIRST EDITION, complete 4to. run (later volumes appeared in 12mo. only) Collects the prize competition papers of the Royal Academy of Surgery from the 1730's to the 1750's and features a frontispiece (repeated in each volume) by Francois Boucher, considered the greatest French master of the first half of the 18th century,and probably the most productive and versatile painter of the century. As royal painter, Boucher could probably be called on to grace the prize publication of the recently created Royal Academy of Surgery; nevertheless, a medical work illustrated by an artist of his rank was no less an exception then as now, and should be valued on that basis. Blake 2. .
Pastor Ecclesiae St. Mariae Aldermanbure. Engraved Portrait

Pastor Ecclesiae St. Mariae Aldermanbure. Engraved Portrait by Calamy, Edmund

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Pastor Ecclesiae St. Mariae Aldermanbure. Engraved Portrait
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Calamy, Edmund
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Jeremy Norman & Co., Inc. (United States)
Description
Print: 98x67 mm. Mount: 218x147 mm. Mounted on cardstock. Some faint soiling.
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Millennial Star volume 38, 1876

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Millennial Star volume 38, 1876
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Weller Book Works ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
A. Carrington, 1876. Very Good. Millennial Star volume 38, 1876. Liverpool: A. Carrington, 1876. 824pp. 8vo. 3/4 black leather with purple cloth boards. Book condition: Good. Extremities are rubbed and bumped, and front joint starting to crack at top edge. Glue stains at margins of pastedowns front and back. Both hinges have stitching showing, but are still solid. Contents very good, clean and tight. Lacking pages 37-44, and a large portion of page 223-24 has been cut out. Condition noted in price.
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The Gold Placers of the Fortymile, Birch Creek, and Fairbanks Regions, Alaska (Department of the Interior United States Geological Survey Bulletin No. 251)

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The Gold Placers of the Fortymile, Birch Creek, and Fairbanks Regions, Alaska (Department of the Interior United States Geological Survey Bulletin No. 251)
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Weller Book Works ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
Government Printing Office, 1905. Very Good. . The Gold Placers of the Fortymile, Birch Creek, and Fairbanks Regions, Alaska (Department of the Interior United States Geological Survey Bulletin No. 251). Washington: Government Printing Office, 1905. 89; xipp. Indexed. Illustrated. 12mo. Wraps. Book condition: Very good. Small ink stamp on the front cover. There is a small closed tear at the head of the spine, and there is a one inch loss from the paper at the foot of the spine.
The Prestige

The Prestige by Priest, Christopher

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The Prestige
Author
Priest, Christopher
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Swan's Fine Books (United States)
Condition
Fine
Description
London: Touchstone (Simon & Schuster), 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. First printing, octavo size, 414 pp., signed by Christopher Priest. Christopher Mackenzie Priest (1943-2024) began writing full-time in 1968 and would eventually go on to win numerous awards, including, for this work alone, BSFA nominee, 1995; World Fantasy Award winner; James Tait Black Memorial Prize winner; and Clarke Awards nominee, 1996. "The Prestige" was made into a movie in 2006, starring Christian Bale and Hugh Jackman; other notable cast members included Michael Caine, Andy Serkis, and David Bowie. ___DESCRIPTION: Bound in full black cloth over boards, gilt lettering on the spine, signed by Priest in blue ink on the title page; binding octavo size (9 1/2" by 6 3/8"), pagination: [10] [1-3] 4-404. The dust jacket has the original price of GBP 15.99 Net, illustrations on the spine and both panels with white lettering on the front and spine, review blurbs on the back panel, summary of the book and the price on the front flap, black-and-white head shot of Priest and short bio on the back flap. ___CONDITION: Volume fine overall, the boards clean, straight corners without rubbing, a strong, square text block with solid hinges, the interior is clean and bright, and entirely free of prior owner markings; the slightest bow to the front cover, else fine. The dust jacket fine, not price clipped, clean, not sunned and without edgewear. ___POSTAGE: International customers, please note the following: (i) additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs, please inquire for details; and (ii) any taxes, duty, or tariffs charged by your country will, of necessity, be your responsibility. ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA, ILAB, and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have, we are here to help.
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Ze sveta do sveta: 1921-1924 by Dymes, Ladislav (1901-1971); Karel Teige.

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Ze sveta do sveta: 1921-1924
Author
Dymes, Ladislav (1901-1971); Karel Teige.
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Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
Prague: R. Rejman, 1929. Second edition. Wrappers. Very Good. 20 cm; 47 pages. Signed by the poet on title page. Bound in original wrappers printed in red and black, in a design by Karel Teige that typifies the Czech avant-garde "Devetsil" style. Typography also by Teige. Paper covers foxed, and somewhat cracked and frayed at edges and on spine. Scarce volume of Czech avant-garde poetry in a setting designed by Karel Teige (1900-1951). Signed by the author. Teige was a central figure in the "Devitsil" movement between 1920 and 1930. After welcoming the Soviet army as liberators, Teige was silenced by the Communist government in 1948. In 1951 he died of a heart attack, said to be a result of a ferocious Soviet press campaign against him as a 'Trotskyite degenerate,' his papers were destroyed by the secret police, and his published work was suppressed for decades.
SOUVENIRS OF FRANCE [In Two Volumes, I & II]

SOUVENIRS OF FRANCE [In Two Volumes, I & II] by Kipling, Rudyard

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Title
SOUVENIRS OF FRANCE [In Two Volumes, I & II]
Author
Kipling, Rudyard
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Sumner & Stillman (United States)
Description
1933. Garden City NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1933. Original light yellow wrappers lettered in green. First Editions, being the American copyright issues -- 75 copies each, issued two weeks apart in March 1933 (to coincide with their periodical appearances in French and in English). This is a series of sketches that together form a personal memoir documenting Kipling's lifelong affection for France, from a childhood trip with his father to the Paris Exhibition of 1878, to beyond the Great War. This title was published four months later in England, bound in blue cloth. Both volumes are in fine condition. Richards A412; Stewart 600.
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Etat de la medecine ancienne et moderne avec un plan pour perfectionner celle-ci.. by CLIFTON, F. [Cantwell (trans)]

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Etat de la medecine ancienne et moderne avec un plan pour perfectionner celle-ci..
Author
CLIFTON, F. [Cantwell (trans)]
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Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts (United States)
Description
Paris: Quillau, 1742. FIRST EDITION IN FRENCH. With engraved frontispiece, woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces, and 2 folding tables. Contemporary mottled calf with gilt lettering and decoration on spine, marbled endpapers, spine chipped at foot, top hinge weak; interior excellent. Contemporary signature on title page, ownership stamp of Doctor Charreau. First edition in French. This fine work on the history of medicine, originally published in 1732, is divided into five sections, starting from the Greeks (heavier on Hippocrates), to the Romans, and to Arab practitioners through the Restoration, and on to the present time (with an emphasis on English medicine, especially Sydenham and Harvey). The last section contains the author's plan for improving the work; perhaps the reason for the blanks bound into the book. Of interest is Clifton's comparison of ancient and modern medical practices, raising issues such as why the ancients used bathing and exercise so much more than the moderns. Among his many topics, Clifton relates the need for observation, and discusses materia medica, methods of cure, and inoculations. In addition, he here states that Hippocrates had anticipated Newton in his idea of the system of gravitation. . Clifton (d. 1736) received degrees from Oxford, Leiden and Cambridge. He was a successful physician who practiced in London, physician to the Prince of Wales, and a Fellow of the College of Physicians and the Royal Society. He wrote on physiology and medical history, including translating Hippocrates into English. He ultimately left London for Jamaica where he lived until his death.
SNEAKY PEOPLE

SNEAKY PEOPLE by BERGER, THOMAS

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SNEAKY PEOPLE
Author
BERGER, THOMAS
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Antic Hay Books (United States)
Description
Simon & Schuster, 1975. BERGER, Thomas. SNEAKY PEOPLE. NY: Simon & Schuster, [1975]. Thin 4to., printed wraps. Uncorrected Proof Copy. Signed by Berger on title page. A fragile perfect-bound proof. Nr. fine (minor wear & soil). $125.00.
Forty Stories
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Forty Stories by Donald Barthelme

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Title
Forty Stories
Author
Donald Barthelme
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Jeff Bergman Books ABAA/ILAB (United States)
ISBN
9780399132995
Condition
As New
Description
Putnam, 1987 Book. As New. Soft cover. F. As New. First Edition. Galley/Proof. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ISBN:0-399-13299-6. Mint copy of galley proof..
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Boot by Bailey, Gilbert P

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Boot
Author
Bailey, Gilbert P
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Ed's Editions Bookstore (United States)
Condition
Good
Description
Macmillan Publishing Company, 1944. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 10x8x0. b/w Photos. Hardcover First Thus edition originally published by Bostick & Thornley in 1943. Paper pictorial boards front and rear. The paper covering has worn through in places along the edges of the boards but the front/rear, while rubbed, are good. Internally, Clean, has a good binding, no marks or notations. A tongue-in-cheek account of boot camp on Parris Island during WW2. Professional packaging and prompt shipping.
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Theatre De L'ambigu 1769- 1956, Compagnie De Mime Marcel Marceau by anonymous

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Theatre De L'ambigu 1769- 1956, Compagnie De Mime Marcel Marceau
Author
anonymous
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Ed's Editions Bookstore (United States)
Condition
Good
Description
Paris: W. Fischer, 1956. Paperback. Good. 0x0x0. Stapled pamphlet in stiff wrappers. Front cover creased. B/W photos of actors including Director Casadesus and Marcel Marceau. RARE item. Pamphlet. TNOS. Prompt shipping.
The Crack in the Column

The Crack in the Column by Weller, George

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The Crack in the Column
Author
Weller, George
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ReadInk (United States)
Condition
Very Good+ in Very Good dj
Description
New York: Random House. Very Good+ in Very Good dj. (c.1949). First Edition. Hardcover. (price-clipped) [nice tight book, minor shelfwear, one-time owner's embossed name and address on ffep; jacket shows a bit of wear at corners, shallow chipping at top of front flap, red lettering on spine a bit faded but still readable]. Novel set in Greece during and immediately following World War II, as the country transitioned from German to British occupation, followed by a period of civil war from 1946-1949. The author, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, "was in Greece when the Germans came and returned to Athens soon after they withdrew in order to observe at first hand the civil war that followed." .
Six Curtains for Natasha [original title: Six Curtains for Stroganova]

Six Curtains for Natasha [original title: Six Curtains for Stroganova] by Brahms, Caryl, and S.J. Simon

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Six Curtains for Natasha [original title: Six Curtains for Stroganova]
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Brahms, Caryl, and S.J. Simon
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ReadInk (United States)
Condition
Very Good+ in Good dj
Description
Philadelphia/New York: J. B. Lippincott Company. Very Good+ in Good dj. (c.1946). First Edition. Hardcover. (price-clipped) [solid copy, some wear (board exposed) at bottom rear corner; jacket wrinkled/creased along top edge of front panel, some paper loss at corners and spine ends]. Satirical novel set against the backdrop of the Russian ballet; the fourth (and last) in the authors' series about the wacky misadventures of the Vladimir Stroganoff ballet company. (Sergei Diaghilev features throughout the story, alongside the fictional characters.) Originally published in England, in 1945, as "Six Curtains for Stroganova." .
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TREATY PORTS by Abend, Hallett

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TREATY PORTS
Author
Abend, Hallett
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Hoffman Books (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
Garden City, N. Y.: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc.. Very Good. 1944. Hardcover. Ex-lib; usual markings; contents are clean and complete, Good+. .
Collected Poems

Collected Poems by Cullen, Countee

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Collected Poems
Author
Cullen, Countee
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Carpetbagger Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN
9781598530834
Condition
Fine
Description
New York: Library of America, 2013. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Edited by Major Jackson. Fine in a Fine dust jacket, unclipped ($24.95). Purple boards with white ink lettering and designs. Square and firmly bound, clean internally.
Ulfert Wilke: Recent Calligraphic Paintings

Ulfert Wilke: Recent Calligraphic Paintings by WILKE, Ulfert and Gerald Nordland

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Ulfert Wilke: Recent Calligraphic Paintings
Author
WILKE, Ulfert and Gerald Nordland
Seller
Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA (United States)
Description
Chicago, IL: The Arts Club of Chicago, 1977. First edition. Softcover. [12 pages.] Exhibition catalog for a show that ran February 17 through March 18, 1977 at the The Arts Club of Chicago and then traveled to three other locations for additional dates. Features text by Gerald Nordland. Includes numerous black and white illustrations and a biographical chronology. A near fine copy in stapled wrappers. Uncommon.
BOOK LIFE

BOOK LIFE

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BOOK LIFE
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Description
(New York, NY: Library Binding Institute), 1939. self paper wrappers in folder. Bookbinding. 8vo. self paper wrappers in folder. 15+(1); 15+(1); 15+(1); 15+(1) pages. 4 Volumes. Volume 1, Nos. 1-4. Published by the Library Binding Institute with list of members on back cover. Introductory notice laid in Vol. 1, No. 1. Published by an association of library binders.

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