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London: John Russell Smith, 1865. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. Three volumes. 12mo. Half dark red cloth. Introduction and notes by Thomas Wright, The Introduction is of bibliographical importance as it sketches the history of the early editions of Malory: Caxton (one complete copy; one incomplete); de Worde (two editions, one copy of each known); Copland; East; and finally the edition of 1634. Each volume with the engraved circular bookplate of Emily Morris Gallatin on the front pastedowns. The simple signature of Arthur Lewis, 1949, on each of the front free endpapers. And on the front free endpaper of volume 1 a nearly full page inscription dated 2018. Only volume 1 has been fully opened; the remaining volumes are partially unopened. Aside from the inscription and signatures, these volumes are in very good condition showing only traces of wear at the corners, edges and spine tips. This is a curious edition. We have marked it a first edition, but not without hesitation. The first printing…
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1678. FINE ENGRAVINGS. Opera Omnia
by Graaf, Regner de
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Leiden: Io. Ant. Hugetan, 1678. Second edition.
1678 COLLECTED WORKS OF NOTED DUTCH ANATOMIST AND PHYSIOLOGIST, ILLUSTRATED WITH FINE ENGRAVINGS OF MALE AND FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEMS.
7 3/4 inches tall hardcover, full leather binding, spine with raised bands, gilt compartments and gilt title to spine, expertly rebacked with original spine conserved, 8vo. xx, [4], 390pp. Engraved title, portrait, 41 copper plate engravings (most folding) of male and female genitourinary system, digestive system, clyster apparatus, and syringe. Includes images of ectopic human pregnancy and surgical preparation of a dog for physiologic study of digestive tract. Surface wear to covers and spine, bookplate of physician previous owner to front paste-down, ink signature of original owner top of front endpaper (Francisci Joannis Desmares Bonneville), scattered wormholes (mostly marginal), binding tight, pages crisp and unmarked, plates with small tears at base of folds, overall very good minus, in custom archival mylar cover. Includes 3 Garrison-Morton titles (974, 1209, and 1210), text in Latin.
REGNIER DE GRAAF (1641 – 1673) was a Dutch physician and anatomist who made key discoveries in the biology of the reproductive and digestive tracts. He studied medicine in Utrecht and Leiden, submitted his doctoral thesis on the pancreas, and went to France where he obtained his medical degree from the University of Angers. After returning to the Netherlands, since he was a Catholic in a mainly Protestant country, he was unable to follow a university career. After the early death of a son, De Graaf died in 1673 at age 32. The mature stage of the ovarian follicle is called the Graafian follicle in his honor. De Graaf also described the anatomy of the testicles and collected secretions of the gall bladder and the pancreas (all illustrated in the plates).
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La Mort d'Arthure:The History of King Arthur and of the Knights of the Round Table
by Malory, Sir Thomas; Wright, Thomas
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THE END OF THE ROAD signed first
by JOHN BARTH
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A NEAR FINE FIRST EDITION IN DUST JACKET. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR.
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Dreaming Woman [screen print poster]
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[San Francisco]: the artist, 1982. Poster. 16x20 inch screen print poster on rag paper. Limited edition of one 41, with number penciled at lower left, signed by the artist at lower right. A lovely, fine example, from the holdings of the poet herself.
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Wallenstein A Drama in Two Parts: The Piccolomini or The First Part of Wallenstein (and) The Death of Wallenstein
by SCHILLER Frederick (Friedrich) - COLERIDGE S.T. (translated from the German by)
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London: Printed for T. N. Longman and O. Rees, 1800. 1st English Edition. Hardcover. Good. First English edition. Translated by S. T. Coleridge with a preface by Coleridge before each part. Bound as one volume: (6) ii (2) 214; (2) (6) 157 (5). Ad for "Death of Wallenstein" states a portarit of Wallensatein will be included. If it was issued, it is not present in this copy. Light foxing througout, hinges exposed.
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Two (2) Books of Handmade "Fibre Doyleys
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United States, 1900. Very good. Minor spotting, toning. Doilies in excellent shape. No major damage to any of the doilies. A couple short tears, one larger (closed) short tear to left-hand margin of one of the books.. Two (2) handmade books by the same anonymous maker displaying twelve (12) handmade "fibre doyleys". Each doily is unique and measures approx. 5.5" in diameter; the fiber used appears to be a very, very fine organic fiber . Displays the anonymous maker's remarkably fine hand skills. Each octagonal book measures approx. 8.5" by 8.5" and is comprised of six leaves of blue paper secured within cream-colored card wrappers with ribbon. Title "Fibre Doyleys" handwritten in blue ink to upper wrappers. Doilies loose within leaves. Often created for the tourism industry in tropical locales.
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MODELES DES CARACTERES DE L'IMPRIMERIE ET DES AUTRES CHOSES NECESSAIRES AUDIT ART. NOUVELLEMENT GRAVES. With an Introduction to Pierre Simon Fournier's MODELES ... by James Mosely
by Mosley, James
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London, England: Eugrammia Press, 1965. cloth, paper wrappers, both volumes enclosed in a slipcase. Fournier, Pierre Simon. oblong 4to. cloth, paper wrappers, both volumes enclosed in a slipcase. Facsimile of the 1742 manual accompanied by the 20 page introduction. 2 volumes. Printed in an edition limited to 600 copies. Loosely inserted in this copy is the 12 page publisher's catalogue describing this book and others they published. One joint split about one inch from opening of slipcase. Minor wear to slipcase. Else a pristine copy of this scarce facsimile. Reproduced from the copy in the Printing Library of the St. Bride Institute. Thirty-three plates depict samples of the types cut by Fournier c. 1742, which then appeared in his Manuel Typographique. Introduction by Mosley, renowned typography professor and then librarian at the St. Bride Printing Library. Printed in collotype by Louis van Leer & Co. of Amsterdam on rag cream paper. A consummate artist and craftsman, Fournier (1712 - 1768)…
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The Church Cantatas of J. S. Bach
by Robertson, Alec
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London: Cassell, 1972. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Blue cloth, silt spine title. A fine copy in a fine dustwrapper that is not price-clipped. Inscribed on the front free endpaper "For dearest Donald.....Alec." and with the bookplate of Donald Beswick on the front pastedown. .
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EMIN PASHA and the REBELLION AT THE EQUATOR, a Story of Nine Months' Experiences in the Last of the Soudan Provinces.
by Mounteney-Jephson A.J
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1890. First Edition, American Issue, formated and designed identical to the English first but for the cloth colour change to an attractive forest green. Illustrated with numerous black and white drawings, a fold-out map, and a photographic frontis of the author, as well as a large fold-out copy of the Mahdi's Letter to Emin Pasha in Arabic demanding his surrender. 8vo, bound in publisher’s original green cloth, lettered in gilt and pictorially decorated in black and gilt on the spine and upper cover. xxiv, 490, pp. A well-preserved and handsome copy with minor age-mellowing to the spine, the gilt and pictorial decorations in good order, textblock clean and fresh, the hinges sound. SCARCE TRUE FIRST EDITION. An engrossing account of Mounteney-Jephson’s travels and harrowing experiences in the Equatorial Province from 1888-89 with Emin Pasha. He recounts in riveting detail the harsh and unfair treatment he received while in Emin’s territory and…
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REALITIES AND REFLECTIONS IN WHICH VIRTUE AND VICE ARE CONTRASTED.: The incidents taken from real life, and designed under an entertaining form, strongly to impress upon the youthful mind a reverence for Christian and social duties…
by HOLBROOK, Ann Catharine.
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SECOND EDITION, ENLARGED. 8vo, pp. [vi], 9-157, [1] blank; with engraved frontispiece 'Drawn & Engr. by T. Simms, Birm.m.' uncut in original boards, spine repaired with the remains of the spine label, a good copy.How much of Holbrook's work is autobiographical and reflects her experience through her 'nine years of misery' on the stage is difficult to gauge. In a series of ten 'Tales' Holbrook covers such topics as Filial Duty, Disobedience to Parents, Humanity, Selfishness, Piety, Conjugal Affection, 'Fatal Effects of Erroneous Education', Indolence, Perseverance, and Despondence. These tend towards the style of miniature Gothic novellas that are chiefly designed to tug at the heartstrings of the good Christian readers. At the conclusion of each tale Holbrook adds a few paragraphs of 'Reflections' explaining the significance of the actions of the actors in each of her tales. That they all seem to die grief stricken from mental suffering, transported for life, or restored to their families full of…
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L'Île Des Pingouins
by France, Anatole
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Paris: Editions Lapina, 1926. Book. Illus. by Jou, Louis. Near Fine. Hardcover. Limited Edition. Two volumes in buckram boards, 12 1/2" x 8 1/2" (32x22 cm). Number 265 from a limited edition of 500, one of 410 on Hollande. Illustrated by Louis Jou with 20 original dry-points and 131 color drawings engraved by the artist. Scattered spotting to some pages, overall fine. .
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