Biblia Etiope [manuscrito] by Biblia - Siglo XVIII

Philadelphia: George Barrie (Printed for subscribers), 1896-1900. Illustrated by Remarque (double) frontispieces (except Vols. 50 & 51) and etchings. Nationale edition. "Memorial Edition of which there have been printed 100 copies; lettered A to Z and 1 to 74, issued in the interest of La Societe des Gens de Lettres for the Prix Barrie-Balzac", this set numbered "47" (red stamp each volume). Note: spine labels say "Edition Definitive". 53 volumes. Grey/green Shot-silk, paper spine titles printed black and red, Japanese vellum, uncut and unopened. Signed by "C te de Larmandie" (M. le Comte de Larmandie, Secretary of La Societe des Gens de Lettres de France) in Volume One. Demy 8vo. Near Fine/No jackets, as issued. Foxed and faded spine labels (fading to red print), o/w mostly unopened, traces of wear to caps. A rare set in magnificent condition. Parisian Life (1-11); Private Life (12-22); Provincial Life (23-32); Military & Political (33-40);… Read More

México, Manuel Quesada Brandi, 1965En folio.3h; 26 láminas a color. Encuadernación del editor a plena piel con título y águila gofrados. Lomo oscurecido y con desgaste natural por el tiempo. Interiores muy limpios y en excelentes condiciones.Edición facsimilar de la original, publicada en Londres, 1848 por Day & Son. Edición limitada a 1000 ejemplares numerados, siendo este el no. 835.Excelente ejemplar.

Argentina, Losada, 1964.En 8vo. Cinco volúmenes que conforman la Colección "Memorial de Isla Negra". Vol I: 104pp + orden del libro; Vol. II: 122pp + orden del libro. Vol III: 123pp + orden del libro; Vol IV: 114pp + orden del libro; Vol V: 135pp + 1h. Encuadernaciones originales del editor, con ligero desgaste en los lomos. Estuche artesanal de tela con tejuelo de piel en colores.Ejemplares intonsos, muy buenas condiciones.Memorial de Isla Negra es la gran autobiografía poética que Pablo Neruda publica para celebrar sus 60 años de vida. En uno de sus discursos, él dijo: "Aunque hay un hilo biográfico, no busqué en esta larga obra, que consta de cinco volúmenes, sino la expresión venturosa o sombría de cada día. Es verdad que está encadenado este libro como un relato que se dispersa y que vuelve a unirse, relato acosado por los acontecimientos de mi propia vida y por la naturaleza que continúa llamándome con todas sus innumerables voces".Neruda trabajó, hasta el momento de su muerte,… Read More

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1890. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Fine copy of the first edition, first printing, in the Publisher's original decorated cloth with the title label applied to the front board and the title and author label applied to the spine panel (the spine shows some minor sunning, most notably to the spine label due to the dust jacket cut out -- see below, and the boards show some minor corner rubs; multiple pages are unopened, or are only partially opened, on their leading fold, showing the book to have been only partially read -- or possibly entirely unread); in a Very Good + example of the EXCEEDINGLY RARE UNSOPHISTICATED dust jacket -- original to this copy of the book -- with scattered small tears and chips and with the arc over the spine label split on one side and nearly so on the other. The viewer will notice, of course, that the dust jacket is plain as it is from the period when jackets were used not to sell the book but only to keep the book clean… Read More

Napoli, Angelo Trani, 1817En 8vo. 2 Vol. V.I: 288pp, 2 folding fmaps of Pompei and Fondona Pianta.; V. II: 276pp + engraving and one folding map. Original publishers paperback in an elegant full calf box. Hand made paper, uncut. Vol I with old worm marks in several pages (minor text damage).The edition was updated with all of the new disvoveries, a very precise map of Pompey and of the voyage to Pozzuol.Romanelli, Domenico (1756-1819) Abbé. – was an Italian historian and archaeologist. Curator of the Public Library in Napoli.
Nice set.

Stockholm: Midnight Paper Sales Press, 1989. Edition limited to 200 copies, this one of 26 lettered copies (letter 'U') signed by Schanilec on the colophon with his chop mark; 8vo, pp. [3]-56, [4]; vignette wood engraving on title page, 4 double-page colored wood engravings, plus an extra suite of the engravings in a tan paper chemise with a printed paper label on the front; full natural goatskin by the Campbell-Logan Bindery, embossed in the lower outer corner with Schanilec's chop mark; beige cloth clamshell box, leather label on spine. The whole designed and hand-printed by Schanilec. The text is derived from recorded interviews with farmers in the wake of the farm crisis in the mid 1980s, conducted by Schanilec near his home in Stockholm, Wisconsin, and edited by his brother, Clayton. Quarter to Midnight A.90.a.

Yale University Press, 1959. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good-/Fair. Inscribed by author to Sir John Gielgud with admiration. Bookplate in book denoting book was given by the Gielgud Estate to The Globe Library. Interior is unmarked otherwise with light toning. Brownish red cloth with gilt to spine edge. Corners and spine cloth moderately worn with some bent corners. DJ has many chips and tears, unclipped

México, Manuel Quesada Brandi, 1965En folio.3h; 26 láminas a color. Encuadernación del editor a plena piel con título y águila gofrados. Lomo oscurecido y con desgaste natural por el tiempo. Interiores muy limpios y en excelentes condiciones.Edición facsimilar de la original, publicada en Londres, 1848 por Day & Son. Edición limitada a 1000 ejemplares numerados, siendo este el no. 835.Excelente ejemplar.

Argentina, Losada, 1964.En 8vo. Cinco volúmenes que conforman la Colección "Memorial de Isla Negra". Vol I: 104pp + orden del libro; Vol. II: 122pp + orden del libro. Vol III: 123pp + orden del libro; Vol IV: 114pp + orden del libro; Vol V: 135pp + 1h. Encuadernaciones originales del editor, con ligero desgaste en los lomos. Estuche artesanal de tela con tejuelo de piel en colores.Ejemplares intonsos, muy buenas condiciones.Memorial de Isla Negra es la gran autobiografía poética que Pablo Neruda publica para celebrar sus 60 años de vida. En uno de sus discursos, él dijo: "Aunque hay un hilo biográfico, no busqué en esta larga obra, que consta de cinco volúmenes, sino la expresión venturosa o sombría de cada día. Es verdad que está encadenado este libro como un relato que se dispersa y que vuelve a unirse, relato acosado por los acontecimientos de mi propia vida y por la naturaleza que continúa llamándome con todas sus innumerables voces".Neruda trabajó, hasta el momento de su muerte,… Read More

Berkeley, CA: Editions Koch, 2003. First edition, and only edition. Bringhurst's translations from the Ancient Greek of surviving fragments of the circa 475 BC poem generally titled "On Nature" written by the pre-Socratic Greek philosopher, Parmenides of Elea. ONE OF 26 COPIES in the "Deluxe" issue SIGNED BY BRINGHURST, WAGENER & KOCH, bound in full leather, and with a separate suite of 10 signed engravings. From an edition of ONLY 146 COPIES TOTAL. This copy ADDITIONALLY INSCRIBED BY BRINGHURST on the colophon,"for Allen Mears, the kind of reader / Parmenides has waited for / 17.1.2004." Folio, blind-stamped full black leather; approximately 50 unnumbered pages with original Greek and English translations on opposing pages; illustrated with black-and-white frontis engraving and 4 full-page color engravings. With separate SUITE OF TEN WOOD ENGRAVINGS, EACH SIGNED BY WAGENER, laid in an orange silk-covered chemise; and 2 broadside type specimens for the typefaces specially made for this edition by Dan… Read More