Historical, Chronological, and Geographic Atlas of the Russian State, compiled by I. Akhmatov on the Basis of Karamzin’s History, published in 1829-1831 - Facsimile edition by I. Akhmatov

Full spanish calf; six raised bands; ruled panels with cartouched spray; red painted edges; marbled endpapers. Wear to corners, otherwise a supple and attractive copy. Volume 1 of only one published (volume 2 never appeared). Second edition. 14 pull out plates of diagrams at end of book. ; 4to; 626; 14 pages; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail.

Paris|& Berlin: Jacques Povolozky & Cie|& Der Sturm, 1915. Fine. Jacques Povolozky & Cie & Der Sturm, Paris & Berlin s.d. (circa 1915), 25x34,5cm, en feuilles reliées par deux noeuds tressés. - Très rare édition originale du numéro de cette revue porte-parole de l'expressionnisme allemand fondée par Herwarth Walden en 1910. Texte de Rudolf Blümmer. Une déchirure en pied du dos, une autre en tête, piqûre et pâle mouillure angulaire sur les plats marginalement décolorés, le feuillet de texte tend à se désolidariser, ensemble fragile maintenu par deux ficelles. Catalogue illustré de 15 reproductions en couleurs d'oeuvres, montées sur papier fort noir, de Marc Chagall (3 oeuvres), Wassily Kandinsky (2 ), Alexander Archipenko (1), Rudolf Bauer (1), Albert Gleizes (1), Reinhard Goering (1), Jacoba von Heemskerck (1), Paul Klee (1), Fernand Léger (1), Franz Marc (1), Johannes Molzahn (1) et Nell Walden (1). [ENGLISH TRANSLATION FOLLOWS] Sturm livre d'images N° V : Les… Read More

Ex Officina Henrici Stephani [Estienne], no place (Geneva) 1557. Quarto (252 x 170 mm) Printer's device on the title page. (8)+, 395 (i.e. 397, page 138-139 numbered * and **). Bound in contemporary paste boards. Top of spine (c. 2 cm.) is missing, so is the title label on the spine. Inside is nice and clean apart from minor darkening and a wormhole the first three leaves. This is a decent unsophisticated copy with an interesting provenance. Housed in a quarter-morocco clamshell box by the Heritage Bindery. Text in Greek, commentaries and introduction in Latin. ** First complete edition in Greek of the tragedies and the and the Editio Princeps of Agamemnon, one of the greatest tragedies ever written. The work is beautifully printed with types in two sizes by Estienne. As Henry Estienne states on the title page, this is the first complete edition of Aeschylus as it contains the Editio Princeps of Agamemnon. Henri Estienne was still in his twenties when he returned to Paris to establish his Imprimerie,… Read More

London: J. Johnson, 1792. 2nd edition. Leather bound. Very good. 8vo. Contemporary embossed calf. Marbled edges. [xix], [1], 452 pp. Boards are detached, and top layer of leather missing from spine. Text block is near fine, with no foxing and only a few dark spots of tanning in margins. Pages are bright and crisp. 7 instances of pencilled underlining or brackets, otherwise the text is completely clean. From the library of noted collector Edward Hailstone, with his leather armorial bookplate inside front cover. "D. of Grafton, 1793" is signed on title page, which was George Henry FitzRoy, the 4th Duke of Grafton. This copy is listed in the "Catalogue of the Interesting Contents of Walton Hall, Near Wakefield; The Property of the Late Edward Hailstone" (Hailstone, 1891, Item #2663), which mentions Grafton's signature. This is a second edition of the foundational text of feminism and the women's rights movement, with a near fine text block and a fascinating provenance. (PMM 242).

Deluxe Limited First Edition. Leather-bound, with gilt edfes and red silk endpapers. Still in its original glassine dust-jacket inside a red-cloth lined wooden box with brass nameplate. Signed on a special limitation page by author and illustrator. Number 212 of only 1,250 copies published.
Pages all clean and uncreased, leather binding and edges in very good condition. Some wear to the corners of the glassine dust jacket (likely from taking the book in and out of the box.) Some light wear to the wooden box (a few faint scratches around the lid seam.)

Full spanish calf; six raised bands; ruled panels with cartouched spray; red painted edges; marbled endpapers. Wear to corners, otherwise a supple and attractive copy. Volume 1 of only one published (volume 2 never appeared). Second edition. 14 pull out plates of diagrams at end of book. ; 4to; 626; 14 pages; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail.

Paris|& Berlin: Jacques Povolozky & Cie|& Der Sturm, 1915. Fine. Jacques Povolozky & Cie & Der Sturm, Paris & Berlin s.d. (circa 1915), 25x34,5cm, en feuilles reliées par deux noeuds tressés. - Très rare édition originale du numéro de cette revue porte-parole de l'expressionnisme allemand fondée par Herwarth Walden en 1910. Texte de Rudolf Blümmer. Une déchirure en pied du dos, une autre en tête, piqûre et pâle mouillure angulaire sur les plats marginalement décolorés, le feuillet de texte tend à se désolidariser, ensemble fragile maintenu par deux ficelles. Catalogue illustré de 15 reproductions en couleurs d'oeuvres, montées sur papier fort noir, de Marc Chagall (3 oeuvres), Wassily Kandinsky (2 ), Alexander Archipenko (1), Rudolf Bauer (1), Albert Gleizes (1), Reinhard Goering (1), Jacoba von Heemskerck (1), Paul Klee (1), Fernand Léger (1), Franz Marc (1), Johannes Molzahn (1) et Nell Walden (1). [ENGLISH TRANSLATION FOLLOWS] Sturm livre d'images N° V : Les… Read More

Ex Officina Henrici Stephani [Estienne], no place (Geneva) 1557. Quarto (252 x 170 mm) Printer's device on the title page. (8)+, 395 (i.e. 397, page 138-139 numbered * and **). Bound in contemporary paste boards. Top of spine (c. 2 cm.) is missing, so is the title label on the spine. Inside is nice and clean apart from minor darkening and a wormhole the first three leaves. This is a decent unsophisticated copy with an interesting provenance. Housed in a quarter-morocco clamshell box by the Heritage Bindery. Text in Greek, commentaries and introduction in Latin. ** First complete edition in Greek of the tragedies and the and the Editio Princeps of Agamemnon, one of the greatest tragedies ever written. The work is beautifully printed with types in two sizes by Estienne. As Henry Estienne states on the title page, this is the first complete edition of Aeschylus as it contains the Editio Princeps of Agamemnon. Henri Estienne was still in his twenties when he returned to Paris to establish his Imprimerie,… Read More

London: J. Johnson, 1792. 2nd edition. Leather bound. Very good. 8vo. Contemporary embossed calf. Marbled edges. [xix], [1], 452 pp. Boards are detached, and top layer of leather missing from spine. Text block is near fine, with no foxing and only a few dark spots of tanning in margins. Pages are bright and crisp. 7 instances of pencilled underlining or brackets, otherwise the text is completely clean. From the library of noted collector Edward Hailstone, with his leather armorial bookplate inside front cover. "D. of Grafton, 1793" is signed on title page, which was George Henry FitzRoy, the 4th Duke of Grafton. This copy is listed in the "Catalogue of the Interesting Contents of Walton Hall, Near Wakefield; The Property of the Late Edward Hailstone" (Hailstone, 1891, Item #2663), which mentions Grafton's signature. This is a second edition of the foundational text of feminism and the women's rights movement, with a near fine text block and a fascinating provenance. (PMM 242).

Deluxe Limited First Edition. Leather-bound, with gilt edfes and red silk endpapers. Still in its original glassine dust-jacket inside a red-cloth lined wooden box with brass nameplate. Signed on a special limitation page by author and illustrator. Number 212 of only 1,250 copies published.
Pages all clean and uncreased, leather binding and edges in very good condition. Some wear to the corners of the glassine dust jacket (likely from taking the book in and out of the box.) Some light wear to the wooden box (a few faint scratches around the lid seam.)