Marino Faliero, Doge of Venice. An Historical Tragedy in Five Acts. With Notes . and The Prophecy of Dante, A Poem by Byron, (George Gordon), Lord - 1821

London: Faber and Faber, 1969. First edition, first prnt. Inscribed by Heaney on the title page. "to _ at Pace University Seamus Heaney, with good wishes. May 1983." Dustjacket with a short closed tear at the spine top edge (not immediately apparent). Fine condition in a Near Fine dustjacket. A very nice copy of Heaney's second book.. Inscribed and Dated By Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Nattali and Bond. London. No Date.,Circa 1850. THREE VOLUMES. Tall 8vo (10.2 x 6.6 inches). Text and plates taken from the Ninth edition. Complete set of this famous trilogy, with 80 fine hand-coloured, full page, aquatint plates, the colouring still strong and bright, by Thomas Rowlandson. Some minor spots of foxing to a few leaves in each volume but generally clean and bright copies in the scarce original publisher's brown cloth bindings, with gilt lettering and decoration on spines. Decorative blind stamped panels on boards. Original yellow coated endpapers. Previous owners bookplates to front paste downe endpapers. Some rubbing to top and tail of spines and fore-edges, and a couple of the hinges with neatly repaired splits (about 1.5 inches) but generally these are very good examples. Slight uniform fading to spines but overall a very attractive set of this classic work with Rowlandson's humourous plates. Uncommon in the publishers original decorative cloth bindings.:

London: Printed for Bernard Lintott, 1708. First Edition. Hardcover. [16], 400pp. Pages 39, 48 and 336 are misnumbered (respectively 36, 84 and 363). Modern brown mottled calf over mottled boards. Engraved frontispiece by Michael Van der Gucht, head-pieces and initials. Contributions by Elijah Fenton, Sir John Denham, Lord Halifax, Lord Orrery, John Dryden, Thomas Otway and many others. Includes An Extempore upon a Faggot, here attributed probably erroneously to Milton. Previous owner's name on the flyleaf, old stain to upper edge of the first few leaves, two old mends to two of the leaves. Text block is mostly clean with light toning. A bright, very good+ copy. ; Octavo.

Longmans, Green, and Co. London. 1885. FIRST EDITION. Small 8vo. (6.5 x 4.5 inches). One small area of loss (finger nail sized) to the bottom inner margin of one page, well away from the printed text, and a few finger marks but otherwise a very good copy. Finely bound in recent full dark blue morocco leather. Spine with raised bands. Compartments ruled and decorated in gilt. Twin red labels, gilt. Single gilt ruled border to both boards. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. An attractive copy of this charming book.

Macmillan & Co. New York. 1889. New edition. 12mo. (7.5 x 5.2 inches). xii, 192, 12 pp publishers catalogue. Also an extra gathering bound in so that pages 117 to 124 appear twice. One gathering slightly sprung. Publishers dark green cloth with gilt and black decorative band across the top of the front board and the top and bottom of the spine. Black decorative roll to the bottom of the front board. Title on gilt to the middle of the front board. Spine lettered and decorated in gilt. Rear board with blind stamped floral roll to the top and bottom. Floral decorative endpapers. Neat two line inscription to the front free endpaper. The rear endpapers have an early previous owner's name and address written in red crayon to the free endpaper and a few short lines to the pastedown. Cloth a bit rubbed to the edges and a couple of small marks to the boards but overall a very good copy. An uncommon and attractive nineteenth century edition, printed in New York by J. J. Little and Co. This 1889 new edition was… Read More

1873 1ed Races of Mankind Eskimos INDIANS Navajo Japan China Africa Illustrated
Robert Brown's "Races of Mankind" is a late 19th-century masterpiece of descriptions of the people of the world. First published in 1873, this book covers people groups from China, Burma, Japan, India, Polynesia, South Africa, Peru, and America – most notably Eskimos and Native American Indian tribes such as:
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Mohicans
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Comanche
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Apache
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Navajo
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Seminoles
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Choctaws
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Indians of California
Item number: #13322
Price: $950
BROWN, Robert
Races of Mankind
London; Paris; New York: Cassell, Petter, & Galpin, [1873-1875]. 1st edition

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Collation: Complete with all pages; 4 volumes
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Vol. 1 – viii, 320
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Vol. 2 – viii, 320
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Vol. 3 – viii, 320
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Vol. 4 – viii, 320
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More than 500 illustrations!
· Language: English
· Binding: Leather; tight & secure
· Size: ~10.5in X 7.75in (26.5cm x 19.5cm)
· Rare and… Read More

Kingston, Ontario, Canada:: Transformer Press,, 2021.. Edition of 5. 14" x 7" x 3" fabric falg book with stiffening inside the cotton and linen fabrows with a synthetic brown. Screen-printed text. Hand-embroidered items: rain, flowers and grass. Machine and hand-stitched. Lise Melhorn-Boe: "Hazel Hall's poem 'Two Sewing' animates this flag book. The lovely text refers to the wind as an embroiderer and the rain as needles, so Hedi Kyle's flag book seemed like an excellent structure to give the feeling of a landscape opening out."

1776 DANTE 1ed Divine Comedy Inferno de Clairfons SONGS OF HELL Florence Italian

Few works throughout the history of all written history have had such an impact on the readership of humanity. The Divine Comedy is Dante's record of an allegorical journey through the spiritual realms of Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise. This medieval classic depicts Classical themes, Christian history, and Medieval politics. It has been the inspiration for countless plays, art, books, pieces of music, movies, and more!

This 1776 French and Italian edition of Dante's 'Inferno' was collected and edited by French poet Moutonnet de Clairfons who also included a life of Dante and an interesting collection of 34 'songs of hell'.

Item number: #25136
Price: $950

ALIGHIERI, Dante

La Divine Comédie de Dant Alighieri, l'enfer; traduction françoise, accompagnée du texte, des notes historiques, critiques, & de la vie du poëte

A Florence, et se trouve à Paris : Chez Le Clerc : Chez Le Boucher, 1776. First edition.… Read More

1805 INCREDIBLE HOMER Odyssey Flaxman ART Iliad Mythology Hesiod HUGE Folio
A rare and beautiful early 19th-century printing of sketch illustrations of John Flaxman. Flaxman was one of the most prolific 18th-century English sketch artists and sculptors, whose Neoclassical designs are still recognized as superior drawings. This collection of 149 engravings features Flaxman's depictions of scenes and figures from classical literature from Homer, Hesiod, and Aeschylus.
Item number: #23986
Price: $995
FLAXMAN, John
[Flaxman classical compositions]
[1805]. 1st edition
Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages
o 149 engraved plates (including unnumbered engraved title pages)
Iliad – 40 plates
Odyssey – 35 plates
Hesiod – 38 plates
Aeschylus – 36 plates
· Language: English
· Binding: Leather; tight and secure
· Size: ~17.5in X 11.75in (44cm x 29.5cm)
· Very rare and desirable
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1879 Jules Verne 1st/1st Tribulations of Chinaman + Begum's Fortune 2in1 Hetzel

Jules Verne's adventure novels are some of the most popular and famous works of literature of all time. Known mostly for his works of science fiction, 'Voyages Extraordinaires' was Verne's largest collection of fantasy novels and stories. "Tribulations of a Chinaman in China", first published in 1879, discusses, in a satirical view, the British trading opium in China and is filled with illustrations depicting adventures, shipwrecks, and sea battles.

In addition to 'Tribulations', this volume is bound along with a first edition of "Les Cinq Cents Millions de la Begum", or 'The Begum's Fortune' – Verne's dystopian and pessimistic portrayal of developmental sciences.

Note on dating: like many other Verne first editions, the title page included was issued in each edition, including later printings. This particular edition of Verne's was published in 1879 – note the ads at the end advertising for the releases in the 1880… Read More