Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell - 1949

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1922. Signed and Numbered First. Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket/No Dustjacket. From the signed, limited, numbered first printing, this is number 266, signed by the author at the limitation page opposite the full title. The pages are bright saving some toning around the deckled edges and quite clean except for a very few scattered spots of foxing; no owners' marks; the quarter cloth binding leans gently to the right but remains tight; the paper boards and paper title plate at the spine show some chipping around the edges, with a pressure mark at the bottom right front corner, a small inward turn and surface scuff at the top left rear corner, and some surface creasing at the corners and right edge of the title plate; some fading is also evident along the head edges of the paper and along the right rear, and the title plate is age-toned; nonetheless, a remarkably clean and attractive book, well-preserved. 459pp.; an extra copy of the title plate is tipped in at the… Read More

New York: Two Worlds Publishing, 1925-1927. First Editions. Softcover. Octavo, 8 parts; VG-; softcovers; spines age-toned white, with black or gray lettering; some shelf wear and soiling; all issues in maroon slipcases; set contains Volume One, Numbers One through Four, and Volume Two, Numbers Five through Eight; some wear to spines. CX consignment. Shelved in Room G. The Two Worlds contains the first US edition of James Joyce's "Finnegan's Wake" titled in the magazine as "A New Unnamed Work." The text was pirated and published by Samuel Roth. [Wikipedia]. 1346826. Special Collections.

1850s Chateaubriand ATALA Native American Indians NATCHEZ 12v SET Complete Works

"You are not superior just because you see the world in an odious light."
― François-René de Chateaubriand

'Atala' is a short novel by French author François-René de Chateaubriand, a work that was an important work of Romanticism. It follows the story of travels and voyages in North America, encounters with Cherokee Indians, wilderness exploration, European missionaries in America, and themes of forbidden love.

This work, and numerous others, are included in this beautiful 19th-century, 12-volume set of the works of Chateaubriand. Other notable works included in this set include:
• "Les Martyrs"
• "The Genius of Christianity" – a classic defense of Catholicism written during the French Revolution at a time when the science and French Enlightenment was influencing all aspects of life
• "Les Natchez" – an historical fiction account of the Natchez people containing Chateaubriand's own views and… Read More

1698 ENGLISH 1ed Walter Pope FABLES Political Homer Cowley RARE Astronomer

Walter Pope was a 17th-century English bibliographer and writer best-known for his account of the life of Bishop Seth Ward. However, in addition to his bibliographies, Pope wrote a number of metered fables of political and moral satire, each of which, as could be expected, is written about an animal of some sort. Notably, some of these poems are paraphrased by Abraham Cowley.

Item number: #22366
Price: $950

POPE, Walter

Moral and political fables, ancient and modern

London: Printed for Thomas Horne, 1698. First edition.

Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages
o [4], 120
· Provenance: Armorial bookplate – Hopetoun
o General John Hope, 4th Earl of Hopetoun, GCB, PC (Ire), FRSE (1765–1823), was a Scottish politician and British Army officer. He was involved in numerous conflicts during the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars, including the Battle of Corunna, Walcheren Campaign, Battle… Read More

1530 La Calandra by Bernardo Dovizi Italian Erotica Boccaccio Plautus Venice
Bernardo Dovizi was a 15th-century Italian author best known for his prose "La Calandra" This comedy, which was based on Plautus's "Menaechmi" and Boccaccio's "Decameron", includes themes of romance and immoral erotica and became quite popular throughout 16th-century Italy.
This 1530 printing of "Calandra" was published in Venice by Zoppino.
Item number: #22747
Price: $950
DOVIZI, Bernardo
Calandra comedia di Bernardo Divitio da Bibiena intitolata la Calandra nuovamente corretta et con ogni diligenza stampata
Venice: per Nicolo d'Aristotile detto Zoppino, 1530.
Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages
o 47 leaves, [2]
· Provenance: Bookplate
o Sebastiani Evans
Sebastian Evans (1830–1909) was an English journalist and political activist, known also as a man of letters and an artist. He helped to form the National Union of Conservative Associations.
o Nathan H. Polmer
· Language: Italian
· Binding: Vellum; tight and… Read More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1922. Signed and Numbered First. Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket/No Dustjacket. From the signed, limited, numbered first printing, this is number 266, signed by the author at the limitation page opposite the full title. The pages are bright saving some toning around the deckled edges and quite clean except for a very few scattered spots of foxing; no owners' marks; the quarter cloth binding leans gently to the right but remains tight; the paper boards and paper title plate at the spine show some chipping around the edges, with a pressure mark at the bottom right front corner, a small inward turn and surface scuff at the top left rear corner, and some surface creasing at the corners and right edge of the title plate; some fading is also evident along the head edges of the paper and along the right rear, and the title plate is age-toned; nonetheless, a remarkably clean and attractive book, well-preserved. 459pp.; an extra copy of the title plate is tipped in at the… Read More

New York: Two Worlds Publishing, 1925-1927. First Editions. Softcover. Octavo, 8 parts; VG-; softcovers; spines age-toned white, with black or gray lettering; some shelf wear and soiling; all issues in maroon slipcases; set contains Volume One, Numbers One through Four, and Volume Two, Numbers Five through Eight; some wear to spines. CX consignment. Shelved in Room G. The Two Worlds contains the first US edition of James Joyce's "Finnegan's Wake" titled in the magazine as "A New Unnamed Work." The text was pirated and published by Samuel Roth. [Wikipedia]. 1346826. Special Collections.

1850s Chateaubriand ATALA Native American Indians NATCHEZ 12v SET Complete Works

"You are not superior just because you see the world in an odious light."
― François-René de Chateaubriand

'Atala' is a short novel by French author François-René de Chateaubriand, a work that was an important work of Romanticism. It follows the story of travels and voyages in North America, encounters with Cherokee Indians, wilderness exploration, European missionaries in America, and themes of forbidden love.

This work, and numerous others, are included in this beautiful 19th-century, 12-volume set of the works of Chateaubriand. Other notable works included in this set include:
• "Les Martyrs"
• "The Genius of Christianity" – a classic defense of Catholicism written during the French Revolution at a time when the science and French Enlightenment was influencing all aspects of life
• "Les Natchez" – an historical fiction account of the Natchez people containing Chateaubriand's own views and… Read More

1698 ENGLISH 1ed Walter Pope FABLES Political Homer Cowley RARE Astronomer

Walter Pope was a 17th-century English bibliographer and writer best-known for his account of the life of Bishop Seth Ward. However, in addition to his bibliographies, Pope wrote a number of metered fables of political and moral satire, each of which, as could be expected, is written about an animal of some sort. Notably, some of these poems are paraphrased by Abraham Cowley.

Item number: #22366
Price: $950

POPE, Walter

Moral and political fables, ancient and modern

London: Printed for Thomas Horne, 1698. First edition.

Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages
o [4], 120
· Provenance: Armorial bookplate – Hopetoun
o General John Hope, 4th Earl of Hopetoun, GCB, PC (Ire), FRSE (1765–1823), was a Scottish politician and British Army officer. He was involved in numerous conflicts during the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars, including the Battle of Corunna, Walcheren Campaign, Battle… Read More

1530 La Calandra by Bernardo Dovizi Italian Erotica Boccaccio Plautus Venice
Bernardo Dovizi was a 15th-century Italian author best known for his prose "La Calandra" This comedy, which was based on Plautus's "Menaechmi" and Boccaccio's "Decameron", includes themes of romance and immoral erotica and became quite popular throughout 16th-century Italy.
This 1530 printing of "Calandra" was published in Venice by Zoppino.
Item number: #22747
Price: $950
DOVIZI, Bernardo
Calandra comedia di Bernardo Divitio da Bibiena intitolata la Calandra nuovamente corretta et con ogni diligenza stampata
Venice: per Nicolo d'Aristotile detto Zoppino, 1530.
Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages
o 47 leaves, [2]
· Provenance: Bookplate
o Sebastiani Evans
Sebastian Evans (1830–1909) was an English journalist and political activist, known also as a man of letters and an artist. He helped to form the National Union of Conservative Associations.
o Nathan H. Polmer
· Language: Italian
· Binding: Vellum; tight and… Read More