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(Paris): (Le Vasseur & Cie.), 1943. Loose plates. Near fine. Twenty-four black and white etchings and one full color etching, 5 by seven inches on pages measuring seven by nine inches. The color etching has an old tape repair on the reverse of the upper margin, not affecting either the image of the plate impression, else these are in fine condition. Each etching is signed in pencil by Icart at the bottom right. Protected in a custom clamshell box. Icart created these illustrations foe a 1943 edition of Goethe's Faust published by Le Vasseur et Cie. We cannot tell if these are from one of those copies, but doubt it as the suite of illustrations in the copies we have seen are not signed. .

Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd, 1818. Hardcover. Very good. 12mo. 108pp. Publishers original drab brown cloth; upper board blocked in gilt with title within a floral design. Ink name on front pastedown. Cloth soiled, binding lightly shaken, gilt rubbed else a very good copy. The date of publication is taken from the Advertisement, page 4. This seems to be the first Oliver and Boyd printing of a hieroglyphic Bible and the second Edinburgh printing after the Doig and Sterling edition of 1814. The accepted publicaton date for this Bible is 1818; three other known copies are known to have been issued either in quarter leather and marbled paper boards, or in printed card covers. Our copy is in what is clearly publisher's cloth with gilt blocked on the upper board. This combination is unknown before 1826. It is likely, then, that the textblock, while printed earlier, was bound after 1826. Exceedingly scarce. Protected in a custom clamshell box.

Pittsburg: Cramer and Spear, 1818. Small 8vo. 792pp. Original publisher's sheep. Signatures sprung from use, but attached; pages generally very soiled and with some contemporary markings; old repair to the spine else the binding is in good condition. Ownership name of Dan Smith dated 1828, and, later, 'Dan Smith, His Book'. The New Testament has a separate title page. In this copy there is a short note pinned to its verso, listing the births of members of the McNees family in the late nineteenth century. This is the first Bible printed west of the Allegheny River and the first Bible in English printed west of the Allegheny Mountains. Note: this is a well used copy, but in good condition. Rare. Hills, 349; Not in Darlow and Moule, .

New York: Hurd and Houghton, 1866. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine. 4to. Full brown pebbled leather embossed in blind and with the title on gilt on the upper board. Gilt inner dentelles. Seven thick leaves printed in chomolithograph with blank leaves interspersed. The chromolithographs were produced by Julius Bien who learned the art in his native Germany. Some trivial foxing, the front inner hinge cracked but firm, else this is a fine copy. An early example of chromolithography in America. .

Venice, 1482. Leaf. Very good. Single sheet approximately 10 by 14 inches from a Roman Martyrology or Breviary for September 27 and 28. Printed in red and black in textura type with one red manuscript initial supplied ('W'), Contains the collect and three lessons for the feast of Ss. Cosmas and Damnian as well as a short collect for the feast of St. Wenceslas on the obverse, and the collect and three lessons for the feast of St, MIchael, Archangel, on the reverse. Printed on thick laid paper with fine chain lines, but we detect no watermark. Light soil, and a small marginal tear (no loss) else this is a very good exemplar. .

Venice, 1496. Leaf. Very good. Leaf, approximately 11 by 18 inches, printed in black with red additions by hand, and with a large red manuscript 'A' beginning with "Hoc est reportorium iuris." Nine paragraphs defining canonical terms, each beginning paragraph with a space for a manuscript 'A' (not supplied). After the opening paragraph the entries begin with Abolitio up to Accessorium on the reverse. Fine chain links in the paper, but no watermark observed. A couple of small marginal holes else this is a very good exemplar. William Durand was a canon lawyer, a legate to Gregory X at the council of Lyons, and bishop of Mende, 1286-1296. .

London: Whittaker, Treacher, and Co, 1831. First edition. 2 volumes. Small 4to. ix,(1),400;xi,(1),402 pp. Contemporary polished calf boards, marbled edges; nicely rebacked in calf with spines in six compartments with raised bands, gilt rules, red leather lettering labels, gilt, and gilt author and volume numbers. Frontispiece of the Al-Hambra in Vol,.1 (lightly foxed). Original boards show light wear at edges, else this is a very good set. Scarce travel title covering Biscay to Madrid to Toledo. Not found in Cox. OCLC reports only a handful of copies, with the majority of the listing pointing to an electronic edition.

London: WIlliam Heinemann, 1913. Hardcover. Fine. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.. Thick 4to. 549pp. Illustrated with 24 tipped-in color plates by Rackham. Finely bound by Sotheran in half blue Levant morocco, spine in six compartments, intricately gilt; blue cloth boards; top edge gilt; marbled endpapers. Trace of sunning to the spine but a fine copy in a fine binding. The first edition of the Ingoldsby Legends was printed in 1898 with a second edition, enlarged and corrected, appearing in 1907. See Latimore & Haskell, p. 30, for the 1907 edition. .

Toronto: Irwin & Gordon, Ltd, 1930. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Good. Small 4to. 153pp. Gray cloth printed in black on the spine and in black and silver on the upper board. Large folding map in the rear. Neat ownership name and sticker else a near fine copy with only traces of fading and wear. The map is in fine condition. The dustwrapper is present, but is rough along the top, split at the upper fold and lacks the top inch of the spine (provided in facsimile), so it appears very good. Peter Pond (d. 1807) was among the most notable of the first British fur traders in Canada. Innis used Pond's own journal to develop this treatment. .

Parsonstown (Birr): King's County Chronicle, 1890. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo. 344 pp followed by 24pp of ads. Later red cloth, gilt spine, title from original binding onset onto upper board. Folding colored map of the county. A very good copy. The first King's County Directory. A short history, then extensive details on places and persons of interest in the County, including a three page discussion, with illustration, of the famed Rosse telescope in Parsonstown. .

London: John Field, 1657. Hardcover. Very good. Three Acts bound as one in 19th century paper over boards, leather label, gilt. Fine copies; the the binding is worn at the upper hinge else is in very good condition., The first Act banned public practice of Catholicism, Catholic priests were killed when captured; Catholic-owned land was confiscated and given to Scottish and English settlers, and Catholic landowners were relocated to Connacht. (Hence the expression attributed to Cromwell: To Connacht or to Hell.) The second Act set forth procedures for soldiers and officers who served in Ireland to recover a "great Arrears of pay". The third Act assessed Ireland the sum of £20,000 for support of the Spanish War, to be levied and paid "in such manner and form as by the Lord Deputy and Council, or any three or more of them shall be Ordered and Directed." Rare .

Hollywood: Hollycrofters, 1937. Limited edition. Stapled wraps. Very good. Folio. Stapled wraps. Unpaginated (8pp.) Finely printed on rag paper in an edition of 50 copies. Hand set in 16 point Poliphilus roman with italic Blado. "These to type faces are of great historic interest. The Poliphilus derives its name from the famous Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, issued 1499 and generally considered to be the finest product of the Italian press. The italic also has an august origin, being based upon the Chancery letter form cut circa 1515 by Antonio Blado of Rome and used for embossing papal briefs."--from the explanatory insert. Title page and first page printed in blue and black. The text is from Irving's "Sketch-Book". The paper has toned from age at the edges, more so on the covers, else this is a very good copy .

New York: G. P. Putnam & Co, 1859. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Five octavo volumes, 4to. Volume I is first printing with John F. Trow. In Volume 2 the Map of Westchester County is inserted after p. 276 though listed as after p. 270; it is an unrecorded variant with an imprint date of 1856 instead of 1855 as called for. Volume 3, p. 248, l., 6 up, is first state, with "near, Fishkill..." Volume 4 seems to be Printing A, with no ads, and the final leaf (33-4) is present. In a spectacular binding by the Harcourt Bindery of half scarlet morocco. Spines in 5 compartments with raised bands, and intricately gilt, with the US shields having onlays of blue and 13 stars, gilt. Marbled paper boards end endpapers. Top edges gilt. Ribbon markers, Upper hinge neatly repaired on Volume I. Hinges and edges lightly rubbed, some corners worn. Portraits generally with some foxing, offset to the tissue and opposite page, otherwise this is a near fine set. Originally announced in three volumes, but with the… Read More

n.p.: San Juan County Museum Association, 1979. Disbound. Very good. Two thick file folders of 8½ by 11 inch copy typescript containing many reports on the Salmon Ruin Development for the Four Corners Regional Commission. Approximately 20 separate reports a such subjects as the excavations, ceramics, and ethnobotany of the ruins. The poages are mostly not numbered, and may be printed on one of both sides. Recent additon of blank pink sheets now separate the collated articles. Salmon Ruins is an ancient Chacoan and Pueblo site located in the northwest corner of New Mexico, USA. Salmon was constructed by migrants from Chaco Canyon around 1090 CE, with 275 to 300 original rooms spread across three stories, an elevated tower kiva in its central portion, and a great kiva in its plaza. In 1980, Irwin-Williams and co-principal investigator Phillip Shelley wrote, compiled and edited a multivolume, 1,500-page report which was not intended for publication. Irwin-Williams was working on a greatly reduced… Read More

Philadelphia: Isaac Peirce, 1813. First edition. Hardcover. Good. 12mo. iv, [3], 8-99, [1] pp. Printed paper boards. Boards worn and soiled, spine partially perished, textblock untrimmed, but still a good copy of an elusive title in the original binding. Contains much of medical interest, including suggestions on the care of the sick in almshouses, on the care of infants and the aged, on dispensaries, on therapy in mental diseases, and on medical education. Concerned especially with Philadelphia institutions. Shaw & Shoemaker 29505; Austin, Early American Medical Imprints, 1540. .