Search Results: Authors starting with R from Pazzo Books

Paris: Theodore le Gras, 1742. Third Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Good Condition. Full leather, worn, spine worn and chipped, hinges cracked. Scattered foxing, browning, an an old stamp to the margin of page 3, but otherwise very clean internally. This volume deals principally with the sugar cane growing and manufacturing operations on the islands. 8 singles page plates and 4 folding plates, 533pp. . Sabin 38412 ("This edition is greatly augmented") Size: Octavo (8vo). One volume of the 8-volume set. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Inventory No: 045083.

Paris: Theodore le Gras, 1742. Third Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Good Condition. Full leather, worn, spines perished, hinges cracked. Scattered foxing, browning, an an old stamp to the margin of page 3 on each volume, but otherwise very clean internally. The volumes deal principally with Martinique, Guadalupe, Barbados and Granada. Volume 7 with a number of chapters on native trees. vol 6: 2 folding plans 5 plates 1 folding map and 2 folding plates, 502pp. vol 7: 2 plates, 1 folding map, ,vi, 516pp; vol 8: iv, 437, (7)pp. Sabin 38412 ("This edition is greatly augmented") Size: Octavo (8vo). 2 volumes of the 8-volume set. Previous owner's book-plate inside front cover. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Inventory No: 045082.

Strassbiourg: Bernhard Jobin, 1590. Third Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Very Good Condition. Tobias Stimmer. Contemporary alum tawed pigskin, blindstamped, brass clasps, some rubbing to spine, ink warks, small piece of brass added to reinforce one clasp - a fine contemporary binding. A few marks and underlines in an early hand, pencil notes on rear endpaper, title page printed in red and black with the slightly off center red to the lobster and snake (this new to the 1590 edition). Third edition, first published in 1575, this was the final edition revised by Fischart. A free translation cum adaptation of Rabelais' masterpiece. As Rabelais wrote under the anagram Alcofribas Nasier, Fischart uses the acrostic (written under the title page vignette) "Im Fischen Gilst Mischen" (to fish well it is necessary to mix) J. F. G. M. : Johann Fischart genannt Mentzer. 565pp, in text illustrations. Fischart coined "Geschichtsklitterung" (pseudo-history) for this free translation of Rabelais' work often… Read More

Amsterdam: Henri Bordesius, 1711. First Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Very Good Condition. 6 books bound in three volumes, leather backed boards. Spines and spine labels rubbed but bindings sound. Scattered foxing but generally clean and unmarked. With an extra engraved title, portrait, 3 folding plates and a folding map - light wear to plate edges, tiny tear to one of the map folds in the margin. The first critical edition of Rabelais - Duchat, urged on by Pierre Bayle (author of the great Dictionnaire Historique), Duchat set out to correct the plague of errors in all the extant editions of Rabelais. "Voici le meilleure et las plus complete éd. de ce roman célébre" Graesse R 7. L, 336, (4)pp; 287pp, (4)pp; 272pp, (4)pp; 288pp, (4)pp, xvi, 223pp, (4)pp, 109pp, (32)pp. Size: Octavo (8vo). 6-volume set (complete). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: Literature & Literary; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 044419.

Vienna: Gesellschaft der Bibliophilen, 1912. Unbound. Near Fine Condition. A detailed gustatory inventory of Severin von Jaroschinski's final days. One of 150 copies printed by the Vienesse Bibliophile Society in 1912. Monday while drinking his coffee; he had it without sugar and smoked continuously. He ate very little on that first day while presented with a full menu of cabbage, sausage, cucumber salad, beef, plums & peaches. On Tuesday his appetite had reestablished itself and he consumed "several pieces" of young goose meat and apple salad. He was also served soup with Knödel. On Wednesday, the last day of his life, his appetite only seemed to increase. He ate beef with pickles, consumed numerous glasses of wine, and as a vegetable: Kohlrabi. In the evening he consumed two fried ducks and while doing so informed the man in cloth that "even the worms should have something to eat." Severin (Graf) von Jaroszynski [or, "Jaroschinski"] (1793-1827) was a Polish nobleman who fled to Vienna to escape… Read More

New York: Doubleday Page & Co, 1927. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Good. Jacket chipped at corners and spine ends with loss, spine and a bit of the top edge sunned. Mild discoloration to endpapers. Size: duodecimo (12mo). Previous owner's inscription in ink, neat. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Children; Inventory No: 044410.

Steidl, 2021. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine Condition. Very slight shelfwear, otherwise fine Size: Quarto (4to). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Photography; Inventory No: 047712.

New York: Doubleday, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine Condition/Near Fine. Light rubbing to jacket edges, small chips at spine ends, otherwise fine. Inscribed by Bellamy to poet and songwriter Rod McKuen "To Rod with admiration" and dated 11/11/79. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Film, Radio & Television; Signed by Author. Inventory No: 045923.

London: Colin Fenton, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition. Reynolds Stone. Slight wear to original black cloth. Inscribed by "the old Philadelphia firm of Namleda & Co." who printed the original broadside "Flying Scrolls" that are reprinted here. Foxing to endpapers, signed by Reynolds Stone who made the lovely wood engravings. 117 of 350 copies. Size: Octavo (8vo). Illustrator: Reynolds Stone. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Poetry; Signed by Illustrator. Inventory No: 043631.

Mexico: María de Benavides, 1698. First Edition. Hardcover (Vellum). Near Fine Condition. Full contemporary vellum, ties largely intact. Light wear, light green stain near spine, scattered slight foxing, browning; a fresh wide margined copy. With the striking title page of the star filled sky and one engraving of Neri astride an eagle in flight. (40), portrait, 222, (12)pp. Palau 246730-III; Sabin 67647. Size: Quarto (4to). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Religion & Theology; Inventory No: 047497.

London: Frederick Warne. Early Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition. Undated ca. 1900 - early edition, variant cover. Binding loose, first signature almost detached, internally quite clean and attractive. Size: Octavo (8vo). Previous owner's inscription in ink, neat. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Children; Inventory No: 044390.

Paris: E. Dentu, 1859. Second Edition. Hardcover (Quarter Leather). Very Good Condition. Leather backed marbled boards, wear at edges, hinges a little rubbed; a bit of foxing, mostly early on. 318pp with an attractive folding map of California at the rear with a small crease and light foxing. Howes M198, Sabin 38700. Aristocrat, connoisseur of colonialism, gambler, possible pirate. The Count set sail for San Francisco after failing to make a go of it in Algeria and France. He fell in love with Sonora and mounted an expedition to secure its independence that ended with him meeting a firing squad in 1854. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Exploration; History. Inventory No: 045071.

B. Rembolt for J. Petit. Early Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Very Good Condition. Full modern calf with the remains of the original, elaborately tooled, 16th century binding pasted on top. Title with paper repair in upper margin, woodcut coat of arms of dedicatee on verso of title. Light but persistent dampstain through most of volume, old notes to title and a few marginal notes in a contemporary hand, hole in the margin not touching text to cxix and cxx. (viii), CLI, leaves. In a modern morroco box, worn in a few spots. The binding has similarities to one of Jehan Compains (Gruel Manuel p71) Raulin (1443-1514) was, according to prolific novelist and scholar Sabine Baring-Gould, considered a great preacher in his day and a man of incorruptible virtue, though his "style is wholly devoid of eloquence". This is a reprint of the 1513 Paris edition. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Religion & Theology; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 048338.

London: Herbert Jenkins, 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/Good. CHipped at edges - old yellowed tape marks on book edges and jacket, jacket attached to old library cover and old stamps on endpaper, but no other marks Still, an attractive copy of the novelization of the actress and Countess' 1956 television serial about the dangers of science. It was turned into a feature film the same year. Quite scarce. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; Inventory No: 047452.

Martino / Ten Pound Island, 2002. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Near Fine Condition. Facsimile of the 1911 edition in blue cloth. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Fishing & Hunting; ISBN: 1578983746. ISBN/EAN: 9781578983742. Inventory No: 044000.

Sanssouci, 1959. Near Fine Condition. Two volumes, 50mm x 35mm & 40mm x 30mm, each bound in red leather with gilt stamped bird on cover, handmade end papers, illustrated, light soiling to some interior pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Antiques & Collectibles; Poetry. Inventory No: 2000145. Size: Miniature. Text is in . Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Antiques & Collectibles; Language; Inventory No: 048453.

1805. Very Good Condition. A receipt and an import document. The first a receipt for purchases at Darius Brewers in Dorchester in 1830, and an import document from the Port of New Haven comprising three connected import receipts all for claret imported from Bordeaux in 1805. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Cooking, Wine & Dining; Americana. Inventory No: CAT000864.

London: Chapman and Hall, 1853. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition. Original green cloth, wear at head of spine, corners a little bumped, mild uniform age toning to pages. "Simplified for the benefit of the most unlearned." A wide collection of French, mostly bourgeois, cookery that attempts to make a case for French cuisine. "Frogs: Like the preceding receipts, this is a dish not palatable to English tastes, from prejudice; but that once conquered will be found delicate and good." Oxford (Appendix). Size: 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Cooking, Wine & Dining; Inventory No: CAT000172.

England, 1870. Hardcover (Full Leather). Good Condition. Mid to late 19th century English cookbook, red leather binding quite worn, spine failing, front board nearly detached, modest foxing internally. 179 numbered pages, 107 used for recipes, the remainder blank. Probably two different hands, index at front. The front pastedown has a name - Mrs. Reece - and a few addresses (Notting Hill, W Brighton, a couple illegible). A few loose recipes. 4 3/4" x 7'Indian curry, puddings (jubilee, chocolate, paradise, many others), cheesecakes, biscuits, jellies, potato salad, raspberry vinegar, boiled herrings, spiced eggs, an excellent trifle - more baked goods than anything else, but a melange of recipes including a few medical (corns, coughs). A very nice middle-class cookbook. Size: 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Cooking, Wine & Dining; Inventory No: CAT000461.

Venice: Presso Aldo (Aldine Press), 1585. First Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Very Good Condition. Rebound in 19th century red morocco with a stylized Aldine device on the covers, gilt edges. Wear at edges, scattered minor foxing, browning, staining, title trimmed just slightly within the plate. A nice copy of the first Aldine edition of Leroy's curious work of historical philosophy. (32), 327pp His final work, Leroy had been an unassuming translator of classical works and government functionary. His writing generally sticking to well trod ground before writing this sprawling historio-philosophical work weaving anecdotes and examples from history into a humanist book about the nature of history. First published in French in 1575 as "De la vicissitude ou variete des choses en l'univers". Ahmanson-Murphy 964 Provenance: Syston Park and JHJ bookplates and a handwritten note "This book belongs to Arthur G.M. Gillott. Sales of Library of Sir John Hayford Thorold, Systom Park. By Wilkinson, Sotheby… Read More