Search Results: Titles starting with I from Sky Duthie Rare Books

Santiago: Universidade de Santiago de Compostela., 1999 [1552]. Limited edition, number 38 of 100 copies printed on Gmund Baumwolle cotton paper and bound in full vellum (with 200 further ordinary copies). Quarto. Facsimile of the 1552 edition of Doni's I Marmi. Accompanied by a 41pp. introductory booklet (publisher's original card wrappers with French flaps). Both contained within the publisher's original full tan calf sleeve with exposed stitching, clasp, and blind-stamped title and printed title label to the spine. A very good copy, the binding firm with slight bowing to the vellum boards. The contents with a few small marks to the edges of the textblock and tanning to the endpapers are otherwise in very good order and clean throughout. The introductory booklet with a couple of minor marks to the front cover is also very good. The sleeve with a few small marks and scuffs and a little fading to the spine is otherwise in very good order. A well-produced facsimile of one of Anton Francesco Doni's… Read More

Bergamo: Edizioni Orobiche., 1945. Limited edition, number 898 of 1,000 copies printed. Signed by the author in ink on the limitation page. 26.5 x 21.5cm. Contemporary quarter red cloth over beige cloth boards with gilt title label to the spine. Original pictorial colour card wrappers bound in at front and rear. Illustrated with 48 black and white plates and one tipped-in colour plate. Loosely laid in is a photograph and a greetings card depicting paintings by Canella, the latter signed by Jean Louis-Dreyfus. A very good copy, the binding square and tight with just a little fading to the spine. The contents remain in very good order and are clean throughout.

Peking: Foreign Languages Press., 1970. First edition. 16mo (13 x 9cm). 324pp. Publisher's original red limp vinyl covers with titles in gilt to the upper cover. Illustrated with four black and white photographs of Chairman Mao. Red ribbon page-marker. A very good copy, the binding firm with significant curling to the covers (as is commonly found) and some marking to the rear cover. The contents with a minor crease to the head of one page are otherwise in very good order and clean throughout. A relatively uncommon little book reproducing seventeen notable documents relating to the progress of the Chinese Cultural Revolution, including a number of letters and speeches by Lin Biao.

Londres [etc.]: Lloyds Greater Britain Publishing Company, Limited., 1912. First edition. Large quarto. Publisher's original full dark-green morocco; the upper board triple-ruled in gilt and with the Uruguayan crest in gilt; the spine with five raised bands, compartments ruled and decorated in gilt and with titles in gilt. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Title page, contents page, introduction and first text page with gilt borders and embellishments. Illustrated profusely throughout with black and white photographs and one map. Ownership inscription of the Australian writer Mary Gilmore to the head of the title page: "Mary Gilmore / Her book / 16. 3. 26". A very good copy, the binding square and firm with a few small marks and scuffs to the boards, rubbing to the spine and joints and wear to the corners. The contents with scattered foxing to the endpapers are otherwise in very good order and clean throughout. An interesting association copy of this comprehensive, extensively illustrated, and… Read More

London: William Heinemann., 1929.. Reprint. Quarto (20 x 26cm). Handsomely bound in contemporary full blue morocco with sinuous gilt borders and gilt foliate decoration incorporating red morocco onlays representing berries to the boards, the spine with five raised bands, ruled in gilt and with titles in gilt. Gilt dentelles incorporating red morocco onlays. Binder's signature in gilt to the bottom turn-in of the lower board: "ML 1930". All edges gilt. Attractive colour woodblock-printed floral endpapers. Binder's inscription in pencil to the front endpaper: "Bournville School of Art 1930, M. Laud[?], Oct / '30". Illustrated with 24 tipped-in colour plates (with captioned tissue-guards), 12 full-page tinted illustrations, and numerous black and white in-text illustrations by Arthur Rackham. 549pp. A very good copy, the binding square and tight with fading to the spine and some minor scuffs to the raised bands. The contents remain clean and crisp throughout. An appealing copy of Arthur Rackham's… Read More

London: L. B. Seeley and Sons., 1834. First edition. 12mo. Publisher's original patterned burgundy cloth with titles in gilt to the upper board. All edges gilt. Illustrated with seven engraved plates, including frontispiece. Contemporary gift inscription in ink on the rear endpaper. 92pp. A very good copy, the binding firm with a touch of cracking in places, fading to the spine and a little bumping to the corners. The contents with some occasional light foxing are otherwise in very good order. An uncommon educational work by Eliza Cheap (fl. 1820s-1830s) drawing upon zoological and botanical metaphors to illustrate a series of moral lessons for children. The fables include "The Parrot, Bullfinch, Monkey, and Bee"; "The Tree and its Branches"; "The Basket of Tools"; "The Vine, the Rose, and Other Plants"; "The Work-Box"; and "The Bees in the Hive".