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L. Annaeus Florus [Works]
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L. Annaeus Florus [Works]

by FLORUS, Lucius Annaeus; FLORUS, [Lucius] Publius Annaeus

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Lugd. Batav. Leiden: apud Elzevirios, 1638. First Elzevier Edition FLORUS, Lucius Annaeus. L. Annaeus Florus [Works], CL. Salmasius, addidit Lucium Ampelium. & cod. M.S. nunquam antehac editum. Lugd. Batav. [Leiden]: apud Elzevirios, 1638. First Elzevier edition, second issue, with pp. 200 and 336 misnumbered as 220 and 536 respectively. Twelvemo (4 15/15 x 2 3/4 in; 126 x 70 mm). [8], 536 [i.e. 336], [16, index] pp. Engraved illustrated title-page, headpieces, tailpieces, initials. Contemporary vellum. Yapp edges. Manuscript title to spine. Bookplate of Henry Scott Boys, late Bengal Civil Service, Allahabad. Neat ownership signatures to endpapers and title-page. Quarter inch wormhole to [ii-vii, 2]. Occasional early and neat underlinings. Small loss to spine head/upper board at joint. Otherwise an excellent copy in its original seventeenth century vellum binding. "At the better grammar schools of the time the relevant authors studied were Ovid, Cicero, Caesar, Sallust and Livy. At Eton the… Read More
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L'Art de Bien Traiter
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L'Art de Bien Traiter

by LE SIEUR, Robert

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Luzarches: Daniel Morcrette, 1978. A Fine Facsimile Edition of One of the Most Important Treatises on French Cuisine LE SIEUR, Robert. L'Art de Bien Traiter, divise' en trois parties. Ouvrage Nouveau, Curieux, et fort Galant, utile a toutes personnes, et conditions. Exactement recherché, & mis en lumiere, Par L.S.R. Luzarches: Daniel Morcrette, 1978. Limited to 250 copies, numbered & initialed by the publisher (this copy being no. 173). Small octavo ( 6 x 3 1/2 inches; 153 x 89 mm.). [iv], [1]-413, [1], [2], limitation leaf, verso blank] pp. Full black morocco, covers decorated in gilt, spine with five raised bands, decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments, decorative endpapers, all edges gilt. Fine. A very nice facsimile of the original 1674 edition of L'Art de Bien Traiter, printed by Jean du Puis in Paris. One of the most important treatises on French cuisine. "The work is considered the most revolutionary of seventeenth-century French cookery texts. The author, whether… Read More
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L'Art de Réussir dans le Monde
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L'Art de Réussir dans le Monde

by CHAM (pseudonym of Amédée de Noé); Noé, Amédée de

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Paris: Martinet, 1855. The Art of Success in the World! An Ironic, Satiric Burlesque by Cham CHAM [Pseudonym of Charles Amédée de Noé]. L'Art de Réussir dans le Monde. Procédé Simple et Facile pour se Faire Jeter a la Porte en Fort peu de Temps. Paris: Martinet, [1855]. Large quarto (13 1/4 x 10 in; 337 x 254 mm.). Lithographed title with large hand-colored pictorial vignette, twenty hand-colored lithographed plates by Fernique after Cham, the plates containing three or more images (a total of sixty-two), each with droll captions. Publisher's red cloth, covers decoratively stamped in blind, front cover decoratively lettered in gilt. Expertly rebacked in matching red cloth. Small rectangular sheet of paper tipped-on to the front end-paper with a short description of this book. A fine and clean copy. A very rare volume with OCLC/KVK locating only two copies in institutions worldwide, at the Victoria & Albert Library and Bibliothèque Nationale et Universitaire (Strasbourg). The book was also… Read More
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L'Art d'engraisser et de Maigrir a Volonté [&] Mr. Papillon [&] Pincez-moi à la Campagne!!
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L'Art d'engraisser et de Maigrir a Volonté [&] Mr. Papillon [&] Pincez-moi à la Campagne!!

by CHAM (pseudonym of Amédée de Noé)

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Paris: Maison Martinet, 1856. Three of Cham's Rarest Works with Sixty Wonderful Hand-Colored Lithograph Plates CHAM (pseudonym of Amédée de Noé). Three complete works bound together in one volume - L'Art d'engraisser et de Maigrir a Volonté. [&] Mr. Papillon [&] Pincez-moi à la Campagne!! First editions. Folio (12 11/16 x 9 7/8 inches; 326 x 251 mm.). Three pictorial hand colored lithograph title-pages and a total of sixty hand colored lithograph plates heightened with gum arabic. Plates lithographed by Fernique & Destouches. Bound together in late nineteenth century olive green buckram over boards, marbled endpapers. Spine a little rubbed, the plates bright and fresh with superb hand-coloring. The Art of Gaining Weight and The Art of Losing Weight Twenty Highly Amusing Multi-Image Hand Colored Lithograph Plates by Cham CHAM [Pseudonym of Charles Amédée de Noé]. L'Art d'Engraisser et de Maigrir a Volonté. [The art of gaining and losing weight with willpower]. Paris: Maison Martinet,… Read More
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LIfe of a Sportsman, The
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LIfe of a Sportsman, The

by ALKEN, Henry; NIMROD; APPERLEY, Charles J.

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London: Rudolph Ackermann, Eclipse Sporting Gallery, 1842. First Issue The "Rich In Interest" Classic With 36 Hand-Colored Aquatints in the Original Cloth [ALKEN, Henry, illustrator]. NIMROD (pseud. of Charles J. Apperley). The Life of a Sportsman. With Thirty-Six Coloured Illustrations by Henry Alken. London: R. Ackermann, Eclipse Sporting Gallery, 1842. First edition, first issue with four plates on India paper mounted on plate paper, and plate at p. 348 in first state. Octavo (9 1/2 x 5 3/4 in; 243 x 145 mm). vi, [2, contents], 402, [10, catalog] pp. Thirty-four hand-colored aquatint plates. Extra engraved aquatint title page, vignettes and portrait. Publisher's original blue cloth with gilt vignette and border blocked in blind, expertly recased. Gilt decorated spine. All edges gilt. New endpapers in pale yellow as original. A fine copy. Housed in a quarter blue morocco drop-front clamshell box. "When Lockhart said of 'Nimrod' that he could 'hunt like Hugo Meynell and write like Walter… Read More
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La Coquette
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La Coquette

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Paris: H. Rousseau, [1856]. An Elegant 19th Century Paper Doll With Multiple Gowns [PAPER DOLLS]. La Coquette. Paris: H. Rousseau, n.d. [1856]. Hand-colored, double-sided lithographed French paper doll with twelve hand-colored lithographed gowns with matching hats including a magnificent wedding ensemble. Lithography by H. Jannin. Housed in a remarkable facsimile of the original presentation box, with the original colored lithographed title laid-on. Complete with a later slotted wooden disc to display the doll in its finery. An item of great scarcity, an ephemeral work not meant to last but of lasting charm. We have been able to locate only one other recorded example, which came to auction at Theriaults Antique Doll Auctions, November 12, 2006, and sold for €1,900 ($2,590).
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La Creation Les Trois Premiers Livres de la Genèse suivis de la Généalogie Adamique
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La Creation Les Trois Premiers Livres de la Genèse suivis de la Généalogie Adamique

by SCHMIED, Francois-Louis, illustrator; MARDRUS, Joseph Charles, translator; GONIN, binder

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Paris: F.L. Schmied aux dépens de M.M. Gonin et Cie., 1928. Francois-Louis Schmied's La Création - The First Three Chapters of Genesis With Two Original Watercolors and an Original Unpublished Pochoir Plate In a Superb Art Deco Binding by Gonin from a Design by Schmied SCHMIED, François-Louis, illustrator. MARDRUS, Joseph Charles, translator. GONIN, binder. La Création. Les Trois Premiers Livres de la Genèse suivis de la Généalogie Adamique, Traduction Littérale de Textes Sémitiques par le Docteur J.-C. Mardrus. Preface de M. le Professeur H. Roger, Doyen de la Faculté de Médicine, President de la Societé de Médecins Bibliophiles. Paris: F.L. Schmied aux dépens de M.M. Gonin et Cie., 1928. Number 8 of 175 copies signed by the artist, from a total edition of 195. This unique copy with two original watercolor drawings and an original color wood-engraved pochoir variant of plate XI "Le Glaive Flamboyant" which was not used. Folio (13 3/8 x 9 5/8 inches; 340 x 245 mm.). Printed on Velor… Read More
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La Fiesta Espanola
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La Fiesta Espanola

by TOVAR, Bartolomé

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Seville: Imprenta y Libreria de José G. Fernández, 1860. A Rare Spanish Album of Bullfighting with Twenty-Two Fine Wood-Engraved Plates [TOVAR, Bartolomé]. La Fiesta Espanola. [Seville: Imprenta y Libreria de José G. Fernández], 1860. First edition. Oblong quarto (7 3/4 x 11 3/8 inches; 197 x 289 mm.). Twenty-two hand-colored wood-engraved plates (some misnumbered). All plates and wrappers mounted on stubs. First plate slightly browned from front wrapper, the last few plates with very slight chipping to fore-edges. Late 19th century full red calf, front cover with gilt coat of arms (House of Bourbon?), spine with five raised bands, decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments, marbled endpapers. Original printed front wrapper and plain rear wrapper bound in. Spine very slightly sunned. An excellent copy of a very rare book. A scarce collection of bullfighting scenes and events attributed to the Seville based lithographer, Bartholomé Tovar. The plates show a bullfighter… Read More
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La Foire aux Idées
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La Foire aux Idées

by ADAM, Victor; BECQUET FRERES, lithographers

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Paris: J. Monrocq, 1850. The Original Folio Edition of 'Fair Ideas' ADAM, Victor, illustrator. La Foire aux Idées. Paris: J. Monrocq, [1851-54]. First edition complete. Large quarto (11 7/8 x 9 1/4 inches; 302 x 235 mm.). [Title on front cover]. One hundred numbered leaves, a varying number of illustrations on each page. Plates lithographed by Becquet freres. Publisher's quarter dark green morocco over embossed black cloth boards, front cover decorated in gilt surrounding the title in gilt, smooth spine ruled in blind and lettered in gilt. Spine faded - still a fine example. The original large quarto edition of 1851-54 containing one hundred numbered lithograph plates with between one and fifteen subjects on a page. All plates have the running title "La Foire Aux Idées Par V. Adam", the imprints of "Paris. J. Monrocq - éditeur" & "Lith. de Becquet frères, à Paris", and all signed "V. Adam". A wonderful selection of sketches, jokes, caricatures, costumes, games, animals and fantasies...… Read More
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La Foire aux Idées
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La Foire aux Idées

by ADAM, Victor

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Paris: J. Monrocq, 1855. 'Fair Ideas' ADAM, Victor, illustrator. La Foire aux Idées. Paris: J. Monrocq, [ca. 1855]. Small oblong quarto (5 3/4 x 8 1/2 inches; 145 x 216 mm.). [Title on front cover]. Twenty-two leaves, all lithograph illustrations. Plates lithographed by Becquet freres. Publisher's embossed red paper over boards, front cover decorated in gilt surrounding a pale blue cartouche with the title in gilt. Small booksellers label of J. Berville and engraved bookplate of Yves Marchand on front pastedown. A selection of 22 fine lithograph plates from Victor Adam's 1851 book of the same title - a wonderful selection of sketches, jokes, caricatures, costumes, games, animals and fantasies... A fine example of one of the 'extract' albums. The present edition was published around the same time or slightly later than the original folio edition of 1851. These half-size small oblong quarto albums with extracts from the original edition had each original plate divided into two (5 3/4 x 8 1/2… Read More
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La Galerie Physionomique [&] Au Boit Aux Lettres [&] Les Coulisses [&] Cours de Droit
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La Galerie Physionomique [&] Au Boit Aux Lettres [&] Les Coulisses [&] Cours de Droit

by DAUMIER, Honoré; GAVARNI, Paul; CUJAS

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Paris: Chez Aubert, 1837. Characteristic Expressions, Love Letters, and Law Students Twenty-Five Fine Hand Colored Lithographs by Daumier, Gavarni and Cujas DAUMIER, Honoré. La Galerie Physionomique (The Physiognomic Gallery) 5 plates (0f 25), [1837]; GAVARNI, Paul. Au Boit Aux Lettres (At the mailbox) 11 plates (of 34), [1838]; GAVARNI, Paul. Les Coulisses (Behind the scenes) 1 plate (of 31), [1857]; CUJAS. Cours de Droit (Law courses) 8 plates (of 12), [1838]. Folio (13 1/2 x 10 1/8 inches; 343 x 257 mm.). A fascinating collection of twenty-five hand colored lithograph plates by Daumier, Gavarni & Cujas, all heightened with gum arabic. Contemporary quarter dark green calf over green marbled boards. Smooth spine decoratively tooled in gilt, plain endpapers. Extremities rubbed. 1. DAUMIER. La Galerie Physionomique No. 14. La loge grillée - The box grated (DR 339) 2. CUJAS. Cours de Droit No. 1. La Chaumière et ton coeur - The Cottage and your heart 3. CUJAS. Cours de Droit No. 2. Jus Romanum… Read More
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La Guirlande choix de Danses a caractère de tous les pays
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La Guirlande choix de Danses a caractère de tous les pays

by NUMA (pseudonym of Pierre-Numa BASSAGET); BASSAGET, Pierre-Numa

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Paris: Paris: H. Gache [&] London: E. Gambart, 1850. The Traditional Dances of France, Italy, Spain and the Czech Republic Six Superb Hand Colored Lithograph Plates by Pierre-Numa Bassaget NUMA (pseudonym of Pierre-Numa BASSAGET). La Guirlande choix de Danses a caractère de tous les pays. Lithographiées par Régnier & Bettannier d'apres Numa. Paris: H. Gache [&] London: E. Gambart, [ca. 1850]. First (only) edition. Large folio (19 5/8 x 13 5/8 inches; 499 x 346 mm.). Six superb hand colored lithograph plates. All plates interleaved, each with a gold border, lithographed by Régnier & Bettannier d'apres Numa, and printed by Lemercier. Publishers lithographed cream boards, spine expertly and almost invisibly repaired. An exceptionally fine copy in its original binding. Although other works by Numa are principally related to fancy dress costume and European women's costume, these have an additional dimension, showing as they do the traditional dances of a variety of nationalities, and the costumes… Read More
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La Journée d'une actrice, ou Douze scènes de jour et de nuit
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La Journée d'une actrice, ou Douze scènes de jour et de nuit

by WATTIER, Édouard; WATTIER, Émile

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Paris: Sazerac et Duval, 1826. The Day of an Actress, or Twelve Scenes of Day and Night Twelve Hand-Colored Lithographed Plates WATTIER, Édouard. [La Journée d'une actrice, ou Douze scènes de jour et de nuit, Lithographiées par Ed. Wattier. Paris: Sazerac et Duval, 1826]. First edition. Large folio (14 1/4 x 10 1/2 inches; 362 x 267 mm.). Twelve hand-colored lithographed plates. Plates lithographed by Engelmann & Langlumé. Bound without the four leaves of text. Mid twentieth century olive green cloth with red leather spine label ruled and lettered in gilt, plain endpapers. A few minor marginal tears. Front and rear free endpapers a little chipped on fore-margin. An excellent example of this very rare suite. A charming suite of twelve hand colored lithographs depicting the life in the day of an actress from 10:00 am to midnight. Rare. OCLC & KVK locate just two examples in libraries and institutions worldwide: Boston Public Library (MA, US); Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (Germany) Note:… Read More
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La Maison des Poupées
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La Maison des Poupées

by [PAPER DOLLS]; Librarie Enfantine Illustrée

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Paris: A. Capendu Successeur, ca 1880. Exceptionally Rare 'Paper Doll' Book with 'cut-out' Dolls, Dresses and Various Accoutrements [PAPER DOLLS]. Librarie Enfantine Illustrée. La Maison des Poupées. Paris: Guérin-Muller & Cie., Editeurs, A. Capendu Successeur, ca. 1880. Square quarto (11 1/8 x 9 inches; 282 x 229 mm.). [2, title, verso blank], [4, text], four colored plates, all interleaved,depicting various rooms in the house, all with slots in which to place a selection of the four dolls with their fourteen dress wardrobe and eighteen objects, all in their three original wood textured envelopes. The four colored scenes all have slots within which to place the dolls, their dresses and various objects to complement the final picture. Publisher's dark blue cloth over pale blue boards, the front cover with a large pasted-on illustration in full color depicting a cottage with three dogs on the foreground, titled "La Maison des Poupées" and the publisher "G.M. et Cie A Capendu, successeur..."… Read More
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Lady Arabella: or The Adventures of a Doll
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Lady Arabella: or The Adventures of a Doll

by BAYNTUN OF BATH, binders; CRUIKSHANK, George, illustrator; PARDOE, [Julia], Miss

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London: Kerby and Son, [1856]. A Very Attractive 'Mid-Twenties' Inlaid Binding by Bayntun of Bath [BAYNTUN OF BATH, binders]. PARDOE, [Julia], Miss. CRUIKSHANK, George, illustrator. Lady Arabella: or The Adventures of a Doll. Illustrated by George Cruikshank. London: Kerby and Son., [1856]. First edition. Small octavo (6 5/8 x 5 inches; 168 x 126 mm.). Half-title, Title Page, 88 pp. With four hand colored etchings by George Cruikshank. Bound ca. 1925 by Bayntun of Bath (stamp-signed in gilt on front turn-in). Full forest green crushed levant morocco. Covers ruled and decoratively bordered in gilt, front cover with a fine scene inlaid in blind and various colored morocco, taken from the color plate facing page 62. Spine with five raised bands decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments, gilt board-edges, wide decorative gilt turn-ins, all edges gilt, green marbled paper liners and end-leaves. Minimal darkening of spine. A very fine example. Julia Pardoe (1806-1862), was an English… Read More
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The Lady Godiva and Other Poems
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The Lady Godiva and Other Poems

by SANGORSKI, Alberto, calligrapher; COSWAY-STYLE BINDING; TENNYSON, Alfred, Lord

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London: , 1919. Ride You Naked Through the Town, And I Repeal it" "Then She Rode Back Clothed on with Chastity" [SANGORSKI, Alberto, calligrapher]. [COSWAY-STYLE BINDING]. TENNYSON, Alfred, Lord. The Lady Godiva and Other Poems. [Sonnet - O Beauty, passing beauty! sweetest Sweet!] & [The Sea-Fairies]. [London: 1919]. A Very Fine Alberto Sangorski Illuminated manuscript on vellum. Large quarto (10 1/16 x 7 11/16 inches; 255 x 195 mm.). Eighteen vellum leaves, mounted on guards, including three blank leaves at front and one at back. [6, blank], 25, [1, blank], [1, colophon], [3, blank] pp. Interleaved with white silk. Written in black and red, with title in burnished gold, red, and purple. Two full-page miniatures of Lady Godiva (on pages 4 & 17). Three-half-page miniatures of Lady Godiva, and The Sea Fairies (on pages 7, 20 & 25) and two small miniatures of Tennyson, and Lady Godiva (on pages 1 & 12). Twenty-two pages with elaborate borders in gold and colors incorporating large illuminated… Read More
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Lady Windermere's Fan
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Lady Windermere's Fan

by WILDE, Oscar; ZAEHNSDORF, binder

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London: Elkin Mathews and John Lane at the Sign of the Bodley Head, 1893. I can resist anything except temptation" "Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about" WILDE, Oscar. Lady Windermere's Fan. A Play About a Good Woman. London: Elkin Mathews and John Lane at the Sign of the Bodley Head, 1893. First edition. One of fifty large-paper copies on hand-made paper. Quarto (8 5/8 x 6 5/8 inches; 220 x 169 mm.). [i, blank], [i], limitation], [iii-xvi], 132 pp. Handsomely bound by Zaehnsdorf ca. 1897 (stamp-signed in gilt on front turn-in) and with their exhibition stamp in black on rear paste-down. Full dark green crushed levant morocco, covers bordered in gilt enclosing a six-line gilt border. Spine with five raised bands decoratively framed and lettered in gilt in compartments, gilt-ruled board edges, multi gilt-lined turn-ins, top edge gilt, others uncut. With the bookplates of the renowned collector C. S. Ascherson (dated 1897) and Paul Louis Weiller (also a famous book… Read More
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Lady's Complete Guide; or, Cookery in all its branches, The
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Lady's Complete Guide; or, Cookery in all its branches, The

by COLE, Mary

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London: G. Kearsley, 1791. Mary Cole's Pioneering Cookery Book COLE, Mary. The Lady's Complete Guide; or, Cookery in all its Branches. Containing The most approved Receipts, confirmed by Observation and Practice; in every reputable English Book of Cookery now extant... Also The Complete Brewer... Likewise The Family Physician; By Mrs. Mary Cole, Cook to the Right Hon. The Earl of Drogheda. The third edition very much improved. London: G. Kearsley, 1791. Third edition "very much improved". Octavo (8 1/4 x 5 inches; 210 x 127 mm.). lvi, [1]-460 pp. Contemporary sheep, rebacked. Spine ruled in gilt, black morocco label lettered in gilt. An excellent copy. The Lady's Complete Guide, or, Cookery in all its Branches by Mary Cole (fl 1788-1791) is a pioneering cookery book, the first in English that systematically ascribed recipes to their authors, where known. First published in 1788 The Lady's Complete Guide ran to 564 pages. The revised second and third editions were expanded in content, but were… Read More
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Land Sharks and Sea Gulls
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Land Sharks and Sea Gulls

by CRUIKSHANK, George, illustrator; GLASCOCK, William Nugent

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London: Richard Bentley, 1838. With Six Fine Engraved Plates by George Cruikshank CRUIKSHANK, George, illustrator. GLASCOCK, Captain [William Nugent]. Land Sharks and Sea Gulls. By Captain Glascock, R.N. In Three Volumes. London, Richard Bentley, 1838. First edition. Three octavo volumes (7 3/4 x 4 3/4 inches 197 x 121 mm.). [iv], [1-3], 4-307, [1, imprint]; [ii], [1-3], 4-309, [1, imprint]; [ii], [1-3], 4-329, [1, imprint] pp. Six engraved plates by George Cruikshank. Late nineteenth century three quarter olive green morocco over marbled boards ruled in gilt. Spines with five raised band decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. With the engraved bookplate of George Shaw on each front paste-down. S[pine of volume I with some light chipping at head and tail, some light staining to top blank margins at end of volume III. A good set. William Nugent Glascock (c. 1787-1847) was an Irish officer in the Royal Navy and a novelist. He saw service during the French… Read More
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Land of Mist, The
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Land of Mist, The

by DOYLE, Arthur Conan

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London: Hutchinson & Co. Ltd., , 1926. Another Professor Challenger Story... DOYLE, Arthur Conan. The Land of Mist. London: Hutchinson & Co. Ltd., [1926]. First English edition. Octavo. [i]-viii, 9-294, [295, advertisement], [1, blank], [-296 ad], [24, Hutchinson catalog for Spring of 1926] pp. Publisher's dark green cloth, front cover bordered and lettered in light green, spine lettered in light green, white endpapers. Top and bottom of spine, and lower joint worn. A good copy. This book was originally to be titled The Psychic Adventures of Edward Malone. Doyle wrote to the editor of the Strand Magazine on 23rd October 1924 to tell him about his latest book: "I have for years had a big psychic novel in me which shall deal realistically with every phase of the question, pro and con. I waited, I knew it would come. Now it has come, with a full head of steam, and I can hardly hold onto my pen it goes so fast - about 12 or 15,000 words in three days." Malone, as an inquiring newspaper man, and… Read More
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