No products in the cart.
Our search feature is the quickest and easiest way to find what you are looking for. Simply enter the author's name, book title, or a relevant keyword below and hit the Search button.
Showing all 58 results
IBERIA INTRODUCES ANTI-INFLATION VACATIONS Chicago: Anarchist Black Cross [1974]. double-sided poster. Extra thick yellow-beige paper with dark purple ink. As stated on back “Poster/broadside appears as issue 8 of the Black Cross Bulletin.” Illustrated on front with a large cigar chomping “capitalist” (sitting) and his female companion standing behind him – both smug and grinning. Likely depicting the American capitalists on vacation in Spain. Illustrated on back with with Salvador Puig Antioch, his garroting, and a fist raised in protest. Very good; previously folded twice; two very small burn marks (no image/text loss).
Diehl, Edith. BOOKBINDING. Its Background and Technique. New York: Rinehart & Co, Inc 1946. 2 vols. xxii,252,(96);vi,406pp. Indices. Illus. with 2 frontispieces plus 91 plates at rear of Vol. I. Black cloth, gilt spines; housed in publisher’s worn slipcase with a printed paper label. Case split at seams.
Albers, Anni. PRE-COLUMBIAN MEXICAN MINIATURES. THE JOSEF AND ANNI ALBERS COLLECTION. Foreword by Ignacio Bernal. Introductory Text by Michael D. Coe. Photographs by John T. Hill. New York: Praeger -1970. 4to. (128)pp. With 84 photographic enlargements in black-and-white (mostly full-page) and a descriptive catalogue. Yellow cloth. Illus. d.j.
Fagg, William. TRIBES AND FORMS IN AFRICAN ART. New York: Tudor Publishing Co -1965. 4to. 124pp. of text plus 170 black and white photographic plates. Bibliog. Yellow cloth, d.j. (minor chips).
No author. HEURES NOUVELLES. Contenant L’Office des Dimanches et Fetes de Toute l’Annee, en Latin and Francois. Pour L’Usage de la Principautes d’Arches & Charleville. Nouvelle Edition… Charleville, France: Raucourt 1784. 8vo. (12),xxiv,720pp. One woodcut (2-1/2″ x 3″) on first leaf of text after the calendar. Orig. full green polished morocco, gilt tooled spine and borders on covers. A.e.g. About fine. Printed label on front pastedown, “The prayer book collection of Stephen L. White.”
Not recorded by OCLC. A rare French provincial imprint.
[Juliis, Joseph de]. COMPENDARIA, ET FACILIS AD LINGUAM GRAECAM MANDUCTIO. Rome: Typis Sacrae Cong. de Propag. Fide. 1696. Sm. 4to. 108,(4)pp. Text in Latin and Greek. Large woodcut device on title page. Cont. vellum, lightly soiled. Small light waterstain at bottom blank margin of title & a chip at lower fore-corner (no text loss). Preliminary blank lacking.
Scarce and elegantly printed handbook of Greek grammar; a textbook for Latin speakers, published by the famous Society for the Propagation of Faith in Rome.
Secco Suardo Grismondi, Paolina. POESIE della Contessa Paolina Secco-Suardo Grismondi. Tra Le Pastorelle Arcadi Lesbia Cidonia. Seconda Edizione. Bergamo: Dalla Stamperia Mazzoleni 1822. 8vo. (4),208,(6)pp. With a very fine engraved frontispiece portrait. Orig. printed wrappers, untrimmed. Bottom of spine lightly chipped.
The collected poetry of this Italian woman author (1746-1801).
Pindar. ODES. Translated from the Greek. By Gilbert West. Dublin: Printed for P. Wilson et al 1751. 12mo. (4),xx,(5)-170pp. Copper engraved medallic portrait on title. Orig. calf, red calf spine label.
The first edition is in 4to. in 1747. This is the second edition, but the first printed in Ireland.
Waters, W. G. (trans.).. THE ITALIAN NOVELISTS. Now First Translated Into English. Choicely Illustrated by E. R. Hughes. In Seven Volumes. London: Privately Printed for Members of the Society of Bibliophiles 1901. 7 vols. Each vol. with a hand-colored frontis. printed on silk, and several plates, each in 3 states, including one in color. All plates with printed tissue guards. Special edition limited to 26 lettered sets. The 7 vols. are bound in gilt decorated full morocco (3 in red, 2 in brown, and 2 in green, but now all spines are more uniform brownish red) as published. A.e.g. With some slight rubbing.
Fenelon, Francois de Salignac de la Mothe.. A DEMONSTRATION OF THE EXISTENCE AND ATTRIBUTES OF GOD, Drawn from the Knowledge of Nature, from Proofs purely Intellectual, and from the Idea of the Infinite Himself. The Second Edition, with Large Additions…London: Printed for W. Taylor 1720. 12mo. (16),336pp. Copper engraved frontis. of the author. Title within a ruled border. Cont. speckled calf, gilt ruled covers, a bit worn. Hinges cracked. Title page lightly foxed.
The second English, much enlarged, translation of Fenelon’s famous work. The first Englis is 1713, and is paginated (16),233,(7). The translator was Abel Boyer.
Butler, Samuel. POSTHUMOUS WORKS IN PROSE AND VERSE, Written in the Time of the Civil Wars and Reign of K. Charles II… From Original Mss. And Scarce and Valuable Pieces Formerly Printed with a Key to Hudibras, by Sir Roger L’Estrange. In Two Volumes. The Third EdLondon: Printed for Sam. Briscoe 1715. 12mo. 2 vols. Bound in 1. (26),244,(20);(24),292pp. Indices. Plus (4)pp. Printer’s ads. Engraved frontispiece portrait, both titles printed in red & black. Cont. paneled calf, worn, lower spine chipped, and hinges cracked but holding soundly.
Beck, Melissa (comp.).. THE TYPOGRAPHIC BOOKPLATES OF WARD RITCHIE. Foreword by Ward Ritchie. Santa Monica, CA: Kenneth Karmiole 1990. (112)pp. Illustrated with 90 examples of bookplates. Edition limited to 300 copies. Black cloth, gilt, over decorative boards. Signed on the half-title by Ward Ritchie. Fine.
Bynaeus, Anthony. DE CALCEIS HEBRAEORUM Sive Antiquitates Hebraicae Vindicatae… Leyden: Joh: Arn: Langerak 1724. 4to. (18),267,(29)pp. Title printed in red & black. Text with 15 copper engraved plates (3 full page). BOUND WITH: Bynaeus, Anthony. SOMNIUM… Tertio Recusum. Dordraci: Theodori Goris. 1695. (8),24pp. Bound together in orig. vellum, somewhat soiled. The first work is an often reprinted text on shoes (sandals) of the ancient Hebrews by Bynaeus. The second work is his text on dreams. Both are later reprints.
Helms, Ludvig Verner. PIONEERING IN THE FAR EAST, AND JOURNEYS TO CALIFORNIA IN 1849 AND TO THE WHITE SEA IN 1878. With Illustrations from Original Sketches and Photographs. London: W. H. Allen & Co. 1882. vi,(2),408pp. Index. Plus 27 plates (2 are tinted) , and 3 maps (2 in color, 1 folding). Cont. half black morocco over marbled boards, expertly rebacked, gilt spine. Helms (1825-1918) visited California in 1850 (pp. 76-93), and again in 1872 (pp. 304-328). This scarce work is also a primary eye-witness source for the early history of Sarawak and British North Borneo.
Taylor, Thomas (translator). POLITICAL FRAGMENTS OF ARCHYTAS, CHARONDAS, ZALEUCUS, AND OTHER ANCIENT PYTHAGOREANS, Preserved by Stobaeus; and Also, Ethical Fragments of Hierocles… Translated from the Greek by Thomas Taylor. Chiswick: Printed by C. Whittingham, for the Translator 1822. xvi,115,(1)pp. Finely rebound in full speckled calf done in antique style, gilt tooled spine with green morocco label. Minor foxing of first and final leaves. To fill out the new binding the binder has inserted blank leaves at rear of text.
Capel, Richard. TENTATIONS: Their Nature, Their Danger, Their Cure. To Which Is Added a Briefe Dispute, as Touching Restitution in the Case of Usury. The Fifth Edition Corrected… There Is Now Printed a Fourth Part… London: E. B. for John Bartlet 1655. 8vo. 4 parts in 1 (parts 3 & 4 with their own title pages, as published). (26),275,(1);(2),(267)-387,(3);(16),298,(2)pp. The vertical half-title (A1) before the first title is lacking, but the vertical half-title “Capell on Tentations” before the Fourth Part is present. Old boards, later rebacked in calf, red morocco spine label. Covers a bit rubbed. A scarce and curious book on life’s temptations (“tentations” is an archaic form of the word temptations) including lust, lying, sodomy, perjury, usury, suicide, etc., etc. The “Fourth Part” which is new to the 1655 edition was also published separately (Wing C476). Wing C473.
Walker, George. CHESS MADE EASY; Intended as a First Book. New Edition. London: W. & T. Piper 1850. A later edition with an expanded text. Sm. sq. 8vo. (4),128pp. Engraved frontispiece, lightly foxed. Several woodcut diagrams of chess board positions. 19th c. 1/2 calf, gilt, dark brown calf spine label, over cloth. Some light rubbing and a small, round paper label on front cover. Approx. 50 blank leaves have been bound in at rear, presumably for notes. Bookplate of Albert Parsons Sachs on front pastedown.
Bacon, Sir Francis. ESSAYS MORAL, ECONOMICAL, AND POLITICAL. London: Printed by T. Bensley, for J. Edwards 1798. Sm. 8vo. (4),x,(2),270pp. Cont. calf, a bit worn, rebacked in gilt decorated olive calf with red calf spine label.
Ball, Isaac. AN ANALYTICAL VIEW OF THE ANIMAL ECONOMY. Calculated for the Student of Medicine, as Well as Private Gentlemen: Interspersed with Many Allegories and Moral Reflections, Drawn from the Subject, to Awaken the Mind to an Elevated Sense of the Great Author of Nature. New York: Printed for the Author by G. J. Hunt 1808. 12mo. 90pp. (including a 9pp. list of subscribers). Illus. with a woodcut headpiece and a hand-colored woodcut frontispiece. Modern calf, gilt, over boards. Occasional light water stains at various blank margins. Top blank margin of title with the cont. ownership signature of the lawyer James Woods (who was one of the original subscribers). Austin #101; AMER. BIBLIOG. #14403.
Bigland, John. AN HISTORICAL DISPLAY OF THE EFFECTS OF PHYSICAL AND MORAL CAUSES ON THE CHARACTER AND CIRCUMSTANCES OF NATIONS: Including a Comparison of the Ancients and Moderns in Regard to Their Intellectual and Social State. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme et al 1816. 8vo. xxiv,478pp. Cont. polished green calf decorated in gilt, over marbled boards. Some light foxing on title-page, otherwise a fine copy.
Fossati, Jean-Antoine-Laurent. MANUEL PRATIQUE DE PHRENOLOGIE ou Physiologie du Cerveau d’Apres les Doctrines de Gall, de Spurzheim, de Combe et des Autres Phrenologistes. 37 Portraits et 6 Figures d’Anatomie, Intercales dans le Texte. Paris: Germer Bailliere.. 1845. 12mo. (4),viii,608pp. Illus. with a frontis. and 43 text drawings. 19th c. 1/2 calf over marbled boards, lightly rubbed, black calf spine label.
Scott, Sir Walter. GUY MANNERING; OR, THE ASTROLOGER. In Three Volumes. Edinburgh: Printed by James Ballantyne and Co. for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown et al 1815. First edition. 12mo. 3 vols.(2),342;(2),346;(2),358,(2)pp. No half titles. Early 20th c. gilt decorated 1/2 calf, red & brown morocco spine labels, over marbled boards, hinges with hairline cracks but sound. Foot of spine of Vols. I & II darkened. Leaf B12 of Vol. I with a repaired tear (no text loss). Title pages lightly browned & outer leaves foxed. Vol. III is state 1b, according to Todd’s BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SCOTT.
Hamilton, Lady Anne. SECRET HISTORY OF THE COURT OF ENGLAND, FROM THE ACCESSION OF GEORGE THE THIRD TO THE DEATH OF GEORGE THE FOURTH; Including, Among Other Important Matters, Full Particulars of the Mysterious Death of the Princess Charlotte. London: William Henry Stevenson 1832. 2 vols. viii,(25)-400;304pp. (irregularly paginated, but complete as published). This set extra-illustrated with 20 engraved plates (some mounted or inlaid to size). Finely bound by Broadstreet’s in gilt decorated 1/2 green morocco over marbled boards. T.e.g. Bookplates on front pastedowns. First published in March 1832, under the title, “The Authentic Records of the Court of England for the Last Seventy Years,” which is a 1 volume work of 395pp. Our edition in 2 volumes with approx. 700 pages is the very scarce suppressed edition and should be considered an entirely new work. It was probably written by Olivia Wilmot Serres, who had gained Lady Anne’s confidence, used her name without her consent, and wrote very personal details of her life.
[Sherer, Joseph Moyle].. NOTES AND REFLECTIONS DURING A RAMBLE IN GERMANY… London: Printed for Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green 1826. First edition. iv,400pp. Modern blind tooled calf over orig. marbled boards. Bookplate on front pastedown.
[Boutet, Claude]. TRAITE DE MIGNATURE, Pour Apprendre Aisment a Peindre Sans Maistre, avec le Secret de Faire les Belles Couleurs, l’Or Bruny, & l’Or en Coquille. Quatrie’me Edition. Reveue, Corrigee & Augmentee par l’Auteur. Paris: Chez Christophe Ballard 1697. Sm. 8vo. (16),166,(10)pp. Text with one woodcut depicting a pantograph. Modern vellum, gilt, done in antique style. Final 8 leaves ink stained at top blank fore-margin (text unaffected).
Peck, George W.. PECK’S BAD BOY AND HIS PA. With Illustrations by Gean Smith. Chicago: Belford, Clarke & Co 1883. First edition, first issue. xvi,(9)-196pp. Plus (16)pp. Publisher’s ads. Orig. pictorial green cloth stamped in black & gilt, bottom corners & extremities of spine lightly frayed, spine lightly rubbed & darkened. Overall Good. Bookplate on front pastedown. Johnson. PETER PARLEY TO PENROD. P.67-68. The first state, with no text after p. 196.
Lewis, Oscar. THE FIRST 75 YEARS. The Story of the Book Club of California 1912-1987. San Francisco: The Book Club of California 1987. 8vo. 54,(2)pp. Edition limited to 1200 copies printed at the Arion Press. Green cloth over rose boards. Fine.
White, Gerald T.. BAPTISM IN OIL. STEPHEN F. PECKHAM IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, 1865-66. San Francisco: The Book Club of California 1984. Tall 4to. 140pp. Illustrated. Edition ltd. to 500 numbered copies, designed by Ward Ritchie. Dark blue cloth over chartreuse boards. Fine. Publication #177.
Thicknesse, Philip. A YEAR’S JOURNEY THROUGH FRANCE, AND PART OF SPAIN. Dublin: J. Williams. 1777. 12mo. 2 volumes. 295,(1);240pp. Orig. calf, morocco spine labels. Small chip at the top of the spine of Volume 2. Two bookplates in each volume. First printed in Bath, the same year, followed by this Irish edition.
Hole, Richard. REMARKS ON THE ARABIAN NIGHTS’ ENTERTAINMENTS; in Which the Origin of Sinbad’s Voyages, and Other Oriental Fictions, Is Particularly Considered. London: Printed for T. Cadell, Junior, and W. Davies.. 1797. Sm. 8vo. iv,258,(2)pp. Includes the errata leaf. First edition. 19th c. 1/2 brown morocco, gilt, over marbled boards, minor rubbing of front hinge. Bookplate on front pastedown.
Aristotle. …DE POETICA. Accedunt Versio Latina Theodori Goulstoni et Insigniores Lectiones Variantes.Glasgow: Robertus Foulis 1745. 12mo. 2 parts in 1. 130,(4)pp. Title page in Greek & Latin. Text (pp. 1-83) in Greek, followed by notes in Latin. Cont. vellum, a bit soiled. In this copy the list of the chapters in Greek & Latin (2 leaves) are bound at the end. Gaskell records them after the title page. Gaskell, FOULIS PRESS, #58.
Wakeman, Geoffrey. THE PLOUGH PRESS 1967–1981. Fifteen Years of Printing in a Loughborough Garage. Kidlington, Oxford: The Plough Press 1982. (6),46,(2)pp. Printed in black, blue & brown. Numerous illustrations, plus 14 tipped-in samples (some folding) from the press, and 5 paper samples. Edition limited to 120 numbered copies. Blue morocco, gilt, over marbled boards. Fine.
Russell, Richard (ed.). A HISTORY OF THE MARLBOROUGH COLLEGE PRESS 1934-1984. Andoversford, Gloucestershire: The Whittington Press 1984. 4to. (10),52,(2)pp. 5 tipped-in leaves of the Marlborough College Press re-printed in the same types as the originals, plus 2 folded broadside facsimiles in a rear pocket. Edition limited to 220 numbered copies. Blue cloth, gilt, over patterned boards.
Harris, Elizabeth M.. THE ART OF MEDAL ENGRAVING [With an Introduction by Henry Morris]. A Curious Chapter in the Development of 19th Century Printing Processes. Newton, PA: Bird & Bull Press 1991. 4to. 40,(2)pp. Illustrated with plates and (16)pp. of facsimiles. Bound in is an original double-page leaf from Achille Collas’s TREASOR DE NUMISMATIQUE ET DE GLYPTIQUE… 1834-58. Edition limited to 230 numbered copies. Blue patterned silk, leather spine label. Very good. Residual staining from original leaf. DISBOUND AND DISPERSED, #198.
Anacreon and Sappho. …ANACREONTIS TEII CARMINA: Accurate Edita; cum Notis Perpetuis; et Versione Latina, Numeris Elegiacis… & Poetriae Sapphus, Quae Supersant. London: Impensis Lawtoni Gilliver 1733. 12mo. xxiv,210pp. Title & text on facing pages in Greek & Latin. Copper engraved frontispiece. Title printed in red & black. Cont. tooled paneled calf, head of spine a bit chipped, hinges rubbed, small stain on front cover. 18th century armorial bookplate of William Hanbury on front pastedown.
Tytler, Patrick Fraser. LIFE OF JAMES CRICHTON OF CLUNY, COMMONLY CALLED THE ADMIRABLE CRICHTON. With an Appendix of Original Papers. Edinburgh: Printed by James Ballantyne and Company for William and Charles Tait et al 1819. First edition. viii,286pp. Plus (2)pp. publisher’s ads. Engraved frontispiece portrait. Nicely bound in 1/2 maroon morocco over linen, linen endpapers, front hinge lightly rubbed. T.e.g. Clipped signature of the author mounted on a blank preliminary.
Murray, John. PRACTICAL REMARKS ON MODERN PAPER. With an Introductory Essay by Leonard B. Schlosser. North Hills, PA: Bird & Bull Press 1981. 120pp. Edition ltd. to 300 copies printed on “Hahnemuhle Ingres-Buttenpapier.” 1/4 Oasis leather and tips over marbled boards. Fine.
Morris, Henry. [GUILFORD & GREEN]. [PART I]: A VISIT TO HAYLE MILL. Written from Notes Made During a Visit to J. Barcham Green, Limited.[PART II: DEAR FRIEND AT HOME: Letters Written by Nathan Guilford on a Journey to Kentucky in 1814. With an Introduction… North Hills, PA: Bird & Bull Press 1970. 2 parts in one. (2),88,(4)pp. With facsimiles (2 folding), a mounted portrait, and woodblock illustrations printed in one or two colors. Edition ltd. to 210 numbered copies. Maroon morocco over patter ned boards. This copy without the outer paper wr apper with pocket containing a paper specimen that was to be used for the cover of the book but found unsuitable (as published). With an Introduction by Whitfield Bell, Jr.
Eckel, John C. THE FIRST EDITIONS OF THE WRITINGS OF CHARLES DICKENS, Their Points and Values. A Bibliography, Revised and Enlarged, with Illustrations and Facsimiles. New York: Maurice Inman, Inc 1932. Lg. 8vo. xviii,272,(6)pp. Index. Illustrated with a photogravure frontispiece and 28 plates (5 printed on colored paper and 2 in color). Edition limited to 750 numbered copies. Orig. maroon cloth, lightly rubbed. T.e.g. A very nice, bright copy.
Irving, Washington. THREE CHOICE SKETCHES BY GEOFFREY CRAYON, GENT. The Stout Gentleman, The Adventures of My Uncle, Horsemanship. Taken from Washington Irving’s Bracebridge Hall & Tales of a Traveller. San Mateo, CA: The Greenwood Press 1941. 12mo. (x),83,(3)pp. Illustrated with a title page vignette, 3 headpieces, and a colophon vignette, all printed in brown. Edition limited to 250 numbered copies. Raw linen, paper spine label. Fine, as new, in the original D.j. (very small chip at top of spine). The first book of The Greenwood Press of Jack Stauffacher.
Sprake, Austin. THE PRICE GUIDE TO STEVENGRAPHS. Stevengraphs, Stevens Silk Postcards, Bookmarkers. Clopton…: The Antique Collectors’ Club 1972. (12),208pp. Index. Profusely illustrated with black & white photo reproductions. Gray leatherette stamped in gilt. D.j. Laid in is an original Stevengraphs bookmark, “To My Son…” with tassel. Also a 14pp. oblong pamphlet, “Stevengraphs Price Revision List, April 1979.” A fine copy.
Hood, Thomas. WHIMS AND ODDITIES, in Prose and Verse; with Forty Original Designs [ First and Second Series]. London: Lupton Relfe [and Charles Tilt] 1826-1827. Sm. 8vo. 2 vols. bound in 1. xii,146;viii,150pp. Each vol. with 36 woodcut plates. Title pages with woodcut vignettes. Later half calf (circa 1900), gilt, lightly rubbed, over marbled boards, black calf spine label. One leaf in Vol. I with a closed tear. One plate in Vol. II with a paper repair on verso. Occasional soiling and numerous amateurish pencil sketches (& 1 in ink) in blank areas (done in a style imitative of the woodcuts).
Parke, Uriah. LECTURES ON THE PHILOSOPHY OF NUMBERS, and the Adaptation of Arithmetic to the Business Purposes of Life… Zanesville, OH: Printed and Published by U. P. Bennett 1842. 12mo. 340pp. Illustrated with woodcut diagrams. Cont. sheep, rubbed, black calf spine label (slightly chipped). Cont. ownership signature on front pastedown. Occasional foxing. “Parke’s Series, No 4.”
Byrom, John. THE UNIVERSAL ENGLISH SHORT-HAND; or, the Way of Writing English, in the Most Easy, Concise, Regular, and Beautiful Manner, Applicable to Any Other Language, But Particularly Adjusted to Our Own. Invented by John Byrom. Manchester: Printed by Joseph Harrop 1767. First edition. 8vo. (4),x,(3)-92pp. Illus. with an engraved table and 12 engraved plates. Modern 1/2 burgundy calf, gilt decorated spine with black morocco label, over marbled boards. Title page with two vertical tape stains (light discoloration) from something that was once attached to the verso. Still a very decent copy.
Spence, Joseph. OBSERVATIONS, ANECDOTES, AND CHARACTERS, OF BOOKS AND MEN. Arranged with Notes by the Late Edmund Malone. London: John Murray 1820. Sm. 8vo. viii,302pp. Following the end of the text are pages 399-434 of a journal that contains an historical critique of Spence’s “Anecdotes of Books and Men.” Later brown morocco (lightly scuffed) over marbled boards. Bookplates on front pastedown and free endpaper.
Brieger, Lothar. E. M. LILIEN. Eine Kunstlerische Entwickelung um die Jahrhundertwende. Mit 226 Abildungen Nach Radierungen und Zeichnungen des Kunstlers. Berlin-Wien: Benjamin Harz 1922. Lg. 4to. 260pp. Profusely illus. with 226 text figures. Title printed within a decorative pictorial border. Orig. tan cloth stamped in brown and black, cloth somewhat soiled & spines a bit frayed. Scarce monograph on this German illustrator and artist.
Montherlant, Henry de. LES CELIBATAIRES. Photographies de Georgette Chadourne. Paris: Librairie Plon -1948. 4to. (4),242,(4)pp. With numerous photographic illus. Edition ltd. to 3000 machine-numbered copies. Bound in 1/2 green polished calf over marbled boards with the orig. printed wrappers preserved.
Bell, Sir Charles. MANUSCRIPT OF DRAWINGS OF THE ARTERIES. New York: Medicina Rara 1971). 4to. (72)pp. facsimile of an original holographic manuscript, circa 1820. Illustrated with 12 color plates (one folding). Edition limited to 300 deluxe copies bound in full red morocco (from a total printing of 2,800). ISSUED WITH: Jones, Harold Wellington. CHARLES BELL AND THE ORIGIN OF HIS ENGRAVINGS OF THE ARTERIES. A 12pp. pamphlet in brown wrappers, reprinted from the Charles Bell number of “Medical Life”, 1937. Both items housed in publisher’s cardboard slipcase. Fine.
MacInnes, C.M. THE EARLY ENGLISH TOBACCO TRADE. With Eight Plates. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., Ltd 1926. 12mo. xii,196pp. Index. Illus. brown cloth; with some text foxing.
Stendahl Art Galleries. WILLIAM WENDT AND HIS WORK. With Articles by Anthony Andersen… Fred S. Hogue… Alma May Cook… Arthur Millier. Los Angeles: Stendahl Art Galleries, [at] The Ambassador Hotel 1926. 8vo. 94pp. including 80 half-page half-tone photographs of Wendt’s oil paintings, each with descriptive text. Frontispiece portrait of Wendt, inscribed in ink at bottom, “To Mr. and Mrs. Frank Meline. William Wendt.” Orig. green cloth, titles stamped in gold, a bit faded. Last plate with some foxing, otherwise a very nice copy. The inscription by Wendt is to noted Los Angeles architect Frank L. Meline (1875-1944).
No author. THE FIRST CATECHISM [Bengalee]. School Nook Series. No. 1. Calcutta: Church Mission Press. 1835. 12mo. (12)pp. Text in Bengalee. Self wrapper. At the bottom of the title page is printed, “4th Ed., 10,000 copies.” Printed for the Calcutta Christian Tract and Book Society.
Hornbeck, Robert. ROUBIDOUX’S RANCH IN THE [18]70’s. Riverside, CA: Press Printing Company 1913. 230pp. Illustrated with frontispiece and 11 plates. Finely bound in 1/2 red calf, gilt, over black cloth (circa 1930). T.e.g. Rare history of the orchards, ranches and founding of Riverside, California. Howes H631.
Hey, Richard. A DISSERTATION ON THE PERNICIOUS EFFECTS OF GAMING… The Second Edition. Cambridge: Printed by J. Archdeacon Printer to the University; for J. & J. Merrill et al 1784. (4),100pp. Finely rebound in antique style; full gilt tooled calf with red morocco spine label. The second edition, first is 1783. A prize winning essay at the University of Cambridge (June 1783).
Gilpin, William. THE LIFE OF HUGH LATIMER, BISHOP OF WORCESTER.London: Printed by Charles Rivington, for John and James Rivington 1755. (2),198,(6)pp. Index. Including 1 page of publisher’s ads. Modern marbled boards, paper label on front cover. Gilpin’s (1724-1804) biography of Hugh Latimer (1485?-1555).
Scott, Sir Walter. TALES OF MY LANDLORD, Collected and Arranged. In Four Volumes. Edinburgh: Printed for William Blackwood, and John Murray 1816. First edition, state 1 of Vol. 2. 12mo. 4 vols. With all 4 half-titles. Early 20th century 1/2 calf, gilt, red & brown morocco spine labels, over marbled boards. One label with a chip. A very nice set. The first edition of the first series of Scott’s TALES OF MY LANDLORD. One of the scarcest early novels of Scott.
[Dodsley, Robert (ed.)]. A COLLECTION OF POEMS in Six Volumes. By Several Hands. London: Printed for J. Dodsley 1770. 6 vols. Each vol. with a copper engraved headpiece and an allegorical copper engraved title-page vignette. Vol. IV with an engraved sheet of music at back. Cont. calf, worn, uniformly rebacked in 20th cent. gilt tooled tan calf with dark brown spine labels. Inner hinges reinforced with binder’s tape.
Curtis, Mattoon M. THE STORY OF SNUFF AND SNUFF BOXES. Profusely Illustrated. New York: The Liveright Publishing Corp 1935. 150pp. plus 60 leaves of plates (containing 119 illus.). Bibliog. Black cloth, gilt, d.j. (rather chipped).
Delafield, John, Jr. AN INQUIRY INTO THE ORIGINS OF THE ANTIQUITIES OF AMERICA. With an Appendix, Containing Notes, and “A View of the Causes of the Superiority of the Men of the Northern Over Those of the Southern Hemisphere.” By James Lakey. New York: Published for Subscribers, by J.C. Colt 1839. 4to. 142pp. Illustrated with 10 lithographic plates (5 hand-colored). Modern burgundy morocco over marbled boards. Some foxing. This copy lacks the folding frontispiece plate. See Howes D229 which notes “the folding plate is often lacking.”
mark funke, abaa + ilab
35 Miller Ave. #300
Mill Valley, CA 94941
206.632.1535
Copyright © 2023 mark funke | site by funke design