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[ROWLANDSON]
1. Anonymous.
The Tournament; Or, Days of Chivalry.
London: Printed For William Sams, 1823. First edition. [iv], 59, [1] pp. 23 x 13 cm. 24 hand coloured copperplates attributed to Thomas Rowlandson, and doggerel verse in the style of frequent collaborator William Combe. A rare colour plate book in the medieval chivalric genre. Probably inspired by the success of Walter Scott's Ivanhoe published in 1819 and the Regency craze for all things medieval Gothic. Sir Ethelbert romancing the fair Adelaide, despite the evil machinations of rival knight Gondibert. The plates depict knights in armour in combat at tournaments, sword-fighting duels, dastardly deeds, pageantry and courtly love. Not in ABBEY or TOOLEY. Spine label with loss, interior and plates clean and fresh. Contemporary brown calf, flat spine with label lettered in gilt. Very good. . $1,095.00
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[WOMEN'S STUDIES]
2. Anthony, Susan B. & Elizabeth Cady Stanton And Matilda Joslyn Gage (Editors).
History of Woman Suffrage.
Rochester, NY: Susan B. Anthony, 1869-1902. 878, 959, 1013 (Appendix & Index), 1144 ( Appendix & Index) pages. 23.5 x 16,5 cm. Second edition of Vol. 1. First editions of Vols. II-IV. Illustrated with portraits of women. Vol. I plates dampstained below the portrait images. Texts of all four volumes clean and fresh. All plates protected with tissue guards. Ex Library Middlebrough Public Library of Mass. Library labels on spines, bookplates and stamps front endleaves and library stamps at bottom of title pages. This publication is the official comprehensive history of the suffrage movement. Covers are firm, bright and bindings tight. Two additional volumes were published in 1922. Publisher's full burgundy cloth backstrips lettered in gilt. Very good. 4 Vols. $1,950.00
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[ART DECO]
3. Arene, Paul.
La Chevre D'Or Compositions En Couleur De Simeon.
Paris: Editions D'Art Manuel Bruker, 1930. 244 pages. 26.5 x 19.5 cm. Edition de luxe Copy 6 on Japan Imperial from the second tier of ten copies from a total edition of 150 with the plates in double suite (two in color and one in bistre), Illustrated by Fernand Simeon. The latter was a French painter, engraver and illustrator. A student of the School of Decorative Arts, he practiced painting and etching. Index. The novel Set in Provence, delves into themes of treasure hunting and legend revolving around the titular golden goat that embodies an elusive dream. A resplendent production of Art Deco designs. 51 wood engravings by Simeon. Art Deco binding by A. Toumaniantz, abstract cover design in gilt and black fillets, all edges gilt, and moire silk doublure, marbled endpapers housed in a chemise matching the slipcase. Some slight wear to and fading to slipcase and chemise. Fine in near fine chemise and felt lined slipcase. Text in French. $950.00
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[LITERATURE]
4. Austen, Jane.
Emma With Illustrations By Hugh Thomson And An Introduction By Austin Dobson.
London: Macmillan And Co; Limited, 1896. xvi, 437 pages. Forty full page line illustrations. All plates clean and fresh as are the interior contents.24 pages of adverts at rear. This novel focuses on its 'handsome, clever and rich' heroine Emma Woodhouse, who entertains herself by matchmaking and meddling in the lives of her friends and neighbours. Burgundy pebble grained cloth front cover and spine lettered in gilt, Near fine pebble grained cloth front cover and spine lettered in gilt. Near fine. $150.00
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[LITERATURE]
5. _____.
Northanger Abbey And Persuation With Illustrations By Hugh Thomson And An Introduction By Austin Dobson.
London: Macmillan And Co; Limited, 1902. xiv, 444 pages. Twenty full page line illustrations for Northranger Abbey and twenty for Persuation. All plates clean and fresh as are the interior contents. 8 pages of adverts at rear with last few toned. Owner inscription front pastedown endpaper. Burgundy pebble grained cloth front cover and spine lettered in gilt. Near fine. $150.00
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[LITERATURE]
6. _____.
Sense And Sensibility With Illustrations By Hugh Thomson And An Introduction By Austin Dobson.
London: Macmillan And Co; Limited, 1896. xiv, 341 pages. Forty full page line illustrations. All plates clean and fresh as are the interior contents.6 pages of adverts at rear. Austen's first published novel, explores the lives of the Dashwood sisters, Elinor and Marianne, as they navigate love, marriage, and societal expectations in the Regency era. Owner inscirption front free endpaper. Burgundy pebble grained cloth front cover and spine lettered in gilt, Near fine pebble grained cloth front cover and spine lettered in gilt. Near fine. $150.00
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[LITERATURE]
7. Anonymous.
Les Amans Heureux, Trompez, Malheureux.
Paris: Chez Claude Barbin, 1683. First edition. 165 pages [*2, A8-L8]. 18 x 12 cm. Twenty-eight etched plates, including 3 part title plates, each part containing eight tales of the "Happy, Deceived, Unfortunate Lovers"; a precursor to later romantic novels. This copy bound sequentially -- Trompez, Malheureux, Heureux. Includes a six page catalogue of books in English printed for William Cademan, which references this title and its availability in English. Pasted to inside front cover a Parke-Bernet Gallery (1949) announcement of the Frederick M. Hopkins Sale, conceivably a provenance for this title. Plates and text clean, general title rehinged, raised bands, spine panels richly gilt, red leather spine label printed in gilt. Contemporary brown calf rebacked in late19th century matching morocco. Near fine. $1,650.00
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EROTICA]
8. Avril, Paul (pseudonym) Édouard-Henri Avril [Illustrator] & Forberg (Friedrich Karl).
De Figuris Veneris.
Paris: Charles Hirsch, 1906. 24.5 X 30 cm. Limited edition, copy 118 of 175 copies. De figuris Veneris is an anthology of ancient Greek and ancient Roman writings on erotic topics, discussed objectively and classified and grouped by subject. Each illustration with French text taken from classical authors including Ovide, Platon, Suetone et al. The brief text on semi-clear tissue is attached to the illustration with a brief explication of the image. A graduate of Académie des Beaux-Arts his reputation as artist established, and he received many commissions to illustrate both major authors and the so-called "galante literature" of the day, a form of erotica. Some of the erotica herein curiosly French, depicts the usual or unusual positions, participants [amusingly, or dumb fun] wearing shoes and/or socks [fast getaway?] Orig. brown boards and lighter brown cloth quarter spine, front illustration on paper. Orig. intact cloth ties. Near fine. $895.00
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[EROTICA/LESBIAN STUDIES]
9. _____.
Gamiani ou Deux nuits d'exces par Alcide, Baron De M***.
Paris: Np, 1905. 103 pages. 23.5 x 15 cm. Originally published in Bruxelles in 1833. Limited ediiton, copy 247 of 330 on sur a la forme. Images in three states, black and white, bistre and chromolithography. Gamiani, ou Une nuit d'excès" by Alfred de Musset is an erotic novel written in the early 19th century. The narrative revolves around the character of the Comtesse Gamiani and explores themes of desire, passion, and sexual exploration, particularly within the context of lesbian relationships. The book is known for its bold treatment of eroticism while attempting to avoid crude language, reflecting the social norms and literary conventions of its time. Interior contents fresh and clean with wide text margins. Raised bands, spine panels deocrated and lettered in gilt. Three quarter back morocco, marbled endpapers. Teg. Fine. $695.00
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[COWBOYS & INDIANS]
10. Burroughs, Edgar Rice.
The War Chief.
Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co., 1927. First edition. 383 pages. 19 x 13 cm. Signed by Burroughs in blue ink free endpaper. One page Glossary. The final years of the Apache wars until the death of Cochise and the surrender of Geronimo is based on Burroughs' deep appreciation of the Apaches gained when he was enlisted with the U.S. 7th Cavalry in the Arizona Territory during the campaign of 189697. ZEUCSHNER 822. A few tin nicks to dust jacket edges' Orig. orange cloth, front cover and backstrip lettered in black. Fine in near fine dust wrapper. $1,595.00
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[BLACK STUDIES/GAMBLING]
11. Carleton, Henry Guy.
The Thompson Street Poker Club From "Life"
New York: White And Allen, 1888. 48 pages. 22.5 x 16 cm. First published 1884 in wrappers. OCLC: 12163587. "Stories about an African-American poker club done in dialect by Carleton, [Carleton, Henry Guy] a white poet and journalist" -- The author notes, "These few reminiscences of blind, straddle, raise and draw are affectionately and yet cautiously dedicated by The Author.' Much of the contents in contemporary argot. Interior contents clean and fresh with the images bright. Nicks to backstrip extremities, and small bookplate of Mrs. Lydia J. Perry at front cover pastedown. Host of black and white full page illustrations. Front cover toned. Green cloth spine and illustrated boards, front cover illustrated and with lettering in red and black. Very good. $300.00
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[BOOK ARTS]
12. Carroll, Lewis [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson].
Alice's Adventures In Wonderland With A Proem by Austin Dobson. London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1948. Reprint. 162 pages. 20 x 14.5 cm. Assume publisher meant to state "Poem." 13 full page plates in color and black and white. Bound by Baynton. Double gilt border panels, backstrip with raised bands spine panels decorated with playing cards, black and brown spine labels lettered in gilt. Inner dentelles and marbled endpapers. Front cover gilt illustration of a rabbit. Color plates with descriptive text. Interior contents clean and bright. Orig. polished red calf. Near fine. $450.00
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[EROTICA]
13. Cleland, John.
Memoirs De Fanny Hill Entierment traduits de l'Anglais par Isidore Lisuex. Paris: Isadore Lisuex, 1888. 157, 166 pages, 23 x 16 cm. Limited edition, copy 214 of 300. Considered the first erotic prose novel in English originally published 1749. Written while Cleland was captive in a debtors prison. Published originally in two parts in 1748 and 1749, the work was soon withdrawn and Cleland was arrested for "corrupting the King' subjects." The scandal and imprisonment meant that there were no further official editions published in English until this edition in French, Many pirated editions appear over the years making this work one of the most prosecuted and banned books in history. The protagonist, Fanny Hill recounts her youth and various scandalous stages of her life. Cleland exemplified the use of euphemism, a technique which enhanced its popularity to soar. Bright very fresh copy with wide text margins. Raised bands, spine panel printed in gilt. Three quarter tan morocco, marbled boards and matching endpapers.Teg. Fine. (750.00
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[[IMPERIALISM]
14. East India Company.
An impartial vindication of the English East-India-Company, from the unjust and slanderous imputations cast upon them in a treatise intituled, a justification of the directors of the Netherlands East-India Company.
London: J. Richardson for Samuel Titmarsh, 1688. First edition. 6, 223, [1]. 81, [1], 34 pages. 18 x 12 cm. The anonymous author of this work attempts to refute the "slanderous imputations" of the work Justification of the Directors of the Netherlands East-India Company (reprinted here in full, with a separate title, following page 223). He proclaims that it is "such a tedious rhapsody of fictitious, fallacious inferences and arguments confusedly mixt with some distorted truths spun out... that it would be tiresome to the reader to trace all the prevarication's, mis-recitals and sophistry contained in it. [I] shall proceed to detect his willful mistakes by which he endeavours to honest many injurious and insolent violations of right done by the Dutch towards the English in India directly contrary to the Articles of Peace." KRESS 1675. WING. I90, J1259. Interior contents clean and bright. Raised bands, red leather spine label printed in gilt. Three quarter brown calf, marbled boards rebacked. Near fine. $1,250.00
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[FLEMISH SYMBOLISM]
15. Eekman, Niclolas Mathieu.
Dood-Dans In Seven Tempo's.
Paris: Np, 1924. First edition. 33 x 19. Small folio in Leperello style binding, consisting of woodcut title and 7 woodcuts, (rare expressionist dance of death) printed on Japanese Toshi, the first woodcut signed and numbered copy 123 signed in pencil by the artist on the final woodcut with red stamp in lower blank margin with original woodcut limp board wrappers. In Paris he met Jacques Lipchitz and Juan Gris who were close neighbors, but also Artaud, Desnos, Malraux and Picasso. His work might seem anachronistic: it is neither fundamentally expressionist, cubist, or surrealist, nor is it naive realism or tormented symbolism. However, it is a pleasure to distinguish different phases: one marked by the work of Van Gogh and expressionism. He always considered himself Flemish. Nicolas Eekman's style is clearly recognizable, with its mischievous spirit, full of fantasy and whimsy because it is about the carnival of life. Orig. light brown stiff wrappers lettered in black. Near fine. Stiff Wraps. $995.00
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[GOLDEN COCKERAL MASTER WORK]
16. Gill, Eric (Illustrator).
The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer.
Waltham St. Lawrence: Golden Cockerel Press, 1929-1931. Folio, 32 x 20 cm. Limited edition, copy 485 of 500 (15 copies on vellum) Printed by Moira and Robert Gibbings in Caslon Old Face on Batchelor hand-made paper with Cockerel watermark. Printed in red, black and blue. The text follows the Oxford Univ. Press edition edited by the Rev. Walter W. Skeat. Bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe. The publication of the Tales took the majority of Golden Cockerel Press' resources for nearly two and a half years from 1929 to 1931 and was a lucrative success of the firm, cementing the legacy of the press. One of the most notable produced by the Golden Cockerel Press. The plethora of Gill engravings: decorated borders, tailpieces, line-fillings, illustrations with initials are detailed in SKELTON, p.461. CHANTICLEER 63. "It should not worry anyone if he finds that the native dyed niger bindings vary in hue. Variation is a feature of all native art." We can attest the variation here is less than minimal. GILL 281. One of the salient achievements of the Golden Cockerel Press with the masterful participation of Eric Gill. Volumes 1 and 4 rebacked to style. The interior contents, plates and text impeccably clean. Some slight cover darkening. Orig. quarter brown niger and decorated boards. 4 vols. Teg. Very good. $6,950.00
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[ART DECO]
17. Giono, Jean.
Un De Baumuges Lithographs originales par Jacques Thevenet.
Paris: Les Bibliophiles de L'Amerique Latine, 1930. First edition. 260, (10) pages. 28.5 x 23 cm. Limited edition, copy 52 of 135 from the Library of Enrique Garcia Merou. The author is considered one of Frances greatest writers. His prodigious literary output included stories, essays, poetry, plays, film scripts, translations and over thirty novels, many of which have been translated into English. This title heavily influenced by Virgil and Homer and depicts the natural world as being imbued with the power of the Greek god Pan. Before the half title is a self drawing of the illustrator, Thevenet signed by him. noted 91/100. In 1922 Thevenet made his debut at the Société des Artistes Indépendants, along with Paul Signac and Maximilien Luce. In May 1930 he visited writer Jean Giono in Manosque and the two became friends. Text in French. Green mosaic morocco in Art Deco style by Creuzevault the center cover with a design of poplar trees against a landscape ruled in gilt and blind. Silk moire doublures on pastedown, and free endpapers. Spine sunned. Housed in chemise in brown morocco spine lettered in gilt, and In felt lined matching slipcase. a bit rubbed at entry. Near fine in near fine chemise in very good slipcase. Aeg. $625.00
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[SENSATIONALISM]
18. Harris, Frank.
My Life And Loves (Five volumes in one) Edited and with an Introduction by John F. Gallagher.
New York: Grove Press, 1963. First printing. 970 pages. 23 x 16 cm. Comprehensive Index. His spotty career had a few high points including the opportunity and recognition to writers like H.G. Wells, Joseph Conrad and George Bernard Shaw. Orig. green cloth with his portrait on front cover and spine, with title printed in gilt. Fine in very good dust wrapper. $95.00
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[SIGNED BY HARRIS]
19. _____.
My Life: Vol II Privately Printed. Nice: Address
The Author, 1925. First edition. 22 x 14 cm. First edition of "My Life and Loves." The latter published in France between 1922-1927. Half title inscribed "To Robert Cashman from Frank Harris/1925 -- Death closes all; yet something ere the end some work of noble worth may be done. American Express Co. Nice (a.m.). With tipped in errata sheet. Extensive Index. Text clean. Orig. tan wrapper. Very good. Stiff Wraps. $125.00
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[SPANISH CIVIL WAR]
20. Hemingway, Ernest.
For Whom The Bell Tolls.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1940. First edition. 471 pages. 21.5 x 14 cm. First issue, with 'A' on copyright page; first issue dust jacket, without photographer's name below portrait of Hemingway on rear panel. Saga of the Spanish Civil War with an American joining the battle against the Franco fascist regime. Bookplate front free endpaper. Interior clean, fresh and bright with inside front covers slightly toned at inner margins. Hanneman A18.A. Orig. beige cloth, Hemingway signature in black front on cover, spine panel with red labels printed in black. Fine in chipped dust wrapper spine head and foot and front cover at base. $895.00
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[PULITZER PRIZE NOVEL]
21. _____.
The Old Man And The Sea.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1952. First edition. 140 pages. 21 x 14 cm. With first edition confirmed by letter A on verso of title. Interior contents clean, dust wrapper with $3.00 price and "Jacket designed by A." interior contents clean and fresh, silver backstrip lettering bright. The author won the Pulitzer Prize for this short novel. It was the last major work published during Hemingway's lifetime and is widely considered one of his two or three enduring masterpieces. Tiny nicks head and foot of dust wrapper. HANNEMANN. 24A. Orig. teal cloth with Ernest Hemingway in blind on front cover, backstrip lettered in gilt. Fine in very good dust wrapper. $1,250.00
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[HOST OF ORIGINAL DRAWINGS/CHILDREN'S]
22. Heyward, Helen.
Art Collection of Original Pencil, Ink and Watercolor Drawings for Animal Worktime, The Young Explorer's World of Nature, Etc...
Np: Np, 1950's. A collection of original drawings in various sizes for children's books. Animal Worktime was published by Thomas Nelson in the UK in the 1950's. More than fifty original drawings in color, pencil on a variety of subjects and sizes. Some on board, others on tracing paper. Original ideas and preliminary drawings for various projects. Happy to send additional images on request. Helen Heyward is an artist who lived in Australia. Very good. Paper. $395.00
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[LAKESIDE AMERICAN CLASSIC]
23. Kent, Rockwell (Illustrator).
Moby Dick or The Whale by Herman Melville.
Chicago: Lakeside Press, 1930. 279, 284, 282 pages. 30 x 21.5 cm. A profusion of black and white illustrations, full-page and textual by Rockwell Kent, approximately 280 in total. The title page vignettes were hand-engraved by Kent, and the only ones he engraved directly on the metal [copper plate] in his long career -- see: JONES, D.B. "The Prints of Rockwell Kent" p.60. Kent also noted, "They (Lakeside Press) wanted to publish some American Classics, a selected few just to show what they could do in bookmaking, considering "Moby Dick" the most beautiful book ever published in America." "The most lasting contribution of the undertaking, though, was Kent's Moby Dick. Still regarded as the definitive illustrated edition of this American Classic, it positioned Chicago as a major center in the history of American book illustration, design, and production, "Limited edition, one of 1000 printed on Arnold unbleached white wove antique paper under the supervision of William A. Kittredge. THE ARTIST AND THE BOOK 140. Slight rubbing backstrip. Orig. decorated black cloth, silver front cover and backstrip designs. Top edges stained black. Very good. 3 vols. $4,500.00
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[PHILOSOPHY]
24. Locke, John.
A Letter To the Right Reverend Edward Ld Bishop of Worcester, Concerning Passages Relating to Mr. Locke's Essay Of Human Understanding: In A Late Discourse of his Lordships, In Vindication of the Trinity.
London: H. Clark for A. and J. Churchill, 1697. First edition. 227 pages. 18 x 11.5 cm. Second issue with cancel title page. Locke's initial criticism elicited few reactions. New criticism began to appear after his publication of his essay "Reasonableness of Christianity" and Toland's "Christianity not Mysterious" in 1696. Critics accused him of undermining religion. Dr. Stillingfleet, Bishop of Worcester said that Locke having "almost discarded substance out out of the reasonable part of the world, had thereby promoted atheism." Locke in response denied it, and repeated what he said in this essay to the effect that men's rational minds cannot conceive how ideas "should exist alone nor in one another, and so "suppose them existing in and supported by some common subject." Locke claimed one had to believe in substance, even though he could find no proof of its existence." This rebuttal by Locke ended only by the death of Stillingfleet in 1699. Interior contents fresh, clean with wide text margins. PFORZHEIMER. 608. WING L2754. Modern paneled calf in period style, raised bands, red leather spine label printed in gilt. Fine. $1,250.00
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[FAR EAST TRAVEL]
25. Marsden, William.
The History Of Sumatra, Containing The Account Of The Government, Laws, And Costumes, And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants. With A Description Of The Natural Productions And Relation Of The Ancient Political State Of That Island.
London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1811. Third edition, with corrections, additions, and plates. VIII,479, (9) pages. 27.5 x 22.5 cm. Third and best edition; first published in London in 1783. The authors reputation remains solid today. As as an orientalist in the service of the East India Company (VOC), and resided in Sumatra in 1771-79. He studied everything under his notice, including the difficult Sumatran tongue'' (Cox I, p.300). His book is the first important monograph on Sumatra, including a chapter on Nias and also the first text in English devoted to the island. HILL.1093. HQWEGO. M55. WELLEN-HELFRICH D 238. Index. Bookplate of Karl J. Pelzer. The latter was an authority on land use and the demographics of tropical regions, particularly Southeast Asia. Wide margins, interior contents fresh. Rebacked in quarter brown cloth and original marbled boards. Black leather backstrip label lettered in gilt. Very good/Near fine. $675.00
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[LONDON UNDRERCLASS REALITY]
26. Mayhew. The Brothers Augustus and Henry (Illustrated by H.K. Browne).
Paved With Gold Or The Romance & Reality of The London Streets. London: Chapman & Hall, 1857-1858. First edition. 22 x 14 cm. Each part of 32 pages and two engraved plates by H.K. Brown. The publisher's 32 page "Catalogue Of Books" bound in Vol. I. And with numerous other ads and slips inserted throughout. A complete run in thirteen monthly installments, a novel concerning Victorian London's underclass. Henry is best known for his noted survey on urban poverty, "London Labor and the London Poor." General or moderate wear to wrapper, mostly at corners and spines, and with slight splits. Some faint toning and staining. All plates with tissue guards. Publisher round ink stamp to upper cover of No. XI. Housed in a beige box with brown leather spine label lettered in gilt. The interior (marbled paper) contains a color bookplate of Henry Alken alias Ben Tally O -- the Joel Spitz collection. Printed tan paper wrappers. Very good in very good in clam shell box. $1,050.00
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[NAVAL ARCHITECTURE]
27. Morgan, William & Augustin Creuze.
Papers On Naval Architecture And Other Subjects Connected With Naval Science. Vol. I only.
London: G.B. Whittaker, 1828. First edition. 448 pages. 22 x 14 cm. Dedicated to the Rev. James Inman, Professor of the Royal Naval College and School of Naval Architecture In His Majesty's Dockyard At Portsmouth. Two fold-out maps at rear and fold-out plates within the text. All interior contents clean and very fresh. Finely bound in charcoal morocco decorated with cover gilt motifs, silk moire endpapers, inner dentelles. Spine with raised bands decorated with naval motifs and lettered in gilt. Aeg. Fine. $200.00
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[LITERATURE]
28. Pasternack, Boris.
My Sister-Life Translated by Mark Rudman.
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1992. First edition. 81 pages. Folio, 39.5 x 47.5 cm. Limited edition copy 184 of 250 signed by Yuri Kuper who created the eight etchings herein, and printed at the Wild Carrot Press. Laid-in the four page Limited Editions Club prospectus, March 1992. Originally published in 1922 the fifty poems were an immediate success. The hand-made paper covered boards includes scraps of paper from publications printed in Cyrillic, original matching linen slipcase which is lined in felt. Binding designed and executed in the studio of John von Isacovics. The etchings printed in Paris on Hahnemuhle paper by Aldo Crommelynck. The paper was made to resemble the sort of stock produced in the 1920's in the Soviet Union. Pasternack's work is part of the permanent collections of MOM, Moscow Museum of Fine Arts and Fonds National d'Art Contemporain in Paris. Some light fading to the slipcase and sunning to the leather spine. Orig., gray spine and lighter gray speckled boards. Near fine in near fine gray cloth slipcase. $950.00
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[BOOK ARTS/CHILDREN]
29. Rackham, Arthur (Illustrator).
The Wind In The Willows by Kenneth Grahame Introduction By A.A. Milne.
London: Methuen & Co., 1954. Reprint. 178 pages. 23 x 15.5 cm. Originally published 1908. 12 full page color plates. Bound by Baynton. Triple gilt border panels, backstrip with raised bands spine panels decorated with floral motifs, black spine labels lettered in gilt. Inner dentelles and marbled endpapers. Front cover gilt illustration. Small loss bottom of backstrip of .05 centimeters. Interior contents clean and bright with black and white illustrations at some chapter heads. Orig. polished red calf. Near fine. Aeg. $495.00
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[THE GREAT DEPRESSION]
30. Steinbeck, John.
Of Mice And Men.
New York: Covici-Friede, 1937. First edition, second printing. 186. 19 x 12.5 cm. A riveting tale of friendship, dreams, and the struggles faced by people during the Great Depression. Their journey underscores the challenges of the era and explores themes of loyalty, ambition, and the human yearning for a place to call home. This work was one of the most commonly censored and prohibited books because of the references to racism and offensive language. GOLDSTONE & PAYNE A7b. Orig. tan cloth, backstrip and front cover decorated and lettered. Fine in near fine dust wrapper. $895.00
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[CHILDREN CLASSIC]
31. Stevenson, Robert Louis.
Treasure Island With Illustrations by Edmund Dulac.
New York: George H. Doran Company, 1920s. 287 pages. 24 x 17 cm. Twelve full page color plates by Dulac. Exquisitely bound by Bennet, New York. Raised bands, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, spine panels decorated in naval motifs with with title and illustrator on spine lettered in gilt. Anchors at four cover corners and front cover: a sail ship in gilt. Tiny dampstain lower corner of first few leaves. Full maroon morocco. Aeg. Near fine. $205.00
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[FIRST COMIC BOOK IN ENGLISH]
33. Topffer, Rudolphe.
The Adventures Of Mr. Obadiah Oldbuck Wherein are Duly Set Forth the Crosses, Chagrins, Calamities, Checks, Chills, Changes, and Circumgirations, by which his Courtship was Attended.
New York: Dick & Fitzgerald, Publishers, 1870's. 80 pages. 14.4 x 20.7 cm. Originally published in 1837 as 'Histoire de M. Vieux Bois', this work was published in English as 'The Adventures of Obadiah Oldbuck', written and illustrated by Swiss caricaturist Topffer. When Töpffer's Oldbuck first appeared on New York newsstands in 1842 as a Brother Jonathan extra,it was the first glimpse that Americans had of a completely new genre: the comic book. Early editions are quite rare. Illustrations in black and white, generally clean and fresh. Title page slightly foxed. Rebound in brown cloth spine and charcoal cloth boards. Very good. $950.00
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[BLACK STUDIES]
34. Walker, Margaret.
For My People.
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1992. Unpaginated, Elephant Folio, 55 x 46 cm. Limited edition, copy 184 of 500, signed by Margaret Walker and Elizabeth Catlett. Illustrated with five full-page color lithographs by Elizabeth Catlett. 1992 marked the 50th anniversary of Walker's poem published by the Yale University Press with a Foreword by Stephen Vincent Benet. Both author and illustrator, born in the South during the first twenty years of the 20th century endured the virulent discrimination against Black Americans. Both from well educated middle class families, their lives intersected at the State University of Iowa as roommates studying for a Master in Arts. Two powerful women combine to capture the African-American experience with poetry and visual imagery. Walker notes, "I have always wanted my art to service my peopleto reflect us, to relate to us, to stimulate us, to make us aware of our potential. We have to create an art for liberation and for life." Printed by the Bixlers on French-made Arches paper. Each of the poem's ten stanzas stands on right hand page; the entire book hand-sewn. Slight fade to front cover box . Red Japanese linen over heavy boards. Fine in near fine clam shell box covered in black cotton with red leather inset on box front cover printed in black. $3,440.00
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[BOOK ART/AQUATINTS]
35. Westmacott, Charles Molloy [Bernard Blackmantle].
The English Spy: An Original Work, Characteristic, Satirical, And Humorous. Comprising Scenes And Sketches In Every Bank Of Society, Being Portraits Of The Illustrious, Eminent, Eccentric, and Notorious, Drawn From The Life By Bernard Blackmantle.
London: Sherwood, Jones, 1825-1826. First edition. 412, 399 pages. 24 x 15 cm. 71 hand-colored aquatints with tissue guards, of which 67 are by Robert Cruikshank, 2 by Rowlandson and one each by T. Wageman and G.M. Brightly; full page woodcut [Five Principal Orders of Society], and 74 woodcuts in the text, of these 23 are by Rowlandson, the others by Cruikshank, Wageman and Huges. With first issue points -- plate at p.389 in Vol. I misdated 1284 and p.222 in Vol. 2 blank. CBEL Vol. 14, p. 225. " The English Spy, both in text and in illustrations, is sometimes as coarse as ever was Smollet in word or Gillray in drawing, it contains many lively representations of life, high and low, gives much curious information about real people still recongisable under their fictitious names [including Charles Kemble, Macready, Grimaldi, Mme. Vestris, Mathews and Wallack, and also George IV and his mistress] , and preserves many tales of a past age." Further, CBEL notes this work was considered an offshoot of "Life in London," and that Westmacott "appears to have been a blackmailer; but was a spirited and amusing writer." Purportedly, Westmacott received a horsewhipping from Charles Kemble three years after this work was published. ABBEY LIFE 325. TOOLEY 504. Elegantly bound by W. Root & Son. raised bands, spine panels richly gilt, elaborate cover border panel gilt motifs frame inner four corner floral designs in gilt, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers. Exceptionally clean, bright set; plates and text, Vol. I covers rehinged. Early 20th century full brick crushed morocco. Teg. Two vols. Fine. $1,550.00
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36. Withering, William.
A Botanical Arrangement Of British Plants; In Medicine, Diet, Rural Economy And The Arts. With An Easy Introduction to the Study of Botany, &c. &c.
Birmingham: M. Swinney for G.G.J. & J. Robinson, 1787-1792. Second edition. 1151 pages Vols. I-II, and 503 pages Vol. III. 21 1/2 x 14 cm. Illustrated with eight plates, five fold-outs, one plain and two in color. First published 1776 in two volumes (titled A BOTANICAL ARRANGEMENT OF BRITISH VEGETABLES.....), Vol.III, a first edition, 1792 describes cryptogamia only. "This edition, was rendered especially valuable by the addition of `a new set of references to figures.'" were by Jonathan Stokes (Vols. I-II) and Stokes and Withering (Vol.III). "Sir J.E. Smith considered, that Stokes performed with great judgment the laborious task of examining almost every figure, throughout the whole botanical library, which was referable to any British plant, and of disposing citations of the whole in order, according to their comparative excellence." [see: HENREY Vol.II, p.124]. Withering, a prominent physician of Birmingham authored two other major works: "Account of the Foxglove,and Some of Its Medical Uses" (1785) and "Botanical Arrangement." Withering was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1785. Biographical references and indexes. Scattered, intermittent age-toning, a few contemporary penciled text annotations. Vols. I-II contemporary marbled boards rebacked in brown calf with leather spine labels; Vol. III in contemporary quarter calf and marbled boards, corners worn, boards rubbed, spine foot worn. 3 vols. Very good. ($495.00
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