Freeport: Books for Libraries Press, (1970). 8vo. cloth. xvii, 173 pages. Reprint of the 1913 first edition. Essays and short bibliographies on leading 19th century English writers. Foxed. READ MORE about MODERN ENGLISH BOOKS OF POWER
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 61137
SEQUEL TO HMS DEBRAAK: LAST VOYAGE, 1798.
(Bethany Beach, DE): n.p., (1988). 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. (vi), 134, (20) pages. SEQUEL TO HMS DEBRAAK: LAST VOYAGE, 1798. First edition. This novel is centered on Adam, the cabin boy of the HMS DeBraak, an English treasure ship which sank off of the Delaware coast. Follows Adam as he grows up in Delaware up to the War of 1812. Signed by the author on the title page. READ MORE about ADAM IN DELAWARE, A NOVELETTE
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 72815
(Falls Church, VA and Bethany Beach, DE): privately published, (1987). small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (vi), 147, (11) pages. Historical novel about this British ship which sank off the Delaware coast. Signed on the title page by the author. Faint spot in corner of front cover where price label was removed. READ MORE about HMS DEBRAAK: LAST VOYAGE, 1798, A NOVELETTE
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 122902
London, England: Queen Anne Press, 2017. 4to. cloth. 692 pages. Second edition featuring some textual revisions and a handsome new binding of 'racing green' cloth, as used for the publisher's limited edition 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang'. Signed by the author on the title page. A comprehensive 736-page guide to the work of Ian Fleming, this bibliography is not only an indispensable source of information for collectors, enthusiasts, libraries and booksellers alike, but an entertaining and..... READ MORE about IAN FLEMING: THE BIBLIOGRAPHY
Price: $250.00 Order nr. 131560
London: Shelley Society, 1887. 4to. original boards. (xii), 40, 17, (12) pages. Limited to 500 copies. Cover extremities chipped; soiled. READ MORE about PROPOSAL FOR PUTTING REFORM TO THE VOTE THROUGHOUT THE KINGDOM FACSIMILE OF SHELLEY'S MANUSCRIPT....
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 10389
Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1972. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. ix, (i), 234 pages. First edition. Near fine. A social history of the arts in England in the century following the Restoration. It shows how the state of the arts fluctuated as it was affected by the waning influence of the King and Court, the rise of political parties, and a new sense of middle-class decorum and responsibility. Illustrated and indexed. READ MORE about THE AGE OF PATRONAGE
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 57990
2 volumes.
London, England: Eugrammia Press, 1965. oblong 4to. cloth, paper wrappers, both volumes enclosed in a slipcase. Facsimile of the 1742 manual accompanied by the 20 page introduction. 2 volumes. Printed in an edition limited to 600 copies. Loosely inserted in this copy is the 12 page publisher's catalogue describing this book and others they published. One joint split about one inch from opening of slipcase. Minor wear to slipcase. Else a pristine copy of this..... READ MORE about MODELES DES CARACTERES DE L'IMPRIMERIE ET DES AUTRES CHOSES NECESSAIRES AUDIT ART. NOUVELLEMENT...
Price: $425.00 Order nr. 4119
Kristiania: Fabritius & Sønners, 1920. small 8vo. full leather, all edges stained red. vii, 111+(1), with 5 additional leaves. First edition. Norwegian biography of Benjamin Franklin. Frontispiece and four additional plates feature sepia-toned illustrations of Franklin. Endpapers have a decorative green pinecone pattern. Ink inscription. READ MORE about BOGTRYKKEREN BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, UDDRAG AF HANS SELVBIOGRAFI, "VEIEN TIL VELSTAND" OG ANDET
Price: $60.00 Order nr. 73758
New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, Books of Kells, and Bernard Quaritch, Ltd., 2012. 6 x 9 inches. hardcover, dust jacket. 296 pages. Reminiscences of an author, bookseller, and publisher, written at the age of eighty-eight, Colin Franklin's newest book is perhaps his most entertaining. It wanders freely through themes which have absorbed him - a lost world of publishing, adventures in bookselling, and the irreplaceable scholarly eccentrics who dominated that world a generation ago..... READ MORE about OBSESSIONS AND CONFESSIONS OF A BOOK LIFE
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 134570
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, (1963). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. ix, 388 pages. First edition. Untermeyer has added commentary. Fine in fine jacket. READ MORE about THE LETTERS OF ROBERT FROST TO LOUIS UNTERMEYER
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 98725
New York: Holt, 1974. Rinehart and Winston. (1974), 8vo., cloth-backed boards, dust jacket. viii, 133, (3) pages. First edition. Illustrated with 78 black and white photographs. READ MORE about ROBERT FROST, A PICTORIAL CHRONICLE
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Paris: Plon, (1958). large 12mo. stiff paper wrappers, unopened pages. (iv), 311+(1) pages. First edition. Furstenberg, noted for his extensive rare book collection, writes here about the magic of words. The connections between language, philosophy, and thought are explored. READ MORE about LA MAGIE DES MOTS VERS UNE DIALECTIQUE NOUVELLE
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Monaco: Éditions du Rocher, 1962. large 12mo. stiff paper wrappers, unopened pages. 297, (5) pages. First edition. An investigation into the sources of creative inspiration. Discussion of the aesthetics of modern art in relation to science and spirituality. Furstenberg was an avid book collector and part of his collection now resides in the Bibliothèque Nationale. READ MORE about LES SOURCES DE LA CRÉATION ARTISTIQUE JEU ET RÉALITÉ DES ARTS MODERNES
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 74169
Erlesenes und Erlebtes; Buch-Miniaturen, Zweite Folge; Buch-Miniaturen, Dritte Folge; Buch-Miniaturen, Vierte Folge
Berlin: Galerie Gerd Rosen, (1957); (1958); 1959; 1960. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 12; 11(+1); (ii),39(+1); (ii),54 pages. Erlesenes und Erlebtes; Buch-Miniaturen, Zweite Folge; Buch-Miniaturen, Dritte Folge; Buch-Miniaturen, Vierte Folge. This volume contains four special issues from Galerie Gerd Rosen in Berlin. The first commemorated the lawyer and book collector Otto Deneke, who had died the previous year, and includes original contributions from Rudolf Alexander Schröder (memories of Deneke and Rudolf Borchardt) and from Alfred von..... READ MORE about Galerie Gerd Rosen (Four special issues bound in one
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 88263
London: Oxford University Press, 1974. small 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. viii, (ii), 204 pages. The study of the life and works of Antonio Gallenga (1810-95), an Italian patriot who settled in London. He taught at the University College, and also was a critic, journalist and writer. He joined the Times in 1859 and was foreign correspondent for twenty-five years, in which he was active in Italian politics. His numerous publications dealt mostly with history, literature..... READ MORE about ANTONIO GALLENGA, AN ITALIAN WRITER IN VICTORIAN ENGLAND
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 57661
Sydney: Hordern House, 2008. 9.5" x 6.5" hardcover. 327 pages. First edition. This book traces the genesis of the Barrington books in rich and evocative detail, offering a compelling account of publishing history in England and on the continent, and displaying the subtle machinations of the book trade in a world without copyright laws. Throughout, The Celebrated George Barrington combines the rigour of book history and bibliographical research with a fresh and engaging style. Of..... READ MORE about THE CELEBRATED GEORGE BARRINGTON: A SPURIOUS AUTHOR; THE BOOK TRADE, AND BOTANY BAY
Price: $49.95 Order nr. 100796
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1931. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. viii, 40, (5) pages. First edition. Fine in very good dust jacket. Chipping to spine ends of the dust jacket, with small amount of loss along the bottom edge. Light soiling to jacket. Very scarce with the dust jacket. Frontispiece in color. Illustrated. READ MORE about THE EARTH GODS
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 138974
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1932. 8vo. cloth. (x), 92, (2) pages. First edition. A near fine copy. Frontispiece. Illustrated plates, some in color. READ MORE about THE WANDERER, HIS PARABLES AND HIS SAYINGS
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 138976
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1981. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (viii), 229 pages. First edition. "A fascinating compendium of literary lore ..." Has information on the different prize winning books. A near fine copy. READ MORE about THE BOOK BOOK
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 1537
New York: Bell Publishing Co., (1985). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (viii), 229 pages. Reprint of the 1981 first edition. "A fascinating compendium of literary lore ..." Has information on the different prize winning books. READ MORE about THE BOOK BOOK
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 101091
New York: The New Yor Public Library, 1964. 8vo. cloth. 174 pages. Love letters. Fleury was one of three women in Gissing's life, and though she was the only one he did not legally marry, she was the one he considered his "real wife." The scarce hardback edition of this book. READ MORE about THE LETTERS OF GEORGE GISSING TO GABRIELLE FLEURY
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 70084
London: Constable, 1905. small 8vo. Original red cloth. 333, 16 pages. First edition. Near fine. Printed by Butler & Tanner. Followed by a 16 page catalogue at rear. READ MORE about WILL WARBURTON: A ROMANCE OF REAL LIFE
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 137610
Or a Sharplye-Invective Conference Betweene Allexander the Great and that Truly Woman-Hater Diogynes
London: Privately Printed, 1897. 8vo. three quarter leather and paper-covered boards. (xvi), 48 pages. Or a Sharplye-Invective Conference Betweene Allexander the Great and that Truly Woman-Hater Diogynes. A reprint of Goddard's 1615 "Satyricall Dialogue." Only one copy remains of the original work and it is held in the British Museum. This reprint edition is edited by John S. Farmer. Each signature is numbered individually and some pages are uncut. This edition was privately printed and..... READ MORE about A SATIRYCALL DIALOGUE
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 87267
8 volumes (bound in 10) of 18.
Dresden: Ls. Ehlermann, 1884-1929, 1940. 8vo. varied bindings: vols. 1-7 half cloth, marbled paper backed boards, vol. 7 half calf, pastepaper backed boards, vol. 12 full cloth, all edges stained. varied pagination. 8 volumes (bound in 10) of 18. Second edition. Many volumes of this monumental work containing biographical and bibliographical information on innumerable authors in German literature beginning with the Middle Ages. Included are extensive lists of each author's known writings. Lacking volumes 4.1..... READ MORE about GRUNDRISZ ZUR GESCHICHTE DER DEUTSCHEN DICHTUNG AUS DEN QUELLEN
Price: $100.00 Order nr. 75946
Being the Relations between Percy Bysshe Shelley, Harriet Shelley, Mary Shelley, and Thomas Jefferson Hogg; As Shown in Letters Between Them, Now Published for the First Time
(London): Golden Cockerel Press, 1944. large 8vo. quarter red morocco, top edge gilt, 4 raised bands with two golden cockerels. (iv), 84 pages. Being the Relations between Percy Bysshe Shelley, Harriet Shelley, Mary Shelley, and Thomas Jefferson Hogg; As Shown in Letters Between Them, Now Published for the First Time. Printed in an edition limited to 500 numbered copies, of which this is one of 450 copies bound thus. Only the slightest hint of wear..... READ MORE about HARRIET & MARY
Price: $115.00 Order nr. 137235
