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Publishers binding c.9.1/4 x 12.1/2 inches. Coloured 1/2 title and title page plus 24 full page coloured plates by F.D.Bedford all in very good condition. Slight wear to edges and corners and slight soiling to covers. Front end-paper creased o/w a very good tight copy internally excellent. Scarce in this condition for a first edition published in 1899.
Das Spannende Buch by Thomas Theodor Heine - N.D. (1935)
by Thomas Theodor Heine
Das Spannende Buch
by Thomas Theodor Heine
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Number viii of 50 copies on Japanpapier signed by the artist. 4to. c.11.1/4 x 8.1/4 inches. c.28.5 x 21 cm. 2pps. Introduction by the author/illustrator + 62 pps each illustrated and captioned. Presentation inscription to Frank Hescott, the authors cousin, dated Prague, 8 ll 35 on half title in English. Further signed inscription on page 51 stating that the first and second picture have been exchanged by the printers. Very good copy in slightly soiled d/w with wear to edges and corners. Scarce item.
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- Publisher Julius Kittls Nachfolger
- Place of Publication M.-Ostrau
- Date Published N.D. (1935)
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The Book of Shops
by Lucas. e.v.
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Home Thoughts and Home Scenes: In Original Poems
by Jean Ingelow, Mrs.Tom Taylor and others
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Engraved and printed at the Camden Press by the brothers Dalziel. 35 full page wood-engravings by A.B.Houghton illustrating poems by various authors. Inscription in ink on front free end paper dated 1879. Occasional blotchy foxing to some pages but much less so than usual. Superb 19th century full morocco binding signed 'Riviere' with gilt decorations on covers and raised bands on the spine and gilt lined edges all round. a.e.g. A lovely copy of an essential 1860's gift book.
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Vergils Aeneis: Travestiert von Alois Blumauer
by Alois Blumauer
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A limited edition of 990 copies, this number 60 of 90 copies printed on Old Stratford paper. Overall size c. 11.3/8 x 9. inches c.29 x 23 cm. Full and half page illustrations by Heinrich Kley. First gathering of pages 1 to 16 on slightly darker stock (same in all copies?) A near fine copy signed 'H.Kley Munchen' in pencil on the front free e.p. Text in German.
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Saint Hercules and other stories
by Martin Armstrong
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Printed on hand-made paper at the Curwen Press in a limited edition of 310 copies (number 251) and illustrated with drawings by Paul Nash coloured with pochoir (hand-coloured through stencils) at the Curwen Press. Patterned paper boards with a design by Paul Nash. Etched book plate of Guy Farquhar on front fixed end-paper. Slight wear / rubbing to board edges and corners o/w very good condition.
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Thyme and Bergamot
by Christopher sandeman
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Published and printed by the Dropmore Press on Hodgkinson hand-made paper being number 17 of only 25 deluxe copies of a total edition of 550. Specially bound by Evans of Croydon in natural half vellum and signed by the author. Illustrated with wood-engravings by John O'Connor, mainly full page hors texte. A mostly un-opened near fine copy. Book-plate of W.& P.J.Kupfer engraved by George Buday on front fixed end paper.
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The Book of Shops
by Lucas. e.v.
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Publishers binding c.9.1/4 x 12.1/2 inches. Coloured 1/2 title and title page plus 24 full page coloured plates by F.D.Bedford all in very good condition. Slight wear to edges and corners and slight soiling to covers. Front end-paper creased o/w a very good tight copy internally excellent. Scarce in this condition for a first edition published in 1899.
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Home Thoughts and Home Scenes: In Original Poems
by Jean Ingelow, Mrs.Tom Taylor and others
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Engraved and printed at the Camden Press by the brothers Dalziel. 35 full page wood-engravings by A.B.Houghton illustrating poems by various authors. Inscription in ink on front free end paper dated 1879. Occasional blotchy foxing to some pages but much less so than usual. Superb 19th century full morocco binding signed 'Riviere' with gilt decorations on covers and raised bands on the spine and gilt lined edges all round. a.e.g. A lovely copy of an essential 1860's gift book.
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Vergils Aeneis: Travestiert von Alois Blumauer
by Alois Blumauer
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A limited edition of 990 copies, this number 60 of 90 copies printed on Old Stratford paper. Overall size c. 11.3/8 x 9. inches c.29 x 23 cm. Full and half page illustrations by Heinrich Kley. First gathering of pages 1 to 16 on slightly darker stock (same in all copies?) A near fine copy signed 'H.Kley Munchen' in pencil on the front free e.p. Text in German.
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Saint Hercules and other stories
by Martin Armstrong
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Printed on hand-made paper at the Curwen Press in a limited edition of 310 copies (number 251) and illustrated with drawings by Paul Nash coloured with pochoir (hand-coloured through stencils) at the Curwen Press. Patterned paper boards with a design by Paul Nash. Etched book plate of Guy Farquhar on front fixed end-paper. Slight wear / rubbing to board edges and corners o/w very good condition.
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Thyme and Bergamot
by Christopher sandeman
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Published and printed by the Dropmore Press on Hodgkinson hand-made paper being number 17 of only 25 deluxe copies of a total edition of 550. Specially bound by Evans of Croydon in natural half vellum and signed by the author. Illustrated with wood-engravings by John O'Connor, mainly full page hors texte. A mostly un-opened near fine copy. Book-plate of W.& P.J.Kupfer engraved by George Buday on front fixed end paper.
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Under Fire: An American Story
by North, Oliver L
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- ISBN 13
- 9780060183349
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- 0060183349
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Millbury, Massachusetts, United States
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Harpercollins, 1991. First edition, as stated, first printing . Hardcover. Fine/near fine. r. 446 pp. This is a rare first edition copy signed by both Oliver North and William Novak. North's inscription, "Margo and Sam, all the best," appears in blue ink on the half title page with North's signature and the date "3 Nov 91" and Novak's signature in black ink. Dust jacket slightly wrinkled at top of spine. Free USPS tracking with every US order. Ships from MA.
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A New History of Japanese Cinema: A Century of Narrative Film
by Standish, Isolde
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- ISBN 13
- 9780826417909
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- 0826417906
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Newton, Massachusetts, United States
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New York: Continuum, 2006. 8vo size trade paperback with black and white photo illustrated cover; 414 pages From back: "Cinema, which first arrived in Japan in 1896 with the Kinetoscope prototype, came at the very time that Japan was transforming its economic base and society into that of a major international power. The first cinema, the Asakusa Denikikan, was opened in Tokyo in 1903 and within 13 years 300 cinemas had sprung up throughout the country... (The author) focuses on the historical development of Japanese film, illustrated by a series of typical Japanese film posters. She details an industry and an art form shaped by the competing and merging forces of traditional culture and of economic and technological innovation." Edgewear, creases to bottom and bottom and top corners of front cover, soil on bottom and light soil to outside pages. We note pencilled underlining on at least 29 pages and pencilled marginalia on at least three pages and four creased page corners. Quotes…
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Old Bones
by Elkins, Aaron J
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- 1st Edition
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- ISBN 13
- 9780892962624
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- 0892962623
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New York, NY, U. S. A.: Mysterious Press, 1987. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. New York, NY, U. S. A.: Mysterious Press, 1987. Fine in Near Fine jacket Signed by Author A Gideon Oliver Mystery, SIGNED on title pg. Edgar Award winner best mystery npc 197pp. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. First Edition
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Hurrah for My New Free Country (INSCRIBED BY EDITORS) (FIRST EDITION)
by Leon Charles Fouquet
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- 9780806122557
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- 0806122552
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Tempe, Arizona, United States
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1990 (INSCRIBED BY THE EDITORS) "Best wishes to Frances McLaughlin fellow member of the writers guild" Rosalie Davis Mathilde Ruggles (Collette) Hurrah for My New Free Country covers a wide span of events, from the settlement of Kansas in the late 1860s (which included Indian wars and the near-extermination of the buffalo), to the Oklahoma land rush, to the peaceful growth of the area around Chandler, Oklahoma, in the early 1900s." Book: clean and unmarked - pages are crisp/white DJ: minimal shelfwear - colors are vibrant
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Starting With Flags : Forty-Three Drawings
by Parker, Kingsley
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New York: Private Printing. Fine with no dust jacket. 1976. Limited Signed Edition. Softcover. The artist's abstract and quite varied series of 43 drawings of flags, all printed monochrome on the recto of pages. Kingsley Parker has been exhibiting and represented by galleries since the mid-1970s and has a work in the collection of the Museum Of Modern Art in New York, NY. The artist is quite active with new works. Signed in ink "K. Parker/1976 ©" in the front matter where Parker explains his motivation for drawing the series of abstract flags. Copy 158 of a limited edition of 600, numbered in the colophon. Approximately 44 pages, unpaginated. Printed on fine, machine-made paper in brown wraps. The title and a flag drawing are framed on the front cover. In absolutely clean, Fine condition. ; Drawings; Square 24mo 5" - 6" tall; 44 pages; Signed by Artist .
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Dead in Dixie
by Charlaine Harris
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- 9780739434710
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- 0739434713
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New York: Science Fiction Book Club, 2003. Z2 - A Science Fiction Book Club Omnibus Edition hardcover book SIGNED by the Charlaine Harris in as new condition in as new dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dead Until Dark, Living Dead in Dallas, Club Dead. 8.5"x5.75", 612 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. Signed by Author. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book Club (BCE/BOMC).
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Songs From Appledore
by Oscar Laighton
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RARE. Collectible: 1916. Signed by the author. Cambridge MA: University Press. Very Good. Hardcover. Light soil to green cloth covered boards with gilt stamped title, author's name, and design. A bright solid, book - 27 pages; Inside covers are sunned. Pages clean and bright. Frontspiece. "View from Mrs. Thaxter's Garden Gate. 29 illustrations. Small book: 7" x 5"
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Grant Wood and Marvin Cone : Artists of an Era
by Hazel E. Brown
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- ISBN 13
- 9780813817750
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- 0813817757
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Ames: Iowa State University Press, 1972. Hardcover. First Edition (stated). Flat signed and dated by author on FFEP and Inscribed by author to a friend on half-title page. Near Fine book in a Very Good jacket. Interior pristine except for author's inscription and signature. Spine straight and tight. Jacket shows light rubbing, light chipping at spine head, and light reading wear to edges. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xi + 150 pages. illus. A reflection of the relationships of two artists -- Grant Wood (1891-1942) and Marvin Cone (1891-1965) -- with the community of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. A loving biography by a woman who knew them both. Laid-in are two letters to the editor of the Cedar Rapids Gazette; one from Woods' sister, and another from a friend of Woods and the author.
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The Lace Reader
by Barry, Brunonia
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- 9780979159305
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- 097915930X
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True FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING (stated). "Flap Jacket Press trade paperback edition / First Printing July 2007" on copyright page. This small run printing precedes the hardback edition. NEW. Cover Clean, no wear, no tears, no spine creases, protected in Brodart cover. Text Clean, no marks. No remainder mark. Not ex-library. Books are Carefully Packed in a Box and Shipped Daily with Delivery Confirmation from Dry, Smoke-Free shop. Complete Satisfaction Guaranteed. B103
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I Curse the River of Time (Signed, Limited UK Edition)
by Petterson, Per
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- 9781846553004
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- 1846553008
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SIGNED, FIRST UK LIMITED EDITION, FIRST PRINTING (stated, complete number line to 1) Harvill Secker, London, 2010. NEW, Unread. Author's Signature, no inscription, on a bookplate attached to the first chapter page. Note on bookplate reads "This edition of I Curse the River of Time, signed by the author, is limited to 1,000 copies". Dust Jacket Bright in Brodart protective cover, Clean, no wear, no tears, not price clipped (£12.99). Text Clean, no marks. No remainder mark. Not ex-library. Not book club. Fast shipping from Dry, Smoke-Free home. Email Confirmation with Tracking Number. International ships Air Mail.
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