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Zurich: Keller et Fussli. Loose leaf Folio. Good+/No Dust Jacket. No date, though circa 1830. A charming complete collection of 24 hand colored lithographs, each measuring approx. 3 1/2 x 4 inches, and depicting the traditional costume and dress of various regions and occupations within Switzerland. All sheets, along with a colored decorative title sheet are laid into their original paper folder which then slides into a stiff paper slip-sleeve. The images are generally very good or better in condition, though there are a couple with small spots and foxing. The title sheet remains bright and clear, though is darkened and smudged around the edges, and has a small inked number at the bottom edge and at the top of the verso. The teal folder that holds them is intact, though a bit soiled, and the salmon colored sleeve is very worn.
Taschen Kalender Der Neuesten Französisch Und Englischen Moden Auf [fur] Das 1789 Jahr -
Taschen Kalender der neuesten Französisch und Englischen Moden auf [fur] das 1789 Jahr
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Frankfurt: I. [J.] C. Berndt Kupferstecher 68 pages paginated, with pages 53-68 printed in duplicate. 19 engraved plates, of which 18 are fashion and 17 of those are hand colored. One folding plate. Hand colored illustrated title page. Blind stamped decorative cloth covers. All edges of text are gilded. Spine covers are split and partially missing. Small library sticker on top cover. Contents are loosely held in place, with a few leaves detached. Scattered smudges and foxing, some being moderate. Charming and apparently complete little volume that is not beyond repair. . First Edition. Cloth - Hard Cover. Fair/No Dust Jacket. 16mo.
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Collection des Costumes de la Suisse et de Ses Pays Limitrophes
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A Collection of the Dresses of Different Nations, Antient and Modern. Particularly Old English Dresses. After the Designs of Holbein, Vandyke, Hollar, and Others (Two Volumes)
by [Jefferys, Thomas]
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London: Thomas Jefferys, 1757. First Edition . Full Leather. Fair/No Dust Jacket. sm 4to. 47 pages, plus 119 plates; [8] 56-83 [1], plus 120 (of 121) plates. Lacking plate CCXXXI (Aletes, in the Tragedy of Creusa). Complete at the time of publication, though two additional volumes were published in 772. French and English title pages and text with red and black letters. Adam and Eve motif engraving below title, with Milton quote. Full leather covers are significantly worn and pitted. All covers, except for bottom of Volume II, are detached. Blank end leaves are detached. Light to sometimes moderate foxing throughout. Due to size and weight, additional fees will apply for Priority and/or International shipping.
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Tres Parisien Le Mode Le Chic L'Elegance May 1922
by Joumard, G. P. Editor
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Paris: G. P. Joumard, 1922. Book. Illus. by Various. Very Good +. Soft cover. First Printing of the First Edition. Very good with some chipping and tears to the very fragile ( vellum ? ) cover papers. Fortunately, none of this extends into either the front or back illustrations. Internally very bright and clean. Vivid en pochoir Illustrations ( Highly refined stencil technique ). 20 in all, including the 2 covers, 13 individual plates, and 5 more in the folding supplement. One of the plates is missing, but seems to have been replaced by the one from the Feb. issue of the same year. 3 other four page illustrated sections with subjects ....Les Elegances de la Scene / Les Tailleurs Fantasie and Robes Legere. 2 pages of ads, and 2 pages with "description of our figures"..
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THEATRUM MULIERUM
by W.HOLLAR
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28 costume engravings by W. Hollar including the title page. Overall in good condition, unexamined out of the frame. Framed and glazed.
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The Costume of the Original Inhabitants of the British Islands, and Adjacent Coasts of the Baltic, including the Ancestors of the Anglo-Saxons and Anglo-Danes, from the Earliest Periods to the Sixth Century; Accompanied with Appropriate Historical and Descriptive Illustrations by Samuel Rush Meyrick and Charles Hamilton Smith [provenance: Charles John Kean]
by Meyrick, Samuel Rush; Smith, Charles Hamilton
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London: Republished by the New Proprietor, J. Dowding, 1828. Hardcover. Very Good. "An Improved Edition." [90] p., added engraved title page and 24 leaves of color plates; 38 cm. Dark green library buckram with gilt-stamped spine title and call number. Plates state: "Aquatinted by R. Havell. Published June 1, 1815, by R. Havell." No date of publication. The first edition appeared in 1815; this "improved" edition was published in the 1820s. Stamped "Brooklyn Public Library" on upper and lower page edges, and back fixed endpaper; performated library stamp on added endgraved title page and title page; library number stamped at lower edge of title page. Official withdrawn stamp of the Brooklyn Public Library on back free endpaper. Former owner inscription on added engraved title page: Charles John Kean, Limerick, 185?. Charles John Kean (1811-1868) was an Irish actor and the son of actor Edmund Kean. He acquired this volume in the 1850s when he was acting…
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Collection des Costumes de la Suisse et de Ses Pays Limitrophes
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Zurich: Keller et Fussli. Loose leaf Folio. Good+/No Dust Jacket. No date, though circa 1830. A charming complete collection of 24 hand colored lithographs, each measuring approx. 3 1/2 x 4 inches, and depicting the traditional costume and dress of various regions and occupations within Switzerland. All sheets, along with a colored decorative title sheet are laid into their original paper folder which then slides into a stiff paper slip-sleeve. The images are generally very good or better in condition, though there are a couple with small spots and foxing. The title sheet remains bright and clear, though is darkened and smudged around the edges, and has a small inked number at the bottom edge and at the top of the verso. The teal folder that holds them is intact, though a bit soiled, and the salmon colored sleeve is very worn.
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A Collection of the Dresses of Different Nations, Antient and Modern. Particularly Old English Dresses. After the Designs of Holbein, Vandyke, Hollar, and Others (Two Volumes)
by [Jefferys, Thomas]
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London: Thomas Jefferys, 1757. First Edition . Full Leather. Fair/No Dust Jacket. sm 4to. 47 pages, plus 119 plates; [8] 56-83 [1], plus 120 (of 121) plates. Lacking plate CCXXXI (Aletes, in the Tragedy of Creusa). Complete at the time of publication, though two additional volumes were published in 772. French and English title pages and text with red and black letters. Adam and Eve motif engraving below title, with Milton quote. Full leather covers are significantly worn and pitted. All covers, except for bottom of Volume II, are detached. Blank end leaves are detached. Light to sometimes moderate foxing throughout. Due to size and weight, additional fees will apply for Priority and/or International shipping.
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Tres Parisien Le Mode Le Chic L'Elegance May 1922
by Joumard, G. P. Editor
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Paris: G. P. Joumard, 1922. Book. Illus. by Various. Very Good +. Soft cover. First Printing of the First Edition. Very good with some chipping and tears to the very fragile ( vellum ? ) cover papers. Fortunately, none of this extends into either the front or back illustrations. Internally very bright and clean. Vivid en pochoir Illustrations ( Highly refined stencil technique ). 20 in all, including the 2 covers, 13 individual plates, and 5 more in the folding supplement. One of the plates is missing, but seems to have been replaced by the one from the Feb. issue of the same year. 3 other four page illustrated sections with subjects ....Les Elegances de la Scene / Les Tailleurs Fantasie and Robes Legere. 2 pages of ads, and 2 pages with "description of our figures"..
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THEATRUM MULIERUM
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28 costume engravings by W. Hollar including the title page. Overall in good condition, unexamined out of the frame. Framed and glazed.
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The Costume of the Original Inhabitants of the British Islands, and Adjacent Coasts of the Baltic, including the Ancestors of the Anglo-Saxons and Anglo-Danes, from the Earliest Periods to the Sixth Century; Accompanied with Appropriate Historical and Descriptive Illustrations by Samuel Rush Meyrick and Charles Hamilton Smith [provenance: Charles John Kean]
by Meyrick, Samuel Rush; Smith, Charles Hamilton
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London: Republished by the New Proprietor, J. Dowding, 1828. Hardcover. Very Good. "An Improved Edition." [90] p., added engraved title page and 24 leaves of color plates; 38 cm. Dark green library buckram with gilt-stamped spine title and call number. Plates state: "Aquatinted by R. Havell. Published June 1, 1815, by R. Havell." No date of publication. The first edition appeared in 1815; this "improved" edition was published in the 1820s. Stamped "Brooklyn Public Library" on upper and lower page edges, and back fixed endpaper; performated library stamp on added endgraved title page and title page; library number stamped at lower edge of title page. Official withdrawn stamp of the Brooklyn Public Library on back free endpaper. Former owner inscription on added engraved title page: Charles John Kean, Limerick, 185?. Charles John Kean (1811-1868) was an Irish actor and the son of actor Edmund Kean. He acquired this volume in the 1850s when he was acting…
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Nijinsky and the Last Years of Nijinsky
by Nijinsky, Romola
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Nijinsky, Romola. Nijinsky and the Last Years of Nijinsky. The Definitive Biography Copyright 1980. Simon and Schuster stated First Impression Thus. Number line starts with 1. EXLIB. Good Condition/ VG original dust jacket. 260 pages, indexed. ISBN0671411233. PERFORMING ARTS, RUSSIA, BALLET, VASLAV NIJINSKY. Summary: "The life of Vaslav Nijinsky is not merely a record of a great dancer's artistic triumphs; it is one of the strangest stories ever written. There is madness everywhere. From the child's first appearance with a troupe of wandering Russians to that last terrible performance, his "Marriage With God" , it is a growing chaos of madness, abnormality, distortion, genius and beauty." 260 pages, indexed. 5 3/4 X 8 3/4.
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Mary Stuart: a Tragedy
by Swinburne, Algernon Charles
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E. Worthington, 1881. First American Edition. Hardcover. Good. Former owner's bookplate on front pastedown endpaper, with age-toning to the paper, and with light wear & several scratches to the green cloth binding, otherwise clean with no markings. The third and final volume of Swinburne's verse trilogy on Mary, Queen of Scots, after "Chastelard" (1865) and"Bothwell" (1874). In stock, ready to ship now from Evanston, IL!
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Force and Freedom
by Burckhardt, Jacob
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Pantheon, 1943. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Missing. First Printing stated on the copyright page. Lacking the dustjacket, with a small tear to the spine and light wear / fading to the edges of the cover, and a presentation bookplate on the front fixed endpaper. Carl Jacob Christoph Burckhardt (1818-1897) was a historian of art and culture. This book consists of notes for three lectures that Burke delivered at Basel in 1870-1871. The book contains a lengthy and helpful introductory essay by editor James Hastings Nichols. In stock, ready to ship now from Evanston, IL!
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Murder for Christmas (A Midnite Mystery)
by Christie, Agatha
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Murder for Christmas, a Poirot Story by Agatha Christie (1944 Midnite Mystery) COPYRIGHT BY AGATHA CHRISTIE MALLOWAN: "It is Christmas Eve, and elderly Simeon Lee is found violently murdered in his locked office. The police are immediately called, but of course nobody has a clue until Hercule Poirot arrives..." USED. 1944 Books inc. Midnite Mystery. Copyright 1938 - 1939 Agatha Christie Mallowan. Good+/ No DJ. Black boards with gold titling on spine. Titles gilting is still nice Scarce.
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Goldrush Days With Mark Twain, Illustrated with Woodcuts By Henry J. Glintenkamp
by William R. Gillis
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William R. Gillis. Goldrush Days with Mark Twain (H. Glintenkamp woodcuts). Copyright 1930. Albert & Charles Boni, NY. With an into by Cyril Clemens. RARE H. Glintenkamp WOODCUTS 6 woodcut illustrations included, Twain frontis (Three old friends), and 5 other historic and realistic woodcut illustrations. MEMOIRS. HISTORY OF NEVADA GOLDRUSH. Summary: Mr. Gillis was a friend of American author/humorist Mark Twain and was with him at Virginia, Nevada in the Goldrush days. In 1859 placer miners in the Great Basin discovered the largest gold and silver strike that had happened in the United States up until that time. RARE H. Glintenkamp WOODCUTS. Used. Good- Condition. 264 pages. Used. Good condition. First few pages are loose. Frontis is still affixed to binding. Green cloth boards gold titling. No titles left on spine. Spine is sunned.
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Little May and Her Friend Conscience
by Marianne Parrot
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Little May and Her Friend Conscience. Used. Very Good+ Condition. RARE/SCARCE. ANTIQUARIAN CHILDREN'S BOOK. Thomas Nelson & Sons First Edition, 1876. Color front paper paste-down label is in good shape. Complete. Dark Blue, blind-stamped boards. Pocket-size. 70 pages plus adverts.
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The Professional Cosmetologist
by John W. Dalton
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West Pub. Co, 1981. 2nd. Hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. John W. Dalton's near definitive textbook of cosmetology. Professional level instruction covering all significant topics for students of cosmetology. Valuable resource for replicating ca. 1970's hairstyles, makeup, etc. A standard in its field. Expanded and revised second edition. 463 pp. 10" x 7 3/8". Tight copy with light rubbing to cover and scattered yellow highlighting. Small corner loss to front blank endpaper. Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly.
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Remembered Death (aka Sparkling Cyanide) G&D Hardcover w/DJ 1945
by Christie, Agatha
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Christie, Agatha: Remembered Death (aka Sparkling Cyanide) 1945 HARDCOVER WITH DUST JACKET. Unabridged. Please see our stock photo. Used. VG/Fair unclipped DJ. 209 pages. 5 3/8 X 7 ¾. A COLONEL RACE MYSTERY.
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Udmurt Folk Embroidery
by Lebedeva S.H
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Udmurt Folk Embroidery. Izhevsk Publishing House (2009). English, Russian, and Udmurt languages. Fine, as new, large hardcover with substantial text and full color and black and white illustrative plates. A history of the tradition with beautiful examples from the National Museum of the Udmurt Republic. A bright, handsome copy. Boxed for safe shipping. 3-b
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Three Blind Mice (Agatha Christie Mystery Collection)
by Christie, Agatha
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Three Blind Mice (Agatha Christie Mystery Collection) (aka The Mousetrap). Black faux leather binding. First Edition Thus Bantam Books Inc., NY, September, 1988. Number line: 0987654321. As New. Summary: "A blinding snowstorm—and a homicidal maniac—traps a small party of friends in an isolated estate." THE MOUSETRAP: Known as the "world's longest-running play," The Moustrap has been running since 1952 and celebrated 70 years in London in 2022."
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