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cat40a. Boston: Arena, 1893. Reprint - first published in Philadelphia by Miller Publications, 1892. Green cloth, spine and front cover designed and lettered in gilt. Tan patterned end papers. Paper browning, some light shelf wear, a few pencil notes, in general a bright very good copy. Laid in is a publisher's ad leaflet which contains an outline sketch of the novel. A utopian tale, set in the Philadelphia of 1950. This Arena edition is very uncommon.
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AI; A Social Vision.
by Daniel (Charles S.)
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An ALS dated Dec. 1782, relating to the sending of troops to Jamaica.
by Conway (Henry Seymour)
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ALS in pen on the recto of a bifolium, to an unknown recipient. Written from Little Warwick Street; the date is Dec 21, 1782. Conway suggests that regiments heading for Jamaica should "if possible touch at Barbados". He expresses concern about the accommodation of troops, mentioning the Carolina Garrison. Signed: "H.S. Conway". Titled on the verso of the second leaf: "Dec 21, 1782 / Genl. Conway". Old stains and discoloration, quite severe, several horizontal folds, but intact. Conway had held the post of Commander-In-Chief of the Forces since March of 1782; he would be promoted to Field Marshall in October of 1793.
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APOC: V. Quem nemo potuit, librum reseraverat, Agnus:
by Weigel (Christoph ) - Engraving from Novi Testamenti [1712]
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Nuremberg, Christoph Weigel, [1712].. An engraved plate by Weigel, depicting a host of harpists, playing to God and lambs. Unsigned, this design is by either Jan or Caspar Luyken, or possibly F.A. Meloni. This is a page from the [1708 - 1712] Historiae Celebriores Veteris Testamenti / Novi Testamenti, published in Nuremberg by Christoph Weigel. Engravings are from designs by Jan & Caspar Luyken, and Francesco Antonio Meloni. The Old Testament contained 151 plates, and the New Testament contained 108 engraved plates. The engravings have text beneath in Latin and German. Sheet size is 35.5cm x 24,5cm. Condition is clean and very good, nice dark impressions.
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APOC: VIII. Sanctorum thymiama preces quo fragrat, eodem
by Weigel (Christoph ) - Engraving from Novi Testamenti [1712]
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Nuremberg, Christoph Weigel, [1712].. An engraved plate by Weigel, depicting a scene from Revelation 8, The Seventh Seal: "Upon the opening of the seventh seal, angels are given seven trumpets while another pours out a golden censor upon the earth. The judgments of the seven trumpets are seen below. God is depicted as a triangle, representative of the Trinity." Unsigned, this design is by either Jan or Caspar Luyken, or possibly F.A. Meloni. This is a page from the [1708 - 1712] Historiae Celebriores Veteris Testamenti / Novi Testamenti, published in Nuremberg by Christoph Weigel. Engravings are from designs by Jan & Caspar Luyken, and Francesco Antonio Meloni. The Old Testament contained 151 plates, and the New Testament contained 108 engraved plates. The engravings have text beneath in Latin and German. Sheet size is 35.5cm x 24,5cm. Condition is clean and very good, nice dark impressions.
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APOC: X. Haec Solis facies aeternae gaudia lucis.
by Weigel (Christoph ) - Engraving from Novi Testamenti [1712]
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Nuremberg, Christoph Weigel, [1712].. An engraved plate by Weigel, depicting an angel with giant pillars for legs, a scene from Apocrypha 10.1. Unsigned, this design is by either Jan or Caspar Luyken, or possibly F.A. Meloni. This is a page from the [1708 - 1712] Historiae Celebriores Veteris Testamenti / Novi Testamenti, published in Nuremberg by Christoph Weigel. Engravings are from designs by Jan & Caspar Luyken, and Francesco Antonio Meloni. The Old Testament contained 151 plates, and the New Testament contained 108 engraved plates. The engravings have text beneath in Latin and German. Sheet size is 35.5cm x 24,5cm. Condition is clean and very good, nice dark impressions.
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APOC: XII. Proles nempe probi pariensque Ecclesia fugit
by Weigel (Christoph ) - Engraving from Novi Testamenti [1712]
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Nuremberg, Christoph Weigel, [1712].. An engraved plate by Weigel, depicting an angel battling a multi-headed dragon. Unsigned, this design is by either Jan or Caspar Luyken, or possibly F.A. Meloni. This is a page from the [1708 - 1712] Historiae Celebriores Veteris Testamenti / Novi Testamenti, published in Nuremberg by Christoph Weigel. Engravings are from designs by Jan & Caspar Luyken, and Francesco Antonio Meloni. The Old Testament contained 151 plates, and the New Testament contained 108 engraved plates. The engravings have text beneath in Latin and German. Sheet size is 35.5cm x 24,5cm. Condition is clean and very good, nice dark impressions.
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APOC: XX. Mortuus en ! omnis stat Indicis ante tribunal
by Weigel (Christoph ) - Engraving from Novi Testamenti [1712]
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Nuremberg, Christoph Weigel, [1712].. An engraved plate by Weigel, depicting an angel with a chained monster, God above and skeletons upon the clouds. Unsigned, this design is by either Jan or Caspar Luyken, or possibly F.A. Meloni. This is a page from the [1708 - 1712] Historiae Celebriores Veteris Testamenti / Novi Testamenti, published in Nuremberg by Christoph Weigel. Engravings are from designs by Jan & Caspar Luyken, and Francesco Antonio Meloni. The Old Testament contained 151 plates, and the New Testament contained 108 engraved plates. The engravings have text beneath in Latin and German. Sheet size is 35.5cm x 24,5cm. Condition is clean and very good, nice dark impressions.
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AUBER. [Portrait of Daniel Auber]
by Delpech (Mme. François Séraphin - publisher ) [Lithographs by Hesse, Dupre, Maurin, Belliard]
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[Paris: Delpech, c.1842]. . A lithographic portrait on wove paper of French musician Daniel Auber, by Delpech after Zéphirin Belliard, from a painting by Hortense Haudebourt-Lescot. Hand-tinted (clothing & hair), with a facsimile of Auber's signature beneath. Sheet size is 29cm x 46cm / 11.5 x 18 inches. At left: "Z. Belliard". At lower center: "Lith. de Delpech". At lower right: "Mme. Haudebourt Pinxt." Small piece from left margin, some foxing, a very good copy. Several varieties and sizes of these lithographs exist, with and without facsimile signatures. From the French work: "Iconographie des Contemporains, ou, Portraits des Personnes dont les noms se rattachent plus pariculièrement, soit par leurs actions, soit par leurs écrits, aux divers événements qui ont eu lieu en France, depuis 1789, jusqu'en 1829 : avec les fac-simile de l'écriture de chacune d'elles / / lithographiés par les plus habiles artistes, d'après les Peintures, Sculptures et dessins de MM. David [et al.] et plusieurs…
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Aarhus Teater. 1900-1975.
by Aarhus Teater.
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Aarhus: Kannike Tryk, 1975. White cloth, plain & unlettered, in a pictorial red dust jacket. Jacket a bit worn at edges, large piece torn from upper rear jacket panel, otherwise a nice copy. Published for the theater's 75th Jubilee. A large volume, profusely illustrated. This copy has been presented to someone in 1977, and has been signed by 13 people, at least some of whom are associated with Danish theatre. I cannot make out all of the names, but a few are: Barbara Freud-Magnus, Erik V. Jacobsen, Erik Wisler, Freddy Laursen, Max Gjedde, Jens Anker Olsen.
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Abenteuer und Reisen des Freiherrn von Munchhausen. Neu bearbeitet. Illustrirt von Gustav Dore. Dritte Auflage.
by Raspe (Rudolph Erich) (Illustrated by DORE).
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Stuttgart, etc.: Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, [c.1910].. Green pictorial cloth lettered in gilt, designed in black and dark green. Two leaves have some wrinkles and short tears to the margins, small worn spot at base of spine, but in general a bright and attractive copy. Frontispiece and many illustrations by Gustav Dore.
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Abimelech Pott. The Don Quixote of the Bar. A Novel.
by Jessup (Henry Wynans)
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NY: Walter Neale, 1928. First edition.. cat40a. Red cloth lettered in black. Some shelf wear and minor discoloration of cloth, a very good copy. Listed (conditionally) by Hubin, this looks be a legal novel containing mystery & detection.
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Abruzzo et Terra di Lovoro
by Mercator (Gerard) & Jodocus Hondius
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Amsterdam: Mercator/Hondius, 1609. . A copper engraved map on laid paper, uncoloured, from the 1609 German edition of the Mercator/Hondius ATLAS MINOR. Image size is 18cm x 14.5cm, on a sheet measuring 23cm x 18cm (9 x 7 inches). Cartouche at lower right. Text on map is in Latin. Text on verso is German. Page number on verso is 536. Clean, very good condition. A regional map of Italy.
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The Accented Syllable.
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NY: Albondocani Press, 1969. First edition. . A reprint of an essay first published in The Egoist in 1916. Marbled-style wrappers, printed title label on front cover. A fine copy, the publisher's prospectus laid in. Of an edition of 300, this is one of 275 copies for sale.
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Achilles' Song.
by Duncan (Robert)
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NY: Phoenix Book Shop, 1969. First edition.. Oblong pictorial wrappers. A fine copy. This is copy 23 of 100 numbered copies, signed by Duncan.
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Achilles' Song.
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NY: Phoenix Book Shop, 1969. First edition. . Oblong pictorial wrappers. A fine copy. There were 100 numbered copies, signed by Duncan, as well as 26 lettered copies. This copy is out-of-series, not numbered, but it is signed on the colophon leaf by Duncan.
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Across Lamarck Col.
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[San Francisco: Arts Festival, 1964]. . First edition. An illustrated poetry broadside, one sheet measuring 13 x 20 inches. Faint edge wear, but a fine copy. Abstract tree illustration by Francesca Greene. Limited to 300 copies, this was issued in a portfolio with nine other broadsides under the title: "A Poetry Folio, 1964 / San Francisco / Arts Festival". Offered here singly. Although it was intended that all copies be signed by both Snyder and Greene, in fact only some were; some were signed only by Snyder, and some by neither. McNeil A8. This copy is signed by neither.
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[San Francisco: Arts Festival, 1964]. . First edition. An illustrated poetry broadside, one sheet measuring 13 S 20 inches. Faint edge wear, but a fine copy. Abstract tree illustration by Francesca Greene. Limited to 300 copies, this was issued in a portfolio with nine other broadsides under the title: "A Poetry Folio, 1964 / San Francisco / Arts Festival". Offered here singly. Although it was intended that all copies be signed by both Snyder and Greene, in fact only some were; some were signed only by Snyder, and some by neither. McNeil A8. This copy is signed by Snyder only.
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The Acting National Drama, Comprising Every Popular New Play, Farce, Melo-drama, Opera, Burletta, etc., Carefully Printed from the Prompting Copies. With Illustrations, by Pierce Egan, The Younger. Vol. 1. With a Portrait of J.R. Planche, Esq.
by Webster (Benjamin, Comedian) -editor.
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London: Chapman and Hall, 1837.. 12mo and 8vo. Green half-calf & marbled boards, the spine stamped in blind and lettered in gilt on burgundy panels. Frontispiece portrait of J.R. Planche. A little wear to the tips and the base of the spine, moderate foxing and some discoloration to some of the plates, a very good copy. This is a bind-up of twelve plays, each with its own title page and a frontispiece by Pierce Egan (one play has an additional plate as well). Contributors include James Sheridan Knowles, J.R. Planche, J.S. Coyne, Benjamin Webster, Edward Fitz-Ball, Charles Dance, John Maddison Morton, George Blink, and R.B. Peake. This is Volume One only (WorldCat contains a listing citing "13 Volumes", 1840). Scarce.
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Adrian; or the Clouds Of The Mind. A Romance.
by James (G.P.R.) & Maunsell B. Field.
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NY: Appleton, 1852. First edition.. cat40a. [302]pp. + 5 leaves of ads at rear. Yellow coated end papers. All edges gilt. Red cloth designed and lettered in gilt. Wear to spine ends, some chipping to lower tips and base of spine, tear along rear hinge at top of spine, a couple of signatures starting; still, quite a bright copy, very good otherwise. This collaborative novel is a tale of slavers, murder and revenge. Wright III: 1334.
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The Adventure of the Three Rodents. An Episode of Turlock Loams.
by Ruyle (John)
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Berkeley: The Speckled Bandicoot, 1996.. First edition. Patterned cloth, printed paper spine label. Gray end papers. Extra spine label in rear. Of an edition of 76 copies, this is one of 26 lettered copies bound in cloth, signed by the author. A fine copy. A short Turlock Loams story, one of John Ruyle's clever Sherlockian tales.
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