Search Results: Titles starting with S from Robert McDowell Antiquarian Books

[Paris]: Hachette, 1968. First Edition. . Soft cover. See Description. First edition. 8vo. 288p. With frontispiece map of "des provices de l’Est (1724)." Bound in publisher’s paper wraps. VG+ condition. The bottom corner and edge of the rear wrap shows some bumping or very mild creasing. Interior pages are clean. A history of witchcraft, magic and superstition in the eastern provinces of France.

Salem, Massachusetts: The Salem Press, 1891. 1st Edition . Hardcover. See Description. Tall 4to (312 mm). Limited edition, large paper copy with wide margins; pp. xiii (in fact, 15), [1], 161, [1]. With 5 plates including the frontispiece "printed from the same plates used in Hon. C.W. Upham's work." No statement other than "limited edition" appears to indicate the number of copies printed on large paper. Bound in full dark green (almost black) Morocco with gilt inner dentelles and marbled end papers. Binding contains some areas of rubbing and wear; several small spots have received a color touch-up. The upper joint to the rear cover is carefully restored. The "S" in Salem is partially obscured on the gilt spine title. Interior pages are generally clean. The 0uter and bottom edges of the book block are deckled/untrimmed. Caroline Upham was the daughter-in-law of Charles W. Upham (1802-1875) a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts who published "Lectures on… Read More

Kjobenhavn: Forlagt af Chr. Steen & Son, 1859. Second Edition. . Hardcover. See Description. With changes, supplements and corrections." 8vo. 2 volumes in one. Volume I. pp. viii, 628, with frontispiece of the author. Volume II. pp. 205, [1]. Bound in period quarter leather with marbled boards. Re-backed; the original spine is preserved although it is darkened and well worn. Inner hinges neatly strengthened. Interior pages contain mild scattered foxing and minor wear. Peder Rhode (1734-1793) was a Danish pastor and historian. His "Samlinger til de danske Øers Laalands og Falsters Historie" (first published in two volumes 1776-94) contains interesting details on the customs, life-style, superstition and folklore of the Danish islands Lolland and Falster. The 1859 edition includes many changes, additions and corrections.

Paris: Ex Typographia Regia, 1726. Hardcover. See Description. Tall folio. pp. [2], cxlvii, [8], 608, cccxlvi, [25]. With title page vignette and head and tail pieces. Text in Latin. Bound in full blind stamped period vellum with 7 raised bands on the spine. Front hinge is professionally repaired / strengthened. Pages are generally clean and crisp with a periodic spot of foxing (or miniscule ash burn); an occasional leaf is lightly age-toned. Several pages towards the end of the volume are numbered and signed twice (i.e. 543 544). A front blank fly-leaf contains a 5 x 32 mm hole and an inscription in a small early hand on the verso. Caecilius Cyprianus or St. Cyprian (200-258 c.e.) was Bishop of Carthage and important early Church father. He was beheaded in 258 during the persecution of Christians instigated by the Roman emperor Valerian. Many of Cyprian's writings still exist. His epistles and pastoral letters are an important source of early Church history. He also wrote on the various Church… Read More

New York: Columbia University Press, 1929. First Edition. . Hardcover. See Description. 8vo. pp. xii, [2], 387, [3]. With 10 black and white plates including the frontispiece representing John Tolhopf’s scheme of the movement of the heavens. Bound in tan publisher’s cloth. The binding is generally clean but shows some corner-tip bumping, especially the upper corner of the rear board. The dust jacket contains chipping and missing pieces along the edges including the spine caps and the rear wrapper. End papers show very light age-toning. A tiny tear is present at the bottom of p. 343. Interior pages are otherwise clean. Several leaves are unopened. This is a collection of articles by Lynn Thorndike on 15th century science and thought. According to the preface "the majority of these chapters are a revision, or enlargement and development, of articles which have appeared in learned periodicals…" Several short texts are published in the original Latin. The dust jacket blurb… Read More

Paris: Éditions OCIA, 1949. Wraps. See Description. 8vo. pp. 550, [2]. With black & white illustrations and photos. Bound in original publisher’s wraps. Generally a clean and fresh copy with some age-toning. The upper corner is slightly bumped. A small tear is neatly sealed on the bottom edge of the front cover. Leaves are uncut. Dr. Philippe Encausse, the son of the famous French occultist Papus (Gerard Encausse) offers biographical information about his father and a discussion of his work. Includes bibliographic references.

Venice: Jo. Baptistam Recurti, 1740. Hardcover. See Description. Third Edition. 8vo. pp. XXXX, 246, 14. Including engraved frontispiece and numerous numismatic portraits of Roman emperors with the text. Title printed in red and black. Bound in contemporary full vellum. A couple of very faint library stamps in the bottom and outer title margins. Pages are generally clean with occasional mild spots of soiling. Small area of staining on the frontispiece. Name and date (or shelf number) printed in an old hand on front paste-down. Patarol's History of Roman, Byzantine and Holy Roman Emperors from Julius Caesar to Carolus VI. Text in Latin. [Lipsius II, p. 307; Cicognara 2961 - lists the first edition of 1702].

London: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, 1915. Hardcover. See Description. 8vo. 234p. With 29 black and white photo plates. Bound in light green publisher’s cloth with blind stamped title and heraldic crest on the front cover. Small areas of rubbing are present to the extremities. The binding is generally tight. The front end papers contain scattered foxing. Interior is otherwise clean. Includes chapters on Serbian national customs, anecdotes, songs, music, proverbs, literature, economics, religion etc. First printed in London, 1908.

Basilae: Per Ioanem Oporinum [ 1558 ], 1558. Hardcover. See Description. 8vo. pp. 499, [13]. Bound in later full red morocco with gilt border fillets on front and rear covers. All edges of the book block are gilt. The binding contains areas of rubbing and wear; minor careful restoration is present to the head cap of the spine and to the corner tips of the boards. The upper corner tip of the front blank fly leaf is restored. Interior pages show some light age-toning and scattered mild foxing but are generally clean. This is a Latin translation from the Greek of the seven tragedies of Sophocles - Ajax Flagellifer, Electra, Oedipus Tyrannus, Antigone, Oedipus Coloneus, Trachiniae, Philoctetes. The translation and notes are by Thomas Kirchmeyer (Naogeorgus) 1508-1563, was an influential dramatist, humanist and Lutheran theologian. The preliminaries include a dedication to Johannes Jacob Fugger and also contain short verses by the educator Johannes Sturm, the Latin poet and theologian Johann Seckervitz… Read More

Paris: Éditions du Chariot [ 1962 ], 1962. First Edition. . Wraps. See Description. 8vo. 222p. With frontispiece illustration of the author and numerous occult diagrams and talismans printed in red. Title page is printed in red and black. Pages are uncut. Bound in publisher’s wraps. Generally a clean copy with some mild wear and fading to the extremities of the wraps. …A discussion of magical talismans, pentacles, sigils, Tarot card symbolism, astrology etc.

New York: Whittlesey House, McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1938. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. See Description/Dust Jacket Included. 8vo. (23.5 cm), pp. vii, [3], 228. With a color illustration of Galileo preceding the title page and numerous black and white illustrations accompanying the text. Bound in blue cloth with dust jacket. Binding displays minor wear; the lower corner tip of the front board is bumped.The dust jacket is well worn; the head of the jacket spine is chipped; the rear jacket contains tears, creases, splits, and chipping along the folds; inside jacket flap tips are clipped (perhaps by design?) Interior is printed on semi-gloss paper. Pages are generally clean. There is a small spot of damage to the upper margin of p. 97. Book block edges contain some faint foxing. "'Starcraft' differs from other books on amateur astronomy in that it not only gives a detailed guide to the study of the stars, but tells how the reader can build his own instruments for making observations"… Read More

Bismark: State Geological Survey, 1904. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. pp. xvi, 220. With 33 plates, 8 figures and 2 fold out maps - one map showing outcrops of lignite examined during the summers of 1902-03 and another showing the Little Missouri and Knife river basins Bound in green cloth. A tight copy. Mild wear to the extremities; corners slightly bumped. Pages are clean but lightly age-toned; miniscule edge chipping on a few leaves; marginal tear on one of the fold out maps. Contents include Lignite on the Missouri. Heart and Cannon ball Rivers and Its Relation to Irrigation; Report on the Region Between the Northern Pacific Railroad and the Missouri River. Its Topography, Climate, Vegetation, Irrigation Possibilities and Coal Deposits; Topography of North Dakota; Geological Formations of North Dakota; Methods of Stream Measurement; The Run-off of the Streams in North Dakota.

Italia [Firenze?]. Hardcover. See Description. Third Edition. 2 parts in 2 volumes. Volume I, p. vii, [1], 492, [8]. Volume II, pp. [493] – 1040. Full title page in volume I and half title in volume II. Bound in quarter vellum with marbled boards, gilt spines, red morocco spine labels and sewn-in ribbon bookmarks. Binding shows some spots of bumping to the board edges. The half title in volume II contains a bottom corner crease. Interior pages are generally clean. A history of Italian literature first published in Milan, 1807.

James R. Osgood and Company, 1884. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. 8vo. pp. 225, [1]. Original publisher's yellow-green cloth with black oriental design on front cover. Re-hung / re-cased preserving end papers ; small repairs to head and tail caps of spine and to outer corner tips of boards.; spots of wear to extremities; some fading or discoloration along the upper edge of the rear board. Inner hinges are neatly strengthened; color book plate on inside front cover. Pages are clean. This edition contains the JR.O & Co insignia at the bottom of the spine. Lafcadio Hearn's first book. The contents contain supernatural stories based on folklore from Buddhist and Indian literature, the Finnish Kalavala, The Jewish Talmud, Muslim literature, Egyptian papyri etc. Many of the stories deal with the themes of the pursuit of wisdom and of the spectral lover. [BAL 7912].

Charlottesville: The University Press of Virginia, 1964. Hardcover. See Description. Later edition. 8vo. pp. [4], 211, [9]. Bound in publisher’s blue cloth. No dust jacket. Miniscule bumping to the bottom corner of the rear cover. Binding is generally clean. The title page shows very mild stress to the upper corner. A very faint indent or mark of bumping is present near the upper edge on some leaves. Interior is otherwise clean. Contains numerous bibliographic articles by various authors – i.e. "Establishing a Text: The Emily Dickinson Papers." By Thomas H. Johnson; "The Copy for the First Folio Richard II." By Richard E. Hasker; "Type Sizes in the Eighteenth Century" by Philip Gaskell; "Baskerville and James Whatman." By A.T. Hazen; "The Printing of Jefferson’s Notes, 1793-94." By Coolie Verner and P. J. Conkwright; "A Sheaf of Whitman Letters." By Walter Harding.