La Divina Commedia: Complete in Six Volumes. by Alighieri, Dante - 1963

Milano: Edizioni Primi Piani, 1938. First Edition. Printed wrappers. 198pp. Original bright yellow wraps printed in black. Short tear to the spine heel, name on the flyleaf, two small bookstore stickers to first and last page. Text block is clean with mild toning along the edges. A bright, near fine copy. In the Italian language.; Octavo.

Chicago, Illinois: The Bookfellows. Very Good with No Dust Jacket as issued. 1919. First Edition: First Printing. Hard Cover. 142 pages: 5.5 x 8 in.: 1.2: Signed by Editor: KB#010258: First edition limited to 325 copies. Boards now protected by a new Brodart Archival Mylar Cover. DOUBLE INSCRIBED COPY. Book is SIGNED BY EDITOR (Vincent Starrett), with inscription, "Dear P. J. J - Kind regard, and gratitude for your interest. Vincent Starrett 10 March 1920" on front flyleaf, and SIGNED BY DEDICATEE (Walter M. Hill) to whom the book was dedicated, "With best wishes from one booklover to another, Walter M. Hill March 13th 1920", on dedication page. Lastly, it has an biographical newspaper article on Charles Vincent Emerson Starrett (dated 3-28-20 The Line) affixed at the bottom of the half title page. Boards are dark green with light brown spine binding, and paper author and title labels on spine and front cover. Boards and pages are clean, unmarked (except as… Read More

Macmillan & Co. Limited. London. 1906. Reprint of the 1904 Golden Treasury edition. 8vo. (6.4 x 4.2 inches). Engraved frontis illustration of Guinevere, from the marble by Thomas Woolmer, R.A. Finely bound in a contemporary full dark green morocco binding by Ramage of London. Spine with five raised bands, ruled in gilt. The compartments with gilt ruled lines, flower and star designs and lettering. Decorative flower and leaf designs to both boards, within a wavy line border which is surrounded by multiple stars, within a ruled line border, all in gilt. Elaborate gilt tooled stars, flowers and decorative roll borders to the inner boards with off-white moire silk endpapers. All edges gilt. Previous owners neat inscription, dated 1914, to the front blank free endpaper. Spine faded to an attractive tan colour and the front board to a lighter green but still a beautiful fine binding from the library of W. A. Foyle at Beeleigh Abbey, and with his burgundy morocco leather and gilt book plate to the front… Read More

Macmillan and Co. London. 1900. Seventh edition. 8vo. (7.4 x 4.7 inches). Foxing to the blank endpapers and the first and last couple of leaves, otherwise a clean copy in a beautiful fine leather binding, by Bumpus, of full dark blue crushed morocco. Spine with five raised bands, each with three gilt dots. The compartments ruled, lettered and fully decorated with small flower emblems, all in gilt. Both boards with four ruled lines and flower and leaf designs in the middle panel, all in gilt. Board edges double ruled in gilt Turn-ins with double ruled lines and flower and leaf designs, all in gilt. plain white endpapers. All edges gilt. Blue silk bookmarker sewn in. A fine and beautiful binding. --- An early edition of this popular collection of KIpling's poetry. First published in 1896.

New York: Grove Press / Random House, 1974 Stated first printing, first bilingual Spanish/English edition, review copy with publisher's slip laid-in. Book with light toning to page margins, else in fine condition; dust jacket with faint toning to spine/folds and a trace of light shallow creasing, else fine. A superb copy.

Printed by Robert and Andrew Foulis, Printers to the University, Glasgow, 1770. Hardcover. Poor. Printed by Robert and Andrew Foulis, Printers to the University, Glasgow, 1770. Poor. Approx. 13'' by 8.25''. Full leather binding, spine with raised bands, outer binding original, but in poor condition. Inner book is generally clean & still well bound. Subscriber list, summary of the arguments within the poem. 466pp of the poem plus index. Portrait of Milton on title page and marbled endpapers. 3 pages at front have a tear and there is an ink stain on the edge. (see pictures). From the library of Lockhart of Cleghorn with their bookplate on the front pastedown. With an inscription 'Barbara Lockhart from her sister Mrs Jamieson' on the front endpapers.***Heavy & will require overseas postage***

1867 DANTE Alighieri Divine Poem Cary Flaxman ART FOLIO Purgatory Paradise RARE
"Abandon all hope, ye who enter here."
― Dante Alighieri, The Divine Comedy

Dante's "Divine Comedy" is one of the most important and long-lasting works for literature. This rare edition of John Flaxman's 'Illustrations of the Divine Poem of Dante Alighieri' contains 109 plates by Flaxman with descriptions from the translations by H.F. Cary. This 1867 folio edition is bound in the original green decorative cloth published by Bell and Daldy in London.

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ALIGHIERI, Dante; FLAXMAN, John;
Illustrations of the Divine Poem of Dante Alighieri
London: Bell and Daldy, 1867. 1st edition thus

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o 109 engravings
· Language: English
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· Size: ~14.75in X 11.5in (37.5cm x 29cm)
· Very rare and desirable

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1691 Japanese Handwritten Noh Play Theater Mask Demons Warrior Japan Shimogakari

An interesting Edo woodblock-print of 'Noh Chant Collections' from the early 17th century. Noh chants were adopted from Buddhist prayers and went with the musical background of Noh plays, which to this day is one of the most important performing arts in Japan. Noh plays borrowed from other arts with masks, music, and even structure. A normal Noh piece has five plays, god, warrior, woman, living person, and demon, which are all grouped into three dramatic units.
This rare four volume collection from 1691 is written in a column handwritten format with furigana usage for easier reading!

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Shimogakari Noh Chant Collections shimogakarishuuitaiseiutai下掛拾遺大成謡（したかけしゅういたいせいうたい）
[Edo: Genroku 3 1691].

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1882 1ed Stories About Dogs by Surr Harrison Weir ART Illustrated Pets Poems
'Stories About Dogs' is a late 19th-century collection of short tales and poems pertaining to dogs, cats, and other pets. This work includes the sketch art of Harrison Weir, who was known for his illustrated depictions of cats.
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SURR, Mrs
Stories about dogs
London ; Edinburgh ; New York : T. Nelson and Sons, 1882. First edition.

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vi, 197, [1]
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12 illustrations
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Size: ~9.75in X 7.75in (25cm x 19.5cm)
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1622 1ed MARTIAL Epigrams Roman Poetry Natural History Xenia Apophoreta Douay

"I live in a little cell, with a window that won't even close,
In which Boreas himself would not want to live."
– Martial, Epigrams
Martial was a 1st-century Roman poet from Spain most-known for his 'Epigrams.' This important, early piece of Roman literature expresses details of life in Rome focusing in on the brutal daily life during the Roman Empire. Martial describes living conditions of Rome, corrupt physicians and senators, cruel treatment of slaves, and secrets and rumors of emperors. Because of the style of Martial's writing, he is often considered the first insult comic, as he used humor to disguise his disdain for the life with which he was so familiar.
This 1622 was published in Douay, France by Belleri. Collected and edited by Matthew Roeder. This particular volume includes Martial's "Xenia" and "Apophoreta" which is Martial's perspective on natural history.
Item number: #16016
Price: $550
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