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Inlaid throughout and extra illustrated into 6 Vols with the insertion of 450 portraits and numerous views including many in colour, with printed title pages and index to the illustrations specially printed for this copy.
With a superb tipped in autographed letter from the author concerning one of her books.
Illustrated by IOHN. D. Fry and book plates of F. E. Dinshaw.
This set is beautifully bound in full red crushed levant, elaborately gilt the tooling is quite exquisite and mirrors the height of opulence awarded to such a well put together Extra Illustrated set of books on Louis the XIV and the Court of France. Bound by Rivière and Son.
Resent almost invisible and expert joint repairs to some of the volumes. The inside is clean crisp and presents its self very well.
This incredible set was also in the collection of Sylvester Stallone a keen antiquarian book collector and prolific screenplay writer.
FE Dinshaw, Framroze Edulji Dinshaw, was the second son of the Karachi landowner and philanthropist… Read More

THE THREE VOYAGES OF CAPTAIN JAMES COOK.

COOK, Capt. James (1728-1779)
Published by London 1773-1785. (1785)
ALL FIRST EDITIONS
OF COOK'S THREE VOYAGES PLUS ATLAS & Kippis Life of Captain James Cook,
Cook, James. Set of all three voyages, all in first editions, and a uniformly bound copy of the first edition of Kippis' LIFE. Atlas recently bound in period full calf.
ATLAS, 2 large folding charts & 61 plates with nearly all the original tissue guards in place. Recently bound in full calf expertly executed to match the text vols. A near fine set.

Together 8 vols. text, med. 4to, & folio atlas with original tissues, in all 202 fine, engraved maps, charts, portraits, costume plates, views, etc.; the text volumes uniformly re-backed in contemporary style,
First Voyage: AN ACCOUNT OF THE VOYAGES UNDERTAKEN BY ORDER OF HIS PRESENT MAJESTY FOR MAKING DISCOVERIES IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE, AND SUCCESSIVELY PERFORMED BY COMMODORE BYRON, CAPTAIN WALLIS, CAPTAIN CARTERET AND CAPTAIN COOK, IN THE DOLPHIN,… Read More

A JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD, IN HIS MAJESTY'S SHIP ENDEAVOUR, IN THE YEARS 1768, 1769, 1770 AND 1771. (Cook, James) [Magra, James] London: T. Becket and P.A. de Hondt, 1771. 1st edition first printing, 4to, pp. [leaf - title] [leaf dedication with note at bottom Place this next the Title] 130 [2 leaves]. Period half diced Russia and marbled boards, some minor browning in margins or traces of handling on a few text pages, else a large and very attractive copy. The earliest of the series of so-called 'surreptitious' accounts of Cook's voyages, this published anonymously less than three months after the Endeavour returned and two years before Hawkesworth's official account of the voyage. The dedication leaf printed separately from the rest of the text, to the Admiralty, Sir Joseph Banks and Dr. Daniel Solander, implied their approval and gave this work the appearance of authority. However, the Admiralty, Banks and Solander immediately published an advertisement denying all knowledge of this… Read More

FIRST PRINTED ACCOUNT OF BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR AND NEWS OF NELSON'SDEATH – TWO WEEKS BEFORE THE NEWS REACHES LONDON2 Broad Sides, manuscript letter from Federico Carlos Gravina y Nápoli and Engraved printedInvitation to the Funeral Procession of Nelson.All housed in a custom ½ blue morocco clamshell box lined with white moiré silk and piecesloosely framed in an archival matting for presentation and protection.GIBRALTAR CHRONICLE EXTRAORDINARY. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1805. Broadside,30.5 x 21cm, printed in two columns, English and French.Prints Vice-Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood's letter to Henry Fox, acting Governor of Gibraltar,headed Euryalus, at Sea, October 22, 1805, beginning, Sir, Yesterday a Battle was fought byHis Majesty's Fleet, with the Combined Fleets of Spain and France, and a Victory gained.Collingwood concludes the letter with, Our loss has been great in Men; but, what is irreparable,and the cause of Universal Lamentation, is the Death of the NOBLE COMMANDER IN CHIEF, whodied in the… Read More

Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) was an American author, poet and literary critic who's tales of the macabre have terrified and inspired millions. A pioneer of the short story and detective fiction, Edgar Allan Poe is often viewed as a tragic figure in his own right.
Poe was one of the first American writers to find great success in Europe than he would at home, initially. It was with the help of translations by Baudelaire that Poe found fame in France. These translations became the definitive texts across Europe. Poe's poignant, gloomy and sometimes terrifying tales have gone on to inspire countless other fiction writers such as Jules Verne and H.P. Lovecraft.
True to fashion, Poe's death is as mysterious as his stories. Found wandering the streets of Baltimore, completely disoriented and wearing another man's clothing, the author died shortly after his discovery.
The Valdeman Edition gets its name from The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar. The short story centres around a hypnotist who places a man in… Read More

Limited Edition. Octavo, 8 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches (207 cm x 140 mm); pp. [2] + xviii + 256; Limited Edition of 250 copies; on Flower paper, Woodcut title within an elaborate woodcut border, first page of text within a similar border, numerous woodcut initials, woodcut printer's device. Printed in red and black in Golden type. Full limp vellum with beige broken ties. A fine copy.
COLOPHON: HERE endeth The Book of Wisdom & Lies, a / Georgian Story-book of the eighteenth century, / by Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani: translated, with / notes, by Oliver Wardrop. Printed by William / Morris at the Kelmscott Press, 14 Upper Mall, / Hammersmith, in the County of Middlesex; / & finished on the 29th day of September, 1894. / [printer's mark 1] / Sold by Bernard Quaritch, 15 Piccadilly, W.
[Peterson A28; Tomkinson p. 114 no. 28; Ransom p. 328, no. 24]. One of the most famous works by the 17-18th century Georgian diplomat and man of letters, containing Sufic and other narratives, tales and anecdotes. "Racy, clear and… Read More

COSWAY STYLE (BAYNTUN)
THE POEMS AND SONGS OF ROBERT BURNS
London Methuen & amp; Co. 1896
xlvi, 667 pp. With frontispiece portrait. 21x13.6 cm (8¼x5½"), bound by Bayntun in fullcrushed Morocco with elaborate decorative rule in gilt, green, and red, with inset colorportrait of Robert Burns, raised bands, spine tooled in gilt; all edges gilt, inner panelsruled in gilt, silk moiré endpapers, custom full Morocco Solander Box.
An exquisitely bound collection of Burns & 39; poems and songs.
Price (Usd) $6,800

COSWAY STYLE (BAYNTUN-RIVIERE)
SHAKESPEARES VENUS AND ADONIS... LUCRECE... THE PASSIONATE
PILGRIM... SONNETS...
Pericles... - Facsimiles of the original printings
Published Oxford, Clarendon Press 1905
5 volumes bound together. Edited by Sidney Lee, signed by him on the limitation leaf.24.5x19 cm (9¾x7½"). bound by Bayntun-Riviere in full Morocco, elaborately ruled ingilt, inset color portrait, raised bands, spine tooled in gilt, all edges gilt, inner Moroccopanels, silk moiré endpapers, gilt dentelles, slipcase. No. 634 of 1000 copies.Photographic facsimiles with commentary of these five early printings of WilliamShakespeare, being the first editions of each text, issued between 1593 and 1609.

THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON.
Boswell, James
Cosway style binding
Published by George Bayntun, Bath, 1925
2 Vols Cosway Style Bindings by Bayntun Riviere, Bath, England.
Beautiful, first edition, illustrated two-volume edition of the most celebrated biography in the English language. Quarto, Published by George Bayntun. bound in full Brown morocco, spines slightly sunned, Cosway Style binding extra gilt, with gilt titles and gold and blind tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, Silk deblures, all edges gilt. Housed in 2 separate cloth slipcases. Complete with 576 illustrations, facsimiles and maps including 13 plates in photogravure. Newly edited with notes by Roger Ingpen.
Boswell excelled in insight into human nature and in ability to dramatize a situation. It was a crucial part of Boswell's magic to give significance and vitality to the apparently trivial; it is this trait, together with his notable accuracy and unparalleled completeness of portraiture, that made him the… Read More

MEMOIRS OF MRS. FITZHERBERT
By Langdale, Charles
Published by Richard Bentley, London, 1856
Cosway Style Binding, Extra illustrated 30 added plates 10 in colour
Memoirs of Mrs. Fitzherbert by Charles Langdale, London, 1856 with extra illustrations in full red levant, octavo, lavish gilt decoration. All edges gilt with two miniature portraits on Ivory of Mrs. Fitzherbert on the front cover and H.R.H. George IV on the back cover. Moiré silk ends and red cloth slipcase. Signed on inside of the front cover lower turn-inn Bayntun Binders, Bath England. William George Weld bookplate. Provenance: Weld family library.
"Memoirs of Mrs. Fitzherbert" by Charles Langdale, published in London in 1856, is a notable work that delves into the life and experiences of Maria Fitzherbert. Maria Anne Fitzherbert was a prominent figure in British history, known for her connection to King George IV. The book sheds light on the fascinating and controversial relationship between Maria Fitzherbert and the future King George… Read More

SILVIA DUBOIS, (NOW 116 YERS OLD.): A BIOGRAFY OF THE SLAVE WHO WHIPT HER MISTRES AND GAND HER FREDOM. Larison, Cornelius Wilson. C. W. Larison publishing, Ringoes, NJ: C.W. Larison, 1883). Original narrow octavo, plain black cloth, pp. 124, 4 terminal leaves of publisher s ads. Frontispiece portrait of Dubois, two illustrated plates wrought in a manner reminiscent of Edward Gorey. Very good+ copy. A slave narrative whose authenticity remains in some doubt. Not in doubt, however, is the book s most peculiar orthography, which reaches for a form of abstruse phonetics, and which guarantees that merely reading the book will be a challenge. Larison developed the orthography in the fonic speler and sylabater: desind as an ad in acqwiring a noleg ov the fundamental principls ov the English langwag, also published in 1883 and termed orthoepy. Given that he was trying to transcribe dialect, and that there was a large movement to understand and preserve dialect in North America at the time, it is no surprise… Read More

ON MASSIVE NEUTRON CORES. Physical Review Vol. 55, February 15, 1939. Oppenheimer, J.R. and G.M. Volkoff. Printed in USA. (Received January 3, 1939.) Pp. 374-381. Oppenheimer, J.R. and G.M. Volkoff. ON MASSIVE NEUTRON CORES. Physical Review Vol. 55, February 15, 1939. Printed in USA. (Received January 3, 1939.) Pp. 374-381. Original staples, just beginning to loosen at edges, otherwise near fine. Signed Warmly [underlined], Oppy. The true separate offprint paginated and printed so the first page, 374, is a recto and other page number s set at appropriate edges instead of centered. Leaves folded folded and stapled at gutter to form a pamphlet. Effectively predicts neutron stars and that, if massive enough, the stellar matter will contract indefinitely. The foundation paper explaining and predicting black holes and the subsequent discoveries and revolutions in astrophysics. Excessively rare, no copies recorded of this separate printing. The publication "On Massive Neutron Cores" by J. Robert Oppenheimer… Read More

VARIOUS SMALL FIRES AND MILK Ruscha, Edward. Los Angeles, 1964 Ruscha, Edward. VARIOUS SMALL FIRES AND MILK. Los Angeles, 1964. Pp. [48], 16 offset black and white photographs of, well, small fires and a glass of milk. First edition, one of 400 copies, this signed Ed Ruscha on title page. Original wraps and glassine cover, glassine a bit dust-soiled and chipped at top and bottom of backstrip, else fine. Ruscha s second book of images in this style; this first edition is indeed much scarcer than his first such book, Twenty-Six Gasoline Stations (1962). The work is an artist's book, a form of art where the book itself is considered a work of art. It's not a traditional narrative but rather a conceptual piece. "Twenty-Six Gasoline Stations" is considered a seminal example of conceptual art. The idea behind the work is to present a seemingly mundane subject matter (gasoline stations) in a systematic and detached way, challenging traditional notions of artistic representation. The book has had a… Read More

W. VOCABULARY OF THE SHOSHONE LANGUAGE. Hill, George Salt Lake City. 1877. Original blue-green printed wrappers 36pp., near fine in a striking full black morocco clamshell case. Very minor wear and soiling. Near fine. First edition, issued by the author. George W. Hill, a Mormon Indian missionary, had taught Shoshones in their own language at Fort Limhi in 1855 and his vocabulary lists words spelled as phonetically as the English alphabet will allow, and with it any person may learn to speak the dialect so that an Indian can understand him. Hill's work is considered the third vocabulary for these languages, after Huntington (see below) and Gebow. Signed on front wrap by Geo[rge] Reynolds. Reynolds was a general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), a long-time secretary to the First Presidency of the LDS Church, and a party to the 1878 United States Supreme Court case Reynolds v. United States, the first freedom of religion case to issue from that court. Great… Read More

VOCABULARY OF THE UTAH AND SHO-SHO-NE OR SNAKE DIALECTS, WITH INDIAN LEGENDS AND TRADITIONS. INCLUDING A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE AND DEATH OF WAH-KER, THE INDIAN LAND PIRATE. ... THIRD EDITION – REVISED AND ENLARGED. Huntington, D.B.Salt Lake City, 1872.Salt Lake City, 1872. Pp. 32, stitched as issued, small bit of paper loss at blank inner margin of title professionally infilled,, else near fine in half polished calf and marbled board clamshell case. Signature of W.D. Whitney Aug '72 at top of title and stamp of John W. Young, Prop. Salt Lake City Museum Aug 24 1872. -- William Dwight Whitney was a famed American linguist at Yale, and John W. Young was son and Counselor of Brigham Young. An LDS copy has the same Young stamp but dated August 10, 1872. Extremely rare. Only recently has a copy of the first edition (1853) of Dimick Baker Huntington's work been discovered in the LDS archives, while only two copies are known of the second (1854). This rare third contains a larger vocabulary, as well as… Read More