Add to Want List
Rare and Antiquarian Books

Rare books from poor mans books

Results 1 - 15 of 149
LES NOUVELLES PENSEES DE GALILEI, MATHEMATICIEN ET INGENIEUR DU DUC DE  FLORENCE.
More Photos

LES NOUVELLES PENSEES DE GALILEI, MATHEMATICIEN ET INGENIEUR DU DUC DE FLORENCE.

by [Galilei, Galileo. ] 1564-1642

  • Used
  • Paperback
  • first
Condition
Used - Good+ with no dust jacket
Edition
First Edition
Binding
Paperback
Seller
VINELAND, New Jersey
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 2 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
£5,115.11
£4.25 shipping to USA

Show Details

Description:
Paris: For Pierre Rocolet. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1639. First Edition. Paper wraps. Science; Physics; Mechanics; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" ; Later paper wrappers, lacking 2 front blanks, lacking pp 85-96 & pp 147-158. Woodcut illus. Throughout text, 1 folding plate; creased & repaired on verso. Worming to upper fore-edge margins. Nonetheless a very rare nicely illustrated copy of this work published during Galileo's lifetime. He probably died at the age of 77 on Jan-8,1642 in Arcetri Italy. New thoughts of Galilei, mathematician and engineer ... Or wonderful inventions, demonstrations ... Unknown at present, it is treatise on the proportion of movements, both natural and violent, and of all that is most subtle in the Mechanics and in physic. Provenance- Sessler's Book Store, Mabel Zahn, ; Wasserman. Rare, only one copy has come to auction as of this date. .
Item Price
£5,115.11
£4.25 shipping to USA
The Langston Hughes Suite [1998 Limited Editions Club]
More Photos

The Langston Hughes Suite [1998 Limited Editions Club]

by Phoebe Beasley

  • Used
  • Hardcover
  • first
Condition
Used - Fine with no dust jacket
Edition
First Edition
Binding
Hardcover
Seller
VINELAND, New Jersey
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 2 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
£3,147.76
£4.25 shipping to USA

Show Details

Description:
NY: The Limited Editions Club. Fine with no dust jacket. 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Silkscreens; 17.0" Height: 21.0". This limited edition suite of prints is number 8 of 99, individually numbered and signed by Phoebe Beasley. The portfolio contains title page, colophon and the complete series of six silk screens designed to illustrate a selection of Langston Hughes poems entitled "The Sun Is Coming after a While" published by The Limited Editions Club in 1998. The George Drexel Studio in New York printed the silk screens on Arches "88" paper. Publisher's purple cloth-covered case with inset gilt-lettered leather title label and velvet lining is in excellent condition. Elephant folio case measures approximately 18.5" x 23". All as published in Fine condition. A difficult item to locate. ; Signed by Illustrator .
Item Price
£3,147.76
£4.25 shipping to USA
Arabian Nights And Days [10 Prints] Clamshell Case
More Photos

Arabian Nights And Days [10 Prints] Clamshell Case

by Mahfouz, Naguib

  • Used
  • Signed
Condition
Used - Fine with no dust jacket
Seller
VINELAND, New Jersey
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 2 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
£3,147.76
£4.25 shipping to USA

Show Details

Description:
N Y: Limited Editions Club. Fine with no dust jacket. 2005. Clamshell case. Color Illustrations; Folio 13" - 23" tall; Aprox 19 x 16.5". Illustrated with 10 large original Serigraph prints by Nazli Madkour, each signed and numbered in pencil. Limited to 60 copies. In publisher's brown clamshell case with morrocco leather label. Loose plates as issued on heavy rag paper number 29/60. Arabian Nights and Days. [In June 2005 the Limited Editions Club published 300 copies of Arabian Nights & days (40X40cm) all signed by both the author and the artist. In addition 60 portfolios of the same size of the book were also published containing 10 signed illustrations, each signed by the artist and numbered 1-60]aa .
Item Price
£3,147.76
£4.25 shipping to USA
BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY 34 VOLS 1837-1854
More Photos

BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY 34 VOLS 1837-1854

by Poe, Dickens, Ainsworth, Etc.

  • Used
  • Hardcover
  • first
Condition
Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
Edition
First Edition
Binding
Hardcover
Seller
VINELAND, New Jersey
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 2 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
£3,147.76
£4.25 shipping to USA

Show Details

Description:
[ N Y]: Richard Bentley. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1837-54. First Edition. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; 6" x 9"; This is a run of the first 33 volumes of this important 19th-century literary journal, plus volume 35. Here many works by famous authors, such as Oliver Twist [which sold at auction for $3,625- for a Bentley's copy], Joseph Grimaldi and others, appear in print for the first time. Poe's Duc Dd L'Omelette appears as a first appearance but Fall of the House of Usher is not, however, a first appearance and indeed may be a pirated edition. Bentley's Miscellany was an English literary magazine started by Richard Bentley. It was published between 1836 and 1868. Already a successful publisher of novels, Bentley began the journal in 1836 and invited Charles Dickens to be its first editor. Dickens serialized his second novel "Oliver Twist" but soon fell out with Bentley over editorial control, calling him a "Burlington Street… Read More
Item Price
£3,147.76
£4.25 shipping to USA
L'isole Piu Famose Del Mondo ...1st Map Of North America As An Entity
More Photos

L'isole Piu Famose Del Mondo ...1st Map Of North America As An Entity

by Poracchi, Thomaso

  • Used
  • Hardcover
Condition
Used - Very Good+ with no dust jacket
Binding
Hardcover
Seller
VINELAND, New Jersey
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 2 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
£7,475.93
£4.25 shipping to USA

Show Details

Description:
Venetia: Heirs of Simon Galignani. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1605. Hardcover. Engravings; Folio, old (contemp? ) vellum over bds, morocco spine labels; light edge wear, a little dusty. With engraved title page 48 engravings in text (47 maps, one sea engagement). Light to occasionally moderate foxing, a few small expert repairs in fore0edge margins - affecting a few shoulder notes, occasional dust smudging in margins,11 3/4 x 8 1/8 inches. The world as seen through the eyes of the sea power, Venice. Includes 2 world wide maps showing both the New and the Old Worlds. Including North America. One map of North America solely. Various Caribbean Islands including Cuba and Hispaniola. Zaltieri's famous map - the first of North America as an entity. Layout of Mexico City in the middle of the lake, Various Asian Islands, 48 maps engraved on copper. Bound in full contemporary vellum. Phillips Atlase 3328. .
Item Price
£7,475.93
£4.25 shipping to USA
TOM SAWYER ABROAD TOM SAWYER, DETECTIVE AND OTHER STORIES Etc., Etc.
More Photos

TOM SAWYER ABROAD TOM SAWYER, DETECTIVE AND OTHER STORIES Etc., Etc.

by Twain, Mark [Clemens, Samuel L. ]

  • Used
  • Hardcover
  • first
Condition
Used - Very Good+ with no dust jacket
Edition
First Edition; First Printing
Binding
Hardcover
Seller
VINELAND, New Jersey
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 2 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
£3,541.23
£4.25 shipping to USA

Show Details

Description:
NY: Harper & Brothers Publishers. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1896. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; Title page dated 1896 w/ no boxed ads on copyright page and 2 pgs of ads at end. Publisher’s original red cloth with gilt-stamped spine and gilt “MT” cornhusk monogram on cover. 8vo. 47 illustrations: 46 plates (incl frontis) & 1 map on a text page. Harper's 1896 edition of Tom Sawyer Abroad / Tom Sawyer Detective and Other Stories, Etc. , Etc. Is a collection of previously published material. Spine sunned. Reinserted pp 123-124, dog ears to lower corners and shallow marginal tears. BAL 3447. Johnson pp62-63. McBride p164. With only 1000 copies printed, one of Twain’s scarcest First Editions. .
Item Price
£3,541.23
£4.25 shipping to USA
The Last Words Of Dutch Schultz: Fiction In The Form Of A Film Script [  Signed]
More Photos

The Last Words Of Dutch Schultz: Fiction In The Form Of A Film Script [ Signed]

by William S Burroughs

  • Used
  • Hardcover
  • Signed
  • first
Condition
Used - Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
Edition
1st
Binding
Hardcover
Seller
VINELAND, New Jersey
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 2 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
£2,754.29
£4.25 shipping to USA

Show Details

Description:
N Y: Viking. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1975. 1st. Hard cover. 0670419508 . photos; Flatsigned on half title page, "William S Burroughs". Filmed as a 2002 Dutch short combining live action and rotoscope animated scenes. Small chip at bottom of back DJ panel. Dk grn cloth cover. Bears original 8.95 DJ price. William s burroughs si_2#%$gnedNot a common book. ; Signed by Author .
Item Price
£2,754.29
£4.25 shipping to USA
Haveth Childers Everywhere. Fragment From Work In Progress [limited #311  Of 685] Publisher's...
More Photos

Haveth Childers Everywhere. Fragment From Work In Progress [limited #311 Of 685] Publisher's Slipcase

by Joyce, James.

  • Used
  • first
Condition
Used - Good+ with no dust jacket
Edition
First Edition
Seller
VINELAND, New Jersey
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 2 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
£2,754.29
£4.25 shipping to USA

Show Details

Description:
Paris And New York: Henry Babou and Jack Kahane and the Fountain Press. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1930. First Edition. Card. Title printed in black and green, initials and headlines printed in green. Green card slipcase. Folio, original printed wrappers, spine chipped with slight loss, light tanning; glassine dustwrapper, front panel torn with loss near bottom; ownership signature [illegible], front cover separating along half-title gutter; rare publisher's green board slipcase, edges chipped with some loss, especially to spine. First edition, number 311 of 685 copies. Contents quite clean. .
Item Price
£2,754.29
£4.25 shipping to USA
Two Rivulets. Including Democratic Vistas, Centennial Songs, And Passage  To India. 1876 Signed...
More Photos

Two Rivulets. Including Democratic Vistas, Centennial Songs, And Passage To India. 1876 Signed Photo By Whitman

by Whitman, Walts

  • Used
  • Hardcover
  • Signed
  • first
Condition
Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
Edition
First Edition; reissue
Binding
Hardcover
Seller
VINELAND, New Jersey
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 2 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
£5,036.42
£4.25 shipping to USA

Show Details

Description:
Camden, New Jersey: Author's Edition. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1876. First Edition; reissue. Leather. Photo Frontis; Author's Edition with a signed albumen photograph of Whitman dated (with the date of his birth) mounted as a frontispiece, first edition (issue with a blank leaf between "As a Strong Bird on Pinions Free" and "Memoranda During the War"). Contemporary three quarters calf over marbled boards, the spine rebacked to style in modern leather with lettering label. 7 1/2 x 4 1/4 inches (19 x 11 cm) ; 32, [1 blank leaf], 84, [1 blank leaf], 18, [1 blank leaf], [iv], v-x, [4], 14, [2], [1 blank leaf], 68 [1 blank leaf], [i-iii], iv, [1], 6-120, [1 blank leaf], [1 Ad leaf]. Light spotting to title, frontis and endleaves, endpapers preserved but with similarly colored strengthening strips at hinges, original portions of binding rubbed and worn. This copy conforms to BAL 21413, a reissue of the first edition with numerous revisions and corrections. First… Read More
Item Price
£5,036.42
£4.25 shipping to USA
When We Were Very Young; Winnie-the-pooh; Now We Are Six; The House At  Pooh Corner 1st Edition,...
More Photos

When We Were Very Young; Winnie-the-pooh; Now We Are Six; The House At Pooh Corner 1st Edition, 1st Impression

by Milne, A. [Lan] A. [Lexander]

  • Used
  • Hardcover
  • first
Condition
Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
Edition
First Edition; First Printing
Binding
Hardcover
Seller
VINELAND, New Jersey
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 2 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
£4,328.17
£4.25 shipping to USA

Show Details

Description:
London: Methuen & Co,. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1924- 1928. First Edition; First Printing. cloth. B&W Illustrations; MILNE, A. [LAN] A. [LEXANDER]When We Were Very Young; Winnie-the-Pooh; Now We are Six; The House at Pooh Corner. London: Methuen & Co. , 1924-1926-1927-1928. All volumes first edition, first impression. Original publisher''s pictorial cloth gilt (blue, green, red and salmon respectively) , all but the first with pictorial endpapers, the first and third works in dust jacket (the Pooh books without). Housed in an attractive morocco-backed clamshell case made of blue cloth which is spotted. The morocco frontis shaped like spines and has a nice effect. 7 3/8 x 4 3/4 inches (18.5 x 12.5 cm) ; various paginations, all volumes illustrated by E. H. Shepard. The dust jacket of When We Were Very Young lacks a portion of the spine and has other wear and minor losses. That of Now We Are Six is overall sound. There is slight wear overall, and one volume has an… Read More
Item Price
£4,328.17
£4.25 shipping to USA
Metropolis.

Metropolis.

by Harbou, Thea Von

  • Used
  • Hardcover
  • first
Condition
Used - Very Good in Good dust jacket
Edition
1st English Edition; First Printing
Binding
Hardcover
Seller
VINELAND, New Jersey
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 2 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
£4,721.64
£4.25 shipping to USA

Show Details

Description:
London: The Readers Library. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1927"e the poster fo. 1st English Edition; First Printing. Cloth. Illustrated dust jacket; 12mo 4 1/2 x 7½; Purple stamped boards with gilt decoration. In dust jacket. No mention of "Metropolis" on pg vii in the list of Readers Library books, but is mentioned on list on rear flap. Additional Info SF138. Condition Very good in good dust jacket. 1st state. Gilt rubbed. Toning commensurate with age. Dust jacket chipped with front cover partially detatched but securely protected in Brodart. Provenance From the collection of Daniel (Dan) Breen, lifelong collector of rare, uncommon, and significant Science-Fiction and Fantasy. Story is set in 2026 in a technologically advanced city, which is sustained by the existence of an underground society of labourers. An interesting example of expressionist literature. ... Michael Joseph of The Bookman wrote of, this often called mystical work, "Metropolis is one of the… Read More
Item Price
£4,721.64
£4.25 shipping to USA
Dorothy Lamour’s Life As A Phrase Book [limited Ed Of 25] Wayzgoose Press  2006 Signed Art
More Photos

Dorothy Lamour’s Life As A Phrase Book [limited Ed Of 25] Wayzgoose Press 2006 Signed Art

by Janaczweska, Noelle

  • Used
  • first
Condition
As New with no dust jacket
Edition
First Edition
Seller
VINELAND, New Jersey
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 2 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
£5,508.58
£4.25 shipping to USA

Show Details

Description:
Katoomba: Wayzgoose Press,. As New with no dust jacket. 2006. First Edition. Box. Color Illustrations; Folio, 17 x 12.25"; 11 pages; Janaczweska, Noelle. Dorothy Lamour’s life as a phrase book. Katoomba, Wayzgoose Press, 2006. Large folio. Concertina binding. 11 gate fold pages measuring about 15" each in length.. No. 18 of 25 copies, \ { Numbers I-V are not for sale, numbers 1-3 are in designer bindings (not available) and numbers 4-25 are boxed -- prospectus. }. Only 21 copies available. Apart from 5 hors commerce copies. Signed by Janaczweska, Hudson and Jarvis on colophon. “Conceived, designed and illustrated with multi-coloured linocuts by Mike Hudson and hand set in a variety of types by Jadwiga Jarvis. The lino-cuts were further illuminated by hand with additional colours making each copy in the edition unique” - colophon. Includes ‘how to read’ insert. Housed in original purple and pink floral linen case. Weight 6 lbs. Provenance Collection of… Read More
Item Price
£5,508.58
£4.25 shipping to USA
Benton Spruance Moby Dick, The Passion Of Ahab: Signed Edition Of 50 Litho  Plates
More Photos

Benton Spruance Moby Dick, The Passion Of Ahab: Signed Edition Of 50 Litho Plates

by Benton Spruance: [ Text by Laurance Thompson]

  • Used
  • Signed
  • first
Condition
Used - Fine with no dust jacket
Edition
First Edition
Seller
VINELAND, New Jersey
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 2 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
£2,754.29
£4.25 shipping to USA

Show Details

Description:
MS: Barre Publishers. Fine with no dust jacket. 1968. First Edition. In case. Color Lithographs; Benton Spruance Moby Dick: The Passion of Ahab, signed edition, one of 50 sets which include a signed original lithograph "The Master of the Pequod" and His red inkstamp 'BS' along with pencil date of 1967 [looks like a 4], folio includes 26 lithographs printed on Rives heavyweight paper and booklet, folio measures 23-1/4" x 17-1/4", prints Fine, booklet in Fine with some minor wear to drop down case, this is the hard to find deluxe edition. Small corner tear to signed plate which appears to have occurred in production. He began work in 1965 on a set of prints that are generally regarded as his most masterful works. These are the twenty six lithographs based on his reading of Moby Dick, themes from which recur often in the prints made during the last two decades of his life. The prints were exhibited for the very first time in 1968. Spruance died in December… Read More
Item Price
£2,754.29
£4.25 shipping to USA
The History And Adventures Of The Renowned Don Quixote. 4 Volumes. 141 X  90 Mm. (first Seaparate...
More Photos

The History And Adventures Of The Renowned Don Quixote. 4 Volumes. 141 X 90 Mm. (first Seaparate American Edition]

by Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel De

  • Used
  • Hardcover
  • first
Condition
Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
Edition
First American Edition
Binding
Hardcover
Seller
VINELAND, New Jersey
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 2 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
£4,721.64
£4.25 shipping to USA

Show Details

Description:
Philadelphia: Birch and Small. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1811-2. First American Edition. Leather. CERVANTES SAAVEDRA, MIGUEL DE. The History and Adventures of the Renowned Don Quixote. 4 volumes. 141 x 90 mm. Translated by Tobias Smollett. 12mo, contemporary full brown calf, spines ruled in gilt, morocco lettering piece to each, front joint split on first and last volume, spine ends chipped, boards scuffed and soiled; contents with intermittent light to moderate browning, pencil scribble in vol. 1, inked ownership signature to front pastedowns. First separate American edition. John Conrad & Co. Published Smollett's translation as volumes X-XIII in their Select Novels series in 1803. Very scarce with only one other copy traced at auction. Philadelphia: Birch and Small, 1811-12 .
Item Price
£4,721.64
£4.25 shipping to USA
Nouvelles Demonstrations D'accoucemens. Obstetrics, 1820, #40080 78  Anatomical Plates
More Photos

Nouvelles Demonstrations D'accoucemens. Obstetrics, 1820, #40080 78 Anatomical Plates

by Maygrier, Jacques-Pierre (1771-1834)

  • Used
  • Hardcover
  • first
Condition
Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
Edition
First Edition
Binding
Hardcover
Seller
VINELAND, New Jersey
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 2 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
£4,721.64
£4.25 shipping to USA

Show Details

Description:
Paris: Béchet,. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1822. First Edition. Leather. B&W Illustrations; Folio 14" x 17"; First edition, folio, frontispiece author portrait by Chazal opposite title, illustrated with seventy-eight of seventy-nine full-page anatomical plates related to pregnancy and childbirth (numbered 1-80; lacking plate IX) , plate 27/28 is double-paged and present, bound in old marbled boards with new morocco spine and corners and near fne spine label, ex library with stamps on the versos of the plates only, some scattered moderate foxing.11x16" Midwifery, French language text. An in depth pictorial piece. .
Item Price
£4,721.64
£4.25 shipping to USA