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Magali Boisnard's Le Roman de La Kahena
BOISNARD, Magali.
Le Roman de La Kahena: d’Après Les Anciens Textes Arabes.
Paris: Édition d'Art, 1925.
Later edition of this work by the French poet and novelist. Octavo, bound in full crushed levant morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, ornamentation by Paul Zenker, original wrappers bound in. In very good condition.
Price: $30.00 Item Number: 145217
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Rare Edition de Luxe of Rudyard Kipling's Departmental Ditties and Other Verses; one of only 150 extra-illustrated copies
KIPLING, Rudyard.
Departmental Ditties and Other Verses.
London: Methuen and Co, 1904.
First edition of Kipling's first collection of verse. Octavo, original cloth, top edge gilt. In very good condition.
Price: $40.00 Item Number: 142115
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Volume 129 of Punch weekly; containing numerous illustrations by Arthur Rackham
[RACKHAM, Arthur].
Punch, or The London Charivari: Vol. 129.
London: Published at the Office and Sold by All Booksellers, 1905.
Volume 129 of Punch weekly containing numerous illustrations by Arthur Rackham. Quarto, original publisher's cloth, illustrated by numerous artists including 10 illustrations by Rackham in issues of July 5, August 30, September 6, September 27, October 11, October 25, November 15, and November 29. In very good condition. Armorial bookplate and ownership stamp.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 142537
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Willard Espy's Words at Play Finely Bound; Presentation copy with a Typed Letter Signed by the author laid in
ESPY, Willard R.
An Almanac of Words at Play.
New York: Clarkson N. Potter, Inc, 1975.
Early printing of Espy's work on wit in wordplay. Quarto, bound in half morocco over marbled boards, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, red spine labels, marbled endpapers. Presentation copy, from the library of Jonathan Goodman with his embossed library stamp to the front free endpaper. Enclosed is a typed letter signed by the author to the recipient date March 7, 1977 in the original envelope. The letter reads in part, "First time any correspondent has mentioned giving the Almanac the leather treatment. Next time I'm in London I must call to learn whether you really did it...Sincerely, Willard…
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 95845
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"The various accidents which befell a very worthy couple after their uniting in the state of matrimony will be the subject of the following history": Finely Bound Example of Henry Fielding's Amelia
FIELDING, Henry.
Amelia.
New York: White and Stokes, 1882.
Finely bound example of Fielding's fourth and final novel. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, top edge gilt, others uncut, marlbed endpapers. In near fine condition.
Price: $75.00 Item Number: 101438
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Rare First Edition of Mrs. Jameson's Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad; volume III finely bound
JAMESON, Mrs. [Anna Brownell].
Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad with Tales and Miscellanies Now First Collected and a New Edition of the Diary of an Ennuyée.
London: Saunders and Otley, 1834.
Rare first edition of Mrs. Jameson's Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad. Octavo, volume III only of four volumes bound in three quarters vellum over marbled boards with gilt tooling to the spine, marbled endpapers, engraved frontispiece, headpieces, and tailpieces, all edges red. In very good condition.
Price: $95.00 Item Number: 114061
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The Easton Press' Collector's Edition of Henry Kissinger's Years of Upheaval
KISSINGER, Henry.
Years of Upheaval.
Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1996.
The Easton Press Collector's Edition of Kissinger’s candid account of the turbulent years of the second Administration of Richard Nixon, detailing the Watergate scandal and the 1973 October war in the Middle East. Octavo, original publisher's full leather with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling and scrolling to the front and rear panels, watered-silk end leaves, all edges gilt, ribbon bound-in, illustrated with photographs. In fine condition, from the personal library of Ira A. Lipman by The Easton Press with the publisher's presentation bookplate to the half title page.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 145232
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"HOLMES' MOST CELEBRATED WORK": finely bound example of Oliver Wendell Holmes' The Professor at the Breakfast-Table
HOLMES, Oliver Wendell.
The Professor at the Breakfast Table.
London: J. M. Dent & Co, 1905.
Finely bound example of Holmes' famed work of prose. Octavo, bound in three quarters vellum with gilt tooling to the spine, red morocco spine label lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, illustrated with engravings including tissue-guarded frontispiece. In very good condition.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 111034
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First edition of Frederic Masson's Josephine Repudiee; finely bound and profusely illustrated
MASSON, Frederic.
Josephine Repudiee.
Paris: Societe d'Editions Litteraires et Artistiques, 1901.
First edition of the third installment in Masson's three volume biography of Empress Josephine. Imperial octavo, bound in full polished crushed levant morocco by S. David with gilt titles to the spine, gilt central emblem to the front panel, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, top-edge gilt with others untrimmed, hand-colored frontispiece, likely extra-illustrated, original wrappers bound in. In very good condition. Bookplates, presentation inscription.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 138462
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First Edition of Oliphant Smeaton's Edinburgh and its Story
SMEATON, Oliphant. Illustrated by Herbert Railton & J. Ayton Symington.
Edinburgh and its Story.
London: J. M. Dent & Co, 1904.
First edition of Smeaton's history of Edinburgh. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco over green cloth, gilt titles to the spine, raised bands, top edge gilt with others uncut, marbled endpapers, colored frontispiece with tissue guard, copiously illustrated with colored tissue-guarded engravings. In very good condition.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 96044
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Finely bound example of Berchoux's classic poem La Gastronomie ou L'Homme Des Champs A Table
BERCHOUX, J.
La Gastronomie ou L’Homme Des Champs A Table. Poeme Didactique En IV Chants.
Paris: Chez Giguet et Michaud, 1805.
Finely bound example of Berchoux's epic gastronomical poem. 12mo, bound in one quarter morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled. Engraved frontispiece and other engravings throughout. In near fine condition. Tasteful bookplate to the front free endpaper. A charming example.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 96179
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Kenneth Grahame's The Golden Age; finely bound
GRAHAME, Kenneth.
The Golden Age.
London: Thomas Nelson & Sons, c. 1920.
Finely bound example of the author of Wind and the Willows, Kenneth Grahame's collection of short stories for children. Small octavo, bound in three quarters morocco over cloth covered boards with gilt tooling to the spine, morocco spine label lettered in gilt, engraved frontispiece, top edge gilt. In very good condition.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 111086