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William Hayley's The Triumphs of Temper
HAYLEY, William.
The Triumphs of Temper; A Poem: In Six Cantos.
London: Printed For T. Cadell, 1788.
Finely bound sixth edition of Hayley's popular work. 16mo, bound in full contemporary calf, elaborate gilt tooling to the spine, morocco spine label lettered in gilt, double gilt ruling to the front and rear panel, gilt-ruled turn ins, marbled endpapers, illustrated with fine engraved plates by Stothard. Elegant period ownership inscriptions.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 138374
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Rare Second Edition of Reed's Liquor Licensing Laws of Ireland
REED, Andrew.
The Liquor Licensing Laws of Ireland and Innkeeper’s Guide.
Dublin: Alex Thom & Co, 1881.
Rare second edition of Reed's Liquor Licensing Laws of Ireland. Small octavo, original cloth, paper spine label. In very good condition. Cancelled library stamp to the front free endpaper, ownership signatures to the title page.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 105545
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Limited First Edition of Where I'm Calling From; Signed by Raymond Carver
CARVER, Raymond.
Where I’m Calling From: New & Selected Stories.
Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1988.
Signed limited first edition of this classic collection of short stories. Octavo, bound in full publisher's morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in five compartments within raised bands, elaborate spiral gilt tooling to the front and rear panels, all edges gilt, original silk ribbon tipped in, marbled endpapers, frontispiece by Steve Johnson specially commissioned by The Franklin Library for this signed limited first edition. Privately printed exclusively for members of The Signed First Edition Society and personally signed by the author on the front flyleaf. In fine condition. Accompanied by a typed letter addressed from the publisher…
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 146628
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Finely bound example of Bagot's Casting of Nets
BAGOT, Richard.
Casting of Nets.
Bernhard Tauchnitz: Leipzig, 1901.
Finely bound example of Bagot's early novel. Octavo, bound in three quarters vellum with red morocco spine label lettered in gilt, gilt tooling to the spine. Ownership names. In near fine condition.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 114706
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First Edition of John L. Volk: Palm Beach Architect
VOLK, John L.
John L. Volk: Palm Beach Architect.
Palm Beach: John L. Volk Foundation, 2001.
First edition of this wonderfully illustrated work on one of Palm Beach's famed architects. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated. In fine condition.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 140298
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Signed Limited Edition of James A. Michener's My Lost Mexico
MICHENER, James A.
My Lost Mexico.
Austin: The State House Press, 1992.
Signed limited edition of this novel by the award-winning author, one of 350 numbered copies, this is number 59. Octavo, original half cloth, with illustrations by the author. Signed by James A. Michener. Fine in a fine slipcase.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 119391
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"And I'm moved by an impulse - the impulse of spring is in my feet": First Edition of George Moore's Memoirs of My Dead Life
MOORE, George.
Memoirs Of My Dead Life.
London: William Heinemann, 1906.
First edition of the first great modern Irish novelist's memoirs. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise slipcase.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 109792
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First Edition of The Book of South Wales, the Wye, and the Coast; finely bound in full polished calf
HALL, Mr. and Mrs. S. C.
The Book of South Wales, the Wye, and the Coast.
London: Arthur Hall, 1861.
First edition of Hall's description of a tour through South Wales which originally appeared in the Art Journal. Octavo, bound in full polished calf with elaborate gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, morocco spine label lettered in gilt, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, illustrated. In very good condition. Ownership inscription.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 138426
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Finely bound example of Gustave Nadaud's Chansons De Salon Populaires et Legeres Operettes
NADAUD, Gustave.
Chansons De Salon Populaires et Legeres Operettes.
Paris: Henri Plon, 1867.
Finely bound example of the popular songs and operettas of French chansonnier Gustave Nadaud. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands, marbled endpapers. In very good condition with light rubbing to the extremities.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 92541
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First edition of St. John Lucas' The Oxford Book of French Verse
LUCAS, St. John.
The Oxford Book of French Verse.
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1908.
First edition of Lucas' compilation of the verse from the greatest French poets of the 13th and 14th centuries. Octavo, bound in half vellum for Christ's Hospital boarding school with their armorial crest to the front panel, morocco spine label lettered in gilt, gilt tooling to the spine, gilt topstain. Introduction in English, text in French. From the library of British economist David Graham Hutton with his ownership signature and presentation bookplate. In very good condition.
Price: $175.00 Item Number: 114537
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Signed Limited Edition of Winston Groom's Gump & Co.
GROOM, Winston.
Gump & Co.
Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1995.
Signed limited first edition. Octavo, original leather, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, front and rear panels, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Boldly signed by Winston Groom. In fine condition.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 138538
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"Holmes' most celebrated work": Finely bound set of Oliver Wendell Holmes' Breakfast-Table Trilogy
HOLMES, Oliver Wendell.
The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table, The Professor at the Breakfast-Table, and The Poet at the Breakfast-Table.
London: J. M. Dent & Co, 1903 - 1904.
Finely bound fully illustrated set of the series that gained Oliver Wendell Holmes international fame. Octavo, three volumes bound in three quarter morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine within raised bands, pictorial endpapers, top edge gilt. With full page illustrations and vignettes by H.M. Brock throughout including tissue-guarded frontispieces. Armorial bookplates. In very good condition.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 110258
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Samuel Butler's The Way of All Flesh; finely bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe
BUTLER, Samuel.
The Way of All Flesh.
London: A.C. Fifield, 1919.
Finely bound example of Butler's semi-autobiographical Bildungsroman. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards by Sangorski and Sutcliffe with gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, red morocco spine label lettered in gilt, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. In very good condition.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 109527
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Finely bound example of Francis Charles Philips' My Little Husband and If Only; finely bound
PHILIPS, Francis Charles.
My Little Husband and If Only.
Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1894-1904.
Finely bound example Philips' two collections short stories. Octavo, two volumes bound into one in three quarters vellum over marbled boards with morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, gilt tooling to the spine, marbled endpapers, all edges red. In near fine condition.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 114507
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The Harmsworth Monthly Pictorial Magazine. Volume II. February - July, 1899; containing numerous illustrations by Arthur Rackham
[RACKHAM, Arthur].
The Harmsworth Monthly Pictorial Magazine. Volume II. February – July, 1899.
London: Published by Harmsworth Bros., Limited, 1899.
The second volume of the collected issues of the Harmsworth Monthly Pictorial Magazine. Quarto, Vol. II, original publisher's cloth decorated in gilt, profusely illustrated with photographs and illustrations by numerous artists including six by Arthur Rackham for The Manoeuvres of Jerry on pages 71-77. In near fine condition.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 142672
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Finely bound example of John Ruskin's Sesame and Lilies
RUSKIN, John.
Sesame and Lilies.
London: George Allen, 1893.
Finely bound example of Ruskin’s classic anthology including Of King’s Treasures, Of Queen’s Gardens, and The Mystery of Life and Its Arts. Octavo, bound in full vellum with morocco spine labels, gilt ruling and central gilt Aske's Hatcham Schools coat of arms, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt with others uncut. In good condition. Bookplate.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 114418
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First Edition of Winston Churchill’s Masterpiece The Second World War: The Hinge of Fate
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
The Second World War: The Hinge of Fate.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1950.
First American edition of the fourth volume in Churchill's classic work. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 144548
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he Libraire d'Amateurs edition of Voltaire's L'Ingénu
VOLTAIRE. [AROUET, François-Marie].
L’Ingénu: Histoire Veritable Tiree Des Manuscrits Du Pere Quesnel 1767.
Paris: Librairie d'Amateurs, n.d.
The Libraire d'Amateurs edition of Voltaire's satirical novella. Quarto, bound in three quarter crushed morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, marbled endpapers, ribbon bound in, top edge gilt, with 46 monochrome plates by Umberto Brunelleschi. In fine condition. Housed in a custom marbled slipcase.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 137212
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"To-day belongs to me, To-morrow who can tell. Ah, cruel 'tis to love, And cruel not to love, But cruelest of all To love and love in vain": First Nonesuch Press Edition of the Anacreon
COWLEY, Abraham.
Anacreon, done into English out of the original Greek by Abraham Cowley and S.B. 1683.
Soho: Nonesuch Press, 1923.
First Nonesuch Press limited edition of the Odes of Anacreon. Octavo, bound in three quarters vellum over gold paper-covered boards with gilt titles to the spine, illustrated with four full-page tissue-guarded copperplate engravings of Cupid, Bathyllus, Europa, & Venus, headpieces, and tailpieces by Stephen Gooden. One of only 725 copies produced, this is number 680. In very good condition.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 100305
