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Louis Perceau [sometimes also Alexandre de Verineau], Les Pisseuses: Poeme, 1934, an inscribed copy and with extraordinary provenance.
![Louis Perceau [sometimes also Alexandre de Verineau], Les Pisseuses: Poeme, 1934, an inscribed copy and with extraordinary provenance.](https://finevirtualfairs.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Perceau-1.jpg)
An extraordinary exemplar of this French-language collection of seven erotic poems, Les Pisseuses, by the French poet and raconteur, publicist and activist, gadfly and erotophile. From the personal library of another gadfly and erotophile, the noted bibliographer and bibliophile, literary sleuth and book scout, Gershon Legman, as conveyed to me from his widow, the fabulous Judith…
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James M. Cain, editor, The Lorraine Cross, Volume 1, No. 7, March 20, 1919, published by The 79th Division, United States Army, 1919.
“Mange is on the Decline.” “Cudgels Taken Up.” “Atrocities in Verse: ‘Over the top with Rastus Brown’”. “Inoculation of 79th is Ordered.” These and other article titles and sections and features make this issue of The Lorraine Cross, uber-scarce in any condition and not currently available even on WorldCat dot org . This issue, in Fair…
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Andrew Garran, ed., Picturesque Atlas of Australasia, Picturesque Atlas Publishing, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1888.
This monumental undertaking was designed to commemorate the Centennial of the founding of Australia. An unusually sturdy and attractive set, complete in three folio-sized volumes measuring 17 3/4″ tall by 13 3/4″ wide. Bound handsomely in original publisher’s full dark-green leather, rounded edges and tips, gilt-ruled, -lettered and -illustrated quite nicely. Bound by William Detmold, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia,…
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G. [Georg] Ebers, Egypt: descriptive, historical, and picturesque, translated from the original German by Clara Bell, published by Cassell and Company, Ltd.
![G. [Georg] Ebers, Egypt: descriptive, historical, and picturesque, translated from the original German by Clara Bell, published by Cassell and Company, Ltd.](https://finevirtualfairs.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Ebers-1.jpg)
An unusually sturdy, attractive set, complete in two volumes, of Egypt: descriptive, historical, and picturesque, with an Introduction and notes by S. Birch, Keeper of the Department of Oriental Antiquities in the British Museum, President of the Society of Biblical Archaeology, Etc., Etc., Etc. Translation of the original German of G. [Georg] Ebers by Ms Clara…
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Bob Haak, Rembrandt: his life, his work, his time, Harry N. Abrams, New York, 1969.
A tour-de-force of book-making and -binding, a sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bound most handsomely in a folio-size format, in full brown Morocco leather over boards, with a large “R” stamped in gilt…
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Douglas Southall Freeman, Lee’s Lieutenants, The Easton Press, Norwalk, Connecticut, 1991.
As fine-looking a set of Douglas Southall Freeman’s magisterial study of Robert E. Lee’s lieutenants and the military history of the American Civil War as you’ll ever find. Sterling condition hardcover copies, complete in three volumes, handsomely produced as per usual Easton Press Collector’s Edition standards, with unbruised tips, tight bindings, and clean internals, showing…
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Elvy Kalep, Air Babies, published by The Saalfield Publishing Company, 1938.
Scarce in the trade in any edition and condition. Not many children’s books are augmented with a Foreword by Amelia Earhart, who says that she had surveyed children’s literature and lamented the specific lack of books for young people devoted to air travel and navigation. The author was a navigator herself. A perfectly serviceable reference…
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M. de Voltaire, The History of Charles XII King Of Sweden, Printed for Alexander Lyon, Covent-Garden, London, England, 1732.
SIGNED by Christopher Wren, Jr.? Stated Second Edition, Corrected (the original edition in the original French having been published the year prior), and includes “A New and Correct Map of Sweden,” in fold-out, up-front, two-panel and quite fine in clarity and sharpness. A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete. Bound in a short…
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Theodore Dreiser, The Symbolic Drawings of Hubert Davis for An American Tragedy, by Theodore Dreiser, published by Horace Liveright, 1930.
Particularly good-looking exemplar of an unusual artistic homage to some fine writing (or is it the other way around?). Either way, 20 quite arresting drawings by Hubert Davis. Bound in folio format, measuring 14 1/2″ tall x 11″ wide in the original publisher’s black cloth over boards, augmented with silver and gold, gilt lettering to…
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Mr. Gay [John Gay], Trivia: or, the art of walking the streets of London, Bernard Lintott, 1716.
![Mr. Gay [John Gay], Trivia: or, the art of walking the streets of London, Bernard Lintott, 1716.](https://finevirtualfairs.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Gay-2.jpg)
A fine and scarce item of English history and culture, a most unusual item indeed, a variant edition, the true First Edition having been published in 1712 (Allibone, 1965, p. 656), rebound in marbled paper over boards, polished red calf leather over tips and spine, fine gilt-tooled title to spine, moderate rubbing to, scuffing of…