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The Works of William Prescott, 15 volumes, complete, J.B. Lippincott & Co., Philadelphia.
A remarkably handsomely bound, sturdy, uniform set of the works of William H. Prescott, complete in fifteen (15) volumes. Hardcover format, measuring 7 1/2″ x 5 1/4″ in height and width, respectively, bound in creamy, light-brown half calf-leather (over tips and spine), fine marbled paper over boards, gilt-ruled spine, five raised bands to spines, each…
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Dale Chihuly, Chihuly Over Venice, Nuutajarvi, Finland, Part 1, June, 1995, published by Chihuly Workshop, 2001.
Collectible copy, SIGNED, which is to say, featuring a PAINTED SIGNATURE by the author boldly at front cover in bright, colorful paints of red, yellow, and black. First Edition, First Printing, bound handsomely in black half-leather and tan boards with ties, measuring 19″ x 13″ tall and wide, respectively, with paper leaves being 18″ x…
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Laurence Sterne, The Collected Works of Laurence Sterne, P. Byrne, 1794.
Laurence Sterne (24 November 1713 – 18 March 1768) led a fascinating life as an Anglo-Irish novelist and Anglican cleric, an essayist and critic, a playwright and rabble-rouser. He was justly famous for writing novels such as The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, and for an affecting A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy, a…
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David Maisel, Library of Dust; Chronicle Books, 2008; The West Shore, Jan., 1889.
This is a lot of two (2) items, 1) “Dust is a peculiar substance. Less a material in its own right, with its own characteristics or color, dust is a condition . . . Dust is a potpourri of ingredients, varied to the point of indefinability. Dust includes ‘dead insect parts, flakes of human skin,…
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Eric Arthur Blair [a.k.a., George Orwell], three issues of The Adelphi: August, 1933; October, 1933; July, 1934.
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For the “Orwell” completist. A perfectly serviceable set of three copies of The Adelphi, a leading, influential English political and literary magazine from the 1920s to the 1950s. First Editions, each, printed in London, England. Scarce in and to the trade, these issues. Complete and sturdy, bound in original publisher’s printed yellow wrappers, with black lettering.…
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Katsuya Terada, Katsuya Terada’s Erotic Engineering, Editions Treville, 2014.
A superior copy inside and out, 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. Laid in are the original tariff tickets! Bright and shiny, illustrated cut-out, open-ended sleeve, showing no appreciable wear, gift-quality condition inside and out. Katsuya Terada is…
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MONTLOSIER, F.-D. de Reynaud, Comte de Essai sur la théorie des volcans d’Auvergne, Paris, Belin et Ancelle, Year X-1802.
Octavo, 184 pp. Contemporary paper binding. Note that quire A is bound in incorrect order but complete. Paper restorations to the binding; minor corner flaws, browned title page, some foxing. Dimensions: 20.5 x 12.7 cm. A significant edition of this treatise on volcanology by Comte de Montlosier (1755–1838), in which he examines the formation, activity,…
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[ GREEK TRAGEDIES, ERASMUS ] AESCHYLUS, SOPHOCLES, EURIPIDES Tragoediæ selectæ Æschyli, Sophoclis, Euripidis cum duplici interpretatione Latina… Geneva, Estienne, 1567
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2 parts bound in 4 volumes, 16mo: (I) (2) ff., 379 p., 2 blank leaves; (II) p. 1–383 (p. 384 blank); (III) p. 385–735 (p. 736 blank); (IV) p. 737–955. Bound in early 19th-century red long-grain morocco, gilt fillet borders on the boards, spines with raised bands and gilt decorations, gilt dentelles, all edges gilt,…
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LACTANTIUS, Lucius Coelius Firmianus, Opera. Venice, Andrea de Paltasichis and Boninus de Boninis of Ragusa, 1478
Folio. (213) leaves (signatures: a2–9, b–d8, e10, f–m8, M8, N6, n–r8, s–t6, u–x8, y6, z8, &8, £10). Lacking leaf a10 (table); a1 (blank) not preserved. Early 19th-century half blond calf, smooth spine decorated with red long-grain morocco title label. Hinges restored, rubbing on spine, corners worn, small marginal dampstains, worming, slight foxing on the first…
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HEISTER, Lorenz L’Anatomie d’Heister avec des essais de physique sur l’usage des parties du corps humain Paris, Vincent, 1724.
PRECIOUS COPY FROM BUFFON’S LIBRARY Octavo, (4) ff., 716 pp., (2) ff., 24 pp. Contemporary brown calf binding, spine with raised bands and gilt decoration, title label in aged red morocco (headcaps and corners worn, some rubbing on spine, leather missing at head of rear cover, title page somewhat soiled, slight water stains affecting the…