AESOP'S FABLES, THREE EDITIONSAesop'sFables, three editionsearly 18th - 19th centuriesLot includes three editions in four books: 1. Esope en belle humeur ou dernière traduction et augmentation de ses fables...
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AUSTIN DOBSON, HANDWRITTEN POEM IN BOOK,1881 “To A Missal of the 13th Century” by Austin Dobson (1840-1921). Poem is completely written in Dobson’s hand and boldly signed. This prose was written in 1881, per...
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US CONSTITUTION, AMERICAN MUSEUM SEPTEMBER1787 The American Museum, or Repository of Ancient and Modern Fugitive Pieces, &c Prose, and Poetical for September 1787. Volume II, Number III. Edited by Matthew Carey. First...
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HOLY BIBLE, CHRISTOPHE PLANTIN PRINTED1565 Biblia, ad Vetustissima Exemplaria Castigata. Printed in 1565 by ex Officina Christophori Plantini, Antuerpiae. A book with a fantastic binding printed by a leading printer...
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5VOL C. DICKENS, CHRISTMAS BOOKS INCLUDING1ST ED. Five Christmas works by Charles Dickens: The Cricket on the Hearth by Charles Dickens. Published 1846 by Bradbury and Evans. Full calf leather with gilt decoration...
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An early 19th century book with colorfrontispiece by Thomas Rowlandson, titled The Beauties of Tom Brown: Consisting of Humorous Pieces, in Prose and Verse, Selected from the Works of that Satirical and Lively...
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(2) BOOKS: WWII FALL OF THE PHILIPPINES& POW CAMP(lot of 2) Books: "Santo Tomas Internment Camp," James E. McCall, The Woodruff Printing Company, Lincoln, Nebraska, 1945, a recollection of prisoners of war held...
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(7) VOLS. DECORATIVE BINDINGS, INCL.RIVIERE & SON Includes: 1) Robert Louis Stevenson. Poems Vol. One. Heinemann, 1927, bound by Riviere & Son for Marshall Field; 2) Shakespeare's Sonnets. Richards Press; 3)...
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(10) VOLS. 18TH C. LEATHER BOUND BOOKSIncludes: 1) Sermons du Pere Bourdaloue, 1733, vol. II, 6th ed., Anisson, Libraires Associez; 2) unknown Justinian title, c. 1748, bound in vellum, lacking frontmatter, owner's...
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(24) ENGLISH & ITALIAN LIBRARY SHELFBOOKS, 19THC(lot of 24) English and Italian library shelf books, 19th c., some with gilt embossed leather spines, page gilding and color illustrations, including: "The Prose...
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THREE SETS OF RARE BOOKS: CONRAD, WILDE& SHELLEYthe first: 24 volumes of "The Works of Joseph Conrad", Sun-Dial Edition, numbered 378 of 735, Garden City and New York: Doubleday, Page and Company, 1920 - 1928,...
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BOOKS: FOUR VOLUMES: BUREAU, NOEL "MARCHEAUX PUCES, POEMS EN PROSE ACCOMPAGNES DE ORIGINALES", PARIS, (1930); UNTERECKER, JOHN, "DA...BOOKS: Four volumes: Bureau, Noel "Marche aux Puces, Poems en Prose Accompagnes...
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THE WORKS OF HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW,6 VOLSThe Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow , 6 vols in total, Poetical Works in 4 vols, 1881, Prose Works in 2 vols, 1882, published by Houghton, Mifflin, & Co., 8" x 5...
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LITERARY FICTION, POETRY, & BIOGRAPHYBOOKS, 14 Group lot of fourteen books comprising nine Library of American Edition Philip Roth novels from 1959 through 2010, Samuel Beckett's "The Complete Short Prose," James...
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(18) LIBRARY SHELF BOOKS: HISTORY &LITERATURE(lot of 18) Library shelf books: history and literature subjects, including: (8) "The History of France: From the Earliest Times to 1848," in eight complete volumes,...
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[LITERATURE]. A group of 28 works ofart, history, and literature, including:
DRYDEN, John. The Works. NY: Croscup & Sterling Company, n.d. 10 volumes (of 18, vols., lacking vols. I-II of Drama, vols. I-II of...
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A copy of De Profundis being the firstcomplete and accurate version of 'Epistola' in 'Carcere et Vinculis' the last prose work in English of Oscar Wilde, with an Introduction by Vyvyan Holland (London, 1949; number...
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BOOKS: RILEY, JAMES WHITCOMB, THE POEMSAND PROSE SKETCHES OF JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY, N. Y. 1897 – 1917. THE HOMESTEAD EDITION, SIXTEEN VOLUMES, ½ GREEN LEATHER, SPINES FADED TO BROWN, VOLUMES ELEVEN – SIXTEEN...
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WILLIAM MORRIS INTEREST
COLLECTION OFBOOKS AND PAMPHLETS to include:The Artworkers Guild 1884 to 1934 by H. J. L. J. MasséMay Morris: William Morris (in tissue paper wrappers)J.W. Mackail: The Life of William...
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LOT OF 16, 19TH C CHILDREN'S BOOKS.SOME IN POORCONDITION. TO INCLUDE PASSION AND PUNISHMENT, A TALE FOR LITTLE GIRLS, 3" X 2". THREE LITTLE KITTENS, MCLAUGHLIN BROS, NEW YORK, 7 1/2" X 5 1/2", BROKEN SPINE....
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SIXTEEN FOLIO SOCIETY CRIME & SHORTSTORYBOOKS Selection of sixteen The Folio Society crime and short story books comprising, Woody Allen, "The Compete Prose of Woody Allen: Without Feather - Getting Even -...
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'ROADKILLS' PROSE & POETRY PORTFOLIOART BOOK 1981 'Roadkills', a collection of prose and poetry, illustrated by Alan James Robinson, with texts by John McPhee, Gillian Connelly, Gary Snyder, Madeline DeFrees,...
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EVERETT SHINN DICKENS CHRISTMAS CAROL1938Charles Dickens: "A Christmas Carol in Prose" by Charles Dickens, with introduction by Lionel Barrymore, illustrated by Everett Shinn, with 6 accompanying illustrated...
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* (BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS) GROLIER CLUB Catalogueof the Original and Early Editions of Some of the Poetical and Prose Works of English Writers from Wither to Prior. Various Contributors. New York: The Grolier Club 1905....
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1 vol. (Wyss, Jonathann.) The FamilyRobinson Crusoe... Translated from The German of M. Wiss. London: for M.J. Godwin, 1814. First edition in English. 2 vols. in 1. 12mo, contemp. sheep; rubbed. With frontis.,...
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Fine leatherbound books: Poetry prosephilosophy drama education and law Heywood Thomas. THE BEST PLAYS OF THE OLD DRAMATISTS-THOMAS HEYWOOD. Ed. A. Wilson Verity. London: Vizetelly 1888.; McElroy John G.R. THE...
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5 vols. Mormon Subjects: Burton, RichardF. The City of The Saints. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1862. First American edition. 8vo, orig. brown cloth; rebacked, corners worn. With 3 maps on 1 fold. sheet, plan,...
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(FINE PRESS) A group of six works publishedby and pertaining to private presses. Poems in English of John Milton with Illustrations by William Blake. Cambridge: Nonesuch Press 1926. 8vo full vellum. 2 vols. bound together....
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[American Indian - General] Books onNative Americans lot of 4 books including:Levitas Gloria. Frank R. Vivelo and Jacqueline J. Vivelo (eds). American Indian Prose and Poetry: We Wait in the Darkness. New York:...
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Twenty Books of Erotica, includingKenneth Anger, Hollywood Babylon, H. Kornberg, illus., The Gentlemen's Alphabet Book, G. Schiff, ed., The Amorous Illustrations of Thomas Rowlandson, Aubrey Beardsley, Drawings...
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Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita (Japanese/French,1886-1968) "A Book of Cats." Twenty lithographed plates depicting various cats on Arches with full margins accompanying prose poems by Michael Joseph. Publisher: Covici-Friede,...
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19 leather-bound books: five volumesMilton's Prose Work , three-quarter leather with marbled boards and edges, damage to spines and edges, several boards loose ; four volumes Cicero's Works , London,...
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6 vols. Books on Books: Mason, Stuart.A Bibliography of The Poems of Oscar Wilde. London: E. Grant Richards, 1907. 1/450 (of 475). 8vo, orig. gilt-lettered white cloth, gilt-lettered spine; light to moderate wear....
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13 books, Georgia prose and poetry:19th century works by Joel Chandler Harris, Henry Jackson, Miss Thigpin, William Gilmore Simms, Bill Arp, others; detailed listing available....
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Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita (Japanese/French,1886-1968) "A Book of Cats." Twenty lithographed plates depicting various cats on Arches with full margins accompanying prose poems by Michael Joseph. Publisher: Covici-Friede,...
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Leatherbound books: 18th century Englishphilosophy and prose Locke John. AN ESSAY CONCERNING HUMAN UNDERSTANDING. Vols. I-II. London: J.F. and C. Rivington 1788.; Chalmers Alexander. THE SPECTATOR. Vols. I-VI. London:...
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