- TWO JAPANESE WOODCUT BOOKS ON THE OPIUM
WAR Fuku Mineta, 1817-1883, author; KAIGAI SHINWA, and KAIGAI SHINWA SHUI, "New Stories from Overseas" and the "Supplement," each title illustrated by Utagawa Sadahide, 1807-1873...
[more like this] - A GROUP OF FIFTY-THREE ANTIQUE HISTORY
BOOK TITLES, NAP... BOOK TITLES, NAPOLEONIC, SCIENCE AND ENGLISH INTEREST, 1751-1902, comprising, "History of England," a set of twelve vols., Froude, London, 1870; "Hudibras,"...
[more like this] - HARVARD CLASSICS ALUMNI EDITIONSet of
Harvard Classics. Alumni Edition, set no. 434. Edited by Charles W. Elliot, LLD. Published by P. F. Collier & Son, New York, 1910. Titles include ìThe Autobiography of Benjamin...
[more like this] - (8) VOLS., SPORTING TITLES Includes:
1) The Complete Fly Fisherman: The Notes and Letters of Theodore Gordon. Scribner's, 1947; 2) Bill Wolf. Reveries of an Outdoor Man. Putnam's, 1946, #255/300 signed by author;...
[more like this] - (8) VOLS LITERATURE, FINE LEATHER BINDING
Includes: 1) Sir Walter Scott. Marmion. William Smith, 1839; 2) R. M. Ballantyne. Deep Down: A Tale of the Cornish Mines. James Nisbet, 1869, prized binding with bookplate;...
[more like this] - (8) VOLS., CHINESE & JAPANESE PORCELAIN
Incl: 1) Chinese and Annamese Ceramics Found in the Philippines and Indonesia. Hugh Moss, 1973, #408/1020, hardcover in slipcase; 2) R. L. Hobson. Chinese Art. Macmillan,...
[more like this] - HARRISON GRAY OTIS AUTOGRAPHSignature
on paper with Harrison Gray Otis' autograph along with "Brig. Gen U.S. Vols. / Manila, 28 Jan 1899". Harrison Gray Otis had an impressive career in both the military and private...
[more like this] - (9) VOLS. 19TH/20TH C. DECORATIVE LEATHER
BINDINGS Includes: Ruskin, The Seven Lamps of Architecture, 1855, Riviere binding; Charles Dickens, All the Year Round, vols. 21, 27 & 28, 1878, 1881, 1882, bound by Price,...
[more like this] - SHINNYO DO ENGI, A JAPANESE WOODCUT
BOOK, C.1693 The Emperor Go-Kashiwabara, et al.; SHINNYO DO ENGI, "The Origin of the Shinnyo Do Temple in Kyoto," with calligraphy by Kitamuki Unchiko and illustrations after...
[more like this] - (4) VOLS, WORKS OF THOMAS GRAY, 1884
FINE BINDING The Works of Thomas Gray in Prose and Verse, edited by Edmund Gosse, Macmillan and Co., London, 1884, full leather decorated signed binding stamped "BOUND BY...
[more like this] - Attributed to Charles-Louis Clérisseau
(French worked in Italy 1721-1820) "A Chimneypiece in the Neo-Classical Style" c. 1770s/1780s ink and two tones of gray wash on cream-colored laid paper (perhaps with an even...
[more like this] - 1 vol. Newton, Isaac. Observations
upon The Prophecies of Daniel, and The Apocalypse of St. John. London: J. Darby and T. Browne, 1733. First edition. 2 parts in 1 vol. 4to, 19th-Century richly gilt black...
[more like this] - 5 vols. (4 wrappers) English Poets:
Swinburne, Algernon. Ode on The Proclamation of The French Republic, Sept. 4, 1870. London: Ellis, 1870. 1st ed. 8vo, orig. printed salmon wrappers; some wear & dust soiling...
[more like this] - 3 vols. (2 wrappers) Jean Cocteau &
Andre Gide: Cocteau, Jean. Le Mystere Laic. Paris: Editions de Quatre Chemins, 1928. 1st ed., #783/2875 (of 3000). 8vo, orig. red & black printed blue-gray wrappers, edges...
[more like this] - 7 vols. Newton, Isaac: [Opticks.] [London],
[1771]. 8vo, modern cloth. With 12 fold. plates. Lacking title page, some internal foxing & creasing. Ex-library copy - perforated stamps on plates, other markings. Gray 175....
[more like this] - Five Richard Kidder Meade, Jr. Confederate
Civil War Letters, Civil War Era Photographs, Paintings, Meade Family Archive Virginia, 1861-1862: letter from Fort Sumter, March 21, 1861, to sister Julia Meade (1830-1906),...
[more like this] - 8 vols. The American South - History
& C - Much relating to Virginia: Meade, Bishop (William). Old Churches, Ministers and Families of Virginia. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1861. 2nd ed. 2 vols. Lg. 8vo, orig....
[more like this] - Antonio Basoli (Italian 1774-1848) "A
Stage Set Showing a Hall or Court in the Romanesque Style" c. 1810 ink and ink wash with white gouache (image bordered in black ink) on gray laid paper without watermark unsigned...
[more like this] - Lot. Hewson, Mary (Polly) Stevenson.
Unbound collection of manuscript poems. [Philadelphia], ca. 1787-1795. 140 4to pp., loose in contemp. vellum casing. Fair copies, most likely in Mary Stevenson Hewson's...
[more like this] - 1 vol. (wrappers) Rush, Benjamin. An
Eulogium, intended to Perpetuate the Memory of David Rittenhouse, Late President of The American Philosophical Society,... Philadelphia: Printed for J. Ormrod, n.d. [1796]....
[more like this] - 3 vols.(1 wrappers) Americana - Law:
(Hathaway Trial.) Remarks of Mr. Allen's Counsel, upon The Petition of Silas Hathaway, Praying for a New Trial. [Montpelier?, 1822]. 1st ed. 8vo, later 19th-Century 3/4 red...
[more like this] - 1 vol. Koop, Albert J. Fruehe Chinesische
Brozen. Berlin: Ernest Wasmuth, 1924. First German-language edition. 4to, orig. gray cloth, gilt-lettered spine; occasionally slightly scuffed, a little cocked. With 110...
[more like this] - John Ruskin (British 1819-1900) "The
Roman Arch at Susa in Piedmont" c. 1830s/40s or later traces of graphite with black and white gouache on gray paper unsigned 6 1/4 in. x 6 1/2 in. on a decorated French mat...
[more like this] - 4 vols. Books on Books: Gray, George
J. A Bibliography of The Works of Sir Isaac Newton. Cambridge: Bowes and Bowes, 1907. 4to, orig. 1/4 cloth & bds.; some edge wear, d/j (rather chipped). Frontis. Interleaved....
[more like this] - Gabriel-Pierre-Martin Dumont (French
1720-1791) "Section Drawing of a Church Project to be Built on a Greek-Cross Plan " c. 1750s/1760s ink gray and light rose washes on cream-colored laid paper unsigned 12 1/4...
[more like this] - 6 vols. Illustrated Books: (Dulac;
Edmund, illustrator.) Rosenthal, Leonard. The Kingdom of The Pearl New York: Brentano's, n.d. [ca 1925]. 4to, orig. gilt-lettered & decorated white cloth-backed silver decorated...
[more like this] - 7 vols. (1 wrappers) Claud Lovat Fraser:
Fraser, (Claud) Lovat, illustrations & foreword by. Pirates. London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent, n.d. [1915]. 1st ed. 4to, orig. color pictorial bds; some edge wear,...
[more like this] - 1 vol. (Kramer, Henry; Sprenger, James.)
Malleus Maleficarum. N.p. [London]: John Rodker, 1928. #1018/1275. First English-language edition, translated by Montague Summers. Sm. folio, orig. red calf-backed gilt-decorated...
[more like this] - 1 vol. Gray, William S.; Arbuthnot,
May Hill. Fun With Dick and Jane. Chicago, etc.: Scott, Foresman, (1946). Basic Readers: Curriculum Foundation Series, the 1946-47 edition. 12mo, orig. color pictorial blue...
[more like this] - 1 vol. Housman, A.E. A Shropshire Lad.
London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, 1896. First edition, first state. Small 8vo, orig. 1/4 vellum & gray-blue bds; paper spine label, edges untrimmed; extremities discolored....
[more like this] - 1 vol. (Pennsylvania State Atlas.)
Walling, Henry F.; Gray, Omando Willis. A New Topographical Atlas of The State of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia: Stedman, Brown & Lyon, 1872. Folio, orig. morocco & gilt-lettered...
[more like this] - 5 vols. Modern Literature & Fiction
- American Authors - Signed Copies: Gurganus, Allan. Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All . New York: Knopf, 1989. 1st ed. 8vo, orig. maroon cloth & green bds., d/j....
[more like this] - 2 vols. Ale & Beer: Gray, Barry; Savage,
John. Ale in Prose and Verse. New York: Russell's American Steam Printing, 1866. 8vo, orig. flexible gilt-lettered cloth; worn, spine gone, bdg. broken. Litho plates, other...
[more like this] - 1 vol. Faulkner, William. Requiem for
a Nun. New York: Random House, (1951). First trade edition. 8vo, orig. black cloth spine & light green cloth, top edge stained gray; minor edge wear, d/j (spine slightly...
[more like this] - 4 vols. Mountaineering: Denman, Earl.
Alone to Everest. London: Collins, 1954. 1st ed. 8vo, orig. red cloth, gilt-lettered spine; light edge wear, d/j (price clipped, some chipping to edges & spine panel ends,...
[more like this] - 2 vols. Ginsberg, Allan: Gay Sunshine
Interview with Allen Young. Bolinas: Gray Fox Press, 1974. 1st ed. 8vo, orig. orange wrappers; minor edge wear. Inscribed for the writer Doris Crumbach, dated, "Washington,...
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