Leipzig: Paul Gotthelf Kummer, 1824. New edition. Hardcover. 12mo. 272pp. Contemporary marbled paper covered boards. New edition of "Bayard," an historical drama in 5 acts by August von Kotzebue (1761-1819), a German dramatist and writer who also worked as a consul in Russia and Germany. One of Kotzebue's books was..... More
Paris: Editions Littéraires de France, 1945. Limited first edition. Softcover. 1/950. Quarto. 141, [7]pp. Uncut and unopened copy. Original printed wrappers. Free front endpaper inscribed and signed by Louis Lafuma. Title page in red and black lettering. Illustrated head-, and tailpieces. The Pensées (literally, "thoughts") represented a defense of the..... More
Goettingen: Dieterichsche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1877. First edition. Softcover. Small Quarto. 232pp. Original gray wraps with black lettering on cover and spine. Paul de Lagarde (Paul Anton Bötticher) was a noted linguist and a proponent of folkloristic oriented Christianity, German imperialism and known for his anti-Semitism. His writings were widely red and..... More
Prague: Senders & Brandeis, 1867. First edition. Hardcover. 12mo. 200, [6]pp. Original blind-stamped cloth with gold lettering on front cover. All edges gilt. Frontispiece portrait of the author, protected with a tissue-guard. Scarce work being a compilation of Landau's writings, with a biography. Some age wear on binding with spine..... More
Wien, Leipzig, Prag: Sigmund Bensinger, No date. Hardcover. Quarto. Original red pebbled cloth with extensive gilt decor and gilt-stamped portrait of Heine on cover, with gilt lettering on decorative spine, deluxe edition. Red edges. Decorative endpapers. Illustrated title page. Historiated head and endpieces; decorative initials. Ribbon markers. Collection of Heine's..... More
Washington DC: Unión Panamericana, 1958. Reprint. Hardcover. Quarto. XLII, 294pp. 3/4 spotted calf over brick cloth, with gold lettering and borders on spine. Raised bands. Marbled endpapers. Ribbon marker. Facsimile reproduction of the 1629 edition of the first bibliography of the New World, which with its deep brown ink and..... More
Paris: Boivin & Cie, Editeurs, 1929. Hardcover. Octavo. XV, 280pp. Uncut and partly unopened copy. Full cloth with gold lettering on spine. Original pictorial wrappers bound in. Half-title page inscribed and signed by author. Frontispiece portrait. Publisher's device on title-page. French edition of this autobiographical memoir by the noted Zionist..... More
Wien: Richard Lanyi, 1920. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 427,10pp. Three-quarter leather over marbled boards with gilt lettering to spine. Raised bands. Rubbing to spine. Discoloration to boards. Wear to upper corners. Red top page edge. Fore-and bottom page edges untrimmed. Recased. Marbled endpapers. Frontispiece of Karl Kraus. An interesting look..... More
Madrid: (La Biblioteca Nacional), 1953. First edition. Softcover. 4to. 289 pp. Original printed wrappers. Patronato de la Biblioteca Nacional. La Imprenta en Galicia, Siglos XV-XVIII por el P. Atanasio López, O. F. M. del Colegio de Misioneros para Tierra Santa y Marruecos, de Santiago de Compostela. Obra Premiada por la..... More
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Glen Rock, Pennsylvania: Apellicon Press, 1930. Limited edition. Hardcover. Signed Arthur Machen on colophon. 1/200. Quarto. 47 (1)pp. Original brown cloth with gilt lettering on spine, protected by modern mylar, housed in gray paper-covered slipcase. Top edge gilt. Illustrated title page. Designed and printed by Richard W. Ellis, Georgian Press..... More
Chicago: Algimanto Mackaus Knygu Leidimo Fondas, 1984. Hardcover. Ex-library. 191,[3]pp. Decorative black cloth with red lettering on spine in original illustrated dust jacket. Rare edition with poems by Lithuanian poet Algimantas Mackus (1932-1964). By the time of his death at 32, Mackus published only three collections of poetry; a fourth..... More
San Francisco: Privately Printed, 1958. Limited Edition. Softcover. 1/175 unnumbered. Quarto. 14, 14pp. Stiff stapled printed paper wraps. Frontispieces in both volumes, b/w offset reproductions of photographs. Satirical definitions of bibliophile terms. For example, "Foxing: This is always 'slight.'" or "Stains: These should never be identified. Blood, jam and ink..... More
Berlin: S. Fischer, 1918. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. XXXXIV, 611, [5]pp. Original half cloth over printed paper covered boards. Ribbon marker. Thomas Mann wrote this essay as a riposte to his brother Heinrich’s criticism of Germany and the war. Mann’s essay justified the authoritarianism and inward “culture” of Germany against..... More
New York: Tor Books, 1995. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Octavo. 220pp. Illustrated black dust jacket with white lettering on the front cover and spine. Black paper boards with gilt lettering on the spine. Signed and inscribed by Richard Matheson on the front free endpaper. This is a first edition..... More
Philadelphia: The Centaur Book Shop, 1927. Limited edition. Hardcover. 1/300. Sm. 8vo. 165pp. Blue cloth with title-plate. Some scuffing and rubbing to boards. Fore-and bottom page edges untrimmed. Illustrated half-title page. Tipped-in b/w frontispiece of Norman Douglas. Binding in good, interior in very good condition. More
New York: Hurd and Houghton, 1867. Ex-library, first edition. Hardcover. Small octavo. (x) 317pp. Green cloth boards with blind-stamped ruling on the front and back covers, gilt lettering and design on the spine. The work is travelogue by the author, detailing his experience journeying through parts of the midwest and..... More
![On the Slain Collegians [SIGNED]. Herman Melville, Antonio Frasconi, ill./ed](/pictures/thumb/22501.jpg?v=1571354593)
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1971. First edition. Hardcover. Signed by Frasconi on colophon. 96/1000. Quarto. [unpaginated] Original illustrated dustjacket over black cloth with blind-stamped illustration on front cover and white lettering on spine. Profusely illustrated with fascinating b/w reproductions of woodcuts. Edited and woodcuts by Anonio Frasconi. DJ..... More
London: Edward Moxon, 1844. New edition. Hardcover. 12mo. XII, 203, [1]pp. Original marbled calf, with gold lettering to spine. Raised bands. Marbled endpapers. Dentelles. All paper edges gilt. Ribbon marker. Binding signed by White, 24 Pall Mall, London. Originally published in 1840, Milnes' "Memorials of Many Scenes" is a collection..... More
London: Edward Moxon, 1844. New edition. Hardcover. 12mo (6 3/4 x 4 3/8"). VIII, 154, [2]pp. Contemporary full calf, with gold lettering to spine, and unidentified blind-stamped coat of arms to both covers. Dentelles. Top edge gilt. This new edition of Milnes' "Poems, Legendary and Historical" was published the same year..... More
London: Edward Moxton, 1840. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. (x) 200pp. 3/4 dark green leather over marbled boards. Gilt lettering over red label on spine, as well as ruling and tooling with raised bands. All edges red. The publication is a collection of poems by the 19th century English poet and..... More
Hannover: Hahn'sche Hofbuchhandlung, 1863. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. xxiii, 364pp. Original three quarter leather over marbled boards with gilt ruling and lettering on spine; raised bands. Frontispiece chromolithograph with tissue guard. Based on an at the time unknown, 14th century manuscript from the imperial public library in St. Petersburg, purchased..... More
Madrid: Cuerpo Facultativo de Archiveros, Bibliotecarios y Arqueólogos, 1949. First edition. Softcover. 8vo. 308 pp. + XXXVI plates displaying b/w facsimiles of breathtaking illuminated manuscripts. Includes 6 indexes. This is a wonderful resource, being an annotated and descriptive catalogue of the Provincial Public Library of Huesca, Spain. Text in Spanish..... More
Chicago: Shasta Publishers, 1951. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 336pp. Original illustrated wrappers with price intact on front flap. Full black cloth with red lettering on front board and spine. Free front endpaper signed by the author. Publisher's device on title-page. Fascinating first edition of this fantasy novel combining "the science..... More
Madrid: Diosdado Garcia Rojo y Gonzalo Ortiz de Montalvan, 1945. First edition. Softcover. 4to. 622, [3]pp. 569-[2] closed. Original printed wrappers. Catalog of 1999 Latin books. Illustrated with 16 plates of reproductions of b/w book pages on glossy paper. Some staining to wraps, minor creasing to spine. 2" tear to..... More
Leipzig: Weidmann, 1774. Hardcover. 2 volumes bound in one. 8vo. viii. 487 (1)pp. 230pp. Original paper covered boards. Red page edges. Two title pages, both illustrated. Printers devices. Life and letters of renowned German poet Christian Fürchtegott Gellert (1715-1769). Fold-out copper plate at end. Age wear to binding, especially at..... More