London: George Bell, 1850. Hardcover. 8vo. xxii. 328pp. Blind stamped and gilt decorated original calf boards and spine.Red page edges.Title plate with gilt lettering. Raised bands. Beveled edges. Head of spine slightly chipped. Scuffing, rubbing and some staining to boards. Wear to corners and edges. Marbled endpapers. Minor foxing to..... More
Tokyo: Kyobunkwan, [1938]. Hardcover. 8vo. 127pp. Stitched red limp cloth in brocade folding slipcase (chitsu) with ivory clasps. Minor discoloration to inside of slipcase. Tipped-in color woodblock print frontispiece. "This work covers the Oshima Leper Colony. Eight of the provinces of Japan have joined in establishing a hospital for lepers..... More
München und Leipzig: Georg Müller, 1910. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. iii (i), 146 (2)pp. Original three-quarter vellum with green lettering on spine, over green boards. Top edge gilt. Frontispiece drawing. Tow color title page with publisher's device. Historiated initials. Ribbon marker. German and foreword by Hedwig Kubin, with fifty seven..... More
Innsbruck: Mar. Vereinsbuchhandlung und Buchdruckerei A.G., 1935. Softcover. 8vo. 96pp. Illustrated wrappers. Staining and rubbing to wraps. Name of previous owner on title-page. Collection of proverbs from "Old Tirol" in Austria. Text in Gothic script. Wraps in fair, interior in good condition. More
London: John Murray; Henry Lindsell, 1837. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto (9 1/4 x 5 3/4"). XIV, [2]pp (Errata), 422pp. Blind-stamped cloth, with gold lettering and decoration to spine. Binding rebacked, however retaining the original covers and 2/3 of the original spine. A collection of 130 unpublished poems, including some composed..... More
Krakow: Nakladem Zwiazku Mlodziezy Rekodzieln i Przemyslowej, [1947]. First edition. Softcover. Octavo. 84pp. Printed aqua-colored wrappers with black lettering on the front cover. A short biography of and memorial publication for Krakow-based Jesuit priest and respected youth social worker Mieczysław Kuznowicz (1874-1945), who was the founder of the Union of..... More
New York: Keppler & Schwarzmann, 1889. First edition. Softcover. Folio. 231-270pp. Original color illustrated wraps with black,blue and gilt lettering on cover, protected by modern mylar. Decorative head and endpiece. Cover art by J. C. Taylor. "As ever, when the skies are drear, And snow falls white, and ice shines..... More
Madrid: Biblioteca Nacional. Departamento de Manuscritos, 1938. First edition. Softcover. Large 8vo. 340 pp. Original printed wrappers. Publication information tipped in. Some staining, age-toning to wraps, 2" tear to head of spine, 1/2" tear to tail of spine, minor creasing to corners. Slight staining to edges of interior pages, slight..... More
Leipzig: Insel Verlag, 1908. Limited edition. Hardcover. 1/800. 8vo. 122pp. Paper covered boards with cover plate. Title plate. Half of title plate missing. Some abrasions, scuffing and discoloration to boards and spine. Head and tail of spine chipped. Decorated endpapers. Minor browning to pages not affecting text or plates. "..... More
Stuttgart: Deutsche Verlags Anstalt, ca. 1914. Hardcover. 3 volumes. 8vo. iv,768pp. iv,769-1376pp. iv,1377-1984pp. Decorated brown cloth with gold-and black lettering on cover, leather spine. Heavy wear and some chipping to leather. Red page edges. Usual age toning to pages. Illustrated with color and b/w reproductions of paintings, drawings and photographs..... More
London: Geoffrey Bles, 1928. John Austen. Hardcover. Sm. folio. ix,142pp. Half vellum over blue cloth boards with gold title on spine. Some staining and discoloration to vellum. Corners rubbed. Head and tail of spine slightly chipped. Color frontispiece. Sporadic foxing throughout not affecting text or plates. From the French of..... More
London: Cassell and Company, Limited, 1907. First edition, second binding. Hardcover. 4to. 144pp. Illustrated brown cloth with gold lettering on spine. Lettering faded. Head and tail of spine chipped. Corners bumped and worn. Some staining, discoloration and scuffing to boards and spine. 2 1/5 " to 3 1/5" stain to..... More
London: Macmillan & Co., 1895. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. XV, [1], 449, [1]pp. Uncut. Original brown cloth with gold lettering on spine. Title page in red and black lettering. Captivating biography of Adam Smith, a social philosopher, pioneer of political economy, and one of the key figures of the Scottish..... More
Berlin: Axel Juncker, 1902. First edition. Softcover. Duodecimo. Unpaginated. Original gray wrappers with gilt lettering on cover. Three short stories by Rainer Maria Rilke: Im Gespräch, Der Liebende, Die Letzten. Wilpert-G. 14. Text in German. Wrappers and block with light wear along edges. Illustrated stamp of previous owner on title..... More
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1930. First American edition. Hardcover. Octavo. (4) 243pp. Original light blue clothe with tan cloth spine with gilt lettering and ruling on spine. Red top edge. "Rainer Maria Rilke has been called "a strictly modern mystic. "Although ha was almost unknown until after..... More
Berlin: Lambert Schneider, No date (1926). Second expanded edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 261 (1)pp. Original blue cloth with gilt lettering on cover and spine in original publisher's dustjacket. A collection of ninety-two hymns and poems presented in four categories: God, Soul, People, Zion, with an epilog by Franz Rosenzweig. Dedicated to..... More
Portland, Maine: Thomas B. Mosher, 1903. Limited edition. Hardcover. 1/450. Quarto. xxxvi (i), 334pp. Original quarter Japanese vellum over blue paper boards with red and black lettering on spine, raised bands, in original printed dustjacket. In matching slipcase with printed label in red and black on spine. Frontispiece photograph by..... More
Portland, Maine: Thomas B. Mosher, 1902. Limited edition. Hardcover. 1/450. Quarto. lxxx (i), 337 (1)pp. Original quarter Japanese vellum over blue paper boards with red and black lettering on spine, raised bands, in original printed dustjacket. In matching slipcase with printed label in red and black on spine. Frontispiece photograph..... More
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Franklin Center: Franklin Library, 1986. Limited First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 324pp. Red leather with gilt ruling and tooling to front cover and spine. Spine with gilt lettering and raised bands. Gilt edges. red ribbon bookmark. Marbled endpapers. Includes a frontispiece illustration by Herbert Tauss, specially commissioned for this work, as..... More
Berlin: Pantheon Verlag, (1920). 1. - 3. Tausend. Hardcover. 2 volumes. 8vo. 347pp. 249pp. Gold decorated maroon cloth and spine with title-plate. Raised bands. Rubbing to bands, head and tail of spine and corners. Top edge gilt. "Briefe zweier Liebender aus einer kleinen Stadt am Fuße der Alpen. Neudruck unter..... More
NP: Marietta Lutze Sackler, 1991. Limited edition. Hardcover. 1/100 Octavo. 42 leaves. Original brown cloth over handmade bark paper-covered boards with gilt stamped facsimile signature on cover and gilt lettering on spine. Marbled endpapers. Poems by the author dated from 1979 - 1991 with personal subject matters, e.g. her children..... More
NP: Published by the author, 2002. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 538pp. Original tan cloth with black lettering on spine and front cover. Fascinating memoirs in which the author tells vividly about his Jewish childhood in Nazi Germany, his emigration to Argentina, his daily life under Colonel Peron, and his coming..... More
Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner, 1961. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. XVI, [2], 313pp. Full red cloth with gold lettering on spine. Wolf Leslau's ex-libris on inside of front board. Printer's device on title-page. First edition of this scarce work being a study of the meter of Ethiopian poetry through translation of specific..... More
Kabul: Pashtu Academy, Government Printing House, 1962. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. 170pp. Original illustrated wrapper with black lettering on cover. Frontispiece portrait of Schiller. Schiller's dramatization of the early 14th century legend of Swiss national hero Wilhelm Tell, first recorded in the Swiss Chronicle late in the 15th century. Tell..... More
Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1966. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. 70pp. Original glossy white wraps with black lettering on cover. "By making available this index verborum of the NK (Nibelungenklage) I hope to make a contribution which will facilitate further research on both the NK and the NL (Nibelungenlied)..... More