London: Ballin, nd. Alice Rivett-Carnac. Hardcover. 16mo. 72 pp. 1/2 leather. Minor rubbing to edges. Marble endpapers. With eight full page illustrations by Alice Rivett-Carnac. Chapters are intitled "The Heroine", The Hero", "More Heroes", "Villains and also about Servants", The She-Villain and the Clergyman." Inscribed by the author. In very..... More
San Agustin: Segovia Imp. de "El Adelantado" 1930. First edition. Softcover. 4to. xxiii,510,[1]28pp. Original illustrated wrappers. Catalog of the early printings and rare books of the Segovia Cathedral. Illustrated with 28 full-page b/w reproductions of photographs of illustrated book pages on glossy paper. Age wear, creasing, staining and some chipping..... More
Berkeley: University of California Press, 2005. First printing. Hardcover. Quarto (9 1/4 x 6 1/2"). CIII, [21], 843, [1]pp. Original photo-illustrated dust-jacket over light brown cloth, with red lettering to spine. "Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881), Scottish essayist, historian, cultural critic, and leading man of English letters during the Victorian era, published..... More
Cairo: The American University in Cairo Press, 1973. Hardcover. Folio. xiii, 183 two column pages, ix pp. (Index). Original bright red cloth with gilt lettering on spine, in original gray dustjacket with black lettering on spine. "Professor Creswell's monumental Bibliography of the Architecture, Arts and Crafts of Islam was begun..... More
Chicopee Falls, MA: H. R. Hunting Company, n/d. Fourth edition. Hardcover. Folio. 8, [20]pp. Decorative cloth with yellow lettering on front cover. Cutter-Sanborn Three-Figure author table complete with its explanation booklet bound in. The Cutter-Sanborn number is considered to be the author index of a work. This number is generally..... More
New York: Dodge Publishing Company, (1914). First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by William A. Alderson. 4to. xx, 265pp. Original blind-stamped green cloth with gold lettering on cover and spine. Top edge gilt. Deckled fore- and bottom edges. Inscription by author in black ink on free front endpaper: "To Mr. + Mrs..... More
Tübingen: Max Niemeyer, 1994. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. IX, [1], 466, [4]pp. Original printed dust-jacket over grey cloth with black lettering on spine. Remarkable study of the Etymachia, an anonymous 14th-century prose treatise on the seven deadly sins and seven virtues. Dust-jacket, binding and interior in very good condition. More
London: The Studio, Ltd., 1933. Hardcover. 128 pp. 4to. Profusely illus. Green cloth binding w/dj. Fading to top edge of cover. Dj chipped along edges, faded on back and with some water stains to front. Dj in fair, book in very good condition. More
New York: NP, 1942. Softcover. 4to. 316pp. Original illustrated wraps. "Bibliographical notes and descriptions of 1,000 rare books and manuscripts, forming the part of the Mitchell M. Kaplan Collection, presented to New York University Jewish Culture Foundation. Illustrated with reproductions of 300 title pages. Compiled and edited by Mitchell M...... More
London: Constable and Company Limited, 1934. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. VIII, 802pp. 3/4 crushed morocco over cloth, with gold lettering and decoration on spine. Gilt edge. Printed compliments slip, dated by Shaw, laid on free front endpaper. Book marker and decorative title-page. Fascinating work of a writer well known for..... More
Köln (Cologne): Schnütgen-Museum der Stadt Köln, 1984. Hardcover. Folio. 319p., followed by 298 numbered illustrations. Green cloth with gold lettering to cover and spine in original, pictorial dj. Ex-libris blind-stamp to title page. Great work on this manuscript-collection that was later sold to the Getty-museum. Magnificent;y illustrated throughout with many..... More
Köln (Cologne): Schnütgen-Museum der Stadt Köln, 1985. Hardcover. Folio. 367pp., followed by 250 numbered illustrations. Green cloth with gold lettering to cover and spine in original, pictorial dj. Ex-libris stamp to loose front endpaper and title page. Great work on this manuscript-collection that was later sold to the Getty-museum. Magnificent;y..... More
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Bern: Francke Verlag, (1969). First edition. Softcover. Octavo. 89,[1]pp. Tan wraps in original printed dust wrapper. Inscribed by Weissenberger on half-title page: "Mit den besten Wünschen, Klaus Weissenberger im Frühling 1970." Includes laid-in handwritten note by author to University of Southern California (on USC's letterhead). Weissenberger graduated with a PhD..... More
Paris: Imprimerie Nationale, 1886. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto (10 3/4 x 7"). [6], 166pp. Modern brown cloth, with white lettering to spine. Publisher's vignette on title. In this study of the Arabic version of the Barlaam romance, the author demonstrates that it is a translation of the Greek recension of the..... More
NP: Privately Printed, 1929. Hardcover. 8vo. 70 pp. Blue cloth binding. 1/99 copies. With note laid in reading, "Mr. Frank Nelson Doubleday." Pages untrimmed. Overall, in very good condition. More
North Hills, Penn. Bird & Bull Press, 1981. Hardcover. 8vo. 120 pp. Half brown leather over decorated boards. 1/300 numbered copies. Frontispiece. With light wear at corners. Else, in very good/near fine condition. More
New York: Marquardt & Company, Inc., (1937). Softcover. 8vo. Unpaginated. Black paper binding. Pages untrimmed. One of a series of books produced by Marquardt & Company to showcase new papers. This volumes features Cragbourn - Black for the cover; a four-side deckle edge light weight paper and Leonardo - Ivory..... More
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New York: R.R. Bowker Company, 1934. (Limited ed). Hardcover. 8vo. ix, 260 pp. Brown cloth binding. With b&w illustrations. Minor wear to cover. 1/500 copies. With bookplate of former owner present. Inscribed by one of the authors (Blackburn). Light fading to page edges, not affecting text. In overall very good..... More
Middletown, Conn. Wesleyan University Press, (1968). (First edition). Hardcover. 8vo. xxvii, 354 pp. Green boards with dj. Index over 50 pp. referring to books, pamphlets, portfolios, periodicals, musical settings, recordings, radio scripts, statements and translations. Fading to spine of dj. Small stain to bottom of spine. In very good condition..... More
San Francisco: Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1975. Various. Hardcover. 8vo. 112 pp. Light yellowgreen cloth binding. Reproductions of b&w engravings by various artists, including Lynton Lamb, Tirzah Garwood, and Blair Hughes-Stanton. Gilt design to cover. In matching slipcase. In near fine condition. More
Berlin: Colloquium Verlag, 1990. Softcover. Octavo. xxvi,405pp. Wraps with original attached dust jacket. Bibliographical catalogue of works relating to the history of Mexico between 1521 - 1945, which are in the archives of institutions and private collections in the Federal Republic of Germany. "Dieser deutsch- und spanischsprachige Band katalogisiert alle..... More
Berkeley: University of California Press, 2000. First printing. Hardcover. Quarto (9 1/4 x 6 1/2"). CXXVIII, [14], 646pp. Original illustrated dust-jacket over light brown cloth, with red lettering to spine. ""Sartor Resartus" is Thomas Carlyle's most enduring and influential work. First published in serial form in Fraser's Magazine in 1833-1834..... More
Pisa; Roma: Istituti Editoriali e Poligrafici Internazionali, 1996. First edition. Softcover. Large octavo. 279, [9]pp. Original printed wraps with printer's device on front cover, spine and title-page. Issue 37 of "Materiali e discussioni per l'analisi dei testi classici" (often abbreviated to MD; "Materials and discussions for the analysis of classical..... More
Boston: G. K. Hall & Co., 1977. Second, Revised and Enlarged. Hardcover. Large quarto (11 x 8 1/2"). XII, 264, [2]pp. Original burgundy cloth, with gold lettering to spine. This second, revised and enlarged edition of "A Bibliography of James Joyce Studies" lists in alphabetical arrangement no less than 5,885 unannotated..... More
Madrid: Instituto de Estudios Madrileños C. S. I. C., 1967-1969. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. VIII, [2], 476, XIX, [1], 496, [4]pp. Original printed wraps with red and black lettering. Printer's device on title-pages. Fascinating work in 2 volumes, cataloging all the written works published on Madrid and its province. Minor..... More