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Love of the Foolish Angel

DULAC, EDMUNDIONS · 1929

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,973)

(DULAC, Edmund). THE LOVE OF THE FOOLISH ANGEL. By Helen Beauclerk. With Decorations by Edmund Dulac. New York: Cosmopolitan Book Corporation, 1929. First American edition. First selection of the Book Society of England. The edges of the boards are slightly sunned, making this...

Poems: Abridged for Dolls and Princes

GRAVES, ROBERT · 1971

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

GRAVES, Robert. POEMS: ABRIDGED FOR DOLLS AND PRINCES. (New York: Doubleday & Company, 1971). 1/500 numbered copies, enlarged facsimile edition. There is a light stain to the top edge, else this is a fine copy in a dust jacket that is worn at the extremes. Ill.: FLTD.

Sunday After the War

MILLER, HENRY · 1944

$120.00 (€108.87 | £90.83 | ¥19,156)

MILLER, Henry. SUNDAY AFTER THE WAR. Norfolk, CT: New Directions, (1944). First edition. A touch of foxing at the endpapers; otherwise, a fine copy in a rather worn and soiled dust jacket. Scarce in the jacket. Ill.: FE.

Picture and Text

JAMES, HENRY · 1893

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.61 | ¥19,955)

JAMES, Henry. PICTURE AND TEXT. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1893. First edition; "deluxe" binding, white cloth, gilt stamped and t.e.g. The cloth is somewhat soiled. (BAL 10601, Edel A38). Ill.: FE.

Sugai

SUGAI, KUMI · 1993

$36.00 (€32.66 | £27.25 | ¥5,747)

1993. (SUGAI, Kumi). SUGAI. By Jean-Clarence Lambert. (Translated by Alan Swan). Barcelona: Ediciones Poligrafa, 1993. Large 4to, 224 pp. with 151 illustrations of which 57 are in color. Off-white linen over boards. Fine, in the dust jacket. .

Letters to Vernon Watkins

THOMAS, DYLAN · 1957

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

THOMAS, Dylan. LETTERS TO VERNON WATKINS. Edited and with an intro-duction by Vernon Watkins. (New York): New Directions, (1957). First edition. A fine copy in a dust jacket with internal tape repair and wear to the edges. Ill.: FE.

Poetic Localities of Cambridge

CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS · 1876

$150.00 (€136.09 | £113.54 | ¥23,945)

1876. [CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS] POETIC LOCALITIES OF CAMBRIDGE. Edited (and photographed) by W.J. Stillman. Illustrated with heliotypes from nature. Boston: James R. Osgood, 1876. 4to, with 12 lovely heliotypes; green cloth, gilt decoration. Ex-library (marks not obtrusive), ...

Illustrated Guidebook for Travellers Around Japan (Nihon Meisho^ Zu-E)

[GUIDEBOOK] Wyeda, B. & Aoki, T. · 1894

$180.00 (€163.31 | £136.25 | ¥28,735)

1894. [GUIDEBOOK] Wyeda, B. & Aoki, T. ILLUSTRATED GUIDEBOOK FOR TRAVELLERS AROUND JAPAN (NIHON MEISHO^ ZU-E). Osaka & Tokyo: Susando^. Meiji 23 [1890]. Small 12mo. printed color pictorial boards with cloth spine. Heavily illustrated with engravings throughout. Each cut is cap...

Story-Teller's Holiday

MOORE, GEORGE · 1928

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.69 | ¥15,964)

MOORE, George. A STORY-TELLER'S HOLIDAY. (In two volumes). Issued for subscribers only. New York: Horace Liveright, 1928. One of 1200 numbered copies, signed by the author (the third American edition, revised and expanded). Both volumes are fine, in dust jackets that have a fe...

Illustrated Guidebook for Travellers Around Japan (Nihon Meisho^ Zu-E)

[GUIDEBOOK] Wyeda, B. & Aoki, T. · 1894

$60.00 (€54.44 | £45.42 | ¥9,578)

18. [GUIDEBOOK] Wyeda, B. & Aoki, T. ILLUSTRATED GUIDEBOOK FOR TRAVELLERS AROUND JAPAN (NIHON MEISHO^ ZU-E). Osaka & Tokyo: Susando^. N.D. [c.1894]. Small 12mo. printed color pictorial boards with cloth spine. Heavily illustrated in wood engraving throughout. Each cut is capti...

China Trade

CROSSMAN, CARL L. · 1973

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,973)

Crossman, Carl L. THE CHINA TRADE. Export Paintings, Furniture, Silver & Other Objects. Princeton: Pyne Press, (1973). Second printing. XII + 273 pp. 217 illustrations, 40 in color. Large 4to. A fine copy in the dust jacket with a short tear. Ill.: LP.

Son at the Front

WHARTON, EDITH · 1923

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.61 | ¥19,955)

WHARTON, Edith. A SON AT THE FRONT. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1923. First edition. A little light foxing and shelfwear, else a fine copy. In the Grosset & Dunlap dust jacket, soiled overall with nicks to edges taped on the verso. Ill.: FE.

John Randolph

ADAMS, HENRY · 1898

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.61 | ¥19,955)

ADAMS, Henry. JOHN RANDOLPH. (American Statesmen, Volume XVI). Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1898. 1/500 numbered, large paper copies. Slight wear at crown, label darkened, otherwise a fine copy. Ill.: FLTD.

Life Studies

LOWELL, ROBERT · 1959

$150.00 (€136.09 | £113.54 | ¥23,945)

LOWELL, Robert. LIFE STUDIES. London: Faber and Faber, (1959). First edition (precedes American). Discreet name on flyleaf, slightly over-opened. A near fine copy in a dust jacket with light sunning and soil, nicks to spine and edges, and a small chip from rear corner. Uncommo...

Ramparts Vietnam Primer

VIETNAM · 1966

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,554)

(VIETNAM). RAMPARTS VIETNAM PRIMER. San Francisco: Ramparts, [1966]. Pictorial wrappers. Ink name on first page; some soil and light wear to wrappers. A very good copy. Ill.: FE.

Vera the Medium

DAVIS, RICHARD HARDING · 1908

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,973)

DAVIS, Richard Harding. VERA THE MEDIUM. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1908. First edition, first issue. In Merle Johnson's later red binding. A fine, bright copy in am illustrated dust jacket with chipping, short closed-tears, and creasing to perimeters, and one old tape...

Nets to Catch the Wind

WYLIE, ELINOR · 1921

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.61 | ¥19,955)

WYLIE, Elinor. NETS TO CATCH THE WIND. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1921. First edition. Very slight soiling to the edges, else a fine copy; in a darkened dust jacket with some small chips and tears at extremes and a couple of tiny surface nicks. Ill.: FE.

Cornelii Nepotis Excellentium Vitae

NEPOS, Cornelius · 1809

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.61 | ¥19,955)

1809. MAYBE, MAYBE NOT [NEPOS, Cornelius]. CORNELII NEPOTIS EXCELLENTIUM VITAE. NOVI EBORACI [i.e. New York]: Exeudebat Gul. A. Davis, Impensis E. Duyckinck, 1809. EDITIO PRIMA AMERICANA on title-page. 156 pp. 14.5 x 9.5 cm. Small 12mo. contemporary leather binding, a bit scuf...

Hans Breitmann in Germany, Tyrol

LELAND, Charles G. · 1895

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.69 | ¥15,964)

1895. LELAND, Charles G. HANS BREITMANN IN GERMANY, TYROL. London: T. Fisher Unwin, [n.d. 1895]. First edition intended for distribution in the United States, with Lippincott's imprint at the foot of the spine (BAL 11673). Frontispiece. Title-page printed in red and black. [i-...

Umi Vol. 12, #1

[OCEAN LINERS] OSAKA SHOSEN KAISHA · 1942

$85.00 (€77.12 | £64.34 | ¥13,569)

1942. [OCEAN LINERS] Osaka Shosen Kaisha. UMI Vol. 12, #1. Osaka, Showa 17 [1942]. 28+ pp. 25.6 x 18 cm. Though OSK was later bought out by Mitsui after the war, at the time they published "THE SEA" as their monthly magazine, they had routes girdling the world. As a rival of N...