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Rhymes of a PFC [Inscribed to Edith Sedwick Gibson] [Baldpate]
Rhymes of a PFC [Inscribed to Edith Sedwick Gibson] [Baldpate]
KIRSTEIN, Lincoln (1907-1996) · 1964
$274.00 (€248.60 | £207.40 | ¥43,754)
New York New Directions First Printing First Edition (so stated). Square 8vo: [viii],179,[1]pp. Publisher's finely woven beige cloth, spine lettered in black, brown paper-covered boards decorated in blind with PFC stripes, brown laid end papers, brown pictorial dust jacket pri...
The historie of the holy warre; by Thomas Fuller, B.D. prebendarie of Sarum, late of Sidney Colledge in Cambridge; [bound with] The Holy State [and the Profane State]
The historie of the holy warre; by Thomas Fuller, B.D. prebendarie of Sarum, late of Sidney Colledge in Cambridge; [bound with] The Holy State [and the Profane State]
FULLER, Thomas (1608-1661) · 1647
$1,624.00 (€1,473.44 | £1,229.24 | ¥259,332)
Cambridge printed by Roger Daniel, and are to be sold by John Williams at the signe of the Crown in Pauls Church-yard [through 1648] Small Folio: [16], 286, [28, chronological table and index]pp, with additional engraved title page depicting the crusades and folding map of Pa...
Observations On The River Wye, And Several Parts Of South Wales, &c. Relative Chiefly To Picturesque Beauty; Made In The Summer Of The Year 1770.
Observations On The River Wye, And Several Parts Of South Wales, &c. Relative Chiefly To Picturesque Beauty; Made In The Summer Of The Year 1770.
GILPIN, William (1724-1804) · 1792
$274.00 (€248.60 | £207.40 | ¥43,754)
London printed for R. Blamire, in the Strand [from 1782] Early Reprint Third Edition (first published 1782) of this picturesque tour, creating an entirely new class of travel. Demy 8vo (214 x 133mm): xvi,152,[2]pp, including final advertisement leaf and 17 full-page oval aquat...
[Color Plate] The history of Johnny Quæ Genus : the little foundling of the late Doctor Syntax : a poem
[Color Plate] The history of Johnny Quæ Genus : the little foundling of the late Doctor Syntax : a poem
[Rowlandson] COMBE, William (1742-1823) · 1822
$499.00 (€452.74 | £377.70 | ¥79,684)
London Published By R. Ackermann, At The Repository Of Arts, 101, Strand, London; And To Be Had Of All The Booksellers In The United Kingdom First Edition of the "last of the genuine or 'authorized' Syntax books" (Abbey), first issued in eight monthly parts. Royal 8vo (236 x 1...
Fabliaux, or, Tales abridged from French manuscripts of the XIIth and XIIIth centuries. by M. Le Grand ; selected and translated into English verse, by the late G. L. Way, Esq.; with a preface, notes, and appendix, by the late G. Ellis, Esq
Fabliaux, or, Tales abridged from French manuscripts of the XIIth and XIIIth centuries. by M. Le Grand ; selected and translated into English verse, by the late G. L. Way, Esq.; with a preface, notes, and appendix, by the late G. Ellis, Esq
LEGRAND d'AUSSY, Pierre Jean Baptiste (1737-1800); Thomas Bewick [Illustrates] · 1815
$364.00 (€330.25 | £275.52 | ¥58,126)
London Printed for J. Rodwell, (successor to Mr. Faulder,) New Bond Street, by S. Hamilton, Weybridge, Surrey A New Edition, Corrected. In three volumes. Crown 8vo (191 x 127mm): [4],xli,[3],223,[1]; [4],272; [2],304pp, with 52 woodcuts (title-page vignettes, head- and tailpie...
[Color Plate] Tour of The Grand Junction, illustrated in a series of engravings; with an Historical and Topographical Description of those parts of the counties of Middlesex, Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire and Northhamptonshire, through which the canal passes
[Color Plate] Tour of The Grand Junction, illustrated in a series of engravings; with an Historical and Topographical Description of those parts of the counties of Middlesex, Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire and Northhamptonshire, through which the canal passes
HASSELL, John (d. 1825) · 1819
$649.00 (€588.83 | £491.24 | ¥103,637)
London Printed for J Hassell, 27, Richard Street, Islington; and sold by all book sellers First Edition of this work issued as a celebration of the newly completed Grand Union Canal. 8vo: viii,147,[5] pp, with hand-colored frontispiece and 23 full-page hand-colored plates "of ...
[Judaica] De synagoga vetere libri tres : quibus tum de nominibus, structurâ, origine, præfectis, ministris, & sacris synagogarum, agitur; tum præcipue, formam regiminis & ministerii earum in Ecclesiam Christianam translatam esse, demonstratur: cum prolegomenis
[Judaica] De synagoga vetere libri tres : quibus tum de nominibus, structurâ, origine, præfectis, ministris, & sacris synagogarum, agitur; tum præcipue, formam regiminis & ministerii earum in Ecclesiam Christianam translatam esse, demonstratur: cum prolegomenis
VITRINGA, Campegius (1659-1722) · 1696
$499.00 (€452.74 | £377.70 | ¥79,684)
Franequeræ [Franeker, the Netherlands] Typis & impensis Johannis Gyzelaar, illustr. Frisiæ Ordd. atque eorundem Academiæ typograph. ordinar. Second Edition Second Edition of this work on the ancient synagogue and development of the early Church. Complete in two continuously pa...
An essay on prints
An essay on prints
GILPIN, William (1724-1804) · 1792
$214.00 (€194.16 | £161.98 | ¥34,173)
London printed for R. Blamire, in the Strand Early Reprint Fourth Edition (so stated) of the first standard guide on print collecting in England, including detailed commentary on Hogarth's Rake's Progress. 8vo: xiii,[3],174,xi,[1]pp. Contemporary quarter black morocco over mar...
[Catholic Church] An interpretation of the number 666. Wherein, not onely the manner, how this number ought to be interpreted, is clearely proved and demonstrated: but it is also shewed, yt [sic] this number is an exquisite and perfect character, truly, exactly, and essentially describing that state of goverment, to wch [sic] all other notes of Antichrist doe agree. With all knowne objections, solidly, and fully answeared, yt [sic] can be materially made against i [Earls of Macclesfield copy]
[Catholic Church] An interpretation of the number 666. Wherein, not onely the manner, how this number ought to be interpreted, is clearely proved and demonstrated: but it is also shewed, yt [sic] this number is an exquisite and perfect character, truly, exactly, and essentially describing that state of goverment, to wch [sic] all other notes of Antichrist doe agree. With all knowne objections, solidly, and fully answeared, yt [sic] can be materially made against i [Earls of Macclesfield copy]
POTTER, Francis (1594-1678) · 1642
$2,149.00 (€1,949.77 | £1,626.63 | ¥343,168)
Oxford printed by Leonard Lichfield First Edition First Edition one of the most curious and fascinating books of the seventeenth century, Potter’s treatise on the Number of the Beast. 4to: [16],214,[2]pp, with copper-engraved title page by W. Marshall, showing numerical manife...
The British angler: or, a pocket-companion for gentlemen-fishers. Being a New and Methodical Treatise of the Art of Angling: Comprehending all that is Curious and Useful in the Knowledge of that Polite Diversion. As: I. An Introduction; containing an Encomium on Rivers and the Art of Angling, with general Observations on the Nature of Fish. II. The Angler’s Apparatus: Or, Directions concerning Rods, Lines, Hooks, Floats, and the rest of the Tackle: Also, of Baits, Natural and Artificial. III. An exact Description of the several Kinds of Fish that are found in the Rivers, and on the Sea-Coasts of Great Britain; their Size, Shape, Qualities, Seasons, Feeding, Haunts, &c. IV. The whole Practice of Angling: Teaching the Choice and Preparation of proper Stands; the Method of Taking every Species, more particularly the sportive Trout, the voracious Pike, and other Capital Game. With Descriptions of our principal Rivers, Observations relating to the Weather, and other necessary Remarks. Together with Supplemental Discourses, 1. On Fish-Ponds and Reservatories. 2. On the Laws against Poachers, and in Favour of the Fair Angler. Also, Excellent Receipts for Dressing of Fish, and a Complete Index, in which the Terms in Use among Anglers are occasionally explained. Embellished with copper-plates Curiously Engraved. The Whole compiled from approved authors, and above thirty years experience, by John Williamson, Gent. Who has added a Verification of the principal Heads, at the End of each Chapter, for the Help of Memory
The British angler: or, a pocket-companion for gentlemen-fishers. Being a New and Methodical Treatise of the Art of Angling: Comprehending all that is Curious and Useful in the Knowledge of that Polite Diversion. As: I. An Introduction; containing an Encomium on Rivers and the Art of Angling, with general Observations on the Nature of Fish. II. The Angler’s Apparatus: Or, Directions concerning Rods, Lines, Hooks, Floats, and the rest of the Tackle: Also, of Baits, Natural and Artificial. III. An exact Description of the several Kinds of Fish that are found in the Rivers, and on the Sea-Coasts of Great Britain; their Size, Shape, Qualities, Seasons, Feeding, Haunts, &c. IV. The whole Practice of Angling: Teaching the Choice and Preparation of proper Stands; the Method of Taking every Species, more particularly the sportive Trout, the voracious Pike, and other Capital Game. With Descriptions of our principal Rivers, Observations relating to the Weather, and other necessary Remarks. Together with Supplemental Discourses, 1. On Fish-Ponds and Reservatories. 2. On the Laws against Poachers, and in Favour of the Fair Angler. Also, Excellent Receipts for Dressing of Fish, and a Complete Index, in which the Terms in Use among Anglers are occasionally explained. Embellished with copper-plates Curiously Engraved. The Whole compiled from approved authors, and above thirty years experience, by John Williamson, Gent. Who has added a Verification of the principal Heads, at the End of each Chapter, for the Help of Memory
WILLIAMSON, John · 1740
$214.00 (€194.16 | £161.98 | ¥34,173)
London printed for J. Hodges, at the Looking-glass, on London-bridge First Edition First edition of "One of the best of the manuals . . . " (Westwood & Satchell) 12mo (166 x 99mm): viii,318,[10]pp, with frontispiece, two (of three) folding copperplate engravings, and head- and...
The Clergy-Man’s recreation: shewing the pleasure and profit of the art of gardening. By John Lawrence, A.M. Rector of Yelvertoft in Northamptonshire, and sometime Fellow of Clare-Hall in Cambridge; [bound with] The gentleman’s recreation: or The second part of the art of gardening improved. Containing several new experiments and curious observations relating to fruit-trees: particularly, a new method of building walls with horizontal shelters. Illustrated with copper plates. By John Laurence, M.A. rector of Yelvertost in Northamptonshire. To which is added by way of appendix, a new and familiar way to find a most exact meridian line by the pole-star; whereby gentlemen may know the true bearings of their houses and garden walls, and regulate their clocks and watches, &c. By Edward Laurence, brother to the author of this book. [and] The fruit-garden kalendar: Or, A summary of the art of managing the fruit-garden. Teaching in order of time what is to be done therein every month in the year. Containing several new and plain directions, more particularly relating to the vine. To which is added, an appendix of the usefulness of the barometer; with some short directions how to make a right judgment of the weather. By John Laurence, M.A. rector of Yelvertost, in Northamptonshire
The Clergy-Man’s recreation: shewing the pleasure and profit of the art of gardening. By John Lawrence, A.M. Rector of Yelvertoft in Northamptonshire, and sometime Fellow of Clare-Hall in Cambridge; [bound with] The gentleman’s recreation: or The second part of the art of gardening improved. Containing several new experiments and curious observations relating to fruit-trees: particularly, a new method of building walls with horizontal shelters. Illustrated with copper plates. By John Laurence, M.A. rector of Yelvertost in Northamptonshire. To which is added by way of appendix, a new and familiar way to find a most exact meridian line by the pole-star; whereby gentlemen may know the true bearings of their houses and garden walls, and regulate their clocks and watches, &c. By Edward Laurence, brother to the author of this book. [and] The fruit-garden kalendar: Or, A summary of the art of managing the fruit-garden. Teaching in order of time what is to be done therein every month in the year. Containing several new and plain directions, more particularly relating to the vine. To which is added, an appendix of the usefulness of the barometer; with some short directions how to make a right judgment of the weather. By John Laurence, M.A. rector of Yelvertost, in Northamptonshire
LAURENCE [Lawrence], John (1668-1732) · 1717
$724.00 (€656.88 | £548.01 | ¥115,613)
London printed for Bernard Lintott, between the Temple-Gates in Fleet-Street [through 1718] Three volumes in one: Fifth Edition of the first, Second of the second, First of the third. 8vo: [2, the frontispiece and title page may be cancels],vi (dedication to Henry, Duke of Ken...
[Sammelband of five plays, comprising] Xerxes. A tragedy. As it is acted at the Theatre Royal in Lincoln’s-Inn-Fields; The tragical history of King Richard III. As it is acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane. Alter’d from Shakespear by C. Cibber; Perolla and Izadora. A tragedy. Acted at the Theatre Royal, by Her Majesty’s servants; Ximena: Or, The heroick daughter. A tragedy. As it is acted at the Theatre-Royal by His Majesty’s servants; [and] Cæsar in Ægypt. A tragedy. At [sic] it is acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane, by His Majesty’s servants
[Sammelband of five plays, comprising] Xerxes. A tragedy. As it is acted at the Theatre Royal in Lincoln’s-Inn-Fields; The tragical history of King Richard III. As it is acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane. Alter’d from Shakespear by C. Cibber; Perolla and Izadora. A tragedy. Acted at the Theatre Royal, by Her Majesty’s servants; Ximena: Or, The heroick daughter. A tragedy. As it is acted at the Theatre-Royal by His Majesty’s servants; [and] Cæsar in Ægypt. A tragedy. At [sic] it is acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane, by His Majesty’s servants
CIBBER, Colley (1671-1757) · 1736
$274.00 (€248.60 | £207.40 | ¥43,754)
London Early Reprints Collection of five plays by Cibber, of various editions, dates, and imprints, each with copper-engraved frontispiece and title page printed in red and black (except Perolla and Izadora). 12mo: 72; 71[1]; 70,[2]; xxxvi,[2],58; 83,[1]pp. Xerxes: printed for...
The Shepherd's Week. In Six Pastorals [Provenance]
The Shepherd's Week. In Six Pastorals [Provenance]
GAY, John (1685-1732) · 1721
$274.00 (€248.60 | £207.40 | ¥43,754)
London Jacob Tonson Third Edition Small, slim 8vo: [16],60,[4]pp, with frontispiece, six full-page copper-engraved plates, woodcut head- and tail pieces. Later polished calf, flat spine (rebacked) lettered in gilt, speckled boards framed with French fillet, gilt turn-ins, all ...
Britannia: or a chorographical description of Great Britain and Ireland, together with the adjacent islands. Written in Latin by William Camden, Clarenceux, King at Arms: and translated into English, with additions and improvements. The second edition. Revised, digested, and published, with large additions, by Edmund Gibson, D. D. Rector of Lambeth; and now Bishop of Lincoln, and Dean of His Majesty’s Chapel-Royal
Britannia: or a chorographical description of Great Britain and Ireland, together with the adjacent islands. Written in Latin by William Camden, Clarenceux, King at Arms: and translated into English, with additions and improvements. The second edition. Revised, digested, and published, with large additions, by Edmund Gibson, D. D. Rector of Lambeth; and now Bishop of Lincoln, and Dean of His Majesty’s Chapel-Royal
CAMDEN, William (1551-1623) · 1722
$3,649.00 (€3,310.71 | £2,762.01 | ¥582,698)
London printed by Mary Matthews, for Awnsham Churchill, and sold by William Taylor, in Pater-Noster-Row A pinnacle of English scholarship, the first comprehensive topographical survey of Great Britain, complete in two tall folio volumes, mainly printed in two numbered columns:...
An essay upon prints; containing remarks upon the principles of picturesque beauty, the different kinds of prints, and the characters of the most noted masters; Illustrated by Criticisms upon particular Pieces; To which are added, Some Cautions that may be useful in collecting Prints
An essay upon prints; containing remarks upon the principles of picturesque beauty, the different kinds of prints, and the characters of the most noted masters; Illustrated by Criticisms upon particular Pieces; To which are added, Some Cautions that may be useful in collecting Prints
GILPIN, William (1724-1804) · 1768
$499.00 (€452.74 | £377.70 | ¥79,684)
London printed for J. Robson, Bookseller to the Princess Dowager of Wales, at the Feathers, in New Bond Street, First Edition First Edition of the first standard guide on print collecting in England, including detailed commentary on Hogarth's Rake's Progress. Crown 8vo (171 x...
Relation du voyage de la mer du Sud aux côtes du Chily et du Perou, fait pendant les années 1712, 1713 & 1714 : dediée à S.A.R. Monseigneur le Duc D'Orleans, Regent du Royaume / par M. Frézier, ingenieur ordinaire du roy ; ouvrage enrichi de quantité de planches en taille-douce.
Relation du voyage de la mer du Sud aux côtes du Chily et du Perou, fait pendant les années 1712, 1713 & 1714 : dediée à S.A.R. Monseigneur le Duc D'Orleans, Regent du Royaume / par M. Frézier, ingenieur ordinaire du roy ; ouvrage enrichi de quantité de planches en taille-douce.
FRÉZIER, Amédée François (1682-1773) · 1716
$1,249.00 (€1,133.21 | £945.40 | ¥199,449)
Paris chez Jean-Geoffroy Nyon, quay de Conti, au coin de la rue Guenegaud, au Nom de Jesus, Etienne Ganeau, rue Saint Jacques, aux Armes de Dombes, vis-à-vis la Fontaine de S. Severin, Jacque Quillau, imprimeur-juré-libraire, rue Galande, aux Armes de l'Université, First Edit...
Poems attempted in the style of Milton. By Mr. John Philips, Student of Christ-Church, Oxon. With his life by Dr Sewell
Poems attempted in the style of Milton. By Mr. John Philips, Student of Christ-Church, Oxon. With his life by Dr Sewell
PHILIPS, John (1676-1709) · 1744
$364.00 (€330.25 | £275.52 | ¥58,126)
London printed for E. Curll, in Covent-Garden, 12mo: xxx,42;72pp, with frontispiece portrait of the poet, frontispiece to the separately paginated Cyder, woodcut head- and tailpieces. Contemporary speckled calf, covers framed with double fillets in gilt, spine with five raise...
[Hand-Colored] Storia di America del dottore Guglielmo Robertson : tradotta dall' originale inglese dall' ab. Antonio Pillori Fiorentino [The History of America]
[Hand-Colored] Storia di America del dottore Guglielmo Robertson : tradotta dall' originale inglese dall' ab. Antonio Pillori Fiorentino [The History of America]
ROBERTSON, William (1721-1793); Antonio Pillori [translates] · 1783
$1,249.00 (€1,133.21 | £945.40 | ¥199,449)
In Venezia [Venice] Nella stamperia Gatti a spese di Leonardo e Giammaria Fratelli Bassaglia Second Venice Edition of Antonio Pillori's translation of Robertson's standard work, on the discovery of America and the conquest of Mexico and Peru. Demy 8vo (202 x 136mm): xxiv,240pp...
The works of Edmund Waller Esqr. in verse and prose published by Mr. Fenton
The works of Edmund Waller Esqr. in verse and prose published by Mr. Fenton
WALLER, Edmund (1606-1687) · 1729
$1,039.00 (€942.68 | £786.44 | ¥165,915)
London printed for I. Tonson in Ye Strand First Edition Large 4to: [18],450,xci,[1]pp, with engraved title page, four full-page copper-engraved plates (including frontispiece portrait of Waller engraved by Vertu after Kneller), and numerous superb head- and tailpieces and hist...
The Member of the Wedding A Play
The Member of the Wedding A Play
McCULLERS, Carson (1917-1967) · 1946
$64.00 (€58.07 | £48.44 | ¥10,220)
New York New Directions First Printing First Edition (no additional printings noted) of the drama, adapted by the author from her novel for the stage. 8vo; [10],118pp. Publisher's mauve cloth, spine titled in burgundy, fore-edge untrimmed, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket, ...