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Volte E Soffitti Italiani

Colasanti, Arduino · 1915

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.68 | ¥15,971)

Milano, Bestetti & Tumminelli, 1915. First edition. Cloth. xxii pp.[1], Plates [192 pp.]. Illus. with 192 b/w plates. 4to. Series: Tesori d'arte italiana. Fotografie Alinari. Italian Renaissance ceilings and associated architecture from the 14th to 18th century. Front board ru...

Die Architektonischen Ordnungen Der Griechen Und Romer. [Four Volumes in Two]

Mauch, J. M. v.[Johann Matthaus von]; Lohde, L. [Ludwig]; Borrmann, R. [Richard] · 1906

$200.00 (€181.45 | £151.36 | ¥31,941)

Berlin, Wilhelm Ernst & Sohn, 1906. Eighth edition (Achte Auflage). Cloth. [ii], 70 pp. + Plates [64 leaves]; 11 pp. + Plates [40 leaves], 4 pp.+ Plates [6 leaves]; 14 pp. + Plates [10 leaves]. Illus. with 120 b/w plates. 4to.(33 cm). The eighth and most definitive edition wit...

Three Days and a Child

Yehoshua, A.B. · 1970

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.60 | ¥19,963)

Garden City, Doubleday & Company, 1970. First American edition. Cloth. 260 pp. 8vo. Miriam Arad, trans. Author's first book in English translation. Contains five stories: A poet's continuing silence; Three days and a child; Facing the forests; Flood tide; A long hot day, his d...

A History of French Literature in Two Volumes

Butler, Kathleen T. · 1966

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.70 | ¥4,791)

New York, Russell and Russell, 1966. Reprint. Cloth. xiii, 496 pp.: 395 pp. 8vo. First published in 1923. Vol. 1. From the earliest times to the end of the 18th century. Vol. 2. The 19th century and after. A very good exlib copy with the usual markings otherwise quite clean an...

Two War Years in Constantinople. Sketches of German and Young Turkish Ethics and Politics

Stuermer, Harry · 1990

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.76 | ¥11,978)

New York, J.C. & A.L. Fawcett, 1990. Reprint. Originally published New York by George H. Doran in 1917. Cloth. 308 pp. Sm. 8vo. Translated from the German by E. Allen and the author. Stuermer was the correspondent for the Kolnische Zeitung in Constantinople in 1915-1916. A fin...

Black American Music: Past and Present

Roach, Hildred · 1973

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

Boston, Crescendo Publishing, 1973. First edition. Cloth. vii, 199 pp. Illus. with b/w photos. 8vo. A very good+ ex-lib copy with the usual markings in a good+ dust jacket.

Film Music: From Violins to Video

Limbacher, James L. · 1974

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Metuchen, N.J. Scarecrow Press, 1974. First printing. Cloth. xi, 835 pp. 8vo. A comprehensive reference covering material through the earlier 1970's. A very good+ ex-lib copy, one edge stamped, a few minor interior markings, else unused and as crisp and clean as new. No dust j...

Several More Lives to Live: Thoreau's Political Reputation in America

Meyer, Michael · 1977

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.76 | ¥11,978)

Westport, Conn, Greenwood Press, 1977. First printing. Cloth. xii, 218 pp. 8vo. Contributions to American Studies Number 29. A tour de force that reviews American views on Thoreau's political ideas from the 20's to the 70's by the former president of the Thoreau Society. This ...

A History of German Literature

Robertson, J.G. · 1968

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

Edinburgh, William Blackwood and Sons, 1968. Later printing. Cloth. xvi, 720 pp. 8vo. Since 1902 and essential reference. A very good ex-lib copy with the usual markings, else crisp, clean, and unmarked in a like dust jacket.

Familiar Dialogues, or, a Companion for Young Ladies and Gentlemen: In Which Their Duties to God and Their Parents, Their Behavior to Superiors and Inferiors, and Several Other Useful and Instructive Lessons, Are Recommended: In Two Parts, with a Pref. By P. Doddridge

American Sunday-School Union · 1829

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.84 | ¥7,985)

Philadelphia, American Sunday-School Union, 1829. Later printing. Revised by the Committee of Publication. Rebound in quarter cloth over marbled paper-covered boards. 180 pp. Illus. engraved frontis. 24mo. First published in 1741 as "The Friendly instructor.." this is one of s...

Oeuvres de Crebillon. [Three Volumes]

Crebillon, M. (Prosper Jolyot) · 1802

$150.00 (€136.09 | £113.52 | ¥23,956)

Paris, Impr. de Pierre Didot l'aine, et de Firmin Didot, 1802. Ed. stereotype d'apres le procede de Firmin Didot. Full calf with gilt dentelles, morocco spine labels, gilt decorations, marbled endpapers. All edges marbled. 12mo. Prosper Jolyot Crebillon (1674-1762) a popular a...

Hudibras. A Poem Written in the Time of the CIVIL Wars. Adorned with Cuts. Hudibras. Poeme Ecrit Dans le Tems de Troubles D'Angleterre Et Traduit En Vers Francois. Avec Des Remarques & Des Figures. [Three Volumes]

Butler, Samuel; Towneley, John, trans · 1757

$500.00 (€453.64 | £378.40 | ¥79,853)

London / Londres, 1757. First edition. Quarter brown morocco over marbled paper-covered boards. Gilt titles and decorations to spine, sewn in bookmarks, marbled endpapers. [vi], [x], 365 pp. [1]; [iv], 480 pp. [1]; [iv[, 365 pp. [1]. Illus. with 14 plates (3 folding). Sm. 8vo....

Weisheit Und Wahrheit in Shakespeares Dramatischen Werken. Eine Sammlung Von Lesefruchten

Troeger, Heinrich, ed · 0

$18.50 (€16.78 | £14.00 | ¥2,955)

Darmstadt, Darmstadter Echo, (n.d). Cloth. 158 pp. Sm. 8vo. A very good+ copy, clean, crisp, and unmarked.

Die Winterpostille. Ein Lese- Und Singbuch Fur Winter Und Weihnacht

Flam, Cosmus and Fleischer, Otto Heinrich · 1955

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,396)

Munchen, Bergstadtverlag Korn, 1955. First edition. Cloth. 346 pp. 8vo. Edges a bit soiled else a near fine copy in a very good dust jacket.

Heldensage. Een Gedicht

Roland Holst-Van der Schalk, Henriette · 1927

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Amsterdam, Querido, 1927. Paper wrappers. 119 pp. 8vo. Henriette Roland Holst-Van der Schalk (1869-1952), poetess, writer, socialist, and one of the most revered women in the history of the Netherlands. Chip to rear wrapper corner, spine heel chipped and with 2" tear, a very g...

An Elusive Trail

Engel, Phillip A. · 1969

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,993)

Hudson, N.Y. Johnny's Ideal Printing Co. 1969. First edition. Paper wrappers. 68 pp. 8vo. Inscribed by the author on the title page. A near fine copy.

Problems in Shakespere's Penmanship: Including a Study of the Poet's Will

Tannenbaum, Samuel A. · 1966

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,590)

New York, Modern Language Assoc. 1966. Kraus reprint of the 1927 edition. Paper wrappers. xvi, 241 pp. Illus. with b/w reproductions and 3 folding facsimiles. 8vo. A very good clean exlib copy with the usual markings, some tears to folding plates.

Rhetoric and Poetry in the Renaissance: A Study of Rhetoric Terms in English Renaissance Literary Criticism

Clark, Donald Leman · 1963

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.84 | ¥7,985)

New York, Russell And Russell, 1963. Reprint of the 1922 Columbia Univ. Press edition. Cloth. x, 166 pp. 8vo. The influence of classical rhetoric on the criticisms of poetry published in England between 1553 and 1641. A very good ex-lib copy with the usual markings, else crisp...

The Unabridged Mark Twain. Volume II. [2]

Twain, Mark · 1979

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Philadelphia, Running Press, 1979. Second printing. Paper wrappers. xv, 1118 pp. 8vo. Lawrence Teacher ed. Shelfwear else a near fine copy.

Literary Rambles: At Home and Abroad

Wolfe, Theodore F. · 1901

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott Company, 1901. Later printing. Cloth. 235 pp. Illus. with b/w plates. 12mo. Rear board a bit stained, still a good+ solid copy.