Structure, Verses, Agency Books

The Signs of the Times; or a Glance at Christendom As It Is

Hastings, H. L. · 1863

$52.00 (€47.18 | £39.36 | ¥8,304)

Boston, Massachusetts, H. L. Hastings, 1863. Third Edition, Greatly enlarged. Hardcover. Size: 12mo 7" - 7. Uber-scarce in the trade, there being only a single additional copy in this state. A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and sturdy. State...

That Dreadful Boy!

Marchant, Bessie (Mrs. J.A.Comfort) · 1900

$28.00 (€25.40 | £21.19 | ¥4,471)

London, England, Robert Culley, . . Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Undated, but appears to be the very early 1900s, a cute little tome, bound in brown cloth over beveled boards, sharp and distinct gilt lettering to front cover, tri-color illustration to front cover of a n...

An Apology for the Bible, in a Series of Letters, Addressed to Thomas Paine

Watson, R[ichard] · 1817

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.69 | ¥15,969)

London, Printed and sold by James Low, 1817. A New Edition. Hardcover. Size: 12mo 7" - 7. In the Preface is written "They have remarked to me (says the Bishop) that the deistical writings of Mr. Paine are circulated, with great and pernicious industry, amongst the unlearned p...

The Old Yellow Book: Source of Browning's the Ring and the Book

Hodell, Charles W. · 1916

$140.00 (€127.02 | £105.97 | ¥22,356)

Washington, D.C., Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1916. Second Edition. Softcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. No copies available on-line currently of this stated Second Edition. Author published the long article in a March 1908 issue of The Atlantic (!) about this item an...

A la Memoire de Quinze Savants Francais Laureats de L'Institut, Assassines Par Les Allemands, 1940-1945

Heim, Roger · 1958

$36.00 (€32.66 | £27.25 | ¥5,749)

Paris, Comite a la Memoires des Savants Francais, Victimes de la Barbarie Allemande 1940-1945, 1958. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. A lovely homage, bound in stiff card stock wraps, covered in publisher's original glassine jacket, mildly toned of interior...

Sir Philip Sidney: Servant of God

Stoddart, Anna M. · 1894

$24.00 (€21.77 | £18.17 | ¥3,832)

Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1894. . Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover, clean, if lightly toned interior, some crayon markings up front, else unmarked, beautifully illustrated by Margaret L. Huggins with five ...

Original and Present State of Man, Briefly Considered

Phipps, Joseph · 1788

$32.00 (€29.03 | £24.22 | ¥5,110)

New York, London Printed: New York Re-printed by William Ross, 1788. . Hardcover. Size: 12mo 7" - 7. It was the author, Richard Watson, Bishop of Llandaff, that the peot Wordsworth, in 1793, had attacked for his apostasy from the cause of liberty. The title page continues, "W...

Warm and Cold

Mamet, David and Donald Sultan · 1989

$28.00 (€25.40 | £21.19 | ¥4,471)

New York, Grove Press, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. An engaging children's book penned by the award-winning David Mamet and illustrated colorfully by Donald Sultan. SIGNED in pen by David Mamet. First Edition, First Printing. Illustrated with nine...

Oeuvres de M. Boileau Despreaux

Boileau, Nicholas · 1782

$64.00 (€58.07 | £48.44 | ¥10,220)

Paris, France, Aux Depens de la Compagnie, 1782. . Hardcover. Size: 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall. A perfectly serviceable reference copy, bound in a tan vellum over boards, some cracking to front joint, remains of penned lettering to spine, rubbing to, scuffing of tips and edges. ...

Discorso Sopra la Storia Universale Per Delucidare la Continuazion Della Religione E le Mutazioni Degl'Imperj, Dal Principio Del Mondo Sino All'Impero Di Carlo Magno

Bossuet, J. · 1715

$180.00 (€163.31 | £136.25 | ¥28,744)

Venezia, Italy, Paolo Baglioni, 1715. . Hardcover. Size: 12mo 7" - 7. Translated from the original French by Selvaggio Canturani into Italian, two volumes being bound as one. The title page continues: "Di Monsignore Jacopo Benigno Bossuet Vescovo di Meaux, Consigliere del Reg...

A Lot of Books Regarding "Kiki" (Alice Prin) and the Artists and Writers, Poets and Editors of Paris, France in the 1920s-1940s: Kiki's Paris: Artists and Lovers 1900-1930; Professional Secrets: Autobiography of Jean Cocteau; the Intellectual Follies: A Memoir of the Literary Venture in New York and Paris; in Transition: Writing and Art from Transition Magazine 1972-1930; Transition 1927-38: The History of a Literary Era; Varlin 1900-1977; Published in Paris: American and British Writers, Printers, and Publishers in Paris, 1920-1939

Kluver, Billy and Julie Martin; Jean Cocteau, by Richard Phelps, translated by Richard Howard; Lionel Abel; Noel Riley Fitch; Dougald McMillan; Friedrich Durrenmatt and Peter Selz; Hugh Ford · 1989

$232.00 (€210.49 | £175.61 | ¥37,047)

, , . First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. A fine and useful lot of books designed to augment the main work, published in 1989 by Harry N. Abrams, by Billy Kluver and Julie Martin, SIGNED by both authors at the first free endpaper, 1) Kiki's Paris: Artists and ...

The Art of the Japanese Print, Volume 7: Modern Prints I

1962

$156.00 (€141.54 | £118.08 | ¥24,911)

Tokyo, Japan, Kodansha, Ltd., 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Extremely scarce in the trade, there being only a single additional copy available. Brand-new, still in its original cardboard packing box, neither shelf- nor edge-worn, neither sun...

The Ideas and Feelings Necessary to National Greatness: A Sermon Delivered Before the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Government of Massachusetts, at the Annual Election, Wednesday, January 2d, 1867

Warren, Henry White · 1867

$9.60 (€8.71 | £7.27 | ¥1,533)

Boston, Wright & Potter, State Printers, 1867. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. The author was then Pastor of the Harvard Street Methodist Episcopal Church, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Chipped and damp-stained brick-red paper wraps, dissipating in both directio...

Christian Emblems on the Coins of Constantine I. The Great, His Family, and His Successors

Madden, Frederic W. · 1877

$9.60 (€8.71 | £7.27 | ¥1,533)

, , . Facsimile. Softcover. Size: 12mo 7" - 7. Sturdy, simple, staple-bound softcover copy, minor wear of covers, less to text-block, but with neither underlining nor highlighting. Perfectly readable, usable copy. Undated facsimile of the report that was published first in Lo...

Chung Hwa Hui Tsa Chih: Tijdschrift Der Chineezen in Nederland En Nederlandsch-Indie, Tevens Orgaan Van de Chineezenvereeniging, December, 1917

Phoa Liong Tjiauw, Kho Khik Hoen and Khoe Boen Tjiat, eds. · 1917

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

, Chung Hwa Hui Tsa Chih, 1917. . Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Dutch-language professional journal issue, being April, 1923, of a leading clearing-house for Island Southeast Asian studies. Red card-stock, printed wrappers, a bit sunned along edges, split to wrappers at ...

Chung Hwa Hui Tsa Chih: Tijdschrift Der Chineezen in Nederland En Nederlandsch-Indie, Tevens Orgaan Van de Chineezenvereeniging, April, 1923

Phoa Liong Tjiauw, Kho Khik Hoen and Khoe Boen Tjiat, eds. · 1923

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Chung Hwa Hui Tsa Chih, 1923. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Dutch-language professional journal issue, being April, 1923, of a leading clearing-house for Island Southeast Asian studies. Red card-stock, printed wrappers, a bit su...

Proceedings of the Mass Meeting of Loyal Citizens, on Union Square, New-York, 15th Day of July, 1862, Under the Auspices of the Chamber of Commerce of the State of New-York, and Other Committees of Loyal Citizens: Letters and Speeches

Stevens, John Austin, Secretary of State · 1862

$13.60 (€12.34 | £10.29 | ¥2,172)

New-York, George F. Nesbitt & Co., printers, 1862. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Uber-scarce in the trade, there being only a single additional copy available on-line. Something of a call-to-arms to the "loyal citizens" of New-York and who wished to volunt...

An Examination of Precedents and Principles; from Which It Appears That an Impeachment Is Determined by a Dissolution of Parliament; with an Appendix, in Which All the Precedents Are Collected

Christian, Edward · 1791

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

London, Printed for XX Stockdale, 1791. . Softcover. Size: 12mo 7" - 7. Edward Christian (3 March 1758 – 29 March 1823) was an English judge and law professor and opines here on the process of impeachment in the English Parliament. He was also the older brother of the leadi...

Journal of the Central Assembly of the State of Vermont, at Their Session Begun and Holden at Montpelier, in the County of Washington, on Thursday, 10th October, A.D. 1833

1833

$28.00 (€25.40 | £21.19 | ¥4,471)

Danville, Vermont, Eben'r Eaton, 1833. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Unique in the trade, a nicely bound, complete and sturdy examplar of the 1833 General Assembly report. Lightly toned, title page clipped at bottom tip, rear wrap torn and half-detached, e...

Chants Du Desespere

Vildrac, Charles · 1920

$76.00 (€68.95 | £57.53 | ¥12,136)

Paris, France, Librairie Gallimard, Librairie Generale, Livres Anciens et Modernes, 1920. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 16mo 6" - 7" tall. Unique in the trade, there being no additional copies available on-line currently in this state and condition, being a First Edition co...