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Tragédies grecques de Sophocle, traduites en françois, avec des notes critiques, & un examen de chaque piece selon les règles du Théatre. Par Monsieur D'Acier.

SOPHOCLES. · 1693 · Antiquariaat Fragmenta Selecta

€175.00 ($192.89 | £145.98 | ¥30,805)

Paris, Chez Claude Barbin, 1693. Small 8vo. Frontispiece, (X),324 p. Vellum 16.5 cm (Ref: Hoffmann 3,428; Schweiger 1,298; Moss 2,609; Ebert 21521; Graesse 6/1,447; cf. Neue Pauly Suppl. 2, p. 554 for the edition of 1692) (Details: 5 thongs laced through the joints.The frontisp…

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS)

CARVER, George Washington · 41931 · Charles Agvent

$1,500.00 (€1,360.91 | £1,135.19 | ¥239,559)

Tuskegee, AL. Lengthy 4-page handwritten letter on both sides of two sheets of 8-1/2" x 11-1/8" Tuskegee Institute letterhead to a young friend and aspiring poet, Ralph Douberly. Throughout the letter, Carver reiterates his enjoyment in being in Douberly and Douberly's friend Bi…

The Gould Collection of Netsuke

Gould, Irving; Photographs by Glass, Michael B. · 1987 · Jorge Welsh Works of Art Lda

€200.00 ($220.44 | £166.83 | ¥35,206)

Book Good No Jacket 1st Edition Michael B. Glass & Associates, Inc., New York, U.S.A. English text.; Hardcover (without dust jacket - as issued, in slipcase).; 27 x 36 cm.; 3.8 kg.; 448 pages with colour illustrations.; LIMITED EDITION, OF WHICH THIS IS NUMBER 258.; Used with si…

[Unionism] The Cripple Creek Strike, 1903-1904

LANGDON, Emma F., Mrs. (1875–1937) · 1904 · Fine Editions Ltd

$649.00 (€588.82 | £491.16 | ¥103,649)

Victor, Colo. Copyrighted . . . by Mrs. Emma F. Langdon First Edition True First Printing (Great Western Publishing Co. editions are reprints) with "unanimous endorsement of the Colorado State Federation of Labor" on p. [5]. Demy 8vo (198 x 150mm): [12],248pp, with tissue-guard…

[Als] Maine House Member M.M. Rawson Reports to Gubernatorial Candidate on Corruption in the Vote for Governor

[Maine] Rawson, M.M. [Maubec Mitchell] · 1855 · Kaaterskill Books

$375.00 (€340.23 | £283.80 | ¥59,890)

Augusta House [Augusta, ME], 1855. [3] pp. Bifolium. 8 x 10 inches. Letter dated January 4th, 1855, one day after the Maine elections, from Maubec Mitchell Rawson, newly elected Whig member of the Maine House of Representatives, to fellow Whig party member and candidate for Gove…

The Geology of Hsi-Shan or the Western Hills of Peking

Liangfu Ye L.F. Yih · 1920 · Antiquariaat Tanchelmus bv

€500.00 ($551.10 | £417.07 | ¥88,015)

Soft cover: The book was rebound, retaining the damaged original front cover. 25.5 x 18.5 cm, 115 + 100 pp., English, 1st Edition, Illustrations: All the illustrations (15) and figures (16) are present, book condition: Very Good. This is a foundational geological study published…

The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Containing Some Poetical Pieces by Dr. Johnson, relative to the Tour, and never before published; A Series of his Conversation, Literary Anecdotes, and Opinions of Men and Books: with an authentick account of The Distresses and Escape of the Grandson of King James II. in the Year 1746.

BOSWELL (James): · 1785 · John Price Antiquarian Books

£500.00 (€599.42 | $660.68 | ¥105,515)

London: Printed by Henry Baldwin, for Charles Dilly..., 1785. FIRST EDITION. 8vo, 208 x 125 mms., pp. [iii] - vii [viii quotation], 524 [525 Errata and Proposals for printing Boswell's life of Johnson, 526 blank], with \"induced\" in the note on page 121, E3, E4, and M4 in can…

The COMPANIONATE MARRIAGE

Lindsey, Judge Ben B[arr. 1869 - 1943]. & Evans, Wainright [1883 - ~ 1957]. Stoddard, Walter E. - Presentation recipient · 1927 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$302.50 (€274.45 | £228.93 | ¥48,311)

New York: Boni & Liveright, 1927. 1st edition. INSCRIBED PRESENTATION copy, SIGNED "To Walter E. Stoddard / with the compliments of / Ben B. Lindsey [underscore] / Apl 27/33." Stoddard presumed to be the Sacramento book collector, fl 1910 - 1950. Blue cloth binding with gilt sta…

Confessarius Monialium: Commoda, Brevi, & Practica Methodo Instructus

Alexandris (Cajetanus de) · 1728 · Structure, Verses, Agency Books

$300.00 (€272.18 | £227.04 | ¥47,912)

Venetiis [Venice, Italy], Balleoniana [Paolo Balleoni], 1728. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. Size: 16mo 6" - 7" tall. The title continues: "Circa earum Obligationes, Privilegia... Editio quarta, pluribus in locis locupletata." Thus, the Fourth edition, the First Edition having been…

Medizinische und Chirurgische Bemerkungen über die Klima, die Lebensweise und Krankheiten der Einwohner der Hollaendischen Kolonie Rio Essequebo. Von Ernst Karl Rodschied, Beider Heilungswissenschaften Doktor.

RODSCHIED, E.K. [Ernst Karl].- · 1796 · Antiquariaat B.M.Israel B.V.

€1,150.00 ($1,267.54 | £959.27 | ¥202,434)

Frankfurt, In der Jeagerschen Buchhandlung, 1796. 8vo. [binding 19 x 12 cm]. Contemp. hlf. clf., over speckled marbled brds., spine discol. & rubbed, top of spine dam.[n8, A - U8]. (IV, (I), II - XII, (1-3), 4 - 320 (pp. 315 - 320 'Verlagsverzeichniss...') pp.) (Upper lefthand …

Bettina Rheims, The Book of Olga Collector's Edition

Bettina Rheims (Autor), Catherine Millet (Autor) · 1948 · LLU Buchservice

€1,959.90 ($2,160.22 | £1,634.84 | ¥345,000)

, Taschen, Auflage: Mul Ltd Sg. 154, 54,6 x 35,6 x 7,2 cm, Hardcover. Zustand: 2. Die Femme fatale Olga Rodionov ist eine berühmte Schönheit, die sich in den Mode- und Jetset-Kreisen Moskaus bewegt. Als der sie verehrende Gatte, ein mächtiger russischer Millionär, sich auf die S…

Nippon. Archiv zur Beschreibung von Japan und dessen Neben- und Schutzländeren. Jezo mit den südlichen Kurilen, Krafto, Kooraï und den Liukiu-Inseln, nach japanischen und europäischen Schriften und eigenen Beobachtungen. Atlas.

Siebold, P. F. von · 1832 · Antiquariaat Schierenberg

€36,500.00 ($40,230.56 | £30,446.29 | ¥6,425,068)

Leiden, privately published by the author, [1832]-1835. Seven parts in three. Folio (54.8 x 35.4 cm [loose plates]; 58 x 39 cm [bound volumes]). Allegorical frontispiece (much larger and far more finely engraved than the similar one in the quarto edition), 2 pp. "Erklärung des T…

Caricatures Anglaises [Cover Title]

ROWLANDSON, Thomas; WOODWARD, George Moutard · 1790 · David Brass Rare Books (ABAA/ILAB)

$12,500.00 (€11,340.88 | £9,459.94 | ¥1,996,327)

London: Ackermann & Fores, 1790. A Wonderful Rowlandson, Woodward & Nixon Album Containing Twenty-Five Superb Hand Colored Etched Plates ROWLANDSON, Thomas. [WOODWARD, George Moutard]. [NIXON, John]. Caricatures Anglaises [cover title]. London: 1790-1814. Folio (18 x 12 7/8 inch…

Natural History, General and Particular, by the Count de Buffon, Illustrated with Above Six Hundred Copper-Plates. The History of Man and Quadrupeds Translated, with Notes and Observations, by William Smellie

Count de Buffon [Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon]; William Smellie; William Wood · 1812 · Rooke Books

£995.00 (€1,192.84 | $1,314.75 | ¥209,974)

London, T. Cadell and W. Davies , 1812. Cloth. A copiously illustrated new edition of this encyclopaedic natural history, complete here in twenty volumes. A new edition, carefully corrected and considerably enlarged by many additional articles, notes, and plates. With an account…

Indispensable Accomplishments

FRANKLAND, Sir Robert; COPLOW, Billesdon · 1811 · David Brass Rare Books (ABAA/ILAB)

$3,850.00 (€3,492.99 | £2,913.66 | ¥614,869)

London: H. Humphreys, 1811. Six Humorous Hand-Colored Engraved Hunting Scenes FRANKLAND, Sir Robert. COPLOW, Billesdon (pseudonym). Indispensable Accomplishments..London: Published..by H. Humphrey, 1811. First edition. Oblong folio (10 5/8 x 14 5/8 inches; 270 x 370 mm.). Engrav…

Tour of the Grand Junction

HASSELL, John · 1819 · David Brass Rare Books (ABAA/ILAB)

$3,500.00 (€3,175.45 | £2,648.78 | ¥558,972)

London: Printed for J. Hassell.. 1819. A Rare Large-Paper Copy In the Original Drab Boards Twenty-Four Hand-Colored Aquatint Plates HASSELL, J[ohn]. Tour of the Grand Junction, Illustrated in a Series of Engravings; with an Historical and Topographical Description of Those Parts…

The Inflexible Captive: A Tragedy. The Third edition.

MORE (Hannah): SAMMELBAND. · 1774 · John Price Antiquarian Books

£500.00 (€599.42 | $660.68 | ¥105,515)

Bristo: Printed and sold by S. Farley....; Sold also by T. Cadell..., 1774. 8vo,, 208 x 120 mms., pp. [viii] [1] 2 – 83 [84 adverts]. BOUND WITH: Percy, A Tragedy. As it is acted at the Theatre-Royal in Covent-Garden. London: Printed for T. Caell…, 1778. Pp. [viii], [1] 2…

Sermons To Asses, To Doctors In Divinity, To Lords Spiritual, And To Ministers Of State. By The late Rev. James Murray, Of Newcastle. With An Engraved portrait Of The Author, And An Original Sketch Of his Life.

MURRAY, REV. JAMES . · 1817 · Chilton Books

£100.00 (€119.88 | $132.14 | ¥21,103)

London: Printed for William Hone, Ludgate Hill, 1817 - 1819 . 0. A tight early binding. Old papered boards, very rubbed and bumped. Black cloth spine, also very rubbed. Endpapers lightly soiled. Catalogue review laid down to verso of the front board. Engraved portrait frontis. C…

Women and Credit in Pre-Industrial Europe

Elise M. Dermineur (ed) · 2018 · ERIK TONEN BOOKS

€116.60 ($128.52 | £97.26 | ¥20,525)

, Brepols, 2018 Hardback, xi + 364 pages, Size:156 x 234 mm, Illustrations:14 b/w, 32 tables b/w., Language: English. ISBN 9782503570525. Summary This collection of essays compares and discusses women's participation and experiences in credit markets in early modern Europe, an…

Biographie Universelle Ancienne Et Moderne in Forty Five Volumes

M. Michaud · 1843 · Rooke Books

£1,750.00 (€2,097.96 | $2,312.38 | ¥369,302)

Paris and Leipzig, A. Thoisnier Desplaces; Chez Madame C. Desplaces; Lirairie de F. A. Brockhaus, 1843-1860 . Leather. This vast collection of biographies of writers and scholars throughout history complete in forty five volumes. The complete set of Biographie Universelle Ancien…