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Infinite Jest [First State]

WALLACE, David Foster (1962-2008) · 1996 · Fine Editions Ltd

$574.00 (€520.78 | £434.47 | ¥91,631)

New York Little, Brown First Edition First Printing (full number line), in First State dust jacket (incorrectly spelling William Vollmann as "Vollman" on back panel) of the author's magnum opus. Thick 8vo: [4],1079,[1]. Publisher's quarter-bound French blue cloth spine over peri…

[Stonehenge] English Traits

EMERSON, R[alph] W[aldo], 1803-1882 · 1856 · Fine Editions Ltd

$499.00 (€452.73 | £377.70 | ¥79,659)

Boston Phillips, Sampson First Edition First Printing, with "(1)" on half-title, "Stereotyped at the Boston Stereotype Foundry" on title page verso, battered type at the bottom of page 230, and type of last line on p. 304 not battered. 8vo: 312pp. Publisher's dark brown ribbed …

Two Early Stories [The Wavering Disciple; A Study in Opal]

FIRBANK, Ronald (1886-1926); GOREY, Edward [Illustrates] · 1971 · Fine Editions Ltd

$326.00 (€295.77 | £246.76 | ¥52,041)

New York Albondocani Press Limited Edition No. 147 of 200 hand-numbered copies for sale (26 lettered copies were also issued), with illustrations by Edward Gorey and foreword by Miriam J. Benkovitz. Crown 8vo (190 x 135mm): 54,[2]pp, with four illustrations. Original limp brown,…

The Dwarfs [Uncorrected Advance Proof]

PINTER, Harold (1930-2008) · 1990 · Fine Editions Ltd

$289.00 (€262.20 | £218.75 | ¥46,135)

London Faber and Faber A pristine uncorrected reading proof of the Nobel Prize-winner's first and only novel, written in the early 1950's, before he turned to theater, but only published in 1990. The novel, says Michael Billington, Pinter's biographer, holds the key to all of Pi…

Concerning the Spiritual and the Concrete in Kandinsky's Art

Florman, Lisa Carol; Kojeve, Alexandre · 2014 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,512)

Stanford, CA, Stanford University Press, 2014. Softcover. Octavo. Softcover. Grey illustrated wraps with red titles. This book examines the art and writings of Wassily Kandinsky, who is widely regarded as one of the first artists to produce non-representational paintings. Crucia…

Three Secret Poems. Translated from the original Greek edition by W. Kaiser.

SEFERIS, G., · 1969 · Scrinium Classical Antiquity

€40.00 ($44.09 | £33.37 | ¥7,038)

Harvard University Press, Cambridge (Mass.), 1969. XIX,69p. Original blue cloth with pictorial dust wrappers. Dust wrappers to upper edge with crease, repaired to the inside with acid free adhesive tape. Upper edge a bit rust stained. Greek - English parallel text. 'Like everyt…

Fasciculus dissertationum medicarum selectiorum.

ZWINGER, Theodor (1658-1724): · 1710 · Harteveld Rare Books Ltd.

CHF 750.00 (€811.18 | $894.08 | £676.75 | ¥142,728)

Basel, Joh. Ludovici Koenig, 1710, in-8vo, 6 unn. leaves (including a title-page in red & black, loosening) + 649 p. + 8 leaves (last blanc), illustrated with three and half pages of engraved music, browning throughout, contemporary vellum. First edition of this interesting an…

Oeuvres compltes. Nouvelle Ždition publiŽe aux frais de l'Etat NorvŽgien, par L. Sylow et S. Lie. 2 parts in 1 volume.

ABEL, Niels Hendrik (1802-1829): · 1881 · Harteveld Rare Books Ltd.

CHF 350.00 (€378.55 | $417.24 | £315.82 | ¥66,606)

Christiania, Gr¿ndahl, 1881, in-4to, 2 leaves + VIII + 621 p. + 1 blanc leaf; 2 leaves + 338 p. + 2 leaves ( 2 tables, et errata), light foxing in places, mainly limited to one margin, annexe: Niels Hendrik Abel, In Memoriam. p. 223-233, half vellum with marbled paper, upper spi…

Lettere mediche scritte a varj amici. Traduzion dal francese. Edizione 2a, corretta, e revista.ReliŽ ens. avec:TISSOT, (Samuel A.A.D.):Dissertatione intorno le febbri biliose, osia Storia dell' epidemia bibliosa di Losanna ne' Svizzeri dell' anno 1755. Tradotta dall' idioma Latino in Italiano, medico fisico Vicentino.

TISSOT, (Samuel A.A.D.) (1728-1797): · 1771 · Harteveld Rare Books Ltd.

CHF 250.00 (€270.39 | $298.03 | £225.58 | ¥47,576)

Napoli, Gaetano Castellano, 1771/1772, pt. in-8vo, 2 ff. + 236 p.; 5 ff. + 260 p. + 2 ff., trs lŽg. rousseurs, reliure en vŽlin, pice de titre au dos, tranches jaspŽes rouge, trait d'encre sur la partie du 2e ouvrage (latŽral). 1) The second Italian edition of the first work, …

Tour over the Alps and in Italy. By Albert MontŽmont. Translated from the French.

MONTEMONT, Albert: · 1823 · Harteveld Rare Books Ltd.

CHF 250.00 (€270.39 | $298.03 | £225.58 | ¥47,576)

London, printed (by G. Sydney, Printer), for Sir Richard Phillips and Co., 1823, in-8¡, engraved frontispice with 2 views + 1 leaf (titlepage) + 78 p., exlibris Peter E. Obergfell, period-style binding brown cloth over marbled boards, title gilt on spine. Fine copy. This firs…

Haps & Mishaps of the Simpleton Family Abroad.

BELL: · 1863 · Harteveld Rare Books Ltd.

CHF 300.00 (€324.47 | $357.63 | £270.70 | ¥57,091)

London, Simpkin, Marshall & Co. Stationers Hall Court. Bath: R.E. Peach, n.d. (1863), in-8vo, 79 p., with 2 full page illustrations, exlbris Peter E. Obergfell, original clothbound with gilt title on bookcover. All edges gilt. Among the 12 chapters in this little book about a …

Little Dorrit. With Illustrations by H.K. Browne

DICKENS,CHARLES · 1857 · Sigma Antiquariaat

€820.10 ($903.91 | £684.19 | ¥144,297)

London: Bradbury & Evans 1857 First hardback edition, first state. Two volumes in one. XIV + 625 p. engraved title, illustrated with 40 plates, incl. frontisp. by Hablot Knight Browne ("Phiz") HARDCOVER: (Orig. cloth blind stamped, gilt title, new endpapers.Text pages are clean …

Gurdjieff: Cosmic Secrets

SMITH, RUSSELL A · 1993 · Sigma Antiquariaat

€46.61 ($51.37 | £38.89 | ¥8,201)

Texas : The Dog 1993 165. p.,num. diagrams, index, 22 x 28 cm. SOFTCOVER: (Orig. paperb. AS NEW) Metaphysical discussion of the teachings of Gurdjieff with emphasis on numerological and mathematical aspects. Topics include: the Enneagram, Law of Three, Law of Seven, Ratio of the…

Eugene DuBois and the Ape-man from Java:

THEUNISSEN, BERT · 1989 · Sigma Antiquariaat

€141.01 ($155.42 | £117.64 | ¥24,811)

Kluwer Academic Publishers 1989 The History of the First 'Missing Link' and Its Discoverer. 216 p., ills.bibliogr., index HARDCOVER: (Orig.hardback with pictorial boards . NEW) Although the name Pithecanthropus is now seldom used, there are few who study the origin of our specie…

Cuadernos de Agora. Nos. 19-20

CUADERNOS DE AGORA · 1958 · Librería Miguel Miranda

€15.00 ($16.53 | £12.51 | ¥2,639)

Madrid: (Edita Concha Lagos), Mayo-Junio, 1958.- 64 p.; Con una lámina al comienzo, dibujada por Francisco Todó y una lámina con el retrato fotográfico en primer plano de Carles Riba, junto con el facsímil de una poesía manuscrita suya al lado; 4º (23,7 x 16,3 cm); Textos de la…

Dialogo de Las Sombras

Becher, Emilio. (Colombo Press) · 1947 · Kaaterskill Books

$450.00 (€408.27 | £340.61 | ¥71,836)

Buenos Aires, Sociedad de Bibliofilos Argentinos, 1947. First edition. Loose quires in printed wrappers in a brown quarter cloth chemise and slipcase. 80 pp. Sm. 4to. Printed by Francisco A. Colombo, on Perusia de Fabriano paper, with Garamond type. Title in blue, red and black,…

A Widow for One Year [Signed Association Copy with Als]

IRVING, JOHN · 1998 · The Wild Muse

$5,499.78 (€4,989.82 | £4,162.89 | ¥877,965)

Amsterdam: Anthos, 1998. 1st. Hard. 8vo. Signed first edition of rare English language Dutch edition of Irving's novel. The true first edition of Irving's novel, preceding the release of the US and UK editions. Author's SIGNED presentation to motorcycle legend Cook Neilson, who …

Tilt's Miniature Almanack For 1856.

MINIATURE ALMANACK . · 1856 · Chilton Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,654)

London: D. Bogue, 86, Fleet Street, Tilt And Bogue [Harrild, Printer], 1856 . 0. A very good miniature Almanack in the original crimson morocco wrap-round (wallet style) binding. 6.3cm x 3.6cm x 0.4cm. All page edges gilt [32pp.] VG. ** "David Bogue started life on 16 October 18…

Histoire naturelle du Sénégal. Coquillages. Avec une relation abrégée d'un voyage fait en ce pays pendant les années 1749, 50, 51, 52 et 53. Paris, Claude-Jean-Baptiste Bache, 1757.

ADANSON, MICHEL: · 1730 · Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books (ILAB)

€2,400.00 ($2,645.28 | £2,002.26 | ¥422,282)

4to. Pp. (viii), 190; (ii), xcvi, 275. With one large folding map and 19 folding plates depicting molluscs and shells engraved by Thérèse Reboul after sketches by the author. Contemporary calf, spine gilt with five raised bands and title-label, rubbed, spine worn, hinges cracked…

Japan Described and Illustrated by the Japanese. Written by Eminent Japanese Authorities and Scholars. Ten volumes. Boston, J.B. Millet Co., 1897-8.

BRINKLEY, FRANK (Ed.): · 1867 · Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books (ILAB)

€2,600.00 ($2,865.72 | £2,169.12 | ¥457,473)

A complete set of this Tokyo edition, limited to 500 copies (no. 351). Folio. Pp. 382, ten hand-coloured collotype frontispieces of flowers, thirty mounted hand-coloured album photographs (accompanied by leaves with descriptive text), five more coloured flower plates and fifteen…