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EPSTEIN, JASON · 2001 · Kalamos Books

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New York, W. W. Norton & Company. 2001, 1st US Edition. (ISBN: 0393049841) Hardcover. Book, Jason Epstein has led arguably the most creative career in book publishing during the past-century. In 1952 he created Anchor Books, which launched the so-called quality paperback revolut…

In Her Lover's Eyes

VASILOS, TINA (PSEUD. FREDA VASILOPOULOS) · 1999 · Kalamos Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

Don Mills, ON, Harlequin. 1999, 1st Can Ed. (ISBN: 0373225326) Pbk. Book, [Harlequin Intrigue Series # 532]Nurse Abby Chance recognized her patient on a soggy, country road just before he collapsed of exhaustion. She brought Zach Andros to her weekend getaway cabin, but hadn't e…

Hope springs eternal

PHILLIPS, EDWARD · 1988 · Kalamos Books

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Toronto, McClelland & Stewart. 1988. (ISBN: 0771069901) Hardcover. Ex-Library. "Harold Adams, widower and retired businessman, is about to turn sixty-five. He is grouchy and he smokes too much. Just when he thinks life holds no more surprises or adventures, he accepts the chairm…

FRANCESCO COLONNA. A Fanciful Tale of the Writing of the Hypnerotomachia. Translated by Theodore Wesley Koch.

Nodier, Charles. · 1929 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

Chicago: Privately Printed 1929. Slim 8vo. 62pp. + [ii] limitation leaf. Frontis., red ruled and decorated title page, dec. red initial letters, 7 plates. Ex.-libris Alfred Sutro with sm. gilt lettered leather bookplate offset onto front f.e.p., original gilt lettered black clot…

LLYFR DATGUDDIAD IOAN. Carluniwyd gan. Golygwyd a chyhoeddwyd gan Robin Gwyndaf. [THE REVELATION OF JOHN. Illustrated by ... Edited and published by ...].

Jones, Margaret D. (Illustrator). · 2008 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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... Robin Gwyndaf ... Llandaf, Caerdydd 2008. 4to. 34pp. + 34pp. + 104 pages of colour and b/w. illus. by Margaret D. Jones. Duel Welsh and English text versions. Good in d/w. faded to spine and very sl. chipped at head. No. 14 of a Limited Edition of 400 Copies.Signed in both…

CAMBRIAN MIRROR, Or a New Tourist Companion Through North Wales; Comprehending the History and Description of the Towns, Villages, Castles, Mansions, Abbeys, Churches, Mountains, Valleys, Waterfalls, Lakes, Cataracts, and Bridges, in That Interesting and Romantic Country; Together with Various Routes to the Most Attractive Places, Pointing out the Different Objects Without the Labour of Incessant Reference; And a Sketch of the History, Character, and Manners of the People.

Parry, Edward. · 1849 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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London: Arthur Hall & Co. 1849. 3rd Ed. 12mo. 352pp. + [iv]. 5 engraved plates, folding map. With the signature of Sarah Butler, original gilt lettered blind embossed cloth, faded to sl. bumped spine with sm. pen mark. From the Library of Glyn Tegai Hughes (1923–2017) Welsh sch…

YOUTH. TYPHOON. THE END OF THE TETHER. With an Introduction by Leo Gurko.

Conrad, Joseph. · 1972 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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Ward Ritchie Press, Los Angeles for Members of the Limited Editions Club 1972. Sm. 4to. [xvi] + 251pp. + [i] blank + [ii] limitation leaf. Vignette title page, 9 colour plates by Robert Stone. Original gilt lettered navy modern leather backed cloth boards with red title patch to…

TYPE SPECIMEN FACSIMILES Reproductions of Fifteen Type Specimen Sheets issued between the Sixteenth and Eighteenth Centuries. Accompanied by notes mainly derived from the researches of A.F. Johnson, Harry Carter, Matthew Carter, Netty Hoeflake, Mike Parker. General Editor John Dreyfus, with an introductory essay by ...

Morison, Stanley. (Introduction). · 1963 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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Bowes & Bowes, Publishers Ltd. 1963. Slim Folio. 2 parts. [xxx] + 23pp. text + [i]. 15 double page facsimile plates. Text bound in red limp card wrapps. with paper title label to upper wrapp., lower leading corner of leaves bumped, plates unbound as issued in black card folder w…

THE CRIME OF SYLVESTRE BONNARD. The Translation by Lafcadio Hearn with an Introduction by A.S.W. Rosenbach and illustrations by Sylvain Sauvage.

France, Anatole. · 1937 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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For Members of the Limited Editions Club, New York 1937. 4to. viii + 190pp. + [ii] limitation leaf. Colour frontis., colour vignette title page, many colour plates by Sylvain Sauvage. E.ps. lightly browned and spotted, original gilt lettered light green cloth with dark green dec…

P. VERGILI MARONIS OPERA

(Virgil). · 1912 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

Impensis Mediceae Societatis, Librario Philoppo H Lee Warner 1912. Large 8vo. 415pp. + [i]. With the signature of Stanley W. Scott, gilt lettered green cloth, minor marking, spine sl. faded and bumped. With the signature of Denis J.B. Hawkins.Denis John Bernard Hawkins (1906–…

LORD JIM. A Tale. With an introduction by Nicholas Monsarrat and with colour lithographs by Lynd Ward.

Conrad, Joseph. · 1959 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

Limited Editions Club, New York 1959. Royal 8vo. [xii] + 407pp. + [iii]. Colour lithos. by Lynd Ward. Upper hinge cracked but firm, original gilt lettered navy modern leather backed dec. boards, minor rubbing to corners and tail of spine, a.e.light blue with sl. fading towards s…

COLOURED ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE EGGS OF THE BRITISH BIRDS Accompanied with Descriptions of the Eggs, Nests, Etc.

Hewitson, William C. · 1846 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)

John and Voorst ... 1846. 2 vols. xvi + 223pp. + [iv]. + 470pp. 138 hand coloured plates. Some light browning, very occasional foxing, with the ink ownership stamp of R.A. French to front f.e.p., rebound in modern black lettered blue cloth. Freeman 1659; Nissen, 125.William Ch…

Hendrick ten Oever. Een vergeten Overijsels meester uit de zeventiende eeuw.

OEVER,HENDRICK TEN. Verbeek,J. & J.W.Schotman. · 1957 · Antiquariaat A. Kok & Zn. B.V.

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Zwolle, Koninklijke uitgeverij van de erven J,J, Tijl N.V., [1957]. 44 pp. 37 b/w ills. Soft cover.Published on the occasion of the exhibition of the work of Hendrick ten Oever in the Provinciaal Overijssels Geschiedkundig Mueseum in Zwoll, 1 August - 1 September 1957. Including…

Reise von Sarepta in verschiedene Kalmücken-Horden des Astrachanischen Gouvernements im Jahr 1823 vom 26ten May bis 21ten August neuen Stils in Angelegenheiten der Russischen Bibel-Gesellschaft unternommen von Heinr. Aug. Zwick und Joh. Gottfr. Schill und von ersterem beschrieben.

Zwick,Heinrich August & Johann Gottfried Schill. · 1827 · Antiquariaat A. Kok & Zn. B.V.

€1,500.00 ($1,653.31 | £1,251.22 | ¥264,044)

Leipzig, Paul Gotthelf Kummer, 1827. VI,176 pp. 1 fold. b./w. lithogr. map. Contemp. brown marbled boards. 8vo. Very rare first edition in fine condition. - - The Moravian Pastor Zwick reached Sarepta in 1818, where he worked as a pastor and missionary. In 1819 Zwick visited var…

A Jewish Synagogue in Vienna.

Fischer,Joseph. · 1797 · Antiquariaat A. Kok & Zn. B.V.

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Date: 1797. Original aquatint & etching. Size (image): 21.7 x 24.5 cm & (inc. margins) 25.3 x 27.0 cm. - Margins cut short up untill the platemark, minor repairs at the corners, skilfully matted under acid-free cardboard.* Proof-impression, thus very rare. German captions in pen…

Pascin. Catalogue raisonné. Peintures, aquarelles, pastels, dessins. Tomes I - V. [Complete set of the first 5 volumes].

PASCIN,JULES. Hemin,Yves, a.o. · 1984 · Antiquariaat A. Kok & Zn. B.V.

€650.00 ($716.43 | £542.19 | ¥114,419)

Paris, 1984-2010. 5 vols. Col. & b./w. ills. Orig. uniform hardcovers, d./j. - Dustjackets with some shelfwear.Complete set in 5 volumes of the catalogue raisonné of works made by Pascin (March 31, 1885 - June 5, 1930), pseud. of Julius Mordecai Pincas. This set include the rare…

Le Cambodge. [Tome] III: Le groupe d'Angkor et l'histoire.

Aymonier,Etienne. · 1904 · Antiquariaat A. Kok & Zn. B.V.

€450.00 ($495.99 | £375.37 | ¥79,213)

Paris, E.Leroux, 1904. 1 vol. (of 3). 813 pp. B./w. frontispiece (portrait), 1 single-page map & 59 b./w. figs. Rebound in modern hardcover (brown linen), gilt lettered on the spine, orig. front wrapper mounted on the cover. Rare original copy of the third volume of this extreme…

Samuel Jessurun de Mesquita (1868-1944). Tekenaar, graficus, sierkunstenaar.

JESSURUN DE MESQUITA,S. Es,Jonieke Van. · 2005 · Antiquariaat A. Kok & Zn. B.V.

€125.00 ($137.78 | £104.27 | ¥22,004)

Zwolle, Waanders, [2005]. 366 pp. 74 col. ills & num. b./w. ills. Orig. hardcover (boards). Sm. 4to.A monograph on the Dutch artist Samuel Jessurun de Mesquita (1868-1944). He was an influential Dutch printmaker, draftsman, and decorative artist, known for his sensitivist woodcu…

Find You in the Dark

Nathan Ripley · 2018 · Book Haven

NZ$13.50 (€6.77 | $7.46 | £5.64 | ¥1,191)

Text Publishing Company 2018 Paperback, 336pp. A chilling debut thriller in the vein of Dexter and The Talented Mr Ripley. Martin Reese has a hobby: he digs up murder victims. He buys stolen police files on serial killers, and uses them to find and dig up missing bodies. Calls i…

Mao: The Unknown Story

Jung Chang and Jon Halliday · 2005 · Book Haven

NZ$15.50 (€7.77 | $8.56 | £6.48 | ¥1,367)

Jonathan Cape 2005 Hardback, 884pp. Based on a decade of research, and on interviews with many of Mao's close circle in China who have never talked before - and with virtually everyone outside China who had significant dealings with him - this is the most authoritative life of M…