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Arethuse, poursuivie par Alphée, est changée en fontaine (Arethusa pursued by Alpheus, and turned to a Fountain.)

Picart, Bernard (1673-1733) · 1733 · Antiquariaat Goltzius

€230.00 ($253.51 | £191.85 | ¥40,487)

From the 'Tafereel of beschryving van den prachtigen tempel der zang-godinnen...', also known as 'Le Temple des Muses' published in Amsterdam in 1733, containing histories drawn from Greek mythology, written by A.de la Barre de Beaumarchais with plates by Bernard Picart. The pla…

Jean and Madame de Ramponaux and their Coffee House

Unknown engraver, France XVIII century · 1760 · Antiquariaat Goltzius

€431.25 ($475.33 | £359.73 | ¥75,913)

Twee gravures van het in- en exterieur van het cafe van Madame Ramponeau te Parijs, met portretten van Jean Ramponaux en van Madame de Rampneau. Het interieur met zeer veel etende en drinkende personen. Het exterieur met groot doek met de tekst 'Le triomphe de monseur de Rampone…

Jean Gutenberg, suivi du Traitté des phantosmes de Nicole Langelier. Compositions de G. Bellenger, Bellery-Desfontaines, F. Florian et Steinlen, gravées par Deloche, Ernest et Frédéric Florian, Froment et Mathieu.

Anatole France (Nicole Langelier) (illustrated by Bellenger, Bellery-Desfontaines, Florian, Steinlen, Deloche, Froment, and Mathieu). Félix and Elizabeth Leseur association copy. · 1900 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$750.00 (€680.45 | £567.60 | ¥119,780)

Paris, Edouard Pelletan, AN EXCEPTIONAL COPY OF THIS IMPORTANT EXAMPLE OF FINE PRINTING AND WOOD-ENGRAVING. A livre d'artiste devoted to Gutenberg, illustrated with 15 OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL WOOD-ENGRAVINGS by Deloche, Ernest and Frédéric Florian, Froment and Mathieu after G. Bel…

Livret de folastries (with etchings by Aristide Maillol)

Ronsard, Pierre de and Aristide Maillol (Ambroise Vollard) · 1938 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$7,500.00 (€6,804.53 | £5,675.96 | ¥1,197,796)

Paris: Ambroise Vollard, 1938, Illustrated with 43 original etchings (16 full-page and hors-texte) by Aristide Maillol, many of which are quite erotic. From a total edition of 230 copies, this is ONE OF 35 ON JAPAN PAPER. Only the copies on Japan are signed with Maillol's mon…

Coleccion de poesias castellanas anteriores al siglo XV. Poema del Cid [with] Poesias de Don Gonzalo de Berceo [with] Poema de Alexandro Magno [with] Poesias del Arcipreste de Hita (El libro de buen amor)

Sanchez, Thomas Antonio (El Cid, Berceo, Alexandro, Arcipreste de Hita) · 1779 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$4,950.00 (€4,490.99 | £3,746.14 | ¥790,546)

Madrid: Don Antonio de Sancha, 1779-1790, Four volumes. A COMPLETE SET, ON SPECIAL PAPER, OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PUBLICATION OF SPANISH MEDIEVAL TEXTS. Comprises, IN FIRST EDITION, (I) the Poema del Cid, (II) the complete works of Berceo, (III) the Poem of Alejandro Magno, and…

Les manuscrits francois (francais) de la Bibliotheque du Roi (catalogue raisonne of French manuscripts)

Paris, Paulin · 1836 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$1,950.00 (€1,769.18 | £1,475.75 | ¥311,427)

Paris: Techener, 1836-1848, Seven volumes, complete. First and only edition of one of the great catalogues of manuscripts, Paulin Paris' thorough, accurate, and detailed catalogue raisonne of French language manuscripts in the Bibliotheque du Roi (now the Bibliotheque National…

Kihachijo senshoku oboegaki. 黄八丈 染織 (Kihachijo dyeing and weaving). Tokyo, privately printed, Showa 18 (1943).

OKAMURA, KICHIEMON: · 1916 · Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books (ILAB)

€3,500.00 ($3,857.72 | £2,919.51 | ¥616,102)

Pp. (40). With colour illustrations and accompanying text in Japanese, printed in katazome stencil technique on hand made paper. Fukurotoji binding. Original brown wrappers with printed title label on upper cover. A few small insignificant wormholes to spine. Preserved in the or…

Trepat. A case study in avant-garde photography

Joan Fontcuberta · 2014 · Amstelbooks.com - Photography Books

€200.00 ($220.44 | £166.83 | ¥35,206)

Paris: Editions Pierre Bessard. First edition, first printing. 146 pp., 26 x 22,5. Condition: New. New copy in original clamshell box with metal logo on cover. Without dust jacket (as issued). In 1914, industrialist Josep Galceran Trepat created an industry for the production of…

A.L.s witten on the stationery of The Athenaeum Club, London, and dated 20 November 1947.. A.L.s. FROM FIELD MARSHAL EARL WAVELL

WAVELL Field-Marshal EARL · 1947 · Island Books

£640.00 (€767.25 | $845.67 | ¥135,059)

1947. Single sheet, a near fine copy. Signed simply 'Wavell' in the writer's usual manner, the letter is written to Geoffrey Moore, founder of the Buccaneers Cricket Club, and demonstrates the soldier's keen and continuing interest in the sport. It is noteworthy that Wavell was …

Every Man his own Gardener. Being a new, and much more complete, Gardener's Kalendar than any One hitherto published. Sixth Edition, corrected, enlarged and very much improved. BRIGHT, CRISP COPY IN FULL CALF

MAWE Thomas · 1773 · Island Books

£296.00 (€354.85 | $391.12 | ¥62,465)

Printed for William Griffin, at Garrick's Head, in Catherine-Street, Strand, 1773. 12mo., Sixth Edition, on laid paper, with engraved frontispiece, some light offsetting to title; attractively bound in twentieth-century full polished calf, back with gilt bands, second compartmen…

The Alpine Regions of Switzerland and the Neighbouring Countries. A Pedestrian's Notes on their Physical Features, Scenery and Natural History. With Illustrations by E. Whymper. CLINTON THOMAS DENT'S COPY WITH BOOKPLATE; SIGNED LARKINS BINDING

BONNEY Thomas George · 1868 · Island Books

£2,230.00 (€2,673.40 | $2,946.64 | ¥470,596)

Deighton Bell, Cambridge, 1868. 8vo., First Edition, with engraved frontispiece, 4 engraved plates and 6 illustrations in the text; attractively bound in tan half calf BY LARKINS, marbled boards, back with raised bands ruled in gilt, second and third compartments with dark brown…

Essay on Sepulchres. Or, a Proposal for erecting some Memorial of the illustrious Dead in all Ages on the Spot where their Remains have been interred. 'WHERE IS SHAKESPEAR[sic]?' SPLENDID COPY IN CONTEMPORARY CALF

GODWIN William · 1809 · Island Books

£275.00 (€329.68 | $363.37 | ¥58,033)

W. Miller, 1809. Sm. 8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, wanting frontispiece, two small ink stains on inner margin of title only, neat signature on blank preliminary; very attractively bound in mid-nineteenth century half calf, textured cloth boards, back gilt with five raised …

On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. Fifth Thousand. [Second Edition, Second Issue]. BRIGHT, FRESH COPY OF THE SECOND 'ORIGIN'

DARWIN Charles · 1860 · Island Books

£9,400.00 (€11,269.02 | $12,420.80 | ¥1,983,678)

John Murray, 1860. 8vo., Fifth Thousand, [Second Edition, Second Issue], with folding diagram, neat contemporary signature in pencil at head of title, with second pencilled signature lower down, front free endpaper a little chafed at fore-edge, three or four small fox-spots each…

Wajang Kelitik oder Kerutjil.

Juynboll,Hendrik Herman. · 1900 · Antiquariaat A. Kok & Zn. B.V.

€500.00 ($551.10 | £417.07 | ¥88,015)

Leiden, Buchhandlung und Druckerei E.J.Brill, 1900. 37 pp. 10 single-page col. lithograped plts (number V - XIV). Orig. softcover (light brown printed wrappers). 4to. - Spine strenghtened with strip of thin brown paper; cover torn & large parts of cover missing. (Orig. offprint …

De wonderlyke in- om- en weder-keering, van veel genadelooze zielen, tot den levendigen Godt.Amsterdam, Johannes Rotterdam, 1750. 4to. With a woodcut device on the title page. Later red pebble-grained cloth.

[THYMEN, G. J. and Andreas KLINK]. · 1875 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€350.00 ($385.77 | £291.95 | ¥61,610)

6, [2] pp.First and only edition of this pamphlet describing religious developments in the countryside of Drenthe, The Netherlands, and surrounding regions. The present work reports a period of intense religious activity in various villages, including Hoogeveen, Vries, Meppel, D…

THE CHILDREN'S HOUR Signed by Author & Cast to a Cast Member

HELLMAN, Lillian · 1934 · Charles Agvent

$2,500.00 (€2,268.18 | £1,891.99 | ¥399,265)

New York. Alfred A. Knopf. First Edition. This copy is INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the front endpaper to actress Anne Revere dated "Dec 1934," and below that by the director, Herman Shumlin, who has INSCRIBED and SIGNED "To Anne/The girl who made me lover her/Herman Sh…

Neo-colonialism in West Africa

SAMIR AMIN · 1973 · Sigma Antiquariaat

€57.47 ($63.34 | £47.94 | ¥10,116)

Penguin 1973 Translated from the French by Francis McDonagh. First edition. 163 p. and index, figures SOFTCOVER: (Orig. paperb. Exlibris on end paper. VERY GOOD) VERY RARE ENGLISH FIRST EDITION. While the economic and historical literature on the English-speaking countries of …

Beyond Left and Right. The Future of Radical Politics

GIDDENS, ANTHONY · 1994 · Sigma Antiquariaat

€23.01 ($25.36 | £19.19 | ¥4,050)

Polity Press 1994 First edition 276 p.,index, notes, bibliogr. SOFTCOVER: (Orig.paperb. Name first end paper. Throughout pencil underlining, else VERY GOOD) How should one understand the nature and possibilities of political radicalism today? The political radical is normally …

Cashel Byron's Profession

SHAW, George Bernard · 1901 · David Brass Rare Books (ABAA/ILAB)

$250.00 (€226.82 | £189.20 | ¥39,927)

Chicago: Herbert S. Stone and Company, 1901. Shaw on Prizefighting A Curious Early American Edition of Cashel Byron's Profession SHAW, George Bernard. Cashel Byron's Profession. Newly Revised with Several Prefaces and an Essay on Prizefighting. Also The Admirable Bashville; or, …

Shadows

BENNETT, Charles H. · 1860 · David Brass Rare Books (ABAA/ILAB)

$950.00 (€861.91 | £718.96 | ¥151,721)

London: W. Kent & Co. 1860. Victorian Comic Fantasy in Color Charles H. Bennett's Delightful Play of Light and Imagination BENNETT, Charles H. Bennett. Shadows. London: W. Kent & Co. (late D. Bogue), [1860]. First edition in book form. Octavo (7 3/8 x 5 3/8 inches; 187 x 136 mm.…