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[Descriptio Graeciae, ex recensione M. Musuri, Graecè]. [Editio Princeps].

PAUSANIAS. Mousouros,Markos [or Marcus Musurus]. · 1516 · Antiquariaat A. Kok & Zn. B.V.

€10,000.00 ($11,022.07 | £8,341.45 | ¥1,760,292)

[Venetiis, in aedib Aldi et Andreae, 1516]. 282 pp. 18th century h.calf, gilt tooled. 4to. - First three pages, incl. the title-page with printer's device, in manuscript on early 20th century paper; last leaf with colophon and anchor missing; spine and leather corner pieces neat…

Attic black-figure drinking-cups [...] in collaboration with P. Heesen, J. T. Smit-Lub, O. E.Borgers. Photographs by M. Bootsman. Drawings by G. Strietman.

Brijder,Herman A.G., a.o. · 1996 · Antiquariaat A. Kok & Zn. B.V.

€35.00 ($38.58 | £29.20 | ¥6,161)

Amsterdam, Allard Pierson Museum, 1996. XII,146 pp. 61 b./w. figs & [79] plts with [302] b./w. ills. Orig. hardcover (quarter cloth with paper-covered boards). 4to. (Union Académique Internationale, Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, The Netherlands, Allard Pierson Museum, University o…

Amazing Stories: May 1948

AMAZING (CRAIG BROWNING - AKA ROG PHILLIPS; S. M. TENNESHAW; WARREN KASTEL; GUY ARCHETTE - AKA CHESTER S. GEIER; LEE FRANCIS - AKA FRANCES YERXA) · 1948 · Books from the crypt

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

NY, Ziff-Davis. 1948. Wraps. Magazine, Vol. 22, No. 5. Pulp magazine. Edited by Raymond A. Palmer. Cover art by Robert Gibson Jones for "Armageddon" by Craig Browning [aka Rog Phillips, or Roger P. Graham]. Includes "Doom Globe" by S. M. Tenneshaw (house pseud.); "Illusion on Ca…

Amazing Stories: May 1948

AMAZING (CRAIG BROWNING - AKA ROG PHILLIPS; S. M. TENNESHAW; WARREN KASTEL; GUY ARCHETTE - AKA CHESTER S. GEIER; LEE FRANCIS - AKA FRANCES YERXA) · 1948 · Books from the crypt

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

NY, Ziff-Davis. 1948. Wraps. Magazine, Vol. 22, No. 5. Pulp magazine. Edited by Raymond A. Palmer. Cover art by Robert Gibson Jones for "Armageddon" by Craig Browning [aka Rog Phillips, or Roger P. Graham]. Includes "Doom Globe" by S. M. Tenneshaw (house pseud.); "Illusion on Ca…

Fantastic Adventures: April, Apr. 1950

FANTASTIC ADVENTURES (FRANKLIN BAHL; STANLEY MULLEN; WILLARD HAWKINS; HENRY HASSE; MACK REYNOLDS; CLARK COLLINS; S. M. TENNESHAW; J. J. ALLERTON; LYLE BURK) · 1950 · Books from the crypt

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

NY, Ziff Davis. 1950. Wraps. Magazine, Vol. 12, No. 4. Pulp magazine. Edited by Howard Browne. Cover art by Robert Gibson Jones for "The Face Beyond the Veil" (novelette) by Franklin Bahl (Rog Philips, aka Roger P. Graham). Includes "The Living Vortex" by Stanley Mullen; "The Ch…

Rudimentary Dictionary of Terms used in architecture, civil, architecture, naval, building and construction, early and ecclesiastical art, engineering, civil, engineering, mechanical, fine art, mining, surveying, etc. To which are added explanatory observations on numerous subjects connected with practical art and science

WEALE, John (1791-1862) · 1849 · Fine Editions Ltd

$349.00 (€316.64 | £264.12 | ¥55,737)

London J. Weale Scarce First Edition of this dictionary of architectural terms, summing up mid-century practice and terminology. Complete in four parts over two volumes. Foolscap 8vo (177 x 109mm): 4,276pp; 277-564pp, with frontispiece, tables, and numerous text engravings. Publ…

Harlequin-Horace: or, The Art of Modern Poetry

[MILLER, James, 1704-1744] · 1731 · Fine Editions Ltd

$499.00 (€452.73 | £377.64 | ¥79,693)

London printed for Lawton Gilliver at Homer's Head against St. Dunstan's church, in Fleetstreet Scarce First Edition, written in 56 stanzas of rhyming verse, of this satirical poem. Foxson's second state (no known priority): correct catchword on p. 57 and p. 58 correctly numbere…

The Return of A. J. Raffles [Signed]

GREENE, Graham (1904-1991) · 1975 · Fine Editions Ltd

$274.00 (€248.59 | £207.36 | ¥43,759)

London Bodley Head Limited Edition No. 132 of 250 signed limited-edition copies bound in boards (of which only 170 were for sale); the first trade edition was issued as a paperback original. Small, slim 8vo (189 x 113mm): 80pp. Publisher's copper-colored paper over boards, spine…

Hedda Gabler [Skuespil i fire akter]

IBSEN, Henrik (1828-1906) · 1890 · Fine Editions Ltd

$1,174.00 (€1,065.14 | £888.48 | ¥187,495)

København [Copenhagen] Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag (F. Hegel & Son) First Edition First Printing of perhaps Ibsen's "most frequently performed play in the modern theatre." (PMM) In Danish (then the literary language of both Denmark and Norway). Foolscap 8vo: [4],236pp. Publis…

[Geology] Ancient Sea-Margins as Memorials of Changes in the Relative Level of Sea and Land

CHAMBERS, Robert (1802-1871) · 1848 · Fine Editions Ltd

$499.00 (€452.73 | £377.64 | ¥79,693)

Edinburgh & London W. & R. Chambers & W. S. Orr Scarce First Edition of Chambers's detailed study of sea level changes along the Scottish and English coastlines, illustrated with color folding map. Demy 8vo (228 x 138mm): vi,337,[1]pp, with tissue-guarded frontispiece view of St…

[Photobook] A View of the Cotswolds

SMITH, Edwin (1912-1971) · 2005 · Fine Editions Ltd

$274.00 (€248.59 | £207.36 | ¥43,759)

Risbury, Herefordshire The Whittington Press Limited Edition Number 22 of 350 copies set in Poliphilus and Fry's Baskerville types and printed at the Whittington Press on sand-colored Bugra-Butten mould-made paper. With essays, commentaries, and a checklist by Alan Powers, Georg…

Twenty-Four Hours [24 Hours]

BROMFIELD, Louis (1896-1956) · 1930 · Fine Editions Ltd

$199.00 (€180.55 | £150.60 | ¥31,782)

New York Fredrick A. Stokes First Edition First Printing of Bromfield's eighth novel (Bromfield won the 1927 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, for "Early Autumn"). Thick 8vo: [8],463,[1]pp. Publisher's textured vivid orange cloth, spine and upper cover lettered in blue, top edge stain…

The Gracie Allen Murder Case

[Willard Huntington Wright, writing as:] VAN DINE, S. S. (1888-1939) · 1938 · Fine Editions Ltd

$124.00 (€112.50 | £93.84 | ¥19,804)

New York Charles Scribner's Sons First Edition First Printing (with "A" and publisher's seal on copyright page). 8vo: 227,[7]pp. Publisher's canary yellow cloth, spine and upper cover stamped in black,fore-edge untrimmed, typographic dust jacket priced $2. A Near Fine or better …

The Path to the Nest of Spiders

CALVINO, Italo (1923-1985) · 1957 · Fine Editions Ltd

$214.00 (€194.16 | £161.95 | ¥34,177)

Boston Beacon Press First Edition First Printing (no additional printings noted) of the author's first novel, translated into English by Archibald Colquhoun. 8vo: [6],145,[1]pp. Publisher's coarsely woven sea-green cloth, spine lettered in black, fore-edge untrimmed; illustrated…

[Emblem Books] Ouderdom, buyten leven, en hof gedachten; [bound with:] Hof gedachten. Mengelingen [and:] Invallende gedagten, op voorvallende gelegenthenden [and:] Aspasia [and:] Huwelyks fuyk [and:] Doodkiste voor de levendige [and:] t'Zamen Spraak [and with:] Tachtig jarig leven, huyshoudinge en bedenkingen op zorgvlied

CATS, Jacob (1577-1660) · 0 · Fine Editions Ltd

$349.00 (€316.64 | £264.12 | ¥55,737)

t' Amsterdam Abrah[am] van der Putte Seven works by the Dutch statesman and poet bound as one, each separately paginated. 16mo (100 x 172m): [14],246,[2]; 94,[2]; 82; 86; 32; 205,[3]; 46pp (lacking the final blank), with four engraved title pages (two of which folding) by C. V. …

[Photobook] Fotografien 1973 bis 1993 [Inscribed]

SHORE, Stephen (b. 1947) · 1994 · Fine Editions Ltd

$251.00 (€227.72 | £189.96 | ¥40,086)

Munich / Paris / London Schirmer / Mosel First Edition Inscribed First Printing of this catalogue for an important retrospective touring exhibition of the New York photographer's work. Edited by Heinz Liesbrock, with texts (in German) by Hilla and Bernd Becher, James L. Enyeart,…

Dangling Man [Signed]

BELLOW, Saul (1915-2005) · 1946 · Fine Editions Ltd

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

London John Lehmann First UK Edition First Impression ("First published in England 1946") of this slim, quiet masterpiece (Bellow's first book) from the Nobel prizewinning author of Herzog, Augie March, and Henderson the Rain King. Slim crown 8vo (184 x 119mm): 191,[1]pp. Publis…

Funeral March of a Marionette: Charlotte of Albany

BUCHAN, Susan [Baroness Tweedsmuir, 1883-1977]; Vanessa Bell (Illustrates) · 1935 · Fine Editions Ltd

$424.00 (€384.68 | £320.88 | ¥67,715)

London Hogarth Press First Edition First Impression ("First published 1935" on copyright page), one of only 1500 copies, of this odd and unexpected life of Charlotte Stuart, Duchess of Albany (1753-1789), illegitimate daughter of the Jacobite pretender Prince Charles Edward Stua…

Dialogues of the Dead, In Three Parts. I. Dialogues of the Antients. II. The Antients with the Moderns. III. The Moderns. Translated from the French. With a Reply to some Remarks in a Critique, call'd The Judgment of Pluto, &c. And Two Original Dialogues.

FONTENELLE, Bernard Le Bouyer de (1657-1757) · 1708 · Fine Editions Ltd

$701.00 (€636.00 | £530.51 | ¥111,954)

London Printed for Jacob Tonson, within Grays-Inn Gate next Grays-Inn First edition of this translation, by John Hughes, superseding that of Dryden, of Nouveaux dialogues des morts. 8vo; [2], l, [2], 209 [1]pp, with a finely engraved frontispiece. Bound in contemporary or sligh…

Through Jungle and Desert. Travels in eastern Africa.

CHANLER, William Astor (1867-1934): · 1896 · Harteveld Rare Books Ltd.

CHF 150.00 (€162.27 | $178.85 | £135.36 | ¥28,564)

London, Macmillian and Co., 1896, in-8vo, Photogravure portrait in frontispiece + XIV + 535 p., illustrated in-text and on plates + 2 maps laid in at the rear-pocket of the book, small legacy stamp ÔGuggisbergÕ, original publisherÕs pictorial dark blue clothbound, gilt lion-head…