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[Photobook] [Eclipse] Reports on the Observations of the Total Eclipse of the Sun, December 21-22, 1889, and of the Total Eclipse of the Moon, July 22, 1888, to which is added A Catalogue of the Library (Contributions from the Lick Observatory No. 2)

SCHAEBERLE, J. M. (John Martin, 1853-1924); S. W. Burnham; Edward Singleton Holden · 1891 · Fine Editions Ltd

$574.00 (€520.79 | £434.47 | ¥91,660)

Sacramento State Office, A. J. Johnston, Supt. State Printing First edition of this combined report, featuring original prints of some of the earliest photographs to document a solar eclipse. Demy 8vo (227 x 142mm): [4],121,[1]; 121*,[1]pp, with frontispiece ("Silver print of t…

[Photobook] Wunder in der Natur. Bild-dokumente schöner Pflanzenformen

BLOSSFELDT, Karl (1865-1932) · 1942 · Fine Editions Ltd

$1,624.00 (€1,473.44 | £1,229.24 | ¥259,332)

Leipzig Verlag: H. Schmidt & C. Günther Pantheon-Verlag für Kunstwissenschaft First Edition First (and only) Printing of the final book in Blossfeldt's celebrated trilogy (with Urformen der Kunst and Wundergarten der Natur), showcasing "unfamiliar shapes from the vegetal worlds …

An essay on electricity, explaining the principles of that useful science; and describing the instruments, Contrived Either to Illustrate the Theory, or Render the Practice Entertaining. Illustrated with six plates. To which is added, a letter to the author, from Mr. John Birch, Surgeon, on the Subject of Medical Electricity. By the late George Adams, Mathematical Instrument maker to his Majesty, &c. The fifth edition, with corrections and additions, by William Jones, Mathematical Instrument Maker [Uncut]

ADAMS, George (1750-1795) · 1799 · Fine Editions Ltd

$949.00 (€861.02 | £718.32 | ¥151,543)

London printed by J. Dillon, and Co. for, and sold by, W. and S. Jones, Opticians, Holborn, Early Reprint Fifth (and most desirable) Edition of this seminal work on electricity and its applications (first published 1784), with corrections and additions by William Jones. 8vo: xiv…

The Stoneground Ghost Tales. Compiled from the Recollections of The Reverend Roland Batchel, Vicar of the Parish [Bone to His Bone]

SWAIN, E. G. (Edmund Gill, 1861-1938) · 1912 · Fine Editions Ltd

$724.00 (€656.88 | £548.01 | ¥115,613)

Cambridge W. Heffer & Sons Ltd. Scarce First Edition ("extremely rare") of this classic collection of antiquarian ghost stories dedicated to M. R. James. (Tymn) Crown 8vo (182 x 119mm): [8],187,[1]pp. Original pictorial coarse sky-blue cloth, spine lettered in black, front cover…

[Photobook] 122 Farvefotografier / 122 Colour Photographs

HELMER-PETERSEN, K[eld]. (1920-2013) · 1948 · Fine Editions Ltd

$724.00 (€656.88 | £548.01 | ¥115,613)

København [Copenhagen] Schoenberg First Edition First Printing of this foundational photobook, establishing color photography as an artistic medium ("The following reproductions have been selected from my attempts, through the medium of colour photography, to create pictures of …

[Baseball] The Fairport Nine

BROOKS, Noah (1830-1903) · 1887 · Fine Editions Ltd

$499.00 (€452.74 | £377.70 | ¥79,684)

New York Charles Scribner's Sons [from 1880] First Edition Seldom seen Second Printing (no copy appears in auction records) of this cornerstone of baseball literature. Binding and text duplicate the first printing, excepting date on title page and advertisements (eight pages vs.…

Death of a Naturalist [Signed]

HEANEY, Seamus (1939-2013) · 1966 · Fine Editions Ltd

$1,624.00 (€1,473.44 | £1,229.24 | ¥259,332)

New York Oxford University Press First American Edition First Printing of the poet's critically acclaimed first commercially published work (preceded by the privately printed pamphlet, Eleven Poems, in 1965), one of only 1,000 copies (bound from sheets purchased from Faber and F…

[Emblem Book] 'S Werelts begin, midden, eynde, besloten in den trou-ring, met den proef-steen van den selven; [bound with] Lof-sang, op het geestelyk houwelyk van godes soone

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

$349.00 (€316.64 | £264.17 | ¥55,731)

t' Amsterdam Hendrick vander Putte, Papier en Boekverkooper op't Water, in de Lootsman Early eighteenth century edition (based on imprint) of the Dutch poet and politician's rhymed dissertations on marriage and conjugal fidelity, first published in Dordrecht, in 1637. 16mo (159 …

Maclean's, Canada's National Magazine, December (Dec. ) 1 1942, Vol. 55, No. 23 - Arctic Convoy / Elissa Landi of Vancouver

TAFFRAIL, ALLEN, RALPH; O'LEARY, G.; MOORE, H. N.; REED, DOUGLAS; MITCHELL, W.O.; ET AL · 1942 · RareNonFiction.com - Rare Books and Vintage Magazines

$350.00 (€317.55 | £264.92 | ¥55,890)

Toronto: The Maclean Publishing Company, Limited, 1942. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. Illustrated by Mowat, H.J.; Grassick; Singer, Mal. 48 pages. Cover photo of convoy watcher. Features: Arctic Convoy - photo-illustrated article describing the adventure and danger of es…

Maclean's - Canada's National Magazine, 15 September (Sept. ) 1951 - Sir James Hamet Dunn / Mary Pickford's Amazing Mother

CLARE, JOHN; DUGAN, JAMES; COLLINS, BOB; BENDIGO, JAMES; MIKSCH, W.F.; CARMICHAEL, DOUGLAS; MARSHALL, STEPHEN; ET AL · 1951 · RareNonFiction.com - Rare Books and Vintage Magazines

$350.00 (€317.55 | £264.92 | ¥55,890)

Toronto: Maclean Hunter / Key Publishers, 1951. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. Illustrated by Arbuckle, Franklin; Cahen, Oscar; GRD; Whalley, Peter. 84 pages. Features: Cover illustration by Franklin Arbuckle of Nootka native holding huge salmon by dock; Colour-photo ad f…

Lehre von den Augenkrankheiten, als Leitfaden zu seinen šffentlichen Vorlesungen entworfen. In 2 BŠnde.

BEER, G. (Georg) Joseph (1763-1821): · 18131817 · Harteveld Rare Books Ltd.

CHF 550.00 (€594.92 | $655.71 | £496.32 | ¥104,709)

Wien, in der CamesinaÕschen Buchhandlung (Bd. 1), Heubner und Volke (Bd. 2), 1813, 1817, in-8vo, X +, 636 S. / XVI + LI (51 S. ErklŠrung der Kupfertafeln) + 680 S. + 2 Bl. (Verlagskatalog) + ca. 79 Abb., davon 44 von Beer handcoloriert u. handsigniert, auf 9 gefalt. Kupfertafel…

Reise Ÿber die Grindelwald-Viescher-Gletscher auf den Jungfrau-Gletscher und Ersteigung des Gletschers des Jungfrau-Berges. Unternommen und beschrieben im August und September 1828.

ROHRDORF, Caspar (1773-1843): · 1828 · Harteveld Rare Books Ltd.

CHF 750.00 (€811.26 | $894.16 | £676.81 | ¥142,785)

Bern, L.A. Haller, 1828, in-8¡, 48 S. + 1 handkolorierte lithogr. Karte + 1 lith. Ansicht-Tafel mit Umriss-Skizze der Jungfrau nebst dem Lageberg, etwas stockfleckig, Ex libris EFOHR (?) / Ex libris Peter E. Obergfell, Pappband d. Zeit bezogen mit Buntpapier. Erstausgabe dieses…

Die Schweizerischen KŠfergattungen in Abbildungen nach der Natur. 34 parts in 34 orig.-wrappers.

LABRAM, J. D. / IMHOFF, Ludwig: · 1836 · Harteveld Rare Books Ltd.

CHF 4,600.00 (€4,975.73 | $5,484.16 | £4,151.08 | ¥875,749)

Basel, BahnmaierÕs Buchhandkung (G. Detloff), 1836-1842, sm. 8vo, (18.1 x 11.8 cm). Title page and index page (included in 20th part), folded blank; 136 hand-coloured lithographed plates with 136 explanatory text leaves. 34 original printed wrappers. Important early work on th…

Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement

DAVIS, ANGELA Y. · 2016 · Sigma Antiquariaat

€34.81 ($38.37 | £29.04 | ¥6,127)

Haymarket Books 2016 158 p.,index SOFTCOVER: ((Orig paperback with double flaps. Very few incidental underlining. VERY GOOD) In these newly collected essays, interviews, and speeches, world-renowned activist and scholar Angela Y. Davis illuminates the connections between struggl…

Oeuvres Complettes de Madame Riccoboni. [COMPLETO en 8 Vols.]

RICCOBONI, Madame [Marie-Janne de Heurles Laboras de Mezières Riccoboni, 1713-1792] · 1786 · Librería Miguel Miranda

€2,000.00 ($2,204.36 | £1,668.53 | ¥352,008)

Nouvelle Edition Revue et augmentée par l'Auteur, et ornee de 24 Figures en taille-douce.- A Paris: Chez Volland, Libraire, M. DCC. LXXXVI. [1786]. Avec Approbation et Privilége du Roi.- En 8 Vols. (IV,464 p.; [1 h.], 480 p.; 434 p.; [1 h.], 402 p.; [1 h.], 448 p.; [2 h.], 476…

Relation des voyages entrepris par ordre de sa Majeste Britannique, actuellement regnante: Pour faire des decouvertes dans l'Hemisphere Meridional, et successivement executes par le Commodore Byron, le Capitaine Carteret, le Capitaine Wallis & le Capitaine Cook, dans les vaisseaux le Dauphin, le Swallow & l'Endeavour ... Four volumes. Paris, 1774.

[COOK, CAPTAIN JAMES]. HAWKESWORTH, JOHN: · Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books (ILAB)

€3,800.00 ($4,188.29 | £3,170.21 | ¥668,816)

4to. Pp. (iv), iv, (ii), v-xvi, xxxii, 388 with 16 folding engraved maps and plates; pp. (vi), 536 and 16 engraved maps and plates, of which many folding; pp. (vi), 394, (1) and 17 engraved maps and plates, mostly folding; pp. viii, (ii), 367, (1) and 3 folding engraved maps and…

A Journey through Albania and Other Provinces of Turkey in Europe and Asia, to Constantinople, during the years 1809 and 1810. London, Printed for James Cawthorn, 1813.

HOBHOUSE, SIR JOHN CAMERON: · 1786 · Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books (ILAB)

€6,000.00 ($6,613.09 | £5,005.60 | ¥1,056,025)

Thick 4to. Pp. (xix), (1) errata, 1152 + pp. (8) including two pages of facsimile letters, two engraved plates of music, directions to the binder and publisher's adv. With engraved front, two folding engraved maps, seventeen hand-coloured aquatints (seven double-page) and one pl…

Cyrilla pulchella. Plate LXXI from: Stirpes novae, aut minus cognitae, quas descriptionibus et iconibus illustravit.

Redouté, P.J. [in C.L. L'héritier de Brutelle] · 1791 · Hermann L. Strack, Antiquarian Book Dealer

€275.00 ($303.10 | £229.42 | ¥48,401)

1791 Handcoloured engraved plate drawn by Redouté and engraved by François Hubert, broadsheet or large imperial folio (44 x 60 cm). Uncut. With marginal, unobtrusive small traces of watercolour (also at the back), which makes me believe that this plate (and the other ten I have …

[Broadside] "the Following Rules, Regulations and by-Laws Are to Be Observed by All Persons Using or Navigating the Del. & Hud. Canal

[Delaware and Hudson Canal Company] · 1894 · Kaaterskill Books

$750.00 (€680.47 | £567.69 | ¥119,765)

n.p. 1894. First edition. 1 sheet. 24 x 14 1/4 inches. Text in three columns bordered in black. A few decorations, small illustration of canal boat pulled by three horses at masthead. The Delaware and Hudson Canal was the first canal in the U.S. built as a private enterprise, be…

THE GENERAL THEORY OF EMPLOYMENT, INTEREST AND MONEY.

KEYNES. JOHN MAYNARD. · 1936 · Paul Foster Books

£875.00 (€1,048.83 | $1,156.00 | ¥184,598)

Macmillan and Co. Limited. London. 1936. Early reprint. --- First Edition, third impression, published in December 1936. 8vo. (8.7 x 5.7 inches). Neat previous owner name to the front free endpaper and some light spotting to the first and last couple of blank leaves and the clos…