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. Theophrasti Characteres Ethici; Ex Recensione Petri Needham, Et Versione Latina Isaaci Casauboni.

Theophrastus [ The phrastos]; Peter Needham (1680-1731); Isaac Casaubon (1559-1614) · 1743 · Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

$795.00 (€721.33 | £601.79 | ¥126,952)

Glasguae [Glasgow] In Aedibus Academicis Excudebat Robertus Foulis Academiae Typographus. First Edition pp. [2], 105. 12mo., measuring 20 cm tall. Unassuming, modest brown leather over boards; four raised bands to spine, five compartments. Printed in Greek type with the Latin tr…

L'EnsorcelŽe.

BARBEY d'AUREVILLY (Jules-AmŽdŽe) - BUHOT (FŽlix, eaux-fortes de). · 1951 · Babel Librairie

€150.00 ($165.32 | £125.14 | ¥26,400)

Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, s.d. [circa 1900]. Un vol. au format in-16 (158 x 97 mm) de 1 f. bl. 2 ff. n.fol., 1 frontispice gravŽ n.fol., 336 pp., 1 f. n.fol. et 1 f. bl. Reliure de l'Žpoque de plein maroquin glacŽ cerise, plats jansŽnistes, dos ˆ nerfs ornŽ de filets gras ˆ f…

AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT and TWO AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED (ALSs)

MacLEISH, Archibald and FITZGERALD, Robert · Charles Agvent

$437.50 (€396.96 | £331.17 | ¥69,863)

Hamden, CT. Two handwritten two-page letters on both sides of an 8-1/2" x 11" sheet SIGNED "Robert" to MacLeish along with a page of notes handwritten in pencil by MacLeish and a small card in pencil and ink written by MacLeish. The notes refer to consciousness with MacLeish men…

The dramatic mirror: containing the history of the stage, from the earliest period to the present time : including a biographical and critical account of all the dramatic writers, from 1600; and also of the most distinguished performers, from the days of Shakspeare to 1807: and a history of the country theatres, in England, Ireland, and Scotland. Embellished with seventeen elegant engravings

GILLILAND, Thomas (fl. 1804–1816) · 1808 · Fine Editions Ltd

$499.00 (€452.76 | £377.73 | ¥79,684)

London Printed for C. Chapple, Pall Mall, by B. McMillan, Bow Street, Covent Garden, Printer to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales First Edition of this scarce history, a "biographical and critical account of all dramatic writers from 1660 and also of the most distinguished …

[Autograph Letter Signed] Francis Hodgson Regrets to Decline Robert Balmanno's Offer

[Byron's Circle]. Hodgson, Francis · 1827 · Kaaterskill Books

$250.00 (€226.83 | £189.24 | ¥39,922)

Bakewell, [England], 1827. [2] pp. Bifolium. Integral address with seal. 7.5 x 9 inches. Francis Hodgson (1781-1852), a writer, cleric, educator, and close friend of Lord Byron, wrote back to Robert Balmanno, gently turning down his request that Hodgson contribute to his literar…

A Companion to Restoration Drama

Owen, Susan J. · 2001 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$65.00 (€58.98 | £49.20 | ¥10,380)

Oxford, UK / Malden, MA, Blackwell Publishers, 2001. Hardcover. Black cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine; white dj with color illustration, blue and black lettering; mylar cover; xvi, 456 pp. Covering dramatic work in the period from 1660 to 1710, this book is divided int…

Rembrandt's Eyes

Schama, Simon · 1999 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.00 (€26.31 | £21.95 | ¥4,631)

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1999. Hardcover. Brown cloth/bronze pictorial dj. 747 pp. 352 color & bw plates. More than three centuries after his death, Rembrandt remains the most deeply loved of all the great masters of painting, his face so familiar to us from the self-portraits…

Original Letters, Familiar, Moral and Critical. By Mr Dennis. In Two Volumes.

DENNIS (John): · 1721 · John Price Antiquarian Books

£650.00 (€779.12 | $858.69 | ¥137,122)

Lonson: Printed for W. Mears, at the Lamb without Temple-Bar. MDCCXXI 1721 FIRST EDITION. 2 volumes bound in 1. 8vo, 195 x 113 mms., pp. [xvi], 486, and with separate title-page to the volume 2, though paginated continuously, contemporary calf, gilt border on covers, spine gi…

The Survey of Cornwall. And An Epistle concerning the Excellencies of the English Tongue. Now first Published from the Manuscript. With the Life of the Author, By H*** C***** Esq. [Pierre Des Maizeaux].

CAREW (Richard): · 1723 · John Price Antiquarian Books

£2,000.00 (€2,397.28 | $2,642.12 | ¥421,914)

London, Printed for Samuel Chapman, at the Angel in Pallmall; Daniel Brown jun. at the Black Swan without Temple-Bar; and James Woodman, at Camden's-Head in Bowstreet, Covent-Garden. 1723. FIRST EDITION. Large 8vo, 225 x 172 mms., pp. [ii] [ii] iii - xix [xx blank], [viii], t…

Chimei Ateji Ehon ??????, Jinmei Ateji Ehon ??????, Bunbutsu Ateji Ehon ?????? (# 58 of 300)

Kamizaki Sunao ???????, artist (also Kanzaki Onjun, Kanzaki Sunao ????), artist · 1932 · Boston Book Company

$375.00 (€340.25 | £283.86 | ¥59,883)

Kamizaki Sunao ???????, artist (also Kanzaki Onjun, Kanzaki Sunao ????), artist. Chimei Ateji Ehon ??????, Jinmei Ateji Ehon ??????, Bunbutsu Ateji Ehon ?????? (# 58 of 300). Nippon Kosho Ts?shinsha ???????, publisher. 3 small orihon folding albums 8 x 6cm covered in olive (Chim…

Chimei Ateji Ehon ??????, Jinmei Ateji Ehon ??????, Bunbutsu Ateji Ehon ?????? (# 128 of 300)

Kamizaki Sunao ???????, artist (also Kanzaki Onjun, Kanzaki Sunao ????), artist · 1932 · Boston Book Company

$375.00 (€340.25 | £283.86 | ¥59,883)

Kamizaki Sunao ???????, artist (also Kanzaki Onjun, Kanzaki Sunao ????), artist. Chimei Ateji Ehon ??????, Jinmei Ateji Ehon ??????, Bunbutsu Ateji Ehon ?????? (# 128 of 300). Nippon Kosho Ts?shinsha ???????, publisher. 3 small orihon folding albums 8 x 6cm covered in olive (Chi…

L'ÉVENTAIL

[Extra-Illustrated]. Uzanne, Octave [1851 - 1931]. Avril, Paul [pseudonym of Édouard-Henri Avril, 1849 - 1928] - Illustrator · 1882 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$825.00 (€748.55 | £624.50 | ¥131,742)

Paris: A. Quantin, Imprimeur - Éditeur, 1882. 1st Edition. Finely bound, by Chambolle Duru, in deep purple full morocco, gilt dentelles, marbled eps, AEG. [6], 143, [1] pp. Original printed blue silk covers bound in. Title printed in red & black, with pale blue vignette above im…

The New York Times Magazine, December 1, 1963: Thirty Years Ago - Prohibition

HUMAN, SYDNEY; BAKER, RUSSELL; BURNS, JAMES MACGREGOR; ANDERSON, MARGARET; STERN, PHILIP M.; LONG, CLARENCE D.; TYNAN, K.; SANDERS, M.K.; CARTHEW, ANTHONY; VINCENT, G.; GUITAR, M.A.; GLUECK, G. · 1963 · RareNonFiction.com - Rare Books and Vintage Magazines

$250.00 (€226.83 | £189.24 | ¥39,922)

New York: The New York Times & Arno Press, 1963. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. Englehardt, Tom; Leone, J.. 152 pages. Features: LBJ cover photos; The Qualities That Make a President; 100 Years of History in the White House in two pages of photos; LBJ - Master of the Art …

The Sphere Magazine, Volume LXXVII, No. 1006, 3 May 1919 - the Unrest in Egypt

LAW, ERNEST; MILNE, A.A. · 1919 · RareNonFiction.com - Rare Books and Vintage Magazines

$395.00 (€358.40 | £299.00 | ¥63,077)

London: The Sphere & Tatler, Ltd, 1919. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. H.V.; Farre, M.; Dawson, Montague. Pages 81-102 plus 18 outer pages of nostalgic ads. Features: Cover photo of scene at Cairo's Kasr-en-Nil Bridge; B.S.A. Motor Bicycles ad shows mechanic and sidecar m…

Elegant Extracts: Or, Useful and Entertaining Pieces of Poetry, Selected for the Improvement of Young Persons: Being Similar in Design to Elegant Extracts in Prose. And Elegant Extracts: Or, Useful and Entertaining Passages of Prose, Book Third & Fourth.

Vicesimus Knox [Ed.] · 1801 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.61 | ¥41,137)

London, J. Johnson , 1801. Leather. Three smart, tree calf volumes of this popular, nineteenth-century miscellany of passages; designed for the improvement of young persons. The seventh edition of the Elegant Extracts of Verse and Prose. edited by Vicesimus Knox. Knox's se…

Four Good Men: Luke Challonder, Jeremy Taylor, Narcissus Marsh, Elias Bouhãƒâ©Reau

Newport J. D. White, D.D. · 1927 · Rooke Books

£168.00 (€201.37 | $221.94 | ¥35,441)

Dublin, Hodges, Figgis & Co. 1927. First edition. Paperback. A bright, clean first edition of Four Good Men with an inscription from the author, Newport J.D. White. Bound in card. First Edition. With an ink inscription from Newport J. D. White, dated 3rd Sept 1927. This book is …

The Poetical Works of Matthew Prior

Matthew Prior · 1779 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€659.25 | $726.58 | ¥116,026)

London, W. Strahan, T. Payne, J. Rivington et al, 1779 . First edition. Leather. Shakespearean scholar Isaac Reed's personal copy of the two volume first edition of this collected edition of Matthew Prior's poetry, with tipped in notes from Reed throughout. The first c…

Selections from the Works of Sir John Suckling

John Suckling; Rev. Alfred Suckling · 1836 · Rooke Books

£3,950.00 (€4,734.63 | $5,218.19 | ¥833,280)

London, Longman, Rees, Orme et al. 1836 . Leather. Anthony Trollope's own copy of this volume of the works of poet John Suckling, featuring critical annotations in Trollope's own hand. With the armorial bookplate of Trollope to the front pastedown, and with two handwri…

Doublets a Word Puzzle

Lewis Carroll · 1879 · Rooke Books

£1,200.00 (€1,438.37 | $1,585.27 | ¥253,148)

London, Macmillan and Co, 1879. First edition. Cloth. A scarce, very smart, first edition copy of this word-puzzle guide by Lewis Carroll. Carroll is often cited as the inventor, or at least the popularizer of these 'doublets' or 'word ladders' This book is &…

Nothing Will Come of Nothing Science & Education in Antwerp since 1500

Helma De Smedt · 2020 · ERIK TONEN BOOKS

€52.00 ($57.31 | £43.38 | ¥9,152)

, UPA, 2020 Hardcover with dusjacket, 384 pages, 27,4 x 24,4 x 4,2 cm ill. ISBN 9789057184390. Nothing will come of nothing. Shakespeare placed these words into the mouth of old King Lear, but the saying actually dates back to well before the early seventeenth century, to the…