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The Works of Henry Fielding

Henry Fielding · 1806 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.74 | $297.31 | ¥47,482)

London, J. Johnson; J. Nichols and Son; et al , 1806. Leather. Nine volumes of the new edition of Henry Fielding's brilliantly humorous and satirical works, uniformly bound in leather. With a portrait frontispiece to volume one. Volume One to Three - Plays. Volume Four - Mi…

A Collection of Fiction by Rose Tremain

Rose Tremain · 1992 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.78 | $251.06 | ¥40,096)

London, Sinclair-Stevenson; Chatto & Windus, 1992-2012. First edition. Cloth. A smart collection of seven first edition works from English author Dame Rose Tremain. Seven volumes. First edition. Written by Dame Rose Tremain, an English novelist, short story writer, and former Ch…

The Genius of Birds.

[Birds]. Ackerman, Jennifer. · 2016 · Fahrenheit 451

€15.00 ($16.53 | £12.51 | ¥2,640)

London, Corsair, 2016, 405 pag., b/w illustrations, hardcover with dustjacket (fine). = Birds are astonishingly intelligent creatures. In fact, according to revolutionary new research, some birds rival primates and even humans in their remarkable forms of intelligence. Like h…

Les oeuvres de Monsieur de Mont-Fleury, contenant ses pieces de theatre

MONTFLEURY [Antoine JACOB] · 1735 · Librairie Le Feu Follet

€400.00 ($440.88 | £333.66 | ¥70,412)

Chez J. Van den Kieboom Gerard Block Adrien Van Dorsten | à La Haye 1735 | 9.50 x 17 cm | 2 volumes reliés | Nouvelle édition, illustrée de deux frontispices et de 12 figures avant la lettre, non signés. Une vignette de titre répétée sur les deux tomes. Pages de titre en rouge e…

Le Théâtre espagnol, ou les meilleures comédies des plus fameux auteurs espagnols

Alain-René LESAGE · 1700 · Librairie Le Feu Follet

€400.00 ($440.88 | £333.66 | ¥70,412)

Chez Jean Moreau | à Paris 1700 | 9.50 x 17 cm | relié | Edition originale. Traduction de Lesage. Reliure de l'époque en pleine basane blonde. Dos à cinq nerfs orné de caissons et fleurons dorés. Roulette dorée sur les coupes et les coiffes.  Coiffe de tête restaurée, sinon bon …

Rire en images à la Renaissance

Diane H. Bodart, Francesca Alberti (eds) · 2019 · ERIK TONEN BOOKS

€178.00 ($196.19 | £148.48 | ¥31,333)

, Brepols, 2019 Paperback, 552 pages, Size:216 x 280 mm, Illustrations:76 b/w, 214 col., Languages: French, English, Italian.*NEW ISBN 9782503549460. TABLE OF CONTENTS Daniel Ménager, Les plaisirs du rire dans la littérature de la Renaissance Francesca Alberti, Diane H. Bodart…

Ars Antiqua, Music and Culture in Europe c. 1150-1330

Gregorio Bevilacqua, Thomas Payne (eds) · 2021 · ERIK TONEN BOOKS

€110.00 ($121.24 | £91.76 | ¥19,363)

, Brepols, 2021 Hardback, xviii + 318 pages, Size:210 x 270 mm, Language: English. ISBN 9782503590998. Summary The long thirteenth-century saw the emergence and proliferation of a diverse and unprecedented outpouring of musical activity known as the «ars antiqua». Polyphonic, …

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

Helma De Smedt · 2020 · ERIK TONEN BOOKS

€52.00 ($57.31 | £43.38 | ¥9,154)

, 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…

Jonathan Meese: Spitzenmeesige Women (Schniddeldiddelson)

Jonathan Meese · 2015 · ERIK TONEN BOOKS

€34.00 ($37.48 | £28.36 | ¥5,985)

Antwerpen , Tim Van Laere Books 2015, 2015 Bound, 106 pages, illustr. English. *new. In his second solo exhibition at the Tim Van Laere Gallery, the German artist Jonathan Meese (b. 1970, Tokyo, lives and works in Berlin and Hamburg) is presenting a new series of paintings and…

Cistercian James of Eltville ( 1393) Author in Paris and Authority in Vienna

Monica Brinzei (ed) · 2019 · ERIK TONEN BOOKS

€95.00 ($104.71 | £79.24 | ¥16,723)

, Brepols - Harvey Miller, 2019 Paperback VIII+501 p., 5 b/w ill., 25 b/w tables, 156 x 234 mm, Languages: English . ISBN 9782503581880. From Paris to Vienna, from author to authority, this book tells the story of the intellectual journey of the Cistercian James of Eltville…

Otto Pacht. Venetian Painting in the Fifteenth Century. Jacopo, Gentile and Giovanni Bellini and Andrea Mantegna

M. Vyoral-Tschapka, M. Pacht (eds.) · 2004 · ERIK TONEN BOOKS

€63.00 ($69.44 | £52.55 | ¥11,090)

, Brepols Publishers, 2004 paperback, 260 p., 219 b/w ill. 41 colour ill., 210 x 280 mm English. ISBN 9781872501239. Otto Pacht, one of the most significant art-historians of the ?Vienna School?, and well known for his analyses of Early Netherlandish art, turns his attention …

The Hare with Amber Eyes: A Hidden Inheritance - The Illustrated Edition

Edmund De Waal · 2011 · Book Haven

$15.50 (€14.06 | £11.73 | ¥2,475)

Chatto & Windus 2011 Hardback 418 The Ephrussis were a grand banking family, as rich and respected as the Rothschilds, who “burned like a comet” in nineteenth-century Paris and Vienna society. Yet by the end of World War II, almost the only thing remaining of their vast empire w…

Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens

RACKHAM, Arthur; BARRIE, J.M. · 1912 · David Brass Rare Books (ABAA/ILAB)

$850.00 (€771.18 | £643.28 | ¥135,750)

London: Hodder & Stoughton Limited, 1912. The 1912 Rackham Peter Pan [RACKHAM, Arthur, illustrator]. BARRIE, J.M. Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens. From The Little White Bird by J.M. Barrie. A New Edition. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. London: Hodder & Stoughton, n.d. [after 191…

La Closerie Des Lilas

PANORAMA; VERNIER, Charles · 1860 · David Brass Rare Books (ABAA/ILAB)

$3,850.00 (€3,492.99 | £2,913.66 | ¥614,869)

Paris : Lith. Fernique, 1860. The Dancers of La Closerie de Lilas A Fine Panorama with Twenty Hand Colored Lithographs, all Heightened with Gum Arabic [PANORAMA]. [VERNIER, Charles?]. La Closerie des Lilas. (The Lilac Enclosure). Paris: Lith. Fernique [ca. 1860]. Twenty hand-col…

Robert Montgomery and Constance Bennett. (Scene from the Motion Picture "the Easiest Way")

[20th Century Photographer] · 1931 · Wittenborn Art Books

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.84 | ¥7,985)

London: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, [Ca. 1931]. Original hand colored real photograph issued as a postcard. 5.5 x 3.5 inches. Very Good+. Printed on verso: "Film Partners" Series, 85, Long Acre, London; No. PC 56. Made in Great Britain. The Easiest Way is a 1931 American pre-Code MGM d…

Donald Cook and Barbara Stanwyck. (Scene from the Motion Picture "Baby Face")

[20th Century Photographer] · 1933 · Wittenborn Art Books

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.84 | ¥7,985)

London: Warner Bros. [Ca. 1933]. Original hand colored real photograph issued as a postcard. 5.5 x 3.5 inches. Very Good+. Printed on verso: "Film Partners" Series, 85, Long Acre, London; No. PC 110. Made in Great Britain. Scarce. Baby Face is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film…

Letter from the Cartoonist Milton Caniff to the Lyricist and Playwright Alan Jay Lerner on the Passing of Milton's Father

Caniff, Milton (1907-1988) ; Alan Jay Lerner, (1918-1986), recipient · 1959 · Wittenborn Art Books

$150.00 (€136.09 | £113.52 | ¥23,956)

New York: November fourth 1959. Tls. 1 page. 20 x 15cm. from Milton Caniff (typed note on stationery with letterhead, thanking Alan for his condolences on the passing of Milton's father, one page, 4 November 1959..Caniff and Lerner were personal friends and part of the same arti…

Portrait of Ludmilla Pitoeff in Survivre. First Edition of the Original Silver Print Photograph. Signed

Le Prat, Thérèse (1895-1966) · 1951 · Wittenborn Art Books

$175.00 (€158.77 | £132.44 | ¥27,949)

Paris: circa 1951. Original silver print photograph. 30 x 24 cm. Signed in the image with stamp and pencil title verso. Matted.. Few spots in the image..Expertise by Damien Voutay 23 Place Bellecour, Lyon, 69002, France...Ludmilla Pitoëff, née Ludmilla Yakovlevna Smanov à Tiflis…

[a Venise (Leona Et Marco)]. . Manuscript and Typescript

Stern, Ernesta aka Maria Star aka Maris Star aka Maria-Ernesta Miriam Stern ; née Maria Hierschel de Minerbi or Maria Ernesta de Hierschel (1854-1926) · 1902 · Wittenborn Art Books

$300.00 (€272.18 | £227.04 | ¥47,912)

Circa 1902. A play in 5 acts; some pages manuscript and some annotated typescript. About 50 pages.. [Manuscrit et tapuscrit]. [A Venise (Leona et Marco)]. Incomplet. 28 feuillets in-4°. Corrections manuscrites sur le tapuscrit.. Provenance: Bibliothèque Rohan-Chabot.Fonds Jean S…

Original Poster of John Francis Sheridan (1843 - 26 December 1908) , an American and Australian Comic Actor and Female Impersonator. First Edition

Francis Sheridan, John (1843 -1908) · 1870 · Wittenborn Art Books

$450.00 (€408.27 | £340.56 | ¥71,868)

Cin. NY, Lon: The Strobridge Litho co. circa 1870-1880. Color lithograph. 70.5x48.5 cm (27¾x19"). Small hole and abrasion upper right . Poster tof he actor and early tranny John F. Sherman. OCLC lists one example of another poster by Strobridge featuring Sherman, "Frank W. Sange…