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Kyüro Gafu 1 Volume

[EHON] [Ki Baitei, artist] · 1797 · Boston Book Company

$3,750.00 (€3,402.26 | £2,837.98 | ¥598,898)

[EHON] [Ki Baitei, artist]. KYÛRO GAFU. 1 volume. Kôto [Kyôto], N.D. [Bunsei?]. 26.2 x 18.6 cm String-bound Japanese style fukuro- toji. Resembles the copy "c" in Mitchell at p. 403 for the presence of 64 single page images in sumi, (a greater number of images than the first edi…

Faust: A Tragedy. Parts I and II (Modern Library #177. 2)

GOETHE, JOHANN WOLFGANG VON · 1956 · Bluebird Books

$23.00 (€20.87 | £17.41 | ¥3,673)

New York: The Modern Library / Random House, [c.1956]. Hardcover. An English-language Modern Library reprint edition of the famous 2-part tragic play by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Part I first appeared in 1808, Part II in 1832. Translated in the original meters from the German …

The Philosophy of Santayana (Modern Library #224. 2)

SANTAYANA, GEORGE · 1946 · Bluebird Books

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

New York: The Modern Library / Random House, [c.1946]. Hardcover. A Modern Library edition presenting a variety of writings by the Spanish-born American philosopher George Santayana (1863-1952). Includes excerpts from the author's noteworthy "The Sense of Beauty" and "The Life o…

Six Plays of Clifford Odets: Waiting for Lefty, Awake & Sing!, Till the Day I Die, Paradise Lost, Golden Boy, Rocket to the Moon (Modern Library #67. 2)

ODETS, CLIFFORD · 1955 · Bluebird Books

$17.00 (€15.42 | £12.87 | ¥2,715)

New York: The Modern Library / Random House, [c.1955]. Hardcover. Six plays by the talented American actor, screenwriter and playwright in a Modern Library edition. Mr. Odets achieved success in the 1930s and 40s and was lured to Hollywood in 1936 where he stayed for a good deal…

The Life and Selected Writings of Thomas Jefferson (Modern Library #234. 1)

JEFFERSON, THOMAS; (EDITED BY KOCH, ADRIENNE; PEDEN, WILLIAM) · 1947 · Bluebird Books

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

New York: The Modern Library / Random House, [c.1947]. Hardcover. This Modern Library compilation includes Thomas Jefferson's "Autobiography," "The Declaration of Independence," "Biographical Sketches of Famous Men" as well as essays, journals, public papers and much more by the…

NEWARK TOWN SITE.; Scale: 300 Feet to an Inch

[19th C. San Francisco Bay Area Map] · 1880 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$495.00 (€449.10 | £374.61 | ¥79,055)

(n. p.): , (n. d.). Ca 1880s. Housed in an archival mylar sleeve [folded]. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. Single sheet, printed recto only [blue ink, a derivative for salesmen?]. Lot costs detailed in bottom margin. Oblong format: 24" x 32-5/8". Folded: 8-1/2" x 12…

Ten Days That Shook the World (Modern Library #215. 2)

REED, JOHN · 1962 · Bluebird Books

$37.50 (€34.02 | £28.38 | ¥5,989)

New York: The Modern Library / Random House, [c.1962]. Hardcover. The story of the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia is detailed here by John Reed, a sympathetic American who was there as it happened. Includes reproductions of period printed items, such as leaflets and official doc…

Peter Ibbetson (Modern Library #207. 1)

DU MAURIER, GEORGE · 1947 · Bluebird Books

$12.50 (€11.34 | £9.46 | ¥1,996)

New York: The Modern Library / Random House, [c.1947]. Hardcover. A Modern Library reprint edition of the first novel by the French-born English cartoonist and novelist George du Maurier (1834-1896). A popular romance, "Peter Ibbetson" has been rendered into a play, an opera, an…

Journeys Through Bookland: A New and Original Plan for Reading, Applied to the World's Best Literature for Children (Volume Seven Only, of 10)

SYLVESTER, CHARLES H. · 1909 · Bluebird Books

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,875)

Chicago: Bellows-Reeve Company, 1909. Hardcover. Volume seven only, of ten. An illustrated collection of classic stories, historical accounts and folk tales suitable for reading by children. The stories were borrowed from notable works of literature by such authors as Robert Bur…

Journeys Through Bookland: A New and Original Plan for Reading, Applied to the World's Best Literature for Children (Volume Three Only, of 10)

SYLVESTER, CHARLES H. · 1909 · Bluebird Books

$19.50 (€17.69 | £14.76 | ¥3,114)

Chicago: Bellows-Reeve Company, 1909. Hardcover. Volume three only, of ten. An illustrated collection of classic stories, nursery rhymes and fairy tales suitable for reading by children. The stories were borrowed from notable works of literature by such authors as Lewis Carroll,…

The LETTERS Of The CELEBRATED JUNIUS

[British Political History]. 'Junius' · 1783 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$192.50 (€174.65 | £145.68 | ¥30,743)

London: , 1783. 1st edition thus (NUC NJ 0198109; Lowndes: Vol IV, pg 1241). This edition claims to have 14 letters not previously collected. Modern half-calf with marbled boards. Original spine laid-down. New eps. 2 volumes. 12mo. Binding - Nr Fine. Text blocks - VG (faint spor…

Eight Plays by Molière: The Precious Damsels, the School for Wives, the Critique of the School for Wives, the Versailles Impromptu, Tartuffe, the Misanthrope, the Physician in Spite of Himself & the Would-Be Gentleman (Modern Library #78. 3)

MOLIÈRE (JEAN-BAPTISTE POQUELIN) · 1959 · Bluebird Books

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.32 | ¥1,757)

New York: The Modern Library / Random House, [c.1959-60]. Hardcover. ISBN: 0465043623. Ex-Library. Modern Library edition featuring eight plays by the noted French playwright Jean-Baptiste Poquelin (c.1622-1673), who used the stage name of Molière. Translated, and with an introd…

The Lives of the Twelve Caesars: Complete and Unabridged (Modern Library #188. 1)

SUETONIUS (GAIUS SUETONIUS TRANQUILLUS) · 1956 · Bluebird Books

$29.00 (€26.31 | £21.95 | ¥4,631)

New York: The Modern Library / Random House, [c.1956]. Hardcover. The histories of the famous Roman emperors, from Julius Caesar to Domitian, have been carried forward from ancient times to the modern era largely through the efforts of Suetonius, a 1st and 2nd Century Roman hist…

A Treatise on the Malformations, Injuries, and Diseases of the Rectum and Anus. Illustrated with Plates

Bushe, George Macartney · 1837 · Parigi Books

$1,800.00 (€1,633.09 | £1,362.23 | ¥287,471)

New York, French & Adlard, 1837. First Edition. Hardcover. In two volumes. 299pp; 14 unnumbered leaves and 9 engraved plates, 7 of which are hand-colored and 2 are foldouts. The text volume is bound in the original brown decorated cloth with paper label affixed to the spine. The…

Paroissien Selon de Rit Romain Comprenant Les Offices Des Dimanches et Fetes De L'Annee, Approuve Par Monseigneur L'Eveque D'Arras

not given · 1868 · Bailgate Books Ltd

£42.00 (€50.35 | $55.50 | ¥8,863)

E Cornillac, Chatillon-Sur-Seine, 1868. Edition Unstated, Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Small leather volume with gilt lettering on a banded spine, silver and black metal initials on front cover, gilt blocks, dark red silk covered end-papers and inner covers wit…

The Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church according to the Use of the United Church of England and Ireland together with the Psalter etc.

not given · 1868 · Bailgate Books Ltd

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1868. Edition Unstated, Hardcover, Illustrated by: Peacock, Mansfield, Britton in London. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Leather binding with brass clasp on front but missing from spine, rubbed covers with well-rubbed corners and worn spine ends,…

The Counterfeiters (Les Faux-Monnayeurs); with Journal of "the Counterfeiters" (Modern Library #327. 1)

GIDE, ANDRé · 1962 · Bluebird Books

$13.50 (€12.25 | £10.22 | ¥2,156)

New York: The Modern Library / Random House, [c.1962]. Hardcover. Nobel prize-winning author André Gide's work has been described as a novel within a novel, with many characters and complicated cross-plots. First published in France as "Les Faux-Monnayeurs" in 1925. This Modern …

A History of Sleaford and the Wapentakes of Flaxwell and Ashwardhurn in the County of Lincoln

the Venerable Edward Trollope, Archdeacon of Stow · 1872 · Bailgate Books Ltd

£80.00 (€95.91 | $105.71 | ¥16,882)

W Kent & Co, London; William Fawcett, Sleaford, Upminster, 1872. 1st Edition, Hardcover. Good Condition/No Jacket. Original brown cloth covers with gilt and black decoration are bright and firm. The spine ends are bumped and rubbed and the corners are lightly worn, hinges are go…

Second Stage Lensmen, Parts I and II in Astounding Science Fiction. November and December, 1941

Smith, E.E. et al. · 1941 · Mare Booksellers

$38.00 (€34.48 | £28.76 | ¥6,069)

New York, Street and Smith, 1941. Wraps. Color illustrated wraps by Rogers. 9 ¼ by 6 ½ inches. 162 pages each. Two issues of Astounding Science Fiction, the November and December issues from 1941, featuring the first two installments (of four) of 'Second Stage Lensmen,' by E.E. …

The Consecration and Succession of Protestant Bishops Justified; and the Bishop of Durham Vindicated. [Bound with] the Succession of Protestant Bishops Asserted; or, the Regularity of the Ordinations of the Church of England Justify'd. [Bound with] a Vindication of the Consecration of Archbishop Cranmer, Against the Objections of Papists and Others. [Bound with] a Modest Vindication of the Clergy of the Church of England; Both As to Their Orders and Succession. .

Bramhall, John; Williams, Daniel; Sharpe, Isaac; Earbery, Matthias · 1716 · Parigi Books

$768.00 (€696.78 | £581.22 | ¥122,654)

London, / Printed for J. Roberts, 1716. First Edition. Hardcover. Four volumes bound in one. 131pp (with three pagination errors); xvi, [4], 156pp; [6], 83pp + publisher's advertisement; 60pp. Recent mottled half calf over marbled boards, spine decorated and lettered in gold. Ma…