Montreal: Privately printed, December, 1923. Slim 12mo, pp. 14; Ltd. to 350 copies printed for Charles Corbett Ronalds by The Ronalds Company Limited, woodcut frontispiece, initials rubricated; previous owner's bookplate on front free endpaper with some offset, a near fine copy in beautiful decorative floral paper covered boards, with black..... More
Minneapolis: Minnesota, 1980. 8vo, pp. 162; text in English, Spanish and Portugese; blue and withe paper wrappers, light edgewear, very good. Essays on "La literaturea del Caribe," "El camino de la ideologia sociopolitica del Horacio Quiroga" and "La Numancia and the structure of Cervantine ambiguity." More
London: William Little, Saturday, April 17, 1852. Approx. 15¾" x 11¼", pp. [1], 298-312 [i.e. 16 pages]; 3 columns per page, removed from binding, numerous wood engravings. Contains articles on the west in the east, Captain Beatson's expedition in search of Sir John Franklin, foreign and colonial news with mention..... More
London: William Little, Saturday, July 31, 1852. 16" x 11", pp. [1], 66-80 [i.e. 16 pages]; 3 columns per page, removed from binding, numerous wood engravings. Commercial relations between Great Britain and France, foreign and colonial news, the supply of water in Paris, asylum for noble ladies at St. Petersburgh..... More
Lanzac: Le Point, Souillac, 1945. Small, slim 4to, pp. 48, 16; black and white photographic illustrations throughout; stiff white wrappers laid into similar wrappers, toning, else fine. A moving homage to those who risked their lives printing banned books and pamphlets in Nazi-occupied France. No. 31 of the literary journal..... More
New York: 1890. Large folio (15½"), being vol. XLII, complete, 1858 pages, from January 2 to December 25, 1890; numerous illustrated advertisements; a few marginal tears, in a new library binding of full black cloth lettered in gilt on the upper cover, old library rubberstamp on page edges, a few..... More
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[N.p.]: [n.d.] (early 1900s). Broadsheet, printed on both sides, 7 1/4" x 4 1/2"; edges lightly creased, otherwise fine. A collection card for the Irish Maori Girls' Help Association, listing the honorary presidents (Countess' and Lady Fulton) and reading: "This Society has been founded to provide Scholarships for the Maori..... More
[Saigon]: Giai Phong Publishing House, 1967. First edition, 12mo, pp. [3]-139; 7 drawings by Diep Minh Chau on plates; near fine in original decorative wrappers. A selection of short stories by various South Vietnamese authors. From the publisher's note: "Thousands of miles away from Viet Nam, who has never done..... More
[Bloomington: Indiana University, 1998]. Bifolium, 8vo; illustration; about fine. Program of events for the Society's annual meeting. More
Copenhagen: S. L. Mollers Bogtrykkeri, 1883. First edition, 8vo, pp. [ii], xxxviii-[xl], 120-[122]; torn on spine; very good in original printed orange wrappers. Introduction provides textual history, phonology, literary background and scansion. More
Paris: 1946. 8vo, pp. [16], 164, [28]; original white wrappers printed in red and black; shallow one-inch loss at top right-hand corner of upper cover not affecting text; additional chips and tears, spine ends partially perished; pages uniformly toned and quite brittle; a fair copy only. Contents include Henry Miller's..... More
Stockholm: P. A. Norstedt & Soner, 1868. 8vo, pp. viii, 564; text in Swedish; quarter calf over marbled boards; spine worn and faded, text toned but sound, very good. An anthology of poetry, literature, and essays for students. Three copies in OCLC. More
[Saigon?]: ASAID/ADPA/LGB, 1968, 1970. October 1970 revision, folio, mixed pagination; tables and charts throughout; original blue printed wrappers (coffee stains), ownership signature at top left-hand corner of upper cover; minor damage from previous rusted previously removed paper clips, many of which remain. Short title: "The Blue Book". This edition not..... More
London: William Pickering, 1849. First edition, small, slim 8vo, pp. 111; engraved initials and head- and tail-pieces; title page printed in red and black; original red moire cloth (soiled) lettered in gilt on upper cover, unadorned spine, a.e.g., violet glazed endpapers; spine ends chipped, joints starting to crack, extremities rubbed;..... More
Paris: René Juillard, avril, 1953. 8vo, pp. 256, [8]; original white wrappers (soiling) printed in red and white; tears to spine ends not affecting text; pages uniformly toned and brittle, textblock loose in binding; a fair copy only. Contents include 5 short pieces by Franz Kafka; a newly discovered poem..... More
Paris: René Juillard, avril, 1953. 8vo, pp. 256, [8]; original white wrappers printed in red and white; pages uniformly toned, else a fine, unopened copy. Contents include 5 short pieces by Franz Kafka; a newly discovered poem by the Marquis de Sade; and the first appearance of Henry Miller's "The..... More
[New York]: American Art Association Anderson Galleries, 1936. 4to, pp. [6], 337, [1]; plates, text illustrations; original green paper covered boards; covers darkened and creased, especially the spine, otherwise very good. The sale included the Chaucer and a set of other Kelmscott Press books on velum and Blake's "The book..... More
Cambridge: Hilliard and Brown, 1831-4. 8 (of 9) volumes, 8vo; contemporary blue-green cloth, paper spine labels (quite browned), spine of Vol. I toned, light uniform wear to edges and corners; endpages a bit spotted, else a very good set, albeit lacking Vol IV. Each volume with additional title page. Works..... More
New York: Sheldon, Blakeman & Co., 1856. Later edition; 16mo, pp. iv, 256; 12 full-page illustrations, each printed page within ruled border; publisher's blind-tooled purple cloth, gilt vignette, faded gilt decorations on spine, shelf wear; some spotting to endpages and fly leaves, else a good tight copy. This edition not..... More
Mexico City [i.e. New York]: privately printed, 1944 [i.e. 1948]. 8vo, pp. 157; errata slip printed on yellow paper tipped to p. 150; original black cloth lettered in gilt on upper cover; generally very good. Purportedly limited to 250 copies (this, no. 190) printed at the Cruciform Press. "For private..... More
New York: Thomas Nelson and Sons, ca. 1880s. 16mo, unpaged; frontispiece, illustrations, many full-paged, throughout; original green decorative cloth stamped in black, color plate mounted to upper cover; edges a bit rubbed, front hinge cracked; contemporary gift inscription to front pastedown dated 1887; textblock very good and sound. More
London: Longman, [et.al.], 1858. Royal 8vo, pp. 4, xliv-[xlviii], 448, 3 [ads]; 3 facsimiles in color (1 folding); ex-library copy with usual markings, hinges slightly cracked, spine ends and joints rubbed with small crack in top end, extremities rubbed, else good or better in contemporary quarter brown morocco gilt over..... More
London: T. Wilkie, From Thursday, August 9, to Saturday, August 11, 1787. Approx. 12" x 9¼", pp. 137-144 [i.e. 8 pages]; 3 columns per page, removed from binding, two historiated initials, magenta tax stamp at lower corner verso of the first sheet. Includes: travels through Germany translated from a series..... More
London: T. Wilkie, From Saturday, August 11, to Tuesday, August 14, 1787. Approx. 12" x 9¼", pp. 145-152 [i.e. 8 pages]; 3 columns per page, removed from binding, two historiated initials, magenta tax stamp at lower corner verso of the first sheet. Includes: a declaration of the inhabitants of Holland..... More
London: J. Coote, 1760. Slim 8vo, pp. 51; early 20th century grey boards, typescript paper spine label (quite toned and partially perished); some spotting throughout, else textblock fine. Lacking portrait plate. In May of the year of this pamphlet's publication, Ferrers, the last member of the House of Lords to..... More
