Description:
St. Petersburg: Dmitry Sayenko; Nikodim, 2018. Limited edition. Hardcover. Fine. Two volumes, folio. Slipcased. One of 20 copies signed by Owens and Sayenko in the colophon. Prospectus laid in. The volumes are in fine, as new condition; the slipcase has a tiny bump on one corner else is fine. The main volume, 56pp, hardcover is in full grey linen with a linocut paste-on and brass corners. Tan endpapers. All pages of handmade paper and uncut, replete with linocuts taken directly from the blocks and in multiple colors, with the text letterpress, deeply printed on dampened paper with Baskerville type. Volume 2 is also folio, and in handmade paper wraps, the upper wrap with a linocut of Gawain and Ragnell taken from the block, and title by letterpress in red. (28)pp. The text is printed offset on ivory machine-made paper and contains the complete Romance as transcribed from the sole manuscript by Frederick Madden and rendered into modern English by James J. Owens, keeping the original cadence and…
Read More Buena Vista and Tributary Mining Camps. A Sketch of the Mines of Cottonwood and La Plata Districts, Chaffee County, Colorado by BUENA VISTA - A. VINETTE - 1882
by BUENA VISTA - A. VINETTE
Buena Vista and Tributary Mining Camps. A Sketch of the Mines of Cottonwood and La Plata Districts, Chaffee County, Colorado
by BUENA VISTA - A. VINETTE
- Used
- first
Buena Vista, CO: Times Book and Job Rooms, 1882. Small 8vo (6 1/2 x 5 inches). [5], 6-37, [38-40] pp., including advertisements. Original printed wrappers; quarter morocco slipcase. Some soiling, a few discreet paper repairs. FIRST EDITION of this scarce pamphlet on Buena Vista, published three years after it was founded. "The south-western portion of Colorado ten years ago was a howling wilderness, through which the red man and wild animals roamed almost unrestrained... To-day Leadville boasts of 14,000 population" (p. [5]). This promotional brochure has sections on the social advantages of the area, the city government and resources, and details local businesses, most of whom advertise on the endleaves. For the section on Cottonwood, there is a description of the hot springs and mines, as well as the New York and Toronto Company and the El Dorado Company. Other sections cover Mount Princeton and La Plata District.
The text is signed in print at end by A. Vinette, who is described on p. 32 as the owner, with A. D. Butler, of the first extension of the Missouri Gulch called the Falcon. No copies are recorded at auction in at least the past fifty years. Not in Graff, Sabin. Howes B-937; Wynar 3470.
The text is signed in print at end by A. Vinette, who is described on p. 32 as the owner, with A. D. Butler, of the first extension of the Missouri Gulch called the Falcon. No copies are recorded at auction in at least the past fifty years. Not in Graff, Sabin. Howes B-937; Wynar 3470.
-
Bookseller
Riverrun Books & Manuscripts
(US)
- Book Condition Used
- Quantity Available 1
- Publisher Times Book and Job Rooms
- Place of Publication Buena Vista, CO
- Date Published 1882
More Photos
The Wedding of Sir Gawain
by Madden, Frederick, transcriber; James J. Owens, modern English rendering; Dmitry Sayenko, artist, illustrator
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Edition
- Limited edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Tucson, Arizona, United States
- Item Price
-
A$4,263.88
Show Details
Item Price
A$4,263.88
More Photos
Return of Sherlock Holmes, The
by DOYLE, Arthur Conan; PAGET, Sidney, illustrator
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Unknown
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Calabasas, California, United States
- Item Price
-
A$5,039.12
Show Details
Description:
London: George Newnes, 1905. ‘Holmes!' I cried. ‘Is it really you? Can it indeed be that you are alive? Is it possible that you succeeded in climbing out of that awful abyss?'" the Third Collection of Sherlock Holmes Stories DOYLE, A[rthur] Conan. The Return of Sherlock Holmes. Illustrated by Sidney Paget. London: George Newnes, Ltd., 1905. First English edition of the third collection of Sherlock Holmes stories (preceded by the first American edition by about one month). Small octavo (7 3/8 x 4 13/16 inches; 187 x 122 mm.). [8], 403, [1, printer's imprint], [4, publisher's advertisements] pp. Sixteen plates (including frontispiece). Some occasional light, mainly marginal foxing, otherwise near fine. Publisher's dark blue cloth lettered in gilt on front cover and spine. Early ink signature "Mary V.B.M." and bookplate of Barry Cross of Bishop's Waltham (UK) on front free endpaper. An excellent copy, with the gilt much brighter than is usually seen. "The author was persuaded to revive…
Read More Item Price
A$5,039.12
More Photos
The Justice of the Peace, And Parish Officer. London, 1755. 2 vols
by Burn, Richard
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Unknown
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Clark, New Jersey, United States
- Item Price
-
A$3,101.00
Show Details
Description:
1755. 2 vols. 1st ed, London, 1755. 2 vols. 1st ed, London, 1755. A First Edition of the Most Popular Work Ever Written on Justices of the Peace Burn, Richard [1709-1785]. The Justice of the Peace, And Parish Officer. [London]: Printed by Henry Lintot, 1755. Two volumes. xxvii, [1], 541, [3]; [iii], 573, [11] pp. Three-page publisher advertisement at end of Volume I, another one-page advertisement facing title page of Volume II. Octavo (8-1/4" x 5"). Contemporary calf, blind rules to boards, blind fillets along joints, blind tooling to board edges, raised bands and black-stamped volume numbers to spines, hinges mended. Light rubbing and a few minor stains to boards, moderate rubbing to board edges, corners bumped and somewhat worn, contemporary armorial bookplate (of Henry Reveley, above small contemporary signature "Ja. Coles") to each pastedown. Light toning to text, occasional annotations, underlining and other markings in early hand to both volumes. $2,000. * First edition. A remarkably durable…
Read More Item Price
A$3,101.00
More Photos
Lawrence of Arabia
by Liddell Hart, Capt. B. H., and Sir Ronald Storrs
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Edition
- Limited edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Tucson, Arizona, United States
- Item Price
-
A$3,101.00
Show Details
Description:
London: The Corvinus Press, 1936. Limited edition. Hardcover. Fine. Folio. Finely printed on Barcham Green "Medway" handmade paper. Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe cloth spine, gilt title, handmade paper over boards with the Corvinus device block in gilt on the upper board. A fine copy. In the original strange glassine cover with paper flaps and in the publisher's nondescript slipcase. The book is in fine condition. The glassine has some splits and is a bit shorter than the book, its paper flaps with some foxing. The card slipcase is worn, especially at the top and bottom ends. One of 70 copies from a total edition of 128 copies. This is number 98 and is signed by both authors. Prints the authors' speeches made at a luncheon in memory of Lawrence about a month after his death. O'Brien E101. .
Item Price
A$3,101.00
More Photos
Mardi: and a Voyage Thither
by Melville, Herman
- Used
- Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Unknown
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Arrowsic, Maine, United States
- Item Price
-
A$3,101.00
Show Details
Description:
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 82 Cliff Street, 1849. 2 vols. 8vo, original green cloth. Vol. 1: 365 pp.; Vol. 2: 387, [1 blank] pp., 8 pp. of ads. First American edition of Melville's third book. His first two books, Typee and Omoo, were a blend of fact and fiction, inspired by his experiences as a sailor in the South Seas. Mardi, on the other hand, marks Melville's first wholesale excursion into fiction, following the protagonist, Taji, as he travels through mythical South Sea archipelagoes in search of transcendental beauty in the form of his lost love, Yillah. An experimental novel combining metaphysics, allegory, and a satire of modern nations, literature, religion, etc., it was poorly received by critics and general readers alike. Today it is seen as an important transitional work leading to the mature style found in his masterpiece, Moby Dick. REFERENCES: BAL 13658. PROVENANCE: With the ownership inscription of Frederick Halstead Teese (1823-1894), a New Jersey attorney and…
Read More Item Price
A$3,101.00
More Photos
The Big Rock Candy Mountain.
by Stegner, Wallace.
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Concord, California, United States
- Item Price
-
A$4,070.06
Show Details
Description:
NY, Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1943, first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover.. His "big" book which was also the source for some of his best short stories, red brick cloth binding, one of several binding types, with a Review Slip from the publisher, Colberg A7.1.a, this copy Signed by Stegner. Produced with wartime materials, but still a very good copy with some tape reinforcements to the verso of the jacket.
Item Price
A$4,070.06
The Divine Invasion.
by Dick, Philip K.
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Concord, California, United States
- Item Price
-
A$3,663.06
Show Details
Description:
NY, Timescape Books, 1981, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover.. Jacket illustrated by Rowena Morrill, rear jacket flap by Ursula Le Guin, this copy Signed by Philip K. Dick, very scarce thus, he died the following year, this is Nit's copy. Fine.
Item Price
A$3,663.06
More Photos
Undine
by De La Motte Fouqué, Friedrich; Rackham, Arthur (illustrator); Courtney, W.L. (translator)
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Unknown
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Brooklyn, New York, United States
- Item Price
-
A$3,101.00
Show Details
Description:
London: William Heinemann, 1909. Signed limited first edition, number 425 of 1000 copies, of Arthur Rackham's illustrated version of this German tale, first published in 1811. Celebrated for his depictions of fairy creatures, Rackham is ideally suited for this tale of a water spirit seeking a soul: "below sparkle, stately and solemn, many noble ruins, washed by the loving waters which win from them delicate moss-flowers and entwining clusters of sea-grass. Those who dwell there are very fair." Rackham's wave designs, in particular, lend a Japanese woodblock-inspired Art Nouveau element to the work, as in the image of Undine sinking into the Danube. A near-fine example of the best of the Golden Age of Illustration. Quarto, measuring 11.5 x 9 inches: viii, 136. Original full vellum, front board lettered and decorated in gilt with vignette by Rackham, spine elaborately ornamented in gilt, top edge gilt, other edges uncut, stiff brown endpapers. Half-title, with limitation signed by Rackham on verso.…
Read More Item Price
A$3,101.00
More Photos
HOKUM: A play in three acts
by Hemingway Ernest; McNeil, Morris
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Newburyport, Massachusetts, United States
- Item Price
-
A$4,263.88
Show Details
Description:
Wellesley Hills: Sans Souci Press, 1978. First Edition. ONE OF ONLY THREE COPIES, this being copy Number 2, inscribed by the publisher to the recipient with a long and very personal presentation inscription noting the placement of the three copies and the fact that the book would not be published and bound for still a month after this first issue copy which is specially bound for presentation. Signed and inscribed again on the colophon page with presentation to the recipient and the numbering of the copy as No. 2 of 3. 8vo, publisher's special binding of rough sepia cloth, the spine with a white label lettered in black, with end-leaves, wrapper and slipcase in off-white and the title-page printed in black. Typesetting by Thomas Todd, the binding by Robert Burlen, designed and printed by William and Raquel Freguson for William Young's San Souci Press, June 1978. 138 pp. A pristine copy, as mint, both the book and protective box in excellent condition ONE OF ONLY THREE COPIES OF THE…
Read More Item Price
A$4,263.88
More Photos
Music, Deep Rivers in My Soul (Signed by Maya Angelou, Dean Mitchell & Wynton Marsalis)
by Maya Angelou
- New
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Cape Town, South Africa
- Item Price
-
A$4,333.65
Show Details
Description:
New York: The Limited Editions Club. New. 2003. Limited Edition. Hardcover. A unique publication for The Limited Editions Club, with this also being the first edition, written specifically for the members of LEC. Dean Mitchell provides 3 color etchings for the book. Wynton Marsalis brings a 3rd dimension, who composed a 30min interpretation of Angelou's as a celebration of Jazz. A CD of the composition, which includes Maya Angelou reading her poem is included in a special compartment of the case. The book was very well received by critics, Michael Kimmelman from the New York Times, dedicated almost the entire front page of the April 26th 2002 edition to Mitchell's art. Book comes in one volume 23 x 20 inches, with a CD by Wynton Marsalis and Maya Angelou. This copy being #249 of 400, signed by Angelou, Mitchell and Marsalis. Slipcase in NF condition, with a small mark on the front cover. Book as new. Laid in is the original Monthly Newsletter #592 and the LEC invoice for $4000.…
Read More Item Price
A$4,333.65