Biblioasis

George Weidenfeld & Nicolson Limited, 1949. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/Good. First English Edition. Octavo. 327 pp. Good or better in like jacket. Blue cloth. Translated into English by Edward Fitzgerald from the 1948 German edition. This is not a former library book, but rather comes from the collection of academic and historian, A. Mouratides. Prof Mouratides used his own classification system, so there are two paper classification tags on the spine jacket. The FFEP also bears his ownership stamp. The leaves are clean internally with no annotations or underlining. There is noticeable foxing to the block. The board corners are rubbed and there is minor pushing-in to head and foot. The blue cloth is firmly secured to book, but is wavy in some areas where the glue has lost adhesion. Unclipped jacket showing the original price of 15s. There is darkening to the spine and chipping to jacket edges, especially at head and foot. Now wrapped in a protective Brodart wrap. Binding is square and tight. Securely shi…Read more

B. Herder Book Co., 1950. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Octavo. 419 pp. Translated to English by Rev. Patrick Cummins, O.S.B. Very good in like jacket. Red cloth. Minor edgewear to boards. Minor pushing-in to head and foot of spine. Title page bears the ownership stamp of Prof. Walery Jasinski of Seminarium Polkskie, Orchard Lake, MI. Later chapters of the book have some extensive (light) highlighting and pencil annotations. Laid in the back are some of Prof Jasinski's personal notes in Polish, and some ephemera including prayer cards. Binding is square and tight, save for a lightly shaken back hinge. The jacket is attractive overall, and unclipped. There is some fading to the spine of the jacket. The jacket is showing some creasing to the edges, especially the head and foot, and several short tears. Jacket is now protected in a Brodart wrap. A nice and tight copy of a very scarce work of religious philosophy. Securely shipped in a box.

London, Ontario: Advertiser Steam Presses / Great Western Railway, 1879. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. First edition thus. 1879. Duodecimo/12mo. 102 pp. Very good. Black leather with flap enclosure binding. Gold titling to front board: "RULES. Great Western Railway. 1879." Ownership signature to FFEP: "Jos Anderson, Conductor GWR, Windsor July 29th 1879." A scarce rules and regulations book for the now defunct Great Western Railway in Ontario, Canada. Marbled block. Clean throughout. The front hinge is lightly shaken, though the binding is tight and fully intact. Black leather has a minor water stain to the front board. General wear and rubbing to the corners and extremities from use in the field. A scarce piece of rail and transportation history. A print copy is held in the Library and Archives of Canada. Securely shipped in a tracked box.

Duckworth, 1936. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Signed First edition. Very good hardcover. No jacket. Small octavo. Blue cloth bound with guilt top edge. Gilt titling to spine. Title page is warmly inscribed by Harold Acton to Neil Ritchie (British Army General) in black ink. FFEP is signed by previous owner, author John Metcalf. Minor wear to head and foot of spine. Tanning to pastedowns. Minor foxspots to the first thirteen pages and the last twenty pages, otherwise clean throughout. A nice and tight copy of a scarce title. Securely shipped in a box with tracking.

E.P. Dutton & Co, 1925. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good+. First English Edition. Octavo. 334 pp. Near fine hardcover in a good or better jacket. Authorized translation from the Italian by Leo Ongley. Scarce in the original yellow dust-jacket. Blue/black cloth with ochre titling. Publisher's topstain to block and deckled fore-edges. Sharp edges and board corners. Minor pushing-in to foot of spine. Strong hinges and square binding. Jacket is intact though showing some edgewear and chipping. Jacket has short tear at upper front edge, 1/4 inch of missing paper to head of spine, and a roughly one square inch loss of paper near the foot of the spine. Now wrapped in a protective Bordart cover. A tight copy. Securely shipped in a box.