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Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1968. Blue cloth (hard cover) in mylar protected dust-jacket. 334 pages, w/ title and subject indexes. An important work charting the full range of Stevens' theory and defines the relationships which establish the total sequence of lyrics as a single poem. A clean, tight copy Size: Octavo. First Edition.. Cloth. Fine/Fine.

Lewisburg, Pennsylvania: The Press of Appletree Alley, 1986. Brick-orange stiff paper wrappers (softcover), printed paper title label on front board, (8.75 x 5.75 inches). Limited numbered edition, one of only 100 copies printed, according to bibliography. 23, [1] pages; illustrated with four vibrantly colorful linocuts by Barnard Taylor based on patters in Kashan rugs. SIGNED on colophon by Balakian. Peter Balakian won the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. Hand-set, letter-press printed and hand-bound by Don and Pam Rash. An exceptionally clean, bright copy in collector fine condition. Signed. Limited Edition. Wrappers. Fine. Illus. by Barnard Tayor. Octavo. Private Press.

London: Henry S. King & Co., 1876. Original pictorial green cloth, embossed gilt titles to spine and front board, beveled edges, painted endpapers, (8.5 x 7 inches). First Edition. xxiv, 380 pages, plus publisher's adverts at rear; 22 illustrations, including tissue-protected frontis. In this work the author recounts his experiences hunting for tiger in the Terai, Assam, and Mirzapore regions, and additional hunts for panther, bear, buffalo and various deer species. He provides in-depth descriptions of animals such as the leopard, red lynx, hyaena, wild dog, Indian elephant, Indian rhinoceros, and antelope, among many others. The second part of the work examines India's sporting bird species. Provenance: armorial bookplate of Allan Octavian Hume on front pastedown. Allan Octavian Hume (1829-1912) was a British political reformer, ornithologist, civil servant and botanist who worked in British India, who founded the party Indian National Congress. He supported the idea of… Read More

København: Jens Frederik Schultz, 1797. Half calf over marbled boards, marbled endpapers, laid paper. (7" x 4.5"). 144 pages; annotated with previous owner's notes. Shows general overall wear, boards rubbed, internally clean and tight. Size: Octavo. Leather.

Paris: Chez Abel Ledoux Half red morocco leather over marbled boards, raised bands, gilt title, (10 1/2" x 7"). Editions Illustree (first illustrated edition). N.D.(circa 1840's). 402 pages; Par cent Gravures en Taille douce (with 100 copper-plate engravings). French text. Former owner's signature of George K. Wood, dated 1848, showing general wear and rubbing with marble paper loss to front board, minor expected page toning. Remains an attractive copy of a scarce title. Size: Quarto. Leather. Very Good.

Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1998. Full dark green leather (hard cover), gilt titles and embossed design to front and rear boards, raised bands, silk ribbon page marker, all edges gilt, silk moire endpages, (10.25 x 7 inches). Collector's Edition. 271 pages; Illustrated by Rene Ben Sussan, translated from the French by Ellen Marriage with an introduction by Richard Aldington. A title from The Collector's Library of Famous Editions. Publisher's Collector's Notes laid-in. A clean, tight copy in "as new" condition. Collector's Edition. Leather. Fine. Illus. by Rene Ben Sussan. Tall Octavo.

New Haven: Yale University, 1948. Volume CVII. Original dark blue pebbled cloth (hardcover), map of campus endpapers, (11 x 8.25 inches). 307 pages; illustrated by b&w photographs and sponsorship adverts of local businesses. The 1948 Banner lists George "H.W." Bush as a member of the Skull and Bones Society. Also contains the Banner Survey of the Yale students on a variety of topics. Showing just light rubbing at head and foot of spine, internally clean and bright. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. Quarto.

London: Jonathan Cape / Knopf Collection of 12 books (9 titles) by Julian Barnes published between 1985 and 2019. Julian Barnes is one of the most acclaimed modern British authors. His literary career spans several decades, and is distinguished by a profound exploration of themes such as memory, love, and mortality. He is celebrated for his elegant prose, intellectual depth, and narrative innovation. Barnes won the Man Booker Prize in 2011. Titles include: 1. Flaubert's Parrot (1st US, Knopf:1985). 2. Staring at the Sun (SIGNED Limited Edition, Jonathan Cape:1986). 3. Staring at the Sun (SIGNED Limited Edition, Cape:1986). 4. Staring at the Sun (SIGNED, 1st US, Knopf:1986). 5. A History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters (1st US, Knopf:1989). 6. Talking It Over (SIGNED Limited Edition, Cape:1991). 7. Talking it Over (1st US, Knopf:1991). 8. England, England (SIGNED, 1st Edition, Cape:1998). 9. Arthur & George (SIGNED, 1st Edition, Cape:2005). 10. The Sense of Ending (SIGNED, 1st… Read More

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1955. Brown cloth (hard cover), in mylar protected dust-jacket. 222 pages; illustrated with photographs reproduced in large format, including several gate-folds. Includes accounts of expeditions to the Himalaya, Karakoram, Andes, Hoggar and New Zealand Alps, with the ascents of K2 and Cho Oyu and the California and New Zealand attempts on Makalu. In unclipped jacket showing some rubbing, former owner's signature, else clean and tight Size: Quarto. First American Edition.. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good.

Munich: Prestel, 1992. Blue cloth (hard cover) in mylar protected dust-jacket. Edited and with contributions by Vivan Endicott Barnett and Armin Zweite. 232 pages, w/ Catalogue, Biography and Selected Bibliography; 174 color and 69 black and white illustrations. A clean, tight copy in "as new" condition Size: Quarto. First English Edition.. Cloth. Fine/Fine.

Sydney: LifeDrum Press, 1993. Cloth (hardcover) in mylar protected dust-jacket, (11 x 9.25 inches). First edition. 30 unnumbered pages; colour illustrations. SIGNED by authors on title page. Poetry by Andrew Barnum; illustrations by Lissa Barnum. The first book published by LifeDrum Press. A clean, tight copy in as new condition.. Signed. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Lissa Barnum. Quarto.

New York: ACA Gallery, 1959. Original wraps (soft-cover). Unpaginated; illustrated. The publication marks the 27th anniversary of the ACA Gallery. Containing 31 artists bios and an example of their work. Artist include: David Burliuk, Sylvia Carewe, Nicolai Cikovsky, Hy Cohen, Ernest Crichlow, Daniel Dickerson, et al. Wrappser showing some light toning, else a clean, tight copy Size: Quarto. First Edition. Wraps. Very Good.

Boston: Beacon Press, 1886. Brown cloth, gilt title, (9 x 6 inches), 48 pages w/ Appendix; illustrated with tissue-protected portrait of Capt. George L. Prescott. An Address by Edwin S. Barrett, Delivered in the Town Hall, Concord, Mass., July 21st, 1886, on the 25th Anniversary of the Battle of Bull Run, at the Re-Union of the Veterans of Co. G (Concord Artillery), Fifth REgiment, M.V.M. Inscribed by Barrett on front fly to Charles H. Blake. Blake was a member of the 12th Maine Infantry Regiment and a cousin of Barrett. Showing some general light expected wear, internally clean. Size: Octavo. Inscribed. First Edition.. Cloth. Very Good. Association Copy.

London, United Kingdom: Faber & Faber Limited, 1971. Cloth in mylar protected dust jacket. 206 pp., plus 177 illustrated plates at rear. A extensive and exhaustive study of the Derby factory. Contains such items as the numerous Derby marks and a definitive list of figures attribted to Andrew Planche. There are copious biographical notes on the factory artists. A clean, tight copy. Size: Octavo. First Edition.. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine.

New York: Lovell Coryell and Co., 1902. Two Volumes. Quarter parchment over gray paper boards, deckle edge, laid paper, tissue protected frontis and plates. Kirriemuir Edition, limited #256/260 copies, signed by publisher. Illustrated with ten etchings by G.W.H. Ritchie (extra illustrated with a set of etchings printed on Japon paper). Showing age toning and some rubbing Size: Thick Octavo. Limited/Numbered.. Cloth. Near Very Good. Illus. by G.W.H. Ritchie.

New York: New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1932, 1932. Very Good. First Edition. Small Octavo. Green cloth w/o dj, gilt titles, deckle edge, 103 pages. A true first with the Scribner's 'A' on copyright page. Spine sunned, age discoloration.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. Small Octavo.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1913. Publisher's full vellum, gilt titles, elaborate gilt tooling and decoration, top edge gilt, deckle edge, (12.5 x 10.5 inches). N.D. (no date, 1913. first edition copyright 1901, first Thomson illustrated edition of 1913). Number 37 of a limited edition of 1000 copies SIGNED by artist on limitation page. 197, [1] pages; 22 tipped-in colour plates with captioned and illustrated tissue guards, line drawings in-text. Printed by T. and A. Constable, Printers to his Majesty at the Edinburgh University Press. This comedic stage play in four acts has been made into two films and a musical. Lacks the tie and some expected light page toning as usual, else a clean, bright copy inside and out of one of the earliest copies printed (37/1000). Signed. First Edition. Vellum. Near Fine. Illus. by Hugh Thomson. Quarto.

Reutlingen: Bardtenschlager n.d. (ca. 1910). Green cloth with embossed decorations in gilt and color, gilt endpapers, aeg. (8 x 11 cm.). German text. Previous owner's inscription (dated 1910). A clean, tight copy, with original paper wrapper and cardboard slipcase Size: 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall. Cloth. Fine.

Cleveland: Adonis Studio, 1983. Glossay pictorial boards (hardcover) without dustjacket as issued, (8.5 x 11 inches). First Edition. Unpaginated (32 pages); illustrated by the authors. Inscribed and signed by authors on front free endpaper. A clean, tight copy in as new condition. Signed. First Edition. Cloth. Fine. Oblong Octavo.

London: Royal Society, 1857. Modern Wrappers (softcover). [589] - 605 pages, plus Plates XL - XLVI (7 plates). An important and scarce monograph on the development of Crustacea. Some light age toning and foxing. Size: Quarto. First Edition.. Wraps. Very Good.