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James R. Osgood and Company, Boston, 1872. . First edition. 8vo. (15 x 11.5 cm), pp. 304; publisher's brown cloth gilt; a very good copy. Travel tales from Germany, Austria and Italy.

Paris, [c.1830]. . Engraving with fine gouache colour by Schwartz after Hackert, heightened with varnish, mounted on card, margin trimmed (not affecting text or image). Jacob Phillipe Hackert (1737-1807) was a landscape painter from Brandenburg, who spent most of his professional life in Italy.

London 1994. . First edition. Small folio, illustrations, original cloth, dust-wrapper, minor wear but internally fine. A beautifully produced and finely illustrated bibliography of the Boer War.

London, Morrice Phillips (printer), 1831. . Small 4to; contemporary blue marbled calf-backed boards with gilt title in english to spine, quite rubbed, front cover detached; marbled edges, rubbed; wine staining to leaves (as expected), small marginal tears to few, block cracked but holding; half-title in Hebrew and two separate titles in Hebrew and English; old signature of previous owners to front endpapers; [1], 40, [6] ll. Ashkenazic Passover Haggadah edited by Isaac Levi, one of the pioneers of Jewish printing in London. Hebrew text and English translation on opposing pages. The copperplate frontispiece in this Haggadah was originally published in the 1807 London Machzor, but a pastedown with the Haggadah title was placed in the middle of the page covering the original title. According to Yudlov this pastedown-altered frontispiece does not appear in all copies. Vinograd, London 292, Yaari 516; Yudlov 717; Not in Yerushalmi.

London, Capepark Ltd, 1985. . No. 3 of 9 Hors Commerce, of a total edition of 584, introductory leaf, first & last prints signed by the illustrator. 58 original serigraphs, 'pulled by hand on Rivs 270 gr. (Arjomarie-Prioux) by Atelier Arcay in Paris'. Text in Hebrew with English in Preface. Exquisite velvet binding, with gilt lettering and ornament, matching original solander box, slightly rubbed (520 x 425 mm). A fine copy. A modern Haggadah with hand-printed illustrations by Yaacov Agam: 'All colour separations were produced by the artist, all screens used for each image were destroyed'. Printed in Paris by Atelier Arcay, a total of 584 were printed of this Haggadah, numbered for three editions of 180 each, an A.P. (Artist's Proof) edition of 27, an H.C. (Hors Commerce) edition of 9 (as here) and an edition of 8 on vellum. Yaakov Agam (b. 1928) is an Israeli artist and sculptor based in Paris, best known for his contribution to optical and kinetic art. He had a retrospective exhibition in Paris… Read More

Tel Aviv, Sinai, 1961. . 4to (31 x 22.3 cm), publisher's blue velvety boards with a gilt title, edges rubbed, small crack to bottom of spine. 35 coloured illustration plates; gilt frontispiece attached to the back of the front endleaf, crisp and clean pages; text in Hebrew and English; 84, [4] pp. Passover Haggadah with '35 coloured illustrations by Ze'ev Raban, "Bezalel" Jerusalem', and a 'Musical supplement'.The Bezalel school was founded in 1906 in Jerusalem by the artist and professor Boris Schatz and was the first art school to be established in the Holy Land in the 20th century. The establishment of Bezalel was initiated by Schatz, who discussed his vision of opening an art school in the Land of Israel with Herzl, while the two met in Vienna in 1903 at the sixth Zionist Congress. Schatz chose to call the school 'Bezalel' after the biblical artist Bezalel ben Uri ben Hur, mentioned in the book of Exodus as the artist chosen by God to build the Tabernacle (hamishkan in Hebrew). According to the… Read More

Basel, Wilhelm Haas, 1816. . First edition, 4to (21.6 x 17.7 cm); original decorative printed paper boards, with a fine geometric design, edges and spine rubbed, block cracked but holding; 24 woodcut illustrations in text; browning and staining to pages, pp. 3-6 professional restoration to edges, previous owners' inscription and signature in old brown ink to inside covers; text in Hebrew, Aramaic and Yiddish. [2], 54 pp. Scarce first edition of the Basel Haggadah in its original publisher's decorative binding.One of the more attractive Haggadah editions that were published in 19th-century Europe. Its text is a reprint of Joel Brill's German translation of 1785. The magnificent woodcut illustrations of this edition 'were copied from Friedrich Battier's illustrations to a German Bible published in Basel in 1710 by Johann Brandmüller, Jr. The woodcut of Moses at the Burning Bush, shown here on the title page, was taken from the frontispiece of the Amsterdam Haggadah of 1712' (Yerushalmi). Vinograd,… Read More

London, David Levi, 1794. . First edition; small 4to (21.5 x 13 cm); contemporary brown calf, boards with gilt ruled borders, slightly rubbed, spine with floral decorations in gilt, edges browned; text in Hebrew, English and Ladino. [1], 39, [3] ll. Combined Ashkenazic and Sephardic Haggadah published by David Levi, one of the pioneers of Jewish printing in London. Starting from 1770s, several Hebrew prayer-books and Haggadot were printed in London for the first time by three different Jewish publishers: A. Alexander and Son; Yedidya, Gershon and Issachar; David Levi. All publications by these printers are considered to be very rare, with only a small number of surviving copies.David Levi (1740-1801), was an erudite Whitechapel cobbler and one of the most remarkable characters of 18th-century English Jewry. He was born in London and after failing to make a living as a shoemaker, went to the opposite extreme and became a hatter, meanwhile continuing his studies at the Great Synagogue of London. In… Read More

London, L. Alexander, 1813. . Small 4to (24.5 x 19.8 cm); 4 illustration plates (including frontispiece) and one folding map (with a tear, professionally repaired without loss) unnumbered, some occasional staining, contemporary morocco, neatly rebacked, gilt borders, marbled endpapers, corners rubbed; ownership dedication and signature in brown ink to front endpaper, dated '20 Mars 1823'. Text in Hebrew and Judeo-Spanish. [5], 19 ll. Scarce edition of Sephardic Haggadah printed in London, with parallel text in Hebrew and Spanish.The illustrative plates in these Haggadot (after the London Haggadah of 1806) were printed separately on unnumbered leaves and their number varies between different copies, missing completely in some. Yudlov lists it with 7 illustrations and 5 maps, while Yerushalmi lists it with 3 maps and 'various engravings on separate sheets'.'This, the only Spanish translation of the Haggadah to be printed in London, is also an example of the survival into the nineteenth century of… Read More

London, David Levi, 1794. . First edition; small 4to (21.5 x 13 cm); modern marbled leather-backed marbled boards, spine gilt; browning and staining to leaves, faded stamp to title; closed tear to leaf 35; leaves 37-39 supplied; last leaf repaired with some English text loss; text in Hebrew, English and Ladino. [1], 39, [3] ll. Combined Ashkenazic and Sephardic Haggadah published by David Levi, one of the pioneers of Jewish printing in London. Starting from the 1770s, several Hebrew prayer-books and Haggadot were printed in London for the first time by three different Jewish publishers: A. Alexander and Son; Yedidya, Gershon and Issachar; David Levi. All publications by these printers are considered to be very rare, with only a small number of surviving copies.David Levi (1740-1801), was an erudite Whitechapel cobbler and one of the most remarkable characters of 18th-century English Jewry. He was born in London and after failing to make a living as a shoemaker, went to the opposite extreme and… Read More

Basel, Wilhelm Haas, 1816. . First edition, 4to (21.6 x 17.7 cm); original printed paper boards, with a fine geometric design, edges rubbed, occasional old tape repairs (without loss), block cracked but holding; 24 woodcut illustrations in text; browning and staining to pages, previous owners' signatures to inside cover. Text in Hebrew and Yiddish. [2], 54 pp. Scarce first edition of the Basel Haggadah in its original ornamental binding.One of the more attractive Haggadah editions that were published in 19th century Europe. Its text is a reprint of Joel Brill's German translation of 1785. The magnificent woodcut illustrations of this edition 'were copied from Friedrich Battier's illustrations to a German Bible published in Basel in 1710 by Johann Brandmüller, Jr. The woodcut of Moses at the Burning Bush shown here on the title page, was taken from the frontispiece of the Amsterdam Haggadah of 1712' (Yerushalmi). Vinograd, Basel 284; Yudlov 565; Yaari 399; Yerushalmi 86; Harvard 21.5:17.

Venice, 1704. . 4to, later morroco-backed boards, rubbed, with gilt floral ornaments and Hebrew title to spine; red-stained edges, staining and worming to leaves, a few small tears affecting text, front endpaper missing, first title page partially detached with old repairs. Responsa work by Hagiz, bound together with sermons by Galante, both published in Venice the same year.Ya'akov ben Smuel Hagiz (aka Jacob Hagiz, 1620-1674) was a Sephardi Jewish Talmudist born at Fes, Morocco. In about 1646, Hagiz went to Italy for the purpose of publishing his books, and remained there until after 1656, supporting himself by teaching. About 1657 he left Livorno for Jerusalem, where the Vega brothers of Livorno had founded a Beit Midrash for him and where he became a member of the rabbinical college. He had a large number of eager young students as his followers, among whom were Moses ibn Habib, who became his son-in-law, and Joseph Almosnino, later the Rabbi of Belgrade. Hagiz was active in the opposition to… Read More

London, J. Brettell, 1817. . First edition. 8vo, viii, 194, c, pp., folding frontispiece map. Original drab boards with spine label, uncut (rubbed, label slightly chipped), a fine copy. Born near Dunfermline, Scotland, John Halkett (1768–1852) was Governor of the Bahamas and Governor of Tobago. As a member of the Hudson's Bay Company's London committee he supported the Red River Settlement project of his cousin, Lord Selkirk, and visited Montreal and Red River in 1821 after Selkirk's death as executor of his will.

London, John Murray, 1818. . First edition, 4to., 9 engraved plates including 8 hand-coloured aquatints, by Robert Havell after drawings by William Havell from sketches by members of crew, 6 maps and plans, some folding. This expedition formed part of the Amherst embassy and explored the relatively little known East China Sea and the Yellow Sea. Visits were made to Korea and the Ryukyu Archipelago.

Utrecht, Johannes Waesberg, 1643. . Third, second & second editions, 3 works in 1 volume, 12mo, xiv, 213, [23]; 106; 96pp., engraved title, five folding maps by Kaerius and an engraved plate in first work; 3 portraits added as frontispieces, 3 blanks before each work, contemporary ink-lettered vellum, a fine copy. SEVIST A collection of three influential imaginary voyages and works of utopian fiction, here first collected together: Mundus Alter et Idem by Joseph Hall (in its third edition - first published in 1605); Civitas Solis, Ida Republic Philosophic by Thomas Campanella (in its second edition - first published in 1623); and Nova Atlantis by Francis Bacon (in its second edition - first published in 1638).Hall's work is the earliest utopia set in Terra Australis, and Campanella's City of the Sun and Bacon's New Atlantis were two of the most reprinted (often together with More's Utopia and Harrington's Oceana) of all the seventeenth century works on the ideal republic. The narrator of Mundus… Read More

[London], [c.1895]. . 'Third Edition'; large 8vo (225 x 170 mm); photogravure title-page, printed in blue throughout with decorative borders, 9 photogravure plates, tissue guards, red endpapers stamped in silver; publisher's red roan blocked in gilt, worn at edges with sight loss to spine ends. An intriguing 1890s production of a theatrical bent, preceded only by issues that were distributed to audience members; the book serves as a diary, interspersed with plates featuring actors, often in Japanese character. George Edwardes was an impresario who ruled a theatrical empire including the Gaiety, Daly's Theatre, the Adelphi Theatre and others, and sent touring companies around Britain and abroad. The photographs include Marie Tempest, Letty Lind, Hayden Coffin and Rutland Barrington. Owen Hall wrote many highly successful musical comedies in the 1890s, including A Gaiety Girl, An Artist's Model, The Geisha and A Greek Slave, but was undone by gambling; his pseudonym was 'Payn Nunn', a pun on 'Owing All'.

London, Colburn, 1845. . Second edition, 8vo, xvi, 488 pp., 4 engraved plates, 4 folding maps (1 with short tears and neat repair to verso), woodcuts in text, nineteenth century tan half morocco gilt, marbled boards, edges sprinkled red, a fine example. Important account of the First Opium War. Includes a fine map of Hong Kong. The Nemesis was designed to draw only six feet of water, enabling her to sail anywhere a junk might go, and offer close support to landing parties. Cordier, Sinica, 2371; Lust 558; Hill 120.

London, The Focal Press, 1949. . First edition, first printing; 4to; 62 photographic illustrations in black and white, folding chart to the rear, internally fine; publisher's blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine, with the unclipped pictorial dustjacket, small nick to lower edge of front panel without loss, fractionally faded spine, minor edge-wear; a near-fine example. A charming photobook of Paris, compiled from a series of photographs by the popular twentieth century photographer Brassai.

[N.p.], [ca. 1977]. . Artists' book, likely unique, signed on the first page with the note 'prototype only'; 11 gelatin silver photographs (123 x 85 mm, 4¾ x 3¼ in) mounted on card; comb-bound, lightly toned and marked with light wear; [26]pp. Artists' book, likely unique; a play on Richard Hamilton's series of polaroid portraits. Here a series of polaroid photographs are reproduced with a title opposite each: Richard Hamilton, Dieter Rot, Andy Warhol, Jasper Johns, Larry Rivers, Robin Crozier, Robert Morris, Robert Rauschenberg, self portrait, Dick Rivers, Robert Filliou. Dick Rivers is a psudonym used by Faulkner in his work; it was also the name chosen by French singer Hervé Forneri, adapted from the character Deke Rivers played by Elvis Presley in his 1957 film Loving You. Ulises Carrión's assembling magazine Ephemera #2 (Amsterdam, Other Books & So, December 1977), a monthly journal of mail and ephemeral works, reproduces a series of images with the title '"Dick Rivers, Private… Read More

London, The Tate Gallery, 1970. . First editiion; square 8vo; self-portrait frontispiece, illustrations; publisher's cloth, pictorial dust jacket, nicked on the corners, tear to fold at head of spine, just extending to the front panel. A presentation copy, inscribed in ink on the frontispiece 'Hi Ivo Richard Hamiliton'.