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New York: The Pierpoint Morgan Library and David R. Godine, Publisher, 1975. First Edition. With 225 full colour and black and illustrations. Folio, publisher's original red cloth with gilt lettering to the spine panel, and with the colour pictorial dustjacket. xxx, 263 pp. A fine copy, very fresh and well preserved. FIRST EDITION AND AN EXTENSIVE CATALOGUE WITH MAGNIFICENT ILLUSTRATIONS THROUGHOUT. "Among the priceless treasures of The Pierpont Morgan Library is a very large collection of early children's books, one of the most important and comprehensive of its kind in the world. Some of these classics of children's literature have never before been exposed to the public, while others are old favorites. From these incomparable holdings, representing more than a thousand years of social, literary, and art history, Gerald Gottlieb, Curator of Early Children's Books at the Library, has chosen to present and discuss 225 outstanding examples of books and manuscripts, most of them written,… Read More

New York: The Pierpoint Morgan Library and David R. Godine, Publisher, 1975. First Edition. With 225 full colour and black and illustrations. Folio, publisher's original red cloth with gilt lettering to the spine panel, and with the colour pictorial dustjacket. xxx, 263 pp. A fine copy, very fresh and well preserved. FIRST EDITION AND AN EXTENSIVE CATALOGUE WITH MAGNIFICENT ILLUSTRATIONS THROUGHOUT. "Among the priceless treasures of The Pierpont Morgan Library is a very large collection of early children's books, one of the most important and comprehensive of its kind in the world. Some of these classics of children's literature have never before been exposed to the public, while others are old favorites. From these incomparable holdings, representing more than a thousand years of social, literary, and art history, Gerald Gottlieb, Curator of Early Children's Books at the Library, has chosen to present and discuss 225 outstanding examples of books and manuscripts, most of them written,… Read More

Cambridge: Pomegranate Editions, 1981. First Edition, number 112 of 450 copies. Handprinted designed and illustrated by Karyl Klopp. 8vo, bound by hand on heavy paper over wraps. 28 pp. A fine copy. A very attractive collection of poems including: Diane Wakoski, Kathleen Spivack, Elizabeth Mckim, Marge Piercy, Gail Mazur, Maxine Kumin, Fanny Howe, Ruth Whitman, and Tess Gallagher.

Pomegranate Editions, 1981. First Edition, number 73 of 450 copies. Handprinted designed and illustrated by Karyl Klopp. 8vo, bound by hand on heavy paper over wraps. 28 pp. Very good copy with some sunning to the covers. A very attractive collection of poems including: Diane Wakoski, Kathleen Spivack, Elizabeth Mckim, Marge Piercy, Gail Mazur, Maxine Kumin, Fanny Howe, Ruth Whitman, and Tess Gallagher.

London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1889. First Edition. Illustrated with eighteen plates taken from photographs by the author, and with a very large colour folding map (ca. 15 1/2" x 21"). Large octavo, handsomely bound in the publisher's original dark green cloth with gilt pictorial vignette of an African native on upper cover and author's signature in gilt, the spine gilt lettered and decorated with the bust of a rhinoceros in gilt. xii, 312 pp. including Index and 24 pp. catalogue of publisher ads. A good copy, the cloth still dark green and without fading, the gilt bright and well preserved, especially to the cover art gilt-work, the extremities a bit rubbed from shelving and wear, bookplate of R. Daniel, Jr., his ownership signature and stamp to endleaves, map tab loose from binding, a good thing as the map can be viewed without damaging it. FIRST EDITION OF A VERY WELL RESPECTED BOOK. Willoughby traveled from Zanzibar to the borders of the Masai. One of the first books to discuss the… Read More

London: John Murray, 1840. 3 volumes. First Edition in English. Tall 8vo, bound in contemporary tan cloth over printer's boards, the spines with the original printed labels. xxiv,528; iv, 596; iv, [2], 416 pp. A good reading copy, inner hinges supported with tape, the outer hinges of Vol. I the same, normal age wear. FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH OF A SEMINAL WORK BY ONE OF THE LEADING HISTORIANS OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. Leopold von Ranke, German historian and a founder of modern source-based history, was able to implement the seminar teaching method in his classroom and focused on archival research and the analysis of historical documents. Building on the methods of the Göttingen School of History, he was the first to establish a historical seminar. Ranke set the standards for much of later historical writing, introducing such ideas as reliance on primary sources (empiricism), an emphasis on narrative history and especially international politics (Außenpolitik). He was ennobled in 1865.… Read More

Philadelphia & London: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1915. First Edition, One of 1500 copies only offered for sale. Illustrated throughout with facsimiles of all the letters and 15 additional illustrations. Tall, royal 8vo., publisher's original black cloth over boards covered in a black and gilt decorated paper, the spine lettered in gilt. 327, [2] pp. A fine and bright copy with light abrasion to the edges of the boards, primarily from shelving. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED. 'Here in a book that is concerned with a packet of till now unpublished letters and the flood of new light they throw upon the character and career of the mysterious man, poet, thinker, writer of tales, essayist, whose readers, it seems, must know where he was and what he was doing and thinking every day in the forty years of his life. Never until now has been seen on a printed page a letter that passed between Edgar Allan Poe and the man who---when Poe was two years and eleven months old---became his father by adoption.'… Read More

New York: Gotham Book Mart and Gallery, 2003. First and only edition of the catalogue for Winter/Spring 2003. Decorated with images by Edward Gorey, mostly of cats. Single 11 by 17 sheet, folded to a four page pamphlet, printed on green stock. 4pp. Remarkably well preserved, just a touch of age at the corners. A RARE AND ESPECIALLY WELL PRESERVED BIT OF GOREY EPHEMERA. This is the Winter/Spring rapid-copy ordering catalogue for Edward Gorey items available at the Gothem Book Mart, one of New York's legendary book shops, well known for promoting the work and career of Edward Gorey. Items in the catalogue include highly collectible first editions as well as new books.

London and Washington, DC.: Taylor and Francis, 1993. First edition, Volume 17 Number 4 (Winter 1993) of quarterly published History of Photography. Illustrated throughout from photographs or other sources, primarily in black and white but with some images in gum bichromate. Small folio, in the original yellow paper wrappers, printed in black and decorated with a Steichen photograph on the upper cover. 317- 402, [12 index and ads] pp. A fine copy, close to as-new but for the lightest of age to the wrappers. FIRST EDITION OF AN EXCELLENT AND WELL ILLUSTRATED COLLECTION OF ESSAYS ON EDWARD STEICHEN, by various important contributors. It contains numerous Steichen photographs as well as several from other sources.

New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1950. First Edition. Extensively illustrated with photographs, charts, diagrams, etc. Large 8vo, in the publisher's original black cloth, the spine gilt lettered, in the original dustjacket printed in navy blue. x, 456pp. a very good and handsome copy, the textblock and cloth quite fresh, remnant of label on the upper board, the jacket is still handsome though a bit mellowed and edge worn, a section of the front panel excised along the top edge, a similar label remnant on the front pastedown. FIRST EDITION. WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU'RE EXPECTING NUCLEAR WAR. Here is a complete and well illustrated survey of the effects of an atomic explosion produced to be a key to protective measures for both personal and propery. For those of us old enough to remember "duck and cover" drills and movie theaters designated as "fallout shelter" this was a primary work in the design and implementation of those procedures.

London: William Collins, 1987. First edition. Accompanied with exceptional photographs, including microscopic images, by Jane Burton and Kim Taylor. 8vo, publisher’s original blue clothed covered boards lettered on the spine in gilt, in the original decorated dustjacket. 158. A fine copy. The egg is surely one of nature’s most remarkable and versatile products; it is a compact, self-contained capsule containing everything necessary for the creation of a new life. This lavishly illustrated book explores and explains the staggering variety of strategies employed by animals in producing, fertilizing, laying and caring for their eggs, and the wonderful diversity of their form - from the tiny sculptured button of a butterfly egg to the perfect oval of a bird’s egg. There is also information on those who care for their eggs internally, the mammals. Burton’s fascinating work of science is not so much a “children’s book” but intended for those from early teens to young adults.… Read More

New York: Galerie St. Etienne, 1965. First edition. With 48 full page glossy plates, 14 of which are in color, featuring the works of Egon Schiele and full-page self portrait on the verso of the acknowledgments page. 8vo, printer’s original hardcover boards covered in tan paper, with a large pastedown on the upper cover featuring a self-portrait in black and with lettering in blue, lettered in blue on the spine. 15pp plus 48 numbered plates. Internally a fine copy, the boards with some minor age mellowing and a bit of splitting to the tan paper along the spine. FIRST EDITION. The illustrated catalogue for the 1965 Galerie St. Etienne exhibition of works by Egon Schiele. It includes an essay on art of Schiele by Thomas M. Messer. Beautifully illustrated on fine plates are 48 of the best works from the exhibition. Schiele, a protégé of Gustav Klimt, was a major figurative painter of the early 20th century. Schiele's work is noted for its intensity, and the many self-portraits the… Read More

Edinburgh: William Blackwood, 1861. First edition, and WITH THE SCARCE SUBSCRIPTION PAMPHLET appealing for funds for Petherick’s proposed expedition to explore the Nile sources and to aid the Speke and Grant Expedition already in progress, and to further explore the Nile beyond Gondokoro. With a large folding map of the author’s travels. 8vo, original publisher’s textured burgundy cloth, blindstamped decorative borders to both covers, the spine lettered in gilt. [4 page subscription pamphlet], xii, 482, 16 ads. A very desirable copy of this rare first edition, internally very clean, the binding bright and handsome with only light mellowing to the spine and gilt, a bit of expert strengthening to the tips. RARE FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL CLOTH OF THIS EXTENSIVE WORK OF AFRICAN TRAVEL. Petherick was a well known Welsh traveler in East Central Africa where he had adopted the profession of mining engineer. This work describes sixteen years of his travel throughout Africa. In 1845 he… Read More

London: John Murray, 1902. [First Edition in English thus]; Fourth impression, Third edition overall. Illustrated throughout with maps, plans, and illustrations, including a number that are folding and large. Thick 8vo, publisher’s original navy blue cloth, the upper cover pictorially decorated in gilt, the spine lettered and decorated also in gilt. xxviii, 469, (2 ads) pp. A fine and handsome copy with very little evidence of age or use. Tight and strong and clean throughout, a beautifully preserved copy. AN IMPORTANT EDITION, REVISED AND CORRECTED BY THE AUTHOR. As the author states in his first chapter, "...the purpose of the work is to collect what the monuments and books tell of the history of that most remarkable land and people on the favoured banks of the Nile, beginning with the first native king, Mena. In spite of all that has perished, never to be recovered, the last thirty years have brought to light an extraordinary and almost unexpected wealth of new discoveries." The… Read More

London: Adam & Charles Black, 1909. First Edition. Splendidly illustrated with 51 finely produced colour plates from paintings, and with 11 line drawings in the text. 8vo, publisher's original tan cloth, the spine and upper cover lettered in gilt and with Egyptian motif decoration in gilt, red and green, the spine gilt lettered and decorated featuring a bust of Horus (the falcon-headed god of the sky) in green, yellow, tan, and black, t.e.g. x, 221, 2 ads. pp. A very handsome copy, the text is uncommonly clean and fresh, the plates all bright and very fine, the cloth and decorations also bright and fine, the front hinge slightly shaken. A BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED BOOK OF COLOURFUL EGYPTIAN BIRDS. Includes Vultures, Kites, Owls, Eagles, Kingfishers, and many more. One of the beautiful books published by A. and C. Black in the early 20th century. Several of the plates show the birds in very distinctively Egyptian settings with unmistakable landmarks visible in the background.

London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner and Co, 1907. 2 volumes. First Edition. Profusely illustrated with over 70 black and white plates, mostly from photographs but also folding reproductions from Egyptian relics, plans and maps, and with hundreds of illustrations throughout the text. Tall, thick 8vo, publisher's original wine-red cloth, the upper covers with large pictorial design of a Sudanese warrior with pictorial background and designed lettering all in gilt, the spines lettered in gilt xxviii, 651; x, 618 including index pp. A bright, handsome set, extremely fresh and looking near as pristine, the cloth in excellent condition, hinges firm and strong, extremely little wear and only some light and uniform mellowing to the spine panels. FIRST EDITION AND AN EXTRAORDINARY WORK WITH OVER 1200 WELL RESEARCHED PAGES WRITTEN BY THE SCHOLAR WHO IS REGARDED BY MOST AS THE GREATEST EGYPTOLOGIST OF ALL TIME, REPLETE WITH THOUSANDS OF ILLUSTRATIONS. Budge was Keeper of the Egyptian and Assyrian… Read More

New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers, 1984. First Vintage Paperback Edition. 8vo, original wraps. xxiv, 306, 2 ads. Very good condition. “The melancholy grandeur of Robert Lowell. Sylvia Plath’s fierce mythology of injury and self-destruction. The casual perfection of Elizabeth Bishop. The ecstatic sprawl of Allen Ginsberg. In this generous anthology, Joel Conarroe has assembled the work of eight poets who have shaped - and to some extent defined - American verse since 1940. The 164 selections in “Eight American Poets” include widely anthologized works like Theodore Roethke’s “My Papa’s Waltz,” several of John Berryman’s “Dream Songs,” James Merrill’s “Lost in Translation,” and Anne Sexton’s “Ringing the Bells,” as well as poems that are less familiar but just as haunting.”-publisher

London: Andrew Clark for Charles Harper , and are to be sold by him, at the Flower-de-luce over against St. Dunstan’s Church in Fleet-street, 1676. The First Clark printing of Hobbes’ celebrated translation, the second edition overall, and for the first time much corrected and amended. With the original first issue dedication leaves and with the new engraved title-page for Harper using designs of the first. Additional and important prefatory material is included here, some for the first time. With an elaborately engraved title-page using designs from the first edition, 3 engraved folding or double-page maps and plans of Greece, Sicily and Syracusa, and 2 other engraved plates, title-page printed in red and black.. Folio in fours, bound in full contemporary mottled calf of the period, the spine with raised bands, the compartments of the spine with elaborate period gilt tooling filling the compartments, one compartment for the lettering label, [46], 357, (1, ad leaf), [10] Table pp.. A… Read More

N.P.: Privately Printed [at the Corvinus or Westminster Press for Harley Granville-Barker], 1939. LIMITED FIRST AND ONLY EDITION. One of only 50 copies printed after which the type was distributed. Small 4to, in the original gray paper wrappers, the upper cover lettered in black. 24 pp. A very fine copy, as pristine, of this rarely encountered publication. VERY RARE FIRST EDITION, ONLY 50 COPIES WERE PRINTED PRIOR TO THE TYPE BEING DISPERSED. These eight letters from T. E. Lawrence [of Arabia] were printed for Harley Granville-Barker at the Westminster Press. Granville-Barker provides a brief introduction. We are aware of no other copies currently on the market and only five copies have gone through public auction houses in the last 35 years. Of the eight letters included only one had been previously published, having appeared in David Garnett's collection.

London: Edward Arnold, 1911. First One Volume Edition, the first New Edition. Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece and 31 plates from the author's own sketches and drawings, and a folding colour map. 8vo, publisher's original wine red cloth, lettered and ruled in gilt on the spine, upper cover with a central tool in blind. xvi, 350, appendix pp. A fine copy, rarely seen in this condition, the cloth with only trivial evidence of age, internally very bright and clean and well preserved, endleaves with a touch of the typical offsetting. A MOST ATTRACTIVE COPY OF THIS FIRST ONE VOLUME EDITION. This work begins with a brief history of the missionary foundations laid prior to Tucker ‘s arrival and then encompasses the eighteen years that Tucker spent there (1874-1892), much of it as Bishop of Uganda . “Although this work touches, not infrequently, upon events having to do with the political, material and spiritual history, advancement, and development of Uganda and East Africa, it does… Read More