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P. TERENTII AFRI POETAE LEPIDISSIMI, COMOEDIA
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P. TERENTII AFRI POETAE LEPIDISSIMI, COMOEDIA

by (BINDINGS - 16TH CENTURY, PAINTED CALF). TERENCE

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Parisiis: Apud Ioannem de Roigny, 1552. 325 x 210 mm. (12 3/4 x 8 1/4"). 1 p.l. (title), 776 pp., [20] leaves (last blank). [Collates as in Adams and Schweiger]. Attractive contemporary calf over thick pasteboards, covers with painted black and gilt rule frame, center of both boards with large, elaborate rectangular strapwork ornament in black and gilt, flat spine divided into panels by gilt rules and cresting roll, three spine panels with black and gilt ornament (similar to those on the covers), one panel with gilt titling inside an escutcheon, all edges gilt (the joints, edges, and portions of the spine at top and bottom very expertly renewed). Numerous fine "criblé" and other decorative initials and 145 WOODCUT SCENES measuring approximately 2 x 3" (some of the cuts repeated). Front pastedown with "HB" book label of Heribert Boeder; title page with ink inscription of Johann Adolph Freitag dated 1653 and with library stamp of the College of Notre Dame, Villefranche sur Saone. Adams E-1033; Dibdin… Read More
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PAMELA; OU, LA VERTU RÉCOMPENSÉE
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PAMELA; OU, LA VERTU RÉCOMPENSÉE

by RICHARDSON, SAMUEL

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Paris: De l'imprimerie de Plassan, 1821-22. 212 x 133 mm. (8 3/8 x 5 1/4"). Two volumes.. Very attractive quarter calf blind-stamped in "cathedral" style over marbled boards by Thouvenin (stamp-signed in gilt at foot of spine), corners tipped with green vellum, spine blindstamped with a design of gothic-arched windows, gilt titling, marbled endpapers and edges. Half title with ink inscription in French stating that this book was purchased at the sale of the library of the Duc de Coigny at Chateau de Franquetot on 24 April [19]12. ◆Occasional insignificant smudges or spots of foxing, the paper a little on the inexpensive side, otherwise an appealing copy with virtually no signs of use. This is an early 19th century French edition of Richardson's first major work, offered here in a well-preserved unusual contemporary binding and with intriguing provenance. Samuel Richardson (1679-1761) was a printer who loved to write letters and who, at the age of 50, began writing novels using the epistolary… Read More
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A PAPAL MANDATE REGARDING A DISPUTE BETWEEN TWO BISHOPS
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A PAPAL MANDATE REGARDING A DISPUTE BETWEEN TWO BISHOPS

by (PAPAL BULL ON VELLUM). POPE ALEXANDER IV

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Viterbo, 2 January 1259. 184 x 270 mm. (7 1/4 x 10 1/2"). Single column, 12 lines in a papal documentary script. WITH THE ORIGINAL LEAD SEAL AND HEMP TIES ATTACHED. Verso with several notations in later hands, recto with the name of the pope written at the top of the document in a later hand. ◆A hint of overall soiling, a small dampstain affecting a few words (but not destroying legibility), a few vertical horizontal and vertical creases as expected, but all these imperfections quite minor, and the LEAD SEAL IN ESPECIALLY FINE CONDITION, with very little wear, and the relief work very well preserved. In fine condition and retaining its original lead seal and ties, this papal bull, issued by Alexander IV, addresses a petition made by Bishop Seguntinus regarding the benefice of a village called (in the vernacular) Quinqueviga (possibly Quinqueinga), in the diocese of Toledo. It appears that this benefice had formerly belonged to Seguntinus, but had been reassigned, either to or by a different… Read More
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A PAPAL MANDATE ISSUED TO THE OVERSEER OF A GERMAN CHURCH
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A PAPAL MANDATE ISSUED TO THE OVERSEER OF A GERMAN CHURCH

by (PAPAL BULL ON VELLUM). POPE ALEXANDER VI

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Rome, 10 August 1502. 305 x 513 mm. (12 x 20 1/4"). Single column, 29 lines in a papal documentary script, plus signatures at bottom. First line of text much larger and with elongated letters and calligraphic flourishes. WITH THE ORIGINAL LEAD SEAL AND HEMP TIES ATTACHED. Verso with several ink notations in different contemporary and later hands, recto with a long ink line in one margin and the letter "A" in the other, both by a later hand. ◆Several folds to vellum as usual, one-inch tear near where the hemp tie is attached, a couple of small holes in the large "A" at the top of the document, seal a little worn around edges and to the contours of the faces, but overall in excellent condition with no major issues, the vellum especially clean and bright. Issued to the overseer of a church in Frilingen (probably modern Freilingen) in Germany, this bull orders the return of the vacated ecclesiastical seat and benefices of the church of St. James in Hergelzhausen, in the diocese of Frilingen, to two… Read More
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PARADISE LOST. A POEM IN TWELVE BOOKS
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PARADISE LOST. A POEM IN TWELVE BOOKS

by MILTON, JOHN

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London: Miles Flesher for Richard Bently [sic], 1688. Fourth Edition, First Folio Edition, First Illustrated Edition. 328 x 205 mm. (12 7/8 x 8"). 2 p.l., 1-219, [1], 219-250, 151-196, 297 [pagination error]-343, [1] pp., [3] leaves (subscriber list). Early 19th century calf, neatly rebacked, with most of the original spine laid down, covers with gilt-ruled border and numerous decorative rolls in blind, framing a central blind-stamped centerpiece, raised bands, compartments densely tooled in blind and ruled in gilt, deep red morocco label with gilt titling, all edges gilt. FRONTISPIECE PORTRAIT OF THE AUTHOR by Robert White after Faithorne AND 12 STRIKING ENGRAVINGS, each placed at the beginning of a book of "Paradise Lost." Pastedown with bookplate of Kenneth Rapoport; verso of portrait with ownership signature of Reverend John Colson (1701-69). Coleridge 93b; Shawcross 347 and 348; Hofer 16; "Wither to Prior" 607; Pforzheimer 720; Wing M-2147; ESTC R15589. ◆Original spine somewhat dried, pitted,… Read More
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PARADISE LOST [and in a second volume] PARADISE REGAIN'D
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PARADISE LOST [and in a second volume] PARADISE REGAIN'D

by (BASKERVILLE PRESS). MILTON, JOHN

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Birmingham: Printed by John Baskerville for J. and R. Tonson in London, 1758. One of 1,500 copies. 230 x 145 mm. (9 x 5 5/8"). With subscribers' list in first volume. Two volumes. Edited by Thomas Newton. EXCEPTIONALLY PRETTY OLIVE GREEN STRAIGHT GRAIN MOROCCO, HANDSOMELY GILT, for Sotheran ("H. Sotheran & Co." printed in gilt on front turn-in), covers panelled with multiple straight and stippled borders, scrolling floral cornerpieces, six mounds of massed tools on the inner side of the central frame (two on each side, and one at head and foot), raised bands, spine compartments elaborately gilt in antique style with scrolled foliate cornerpieces between double ruled borders and centerpiece star of small tools, very ornate inner dentelles, all edges gilt. Gaskell 4, 5; Brunet III, 1730; Graesse IV, 529. ◆Backstrips faded to an attractive brown (as usual with green morocco), otherwise only very trivial imperfections: AN EXTREMELY FINE COPY, VIRTUALLY IMMACULATE INTERNALLY, AND IN AN UNWORN,… Read More
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PARADISE LOST
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PARADISE LOST

by DORÉ, GUSTAVE, Illustrator. MILTON, JOHN

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London, Paris, New York, & Melbourne: Cassell & Company, Limited, 1905. 340 x 257 mm. (13 3/8 x 10 1/3"). 3 p.l., lxii, [2], 329, [1] pp. APPEALING CONTEMPORARY BURGUNDY MOROCCO, GILT AND ONLAID IN THE ARTS & CRAFTS STYLE, covers with a wide frame of undulating gilt vines bearing flowers and berries of onlaid green morocco (the flowers with a total 220 separately onlaid petals), upper cover with gilt lettering at head and foot of central panel, raised bands, spine compartments with central onlaid green flower surrounded by a swirl of gilt leaves, gilt titling, turn-ins tooled with gilt fillets and with a spray of three leaves at the corners, all edges gilt (hinges reinforced with linen, very expert repairs perhaps performed at top of joints). WITH 50 DRAMATIC BLACK & WHITE PLATES depicting scenes from the poem, after engravings by Doré. ◆Front joint somewhat rubbed (but nothing cracked or loose), corners gently bumped, a hint of soiling to boards, free endpapers with offsetting from turn-ins and… Read More
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PARADISE LOST AND PARADISE REGAIN'D
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PARADISE LOST AND PARADISE REGAIN'D

by (LIMITED EDITION CLUB). NASH, JOHN HENRY, Printer and Designer. MILTON, JOHN

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San Francisco: Printed for the Members of the Limited Editions Club by John Henry Nash, 1936. No. 1,185 of 1,500 copies. SIGNED in the colophon by the illustrator. 348 x 215 mm. (13 3/4 x 8 1/2"). xiii, [1], 441, [3] pp.Introduction by William Rose Benét. Attractive recent quarter calf over marbled boards, raised bands, green morocco label. With 16 lithographic plates (one beginning each section of the two poems) by Carlotta Petrina. Quarto-Millenary 84. ◆Two-inch closed tear in one bottom margin, otherwise a virtually perfect copy--altogether clean and bright internally, in an unworn binding. This handsomely printed and illustrated edition of Milton's masterpiece is the first work the renowned San Francisco typographer and printer John Henry Nash created after his brief "retirement" in April of 1936. At the age of 65, Nash (1871-1947) was then a giant in his field; as ANB says, his "near technical perfection and his use of various typefaces, ornaments, and high-quality materials was esteemed by… Read More
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PAROISSIEN: ELZEVIR, RITE ROMAIN
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PAROISSIEN: ELZEVIR, RITE ROMAIN

by (BINDINGS - GRUEL). (PRAYER BOOK IN FRENCH)

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Paris: Gruel et Engelmann, 1889. 165 x 83 mm. (6 1/2 x 3 1/4"). 2 p.l., 649 pp., [1] (colophon) leaf. STRIKING CONTEMPORARY BURGUNDY MOROCCO, ELABORATELY GILT, BY GRUEL (stamp-signed at tail of spine), UPPER COVER WITH A LARGE AND RICHLY DETAILED OVAL BAS-RELIEF PLAQUETTE OF THE LAST SUPPER framed above and below by a large panel of interlacing open strapwork comprised of abstracted gilt floral and foliate curls and other decorative elements, lower cover similarly decorated, with its central medallion containing a gilt cipher in intertwined majuscules, raised bands, spine gilt in double-ruled compartments with central arabesque, gilt filigree turn-ins, claret moiré silk endleaves, all edges gilt, original brass clasps with strapwork decoration. With 26 illustrations, comprised of 22 large black and white woodcut headpieces, and four chromolithographed plates with gold highlights, along with numerous uncolored woodcut initials. Front free endleaf gilt-stamp "24 Mai 1891"; first Communion card of… Read More
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THE PARTING OF THE WAYS
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THE PARTING OF THE WAYS

by MACKAIL, J. W.

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River House, Hammersmith: [Printed at the Chiswick Press for] Hammersmith Publishing Company, 1903. FIRST EDITION. 218 x 152 mm. (8 1/2 x 6"). 34 pp., [2] leaves. Original vellum backed tan paper boards, title printed in black on smooth spine, UNOPENED. With a typed letter laid in, SIGNED by Emery Walker on his firm's stationary (responding to a letter mistakenly delivered to him); front pastedown with remnants of glue from a removed bookplate. ◆Negligible light stain on lower cover, occasional dusting of light foxing internally (a little heavier on rear endpapers), otherwise an excellent copy. Attractively printed with deep impressions of the type on fine quality laid paper, the text here comes from an address delivered at the William Morris Labour Church in 1902, describing Morris' transition from Liberalism to Socialism. It was written by Morris' friend and biographer, John William Mackail (1859-1945), who was also a distinguished classical scholar, a poet, and a literary critic. As the… Read More
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PASTELS
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PASTELS

by (BINDINGS). (SOCIÉTÉ DES BEAUX ARTS). BOURGET, PAUL

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Paris: Société des Beaux Arts, ca, 1890. ONE OF 20 LETTERED COPIES OF THE EDITION DE DEUX MONDES (this copy out of sequence, lettered with a star stamped in red). 270 x 200 mm. (10 5/8 x 7 7/8"). 1 p.l., 328 pp. SUMPTUOUS AZURE CRUSHED MOROCCO, LAVISHLY GILT AND INLAID in the Art Nouveau style, covers with large central fleur-de-lys in gilt and maroon morocco within an elaborate frame of lily bouquets and garlands inlaid in maroon, orange, and white; raised bands, spine gilt in compartments, the smaller ones at head and tail with an inlaid maroon fleur-de-lys, large central compartment with a spray of lilies in maroon and white, and two compartments with gilt titling; very wide turn-ins with elaborate gilt floral and foliate decoration enclosing BURNT ORANGE MOROCCO DOUBLURES, front doublure featuring an oval inset of white kidskin (or perhaps vellum) with a hand-colored engraving of a female nude, ivory watered silk endleaves, blue marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed, leaves… Read More
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THE PATHFINDER
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THE PATHFINDER

by COOPER, JAMES FENIMORE

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Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard, 1840. FIRST EDITION, First Issue (with imprint of Fagan and Collins at center of p. [2]; no copyright notice). 180 x 110 mm. (7 x 4 1/8"). Two volumes.. Attractive late 19th century scarlet crushed morocco, gilt, covers with gilt-rule frame accentuated with bow-arrow-tomahawk tool at corners, raised bands, spines gilt in compartments with bow tool or crossed rifles at center, foliate spray at corners, gilt titling, turn-ins with frame of plain and dotted rules, foliate tool at corners, leather hinges, emerald green watered silk endleaves, all edges gilt. BAL 3892. ◆Just the slightest hint of wear to joints and corners, occasional trivial foxing, but AN EXTREMELY FINE COPY, the binding lustrous and the text especially fresh and clean. This is a decoratively bound first printing of the further adventures of Natty Bumppo, the hero of "Last of the Mohicans." The first American writer to gain widespread international recognition, Cooper (1789-1851) is the only author… Read More
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PAUL ET VIRGINIE
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PAUL ET VIRGINIE

by (BINDINGS - MARIUS MICHEL). SAINT-PIERRE, JACQUES HENRI BERNARDIN DE

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Paris: [Printed by Ch. Unsinger for] Alphonse Le Merre, 1878. No. 12 OF 50 COPIES on Whatman paper (and 50 copies on paper de Chine). 225 x 140 mm. (8 7/8 x 5 5/8"). 2 p.l., 240 pp., [2] leaves.With notice of the author's life and notes on the text by Anatole France. FINE DARK BLUE JANSENIST CRUSHED MOROCCO BY MARIUS MICHEL (stamp-signed in gilt on front doublure), raised bands, gilt titling, CITRON MOROCCO DOUBLURES, GILT AND INLAID, diagonal gilt fillets intersecting to form lozenge-shaped compartments, each containing an inlaid dark purple violet bud or flower on a slender gilt stem, the intersection of the fillets inlaid with a small or large violet leaf, the panel enclosed by a frame of repeated curling leaf tools, leather hinges, pale green patterned silk endleaves, marbled flyleaves, all edges gilt, fore edges untrimmed. With original printed paper wrappers bound in. Portrait frontispiece and six etchings, all before letters, by P. E. A. Hédouin. A Large Paper Copy. Text framed in red. Tail… Read More
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PAUL & VIRGINIE
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PAUL & VIRGINIE

by (BINDINGS - QUINET). (EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED). SAINT-PIERRE, JACQUES HENRI BERNARDIN DE

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Paris: Librairie des Bibliophiles, 1878. 175 x 110 mm. (6 7/8 x 4 1/4"). 1 p.l., xlviii, 213, [3] pp.With a prefatory essay on the origins of "Paul et Virginie" by S. Cambray. SUMPTUOUS TEAL BLUE MOROCCO, ELABORATELY INLAID, BY QUINET, covers with central oval medallion enclosed by listel and scroll frame in orange, cream, brown, red, and olive green morocco, a large orange flower bud emerging at head and foot of oval, with an ornate inlaid scrolling floral design emanating from these buds and curling around the sides of the oval, raised bands, spine compartments inlaid with fan and flower design, MOSAIC MOROCCO DOUBLURES IN A 16TH CENTURY-STYLE RÉPÉTITION DESIGN of gilt-tooled black arabesques and small blue circles tooled with gilt stars on a honey-brown morocco background, red cut-velvet free endleaves, marbled flyleaves, all edges gilt. Original printed paper wrappers bound in. With 37 PLATES: a portrait of the author and five etchings by Laguillermie, as called for, and EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED BY… Read More
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PEDESTRIANISM; OR, AN ACCOUNT OF THE PERFORMANCES OF CELEBRATED PEDESTRIAINS DURING THE LAST AND...
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PEDESTRIANISM; OR, AN ACCOUNT OF THE PERFORMANCES OF CELEBRATED PEDESTRIAINS DURING THE LAST AND PRESENT CENTURY

by (WALKING - COMPETITIVE). [THOM, WALTER]

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ATTRACTIVE STRAIGHT-GRAINED RED MOROCCO BY HATCHARDS (stamp-signed in gilt on front turn-in), covers with French fillet border, raised bands, compartments ruled in gilt, gilt lettering, upper edge gilt (fore-edge untrimmed, lower edge trimmed on the rough). With frontispiece portrait of Captain Barclay "in his Walking dress." Front pastedown with armorial bookplate. ◆Frontispiece a little browned, with offsetting to title, occasional small spot or stain elsewhere, but A FINE COPY--particularly clean and bright, with extremely comfortable margins, and in an unworn, lustrous binding.This work celebrates the 19th century phenomenon known as "pedestrianism" (also referred to as competitive walking or pedestrian racing), in which contestants would walk extraordinary distances over hours or even days. Pedestrian matches often took place in front of large groups of spectators for huge sums of money, causing intense rivalries, dramatic feats, and much gambling. The text primarily focuses on the remarkable… Read More
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PEER GYNT: A DRAMATIC POEM
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PEER GYNT: A DRAMATIC POEM

by RACKHAM, ARTHUR, Illustrator. IBSEN, HENRIK

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London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, 1936. First (British) Printing of this Edition. 260 x 197 mm. (10 1/4 x 7 3/4"). 255, [3] pp. Original publisher's linen boards, original pictorial dust jacket. With 12 COLOR PLATES (including frontispiece) BY ARTHUR RACKHAM, all protected by tissue guards with descriptive letterpress. Latimore & Haskell, p. 74. ◆Dust jacket with tiny chip out of bottom edge of back panel and two very minor closed tears at bottom of front panel, a little chafing at folds, but still A VERY FINE COPY IN A FINE JACKET. This is an especially well-preserved copy of the first British trade edition (appearing the same year as a British limited edition and an American trade edition) of Rackham's "Peer Gynt," written by Ibsen in 1867. The translator here, R. Farquharson Sharp (1864-1945), says that his translation is an improvement over former ones because he has refused the temptation of retaining the rhymed verse of the original. He has instead chosen unrhymed verse in Ibsen's… Read More
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PEG WOFFINGTON
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PEG WOFFINGTON

by (BINDINGS - SANGORSKI & SUTCLIFFE). READE, CHARLES

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New York: Printed [by the De Vinne Press] for the Grolier Club, 1887. ONE OF 250 COPIES on Holland paper and two on vellum. 180 x 110 mm. (7 1/8 x 4 1/2"). Two volumes.. GRACEFUL BROWN CRUSHED MOROCCO, GILT, BY SANGORSKI & SUTCLIFFE (stamp-signed on rear turn-in), upper cover framed by multiple gilt fillets interlaced at corners, center panel with gilt lettering at head and foot, and a six-petalled gilt ornament with inlaid green morocco dot at center, raised bands, gilt-ruled spine compartments and titling, gilt-ruled turn-ins, top edges gilt, other edges untrimmed. Each volume WITH AN ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR PORTRAIT of a main character from the novel by Alfred Brennan, dated 1907. ◆Small stain at head edge of free endpaper and flyleaf in volume I, otherwise AN ESPECIALLY FINE SET with no signs of use inside or out. With an original watercolor by a noted American illustrator and a binding by one of Edwardian England's top workshops, this is surely the ultimate copy of the Grolier Club's limited… Read More
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PEREGRINATIO IN TERRAM SANCTAM

PEREGRINATIO IN TERRAM SANCTAM

by (INCUNABULAR LEAF). BREYDENBACH, BERNHARD VON

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Mainz: Erhard Reuwich, 11 February 1486. 300 x 215 mm. (11 3/4 x 8 3/8"). Single column, 43 lines in Peter Schoeffer's gothic type. Attractively matted. Calligraphic initial and a few underlinings in red. Goff B-1189; BMC I, 43; ISTC ib01189000. ◆One corner trimmed (well away from text), a couple of faint dampstains to two edges, but a fine, fresh leaf..
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PERHAPS THAT OF PAUL THE DEACON
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PERHAPS THAT OF PAUL THE DEACON

by VERY EARLY VELLUM MANUSCRIPT LEAVES, OFFERED INDIVIDUALLY, FROM A CAROLINGIAN HOMILIARY IN LATIN

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Germany, second quarter of ninth century. Each leaf approximately 305 x 205 mm, (12 x 8"). Single column, 29-30 lines in a large and extremely legible Caroline minuscule. Rubrics in red, each leaf with one or more large initials in red. Text with a few contemporary corrections and erasures. Accompanied by a copy of a letter from Bernhard Bischoff dating the manuscript leaves. ◆Vellum a little toned and soiled, one leaf with an old repair to the bottom third of the outer margin, minor folds, small stains, and other trivial imperfections, but IN EXTREMELY FINE CONDITION, the lettering clear and legible, the vellum in excellent shape, and the margins surprisingly comfortable. These are nothing short of magnificent specimens and remarkable survivals, with wide borders all around, with entirely clear and distinct script, with only minimal overall dust soiling, and with strength and freshness to the vellum; the leaves present a powerful redolence of a time as far in the past as one could optimistically… Read More
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PERSONAL REMINISCENCES OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN
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by (BINDINGS - SANGORSKI & SUTCLIFFE). (LINCOLN, ABRAHAM). THOMAS LOWRY

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ONE OF 100 COPIES (according to Howes)
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London: Privately printed [by the Chiswick Press] for Beatrice Lowry and Her Friends, Minneapolis, 1910. ONE OF 100 COPIES (according to Howes). 215 x 147 mm. (8 1/2 x 5 7/8"). 31, [1] pp., [1] leaf (colophon). With a foreword by Mrs. Lowry. PLEASING EMERALD GREEN CRUSHED MOROCCO, GILT IN AN ARTS & CRAFTS STYLE, BY SANGORSKI & SUTCLIFFE (stamp-signed on rear turn-in), upper cover framed by multiple rules, entwined heart and trefoil tooling at corners, gilt lettering accented with floral tool above and below the central panel, which has three dots at each corner, raised bands, spine in gilt-ruled compartments, gilt titling, gilt-ruled turn-ins, pale green endpapers, top edge gilt. In contemporary green cloth drop-front box lined with felt. With a frontispiece portrait of Lowry. Howes L-541. ◆Trivial offsetting to free endleaves from turn-ins, a couple of tiny spots of foxing, otherwise in nearly pristine condition, with no signs of use inside or out. This is an exceptionally well-preserved copy of… Read More
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