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Burma: Handwritten Manuscript. A long and fine manuscript written in fine Pali in black on palm leaves. The palm leaves with text in black, with red lacquered wooden boards. Each leaf measures 23" x 2.5"., original protective covers of red lacquered wooden boards decorated in gold, all edges gilt. 78 palm leaves written in black. A handsome and well preserved example, one tie cord lacking. A FINE BURMESE MANUSCRIPT WELL PRESERVED AND QUITE HANDSOME.
CURIOUS DREAM; And Other Sketches. Selected and Revised by the Author by Twain Mark - [1872]
by Twain Mark
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CURIOUS DREAM; And Other Sketches. Selected and Revised by the Author
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London: George Routledge and Sons, [1872]. Very Rare First Edition. With all first issue points that are verifiable. Small 8vo, handsomely bound in three-quarter brown morocco over marbled paper covered boards, the spine with raised bands gilt ruled, gilt lettered in two compartments. 150 pp. A fine copy, beautifully preserved, clean and fresh and the binding tight and strong. Endleaves replaced during the rebinding process. RARE FIRST EDITION. A very elusive book. The first printing is identifiable by several points: it must have the Bradbury, Evans imprint on the verso of the title-page and on the final page of text, blank endleaves and a final blank leaf all without ads. There must be no statement by Twain on the title page relative to the authorization of Routledge as London publisher, the publisher's name must not be followed by "Limited", and the publisher's address must be "The Broadway, Ludgate" and not "The Broadway, Ludgate Hill". The book was originally issued as a "yellowback" in very fragile glazed yellow boards and copies extant in the original bindings are extremely rare. As here, the blank or printed end-leaves will not have survived due to the rebinding, so we cannot confirm this point of the bibliographical information cited above. A title-page ownership signature and date "1868?" is present. The book was published in May 1872.
A very scarce Twain volume, with only one copy of the first edition turning up at auction in over twenty years. Of the four copies cited by Blanck, in various institutional collections, including Yale and the New York Public Library, all are reprints.
A very scarce Twain volume, with only one copy of the first edition turning up at auction in over twenty years. Of the four copies cited by Blanck, in various institutional collections, including Yale and the New York Public Library, all are reprints.
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A FINE BUDDHIST MANUSCRIPT FROM BURMA.
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A Leaf from a Manuscript BOOK OF HOURS
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Most probably Paris, Circa 1450. A leaf of two pages with 15 lines per page written in brown ink with opening initials of ten lines and other decorations in red and blue and beautifully burnished with bright gilt, one two line initial also heavily burnished in gilt. 125 x 90 mm approximate, now handsomely presented in a very large and attractive museum quality frame, the mounting designed so that both sides of the leaf may be viewed. The decoratively carved frame is of gilded red wood with ebony trim, glazed with archival quality glass, in all measuring 60 by 42 cm. A very beautiful example in fine condition, the vellum clean, the lettering dark and strong, the painted and gilt initials bright and finely done.
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PROUST
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London: Chatto & Windus, 1931. First edition of Beckett’s second book. 8vo, original cream boards extensively decorated with pictorial designs on both covers and the spine in brown, in the original and scarce dustjacket of cream paper decoratively printed in blue. Now housed in a red cloth slipcase with morocco label gilt and chemise. 72 pp. A very fine and attractive copy, the cloth and jacket as pristine and essentially mint, the text-block equally fine. FIRST EDITION OF THIS VERY SCARCE EARLY WORK BY SAMUEL BECKETT, ONLY HIS SECOND BOOK, ESSAYS ON THE WRITINGS OF PROUST. Beckett wrote 'Proust' during his stay at the École Normale in Paris in the summer of 1930. Written in response to a commission set forth by Richard Aldington, Thomas MacGreevy and Charles Prentice. Beckett states, on behalf of his subject, “We cannot know and we cannot be known.” The language is both allusive and dense, and served as Beckett's aesthetic and epistemological manifesto. The essay is far more…
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NEW OBSERVATIONS ON ITALY AND ITS INHABITANTS, Written in French by Two Swedish Gentlemen. Translated into English
by Nugent, Thomas Translator. "Two Swedish Gentleman" [Grosley Pierre Jean]
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London: For L. Davis and C. Reymers, Printers to the Royal Society, 1769. 2 volumes. First edition in English. With half-titles. Tall 8vo, in contemporary full mottled calf, the spines with simple gilt ruled raised bands, buff gilt trimmed and lettered labels and gilt volume numbers. The board edges gilt tooled, page edges speckled in red. xi, [errata], 445; iv, 394, [10] pp. A very fine set, beautifully preserved, the text is fresh and clean with little evidence of use, some very light cosmetic wear to the joints but the hinges firm and strong. FIRST EDITION, QUITE SCARCE AND AN EXCELLENT COPY OF NUGENT'S TRANSLATION OF GROSLEY'S TRAVELS. Although it is stated on the title-page that the authors were Swedish, in fact the author was Pierre Jean Grosley, the prolific French writer known for his erudition and insights. His "Observations on Italy" (originally published in French in 1764) is his most important work. Along with being an excellent account of Italy, Grosley also demonstrates…
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SHAW-EDE T.E. Lawrence's Letters to H.S. Ede 1927-1935. Forward and Running Commentary by H.S. Ede
by Lawrence, T.E.; Ede H.S.
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London: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1942. First Edition and One of 500 copies only, printed in Perpetua type on mould-made paper and bound in fine half blue Niger morocco over cloth covered boards. 4to, beautifully bound in green-blue crushed Niger morocco over buckram covered boards by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, the spine with raised bands, two compartments lettered in gilt, t.e.g. [1-bl], 62, [2-bl], pp. A very handsome copy indeed, the binding tight, sharp and in excellent condition, the text-block clean and crisp, a small spot to the front cover and only very minimal evidence of age or use. RARE FIRST EDITION IN THE LIMITED ISSUE IN HANDSOME BINDING. "Shaw" of course was the name T.E. Lawrence used when he enrolled in the R.A.F. The relationship between Lawrence and Ede was a mutually satisfying one. Over forty letters are included here. The intimacy of feelings expressed by Ede is quite remarkable. He had taken little heed of T.E. Lawrence and the works penned by him and which had…
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The Trees of the Genealogia Deorum of Boccaccio
by [Boccaccio; Caxton Club] Wilkins Ernest Hatch
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Chicago: The Caxton Club, 1923. FIRST and LIMITED EDITION, one of only 160 copies printed on handmade Fabriano Paper. With 21 plates, three of which are in beautiful full colour, with printed tissue guards. Also with fine engraved ititials and tables throughtout. 4to, publisher’s original half vellum over buff boards with small vellum corner-pieces. 24pp + plates. A very fine copy, near as pristine. SCARCE, LIMITED TO ONLY 160 COPIES. A study of the genealogical tables used to decorate Boccaccio's great mythological work, from manuscripts and the early printed editions. Genealogia deorum gentilium, known in English as On the Genealogy of the Gods of the Gentiles, is a mythography or encyclopedic compilation of the tangled family relationships of the classical pantheons of Ancient Greece and Rome, written in Latin prose in circa 1360 by the Italian author and poet Giovanni Boccaccio. The first printed edition was in Venice at the early date of 1472. By 1499, no fewer then eight…
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A FINE BUDDHIST MANUSCRIPT FROM BURMA.
by Buddhist Manuscript Burmese
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Burma: Handwritten Manuscript. A long and fine manuscript written in fine Pali in black on palm leaves. The palm leaves with text in black, with red lacquered wooden boards. Each leaf measures 23" x 2.5"., original protective covers of red lacquered wooden boards decorated in gold, all edges gilt. 78 palm leaves written in black. A handsome and well preserved example, one tie cord lacking. A FINE BURMESE MANUSCRIPT WELL PRESERVED AND QUITE HANDSOME.
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A Leaf from a Manuscript BOOK OF HOURS
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Most probably Paris, Circa 1450. A leaf of two pages with 15 lines per page written in brown ink with opening initials of ten lines and other decorations in red and blue and beautifully burnished with bright gilt, one two line initial also heavily burnished in gilt. 125 x 90 mm approximate, now handsomely presented in a very large and attractive museum quality frame, the mounting designed so that both sides of the leaf may be viewed. The decoratively carved frame is of gilded red wood with ebony trim, glazed with archival quality glass, in all measuring 60 by 42 cm. A very beautiful example in fine condition, the vellum clean, the lettering dark and strong, the painted and gilt initials bright and finely done.
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London: Chatto & Windus, 1931. First edition of Beckett’s second book. 8vo, original cream boards extensively decorated with pictorial designs on both covers and the spine in brown, in the original and scarce dustjacket of cream paper decoratively printed in blue. Now housed in a red cloth slipcase with morocco label gilt and chemise. 72 pp. A very fine and attractive copy, the cloth and jacket as pristine and essentially mint, the text-block equally fine. FIRST EDITION OF THIS VERY SCARCE EARLY WORK BY SAMUEL BECKETT, ONLY HIS SECOND BOOK, ESSAYS ON THE WRITINGS OF PROUST. Beckett wrote 'Proust' during his stay at the École Normale in Paris in the summer of 1930. Written in response to a commission set forth by Richard Aldington, Thomas MacGreevy and Charles Prentice. Beckett states, on behalf of his subject, “We cannot know and we cannot be known.” The language is both allusive and dense, and served as Beckett's aesthetic and epistemological manifesto. The essay is far more…
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NEW OBSERVATIONS ON ITALY AND ITS INHABITANTS, Written in French by Two Swedish Gentlemen. Translated into English
by Nugent, Thomas Translator. "Two Swedish Gentleman" [Grosley Pierre Jean]
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London: For L. Davis and C. Reymers, Printers to the Royal Society, 1769. 2 volumes. First edition in English. With half-titles. Tall 8vo, in contemporary full mottled calf, the spines with simple gilt ruled raised bands, buff gilt trimmed and lettered labels and gilt volume numbers. The board edges gilt tooled, page edges speckled in red. xi, [errata], 445; iv, 394, [10] pp. A very fine set, beautifully preserved, the text is fresh and clean with little evidence of use, some very light cosmetic wear to the joints but the hinges firm and strong. FIRST EDITION, QUITE SCARCE AND AN EXCELLENT COPY OF NUGENT'S TRANSLATION OF GROSLEY'S TRAVELS. Although it is stated on the title-page that the authors were Swedish, in fact the author was Pierre Jean Grosley, the prolific French writer known for his erudition and insights. His "Observations on Italy" (originally published in French in 1764) is his most important work. Along with being an excellent account of Italy, Grosley also demonstrates…
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A Curious Dream (in Short Story Collection Vol. 041 )
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MP3 Audio CD. A Curious Dream (in Short Story Collection Vol. 041 ) A CURIOUS DREAM [Written about 1870.] CONTAINING A MORAL Night before last I had a singular dream. I seemed to be sitting on a doorstep (in no particular city perhaps) ruminating, and the time of night appeared to be about twelve or one o’clock. The weather was balmy and delicious. There was no human sound in the air, not even a footstep. There was no sound of any kind to emphasize the dead stillness, except the occasional hollow barking of a dog in the distance and the fainter answer of a further dog. Presently up the street I heard a bony clack-clacking, and guessed it was the castanets of a serenading party. In a minute more a tall skeleton, hooded, and half clad in a tattered and moldy shroud, whose shreds were flapping about the ribby latticework of its person, swung by me with a stately stride and disappeared in the gray gloom of the starlight. It had a broken and worm-eaten coffin on its shoulder and a bundle of…
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MP3 Audio CD. A Curious Dream (in Short Story Collection Vol. 041 ) A CURIOUS DREAM [Written about 1870.] CONTAINING A MORAL Night before last I had a singular dream. I seemed to be sitting on a doorstep (in no particular city perhaps) ruminating, and the time of night appeared to be about twelve or one o’clock. The weather was balmy and delicious. There was no human sound in the air, not even a footstep. There was no sound of any kind to emphasize the dead stillness, except the occasional hollow barking of a dog in the distance and the fainter answer of a further dog. Presently up the street I heard a bony clack-clacking, and guessed it was the castanets of a serenading party. In a minute more a tall skeleton, hooded, and half clad in a tattered and moldy shroud, whose shreds were flapping about the ribby latticework of its person, swung by me with a stately stride and disappeared in the gray gloom of the starlight. It had a broken and worm-eaten coffin on its shoulder and a bundle of…
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A CURIOUS DREAM; AND OTHER SKETCHES
by Twain, Mark
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London: George Routledge and Sons, [1872]. First Edition, Early Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, 150, [5] pages. In Good plus condition, and housed in modern cloth slipcase with chemise. Spine tan with black lettering. Slip case light brown with gilt lettering on black spine label. Early Printing, with endpapers imprinted with advertisements, imprint of Bradbury, Agnew on page 150, statement on verso of title page, and advertisements on L4. Notoriously fragile. Scuffing to boards and along edges. Splitting to spine, with webbing exposed. Tape reinforcement to rear gutter. Front board partially detached, measuring about 4 inches from head of spine. Age-toning to interior pages. Writing on front free endpaper and title page. Shelved in Case 3. Routledge printed nearly 1300 titles in their Railway Library series beginning in 1848. Frequently sold near train stations and other hubs, they were intended for traveling reading, and many did not survive the journeys. Routledge used eye-catching covers to…
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A Curious Dream;: and Other Sketches. Selected and Revised by the Author. Copyright.
by TWAIN, Mark
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London: George Routledge & Sons,, [1872]. A rare yellowback survival First edition, early impression. For this uncommon edition, which contains the first appearance in book form of 14 of its 15 stories, Twain edited the pieces from their US serialization by "generally toning down his language to suit his notion of a British audience" (MTPO). He visited his English publisher Routledge later that year and received from literary London his greatest reception yet. "It was in England that Mark Twain was first made to feel that he had come into his rightful heritage. Whatever may have been the doubts concerning him in America, there was no question in England" (Paine, p. 462). Routledge, in their efforts to secure the British copyright for works by American authors, launched the Routledge's American Library series with Twain's Celebrated Jumping Frog in 1867. A Curious Dream is the eighth instalment in the series; back home, its title story made "a lasting impression on [Twain's] Buffalo readers... It…
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