The Martyrdom of Bishop Farrar by Hughes, Ted - 1970

New York: The Viking Press, 1938. First Edition. First edition. 303 pp. Original cloth. Small dampstain to top of back board, else Near Fine in Very Good unclipped dust jacket with tears along folds at top of front panel, edge-rubbing, small closed tear to bottom of back panel, spine slightly darkened, a few pieces of tape to verso, dampstain to verso of back panel. A collection of twelve stories by the chronicler of the rough-and-tumble American West.

New York: Boke Press, 1968. First Edition. Very Good. First edition. Side-stapled mimeographed sheets, printed on rectos only. Very Good+ with uneven toning to rear cover, light wear, rusting to staples. A lovely copy featuring text by Ted Berrigan and drawings by Joe Brainard.

1693 French Emblemata Charles de la Rue Poetry Louis XIV France EMBLEM Royalty

A rare 17th-century illustrated book of poetry and emblemata by Charles de la Rue. La Rue, a Jesuit writer, was known mostly for his works on panegyrics, this book includes illustrated emblems and medals, poetry, dramatic and tragedy plays, as well as Jesuit liturgical works. A fine complete edition.

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RUE, Charles de la
Caroli Ruaei e Societate Jesu Carminum libri quatuor.
Antverpiae: Apud Balthasarem Moretum, 1693.

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o Signatures: A-S⁸⁴̇ T⁸ V²
o 27 emblem engravings
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Language: Latin
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Size: ~6in X 3.5in (15cm x 9cm)
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1778 FABLES of John Gay Illustrated ART English Literature Poems Buckland London

John Gay was an 18th-century English poet and opera composer best known for his masterpiece 'The Beggar's Opera'. While he is most remembered for his music, he did publish a collection of fables in verse. This 1778 Buckland edition of Gay's 'Fables' features numerous illustrations.

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GAY, John
Fables
London : For J. Buckland, 1778.

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30 woodcut illustrations
· References: ESTC T 13857
· Language: English
· Binding: Leather; tight and secure
· Size: ~6.5in X 4.25in (16.5cm x 11cm)
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1635 Claudian Classical Roman Poetry Mythology Rufinus Gothic Wars Latin Giraldi
"He how always desires is always poor."
– Claudian
Claudian was a 4th-century B.C. author who wrote poetry and speeches specifically for Roman Emperor Honorius on mythology and early Roman wars. his most famous works including 'De Bello Gothico' and 'In Rufinum' – Claudian's attack on Roman statesman Rufinus.
This 1635 edition of the works of Claudian was published in Paris featuring the edits and notes of Italian scholar G. Gregorio Giraldi.
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CLAUDIANUS, Claudius
C. Claudiani quæ extant : ex emendatione virorum doctorum.
Parisiis: Ioan Liberti via D. Ioannis Lateran, 1635.

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· Language: Latin
· Binding: Vellum; tight and secure
· Size: ~4.25in X 2.75in (11cm x 7cm)
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Long Beach: Geo. W. Moyle Pub. Co., 1920. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Vi, 119 Pp. Orange Cloth, Stamped In Black. No Date Of Publication Indicated But Author's Preface Dated December 1920. Anti-War Drama With Excellent Short Introduction By Southern California's Favorite Upper Class Secular Humanist ( My Favorite Anyway). Light Wear And Dust To Covers, Lettering Undamaged, Hinges Tight. Faint Ownership Name "Eddie" On Front Free Endpaper. Fanny Weston Bixby Spencer (1879 - 1930) Was Born Fanny Weston Bixby In Los Angeles, California, The Youngest Of Nine Surviving Children Of Jotham Bixby; He Had Arrived In California In 1852 From Maine, Where He And Several Cousins Had Formed Flint, Bixby & Company, Which Acquired Major Landholdings, Including The 27,000-Acre Rancho Los Cerritos In What Is Now Long Beach. Fanny Grew Up Wealthy, And Although She Was An Active Philanthropist, When She Died In 1930 Her $2.5 Million Estate Was The Largest Ever Probated In Orange County… Read More

Chapman & Hall, London, 1932. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing). 8vo. 303pp. Original publisher's 'snakeskin' cloth, lettered in gold at the spine. With a frontispiece map, unaccredited but drawn by the author. Top edge lightly dust soiled and with a hint of wear to the backstrip ends, a tiny nick to the fore edge of the rear free endpaper and a pinprick or two of light occasional margin spotting. A very good copy in a good example of the uncommon dust wrapper: a little dust soiled, with several slivers of loss to the spine ends, and an additional small enclosed area of loss and some accompanying surface abrasion. A small area of miscellaneous red staining to the base of the rear panel, and the rear panel-spine panel join tender. The author's third novel. Davis, Doyle &c viii..

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1988. Signed on half-title with the place noted as Webster Groves and dated 15 September 88. Early signature with full first name. First edition / First printing. Navy cloth spine, light gray-blue paper-covered boards. Near fine in price-clipped, fine dust jacket. The author's first book. Franzen grew up in Webster Groves, a suburb of St. Louis. This book was published in September of 1988.

Brooklyn: Hanging Loose Press, 1992. Signed on the title page and dated 9/10/94 by the author. First edition / First printing. One of 1,000 copies in wrappers. Only 100 hardcovers were printed, sold primarily to libraries. This is the paperbound edition. Illustrated wrappers. Very fine. An exceptional copy!. Stories and poems, the author's first book. New York Times notable book of 1992. The author has won the National Book Award in 2007, and the Pen Faulkner Award in 2010.

1858 1ed Guillaume de Guileville Pilgrimage of Man Medieval Poem Illustrated
Guillaume Deguileville was a 14th-century French writer who is known primarily for his acrostic poems known as the 'Pèlerinage' trilogy. When it was first written, this medieval poem was one of the first known instances of combining prose and lyric verse.
This 1858 English edition was collected and edited by Nathaniel Hill and includes numerous in-text illustrations in the style of 15th-century masters. Hill uses this work to compare Guileville's "Pilgrimage of Man' to John Bunyan's 'Pilgrim's Progress'.
Item number: #14951
Price: $499
GUILEVILLE, Guillaume de
The ancient poem of Guillaume de Guileville, entitled Le pèlerinage de l'homme, compared with the Pilgrim's progress of John Bunyan
London: B.M. Pickering, 1858. First edition.
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