Miscellany from Donald Heald Rare Books
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The Mutineers Turning Lieutenant Bligh and Part of the Officers and Crew Adrift from His Majesty's Ship the Bounty
by DODD, Robert (1748-1815)
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- 1790
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London: B. B. Evans, Poultry, 1790. Contemporary hand-colored aquatint engraving on cream laid paper. Sheet size: 19 1/2 x 25 5/8 inches. Rare separately-issued print showing Captain Bligh and his loyal men being cast adrift from the Bounty: one of the best known and most desirable of all maritime images, and the only known likeness of the mutineer Fletcher… Read more about this item Item Price
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Lands of the Moslem: A Narrative of Oriental Travel
by EL-MUKATTEM (Crosby, Howard Rev.) (1826-1891)
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- 1851
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- 8vo
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€700.35
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New York: Robert Carter and Brothers, No. 285 Broadway. Printed by Edward O. Jenkins, 114 Nassau Street, New York, 1851. 8vo. (9 1/4 x 6 inches). First edition. [1]-378 [4]. 382 pp. Engraved frontispiece of Mount Zion by Burt, Title with Latin epigraph, Deposit statement, Contents, Text, Appendix, Publisher's advertisements. Four engraved views including Jerusalem by Burt (p.262), the… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director. Being a Large Collection of the Most Elegant and Useful Designs of Houshold Furniture in the Gothic, Chinese, and Modern Taste
by CHIPPENDALE, Thomas (1718-1779, Artist, Publisher), DARLY, Matthias (c.1721-1780, Engraver), MÜLLER, Johann Sebastian (1715-1790, Engraver), MÜLLER, Tobias (fl.1752-1778, Engraver)
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- 1754
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- Folio
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€7,003.50
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London: Printed by John Haberkorn for the Author and Sold at His House in St. Martin's-Lane, 1754. Folio. (17 1/2 x 10 5/8 inches). First edition. [3] a-b2 A-G2 [161]. 182 ff. [4] [i]-x [1]-[28] [322]. 364 pp. Half-title, letterpress title-page printed red and black, engraved dedication to the Earl of Northumberland, Preface, Names of the Subscribers, General Proportions,… Read more about this item Item Price
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De le Stelle Fisse Libro Uno: Imagin celesti minutissimamente si tratta; et non folo le Fauole loro ordinatamente si narra, ma ancora le Figure di ciascheduna n'apparon cosi manifeste, et distintamente disposte, et formate, come a punto per il Ciel si distendono. [Of the Fixed Stars: Book One. Celestial images are very minutely discussed; and not only are their faces narrated in an orderly manner, but also the figures of each one appear so clear, distinctly arranged, and formed, as they extend right across the sky]
by PICCOLOMINI, Alessandro (1508-1579)
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- 1566
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- 4to
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€3,595.13
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Venice: Giovanni Varisco et Compagni, 1566. 4to. (8 x 5 1/2 inches). Undated edition likely printed between 1559 and 1572, but not the 1561, 1564, or 1570 editions. Professor of Astronomy Gingerich posited 1564 as a date for this example, but to judge from other title pages of the same year, that is incorrect. [A]-M8. Foliated [1]-32, then paginated… Read more about this item Item Price
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Sammelband of Four Works: Rural Architecture in the Chinese Taste; Country Gentleman's Pocket Companion, and Builder's Assistant; Rural Architecture in the Gothick Taste; Useful Architecture in Twenty-One New Designs
by HALFPENNY, William (c.1722-1755), HALFPENNY, John (fl.1740-1760), PARR, Richard (c.1707-1754, Engraver)
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- 1750
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- Four works in one. 8vo
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€8,871.10
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London: Printed for and Sold by Robert Sayer, Map and Printseller at the Golden Buck opposite Fetter, Lane Fleet Street, 1750. Four works in one. 8vo. (8 x 5 inches). [Chinese Taste:] Second edition. 8, 8, 8, [2] 2. 28 pp. Engraved title and 60 engraved plates, 11 folding. [Country Gentleman's]: First edition. [4] 3-14. 18 pp. 25 engraved… Read more about this item Item Price
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A New and Compleat System of Architecture Delineated, in a Variety of Plans and Elevations of Designs for Convenient and Decorated Houses. Together with Offices and Out-Buildings Proportioned Thereto, and Appropriated to the Several Uses and Situations Required
by HALFPENNY, William (c.1722-1755), PARR, Richard (c.1707-1754, Engraver)
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- 1749
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- Oblong 4to
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€4,902.45
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London: John Brindley, Bookseller to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, in New Bond-Street, 1749. Oblong 4to. (8 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches). First edition. [6] 1-25 [1]. 32 pp. 47 copper engraved plates interspersed, 2 folding at rear. Title, Preface, Variety of New Plans. Printer's ornament on letter-press title. Quarter calf with tips bound to style in… Read more about this item Item Price
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Maison Rustique, or the Covntrey Farme. Compyled in the French Tongue by Charles Stevens and John Liebavlt, Doctors of Physicke. And Translated into English by Richard Surflet, Practitioner in Physicke. Now Newly Revised, Corrected, and Augmented, with Divers Large Additions
by ESTIENNE, Charles (1504-1564), LIEBAULT, Jean (d.1595), MARKHAM, Gervase (1568-1637, Editor)
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- 1616
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€4,202.10
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London: Printed by Adam Islip for John Bill, 1616. Folio. (11 1/4 x 7 inches). First English edition. [x]4 A-Sss4. [18] 732 [18]. 768 pp. Title, The Contents, Dedication to Lord Robert, Dedication to Sir Peregrine Bartie, Surflet to the Courteous Reader, Seed Table, Books I-VII, Table of the Matters, Table of New Additions. Woodcut printer's ornaments, head and… Read more about this item Item Price
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Musical Instruments, Historic, rare and unique The selection, introduction and descriptive notes by... Hipkins... Illustrated by a series of fifty plates in colours drawn by William Gibb
by HIPKINS, Alfred James (1826-1903)
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- 1888
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Edinburgh: Adam & Charles Black, 1888. Folio. (15 7/8 x 12 inches). Title, dedication and some text leaves printed in red and black, half-title. 50 chromolithographic plates by McLagan & Cumming of Edinburgh after Gibb. (Perforation stamp to title). Original half-red morocco, rebacked.
Limited edition of 1,090 copies, this one of 1,040 with printed facsimile signature of the… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Gardener's and Planter's Calendar. Containing the Method of Raising Timber-Trees, Fruit-Trees, and Quick, for Hedges. With Directions for Forming and Managing a Garden, in Every Month of the Year. Also, Many New Improvements in the Art of Gardening. Which is Added, an Appendix, Containing, a General Catalogue of Seeds and Plants for the Kitchen-Garden, Flower-Garden
by WESTON, Richard (1733-1806)
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- 1778
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- 12mo
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€887.11
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London: Printed for T. Carnan, 1778. 12mo. (6 3/4 x 4 inches). (12), 336 pp. Contemporary calf, front and back covers ruled gilt, spine ruled gilt into 6 compartments, gilt lettering on second and third compartments.
Provenance: J. Bryan (contemporary signature); Pamela Lister (bookplate)
The second edition, corrected and enlarged, of Weston's classic treatise on landscape gardening.
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Novæ Bibliothecæ Manuscript. Librorum. Volumes I-II
by LABBÉ, Philippe (1607-1667), RAPIN, René (1621-1687)
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- 1657
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€1,400.70
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Paris: Sebastian and Gabriel Cramoisy, 1657. 2 Volumes. Folio. (14 x 9 inches). Volume I: [x]4 é-ó4 A-MMMmm4. [30] [1]-808 [42]. 880 pp. Half-title, title printed red and black with large woodcut device of Cramoisy, engraved frontispiece of dedicatee Nicolaus Foucquet, who was Louis XIV's minister of state for finance, by François de Poilly after Charles de Brun, dedication,… Read more about this item Item Price
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Facile. Poemes de Paul Éluard, Photographies de Man Ray. With Prospectus and 5 Original Photographs
by MAN RAY b. Emmanuel Radnitzky (1890-1976); ÉLUARD, Paul (1895-1952)
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- 1935
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€28,014.00
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Paris: Editions G. L. M. 79 Avenue de Segur. Type printed by Les Presses des Editions G. L. M. [Guy Lévis Mano, typographer (1904-1980)]; heliogravures printed by Les Presses de Breger, 1935. 4to. (9 1/2 x 7 inches). pp. 52. Foliated in pencil 1-18 including 5 original photographs. Number 388 out of 1000 copies on papier velin from a… Read more about this item Item Price
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Hussars and Pandurs on Horseback from the War of Austrian Succession: Twelve Plates
by SCHMIDT, Albrecht (1667-1744)
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- 1744
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€4,482.24
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Augsburg: Albrecht Schmidt, 1744. Folio. (14 1/4 x 8 1/2 inches). Folio. (14 1/4 x 8 1/2 inches) 12 hand-coloured copper-plate engravings heightened with silver and gold leaf on rectos of thick handmade laid paper bound into a slim volume. 12 ff. Each plate has an engraved title, several with accompanying humorous 4-line rhyming verses in German and Latin.… Read more about this item Item Price
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25 Songs Printed in Dublin by HIME and Owned by the Family of Francis Hopkinson
by [IRISH SHEET MUSIC]. ATTWOOD, Thomas (1765-1836); CAREY, George Saville (1743-1807); GIORDANI, Tommaso (c.1730-1806); HAYDN, Joseph (1732-1809); HOOK, James (1746-1827); MOULDS, John (?-1801); PLEYEL, Ignaz (1757-1831); STORACE, Stephen (1762-1796); WEBBE
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- 1810
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- Folio. ff. 25. Sheets: (12 3/4 x 9 inches). Plates: (10 3/4 x 7 1/2 inches)
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Dublin, Ireland: Hime at his Musical Circulating Library No. 34 College Green, No 40 College Green, 1810. Folio. ff. 25. Sheets: (12 3/4 x 9 inches). Plates: (10 3/4 x 7 1/2 inches). 25 copper-plated engraved pieces of sheet music printed in black. Most sheets hand-foliated in ink. With the ownership signature in ink on the back of songs… Read more about this item Item Price
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Archive: Abraham Lincoln's 1861-62 Chiriqui Colonization Project and Related Kansas Senator Samuel Clark Pomeroy Papers
by POMEROY, Samuel Clark (1816-1891); THOMPSON, Ambrose W. (1810-1882); et al.
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- 1895
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- Archive
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Washington, DC, 1895. Archive. Sheet sizes variable. Over 60 ink and pencil manuscripts and typescripts, including copies, ledgers, letters, and US Government correspondence on paper. This remarkable archive of manuscript materials tells the story of "Linconia," Abraham Lincoln's failed 1861-62 scheme to resettle free black Americans in the Chiriqui province of what is now Panama.
"You having been… Read more about this item Item Price
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Proletariat: Erwerbslos [Proletariat: Unemployed]
by KOLLWITZ, Käthe (1867-1945)
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- 1926
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€7,937.30
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Dresden: Galerie Emil Richter, 1926. Original woodcut printed in black on Japan paper. Signed, titled, and numbered in pencil by Kollwitz. Numbered 2 of 100 copies. But one of 25 copies on thick, white Japan, conforming to Klipsten's variant state VIII.b. Plate mark: (14 1/8 x 11 3/4 inches). The great unemployment during Germany's inflationary years after WWI prompted… Read more about this item Item Price
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Séjour
by BECKETT, Samuel (1906-1989), DEYROLLE, Jean (1911-1967, illustrator), and MACCARD, Louis (Engraver)
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- 1970
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- Oblong 4to
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€3,268.30
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Paris: Georges Richar (Les Èditions de Minuit). Printed by l'Atelier Georges Leblanc, Paris, 1970. Oblong 4to. (7 3/8 x 10 inches). Number 25 of 25 copies printed in black on handmade laid paper from Auvergne by Moulin Richard-de-Bas with 5 additional etchings on China paper and an original drawing (from a total edition of 175; plus 17 non-commercial copies:… Read more about this item Item Price
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Candy Counter, from Seven Still-Lifes and a Rabbit (First State)
by THIEBAUD, Wayne (1920-2021)
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- 1970
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New York: Parasol Press, Ltd. Printed by Crown Point Press in Berkeley, California, 1970. (22 x 30 inches). Linocut in black and tan on Arches paper with watermark, signed and dated in pencil, numbered 30/50. There were also 10 artist's proofs. The first state of a limited edition Thiebaud linocut of one of his central Pop Art motifs: the… Read more about this item Item Price
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Nickel Machine
by THIEBAUD, Wayne (1920-2021)
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- 1964
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- Etching in black on Rives BFK wove paper
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€11,205.60
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Berkeley, California: Crown Point Press, 1964. Etching in black on Rives BFK wove paper. (8 x 4 5/6 inches). Etching number 9 from an edition of 15. Signed and dated by Thiebaud in pencil with a small drawing of a heart in red color pencil, on Rives BFK wove paper with watermark. An early signed etching of one of… Read more about this item Item Price
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Four Italian Watercolours Depicting Figures in Local Dress
by [ITALY - 19th century]
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- 1800
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1800. Depicting couples from various regions with accoutrements, as named in each lower margin, unsigned. Image size: (10 1/2 x 8 3/4 inches). Sheet size: (13 3/8 x 10 3/8 inches) The group consists: 1. Di Pesco Costanza Contado di Molise 2. Paese di Sessano Provincia Contado di Molise 3. Massagronica Provincia si Chiete Abruzzo Citra 4. Passe di… Read more about this item Item Price
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Photographs 1920-1934 Paris
by MAN RAY (b. Emmanuel Radnitzky; 1890-1976)
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- 1934
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- 4to
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€6,536.60
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Hartford, Connecticut; Paris: James Thrall Soby; Cahiers d'Art, 1934. 4to. (12 x 9 1/4 inches). 104 heliogravures of Man Ray's photographs and rayographs. With a portrait by Picasso. Texts by André Breton, Paul Eluard, Rrose Sélavy (Marcel Duchamp), and Tristan Tzara. First edition, second issue with the publisher's fictitious "second edition." Inscribed by Man Ray on front wrapper verso… Read more about this item Item Price
€6,536.60