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Moscow: центропромсовет/ Tsentropromsovet/ Centropromsoviet, 1952. First edition. Hardcover. g+. Small folio. [4] 55 numbered plates [1]. Illustrated maroon buckram boards with gilt and blind-stamped lettering on the front cover and spine. Decorative endpapers. The work is a visual survey of rug designs produced in the Turkmen SSR (now Turkmenistan). The book contains a total of 55 plates of color photographic reproductions of the rugs, organized by design styles. Each plates is protected by a tissue guard and has a short printed caption underneath in Russian. The back of the book includes a table of contents. Text in Russian. Binding with light rubbing and bumping to extremities. Endpapers with some light creasing. Binding a bit shaky with starting at the title page, with some of the first pages already loose or disbound, but present. Creasing to a few of the tissue guards. Light smudges on the title page. Binding and interior in overall good+ condition. * Alternate title: Kovry… Read More

London: Bradbury, Agnew & Co, 1847. Second edition. Hardcover. vg. Quarto. Uncut. XVIII, 432, XIV, 416pp. Original gilt pictorial cloth with gold lettering on spines and front boards. Ex-libris of Lucy Smith Battson (ex Lucy Doheny) on both free front endpapers. Illustrated title-pages with black and red lettering. Decorative initials. Laid in in first volume, a typed letter signed by M. de Lente-Neville, and dated 12/20/1935 explains in detail the history of this book. Fascinating work profusely illustrated with numerous in-text duo tone illustrations and 20 full-page colored steel engravings by John Leech, each one protected by a tissue-guard. Some edge wear on bindings with spines sunned and corners rubbed. Spine edges of first volume chipped out and spine edges of second volume frayed. Minor rubbing and soiling to boards. Hinges starting. Bindings in overall good- to good, interior in very good to near fine condition.

London: The Fortune Press, [n.d.]. Hardcover. g. 8vo. 218pp. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Head and tail of spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Decorated top edge, deckled side and bottom edges. Good condition.

Hartford: Printed by Samuel Hanmer, 1831. Hardcover. fair. Ex library. Sm. 8vo. xii,408pp. Original calf with gilt decorated spine and "Joabe Griffin" in gilt on front cover. Residue of clear glue on spine. Rubbing and scuffing to parts of spine and boards. Wear to edges. Small stamp "Wilson Collection" and small bookplate "A.B. Griffin. Library No. 10" on free front endpaper. Tissue-guarded frontis engraving of Louis Philip I., King of the French. Illustrated with engravings. Browning and staining to tissue. Sporadic foxing throughout. Fair condition.

St. Petersburg: типо-литография А.Е. Ландау (Printed by A.E. Laudau)/ Восходъ (Voskhod), 1892. First edition. Hardcover. g+ to vg. Octavo. 568pp. Burgundy cloth over decorative tan and grey paper boards. White paper label on the tail of the spine. Blue speckled right edge of the book block. Pages uncut. The work is a fascinating and comprehensive bibliography of Jewish-related publications in Russian, from the introduction of the Civil typeface* in 1708, through 1889. The book contains an astounding list of 9,579 individual works, and has sporadic additional printed notes in the margins. The final 47pages consist of an extensive index, organized alphabetically first by author name, then by subject. Text in Russian. Binding with sunning to the spine. Light bumping and rubbing to corners. Interior with sporadic foxing and/or damp staining throughout the text. Title page minor period notes in ink and an ink stamp in Hebrew, from a library in Tel-Aviv, Israel. addition ink… Read More

New York/Chicago/Philadelphia: A.G. Spalding & Bros, 1894. First edition. Softcover. poor to vg+. Oblong octavo. Approx. 8x11". 80pp. Illustrated tan stapled wrappers with black lettering on the cover. The publication is an early catalog of gymnasium and other assorted sporting equipment from A.G. Spalding & Bros. The internationally famous sporting goods company is now known simply as Spalding, as is most associated with the manufacture of basketballs. The illustrated front cover depicts a wide range of sporting activities including ice sports, gym activities, baseball, cycling and tennis. The catalog is profusely illustrated throughout with countless figures showing the company's range of products, organized by category, and demonstrates their use. The products range from uniforms and athletic clothes, to weights, various types of gym and exercise equipment, bowling pins, boxing gloves and punching bags. The final section (p.65-79) contains exercise suggestions and other lifestyle, diet, and… Read More

NP, 1889. Softcover. fair. Ex-library. 8vo. 128pp. Original wraps with title in gold on cover and back cover. All gilt edges. Ex-libris of the "Franklin Institute Library" on inside of front wrapper. Illustrated with b/w reproductions of photographs, facsimile letters as well as a large fold-out color map of "New Railroad and County Map of Kellogg's Lists" showing the situation and distribution of the newspapers of the Chicago, St. Louis, Cleveland, Kansas City, Cincinnati, Memphis and St. Paul lists. Hinges starting. Staining and some age wear on wraps. Small abrasion on back cover. Two-inch split along tail of spine. Small inventory number stamped on front wrapper. Hinges starting. Pages 19-30 and 51-62 detached but present. Includes 7 advertisement pages in rear of book. Wraps in fair, interior in good condition. Scarce.

Mockba (Moscow): «История фабрик и заводов» (History of Factories), 1935. First edition. Hardcover. g+ to vg. Quarto (10 1/4 x 7 1/4"). 505, [3]pp. Original grey pebble cloth over red cloth, with gold lettering to spine and front cover. Ribbon marker. Pictorial endpapers. Illustrated double title page in red and black lettering. Engraved frontispiece portrait of Stalin. Woodcut tailpieces and initials. The first opus in the series "History of the Moscow subway," this beautifully produced book was designed by a team of artists under the direction of Elena Dmitrievna Mashkovtseva. The book was published at the beginning of March 1935, shortly before the opening of the first stage of the Moscow metro on May 15 of the same year. Illustrated throughout with numerous woodcuts finely executed, as well as b/w and duo-tone photographic reproductions, this work tells the fascinating history of the construction of the Moscow metro as seen through the eyes of those who built it… Read More

Wis: American Anthropological Association, 1943. First edition. Softcover. vg. Small 4to. 119 pp. Original printed brown wrappers. Frontispiece of a b/w reproduction of a photograph of Franz Boas. This issue is all about Franz Boas' life and work including an extensive bibliography of Franz Boas on pages 67-119. Illustrated with a b/w reproduction of a drawing of Franz Boas. 4 small paint splatters on front wrap at lower right corner (largest is 1/2"), very slight staining to spine. Very slight staining to interior pages at edges. Wraps in very good, interior in near fine condition.

Hanover: Printed by and for Charles and WM. S. Spear, 1810. Hardcover. poor. Sm. 8vo. viii, 280pp. Contemporary leather with title-plate. Age wearing throughout binding. Glue residues on boards and spine. Scuffing, discoloration and rubbing to boards and spine. 3 small pieces of cello-tape to front and rear endpapers. Browning and chipping to title-page. Signed by previous owner to inside of front board. "The History of Modern Europe particularly France, England, and Scotland with a view of the progress of society, from the rise of those kingdoms, to the late revolutions on the continent. Abridged from Russell's Modern Europe by a lady of Massachusetts." Browning to pages. Poor condition. Good reading copy.

NP: C. Felber, 1907. First edition. Hardcover. vg. Large quarto (11 1/2 x 9 3/4"). 98 leaves. Uncut. Original brown morocco with gold lettering on spine. Decorative raised bands. Dentelles. Endpapers with a striking Art Nouveau floral motif. Ribbon marker. Contemporary gift inscription on fly leaf: "A mon cher ami Fernand, en témoignage de bonne amitié. St. Raphaël le 6. 3. 1907. Charles" (To my dear friend Fernand, in memory of a good friendship. St. Raphaël, March 6, 1907. Charles). This striking early 20th-century blank journal contains 98 mounted leaves on vellum, with each leaf featuring a different illustrated vignette on upper margin. The vignettes are mostly allegorical, others are religious (God responding to Moses: "Ego Sum Qui Sum," The Crucifixion), and historical (Vercingetorix, the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71). Some of the vignettes are signed in the plate by A. Mangonot, Paul Avril, G. Alaux, Mengin, Edme Couty, P. Kauffmann, Gustave Fraipont, H. Danger, Régereau, A. de… Read More

London: T. Nelson and Sons, 1870. First edition. Hardcover. g. Octavo. VIII, [9]-339, [1], [12]pp (ads.) Original gilt-stamped green cloth with gold lettering on spine. Decorative head-, tailpieces, and initials. Remarkable anthology of Hebrew heroes through Jewish history. Binding rubbed along edges and on back cover. Moderate abrasion on upper front corner. Previous owner's inscription on half-title. Binding in overall fair to good-, interior in good+ to very good condition.

Lugduni (Lyon): Officina Hug. A. Porta, Sumptibus Ioan. Degabiano & Sam. Girard, 1603. First edition. Hardcover. fair to vg. Quarto (9 3/4 x 6 3/4"). [8], 1426pp. [Mispagination: Page 947 numbered 647, pages 949 to [1076] numbered 499 to 626. Pages [1077] on, numbered 1027 to 1426]. Later full spotted calf, with gold lettering and tooling to spine. Raised bands. Title page in red and black lettering. Title vignette. Decorative head-, tailpieces, and initials. First volume (of two), and first edition of Pierre de Brosses' monumental compendium of Latin poetry from secular and sacred Latin poets. This first volume includes poetry excerpts from Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid), Catullus, Publius Vergilius Maro (Virgil), Seneca, Cornelius Gallus, Persius, Sextus Turpilius, Gaius Lucilius, Livius Andronicus, Publius Terencius (Terence), and many other Roman poets. Binding partly rubbed, with some abrasion to leather. Head and tail of spine chipped, with some worming to head. Sporadic clear water-staining… Read More

Kansas City: Hudson-Kimberly Publishing Co, 1901. First edition. Hardcover. poor. 8vo. 281 pp. Original blue cloth with gold lettering. Decorative endpapers. Frontispiece. A Supplement to the Author's New and Illustrated Mail Course of Instruction in His Science of Healing. Age wear on binding. Spine sunned, rubbing on corners and head and tail of spine, very slight staining to boards. Tail of spine slightly frayed. Hinges starting. Frontispiece detached and torn & chipped along inner edge, closed tear on frontispiece. Sporadic writing in pencil and slight age-toning throughout interior. Hinges starting. Overall fair to poor condition.

NP [London]: NP, 1670. First edition. Hardcover. g to vg. 12mo (7 1/4 x 5"). [36], 184, [8]pp (Part 1); [2], 318, [26],pp. Full calf, rebacked, but retaining the original covers and the gold-lettered leather title label on spine. Raised bands. All paper edges spotted in red. Place of publication from Wing M936. Decorative headpieces, initial and tailpiece. Long epistle dedicatory to Henry Arundel, Baron of Warder, and Count of the Sacred Empire. Angelus of St. Francis Mason's first edition of the liturgy of the Mass in the Catholic Church, seen as "the source and summit of the Christian life," to which the other sacraments are oriented. Moderate rubbing along edges of binding. Previous owner's armorial bookplate on inside of front cover (Reverend J. Jones, and Reverend W. Wilds). Contemporary previous owner's name in ink at upper margin of title page (Francis Walmesley). Ex-library sticker at upper margin of front cover, and stamp at verso of title. Minor and sporadic age-toning / foxing… Read More

London: Fontainebleau, 1864. First edition. Hardcover. g. Small 4to. 67pp. Beautifully illustrated gilt embossed blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Head and tail of spine bumped and worn. Minor discoloration and scuffing to boards. Corners rubbed. Inscription by the author (including small ink drawing) to blank page preceding title page. A satirical poem, beautifully illustrated with b/w drawings. In overall good condition.

NP: NP, 1944. Limited First edition. Softcover. vg. 1/275. Folio. Unpaginated. Unopened copy. Original wrappers with title label laid on front wrap. Captivating erotic poetry work by one of the most renown Dutch poets of the 20th century, exquisitely illustrated with numerous double-page and full-page b/w illustrations by Bantzinger. Book printed on Simili Japon paper. Minor age wear on wrappers with age toning along edges and slight foxing on title label. Text in Dutch. Wrappers in overall good, interior in very good condition.

Helsinki, 1998. Second edition. Softcover. Fine. Quarto (11" x 10"). 168pp. Text in English. Acetate over color photo wrappers, mauve spine lettered in white. Profusely illustrated with photographs (almost all in color), architectural sketches, ground plans, construction details. A fine, as new copy. "The illustrations are from the complete collection of sketches and drawings of the house in the collections of the Alvar Aalto Foundation..." (OCLC) "Architecture has an ulterior motive -- the thought of creating a paradise. It is the only purpose of our houses. If we did not always carry the thought around with us all our houses would become simpler and more trivial and life would become -- would it at all be worth living?" (Alvar Aalto).

Fiyorda [Furth]: Hayim Ben Tzevi Hirsh, 1768. Second edition. Hardcover. g+ to vg. Square octavo. 54 leaves. Rebound in modern brown cloth over marbled paper boards, decorated with gilt. Decorative woodcut border on the title page. The scarce second edition of Rabbi Aaron ben Mordecai of Rödelheim's (born ca.1695) Yiddish translation of the two known Targumim of the biblical book of Esther. The first of the Aramaic Targumim (Aramaic Translations or paraphrases of the books of the bible) is more common and well known, while the second targum is noted for its embellishments on the Biblical account, with considerable additional apocryphal material, not always evidently related to the Esther story. The Yiddish text here is printed throughout in the traditional Vaybertaytsh script. This is the Rabbi Aharon's most notable work, and the first addition was originally published in 1718 in Frankfurt. Binding with light rubbing to extremities. Back board lightly bumped along the side edge. Interior with some… Read More

Frankfurt a. O.: Yohanan Kristof Bekman, 1690. First edition. Hardcover. g-. Ex-library. 4to. 178 leaves. Three quarter red pebbled cloth over black marble boards with gold lettering on spine. Illustrated title page featuring the biblical figures of Aaron and Samuel. This title page is reproduced before Psalms section. Separate title page for the Early Prophets. "Bet Aharon" is a concordance of biblical passages used in rabbinic literature. It makes use of earlier works such as Aaron of Pesaro's "Toldot Aharon," Simon b. Isaac ha-Levi's "Masoret ha-Mikra" and Jacob Sasportas' "Toldot Ya'akov." An expanded edition was published in Vilna in 1881. Text is printed in four columns in Rashi script. Each biblical verse has a box listing where they are quoted. This work is not organized according to the traditional Jewish ordering of the Old Testament. Some pages are printed with borders, but not others. Lengthy forwards to various sections. Text in Hebrew. Head and tail of spine chipped. Backstrip… Read More