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London : Printed For John Bell, Near Exeter Exchange, In The Strand, And C. Etherington, At York, MDCCLXXVI. [-MDCCLXXVIII. ], 1776. First Edition. Hardback. Full contemporary aniline calf, edge-worn and browned. Hinges cracked; all spines glazed (amateurishly) with a glossy resin. Bookplate of William Draper to each paste-down. Internally, exceptionally well-preserved. Scans on request. ; 0 pages; Subject: Theater (Plays) -England-London-History-18th century, Early works to 1800. Addison, Joseph, (1672-1719) . Philips, Ambrose (1674-1749) . Jonson, Ben, (1573? -1637) . Cibber, Colley, (1671-1757) . &c. &c. 100 plays, issued separately, each with seperate title-page, engraved general title page, and front. , showing an actor in a leading part.

Pageant Books, New Jersey, 1961. Fine Facsimile copy. Hardback. Text reproduced lithographically and the illuminations by sheet-fed gravure. Specially produced 100% rag content. An exceptional achievement, exceptionally well-preserved in slip-cases. Additional detail &c. On request. ; 0 pages; Hand-bound in 2 volumes and limited to 1000 sets. Derived from the Ansel Verlag edition itself based on the copy in the Koniglichen Bibliothek in Berlin and the celebrated Standischen Landesbibliothek [Fulda] copy.

London; Hodder & Stoughton, 1914. Hardback. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked navy cloth. Highly uncommon as such. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat toned and dust-dulled as with age. Scans and additional bibliographic detail on request. ; 206 pages; Illustrated endpapers. Description: 5 p. L. , 9-206 p. Col. Front. , illus. , col. Plates tipped in with tissue guards and descriptive letterpress. 23 cm. Subjects: Fairy tales & Folklore --Norway.

London: Printed By George Bigg And London, Printed By W. Ballintine [1793-1808], 1808. 2nd issue [1808]. Hardback. Margins wormed with some stain toning. Finely and period sympathetically bound in full, modern aniline calf. Raised bands with contrasting title and volume-number labels. Scans and additional bibliographic detail on request. ; 1 pages; With the unpublished material for vol. 2 part 5 added but continuing the pagination and register from the first issue. Referenced by: ESTC t144414. Physical desc. : 2 v. , plates : maps [all present]; 33 cm (4? ) Subjects; Commerce - Asia - History & Oriental literature -Translations into English - 18th century - Periodicals - Early works to 1800.

[Spartan Productions, 1959], 1959. First Edition. Hardback. A large format publication in fair to good condition. It is spiral-bound in elaborately blind-tooled full leather. There is some wear to the top of the spiral spine. In a portfolio leather folder with imitation cowhide on the front cover. The portfolio folder is somewhat edge-worn. The pages are impressively produced on colour-illustrated stiff card, with slight dulling around the edges. Some of the introductory and credit pages have separated from the binding and have become brittle and edge-worn. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Futher images, and additional bibliographic information available on request. ; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 0 pages; Pre-production or proposal portfolio for a western TV series entitled 'Rango' featuring the script for a presumed pilot episode 'Posse from Hell', with a selection of proposed storylines for future episodes. Three pages of production credits indicate that this item was published in 1959, by… Read More

New York : FDNY, 1937. First Edition. Paperback. The documents are bound by metal clasp in a brown portfolio folder. The contents are in a very good to near fine condition, with just some minor edge nicks and dust-toning as with age. Remains particulalry well-preserved overall. Further scans, images etc. and additional bibliographical material available on request.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 0 pages; A unique collector's item. New York Fire Department's 1937 case files in typescript, regarding the case of George S. Preston, who set a large number of fires around the Bronx area of New York between 1935 & 1937. A number of fires were also set while he was employed by the New Haven Railroad. Contents: File and case reports (some on headed Bureau of Fire Investigation paper), statements from the accused and witnesses, employment records, police statements, interview transcripts and an original b/w portrait photo of the accused. Also includes 'George S. Preston's Confession' in a sealed Fire Department envelope.

En Madrid : Por Don Antonio de Sancha, 1788. First Edition. Hardcover. Worn copy bound in full aniline calf with a gilt-blocked label to the spine. Some wear and tear to the spine and panel edges as with age. Provenance; from the library of Victoria Aguirre with the owner's bookplate. Physical description; 2 v : front. (port.) 3 fold. maps, fold. plan, 3 fold. tab ; 21 cm. Notes; Subjects; Natural history — Chile. Mapuche Indians. Mapuche language. Mapuche Indians. Natural History. Mapuche Indians. Mapuche language. Natural history. Chile — History — To 1810. Chile — Bibliography. Chile — Late 18th century — Description. Genres; Bibliography. Illustrated.

Rome: Typis Scarae Congregationis de Propaganda Fide, 1719. First Edition. Softcover. Disbound as issued, spines stitched in preparation for fine binding. Page edges untrimmed. Some wear and tear as with age. Text remains well preserved overall with no blemish. Stamp from Catholic college at Dublin for the Foreign Missions. Physical description; three volumes: I-III:part I. Contents; Vol. I: De Scriptoribus Syris Orthodoxis; 648 pp., Latin and Syriac text ; Vol. II: De Scriptoribus Syris Monophysitis; 546 pp. ; Vol. III: part I: De Scriptoribus Syris Nestorianis; 709 pp., Latin, Syriac and Arabic text. Summary; First edition of the author's magnum opus, a monumental bio-bibliography of Syriac literature based on the manuscript holdings of the Vatican Library. This edition was almost entirely destroyed by fire which broke out in 1768 in Assemani s apartment near the Vatican Library. The large part of this monumental work was collected by Assemani himself, who returned from a collection expedition to… Read More

London, Paris, New York & Melbourne: Cassell & Company, Limited. First English Language Edition. Softcover. Good set in original stiff card wrappers with some wear and tear as with age. Remains well-preserved overall; bright and clean.Volume 30 is missing its front cover. Physical description; 30 issues. Notes; No date given. First English Language edition succeeded by the first book form in Sept. 1906. The success of Doré's work this edition led largely to his success. Subjects; Don Quixote. Cervantes. Gustave Doré (illustrator).

London: Jonathan Cape, 1964. First Edition, reprint. Hardcover. Good copy bound in the original colour printed boards. Remains well preserved overall; bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description; 79 p. : ill. ; 18 cm. Notes; SIGNED and inscribed by John Lennon. Subjects; Lennon, John (1940-1980).

En Madrid : Por Don Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. New edition. Hardcover. Full, contemporary gilt-bordered aniline calf, worn. Hinges starting, gutters worn. Crudely re-cased with the original boards retained. Inner gilt dentelles. Prelim plates detached. All edges gilt. Wide margins with the text remaining in uncommonly good condition; scans and additional bibliographic detail on request. Physical description, plates : ill. ; fol.Notes; Added title-page, engraved; engraved head- and tail-pieces; initials; vignettes. Preliminary matter (v. 1, p. i-ccii) includes; Prólogo de la Academia; Vida de ... Cervántes Saavedra y anälisis del Quixote [por Vicente de los Ríos]; Plan cronológico del Quixote; Pruebas y documentos que justifican la Vida de Cervántes. Plates by Antonio Carnicero, José del Castillo, José Brunete, Bernardo Barranco, Pedro Arnal, Gerónimo Gil, and Gregorio Ferro; engraved by Fernando Selma, Manuel Salvador y Carmona, Gerónimo A. Gil, Pedro Pasqual Males, J. Joaquín Fabregat, Joaquín… Read More

Publisher; Unknown, 1820. First edition. Softcover. Specimen (color/red plates) 1, 5 & 10 pound notes printed on single and double sides loosely inserted. Good copy; edges slightly nicked and dust-dulled as with age. An unread example with unopened pages. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; bright and clean. Additional scans and bibliographic detail on request. Date of publication is suggested. Physical description; 14 pp. Dis-bound as issued. Subjects; Bank of England.1800-1850. Bank notes - original currency samples -Great Britain. Banks and banking, Central Great Britain. Currency - counterfeit and fraudulent - currency - forgery - nineteenth century. Currency printing - authentic registers. Pole served as Bank governor from 1820-1822 only.

Greece: , 1956. First Edition. Hardcover. Seven bound portfolios of commissioned images that feature Greek-related structures, landscapes and costumes. Each portfolio contains 20-40 images individually mounted on rag card paper. (Approximately 250 images total.) Images include street scenes, landscapes, municipal infrastructure, port-scapes, classical Greek antiquities, and local costume, all in colour. Each labelled Series One, presumably for company's archive. Good copies all in original monogrammed raw linen clam shell portfolio with cloth ties. Physical description; 7 portfolios. Contents: Portfolio dates - 1958, 1962, 1963, 1966. Subjects; Greek society and culture. Greek art. Greek art; contemporary. Greek industry. Greece; construction industry. Greece; 20th century. Greece; 20th century art.

London: Macmillan, 1937. First Edition First Impression. Hardcover. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust wrapper, not price clipped, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: ix, 341 pages: ill. ; 20 cm. Subjects: Travel Description Iran Afghanistan. Byron, Robert 1905-1941 Travel Middle East. Islamic architecture Iran. Islamic architecture Afghanistan. Middle East Description and travel.

Paris : Ambroise Vollard, 1932. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Artist book in fine illustrated printed boards with loose folded leaves as issued, in a somewhat torn and frayed glassine wrapper. Internally bright and clean; a very good example overall. Further images and additional bibliographic data available upon request Physical description; vii, 211 pages illustrations, plates, facsimile (letter) ; 45 cm. Notes; Extensively and impressively illustrated with 22 etchings and 104 wood-engravings by the artist. All leaves numbered. Only 350 numbered copies officially printed: ""305 exemplaires numérotés en chiffres arabes ... Trente exemplaires hors commerce numérotés en chiffres romains ... Quinze exemplaires hors commerce marqués de A à O."" This is an out-of-series, unnumbered copy. Contents; With a facsimile of a letter from Rouault to Vollard. Added title page illustration, musical annotations, table of contents and note to the binder. Subjects; Rouault, Georges 1871-1958. Illustration of books.… Read More