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Lamartine, A. de . GRAZIELLA
Nice 1947 L'Image Litteraire. In French. Copy No. 115 of 450. 4to., 156pp., with 23 Eaux-Fortes de Pierre Leroy, beautifully bound in black leather with broad strip of vellum in middle of each cover, gilt spine lettering. In attractive marbled box. Top edge gilt. VG in Good Box, a bit worn. (a10077)
$170.00 (bibliography) D'Essling. . LIVRES A FIGURES PROVENANT DE LA BIBLIOTHEQUE DU PRINCE D'ESSLING PREMIERE PARTIE
Zurich 1939 Zunfthaus zur Meise. "Italie, Allemagne, Espagne, Suisse, Hollande et Belgique du XV au XVIII siecle." Vente aux Encheres 15-17 Mai 1939. 4to.86pp. of text, 103 bw book illustrations. VG. (a25321)
$150.00 Kollmann, Dr. A. und Dr. F. M Oberlander . DIE CHRONISCHE GONORRHOE DER M�NNLICHEN HARNR�HR (3 VOLUMES IN ONE)
Leipzig 1901 Thieme. Hardcover. In German. 3 volumes in one. Lg.8vo., 172pp., 250pp., 181pp., monochrome and color plates, text illustrations, hardcover. Good , small chip from top spine end edge; rear top board extreme tip gone; binding secure and text clean. (a27259)
$65.00 Berguin, Arnaud . THE LOOKING-GLASS FOR THE MIND; OR INTELLECTUAL MIRROR: BEING AN ELEGANT COLLECTION OF THE MOST DELIGHTFUL LITTLE STORIES AND INTERESTING TALES
London 1798 7th J. Crowder. 12mo., 271pp., 74 cuts designed and engraved on wood by I. Bewick, beautifully rebound in 3/4 chocolate brown leather with marbled boards and mounted red leather spine label. Near Fine, corners chipped on a few pages, a few light wrinkles. Attractive gift-quality book. (a37977)
$395.00 Grahame, Kenneth . THE GOLDEN AGE
London 1900 (1899 on verso) John Lane. 8vo., 252pp., 18 monochrome (as issued) illustrations by Maxfield Parrish, maroon cloth with full gilt decorations on front board. Top edge gilt. VG, slight fading of spine lettering. (a38972)
$150.00 London, Hannah R. . PORTRAITS OF JEWS BY GILBERT STUART
NY 1927 1st William Edwin Rudge. With an appreciaton by Dr. A. S. W. Rosenbach. Intro by Lawrence Park. Signed by Hannah London. Copy #336 of 1000. 4to., 197pp., monochrome illustrations, index, paper covered boards, mounted spine label. Laid in: Book prospectus and typed letter signed from London (8vo., 2pp.) Good, worn a bit on corners and edges. (a42557)
$165.00Weaver, A.B., Jr.. THE NEW PHILADELPHIA
Philadelphia 1929 1st Gollifox Press in Chestnut Hill. Limited to 100 copies. Hardcover. 4to., 25 woodblock prints celebrating buildings and views in Philadelphia with printed labels, each with large red capital letter at the beginning, red cloth spine, black paper-covered boards with mounted title on front. VG, light wear on cover but internally Fine. In later glassine DJ. Scarce. (a4266)
$150.00 Neal, Joseph C. . PETER PLODDY AND OTHER ODDITIES
Philadelphia 1844 Carey and Hart. Sm.8vo., ten illustrations engraved by Croome, from original designs by Darley, original cloth. One plate missing and one plate professionally repaired. Good, light foxing. Rare. (a44532)
$180.00 Gray, Thomas . AN ELEGY WRITTEN IN A COUNTRY CHURCHYARD
NY 1850 Appleton. Hardcover. Octavo,, illustrated with 33 engravings by R. S. Gilbert of Philadelphia, original cloth with gilt pictorial decoration on front board and spine. All edges gilt. Bookplate of William H Ludlow. VG, light weart on spine ends and corners (a45357)
$100.00Frankau, Gilbert. ONE OF US A NOVEL IN VERSE (signed)
London 1917 First edition. illustrated edition, Chatto & Windus. No. 4 of 110, signed by Frankau and Fish (illustrator). 8vo., 175pp., full vellum with gilt lettering on spine and front cover. VG, cover very lightly bowed. (a49849)
$250.00 Burgess, Gelett and Bruce Porter . THE LARK BOOK 1 NO.1-12 MAY 1895 TO APRIL 1896
San Francisco 1896 1st William Doxey. First twelve issues of this journal bound in one volume. Hardcover. Octavo., original pictorial wraps for each issue, numerous illustrations, original pictorial cloth with large figure of Pan playing a pipe on front board. VG, leaves lightly evenly browned throughout, cover and text a bit toned. Lovely condition. (a50061)
$220.00 Burgess, Thornton et al . THE BRIDE'S PRIMER
NY 1905 1st Phelps. Text by Thornton Burgess and others with an essay by Tom Masson. Being a Series of Quaint Parodies on the ways of Brides and their misadventures interlarded with useful hints for their advantage. Hardcover. Folio, 64pp., 25 full page two color plates by F. Strothman, fancy white silk brocade cloth over padding on boards. Top edge gilt. VG, very light occasional soiling and light wear to spine ends, corners and along top of front cover. Very nice copy of Thornton Burgess's very scarce first book in the rare silk cloth binding. (a50667)
$490.00 Northcote, James . ONE HUNDRED FABLES ORIGINAL AND SELECTED
London 1828 first edition Geo. Lawford, Saville Passage. Printed by J. Johnson. Hardcover. Octavo, 272pp., embellished with 280 engravings on wood, 3/4 blue leather with blue cloth, raised bands and gilt trim on spine. Top edge gilt. VG plus, light cover wear, occasional slight foxing in text. Fine binding. Beautiful book. (a51208)
$330.00 Kosma, Lajos (Illustrator) . REGI NEPBALLADAK KONYVE
Budapest 1921 Amicus Kiadas. Poetry with illustrations by Kosma. 8vo., 87p., paper-covered boards. Good, boards worn and lacks backstrip. Very Scarce. (a51278)
$165.00 Tamamura (photographer) . THE RICE IN JAPAN
Kobe n.d. (c.1920). Published by Tamamura. T. Takagi, Proprietor. Short text in English. Oblong 4to., 20 fine photograph illustrations beautifully handcolored, each on separate page with tissue guard (photos show the entire process of traditional Japanese rice production from plowing the fields to eating the cooked rice), stiff wraps covered with textured green silk and tied with bluegreen silk string. Owner signed. Good, silk worn off corners, occasional slight bit of spotting on boards. (a52098)
$145.00 Salomone . IL CANTICO DEI CANTICI I PROVERBI I SALMI
Milano 1923 first edition Modernissima. Introduction by Gian Dauli. 12mo., 46pp., woodcut illustrations, original colorful pictorial wraps. Owner signed in ink on top margin of title page. Near VG, slight toning overall, light cover wear. (a52152)
$45.00 Hugo, Victor . THE TOILERS OF THE SEA 2 VOLUMES
London 1888 Routledge and Sons. 2 volumes, complete. 4to., 270pp., 150 illustrations from designs by Chifflart, D. Vierge and Victor Hugo, green cloth with mounted spine labels. Good, spine ends chipped and worn down one half inch on each end, corners worn. (a53598)
$165.00 Lemaitre, Jules . EN MARGE DES VIEUX LIVRES CONTES PAR JULES LEMAITRE
1921 Chez Boivin. Copy No. 41 of 1301 sur verge d'Arches avec une suite en noir, sur chine, des illustrations. Hardcover. In French. Sm.4to., leaves are of different sizes, as issued, illustres par Maurice Lalau, full olivegreen leather with heavy green cloth endpapers (original cover and spine bound in). Top edge gilt, gilt trim on board, four raised spine bands with gilt trim on spine. Fine leather bookplate of EduardoJ. Bullrich. Near Fine, spine leather is now a rich chocolate brown, no longer green, very light rubbing on board leather. In original Good box. a bit worn and faded on all edges. Beautiful book finely bound by G. J. Hagen B. Aires. (a53667)
$250.00 Albrecht, Paul . SUR LE CRANE REMARQUABLE D'UNE IDIOTE DE 21 ANS
Bruxelles 1883 Manceaux. "Avec des observations sur le basiotique, le squamosal, le quadratum, le quadrato-jugal, le jugal, le postfrontal posterieur et le postfrontal anterieur de l'homme." In French. Octavo, 58pp., 2 foldout plates on heavy stock and 8 text line drwings, original stringbound wraps. Largely uncut. Good, some chips on front, spine worn and chipped. (a5627)
$79.00 Lloyd, Rev. A. (translator) . A BIRTH-DAY BOOK OF JAPANESE VERSE, OLD AND NEW, BY MANY AUTHORS
Tokyo 1910 Shimbi Shoin. Hardcover. Octavo, about 400pp., silk covered cloth. All edges gilt. Beautiful book-very delicate truly lovely full color illustrations on every page. Each day of year has a short poem. About 10 names are neatly inked in next to a date. The book clearly served as an autograph book for the owner as the names are written in manuscript by person named. Some of signers: Clara May Blum, Amalia de Pypek-Kokoszynska, Marie Louise Montgomery, Fairfax Cravens. VG, some wear, a few pages creased. Rare. (a57270)
$350.00 Pereznieto Castro, Fernando . CONVENTOS DEL SIGLO XVI VOLUME I & II (BOXED SET)
Mexico 1976 first edition Joaqin Mortiz. HardcoverS. Mexican architecture, floorplans and drawings with brief descriptive text in Spanish and in English. Copy No. 325 of 3000. 2 volumes. Lg.4to., blue cloth. **Signed by the artist Pereznieto Castro. Fine in VG plus pictorial Box. No jackets. 2 volumes in Box. (a58595)
$65.00 (almanac) . DER WAHRE UND �CHTE HINKENDE BOTE 1834
1834 Gedruckt zu Offenbach und zu finden in Frankfur. Jagerschen Buchhandlung. German almanac. Sq.8vo., full woodcut titlepage, two fullpage woodcuts including Mehemet Ali on his horse and one large foldout plate of birth of king of Belgium (woodcuts by Moses, possibly Henry Moses, small vignettes for each month, bound in later paper covered boards. Some cropping of margins just barely affecting titlepage at bottom edge. VG. Scarce. (a59246)
$250.00 Moore, Edward and H. Brooke . FABLES FOR THE FEMALE SEX
London 1746 2nd (1st 1744) R. Francklin. Hardcover. Small octavo, 173pp., frontispiece present and 16 full page engravings (on versos only, collated complete), full leather with mounted red leather spine label. Gilt trim on leather. Engravings by Grignion, Ravenet and Mosley, all after Hayman. Contemporary owner signature on top margin of title page (Annabella Hedley. ) Good, cover rubbed and worn, spine ends worn down; occasional light spotting, small chip at lower corner of one leaf (without loss), one leaf has professionally repaired closed tear. Front outer hinge cracking and inner hinges tender but boards still quite securely attached. (a60856)
$95.00Collis, Maurice; Mervyn Peake (illustrator). QUEST FOR SITA OF RAVANA THE DARK ANGEL AND HIS PARADISE AT LANKA ,OF HANUMAN AND THE DIVINE VULTURES JATAYUS AND SAMPATI (LIMITED EDITION)
London 1946 first edition Faber & Faber. Limited to 500 copies printed on English handmade paper. Hardcover. 4to., 162pp., illustrations, black cloth with red outline picture on front and red and gilt on spine. Top edge gilt. Near Fine, no faults, no owner marks. no DJ. (a61117)
$159.00 Saillet, Alexandre de . LES ENFANTS CHEZ TOUS LES PEUPLES, OU LA FAMILLE DE L'ARMATEUR
Paris c. 1845 Chez Alphonse Desesserts. In French. Hardcover. Octavo, 350pp., 20 lovely handcolored full page illustrations of youths, 1/2 leather and marbled boards. Good, edges and spine worn, outer hinges cracking. (a63374)
$600.00 Dagley, R. . TAKINGS; OR, THE LIFE OF A COLLEGIAN. A POEM ILLUSTRATED BY TWENTY-SIX ETCHING FROM DESIGNS
London 1821 John Warren. Octavo, xxxix, (8), 184pp., 26 full color etchings, leather hardcover. Front board detached but present. Good, tiny light brown stain on lower left corner of initial 30 pages (not near textt), spine and corners worn. (a64714)
$275.00 Beze (Beza), Theodore de . ICONES, QUIBUS ADIECTAE SUNT NONNULLAE PICTURAE QUAS EMBLEMATA VOCAN
Icones, id est verae imagines virorum doctrina simul et pietate illustrium: accedunt emblemata. Genevae, Joan. Laonius 1580 (information appears on a typed insert to replace missing titlepage along with a handwritten note that the book was purchased at a Lee Priory sale in Kent without a title page. Note is undated but Priory sales were in early to mid 1800s. )Begins with Serenissimo per Dei page and ends with one blank page after errata page. 158 leaves with printing plus 4 blank pages at end. Other than missing titlepage, the text is complete. 37 woodcut portraits in fancy wide frames,each with a short text of biography. Portraits are done by expert draftsman, giving fascinating, surprisingly individualized portraits of powerful men and one woman, Marguerite de Valois. Men portrayed include: Desiderius Erasmus, Andreas Gerardus, Philippus Melanchton, Martin Luther and many others. Followed by 44 woodcut emblems - pictures of daily late medieval life -with a horatory poem beneath the picture, one per page. Almost all pages have a large but light water stain, one page has tiny inchlong closed tear in the margin; one page has ink doodle in margin. One of rear blank end pages has contemporary ink notation. Later fine quality leather spine professionally added with gilt lettering, leather boards with narrow gilt border and red marbled endpapers. Good, binding secure, leather worn off on corners and a discolored and stained. (a64717)
$3500.00Valsecchi, Marco (introduction) (Albrecht Durer). ALBRECHT DURER PICCOLA PASSIONE 37 XILOGRAFIE
1964 1st Cerastico Editore in Milano. Nota introducttiva di Marco Valsecchi. Copy No. 901 of 1000. In Italian. Hardcover. Square octavo, illustrations, original cloth. VG plus, light bumping at head of spine and lower corner, in VG DJ (no tears, no chips, no stains on dj.) no owner marks. Binding secure; text clean. (a64938)
$40.00 Weld, H. Hastings . SCENES IN THE LIVES OF THE PATRIARCHS AND PROPHETS
Philadelphia 1846 1st Lindsay & Blakiston. Hardcover. Octavo, 240pp., several full page color illuminations from original designs by Devereux (printed in colours by T. Sinclair), 8 full page steel engravings by John Sartain, gilt stamped cloth. All edges gilt. Several monastery stamps on end papers. VG, spine has been slightly shellacked just onto boards (almost invisible), slight stain at heel of spine, text just barely beginning to brown around page edges, head of spine a bit frayed. (a65671)
$110.00 Marchand, Andre . PIERRE A FEU
Cannes Paris 1945 1st Aime Maeght. In French, Copy No. 640 of 999. Octavo, 85pp., 50 original lithographs, original colorful wraps. Signed in blue pencil by Marchand. VG plus , with original glassine DJ, a few small chips and fraying on edges. (a66720)
$169.00 Cotton, John; John Minton, Rigby Graham, Patrick Bridgwater, Margaret McCord , others . ENIGMA 1 (I)
Leicester 1969 1st Cog Press. Limited to 60 copies. Two Original Screen-prints in color by Margrey McCord; T. E Lawrence and the Seizin Press of Robert Graves by Rigby Graham; Three Drawings by John Minton; Two typograms by Patrick Bridgwater; etc. Square sm.4to, black cloth hardcover with colorful marbled end paper. Near Fine, very slight bumping of corner, in later protective glassine jacket. (a66723)
$220.00 Franziska . THE MERRY SKIBOOK
New york 1939 1st edition. Translatlantic Arts. Hardcover. Octavo, 18 attractive color panels with short rhyming humorous text printed accordion-style on rectos only, cloth. VG , light wear on board edges, a few miniscule spots on cover and slight bit of browning on top and bottom edges of spine ends. The Scarce but colorful dj is in Fairly Good condition, a bit browned, several short closed tears, small chip at head of spine. (a66743)
$160.00 Lowell, James Russell . THE COURTIN'
Boston 1874 Osgood. Hardcover. 4to., 7 heliotype silhouettes from drawings by Winslow Home, full leather with gilt edge trim. Good, cover slightly worn, some light foxing. (a66962)
$295.00 Vimar, A. . CLOWN
Paris (c. 1920) Henri Laurens. first edition. Hardcover. Text and artwork by Vimar. Green cloth. Text in French. Sm.4to., 93pp., illustrated with text drawings (some in color). Stunning color picture on front panel of black poodle dressed in full circus regalia. VG , text lightly toned on edges; cover far tips lightly bent inward; no ownership marks. Hard to find in this excellent condition. Story for children of a circus poodle. (a67045)
$150.00 Johnson, Burges . BASHFUL BALLADS
NY 1911 1st Harper. Humerous poetry. Small octavo, 145pp., orange pictorial cloth hardcover. ** Inscribed and signed by Johnson, with a wonderful original ink drawing of someone reading an open book which overlays Burge's signature so that one sees only Burges and son. VG, spine faded unevenly to yellow, light cover soiling. In later protective glassine DJ. (a67577)
$200.00 Duboccage, Madame . LA COLOMBIADE, OU LA FOI PORTEE AU NOUVEAU MONDE POEME
Paris 1758 Bassompierre & Fils. In French. Octavo, viii, (2),184pp., (2), 9 (of 10) finely engraved copperplates by Chadel,(all plates bound in at end), later wraps. Good. (a68181)
$145.00 Dubie, Norman . THOUSAND LITTLE THINGS AND OTHER POEMS - FOURTEEN WEEDS LINE DRAWINGS
Omaha 1978 Battoir Editions, University of Nebraska. Copy No. 127/180. 4to., 48pp., illustrated with 14 line drawings of Weeds by Keith Achepohl, printed by Hand on Torinoko paper, original blue rice paper covered wraps with mounted white spine label. VG, light wear on corners, slight bit of wear on spine ends. (a68538)
$100.00 Kaufman, Edwin and Kalman Kubinyi (etchers) . THERE ARE NUMBERLESS STEPS A GROUP OF ORIENTAL POEMS
Cleveland 1932 first edition. Published by Kaufman and Kubinyi. Limited to only 100 copies, this is copy No. 70. Forward by Jake Falstaff. Printed from the original copper plates on Van Gelder hand made paper. Falstaff: There will be both warmth and chill in the heart of every man who finds this book, because that is the nature of beauty. Octavo, 24 leaves (printed on rectos only), three engraved vignettes and 18 beautiful full page engravings, original black paper covered hardcover with brown cloth spine and two inch mounted engraving on front. VG, light edge wear, end papers a bit rubbed. In later removable glassine jacket. Scarce. Unusually fine and delicate engravings. (a68849)
$650.00 Richard, Rene de Stalag XVIIB . POEMES EPARS
3 Mars 1945 first edition. E. Baudelot & Cie. Poems written by French prisoner of war in WW2. Copy No. 711 of 1000. Small octavo, 67pp., illustrations par l'Auteur, index, original printed wraps. VG , text evenly lightly toned . no ownership marks. (a69015)
$195.00 (art) . PINACOTECA BOLOGNESE OSSIA RACCOLTA DEI MIGLIORI QUADRI CHE IN ESSA RACCHIIUDONSI INCISI IN PIETRA LITOGRAPHICA A SOLO CONTORNO CON SUE ILLUSTRAZIONI
Bologna 1864 G. Monti. In Italian. Hardcover. Octavo, 6 x 9 inches; 15 x 22 cm., about 140pp. with 68 full page illustrations by Pancaldi, marbled boards with leather spine. Good, some foxing, leather rubbed, spine ends worn. (a71033)
$195.00 An Angler (Humphry Davy) . SALMONIA: OR DAYS OF FLY FISHING
London 1829 2nd John Murray. In a series of conversations with some account of the habits offishes belonging to the genus Salmo. Hardcover. 12mo., 335pp., 6 fine engraved plates by Finden (collated complete), text illustrations, modern rebinding in 3/4 leather, raised spine bands, gilt spine lettering. The plates show: Denham, Loch Maree, Downton, Fall of the Traun, Hallstatt Lake and Town, Grundtl Lake. Old ink owner inscription on front blank and once in one outer text page margin. Fine. A Fishing Classic. (a71064)
$345.00 Jerrold, Alice (Mrs. Adolphe Smith) (and Kate Greenaway) . A CRUISE IN THE ACORN
London 1875 1st Marcus Ward & Co. Hardcover. Sm.4to., 140pp., six bright and strong mounted chromolithograph illustrations on heavy stock, original brown cloth with bright gilt lettering, black decoration, mounted chromolithograph, bevelled board edges. These attractive illustrations were done by Kate Greenaway, but without any printed attribution. Owner signed (Louise Savage). light wear to corners and spine ends. Book is in unusually nice condition! VG plus. A beautiful copy. (a71296)
$695.00 Pagnol, Marcel . LA FILLE DU PUISATIER
Lyon 1947 Cuzin. Copy No. 216 of 300 exemplaires sur rives B. F. K. avec une suite en couleurs livres sous double boitage. In French. Sm.4to., illustrations by Andre-Jo Veilhan, stiff wraps in attractive watercolored blue hardcover folding case with mounted paper spine label. Originally fit into a matching slipcase but only pieces of this remain. VG, slight foxing on cover and on initial and final pages, and on fore-edges. Packet of 8 delicate watercolor pictures by Veilhan laid in. (a71430)
$175.00 Claudel, Paul . PROTEE ILLUSTRE PAR DARAGNES
Paris 1920 1st Editions de la Nouvelle Revue Francaise. Copy No. 6 of 390. Printed sur les Presses de Coulouma, Argenteuil. In French. Hardcover. Sm.4to., about 100pp., half vellum with marbled boards. Lovely matching marbled end papers. VG, light cover wear. Elegant book. In later removable protective glassine jacket. (a71432)
$375.00 Un Ancien Rapin (Alexandre Le Noble) . LA RAPINEIDE OU L'ATELIER POEME BURLESCO-COMICO-TRAGIQUE EN 7 CHANTS PAR UN ANCIEN RAPIN DES ATELIER GROS ET GIRODET
Paris 1870 Barraud. Imprime chez Jules Bonaventure. Copy No. 67 of 502. Hardcover. Octavo, 62pp., two engraved frontis illustrations - one of book title and second of female nude and leering male figure in background, half blue leather with marbled boards. Good, cover rubbed, spine ends and corners a bit worn. (a71436)
$180.00 de Vaux, Baron . LES TIREURS AU PISTOLET
Paris 1883 1st C. Marpon et E. Flammarion. Preface par Guy de Maupassant. In French. Lettre du Prince Georges Bibesco. Copy No. 101 of 600. Gunplay among French Society. 4to., 261pp., frontis portrait of de Vaux, numerous full page illustrations with tissue guards, 3/4 cloth with colorful marbled boards and gilt spine lettering. VG, occasional light foxing, hinges tender. (a71438)
$235.00 (humor) . MEGGENDORFER'S HUMORISTISCHE BLATTER - XLIV. BAND
Munchen & Eklingen 1901 J. F. Schreiber. In German. Hardcover. 4to., 156pp., many illustrations, about half of them in color, attractivety decoration on front of colorful clown head. Good, cover a bit worn. (a71499)
$125.00 Jouffroy, Alain . LES QUATRE SAISONS D'UNE AME DESSINS DE MANINA, POEMS D'ALAIN JOUFFROY
Paris 1955 first edition. Editions du Dragon. In French. Copy No. 565 of 1210. Oblong 4to. 52pp.,original wraps. Inscribed in English (...this book is a child of love...") and signed by Manina. VG plus, slight wear. (a71506)
$245.00 Mac Orlan, Pierre . A BORD DE L'ETOILE MATUTINE
Paris 1920 1st. Avec des gravures sur bois originalese de Daragnes. Copy No. 579 of 1161. In French. 4to., fine bold woodcuts. Book is wraps and is housed in a matching folding hardcover case (pink paper covered boards with blue cloth spine). Book is Near Fine in Near Fine DJ, in VG Box. Beautiful. (a71509)
$340.00 Pellerin . LES AMOURS MALHEUREUSES DE FIFINE MISTANFLUTE ET DE PIERRE GUIGNOLET
Note inside indicates book was created c. 1845. Fabrique de Pellerin, Imprimeur-Libraire a Epinal, Propriete de l'Editeur. Square octavo, 20 hand colored illustrations, each expertly mounted one per page, each with two lines of rhymed text in French printed beneath, bound in brown boards with red leather spine and gilt spine lettering. VG, light cover wear. Rare. (a71835)
$650.00 Allard, Roger . LES FEUX DE LA SAINT-JEAN POEME
Paris 1920 1st Camille Bloch. No. 155/340. In French. 4to., orne de cinq dessins par Luc-Albert Moreau, original 4to printed wraps. VG. (a71881)
$125.00 Verlaine, Paul . ODES EN SON HONNEUR
Paris 1921 1st Leon Pichon. Limited edition, copy No. 33, une suite d'epreuves des gravures, sur chine, numerotes de 16 a 55 out of total run of 490 copies. In French. 4to., avec les vignettes (blockprints) de Carlegle, printed wraps. VG plus in original, toned, plain waxpaper -type VG DJ. (a71882)
$175.00 Drexelius, Hieremias SJ (Drexel, Jeremias 1581-1638) Plates by Raphael Sadeler . DE AETERNITATE CONSIDERATIONES
Monachii 1622 Ex Formis Nicolai Henrici. Apud Raphaeleum Sadelerum Iconographum Ducalem Venalis. Drexel was Lutheran convert to Catholicism who became a Jesuit in 1598. In Latin. 12mo., (5 x 3 inches; 12.5 x 7.5 cm.), (16), 406pp., (4), title page vignettte, eight full page engravings by Raphael Sadeler, 3/4 leather with marbled boards and raised bands. An epigram, likely by Bidermann, printed beneath each engraving. Bookplate (of Colonel Cooper). All edges gilt. Lacks spine label altho date is printed at heel of spine. Good, inner hinges reinforced, cover rubbed. Plates are nicely detailed and all VG or better in condition. (a72557)
$550.00 Robinson, Selma . CITY CHILD
NY 1931 1st Rarrar Rinehart. Hardcover. Small octavo, 64pp., illustrations by Rockwell Kent, cloth. Four lines of rhymed inscription signed by Robinson with a small illustration of a flower in a pot at end. VG, no DJ. (a73191)
$150.00 Dutch Treat Club . DTC CODE BOOK 1934 (signed)
1934 Privately Printed for Members of the Dutch Treat Club and their Guests. Hardcover, Octavo, 93pp., illustrations on nearly every page - humorous drawings, nude women, member photo portraits, cartoons and more, boards. Most of the erotic material is located on 6 pages which were originally sealed (now opened) with a red seal (meant to be opened by book's owner with printed admonition: No gentleman breaks the seal. Kind puts it up to you, Don't it? ) Front cover shows older man from his backside in blue with this book in his rear hip pocket - man is holding the tips of his coat above his head and displaying the book title in bold red letters. Book is signed by many people including: Alexander Grosset, John Farrar, Will Heaton, E. Lucas, Jacob Wilk, Jack Howard, Ray Howard and others. Good, corners and edges a bit worn. Binding secure. In protective removable glassine jacket. Rare, especially with all the original signatures . (a74908)
$480.00