Heidelberg: Antiquariat E. Hatry, 1992. First Edition. Softcover. Quarto, in original wrappers., [316] pp. Illustrated in black and white. ¶ A catalogue to commemorate Christian Weise upon his 350th birthday. With particular emphasis on the development of the novel, from Joh. Fischart "Geschichtklitterung" up to Christian Gellert's "Schwedischer Grafin." More

s.l. 20th century. On paper (585 x 460 mm), mounted to what is no doubt acidic board, formerly matted and framed (drawing paper browned along matte lines). Preserved in a mylar sleeve. LARGE, ACCOMPLISHED AMERICAN FOLK ART CALLIGRAPHY BY AN OBSCURE (NORTH TEXAS?) WOMAN CALLIGRAPHER. The artist incorporated the initials..... More

Cambridge: University Press, 1931. First Edition. Large 4to. Engraved frontispiece ("La belle ecriture demande un esprit gai"), xl, 226 pp. 81 plates. Original light-brown quarter cloth over decorated ("marbled") cloth boards (very small abrasion at tail of spine). Top edges gilt, others untrimmed. Dust-wrapper soiled and defective, inside lined with..... More

Laleham (near London): 1810-1846. 4to. Manuscript compendium of recipes, written on Britannia paperstock dated "1804," altogether 182 handwritten pages, numbered 7-54, 56-88 (p. 55 skipped) followed by 99 unnumbered pages, the first 6 pages excised, the remainder blank save the final leaf which on the recto gives an index for..... More

Leipzig: Karl W. Hiersemann, March 1928. Small 4to. iv, 103, [4] pp. With 35 illustrations in text. 192 incunables described, plus index. Original wrappers (front cover splitting, spine worn and partially defective, covers slightly soiled). NOT ex-library! Who today could even conceive of procuring 192 incunables and offering them in..... More

London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto, 320 pages, original cloth with gilt letter on spine, no dust jacket. Profusely illustrated in black and white and color. ¶ An authoritative survey of the world's greatest libraries and their holdings, profusely illustrated in black / white and color. Multiple..... More

S.l. n.d. Large original silver print (345 x 268 mm). Signed "T.S. Holden (c)." On stiff paper with a slightly yellowed back. Residue of hanging material on back at the top of the print, small stains along edges, pencil inscription on back. Preserved in a mylar L-sleeve with lig-free card..... More

London: Gul. Sandby, 1749. 2 vols., 8vo. Title-pages in red and black (both with large engraved portrait of the Horace), [x], 166; [2], 167-353 pp. With engraved dedication to George, Prince of Wales (later George III), and 35 full-page engraved plates (including frontispiece). Contemporary French red morocco, triple gilt rule..... More

Newport, RI: 1884. Four half-pages with mourning borders, each page filled with. A.L.S. from Julia Ward Howe (1819-1910), American abolitionist and social reformer whose "Battle Hymn of the Republic" continues to be sung to the present day. The present letter contains excellent content relating to the death of her brother..... More

Paris: Chez l'Auteur, 1961. First Edition. Bound by Timothy Ely (stamp-signed inside front cover): full black morocco, upper cover with raised onlay remarkably tooled to suggest a "ribbon tied in a bow," two raised bands onlaid onto spine, relief chased metal date of "1961" on front cover, top edges stained..... More

Omiya Kyusuke, 1867 (censor seal indicates year of the snake). Broadsheet (354 x 235 mm) with contemporary hand-coloring (several wormholes in the face of the robber and one above his head; portion of the paper on upper right defective, just touching text), affixed at upper corners to a sheet of..... More

Paris: 1969. 1 leaf (210 X 297mm), dactylograph on recto/verso, dated 30 September 1969. ¶ SCARCE ANTI-PSYCHIATRY MANIFESTO BY THE "GROUPE LETTRISTE," a French avant-garde movement which involved political theory, art, film, and poetry. "Lettrism" was founded in Paris in the mid-1940s by Romanian Isidore Isou. Lettrism was inspired by..... More

Vienna: Gedrucht bey Joh. Joseph Jahn, 1777. First Edition. 8vo. 51, [10] pp. + 1 blank p. Stitched (front wrapper lacking, back wrapper of old drab paper). Title-page quite soiled and with evidence of adhesive tape residue, corners curled, text-block browned (but not brittle), early inscription on title-page: "Beermann" (?)..... More