![ANTIQUARIAN BIBLIOGRAPHY / LIBRARY SALE CATALOGUE]. Catalogus partis bibliothecae instructissimae...](/pictures/thumb/2439.jpg?v=1553284781)
Leiden: Haak et Socios, 1814. First Edition. Softcover. 8vo. [3], 131 pp. (final two leaves in facsimile on old paper; several tax-stamps in ink; on p. 127 the blind-stamp of the Theological Institute of Connecticut (now known as the Hartford Seminary). NB: In 1976 a collection of more than 200,000..... More
![The Coat and the Cup [unpublished play]. Typescript (mimeograph) with additions and corrections...](/pictures/thumb/905.jpg?v=1600272726)
Copyrighted by Mary U Glazener: 1966. Hardcover. 43 pages on 43 sheets of 8 1/2 x 11" paper, inserted in modern green folder (3-hole punched). UNPUBLISHED provincial play by the author of "The Cup of Wrath: The Story of Dietrich Bonhoeffer's Resistance to Hitler" (1992/3) which received some critical attention..... More
![INCUNABULA REFERENCE]. The Permanence of Johann Gutenberg. Frederick R. Goff](/pictures/thumb/3142.jpg?v=1594522451)
Austin, TX: [Harry Ransom] Humanities Research Center, 1974. First Edition, Second Impression, limited to 250 copies. 8vo. 29 pp. Title-page printed in black and orange. Original burnt-orange colored boards, original clear protective wrapper. NOT ex-library! A very useful and very readable account of the evidence -- and lack thereof --..... More
![FREEMASONRY]. Constitution of the M. W. Grand Lodge F. & A. M. of the Jurisdiction of California,...](/pictures/thumb/3130.jpg?v=1594134249)
San Francisco: Published by Authority of the Grand Lodge, 1925. Second edition. 16mo. 374 pp. Original blue cloth. Despite some trifle wear at head and tail, and a little soiling on covers, an attractive copy. EVERYTHING that must be known by Masons in the administration and management of the Lodge..... More
![DOGS - 1796]. The Parliamentary Register: Or, History of the Proceedings and Debates of the House...](/pictures/thumb/3035.jpg?v=1600272785)
London: J. Debrett, 1796. First Edition. 8vo. [10], 839 pp. Bound in contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards (leather very dry, front cover nearly detached but cords holding). Bookplate of the Fraser Institute, which sold more than 5000 books to Livresse (Gatineau, Quebec), from whom we purchased the present volume..... More
![LAW, COMPARATIVE LEGISLATION, 1593]. Syntagmatis iuris [juris] universi atque legum pene omnium...](/pictures/thumb/570.jpg?v=1553284722)
Venice: Damian Zenari, 1593. Hardcover. Large, thick folio. 3 volumes in one. COLLATION: Book I: a6 A-K8 L4. [12], 168 pp. Book II: Aa-Ss8 Tt6 (includes final blank). 294 pp. Book III: +10 Aaa-Ffff8 Gggg10. 851 pp. (page 497 misnumbered "597"; sig. Iii3 mis-signed "Kkk3" and Bbbb4 mis-signed "Aaaa4"). Index..... More
![FIRST EDITION]. Riders of the Purple Sage. Zane Grey](/pictures/thumb/3566.jpg?v=1632956601)
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1912. First Edition, 2nd printing. 8vo. [8] 334 [1] pp. Complete with frontispiece and 3 full-page illustrations. Original brown decorative cloth with pictorial onlay (somewhat worn, spine dulled, top edges dust-soiled; slight shelf lean; some offsetting to pages opposite the three plates; title-page tissue guard..... More
![GAS]. On Gas Monopoly. A Letter addressed to the Commissioners of Sewers for the City of London...](/pictures/thumb/2802.jpg?v=1567632811)
London: W. Houstoun, 1834. 8vo. (230 x 120). 8 pp., original self wrappers, unbound. Chipped and very fragile on account of the paper quality. No surviving copy of this remarkable pamphlet is recorded in OCLC or COPAC, not surprising given that the Gude's "Letter" was printed on what seems to..... More
![ANTIQUARIAN BIBLIOGRAPHY / ORNAMENT]. Les maitres ornemanistes. Dessinateurs, peintres,...](/pictures/thumb/857.jpg?v=1553284741)
Paris: E. Plon, 1880-1881. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Two vols. in one. Large thick quarto: xvi, 560 pp.; [vi],180 plates. Bound in very sturdy and handsome contemporary red half morocco over red cloth boards, rebacked with original spine laid down, top edges gilt, others untrimmed. ¶ First edition of the indispensable..... More
![Traite Complet du Jeu de Trictrac [i.e. Tric-Trac]. avec figures; contenant les principes et...](/pictures/thumb/3051.jpg?v=1600272801)
Paris: L. G. Michaud et Chez Delaunay, 1816. First Edition. 8vo. [4], 310, [2] = 316 pp., COMPLETE. Bound in contemporary red straight-grained morocco, elaborately gold tooled, gilt floral roll border with double roll around sides, smooth spine with gilt ornamental tools, monogram "J.B." crowned with a wreath, in gilt..... More
![MEXICAN PAPER - REVIEW COPY]. The Aztec and Maya Papermakers. Victor Wolfgang von Hagen](/pictures/thumb/3668.jpg?v=1642868763)
New York: J.J. Augustin, 1944. First Trade Edition. Small 4to. [10], 120 pp., color frontispiece of the Dresden Codex, 39 plates. Original cloth, original dust-jacket protected by Brodart. Apart from minor wear, an unspoiled copy in very good state: dust-jacket NOT price-clipped, NOT ex-library! First Trade Edition, Review copy, with..... More
![AUCTIONEER / CONFIDENCE MAN / MURDERER]. A Thrilling Story of James Hanahan alias James D....](/pictures/thumb/3384.jpg?v=1611618362)
N.p. [St. Louis?]: [Mrs. J.D. Burton], 1912. First Edition. 16mo. 2 blank ff., 32 pp., 2 blank ff. With reproductions of 5 photographs in the text. Original red printed wrappers bearing title, stapled as issued. Minor wear along spine fold, at one time folded vertically in half. In excellent state..... More
![GERMAN RENAISSANCE WOODCUTS, 16TH CENTURY]. Kirchen Postilla. Doct. Mart. Luth. Hans Brosamer,...](/pictures/thumb/3650.jpg?v=1641504303)
Wittenberg: Lorenz Seuberlich, 1598. 4to. Album (263 x 195 mm) containing 62 woodcuts by Hans Brosamer, various sizes but generally 140 x 140 mm, each with Fraktur titles above, tipped onto blank leaves (some woodcuts printed on two sides and thus hinged) + title-page as above printed in red and..... More
London: Printed by G. Woodfall, 1818. First Edition. Hardcover. 4to. [iv], 188 pp. Original drab boards (a little worn, expertly rebacked). Edges uncut and partially unopened. Ex-libris stamps in blind from the Theological Institute of Connecticut (now known as the Hartford Seminary). NB: in 1976 a collection of more than..... More
Tokyo: Yamatoya Kihee, Meiji 5 (1872). 2 vols. 8vo. Original wrappers, stitched as issued in the Japanese style (a little stained; early ownership stamps on first pages; light stains to upper margins and colophons). Complete copy in good condition. A remarkable Japanese abridged edition of Joseph Harris's "Harris on the..... More
Lancaster, PA: Printed and sold by William Dickson for The Benefit of the Authoress, 1808. 12mo. 220 pp. Bound in full contemporary mottled sheep. Wear and tear along edges, corners bumped, front hinges cracked but holding. Smooth spine with double gilt roll dividing compartments, red morocco spine label in the..... More
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
![Insel-Verlag]. Die Insel und die Moderne Deutsche Buchkunst. Auktion 257 (21-22 May 1985)....](/pictures/thumb/1827.jpg?v=1589733770)
Hamburg, Germany: Hauswedell & Nolte, 1985. Softcover. Octavo, 220 pages. Profusely illustrated throughout in the Art Nouveau style. Original illustrated wrappers. ¶ Auction catalogue of an important collection of books published by the Insel-Verlag. 1033 lots described, with images throughout in black and white showing bindings and illustrations. More
Hamburg: Dr. Ernst Hauswedell, 1967. Softcover. Octavo, 79 pages, some markings on cover. Illustrated in black and white. ¶ Auction of classic and romantic German baroque literature. 600 lots described and illustrated. More
![ART AUCTION CATALOGUE 1803 - ONLY ONE OTHER COPY LOCATED]. Catalogus van een uitmuntende...](/pictures/thumb/1589.jpg?v=1553284526)
Middelburg: S. van Benthem, Boekverkooper, in den Kortendelft, 1803. First Edition. Softcover. 8vo; [2], 10 pp. 63 lots, unpriced. Recent sympathetic wrappers. Tear to gutter margin of last leaf, fore edge uncut. ¶ Scarce: OCLC cites only the Frick copy which lacks pp. 9-10 (!) -- KVK adds no further..... More
![ENGLISH CALLIGRAPHY & ENGRAVING 1570-1800]. The English Writing-Masters and Their Copy-Books,...](/pictures/thumb/3246.jpg?v=1604066878)
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
![UNKNOWN WISCONSIN AUTHOR, 1861]. De Matrimonio Tractatus Quinque, Usui Venerabilis Cleri...](/pictures/thumb/3615.jpg?v=1637016953)
Munich: E. Stahl, 1861. First Edition. 8vo. xiv, 424 pp. Original quarter sheep (leather suffed but the binding is perfectly sound; extremities worn). Contemporary inscription on title-page: "H.D. Tuncker, Ep. Altonensis" (i.e. Altona, outside Hamburg). NOT ex-library! SCARCE TREATISE ON MARRIAGE, "ADAPTED FOR THE USE OF AMERICAN CLERGYMEN," WRITTEN BY..... More
![ENGLISH MANUSCRIPT RECIPE BOOK / WINE / LIQUEURS / MEDICINE, 1810-1846]. Henrietta Hartsell,...](/pictures/thumb/3656.jpg?v=1641845823)
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
![MINIATURE ARTIST'S BOOK]. Boxing the Compass (North, South, East, West). Marvin R. Hiemstra,...](/pictures/thumb/3643.jpg?v=1641134681)
San Francisco: Juniper Von Phitzer, 1996. First Edition. Box assemblage (approximately 2.5" x 2.25" x 2.25"), with 4 side-panels that open flat. In the center is a working compass, and 4 small booklets for each the four points of the compass. Trifle wear to box lid; small scratch to outside..... More
![INCUNABULA REFERENCE]. Inkunabeln. Mit 35 Abbildungen von Druckermarken, Einbanden, Holzschnitten...](/pictures/thumb/3144.jpg?v=1594663926)
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
