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The Devil Finds Work
New York: The Dial Press, 1976. Single volume, measuring 8.25 x 5.5 inches: [6], 122. Original maroon boards lettered in red foil, maroon endpapers, original unclipped pictorial dustjacket, top edge stained maroon. Inscribed by Baldwin on the dedication page: “for Pierce Davis / keep the faith / James Baldwin.” Jacket.....
Price: $1,250.00
Roland Barthes par Roland Barthes
(Paris): Éditions du Seuil, 1975. Perfect-bound volume, measuring 7 x 4.75 inches: 191, [1]. Original stiff color pictorial wrappers, reproducing a 1974 painting by Barthes, “Souvenir de Juan-les-Pins.” Black interior wrappers with lines in Barthes’s hand printed in white. Black-and-white photographs and illustrations throughout text. Inscribed by Barthes in blue.....
Price: $1,500.00
Le Buffon de la Jeunesse, Offrant la Description de la Nature, des Moeurs et des Habitudes des Quadrupèdes, Oiseaux, Poissons, Reptiles, etc.
Paris: L’editeur, 1831. Five twelvemo volumes, measuring 5.75 x 3.5 inches: [2], 215, [1]; [2], 229, [1]; [2], 197, [1]; [2], 208, [2]; [2], 211, [3]. Original publisher’s yellow wrappers lined with printer’s waste, printed paper labels to spines. Engraved frontispiece, two engraved plates, and table of contents in each.....
Price: $950.00
The Grand Instructions to the Commissioners Appointed to Frame a New Code of Laws for the Russian Empire: Composed by Her Imperial Majesty Catherine II. Empress of all the Russias
London: T. Jefferys, at the Corner of St. Martin’s Lane, Charing-Cross, 1768. Quarto, measuring 11 x 8.25 inches: xxiii, [1] 3-258. Contemporary three-quarter calf, raised bands ruled in gilt, traces of gilt decoration to spine compartments, marbled paper boards, no spine label, text block uncut. Woodcut initials and headpieces throughout.....
Price: $5,000.00
The Thespian Dictionary; or, Dramatic Biography of the Present Age; Containing Sketches of the Lives, Lists of the Productions, Various Merits, &c. &c. of all the Principal Dramatists, Composers, Commentators, Managers, Actors and Actresses of the United Kingdom: Interspersed with Numerous Original Anecdotes, Forming a Complete Modern History of the English Stage
London: James Cundee, 1805. Twelvemo, measuring 6.75 x 4 inches: iv, [396]. Contemporary full tree calf, Greek key borders to boards, spine ruled and decorated in gilt, red morocco spine label lettered in gilt, gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges stained yellow. Engraved pictorial title page before letterpress title, 38.....
Price: $1,000.00
Celebrated Crimes
London: H.S. Nichols, 1895. Eight octavo volumes, contemporary full plum crushed morocco gilt, boards ruled in gilt, raised bands, spine compartments elaborately tooled in gilt with a fleur-de-lis motif, top edges gilt, other edges uncut. Title pages in red and black, text printed on vellum, all volumes illustrated with photogravures.....
Price: $3,800.00
All the Works of Epictetus, Which Are Now Extant; Consisting of His Discourses, Preserved by Arrian, in Four Books, The Enchiridion, and Fragments
London: S. Richardson, 1758. Large quarto, measuring 11 x 9 inches: [18], xlii, 505, [11]. Contemporary calf, raised bands ruled in gilt, red morocco spine label lettered in gilt, edges speckled red. Preliminaries include an ode to Epictetus, twelve-page list of subscribers, Carter’s introduction, and Arrian’s letter; index and appendix.....
Price: $2,500.00
The Colloquies, or Familiar Discourses of Desiderius Erasmus of Roterdam, Rendered into English
London: E.T. and R.H. for H. Brome, B. Tooke, and T. Sawbridge, 1671. Octavo, measuring 6.5 x 4.25 inches: [8], 555, [1]. Contemporary Cambridge-style full speckled calf, boards ruled and ornamented in blind, raised bands, red morocco spine label lettered and decorated in gilt, top edge stained black. Engraved frontispiece.....
Price: $4,000.00
Happiness as Found in Forethought Minus Fearthought
New York: Frederick A. Stokes, [1905]. Single volume, measuring 7.25 x 5 inches: [6], 261, [1]. Contemporary three-quarter brown morocco over brown cloth boards; raised bands; spine compartments lettered, ruled, and decorated in gilt; boards ruled in gilt; top edge gilt; marbled endpapers. London bookseller ticket (B.F. Stevens & Brown).....
Price: $750.00
The Way to Vocabulary Power and Culture
New York: Wilfred Funk, Inc., (1946). Single volume, measuring 9 x 6 inches: [xii], 472. Original full green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, original unclipped typographic dust jacket printed in green, black, and white. Original bookseller ticket and price label to rear pastedown. Lightest edgewear and rubbing, crease to spine.....
Price: $175.00
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. A New Edition
London: Printed for A. Strahan; and T. Cadell, in the Strand, 1788-1790. Twelve octavo volumes, measuring 8 x 5 inches. Contemporary polished calf, raised bands, spine compartments ruled in gilt, red and green morocco spine labels, all edges stained yellow. Frontispiece portrait of Gibbon after Joshua Reynolds and map of.....
Price: $5,000.00
Salem
[Salem, Germany]: [Schule Schloss Salem], [1930]. Square album, measuring 12 x 12 inches: [150]. Original vellum spine, heavy handmade paper boards titled in black, bound with decorative gold ribbon. Text block partially printed, with gaps for mounted illustrations. 49 original black-and-white photographs of varying sizes and two manuscript schedules mounted.....
Price: $3,500.00
Picture and Text
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1893. Single volume, measuring 5.75 x 4 inches: [viii], 175, [1]. Original dark green cloth decorated in gilt. Title page printed in red and black, tissue-guarded photographic frontispiece, seven black-and-white plates throughout text. Early owner signature to front free endpaper. Lightest edgewear.
Price: $125.00
The Book of American Negro Spirituals
New York: The Viking Press, 1925. Single volume, measuring 10 x 7 inches: [1-10] 11-187. Original light brown cloth decoratively stamped in brown and blue. Historical preface followed by 137 pages of musical arrangements. Ink presentation inscription on front free endpaper: “For Ring W. Lardner / with sincere regards /.....
Price: $2,800.00
Time Bites: Views and Reviews
London and New York: Fourth Estate, (2004). Octavo, original pale grey paper boards lettered in gilt, pale blue endpapers, original unclipped photographic dust jacket. Signed and dated on the title page: “Doris Lessing / 19th October 04"
Price: $350.00
Georgia O’Keeffe
New York: The Viking Press, (1976). Folio, measuring 16 x 11.75 inches: [228]. Original textured ivory cloth lettered in brown, original unclipped color pictorial dust jacket. Illustrated with 104 color plates, one folding, of O’Keeffe’s paintings; portrait of O’Keeffe by Dan Budnik. Presentation inscription from O’Keeffe to photographer Malcolm Varon.....
Price: $4,500.00
Emily Post's Motor Manners . . . The Bluebooklet of Traffic Etiquette
[Washington, D.C.]: National Highway Users Conference, (1956). Side-stapled pamphlet, measuring 4.25 x 6 inches: 48 (wrappers included in pagination). Original blue wrappers printed in white and black; illustrations printed in blue and black throughout text. Lightest edgewear.
Price: $85.00
You Can Design
New York: Whittlesey House, (1939). Spiral-bound volume, measuring 12 x 9 inches: [126]. Original blue cloth boards lettered in darker blue, orange endpapers. Monochrome and color illustrations throughout text. Ink presentation inscription on the half title: “N.Y. Jan. 30. 39 / to Dean and Mrs. E. Raymond Bossange / with.....
Price: $950.00
Audubon
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, (1936). Single volume, measuring 8.75 x 6.25 inches: [10], 342. Original blue cloth boards lettered in silver, original clipped typographic dust jacket. Twelve full-color plates after Audubon prints, black-and-white illustrations throughout text, biographer’s note and index at rear. Bookplate to front pastedown. Dust jacket.....
Price: $150.00
A Course of Lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature
London: Baldwin, Craddock, and Joy, 1815. Two octavo volumes, measuring 8.25 x 5 inches: xv, [1], 391, [1]; iv, 390. Contemporary speckled calf, boards double-ruled in gilt, raised bands, spine compartments decorated in gilt, morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, all edges speckled red. Armorial bookplates of Frances Mary Richardson.....
Price: $1,800.00
American Folk Songs for Children in Home, School, and Nursery School. A Book for Children, Parents, and Teachers
Garden City: Doubleday & Co., (1948). Single volume, measuring 11 x 8 inches: [2], 190. Original pale green pictorial cloth stamped in red, original unclipped color pictorial dust jacket. Musical scores and black-and-white illustrations throughout text. Light shelfwear to jacket.
Price: $75.00
Less Than Nothing -- or The Life and Times of Sterling Finny
[New York]: [The New Yorker], [1927]. Single volume, measuring 9 x 5.75 inches: [28]. Original green cloth spine, orange and black batik paper boards with green pastedown label to front board. Illustrated with ten black-and-white photographs staged and shot by White. Hinges reinforced, lightest edgewear to binding.
Price: $2,800.00