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London and New York: Hodder and Stoughton, 1913. Elaborate gilt pictorial cover. Spine slightly sunned. Free edges a bit foxed, as is generally noted. Seven mounted color plates illustrated by HUGH THOMSON. An altogether enchanting book with a striking cover. Also issued in a blue binding with the same cover designs. See Spielmann 57. 138pp.. First Thomson Edition. Bright Crimson Cloth.. Almost No Wear/No Jacket. Octavo.
The Anatomie of Humors by GRAHAME, Simion - 1609
by GRAHAME, Simion
The Anatomie of Humors
by GRAHAME, Simion
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Edinburgh: Thomas Finlason, 1609. FIRST AND ONLY EDITION. Woodcut headpiece on title, text within decorative woodcut borders. Tipped in before the title is a leaf with 2 pages of nineteenth-century manuscript dealing with the history of this book. Title lightly browned, but a handsome copy in nineteenth-century russia, rebacked, gilt edges; preserved in a half-calf clamshell box. From the libraries of Charles Tennant, Henry Cunliffe and Abel Berland with their bookplates. First edition of the original printed treatise, exceedingly rare, with no known copies. This work, consisting of prose interspersed with verse, describes the melancholy or humors of man. Like so many other writers on the subject, including Bright and Burton, Grahame's inducement was due in great part to his own experiences with depression and melancholy. It is interesting to note that many historians feel that this book was the major source of inspiration and indeed the original suggestion for Burton's Anatomy of melancholy, which is considered the greatest medical treatise ever written by a layperson. Grahame (1570-1614) was born in Edinburgh. He is described as a traveler, soldier, courtier, and a great scholar who spent some time in exile on the continent (under unknown circumstances) where he wrote this work. According to the Dictionary of National Biography, Grahame was" licentious, and given over to all manner of debordings, but was an acute observer on human character and in lessons of practical wisdom." He spent his last years as an austere Franciscan, indicating that he had possibly struggled with spiritual, in addition to physical conflicts, much like Burton.Only one other known work of Grahame's is extant, a book of poetry entitled The passionate sparke of a relenting minde published in 1604. Both this and the Anatomie of humors were reprinted by the Bannatyne Club in 1830.
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- Publisher Thomas Finlason
- Place of Publication Edinburgh
- Date Published 1609
- Keywords PSYCHOLOGY, DEPRESSION, POETRY, ENGLISH (SCOTTISH) IMPRINTS, 17TH CENTURY boston09
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THE CHIMES.
by DICKENS, CHARLES.
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Prairie Village, Kansas, United States
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Bible Overpaintings from the Sammlung Frieder Burda
by Rainer,Arnulf
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St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
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Hatje Cantz Publishers. vg/vg dj. 4to, 361 pp. Hardcover. Dust jacket. 160 color illustrations. A massive work.
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Brideship and Gulls. Illustrated by Susan Weil
by FitzGerald & Co., Vincent. Joyce, James
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Kennebunkport, Maine, United States
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New York: Vincent FitzGerald & Company, 1991. One of 25 copies, text on Apta Royale Laid Richard de Bas paper (made in 1938), images on Musee paper, backed on custom-made papers by Paul Wong on Dieu Donne' Papermill. Page size: 16 inches x 16 inches. Bound by Zahra Partovi in Coptic-style mauve-grey silk over boards, box by David Bourbeau, Thistle Bindery, fine. Six original line etchings by Susan Weil are hand-painted in watercolor and gouache with gold-leafing throughout, each mounted on museum board. These images surround the 40-page text when sitting in the box and when lifted out become three-dimensional paintings. There are also two original collages in the text and on the boards of the cover which is printed in three colors. The calligraphy is by Jerry Kelly and the letterpress is by Dan Keleher at Wild Carrot Letterpress. Susan Weil's third Joyce book takes an excerpt from FINNEGAN'S WAKE and it is as much as tour de force as her previous two. The box itself is a piece of sculpture, and…
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Simples Histoires, trouvees dans un pot au lait. 8 Volumes
by Bres, Jean-Pierre
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Kennebunkport, Maine, United States
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Paris: Lefuel, 1825. First Edition, eight volumes each with one engraving PRINTED IN COLOR, heightened by hand, original white wrappers printed with color lithographs housed in original double-compartment box with lithograph printed in color on cover (lid), gold foil which is stamped bordering edge of box, original pink and blue ribbon pulls. Page size: 6 x 4". The eight volumes are titled: The Little Milkmaid, The Little Schoolgirl, The Little Flower Seller, The Little Harvester, The Little Savoyard, The Little Shepherd, The Little Boatman, and The Little Firewood Gatherer (5 girls and 3 boys). Each volume has an engraving printed in color of a child dressed in the manner suiting the occupation in the title. The neo-classic colored bordered lithographs on the covers of each title have elements of the occupation included, such as flowers in La Petite Marchande des Fleurs and fish, seashells, and seaweed in The Little Boatman. The text of this charming children's set is titled Simple Stories, and they…
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Vintage Original Sexy Photograph
by THIESS, Ursula (aka Mrs. Robert Taylor)
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Palm Springs, California, United States
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(not signed) on a full length sexy shot of Ursula Thiess dress in a on piece snugly fitting swim suit with long robe abound her shoulders in a scene from "the Americano". Photograph is on single weight stock; 7 3/8" x 9 3/8"; very good (minor signs of handling). Information slip on the back.. No Binding. Very Good.
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St. Louis and The Arch; Photographs by Joel Meyerowitz
by Meyerowitz,Joel and preface by James N.Wood
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St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
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Boston: New York Graphic Society, 1980. First edition. Hard Cover. nf/vg. A couple of small tears to dust jacket otherwise a very nice copy.
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NEGRO DRAWINGS
by Covarrubias, Miguel
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- FIRST EDITION
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Sarasota, Florida, United States
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1927. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Near fine/No dust jacket. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1927. FIRST EDITION. Frontispiece and 56 plates, some in color, by Covarrubias. Unpaginated. Hardcover. Large 8vo. Brown Modern art binding: full, polished morocco; front and back covers each has a stylized African-American head outlined in gilt. Top edge gilt. A few spots of foxing on the front fly-leaf and the margins of the final plate, still a beautiful copy. Near fine/No dust jacket. (Insurance required to ship this item).
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The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. With Forty-Three Illustrations, by R. Seymour and Phiz.
by Dickens, Charles.
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Dade City, Florida, United States
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London: Chapman and Hall, 1837. First edition in book form with ‘S. Veller’ on page 342, line 5; ‘this friends’ for ‘his friends’ on page 400, line 21 and ‘f’ in ‘of’ imperfect in the headline on page 432. Octavo, bound by Morrill in full tan polished calf, calf labels, gilt-decorated spine, all edges gilt. Extra-illustrated with 9 additional plates by Buss and Miller. Near-Fine; front joint is tender.
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A Moonlight Boy
by Howe, E. W.
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Rochester, Michigan, United States
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A Moonlight Boy, Ticknor and Company, 1886, first edition, slight wear and rubbing to spine extremities and fore edge corner tips, else a tight vg copy in the publishers original pictorial binding. While not a fantasy title per se, chapter 12, "The Attic Ghost," does indeed contain 12 pages of an encounter with a talking ghost. A very scarce book.
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312 INDIVIDUAL MUSIC SHEETS From 1930-1960
by (CZECH MUSIC SHEETS)
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Saratoga, California, United States
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1930-1960. Popular and indigenous music published from 1946-1960. All in very good condition.8vo. Housed in a contemporary clam shell box.
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$1,400.00