Man, Myth & Magic. An Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Supernatural (complete in 6 volumes) by Cavendish, Richard (editor) - 1972

Saint Lazare (Venise), 1837. Livre. Bon. Demi-reliure à coins. 4e Édition. Grand In-8. Venetiis, in insula S. Lazari, 1837. 23,5 x 15,5 cm (R), grand in-8, 4 ff. n. ch. + 431 pp., portrait de Nersès IV en frontispice, reliure romantique de l'époque en demi-maroquin à grains longs rouge à coins, dos lisse orné, tranches dorées. Imprimé dans l'île-monastère de Saint Lazare des Arméniens en 24 langues, parmi lesquelles l'éthiopien, l'arabe, le syriaque, le chinois, le grec, l'hébreu, le persan, l'arménien... Quatrième édition (1re en 1818). L'UN DES RARES EXEMPLAIRES REIMPOSES AU FORMAT IN-8 ET IMPRIMES SUR VELIN. Diverses inscriptions sur une garde, dont un ex-libris manuscrit daté de 1862 et un ex-dono daté de 1879 (du Capitaine Mayeux au doyen Lesueur, curé d'Auneuil). Mors partiellement fendus, coins lég.… Read More

A Londres [i.e. Paris?]: Jacques Tonsson, 1742. Hardcover. Very Good -. xii, 180, 224 p.; 18 cm. Signatures: a6 A-O8+4 P6 2A-S8+4 T4 (12mo). Contemporary sprinkled calf with faint remains of gilt-tooled spine. All page edges marbled. Marbled endpapers. Woodcut head- and tail-pieces. Running title: Essais de Politique, & de Morale. Front fixed endpaper bears armorial bookplate of P. Daubignard with motto "Tacio quid mihi placet." A few words written in an old hand on title page. Translated from English by Claude Pierre Goujet; imprint is false -- possibly printed in Paris. ESTC, 213884. The second part has separate title page and pagination. In Very Good- Condition: front joint weak; back joint starting at head of spine; loss of leather at ends of spine; corners rubbed; very occasional foxing; otherwise clean and tight.

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1936. First Edition . Green Cloth. Very Good +/Good Dustjacket. Xii, 280 Pp. Blue Cloth, Gilt, Map Endpapers. This First Printing Is In A Larger Format Than The Later Reprints. A Clean Copy, Inscribed By The Author "To Elfleda (Edgar Goodspeed's Wife), This First Copy October 8, 1936. Affectionately Edgar". In The Fragile Dust Jacket, Which Has Some Small Edge Chips And Tears Without Loss Of Lettering Or Design, And A Faint 1/2" Diameter Water Spot At Center Of Spine Panel.

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1927. 2nd Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Vii, 344 Pp. Dark Green Cloth, Gilt. Second Edition Stated, 1927. Gilt Brilliant, Cloth Worn At Corners With A Little Fraying. Ownership Signature And Extensive Marginalia Dated At Christ Church College In 1932 [Of Particular Interest] By Bentley Powell Conyers Bridgewater,1911-1996, Secretary Of The British Museum 1948-73. Sources Indicate That Bentley Bridgewater Was Considered By Many To Be The Incarnation Of British Museum Man: Civilized, Urbane, Articulate, A Member Of The Athenaeum. Sir John Wolfenden Admired Him As A Walking Encyclopedia Of The Museum, Its Personalities, History, Traditions And Mythologies Which He Related With Almost Continental Fluency. Bridgewater Spent His Entire Working Life There, Except For His Wartime Service At Bletchley Park, And Was Its Secretary For 25 Years, From 1948 To 1973. For Many Years Bridgewater's Tall, Dark, Distinguished, Slightly Portly, Figure Would… Read More

Oxford: Clarendon Press / Oxford University , 1956. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine DJ. Xiv, 471 Pp. Black Cloth, Gilt. First Printing, 1956; First Printing Dj With "4/56" At Bottom Of List Of Four Oxford Books On Rear Panel. Advanced Papers In Symbolic Logic, Etc. Fine Book In Fine Dj, No Wear, Not Price Clipped (60S Net), With A Small Glue Stain At Upper Right Corner Of Front Panel Due To Removal Of A Price Sticker, Spine Panel Slightly Sunned (Slightly Browned).

Japan: Enichi-Kai, 1991 204 pages and 6 pages B & W photos. Japanese English bilingual edition. 56 pages in English and 148 pages in Japanese. Dustjacket has only a hint of handling. Tail of spine only slightly bumped. A fine copy of a very uncommon book.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Approx.6 " x 8 1/2" Tall.

Philadelphia: Conrad Zentler und George M. Mentz, 1813. Hardcover. Very Good -. Title continued: "Welchem noch ein tägliches Gebetbüchlein für Schwangere, Gebärende, und Unfruchtbare, das den 5ten und 6ten Theil dieses Handbuchs ausmacht, beygefügt ist." Zweyte, verbesserte Amerikanische Auflage. [8], 566, 132, [2] p.: frontispiece portrait of the author and 4 additional leaves of copperplates; 18 cm. Full leather (original boards with modern rebacking); lacking clasps. Woodcut headpieces. "Tägliches Gebet-Büchlein für Schwangere, Gebärende und Sechswöchnerinnen" has separate title page and pagination. Shaw & Shoemaker, 29857; Bötte & Tannhof, German Printing, 1990. This work of daily devotions and hymns by the Lutheran theologian, Johann Friedrich Starck, was very popular among German immigrants to Pennsylvania. In Very Good- Condition: sensitively rebacked; lacking clasps; foxing throughout; otherwise clean… Read More

A Londres [i.e. Paris?]: Jacques Tonsson, 1742. Hardcover. Very Good -. xii, 180, 224 p.; 18 cm. Signatures: a6 A-O8+4 P6 2A-S8+4 T4 (12mo). Contemporary sprinkled calf with faint remains of gilt-tooled spine. All page edges marbled. Marbled endpapers. Woodcut head- and tail-pieces. Running title: Essais de Politique, & de Morale. Front fixed endpaper bears armorial bookplate of P. Daubignard with motto "Tacio quid mihi placet." A few words written in an old hand on title page. Translated from English by Claude Pierre Goujet; imprint is false -- possibly printed in Paris. ESTC, 213884. The second part has separate title page and pagination. In Very Good- Condition: front joint weak; back joint starting at head of spine; loss of leather at ends of spine; corners rubbed; very occasional foxing; otherwise clean and tight.

Madrid: Blas Roman, 1781. Hardcover. Very Good -. xxvii, [1], 243, [1] p.; [8], 182, [2] p.; 22 cm. Signatures: a-c4 d2 A-Z4 2A-2G4 2H2; [pi]4 A-Z4. 19th-century tree calf with five spine compartments between gilt rules; boards have bevelled edges. Leather label in second compartment with gilt-tooled title: Feyjoo Ilustracion. Remains of handwritten paper label at tail of spine. Marbled fixed endpapers. The second title was also published by Blas Roman in 1781. Engraved headpieces and initials. Pink oval stamp on p. 1 of Ilustracion Apologetica of the Biblioteca del Colegio Civil Queretaro. Benito Jerónimo Feijoo y Montenegro (1676-1764) was an important Spanish philosopher whose 9-volume Teatro Crítico Universal (1727-39) and 5-volume Cartas Eruditas y Curiosas (1742-60) were collections of essays on wide-ranging topics. The two works in this volume were his responses to criticisms of his previous work. The back fixed endpaper is partially detached; the front fixed endpaper is completely… Read More

Palo Alto: Palo Alto Book Service 1982, 1st printing. (Hardcover) 1104pp. Near fine, no dust jacket. References. Volume 10 contains January to September, 1971. Time Period 1966-1971. (Ideas, Objectivism, Philosophy).