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Vallecchi Officine Grafiche, Firenze: 1958. Frontispiece portrait of Nicola Testi, Italian test in Pugliese dialect, 159 pages, 11 full-page illustrations in black-and-white by Elio Rinaldi, with a glossary. Very fine copy of one of the more exotic editions of the INFERNO.... more information

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S.F. Vanni, New York: 1950. Oxblood cloth with gilt lettering on the front cover and spine, 17.7cm, [107 pages; 2 blanks]. Limited edition of 1000 copies with text in English and Italian, edited by Giuseppe Prezzolini. Copy no. 57 of 1000. Condition very fine. D'Annunzio published a series of articles on the international naval disarmament conferences held in Washington, which first appeared in the GAZETTA DEL POPOLO Nov. 24, Dec. 1, 16, 20, 1921, and Jan. 20, Apr. 26, 1922. The NEW YORK AMERICAN carried th... more information

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Rouart, Lerolle & Cie., Paris: 1920 First edition of the libretto, dedicated to Louis de Serres, first performed at l'Acad�mie Nationale de Musique et de Danse June 9, 1920. 18cm, [ initial blank; 87 pages], 8vo, partially unopened. Paper bound, the front cover is decorated with a famous 'heiligen' from 1423 of St. Christopher carrying the infant Christ across a stream. The heavier paper used by the printers is very slightly browned but not worn, chipping nor disintegrating in any way. An extraordinary co... more information

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Friburgi. Februariis, 1497. A leaf from an incunabulum, STUTIFERA NAVIS [NARRENSCHIFF/SHIP OF FOOLS], the legendary moralistic poem of Sebastian Brant, Folio XLVI, "Irascisine Causa," woodblock illustration by Albrecht Dürer, the first humorous printed book illustrations. The leaf measures 20cm X 14cm, the woodcut measures 8.5cm X 11.5cm. Taken from the first Latin edition, the verso is text. The motto, freely translated from a later English edition, reads as follows: "Some men would ride morn, noon, and la... more information

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Friburgi. Februariis, 1497. An incunabulum leaf illustrated by Albrecht Dürer, Folio LII from the February 1497 first Latin edition of Sebastian Brant's great moralistic poem, STULTIFERA NAVIS [NARRENSCHIFF/SHIP OF FOOLS]. These illustrations were the first humorous illustrations in printed books. This leaf measures 20cm X 14cm, 11cm X 8cm image. A later English edition translates the Latin legend freely as: "From fools 'tis good to keep away,/Who pelt with rocksand stones for ays/ Not heeding ill or wisdom... more information

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Görlich, Milano: 1945 First edition as such, illustrated with 15 full-page illustrations by Gianni Testori, this copy number 245 of 500 copies. The hymns are: DE LA BEATA VERGINE MARIA; COMO LA VITA DE L'OMO E PENOSA; DE L'INFIRMITA E MALI CHA FRATE IACOPONE DEMANDAVA PER ECCESSO DE CARITA; DE LA GRANDE BATTAGLIA DE ANTICRISTO; EPISTOLA TERZIA AL PREFATO PAPA DA POI CH'EL FO PRESO; COMO L'ANIMA PIANGE LA PARTITA DEL SUO AMORE; DEL GRAN PREZO DATO PER VIL DERRATA, CIOE CRISTO PER L'OMO; DE L'AMOR DIVINO E LA... more information

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Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York: 1956. First edition. Chapter 7 first appeared in THE NEW YORKER, and other parts first appeared in COMMENTARY. 192 pages. Gray cloth spine on blue paper boards with dark blue lettering on the spine. Dust jacket in tartan plaid, with a menorah under the title, designed by Grushkin. Original price of $3.50 unclipped, and a back panel portrait of the author. A warm account of growing up an orthodox Jew in the tiny Jewish community of Edinburgh; the school days, street l... more information

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Reale Accademia d'Italia, Roma: 1939-XVII. Extract from the ATTI DELL'VIII CONVEGNO TEMA: L'AFRICA ROMA 4-11 OTTOBRE 1938-XVI, 37 pages plus one fold-out map of Africa, which shows the topography of the continent. Other maps within the article address the geographical distribution and histories of the various tribes and language groups in Central and Eastern Africa. Cover slightly soiled, but interior and paper quality fine.... more information

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Probably self-published, no date (probably 1915), no place Incidental music for orchestra, soloists, and chorus for Euripides' drama, first performed in Berkeley, California in 1915. Presumed first edition, 20 pages, double columns, English text. A list of "persons of the drama" precedes the text, and inked notations give names of persons under each of the individuals: Agamemnon (Eugene Power), Menelaus (Mather), Achilles (Olson), Clytemnestra (Margaret Anglin), Iphigenia (Mary Fowler), Attendant (Barfoot),... more information

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The Long Island Historical Society, Brooklyn: 1867. Vol.I, LIHS, [viii; xlvii; 440 pages, 12 plates (9 long fold-outs)], rough green cloth with gilt lettering and the seal of the society on the spine, first edition, translation from the Dutch edited by Henry C. Murphy. Signed in pencil by noted photographer-historian Elizabeth Menzies. Condition fine. A previous book seller quoted Bennett, p.30 on the inside front flyleaf in pencil: "Orig. rough green cl. 12 plates bound at back. Plates 1-6 plain. Plates 7... more information

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Dodd, Mead & Company, New York: 1969 Presentation copy, inscribed and signed by Sylvia Dannett October 7, 1969. [xxii, half-title, map on verso showing where Aristide Monteiro spent most of his life; 226 pages including bibliography and index; biographical sketch of the authors] 21cm, gray cloth silver lettering on spine. Dust jacket with pictorial front panel from a painting by Victor Mays, $4.00 price unclipped. Both book and jacket near fine.... more information

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Collins, London: 1947. First edition, 303 pages, 22.5cm, pale green cloth with gilt lettering on the spine, dust jacket by Clifford and Rosemary Ellis 1945 (signed and dated in the frontal illustration of a migratory bird.) With 46 color illustrations by F. Fraser Darling, John Markham and others, 55 black-and-white photographs, and 24 maps and diagrams. Careful study of the geology and climate, relief and scenery, the human factor and the remarkable changes in the populations of animals, the deer forest, g... more information

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Cambridge, At the University Press: 1947. First bound edition, [viii; 328 pages], with an index of texts and an index of terms discussed, 22cm, 8vo, dark blue cloth with gilt lettering on the spine, no dust jacket. A collection of five essays, some here revised and expanded from their first appearances: in the first, "Law in the Narratives," Dr. Daube shows it is possible to reconstruct ancient Jewish law by careful study of biblical narratives. In the second, "Codes and Codas," which first appeared in JURI... more information

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EDINBURGH: Printed by Sir D. HUNTER BLAIR and M.S. BRUCE, 1823. Miniature psalter, 8 cm, 325 pages, India paper, pages gilt-edged, bound in red morocco slip-case. This copy belonged to Mary Simpson, signed by her in 1827. Generally good condition, some wear to case. Page tear repaired with no text loss.... more information

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Apud Joseph Galeatium Regium Typographum, Mediolani: MDCCXCII (1792). First edition, 22cm, Latin text, collation: titlepage; vi pages unpaginated (monitum, eclipses anni 1793, habentum in appendice); cxx; 108. An untrimmed, unopened, copy with only the publisher's marbled wrapper covering the text. A pristine copy, as bright, fresh, and crisp as it came from the publisher. The first part gives the daily positions of the known planets for the twelve months of 1793. The second part is comprised of the "APPEND... more information

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The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc. , New York: 1962. First edition, 309 pages, yellow cloth with a carmine spine, inscribed and signed to the painter Anna Walinska. Spine creased, slightly soiled covers, a bright tight copy of this best-selling title. No dust jacket.... more information

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Librairie Gründ, Paris: 1er Décembre 1938 French language, 23.5cm, [xxiv; 526 pages;i] in-16, paper publisher's wrapper, 8 plates, frontispiece of De Maupassant at the age of 31 years. First edition as such, in five parts: Études Littéraires, et Chroniques Parisiennes; Correspondence; Documents Divers; Bibliographie; Tables.Wrapper sunned, chipped at the foot of the spine and slightly damp stained, which did not penetrate to the text block. The wrapper has been reinforced and repasted to the spine. Largely... more information

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John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, London and Sidney: 1965. PRESENTATION COPY. First edition, signed and inscribed by the author to photographer Elizabeth Menzies, "...in appreciation for her artistic photography, with the author's compliments, Sept 19/74." 366 pages, 23.5 cm, map of the Millstone River in the Princeton area decorates the fine dust jacket, and the book block is almost as new, large fold-out maps of the United States showing the average annual precipitation and the average runoff for the Uni... more information

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G. Schirmer, New York: [1911] G. S. publisher's number 22339. 14 pages, double-column text French and English, 24.8cm. Manuscript note tipped in giving the cast of performers for the performance given in Philadelphia on November 14, 1913, at the Playroom, 43 South 18th St. Underneath this tipped in sheet, is a clipped printed program with the cast for the Boston performance on February 18, 1911 at the Boston Opera House, designated by the annotator as "the original cast." The wrapper for the libretto was p... more information

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The Author, by the Petty Printing Company, Trenton: 1942. Third Edition, 151 pages, dark blue pebble-textured boards with a gilt title label on the front cover. Signed and dated by New Jersey photographer-historian Elizabeth Menzies. Part One is about the early road (from Kingston New York to Pahaquarry New Jersey) and Part Two is about the houses in Walpack Township, Sandyston Township, and Montague Township. Index and index of place names. Many illustrations throughout, black and white reproductions of ph... more information

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