At Ease. Stories I Tell to Friends. by EISENHOWER, Dwight D - 1967

Mythologiae sive explicationis Fabularum Libri Decem, inquibus omnia prope Naturalis et Moralis philosophiae dogmata in veterum fabulis contenta fuisse perspicue demonstrator: Oput cuissuis facultatis studiosis perutile ac prope necessarium. Accessit G. Linocerii Musarum Mythologia, & anonymi observationum in totam de dijs gentium narrationem Libellus. Adiectae sunt insuper nouissimae huic, post Germanica & Gallicam, edition elegantissimae Deorum imagines, & eruditissimae mythologiae M. Antonij Tritonij Utinensis, Omnia summon studio, & exquisite labore emendate. First illustrated edition. Patavii, apud Petrumpaulum Tozzium. Extypographeio Laurentij Pasquati. 1616. [Imprim. Typographum Cameralem. 1615. Patauij ex Typographia Camer. 1616] Small Quarto. Title page in red and black, (5), (5) Catalogus, (28) Index, 614, (1), 60pp. 2 full page engraved plates, folding astrological plate, numerous further engravings, engraved headpieces, tailpieces and historiated initials. Text in Latin and Greek.… Read More

Melbourne: F.W. Cheshire, 1959. A unique copy inscribed and fully signed by Lionel Lindsay 'Dear Suzanne and Harold. As many of the woodcuts in this edition were too heavily inked I have printed them on Japanese paper, similar to those in the limited editon and laid them down. Wahroonga 29 Feb 1960.'. Limited edition of 350 numbered copies, printed at the Hawthorn Press. Octavo, special gift binding in bold blind blocked polished calf, boards a bit scratched, otherwise fine.

Florence: Barbèra, 1923. Very Good. 9 volumes. Prestigious 19th century "Diamond" edition of the works of Alessandro Manzoni, including I Promessi Sposi (The Betrothed), etc, all housed in a hand-made wooden box of Milanese craftsmanship of the 1920s, decorated with bas-relief figures, with the title carved in relief on the front panel. The box is open to the front exhibiting the gilt-titled spines of the small volumes, and the upper panel is hinged so it can be tilted up for access to the volumes. Some discoloration, and loss of the bas-relief carving on the upper surface. Reference: Parenti, Rarità bibliografiche dell'ottocento, I, p. 61, #122-128, and illustration p. 59 For the 50th anniversary of Manzoni's death, the house of Barbèra issued this collection in carved wooden housing to close out the entire "Diamante" series launched by Gasparo Barbèra in 1856. The "Diamante" editions were immensely popular Italian classics (with some oddballs too), edited by principal scholars, and… Read More

115 Nassau St NY: Currier & Ives, [ca.1893-4]. Illustrated by colored print. First edition. Black with silver trim hardwood and glass frame by Goodspeed's Book Shop, Inc 18 Beacon Street, Boston. Medium Folio Image size: 8.5 x 14.9-inches, 14 x 19 framed. Very Good/Very Good. Faint waterstain on print bottom can be restored. "Length over all 620 ft, Depth of Hold 43 Ft, Breadth 65 Ft, Tonnage 12,500 - Horse Power 30,000.Identification by address: at No. 115 Nassau from 1877-94 and both Cunard Line Twin-screws were in the New York World's Fair 1893. Cunningham 6260 except his is image size is 8.9x14.15..

London: John Long,, 1964. First edition, first impression, of the author's first book, and the first of the Inspector Wexford thrillers. Several copies were sent to libraries, making copies like this, unmarred by library labels or stamps, uncommon. Octavo. Publisher's green cloth, titles to spine in gilt. With the pictorial dust jacket. Gilt a little dulled on spine, some very slight rubbing to boards, black ink mark to bottom edge of text block, an excellent copy with the jacket, bright and only a little rubbed at ends and corners. Hubin 333.

Geo. M. Hill Chicago, 1899. HB NODUSTJACKET, September 1899, 1st edition,1st Issue, Pictorial Tan Cover in Beige & Brown & Orange & white of Father Goose with feather in hand & Goose looking at him, MUCH Rub, Scuff & Wear & small StaiNs & Wrinkling to Covers GOOD- , cover Hinge has nice Tape Reinforcement Restoration Most Likely but has on spine printed Father Goose His Book , with Baum bottom of spine , Cover some chipping near Extremities & Scuff, Othrwise GOOD delicate Condition Cover, Interior Hinge probable white Tape Reinforcement,Few pgs small mended Tears & creases or Scuff, few small INK margin mrks, Minor Fox, OtHerwise Nice, & Tight, Most Plates are Nice & colors Bright, Few Page Repairs in Margins, Few small pencil mrks, Interior VG-, AS-IS, NODJ, UNpaginated. First Edition. Hard Cover.

New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1915. First American edition, second state with the correction on page 14, very good signed copy in a fair dustjacket. Inscribed: Robert Frost Springfield March 8 1917, on the title page. Frost's first book of poetry. Blue cloth printed in gilt, very light rubbing to corners and spine ends, good hinges, sound text block, clean pages, no other names or markings. The mylar protected dustjacket has the 75 crossed out and replaced with 100 on the front and spine, two old masking tape repairs to the front joint and along the rear flap edge to hold the dustjacket together, spine darkened a chipped due to the repairs, "A" from the title chipped away at spine head, dates in pancil below title on front panel. . First US Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fair. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: Vincent Brooks Day & Son, 1870. Beautiful coloured-lithographic panorama, as issued in its original decorated cloth boards: the series of 24 connected panels combine to illustrate Psalm 104, forming a continuous panorama over three-and-a-half metres in total. This copy is unusually fine; where seen, these fragile works more commonly display significant wear. The work has been featured in some detail online, testament to its visual impact (see for example a handsome commentary including a full reproduction at the Bridwell Library of Southern Methodist University in the USA). The panorama begins with an image of the psalmist, King David, covering his head in reverence to the Lord; at the end, he appears again, wearing a crown and playing his harp within his palace in Jerusalem. The remainder of the panorama consists of various landscapes teeming with life, as described in the psalm, and includes a scene showing the "leviathan" or whale. The panorama was designed by Susan Maria Ffarington… Read More

HBDJ, 1945, 1st Edition THUS, IN POOR TATTERED WORN DUSTJACKET With BACK & Spine DJ MISSING, , MOVIE EDITION FEATURING JUDY GARLAND & MARGARET O'BRIEN on DJ Front, NO INTERIOR Illustrations , SCUFF & RUB BOOK COVER GOOD CONDITION WITH SOME WATER DAMAGE TO EDGES CVR,, DJ IS POOR Condition, , Only DJ Front is There The Back Flap with Rub & Wear , the Rest of DJ NOT PRESENT, 6" X 8 1/2", HC, DJ (front cover torn and frayed - repaired, spine and back section missing - as is the front flap), autograph note by it's author Sally Benson , also included is a tiny letter invitation to a tea party (found within the book). Interior is clean, clear and together making it an solid 'readers copy'

London: John Long,, 1964. First edition, first impression, of the author's first book, and the first of the Inspector Wexford thrillers. Several copies were sent to libraries, making copies like this, unmarred by library labels or stamps, uncommon. Octavo. Publisher's green cloth, titles to spine in gilt. With the pictorial dust jacket. Gilt a little dulled on spine, some very slight rubbing to boards, black ink mark to bottom edge of text block, an excellent copy with the jacket, bright and only a little rubbed at ends and corners. Hubin 333.