The Playboy of the Western World by Synge, J.M.; Edited By Stanley Sultan with Brush Drawings By Louis le Brocquy - 1970

Hutchinson, 1961. First UK edition-first impression. Hardcover. Very good/No Dj cover. VGC plus.Hutchinson,1961.First UK edition-first impression.Translated from the French by Xan Fielding.Red hardback(gilt lettering to the spine,two small nicks and scratch on the edges of the cover and spine)in VGC, no Dj cover.Nice and clean pages with a couple of small foxing marks and nick on the outer edges,two small foxing marks and a couple of creases and nicks on the edges of the pages. The book is in VGC plus for its age with light shelf wear.487pp including Author's note.A collectable and scarce first edition but without the Dj cover.

ROMA: PER IGNATIO DE LAZARI, 1660. In 12. Dim. 15x8,5 cm. Pp. (12)+86+(4)+48. Prima edizione del 1660 di questa rarissima opera letteraria di Mario Cevoli (1621-1690). L'opera è formata da due parti legate insieme ed è completa. All'interno una serie di sonetti a tema religioso ma non solo: la fontana di Piazza Navona, letteratura classica, filosofia, in onore di Pallavicino Sforza, alle donne romane, numerosi sugli amanti. Alla fine della seconda parte dell'opera diversi componimenti poetici in lode di Cevoli e della sua Testudine scritti da diversi autori: Gio. Pietro Monesio, Honorio Savelli, Francesco Tonti, Francesco Saliti, Fracisco de Pan y Roccaverti, Tomas de Aversa, Berardo de conti Berardi Capotio, Pietro Antonio Ridolfi, Cesare Colonna, Giuseppe Bontempi, Francesco Maria Sereni, Giacomo Pignatelli, Francesco Sinibaldi, Paolo Ranieri, Filippo Maggalussi, Carlo Marcheselli, Paolo Tesaurati ecc... Legatura in piena pergamena coeva. In buone condizioni. Raro,… Read More

Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1994. Signed on the title page by Umberto Eco. First edition / First printing. Green paper spine, blue paper-covered boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket.

Los Angeles: Sun & Moon Press, 1986. Signed by the author on the title page. First edition / First printing. Navy cloth. As New. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. The second book in the New York Trilogy.

STAMPATO A SPESE DI G. POLIDORI E CO., 1796. Edizione del 1796 di questa raccolta di opere del poeta Francesco Petrarca (1304-1374). Vita del poeta nella prima parte e annotazioni. Incoronazione di M. Francesco Petrarca descritta da Sennuccio del Bene fiorentino (1275-1349). Dedicato al magnifico signore Can della Scala. Sennuccio del Bene fu al servizio del Cardinale Giovanni Colonna e lì ebbe modo di conoscere Petrarca e stringere amicizia con lui. All'interno: sonetti, canzoni, ballate e madrigali, sestine ecc... In buone condizioni e completo di tutte le pagine. Copertina in piena pelle coeva con titolo e decorazioni in oro al dorso in discrete condizioni generali con lievi usure ai margini e dorso. Rotture alle cerniere. Piatto anteriore staccato al primo tomo. Legatura in ottime condizioni. Pagine in ottime condizioni con rare fioriture. In 16 cm. 15x10. Pp. 253+(1), XXIV+237+(1) Edition of 1796 of this collection of works by the poet Francesco Petrarca (1304-1374). Life of the… Read More

John Major, London.,1824. SECOND MAJOR EDITION. Illustrated with 14 copper engraved plates and several woodcuts throughout the text. Two small patches of browning affecting the top outer corner of ten leaves, otherwise a very good copy in fine nineteenth century binding by Thomson of Exeter, with binders ticket on front paste down. Full tan calf, raised bands, compartments fully gilt. Red title label, gilt. Boards with double blind ruled and one gilt ruled borders. Marbled endpapers. School prize plate on front paste down shows that this copy was given as a prize in January 1842. Previous owners name(dated 1881) and ink name stamp on blank endpapers. Front hinge neatly repaired. Some minor rubbing to edges but generally a very good copy in an attractive nineteenth century binding.:

U.S.A.: SCRIBNERS, 1893. First American Edition 1st Printing. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. First American Edition--First Printing. From the recently auctioned collection of M. B. Goldstone & Homer Goldstone (Steinbeck's bibliographers) with the superb gold bookplate lightly attached to the front pastedown. This copy is in dark tan cloth with dark brown and silver decorations and lettering to the front board. Spine is decorated in same with gold gilt lettering. A handsome copy with slightly toned cloth spine with tiny specks of splashes at the heel. Original owners name in ink and dated 1894 on front free endpaper. Otherwise a tight and sturdy copy with a strong hinge and binding. A very collectible copy. 406 pp with 4 pp of advertising at the verso.

Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1994. Signed on the title page by Umberto Eco. First edition / First printing. Green paper spine, blue paper-covered boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket.

Los Angeles: Sun & Moon Press, 1986. Signed by the author on the title page. First edition / First printing. Navy cloth. As New. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. The second book in the New York Trilogy.

The Mysterious Affair At Styles (1935 Bodley Head Half-Crown Edition) THE FIRST HERCULE POIROT TITLE EVER WRITTEN BY CHRISTIE. Mandarin Orange cloth boards with black and green stripes on front cover. Black Titling. States Bodley Head on spine. Spine may be slightly sunned. Pages are fairly bright. Foxing noted, chiefly at the title page and verso. Used. Good Condition / New fax candlestick motif dust jacket. Hardcover. BOARDS ARE VERY CLEAN. NO CORNER BUMPS.Made and printed in Great Britain by Butler & Tanner, Ltd., Frome and London.