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1953. Paris, Flammarion, 1953. 13,5 cm x 19 cm. 382 pages. Original Hardcover. Half leather binding with gilt lettering and ornaments on spine in protective Mylar. Inscribed and signed by Jean de la Varende on half title / Avec dedicace de l'auteur: "Pour Gerard Argenton, amicalmend - La Varende". No. 14 / 20 exemplaires sur papier fil d'Arches. Exlibris / Bookplate of Baron de Mélogue. Top edge gilt. Excellent condition ! A well-arranged intrigue, numerous peripments, amazing characters, all give this work an inimitable accent and color. Jean de La Varende, born 24 May 1887 at château de Bonneville in Chamblac, Eure, died 8 June 1959, was a French writer. He wrote novels, short stories, biographies and monographies, in particular on the subject of Normandy. He initially tried to become a marine officer like his father, but gave up due to his weak heart. He was elected into the Académie Goncourt in 1942. He received the 1938 Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française for Centaur of God. His… Read More

1864. Washington, Printed for the Union Congressional Committee, 1864. 8°. 14 pages. Softcover / Original Pamphlet. Original brochure. Some foxing. Unopened. Extremely RARE ! "To vote for Lincoln is to vote for Union and for Liberty". This is how this pamphlet ends in which Laboulaye urges the americans to vote for Lincoln instead for McClellan. But Laboulaye was even more important to the american people in his overall favour of this country as a leading role for freedom and future. He suggested the present by France, which was later erected as the "Statue of Liberty" "In the summer of 1865, a group of Frenchmen were gathered together one evening at the home of the well-known author, Edouard Rene de Laboulaye, in the village of Glavingny, a suburb of Paris. Among those present were Oscar and Edmond de Lafayette, grandsons of the Marquis d' Lafayette, Masonic brother of George Washington; Henri Martin, the noted historian and French Mason; and a young artist from Colmar in French (later German)… Read More

1980. Signed First Edition. Bari / Roma, Editori Laterza, 1980. 14 cm x 21,5 cm. X, 212 Pages. Softcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Singed with an inscription and a dedicated note of the author. Gina Labriola (Chiaromonte, 1931 – Marseilles, 2011) was an italian writer, poetess and painter. Since 1962, she lived for eleven years in Iran where she taught Italian at Teheran University. In 1972 was published "Istanti d'amore ibernato" (Laterza) translated in Persian, French and English, awarded in Bologna with « Roberto Gatti » and in Terni with « San Valentino » prizes.

1992. Première Édition. Cahors, Éditions Point Hors Ligne, 1992. 22 x 14 cm. 297 pages. Broché / Softcover. Bon état général. Bon exemplaire. Couverture illustrée impeccable. Intérieur très propre. Contient entre autre : Sur l'angoisse - Névrose phobique- Sur le mode de présence des pulsions partielles.Etc…

1981. Première Édition. Paris, Librairies Arthéme Fayard, 1981. 21.5 x 13.5 cm. 282 pages. Broché. Bon état général. Couverture, tranches et garde blanche légèrement jaunies. Texte propre. Avec protective jaquette plastique transparente. [Dans la série: L'analyse au Singulier]. Sous la direction de Jaques Sedat: Michelle Bouraux-Hartmann. Alice Cherki. Monique David-Ménard. Patrick Delaroche. Robert William Higgins. Julia Kristeva. Anne Levalois. Solange Nobécourt-Granier. Monique Schneider. Jacque Sédat. Richard Zrehen.

1836. Erste Ausgabe. Berlin, Druckerei der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 1836-1838. Quarto (23.2 cm x 28.5 cm). 31 Seiten (Seiten 159 - 190 des Jahrgangsbandes 1836). Moderne Broschur mit eingebundener Originalabhandlung. Sehr guter Zustand. Es handelt sich hier um die seltene, originale Erstausgabe der Publikation. Extrahiert aus dem Sammelband der Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. Der originalen Publikation wurde eine Replika des Reihentitels vorgebunden. [Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. Aus dem Jahre 1836]. Karl Konrad Friedrich Wilhelm Lachmann (* 4. März 1793 in Braunschweig; † 13. März 1851 in Berlin) war ein deutscher germanistischer Mediävist und Altphilologe, der als Dozent und Professor an der Berliner Universität wirkte. Seine Methode der historisch-kritischen Edition antiker Texte wurde zum Vorbild für die moderne Textkritik. Lachmann ist neben Benecke der Begründer der… Read More

1988. Lackareigh, 1988. Octavo. 160 pages. Original Softcover. Good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

2003. Athens, Mnimes, 2003. 17 cm x 22 cm. 40 pages with illustrations on every page. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Clean inside with solid binding. "Routes through Athens, is a personal tour through the historical Athens city centre to places where monuments from all periods of the city's history, from antiquity to the present day, stand side by side. The poems were written from 1995 to autumn 2001. Composer Christos Nikolopoulos has set eleven of these to music, along with five others of similar content not included in this volume". (Author).

1979. First Edition. New York, George Braziller, Inc., 1979. 16 x 23.5 cm. xvi, 426 pages. Original Hardcover with original illustrated dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition. The city of Romans in southern France had a population of nearly 8,000 in the sixteenth century. Each February it was the scene of a colourful and animated Mardi Gras Festival. In 1580 the winter festivities degenerated into a bloody ambush where the notables killed or imprisoned the leaders of the craftsman party. Includes for example the following chapters: The Urban and Rural Setting, Taxes: Commoner versus Noble, Strikes and Debts, Mardi Gras 1580 or God on Our Side, a Slaughter of Peasants, The Winter Festival, etc.

1822. Erste deutsche Ausgabe. Weimar, im Verlage des Gr. H. S. pr. Landes= Industrie= Comptoirs, 1822. Oktav. VI, 618 Seiten. Hardcover / Traumhafte Halbmaroquinausgabe des 20.Jahrhunderts mit verziertem Rueckenschildchen und neuen Vorsatzblättern die an das Papier des 19.Jahrhunderts angepasst wurden. Von grosser Seltenheit ! Die Erfindung des Stethoskop's hier das erste Mal in deutscher Ausgabe mit allen Falttafeln. Aussergewöhnlich gut erhaltene Ausgabe. Auch die reizvollen Falttafeln erstklassig erhalten. Der sehr saubere Buchblock nur mit einigen Stockfleckchen zu Beginn des Bandes. Das rot getönte Maroquin wunderbar im Einklang mit dem original geröteten Schnitt. William Stokes begründete seine berühmte Abhandlung "An Introduction to the Use of the Stethoscope; With its Application to the Diagnosis in Diseases of the Thoracic Vicera; Including the Pathology of These Various Affections" auf die Arbeit von Laennec. Evan Bedford on the printing history of Laennec's Traite: "The first… Read More

1986. Berkeley, University of California Press, 1986. 22,5 cm x 15cm. XV, 204 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Slight tear in front cover. From the library of philosopher Graham Parkes, with his name on the front free endpaper. Includes for example the following essays: Zeami's Buddhism: Cosmology and Dialectic in No Drama / Symbol and Yugen: Sunzei's use of Tendai Buddhism / In and Out the Rokudo: Kyokai and the Formation of Medieval Japan etc etc.

1970. Frankfurt am Main, Insel Verlag, 1970. 12 x 18,5 cm. 126 Seiten. Hardcover/ Gebundene Ausgabe. Sehr guter Zustand mit minimalen Gebrauchsspuren. [Insel-Bücherei] Jules Laforgue (* 16. August 1860 in Montevideo; † 20. August 1887 in Paris) war ein französischer Dichter. Seine Werke werden zum Symbolismus gezählt. (Wikipedia)

1997. London, XL Communications Limited, 1997. Folio (23 cm x 30 cm). 240 pages with hundreds of photographs of classic cars. Original Softcover / Stapled. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Articles on the Nassau Classic, Monte Carlo Challenge, Pomeroy Trophy, Haynes Classic etc.

2006. First Edition. New York, Laitman Kabbalah Publishers, 2006. 13.7 cm x 21 cm. 161 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Includes for example, the following : Kabbalah : Then and Now / The Cradle of Science / The Necessity of Altruism / The Greatest Wish of All / The Origin of Creation / Our Universe / The Pyramid / Whose Reality is Reality? / Three boundaries in Leaning Kabbalah / The (Narrow) Road to Freedom.

1922. New York, The Macmillan Company, 1922. 19.5cm x 13cm. x, (2) 113 pages. Original Hardcover. Gilt lettering on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Includes for Example: Galilee/ Jerusalem/ Messianic Doctrine/ The Jewish World/ The Kingdom of God/ Repentance/ The Spread of Christianity/ Damascus/ The Hellenist Missionaries/ Paul's Visit to Jerusalem/ The Source-criticism of Acts/ The Traditions of Jerusalem and Antioch/ Corinth/ Christianity as a Graeco-Oriental Cult/ Salvation/ The Personality of Jesus/ The Fatherhood of God/ Baptism/ Immortality/ Rome and Ephesus/ Paul's Contribution/ Adoptionism/ Roman Documents / Peter/ Clement/ Pre-existent Christology/ The Later Epistles/ The Fourth Gospel/ The Doctrine of the Logos/ Justin Martyr etc.

2000. London, Everyman Chess, 2000. 21cm x 14.6cm. 208 pages. Original softcover (paperback). Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Includes for Example: The Alatortsev Variation/ The Exchange Variation/ The Ragozin Defence/ The Manhattan Variation/ The Vienna Variation/ The Dutch/Peruvian Gambit/ The Cambridge Springs/ Anti-Tartakower/ The Lasker Defence/ The Tartakower Variation/ The Extended Fianchetto/ The Rubinstein Variation etc. The Bg5 lines of the Queen's Gambit Declined include some of the most popular and important opening systems at all levels of play. Here, for the first time in many years, a strong and experienced grandmaster covers all lines of this opening objective fashion. Lalic fully acquaints readers with the main lines, and prepares them to face unusual systems and rare gambit ideas with confidence.

1996. London/ New York, Cadogan Chess, 1996. 21cm x 14.5cm. 208 pages. Original softcover (paperback). Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. (Cadogan Chess books) In this book Grandmaster Lalic, an expert on both the white and black sides of the Queen's Indian, provides a thorough survey of the main lines. Particular emphasis is given to currently fashionable variations that the reader is likely to encounter in his or her own games.

2008. West Cork, 2008. Excellent, original Etching. Artist Proof No. I (AP I), signed and titled in pencil. Beautifully Framed. Size of frame with etching: 56 cm x 86 cm. Size of the actual etching: 49 cm x 79 cm. Excellent, strong and fresh etching in wonderful framing. Glendalough (Irish: Gleann Dá Loch, meaning "Valley of two lakes") is a glacial valley in County Wicklow, Ireland, renowned for an Early Medieval monastic settlement founded in the 6th century by St Kevin. Kevin, a descendant of one of the ruling families in Leinster, studied as a boy under the care of three holy men, Eoghan, Lochan, and Eanna. During this time, he went to Glendalough. He was to return later, with a small group of monks to found a monastery where the 'two rivers form a confluence'. Kevin's writings discuss his fighting "knights" at Glendalough; scholars today believe this refers to his process of self-examination and his personal temptations. His fame as a holy man spread and he attracted numerous followers. He… Read More

1947. Revised edition. Dublin, Talbot Press, 1947. 8º. XLIX, 147 pages. Original Hardcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. James Fintan Lalor (in Irish, Séamas Fionntán Ó Leathlobhair) (10 March 1809 – 27 December 1849) was an Irish revolutionary, journalist, and “one of the most powerful writers of his day.” A leading member of the Irish Confederation (Young Ireland), he was to play an active part in both the Rebellion in July 1848 and the attempted Rising in September of that same year. Lalor's writings were to exert a seminal influence on later Irish leaders such as Michael Davitt, James Connolly, Pádraig Pearse, and Arthur Griffith. (Wikipedia)

1933. Bilingual Edition in english and french. Cambridge (Mass.), Harvard University Press, 1933. 8°. 202 pages. Original Hardcover. Small octavo, 202pp. 1st edition in red cloth. Introduction and the text of six holographic manuscripts held in the collections of Harvard' Museum of Comparative Zoology. A near fine copy with some discoloring to lower boards. Includes: Portrait of Lamarck / Facsimile of Lamarck's handwriting / Gall's System / Idea and Imagination / Analytic Revision of Human Knowledge / Zoological Questions / etc.