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Dance of Life, The
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Dance of Life, The

by ROWLANDSON, Thomas; Combe, William

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London: Published by R. Ackermann, Repository of Arts, 1817. Thomas Rowlandson's "Dance of Life" [ROWLANDSON, Thomas, illustrator]. [COMBE, William]. The Dance of Life, A Poem, by the Author of "Doctor Syntax;" Illustrated with Coloured Engravings, by Thomas Rowlandson. London: Published by R. Ackermann, Repository of Arts, 1817. First edition. Octavo (8/15/16 x 5 1/2 inches; 227 x 141 mm.). [6], 299, [1, blank]; [2], ii, ii, 285, [1, blank], [1, "Advertisement"], [1, blank] pp. Twenty-six hand-colored aquatint plates (including the frontispiece and engraved title). Plates and text watermarked 1817. Bound ca. 1890 by Estes & Lauriat, Boston. (stamp-signed on the verso of the front free endpaper) in three quarter dark green morocco over marbled boards ruled in blind. Spine with five raised bands, decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments, marbled endpapers. Grolier, Rowlandson, 38. Abbey, Life, 264. Tooley 411.
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Danes Sketched by Themselves, The
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Danes Sketched by Themselves, The

by ANDERSEN, Hans Christian; BUSHBY, Mrs. Anne

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London: Richard Bentley, 1864. The moral of this story shows, Though knaves on women oft impose, That men are sometimes quite as green, But hold their tongues themselves to screen" (Hans Christian Andersen) [ANDERSEN, Hans Christian]. BUSHBY, Mrs. Anne, editor and translator. The Danes Sketched by Themselves. A Series of Popular Stories by the Best Danish Authors. Translated by Mrs. Bushby. In Three Volumes. London: Richard Bentley, 1864. First English edition of this collection of Danish tales and verse, selected and translated by Mrs. Bushby. Three octavo volumes (7 7/8 x 4 15/16 inches; 200 x 125 mm.). [2, publisher's advertisements], [6], 312; [4], 303, [1, blank]; [4], 303, [1, blank] pp. Original terra cotta pebble-grain cloth with covers decoratively stamped in blind and spines ruled, decoratively stamped, and lettered in gilt. Original cream-colored endpapers. Some very faint marks on the front covers, where there must once have been library labels, the absolute minimum of rubbing to… Read More
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Danske Nationaldragter
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Danske Nationaldragter

by LUND, F[rederik] C[hristian]; KITTENDORFF, Johann Adolf

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Copenhagen: [C.W. Stinck], 1862. Danish National Costumes Thirty Superb Hand Colored Lithographs LUND, F[rederick]. C[hristian]. (illustrator). Danske Nationaldragter. [Lithographerede af Ad. Kittendorff]. Copenhagen: [C.W. Stinck], 1862. [Second enlarged edition]. Large folio (17 1/8 x 12 7/8 inches: 435 x 327 mm.). Title page with outline map of Denmark printed in black, title, author and date calligraphed in red. Thirty mounted, exquisitely hand colored lithograph plates with very detailed backgrounds, a few heightened with gum arabic. All plates within a wide gold frame with captions in Danish, three of which are signed and dated 1861. A few plates with very minor foxing. The plates lithographed by Johann Adolf Kittendorff (1820-1902). Bound ca. 1920 by Anker Julius Kyster (1864-1939) in half brown morocco over patterned green cloth boards, smooth spine decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt, 'watered silk' endpapers and paste-downs, all edges gilt. Unidentified Ex Libris book-plate of… Read More
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Das Puppenhaus
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Das Puppenhaus

by POP-UP; MEGGENDORFER, Lothar

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Essingen & Munich: F.F. Schreiber, 1911. A Fantastic Movable Pop-Up Panorama Dolls house by Lothar Meggendorfer MEGGENDORFER, Lothar. Das Puppenhaus [The Dolls House]. Eine Festgabe für brave Mädchen [A Celebration for good Girls]. No. 109. Essingen & Munich: F.F. Schreiber, no date, circa 1911. Oblong quarto (8 1/2 x 10 1/4 inches; 215 x 260 mm.). Five fine full-color lithographed pop-up scenes. A few inconsequential creases and a few small expert repairs, otherwise near fine. Publisher's glazed color pictorial boards with original red cloth hinges. a wonderful example of this very rare toy. This pop-up panorama opens to form five scenes some of which need opening or unfolding by the child. There are two outside and three detailed interior rooms of a doll's house. As unfolded to its full length of four feet, people, furniture, and even fixtures pop-out and each of the scenes is rich in detail. There is even a piano with a bust of Beethoven on the top. See Haining (pp. 122-128) who reproduces… Read More
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Daughters of the Stars, The
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Daughters of the Stars, The

by DULAC, Edmund; Crary, Mary

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London: Hatchard & Co., 1939. A Fairy Story Full of Grace, Beauty, Wit, Humor and Charm" [DULAC, Edmund, illustrator]. CRARY, Mary. The Daughters of the Stars. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac. London: Hatchard & Co., 1939. First edition. One of 500 numbered copies (this copy being No. 233), signed by the author and the artist. Quarto (10 1/8 x 7 15/16 inches; 257 x 201 mm.). [10], 189, [1], [1, printer's imprint], [1, blank] pp. Two color plates. Original quarter vellum over gray cloth boards. Spine with navy leather label lettered in gilt. Corners a little bit bumped. One small chip to spine label. An excellent copy. "Publication of this book encountered delays and difficulties because of the outbreak of World War II. Since paper and workmen were fast being commandeered by the British government, the book was rushed into print despite the fact that only 2 Dulac illustrations were finished. Once published, the book received mixed reviews. It was featured at Christmas 1939 as ‘Something sane in a… Read More
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David Elginbrod
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David Elginbrod

by MACDONALD, George

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London: Hurst and Blackett, 1863. Gothically Romantic Novel In the Original Cloth Not in Sadleir or Wolff MACDONALD, George. David Elginbrod. In Three Volumes. London: Hurst and Blackett, 1863. First edition of the author's first published novel. Three octavo volumes (7 3/4 x 4 7/8 inches; 199 x 125 mm.). viii, 325, [1]; vi, 335, [1]; vi, 398. Original brick red pebble-grain cloth with covers ruled in blind and spines ruled in gilt and blind and lettered in gilt. A few leaves in gathering N in Volume I poorly opened at top and a few leaves in gathering H in Volume III poorly opened at edge (none affecting any text). The front cover of Volume I shows evidence of a lending library label having once been affixed, and the front and rear pastedowns of Volume III show signs of there once having been a brown paper protective cover. Otherwise, this is as near fine a set as one could ever wish for, with the hinges sound and the gilt lettering on the unfaded spines fresh and bright. "[Macdonald] and his… Read More
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Day in a Child's Life, A.
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Day in a Child's Life, A.

by GREENAWAY, Kate; Foster, Myles B.; Evans, Edmund

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London: George Routledge and Sons, 1881. One of the Books That Relieved John Ruskin's Depression Rare in Dust Jacket GREENAWAY, Kate. FOSTER, Myles B. A Day in a Child's Life. Music by Myles B. Foster. Engraved and Printed by Edmund Evans. London: [n.d., 1881]. First edition. Quarto (9 9/16 x 8 1/4 in; 243 x 208 mm). 29, [1, printer's slug] pp. Color-printed wood-engraved text illustrations, most accompanied with musical notations. Publisher's light green glazed pictorial boards, beveled edges with green cloth backstrip, light green coated endpapers, all edges stained green. In the publisher's printed dust jacket with some acid-free tape strengthening on the verso and a small (1 1/4 inch) piece chipped away from top of spine and one small chip (5/8 x 1/2 inch) on front panel not affecting text or image. Housed in a black cloth clamshell case, spine lettered in gilt. A very good copy. Thomson variant 31a with border of six narrow brown rules alternating with five yellow rules; inside border at… Read More
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Day in a Child's Life, A.
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Day in a Child's Life, A.

by GREENAWAY, Kate; Foster, Myles B.; Evans, Edmund

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London: George Routledge and Sons, 1881. One of the Books That Relieved John Ruskin's Depression Rare in Dust Jacket [GREENAWAY, Kate]. FOSTER, Myles B. A Day in a Child's Life. Music by Myles B. Foster. Engraved and Printed by Edmund Evans. London: [n.d., 1881]. First edition. Quarto (9 11/16 x 8 1/4 in; 246 x 209 mm). Color-printed wood-engraved text illustrations, most accompanied with musical notations. Publisher's gray glazed pictorial boards, beveled edges with green cloth backstrip, light green coated endpapers, all edges stained blue. Minimal soiling and rubbing to board edges and corners only, small split to front inner hinge,otherwise an exceptionally clean and near fine copy. In the publisher's printed dust jacket with most of spine missing and small piece missing from front panel not affecting text or image. Thomson variant 31d with trellis-like border and garland of roses surrounding two seated girls. "...By Christmas, Ruskin had recovered and was ready to advise her. Although he… Read More
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Day of the Jackal, The
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Day of the Jackal, The

by FORSYTH, Frederick; SANGORSKI & SUTCLIFFE

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London: Hutchinson, 1971. Inscribed First Edition of Frederick Forsyth's 'The Day of the Jackal' Bound by Sangorski & Sutclifffe In a Unique Pictorial Binding FORSYTH, Frederick. [SANGORSKI & SUTCLIFFE, binders]. The Day of the Jackal. London: Hutchinson, 1971. First edition. Presentation copy inscribed by John Forsyth on the verso of the half-title "To/Sir Dudley/with warmest regards/Freddie Forsyth/15.11.71." Octavo (8 3/8 x 5 3/16 inches; 213 x 132 mm.). [vi], 358 pp. Pictorially bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe ca. 1980 in full red, blue, black and white oasis morocco, front cover with black morocco onlays and silver rule depicting a marksman and crosshairs, smooth spine lettered in silver, all edges silver, red, blue and white head- and tail bands, patterned red and black end-papers, original dust-jacket preserved at end. Housed in the original full black morocco slipcase. Although the binding is unsigned it was specially commissioned by a collector who always used S & S. As a young… Read More
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A Day's Journal of a Sponge
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A Day's Journal of a Sponge

by EGERTON, Michael

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London: Published for the Proprietor, by Rowney & Forster, 1824. The Profoundly Rare Misadventures of a Free-Loader Told in Six Beautifully Hand-Colored Aquatint Plates [EGERTON, Michael]. A Day's Journal of a Sponge. By Peter Pasquin. London: Published for the Proprietor, by Rowney and Forster, 51, Rathbone Place. 1824. First edition. Oblong folio (10 1/2 x 14 1/2 inches; 267 x 369 mm.). Printed title-page and six bright and beautifully hand-colored aquatint plates. The plates are unsigned, with imprint: London, Published by W. Egerton, 1824, and do not possess watermarks, as noted by Abbey. Of extraordinary significance and scarcity is the presence of the title page, lacking in the copy Abbey examined, and, as a result, Abbey notes the title simply as Sponge. The title page is missing from the precious few that we have had the opportunity to examine over the last forty years. Houfe notes this volume but under the title Sponge as well. Original printed drab wrappers. Three inch split to spine… Read More
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by EGERTON, Michael

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London: Published for the Proprietor, by Rowney & Forster, 1824. The Misadventures of a Regency Free-Loader Told in Six Beautifully Hand-Colored Aquatint Plates [EGERTON, Michael]. [A Day's Journal of a Sponge. By Peter Pasquin. London: Published for the Proprietor, by Rowney & Forster, 1824]. First edition. Oblong folio (10 3/8 x 14 inches; 264 x 351 mm.). Six bright and beautifully hand-colored aquatint plates with interleaves. The plates are unsigned, with imprint: London, Published by W. Egerton, 1824. Bound without the lithographed title. Watermark: J Whatman Turkey Mill 1826. Bound by Rivière and Son in later red half crushed morocco over red cloth boards. Raised bands. Gilt-lettered compartments. Expertly rebacked with the original spine laid down. An excellent copy. A work of profound rarity with or without the title; OCLC notes only four copies in institutional holdings. Abbey's copy, as this one, also lacked the titlepage. These satiric plates with their lengthy droll and witty… Read More
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Days Without End
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Days Without End

by O'NEILL, Eugene

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New York: Random House, 1934. O'Neill's "Modern Miracle Play" O'NEILL, Eugene. Days Without End. New York: Random House, [1934]. First edition. Limited to 325 numbered copies printed on all-rag paper and signed by the author (this being copy No. 208). Large octavo (9 5/8 x 6 1/2 inches; 243 x 164 mm.). 157, [3, blank] pp. Publisher's full blue calf. Spine with raised bands and red and white morocco labels lettered in gilt. Top edge gilt, others uncut. A few rubbed spots to spine, mild scuffing to edges. A very good copy. In the original slipcase (slipcase intact, but distressed). "A modern miracle play by Eugene O'Neill. [Henry Miller Theatre, 57 perf.] John Loving is two men simultaneously: John (Earle Larimore), his generous, idealistic half, and Loving (Stanley Ridges), his baser self. Embittered at life, he has abandoned religion and made a god of love. But he has not been faithful even to his new deity. Loving decides to write a book about his experiences and tells his story to a priest… Read More
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De Vita, et Laudibus S.P.N. AVR. Augustini
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De Vita, et Laudibus S.P.N. AVR. Augustini

by [AUGUSTINE of HIPPO, Saint]; ANGELIS, Ludovico de

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Paris: Apud Jacob Bessin, 1614. Scarce Life of St. Augustine [AUGUSTINE of HIPPO, Saint]. ANGELIS, Ludovico de. De Vita, et Laudibus S.P.N. AVR. Augustini. Hipponensis Episcopi, et ecclesia Doctoris eximij. Libri Six. Recogniti secunda editione, & in compendium, à suo auctore R.P.F. Ludovico de Angelis, Portuensi, Lusitano, Ordinis Eremit. alumno & chronista generali, Doctori Theologo, & publico, in Collegio S. Aug. Olisipponensi, S. Pagina quondam interprete. Paris: Apud Jacob Bessin, 1614. Second edition, originally published in 1612. Octavo (6 5/8 x 4 3/16 in; 167 x 106 mm). (16), 192 pp. Head- tailpieces, initials. Contemporary limp vellum. Manuscript title to spine. Worming to upper corner of first few leaves, not affecting text, otherwise an excellent copy in its original seventeenth century vellum binding. Scarce; OCLC notes only one copy of the second edition in libraries and institutions worldwide (British Library, London, (UK), and no copies at all of the first edition of 1612. No… Read More
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Death of a Salesman

by MILLER, Arthur; BASKIN, Leonard; LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB

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New York City: The Limited Editions Club, 1949. One of Fifteen Hundred Copies Signed By Arthur Miller and Leonard Baskin MILLER, Arthur. Death of a Salesman. Certain Private Conversations in Two Acts and a Requiem. With five etchings by Leonard Baskin. New York City: The Limited Editions Club, [1984]. Limited to 1,500 copies signed by the author and the illlustrator (this being no. 1324). Quarto (10 1/2 x 8 inches; 267 x 203 mm.). [viii], [1]-164, [165, verso blank], [colophon leaf signed in pencil by Arthur Miller and Leonard Baskin, verso blank] pp.] Publisher's full brown morocco [by Gray Parrot Incorporated], smooth spine lettered in gilt. A fine copy in the publisher's gray board slipcase. Loosely inserted is the monthly newsletter for December 1984. "This book was Designed by Ben Shiff... set in American and English Monotype Bulmer by Dan Carr and Julia Ferrarie at Golgonooza Letter Foundry. The text was printed by Daniel Kelcher at the Wild Carrot Letterpress. The etchings were printed… Read More
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Delights of Fishing

by FRANKLAND, Sir Robert, Illustrator

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London: Thomas McLean, 1823. One of the Rarest of all Color Plate 'Angling' Books FRANKLAND, Sir Robert, artist. TURNER, Charles, illustrator. [Delights of Fishing]. London: Thomas McLean, 1823-25. First edition, second issue. Oblong quarto (10 x 12 1/2 inches; 255 x 317 mm.). Six fine hand-colored aquatint plates. All plates mounted on stubs and interleaved. The last plate watermarked "J. Whatman 1827". Bound ca. 1933 by Alfred de Sauty of Donnelly's in half red morocco over red cloth boards decoratively ruled in gilt. Rectangular black morocco label on front cover decoratively ruled and lettered in gilt. Spine with five raised bands decoratively tooled in gilt, brown endpapers. Bookplate of Joel Spitz on front paste-down. Housed in the original red cloth slipcase. A fine copy of this great angling rarity. The first issue has the imprint C. Turner. Pencil note at end "Bot. from Hart - NY. 1/20/33 / Bound by de Sauty of Donnellys /Although only fair execution of plates, quite rare & seldom met… Read More
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Descent of Man, The

by DARWIN, Charles; LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB; KREDEL, Fritz, illustrator; MONTAGU, Ashley (preface)

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Adelaide, South Australia: Printed for The Limited Editions Club, 1971. Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science." DARWIN, Charles. The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex. With a Preface by Ashley Montagu and Drawings by Fritz Kredel. Adelaide, South Australia: Printed for The Limited Editions Club, 1971. Limited to 1,500 copies signed by Fritz Kredel, this being no. 1201. Large quarto (10 11/16 x 7 7/8 inches; 272 x 201 mm.). 384 pp. Illustrated throughout with numerous black and white drawings, some of which are full-page. Publisher's quarter green Oasis morocco over natural 'wood veneer' paper boards, spine decoratively stamped and lettered in gilt. Minimal fading to spine, still a near fine copy in the publisher's matching slip-case. Charles Robert Darwin, (1809-1882) was an English naturalist and geologist, best… Read More
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Diaeteticon sive de Re Cibaria libri IV
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Diaeteticon sive de Re Cibaria libri IV

by NONNIUS, Ludovicus

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Antwerp: ex Officina Petri Belleri, 1645. Diaeteticon - Containing Everything that the Ancients Wrote about Food NONNIUS, Ludovicus. Diaeteticon sive de Re Cibaria libri IV. Secunda editio et Auctior. Antuerpiae, ex Officina Petri Belleri, MDCXLV (Antwerp, 1645). Second edition. Small quarto (7 1/2 x 6 inches; 191 x 152 mm.). xxix, 526, [2, colophon, verso blank] pp. Paper faults in lower blank margins of Ff3 pp. 29/230; Oo4 pp. 295/296 & Ss4 pp. 327/328. Lower blank corner (7/8 x 1 3/8 inch) of Nnn3 pp. 469/470 torn away, some light lower marginal staining affecting the last fifty pages. Contemporary vellum, lettered on spine in manuscript. Armorial bookplate of Westbury on front paste-down. Covers a little spotted. A very good copy. "The treatise is divided into 4 books, the first on the repast in general and fruits and legumes; the second on animals, fowl and game; the third on fish; and the fourth on beverages." (Bitting p. 344) First published in 1627, Ludovicus Nonnius's Diaeteticon was… Read More
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Diatribe de prodigiosi Crucibus

by KIRCHER, Athanasius

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Roma: Vitale Mascardi, 1661. First Edition of One of the Rarest of Athanasius Kircher's Books "Post-Vesuvius Crosses" KIRCHER, Athanasius. Diatribe de prodigiosi Crucibus: quae tam supra vestes hominum, quam res alias, non pridem post vltimum incendium Vesuuij Montis Neapoli Comparuerunt. Roma: Vitale Mascardi, 1661. First edition. Small octavo (6 1/2 x 4 1/16 inches; 164 x 103 mm). [viii], 103, [1, blank] pp., one fold-out plate. Roman and italic type. Woodcut initials, head- tailpieces. Nineteenth century full vellum, spine lettered in manuscript. Slight burn mark affecting 1/4 x 1/2 inch of top blank margin of last three leaves of text and rear endleaves (not affecting any text). Later endpapers with original marbled endpapers bound in. An excellent copy of a very rare book. Housed in a fleece-lined half black morocco clamshell case. "During 1661 a further work was published by Kircher which brought a refreshingly rational approach to a problem worrying the people of Naples. Mysterious… Read More
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Dick Deadeye

by SEARLE, Ronald; GILBERT & SULLIVAN

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New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1975. The Ultimate Secret has been stolen. The trouble is, it's so secret that no knows what it is. Obviously it has to be retrieved, and Dick Deadeye is just the man to do it." SEARLE, Ronald. Dick Deadeye based on the drawings of Ronald Searle and the operas of Gilbert & Sullivan. New York: Harcourt Brace Jonanovich, [1975]. First American Edition. Oblong quarto (9 x 10 1/4 inches; 230 x 260 mm.). 74 pp. Profusely illustrated in color throughout. Publisher's red paper cloth over boards, spine lettered in gilt. Original color pictorial (price-clipped) dust jacket. A near fine copy. Dick Deadeye, or Duty Done is a 1975 British animated film musical, based on the comic operas of Gilbert and Sullivan. The comically convoluted plot is a pastiche of many of the operas in the Gilbert and Sullivan canon, particularly Trial by Jury, The Sorcerer, H.M.S. Pinafore, The Pirates of Penzance, Patience, Iolanthe and The Mikado, in which the principal character, Able… Read More
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Dictionary of the English Language, A.
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Dictionary of the English Language, A.

by JOHNSON, Samuel

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London: Printed by W. Strahan, for J. and P. Knapton..., 1755. The Most Amazing, Enduring and Endearing One-Man Feat in the Field of Lexicography" JOHNSON, Samuel. A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the words are deduced from their originals, and illustrated in their different significations by examples from the best writers. To which are prefixed, a history of the language, and an English grammar. London: Printed by W. Strahan, for J. and P. Knapton..., 1755. First edition of "the most amazing, enduring and endearing one-man feat in the field of lexicography" (Printing and the Mind of Man). Two large folio volumes (16 5/8 x 9 7/8 inches; 422 x 251 mm.). Unpaginated. Text in double columns. Title-pages printed in red and black. Decorative woodcut tail-pieces. Title-pages with light staining, first title-page (A1) with an early faded ink inscription at foot of page and small expert repairs to the fore and lower edge and top left-hand corner with no loss of text. Expertly repaired… Read More
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