Mythology

Fine Collectible Hardcover. First New York Edition. 8vo. Handsome Designed 1926 NOT a library copy. Decorative Boards Two Color Red and Black Type. 69 pp. Limited to only 785 copies of this handsome telling of a Breton Grail quest with the Bowl and Diamond Spear (Spear of Destiny) i Arthurian telling of the healing of the land's fertility by Irish author George Moore. Fine printed in two colors. Printed at the Press of William Edwin Rudge designed by Bruce Rogers. Limited/Numbered First Edition. J. R. R. Tolkien was found of Breton storytelling as witnessed by his library and the publication of The Lay Of Aotrou & Itroun. See our Three Geese in Flight Book Scans of the cover and Printing

Bewick, Thomas. Bewick's Select Fables of Aesop and Others. In Three Parts. I. Fables Extracted from Dodsley"s. II. Fables with Reflections in Prose and Verse. III. Fables in Verse. To which are prefixed The Life of Aesop, and An Essay Upon Fable by Oliver Goldsmith. Faithfully reprinted from the Rare Newcastle Edition published by T. Saint in 1784. London, Bickers and Son. 1871. 4to. Red morroco. Gilt decoration with black inlays. 5 raised bands, gilt decoration with black inlays, black and gilt title piece. Silk tricolour headbands. All edges gilt. Gilt inner dentils, marbled end papers. Frontis portrait, half title, title, preface vii-xxix, Life of Aesop xxx -xxxvi, Essay Upon Fable xxxvii -xl. Pp312. 142 fables most with at least one illustration by Bewick, within a red printed border. Skillful reback retaining original spine, inner hinges strengthened. All pages and illustrations in excellent order throughout. The skillful beauty of Bewick illustrations with the fables from nature including… Read More

Joannes Oporinis, Basil. Good. 1555. First Edition: First Printing. Hard Cover. 333 pages: 4 x 6 in.: 1: Ex-Libris: KB#011166: Boards now protected by a new Brodart Archival Mylar Cover. Text is in Greek and Latin Languages on facing pages, with woodcut initials on beginning pages. Boards are lightly age-darkened white vellum. Copy has ex-library stamp of "The Library of the Xavier Union" at bottom of title page, a square stamp "Case 13 Shelf" on inside front board and title page, and a small group of inked numbers at top of back flyleaf. (Addl. Title Page Content - in Latin): "Sibyllinorum oraculorum libri VIII. Addita Sebastiani Castalionis interpretatione Latina, quae Graeco erigionè respondeat. Cum annotationibus Xysti Betuleij in Graeca Sibyllina oracula, & Sebastiani Castalionis in translationem suam: quae annotationes numeris marginalibus signantur. Quae praeterea huic editioni ultra priorem accesserint, diligens lector ex praefationibus &… Read More

Rouen: Jean Osmont, Manassez de Preaulx & Iacques Besongne, 1611. Hardcover. Very Good. Fine copperplate engraved title by M. Asinus.. Quarto handsome contemporary stamped and ruled binding (paper label with catalogue number 2581 at foot of spine, again on pastedown). Engraved titlepage +[6]pp dedications by translator Montlyard dated 1599 & 1604 +890pp +[26]pp index. Wormholes at top corner of last few leaves, else remarkably clean & crisp throughout. *Originally published in Latin, as Mythologiae, sive explicationum fabularum libri decem, Venice 1567.

Rare Very Good+ First English Edition of this Window into late nineteenth Century Labrador and Quebec Wilderness, Salmon fishing, Lynx, Bear, Seals, hunting and fishing lore of the Montagnais and Algonkin architecture. Many b/w photos 440 pp. Clean condition, tight binding. Gilt stamping on cover. page toning and several pages creased slightly. tiny slit at upper extremity. NOT a library copy. No bookplates. NO numbers See our Three Geese in Flight Scans

Copenhagen: Gyldendal, 1921 A good copy of the scarce 1st edition in original cloth binding with black and white frontispiece and 8 further black and white plates by 'native Eskimo artists'. Knud Rasmussen is famous as an explorer of the Arctic, who grew up in Greenland and spent his life understanding and studying native life. The green cloth binding has gilt titles to spine and blind stamped titles to the front board. It has some light scuffing and edge wear; some pulling to spine ends; and corner wear including bumping to the top corners. Internally there is the bookplate of Cardiff Public Reference Library to the front pastedown endpaper. The bookplate and a small set of library numbers written on the verso of the title are the only library markings. Contents: half title; frontispiece; title; introduction pp 5-10; contents list; plate list; text pp 15-156 with 8 plates; list of sources 1p; publisher's list 2pp. There is some browning to free endpapers and spotting to half title and… Read More

3 volumes of French engraver F.A. David's depiction of the gems, engraved stones and statues in the collection of the Medicis, Grand Dukes of Tuscany, at the Museum of Florence.All copperplates drawn and engraved by Francois-Anne David with explanations by F. Mulot, Doctor in Theology at the Faculty of Paris. Vol. 1: Ancient gems, 258 pp, 95 plates of portraits of Roman emperors, mythological gods and goddesses, philosophers, poets, monsters, etc. Vol. 2: Ancient gems, 176 pp, 96 plates of gods and goddesses, cupids, Bacchantes and figures from Roman mythologyVol. 3: Statues, 143pp, 72 plates of gods, goddesses, Bacchantes and figures from Greek and Roman mythology.Condition: Leather spines disintegrating, boards hanging by a thread, text and tissue guards foxed, but plates mostly clean and sharp, although slightly browned.Francois-Anne David was a French engraver and publisher, a pupil of Le Bas, who lived and worked in Paris (1741-1824).Heavy set, extra shipping charges required.

THE ROSE B EDITION. Du Bose, Heyward. Porgy (1925 George H. Doran Mauve "B" Hardcover 1st Edition/ 2nd printing thus, known as the Mauve or Rose "B" Edition. Decorated By Theodore Nadejen. USED. Good Condition/ No Dust Jacket. Mauve/Purple boards with gold gilt titling and owl cartouche. ORIGINAL SOURCE MATERIAL FOR "PORGY AND BESS", THE DRAMATIC BROADWAY MUSICAL AND MOTION PICTURE, SCORED BY AMERICAN COMPOSER GEORGE GERSHWIN.

Chicago: Rand McNally & Co, 1911. First Edition. First edition of this surprisingly scarce Rand McNally publisher's catalogue with a focus on illustrated children's books and classic literature. With colour plates by Lucy Fitch Perkins for 'The Enchanted Peacock' by Julia Brown, Grace Chandler Horn for 'Hiawatha' by Henry W. Longfellow, Hope Dunlap for 'The Rose Fairies' by Olivia McCabe, Magniel Wright Enright for 'The Garden of Hearts Delight' by Ida Huntingdon, Katherine Merrill for 'Edda and the Oak' by Elia Peattie, Fanny E. Cory for 'Jackieboy in Rainbowland' by William M. Hill, and Ruth Hallock for 'Other Rhymes for Little Readers' by Wilhelmina Seegmilla. No copies in Worldcat. Octavo, bound in printed paper wrappers, 85 pages [+3], 7 full page colour plates, numerous black and white photographic illustrations and line drawings throughout, a couple of minor closed tears at fore-edges, mild bumping to corners, with original promotional slip laid in, a very good copy indeed.

New York: "Harry N. Abrams, Inc.", 2006 Very Good first printing, first edition 2006 Harry Abrams 30th Anniversary Edition of Gnomes. Unclipped Dust Jacket .has some rubbing across spine top and a 1/3 inch tear at front, Small puncture at rear. No writing or marks in text, clean bright pages and solid binding. bumping to outer top corners and rub to bottom. Large quarto with 212 pages.

J.A. MacCulloch - The Religion of the Ancient Celts - Edinburgh, T&T Clark, 1911 - First Edition - Hardcover - 399pp - 23x15 cmCondition Very Good - The cover is looking great for such an old book. Name inside, some occasional spotting and a few notes/underlining (especially the first chapters) but most of the book is clean with a solid binding.In this book J.A. MacCulloch presents a different view of the ancient Celts as he dives into their mysterious world. The book touches on the sagas, worships, festivals, influencers, magic, and the transition of eras from Pagan to Christianity, and ideals. Providing a cultural investigation into why they once worshipped mountains, knolls, rivers, lakes, forests, and how the druids who were the ritual providers of the time were seen as shaman, priest, and magician who officiated over sacred rites and spaces for the dead.One of the most complete and referred books about this subject and impossible to find as First Edition, it seems this books hasn't been available… Read More

Very good complete copy of this suite of 271 engraved plates of antique gems.
First Dutch edition in Latin, printed in Amsterdam, 1685. (First Italian-language edition published in Rome in 1657).
The designs by Leonard Agostini (Leonardo Augustino), engraved by Giovanni Battista Galestruzzi, original descriptive Italian text by Giovanni Bellori, the noted Italian antiquary, translated into Latin by Jacob Groenhoven (Jacobo Gronovio).
Two parts bound in one with all 271 engraved plates: engraved portrait of Agostini as frontispiece, second engraved allegorical frontispiece depicting Romulus and Remus, 217 plates in Part I numbered 1-3 and 1-214, 51 plates in Part II numbered 1-51, title page and divisional half-title with engraved vignette present in each part.
In conjunction with Bellori, Agostini published Gemme antiche figurate in two volumes in Rome in 1657 and 1669. The first part was devoted entirely to Cardinal Barberini's collection, which Agostini had assembled for the papal nephew, and the… Read More

Very good copy of FK Forberg's study of classical erotica, with 20 fine monochrome plates.No. 210, of 340 examples on velin de cuve des Papeteries d'Arches, out of a total imprint of 500 copies.Allegorical frontispiece with Venus, Cupid, Pan and Nereid, including a portrait of Forberg, and 19 illustrations by Paul Avril engraved by Théophile Fillon.Chapter headings include de la Futution, de la Pedication, de l'Irrumation, de la Masturbation, des Cunnilinges, des Tribades, du Coit avec des Betes, des Postures spintriennes. The explicit illustrations depict the missionary position, masturbation, fellatio, cunnilingus, orgies, gay sex, Sappho on Lesbos, a Saturnalia, sodomy, Tiberius and the fishes, bestiality, etc., while the text provides literary examples from Virgil, Sappho, Ovid, Martial, Herodotus, etc. Freidrich Karl Forberg (1770-1848), was a German philosopher and classical scholar, while working as a school headmaster and director of the Saxon State Library. His philosophical writings are now… Read More

SHREK! By William Steig. 1990 Stated First Edition, Farrar, Straux Giroux. QUITE RARE IN A STATED FIRST. Used. VERY GOOD CONDITION/ NONE AS ISSUED. ISBN 0374368775. Swamp creatures back panel. Unpaginated. 8 5/8 X 10 7/8. Summary: Original source material for the beloved film of the same name. Summary: "Shrek, a horrid, ugly, little ogre, goes out into the world to find adventure and along the way encounters a witch, a knight in armor, a dragon, and, finally, a hideous princess, who's even uglier than he is!" About the artist/author William Steig: "He created his masterpiece character, Shrek, in 1990, at the age of 83."

W.W. Norton, 2017. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 5x1x8. Signed. This listing is for a scarce and sumptuous signed limited edition of Neil Gaiman's blockbuster Norse Mythology which was produced exclusively for an event held at the venerable Cooper Union in NYC to celebrate 100 years of WW Norton Publishing. In addition to the book, You will also receive as a bonus the large and beautiful tote bag shown above prominently featuring the iconic seagull logo. Signed by author.