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“THREE THINGS CANNOT LONG BE HIDDEN: THE SUN, THE MOON, AND THE TRUTH": The Philosophy of Confucius; finely bound in full morocco by Maurin
CONFUCIUS. TRANSLATED BY JAMES LEGGE. ,.
The Philosophy of Confucius.
Mount Vernon and New York: The Peter Pauper Press, n.d..
First Peter Pauper edition of Legge's translation of the Analects of Confucius. Octavo, bound in full pebbled morocco by Maurin with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, double gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, illustrations by Jeanyee Wong. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom slipcase.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 130503
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First Edition of Samuel Butler's The Way of All Flesh
BUTLER, Samuel.
The Way of All Flesh.
London: Grant Richards, 1903.
First edition of Butler's semi-autobiographical Bildungsroman. Octavo, original cloth. In very good condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell and chemise box.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 110721
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First Edition of P.A. Vaile's Modern Golf; Finely Bound by Asprey
VALIE, P.A.
Modern Golf.
London: Adam and Charles Black, 1909.
First edition of this early work by Vaile. Octavo, finely bound in full green morocco by Asprey, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, triple gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, marbled endpapers, inner dentilles, all edges gilt. Illustrated with numerous full-page photographic plates and diagrams, including frontispiece photo with tissue-guard. In fine condition.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 89767
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"Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers": Finely bound example of The Poetical Works of Alfred Tennyson
TENNYSON, Alfred Lord.
The Poetical Works of Alfred Tennyson.
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1862.
Finely bound example of The Poetical Works of Alfred Tennyson. Small octavo, bound in full morocco with elaborate gilt tooling to the spine in five compartments, red morocco spine label lettered in gilt, gilt ruling to the panels, gilt turn-ins, all edges marbled, engraved frontispiece portrait of Tennyson. In near fine condition. A superior example.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 101470
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Finely bound collection of the letters and poems of Henry Kirke White; finely bound and decorated with a fore-edge painting
WHITE, Henry Kirke.
Remains of Henry Kirke White, with a Memoir of the Author. [Fore-edge Painting].
Glasgow: Printed for Richard Griffin & Co, 1844.
Finely bound collection of the letters and poems of Henry Kirke White. 12mo, finely bound in full morocco elaborately decorated in gilt, marbled endpapers, tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of White, all edges gilt, decorated with a concealed fore-edge painting. In very good condition. Ownership inscription. A unique example.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 142137
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"Nicholas Tarvin sat in the moonlight on the unrailed bridge that crossed the irrigating ditch above Topaz, dangling his feet over the stream": First edition of Rudyard Kipling's The Naulahka
KIPLING, Rudyard with Wolcott Balestier.
The Naulahka: A Story of West and East.
London: William Heinemann, 1892.
First British edition of Kipling's ambitious narrative. Octavo, original publisher's decorative cloth. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise slipcase.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 120549
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John Bunyan's Grace Abounding and The Pilgrim's Progress
BUNYAN, John; Edited with Introduction by Roger Sharrock.
Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners and The Pilgrim’s Progress from this World to that which is to come.
London: Oxford University Press, 1966.
Finely bound Oxford University Press printing of the author's famous allegory and spiritual autobiography. Octavo, bound in full polished calf by Bayntun with morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, double gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, tissue-guarded frontispiece of John Bunyan from the pencil drawing by Robert White in the British Museum. Presentation stamp to the front free endpaper. In fine condition.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 145239
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First Edition of Leonard Bolles Ellis' History of New Bedford and its Vicinity 1602-1892
ELLIS, Leonard Bolles.
History of New Bedford and its Vicinity 1602-1892.
Syracuse: D. Mason & Co., Publishers, 1892.
First edition of Ellis' profusely illustrated history of New Bedford. Large octavo, 2 volumes bound in three quarters morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, illustrated with a profusion of fine tissue-guarded steel-engraved portraits. In near fine condition.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 131249
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Thomas A Kempis' Of the Imitation of Christ; finely bound in full crushed morocco by Bayntun for Brentanos
A KEMPIS, Thomas.
Of the Imitation of Christ.
London: Kegan Paul, Trench & Co, 1884.
Finely bound example of a Kempis’ classic work. Octavo, bound in full crushed purple morocco by Bayntun for Brentano's with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, elaborate gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, tissue-guarded frontispiece. In very good condition. A handsome example.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 133424
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“One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman": Simone de Beauvoir's The Second Sex; Signed by Her
DE BEAUVOIR, Simone.
The Second Sex.
Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1979.
First Franklin Library edition of the author's masterpiece. Octavo, original full leather, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, gilt tooling to the front and rear panel, all edges gilt, raised bands, silk ribbon bookmark bound in. Signed by Simone de Beauvoir. Translated by H.M. Parshley. Illustrated by Eugene Karlin. In fine condition.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 105112
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"The Founding treatise on pomology": Rare Societe des Bibliophiles Normands Limited Edition reissue of Le Paulmier's Traite Du Vin Et Du Sidre
LE PAULMIER, Julien.
Traite Du Vin Et Du Sidre.
Rouen: H. Lestringant, 1896.
Rare Societe des Bibliophiles Normands Limited Edition reissue of Le Paulmier's foundational work on pomology. Octavo, original wrappers, one of only 200 copies printed, this is number 65. Translated into the French by Jacques Cahaignes. Introduction by Emile Travers. In very good condition.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 110190
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Finely Bound Collection George Macaulay Trevelyan's Life of Garibaldi
TREVELYAN, George Macaulay.
Garibaldi’s Defence of the Roman Republic; Garibaldi and the Thousand; Garibaldi and the Making of Italy.
London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1907-1911.
Finely bound collection of Trevelyan's work on Italian general Giuseppe Garibaldi. Octavo, three volumes bound in three quarters morocco by Henry Sotheran, Ltd., gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, illustrated, tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of Garibaldi to each volume. In near fine condition.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 139018
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Rare complete limited edition set of Richard Burton's The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night; in the original publisher's cloth binding
BURTON, Richard.
The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night with Introduction and Explanatory Notes on the Manners and Customs of Moslem Men and a Terminal Essay Upon the History of The Nights.
Printed by the Burton Club for Private Subscribers Only, .
Limited edition of Burton's monumental masterpiece. Octavo, 17 volumes, original publisher's cloth with printed paper spine labels, top edge gilt, illustrated, tissue-guarded frontispiece to each volume. One of one thousand numbered sets, of which this is number 807. In very good condition. Underlining and marginal notes in pencil.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 144752
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First edition of James E. Doyle's Chronicle of England
DOYLE, James E.
A Chronicle of England. B.C. 55 – A.D. 1485.
London: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts & Green, 1864.
First edition of Doyle's elaborately illustrated history of ancient and medieval England. Quarto, bound in three quarter crushed levant morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, illustrated with engravings by the author printed in colors by Edmund Evans. In very good condition.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 139284
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First Edition of Carl Cutler's Greyhounds of the Sea
CUTLER, Carl C.
Greyhounds of the Sea: The Story of the American Clipper Ship.
New York: Halcyon House, 1930.
First edition of Cutler's masterwork on the history of the American clipper ship. Quarto, bound in three quarters morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, frontispiece. In near fine condition.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 131492
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"Change and chancefulness in my flowering youthtime, set me sun by sun near to one unchosen": The Selected Poems of Thomas Hardy; finely bound in full morocco by Bayntun
HARDY, Thomas.
Selected Poems of Thomas Hardy.
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1924.
Finley bound early printing of the Golden Treasury Series Selected Poems of Thomas Hardy. Small octavo, bound in full crushed crimson levant morocco by Bayntun with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, elaborate gilt ruling and cornerpieces to the front and real panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, top edge gilt, ribbons bound in, marbled endpapers, tissue-guarded engraved title page. In very good condition.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 118019
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John Forster's The Works and Life of Walter Savage Landor; finely bound by Riviere & Son
FORSTER, John.
The Works and Life of Walter Savage Landor.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1876.
Finely bound set of Forster's famed biography of the English poet. Octavo, 8 volumes bound in full crushed levant morocco by Riviere & Son with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, top edge gilt, tissue-guarded engraved frontispiece of Landor to volume one. In near fine condition. Bookplates.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 139019
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Alexandre Dumas' The Borgias; Finely Bound by Bumpus
DUMAS, Alexandre.
The Borgias.
London: Arthur L. Humphreys, 1911.
Finely bound edition of Dumas' classic work. Octavo, bound in full red morocco gilt by Bumpus, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands, gilt tooling to the front and rear panels, all edges gilt, inner dentelles. In near fine condition.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 140821
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Finely bound example of Samuel Smiles' Self-Help; elaborately bound in full contemporary tree calf
SMILES, Samuel.
Self-Help. With Illustrations of Conduct and Perseverance.
London: John Murray, 1908.
Finely bound example of Smith's best-selling work on the self-improvement; an embodiment of the ideologies of mid-Victorian liberalism. Octavo, bound in full contemporary tree calf with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt central coat-of-arms to the front panel, gilt turn-ins, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled. In fine condition. A fine example, desirable bound in full contemporary tree calf.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 122411
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Signed Limited Edition of Rackham's The King of the Golden River
RUSKIN, John. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
The King of the Golden River.
London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, 1932.
Signed limited edition. Octavo, original limp vellum, gilt titles and decoration to front cover, illustrated endpapers, top edge gilt, color frontispiece and three plates, illustrations in the text, all by Rackham. Signed by Arthur Rackham, one of 570 copies of which 550 were for sale, this is number 549. Near fine in the the rare original slipcase, bookplate.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 117643