1890. ARBUTHNOT, F.F. ARABIC AUTHORS; A Manual of Arabian History and Literature. London: William Heinemann, 1890. 8vo., black cloth, silver gilt title to spine and front board. Minor exterior soil and some edgewear. Light foxing to fly-leaf, else clean within. About very good overall. More
1732. ARBUTHNOT, John. AN ESSAY CONCERNING THE NATURE OF ALIMENTS, AND THE CHOICE OF THEM, ACCORDING TO THE DIFFERENT CONSTITUTIONS OF HUMAN BODIES. IN WHICH THE DIFFERENT EFFECTS, ADVANTAGES, AND DISADVANTAGES OF ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE DIETS, ARE EXPLAIN'D...TO WHICH ARE ADDED, PRACTICAL RULES OF DIET IN THE VARIOUS CONSTITUTIONS AND... More
2003. ARCHER, Father Scott. THE ANCESTORS OF CARL HENRY MCCOY. Containing All Known American Ancestors and Their European Origins, One Line to Charlemagne, and Selected Royal and Noble Lineages. Fairbury, Illinois: [Privately Printed] 2003. 89 pp. 8vo., red cloth with gilt spine and cover lettering. Fine condition. The author is... More
1981. (ARCHITECTURE). LOTUS 30 International: Quarterly Architectural Review. (Venice: Fantonigrafica, 1981). Illustrated with pictures, plans, and drawings; some color. 128 pp. Oblong 4to., glossy wrappers, illustrated. Lightly bowed, with mild wear, soil to wraps. Very good. Text in English and Italian. The subject of this issue is urban parks. Contents... More
1889. (ARCHITECTURE). ZEISCHRIFT DES ARCHITECTEN- UND INGENIEUR-VEREINS ZU HANNOVER. Neue folge des Notizblattes. Herausgegeben von dem Vorstande des Vereins. Redigirt von Keck, Professor an der Technischen Hochshule zu Hannover. Volume 35, No. 1 - 8. Hannover: Schmorl & Von Seefeld, 1889. 4to., three-quarter crushed morroco with marbled boards. Spine is... More
1893. (ARCHITECTURE). ZEISCHRIFT DES ARCHITECTEN- UND INGENIEUR-VEREINS ZU HANNOVER. Neue folge des Notizblattes. Herausgegeben von dem Vorstande des Vereins. Redigirt von Keck, Professor an der Technischen Hochshule zu Hannover. Volume 39, No. 1 - 6. Hannover: Schmorl & Von Seefeld, 1893. 4to., three-quarter crushed morroco with marbled boards. Spine is... More
1880. (ARCHITECTURE). ZEISCHRIFT DES ARCHITECTEN- UND INGENIEUR-VEREINS ZU HANNOVER. Neue folge des Notizblattes. Herausgegeben von dem Vorstande des Vereins. Redigirt von Keck, Professor an der Technischen Hochshule zu Hannover. Volume 26, No. 1 - 4. Hannover: Schmorl & Von Seefeld, 1880. 4to., three-quarter crushed morroco with marbled boards. Spine is... More
1881. (ARCHITECTURE). ZEISCHRIFT DES ARCHITECTEN- UND INGENIEUR-VEREINS ZU HANNOVER. Neue folge des Notizblattes. Herausgegeben von dem Vorstande des Vereins. Redigirt von Keck, Professor an der Technischen Hochshule zu Hannover. Volume 27, No. 1 - 4. Hannover: Schmorl & Von Seefeld, 1881. 4to., three-quarter crushed morroco with marbled boards. Spine is... More
(ARCHITECTURE AND SCULPTURE). Musee de Sculpture Comparee (Palais de Trocadero). LES CHEFS-D'OEVRE D'ARCHITECTURE ET SCULPTURE DU XIIe AU XIXe SIECLE. Paris: Librarie Generale de L'Architecture et Des Arts Decoratifs, [n.d.]. 4to., 120 black & white photographic plates [complete] housed in a grey cloth-covered string-tied portfolio. Some soil, slight pencilling, bumps... More
1923. [ARCHITECTURE] MORIGUCHI Tari, editor. HYÔGENSHUGI KENCHIKU ZUSHÛ. Tôkyô: Kyôyôsha, Taisho 12 [1923] 25.4 x 18.8 cm. A portfolio, tied, of some 60 plates, on the topic of "EXPRESSIONIST ARCHITECTURE". Wonderful modernist designs, real and proposed, from the cutting edge of the architectural design of the period. The covers are..... More
1890. THE ARCHIVIST. Vol. 3, No. 10 - Vol. VII, No. 27 (July, 1890 - September, 1894) London: "The Archivist" office. A small run of the "quarterly journal devoted to the study of historical documents, manuscripts, and autographs." 17 consecutive issues, lacking one: Vol. 3, No. 12 (January, 1891). Edited... More
1923. ARISTOPHANE. ARISTOPHANE. Texte etabli par Victor Coulon et traduit par Hilaire van Daele. Paris: Societe d'Edition "Les Belles Lettres", 1923. First thus. Complete in four volumes. 8vo., cream wrappers printed in black. Dogeared, chipping to some edges. Mostly unopened. A good copy of this set. Greek poetry in French. More
1775. Aristotle. Poetics; or Discourses concerning Tragic and Epic Imitation. London: Privately printed for J. Dodsley and Messrs. Richardson and Urquhart, 1775. First Edition 107p. Includes first English translation of Julius Pollux's "Extracts concerning the Greek Theatre and Mafks." Missing original boards, Aristotle and Pollux sections are detached. Previously bound... More
1929. (ARKITEKTEN UGEHAEFTE). ARKITEKTEN UGEHAEFTE. Meddelelser Fra Akademisk Arkitektforening. Kobenhavn: Akademisk Architekforening, 1929. A run of 53 issues of this Danish architectural weekly, volume 31, for the year 1929, as follows: Parts 1-52, (plus one extra issue out of series in November) Jan. 2-Dec. 25, 1929. 4to., wrappers; many issues... More
1928. (ARKITEKTEN UGEHAEFTE). ARKITEKTEN UGEHAEFTE. Meddelelser Fra Akademisk Arkitektforening. Kobenhavn: Akademisk Architekforening, 1928. A slightly interrupted run of 51 issues of this Danish architectural weekly, volume 30, for the year 1928, as follows: Parts 1-52, Jan. 4-March 7, March 21-Dec. 31, 1927, lacking issue number 11. 4to., wrappers; many issues... More
1944. ARMOUR, Richard. PRIVATES' LIVES. Boston: Bruce Humphries, Inc., (1944). 8vo., beige decorated boards w/dj. Slight age browning to pages, else fine internally, in a moderately soiled and chipped dust jacket. More
1732. ARNAUD, George d'. GEORGII D'ARNAUD DE DIIS PAREDROIS, SIVE ADSESSORIBUS ET CONJUNCTIS, COMMENTARIUS. Hagae Comitum, apud Petrum de Hondt, 1732. First edition. On the title-page paredrois is in Greek; the text is written in both Latin and Greek. [6], 206, [15] pp. 4to., full speckled calf, skillfully rebacked, with... More
ARNDT, Johann. SECHS BUCHER VOM WAHREN CHRISTENTHUM/PARADIESGARTLEIN. Philadelphia: Schafer and Koradi [n.d. ca. 1832]. 8vo., original calf, awkwardly rebacked in darker leather (which is chipped and charred). 941 pp. + 232 pp. Joints cracked, boards worn. Front flyleaf through title page detached. Many engravings. Block sound. In German. Mystical theology. More
1811. ARNOLD. THE CUSTOMS OF LONDON, OTHERWISE CALLED ARNOLD'S CHRONICLE; containing, among divers other matters, the original of the celebrated poem of The Nut-Brown Maid. Reprinted from the First Edition, with the Additions included in the Second. London: F.C. and J. Rivington [et al.], 1811. Quarto: lii,300 pp. Quarter bound... More
1883. ARNOLD, Edwin. INDIAN IDYLLS. From the Sanskrit of the Mahabharata. London: Trubner & Co., 1883. 8vo., melon cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt. Ink ownership. Spine darkened, with soiling to cloth, mild fraying, bumping to edges; binding lightly shaken, hinges starting. A good reading copy. More
1892. BLUM, Robert. ARNOLD, Sir Edwin. JAPONICA. Illustrated by Robert BLUM. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1892. 2nd printing, originally published in 1891. xv + [1] + 128 pp. Tall 8vo., half green morocco with gilt rules, raised bands, gilt spine lettering and ornaments, with green marbled paper covered boards... More
1894. ARNOLD, Edwin. WANDERING WORDS. London: Longmans, Green, 1894. 8vo, xii + 372 pp. + ads., 22 plates, further ills. in text; red cloth. Lacks flyleaf, hinge cracked, some foxing and dampstaining; rubbed. Good only. More
1864. ARNOLD, Matthew. A FRENCH ETON; Or, Middle Class Education and the State. London and Cambridge: Macmillan & Co., 1864. First edition. 12mo., burgundy cloth over limp boards; lettered in gilt. Library bookplate to fpd; no other library marks. Ink ownership to ffep, verso. Some bubbling, rubbing to cloth; boards... More
1970. (ART). THE ART OF CYPRUS. By Tony Spiteris. Translated from the French by Thomas Burton. New York: Reynal and Co., [1970]. 4to., decorated paper-covered boards, spine in gilt. Illustrated with photographs throughout. A very good copy in a lightly edgeworn dust jacket. Ink ownership at ffep. More