Paris and the Arts, 1851-1896: From the Goncourt Journal.
b/w illus., 374pp., 8vo, cloth, d.w. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, (1971). More
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Paris and the Arts, 1851-1896: From the Goncourt Journal
Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1971. Some b/w illustrations. 374 pages. 8vo, grey cloth (ownership signature on flyleaf, pages lightly foxed), pictorial d.w. (edgeworn with torn foot, price-clipped). Ithica: Cornell University Press, (1971). A very good(+) copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
The Anchor Bible: The Gospel According to John I-XII; XIII-XXI
Garden City: Doubleday, 1982. 2 volumes. 1208 pages (total). 8vo, red cloth, d.w. for first volume only. Garden City: Doubleday, (1982). Very good(+) copies--light edgewear to boards; first volume wrapper is very good with sunned spine and chipped foot; ownership names. More
The Book of The Thousand Nights and a Night.; A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights Entertainments
Privately Printed: The Burton Club, 1940. 16 volumes (10 plus 6 Supplemental) with frontispiece plate in each. Tall 8vos, handsomely bound in publisher's black cloth with silver and gold embossed covers and spines; uncut edges, top edge red. Privately printed by The Burton Club, (no date, circa 1940). Ownership signature on endpaper of first volume, and some light wear at spine ends, still a very good(+) set. More
The Book of The Thousand Nights and a Night.; A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights Entertainments
Privately Printed: The Burton Club, 1940. 16 volumes (10 plus 6 Supplemental) with frontispiece plate in each. Tall 8vos, handsomely bound in publisher's black cloth with silver and gold embossed covers and spines; uncut edges, top edge red. Privately printed by The Burton Club, (no date, circa 1940). Some wear on 3 of the spines. A very good(+) set. More
Hernando Cortes: Five Letters, 1519-1526
London: Routledge, 1928. Illustrated in black and white. 388 pages. 8vo, red cloth with gilt spine lettering (head lightly bumped). London: Routledge, (1928). Very good(+). The Broadway Travellers edition, edited by Sir E. Denison Ross and Eileen Power. More
Satires de Perse, Traduites en Vers et en Prose, Pour servir se suite a la Traduction de Juvenal.
Paris: Duchesne, 1772. By M.D.D.R.A.A.P. 278 pages, 12mo, full mottled calf, marbled edges, ornately gilt spine, burgundy leather label; marbled page edges. Paris: Duchesne, 1772. Hinges cracked but re glued and sound, otherwise a very good(-) copy. Bookplate on inside front cover. More
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
Japan: Shumposha Photo Printing, 1974. Illustrated abundantly in color by Hossein Behzad Miniatur. Unpaginated, about 250 pages. Tall 4to, gold patterned boards with gold lettering (spine un-lettered). Japan: Shumposha Photo Printing, (1974). Third reprint of Hossein-Ali Nouri Esfandiary's 1949 edition. A near fine copy, lacking the slipcase. Fitzgerald's English Version. E'tessam-Zadeh's French Version. Illustrations by Hossein Behzad Miniatur. More
The Music Theater of Walter Felsenstein.
New York: Norton, 1975. Black & white illustrations. 188pp, small 8vo, cloth, dust wrapper; small tears & light yellowing on d.w. New York; W.W. Norton & Company, (1975). Very good. More
The Vigil of Venus [Pervigilium Veneris].
London: Frederick Muller. Illustrated by George Buday with a title-page vignette and numerous other fine black and white wood engravings. 50pp. Slim 4to, cloth-backed marbled board with gilt-lettered spine; uncut edges. London: Frederick Muller, (no date). Top edge of book took a good bump, causing a slight crease in the boards but internally a near fine copy of this handsome edition. Limited Edition, one of 250 large paper copies signed by Gielgud and Buday. More
Ships and Shipping: A Collection of Pictures Including Many American Vessels Painted by Antoine Roux and His Sons.
Salem: Marine Research Society, 1925. Introductory text by Louis Bres and Reminiscences by Edouard Gaubert. Frontispiece, 118 b/w plates, and other black-and-white illustrations. 61 pages of text, 4to, red cloth; rubbed, with some fraying at spine ends and corners. Salem MA: Marine Research Society, 1925. Text in English and French. A transl. of the work published in Marseille in 1883. More
A History of Africa 1918-1967.
Moscow: Nauka Publishing House, 1968. 540 pages, 8vo, beige cloth, dust wrapper (slightly worn). Moscow: Nauka Publishing House, 1968. Very good. More
The Franco-German War 1870-71
London: Swan Sonnenschein & Co., 1900. B/w frontispiece and many b/w illustrations throughout. 687 pages. Thick 4to, tan pictorial cloth (scuffed, spine cocked). London: Swan Sonnenschein & Co., 1900. A very good solid copy. More
As I Crossed A Bridge Of Dreams: Recollections of a Woman in Eleventh-Century Japan.
New York: Dial Press, 1971. Illustrated. 159 pages, thin 8vo, cloth, d.w.; dust wrapper edgeworn. New York: Dial Press, 1971. A very good copy in a very good(-) dust wrapper. More
Annual of Advertising Art in Japan, 1982
Tokyo: Bijutsu Shuppan-sha, 1982. Illustrated abundantly in color and in black and white. 367 pages plus 29 leaves of advertisements. 4to, pictorial boards, d.w. (spine sunned). Near fine in a near fine dust wrapper. More
Pirandello's Love Letters to Marta Abba.
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1994. With a few b/w photographic illustrations. 371pp. Tall 8vo, red cloth, d.w. (spine of wrapper a bit faded). Princeton: Princeton University Press, (1994). A very good(+) copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
The Silent Zero, in Search of Sound.
An Anthology of Chinese Poems from the Beginning through the Sixth Century. Tipped-in calligraphy by Ch'en Yung-Sen. 174pp., 4to, cloth-backed bds., board slipcase. N.Y.: Grossman, (1968). Fine. Signed by translator on half-title. More
Burmese Folk-Songs.
Oxford: Asoka Society, 1970. 63 pages. Tall slim 8vo, yellow printed wrappers. Oxford: The Asoka Society, 1970. Some discoloration at edges still a very good(+) copy. More
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