Paris: Bernard Grasset, 1912. Quarter Leather. 318 pp. Marbled board covers are somewhat rubbed, particularly at bottom edges. Leather spine has stamped gilt lettering and decoration and gilt decoration on four raised bands. Spine is somewhat worn and cracked along front hinge. Gilt edge. Marbled eps with Farnsworth Art Museum book plate on front paste-down. Numerous b/w plates. Text, in French, is aged but otherwise near fine. Very Good+. More
Hanover, Germany: 1915. Leather. As. 499 pp. An exquisite little book, a treasure for the reader of old German. The black leather cover has gilt design of cross on front, gilt lettering front and spine. Spine is labeled "Gelfangbuch" (presumably, hymnbook) and Marianne Hahn, presumably original owner. AEG. A delicate filigreed brass clasp (all elements present) closes the book at center. There are three small indentations on front cover, as if book had always been held in the same manner. Eps are a lovely ivory moire. B/w frontis engraving of the crucifiction. First four pages are for family records, followed by an index. Then the words for 638 hymns follow, with musical suggestions but no actual music. A list of composers is present, then a.... More
Lausanne: 1944. Illustrated Wraps. Presumed First. 200 pp. B/w ills & photos. French language periodical has bright front cover by T.P. Kaiser of a gate, a drive, and a substantial house, headed "La Demeure." Covers a bit creased, but very good. Sixieme Annee. Contains poetry, art, architecture and home decor, book reviews, art reviews, and more, all in French language. Fascinating period advertising, some in color. Very Good. More
Paris: Plon Freres, 1851. Three Quarter Leather. First Edition. `416 pp. B/w ills. Blue marbled cover has black leather spine and corners. Five raised bands on spine embellished w/gilt; gilt title on spine. Leather is worn, rubbed at corners, and splitting at lower joint in front. Upper joint on back cover is tentative. Marbled boards clean and bright. Inside are 6 months' issues of this weekly journal, approximately 16 pp. per issue. All in French, it is clean and bright although pages are a bit aged. Binding tight. This is a wonderful compilation of features and hard news, with reviews of music and books, and wonderful, wonderful caricatures and cartoons, some aimed at the British. Very Good. More
Paris: Librairie Hachette & Cie, 1893. Hard Cover. First Edition. 832 pp. + Index. Color ills. "Recueil Hebdomadaire. Illustre de gravures en couleurs et en noir. Pour les enfants de 8 a 12 ans." Pictorial front cover has drawing of boy reading to other children. Red cloth spine and corners, titled on spine in black. Covers are edgeworn with bumped corners and cocked spine. Spine is "bubbled." Upper edges tinted. Blue eps. Contents aged, with an occasional loose page. A year's collection of a weekly publication for children, w/lavish color ills. In French language. Very Good. More
Paris: Furne et Ce, 1839. Half Leather. As. Five volume set: 655, 607, 646, 653, 702 pp. Set is uniformly and attractively bound in marbled boards with leather spines. Spines have blind-stamped, bright gilt lettering, ornamentation and rules. Covers and spines are aged, soiled, shelf- and edge-worn. Hinges are occasionally cracked and/or have been repaired. Spine ends and corners are bumped, chipped and worn to the boards. Page edges are marbled, as are eps. The marbling on the boards, edges and eps complement one another but do not match. B/w engraved frontises, with tissue guards. Text is in French and is augmented by a few additional engravings, with tissues. Interiors are slightly aged and foxed to varying degrees. An aged, but rather attractive set that... More
Paris: Societe Francaise D'Editions Litteraires et Techniques, 1935. Paperback. 192 pp. Thin yellow paper cover is lettered in green, with front cover a duplicate of t.p. Spine sunned and soiled. Edges worn, with a few small closed tears. Text in French. Text block is sunned and aged, making contents fragile. Apparently from the series "Perspectives." Near Very Good. More
Stockholm: Albert Bonniers, 1918. Quarter Leather. 304 pp. Marbled boards with leather corners and spine. Boards are somewhat shelf-worn, particularly along extremities. Spine has five raised bands, bright gilt lettering and rules and elaborate, bright gilt decoration. Spine is slightly worn along hinges and at ends. Top of spine is chipped. Corners are rubbed; one of them is worn to the boards. Beautiful marbled eps with gilt flecks. Previous owner's attractive book plate on front paste down. Text, in Swedish, is illustrated with original colored lithographs and b/w pen and ink "vignetter." Even without a translation, these light-hearted illustrations reveal the bawdy nature of the text's emphasis on "wine, women and song." Interior is very slightly aged and, occasionally, lightly foxed. Otherwise, it is clean... More
Munich: Fr. Bassermann, 1923. Hardcover. First Edition. 67 pp. B/w cartoon ills. Avocado green cover with white letters has cartoon of man smoking and drinking on front. Spine is chipped at both extremities, tearing at hinges. Front eps sunned Back free ep missing. Obviously one in a series of books. See our Book # 003598. In German language. Very Good. More
Paris: Editions Pierre Tisne, 1952. Hard Cover. 135 pp plus 124 pp. of plates, index. Many beautiful full-color plates tipped in. Spine frayed top & bottom. Ivory cover has pictorial pastedown, brown lettering front & spine. Text and captions in French. Good. More
Madrid: Graficas Yagues, 1962. Wraps. 133 pp.. each vol. Subtitle: "Libro de la Primera Navegacion y Descubrimiento de las Indias. Bibliotheca Americana Vetustissima." Contains two large books, one a facsimile of Columbus' diary in his handwriting, the other a printed text of the diary w/maps as edited by Carlos Sanz. Both books are in white wraps with red lettering accenting black on front and spine. Covers are slightly handled, but clean and tight. In each, the pages are unopened. All contents in Spanish. Books are housed in a brown cardboard slipcase with large white title label on one side. Case is worn and split in several places. Very Good. More
Paris: Petite Bibliotheque-Charpentier, 1900. Full-Leather. As. 494 pp. Dark green leather covers with bright gilt embellishments. Spine with six raised bands and bright gilt lettering. Very slight shelf-wear. Spine has sunned to a rich, deep brown. Corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Lovely bookplate covers entire front paste-down. Pencil notes in margins on pp. 268-284. Text is aged and occasionally stained. Very Good. More
Revkjavik: Prentsmidjan Gutenberg, 1924. Wraps. 93 pp. Gold color wraps with olive green pattern all over front, olive title. Lower front corner dogeared. Frontis portrait. Nice stock w/deckled fore-edges. Index at rear lists the poets included and their countries of origin. Text in Icelandic. Very Good. More
Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus, 1907. Hardcover. First Edition. 390 pp. B/w & color ills. Interesting cover is a pale print of daisies with yellow centers on a lighted ivory background. This pattern is repeated on book edges. Front cover has b/w illus. of woman holding fan, gilt lettering, and red and black Japanese characters. Spine lettered in gilt in German, the language of the text. Spine has a few discolored spots. There is occasional edgewear to cover, and three of the four corners are bumped. Eps, in the same daisy print, have penciled p.o. on ffep and a small stamped letter "B" on rear paste-down. Just a touch of foxing to prelims and occasionally throughout. Frontis is a color portrait of Dame Tomimoto Toyohina, protected..... More
France. Full-Leather. As. No Date, 18th Century. 244 pp. 24mo. No title page. Worn leather covers have a red title block on spine which states "Oeuvre de Molier." Black block below is numbered "8". Back hinge is tender, corners rubbed to boards. Endpapers appear to be hand-printed wavy design of black and red. An oval stamp on half-title and on last page appears to contain a name, but is unreadable. Besides the title comedy, contains "Le Malade Imaginaire, a Comedie-Ballet," and 12 pps. of "Remerciement au Roi." Text in French. Good. More
Paris: Paul Ollendorff, 1899. Three Quarter Leather. As. 348 pp. 8vo. Rust/orange colored leather spine and corners over marbled boards. Spine has blind-stamped, bright gilt lettering, small divot near titling . Covers and spine are slightly aged and soiled. Spine ends and corners are rubbed and/or worn. Top edge fgilt, marbled endpapers. Original paper spine bound in front. Binding is interesting in that the page margins are of varying widths. Most of the pages are trimmed, but several pages retain their 2 1/2" outer margins. Text, in French, is on laid paper. Some darkening of pages, particularly on the pages with the wide margins. Otherwise, interior is clean, crisp and tight. Bound-in bookmark ribbon.
Brief ink inscription from the author, in French, on half-title page... More
Paris: Librairie Felix Alcan, 1911. Quarter Leather. Thirty-fifth Edition. 270 pp., plus 16 pp., tipped-in, book catalog. Red leather spine with four raised bands and bright gilt lettering. Marbled board covers show some shelf wear, particularly at edges. Corners are frayed to the boards. Marbled eps. Fly leaf is beginning to tear along top of hinge. Small (book store?) plate on rear paste-down. Text in French is aged, but clean and crisp. Very Good+. More
Paris: Chaix et Cie, 1912. Wraps. First Edition. 1023 pp., 4to. Off-white paper wraps are somewhat aged, soiled and shelf-worn. Text, in French, on both covers appears to consist mostly of reviews of this work. Despite this volume's massive bulk, the binding has held together remarkably well. Pages edges are slightly aged and/or soiled. One of the front fly leaves is of stiff gray paper with the author's portrait pasted on. The portrait is unusual because it is hand-tinted and in relief (Sinclair's coat lapels, his hair, nose, cheeks, mustache and beard are all slightly raised). Beneath the portrait is a facsimile of his signature and a couple of brief lines of biographical notes, in French. Text, in French and occasionally in English, consists of... More
Paris: Chez Ledentue, 1823. Half Leather. Third Edition. 236, 250 pp. 24mo. Volume I: Engraved frontispiece and 5 engraved plates; Volume II: Engraved frontispiece and 4 engraved plates Tan calf corners and spine with four raised bands over marbled boards. Spine panels have two pasted-on, slightly darker leather, title and volume blocks with gilt lettering and rules. Gilt decorations and rules in other panels are faded and/or worn almost to oblivion. Corners are bumped and frayed to the boards. Covers and spine are slightly aged and edge-worn. Marbled eps. Previous owner's name, in ink, on ffep. Text, on laid paper, is very slightly aged and, occasionally, slightly foxed. Vol. II spine is somewhat darkened and it appears as though a (presumably blank) page has been... More
Berlin, Germany: Deutsche Rundschau Newspaper. Hard Cover. First Edition. 108 pp. Ca. 1934. B/w ills - photo reprods. "This is How the World Sees Us - Germany as it is Portrayed by the Foreign Press." Orange cover w/ blue lettering is slightly faded. Top edge dusty, else fine. German text plus occasional English. Many illustrations from media worldwide. Fascinating look at pre-war Germany. Very Good. More
