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  • The R.B. Adam Library relating to Dr. Samuel Johnson and his era: Volume the first by ADAM, R. B.
    ADAM, R. B.
    The R.B. Adam Library relating to Dr. Samuel Johnson and his era: Volume the first Letters of Samuel Johnson, James Boswell, Edmund Burke, Joshua Reynolds, and David Garrick.

    London and New York: Oxford University Press, 1929. First Edition. In original dust jacket. Signed dedication to front from author to William C. Carroll. Hardback in blue cloth with gilt decoration and titles to spine. Limited to 500 copies. Dust jacket has loss to the top and bottom of the spine, and moderate darkening. In archival protection. Book itself has a little rubbing to top and base of spine. Internally, generally very clean, but has some smoke damage to the top edge of the initial pages, and to the bottom closed page edge. Overall a very useable copy, enhanced by the author's signature. Profuse facsimiles and illustrations throughout. Perhaps most important of the three volumes as it includes the…

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    London and New York: Oxford University Press, 1929. First Edition. In original dust jacket. Signed dedication to front from author to William C. Carroll. Hardback in blue cloth with gilt decoration and titles to spine. Limited to 500 copies. Dust jacket has loss to the top and bottom of the spine, and moderate darkening. In archival protection. Book itself has a little rubbing to top and base of spine. Internally, generally very clean, but has some smoke damage to the top edge of the initial pages, and to the bottom closed page edge. Overall a very useable copy, enhanced by the author's signature. Profuse facsimiles and illustrations throughout. Perhaps most important of the three volumes as it includes the text of many letters not previously reproduced. 280 x 210 mm (11 x 8¼ inches).

    . Première édition. En jaquette d'origine. Dédicace signée au recto par l'auteur à William C. Carroll. Livre relié en toile bleue avec décoration et titres dorés au dos. Limité à 500 exemplaires. La jaquette présente une perte en haut et en bas du dos, ainsi qu'un assombrissement modéré. Elle est protégée par un film d'archivage. Le livre lui-même présente quelques frottements en haut et à la base du dos. L'intérieur est généralement très propre, mais le bord supérieur des premières pages et le bord inférieur de la page fermée sont endommagés par la fumée. Dans l'ensemble, il s'agit d'un exemplaire très utilisable, rehaussé par la signature de l'auteur. Nombreux fac-similés et illustrations tout au long de l'ouvrage. Peut-être le plus important des trois volumes, car il contient le texte de nombreuses lettres qui n'avaient pas été reproduites auparavant. 280 x 210 mm

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    Book ID: 4380
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  • The Rake's Progress. by SEARLE, Ronald
    SEARLE, Ronald
    The Rake's Progress.

    London: Perpetua Ltd, 1955. Hardback black cloth boards, in original dust jacket. A series of b/w picture stories, in the tradition of Hogarth. Searle will make you laugh and, more importantly, these are some of his finest drawings. A book for Searle connoisseurs. Dust jacket has been crudely repaired, but this is only obvious if the dust jacket is removed. Very clean boards, and pages inside. 120 pages. 250 x 190 mm (9¾ x 7½ inches).

    Book ID: 4180
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  • Author signed.
    The Rats & other poems. by SILLITOE, Alan
    SILLITOE, Alan
    The Rats & other poems.

    London: W. H. Allen, 1960. First edition, first impression. With the original dust jacket, in green boards with title to spine in gilt. Signed in ink to title page by Sillitoe. The dust jacket is darkened to top on both front and back, and spine is darkened with small closed tear to the head. The extremities are rubbed and nicked. Bookplate tipped-in to FFEP. Rubbed to verso of title - appears to be where a reference number has been removed. Page 24 has once been torn and repaired. 111 pp. 220 x 145 mm (8¾ x 5¾ inches).

    Book ID: 2371
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  • The Ship of Stars. by QUILLER-COUCH, A.T.
    QUILLER-COUCH, A.T.
    The Ship of Stars.

    London: Cassell and Company Ltd, 1899. First edition. Red cloth cover with gilt title to spine. Top edge gilt. The story of a Cornish childhood. Cloth on spine is slightly sun faded. Foxing throughout. 312 pp. 200 x 140 mm (7¾ x 5½ inches).

    Book ID: 2094
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  • The Underground Sketchbook of Tomi Ungerer, by UNGERER, Tomi
    UNGERER, Tomi
    The Underground Sketchbook of Tomi Ungerer, with a preface by Jonathan Miller.

    New York: Dover Publications, INC, 1972. First thus. Softback book of 152 pages, mainly satirical and erotic b/w illustrations. In a very good condition, with minimal sign of handling. Closed page edges have blue ink to top - pages themselves not affected. 175 x 215 mm (7 x 8½ inches).

    Book ID: 2642
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  • The Wife Hunter, by MORIARTY, Denis Ignatius [pseud.]
    MORIARTY, Denis Ignatius [pseud.]
    The Wife Hunter, by the Moriarty Family.

    Philadelphia: E.L. Carey & A. Hart, 1838. First edition. An uncommon Irish novel, written by William J. O'Neill Daunt under the pseudonym Denis Ignatius Moriarty. Two volumes, as issued. Red cloth spine, and cream card boards. A little fading to the labels on the spine, and slight rubbing to the boards only. Internally clean and tidy, but the text block is quite darkened. Adverts to the front of Volume 1. (18), 198, 191 (i). pages. 130 x 100 mm (5 x 4 inches).

    Book ID: 1860
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  • To be a printer by CRUTCHLEY, Brooke
    CRUTCHLEY, Brooke
    To be a printer

    London: The Bodley Head, 1980. First edition. In original dust jacket. 191 pages. Both book and jacket are in a very good condition.

    Book ID: 2086
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  • Todtentanz der Stadt Basel. La Danse des Morts. The Dance of Death. by [Matthäus Merian]
    [Matthäus Merian]
    Todtentanz der Stadt Basel. La Danse des Morts. The Dance of Death.

    Basel: Felix Schneider, 1875. Recent hardback black cloth boards with original front cover illustration laid on to front board. New endpapers. Boards in very good condition. With b/w woodcut illustrations based on frescoes from the cemetery wall of the church of St. John in Basel. Trilingual edition, with text in English, French and German. Three separate title pages. Internally good, but with some light sporadic foxing. [85] pages. 135 x 110 mm (5¼ x 4¼ inches). Couverture cartonnée récente en toile noire avec l'illustration originale de la première de couverture collée sur la première planche. Nouvelles pages de garde. Les planches sont en très bon état. Avec des illustrations gravées sur bois en noir et blanc d'après des fresques…

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    Basel: Felix Schneider, 1875. Recent hardback black cloth boards with original front cover illustration laid on to front board. New endpapers. Boards in very good condition. With b/w woodcut illustrations based on frescoes from the cemetery wall of the church of St. John in Basel. Trilingual edition, with text in English, French and German. Three separate title pages. Internally good, but with some light sporadic foxing. [85] pages. 135 x 110 mm (5¼ x 4¼ inches). Couverture cartonnée récente en toile noire avec l'illustration originale de la première de couverture collée sur la première planche. Nouvelles pages de garde. Les planches sont en très bon état. Avec des illustrations gravées sur bois en noir et blanc d'après des fresques du mur du cimetière de l'église Saint-Jean à Bâle. Édition trilingue, avec un texte en anglais, en français et en allemand. Trois pages de titre séparées. Bon état intérieur, mais avec quelques légères rousseurs sporadiques. [85] pages. 135 x 110 mm.

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    Book ID: 4772
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  • Twelve Summer Poems of 1962. by SITWELL, Sacheverell
    SITWELL, Sacheverell
    Twelve Summer Poems of 1962. A limited, signed copy

    Edition: First Edition

    London: Privately printed: 1962. A lovely copy of this privately printed collection of poems. Spotless yellow card wrappers (now protected in a translucent glassine wrapper). One of ten copies numbered and signed by Sitwell for friends. This is copy 1/10. Internally clean and tidy throughout. 220 x 140 mm (8¾ x 5½ inches).

    Book ID: 1981
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  • Virginibus Puerisque and Other Papers. by STEVENSON, Robert Louis
    STEVENSON, Robert Louis
    Virginibus Puerisque and Other Papers.

    Toronto: The Musson Book Company Limited - Chatto & Windus, 1917. Scarce printing. Dated by owner's name and date to front endpaper. Attractive dark green leather binding, with gilt RLS initials to front board, and titles to spine. Binder's label to rear states T.C. Allen, Halifax, Canada. Stevenson's whimsical musings. OCLC Number / Unique Identifier: 61589351. In good shape, apart from mark to front board. vii, 193 pp. 160 x 105 mm (6¼ x 4¼ inches).

    . Impression rare. Le nom du propriétaire et la date figurent sur le premier feuillet de la fin de l'ouvrage. Jolie reliure en cuir vert foncé, avec les initiales dorées de RLS sur le premier plat et les titres au dos. L'étiquette du…

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    Toronto: The Musson Book Company Limited - Chatto & Windus, 1917. Scarce printing. Dated by owner's name and date to front endpaper. Attractive dark green leather binding, with gilt RLS initials to front board, and titles to spine. Binder's label to rear states T.C. Allen, Halifax, Canada. Stevenson's whimsical musings. OCLC Number / Unique Identifier: 61589351. In good shape, apart from mark to front board. vii, 193 pp. 160 x 105 mm (6¼ x 4¼ inches).

    . Impression rare. Le nom du propriétaire et la date figurent sur le premier feuillet de la fin de l'ouvrage. Jolie reliure en cuir vert foncé, avec les initiales dorées de RLS sur le premier plat et les titres au dos. L'étiquette du relieur au dos indique T.C. Allen, Halifax, Canada. Les réflexions fantaisistes de Stevenson. Numéro OCLC / Identificateur unique : 61589351. En bon état, à l'exception d'une marque sur la planche avant. vii, 193 pp. 160 x 105 mm

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    Book ID: 4170
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  • Wereldtentoonstelling by BOER, Jo
    BOER, Jo
    Wereldtentoonstelling

    Rotterdam: Nijgh & Van Ditmar N. V, 1939. First edition. A scarce work. Hardback black boards with an ex-libris from NYU Library to the front inside, and two small stamps, one to verso of title page, and one to bottom of last page. This is the first novel by Boer, a fascinating portrayal of life surrounding the great Paris World's Fair. People from all countries meet, build their illusions, and disappear again - a motley mix of fleeting happiness and painful suffering. At the centre stands the figure of former Governor Weitinger, an idealist who views this exhibition as if it were a new world order, yet who must admit afterwards that his desire and idealism have failed. It…

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    Rotterdam: Nijgh & Van Ditmar N. V, 1939. First edition. A scarce work. Hardback black boards with an ex-libris from NYU Library to the front inside, and two small stamps, one to verso of title page, and one to bottom of last page. This is the first novel by Boer, a fascinating portrayal of life surrounding the great Paris World's Fair. People from all countries meet, build their illusions, and disappear again - a motley mix of fleeting happiness and painful suffering. At the centre stands the figure of former Governor Weitinger, an idealist who views this exhibition as if it were a new world order, yet who must admit afterwards that his desire and idealism have failed. It is an interesting book, freshly written and engagingly told. Text in Dutch. 221 pages. 210 x 160 mm (8¼ x 6¼ inches). Première édition. Un ouvrage rare. Couverture rigide en toile noire, avec un ex-libris de la bibliothèque de l'université de New York (NYU) sur la page de garde intérieure, ainsi que deux petits cachets, l'un au verso de la page de titre et l'autre au bas de la dernière page. Il s'agit du premier roman de Boer, un portrait fascinant de la vie autour de la grande Exposition universelle de Paris. Des gens de tous les pays se rencontrent, se construisent des illusions, puis disparaissent à nouveau – un mélange hétéroclite de bonheur éphémère et de souffrances douloureuses. Au centre se dresse la figure de l'ancien gouverneur Weitinger, un idéaliste qui considère cette exposition comme un nouvel ordre mondial, mais qui doit admettre par la suite que son désir et son idéalisme ont échoué. C'est un livre intéressant, écrit avec fraîcheur et raconté de manière captivante. 221 pages. 210 x 160 mm

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    Book ID: 5668
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