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New York: Random House, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Cloth-backed paper over boards; dust jacket; 8vo; pp. xvii, 297. With illustrations by Edward Gorey beginning each section. Spine tips and edges of boards a bit rubbed and tanned; faint red stain along spine; corners gently bumped. Dust jacket rubbed and scratched; lightly wrinkled along the edges.

St. Petersburg: Tipografiia Pervoi Spb. Trudovoi Arteli, 1909. Hardcover. Very Good+. Later cloth, original front wrap trimmed and mounted to upper board; 8vo; pp. 365, [3], illustrated. Of prisons in Russia: Shlissel'burg, Suzdal'skaia kriepost', Petropavlovskaia kriepost. Internally nice and clean.

Moscow / Leningrad: Zemlia i fabrika, 1927. Roman, Vosmaia tysiacha [Eighth Thousand Complete Works], Vol. VII. Hardcover. Very Good. Two copies, one in original cloth, the other in original wraps -- the Moscow edition in two formats. Cloth a bit dusty, and tanned along the edges; just a few ownership or vendor marks on prelims and terminals. Wraps rubbed; wrinkled along yapp edges; spine tips chipped.

Paris: Cordier, 1817. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Contemporary 1/4 leather, decorative paper over boards. Handsome copy.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1896. Hardcover. Near Fine. Two volumes. Original green buckram. Housed in custom boxed slipcase. Nice copies.

Utrecht: Vakschool voor de Typografie, 1912-1921. Hardcover. Very Good+. Cloth, backed in gilt-stamped vellum; 10 volumes, 16mo. Front board of 1921 volume sunned, otherwise all volumes just a little dusty along the spine. A lovely set.

Rotterdam: Typis Viduae Arnoldi Leers, 1681. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo. Pocket edition in contemporary calf (rubbed). Contemporary ownership signature.

New York: Macmillan, 1938. First Edition, First Printing Stated. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Cloth, printed paper labels on upper board and spine; dust jacket; 8vo; pp. viii, [2], 133. Cloth foxed, otherwise an excellent copy of the book. Dust jacket a bit tanned along spine and edges; small chip and closed tear at top edge of front panel; price-clipped.

Philadelphia: W. A. Leary & Co.. Paperback. Near Fine. [1850s]. 40 pp. Pictorial wrapper with Leary’s corner bookshop and ornamental border.

New York: Avenel Books, 1978. Hardcover. Fine. Color plates. Henry Miller's copy, inscribed to him by a friend: "To my guru Henry Miller, to remember the golden, colorful days of the past when this world was still livable. San Diego, Jan. 30, 1979." Offered with: Vincent (A life of Vincent Van Gogh), by Julius Meier-Graefe. London: John Lehmann, 1948. Although unmarked as such, also from the library of Henry Miller. In his later years, especially, HM would turn to painting as a comfort and practice it more seriously.

Madrid: Francisco Sanz, 1675. Hardcover. Very Good. Folio (270 x 193mm). Separately paginated and titled, [6], 35pp., [ii], 48pp., [ii], 14pp., 40pp., [iv]. Woodcut portrait of author on title, numerous woodcut illustrations in text. Title printed in red and black, subsequent titles with heraldry of Arphe y Villafañe. 19th-century quarter leather over marbled boards; (title and final leaf browned and remargined, somewhat dampstained and browned lightly throughout, p. 21 mounted, other paper repairs, two plates inserted as modern pencil reproductions; worn). Spanish provenance likely until 19th century, ex-libris of Farfan, to front pastedown. Sold as is. Seventh edition with re-engraved original plates and additions by Pedro Enguera; first printed in Seville in 1585. Juan de Arphe y Villafañe, or Arfe, was a Spanish engraver, goldsmith, artist, anatomist and author of German descent. Arphe y Villafañe wrote several books, of the Varia conmensuracion, he is best known. Each of… Leer más

Madrid: En La Imprenta Real, 1806. Hardcover. Very Good. 2 volumes in 1, folio (287 x 195mm). (Volume I: [8], 1-36, [8 pls.], 37-68, [4 pls.], 69-95, [7 pls.], 97-126, [32 pls.]; Volume II: [2], 1-60, [18 pls.], 61-99, [15 pls.], 101-112, [12 pls.], 113-166pp.) 96 engraved plates, including diagrams of geometry, anatomy and architecture. Bound for William Stirling (1818-1878) in mottled morocco gilt-stamped to front cover with his arms (a bend engrailed with three buckles) surrounded by his family motto “Gang Forward,” spine labeled “Juan de Arfe Varia Comensuracio Madrid 1806,” marbled endpapers, edges gilt; (few plates foxed, otherwise clean and well-preserved). Stirling’s armorial bookplate to front pastedown beneath monogrammed bookplate “D.P.” with chipmunk and two mice, and to rear pastedown the “Keir Arts of Design” bookplate. New Edition, corrected and augmented. Juan de Arfe y Villafañe, also known as the “Spanish Cellini,” was a… Leer más

Paris: nrf (Nouvelle Revue Francaise), 1924. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. Felt-covered boards, gilt-lettered morocco spine label, original printed wrappers bound in. Limited edition, one of 20 hors commerce copies specially bound, with subscriber's name printed on the limitation page, and with an autograph leaf bound in. Spine a little sunned and scuffed; original wraps slightly age-toned. Nice.

New York: Published by the Author, 1930. Paperback. Very Good+. Original printed wraps; pp. 45, [2] (ads). Covers and title-page a little soiled. From the library of Vladimir Sajkovic, a Dostoevsky scholar, though he leaves no ownership markings.

[Paris], [1910]. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Original paper-covered boards; small folio, with 6 plates by Paul Iribe. One of 934 copies "sur Japon." Spine and corners lightly chipped; a little faint foxing or dust-smudges here and there; nternally nice and clean.

New York: Sanctuary Books, 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. New. Glossy illustrated paper over boards, backed in bright green cloth; square 8vo; unpaginated (approx. pp. 120), with watercolor illustrations beautifully reproduced in full-color throughout. Numerous recipes placing vegetables front and center, delicious enough to entice the most finicky kid. Includes dishes for all four seasons, as sides or main courses, as well as little poems featuring anthropomorphic veggies. Unique, and good fun.

London: J.M. Dent & Co. , 1908. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Original cloth. Illustrated by Gordon Home. Spine worn.

[Kentfield, California]: The Allen Press, 1963. Limited Edition. Near Fine. Cloth portfolio (a Fortuny print of 18th-century design, hand-blocked in Venice) and box, housing 47 loose leaves (including 2 red "endpapers" and one purple leaf separating the introduction from the text). With 35 full-pate illustrations from 18th-century copperplate engravings, as well vignettes in text (details from various plates in the Gran Teatro, Marieschi, and Canaletto-Visentini albums). From a limited edition fo 150 copies, 12 of which are hors commerce. Corners of box gently bumped, otherwise fine. Bookplate of Norman Sondheim on front paste-down of portfolio. Lavish and lovely.

's Gravenhage: Ter Algemeene Landsdrukkerij, 1882. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Paper-covered boards, black cloth backstrip; 4to; pp. [4], 181, plus 3 folding plates (2 showing the "Adder," 1 showing 4 maps). Boards soiled and scuffed; some pale foxing throughout. A rare account of the mysterious sinking of the "Viper", OCLC locates only 6 copies worldwide.

Leipzig: in der Weydandschen Buchhandlung, 1783. First Edition. Paperback. Good. 8vo (215 x 130mm). [8], 456pp. Title with copperplate engraved vignette of pastoral scene. Original paper wrappers, edges uncut; (contents lightly browned, edges slightly curled, otherwise good). Rare first edition of Jung’s German Cameralistic treatise on agricultural production published in 1783. Dr. Jung was teacher and physician who published widely on topics of forestry, agriculture, and farm manufacturing. This treatise is principally engrossed with the numbering and categorizing of the different systems of agricultural production. In this Lehrbuch, Jung especially supports the full study of botany and zoology as a foundation for economic progress in agriculture. Of veterinary interest, there are several entries on the physiology of animals starting on page 206. In this work, Jung famously recommends the German system of mercantilism, Cameralism, to govern the accounting of agriculture endeavors (he suggests… Leer más