Irving's Life of Washington [5 volumes-leather] de Irving, Washington - 1859

London: John Murray, 1835. Joints of two volumes somewhat rubbed, else fine and bright. Ten volumes, small 8vo. Illustrated with engravings, facsimiles in Johnson's hand, engraved frontispieces and extra title page engraved. Bound by Bayntun in full tan morocco with marbled endpapers, a.e.g., the spines with gilt titles and gilt strap work in the panels, strap work rules on the covers and fancy dentelles.

USA: Random House Inc. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2002. Third Printing. Hardcover. 0679405887 . 517 pages. Index. Many consider David Rockefeller to have been the world's most powerful man. "It's almost inconceivable that one man's life could encompass so many things. But (his) life has, and he tells the world all about it in this candid and highly informative book. This is the first time a Rockefeller has ever told his own story." - from dust jacket. Personalized bookplate, ostensibly for a fellow member of the Council on Foreign Relations, has been signed by author and mounted upon front free endpaper. Dust jacket preserved in archival-grade Brodart. Clean and unmarked with very light wear. A handsome copy. ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Rockefeller, David (Signed) Memoirs Autobiography J.D. Rockefeller Standard Oil Citibank Chase Manhattan Trilateral Commission CFR Council on Foreign Relations New World Order One World Government Globalists… Leer más

London: R. Simpson, 1693. First Edition. Hardcover (Half Leather). Good Condition. The first English edition of Baillet's lasting biography of Descartes, published in two volumes in Paris in 1691 and abridged the following year. Later half leather, front board detached, old seminary library label to spine and embossed stamp to title, but no other marks. Added endpapers but original endpapers preserved and covered in notes in an early hand as is the verso of the title - signature to top of title page. Marginal tear to page 111 almost touching a gloss - probably trimmed when rebound but still with wide margins. Light occasional foxing and finger soiling, but generally bright and unmarked. 286pp with advertising leaf at rear. Rare in commerce (one copy at auction in the last 40 years at Swann in 1989). Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Philosophy. Inventory No: 041226.

1692 Vulson's Lives of Illustrious Men Ambrose JOAN of ARC Pucelle Gaston Foix

Marc Vulson de la Colombiere was a 17th-century French historian who is known for his biographical sketches of notable figures, priests, politicians, philosophers, and scholars. One of his best works was 'The Lives of Illustrious Men' – a work that includes those sketches. Vulson includes descriptions of famous men and women including:
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Joan of Arc
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Gaston de Foix
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Anne de Montgomery
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Henry IV
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Queen Marie de Medici
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Anne of Austria, Queen of France
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Pierre de Terrail
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Cardinal Ambrose
This 1692 edition includes 25 full-page portrait engravings.
Item number: #18278
Price: $750
VULSON, Marc de la Colombiere
Les vies des hommes illustres et grands capitaines françois, qui sont peints dans la gallerie du Palais Royal. Avec leurs principales actions, armes & devises
A Paris: Nicolas Le Gras, 1692.

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1681 Puritan William Bates Lives Pico Mirandola Erasmus Bembo Savonarola Camden
William Bates was one of the most popular and highly esteemed 17th-century Nonconformist preachers. His sermons and devotional literature express his strong Puritan views and teach on the importance of understanding and spreading the Gospel.
While his devotionals were his most popular works, he did publish an important collection of biographical sketches entitled 'Vitae Selectorum'. In this work, Bates covers the lives and careers of eminent figures such as Erasmus of Rotterdam, Pietro Bembo, and many others.

Item number: #18564
Price: $950
BATES, William
Vitae selectorum aliquot virorum qui doctrinâ, dignitate, aut pietate inclaruere.
Londini : Typis A.G. & J.P. et prostant venales apud G. Wells, 1681. First edition

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· Collation: Complete with all pages
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· Provenance: Armorial Bookplate – Gaddesden Library
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The library at Gaddesden Park belonged to Sir Walter… Leer más

Fraser & Co., 1835 Brown/gilt emgossed boards with detailed gilt tooling of edges, raised banded spines, gilt foredges around. Slight rubbing to spine edges otherwise flawless set. Vol. 1 with added title page w/engraving of Cooper Study, "The Life of William Cowper," slight dampstain margin. i-viii 269 ppgs. Letters 1-176. Vol 2. frontsipiece of Cowper's mother. added title page "The Life and Letters of William Cowper", Vol. II. engraving of Olney Church. tp. iii- xx 416pp. Vol. 3. Engraved frontispiece of Mrs. Unwin. in her 26th year. added tp "The Poems of William Cowper", engraving of The Rustic Bridge, tp. contents, Table Talk. 586 pgs. Review from Nov. 1868 attatched to rep. Quite rare OCLC lists 4 holdings. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good.

1914. JAQUES, E. T. CHARLES DICKENS IN CHANCERY. Being an Account of His Proceedings in Respect of The "Christmas Carol" with some Gossip in Relation to the Old Law Courts at Westminster. London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1914. 95 pp. 8vo., tan paer wrappers printed in black and with vignette of Dickens on front cover. Good, front cover has tiny chip at bottom right corner and crease. Light soil. Small closed tears to rear cover. Interior fine. (Marke: A Catalogue of the Law Collection of New York University, 1142.) Rare.

Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1919. First Edition Thus. First Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full brown cloth, gilt lettering on spine and cover. A heartfelt memorial, this is a collection of letters and poems of Second Lieutenant Dinsmore Ely, written to his family in Winnetka, Illinois, during World War I. At the outbreak of the war, he volunteered in the American Ambulance Field Service so that he might secure immediate passage to France and go at once into active service. Arriving there on the fourth of July, 1917, on the sixth he volunteered and was accepted the same day, in the Lafayette Flying Corps. Shot down while flying in his Spad over France (near Villacoublay) on April 21, 1918, he died in a Paris hospital and was buried in Des Gonard's Cemetery, at Versailles. He was 24 years old, and had already been decorated for valor. Includes a "Prelude" by Dr. James O. Ely, his father. The Lafayette Flying Corps is a… Leer más

Buchet-Chastel, 1960. First French edition-first printing. Paperback. Very good. VGC plus.Buchet-Chastel,1960.First French edition-first printing.Limited edition to 718 copies. This copy is number 4. Text is in French language. Large format cream paperback(two small marks on the edges of the cover and spine,a couple of creases,small nicks and ink marks on the cover and spine, black and blue lettering on the front cover and spine) in VGC plus.The front cover illustrated by Picasso, black and white frontispiece of Serge Lifar by Picasso,b/w photos.Nice and clean pages with small ink marks and light shelf wear on the outer edges,a couple of creases on the edges of the pages,small pencil marks impressions on the edges of the first blank page of the book.Most of the pages are uncut at the top.275pp including Table Complete Des Oeuvres Choregraphiques De Serge Lifar A L'Academie Nationale De Musique et De Danse, Oeuvres Dansees et Reglees Par Serge Lifar,Index Alphabetique Des Noms,Iconographie,Table Des… Leer más

In as new condition inside and out. DJ is not clipped. Name of bookshop label, Henry Sotheran Ltd stuck inside first page. See photos