Compton-Burrnett, I.

A Heritage and Its History

New York, Simon and Schuster, 1960. First edition. Cloth. 8vo. Very good+ with slight bow to front board, in very good dj with sunned spine and some edgewear.

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Book number: 14029

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: , Literature, English Literature, Fiction, English Literature-20th cent., Book

Busch, Frederick

Absent Friends

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1989. First edition. Cloth. 278 pp. 8vo. Inscribed by the author on the free front end paper. A near fine copy in a near fine lightly rubbed dust jacket.

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Book number: 25076

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: , Literature, American Literature, American Literature, Fiction, 20th c. , Short Stories,

Butler, Samuel; Towneley, John, trans

Hudibras. A Poem Written in the Time of the CIVIL Wars. Adorned with Cuts. Hudibras. Poeme Ecrit Dans le Tems de Troubles D'Angleterre Et Traduit En Vers Francois. Avec Des Remarques & Des Figures. [Three Volumes]

London / Londres, 1757. First edition. Quarter brown morocco over marbled paper-covered boards. Gilt titles and decorations to spine, sewn in bookmarks, marbled endpapers. [vi], [x], 365 pp. [1]; [iv], 480 pp. [1]; [iv[, 365 pp. [1]. Illus. with 14 plates (3 folding). Sm. 8vo. Translation is by John Towneley, a close friend of Voltaire's. Remarques at the end of each volume are by Henry Larcher. The plates are copied from the original Hogarth illustrations of 1726. Vol. 1 dated incorrectly with M.MCC.LVII on English title-page. See Lowndes "Bibliographer's Manual" (p. 336): "This masterly translation was made by John Towneley and not by Col. Francis Towneley as generally reported," as noted in pencil by an earlier bookseller on the prelims. This is the issue of only 200 copies. Scarce. Lowndes: p.336; Cohen-De Ricci (Rev.), p.196. Boards and spines rubbed, some loss of paper at the corners, tiny chip to head of spine on one volume, leaves clean, bindings tight, a good+ to very good set. Uncommon.

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Book number: 25347

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: , Literature, Literature, English Literature, Poetry, English Literature, 18th c., Poetry,

Butterworth, Emma Macalik

As the Waltz Was Ending

New York, Four Winds Press, 1982. First edition. Cloth. 187 pp. 8vo. An autobiographical account of a young girl whose ballet career with the Vienna State Opera was interrupted by the invasion of the Nazis and who later had to fight for her life during the Russian occupation. A near fine copy, with slight bump to heel of spine, in a near fine complete and bright dust jacket.

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Book number: 23626

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: European Literature, , Literature, European Literature, Emma Macalik Butterworth, Autobiography, Ballet, Juvenile Literature, Childrens, Dance, Vienna, Austria, World War II (WW II) The Second World War, Vienna State Opera,

Hazelton, George C. and Benrimo

The Yellow Jacket. A Chinese Play Done in a Chinese Manner in Three Acts

Indianapolis, Bobbs-Merrill, 1913. First edition. Cloth. 190 pp. Illus. with b/w photos. Sm. 8vo. Arnold Genthe, photos. A very good copy, gift inscription on free front endpaper. No dust jacket.

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Book number: 33568

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: , Literature, Asia, China, Literature, Drama, Asia

Caballero, Fermín

Pericia Geográfica de Miguel de Cervantes: Demostrada Con la Historia de D. Quijote de la Mancha

Madrid, La Imprenta de Yenes, 1840. First edition. Contemporary full polished calf with gilt decorated borders, all edges marbled, Stormont pattern marbled endpapers, sewn-in silk bookmark. Half title, 117, [1] pp. Illus. with 1 engraved plate and small engraving to title page. 12mo. Errata page at end. Examination of the landscape observations and geographical expertise of Cervantes. Fermín Caballero y Morgáez (1800-1876) was a Spanish geographer and writer. Scarce. Neither Rarebook Hub nor ABPC find it at auction after 1912 at the Anderson Galleries sale. Palau 38396. Sáez: El libro de geografía en España, 1800-1939: p. 85. Boards heavily rubbed, removing most of polished surface, but gilt borders mostly intact, contents very good with very minor foxing on a few leaves.

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Book number: 44543

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: , Literature, Geography Cervantes Don Quixote Spanish Literature, Book

(Westvaco). Callihan, John C. Foreword & Biographies

Voices from an Earlier America. An Anthology of Poetry Seventeenth to Nineteenth Centuries

n.p. Westvaco, 1980. Privately Published Limited Edition. Cloth. Illus. with b/w etchings and drawings. Twenty-four poets from Bradstreet to Riley accompanied by excellent reproductions of b/w drawings from "United States Illustrated" ed. by Charles Dana c.1850. A very good copy. No slipcase.

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Book number: 23245

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: , Literature, Poetry, American Literature, Poetry, Americana,

Chacón y Calvo, José Ma. [María]

Cervantes Y El Romancero. Conferencia Pronunciada El 10 de Diciembre de 1916, En El Ateneo de la Habana

Habana, Imprenta El siglo XX, 1917. First edition. Paper wrappers. 36 pp. Sm. 4to. La Revista de la 'Facultad de Letras y Ciencias'. Palau 66783. A very good clean unmarked copy, sunned wrappers with chipped spine ends.

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Book number: 42145

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: European Literature, , Literature, European Literature, Cervantes Spanish Literature, Book

Camões, Luiz de. Reinhardstoettner, Carl von

Os Lusiadas de Luiz de Camoes. Unter Vergleichung Der Besten Texte, Mit Angabe Der Bedeutendsten Varianten Und Einer Kritischen Einleitung Herausgegeben Von Dr. Carl Von Reinhardstoettner. [Two Volumes]

Strassburg, Karl J. Trübner, 1875. First edition. Paper wrappers. [2],xli, 96 pp; [1], [99-318], [1] pp. 8vo. Notes and commentary in German. Volume One wrappers detached, front wrapper heavily chipped; back wrapper to Volume Two with several large chips; both volumes with loose signatures, leaves brown with some light scattered foxing; a good copy only.

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Book number: 40075

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: , Literature, Poetry, Portuguese Literature, Camoes, Book

Cane, Miguel. Delhez, Victor, illus

El Canto de la Sirena

Buenos Aires, Sociedad de Bibliofilos Argentinos, 1966. First edition. Loose in printed wrappers, laid into a green cloth portfolio and slip case. 25 pp. Illus. with 3 color plates and 3 woodcuts. 4to. No. 6 de 90 numbered copies (of a total run of 100) on Charter Eggshell paper. Six colored woodcuts, with the frontispiece signed by the Belgium born artist, Victor Delhez (1902-1985), who was professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cuyo Argentina. Printed in the workshop "Francisco A. Colombo", under the direction of Osvaldo F. Colombo. Edited by Alejandro Shaw and Carlos A. Mignacco. This is the last volume of illustrated stories by national authors published by the Society. Miguel Cane (1851-1905) was an Argentine journalist and author. "El Canto de la Sirena" was a fantasy story of his college years written in 1872 and published in his first book, Ensayos (1877). Colombo: L'art du livre 419. A fine copy.

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Book number: 38177

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: Chile, Illustrated Books, Livres d'Artiste, , Latin America, Literature, Chile, Illustrated Books, Livres d'Artiste, Fantasy fiction, Fine Printing, Childrens Literature. Latin American Literature, Chilean Literature, Fine Press Colombo Press, Book Latin

Carew, Thomas

The Poems of Thomas Carew: With His Masque Coelum Britannicum

Oxford, Clarendon Press, [Oxford Univ. Press], 1949. First edition. Cloth. Frontis, lxxx, 297 pp. 8vo. Rhodes Dunlap, ed. This was the first complete edition of Carew's works since the late 19th century with a systematic commentary. Includes a catalogue of early musical settings. A very good clean unmarked copy with some toning to endpapers in a good dust jacket with a few chips.

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Book number: 25647

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: , Literature, English Literature, Poetry, English Literature, 17th c.,

Wells, Carolyn and Goldsmith, Alfred F.

A Concise Bibliography of the Works of Walt Whitman with a Supplement of Fifty Books About Whitman

Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1922. First edition. Cloth backed boards. ix, 107 pp. Sm. 8vo. Copy 91 of a limited printing of 550 copies. No slipcase. A very good copy with darkened spine and light rubbing, otherwise tight and clean.

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Book number: 16716

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: , Books about Books, Literature, Bibliography & Reference, Poetry, Books, Bibliography, Walt Whitman, Books about Books

Caviglia, Buenaventura

Carmen Saeculare

Montevideo, Los Talleres Graficos de Morales Hnos, 1947. First edition. Stapled paper wrappers. 34 pp. errata slip. Illus. with b/w drawings and engravings. 4to. Julio Vilamajó y Antonio Pena, ilustraciones. One of 150 copies. Includes three works" Carmen saeculare; La ofrenda; and Oración al río. Buenaventura Caviglia was a distinguished Uruguayan researcher and writer. OCLC locates four copies: NYPL, Harvard, Univ. Texas Austin, Univ. Toronto. Copies also at Bib. Alonso Zamora Vicente and Univ. Laguna, both in Spain. A very good or better copy, wrappers lightly soiled.

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Book number: 40078

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: , Latin America, Literature, South America, Uruguay, Uruguayan literature, Latin America

Chambers, Robert, ed

Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest Productions of English Authors, from the Earliest to the Present Time, Connected by a Critical and Biographical History. [Two Volumes]

Boston, Gould, Kendall and Lincoln, 1847. First American edition. Cloth. 672 pp.; 717 pp. Illus. with b/w engravings. Sm. 4to. Mixed bindings: Vol. I, boards detached, spine worn and scuffed, backstrip separated at head; good- only. Vol. II, front board sunned along top edge, some wear on spine and corners, owner's name on free front endpaper; very good. Still useful if not perfect.

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Book number: 32747

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: , Literature, English Literature, English Literature,

Christ, Ronald

The Narrow Act. Borges' Art of Allusion

New York, Lumen Books, 1995. Revised edition. Illustrated paper wrappers. xv, [1] pp. 305 pp. [3] lvs. Illus. with 1 b/w facsimile. Sm. 4to. A fine copy.

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Book number: 45480

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: , Latin America, Literature, Borges Latin American Literature Argentine Authors, Book Latin America