BUDDINGH, CEES

Lateraal Gedichten

Amsterdam, Uitgeverij Holland. 1957, First Edition. Broché/ Sewn Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book, 28-[ii] PP.Number 43 of De Windroos series of publications. Typography by Tamminga. A very good and clean copy of this fragile book. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 3558

Catalogue: Literature / Classical Antiquity

Keywords: Buddingh. Lateraal. Cees Buddingh.

BUDDINGH, CEES

Water En Vuur

Amsterdam, Uitgersmij Holland. 1951, First Edition. Broché/ Sewn Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book, 37-[ii] PP. Pulished in De Windroos series Nr. 17 Typ. by F. TAMMINGA .A very good copy of this fragile book. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 3559

Catalogue: Literature / Classical Antiquity

Keywords: Buddingh.

(BULWER LYTTON)

The Last Days of Pompeii

London, Bentley, Richard. 1834, First Edition. Orig. Publ. Boards, Tall 8 Vo. Book, The last days of Pompeii, By the author of "Pelham", Eugene Aram" "England , and the English." etc. etc. 3 Vols. in original boards with title pieces. the French (or "half titles") present in Vol. 2 and 3. (as called for) Name on title. XVI-315, 296, & 315 pp. With the (3) errata slips. See: Sadleir: # 414. Bulwer Lytton, (1803-1873) A very good copy of a scarce work, in fine, matching, contemporary bindings. Very Good.

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Book number: 788

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Keywords: Literature.

BUONARRUOTI, MICHELAGNOLO.

La Fiera, commedia di M. Buonarruoti, Il giovane e la Tancia.

Firenze, Tartini e Franchi, Firenze, 1726. 1726. Full-Vellum, Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. Book, La Fiera, Commedia di M. Buonarruoti. Il Giovane e la Tancia Commedia rustical del medesimo. Coll` annotazioni dell` Abate Anton Maria Salvini, Gentiluomo Fiorentino. Folio, xvi, 603 Pp. Engr. Frontisp.Title in red and black, with (small, oval) Portrait engraving. Contemporary vellum binding, red letterpiece. (some slight soiling/worming). A nice work by Buonaruoti. in a good, Florentine edition. Good/Good.

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Book number: 302

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Keywords: Italian Literature

BURROUGHS, WILLIAM, S.

The Place of Dead Roads.

New York, Holt, Rinehart and Winston. 1983, First Edition. (ISBN: 0030632560) Cloth, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book, 306 pp. The first edition of a fine Burroughs, in an almost pristine condition. Some light shelf wear at Dw. A very fresh, unspoiled copy. As New/Very Good.

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Book number: 1102

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BURTON,RICHARD, F.

Arabian Nights] A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights Entertainments. Now entitled 'The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night'. With Introduction Explanatory Notes on the Manners and Customs of Moslem Men and a Terminal Essay upon the Hi

London, The Burton Club For Private Subsribers Only. 1899, Limited/Numbered. Cloth (Hardback), Large 8Vo. Ill.: Letchford & LaLauze. Book, A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights' Entertainments, Now Entituled The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, with Introduction Explanatory Notes on the Manners and Customs of Moslem Men and a Terminal Essay Upon the History of The Nights, Including Supplemental Nights to the Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night with Notes Anthropological and Explanatory. Together 7 Volumes in 17 . Titles printed in red and black, Illustrated, Orig. uniform, grey cloth bindings with letterpress titlepieces, T.E.G. Ptinted in a limited edition of 1000 Copies only, this is copy nr. 26 of the "Luristan" Edition, printed on India paper. [ place, nor date] It remains the only translation of the complete Nights, and Burton's magnum opus contributed to the twentieth-century recognition of the "Nights" as one of the world's literary masterpieces. A fine set, the rather plain, but original bindings a trifle dust solied, spines slightly darkened, some wear to heads of spines. A true monument to Burton, as well as the rich literary tradition of the East. Fine/No Jacket.

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Book number: 2965

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Keywords: Letchford & Lalauzearabian Nights. Burton.

BUTLER, SAMUEL

Hudibras, In Three Parts, Written In The Time Of The Late Wars With Large Annotations and a Preface By Zachary Grey LL.D.

London, Verner, Hood, And Sharpe; Otridge And Son; Cuthell and Martin ;R.Faulder; Lackington Allen & Co. 1806, New Edition. Full Calf, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book, 2 Vols. LII-500 PP & 476 PP. Illustrated [portrait frontispice, fine headpieces] Butler's satiric poem on the English Civil War was written in "Chaucerian" couplets and published in three parts between 1663 and 1678. "The poem is of considerable length, extending to more than 10,000 verses, yet Hazlitt hardly exaggerates, when he says that 'half the lines are got by heart'; indeed a diligent student of later English literature has read great part of Hudibras though he may never have opened its pages" (Encycl. Britannica). Original full calf,with single gilt filet lines at covers. Hinges weak, but good, clean and sound copy of this classic text. Good.

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Book number: 3431

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Keywords: Butler. Literature. Hudibras.

BUTOR, MICHEL

Mobile. Etude pour une representation des Etas-Unis.

Paris, Gallimard. 1962, 1 St. Ed. Broché/Sewn, Sm. 4To. Book, 333 PP. Uncut. 1 folding map of USA. The condensed seven month voyage through the USA by the Butor family visiting 50 states. A good copy of the unnumbered first trade edition. Fine/No Jacket.

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Book number: 3923

Catalogue: Literature / Classical Antiquity

Keywords: Butor. Michel Butor.

BYRON, LORD GEORGE GORDON

The Corsair, A Tale

London, John Murray. 1814. Later Wrappers, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book, 100 PP.FIRST EDITION, 3nd issue. Without half title. Disbound. Randolph p. 34, without 'The End' on PP.100. Bound with "POEMS" numbered to PP. 108 ,at 108 printer's signature. [T.Davison, Lombard Street Whitefriars London] Modern wrappers, contends very fresh. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 2849

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Keywords: Byron, the Corsair.

CAINE, HALL

The Woman Of Knockaloe, A Parabel

Lodon, Melbou, Cassel & Co. 1923, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book, XVI-207 pp. Chamfered edges Spine with gilt lettering. Apart for some light shelf wear, and foxing, a very good copy. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 2063

Catalogue: Literature / Classical Antiquity

Keywords: Caine

CATONISM. / PALLADI (ETC.)

De Re Rustica

Lugduni (Lyon), Seb.Gryphium. 1537, First Thus. Full-Leather, 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Book, M.Catonis: Lib. I M.Terrentii Varronis Lib. III. Palladi Lib. XIIII Bound With: De Re Rustica; L.IVNII Moderati Colmellae Libri XIII Same year/publisher : 530- (XVIII) Index; Bound With: Priscarum Vocum, In Libris de re rustica, enarrationes , per Georgium Alexandrnum/ Philippi Beroaldi in libri XIII Columellae annotationes (Same year/Publisher (CXVVVI) pp. Contains some diagrams and a calender / scheme for planting / sowing. A somewhat poor, but complete, copy in a later (18-Th C.) Calf binding with decorated spine, of a highly interesting work; covers detached, some repairs to inner margins (Tape!!) This is the classic collection of the ancient Roman writers on agricultural subjects. Marcus Porcius Cato (234-149B.C) wrote De Agri Cultura c160 B.C. which deals with the development of vine, olive, and fruit growing. Marcus Terentius Varro (116-27 B.C.) wrote Rerum rusticarum which treats with general agriculture, cattle and sheep raising, and smaller farm livestock. Lucius Iunius Columella wrote De Re Rustica in A.D. 60-65 and it also treats with general agriculture from farm buildings, soils, crops, domestic animals, poultry, fish, and bees. Rutilius Taurus Aemilianus Palladius (4th c. A.D.) was a knowledgeable agriculturists with estates in Italy and Sardinia. His is a practical manual with the instructions separated into months of the year. Schweiger II,1306. Bandini II,171. BM STC A very fine Lyonese book, with finely engraved initials. This work should meet the tender loving care of a fine binder. Fair.

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Book number: 1976

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Keywords: Catonis

CATS, JACOB

Selfstryt, Dat is Crachtige Bevveginghe Van Het Vlees En Gheest, Poetischer Wijse Verthoont in Den Person Ende Uytte Ghelegentheyt Van joseph, Ten Tijde Hij Bij Potiphars Huys-Vrouwe Wiert Versoch Tot Overspel.

Middelburgh, Venne, Jan Pietersz, V.d. 1620, First Edition. Full-Vellum, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ill.: Venne, Adr. V.d. Book, (XXVIII)-119 pp. Engraved [second] title, & 3 further prints. Full contemporary vellum. Wanting First Blank, some old annotations/ owners entries at endpapers, some light stains at binding , and a waterstain at upper right-hand corner towards the end [ from pp.73] Bound with; Sinne Beeld De heymenisse ende eyghenschapdes Christelijcken SELF STRYTS Alle self-strijbare Lesers, door gemeynsame ghelijckenisse, bescheydentlijcken aen wijsende. Gunst en Cunst-halven Toe-ge -eygent de eerbare constrijcke loff weerdighe jonckvrouw Johanna Coomans (etc.) [same printer/publisher/ year. A very desirable copy of this true, scarce, first edition of Jacob Cats. See ; Museum Catsianum:72 Scheepers I-95[III] Another edition. Fine.

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Book number: 2200

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COLETTE. SIDONIE-GABRIELLE

Oeuvres Completes

Paris, Flammarion, Le Fleuron. 1948, First Thus. Broché Soft Cover, Sm. 4To. Book, 15 Vols. one of the 5000 copies on vergé des papeteries de Guyenne. Printed in red and black. Uncut. [Each Vol. appr. 400+ PP.] Original Broché [soft cover] Contains: Les Oeuvres completes de Colette. Tome 1: Claudine a l'ecole, Claudine a Paris Tome 2: Claudine en menage - Claudine s'en va - La retraite sentimentale. Tome 3: L'ingenue libertine, Les vrilles de la vigne, Douze dialogues de betes, autre betes Tome 4: La vagabonde, l'entrave, Dans la foule Tome 5: L'envers du music-hall, Mitsou, La paix chez les betes, Les heures longues, La chambre eclairee Tome 6: Cheri, Le voyage egoiste, Aventures quotidiennes Tome 7: La maison de Claudine, Sido, Noces, Le ble en herbe, La femme cachee Tome 8: La naissance du jour, La seconde, Prisons et paradis, Nudite Tome 9: Le pur et l'impur, La chatte, Duo, Le toutounier, Belles saisons Tome 10: La jumelle noire, Critique dramatique Tome 11: Mes apprentissages, Bella-Vista, Chambre d'hotel, Julie de Carneilhan Tome 12: Journal a rebours, Le kepi, De ma fenetre, Trois. six. neuf. Tome 13: Gigi, L'etoile vesper, Mes cahiers, Discours de reception Tome 14: Le fanal bleu, Pour un herbier, Trait pour trait, Journal intermittent, La fleur de l'age, En pays connu, A portee de la main Tome 15: Theatre, Cheri, La vagabonde, En camarades, La decapitee, L'enfant et les sortileges, Melanges, and an extensive Bibliography. Some staining [foxing] and unobstrusive imperfections, but a good set of this first collective edition, published during her lifetime. In the original cream coloured wrappers. [a trifle discoloured]. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 3919

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COOPER, JAMES FENNIMORE.

The pilot, Bound with: The Last of the mohicans, Bound with; The Prairie.

London, George Routledge & Co. 1849. Half-cloth, 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Book, The pilot, a tale of the sea. 326 pp. London, 1849. Bound with: The last of the Mohicans; A narrative of 1757. London 1850, Bound with; The prairie, 335 pp. London, 1850. A nice and early threesome in an attractive binding. Spine with gilt lettering, marbled boards. (some shelfwear) These three fine works by Cooper (1789-1863) published all about 25 years later then their 1St. editions. A collectable item, nevertheless. Fine.

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Book number: 1043

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Keywords: Cooper, James Fennimore

(COOPER, JAMES FENNIMORE)

The Red Rover, A Tale.

Philadelphia, Lea & Blanchard. 1839, New Edition. Half-Leather, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book, The Red Rover, A Tale By the autor of The Pilot etc. etc. 274 & 262 pp. Contemp. green Morocco spine with title in gilt lettering. A fine copy. The 1St. was published in Paris, in 1827. (Both title pages present as called for). Good.

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Book number: 1141

Catalogue: Literature / Classical Antiquity

Keywords: Fennimore Cooper