Amelie Ou Les Ecarts de Ma Jeunesse

Paris, Chez Tous les Libraires, 1886. Leather. Two volumes in one of this limited edition volume, Amelie ou Les Ecarts de ma Jeunesse. A limited edition copy, limited to five hundred copies. This volume is number 127. This is a copy of volumes one and two of Amelie or the differences of my youth. Complete in two volumes. In the original French. In quarter morocco with marbled boards. Externally, very smart with light marks to the spine. Front hinge is starting but remains firm. Internally, firmly bound with lightly age toned pages which remain clean. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: 864B29

Catalogus: World Literature

Trefwoorden: Amelie ou Les Ecarts de ma Jeunesse Amelie french literature Amelie None

The Arabian Nights: Tales from the Thousand and One Nights

London, The Folio Society, 2009. Cloth. A lovely Folio Society facsimile edition of the Arabian Nights, with beautiful colour plates by E. J. Detmold, and enclosed in a slipcase. The thirteenth printing of the Folio Society facsimile edition of this work in the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and eleven further colour plates, reproduced from the original watercolours. Collated, complete. This illustrated English language edition of The Arabian Nights was first published by Hodder & Stoughton in 1924, and contains some of the best-known tales from The Thousand and One Nights, a famous collection of Middle Eastern folktales compiled during the Islamic Golden Age. It includes colour reproductions of the exquisite watercolour paintings by the talented book illustrator Edward Julius Detmold (1883-1957). This edition includes the following tales: 'The History of Codadad and his Brothers and of the Princess Deryabar'; 'Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves'; 'Sindbad the Sailor'; 'Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp'; 'The Three Calenders'; 'The Story of the King of the Ebony Isles'; 'The Story of Baba Abdalla'; 'The Story of Ganem, the Slave of Love&apos. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. Externally, very bright and smart, except for light spotting to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean. Slipcase is very smart and bright. Fine . Ill.: Edward J. Detmold. Fine .

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Boeknummer: 892M25

Catalogus: Classical Literature

Trefwoorden: Arabian Nights One Thousand and One Nights E. J. Detmold One Thousand and One Nights Edward J. Detmold

Le Bambou

Paris, E. Dentu, 1893. Cloth. Six issues of the French literary journal Le Bambou, profusely illustrated throughout. Six issues bound in three volumes. Contains issue one, two, three, four, five and seven. Published in twelve issues, so therefore lacking volumes six and eight through twelve. With the three page advertisement leaf to the beginning of volume one, but lacking the 'volant' supplement, as is common with this work. In French.A literary journey published by Edouard Guillaume and edited by E. Dentu. Includes many engravings by various artists including Ludek Marold and Ary Gambard. Bound in red cloth. Externally very smart with just slight rubbing to the boards and extremities. The odd mark to the boards. Internally generally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with just marginal age toning. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Various. Very Good Indeed .

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Boeknummer: 870K6

Catalogus: Literature

Trefwoorden: Le Bambou Périodique illustré Luděk Marold Périodique illustré Various

Cassell&Apos;S Biographical Dictionary Containing Original Memoirs of the Most Eminent Men and Women of All Ages and Countries

London, Cassell, Petter & Galpin, [1867-9]. Leather. Cassell's sweeping biographical dictionary in two volumes, handsomely bound in uniform half calf. Bound in two volumes with continuous pagination, dated from Copac. An extensive biographical dictionary, containing original memoirs of numerous eminent men and women from all age and country. Contributors include the Rev, Canon Payne Smith, Aurelio Saffi, Colonel Medows Taylor, and J. F. Waller among others.Illustrated with thirty-four full page plates. Rebound in uniform half calf binding over marbled board and edges, renewed endpapers. Externally very smart with minor shelf wear only. Evidence of the removal of library shelf number label to spine vol. I. Library bookplate to front free endpaper, with minor library stamps to title page. Internally, firmly bound. Minor spotting to odd leaf, otherwise pages generally bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Various. Very Good Indeed .

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Boeknummer: 823A77

Catalogus: Literature

Trefwoorden: cassell biography illustrated dictionary biography Various

Chambers&Apos;S Papers for the People

London, William and Robert Chambers, 1850. First edition. Leather. Containing volumes I and II of the scarce periodical 'Chambers's Paper for the People.' Volumes I and II of the scarce periodical published by the Chambers brothers between 1850 and 1856. William and Robert Chambers were Scottish publishers and authors, both popular and influential in mid-19th-century scientific and political circles. They are mainly known for their extensive work 'Chambers's Encyclopaedia.' Containing sixteen articles and essays, each with unique pagination. Volume I: The Bonaparte Family; The Sepulchres of Etruria; Valerie Duclos; Education of the Citizen; The Myth; The Sunken Rock; Popular Cultivation of Music; Ebenezer Elliot.Volume II: The Sanitary Movement; Washington and His Contemporaries; Edmund Atherton; Memorabilia of the Seventeenth Century in Britain; Ruined Cities of Central America; The Ivory Mine; Secret Societies of Modern Europe; Francis Jeffrey. Rebound in half calf over marbled boards, titles in gilt to morocco spine label. Externally sound with some shelf wear, rubbed and lightly scuffed to extremities of boards and spine. Internally, firmly bound. Odd light spotting to occasional leaf, pages otherwise generally bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: 852A72

Catalogus: English Literature Pre 1900

Trefwoorden: william and robert chambers chamberss papers for the people periodicals essays chamberss papers for the people None

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Chronica de Mailros E Codice Unico

Edinburgh, Typis Societatis Edinburgensis, 1835. Leather. A leather bound copy of the medieval chronical. With three facsimiles from the Cottonian manuscript. An uncommon copy of the Chronicle of Melrose, with three facsimiles from the Cottonian Manuscript, Faustina B. ix, collated and complete. Published in Latin, with an introduction in English. Believed to have been written by monks at Melrose Abbey, the two part chronical spans 735 to 1270. The first part of the chronicle is a compilation from the Anglo-Saxon Chronical along with other historical works written by Simeon of Durham and Hoveden. The second section starts from 1140, and contains original work illustrative of the early history of Scotland. In 2014, it was discovered that the Chronicle contains the oldest intendent account of the sealing of the magna carta. The Cotton or Cottonian library is a collection of manuscripts once owned by the seventeenth antiquarian and bibliophile Sir Robert Bruce Cotton. Cotton's collection was one of the 'foundation collections' of the British Museum, and now comprises a large section in the Department of Manuscripts in the British Library. The chronicle is currently in the British Library. Presented to the Bannatyne Club by John Hay and Alexander Pringle, with a list of the club to the front of the volume. The Bannatyne club was a text publication society founded by Sir Walter Scott to print rare works of Scottish interest across various genres. Prior owner's bookplate to the front pastedown. From the library of Mr Blackwood Greenshields. With an institutional bookplate to the front pastedown from The Institute of Accountants and Actuaries in Glasgow. Some of the ink from this bookplate has caused some offsetting to the adjacent page. In a quarter calf binding over dark orange paper boards. Externally, generally smart. There are a couple of marks to the boards, with some scuffing of the leather to the front extremities. Lightly rubbed to the spine, a little more so to the joints and the head and tail of the spine. The front and rear hinges are starting, but firm. Internally, firmly bound. Aside from the odd spot towards the front of the volume, pages are bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: 864N8

Catalogus: English Literature Pre 1900

Trefwoorden: Chronicle of Melrose Cottonian Libraru Magna Carta Medieval Chronicle Cottonian Libraru Leather Binding None

Les Conteur Des Dames Ou Les Soirãƒâ©Es Parisiennes, Ornãƒâ© de Jolie Gravures

Paris, M.me V.e Lepetit , 1822. First edition. Leather. The elusive first edition of this collection of Parisian stories decorated with lovely engravings, complete in two volumes. The first edition of this work, rarely seen on the market, held institutionally by three libraries only. Complete in two volumes. A collection of stories illustrative of Parisian society in the nineteenth century, in the original French. A work of fiction attributed to Pierre-Joseph Charrin, French poet and goguettier.Illustrated with six lovely engravings, including frontispieces, each protected by tissue guards. With half title, errata slip to the rear of vol. II. In uniform full calf bindings with decorative gilt along the extremities of the boards. Externally very smart with minor shelf wear, only light rubbing to the extremities of the boards and spine. Internally, firmly bound. Minor staining marks to the fore edge of vol. I affecting only the occasional gutter, otherwise the pages are generally clean and bright with light spotting to the occasional leaf only, particularly to leaves of plates and tissue guards. Illustrated with six full page engravings. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: 809A21

Catalogus: World Literature

Trefwoorden: paris stories pierre-joseph charrin illustrations stories scarce books Not Stated

Days with Sir Roger de Coverley

London , Macmillan & Co. 1886. Cloth. A very smart copy of this illustrated work about the fictional character 'Sir Roger de Coverley. Reprint. Originally published in the Spectator, a magazine started by Richard Steele and Joseph Addison. Illustrated by Hugh Thomson with a frontispiece, illustrated title pages and vignettes throughout. In the publisher's original blue cloth with a gilt illustration to the front. This work, while not stated, was written by Richard Steele and Joseph Addison. The works provides a fictional account of visiting an English gentlemen named Sir Roger Coverley. The work has been beautifully illustrated by the noted Hugh Thomson who is best known for his illustrations of works such as Jane Austen, Charles Dickens and J. M. Barrie. In the publisher's original cloth. Externally very smart with only minor cockling to the tail of the front board, very light fading to the spine and very light rubbing to the extremities. The odd minor mark to the rear endpapers. Internally firmly bound with bright and generally clean pages with scattered spotting to the front and rear only. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Hugh Thomson. Very Good Indeed .

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Boeknummer: 877Z34

Catalogus: World Literature

Trefwoorden: Hugh Thompson Illustrated Fiction Illustrated Hugh Thomson

Days with Sir Roger de Coverley

London , Macmillan and Co. 1886. Cloth. A smart and intricately illustrated copy of Days with Sir Roger de Coverley. This copy of Days with Sir Roger de Coverley is extensively and beautifully illustrated by the renowned illustrator Hugh Thomson and is a reprint from The Spectator. The Spectator was the magazine that Richard Steele and Joseph Addison began together in 1711. Including sixty-two illustrations by Hugh Thomson. Collated, complete. Rebacked in blue Morocco leather with blue cloth covered boards. The original spine is pasted to the rear and a decorative bookplate is to the front pastedown. Externally, smart. Some fading and discolouration to the boards and light wear to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Some scattered spots to the first few pages. Very Good . Ill.: Hugh Thomson. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: 816B43

Catalogus: English Literature Pre 1900

Trefwoorden: jospeh addison Days with Sir Roger de Coverley illustrated humour Days with Sir Roger de Coverley Hugh Thomson

Days with Sir Roger de Coverley

London, Macmillan & Co. 1886. Cloth. A very smart copy of this illustrated work about the fictional character 'Sir Roger de Coverley. Reprint. Originally published in the Spectator, a magazine started by Richard Steele and Joseph Addison. Illustrated by Hugh Thompson with a frontispiece, illustrated title pages and vignettes throughout. In the publisher's original blue cloth with a gilt illustration to the front. This work, while not stated, was written by Richard Steele and Joseph Addison. The works provides a fictional account of visiting an English gentlemen named Sir Roger Coverley. The work has been beautifully illustrated by the noted Hugh Thompson who is best known for his illustrations of works by authors such as Jane Austen, Charles Dickens and J. M. Barrie. In the publisher's original cloth. Externally very smart with the odd minor mark to the boards, fading to the spine, bumping and light rubbing to the extremities and small minor closed tears to the head and tail of the spine. Hinges starting. The odd minor mark to the end papers with a crease to the rear. Internally firmly bound with lightly age toned and generally clean pages with the odd spot only. Very Good . Ill.: Hugh Thomson. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: 877Z40

Catalogus: World Literature

Trefwoorden: Illustrated Fiction Hugh Thompson Fiction Hugh Thomson

Dornroschen

Hamburg, Carlsen Verlag, c1960. Hardback. A charming edition of the classic tale of 'Sleeping Beauty' in German with delightful pop-up illustrations. A beautiful pop-up book of the tale of 'Sleeping Beauty', complete with numerous charming and amusing pop-up illustrations. The German edition, designed and produced by Artia and illustrated by the celebrated Czech artist Kubasta.Dated from copyright. With all pop-up present, moving pop-up slightly stuck to front board and first page. The moving head of the queen to the 'Der Konig und die Konigin sassen im Thonsaal.." with a minor chipping which may worsen with further handling.  In the original publisher's quarter cloth binding. Externally sound with some shelf wear, minor loss to front board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally clean with light minor spotting scattered to occasional leaf. Good . Ill.: Kubasta. Good .

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Boeknummer: 840A1

Catalogus: Literature

Trefwoorden: sleeping beauty fairy tales german tales fairy tales Kubasta

Elizabeth and Her German Garde; the Solitary Summer

London, Macmillan and Co. 1901. Cloth. Bright pair of Elizabeth von Armin's extremely successful semi-autobiographical novel and its companion, first illustrated editions. Elizabeth and Her German Garden was originally published in 1898. Semi-autobiographical novel by Elizabeth von Armin; it was very popular and printed numerous times during the twentieth century. First in a series about the character of Elizabeth. Together with The Solitary Summer, its delightful companion containing a lyrical account of a rejuvenating summer. Originally published in 1899. This collection is comprised of two first illustrated editions. Published anonymously as the author was afraid her husband, the German aristocrat Count Henning August von Arnim-Schlagenthin, would find a woman writing commercial fiction unacceptable.With four leaves of advertisements to rear. Illustrated with twenty-two full page plates. Collated, complete In the original publisher's uniform full cloth bindings with titles in gilt, gilt to edges. Externally very smart with only minor shelf wear, lightly bumped to head and tail of spine, back strip darkened. Hilda Potter's bookplate to front pastedowns. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed .

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Boeknummer: 824A37

Catalogus: World Literature

Trefwoorden: illustrated elizabeth von armin novels pair elizabeth von armin Not Stated

Forget Me Not: A Christmas and New Year Present for 1824

London , R. Ackermann, 1824. Leather. A very scarce copy of Forget Me Not the first literary annual in English. Very scarce. Forget Me Not was an illustrated British annual published by Rudolph Ackermann. It is a significant publication being one of the first annual in English. Its target audience was women. Originally launched in 1822, this copy is from 1824. Due to its popularity a a junior version was released in 1828. Each annual includes a selection of engraving to accompany the text. This copy includes 12 illustrated articles and stories. This copy also includes the original publisher's adverts. Bound in a decorative diced calf binding. Externally very smart. Rubbing to the joints resulting in slight loss. Spine rebacked. Internally firmly bound. Spotting to the first and last pages otherwise fairly clean with the odd spot. Bookplate to the front pastedown clean. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: 878V21

Catalogus: Classical Literature

Trefwoorden: Christmas and New Year Fiction Illustrated Fiction None

Forget Me Not; a Christmas and New Year&Apos;S Present for 1825

London, R. Ackermann, 1825. Leather. A very scarce copy of this illustrated literary annual in English, being one of the first literary annuals in the language. Very scarce. An early issue of this annual, the first was in 1822. Illustrated with eleven plates, lacking two plates. Forget Me Not was an illustrated British annual published by Rudolph Ackermann, considered a significant publication as one of the first annuals in the English language. Its target audience was women, but due to its popularity a junior version was released in 1828. Bound in full straight grained morocco. Externally, sound with rubbing and light bumping to the extremities. Light fading to the spine with the odd small mark to the boards. Puled to head leading to cracks to the joints at the head of the spine with minor loss. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd spot or handling mark and light age toning to the extremities. Minor worming to the plates. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .

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Boeknummer: 900T77

Catalogus: Literature

Trefwoorden: Forget Me Not Christmas New Year's Present Christmas Not Stated

Frank Fairlegh; or, Scenes from the Life of a Private Tutor

London, A. Hall , c1850. Leather. An early printing of this uncommon collection of the author's recollections of juvenile escapades at a private tutor. Published anonymously, this work contains the recollections from the author's escapades at a private tutor's during his youth. Written by Frank. E. Smedley, devoted to share the life of a privately-educated pupil. An early printing, the first edition appears dated both at the title page and preface, and illustrated with thirty steel engravings by 'Phiz;' this edition was dated from Copac and lacks illustrations. No advertisements to the rear. No half title. In a charming half calf binding. In a half calf binding over marbled boards, with new endpapers. Externally very smart with minor shelf wear and a minor rubbing to the leather and boards. Lambert 'ut quocunque paratus' bookplate to the front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: 806A10

Catalogus: English Literature Pre 1900

Trefwoorden: early printing memoirs recollections private tutor memoirs None