[MOLIERE 1622 - 1673]

PLAYS By MOLIERE. Modern Library #78

New York: Random House, 1950. Ca 1957. Red cloth binding with gilt title lettering to front board and spine. Black top edge stained. Dust jacket. [2], 364 pp. 7" x 5". Slight lean, some shelf wear otherwise a VG+ copy in a VG+ jacket.

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Book number: 21366.1.

Catalogue: Literature

ABBEY, HENRY [1842 - 1911]

The CITY OF SUCCESS And OTHER POEMS

New York: D. Appleton & Co, 1884. 1st edition. Red cloth binding with gilt spamped spine and leaf design on upper board. TEG. 142 pp. 8vo. 21cm x 15.5cm. VG (spine faded/ extremities rubbed/ panels soiled/ sticker remnants at spine panel and rear ep). Presentation copy. Signed at fep.

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Book number: 21382

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BY THE AUTHOR OF THE ROLLO BOOKS [ABBOTT, JACOB (1803 - 1879)]

MARY ERSKINE. A Franconia Story

New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1850. Red cloth stamped in gilt to the spine. [2], vi, 7 - 202, [6, adverts], [4, blank] pp. B/w frontispiece and intratextual engravings. 8vo. 6-7/8" x 4-5/8". Average wear; p.o. name to ffep; small Ives & Streeter bookseller label to fpd; minor occasional foxing. Good.

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Book number: 44130

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ABBOTT, THOMAS EASTOE

A SOLDIER'S FRIEND; or, Memorials of Brunswick; A Poem,; Sacred to the Memory of His Royal Highness Frederick, Duke of York and Albany, Commander-in-Chief of All His Majesty's Forces

Hull: Printed and Sold by I Wilson, Lowgate . 1828. 1st Edition. Maroon muslin spine over marbled paper boards, printed paper title label to spine. xv, [1 (Errata)], 72, [2] pp. Untrimmed. Frontispiece engraving. 8vo. 8-1/2" x 5-3/8". General wear to binding with cloth fraying along front joint. Label chipped, mostly obliterated. Soiling to eps, with the front paste-down haveing a Brattle price of $150. An About VG copy.

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Book number: 47780

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ABLETT, JOSEPH - COMPILER. HUNT, LEIGH [1784 - 1859]; LANDOR, WALTER SAVAGE [1775 - 1864] - CONTRIBUTORS

LITERARY HOURS; by Various Friends

Liverpool: Printed by George Smith, 1837. 1st Edition (NCBEL III, 1212 [Landor]). Original publisher's brown embossed cloth binding with printed paper title label to spine. v, [1], [3] - 232 pp. Lithographic portrait frontis. 8vo. 8" x 5". General wear. Foxing. A VG copy. A prior owner has annotated the Table of Contents, noting the contributions by Hunt & Landor. Somewhat uncommon literary compilation, termed a "garland of posies" by Ablett, of which we find OCLC showing just 4 holding institutions, none in the US.

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Book number: 47802

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ABRAMOV, FYODOR

The NEW LIFE: A Day on the Collective Farm. (Evergreen Review #30, May - June 1963).; Translated by George Reavy

NY: Grove Press, 1963. White printed wrappers. 128 pp. Illustrated. 8vo. 20cm x 14cm. VG (slight lean/ upper corners bumped). Special book-length supplement.

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Book number: 21319

Catalogue: Literature

ADAMS, ANSEL; FERRIS, MELTON; LANGE, DOROTHEA; LOUIE, ERNEST; MORGAN, BARBARA; NEWHALL, BEAUMONT ; NEWHALL, NANCY; WARREN, DODY; WHITE, MINOR - FOUNDERS

APERTURE MAGAZINE. Complete Run, Issue #1 - #227 (Summer 2017)

San Francisco: , 1952. 1st Printing. Original paper covers. Divers paginations. Illustrated from photographs. Divers sizes. The first 14 volumes are housed in two custom grey cloth clamshell cases. The condition of the earlier issues show varying degrees of wear, from Good - VG+, overall a solid VG. The later issues, from the last couple decades tend toward VG+ to Fine. "The magazine was founded in 1952 by a consortium of photographers and proponents of photography: Ansel Adams, Melton Ferris, Dorothea Lange, Ernest Louie, Barbara Morgan, Beaumont Newhall, Nancy Newhall, Dody Warren, and Minor White. It was the first journal since Alfred Stieglitz’s Camera Work to explore photography as a fine art. The journal’s mission, as stated in its inaugural issue: Aperture has been originated to communicate with serious photographers and creative people everywhere, whether professional, amateur or student.. Aperture is intended to be a mature journal in which photographers can talk straight to each other, discuss the problems that face photography as profession and art, share their experiences, comment on what goes on, descry the new potentials. We, who have founded this journal, invite others to use Aperture as a common ground for the advancement of photography. Minor White was appointed by the founders to be the editor of the magazine, which was at first published out of San Francisco. The magazine's dimensions were initially modest (9 3/8 by 6 ¼ inches), and in its first two decades the photographs discussed and published in its pages were exclusively black and white (the preferred mode of most art photographers of the era). Many early issues were loosely organized around thematic concepts (such as “The Creative Approach” [vol. 2, no. 2, 1953], “The Controversial ‘Family of Man’” [vol. 3, no. 2, 1955], and “Substance and Spirit of Architectural Photography” [vol. 6, no. 4, 1958]), or were monographic publications (the first of these was vol. 6, no. 1, 1958, on Edward Weston). In 1953 the editorial offices moved to Rochester, New York. (White joined the staff of the George Eastman House, and in 1955 began teaching at the Rochester Institute of Technology) White was assisted with the magazine’s editorial and production tasks by Peter C. Bunnell. From the outset, the magazine was appreciated by its readers as “a much needed forum for serious photographers.” In 1962, vol. 10, no. 4, a monograph on photographer Frederick Sommer, was the first of many issues to be published also as a trade book." [Wiki] Here offered, then, is a complete run of this important & influential magazine, an absolutely essential work documenting the evolution of photography as an artform in the later half of the 20th Century, beginning of the 21st. Please note, this collection of Apertures, in its entire, is of considerable weight [100+ lbs], and the postage charge assessed on purchase will reflect this physicality aspect.

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Book number: 45626

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: Photo Albums Potpourri Photo Albums

ADAMS, HENRY [1838 - 1918]

LETTERS To A NIECE And PRAYER To The VIRGIN Of CHARTRES.; With a Niece's Memories by Mabel La Farge

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1920. 1st edition (BAL 43). Blue cloth binding with gilt lettering. [8], 134 pp. 8vo. VG (spine dull/shelfwear/bpt). Bpt of Arthur A. Milhaupt Jr [designed by Rockwell Kent].

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Book number: 22042

Catalogue: Literature

[ADDISON, JOSEPH. 1672 - 1719]

The ADDISONIAN MISCELLANY: Being a Selection of Valuable Pieces from Those Justly Celebrated and Classic Works, the Spectator, Tatler, and Guardian. To Which is Prefixed, the LIFE of JOSEPH ADDISON, Esq

Boston: Printed for Joseph Bumstead, 1801. 1st edition (American Imprints 16). Modern full speckled calf, executed in a period style (by Byzantium). Modern eps. viii, [9] - 321, [3] pp. 'Table of Contents' last 2 pp. 12mo, in 6s. 6-3/4" x 4-1/4". Binding - Fine (bpt [Dover Public Library]). Text block - VG+ (early pos/staining to 2 preliminary blanks/occasional browning, etc/few small library call marks in margin of p. iii).

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Book number: 23945

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[ADDISON, JOSEPH. 1672 - 1719]. TICKELL, MR. [THOMAS. 1685 - 1740] - CONTRIBUTOR/EDITOR

MISCELLANEOUS WORKS, in Verse and Prose, of the Late Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Esq. In Three Volumes.; Consisting of Such as were never before Printed in Twelves. With some Account of the Life and Writings of the Author, By Mr. Tickell

London: Printed for Jacob Tonson in the Strand, 1726. 1st edition (NCBEL II, 1099). Period full calf with raised spine bands, gilt embellishments. Maroon leather title labels in second compartment. Red speckled edges. 3 volumes: [6], xxxv, [1 (blank)], 267, [11]; 321, [3 (blank); 328 pp. Content - V. 1. Poems on Several Occasions. Rosamond, An Opera; V. 2. Cato, a Tragedy. Poemata. The Drummer; or, the Haunted-house, a Comedy. The Late Tryal and Conviction of Count Tariff. The Whig-examiner; V. 3. Dialogues upon the Usefulness of Ancient Medals. The Present State of the War, and the Necessity of an Augmentation, Considered. Of the Christian Religion. T.p. with printer's ornament. Head- tailpieces. V. 3 illustrated with divers medals. 12mo. 6-3/4" x 4". General binding wear, with some scuffing to extremities & wear to spine ends. Chip to v. 1 spine label. Armorial bookplate of Peter Hancocke Esq in v. 2 & 3; that of William Fowler in v. 1 [over Hancocke?]. Overall, Abt VG - VG.

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Book number: 45373

Catalogue: Literature

ADDISON, JOSEPH [1672 - 1719]; STEELE, RICHARD [1672 - 1729]; ET AL.

The SPECTATOR. In Eight Volumes.; New Edition, Carefully Corrected from the Originals, with Historical, Biographical, and Explanatory Notes, Contents, and a General Index. To Which are Prefixed, The Lives of the Authors

London: Printed for J. Bumpus, Holborn-Bars, 1819. Period black half-calf binding with marbled paper boards, edges & eps. Spine gilt decorated, with maroon title label in second compartment, volume label in 4 compartment. 8 volumes. Frontis in Volume I. 8vo. General wear, with the odd extremity rub. Bookplates. An attractive VG - VG+ set. "The Spectator was a daily publication founded by Joseph Addison and Richard Steele in England, lasting from 1711 to 1712. Each 'paper', or 'number', was approximately 2,500 words long, and the original run consisted of 555 numbers, beginning on 1 March 1711. These were collected into seven volumes. The paper was revived without the involvement of Steele in 1714, appearing thrice weekly for six months, and these papers when collected formed the eighth volume. Eustace Budgell, a cousin of Addison's, and the poet John Hughes also contributed to the publication. In Number 10, Mr. Spectator states that The Spectator will aim 'to enliven morality with wit, and to temper wit with morality' .. The Spectator sought to provide readers with topics for well-reasoned discussion, and to equip them to carry on conversations and engage in social interactions in a polite manner. In keeping with the values of Enlightenment philosophies of their time, the authors of The Spectator promoted family, marriage, and courtesy." [Wiki] An invaluable resource for researching / studying 18th Century British society.

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Book number: 46536

Catalogue: Literature

[JOHN NASH]. ADDISON, JOSEPH [1672 - 1719]

The VISION Of MIRZAH

San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1917. Limited Edition, No. 27 of 300 copies printed by John Nash. Tan cloth-backed pale blue paper-covered boards, tan title label to spine printed in black. [4, blank], v, [3], 11, [3], [4, blank] pp. Frontis is a portrait of Addison by Dan Sweeney. 10-1/8" x 7-5/8". Title label rubbed; faint spotting to boards; faint toning to board edges and page block. Interior clean and bright. Leaves unopened. VG.

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Book number: 43427

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ADE, GEORGE [1866 - 1944]

BREAKING Into SOCIETY

New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1904. First Edition (Russo, pp 61 - 63; Smith A-87). Original publisher's grey linen cloth binding with pale green & white stamping. 208 pp. Illustrated. 8vo. 6-3/4" x 4-3/8". General wear, cocked. Prior owner inscription, with shillouette affixed to ffep. Overall, Very Good.

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Book number: 46356

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ADE, GEORGE [1866-1944]

MORE FABLES.; Illustrated by Clyde J. Newman

Chicago and New York: Herbert S. Stone, 1900. First Edition. Publisher's yellow buckram with rules and lettering in dark blue, floral decoration on light blue ground to upper board, circular monogram stamped in black to lower board, top-edge gilt, fore- and tail-edge are uncut. [viii] 218 [4 ads] pp. Title printed in red and black within decorative border, numerous b/w plates. 8vo. 6-1/4" x 4-1/2". A VG+ copy, slightly rubbed at edges, a bit frayed at corners; internally bright.

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Book number: 45077

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ADE, GEORGE [1866 - 1944]. LUDERS, GUSTAV - COMPOSER. MARION, GEORGE - STAGE MANAGER

The SHO-GUN. An Original Comic Opera in Two Acts

New York: M. Witmark & Sons, 1904. 1st edition (Russo, p. 64-67). ASSOCIATION COPY, with the SIGNATURE of the stage manager George Marion to the ffep, as well as the tipped-in wrapper cover. Specially bound in flexible maroon leather with gilt stamped title lettering to spine. AEG. Floral patterned-paper eps. 154 pp. 10-7/8" x 8-1/2". Rubs to binding extremities. Original trade publication front wrapper affixed to front paste-down. A solid VG copy.

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Book number: 33318

Catalogue: Literature