CONFUCIUS. Confucius Sinarum Sive Scientia Sinensis Latine Exposita. cxxiv, 108, 160, xx, 20, 8, [2], 23-108, [2] pp. Illustrated with engraved portrait of Confucius and a map of China engraved by François de Louvemont from a drawing by the Belgian missionary Philippe Couplet. Folio, 335 x 225 mm, bound in.....
Item nr. 169179
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GUIGNES, Chretien-Louis-Joseph de. Dictionnaire chinois, français et latin. Publié d'après l'ordre de sa majesté L'Emperuer et Roi Napoléon le Grand par M. de Guignes, résident de France à La Chine, Attaché au Ministère des Relations Extérieures, Correspondant de la Première et de la Troisieme Classe de L'Institut. [8], lvi, 1112.....
Item nr. 130234
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RUSCELLI, Giralomo et al. Del tempio alla divina signora donna Giouanna d'Aragona. [48], 388 [i.e. 404]; 159 [i.e. 147], [37] pp. With woodcut initials throughout. Small 8vo., 148 x 100, bound in contemporary vellum, title in manuscript on the spine. Venice: Per Plinio Pietrasanta, 1555.
$2500.00
First Edition of a collection of.....
Item nr. 169673
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MENDOZA, [Juan Gonzales de]. Dell'Historia della China. [48], 380 pp. Small 4to., 210 x 150 mm, bound in later vellum. Rome: G.A. Ruffinello, 1586.
First Edition in Italian, of this popular and key Western text on Ming China printed the year following the original Spanish edition. Juan Gonzales de Mendoza (1545-1618).....
Item nr. 169177
Price: $3,250.00
CHINESE GRAMMAR. Elemens de la grammaire chinoise, ou, Principes generaux du kou-wen ou style antique, et du kouan-hoa. By Jean-Pierre (Abel) Remusat. xxxii, 214, [2] pp. Illustrated with 2 folding plates and innumerable Chinese characters executed in woodcut throughout. 8vo., 230 x 155 mm, bound in contemporary calf with the.....
Item nr. 145265
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DORÉ, Gustave. The Doré Gallery: Descriptive Catalogue of the Pictures by M. Gustave Doré on view at 35, New Bond Street, London. By Francis Roubiliac Conder. 72 pp. 12mo., 130 x 105 mm, bound in publisher's pale blue printed wrappers. London: Fairless and Beeforth, 1882.
A rare exhibition of catalogue of.....
Item nr. 168846
Price: $750.00
AUTOMOBILES. Chevrolet for 54. America's first choice car. [Dealer's showroom sample catalogue]. Two parts in one volume. 101, [1] pp. many of them large double-page fold-outs, some with mylar overlays. Over 200 colour illustrations, colour plates (some folding), text illustrations, diagrams, several mylar overlays, 1 paper-engineered illustration with shifter for.....
Item nr. 155565
Price: $1,500.00
ROLLS-ROYCE. Rolls-Royce, Phantom III. Introduction by Wilfred Gordon Aston. 44 pp. Illustrated with 7 colour images of cars, one large folding plate showing the top and side view of the 40-50 H.P. chassis, four full-page photographic images of a showroom, service depot, and classroom, and engine and car diagrams throughout.....
Item nr. 153712
Price: $1,250.00
[LOMONOSOV, Mikhail Vasil'evich]. [Jean-Baptiste CHARPENTIER]. Elemens de la langue russe ou Methode courte et facile pour apprendre cette lanuge conformement a l'usage. [16], 368 pp. 8vo., contemporary sheep, smooth spine with gilt fleurons, red morocco lettering-piece "Grammaire Russe". St. Petersburg: Academie Imperiale des Sciences, 1768.
First Edition. A key publication in.....
Item nr. 121950
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EXCEPTIONAL DELUXE BINDING
KIPLING, Rudyard. The Works of Rudyard Kipling. Twenty-seven volumes expanded to fifty-one. 8vo., 237 x 152 mm, bound in full deluxe red morocco, elaborate gilt borders, spines elaborately gilt, silk moire endleaves, turn-ins inlaid with blue morocco, gilt extra with wide dentelles composed of small ornamental tools and.....
Item nr. 117290
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[STANLEY, Henry, editor and English translator]. LIONNE, Artus de, Bishop of Rosalie. Chinese Manual. Sse tse ouen tsien-tchou … Four words literature (with) commentary (or) explication … Recueil des phrases Chinoises composées de quartre caractères et dont les explications sont rangées dans l'ordre alphabétique francais. viii, 75 pp. Folio, bound.....
Item nr. 110041
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EAST ASIA. An Official Guide to Eastern Asia. Trans-Continental Connections between Europe and Asia. Vol. I: Manchuria & Chosen. Vol. II: South-Western Japan. Vol. III: North-Eastern Japan. Vol. IV: China. Vol. V: East Indies. Five volumes. I: [2], LXXXVI, 350 pp., illustrated with 17 colour folding maps, 16 black and.....
Item nr. 153804
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HERRICK, Robert. Poems Chosen Out of The Works of Robert Herrick. xiv, [2], 296 pp. 8vo., bound in original full vellum, four green ties. Hammermith: The Kelmscott Press, 1895.
The finest edition of the poetry of this seventeenth century poet who for a long time was more or less neglected, but.....
Item nr. 150516
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ALPHABET BOOK. Alfabeto da Phosphatina Falières. 8 ff. With 12 colour-printed illustrations by Timoleon Marie Lobrichon. 8vo., stitched as issued in original illustrated wrappers. Paris: Phosphatine Falières, n.d. [ca. 1905].
$975.00
The Portuguese edition of a charming "Abécédaire" which is not recorded in Gumuchian, or Osborne. The illustrations combine infants or children.....
Item nr. 149590
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BRUNHOFF, Jean de. A.B.C. de Babar. [48] pp. Illustrated throughout in colour. 8vo., 210 x 162 mm, bound in original publisher's decorated boards, decorated endpapers, in a new yellow cloth folding box. Paris: Editions du Jardin des Modes, 1934.
First Edition. A number of Babar's friends may be seen herein among.....
Item nr. 145089
Price: $1,250.00
SANDBURG, Carl. Abraham Lincoln. The Prairie Years. Two volumes in one. Abridged Edition. 8vo., bound in deluxe half blue morocco, over boards. New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1929.
First Edition of this version. signed by Sandburg on the half-title. The one volume edition of the first part of Sandburg's monumental classic life.....
Item nr. 141749
Price: $575.00
GREECE - Literary Voyage. Voyage Litteraire de la Grèce, ou Lettres sur les Grecs anciens et modernes, avec un parallèle de leurs moeurs. By Pierre-Augustin Guys. Two volumes. xvi, 420; iv, 244 pp. 12mo., 160 x 95 mm, bound in French contemporary beige half calf, light brown and pale green.....
Item nr. 166953
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ENGLISH MOSAIC BINDING. The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, according to the use of the Church of England: Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David, pointed as they are to be sung or said in Churches; and.....
Item nr. 166931
Price: $5,500.00
ADVERTISING. Citrus Fruit Labels. 60 labels. Laid into a linen bound album. Labels average 250 x 195 mm. VP. VD. [ca. 1950].
A highly unusual collection of colourful Italian post-war citrus labels from Southern Italy, including Naples, Catania and Sicily. Printed on flimsy paper, not many can have survived, especially as.....
Item nr. 165934
Price: $2,500.00
MALLARMÉ, Stéphane. Les Dieux Antiques, Nouvelle Mythologie Illustrée. Translated by Stéphane Mallarmé from the English of George W. Cox. xvi, 320 pp. Illustrated with 260 wood engravings throughout. 8vo., 211 x 140 mm, bound in publisher's maroon cloth stamped in black and gold. Paris: J. Rothschild, 1880.
First Edition of one.....
Item nr. 157971
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POPE, Alexander. Of the Uses of Riches, An Epistle to the Right Honorable Allen Lord Bathurst. [2], 20 pp. Folio, 325 x 195 mm, bound in new red morocco with gilt lettered spine. London: Lawton Gilliver, 1732.
First Edition of one of the earliest books tracts dealing with philanthropy in architecture.....
Item nr. 157574
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HOWARD, Alexander. Howard's Guide to Jerusalem and vicinity. With map of Palestine. 140 pp., illustrated with folding map. 8vo, 175 x 115 mm., bound in publisher's red cloth, recased with new end papers. Jaffa and Jerusalem: Howard's Hotel, [1895].
Chevalier Alexander Howard, otherwise known as Iskander Awad, was a local proprietor.....
Item nr. 156286
Price: $850.00
MANSFIELD, Comins. Adventures in Composition: The Art of the Two-Move Chess Problem. Edited by Alain White. xiii, 216pp. 8vo., 247 x 170 mm, bound in recent red half morocco, black leather spine label gilt. Stamford, CT: Overbrook Press, 1948.
From a total edition of four hundred copies printed in Centaur and.....
Item nr. 154152
Price: $375.00
DE BOFARULL, Antonio, ed. Guia-Cicerone de Barcelona. 282, [2] pp. 8vo, 186 x 125 mm., bound in quarter green morocco over marbled boards, gilt spine, marbled endpapers. Barcelona: Imp. Hispana de V. Castanos, 1855.
"Cicerone" refers to a tour guide who leads visitors, especially tourists, through historic sites. The term derives.....
Item nr. 153247
Price: $550.00
DUBLIN. The Picture of Dublin or Stranger's Guide to the Irish Metropolis. [16], 352 pp., illustrated with an engraved title-page, 12 plates and a large folding map on blue paper. 8vo, 170 x 100 mm,, bound in publisher's green cloth with printed paper spine label. Dublin: William Curry, Jun. and.....
Item nr. 152775
Price: $875.00