Avigdor Arikha Dessins 1965/6
Jerusalem: Tarshish Books, 1967. 1st Edition. Hardcover. An apparently unused copy. Fine all over. More
Jerusalem: Tarshish Books, 1967. 1st Edition. Hardcover. An apparently unused copy. Fine all over. More
London: Johannis et Pauli Knapton, 1740. Second Edition Thus. Hardcover. Samuel Clarke's edition of Homer's Odyssey and Iliad, quartos, uniformly printed and bound in polished calf, gilt-ruled covers, more gilt to spine. . Clarke (1675 1729) was an English philosopher and Anglican cleric. He is considered the major British figure..... More
Edinburgh: Silvester Doig and William Anderson, Sterling, 1792. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Six volumes complete, uniformly bound in early 19thC mottled calf, gilt and red and green labels to spines. Front cover volume 1 hinge slightly revealed but holding. Notes dated 1799 in black ink on the ffe and blanlk prelims..... More
NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1886. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo, green cloth decoarted in red and black. Ownership copy of Russell V. Venable (1880 - ?), West Point graduate and n Lieutenant Colonel, United States Army, with his holograpoh and dated by him August 1895, on the flyleaf. Some modest wear..... More
NY: Praeger Publishers, 1971. First US Edition. Hardcover. An apparently unused copy. Fine in sl rubbed/soiled dw. More
London: R Faulder and J Egerton, 1794. First Edition. Quarter Leather. Two volume set, volume 1 dated 1794, volume 2 dated 1799 newly rebound in quarter leather, raised spine with six compartments and gilt hand-tooled decorations, marbelized boards and new endpapers. Leaves gently toned. Gilt edged all around. xvi +..... More
London: Published by for J. Buckland, C. Bathhurst & T. Davies, 1793. Hardcover. New edition, corrected. 4 volumes, 8vo, engraved portrait, contemporary full mottled calf with new spines of polished calf, gilt titles. Original calf corners worn, but internals quite nice. With the contemporary bookplate of John G. Metcalf of..... More
London: Bathurst et al. 1781. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Four 8vo vols, and first edition thus. Bound in old full calf, spine extant but in poor condition, covers badly scuffed, some detached, the rest loose, making this a REBINDING COPY. Signatures firmly bound. All old marbleized endpapers extant. Internals remarkably well-preserved..... More
Charlestown: S. Etheridge, 1810. First Edition. Full Calf. leather very worn on both volumes, leather on spine of vol. II extremely worn. More
London: October House, 1971. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by Menashe on the half title: "For xxxxx May you go rfom strength to strength. April 14, 1973 Samuel Maenashe. Cambridge, a sunny afternoon" On the verso of the ffe: "Le Primavera ha venido. Nadie sabe como ha sido" and then below..... More
various: various, 1844. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Contempary binding of half leather over marbleized covers of three "bestsellers" of mid-19thC. First, Samuel Lever, Handy Andy, NY: Appleton 1845.380. Second, (Joseph Holt Ingraham) Montezuma, the Serf; Or, the Revolt of the Mexitili: The Tale of the Last Days of the Aztec Dynasty..... More
No Binding. Three scratchboards, two 12'x 15", the other 16" x 12", depicting critical scenes from Jean Genet's classic Querelle. Two are uniform in size and are matted and framed in the style of the oblong one, which wads originally matted and framed by the artist. The life of Sam..... More
NY: Rider and Driver Publishing Co, 1931. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition, 4to, brown pebbled cloth, gilt-stamped titles and pictorial pastedown front cover, 399 pages, copiously illustrated. Printed at the Brooklyn Eagle Press, Pages 1- 16 are advertisements for all manner of product and services to horse riders and drivers..... More
London: Chatto & Windus, 1899. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Author's Edition De Luxe, with distinctive ALS by Twain and manuscript pages in different volumes unique to this set - 25 volumes, Volumes I - IV are dated 1899; Volumes V - XXIII 1900; and, Volumes XXIV and XXV dated 1907. (Although..... More