London: Parbury, Allen, and Co.. Very Good. 1827. First Edition. Wide margins; 2 maps; 14 lithographic plates 5 of which are hand-colored. Late nineteenth century rebacking in matching mauve morocco with wide cloth to gutters & gouge to front cover (see image). Marbled page ends and end sheets. Remnant of large bookplate on front pastedown. A handsome copy in a sturdy binding. Bound without half title & errata.; quarto 8.75 x 10.8 inches; xv, [2], 301 pages; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail. . First Edition. View More...
Oxblood cloth with decoration and title blind-stamped to front covers. Gilt particulars to spines; wear to spine of vol. I. Top edges gilt. Adhesive remnants to front pastedowns of both volumes; pencil markings to front pastedown of vol. II. Gutters of vol. II cracked. Some foxing to first and last few pages of both volumes, otherwise, a very nice clean set without further markings. ;xxiii, 450; xvi, 521 pages. View More...
Blue cloth with title to front cover and spine. Ex-library copy with the usual library stamps. Library pastedown to front rear board. Small inscription to rear blank fly. Foxing throughout. Includes fold-out map to front, along with numerous black/white photographs and nine full page plates throughout. 9.5 x 12 in View More...
Stapled wraps with particulars printed to front cover. 18 pages of different types of hand-made deckle edge paper with descriptions and suggested uses of paper printed to recto only. A very nice, clean copy without previous owners' names or other markings. Unpaginated. 6 1/2 x 9 inches. View More...
An account of coffee plantations in Yemen. Engraved frontis of Europeans sampling the local coffee beans. Engraved folding map of Yemen. Ancient worming to gutter not affecting text. Nicely bound in period full vellum with inked title to spine. First German edition.. ; 11x17.5 cm; [vi];1-192. pages; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail. View More...
Quarter green morocco with raised bands to spine. Bookshop plate to verso of front fly and Joseph McPherson's 1862 bold signature to half title. With three foldout plates. First edition of an expanded version of writings on Asian astronomy. "Biot's treatment was much more systematic than any which had preceded it" --Needham, Science and Civilization in China III, 183. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; iii, 398 pages; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail. First Edition. View More...
Large paper copy handsomely bound in the original full Spanish tree calf with red morocco label & gilt spine decor. Lithographed frontis of ruin, two large folded facsimiles of original manuscript, portrait of Joao Da Costa. Wide margined copy bound together with Atlas volume containing 15 large folded plates reproducing the original manuscript maps, plans & views bound in at the rear. ; 26x16 cm; xliv,xii,284 pages; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail. View More...
Attractively bound half black pebbled cloth over patterned paper. Paper label with inked particulars to spine. The personal copy of Columbia and U. Penn Sanskrit professor Royal W. Weiler whose signature is neatly penned to front fly. Nice clean copies.; Small 4to; 98; xv, 206 pages; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail. . View More...
A handsome copy from the collection of Sanscritologist Royal Weiler (with his name to Trubner's catalogue) & previously the young American novelist, poet & playwright Amelie Rives [Troubetzkoy] with her autograph to the title page & her early (maiden) bookplate to the front pastedown, together with her scoring & few notes.. Blind ruled ochre boards with bright gilt Trubner's Oriental Series gilt seal to front & blind stamped floral cartouche to rear.; 8vo ; [20],vi,216 pages; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail. View More...
Professionally recased; half calf; marbled boards. Twenty four copper engravings on twenty-three plates. A handsome and sturdy set. Volume 1. xxii, errata, list of plates, 644; Volume 2. vii, 715, errata. Foxing to plates. Discrete bookplate to pastedown. ; 4to; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail. First Edition. View More...
Title: ????/????; Editor: ??????; Publisher: ???????????. Meiji 39. Cloth wraps with floral pattern, string tie binding with 2/3 patterned silk spine, and paper title label to front wrap. Japanese text throughout. Color illustrations throughout. Patterned silk spine has become detached from spine area, but is still intact (see image). No previous owners' names or other markings. Unpaginated. 7 3/4 x 10 1/4 inches. First Edition. View More...
In Japanese only. Extensive explanation. A compilation for students. Presented to VdeG by the Folklore Institut of Japan. Slipcase in good condition. Very nice, clean copy without previous owners' names or other markings. pp. 269, 2. Dust jacket present. View More...
Limited edition #246 of 275 copies. Signed by artist both with signature in pencil and artist's red seal to bottom right and edition number to bottom left. Lithograph with embossed detailing. Printed on Velin d'Arches paper with their watermark. Four strips of tape residue to back four corners, which has very slightly discolored recto of print at top corners (see image); and two small pieces of archival mounting tape to verso of top edge. Light creasing to top and bottom edges. 30 x 21 in. Provenance: Sold by Associated Artists, Inc., Miami, Florida. View More...
Limited edition #187 of 275 copies. Signed by artist with signature in pencil to bottom right and edition number to bottom left. Lithograph with embossed detailing. Printed on Velin d'Arches paper with their watermark. Four strips of tape residue to back four corners, which has very slightly discolored recto of print at top corners and moderately discolored recto of print at bottom corners (see image); light water spot to bottom recto of print. 30 x 21 in. Provenance: Sold by Associated Artists, Inc., Miami, Florida. View More...
Limited edition #172 of 275 copies. Signed by artist with signature in pencil and artist's seal to bottom right and edition number to bottom left. Lithograph with embossed detailing. Printed on Velin d'Arches paper with their watermark. Four strips of tape residue to back four corners, which has moderately discolored recto of print at bottom corners (see image). 30 x 21 in. Provenance: Sold by Associated Artists, Inc., Miami, Florida. View More...
A total of 10 scarce black/ white postcards, of which 7 are photographed in Saigon by Crespin and 3 are photographed in Haiphong under R. Bonal & Co. All are unwritten without inscriptions or previous owner's names. 14.2 x 9.2 cm View More...
With a translation of the Chieh Tzu Yüan Hua Chuan, or Mustard Seed Garden Manual of Painting 1679-1701. 2 Volumes complete in one book. Second edition with corrections. Slipcase with paper exterior and design and text to all side boards. Green cloth with gilt particulars to spine; white dust jacket with text. Organized into 2 Volumes: Volume 1 containing On Tao and the Tao, The First Canon of Painting, The Four Treasures: Brush, Ink, Inkstone, Paper, and the Elements of a Picture; Volume 2 contains 3 parts including but not limited to: the Book of... Trees, ...Rocks, ...Jên-wu, ...the Orchid,... View More...
Publisher:
London, Printed for the author [i.e. translator], by Cox and Baylis : 1818
Seller ID: 5202
Full hatched calf. Marbled edges & end-papers. lxxx, 781, [3] pages. Folded map of Asia as frontispiece ; 28 cm. A nice tight copy recased in calf about its centenary. Renewed hinges again starting but still quite firm. Bookplate unceremoniously removed from front paste down. First Edition. View More...
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