Blue printed wraps protected in later glassine wrapping. Some wear to edges, as well as to head and tail of spine of wraps. Bookplate of noted proverb collector Lt. Colonel V. S. M. de Guinzbourg to front pastedown. Foxing throughout. Inkblot to pages 171-186 extending to rear cover. Otherwise, a nice clean copy without further markings. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; viii, 186, [i] pages; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail. View More...
Eggshell colored paper wraps with text to all sides. Spanish text throughout. No previous owners' names or other markings. Pages bright and clean. This is #190 in the Biblioteca de la Academia Nacional de la Historia. Minor spotting to wrap and a crease to both front and back wrap (see image). 544 pp., [11 pp.] 6 1/4 x 9 inches. First Edition. View More...
Pictorial paper wraps. Forward by Thomas L. Wentz. The Living Word by Xu Bing, translated by Ann L. Huss. Sections include: The Quiet Iconoclast; Mistrust of Language and the Book from the Sky; Language as Intellectual Game; To Be Human; and, Serve the People. Color illustrations throughout. Also contains a section on Chinese Names and Terms. No previous owners' names or other markings. Pages bright and clean. Shipped through USPS Priority insured mail. Light wear to wraps (see image). 7 3/4 x 11 1/4 inches. First Edition. View More...
. Black cloth with gilt particulars to spine. The personal copy of Professor Royal W. Weiler, who taught Sanskrit at Columbia and the University of Pennsylvania, and whose name is neatly inscribed to the front free fly paper. Some repairs, tears and losses to edges of acidic paper from title page through page 19 not affecting text. Inked scholia to margin, not affecting text. An otherwise clean and serviceable copy. ; 367 pages; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail. View More...
Strassburg: Verlag von Karl J. Trubner. Very Good. 1904. Olive green cloth with gilt title and author to spine. Front hinge beginning near head of spine, rear hinge beginning at tail of spine. The personal copy of Professor Royal W. Weiler, who taught Sanskrit at Columbia and the University of Pennsylvania, and whose name is neatly inscribed to the front fly paper. Previous owners' names inked to front fly and penciled to top of title page. Later index tabs with repairs to tabs on pages 1, 470 and 1030. A clean, serviceable copy.; Thick large 8vo ; All shipments through USPS insured Pri... View More...
Professionally rebound in gray paper with black morocco label to spine. All edges marbled. Book plate of famous proverbs collector Lt. Col. V.S.M. de Guinzbourg to front paste-down. Both Gaelic and English text; side-by-side though Franklin's Way to Wealth only in Gaelic. Occasional small marginal notations in ink throughout not affecting text. x, [1], 1-71 [i.e. 142 pp., 1], 73-83, [1] pp. 4 1/4 x 7 inches. First Edition. View More...
Quarter calf with both wrappers bound in. Slight rubbing to spine. Foxing throughout.; 8vo 8 - 9 tall; 32 pages; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail. . View More...
Full brown speckled calf with 5 raised bands and gilt particulars to spine. Published in Spanish and French text side-by-side in dual columns throughout. No previous owners' names or other markings. Pages bright and clean. Small loss of calf to 3 of the 4 corners (see image). [viii], 356 pp., [1]. 4 x 6 1/2 inches. View More...
Half red morocco over marbled boards; four raised bands and gilt particulars to spine. Top edge gilt. French text. 2 book plates to front paste down (Rob de Billy and de Guinzbourg). Occasional foxing. [II], 138 pp. 5 3/8 x 8 1/4 inches First Edition. View More...
Remnants of brown wraps to spine. Deckle edges. Lacking endpapers. Perforated library stamp to title and last page, along with deaccessioned stamp to title page of the Cleveland Public Library. Tears to front page edges (see image). No previous owners' names. Scarce. 5.25 x 7.5 in First Edition. View More...
London: E. Howlatt. Very Good. 1733. Full worn calf boards, which are detached, as is front fly. Bookplates of previous owners to front pastedown, recto and verso of front fly, and rear pastedown, including that of noted proverb collector Colonel de Guinzbourg (verso front fly). Large foldout plate of conjugations. Includes section of proverbs, French versions of names of men and women, and French songs. Very light intermittent foxing throughout, otherwise a clean copy without further markings. ; Small 8vo; viii, 117, [iii] pages; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail. . View More...
[xxiv], 496, [8] pages. 80 x 137 mm. Full grained ruled black morocco with William Stirling's mark to boards. Stirling's bookplate & that of famed proverb collector de Guinzbourg to front endpapers. Keir's "Proverbs" plate to rear pastedown. Aeg. Colophon reads: Tot Middelburgh, Gedruckt by Hans van der Hellen, Boeck-drucker op de groote Marct 9 anno 1636. View More...
Quarter black cloth over paper boards with particulars printed to front cover. Small moisture mark to bottom right corner of front cover, not affecting text. Bookseller's stamp and bookplate of noted proverb collector Lt. Colonel V. S. M. de Guinzbourg to front pastedown. A nice clean copy. ; 8vo; [vi], 168 pages; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail. . View More...
Debossed brown cloth with gilt particulars to front cover and spine. Fold-out of "Proverbs of Solomon, King of Isreal", to front. Moderate foxing throughout and wear to corners, but otherwise remains a tight clean copy with no previous owners' names. 5 x 7.5 in View More...
Kobe: Kobe & Osaka Press. Very Good. 1942. One of only 500 copies. String-bound Japanese hand-made paper. Title in German and Japanese printed in black to labels affixed to front cover. Bookplate of previous owner to front pastedown. A very nice, clean copy of this scarce title, of which OCLC lists only five copies. ; 8vo ; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail. . View More...
Burgundy cloth with bright gilt to cover and spine. Top edge gilt, some foxing to fore edge. A nice copy. ; Columbia University Indo-Iranian Series ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 264 pages; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail. View More...
Full vellum boards with title to spine. Latin text throughout. Previous owner's name to front flyleaf and bookplate to front pastedown. 3.75 x 6.25 inches. Shipped through boxed USPS Priority insured mail. View More...
Dark grey cloth boards with silver particulars to spine; purple dust jacket. Subjects include: Picture and Word, Space and Time: The Exhilaration -- and Exasperation-- of Ekphrasis as a subject; Representation as Enargeia I and II; Language as Aesthetic Material; and a Post-Modern Retrospect as well as others. Sunning to spine of dust jacket (See image). Name of previous UCLA professor to front pastedown under dust jacket. xvii, 292 pp. 6 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches. Dust jacket present. First Edition. View More...
Scarce mimeographed copy that precedes "first" Harcourt Brace wraps edition of 1968. Stapled brown and green paper wraps with text and design to front wrap and text to back. Includes lectures 1 and 3, with a yellow page in between the two lectures enticing readers to call a provided number to assist with transcription and publication of the 2nd lecture. As stated on back wrap: "Academic Publishing, Inc. furnishes at-cost mimeographing facilities for non-commercial, non-polemical projects; we set up, you crank." Front wrap has become separated from the top staple, otherwise binding is sturdy. ... View More...
Dark blue cloth with particulars to spine. Bookplates of Dr. Sigfrid Berliner and noted proverb collector V.S.M Colonel de Guinzbourg to front pastedown and recto of front fly. "hansische Universitat Seminar fur Spache und kultur Japans - Hamburg" stamped to title page, not affecting text. An otherwise very nice copy without further markings. ; Large 8vo; xxi, [i], 425 pages; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail. View More...
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