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DOCTOR ZHIVAGO. [SIGNED]
2019
by PASTERNAK, Boris,
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DOCTOR ZHIVAGO. [SIGNED]2019
£1,000
London,, 2019. First Edition Thus. Hardback.. The slipcase is slightly marked with some light blue offsetting at the interior paper, else the volume is clean and bright. Fine in near fine slipcase.. 4to. pp xxxiii, 669. Quarter-Bound in blocked blue leather by Richard Mayer Buchbinderei GMBH, Esslingen/Zell, Germany, with hand-marbled gilt paste-paper sides by Jemma Lewis, in blue paper covered slipcase blocked in gilt. Copiously illustrated in colour with paintings by Leonid Pasternak, the author's father. Limited edition of 750 copies, hand-numbered no. 148. Signed at the tipped-in editions page by Nicolas Pasternak Slater, the translator and nephew of the author.
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MORBID TALES [SIGNED].
2004
by CRISP, Quentin S
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CATULLI, TIBULLI, PROPERTII OPERA, 1794
£170
Leyburn, , 2004. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket.. Very well preserved, tight and externally and internally perfectly clean copy. Near fine. . 8vo. pp: vi, 226. First edition. Original publisher's red boards with silver lettering at front and spine in original publisher's cream illustrated paper covers. 1 of a limited edition of 300 copies. Signed by the author at title-page.ISBN: 187262183X
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TEENAGE KICKS (JAPANESE IMPORT) 2010
by MCKEE Pete; Phil Oakey (Foreword)
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TEENAGE KICKS
(JAPANESE IMPORT) 2010
£160
No place noted,, 2010. First Edition.. Very good with slight handling wear only. Limited edition book written in English and Japanese and featuring work from the 2010 exhibition 'Teenage Kicks' at Paul Smith's flagship store in Tokyo; featuring paintings by McKee exploring musical subcultures from goths to punks to teddy boys. Accompanied by a 12"" etched piece of white vinyl. Book and vinyl presented in yellow record-style slipcase.
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JOHN WESLEY
2009
by WESLEY, John, Germano Celant, Antonella Soldaini, Bill Barrette
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JOHN WESLEY
2009
£600
Milan,, 2009. First Edition. Hardback.. Lightly soiled top edge and wear to edges, otherwise a very good copy indeed.. 4to. Pp: xlvii, 557. First edition. Pink, black and white illustrated hard covers, pink spine with black text. Richly illustrated throughout in colour.ISBN: 9788887029437
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FROM MICHAEL DE FREITAS TO MICHAEL X. 1968
by MALIK, Michael Abdul
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FROM MICHAEL DE FREITAS TO MICHAEL X. 1968
£500
London,, 1968. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket.. Very good book with faint toning to front end paper. Dust jacket is also very good again with faint toning and a little creasing and wear to the laminate to the top of the spine and rear and two small nicks to the rear and small chips to the top fore edges, slight wear to laminate on front fore edge of jacket. The inserted leter has toning to the right hand edge.. 8vo. Pp. 207. In publisher's red boards with gilt lettering to spine. In the original illustrated dust jacket with red and black lettering. Signed by the author on Front free end paper. Letter from the Racial Adjustment Action Society (RAAS, founded by Malik ) addressed to ""Dear Friend"", loosely inserted along with a RAAS Bookmark. The letter sets out the goals of the society and states that it comes with a signed copy of ""From MIchael de Freitas to Michael X""
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A TALE OF SATISFIED DESIRE.
1953
by ANGELIQUE, Pierre, [Pseud.] Georges Bataille, Audiart [Trans.]
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A TALE OF SATISFIED DESIRE. 1953
£400
Paris,, 1953. First Edition. Paperback.. Slight offset on endpapers, else clean internally. Some creasing and rubbing to covers and loss to top of spine otherwise very good condition.. 12mo. Pp: 105. First English language edition. Original publisher's orange paper wraps, lettered black. The first translation of Bataille's erotic novella 'Histoire de l'oeil' (The Story of the Eye) in English. Translated by 'Audiart', a pseudonym for Austryn Wainhouse (a.k.a. Pieralessandro Casavini) who was known for his translations of the Marquis de Sade into English.
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THE GOLFERS' REFEREE.
1897
by THE EDITOR OF ""THE GOLFER"" [W. DALRYMPLE]
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THE GOLFERS' REFEREE.
1897
£380
Edinburgh & London,, No Date. Preface Dated 1897.. First Edition. Hardback.. 2cm closed tear with tiny loss at the edge of page 20, endpapers a little tanned and offset with age, top edge a little darkened, spine slightly faded, covers marked, else binding firm. Very good.. Small 8vo. pp 99. Original publisher's red cloth lettered black at front and advertising lettering at rear, with black stamped illustration of a golfer at front.
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MALLEUS MALEFICARUM
2006
by INSTITORIS, Henricus, Jacobus Sprenger, Christopher S. Mackay [Ed.,Trans.]
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MALLEUS MALEFICARUM. 2006
£400
Cambridge,, 2006. First Edition Thus. Hardback. Dust Jacket.. Near fine in very good plus dust jackets. Thin line of laminate peeling along rear hinge of Volume 1 dust jacket. Hint of sunning to fore edge of Volume 1 dust jacket. Sunning to fore edge of Volume 2 dust jacket. . 8vo. Pp: xv, 1335. First Edition thus. Two volume set in publisher's illustrated brown dust jackets with yellow illustration to front and white lettering. Publisher's brown boards lettered in gilt at spine. Black and white illustrations.ISBN: 9780521859776
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THE HISTORY OF BRITISH INDIA, 10 VOLUMES. 1997
by MILL, James
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THE HISTORY OF BRITISH INDIA, 10 VOLUMES. 1997
£600
London,, 1997. First Edition. Hardback. No Dust Jacket As Issued.. A very good plus clean tight set, with very good plus boards, with very light wear to spines. Very good slipcase with surface marks to top and edges, slightly rubbed at corners.. 10 8vo volumes. Pp: vol 1: xl, 376, vol 2: vi, 374. vol 3: viii, 456, vol 4:viii, 412. vol 5: vii, 452. vol 6: viii, 480. vol 7: xv, 436. vol 8: xv, 436. vol 9: xv, 415. vol 10: 86. First edition. Burgundy slipcase. Burgundy boards with gilt lettering at spines. This is a reprint of the 1858 edition. Thoemmes Press File Copy pasted to first free end paper at each volume. Now in print at �1200.ISBN: 0415153824
THE EVOLUTION OF PHYSICS: THE GROWTH OF IDEAS FROM THE EARLY CONCEPTS TO RELATIVITY AND QUANTA. 1938
by EINSTEIN, Albert, Leopold Infeld
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THE EVOLUTION OF PHYSICS: 1938
£400
Cambridge,, 1938. First U. K. Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket.. Very good in very good minus dust jacket. Stain [approx. 2cm x 6cm] from removed label to front free end paper. Light foxing to page edges. Dust jacket rubbed with puncture [approx. 0.8cm] at front spine fold. Small three-cornered tear [approx. 0.4cm] to dust jacket at head of spine. Some light scuff marks to front cover dust jacket near bottom edge. Small tear [approx. 0.4cm] to front cover dust jacket at bottom edge. Rubbing wear to fore corners of dust jacket. Some light toning to jacket. Fading to spine of jacket. Still a nice copy.. 8vo. Pp: vii, 319. First UK Edition. Publisher's black dust jacket with yellow and black lettering and yellow illustration to front. Publisher's blue boards lettered in silver at spine with silver illustration to front. Black and white illustrations.
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PANDECTAE SCRIPTURARUM VETERIS ET NOVI TESTAMENTI
1564
by BRUNFELS Otto
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PANDECTAE SCRIPTURARUM VETERIS ET NOVI TESTAMENTI 1564
£240
Basileae, 1564. Plain uncovered boards and spine. Few antiquarian inscriptions and marginalia including on title page. Few pages creased and rumpled. Small holes in last pages not affecting text. Top edge darkened and boards are considerably worn.. [vi], 520, [16]pp. 8vo. Title page continues: 'His inserta sunt a Ioanne Gastio iam olim exempla sacra ex Ecclesiasticis, & profana ex ethnicis Scriptoribus. Omnia nunc postremo per fidelem Scriptura aliorumque autorum collationem ab innumeris mendis repurgata, per Iacobum Hertelium Cur. Variscum.' Early printing of theological work by the pioneering German botanist. The only edition with the supplementary material of Joannes Gastius.
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NINETEENTH CENTURY ORNAMENTED TYPEFACES. 1976
by GRAY, Nicolete
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NINETEENTH CENTURY ORNAMENTED TYPEFACES. 1976
£150
London,, 1976. First Edition Thus. Hardback. Dust Jacket.. Light shelfwear to edges of dust jacket. Creased at spine. Otherwise tight, bright and internally perfectly clean copy. Near fine in very good indeed dust jacket. . 4to. pp: 238. First edition thus/reprint of the original 1938 edition. Original publisher's beige boards with black and gilt debossed lettering at front and gilt lettering at spine in original publisher's colour-illustrated dust jacket. Copiously illustrated in black and white. This is a large and heavy item and may require additional cost to post. ISBN: 0571102174
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