Century editions (11 resultados)

Green Cloth. Condición: Very Good+. Very Good (in mylar). Third Edition. Volume V only, from a five volume set; Owner's last name in ink on ffep; About 20 pages with green check marks along the fore edge margin, otherwise interior textblock immaculate and tight; Edges very lightly finger-smudged from reading; Binding minimally edge rubbed; Dust jacket is sunned at the spine and along the top and outside edges, otherwise lightly edge rubbed; Jacket illustration is by Hugh Thomson, from an edition of 1921. 586p.; Notes, indexes, and illustrations from contemporary sources. Size: 12mo over 6¾" 7¾" tall. Early Nineteenth Century Plates (ilustrador). Hardcover.…

Softcover. Tan illus. stapled wraps. 79 pp. Profusely illustrated in bw. A reprint of the original catalogue "Quaint Furniture in Arts and Crafts: Genuine Russian and Spanish Morocco Leather: Russian Hand Beaten Copper: Electric Fixtures, Library Sets, Smoking Sets, and a Large Line of Odd Pieces Both Useful and Ornamental," which was published circa 1908. G (Light sunning at spine. Some underlining in the text.).…

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. 32 pages. 16th to 18th Century Books sold at Sotheby's 7-9 July 1971 (3 pages) / Tauchnitz Of Leipzig list, 23012 to 2400-1 / S F Milanytch "Uncle Tom's Cabin - some observations on the 1st British Edition" / B Hutchison "Collecting Tauchnitz" (cont'd) / "Modern First Editions" prices realised at Sotheby's 5-6 July auction (7 pages).…

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. 36 pages. John Buchan, Lord Tweedsmuir 1875-1940 works (8 pages) / Tauchnitz Of Leipzig 1001-1100 / XIX Century Fiction / Modern First Editions sold at Sotheby's 6-7 July 1970 (4 pages).

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. 144 pages. Illustrated. Sheridan Germann "Monsieur Doublet and his confreres The harpsichord decorators of Paris" / Margaret Bent "The songs of Dufay Some questions of form and authenticity" / H Colin Slim "Mary Magdalene, musician and dancer" / Louise Litterick "Performing Franco=Netherlandish secular music of the late 15th century" / Christopher Page "French lute tablature in the 14th century?" / David Fallows "Neapolitan repertoires 1460-90 Three recent editions".…

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. 172 pages. Illustrated. Performance and 'Authenticity' (pp. 501-506+508) Lewis Lockwood The Old and New Mozart Editions (pp. 513-532) Cliff Eisen The Neue Mozart-Ausgabe: A Retrospect (pp. 533-537) Marius Flothuis Mozart Performance in the 19th Century (pp. 538-555) George Barth Mozart's Belmonte (pp. 556-563) Thomas Bauman 'Ich bin die erste Sängerin': Vocal Profiles of Two Mozart Sopranos (pp. 565-576+579) Patricia Lewy Gidwitz Mozart's Italian buffo Singers (pp. 580-583) Alessandra Campana Susanna's Hat (pp. 585-589) Daniel Heartz Subjectivity and Objectivity in Mozart Performance (pp. 593-600) William Kinderman Mozart's First Thoughts: The Two Versions of the Sonata in D Major, K284 (pp. 601-613) László Somfai Topical Content in Mozart's Keyboard Sonatas (pp. 615-619) Leonard G. Ratner 20th-Century Analysis and Mozart Performance (pp. 620-626) Carl Schachter. …

Unbound. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: No Jacket (as issued). First Edition. Prospectus for the Century Editions/Curwen Press publication in 1981 of Wilde's 'The Sphinx', illus. by Charles Ricketts; 'a two-volume edition [in slip-case] consisting of a facsimile of the original work' bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, 'and a companion volume containing an essay by Stephen Calloway and further illustrations by Charles Ricketts', three hundred copies to be printed (of which two hundred and seventy-five for sale) and each set to be 'numbered and signed by Stephen Calloway'. First Edn., 1981; 4pp. leaflet with 2pp. leaflet loosely inserted; printed in dark red/black/green; illus. repros. of Ricketts's drawings. Text fresh, paper very clean/crisp/bright. No inscriptions. Lightweight item, hence overseas customers will have SHIPPING CHARGES REDUCED subsequent to ordering. Fine. PRICE INCLUDES UK POSTAGE & PACKING. Size: Approx. 213mm x 170mm. Illus. by CHARLES RICKETTS (repros.) (ilustrador). Ephemera. …

Condición: Good. The first edition of the classic work hard back binding in publisher's original embossed blue cloth covers, gilt stamped title and author lettering to the spine and to the front cover. 8vo. 9'' x 6''. Contains red and black printed title, list of subscribers, (viii), 256 pp illustrated with nearly 1000 monochrome woodcuts throughout. From the private library of Robert Forrest with his armorial bookplate to the front paste down, fraying of the cloth across the spine ends, corners soft and in Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. CERAMICS & POTTERY.…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Cartier, Alfred. Bibliographie des éditions des de Tournes, Imprimeurs Lyonnais, Mise en ordre avec une introduction et des appendices par Marius Audin et une notice biographique par E.Vial. Paris, Editions des Bibliotheques Nationales de France (printed : Lyon, Audin & C 1938. 2 vols in 4to. I : viii + 379 + [1 blank]p; [2]f + pp381-732 + [2]f including chapter index & imprint. Illustrated with facsimiles of title pages, woodcuts and typographical illustrations. Bound in mottled sheep, spines gilt with gilt-blocked morocco title labels. £ 150 First edition, limited to 333 copies, of the standard bibliography of one of the prolific 16th century Lyon presses listing a total of 795 editions with full collations in chronological order with an index. Jean II de Tournes (1539-1615), celebrated for his typographical expertise both as a printer and as an editor of humanist texts, was appointed royal printer. A very good, clean, unmarked and well-bound set. …

Belin et Brunet, La Veuve Duchesne et Martinet. 1784, 1785, 1807 and 1880. Four individual plays, all first editions, bound together in one volume without original paper covers. Coriolan: title page, xix, [i], engr. head and tail-pieces, 62 pages plus [1] page with publishing details. Le Jaloux: Title with engr. vignette, engr. head and tail-pices, 92 pages plus [1] publisher's adverts. Les Ricochets: title-page, 41 pages plus [3] pages of adverts. Vercingentorixe: half-title, though lower half is missing, not affecting text, attractive engraved frontis., title with engr. vignette, engr. decorations and tail-pieces. 56 pages including errata to last page which has 3cm x 11cm portion torn along bottom edge, not affecting text. Bound in quarter tan calf gilt, very worn, lower board detached and spine lacks top fifth of leather. Paper covered boards also worn and rubbed, inner front hinge visible but holding, title-page to Coriolan soiled, pages foxed and browned but generally a very sound volume containing these four scarce first editions. …

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Carteret, L[éopold]. Le Trésor du Bibliophile Romantique et Moderne 1801-1875. Paris, L.Carteret, Éditeur, 1924 - 1928. 4 vols in 4to. 459 + [1]p; 501 + [1]p; [4] + 603 + [3]p; [4] + 207 + [1]p. Titles in red & black; numerous fullpage plates (many coloured) & smaller illustrations in text. Half morocco gilt, panelled backstrips decorated in gilt, top edges gilt; original printed wrappers bound in. A fine well-bound set, clean, unmarked and without foxing; minimal wear to corners. First edition of this indispensable source documentation of the most significant 19th century French books in their original editions with bibliographical detail and coloured cover reproductions of 220 works described. Vol III is entirely devoted to illustrated books; the last volume comprises indexes of illustratrions, artists and engravers. Contemporary engraved armorial bookplates pasted inside frontcovers.…