Peter Bichsel Fine Books
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(Addison, Joseph). The Spectator. In eight volumes. 8 vols. |
(Addison, Joseph). The Spectator. In eight volumes. 8 vols.With 8 engr. titles, engr. portrait of Addison in vol. I and altogether 24 engr. plates. 12mo. Contemp. full calf, spine with red label, gilt. – London, J. Parson, 1793. „Parson’s Select British Classics, a Collection of Classical Essays, by the Most Esteemed and Admired Authors“. – 20th-century owner’s stamp on all eight titles. Nice set, clean, good in all. – Best.-Nr. 25729 |
CHF 350.— |
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(Parnell, Thomas). An Essay on the Different Stiles of Poetry. |
Parnell, Thomas. An Essay on the Different Stiles of Poetry.4 unn. Bll., 36 SS. 8vo. Mod. HLdr. mit goldgepr. Rückenschild. Exlibris H. Bradley Martin auf vorderem Innenspiegel. – London, Benjamin Tooke, 1713. Erste Ausgabe. Der in Dublin geborene Thomas Parnell (1679–1718) war eng mit Jonathan Swift und Alexander Pope befreundet, zu dessen “Iliad” (1715ff.) er das Vorwort verfasste. Der vorliegende “Essay” ist eine poetologische Allegorie in Gedichtform und das erste und gleichzeitig das einzige grössere Werk, das zu Lebzeiten des mit 39 Jahren Verstorbenen publiziert wurde. Der Poet reitet auf einem geflügelten Ross durch die Gefilde der Poesie, deren verbotenen Bereichen er ausweichen muss, bis er schliesslich in den Palast des sublimen Stils gelangt, wo Erzählung und Beschreibung dafür besorgt sind, angenehme Gefühle auszulösen. Die vorliegende Ausgabe blieb die einzige im 18. Jahrhundert erschienene. In Zürich beschäftigte sich Johann Jakob Bodmer mit Parnell und übersetzte dessen “The Hermit” (“Der Eremite, von Dr. T. P.”, Hamburg 1752). – Kaum gebräuntes, tadelloses Exemplar in schlichtem Einband. – Best.-Nr. 873 |
CHF 1600.— |
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(Young, Edward). The Works of the Author of the Night-Thoughts. In four volumes. Revised and corrected by himself. A new edition. 4 vols. |
Young, Edward. The Works of the Author of the Night-Thoughts. In four volumes. Revised and corrected by himself. A new edition. 4 vols.252 pp.; 294 pp.; 274 pp.; 285 pp. 8vo. Contemp. full calf, spine with red and green label, gilt. – London, various publishers, 1774. Volume I waved and with some wear due to old water damage. – Best.-Nr. 25728 |
CHF 160.— |
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Austen, Jane. Sense and Sensibility. |
Austen, Jane. Sense and Sensibility.With 16 colour illus. on plates by Charles E. Brock. XIV, (2), 322 pp. 8vo. Orig. pink cloth, dust-jacket. – London and Letchworth Garden City, The Aldine Press for the Readers Union and J. M. Dent and Sons, n.d. (c. 1950). „The Works of Jane Austen. Illustrated by Charles E. Brock“. Special edition made available to members of Readers Union. – Dust-jacket with minor wear to edges, well-preserved in transparent foil. Good and mostly very clean copy. – Best.-Nr. 25943 |
CHF 110.— |
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BEARDSLEY. – De Vere Stacpoole, H. Pierrot! A Story. |
De Vere Stacpoole, H.. Beardsley, Aubrey. Pierrot! A Story.With title illus. after Aubrey Beardsley cut by C. H. VIII, 163 pp., 16 pp. publisher’s ads. Small 8vo. Orig. cloth with red tooled cover illus. and illus. end-papers by Aubrey Beardsley. Uncut. – London and Philadelphia, John Lane The Bodley Head and Herny Altemus, 1896. “Pierrots Library”, I. First edition. – Small damage to top margin of last four leaves (incl. flyleaf). – Best.-Nr. 7411 |
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BEARDSLEY. – Ross, Robert. Aubrey Beardsley. |
BEARDSLEY. – Ross, Robert. Aubrey Beardsley.With 16 full-page illustrations on plates. 112 pp., 12 pp. publisher’s advertising. 8vo. Red original cloth. – London and New York, John Lane, 1909. With a revised iconography by Aymer Vallance. – Bleached spine. Upper spine end defective. – Best.-Nr. 17051 |
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Blake, William. The Book of Thel. |
Blake, William. The Book of Thel.With title, motto, and 11 facsimilated text pages and illustrations, all mounted on recto of plates. 13 unnumbered plates. 4to. Orig. boards with spine label. – London, Frederick Hollyer, 1924. Facsimile of the poem by William Blake, published as an autograph in 1769, of which only 16 copies are known. Here one of 25 numbered copies of the later facsimile. – Fine copy. – Best.-Nr. 21078 |
CHF 530.— |
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Butler, Samuel. Hudibras, in Three Parts; Written in the time of the late wars: Corrected and amended with large annotations and a preface by Zachary Grey. Adorn’d with a new Set of Cuts. Second edition. 2 vols. |
Butler, Samuel. Hudibras, in Three Parts; Written in the time of the late wars: Corrected and amended with large annotations and a preface by Zachary Grey. Adorn’d with a new Set of Cuts. Second edition. 2 vols.With author’s engr. portrait after G. Soest in vol. I and with 16 engr. copperplates (1 folding) by J. Mynde after W. Hogarth. XIV, XXXVI, 424 pp. 8 leaves index; 1 leaf, 446 pp., 12 leaves index. 8vo. Contemp. calf (rebacked). – London, C. Hitch, G. Hawkins, C. Bathurst, J. Tonson, J. Worral, R. Baldwin, T. Longman, J. Bathoe, C. Corbett, T. Lownds, G. Ke Second illustrated edition of Butlers heroic tale in verses. The first edition illustrated with plates by Hogarth was published in 1726. – Lowndes I, 335; cf. Thieme/Becker XVII, 296 (mentioning a series of 12 plates only). – Corners bumped. Few plates narrowly cut. Sligth browning of the paper. Good and clean copy in all. – Best.-Nr. 22469 |
CHF 320.— |
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Byron, (George Gordon) Lord. Lara. A Tale. Fourth edition. |
Byron, George Gordon. Lara. A Tale. Fourth edition.Titel, 70 SS., 1 Bl. Gr.-8vo. Ldr. d. Zt. mit Rücken-, Deckel- und Steh- und Innenkantenvergoldung (Ecken leicht bestossen). Exlibris “Georg Thormann” auf vorderem Innendeckel. – London, (T. Davison für) John Murray, 1814. Erste Separatausgabe, “first issue”, zuvor, im selben Jahr dreimal zusammen mit “Jacqueline” erschienen. “Lara” bildet die Fortsetzung des ebenfalls 1814 erschienenen “The Corsair”. Das Epos erzählt die Heimkehr des Korsaren in seine spanische Heimat und seinen Tod. Es ist stärker autobiographisch gefärbt als die drei Cantos des “Corsairs”. Die “second issue” der ersten Separatausgabe ist kenntlich an der fortlaufenden Numerierung der SS. 71 bis 74, die hier als unnumerierte leere Blätter vorhanden sind bzw. deren eines verso den Druckvermerk “T. Davison, Lombard Street, Whitefriars, London” aufweist. – Wise I, 101f. – Alter Besitzeintrag auf vorderem fliegenden Blatt. Tadelloses Exemplar in hübschem Ganzledereinband. – Best.-Nr. 3042 |
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Byron, (George Gordon) Lord. Sämtliche lyrische Gedichte. Zum erstenmale vollständig übersetzt von Ernst Ortlepp. |
Byron, George Gordon. Sämtliche lyrische Gedichte. Zum erstenmale vollständig übersetzt von Ernst Ortlepp.Mit gest. Porträt gegenüber Titel. XVI, 343 SS. 8vo. HLdr. d. Zt. mit romant. Rückenvergoldung. – Stuttgart, Hoffmann’sche Verlags-Buchhandlung, 1839. Aussengelenke leicht berieben. Innen sehr sauber und mit dem Seidenhemdchen vor dem Porträt. – Best.-Nr. 21713 |
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Cooper, J(ames) Fenimore. The Choice of Works. Revised and corrected series. With new introductions, notes etc. 20 vols. |
Cooper, James Fenimore. The Choice of Works. Revised and corrected series. With new introductions, notes etc. 20 vols.8vo. Contemp. ocher half calf, spine gilt with black label. – New York, Stringer & Townsend, 1856. Vol. I: The Spy: A Tale of the Neutral Ground. – Vol. II: The Deerslayer Or, the First War-Path. – Vol. III: The Last of the Mohicans. – Vol. IV: The Pathfinder; or, The Inland Sea. – Vol. V: The Pioneers; or the Sources of the Susquehanna. – Vol. VI: The Prairie, A Tale. – Vol. VII: The Pilot: A Tale of the Sea. – Vol. VIII: Lionel Lincoln; or the Leaguer of Boston. – Vol. IX: The Red Rover; A Tale. – Vol. X: The Wept of Wish-Ton-Wish. A Tale. – XI: The Water-Witch: Or, The Skimmer of the Seas. A Tale. – XII: The Bravo. A Tale. – XIII: The Headsman: Or The Abbaye des Vignerons. A Tale. – Vol. XIV: Homeward Bound: Or the Chase. A Tale of the Sea. – Vol. XV: Home as Found. Sequel to Homeward Bound. – Vol. XVI: The Two Admirals. A Tale. – Vol. XVII: The Wing-and-Wing; Or, Le Feu-Follet. A Tale. – Vol. XVIII: Wyandotté; Or, the Hutted Knoll. A Tale. – Vol. XIX: Jack Tier; Or, The Florida Reef. – Vol. XX: The Sea Lions; Or the Lost Sealers. – Fine set. Clean. – Best.-Nr. 24851 |
CHF 790.— |
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CRUIKSHANK. – Egan, Pierce. Life in London; or the Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorn and His Elegant Friend Corinthian Tom, accompanied by Bob Logic, the Oxonian, in Their Rambles and Sprees Through the Metropolis. |
CRUIKSHANK. – Egan, Pierce. Life in London; or the Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorn and His Elegant Friend Corinthian Tom, accompanied by Bob Logic, the Oxonian, in Their Rambles and Sprees Through the Metropolis.With coloured engr. frontispiece, 36 coloured engr. plates and many wood-engr. text illustrations by A. and G. Cruikshank. 3 folding plates of music. XVI, 376 pp. Small 4to. Recent three-quarter morocco over 5 raised bands, edges gilt. – London, Sheerwood, Neely, and Jones, 1822. Richly illustrated social-satirical novel by Pierce Egan (1772–1849), his main work indeed, immortalised in Thackeray’s „Roundabout Papers“ and giving a lively account of contemporary „fast“ life in London. Egan made his career as a sporting writer and is an indispensable source of fashionable urban life in London in the early 19th century. – Title page somewhat browned, text and plates otherwise clean. The folding music sheets heavily foxing because of different paper quality. Accurate modern binding signed „Hans Asper“. – Best.-Nr. 17429 |
CHF 620.— |
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Fielding, Henry. The Adventures of Joseph Andrews, and hist friend Mr. Abraham Adams. Written in imitation of the Manner of Cervantes, Author of Don Quixote. 2 vols. in 1. |
Fielding, Henry. The Adventures of Joseph Andrews, and hist friend Mr. Abraham Adams. Written in imitation of the Manner of Cervantes, Author of Don Quixote. 2 vols. in 1.With engr. frontispiece, engr. series title, 3 engr. plates and many woodcut vignettes in the text. XVI, 213 pp.; 201 pp. 12mo. Contemp. half calf wit red and green labels, gilt. – London, C. Cooke, (1797). “Cookes Pocket Edition of Select Novels, or Novelist’s Entertaining Library”, vol II. From the “Schloss Bibliothek zu Schoenbrunn v. Schindel” with its heraldic library stamp on title verso and with ms. owner’s entry “August Schindel”. August von Schindel (1776–1830) was a translator of Torquato Tasso and the author of a 3 vols. dictionary “Die deutschen Schriftstellerinnen des 19. Jahrhunderts” (1823-25). Hie lived at Schönbrunn castle near Görlitz. – Slightly browned. Else a nice copy in a fine binding. – Best.-Nr. 7321 |
CHF 110.— |
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Fleming, Ian. You Only Live Twice. |
Fleming, Ian. You Only Live Twice.255, (1) pp. 8vo. Orig. cloth with gilt Japanese lettering on front cover and silvered spine title. Dust -acket designed by Richard Chopping. – London, Jonathan Cape, 1964. First edition, first impression, first state in the „A“ binding. Last book of the so called „Blofeld Trilogy“ and last James Bond novel to be published during Ian Fleming’s lifetime. – Gilbert A12a, 1.1. – Spine of dust jacket slightly browned and with a small tear on head. Repaired tear on front jacket. Else clean and beautiful copy. – Best.-Nr. 26319 |
CHF 450.— |
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GESSNER. – Thomson, (James). Gedichte. Aus dem Englischen. I. bis II. Teil. 2 Tle. (von 5) in 1 Bd. |
GESSNER. – Thomson, (James). Gedichte. Aus dem Englischen. I. bis II. Teil. 2 Tle. (von 5) in 1 Bd.Mit 2 gest. Titeln von Salomon Gessner. 208 SS.; (4), 170 SS. 8vo. Ldr. d. Zt. mit goldgepr. Rückenschildern und -ornamenten. – Zürich, Orell Gessner u. Comp., 1764. Erste Ausgabe von Thomsons „Gedichten“ mit den radierten Titelblättern von Salomon Gessner. Die Ausgabe enthält Thomsons „Jahreszeiten“. Im Jahr darauf erschien, ebenda und ebenfalls mit Titeblättern Gessners, eine fünfbändige Ausgabe. „The Seasons“ wurde erstmals 1730 publiziert und gehört zu den berühmtesten Texten Thomsons. Das Gedicht hatte grossen Einfluss auf englische Künstler wie Joshua Reynolds, Thomas Gainsborough, J. M. W. Turner und den österreichischen Komponisten Joseph Haydn. Es erschien 1745 erstmals auf Deutsch in einer Bearbeitung von Barthold Heinrich Brockes. – Leemann-van Elck 320-321. – Vorderes Aussengelenk angebrochen, Einbanddeckel berieben. Innen sehr sauber. Exlibris Pflugensberg Eisenach auf Vorsatz und mehrere zeitgen. Besitzeinträge. – Best.-Nr. 25734 |
CHF 120.— |
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GESSNER. – Thomson, (James). Vier Iahreszeiten (sic!). Aus dem Englischen. |
GESSNER. – Thomson, (James). Vier Iahreszeiten (sic!). Aus dem Englischen.Mit gest. Titelvignette von Salomon Gessner nach Bartoli. 208, 170 SS. Kl.-8vo. HLdr. d. Zeit mit goldgepr. Rücken. – Zürich, Orell, Gessner, Füesslin u. Comp., 1774. Frühe Prosaübersetzung von Johann Tobler (1732–1808) der „Die Jahreszeiten“ des schottischen Autors James Thomson (1700–1748). Exemplar aus früherem Besitz des Buchhändlers und Bibliographen Adolf Seebass (1899–1994) mit dessen eigenh. Besitzeintrag auf Vorsatz. „The Seasons“ wurde erstmals 1730 publiziert und gehört zu den berühmtesten Texten Thomsons. Das Gedicht hatte grossen Einfluss auf englische Künstler wie Joshua Reynolds, Thomas Gainsborough, J. M. W. Turner und den österreichischen Komponisten Joseph Haydn. Es erschien 1745 erstmals auf Deutsch in einer Bearbeitung von Barthold Heinrich Brockes. Johann Tobler, der Urheber der vorliegenden Bearbeitung, war Chorherr am Grossmünster in Zürich, Schüler Bodmers, Freund Lavaters und machte sich als Übersetzer aus dem Englischen einen Namen. – Leeman-van Elck 162 (ursprünglich zu den „Schriften“ von 1765 erschienen). – Stellenweise etwas gebräunt, wenige Blätter mit Feuchtrand. – Best.-Nr. 25735 |
CHF 150.— |
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Goldsmith, Oliver. The Vicar of Wakefield a Tale. |
Goldsmith, Oliver. The Vicar of Wakefield a Tale.IV, 420 SS. 8vo. Ppbd. d. Zt. mit Rückenschild. – Leipzig, W. Ziergessche Buchhandlung (Friedrich Kupfer), 1833. Mit kritischen, grammatischen und erklärenden Anmerkungen nebst einem Wörterbuche für den Schul- und Privatgebrauch bearbeitet von P. A. Fedor Possart. Exemplar aus früherem Besitz des Aarauer Kantonsschullehrers Friedrich Rauchenstein (1812–1889) mit dessen eigenh. Besitzeintrag auf Vorsatz. – Der Einband berieben, innen fleckig und gebräunt. – Best.-Nr. 21218 |
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Gray, John. Silverpoints. |
Gray, John. Silverpoints.With floral initials by Charles Ricketts. XXVIII, (2) pp. 8vo. Orig. green cloth with gilt-stamped decoration by Charles Ricketts. Outer and lower edges uncut. – London, Elkin Matthews and John Lane at the sign of the Bodley Head, 1893. One of 250 numbered copies of this extremely rare first edition of John Gray’s, the protégé of Oscar Wilde, verses. Among the most significant productions of the decadent Nineties, this book is fully designed by Charles Ricketts. – Fine copy. – Best.-Nr. 7706 |
CHF 3000.— |
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Joyce, James. Ulysses. |
Joyce, James. Ulysses.Blank leaf, half title, title, impressum leaf, 736 pp. Small 4to. Contemp. ocean-blue half morocco, spine over 4 raised bands, gilt. – Paris, Shakespeare and Company, December 1925. First edition, 7th printing. In the colophon: Printed by Maurice Darantière, Dijon, for Sylvia Beach. – Some browning to end-papers due to formerly inlaid news-paper cut-outs. Clean copy, uncut. In a matching fine private binding. – Best.-Nr. 26090 |
CHF 950.— |
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Lamb, Charles. The Works. In five volumes. |
Lamb, Charles. The Works. In five volumes.With engr. portrait plate in front of title by Freeman and 20 engr. plates in vol. V. 8vo. Green half morocco, spine richly gilt. – London, Edward Moxon, 1838. From the library of Albert Le Jeune with his pictorial bookplate on inner front board. The portrait in vol. V shows William Shakespeare. – Margins of plates darkened. Clean in all. – Best.-Nr. 25723 |
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Lavater, Johann Caspar. Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to Prommote the Knowlidge and the Love of Mankind … Illustrated by more than Eight Hundred Engravings Accurately Copied; And Some Duplicates Added from Originals. Executed by, or Under the Direction of, Thomas Holloway. Translated from the French by Henry Hunter. 3 vols. in 5. |
Lavater, Johann Caspar. Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to Prommote the Knowlidge and the Love of Mankind … Illustrated by more than Eight Hundred Engravings Accurately Copied; And Some Duplicates Added from Originals. Executed by, or Under the Direction of, Thomas Holloway. Translated from the French by Henry Hunter. 3 vols. in 5.With 172 (of 173) engr. plates after Rubens, Fuseli, Chodowiecki a.o. by Holloway, Bartolozzi, Blake a.o, and with c. 360 engravings in the text. Title, (10), 281 pp.; title, pp. V-XII (thus complete), 238 pp.; half title, 2 leaves, pp. 239–444; title, pp. V-XII (thus complete), 252 pp.; half title, 2 leaves, pp. 253–437, 4 leaves index. Royal 4to. 20th-century half vellum with gilt spine labels. – London, John Murray, H. Hunter, and T. Holloway, 1789 (–1798). First english edition, first issue, of one of the most prominent plate books of the time. “A sumptuous Edition … The translation and engravings were under the superintendence of the celebrated H. Fuseli, at whose solicitation Lavater furnished an entire fresh set of Drawings in quarto, to suit the prevailing taste of the public, it having been originally intended for folio size” (Lowndes). A second issue was edited with Stockdale as publisher, but these copies are inferior to the present first issue which was issued in numbers from 1789 to 1798. The directions to the binder (not bound in in the present copy but enclosed in a xerox copy) mentions 174 plates of which no. 29 is passed over. Thus, of the 173 plates belonging to the work 172 are present, lacking no. 110 “Nine eyes, finished” only which, obviously, never was bound in. – Lowndes 1321; Schulte-Strathaus 77f; Landolt/Weigelt 274.9, 274.11, 274.13; Graesse IV, 126; Brunet III, 887; Garrison/Morton 154. – Some foxing in part of the plates. Otherwise fine. – Best.-Nr. 4659 |
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Laver, James. Macrocosmos. A Poem. |
Laver, James. Macrocosmos. A Poem.31, (1) SS. 4to. Orig.-Ppbd., Vorderdeckel illustr. mit einem Holzschnitt von Percy Smith. – London, William Heinemann, 1929. Erste Ausgabe. Eines von 750 nummerierten und signierten Exemplaren im Handel. Mit eigenh. Widmung des Verfassers an Siegfried Giedion „Souvenir of an acquaintance, brief, but pleasant James Laver Dec. 1932“ auf Vorsatz. Der Schriftsteller und Kunsthistoriker Laver (1899–1975) war von 1938 bis 1959 Leiter der grafischen Sammlung am Victoria and Albert Museum, hat sich aber vor allem als Historiker für Mode einen Namen gemacht. – Vortitel stärker gebräunt, sonst sehr sauber. – Best.-Nr. 24001 |
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Leary, Timothy. Gebete. Psychedelische Gebete nach dem Tao-tê-King. |
Leary, Timothy. Gebete. Psychedelische Gebete nach dem Tao-tê-King.176 SS. 8vo. Orig.-Ppbd. – (Bern), Mantram, (1975). Erste deutsche Ausgabe, aus dem Englischen übertragen von Michael A. Binder. Mit Beiträgen von Brian Barrit und Sergius Golowin. – Ohne den Umschlag von H.R. Giger und W. Wegmüller. Vorderdeckel mit kleiner Abreibung. – Best.-Nr. 18521 |
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Melville, Herman. Bartleby der Schreiber. Eine Erzählung. |
Melville, Herman. Bartleby der Schreiber. Eine Erzählung.48, (98) SS. . 4to. Orig.-Ln., Schutzumschlag. – (Göttingen), Steidl und Büchergilde Gutenberg, (2004). „Typographische Bibliothek“, Bd. 6. Aus dem Englischen übersetzt von Karlernst Ziem und mit einem Nachwort von Wilhelm Genazino. Hrsg. und gestaltet von Klaus Detjen. – Schönes, sauberes Exemplar. – Best.-Nr. 18524 |
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Milton, John. Paradise Regain’d: A Poem In Four Books. To which is added Samson Agonistes; and Poems upon Several Occasions. With a Tractate of Educat. |
Milton, John. Paradise Regain’d: A Poem In Four Books. To which is added Samson Agonistes; and Poems upon Several Occasions. With a Tractate of Educat.Title in red and black. With engr. frontispiece. 4 leaves, 504 pp. Large 8vo. Contemp. calf with gilt printed spine label. – London, J. and R. Tonson, 1742. The eight edition. As a continuation of „Paradise Lost“ the „Paradise Regained“ was first published in 1671 and is recounting Jesus’ tentation by Satan as passed down in the gospel of Luke. – Calf rubbed. Front joint cracking (still firm). Spine ends chipped. – Best.-Nr. 24375 |
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OSSIAN. – Macpherson, James, Transl. The Poems of Ossian. Authenticated, illustrated and explained by Hugh Campbell. 2 vols. |
Ossian. The Poems of Ossian. Authenticated, illustrated and explained by Hugh Campbell. 2 vols.With 2engr. plates and 1 engr. folding map in vol. I and with engr. plate in vol. II. LXXXIV, 309 pp. 1 leaf ads.; 392 pp. Large 8vo. Orig. half calf. – London, Richard Phillips, 1822. Fine copy. – Best.-Nr. 24381 |
CHF 250.— |
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Poe, Edgar Allan. Werke. Hrsg. von Theodor Etzel. 6 Bde. (alles). |
Poe, Edgar Allan. Werke. Hrsg. von Theodor Etzel. 6 Bde. (alles).Titel in Rot und Schwarz. Zus. über 2000 SS. 8vo. Orig.-HPgt. mit Rückenvergoldung. – Berlin, Propyläen-Verlag, o. J. (1921). “Gesamtausgabe der Dichtungen und Erzählungen”. Satzanordnung und Einband von Hugo Steiner-Prag. – Tadelloses Exemplar. – Best.-Nr. 13853 |
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Poe, Edgar Allan. The Complete Works. 10 vols. |
Poe, Edgar Allan. The Complete Works. 10 vols.Titles in red and black. Illus. by Frederick Simpson Coburn. Large 8vo. Contemp. olive green grained half morocco, spine gilt. Top edges gilt. – New York and London, G. P. Putnam’s sons/The Knickerbocker Press, (1902). Edited and Chronologically Arranged on the Basis of the Standard Text, With Certain Additional Material and with a Critical Introduction by Charles F. Richardson. – Top of spine of vols. I, V, VII, IX worn, minor rubbing to part of extremities. Outside a fine over all, inside mint. – Best.-Nr. 22133 |
CHF 2500.— |
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Rogers, Samuel. Poems. |
Rogers, Samuel. Poems.With 61 steel-engr. illus. many after W. Turner, all on China paper and mounted on plates. With many steel-engr. end- pieces. VIII, 266 pp. 4to. Contemp. green full morocco. Spine with gilt-lettered title, boards with gilt-stamped vase. – London, Edward Moxon, 1838. Beautifully illustrated large paper copy of Roger’s (1763–1855) poems. A second volume was published a year later. From the estate of Edmund Bourke (Royal Navy) with his engr. armorial bookplate on inner front board. – Corners somewhat bumped. Outer joins with slight cracking towards spine ends. But few plates affected with foxing. An almost clean copy – Best.-Nr. 25674 |
CHF 400.— |
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Rushdie, Salman. The Satanic Verses. |
Rushdie, Salman. The Satanic Verses.5 leaves, 546, (4) pp. 8vo. Orig. cloth, dust-jacket. – (London), Viking, (September) 1988. First edition, signed by the author on title page. Salman Rushdie’s (*1947) fourth and most famous novel „The Satanic Verses“ caused a huge scandal and was banned in several countries. Accused of blasphemy, Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa ruling against Rushdie with a death sentence. He was the victim of several assassination attempts and translators of the book were attacked as well. Rushdie wrote a memoire of his life after the 2022 attack, which will be published in April 2024. – Kuortti B88.5. – Light foxing to edges, else a near fine copy. – Best.-Nr. 25788 |
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Shakespeare, (William). The Works of Shakspere. Imperial Edition. Ed. by Charles Knitght. 2 vols in 4. |
Shakespeare, Willaim. The Works of Shakspere. Imperial Edition. Ed. by Charles Knitght. 2 vols in 4.With 2 additional engr. titles, engr. portrait of Shakespeare, and 24 (vol. I) + 14 (vol. II) steel-engr. plates. 350 pp.; pp. 351–810; 406 pp.; pp. 407–778. Folio. Private later half grained morocco over 5 . – London, Virtue, n.d. (1873–1876). Without Shakespeare’s life by Knight, which usually follows at the end of vol. II. – Clean and complete copy in a matching modern binding. – Best.-Nr. 19394 |
CHF 350.— |
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Shaw, Aiden. If language at the same time shapes and distorts our ideas and emotions, how do we communicate love?. |
Shaw, Aiden. If language at the same time shapes and distorts our ideas and emotions, how do we communicate love?.With photograpic frontispiece portrait of the author. 40 pp. 12mo. Orig. gilt boards, dust-jacket with illus. by Pierre et Gilles. – Manchester, The Bad Press, 1996. First edition. One of 250 hardcover copies, signed by the author (b. 1966) and by Pierre & Gilles. – As new. – Best.-Nr. 24397 |
CHF 180.— |
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Sinclair, Upton. A Giant’s Strength. Drama in Three Acts. |
Sinclair, Upton. A Giant’s Strength. Drama in Three Acts.52 pp. 8vo. Printed covers, stiched. – Monrovia, Upton Sinclair, 1948. Covers faded in parts. Clean copy. – Best.-Nr. 20674 |
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Stein, Gertrude. Have they already attacked Mary. He giggled (A Political Caricature). |
Stein, Getrude. Have they already attacked Mary. He giggled (A Political Caricature).With orig. woodcut by Jules Pascin. 14 pp. Small 4to. Orig. printed red covers. – (Westchester, Horace F. Temple, 1917). First complete edition. One of 200 numbered copies. This one no. 154 from the collection of the art critic Henry McBride with his bookplate on inner front cover. The text was first published in and abridged version in „Vanity Fair“ in June 1917. The woodcut shows a portrait of the art critic Henry McBride. – Covers with marginal losses and broken spine. Clean copy. – Best.-Nr. 20692 |
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Thomson, James. The Works. With His Last Corrections and Improvements, in Three Volumes Complete, to which is Prefixed the Life of the Author by Patrick Murdoch. 3 vols. |
Thomson, James. The Works. With His Last Corrections and Improvements, in Three Volumes Complete, to which is Prefixed the Life of the Author by Patrick Murdoch. 3 vols.With engr. portrait and 11 engr. plates. XXX, 280 pp.; 306 pp., 1 leaf; 308 pp., 2 leaves. 8vo. Contemp. full calf, spine with label, gilt. – London, various publishers, 1788. Old ms. owern’s entry and recent owner’s stamp on all three titles. Spines somewhat chipped, boards rubbed in parts. Good in all. – Best.-Nr. 25724 |
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Tusser, Thomas. Five Hundred Points of Good Husbandry. |
Tusser, Thomas. Five Hundred Points of Good Husbandry.With woodcut illus. XII, (2), 336 pp. Small 4to. Full brown calf. – London, James Tregaskis & Son, 1931. With an introduction by Sir Walter Scott and a Benediction by Rudyard Kipling incorporated in a Foreword by E. V. Lucas. – Remains of bookplate formerly pasted-in on first inner board. Else a clean copy. – Best.-Nr. 22242 |
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Wescott, Glenway. The Babe’s Bed. |
Wescott, Glenway. The Babe’s Bed.46 pp. Large 8vo. Orig. red silk, slipcase. – (Paris), Harrison of Paris, 1930. First edition. One of 375 numbered and signed copies on Pannekoek paper. This one with additional ms. presentation by the author (1901–1987) to Howard D. Rothschild, „with my friendly greetings, December 12, 1930“. The third publication of „Harrison of Paris“. Designed by J. van Krimpen, who designed the type-face „Lutetia“ in which the present book is set. Printed by Joh. Enschedé en Zonen, Haarlem. The US born Glenway lived in Paris of the 1920ies where he had friendly relations to Jean Cocteau and Isadora Duncan. – Outer hinges with two tears, else a fine copy. – Best.-Nr. 21594 |
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Wescott, Glenway. A Calendar of Saints for Unbelievers. The Text by G. W., the Signs of the Zodiac by Pavel Tchelitchew. |
Wescott, Glenway. A Calendar of Saints for Unbelievers. The Text by G. W., the Signs of the Zodiac by Pavel Tchelitchew.Title in red and black with drawings in the text. 239, (1) SS. 8vo. Orig. black cloth, slipcase. – Paris, (Johann Enschedé en Zonen, Haarlem, for) Harrison of Paris, 1932. First edition of Wescott’s tenth publication. One of 695 numbered copies on cream coloured Pannekoek paper, this one with ms. presentation „For Howard Rothschild with many thanks for many favours and best wishes Glenway Wescott“ and with preserved front part of the wrapping paper showing both addresses of Wescott in Paris and Rothschild in New York as well as the ms. remark „via SS. Europa. Imprimé“. The book, which is a free compilation of selected lives of Saints, was designed by Wescott’s partner Monroe Wheeler and is the first one printed in the Krimpen’s twelve-point Romanée type. Howard Rothschild was a friend of George Platt-Lynes and the New York ballet scene around Georges Balanchine. Rothschild’s important collection on the history of the ballet is today part of the Harvard Theatre Collection. – Clean and fine copy. – Best.-Nr. 21614 |
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Wilde, Oscar. Poèmes en Prose. Traduction françase de Charles Grolleau. |
Wilde, Oscar. Poèmes en Prose. Traduction françase de Charles Grolleau.XVI, 51, (9), 54, (2) pp. Large 8vo. Orig. printed wrappers. – Paris, Charles Carrington, 1906. Second (pirated) edition of Grolleau’s translation, this one with a new preface by Jacques Desroix. The 55 pages „Catalogue de quelques Editions d’Art et de Livres Curieux“ of the publisher Carrington is printed on pink paper and includes at the beginning a detailed description of the French version of Oscar Wilde’s „Intentions“. – Clean copy. – Best.-Nr. 20695 |
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Wilde, Oscar. Intentions. The Decay of Living; Pen Pencil and Poison; The Critic as Artist; The Truth of Masks. |
Wilde, Oscar. Intentions. The Decay of Living; Pen Pencil and Poison; The Critic as Artist; The Truth of Masks.4 leaves, 258 pp. 1 leaf. Gr.-8vo. Orig. moss-green cloth with gilt lettered spine and front board. Uncut. – London, James R. Osgood and Mc Ilvaine, 1891. First edition. One of 900 copies for the British market of a total of 1500 incl. those with the American imprint. Copy with all characteristics called for by Mason. Collected edition of Wilde’s four treatises on aesthetics and criticism, published before separately in „The Nineteenth Century“ and „The Fortnighly Review“. – Mason 341. – Spine and boards affected by dampstain. Uncut margins somewhat dustsoiled. – Best.-Nr. 25725 |
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Wither, George. Speculum Speculativum: or, a Considering-Glass, being an Inspection into the present and late sad condition of these Nations; with some cautional expressions. |
Wither, George. Speculum Speculativum: or, a Considering-Glass, being an Inspection into the present and late sad condition of these Nations; with some cautional expressions.(12), 166 (recte 164, jumping from 148 to 151) pp. Small 8vo. Contemp. calf (spine restored). – London, n. pr., 1660. First edition. Political pamphlet, written by George Wither (1588–1667). Wither wrote this pamphlet immediately after the restauration of the Stuarts by Charles II, when he was imprisoned for three years. – Somewhat browned, clean. – Best.-Nr. 18408 |
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