The ABAA Virtual Boston Book Fair will be this weekend! The
Fair starts at Noon on Thursday the 18th and runs to 8PM on Saturday
the 20th. For more information on the Virtual Fair, and to browse the
books after the Fair starts, visit the ABAA Book Fair website at:
https://fairs.abaa.org/
As always, call or e-mail to reserve.
Anders,
George; Vaccaro, Alfredo. INNOVATIONS IN POWER SYSTEMS RELIABILITY
(SPRINGER SERIES IN RELIABILITY ENGINEERING). Berlin: Springer. 2011.
8vo. Laminated paper-covered boards (hardcover). 361 pp. Light
shelfwear. Very good, no jacket. $50 CW428741
Argyrous,
George. EVIDENCE FOR POLICY AND DECISION-MAKING: A PRACTICAL GUIDE.
Sydney: University of New South Wales Press. 2010. 8vo. Wraps. 309 pp.
Light shelfwear, light toning to edges, else very good. $25
CW428747
Arthur Evans. THE PALACE OF MINOS AT KNOSSOS,
VOLUME I: THE NEOLITHIC AND EARLY AND MIDDLE MINOAN AGES. London:
Macmillan and Co. . 1921. Volume I only. First edition. Small 4to.
Blue cloth, top edges gilt. xxiv, 721 pp. followed by 11 supplemental
black and white plates. Extensively illustrated with color plates
(including frontis), folding maps and plans, and black and white
figures in the text. Rubbing to edges and corners. Light to moderate
foxing to the plates and folding plans, with foxing to adjacent leaves
as well. Very good plus overall. Rare. $750 CW428778
Benjamin, Sandra. THE WORLD OF BENJAMIN OF TUDELA: A MEDIEVAL
MEDITERRANEAN TRAVELOGUE. Madison and Teaneck, NJ: Fairleigh Dickinson
Univ Pr. 1995. 8vo. Cloth. 325 pp. Light shelfwear. Slight spine cock.
Jacket with light wear at edges and a creased flap corner. Very good
in a very good jacket. $30 CW428807
Born, Max. Edited by
Fritz Sauter. MODERNE PHYSIK. SIEBEN VORTRAGE UBER MATERIE UND
STRAHLUNG. Berlin: Julius Springer. 1933. First edition. 8vo. Blue
cloth. vii, 272 pp. plus 4 pp. ads. Text in German. Light shelfwear.
Spine slightly cocked. Bookseller ticket to front pastedown. Previous
owner's signature to title page (physicist Archie I. Mahan). A
one-inch by two-inch piece of the title page has been clipped out, to
the right of the publisher's device (doesn't seem to affect any text).
Overall very good, no jacket. $95 CW428758
Brahms,
Johannes. JOHANNES BRAHMS: LIFE AND LETTERS. Oxford : Oxford
University Press. 1998. 8vo. Cloth. 858 pp. Light shelfwear. Jacket
spine lightly sunned. Very good plus in a very good plus jacket. $40
CW428810
Brenner, Robert. MERCHANTS AND REVOLUTION:
COMMERCIAL CHANGE, POLITICAL CONFLICT, AND LONDON'S OVERSEAS TRADERS,
1550-1653. Princeton: Princeton University Press. 1993. 8vo. Cloth.
734 pp. Light shelfwear. Old price sticker to rear jacket panel. Very
good plus in a very good plus jacket. $45 CW428809
Busby,
R. Frank. MANNED SUBMERSIBLES. n.p.: Office of the Oceanographer of
the Navy. 1976. 4to. Pictorial cloth. 764 pp. Black and white
illustrations. Moderate rubbing and wear to edges and corners. Hinges
tender. Previous owner's name in blue ballpoint ink to front free
endpaper, along with a few old dealer marks in pencil. Very good. $195
CW428756
D'arcy Wentworth Thompson. A GLOSSARY OF GREEK
FISHES. London: Oxford University Press. 1947. 8vo. Red cloth. 302 pp.
Black and white illustrations. Light shelfwear. Spine lightly
sun-faded. Interior clean. Very good plus, no jacket. $195 CW428779
Dinar, Ariel. GAME THEORY AND POLICY MAKING IN NATURAL
RESOURCES AND THE ENVIRONMENT (ROUTLEDGE EXPLORATIONS IN ENVIRONMENTAL
ECONOMICS). London: Routledge. 2008. 8vo. Green wraps. 345 pp. Light
shelfwear, else very good plus. $35 CW428749
Dürr, Alfred.
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH'S ST JOHN PASSION: GENESIS, TRANSMISSION, AND
MEANING. Oxford : Oxford University Press. 2001. 8vo. Cloth. 182 pp.
Light shelfwear. Very good plus in a very good plus jacket. $50
CW428818
Edited by J. Y. T. Greig / edited by Raymond
Klibansky and Ernest C. Mossner. THE LETTERS OF DAVID HUME 1727-1776
[WITH] NEW LETTERS OF DAVID HUME. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
1969. Three volume set (two volumes of 'Letters' plus 'New Letters').
8vo. Blue cloth. xxxii, 532; 498; xxxiv, 253 pp. Light sheflwear.
Light soiling to page edges. Sticker residue to front pastedown of all
volumes. Overall very good, no jackets. $150 CW428784
Editit Rudolfus Pfeiffer. CALLIMACHUS (IN TWO VOLUMES). Oxford:
Clarendon Press - Oxford University Press. 1965. Two volume set.
(Volume I, FRAGMENTA; Volume II, HYMNI ET EPIGRAMMATA). 8vo. Burgundy
cloth. xiv, 520; cvi, 208 pp. Greek text with Latin notes. Light
shelfwear, light scuffing to covers, else very good, no jackets. $175
CW428775
Gates, William. A GRAMMAR OF MAYA. Baltimore: The
Maya Society. 1938. Limited edition, number 26 of 105 on Whatman
paper. 8vo. Blue buckram, top edges gilt. 192 pp. Previous owner's
name stamped to front free endpaper (philosopher James Feibleman).
Shelfwear, with some scuffing to spine. Covers with some soiling and
small stains. Foxing to fore-edges and endpapers. Very good, no
jacket. $150 CW428759
Golding, William. PINCHER MARTIN.
London: Faber and Faber. 1956. First edition, 8vo. Red cloth. 208 pp.
Light shelfwear. Some slight foxing/soiling to top of textblock.
Bookseller ticket to rear pastedown. Jacket with some slight rubbing
and wear to the edges and corners, including some tiny chips and
closed tears. Very good plus in a very good plus jacket. $175
CW428730
Grenadier, Steven. GAME CHOICES: THE INTERSECTION
OF REAL OPTIONS AND GAME THEORY. London: Risk Books. 2000. 8vo.
Laminated paper-covered boards. 395 pp. Light shelfwear. Previous
owner's name to half title. Very good, no jacket. $65 CW428742
Groth, P.. PHYSIKALISCHE KRYSTALLOGRAPHIE UND EINLEITUNG IN
DIE KRYSTALLOGRAPHISCHE KENNTNISS DER WICHTIGEREN SUBSTANZES. Leipzig:
Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann. 1876. First edition. Quarter blue cloth
over contemporary marbled paper-covered boards. xvi, 527, [3] pp.
followed by three folding plates (one in color). Text in German.
Boards rubbed at edges and corners, with part of the front board
exposed at the fore-edge. Gift note to front free endpaper. Plate III
with some wear at the edge from being improperly folded. Very good
plus. $350 CW428754
H. D. Jocelyn, editor. THE TRAGEDIES OF
ENNIUS: THE FRAGMENTS. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1967.
8vo. Red cloth. 473 pp. Light shelfwear, light fading to spine, some
soiling to top of textblock, else very good, no jacket. $65
CW428783
Harold J. Gordon, Jr. THE REICHSWEHR AND THE
GERMAN REPUBLIC 1919-1926. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
1957. 8vo. Cloth. 478 pp. Light shelfwear. Jacket lightly faded at
spine and with light edgewear. Very good in a very good jacket. $45
CW428815
Herbert, Arthur Sumner. HISTORICAL CATALOGUE OF
PRINTED EDITIONS OF THE ENGLISH BIBLE, 1525-1961. London: British and
Foreign Bible Society. 1968. 8vo. Blue cloth. 549 pp. Light shelfwear,
else very good plus. $45 CW428822
Herzberg, Gerhard.
Translated by J. W. T. Spinks. ATOMIC SPECTRA AND ATOMIC STRUCTURE.
New York: Prentice-Hall. 1937. First American edition. 8vo. Blue
cloth. 257 pp. Previous owner's signature to front free endpaper
(physicist Archie I. Mahan), Light shelfwear. Light toning to page
edges. No jacket. Very good plus overall. $95 CW428757
Hobbs, Benjamin F.; Rothkopf, Michael H.; O'Neill, Richard P.;
Hung-po Chao. THE NEXT GENERATION OF ELECTRIC POWER UNIT COMMITMENT
MODELS (INTERNATIONAL SERIES IN OPERATIONS RESEARCH & MANAGEMENT
SCIENCE (36)). Berlin: Springer. 2001. 8vo. Laminated paper-covered
boards (hardcover). 319 pp. Light shelfwear. Name and address stamped
to first page. Very good, no jacket. $65 CW428743
Hudec,
Robert E.. DEVELOPING COUNTRIES IN THE GATT LEGAL SYSTEM. Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press. 2010. 8vo. Laminated paper-covered boards
(hardcover). 212 pp. Very good plus with light shelfwear. $35
CW428817
J. Winston Coleman Jr.. KENTUCKY RARITIES: A CHECK
LIST OF ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-FIVE FUGITIVE BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS
RELATING TO THE BLUEGRESS STATE AND ITS PEOPLE. Lexington, KY: Winburn
Press. 1970. Edition limited to 215 copies. 8vo. Blue cloth. 34 pp.
Inscribed by Coleman to front free endpaper. Light shelfwear. Light
foxing. Very good, no jacket. $45 CW428760
Jacobs, Jaap.
NEW NETHERLAND: A DUTCH COLONY IN SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY AMERICA (THE
ATLANTIC WORLD). Leiden/Boston: Brill. 2005. 8vo. Blue paper-covered
boards (hardcover). 559 pp. Light shelfwear, bump to bottom edge of
front board, else very good plus, no jacket. $45 CW428820
James Gates Percival. THE POETICAL WORKS OF JAMES GATES PERCIVAL (IN
TWO VOLUMES). Boston: Ticknor and Fields. 1859. Two volume set. 16mo.
Blue cloth, all edges gilt. lxii, 402; vii, 517 pp. Frontispiece
portrait in volume I. Some scuffing, rubbing, and wear to exterior,
with chipping to cloth at the spine ends. Light toning to page edges.
Very good, no jackets. $150 CW428780
Jan Tschichold. FORM
OF THE BOOK: ESSAYS ON THE MORALITY OF GOOD DESIGN. Point Roberts, WA:
Hartley & Marks. 1991. 8vo. Cloth. 180 pp. Light shelfwear, else very
good plus in a very good plus jacket. $75 CW428811
John
Hastings. LECTURES ON YELLOW FEVER, ITS CAUSES, PATHOLOGY, AND
TREATMENT. Philadelphia: Lindsay & Blakiston. 1848. 8vo. Panel-stamped
brown cloth, title gilt to front. 69 pp. plus 6 pp. ads. Corners
rubbed through. Cloth chipped at spien ends. Previous owner's
signature to front free endpaper. Moderate to heavy foxing throughout.
Very good minus. $75 CW428781
Jones, Chris. STRANGE
LIKENESS: THE USE OF OLD ENGLISH IN TWENTIETH-CENTURY POETRY. Oxford :
Oxford University Press. 2006. 8vo. Cloth. 266 pp. Superficial
shelfwear, jacket with light wear to edges, else very good plus in a
very good plus jacket. $50 CW428732
L. M. de Rijk.
ARISTOTLE: SEMANTICS AND ONTOLOGY (IN TWO VOLUMES). Leiden: Brill.
2002. Two volume set. 8vo. Burgundy cloth. 749, 498 pp. Light
shelfwear, else very good plus, no jackets. $400 CW428777
Lubieniecki, Stanislas. HISTORY OF THE POLISH REFORMATION: AND NINE
RELATED DOCUMENTS (HARVARD THEOLOGICAL STUDIES). Minneapolis: Fortress
Press. 1995. 8vo. Cloth. 995 pp. Light shelfwear. Jacket with a small
closed tear to bottom edge, and a vertical crease to front flap. Very
good plus in a very good plus jacket. $50 CW428808
Manwaring, Elizabeth Wheeler. ITALIAN LANDSCAPE IN EIGHTEENTH
CENTURY ENGLAND. London: Frank Cass and Co.. 1965. 1965 second
printing. 8vo. Cloth. 243 pp. A few black and white illustrations.
Light shelfwear. Spine faded. Page edges toned. Previous onwer's
signature to front free endpaper. Jacket with wear at edges, fading to
spine, and a small hole mid-spine. Very good in a very good minus
jacket. $35 CW428776
Marmé, Michael. SUZHOU: WHERE THE
GOODS OF ALL THE PROVINCES CONVERGE. Stanford, CA: Stanford University
Press. 2005. 8vo. Cloth. 369 pp. Light shelfwear. Previous owner's
name to front free endpaper. Jacket with light edgewear. Very good
plus in a very good plus jacket. $45 CW428821
Mitchell,
Robert Cameron; Carson, Richard T.. USING SURVEYS TO VALUE PUBLIC
GOODS: THE CONTINGENT VALUATION METHOD (MCGRAW-HILL SERIES IN
INDUSTRIAL). Washington, DC: RFF Press. 1989. 8vo. Cloth. 463 pp.
Light shelfwear. Jacket with a tear/chip at bottom of spine. Previous
owner's name to first page. Very good in a very good jacket. $50
CW428740
Monroe, Will S.. BULGARIA AND HER PEOPLE. Boston:
The Page Company. 1914. First edition. 8vo. Decorative slate-blue
ribbed cloth, top edges gilt. xxi, 410 pp. Folding map and numerous
black and white plates. According to the foreword, this was the first
general travel book related to the 'rejuvenated Kingdom of Bulgaria'
to be published in English. Bulgaria would end up joining the first
World War the year after publication. Jacket with some rubbing and
light wear to edges, including some small tears and wrinkles at the
spine ends and edges. Jacket also with some light sunning to spine and
some spotting to front panel. Book with light wear at the edges, as
well as some mottling to the top of the front board. Housed in the
original publisher's box, which has soiling and wear, and is splitting
at some of the corners. Overall very good plus in a very good plus
jacket. $195 CW428731
Mosteller, Frederick, et alia. THE
PRE-ELECTION POLLS OF 1948: REPORT TO THE COMMITTEE ON ANALYSIS OF
PRE-ELECTION POLLS AND FORECASTS. New York: Social Science Research
Council. 1949. 8vo. Blue cloth. 396 pp. Light shelfwear. Some scuffs
to covers. Previous owner's name to front free endpaper. Very good, no
jacket. $60 CW428819
Naunton, Robert. FRAGMENTA REGALIA:
OBSERVATIONS ON THE LATE QUEENE ELIZABETH, HIR TIMES AND FAURITES.
n.p.: printed for presentation to the memebers of the Roxburghe Club.
2002. Printed at the Stinehour Press. Edition limited to 300. Two
volume set. Quarter leather over burgundy cloth with slipcase. Near
fine in a very good plus slipcase with light wear. $100 CW428764
O'Dair, Sharon; Francisco, Timothy. SHAKESPEARE AND THE 99%:
LITERARY STUDIES, THE PROFESSION, AND THE PRODUCTION OF INEQUITY.
London: Palgrave Macmillan. 2019. 8vo. Laminated paper-covered boards
(hardcover). 285 pp. Superficial shelfwear, else near fine, no jacket.
$50 CW428734
Osler, Margaret J.. ATOMS, PNEUMA, AND
TRANQUILLITY (EPICUREAN AND STOIC THEMES IN EUROPEAN THOUGHT).
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1991. 8vo. Cloth. 304 pp,
Inscribed by editor to front free endpaper. Light shelfwear. Jacket
with light wear at edges, Very good in a very good jacket. $40
CW428814
Pedell, Burkhard. REGULATORY RISK AND THE COST OF
CAPITAL: DETERMINANTS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR RATE REGULATION. Berlin :
Springer. 2006. 8vo. Laminated paper-covered boards (hardcover). 221
pp. Light shelfwear, including some scuffing to boards. Corners
bumped. Very good, no jacket. $30 CW428738
Pottasch, Stuart
R.. PLANETARY NEBULAE: A STUDY OF LATE STAGES OF STELLAR EVOLUTION
(ASTROPHYSICS AND SPACE SCIENCE LIBRARY (107)). Dordrecht, Boston, and
Lancaster: D. Reidel. 1983. 8vo. Gray cloth. 322 pp. Light shelfwear.
Spine and edges sun-faded. Previous owner's name stamped to
fore-edges. Very good, no jacket. $75 CW428769
Reddaway, W.
F., edited. DOCUMENTS OF CATHERINE THE GREAT: THE CORRESPONDENCE WITH
VOLTAIRE AND THE INSTRUCTION OF 1767 IN THE ENGLISH TEXT OF 1768.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1931. 8vo. Cloth. 349 pp. Light
shelfwear. Light soiling to page edges. Previous owner's name to front
free endpaper. Jacket price-clipped, with some chipping to spine ends,
wear at edges, and dampstaining visible to spine and edges. PRICES
CANCELLED stamped to rear panel. Very good in a very good minus
jacket. $60 CW428813
Sacks, Oliver W. AWAKENINGS. London:
Duckworth. 1973. First edition. 8vo. Cloth. 255 pp. Basis for the
Oscar-nominated film starring Robin Williams and Robert DeNiro. Light
shelfwear. Some soiling to top of textblock. Jacket with some light
wear at the edges and minor chipping/wrinkling at spine ends. Very
good in a very good jacket. $95 CW428736
Sioshansi,
Fereidoon. FUTURE OF UTILITIES - UTILITIES OF THE FUTURE: HOW
TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS IN DISTRIBUTED ENERGY RESOURCES WILL RESHAPE
THE ELECTRIC POWER SECTOR. Amsterdam, et alia: Academic Press. 2016.
8vo. Wraps. 447 pp. Light shelfwear, else very good plus. $45
CW428750
Skelton, Geoffrey. PAUL HINDEMITH: THE MAN BEHIND
THE MUSIC. New York: Crescendo. 1975. 8vo. Cloth. 319 pp. Light
shelfwear. Jacket with fading to spine and edges, some small tears at
edges, and price-clipped. Very good in a very good jacket. $40
CW428812
Stewart, Alan; Knight, Harriet. THE OXFORD FRANCIS
BACON I: EARLY WRITINGS 1584-1596. Oxford : Oxford University Press.
2012. 8vo. Blue cloth. lxi, 1066 pp. Light shelfwear. Previous owner's
name inked to front free endpaper. Very good plus, no jacket. $275
CW428770
Sutton, George P.. ROCKET PROPULSION ELEMENTS. New
York: John Wiley & Sons. 1949. First edition. 8vo. Cloth. 294 pp.
Black and white illustrations. Light shelfwear. Spine slightly cocked.
Previous owner's name to front free endpaper. Number discretely
penciled to half title and title page. Jacket with rubbing and wear at
edges and corners, including some chipping at the epine ends and
edges, Some small dampstains visible to reverse side of jacket near
spine. Very good in a very good jacket. $500 CW428755
W. M.
Watkins. THE MEN, WOMEN, EVENTS, INSTITUTIONS & LORE OF CASEY COUNTY,
KENTUCKY. Liberty, KY: Casey County News. 1967. Reissue. 8vo. Blue
cloth. 223 pp. Inscribed by Watkins beneath the frontispiece.
Shelfwear. Foxing to page edges and interior. Very good, no jacket.
$45 CW428761
W. M. Watkins. THE MEN, WOMEN, EVENTS,
INSTITUTIONS & LORE OF CASEY COUNTY, KENTUCKY. Louisville, KY: The
Standard Printing Company. 1939. 8vo. Blue buckram. 223 pp. Inscribed
by Watkins to front pastedown. Shelfwear. Foxing to page edges and
interior. Underlining and annotation throughout. Good plus, no jacket.
$50 CW428762
Whitehead, Alfred North, and Bertrand Russell.
PRINCIPIA MATHEMATICA: SECOND EDITION. Cambridge: Cambridge University
Press. 1950. Second edition. Three volume set. 8vo. Blue cloth. 674,
742, 491 pp. Light shelfwear. Slight tenderness to hinges. Volumes II
and III with cocked spines. Overall very good plus, no jackets. $400
CW428766
Wiggins, Martin, edited. BRITISH DRAMA 1533-1642:
A CATALOGUE (NINE VOLUME SET). Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2012.
Nine volume set, complete as of 2019. 8vo. Cloth. Books with minimal
wear, although some boards slightly bowed. Jackets also with minimal
wear to edges and some light soiling. Very good plus in very good plus
jackets. $750 CW428727
Williams, T.; Samset, K.; Sunnevåg,
K.. MAKING ESSENTIAL CHOICES WITH SCANT INFORMATION: FRONT-END
DECISION MAKING IN MAJOR PROJECTS. London: Palgrave Macmillan. 2009.
8vo. Green laminated paper-covered boards (hardcover). 417 pp. Light
shelfwear. Remainder mark to top and bottom edges, with a small black
ink smear to rear cover as well. Very good plus, no jacket. $35
CW428744
Wittgenstein, Ludwig. REMARKS ON THE PHILOSOPHY OF
PSYCHOLOGY (IN TWO VOLUMES). Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
1980. First American edition. Two volume set. 8vo. Cloth. 218, 143 pp.
Superficial shelfwear. Jacket of volume I lightly faded at spine and
with a crease to rear panel. Near fine in very good plus jackets. $125
CW428765
Zirkel, Ferdinand. UNTERSUCHUNGEN UBER DIE
MIKROSKOPISCHE ZUSAMMENSETZUNG UND STRUCTUR DER BASALTGESTEINE. Bonn:
Bei Adolph Marcus. 1870. First edition. 8vo. Bound in contemporary
half morocco over marbled paper, edges speckled blue, marbled
endpapers. 208 pp. plus three folding plates. Text in German. Light
shelfwear. Some scuffing to the front joint. Small puncture (the size
of a pinhole or slightly larger) at upper margin through p. 71.
Interior clean. Very good plus. $125 CW428753
[Cicero] M.
Tullii Ciceronis. Introduction and commentary by Joseph B. Mayor. DE
NATURA DEORUM. LIBRI TRES. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
1881. "Together with a new collation of several of the English Mss. by
J. H. Swainson." Mixed three volume set. 8vo. Green cloth. Volume I,
1891 printing. Volume II, 1883 printing. Volume III, 1885 printing.
lxxi, 228; xxiii, 319; lxxxviii, 247 pp. Light shelfwear. Spine faded
to volume I. Spines cocked. Previous owner's signature to title page
in each volume (with another p.o.s. to front free endpaper of volume
II). Some pencil marginalia. Gutter partially exposed in places. Very
good minus overall. $125 CW428772
[Sir Egerton Brydges]
Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle. [LEE PRIORY PRESS] THE
SELECT POEMS OF MARGARET CAVENDISH [WITH] A TRUE RELATION OF THE
BIRTH, BREEDING, AND LIFE, OF MARGARET CAVENDISH, DUCHESS OF
NEWCASTLE. [AND ONE OTHER]. Kent: Lee Priory Press. 1813. Three items
printed at the Lee Priory Press, bound as one. "A True Relation of
the Birth, Breeding, and Life, of Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of
Newcastle. Written by Herself." With a Critical Preface, &ct. by Sir
Egerton Brydges. Kent: Printed at the private Press of Lee Priory,
1814. [10], 9, 36 pp. Engraved frontispiece portrait. Limited to 100
copies. [with] These Select Poems of Margaret Cavendish, Duchess
of Newcastle, edited by Sir Egerton Brydges. Kent: Printed at the
Private Press of Lee Priory, 1813. 20 pp. Original front wrap bound
in. Limited to 25 copies printed for private distribution and not for
sale. [and] The Characters of Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex, and
George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham. Kent: Printed at the private
Press of Lee Priory, 1814. 37 pp. Original front wrap bound in.
Limited to 100 copies. 8vo. Later quarter black cloth over marbled
paper, all edges gilt. Rubbing to board edges. Offsestting from
frontispiece. Some scattered light foxing to 'Poems.' Slight
mustiness. Very good overall. Scarce. Brydges founded Lee Priory
Press in 1813. 'The Poems of Margaret Cavendish' was the first title
printed at the press; the 'Life of Margaret Cavendish' was the third
item printed in 8vo, and 'Characters' was the seventh item printed in
8vo. $450 CW428763
de Gruneisen, W. LES
CHARACTERISTIQUES DE L'ART COPTE. Florence: Istituto di Edizioni
Artistiche Fratelli Alinari. 1922. 4to. Quarter vellum over
paper-covered boards. 195 pp. followed by 65 b/w plates. Additional
b/w figures in the text. Text in French. Light soiling to backstrip
and boards, with rubbing to corners. Lower fore-corners rubbed through
and bumped. Toning to endpapers and light toning to page edges. Very
good, no jacket, with faults as noted. $275 CW428737