New Arrivals for October 25th, 2022

[bo...@commonwealthbooks.com]

Be sure to look at our offerings on Ebay as well! You can find a link to our Ebay offerings in the left-hand menu on our website (commonwealthbooks.com) or at: https://www.ebay.com/sch/commonwealth_books/m.html?_trksid=p3692

As always, call (617-338-6328) or e-mail (bo...@commonwealthbooks.com) to reserve.

Andersen, Hans Christian. Translated by Patricia L. Conroy and Sven H. Rossel. THE SNOW QUEEN: A TALE IN SEVEN STORIES. Herning, Denmark: Poul Kristensen. 1986. Limited edition, number 17 of 300 signed by illustrator Helge Ernst. Blue cloth, top edges gilt. 77 pp. Light shelfwear. Slight bumping to corners. Light soiling to head of spine. Very good plus. $200 CW428878

Audubon, John James. THE BIRDS OF AMERICA. New York: The Macmillan Company. 1937. Limited edition, number 266 of 2500 printed on all-rag paper. 4to. Quarter green cloth over decorative paper-covered boards, to edges gilt, with slipcase. xxvi, 500 color plates. Superficial shelfwear. Slipcase with moderate wear at edges and corners, and split at a couple edges. Near fine in a very good minus slipcase. $165 CW428883

B. J. Van Eyk. ATOMISTIEK ZONDER ATOOMMODEL. Amsterdam: D. B. Centen's Uitgevers Maatschappij. 1942. 8vo. Green cloth. 222 pp. Text in Dutch. Inscribed by Van Eyk to fellow scientist Arthur Loeb on the front free endpaper. Light shelfwear. Spine sun-faded, with some slight fraying at the ends. Stain to bottom edge of pastedowns, with toning to endpapers and offsetting to front endpapers from a couple laid-in pieces of paper. Very good, no jacket. $75 CW428868

Boucard, A.. TRAVELS OF A NATURALIST. London: n.p.. 1894. First edition. 8vo. Pebbled brown cloth. viii, 204 pp. Frontispiece portrait of Boucard. Light wear to exterior. Head of spine faded and with the cloth chipped/frayed. Spine slightly cocked. Hinges tender and partially exposed. Front free endpaper with an old dealer price and notes in pencil. Boucard's address on the Isle of Wight stamped to title page, with a number stamped above the publishing date. 'Field Columbian Museum Library' embossed to same (this appears to be the only library marking). Interior appears otherwise clean. Gutter partially exposed at p. 79. Very good minus overall. $100 CW428869

Broyles, Craig C; Evans, Dr Craig A. WRITING AND READING THE SCROLL OF ISAIAH: STUDIES OF AN INTERPRETIVE TRADITION (2 VOLUME SET). Leiden: Brill. 1997. Two volume set. 8vo. Cloth. 829 pp. in toto, continuously paginated. Superficial shelfwear. Slight bumping to corners. Jackets with some wrinlking at edges. Very good plus in very good plus jackets. $250 CW428873

Cassirer, Ernst. DAS MYTHISCHE DENKEN (PHILOSOPHIE DER SYMBOLISCHEN FORMEN, ZWEITER TEIL). Berlin: Bruno Cassirer Verlag. 1925. Volume II only. 8vo. Marbled paper-covered boards with leather spine label. 320 pp. Text in German. Moderate to heavy rubbing to spine, edges, and corners. Spine sun-faded. Two previous owner names to front free endpaper (one penciled, one stamped in ink). Occasional pencil tics in the margins. Overall very good, no jacket. $95 CW428866

Cohen, Jonathan. THE ORIGINS AND EVOLUTION OF THE MOSES NATIVITY STORY . Leiden: Brill . 1992. 8vo. Cloth. 205 pp. Light shelfwear. Spine socked. Jacket with some scuffing and wear, and faded at spine. Very good in a veyr good jacket. $50 CW428880

Coudert, Allison P. THE IMPACT OF THE KABBALAH IN THE 17TH CENTURY: THE LIFE AND THOUGHT OF FRANCIS MERCURY VAN HELMOT, 1614-1698 (BRILL'S SERIES IN JEWISH STUDIES, 9). Leiden: Brill. 1999. 8vo. Cloth. 418 pp. Bottom edge of front board bumped. Dust soiling to top of textblock. Jacket with some wrinkling to bottom edge. Very good plus in a very good plus jacket. $150 CW428871

Elliott, Henry W.. A REPORT UPON THE CONDITION OF AFFAIRS IN THE TERRITORY OF ALASKA. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office. 1875. 8vo. Original brown cloth. 277 pp. Light shelfwear, with some rubbing to joints and spine ends. Previous owner's name in pencil to front pastedown. Endpapers foxed. Some light foxing to interior. Very good minus overall. Elliott traveled to Alaska to investigate the fur trade, seal fisheries, native population, and more for the Treasury Department. This report is the result of that effort. $150 CW428870

Friedrich Weiss-Frey (compiled by). HEINRICH ISELIN OF ROSENFELD AND HIS DESCENDANTS. Basle: Privately Printed for O'Donnell Iselin. 1963. Second edition, limited to 225 copies. 8vo. Bound in plain, unmarked brown cloth. 273 pp. Color frontispiece, black and white plates, folding genealogical pedigree in pocket at rear. Light bumping to corners, light shelfwear, else very good plus, no jacket. $125 CW428884

Garcia Martinez, Florentino, and Eibert J. C. Tigchelaar. THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS STUDY EDITION, VOLUME TWO: 4Q274-11Q31. Leiden: Brill. 1998. Volume Two only. 8vo. Cloth. v, 628-1360 pp. Superficial shelfwear. Some dust soiling to page edges. Jacket sun-faded at spine and with light edgewear. Near fine in a very good plus jacket. $85 CW428879

Gilbar, Gad G.. OTTOMAN PALESTINE, 1800-1914: STUDIES IN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL HISTORY. Leiden: Brill. 1990. 8vo. Cloth. 348 pp. Near fine in a near fine jacket with plain cardboard slipcase. $60 CW428882

Gunther, R. T., edited. THE ARCHITECTURE OF SIR ROGER PRATT, CHARLES II'S COMMISSIONER FOR THE REBUILDING OF LONDON AFTER THE GREAT FIRE. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 1928. First edition. 8vo. Cream cloth. 312 pp. Bookplate of Melvin Edward Jahn to front pastedown. Many leaves still uncut. Light shelfwear. Light soiling to covers. Very good plus, no jacket. $195 CW428865

Heilmann, Gerhard. ON THE ORIGIN OF BIRDS. New York: D. Appleton and Company. 1927. First American edition. Blue cloth. 210 pp. Two color plates, additional black and white plates and figures in the text. Light shelfwear. Light sun-fading to spine. Previous owner's initials to front free endpaper. Light toning to page edges. Very good, no jacket. $95 CW428860

Heller, Marvin. PRINTING THE TALMUD: A HISTORY OF THE INDIVIDUAL TREATISES PRINTED FROM 1700-1750 (BRILL'S SERIES IN JEWISH STUDIES) (BRILL'S JEWISH STUDIES) (ENGLISH AND HEBREW EDITION). Leiden: Brill. 1998. Large 8vo. Cloth. 390 pp. Light shelfwear. Corners bumped. Some soiling to top of textblock. Jacket with light wear at the edges. Very good in a very good jacket. $85 CW428874

Howey, Ann F., and Stephen R. Reimer. A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MODERN ARTHURIANA (1500-2000). Woodbridge, Suffolk: D.S. Brewer. 2003. 8vo. Blue cloth. 774 pp. Light shelfwear. Slight bumping to corners. Bar code sticker to rear board. Very good plus, no jacket. $95 CW428862

Jin, Ha. BETWEEN SILENCES: A VOICE FROM CHINA (PHOENIX POETS). Chicago: University Of Chicago Press. 1990. First edition. 8vo. Orange cloth. 79 pp. Inscribed by Ha Jin (to Richard) on half title. A touch of rubbing to spine ends, else near fine, no jacket as issued. $195 CW428863

Karel van der Toorn. FAMILY RELIGION IN BABYLONIA, SYRIA AND ISRAEL: CONTINUITY AND CHANGE IN THE FORMS OF RELIGIOUS LIFE (STUDIES IN THE HISTORY AND CULTURE OF THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST, VOL 7). Leiden: Brill. 1996. 8vo. Cloth. 419 pp. Light shelfwear. Jacket sun-faded at spine and edges. Very good plus in a very good jacket. $60 CW428877

Legge, James. THE LIFE AND TEACHINGS OF CONFUCIUS. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co.. 1867. First American edition. Pebbled green cloth. vi, 337 pp. Rubbing and wear to exterior, with some stains visible to boards. Front hinge tender, with the gutter partially exposed in several places through the first 32 pages. Spine shaken, with stitching exposed in various places internally. Light to moderate foxing throughout, heavier at the beginning and end. From about pp. 275-305, some small chips and tears to fore-edges, not encroaching on the text. Very good minus overall. $125 CW428859

Merriman, Roger Bigelow. THE LIFE AND LETTERS OF THOAMS CROMWELL. Oxford: Clarendon Press - Oxford University Press. 1902. Two volume set. 8vo. Green cloth. viii, 442; iv, 356 pp. Frontispiece portrait in volume I and handwriting facsimile in volume II. Light rubbing and wear to exteriors, with some slight sunning to spines. Light foxing to endpapers and frontispieces. Very good, no jackets. $85 CW428856

Pierre Galet. Translated and adapted by Lucie T. Morton. Foreword by Leon D. Adams. A PRACTICAL AMPELOGRAPHY: GRAPEVINE IDENTIFICATION. Ithaca, NY: Comstock Publishing Associates. 1979. 8vo. Cloth. 248 pp. Color and black and white illustrations. Light shelfwear. Spine slightly cocked. Jacket with rubbing and wear at the edges, light soiling, and some small closed tears at the edges. Very good in a very good minus jacket. $250 CW428861

Schäfer, Peter. TOWARD THE MILLENNIUM: MESSIANIC EXPECTATIONS FROM THE BIBLE TO WACO (STUDIES IN THE HISTORY OF RELIGIONS) (NUMEN BOOK). Leiden: Brill. 1998. 8vo. Cloth. 446 pp. Superficial shelfwear, else near fine in a near fine jacket. $95 CW428876

Sutton, S. B. IN CHINA'S BORDER PROVINCES;: THE TURBULENT CAREER OF JOSEPH ROCK, BOTANIST-EXPLORER,. New York: Hastings House. 1974. 8vo. Cloth. 334 pp. Black and white illustrations. Light shelfwear. Spine cocked. Boards slightly bowed. Some soiling to top of textblock and to fore-edges. Jacket rubbed at spine and edges, with sun-fading to spine, and some small chips and tears at edges. Very good in a very good minus jacket. $150 CW428857

Townsend, Annette. THE AUCHMUTY FAMILY OF SCOTLAND AND AMERICA. New York: The Grafton Press. 1932. Edition limited to 500. 8vo. Blue cloth. 215 pp. Black and white illustrations. Rubbing and wear to edges and corners, with some chipping and fraying to head of spine. Spine cocked and slightly faded. Light toning to page edges. Very good, no jacket. $60 CW428881

Urbani, Rossana, & Guido Nathan Zazzu. THE JEWS IN GENOA: 507-1799. Leiden: Brill. 1999. Two volume set. 8vo. Cloth. 1138 pp. in toto, continuously paginated. Light shelfwear. Some soiling to top of textblock in volume I. Jackets with superficial shelfwear. Very good plus in very good plus jackets. $250 CW428875

Waring, R. N.. A SHORT HISTORY OF THE WARINGS. Tyrone, PA: n.p.. 1898. 8vo. Quarter brown cloth over paper-covered boards (hardcover). 60 pp. Two blueprint illustrations and a number of genalogical charts. Rubbing and wear to exterior. Front hinge exposed. Musty. A few pencil notes. Very good minus. $95 CW428885

Yarbro Collins, A.; Collins, Adela Yarbro. COSMOLOGY AND ESCHATOLOGY IN JEWISH AND CHRISTIAN APOCALYPTICISM (SUPPLEMENTS TO THE JOURNAL FOR THE STUDY OF JUDAISM, V. 50). Leiden: Brill Academic Pub. 1996. 8vo. Cloth. 261 pp. Superficial shelfwear, else near fine in a near fine jacket. $30 CW428872