Moe's Books Showcase List, Part 2
Matthew Wong
Erasma. L' ELOGE DE LA FOLIE. Gilbert Jeune/ Librairie
d'Amateurs, 1951 (paper). In french. 1/4500 cc. Translated from
the Latin by de Laveaux. Illustrated in color by Dubout.Some
shelfwear on wraps, else very good. $95.00.
Subject: Literature (Fitzosborne, T., Inv # 9942)
Fitzosborne, Thomas. LETTER OF SIR THOMAS FITZOSBORNE ON SEVERAL
SUBJECTS. Lackinton, Allen and Co, et al., 1814 (leather). In
leather. With a memoir of the author by Wiliam Melmoth. 14th ed.
Foxing inside with book plate and stamp inside front cover. Front
hinge cracked. Cover in good shape. Good+. $45.00.
Subject: Literature (Gibbon, Inv # 9953)
Gibbon. GIBBON'S JOURNEY FROM GENEVA TO ROME: HIS JOURNAL FROM 20
APRIL TO 2 OCTOBER 1764. Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1961 (leather).
Limited to 100 copies; this 64. Edited by Georges A. Bonnard.
Bound in vellum. Fine. $225.00.
Subject: Literature (Harte, B., Inv # 11127)
Harte, Bret. ADVENTURES OF PADRE VICENTIO: A LEGEND OF SAN
FRANCISCO. W and E. Bentley, 1939 (cloth). Inscribed by the
illustrator "Hans." Some spotting on cover, else very good+.
$35.00.
Subject: Literature (Hearn, L., Inv # 11364)
Bisland, Elizabeth. THE LIFE AND LETTERS OF LAFCADIO HEARN.
Constable, 1906 (cloth). Illustrated. 2 vols. Some shelfwear,
else very good. $150.00.
Subject: Literature (Hearn, L., Inv # 11378)
Hearn, Lafcadio. KWAIDAN: STORIES AND STUDIES OF STRANGE THINGS.
Limited Editions Club, 1932 (cloth). 1/1500 cc. With woodblock
print by Yasumasa Fujita. Numbered and signed by artist. Fine in
wrap-around slipcase. $175.00.
Subject: Literature (Janin. J., Inv # 11381)
Janin, Jules. LE DIABLE BOITEUX. Ernest Bourdin et Cie, 1842
(leather). 3/4 leather. Illustrated with many engravings. Marbled
endpapers. In French. Foxing. Front hinge cracked. Leather a
little scuffed, else very good. $95.00.
Subject: Literature (Laboureur, J., Inv # 9880)
Cazotte, Jacques. DEVIL IN LOVE. Houghton Mifflin Co., 1925
(cloth). Limited to 365 copies; this #5. With six copper
engraving by J. E. Laboureur. Pages uncut. Irridescent, marbled
covers. Spine slightly worn. very good in worn slipcase. $125.00.
Subject: Literature (Laver, J., Inv # 12997)
Laver, James. LADIES' MISTAKES. Nonesuch Press, 1933 (cloth).
1/350cc. Illustrated by Thomas Lowinsky. Spine a little worn,
else very good in slipcase. $35.00.
Subject: Literature (Leavitt, Inv # 11310)
Leavitt and Allen. THE GEM OF THE SEASON. Leavitt and Allen, nd.
(leather). Gold embossed green leather binding. With ten plates.
Gilt edge worn. Endpapers lightly worn. very good. $45.00.
Subject: Literature (Lesage, A., Inv # 12994)
Lesage, Alain-Rene. THE ADVENTURES OF GIL BLAS DE SANTILLANE.
Limited Editions Club, 1937 (cloth). 1/1500cc. 2 vols. Signed by
the illustrator, John Austen. Translated by Tobias Smollett.
Introduction by J. B. Priestley. Edges lightly shelfworn. very
good in dust jacket. $75.00.
Subject: literature (Longfellow, H., Inv # 11244)
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. THE GOLDEN LEGEND. Ticknor and
Fields, 1864 (cloth). Large bookplate inside front cover. Front
hinge starting to crack. Some shelfwear, else very good. $75.00.
Subject: literature (Neustadt, E., Inv # 10874)
Neustadt, Eugene. THE ROUT OF THE FAIRY KING AND OTHER FAIRY
POEMS. Paul Elder, 1914 (cloth). Illustrated by Harold Sichel.
Slight bump at top of spine, else near fine in Slighty faded dust
jacket. $20.00.
Subject: Literature (Putnam, G., Inv # 11371)
American Artist and Authors. A LANDSCAPE BOOK. G. P. Putnam and
Son, 1868 (cloth). 16 steel engravings adapted from contemporary
artists, with essays by contemporary authors and landscape. Gilt
edge. Cover shelfworn, else very good. $125.00.
Subject: Literature (Ruskin, J., Inv # 11241)
Ruskin, John. SESAME AND LILIES: THREE LECTURES BY JOHN RUSKIN.
George Allen, Sunnyside, Orpington, 1899 (leather). 3/4 leather.
Marbled endpapers. Bound by Riviere. Scarce complete edition.
Some shelfwear, spine a little faded, else very good+. $125.00.
Subject: Literature (Ryan, M., Inv # 11174)
Ryan, Marah. FOR THE SOUL OF RAFAEL. A. C. McClurg and Co., 1906
(cloth). 1st ed. Illustrated with tipped-in photos by Harold A.
Taylor. Decorative designs by Ralph F. Seymour. Hinges cracked.
Cover worn. Good+. $40.00.
Subject: literature (Schiavonetti. L, Inv # 10280)
Blair, Robert. THE GRAVE. Morrison and Gibb, 1903 (cloth). 12
etchings by Schiavonetti from the original inventions of William
Blake. Front hinge cracked. Owner's bookplate inside front cover.
Cover shelfworn. very good. $45.00.
Subject: Literature (Schram, A., Inv # 11496)
Schram, Abner. DAS HOHE LIED SALOMO. Abner Schram, 1972 (boards).
In German. Facsimile of the German reprint of a design by Count
Harry Kessler and illustrated by Eric Gill. Fine. With a
postscript in English by Hans Bardtke. In slipcase. $22.50.
Subject: Literature (Shaddad, A., Inv # 11205)
Hamilton, Terrick, trns. ANTAR, A BEDOUEEN ROMANCE. John Murray,
1819 (leather). Marbled endpapers. Bookplate inside front cover.
3/4 leather binding worn. Good. $95.00.
Subject: Literature (Smollett, T., Inv # 12995)
Smollett, Tobias. ADVENTURES OF PEREGRINE PICKLE, IN WHICH IS
INCLUDED MEMOIRS OF A LADY OF QUALITY. Limited Editions Club,
1936 (cloth). 1/1500cc. 2 vols. Signed by the illustrator, John
Austen. Introduction by G. K. Chesterton. Edges lightly
shelfworn. very good+ in dust jacket. $65.00.
Subject: literature (Sterling, G., Inv # 11181)
Sterling, George. THE TESTIMONY OF THE SUNS. W. E. Wood, 1903
(cloth). Presentation copy. Cover bumped and worn. Good.a $35.00.
Subject: literature (Sterling, G., Inv # 11199)
Sterling, George. SELECTED POEMS. Henry Holt and Co., 1923
(cloth). Signed presentation copy. Front hinge cracked, else very
good. $30.00.
Subject: literature (Thoreau, H., Inv # 11177)
Gleason, Herbert. THROUGH THE YEAR WITH THOREAU. Houghton Mifflin
Co., 1917 (cloth). Sketches of nature from the writings of
Thoreau with corresponding photos. Slight crack at bottom of
front hinges, spine a little tattered at top, else very good.
$75.00.
Subject: Literature (Twain, M., Inv # 11192)
Twain, Mark. MARK TWAIN'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY AND FIRST ROMANCE.
Sheldon and Co., 1871 (cloth). 1st ed., second issue.
Illustrated. Cover scuffed and worn. Good. $75.00.
Subject: Literature (Twain, M., Inv # 11194)
Twain, Mark. EXTRACTS FROM ADAM'S DIARY: TRANSLATED FROM THE
ORIGINAL MS. Harper and Brothers, 1904 (cloth). Illustrated by F.
Strothmann. Spine faded. Top line of cover lettering chipping
away. very good. $40.00.
Subject: Literature (Twain, M., Inv # 11195)
Twain, Mark. EXTRACT FROM CAPTAIN STORMFIELD'S VISIT TO HEAVEN.
Harper and Brothers, 1909 (cloth). Illustrated. Spine faded, else
very good. Scarce title. $65.00.
Subject: Literature (Twain, M., Inv # 11207)
Twain, Mark. MARK TWAIN'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY. P. F. Collier and Sons,
1925 (cloth). Slight foxing. Gouge on the edge of spine vol. 1.
Some wear on edges. very good. $50.00.
Subject: Literature (Verne, J., Inv # 11495)
Verne, J. THE FUR COUNTRY: OR SEVENTY DEGREES NORTH LATITUDE.
John W. Lovell, nd. (cloth). American reprint, circa 1873,
translated by N. D'anvers. Spine faded. Covers shelfworn with
water stains on back. Good. $25.00.
Subject: Literature (Walters, E., Inv # 13000)
Walters, Eurof. THE SERPENT'S PRESENCE. Golden Cockerel Press,
1954 (cloth). 1/290cc. Illustrated by Clifford Webb. Very light
soiling on cover. very good. $100.00.
Subject: Literature (West, J., Inv # 10343)
West, Jassamyn. THE STORY OF A STORY and THREE STORIES. Friends
of the Bancroft Library, 1982 (paper). Printed by the Arion
Press. Slight bumping on top and bottom of wraps. Near fine.
$12.50.
Subject: Literature (Whistler, R., Inv # 12998)
Hadfield, John, ed. GEORGIAN LOVE SONGS. Cupid Press, 1949
(cloth). 1/660cc. Illustrated by Rex Whistler. Spine a little
shelfeworn, else very good in slipcase. $50.00.
Subject: Medicine (Freud, S., Inv # 10281)
Freud, Sigmund. TECHNIK DER PSYCHOANALYSE UND ZUR
METAPSYCHOLOGIE. Internationaler Psychoanalytischer, 1924
(cloth). In German. 1st cloth edition. Cover lightly shelfworn.
very good. $75.00.
Subject: Medicine (Mercurialis, H., Inv # 10282)
Mercurialis, Hieronymous. DE ARTE GYMNASTICA. Scolar press, nd.
(leather). Limited to 2300; this #853. Reprinted from a copy of
the 1672 edition. In slipcase. Near mint. $75.00.
Subject: native America (Fletcher, A., Inv # 10344)
Fletcher, Alcie. INDIAN STORY AND SONG FROM NORTH AMERICA. Small
Maynard and Co., 1900 (cloth). Signed by the author. very good.
$50.00.
Subject: Native America (Heyerdahl, T., Inv # 11353)
Heyerdahl, Thor. AMERICAN INDIANS IN THE PACIFIC: THE THEORY OF
THE KON-TIKI EXPEDITION. Rand McNally, 1953 (cloth). 1st Am. ed.
Illustrated with maps and photos. Owner's name front end paper.
Book lightly shelfworn. dust jacket faded with a three inch
triangular tear at bottom right front. very good+. $95.00.
Subject: Native America (Losckwood, F., Inv # 10348)
Lockwood, Frank. THE APACHE INDIANS. Macmillan, 1938 (cloth).
Spine slighty faded, else very good. $45.00.
Subject: Native America (Ridge, R., Inv # 10336)
Ridge, Rollin. A TRUMPET OF OUR OWN: YELLOW BIRD'S ESSAYS ON THE
NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN. Book Club of Caliornia, 1981 (cloth).
Compiled by David Farmer and Douglas Strickland. fine. $35.00.
Subject: Occult/Metaphysics (Higgins, G., Inv # 10042)
Higgins, Godfrey. ANACALYPSIS: AN ATTEMPT TO DRAW ASIDE THE VAIL
OF SAITIC ISIS. Macy-Masius, 1927 (cloth). Limited to 350 copies;
this 128. Quarto. Covers slightly shelfeworn, corners bumped.
Spine darkened, else very good. $400.00.
Subject: Occult/metaphysics (MacGregor, A., Inv # 11494)
MacGregor, Alexander. HIGHLAND SUPERSTITIONS: CONNECTED WITH THE
DRUIDS, FAIRIES, WITCHCRAFT, SECOND-SIGHT, HALLOWE'EN, ETC. Eneas
McKay, 1922 (cloth). Forward by Isobel Cameron. Somce shelfwear,
else very good. $50.00.
Subject: Occult/Metaphysics (St. Germain, C., Inv # 10039)
St. Germain, Comte de. MOST HOLY TRINOSOPHIA OF THE COMTE DE ST.
GERMAIN. Phoenix Press, 1933 (cloth). Into. and commentary by
Manly Hall. French and English parallel text. Illustrated with
plates. Front hinge cracked. Cover shelfworn, else very good.
$45.00.
Subject: Occult/metaphysics (Waite, A., Inv # 10286)
Waite, Arthur Edward. A BOOK OF MYSTERY AND VISION. Philip
Wellby, 1902 (cloth). Some foxing. Front hinge cracked. Owner's
names and quotes inside front cover and flyleaf. Cover shelfworn.
Good+. $135.00.
Subject: Performing Arts (Goethe, J., Inv # 9948)
Goethe. FAUST. Hyperionverlag Hans Von Weber, 1912 (leather).
Bound in vellum. Limited to 550 copies; this 366. 2 volumes.
Quarto size. Slight soiling on covers, else very good+. $195.00.
Subject: Performing Arts (Moliere, Inv # 9955)
Moliere. OEUVRES COMPLETES DE MOLIERE. Laplace, Sanchez et Cie,
1871 (cloth). nice steel engravings of the principal charactors
that appear to be hand colored. Back hinge cracked. Cover worn.
Good+. $150.00.
Subject: Performing Arts (Webster, J., Inv # 9883)
Webster, John. THE WORKS OF JOHN WEBSTER. Chatto and Windus, 1927
(cloth). Edited by F.L.Lucas. Some discoloration on endpapers.
Spines slightly faded, else very good. 4 vols. $195.00.
Subject: Science/nature (Beebe, W., Inv # 10275)
Beebe, William. NONSUCH: LAND OF WATER. Putnams, 1932 (cloth). 55
illustrations. Cover shelfworn; spine darkened. Some wear inside
front cover. Good+. $45.00.
Subject: Science/nature (Blondel, A., Inv # 10284)
Blondel, Andre and Paul-DuBois, F. LA TRACTION ELECTRIQUE SUR
VOIES FERRES. Librairie Polytechnique Baudry et Cie, 1898
(cloth). Ex-libris. Interior clean with slight foxing first few
pages. In French. Corners bumped. very good. $125.00.
Subject: Science/nature (Brunn, H., Inv # 10272)
Brunn, Harold. MEDICO-SURGICAL TRIBUTES TO HAROLD BRUNN.
University of California, 1942 (cloth). Essays written by pupils
and friends. Signed presentation copy. Very good in chipped dust
jacket. $75.00.
Subject: science/nature (Bryan, W., Inv # 10131)
Bryan, William. NATURAL HISTORY OF HAWAII. Hawaiian Gazette, 1915
(cloth). Presentation copy of a scarce book. 4 pages detatched.
With numerous photographs. Spine faded, else very good. $175.00.
Subject: Science/nature (Dandolo, M., Inv # 10326)
Dandolo, M. le Comte. LES ART D'ELEVER LES VERS A SOIE. Magnin,
Blanchard et co., 1866 (leather). In French. Illustrated with
plates. Chart signed by M Brunet de la Grange. Cover very
shelfworn. Leather spine dry and flay at top and bottom. Fair.
$100.00.
Subject: Science/nature (Dinks, Inv # 10274)
Dinks, Mayhew, and Hutchinson. THE DOG. W. A. Townsend, 1864
(cloth). Compiled, abridged and illustrated by Frank Forester.
Revised edition. Foxing. Cover bumped and shelfworn at edges. 1st
Am. ed. Scarce. Good. $135.00.
Subject: Science/nature (Einstein, A., Inv # 10327)
Einstein, Albert. ABOUT ZIONISM. Macmillan, 1931 (cloth). 1st ed.
Owner's name stamped front flyleaf. Slight bumping at corners,
else very good with tattered dust jacket. $45.00.
Subject: Science/Nature (Figuier, L., Inv # 10124)
Figuier, Louis. LES GRANDES INVENTIONS ANCIENNES ET MODERNES.
Hachette et Cie, 1865 (cloth). Illustrated with hundreds of
engravings. Decorative leather spine. Middle signature loose.
Some foxing in front. Cover worn and lightly water damaged.
Good-. $65.00.
Subject: Science/nature (Harris, T., Inv # 10285)
Harris, Thaddeus. A TREATIS ON SOME OF THE INSECTS INJUROUS TO
VEGETATION. William White, 1862 (cloth). With 8 color plates.
Some foxing first few pages. Cover worn; spine chipped at top and
bottom. Good. $225.00.
Subject: Science/nature (Hawkins, N., Inv # 10232)
Hawkins, N. NEW CATECHISM OF THE STEAM ENGINE; WITH CHAPTERS ON
GAS, OIL AND HOT AIR ENGINES. Teho. Audel and Co., 1902 (cloth).
With hundreds of plates and diagrams. Covers slightly shelfworn.
very good. $35.00.
Subject: Science/nature (Hopkins, A., Inv # 10332)
Hopkins, Albert, ed. THE SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN CYCLOPEDIA OF
RECEIPTS, NOTES AND QUERIES. Munn and Co., 1903 (cloth). Some
shelfwear, else very good. $50.00.
Subject: science/nature (Mahan, D., Inv # 10130)
Mahan, D. DESCRIPTIVE GEOMETRY AS APPLIED TO THE DRAWINGS OF
FORTIFICATION AND STEREOTOMY. John Wiley and Son., 1873 (cloth).
For use of the cadets of the U.S. military academy. With foldout
charts. Owners name on flyleaf. Cover lightly shelfworn. very
good. $25.00.
Subject: Science/nature (McIntosh, W., Inv # 10230)
McIntosh, William and Arthur Masterman. LIFE-HISTORIES OF THE
BRITISH MARINE FOOD-FISHES. C. J. Clay and Sons, 1897 (cloth).
Ex-libris. Illustrated. Front hinge cracked. Cover shelfworn.
Sold as-is. $55.00.
Subject: Science/nature (Petit , H., Inv # 10129)
Petit, Henri. TRAITE ELEMENTAIRE D'AUTOMOBILE SUIVI DE NOTES
TECHNIQUES. H. Dunod et E, Pinat, 1919 (cloth). With hundreds of
diagrams and illustrations. interior paper yellowing. Cover
soiled and shelfworn. Good+. $65.00.
Subject: Science/nature (Phillips, W., Inv # 10237)
Phillips, Walter and Frederick Niven. COLOUR IN THE CANADIAN
ROCKIES. Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1947 (cloth). With paintings by
the author. Spine slightly faded. Very good. $40.00.
Subject: Science/Nature (Purcell, C., Inv # 10120)
Purcell, C., Charles E. Andrew and Glenn Woodruff. DESIGNING AND
BUILDING THE SAN FRANCISCO-OAKLAND BAY BRIDGE. Engineering
News-Record, 1937 (paper). Pamphlet written the the principle
engineers on the project, with blueprints and photographs of the
construction. very good. $35.00.
Subject: Science/nature (Salmon, D., Inv # 10273)
Salmon, D. E. SPECIAL REPORT ON DISEASES OF THE HORSE. U.S.
Government Printing Office, 1890 (cloth). Front hinged weak.
Cover shelfworn; spine faded. Good+. $75.00.
Subject: science/nature (Spon, Inv # 10117)
Spon. SPON'S WORKSHOP RECEIPTS FOR MANUFACTURERS AND SCINETIFIC
AMATEURS. Spon, 1909 (cloth). Unusual 4 vol. set with information
on every imaginable process known to that point. With a rare
supplement. 5 vols. Shelfwear, ele very good; supp. fair.
$200.00.
Subject: Science/nature (Taylor, F., Inv # 10329)
Taylor, Frank. HAND BOOK OF THE LOWER DELAWARE RIVER. Geo. S.
Harris and Sons, 1895 (cloth). illustrated by the author. With
period ads. Some shelfwear on cover, else very good. $35.00.
Subject: Science/Nature (Van Dyke, T., Inv # 10334)
Van Dyke, Theodore. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: ITS VALLEYS, HILLS AND
STREAM; ITS ANIMALS, BIRDS AND FISHES; IT'S GARDENS, FARMS AND
CLIMATE. Fords, Howard and Hulbert; Samuel Carson, 1886 (cloth).
Front hinge cracked. Cover worn and bumped. Fair. $30.00.
Subject: Science/nature (Walton, T., Inv # 10333)
Walton, Thomas. STEEL SHIPS: THEIR CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE.
Charles Griffin and Co., 1908 (cloth). Illustrated with over 200
plates and fold out diagrams. Interior good+. Cover worn and
splitting at edges of spine. Scarce. Good. $175.00.
Subject: Science/nature (Whistler, H., Inv # 10221)
Whistler, Hugh. POPULAR HANDBOOK OF INDIAN BIRDS. Gurney and
Jackson, 1949 (cloth). 24 Plates, seven in color. Some shelfwear.
Spine of dust jacket missing. Front and back dust jacket glued
inside covers. very good. $45.00.
Subject: Science/nature (Williams, F., Inv # 10330)
Williams, Frederick. OUR IRON ROADS: THEIR HISTORY, CONSTRUCTION
AND ADMINISTRATION. Bembrose and Sons, Old Bailey, 1884 (cloth).
Illustrated with numerous engravings. Some foxing. Gilt edges.
Cover badly worn at edges; spine worn at top and bottom. Good.
$60.00.
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