The Book of the Secrets of Alchemy
by Constantine of Pisa; Barbara Obrist, trans
Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. First Edition. Hardcover. Commentary, and other text in English. Selected bibliography. Brill's "Collection de travaux de l'Academie Collection de travaux de l'Academie Internationale d'Histoire des Sciences". The Liber Secretorum Alchimie, dating almost back to 1257, presents an attempt at introducing alchemy into the field of Aristotelian natural science (philosophy),... Read More
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Mediterranea
by Conte, Giuseppe; de Villena, Antonio; Grasso, Sebastiano; Patrikios, Titos (text); Paladino, Mimmo; Arroyo, Eduardo; De Maria, Nicola; Shafik, Medhat (illus)
Belluno, Venezia: Colophonarte, 2008. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Four poems by Giuseppe Conte, Antonio de Villena, Sebastiano Grasso, Titos Patrikios and four works by Mimmo Paladino (linoleumgraph), Eduardo Arroyo (serigraph), Nicola De Maria (etching), Medhat Shafik (etching) numbered and signed by the Artist. Text set by Rodolfo Campi on Garamond c14, printed on Amatruda pure... Read More
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Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine. Vol. XCIX, New Series LXXVII
by Various Contributors
New York: The Century Co, 1919. 1/2 Leather. Near Fine. No DJ, as Issued. 1/2 Leather. Includes outstanding illus. and literary content of the day. Very nice presentation set. Volume covers Nov. 1919 through April, 1920. pp864. Illus. (color and b/w plates). Ex-library (plate on front paste down, pocket at back end paper), some light foxing on endpapers,... Read More
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Images of Europe: 19 Loose Plates by Grieg, Storer and George Cooke
by Cooke, George; Grieg; Storer
London: Longman, Hurst, Rees & Orme, 1809. Near Fine. Each plate includes location, artist, printer and date (list of locations upon request). Though not confirmed, these may be loose (never bound) plates from Longman's, "A general collection of the best and most interesting voyages and travels in all parts of the World" (1809). Overall, an exceptional set of... Read More
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A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean. Undertaken by the command of His Majesty, for making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere. To determine The Position and Extent of the West Side of North America; its Distance from Asia; and the Practicability of a Northern Passage to Europe. Performed under the direction of Captains Cook, Clerke, and Gore, in His Majesty's Ships the Resolution and Discovery. In the Years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, and 1780. IN THREE VOLUMES
by Cook, James; King, James
Dublin: Printed for H. Chamberlaine, W. Watson, Potts, et al., 1784. First Irish Edition. Hardcover. Good+ [Textblocks Very Good+].. First Irish Edition. Hardcover. First Dublin edition of the official account of Cook's third voyage. This edition occurs with maps and plates included in the three volumes; with the maps and plates in a separate atlas volume (in 4... Read More
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The Book of Penumbra
by Cooksey, Gabby
Tacoma, WA: [Artist Book], 2016. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine in Fine Box. Limited Edition. Hardcover. A book of small stories of death gods from around the world. "Death has always fascinated me because it happens to all of us yet no one talks about it. I wanted to see what other cultures personified death as through myths and... Read More
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Lost in the Grooves: Scram's Capricious Guide to the Music You Missed
by Cooper, Kim; David Smay; Tom Neely, illus
New York: Routledge, 2005. First Edition. Original Wraps. Near Fine. First Edition. Original Wraps. From the Collection of Jenny Lens. Inscribed to Michael. Light shelfwear around edges, else tight, bright, and unmarred. Matte color pictorial wrappers. 8vo, 288pp. illus. (b/w). Inscribed.
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The Mystery of Witch-craft: Discouering, the truth, nature, occasions, growth and power therof. Together with the detection and punishment of the same. As also, the seuerall stratagems of Sathan, ensnaring the poore soule by this desperate practize of annoying the bodie: with the seuerall vses thereof to the Church of Christ. Very necessary for the redeeming of these atheisticall and secure times
by Cooper, Thomas
London, UK: Printed by Nicholas Okes, 1617. First Edition. Quarter calf. Very Good+. First Edition. Quarter calf. "To summarise briefly, Cooper was London born, attended Westminster School, then Christ Church, Oxford, taking his B.A. in 1590 and M.A. in 1593. He became vicar of Great Budworth in the north of Cheshire, then in 1604 moved to Holy Trinity... Read More
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Crotty Shinkwin - A Tale of the Strange Adventure that befell a Butcher of County Clare. The Beauty Spot. A Tale concerning the Chilterns. Both tales by. Engravings by Robert Gibbings
by Coppard, A.E.
Berkshire: Golden Cockerel Press, 1932. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Minor shelf/edge wear, touch of toning at the spine, else tight, bright, and unmarred. Blue leather spine, gilt lettering, printed cloth boards, frontispiece, teg. 8vo. 67pp. Illus. (b/w plates). Numbered limited edition, this being 236 of 500.
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The Hundredth Story of A.E. Coppard. With Engravings by Robert Gibbings
by Coppard, A.E.
Berkshire: Golden Cockerel Press, 1931. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+ [Textblock Fine]. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Illustrated by Robert Gibbings. "Printed in the new Golden Cockerel type, specially designed for the Press by Eric Gill" [Chanticleer, 74]. Minor shelf/edge wear, even toning at the spine, else tight, bright, and unmarred. Quarterbound, green leather spine, printed paper boards, gilt lettering,... Read More
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Rummy: That Noble Game Expounded In Prose, Poetry, Diagram And Engraving By A.E. Coppard And Robert Gibbings With An Account Of Certain Diversions Into The Mountain Fastnesses Of Cork And Kerry. [Inscribed by Coppard]
by Coppard, AE
Berkshire: Golden Cockerel Press, 1932. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good DJ.. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Illustrations by Robert Gibbings. Light shelf/edge wear, light toning at spine and board edges, light foxing at preliminaries, else tight, bright, and unmarred. DJ shows even toning typical of the issue, small closed tear at the head, else clean. Green cloth... Read More
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The Man from Kilsheelan. A Tale by A.E. Coppard with a Woodcut by Robert Gibbings and a Foreword by the Author
by Coppard, A.E.
London: William Jackson (Books) Ltd, 1930. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. No DJ.. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Being number three of the Furnival Books. Light toning at spine, else tight, bright, and unmarred. Blue cloth boards, gilt lettering, frontispiece, teg. 8vo. 38pp. Illus. (b/w plates). Numbered limited edition, this being an unnumbered copy, signed by Coppard.
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Law in Colonial Massachusetts 1630-1800:. Pub. 62 of The Colonial Society of Massachusetts
by Coquillette, Daniel R. (ed)
Boston, MA: The Colonial Society of Massachusetts, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in Very Good DJ.. First Edition. Hardcover. This anthology originated from a 1981 conference sponsored by the Colonial Society of Massachusetts and includes contributions by a number of significant figures in the area. A handsome copy of this scholarly and significant reference. Tight, bright and unmarred.... Read More
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La Scienza della bilancia e le corrispondenze fra i mondi nella gnosi islamica [Volume 42 of Conoscenza religiosa]
by Corbin, Henry; R. Rossi Testa, trans
Milan: SE SRL, 2009. New edition. Original Wraps. Near Fine in Wraps. New edition. Original Wraps. "The Science of the Balance and the Correspondences Between the Worlds in Islamic Gnosticism..." From the personal library collection of Brian Cotnoir, alchemist, artist and award-winning filmmaker. Author of Practical Alchemy: Guide to the Great Work, The Emerald Tablet, a series of... Read More
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RANDOM REPORTS 1, 2 AND 3
by Cordeiro, Ana Paula; Henry, Barbara
Bahia, Brazil/New York, 2015. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine in Fine Slipcase.. Limited Edition. Hardcover. "Random Reports is a series of poems by Barbara Henry derived from vocabulary lists chosen by chance and choice from the first section of The New York Times. They reflect the spirit of the day and are specifically dated, and the subject of the... Read More
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Pathern
by Cordeiro, Ana Paula
Bahia, Brazil, 2009. Limited Edition. Original Wraps. Fine.. Limited Edition. Original Wraps. "Pathern is an attempt to make narrative out of one such ever-flowing river of randomness. Out in the bike path, the manholes I surveyed and portrayed in film do not form much of a coherent message, neither do they engage in rhythmic dialogues of continuity and... Read More
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Caxixis-New York: ruas Comuns Common streets
by Cordeiro, Ana Paula
Bahia, Brazil, 2003. Unique. Hardcover. Fine in Fine Archival Box. Unique. Hardcover. Extraordinarily strong exploration of immigrant life. "This one was my first artist book Caxixis-New York: a parallel between street fairs in New York City and a remote small town in northeast Brazil. The photographs taken as soon as I came to New York reflect the psyche... Read More
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I, Mobster. [Signed by Director Roger Corman]
by [Corman, Roger]; [Alperson, Edward L.]; [Fisher, Steve]
Los Angeles, CA: ALCO Pictures Corp./Twentieth-Century-Fox Film Corp, 1958. First Edition Thus/Unique Edition. Full Leather. Near Fine.. First Edition Thus/Unique Edition. Full Leather. This movie appears to have some interesting historical significance, as it appears to be the first film based on a pulp novel. Originally published in 1951 as Gold Medal Original #171 by “Anonymous”, I, Mobster... Read More
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Machine Methods of Accounting. A Manual of the Basic Principles of Operation and Use of International Electronic Bookkeeping and Accounting Machines [Comprehensive Compendium of IBM Machine Accounting in the 1930s]
by International Business Machines Corporation
New York: IBM, 1936. First Edition Revised/With Additions. Hardcover. Very Good+. First Edition Revised/With Additions. Hardcover. 24 separately paginated pamphlets plus [8]pp. preliminaries *and* including the 1942 pamphlet 19A 'Automatic Reproduction Punch / Type 513' [not indicated on 24 pamphlet list], all bound together as provided to the customer. This copy issued to the Amicable Life Insurance Company... Read More
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Fabio de Sanctis la Traversata Delle Alpi Testi di Radovan I Ivsic E Annie le Brun
by Cortenova, Giorgio; [Sanctis, Fabio de]
Paris/Rome: Éditions Maintenant, 1972. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. No DJ, as Issued. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Exhibition catalogue. Richly illustrated with photographs by Umberto Santucci. Strong 'luggage' theme to this collaborative exhibition (hense the catalogue design). Signed by Ivsic and Le Brun at the end of the French text section. Minor shelf/edge wear, else tight, bright, and unmarred.... Read More
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Atlas en Couleurs des Orchidées Cultivées
by Costantin, Julien Noël
Paris: E. Orlhac, 1926. First Edition. Loose Fascicles. Good+. First Edition. Loose Fascicles. Text in French. Richly illustrated botanical work depicting nearly all then known species of orchids and their hybrids. Text explores variations in orchids, the use of orchids (e.g. perfume), origin, cultivation, and regional climates. Each fascicle was issued with 3 glossy color plate pages. This... Read More
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Essai Philosophique Concernant L'Entendement Humain, ou L'on Montre Quelle est L'Etendue De Nos Connaissances Certaines, et la Maniere Dont Nous y Parvenons. Traduit de L'Anglois de Mr. Locke par Pierre Coste. Sur la Quatrieìme Edition, Revûë..
by Coste, Pierre, translator, John Locke
Amsterdam: Chez Henri Schelete, 1700. [French translated Edition, Fourth]. Full Calf. Very Good+. [French translated Edition, Fourth]. Full Calf. Translation to English: Philosophical Essay Concerning Human Understanding, or We Show What is the Extent of our Certain Knowledge, and the Way in which We Achieve it. Translated from the English of Mr. Locke by Pierre Coste. On the... Read More
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Hermetic and Alchemical zines collection
by Cotnoir, Brian
New York: Khepri Press, 2021. First Edition. Staplebound. Fine in Slipcase. First Edition. Staplebound. This is a collection of all seven zines plus an "Introduction and On the Mystic, Magick, Talismanic, Alchemical Practice of Zine Making." Working from primary sources and new translations, the zines explore a variety of alchemical and esoteric topics such as: artificial life, dream,... Read More
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![Tabula Smaragdina [Emerald Tablet] from Liber de secretis nature of Hugh of Santalla; translated by Brian Cotnoir](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/317/653/1317653317.0.m.jpg)
Tabula Smaragdina [Emerald Tablet] from Liber de secretis nature of Hugh of Santalla; translated by Brian Cotnoir
by Cotnoir, Brian
New York: Khepri Press, 2014. Limited Edition. Stamped Cloth. Fine. Limited Edition. Stamped Cloth. The Emerald Tablet one of the root texts of alchemy is a brief alchemical work attributed to Hermes Trismegistus. Historically the work is part of the Hermetic corpus and seems to have the same origins as the rest of the Corpus Hermeticum. The text... Read More
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Alchemy: The Poetry of Matter
by Cotnoir, Brian
New York: Khepri Press, 2017. Limited Edition. Cloth. As New in Fine Dustjacket. Limited Edition. Cloth. Alchemy is the art and science of bringing something to its final perfection, or its completion, much as a work of art is completed or perfected. And so, at heart it is about creation, creator, and creativity. Rooted the Alexandrian alchemical tradition... Read More
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