The Players and the Game
by Symons, Julian
London: The Crime Club, Collins, 1972. First edition. 224 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Red boards. Fine in near fine dust jacket. Bookplate of George Sims. First edition. 224 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Inscribed by the author on the half title, “George and Beryl from Julian, September 1972” Julian Symons and George Sims, antiquarian bookseller and crime novelist,... Read More
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The Object of an Affair and other Poems
by Symons, Julian
Edinburgh: The Tragara Press, 1974. First edition, no. 1 of 25 signed copies on brown Sheepstor hand-made paper (edition of 90). [28] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original decorated wrappers, printed paper label. Fine. Bookplate of George Sims. First edition, no. 1 of 25 signed copies on brown Sheepstor hand-made paper (edition of 90). [28] pp. 1 vols. 8vo.... Read More
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The Immaterial Murder Case
by Symons, Julian
London: Gollancz, 1948. First cheap edition, May 1948 (second impression of the first edition, originally published in October 1945). 160 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Blue cloth. Textblock toned as usual. Very good in very good dust jacket. With two bookplates of George Sims. First cheap edition, May 1948 (second impression of the first edition, originally published in October... Read More
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The Man Who Killed Himself
by Symons, Julian
London: Published for the Crime Club by Collins, 1967. First edition, uncorrected advance proofs. 223 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Red wrapper with printed label. Very good. Bookplate of George Sims. First edition, uncorrected advance proofs. 223 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Keating notes “But part at least of The Man Who Killed Himself is that straightforward satire on suburban... Read More
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Two Brothers. Fragments of a Correspondence
by Symons, Julian
Edinburgh: The Tragara Press, 1985. One of 30 copies for the author’s use, specially printed on paper made by Amatruda of Amalfi. Signed by the author. Frontispiece portrait after Wyndham Lewis. 1 vols. 8vo. Original decorated wrappers, printed paper label. Fine. One of 30 copies for the author’s use, specially printed on paper made by Amatruda of Amalfi.... Read More
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Bogue’s Fortune
by Symons, Julian
New York: Harper & Row, 1957. First American edition (published in London as The Paper Chase). [vi], 209, [2] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Cloth backed boards. Near fine in very good dust jacket (scuffs at spine ends). Two bookplates of George Sims. First American edition (published in London as The Paper Chase). [vi], 209, [2] pp. 1 vols.... Read More
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The Broken Penny
by Symons, Julian
New York: Harper & Row, 1953. First American edition. [x], 243, [2] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Cloth backed boards. Near fine in very good dust jacket (wear at ends of spine panel and along front flap fold). Two bookplates of George Sims. First American edition. [x], 243, [2] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Inscribed by the author to antiquarian... Read More
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A Treatise on Field Diversions. By A Gentleman of Suffolk: A Staunch Sportsman
by [Symonds, Rev. B.]
Yarmouth: Printed by W. Meggy, Quay, 1824. Second edition. Engraved frontispiece. [iv], 146, [2] pp. 1 vols. 16mo. Later nineteenth century half red morocco, t.e.g. Three bookplates of John G. Heckscher. Title page toned, very good plus. Second edition. Engraved frontispiece. [iv], 146, [2] pp. 1 vols. 16mo. Reprint of the extremely rare Norwich 1776 edition (not in... Read More
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The Playboy of the Western World. A Comedy in Three Acts
by Synge, J. M.
Dublin: Maunsel & Co, 1907. First edition. Frontisepiece portrait "Synge at Rehearsal / WB Yeats Jan 25 - 1907"; viii, 86, 4 pp. ads. 8vo. Red cloth covered boards with tan cloth spine with red lettering, lean to spine, some soiling and rubbing around the edges, very good; ownership signature to verso of frontispiece; pages 6-7 are toned from... Read More
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The Aran Islands: by J. M. Synge. With Drawings by Jack B. Yeats
by Synge, J. M.
Dublin; London: Maunsel & Co., Ltd.; Elkin Mathews, 1907. Large paper edition, number 107 of 150 copies printed on handmade paper, signed by Jack B. Yeats. 12 hand-colored plates; xii, 189 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Coated linen covered boards with gilt stamped cover and spine. Lightly soiled, spine faintly toned; paste toning to half-title and lower flyleaf, ownership signatures... Read More
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John M. Synge. A Few Personal Recollections, with Biographical Notes
by (Synge, J.M) Masefield, John M.
Churchtown, Dundrum: The Cuala Press, 1915. First edition, no. 33 of 350 copies. Dun Emer pressmark to title page. Text printed in red and black. [iv], 34, [1] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Linen and boards. Fine copy (some paste ghosts as usual), in remains of unprinted wrapper. First edition, no. 33 of 350 copies. Dun Emer pressmark to... Read More
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The Works of
by Synge, John M.
Dublin: Maunsel & Company, Limited, 96 Middle Abbey Street, 1910. First Collected Edition. Frontispieces in each volume. 4 vols. 8vo. Brown buckram, bevelled edges, t.e.g. Very Good. First Collected Edition. Frontispieces in each volume. 4 vols. 8vo. Vol 1. In the shadow of the glen. Riders to the sea. The well of the saints. The tinker's wedding.-- Vol.... Read More
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Poems and Translations. [Preface by W.B. Yeats]
by Synge, John Millington
New York: Printed for John Quinn, 1909. One of 50 copies on paper. xvi, 44 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Linen backed boards, printed label on upper cover, t.e.g., others uncut. Minor toning and soiling to boards, else fine. One of 50 copies on paper. xvi, 44 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Inscribed on the flyleaf by the collector John... Read More
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Loyalty to His Majesty King George, Recommended in Sight Sermons … Publish’d for the Benefit of unhappy Youths, and other inconsiderate Persons, who are drawn from their Allegiance by the artful Delusions of ill-designing Men, Enemies to our Happy Establishment both in Church and State
by Synge, Richard
London: Printed; and Sold by R. Francklin, at the Sun over-against St. Dunstan’s Church, Fleet-Street, 1720. Pp. [viii], 167, [5, contents]. 1 vols. 8vo. Old sheep. Binding defective (boards detached), textblock browned, title page toned with small loss at bottom corner (affecting outer rule but not entering text). Fair. Pp. [viii], 167, [5, contents]. 1 vols. 8vo. Anti-Jacobite,... Read More
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Heth and Moab. Explorations in Syria in 1881 and 1882
by (Syria) Conder, Claude Reignier
London: Richard Bentley, 1883. First edition. x, [2], 436, [6, ads]pp. 8vo. Bound in three quarters modern brown morocco and marbled boards. Fine. First edition. x, [2], 436, [6, ads]pp. 8vo.
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Unexplored Syria. Visits to the Libanus, The Tulul El Safa, The Anti-Libanus, The Northern Libanus and the ‘Alah
by (Syria) Burton, Richard F., and Charles F. Tyrwhitt DRAKE
London: Tinsley Brothers, 1872. First edition. Lithographic frontispiece to each vol., folding map, 25 other lithographic plates (11 of which are) folding. 2 vols. 8vo. Contemporary half brown morocco and cloth sides, t.e.g. Front joint of vol. I tender, headcap and joints of vol. II rubbed; short tape repair to verso of one fold of map, still a very... Read More
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The Work of Atget. Volume II. The Art of Old Paris
by SZARKOWSKI, John and Maria Morris Hambourg
New York: Museum of Modern Art. Distributed by New York Graphic Society Books, 1982. First Edition. Illus. 192pp. 4to. Cloth. Fine in fine dj. First Edition. Illus. 192pp. 4to.
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Color reproduction of a portrait of Polish President and famed composer I. J. Paderewski, Signed by Szyk on the mat
by Szyk, Arthur
1 vols. Color reproduction of a portrait of Polish President and famed composer I. J. Paderewski, Signed by Szyk on the mat. Attractively matted and framed in simple gold leaf frame with black sides. Fine. 1 vols. Color reproduction of a portrait of Polish President and famed composer I. J. Paderewski, Signed by Szyk on the mat. ... Read More
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The Ten Commandments
by Szyk, Arthur
Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Company, 1947. First Edition. Illustrated by Arthur Szyk. 1 vols. 4to. Original gray cloth, with pictorial designs by Szyk, fine, in matching board slipcase (joints splitting). First Edition. Illustrated by Arthur Szyk. 1 vols. 4to.
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Stowe Notes, Letters and Verses [Preface by Florence T. Holt]
by Taber, Howard Martin
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1913. First Edition. Number 20 of 30 copies with the illustrations printed by hand on Japanese paper. Over 40 illustrations printed on Japanese paper and tipped on. 1 vols. 8vo. Original cloth backed boards, slipcase. Spine faded and scuffed, slipcase worn, rear board of slipcase missing, paper covering still present. First Edition. Number 20... Read More
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Drawing in ink "Kokonor pony and Tibetan Mastiff" (from author's photo) from article "Driven out of Tibet" from the Century Magazine April 1899
by [Taber, Isaac Walton]
1899. in ink. 4 x 3-1/2 inches (image). With Century magazine label on the back. in ink. 4 x 3-1/2 inches (image). From an article entitled "Driven out of Tibet. An Attempt to pass from China through Tibet into China.
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Original Illustraton "Wreck of the U.S. Coast Survey Schooner Silliman by A 55 Lb. Shell from the pneumtaic Dynamite Gun Sept. 20th, 1887
by [Taber, Isaac Walton]
13 x 5 inches. Matted. Fine. 13 x 5 inches.
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Pen and Ink "The Wyoming in the Straits of Shimonoséki" drawn from a photograph for the Century April, 1892 for an article "The "Wyoming' in the Straits of Shimonoseki
by [Taber, I.W.]
New York, 1892. With heading in pencil "Initial-Shimonosaki (sic)- Japan." at page 849, with Century label on back. 8-3/4 x 7-3/4 inches (Sheet). Fine. With heading in pencil "Initial-Shimonosaki (sic)- Japan." at page 849, with Century label on back. 8-3/4 x 7-3/4 inches (Sheet). Wikipedia: "The first USS Wyoming of the United States Navy was a wooden-hulled... Read More
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THEY CALLED ME CASSANDRA
by Tabouis, Genevieve
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1942. First American edition. Frontispiece. 436pp. 8vo. Red cloth. A very good copy in very good clipped dust jacket; jacket has moderate wear, and light creasing, at tips of spine, rubbed at extremities of front and rear panel, else quite bright. First American edition. Frontispiece. 436pp. 8vo. Inscribed, and signed, by Genevieve Tabouis,... Read More
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![[Opera] Cornelius Tacitus exacta cura recognitus et emendatus: copiosus index rerum, locorum, et personarum, de quibus in his libris agitur; vario lectio, in calce operis impressa](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/511/964/1192964511.0.m.jpg)
[Opera] Cornelius Tacitus exacta cura recognitus et emendatus: copiosus index rerum, locorum, et personarum, de quibus in his libris agitur; vario lectio, in calce operis impressa
by Tacitus, Publius Cornelius
[Colophon:] Venetiis: in Aedibus Haeredum Aldi Manutii Romani, et Andreae Asulani Soceri, 1534. First Aldine edition. *8 **4 a-h8 i4 k8 L-M8 n-z8 A-K8; [12], 260 leaves. Aldine device on title and on verso of colophon leaf. 1 vols. 4to (in eights) (7-1/8 x 4-3/4). Old calf, edges red. Title soiled, textblock somewhat trimmed (running head shaved in two... Read More
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