Proverbial Comparisons in Ricardo Palma's Tradiciones Peruanas
Berkeley: Univ. of California Press, 1966. First edition. Paperback. More
Berkeley: Univ. of California Press, 1966. First edition. Paperback. More
St. Petersburg: State Printing Company for Securities [Expeditsii Zagotovleny Gosudarstvennukh Bumag], 1903. First edition. Stiff Wraps. 12 pages. 32.5: 25.5 cm. Original cover chromolithograph, 8 chromolithographed illustrations (including 3 full-page), decorative borders printed in brown, all after Bilibin. Commissioned by the Tsarist government in 1899, this series of skazki [fairy..... More
London: Np, 1766. Wraps. 22 x 19.5 cm. Engraving. The judgment of Paris y, fecit et a cere incidit 1766. "Outside a thatched cottage, partly visible on the left, Paris, a loutish peasant, hands the apple to an old harridan holding a fan and wearing a very wide hoop. More
Washington, DC: GPO, 1929. First edition. Paperback. 203 pages in text. 24 x 15 cm. 75 plates, many with multiple images. Index. BAE Bulletin 148. A world-wide collection of religious objects.Fresh, clean and crisp copy; a few nicks at backstrip foot. More
Zurich: Drucke von Josef Stocker, 1984. Erni, Hans. leather_bound. 56 pages. Folio, 51 x 41 cm. Limited edition, copy 103 of 150 with four original prints each signed by Erni housed in a rear pocket. Text in French and German with numerous black and white lithograph drawings by Hans Erni..... More
London: W. & G.Foyle, 1929. First edition. Hardcover. 303 pages. Introduction by Sisley Huddleston. Elaborately illustrated in color and black and white -- more than 150 in total.Bibliography. Index. An in depth study by a well-respected scholar into the origins of clothing, utilitarian and otherwise. More
Zurich: Ltd. Editions Club, 1951. Hardcover. 163 pages, 27 x 20 cm. Illustrated by Charles Hug. Translated from the German in the meter of the original by Theodore Martin. With an Introduction by Thomas Carlyle. Limited edition, copy 440 of 1500. Signed by Charles Hug. Typography planned by W. Diethelm..... More
London: William Reaves, 1830. Hardcover. 420 pages. 22 x 14 cm. Bound by Baynton of Bath. Illustrated with 140 engravings, in which are represented most of the popular diversions; selected from ancient paintings. For first edition commentary [see: BRYAN'S DICTIONARY OF PAINTERS AND ENGRAVERS Vol.V, p.138]. BRUNET Vol.V, p.138]. Faded..... More
Ascona: Artibus Asiae, 1952. First edition. Hardcover. 191 pages in text. Folio, 32 x 24 cm. Limited edition, copy 18 of 350. Sixty-one full page plates. extensive List of References, Index of Subjects and Places. In myths from China and Japan, the phoenix does not emerge from a fire but..... More