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Itinera Constantinopolitanum et Amasianum ab Augerio Gislenio Busbequij, &c. D. ad Solimannum Turcarum Imperatorem C. M. oratore confecta. Eiusdem Busbequij de acie contra Turcam instruenda consilium

Itinera Constantinopolitanum et Amasianum ab Augerio Gislenio Busbequij, &c. D. ad Solimannum Turcarum Imperatorem C. M. oratore confecta. Eiusdem Busbequij de acie contra Turcam instruenda consilium

by [Busbecq, Ogier Ghiselin de] Busbequius, Augerius Gislenius

Antverpiae [Antwerp]: Ex officina Christophori Plantini, Architypographi Regij [Plantin], 1581. First edition. In later vellum, panels with painted subtle Turkish floral patterns ruled with embossed geometric pattern and a gilt line. Raised bands on spine embossed and gilt, title lettered in black and red ink. Woodcut printer's device on titlepage. Modest marginal notes and underlines throughout in ink by a contemporary hand. Light water stain to upper edge throughout. Overall in fine condition.. First... Read more about this item
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SGD 14,340.13
En 1900. (Préface de Léon Bourgeois.) (Copy of Franz Joseph I of Austria)

En 1900. (Préface de Léon Bourgeois.) (Copy of Franz Joseph I of Austria)

by Paul Gers

Paris: Matine, 1901. A unique copy handsomely bound in full red morocco. In very good condition. Small stain on the binding and little bit worn.. A unique copy handsomely bound in full red morocco. Special copy given to Franz Joseph I of Austria. The contents are a series of illustrated essays on the forty-one countries which participated in the exhibition. Signed by Paul Gers.
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SGD 14,340.13
Advis pour dresser une Bibliotheque. Presenté à Monseigneur le President de Mesme

Advis pour dresser une Bibliotheque. Presenté à Monseigneur le President de Mesme

by NAUDÉ, Gabriel

Woodcut device on title. 166, [1] pp. Small 8vo, cont. vellum over limp boards (lower cover a little defective, minor worming in lower margin but touching one letter of imprint). Paris: F. Targa, 1627.<br /> <P> First edition of a work of the greatest importance in the history of book collecting and libraries; Naudé's bibliographic canon still influences us today. The first edition is a very rare book; its continuing importance is attested to by the many reprints in French... Read more about this item
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SGD 48,254.50
A Translation of the New Testament from the Original Greek, with notes

A Translation of the New Testament from the Original Greek, with notes

by Nathaniel Scarlett

Beautiful midnight blue full morocco with elaborate gilt detailing to boards and spine. Red inlay to boards with gilt "JHS" on red inlay in flaming cartouche; gilt Greek key to outer band & twirls to inner to band; 10 raised bands; gilt dentelles. Marbled endpapers; all edges gilt. 3 hors textes plates by C. B. Riley and engraver J. Saunders, and a fold-out genealogical table. Previous owners' names present to title page and preceding page. xi, 483 pp., vi; 5 1/4 x 8 1/2 inches.
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SGD 3,377.82
One of the artist's unique bookworks, with painted, collaged, torn & re-attached leaves

One of the artist's unique bookworks, with painted, collaged, torn & re-attached leaves

by SCHMIDT-HEINS, Gabriele

[73] leaves. 4to (296 x 215 mm.), orig. green semi-stiff boards, orig. gray tape over spine. N.p.: "Nov 75." A superb book by Gabriele Schmidt-Heins (b. 1949), filled with painted and stained interventions to every page. Other pages have been carefully cut or torn - one leaf has been intentionally torn in half and then re-attached with tape. Much of the book contains boldly drawn shapes and compositions and towards the end gradually turns to subtler manipulations of the leaves. This is a remarkable... Read more about this item
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SGD 5,170.12
Catalogue de Tableaux des Ecoles d&#39;Italie, des Pays-Bas et de France. Bronzes, et autres Objets de curiosit&eacute;, provenans du Cabinet de feu M. Le Comte de Sauveterre...Par J. Folliot et F. Delalande. Dont la Vente se fera le Lundi 21 du mois de Mars 1785..

Catalogue de Tableaux des Ecoles d'Italie, des Pays-Bas et de France. Bronzes, et autres Objets de curiosité, provenans du Cabinet de feu M. Le Comte de Sauveterre...Par J. Folliot et F. Delalande. Dont la Vente se fera le Lundi 21 du mois de Mars 1785..

by (AUCTION CATALOGUE: SAUVETERRE, -, Comte de)

15 pp. 8vo, late 19th-century red cloth, title on spine. Paris: Folliot & Delalande, 1785. A rare sale catalogue, of which we find no copy in North America. It describes a choice collection of 15 lots, with paintings by Poussin, Albani, Bril, Teniers, N. Berghem, etc. The experts write that normally with such a small collection they would not have issued a catalogue, but with the quality of these paintings, they thought it prudent to publish one. The Comte de Sauveterre was a high-level... Read more about this item
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SGD 1,309.76
Erzählungen aus der alten Welt für die Jugend

Erzählungen aus der alten Welt für die Jugend

by BECKER, Karl Friedrich

Halle: Buchhandlung des Waisenhauses, 1878. Octavo (19cm). Quarter red cloth with decorated paper boards, stamped in black and gilt on spine, all edges lightly marbled; with original dull green typographic dust jacket and cardboard box with printed paper label; [xx],718,[2]pp; 2pp of publisher's ads at rear; 3 steel engravings and 10 wood engraved plates. With a few small external smudges and occasional spots to paper, small loss to upper corner of half-title but otherwise Near Fine. Jacket lightly... Read more about this item
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SGD 620.42
La Theologie naturelle de Raymond Sebon, traduicte nouvellement en François par messire Michel, Seigneur de Montaigne, Chevalier de l'ordre du Roy, & Gentil-homme ordinaire de sa Chambre

La Theologie naturelle de Raymond Sebon, traduicte nouvellement en François par messire Michel, Seigneur de Montaigne, Chevalier de l'ordre du Roy, & Gentil-homme ordinaire de sa Chambre

by Montaigne, Michel de; Sebond, Raymond

Paris: chez Michel Sonnius, demeurant à l'Escu de Basle, ruë Sainct Iaques, 1581. Bound in red maroquin, the panels ruled and decorated with a large, gilt floral design in the center, their fore and inner edges are gilt. Spine with five raised bands, gilt decoration, and title. Marbled pastedown. All edges gilt. Printed bookplate of P. F. Arminjon on front end pastedown. Ten leaves slightly over trimmed that has a minor effect on the initial or final letters of the printed marginal notes but no effect... Read more about this item
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SGD 62,732.50
The Late Mrs Null

The Late Mrs Null

by STOCKTON, Frank R[ichard]

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1886. First Edition. Second printing, with 4pp of ads at rear instead of 6. Octavo (20cm). In original publisher's cloth, stamped with striking rope net design in light beige, titled in black and grey on front and in gilt on spine; 4pp of publisher's ads at rear; [iv], 437pp. Tight and square, gently worn at head and tail, mild dirt to cloth: Very Good. Stockton was one of the most popular and respected American authors of the late nineteenth century, writing in a... Read more about this item
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SGD 68.94
Tractatus De Nullitatibus Processuum, Ac Sententiarum

Tractatus De Nullitatibus Processuum, Ac Sententiarum

by [PEN FACSIMILE] VANZI, Sebastiano

Venice: Lucio Spineda, 1599. 16mo in eights (15cm). Contemporary blind-tooled parchment over boards, with floral ornaments in corners, oval tool with floral interlace design in centers of boards, spine divided into six compartments by raised bands, titled in gilt on brown leather spine label, all edges sprinkled red. Foliated [1] 2-293,[39]. Final four leaves of text lacking, but supplied in contemporary pen facsimile. With very occasional contemporary marginalia, e.g. wee manicule, 153v. 16mo: A-Z8... Read more about this item
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SGD 896.16
Isidro

Isidro

by AUSTIN, Mary

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1905. First Edition. First American. Octavo (19cm). Designer bookbinding in grey-green cloth, with pictorial design in red and blue on front and back boards, titled in gold on front and spine, with the monogram of Eric Pape; green and brick red patterned endpapers; [ii], [i]-[x], 1-[425], [iii]ppp; with 2pp of publisher's ads at rear for other titles by Austin; 4 full-page color halftone illustrations by Eric Pape. A handsome copy, slightly rubbed, lower board lightly scuffed,... Read more about this item
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SGD 103.40
Gems from Tennyson

Gems from Tennyson

by Alfred Tennyson

Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1866. 3/4 Leather. Very Good. 22.5 x 15.5 cm. Octavo. 160pp. Bound in 3/4 brown leather with marble boards and endpapers. 5 raised bands to spine. Gilt foredges. With illustrations by W. J. Hennessy, J. F. Kensett and others. Early reprint with 1865 on copyright page and 1866 on title page. Rubbing to outer joints and corners. Foxing to the blank endpapers.
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SGD 103.40
The Adventures of Johnny Newcome in the Navy;

The Adventures of Johnny Newcome in the Navy;

by Alfred Burton

Fine example of Riviere and Son binding in exceptional condition (see image). Full deep red morocco with gilt rule to boards; 5 raised bands and intricate gilt detailing to spine. Gilt ruled edges; intricate inner dentelles; all edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Frontispiece (with tissue guard) and 15 aquatint hors-texte plates throughout. Includes an advertisement page after title page stating this book would have been released earlier, but "impediments" and the plates delayed its release. There is also... Read more about this item
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SGD 799.65
Kafatasi. Facia 3 Kisim 15 Bap. [The Skull. Tragedy in 3 Acts.]

Kafatasi. Facia 3 Kisim 15 Bap. [The Skull. Tragedy in 3 Acts.]

by Hikmet,Nazim; [Suavi, Ali]

[Istanbul]: Semih Lütfü Sühulet Kütüpanesi, 1932. First edition. In publisher's illustrated wrappers, designed by Ali Suavi. Spine slightly worn. Light foxing on cover. Light stains here and there. Small damage on rear panel and on final few pages at side edge. Overall in very good condition.. First edition. In publisher's illustrated wrappers, designed by Ali Suavi. 103 [9] p. Striking avant-garde cover and illustrations by Ali Suavı for Nâzım Hikmet's play. Ali Suavı (Suavı Sonar, 1910 or... Read more about this item
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SGD 1,793.96
A kerék. 1936. IX. évfolyam 1-3 szám. [The Wheel. 1936. Year IX., Issue 1-3.]

A kerék. 1936. IX. évfolyam 1-3 szám. [The Wheel. 1936. Year IX., Issue 1-3.]

by [Csemiczky, Tihamér]

[Budapest]: Magyar Ruggyantaáru Gyár, 1936. First edition. In publisher's illustrated wrappers by Tihamér Csemizcky. Numerous illustrations throughout. Spine and extremities somewhat worn. Solved crossword puzzle in pencil on last page. Altogether in fine condition.. First edition. In publisher's illustrated wrappers by Tihamér Csemizcky. Numerous illustrations throughout. 36 p. Modernist illustration by Tihamér Csemiczky on the cover of a Hungarian automobile magazine. The magazine was... Read more about this item
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SGD 718.58
Architectura. Anthologie de l'architectura

Architectura. Anthologie de l'architectura

by Dr. Rákosy, Gyula; Szentmiklósi, József [Szentmikosi, Jozsef]

Budapest: [Architectura], 1932. First edition. Richly illustrated with photographic reproductions and related advertisements. Text in Dutch and French. In publisher's patterned cloth. Slightly bumped at extremities. Small damage on top edge. Small mark in pen on back cover. Minor tear on bottom of page 7. Otherwise in fine condition.. First edition. Richly illustrated with photographic reproductions and related advertisements. Text in Dutch and French. In publisher's patterned cloth. 76 p. Scarce,... Read more about this item
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SGD 987.42
Megszentelt puszpáng

Megszentelt puszpáng

by Rodenbach, Georges

Budapest: Benkő udvari könyvkereskedő kiadása, 1914. First edition. Inscribed by the translator. In original, illustrated wrappers. Stamp on some pages "Dr. Szíj Rezső - Kovács Rózsa collection, 1978. Bottom corner slightly creased. Head of spine restored with tape. Untrimmed. In very good condition. // Első kiadás. A fordító Szíj Rezsőnek szóló dedikációjával. Kiadói, illusztrált papírborítóban. A borító belső oldalán Szíj aláírása látható, illetve a kötetben több... Read more about this item
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SGD 539.35
Stilwell and the American Experience in China 1911-45

Stilwell and the American Experience in China 1911-45

by Tuchman, Barbara

Norwalk, Connecticut: Easton Press, 1994. Full Leather. Very Good. 24 x 16 cm. Octavo. 621pp. Fold-out map bound in rear. Bound into full brown leather with gilt design, lettering and foredges. 4 raised bands to spine. Collector's notes laid-in. Some scratching to the gilt. Part of the series The Leather-Bound Library of Military History.
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SGD 48.25
Knock-out. Wielkie Pranie. Karykatur Poznańskich Serja Druga

Knock-out. Wielkie Pranie. Karykatur Poznańskich Serja Druga

by [Swinarski, Artur]; [Wronjecki, Jan Jerzy]

Poznan: Ksiȩgarnia J. Dippla, 1930. First edition. In publisher's illustrated wrappers. Spine somewhat worn, cover slightly stained, creased at extremities. Overall in very good condition.. First edition. In publisher's illustrated wrappers. 35 [5] p. Stunning Avant-Garde cover design by Jan Jerzy Wroniecki. Both Swinarski and Wroniecki were members of Zdroj. Bibl.: Rypson 31 p. .
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SGD 2,152.43
Postcard invitation: libri originali 1972-77 (opens 14 March 1978)

Postcard invitation: libri originali 1972-77 (opens 14 March 1978)

by (SCHMIDT-HEINS, Barbara & SCHMIDT-HEINS, Gabriele)

Illus. on recto, details on verso. Photographic postcard, mailed. Genoa: Saman Gallery, 1978.<br /> <br> <br> Scarce postcard mailed on the occasion of the Schmidt-Heins twins' exhibition at Saman Gallery. The twins are two of the most important European book artists. Near fine; some minor creasing from mailing. Addressed to Eve Sonneman.
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SGD 172.34
Osudy Dobreho Vojaka Svejka za Svetove Valky. Illustroval Josef Lada. [1-46.] [The Good Soldier Svejk. Illustrated by Josef Lada. 1-46.]

Osudy Dobreho Vojaka Svejka za Svetove Valky. Illustroval Josef Lada. [1-46.] [The Good Soldier Svejk. Illustrated by Josef Lada. 1-46.]

by Hasek, Jaroslav; Lada, Josef; [Heartfield, John]

Prague: Karel Synek, 1936. Complete set of 46 volumes. In publisher's photographically illustrated wrappers, designed by John Heartfield. Cover of first volume printed in color. With numerous text illustrations by Josef Lada. Untrimmed. Cove of vol. 23 is loose. Some volumes slightly creased at edges. Otherwise in fine condition.. Complete set of 46 volumes. In publisher's photographically illustrated wrappers, designed by John Heartfield. Cover of first volume printed in color. With numerous text... Read more about this item
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SGD 3,586.27
[From upper cover]: Back and Forth, Book Number 108

[From upper cover]: Back and Forth, Book Number 108

by SMITH, Keith A

Eight leaves, each leaf larger by 1/2" from the previous. 8vo (202 x 148 mm.), orig. leather-backed boards, stitching on spine, title printed on upper cover. [From colophon]: Rochester: Visual Studies Workshop, 1985.<br /> <P> An uncommon visual and interactive poem by the celebrated book artist Keith A. Smith (b. 1938), bound by the artist and printed offset in a numbered edition of 200, signed by the artist on the colophon page. Like Book 107, the intricate structure of overlapping... Read more about this item
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SGD 1,309.76
Az élet művészete. I-II. (The art of life)

Az élet művészete. I-II. (The art of life)

by Nádai Pál

Budapest: Franklin, 1914. In leather binding made by Almos Jaschik. In mint condition.. In leather binding made by Almos Jaschik. [4], 237p., 15t., [4], 215p., 17t. An Art Nouveau masterpiece. Binding by Almos Jaschik. The book is inscribed to Jaschik. Almos Jaschik was a student at the School of Design, and in 1907 he graduated as a draw ing teacher. In 1908 he made a study trip to France, Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands. From 1906 he was a teacher at the Budapest School of Industrial Design,... Read more about this item
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SGD 8,963.20
The Spy; a Tale of the Neutral Ground; referring to some Particular Occurrences during the American War: also pourtraying [sic] American Scenery and Manners

The Spy; a Tale of the Neutral Ground; referring to some Particular Occurrences during the American War: also pourtraying [sic] American Scenery and Manners

by [COOPER, James Fenimore]

Three vols. 12mo, bound in cont. German brown morocco for Duke William of Brunswick (1806-84), with his elaborate arms inlaid on all six covers, sides elaborately gilt, spines richly gilt, a.e.g. Paris: Baudry, 1825. First edition to be printed on the Continent. Certainly no other copy of The Spy has ever been bound in such an "over the top" fashion. Very fine set with the elaborately gilt bookplate of Duke William [Wilhelm], nephew of King George III of Britain, in each volume. The... Read more about this item
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SGD 10,340.25
John Keats. Poetical Works and Other Writings. Edited with Notes and Appendices by H. Buxton Forman. Revised with Additions by Maurice Buxton Forman. With an Introduction by John Masefield. Hampstead Edition in the publisher's slipcases.

John Keats. Poetical Works and Other Writings. Edited with Notes and Appendices by H. Buxton Forman. Revised with Additions by Maurice Buxton Forman. With an Introduction by John Masefield. Hampstead Edition in the publisher's slipcases.

by John Keats

Half grained navy morocco. Edited with Notes and Appendices by H. Buxton Forman. With an Introduction by John Masefield. Signed by both Forman & Masefield. Number 836 of only 1050 copies. ; 8vo ; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail.
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SGD 4,963.32
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