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various: various. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Fifteen late 19th century volumes of opera scores for piano by renowned composers including Mozart, Bellini, Donizetti and Verdi. This collection was the property of W. G. Moehring, likely of the famed Moehring musical family, who commissioned these custom fine bindings in stamped leather. Penciled musical notations indicate that the owner was undoubtedly a musician. Five raised bands and six compartments on each spine with the composer and the name of the opera in gilt letters. The name "W. G. Moehring" is gilt stamped on each cover in Gothic lettering. All edges are beautifully gilt. Various bookseller's stamps mostly from Philadelphia. Various publishers including Chabal (Paris), Gambogi Freres-editors de musique (Paris). BELLINI -- La Sonnambula BELLINI -- E Puritani DONIZETTI -- Don Pasquale -- front hinge starting, page 69/70 loose DONIZETTI -- Lucrezia Borgia -- front hinge starting DONIZETTI -- Lucia di Lammermoor --… Read More

New York: The Viking Press, 1980. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. This 1980 Viking Press first edition of the "Frankenstein Diaries" was translated from the original German by Reverend Hubert Venables. It purports to be a record of the experiments of Dr. Frankenstein. Illustrations throughout, some of which are not for the squeamish. It's alive! Binding is a dark green leatherette with a gilt embossed Teutonic eagle. This book is clean & tight, in fine condition. The dust jacket is clean and covered in protective Mylar, with the original price unclipped. Marbelized endpapers. There are no bookplates or markings. A very nice copy.

THE AENEID is an epic poem written by Virgil about 20 BC. Published by the Easton Press in 1979 in Norwalk, Connecticut. First Thus . Hardcover. Fine condition, no jacket, as issued. Quarto, 9 ¾" tall. Illustrated by Carlotta Petrina. Full dark brown leather with gilt ornaments on front & back cover, gilt title & ornaments to spine, with 4 raised bands, light brown ribbon page marker and light brown moire endpapers. Smyth sewn binding, all edges gilt, no markings or bookplates. Pages are bright and fresh, textblock is tight. This book is from the Easton Press' "The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written" collection. A handsome book in Fine condition. Collector's edition. Suitable as a gift.

Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 1977. 1st Thus . Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket, as issued. Sylvain Sauvage. Full grey-brown leather with gilt ornaments on front & back cover, gilt title & ornaments to spine, with 2 raised bands, orange ribbon page marker and orange moire endpapers. Quarto, 9 ¾" tall. Smyth sewn binding, all edges gilt, no markings or bookplates. Pages are bright and fresh, textblock is tight.There is a tiny bit of missing gilding on the lower part of the fore edge. A handsome book in Fine condition. Collector's edition. Suitable as a gift. This book is from the Easton Press'"The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written" collection. First thus. Translated by Richard Aldington "Candide" is a satire first published in 1759. It is the story of a young man leading a sheltered life, being schooled in optimism by his mentor Professor Pangloss. The protagonist loses his sheltered life, experiences hardships, and becomes disillusioned. Life leads him to a philosophy of pragmatism.