Search Results: Titles starting with A from MFLIBRA Antique Books

Author: Lewis Carroll. (John Tenniel, illustrator).Title: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (WITH) Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There.Publisher: London: Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1932 & 1933. Alice's Adventures is the one hundred eighty-sixth thousand from 1932. Looking Glass is one hundred and twenty-fourth thousand from 1933.Language: Text in English.Size : Box: 8.5" X 6". Book: 7.5" X 5".Pages: 183-211 pages.Binding: Very attractive and near fine full red morocco leather binding, finely bound by Riviere and Son with gilt rulings and ribbon garland to front and rear covers. The spine has six compartments with five raised bands with title, author, and fleur de lis designs. The front cover has a beautiful embossed illustration with color inlays of Alice and the Dodo bird. On the back is a color illustration of Alice and the Red Queen. (Hinges fine, overall slightly worn and scuffed - as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover in a near fine modern cream full-cloth covered… Read More

Author: Lewis Carroll. John Tenniel, illustrator.Title: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland [with] Through the Looking Glass, And What Alice Found There.Publisher: London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1928 (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland) and 1924 (Through the Looking Glass, And What Alice Found There). The "Miniature Edition" first printed in 1907 as stated. Complete set of 2 volumes.Language: Text in English.Size: 6" X 4.5".Pages: 200, III-228 pages.Binding: Attractive and near fine binding by Zaehnsdorf in sumptuous full scarlet morocco leather with 5 raised bands, gilt titles to spine and decoration to compartments, and gilt vignette roundels to boards featuring Alice and the Cheshire Cat, and The Red and White Queens respectively (hinges fine, spine very slightly sunned - as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover. All edges gilt.Content: Near fine content (bright, tight, and clean - as shown, beautiful armorial bookplate of Donald Alfred Ramsden by Gerald Cobb to both first endpaper - as… Read More

Author: CARROLL, Lewis. (John Tenniel, illustrator). Title: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. With Forty-Two Illustrations by John Tenniel. Publisher: London, Macmillan and Co., 1883. Seventy-First thousand. Language: Text in English. Size: 7.5 " X 5 ". Pages: 192, [1] pages. Binding: Attractive and very good original decorated full cloth binding (hinges fine, overall slightly worn and scuffed - as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover. All edges gilt. Content: Very good content (bright, tight, and clean, rare light foxing - as shown, very nice ex-libris of Isabelle Corwith Cramer on the first endpaper - as shown). WITH laid in original photograph (albumen carte-de-visite) of John Tenniel by John & Charles Watkins and a clipped inscription mounted to a card, SIGNED BY ILLUSTRATOR JOHN TENNIEL: "With kind regards, Your very faithfully, John Tenniel.". Illustrations: Complete with the 42 wonderful illustrations by John Tenniel. **** The book: Attractive early edition of this classic, with the… Read More

Author: Hans Christian Andersen. Translated By Mrs. H. B. Paull.Title: Andersen's Fairy Tales with original illustrations.Publisher: London and New York, Frederick Warne and Co., no date (1885).Language: Text in English.Size: 8" X 6".Pages : viii-671 pages.Binding: Attractive and very good original illustrated full cloth binding (hinges fine, overall slightly worn and scuffed - as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover.Content: Very good content (bright, tight and clean, some light foxing and staining - as shown, gift note of a previous 1887 owner on the second blank page - as shown, endpaper inner hinges worn but still tight - as shown).Illustrations: (Scarce with no or few other copies of this specific edition/binding for sale worldwide).
The book: Scarce and attractive illustrated edition of Andersen's Fairy Tales. A rare find in any condition!

Author: Rev. Geo. Fyler Townsend.Title: The Arabian Night's Entertainments.Publisher: London and New York, Frederick Warne and Co., no date (circa 1895). A New Edition, revised, with notes.Language: Text in EnglishSize: 8" X 5.5".Pages: viii-632 pages.Binding: Very good original illustrated full-cloth binding (hinges fine, overall slightly scuffed - as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover. Upper edge gilt.Content: Very good content (bright, tight, and clean, gift note of a previous 1904 owner on the second blank page - as shown, rare light foxing mainly on the last pages - as shown).Illustrated: Complete with the three color and eight black and white full-page illustrations.
Estimate: (Scarce with no or few other copies in this nice binding variant available for sale worldwide).
The book: A scarce edition of "The Arabian Night's Entertainments" translated by the Rev. Geo. Fyler Townsend, offers a rich collection of Middle Eastern folk tales that have captivated readers for centuries. This… Read More

Author: Andrew Lang, translator.Title: Aucassin and Nicolete. Done into English by Andrew Lang.Language: Text in English.Publisher: Portland, Maine: Thomas Mosher, 1895. First Edition (stated), one of 925 limited copies printed on Van Gelder paper.Size: 7 " X 4 ".Pages: 87 pages.Binding: Attractive and very good, near fine, full navy morocco leather binding, finely bound by Hatchards, with gilt title and double gilt rules on the front cover (hinges fine, overall slightly scuffed - as shown) under a protective mylar cover. Upper edge gilt.Content: Very good content (bright, tight, and clean - as shown, nice ex-libris from a previous owner on the first endpaper - as shown).Illustrations: Complete with the beautiful frontispiece full-page illustration. **** The book: Attractive and very nice limited first edition of Aucassin et Nicolette (12th or 13th century) the anonymous medieval French fictional story. It is the unique example of a chantefable, literally, a "sung story", a combination of prose and… Read More

Author: Persius. Aulus Persius Flaccus.Title: Auli Persii Flacci Satyrae VI. Cum posthumis commentariis Joannis Bond, accessit index verborumLanguage: Text in Latin.Publisher: Amstelodami, apud Joannem Janssonium, 1659.Size: 5" X 3".Pages: 126 pages + Index.Binding: Good contemporary full calf leather binding (hinges worn but tight, overall worn and scuffed - as shown) under a removable protective mylar cover.Content: Good content (tight, some light foxing, toning, and staining - as shown).
The book: This 1659 edition of "Auli Persii Flacci Satyrae VI" features the six satires of Aulus Persius Flaccus, a Roman poet and satirist of Etruscan origin known for his incisive commentary on society and the individual. Persius' work, deeply imbued with Stoic philosophy, offers insights into Roman societal norms, personal ethics, and the human condition, making his satires as relevant today as they were in ancient times. This rare edition is further enriched with posthumous commentaries by Joannis Bond,… Read More