Search Results: Titles starting with O from MFLIBRA Antique Books

Author: HOUSMAN, Laurence; HOUSMAN, Clemence (engravings on the wood from drawings by Paul Woodroffe).Title: Of Aucassin and Nicolette: A translation in prose and verse from the old French together with Amabel and Amoris. Language: Text in English.Publisher: London, Chatto & Windus, 1925. Printed at the Shakespeare Head Press.Size: 7.5 " X 5 ".Pages: 106 pages.Binding: Attractive and fine full polished calf binding, finely bound by Riviere & Son (hinges fine - as shown) under a protective mylar cover in a very good slipcase. All edges gilt.Content: Fine content (bright, tight, and clean, beautiful marbled endpaper).Illustrations: Complete with the beautiful frontispiece and the 3 full-page engravings on the wood by Clemence Housman from the drawings by Paul Woodroffe. Nice woodcuts and several text vignettes.***** The book: Attractive and fine copy bound by Riviere of Housman beautiful edition of Aucassin et Nicolette (12th or 13th century) the anonymous medieval French fictional story. It is the… Read More

Author: Unknown.Title: Office de la quinzaine de Paques, A l'usage de Rome, en latin et en françois. Traduction nouvelle. Dédiée à la Reine. Avec l'explication des Cérémonies propres pour ce saint Temps, des Méditations sur les Évangiles, des réflexions sur les Mystères, des Exercices & des Prières pour la Confession & la Communion.Language: Text in French and Latin.Publisher: A Paris, Chez De Hansy, Libraire, 1774.Size : 8" X 5.5".Pages: xxxii-669 pages.Binding: Attractive and very good contemporary full red morocco leather gilt decorated binding (hinges fine, overall slightly worn and scuffed - as shown) under a removable protective mylar cover. All edges gilt. A beautiful binding!Content: Good content (bright and tight, some foxing and staining throughout - as shown, names of previous owners on the first blank page and the title page - as shown).Illustrations: Complete with the three beautiful full-page engraved illustrations.
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The book: Attractive and scarce 18th-century… Read More

Author: Juliana Horatia Ewing. A. W. Bayes and Gordon Browne, illustrators.Title: Old Fashioned Fairy Tales.Publisher: London, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, no date (1890).Language: Text in English.Size: 8.5" X 7".Pages: vii-184 pages.Binding: Attractive and good to very good original illustrated full-cloth binding (hinges fine, overall slightly worn and scuffed - as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover. A rare find in any condition!Content: Very good content (bright, tight, and clean, rare light foxing or staining - as shown, gift note of a previous 1890 owner on the first endpaper - as shown).Illustrations: Complete with all the beautiful illustrations by A. W. Bayes and Gordon Browne.
Estimate: (Scarce with no or few other copies available for sale worldwide).
The book: An Attractive Edition of Old Fashioned Fairy Tales, a delightful collection of fairy tales by Juliana Horatia Ewing, is brought to life through the beautiful illustrations of A. W. Bayes and Gordon Browne.… Read More

Author: Anne PRATT.Title: Our Native Songsters.Publisher: London, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1857.Language: Text in English.Size: 5.5" X 4.5".Pages: viii-350 pages +publisher's catalog.Binding: Attractive and near fine full morocco leather binding (hinges fine, overall slightly scuffed - as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover.Content: Near fine content (bright, tight, and clean, rare light foxing and staining mainly on the upper margin of the rear publisher's catalog - as shown).Illustrations: Complete with the 72 wonderful full-page colored plates (chromolithography) illustrating songbird species by Anne Pratt.
The book: A Charming Early Victorian edition of Our Native Songsters, authored by the accomplished Anne Pratt. A work of natural history, it explores the fascinating world of songbirds. Housed in an original publisher's illustrated full-cloth binding, this volume will delight any bird enthusiast or collector of natural history books.