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Dodman Books
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Maty Grunberg; Linda Zisquit (tr) The Book Of Ruth
$2,341.88 *
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London; The Osband Press, 1996. No.103 from an edition of 125, this extravagantly produced boxed set of 18 colour woodcuts, each signed by Grunberg, is in fine/as new condition throughout. Each image is accompanied by Hebrew biblical text from the book of Ruth, and a free translation into English by Linda Zisquit who also provides an introduction. Each woodcut sheet is c.45x50cm with text facing. Smart black folio box, with purple lining, and bright gilt titling to front and spine.Â
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J. M. Barrie Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens
$350.00Under The Covers Antique And Vintage Books
New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1908. Hardcover. 8vo. Very good. Green cloth covered boards with gilt title and decorations to front board and gilt title to spine. Minor bumping to spine ends and corners. Minor chipping to foot of spine. Minor browning to spine. A few light finger smudges to front board. Minor rubbing. One small scuff mark to top corner of front board. Very light creasing to edges of several pages. Very small closed tears to edges of a few tissue guards. Â Black smudge to margin page 94 which does not affect the text. Else is incredibly clean and bright. Binding is tight and hinges are in excellent condition. Includes 50 beautiful tipped in full color illustrations, 49 of which are bound in at the rear. 126 pages.
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1892 Tropical Expedition: Keulemans Color Plates
Robinson, Wirt A Flying Trip to the Tropics: A Record of an Ornithological Visit to the United States of Colombia, South America and to the Island of Curacao, West Indies in the Year 1892 A scarce and meticulously documented record of a 19th-century scientific expedition to Colombia and the West Indies.
$575.00Despite the whimsical title, Robinson—a West Point instructor and dedicated naturalist—conducted a rigorous ship-bound survey of the region’s avian life. The work is particularly noted for its high-production value, featuring vibrant chromolithography that captures the brilliant plumage of South American specimens before the era of modern color photography. This volume serves as both a serious ornithological study and a charming travelogue, capturing the flora, fauna, and cultural landscape of the Caribbean and Colombia at the end of the 19th century. KEY FEATURES+++ The Chromolithographs: Features four stunning color plates with tissue-guards by the legendary natural history illustrator J. G. Keulemans. Printed by Mintern Bros. of London, these plates include:* The Toucan (Ramphastos tocard)* Parakeets (Conurus wagleri)* Partridge (Eupsychortyx leucotis)* The Oriole (Icterus icterus)+++ Cartography: Includes six maps in total: one large folding colored map of Colombia and one double-page colored map of Curacao.+++ Comprehensive Visuals: Richly illustrated with numerous drawings, portraits, and photographs from the author’s own collection.+++ Scientific Value: Includes an extensive appendix and a robust bibliography (pp. 177–194) concerning the natural history of Colombia and Curacao. SPECS+++ Format: Octavo; 9.5 x 6.5 inches.+++ Pagination: x, 194 pages + Appendix & Index.+++ Binding: Professionally rebacked in cloth matching the original green linen. Original front board illustration and gilt/black stamped spine title have been expertly laid on. CONDITION: VERY GOOD. A tight, square, and structurally superior copy. The professional rebacking has preserved the character of the original binding while ensuring long-term durability. New end-papers have been added. The text block remains clean with light, even toning consistent with age. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE —Wirt Robinson (1864–1929) was far more than a casual traveler; he was a career soldier and West Point instructor who personified the 19th-century ‘Scholar-Officer.’ This volume is a primary document of the Golden Age of American Ornithology, representing the push by U.S. institutions to categorize the avian biodiversity of the Tropics. The inclusion of plates by J.G. Keulemans—the most sought-after bird illustrator of the Victorian era—elevates this from a mere travel diary to a high-status scientific production. Keulemans’ work for the British Museum and his contributions to the world’s most expensive bird books (such as those by Buller and Dresser) lend this Riverside Press edition a level of bibliographical prestige rarely seen in American military-authored works. Furthermore, Robinson’s record of Curaçao remains one of the few detailed English-language natural histories of the island from the late 19th century. His observations on the local populations and the logistical challenges of ‘collecting’ in the pre-aviation era provide a vital window into the intersection of Victorian science, colonialism, and the arduous reality of field-work in South America. BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCESZimmer, p. 529: Cites the work for its early lists of birds and fishes; Casey Wood, p. 539: Describes the work as an important record of tropical collecting; Smith R48; Evans 23941; OCLC 769157894; American Nineteenth Century Color Plate Books. Subjects: 19th Century Ornithology, South American Exploration, Colombia Travel & Description, J. G. Keulemans Illustrations, West Indies Natural History, Curacao, Chromolithography.
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Designed and bound by Katy Starr-Baum
Shakespeare, William The First Part of Henry the Fourth
$4,000.00Michael Pyron, Bookseller ABAA/ILAB
San Francisco: Grabhorn Press, 1961. Folio. [4], 46, [2 (blank)] pp., illus. Limited edition, one of 180 copies. This copy bound by Katy Starr-Baum in full black calf with inlays of sanded aluminum and pained paper as well as onlays of buffalo, watersnake and stone veneer, all arranged in a coronal design from front board to rear; graphite top edge with sprinkled palladium; handsewn silk endbands; hand-painted endpapers echo the cover design. Housed in clamshell box. A beautiful and fitting binding on one of the Grabhorn Shakespeare series with colored woodblock illustrations by Mary Grabhorn. A bold design using material that speaks to the time—stone and metal. The hand-painted endpapers evoke the night sky and have an iridescence that is dynamic when one opens the cover, the light catching the paint shifts as the board moves. While boldly monochromatic, what color there is in the binding, the leather onlays and the painted paper, picks up the pastels of Grabhorn’s illustrations. The coronal design speaks to the backdrop of this play, Henry IV holding onto power amidst treachery and Prince Hal’s coming into the crown. But as Starr-Baum notes, the design has a more potent, deeper meaning: “the circular shape … represents familial cycles: the traits and behaviors that are passed down from one generation to the next and the transformation of Prince Hal into King Henry.” A powerful binding by one of the most recent recipients of the Fine Binding Diploma of the elite American Academy of Bookbinding. $4000
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Fine Press Edition of Aratus by the Janus Press
Aratus Phaenomena Sky Sign
$2,500.00Michael Pyron, Bookseller ABAA/ILAB
Newark and Burke, VT: Janus Press and Plowboy Press, 2022. Folio. [4], 58, [4] pp., plates, maps, illus. Limited edition, one of 120 numbered copies. Letterpress printed on Barcham Green Boxley by Andrew Miller-Brown of Plowboy Press. The frontispiece is Durer’s northern celestial map. There are 28 illustrations of the constellations from Caspar Vopel’s 1534 woodcuts and eight full-page original digital prints of weather by Claire Van Vliet based on her pulp paintings. Additionally, there are numerous in-text illustrations, some mounted, some printed. This is sewn longstitch into pulp-painting covered boards by Katie MacGregor; pocket inside the front cover contains prospectus and Translator’s Introduction and Notes. The book is wrapped in a linen-covered chemise lined with Durer’s 1515 celestial maps, all housed in maple and birchwood slipcase with a lasercut title on the spine. A fine copy. Aratus was born in Soli in present day Turkey in about 315 BCE. Educated in Athens, he eventually made his way to the Macedonian court where it is believed he wrote the Phaenomena. It describes in verse the constellations, their rotation in the night sky throughout the year, various other natural signs, and their uses as a calendar and weather forecasting tool for farmers and sailors. For Aratus these sky signs, from the constellation Ursa Major to the smallest mouse tossing straw with its paws, represent a gift from Zeus to guide human endeavor if only we would take notice. The Phaenomena was enormously popular in its time and afterwards. It inspired many translations, some with a liberal dose of revisions and additions, as well as many commentaries starting in at least the second century BCE. This edition of the Phaenomena features a verse translation from the Greek by Stanley Lombardo and a new commentary for the modern reader by Mark Breen, senior meteorologist and director of the planetarium at the Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium in St. Johnsbury, Vermont. And while it is easy to get caught up in the interesting particulars of the book and its history as well as the particulars of this edition, Van Vliet, Miller-Brown and their collaborators have created an edition that has reinvigorated this millennia-old navigational and practical treatise. This edition is full of wonder. MacGregor’s pulp painted covers are haunting and exquisitely suited for the work. And further, the book, designed with a mind towards early scholarly works with Aratus’s text surrounded by commentary and illustration, is a joy to leaf through, every page spread is visually engaging from the early section on the constellations to the section on weather that is elevated by Van Vliet’s art. After 70 years of bookmaking, Van Vliet has not stopped pushing forward in her design and vision.
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