BINDINGS. 3 ANTIQUE FRENCH BOOKS.

Traditional Collectibles: Books: Bindings Pre 1900: item #792565

FINE BINDINGS. Three Volumes:1.)OEUVRES DE ALPHONSE DAUDET, 1903; 2.)LE ROMAN D'UN JEUNE HOMME PAUVRE, 1866; 3.)LA BRETE. MON ONCLE ET MON CURE, 1889. Each volume is bound in three-quarter leather with gilt-stamped spines. Two have floral endpapers - one has marbled endpapers (see enlargements 8 & 9). All three books have the former owner's name - Elizabeth Gates Ross - in ink (one with an inscription). The Daudet measures 6 1/2 inches by 4 inches; the Feuillet measures 7 1/2 inches by 5 inches;... Click for details

Erotic Japanese art -"shunga art of love in Japan

Traditional Collectibles: Books Pre 1980: item #792560

This nearly new edition with dust cover and no faults to book or cover is a reference work on erotic Japanese prints and woodcuts published in 1975.

This first edition includes 16 color and 210 black & white photos and 302 pages covering the 17th through 19th century. The many of the great artists of Japan are represented-hokusai, harunobu, utamaro and other notables. A very fine copy and exhaustive in its study of ero... Click for details

Antique Cambodian Buddhist Manuscript Khmer

Traditional Collectibles: Books: Manuscripts Pre 1930: item #791864
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A rare Khmer Buddhist manuscript. These manuscripts were used for Pali chanting services in the Hinayana tradition in Cambodian monasteries for almost ten centuries. The manuscript is written on slek rith leaves (a Khmer version of papyrus). The pages kept together by two white threads. Comes from a small temple burnt down by the Khmer Rouge troops in Kompong Cham province. L 22.5 inch, 35 slek rith sheets. A few sheets stuck together. Khmer monks stopped producing this kind of hand-writt... Click for details

Antique Cambodian Buddhist Manuscript Khmer Therevada

Traditional Collectibles: Books: Manuscripts Pre 1930: item #791863
M0002

A rare Khmer Buddhist manuscript. These manuscripts were used for Pali chanting services in the Hinayana tradition in Cambodian monasteries for almost ten centuries. The manuscript is written on slek rith leaves (a Khmer version of papyrus). The pages kept together by two white threads. Comes from a small temple burnt down by the Khmer Rouge troops in Kompong Cham province. L 22.5 inch, 20 slek rith sheets. A few sheets stuck together. Khmer monks stopped producing this kind of hand-writt... Click for details

Antique Cambodian Buddhist Manuscript Khmer

Traditional Collectibles: Books: Manuscripts Pre 1930: item #791862
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A rare Khmer Buddhist manuscript. These manuscripts were used in Pali chanting services in the Hinayana tradition in Cambodian monasteries for almost ten centuries. The manuscript is written on slek rith leaves (a Khmer version of papyrus). The pages kept together by two white threads. Comes from a small temple burnt down by the Khmer Rouge troops in Kompong Cham province. L 22.5 inch, 17 slek rith sheets. A few sheets stuck together. Khmer monks stopped producing this kind of hand-writte... Click for details

FINE GILT BINDING. "STORY OF ROSINA" H.THOMSON 1895 1st

Traditional Collectibles: Books: Bindings Pre 1900: item #791220

THE STORY OF ROSINA. AND OTHER VERSES by AUSTIN DOBSON. ILLUSTRATED BY HUGH THOMSON. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., 1895. 8vo. ORIGINAL RED CLOTH WITH GILT PICTORIAL STAMPING. Top edge gilt. Bevelled edges. The front cover is beautifully stamped in gilt with an all-over design featuring a SHEPHERDESS AND HER LAMBS BEING SERENADED.The spine has gilt lettering and a design of two sheep and a guitar. Profuse black and white illustrations by Thomson. Corners and spine ends are gently rubb... Click for details

FINE GILT BINDING "CORIDON'S SONG" H.THOMSON 1st 1894

Traditional Collectibles: Books: Bindings Pre 1900: item #791212

CORIDON'SONG, AND OTHER VERSES. From Various Sources. With Illustrations by HUGH THOMSON. And An Introduction By Austin Dobson. London: Macmillan & Co., 1894. 8vo. ORIGINAL GREEN CLOTH WITH PICTORIAL STAMPING IN GILT. All edges gilt. The front cover features a gilt design of AN ANGLER FISHING. The spine has gilt lettering and a gilt design of a costumed woman. There are seventy-six black and white illustrations by Thomson. An extremely fine bright copy in excellent condition. FIRST THOMSON EDITI... Click for details

PICT.GILT BINDING "OUR VILLAGE" H.THOMSON ILLUS.1893

Traditional Collectibles: Books: Bindings Pre 1900: item #791209

OUR VILLAGE. BY MARY RUSSELL MITFORD. With An Introduction by ANNE THACKERAY RITCHIE and ONE HUNDRED ILLUSTRATIONS BY HUGH THOMSON. London: Macmillan & Co., 1893. 8vo. ORIGINAL GILT-STAMPED PICTORIAL GREEN CLOTH. All edges gilt. The front cover and spine feature an all-over GILT DESIGN OF POPPIES AND BUMBLEBEES. 100 black and white illustrations by Thomson. A very fine copy.

FINE GILT BINDING "HENRY ESMOND" H. THOMSON.1st ED 1905

Traditional Collectibles: Books: Bindings Pre 1910: item #791205

THE HISTORY OF HENRY ESMOND,ESQ., COLONEL IN THE SERVICE OF HER MAJESTY QUEEN ANNE. Written By Himself. By William Makepeace Thackeray. With An Introduction By Austin Dobson and Illustrations by HUGH THOMSON. London: Macmillan & Co., 1905. 8vo. Original green cloth with PICTORIAL GILT STAMPING ON FRONT COVER AND SPINE. All edges gilt. The Cover and spine feature an all-over gilt design of TUDOR ROSES. There are 50 black and white illustrations by Hugh Thomson. There is very light foxing to the f... Click for details

A Manual For China Painters 1896 Mrs. Monachesi Book

Traditional Collectibles: Books: References Pre 1910: item #791039
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Copyright 1896, Published in 1904, by Lee and Shepard Publishers, Boston. Written by "Mrs. Nicola De Rienzi Monachesi." "A MANUAL FOR CHINA PAINTERS;" Subtitle: "Being a practical and comprehensive treatise on the art of painting china and glass with mineral colors."

CONDITION: Good, with a plastic cover over the off-white hard cover which we have not tried to remove; pulling away from the spine lower half of binding... Click for details