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Subject to the terms set forth below, today and tomorrow we offer the
below-described seven items at remarkable discounts:
Schiller, Friedrich
Schiller's Werke [a collection-distinguishing set in original bindings and
box]

Stuttgart und Tübingen: Verlag der J. G. Cotta schen Buchhandlung,
 1822-1826. First Thus. Paper-covered boards and in the Original Box. A
Very Good set of Friedrich Schiller's Works in 18 volumes, with such
volumes having differing dates ranging from 1822 through 1826 inclusive.
The volumes are bound in paper cover boards, each having a spine label with
the set's name written thereon in black ink. (On a few of the volumes, the
spine writing has been obliterated.) The set is housed in the RARE ORIGINAL
BOX which measures approximately 15 inches across X approximately 5 1/2
inches high X approximately 3 3/4 inches deep. Each Volume wears its
original paper-covered boards and, as expected, each shows general wear --
including some rubbing through. The open-faced cardboard case is in good
condition with general wear (particularly to the bottom edge) and shows
some splitting to the seams. Nevertheless, the box is still holding itself
together. The book bindings are provisional and buyers would most likely
have had the volumes rebound and would have discarded the box as being of
no further use. A RARE SET IN THE ORIGINAL BINDINGS AND BOX, the set is is
MENTIONED ON PAGE 64, on which page an image of this set also is provided,
of Mark Godburn's excellent work titled "Nineteenth-Century Dust-Jackets"
published by Oak Knoll Press in the US and by Private Libraries Association
in the UK. As to this set, Godburn there states: "Another German box, one
of the largest recorded from this period, held an eighteen-volume set of
Schiller's Werke (1823-26). This box had marbled paper on the outside and
the same green paper on the inside that covered the bindings. The books fit
snugly in the box and probably were not issued with dust-jackets. The plain
board bindings had handwritten spine labels and would not have warranted
jacket protection for one thing. For another, the cumulative thickness of
the thirty-six panels of eighteen dust jackets would have strained the box,
possibly preventing all the volumes from fitting into it. The box served to
keep the volumes together until sale, but...probably had no more intended
permanence than the bindings." Complete sets such as this one with the
volumes in their original provisional bindings and still residing in their
large original box, one of the earliest -- and possibly the earliest --
such box still surviving, are EXCEEDINGLY RARE TO THE MARKET AND A PART OF
BOOK PUBLISHING HISTORY WHICH WOULD ADD DISTINCTION TO ANY COLLECTION. Very
good. Item #2824

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Herriot, James; [Wight, James Alfred: OBE, FRCVS]
All Creatures Great and Small [Rare Association Copy with Signed Herriot
Letter]

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1972. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover.
A Near Fine copy of the first edition, first printing (binding mildly
askew, spine ends pushed, tiny rub through the cloth to the spine tail's
lower right corner) in a Very Good + dust jacket (some general wear and
tear, some handling soil, light sunning to the spine panel, short crease
line to the front flap's upper right), being the copy of Sir Frederick
Hervey-Bathurst, Bart. (the eighth baronet in the Hervey-Bathurst
baronetcy), signed Signed and Dated by him on the front free endpaper in
the year of publication, with his bookplate to the front pastedown, and
with an ORIGINAL TYPED LETTER SIGNED FROM JAMES HERRIOT TO SIR FREDERICK
tipped-in to the rear free endpaper. The book is a combination of James
Herriot's first two semi-autobiographical books, originally published in
the U.K. as "If Only They Could Talk" (1970) and "It Shouldn't Happen to a
Vet."(1972), as well as (per wikipedia) a portion of his then-next book
then in progress which would later be published as "Let Sleeping Vets Lie"
(1973) and to which Herriot makes reference in the attached letter. Those
first two novels, "If Only They Could Talk" and "It Shouldn't Happen to a
Vet" provided the basis for the 1975 film of the same starring Simon Ward
and Anthony Hopkins as the Yorkshire vets James Herriot and Siegfried
Farnon, and the film was given the same title as this 1972 US compilation
volume of these two novels. This book's title (and, of course, the film's
title) came from the Hymn "All Things Bright and Beautiful". Having
excellent content, the [undated] Signed letter begins with Herriot thanking
Sir Frederick for Sir Frederick's earlier letter and the "...nice things
you say about by book.....You, in particular, know what I'm talking bout
with your farming upbringing and those years in New Zealand." [Sir
Frederick grew up at the family estate Somborne Park (a property which has
been in the Hervey-Bathurst family since 1594), an Estate which includes a
farming operation.] Herriot also notes that he has "another book coming out
in England in April and am busy on yet another one. If all goes well, I
should thing that St Martin's Press might take them and publish them in one
volume in due course. They are a follow up to the events in ALL CREATURES
GREAT AND SMALL." [These books would have been "Let Sleeping Vets Lie"
(1973) and "Vet in Harness" (1974) which would have been published together
in the US as "All Things Bright and Beautiful" (1974).] Herriot then
mentions that he remains a "full time vet" and that he writes only in "the
odd hour in the evenings" and that he "shouldn't like to give up my real
work and become a full time author." Copies of "All Creatures Great and
Small" are quite uncommon to the market, Signed letters from James Herriot,
as well as Association copies of his most notable work, are EXCEEDINGLY SO
and the two together make this an EXCEEDINGLY SCARCE TO RARE ENSEMBLE. Near
fine / very good +. Item #2808

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Team 306 of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration;
[United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration]
Concentration Camp Dachau; [Conc. Camp Dachau]

Dachau, Germany: International Information Office for the Former
Concentration Camp Dachau, Circa 1945. First Edition, First Printing. Wrappers.
Original copy of this “Album Conc. Camp Dachau” produced by Team 306 of the
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration who took
post-liberation control of the Dachau Concentration Camp (which was located
approximately 10 miles from Munich). Opened by Heinrich Himmler in 1933, it
was the first of the Nazi Concentration Camps for political prisoners and
its use was expanded in 1938 to include the imprisonment of Jews. The camp
served as a model for other German concentration camps and was a place of
torture and murder until the prisoners were liberated by U.S. forces on
April 28, 1945. This Album includes images of the camp’s facilities and
grounds, of liberated prisoners, and of groups of those who were murdered
at the camp. Some images from the album are included in this posting and we
have purposefully not included the most horrible images — those being of
murder victims. Subsequent to the camp’s liberation, it was used to hold SS
soldiers awaiting trial. This small album (which measures approximately 5
7/8 inches X approximately 4 inches) is in Fine condition and shows some
unsurprising toning, light wear, and some minor corner bending to the
wrapper corners. We have located only 15 copies in OCLC, of these, only 11
were found in US institutions; A QUITE SCARCE WORLD WAR II ITEM. Near Fine.
Item #2815

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Heine, Heinrich
Heine's Werke [HEINRICH HEINE'S WORKS] Illustrated by Wiener Künstlern

Wein, Leipzig, Prague: Bensinger, no date (ca. 1884-88). Wiener
Künstlern. Hardcover.
An attractive set of Heinrich Heine's Works in the RARE dust jackets, with
all six volumes present, each in its original dust jacket, with each volume
being beautifully illustrated within. The volumes are in Near Fine to Fine
condition with the spines and front boards richly gilded (some gentle
curving to the boards, slight wear, some oxidation to the gilt, tiny spot
of wear to the medallion on Volume five's front board). The dust jackets
for the first five Volumes are in Very Good or better condition (showing
some minor chipping and some tears) and with jacket for Volume six showing
similar wear as well as some tearing to the spine panel (see images).
German Poet, Writer, and Literary Critic Heinrich Heine is best known for
his lyrical poetry set to music by such composers as Robert Schumann and
Franz Schubert. Heine's radical political views led to many of his works
being banned in Germany and he spent the last 25 years of his life Paris.
Heine was a distant relative of Karl Mark who admired Heine's work We have
posted as many images as ABE and Biblio allow and additional many
additional images of the volumes can be found at our allingtonbooks site.
Copies of this set in such nice as is this one are difficult to fine and
copies in this condition still wearing their original dust jackets are
SCARCE to RARE. [PLEASE NOTE: This is a heavy set and buyer's shipping cost
will exceed that specified on this site.]. Near fine / very good +. Item
#2760

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Nevill, Ralph
French Prints of the Eighteenth Century [In the Scarce dust jacket]

London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1908. First Edition, First
Printing. Hardcover.
An essentially Fine copy of the first edition, first printing in the
publisher's original light blue cloth with the spine lettered in gilt, the
front board lettered and decorated in gilt, and the closed page block's top
edge in gilt as well. The front board shows an elevation to its right lower
leading corner and the rear board a small push to the top edge. There is
offsetting to the pastedowns and adjoining free endpapers and some foxing
to the closed page block's leading and bottom edges. The volume wears the
SCARCE scarce dust jacket which bears some wrinkling to the front panel's
upper right and some general edge wear with some small chips. Within there
are found fifty full-page plates. The book contains information on such
prints as well as "Detailed descriptions of the most important French
engravings executed in the XVIIIth century". Copies of the first edition
are rather uncommon, copies in a condition as nice as is this copy are
quite so, and copies in the dust jacket, especially when in a condition as
nice as is this copy, are EXCEEDINGLY SCARCE INDEED. Fine / very good +.
Item #2796

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Colwin, Laurie
Passion and Affect [Signed Association Copy -- copy of Mary Ellin Barrett,
Irving Berlin's daughter]

New York: The Viking Press, 1974. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover.
A Very Good or better copy of the first edition, first printing (age fading
to the board extremities, a thin strip of sunning to the spine's top edge,
foxing to the page block's closed edges), in a Fine spine-sunned dust
jacket, DATED, INSCRIBED, AND SIGNED BY LAURIE COLWIN TO IRVING BERLIN'S
DAUGHTER, MARY ELLIN (BARRETT) on the front free endpaper; Laurie Colwin's
DEBUT BOOK, a collection of short stories. Of this Debut, Kirkus Reviews
states: "The short story is by definition almost no more than a sidelong
glance at people who disappear before you manage to remember their names --
like Laurie Colwin's almost always attractive characters who are "on the
verge" of their lives and may not get any place at all. Or just move on
some place else with someone else. This is a first collection with nothing
unfinished about it at all (a good many of the stories have had New Yorker
or Mademoiselle or Redbook appearances)." In her Obituary -- Colwin died
from a heart attack at age 48 -- the New York Times stated: "Ms. Colwin's
writing won praise for its intelligence, wit and style. Critics said she
displayed a keen ear and eye for the ways of the middle- and upper-class
New York characters she portrayed. Her stories were noted for refreshingly
happy endings in tales of love, both in and outside of marriage. A New York
Times review said she "uses her elegant, delicately colored prose to
explore the effects of a relationship on a psyche." The Village Voice said
her work "conjures up Manet's picnic painting as it might be reinterpreted
by Koren," the cartoonist. Judith Rascoe said in Rolling Stone: "I can't
give you plot summaries that you can retell at your next party. But when
you've read the stories, your next party may seem to you as if Laurie
Colwin had written it." Having a fine Association, this copy belonged to
Irving Berlin's daughter Mary Ellin Barrett, a fellow writer, and is
inscribed by Colwin to Barrett on the front free endpaper in the month of
publication, as follows: "1.23.74 // to Mary Ellin, // with love / and
thanks for / friendship, instruction, / aid and abettment, concern and care
// with love + devotion // Laurie". [The book was published in the UK under
the title "Dangerous French Mistress & Other Stories ".] With reference to
Passion and Affect, Laurie Colwan stated in a letter to a fan the
following: "Dear Mr. Monte: You certainly are a loyal fan. It's a pleasure
to sign the books. The hard cover of P&A is almost a rare book. Dealers in
New York have it for a shaming price but I bet you will find it at a tag
sale for 25c. Thanks again. Laurie Colwin." (The foregoing quote per
bookseller Daniel Montemarano who, as of the date this description was
written, has listed a copy of this book accompanied by such letter.) An
altogether Very Good or better copy of this DEBUT BOOK; AN EXCELLENT
ASSOCIATION COPY. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY LAURIE COLWIN IN THE MONTH OF
PUBLICATION. QUITE SCARCE INDEED. Very good / fine. Item #848

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Gilbert, W. S. [Gilbert, Sir William Schwenck]
Gretchen [Eric Quayle's copy with his bookplate and note]

London: Newman & Co., 1879. First Edition (?). Hardcover. A Very Good copy
of either the first or the second edition -- see below, (with some mild
rubbing), in the Publisher's original cloth having an EXCELLENT PROVENANCE,
being the copy of noted British bibliophile, collector, historian, and
author Eric Quayle whose bookplate (dated 1965) graces the volume's front
pastedown. W. S. Gilbert was the famed English dramatist, librettist, poet
and illustrator best known for his collaboration with composer Arthur
Sullivan, a collaboration which produced fourteen comic operas, with the
best-known of them likely being "H.M.S. Pinafore", "The Pirates of
Penzance", and "The Mikado", one of the most frequently performed works in
the history of musical theatre. "Gretchen" is one of Gilbert's scarcest
works as attested by a note by Eric Quayle, written and initialed in pencil
on the verso this copy's front free endpaper reading as follows: "a
difficult Gilbert / first edition / E.Q." Quayle describes this copy as the
"first edition" and his bookplate on the front pastedown is dated 1965
within the bookplate. Searle in his bibliography of Gilbert's works
describes this copy as the second edition, but that bibliography was issued
much earlier (1931) than Quayle's bookplate is dated. Thus, Quayle clearly
would have had access to Searle's bibliography. If one sides with Quayle,
this is a first edition copy. Even if Searle happens to be correct, putting
Quayle's and Searle's determinations together reveals the scarcity of this
copy even if Searle is correct as to its edition. A Very Good copy, with an
EXCELLENT PROVENANCE WITH A NOTE INITIALED BY ERIC QUAYLE FROM WHOSE
COLLECTION IT COMES. QUITE SCARCE INDEED. Very good. Item #2736

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