Rare books from Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA)

Reno, Nevada: First National Bank, 1946. Autograph. Very good+ condition. Unbound. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. Printed check of First National Bank of Nevada, made out to Coast Electric Co., dated October 26 1946, in the amount of $3.10. Signed Tyrus R. Cobb, with bank cancellation holes slightly affecting the first two letters of his signature. Attractively matted and framed with 8" x 6" glossy photograph in baseball uniform with bat. Baseball, Sports. Tyrus Raymond Cobb (1886-1961).

Madrid, Spain: Unknown publisher, 1959. Autograph. Very good condition. Unbound. Signed by Author(s). No edition. Spanish newspaper photograph from December 23, 1959. Signed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969) (U.S. President 1953-61) in January of 1960. It is also signed by Generalisimo Franco (Spanish Dictator Francisco Franco Bahamonde (1892-1975), and Vernon Walters who was Eisenhower's interpreter. All three men are pictured in the photograph. Includes several pieces of related correspondence, including copies of letters and newspaper clippings. Americana..

Salem, OH: Hudson & Son, Printers, 1867. Book. Very good condition. Paperback. First Edition. Octavo (8vo). [ii] printed wrapper with verso blank, 12 pages of text, followed by [ii] blank rear wrapper. Moderate soiling and age-toning to wraps, with a few small tears to edges and a few tiny stains on front wrapper. Includes a Preamble, 23 Articles and Resolutions. At this, the First National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic; it is likely that General John M. Palmer, Major B. F. Stephenson surgeon of the Fourteenth Illinois regiment, and General S. A. Hurlbut were present and involved in the formation of the national rules. First edition..

Weimar: Im Verlage des Industrie Comptoirs, 1795. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. viii, 184 pages of text including an index. Original half-leather binding with marbled paper-covered boards; minor shelfwear and rubbing. Complete with four folding plates, which contain 101 hand-colored illustrations. Minor foxing scattered throughout text. Plates are in fine condition, with a minor strip of browning to edge, not affecting images. Previous owner's name and bookplate (Bilharz) neatly on front endpapers. References: Pritzel (2nd ed.); 484..

London: Academy for Illustrating and Painting Natural History, 1792. Book. Very good+ condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Folio. Two title pages, four unnumbered pages, 33 pages of text in English interspersed with plates, four unnumbered pages of text in French, 41 pages of text in French, followed by four unnumbered pages containing the General Table [index] in English. Measures 36cm (height). New tan linen (hardcover) binding rebound by Corey, with an elegant dark brown leather spine label with gilt title mostly covering the spine. Illustrated with two engraved title pages, two unnumbered numismatic plates titled "Aurea numismata", and 42 numbered entomological plates, of which the first nine are hand-colored. Plates 11 and 28 are bound-in out of sequence. English text followed by French; English title page; author English professor of botany, Cambridge; plates produced by Martyn's Academy for Drawing and Printing Natural History, Great Marlborough Street, London. Knight, page 9.… Read More

Antwerp: Christopher Plantin, 1574. Book. Very good- condition. Hardcover. Early edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Three important early textbooks in ethics, physics, mathematical geography; in De sphaera are eleven illustrations; bound in early vellum, rebacked; edges colored red with some bleeding into leaves and some staining, not affecting text. Title pages have printer's device. Valerius (1512-1578), professor at Louvain and author of popular textbooks, professed the Capellan system. Category: Astronomy - Early works to 1800..

London: Cassell & Company, Limited, 1885. Book. Very good+ condition. Hardcover. First thus edition. Folio. Two volume set. Measures 12 and 3/16 inches in height. Vol. I: lxiv, 320 pages. Vol. II: [ii], [321]-757 pages. Bound in the original red pebbled cloth, which is moderately darkened on the spine, and slightly soiled on boards, and minimal shelfwear overall. Printed paper spine labels are somewhat rubbed and darkened, but intact; spine label states "EDITION DE LUXE." In addition to the 300 black & white Dore illustrations printed on regular paper, there are an additional 100 engraved plates finely printed on heavy paper. These were etched by the noted Jean-Baptiste Oudry [1686-1755] after masters of French engraving including Charles Nicolas Cochin. Etchings are remarkably clean and unblemished, protected by the original tissue overlays. Text is clean, with a very few instances of minor soiling. No date of publication listed; circa 1885. A very attractive example of this rarely… Read More

London: Sold by Mr. Dodsley, in Pall-mall; Mr. Nourse, Mr. Millar, Mr. Vaillant, and Mr. Patterson, in the Strand; Mr. Waugh, in Lombard Street; and Mr. Willock, in Cornhill, 1753. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Quarto (4to). Four volume set, complete with all maps and plates. Early full leather bindings with minor shelfwear; rebacked attractively with new spine labels. Vol. I: xx, 399 pages of text. Vol. II: xvi, 374 pages of text, followed by [xvi] pages of index. Vol. III: xv, [i] blank, 255 pages. Vol. IV: xvi, 301 pages, [i] blank, followed by [xvi] index, and [iv] glossary. The set is complete with 9 folding maps and 19 engraved plates (including frontisports), as well as thirteen allegorical vignettes. Minor foxing is present, a few pages with staining in the margins, and a few pages with small tears in the margins. Slight misfolding and tearing at creases or hinges of two maps. Bookplates of former owners on endpapers of each volume: "John La Touche, Esq." and… Read More

Chicago: Pascal Covici, 1927. Book. Good+ condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Quarto (4to). 52 pages of text. Original black hardcover binding is heavily rubbed at the extremities, with the spine torn, worn and frayed, remaining intact and attractive; protected in custom stiff archival mylar. Of this edition there have been printed for Pascal Covici in May 1927, by The Cuneo Press, Inc., six hundred and fifty numbered copies only on French hand-made paper and the type distributed. Typography by Douglas C. McMurtrie. This is No. 77. Previous owner's bookplate neatly on the inside front cover. There are a few tiny and minor spots of discoloration in the margins, but for the most part the text is clean and unmarked. From an Unpublished Manuscript Edited and With an Introduction and Notes by Maurice Heine. Translated by Samuel Putnam. First edition..

London: Printed for G. Kearsley, 1800. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo (8vo). Complete 10 volume set bound in full leather, published in the years 1800 to 1804. Contains 554 engraved black & white plates. A few of the hinges are weakened or cracked, with minor to moderate shelfwear and rubbing. Minimal foxing lightly scattered here and there in the text, remaining quite bright and clean. First edition..

London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo (8vo). iv, 336 pages of text, followed by 24 pages of publisher's advertisement. The original blind-stamped brown publisher's cloth has minor chipping to the spine ends, with the outer and inner joints expertly reinforced and tinted to match; protected in custom-fitted archival mylar. A small number of pages with minor creasing to the edges, and minimal and uniform toning to the page edges. With the advertisement catalogue in the earliest state, dated September 1854. Endpaper advertisements in Sadlier's "variety B". The title page has the blindstamp "Presented by the Publishers." First edition of Trollope's fourth novel. .

New York, NY: Alfred Stieglitz, 1910. Book. Very good- condition. Paperback. First Edition. Quarto (4to). 48 pages of text followed by [xiv] of advertisements. The overhanging (yapped) edges of the original printed gray wrappers/covers are mostly lacking, as is commonly found. The spine is mostly intact but suffers from chipping to the extremities, and thin lines of vertical cracking; protected in archival mylar. There is cracking to the textblock, remaining intact but delicate. Issued with 5 plates by J. Craig Annan, 2 plates by Henri Matisse, one plate by Gordon Craig, and one plate by Clarence H. White; COMPLETE. Includes an additional small plate tipped-in on the final page of advertisement by Alvin Langdon Coburn, which is an advertisement for his book "New York". Except as described below, the plates are clean and are free from creasing, foxing, spotting, toning and damage; minimal offsetting to the blank pages facing each plate. Except as described below, the original double… Read More

Durham, NC and New York, NY: Giles Lithographic and Liberty Printing Co. N.Y. for Mess. W. Duke Sons & Co., 1880. Book. Very good+ condition. Unbound. Early edition. Large folio. Lithographic print on faux parchment, measuring approximately 20.5" x 27". Original metal trim present at top and bottom edge with minor creasing, and minor oxidization to the metal finish. There is minor wear and minor wrinkling to the edges of the parchment, and there are a total of about a dozen pin holes present at the top and bottom of the document. What appear to be creases/folds and soiling are actually part of the lithographic facsimile. This is a broadside that can be rolled for shipping. This Giles-Liberty 1880's reprint of the Declaration of Independence is of the famous facsimile originally published by Benjamin Owen Tyler in 1818. Tyler's documents were the first to produce the Declaration in script and included exceptionally realistic signatures of the signers. As also noted by Bidwell (#2;… Read More

Amsterdam: Joannes Jansson and Elizeus Weyerstraet, 1665. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Two volumes bound in one. Folio: binding dimensions are approximately 391mm x 236mm. Complete with 2 engraved title pages, 2 engraved portraits, 22 engraved plates and maps of which 14 are double-page, folding or fold-outs, and 7 letterpress tables of which 6 are double page, folding or fold-outs. Additionally, in the first volume this copy contains three volvelles with all elements present and properly assembled at pages 132, 154 and 156. Additionally illustrated with dozens of engraved and wood-engraved illustrations in the text including numerous initials, and head and tail pieces. Text printed in double columns. Folio; height 39cm (15.25 inches). CONDITON: The engraved title page and the letterpress title page have had the top corner repaired with the missing text/illustration area completed in manuscript. The original vellum binding is heavily worn and… Read More

Londini [London]: Thomas Roycroft, 1669. Book. Very good+ condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. [xxxii] pages of preliminary text, followed by 4008 columns. Title page printed in red and black. Illustrated with an engraved frontisportrait by William Faithorne. The first 44 columns are printed two per page; the remainder of the text has three columns printed per page. The text is printed in Roman, Italic, Hebrew, Persian and other fonts. Two volumes bound in one. Recently rebound in fine quarter black leather with raised bands on spine, gilt-lettered leather spine label, and gray cloth-covered boards. Minor rubbing to the raised bands and spine extremities. Large folio, with the paper height measuring 17.5" (450mm). Binding measures 18 1/16" x 11.5" (457mm x 290mm). Dictionaries; Polyglot; Hebrew, Latin, Persian, Semitic languages. "Dictionarium persico-latinum; opera viri cl. Jacobi Golii atque Edmundi Castelli". Several columns are misnumbered… Read More