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Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. First Edition. 20.5cm x 13.5cm. xx, 88, [iv], 132, [iv], 98, [2] pages, 3 volumes bound as 1, original colour pen and ink illustrations. Half leather, gilt lettering. (Aloisiae Sigeae Satyra Sotadica de arcanis Amoris et Veneris) The first English translation from the original 1660 Latin of French lawyer Nicolas Chorier (1612-1692). One of the noted works of early western erotic fiction. This unique copy with 27 finely executed original erotic colour pencil and ink drawings throughout the text (3 full page). A couple of minor rubs to the spine. Shipped Weight: .61 kilos.

Paris, Crochard, 1821. 8vo. In contemporary half calf. Wear to extremities and hindges weak. Weak dampstain to lower inner margin, not affecting text. In: "Annales de Chimie et de Physique, Par MM. Gay-Lussac et Arago.", tome 18 (Septembre Cahier). Entire volume offered. [Faraday's paper:] pp. 337-370 and 2 folded engraved plates (showing the experimental apparatus). [Ampère & Savary's Notes:] pp. 370-379. [Entire volume: 448 pp. + 5 plates. First French edition of Faraday's famous paper "On some new Electro-Magnetical Motion, and on the Theory of Magnetism. By Michael Faraday, Chemical Assistant in the Royal Institution. (1821)", recording one of the most influential discoveries in physics in the 19th Century, as Faraday here, as the very first, showed how to CONVERT THE ELECTRICAL AND MAGNETIC FORCES INTO CONTINUAL MECHANICAL MOVEMENT, thus creating the first electric motor, using the principle of electromagnetic rotation. In the first paper he introduced for the first time the concept of "LINE OF FORCE" and hereby deliniating "a picture of the universe as consisting of fields of various types, one that was more subtle, flexible, and useful than the purely mechanical picture of Galileo and Newton. The FIELD UNIVERSE was to be recognized with Maxwell half a century later and with Einstein, after an interval of another halfcentury."(Asimov)."Ever since Hans Christian oersted's announcement of the discovery of electromagnetism in the summer of 1820, editors of scientific journals had been inundated with articles on the phenomenon. Theories to explain it had multiplied, and the net effect was confusion. Were all the effects reported real ? Did the theories fit the facts ? It was to answer these questions that Phillips turned to Faraday and asked him to review the experiments and theories of the past months and separate truth from fiction,.Faraday agreed to to undertake a short historical survey.His entusiasm was aroused in September 1821, when he turned to the investigation of the peculiar nature of the magnetic force created by an electrical current. Oersted had spoken of the "electrical conflict" surrounding the wiree and had noted that "this conflict performs circles".Yet as he experimented he saw precisely what was happening. Using a small magnetic needle to map the pattern of magnetic force, he noted that oneof the poles of the needle turned in a circle as it was carried around the wire. He immediately realized that a single magnetic pole would rotate unceasingly around a current-carrying wire so long as the current flowed. He then set about devising an instrument to illustrate this effect. His paper "On some new Electro-Magnetical Motion, and on the Theory of Magnetism" appeared in the 21 October 1821 issue of the "Quarterly Journal of Science" (The paper offered in the first French edition). It records the first conversion of electrical into mechanical energy. It also contained the first notion of the line of force."(DSB IV, pp. 533).

Paris, Crochard, 1821. 8vo. In contemporary half calf with gilt lettering to spine. Traces of paper label to lower part of spine. Light wear to extremities and small stamp to title page. In: "Annales de Chimie et de Physique, Par MM. Gay-Lussac et Arago.", tome 17 & 18 (Septembre Cahier). Entire volume offered. A fine copy. [Faraday's paper:] pp. 337-370 and 2 folded engraved plates (showing the experimental apparatus). [Ampère & Savary's Notes:] pp. 370-379. [Entire volume: 448 pp. + 1 plate" 448 pp. + 5 plates. First French edition of Faraday's famous paper "On some new Electro-Magnetical Motion, and on the Theory of Magnetism. By Michael Faraday, Chemical Assistant in the Royal Institution. (1821)", recording one of the most influential discoveries in physics in the 19th Century, as Faraday here, as the very first, showed how to CONVERT THE ELECTRICAL AND MAGNETIC FORCES INTO CONTINUAL MECHANICAL MOVEMENT, thus creating the first electric motor, using the principle of electromagnetic rotation. In the first paper he introduced for the first time the concept of "LINE OF FORCE" and hereby deliniating "a picture of the universe as consisting of fields of various types, one that was more subtle, flexible, and useful than the purely mechanical picture of Galileo and Newton. The FIELD UNIVERSE was to be recognized with Maxwell half a century later and with Einstein, after an interval of another halfcentury."(Asimov)."Ever since Hans Christian Oersted's announcement of the discovery of electromagnetism in the summer of 1820, editors of scientific journals had been inundated with articles on the phenomenon. Theories to explain it had multiplied, and the net effect was confusion. Were all the effects reported real ? Did the theories fit the facts ? It was to answer these questions that Phillips turned to Faraday and asked him to review the experiments and theories of the past months and separate truth from fiction,.Faraday agreed to to undertake a short historical survey.His entusiasm was aroused in September 1821, when he turned to the investigation of the peculiar nature of the magnetic force created by an electrical current. Oersted had spoken of the "electrical conflict" surrounding the wiree and had noted that "this conflict performs circles".Yet as he experimented he saw precisely what was happening. Using a small magnetic needle to map the pattern of magnetic force, he noted that oneof the poles of the needle turned in a circle as it was carried around the wire. He immediately realized that a single magnetic pole would rotate unceasingly around a current-carrying wire so long as the current flowed. He then set about devising an instrument to illustrate this effect. His paper "On some new Electro-Magnetical Motion, and on the Theory of Magnetism" appeared in the 21 October 1821 issue of the "Quarterly Journal of Science" (The paper offered in the first French edition). It records the first conversion of electrical into mechanical energy. It also contained the first notion of the line of force."(DSB IV, pp. 533).

Leipzig, Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1822. Without wrappers as extracted from "Annalen der Physik und der Physikalischen Chemie. Hrsg. Ludwig Wilhelm Gilbert", Bd. 71. Titlepage to vol. 71, pp. 124-171 a. pp. 172-176 and 1 folded engraved plate showing experimental apparatus. Clean and fine. First German edition of Faraday's famous paper "On some new Electro-Magnetical Motion, and on the Theory of Magnetism. By Michael Faraday, Chemical Assistant in the Royal Institution. (1821)", recording one of the most influential discoveries in physics in the 19th Century, as Faraday here, as the very first, showed how to CONVERT THE ELECTRICAL AND MAGNETIC FORCES INTO CONTINUAL MECHANICAL MOVEMENT, thus creating the first electric motor, using the principle of electromagnetic rotation. In the first paper he introduced for the first time the concept of "LINE OF FORCE" and hereby deliniating "a picture of the universe as consisting of fields of various types, one that was more subtle, flexible, and useful than the purely mechanical picture of Galileo and Newton. The FIELD UNIVERSE was to be recognized with Maxwell half a century later and with Einstein, after an interval of another halfcentury."(Asimov)."Ever since Hans Christian oersted's announcement of the discovery of electromagnetism in the summer of 1820, editors of scientific journals had been inundated with articles on the phenomenon. Theories to explain it had multiplied, and the net effect was confusion. Were all the effects reported real ? Did the theories fit the facts ? It was to answer these questions that Phillips turned to Faraday and asked him to review the experiments and theories of the past months and separate truth from fiction,.Faraday agreed to to undertake a short historical survey.His entusiasm was aroused in September 1821, when he turned to the investigation of the peculiar nature of the magnetic force created by an electrical current. Oersted had spoken of the "electrical conflict" surrounding the wiree and had noted that "this conflict performs circles".Yet as he experimented he saw precisely what was happening. Using a small magnetic needle to map the pattern of magnetic force, he noted that oneof the poles of the needle turned in a circle as it was carried around the wire. He immediately realized that a single magnetic pole would rotate unceasingly around a current-carrying wire so long as the current flowed. He then set about devising an instrument to illustrate this effect. His paper "On some new Electro-Magnetical Motion, and on the Theory of Magnetism" appeared in the 21 October 1821 issue of the "Quarterly Journal of Science" (The paper offered in the first German edition). It records the first conversion of electrical into mechanical energy. It also contained the first notion of the line of force."(DSB IV, pp. 533).

Etat : Very Good. Small quarto (203 × 152 mm), 1 page on the letterhead of 'Combe Florey House, Combe Florey, nr Taunton' (printed in red on blue paper). One horizontal crease where folded for posting, with light handling creases and marks elsewhere; small chip and faint paperclip mark to one corner; in very good condition. The letter reads in full: '25th January 1958 | Dear Sir Ralph | Thank you awfully for lending me this. It was of the greatest interest and help. I have read a dozen or more of these memoirs lately, of men killed in the first war. There is no one I can think of in my generation who could have inspired so much affection and left so complete a loss as the men of yours. There is no doubt in my mind that the stock deteriorated and is deteriorating further. Please do not trouble to acknowledge this. Yours sincerely | Evelyn Waugh'. Sir Ralph Dolignon Furse (1887-1973) was twice mentioned in dispatches and awarded the DSO with bar during the First World War; he later had a distinguished career in the Colonial Office. The publication referred to in this letter is 'D.R. Brandt: Some of His Letters' (John Murray, 1920), for which Furse had supplied an introduction. This is part of correspondence relating to Waugh's 'The Life of the Right Reverend Ronald Knox' (1959), a biography of the Catholic theologian and author of detective fiction who was at Eton with Furse and later shared lodgings with him at Oxford. Furse has made several annotations to the letter in red ink. Beside Waugh's reflections on the generation of men who fought in the First World War he has written 'The Great Generation'. Elsewhere he clarifies that the letter relates to Knox (RAK) and Brandt (DRB).

Paperback. Etat : Used: Acceptable. Paperback - 1973 - condition, poor, readable - - used books, secondhand books, out of print books, hard to find books, for sale, second-hand books, college books, student books, nonfiction, first edition, exlibrary books sold, signed copies, non-fiction books delivered world wide. 0-88750-064-1. Isbn 0887500641.

1994, image size 130 x 160 mm, 5 x 6½ inches, signed by Anthony Browne at bottom right in the image, framed and glazed. The image is the tailpiece to the story The Bully, Chapter 4 of The Daydreamer and appears on page 59. SOLD WITH A FINE FIRST EDITION FIRST ISSUE OF THE BOOK IN DUSTWRAPPER SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY BOTH McEWAN AND ANTHONY BROWNE ON THE TITLE PAGE. Browne has in addition drawn a cheerful cat's face (see images). This is McEwan's first children's book and concerns 7 extraordinary episodes in the life of a 10 year old boy, whose daydreaming can cause problems. Price includes VAT. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST. A heavy item which may require extra postage.

Hardcover. Anniversary Edition. A later printing from the Anniversary Edition of Lee's first book, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and source for a beloved film and play. Attractively SIGNED on the half-title page. Remainder stripe on the bottom bulked edge of the text. Near Fine in a Fine dustwrapper.

Softcover/Paperback. Etat : Very Good. -Decapitation cover by Don Heck -Pre-code horror stories -Stain at top of spine. 2' split at top spine. Complete, no restoration.

Softcover/Paperback. Etat : Very Good. -Weird menace headlight cover. -Sick violent stories and art. -One of the best covers of the series. -Solid copy, everything firmly attached. See scans!.

Softcover/Paperback. Etat : Very Good. MYSTERY TALES #40. Atlas/Marvel Comics, 1956. Comic used prominently in a scene of the popular ABC-TV program 'Lost.' First Atlas art by Steve Ditko! ABOUT MYSTERY TALES #40: Though there are many great issus of this Atlas/Marvel title, Mystery Tales #40 stands out for two key reasons: (1) It's the first work done at Atlas by legendary comic-book artist Steve Ditko (alongside Journey Into Mystery #33), who soon became instrumental in the creation and development of Spider-Man and other key Marvel superheroes. And (2), Mystery Tales #40 gained a special mystique when it was featured prominently in a scene of the acclaimed TV drama 'Lost.' HOW MYSTERY TALES #40 WAS USED IN 'LOST': Mystery Tales #40 appears in 'Lost' Season Four, Episode #11, which is titled ?Cabin Fever? and originally ran May 8, 2008 on ABC-TV. Since then it has become highly sought-after by 'Lost' fans, regularly selling for multiples of guide value. The scene where Mystery Tales #40 appears involves a flashback: Richard Alpert visits a 5-year-old John Locke in the year 1961, showing up at his house under the pretense that he's seeking a gifted child to attend a special school. Alpert first must conduct a test (referred to as 'the Dali Lama test') to find out if Locke is ready, so he places six objects on a table and asks Locke to choose one of them. The objects include a baseball glove, a knife, a leather-bound 'Book of Laws,' a compass, a container of sand, and Mystery Tales #40. Locke chooses the knife, and Alpert realizes Locke is not ready (perhaps an indication of Locke's fitness as a future caretaker of the island), and abruptly exits the room. HOW THE MYSTERY TALES #40 STORIES TIE IN WITH 'LOST' MEANINGS: 'Lost' fans have pored over Mystery Tales #40 and found numerous parallels between the comic's stories and the plotlines and themes of 'Lost.' (Soon after the comic appeared on the show, several ardent fans published a blog about their quest to track down a copy of Mystery Tales #40 and hopefully unravel clues to the TV show's mystery.) To begin with, the cover art depicts a distressed-looking man sitting in an airplane and looking at the window at a hidden city -- or as the text says, 'The Hidden Land!' This scenario pretty much sums up the entire 'Lost' premise of people on an airplane ending up in a mystery location. Not only does the title story echo 'Lost,' but so do each subsequent story. It's almost as if the show's creators, J.J. Abrams and Damon Lindelof, had used Mystery Tales #40 as part of their 'Lost' bible when conceiving the storyline. Such stories as 'The Warning Voice,' 'The Crossroads of Destiny,' and 'March has 32 Days' involve time travel, recurring incidents at airports, parallel realities and other science-fiction concepts that define the 'Lost' mythos. ('March Has 32 Days' was specifically referenced in the Lost ARG Dharma Initiative Recruiting Project.) Even the story about the statue seems to echo the giant foot statue seen at a remote beach location of the 'Lost' island. Condition is VG-, small tear at middle top cover. Staple pulls but cover is attached at both staples. Complete, no restoration.

Softcover/Paperback. Etat : Good. -Spicy weird menace pulp features a terrific bondage cover by Norman Saunders -Mysterious Doctor Wo-Fan story. -Exotic, peppy, exciting pulp ficition. -Foreign legion story. -Front cover and spine look VG, pages are supple, 1st two pages have a small piece off upper right corner, text ok. -Back cover detached. -Rare!! - GRADE: G+.

Softcover/Paperback. Etat : Good. -Spicy cover art by ENOCH BOLLES. -'LADY OF 1000 LOVES' Chinatown story by Pauline Desha. -'CONFESSIONS OF A WOMAN DRUG ADDICT' -One of the earlies pulps to trend in the direction of the 'Spicy and Saucy' pulp genre. -Extremely rare! - GRADE: G/VG.

Second edition in English, 4to, pp. 69, [4]; mimeographed; very good in original printed wrappers. Errata sheet laid in. This copy with a presentation from the author dated April, 1973. Three copies of this edition in OCLC. Short stories by The Phong, the Vietnamese poet and novelist, born in 1932, who started writing in Hanoi in 1952 "in the first days of the Vietminh." In 1953 he embarked on a career of journalism. He moved to Saigon before the fall of Dien Bien Phu in 1954 where he wrote film reviews and other material on a contractual basis. He is the author of three novels (2 written in Hanoi, and another in Saigon), and in September of 1964 he became a press officer of the Minister of Information which brought him in contact with many important people in both the literary as well as the political scene. From March 1965 to the end of 1966 he was a lecturer in politics in the Vung Tan Cadres Training Center. He remains a creative force in Vietnam to this day and is, at the time of this cataloguing, in a dispute with Jeff Bezos and Amazon over copyright infringement.

First edition, first issue, with press figures conforming to those outlined by Todd & Bowden; 3 volumes, 8vo, pp. [6], xxxiii, [1], 298; [4], 327; [4], 371, [1], 3 (ads); contemporary maroon calf-backed marbled boards; top 1" of spine of vol. 1 gone; all spines with hairline cracks, joints cracked; extremities rubbed, a few signatures extended, title page of volume 2 with smudge and small ink stain; good, at best, but complete with the half-titles, and internally clean. Grolier, English 100, 71; Todd & Bowden 140Aa.

First edition of the author's first book, 8vo, pp. viii, 340; original maroon cloth lettered in gilt, very good in the jacket with slightly darkened spine, short tear to spine and a few chips at edges. Signed by Richter on front free endpaper. Laid in is a typed letter signed by Harvena Richter, the author's daughter, informing a fan that Brothers of No Kin was Richter's "first book and no volume of his fiction was published between that and Early Americana.".

First edition, pp. [2], 9-xii, [13]-260; 232; bookplates of George Barr McCutcheon and Robert Hoe; orig. purple muslin, paper labels on spine; spines sunned else very good and sound; each volumes in a half brown morocco slipcase. The printed labels on the spine are in BAL's state 'B' (sequence is arbitrary). BAL 3893.

Hard Cover. Etat de la jaquette : Dust Jacket. First Edition. First UK Edition. SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. Publisher's pale blue boards with black lettering to the spine and dark blue end-papers. Boards a little rubbed to the edges of the spine and slightly darkened to the spine itself overall a nice VG+ copy. The book is inscribed on the verso of the dedication page: "To/ Colin & Denise/ with love/ from/ Victor". In the RARE D/W priced 7/6 net to the spine as called for. Unusually the D/W is made up of a highly unusual and very fragile printed glassine. The VG++ D/W has a crease to the front panel with just a touch of minor edge wear to the extremities but is overall a lovely example. This book has been part of a collection of detective fiction for many years. A rare survival given the fragility of the D/W. Scarce with these attributes. Photographs/scans available upon request. Signed by Author.

Hard Cover. Etat de la jaquette : Dust Jacket. First Edition. First UK Edition. SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. Publisher's pale blue boards with black lettering to the spine and front board. Dark blue end-papers. A tiny patch of fading to the spine otherwise a bright and clean near fine copy (with mild foxing to the early and late pages of the book). The dustwrapper is a fine example with no tears, wear or pieces missing. Inscribed by the Author to the title page: "For Alice & Bill Wood/ with compliments of/ Gavin Holt/ and most gratefully &/ affectionately from/ Charles Rodda". Charles Rodda was the "real name" of thus author but he also wrote detective fiction under the pseudonym Gavin Holt. As Charles Rodda he collaborated with Eric Ambler in their joint Eliot Reed novels. Sherrett York (gay adventurer sets out to solve another queer case.he takes fascinating Eurasian girls and Chines war lords in his stride, and even finds time to pursue his wooing of Gracie McCoy, the red-haired tennis star". As good as these things get. Superb cover art (un-named artist). Photographs/scans available upon request. Signed by Author.

First edition. Inscribed presentation copy. Original cloth, with titles in silver to the spine. Lacking the fragile dustwrapper. An excellent near fine clean and bright copy, the binding clean, the boards slightly bowed. The contents very lightly spotted to the half title and title page otherwise clean and bright throughout. Inscribed by both Charles and Ray Eames in black ink on the front free endpaper "To Digby Diehl / with warm regard / Charles & Ray / 2.19.73". Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

Universal Edition. Signed by the composer. Bound in green cloth with green leather label and gilt titles to the spine. 123 pages. Full printed score. The original covers and blanks bound in. Two pages with closed tears to the edges otherwise a fine copy. Signed in dark fountain pen ink to the title page and dated Vienna 11th June 1939. Rare thus. Considered his last important work for orchestra, Symphonia Domestica is a tone poem that illustrates a musical reflection of the secure domestic life so valued by the composer and, as such, harmoniously conveys daily events and family life. Finished in 1903, the premiere was reserved until his American tour in 1904 when it was performed at Carnegie Hall in New York. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

First edition. Signed by the artist. Original printed cardboard with stapled cotton ties. Photographic artist's book documenting New York's Broadway. 249 images laid out horizontally, three images to a panel, on 83 individual panels, each attached end-to-end so that it becomes an uninterrupted continuum of street views tracing New York City's most celebrated thoroughfare as it travels the length of Manhattan from its southernmost point at The Battery all the way to the Spuyten Duyvil. With the Manhattan bus map inserted to the rear as called for. A very good copy of a delicate production with a little rubbing and spotting to the extremities. Folded out in full the contents extend to 99 feet (30 metres). One of only 200 copies. Signed by Henderikse in pencil on the upper cover. Broadway's binding and format is quite evidently modelled on Ed Ruscha's 1971 book Dutch Details which he had published as a project related to Sonsbeek 71 at the Groninger Museum. This exhibition, which also included Henderickse's work, focused on site-specific work, non-traditional media such as artists' books, and other new forms to which the era's conceptually oriented art practices were giving rise. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

First edition, first printing. Publisher's original green cloth with black titles and decoration to the upper board and spine, in dustwrapper. An excellent near fine copy, the binding square and firm with a little bumping at the spine tips and corners. The cloth remains fresh. The contents are clean throughout and without previous owner's inscriptions or stamps. The top edge of the closed text block is a little dusty. Complete with the rubbed and nicked original dustwrapper that has a few small chips at the head and tail of the darkened spine. Correctly priced 3/6 net to the spine. Very scarce in dustwrapper. A fantasy story featuring a man with bat like wings who can fly. (Locke: Spectrum of Fantasy; Bleiler). Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Fine. 1st Edition. Murakami, Haruki ,After The Quake, First Edition, First Printing, Signed, Full Number Run will be sent boxed and via a signed for method of postage Extra postage will be needed for overseas orders if the weight exceeds one kilo book is signed without dedication unless stated otherwise. All books come with a lifetime guarantee No Coa's issued unless the book originally came with one then it will be included with the book. Signed by Author.

Full-Leather. Etat : Near Very Good. Tenniel, John (illustrateur). "Twenty Fifth Thousand" stated on Title Page, dated 1870. Publisher's Monogram on back of half-title page. Frontis illustrated with the Court Scene. Richard Clay Printer Motif on back of Title Page. Contemporary Dark Red Morocco Full-Leather Binding with 5 Raised Bands on spine. Gilt Title in 2nd Compartment. Blind tooled double linear border on front & back and inside cover. All page edges Gilt. 192 Pages, 450g, 7 3/8" Tall. Some edge wear with extreme tips of corners worn. Front hinge cracked. Illustrated |Bookplate on Endpaper with no inscriptions. Occasional light finger mark. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Hard Cover. Etat : Poor. Paço de Cidadelhe. Mezão-Frio. Portugal. Circa 1899-1922. De 31x21 cm. Com cerca de 500 fólios sem numeração. Encadernação inteira de pele. Encadernação muito desgastada, deve ser reencadernado. Com fortes vestígios de humidade e apresentando algumas páginas danificadas ou coladas entre si. Manuscrito a várias mãos com o inventário da biblioteca do Paço de Cidadelhe, no que respeita a: obras musicais e de interesse musical; obras teatrais; jornais, revistas, almanaques, guias, publicações periódicas, Biografias, Retratos. Segue-se a continuação do catálogo (agora baseado na Table Méthodique de Brunet / 6º tomo do Manuel do Libraire) com outros temas: Teologia; Jurisprudência; Ciências Físicas e Químicas; Ciências Naturais; Agricultura; Vinhas e Vinhos; Tratados Médicos Gerais (antigos e em latim); Cirurgia; Ciências Matemáticas; Belas Artes; Arquitectura; Artes Culinárias; Pescas; Equitação; Linguística; Poesia (clássica, neo-clássica, italiana, inglesa, alemã, sânscrito, etc); uma Camoniana dita: ?Poema Os Lusíadas e todas as obras de Camões pela ordem cronológica das edições do texto e versões? (com 63 páginas com centenas de entradas); segue-se a Segunda Parte da Poesia (dramática, peças de teatro); Ficções em prosa (apenas 8 páginas deste catálogo), e Filologia. Manuel Pereira Peixoto de Almeida Carvalhais (1856-1922) é a figura pública de referência de Cidadelhe, escreveu sobre Marcos Portugal na sua música dramática; e sobre Inês de Castro na ópera italiana como subsídios à história da ópera e da coregrafia italianas, no século XVIII, em Portugal. Estudioso da ópera italiana, foi um célebre coleccionador de libretos, tendo reunido cerca de 16 mil obras. Com base nelas elaborou uma bibliografia das óperas italianas cantadas em Portugal durante o século XVIII, registando cerca de 500 títulos. A Quinta do Paço, em Cidadelhe, segundo os seus proprietários, é a quinta cujo património histórico se assume como dos mais importantes do concelho de Mesão Frio. Nos seus arquivos particulares, onde se encontram mais de um milhar de documentos, existe uma carta de emprazamento datada de 1531 a provar a sua antiguidade. 31x21 cm. With about 500 unnumbered folios. Full leather binding. Worn out binding, should be re-bound. With strong traces of moisture and showing some pages damaged or glued together. Multi-handwritten manuscript with the inventory of the library of the Paço de Cidadelhe, concerning: musical works and of musical interest; theatrical works; newspapers, magazines, almanacs, guides, periodicals; Biographies, Portraits. This is followed by a continuation of the catalogue (now based on Brunet's Table Méthodique / 6th volume of the Manuel du Libraire) with other subjects: Theology; Jurisprudence; Physical and Chemical Sciences; Natural Sciences; Agriculture; Vineyards and Wine; General Medical Treatises (ancient and in Latin); Surgery; Mathematical Sciences; Fine Arts; Architecture; Culinary Arts; Fishing; Horsemanship; Linguistics; Poetry (classical, neo-classical, Italian, English, German, Sanskrit, etc.); a Camoniana said: "Poem The Lusiads and all the works of Camões in the chronological order of the editions of the text and versions" (with 63 pages with hundreds of entries); followed by the Second Part of Poetry (dramatic, plays); Prose Fictions (only 8 pages of this catalogue), and Philology. Manuel Pereira Peixoto de Almeida Carvalhais (1856-1922) is the leading public figure from Cidadelhe, he wrote about Marcos Portugal in his dramatic music; and about Inês de Castro in Italian opera as subsidies to the history of Italian opera and choregraphy in 18th century Portugal. A studious of Italian opera, he was a celebrated collector of librettos, having amassed around 16 thousand works. Based on them he compiled a bibliography of Italian operas sung in Portugal during the 18th century, recording around 500 titles. Referências/References: GONÇALVES, Manuel Silva; GUIMARÃES, Paulo Mesquita; PEIXOTO, Pedro Abreu - Arquivo do Paço de Cidadelhe . Vila Real: Arquivo Distrital de Vila Real. Câmara Municipal de Mesão Frio, 1996. Language: Português / Portuguese Location/localizacao: M-10-F-14.

Hardcover. Etat : gut. 2014. Tipps für Assassinen, neuste Waffentechnologie, tödliche Paracritter: Das Schattenhandbuch bringt neues Material für Shadowrun 5 an die Spieltische, mit dem Spieler und Spielleiter die Sechste Welt noch näher erfahren können. Ob es um Schmuggel und unerlaubte Grenzübergänge geht, die Moral verdingter Killer, toxische Katzen oder einfach nur die Auswahl des nächsten Einsatzgefährts der Runnertruppe: Hier wird man fündig! Das Schattenhandbuch setzt die Tradition der Schattenkataloge aus der vorangegangenen Edition für Shadowrun 5 fort. In ihm enthalten sind die PDFs Feuer und Stahl, Kojoten und das Assassinen-Handbuch. Zudem präsentiert es Parazoologie 1 und das bisher noch nie auf deutsch veröffentlichte Parazoologie 2 beide komplett aufbereitet für Shadowrun 5. Und zu guter Letzt darf auch ein exklusives ADL-AddOn mit brandneuen Vans und Waffen nicht fehlen. Die "Schattenhandbuch"-Reihe setzt die "Schattenkatalog"-Serie aus Shadowrun 4 fort. In diesen Büchern werden für das deutsche Publikum die im Original als PDF erschienenen Kurzabrisse bestimmter Themen gesammelt veröffentlicht. Wie auch schon in den Bänden der letzten Edition geht es hier zu einem guten Teil um Hintergründe und eher nebensächlich um Spielwerte. Die Aufmachung entspricht der des limitierten Grundregelwerks, also Vollfarbdruck, gepolsterter Einband und Metallbuchecken. Macht sich also sehr gut im Bücherregal nebeneinander. ;-) Im ersten Band finden wir Material zu Schmugglern, Assassinen, neue Ausrüstung, (Para-)Critter sowie, wie in jedem "Schatten-"Band, einexklusiver Teil zu Themen aus der ADL. Die einzelnen Bereiche sind gut ausgearbeitet und bieten gerade Spielern, die sich in einen entsprechenden Hintergrund für ihren Charakter einfühlen wollen, viel Material. Die Bereiche über Waffen und Dritter sind, wie schon häufiger angemerkt, sicherlich auch schon in SR4 behandelt worden, aber hier bekommt man nun eben auch die aktuellen Spielwerte dazu. Und gerade der ADL-Teil des Buchs macht, wie bei den SR4-Bänden schon, viel Laune, da dieser von den Machern mit einem Gespür für die Schatten der ADL erstellt worden ist. Reihe/Serie: Shadowrun, Quellenbuch Sprache deutsch Maße 210 x 303 mm Literatur Fantasy Science Fiction Sachbuch Ratgeber Freizeit Hobby Spielen Raten Cyberpunk-Rollenspiele Shadowrun Cyberpunk-Rollenspiel ISBN-10 3-941976-87-7 / 3941976877 ISBN-13 978-3-941976-87-0 / 9783941976870 Shadowrun 5, Schattenhandbuch Limitierte Edition Shadowrun, Quellenbuch Pegasus Spiele GmbH In deutscher Sprache. 144 pages. 22 x 2 x 30.4 cm.

Atheismus im Christentum. Zur Religion des Exodus und des Reichs. Vorsatz fehlt. Sauberes TB 3 362 S.

Hardcover. Etat : gut. 2005. "Fünf böse, SEHR erotische Erzählungen. Limitiert auf 500 Exemplare. Handnummeriert. Illustriert von Chris Odgers. Vorwort von William Hjortsberg (Autor u.a. von "Falling Angel", verfilmt als "Angel Heart"). Signiert von S. P. Somtow, Chris Odgers und William Hjortsberg. Grotesk-geniale Geschichten Ich konnte es selbst kaum glauben, doch es ist mir gelungen, im Internet ein Exemplar des seit langem ausverkauften und meist aberwitzig teuer gehandelten Buches Der Untergang von Eden" zu ergattern. Bei dieser auf 500 Exemplare limitierten und von Autor, Herausgeber und Illustrator signierten Sammlerausgabe handelt es sich um eine Sammlung von fünf Kurzgeschichten nebst mehreren Sonetten des Autors S. P. Somtow. Maria erzählt Paulus vom Leben ihres Sohnes Jesus, das so gar nicht den Vorstellungen des späteren Christentum entsprach. Ein Junge verliebt sich in eine Mutantin und will sie durch eine Operation heilen. Vor Gericht wird ein Vampirkult erörtert. Ein alter Mann erzählt von seinen Kindheitserlebnissen mit dem Serienmörder Si Ui. Und dann noch einmal Jesus, wobei nun seine Freundschaft zu einem Vampir im Mittelpunkt steht. Soweit die Handlungen der Stories: drastisch, mithin erotisch bis obszön aber vor allem grotesk und auf erstaunliche Weise innovativ. Themen, die aus dem Mainstream herausstechen und die Somtow faszinierend inszeniert sei es die grotesk-absurde, recht lustige Vorladung eines Vampirs vor Gericht oder die tragische, ja irgendwie fast sympathische Charakterisierung des Kindermörders Si Ui, eingebettet in das dramatische historische Setting in China und Thailand kurz nach dem 2. Weltkrieg. Unterhaltsam geschrieben sind die Geschichten noch dazu, sodass es eigentlich gar nichts an ihnen auszusetzen gibt. Für die deutsche Sammlerausgabe wurde dem Kurzgeschichtenband zudem eine Sammlung von Sonetten angefügt die einen über Serienmörder, die anderen Satire der amerikanischen Politik. Diese sind nur auf Englisch abgedruckt eine Übersetzung ist bei Gedichten ja oft genug problematisch. Letztendlich konnte ich mit diesen jedoch aufgrund des mangelnden Verständnisses (und einer allgemein unlyrischen Veranlagung?) nicht allzu viel anfangen. Recht schnell ist das Werk von rund 250 Seiten durchgelesen doch es lohnte sich. Faszinierende Geschichten eines wahren Genies nun ja, und Sonette. Virtuos-blasphemischer Gothic-Rock Somtow ist Komponist und Dirigent klassischer Opern. Somtow ist Autor außergewöhnlicher ungewöhnlicher fantastischer (Horror-)Literatur. Somtow trennt diese beiden Berufe (Berufungen) nicht: Somtow kombiniert sie. Was daraus entsteht, ist berauschend, ist atemberaubend, ist unvergleichlich! "Der Untergang von Eden" (und das klassische Eden, der Garten Gottes, das Paradies, zerbricht tatsächlich, brennt nieder in einem opernreifen Akt des Erwachens, des Erkennens, des betroffenen Erstaunens) ist kein Buch für schwache Nerven! Nicht, dass es derart blutrünstig, abartig oder pornografisch wäre (all das ist es; jedoch nur in wohlgewürztem genussvollem Masse), nein, es räumt mit Mythen auf, mäht alteingesessene, über Generationen vererbte (Wahn)Vorstellungen nieder und lässt Religion (bzw. ReligionEN, bzw. die Dinge, an die wir - vielleicht - glauben) in völlig neuem Licht und Glanz erstrahlen. "Der Untergang von Eden" ist eine Sammlung von 5 Kurzgeschichten und 9 Sonetten, wobei das erste "Das andere Eden" und das letzte Essay "Der geliebte Jünger" eine Art Rahmenhandlung bilden. Beginnen wir unseren Rundgang mit Punkt 1: An der Makellosigkeit des Paradieses wird gekratzt. - Stell dir vor: eine Mutter erzählt einem alten Bekannten von ihrem toten Sohn, legt unverblümt alle guten und schlechten Eigenschaften dar, berichtet ebenso distanziert von seinen Streitereien mit dem Stiefvater wie von wundersamen Geistreisen, will damit ein für allemal dem Mythos, der sich dank der Lehren des Bekannten zu verbreiten beginnt, den Riegel vorlegen. Ihr Sohn war seltsam, aufmüpfig, trotzig, sanft, mildtätig, träumerisch, altklug und fanatisch, doch er war nichts besonderes! Nun.? Der Bekannte (Paulus) verlässt die Mutter (Miriam/Maria) und errichtet um diese Wahrheit herum die wohl bekannteste Legende der Weltgeschichte. Alles nur erstunken und erlogen, im "Stille-Post-Prinzip" zu einem gigantischen Märchen aufgebauscht? Somtow spielt mit seiner Exkommunizierung. Punkt 2: das Paradies verliert seine Sicherheit. - "Im Schoss der Hummer-Lady" ist romantisch, ist erotisch, ist bööööööse, ist eine Hommage an amerikanische Underground-Comics, X-Factor, Jahrmarkt-Grusel und Ray Bradbury! Es ist eine Liebesgeschichte, ungewöhnlich zwar, doch nichtsdestotrotz eine Love-Story mit (happy?) end. Und. Wer beim letzten Satz nicht unwillkürlich die Luft durch die zusammengebissenen Zähne saugt, der hat nicht wirklich mitgelesen! Punkt 3: Eden wird von Erdbeben erschüttert. - Kennst du Somtows "Ich bin die Dunkelheit" ("Vampire Junction")? Wenn ja, wirst du das dritte Essay, "Vanille-Blut", lieben! Wenn nicht, wirst du es haben wollen. (Das Buch, nicht das Blut! Oder.?) "Vanille-Blut" ist eine Vampirgeschichte, wie sie nur Somtow schreiben kann: hart, brutal, geil, punkig, blutig, stark! Da es nur direkte Reden gibt, hat mich des öfteren die Versuchung gepackt, man könne ein Hörspiel daraus machen. Da gäbe es nämlich jede Menge zu hören. :o) Punkt 4: Die Schlange spuckt Feuer, das Paradies brennt. - Ist "Der Vogelfänger" autobiografisch? Es könnte sein. Es würde passen. Es wäre erschreckend. Es wäre irgendwie gut. Es wäre typisch Somtow. Denn auch Serienmörder sind nur Vertriebene vor den Pforten. Punkt 5: Eden - Nede!!! "Der geliebte Jünger" lernt bei einer haidnischen Opferungszeremonie einen Jungen kennen, der unberührt angesichts des Grauens verbrennender Leiber von Liebe spricht und dessen Blut so süß und rein duftet, so verführerisch, dass er das Kind nicht vergessen kann, obwohl sich die Wege trennen. Erst 30 Jahre später treffen sie einander wieder: der Junge nun ein sanft-fana.

Inconnu. In-8 relié, (13,5 * 22 cm) demi veau à coins, reliure refaite sur laquelle on a collé une partie du dos ancien, tranches marbrées, frontispice, viii pages pour le titre et l'avant propos, 392 pages, intérieur très frais ; ouvrage très rare et curieux, absent du dictionnaire Napoléon de Jean Tulard (inconnu de Monsieur Jean Tulard qui nous a aimablement répondu, et qui voit mal Jomini en être l'auteur (voir ci-dessous), absent du Blavier sur les fous littéraires, absent de Versin, qu'on ne peut confondre avec le Discours prononcé dans l'autre monde pour la réception de Napoléon Bonaparte le 5 mai 1821. celui-ci ne faisant que 25 pages. Nous avons consulté la première édition de Histoire plaisante et récréative de Napoléon dans l'autre monde imprimé par Périquet en 1835, exemplaire de la BNF, celui-ci ne fait que 51 pages et n'a aucun rapport avec le texte que nous possédons, c'est un conte fantastique, voir de science-fiction : Napoléon et son armée arrivent sur la lune et s'installe chez les habitants, y font la guerre et finissent par se marier avec les filles du roi. Absent de BNF et du CCFR mais présent à la British Library. Le bibliothécaire lui attribut même comme auteur (avec un point d'interrogation le Baron A. H. de Jomini). Cet ouvrage Swiftien (Politicopolis fait fortement penser à l'Ile volante de Lagado) où Napoléon arrivé dans l'autre monde visite une ville nommée Politicopolis accompagné par un pur esprit que seul lui peut voir et avec qui il peut échanger sans être entendu, est un supercherie littéraire qui à travers Napoléon s'attaque à tous les grands de ce monde. La cible principale n'en reste pas moins Napoléon. Il y rencontre de nombreux historiques avec lesquels il évoque l'histoire de ce monde. L'auteur est très cultivé et le montre. On trouvera d'ailleurs en fin d'ouvrage une table des matières qui liste les personnages cités et rencontrés dans le livre. Très Rare. Livraison a domicile (La Poste) ou en Mondial Relay sur simple demande.