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59. [COLLECTING] the connoisseur and collector’s Journal. A monthly review devoted to the interests of collectors of and dealers in the antique in china, furniture, jewellery, curios, stamps, books, autographs, bric-a-brac, and the fine arts. Justin Gregory & Co. 1895- 1896.
£198
folio, 7 issues, bound together in pebble-grain cloth lettered in gilt on spine. A little rubbing to cloth and sunning to spine otherwise in very good condition.
the first seven issues of this magazine, all issued.
not to be confused with its later namesake The Connoisseur, this magazine offered news and information on all areas of collecting. it included a series of articles on eminent connoisseurs as well as lists of prices realised at sales.
Among many fascinating snippets is a contemporary review of the sale of oscar Wilde’s effects at tite street. “the recent sale of the effects of the unhappily notorious oscar Wilde, although attended by a large assemblage of buyers and inlookers, produced considerable disappointment and very meagre prices...”
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this set of issues is complete but the pagination appears curious as the original printed wrappers and advertisement leaves were bound in at the rear.
With an interesting letter from the publisher to a subscriber tipped in. “dear sir, in accordance with your request we have provided copies of the connoisseur no.1-5. A very disastrous fire at our late premises necessitated the suspension of the publication. the new number is now in the press and will be issued on the 18th inst...”
60. CONRAD, Joseph. the rover. T. Fisher Unwin. 1923. £1,500
8vo. recently rebound in full dark blue morocco, single-line gilt border to sides, spine lettered in gilt and with gilt centre tools of a sailing ship, marbled endpapers, gilt edges, cloth of the original front cover bound in at the end; pp. 318; a fine copy preserved in a specially made fleece-lined cloth slipcase.
Inscribed by the author on front flyleaf: “inscribed to ernest instone with the compliments of Joseph conrad 1924.”
61. COSTELLO, Louisa Stuart. the rose garden of persia. George Bell. 1888.
£3,995
8vo., choicely bound by Zaehnsdorf in full red crushed morocco, signed on the front turn-in and with their exhibition stamp on the rear endpaper, boards richly gilt with panels enclosing a pattern of trailing roses and gilt dots around a central quatrefoil surrounding the title lettered in gilt, spine fully gilt, rich gilt turn ins over silk doublures and endpapers, top edge gilt. text printed within red borders, printed illuminated chapter headings, a beautiful copy.
new edition. from the library of Amos tuck french with his booklabel and with a neat inscription noting the book was a gift from William Astor chanler, with manuscript note from chanler to tuck tipped in.
originally published in 1845, these are selections of and from classical persian literature and writers, persian poetry, ornamental composition, the sufis, ferdusi, khakani; omar khayyam; sadi, the moolah of rum; hafiz, the persian Anacreon; Jami etc.
“the softest and the richest language in the world is the persian: it is so peculiarly adapted to the purposes of poetry, that it is acknowledged there have been more poets produced in persia than in all the other nations of europe together..”
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