Lion bar (3 risultati)

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. 44 pages. Joyce Carol Oates "You are the we of me" / Hugo Williams "Three Poems - Bar Italia, Unobtainable, Billy's Rain" / Charles Nicholl "Field of Bones (re:Thomas Coryate)" / Patricia Beer "Where'er You Walk (poem)" / John Bayley "Strange Things" / Garret FitzGerald "What happened to Good Friday?" / John Lloyd "Like a Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader" / Kenneth Silverman "Mganga with the Lion" / Richard Poirier "Big Pod" / Paul Henley "A Generous Quantity of Fat" / John Ray /Whip, Spur and Lash" / Andrew Hussey "Abolish Everything!".…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Unknown. This wonderful item is a shrouded in mystery. It is a restaurant menu in the form of a book, with no indication of when it was prepared or what city or town the restaurant was in. What is discernible is that it was long enough ago that a Rum cocktail cost $2, large iced jumbo shrimp (served in a sea shell on shredded lettuce garnished with egg slices and cherry tomatoes) were 50 cents each, prime rib was $3.95, cheesecake with wild blackberry sauce was $1, and hot drinks were 35 cents. Book is about an inch and a half thick. Some lettering on lower spine has mostly worn off and may have explained the menu-book's origins. Book is bound in brown textured boards with fairly bright gilt title and insignia on front and mostly faded title at top of the spine. Only one "page" opens to reveal the menu. Small 4to.…

FIRST EDITION OF THIS EXCERPT OF THE CHRONICON SYRIACUM DEALING WITH RICHARD THE LION-HEART'S DEEDS IN THE HOLY LAND (often involving Saladin), WRITTEN BY GREGORY BAR HEBRAEUS, widely regarded as a highly reliable source. 20, XI pp. Syriac text and Latin translation. BEAUTIFULLY PRINTED AT THE CLARENDON PRESS WITH ELEGANT SYRIAC AND ROMAN TYPES ON EXTREMELY FINE, THICK LAID PAPER, WITH HUGE MARGINS. Bruns published this text, in part, as a specimen of his full edition of the Chronicon, published in 1789 (see Gentleman's Magazine, 1781, pp. 131-132. Also 1789, second part, pp. 1109-10.) 4to. Sewn into plain wraps, as issued. A bit of wear and tear to wraps, else A PRISTINE COPY, ENTIRELY UNCUT, BRIGHT, AND FINE. EXTREMELY RARE, IF NOT UNIQUE, IN THIS STATE.…