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[THE COMMENTARIES] QUAE EXTANT. . . . TABULIS AENEIS ORNATA by CAESAR, GAIUS JULIUS

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Title: [THE COMMENTARIES] QUAE EXTANT. . . . TABULIS AENEIS ORNATA
Author: CAESAR, GAIUS JULIUS
Seller: Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts (United States)
Description: London: Jacob Tonson, 1712. 466 x 290 mm. (18 3/8 x 11 1/2"). 3 p.l., 560 pp.With the supplementary commentaries attributed to Aulus Hirtius and others. Edited and annotated by Samuel Clarke. Stately contemporary red morocco over thick boards, elegantly gilt, covers with three concentric mitered frames of decorative rolls, outer frame with oblique floral sprays at corners and intricate pyramids of flowers at the center of each side, delicately tooled mandorla in center panel, raised bands, spine compartments elaborately tooled in four different patterns, gilt titling, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt (carefully refurbished and with very expert repairs to headcaps and headbands). With fine headpieces depicting dramatic battle scenes, tailpieces with allegorical or symbolic figures, decorative initials, and 87 IMPRESSIVE ENGRAVED PLATES, including double-page extra engraved title page dated 1710, six double-page maps, and 54 double-page plates, many by C. Huijberts after Mantegna. Front pastedown with engraved armorial bookplate of the Earl of Roden, K. St. P. Lowndes I, 344-45; Brunet I, 1456; ESTC T136730. ◆One corner slightly bumped, a few small stains to leather, intermittent mild browning (as virtually always with this book), occasional minor marginal spots or thumbing, two plates with shallow marginal chip, other trivial imperfections, but A FINE, FRESH COPY internally, with excellent impressions of the engravings, and the beautifully restored, very decorative binding retaining its original magnificence. This handsomely illustrated edition of the great general's account of the first seven years of the Gallic War, as well as part of the Civil War, is described by Lowndes as "the most sumptuous classical work which [England] has produced." The text comprises the only extant work of Julius Caesar (102? - 44 B.C.), soldier, emperor, orator, poet, and historian whose name is foremost among leaders in the ancient world. Written largely as a justification of Caesar's military policy, the "Commentaries" are famous for their simplicity, succinctness, and purity of diction: they are called by J. W. Mackail "the model and despair of later historians." First printed in 1513, the account begins with Caesar's firsthand description of Rome's war for Gaul, written in straightforward prose that has made it a staple of Latin language instruction. It is followed by Caesar's comments on the 49-48 B.C. civil war he fought against Pompey and the Senate. The remaining works on his military campaigns in Alexandria and Asia, Africa, and the Iberian peninsula were not written by Caesar; the Alexandrine account is attributed to Aulus Hirtius (ca. 90-43 B.C.), Caesar's legate, and scholars speculate that the two final works were composed by, in Macaulay's words, "a sturdy old centurion who fought better than he wrote." Our famous edition was edited and annotated by Samuel Clarke (1675-1729), and was praised by Joseph Addison in "The Spectator" (May 1712) as having "passed thro' the Hands of one of the most accurate, learned and judicious Writers this Age has produced. The Beauty of the Paper, of the Character, and of the several Cuts with which this noble Work is illustrated, make . . . it the finest Book that I have ever seen; and is a true Instance of the English Genius." The splendid engravings illustrate the places, people, battles, and even beasts encountered, our copy fortunately including the not infrequently harvested double-page plate of a ferocious bison. The imposing binding here is an excellent example of fine English workmanship of the period. Our volume was once in the library of Robert Jocelyn, 3rd Earl of Roden (1788-1870), Knight of St. Patrick, Irish peer, Tory politician, and ardent supporter of the Protestant cause in Ireland..

President Ford '76 Campaign Poster; Set of Four Identical Posters by Callaway, Howard H. [President Gerald Ford]

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Title: President Ford '76 Campaign Poster; Set of Four Identical Posters
Author: Callaway, Howard H. [President Gerald Ford]
Seller: The First Edition Rare Books, LLC (United States)
Condition: Near fine
Description: Washington DC: The President Ford Committee, 1976. First Printing, First Issue. Glossy Paper. Near fine. First issue of Gerald Ford's 1976 presidential campaign poster.. Full color poster, measures roughly 38" x 50". Four identical posters in lot, all near fine condition. All show some wear and handling at edges, with a small closed tear on the left side of one poster. A few small stains on versos, not affecting image on front. President Gerald Ford (1913-2006) was wary of running for president in 1976 after taking office in 1974 due to President Nixon's resignation. He beat fellow party member Ronald Reagan for the Republican nomination, but ultimately lost to Democratic nominee Governor Jimmy Carter. Despite the political challenges and controversy of the Watergate scandal and Vietnam War, Ford and his campaign team spent the three months leading up to the election in a close contest, losing by just two percentage points to Governor Carter.

Della Pittura: Imitazione di Wittgenstein / On Painting: In the Style of Wittgenstein /Über die Malerei: Im Stile Wittgensteins by SALVO

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Title: Della Pittura: Imitazione di Wittgenstein / On Painting: In the Style of Wittgenstein /Über die Malerei: Im Stile Wittgensteins
Author: SALVO
Seller: Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller, Inc. (United States)
Description: One black & white illus. 226 pp. Thick 8vo, printed softcover, title on spine. Torino: S. Mangione; Cologne: Paul Maenz, 1986. First edition, one of 1500 copies. A trilingual publication of Salvatore Mangione’s analytical essay about painting. From the upper flap: “Salvo’s treatise…is above all a call for a more sensitive, more thoughtful judgment of art. Though himself a member of the international avant-garde, he recommends a certain scepticism toward the present scene with its ready-made theories and calls attention to the qualifying virtue of time. He is aided by a gift for articulation which is astonishing – not only for a painter – and which finds a surprisingly fitting form in the style of Wittgenstein’s Tractatus. Properly understood, Salvo’s thoughts…constitute a distinct commentary on the art outlook of our time.” Near fine; faint foxing to the spine. Co-produced with Art & Project, Barbara Gladstone, and Massimo Minini.

Décors Anciens d'Intérieurs Mosans by Borchgrave d'Alténa, Joseph de

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Title: Décors Anciens d'Intérieurs Mosans
Author: Borchgrave d'Alténa, Joseph de
Seller: Bernett Rare Books Inc (United States)
Description: 4 vols. bound in two, 149, 216, 117, 116 pp. text on decoration and furniture of the Meuse region in Belgium, mostly 18th century, altogether 531 photographic illustrations. Large 4to. Cloth-backed boards, orig. wrpps. bound in. Liège (Imprimerie des Mutilés) 1930. One of 500 copies, signed and inscribed by the author.

Photograph of Brig. General Lewis A. Grant and His men, Medal of Honor Award, for His Assault at Salem Chrurch, Virginia, May 3, 1863

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Title: Photograph of Brig. General Lewis A. Grant and His men, Medal of Honor Award, for His Assault at Salem Chrurch, Virginia, May 3, 1863
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Description: Photograph measures 9" x 7" on mounted cardboard. All ten men identified by rank and last name. He was a well known lawyer in Vermont when he enlisted with the 5th Vermont Infantry, which he led through the Battle of Fredericksburg and he assumed command of the famed Vermont Brigade where he displayed "Personal Gallantry ... in the management of his brigade and in leading it in the assault in which he was wounded at Salem Church." Upon his recovery he led his brigade at Gettysburg and later received a severe head wound in the siege and assault at Petersburg though he returned to join the Appomattox campaign. After the war, Leis Grant lived in Illinois where his son was born whom he named Ulysses Serman Grant and became a professor of geology at Northwestern University. An eleventh (unidentified man) is at the extreme left in the second row of the picture.

Three Chromolithograph Prints

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Title: Three Chromolithograph Prints
Seller: Ken Lopez Bookseller, ABAA (United States)
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Undated nineteenth century prints of Indian scenes from the Pacific Northwest, each measuring approx. 6-1/2" x 9" and mounted in 12" x 14" mats. The first is a portrait of a "Mahlemute Man and Woman" in traditional dress standing at a riverside camp, with salmon being dried and smoked in the background. The second depicts a "Beluga Hunter and Dwellings - Lower Kuskokvim, Alaska," with the hunter, dressed for kayaking, and his wife standing at water's edge, ready to launch the kayak. The third depicts two Indian men, a "Thlinkit [sic] and Man From Copper River," showing the different traditional dress of the two, with the Tlingit carrying a rifle and the Copper River man a bow and arrows. An interesting glimpse at an early view of the various native tribes of that region. All three are slightly age-darkened, else fine. Unless otherwise noted, our first editions are first printings. First Edition. No Binding. Near Fine.

La Lanterne Noire. Revue de Critique Anarchiste. Deuxième annèe, no. 4 (December, 1975) by [ANARCHISM - FRANCE] DUTEUIL, J.-P. (ed)

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Title: La Lanterne Noire. Revue de Critique Anarchiste. Deuxième annèe, no. 4 (December, 1975)
Author: [ANARCHISM - FRANCE] DUTEUIL, J.-P. (ed)
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books (United States)
Description: Paris: J.-P. Duteuil, 1975. Octavo. Staple-bound wrappers; 60pp. Single issue in original wrappers. Mild external wear; Near FIne. Principal article is a 28-pp dossier documenting work of the International Archive Team, a correspondence bureau founded by British anarchist John Olday in 1975. Text entirely in French.

Benjamin Franklin; Anecdotes and Eulogies by ALDRIDGE, Alfred Owen

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Title: Benjamin Franklin; Anecdotes and Eulogies
Author: ALDRIDGE, Alfred Owen
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Condition: fine
Description: New York: Privately Printed, 1983. hardcover. fine. (Adapted from Franklin and his French Contemporaries). Illus. 95pp. 12mo, yellow boards. (New York: Privately Printed, 1983). Fine

The Last Days of Krypton. by Anderson, Kevin J.

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Title: The Last Days of Krypton.
Author: Anderson, Kevin J.
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Description: HarperEntertainment, DC Comics, (2007). First Edition, stated. With bookplate signed by the Author laid-in. Octavo, white & blue boards (hardcover), silver lettering, red endpapers, 412 pp. Near Fine in a Fine (As New) dust jacket. From dust jacket: Everyone knows how Kal-El -- Superman -- was sent to Earth just before his planet exploded. But what led to such a disaster? Now, in The Last Days of Krypton, Kevin J. Anderson presents a sweeping tale of the pomp and grandeur, the intrigue and passion, and the politics and betrayals of a doomed world filled with brave heroes and cruel traitors. Against the spectacular backdrop of Krypton’s waning halcyon days, there is the courtship and marriage of Kal-El’s parents, the brilliant scientist Jor-El andhis historian wife, Lara. Together they fight to convince a stagnant, disbelieving society that their world is about to end. Jor-El’s brother, Zor-El, leader of the fabled Argo City, joins the struggle not only to save the planet but also to fight against the menace of the ruthless and cunning General Zod. The diabolical Zod, future archenemy of Superman, avails himself of a golden opportunity to seize power when the android Brainiac captures the capital city of Kandor. As Zod’s grip on the populace tightens and his power grows, he is too blind to all the signs that point to the death of the very civilization he is trying to rule. Through all of this, Jor-El and Lara’s love for each other, their history, and their son allows for Krypton to live on even as the planet is torn apart around them. For in the escape of their baby lies Krypton’s greatest gift -- and Earth’s greatest hero. The Last Days of Krypton is a timeless, groundbreaking exploration of a world that has never been fully defined, and reveals the extraordinary origins of a legend that has never ceased to amaze and astound generation after generation.

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