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Amelia

Amelia by Fielding, Henry

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$2,750.00
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Seller: Whitmore Rare Books
Title
Amelia
Author
Fielding, Henry
Seller
Whitmore Rare Books (United States)
Description
London: Printed for A. Millar, 1752. First impression with dropped pagination to page 22 of volume one, but with second impression correction to page 191 line four ("at the Folly") of volume three. With the often lacking Universal-Register-Office advertisement at end of volume two (M12r). Four twelvemo volumes ( 6 9/16 x 3 7/8 in; 167 x 99 mm). Collating xii, 285, [1, blank]; viii, 262, [1, adv.], [1, blank]; ix, [1, blank], 323, [1, blank]; vii, [1, blank], 296. Contemporary full sheepskin. Gilt rolled edges. Original black morocco spine labels. Sprinkled edges. With the armorial bookplates of Aluredi Baronis De Braye of Leicester. Original owner's small, neat signature to upper corner of title pages. Bound without the terminal blank to volume one (N12). Scuffing to all volumes, some loss to spine heads of three volumes. Loss of sheepskin at upper spine and to upper board to volume three, as well as loss to spine label. A few gatherings a bit proud. Otherwise a respectable copy in the original, contemporary binding. Housed in a clamshell box. Amelia, in contrast to Fielding's earlier books, Joseph Andrews and Tom Jones, is concerned with married tenderness and family happiness, the characters of Capt. Booth and his wife, Amelia, bearing comparison in temperament to Fielding and his wife, Charlotte, though the Fieldings' circumstances were no where near as dire: The book is "set in and against a London of almost unrelieved squalor, corruption and violence...it sold extremely well, but was attacked by many, led by Richardson and Smollett, and Fielding made alterations to later editions. It was his own favorite among all his books" (OCEL). In terms of its print history: "There were two impressions, Strahan printed 5,000 copies of vols. I and III in Dec. 1751, and 3000 copies of the same volumes in Jan. 1752...Printer of vols. II and IV unknown. Vols. I and III differ from vols. II and IV in paper, in fonts used for title-pages and for table of contents, and incidentally in other respects... The two impressions perhaps indistinguishable" (Cross). Rothschild 853. Cross III, 321-22.
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Anew. Poems by ZUKOFSKY, Louis

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Seller: James S. Jaffe Rare Books LLC
Title
Anew. Poems
Author
ZUKOFSKY, Louis
Seller
James S. Jaffe Rare Books LLC (United States)
Condition
Small abrasion at upper edge of front panel of jacket, otherwise a fine copy of this scarce book.
Description
Prairie City, Illinois: The Press of James A. Decker, (1946). First edition of Zukofsky's third book. Inscribed on the front free endpaper "For Hugh Kenner from Louis Zukofsky, 10/14/62". Kenner is the author of the monumental study The Pound Era, in which Zukofsky's "A" is quoted at length & warmly commended. Though well known - even revered - among a varied but small group of poets, Zukofsky was - & is - a very neglected figure. Kenner, who has referred to Zukofsky as the "American Mallarme" has been one of his most trenchant champions, and has been instrumental in gaining the poet a modicum of recognition in academic & literary circles. Small abrasion at upper edge of front panel of jacket, otherwise a fine copy of this scarce book.. 12mo, original cloth, dust jacket. Small abrasion at upper edge of front panel of jacket, otherwise a fine copy of this scarce book.
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Miscellanea Botanica.... by BALBIS, GIOVANNI BATISTA

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Seller: Sanctuary Books
Title
Miscellanea Botanica....
Author
BALBIS, GIOVANNI BATISTA
Seller
Sanctuary Books (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
Turin. Hardcover. Very Good. [Turin, 1804, 1806, 1810]. Three parts in one volume. 4to. 19th century half calf. A total of 20 engraved plates (bound at the end of each part), most of them folding (11, 2,7). Bookplate of Émile Burnat; stamp marked Conservatoire Botanique de Genève duplicate; and the bookplate of The Horicultural Society of New York. Kenneth K. Mackenzie. With manuscript notes between each section. Scarce.
Chess Problems

Chess Problems by Pierce, James (1833-1892) and William Trimbrell Pierce

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Seller: The Book Collector ABAA, ILAB, TBA
Title
Chess Problems
Author
Pierce, James (1833-1892) and William Trimbrell Pierce
Seller
The Book Collector ABAA, ILAB, TBA (United States)
Description
xiii+381 pages with frontispiece and diagrams. Small octavo (7 1/4" x 5") issued in green cloth with gilt lettering to spine and blind stamped covers. (Betts:33-64) First edition.302 problems by both authors, comprising 22 two-movers, 143 three-movers, 91 four-movers, 19 five-movers, 9 others and 18 end-game studies. Solutions appear on pages 305-380. Condition:Corners gently bumped, some occasional pencil marginalia else a very good copy.
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Admiral Byngs Defence, as presented by him, and read in the Court January 18, 1757, on board his Majesty's Ship St. George, in Portsmouth Harbour. by BYNG, John

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Admiral Byngs Defence, as presented by him, and read in the Court January 18, 1757, on board his Majesty's Ship St. George, in Portsmouth Harbour.
Author
BYNG, John
Seller
Savoy Books (United States)
Description
Book. Containing a very particular Accouunt of the Action on the 20th of May, 1756, off Cape Mola, between the British and French Fleets. London: for J. Lacy, 1757. 8vo, removed. Title, pp. 445, (1) blank. Wanting the half-title. Moderately foxed and worn; very good. First edition. Following a court martial, Admiral John Byng was executed for failing to do his utmost in battle, despite being supplied with ships badly in need of repair and a wide range of failures of command by his superiors. The execution sparked a great outcry among his countrymen, and the case gained international attention, with accounts pulbished in America and satirized in Voltaire's Candide. ESTC..
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Rumble of a Distant Drum: A True Story of the African Hinterland. by AKELEY, Mary L. Jobe.

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Title
Rumble of a Distant Drum: A True Story of the African Hinterland.
Author
AKELEY, Mary L. Jobe.
Seller
Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Condition
Good in Good dust jacket
Description
London:: George G. Harrap & Co.,. Good in Good dust jacket. 1948. Hardcover. First British edition. Foxing to edges and endpapers, else good in a good (edge worn with a few small chips, foxing) dust jacket. ; 271 pages .
The Book of Routines, Volume No. 1

The Book of Routines, Volume No. 1 by Berland, Samuel; Erpenbach, Gene (Illust.)

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Title
The Book of Routines, Volume No. 1
Author
Berland, Samuel; Erpenbach, Gene (Illust.)
Seller
Underground Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Good +
Description
Chicago: Berland Magic Creations, 1950. First Edition. Staplebound. Good +. First Edition. Staplebound. 9" X 6". 32pp. Mild wear to pictorial paper wraps with toning and light creasing to covers and edges. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. An overall solid copy of this pamphlet of step-by-step instructions on magic routines with accompanying illustrations.

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