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Oration delivered at the State-House

Oration delivered at the State-House by AMERICAN REVOLUTION ADAMS Samuel

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Oration delivered at the State-House
Author
AMERICAN REVOLUTION ADAMS Samuel
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Bauman Rare Books (United States)
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1776. First Edition. (AMERICAN REVOLUTION) ADAMS, Samuel. An Oration Delivered at the State-House, in Philadelphia. Philadelphia Printed; London, Re-printed for: J.Johnson, 1776. Slim octavo, contemporary three-quarter red morocco and marbled boards; pp.(2), 1-42. $6750.First edition of a fascinating Revolutionary work of deliberate political misdirection, misattributed to Samuel Adams, firebrand of the Boston Tea Party, published in the wake of the Declaration ""to show that the colonies were bent on independence,"" issued in London despite the imprint of a fictional Philadelphia printing.This first edition of a 1776 Revolutionary War pamphlet, with its forged misattribution to Samuel Adams and issued in the wake of the Declaration of Independence, is an intriguing example of a key turning point in political rhetoric. It stands out from similar strategies of misdirection—even at a time when there was a rise in ""the volume of propaganda emitted during the years 1763 to 1776, much of it pseudonymous and anonymous"" (Alden, 530). As such this is an exemplary work of calculated political misdirection.Even in the 1800s, questions lingered about this London printing of an Oration, said to be delivered by Samuel Adams on August 1, 1776, in Philadelphia. There would have been no immediate reason to doubt his authorship, given Adams' stature and evidence that ""the British kept close watch on his activities"" (Stoll, Samuel Adams, 185). As rumors continued to circulate, Adams' grandson, Samuel Adams Wells, wrote to Thomas Jefferson for clarification—for Jefferson himself had once ""emphatically attested that, if there was a helmsman of the American Revolution, 'Samuel Adams was the man'"" (Alexander, Samuel Adams, 156). In Wells' April 14, 1819 letter to Jefferson, he spoke of a planned biography of his famous grandfather and hopes of preserving ""the existing facts… In my investigations,"" he wrote, ""I have met with contradictory accounts… and in some instances with oral narratives entirely at variance with written contemporaneous statements."" In particular, he asks Jefferson if he could confirm: ""that [Adams] delivered an Oration at Philadelphia in 1776. If so what were its merits and effects?"" Jefferson responded to Wells in a May 12, 1819 letter that answered many of Wells' other questions, but with respect to the alleged Oration, simply noted: ""neither memory nor memorandums enable me to give any information"" (Founders Online). Since then, however, historians have provided an answer. ""Of this Oration (never delivered), there was no Philadelphia edition (in spite of its being indicated by title-page); it was, in fact a London forgery designed to show that the colonies were bent on independence"" (Howes A72). The misattribution to Samuel Adams indicates he was viewed as ""the single most important individual in establishing the Revolution's public voice"" (Bradley, xiv-xv). The still-anonymous author of the Oration, clearly versed in revolutionary rhetoric, ""extols the merits of the newly independent colonies, but overtones suggest that it was actually written in England. W.V. Wells, in his Life… of Samuel Adams, points out that this is spurious. None of the recent writers who have dealt with Samuel Adams have included this among his writings' (Adams 76-106a). First edition: ""There is no Philadelphia edition"" (Sabin 344). Without scarce half title. Adams 76-106a. Howes A72. ESTC T83257. Preliminary blank with bibliographic marginalia in an unidentified hand. One page with small bit of early marginalia and several words underlined.Text very fresh and clear, minor rubbing to board edges.
The Celebrated Analysis of the Game of Chess, Translated from the French of A D Philidor; with Notes and Considerable Additions, including Fifty-Six New Chess Problems

The Celebrated Analysis of the Game of Chess, Translated from the French of A D Philidor; with Notes and Considerable Additions, including Fifty-Six New Chess Problems by Walker, George (1803-1879)

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The Celebrated Analysis of the Game of Chess, Translated from the French of A D Philidor; with Notes and Considerable Additions, including Fifty-Six New Chess Problems
Author
Walker, George (1803-1879)
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The Book Collector ABAA, ILAB, TBA (United States)
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Very Good
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xxxiii+[2]+251 pages with diagrams. Small octavo (7" 4 1/2") bound in original pebbled cloth with gilt lettering to spine. (Bibliotheca Van der Linde-Niemeijeriana:495) First edition.George Walker (13 March 1803 – 23 April 1879) was an English chess player and author of The Celebrated Analysis of A D Philidor (London, 1832), The Art of Chess-Play: A New Treatise on the Game of Chess (London, 1832), A Selection of Games at Chess played by Philidor (London, 1835), Chess Made Easy (London, 1836), and Chess Studies (London, 1844). In 1839 visited Paris and the Café de la Régence, where he lost (+1-2) a short match to Boncourt. In 1845, he teamed up with Henry Thomas Buckle, William Davies Evans, George Perigal, and William Josiah Tuckett in London in two telegraph games (one win and one draw) against a team of Howard Staunton and Hugh Alexander Kennedy in Portsmouth. He won a match against Daniel Harrwitz (7-5) at London 1846. Walker used his column in Bell's Life to propagate organizing the international London 1851 chess tournament, the first international chess tournament. Adolf Anderssen won, leading many to consider him the world's strongest player.Condition:Spine professionally repaired by Octavaye Studios. Corners gently bumped, some light foxing, previous owner's name neatly penned to front paste down else a very good copy.
TRAVEL PHOTO ALBUM: CALIFORNIA, NEW MEXICO, ARIZONA, KANSAS, ALABAMA AND TEXAS

TRAVEL PHOTO ALBUM: CALIFORNIA, NEW MEXICO, ARIZONA, KANSAS, ALABAMA AND TEXAS by [Photograph Album]

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TRAVEL PHOTO ALBUM: CALIFORNIA, NEW MEXICO, ARIZONA, KANSAS, ALABAMA AND TEXAS
Author
[Photograph Album]
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Tavistock Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Boards a bit soiled/frayed, photos are still quite clear, with a few faded to yellow (a few of the portraits at the end); overal
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(n. p.), (n. d.). C. 1899 - 1902. Period red cloth album with "Photographs" stamped in silver to the upper board, white moire endpapers. Boards a bit soiled/frayed, photos are still quite clear, with a few faded to yellow (a few of the portraits at the end); overall VG.. [48] pp., ms annotations in pencil. 91 original b/w photographs, all about 3-1/8" x 3-1/8", slipped under the leaves into square frames, one b/w photo postcard slipped in. Oblong format: 7" x 11-1/2" A wonderful collection of photos from a family's travels. Most of the photos are from the Bay Area, with some from New Mexico, Arizona, Kansas, Alabama, and some unidentified; some are portraits. Over 35 photographs taken in California including the cities of Oakland, Fresno, San Francisco and Alden. There are several photographs taken in Kansas including photos taken in Topeka, Osage City and Kansas City. Not all of the photographs are annotated, however there are photos of the canyons of Arizona, "Mexican Hut" and "Prairie Scene" in New Mexico, boats and ships in the San Francisco Bay, trains in California, Kansas and Texas, buildings and street scenes in California and Kansas and informal portraits including sailors, and a ship's captain (of whom the album's creator seems to have had a close relationship). Some notable subjects include: "Claremont Ave., Alden," "Sutros Residence," "Collis P. Huntington Residence," several shots of "Cliff House," several shots of the "Bay of San Francisco," "Broadway, Oakland," "Capt. Ainsworth Residence," "Station Signal tower and Ferry House," "Fresno, Cal. at the Station of S.P.R.R." and many more. These unique photos offer a one-of-a-kind glimpse into the history of those regions, especially the Bay Area pre-1906 earthquake.
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Melodious Fame of the Saints.... Here Is the Prayer of the Saints. Here Are Those Who Keep God's Commandments Together with the Beliefs of Jesus! The Most Sad Funeral Some Time Ago of the Most Luminous Prince and Gentleman Mr. Christian Albrechts Markgraf of Brandenburg at Magdeburg in Prussia.. by (CHRISTIAN ALBRECHT MARKGRAF ZU BRANDENBURG-ANSBACH)

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Melodious Fame of the Saints.... Here Is the Prayer of the Saints. Here Are Those Who Keep God's Commandments Together with the Beliefs of Jesus! The Most Sad Funeral Some Time Ago of the Most Luminous Prince and Gentleman Mr. Christian Albrechts Markgraf of Brandenburg at Magdeburg in Prussia..
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(CHRISTIAN ALBRECHT MARKGRAF ZU BRANDENBURG-ANSBACH)
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Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA (United States)
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Onolzbach, Prussia: Jeremias Kretschmann, 1692. 4to. Early if not original unbound boards with utilitarian modern brown cloth tape spine. 229pp, 26pp. 3 large foldout steel engravings. Very good. Internal tight and nice, with almost no age toning and no foxing; unbound boards are age toned but nice, while serviceable modern spine is plain but strong and functional. Printed entirely in German, this funeral book mourns the death at age 17 of this young German gentry (1675-92). The rough title translation above continues at length, in part: "In the City Church of Onolzbach Thursday the 29th of the Christian Month 1692. Morning with a Very Large Crowd in a Christian Funeral Sermon and Delivered for Printing on the Orders of Gottfried Händeln Doctor of Holy Scripture High Prince of Brandenburg General Superintendent of Churches..." The text itself, boldly printed in large heavy Gothic typefaces, consists of a sermon, texts, prayers, etc. First foldout engraving is a dense religious allegory featuring a trumpet-blowing angel astride an imposing tomb, on the side of which flutter a host of putti hoisting ten pictorial shields, each with scroll text; the second is a portrait of the young gent in finery and armor; and the third features two images (one from each side) of his enormous, highly decorated casket. Publisher Kretschmann (1646-ca. 1701) was an Ansbach printer/publisher and edited that city's firs newspaper.
Baron von Steuben and His Regulations, Including a Complete Facsimile of the Original Regulations for the Order and Discipline of the Troops of the United States

Baron von Steuben and His Regulations, Including a Complete Facsimile of the Original Regulations for the Order and Discipline of the Troops of the United States by von Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin; Riling, Joseph R.; Todd, Frederick P

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Baron von Steuben and His Regulations, Including a Complete Facsimile of the Original Regulations for the Order and Discipline of the Troops of the United States
Author
von Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin; Riling, Joseph R.; Todd, Frederick P
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Yesterday's Muse Books (United States)
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Very Good
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Philadelphia: Ray Riling Arms Books Co, 1966. Facsimile. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 0x0x0. Near fine in good slipcase. Slipcase soiled and a bit rubbed with corners slightly exposed. Binding tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked. 1966 Hard Cover. xii, 154, [9] pp. Frontispiece portrait of von Steuben, 8 fold-out plates illustrating troop movement protocols, endpapers reproduced from 'The Pennsylvania Magazine: or, American Monthly Museum' for July 1776, foreword by Frederick P. Todd; introduction by Joseph R. Riling, bibliography of sources cited and checklist of known editions of von Steuben's work precede text. Baron von Steuben, a Prussian-born military officer, is credited with shaping with Continental Army into an organized and disciplined fighting force during the American Revolution. This facsimile of the original regulations, known as the 'Blue Book' by Contintental officers, and later simply as the 'Regulations' or the 'Manual,'is bound 'with some attempt to add a quality reminiscent of the original production... 'half-bound,' using a blue paper as close as obtainable to the original 'blue paper boards' mentioned in binder Aitken's 'waste' book [a facsimile page of which is included in the text].
Dating Big Bird: A Novel

Dating Big Bird: A Novel by Zigman, Laura

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Dating Big Bird: A Novel
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Zigman, Laura
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Yesterday's Muse Books (United States)
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9780385333405
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Near Fine
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New York: The Dial Press, 2000. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine. 5x1x8. Signed by author. First edition. Signed by author without inscription on title page. An exceptional copy. 2000 Hard Cover. 246 pp. With the laugh-out-loud humor and heartfelt wisdom that made Animal Husbandry a national bestseller, Laura Zigman's second novel introduces Ellen Franck, a successful single career woman whose one desire--a child of her own--throws her into the ever-growing ranks of the "reproductively challenged." Ellen has a life many people dream about--a glamorous fashion industry job, an apartment in Greenwich Village, good friends--and yet Ellen feels herself at sixes and sevens, filled with a vague longing for...what? She can't say. Then the sight of her newborn niece, Nicole (a.k.a. "The Pickle"), makes her realize exactly what she's been missing: a child. But there's one problem. Malcolm, the man she loves, is too scarred by the long-ago death of his young son to ever consider fatherhood again. Looking down the barrel of the dark side of thirty-five, Ellen knows that time is passing, and as it does, her desire to have a baby only increases--especially when her sister Lynn announces she's pregnant with her second child. Now Ellen must finally address the very real flaws in her relationship with Malcolm and examine her doubts and fears about the only option that seems to be available--single motherhood. And so begins nine months of reading, Internet surfing, and nonstop Zigmanesque observations about morning sickness, stretch marks, accelerated hair growth, digestion, amniocentesis (and that's just the beginning). And Ellen...well, Ellen finally makes a clear-eyed decision that will change her life. This book has not been prepared, approved, or licensed by any entity that created or produced Sesame Street. Her biological clock ticking, Ellen's desire to have a baby only increases--especially when her sister Janice announces she's pregnant with her second child. Now Ellen must deal with the very real flaws in her relationship with Malcolm, and finally examine her doubts and fears about the only option that seems to be available--single motherhood. And so begins nine months of reading, Internet-surfing, and non-stop Zigmanesque observations about morning sickness, stretch marks, accelerated hair growth, digestion, amniocentesis (and that's just the beginning). And Ellen . . . well, Ellen makes a final clear-eyed decision that will change her life.
Limbo: A Memoir

Limbo: A Memoir by Ansay, A. Manette

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Limbo: A Memoir
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Ansay, A. Manette
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Yesterday's Muse Books (United States)
ISBN
9780688172862
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Near Fine
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New York: William Morrow, 2001. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine. 5x1x8. Signed by author. First edition. Signed by author without inscription on title page. An exceptional copy. 2001 Hard Cover. 269 pp. "From childhood, acclaimed novelist A. Manette Ansay trained to become a concert pianist. But at nineteen, a mysterious muscle disorder forced her to give up the piano, and by twenty-one, she couldn't grip a pen or walk across a room. She entered a world of limbo, one in which no one could explain what was happening to her or predict what the future would hold. At twenty-three, beginning a whole new life in a motorized wheelchair, Ansay made a New Year's resolution to start writing fiction, rediscovering the sense of passion and purpose she thought she had lost for good. "Writing fiction began for me as a side effect of illness, a way to live beyond my body when it became clear that this new, altered body would be mine to keep. A way to fill the hours that had once been occupied by music. A way to achieve the kind of closure that, once, I'd found in prayer. Limbo takes its title from the Catholic belief in a place between heaven and hell that is neither, one that Ansay imagines as "a gray room without walls, a gray floor, a gray bench . . . .You wouldn't know how long you'd been in that room, or how much longer you had to go." Thirteen years and five books later, still without a firm diagnosis or prognosis, Ansay reflects on the ways in which the unraveling of one life can plant the seeds of another, and considers how her own physical limbo has challenged -- in ways not necessarily bad -- her most fundamental assumptions about life and faith. Luminously written, Limbo is a brilliant and moving testimony to the resilience of the human spirit.
Cryptozoic!

Cryptozoic! by Aldiss, Brian W

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Cryptozoic!
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Aldiss, Brian W
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Yesterday's Muse Books (United States)
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Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1967. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Good/Good. 0x0x0. Book club edition. Jacket front and reverse foxed. Boards and page ridges foxed. 1967 Hard Cover. 224 pp. He roamed through the dim reaches of the remote past and like a phantom, the Dark Woman haunted him at every turn. Was she a hallucination produced by the stresses of his bizarre existence' Or was she a ghost from a future more distant than his own' Bush had been called into a totalitarian world, trained to kill, and then sent back in time - as an assassin. And still the Dark Woman pursued him, posing new questions, new possibilities, new terrors… Don Punchatz
Nature: a weekly illustrated journal of science.

Nature: a weekly illustrated journal of science.

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Nature: a weekly illustrated journal of science.
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Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio (United States)
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Good
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London: Nature, 15 January 1927. Vol 119, number 2985. Good. pp 73-108. Unbound in self wraps. Old library stamp on flag and on first text page. A little dog-eared With articles on television, Darwinism, quantum theories, etc. Reviews Max Born's book on quantum theory, Probleme der Atomdynamik. Also articles by Arthur Keith, H.D. Smyth, P. Debye. Introductory editorial on the problem of television.
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Interpreter of Maladies by Lahiri, Jhumpa

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Interpreter of Maladies
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Lahiri, Jhumpa
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Fine+
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Norwalk, Connecticut: Easton Press. Fine+. 1999. Hardcover. SIGNED EASTON PRESS Jhumpa Lahiri "Interpreter of Maladies" 1999 Fine+ Autograph - Fine unread condition from a single owner Easton collection, signed and with certificate of authenticity as issued. ; Signed by Author .
Thomas Cole: Landscape Into History
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Thomas Cole: Landscape Into History by Truettner, William; Wallach, Alan

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Thomas Cole: Landscape Into History
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Truettner, William; Wallach, Alan
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Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (United States)
ISBN
9780937311110
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VG. Light touches of shelfwear.
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New Haven: Yale University Press, 1994. Softbound. VG. Light touches of shelfwear.. Quarto. Softcover. Red illustrated wraps. 186 pp. 78 bw, 101 color plates. Issued to accompany the first major retrospective of this artist in 25 years. This catalogue certainly outperforms the last one, from Rochester in 1969. Terrific color plates; in-depth text with William H. Truettner and Alan Wallach serving as editors and essays by Christine Stansell and Sean Wilentz (Cole's America), Alan Wallach (Thomas Cole: Landscape and The Course of Empire), J. Gray Sweeney (The Advantages of Genius and Virtue: Thomas Cole's Influence, 1848-58) and William Tryettner (Nature and the Native Tradition: The Problem of Two Thomas Coles). Followed by a timeline, catalogue of the exhibition listing 75 works. Great plates. The exhibition was held at the National Museum of American Art, Washington, DC from March to August 1994, followed by shows at the Wadsworth Athanaeum and the New York Historical Society.
CREDENCES 4

CREDENCES 4 by Bertholf, Robert

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CREDENCES 4
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Bertholf, Robert
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Brian Cassidy Bookseller at Type Punch Matrix (United States)
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Very good plus.
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(Kent, Ohio): (The Credences Press), 1977. Very good plus.. Volume 2, No. 1 of the literary magazine, including work by Robert Duncan, Michael Palmer, Joel Oppenheimer, Ed Dorn, Joanne Kyger, and several others. 8.5'' x 7''. Original saddle-stapled yellow pictorial wrappers. 111, [1] pages. Minor soil to last leaf. Moderate edgewear, spine sunned.
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EL APERO CRIOLLO: ARTE Y TRADICIÓN

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EL APERO CRIOLLO: ARTE Y TRADICIÓN
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Beverly Karno Books LLC (United States)
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Buenos Aires: Museo Nacional de Arte Decorativo, 2000. b/w and color plates, color pictorial wrappers. Brief catalogue for exhibition on Argentine decorative tack and other gaucho items, with historical detail on ponchos, saddlery, spurs and accessories. Abbreviated catalogue of full catalogue.

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