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SENSE AND SENSIBILITY

SENSE AND SENSIBILITY by Austen, Jane; [Rébora, Sol]

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Title
SENSE AND SENSIBILITY
Author
Austen, Jane; [Rébora, Sol]
Seller
Type Punch Matrix (United States)
Condition
Very good plus.
Description
Philadelphia: Carey & Lea, 1833. Very good plus.. First US edition of Austen's first novel - in a stunning fine art binding by the acclaimed Argentinian design bookbinder Sol Rébora. Austen's first novel uses the love stories of two sisters to explore the complexities and contradictions in the gendered expectations of the Regency era: a woman will be praised for her capacity to feel emotion (her sensibility), but not too much; a woman will be praised for her independent and responsible nature (her sense), but not too much. First published in late 1811 in three volumes, this is the first edition to appear in the United States, published in two volumes by Carey & Lea in an edition of only 1250 copies. Sol Rébora is an internationally recognized design bookbinder based in Buenos Aires. Her works embody a minimalistic elegance that is nevertheless subtly complex, as in the carefully structured multiple layers used here. They are not only visually stunning, but supremely tactile. From Rèbora's artist statement: "The cloth texture is achieved using silk with a patterned design that evokes the aesthetic of the time period in which the original edition was produced, creating a visual connection with antique paper. This design also appeals to the collective memory of how custom bindings from the early 19th century might have appeared, complete with deep-relief hot-stamping impressions." A magnificent, unique copy of an Austen first. Two 12mo volumes, 6.75'' x 4.25'' each. Modern full grey-pink design binding by Sol Rébora in Can Can structure with one layer of cotton cloth and two layers of Japanese paper, each element hand-painted with acrylics and textured with a patterned design impressed with deep-relief hot-stamping from silk; spines and boards stamped in dark grey. Cotton and abaca handmade paper grey-pink endpapers. 199, [1]; 189, [1] pages. Light pencil notation to fly leaf of Vol. I. Some offsetting marks to endpapers from earlier binding, archival paper repair to fly leaf; light browning to leaves, some staining. Solid.
FLOWER FAIRIES OF THE AUTUMN

FLOWER FAIRIES OF THE AUTUMN by Barker, Cicely

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Title
FLOWER FAIRIES OF THE AUTUMN
Author
Barker, Cicely
Seller
Type Punch Matrix (United States)
Condition
Very good in very good jacket.
Description
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1927. Very good in very good jacket.. First US edition of this popular seasonal book with illustrations and verses of fairies that anthropomorphize various plants, from blackberry to nightshade. 5.5'' x 4''. Original brown pictorial boards with color pictorial paste-on. In original color pictorial dust jacket (flaps blank). Blue pictorial endpapers. Illustrated with beautiful color plates and a couple black-and-white images, all by Barker. Rather soiled and foxed, no repairs or tears, still firm and intact.
DESTROYERS AT JUTLAND [complete in four volumes]

DESTROYERS AT JUTLAND [complete in four volumes] by Kipling, Rudyard

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Seller: Sumner & Stillman
Title
DESTROYERS AT JUTLAND [complete in four volumes]
Author
Kipling, Rudyard
Seller
Sumner & Stillman (United States)
Description
1916. Garden City NY: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1916. [Together, four volumes.] Original light yellow wrappers lettered in green. First Editions, being the American copyright issues -- consisting of only 70 copies each, published separately between October 18th and 30th, 1916. Each volume consists of Kipling's account of specific sea warfare, preceded by an original poem written for the occasion (including Vol I's "Have you news of my boy Jack?"). As with THE FRINGES OF THE FLEET, Kipling wrote these articles with the permission of the British Admiralty, for appearance in British and American newspapers; he ceded copyright so that they could be used for propaganda purposes. Two months later they were all collected in Kipling's book SEA WARFARE. All four volumes are in fine, clean condition (the usual minor rusting of the staples). Richards A287; Stewart 402.
LETTER OF FRANCIS P. BLAIR, ESQ. TO THE REPUBLICAN ASSOCIATION OF WASHINGTON, D.C.

LETTER OF FRANCIS P. BLAIR, ESQ. TO THE REPUBLICAN ASSOCIATION OF WASHINGTON, D.C. by Blair, Francis P.

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Title
LETTER OF FRANCIS P. BLAIR, ESQ. TO THE REPUBLICAN ASSOCIATION OF WASHINGTON, D.C.
Author
Blair, Francis P.
Seller
David M. Lesser, Fine Antiquarian Books LLC (United States)
Description
[Washington: Buell & Blanchard, 1856. 7, [1 blank] pp. Disbound, clean, Very Good. Blair's Letter is a significant step in the Democratic Party's split into Northern and Southern branches. Writing from his Maryland home at Silver Spring in December 1855, the venerable stalwart of President Jackson's Kitchen Cabinet denounces his Democratic Party and casts his lot with Republicans, who oppose extending slavery into the Territories. Slavery's expansion will cause "destruction of the Confederacy, on which the welfare of the whole country reposes. Every surrender of the Free States invites invasion." Blair cites the Founding Fathers' decisions to exclude slavery from the Northwest Territory, to grant Congress power to regulate Territorial matters, and to prohibit the international slave trade. The Democratic Party, which now repudiates the Founders' intentions, has "staked itself on the support of the party of privilege-- of class interest." LCP 1252. Not in Eberstadt, Decker, Dary, Work, Dumond.
BETTE DAVIS, JOHN HUSTON | IN THIS OUR LIFE (1942) BTS photo by Bob Beerman

BETTE DAVIS, JOHN HUSTON | IN THIS OUR LIFE (1942) BTS photo by Bob Beerman by Bob Beerman

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Title
BETTE DAVIS, JOHN HUSTON | IN THIS OUR LIFE (1942) BTS photo by Bob Beerman
Author
Bob Beerman
Seller
Walterfilm, Inc. (United States)
Condition
Fine
Description
Warner Brothers. No binding. Fine. Los Angeles: Warner Brothers Pictures / Dell Publishing, 1942. Vintage original 8 x 10" (20 x 25 cm) black-and-white glossy silver gelatin photo. Ink stamp for photographer Bob Beerman for Modern Screen magazine as well as Dell publishing date stamp of Aug 13, 1942 on verso. Fine. In this behind-the-scenes photograph are Bette Davis working out a scene with director John Huston, with Frank Craven at center. This is the one film in Davis' illustrious career which she could not watch after its premiere. She disliked the unsympathetic character and felt that the censorship of the time ruined Ellen Glasgow's novel.
Tales of the Borders, and of Scotland; Historical, Traditional, and Imaginative. "A Companion to the Waverley Novels" [stated on top of all titles but vol. 3].

Tales of the Borders, and of Scotland; Historical, Traditional, and Imaginative. "A Companion to the Waverley Novels" [stated on top of all titles but vol. 3]. by WILSON, John Mackay (1804 - 1835).

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Title
Tales of the Borders, and of Scotland; Historical, Traditional, and Imaginative. "A Companion to the Waverley Novels" [stated on top of all titles but vol. 3].
Author
WILSON, John Mackay (1804 - 1835).
Seller
Jeff Weber Rare Books (Switzerland)
Description
New York:: Martin, Johnson & Co., Robert Martin, Johnson, Fry and Co., [no date; circa 1853]., 1853. Five volumes (publisher differs). Royal 8vo. vii, [1], 584; 620, [2]; 601, [3]; 602, [2]; 589, [3], 48 pp. Frontis., pictorial half title (only vol. 1), glossary (vol. 5); foxed throughout, small stain on p. 34 of vol. 5. Half gilt-stamped black morocco over gray cloth, a.e.g., spine tail stamped N. Van Vranken in gilt; extremities worn. Bookplate of Sondley Reference Library, blind embossed stamp on titles and elsewhere, few rubber ink stamped numbers. Very good. These five volumes made Scottish writer, John Mackay Wilson, famous. Each volume is packed with numerous tales that are still being published and read today. "Old tales I heard of woe or mirth, Of lover's slights, of ladies' charms, Of witches, spells, of warrior's arms, Of patriot battle won of old, by Wallace bright and Bruce the Bold." –Sir Walter Scott [on title]. The introduction contains a five page author biography. Possibly a mixed set, but uniformly bound for N. Van Vranken.
Wyoming

Wyoming by Ellis, Edward Sylvester

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Wyoming
Author
Ellis, Edward Sylvester
Seller
Brenner's Collectable Books (United States)
Condition
Near Fine/Fine
Description
Philadelphia, PA: Henry T. Coates, 1888. 1st Edition. Publisher's Cloth. Near Fine/Fine. 8vo., 371pp Beautiful First Edition and First in the Wyoming series for Boys. Bound in publisher's green cloth with titles and illustrations on front board and spine stamped in black, white, red and gold. Illustrated end-papers. Illustrated. Square, solid and clean throughout with little or no page-edge toning. Spine ends and tips very mildly rubbed. A gorgeous, well-preserved. collectable copy seldom seen in such high-grade.
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May Fair by ARLEN, Michael

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Title
May Fair
Author
ARLEN, Michael
Seller
Houle Rare Books & Autographs (United States)
Description
New York, George H. Doran [1925]., 1925. First American edition. 8vo. Original 3/4 vellum over orange boards, gilt stamped leather spine label, t.e.g. Very good. Number 30 of 500 copies, signed by Arlen on the limitation page. Sequel to Arlen's "These Charming People," which was filmed in 1931. See Hagen, p. 16. Bookplate of Mary Jane Brooks on the front pastedown.. Signed by Author(s). F. Hardcover.
Hackensack Water Works.
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Hackensack Water Works. by ZINK, Clifford W.

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Title
Hackensack Water Works.
Author
ZINK, Clifford W.
Seller
Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB (United States)
ISBN
9780974643304
Condition
Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
Description
Oradell:: Water Works Conservancy,. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2003. Hardcover. 0974643300 . Black and white photographs and line drawings throughout. First edition. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. ; 222 pages .
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CRUISING & ocean racing

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CRUISING & ocean racing
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Rulon-Miller Books (United States)
Description
Philadelphia: Lippincott, n.d. [ca. 1930's]. 8vo, pp. 592; pictorial endpapers showing ships' rigs, 63 plates, 415 illus. in the text; fine copy in the jacket. Volume XV in the Lonsdale Library of Sports, Games & Pastimes, edited by the Rt. Hon. the Earl of Lonsdale and Eric Parker. Contains much on design, rig, navigation, yachtmen's lore, cooking afloat, yacht clubs, medicine afloat, etiquette, ocean racing, etc., and a glossary of sea terms at the back.
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JEAN FOUQUET, UND SEINE ZEIT by WESCHER, Paul

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JEAN FOUQUET, UND SEINE ZEIT
Author
WESCHER, Paul
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The Bookpress, Ltd. (United States)
Description
(FOUQUET) WESCHER, Paul. JEAN FOUQUET, UND SEINE ZEIT. Basel: Holbein, 1945. 4to. Cloth, dust jacket. Frontispiece, 107, (4) pages, illustrations on plates. First edition. With 14 tipped-in illustrations and plates of Fouquet's drawings. Dust jacke chipped and foxed, else very good.

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