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The Call of the Wild

The Call of the Wild by London, Jack

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Seller: Whitmore Rare Books
Title
The Call of the Wild
Author
London, Jack
Seller
Whitmore Rare Books (United States)
Condition
Fine
Description
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1903. First edition. Fine/Very Good +. First printing, with "July, 1903" on the copyright page. A Fine copy in Very Good+ dust jacket. Complete, with the frontispiece and ten color plates. Publisher's pictorial green cloth stamped in color. Pinpoint burn mark to p. 135. A clean, fresh copy throughout. Dust jacket with subtle tissue reinforcement to verso at folds. Some faint white paint spatters to front panel. A very attractive example of London's beloved novel. A Klondike Gold Rush adventure novel told from the point of view of the dog Buck, The Call of the Wild is also a consideration of the thin line that separates "civilized" creatures from their primal origins. Though he begins life as the pampered and much-loved pet of a California gentleman, Buck is stolen and forced into service as a sled dog in the Alaska Yukon. The lowest-ranking member of his pack, Buck faces abuse from his incompetent human owners as well as violence within his team as the dogs jockey for higher positions that aide their survival. Ultimately, Buck must relinquish his individualistic tameness to find his place as a trustworthy team leader and he must tap into the most primitive tendencies that lay dormant inside him. Fine in Very Good + dust jacket.
[Vathek] An Arabian Tale, from an Unpublished Manuscript, with notes, critical and explanatory

[Vathek] An Arabian Tale, from an Unpublished Manuscript, with notes, critical and explanatory by [Beckford, William]

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Seller: Whitmore Rare Books
Title
[Vathek] An Arabian Tale, from an Unpublished Manuscript, with notes, critical and explanatory
Author
[Beckford, William]
Seller
Whitmore Rare Books (United States)
Condition
Very Good +
Description
London: Printed for J. Johnson, 1786. First edition. Very Good +. Octavo (leaves measuring 195 x 115 mm). [viii], 334 pp. A Very Good copy, remarkably clean and fresh throughout. Appears to be lacking upper free endpaper, otherwise complete, with the errata leaf and the blanks. Unrestored contemporary tree calf with some edgewear, spine a bit rubbed, with upper joint beginning to separate at head (still holding firm). Early armorial bookplate of the Earl of Clare to upper pastedown and small ink ownership inscription (dated 1972) to preliminary blank. Leaf O3 with a tear, neatly repaired, with no loss of text. Overall a very appealing example. The first edition of William Beckford's Gothic novel Vathek, first written in French and here translated by Beckford's literary collaborator, Samuel Henley, who also supplied over a hundred pages of commentary. This edition predates the first appearance of the text in French, which was published in Lausanne in December of 1786 (but with a title-page dated 1787). The novel, which tells the story of the titular Caliph's corruption by a djinn and his journey into hell, stands as an early example of the Gothic genre, appearing between Walpole's Castle of Otranto (1765) and the works of Anne Radcliffe in the 1790s. Vathek went on to inspire Byron, Keats, Poe, and Lovecraft, the latter of whom called the novel, "Classic in merit, and markedly different from its fellows because of its foundation in the Oriental tale rather than the Walpolesque Gothic novel...Beckford, well read in Eastern romance, caught the atmosphere with unusual receptivity; and in his fantastic volume reflected very potently the haughty luxury, sly disillusion, bland cruelty, urbane treachery, and shadowy spectral horror...His seasoning of the ridiculous seldom mars the force of his sinister theme, and the tale marches onward with a phantasmagoric pomp in which the laughter is that of skeletons feasting under Arabesque domes" (Lovecraft, "Supernatural Horror in Literature"). See Kenneth W. Graham, "Vathek in English and French," in Studies in Bibliography 28 (1975) pp. 153-166. Very Good +.
Card Signed by King Edward VIII and His Bride for Whom He Gave Up the Throne, Wallis Warfield Simpson

Card Signed by King Edward VIII and His Bride for Whom He Gave Up the Throne, Wallis Warfield Simpson by King Edward VIII

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Seller: The Raab Collection
Title
Card Signed by King Edward VIII and His Bride for Whom He Gave Up the Throne, Wallis Warfield Simpson
Author
King Edward VIII
Seller
The Raab Collection (United States)
Description
King George V died on January 20, 1936, and his son and successor, Edward VIII, was proclaimed King the next day. The period of mourning for the dead King followed, and the new monarch’s Coronation was set for May 13, after mourning would be concluded. The Archbishop of Canterbury, leader of the Church of England, traditionally officiates at coronations, and Edward would be crowned and invested with the regalia of Kingship.Edward was in a relationship with divorcee Wallis Simpson. He had never hid this fact, but he started flaunting that relationship the day he was proclaimed King. When he took her to the Mediterranean that August, acting before the world as if she were already Queen, many were horrified. With Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin and Geoffrey Dawson, the editor of the Times of London, he began a campaign to remove the King from office unless he gave up Wallis. The pressure on the new King escalated, and he abdicated on December 13. He was named Duke of Windsor, and after marrying Wallis, she became the Duchess of Windsor.Their official notecard, signed by him “Edward, Duke of Windsor,” and her “Wallis, Duchess of Windsor.”
Four Views of Kealakekua Bay

Four Views of Kealakekua Bay by Captain James Cook, Mark Twain, Johnny Noble (Quotes); Peter and Donna Thomas (Book Artists)

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Seller: Swan's Fine Books
Title
Four Views of Kealakekua Bay
Author
Captain James Cook, Mark Twain, Johnny Noble (Quotes); Peter and Donna Thomas (Book Artists)
Seller
Swan's Fine Books (United States)
Condition
Fine
Description
[Santa Cruz, CA]: [Donna Thomas], 1998. Limited Edition. No binding. Fine. One of 75 copies, miniature book in scroll format. This lovely miniature book, by the incomparable book artists Peter and Donna Thomas, presents a single linoleum cut by Donna in a scroll format; it would become the Book Society Distinguished Award, 1999. Peter and Donna Thomas started their press in 1976; in 1988 they changed the name of their press from the "Good Book Press" to their names. They are "one of very few presses where the proprietors write the text, create the art for the illustrations, make the paper, handset the type, print on a letterpress, and bind the book" (n.b., Bradbury p. 302). The "four views" in the title consist of one pictorial - Donna's linocut - and three literary. The first being partial lyrics of the Johnny Noble song "I want to go back to my little grass shack in Kealakekua, Hawaii"; the second a description of "Karakakooa Bay" (as it was then called) by Captain James Cook in 1779, and the third being the description of the bay by Mark Twain when he saw it in 1866. Scarce in the marketplace, as of this writing we see no copies online, our search of OCLC locates twenty-two of the seventy-five copies with institutions. ___DESCRIPTION: Scroll, case-bound in patterned paper (handmade by Peter) over boards, with one linoleum cut by Donna, a single illustration on a label on the cover, the scroll wound onto a dowel set in a handmade koa rack, with the other end of the scroll attached to a brass rod that acts as a handle for unwinding the scroll; handmade paper, printing both letterpress and polymer plate, the handset types being Canterbury and Centaur, 2.875 " by 1.75", a single scroll measuring 22 ", this no. 46 of 75 copies. ___CONDITION: Fine; the case clean and without wear, the scrolling action operable, the scroll itself clean and without wear; as new. ___CITATION: Peter and Donna Thomas Bibliography no. A92. ___POSTAGE: International customers, please note that additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs; please inquire for details. ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA, ILAB, and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have, we are here to help.
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RUSSIAN AVANT-GARDE ART by (Russian Art) Costakis, George

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Seller: L'Estampe Originale
Title
RUSSIAN AVANT-GARDE ART
Author
(Russian Art) Costakis, George
Seller
L'Estampe Originale (United States)
Description
New York., Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1981. Large 4to. With a DJ. In fine condition.
SPRING-SUMMER 03'

SPRING-SUMMER 03' by Armani, Giorgio; Roversi, Paolo

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Seller: Type Punch Matrix
Title
SPRING-SUMMER 03'
Author
Armani, Giorgio; Roversi, Paolo
Seller
Type Punch Matrix (United States)
Condition
Fine in near fine slipcase.
Description
(Milan): (Giorgio Armani), 2003. First edition. Fine in near fine slipcase.. Original lookbook from Armani's 2003 spring-summer collection. Featuring dramatic black-and-white photography by Paolo Roversi, the collection covers both women's and men's lines, as well as accessories such as glasses, bags, shoes, etc. Also includes a full-color section featuring looks from runway shows. Opulent. 10.5'' x 7.25''. Original publisher's subtle two-tone black pictorial cloth. In matching original plain black cloth slipcase. [148] pages. Touches of wear to bottom edge of slipcase. Else clean, bright, and sharp overall.
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AUTOGRAPH OF GIDEON WELLES ON SMALL PAPER: "GIDEON WELLES | HARTFORD | 10TH JULY 1877. by Welles, Gideon

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Seller: David M. Lesser, Fine Antiquarian Books LLC
Title
AUTOGRAPH OF GIDEON WELLES ON SMALL PAPER: "GIDEON WELLES | HARTFORD | 10TH JULY 1877.
Author
Welles, Gideon
Seller
David M. Lesser, Fine Antiquarian Books LLC (United States)
Description
n.p., 1877. Small paper, 2 3/4" x 4 3/8"; possibly cut from a larger document. Neat ink manuscript. Signed less than 7 months before Welles's death. Light shadows at each corner of recto from four glue remnants on verso from previous mounting. Very Good. Gideon Welles [1802-1878] was a Connecticut politician, member of the Republican National Committee from Connecticut from 1856-65; and Secretary of the Navy from 1861 to 1869. In his later years he spent most of his time on his writings.
Good Night, Willie Lee, I'll See You In The Morning: Poems

Good Night, Willie Lee, I'll See You In The Morning: Poems by Alice Walker

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Seller: Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
Title
Good Night, Willie Lee, I'll See You In The Morning: Poems
Author
Alice Walker
Seller
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Near Fine
Description
New York: Dial Press, 1979. Near Fine/Fine. New York: Dial Press, [1979]. First Edition, First Printing Stated. Slim octavo; publisher's cloth-backed boards in unclipped dust jacket; vi,53pp. Corners gently tapped, else Just About Fine. Lovely copy of Walker's third poetry collection preceding "The Color Purple" by three years.
Die Welt des Kindes in Seiner Darstellung

Die Welt des Kindes in Seiner Darstellung by WYLICK, Margret van

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Title
Die Welt des Kindes in Seiner Darstellung
Author
WYLICK, Margret van
Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books (United States)
Description
Wien: Verlag Josef Eberle, 1936. First Edition. Slim octavo (23cm.); publisher's cream printed card wrappers; 57pp.; five leaves of color plates with laid in tissue guards, color graphs in text throughout. Extremities rather toned and spine ends chipped with small loss at foot, else Very Good, internally bright and fine. Academic thesis based on a psychological study of the landscapes created by young children playing with toys, possibly the most alarming that of young Hansi, whose bridge is roadblocked and beyond his toy church is a long line of toy soldiers. Quite scarce, OCLC locates one copy in the United States as of April, 2020, at Brandeis.
El Grito del Norte: vol. V, no 4, June 27, 1972

El Grito del Norte: vol. V, no 4, June 27, 1972

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Title
El Grito del Norte: vol. V, no 4, June 27, 1972
Seller
Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Description
Española, NM: El Grito del Norte, 1972. Newspaper. 20p., folded tabloid newspaper, photos, text in English and Spanish, light edgewear, evenly toned, ex-library with pen notation and rubberstamp on front wrap, else very good condition. Centerfold photospread of photos from a delegation to China.
SDS New Left Notes, vol. 3, no. 6, February 12, 1968;

SDS New Left Notes, vol. 3, no. 6, February 12, 1968;

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Title
SDS New Left Notes, vol. 3, no. 6, February 12, 1968;
Seller
Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Description
Chicago: Students for a Democratic Society, 1968. Newspaper. 8p. tabloid newspaper, folded, edgeworn and evenly toned, address on rear wrap, slightly misfolded else good condition. Articles on the Cuban revolution, a group of black students in South Carolina who were arrested for entering a segregated bowling alley, and more.
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The invention of dice or Eugenio Granell. by ZELLER, Ludwig.

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Title
The invention of dice or Eugenio Granell.
Author
ZELLER, Ludwig.
Seller
Jeff Maser, Bookseller-ABAA (United States)
Description
Toronto & NY: Oasis,, 1982.. First edition.. [24 pp]. Spine sunned, else near fine in illustrated wrappers. Text in Spanish followed by English translations.
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Mr. Mani by Yehoshua, A. B.

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Seller: Hackenberg Booksellers ABAA
Title
Mr. Mani
Author
Yehoshua, A. B.
Seller
Hackenberg Booksellers ABAA (United States)
Description
New York, Etc.: Doubleday, 1992. 1st Edition. [x] 368p., dj.
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Essay on atomism: from Democritus to 1960. by WHYTE, Lancelot Law.

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Seller: Jeff Weber Rare Books
Title
Essay on atomism: from Democritus to 1960.
Author
WHYTE, Lancelot Law.
Seller
Jeff Weber Rare Books (Switzerland)
Description
Middletown, Connecticut:: Wesleyan University Press, (1961)., 1961. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. [viii], 108 pp. Chronological table. Gray cloth. Ownership signature. Very good.

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