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Vue De New York. Prise de Weahawk, A View of New-York, taken from Veahawk./ Garneray pinx.t/ Himely sulp/ A Paris chez Hocquart Succr. de Basset rue St. Jacques No. 64./ Depose' by GARNERAY, L

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Title: Vue De New York. Prise de Weahawk, A View of New-York, taken from Veahawk./ Garneray pinx.t/ Himely sulp/ A Paris chez Hocquart Succr. de Basset rue St. Jacques No. 64./ Depose'
Author: GARNERAY, L
Seller: Martayan Lan, Inc. (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: New York, 1840. No Binding. Very Good. 14 ½ x 17 5/8 inches. Aquatint with fine hand color; excellent condition. Rare. An exquisite aquatint view of New York City and Harbor as seen from Weehawken, New Jersey, a popular vantage point for early views of the city. In the foreground are picnickers in a sylvan setting on the heights overlooking a ship-filled harbor and busy port city. The view evokes the majestic sweep New York's spacious, double-bayed harbor, and the subtle shading effects of the aquatint process are can be seen in rendering of cloud formations, in the delicacy of the large tree in the foreground, and in the play of light on the water. In the view the steeples of churches still dominate the skyline of the city. The appearance of the dome on the Merchants' Exchange seen in the southern extreme of the city, however, helps date the depiction. It was completed in 1827 but destroyed by fire in December 1835. Further, there is no trace on the view of the tower of the Presbyterian Church on Wall Street, which was destroyed by fire in September 1834 but rebuilt in 1835. Stokes, I.N.P. Iconography, III, p. 614, pl. 110; Deak, G.G. Picturing America, no. 433; Stokes & Haskell American Historical Prints, c.1834-E-38, pp. 78-79.

Hinaasobi no ki [trans.: About the Hina Doll Play]; title for Vol. II: Kaiawase no ki [trans.: Playing the Shell Game]; sub-title: Jokun eiri [trans.: Illustrated Instruction for Women] by NAKANISHI, Naokata (or WATARAI)

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Title: Hinaasobi no ki [trans.: About the Hina Doll Play]; title for Vol. II: Kaiawase no ki [trans.: Playing the Shell Game]; sub-title: Jokun eiri [trans.: Illustrated Instruction for Women]
Author: NAKANISHI, Naokata (or WATARAI)
Seller: Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller, Inc. (United States)
Description: Edited by Yusuishi Tanaka. Woodcut frontis. & eight fine double-page woodcut illus. 21; 18 folding leaves. Two vols. Large 8vo, orig. blue wrappers (wrappers rather worn & rubbed), orig. block-printed title labels on upper covers (rubbed), new stitching. Osaka, Edo, & Kyoto: 1749. First edition of this beautifully illustrated book; the fine woodcuts are by Sukenobu Nishikawa (1671-1750 or -51 or -54), who “counts among the foremost masters of so-called ukiyo-e (primitive) prints. His subject matter, like that of his contemporaries, revolved around images of women walking. These images are stylised, lending the rhythmic movement of the sumptuous robes an almost sculptural effect. Nishikawa also did many book illustrations…Nishikawa founded a whole school, and according to his family archives Harunobu (1725-1770) was a follower of his.”–Oxford Art Online. This work is concerned with the education of women in its widest sense, combining knowledge with taste. Four types of girls’ “play” are described and illustrated; each providing instruction in behavior and ethics. The fine woodcut frontispiece depicts a young woman reading a book, surrounded symbols of knowledge and refinement: bookshelves and brushes for calligraphy. Her clothes and hairstyle are appropriate. The first volume is concerned with dolls (hina). In Japan, dolls are not for play but have high spiritual value, which offer girls preparation for adulthood and marriage. For the Japanese, dolls are living creatures possessing heart and soul, from which girls can learn discipline, obedience, and control. Nakanishi (1634-1709), was a scholar and writer on Shintoism and the present text was edited and posthumously published by Yusuishi Tanaka, who has contributed a preface. The theme of the text is instructional and written for girls and young women: there are many references to texts essential for proper behavior and ethics. Nakanishi draws on the Nihon Shoki, the oldest chronicle of Japan; Man’yoshu, the eighth-century anthology of Japanese poetry; the Tale of Genji; and Makura no Soshi, the famous Pillow Book. There are four fine double-page woodcut illustrations in the first volume. The first illustration depicts an upper-class woman sending her dolls away in a boat, thereby sending her suffering away. The second illustration depicts the hinamatsuri (doll festival) with dolls arranged on shelves. The following illustration depicts a young woman facing her suitor, her dowry behind her (all are objects of knowledge and culture: a calligraphy set, fine papers in a box, picture scrolls, books, etc.). The final illustration in this volume depicts an offering made to the sky, referencing tanabata (the star festival). According to legend, the Milky Way separates two lovers; they are allowed to meet only once a year on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month of the lunisolar calendar. The second volume is concerned with kai-awase, the Japanese shell-matching game. Again, there are four fine double-page illustrations, each filled with deep meaning. Matching the shells symbolizes the unity of partners in a marriage. There are many references to the Tale of Genji and Lady Murasaki; scenes from this novel were often used to illustrate the shells. One of the illustrations depicts the traditional card game called uta-garuta being played by several women. A very good set and rare. Some carefully repaired worming, mostly confined to the margins. The lower outer corners of many leaves are “thumbed.” ❧ Brown, Block Printing & Book Illustrations in Japan, p. 131.

Isadora Duncan in Her Dances by Abraham Walkowitz

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Title: Isadora Duncan in Her Dances
Author: Abraham Walkowitz
Seller: Capitol Hill Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: Girard, Kansas: Haldeman-Julius Publications, 1945. Very Good. Girard, KS: Haldeman-Julius Publications, 1945. First Edition. Quarto (28.7cm); bound in three-quarter leather and marbled paper boards with leather title card by Starr Bookworks; original blue-green paper wraps retained; 12pp+[20]pp illus. Boards sturdy, clean, and square. Fading and toning along edges of original wraps. Scattered foxing to title page. Light, flattened creasing to some interior pages. Binding sound and pages unmarked. Title page continues: "Included Are Dance Sequence Drawings of Ballet, Agna Enters, Martha Graham, a Group of Pupils of Isador, And Drawings Against War and Fascism by Walkowitz, With an Introduction by Konrad Bercovici." Additional introductions by Maria-Theresa, Carl Van Vechten, Mary Fanton Roberts, Shaemas O'Sheel and Arnold Genthe. Small collection of Walkowitz's drawings of the pioneer of modern contemporary dance (he would go on to draw over 5000). Baker p. 398.

The Dictionary of Nineteenth-Century British Scientists: Volume 1-4 [Four volume set] by Bernard Lightman [ed.]

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Title: The Dictionary of Nineteenth-Century British Scientists: Volume 1-4 [Four volume set]
Author: Bernard Lightman [ed.]
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ISBN: 9781855069992
Condition: Very Good
Description: Bristol, UK: Thoemmes Continuum, 2004. Very Good. Bristol, UK: Thoemmes Continuum, 2004. First Editions. Four octavo volumes, complete. Black cloth stamped in gilt and violet. No dust jackets. Touch of dust soiling to top edges. Bindings sound and pages unmarked; a Very Good or better set.

Burnett's Floral Handbook by [Joseph Burnett & Co.]

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Title: Burnett's Floral Handbook
Author: [Joseph Burnett & Co.]
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Description: Boston: Joseph Burnett & Co.; [printed by] Forbes Co, 1878. Booklet in stapled, chromolithographed wrapper (11.5 x 7.5 cm.), 40 pages. Illustrated advertisements throughout, Title, date, and publication information from cover. ~ A single issue of an attractive little calendar and promotional booklet produced annually, usually under the title Burnett's Floral Handbook and Ladies Calendar, by the company to advertise its various patent medicines, flavoring extracts for cooking, and hair and beauty products, most notably Burnett's Cocoaine for the hair: "It softens the Hair when harsh and dry. It soothes the irritated scalp. It affords the richest lustre. It prevents the Hair from falling off…" / Advertisements for Burnett's cocoaine [coconut oil hair dressing], Florimel perfume, Kalliston, Oriental tooth wash, cologne water, flavoring extracts, and Jonas Whitcomb's asthma remedy. Printed on back cover: "This book is presented by Joseph W. White of Chelsea Mass.), Druggist, Dealer in Burnett’s Standard Preparations…” ~ Near fine, in chromolithographed wrappers with a Japonisme influenced design. [OCLC locates no copies of this issue (and twenty copies of all issues combined, circa 1865-1880)].

1 Is One by Tasha Tudor

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Title: 1 Is One
Author: Tasha Tudor
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Description: New York: Oxford University Press, 1956. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. Tasha Tudor. The 1956 1st edition of this lovely counting book. Clean and Near Fine in its pink/salmon cloth. And in a crisp, price-clipped, VG dustjacket, with several tiny closed tears along the panel edges and light soiling to the rear panel. Oblong octavo, nicely illustrated in soft pencil AND in vivid color.

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Art Held Hostage: The Battle Over the Barnes Collection by ANDERSON, John

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Title: Art Held Hostage: The Battle Over the Barnes Collection
Author: ANDERSON, John
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ISBN: 9780393048896
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Description: New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2003. First. hardcover. fine/near fine. 28 pages of black & white and color illustrations. 237 pages. 8vo, two-toned maroon and tan boards, pictorial d.w. (price-clipped and gently faded spine). New York: W.W. Norton & Company, (2003). First Edition. A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper.

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