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The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley (in 2 vols.)

The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley (in 2 vols.) by [Fine Binding - Cosway style] Shelley, Percy Bysshe

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Title
The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley (in 2 vols.)
Author
[Fine Binding - Cosway style] Shelley, Percy Bysshe
Seller
Whitmore Rare Books (United States)
Condition
Fine
Description
London: Reeves & Turner, 1886. Second edition. Fine. Two octavo volumes (7 1/4 x 4 11/16 inches; 184 x 119 mm.), 572; 580 pp. A spectacular ca. 1920 Cosway-Style binding by Sangorski & Sutcliffe for the J.L. Hudson Company (stamp-signed in gilt on rear turn-in). Full red crushed levant morocco over beveled boards, covers lavishly gilt in the Art Nouveau style, with inlaid green and light brown morocco inlays. The first volume with a central green morocco medallion with Percy Bysshe Shelley's initials in gilt. The second volume with a central green morocco medallion with the phrase "Pansies/Let My Flowers Be" stamped in gilt. Spines with five raised bands elaborately decorated and lettered in gilt in compartments, four of which have onlaid green morocco flowers. Double gilt-ruled board edges and elaborate gilt turn-ins, dark blue watered silk liners and endleaves, all edges gilt and gauffered. The first volume with a front doublure of dark blue crushed levant morocco, multi-ruled in gilt. In the center is a superb gilt framed, hand-painted portrait miniature (3 x 2 3/8 inches; 76 x 60 mm.) of Percy Bysshe Shelley. The miniature is surrounded by a rectangular recessed frame with eight onlaid red morocco flowers and twenty-four onlaid beige morocco leaves. The front and back joints of both volumes have been expertly and almost invisibly repaired. Housed in a custom-made, felt lined half red morocco (with a red felt divider) clamshell case, two spines paneled and lettered in gilt in compartments. A wonderful early Sangorski & Sutcliffe Cosway-style binding. The miniature is of exceptional quality and is quite possibly the work of Miss C.B. Currie. The J. L. Hudson Company (commonly known simply as Hudson's) was a retail department store chain based in Detroit, Michigan. Hudson's flagship store, on Woodward Avenue in Downtown Detroit was constructed beginning in 1911, with additions throughout the years, before being 'completed' in 1946. The building was named after the company's founder Joseph Lowthian Hudson, and was demolished on October 24, 1998. In 1961 it was the tallest department store in the world, and, at one time, claimed to be the second-largest department store, after Macy's, in the United States, by square footage. The Grand River Avenue Book Shop was on the Mezzanine floor. The story of the Sangorski & Sutcliffe Bindery reads like something out of a novel-when two of Douglas Cockrell's talented apprentices, Frances Sangorski and George Sutcliffe, were laid off during an economic downturn they began working out of an attic. Eventually their bindery would be famous for its intricate multicolored leather inlays and elaborate gold and jeweled bindings. Although named after the English miniaturist Richard Cosway (1742-1821), the desirable "Cosway Binding" with its jewel-like portrait miniature set into a fine binding was first developed at the turn of the century by J.H. Stonehouse, director of London's Henry Sotheran Booksellers. Their miniatures were painstakingly crafted by the talented painter Miss C. B. Currie (1849-1940). As the style grew in popularity, other publishing houses quickly began to reproduce this technique-each developing their own desirable take on the aesthetic-referred to as "Cosway style.". Fine.
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Regolamento dei regi spedali di Santa Maria Nuova e di Bonifazio by [COVONI-GIROLAMI, Marco]

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Regolamento dei regi spedali di Santa Maria Nuova e di Bonifazio
Author
[COVONI-GIROLAMI, Marco]
Seller
Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts (United States)
Description
Florence: Gaetano Cambiagi, 1789. Engraved frontispiece, 2 folding, 4 full-page, and 22 double-page typographic tables, 10 folding engraved plates. Contemporary stiff vellum, edges marbled blue and red, old bookseller label on the pastedown. In excellent condition. First edition of this groundbreaking guide to psychiatric institutional reform. The text lists the rules and regulations for the recently established Florentine Santa Bonifacio hospital for the mentally ill as well as the reformed Santa Maria Novella, both of which reflected the new standards of care put in place by Vincenzo Chiarugi at the direction of Emperor Leopold II. These statutes demanded detailed patient records, hygienic conditions, and padded rooms and furniture, and they restricted use of force on patients. Chiarugi’s “humane administration with regard to the insane marked the first application of the principles of treatment that form the basis of modern psychiatry.” (Norman) Included at the end are dozens of blank forms that the hospitals used to consolidate patient information and tables showing the quantitative efficacy of the system. The plates show the hospitals’ grounds and facilities. Norman 474; Garrison-Morton 4920.2.
Correspondence about Mind Reading between Houdini and mentalist Julius Zancig with illustration, unsigned by Houdini: 1- Zancig Typed Letter unsigned, to Houdini on "Zancig Studio" stationery explaining the mind reading trick "How to Thought Picture"; with envelope addressed to Houdini, postmarked Asbury Park, NJ., August 8, 1925. Zancig wrote "Private" on verso of this letter. 2- A handwritten letter written for Houdini, possibly by his secretary Julie Sawyer, signed for him to mentalist Julius Zancig, in pencil, three separate 4to pages, August 17,1925; Julie Sawyer was the niece of Houdini's wife Bess. 3- Typed Letter unsigned, 2 pp, to Zancig with a hexagram diagram Houdini likely drew, in ink, Aug. 21, 1925

Correspondence about Mind Reading between Houdini and mentalist Julius Zancig with illustration, unsigned by Houdini: 1- Zancig Typed Letter unsigned, to Houdini on "Zancig Studio" stationery explaining the mind reading trick "How to Thought Picture"; with envelope addressed to Houdini, postmarked Asbury Park, NJ., August 8, 1925. Zancig wrote "Private" on verso of this letter. 2- A handwritten letter written for Houdini, possibly by his secretary Julie Sawyer, signed for him to mentalist Julius Zancig, in pencil, three separate 4to pages, August 17,1925; Julie Sawyer was the niece of Houdini's wife Bess. 3- Typed Letter unsigned, 2 pp, to Zancig with a hexagram diagram Houdini likely drew, in ink, Aug. 21, 1925 by HOUDINI, HARRY

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Correspondence about Mind Reading between Houdini and mentalist Julius Zancig with illustration, unsigned by Houdini: 1- Zancig Typed Letter unsigned, to Houdini on "Zancig Studio" stationery explaining the mind reading trick "How to Thought Picture"; with envelope addressed to Houdini, postmarked Asbury Park, NJ., August 8, 1925. Zancig wrote "Private" on verso of this letter. 2- A handwritten letter written for Houdini, possibly by his secretary Julie Sawyer, signed for him to mentalist Julius Zancig, in pencil, three separate 4to pages, August 17,1925; Julie Sawyer was the niece of Houdini's wife Bess. 3- Typed Letter unsigned, 2 pp, to Zancig with a hexagram diagram Houdini likely drew, in ink, Aug. 21, 1925
Author
HOUDINI, HARRY
Seller
Schulson Autographs (United States)
Description
Houdini is known as one of the greatest escapologists and stunt performers, as well as a skeptic and investigator of spiritualists. He was also a film producer and actor. The illusion of mind reading intrigued Houdini. Both he and Zancig had little to do with each other though both belonged to the Society of American Magicians. Houdini doubted mentalist Julius Zancig's ability to self proclaimed ability. In this three piece correspondence Zancig reveals his trick. This correspondence began with Zancig's Aug. 8 TLS to Houdini on "How to Thought Picture... here is the secret Harry nd (sic) no one lese (sic) has it but you up to this time...you promise not to Devulge (sic) it to any one here..." Houdini replied first with a three page holograph letter including bold capital letters detailing what he did not understand about Zancig's trick. The letter is not in is hand but is most likely a draft of the typed letter he sent to Zancig. The typed letter included in this group varies from the hand written letter and is very likely a copy of the typed letter Houdini did send. This copy contains a hexagram drawing in ink appearing to be in Houdini's hand. He never believed the mind reading illusion had anything to do with a special mental ability. From the Aug. 17 holograph letter "I have gone over the Thought Picture sheet very carefully but must confess that it is not clear to my mind...." The letter ends on the second page, with his name then crossed out and the letter continued onto a third page . "I really cannot put these things together and would appreciate your making it clearer--With best regards, yours, Houdini." This first closing and signature are struck out and followed on the last page with, "Do you really attempt to reproduce what is drawn by members of the audience, or confine your reproductions to your prepared list? If so what about identification by audience...." At this point it is signed on his behalf, "With best regards, Houdini." The letter while not in Houdini's hand expresses his views about Zancig. It is possible the letter was dictated as a first draft then redrafted into the typed copy here. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle declared in 1923 that Julius Zancig and his wife were genuine telepathists, contradicting Houdini''s belief that the Zancigs' "mind-reading performances required no supernatural powers. Houdini purchased the explanation of the act from Julius Zancig in order to demonstrate the truth of his view to posterity." (Milbourne Christopher, Houdini, New York, 1969, p. 177)." Harry Houdini forever changed the world of magic and escapes.
Poetical Writings of Orson F. Whitney. Poems and Poetic Prose

Poetical Writings of Orson F. Whitney. Poems and Poetic Prose by Whitney, Orson Ferguson [David O. McKay]

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Title
Poetical Writings of Orson F. Whitney. Poems and Poetic Prose
Author
Whitney, Orson Ferguson [David O. McKay]
Seller
Tschanz Rare Books (United States)
Description
Salt Lake City: Juvenile Instructor Office, 1889. First Edition. 208pp. Octavo [22.5 cm] Full brown pebbled leather with the title gilt stamped on the front board and backstrip. A.E.G. Floral endsheets and pastedowns. Better than very good. Faint rubbing to corners with gentle sunning to backstrip. Small nick to front board. Inscribed by David O. McKay to his son, Edward R. McKay on the front free endsheet. Nice association copy. David O. McKay (1873-1970) spent his youth in Huntsville, Utah. As a young adult he studied at the Weber Stake Academy and the University of Utah with the intention of being an educator. At the age of 32, he was called as an Apostle, beginning a life of service in the LDS Church's highest councils. He was sustained as President of the Church on April 9, 1951, a position he held for 19 years. Orson Ferguson Whitney (1855-1931) served as a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, from 1906 until his death in 1931. Whitney was also a politician, journalist, and taught at Brigham Young College during the 1890s. He was also the author of several publications and wrote the lyrics to a few of the LDS Church's hymns. Flake/Draper 9777.
'The Rivals'

'The Rivals' by [Senior Class, Helena High School

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'The Rivals'
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[Senior Class, Helena High School
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Tschanz Rare Books (United States)
Description
[Helena, MT], 1899. Broadside [25 cm x 15 cm] / [10" x 6"] printed in black ink on pink paper. Near fine. 'The Rivals, A Popular Comedy by Sheridan. Presented by the Senior Class of Helena High School. Monday Ev'ng, May 1. Electric Hall. Admission, 50 and 25 cts.' Broadside for a high school production of Sheridan's 'The Rivals.'.
Cortez is the Gateway to Mesa Verde National Park

Cortez is the Gateway to Mesa Verde National Park by Cortez Chamber of Commerce

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Cortez is the Gateway to Mesa Verde National Park
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Cortez Chamber of Commerce
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Tschanz Rare Books (United States)
Description
Cortez, CO: Beaver Printing Company, 1960. Single sheet [23 cm x 40 cm] printed on both sides and folding to pamphlet size. [23 cm x 10] folds as issued. Better than very good. Promotional item for the southwestern Colorado town of Cortez with description of the area and amenities offered. Illustrated with a map and black and white views. "The land of contrasts. That's the area that surrounds Cortez. To the south and west of this modern city is the Colorful Desert of The Southwest. To the north and east are the Magnificent Mountains of the Centennial State. Within easy driving distance are two great National Parks and Four National Monuments.
The San Rafael Swell

The San Rafael Swell by Carbon County Chamber of Commerce

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The San Rafael Swell
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Carbon County Chamber of Commerce
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Tschanz Rare Books (United States)
Description
Price: Castle Country, 1960. Single sheet [46 cm x 30 cm] /[18" x 12"] printed on both sides and folding to pamphlet size [23 Cm x 10 cm] / [9" x 4"] Folds as issued. Better than very good. Promotional item to tout the history and the recreational opportunities of the Swell. "The San Rafael has some spectacular scenery that is accessible on gravel roads. the Wedge Overlook gives you a good vantage point over the little Grand Canyon, the San Rafael River, and Window Blind Peak. Further south you can explore Sinbad, Black Dragon Canyon, or the Muddy River.
Five Spectroheliograph Photographs of the Sun

Five Spectroheliograph Photographs of the Sun by [Evershed, John]

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Five Spectroheliograph Photographs of the Sun
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[Evershed, John]
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Biblioctopus (United States)
Description
1920. A group of 5 spectroheliograph silver gelatin prints of the sun. Royal Observatory, Greenwich and Kodaikanal, India, 1906-1920. Printed c1920, mailed 1946. 2 prints approximately 7 ½" x 6", 3 prints approximately 6 1/2" x 5 ¾". All prints with manuscript captions on verso (in an unknown hand), 3 prints state that the photos were taken by J. Evershed, the others credited to the Royal Observatory. Some general edgewear, toning, prints lightly curled. Original envelope with a return address of the General Electric address in New York. The spectroheliograph is an instrument designed to photograph the sun in a single, precisely isolated wavelength of light, revealing solar features that are entirely invisible in broadband white-light photography. Invented independently by George Ellery Hale and Henri Deslandres in 1890–1891, it works by combining a spectroscope (which disperses sunlight into its component wavelengths) with a photographic apparatus arranged so that only a narrow band of the resulting spectrum falls on the photographic plate. By selecting the wavelength corresponding to a specific atomic transition, typically the hydrogen-alpha line at 656 nanometers or the calcium H and K lines, the instrument renders visible the chromosphere, the layer of the solar atmosphere lying above the photosphere, along with its associated structures: prominences, filaments, plages, and the magnetic network surrounding sunspot groups. A mechanical scanning mechanism moves both the entrance slit and the photographic plate in tandem across the solar disk, building up a complete image one narrow strip at a time. The result is a photograph of the sun as it exists at a single atmospheric depth defined by the chosen wavelength; a cross-section through the solar atmosphere unavailable by any other means, and the primary tool by which early twentieth-century solar physicists mapped the relationship between chromospheric structure and the magnetic activity cycles that govern solar behavior.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ John Evershed (1864-1956) was an English astronomer who made pioneering observations of solar phenomena at the Kodaikanal Observatory in southern India. In 1909, he discovered radial motions in sunspots (gas flows moving outward from the center of sunspots along their surfaces) a phenomenon now known as the Evershed Effect. This discovery fundamentally advanced understanding of sunspot dynamics and solar magnetic fields. The spectroheliograph, invented by George Ellery Hale in 1890, allowed astronomers to photograph the sun in specific wavelengths of light, revealing features invisible to ordinary photography. These prints represent the golden age of solar observation, when British astronomers working at imperial observatories in India contributed significantly to heliophysics. The Kodaikanal Observatory, established in 1899, maintained one of the longest continuous records of solar observation in the world. One of the Royal Observatory photos depicts sunspots, those darker, cooler regions on the solar surface caused by intense magnetic activity.
LGBTQ+ Literature Lesbian Pulp Fiction by Women Writers 1957 to 1968 Including Weirauch Taylor and Michaels

LGBTQ+ Literature Lesbian Pulp Fiction by Women Writers 1957 to 1968 Including Weirauch Taylor and Michaels by Valerie Taylor; Randy Salem; Anna Weirauch

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LGBTQ+ Literature Lesbian Pulp Fiction by Women Writers 1957 to 1968 Including Weirauch Taylor and Michaels
Author
Valerie Taylor; Randy Salem; Anna Weirauch
Seller
Max Rambod Inc. (United States)
Description
1957. Taylor, Valerie. Whisper Their Love. Weirauch, Anna Elisabet. Of Love Forbidden. Salem, Randy. Chris. Michaels, Rea. Cloak of Evil. These mid-twentieth century lesbian pulp novels document women-authored representations of same-sex relationships within a commercial publishing field largely dominated by male writers using pseudonyms. Issued between 1957 and 1968, these works provide primary evidence of how lesbian identity, desire, and social constraint were articulated in mass-market fiction during a period when homosexuality remained criminalized and widely pathologized in the United States. Valerie Taylor, writing under the name Velma Nacella Young, contributed fiction grounded in lesbian experience and later became associated with early homophile activism, while Anna Elisabet Weirauch's work, first published in German as Der Skorpion, stands among the earliest extended literary treatments of lesbian identity in modern European literature and circulated in English translation within American paperback markets. Additional authors in the group explore themes of secrecy, emotional attachment, and social marginalization, with several titles aligning with evaluative frameworks established by Barbara Grier identifying works with sustained lesbian characters and plotlines. Weirauch, Anna Elisabet. Of Love Forbidden. Greenwich, Conn: Crest Book, 1964. Third edition. Mass-market paperback. Salem, Randy (pen name of Pat Perdue). Chris. New York: Softcover Library, 1968. First edition. Mass-market paperback. Michaels, Rea. Cloak of Evil. New York: Lancer Books, 1965. First edition. Mass-market paperback. Taylor, Valerie (pen name of Velma Nacella Young). Whisper Their Love. Greenwich, Conn.: Fawcett Publications, 1957. First edition. Mass-market paperback. Group of four paperback volumes spanning 1957 to 1968, each measuring approximately 4.25 x 7 inches and generally ranging between 120 and 200 pages. Illustrated covers employ mid-century pulp visual conventions, frequently depicting women in intimate or suggestive poses paired with promotional language such as "Haunting story of a girl caught in the web of an unnatural love" (Of Love Forbidden) and "Theirs was the kind of love they dared not show the world" (Whisper Their Love). Narrative content includes first lesbian relationships, extended romantic entanglements, and urban social settings such as Greenwich Village, as in Chris, which centers a multi-year relationship disrupted by a new encounter, described as "the strangest love-triangle of them all." Other titles emphasize transgressive desire and gendered power dynamics, as in Cloak of Evil, where same-sex relationships are positioned alongside broader themes of control and emotional dependence. These novels circulated within a rapidly expanding postwar paperback industry that enabled the distribution of controversial subject matter through inexpensive, widely available formats, even as publishers framed lesbian content through sensationalized marketing language to navigate obscenity restrictions and consumer expectations. Female-authored works within this genre introduced perspectives grounded in lived experience and identity exploration, contributing to the formation of lesbian literary traditions that would later intersect with feminist and gay liberation movements of the late 1960s and 1970s. Clean covers and interiors with tight textblocks; light handling wear consistent with age; overall good to very good condition. The grouping offers a focused record of women-authored lesbian fiction within mid-century print culture and supports research into sexuality, censorship, and mass-market publishing.
(Sex Pistols) THE GREAT ROCK 'N' ROLL SWINDLE [1980] UK color photo archive

(Sex Pistols) THE GREAT ROCK 'N' ROLL SWINDLE [1980] UK color photo archive by Virgin Films

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(Sex Pistols) THE GREAT ROCK 'N' ROLL SWINDLE [1980] UK color photo archive
Author
Virgin Films
Seller
Walterfilm, Inc. (United States)
Condition
Just About Fine
Description
Virgin Films. No binding. Just About Fine. London: Virgin Films, [1980]. Set of eight vintage original 8 x 10" (20 x 25 cm) British color photos, very minor occasional creasing, overall just about fine. Julian Temple directed The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle, a mockumentary starring the Sex Pistols. These photos turn up infrequently, especially when in a complete set of eight.
Woman Suffrage: Arguments and Results [The Blue Book] FIRST EDITION

Woman Suffrage: Arguments and Results [The Blue Book] FIRST EDITION by Björkman, Frances Maule (Ed.); Porritt, Annie G. (Ed.)

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Woman Suffrage: Arguments and Results [The Blue Book] FIRST EDITION
Author
Björkman, Frances Maule (Ed.); Porritt, Annie G. (Ed.)
Seller
Underground Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Good +
Description
New York: National American Woman Suffrage Association, 1912. First Edition. Hardcover. Good +. First Edition. Hardcover. This rare first edition of the women's rights handbook that would become known as "The Blue Book," with that title and the editors' names added to later, revised editions, collects eight popular booklets into one handy, nearly pocket-size volume, "designed especially for the convenience of suffrage speakers and writers and for the use of debaters and libraries." The editors of The Blue Book were Frances Maule Björkman (1879-1966), a queer, socialist member of Heterodoxy, a Greenwich Village feminist debating club, and Annie Gertrude Webb Porritt (1861-1932), an editor of the National American Woman Suffrage Association's Publishing Company who followed Alice Paul after her expulsion from NAWSA, joining Paul at the more 'militant' National Woman's Party, and after the passage of the 19th Amendment, becoming a birth control activist, through her work at the American Birth Control League and as managing editor of the Birth Control Review. The full contents of this first edition of "The Blue Book" include: "Why Women Should Vote," by American settlement activist Jane Addams; "Objections Answered: Why Should Women Vote?" by journalist and human rights activist Alice Stone Blackwell; "Where Women Vote," by Björkman; "Do You Know," by once and future NAWSA President Carrie Chapman Catt; "A Comon-Sense View of Woman Suffrage," by Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Jesse Lynch Williams; "Why Women Want to Vote," by Björkman; "Measuring Up Equal Suffrage," by later head of the United States Committee on Public Information George Creel and social reformer Judge Ben B. Lindsey; and "Eminent Opinions" on women's suffrage, collecting quotes from Abraham Lincoln, Susan B. Anthony, Mark Twain, Louisa May Alcott, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, John Stuart Mill, Frances Willard, Clara Barton, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Elizabeth Cady Stanton,and many other notable figures. 6 1/4" X 3 3/4". 20pp, 32pp; 38pp; 12pp; 16pp; 12pp; 32pp; 55pp. Presents well in protective archival jacket. Bound in faded blue cloth over boards, lettered and ruled in black to upper board. Heavy scattered rubbing to cloth, especially at rear, with sunning to blank spine and moderate rubbing to edges and extremities. Rear hinge a touch tender; binding remains sound, with occasional hints of spine visible at gutters of signatures. $2.25 price per dozen copies amended in pencil to $2.50 at verso of title page. Occasional spot of foxing, thumbing, or smudge to pages throughout, else unmarked. An admittedly worn but overall well preserved first edition of this significant book in the history of women, voting rights, and the United States of America.
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Memoire sur la Laminage du Plomb by Remond de Saint-Albine, P - TECHNOLOGY

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Memoire sur la Laminage du Plomb
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Remond de Saint-Albine, P - TECHNOLOGY
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Palinurus Antiquarian Books (United States)
Condition
Very good with modest wear to the binding.
Description
Paris: J Guerin, 1746. Third Enlarged Edition. First Illustrated.. Full contemporary calf.. Very good with modest wear to the binding.. 8vo, xii, [1] - 78, [2 - privilege] pp. + 3 engraved folding plates of machinery; title vignette. An effort on behalf of the author to overcome the resistance of craft guilds to the introduction of rolled lead sheeting for roofing and gutters. Rolled lead had been in use in the UK since 1670. But the first mill to produce this product in France was established only in 1729 and met with considerable resistance from the guild of plumbers under whom cast lead roofing was a protected craft assignment. This pamphlet defends the advantages of rolled sheet versus cast lead and also goes into a good explanation of manufacturing techniques (all illustrated). This edition (it was first pub'd. in 1731) is the first to have the illustrations. The engraver of the plates is identified as Dheulland, presumably G Dheulland who worked on Belidor's massive hydraulic architecture book. This copy also has bound in a 19th century tariff sheet for various lead pipe and zinc laminated pipe.
A Lottery Ticket To Fund The Washington City Canal Signed By Daniel Carroll

A Lottery Ticket To Fund The Washington City Canal Signed By Daniel Carroll by DANIEL CARROLL

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A Lottery Ticket To Fund The Washington City Canal Signed By Daniel Carroll
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DANIEL CARROLL
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Stuart Lutz Historic Documents, Inc. (United States)
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(WASHINGTON CITY CANAL). The Washington City Canal was a public works project in early Washington D.C. that was meant to cultivate commerce and industry in the city. The canal connected the Eastern Branch (Anatostia River) to the Potomac River and Tiber Creek. The canal was began in 1810 and opened in 1815. Unfortunately, it was never a big success, and it was filled in 1871 after having fallen into disrepair. It passed through what is now the National Mall.DANIEL CARROLL OF DUDDINGTON (1764-1849). Daniel was the son of Charles Carroll of Duddington and he a major landowner in Washington D.C. who owned the land that would become Capitol Hill.DS. 1pg. 4 x 1 . No date. No place [likely Washington, DC]. A printed lottery ticket signed Danl Carroll of Duddn. The ticket reads: This Ticket will entitle the Possessor to such Prize as may be drawn to its Number, in Lottery No. 1, for cutting the Canal through the City of Washington to the Easter-Branch Harbour. Lotteries were popular ways of funding public and private projects in early America. The lottery ticket is in very good condition with a dark signature and a scalloped left edge.
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The Reading of Imagery in Chinese Poetic Tradition by Yu, Pauline

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Title
The Reading of Imagery in Chinese Poetic Tradition
Author
Yu, Pauline
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Weller Book Works ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
Princeton University Press, 1987. Very Good. Yu, Pauline. The Reading of Imagery in Chinese Poetic Tradition. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1987. 1st editon. 239pp. Indexed. Bibliography. 8vo. Leaf green linen. Book condition: Very good with very light pencil underlining and supremely neat notes throughout. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good with bumped and chipped edges and light soiling.
SILHOUETTE LITHOGRAPH OF SILAS WRIGHT, PROMINENT NEW YORK POLITICIAN, "FROM LIFE BY WM. H. BROWN. LITH. OF E.R. & E.C. KELLOGG.

SILHOUETTE LITHOGRAPH OF SILAS WRIGHT, PROMINENT NEW YORK POLITICIAN, "FROM LIFE BY WM. H. BROWN. LITH. OF E.R. & E.C. KELLOGG. by [Wright, Silas]

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SILHOUETTE LITHOGRAPH OF SILAS WRIGHT, PROMINENT NEW YORK POLITICIAN, "FROM LIFE BY WM. H. BROWN. LITH. OF E.R. & E.C. KELLOGG.
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[Wright, Silas]
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David M. Lesser, Fine Antiquarian Books LLC (United States)
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[Hartford?, 1844. Inscribed, lower center: "SILAS WRIGHT. / Entered according to Act of congress, in the year 1844, by E.B. & E.C. Kellogg, in the Clerk's Office of the District of Connecticut." Light foxing, else Very Good. 12-1/4" x 16-1/4" Lithographed by the Kelloggs of Hartford. The Philadelphia Print Shop's web site explains, "From about 1830 through the rest of the century, the Kellogg brothers, in various partnerships among themselves and with others, published popular lithographs in Hartford, Connecticut. These firms issued the second largest number of decorative prints intended for the American public, surpassed only by their New York rivals, Currier & Ives, producing thousands of lithographs, most hand-colored, which ended up in the homes and work places of Americans. The Kelloggs' prints were typical of the popular print style: colorful, affordable and with images covering much the same range of topics as those of their New York counterpart.
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Premier amour by Beckett, Samuel

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Seller: Thomas A Goldwasser Rare Books
Title
Premier amour
Author
Beckett, Samuel
Seller
Thomas A Goldwasser Rare Books (United States)
Description
[Paris]: Les Éditions de Minuit, 1970. First edition. Wrappers, fine. One of 99 copies on Lafuma (tirage de tête).
Flyer" Advance Catalogue. Illustrations and Descriptions of Ideal Specialties in Water Closets and Traps, showing Low Tank Closets Combinations complete and Centrifugal (Adjustable) Traps, with all Connections

Flyer" Advance Catalogue. Illustrations and Descriptions of Ideal Specialties in Water Closets and Traps, showing Low Tank Closets Combinations complete and Centrifugal (Adjustable) Traps, with all Connections by Ideal Manufacturing Company

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Flyer" Advance Catalogue. Illustrations and Descriptions of Ideal Specialties in Water Closets and Traps, showing Low Tank Closets Combinations complete and Centrifugal (Adjustable) Traps, with all Connections
Author
Ideal Manufacturing Company
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De Simone Company, Booksellers (United States)
Description
Detroit, Mich., U.S.A.: Ideal Manufacturing Company, 1900. 8vo. 230 x 150 mm., (9 x 6 inches). 96 pp. Illustrated throughout. Original printed wrappers, stitched as issued; a few tears to the edges of wrappers and some toning of the paper stock, otherwise very good. The Ideal Manufacturing Company of Detroit was an old and well-know company which was found in 1887 and sold in 1912 to Colwell Lead Company of New York. This is one of its trade catalogues which featured the toilets and water cabinets which it manufactured. The catalogue also includes images and descriptions of its pipe fittings and traps. There is also a description and illustration of its Centrifugal Trap which increased the velocity of water flow through the pipes. Nice copy.
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Sunspacer. by ZEBROWSKI, George.

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Sunspacer.
Author
ZEBROWSKI, George.
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Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB (United States)
ISBN
9780060268503
Condition
Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
Description
NY:: Harper & Row,. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1984. Hardcover. 0060268506 . First printing (library binding - NOT ex-library). INSCRIBED by the author to fellow science fiction writer James Morrow. Near fine in a near fine, price clipped dust jacket. ; 309 pages; Signed by Author .
[Text in Russian] Voina i Mir: Glazami Khudozhnika, 1941-1945. Zhivopis', Grafika, Skul'ptura, Diorama

[Text in Russian] Voina i Mir: Glazami Khudozhnika, 1941-1945. Zhivopis', Grafika, Skul'ptura, Diorama by ZAITSEV, Evgenii

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[Text in Russian] Voina i Mir: Glazami Khudozhnika, 1941-1945. Zhivopis', Grafika, Skul'ptura, Diorama
Author
ZAITSEV, Evgenii
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Lorne Bair Rare Books (United States)
Description
Moskva: TOO "Passim, 1995. First Edition. Slim folio (34cm.); publisher's cloth in white pictorial dust jacket; 183pp.; color illus. throughout. Light shelf wear, spine rather toned, old price sticker to rear panel, else Very Good or better. Exhibition catalog of Soviet artistic works produced during World War II. Text almost entirely in Russian, with an English-language summary on pp. 5-8.
By Myself and Then Some
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By Myself and Then Some by Bacall, Lauren

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By Myself and Then Some
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Bacall, Lauren
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Bookbid Rare Books (United States)
ISBN
9780060755355
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Near Fine
Description
Harper Entertainment, 2005. 3rd Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. A near copy in a near fine dust jacket.SIGNED by the author on the title page. First Harper Entertainment Edition stated on the copyright page with the number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3; thus indicating a third printing. Original price of $26.95 printed on the front flap of the dust jacket. Very slight moisture damage to the bottom fore-edge. No indication of other defects; near fine.
Birds; a play in two acts [*SIGNED*]

Birds; a play in two acts [*SIGNED*] by Bennitt, Caroline

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Birds; a play in two acts [*SIGNED*]
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Bennitt, Caroline
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ReadInk (United States)
Condition
Very Good-
Description
London: Heinemann Educational Books Ltd.. Very Good-. 1979. First Edition. Softcover. [some visible wear along edges and spine, short diagonal crease at top corner of rear cover]. Trade PB INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the playwright on the half-title page: "for ___ & _____ / with love from / Caroline / Christmas 1981." (Also laid in is a Christmas card from the playwright, with a brief note to the recipients.) "A free adaptation of Aristophanes' comedy which follows the spirit of the original but is far more than a mere translation. It is a light-hearted play with plenty of action, humour, and a happy ending! The cast can number as few as forty or as many as a hundred, and there are opportunities for musicians, dancers and gymnasts to do their star turns. The costumes and props are equally flexible; they can be improvised very simply or be spectacularly elaborate. The play provides plenty of scope for the imagination and is great fun, both for the cast and the audience." Signed by Author .
The American Vein: Directors and Directions in Television

The American Vein: Directors and Directions in Television by Wicking, Christopher, and Tise Vahimagi

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The American Vein: Directors and Directions in Television
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Wicking, Christopher, and Tise Vahimagi
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ReadInk (United States)
Condition
Very Good+
Description
New York: E.P. Dutton. Very Good+. 1979. First Paperback Edition. Softcover. [modest edgewear to covers, light soiling to bottom edge, slight bending at lower corners of last few pages and very slight curling in rear cover]. Trade PB A groundbreaking work in TV history, thsi was the "first comprehensive work to consider films that have been made especially for the small screen, either as TV movies or as series segments." Quite blatantly modeled after Andrew Sarris's "The American Cinema," it places the 280 directors discussed into categories based on "their importance, their fame, and their achievement." The upper echelon -- equivalent to Sarris's "Pantheon" -- is dubbed "Kings of the Stardust Ballroom," and the lesser categories include "I Also Do the Catering" and "How Do You Get to Carnegie Hall?". (My favorite is "Elephants' Graveyard," which focuses on the television work of once-prominent feature film directors such as Jack Arnold, John Brahm, Stuart Heisler, Tay Garnett, Jacques Tourneur, etc.) It may be hard to comprehend in the age of ImDB and Wikipedia, but back in the 1970s it was next to impossible to even nail down basic credits for individual TV directors, and in that respect alone this is probably a book that launched hundreds of "subjects for further research." .
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LEGACY OF LUTHER by ZEEDEN, Ernst Walter

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LEGACY OF LUTHER
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ZEEDEN, Ernst Walter
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Houle Rare Books & Autographs (United States)
Description
WEST, NEWMAN, 1954. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION VERY GOOD. 1st Edition.
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GUILLERMO KUITCA. EXPOSIÇÃO

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GUILLERMO KUITCA. EXPOSIÇÃO
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Beverly Karno Books LLC (United States)
ISBN
9788586675041
Description
Rio de Janeiro: Centro de Arte Helio Oiticica, 1999. b/w and color plates, portraits, catalogue, biography/chronology, color folding pictorial wrappers. Catalogue for exhibition on Argentinian artist (b. 1961, Buenos Aires). ENGLISH AND PORTUGUESE TEXT.
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The Life of Robert Louis Stevenson by Balfour, Graham

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The Life of Robert Louis Stevenson
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Balfour, Graham
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Sanctuary Books (United States)
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Very Good+
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London: Methuen & Co. , 1906. Early Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good+. Original black publisher's cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Portrait and map included.Plate of Miss Alison Cunningham (R. L. Stevenson's "Crummie") tipped in to front endpaper. 451 pp. + 40 pp. Methuen catalogue tipped in at rear.
The Ancestor: A Quarterly Review of County and Family History, Heraldry and Antiquities -- Number X.

The Ancestor: A Quarterly Review of County and Family History, Heraldry and Antiquities -- Number X. by Barron, Oswald (editor)

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The Ancestor: A Quarterly Review of County and Family History, Heraldry and Antiquities -- Number X.
Author
Barron, Oswald (editor)
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The Kelmscott Bookshop (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
London: Archibald Constable & Co LTD, 1904. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. VG in faded red boards. Heavy chipping to spine ends. Browning to spine and title label. Browning to end pages which are brittle. Else is clean and bright. Illustrations throughout. Genealogy. GENEAL02/120499.
Johnson's 1974 Special Residential Edition of the Albion, Michigan City Directory

Johnson's 1974 Special Residential Edition of the Albion, Michigan City Directory by [Albion, Michigan]

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Johnson's 1974 Special Residential Edition of the Albion, Michigan City Directory
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[Albion, Michigan]
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Kenneth Mallory Bookseller. ABAA (United States)
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Good
Description
Loveland: Johnson Publishing Company, 1974. Paperback. Good. Paperback. 462pp. Wraps darkened and worn witha couple of stains, else a serviceable example.
Conversations with Erskine Caldwell (Literary Conversations)

Conversations with Erskine Caldwell (Literary Conversations) by Arnold, Edwin T

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Conversations with Erskine Caldwell (Literary Conversations)
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Arnold, Edwin T
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Yesterday's Muse Books (United States)
ISBN
9780878053438
Condition
Near Fine
Description
Jackson, Mississippi: University Press of Mississippi, 1998. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 6x1x9. Still in shrink wrap. Jacket spine faded. 1998 Hard Cover. 312 pp. Conversations with Erskine Caldwell contains thirty-two interviews with this major writer, who during his long career enjoyed both the celebrity and the controversy that his books generated. These collected interviews include what is apparently his first, given in 1929 before the publication of The Bastard, to one of the very last, given only weeks before his death in April 1987. Caldwell was a lifelong outspoken opponent of censorship and an early advocate of racial equality. His ideas were reflected in a number of important interviews and portraits, often in newspapers or small journals not easily obtained today. In his later years he became a kind of elder statesman, celebrated as the last of that extraordinary generation of American writers which included Faulkner, Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Wolfe, and Steinbeck and which changed the face of American literature.

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