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Globe Terrestre Dresse par Fx. Delamrche, Succr. de R. De Vaugondy 1832

Globe Terrestre Dresse par Fx. Delamrche, Succr. de R. De Vaugondy 1832 by DELAMARCHE, Felix

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Seller: Martayan Lan, Inc.
Title
Globe Terrestre Dresse par Fx. Delamrche, Succr. de R. De Vaugondy 1832
Author
DELAMARCHE, Felix
Seller
Martayan Lan, Inc. (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
Paris, 1832. No Binding. Very Good. 9 ½ inches (24 cm.) diameter; 21 inches (53 cm.) total height. Single pedestal globe with horizon ring, armature & meridian all of wood, wear and staining on meridian at point where fits into stand, some chipping at extremities, else fine; globe with vibrant original color and clear, sharp patina; some abrasion & losses, mostly in lower and upper extremities; overall very good plus condition. An attractive, very capably executed table or desk globe, in the distinctive style of the Delamarche firm, "the most successful French entrepreneur[s] in maps and globes" (Dekker/ van der Krogt). This was an original work by the son, Felix, who succeeded his father in the management of the firm in 1817. The globe is geographically up-to-date, notably in the South Pacific and Alaska, with information from then recent Russian voyages, such as Krustenstern's. Related to this, at the time the globe appeared and reflected on it, Europeans were beginning to differentiate between various regions of the Pacific. These were based on a better understanding of cultural and other differences between the peoples of various areas encountered on these recent voyages. For example, in 1831 the French explorer Dumont d'Urville proposed the use of the terms "Micronesia" and "Melanesia" for various parts of the Pacific as distinguished from Polynesia. Printed dashed lines on this globe, labeled "Division Oceanique," roughly approximate the three eventually accepted divisions of what is referred to as the South Pacific, though the regions are not named on the globe. Delamarche also clearly identifies on the globe the more traditional divisions of the Pacific between "Grand Ocean Boreal," "Grand Ocean Equinoxial," and "Grand Ocean Austral." The Delamarche firm was the first to successfully reach a fairly sizable, general market of globe buyers. It accomplished this by reducing the cost of constructing globe stands and other parts, while maintaining a high level of quality in the maps of their globes, which are cleanly and attractively engraved. Traditional brass meridians were replaced by wooden ones, and the horizon rings and armatures supporting the rings were greatly simplified and made from either wood or stiff board. Also, the firm generally used simpler, single-pedestal stands rather than four-legged designs. Yet, as this well-preserved example demonstrates, Delamarche's design and materials proved to be very durable. Charles-Francois Delamarche (1740-1817), the founder of the family firm, was the successor of the great map and globemaking family, the Robert De Vaugondys, as is cited in the title of this globe. Delamarche, in fact, seemed to have cornered the globe market in France by also incorporating the stocks of Jean Fortin and Jean Lattre. Delamarche's son, Felix took over the firm upon his father's death and managed it until 1848, when Gosselin succeeded him. The firm continued well into the latter 19th century under yet another Delamarche descendent. Dekker/ Van der Krogt, Globes from the Western World, pp. 63, 74; Dekker, E. Globes at Greenwich, pp. 321-25; Suarez, T. Early Mapping of the Pacific, p. 25.
The Star Conquerors

The Star Conquerors by Bova, Ben

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Title
The Star Conquerors
Author
Bova, Ben
Seller
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Near Fine
Description
Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Company, 1959. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition, first printing. Signed by the author and inscribed to a previous owner on the title page. Bound in publisher's green cloth with spine titles in dark blue. Near Fine with light edge wear and light toning to cloth, light insecting to edge of page block. In a Near Fine dust jacket with price intact, though with a small ink notation near price on flap and faint surface indents to front panel, else a very lovely example. Scarce signed.
HESPERIDES OR WORKS BOTH HUMAN AND DIVINE, TOGETHER WITH HIS NOBLE NUMBERS OR HIS PIOUS PIECES

HESPERIDES OR WORKS BOTH HUMAN AND DIVINE, TOGETHER WITH HIS NOBLE NUMBERS OR HIS PIOUS PIECES by (BINDINGS - MORRELL). HERRICK, ROBERT

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HESPERIDES OR WORKS BOTH HUMAN AND DIVINE, TOGETHER WITH HIS NOBLE NUMBERS OR HIS PIOUS PIECES
Author
(BINDINGS - MORRELL). HERRICK, ROBERT
Seller
Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts (United States)
Description
London: George Newnes Ltd, [1903]. 163 x 96 mm. (6 3/8 x 3 3/4"). Two volumes.. VERY PRETTY SCARLET CRUSHED MOROCCO BY MORRELL (stamp-signed on front turn-in), covers gilt in a "Scottish Wheel" design with very intricate filigree "wheel" at center and similar fan-shaped cornerpieces, raised bands, spines gilt in compartments with delicately tooled frames and scallop shell design at center, gilt titling, turn-ins with frame of decorative rolls and floral garlands, gray-green watered silk endleaves, all edges gilt. With illustrated title pages in each volume and 26 line drawings (reproduced by photolithography and photogravure) by Robert Savage, as called for. Part of "The Caxton Series." Spines slightly (but uniformly) darkened, half a dozen tiny dark dots to boards, a hint of rubbing to joints and extremities, but still an extremely pleasing copy, pristine internally, and in lustrous bindings. Day praises the verse of "the greatest of the Cavalier poets" for its "charming daintiness" and "consummately beautiful artifice," words that could also describe the meticulously executed bindings here by Morrell. A friend and follower of Ben Jonson, Herrick (1591-1674) showed a dazzling display of technical versatility in his poetry, employing almost every stanzaic and verse form in English. In his "Hesperides," a collection of more than 1,100 poems (most of which is printed here), he expounds a hedonistic philosophy full of pagan raptures and wistful sorrow set in a joyous English landscape, and he writes with sensuous daintiness and polished artifice about bowers and blossoms without ever stopping to consider subjects of great profundity. Herrick's other important collection, "Noble Numbers" (represented here in the second volume), consists of some 270 religious poems that express in equally flawless verse the poet's satisfaction at the steady benignity of an uncomplicated deity. In her "Modern Bookbindings" of 1906, Prideaux says that Morrell at that time had a very large business that supplied "all the booksellers with bindings designed by his men," bindings that were "remarkable for their variety and merit." The present volumes are particularly pleasing, with decoration reminiscent of the so-called "Wheel" bindings originally produced in Scotland in the 18th century..
LAS GLORIAS DEL GRAN PÚAS

LAS GLORIAS DEL GRAN PÚAS by Garibay, Ricardo

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Title
LAS GLORIAS DEL GRAN PÚAS
Author
Garibay, Ricardo
Seller
Brian Cassidy Bookseller at Type Punch Matrix (United States)
Condition
Very good plus.
Description
México, D. F., Barcelona, Buenos Aires: Editorial Grijalbo, 1978. First edition (stated). Very good plus.. Narrative photobook of the story of boxing great Ruben "El Puas" Olivares. Written in a series of "rounds," journalist Garibay interviews Olivares, romanticizing the boxer's life, fights, and hedonistic exploits. The story is accompanied by numerous photo illustrations, including candid snapshots of Olivares in and out of the ring. The work was later adapted into a movie starring Olivares as himself. OCLC located three holdings. A very scarce and fascinating publication. 8'' x 9''. Original color illustrated wrapper. Fourteen full-page black-and-white illustrations. 46, [2] pages. In Spanish. Light wear to edges; sticker removal to rear cover. Hinges a little tender. Else clean and sound.
The Club Dumas (Signed Limited Edition)

The Club Dumas (Signed Limited Edition) by Arturo Perez-Reverte

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Title
The Club Dumas (Signed Limited Edition)
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Arturo Perez-Reverte
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Grayshelf Books, ABAA, IOBA (United States)
ISBN
9781596062924
Condition
Fine
Description
Signed Limited Edition (this being #176 of 500); A Fine book in a Fine dust jacket, without visible flaw, as new and unread. SIGNED by the author to a limitation page. A beautiful publication of this biblio-mystery from Subterranean Press. Not remaindered, not price-clipped, not ex-library; in a protective Mylar cover and will ship securely wrapped in a sturdy box.
Decret de la convention nationale, Du 4 Juin 1793, l'an second de la Republique Fransoise, Portant que les Enfans nes hors le mariage, succederont a leurs pere & mere

Decret de la convention nationale, Du 4 Juin 1793, l'an second de la Republique Fransoise, Portant que les Enfans nes hors le mariage, succederont a leurs pere & mere by Becker, Joseph

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Decret de la convention nationale, Du 4 Juin 1793, l'an second de la Republique Fransoise, Portant que les Enfans nes hors le mariage, succederont a leurs pere & mere
Author
Becker, Joseph
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ZH BOOKS (United States)
Condition
Near fine
Description
A Bordeaux: De l'Imprimerie de Simon Lacourt, 1793. Near fine. Edition uncertain (only a variant copy under the same name, published in Paris in the same year recorded in OCLC; this one not recorded); 10 1/2 x 8 1/4; single leaf of laid paper, folded, pp. [4]; text to pp. 1-2 only; deckled fore-edge; small spot to lower right corner; in very good to near fine condition. A royal decree on the legal status of illegitimately-born children, inheritance and succession.
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POEMS OF BYRON by Byron, Lord

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POEMS OF BYRON
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Byron, Lord
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Green Gate Farm Antiquarian Books (United States)
Description
London: Caxton Publishing Company, (1907). A 12mo., 298 pages, including glossary and an index of first lines. Bound in original decorative brown cloth. Top edge gilt. Edited by Oliphant Smeaton. Portrait frontispiece and pictorial title page by A. S. Hartrick. Eight full page color plates by A. S. Forrest. A bit of very light wear and endleaves browned, else a fine copy.
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Nothing Like It in the World; The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad, 1863-1869 by AMBROSE, Stephen E.

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Nothing Like It in the World; The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad, 1863-1869
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AMBROSE, Stephen E.
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Argosy Book Store (United States)
ISBN
9780684846095
Description
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2000. hardcover. Illus. 431pp. 8vo, two-toned boards, d.w. New York: Simon & Schuster, (2000). Near Fine
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The Chicago Architectural Journal, Volume 1 - 1981

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The Chicago Architectural Journal, Volume 1 - 1981
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James & Mary Laurie Booksellers (A.B.A.A.) (United States)
ISBN
9780847803859
Condition
Near fine condition
Description
Chicago: Rizzoli, 1981. paperback. Near fine condition. The spine is sunned.
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Quaderni d'Italianistica - V. II #2

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Quaderni d'Italianistica - V. II #2
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Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
Italy, 1981. Very Good. First edition. Very good Cover rubbed.
Let us strengthen the unity of the Communist movement for the triumph of peace and socialism

Let us strengthen the unity of the Communist movement for the triumph of peace and socialism

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Let us strengthen the unity of the Communist movement for the triumph of peace and socialism
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Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB (United States)
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New York: New Century Publishers, 1963. 31p., staplebound pamphlet, staples rusted else very good. Editorial from Pravda, reprinted by the Communist Party USA. Includes polemics against China and Albania.

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