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Vindication of the Rights of Woman by WOLLSTONECRAFT, Mary

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Title: Vindication of the Rights of Woman
Author: WOLLSTONECRAFT, Mary
Seller: Heritage Book Shop, LLC (United States)
Description: Philadelphia: Printed and Sold by William Gibbons, 1792. Ful Description: WOLLSTONECRAFT, Mary. A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: With Strictures on Moral and Political Subject. Philadelphia: Printed and Sold by William Gibbons, 1792. First American Edition, printed the same year as the first London edition, and before the Boston edition. Twelvemo (6 3/8 x 4 inches; 164 x 104 mm). xvi, 17-274, [1, contents], [1, publisher's advertisement] pp. Bound to style in full speckled calf. Boards double-ruled in gilt. Spine stamped in gilt. With red and black morocco spines labels, lettered in gilt. Edges speckled black. New endpapers. Some toning to leaves, as usual for American sheets. Previous owner's neat old ink signature on title-page and dedication page. Overall a very good copy. In her dedication, Wollstonecraft wrote "'that, if woman be not prepared by education to become the companion of man, she will stop the process of knowledge, for truth must be common to all.' The main part of her book was written in an equally plain and direct style, and it was this, as well as the idea of writing a book on the subject at all, which caused the outcry which ensued" (PMM). In her life Wollstonecraft was the lover of Gilbert Imlay, the wife of William Godwin, and the mother of Mary Shelley; in her writing she is the daughter of Paine and Rousseau and the mother of the entire feminist movement. Evans 25054. Windle A5d. Printing and the Mind of Man 242 (first English edition). HBS 68742. $8,500.

Kaigan hōjutsu biyō 海岸砲術備要 [Compendium on Coastal Artillery] (title from beginning of text) [or] Kaigan biyō [Coastal Compendium] (from title-page) by TOLLEN (not TORREN), Gerrit van der, author & MOTOKI Masahide (or Shōei or Shōzaemon) 本木正栄, trans

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Title: Kaigan hōjutsu biyō 海岸砲術備要 [Compendium on Coastal Artillery] (title from beginning of text) [or] Kaigan biyō [Coastal Compendium] (from title-page)
Author: TOLLEN (not TORREN), Gerrit van der, author & MOTOKI Masahide (or Shōei or Shōzaemon) 本木正栄, trans
Seller: Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller, Inc. (United States)
Description: Many fine woodcuts throughout. Four parts & appendices in five vols. 8vo, orig. semi-stiff wrappers (a little frayed), old stitching, orig. title slips on covers. Tokyo: Yamasakiya Seishichi 山崎屋清七 et al., 1852. First printed edition of this artillery manual from the bakumatsu period. In the early 19th century, Japan came under increased pressure from Western nations that wanted access to Japanese ports. “The Shogunate government issued the Order to Drive Away Foreign Ships in 1825 and commanded that foreign ships appearing along the coast of Japan be fired upon, so the domains along the coast began building gun batteries and installing cannons. This is when the gun batteries and emplacements were built at Odaiba in Edo Bay and at Uraga, Nakaminato, Tahara, Maiko, Dannoura, Uwajima, Kagoshima, and elsewhere. Dutch coastal artillery books were referred to when building these gun batteries” (NDL, Japan-Netherlands Exchange in the Edo Period, online). Our book was published in this historical context. The book had already been translated by Motoki Masahide (1767-1822), who had left it unpublished at his death (manuscript copies exist). Nunokawa Tsūboku 布川通璞, who edited Motoki’s translation and brought it to print, in his Preface referenced the order that the domains build coastal defenses as one justification for publication. Motoki had studied not only Dutch but also French, Russian, and English. He published an English-language primer in 1811 and an English-Japanese dictionary in 1814. The Dutch original from which the book was translated was titled Het Nieuwe Licht Der Bosschieterye (1699) and was written by Gerrit van der Tollen (fl. 1721-23), who worked for the Dutch East India Company. Our book is richly illustrated with a series of fine single- and double-page woodcuts of many kinds of cannons and mortars, cannonballs, and Western warships, along with diagrams of problems in ballistics. Sections include illustrations and explanations of the structure and dimensions of cannons, the measurement of gunpowder, and lists of Dutch terms translated into Japanese. Some sections are written in a question-and-answer format (“Which countries produce cannons? Is there a difference in the making of light and heavy cannonballs?”). The book begins with a history of artillery, a topic that is treated further in the appendices, which were not written by Motoki. The appendices treat the history of artillery both in Europe and in China. Note that Google Books presents the copy at the Bavarian State Library as being published in 1825, but the digitized title page says Kaei mizunoene, which corresponds to 1852 and is the same date as seen in our book. Very fine set. ❧ Motoki: Christopher Joby, The Dutch Language in Japan (1600-1900) (Leiden & Boston: 2021), pp. 74, 121, 186, 191, 196-97, 276, 285, & 320.

Considerations sur les Corps Organisés, Ou l'on traite de leur Origine, de leur Développement, de leur Réproduction, &c. & ou l'on a rassemblé en abrégé tout ce que l'Histoire Naturelle offre de plus certain & de plus intéressant sur ce sujet by BONNET, Charles

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Title: Considerations sur les Corps Organisés, Ou l'on traite de leur Origine, de leur Développement, de leur Réproduction, &c. & ou l'on a rassemblé en abrégé tout ce que l'Histoire Naturelle offre de plus certain & de plus intéressant sur ce sujet
Author: BONNET, Charles
Seller: Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller, Inc. (United States)
Description: xlii, one leaf of errata, 274 pp.; xx, 328 pp. Two vols. 8vo, cont. polished mottled calf (small inkstain to outer lower corner of the first 30 leaves), triple gilt fillet round sides, flat spines nicely gilt, red & green morocco lettering pieces on spines. Amsterdam: M.M. Rey, 1762. First edition and a lovely set of this important work. Bonnet (1720-93), is considered one of the fathers of modern biology. He was an enthusiastic champion of preformation, the theory postulating that the animal already existed in miniature in the germ cell, which is first stated in this work. “Bonnet’s theory of generation offered the best synthesis of 18th-century ideas of development and remained a leading authority until von Baer…He used many of Haller’s arguments to support his own opinions.”–Garrison-Morton 472. Pretty set with the stamp on half-titles of Antoine Passy (1792-1873), French biologist and geologist. ❧ Needham, A History of Embryology, pp. 213-14.

Wild Scenes and Song-Birds by Miller, Alfred J., and Charles Wilkins Webber

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Title: Wild Scenes and Song-Birds
Author: Miller, Alfred J., and Charles Wilkins Webber
Seller: Thorn Books (United States)
Condition: Very good plus
Description: New York: George P. Putnam and Co, 1854. First edition. Hardcover. Very good plus. 8vo. Original publisher's maroon marbled cloth, upper cover with elaborate blocked design in gilt and blind with large central sunken lozenge blocked with a gilt vignette of the "southern mocking bird" signed "Tompson" (in reverse), derived from the plate facing p. 66. Illustrated with chromolithographed plates, drawn on stone by Max Rosenthal, printed by L.N. Rosenthal of Philadelphia after Mrs. Webber (15) or Miller (5). The binding has been expertly and nearly invisibly rebacked (indeed, we had to use magnification to confirm the reback), with the inner hinges strengthened. Some tissue guards are torn, and there is occasional light spotting on the plates, an offset from the guards. Miller's contribution consists of five views of Indian life, four of which, according to the author, are of "scenes in the camp of the Delawares," although they are almost certainly based on the artist's sketches of the Snake Indians (a sub-group of the Shoshone). The five prints in the present work were drawn on stone by Max Rosenthal. Two of them include images of bare-breasted Indian maidens, which were later withdrawn and reissued with the women fully clothed. The prints are titled: 1. Indian Caressing His Horse; 2. Encampment of Indians; 3. Toilet of the Indian Girls; 4. Antelope Chase; 5. Indian Girl Swinging. The remaining prints in the present work are from drawings of birds (13) and flowers (2) by the wife of the author Bennett p.111; Reese 28; Ripley p.307; Tyler Prints of the American West pp.64-5; Zimmer p.667. Rare in this unrecorded deluxe binding. And with a presentation inscription signed in 1855 by R. McNeill, whom we believe was affiliated with Putnam's. .

Sampler [with extra print] by Dickinson, Emily; Smith, Kiki (Artist)

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Title: Sampler [with extra print]
Author: Dickinson, Emily; Smith, Kiki (Artist)
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Description: San Francisco: The Arion Press, 2007. Limited Edition. Hardcover. New. Smith, Kiki. Octavo, 11 by 7 inches, 220 pages. The type is Walbaum, in Monotype composition by Mackenzie & Harris, and in hand composition with type cast at the Bixler Foundry. The artist scratched the images onto negatives that were directly exposed to make polymer plates. The text was printed in black ink, and the images in red-brown ink. The paper was made by Twinrocker Handmade Paper. The binding, done in-house, is hand-sewn, with a terra cotta goatskin spine, beige cloth sides machine-embroidered with the title, author, and artist in a cross-stitch style, and a gold spine title. The slipcase has beige cloth edges with terra-cotta paper sides and spine lable. The image for the extra print was pasted-up by Smith from prints in the book and the negatives were aligned accordingly to make four polymer plates that were assembled for printing on handmade Twinrocker paper of a heavier weight, measuring 24 by 18 inches. The artist hand-colored and gilded a proof to serve as a model for the application, by hand, of vermilion and sanguine inks and silver-white palladium appliqué for the edition. Edition of 40 numbered copies, plus 5 artist's proofs and 5 publisher's proofs, signed by the artist. This is a sampling of Dickinson's poetry with prints by Kiki Smith in the cross-stitch style of samplers made by women in the nineteenth-century, and with cross-stitching on the cover. Hoyem made the selection from poems published prior to 1923 and in the public domain, avoiding conflict with Harvard University, which claims to own the entire literary rights of the poet. He also regularized the punctuation in Dickinson's manuscripts. Smith's prints resemble etchings for their linear quality, but are in fact relief prints printed by letterpress. The artist began scratching exposed film with an etching needle while traveling by airplance, using a pillow in her lap for support, but that distressed the negative, so thereafter she worked on a light table, enabling her to see the images right-reading as they developed. ___POSTAGE: Please note that due to the size of the print, postage will be at cost; 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.

[Screenplay]: The Prince and the Pauper

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Title: [Screenplay]: The Prince and the Pauper
Seller: Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: Warner Brothers, 1937. Softcover. Very Good. Screenplay. Narrow folio. 104pp. Bradbound at the top edge with textured printed wrappers stamped "Spanish" in the lower right corner and "664" several times. Very good, lacking rear wrap with moderate wear at the extremities. A post-production screenplay used for the preparation of the Spanish-language release of the 1937 film starring Errol Flynn and Claude Raines. Each page of the screenplay presents the dialogue in English followed by the Spanish translation in red type underneath, and check marks next to each line as they were completed. An unusual format for a post-production screenplay.

The Governor Of Rhode Island Writes To The Governor Of Massacusetts About A Fugitive In 1798 by ARTHUR FENNER

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Title: The Governor Of Rhode Island Writes To The Governor Of Massacusetts About A Fugitive In 1798
Author: ARTHUR FENNER
Seller: Stuart Lutz Historic Documents, Inc. (United States)
Description: ARTHUR FENNER (1745-1805). Fenner was Governor of Rhode Island from 1790-1805.LS. 2pgs. February 2, 1798. Providence, [Rhode Island]. A letter signed A Fenner as Governor of Rhode Island and written in another hand. Fenner wrote to Massachusetts Governor Increase Sumner concerning a fugitive. Sir Application has been made to me according to the Constitution and Laws of the United States, to request your Excellency to cause to be apprehended a man of the mane of John Simmons a fugitive from the Justice of his State. I have the honour to forward herewith to your Excellencyand also a Warrant returned by an officer that the person charged is not to be found in his precinct. The man charged belongs to the town of Ne Bedford in your Commonwealth & is now resident there. I have therefore to request your Excellency immediately to take such steps as may be most expedient for the apprehending & securing the said John SimmonsI have the honour to be with great Respect your Excellencys most obedient & very humble servant. A Fenner. The letter is essentially an early example of an interstate fugitive warrant. It is in good condition, with a sizable tear on the inner margin, probably from the seal, that does not affect the text.

Anthology of American Negro Literature", Highlighting the Contributions of Black Writers to American Literature, 1944 by Sylvestre Watkins

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Title: Anthology of American Negro Literature", Highlighting the Contributions of Black Writers to American Literature, 1944
Author: Sylvestre Watkins
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Description: 1944. [African American][Literature] Watkins, Sylvestre C. (ed.). Anthology of American Negro Literature. New York: Random House / The Modern Library, 1944. First edition. Original tan cloth with gilt and green title panels to spine and front board. This landmark anthology sought to present, in Watkins' words, "a representative record of the achievement of the American Negro in literature." It gathers work from the 18th century through the early 1940s, with a particular emphasis on the Harlem Renaissance and its aftermath. Contributors include Phillis Wheatley, Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Charles W. Chesnutt, James Weldon Johnson, W.E.B. Du Bois, Langston Hughes, Countee Cullen, Zora Neale Hurston, Richard Wright, and Sterling A. Brown. The collection spans multiple genres including poetry, short fiction, drama, essays, autobiography, and folklore. The volume was part of The Modern Library's effort to bring culturally significant works to a mass audience in affordable editions. The publication date is significant: appearing at the height of the Double V campaign, the anthology implicitly aligned African American cultural achievement with calls for racial equality both at home and abroad. While later anthologies would critique its omissions and its framing within the integrationist politics of the 1940s, Anthology of American Negro Literature served as an important midcentury reference point, often used in college curricula and public library collections to introduce mainstream audiences to African American writing. Light rubbing to extremities, faint toning to spine, a few small spots to boards; interior clean, binding sound. Very good overall. An influential early anthology canonizing African American literature for a general audience.

(Sheet music catalogue) White, Smith & Perry's Desciprtive Catalogue of Sheet Music and Musical Works.

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Title: (Sheet music catalogue) White, Smith & Perry's Desciprtive Catalogue of Sheet Music and Musical Works.
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Description: Boston: White, Smith & Perry Book. [1872.] Narrow 12mo, original printed wrappers. Pp. 137 + 7 pp. ads. Moderate soiling, some corners dog-eared; a very nice copy. Unusually substantial catalogue, with musical works listed by subject as well as title, with excerpted lyrics and descriptive commentary..

Easter Hymns by CHAPMAN, J. E. C., editor

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Title: Easter Hymns
Author: CHAPMAN, J. E. C., editor
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Condition: Near fine
Description: Boston: Lockwood, Brooks, & Company, 1876. Cloth. Near fine. 12mo; 138, [1]pp; gilt-stamped green cloth, title and vignette of cherubim blowing a trumpet and carrying lilies, gilt stamped spine; all edges gilt; brown endpapers; title page in red and black; all verse within black border; ornamental tailpiece; light scruff to spine tail; near fine. Collection of hymns and poems celebrated at Easter and concentrated on the Christian belief of the resurrection of Christ.

THE POETRY OF ROBERT BURNS (FOUR VOLUMES) by Burns, Robert

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Title: THE POETRY OF ROBERT BURNS (FOUR VOLUMES)
Author: Burns, Robert
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Description: London: The Caxton Publishing Company, (1896). Four volumes bound in original green cloth, elaborately stamped in blind and gilt. Top edge gilt. There is browning to the endleaves, usual for this set and Volume One is lacking the frontispiece (apparently a binding error as there does not seem to have been anything excised from the book). Else, a superbly fine, bright collection of the Caxton Centenary Edition of Burns.

THE HOTEL NEW HAMPSHIRE by Irving, John

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Title: THE HOTEL NEW HAMPSHIRE
Author: Irving, John
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Description: New York E. P. Dutton 1981 First printing Original gray paper covered boards with white cloth spine. Dust wrapper price clipped. No remainder mark. A fine unread copy with no marks to wrapper or book Hardcover As New as new

Choice Recipes. [Compiled by members of the] Walpole Mother's Club. [cover title] by [Walpole Mother's Club (Walpole, Mass.)]

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Title: Choice Recipes. [Compiled by members of the] Walpole Mother's Club. [cover title]
Author: [Walpole Mother's Club (Walpole, Mass.)]
Seller: Rabelais - Fine Books on Food & Drink (United States)
Description: Walpole, Massachusetts: [The Club], 1938. Octavo (20.5 x 13.25 cm.), 94, [xiv] pages. Advertisements. FIRST EDITION. A community cookbook from Walpole, Massachusetts, in east-central Norfolk County, of five hundred attributed recipes with their ingredients listed prior to instructions. There is an emphasis on luncheon and buffet dishes. Warranting a second look: Peanut Butter Bread, Chicken and Asparagus Loaf, Swedish Cabbage Rolls, Rice Omelette, Pineapple and Cabbage Salad, Cocoanut Tapioca Pudding, Hoosier Apple Pie, Gingerbread Waffles, Pineapple Meringue Cake, and Copley Plaza Pickles. As of this writing the group and its motivation have escaped history's notice. Certainly no church is front-and-center, and several contributors can be identified as elementary or secondary schoolteachers; but the temptation to link the Walpole Mother's Club to a school or social center must remain only that – a temptation. One recipe corrected in pencil. Terra cotta-colored card stock covers in "Wire-O Binding" from Thomas Groom & Co.; laminate with black lettering beginning to peel; edges worn and corners bumped. Good only. Unrecorded. [OCLC reports no copies; not in Brown or Cagle].

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The Autograph Man by Zadie Smith

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Title: The Autograph Man
Author: Zadie Smith
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ISBN: 9780241139981
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Description: First Edition, First Printing with the "1" on the copywrite page. Due to toning on the text block, this Near Fine book is housed in a Fine dust jacket and is clean and tight. Not remaindered, not price clipped, and not ex-library. In archival protection and shipped carefully wrapped in a sturdy box.

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