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LOST & FOUND by ELY, TIMOTHY, Binder and Illustrator. BERRIGAN, DANIEL, S. J.

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Seller: Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts

Title: LOST & FOUND
Author: ELY, TIMOTHY, Binder and Illustrator. BERRIGAN, DANIEL, S. J.
Seller: Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts (United States)
Description: [Montclair, New Jersey]: Caliban Press, 1989. FIRST EDITION. ONE OF 125 COPIES SIGNED by Ely and Berrigan. 235 x 160 mm. (9 1/4 x 6 1/4"). [10] leaves. UNIQUE BLACK MOROCCO BY TIMOTHY ELY, covers with inlaid red morocco frame enclosing a leather panel with a color illustration onlaid onto a metallic black material, the covers accented with geometric figures in colored metallics and blind tooling, smooth spine, black metallic handmade endpapers, top edges a metallic gray. In the original complementary black leather clamshell box. With three full-page and two smaller hand-painted geometrical illustrations by Ely. With a printed program for "Memo 7 & Other Works," an exhibition of 20 Ely books, including this one, and with a press release from Caliban Press regarding the publication of this title, laid in. As new. This is a striking one-of-a-kind fine press production of a noted activist's short story, illustrated and bound by one of the most creative members of the American book community now at work. Here in its first appearance in print, "Lost & Found" is the story of a lost traveller who slowly learns what he is searching for. In the words of the Caliban Press press release that accompanies the present copy, as "a personal meditation on Berrigan's own life and a questioning look at contemporary values, 'Lost & Found' eventually poses questions we all must answer." Our author, Berrigan (1921-2016), was a Jesuit priest best remembered for his writing and peace activism--his anti-Vietnam War efforts led to his becoming the first priest on the FBI's most wanted list. The text is accompanied by original artworks and a unique binding by multidisciplinary artist Timothy Ely. In vibrant color, his illustrations take the form of abstract maps labeled with unreadable text. This motif is reflected in the mixed-media cover, created specially for our unique copy by Ely himself (the rest of the edition was bound in paste paper by the publisher). Born in 1949, Ely is known for making books with singular bindings using a variety of materials such as wax, resin, textiles, a range of pigments, and leather. As in the present case, his memorable creations are described as telling visual narratives, often using maps, geometric images, and cryptic scripts. Ely has long been a regular correspondent and admirer of Philip Smith, and there has obviously been a cross-fertilization in terms of technique and style between the two binders--but there is no book maker quite like Ely, past or present. Ely has taught bookbinding, drawing, and creativity workshops in many places in the world from Scandinavia to Central America. His books and other works can be found in various museums and libraries, most extensively in the United States and Europe. Our publisher Mark McMurray studied letterpress printing at the Red Ozier Press and bookbinding with Ely before founding the Caliban Press in 1985. McMurray spent nearly 30 years working as a special collections librarian while running the Caliban Press on the side, then, in 2018, retired from academia to focus on making books full time..

Tooneel van de Mannelicke Achtbaerheyt, aen-gewesen in de Voor-sprake, teghen-sprake, ende uyt-sprake, gedaen over de weygheringhe van de Koninginne Vasthi by VAN DE VENNE, Adriaen, artist; CATS, Jacob (1577-1660)

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Title: Tooneel van de Mannelicke Achtbaerheyt, aen-gewesen in de Voor-sprake, teghen-sprake, ende uyt-sprake, gedaen over de weygheringhe van de Koninginne Vasthi
Author: VAN DE VENNE, Adriaen, artist; CATS, Jacob (1577-1660)
Seller: Musinsky Rare Books, Inc. (United States)
Description: Middelburg: Jan van der Hellen for Jan Pieterss. van de Venne, 1622. 4to (233 x 176 mm). [16], 60, [19], [1 blank] pp. Large emblematic publisher’s mark on title-page, four half-page engraved illustrations, by Pieter de Jode (2), Pieter Serwouters, and Willem van der Passe after Adriaen van der Venne. Woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials. Short marginal tear to title, light dampstaining to first and last leaves. Later parchment over pasteboards, ms. spine title. Provenance: Samuel Ashton Thompson Yates (1842-1903), bookplate dated 1894. First Edition of Cats’ retelling of the Biblical tale of Queen Vasthi, the first wife of the Persian king Ahasuerus, who refused her husband’s summons to appear before his guests wearing the royal crown to display her beauty (in the Jewish tradition of the Midrash she was ordered to wear nothing else, which would better explain her refusal). For this she was punished with exile, and the King went on to marry another strong-willed woman, Esther. The tale was especially familiar to 17th-century Dutch audiences, for whom Esther had come to symbolize Netherlandish resistance to Spain. The first part of Cats’ word-playing verse adaptation, whose title may be translated as The Theater of Manly Respectability, is a long speech in the Queen’s defense and in defense of all women, followed by a speech against her and in favor of “Manly Respectability.” The work concludes with the Judgment, which is that Vasthi should obey her husband, because women’s subservience to men is a law of nature. A final poem titled “Aller Princessen, Spiegel, aller Vrovwen, Spoor,” is illustrated with an engraving showing the humbled queen wearing a yoke around her neck. The parallels and differences between the Biblical Ahasuerus and Herodotus’ tale of King Candaules (supplied in Latin and Dutch translations in an appendix), whose wife’s rebellion was more successful, are fully exploited by Cats and by the illustrator, Cats’ usual partner the painter and engraver Adriaen van de Venne (whose brother Jan published the edition). Van de Venne’s engravings, notably the scene of Candaules’ naked wife being surprised by Gyges, served as models for a number of Dutch painters. The Van de Venne brothers played a central role in the dissemination of Cats’ poetry, and it is their joint production that makes the works come alive: “The complete works of Cats, together with Van de Venne’s illustrations formed a sort of housebook of the Dutch people which remained popular for two centuries...” (Bol, p. 117). Following the privilege on the title verso is a letter from the publisher to all bailiffs, officials and readers (”Noodige Waersschouwinge...”), complaining of the many counterfeit editions of an earlier Cats work, the 1620 Self-stryt, and explaining how to tell them apart. A second edition (without the Noodige Waersschouwinge) appeared later in 1622, and several further editions followed. De Jonge van Ellemeet, Museum Catsianum, 97; Bol, Adriaen Pietersz. Van de Venne (1989), p. 118.

Autograph Letter, Signed by Harte, Bret

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Title: Autograph Letter, Signed
Author: Harte, Bret
Seller: Thorn Books (United States)
Condition: Near fine
Description: London: n.p., 1894. Leaf. Near fine. Single sheet folded. The address of Harte's home on Lancaster Gate is embossed in blind. Signed at the end "Bret Harte". An old vertical fold, probably for filing, with the handwritten "1894/Bret Harte/May 2" else in fine conditon. Dated May 2, 1894 and addressed to his publisher. "I have seen a paragraph ... in reference to my picture book, which I recognize as the concluding paragraph of Mr. Davies interview with myself. It is word for word. Has this "Interview" already been published by you...? ... I have to thank you for the illustrations of my works .... I have never received Mr. Goodman's sketch of me but I don't quite understand what he eventually produced in place of the sketch in colour." .

Viaggio Sentimentale by Araki, Nobuyoshi [photographer]; Bruno Cora and Filippo Maggia [editors]

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Title: Viaggio Sentimentale
Author: Araki, Nobuyoshi [photographer]; Bruno Cora and Filippo Maggia [editors]
Seller: Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller (United States)
ISBN: 9788887700190
Condition: Fine
Description: Tokyo: Museum of Contemporary Art, 2000. First edition. Softcover. Fine. Large quarto. 240pp. Text in Italian and English. Softcover. Photographic wrappers with red spine lettered in Roman and Japanese. Illustrated throughout in color and black & white (including erotic nudes). A fine, as new copy. Catalogue of the exhibition held in Prato (Italy), Centro per l'arte contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Apr. 15-June 25, 2000.

The Hit Team by Tinnin, David B.; Christensen, Dag

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Title: The Hit Team
Author: Tinnin, David B.; Christensen, Dag
Seller: Carpetbagger Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition: Fine
Description: Boston: Little, Brown & Co, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Fine in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($7.95), faded at the spine. Quarter black cloth with grey paper on the boards. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. An expose of the "war of assassination that Israeli intelligence waged against the leaders of Arab terrorism in the wake of the murder of eleven members of Israel's Olympic team in Munich.

Source Readings in Music History From Classical Antiquity through the Romantic Era by STRUNK, Oliver, ed

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Title: Source Readings in Music History From Classical Antiquity through the Romantic Era
Author: STRUNK, Oliver, ed
Seller: J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians LLC (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: New York: Norton, 1950. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo. Boards. xxi, 919 pp.

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