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THE WORKS OF ALFRED, LORD TENNYSON, POET LAUREATE

THE WORKS OF ALFRED, LORD TENNYSON, POET LAUREATE by (BINDINGS - CHIVERS). TENNYSON, ALFRED

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Seller: Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts
Title
THE WORKS OF ALFRED, LORD TENNYSON, POET LAUREATE
Author
(BINDINGS - CHIVERS). TENNYSON, ALFRED
Seller
Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts (United States)
Description
London: Macmillan and Co, 1900. 190 x 125 mm. (7 1/2 x 5"). viii, 900, [2] pp., [1] leaf (ads). A VERY CHARMING LIGHT GREEN "VELLUCENT" BINDING BY CEDRIC CHIVERS (stamp-signed on rear turn-in), COVERS AND SPINE WITH BEAUTIFULLY EXECUTED ART NOUVEAU PEN-AND-INK WATERCOLOR DESIGN BY DOROTHY CARLETON SMYTH, upper cover showing King Arthur kneeling in in royal robes, the sword Excalibur held in front of him, a small dragon (symbolizing his surname, "Pendragon") sitting beside it, and multi-colored long-stemmed lilies and other blossoms in the background, rear cover showing Queen Guinevere kneeling to face her husband, her hands resting on a book of hours, a thorny branch of colorful flowers and foliage arching over her, smooth spine with white rectangle bearing gilt title, a lily stalk entwined with flowering vine below it, gilt-ruled turn-ins, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. With a frontispiece portrait of the author. Front pastedown with engraved armorial bookplate of Michael, Earl of Rosse. For the binding: Tidcombe, "Women Bookbinders 1880-1920," pl. 11. Two small brown spots near head of front board, boards tending to splay slightly (as virtually always with a vellum binding like this), endpapers a bit foxed, other trivial imperfections, but AN EXTREMELY PLEASING COPY despite its defects, the text and lovely binding with few signs of use. This collection of Tennyson's verse, including his Arthurian "Idylls of the King," is aptly bound in one of Cedric Chivers' luminous "vellucent bindings" designed by Scottish artist Dorothy Carleton Smyth, one of five women who worked on the design, coloring, and illumination of this Chivers specialty. According to Tidcombe, "most Vellucent bindings were designed by H. Granville Fell, but the woman most frequently employed for this kind of work was probably Dorothy Carleton Smyth." The binding here is enormously attractive: its overall quiet pastel is punctuated by flowers with brilliantly stippled stamens encircling the central figures of Arthur on the front cover, straight-backed and thrusting his long sword into the ground, and Guinevere, 35 years his junior, kneeling at her prie-dieu on the back cover, her hair cascading nearly to her knees. It is all precise and elegant and pretty. Smyth (1880-1933) studied with Walter Crane at the Manchester School of Art before attending the Glasgow School of Art, where she concentrated on costume design, although she "became accomplished in a number of mediums," according to the GSA Archives. The design here is typical of the Art Nouveau style pioneered by the Glasgow School, with elongated figures, sinuous lines, and stylized floral decoration. Smyth returned to the Glasgow school as a teacher in 1914, and became head of the commercial art department in 1927. She had just been selected as the school's first woman director in 1933, but died before she could succeed to the post. Cedric Chivers (1853-1929) established binding premises in his native Bath after an inspiring visit to the Paris Exhibition of 1878, and a short time later, after hearing a lecture by Cyril Davenport on the 18th century painted vellum bindings of Edwards of Halifax, he began producing his own work in this tradition, creating what he called the "vellucent" binding. The innovative part of these bindings, as seen here, was accomplished by rendering vellum transparent, then placing it over painted pieces of paper, thereby protecting the surface of the paper from soiling and abrasion. Prideaux says that the process achieves the effect of enriched enamel. Former owner Michael Parsons, Earl of Rosse (1906-79), was an Anglo-Irish peer and a Vice-Chancellor of the University of Dublin. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and of the Society of Antiquaries..
FREE DEMOCRATIC TICKET. FREE SOIL, FREE SPEECH, FREE LABOR, FREE MEN! HALE AND JULIAN. FOR ELECTORS OF PRESIDENT & VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

FREE DEMOCRATIC TICKET. FREE SOIL, FREE SPEECH, FREE LABOR, FREE MEN! HALE AND JULIAN. FOR ELECTORS OF PRESIDENT & VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES by [Antislavery Democrats in 1852]

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Title
FREE DEMOCRATIC TICKET. FREE SOIL, FREE SPEECH, FREE LABOR, FREE MEN! HALE AND JULIAN. FOR ELECTORS OF PRESIDENT & VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
Author
[Antislavery Democrats in 1852]
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David M. Lesser, Fine Antiquarian Books LLC (United States)
Description
[Boston, 1852. Broadside, 5-3/4" x 9-1/2." Some spotting at right lower half, mostly in the blank margin; torn at blank lower corner. Text complete. Iconic Screaming Eagle, holding olive branch and arrows in its talons, and carrying "E Pluribus Unum" banner, within the title. Good+. John Hale of New Hampshire was a longtime antislavery man. He won the presidential nomination of the short-lived Independent Democrats in 1852. George Julian of Indiana was his running mate. They would soon migrate to the new Republican Party in 1854. This is a Massachusetts ticket for the upcoming national elections. Among the listed Electors are John Greenleaf Whittier; Samuel E. Sewall, who had previously run for Governor on the Liberty Party ticket; and other erstwhile Liberty Party men like Joel Hayden. A coalition of antislavery Whigs, old Liberty and Free Soil Party men, and Independent Democrats would form the Republican Party in 1854. Not located on OCLC as of June 2024.
Some Recollections of the Late Edouard Laboulaye

Some Recollections of the Late Edouard Laboulaye by Bigelow, John

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Title
Some Recollections of the Late Edouard Laboulaye
Author
Bigelow, John
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The First Edition Rare Books, LLC (United States)
Condition
Near fine
Description
New York: Privately Printed, 1889. Limited Edition. Cloth. Near fine. A privately printed copy of Some Recollections of the Late Edouard Laboulaye, signed by the author John Bigelow.. Small octavo, iv, 81pp. Full green cloth, trim hand-stitched with red thread. Title in gilt on front cover. Solid text block, touch of wear to corners, small white stain to rear cover. A near fine example. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper: "Edward Isham / with the compliments and kind regards of John Bigelow / Highland Falls / Sept. 26. 1889." John Begelow (1817-1911) was an American Lawyer and historian. He served as the United States Minister to France (1865-1866) and Secretary of State of New York (1876-1877). A portion of these "Recollections" was read before the New York Historical Society at the celebration of its eighty-fourth anniversary, November 20, 1888. Bigelow played a central role in the founding of the New York Public Library in 1895.
Where The Light Enters; Building a Family, Discovering Myself

Where The Light Enters; Building a Family, Discovering Myself by Biden, Jill

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Where The Light Enters; Building a Family, Discovering Myself
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Biden, Jill
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The First Edition Rare Books, LLC (United States)
Condition
Fine
Description
New York: Flatiron Books, 2019. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Signed first edition, first printing of Where The Light Enters by Jill Biden.. Octavo, [8], 210pp. White hardcover, title in blue print on spine. Stated "First Edition: May 2019" on copyright page with full number line. In publisher's fine dust jacket, "Signed Copy" sticker on front cover. Signed by Jill Biden on tipped-in leaf by the publisher.
Beyond the Hundredth Meridian: John Wesley Powell and the Second Opening of the West

Beyond the Hundredth Meridian: John Wesley Powell and the Second Opening of the West by Stegner, Wallace

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Beyond the Hundredth Meridian: John Wesley Powell and the Second Opening of the West
Author
Stegner, Wallace
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Tschanz Rare Books (United States)
Description
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1954. First Edition. 438pp. Octavo [22 cm] Tan cloth with the title gilt stamped on the front board and backstrip. Very good/Near fine. Short closed tear to jacket's front panel with gentle rubbing to corners. Point Sublime fold-out panorama present and in nice condition. Map endsheets and pastedowns. Stegner's excellent biography of Powell, and his explorations of the Colorado River and the Colorado Plateau. Stegner points out the significance of Powell's thinking and writing on the problems of settlement of the arid lands of the West. The problem overcoming the denial of reality by people like William Gilpin, Captain Samuel Adams, and several members of Congress is an important part of the book. Stegner highlights the political maneuvering that was necessary for Powell to move his ideas forward when he was working as head of both the Geological Survey and the Bureau of Ethnology. A nice copy of this classic work. Ford 65. Colberg A13 1.a. Wallace Earle Stegner (1909-1993) was an American novelist, short story writer, environmentalist, and historian, often called 'The Dean of Western Writers'. He won the Pulitzer Prize in 1972 and the U.S. National Book Award in 1977, and through his writing program at Stanford University, influenced generations of writers (Edward Abbey, Ken Kesey, Wendell Berry, Larry McMurtry).
A Dissertation on the Gout, and all chronic diseases, jointly considered : as proceeding from the same causes, what those causes are and a rational and natural method of cure proposed ... [One line of Latin quotation], by William Cadogan, Fellow of the College of Physicians

A Dissertation on the Gout, and all chronic diseases, jointly considered : as proceeding from the same causes, what those causes are and a rational and natural method of cure proposed ... [One line of Latin quotation], by William Cadogan, Fellow of the College of Physicians by Cadogan, William

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A Dissertation on the Gout, and all chronic diseases, jointly considered : as proceeding from the same causes, what those causes are and a rational and natural method of cure proposed ... [One line of Latin quotation], by William Cadogan, Fellow of the College of Physicians
Author
Cadogan, William
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Rabelais - Fine Books on Food & Drink (United States)
Description
Philadelphia: Printed and sold by R. Aitken at his Book-Store, nearly opposite the London-Coffee-House, in Front Street, 1772. Octavo, dis-bound from larger work (18 x 11.5 cm.) iv, 39, [1] pages. Publisher's advertisement to final page. Second edition; originally issued together with – but now separated from – Buchan, William, Domestic medicine; or, The family physician... Cadogan's Dissertation on the Gout has separate paging and a special title page with imprint. Aitken used this imprint from 1770 until 1773. The text is typographically identical with the Philadelphia 1771 edition printed by John Dunlap for Aitken (and crediting Dunlap). "William Cadogan (1711-1797) was one of the first to publicly blame the occurrence of gout upon its victims' immoderate habits, identifying the causes of the disease as 'Indolence, Intemperance and Vexation.' He rejected the traditional drastic treatments for gout, which included bleeding, purging and dosing with antimony, in favor of temperance, a moderate diet and regular exercise. These sensible recommendations did much to dispel the fashionable aura surrounding the disease and promoted a more rational and systematic approach to its alleviation. A Dissertation on the Gout was a sensation upon publication, going through eight editions in one year, but it was also severely criticized and lampooned by those unwilling to accept its tenets; Dr. Johnson, himself a sufferer, called it 'a good book in general. . . but a foolish one as to particulars.'" (Copeman, A Short History of the Gout and the Rheumatic Diseases). "By challenging conventional wisdom in arguing that gout was bad for the constitution, and was not a hereditary disease, Cadogan was perceived to be challenging the hereditary principle not only in medicine but also in politics, and in doing so aroused the hostility of conservatives" (ODNB). Age-toning throughout; tide line to first few leaves. Lacks wrapper. [OCLC locates just two copies (Rutgers, Ashland Theological Seminary); Austin, R.B. Early American Medical Imprints 376; Garrison-Morton.com 4498. Norman 384 (the first edition)].
More, Hannah: Strictures on the Modern System of Female Education

More, Hannah: Strictures on the Modern System of Female Education by More, Hannah

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More, Hannah: Strictures on the Modern System of Female Education
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More, Hannah
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Thorn Books (United States)
Condition
Very good
Description
Philadelphia: ,Printed by Budd and Bartram, 1800. Hardcover. Very good. 12mo. Two volumes.. xvi,(17-)216; iv, (5-) 227,(1)pp. Contemporary full sheep, gilt tooling and lettering on spines. Upper hinge of volume 1 neatly repaired, light wear to the edges of the boards, corners worn, else this is a very but mismatched set. While the volumes are bound similarly, they are slightly different in the tooling. And the imprint differs: Vol. I states "Printed by Budd and Bartram". Vol. II states: Printed by Budd and Bartram for Thomas Dobson". Volume II with the ownership signature of Esteher Beecher on the front free endpaper. More was a contemporary of Johnson, Dryden, and Montague. She was a strong anti-slavery advocate, and even more determined to edcuate women for their good and that of society. First published in London in 1799, this is one of the two American editions produced in 1800, the other published in Charlestown. We have been unable to establish precedence to our satisfaction.
Seven Aspects of Solitude

Seven Aspects of Solitude by Richard-Gabriel Rummonds (b. 1931), compiler

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Seven Aspects of Solitude
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Richard-Gabriel Rummonds (b. 1931), compiler
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John Howell for Books (United States)
Condition
Fine
Description
(Cottondale, AL: Plain Wrapper Press, 1988). 4to. 10 3/8 x 7 1/2 inches. Unpaginated. [16] pp. "Chi Sono" [who am I] is printed in gold ink on page [13]. Vertically ribbed printed wrappers, stitched, printed dust-jacket of the same paper. Includes the change of address card and letter dated November 1988, this copy of the letter with an ANS from Gabriel Rummonds to collector Ben Jones; these two pieces are called for in Fantasies and Hard Knocks. GIL123-005. Fine. LIMITED EDITION of 275 copies of the LAST PUBLICATION OF THE PLAIN WRAPPER PRESS. Seven Aspects of Solitude contains an excerpt from a letter written from Japan in 1957 and six poems written over a period of twenty-two years, plus a line of graffiti of anonymous origin which i first saw sprayed on a Roman bridge, the Ponte Pietra, in Verona in 1973. Each of these contains a similar, but individually poignant, aspect of solitude…. The poems belong to diverse periods - each seemingly unconnected, but in actuality, loosely joined together by their emotional intensity and mood." Rummonds, Fantasies, p. 668. REFERENCE: Rummonds, Fantasies and Hard Knocks, pp. 666-677.
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Van Gogh and still life = : from tradition to innovation

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Van Gogh and still life = : from tradition to innovation
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Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (United States)
Condition
VG+
Description
Tokyo, Japan: SOMPO Museum of Art, 2023. Softcover. VG+. Color illustrated wraps with black text, French flaps inside covers. 202 pp. Many color illustrations. Content of Plates : 1 - Tradition 2 - Still Life Paintings of Flowers 3 - Innovation.
Charades and Celebrations: Poems

Charades and Celebrations: Poems by Urdang, Constance

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Charades and Celebrations: Poems
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Urdang, Constance
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Crooked House Books & Paper (United States)
Condition
Fine
Description
October House, 1965. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition stated. Brown paper-covered boards, 9" x 5.75", 83 pp. Original price of $4.50 on DJ flap; minor fading to spine panel of jacket. First poetry collection by Urdang.
The Tate Gallery

The Tate Gallery

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The Tate Gallery
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Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (United States)
Condition
Near Fine
Description
New York: Tate Gallery, 1969. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. Small quarto. Illustrated. Illustrated wrappers. Near fine.
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The Scattered Portions. William Blake's Biological Symbolism by Baine, Rodney M. Baine, Mary

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The Scattered Portions. William Blake's Biological Symbolism
Author
Baine, Rodney M. Baine, Mary
Seller
John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller (United States)
Description
1986. Athens, Georgia: Rodney M. Baine, (author), 1986. 8vo, 260 pp, with 77 illustrations. In original cloth with illustrated dust-jacket. Very good. ß First edition, discussing the biological images and symbols in Blake. The Baines wrote several books on Blake. Bentley, BBS, p.358.
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Motor City Comics #2

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Motor City Comics #2
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Ken Lopez Bookseller, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Good
Description
San Francisco: Rip Off Press. 1970. Third printing with Rip Off Press logo printed directly on the glossy cover (source: comixjoint). Covers mostly split along the spine; a good copy. Softcover. Good.
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Theories of Criticism: Essays in Literature and Art. by ABRAMS, M.H. and Ackerman, James.

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Title
Theories of Criticism: Essays in Literature and Art.
Author
ABRAMS, M.H. and Ackerman, James.
Seller
Jeff Maser, Bookseller-ABAA (United States)
Description
Washington DC: Library of Congress,, 1984.. First edition.. 53 pp. Near fine in stapled wrappers. Two essays.

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