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The Golden Book of St. John Chrysostom, Concerning the Education of Children. Translated out of the Greek

The Golden Book of St. John Chrysostom, Concerning the Education of Children. Translated out of the Greek by [Evelyn, John] J.E., Esq

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Title
The Golden Book of St. John Chrysostom, Concerning the Education of Children. Translated out of the Greek
Author
[Evelyn, John] J.E., Esq
Seller
Whitmore Rare Books (United States)
Description
London: B.M. for G. Bedel and T. Collins, 1659. First edition. Twelvemo measuring 90 x 140mm (pages). Collates complete: [48], 90, [6]. Internally a pleasing copy, trimmed a bit close along the header but always retaining the page number and running titles. Small closed tear to lower margin of A6; some light marginal soiling on occasion, not affecting text. Several examples of contemporary ink marginalia and manicules. Finely bound in full red morocco with gilt to spine and boards; all edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Bookplates of John Lawson and Anthony Fair to front pastedown. A scarce and early work on the social education, the present is the only copy on the market. ESTC records 12 copies, with only five of those in North America. Grieving over the loss of his eldest son, famed diarist and social commentator John Evelyn turned to translation and study for consolation. The result of his efforts was The Golden Book, a tract encouraging parents to take a strong hand in their children's educations from infancy. Notably, these educations are less academic than social. Evelyn draws on the preaching of St. John Chrysostom, an early Archbishop of Constantinople who supported strong authority in church and family. And the present work's approach to gender in education is at times touched by Chysostom's own anxieties about the sexes as well as contemporary debates about fashion and sexuality in the Caroline court. "Chysostom's learning and eloquence sums up a long age of ever-growing moral outrage, fear, and loathing of homosexuality" (Allen). For Evelyn, education is about more than instruction in the classical languages or in reasoning; it helps to "compose and regulate children's manners." Of particular concern to Evelyn is what he perceives as the increasing vanity and effeminization of boys. "O vain man! Why dost thou instruct thy child, as yet free from this madnesse, in these trifles?...He hath no need of gold. And thou dost nourish him a lock of hair behind his ear like a Girle, effeminating thy son even from the very cradle. Softening thus the vigor of his sex...If a man weareth his hair long it is a shame unto him." In regard to girls, he complains against their rising independence and disregard of authority. "A maid when in her mother's chamber she hath learned to long for these various tires and ornaments of women becomes impertinent to her husband, and very troublesome." Early and reinforced education of both is critical to avoiding the defiance of gender expectations. Emphasizing that "children may be instructed in Arts, Letters and Eloquence," he urges against the use of idle fables or fairy tales where lessons may be misunderstood or ambiguous. And he encourages children's education to be run with order and rigor, the power structure being clear and continuously reinforced. "Let Children hear nothing impertinent neither of their Domesticks or their Governours, nor their Nurse." Near the end, Evelyn touches on the dangers of lust to older children, and advises that wholesome activities and scriptural study be used to encourage chastity. "Physicians say that presently after the fifteenth year youths are vehemently inflamed with the Lust of Concupiscence. How shall we now fetter this beast?" Theatre should be avoided at all costs; sobriety should be maintained; and parents should only employ "some ancient Maid or Woman stricken in years" to do any service near their teen sons. A conduct tract that speaks to educating children into socially acceptable roles, rather than a text emphasizing classical learning. ESTC R10323.
MAN RAY Le pain peint. Artist book.

MAN RAY Le pain peint. Artist book. by Man Ray

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Title
MAN RAY Le pain peint. Artist book.
Author
Man Ray
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Marninart, Inc (ABAA-ILAB) (United States)
Condition
Very Good+
Description
Accordion fold artist's book featuring one multiple by Man Ray, a blue baguette bread, on the front cover, held by a green ribbon to close the book. Also included on the book, ten silkscreen, after the artist Revolving Doors installation, in colors, three reproductions in colors, and a three folded poster in colors. This artist's book was published by Galerie Alexandre Iolas, in Paris as an exhibition catalogue for the exhibition Man Ray in 1973-1974. The blue baguette depicted on the cover was an original piece that Man Ray made in 1958 using stale bread painted blue. He later replaced it with a plaster version as the original was eaten by mice.
Qualified Horses and Unqualified Riders

Qualified Horses and Unqualified Riders by ALKEN, Henry

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Qualified Horses and Unqualified Riders
Author
ALKEN, Henry
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David Brass Rare Books, Inc. (United States)
Description
London: S. & J. Fuller, 1815. Alken's First Published Work The Comic Foibles of Amateur Horsemen [ALKEN, Henry]. Qualified Horses and Unqualified Riders, or the reverse of Sporting Phrases taken from the Work entitled Indispensable Accomplishments... [by] Ben Tally Ho, an occasional Visitor in Leicestershire. London: S. & J. Fuller, 1st Septr, 1815. First edition, slightly later issue with the plates watermarked J. Whatman, 1817. Oblong folio (10 5/8 x 14 1/4 inches 3/8; 270 x 362 mm.). Printed title-page and seven hand-colored engraved plates. Occasional light marginal soiling (most noticeable on first plate, otherwise bright and fresh. Mid-to-late twentieth century half red morocco over marbled boards decoratively ruled in gilt, red morocco label on front cover, lettered and tooled in gilt, smooth spine. Publisher's drab printed front wrapper bound in. Wrapper expertly repaired at edges not affecting text. An excellent copy. Alken's first hunting satire, showing how the untrained rider endangers himself, his horse and others around him. The work is an ironic sequel to Frankland's Indispensable Accomplishments, taking the Frankland "Billesdon Coplow" scenes and captions and turning them on their ear, specifically on the rider's behind as he's tossed hither and yon by a horse clearly more in control of things than the rider, who is finally carried off the field of comic disaster by his friends. The first of Alken's color plate books. "A humorous set depicting hunting accidents drawn in vigorous style. Alken's colouring is seen at its best in books of this class" (Schwerdt). The Plates: 1. Going along a slapping pace, for the very same reason, that a Criminal goes to Gaol... 2. Topping a Flight of Rails and coming into the next Field, (but not well.)... 3. Charging an Ox-fence... with good Success. 4. Got in and getting out... very clever. 5. Facing a Brook. Verifying the old Adage, look before you leap. (Watermarked J. Whatman 1817) 6. Swishing at a Rasper, from your own timidity and mismanagement... 7. Returning home in Triumph. He disdain'd a Slothful Easy Life, so took to hunting. Bobins II, 747; Schwerdt I, p. 20; Siltzer, p. 69; Tooley 44.
Art Forms in Nature: With an Introduction by Karl Nierdorf

Art Forms in Nature: With an Introduction by Karl Nierdorf by Blossfeldt Karl

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Art Forms in Nature: With an Introduction by Karl Nierdorf
Author
Blossfeldt Karl
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The Book Block (United States)
Description
New York E. Weyhe, 1929. 4to. (12 14 x 9 3/4 inches), publisher's green canvas cloth with the title stamped in gilt on the cover and spine. Fine.Published in London (by A. Zwemmer ) and in New York (by E. Weyhe), based on the German edition (by Ernst Wasmuth), this first American edition contains 120 spectacular plates, early examples of close-up botanical photography. Professor Blossfeldt's photographs are today also valued as pioneering examples of abstract images. The book is often broken up for the value of the individual plates, and the remaining intact copies are often shabby if not disbound. This is a beautiful copy of a keystone photography book, which was reprinted in 1932, 1936 and well into the late twentieth century (1999) A Bright Copy of an Important Book
A NOVELETTE AND OTHER PROSE (1921-1931)

A NOVELETTE AND OTHER PROSE (1921-1931) by WILLIAMS, William Carlos

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A NOVELETTE AND OTHER PROSE (1921-1931)
Author
WILLIAMS, William Carlos
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Charles Agvent, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Uncut and largely unopened; typical browning to text and somewhat to covers with small loss at head of spine. Very Good and quit
Description
(Toulon, France): To, (1932). First Edition. Wraps. Uncut and largely unopened; typical browning to text and somewhat to covers with small loss at head of spine. Very Good and quite scarce when signed. Original pale green wraps printed in black (5-1/2" x 9"); 127, [2] pages; list of planned publications on verso of rear wrap. Wallace A12, one of approximately 500 copies. This copy SIGNED by the poet on the front endpaper in an early hand.
IMAGINARY PAINTINGS AND OTHER POEMS

IMAGINARY PAINTINGS AND OTHER POEMS by BAXTER, Charles

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IMAGINARY PAINTINGS AND OTHER POEMS
Author
BAXTER, Charles
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Charles Agvent, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Fine
Description
(Latham, New York): Paris Review, (1989). First Edition. Softcover. Fine. Pictorial wraps. Published only in softcover, this is Baxter's third collection of poems, though he is best known now for his wonderful fiction.
Miscellany Poems

Miscellany Poems by WYCHERLEY, William

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Miscellany Poems
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WYCHERLEY, William
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Heritage Book Shop, LLC (United States)
Description
London: Printed for C. Brome, J. Taylor, and B. Tooke, 1704. First edition, first issue. Large paper copy Folio in fours. (13 7/8 x 8 1/2 inches; 352 x 215 mm). xlvi, [1, errata], [1, blank], 64, 63-438. pp. Pages 63-64 repeated in the pagination but text and collation continuous as usual. With mezzotint frontispiece portrait. Title-page in double-ruled border. The final leaf [pg 438] in an early state with "The end of the first volume" printed and no correction slip reading "THE END." Although it states "the end of the first volume, there were no more volumes published. Contemporary speckled calf, rebacked with original spine laid down. Boards paneled in gilt. Spine tooled in gilt. Two red morocco spine labels, lettered in gilt. All edges gilt. Some rubbing to board edges and spine. Previous owner's bookplates, two on front pastedown, one on rear pastedown. Bookplates of James Norman, H. Bradley Martin and William Marchbank. Minor paper flaw at bottom margin of a2, not affecting text. Bottom outer corners of leaves G2 and G3 torn, but not affecting text. Minor toning to endpapers from glue. Overall a very good copy, and internally very clean. "This is the most famous of literary mezzotints and is rarely found in such magnificent state still prefixed to this volume as intended." (Pforzheimer, 1101). Except for the piece 'Upon the Idleness of Business' the contents of this volume do not appear ro have been reprinted except in the Nonesuch collected edition of this author." (Pforzheimer, 1101). ESTC T144864. Pforzheimer 1101. HBS 68244. $1,750.
De la Poesia/Proceso a la Poesia para y/o a Realizar, Ensayo (1969)

De la Poesia/Proceso a la Poesia para y/o a Realizar, Ensayo (1969) by VIGO, Edgardo Antonio

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De la Poesia/Proceso a la Poesia para y/o a Realizar, Ensayo (1969)
Author
VIGO, Edgardo Antonio
Seller
Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller, Inc. (United States)
Description
Several black & white illus. Title-leaf, 27 pp. & two additional text leaves. Square 4to, printed folder & inner black folded sheet, loose as issued. La Plata, Argentina: Diagonal Cero, 1970. A most compelling association copy linking two important Latin-American artists; the author Vigo (1927-97) has inscribed the recto of the title-leaf to Carrión (1941-89). This contains an illustrated historical essay on visual poetry, with depictions of work by Alvaro de Sá, Julien Blaine, Wlademir Dias-Pino, Lara Lemos, Moacy Cirne, Neide Sá, Jean-Claude Moineau, Grupo “Zaj,” Jochen Gerz, Vigo, etc. Several texts by European artists are translated into Spanish. A very good copy, from the library of Ulises Carrión; some faint and inoffensive staining to a few leaves and minor wear to the folder and black folded sheet. The date of Vigo’s inscription is “12/07/1978”.
Beecher Memorial; Contemporaneous Tributes To The Memory Of Henry Ward Beecher

Beecher Memorial; Contemporaneous Tributes To The Memory Of Henry Ward Beecher by Bok, Edward W. [Lucretia Garfield]

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Beecher Memorial; Contemporaneous Tributes To The Memory Of Henry Ward Beecher
Author
Bok, Edward W. [Lucretia Garfield]
Seller
The First Edition Rare Books, LLC (United States)
Condition
Near fine
Description
Brooklyn: Privately Printed / The De Vinne Press, 1887. Limited Edition. Cloth. Near fine. Beecher Memorial: Contemporaneous Tributes to the Memory of Henry Ward Beecher, the "most famous preacher in the nation," published shortly after his death in 1887. Includes a laid-in letter from First Lady Lucretia Garfield, thanking the editor for. Octavo, viii, 110pp. Brown cloth, title in gilt on front cover. Silk endpapers. Frontispiece portrait and an illustrated plate by William H. Beard. Rubbing to spine and along edges, solid text block. Letter to the editor written on Lucretia Garfield's mourning stationery. Full text reads: "Mentor, O. / June 26th 1887 / Mr. Edward Bok / Dear Sir / Pray accept my thanks for a copy of the Beecher Memorial just received, and allow me to say that you have honored the contributors in making the book so worthy. As a tribute to the memory of Mr. Beecher, I trust it may be acceptable to his family. Very Truly Yours / Lucretia R. Garfield." Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887) was an American social reformer, abolitionist, and influential clergyman. His sister, Harriet Beecher Stowe, achieved worldwide acclaim for her abolitionist novel Uncle Tom's Cabin. During Beecher's lifetime, his sermons focused on God's love, a notable departure from his Calvinist upbringing. He was a religious guide to multiple Republican presidents, including Abraham Lincoln, who said that no one in history had "so productive a mind." A recent work on his life by Debby Applegate, titled "The Most Famous Man in America: The Biography of Henry Ward Beecher," won the Pulitzer Prize for Biography in 2007.
An Army At Dawn; The War In North Africa, 1942-1943

An Army At Dawn; The War In North Africa, 1942-1943 by Atkinson, Rick

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An Army At Dawn; The War In North Africa, 1942-1943
Author
Atkinson, Rick
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The First Edition Rare Books, LLC (United States)
Condition
Near fine
Description
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 2002. First Edition, Thirteenth Printing. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. Signed copy of An Army At Dawn: The War In North Africa, 1942-1943, winner of the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for History.. Octavo, 681pp, [2]. White boards, title stamped in gilt. Number line through "13" on copyright page. Appears unread. In the publisher's dust jacket, "Pulitzer Prize" on front cover, $40.00 retail price, a near fine example. Signed on the title page by Rick Atkinson. The Liberation Trilogy by Rick Atkinson follows the United States' buildup and involvement in World War II. The first volume, An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943, was first published by Henry Holt and Company in 2002. It won the Pulitzer Prize for History in 2003. The other two volumes, The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944 and The Guns at Last Light: The War in Western Europe, 1944-1945, were both New York Times bestsellers.
Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness

Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness by Abbey, Edward; Illustrated by Peter Parnall

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Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness
Author
Abbey, Edward; Illustrated by Peter Parnall
Seller
Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Near Fine
Description
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1968. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good +. Peter Parnall. 269pp. Octavo [22 cm] Brown cloth. In the dust jacket, with light rubbing and chipping along the edges and folds. The author's fourth book and his first work of nonfiction. This collection of meditations by then park ranger Abbey in what was Arches National Monument of the 1950s was quietly published in the raucous sixties in a first edition of 5,000 copies and has now gone on to sell almost two million copies, taking its rightful place alongside Aldo Leopold's A Sand County Almanac and Rachel Carson's Silent Spring, as an environmental and wilderness classic. The late author's reflections transcend the mere genre of the environmental essay; the individual pieces form part of a fully realized whole that defined a whole new style of environmental and wilderness writing, inspiring new generations of writers (Barry Lopez and Terry Tempest Williams come to mind) while becoming the author's best known and best loved work in the process, and yes, becoming what Abbey always feared, "a classic
Woods & Words: The Story of Poet Mary Oliver
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Woods & Words: The Story of Poet Mary Oliver by Ackerman, Sara Holly; Naoko Stoop (Illustrator)

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Woods & Words: The Story of Poet Mary Oliver
Author
Ackerman, Sara Holly; Naoko Stoop (Illustrator)
Seller
Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN
9781665921855
Condition
New
Description
New York: Beach Lane Books, 2025. Reprint. Hardcover. New/New. Naoko Stoop. 40 pp. Quarto [28.8 cm]. Illustrated wraps over boards. Orange end papers. From the publisher: "Young Mary Oliver spent all the time she could outdoors noticing natural wonders like alluring birdsong, velvety leaves, and glittering beams of sunlight. There were treasures all around if you paid attention. Eventually, she began writing about those treasures, filling up stacks of notebooks and capturing the world around her. There were always poems if you paid attention. As Mary grew up and gained acclaim for her poetry, some critics said her poems were too simple, too ordinary. But Mary believed poems were for everyone. So she wrapped herself in woods and in woods, and kept on searching for what else and where else a poem might be…
Marshall's Chess "Swindles

Marshall's Chess "Swindles by Marshal,. Frank J.

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Marshall's Chess "Swindles
Author
Marshal,. Frank J.
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Thorn Books (United States)
Condition
Near fine
Description
New York: The American Chess Bulletin, 1915. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Thin 8vo. (8),130,(6)pp. Maroon ribbed cloth gilt title on the upper board. Light wear and sunning else a near fine copy. "Comprising over one hundred and twenty-five of his best tournament and match games at chess, together with the annotation of the same by himself and other well-known chess authorities, also an analysis of the Queen's side openings with several King's gambit novelties and a discussion of the principles of over-the-board chess." Inscribed on the front free endpaper on January 3, 1919, to Charles Lazenby, B.A.F.F.S., by the author. .
Two typed letters signed, dated February 10 and April 6, 1979

Two typed letters signed, dated February 10 and April 6, 1979 by Child, Julia; Llewellyn Howland III

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Two typed letters signed, dated February 10 and April 6, 1979
Author
Child, Julia; Llewellyn Howland III
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Rabelais - Fine Books on Food & Drink (United States)
Description
Cambridge, Mass, 1979. Two typed letters, each signed (23 x 15 cm.), [1] and [2] pages each, typed rectos only. Both on Ecole des Trois Gourmandes stationery, and each signed by Julia Child in black ink. The correspondence concerns Julia's response to Llewellyn Howland III's request for a contribution to Boston's Birthday Book. In the first letter she reluctantly agrees, citing the demands of her schedule. The second letter has her more engaged and reacting to the plans for the book and suggesting a few of her own. Attached to the second letter is a copy of Howland's "welcome" letter to the project. Also included is a re-addressed envelope. Fine.
El Hombre de los Destinos [caption title]

El Hombre de los Destinos [caption title] by [Colombia]

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El Hombre de los Destinos [caption title]
Author
[Colombia]
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McBride Rare Books (United States)
Condition
Good plus.
Description
[Popayan]: Imp. Democática por J. Orjuela, 1852. Good plus.. Broadside, approximately 13 x 9 inches. Folded. Light chipping and wear, a few small wormholes, not affewcting text. Even tanning, faint foxing. The anonymous writer of this ephemeral piece accuses Dr. Manuel Bueno of holding too much power and too many titles in Popayan, and wielding both capriciously. Here he is specifically charged with expelling a student, Francisco Ibarra from the "colejio" of which Bueno was the rector for a political argument with the student's father. Not in OCLC.
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Self-repairing computers. Signed offprint by Wilkes, Maurice V.

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Self-repairing computers. Signed offprint
Author
Wilkes, Maurice V.
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Jeremy Norman & Co., Inc. (United States)
Description
1961. Wilkes, Maurice V. Self-repairing computers. Offprint from IRE Transactions on Electronic Computers, EC-10 (March 1961). Unbound single sheet, as issued. Top margin slightly frayed. Signed by Wilkes on the recto. [2]pp., the second blank. 280 x 214 mm. Provenance: Maurice Wilkes. First edition, offprint issue. "Two approaches are possible to the problem of designing circuits which will continue to function correctly even if some of the elements of which they are composed become unserviceable. One is the use of error-correcting coding systems, and the other can be described as 'error detection with repetition.' . . . The second is of general application, whereas the first lends itself best to situations in which information is not destroyed, for example, to the storage and transmission of information" (p. [1]). Wilkes 1999, no. 52. Origins of Cyberspace 1044.
All Americans Move Forward [Drop title]

All Americans Move Forward [Drop title]

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All Americans Move Forward [Drop title]
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Langdon Manor Books LLC (United States)
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Very good
Description
Washington, D.C.: Democratic National Committee/United Publishing Co, 1964. Very good. 8½” x 4” (folded). Single sheet measuring 8½” x 20”, printed both sides and folded to create a 10-panel pamphlet. Very good: faint offsetting to front panel; else internally bright with minimal wear. This is a rare promotional brochure for Lyndon B. Johnson's 1964 presidential campaign, focusing on “total war on prejudice and poverty.” It features great photographic images of notable Black leaders and a list of African Americans in federal positions at the time. The brochure includes an excerpt from Johnson's 1964 State of the Union message extolling the 1963 congressional session, “which did more for civil rights than the last hundred sessions combined.” The text stressed that: “All of these increased opportunities in employment, in education, in housing, and in every field, must be open to Americans of every color. As far as the writ of Federal law will run, we must abolish not some, but all racial discrimination, for this is not merely an economic issue, or a social, political, or international issue. It is a moral issue, and must be met this session by the passage of the bill now pending in the House.” Along with a cover shot of the president, the pamphlet holds five images of Johnson meeting and conferring with African American leaders such as Martin Luther King, Jr., “Mrs. Rosa Gragg of the National Association of Colored Women's Clubs and Miss Dorothy Height of the National Council of Negro Women,” Hobart Taylor of the President's Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity and Carl Rowan, Director of the United States Information Agency. The rear was dedicated to “a partial listing of federal posts held by Negro decision-makers” including U.S. attorneys and federal judges, commissioners and representatives of the White House, regulatory agencies, the District of Columbia and more – nearly 100 names in all. It also held a form to “become an enrolled member of the Democratic Party” as well as text eulogizing John F. Kennedy, “the greatest leader of our time . . . struck down by the foulest deed.” A rare and compelling piece of African American political history. OCLC shows two holdings.
TIREZ SUR LE PIANISTE [SHOOT THE PIANO PLAYER] (1960) Set of 3 French photos

TIREZ SUR LE PIANISTE [SHOOT THE PIANO PLAYER] (1960) Set of 3 French photos by David Goodis (source), François Truffaut (director)

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TIREZ SUR LE PIANISTE [SHOOT THE PIANO PLAYER] (1960) Set of 3 French photos
Author
David Goodis (source), François Truffaut (director)
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Walterfilm, Inc. (United States)
Condition
Near Fine
Description
Les Films de la Pléiade. No binding. Near Fine. [Paris]: Les Films de la Pléiade, [1960]. Set of three (3) vintage original 5 x 7" (13 x 18 cm.) borderless black-and-white French print still photos, near fine. Three photos, all with star Charles Aznavour, from François Truffaut's second feature film Tirez sur le Pianiste (Shoot the Piano Player), adapted from David Goodis' Down There.
Smokiana

Smokiana by PRITCHETT, R.T. [Robert Taylor]

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Title
Smokiana
Author
PRITCHETT, R.T. [Robert Taylor]
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Sandra L Hoekstra Bookseller, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA (United States)
Condition
Very good
Description
[London]: Bernard Quaritch, 1890. First Edition. Quarter-bound leather. Very good. First edition. 8vo; 101, [1]pp; quarter-bound pebbled leather and brown textured cloth, gilt-stamped spine and front board; top edge gilt; ownership in pencil and address sticker to ffep; 47 full-page color lithographed illustrations facing a page of text, some illustrations in color; light damp staining to top edge ffep, corners bumped with loss, rubbing of spine and boards, closed tear to tail of spine, light age-toning of paper; very good. Interesting walk through the historical and ethnographic world of smoking. Starting with varieties of tobacco plants, it explores the pipes and smoking instruments found around the world and includes illustrations.
Yamagata

Yamagata by [YAMAGATA, Hiro] Austin Jaynes, text

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Yamagata
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[YAMAGATA, Hiro] Austin Jaynes, text
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Lorne Bair Rare Books (United States)
Description
Fairfield, CT: Hugh Lauter Levin Associates, Inc, 1987. Revised Edition. Square Quarto (28.5cm x 28.5cm). Blue cloth boards (hardcover) with titling embossed in gold on cover and spine; pictorial dustjacket; 160pp; illus. Near Fine copy; slight soiling to front and back bottom corner end pages, else clean and tight. Near Fine dustwrapper; slight shelf wear to extremities; retail sticker adhesive on inside from flap, else clean. Exploration and catalogue raisonné of the work of L.A. based Japanese artist Hiro Yamagata. Hundreds of reproductions in color and in b&w. Signed by the artist on front endpage.
Memorie di un Ex-Terrorista

Memorie di un Ex-Terrorista by [ANARCHISM - ITALY] MARIANI, Giuseppe

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Title
Memorie di un Ex-Terrorista
Author
[ANARCHISM - ITALY] MARIANI, Giuseppe
Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books (United States)
Description
Torino: by the Author, 1953. First Edition. Octavo. Printed thick paper wrappers; 189pp. Text pages and wrappers slightly toned at margins; spine leaning slightly; Very Good. Memoir by the Milanese anarchist who planned and executed the 1921 bombing of the Diana Theatre, a fact to which he confesses in this volume. An important anarchist memoir, somewhat uncommon in commerce.
Savage Bride

Savage Bride by WOOLRICH, Cornell

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Savage Bride
Author
WOOLRICH, Cornell
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Lorne Bair Rare Books (United States)
Description
New York: Fawcett Publications / Gold Medal Books, 1950. First Edition. First Printing, a paperback original novel. Octavo (18cm); pictorial card wrappers; yellow edge-staining; [2],3-178,[6]pp. Light wear to extremities, two tiny impressions to upper front wrapper, with scattered foxing to inner covers and text edges; Very Good. A man on his honeymoon with his exotic new bride become stranded in Central America, and taken captive by a native tribe; only then does he discover his wife's association with them. HUBIN, p.445.
War and Culture

War and Culture by [WWII] [COMMUNISM] [GREAT BRITAIN] RICKWOOD, Edgell

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War and Culture
Author
[WWII] [COMMUNISM] [GREAT BRITAIN] RICKWOOD, Edgell
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Lorne Bair Rare Books (United States)
Description
London: Communist Party of Great Britain, 1933. Staple-bound pamphlet; 14pp. Wear, sunning and foxing to edges of wrappers, pencil to cover, pages sunned, else a clean and sound copy.
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Improvement Era Volume 1, part 1 1897-98 Numbers 1-6 only

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Improvement Era Volume 1, part 1 1897-98 Numbers 1-6 only
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Weller Book Works ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Condition
Good
Description
General Board Y.M.M.I.A, 1897-1898. Good. . Improvement Era Volume 1, part 1 1897-98 Numbers 1-6 only. Salt Lake City: General Board Y.M.M.I.A, 1897-1898. 464pp. Indexed. 8vo. Brown cloth. Book condition: Good. There are numerous small stains on the back cover. The front hinge is weak. The front endsheet has 2 ink stamps and a previous owner's name in pen. P. 40 has brief underlining. First six issues only of the first volume.
The Kazanluk Tomb
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The Kazanluk Tomb by Zhivkova, Lyudmila

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The Kazanluk Tomb
Author
Zhivkova, Lyudmila
Seller
Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller (United States)
ISBN
9783764702830
Condition
vg
Description
Recklinghausen/Germany: Aurel Bongers, 1975. First English language edition. Hardcover. vg. Folio. 118pp. Tan cloth with gilt lettering to cover and spine with dj in original cardboard slipcase. Front top edge bumped. Slight discoloration to bottom edge. Chipping to head on spine and corners of dj. Discoloration to flaps on dj. Discoloration to, and two inch closed tear along spine on slipcase. Frontispiece. "The tomb of a Thracian chieftain, which came to light in 1944, is one of the most valuable treasures of ancient art in the Bulgarian lands. The wall paintings in the passage and the domed chamber are inimitable masterpieces of the Early Hellenistic Period and are distinguished for their freshness and realism". Illustrated with tipped-in color and in text b/w plates. Translated from the Bulgarian by Nevena Zheliazkova. Dj and slipcase in good, book in very good condition.
Braindances: Poems.
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Braindances: Poems. by ABBEY, Lloyd.

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Title
Braindances: Poems.
Author
ABBEY, Lloyd.
Seller
Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB (United States)
ISBN
9780887503177
Condition
Near Fine
Description
n.p.:: Oberon Press,. Near Fine. 1979. Paperback. 0887503179 . First paperback edition. About fine in printed wraps.; 80 pages .
Shrines of Gaiety: A Novel
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Shrines of Gaiety: A Novel by Atkinson, Kate

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Title
Shrines of Gaiety: A Novel
Author
Atkinson, Kate
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Ed's Editions Bookstore (United States)
ISBN
9780385547970
Condition
Very Good
Description
Doubleday, 2022-09-26. First Edition. hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 6x1x9. First Edition, First Printing. Dust jacket and book are clean, has a very good binding, no marks or notations. Dust jacket price not clipped.
Death in the Thames

Death in the Thames by Anderson, J.R.L

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Title
Death in the Thames
Author
Anderson, J.R.L
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Crooked House Books & Paper (United States)
ISBN
9780575018679
Condition
Very Good
Description
London: Victor Gollancz LTD, 1974. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 0x0x0. Red cloth with gilt titles, 8vo, 208 pages; slight lean to spine; dust jacket protected in mylar cover. A vintage copy of this, "topical mixture of industrial espionage and boating on the Thames".
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Saggio di iconografia Verdiana by [VERDI]. Monaldi, Gino

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Title
Saggio di iconografia Verdiana
Author
[VERDI]. Monaldi, Gino
Seller
J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians LLC (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
Bergamo: Istituto Italiano d'Arti Grafiche, 1913. Softcover. Very Good. Large octavo. Flexible boards. 114 pp. With 182 photographic illustrations on coated stock. Spine slightly frayed. Minor wear.

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