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DAS GANZE NEUE TESTAMENT. [with] PSALMEN DAVIDS. [with] DIE KLEINE BIBEL: ODER: DER PSALTER DAVIDS by (BINDINGS - VERMEIL). BIBLE IN GEMAN

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Seller: Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts

Title: DAS GANZE NEUE TESTAMENT. [with] PSALMEN DAVIDS. [with] DIE KLEINE BIBEL: ODER: DER PSALTER DAVIDS
Author: (BINDINGS - VERMEIL). BIBLE IN GEMAN
Seller: Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts (United States)
Description: Zurich: David Gessner, 1740, 1738, 1738. 162 x 90 mm. (6 3/8 x 3 1/2"). 270 pp.; 192, [16] pp.; 64 pp. LOVELY PIERCED VERMEIL SILVER BINDING over dark brown sharkskin, the metalwork with intricately twining strapwork accented with acanthus leaves, a basket of flowers, and two eagles, elongated vermeil head and tail caps over spine, two fore-edge clasps, gilt patterned paper pastedowns, all edges gilt. Housed in a fine modern brown morocco felt-lined clamshell box. First two works with extra engraved illustrated title page. Ink gift inscription on front flyleaf: "Helen McDowell/ from her/ affectionate/ [illegible]/ with sincere/ good wishes/ for her future/ happiness/ August 1864." For the binding: Hayward, "Silver Bindings from the J. R. Abbey Collection," 14. Sharkskin with just a hint of chafing, occasional mild browning or foxing to leaves, but QUITE A FINE COPY, clean and fresh internally, and the binding shining and unworn. Beautifully executed and wonderfully preserved, this New Testament is an excellent example of the vermeil bindings--that is, silver-gilt or gilded/gilt silver--produced in Switzerland and southern Germany during the Baroque period. As is typical, this binding is without a hallmark, but it closely resembles another New Testament bound in shagreen and vermeil, described and pictured as item #14 in Hayward's "Silver Bindings from the J. R. Abbey Collection," which Hayward indicates was produced in Zurich in the early 18th century. These intricate silver bindings were popular for religious works, presenting what Hayward calls a "combination of ostentatious wealth and piety," and this one was executed with great skill, featuring graceful lines and delicately rendered details. There are two main types of silver bindings from the period: engraved and pierced bindings like the present example, which were especially popular in the 17th century; and embossed or repoussé bindings, which came into fashion in the late 17th and early 18th century. Of the two, the engraved and pierced bindings are generally valued more highly because they required more time and skilled labor..

Aula Subterranea domina dominantium subdita subditorum, das ist, Untererdische Hofhaltung: ohne welche weder die Herren regiren, noch die Unterthanen gehorchen können : oder, Grundliche Beschreibung derjenigen Sachen so in der Tieffe der Erden wachsen, als aller Ertzen der königlichen und gemeinen Metallen.. by Ercker, Lazarus (ca. 1530-1594)

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Seller: Liber Antiquus

Title: Aula Subterranea domina dominantium subdita subditorum, das ist, Untererdische Hofhaltung: ohne welche weder die Herren regiren, noch die Unterthanen gehorchen können : oder, Grundliche Beschreibung derjenigen Sachen so in der Tieffe der Erden wachsen, als aller Ertzen der königlichen und gemeinen Metallen..
Author: Ercker, Lazarus (ca. 1530-1594)
Seller: Liber Antiquus (United States)
Condition: Fine
Description: Frankfurt: Johann David Zunner, 1684. First printed in 1574, this is the second edition to include Christian Berward's important lexicon of mining terms, "Interpres Phraseologiae Metallurgicae. Hardcover. Fine. Complete with the engraved title page, which has been folded at the bottom to avoid trimming by the binder. Bound in 18th c. quarter vellum and marbled boards with some minor wear. The contents are in very fine condition. Small adhesion scar to title. Illustrated with 41 large woodcuts. "Ercker's treatise is the most authoritative contemporary work on 16th-century metallurgy and assaying. Ercker gave a systematic review of methods of testing alloys and minerals and of obtaining and refining various metals, as well as methods of manufacturing acids, salts and other chemical compounds, including saltpeter. He described the apparatus and laboratory equipment used in metallurgy and assaying and gave a detailed account of laboratory methods, all of which he himself had used." (Norman) "Erker's Beschreibung may be regarded as the first manual of analytical and metallurgical chemistry. The only one of Ercker's works to contain many drawings, it presents a systematic review of the methods of testing alloys and minerals of silver, gold, copper, antimony, mercury, bismuth, and lead; of obtaining and refining these metals, as well as of obtaining acids, salts, and other compounds. The last chapter is devoted to saltpeter. Ercker's account of the fact that zinc precipitates other metals from solutions is to be found only in the 1684 and later editions" (DSB).

Shakespeares Lucrece. Being a Reproduction in Facsimile of the First Edition, 1594 by Shakespeare, William

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Title: Shakespeares Lucrece. Being a Reproduction in Facsimile of the First Edition, 1594
Author: Shakespeare, William
Seller: Whitmore Rare Books (United States)
Description: Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1905. First Thus. One of 1000 copies, originally released in a set of five volumes. Full vellum with gilt to spines and boards, measuring 250 x 200mm. Front board bowed; lower ties present but upper ties missing from front and rear. Offsetting to front and rear pastedowns. Internally clean and unmarked, with illustrations and text from the Malone Collection of the Bodleian Library. Originally issued in a set of five volumes, reproducing the exceptional Malone Collection copies of Shakespeare's first editions. "Shakespeare's long poem Lucrece tales place as Rome becomes a republic. As a minor epic (a genre popular in Shakespeare's time), it centers on figures of seemingly secondard importance...focusing initially on Tarquin's desire for Lucrece, whom he rapes" (Folger). Following the assault, emphasis shifts away from Tarquin's interiority and attempts to justify his impending violence and toward Lucrece herself as she struggles with an act that violated her as a person, and which also alters her marital and social value.

You Laugh An Ugly Laugh (Signed with Drawing) by R. Tal

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Title: You Laugh An Ugly Laugh (Signed with Drawing)
Author: R. Tal
Seller: Harper's Books (United States)
Condition: Near fine in a near fine jacket.
Description: Cologne: Dumont, 2009. Near fine in a near fine jacket.. First Edition. Quarto. SIGNED T.R inside of a humorous line drawing in pen, depicting a happy little phallic character smoking a cigarette. Published on the occasion of the exhibition at Kunsthalle zu Kiel and Tũbingen. Text in English and German. Also included is a folded poster from the exhibition.

Gideon Welles Signed A Naval Document As Secretary Of The Navy by GIDEON WELLES

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Seller: Stuart Lutz Historic Documents, Inc.

Title: Gideon Welles Signed A Naval Document As Secretary Of The Navy
Author: GIDEON WELLES
Seller: Stuart Lutz Historic Documents, Inc. (United States)
Description: GIDEON WELLES (1802-1878). Welles was the United States Secretary of the Navy during the Civil War.DS. 1pg. February 27, 1863. N.p. A typed document signed Gideon Welles as U.S. Secretary of the Navy on Navy Department letterhead. Sir: Having been on duty as an acting Masters Mate in the Navy of the United States, on temporary service, from 24th, your appointment from that date is hereby confirmed. After having executed the enclosed oath, and returned it to the Department, with your letter of acceptance, you will report to Commodore Montgomery for instruction in Gunnery. Very Respectfully, Gideon Welles. The document is engrossed and annotated in another hand. It is in very good condition.

Art in bookform (20 December 1986-25 January 1987) by NANNUCCI, Maurizio & TAZZI, Pier Luigi, curators

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Title: Art in bookform (20 December 1986-25 January 1987)
Author: NANNUCCI, Maurizio & TAZZI, Pier Luigi, curators
Seller: Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller, Inc. (United States)
Description: Black & white illus. [20] pp. Oblong 8vo, printed wrappers, staple-bound. Jyväskylä, Finland: Alvar Aalto Museum, 1987. Rare exhibition catalogue on artists’ books. With texts by Maurizio Nannucci and Pier Luigi Tazzi and a useful bibliography and reference section. Fine.

PURPOSE: A QUARTERLY MAGAZINE Vol X No 2 April -June 1938 by Symons, W. T. (editor). Eliot, T. S., Miller Henry, et al (contributors). (D. H. Lawrence). (Ezra Pound)

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Title: PURPOSE: A QUARTERLY MAGAZINE Vol X No 2 April -June 1938
Author: Symons, W. T. (editor). Eliot, T. S., Miller Henry, et al (contributors). (D. H. Lawrence). (Ezra Pound)
Seller: Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: London: The C. W. Daniel Company, 1938. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. Includes first appearance of Henry Miller's essay "Creative Death" a fragment from Miller's unfinished book on D. H. Lawrence, which was published in book form in 1941 as part of Miller's anthology of short stories "From The Wisdom of the Heart (public library). Another item of note in this issue is TS Eliot essay, "On a Recent Piece of Criticsm" wherein Eliot takes on criticism of Ezra Pound. Spine rolled, covers and leaves toned.

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Umberto Boccioni by COEN, Ester

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Title: Umberto Boccioni
Author: COEN, Ester
Seller: Argosy Book Store (United States)
ISBN: 9780810907218
Condition: fine
Description: New York: Abrams, 1988. hardcover. fine/fine. Boccioni, Umberto. Profusely illustrated in color & in black & white. 272 pages. Thick square 4to, blue cloth, d.w. New York: Harry Abrams, (1988). First edition. Fine in fine dust wrapper. Published in conjunction with his exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art September 1988 - January 1989.

Aluminum Afloat. by Aluminum Company of America.

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Title: Aluminum Afloat.
Author: Aluminum Company of America.
Seller: Ten Pound Island Book Co. (United States)
Condition: Here's an interesting diversion - a puff piece by Alcoa on the marine uses of aluminum. Interesting in that, although aluminum i
Description: n.p.: Aluminum Company of America, (1964). Here's an interesting diversion - a puff piece by Alcoa on the marine uses of aluminum. Interesting in that, although aluminum in salt water doesn't rust, it is subject to corrosion in proximity to other metals. Alcoa's publicity people work deftly around these difficulties, citing more than half a century of aluminum vessels, from the naphtha launch "Zephir" in 1890 to the "Navy's newest aluminum vessel, a 22 1/2 ton Hydroskimmer, cruises at 70 knots while air-supported 1 1/2 ft above the ocean." With some groovy 60s - style line illustrations by American artist and book binder Sid Neff. After the fun stuff has been presented, the second half of the book is devoted to the technical aspects of aluminum at sea. Fine condition in publisher's illustrated boards.. 27.5 cm. 73, (2) pp. b/w line ills and plates

THE FAREWELL SYMPHONY by WHITE, Edmund

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Title: THE FAREWELL SYMPHONY
Author: WHITE, Edmund
Seller: Charles Agvent, ABAA (United States)
Condition: Fine in a Fine dustwrapper
Description: New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. Advance Review Copy with review slip and flyer laid in of the final volume of White's autobiographical trilogy.

The Lunatic's Tale by ALLEN, Woody and Etienne Delessert

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Title: The Lunatic's Tale
Author: ALLEN, Woody and Etienne Delessert
Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN: 9781556280016
Description: Minneapolis, MN: Redpath Press, 1986. First edition. Small softcover. First separate appearance of this short story which was previously included in Allen's collection Side Effects. Includes illustrations by Etienne Delessert and design by Rita Marshall. A fine copy in French style wrappers and with fine original envelope, text sheet and the original bag. A fresh copy.

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