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Order and Chaos chez Hans Reichel (Inscribed first edition)

Order and Chaos chez Hans Reichel (Inscribed first edition) by Miller, Henry

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Title
Order and Chaos chez Hans Reichel (Inscribed first edition)
Author
Miller, Henry
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Whitmore Rare Books (United States)
Condition
Fine
Description
Tucson: Loujon Press, 1966. First edition. Fine/Very Good +. One of 26 copies in the "A to Z Leather Inscription Edition" inscribed by Henry Miller to the poet Jack Grapes (this being copy G). The inscribed copies were the most limited in a total edition of 1,524 (which also included 99 signed copies). Beautifully bound in half crimson morocco by the Schuberth Bookbindery in San Francisco. This is a lovely, quirky production designed, edited, and letterpress printed by Loujon Press editors Louisa and Jon Webb in Tucson, Arizona (on "Loujon's ancient 8 x 12 C&P Letterpress"). 87 pp., plus illustrations. A Fine copy in the Very Good+ dustjacket (some offsetting to inside of jacket and small tear to lower corner of back panel) and Fine publisher's slipcase with the Loujon Press prospectus (with a handwritten note from the press) and the original shipping box. "Written in 1937-38 in Paris, this book was penned without carbon & gifted as a long intimate book letter to the painter Hans Reichel who died 1958: now a Loujon Press 1524-copy first edition" (from the dust jacket). The work is here presented with an introduction by Lawrence Durrell and illustrations reproduced from Reichel's own work. Jack Grapes is a Los Angeles poet, publisher, and former editor of the poetry journal ONTHEBUS (1989-2017). Notably, his work appears, along with Henry Miller's, in The Outsider, the short-lived but influential literary journal published by the Loujon Press (1961-1969). Fine in Very Good + dust jacket.
ESSAI GENERAL DE FORTIFICATION, ET D’ATTAQUE ET DEFENSE DES PLACES, DANS LEQUEL CES DEUX SCIENCES SONT EXPLIQUEES ET MISES L’UNE PAR L’AUTRE A LA PORTEE DE TOUT LE MONDE. TOME PREMIER, TROISIEME ET QUATRIEME. DES TENTATIVES A FAIRE POUR PERFECTIONNER L’ART DE FORTIFIER LES PLACES, ET QUELQUES IDEES SUR LE RELIEF ET LE COMMANDEMENT DES FORTIFICATIONS; POUR SERVIR DE COMPLEMENT ET DE SUITE A L’ESSAI GENERAL DE FORTIFICATION ET D’ATTAQUE ET DEFENSE DES PLACES. (THREE VOLUMES, VOL. I, III, & IV ONLY, OF FIVE)

ESSAI GENERAL DE FORTIFICATION, ET D’ATTAQUE ET DEFENSE DES PLACES, DANS LEQUEL CES DEUX SCIENCES SONT EXPLIQUEES ET MISES L’UNE PAR L’AUTRE A LA PORTEE DE TOUT LE MONDE. TOME PREMIER, TROISIEME ET QUATRIEME. DES TENTATIVES A FAIRE POUR PERFECTIONNER L’ART DE FORTIFIER LES PLACES, ET QUELQUES IDEES SUR LE RELIEF ET LE COMMANDEMENT DES FORTIFICATIONS; POUR SERVIR DE COMPLEMENT ET DE SUITE A L’ESSAI GENERAL DE FORTIFICATION ET D’ATTAQUE ET DEFENSE DES PLACES. (THREE VOLUMES, VOL. I, III, & IV ONLY, OF FIVE) by M. [Henri Jean-Baptiste] de Bousmard

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ESSAI GENERAL DE FORTIFICATION, ET D’ATTAQUE ET DEFENSE DES PLACES, DANS LEQUEL CES DEUX SCIENCES SONT EXPLIQUEES ET MISES L’UNE PAR L’AUTRE A LA PORTEE DE TOUT LE MONDE. TOME PREMIER, TROISIEME ET QUATRIEME. DES TENTATIVES A FAIRE POUR PERFECTIONNER L’ART DE FORTIFIER LES PLACES, ET QUELQUES IDEES SUR LE RELIEF ET LE COMMANDEMENT DES FORTIFICATIONS; POUR SERVIR DE COMPLEMENT ET DE SUITE A L’ESSAI GENERAL DE FORTIFICATION ET D’ATTAQUE ET DEFENSE DES PLACES. (THREE VOLUMES, VOL. I, III, & IV ONLY, OF FIVE)
Author
M. [Henri Jean-Baptiste] de Bousmard
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Black Swan Books, Inc. (United States)
Condition
Very Good binding
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Paris: Chez Magimel, Libraire pour l’Art Militaire, 1814. Early Edition. Half Leather. Very Good binding. Volumes 1, 3 and 4 only of a five volume set. First published in 1797, this being a corrected early edition. A French manual on bastioned fortifications, both addressing the defense and attack thereof. Described by sir Henry Yule’s Fortification for Officers of the Army as “probably the best existing view of the whole subject [of military fortifications], as its clear and lively style renders it also one of the most readable books in the engineer’s library.” Bousmard fell as a Prussian Officer during the defense of Danzig in 1807, but his views on fortifications were followed by many prominent military engineers of the time. Usual, minor foxing and toning throughout, with slight dusty odor. Scuffing and wear to the leather binding. Half calf over marbled paper, with leather labels and gilt decorations. (Henry Yule Fortification for Officers of the Army and Students of Military History pp. 182-183 accessed 11/19/19). Very Good binding.
[AMERICANA] OUR AMERICAN COUSINS AND THEIR POLITICAL LIFE

[AMERICANA] OUR AMERICAN COUSINS AND THEIR POLITICAL LIFE by By One of Themselves | [Edmund Alton]

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[AMERICANA] OUR AMERICAN COUSINS AND THEIR POLITICAL LIFE
Author
By One of Themselves | [Edmund Alton]
Seller
Black Swan Books, Inc. (United States)
Condition
Very Good binding
Description
London: Swan Sonnenschein, Lowrey & Co, 1887. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. 8vo.; in brick red binding with tiling in gilt; xiv, 308 pages; with illustrations; there are no marks of any kind in the book.~~There was an earlier edition (1886) entitled “Among the Law-makers”. This edition is significantly less common.~~The book examines the workings of Congress from the point of view of Congressional pages. It includes a particularly relevant chapter “On Counting the Electoral Votes”.~. Very Good binding.
[BOOKS ON BOOKS] THE WILLIAMSBURG BIBLIOPHILES. A SUMMARY OF THE FIRST YEARS. THE FIRST DECADE, 1980-1990

[BOOKS ON BOOKS] THE WILLIAMSBURG BIBLIOPHILES. A SUMMARY OF THE FIRST YEARS. THE FIRST DECADE, 1980-1990 by Williamsburg Bibliophiles

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[BOOKS ON BOOKS] THE WILLIAMSBURG BIBLIOPHILES. A SUMMARY OF THE FIRST YEARS. THE FIRST DECADE, 1980-1990
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Williamsburg Bibliophiles
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Black Swan Books, Inc. (United States)
Condition
Near Fine binding
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[Williamsburg]: Williamsburg Bibliophiles, 1990. Soft Cover. Near Fine binding. 8vo.; stapled pamphlet in tan printed wrappers; [vii], 15 pages.~~The Williamsburg Bibliophiles were organized in 1980 to further the interests of booklovers through programs on book collecting, fine printing, graphic arts and to encourage public interest in such pursuits through exhibits and lectures. The Williamsburg Bibliophiles were patterned after the Pittsburgh (Pa.) Bibliophiles.~~. Near Fine binding.
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SIGNED SPECIAL LICENSE FOR TRADE VESSEL TO TRAVEL TO THE UNITED STATES, DATED AUGUST 20, 1830. WITH SIGNATURE AT THE END PURPORTING TO BE THAT OF EMPEROR NAPOLEON by Bonaparte, Napoleon

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SIGNED SPECIAL LICENSE FOR TRADE VESSEL TO TRAVEL TO THE UNITED STATES, DATED AUGUST 20, 1830. WITH SIGNATURE AT THE END PURPORTING TO BE THAT OF EMPEROR NAPOLEON
Author
Bonaparte, Napoleon
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David M. Lesser, Fine Antiquarian Books LLC (United States)
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Broadsheet, 13.5" x 19". Split along folds into four equal sections, repaired with tape on recto, two short splits along other vertical folds. Words under tape illegible unless held to a light. Scattered foxing and spotting. Left edge clipped with loss of words that had been printed vertically. Good. This is a special license for a single ship to make a single voyage from the Port of Bordeaux to America for purposes of trade. It is number 268 in the general order of the series, number 428 in the general order of deliverance, and number 698 in [illegible]. There are blanks to be filled in upon arrival in the ports of Charlestown, New York, Boston or Baltimore. These blanks are not filled in, and it would appear that this right of passage was never used. The documents list things that might be exported including foodstuffs, . Reads in part: NAPOLEON, EMPEREUR DES FRANCAIS, ROI D'ITALIE, PROTECTEUR DE LA CONFEDERATION DU RHIN, MEDIATEUR DE LA CONFEDERATION SUISSE, &C. &C.... [Translated: Napoleon, Emperor of France, King of Italy, Protector of the Confederation of Rin, Mediator of the Swiss Confederation.].
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Les monstres par defaut et les monstres. Offprint from Ann. de Gynécologie et d'Obstétrique by DUVAL, Mathias

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Les monstres par defaut et les monstres. Offprint from Ann. de Gynécologie et d'Obstétrique
Author
DUVAL, Mathias
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Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts (United States)
Description
[n.p.]: [n.p.], 1895. With text illustrations. Original wrappers (spine reinforced). Presentation copy, signed by the author. An interesting work on teratology based on fertilization anomalies.
Three T.L.s. by Michael Rumaker

Three T.L.s. by Michael Rumaker

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Three T.L.s. by Michael Rumaker
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N.P.: n.p., 1992. Gay & Lesbian. Letter-sized paper. Three T.L.s. from author Michael Rumaker to Richard Schimmelpfeng. Also includes a review of Rumaker's Gringos and Other Stories, and a poetry reading by Rumaker and Carl Morse at A Different Light Bookstore, New York. Affords insight into the LGBTQ+ literary scene.
An Excerpt from Mountains and Molehills, or Recollections of a Burnt Journal; An Illustrated Book of Travels in California by Frank Marryatt, 1855

An Excerpt from Mountains and Molehills, or Recollections of a Burnt Journal; An Illustrated Book of Travels in California by Frank Marryatt, 1855 by Rice, Felicia; Marryatt, Frank

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An Excerpt from Mountains and Molehills, or Recollections of a Burnt Journal; An Illustrated Book of Travels in California by Frank Marryatt, 1855
Author
Rice, Felicia; Marryatt, Frank
Seller
Swan's Fine Books (United States)
Condition
Fine
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Moving Parts Press for The Book Club of California, 2011. Limited Edition. No binding. Fine. Rice, Felicia. Number 12 of 75 copies, illustrated broadside, signed and numbered by artist Felicia Rice. The Book Club of California, one of the oldest book clubs in the U.S. for collectors and lovers of the printed book, is known for its fine printing of books on Californiana and Western Americana. To celebrate its 99th birthday, the Moving Parts Press printed this broadside which contains in excerpt from Frank Marryatt's "Mountains and Molehills". A Zamorano Eighty title, the first edition of the book, published in London, is highly collectible, having eight coloured lithographs which are considered among the finest of early California subjects. Frank Marryat (1826-1855) traveled in 1850 from England for California, taking the Panama route, accompanied by a manservant and three hunting dogs. Some excerpts of Marryatt's observations on life in San Francisco of the 1850s give us a hint that gastronomical delights at that time were closer to the source, so to speak, than they are today. He relates one story of going into an eating establishment for lunch, orders 'Fricasse de Lapin" but instead is served squirrel: "I knew it from experience I had had in the anatomy of that sagacious animal. It was very good, however, and if it had been a fat Sacramento rat, I daresay that, under the circumstances, I should not have turned my nose up at it; for I have eaten many things in my time...; and when a man has one dined off monkey soup and has ladled a human-looking head out of the pot and has eaten still, regardless of that piteous parboiled look, he can stomach any thing in reason after that." (N.B., quote from Malcolm Barker's "More San Francisco Memoirs, 1852-1899: The Ripening Years".) This broadside with a image of "a leash of hares" being roasted for dinner, a "leash" being one of several collective nouns for a group of rabbits. Printed for the 99th birthday of The Book Club of California, December 12, 2011. ___DESCRIPTION: Broadside measuring approximately 18" by 12", the image and type were reproduced using photopolymer plates, Garamond type, Japanese Kasuiri paper, numbered and signed in pencil ("F. Rice") by the artist at the bottom. ___CONDITION: A fine copy, clean and without wear; it has been rolled like a scroll and stored thus. ___POSTAGE: Note that since it has been rolled, it will be shipped that way, in a cardboard tube. International customers, please note that additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs; 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.
BARBABIETOLE DA ZUCCHERO E BARBABIETOLE DA FORAGGIO

BARBABIETOLE DA ZUCCHERO E BARBABIETOLE DA FORAGGIO by Poggi, Tito

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BARBABIETOLE DA ZUCCHERO E BARBABIETOLE DA FORAGGIO
Author
Poggi, Tito
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lizzyoung bookseller (United States)
Condition
Tan oil cloth covers. Very good
Description
Italy: Carlo Cassone, 1898. Hardcover. Tan oil cloth covers. Very good. 95 pages. 19 x 13 cm. Through most of the 19th century, sugar beet farming in Italy was more an agronomic curiosity and policy debate point - usually with small plots, trials, and various factory schemes. By the end of the century, sugar policy and factory construction had turned beet cultivation into a meaningful, regionally concentrated component of northern Italian agriculture, laying the groundwork for the 20th-century industry. Here, the author examines the best sugar beet varieties, best climate, sowing, storage, etc. Illustrated throughout. Endpapers filled with sugar beet advertisements. Previous owner's signature on title page and front cover. Pages lightly toned. Covers lightly soiled.
Menu No 4

Menu No 4 by Voll, Brian

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Menu No 4
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Voll, Brian
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lizzyoung bookseller (United States)
Condition
Color illustrated wraps. Fine
Description
Brooklyn: Brian Voll, 2021. First Edition. Paperback. Color illustrated wraps. Fine. Unpaginated. [31 pp.] 17.5 x 13 cm. Limited edition 1/750. Brian Voll is producing beautiful booklets that guide the reader to an elegant but sustainable menu/dinner party. From the author: "Each booklet contains a set of recipes for a multi-course dinner that’s well-suited for a little dinner party. And with a plan to boot! But more than a collection of really tasty recipes, the aim is to minimize waste by using ingredients that might otherwise be scrapped: if lemon juice goes into one recipe then zest goes into another; egg white in one recipe means yolk in another. Homesteading meets haute cuisine, if you will." Menu #4 features: Applejack Cocktail, Harcha, Butternut Squash Soup, Green Salad, Duck Breast, Poached Pears. Each booklet includes a plan, a grocery list, and an entertaining story.
Five Four Whiskey; a Memory of War
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Five Four Whiskey; a Memory of War by Sweatmon, Robert

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Five Four Whiskey; a Memory of War
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Sweatmon, Robert
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Hackenberg Booksellers ABAA (United States)
ISBN
9781594162077
Description
Yardley, PA: Westholme Publishing, 2014. 1st Printing. [viii] 228p., colored illus., maps, dj.
The Other Side/ El Otro Lado

The Other Side/ El Otro Lado by Alvarez, Julia

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The Other Side/ El Otro Lado
Author
Alvarez, Julia
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Kenneth Mallory Bookseller. ABAA (United States)
ISBN
9780525939221
Condition
Very Good
Description
NY: Dutton, 1995. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Very good hardback in a very good dustjacket.

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