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This Side of Paradise (Presentation copy)

This Side of Paradise (Presentation copy) by Fitzgerald, F. Scott

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Seller: Whitmore Rare Books
Title
This Side of Paradise (Presentation copy)
Author
Fitzgerald, F. Scott
Seller
Whitmore Rare Books (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1931. Later printing. Very Good. Inscribed by Fitzgerald to Carma Freeman on the front free endpaper: "Best wishes ('Now you just go right to sleep') from Old Insomniac Fitzgerald to his old childhood nurse, Mrs. Freeman." A Very Good copy. Publisher's blindstamped dark blue-green cloth. Some edgewear and fraying. Minor toning to endpapers. This copy of This Side of Paradise is a rare survival of the summer of 1934, one of the most difficult periods of Fitzgerald's life. At the time, Zelda was hospitalized at Sheppard-Pratt while Fitzgerald himself spent the summer in and out of Johns Hopkins Hospital. As Fitzgerald's friend, H.L. Mencken, wrote in his diary in June of that year: "the case of F. Scott Fitzgerald has become distressing. He is boozing in a wild manner and has become a nuisance. His wife, Zelda, who has been insane for years, is now confined at the Sheppard-Pratt Hospital, and he is living in Park Avenue with his little daughter, Scottie." While out of the hospital and recuperating at home, Fitzgerald's chilhood nurse Carma Kaufman Freeman cared for him. He inscribed his copy of This Side of Paradise to Freeman during that summer, employing her comforting phrase ("Now you just go right to sleep"), a line Fitzgerald would later echo in his 1936 essay "The Crack-Up." First published in 1920, This Side of Paradise is Fitzgerald's somewhat autobiographical debut novel about a midwestern boy who goes east for his education at Princeton. Cobbled together from several bits and pieces of writing and rushed to print in an attempt by the lovestruck twenty-two-year-old Fitzgerald to entice Zelda with a life of literary celebrity, the couple wed the week after publication and began life among the cosmopolitan literati traversing Europe after the war. Yet, to believe Fitzgerald's assertion that the book was only "a Romance and a Reading List" is to oversimplify its central themes. "When Amory Blaine proclaimed all wars fought, all gods dead, all faiths in man shaken, the generation emerging in 1920 thought it a battle cry, a celebration of license and indulgence, and made This Side of Paradise their bible" (Gross). In this sense, the novel not only launched Fitzgerald's career and allowed for his marriage, it also founded the key tensions that would shape all of his future work - the push and pull between being a member of the Lost Generation with all its cynicism, and his deep moralism and his "need to impose order on a chaotic world...to struggle with love as both a unifying and divisive force" (Gross). Very Good.
A Vision for America (Signed limited edition)

A Vision for America (Signed limited edition) by Ford, Gerald R.

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Title
A Vision for America (Signed limited edition)
Author
Ford, Gerald R.
Seller
Whitmore Rare Books (United States)
Condition
Fine
Description
Northridge, California: Lord John Press, 1980. First edition. Fine. Number 25 of 100 copies specially bound (of 500 copies total, signed by the 38th President of The United States, Gerald R. Ford). Large octavo (9 7/8 x 6 3/8 inches; 251 x 162 mm.). [16] pp. Title-page printed in blue and gilt, portrait frontispiece. Publisher's full blue calf, front cover and spine lettered in gilt. A fine copy housed in the original blue cloth slipcase. This publication records the text of Ford's address to the Republican National Convention, Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, Michigan, July 14, 1980. Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. (1913-2006) served as the 38th president of the United States from 1974 to 1977, replacing Richard Nixon after the Watergate scandal. During his time in office "Ford continued as he had in his Congressional days to view himself as 'a moderate in domestic affairs, a conservative in fiscal affairs, and a dyed-in-the-wool internationalist in foreign affairs' " (White House). Fine.
EROTIC ALBUM: A Suite of Thirteen Erotic Woodblock Printed Prints

EROTIC ALBUM: A Suite of Thirteen Erotic Woodblock Printed Prints by [UTAMARO, Kitagawa]

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Title
EROTIC ALBUM: A Suite of Thirteen Erotic Woodblock Printed Prints
Author
[UTAMARO, Kitagawa]
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Rare Oriental Book Company, ABAA, ILAB - AN ART AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY COMPANY (United States)
Description
[Japan n.d. 1800-1830's]. An accordion folding album, blue & gold floral pattern, silk brocade cloth covers,edges worn, 1 pastel-colored print, plus a complete suite of 12 color prints, album size 33.5 x 27.5 cm., gilt top & bottom edges. *** *** *** . . . A STUNNING EROTIC ALBUM BY THE MASTER . . The album is in its original and worn silk and gold brocade cloth and contains thirteen Oban [ca 38 x 24.5 cm] sized woodblock prints. . *** The first is a very early and most delicately colored pastel work and by far the most superior of the group. We estimate it to have been printed ca. 1778. It is finely drawn, with the most subtle and even faint pastel colors. His earliest works were often done in [Sumi outline] black & white, with out any color at all. As the technology and techniques of polychrome printing by woodblock improved, and grew in popularity, Utamaro also began to experiment with color. At first he experimented using the most subtle hint of color in shades of pastel, to slightly enhance his images. Utamaro did not want viewers to be distracted from the emotional and erotic subject, so kept he often kept his use of color to a minimum. . *** The first print clearly shows the beginnings of this concept to sparingly use color, as an after-thought for mild high- lighting. As an early work, Utamaro had yet to commit to the use of color. The balance of the suite containes some twelve later prints by him, done circa 1800-1806. This is composed of four prints with a matching border, eight others that match as a set. The whole work was likely assembled by a collector. . *** In the first series of four, Utamaro has now progressed and submitted to the popular trend of polychrome printing, but only using a few colors in pastel. The first four prints in the suite show conservative use of pastels, but left the human figures skin entirely uncolored. The second series begins with print five and shows again a bit later progres- sion of the artist's work. He begins a major change in his use of color. Now he has committed to the full use of color, employing a large number of vivid colors to enhance his work. . *** He has found that the use of pink on the genitals, facial lips and tongue are effective to show the true and real excitement of the moment. Utamaro knew that during sexual excitement, the lips of the vagina and as well as the penis would flush with pink, especially the head or glans penis area. . *** Being true to the original models, he employed these colors effectively. What makes this album special, is that it is a collection of Utamaro's works from his earliest period, the middle and later stage in his artistic development. One can compare the works and see how the artist progressed in his use of color, while keeping his drawing skills under the finest of control. . *** Each print shows a couple making love in various positions and forms. Mostly the lovers are clothed or partially clothed, while they share tender and private moments while making love. Some of the women are Joroh or prostitutes, elaborately clothed while their Kimono are urgently thrown open to reveal their genitals. A few show the woman nearly nude while succumbing to licentious pleasures. Completely nude figures engaged in love-making was not common in Japan, and they considered partially clothed figures to the most erotic of all. . *** THE ARTIST: Utamaro [1754-1806] was one of Japan's most celebrated and treasured artists of the late 18th century. His works are always elegant and finely drawn with the utmost skill. His style is unique. His studio name was Murasakiya [The Purple- shop], he lived in Edo [Old Tokyo], was influence by the famous Kitao Masanobu & Torii Kiyonaga, the major artists of the Primitive schools. He was a central figure in the Edo world of artist artists & writers, an Ukiyo-e painter and printmaker. He was actually arrested by the Shogunate government and imprisoned in 1804 for violating the laws on the prohibition against publishing erotic or "uncensored" prints or books. We are unsure just which of his many erotic works were the subject of his violation. Utamaro felt a strong need to express himself and to include erotic works as part of his genre. Utamaro was one of the very first Japanese woodcut artists to be known in Europe, his art even influence Toulouse-Latrec. In 1788 two of his most important works appeared, one of them was Uta Makura [Pillow Poems] a highly erotic book. Among the scenes depicted was a superb work showing the rape of a young girl by a middle-aged coolie. He was especially skilled at painting young courtesans and actors. He was best known for the drawing and painting of women both at home and in the brothels of Tokyo area or "gay" quarters. His women are always depicted in his distinctive style, showing their attractive, elegant look, with small features, tall and graceful. Utamaro spent a considerable amount of his time in the "gay" quarters, taking notes ! . *** The color works were always clear and fresh, with a marvelous appeal. His works dominated the Japanese world of prints for over a generation. Always highly coveted & collected, his works have continually brought solid prices at world auctions. World museums have actively collected his works, and he is well represented throughout the world. . *** Utamaro has been one of the most superb portrayers of Japan- ese womanhood, in sensual and beautiful terms, the "eternal female" is the theme which he has most successfully used to charm viewers. There has never been a Japanese artist more successful at this task than Utamaro. . *** THE ALBUM: Along with the prints are later and useful manuscript text showing the genealogy of the Utamaro & other Ukiyo-e pain- ter schools. This is a two-sided album: side one has the first and most impressive print plus six other color prints; side two has six color prints. . *** Kitagawa Utamaro : [1753 -1806) was a Japanese artist. He is one of the most highly regarded practitioners of the ukiyo-e genre of woodblock prints, especially for his portraits of beautiful women, or bijin-ga. He also produced nature studies, particularly illustrated books of insects. Utamaro's work reached Europe in the mid-nineteenth century, where it was very popular, enjoying particular acclaim in France. He influenced the European Impressionists, particularly with his use of partial views and his emphasis on light and shade, which they imitated. The reference to the "Japanese influence" among these artists often refers to the work of Utamaro. . *** REFERENCES: L. Roberts: DICTIONARY OF JAPANESE ARTISTS, p.193 * R. Lane: IMAGES FROM THE FLOATING WORLD, pages 135-141, photo 140 shows the rape print. * STEWART, Basil. JAPANESE COLOUR-PRINTS AND THE SUBJECTS THEY ILLUSTRATE: A Guide for the Collector & Student with Description of the Subjects Illustrated in Landscape, Drama, Story and Portraiture. * VON SEIDLITZ, W. A HISTORY OF JAPANESE COLOUR-PRINTS. * LANE, Richard. IMAGES FROM THE FLOATING WORLD: THE JAPANESE PRINT, INCLUDING AN ILLUSTRATED DICTIONARY OF UKIYO-E: Utamaro entries on pp.21, 124,127, 135-41, 341-346. * [ISHII, Kendon.] NISHIKI-E NO ARATAME-IN NO KOH-SHOH: READINGS OF CENSOR'S SEALS ON JAPANESE PRINTS * ROBERTS, Laurance P. A DICTIONARY OF JAPANESE ARTISTS PAINTING, SCULPTURE, CERAMICS, PRINTS, LACQUER: p.193. * KOBAYASHI, Tadashi. UTAMARO. * f this &most other items are posted to our website.
Ancient Regime

Ancient Regime by TWAIN Mark TAINE H. A.

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Ancient Regime
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TWAIN Mark TAINE H. A.
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Bauman Rare Books (United States)
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1876. Signed. (TWAIN, Mark) TAINE, Hippolyte. The Ancient Regime. New York: Henry Holt and Co., 1876. Octavo, original green cloth. Housed in a custom half polished calf clamshell box. $12,000.Mark Twain's signed copy of Hippolyte Taine's The Ancient Regime, signed ""Saml. L. Clemens, Hartford 1876"" on the front flyleaf and annotated by him on the final text leaf, ""Finished Jan 29th"" and beneath that note, ""Finished Sept. 10th,"" indicating that he read the book twice. With the bookplate prepared by Anderson Auction Company in 1911 stating ""This book is from the Library of Samuel Longhorne Clemens (Mark Twain)"" signed by Twain's literary executor and biographer Albert Bigelow Paine.Twain scholar Sherwood Cummings wrote of this book, ""[Twain] not only referred to it during the next decade in his notebooks and correspondence, but borrowed liberally from it for material and incidents in both The Prince and the Pauper and A Connecticut Yankee."" Moreover Twain scholar Stephen Railton (Professor at the University of Virginia) writes in his endnotes to A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (New York, Barnes & Noble Classics, 2005): ""As Hank implies here and more explicitly on page 256, 'le droit du siegneur' (the privilege of the lord) was to have sex with an untitled woman on her wedding night before her husband. The list of aristocratic abuses here is derived from matieral Twain originally found in Hippolyte Adolphe Taine's The Ancient Regime… which was also a source for several other passages in the novel"" (Endnote 13).Incidents, Customs and Social Structures Sourced by Mark Twain in The Ancient Regime and Appearing in The Prince and the PauperAncient Regime: Book Second, Chapter I, page 86: ""Formerly, in the early times of feudalism, in the companionship and simplicity of the camp and the castle, the nobles served the king with their own hands, one providing for his house, another bringing a dish to his table, another disrobing him at night, and another looking after his falcons and horses.""Chapter I, page 106: ""Two pages remove his slippers; the Grand Master of the Wardrobe draws off his nightshirt by the right arm, and the first valet of the wardrobe by the left arms, and both of them hand it to an officer of the wardrobe, whilst a valet of the wardrobe fetches the shirt wrapped up in white taffeta.""From The Prince and the Pauper, in Chapter 6: ""Next the tired captive [the pauper 'King'] sat down and was going to take off his buskins, but another… went down upon his knees and took the office from him.""In Chapter 7: ""…Tom resignedly underwent the ordeal of being dressed for dinner. He found himself as finely clothed as before, but everything was different, everything changed, from his ruff to his stockings.""In Chapter 14: ""The weighty business of dressing began, and one courtier after another knelt and paid his court and offered to the little king his condolences upon his heavy loss, while the dressing proceeded. In the beginning, a shirt was taken up by the Chief Equerry in Waiting, who passed it to the First Lord of the Buckhounds, who passed it to the Second Gentleman of the Bedchamber, who passed it to the Head Ranger of Windsor Forest, who passed it to the Third Groom of the Stole, who passed it to the Chancellor Royal of the Duchy of Lancaster, who passed it to the Master of the Wardrobe… who passed it to the First Lord of the Bedchamber, who took what was left of it and put it on Tom. Poor little wondering chap, it reminded him of passing buckets at a fire.""In Ancient Regime, Book Second, Chapter II: ""There are three sections of table service… in all 383 officers of the table and 103 waiters at an expense of 2,177,771 livres.""From The Prince and the Pauper, in Chapter 7: ""He was presently conducted with much state to a spacious and ornate apartment, where a table was already set for one… The room was half filled with noble servitors… Tom had 384 servants besides these, but they were not all in that room…""In Ancient Regime, Book Second, Chapter II, Part VI [footnote]: ""M. de Conzie is surprised at four o'clock in the morning by a rival, an officer in the guards. 'Make no noise,' said he to him, 'my coat which is like yours will be brought to me and I will make a queue so that we shall be on the same footing.'""From The Prince and the Pauper, in Chapter 3: ""The little Prince of Wales was garlanded with Tom's fluttering odds and ends, and the little Prince of Pauperdom was tricked out in the gaudy plumage of royalty. The two went and stood side by side before the great mirror, and lo, a miracle: there did not seem to have been any change made!"" See Endnote 9 in the Barnes & Noble Classics edition: ""It is through exchanging their clothes that King Edward and Tom Canty, in The Prince and the Pauper, switch places. Twain comes back to this motif again in Pudd'nhead Wilson in which a slave mother dresses her son in her master's baby's clothes, and vice versa, and so switches their identities.""Incidents, Customs and Social Structures Sourced by Mark Twain in The Ancient Regime and Appearing in A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's CourtIn Ancient Regime, Book One, Chapter I: ""Le droit du Siegneur"" (Privilege of the Lord) is discussed at length.From A Connecticut Yankee, Chapter XIII: Reference is made to le droit du seigneur in Twain's phrase, ""if the freeman's daughter."" Chapter XVII: Twain actually uses the term ""Ancient Regime"" in describing lax court morals. Chapter XVIII: ""Twain makes a more explicit reference to le droit du seigneur, which was the 'privilege of the lord' to have sex with an untitled woman on her wedding night, before her husband. The list of aristocratic abuses here is derived from material Twain originally found in Hippolyte Taine's The Ancient Regime, which was also the source for several other passages in the novel."" See note 13 in the Barnes & Noble Classics edition of A Connecticut Yankee. The Introduction and notes are written by Stephen Railton, professor of American Literature at the University of Virginia. Chapter XXV: ""It reminded of something I had read [in Hippolyte Taine's The Ancient Regime.']"" See Professor Railton's footnote.From Ancient Regime, Book Second, Chapter II, Part VI [footnote]: ""M. de Conzie is surprised at four o'clock in the morning by a rival, an officer in the guards. 'Make no noise,' said he to him, 'my coat which is like yours will be brought to me and I will make a queue so that we shall be on the same footing.'""In A Connecticut Yankee, Chapter VI: ""'They are not meet,' the king broke in. 'Fetch raiment of another sort; clothe him like a prince!'"" Similar use of the motif of changing clothes to change identity as found in The Prince and the Pauper (see above).From Ancient Regime, Book Four, Chapter III: Exaggeration: ""High-sounding and vague language is interposed between the mind and objects around it… never… have men lost the purport of outward things… Never has their disturbed reason rendered them more tranquil concerning real danger and created more alarm at imaginary danger… I saw… at the barrier Saint-Victor, sculptured on one of the pillars—would you believe it?—an enormous lion's head, with jaws open vomiting forth chains as a menace to those who passed it… the orator himself imitates the roar of the lion… I found only a small buckler suspended as an ornament by a little chain… like door knockers or as water-cocks.""In A Connecticut Yankee, Chapter XVI: ""If knights errant were to be believed, not all castles were desirable places to seek hospitality in. As a matter of fact, knights errant were not persons to be believed—that is, measured by modern standards of veracity; yet measured by the standards of their own time, and scaled accordingly, you got the truth. It was very simple: you discounted a statement ninety-seven percent; the rest was fact.""From Ancient Regime, Book First, Chapter III: Concerning the scarcity of newspapers: ""'In the best cafe in town, where I found near twenty tables set for company, but as for a newspaper I might as well have demanded an elephant.' Between Strasbourg and Besancon there is not a gazette.""In A Connecticut Yankee, Chapter XXVI: ""One greater than kings had arrived—the newsboy. But I was the only person in all that throng who knew the meaning of this mighty birth, and what this imperial magician was come into the world to do… It was good Arkansas journalism, but this was not Arkansas…"" This is the first American edition of Taine's history, translated by John Durand, originally appearing in France under the title L'Ancien Régime. Estate bookplate of Samuel Longhorne Clemens (Mark Twain), indicating that this volume was sold in February, 1911 at Anderson Auction Company, signed by Twain literary executor Albert Bigelow Paine, with an ink annotation indicating that it was sold to William Duncan Cheney of San Francisco.Light dampstain to the final few leaves, wear to spine ends, inner paper hinges tender, binding sound, a very good copy. Scarce and most desirable, a working volume from Twain's research library, instrumental in the writing of two of his all-time favorite works.
Tegel Boek

Tegel Boek by van Beek, Toon

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Tegel Boek
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van Beek, Toon
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White Fox Rare Books and Antiques (United States)
Condition
Very Good
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Half Calf. Cloth on boards. Very Good. Compilation of 460 original watercolors of Delftware tiles, with a wide cross-section of the styles associated with Delftware and in total, representing in excess of 150 designs (since most, but not all designs, are achieved by a combination of tiles, generally four but sometimes more, and here each individual tile is a separate mounted paper). Designs include geometrics, flowers, foliage, fruits, animals (especially birds), people, castles and other buildings, ships, landscapes, mermaids, blueware, multi-colored designs, etc., and including tiles with a strong Italian and majolica influence. N.d., early to mid-20th century compilation, with designs also from the latter part of the 19th century -- many are classic designs, with the same or similar designs still being made today. Folio, 45.5 by 29.5 cm. 62 leaves, with often material just on the rectos but sometimes also the versos. Most leaves are devoted to the painted designs. The tiles are 7.5 cm square, and as indicated, usually four, sometimes six, are grouped together to create a single design. These are generally captioned with the name of the design and sometimes a terse detail or two, all rendered in Dutch but generally decipherable by the non-Dutch speaker. There are also 4 completely full pages of plain paper chits (33 of them) done in pen and ink, with initials of Delft potters and their corresponding groupings of various marks, tags etc. In addition to the designs and the makers' markings, the album has 15 pages, mostly grouped together at the end, devoted to a wide variety of Delftware-related ephemera, including lists of potters buried in Delft churchyards, recipes for making Delftware, manuscript historical information on the Zeldenrust mill, which was demolished in 1860, drawings, photographs, newspaper clippings especially on De Porceleyne Fles, memorabilia on a Kees Tulk and Jan van Beek, the father of the compiler and a potter, his brothers and himself, group portraits of potters. Van Beek, and his kin, worked at this De Porceleyne Fles. As the artwork in the album attests, he was an accomplished draughtsman. We can not know for sure what the impetus for this album was. Was it done on behalf of the company, or was it a more personal project, celebrating van Beek's and his family's work? Or possibly, a combination of the two. The binding itself is of interest as well with its mounted painting of blueware serving as the title label. Otherwise, the binding appears to be a retrofitted comercially purchased blank book. Condition: moderate wear to the binding. Underlying leaves are age toned, foxed, dampstained sometimes, etc. The paintings themselves have occasional light soiling, with some stains from the paste used to mount them coming through the paper, but overall are bright and fresh. First two leaves are loose.
PSALMS 45:5-12, AND 46:1-4

PSALMS 45:5-12, AND 46:1-4 by AN ILLUMINATED VELLUM MANUSCRIPT LEAF FROM A SMALL PSALTER IN LATIN, WITH DELIGHTFUL MARGINALIA

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PSALMS 45:5-12, AND 46:1-4
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AN ILLUMINATED VELLUM MANUSCRIPT LEAF FROM A SMALL PSALTER IN LATIN, WITH DELIGHTFUL MARGINALIA
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Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts (United States)
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France, late 13th century. 125 x 88 mm. (4 7/8 x 3 1/2"). Single column, 15 lines in a gothic book hand. Attractively matted. Folio number in red, several line enders in gold with blue penwork, 10 one-line initials in gold on blue and pink ground, one two-line initial painted pink and filled with blue and orange acanthus on gilt ground, verso with a three-quarter border branching from the larger initial, composed of pink and blue curling lines accentuated with gold spikes, bezants, and painted ivy leaves, UPPER BRANCH TERMINATING IN A WONDERFUL HYBRID CREATURE WITH THE FACE OF A MAN AND THE BODY OF AN ORANGE BEAST, AND THE LOWER BRANCH INCORPORATING ANOTHER FACE WITH A LONG BEARD. From the collection of Joseph Pope (his MS Bergendal 116), about whom see below. ◆A little soiling and staining along edges of vellum and a couple of small marks in lower margin verso, but in excellent condition overall, the paint especially bright and fresh. From the distinguished collection of Canadian financier Joseph Pope (1921-2010), this charming leaf comes from a small-format Psalter intended for private use, and features two amusing drolleries incorporated into the marginal design. Pope's collection was sold by Sotheby's on 5 July 2011, where this leaf appeared as part of lot 115; it was later listed in Quaritch Catalogue 1422 (no. 88), which states that "according to [Pope's] note, this leaf was found tipped in to a much later Book of Hours (his MS Bergendal 64--produced in the southern Netherlands for a southern French patron during the first half of the 15th century--at f. 94, the middle of the Penitential Psalms); the manuscript was acquired by Pope at Sotheby's sale of 6 December 1983 (lot 79).".
Poems in Prose

Poems in Prose by Wilde, Oscar

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Poems in Prose
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Wilde, Oscar
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Carpetbagger Books, ABAA (United States)
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Near Fine
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Paris: Privately Printed, 1905. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Near Fine. Limited to 50 copies. Good. Original wraps generally toned, some spots of soiling, a very small chip at the head of the spine, tear down much of the top spine fold. Square and firmly bound with unopened pages, some foxing at the edges, clean otherwise. A pirated edition printed by Charles Carrington with the text taken from the July 1894 issue of The Fortnightly Review. [Mason 609].
The Gold of the Tigers; Selected Later Poems

The Gold of the Tigers; Selected Later Poems by Borges, Jorge Luis

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The Gold of the Tigers; Selected Later Poems
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Borges, Jorge Luis
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Carpetbagger Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN
9780525114581
Condition
Fine
Description
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co. Inc, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Translated by Alastair Reid. Fine in a Very Good jacket, unclipped ($8.95), faded at the spine, a tear in the front panel. Quarter cream cloth with red paper on the boards. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. A bi-lingual edition of Borges's later poems written during his years of increasing blindness.
The Man

The Man by KAWAI, Hajime

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The Man
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KAWAI, Hajime
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Harper's Books (United States)
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Near fine in red wrappers, near fine dust jacket.
Description
[Tokyo]: Self-published, 1974. Near fine in red wrappers, near fine dust jacket.. First Edition. 12mo. Self-published artists' book, vaguely surreal, broken into sections, with several images that appear to have been shot at Expo '70 in Osaka. Reportage meets conceptual art. Intriguing book with no discernible history.
The Ink Truck (Signed)

The Ink Truck (Signed) by KENNEDY, William

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The Ink Truck (Signed)
Author
KENNEDY, William
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Harper's Books (United States)
Condition
Black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine; near fine. In unclipped, illustrated jacket with some scuffing and closed tear
Description
New York: The Dial Press, 1969. Black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine; near fine. In unclipped, illustrated jacket with some scuffing and closed tear to bottom of front panel; better than very good.. First Edition. Octavo. Kennedy's first book; this copy SIGNED by him to title page.
Original press photograph of Allen Ginsberg and Peter Orlovsky at home, circa late 1960s

Original press photograph of Allen Ginsberg and Peter Orlovsky at home, circa late 1960s by Allen Ginsberg, Peter Orlovsky (subject)

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Original press photograph of Allen Ginsberg and Peter Orlovsky at home, circa late 1960s
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Allen Ginsberg, Peter Orlovsky (subject)
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Royal Books (United States)
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N.p.: N.p., 1960. Vintage borderless press photograph of poets Allen Ginsberg and Peter Orlovsky at home in their apartment at 408 10th Street, in the East Village, circa late 1960s. Printed mimeo snipe, PIX agency label, and Rizzoli Press stamp on the verso. Ginsberg and Orlovsky lived together on 10th Street for ten years, from 1965 to 1975. From the archive of the PIX Agency, an American photo house that acted as an intermediary between emigre photographers (as well as those still living in Europe) and the American magazine and newspaper market between 1935-1969. 11.25 x 7.25 inches. Very Good plus, lightly worn at two corners.
Je t'aime, je t'aime [I Love You, I Love You] (Four original photographs from the 1968 French film)

Je t'aime, je t'aime [I Love You, I Love You] (Four original photographs from the 1968 French film) by Alain Resnais (director, screenwriter); Jacques Sternberg (screenwriter); Claude Rich, Olga Georges-Picot (starring)

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Title
Je t'aime, je t'aime [I Love You, I Love You] (Four original photographs from the 1968 French film)
Author
Alain Resnais (director, screenwriter); Jacques Sternberg (screenwriter); Claude Rich, Olga Georges-Picot (starring)
Seller
Royal Books (United States)
Description
Neuilly-sur-Seine, France: Presse Parc Film, 1968. Four vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1968 French film. With a stamp specific to the French release for the film on the verso, and one with a provenance stamp. After being released from the hospital following a suicide attempt, a young man is scouted by a mysterious research group to participate in a time travel experiment. Alain Resnais' fifth film, a brutal rumination on memory and the death of a relationship, thematically and stylistically a precursor to Michel Gondry's 2004 film "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind." Shot on location in Brussels, Belgium. Three photographs 5 x 6.75 inches, one photograph 7 x 5 inches. Near Fine.
Picture Alphabet

Picture Alphabet by [ Alphabet books].

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Title
Picture Alphabet
Author
[ Alphabet books].
Seller
Michael R. Thompson, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Description
New York: McLoughlin Bros., [n.d., ca. 1870s] First edition? Date inferred from wrapper ads. Publisher's color-printed paper wrappers sewn at spine. 6 x 10 in. Six pages printed in black with reading and vocabulary lessons. Otherwise, illustrated in color. Some dustsoiling and chipping to wrappers and some foxing throughout. A good copy of a fragile item. Contains eleven lessons that teach children the alphabet and simple vocabulary words. The Civil War appears thematically in the present work, which includes depictions of children dressed as soldiers and an illustration of a soldier paired with the following verse: "U stands for our Union, O long may it stand / V is for Volunteer, with his gun in his hand."
Jimmy Carter Inscribes A Photograph To The Faith Baptist Church

Jimmy Carter Inscribes A Photograph To The Faith Baptist Church by JIMMY CARTER

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Title
Jimmy Carter Inscribes A Photograph To The Faith Baptist Church
Author
JIMMY CARTER
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Stuart Lutz Historic Documents, Inc. (United States)
Description
PS. 10 x 8. No date. No place. A color photograph signed Best wishes to Faith Baptist Church, Jimmy Carter on the lower margin. The image shows Carter grinning. The photograph is in mint condition.
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Royal Persian & Kashmir Brocades by Anavian, Rahim; George Anavian; Tomoyuki Yamanobe (ed.); Jack Halpern (trans.)

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Title
Royal Persian & Kashmir Brocades
Author
Anavian, Rahim; George Anavian; Tomoyuki Yamanobe (ed.); Jack Halpern (trans.)
Seller
Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller (United States)
Condition
vg to vg+
Description
Kyoto: Senshoku To Seikatsusha Publishing Co, 1975. First edition. Hardcover. vg to vg+. Folio. xxxii, 76pp., (1) 104 plates, one of them folding. Original turquoise cloth with gilt lettering on spine, in original photo-illustrated dustjacket with ochre and black lettering on spine; housed in tan, textured cardboard slipcase with black lettering on spine. Turquoise endpapers. Half-title with tissue guard. Frontispiece color photograph. Dedication page in Persian, English and Japanese. Title page in English and Japanese. "Dyeing and weaving are traditional Persian arts standing side by side with such handicrafts as ceramics and metalwork. The author, R. Anavian, was one of the first investigators to be seriously concerned with the extinction of the art and the disappearance of the precious fabrics. As a young man he began collecting the finest specimens available and devoted great efforts, time and money to his work. ... He gathered massive data on every aspect of this art, from a full scale inquiry into the spinning, dyeing, weaving and embroidery techniques to a complete analysis of base materials, dyestuffs, design patterns and motifs." Namio Egami). Illustrated with one hundred and four full page color plates of extraordinary Royal Persian and Kashmir brocades, and one map of Iran. Contains list and descriptions of color plates and index. Text in English and Japanese. Slipcase with very light wear, small chip at front top edge. Dustjacket with light wear along edges, spine lightly sunned. Binding very light wear along edges.
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Paterson Intelligencer. Paterson: Day & Warren, 4 January 1843

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Paterson Intelligencer. Paterson: Day & Warren, 4 January 1843
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Joseph J. Felcone Inc. (United States)
Description
(PATERSON--NEWSPAPER). Paterson Intelligencer. Paterson: Day & Warren, 4 January 1843. Folio. [4] p. Some short cellotape strengthening in blank margins, folds, else near very good.
EYRIE [Signed]

EYRIE [Signed] by Winton, Tim

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EYRIE [Signed]
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Winton, Tim
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Second Story Books, ABAA (United States)
Description
London: Picador, 2014. First U.K. Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, 423 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good condition dust jacket. Blue and black spine with blue and tan lettering. Dust jacket is wrapped in a mylar cover, price uncut "£16.99", has mild shelving wear. Boards and textblock have mild shelving wear. Signed flat by Tim Winton on the publisher's limitation page. Shelved in Room C. 1403710. Special Collections.
The Charles

The Charles by Tourtellot, Arthur Bernon

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Title
The Charles
Author
Tourtellot, Arthur Bernon
Seller
Tschanz Rare Books (United States)
Description
New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1941. First Edition. 356pp. Octavo [20.5 cm] Black cloth with the title gilt on the backstrip. About very good/Very good. Spine of price clipped jacket sunned with rubbed extremities and nicked corners. Copy of the fourteenth title in the Rivers of America series. Illustrated by Ernest J. Donnelly. The Charles River is an 80-mile-long river in eastern Massachusetts that flows through 23 cities and towns before emptying into Boston Harbor. It is a central feature of the Greater Boston area, forming the natural border between Boston and Cambridge. Fitzgerald C4.
THE POEMS OF JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER

THE POEMS OF JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER by WHITTIER, John Greenleaf

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THE POEMS OF JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER
Author
WHITTIER, John Greenleaf
Seller
Charles Agvent, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Light foxing to endpapers; rubbing and spotting to the covers. Very Good, lacking the slipcase
Description
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1945. Hardcover. Light foxing to endpapers; rubbing and spotting to the covers. Very Good, lacking the slipcase. Raymond Holden. Large octavo (6-3/4" x 10-1/2") bound in full black sheepskin leather and illustrated with pencil drawings by Raymond Holden. Edited with commentary by Louis Untermeyer. Copy #323 of 1500 SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page.
Early Dynastic Egypt

Early Dynastic Egypt by Wilkinson, Toby A.H

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Title
Early Dynastic Egypt
Author
Wilkinson, Toby A.H
Seller
Yesterday's Muse Books (United States)
ISBN
9780415260114
Condition
Near Fine
Description
London / New York: Routledge, 2006. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 6x0x9. Reprint. Minor wear to corners. Binding tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked. 2006 Trade Paperback. xviii, [4], 413 pp. Early Dynastic Egypt spans the five centuries preceding the construction of the Great Pyramid at Giza. This was the formative period of ancient Egyptian civilization, and it witnessed the creation of a distinctive culture that was to endure for 3,000 years. This book examines the background to that great achievement, the mechanisms by which it was accomplished, and the character of life in the Nile valley during the first 500 years of Pharaonic rule. The results of over thirty years of international scholarship and excavation are presented in a single highly illustrated volume. It traces the re-discovery of Early Dynastic Egypt, explains how the dynasties established themselves in government and concludes by examining the impact of the early state on individual communities and regions.
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Sternstunden der Menschheit: Zwolf Historische Miniaturen. by ZWEIG, Stefan.

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Title
Sternstunden der Menschheit: Zwolf Historische Miniaturen.
Author
ZWEIG, Stefan.
Seller
Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB (United States)
ISBN
9783100970374
Condition
Fine in Fine dust jacket
Description
Frankfurt:: S. Fischer Verlag,. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1986. Hardcover. 3100970373 . Text is in German. A reprint edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. .
Music Mind Games
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Music Mind Games by Yurko, Michiko

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Title
Music Mind Games
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Yurko, Michiko
Seller
Weller Book Works ABAA/ILAB (United States)
ISBN
9780898985610
Condition
Very Good
Description
Alfred Music, 1992. Very Good. Yurko, Michiko. Music Mind Games. NP: Alfred Music, 1992. Revised edition. viii, 430pp. Indexed. Illustrated. 4to. Paperback. Book condition: Very good. Edges lightly rubbed.

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