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History of the University of Oxford by ACKERMANN Rudolph

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Title: History of the University of Oxford
Author: ACKERMANN Rudolph
Seller: Bauman Rare Books (United States)
Description: 1814. First Edition. ACKERMANN, Rudolph. A History of the University of Oxford, Its Colleges, Halls and Public Buildings. London: for R. Ackermann, 1814. Two volumes. Folio (11 by 14 inches), contemporary full paneled brown calf, raised bands, elaborately gilt-decorated spines and boards, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. $7000.First edition of this illustrated history of Oxford University, with 82 superb hand-colored aquatint plates, in a handsome and distinctive Edwards of Halifax binding.The celebrated fine-arts publisher's magisterial history of one of academia's most venerable institutions boasts a stipple-engraved portrait of Chancellor Grenville and 82 hand-colored plates (the 17 Costume plates are line- and stipple-engraved), after Pugin, Westall, Mackenzie, Nash, Turner and Reynolds. ""The fine aquatints, with their somewhat old-world flavor, are well suited to reproduce the spirit and to recall the antique associations of the old quads and courts"" (Prideaux). First state of the list of plates (without the Founders). Plates watermarked 1812, before publication date; most plates second state. Without the plates of the founders, issued separately. Abbey, Scenery, 280. Tooley 5. Bookplates, small shelf labels. Old dealer description tipped to blank in Volume I.Plates fine, coloring vivid, text with expected offsetting from plates; handsome binding with expert repair to joints, damage to front board of Volume II. An impressive production.

Emancipation Proclamation by LINCOLN Abraham

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Title: Emancipation Proclamation
Author: LINCOLN Abraham
Seller: Bauman Rare Books (United States)
Description: 1863. LINCOLN, Abraham. Proclamation of Emancipation. Iowa: W.H. Pratt, 1865. Large lithographic broadside, measuring 12 by 15 inches; matted and framed, entire piece measures 16 by 20 inches. $3800.Original large calligraphic portrait lithograph of Abraham Lincoln created from the text of the Emancipation Proclamation, with portions of the text highlighted to create a portrait of Lincoln clearly visible within the text, designed by W.H. Pratt.On January 1, 1863, Lincoln reportedly paused before signing the final Emancipation Proclamation, saying, ""I never, in my life, felt more certain that I was doing right than I do in signing this paper."" It declared that ""all persons held as slaves are and henceforward shall be free."" The Emancipation Proclamation is ""one of the strangest and most important state papers ever issued by an American President It was a statement of intent rather than a valid statute, and it was of doubtful legality But in the end it changed the whole character of the war and, more than any other single thing, doomed the Confederacy to defeat"" (Ketchum & Catton, 252). ""Contemporary with the Spencerian school of penmanship there developed what was known as calligraphic portraits. The likeness of an individual was reproduced by writing in such a fashion that the main features of the subject were made to stand out in bold relief, yet no lines were written which did not appear in the given text The Emancipation Proclamation written out in free hand has been most often used as a basis for the Lincoln portrait Possibly the most artistic of all these calligraphic portraits was one made by W.H. Pratt of Davenport, Iowa"" (Lincoln Lore, Lincoln National Life Foundation). Marginal pinhole, a few tiny spots of marginal foxing. Near-fine condition.

Twenty-Five Views on the Thames, at Twickenham, Richmond, Eton, Windsor, and Oxford.; Westall's Views on the Thames by Westall, William

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Title: Twenty-Five Views on the Thames, at Twickenham, Richmond, Eton, Windsor, and Oxford.; Westall's Views on the Thames
Author: Westall, William
Seller: White Fox Rare Books and Antiques (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: London: Rodwell & Martin. C. Hullmandel, printer, 1822. Half Calf. Marbled paper pastedown on boards. Very Good. Folio. 42.5 by 31.5 cm. 25 hand-colored views, all depicting a calm, lovely, bucolic riverfront, all populated by a few people in Regency dress, both polite and rustic, to lend scale and interest. Coloring is generally of a soft palette, creating an appealing dreamy haziness to the panoramas. Abbey Scenery 434. A slightly complicated bibliographic accounting for this work. It is complete in itself, other than our copy is without a title. Shortly afterward ten plates were added to make 35 views. We would note that generally copies encountered of this work are without coloring, although Abbey's copy of 35 views is described in a note as colored lithographs. Armorial bookplate of John Spicer, Esher Place. Condition: moderate wear to the cover, with a few abrasions or rubbed areas, and typical edgewear. Scattered, mostly light, foxing. A few repaired closed tears in the margins of the plates.

Memoirs [Together with:] Travels by Stanhope, Hester Lucy, Lady

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Title: Memoirs [Together with:] Travels
Author: Stanhope, Hester Lucy, Lady
Seller: Whitmore Rare Books (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: London: Henry Colburn, 1845. First edition. Very Good. Large duodecimo. 2 works in 6 volumes. Contemporary dark blue half morocco gilt, top edge gilt. Lithographic frontispiece to each volume (hand-colored in volume 1 of the Memoirs), a folding plan and woodcut illustrations in-text. Extremities with some wear, a little further scuffing to volume 1 of the Memoirs. A little foxing internally but generally a very clean example. Both works are rarely found together in first edition, especially in a matching, contemporary binding. A Very Good set. "No one really knew quite who Lady Hester was (was she perhaps the daughter of the king of England?) but everyone knew that she was a great personage and must be treated as such" (ODNB). A niece of William Pitt, Lady Stanhope (1776-1839) travelled with her physician Charles Meryon in 1810 via Malta to Constantinople and then on to Egypt. There she was received with honours by Muhammad 'Ali Pasha, subsequently touring the Holy Land and Lebanon. Most notably during this time she was crowned 'Queen of the Desert' at Palmyra. From thereon she lived in Sidon and Dar Jun in Lebanon, apparently developing a serious interest in the occult and housing refugees during Ibrahim Pasha's siege of Acre in 1831-2. Meryon had returned to England in 1817, however visited her in 1819, 1830 and 1837, documenting her changing circumstances. His accounts value cannot be overstated, as it stood as the only eyewitness account of her remarkable life. "Despite their diffuseness the Memoirs make excellent reading . . . Meryon describes with utmost minuteness her complicated oriental environment, her tyranny, and her in terminable conversations . . . with an almost Boswellian power of self-effacement" (DNB, cited after Blackmer). Blackmer 1117. Very Good.

L'Art Hollandais;

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Title: L'Art Hollandais;
Seller: J.B. Muns, Fine Arts Books (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: Paris, 1925. Hardcover. Very Good. Dutch applied arts & architecture by such as Berlage, Dudok, Klerk, Duiker, Lauweriks, Oud, Sluyters, Staal, Wijdeveld, et. al. 5-page preface in French, otherwise mostly illustrated. Index; Table of Contents; Explanation of illus. with the artists. The 125 photos are heliogravures.

Spoorwegserie Nos. 1-4 (all published). by BAKKER, Piet et.al

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Title: Spoorwegserie Nos. 1-4 (all published).
Author: BAKKER, Piet et.al
Seller: Ursus Books (United States)
Description: 1941. BAKKER, Piet, et al. Spoorwegserie Nos. 1-4. 8vo, 235 x 153 mm, bound in original illustrated wrappers. Netherlands: Nederlandsche Spoorwegen, ca. 1941. A complete set of these scarce wartime pamphlets published by the Dutch railways, whose design was strongly influenced by the work of Piet Zwart. The pamphlets are Seinwesen; Hoe Onstaat der Dienstregeling; De Nederlandsche Spoorwegen. Een Millionenbedrijf; and Wat Rijdt er Langs den Ijzerern Weg.

Pearl's Kitchen by Bailey, Pearl

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Title: Pearl's Kitchen
Author: Bailey, Pearl
Seller: lizzyoung bookseller (United States)
Condition: Red cloth boards. Very good, in good dust wrapper
Description: New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1973. First edition. Hardcover. Red cloth boards. Very good, in good dust wrapper. 211 pages. 24.5 x 15 cm. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed to Yogi Berra: "Dearest Yogi and Family - These 'Pots' will send the Ball over the Fence. With love - your ever-lovin' sister & Umpire, Pearl." Actress, singer, and born raconteur, Pearl Bailey brought her gift for storytelling to the kitchen in this exuberant blend of recipes, reminiscence, and philosophy. This copy carries an especially appealing association: Bailey's friendship with baseball great Yogi Berra. A devoted New York Mets fan, she attended Game 5 of the 1969 World Series - (Berra then serving as first base coach) - and she was famously captured on film shouting, "Did he hit him?! Oh, it's amazin' - AMAZIN'!" Her excitement and personality featured prominently in the official highlight reel of that championship series. Bailey's rapport with the team continued after their historic win. During the ticker-tape parade that followed, she performed in Bryant Park, near the New York Public Library, in front of a crowd of thousands. As The New York Times (Oct. 21, 1969) recalled, she appeared "dressed in a black suit and black hat fringed with fun," joining Metropolitan Opera baritone Robert Merrill sing a lively duet of "Take Me Out to the Ball Game," with broadcaster Ralph Kiner lending commentary. Part memoir, part cookbook, Pearl's Kitchen invites the reader into Bailey's home - its rhythms, humor, and heart. Her recipes come suffused with song and story, a reflection of her singular warmth both onstage and off. A lovely presentation copy linking two American originals. Interior clean. Boards toned. Dust wrapper toned and chipped at edges, with small closed tear to front cover. Covered in protective mylar.

Newport's Valentine Social, Newport Bicycle Club, Worcester, Mass., Tepsichorean [sic] Hall, Wed. Ev'g Feb. 8 '05, Light Infantry Orchestra

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Title: Newport's Valentine Social, Newport Bicycle Club, Worcester, Mass., Tepsichorean [sic] Hall, Wed. Ev'g Feb. 8 '05, Light Infantry Orchestra
Seller: Sandra L Hoekstra Bookseller, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA (United States)
Description: Worceseter, [Mass.]: Sunderland & Orne Printers, S. Pleasant St, 1905. [EPHEMERA] [VALENTINE] [BICYCLE CLUB] [DANCE CARD]. Two Valentine-style dance cards for Valentine Social sponsored by the Newport Bicycle Club in Worcester Massachusetts at Tepsichorean [Terpsichorean] Hall, once located at 311 Main Street. The card lists the 18 dance numbers played by the Light Infantry Orchestra. The last page of the insert lists the members involved in the organization of the dance. On the recto of the rear wrappers are love poems, one titled "From Love's Captive" and the other titled "Ever Dear to Me." Worcester, Massachusetts prides itself on having been the center of the commercial Valentine industry in the U.S. for over 100 years, beginning in the mid-19th century. (Worcester Historical Museum), No reference to the Newport Bicycle Club was found in any of the Worcester city histories. However, the bicycle craze on the East Coast began in the late 1890s and flourished through the first part of the 20th century. 6 ¼" x 4 ¾"; color half-tone embossed and die-cut wrapper of pansies with an overlay of paper lace framing a cupid, two small die-cuts pasted on the lace, a small cat head and "Affections offering" with flowers; [4]pp insert bound in with a pink silk ribbon; Order of Dances and the committee listings; the rear wrapper features a printed poem. The second card features an embossed pink floral die-cut wrapper, a paper lace onlay framing a cupid with two small die-cuts pasted on the lace, a butterfly, and a flower.

The Baltimore LIterary and Religious Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 1 (January, 1835)

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Title: The Baltimore LIterary and Religious Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 1 (January, 1835)
Seller: McBlain Books (United States)
Condition: Good
Description: (Baltimroe), 1835. Paperback. Good. 32p. Disbound (removed from a bound volume with stitchmarks, etc. along left side). 23 cm. Lacks wrapper. The unsigned lead article (pages [1]-8) in this uncommon periodical is titled "Colonization and Slavery. It at least pretends to support colonization for ending the evil of slavery but expresses doubts about the scale and operation of colonization in practice over the past 14 years and as to the prospects for its better success in the future.

THE WORLD'S MIDNIGHT HOUR (ARMAGEDDON FORETOLD) by ARNOT, A.B.

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Title: THE WORLD'S MIDNIGHT HOUR (ARMAGEDDON FORETOLD)
Author: ARNOT, A.B.
Seller: Antic Hay Books (United States)
Description: Oliphants Ltd, 1957. ARNOT, A.B. THE WORLD'S MIDNIGHT HOUR (ARMAGEDDON FORETOLD). London: Oliphants Ltd., [1957]. Small 8vo., blue cloth in dust jacket. First Edition. Signed presentation from Arnot on the front endpaper: "Rev. and Mrs. Hartley, with loving greetings from the author, Arthur B. Arnot." Also, with an autograph letter signed laid in, on a small sheet torn from notebook paper: "Dear Mrs. Hartley, Do accept this book as a token of loving esteem. I did value the fellowship I enjoyed with you and your church. Please convey to your fellowship our deep appreciation of the generous offerings given at the service I addressed. Sincerely yours, Arthur B. Arnot." Very Good (contents clean & tight); some wear & rubbing (tiny chips & two-inch tear, little dampstain interior rear panel) d/j. $85.00.

PETIT TRAITE DE L'ETAT RELIGIEUX by NO AUTHOR

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Title: PETIT TRAITE DE L'ETAT RELIGIEUX
Author: NO AUTHOR
Seller: Antic Hay Books (United States)
Description: Procure Generale, 1950. NO AUTHOR. PETIT TRAITE DE L'ETAT RELIGIEUX: A L'USAGE DES FRERES DES ECOLES CHRETIENNES. Paris: Procure Generale, [1950]. 8vo., black cloth spine & marbled boards; 333 pages. A small treatise of the religious state for friends of Christian schools. Very Good (covers nice; contents clean & tight with black mark on the copyright page, ink name of "Convent Saint Benjamin" on the front endpaper). $25.00.

ON GOETHE. In Encounter Magazine; Vol. XIX, #5, November, 1962 by AUDEN, W.H.

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Title: ON GOETHE. In Encounter Magazine; Vol. XIX, #5, November, 1962
Author: AUDEN, W.H.
Seller: Antic Hay Books (United States)
Description: 1962. AUDEN, W.H. ON GOETHE. In Encounter Magazine; Vol. XIX, #5, November, 1962. Small 4to., printed wraps. Very Good. $10.00.

Thee; A Poem by AIKEN, Conrad

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Title: Thee; A Poem
Author: AIKEN, Conrad
Seller: Argosy Book Store (United States)
Condition: fine
Description: London: Inca Books, 1973. First. hardcover. fine. Illus. by Gillian Ruff. Thin 8vo, leather backed boards. London: Inca Books (1973). First Separate English Edition. Number 93 of 100 copies signed by the poet.

Daniel Webster by BARTLETT, Irving H.

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Title: Daniel Webster
Author: BARTLETT, Irving H.
Seller: Argosy Book Store (United States)
ISBN: 9780393075243
Condition: near fine
Description: New York: Norton, 1978. First. hardcover. near fine/very good. Illustrated. xii + 333 pages, 8vo, cloth, d.w.; dust wrapper price clipped. New York: Norton, (1978). A near fine copy in a very good dust wrapper.

Guang Hua Medical College and Holt Cheng / Zheng Hao: Guang hua bai nian shi liao ji 郑豪 : 光华百年史料集 by Zheng Haohua 郑浩华

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Title: Guang Hua Medical College and Holt Cheng / Zheng Hao: Guang hua bai nian shi liao ji 郑豪 : 光华百年史料集
Author: Zheng Haohua 郑浩华
Seller: Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB (United States)
ISBN: 9787306031549
Description: Guangzhou: Zhongshan da xue chu ban she, 2008. Hardcover. 19, 358 pages, very good hardcover in dust jacket, bilingual text. Holt Cheng was the first Chinese immigrant to graduate from a US medical school, passing the California Medical Board in 1904. This book discusses his activities in the US as well as after his return to China.

Ipnotismo e Suggestione: Studio Critico by W. Wundt

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Title: Ipnotismo e Suggestione: Studio Critico
Author: W. Wundt
Seller: Appledore Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition: Very Good -
Description: Milan: Remo Sandron, Editore, 1923. Original wraps. Very Good -. The 1923 1st Italian edition (translated from its original German by Leonardo Tucci) of this interesting study of hypnotism and auto-suggestion. Solid and VG- in its beige wrappers, with light chipping at the upper rear tips of the last 20 or so pages and the rear panel's upper tip (but not affecting the text, except lightly to the rear panel). 12mo, 112 pgs.

THE STORY OF MR. KORAH by Aberconway, C. & Whistler, Rex

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Title: THE STORY OF MR. KORAH
Author: Aberconway, C. & Whistler, Rex
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY (United States)
Description: THE STORY OF MR. KORAH, Michael Joseph, 1954, first edition, vg/vg+ in vg dust-wrapper with some light chipping at the dust-wrapper spine extremities. 14 illustrations (3 as full color tipped-in plates) by Whistler enhance this delightful little fantasy.

Peter Pan by Barrie, J.M.

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Title: Peter Pan
Author: Barrie, J.M.
Seller: Brenner's Collectable Books (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1950. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo., 242pp. Sharp First Edition of this re-issue with Scribner's "A" on the copyright page. Illustrated by Nora S. Unwin. Square and tight with some off-setting and spotting to end-papers as well as a faint impression of previous owner's erased name on the front end-paper. Moderate wear to the spine ends and tips. Attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($2.50), has some small chips to edges and a couple of short closed tears. Light soiling. Still bright and complete. A solid collectable copy.

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Ben Shahn Photographer: An Album from the Thirties by SHAHN, Ben and Margaret R. Weiss

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Title: Ben Shahn Photographer: An Album from the Thirties
Author: SHAHN, Ben and Margaret R. Weiss
Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN: 9780306713125
Description: New York: Da Capo Press, 1973. First edition and first printing. Oblong hardcover. Edited and with an introduction by Margaret R. Weiss. Includes 82 black and white images all of which were taken for Roy Stryker's FSA. A very good copy in cloth boards with some sunning to the bottom of the boards and in a near fine dust jacket. Still, a nice copy of the first book to focus on Ben Shahn's photographs.

Hermann Zapf calligrapher, type-designer and typographer by Zapf, Hermann

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Title: Hermann Zapf calligrapher, type-designer and typographer
Author: Zapf, Hermann
Seller: Royoung bookseller, Inc. (United States)
Condition: Orig. gray wrappers. Fine
Description: Cincinnati: Cincinnati Art Museum, 1961. First edition. Paperback. Orig. gray wrappers. Fine. Approx. 72 pages. 18 x 11 1/2 cm. Illustrated. Exhibition Catalog.

The Shorter Bible: The New Testament

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Title: The Shorter Bible: The New Testament
Seller: Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (United States)
Condition: Fine
Description: New York: Scribners, 1934. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 3rd, revised. Fine/ Very good dustwrapper (faint stain).

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