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A pack of patentees. Opened. Shuffled. Cut. Dealt. And played

A pack of patentees. Opened. Shuffled. Cut. Dealt. And played by [PATENTS]. ANONYMOUS

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Seller: Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts
Title
A pack of patentees. Opened. Shuffled. Cut. Dealt. And played
Author
[PATENTS]. ANONYMOUS
Seller
Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts (United States)
Description
London: n.p., 1641. FIRST EDITION. Type ornament device on title and woodcut headpiece. Polished calf signed “F. Bedford, triple gilt fillet round sides, spine gilt, a.e.g. From the library of Lord Fairfax of Cameron with his armorial bookplate and the Huth bookplate (lot 5630, Sotheby’s sale of July 17, 1917). First edition of the very rare satire on the granting of monopolies. The anonymous author piles on the criticism of monopolies and patents granted on goods such as coal, soap, starch, leather, wine, salt, tobacco and butter. By the reign of James I, patents had become so numerous and unfairly granted that they were considered oppressive and unjust to certain classes of people, especially tradesmen and manufacturers. Except for “novel inventions,” the King was finally forced to revoke all existing monopolies and declare that henceforth patents were only to be used for “projects of new invention.” This “Statute of monopolies” enacted in 1624 became the foundation for all later developments in patent law in England and elsewhere. It was a fundamental landmark in the transition of Britain’s economy from the feudal to the capitalist. Unfortunately, James’s successor, Charles I, continued to abuse the patent system and it was only during the Restoration that the abuse was finally curtailed. The present work, written during the reign of Charles I, bitterly describes the injustices within certain trades and industries. Wing, P156; ESTC locates 4 copies in North America (Harvard, Huntington, NYPL, McGill).
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Zoologie géographique. Premier article l’homme by ZIMMERMANN, E.A.G.

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Zoologie géographique. Premier article l’homme
Author
ZIMMERMANN, E.A.G.
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Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts (United States)
Description
[n.p.]: De l’Imprimerie française de Cassel, 1784. FIRST EDITION. Small woodcut printer’s device on title, woodcut head- and tailpieces. Contemporary calf-backed pasteboards, spine worn with very small piece missing at foot, otherwise an excellent copy printed on very thick paper. Ownership inscription dated 1817 on fly-leaf. First edition in French, first printed in Leipzig in 1778. Zimmermann (1743-1815) was a professor of natural history in Bronswik and ranked among the important thinkers of his era, best remembered for authoring “the first textbook of zoogeography, containing the first world map showing the distribution of mammals” (see Garrison-Morton, 145.53). Zimmermann here discusses his theory on the unity of origin of mankind. For him, the primitive man was white, with brown hair and lived in a high place of Central Asia. There he multiplied, families descended from it and emigrated in several directions where they formed colonies. In these new habitats, the influence of the climate gradually modified their physical characteristics: the color of their skin, their size, etc... This dissemination took place in four currents, explaining the four groups of Linnaeus. Poggendorff, II, pp. 1411-1412; see Blake, p. 499 and Wood, Vertebrate Zoology, p. 641 listing the German first edition.
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The Brave Cowboy by ABBEY, Edward

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The Brave Cowboy
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ABBEY, Edward
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Argosy Book Store (United States)
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near fine
Description
London: Western Book Club, 1957. hardcover. near fine/near fine. 277 pages. 12mo, bright blue boards, graphic pictorial d.w. (very minor wear at corner and one crease on rear panel; light foxing visible only on recto). London: Eyre & Spottiswoode/Western Book Club, [1957]. A near fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. Abbey's second novel, the basis for the film "Lonely are the Brave," starring Kirk Douglas and Gena Rowlands.
The Naxalites

The Naxalites by ABBAS, Khwaja Ahmad

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The Naxalites
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ABBAS, Khwaja Ahmad
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Lorne Bair Rare Books (United States)
Description
Delhi: Lok Publications, 1979. First Edition. Octavo. Red cloth boards; dustjacket; 112pp. Light external wear, still Near Fine in a lightly worn jacket. The prolific author/filmmaker's fictional documentation of the Indian communist youth movement of the Seventies and Eighties; the basis for Abbas's 1980 award-winning Bollywood film of the same name. Uncommon in the trade.
The Dynamics of Global Dominance: European Overseas Empire, 1415-1980

The Dynamics of Global Dominance: European Overseas Empire, 1415-1980 by ABERNETHY, David B.

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The Dynamics of Global Dominance: European Overseas Empire, 1415-1980
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ABERNETHY, David B.
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Lorne Bair Rare Books (United States)
Description
New Haven: Yale University Press, 2000. First Edition. Octavo. Cloth boards in dustjacket; viii, 524pp. Minor foxing to top edge of text block, boards, and dust jacket, interior unaffected. Mild shelf wear and soiling to jacket, else a tight, unmarked, clean copy. Near Fine.
L'Homme a L'Oreille Cassée

L'Homme a L'Oreille Cassée by ABOUT, Edmond

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L'Homme a L'Oreille Cassée
Author
ABOUT, Edmond
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Lorne Bair Rare Books (United States)
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Paris: Hachette, 1862. Deuxieme edition. 12mo. Morocco over marbled boards; 273pp. Spine leather dry and slightly flaking, else a tight, Good or better reading copy.

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