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CATALOGUE OF PORTRAIT MINIATURES

CATALOGUE OF PORTRAIT MINIATURES by (ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM - MODERN). (BINDINGS - ZAEHNSDORF)

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Seller: Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts
Title
CATALOGUE OF PORTRAIT MINIATURES
Author
(ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM - MODERN). (BINDINGS - ZAEHNSDORF)
Seller
Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts (United States)
Description
England, ca. 1910. 392 x 287 mm. (15 3/8 x 11 1/4"). [32] leaves, with text in an attractive italic hand, all separated by tissue guards. SUMPTUOUS OLIVE GREEN STRAIGHT-GRAIN MOROCCO, ELABORATELY GILT, BY ZAEHNSDORF (stamp-signed on front doublure and with their exhibition stamp on rear turn-in), covers with densely stippled floral roll border enclosing a large frame formed by drawer handle tools and floral tools on a stippled ground; central panel with large cornerpieces rampant with flower tools, circlets, volutes, and much stippling; raised bands, spine compartments heavily gilt in a similar style, gilt titling, RED MOROCCO DOUBLURES with opulent dentelle frame, surrounded by gilt-tooled green morocco turn-ins, red watered silk endleaves with gilt edging, all edges gilt.ma WITH 76 BLACK & WHITE PHOTOGRAPHIC REPRODUCTIONS OF PORTRAIT MINIATURES BY RICHARD COSWAY, ANDREW PLIMER, AND OTHERS mounted and enclosed by hand-painted burnished gold frames, EACH PORTRAIT WITH HAND-ILLUMINATED TITLE in red, blue, green, and burnished gold. Verso of front endleaf with book label of Thomas Agnew & Sons, Old Bond Street Library. A bit of wear to front joint, a little rubbing to extremities, occasional mild rumpling to head or tail of vellum leaves, isolated small marginal smudges, otherwise a fine specimen, the vellum creamy and bright, the illuminations shining, and the binding quite sound and lustrous with gold. Composed of vellum leaves, this is a unique, luxurious catalogue of a miniatures collection, with delicate script, lovely illumination, and a stately binding by one of London's foremost workshops. State-of-the-art photographic reproductions of mostly 18th century miniatures are juxtaposed here with calligraphy and illuminations harking back to Medieval bookmaking. Each portrait is surrounded by a gold frame, and accompanied by a hand-written description with an illuminated title, giving biographical details of known subjects and a physical description of the miniatures whenever they are labelled simply "Portrait of a Lady" or "Portrait of a Gentleman." The scale of this production--which is nearly twice the size of most illuminated manuscripts of the early 20th century--and the splendor of the binding point to a patron of considerable means, likely either the proprietors of, or a client of, the Agnew art dealers. The Agnew firm began as printsellers in Manchester in 1817, but over the course of the 19th century became one of the principal British galleries under the leadership of the founder's son William. A London branch opened in 1860, and the Bond Street flagship in 1875. William Agnew (1825-1910) did much to foster the careers of British artists Holman Hunt, Frederick Leighton, and Edward Burne-Jones, and his clients included Henry Tate, whom he encouraged to found the celebrated Tate Gallery. The binding here is a superb example of the work of the Zaehnsdorf firm, long a top-ranked English bindery. Born in Pest, Hungary, Joseph Zaehnsdorf (1816-86) served his apprenticeship in Stuttgart, worked at a number of European locations as a journeyman, and then settled in London, where he was hired first by Westley and then by Mackenzie before opening his own workshop in 1842. His son and namesake took over the business at age 33, when the senior Joseph died, and the firm flourished under the son's leadership, becoming a leading West End bindery. Over the years, Zaehnsdorf employed a considerable number of distinguished binders, including the Frenchman Louis Genth (who was chief finisher from 1859-84), and trained a number of others, including Roger de Coverly and Sarah Prideaux. A family-run business until 1947, the Zaehnsdorf bindery continued to produce consistently attractive and innovative designs executed with unfailing skill. It is generally understood that the firm reserved the use of its oval stamp showing a binder at work (seen here) for their finest bindings, including those entered in exhibitions..
CONVERSATIONS OF LORD BYRON: NOTED DURING A RESIDENCE WITH HIS LORDSHIP AT PISA, IN THE YEAR 1821 AND 1822

CONVERSATIONS OF LORD BYRON: NOTED DURING A RESIDENCE WITH HIS LORDSHIP AT PISA, IN THE YEAR 1821 AND 1822 by (BINDINGS - PUBLISHER'S BOARDS). (BYRON, GEORGE GORDON, LORD). MEDWIN, THOMAS

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CONVERSATIONS OF LORD BYRON: NOTED DURING A RESIDENCE WITH HIS LORDSHIP AT PISA, IN THE YEAR 1821 AND 1822
Author
(BINDINGS - PUBLISHER'S BOARDS). (BYRON, GEORGE GORDON, LORD). MEDWIN, THOMAS
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Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts (United States)
Description
London: Printed for Henry Colburn, 1824. A New Edition. 235 x 145 mm. (9 1/8 x 5 3/4"). xxiii, [1] 351, [1], ciii, [9] pp. Original brown paper boards, printed label on spine, edges untrimmed. With folding facsimile letter frontispiece. Pastedown with bookplate of Thomas Fothergill Esq. of Kingthorp; front free endpaper with gift inscription to Fothergill from Conyers Hudson dated 1824; occasional marginal pencil markings. Randolph, p. 109. Upper joint with short split at head, tail of spine with tiny tear, light stain on front cover, corners rubbed, light offsetting to title and frontispiece, other trivial defects, but AN EXTRAORDINARILY FINE COPY, with only the most negligible imperfections.In its extremely well-preserved publisher's binding, this edition of the popular though controversial memoir of the author's friendship with Byron contains the first full publication of one of Byron's poems. Thomas Medwin (1788-1869) was a cousin and friend of Percy Shelley, who introduced him to Lord Byron, and in 1820, after Medwin had completed a tour of duty in India with the 25th light dragoons, he accepted an invitation by Shelley to visit him and Byron in Italy. The three spent much of 1821-22 at Pisa writing and conversing. Medwin recorded their discussions in his journal, and in 1824, after Shelley's and Byron's deaths, he published his record of those conversations--despite the objections of Mary Shelley and others (particularly Byron's mistress Lady Caroline Lamb) on the grounds that the information included was too personal. Their publication met with immediate success. Ours, the "new edition," was the third edition, published a few months after the first. Francis Lewis Randolph tells us that this third edition includes the first full publication of Byron's poem "The Irish Avatar." Byron, a supporter of Irish independence, composed these verses in September of 1821 critiquing the warm reception the Irish people and politicians had given King George IV on a state visit to Ireland. He was inspired by his friend Thomas Moore's "Lines on the Entry of the Austrians into Naples, 1821," which angrily condemned the Neapolitans for the failure of the Neapolitan Revolution. The present copy is from the library of Thomas Fothergill of Kingthorpe in the North Riding of Yorkshire. John Conyers Hudson, who gave him this book, had married a relation, possibly Fothergill's sister, in 1817; this relationship is supported by the fact that his papers, held at the Hull History Centre archives, include a series of letters from Fothergill to Conyers Hudson and his wife, detailing his travels and his will. While we have been unable to locate much information about Fothergill, he was evidently an excellent caretaker of his books: this copy in its original boards has come down to us in exceptionally fine condition.
Charles Dickens, on Behalf of One of His Charitable Committees, Asks a Potential Participant for a Financial Contribution

Charles Dickens, on Behalf of One of His Charitable Committees, Asks a Potential Participant for a Financial Contribution by Charles Dickens

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Charles Dickens, on Behalf of One of His Charitable Committees, Asks a Potential Participant for a Financial Contribution
Author
Charles Dickens
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The Raab Collection (United States)
Description
28/07/1843. Dickens actively used his celebrity and cash to aid charitable institutions. In 1843, Charles Dickens was involved in charitable and professional committees, most notably forming a committee to raise funds for orphaned children. Late in the year, he worked on “A Christmas Carol”, which was published in December 1843.Autograph letter signed, from his home at 1 Devonshire Terrace, July 28, 1843, to J.F. Rogers, thanking him for his interest in one of the organizations with which Dickens was working.. The recipient was possibly related to Samuel Rogers, the banker-poet who Charles Dickens held in high regard, dedicating his 1841 novel The Old Curiosity Shop to him as a ""faithful friend"".“I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter, and in the name of the committee to thank you for it. We cannot suggest any mode by which you can advance any object we have in view. But should any means of doing so occur to you, I need hardly add that we shall be happy to add the smallest contribution to the common stock.” Clearly, Rogers’ offer to help was not in the form of a financial contribution, but that is what Dickens requests.A fine letter relating to his charitable work, written the year he published “A Christmas Carol.”
The Potter's House

The Potter's House by Stegner, Wallace

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Title
The Potter's House
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Stegner, Wallace
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John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller (United States)
Description
1938. Muscatine, IA: The Prairie Press, 1938. 8vo, 75 pp. Printed in black and red. Publisher's cloth, original glassine wrapper. A fine copy in almost pristine glassine toned (of course) with only one significant closed tear. § First edition, limited to 490 copies. Stegner's second book, the scarcest of his regularly published books.
Yale Class Book 1863 [cover and spine title]

Yale Class Book 1863 [cover and spine title] by (YALE)

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Title
Yale Class Book 1863 [cover and spine title]
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(YALE)
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James Cummins Bookseller (United States)
Condition
Contemporary brown morocco-grained sheep, covers stamped in gilt with "Yale" and school motto, tail of spine with owner's name,
Description
[New Haven, CT], 1863. 36 engraved student portraits by A.H. Ritchie with facsimile signatures and 20 albumen print cartes-de-visite window-mounted 4-to-a-page. 4to. Contemporary brown morocco-grained sheep, covers stamped in gilt with "Yale" and school motto, tail of spine with owner's name, "F.F. Harrat," in gilt. Covers worn, foxing to plates. 36 engraved student portraits by A.H. Ritchie with facsimile signatures and 20 albumen print cartes-de-visite window-mounted 4-to-a-page. 4to.
Tropic Death

Tropic Death by Walrond, Eric

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Tropic Death
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Walrond, Eric
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McBlain Books (United States)
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Very Good
Description
New York: Boni & Liverigh, 1926. 2nd Printing [so stated on copyright page]. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. 283p. Original black cloth. dj. 19 cm. Jacket corners and backstrip heavily chipped with portions of backstrip missing. Bookplate mostly removed from original illustrated front free endpaper with some damage to endpaper. Ten Short stories set here and there including the West Indied, Panama, Guiana, etc.. Walrond was born in British Guiana and attended Columbia University. This book is regarded as a product of the Harlem Renaissance.
The Black Swan

The Black Swan by Mann, Thomas; Hejduk, John (Lithographs); Shapiro, David (Afterword)

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The Black Swan
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Mann, Thomas; Hejduk, John (Lithographs); Shapiro, David (Afterword)
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Swan's Fine Books (United States)
Condition
Fine
Description
[New York]: The Limited Editions Club (printed by Heritage Printers, Inc.), 1990. Limited Edition. Leather bound. Fine. Hejduk, John. No. 122 of 375 copies, quarto size, 193 pp., signed by John Hejduk, with LEC Monthly Letter. German writer Thomas Mann (1875-1955), a recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1929, is best known for his novels and short stories employing symbolism and examining the psyche of those in intellectual circles, most famously in his works "Buddenbooks" and "Death in Venice". He wrote "The Black Swan" in 1954, and the novella revolves around an aging woman who must deal with her changing body and the expectations of an uncaring society that values youth over old age. Noted for being one of the first works to utilise hard medicine in the narrative, "The Black Swan" is here published by the Limited Editions Club, with lithographs by celebrated architect and artist John Hejduk (1929-2000), who brings an architect's eye for symmetry and simplicity in his geometric imagery. This edition includes an afterword by David Shapiro (b. 1947), a prolific poet and literary critic, whose first book was published when he was eighteen; offering insight and a sympathetic view of the brutality and bluntness often found in Mann's prose, he writes "A master of X-ray, [Mann] leads us to the master montage of disease itself. And to the possible health of love." ___DESCRIPTION: Full brown leather, title in black on the front board, black endpapers, lithographs printed in two colours by John Hejduk throughout; Monotype Gill Sans, mouldmade Rives Buff Text paper, quarto size (12" by 9.25"), pagination: [i-vi] 1-183 [184-186] [1 colophon], one of 375 copies, this number 122, signed by John Hejduk on the colophon. With LEC Monthly Letter, a thirteen-page softcover booklet, with two staples at the spine. In a slipcase covered in black cloth. ___CONDITION: A fine copy; the covers clean, the corners straight and unrubbed, the binding tight with solid hinges, the interior clean and bright, and free of prior owner markings; spine is very slightly sunned, else fine. The LEC Monthly Letter is near fine, clean overall with a few stray marks, the text block is sturdy, without wear except at the corners and a small nick on the top edge of the rear cover. The slipcase is near fine, strong and sturdy, clean, with some minor fraying to the cloth, otherwise free of wear. ___POSTAGE: Please note that this is a large and heavy book, and additional postage may apply; 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.
The Bridge ... influenced by the past .... and a bridge to the future. Nos. 1-33 [complete]

The Bridge ... influenced by the past .... and a bridge to the future. Nos. 1-33 [complete] by Wyvill, Mike, & John Wraith

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The Bridge ... influenced by the past .... and a bridge to the future. Nos. 1-33 [complete]
Author
Wyvill, Mike, & John Wraith
Seller
Rulon-Miller Books (United States)
Description
Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, U.K.: Mike Wyvill and John Wraith, 2009. 33 issues in all, 8" x 5¾", each issue generally over 100 pages, illustrated throughout, much in color; original color pictorial wrappers; generally fine. The Bridge took over in summer 1998 after The Telegraph stopped its publication in winter 1997 and is still alive after all these years. The most recent issue as of this cataloguing is no. 72, Summer, 2022. The editors are Mike Wyvill and John Wraith.
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A Bibliography of English Conjuring 1581-1876 by Toole Stott, Raymond

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Title
A Bibliography of English Conjuring 1581-1876
Author
Toole Stott, Raymond
Seller
Michael R. Thompson, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Description
Derby, England: Harper & Sons of Derby Limited, [1976] First edition. One of 1,030 copies, signed by the compiler. Blue cloth. Two volumes, octavo. Plates. Fine in fine d.j.
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ELECTION DISTRICTS OF THE SEVERAL ASSEMBLY DISTRICTS OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW YORK AND THE BOUNDARIES THEREOF, AS ESTABLISHED BY THE BOARD OF POLICE, JULY 22D, 1879 by [New York City]

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ELECTION DISTRICTS OF THE SEVERAL ASSEMBLY DISTRICTS OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW YORK AND THE BOUNDARIES THEREOF, AS ESTABLISHED BY THE BOARD OF POLICE, JULY 22D, 1879
Author
[New York City]
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David M. Lesser, Fine Antiquarian Books LLC (United States)
Description
New York, 1879. 116pp, stitched and early staples; some loosening of text. Blank portions of inner lower corners chewed on first few leaves. Original printed wrappers [worn, chipped]. Blank portions of title page with remnants of old newspaper clipping. The text is otherwise quite clean. More than 20 color maps (some folding) of the various Assembly Districts. Maps in Very Good condition; overall the pamphlet is Good+. This document establishes the boundaries of the various election districts in New York City and County, and includes color maps of each.
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AN ORATION DELIVERED ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE NEW-ENGLAND SOCIETY, CHARLESTON, S. C. DECEMBER 22D. 1835; IN COMMEMORATION OF THE LANDING OF THE PILGRIMS, UPON THE ROCK OF PLYMOUTH, 1620 by Whitridge, Joshua Barker

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AN ORATION DELIVERED ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE NEW-ENGLAND SOCIETY, CHARLESTON, S. C. DECEMBER 22D. 1835; IN COMMEMORATION OF THE LANDING OF THE PILGRIMS, UPON THE ROCK OF PLYMOUTH, 1620
Author
Whitridge, Joshua Barker
Seller
David M. Lesser, Fine Antiquarian Books LLC (United States)
Description
Charleston: E.J. Van Brunt, 1837. pp 61, [1 blank], [1], [1 blank]. Stitched and disbound without wraps. Scattered fox, Good+. Whitridge became Vice President of the American Unitarian Association, a position that stirred much controversy in that organization, because he was a slaveholder. Here he praises the Puritans for their contribution to creating the independent American nation. FIRST EDITION. II Turnbull 381. AI 42463 [5].
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Obshchekazachii Zhurnal. Organ Nezavisimoi Kazach'ei Mysli (Vol. 6, No. 12 and Vol. 7, No. 14) [The All Cossacks Journal] by [Edited by] Elatontsev (Elff), S. G.

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Obshchekazachii Zhurnal. Organ Nezavisimoi Kazach'ei Mysli (Vol. 6, No. 12 and Vol. 7, No. 14) [The All Cossacks Journal]
Author
[Edited by] Elatontsev (Elff), S. G.
Seller
ZH BOOKS (United States)
Description
Farmingdale, NJ: The World Cossacks Association, Inc., 1951. Softcover. First edition; 6 x 9; pp. 68, [12] and pp. 108 respectively; illustrated blue and yellow wraps; a few rubbed spots to spine; minor nicks to corners; penciled-in notes on some pages of No. 12; a few smudged fingerprints to edges, else text clean; illustrated with political cartoons and drawings; very good. In Russian with preface in English. The World Cossack Association was established in late 1946 in New Jersey by Cossacks who had fled Russia after Czar Nicholas II’s abdication in 1917. By the early 1950s the community in Lakewood had considerably grown and was actively assisting displaced persons entering the United States from DP camps in Austria and Germany and purchasing hundreds of acres of remote forest land in order to resettle the wave of compatriots. The community was formally recognized in 1953 and named New Kuban after the Kuban region in the North Caucasus, where many of the families had lived. The first issue of 'The All Cossacks Journal' was published in 1946 and ran until 1954. It contained news from the motherland, original poems and short stories, political and cultural discussions and articles, and cartoons mocking the Russian Government, the Iron Curtain, etc.
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Peter Parley's Method of Telling About Geography to Children by Parley, Peter (Goodrich, Samuel Griswold)

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Peter Parley's Method of Telling About Geography to Children
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Parley, Peter (Goodrich, Samuel Griswold)
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ZH BOOKS (United States)
Condition
Good
Description
New York: Huntington and Savage, 1843. Good. Early edition; 5 1/4 x 4 1/2; pp. [6], 9-120; pictorial card stock wraps and 1/4 calf, decorated and ruled in black; illustrated with 9 maps and 75 woodcuts; age-toning and wear along margins; occasional spotting; corners of leaves curling; small manuscript note to ffep; in good condition. Samuel Griswold Goodrich (1793 - 1860), writing under the pseudonym Peter Parley, would write a series of educational works for children in order "to provide an alternative to the British biases of 19th-century schoolroom texts and the questionable morals of nursery rhymes."
1938 Press Photo of San Quentin’s Gas Chamber Following the First Two Executions Using It

1938 Press Photo of San Quentin’s Gas Chamber Following the First Two Executions Using It by [Northern California – Prison History – Capital Punishment] International News Photos

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1938 Press Photo of San Quentin’s Gas Chamber Following the First Two Executions Using It
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[Northern California – Prison History – Capital Punishment] International News Photos
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Auger Down Books (United States)
Condition
Folded at middle, marginal wrinkling and small tears; fine contrast, very good to excellent.
Description
San Quentin, California, 1938. Single 6 ½ x 8 ½ inch photograph, caption affixed verso and marked verso “CALIF - STATE - PRISON SAN QUENTIN, CALIF”. Folded at middle, marginal wrinkling and small tears; fine contrast, very good to excellent.. A press photograph looking into the gas chamber at San Quentin Prison, taken following the execution of Albert Kessel (1909–1938) and Robert Lee Cannon (1908–1938). The pair were the first to be executed at San Quentin using that method; they were two of five men executed for their role in an attempted escape from Folsom Prison that caused the death of warden Clarence Larkin and a guard. The photo’s caption reads in part: “Into these two black chairs, Albert Kessel and Robert Lee Cannon were strapped today in the state’s first execution with use of lethal gas. A few seconds later the door was shut and made airtight; witnesses lined around the window and then the deadly cyanide eggs released.” In 1994, the use of cyanide gas was ruled cruel and unusual and banned in California, to be replaced by lethal injection; in 2006, a court order halted capital punishment in the state altogether, though it is still legal.
SUBSTANCE FORM & COLOR THROUGH CONCRETE

SUBSTANCE FORM & COLOR THROUGH CONCRETE

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SUBSTANCE FORM & COLOR THROUGH CONCRETE
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Oak Knoll Books/Oak Knoll Press (United States)
Description
New York: The Atlas Portland Cement Co, 1924. green paperboards with gold embossing, dust jacket. large 4to. green paperboards with gold embossing, dust jacket. 22 pages, plates. Text on a rag type paper with uncut edges. Features lovely illustrations in color. Dust jacket with small tears, else a very good copy.
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CONSENSUS.|THE

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CONSENSUS.|THE
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Boston, MA: The National Economic League, 1931. stiff paper wrappers. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 45+(1) pages. Volume XVI, No. 2. Includes articles "The Causes of the Present Economic Depression" and "The Desirability of an International Economic Conference." Table of contents, and membership list of a committee studying the matter. Wrappers tanned and chipped at edges.
[SPECIAL PRESS] DEMON LETTING. A SELECTION FROM A NOVEL BY GAYLE REYRER WITH AN ORIGINAL SERIGRAPH BY CATHIE RUGGIE

[SPECIAL PRESS] DEMON LETTING. A SELECTION FROM A NOVEL BY GAYLE REYRER WITH AN ORIGINAL SERIGRAPH BY CATHIE RUGGIE by Gayle Reyrer | Illustrated by Cathie Ruggie

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[SPECIAL PRESS] DEMON LETTING. A SELECTION FROM A NOVEL BY GAYLE REYRER WITH AN ORIGINAL SERIGRAPH BY CATHIE RUGGIE
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Gayle Reyrer | Illustrated by Cathie Ruggie
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Black Swan Books, Inc. (United States)
Condition
Fine binding
Description
[Poynette, Wisconsin]: Bieler Press, 1976. Fine binding. Number 79 of 100 press-numbered copies in handmade blue and pink wrappers. Signed by the author; with a brightly colored serigraph signed by the artist Cathie Ruggie. “Demon Letting & Night Blooming were taken from Cayle Feyrer’s novel A Room in the Twelfth House”. Chapbook edition. Fine binding.
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Gone for a Soldier. The Civil War Memoirs of .. by BELLARD, ALFRED

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Gone for a Soldier. The Civil War Memoirs of ..
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BELLARD, ALFRED
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Joseph J. Felcone Inc. (United States)
Description
1975. BELLARD, ALFRED. .... Gone for a Soldier. The Civil War Memoirs of Private Alfred Bellard. Boston, 1975. xxii, 298 p. Illus. (most in color). Cloth. One of the most colorful New Jersey Civil War memoirs. Bellard, a Jersey City resident, was a member of the Fifth New Jersey Infantry. His memoirs were written about 1880 and are highlighted with many excellent sketches, most of which are reproduced in color. Edited by David Herbert Donald.
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The Computer from Pascal to von Neumann by Goldstine, H

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The Computer from Pascal to von Neumann
Author
Goldstine, H
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Palinurus Antiquarian Books (United States)
Condition
A very good copy with some minor wear.
Description
Princeton: Princeton Univ. Press, 1972. First Edition.. orig. cloth and dustjacket.. A very good copy with some minor wear.. 8vo. The book is illus. throughout. One of the early histories of the computer by a participant in the early development of analog and digital computation.
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Wildfowling by ANDREWS, James et al.

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Wildfowling
Author
ANDREWS, James et al.
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Argosy Book Store (United States)
Condition
near fine
Description
London: Seeley, Service & Co. Limited, 1950. hardcover. near fine. With contributions by James Andrews, M.C., M.B., T. Clifford Bland, Robert Blockey, Robin Farmiloe, Robin Harrison, John Inge, Christopher Lee-Elliott, Alastair McArthur, Douglas Service, and Michael Shephard. 63 illustrations. 352pp. 8vo, two-toned cloth. London: Seeley, Service & Co. Limited, (1950). Bumped corner, but still a near fine copy. Volume 29 of The Lonsdale Library of Sports, Games & Pastime. Founded by The Right Hon. The Earl of Lonsdale, K.G., G.C.V.O., D.L..
Ambassador From Venice. Pietro Pasqualigo in Lisbon, 1501

Ambassador From Venice. Pietro Pasqualigo in Lisbon, 1501 by Weinstein, Donald. Pasqualigo, Pietro

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Ambassador From Venice. Pietro Pasqualigo in Lisbon, 1501
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Weinstein, Donald. Pasqualigo, Pietro
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Kaaterskill Books, ABAA/ILAB (United States)
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A near fine copy with some slight bumping to the spine ends in a clear plastic dust jacket.
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Minneapolis: Univ. Minnesota Press, 1960. First edition. Embossed paper covered boards. A near fine copy with some slight bumping to the spine ends in a clear plastic dust jacket.. 112 pp. Illus. with b/w drawings. 8vo. Number 18 of 750 copies. Contains a facsimile of Pasqualigo's oration (Latin) in which he attempted to gain support from the Portuguese to help the Venetians in their struggles against the Turks. He did not succeed. A well researched and well written account of this important document with background, translation, notes, bibliography, index. An example of the best in scholarship.
Crooks and Coronets [Sophie's Place] (Two original photographs of Warren Oates from the 1969 film)

Crooks and Coronets [Sophie's Place] (Two original photographs of Warren Oates from the 1969 film) by Warren Oates, Telly Savalas, Edith Evans, Cesar Romero (starring); Jim O'Connolly (director, screenwriter)

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Crooks and Coronets [Sophie's Place] (Two original photographs of Warren Oates from the 1969 film)
Author
Warren Oates, Telly Savalas, Edith Evans, Cesar Romero (starring); Jim O'Connolly (director, screenwriter)
Seller
Royal Books (United States)
Description
London: Warner-Pathe, 1969. Two vintage black-and-white still photographs of Warren Oates from the 1969 UK film. Mimeograph snipe affixed to the verso of 1 still. Both stills feature the great Warren Oates. A comedy about two crooks hired to rob an old lady, but she proves to be too charming, and the robbers can't muster the guts to steal from her. 8 x 10 inches, and 7.25 x 9.25 inches (no borders, as issued). Smaller still with a tiny closed tear, else Near Fine.
Rembrandt's Journey; Painter, Deaftsman, Etcher
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Rembrandt's Journey; Painter, Deaftsman, Etcher by Ackley, Clifford S.

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Rembrandt's Journey; Painter, Deaftsman, Etcher
Author
Ackley, Clifford S.
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James & Mary Laurie Booksellers (A.B.A.A.) (United States)
ISBN
9780878466771
Condition
Fine
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Boston: MFA, 2003. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Bound in the publisher's original cloth covered boards, spine and cover stamped in gilt, Profusely illustrated throughout.
Joséphine vendue par ses sœurs Opéra-Bouffe en 3 actes de Paul Ferrier & Fabrice Carré ... Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens ... Partition Chant & Piano transcrite par l'Auteur. [Piano-vocal score]

Joséphine vendue par ses sœurs Opéra-Bouffe en 3 actes de Paul Ferrier & Fabrice Carré ... Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens ... Partition Chant & Piano transcrite par l'Auteur. [Piano-vocal score] by ROGER, Victor 1853-1903

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Joséphine vendue par ses sœurs Opéra-Bouffe en 3 actes de Paul Ferrier & Fabrice Carré ... Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens ... Partition Chant & Piano transcrite par l'Auteur. [Piano-vocal score]
Author
ROGER, Victor 1853-1903
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J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians LLC (United States)
Description
Paris: Choudens Père & Fils [PN A.C. 7240], 1886. Large octavo. Quarter red calf with textured red boards, ruled compartments and titling gilt to spine, marbled endpapers. 1f. (recto illustrated title by L. Denis, verso notes), [i] (notes on first performance, named cast list, and contents), 2-195, [i] (blank) pp. Named cast includes Thibault, Mily-Meyer, Macé-Montrouge, Piccaluga, Lamy, and Maugé. Binding worn, rubbed, and bumped; joints and hinges partially split; spine defective with partial loss. Several signatures partially split. First Edition, [?]second issue.
When a Darkness Falls - 1st Edition/1st Printing

When a Darkness Falls - 1st Edition/1st Printing by Zindel, Paul

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When a Darkness Falls - 1st Edition/1st Printing
Author
Zindel, Paul
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Books Tell You Why, Inc. (United States)
ISBN
9780553050301
Condition
Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
Description
New York: Bantam Books. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1984. First Edition; First Printing. 1/4 Cloth. 0553050303 . A sharp first edition/first printing in Near Fine condition with bookplate to front pastedown, date written to verso of front free end paper, and previous owner's "book review" written to recto of rear free end paper in alike dust-jacket with light edgewear; A young girl, her brother and their father are evacuated from the city to a small town in the middle of nowhere when the darkness falls. They must deal with the return of the undead and the government's lack of response.; 8vo; 243 pages; FSA .
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PARNASSUS CORNER: A LIFE OF JAMES T. FIELDS, PUBLISHER TO THE VICTORIA by TRYON, W.S.

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PARNASSUS CORNER: A LIFE OF JAMES T. FIELDS, PUBLISHER TO THE VICTORIA
Author
TRYON, W.S.
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The Bookpress, Ltd. (United States)
Description
TRYON, W.S. PARNASSUS CORNER: A LIFE OF JAMES T. FIELDS, PUBLISHER TO THE VICTORIANS. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1963. 8vo. Cloth, dust jacket. xvi, 445 pages. Fir edition. A biography of this 19th century publisher. Dust jacket lightly chipped.
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An Inaugural Dissertation on the Sanguinaria Canadensis of Linnaeus by Bird, Fitzgerald

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An Inaugural Dissertation on the Sanguinaria Canadensis of Linnaeus
Author
Bird, Fitzgerald
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Sanctuary Books (United States)
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Very Good+
Description
New York: H. Sage, 1822. Paperback. Very Good+. Fragment neatly excised from a larger volume, with portion of the original backstrip remaining. 74 pages. Foxed.
On the Slain Collegians

On the Slain Collegians by MELVILLE, Herman

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On the Slain Collegians
Author
MELVILLE, Herman
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Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (United States)
ISBN
9780374509545
Condition
Very Good
Description
New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1972. Softcover. Very Good. Second printing. Unpaginated. Illustrated from woodcuts by Antonio Frasconi. Lightly rubbed with some soiling, very good. Melville's Civil War poem unearthed, illustrated, and applied to the Vietnam War and the Kent State debacle.
Buddy at Rainbow Lake, or A Boy and His Boat; Dust jacket title: Buddy at Rainbow Lake. The Buddy Series

Buddy at Rainbow Lake, or A Boy and His Boat; Dust jacket title: Buddy at Rainbow Lake. The Buddy Series by GARIS, Howard R.

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Buddy at Rainbow Lake, or A Boy and His Boat; Dust jacket title: Buddy at Rainbow Lake. The Buddy Series
Author
GARIS, Howard R.
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Sandra L Hoekstra Bookseller, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA (United States)
Condition
Near fine
Description
New York: Cupples & Leon Company, 1930. Later printing. Boards. Near fine/Good. [Russell TANDY, dust jacket illustrator]. [JUVENILE] [JUVENILE SERIES BOOK]. Later printing. Number 4 in The Buddy Series. 12mo; 210pp; black-stamped red pebbled boards, vignette pictorial to front; patterned endpapers with a printed bookplate (not used); b&w frontispiece; paper age-toned; unclipped color pictorial dust jacket, front flap lists books through number 20. Buddy and the G-Man Mystery; two large old tears to rear panel with old tape, chipping to head of spine, light soiling; near fine in good dj. Jones 47. Not to be confused with the Buddy Books for Boys published by Grosset & Dunlap, The Buddy Series was a 1930s series of 21 books for young boy readers, from 6-10 years of age. The front flap states, "You will more than like BUDDY with his carefree ways, his cheerful smile, his boundless enthusiasm and his overflowing youth. BUDDY is certain to linger in your memory long after you have finished these stories.".
The Charlotte News, Hollywood and Me [*SIGNED*]

The Charlotte News, Hollywood and Me [*SIGNED*] by Wister, Emery

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The Charlotte News, Hollywood and Me [*SIGNED*]
Author
Wister, Emery
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ReadInk (United States)
Condition
Near Fine in Near Fine dj
Description
(n.p.): (published by the author). Near Fine in Near Fine dj. (c.1991). First Edition. Hardcover. [slight bumping to lower corners, faint foxing to top edge of text block; the jacket shows just a touch of wear at several corners, very light spotting along spine]. (B&W photographs) INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the verso of the title page: "To ____: / nice to talk / to you the other day. / Now you can read / all about what I did / when I visited the / old Hollywood. / Emery." Memoir by a long-time part-time journalist at the Charlotte (NC) News, who in his capacity as "a motion picture reviewer and columnist made more than 50 trips to Hollywood to interview the celebrities and watch them at work." The author's forays to the movie capital began in 1939 and continued into the 1970s; the book is quite anecdotal (most chapters are no more than 3-4 pages long), and seems about evenly divided between goings-on in Hollywood and back home in Charlotte (although almost all the photos are shots of the author with various movie stars). Signed by Author .
Yesterday's Key West

Yesterday's Key West by Windhorn, Stan; Langley, Wright

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Yesterday's Key West
Author
Windhorn, Stan; Langley, Wright
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Americana Books ABAA (United States)
ISBN
9780912458250
Condition
Good
Description
Miami: E. A. Seemann, 1973. Hardcover. Good/Fair. Octavo. Hardcover with pictorial dust jacket. Pictorial end sheets. 144 pages. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Foxing to the dust jacket. Light wear to the cloth binding. 1973 Christmas gift inscription written on the verso of the right front flyleaf.
"Theoretical interpretation of upper atmosphere emissions."

"Theoretical interpretation of upper atmosphere emissions." by BATES, D. R., editor.

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"Theoretical interpretation of upper atmosphere emissions."
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BATES, D. R., editor.
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Jeff Weber Rare Books (Switzerland)
Description
Offprint from: Planetary and Space Science, Vol. 10, 1963. New York, etc.:: Pergamon Press, 1963. At head of title: International Astronomical Union, Symposium No. 18, held in Paris, 25th-29th June 1962, jointly with the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics., 1963. 248 x 187 mm. 8vo. [iv], 264 pp. Figs., tables, plates, indexes. Printed wrappers. Very good.
The Passion According to St. John: Vocal Score

The Passion According to St. John: Vocal Score by Bach, J.S. [Johann Sebastian]; Mendel, Arthur

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The Passion According to St. John: Vocal Score
Author
Bach, J.S. [Johann Sebastian]; Mendel, Arthur
Seller
Yesterday's Muse Books (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
New York: G. Schirmer, 1967. Soft Cover. Very Good. 0x0x0. Wrappers, top edge, and a few pages lightly foxed. 1967 Soft Cover. xlv, 241 pp. Edited and with an introduction by Arthur Mendel. "The Passio secundum Joannem or St John Passion is a Passion or oratorio by Johann Sebastian Bach, the older of the surviving Passions by Bach. It was written during Bach's first year as director of church music in Leipzig and was first performed on April 7, 1724, at Good Friday Vespers at the St. Nicholas Church. The structure of the work falls in two halves, intended to flank a sermon. The anonymous libretto draws on existing works (notably Brockes') and is compiled from recitatives and choruses narrating the Passion of Christ as told in the Gospel of John, ariosos and arias reflecting on the action, and chorales using hymn tunes and texts familiar to a congregation of Bach's contemporaries. Compared with the St Matthew Passion, the St John Passion has been described as more extravagant, with an expressive immediacy, at times more unbridled and less "finished". The work is most often heard today in the 1739 - 1749 version (never performed during Bach's lifetime). Bach first performed it in 1724 and revised it in 1725, 1732, and 1749, adding several numbers. "O Mensch, bewein dein Sunde groß", a 1725 replacement for the opening chorus, found a new home in the 1736 St Matthew Passion but several arias from the revisions are found only in the appendices to modern editions.

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