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Sharp Tools For Catullan Gardens. Poems by Jonathan Williams. With 10 Lithographs by James McGarrell. Preface by Guy Davenport by DAVENPORT, Guy, preface

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Seller: James S. Jaffe Rare Books LLC

Title: Sharp Tools For Catullan Gardens. Poems by Jonathan Williams. With 10 Lithographs by James McGarrell. Preface by Guy Davenport
Author: DAVENPORT, Guy, preface
Seller: James S. Jaffe Rare Books LLC (United States)
Condition: Fine copy of this rare portfolio.
Description: Bloomington, Indiana: Fine Arts Department University of Indiana, 1968. First edition. One of only 36 copies (the entire edition) signed by Williams & McGarrell, with each lithograph individually signed by the artist. Crane D44. Fine copy of this rare portfolio.. Large folio, loose sheets in fabricoid portfolio. Fine copy of this rare portfolio.

Personal Photo Album by [Hanagan, Alonzo]; [Lon of New York]

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Title: Personal Photo Album
Author: [Hanagan, Alonzo]; [Lon of New York]
Seller: Brian Cassidy Bookseller at Type Punch Matrix (United States)
Condition: Very good plus.
Description: [New York]: n.p., 1962. Very good plus.. Studio photographs of a single male model, by renowned physique photographer Lon of New York. Album of color photographs from three separate photo sessions with the same male model, taken in May-June of 1962. The subject - the "most handsome, gorgeous, magnificent V.B." of the handwritten title page dedication - appears in various attitudes and poses, nude or semi-nude in the style of the era's men's physique magazines, standing or reclining in elegant armchairs or against stately Greek columns. Hanagan, known professionally as Lon of New York, differed from many of his contemporaries in his focus on photographing men of color, particularly African American and Latino models, often from working-class backgrounds. While his early work in the '30s and '40s was for bodybuilding magazines, in later decades he selected models with a disarmingly average build, and photographed them with all the visual idealization typically reserved for men fitting the chiseled magazine ideal. In a late interview just before his death, the otherwise complimentary Village Voice offered a disdainful disclaimer before its praise: "Even if some of these lugs look out of their element perched on a fluted column in a posing strap," wrote Vince Aletti, before acknowledging that "Lon's best photos have the warmth of portraits and and a feeling for the soul". But Hanagan was aware, if the Village Voice was not, that no one is more or less 'in his element' when posing on a fluted column: that the 20th century visual language of erotic symbolism is a constructed one, an artificial world gesturing at an imagined classical past, and thus as open and inclusive and free of bias and snobbery as a given photographer allows it to be. Hanagan remembered: "I'd say, 'Now Sal, or Raul, or whoever, you're up there for one reason. You're there because you're an object of beauty. And you're supposed to think, I must be beautiful or I wouldn't be standing here." Photo album. Brown leatherette boards with metal comb binding. Approximately 215 color photographs, most 5'' x 2'', mounted to plastic sleeves recto and verso. Pen inscription to first page: "The most handsome, gorgeous, magnificent V.B. / - 1962 - / May 27 / June 5 / June 20". Front cover of album detached. Interior photographs fine.

IN AND ABOUT DRURY LANE AND OTHER PAPERS, REPRINTED FROM THE PAGES OF THE 'TEMPLE BAR' MAGAZINE by (EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED BOOKS - LONDON). DORAN, JOHN

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Seller: Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts

Title: IN AND ABOUT DRURY LANE AND OTHER PAPERS, REPRINTED FROM THE PAGES OF THE 'TEMPLE BAR' MAGAZINE
Author: (EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED BOOKS - LONDON). DORAN, JOHN
Seller: Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts (United States)
Description: London: Richard Bentley & Son, 1881. FIRST EDITION. 230 x 132 mm. (8 x 5 1/4"). QUITE HANDSOME CONTEMPORARY FLECKED CALF, covers with a double gilt fillet frame with rosette cornerpieces, raised bands, spines gilt in compartments with a central urn framed by scrolling foliage, red and green morocco labels, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED WITH 90 PLATES, most protected by tissue guards. Spines just slightly sunned, occasional light offsetting from plates, a handful of plates with mild foxing, but a fine copy, extremely fresh and quite clean, in an unworn, extremely lustrous binding. Extra-illustrated and attractively bound, this is an appealing copy of John Doran's vignettes of 19th century London life and the theatre. A prolific writer of Irish origin, Doran (1807-78) worked as a private tutor, then became a full-time author and journalist, editing the "Church and State Gazette" and the "Atheneum." He produced many works, usually historical biographies, but also wrote extensively about the theatre, a lifelong passion. He had tried his hand at playwriting as a young man, and writes about the subject here with all the enthusiasm of a confirmed playgoer. The present volume is made up of essays nearly all originally published in the "Temple Bar Magazine," to which Doran regularly contributed. This periodical, which ran from 1860 to 1906, was a leading literary magazine of the day, publishing works by Wilkie Collins, Arthur Conan Doyle, Anthony Trollope, and Robert Louis Stevenson, among others. In our two handsome volumes here, the editors have collected Doran's pieces about the theatre (as the title suggests), but also historical vignettes, biographical sketches, and commentaries on modern life and his own experiences, told, as the introduction puts it, "with a sprightly wit." The present copy is enriched with a large number of attractive plates, primarily portraits depicting figures discussed, from actors to nobility, together with occasional illustrations of unusual scenes and events, such as Lord Nelson's funeral carriage..

Things We Dreamt We Died For by Bell, Marvin

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Title: Things We Dreamt We Died For
Author: Bell, Marvin
Seller: Thomas A Goldwasser Rare Books (United States)
Description: Iowa City: The Stone Wall Press, 1966. First edition. Bell's first book (preceded by a single chapbook), one of 270 copies, all on Arches paper, original grey cloth, not issued in dust jacket, spine slightly faded. Inscribed presentation copy from Bell to the poet and novelist James Schevill. The first poet laureate of Iowa, Bell served in the U.S. Army in 1964-65.

Tennessee Williams: A Tribute.; Edited by Jac Tharpe by (Williams, Tennessee); Tharpe, Jac (ed.)

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Title: Tennessee Williams: A Tribute.; Edited by Jac Tharpe
Author: (Williams, Tennessee); Tharpe, Jac (ed.)
Seller: Thomas A Goldwasser Rare Books (United States)
Description: Jackson: Univ. of Mississippi Press, 1977. First edition. Black cloth, fine in lightly used dust jacket, with small edge tears.

John Henry Barrows, A Memoir. By His Daughter. by Barrows, Mary Eleanor.

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Title: John Henry Barrows, A Memoir. By His Daughter.
Author: Barrows, Mary Eleanor.
Seller: Lighthouse Books, ABAA (United States)
Description: Chicago: Fleming H. Revell Co., 1904. First edition. Presentation copy, inscribed and signed by the author: “For Clara E. Laughlin, to whom / the ‘Light of Asia’s’ heart went out / from the first time he met her / till the end of his life; with / the admiring love of // Mary Eleanor Barrows / Christmas 1904.” Clara E. Laughlin (1873-1941) was the author of more than 35 books, headed a Travel Service with offices in Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, and Paris, and published a monthly magazine with a circulation of more than 80,000. The subject of the biography, John Henry Barrows, was the senior pastor at First Presbyterian Church, Chicago, at the time of the Exposition of 1893. Because of his proximity to the organizers of the Fair, he was asked to organize and chair a concurrent religious event. In preparation for what became known as the World Parliament of REligions, Barrows and his committee sent out some ten thousand personal letters (not to mention forty thousand documents) to the far corners of the world. “We affectionately invite the representatives of all faiths,” the letter said, “to aid us in presenting to the world, at the Exposition of 1893, the religious harmonies and unities of humanity, and also in showing forth the moral and spiritual agencies which are the root of human progress.” Beginning Spetember 11th, 1893, and for the following seventeen days, more than 4,000 representatives of the world’s religions -- Protestantism, Hinduism, Jainism, Islam, Judaism, Catholicism, Greek and Russian ORthodoxy, Confucianism, Taoism, Shintoism, Ethical Culture, and others -- met to “bring forth the truths the various religions teach in common,” and to “promote the brotherhood among religious men of diverse faith.” The Parliament was a landmark event bringing, for the first time in history, so diverse an audience.Octavo, bound by Sickles in purple levant & marbled boards, with the gilt-stamped monogram of Charles Edward Ballard (hotelier and circus owner) on the upper panel of the front cover, gilt-decorated spine, top edge gilt, uncut, [x], [11]-480 pp. Frontis. portrait. Near-Fine; spine somewhat faded, mostly unopened.

Das Rollwagenbüchlin. (A little book of good stories - from 1555) by Wickram, Jorg

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Title: Das Rollwagenbüchlin. (A little book of good stories - from 1555)
Author: Wickram, Jorg
Seller: The Kelmscott Bookshop (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: Munich: Hans von Weber, 1913. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. IN GERMAN. Limited edition. This is number JJ. Jörg Wickram (about 1505 to about 1565) was a German poet and story teller. Bound in marbled paper covered boards with paper title label to spine titled in black. Label on front cover is no longer present. Rubbing to boards and wear to edges, hinges, cand corners. There is a two inch split to the bottom of the front hinge and paper is lifting from the spine. Interior binding is a little loose with a few splits, but all pages remain bound onto the original binding tapes. Clean, bright interior. 265 pages. GERLANG/122022.

IMBIBE!
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Title: IMBIBE!
Author: Wondrich, David
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Condition: Illustrated boards. Fine, in find dust wrapper
Description: New York: A PERIGEE BOOK, 2015. Updated and Revised. Hardcover. Illustrated boards. Fine, in find dust wrapper. 363 pages. 21.5 x 14.5 cm. Signed on front free end paper by the author: "HEALTH & TIPSINESS! David Wondrich". Cocktail expert and historian David Wondrich's Imbibe! presents the colorful, little-known history of the classic American cocktail - and the ultimate guide to classic American drink-making - in an engaging homage to Jerry Thomas, father of the American bar. This newly revised edition has been thoroughly updated with more biographical anecdotes, more obscure but delightful old recipes with more helpful hints on how to make them work today, more on old spirits and bartender's gear - more of everything. Pristine.

JAPAN THE BEAUTY OF FOOD by Wolf, Reinhart (photograpy) & Angela Terzani (text)

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Title: JAPAN THE BEAUTY OF FOOD
Author: Wolf, Reinhart (photograpy) & Angela Terzani (text)
Seller: lizzyoung bookseller (United States)
Condition: Color photo boards. Very good
Description: New York: RIZZOLI, 1987. Hardcover. Color photo boards. Very good. Unpaginated [166 pp.] 27 x 27 cm. "The delight that the severity, charm, simplicity and delicacy of Japanese objects and procedures calls forth among Western observers has its roots in a different sensibility and a different self-image. If it invites one, as do the food still life Reinhart Wolf has photographed, to contemplate things in isolation, one should never forge that each Japanese work of art is. never the product of any isolated activity" - Adolf Muschg. Beautifully photo illustrated. Interior clean. Illustrated boards lightly rubbed.

Catalogue and Price List Bobbins and Spools Manufactured by Worth & Gifillan

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Title: Catalogue and Price List Bobbins and Spools Manufactured by Worth & Gifillan
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Description: Barnet, VT, 1871. Single sheet with 8 panels. Ink numbers on cover, else good.

Pennsylvania at Gettysburg, Vol. II

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Title: Pennsylvania at Gettysburg, Vol. II
Seller: Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (United States)
Condition: Good
Description: PA: Common Weath of PA, 1904. Hardcover. Good. Revised. Good, book has wear at edges and spine of cover, separation of front and back hinge, leather spine, marbled cover.

The Hale Report Shown up by Governor Garcelon and his council and its charges proven false and groundless. A Plain Statement of Facts Covering the Points in the Great Controversy, together with a brief review of the Hale inquisition

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Title: The Hale Report Shown up by Governor Garcelon and his council and its charges proven false and groundless. A Plain Statement of Facts Covering the Points in the Great Controversy, together with a brief review of the Hale inquisition
Seller: Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Description: [Augusta, ME?]: [publisher not identified], 1880. Staplebound. 30, [2]pp., wraps. 8.5 x 6 in. A summary report on the Greenback Controversy, in which voter fraud was alleged in the contested Maine state election of 1879. Alonzo Garcelon, a former Republican and opponent of “radical Republicanism”-turned-Democrat, contested the results of the September 1879 election, in which Democrats lost the governor’s office and seats in the state legislature to the Republican Party. Garcelon alleged that Democrat votes were suppressed and Republicans installed in the state legislature by means of bribery. Republicans led by Republican state senator James Blaine descended on the state capital to protest and Garcelon left office in January 1880. The Hale Committee was formed in February of 1880 to investigate the events, and it is this committee’s work which is criticized in the present tract, commissioned by Garcelon and his political allies in the Democratic Party.

The epic of Mount Everest by Younghusband, Francis, Sir

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Title: The epic of Mount Everest
Author: Younghusband, Francis, Sir
Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (United States)
Description: New York: Longmans, Green & Co. London: Edward Arnold & Co, 1926. First edition, American issue; 8vo, pp. 319, [1]; 16 plates and two maps; hinges cracked, spine faded, else a good, clean copy in original ochre cloth stamped in brown. Yakushi Y33a, not noting this American issue: "Story of the three expeditions to Mount Everest in 1921,1922, and 1924.

Neither Had I Rest by Cromarty, Noel

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Title: Neither Had I Rest
Author: Cromarty, Noel
Seller: Brenner's Collectable Books (United States)
Condition: Fine
Description: London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1949. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo., 253pp.plus 2pgs ads. Beautiful First Edition. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear save a tiny bump to the front bottom tip. Very attractive unclipped wrapper, (8/6 net), has a couple of tiny, barely noticeable closed tears. Some mild soiling. Still fresh and bright with no chipping or creases. A very pretty collectable copy of a surprisingly uncommon title in such high-grade condition. (Hubin p.100).

Stadtgestaltung by Zeuchner, Gerd

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Title: Stadtgestaltung
Author: Zeuchner, Gerd
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Description: Berlin: VEB Verlag für Bauwesen, 1989. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 224pp. Original illustrated wrappers over tan paper covered boards. Captivating monograph on urban design dealing with the arrangement, appearance and functionality of former East German cities such as Berlin, Dresden, Erfurt, Leipzig, Potsdam, Rostock, but also other European cities such as Paris, Versailles, Rome, London, etc... This work is profusely illustrated with numerous b/w full-page and in-text photographic reproductions of buildings and maps. Minor age-toning and creasing along edges of wrappers. Text in German. Wrappers in overall good+, binding and interior in very good condition.

Wiederherstellungschirurgie und Traumatologie. Reconstruction surgery and traumatology. . . Jahrbuch. . . by ARAUJO, A. de et al, editors.

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Title: Wiederherstellungschirurgie und Traumatologie. Reconstruction surgery and traumatology. . . Jahrbuch. . .
Author: ARAUJO, A. de et al, editors.
Seller: Jeff Weber Rare Books (Switzerland)
Description: Basel & New York:: S. Karger, 1953., 1953. 247 x 177 mm. 8vo. [viii], 262 pp. Text in German, English and French, numerous figs. (including 1 color plate). Red- and gilt-stamped beige cloth; covers lightly soiled. Very good.

Constitution of the State of Maryland

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Title: Constitution of the State of Maryland
Seller: Weller Book Works ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Condition: Good
Description: William Thompson, 1868. Good. Constitution of the State of Maryland. Annapolis: William Thompson, 1868. 156pp. Indexed. 8vo. Wraps. Book condition: Good. Rebacked with original spine overlaid. New back cover. Spotting to front cover. Corners bumped. Ownership inscription on title page. A few dog eared pages. Otherwise clean.

The National Geographic Magazine (December 1944: Vol. 86, no. 6)

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Title: The National Geographic Magazine (December 1944: Vol. 86, no. 6)
Seller: Weller Book Works ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: National Geographic Society, 1944. Very Good. The National Geographic Magazine (December 1944: Vol. 86, no. 6). Washington D. C.: National Geographic Society, 1944. Illustrated. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good with gentle bumping and rubbing.

Shi qie. Explanations of the character [qie] and of expressions beginning with the character by Yang, Chia-Lo [Jialuo]

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Title: Shi qie. Explanations of the character [qie] and of expressions beginning with the character
Author: Yang, Chia-Lo [Jialuo]
Seller: Kaaterskill Books, ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Condition: About very good, few tiny chips to the wrappers and spine, wrappers soiled.
Description: Taipei: Dept. of Compilation of Encyclopaedia Sinica, 1957. First edition. Paper wrappers. About very good, few tiny chips to the wrappers and spine, wrappers soiled.. 59, 6 pp. 1 folding plate. 4to. Text in Chinese with a synopsis in English of methods used in the compilation of Encyclopaedia Sinica, with the single Chinese character [qie] as example. One folding color plate illustrating the Encyclopedia.

Aspects of Anthony Caro: Recent Sculpture 1981-89 by CARO, Anthony

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Title: Aspects of Anthony Caro: Recent Sculpture 1981-89
Author: CARO, Anthony
Seller: Riverrun Books & Manuscripts (United States)
ISBN: 9781870280174
Condition: A fine copy
Description: London: Annely Juda Fine Art, 1989. A fine copy. 8vo. 96 pages. Ilustrated in color. Pictorial wrappers. FIRST EDITION.

WATER-SUPPLY POTENTIAL FROM AN ASPHALT-LINED CATCHMENT NEAR HOLUALOA KONA, HAWAII by WSP 1809 - P -- Chinn, Salwyn S.W.

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Title: WATER-SUPPLY POTENTIAL FROM AN ASPHALT-LINED CATCHMENT NEAR HOLUALOA KONA, HAWAII
Author: WSP 1809 - P -- Chinn, Salwyn S.W.
Seller: Hoffman Books (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: Washington, D.C.: GPO. Very Good. 1965. Softcover. USGS 1965. Wrappers, very good condition (rubber stamp on cover). .

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