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Autograph letter signed to "my cozen Tunstall," most likely Bishop Cuthbert Tunstall by Rokeby, John

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Title: Autograph letter signed to "my cozen Tunstall," most likely Bishop Cuthbert Tunstall
Author: Rokeby, John
Seller: Jeremy Norman & Co., Inc. (United States)
Description: 1537. Rokeby, John (d. 1573). Autograph letter signed to "my cozen Tunstall," most likely Bishop Cuthbert Tunstall (1474-1559). 1 - 1/2pp. N.p., n.d. 223 x 184 mm. Fine apart from light soiling. From ecclesiastical lawyer John Rokeby, who acted as one of Henry VIII's counsel in his divorce from Katharine of Aragon and later served as a member of the Council of the North, a regional administrative body originally established by Richard III and later reinstated by Henry VIII in 1530 as a means of exerting control over England's pro-Catholic northern counties. His correspondent was most likely Bishop Cuthbert Tunstall, who served as president of the Council in 1530 and 1537; Tunstall is best known today as the author of De arte supputandi libri quattuor (1522), the first book published in England devoted exclusively to mathematics. In his letter Rokeby asks Tunstall for a "contribution to enable me to go through with my presant Undertaking . . . I began this Method last yeare but was check'd by ill health & want of the proper Instrument Lond. being too expensive for me & some necessary Cloaths awanting however am now determin'd to goe by sea as soon as possablely I can . . ." Rokeby and Tunstall may have been related, as they were both from the same part of England and Rokeby addressed Tunstall as "cozen." .

Collected Papers, Children's Medical Clinic, Massachusetts General Hospital by Talbot, Fritz B.

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Title: Collected Papers, Children's Medical Clinic, Massachusetts General Hospital
Author: Talbot, Fritz B.
Seller: Biomed Rare Books LLC, ABAA, ILAB (United States)
Description: 1910-1926. First editions. THE BIRTH OF AMERICAN ACADEMIC PEDIATRICS ARCHIVED IN 160 OFFPRINTS FROM THE MGH, 1910-1926. Three hardcover volumes, 10 inches tall, gray buckram binding, gilt title to spines, each containing offprints (with original wraps as issued) published by Dr. Fritz B. Talbot and colleagues at the Children's Medical Clinic of Massachusetts General Hospital from 1910 to 1926. Vol. 1, titled "1910-1920," bookplate to front paste-down of "Treadwell Library, Massachusetts General Hospital, The Gift of Dr. F. B. Talbot," 44 offprints by Fritz B. Talbot on general pediatric topics, including metabolic studies; Vol. 2, titled, "1910-1920," bookplate of Treadwell Library, 56 offprints by William R. P. Emerson, Richard S. Eustis, Warren R. Sisson, Richard M. Smith, James H. Young. Topics include nutrition, pediatric infectious disease, cardiology, nephrology, gastroenterology; Vol. 3, titled, "1921-1926." bookplate of Treadwell Library, 60 offprints by Fritz B. Talbot, William R. P. Emerson, Joseph Garland, Gerald N. Hoeffel, Ralph T. Ogden, Edward S. O'Keefe, Eli C. Romberg, Edward B. Shaw, Warren R. Sisson, Katherine Thacher. Most of the Talbot papers comprise metabolic studies, those of other authors include growth, nutrition, pediatric cardiology, endocrinology, nephrology, and allergy. Covers clean, fragile front flyleaf loose in Vol. 3 and lacking in Vols. 1 & 2, browning to endpapers and page edges, handstamp of MGH library to covers of some offprints, bindings tight, very good in custom archival mylar covers. HISTORY: The first child admitted to Mass General was an 11 year-old girl in 1821. No separate pediatric service existed until 1910, when Dr. Fritz B. Talbot founded the Children's Medical Clinic. FRITZ BRADLEY TALBOT (1878-1964 ) received his MD from Harvard in 1905 and 5 years later became Chief of the Children's Medical Service serving from 1910 to 1931. He was a visionary who persevered through war and the Great Depression to develop a complete pediatric medical department to serve the children of Boston at Mass General. He was a pioneer in describing the underlying causes and consequences of "failure to thrive" in infancy and early childhood, quantifying the energy requirements of growing children (BMR) by measuring the expired carbon dioxide (measurements/reference standards that are quite close to those in use today). A landmark paper co-authored with the physiologist Francis Gano Benedict (Studies in the Respiratory Exchange in Infants, American Journal of Diseases of Children, 1914) is offprint No. 21 in Vol. 1 offered here. Talbot also established the importance of vitamin D in childhood nutrition, the concept of food allergy and many other highly novel and significant advances during that time. Vol. 3 contains 30 of Talbot's publications in the years 1921-1926, with many more metabolic studies. The authors included in Vol. 2 and 3 comprise the work of physician faculty and house staff under the leadership of Fritz Talbot at the Children's Medical Clinic in the early 20th century. Drs. Eustis and Sisson were MGH house officers in 1912 and Dr. Edward Byer Shaw became Chair of Pediatrics at the University of California, San Francisco (1934-1942) and President of the American Academy of Pediatrics (1949-1950). Following retirement, Talbot studied art at the Scott Harbee School and at Harvard; his paintings hang in the Museum of Fine Arts and the Fogg Museum.

Les derniers jours by Queneau, Raymond

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Title: Les derniers jours
Author: Queneau, Raymond
Seller: Thomas A Goldwasser Rare Books (United States)
Description: Paris: Gallimard, 1977. New edition. Original wrappers, 2 p. l., 7-249 p., 1 l. 19 cm. Copy number 20 of 25 on vélin d'Arches. Very fine.

Temps Mêlés. Avec quatre textes de Raymond Queneau et un hommage à Boris Vian by (Queneau, Raymond; Vian, Boris)

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Title: Temps Mêlés. Avec quatre textes de Raymond Queneau et un hommage à Boris Vian
Author: (Queneau, Raymond; Vian, Boris)
Seller: Thomas A Goldwasser Rare Books (United States)
Description: Verviers, 1961. First edition. Wrappers, fine.

La nueva farmacopea del Real Colegio de Médicos de Londres, y su análisis, ó sea, La explicacion de la naturaleza, principios, virtudes, usos y dosis de sus preparaciones y composiciones / por el Doctor Roberto White ; traducidas del ingles con notas relativas á la farmácia, é historia natural y médica de España por el Dr. Don Casimiro Gomez de Ortega, primer catedrático del Real Jardin Botanico, director del Real Colegio de Boticarios de esta Corte, boticario mayor honorario del rey N. S. y alcalde exâminador decano de la sala de farmácia en el Real Protomedicato by White, Roberto; Gomez de Ortega, Casimiro

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Title: La nueva farmacopea del Real Colegio de Médicos de Londres, y su análisis, ó sea, La explicacion de la naturaleza, principios, virtudes, usos y dosis de sus preparaciones y composiciones / por el Doctor Roberto White ; traducidas del ingles con notas relativas á la farmácia, é historia natural y médica de España por el Dr. Don Casimiro Gomez de Ortega, primer catedrático del Real Jardin Botanico, director del Real Colegio de Boticarios de esta Corte, boticario mayor honorario del rey N. S. y alcalde exâminador decano de la sala de farmácia en el Real Protomedicato
Author: White, Roberto; Gomez de Ortega, Casimiro
Seller: Kaaterskill Books, ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Condition: Boards rubbed and damp stained at corners, small nick at head of spine, top fore corner dampstained but not affecting text, stil
Description: Madrid: En la imprenta de la viuda de don Joaquin Ibarra, 1797. First edition. Full speckled calf, red spine label, gilt title & bands, marbled endpapers. Boards rubbed and damp stained at corners, small nick at head of spine, top fore corner dampstained but not affecting text, still about very good.. [3] preliminary leaves, 145 pp., 165 pp., [2]. 8vo. Translation of: "The new Pharmacopoeia of the Royal College of Physicians of London" which is Thomas Heald's translation of: "Pharmacopoeia Londinensis." Includes a translation of: Robert White's "An analysis of The new London pharmacopoeia." OCLC locates only three copies in American Libraries: National Lib. of Medicine, Univ. Wisc. and Duke; and seven in Europe. One is also located at Univ. de Ciencias y Artes de Chiapas. Palau 375019 &104233. Wellcome IV, p. 366. Piñal IV: 1687.

Letters From His Excellency George Washington, to Arthur Young, Esq. FRS, and John Sinclair, Bart. M.P. by WASHINGTON, George.

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Title: Letters From His Excellency George Washington, to Arthur Young, Esq. FRS, and John Sinclair, Bart. M.P.
Author: WASHINGTON, George.
Seller: Savoy Books (United States)
Description: Book. Containing an account of his husbandry, with his opinions on various questions in agriculture; and many particulars of the rural economy of the United States. Alexandria: Cottom and Stewart, 1803. 8vo, original boards, rebacked, covers detached. Pp. 128, uncut. Some staining and darkening throughout; crude repair to marginal tear on last leaf. First edition. Rich documentation of Washington's agricultural expertise, with frequent reference to Jefferson and Hamilton as well. Imprints 5536; Sabin 101720; Rink 1144..

Indice de'Libri a Stampa citati per testi di Lingua nel Vocabolario de'Signori Accademici della Crusca. Con un Lettera preliminare ed alcune Osservazioni by Bravetti, Jacopo

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Title: Indice de'Libri a Stampa citati per testi di Lingua nel Vocabolario de'Signori Accademici della Crusca. Con un Lettera preliminare ed alcune Osservazioni
Author: Bravetti, Jacopo
Seller: De Simone Company, Booksellers (United States)
Description: Venizia: Presso Antonio Savioli, 1775. 8vo. 200 x 140 mm., [7 ¾ x 5 ¼ inches]. 107 [1] pp. Contemporary paste-paper boards; binding soiled, title in ink on spine, text block lightly foxed throughout. First edition, followed by a Verona edition, with addition, printed in 1798. A select bibliography, listing over 300 titles, by authors, editors, and commentators who were represented in the Vocabulario Della Crusca and were recognized for their contributions to the standardization of the Italian language. The best editions of both classical and contemporary authors are described by Bravetti, who annotates his list with notes on previous edition and comments on the quality of the language used by the original authors and their editors. This is one of the earliest bibliographical studies of Italian literature and follows the work of Giuseppe Baretti and Alessandro Pompeo Berti and Domenico Giorgi and their catalogue of the Capponi collection published in 1747. Bravetti's work was based on the collection of Giuseppe Gradenigo, to whom the book is dedicated. The Gradenigo collection was subsequently sold enbloc to the bookseller Adolfo Cesare. Ottino & Fumagalli, Biblioteca Bibliographica Italica, 2182. Besterman, World Bibliograph of Bibliographies, II p. 214.

THE LAST BREAD by BATES, H.E.

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Title: THE LAST BREAD
Author: BATES, H.E.
Seller: Antic Hay Books (United States)
Description: The Labour Publishing Co, 1926. BATES, H.E. THE LAST BREAD. A Play In One Act. London: The Labour Publishing Co., [1926]. 12mo., sewn printed wraps. First Edition. [Eads A2]. Author's first book. The number of copies printed is unknown. Signed by Bates on the title page. While unsigned copies appear on the market with some frequency (and are usually priced at about $200 to $250), signed copies are uncommon. Very Good. $250.00.

The Stranger in Ireland: Or, a Tour in the Southern and Western Parts of That Country, in the Year 1805 by Carr, John

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Title: The Stranger in Ireland: Or, a Tour in the Southern and Western Parts of That Country, in the Year 1805
Author: Carr, John
Seller: Ten Pound Island Book Co. (United States)
Description: New York: I. Riley & Co., 1807. xi, 334 pp. b/w frontispiece and folding table. A good copy with scattered light foxing. Bound in original full calf with spine label. Some rubbing to backstrip and joints.

Mimes; Sacred & Profane by H[ilary] D[ouglas] C[larke] Pepler; Dunstan Pruden (Illustrations)

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Title: Mimes; Sacred & Profane
Author: H[ilary] D[ouglas] C[larke] Pepler; Dunstan Pruden (Illustrations)
Seller: Swan's Fine Books (United States)
Condition: Near fine
Description: London: Samuel French Limited [printed by the St Dominic's Press, Ditchling Common, Hassocks], 1932. Hardcover. Near fine. Revised variant edition, duodecimo size, 116 pp. Mimes, the author states, are similar to early liturgical plays and this work includes mimes titled, "The Stations of the Cross", "The Rosary", "St. George and the Turkish Knight", 'Harlequinade" and "Sir Galahad"; illustrated with drawings of masks designed and made by Dunstan Pruden. The Saint Dominic's Press, founded by Harry (Hilary) Douglas Clarke Pepler, flourished at Ditchling, Sussex, from 1916 to 1936. The first home of the Press was "a disused stable", with a hundred-year-old Stanhope hand-press which supposedly had belonged to William Morris. Pepler endeavored to do everything possible by hand, believing that such would both produce the best results and also be a "more individual or 'humane'...product". He therefore "preferred the handpress to the machine, handmade to machine-made paper, and handset founder's type to the products of typesetting machines." Pepler met Edward Johnston and Eric Gill while living in Hammersmith; Pepler and his family would eventually move to Ditchling to join Gill, who was one of the most important artists to provide illustrations for the St. Dominic's Press. Other artists who provided illustrations included David Jones, Desmond Chute, Philip Hagreen, and Mary Dudley Short, among others. ___DESCRIPTION: Printed tan paper wrappers with yapped edges, black lettering and a small illustration on the front wrap and title page; duodecimo size (7 1/2" x 5"), pagination: [i-iv] 1-110 [111] [1, colophon]. . ___CONDITION: Near fine, the wraps clean, a strong, square text block, the interior is clean and entirely free of prior owner markings; dustiness to the yapped edges, a lightly stamped price ("Price 75¢") at the bottom margin of the front wrap, small creases on front cover and slight foxing to endpapers. ___CITATIONS: Taylor and Sewell, no. A218; note that the quotes and much of the introductory information from "Three Private Presses" by Brocard Sewell. ___POSTAGE: International customers, please note that additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs; 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.

Speech of Mr. Burges, of Rhode Island, on the Motion to Strike from the General Appropriation Bill the Salary Appropriated for the Minister to Russia. Delivered in the House of Representatives, February 3, 1831 by Burges, Tristam

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Title: Speech of Mr. Burges, of Rhode Island, on the Motion to Strike from the General Appropriation Bill the Salary Appropriated for the Minister to Russia. Delivered in the House of Representatives, February 3, 1831
Author: Burges, Tristam
Seller: ZH BOOKS (United States)
Condition: Very good
Description: Washington DC: Printed by Gales & Seaton, 1831. First Edition. Very good. First edition; 8 1/4 x 5 1/4; pp. [1], 4-53, [1]; self-wraps, stitched, as issued; deckled fore-edge; some creasing and a few small nicks to edges and corners; some spotting and foxing, not affecting readability; overall in very good condition.Tristam Burges (1770 - 1853) was a US Congressman from Rhode Island, served as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the state, and lectured as a professor at Brown University. John Randolph (1773 - 1833) was a US Senator from Virginia, who was also Minister to Russia under Andrew Jackson in 1830. Allegedly, after serving only a few months, Randolph resigned for health reasons and spent almost a year in England, before returning to the US in October of 1831. The current speech, delivered prior to his return, addressed several issues, among which were his "deserting his post" and the Secretary of State's advising the President to appoint Randolph to the position, despite knowing his health problems, thus rendering the diplomatic appointment and the appropriation bill for his salary illegal.

POEM READ BEFORE THE SOCIETY OF ALUMNI OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA by THOMPSON, John R.

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Title: POEM READ BEFORE THE SOCIETY OF ALUMNI OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
Author: THOMPSON, John R.
Seller: The Bookpress, Ltd. (United States)
Description: (VIRGINIA) THOMPSON, John R. POEM READ BEFORE THE SOCIETY OF ALUMNI OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA. Richmond: Clemmitt & Jones, 1870. 8vo. Original wrappers. 12 pages. First edition. John Reuben Thompson edited the Southern Literary Messenger 1847-1860, and la served as Assistant Secretary of Virginia during the Civil War. His collecte poems were first published posthumously in 1920, 47 years after he died. Bot right corner torn, wrappers repaired with tape, some soiling.

Old Mexico and Her Lost Provinces by Bishop, William Henry

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Title: Old Mexico and Her Lost Provinces
Author: Bishop, William Henry
Seller: Bookbid Rare Books (United States)
Condition: very good
Description: Harper & Brothers, 1883. first. hardcover. very good. First edition, 1883 ob title and copyright page. Book very good, minor wear ans soiling to covers, slight foxing to end papers.

Black Mammy, A Song of the South, in Three Cantos; and My Village Home by Visscher, William Lightfoot

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Title: Black Mammy, A Song of the South, in Three Cantos; and My Village Home
Author: Visscher, William Lightfoot
Seller: Sanctuary Books (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: Cheyenne, Wyoming: [Sun Steam Print], 1885. Hardcover. Very Good. Publisher's pictorial grey cloth over bevelled boards, gilt-stamped lettering and ornament on upper board; 8vo; pp. 107, [1], illustrated. Spine a little water-damaged and faded; corners gently bumped. Some browning here and there, but text block is overall nice and clean.

The Sermon on the Mount; Introduction, parallel texts, and commentaries by Rowan A. Greer by LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB

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Title: The Sermon on the Mount; Introduction, parallel texts, and commentaries by Rowan A. Greer
Author: LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB
Seller: Riverrun Books & Manuscripts (United States)
Condition: Slightest wear to glassine and rubbing to spine, otherwise fine.
Description: New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1977. Limited edition, number 605 of 1600 copies. Slightest wear to glassine and rubbing to spine, otherwise fine.. Folio. Original black morocco-backed patterned boards; original glassine; publisher's slipcase.

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Book Collecting: a Comprehensive Guide - 1st Edition/1st Printing by Ahearn, Allen

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Title: Book Collecting: a Comprehensive Guide - 1st Edition/1st Printing
Author: Ahearn, Allen
Seller: Books Tell You Why, Inc. (United States)
ISBN: 9780399134562
Condition: Fine in Fine dust jacket
Description: New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1989. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0399134565 . A Fine first Printing of the First Edition in a dust-jacket of equal value; This book is a comprehensive guide to collecting books. It covers everything from basic collections to more advanced topics such as bookbinding and rare books. The book is well organized and includes tips and advice from the author on how to collect books.; 8vo; 320 pages .

Massachusetts Mercury. No. 31, Vol. XIII

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Title: Massachusetts Mercury. No. 31, Vol. XIII
Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (United States)
Description: Boston: printed by Young and Minns, Tuesday, April 16, 1799. 20 " x 12½ ", pp. [4]; 4 columns per page; removed from binding. An account of a French ship firing at an American ship in the harbor of Curracoa (French forces invaded Curaçao a year later) in which ten men were killed and wounded; a letter defending President Adams, news from the Secretary of War, American naval intelligence, marine diary, marriage & death annoucements, new publications, woolen goods at auction, patent medicines, ship news (with cuts), public notices, a wet nurse recommendation, and usual ads (some with cuts).

Henry’s Fate & Other Poems, 967-1972. by Berryman, John.

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Title: Henry’s Fate & Other Poems, 967-1972.
Author: Berryman, John.
Seller: Lighthouse Books, ABAA (United States)
Description: New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1977. First edition. Octavo, black cloth (hardcover), xviii, 93, [i] pp. Very Good in dust jacket.

Scientific Societies in the United States. by BATES, Ralph S.

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Title: Scientific Societies in the United States.
Author: BATES, Ralph S.
Seller: Jeff Weber Rare Books (Switzerland)
Description: New York:: John Wiley & Sons, 1945., 1945. 8vo. vii, [1], 246 pp. Index. Gray cloth, dust jacket; jacket worn. Very good. A third edition was issued in 1965. In the review for that edition Everett Mendelsohn described this work, the first edition, as ‘one of the few sources’ to discover the sources of many scientific breakthroughs.

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