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Jin gang jing zhu jiang 金剛經註講 [Explaining the Diamond Sutra]

Jin gang jing zhu jiang 金剛經註講 [Explaining the Diamond Sutra] by DIAMOND SUTRA, TAIWANESE

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Title
Jin gang jing zhu jiang 金剛經註講 [Explaining the Diamond Sutra]
Author
DIAMOND SUTRA, TAIWANESE
Seller
Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller, Inc. (United States)
Description
Woodblock-printed. Two half-page woodcut illus. of the Buddha & Skanda/Weituo. [3], 80 folding leaves. 8vo, old paper wrappers, old stitching. Taiwan fucheng 台灣府城: Dehua tang 德化堂, 1856. An unusual edition of the Diamond Sutra, reprinted in 1856 from the now lost 1688 first edition. Taiwanese woodblock-printed books that predate the administrative expansion of the 1870s and the Japanese invasion in 1895 are very rare: we find only a handful of such titles in WorldCat. This title, in particular, has only one copy listed, held at the National Central Library in Taiwan (OCLC accession no. 1478321371). According to the colophon in our copy, when the great Qing admiral Shi Lang 施琅 (1621-96) was summoned back to the northern capital after his successful conquest of Taiwan in 1688, he commissioned the printing of this sutra in hope that the merit thus generated would guarantee a safe voyage. The engraving and impression were entrusted to his friend Zou Songfeng 鄒松峰, and based on Shi Lang's manuscript copy of a Jiangxi Dabei temple edition of the sutra, which he borrowed from the monk Shunqiu 顺求. The colophon states that the woodblocks are kept at the Dehua tang 德化堂 in the prefectural capital, which is the oldest community temple of the syncretic Longhua 龍華 sect on the island. The 42 woodblocks from which our copy was printed are still kept there today, in the city of Tainan. The only woodblocks that are lost are those used to print the bicolor title page, which in our edition has the title in blue and the decorative surroundings in red. The additional colophon on f. 73v gives the date Xiangfeng bingchen (1856), which Yang Yung-chih 楊永智, in his survey of early modern Taiwanese publishing, hypothesizes to be when these woodblocks were carved, based on the 1688 first edition. Yang's study shows that the Dehua tang published a dozen or so Buddhist and folk religion texts between 1835 and 1898, including this title. This edition of the Diamond Sutra, likely intended for ritual incantation rather than private reading on account of its opening prayers and mantras, is rather eclectic. The 80 folding leaves are printed with woodblocks lacking the customary frames around the edges, and the commentary is printed with smaller characters that are a third, rather than the usual half, of the width of the main text. Also striking are the pronunciation guides printed next to obscure characters and characters with "Buddhist readings," ensuring their correct incantation by a semi-literate reader. For example, the characters nanwu 南無 which, reflecting the Sanskrit namo/namas/namaḥ, must be pronounced counterintuitively as namo in the Chinese Buddhist context, are helpfully glossed with the characters namo 納謨. It appears also that the extensive commentary - not only of the Diamond Sutra but also of the Heart Sutra that follows - were original compositions that do not coincide with any canonical commentary within the Taishō Tripiṭaka. The comprehensive and somewhat colloquial style of the commentary leads us to suspect that it likewise anticipated a semi-literate audience. It is clear that much remains to be researched regarding the peculiar format, content, and edition history of Explaining the Diamond Sutra, especially given the important place it occupies in the early history of printing in Taiwan. Very good condition, with some minor staining (mostly marginal) and foxing. Preserved in a hantao. ❧ 楊永智, 明清時期臺南出版史 (台灣學生書局, 2007), pp. 328-31.
Maandblad voor Beeldende Kunsten. Vols. I-XXVI (all published)

Maandblad voor Beeldende Kunsten. Vols. I-XXVI (all published)

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Maandblad voor Beeldende Kunsten. Vols. I-XXVI (all published)
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Bernett Rare Books Inc (United States)
Description
A complete run of all 26 annual vols., with articles by a large roster of noted scholars on Western and Eastern art of all periods, profusely illustrated throughout the text and on plates (some in color). 4to. Uniformly bound in 3/4 vellum and boards. Amsterdam (De Bussy) 1924-1950 (a volume for 1945 was not published). Chamberlin 2273. Arntzen Q 228. The periodical includes, in volumes 6-21, the Bulletin of the Vereenigung van Vrienden der Aziatische Kunst.
Those Three: Forty-Four Cartoons

Those Three: Forty-Four Cartoons by Armengol, Mario Hubert (Illustrations by); J. M. Batista I Roca (Foreword by)

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Those Three: Forty-Four Cartoons
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Armengol, Mario Hubert (Illustrations by); J. M. Batista I Roca (Foreword by)
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Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller (United States)
Condition
g- to vg
Description
London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, 1944. First edition. Softcover. g- to vg. Oblong octavo. Unpaginated. [48]pp. Original illustrated wrappers and title page. "Those Three" (Hitler, Mussolini and Tojo) is a splendid collection of 44 anti-Axis cartoons by Catalan artist Mario Hubert Armengol (1909-1995), published with a foreword by Catalan historian and founder of the Anglo-Catalan Society, Dr Josep Maria Batista I Roca. In this work, Armengol displays the bombed out German cities as chimney teeth and window eyes rugged against the sky. Mussolini is depicted as Hitler's puppet, always taking orders from the Fuehrer.. and always failing. Other cartoons show Pétain hunched in greatcoat and French military trousers with senile wrinkles and bedraggled moustache walking with the squinting, squit-faced Laval in his jet black coat and pinstripes. Both clutch their coat flaps together against a cold wind as they stumble past the ruins of France. Behind them is an angry, scowling Marianne. Her face is despair hardening into hatred and Laval and Pétain dare not look back at her. Mario Armengol's masterpiece, though, is "The Fakir wants Comfort." It shows Gandhi looking ambiguously at a bed of nails marked "Made in Japan" which has just been delivered by Japanese general and premier Tojo in uniform. Behind Gandhi is a clean white bed with bright white headboard marked "Made in England". The background is black but streaming down like stalactites of blood. It is, of course, an echo of the greatest of Britain's war-leaders Winston Churchill's famous description of Gandhi in 1930 as: posing as a fakir…. striding half-naked….. to parley on equal terms with the representative of the king-emperor. Wrappers partly rubbed and creased along edges. Pages slightly rippled throughout. Four pages disbound, but present. Wrappers in overall good-, interior in good to very good condition.
Atomistische Theorie. Mit Einer Lithographierten Tafel

Atomistische Theorie. Mit Einer Lithographierten Tafel by Wurtz, Adolphe

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Atomistische Theorie. Mit Einer Lithographierten Tafel
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Wurtz, Adolphe
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Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller (United States)
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g
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Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus, 1879. First edition. Hardcover. g. 12mo. VIII, 314 pp. Three quarter cloth over paper covered boards. The Author, Charles Adolphe Wurtz (1817 - 1884) was a French chemist. He is perhaps best remembered by chemists for the Wurtz reaction, to form carbon-carbon bonds by reacting alkyl halides with sodium, and for his discoveries of ethylamine and ethylene glycol. This particular volume was the personal copy of Dr. Gustav Zeuner (1828 - 1907) who was a German physicist, engineer and epistemologist, considered the founder of technical thermodynamics and of the Dresden School of Thermodynamics, as indicated by stamp on front endpaper. Text is in German. Scuffing and age wear to boards. Minor yellowing to pages due to age. Some marginal pencil marks by Dr. Gustav Zeuner. Book is in good - very good condition.
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The Metropolitan Automobile Guide. by [Automobile].

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The Metropolitan Automobile Guide.
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[Automobile].
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Nicholas D. Riccio Rare Books & Prints (United States)
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Tall 8vo, soft blue leather covers with gilt title patch and advertisement on rear covers, illustrated, 547 pp. Covers worn and rubbed, some chips and tears to covers, top part of front joint split at top part of front cover, large folding map with small split at fold, normal aging; otherwise about very good. This edition focuses on the New York metropolitan area, including New York City, Long Island, and some of Connecticut. About 40 maps are included, along with many advertisements (one in color). This volume offers a trip down automobile "memory lane" featuring places and restaurants, and points of interest in the early days of motoring, that no longer exist.
1973 Tripper

1973 Tripper by Etkes, Nadine

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1973 Tripper
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Etkes, Nadine
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Houle Rare Books & Autographs (United States)
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Fine
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First edition. 11' x 8 1/2". Etkes self published 1973 spiral bound calender illustrated with twelve of her photographs, mostly related to protest against war in Vietnam or the free love movement. Fine condition. Signed and inscribed by Etkes on front wrapper: "To George with best wishes Nadine Etkes."
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Pay Dirt: Divorces of the Rich and Famous: The Unauthorized Inside Stories of the Nation's 20 Most Sensational Divorces by ALBERT, James A

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Pay Dirt: Divorces of the Rich and Famous: The Unauthorized Inside Stories of the Nation's 20 Most Sensational Divorces
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ALBERT, James A
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Houle Rare Books & Autographs (United States)
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Boston, Branden Publishing Company [1989].. First edition. 8vo. 2 page preface by the author. Illustrated with b/w photographs. Dust jacket (unclipped). Fine. 268 pages. No signatures or bookplates. Provenance: from the estate of Charles Williamson.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine.
CHILE

CHILE by Gerstmann, Robert

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CHILE
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Gerstmann, Robert
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Andrew Cahan: Bookseller, Ltd (United States)
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Paris: Braun & Cie Éditeurs, 1932. First edition. Gerstmann, Robert. Thick 4to., frontis with tissue guard, 66 pp., plus 280 photogravures plates, 4 pp. index, folding map. Pictorial stiff wrappers. Slight wear along the fore edge of the first two blank leaves; slight wear at the tips. A near fine and bright copy. Robert Gerstmann, 1896 - 1960, was born in Vienna and trained as an electrical engineer. In 1924 he emigrated to Chile, where he abondoned engineering in favor of photography, a passion he acquired in his youth. He traveled thoughout Chile and Bolivia and amassed several thousand glass plate negatives, many of which were produced in his books on Chile and Bolivia. Splendid photogravures of the Chilean people and landscape. In Spanish, German, French and English.
Camel Land Cookery

Camel Land Cookery by Short, Dorothy

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Camel Land Cookery
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Short, Dorothy
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Rabelais - Fine Books on Food & Drink (United States)
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[No place: the author; NCR], 1964. Oblong, perfect-bound book (17 x 23 cm.), unpaginated [159, ii] pages. Although unpaginated, an index with do-it-yourself page numbers is laid-in at the end. Illustrated. FIRST EDITION. A self-published book of Afghan recipes, interspersed with popular expat dishes, including afghan pilau, boulanne, Turkish delight candy, Arabian vine leaves, Afghan almond cake, coconut pecan fingers, tomato butter, jing dahn, samosas and others. Recipes are arranged by months of the year. The leaf containing information about a Thanksgiving turkey is a cancel, replacing an earlier leaf that had been printed upside down (the original leaf remains in place). Some dog ears and bumping to corners, otherwise generally very good or better. Inscribed by the author on the front wrapper interior panel. Scarce. [OCLC locates nine copies].
MINUTES OF THE FORTIETH ANNUAL CONVENTION OF THE EVANG. LUTHERAN SYNOD AND MINISTERIUM OF NORTH CAROLINA

MINUTES OF THE FORTIETH ANNUAL CONVENTION OF THE EVANG. LUTHERAN SYNOD AND MINISTERIUM OF NORTH CAROLINA by Evangelical Lutheran Synod and Ministerium of North Carolina

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MINUTES OF THE FORTIETH ANNUAL CONVENTION OF THE EVANG. LUTHERAN SYNOD AND MINISTERIUM OF NORTH CAROLINA
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Evangelical Lutheran Synod and Ministerium of North Carolina
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David M. Lesser, Fine Antiquarian Books LLC (United States)
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Baltimore: Printed at the Publication Rooms, 1846. 45, [1] pp. Disbound, stitched. Light foxing to first and last leaves, else text quite clean. Good. OCLC 50392122 [1-Univ. NC].
Totalitarian Experience and Knowledge Production: Sociology in Central and Eastern Europe 1945-1989 Post-Western Social Sciences and Global Knowledge, Volume 2
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Totalitarian Experience and Knowledge Production: Sociology in Central and Eastern Europe 1945-1989 Post-Western Social Sciences and Global Knowledge, Volume 2 by Koleva, Svetla

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Totalitarian Experience and Knowledge Production: Sociology in Central and Eastern Europe 1945-1989 Post-Western Social Sciences and Global Knowledge, Volume 2
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Koleva, Svetla
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Brattle Book Shop (United States)
ISBN
9789004322325
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LikeNew
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Leiden/Boston: Brill [2018]. Hardcover. 9.5" x 6.25". xviii, 298 pp. Publisher's illustrated boards. Minor shelf wear to edges. Near Fine. ISBN 9789004322325. . LikeNew. Hardcover .
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Disorderly Houses: A Book of Poems. by ANSEN, Alan.

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Disorderly Houses: A Book of Poems.
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ANSEN, Alan.
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Jeff Maser, Bookseller-ABAA (United States)
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Middletown: Wesleyan University Press, (1961).. First edition.. 85 pp. Fine in near fine, price-clipped dust jacket with a lightly sunned spine and a tiny edge tear. Second issue dust jacket.
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Archives of neurology and psychiatry, Vol. II, no. 2, Feburary, 1924

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Archives of neurology and psychiatry, Vol. II, no. 2, Feburary, 1924
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Rulon-Miller Books (United States)
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Chicago: American Medical Association, 1924. Large 8vo, pp. [4], [113]-256, [6]; black and white photographs, illustrations, tables, and graphs; original drab printed wrappers, small loss to spine 1 1/2" from foot, ends chipped, edges toned, general light shelf wear; interior fine. Advertisements, mostly for sanitariums, bound in front and back. Contents include "Concerning the Cerebellar Symptoms Produced by Suprasellar Tumors," by Percival Bailey; and "Testicular Teratoma with Secondary Deposits in the Spinal Column and Meninges," by the pro-eugenics Irish-American neurologist Foster Kennedy, with Lewis Stevenson.
THE SALON AND ENGLISH LETTERS CHAPTERS ON THE INTERRELATIONS OF LITERATURE AND SOCIETY IN THE AGE OF JOHNSON

THE SALON AND ENGLISH LETTERS CHAPTERS ON THE INTERRELATIONS OF LITERATURE AND SOCIETY IN THE AGE OF JOHNSON by Tinker, Chancey Brewster

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THE SALON AND ENGLISH LETTERS CHAPTERS ON THE INTERRELATIONS OF LITERATURE AND SOCIETY IN THE AGE OF JOHNSON
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Tinker, Chancey Brewster
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Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB (United States)
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NY: The Macmillan Company, 1915. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Uncommon scholarly study in original edition by Yale's Chauncey Tinker, American authority on the age of Johnson. Publisher's green linen, titles stamped in gilt, illustrated with duotone plates.
The Sailing Ships of the New Zealand Shipping Company 1873-1900.

The Sailing Ships of the New Zealand Shipping Company 1873-1900. by Bott, Alan.

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The Sailing Ships of the New Zealand Shipping Company 1873-1900.
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Bott, Alan.
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Ten Pound Island Book Co. (United States)
Condition
The New Zealand Shipping Company was one of the first to establish regular service between England and New Zealand. It is now pa
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London: B.T. Batsford Ltd., (1972). The New Zealand Shipping Company was one of the first to establish regular service between England and New Zealand. It is now part of the P&O. Well illuystrated history, with over 80 photos. Very good condition in dust jacket.. 25 cm. 160 pp. Color plates. b/w plates and facsimiles.
Spain

Spain

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Spain
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(Spain: Ministerio De Transportes, Turismo Y Comunicaciones, 1984. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. Folded oblong quarto. Stapled wrappers. Illustrated with color photographs. Near fine with light wear. Travel brochure to Spain.

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