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At Sea [drop title]

At Sea [drop title] by Burroughs, John - MANUSCRIPT

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Seller: Palinurus Antiquarian Books
Title
At Sea [drop title]
Author
Burroughs, John - MANUSCRIPT
Seller
Palinurus Antiquarian Books (United States)
Condition
Near fine.
Description
[Esopus, N.Y.?], ca1883. Full gilt stamped dark blue morocco with gilt inner dentelles and marbled endpapers; ca 1930. Binder's stamp: Blackwood.. Near fine.. Royal 8vo, 29 leaves; autograph - in Burrough's hand, and signed. Each leaf neatly inset into a larger sheet and then bound. All the appearances of a working manuscript, with corrections, revisions, and insertions. It first appeared in the April 1883 issue of The Century and published in book form as the final piece in Fresh Fields in 1885. There are variations between this manuscript and the final printed version in Fresh Fields. Burroughs is best known for his naturalist writings and close friendship with Whitman. In his younger days he travelled to Jamaica, Bermuda, Hawaii, and Yosemite (with Muir). Fresh Fields was a product of these travels and it was fitting that this essay on sailing as an experience of distance and vacancy should be the final contribution included in that volume. A wonderful example of Burrough's sympathetic writings as a naturalist. DAB III, 330-334.
Burial At Sea

Burial At Sea by Bacon, Henry - WATERCOLOR

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Title
Burial At Sea
Author
Bacon, Henry - WATERCOLOR
Seller
Palinurus Antiquarian Books (United States)
Condition
Very good.
Description
Nov. 3, 1905. Not matted; not mounted.. Very good.. A watercolor on grey paper meas. appx. 127 x 178 mm. Pencil note across the back: Burial at Sea / by H. Bacon / [Nice large?] painting / from this original / sketch is in one of / the museums I have / forgotten where [which?]. Initials HB appear on the lower front left corner; dated in the right front corner. Henry Bacon was an American artist who worked for the Frank Leslie Weekly as a Civil War illustrator. He was badly wounded at the Second Bull Run. He spent most of the rest of his life in Paris and after 1900 in Egypt during winters. This accomplished watercolor served as the preliminary sketch of a larger, unidentified work and is uncharacteristic of the French genre scenes he is known for.
Les croix de bois.

Les croix de bois. by (WWI Photo Album)

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Title
Les croix de bois.
Author
(WWI Photo Album)
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Ars Libri Ltd (United States)
Description
N.p. [France], [1915-1918?].. 203 snapshot photographs (6 cyanotype), mounted on rectos and versos of 18 hinged heavy card leaves (paginated 1-35 in pencil); 7 further leaves unused. Extensive captioned commentary and notes, in pen and pencil. Oblong sm. folio. Cloth. A skillful amateur's album of photographs of the War and its aftermath in Northern France. Focused emphatically on infantry casualties, it includes many images of military cemeteries and of the dead heaped in the trenches, as well as of young soldiers posing coolly with corpses and skulls. Also included are pictures of military automobile traffic in Orléans, Versailles and Nancy, barbed wire blockades, devastated fields and forests, ruined houses at Mouilly (Meuse), soldiers' mealtimes at encampments, and several scenes of battle at Les Esparges. Opening with formally calligraphed title-page (with a photograph of a wooden cross), it includes three pages with finished captions and headings in ink; thereafter, the notes are in pencil, presumably to be completed in ink at a later date.
VINGT-CINQ COSTUMES POUR LE THÉATRE

VINGT-CINQ COSTUMES POUR LE THÉATRE by Barbier, George (illustrator). Jaloux, Edmond (preface by)

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Title
VINGT-CINQ COSTUMES POUR LE THÉATRE
Author
Barbier, George (illustrator). Jaloux, Edmond (preface by)
Seller
Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB (United States)
Condition
Near Fine
Description
Paris: Camille Bloch & Jules Meynia, 1927. First Edition Limited. Soft cover. Near Fine. Limited edition, this #129 of 300 numbered copies, printed on blue laid paper. Printed covers with illustrated front cover, title in green, and tissue guards. Includes a mounted etched frontispiece portrait of Barbier by Charles Martin, and 25 mounted colored plates depicting theater costumes with gold and silver highlights. The text and illustrations were printed by Frazier-Soye. In original glassine wrapper, which is tanned and chipped but lacking slipcase. Internals near fine. George Barbier (1882-1932) was a French illustrator in the early 20th century. He designed theater and ballet costumes, illustrated books, and produced haute couture fashion illustrations. Barbier led a group from the Ecole des Beaux Arts who were known as "The Knights of the Bracelet.
Ardore di Amore. In cui si contiene Serenate, Capitoli e Stanze da Giovani innamorati. Con aggiunta d'Alcune Villanelle alla Napolitana e Sonetti dilettevoli

Ardore di Amore. In cui si contiene Serenate, Capitoli e Stanze da Giovani innamorati. Con aggiunta d'Alcune Villanelle alla Napolitana e Sonetti dilettevoli by [VERINI, Giovanni Battista]

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Title
Ardore di Amore. In cui si contiene Serenate, Capitoli e Stanze da Giovani innamorati. Con aggiunta d'Alcune Villanelle alla Napolitana e Sonetti dilettevoli
Author
[VERINI, Giovanni Battista]
Seller
Musinsky Rare Books, Inc. (United States)
Description
Lucca: Salvatore & Giandomenico Marescandoli e Compagni, 1782. 18mo? (145 x 101 mm). Collation: A24 (vertical chainlines). 48 pp. Crude title woodcut of a musician serenading a woman at her window, archaic woodcut headpiece and two initials. Mostly light dampstaining (heavier at end), short marginal tear to title. Contemporary carta rustica wrappers.*** Apparently unrecorded chapbook edition of a collection of popular love poems, serenades, and other rhythmic verses, to be set to music, most if not all by the 16th-century Florentine writing and arithmetic master, poet, and self-identified bookseller Giovanni Battista Verini. As is invariably the case for chapbook printing, the rarity of surviving copies of all editions of these popular poems is a direct reflection of their wide distribution and readership; most copies were read to shreds and discarded. The Marescandoli dynasty of publisher-printers in Lucca spanned three centuries, remaining active from 1654 to 1805. Around 800 editions bearing their imprint are known; they were also booksellers, disposing, in 1766, of a warehouse containing over 186,000 individual books (Marcazzani, p. 2). The Marescandoli name, noted the author of a modern doctoral thesis on the family (loc. cit.), was “synonymous with poor printing,” i.e., they were purveyors of cheap books for sale throughout the rural regions of Tuscany. Grandsons of the founder Francesco Marescandoli, the brothers Salvatore e Giandomenico worked together for no less than 60 years; in 1765 they took on an associate, and continued printing under the present imprint from 1767 until 1782, when they ceded the firm to Domenico Marescandoli (op. cit., p. 5). This collection of love poems by one considered a poet of the “populace,” was apparently a staple of the Marescandoli presses: in 1766 their inventory listed 500 copies of what was known in shorthand as the “Ardor” (Marcazzani, p. 31), but very few copies of these slim chapbooks survive. None are listed in the ICCU OPAC or in USTC. OCLC lists two copies of a different edition, with the imprint of Domenico, thus after 1782, held by Wellesley College and the Biblioteca Casatanese. Cf. G. Marcazzani, I Marescandoli di Lucca: l'azienda, il catalogo (Pisa University, 2012), dissertation, online; cf. Stanley Morison, “Some New Light on Verini,” Newberry Library Bulletin III (1953), pp, 41-45.
Nuove Frontiere

Nuove Frontiere by Cetoloni, Rodolfo & Claudio Valli, Romano Volpari, Salvatore Morittu, Giuseppe Grippo

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Title
Nuove Frontiere
Author
Cetoloni, Rodolfo & Claudio Valli, Romano Volpari, Salvatore Morittu, Giuseppe Grippo
Seller
De Simone Company, Booksellers (United States)
Description
Collivetti, Pescia: Convento dell’Osservaza, 1965. 7 Issues.  Folio.  330 x 220 mm., [13 x 8 ¾ inches]. Bound with original card stock wrappers with illustrated titles, mimeographed text with illustrations, printed on rectos only; stapled.  First three issues are printed on tan paper later ones also on pink and blue paper.  Wrappers scuffed a little on the edges with minor foxing and staining; tiny tears in margins. 1965:  Year I:  Issue No. I, 20 unnumbered sheets.  No. II, 26 pp.  No. III, 32 pp., with an interleaved unnumbered leaf.  1966:  Year II:  Issue No. I, 33 pp.  No. II, 29 pp.  No III, title, 25 pp., [1]. 1967:  Year III:  Issue No. 1, 31 pp. Very good copy of this rare set of mimeographed Zines, published by the novices at the Franciscan Monastery in Colleviti, Pescia, Italy.  The Nuove Frontiere (New Boundaries) contains various reports, travelogues, poems, and short texts on mostly religious subjects, along with numerous humorous illustrations.  It includes notes on the impact of the reforms initiated by Vatican Council II; an essay on Dante, a letter to members of the monastery with images of JFK, St. Francis, and John XXIII; a report of travels to Naples and the churches that were visited; a letter home to mother; an essay on life as a novitiate and more. What distinguishes the short magazine articles are the illustrations that accompany the text.  They are amateur drawings, many caricatures of members of the community, and images of events that appear in the text.  It is fun, playful, and joyful ZINE published by a most unusual source.  The Convento dell’Osservaza in Pescia is a beautiful Franciscan convent founded in 1494, dedicated to Saint Ludovicus, with beautiful art and an old library, now a center for drug rehabilitation.
1914 and Other Poems

1914 and Other Poems by Brooke, Rupert

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Title
1914 and Other Poems
Author
Brooke, Rupert
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Carpetbagger Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Good
Description
London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1915. First Edition. Leather Bound. Good. Good in the fine binding by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, rubbed at the edges and hinges, about three-quarters inch of a split starting at the bottom front hinge. Square and firmly bound with a gilt top edge, marbled endpapers, and a sewn-in bookmark. Brooke's most important collection of poetry, which features his much-anthologized "The Soldier." According to the prefatory note by Edward Marsh, Brooke planned on publishing a collection of poems in 1915 but had no part in the structure of this book due to his untimely death at age 27.
UFOs and the Experience of the Sacred: Discovering Living Myths in Post-Modernity

UFOs and the Experience of the Sacred: Discovering Living Myths in Post-Modernity by Shah, Dhwani

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UFOs and the Experience of the Sacred: Discovering Living Myths in Post-Modernity
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Shah, Dhwani
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Carpetbagger Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
Dhwani Shah, 1996. First Edition. Unbound Sheets. Very Good. 77p., unbound. Very Good. Pages with some bumps and creases, stains at the title page, clean otherwise. Shah's thesis written under the supervision of Dr. Steven Walker and Dr. James Jones that examines a UFO group in Mercer County. From the collection of ufologist Tom Benson.
Alice's Restaurant Cookbook

Alice's Restaurant Cookbook by Brock, Alice May; Guthrie, Arlo

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Title
Alice's Restaurant Cookbook
Author
Brock, Alice May; Guthrie, Arlo
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Crooked House Books & Paper (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
Random House, 1969. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Signed. Signed by both Arlo and Abe Guthrie on dust jacket. Laid in is an article from 1995 (which is when Abe dated his signature) stating that the pair would perform in Coos Bay, Oregon. Illustrated boards under matching dust jacket, 10-1/4" x 7-1/4", 148 pp. Rubbing and edgewear to DJ with a few small chips; book itself clean & solid, though missing the record. Third printing.
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Les Oeuvres De Philon Juif Autheur Treselo Quent, et Philosophe Tres Grave (The Works of the Eloquent and Serious Author Philo of Alexandria) by Philo of Alexandria

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Les Oeuvres De Philon Juif Autheur Treselo Quent, et Philosophe Tres Grave (The Works of the Eloquent and Serious Author Philo of Alexandria)
Author
Philo of Alexandria
Seller
Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller (United States)
Condition
fair+ to good- condition
Description
Paris: Michel Sonnius, 1588. Early edition. Softcover. fair+ to good- condition. Duodecimo (6 1/2 x 4 1/2"). (8) 528 (32) leaves. Original soft calf with title stamped onto spine. Engraved title page. Decorative headpieces and initials. Engraving on verso of table of contents. Marginalia. Printed by Charles Roger. Originally published in 1575, this first French language edition of the works of Philo, a first-century Alexandrian philosopher known for his mostly allegorical interpretations of the Torah (known in the Hellenic world as the Pentateuch). His works also include histories and comments on philosophy. Many of the titles by which texts and text groups are known as modern conventions and not inventions of Philo. This book contains no less than 24 titles, including the following: - De la Création du Monde (On The Creation of the World) - Allégories des Saintes Lois (Allegorical Expositions of the Holy Laws) - Du Plantement (On Planting) - De la Vie de Moïse (On the Life of Moses) - De la Charité et de l'Amour de son Prochain (On Charity and Love for Others) - De l'État et Devoir du Juge (On a Judge's Duty) - De l'Érection et Création du Prince - De la Force et Grandeur de Courage (On the Power and Grandeur of Courage) - Les Dix Commandements (The Ten Commandments) - Des Lois Particulières (On the Specific Laws) - De la Circoncision (On Circumcision) - De la Monarchie (On Monarchy) - Quels doiuent estre les loyers & honneurs des Sacrificateurs (Rents & Honors of Priests) - Des animaux, qui sont propres aux Sacroifices: & quelles sont les elpeces des Sacrifices (Elements of Animal Sacrifices) - De ceux qui offrent les hosties au Sacrifice (Hosts of Sacrifices) - Qu'il ne faut point receuoir au temple le loyer & gain de la paillarde (Rent and Profit of the Merchants) - Que tout homme de bien est libre (Every Good Man is Free) - De la vie contemplariue, ou des vertus des personnes deuotes (Contemplative Life and Virtues) - De la Noblesse (On Nobility) - Des loyers, & peines (Rents and Penalties) - Des maledictions (Curses) - Que le monde n'est perissable (That the World isnot Perishable) - Contre Flaccus: ou de la prouidence (Against Flaccus: or the Providence) - Des vertus, & ambassade fait à Caius (Virtues & Embassy to Caius) Text in old French. Front cover curling with spots and scratches. Endpapers age-toned and with creasing. Small tear to title page engraving and chips along bottom edge. Some light staining and starting lightly at pages 177, 265 and 425. Block age-toned. Binding in overall fair+, interior in good- condition.
La Vie Privée et Publique des Animaux. Vignettes par Grandville. Études de moeurs contemporaines par MM. De Balzac, George Sand, Cahrles Nodier, Stahl [et al.]

La Vie Privée et Publique des Animaux. Vignettes par Grandville. Études de moeurs contemporaines par MM. De Balzac, George Sand, Cahrles Nodier, Stahl [et al.]

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La Vie Privée et Publique des Animaux. Vignettes par Grandville. Études de moeurs contemporaines par MM. De Balzac, George Sand, Cahrles Nodier, Stahl [et al.]
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James Cummins Bookseller (United States)
Condition
Quarter contemporary green morocco with gilt emblematic tooling on the spine. Some textual staining. Bookplate of Lila Ross Hotz
Description
Paris: Chez Mm. Mareeseq et Compagnie; Chez Gustave Havard, 1852. Illus by Grandville. 217, [1]pp. 4to. Quarter contemporary green morocco with gilt emblematic tooling on the spine. Some textual staining. Bookplate of Lila Ross Hotz, later Lila Luce (signed Lila Luce August, 1931 on ffep) (Wife of Henry Luce) and then Lila Tyng. Illus by Grandville. 217, [1]pp. 4to.
William Gladstone Rsvps To A Meeting Between Terms As Prime Minister

William Gladstone Rsvps To A Meeting Between Terms As Prime Minister by WILLIAM GLADSTONE

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William Gladstone Rsvps To A Meeting Between Terms As Prime Minister
Author
WILLIAM GLADSTONE
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Stuart Lutz Historic Documents, Inc. (United States)
Description
WILLIAM GLADSTONE (1809-1898). Gladstone was a British statesman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom for four non-consecutive terms.ALS. 1pg. June 25, 1878. N.p. An autograph letter signed W Gladstone. Sir, I have entered the meeting for Au 11th at 3 & will certainly appear for a short time unless prevented by courses I cannot control. Your faithful servant W. Gladstone. Gladstone wrote this in between his first two terms as Prime Minister. The letter is in very good condition and comes with a transcript because Gladstones handwriting is a bit difficult to read.
LONG BRANCH: THOMAS NAST BEACH SCENE

LONG BRANCH: THOMAS NAST BEACH SCENE by HARPER'S WEEKLY

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LONG BRANCH: THOMAS NAST BEACH SCENE
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HARPER'S WEEKLY
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Antic Hay Books (United States)
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1865. NAST, Thomas. HARPER'S WEEKLY. LONG BRANCH: THOMAS NAST BEACH SCENE. An original 16-inch by 22-inch, hand-colored print- drawn by famous illustrator Thomas Nast- from the August 26, 1865 issue of Harper's Weekly magazine. Entitled: "Our Watering-Places- Views At Long Branch." The double-page engraving depicts seven separate scenes, among which are the sea side, pavilions, lovers on the beach, children in the surf or playing, and an evening in the parlor. Nice! $175.00.
Famous Actors and Actresses on the American Stage; Documents of American Theater History in 2 Volumes
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Famous Actors and Actresses on the American Stage; Documents of American Theater History in 2 Volumes by Young, William C.

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Famous Actors and Actresses on the American Stage; Documents of American Theater History in 2 Volumes
Author
Young, William C.
Seller
James & Mary Laurie Booksellers (A.B.A.A.) (United States)
ISBN
9780835208215
Condition
Fine
Description
New York: R. R. Bowker, 1975. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/very good. Two volumes bound in the publisher's original white cloth covered boards, spines stamped in gilt. Illustrated throughout. Dust jackets are chipped at the extremities, particularly at the heads & heels and top & bottom edges.
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Save And Invest ... (poster).; ca. 1918. World War I.

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Save And Invest ... (poster).; ca. 1918. World War I.
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James & Mary Laurie Booksellers (A.B.A.A.) (United States)
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U. S. Government Printing Office. poster. U.S. Treasury Department poster promises War Savings Stamps are the safest investment. Printed in black and blue on a white background. Sheet measures 17 x 24 inches (43 x 61 cm). Fine condition.
One of The Few

One of The Few by [WW2] KENT, Group Captain J.A.

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One of The Few
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[WW2] KENT, Group Captain J.A.
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Lorne Bair Rare Books (United States)
Description
London: William Kimber, 1971. First U.K. Edition. Octavo. 22cm. Publisher's dark blue cloth titled in gilt to spine. Dustjacket. 255pp. Strong and tight, very light wear t edges and extremities; internally clean, bookplate to front pastedown; in a bright clean dustjacket with some very light marginal wear and light sunning to the spine panel. A very good copy. From the library of Nathaniel Tarn, noted poet, translator and bibliophile (with a deep interest in military aviation), with his bookplate. An account of the RAF's air war against Nazi Germany, from the commander of the celebrated 303 Squadron; Kent himself was Canadian, and a significant number of his pilots were exiled Poles who spoke little English none of which stood in the way of 303 becoming one of the most effective, aggressive and lauded fighter squadrons of WW2.
The Central Blue; Recollections and Reflections

The Central Blue; Recollections and Reflections by [WW2] SLESSOR, Sir John

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The Central Blue; Recollections and Reflections
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[WW2] SLESSOR, Sir John
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Lorne Bair Rare Books (United States)
Description
London: Cassell & Company Limited, 1956. First U.K. Edition. Octavo. 22cm. Publisher's sky blue buckram titled in gilt to spine. Dustjacket. [xiv]; 709pp. Light scuffing to corners, bumping to spine ends, clean and bright; internally clean and fresh, bookplate and old booksellers label (Sotherans) to front pastedown, illustrated throughout with full page black and white photographs; in a bright, strong dustjacket with some sunning and soiling to the spine panel, shallow chipping to the head of spine, and a little soiling of the white portions. A very good, handsome, copy. A weighty WW2 memoir from the Marshal of the Royal Air Force, giving an elevated perspective on the startegies and tactical decisions made during the 1939-1945 air war. From the library of Nathaniel Tarn, noted poet, translator, and military aviation enthusiast, with his bookplate.
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Le Trésor de L'Art Chrétien: L'Euchariste. Monuments Iconographique by Jamot Paul

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Le Trésor de L'Art Chrétien: L'Euchariste. Monuments Iconographique
Author
Jamot Paul
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The Book Block (United States)
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Paris H, Floury, 1927. Folio (15 x 11 inches), white linen back over paper boards with ties, front cover with red titling. One of 500 numbered copies printed on Arches (there were another 26 copies with a second suite of plates printed on Madagascar), all executed by Daniel Jacomet in GRAVURE, some of which are HAND COLORED. The Introduction by Paul Jamot compares the subject of the plates, which cover various representations of the Eucharist from the second to the twentieth century. At the end are detailed explications of the individual plates, including the whereabouts of the works of art. A very nice copy. PORTFOLIO OF GRAVURES SOME OF WHICH ARE IN COLOR
The Peoples of Kenya

The Peoples of Kenya by Adamson, Joy; Epilogue by G. W. Huntingford

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Title
The Peoples of Kenya
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Adamson, Joy; Epilogue by G. W. Huntingford
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Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN
9780151716814
Condition
Very Good
Description
New York and London: A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book; Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1967. Early printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good +. 400pp. Quarto [29 cm] Brown paper over boards with black lettering on the backstrip and a black ink stamped design on the front cover. Map endpapers. The covers are a trifle cocked. With the illustrated dust jacket showing little wear. In the publisher's original thin card slipcase, in very good condition, with moderate edgewear. From the dust jacket- "Joy Adamson is known to millions by her books describing the story of Elsa, the Kenya lioness, and her cubs. This volume tells of another and equally remarkable experience. It reveals her gift as an artist and shows that she is as interested in people as she is in animals. A talented painter of flowers, when she first came to Kenya she made many paintings of the flora of the country. But soon she wanted to portray also the African tribesmen, with their traditional ornaments. The undertaking demanded courage, endurance, tact, and a great capacity for work. She would need to spend a long time in isolated places, often among people not immediately willing to pose as models... "After she started off on her own financial risk, the Kenya authorities commissioned her to make a comprehensive pictorial record of the traditional costumes of the African tribes. She spent six and a half years traveling and living among the different peoples of Kenya. During that period she created a unique record of ornamental costumes fast disappearing under the impact of modern life.
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Tiffany and the Wells Fargo Belt Buckles by Allen, Ernest

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Tiffany and the Wells Fargo Belt Buckles
Author
Allen, Ernest
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ZH BOOKS (United States)
Condition
Very good
Description
Pittsburg, CA: By the author, 1970. Very good. Limited and registered edition, this copy #953; 5 1/2 x 3 1/2; pp. 1-16; stapled pictorial wraps; illustrated with four photographs; mild wear to corners and tips of spine; in very good condition. A peculiar little reference booklet, called by the author a "Paket Postcard Book" (the back wrap is a detachable post card), it concerned four different styles of brass belt buckles, manufactured in 1902 by Tiffany & Co. for Wells Fargo, though never issued to Wells Fargo employees and virtually unknown until the late 1960s.
SHADOW PLAY

SHADOW PLAY by BAXTER, Charles

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SHADOW PLAY
Author
BAXTER, Charles
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Charles Agvent, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Fine in a Fine dustwrapper
Description
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, (1993). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. Only 1500 copies of this book were printed due to an error by the printer.
The Outsider

The Outsider by Wilson, Colin

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Title
The Outsider
Author
Wilson, Colin
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Kenneth Mallory Bookseller. ABAA (United States)
Condition
Very good
Description
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1956. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. First American Edition. Light foxing to endpapers, minor scraping to the cloth at the bottom edge of the boards, else a very good hardback in a worn lightly chipped, and internally tape repaired jacket. The prolific author's first book.
T.S. Eliot: A Life
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T.S. Eliot: A Life by ACKROYD, Peter

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T.S. Eliot: A Life
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From Emperor to Citizen: The Autobiography of Aisin-Gioro Pu Yi. Translated by W. J. F. Jenner. by Aisin-Gioro Pu Yi.

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From Emperor to Citizen: The Autobiography of Aisin-Gioro Pu Yi. Translated by W. J. F. Jenner.
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Aisin-Gioro Pu Yi.
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Lighthouse Books, ABAA (United States)
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Beijing, China: Foreign Languages Press, (1989). First Edition, thus. Octavo, slick brown boards (hardcover), gilt letters, ribbon marker, 496 pp. Former-owner bookplate; otherwise, Fine, in a Very Good+ dust jacket with sunned spine. From dust jacket: From Emperor to Citizen is the autobiography of the man who was the last emperor of China and later, puppet emperor of “Manchukuo,” Japanese imperialism’s pseudo-state in China’s Northeast. The book begins with the author giving a vivid picture of the last, decadent days of the Ching court. He reveals ho, after the overthrow of the dynasty, he and other feudal forces plotted with foreign powers to restore the monarchy, and how he became the Japanese imperialists’ puppet. He then goes on to describe his life as “Emperor of Manchukuo” and tells how he came into the hands of the Chinese people’s government. He gives a lively account of his remoulding through labour and study in prisons for war criminals, relating how his thinking changed. The final chapter tells about his new life after his pardon as an ordinary citizen of People’s China.

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