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workes of Sir Thomas More Knyght

workes of Sir Thomas More Knyght by MORE, Sir Thomas

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Seller: Heritage Book Shop, LLC
Title
workes of Sir Thomas More Knyght
Author
MORE, Sir Thomas
Seller
Heritage Book Shop, LLC (United States)
Description
London: Printed...at the costes and charges of John Cawod, John Waly, and Richarde Tottell, 1557. BEDFORD, Francis. . The workes of Sir Thomas More Knyght. sometyme Lorde Chauncellour of England, wrytten by him in the Englysh tonge. London: Printed...at the costes and charges of John Cawod, John Waly, and Richarde Tottell, 1557. First edition of the collected works in English, edited by More's nephew, William Rastell who arranged the material in chronological order and added marginal notes. This copy with the words "Printed at" in the first line of the imprint. Small folio (10 1/4 x 7 1/4 inches; 261 x 186 mm). Collates complete: [18 leaves of preliminaries, including the title and blank leaf], 1458, [lacking final blank]. Collation as in Pforzheimer, including the inserted leaf between CC5 & 6. Black letter, double columns. Title within woodcut border (McKerrow and Ferguson 81), decorative and historiated woodcut initials. Handsomely bound in a late 18th century full calf binding. Boards ruled in gilt and blind and decoratively blindstamped. Rebacked to style with four raised bands, gilt title and stamping in the spine compartments. All edges of page block gilt with elaborate gauffering. Title page with minor soiling and contemporary ownership marginalia (dated 1583), with occasional marginalia throughout in the same hand. Previous owner's bookplates on endpapers. Page 51 with the upper corner torn, affecting a couple of words of the first two lines of text (supplied in manuscript). Closed marginal tear to page 405, entering text, but no loss. Slight browning or soiling to the occasional leaf, but on the whole a very pleasing copy. The book, dedicated to Queen Mary, includes many of More's most controversial works, such as "A Dyalogue of Syr Thomas More, knt," which criticizes Tyndale, Luther and their followers. It also includes "A Dyalogue of Comforte Agaynste Tribulacyon," written during the earliest time of his imprisonment in the Tower of London following his refusal to condone Henry VIII's divorce from Catherine of Aragon and thereby accept the English throne's supremacy over Papal authority. It is a work written for the comfort of his own family, advocating prayer in times of persecution. "The work of gathering, arranging in chronological order, and of adding the valuable marginal notes was all done by [William] Rastell, More's nephew, while an exile in Louvain during Edward's reign" (Pforzheimer). The collection is described by R.W. Chambers in his study of Sir Thomas More as "this magnificent folio." Chambers notes that this edition preserves for us a great deal which would otherwise have been lost, including a number of English poems written by More in his youth; a correct text of "The history of king Richard the thirde," from a copy in More's own hand (the version "in Hardynges Cronicle, and in Hallys Cronicle," as Rastell complained, being "very muche corrupte in many places...and altered in wordes and whole sentences"); an unfinished Treatise "uppon these words of Holy Scripture, 'Memorare novissima et in eternum non peccabis,'" dated in 1522, and dealing with reflections on death; and several devotional works written by More while imprisoned in the Tower. Rastell also preserved the letters written just before More's death to his family and friends. The work was published during the reign of Catholic Queen Mary and dedicated to her by Rastell. The table of contents precedes an index by Thomas Paynell. Gibson, More, 73. Pforzheimer 743. STC 18076. HBS 67778 $30,000.
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Hizen Nagasaki-zu by NAGASAKI

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Title
Hizen Nagasaki-zu
Author
NAGASAKI
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Ursus Books (United States)
Description
1802. NAGASAKI. Hizen Nagasaki-zu. Woodcut map of Nagasaki. Coloured woodcut map with outer wrappers, the front illustrated. 620 x 860 mm, folded in a new chitsu case. Nagasaki: n.p., [1802]. A masterpiece of the woodblock printer's art. This splendid and boldly coloured map of Nagasaki includes a distance chart and a table of navigable routes to Nagasaki. The map also depicts the lively maritime life in the Nagasaki harbour. The map also depicts the island of Dejima, the only place in which foreign traders were allowed to conduct business with Japan during the Edo period. Extremely rare with OCLC listing only the copies at Princeton, LC and Stanford in the U.S.
Git le Coeur

Git le Coeur by [BLACK SUN PRESS]. Lymington, Lord [Gerard Wallop]

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Title
Git le Coeur
Author
[BLACK SUN PRESS]. Lymington, Lord [Gerard Wallop]
Seller
Triolet Rare Books, ABAA (United States)
Description
Paris: Editions Narcisse, 1928. First edition. [96] pp. Printed wrappers with French flaps. Some toning to extremities, spine a little browned. One of 200 numbered copies printed by Roger Lescaret for Harry and Caresse Crosby. Raised in Wyoming, Gerard Vernon Wallop, 9th Earl of Portsmouth, Viscount Lymington, fell in with the Crosbys in Paris; they "bowled him right over" and he enjoyed various decadences with them, taking a flat nearby at 1 Rue Gît-le-Coeur. This copy is inscribed "for Constance, with Gerard's love, January 4th 1929" with an Autograph Letter Signed laid in from Gerard to Constance. Constance was Constance Crowninshield Coolidge, the Comtesse de Jumilhac, Harry Crosby's "Lady of the Golden Horse," and the closest of his mistresses (Caresse noted years later, "All through the Paris years she was my most formidable antagonist, but I could not help immensely admiring her.") The letter, a single sheet folded, is undated but written from 1 Rue Git le Coeur. A breezy and charming note, Lymington presents his book "which has perhaps one merit- sincerity," along with compliments about their recent luncheon and an offer for her to visit the English countryside. Minkoff A-8.
A Plan of the Action At Bunkers Hill, on the 17th of June 1775. Between His Majesty's Troops, Under the Command of Major General Howe, And The American Forces; Boston

A Plan of the Action At Bunkers Hill, on the 17th of June 1775. Between His Majesty's Troops, Under the Command of Major General Howe, And The American Forces; Boston by FADEN, William and STEDMAN, Charles

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A Plan of the Action At Bunkers Hill, on the 17th of June 1775. Between His Majesty's Troops, Under the Command of Major General Howe, And The American Forces; Boston
Author
FADEN, William and STEDMAN, Charles
Seller
Argosy Book Store (United States)
Description
London, 1793. Map. Uncolored engraving. Image measures 19" x 16.75". Foxing and toning with creases and repairs to overlay, otherwise in good condition. Additional overlay measures 6" x 9". This rare plan of Bunker Hill is one of the most prized of William Faden's battle plans of the American Revolution. Based on the work of Captain John Montressor, the map shows the American fort at Breed's Hill, the site of one of the war's most significant early battles, which was mistakenly named after the adjacent Bunker Hill. The map illustrates the details of the battle in two phases: the main map shows the battlefield, while an attached flap--difficult to find in this condition--shows the action of the fight. A key in the lower left of the map describes both of the plans. Geographical and topographical details, major routes, street plan, forts, ships and waterways are all included. Originally printed by Faden in 1787, this map was published in Stedman's "History of the American War" in 1794. Overlay flap still attached. Original folds as issued. Some chips to margins, with foxing toning, tape residue and stains. William Faden (1750-1836) was an 18th century English cartographer and publisher. Faden is best known for his important publication of the North American Atlas, which covered a region of particular interest to him. The map provides great insight to a defining battle in American history.
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Tale of Pigling Bland by POTTER Beatrix

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Tale of Pigling Bland
Author
POTTER Beatrix
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Bauman Rare Books (United States)
Description
1913. First Edition. POTTER, Beatrix. The Tale of Pigling Bland. London and New York: Frederick Warne, 1913. 16mo, original maroon boards, mounted cover illustration, pictorial endpapers. $1700.First edition of Potter’s story of two piglets’ escape into a new life, illustrated with frontispiece, 14 color plates and 37 in-text vignettes.The Tale of Pigling Bland was Potter's 19th book, the second title to appear in the ""New Series"" and the last she published before her marriage to William Heelis. The book ""has an element of truth in it,"" for in November 1909, in a letter to Millie Warne, Potter wrote, ""The two biggest little pigs have been sold, which takes away from the completeness of the family group. But they have fetched a good price, and their appetites were fearful—five meals a day and not satisfied"" (Linder, 213). Indeed, Pigling Bland concerns two real pigs Potter called Alexander and Pigling Bland; Potter herself appears in her drawing on page 22, along with Alexander. ""With its intimate fireside scenes and shared adventures, Pigling Bland is almost a love story. However, 'the portrait of two pigs arm in arm… is not a portrait of me & Mr. Heelis, though it is a view of where we used to walk on Sunday afternoons!… 'Over the hills and far away!' seemed to symbolize Beatrix's own escape into a new life"" (Taylor et al., 148, 152). First edition, with 1913 on title page; first and second printings believed identical (Linder, 429). Without scarce original glassine. Quinby 22. Linder, 429. A lovely copy in fine condition.
[BOUND JOURNALS] SOUTHERN HISTORICAL SOCIETY PAPERS. VOLUMES I-XXII BOUND IN 20

[BOUND JOURNALS] SOUTHERN HISTORICAL SOCIETY PAPERS. VOLUMES I-XXII BOUND IN 20 by Various

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[BOUND JOURNALS] SOUTHERN HISTORICAL SOCIETY PAPERS. VOLUMES I-XXII BOUND IN 20
Author
Various
Seller
Black Swan Books, Inc. (United States)
Condition
Very Good binding
Description
[Richmond, Va.]: Rev. J. William Jones, D. D. | The [Southern Historical] Society, 1894. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Twenty-two large 8vo. volumes; in half-calf over marbled boards, with burgundy and black labels; 19 years of the Society Papers bound in 20 volumes; the bindings are in good shape, though some are darkened in places; one volume only [Volume IX from 1881] has been rebacked, a bit clumsily].~~A generous run of the first 19 years of this collection, which documented the Southern military and civilian viewpoints of the Civil War.~~~~~. Very Good binding.
Moonblight and Six Feet of Romance

Moonblight and Six Feet of Romance by Beard, Dan (SIGNED)

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Moonblight and Six Feet of Romance
Author
Beard, Dan (SIGNED)
Seller
Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc. (United States)
Condition
Very Good+
Description
New York: Charles L. Webster, 1892. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED "IN THE HOPE THAT YOU SEE THE LIGHT" BY DAN BEARD ON FEP. Beard is the co-founder of the Boy Scouts. Octavo, original green pictorial cloth; upper fore-corner of FEP with small loss; very light wear at extremities; small University of Virginia Library label on rear pastedown; a very good+ copy.
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The Big Bow Mystery by Zangwill, Israel

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Title
The Big Bow Mystery
Author
Zangwill, Israel
Seller
THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY (United States)
Description
The Big Bow Mystery, Rand, McNally, 1895, first Amercan edition, of apparently 2 binding states, ours is in red cloth with bottom and fore edges untrimmed, t.p.e.'s gold-gilt, no date on the title page and floral device on the front cover, spine and spine lettering somewhat dulled, else a tight vg+ or better copy. Renown for allegedly being the first novel-length locked room mystery. The basis for three commercial films. A Haycraft Queen Cornerstone.
Fondazione per la Rinascita dell'Agricoltura (Announcement Cards)

Fondazione per la Rinascita dell'Agricoltura (Announcement Cards) by BEUYS, Joseph

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Fondazione per la Rinascita dell'Agricoltura (Announcement Cards)
Author
BEUYS, Joseph
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Harper's Books (United States)
Condition
Minor rubbing at edges; near fine.
Description
Pescara, Italy: Lurcrezia De Domizio / Free International University, 1978. Minor rubbing at edges; near fine.. Two postcard announcements (4 x 5.75 inches) promoting an FIU discussion between Joseph Beuys and the economic artist Vitantonio Russo on the subject of land reform. With rectos fully-illustrated after black-and-white photographs from Beuys' actions the previous year at documenta 6, as captured by Buby Durini. (The twin posters, with matching photographs, also available).
World Tennis - The World's Largest Tennis Magazine; Volume II, No.6, November, 1963

World Tennis - The World's Largest Tennis Magazine; Volume II, No.6, November, 1963 by Ashe, Arthur (Magazine Cover)

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Title
World Tennis - The World's Largest Tennis Magazine; Volume II, No.6, November, 1963
Author
Ashe, Arthur (Magazine Cover)
Seller
Dale Steffey Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
New York: Gladys Medalie Heldman, 1963. Magazine. Very Good. Magazine. First Printing. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. SCARCE. Most likely the first magazine cover for Arthur Ashe, the beloved African-American tennis champion, the first black player selected to the United States Davis Cup team and the only black man ever to win the singles title at Wimbledon, the US Open, and the Australian Open. This issue published a month after his first major men's title at the Pacific Southwest, while he was still a student at UCLA. Very Good, library stamp rear cover, ink mark front cover not affecting photograph, 3 pages with top corner creases, light soiling and wear to covers..
The Believer, Issue 83
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The Believer, Issue 83

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The Believer, Issue 83
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Books Tell You Why, Inc. (United States)
ISBN
9781936365319
Condition
Very Good+
Description
McSweeney's. Very Good+. 2011. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. 1936365316 . Very Good Plus. Slight shelf-wear to edges of cover and head / tail of spine. ; Volume 9, Number 7. .
Bech is Back

Bech is Back by UPDIKE, John

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Bech is Back
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UPDIKE, John
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Riverrun Books & Manuscripts (United States)
Description
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982. 8vo. 195, [4] pp. Original brown cloth; dust jacket. Near-fine. FIRST EDITION.
CATALOGUE AND PRICE LIST. BOSS CREAM SEPARATORS. Manufactured by Bluffton Cream Separator Co. Bluffton, Ohio. U. S. A. [cover title]

CATALOGUE AND PRICE LIST. BOSS CREAM SEPARATORS. Manufactured by Bluffton Cream Separator Co. Bluffton, Ohio. U. S. A. [cover title]

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CATALOGUE AND PRICE LIST. BOSS CREAM SEPARATORS. Manufactured by Bluffton Cream Separator Co. Bluffton, Ohio. U. S. A. [cover title]
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Bartlebys Books (United States)
Description
Bellefontaine, O.: The Suburban Press, 1903. 15 cm. 12pp., illustrated. Printed gray wrappers. Not listed Romaine. OCLC lists Ohio Hist. Connect. with a 1903 date.
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Christmas Carols

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Title
Christmas Carols
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Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (United States)
Condition
Fine
Description
MA: John Hancock, 1960. Softcover. Fine. Fine in wrappers, a paperback. Staple binding. 15 pages of sheet music. A pocket sized book.
U.S. Peace Council third national conference, October 14-16, 1983.... Chicago, Illinois

U.S. Peace Council third national conference, October 14-16, 1983.... Chicago, Illinois

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U.S. Peace Council third national conference, October 14-16, 1983.... Chicago, Illinois
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Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Description
Chicago: U.S. Peace Council, 1983. Pamphlet. 32p., wraps slightly worn and stained, some creasing else good condition, 6x9 inches. Program and greetings.
Dancing At the Rascal Fair
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Dancing At the Rascal Fair by Doig, Ivan

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Dancing At the Rascal Fair
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Doig, Ivan
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Weller Book Works ABAA/ILAB (United States)
ISBN
9780060971816
Condition
Very Good
Description
Perennial Library, 1988. Very Good. Doig, Ivan. Dancing At the Rascal Fair. New York: Perennial Library, 1988. 405 pp. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good. Edges lightly rubbed.

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