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[Illuminated Manuscript] The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, the Astonomer Poet of Persia by Swinton, Emily. Omar Khayyam. Using the English translation by Edward Fitzgerald

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Title: [Illuminated Manuscript] The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, the Astonomer Poet of Persia
Author: Swinton, Emily. Omar Khayyam. Using the English translation by Edward Fitzgerald
Seller: White Fox Rare Books and Antiques (United States)
Description: 1922. Full Limp Red Calf. Slipcase -- marbled paper pastedown on all sides other than opening. Chemise or inner folder -- thick glossy card stock, all sides, other than that has red calf, with title label. Emily Swinton. Magnificent illuminated manuscript version of the Rubaiyat, or some verses from the Rubaiyat. The illuminated borders are singular -- their design is unlike that we are familiar with, and not even vaguely similar to anything we have ever seen produced by a latter-day illuminator, professional or amateur. Their tracery is of blues, greens, reds, some yellow in a few instances, and not least, the all important gilt. The illuminator surely was paying homage to some Islamic and Persian illumination in her palette, but overall these sources are but influences; the illuminations are far from merely imitative. The design pulls you in, and as one gazes longer one will discover small figurative imagery woven into the lines and swirls of the larger ornamentation. Words are beyond us to come close to capturing their complexity and character -- our photos hopefully will impart something of that. Let us just say the colors are deep and bold. Within these extraordinary borders is the calligraphic text rendered in a stunning, easily legible Gothic Fraktur script. And there are four dream-like miniature watercolors as well of scenic Persian villages. N.d., circa early 1920s. 4to. 28.5 by 19 cm. Unpaginated, 14 leaves with illumination -- illumination on one side. The back side of the leaf then left blank. Tissue guards for each page with illumination. The first leaf has no text -- it is a rectangular abstract design suggestive perhaps of a spectacular rug and inspired by such illuminated painting as one finds in many an antiquarian Koran. The next leaf is the title page with the words appearing to float on the page. The lettering has a distinctive verticality, and the gilt letters are both clearly the letters they are supposed to be but have an abstraction that one can imagine they are Arabic script as well. The last two leaves, with a more restrained, formalistic illumination, has evenly spaced dome-shaped pointers as one finds in Koranic decoration to highlight important passages. The binding, slipcase and chemise are functional but don't really do the contents justice. Other than some crease marks on the calf and light wear overall to these protective features, the binding and slipcase present no issues.

Our Mutual Friend by Dickens, Charles. Stone, Marcus (illus)

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Title: Our Mutual Friend
Author: Dickens, Charles. Stone, Marcus (illus)
Seller: John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller (United States)
Description: 1865. London: Chapman and Hall, 1865. 2 vols., 8vo. 40 engraved plates by Dalziel Brothers or W. T. Green after illustrations by Marcus Stone. Bound without ads in three quarter black polished calf with marbled paper boards, backstrips gilt with red title labels, plain endpapers. A little rubbed, hinges cracked but sound, contents very lightly foxed, long tear repaired in Vol. 1 K2. Early ownership inscription of Clement W. Lea in purple ink on each title page. § First edition in book form of Dickens's last completed novel. "Our Mutual Friend had a mixed reception (the young Henry James's harshly dismissive review in The Nation is notorious) but its stock has risen dramatically in recent years and it is now generally regarded as one of his very greatest works" (ODNB). with the three page postscript to the rear of Volume II, and with 'Pricipal' for 'Principal' to Volume II page 115, 14 lines up from the bottom. Smith I, 15. Eckle p. 94.

ORIGINES SACRAE: OR A RATIONAL ACCOUNT OF THE GROUNDS OF NATURAL AND R. by STILLINGFLEET, Edward

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Title: ORIGINES SACRAE: OR A RATIONAL ACCOUNT OF THE GROUNDS OF NATURAL AND R.
Author: STILLINGFLEET, Edward
Seller: The Bookpress, Ltd. (United States)
Description: STILLINGFLEET, Edward. ORIGINES SACRAE: OR A RATIONAL ACCOUNT OF THE GROUNDS NATURAL AND REVEALED RELIGION. Two volumes. Oxford: University Press, 1836. 8vo. Nineteenth century full-calf. xxiv, 515 vi, 542 pages. New edition. Written by the Bishop of Worcester and first published in 1662, the title was found in many colonial Virginia libraries including those of John Mercer, William Byrd, and Philip Ludwell. Virginia's Governor Francis Nicholson presented his copy to the first library of William and Mary in 1695. Spines uniformly darkened, hinges lightly cracked but firm, else very good.

[VIRGINIANA] [PETERSBURG; SCHOOLS] SIX POSTCARDS 1880; REPORT CARDS by [Anna Peyton Bolling]

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Seller: Black Swan Books, Inc.

Title: [VIRGINIANA] [PETERSBURG; SCHOOLS] SIX POSTCARDS 1880; REPORT CARDS
Author: [Anna Peyton Bolling]
Seller: Black Swan Books, Inc. (United States)
Description: A group of six postcards, all signed “A. P. B.” [Anna Peyton Bolling], and all dated in 1880. One is addressed to Annie F. Belchers on Old Street in Petersburg; the others, which are progress or report cards, are addressed to Annie’s father, J. S. Belchers at the same address. Anna Bolling was an assistant teacher at the Petersburg High School and became it’s principal in 1876. Reading these cards convinces one that she was a most kind and caring teacher. The first card, to Annie on January 15th, 1880: “My dear Child. I was very sorry to hear from the children that you have become sick--hope it is nothing serious, and that you will be at school on Monday. Yours fondly, A. P. B.” The others, by way of report cards, are all affirming of Annie -- “one of my best scholars. A. P. B.” Referring to a young girl as a scholar was an admirably advanced understanding. Anna Bolling is buried at Blandford Cemetery.

Lord De Villiers and His Times: South Africa 1842-1914 by Walker, Eric

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Title: Lord De Villiers and His Times: South Africa 1842-1914
Author: Walker, Eric
Seller: The Kelmscott Bookshop (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: London: Constable & Company, Ltd, 1925. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. With laid-in two page letter and postcard from Walker to Cornelis Willem de Kiewiet, and with de Kiewiet's ownership signature on the free front endpaper. Eric Anderson Walker (September 1886 - February 1976) was King George V Professor of History at the University of Cape Town and Vere Harmsworth Professor of Imperial and Naval History at the University of Cambridge. He was a pioneer in writing the history of South Africa and later an important historian of the British Empire, though by the end of his life his work was seen as dated and Eurocentric. Cornelis Willem de Kiewiet (May1902 - February 1986) was a 20th-century historian most notable for having served as president of Cornell University and the University of Rochester. De Kiewiet was born in the Netherlands, but grew up in South Africa, where his father went as a diamond and gold-seeker and later worked as an employee of the Transvaal Republic's Railway. In the early 1920s, Cornelis earned his bachelor's and master's degrees in history from the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, and, in 1927, he earned his Ph.D. in History from the University of London. The inserted correspondence from Walker to de Kiewiet was written in 1927, while de Kiewiet was working on his Ph.d. The texts discuss South African history during and after the Boer War, and such figures as Southey and Froude. They do not pertain to this work directly. The book is about Lord de Villiers (1842 - 1914), a Cape Colony judge and lawyer who served as Attorney General in the Molteno Government, Chief Justice for the Cape Colony, and later the first Chief Justice for the Union of South Africa. Serving for 40 years, he is often considered to be the most influential judge in South African history. Bound in original dark blue cloth with gilt author and title to spine. Corners bumped and some wrinkling to cloth but still very good. Interior pages also very good. Frontispiece portrait of Lord de Villiers. 523 pages including index. AFRICA/032916.

1303 Nº1: AS DE PAZ - Nº 4

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Seller: Beverly Karno Books LLC

Title: 1303 Nº1: AS DE PAZ - Nº 4
Seller: Beverly Karno Books LLC (United States)
Description: México, D.F.: 1303, 2016. b/w and color plates, color pict. wrps., issued in sealed brown paper bag as issued. 1303 is an independent urban photography magazine focused on skateboarding and graffiti culture. For this project we worked together with urban artists. The graphic style of the cover is inspired by photographic paper packaging ILFORD. "1301 is made with different formats and photographic techniques" --Verso bag. In the first issue the design was carried out by the graffiti artist BESK (Colectico Cabeza Hueca Besk). The photographs were mostly made with analogous formats and varied film; in order to experience different processes in each of its procedures. Graffiti, skateboarding, performance, Portraits, lifestyles and profiles of brilliant people.

Martha Washington Log Cabin Cook Book (Valley Forge) by -

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Title: Martha Washington Log Cabin Cook Book (Valley Forge)
Author: -
Seller: Appledore Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition: Collectible; Fine
Description: Valley Forge, PA: The Martha Washington Guild, 1924. 1st. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Fine. A clean, crisp copy of the 1924 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine in its blue cloth, with bright gilt-titling (and pictorial inlay) at the front panel. 12mo, 132 pgs. plus wonderful publisher's ads.

Laurie Anderson by [ANDERSON, Laurie] GOLDBERG, RoseLee

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Title: Laurie Anderson
Author: [ANDERSON, Laurie] GOLDBERG, RoseLee
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books (United States)
Description: New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc, 2000. First Edition. Quarto (26cm x 26cm). Pictorial paper boards (hardcover); pictorial dustjacket; 204pp; illus. Fine copy; appears new. Near Fine dustwrapper; very slight shelf wear to extremities; one small tear to top cover panel, else clean and sound. An exploration of the entire scope of multi-media performance artist and musician Laurie Anderson's work from the 1970's through the 1990s. Performance Art expert RoseLee Goldberg examines Laurie Anderson's inventions, videos, body instruments, stage sets, art instruments, and installations. 323 illustrations, including 117 color plates.

Early Connecticut Marriages As Found on Ancient Church Records Prior to 1800. Seventh Book by Bailey, Frederic W.

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Seller: Kenneth Mallory Bookseller. ABAA

Title: Early Connecticut Marriages As Found on Ancient Church Records Prior to 1800. Seventh Book
Author: Bailey, Frederic W.
Seller: Kenneth Mallory Bookseller. ABAA (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: New Haven: Bureau of American Ancestry, 1906. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. 116pp+ index. Ink name and address stamp on front free endpaper, else a very good hardback bound in publisher's brown cloth.

Some Early French Guiana Tracts by Wroth, Lawrence C.

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Title: Some Early French Guiana Tracts
Author: Wroth, Lawrence C.
Seller: Kaaterskill Books, ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Condition: A very good or better copy.
Description: Worcester: American Antiquarian Society, 1926. Offprint. Stapled paper wrappers. A very good or better copy.. 20 pp. Sm. 4to. Reprinted from the proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society for April, 1925.

Picasso in the Metropolitan Museum of Art by PICASSO, Pablo; Gary TINTEROW (editor); Susan Alyson STEIN (editor)

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Title: Picasso in the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Author: PICASSO, Pablo; Gary TINTEROW (editor); Susan Alyson STEIN (editor)
Seller: Riverrun Books & Manuscripts (United States)
ISBN: 9781588393715
Condition: Corner of front wrapper just touched, but a fine copy
Description: New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2010. Corner of front wrapper just touched, but a fine copy. 12 x 9 inches. 364 pages. Profusely illustrated. Printed wrappers. "This landmark publication presents for the first time a comprehensive catalogue of the works by Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) in the Metropolitan Museum. Comprising thirty-four paintings, fifty-eight drawings, a dozen sculptures and ceramics, and more than four hundred prints, the collection reflects the full breadth of the artist's multisided genius as it asserted itself over the course of his long and influential career" (the publisher).

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