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MADAME BOVARY. Provincial Manners

MADAME BOVARY. Provincial Manners by Flaubert, Gustave

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MADAME BOVARY. Provincial Manners
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Flaubert, Gustave
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Sumner & Stillman (United States)
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1886. [an amazingly fine copy] Translated from the French Édition Définitive by Eleanor Marx-Aveling. London: Vizetelly & Co., 1886. 2 pp preliminary ads. Original aqua-blue cloth decorated in gilt, black and dark grey. First English Edition of Flaubert's masterpiece, which was destined to become one of the great classics of world literature. Portraying the frustrations and love affairs of romantic young Emma Bovary, married to a dull provincial doctor, the book -- first published in French in late 1856 -- resulted in Flaubert being prosecuted on moral grounds. However, he won the case, while the book gained notoriety that spurred its sales in France. It was MADAME BOVARY that established Flaubert as one of the supreme masters of the realistic novel, with his objective, precise style typified by his use of "le mot juste." Somerset Maugham selected MADAME BOVARY as one of the ten greatest novels, saying that "Flaubert created the modern realistic novel and directly or indirectly has influenced all the writers of fiction since his day." Although the novel did appear in the early 1880s in America (a little-known undated Peterson edition, probably 1881), it did not appear in England until here in 1886, because UK publishers would not touch it -- due to the fact that the lending libraries (responsible for most of any novel's initial sales) would likewise refuse it. Enter the Italian (but London-born) publisher Henry Vizetelly, who in 1886 established this publishing house and set about publishing "Realistic Novels" that the lending libraries had been preventing the English public from reading -- beginning with this book. It was largely Vizetelly, and the public clamoring for his books (despite his being prosecuted for obscenity), who brought about the decline and ultimately the demise of the three-decker format in Britain -- in 1894, coincidentally the year of Vizetelly's death. The translator -- and the author of the 16-page Introduction about Flaubert and the writing of MADAME BOVARY -- was Eleanor "Tussy" Marx (1855-1898), the English-born youngest daughter of Karl Marx. As a child she had played in his study as he wrote DAS KAPITAL (published in 1867), and at the age of 16 she became his secretary, accompanying him to socialist conferences around the world. Her father died in 1883, soon after which she and Edward Aveling, under the aegis of Friedrich Engels, saw to the publication of the second volume of DAS KAPITAL. In 1886, the year this book was published, she toured the US with Aveling and the German socialist Wilhelm Liebknecht. A dozen years later (in early 1898), she discovered that the ailing Aveling had secretly married a young actress and, at age 43, "Tussy" ended her life with cyanide -- very similarly to how Emma Bovary had ended her life with arsenic. This is an amazingly fine copy -- by far the best we have ever seen. Typically, copies have substantial soil and rubbing of this aqua-blue cloth -- but this copy is clean and bright, essentially without wear or soil. The dark green coated endpapers are intact, and the volume is tight. One could not hope for a better copy, of this literary classic that brought together a great author, the debut of a historically-significant publisher, and a talented translator and feminist. Housed in a clamshell case with leather labels.
WITHIN THE TIDES. Tales

WITHIN THE TIDES. Tales by Conrad, Joseph

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WITHIN THE TIDES. Tales
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Conrad, Joseph
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Sumner & Stillman (United States)
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1915. London & Toronto: J.M. Dent & Sons, 1915. Original olive green cloth, with dust jacket. First Edition of this group of four maritime tales -- "The Planter of Malata," "The Partner," "The Inn of the Two Witches" and "Because of the Dollars." None of these has withstood the test of time, though the last one became better known after Conrad dramatized it, as "Laughing Anne." This copy is bound in the usual vertically-ribbed cloth (a few are in linen-grain cloth, with no known priority). The volume is in fine, bright condition; the rather scarce dust jacket is in good-to-very good condition (wear at some edges, archival restoration on the back-side of the folds). Loosely-inserted is Dent's Spring 1915 eight-page booklet listing the first 66 (+ 6 upcoming) titles in The Wayfarer's Library. Supino A18.1.0 (this very copy); Cagle A18a(1). Provenance: discreet bookplate of the Conrad bibliographer David J. Supino.
Mesamashigusa 目さまし草 [The Wakeful Weed]

Mesamashigusa 目さまし草 [The Wakeful Weed] by SEICHUTEI SHUKUSHIN 淸中亭叔親

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Mesamashigusa 目さまし草 [The Wakeful Weed]
Author
SEICHUTEI SHUKUSHIN 淸中亭叔親
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Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller, Inc. (United States)
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Many woodcut illus. (several full-page). 37 folded leaves. 8vo, orig. semi-stiff wrappers, orig. block-printed title label on upper cover, new stitching. [Japan]: Preface dated 1815. First edition. Tobacco first arrived in Japan about 1570, and by 1820 nearly the entire population of Tokyo were tobacco smokers. “The tobacco merchant Seichutei Shukushin captured the popular fascination with tobacco and investigated its history in his book The Wakeful Weed (Mesamashigusa), published in 1815. Though purporting to be a popular rendition of a scholarly work transcribed ‘for the benefit of women and children,’ Seichutei drew upon a broad range of sources including evidence from visual and material culture, folklore, etymology, and popular literature. This approach makes Seichutei’s text more than a collection of tobacco lore. He offered a meditation on historical methods useful to exploring the medieval past, locate Japan’s place in world history, and gauge the development of his country’s distinct culture of smoking.”–Eric C. Rath, “An Herb for Reflecting on Hazy Memories: On the Origins of Smoking in Japan,” University of Michigan online, “The Early Modern ‘Medieval.’ Reconstructing Japanese Pasts,” 2011. The present work is based on the Enroku (1809) by Gentaku Ōtsuki 大槻玄澤 (1757-1827), which was written in Chinese with Japanese reading marks, making it difficult to read. Seichutei Shukushin, a student of Ōtsuki, wrote the present work in Japanese for the general public. It discusses the medical benefits of smoking tobacco (and using the smoke as an enema) and depicts various smoking devices including several interesting types of pipes, a man smoking a pipe atop an elephant (this elephant came to Nagasaki in 1813), a Western man smoking, and an Asian man reclining and smoking, etc. Fine copy, preserved in a chitsu.
Promotional sheet (167 x 196 mm.) for the Amsterdam bookstore, printed on one side & stamped

Promotional sheet (167 x 196 mm.) for the Amsterdam bookstore, printed on one side & stamped by OTHER BOOKS AND SO

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Promotional sheet (167 x 196 mm.) for the Amsterdam bookstore, printed on one side & stamped
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OTHER BOOKS AND SO
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Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller, Inc. (United States)
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Amsterdam: [1975-77]. Scarce piece of Other Books and So ephemera. Founded by Ulises Carrión (1941-89) and Aart van Barneveld (1951-90) as an artist-run bookshop and exhibition space in April 1975, the space was at the nexus of a network of artists involved in stamp and mail art, as well as the publication of artists' books. This small sheet, stamped with the store's first address, 227 Herengracht, lays out the kinds of books that the duo strove to stock and display in their shop. Near fine; three punched holes, just touching the printed text.
Mémoires de Charles Perrault, de l’Académie Françoise

Mémoires de Charles Perrault, de l’Académie Françoise by PERRAULT (Charles);

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Mémoires de Charles Perrault, de l’Académie Françoise
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PERRAULT (Charles);
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BATTLEDORE LTD (United States)
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PERRAULT (Charles): Mémoires de Charles Perrault, de l'Académie Françoise et Premier Commis des batimens du Roi. Contenant beaucoup de particularités & d'Anecdotes intéressantes du ministère de M. Colbert. Avignon: {Pierre Patte,] 1759. First edition of the Memoirs by the author of Mother Goose's Tales, very rare when preserved in an elegant ancient binding as our copy. Tchemerzine, V, 188 The Memoirs stop after the break with Colbert and were published by the architect Pierre Patte. Originally coming from the region of Tours, but established in Paris, the Perrault family belongs to a haute bourgeoisie of Robe with a modern and Jansenist sensibility whose sons are lawyer (Jean), receiver general of finances (Pierre), architect and doctor (Claude) or doctor in theology (Nicolas). As for Charles, if he seems to follow a banal course of a future robin (brilliant literary studies at the college of Beauvais in Paris, law degrees, and registration at the bar in 1651), he actually breaks with the school institution. Then, we see him trying to celebrate the great events of the kingdom: odes on peace on the occasion of the Treaty of the Pyrenees (1659), on the wedding of Louis XIV and Marie-Therese (1660), on the birth of the Dauphin (1661), with a controversial literary talent (by Racine) but with a growing political success, to the point of appearing soon to the young King and his administrators as a great choice to carry out the cultural project of the reordering of France; while he is committed to the superintendence of the royal buildings, Perrault who has proved again his encomiastic science (Discours sur l?acquisition de Dunkerque par le roi? 1663), is appointed, on the recommendation of Chapelain, secretary of the Petite Academy (future Académie des inscriptions et des belles-lettres). He is elected to the French Academy (1671) of which he became Chancellor at the death of Seguier (1672) and redefines its rules of operation. Its effectiveness is once again such that, in the same year, Colbert creates for him a tailor-made position (the general control of the buildings). After the death of Colbert (1683), he is dismissed from his position of Controller General and excluded from the Petite Académie by Louvois; only remained Director of the Academy, he is de facto placed in an almost total retreat at the age of fifty-five. Charles Perrault then devotes himself to the education of his children (he was a widower since 1678), but more importantly resumes and deepens a religious reflection (Épître chrétienne sur la pénitence, praise of Louis XIV protector of the Catholic religion, 1683, ode Aux nouveaux convertis, 1685, etc.), which will prove to be the ethical base of the upcoming Quarrel of the Ancients and the Moderns. As evidenced by his consultation with two religious, former moderates, Bossuet and Huet, about his Saint Paulin évêque de Nole (1686), epic in six songs that appears to be followed by an epistle to Fontenelle, Le Génie. On January 27, 1687, the public reading of the Siècle de Louis XIV by Charles Perrault, to the glory of the Moderns, caused a quarrel between the Ancients and the Moderns to burst, whose stakes exceed the controversies of their respective leaders, Boileau and himself. In fact it will result in the reconciliation (1694) of those who probably were differently of the same opinion? (Boileau).
Don Francisco Xavier Venegas de Saavedra...Habiendo Tenido los Rebeldes Cura Don Jose Maria Cos y Prebendado Don Francisco Velasco et Atrevimiento de Dirigir a Esta Superioridad y a Algunos Cuerpos Respetables...[caption title and beginning of text]

Don Francisco Xavier Venegas de Saavedra...Habiendo Tenido los Rebeldes Cura Don Jose Maria Cos y Prebendado Don Francisco Velasco et Atrevimiento de Dirigir a Esta Superioridad y a Algunos Cuerpos Respetables...[caption title and beginning of text] by [Mexico]. Venegas de Saavedra, Francisco Xavier

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Don Francisco Xavier Venegas de Saavedra...Habiendo Tenido los Rebeldes Cura Don Jose Maria Cos y Prebendado Don Francisco Velasco et Atrevimiento de Dirigir a Esta Superioridad y a Algunos Cuerpos Respetables...[caption title and beginning of text]
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[Mexico]. Venegas de Saavedra, Francisco Xavier
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McBride Rare Books (United States)
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Very good.
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Mexico City: April 7, 1812. Very good.. Letterpress broadside, 16.75 x 12.25 inches, signed by Venegas with his mark below his printed name, and signed by his secretary at bottom right. Stamped on verso with the arms of Ferdinand VII, dated 1812-13. Old folds, a few small wormholes, minor edge wear. Untrimmed. A rare broadside issued by the Viceroy of New Spain, Francisco Xavier Venegas de Saavedra, in colonial Mexico at the outset of the second phase of the revolution against Spain. Venegas calls for the burning of "seditious papers" and "scandalous propositions" by the revolutionary leaders Cos and Velasco. Venegas castigates the rebels as "insurgents...permeated with the same criminal feelings as the perfidious Cura de Delores [i.e., Father Miguel Hidalgo]" and catalogues the "wrongs" committed by Cos and Velasco against the Spanish people, military, and the Sovereign Congress of the General and Extraordinary Cortes. Francisco Xavier Venegas de Saavedra (1754-1838) was a notable Spanish military leader who served as viceroy of New Spain from 1810 to 1813. He was replaced after being accused of going soft on the Mexican insurgents who would later win their freedom a year into the next decade. Venegas' term as viceroy seemed doomed from the start. Two days after he took office, insurgents under Father Miguel Hidalgo began the rebellion, taking control of a number of Mexican cities in about a month. Royalist troops soon responded, and took the upper hand and by early 1811 had regained all lost territory, executing the leaders of the rebellion. Political disputes over the 1812 Spanish Constitution sparked the embers of revolutionary spirit in Mexico, and Venegas was replaced in 1813 for "arbitrary measures that impeded the pacification of the country...[and] a lack of energy in suppressing the rebellion." OCLC reports just two institutional copies, at the JCB and the Lilly Library. Sabin 98852.
Sea of Buddha

Sea of Buddha by SUGIMOTO, Hiroshi

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Sea of Buddha
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SUGIMOTO, Hiroshi
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Harper's Books (United States)
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A fine copy, accordion-bound in brushed aluminum boards, similar to its sister publications Time Exposed (1991) and Theaters (
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New York: Sonnabend Sundell Editions, 1997. A fine copy, accordion-bound in brushed aluminum boards, similar to its sister publications Time Exposed (1991) and Theaters (2000). Minor scuffing to silken slipcase, else near fine. An impressive construction.. Limited Edition; no. 329 of 1000 copies. Quarto-sized leporello. Artist's book from Hiroshi Sugimoto, featuring an unfolding sequence of his photographs from the Sanjūsangen-dō temple in Kyoto, with its thousand statues of Kannon, the bodhisattva of compassion. Multiplied by the 1000 copies in this edition, Sugimoto thus released one million bodhisattvas into the world; a virtual sea of Buddha. (Parr/Badger, v1, 308).
THE ENGRAVINGS OF ERIC GILL

THE ENGRAVINGS OF ERIC GILL by (GILL, ERIC)

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THE ENGRAVINGS OF ERIC GILL
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(GILL, ERIC)
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Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts (United States)
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Wellingborough: Christopher Skelton, 1983. No. 4 OF 85 SPECIAL COPIES printed on archival rag paper (and 1,350 copies of the ordinary edition.). 349 x 267 mm. (13 3/4 x 10 1/2"). Two volumes plus portfolio.. Publisher's deluxe biscuit-colored morocco over reddish-brown linen, flat spines with gilt titling. In the original slipcase. Profusely illustrated with more than 1,000 reproductions of Gill's works; THIS SPECIAL COPY ACCOMPANIED BY A PORTFOLIO OF EIGHT ENGRAVINGS PRINTED DIRECTLY FROM THE ORIGINAL WOODBLOCKS. Front pastedowns with bookplate of Haven O'More, the Garden Collection. In pristine condition. This is the deluxe copy of a comprehensive survey of Gill's work as an engraver and typecutter, prepared as a labor of love by his nephew, Christopher Skelton. Glaister describes Eric Gill (1882-1940) as "an English craftsman, engraver, type designer, sculptor, and philosopher whose influence on contemporary book production has been profound and world-wide." Gill studied lettering as a young man under Edward Johnston, then for five years, beginning in 1905, designed and engraved title pages and initials for books printed by Count Harry Kessler at Insel Verlag, Leipzig (Kessler would go on to found the Cranach Press in 1913). Later, Gill did a great deal of woodcut illustration for other private press publications, especially the Golden Cockerel Press (including memorable work for the famous "Four Gospels," "Troilus and Criseyde," and "Canterbury Tales"). The 993 illustrations in the body of the present offering and the 51 in the appendix include all of the wood engravings from those works, as well as Gill's other book illustrations, individual engravings, typefaces, Christmas cards, and bookplates. The subjects, for the most part, are either religious or erotic--and sometimes, controversially, both. The portfolio prints are "A Garden Enclosed," "Self-portrait," "Surrexit Alleluia," "Tree and Dog with Flames," "St. Thomas's Hands," "Girl with a Mirror," "I Am a Little World," and "Man and Woman Embracing." Skelton (1925-92) learned printing from Gill's son-in-law René Hague, and operated a private press from 1968 to 1985. This is the magnum opus of that workshop. This copy comes from the Garden Collection, assembled by Haven O'More with funding from Michael Davis, which was the most outstanding library of notable books put together in America in the second half of the 20th century. When it was auctioned by Sotheby's in 1989, the sale brought in $16.2 million. The library included high spots from all periods (the four Shakespeare folios, the first of "Don Quixote," and Blake's "Songs of Innocence and Experience" brought in more than $5 million alone), and the collection was breathtaking in its impeccable condition..
Carta Geografica del Canada Nell: America Settentrionale

Carta Geografica del Canada Nell: America Settentrionale by ALBRIZZI, Giovanni Battista

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Carta Geografica del Canada Nell: America Settentrionale
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ALBRIZZI, Giovanni Battista
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Argosy Book Store (United States)
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Venice: Giovanni Battista Albrizzi, 1740. unbound. very good. Map. Uncolored engraving. Image measures 13" x 16.75". Exquisite map of Canada showing the Great Lakes in detail with beautiful country vignette cartouche. Detailed explorers notes engraved throughout including Baron di Lahontan's accounts of the West. Some discoloration along centerfold and edges but in pleasing black and white state. Giovanni Battista Albrizzi (1698-1777) was a prominent Venetian publisher of books and maps. He inherited his business from his father and was part of a family active in publishing and bookselling in Venice for 150 years. In addition, he edited a weekly bulletin, Novelle della Repubblica delle Lettere, which reviewed and commented on books published throughout Europe.
Artwork for FDR's 1936 Reelection Campaign proposed by Artist Franz Felix

Artwork for FDR's 1936 Reelection Campaign proposed by Artist Franz Felix by [PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF 1936]

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Artwork for FDR's 1936 Reelection Campaign proposed by Artist Franz Felix
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[PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF 1936]
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Seth Kaller, Inc. (United States)
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This sheet contains five rough sketches of graphics calling on the workers and voters of America to support Franklin D. Roosevelt's reelection in 1936. They did, in record numbers. [PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF 1936]. Typed Document Signed. Artwork by Franz Felix and Ideas and Copy by Richard Barron, "Set of Rough Sketches Containing Some Suggested Promotion Ideas to be Used in the 1936 Democratic Presidential Campaign," July 2, 1936. 1 p., 12 x 10½ in. Excerpts: "1. Sounding the call against 'economic royalists' in the spirit of 1776." "2. Appropriating the well-known symbol of violence [upraised fist], diverting it to peaceful democratic use. To include the farmer, phrase the appeal: TOILERS OF AMERICA – UNITE FOR ROOSEVELT." "3. The statue of 'The Thinker' as a symbol of the man today who thinks, the toiler with brawn and brain...everyman." "4. Direct appeal to radical labor and leftists in general." "5. Another way of appealing to the working class men and women." "This collaborative effort respectfully submitted for consideration to the Chairman of the Democratic National Committee, Mr. James A. Farley." Historical Background After unseating incumbent Republican President Herbert Hoover in 1932, President Franklin D. Roosevelt ran for reelection in 1936. His Republican opponent was Governor Alf Landon of Kansas. Although the Great Depression had entered its eighth year, Roosevelt's New Deal policies were broadly popular. He won the highest share of the popular and electoral vote since the uncontested 1820 election. Roosevelt attracted more than 60 percent of the popular vote and won the electoral votes of 46 states; Landon won the electoral votes of only Maine and Vermont. Democratic Party chairman James Farley had predicted that Roosevelt would lose only Maine and Vermont. After the results of the 1936 election, Farley quipped that the nation needed to revise the conventional political wisdom of "As Maine goes, so goes the nation" to "As Maine goes, so goes Vermont." These ideas for campaign imagery employed or modified common images to support Roosevelt's campaign. One drew on the imagery of artist Archibald Willard's 1875 painting The Spirit of '76 and employed three figures of workers to match the subjects of Willard's image. Another appropriated the upraised fist as a symbol of violence and repurposed it as a symbol of defiant unity against "economic royalists." A third used an image of The Thinker by French sculptor Auguste Rodin (1840-1917) to appeal to thinking voters. Another image appeals to the fears of radicals that the alternative to Roosevelt is "Reaction." Richard Barron and artist Franz Felix submitted these ideas to Democratic National Committee chairman James A. Farley on July 2, 1936, three weeks before the Democratic Party held its convention in Philadelphia. There is no evidence that these images were used in the campaign, and it is possible that Farley rejected them. At the end of the campaign, the Democratic National Committee had a campaign deficit of approximately $850,000. To help offset those expenses, the treasurer convinced President Roosevelt to sign 2,500 brief Forewords, which were bound into The Democratic Book 1936 and sent to donors of $250. Purchases brought in more than $400,000 for the party and led Republicans to charge corrupt practices for allowing corporations to contribute to the campaign by buying copies. Franz Felix (1892-1967) was born in Vienna, Austria, and developed an ability as a child to draw portraits in charcoal. He studied portraiture in Vienna and immigrated to the United States shortly after World War I. He settled in San Francisco, where he established himself as a portrait artist and commercial illustrator. In the late 1920s, he moved to New York and established a studio in the suburb of Spring Valley, where he produced book and magazine illustrations. During World War II, he painted a series of murals of wartime activities of Spring Valley residents. James A. Farley (1888-1976) was born in New York into an Irish Catholic family. After his father died, he helped his mother with a small business to support the family. After graduating from Packard Business College in New York City, where he studied bookkeeping and other business skills, Farley got a job with the U.S. Gypsum Corporation. He served as a Democratic town clerk in Stony Point, New York and became chairman of the county's Democratic Party in 1918. He organized upstate Democrats and helped elect Alfred E. Smith as Governor that year. He served in the New York State Assembly in 1923 but was defeated at the next election for supporting the repeal of Prohibition. As chair of the state Athletic Commission, Farley fought for the civil rights of African American athletes. Farley founded he General Builders Corporation from smaller firms to become New York City's largest building supply company. Farley directed Franklin D. Roosevelt's narrowly successful New York gubernatorial campaign in 1928 and his reelection in 1930. Farley served as chairman of the New York State Democratic Committee from 1930 to 1944, and helped build the national New Deal coalition that elected Roosevelt to the Presidency four times. In 1932, Farley became the chairman of the Democratic National Committee, and in 1933, U.S. Postmaster General. He held both positions until 1940. Farley and Roosevelt broke on the two-term tradition of the Presidency in 1940, and he later helped propose the 22nd Amendment to the U.S. Constitution limiting a person to two elections as president, approved by Congress in 1947 and ratified in 1951. Farley became chairman of the board of the Coca-Cola Export Corporation in 1940 and held that position for more than thirty years.
A dissertation on the gout, and all chronic diseases, jointly considered

A dissertation on the gout, and all chronic diseases, jointly considered by Cadogan, William

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A dissertation on the gout, and all chronic diseases, jointly considered
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Cadogan, William
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Jeremy Norman & Co., Inc. (United States)
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London: J. Dodsley, 1771. Cadogan, William (1711-1797). A dissertation on the gout, and all chronic diseases, jointly considered . . . 8vo. [iii]-viii, 88pp.; lacking half-title (A1). London: J. Dodsley, 1771. 202 x 127 mm. 20th-century half morocco, gilt-lettered spine, cloth boards. Last leaf somewhat soiled and frayed, but very good. Partially trimmed early inscription [ ". . . Bagot"] on title. From the library of Haskell F. Norman, with his bookplate. First Edition. Cadogan was one of the first to publicly blame the occurrence of gout upon its victims' immoderate habits, identifying the causes of the disease as "Indolence, Intemperance and Vexation." He rejected the traditional drastic treatments for gout, which included bleeding, purging and dosing with antimony, in favor of temperance, a moderate diet and regular exercise. These sensible recommendations did much to dispel the fashionable aura surrounding the disease and promoted a more rational and systematic approach to its alleviation. A Dissertation on the Gout was a sensation upon publication, going through eight editions in one year, but it was also severely criticized and lampooned by those unwilling to accept its tenets; Dr. Johnson, himself a sufferer, called it "a good book in general. . . but a foolish one as to particulars." Copeman, A Short History of the Gout and the Rheumatic Diseases, pp. 16-17; 85-87. Garrison-Morton.com 4498. Norman 384 (this copy). .
An American Pilgrimage: Portions of the Letters of Grace Scribner (Signed by Lynd Ward, Winifred Chappell, and Harry F. Ward / Ex-libris Lynd Ward's sister)

An American Pilgrimage: Portions of the Letters of Grace Scribner (Signed by Lynd Ward, Winifred Chappell, and Harry F. Ward / Ex-libris Lynd Ward's sister) by Ward, Lynd (Woodcuts); Selected and arranged by Winifred L. Chappell; Foreword by Harry F. Ward

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An American Pilgrimage: Portions of the Letters of Grace Scribner (Signed by Lynd Ward, Winifred Chappell, and Harry F. Ward / Ex-libris Lynd Ward's sister)
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Ward, Lynd (Woodcuts); Selected and arranged by Winifred L. Chappell; Foreword by Harry F. Ward
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Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Near fine
Description
New York: Vanguard Press with the Methodist Federation for Social Service, 1927. First edition, association copy. Hardcover. Near fine/good. 89pp. Duodecimo [18 cm] Blue cloth over boards. With only light wear to the extremities. In a dust jacket, with taping to the edges on the reverse (a bit of this taping is visible through the edge tears). Dance 012. Ex-libris Lynd Ward's sister Muriel Ward, with her bookplate on the front pastedown. From the dust jacket- "Grace Scribner began life in a lumber village, with little preparation for the bitter struggles she was later to face and overcome. After years of confusion and suffering she at last found the opportunity which enabled her to devote herself, body and soul, to her lifelong faith- the religion of humanity." Signed by Lynd Ward, Winifred Chappell, and Harry F. Ward (Lynd Ward's father - a Methodist lay minister, political activist, and cofounder of the ACLU) on the front free endpaper.
OUT OF THE SIXTIES

OUT OF THE SIXTIES by HOPPER, Dennis

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OUT OF THE SIXTIES
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HOPPER, Dennis
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Near fine in a very good jacket.
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Pasadena, CA: Twelvetrees, 1986. Second edition. Near fine in a very good jacket.. Second edition (one of 4000 copies) of Hopper's first published book of photography. A collection of striking full-page B&W candids in gravure of both 1960's luminaries (Warhol, Paul Newman, The Rolling Stone) and scenesters (hippies, bikers, etc.). Includes 8pp. of text by Michael McClure and Walter Hopps; designed by Jack Woody. Hardcover. 4to. Near fine in very good plus jacket. DJ has mild rubbing. INSCRIBED and dated by Hopper below his introductory text, as usual.
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THE OPERA GLASS: A MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC MAGAZINE. VOLUMES 1 TO 5 by Coburn, Frank W., edited

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THE OPERA GLASS: A MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC MAGAZINE. VOLUMES 1 TO 5
Author
Coburn, Frank W., edited
Seller
Commonwealth Books (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
Opera Glass Publishing, 1894. Hardcover. Very Good. A complete run of this periodical from volume I of 1894 through volume V, December, 1898. 8vo. Recently rebound in quarter black morocco over green cloth-covered boards, original covers bound in at rear. B/w illustrations. Some light toning to page edges, else very good plus in a near fine recent binding. An essential reference for opera in Boston during the years covered. Even single issues are scarce.
Cinderella

Cinderella by (Pantomime Toybook)

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Title
Cinderella
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(Pantomime Toybook)
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Thorn Books (United States)
Condition
Very good
Description
New York: McLoughlin Bros, 1880. Hardcover. Very good. Large thin 4to. Upper board in full color chromolithography; rear board in single color and listing the five books in the Pantomime Series. 10pp of text, with the two remaining blanks serving as front and rear pastedowns. With a full color chromolithographed harlequinade inside with pages of varying sizes which tell the story of Cinderella as described in the text and as a stage production. Light wear to the corners; fingering soil; still a very good copy. Rare. .
Signed White House Photograph: Inscribed to Wayne Huizenga

Signed White House Photograph: Inscribed to Wayne Huizenga by Bush, George H.W.

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Title
Signed White House Photograph: Inscribed to Wayne Huizenga
Author
Bush, George H.W.
Seller
The First Edition Rare Books, LLC (United States)
Condition
Near fine
Description
Washington DC: The White House, 1989. Signed Photograph. Photograph. Near fine. Signed White House photograph of President George H.W. Bush with his granddaughter, inscribed to American businessman, Wayne Huizenga.. Official White House photograph, dated October 4th, 1989. Measures 8" x 10". Faint toning to edges, was likely framed. The photograph features the granddaughter of President George H.W. Bush, likely Marshall Lloyd Bush, the daughter of Marvin P. Bush. Includes a JSA authentication form, with sticker on verso of photo. Also includes a note from Marvin P. Bush to Wayne Huizenga. Inscription from President George H.W. Bush reads: "To Wayne - My video adviser & I send best wishes. George Bush." Provenance: From the estate of Wayne Huizenga, his office in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Wayne Huizenga (1937-2018) was the co-owner of Blockbuster Video at the time of this inscription. He was a close adviser to President George H.W. Bush and his son, President George W. Bush. Before his time with Blockbuster Video, he founded Waste Management Inc. and later through acquisition, AutoNation. He was the owner of several professional sports teams, including the Miami Dolphins, the Florida Panthers and the Florida Marlins. He died in 2018 of cancer.
Speaking of Freedom; The Collected Speeches

Speaking of Freedom; The Collected Speeches by Bush, George H.W.

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Speaking of Freedom; The Collected Speeches
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Bush, George H.W.
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The First Edition Rare Books, LLC (United States)
Condition
Fine
Description
Norwalk: Easton Press, 2009. Signed Collector's Edition. Full leather. Fine. The signed limited edition of Speaking of Freedom: The Collected Speeches of George H.W. Bush.. Octavo, xiv, [4], 302pp. Gilt title on spine and decorative designs on cover. Dark blue leather covers. Silk end papers and sewn-in bookmark. Signed by former President George H.W. Bush on limitation page. Easton press paperwork included.
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The Churchman's Choral Companion to His Prayer Book. Consisting of chants, responses, and anthems, with Scripture hymns set to appropriate melodies; composed, selected and adapted to the use of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America. by SMITH, Rev. William

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The Churchman's Choral Companion to His Prayer Book. Consisting of chants, responses, and anthems, with Scripture hymns set to appropriate melodies; composed, selected and adapted to the use of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America.
Author
SMITH, Rev. William
Seller
Savoy Books (United States)
Description
Book. New York: Printed for the author, 1809. Oblong 4to, contemp. marbled boards, calf spine. Pp. 8 (letterpress), 45 (engraved.) Boards worn, spine lacking; old paper tape repair to inner hinges; still a good, sound copy. Old inscription on title, "George Grundy. Gift To his daughter Mary Grundy. Baltimore, Feby. 1810." First edition, the second issue, enlarged with five additional pages of music. Scarce compilation, including 17 American compositions, some composed specifically for the work. Smith was a Scottish-born clergyman, composer and teacher, and "an early and effective advocate of chanting in the Episcopal church service." - B&L. Imprints 18644; Britton and Lowens 473A..
The Dakota Mission: Past and Present. A.D. 1886 [wrapper title]

The Dakota Mission: Past and Present. A.D. 1886 [wrapper title] by [Native Americans]: [Education]: [Williamson, John P.]

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Title
The Dakota Mission: Past and Present. A.D. 1886 [wrapper title]
Author
[Native Americans]: [Education]: [Williamson, John P.]
Seller
The Joe Fay Company LLC (United States)
Description
Minneapolis: Tribune Job Printing Co, 1886. 27pp., plus additional printed note tipped in on first leaf of text. Original printed self wrappers, stapled. Three binder holes punched along spine, moderate toning and dust-soiling to wrappers, ownership signature in blue ink on front wrapper. Soft vertical crease throughout. A handful of blue ink underlinings to text. About very good. A scarce compilation of articles from a confederation of American religious missionary organizations working in various populations of Dakota Indians in the Midwest and Far West, compiled by John P. Williamson, a Presbyterian and "Missionary to the Indians" in the Dakota Territory. Williamson also served as the treasurer of the Native Missionary Society. The Dakota Mission was made up of members of the Presbyterian and Congregational orders, as well as groups like the American Board, the American Missionary Association, the Presbyterian Board of Home Missions, and the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions. The present work includes nine articles by members of these various groups, including three by Williamson ("Early Missions to the Dakota Indians in Minnesota," "Poplar Creek Mission" and "The Dakota Native Missionary Society"), as well as "Sisseton Mission" by Martha Riggs Morris; "The Yankton Mission" by Nancy Hunter; "Wolf Point Mission, Montana" by Rev. George W. Wood; "The Congregational Division of the Dakota Mission" by Rev. Alfred L. Riggs; "The Santee Normal School" by "One of the Teachers;" and "The Swiss Missionaries" by Rev. Samuel W. Pond. In describing their work, these authors necessarily discuss various aspects of the lives and culture of Native Americans.
Archive of 26 original die-cut wax-based advertising stickers, circa 1980s

Archive of 26 original die-cut wax-based advertising stickers, circa 1980s by [Advertising]

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Archive of 26 original die-cut wax-based advertising stickers, circa 1980s
Author
[Advertising]
Seller
Royal Books (United States)
Description
Racine, Wisconsin: S.C. Johnson, 1980. Archive of 26 vintage wax-based die-cut stickers advertising S.C. Johnson products. The S.C. Johnson company was founded in 1886 in Racine, Wisconsin, primarily selling wax for parquet flooring. The company would expand throughout the twentieth century, eventually departing from wax-based products in 1955 with the launch of Raid insecticide, accompanied over the next three years by a new suite of products, including Off! insect repellent, Pledge cleaner, and Glade air freshener. The company continues to operate today as one of the oldest family-owned businesses in the United States. The stickers on offer here were likely created for distributors' use, and advertise a wide variety of Johnson products, including Agree shampoo and conditioner, Glade aerosol spray, Edge shaving gel, Off! insect repellent, Shout laundry spray, Befresh toilet bowl deodorizer, Scrunge sponge, and more. The archive also includes four sale signs for use during spring, summer, autumn, and winter. Sheets 8.5 x 11 inches. Generally Near Fine.
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The City Boy by Herman Wouk

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Title
The City Boy
Author
Herman Wouk
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Jeff Bergman Books ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Condition
Fine
Description
Simon & Schuster, 1948. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fine Copy in a Near Fine Jacket. $2.95 On Flap. First Edition. Excellent Copy Of The Author's Second Book..
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Bound To Be The Best The Club Bindery by Thoms G.Boss

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Bound To Be The Best The Club Bindery
Author
Thoms G.Boss
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Jeff Bergman Books ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Condition
Fine
Description
Thomas G.Boss, 2004. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Limited Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 1/550 Copies Exquisite Book Of Book Binders. Beautifully Illustrated Many Gorgeous Color Plates..
Hills (Chicken) Mash 100 LBS. Net Feed Mill Bag

Hills (Chicken) Mash 100 LBS. Net Feed Mill Bag

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Hills (Chicken) Mash 100 LBS. Net Feed Mill Bag
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James Cummins Bookseller (United States)
Condition
Framed and glazed. Fine
Description
Gladstone, NJ: G.F. Hill & Co. 1 vols. Framed and glazed. Fine. 1 vols.
Starboard Wine; More Notes on the Language of Science Fiction

Starboard Wine; More Notes on the Language of Science Fiction by Delany, Samuel R.

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Title
Starboard Wine; More Notes on the Language of Science Fiction
Author
Delany, Samuel R.
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Carpetbagger Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
Pleasantville: Dragon Press, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Signed by Delany on the half-title. Very Good. Black cloth, lightly rubbed, with gilt lettering on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound, lacking the errata sheet, clean internally. A collection of eleven essays and three letters about science fiction in general as well as authors like Robert Heinlein, Thomas Disch, and Joanna Russ.
Book of Niagara Falls

Book of Niagara Falls by Parsons, Horatio

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Book of Niagara Falls
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Parsons, Horatio
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De Wolfe and Wood (United States)
Description
Bufffalo: Steele & Peck, 1838. Sixth edition. 111, [1] pp. Binding lightly rubbed, and the interior is foxed. This popular guide includes a very good folding map.
TRACTATUS LOGICO-PHILOSOPHICUS (ANTHEM STUDIES IN WITTGENSTEIN)
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TRACTATUS LOGICO-PHILOSOPHICUS (ANTHEM STUDIES IN WITTGENSTEIN) by Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 1889-1951 [author] ; Bazzocchi, Luciano [editor] ; Hacker, P. M. S. (Peter Michael Stephan) [introduction] ; McGuinness, Brian; Pears, David [translators]

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Title
TRACTATUS LOGICO-PHILOSOPHICUS (ANTHEM STUDIES IN WITTGENSTEIN)
Author
Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 1889-1951 [author] ; Bazzocchi, Luciano [editor] ; Hacker, P. M. S. (Peter Michael Stephan) [introduction] ; McGuinness, Brian; Pears, David [translators]
Seller
Second Story Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN
9781785276569
Description
London: Anthem Press, 2021. Centenary edition. Hardcover. Octavo, xxvii, 265 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Spine is green with black print. Boards in green and white paper, green and black print; slight shelf wear. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column W. 1403863. FP New Rockville Stock.
Between Joy's Legs

Between Joy's Legs by Baron Wells

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Between Joy's Legs
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Baron Wells
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Capitol Hill Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Very God
Description
New York: Cameo Editions, 1971. Very God. New York: Cameo Editions, 1971. First Edition. 12mo; publisher's pictorial card wrappers; 200,[8](ads)pp. Moderate wear to wrapper extremities, spine gently creased, textblock a bit toned at margins, else Very Good and sound. Uncommon erotic pulp novel about bored housewife Joy Chase who lives with her professor husband in a rural Vermont town adjacent to an all-men's college. A disclaimer on upper cover states "Cameo Editions sale prohibited to minors." Missed by OCLC as of February, 2024.
[SIGNED] [CIVIL WAR] POINT LOOKOUT PRISON CAMP FOR CONFEDERATES

[SIGNED] [CIVIL WAR] POINT LOOKOUT PRISON CAMP FOR CONFEDERATES by Edwin W. Beitzell | Carrie Curle Sinclair

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[SIGNED] [CIVIL WAR] POINT LOOKOUT PRISON CAMP FOR CONFEDERATES
Author
Edwin W. Beitzell | Carrie Curle Sinclair
Seller
Black Swan Books, Inc. (United States)
Condition
Very Good binding
Description
Abell, Maryland: Privately Printed, 1972. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. Large quarto; in the publisher's taupe cloth with the upper board printed with a plan of the prison at Point Lookout; x, 217 pages including the Index; with black and white photographic illustrations; with some minor toning to the endpapers; there is an additional owner name on the front endpaper.~~This copy is signed by the author, Edwin Beitzell.An attractive copy signed by the author Edwin W. Beitzell, Very Good binding / Very Good dust jacket.
Medicine Men - 1st Edition/1st Printing

Medicine Men - 1st Edition/1st Printing by Adams, Alice

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Medicine Men - 1st Edition/1st Printing
Author
Adams, Alice
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Books Tell You Why, Inc. (United States)
ISBN
9780679454403
Condition
Fine in Fine dust jacket
Description
New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1997. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0679454403 . A handsome first edition/first printing in unread Fine condition in Fine dust-jacket. Signed by author Alice Adams directly on the title page; Adams's Medicine Men is a powerful, poetic novel about a group of Native American men who, over the course of several decades, struggle to maintain their culture and traditions as they face increasing assimilation by white society. The novel follows the men as they face the challenges of their changing world, from the fraught politics of treaty-making to the everyday challenges of trying to hold onto their ancient ways. Adams brings the story to life with her evocative and compelling writing, and her characters are unforgettable.; 8vo; Signed by Author .
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Lamentationes Jeremiae Prophetae: Partitura by Zelenka, Jan Dismas

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Lamentationes Jeremiae Prophetae: Partitura
Author
Zelenka, Jan Dismas
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Hackenberg Booksellers ABAA (United States)
Description
Praha: Editio Supraphon, 1984. [xx] 91p., music, original stiff printed wrappers, quarto format (Musica antiqua Bohemica. Seria II, 4).
Muntahab-i ātār [Volume 5 of Mao's Collected Works, in Persian]

Muntahab-i ātār [Volume 5 of Mao's Collected Works, in Persian] by Māʼū Tsih Dūn (Mao Zedong)

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Title
Muntahab-i ātār [Volume 5 of Mao's Collected Works, in Persian]
Author
Māʼū Tsih Dūn (Mao Zedong)
Seller
Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Description
n.p.: Sāzmān-i Inqilābī, 1978. 316p., paperback, somewhat shelfworn with corner creases. Translation published by Iranian activists in exile. The original set of Mao's works consisted of four volumes, with materials going up to the revolution of 1949 but not after. Because of the unstable political situation and changes in Party line, it was impossible for many years to decide which post-1949 texts should be upheld in a new volume. It was only after Mao's death, when Hua Guofeng (Kuo-feng) was trying to cement his legitimacy as heir, that the fifth volume finally appeared, containing texts from 1949 to 1957, at the dawn of the Great Leap Forward.
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Gandhian Perspectives on Human Rights

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Gandhian Perspectives on Human Rights
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Weller Book Works ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
1999. Very Good. Gandhian Perspectives on Human Rights. Rajghat, New Delhi: NP, 1999. 42pp. Illustrated. 12mo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good with gentle rubbing and bumping.

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