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Two separately published works by the Reformer Johann Locher, addressed to the German folk hero "Karsthans by Locher, Johann (d. 1524) [writing under the pseudonym Hans Rott]

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Title: Two separately published works by the Reformer Johann Locher, addressed to the German folk hero "Karsthans
Author: Locher, Johann (d. 1524) [writing under the pseudonym Hans Rott]
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Description: Hardcover. Fine. Johann Locher was an Observant Franciscan at Ulm who later became a vociferous advocate of Luther’s program of reform. Persecuted for his reformist sympathies, he eventually took refuge in Zwickau, where he published extensively between 1523 and 1524, writing against the injustices visited upon the lower classes and the corruption of the Church. He left Zwickau for Munich in late 1524, just as the Peasants’ War was breaking out. He was arrested and executed in November 1524, becoming one of the first evangelical martyrs. These two books, both extremely rare, are bound in modern, uniform quarter-vellum bindings. It is clear that they were previously bound together and so are now being offered as a pair. The brief descriptions of the books presented below are followed by an in-depth discussion of the works. I. LOCHER'S FIRST LETTER TO KARSTHANS: Locher, Johann (d. 1524) Ein Claglicher Sendtbrieff des Baurnveyndts zu Karsthannsen seynem Pundtgnossen, mit Radt vnd Trost, Die ganntz Christenhayt belangendt. [Zwickau:] ‘Gedruckt durch Johann Locher von München’ [but Jörg Gastel for Johann Schönsperger the Younger], 1524 Quarto: 17.6 x 14.1 cm. [9] lvs. A4, B2, C4 (-blank C4) ONE OF TWO EDITIONS, both by Gastel for Schönsperger (see Reske/Benzing 1055.) Bound in modern uniform quarter parchment and drab boards. A very good, crisp copy with a few sidenotes lightly shaved and some light fraying in the inner margin of the title page. With a small woodcut of a Christian knight on the title within a decorative woodcut frame and printed manicules in the text. No copies traced in North America. This is the first of two letters by Locher (writing under the pseudonym Hans Rott) addressed to “Karsthans”, “Hans of the Hoe”, the folk figure most closely associated with the plight of the German peasants who yearned for social justice and championed the cause of Church Reform. Originally a character of derision, Karsthans “became symbolic of the simple, hard-working, unsophisticated peasant whose common sense, simple trust in God, love of truth, and Biblical knowledge confounded trained theologians.”(Packull) “The provocative words of abuse by Johann Locher against the conditions of his time reach their climax in his two epistles to Karsthans, in which he angrily calls for open resistance in both the secular and religious realms. On the title of the first incendiary letter, the author strangely describes himself as an 'enemy of the peasants', although throughout the text he proves himself to be their friend. The two epistles… are among the most passionate outbursts of the grumbling ‘little people’ of the cities and the agitated peasants of the countryside.” (Schottenloher, Wer ist Johann Locher von München?, in: Der Buchdrucker Hans Schobser, 1925, pp. 120 ff.). "Locher's letters are among the loudest harbingers of the Peasants' War. The author uses the harshest language against the Emperor: ‘Oh, you poor Christian, what is your name? My name is, I thirst for human blood. I must increase the devil's kingdom by shedding blood, and that is why I am cursed by God and despised by men.’ He describes how bailiffs and henchmen seek the sweat of the poor day and night, exploiting and 'shaming' them. Wild game, created by God freely and for the benefit of all people, is more strictly forbidden to the peasants than adultery, brawling and fornication." (Rosen, Cat. Neufforge no. 91) VD 16 3384; Panzer p. 382, no. 2777; Claus, Der deutsche Bauernkrieg im Druckschaffen der Jahre 1524-1526, no. 45; Claus, Die Zwickauer Drucke des 16. Jahrhunderts, Vol. I, no. 66. II. LOCHER'S SECOND LETTER TO KARSTHANS: Locher, Johann (d. 1524) Ein vngewonlicher, vnd der Ander Sendtbrieff, deß Baurnfeyndts zu Karsthannsen, Der doch nit allein wider ynn Sunder der Gantzen Christenhayt entgegen ist. [Zwickau]: [Jörg Gastel for Johann Schönsperger the Younger], 1524 Quarto: 17.6 x 14.1 cm. A4, B2, C4 (-blank leaf C4) FIRST EDITION. Modern half vellum and drab boards. With a title woodcut of a German peasant with his threshing flail by Master HS is based on the work of Erhard Schön. The farmer's face has been cut out and carefully re-inserted almost imperceptibly, the transition added with pen strokes that are barely visible. One corner has water stains, otherwise very well preserved and fresh. One copy traced in North America (Harvard.) In this second letter to Karsthans, Locher gives voice to the rage, grievances, and frustration of the German underclass. Revolution is inevitable. "Things cannot go on as they have done," writes Locher, "the game has been carried on long enough, and both citizens and peasants are tired of it. Everything will change.” Locher laments the prevalence of senseless violence, even among blood relatives. The roads are perilous and one would do well to have a bodyguard. He decries the hypocrisy of Christian symbols being used in the context of warfare and bloodshed, which contradicts their intended meaning of peace and reconciliation. Locher argues that the ruling hierarchy, from the highest to the lowest, conspires to exploit and oppress the poor. He condemns the brutality inflicted upon peasants, including torture, mutilation, and execution, simply for defending their crops. Free Hans and His Flail: From 1521 to 1525, the woodcut of a peasant with his threshing flail was a popular emblem of the “common man” ready to champion the Reformation cause and to defend himself from social injustice. He was a figure closely related to the aforementioned “Karsthans”, “Hans of the Hoe”, whom Locher addresses in this letter. In certain depictions, Karsthans was also depicted with a threshing flail, separating the wheat of Luther’s Reformed theology from the chaff of Catholic doctrines that have no basis in Scripture. (In this context, the presence of the rosary in the peasant’s other hand seems incongruous.) With the success of Karsthans, a second figure emerged, “in a poem entitled Fryhans, ‘Free Hans,’ that suggested lower-class readiness to use the threshing flail against opponents of reform. Hereafter the Karst and Flegel, the two-pronged hoe and the threshing flail of the peasant, became symbols that underscored popular support for the Reformation.”(Packull) The image on the title page of this pamphlet, then, is an instance of the blurring of the two figures. The Gathering Storm: Locher’s letters to Karsthans appeared on the eve of the Peasants’ War, one of the bloodiest chapters in the turbulent early history of the German Reformation. The uprising began in upper Swabia in early 1524 and quickly spread to southern and western Germany, as well as to parts of Switzerland and Austria. By 1524, peasants had formed into territorial democratic groups (known as Haufen – bands) each with its own governing body (the Ring) which agreed on laws, maintained order, and directed the actions of the rest. The peasants were motivated by a number of factors: crushing taxation, lack of a voice in government, no recourse to the courts, crop failure, and helplessness in the face of their feudal masters’ demands. But whereas these conditions had resulted in smaller uprisings in the past, the massive rebellion of 1524-5 was also a result of the turbulent upheaval caused by the nascent Reformation. By the time the rebellion was crushed in late 1525, some 100,000 combatants and civilians had been killed. Reprisals were carried out for the next two years, and the peasants’ demands, as outlined in their Twelve Articles, came to nothing. VD 16, R 3387; Claus, Der deutsche Bauernkrieg im Druckschaffen der Jahre 1524-1526, no. 46; and Die Zwickauer Drucke des 16. Jahrhunderts, Vol. I no. 67; Knaake 967; Panzer, DA 2377; Schottenloher, Schobser p. 123 ff.; Weller 2965; Laube, Bauernkriegzeit, 580 Overview: “Of Locher's known publications… two were addressed directly to Karsthans, who reappears in these two missives as a symbolic leader of the peasants. Locher assumes the role of ally and advisor although by some strange logic he introduces the letters as the work of an enemy of the peasants. Thus the first open letter carried the title ‘A Woeful Missive of the Peasant Enemy to Karsthans, his Confederate, with Advice and Comfort Concerning the Whole of Christendom’ (Ein Claglicher Sendtbrieff des Baurnveyndts zu Karsthannsen seynem Pundtgnossen, mit Radt und Trost, Die ganntz Christenhayt belangendt). “It was written with foreboding early in 1524. Astrologers and apocalyptical seers predicted floods, famine, war, insurrection, and even the end of the world for 1524. However, Locher's primary concern seemed to be with the retarded progress of the Reformation. The problem rested with the ‘grossen Hansen’ [prosperous and socially powerful individuals, often belonging to the upper middle class, such as wealthy merchants, well-off artisans, or influential burghers, i.e. citizens of free imperial cities] who instead of helping to erect a Christian order continued to support the kingdom of Antichrist. The reasons were not hard to find. The upper estates feared that religious reform could spill over into the social-political sphere. Locher wrote: ‘I suppose they think it will go too far. They see the handwriting on the wall that the pomp, pride and presumption of the ‘grossen Hansen’ has as little foundation and no better legitimacy than that of the heretical followers of the Whore of Babylon and her regiment. “Thus Locher had come to the view that a Reformation as he envisaged it ran counter to the self-interests of the ‘grossen Hansen’, who abused their God-given office to enhance their own position while exploiting the poor. But Locher recognized that oppression was not a monopoly of the great. Even among peasants in small hamlets with no more than three residents, one sought to dominate the others. All this seemed unchristian and contrary to the claims of the gospel. The latter was understood as divine law normative for all relationships in a would-be Christian society. Fully aware of the potential implications should the common man adopt such a reading of the gospel, Locher feared bloodshed unless the authorities finally initiated appropriate reforms. Previous appeals had fallen on deaf ears and time was running out. “Not that he advocated violence. He advised Karsthans against avarice, arrogance and selfish action. God's cause was not child's play. Divine favour could be expected only if the peasants made a true Christian order their priority. Otherwise Locher feared that Karsthans and his allies would find themselves once again the butt of ridicule... He admonished Karsthans to keep the ‘poor simple flock’ out of quarrels between the grossen Hansen; for he feared that the common man would become a scapegoat and his adversaries unite and ‘wash their hands in his blood.’ “These prophetic statements indicate that Locher's sympathies were decidedly on the side of the common man. His appeal to Karsthans constituted a qualified summons to the third estate. The Reformation he sought went beyond doctrinal and ecclesiastical matters to a reform of the whole society. The Second Letter to Karsthans: “This becomes clear in the second missive, entitled ‘An Unusual Missive of the Peasant Enemy to Karsthans’ (Ein ungewonlicher, vnd der Ander Sendtbrieff, deß Baurnfeyndts zu Karsthannsen, Der doch nit allein wider ynn Sunder der Gantzen Christenhayt entgegen ist). The letter constitutes a general indictment of wide spread violence in the existing order. As Locher described it, the roads were no longer safe unless one could afford a bodyguard: ‘One chokes the other without cause even though he has never met him before, and the victim has done him no harm. Even among blood relations it has become common to settle differences with violence....Merciful God, could there be anything more despicable said about us Christians? What greater insult to Christ than the sign of the cross on helmets, standards and armor? What could be more vexing to God than that the sign of peace and reconciliation of our beloved Christ has been raised for discord, quarrel, dissention and the shedding of blood?’ “Hardest hit by this unchristian disorder were the poor. It seemed that all from the highest to the lowest in the established hierarchy conspired day and night to exploit and grind the poor (schinden und schaben). On their behalf Locher registered specific protests that found an echo a few months later in the programs of rebellious peasants. Why were wild animals permitted to roam the fields from which peasants were expected to pay the tithe and rent? Why were the peasants not allowed to protect their livelihood? Was it not pitiful, yes, shameful and against all reason, Christian charity and Scriptures that peasants were tortured, had their eyes gouged out or even beheaded for protecting their crops? Was it Christian that two, four or ten consumed and squandered what could sustain ten to forty thousand? Thus for Locher the Christian mandate carried social implications. Engagement for the kingdom of Christ meant engagement for social and economic justice. The former Franciscan had become a spokesman for a reformation of the common man. “Locher's sympathy for the common people, his outspoken critique of the grossen Hansen remain strikingly radical even by twentieth century standards: ‘(When) the lords and grossen Hansen pluck each other, the poor must lend the hair. / Only little thieves are hanged. The hat is tipped to the great. / But you, lords, whoever you may be, this will be your judgment: As you will have mercy on the poor,/ so also will God have mercy on you.’ “And yet the vision of this former Franciscan remained in some ways medieval. True, he no longer idealized poverty-seeking but instead the elimination of its cause-human exploitation. But Locher's ideal was informed by a medieval vision of a reformed Corpus Christianum. The modern separation of church and state advocated by some of the post-1525 radicals was alien to him. With a previous generation of humanists he shared an anachronistic dream of a revitalized Christian empire. The emperor was to retain his constitutional position. Territorial rulers were to be compensated for legitimate administrative expenses. A council or committee ruling with the consent of the estates, which presumably included representatives of the peasants (ausschuss des regiments durch gemeine tierwilligung der landtschajft), was to exercise real authority. “Should these proposals go unheeded, Locher feared that ‘peasants in town and country would unite’ for the ‘game had gone too far. The cities as well as the peasants were weary of it.’ Revolution seemed inevitable. In part these predictions proved correct. Only a few months after Locher's execution peasants and townsmen shook the foundation of the empire in the Revolution of the Common Man. “Locher's two last missives illustrate a shift in the Karsthans image from its religious, polemical function to a symbol of social agitation. To be sure, Locher admonished Karsthans not to reach for the flail, but that admonition stood in contrast to his own pessimistic conclusions. In his appeal to the common man, in his critique of society in general and of the grossen Hansen in particular, Locher with other radical pamphleteers contributed to the ideological mobilization of the common man. In this endeavor he became an unconscious ally of Thomas Müntzer, for it is in the writings of these two men, more so than elsewhere, that we find the erratic pulsebeat of the popular phase of the Reformation.”(Packull, The Image of the "Common Man" in the Early Pamphlets of the Reformation (1520- 1525), in Historical Reflections / Réflexions Historiques, Summer 1985, Vol. 12, No. 2 (Summer 1985), pp. 253-277).

Novae Coelestium Orbium Theoricae congruentes cum observationibus N. Copernici by MAGINI, Giovanni Antonio

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Title: Novae Coelestium Orbium Theoricae congruentes cum observationibus N. Copernici
Author: MAGINI, Giovanni Antonio
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Condition: * Adams M-119; Riccardi I.2.65.5; Luigi Campedelli in DSB IX.12-13; Gingerich, “Science in the Age of Copernicus,” Har
Description: Venice: Damiano Zenario, 1589. * Adams M-119; Riccardi I.2.65.5; Luigi Campedelli in DSB IX.12-13; Gingerich, “Science in the Age of Copernicus,” Harvard Library Bulletin XXVI, no. 4 (1978), no. 42; Thorndike VI.56-9.. First edition of New Theories of the Celestial Orbs Agreeing with the Observations of Copernicus, Magini’s principal astronomical treatise. The work is of interest for the 16th-century reception of Copernicus, whom Magini admired; and although he endorsed the unprecedented accuracy of Copernicus’s calculation of celestial movements he nevertheless publicly retained his belief in geocentrism. His private correspondence, however, leaves no doubt that Magini became a “closet” Copernican (see above). Even so, Magini represents a progressive case of 16th-century “establishment” science, and whether explicitly or not, and whether fairly or not, he is the target in much of Galileo’s more revolutionary embrace of the Copernican system. In this work Magini “took the position that Copernicus had so reformed astronomy that no correction of equal motions, or a very slight one, was now required... For although Copernicus had devised hypotheses which wandered far from verisimilitude, yet they corresponded closely to the phenomena... He, therefore, collated the ideas of Ptolemy and Copernicus, adding new hypotheses of his own where they seemed necessary, and has written an introductory text or theory of the planets along these lines. He asserts that there was a great demand for such a theory of the planets which would abandon the outmoded Alfonsine hypotheses and conform his recent observations without such absurd hypotheses as Copernicus had imagined” (Thorndike VI.56).At the time of the present work, Magini (1555-1617) held one of the two chairs of mathematics at Bologna, to which he had been elected over the young Galileo. This undeserved preference naturally aggravated the already advanced rivalry between the two. Magini was a talented calculator, producing the best ephemerides of his day, and was an accomplished geographer and cartographer.

[Manuscript] Five nineteenth century ship logs by Tower, C E

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Title: [Manuscript] Five nineteenth century ship logs
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Condition: Very good copy; joints somewhat worn; rebacked with original spine laid down.
Description: [London ?]: not published, 1876 - 1880. Unique.. Full polished calf of the period; a.e.g... Very good copy; joints somewhat worn; rebacked with original spine laid down.. Small folio. There are 35 manuscript maps and 15 drawings and views (some are in color) with decorated manuscript title pages. A thick volume comprising appx. 500 pp. of daily log books kept for the HMS Spartan, Undaunted, and Druid by C E Tower. The logs are as follows: 1] Log of the HMS Spartan commanded by R E Tracey - Aug. 1876 - Feb. 1877. The ship went from England around the Cape of Good Hope to Zanzibar, the Seychelles and Maldives, and on to Bombay. 2] Log of the HMS Undaunted commanded by H W Brent - Feb. 1877 - Oct. 1878. The ship went from Bombay to Colombo, on to Madras and Aden and then to Mauritius, the Seychelles and Zanzibar, and then to Malta through the Suez Canal. 3] Log of the HMS Undaunted commanded by J D'Arcy - Oct. 1878 - Dec. 1878. The ship went from Port Said to Malta and on the UK. 4] Log of the HMS Druid commanded by W R Kennedy - Feb. 1879 - Dec. 1879. The ship went from Sheerness to Madeira and on to the Bermudas, then north to Halifax, Newfoundland, back to the Bermudas and on to Jamaica. 5] Log of the HMS Druid commanded by W R Kennedy - Dec. 1879 - Dec. 1880. The ship went from Jamaica to Belize and then made three stops in Cuba and re-traced its steps to Newfoundland before returning to Plymouth. Each log has its own ornate, decorated pen and ink illustrated title. Each log has a number of very detailed manuscript charts, maps, views accompanied by an exhaustive account of the daily occurrences aboard ship. Tower was an officer aboard ship and took great care in creating these chronicles.

A Sketch of the Revolutions in Chemistry by Smith, T J

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Title: A Sketch of the Revolutions in Chemistry
Author: Smith, T J
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Description: Philadelphia: Samuel H Smith, 1798. First Edition.. Full contemp. calf.. Very good internally; binding broken.. 8vo, Smith died at a very young age. This oration to the Chemical Society of Philadelphia and a handful of papers in the Am. Philos. Soc. Trans. constitute his published work. The essay offered here is a reveiw of the history and acceptance of Lavoisier's doctrines. It appears to have made quite an impression when read, the Society immediately requested that it be published. Robert Hare mentions Smith as a precocious talent when noting that his mineral collection was donated to the Am. Philos. Soc.. Evans # 34559; See Smith, Chem. in Phila., pp. 13 - 18.

Haiku by CAGE, John

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Title: Haiku
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Description: Black Mountain, NC: Black Mountain College, 1952. First edition of this electrotype facsimile of the composer's score, autography by Cage & Carroll Williams, the designer & printer. Limited to 300 copies printed. The original drawing for this composition, entitled "Study for Seven Haiku", was shown in the exhibition John Cage: Scores and Prints at the Whitney Museum, February 1952. A fine copy of this rare & beautiful Black Mountain College imprint, framed and glazed. Single sheet measuring 12.5 x 32 cm., with accompanying hand-made mulberry printed envelope. A fine copy of this rare & beautiful Black Mountain College imprint, framed and glazed.

The Cave Girl by Edgar Rice Burroughs

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Title: The Cave Girl
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Description: Book Condition- Near Fine: A firm square copy with minor rubbing to edges. A faint dampstain to fore-edge (see pic). Dust Jacket Condition- Near Fine: A bright original jacket with minimal edgewear, a few short closed tears to back edge. Protective clear cover. Features: First Edition, first printing. "Published March, 1925" stated on copyright page. McClurg made only this one printing. Blue cloth, dark green lettering, "A. C. McClurg" on the spine. Jacket and Frontispiece by J. Allen St. John.

Book of Negro Folklore by HUGHES Langston BONTEMPS Arna

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Title: Book of Negro Folklore
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Description: 1959. First Edition. Signed. HUGHES, Langston and BONTEMPS, Arna, editors. The Book of Negro Folklore. New York: Dodd, Mead, 1959. Octavo, original gray cloth, original dust jacket. $1100.Second printing of this collection of African American folklore, presentation copy inscribed by editor Arna Bontemps, who authored the Introduction, on the front free endpaper: ""For Elise Hope, Arna Bontemps, 8-8-61.""""Bontemps and Hughes edited The Poetry of the Negro (1949) and The Book of Negro Folklore (1958) Bontemps' historical interests also led him to write 100 Years of Negro Freedom (1961) and to edit Great Slave Narratives (1969) and The Harlem Renaissance Remembered (1972). He also edited a popular anthology, American Negro Poetry (1963), just in time for the black reawakening of the 1960s the impact of his work as poet, novelist, historian, children's writer, editor, and librarian is far greater than the sum of its parts. He played a major role in shaping modern African-American literature and had a wide-ranging influence on African-American culture of the latter half of the 20th century"" (ANB). Second printing stated on copyright page. Recipient Elise Hope was the daughter-in-law of noted civil rights activist John Hope, President of Morehouse College from 1909-36; his son, John Hope II, was also a renowned civil rights advocate.Book fine, price-clipped dust jacket with some light edge-wear, clean and extremely good.

Gubnaya garmoshka [Harmonica / Hubnaya harmoshka] by ZILOV Lev, [Lev Zilov]

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Title: Gubnaya garmoshka [Harmonica / Hubnaya harmoshka]
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Description: (Moscow: «Krasny`j Proletarij») [State Publishing House "Red Proletarian"], 1928. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. Illustrated in color throughout by M. Schutzman. Slim octavo. Two tiny inked notes on the front cover, short split at the crown, very near fine. A child attends a fair with his father.

The New-York Gardener, Or Twelve Letters From A Farmer To His Son, In Which He Describes The Method Of Laying Out A Kitchen-Garden. by Agricola, P. [pseud.]

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Title: The New-York Gardener, Or Twelve Letters From A Farmer To His Son, In Which He Describes The Method Of Laying Out A Kitchen-Garden.
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Description: Book. Albany: Daniel Steele, 1824. 12mo, modern full calf. Title leaf, [1], [ 5]-214, [2]. Some light stains & soiling, a few tears repaired; a sound copy. First edition of a very scarce, regionally specific, guide to the kitchen garden. The author begins by praising M'Mahon's American Gardener, but complains that it is not really adapted to the harsher climates. He recommends obtaining seed from the Shakers, "for they have very justly acquired the character of skilful and honest seedsmen." The text is organized in the time-honored monthly calendar format. A second edition was issued in 1828. Imprints 15040; Rink 1669..

Chapters on Flowers. by Elizabeth, Charlotte.

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Title: Chapters on Flowers.
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Quinti Horatii Flacci Opera by HORACE

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Title: Quinti Horatii Flacci Opera
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Description: London: William Sandby, 1749. 2 vols. 8vo. 35 engraved plates (including frontispiece to vol. I), engraved dedication leaf and title-page vignette portrait of Horace, title-pages in red and black. [2], vi, [2], 166; [2], 167-353, [1] pp. Ca. 1875 red straight-grained morocco gilt, by Cecil & Larkins; fine Sandby's Horace in a beautiful and restrained binding in the style of Roger Payne. Cecil & Larkins were active 1875-1880 REFERENCE: ESTC T46228

Mexican Rural Labor, Domestic Service, and Port Development During the Revolution and Oil Boom, 13 Photographs, 1910-1920 by Early Mexican Labor and Tourism

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Title: Mexican Rural Labor, Domestic Service, and Port Development During the Revolution and Oil Boom, 13 Photographs, 1910-1920
Author: Early Mexican Labor and Tourism
Seller: Max Rambod Inc. (United States)
Description: 1910. Mexican rural life and travel photo archive depicting labor, domestic service, market exchange, bullfighting training, and coastal development during the decade of the Mexican Revolution. Between 1910 and 1920, armed conflict, foreign oil investment, rail travel, and American tourism brought outsiders into contact with village economies, urban markets, and port cities such as Tampico. Photo archive of 13 photographs, including one albumen print, five real photo postcards, and seven silver gelatin prints, various sizes ranging from 2.5 x 4 to 5.5 x 7.5 inches, Mexico, circa 1910-1920. D. Moran and A. Rivera stand in traje corto bullfighting dress with embroidered jackets, fitted trousers, high boots, wide-brimmed hats, capes, and long spears, with verso markings reading "Plaza de toros y escuela taurina El Cortijo" and handwritten pencil notations identifying "La Juvenil Mexican picadores." Labor and rural economy appear in a market scene crowded with pottery vessels, baskets, vendors, and buyers; men seated among stacked baskets and ceramic wares captioned "Mexican Indian, near Cuautla, Mex."; a thatched-roof village dwelling captioned "Mexicans and goats," with a father in Western dress, three children, nine goats, and a horse-drawn carriage visible nearby; and an ox cart on a road through "La Huasteca, Monterrey, N.L. Mex." Domestic service appears through two women in traditional dress captioned "My two servants, left hand my cook and right hand my housemaid. Very elegant I am as I also have a porter," while additional views include a nurse with a child captioned "My little niece with her nurse," a waterfront figure captioned "Ellen, Tampico, Mexico," a lighthouse captioned "Standing on the lighthouse in ocean" and described on verso as "the first lighthouse for oncoming ships," a sunset view captioned "One City at sunset from ocean," a steep street captioned "Tipica callejuela, Taxco Gro.," and postcard messages describing private cars, museum visits, Mexican dances, songs, orchestra, village travel, and sightseeing. American-written postcard messages describe private cars, museum visits, Mexican dances, village excursions, and household servants, placing the group within the expanding travel culture that accompanied oil money, rail connections, and postrevolutionary curiosity about Mexico. Light surface wear, fading, corner wear, and mounting or adhesive residue are visible, with manuscript captions and postal markings retained. Overall in good condition.

Henry J. Heinz, Founder & President, H.J. Heinz Company, Pittsburgh: Born Octber Eleventh, 1844, Died May Fourteenth, 1919

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Title: Henry J. Heinz, Founder & President, H.J. Heinz Company, Pittsburgh: Born Octber Eleventh, 1844, Died May Fourteenth, 1919
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller (United States)
Condition: Original printed wrappers, yapp edges chipped, internally clean
Description: Pittsburgh, Penna: [H.J. Heinz Company], 1919. Photographic frontispiece on coated stock; 35, [1] pp. 8vo. Original printed wrappers, yapp edges chipped, internally clean. Photographic frontispiece on coated stock; 35, [1] pp. 8vo. Issued by the Heinz Company to commemorate its founder's life.

Schalmanac [22 issues] by Thurston, Linda, Fran Daniels, editors

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Seller: Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB

Title: Schalmanac [22 issues]
Author: Thurston, Linda, Fran Daniels, editors
Seller: Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Description: Schenectady, NY: Schalmont High School, 1967. Twenty-two issues of the high school newsletter starting in 8.5x11 inch corner stapled mimeographed format and changing to 7x9.5 inch folio newsletter with leaves inlaid by volume two, b&w photos., some slightly confusing numbering with four select issues (#10-13) which are labeled volume 2 and dated 1966, even after volume 2 numbering clearly tansitioned to 1967. These four issues could be actually be volume 1. Present are Volume 1, numbers 1-8 (1966); volume 2, number 1 (1966), 6-14 (rest in 1967); and second selection of volume 2 issues, nos. 10-13 dated in 1966. Throughout, some pen notation on the front cover of vol. 1, no. 1, the back page of vol. 2, no. 1, and some minor pencil marks on vol. 2, no. 6. Linda Thurston had a wide background in computers working as a designer and typographer for two decades at CUNY as well as a computer instructor at NYU. After moving to the Bay Area, she taught design at the Computer Arts Institute in San Francisco. Aside from her artistic endeavors, she helped her husband Mark Klein expose the NSA's illegal and extensive spying on American citizens.

[COMMUNITY COOKBOOK] The Skillet by COMMITTEE OF CHURCH MEMBERS (Compiled by)

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Title: [COMMUNITY COOKBOOK] The Skillet
Author: COMMITTEE OF CHURCH MEMBERS (Compiled by)
Seller: lizzyoung bookseller (United States)
Condition: Blue illustrated heavy cards. Near fine
Description: Caldwell, NJ: THE MEN'S BROTHERHOOD THE FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, 1950. First Edition. Spiral_bound. Blue illustrated heavy cards. Near fine. 312 pages. 21.5 x 14 cm. Scarce community cookbook. Recipes attributed to community members. Chock full of local advertisements. Profusely illustrated. One copy listed in OCLC 3/3/26. Interior pristine. Previous owner's bookplate on verso of front cover. Boards lightly rubbed.

(Real Photo postcard) Osage Native American Ceremony, Hominy, Okla. 1941

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Title: (Real Photo postcard) Osage Native American Ceremony, Hominy, Okla. 1941
Seller: Dale Steffey Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Oklahoma: No Publisher, 1941. Postcard. Near Fine. Postcard. 3 1/2 x 5 1/2". Real photo postcard mailed Nov. 12, 1941 to Mr. Vernon Popkins, Halstead, Kans. from his sister. Features Osage Indian ceremony at Hominy, Okla. Part of the message reads "Well this is the way they dance down here. Had a big Pow Wow this fall ..."..

NORA WEBSTER [Signed] by Tóibín, Colm

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Title: NORA WEBSTER [Signed]
Author: Tóibín, Colm
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN: 9780670918140
Description: London, UK: Viking, 2014. First UK Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, 310 pages. In Very Good condition with Very Good condition dust jacket. Spine is white with metallic bronze and red lettering. Dust jacket protected by mylar covering, price uncut: "£18.99" on front flap, has orange circular "signed by the author" sticker on front cover and mild shelving wear along extremities. Boards have mild shelving wear along extremities and mild creasing to joints. Signed flat by Colm Tóibín on publisher's limitation page. Shelved in hallway. 1391902. Special Collections.

HISTOIRE PARLEMENTAIRE DE LA REVOLUTION FRANCAISE, OU JOURNAL DES ASSEMBLEES NATIONALES DEPUIS 1789 JUSQU'EN 1815 TOME TRENTE-CINQUIEME (VOLUME 35 ONLY)

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Title: HISTOIRE PARLEMENTAIRE DE LA REVOLUTION FRANCAISE, OU JOURNAL DES ASSEMBLEES NATIONALES DEPUIS 1789 JUSQU'EN 1815 TOME TRENTE-CINQUIEME (VOLUME 35 ONLY)
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA (United States)
Description: Paris: Paulin, Libraire, 1837. Hardcover. Octavo; 469 pages; G; Bound in navy blue cloth with no text; Boards have bowing to covers, rubbing to edges and corners, library sticker on rear cover; Textblock has light age toning, foxing to pages, library ink stamps on half title and title pages, ink stamp on copyright page; RWO. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area, Wegewood Section. 1358471. FP New Rockville Stock.

Adventures of Billie and Belinda in Tokyo by Adams, T.F.M

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Title: Adventures of Billie and Belinda in Tokyo
Author: Adams, T.F.M
Seller: Yesterday's Muse Books (United States)
Condition: Good
Description: Tokyo, Japan: Seihei Okuyama, 1953. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Huga, Fusako. Spine and board edges rubbed, one-and-a-half inch tear along bottom edge of front free endpaper. 1953 Hard Cover. 38 pp. Color and monochrome illustrations by Fusako Huga, brightly decorated endpapers. Only two copies located in OCLC. "Designed for children from four years of age to about 10, its authentic scenes of Japan and its people will both interest and educate... An amusing, refreshing and heart-warming story about two little Budgies who are visiting Japan with their Mistress, a charming old lady."--Buchfreund

Velvet Eden: The Richard Merkin Collection of Erotic Photography by Merkin, Richard; McCall, Bruce

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Title: Velvet Eden: The Richard Merkin Collection of Erotic Photography
Author: Merkin, Richard; McCall, Bruce
Seller: Yesterday's Muse Books (United States)
ISBN: 9780416001112
Condition: Very Good
Description: New York: F & S Publications, 1979. Large Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 9x6x1. Lacks jacket, otherwise an excellent copy. Binding tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked. 1979 Large Hardcover. 144 pp. A collection of vintage erotic photographs from the private collection of Richard Merkin, with an introduction contextualizing the collection.

Outlines of Historical Jurisprudence. 2 Vols by Vinogradoff, Sir Paul

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Title: Outlines of Historical Jurisprudence. 2 Vols
Author: Vinogradoff, Sir Paul
Seller: The Lawbook Exchange Ltd (United States)
ISBN: 9781886363649
Description: 1999. ISBN-13: 9781886363649; ISBN-10: 1886363641. Vinogradoff, Sir Paul. Outlines of Historical Jurisprudence. Originally published: London: Oxford University Press, 1920. 2 volumes. 428; x, 315 pp. Reprinted 1999 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781886363649. ISBN-10: 1886363641. Smyth sewn cloth bound hardcover with gilt stamps spines and front covers. New. $69.95 * A complex description and analytical perspective of the growth of jurisprudence from tribal to modern law, beginning with the concept of marital union among tribes and clans and continuing to the "Jurisprudence of the Greek City" in the fourth and fifth centuries. "He goes into everything and differs, where he thinks fit, from the lifelong specialist. He is always himself, never an echo." Marke, A Catalogue of the Law Collection of New York University (1953) 929-930. Each volume is thoroughly indexed.

Summer Novel: Retrographs [Natsu Shosetsu] by Araki, Nobuyoshi

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Title: Summer Novel: Retrographs [Natsu Shosetsu]
Author: Araki, Nobuyoshi
Seller: Underground Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN: 9784582277388
Condition: Very good
Description: Tokyo: Heibonsha, 1998. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Hardcover. 7 5/8" X 5 1/4". Text in Japanese. Pictorial dust jacket with obi, over white textured paper boards. Mild edgewear. Binding is firm and sound. Pages are clean and unmarked. A bright example of the work of Japanese photographer Nobuyoshi Araki (b. 1940), featuring photographs of erotic, kinbaku (bondage), candids, and street scenes in black-and-white and in full color.

CATALOGO DE LA BIBLIOTECA POR ORDEN ALFABETICO DE AUTORES, 2. SECCION, HISTORIA Y GEOGRAFIA..

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Title: CATALOGO DE LA BIBLIOTECA POR ORDEN ALFABETICO DE AUTORES, 2. SECCION, HISTORIA Y GEOGRAFIA..
Seller: Oak Knoll Books/Oak Knoll Press (United States)
Description: Cordoba: Universidad Nacional, 1908. sewn, stiff paper covers. Argentina. large 8vo. sewn, stiff paper covers. 3-158 pages. Not in Besterman. About 1,100 author/title main entries arranged by subject or format: history, geography, voyages, atlases and maps, dictionaries, pamphlets, bibliographies--followed by 350+ entries for periodicals and an alphabetical index. Covers soiled, light browning around edges. Lacks backing.

The Maharajah's Son by WARSH, Lewis

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Seller: Riverrun Books & Manuscripts

Title: The Maharajah's Son
Author: WARSH, Lewis
Seller: Riverrun Books & Manuscripts (United States)
Condition: Some light rubbing to wrappers
Description: Lenox, MA / New York: Angel Hair Books, 1977. Some light rubbing to wrappers. Tall 8vo. Original pictorial wrappers. FIRST EDITION, printed in Berkeley, CA at the West Coast Print Center, and limited to 1000 copies. The text comprises Warsh's "Letters", 1960-65.

African History and Literatures: Classification Schedule Classified Listing by Call Number, Chronological Listing, Author and Title Listing by (AFRICAN)

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Title: African History and Literatures: Classification Schedule Classified Listing by Call Number, Chronological Listing, Author and Title Listing
Author: (AFRICAN)
Seller: Argosy Book Store (United States)
Description: Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1971. hardcover. 600pp. 4to, cloth. Harvard University Press, 1971.

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Two separately published works by the Reformer Johann Locher, addressed to the German folk hero "Karsthans by Locher, Johann (d. 1524) [writing under the pseudonym Hans Rott]

Novae Coelestium Orbium Theoricae congruentes cum observationibus N. Copernici by MAGINI, Giovanni Antonio

[Manuscript] Five nineteenth century ship logs by Tower, C E

A Sketch of the Revolutions in Chemistry by Smith, T J

Haiku by CAGE, John

The Cave Girl by Edgar Rice Burroughs

Book of Negro Folklore by HUGHES Langston BONTEMPS Arna

Gubnaya garmoshka [Harmonica / Hubnaya harmoshka] by ZILOV Lev, [Lev Zilov]

The New-York Gardener, Or Twelve Letters From A Farmer To His Son, In Which He Describes The Method Of Laying Out A Kitchen-Garden. by Agricola, P. [pseud.]

Chapters on Flowers. by Elizabeth, Charlotte.

Quinti Horatii Flacci Opera by HORACE

Mexican Rural Labor, Domestic Service, and Port Development During the Revolution and Oil Boom, 13 Photographs, 1910-1920 by Early Mexican Labor and Tourism

Henry J. Heinz, Founder & President, H.J. Heinz Company, Pittsburgh: Born Octber Eleventh, 1844, Died May Fourteenth, 1919

Schalmanac [22 issues] by Thurston, Linda, Fran Daniels, editors

[COMMUNITY COOKBOOK] The Skillet by COMMITTEE OF CHURCH MEMBERS (Compiled by)

(Real Photo postcard) Osage Native American Ceremony, Hominy, Okla. 1941

NORA WEBSTER [Signed] by Tóibín, Colm

HISTOIRE PARLEMENTAIRE DE LA REVOLUTION FRANCAISE, OU JOURNAL DES ASSEMBLEES NATIONALES DEPUIS 1789 JUSQU'EN 1815 TOME TRENTE-CINQUIEME (VOLUME 35 ONLY)

Adventures of Billie and Belinda in Tokyo by Adams, T.F.M

Velvet Eden: The Richard Merkin Collection of Erotic Photography by Merkin, Richard; McCall, Bruce

Outlines of Historical Jurisprudence. 2 Vols by Vinogradoff, Sir Paul

Summer Novel: Retrographs [Natsu Shosetsu] by Araki, Nobuyoshi

CATALOGO DE LA BIBLIOTECA POR ORDEN ALFABETICO DE AUTORES, 2. SECCION, HISTORIA Y GEOGRAFIA..

The Maharajah's Son by WARSH, Lewis

African History and Literatures: Classification Schedule Classified Listing by Call Number, Chronological Listing, Author and Title Listing by (AFRICAN)

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Two separately published works by the Reformer Johann Locher, addressed to the German folk hero "Karsthans by Locher, Johann (d. 1524) [writing under the pseudonym Hans Rott]

Novae Coelestium Orbium Theoricae congruentes cum observationibus N. Copernici by MAGINI, Giovanni Antonio

[Manuscript] Five nineteenth century ship logs by Tower, C E

A Sketch of the Revolutions in Chemistry by Smith, T J

Haiku by CAGE, John

The Cave Girl by Edgar Rice Burroughs

Book of Negro Folklore by HUGHES Langston BONTEMPS Arna

Gubnaya garmoshka [Harmonica / Hubnaya harmoshka] by ZILOV Lev, [Lev Zilov]

The New-York Gardener, Or Twelve Letters From A Farmer To His Son, In Which He Describes The Method Of Laying Out A Kitchen-Garden. by Agricola, P. [pseud.]

Chapters on Flowers. by Elizabeth, Charlotte.

Quinti Horatii Flacci Opera by HORACE

Mexican Rural Labor, Domestic Service, and Port Development During the Revolution and Oil Boom, 13 Photographs, 1910-1920 by Early Mexican Labor and Tourism

Henry J. Heinz, Founder & President, H.J. Heinz Company, Pittsburgh: Born Octber Eleventh, 1844, Died May Fourteenth, 1919

Schalmanac [22 issues] by Thurston, Linda, Fran Daniels, editors

[COMMUNITY COOKBOOK] The Skillet by COMMITTEE OF CHURCH MEMBERS (Compiled by)

(Real Photo postcard) Osage Native American Ceremony, Hominy, Okla. 1941

NORA WEBSTER [Signed] by Tóibín, Colm

HISTOIRE PARLEMENTAIRE DE LA REVOLUTION FRANCAISE, OU JOURNAL DES ASSEMBLEES NATIONALES DEPUIS 1789 JUSQU'EN 1815 TOME TRENTE-CINQUIEME (VOLUME 35 ONLY)

Adventures of Billie and Belinda in Tokyo by Adams, T.F.M

Velvet Eden: The Richard Merkin Collection of Erotic Photography by Merkin, Richard; McCall, Bruce

Outlines of Historical Jurisprudence. 2 Vols by Vinogradoff, Sir Paul

Summer Novel: Retrographs [Natsu Shosetsu] by Araki, Nobuyoshi

CATALOGO DE LA BIBLIOTECA POR ORDEN ALFABETICO DE AUTORES, 2. SECCION, HISTORIA Y GEOGRAFIA..

The Maharajah's Son by WARSH, Lewis

African History and Literatures: Classification Schedule Classified Listing by Call Number, Chronological Listing, Author and Title Listing by (AFRICAN)

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