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A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE by Williams, Tennessee

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Title: A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE
Author: Williams, Tennessee
Seller: Type Punch Matrix (United States)
Condition: Near fine in a near fine jacket.
Description: (New York): New Directions, 1947. First edition. Near fine in a near fine jacket.. Signed first printing of Williams's most enduring play, a beautiful copy in the iconic Lustig-designed dust jacket. The broken dreams of a Southern belle are dramatized in Williams's best known play, a hit on Broadway with Jessica Tandy and Marlon Brando in the lead roles (both then virtually unknown). After its brilliant run on stage, STREETCAR went through a groundbreaking adaptation into film, keeping many of the same people involved: Brando garnered his first Oscar nomination in the film, starring alongside Vivian Leigh. According to Geoffrey Shurlock, who was involved in the Production Code Administration that monitored the morality of motion pictures, STREETCAR changed the landscape of how films could communicate drama for adult audiences: "Tennessee Williams was something new to movies... The stage got a shock from Tennessee Williams. We got twice the shock. Now we know that a good deal of what we decide in censoring movies is not morality but taste. It began with STREETCAR" (quoted in Palmer and Bray). This first edition has since become famous in its own right for the brilliant pink jacket design by Alvin Lustig, a high point of New Directions' publications. 9'' x 6''. Original pink pictorial boards with design by Alvin Lustig. In original unclipped ($2.75) pink pictorial dust jacket echoing board design. 171, [1] pages. Signed by Williams on front free endpaper. Book with mild rubbing to top and bottom edges, as typical. Tiny chip to top edge of front panel of jacket. Some faint uneven sunning to spine, front, and rear panel. Top edge a little dusty. Else clean and bright.

APHRODITOGRAPHISCHE FRAGMENTE, ZUR GENAUERN KENNTNIß DES PLANETEN VENUS by (ASTRONOMY - VENUS, TOPOGRAPHY OF). SCHRÖTER, JOHANN HIERONYMUS

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Title: APHRODITOGRAPHISCHE FRAGMENTE, ZUR GENAUERN KENNTNIß DES PLANETEN VENUS
Author: (ASTRONOMY - VENUS, TOPOGRAPHY OF). SCHRÖTER, JOHANN HIERONYMUS
Seller: Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts (United States)
Description: Helmstedt: Printed and commissioned by C. G. Fleckeisen, 1796. FIRST EDITION. 275 x 225 mm. (10 3/4 x 9"). XVI, 250, [2] pp. Contemporary brown paste paper boards, smooth spine with red roan label. WITH 10 ENGRAVED PLATES, one folding, by "G. T." after Schröter. Honeyman 2825; de la Lande, p. 635; Poggendorff II, 846; cf. DSB XII, p. 226, NDB XXIII, 590 (Schröter) and 510 (Schrader). See also Sheehan and Baum, "Observations and inference: Johann Hieronymous Schroeter, 1745-1816," Journal of the British Astronomical Association, vol.105, no.4, p.171-175. Joints and extremities somewhat rubbed, boards with a hint of chafing, occasional very minor foxing (including to the final plate), half a dozen leaves with faint dampstain to head edge, but a really excellent copy, the other plates clean and bright, the text especially clean and fresh, and the binding entirely sound. This is a very rarely seen early work on the topography of Venus, written by the astronomer who first observed the planet's so-called phase anomaly, and illustrated with 10 folding plates. One of a series of "fragments" Schröter published--the others concerning the sun, the moon, Saturn, and Mercury--"Aphroditographische Fragmente" discusses the author's observations of Venus' surface (at the same time coining the term "Aphroditographie" in reference to the Greek version of the goddess' name). The most important observation contained in our work concerns the phases of Venus: like the moon, Venus appears to wax and wane when observed through a telescope. However, due to the thickness of its atmosphere, the planet will always appear less full than mathematical calculations indicate it should be. This phenomenon, known as Venus' phase anomaly--or the Schröter Effect--first observed by the man who gave it its name in 1793, is discussed in detail in this text, which is accompanied by highly detailed plates. Eight of these are focused on Venus, primarily depicting its phases; another is a diagram of the telescope; and the other depicts the Orion Nebula, to which there is a short addendum. Schröter (1745-1816) built a state-of-the-art observatory at Lilienthal in Lower Saxony, equipped with the largest telescopes available at the time. One such instrument, which he built in his own workshop, was an impressive 27-foot telescope discussed in the present work, which has sometimes been incorrectly credited to Schröter's colleague William Herschel (1738-1822). Schröter made systematic long-term observations of the surfaces of the moon and planets, something DSB tells us he was the first to do. Not everything he discovered or asserted turned out to be true. Based on his findings, he posited the existence of a mountain range on Venus' surface and suggested a rotation period for the planet. Both subsequently were disproven (modern scientists have suggested that Schröter's "mountain" may have been an overly optimistic observation of a cloud formation), but like the rest of his work, they demonstrated the commitment to observational astronomy that leads astronomy historians William Sheehan and Richard Baum to call Schröter "the man who laid the foundations of planetology and modern selenography." His long and impressive astronomical career came to an unfortunate end in 1813, when during the Napoleonic invasion, the French reportedly set fire to his observatory. His library, instruments, unpublished notes, and copies of many of his works, which were published in small runs at his expense, were said to have been destroyed in the fire, a fact that may partly explain the current rarity of our book. We have been able to trace at auction only an ex-library copy of the book with significant condition problems that sold in 1981 for a hammer price of £260; the fact that such an unattractive copy came from the distinguished Honeyman collection reinforces how difficult the work is to obtain..

[16 copperplate engravings]: Révolution [Tableau de la révolution française / Scenes of the French Revolution] by COUCHÉ, François-Louis

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Title: [16 copperplate engravings]: Révolution [Tableau de la révolution française / Scenes of the French Revolution]
Author: COUCHÉ, François-Louis
Seller: Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: [Paris: Baudouin Frères, 1819. Hardcover. Very Good. Sixteen engraved plates bound in one octavo volume. Contemporary dark red quarter leather and ribbon-embossed cloth boards, marbled endpapers, and gilt lettered directly on the spine: "Révolution." Moderate wear to the board edges and corners, very good. Sixteen beautifully engraved plates by François-Louis Couché, depicting the important events of the French revolution. A unique custom bound volume of untitled plates, as the scenes depicted had become famous when they were printed in Paris, circa 1819, most likely by the publisher Baudouin Frères. Very scarce. The British Library has one custom bound volume of plates from this series with the manuscript title: "Collection des Mémoires de la Révolution." Scenes depicted include the Tennis Court Oath, leaders of the revolution delivering speeches before the National Assembly, scenes of military action against crowds in Paris, and other iconic events. The engravings range in size from about 3" x 2" to 3.75" x 2.25". All sixteen are finely detailed and printed.

The Exorcist [Limited Edition Signed by Friedkin and Potts] by William Peter Blatty; Marc Potts [illus.]; William Friedkin [intro.]

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Title: The Exorcist [Limited Edition Signed by Friedkin and Potts]
Author: William Peter Blatty; Marc Potts [illus.]; William Friedkin [intro.]
Seller: Capitol Hill Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN: 9781951151409
Condition: Near Fine
Description: [Irvine, CA]: Suntup Editions, 2021. Near Fine. [Irvine, CA]: Suntup Editions, 2021. Limited Numbered Edition of 250 copies, of which this is 140. Octavo (23.3cm); lapped component case binding of purple and black Japanese cloth with foil stamped titling to spine and white Plike paper collar; color illustrations by Marc Potts; housed in Japanese cloth-covered clamshell with title card to spine; 401pp; publisher's bookmark laid in. Boards sturdy and square with no significant signs of shelfwear. Binding sound and pages unmarked. Clamshell sturdy and clean. Signed by William Friedkin and illustrator Marc Potts on colophon at rear. 50th Anniversary Edition of Blatty's classic possession novel, basis for Friedkin's film of the same name.

The Red Rover. A Tale by James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851)

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Title: The Red Rover. A Tale
Author: James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851)
Seller: The Book Collector ABAA, ILAB, TBA (United States)
Condition: Good
Description: 3 volumes. ix+336 pages; 309 pages; 341 pages. Small octavo (7 1/2" x 4 3/4") bound in full leather with black labels in gilt lettering to spine and blindstamped coat of arms to covers with gilt edge rule. Marbled page ends. (BAL 3838) First British edition. The Red Rover is a novel by American writer James Fenimore Cooper originally published in Paris on November 27, 1827. It was published in London three days later on November 30, and was not published in the United States until January 9, 1828 in Philadelphia. Soon after its publication it was adapted for theater both in the United States and in England.Characters--The two black characters, Scipio Africanus, a free black sailor, and Cassandra, a slave attendant, throughout the novel remain distanced and separate from their white companions. While all the other main characters end the book with positive outcomes, Scipio finds a tragic end. Therman O'Daniel suggests, that though these are some of the first black characters to be seriously treated in American literature, they still receive unsatisfactory outcomes for all their actions. For Cooper, the sea novel offered an opportunity to blur social barriers between characters. This is particularly evident in his treatment of women, such as a girl disguised as a cabin boy in The Red Rover who is able to function within the crew, even though she is female. James Fenimore Cooper was born on September 15, 1789 in Burlington, New Jersey, the eleventh of twelve children. When he was one year old, he moved with parents William and Elizabeth to Cooperstown on Ostego Lake in central New York. During Cooper's boyhood, there were few backwoods settlers left and even fewer Indians. However, Cooper's early experiences in this frontier town gave him the background knowledge used in the Pioneers (1923). After boarding school in Albany, Cooper attended Yale College from 1803 - 1805 but was expelled. Apparently his expulsion stemmed from a dangerous prank that involved him blowing up another student's door. There Cooper acquired his lifelong distaste for New Englanders. In 1806, he became a sailor and then a midshipman in the Navy. At twenty, he inherited a fortune from his father and married Susan Augusta De Lancey, the daughter of a wealthy family that had remained Loyalist during the Revolution. Cooper married De Lancey New Years Day, 1811 and for two years he led the life of a country gentleman. When all five of his older brothers died, leaving widows and children behind, Fenimore began searching for work and wealth. In 1820, Cooper's wife bet him that he could write a book better than the one she was reading. What followed was Precaution (1820) a novel of morals and manners that showed the influence of Jane Austen. With a pleasant enough reception, he published The Spy: A Tale of Neutral Ground (1821) the first historical romance about the American Revolution. Then, on its success, Fenimore moved to New York City to pursue writing as a career. While in New York, he founded the Bread and Cheese Club and became the center of a circle that included notable painters of the Hudson River School as well as writers like William Cullen Bryant. In 1823, Cooper published The Pioneers which eventually consisted of five books about Natty Bumppo called The Leatherstocking Tales. With this, he created what can be critically viewed as the first American novel and hero. He also brought up the thematic complexities of natural right versus legal right, order versus change, and wilderness versus civilization which still fill the pages of American writing today. In 1826, at the height of his popularity, he sailed for Europe for what became a seven year stay. He wrote The Prairie (1827) and Notions of the Americans (1828) a defense of the United States against the attacks of European travelers. Under the half-patronizing epithet of "the American Scott" he wrote three historical novels that mimicked the writing of Sir Walter Scott. Returning to the US in 1833, Cooper was so hurt by a review that he penned A Letter to his Countrymen (1834) which was a bitter attack on American provincialism. He also became involved in disputes in Cooperstown where he was attacked by newspapers as a false aristocrat poisoned by European influences. In response, Cooper immersed himself in law suits aimed at gaining damages that would tame the irresponsibility of the press. Cooper established the principle that reviewers must work within the bounds of truth when they deal with an author rather than the book. Even with this scandal at his heels, Cooper continued to write a school primer, The American Democrat (1838) and three more Leatherstocking Tales: The Last of the Mohicans (1826), The Pathfinder (1840), and The Deerslayer (1841). Then came Cooper's obsession with the sea from his previous experience in the Navy. He penned The History of the Navy of the United States of America (1839), The Cruise of Sommers (1844), and The Distinguished American Naval Officers (1846). At the time of his death on September 14, 1851, Cooper was more successful and respected abroad than at home. Out of step with his countrymen, his work was very influential to European writers like Honore de Balzac and Leo Tolstoy. Yet, the weaknesses of Fenimore's fiction are quite well known and wide-spread. Mark Twain tore apart Fenimore's romanticism in Fenimore Coopers Literary Offenses (1895). Clearly, Fenimore's tone was criticized as being reactionary, romantic, and pedagogical in tone. However, Cooper did contribute a great deal to the genre of American fiction. In the grand enterprise, even today, everyone has read books and seen films that are directly and indirectly affected by Cooper's conception of Natty Bumppo and his creation of the American novel.Condition: Some signatures sprung, rubbing to extremities, corners bumped, some scuffing, book plates to front pastedowns. Volume one lacks spine label at volume number, inner hinge cracked. Volume 3 front heal hinge cracked else a good set housed in an acrylic case

GET IT ALL TOGETHER FOR 74 [Custom Chopper Accessories Catalog] by [Motorcyles]: [Trade Catalogs]

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Title: GET IT ALL TOGETHER FOR 74 [Custom Chopper Accessories Catalog]
Author: [Motorcyles]: [Trade Catalogs]
Seller: Brian Cassidy Bookseller at Type Punch Matrix (United States)
Condition: Very good.
Description: South Holland, Illinois: White's Pit Stop, Inc, 1974. Very good.. A fantastic, quintessentially 1970's dealer catalog of custom chopper accessories for domestic and Japanese bikes. Published by the Chopper Corner company of suburban Chicago, the profusely illustrated contents consist of original company ads and price lists (most illustrated) and 3 separate publications: CHOPPER: The Custom Motorcycle Guide 74 ; PAUGHCO Quality Motorcycle Accessories, Catalog 101 ; A COLLECTION OF EMBROIDERED MOTOCYCLE EMBLEMS. Nudity and chrome abound in this uncommon and compelling example of the marketing of outlaw biker culture. Wraps. 4to. Illustrated thin card wraps. Bound by 2 brad tacks at left margin. About very good. Black and white, mechanically reproduced product description leaves, many illustrated, bound together with color brochures and 3 separate color publications into a single catalog. Hundreds of pages. Approximately 1 1/2" thick. Wraps moderately worn. Rear wrapper and two leaves detached. Contents clean and well preserved throughout.

The Vicar of Wakefield by GOLDSMITH, Oliver

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Title: The Vicar of Wakefield
Author: GOLDSMITH, Oliver
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Description: London: John C. Nimmo, 1886. Hardcover. Prefatory memoir by George Saintsbury. Illustrations by V.A. Poirson. Small 4to. Fall polished green calf with gilt rules, compartments, gilt spine lettering and decorations, inner dentelles. xvi, 291pp, 23pp ads. All edges gilt. Numerous small color illustrations, marbled endpapers. Very good. Spine slightly sunned to a golden color; hinges a tad delicate but holding. First of this illustrated edition. Superb copy of this scarce, lovingly illustrated edition -- custom bound, with the original brown decorated cloth spine and cloth front and rear panels bound in at rear.

[CIVIL WAR] [CONFEDERATE PASS] TURNPIKES AND OTHER ROADS

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Title: [CIVIL WAR] [CONFEDERATE PASS] TURNPIKES AND OTHER ROADS
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Condition: Very Good+ binding
Description: [Richmond]: Confederate States of America War Department, 1864. Very Good+ binding. 3 7/8” x 6”. Printed Confederate pass, dated in pen Nov. 17, 1864, and issued to one “Mast.C. W. Montague” granting permission to visit Gloucester and Hanover “subject to the discretion of the Military authorities”; Master C. W. Montague is described as 15 years of age, 5 ft. tall, with blue eyes and light hair, it is signed by I. H. Harrington, who was provost marshal of Richmond during the Civil War.~~~. Very Good+ binding.

STEEL AND JADE by Abdullah, Achmed

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Title: STEEL AND JADE
Author: Abdullah, Achmed
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY (United States)
Description: STEEL AND JADE, Doran, 1927, first edition, vg+ in vg dust-wrapper with some light wear and tear and chipping. A most uncommon book, more so in dust-wrapper. From the rear dust-wrapper panel, "The color of the East, the magic of the desert, the swiftness of Arabian steeds, the allure of oriental woman! "Abdullah (actually Alexander Romanoff) was also a hollywood screenwriter in the 20's & 30's.

Official Army Register, for 1847 by [United States Army]

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Title: Official Army Register, for 1847
Author: [United States Army]
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Condition: Good
Description: Washington DC: C. Alexander, Printer, 1847. First Edition. Wraps. Good. Disbound wraps. 7.25" x 4.5". 54 pages, [1] blank. Title on page 1. Major Generals Winfield Scott and Zachary Taylor listed at the top of page 3. Some of the pages contain light, small pencil checks next to the names of officers. 3 corrections in red made inside. Contents include the list of the General Staff; Corps of Engineers; Artillery Regiments; Dragoons; Infantry Regiments; Lineal Rank of Infantry Officers; Resignations and Causalities during the year 1846; and more. Published during the Mexican War.

Lake Michigan's Railroad Car Ferries by Karl Zimmermann

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Title: Lake Michigan's Railroad Car Ferries
Author: Karl Zimmermann
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Condition: Collectible; Very Good
Description: Andover, NJ: Andover Junction Publications, 1993. 1st. Original Wraps. Collectible; Very Good. A bright copy of the 1993 1st edition, in its original stapled wrappers. Clean and VG+ with one very small bump to lower tip. Quarto, 64 pgs.

Jack Vance (Writers of the 21st century) by Tim;Miller, Chuck (eds) Underwood

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Title: Jack Vance (Writers of the 21st century)
Author: Tim;Miller, Chuck (eds) Underwood
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ISBN: 9780800842949
Condition: Fine
Description: Stated First Edition/First Printing; A Fine book in a Very Good dust jacket with only light rubbing to the edges and moderate fading to the spine. Not remaindered, not price-clipped, not ex-library; in a protective Mylar cover and will ship securely wrapped in a sturdy box.

The Ninth Annual American Film Institute Life Achievement Award Honoring Fred Astaire, April 10, 1981 by {Astaire, Fred} [The American Film Institute] (McBride, Joseph, ed.)

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Title: The Ninth Annual American Film Institute Life Achievement Award Honoring Fred Astaire, April 10, 1981
Author: {Astaire, Fred} [The American Film Institute] (McBride, Joseph, ed.)
Seller: ReadInk (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: [Washington DC]: The American Film Institute. Very Good. 1981. Stapled wraps. [modestly worn, with some light scuffing/scraping on the front cover; the "Guest Seating" insert has a large piece torn out of the upper right corner of the front cover (no loss of content)]. (B&W photographs) Nice program/tribute book, largely photographic; also includes short essays by Arlene Croce, John Green, Marcelle Clements, and Adolph Green, plus a filmography. NOTE that this is the silver-covered edition, indicating that it was actually the property of someone who attended the event (as opposed to the "souvenir" editions which AFI also produced for distribution/sale to its members, which had pictorial covers). As further evidence that this copy belonged to an attendee, it contains the 8-page "Guest Seating" insert, which lists everybody in attendance, with their table numbers. (This copy does, however, lack the 8-page beige-stock insert noted by at least one other bookseller.) .

GOVERNANCE FUTURISM (PALLADIUM 01)

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Title: GOVERNANCE FUTURISM (PALLADIUM 01)
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Description: Palladium Magazine, 2021. Softcover. Quarto, 97 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Spine is black with white print. Cover is illustrated, white print. Slight wear to front top fore corner. Illustrated: color. [Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates]. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area, Quarto and Folio Case. 1394072. FP New Rockville Stock.

The March Of Democracy; The Rise of the Union by ADAMS, James Truslow

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Title: The March Of Democracy; The Rise of the Union
Author: ADAMS, James Truslow
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Condition: very good
Description: New York: Scribner, 1932. First. hardcover. very good/very good(-). Illus. 428pp. 8vo, tan cloth, d.w. chipped and lightly soiled. New York: Scribner's, 1932.

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