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The New Preceptor, or, Young Lady's & Gentleman's True Instructor in the Rudiments of the English Tongue by Kay, R.

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Title: The New Preceptor, or, Young Lady's & Gentleman's True Instructor in the Rudiments of the English Tongue
Author: Kay, R.
Seller: Whitmore Rare Books (United States)
Description: New Castle: M. Angus & Son, 1801. First edition. Featuring eight woodcuts by Thomas Bewick. Nineteenth century pebbled cloth with gilt to spine. Yellow coated endpapers. Corners gently bumped and some bubbling to cloth of front board; rear hinge a bit tender and rear pastedown faintly soiled. Internally pleasing, with some offsetting to the title page and occasional light scattered foxing as is typical in imprints of this period. Some leaves unopened. A scarce work on educating both men and women in elocution, OCLC reports copies at only 10 institutions in the U.S. At the turn of the century, there was a strong sense that a good citizen must be an eloquent citizen. To train the rising generation, elocution and rhetoric manuals began to flood the market. Yet women were often neglected by the authors of these manuals, who focused on helping young men "rise in the world by demonstrating how to speak correctly and confidently...Most elocution texts only considered males, as they alone were being trained for public life. Women were routinely satirized for their incorrect use of language. The ignorance of the best known caricature, Mrs. Malaprop in R. B. Sheridan's The Rivals, was perpetually horrifying" (Franklin). One of the earliest examples of an elocution book written by a woman for women was Mary Wollstonecraft's pseudonymously published Lady's Preceptor (1792), which predated her cornerstone feminist tract Vindication of the Rights of Women. Within a decade, works like the present New Preceptor began to recognize and address this educational gap. Echoing the title of Mr. Cresswick's (Wollstonecraft's) work, R. Kay drew on his own experience as an instructor to empower both men and women to be competent speakers. Notably, Kay does not overtly acknowledge what a progressive move he makes. Never does he make an argument for including the ladies in these lesson. The result is simply the assumption that any youth of England should be given the opportunity for clear self expression. A well organized guide, signaling a change in women's education.

Dieter Roth [20 September-29 November 1992] by SCHRAENEN, Guy, curator

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Title: Dieter Roth [20 September-29 November 1992]
Author: SCHRAENEN, Guy, curator
Seller: Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller, Inc. (United States)
Description: Black & white illus. throughout. 23, [1] p. Square 4to, printed wrappers, staple-bound. Bremen: Neues Museum Weserburg, 1992. Uncommon and useful exhibition catalogue, this is an important reference work on the books of Dieter Roth (1930-98). Many of his works are reproduced within and the bibliography near the end has helpful details. With an essay by the curator, Guy Schraenen (1941-2018), entitled “Man sieht den Baum vor lauter Wald nicht.” [“You can't see the Tree for the Forest”]. With the errata stamped on the lower wrapper. In excellent condition. One of 1000 copies printed. Volume 4 in the Sammlung der Künstlerbücher. ❧ A. Desjardin, The Book on Books on Artists Books (2nd ed.: 2013) 57.

SONG TREE by LE PRADE, Ruth

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Title: SONG TREE
Author: LE PRADE, Ruth
Seller: Brian Cassidy Bookseller at Type Punch Matrix (United States)
Condition: Very good in a very good jacket.
Description: Santa Barbara, CA: J.F. Rowny, 1943. First Edition. Very good in a very good jacket.. Signed first edition of this collection of 52 verses by Ruth Le Prade, a socialist activist as well as writer, signed in the year of publication. Promotional materials laid in, including a program for events at the Poet's Garden, where Le Prade hosted a number of readings and other literary and political events. Le Prade dedicated SONG TREE to Edwin Markham, her mentor, and the jacket features a reproduction of a letter by Markham praising her work; an additional printed copy (not holograph) of this letter and a poem by Markham are also laid in. Hardcover. 8vo. Publisher's green boards in original dust jacket. SIGNED at ffep. Jacket lightly worn at edges with some toning. Minor toning to interior. Very good. 79pp. Also includes promotional progam, 3.75" x 7.25" approx. and two reproductions of letters by Edwin Markham 8.5" x 11" and 5.5" x 8.5" approx.

FIREBRAT by Wiesner, David; Willard, Nancy

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Title: FIREBRAT
Author: Wiesner, David; Willard, Nancy
Seller: Type Punch Matrix (United States)
ISBN: 9780394890081
Condition: Near fine in very good plus dust jacket.
Description: New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. First edition. Near fine in very good plus dust jacket.. First printing, signed (with original drawing) by Newberry winner Willard of this fantastic story of an abandoned subway station that leads to another world, and the two children who are tasked with defeating the evil FIREBRAT found there. David Wiesner's knack for scale and perspective - from illustrating tiny fish at play or the imposing hulk of an enormous felled tree to entirely wordless stories - have earned him three Caldecott Medals, only the second artist to do so. 9.25'' x 7''. Original cloth-backed boards. Original unclipped ($11.95) color pictorial dust jacket. Illustrated in black and white. 122 pages. Signed by Willard to title page, with drawing of a moon and a star. Jacket with mild edgewear, tiny spot of soil to rear. Binding with a hint of edgewear. Clean and bright.

Medieval Epics: Beowulf, The Song of Roland, The Nibelungenlied, The Poem of the Cid (MLG 87). by ALFRED, William, MERWIN, W. S., and MUSTARD, Helen M. (translators).

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Title: Medieval Epics: Beowulf, The Song of Roland, The Nibelungenlied, The Poem of the Cid (MLG 87).
Author: ALFRED, William, MERWIN, W. S., and MUSTARD, Helen M. (translators).
Seller: Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Condition: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
Description: NY:: Modern Library,. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1963. Hardcover. Modern Library Giant number 87. A later printing. Gift inscription on front paste-down, else very good in a very good (moderate shelf wear and aging), price clipped dust jacket. .

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