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Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean by VANCOUVER George

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Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean
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VANCOUVER George
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Bauman Rare Books (United States)
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1801. VANCOUVER, George. A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean, and Round the World; in which the Coast of North-west America has been Carefully Examined and Accurately Surveyed… Performed in the Years 1790, 1791, 1792, 1793, 1794, and 1795. London: Printed for John Stockdale, 1801. Six volumes. Octavo, contemporary three-quarter calf, marbled boards, raised bands, elaborately blind-tooled compartments, red and black labels. $8800.Second edition of this comprehensive survey of the North Pacific, illustrated with 17 plates and two folding maps.""This work ranks with the voyages of Cook and La Pérouse among the most important of the 18th and 19th centuries"" (Cox II, 30-31). ""Vancouver, who had served on Captain Cook's second and third voyages, was made commander of a grand-scale expedition to reclaim Britain's rights, resulting from the Nootka Convention, at Nootka Sound, to examine thoroughly the coast south of 60º in order to find a possible passage to the Atlantic, and to learn what establishments had been founded by other powers. This voyage became one of the most important ever made in the interests of geographical knowledge… In three seasons' work Vancouver surveyed the coast of California, visited San Francisco and San Diego and other Spanish settlements in Alta California, settled the necessary formalities with the Spanish at Nootka, investigated the Strait of Juan de Fuca, discovered the Strait of Georgia, circumnavigated Vancouver Island, and disproved the existence of any passage between the Pacific and Hudson Bay. Before the narrative was finished, Vancouver died; his brother John, assisted by Captain Peter Puget, published the complete record"" (Hill, 303-04). Also Includes ""Notes and Miscellaneous Observations,"" which records several interesting conversations the author had with Captain Colnett regarding the ""Nootka Sound Controversy."" The original copper-engraved plates of the first edition's two charts were stolen: consequently, the two charts in this second edition have been re-engraved. Preceded only by the extremely scarce 1798 first edition. Hill, 304. Bookplates.Text quite clean, without usual foxing and with only very light, marginal embrowning. A most handsome copy in contemporary calf and boards.
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United States Court of Appeals... Motion by DU BOIS W. E. B. ROBESON Paul DULLES John Foster

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United States Court of Appeals... Motion
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DU BOIS W. E. B. ROBESON Paul DULLES John Foster
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Bauman Rare Books (United States)
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1956. First Edition. (ROBESON, Paul). United States Court of Appeals. District of Columbia. Paul Robeson, Plaintiff-Appellant, against John Foster Dulles, Defendant-Appellee. Motion for Leave to File Brief and Brief Amici Curiae. New York: Hecla Press, 1956. Octavo, original cream printed self-wrappers, staple bound as issued; pp. (i)-ii, (1), 2-25 (1). $2500.First official edition of Robeson's 1956 amicus curiae brief for the long-denied restoration of his passport, a seminal document in the history of constitutionally protect freedom of speech and the right to travel, submitted by W.E.B. Du Bois and others, declaring ""to silence Paul Robeson is to immobilize an eloquent, devoted, determined and respected fighter for the full emancipation of the Negro people,"" with accompanying facsimile of letter signed by Eslanda Good Robeson, one-page document and laid-in envelope with typed address.Fearless in his lifelong struggle for Black rights, ""Robeson's achievements as a stage actor, movie star and singer are individually outstanding but collectively astounding'"" (ANB). In 1946 Robeson had challenged President Truman for refusing ""to sponsor legislation against lynching by telling him that in the absence of federal protection Blacks would exercise their right of armed self-defense"" (Buhle, Encyclopedia of the American Left, 655). Subsequently the State Department ""issued a 'stop notice' at all ports to prevent Robeson from leaving the country"" and he was ordered to surrender his passport. When he refused, it was revoked. The FBI, CIA and State Department targeted him as a communist, yet the passport decision did not require a non-communist affidavit, and did not charge him with membership in the Communist Party. A stated reasoning was that his ""frequent criticism of the treatment of Blacks in the U.S. should not be aired in foreign countries."" To the government, ""it was a family affair"" (Dudziak, Cold War Civil Rights, 62). Robeson and his wife Eslanda Goode Robinson made repeated appeals for the reinstatement of his passport and were denied. In July 1955 Robeson and his attorneys, again hopeful, reapplied and were granted a meeting with the State Department, which still refused to alter its decision. With that, Robeson issued a public statement saying he was deemed a ""'threat' (a security risk) because he told the truth"" (Duberman, Paul Robeson, 434). The following year Robeson's attorneys made this amicus curiae brief on behalf of W.E.B. Du Bois, Herbert Aptheker, Eslanda Goode Robeson and others. ""To silence Paul Robeson,""it states, ""is to immobilize an eloquent, devoted, determined and respected fighter for the full emancipation of the Negro people. And it is precisely for the purpose of gagging Mr. Robeson that the Secretary of State has withheld his passport… in violation of the first, fifth, eighth and ninth amendments… [and] the thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth amendments."" The brief links Robeson with Black leaders such as Frederick Douglass and William Wells Brown in the Black ""struggle for full citizenship."" That fight now continues, it notes, ""in a titanic struggle with white supremacists."" Referencing Brown v. Board of Education (1952), the brief asserts segregation persists in schools ""supported in part by U.S. funds"" and notes ""U.S. Senators with impunity urge defiance of the Federal law."" The government's refusal to reinstate Robeson's passport ""casts the Federal government as an ally of those southern state governments which are desperately trying to turn back the pages of history, and which deny to the Negro people basic, elemental rights."" Once again, however, his appeal for the passport's reinstatement was denied. In 1958 the Supreme Court, in Kent v. Dulles, found that ""the right to travel is part of the ''liberty' of which the citizen cannot be deprived without due process of law."" That same year Robeson's passport was finally restored to him. To his biographer, America's ""failure to set its house in order, to ransom its own promise, brought out in him… uncompromising anger, a dogged refusal to bow… that a man so deeply loved all over the world could evoke in his own country such an outpouring of fear and anger may be the central tragedy—America's tragedy—of Paul Robeson's story"" (Duberman, xiii). In fine condition.
William Faulkner Writes His Mother on His Family, Fox Hunting, and His Horse, ""Powerhouse""

William Faulkner Writes His Mother on His Family, Fox Hunting, and His Horse, ""Powerhouse"" by William Faulkner

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William Faulkner Writes His Mother on His Family, Fox Hunting, and His Horse, ""Powerhouse""
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William Faulkner
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The Raab Collection (United States)
Description
30/11/1959. It is dated 1959; we have found no later letter of Faulkner having reached the marketWilliam Faulkner is among the greatest American writers of the 20th century, and a Nobel Prize winner. Perhaps his most well known work is ""The Sound and the Fury"".By the time he was a teenager, Faulkner was an accomplished hunter and was already displaying some of the characteristics that would mark him as a hunter for the rest of his life. He was also an avid lover of horses.The “big woods,” as he called them, offered Faulkner an escape from the pressures of his art, a turbid personal life and, at least late in his life, fame. But the hunt and the wilderness were more than just an escape for Faulkner; they were also an inspiration for some of his greatest literary works.In late October, Faulkner and his wife Estelle settled into their recently purchased Georgian brick house on Rugby Road in Charlottesville, VA, where they stayed till New Years. He would hunt, enjoy his time outdoors, write, and take care of his horse. In his biography of Faulkner, Joseph Blotter wrote of Faulkner, ""Outdoors in the golden fall weather he was consistently working with Powerhouse, a tremendous big strong hunter...""On November 13, ""The Mansion"", the last of a trilogy on the unscrupulous Snopes family, was published.In this letter, Faulkner announces his arrival in Virginia to his mother, discusses fox hunting with his horse Powerhouse, and refers to ""all three,"" meaning himself, Estelle and his only daughter, Jill. John likely refers to Johnny, his brother. Tiger Lily is almost certainly another pet.Autograph letter signed, ""Billy,"" November 30, 1959, from Virginia, to his mother, Maud, in Oxford, MS, the envelope still present written in his hand.""Here we all three are, 5 counting 'Power House' and 'Tiger Lily.' Dear, we expect you and Jon to come on up here when you go to N. Carolina. All well here. Weather not too cold yet. I go fox hunting every other day, every day when some friend can spare a horse, since a hunter has to have one day of rest between hunts.""ALSs of Faulkner are not common. We found only a handful stretching back decades.
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A History of the University of Oxford, its Colleges, Halls and Public Buildings by Ackermann, Rudolph

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A History of the University of Oxford, its Colleges, Halls and Public Buildings
Author
Ackermann, Rudolph
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Thomas A Goldwasser Rare Books (United States)
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London: Ackermann, 1814. First edition. Two volumes, quarto. (13 1/4 x 10 3/4 in. ; 337 x 265 mm.) 82 plates of which 64 are colored aquatints of city views and 17 colored line and stipple engravings of University costume. Half-titles present in both volumes. Vol. 1, plate 1 in second state, vol. 2, Hartford and Pembroke Colleges, plate in first state with aquatint between the images and title on slips. Old 3/4 pebble-grain morocco with cloth sides, a.e.g., Upper joint of volume 2 cracked, but cords holding, binding extremities with light wear. Usual offsetting from plates to facing text pages, some foxing in preliminaries, else fine. Provenance: Agnew, Baronet of Lochnaw (bookplate). Tooley 5; Abbey, Scenery 280.
A history of the birds of Europe, not observed in the British Isles

A history of the birds of Europe, not observed in the British Isles by BREE, C.R.

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A history of the birds of Europe, not observed in the British Isles
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BREE, C.R.
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Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts (United States)
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London: Groombridge and Sons, 1864. FIRST EDITION. With 238 beautiful hand-colored wood-engravings. Original blind-stamped cloth, covers with illustration and title in gilt, rebacked, new endpapers; all tissue guards present, minor foxing, overall an excellent uncut and partially unopened set with a gift inscription dated May 26, 1943 on fly-leaf of Volume 1 and a second gift inscription dated April 19, 194? (from Celine McDade to Ben Coleman) on the fly-leaf of Volume 3. First edition, extensively illustrated with 238 beautiful hand-colored wood-engravings of continental European birds and eggs. “This admirable descriptive treatise . . . furnishes the synonymy, generic characters, distribution, and habits of those birds of Europe seen outside the British Isles” (Wood). Originally issued in 59 parts, this work was bound up with title pages varying in dates of imprint, thereby causing “considerable confusion in the dates of publication as recorded for this work” (Zimmer). This set has an early range of dates on its title pages (Volumes 1, 2 and 4 printed in 1863, Volume 3 in 1864), confirming that it is a first edition; the first edition was published continually from 1859 to 1867, and the second edition was not issued until 1875. The plates were executed by Benjamin Fawcett, whose early chromoxylographs (color-printed wood-engravings) are actually finished by hand, some almost entirely hand-colored (though the plates of eggs are clearly color-printed, but also finished by hand). Fawcett’s later works in the 1870s and 80s are almost entirely color-printed, so Bree’s Birds represents one of his earlier experimentations with color printing. Anker, 59; Nissen, 136; Sitwell, p. 81; Casey Wood, p. 254; Zimmer, 87-88.
Lives of men of letters and science, who flourished in the time of George III

Lives of men of letters and science, who flourished in the time of George III by BROUGHAM, Henry, Lord

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Lives of men of letters and science, who flourished in the time of George III
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BROUGHAM, Henry, Lord
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Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts (United States)
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London: Charles Knight and Co., 1847. FIRST EDITION (Vol. I); later printing of Vol. II. With 14 plates of portraits by J. Brown. Full calf, rubbed and repaired, gilt spine, simple gold tooling around edges; interior crisp and clean, with marbled edges. From the library of Arnold Thackray with his bookplate and the signature of Madge F. Eberhardt in the first volume. First edition of the first volume, and a later edition of the second volume (originally published 1846). This set contains the biographies of some of the most notable scientific minds of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, including fourteen wonderful portraits. Included in this work are chapters on Voltaire, Rousseau, David Hume, William Robertson, Joseph Black, James Watt, Joseph Priestley, Henry Cavendish, Sir Humphry Davy, Robert Simson, Samuel Johnson, Adam Smith, Lavoisier, Edward Gibbon, Sir Joseph Banks, and Jean le Rond d’Alembert. The author (1778-1868), the first Lord Brougham, who became Lord Chancellor, was one of the founders of the University College London. For over thirty years he contributed largely to the Edinburgh Review, and continued to write in that journal even after he held the great seal. He helped establish the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, and is credited with designing the Brougham, a popular closed four-wheel carriage.
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George Rickey by ROSENTHAL, Nan

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George Rickey
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ROSENTHAL, Nan
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Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts (United States)
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New York: Abrams, 1977. FIRST EDITION. With 223 illustrations, including 66 color plates. Publisher’s cloth, image of a George Rickey sculpture in silver on cover, original illustrated dust jacket; in excellent condition. Presentation copy signed by Rickey to Norm Applebaum on the half-title and dated January 24, 2000. First edition. Rickey (1907-2002) was an American sculptor known for his abstract kinetic designs. He was one of two twentieth-century sculptors (along with the mobiles of Alexander Calder) to make movement a central interest in his work. In addition to the wonderful photographs of his kinetic sculptures, this work includes a biographical outline, chronologies of Rickey’s major commissions, exhibits and catalogues, a listing of works in public collections, a list of his film and taped interviews, a bibliography and an index. Norm Applebaum, who passed away in March of this year (2020), was a celebrated architect, winner of the Robert Mosher Lifetime Achievement Award in 2018. He is best known for his modernist designs of single-family homes, the “quintessential California home.”.
Unsigned, Intriguing, and Possibly Secret, Manuscript Note Concerning the Treaty of Paris 1782-1783

Unsigned, Intriguing, and Possibly Secret, Manuscript Note Concerning the Treaty of Paris 1782-1783 by (Anonymous)

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Unsigned, Intriguing, and Possibly Secret, Manuscript Note Concerning the Treaty of Paris 1782-1783
Author
(Anonymous)
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Michael Brown Rare Books, LLC (United States)
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Very Good
Description
No Binding. Very Good. small folio, one page, formerly folded, top edge lightly browned, else very good. Text neatly inscribed in ink on laid paper. The sheet, judging from the fold marks was evidently folded into a very small triangle of just over an inch in size, possibly for easy concealment and transmittal. he present document is both intriguing and curious it discusses the Treaty of Paris and contains information which poses several intriguing questions: the document states that Peace would be signed on the 19th at six o'clock in the evening and with conditions which differed somewhat from the terms of the final treaty. The preliminary articles of peace were not signed until November 30, 1782, the final Treaty ending the War was signed on September 3, 1783. The terms mentioned in this manuscript differ from the final document. The questions posed by this document are: Does the present document discuss a preliminary draft? Is it incorrect or secretly transmitted information from the private negotiations? Is it deliberate misinformation? The document reads: "La paix a eté signé le 19 a six heures du soir, en vois les conditions - Les anglois rendent Gibraltar aux Espagnoles et rentrens sa possession de mexique quis repoussant pas fortfiee aux Antilles nous rend aux anglois la Grenade et St. Christophe, ils nous rendent Ste Lucie et tabago, St. Eustache revient aux holandais, nous aurons la moitié du Banc de Terre Neuve pour la peche de la marine nous gardons en Afrique les establissement sur la Riviere du Senegal et L'isle de Gorée dans L'inde pondichery a nous, madras aux anglois qui repoussant avoie qu'un seul comptoir sur la cote de Malabare Le commerce et deveniere libre sur toute les mers et les etats unis de L'Amerique recouvrer independent; La France pourra entretenir en tenir de paix vingt vaisseaux de Guerre rrive a l'Engleterre quinze seulement" The Definitive Treaty of Peace was signed at Paris, September 3, 1783. This treaty between Great Britain and the United States marked the final consummation of American independence. Coincidentally were signed peace treaties between Great Britain and each of two other belligerents, France, the ally of the United States, and Spain, the ally of France. A preliminary peace between Great Britain and the Netherlands (no one's ally) had been signed on September 2, 1783. The definitive treaties marked the end of a complicated negotiation in Paris between Great Britain and her several enemies, begun in March, 1782, by the Rockingham Ministry, and continued by the government of Lord Shelburne through its agent, Richard Oswald, who had conducted the American negotiation from the first, and other British diplomatic officers. It was featured by the separately negotiated preliminary and conditional articles of peace between the United States and Great Britain, signed Nov. 30, 1782, which were not to go into effect until peace should be signed between the American ally France, and the common enemy, Great Britain. France, in turn, deferred her peace until her ally, Spain, should have also reached a settlement with Great Britain. The French and Spanish preliminaries were signed on Jan. 2, 1783, on which date the American preliminaries went into effect, and a general armistice took place pending signature of a final and definitive treaty of peace. The three sets (Anglo-American, Anglo- French and Anglo-Spanish) of preliminary articles of peace were thus in the nature of armistice agreements which accompanied a cessation of hostilities but did not end the legal state of war. The definitive treaties, which ended the war, were deferred for several months in the hope of securing more concessions from the British, and to give the Dutch time to make a satisfactory peace with Great Britain. The Anglo-Dutch preliminary articles of peace were signed on Sept. 2, 1783, and the next day the definitive treaties American, Fr
The Addiction (Collection of 17 original photographs taken on the set of the 1995 film)

The Addiction (Collection of 17 original photographs taken on the set of the 1995 film) by Abel Ferrara (director); Shade Rupe (photographer); Nicholas St. John (screenwriter); Lili Taylor, Christopher Walken, Annabella Sciorra, Edie Falco (starring)

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The Addiction (Collection of 17 original photographs taken on the set of the 1995 film)
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Abel Ferrara (director); Shade Rupe (photographer); Nicholas St. John (screenwriter); Lili Taylor, Christopher Walken, Annabella Sciorra, Edie Falco (starring)
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Royal Books (United States)
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N.p.: N.p., 1994. Collection of 17 vintage reference photographs taken on the set of the 1995 film by photographer Shade Rupe. Variously featured are director Abel Ferrara, actress Lili Taylor, cinematographer Ken Kelsch, screenwriter Nicholas St. John, and other cast and crew members, all photographed over the course of a single evening near Manhattan's Puck Building, Lafayette Street, an alley off Jersey Street, NYU, and Keith Haring's Pop Shop on Lafayette Street. Struck in 2020 from Rupe's original negatives, these being the only existing prints. Full provenance available, with letter from Rupe stating "no other prints have ever, or will ever, be struck." Stamp on verso of each photo crediting Rupe as photographer. A conceptual, black-and-white reimagining of the vampire movie, about a philosophy graduate student who is forced to reconsider the nature of evil and humanity after succumbing to a vampire and developing an addiction to human blood. Set and shot on location in Manhattan. 12 x 9 inches. Fine. Arrow 1769. Spicer US Neo-Noir.
Traite de la Première Dentition et des Maladies Souvent très-graves ....

Traite de la Première Dentition et des Maladies Souvent très-graves .... by Baumes, J B T - PEDIATRICS - DENTITION

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Traite de la Première Dentition et des Maladies Souvent très-graves ....
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Baumes, J B T - PEDIATRICS - DENTITION
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Palinurus Antiquarian Books (United States)
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Very good; untrimmed; unopened; wrappers dusty with wear; spine abrasion at the head.
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Paris: Mequignon, 1806. First Edition.. Original plain pink wrappers & paper label.. Very good; untrimmed; unopened; wrappers dusty with wear; spine abrasion at the head.. 8vo, [4], lii, [2], 5 - 350 pp. + plate An interesting book on pediatric dentition. The author also adapted a scalpel for the specific dental function of assisting eruption of the first teeth by 'scoring' the gum; the instrument is depicted in the book. The general commentary is accompanied by case studies thus making it a valuable reference for theory and practice of the day. Heirs #1147.
Mortality Statistics 1918 TOGETHER WITH Bulletins et Memoires de la Societe Medicale des Hopitaux de Paris, Annee 1918.

Mortality Statistics 1918 TOGETHER WITH Bulletins et Memoires de la Societe Medicale des Hopitaux de Paris, Annee 1918.

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Mortality Statistics 1918 TOGETHER WITH Bulletins et Memoires de la Societe Medicale des Hopitaux de Paris, Annee 1918.
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Biomed Rare Books LLC, ABAA, ILAB (United States)
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1918 MORTALITY STATISTICS FOR US AND FRANCE: 2 VOLUMES CHRONICLE THE INFLUENZA PANDEMIC ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ATLANTIC. 1) Mortality Statistics 1918. 12 inches tall hardcover, publisher's navy blue cloth binding, gilt title to spine, handstamp of "surplus Library of Congress duplicate" to front endpaper, no other library marks, pages age-toned, unmarked, overall very good. From the Introduction: "In the 1917 report it was pointed out that, even if no correction in the population were made for the withdrawal of enlisted men, this withdrawal from the civil population of so many young men to enter our Army and Navy would normally reduce the general death rate of any area very little, because of the usual low death rates of young adult males. This contention which held true for 1917, has been very much upset for 1918 by the influenza pandemic which caused such very high mortality among young adults. However, no attempt has been made in this report to correct the death rates on account of this withdrawal of enlisted men from the general population, but it is very evident that such withdrawal must have resulted in a much smaller number of deaths in certain areas than would otherwise have occurred. ... . The death rate is 18 per 1,000 population, based on an estimated midyear population of 81,868,104. This rate exceeds the rates for 1916 (14) and 1917 (14.2) and owing to the influenza pandemic, is higher than that for any year since the publication of the annual reports beginning in 1900." 2) Bulletins et Memoires de la Societe Medicale des Hopitaux de Paris, Annee 1918. 10 inches tall 2 inches thick hardcover, tan buckram binding, gilt red leather label, marbled edges, bookplate to front paste-down, handstamp to front endpaper "surplus Library of Congress duplicate," no other library marks; covers soiled, pages age-toned and brittle, overall good+. Text in French. This volume contains the minutes of the meetings of the Medical Society of the Hospitals of Paris from 11 January to 20 December 1918. The records reveal an increase in virulence of influenza from May to July, with severity greater than the 1889-90 epidemic. By October, the epidemic was spreading rapidly, striking mainly victims 15 to 35 years of age. The symptoms were primarily pulmonary, with secondary infections of streptococcus and staphylococcus. Both civilian and military populations were infected, with an incubation period of only 2 to 3 days. The 1918 influenza pandemic was the most severe pandemic in recent history. It was caused by an H1N1 virus with genes of avian origin. Although there is not universal consensus regarding where the virus originated, it spread worldwide during 1918-1919. In the United States, it was first identified in military personnel in spring 1918. It is estimated that about 500 million people or one-third of the world's population became infected with this virus. The number of deaths was estimated to be at least 50 million worldwide with about 675,000 occurring in the United States. https://www.cdc.gov/flu/pandemic-resources/1918-pandemic-h1n1.html
A small collection of the American stage acress

A small collection of the American stage acress by ALLEN, Viola

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A small collection of the American stage acress
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ALLEN, Viola
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Comprising: Autograph quotation signed. One page, 4to. Titled in the margin "Liberty Tree." – ALS, n.y. One page, 8vo to Miss Eldridge, enclosing a contribution for the Philomena Festival. – ALS, 12 December 1886. 2 pages, 8vo. Discussing performances. –ALS, 5 January 1909. Two pages, 8vo. – Christmas card with autograph note. – Portrait photograph signed, 5.5 x 4 inches. – Portrait photograph signed, 6.5 x 4.25 inches. – Program signed for Allen's lead performance in Clyde Fitch's 'The Toast of the Town,' New York, Daly's theatre, 1905. Viola Allen starred in over two dozen Broadway productions from 1885 to 1916, as well as three silent films.
Drawings: One entitled in reverse: "Priapus sive Pan

Drawings: One entitled in reverse: "Priapus sive Pan

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Drawings: One entitled in reverse: "Priapus sive Pan
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James Cummins Bookseller (United States)
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3 drawings. Signed lower left in an undecipherable hand. 12 x 8 inches. Fine. 3 drawings. Signed lower left in an undecipherable hand. 12 x 8 inches.
GLIMPSES O' LANG SYNE

GLIMPSES O' LANG SYNE by WATSON, William

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GLIMPSES O' LANG SYNE
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WATSON, William
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Antic Hay Books (United States)
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William Smith/ The Bon Accord Press, 1903. WATSON, William. GLIMPSES O' AULD LANG SYNE. Aberdeen: William Smith/ The Bon Accord Press, 1903. Small 8vo., green cloth stamped in gilt, top edge gilt; 133 pages. First Edition. Watson [1858-1935] was an English poet, popular for the political content of his poetry. He was a strong candidate for Poet Laureate but, because of his opposition to the Boer War, he was passed over for Alfred Austin. Signed presentation from Watson on the half-title page: "To Miss E.F. Smith, With good wishes from the Author. 23rd Nov 1903." Very Good (little wear with browning- as usual- to endpapers; contents clean & tight). $275.00.
Paper Weaving. A Paste-Craft Kit for Home or Kindergarten

Paper Weaving. A Paste-Craft Kit for Home or Kindergarten

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Paper Weaving. A Paste-Craft Kit for Home or Kindergarten
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White Fox Rare Books and Antiques (United States)
Condition
Fine
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Ravensburg, Germany: Otto Maier Verlag. A "Bonnie Barn" Import, 1960. Sleeve. Fine. A craft kit that introduced children of the mid-20th century to a popular craft of the Victorian period. N.d., circa 1960. Oblong sleeve, 13 by 19 cm. 18 leaves, six of which are meant to serve as backing paper, and a dozen, with strips to be used in the weaving in and out, plus a long metal implement to use in weaving. Directions on back of sleeve. Both types of sheets, the "warps", and the "wefts", are on glossy paper, in a variety of colors -- red, blue, green, yellow, black and white -- allowing for a wide variety of color schemes. No copies on OCLC First Search, but also the sort of thing that might not be listed there. Nor could we locate copies of this through other means. We are confident that few out there, wherever they are, would surpass ours in terms of condition. Ours is unused and in fine condition -- we presume the kit is complete.
Typographic Design By Ikko Tanaka

Typographic Design By Ikko Tanaka by -

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Typographic Design By Ikko Tanaka
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Appledore Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Collectible; Fine
Description
Japan, 1977. 1st. cloth. Collectible; Fine/Very Good. A clean, well-preserved copy of the 1977 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine in a bright, VG+ dustjacket. Octavo, 96 pgs. Text in Japanese, dozens and dozens of vivid color plates thruout demonstrating leading Japanese graphic design and display art.
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The System Works!: The Etchings and Random Notes of Hank Virgona by -

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Title
The System Works!: The Etchings and Random Notes of Hank Virgona
Author
-
Seller
Appledore Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Collectible; Fine
Description
New York: Da Capo Press, 1977. Cloth. Collectible; Fine. INSCRIBED BY HANK VIRGONA in year-of-publication on the front free endpaper. A very sharp copy to boot of the 1977 1st edition. Solid and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket. Quarto, Introduction by Pete Hamill. Signed by Author.
Electrons and Phonons; The theory of transport phenomena in solids

Electrons and Phonons; The theory of transport phenomena in solids by Ziman, J. M.

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Title
Electrons and Phonons; The theory of transport phenomena in solids
Author
Ziman, J. M.
Seller
Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (United States)
Condition
Very Good. ex-lib copy. Associated library markings and sticker on book. Cover has general wear. Bookblock has corner darkening
Description
Oxford: Claredon Press, 1967. Hardcover. Very Good. ex-lib copy. Associated library markings and sticker on book. Cover has general wear. Bookblock has corner darkening. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering in spine. 554 pages illustrations. The International series of monographs on physics.
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Le XIXe Siecle

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Title
Le XIXe Siecle
Seller
Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (United States)
Condition
VG+, cover and text pages are in very good condition
Description
Paris: Talabardon & Gautier, 2007. Volume 2007. Softbound. VG+, cover and text pages are in very good condition. In French. Cover duotone on wraps, french flaps, [approx 80] pp, 37 color plates with additional color and BW illustrations. Catalog of 37 works of art from the 19th Century, with text on each. From the gallery exhibit held December 5-28, 2007.
Turkish Rugs

Turkish Rugs by Yohe, Ralph, and H. McCoy Jones (Editors)

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Title
Turkish Rugs
Author
Yohe, Ralph, and H. McCoy Jones (Editors)
Seller
Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (United States)
Condition
VG-, spine a tad age toned; o/w clean and tight.
Description
Washington, DC: Textile Museum, The Washington Hajji Baba, 1968. Softcover. VG-, spine a tad age toned; o/w clean and tight.. Blue, illus. stapled wraps. Unpaginated. 89 color and bw plates. Introduction by Joseph McMullan. Includes a bw map at rear. Catalogue of all kinds of Turkish rugs, each annotated and pictured in bw. From the exhibition of May to September, 1968.
Julia Margaret Cameron's Women

Julia Margaret Cameron's Women by WOLF, Sylvia and Julia Margaret Cameron

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Julia Margaret Cameron's Women
Author
WOLF, Sylvia and Julia Margaret Cameron
Seller
Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN
9780300077810
Description
Chicago, IL & New Haven, CT: The Art Institute of Chicago & Yale University Press, 1998. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 243 pages. Published in conjunction with an exhibition for a traveling show that ran September 19, 1998 through January 10, 1999 at the Art Institute of Chicago and then went to New York and San Francisco for additional dates. Text by Sylvia Wolf with contributions by Stephanie Lipscomb, Debra N. Mancoff and Phyllis Rose. Includes 64 five color plates and 84 duotones. A clean and tight very near fine copy in brown cloth boards and in a near fine dust jacket with a small tear to the top of the front panel.
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The Arizona Biltmore Hotel: history & guide

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Title
The Arizona Biltmore Hotel: history & guide
Seller
J.B. Muns, Fine Arts Books (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, 1974. Paperback. Very Good. Color Frank Lloyd Wright drawing on cover. Wraps. 20pp. Illus.
Forever

Forever by Hamill, Pete

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Title
Forever
Author
Hamill, Pete
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Yesterday's Muse Books (United States)
ISBN
9780316735698
Condition
Very Good
Description
New York, N.Y: Little, Brown & Company, 2003. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 5x1x8. First printing. Light 1/2 inch crease on front corner, light edge wear. Binding tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked. 2003 Trade Paperback. 613 pp. Through the eyes of Cormac O'Connor - granted immortality as long as he never leaves the island of Manhattan - we watch New York grow from a tiny settlement on the tip of an untamed wilderness to the thriving metropolis of today. And through Cormac's remarkable adventures in both love and war, we come to know the city's buried secrets - the way it has been shaped by greed, race, and waves of immigration, by the unleashing of enormous human energies, and, above all, by hope. Reading group guide inside.

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