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Alken's New Sketch Book by ALKEN, Henry

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Seller: David Brass Rare Books, Inc.

Title: Alken's New Sketch Book
Author: ALKEN, Henry
Seller: David Brass Rare Books, Inc. (United States)
Description: London: Published by S. and J. Fuller, 1823. Exceptionally Rare Alken Title With Forty Finely Hand-Colored Soft Ground Etchings Depicting Equitation, Hunting and Other Sports ALKEN, Henry. Alken's New Sketch Book. London: Published by S. and J. Fuller, [1823]. First edition. Oblong quarto (8 5/8 x 11 3/8 inches; 220 x 289 mm.). Printed title-page and forty finely hand colored soft-ground etched plates, heightened with gum arabic. The plates depict equitation, hunting and other sports. Thirty of the plates are single-scene illustrations, ten have multi-scene images. Contemporary quarter purple calf over marbled boards, decoratively ruled in gilt, green leather label on upper cover lettered in gilt. Smooth spine with two raised bands at top and bottom, ruled in gilt in compartments, later end-papers. Engraved bookplate of Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester on font paste-down. Some rubbing to spine and corners. A near fine copy of this exceptionally rare Alken title. Very rare, Siltzer p. 71; Not located in Biscotti; Not in Dulles (Anderson Galleries NY, Dec 10-12, 1912). We know of only one other copy - and that one is not colored. According to OCLC there is just one copy in libraries and institutions, worldwide: HUV, Huntington Library, Los Angeles, CA. (not colored). Our copy (the only one we could find at auction) was sold at The Duke of Gloucester sale, Christie's, London, January 2006, lot 614 - £1,440). "Henry Alken, senior, was a genius in every respect; his style was admirable and his colouring delightful... [he] was a first-class sportsman who drew from his own experience in field and cover and in fact in every branch of sport excepting hawking. His artistic talents alone could scarcely have produced the charm with which his drawings and prints are imbued, if he had not possessed a practical knowledge of horses and hounds going, harness and craftsmanship, while a gift for composition and a ready appreciation of a comical situation crown his remarkable qualities... It is unfortunate that Alken's value as an artist was not fully recognised sooner, because most of his sets of coloured prints, in brilliant state and in the original wrappers, are now introuvable. Atmospheric dampness and exposure to strong light, combine to ruin framed prints within a very few years; in fact, all those which have been exposed on walls for any length of time will be found to be more or less bleached and to retain very little of their original colouring. Probably the work of no other sporting artist has been imitated so much as that of Henry Alken, senior." (Schwerdt. Hunting, Hawking, Shooting. Volume I, p. 11). Bobins V, 1624; Siltzer. The Story of British Sporting Prints, p.71; Not in Biscotti, Dulles, Schwerdt, Tooley or Widener.

One Hundred Mushroom Receipts by Sargeant, Kate; Knox, Wm. (introduction)

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Seller: Rabelais - Fine Books on Food & Drink

Title: One Hundred Mushroom Receipts
Author: Sargeant, Kate; Knox, Wm. (introduction)
Seller: Rabelais - Fine Books on Food & Drink (United States)
Description: Cleveland: Charles Orr, 1899. Small octavo (18 x 14 cm.), 52, [4] pages. Index. FIRST EDITION. The first cookbook dedicated to mushroom recipes published in the U.S., published at the height of the debate about mushrooms in culinary applications. The recipes, in narrative form, often contain the name of the specific mushroom used, e.g. Boletus Soup, Agaricus Campester Stew, Cantharellus Cibarius Stew, Lycoperdon Giganteum with Tomatoes, etc. The introduction is supplied by William Knox, President of the Mycological Club of Cleveland. A bit of age-toning, otherwise internally clean and sound. In publisher's illustrated pink wrappers, titled and decorated in light and dark brown. Some light edgewear and a small stain to the bottom edge, otherwise very good. With the rubber stamp of the "Table Talk Publishing Company", the Philadelphia-based culinary periodical. Very scarce in the marketplace. [OCLC locates eleven copies; not in Volbracht].

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The January Corpse by Albert, Neil

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Seller: James & Mary Laurie Booksellers (A.B.A.A.)

Title: The January Corpse
Author: Albert, Neil
Seller: James & Mary Laurie Booksellers (A.B.A.A.) (United States)
ISBN: 9780802732064
Condition: Fine
Description: New York: Walker and Company, 1991. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Signed by author on title page. Bound in publisher's original brown boards with spine stamped in purple. 5 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches. 195 pages.

Ninth Annual of Advertising Art, Art Directors Club Exhibition May 6 to 29, 1930

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Seller: Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB

Title: Ninth Annual of Advertising Art, Art Directors Club Exhibition May 6 to 29, 1930
Seller: Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (United States)
Condition: VG/VG Cover shows minor fading. Dj has tearing and shelf wear. Dj also has color fading and staining. ffep has writing from prev
Description: New York: Book Service Company, 1930. Hardbound. VG/VG Cover shows minor fading. Dj has tearing and shelf wear. Dj also has color fading and staining. ffep has writing from previous owner. Green cloth boards. Multi color design dj. 136 pp., followed by ads and indexes, etc. Full of illustrations, mostly black and white but a number of color ads. From advertisements shown at the exhibition of the Art Directors Club, Art Center, New York, May 1930. Index of artists, advertising firms and companies at rear.

American Bookplates. by Allen, Charles.

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Seller: Ten Pound Island Book Co.

Title: American Bookplates.
Author: Allen, Charles.
Seller: Ten Pound Island Book Co. (United States)
Description: New York: The Macmillan Company, 1905. "A Guide to Their Study. With a Bibliography by E.N. Hewins." Profusely illustrated with bookplate examples. Bound in publisher's blue cloth. With signature and bookplate of bookplate designer Edith Cleaves Bary. Lightly sunned, else very good condition.. 8vo, 20 cm. xiv, 437 pp. b/w plates and ills. in text.

Hellenic Civilization. by Botsford, G W. and E. G. Sihler (Eds.).

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Seller: Ten Pound Island Book Co.

Title: Hellenic Civilization.
Author: Botsford, G W. and E. G. Sihler (Eds.).
Seller: Ten Pound Island Book Co. (United States)
Condition: V G Gilt decorated boards
Description: New York: Columbia University Press, (1915). V G Gilt decorated boards. 23 cm. xiii pp. 719 pp.

The Wine-Dark Sea by Patrick O'Brian

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Title: The Wine-Dark Sea
Author: Patrick O'Brian
Seller: Grayshelf Books, ABAA, IOBA (United States)
ISBN: 9780002238267
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First UK Edition/First Printing with the complete number line; A Near Fine book in a Fine dust jacket with only slight foxing to the text block and light rubbing to the spine foot, else as new and unread. An exceptional copy of this 16th novel in the Aubrey/Maturin series. Not remaindered, not price-clipped, not ex-library; in a protective Mylar cover and will ship securely wrapped in a sturdy box.

Capitolio Nacional. Habana-Cuba [cover title] by [Cuba]

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Title: Capitolio Nacional. Habana-Cuba [cover title]
Author: [Cuba]
Seller: McBride Rare Books (United States)
Description: Havana: Imp. “Ninon, 1930. [24]pp. Oblong quarto. Original green pictorial wrappers, string-tied. Cuban Revolution stamp affixed to front cover. Pictorial souvenir of the Capitol Building in Havana, which was inaugurated May 20, 1929. Each image has bilingual descriptive text in English and Spanish on the verso. Images include the exterior of the building, as well as specific locations within such as the Office of the President of the Senate, the Reception Hall, the Statue of the Republic, and the Marti Library. A sticker on the front cover has a border of small Cuban flags around the text, “Our Revolution is NOT Communist. Our Revolution is Humanist. The Cubans only want the right to an education, the right to work, the right to eat without fear, the right to PEACE, JUSTICE, FREEDOM.” Presumably affixed to this earlier souvenir after the start of the Cuban Revolution in 1953. An interesting addition to this piece of promotional literature. OCLC locates six copies.

Unaccustomed to Fear: a Biography of the Late General Roy S. Geiger by WILLOCK, Roger

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Title: Unaccustomed to Fear: a Biography of the Late General Roy S. Geiger
Author: WILLOCK, Roger
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books (United States)
Description: Quantico: Marine Corps Association, 1987. Facsimile reprint of the privately-published 1968 edition. Octavo. Black cloth hardcover; dustjacket; xxviii,321pp; illus. Includes bibliography. 4-line ink ownership inscription to front pastedown: "H.S. Claybaugh/Sgt in Geiger's Squadron in France & Belgium/WWI - 1918." Otherwise tight, fine and unmarked. In the pictorial dustwrapper, lightly worn at extremities, Near Fine.

Edward Allington by ALLINGTON, Edward

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Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA

Title: Edward Allington
Author: ALLINGTON, Edward
Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN: 9781897586020
Description: Manchester, England: Cornerhouse, 1992. First edition. Softcover. Exhibition catalog. 76 pages. Text in English and German. Includes numerous color and black and white illustrations. A very good in wrappers with a very near fine integral dust jacket and with a small gift inscription on the front free endpaper.

View from the Horse Trail - Bryce Canyon National Park [Real Photo Postcard] by [Utah Parks Company]

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Title: View from the Horse Trail - Bryce Canyon National Park [Real Photo Postcard]
Author: [Utah Parks Company]
Seller: Tschanz Rare Books (United States)
Description: [Omaha, NE]: [Union Pacific Rail Road], 1935. Real photo postcard [9 cm x 14 cm] Back has a Union Pacific shield and 'Utah Parks Company' vertically, dividing the back. Image is sharp. Image of hoodoos in Bryce from below. This RPPC was produced to promote trips from the Utah Parks Company, which was a subsidiary of U.P., that ran guided loop tours of the parks and monuments of southern Utah and northern Arizona.

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