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Sir Walter Scott (Extra-illustrated) by [Fine Binding - Cosway style] Buchan, John

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Title: Sir Walter Scott (Extra-illustrated)
Author: [Fine Binding - Cosway style] Buchan, John
Seller: Whitmore Rare Books (United States)
Condition: Fine
Description: London: Cassell and Company Ltd, 1932. First edition. Fine. Octavo (8 5/8 x 6 inches; 219 x 152 mm.). 388 pp. Extra illustrated by the insertion of twelve plates, three of which are hand colored. A fine Cosway-Style binding by Bayntun (Rivière) ca. 1940, stamp signed in gilt on front turn-in. Full sangria red morocco, covers elaborately tooled in gilt in a fine thistle design. Front cover with a fine hand-painted oval portrait miniature (3 1/4 x 2 1/2 inches; 82 x 63 mm.) of a young Sir Walter Scott, set under glass and surrounded by a fine thistle design in gilt. Spine with five raised bands, decoratively tooled with a thistle design and lettered in gilt in compartments. Decorative gilt board edges and wide turn-ins. Marbled liners and endleaves, all edges gilt. Housed in the original felt-lined purple cloth clamshell case, spine lettered in gilt. Sir Walter Scott was a preeminent Scottish author, historian, and biographer famed for his historical fiction and poetry. "Waverley, which he published anonymously in 1814, is now considered the first historical novel in Western literature. This story revolves around the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745" (Poetry Foundation). This biography was written by John Buchan (1875-1940) another prolific Scottish novelist and historian, whose works include The Thirty-Nine Steps and Greenmantle. He was also a Unionist politician who served as Governor General of Canada and studied classics at the University of Glasgow. George Bayntun (1873-1940) was the founder of Bayntun Bindery (1894) dedicated to using traditional hand-crafted techniques and high-quality materials. "The Riviere Bindery was one of the most notable and prolific shops in London's West End from about 1840 through 1939" (Princeton). Bath-based Bayntun Bindery acquired the firm in 1939, transforming into the "Bayntun-Riviere bindery," which is still in existence and family owned. Although named after the English miniaturist Richard Cosway (1742-1821), the desirable "Cosway Binding" with its jewel-like portrait miniature set into a fine binding was first developed at the turn of the century by J.H. Stonehouse, director of London's Henry Sotheran Booksellers. Their miniatures were painstakingly crafted by the talented painter Miss C. B. Currie (1849-1940). As the style grew in popularity, other publishing houses quickly began to reproduce this technique-each developing their own desirable take on the aesthetic-referred to as "Cosway style.". Fine.

1867 Freedmen’s Bureau Receipt for $1,000 to Build a School on Land Owned by Freedmen in Morganton, North Carolina by [Education – African Americana – Reconstruction – Freedmen’s Bureau – North Carolina] Claywell, J. A.; Nelson, Jesse Strabo

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Title: 1867 Freedmen’s Bureau Receipt for $1,000 to Build a School on Land Owned by Freedmen in Morganton, North Carolina
Author: [Education – African Americana – Reconstruction – Freedmen’s Bureau – North Carolina] Claywell, J. A.; Nelson, Jesse Strabo
Seller: Auger Down Books (United States)
Condition: Near Fine.
Description: Morganton, North Carolina, 1867. Manuscript document measuring 5 ¼ x 8 inches. Near Fine.. An 1867 document confirming the receipt of $1,000 for building a school for freed African Americans in Morganton, North Carolina. The document reads: “$1,000 Morganton, N.C. Dec’r 16th 1867 Received of Major Hannibal D. Norton, Sub-ass’t Com’r Bureau R.F. + A.L. One Thousand dollars, in full, for erecting a School-building on land purchased by Freedmen, in Morganton N.C., as per contract dated August 31, 1867. Check No. 1135 on Raleigh Nat B’k for $1000.00, signed by Bt Lt Col } J. A. Claywell / Jesse Strabo Nelson T. P. Johnson, C.Q.M. + D.O. S.N.C.” Brevet Lt. Col. Thomas P. Johnson appears in other North Carolinian Freedmen’s Bureau documents; the abbreviation after his name likely stands for Chief Quartermaster and Disbursing Officer, State of North Carolina. The two witnesses, Claywell (likely James Addison) and Nelson, were both active in the Methodist church; Claywell was superintendent of the Morganton Methodist Sunday School and Nelson a Methodist reverend. Neither man’s obituary mentions any involvement with the Freedmen’s Bureau. The school is not identified by any name, but is mentioned in a March 1868 report by Hannibal Norton, the Freedmen’s Bureau agent. The building was located at Union and Water (now Bouchelle) Streets and hosted three schools, day, night, and Sabbath; had one teacher, an African American man named Joseph Nicholas; and was paid for by the students’ parents. The report describes difficulty in raising money to pay for more buildings, teachers, and books, and notes that “The public sentiment is adverse to the education of Freedmen and Poor Whites.”[1] Given the area’s poverty indicated by Norton’s report, the fundraising by formerly enslaved people to buy land for the school must have taken remarkable effort and sacrifice—education was a critical cause for African Americans, and significant progress was made during Reconstruction in spite of poverty and violent backlash. [1] “North Carolina, United States records,” images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9TC-6PJV?view=explore), image 104 of 567; United States National Archives and Records Administration. Image Group Number: 007675751.

Lord Jim by Conrad, Joseph

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Seller: Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc.

Title: Lord Jim
Author: Conrad, Joseph
Seller: Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc. (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: New York: Doubleday & McClure Co, 1900. First American Edition. Very Good. 12mo, 342 pages; second issue with title page a cancel. Publisher's pictorial light green cloth, printed in dark green. closed tear repaired on rear fep; off-setting from newsprint on front pastedown and ffep. Wear at spine ends. Internally clean and bright, with no markings of any kind.

MERRY SAINT CHRISTMAS (3 events, incl. CHRISTMAS PARTY ft. Sylvester live) (Dec 25, 1982) Event poster by Richard Elmer (designer)

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Title: MERRY SAINT CHRISTMAS (3 events, incl. CHRISTMAS PARTY ft. Sylvester live) (Dec 25, 1982) Event poster
Creator: Richard Elmer (designer)
Seller: Walterfilm, Inc. (United States)
Condition: Near Fine
Description: The Saint. No binding. Near Fine. Vintage original 35 x 20" (89 x 51 cm.) poster, folded, near fine. Poster from the famous New York gay disco The Saint. The club opened September 30, 1980, and closed in 1988; however, it continued on through a variety of pop-up events which went on and continued into this century. Most of the posters from this period were created during the era of the AIDS crisis. "The Saint was technically and creatively one of the best dance clubs of its era. The circular dance floor at 5,000 sq. ft (460 sq. m) was topped by a perforated planetarium dome 76 ft (23 m) in diameter and 38 ft (12 m) high. In addition to hiding the speakers, the dome served as a spectacular palette for the lighting effects, with a mirrored disco ball lowered into the space. The speaker cabinets were located on, and attached directly to, the outer surface of the dome, creating a very euphonic 'surround sound' effect. The sound system in the club consisted of 500 speakers generating 26,000 watts. In the center of the dance floor was a circular light tree constructed on a hydraulic lift. It contained 1,500 lights and as its centerpiece was a rotating, dual Spitz Space System hemisphere star projector, ten times brighter than those used in planetariums. "Directly underneath the dance-floor level was a large lounge with several juice bars. Beer on tap was sometimes served for free to avoid the licensing oversight of the New York State Liquor Authority. Above and outside the dome was what would become the controversial balcony, where patrons could see down to the dance floor, through the scrim of the dome. It was there that men relaxed and, according to the sexual mores of the times, could indulge in sexual activities. Several times during the year, themed parties such as the Black Party and the White Party attracted celebrities from around the world. These Saint parties are considered by most disco historians to be the precursors to the circuit party. "The nightclub was a success even before it opened. Membership packs with floor plans were distributed and before the club opened, 2,500 memberships had been sold at $150 each for the first 700 members and for $250 for the rest, with a waiting list established. "It was financed in large part by owner Bruce Mailman's other gay venture, the nearby New St. Marks Baths -- a gay mecca at the time. The nightclub's renovation cost $4.5 million, being $2 million over budget ($17 million at 2017 prices). Money was spent repairing the roof, paying six years of back taxes to the city and fitting out the interior. It opened initially as a private membership gay nightclub (returning the idea of a club to 'nightclub'), and set the standard for disco presentation, lighting, sound system, hydraulics and technical support. "However, by the end of its second season, AIDS had begun eating through the fabric of gay life in New York City and began to take a heavy and relentless toll on the Saint's membership. Change came quickly: membership costs were lowered and the season extended into the summer so that the club was open almost all year round. By its seventh season, membership costs had fallen to $50. It also opened weekly for a straight crowd. Furthermore, by 1985, the Black Party performers were for the first time required to perform safe sex. By 1987, the performance emphasized masturbation, phone sex and mud wrestling, all a far cry from the club's early days which, on one celebrated occasion, a boa constrictor was used as a prop." (Wikipedia) Poster designed by Richard Elmer.

Dumdadu arad-un Mongġol kelen-u̇ sudulul [= Medieval Monglian language studies]

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Title: Dumdadu arad-un Mongġol kelen-u̇ sudulul [= Medieval Monglian language studies]
Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (United States)
Description: [Shenyang: Liaoning People's Publishing House, 2001. 8vo, pp. [8], 12, 7, [1], 53. [1], 743, [1]; text in Mongolian; publisher's blue cloth, "Jade" written in Chinese on fore-edge, else fine in fine dust jacket. Indiana, and the German State Library in OCLC.

KOKORO : HINTS AND ECHOES OF JAPANESE INNER LIFE by Hearn, Lafcadio, 1850-1904

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Title: KOKORO : HINTS AND ECHOES OF JAPANESE INNER LIFE
Author: Hearn, Lafcadio, 1850-1904
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA (United States)
Description: Boston: houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1896. Hardcover. Octavo, 388 pages. In Fair condition. Spine is tan with gold print. Boards in green cloth; light wear to spine caps and corners, toning to spine, peripheral toning, mild shelf wear. Text block has cracked front hinge, shaken binding, intermittent spine cracks. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column BB. 1413208. FP New Rockville Stock.

SCIENTIFICTION FIRST FANDOM STATIONERY by Anonymous

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Title: SCIENTIFICTION FIRST FANDOM STATIONERY
Author: Anonymous
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY (United States)
Description: SCIENTIFICTION FIRST FANDOM STATIONERY being three unused letter size sheets printed with cross lines and the Scientifiction First Fandom highly stylized logo emblem in black & white on the rectos. Wonderful genre nostalgia apparently originating with Hugo Gernsback in 1926.

Leaves from a Sandan Notebook by Alley, Rewi

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Title: Leaves from a Sandan Notebook
Author: Alley, Rewi
Seller: Kaaterskill Books, ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Condition: A very good copy with small chips to tail of spine.
Description: Christchurch: Caxton Press, 1950. First edition. Paper wrappers. A very good copy with small chips to tail of spine.. 64 pp. + notes [2 pp]. Illus. with 2 b/w photos and 1 map. 8vo. Rhodes, H. Winston, ed. Prose and poetry by Rewi Alley (1897-1987) who was a New Zealand-born writer and long-time member of the Communist Party of China where he was imprisoned during the Cultural Revolution.

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