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Let Us Now Praise Famous Men. Three Tenant Families

Let Us Now Praise Famous Men. Three Tenant Families by AGEE, James & Walker EVANS

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Let Us Now Praise Famous Men. Three Tenant Families
Author
AGEE, James & Walker EVANS
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1941. First edition of "one of the great photography books of the 20th century - but one that languished on the trash heap for almost a quarter of a century before being recognized by the public. . . . The book juxtaposes Walker Evans's straightforward black-and-white documents, most of them portraits, with Agee's heated, often stream-of-consciousness text. Together these two viewpoints provide a glimpse into the 'cruel radiance' of life in the Deep South during the Depression, a complex vision of the poverty, the dignity, the love, and pain of the sharecroppers' existence." Roth, The Book of 101 Books, p. 17; Parr and Badger, The Photobook Volume 1, p.144. No figures are available as to the size of this edition, but one can safely assume not more than 1500 were probably printed. Published at the beginning of World War II, the book was received with indifference and sold only about 600 copies the first year, after which it was remaindered for nineteen cents. Dust jacket price clipped and very slightly rubbed, otherwise an exceptionally fine copy, with none of the fading that invariably mars the dust jacket on this book; preserved in a custom-made half-morocco slipcase. Extremely rare in this condition. 8vo, illustrated with photographs by Walker Evans, original black cloth, dust jacket. Dust jacket price clipped and very slightly rubbed, otherwise an exceptionally fine copy, with none of the fading that invariably mars the dust jacket on this book; preserved in a custom-made half-morocco slipcase. Extremely rare in this condition.
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Company... with 13 Etchings by Dellas Henke by BECKETT, Samuel

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Company... with 13 Etchings by Dellas Henke
Author
BECKETT, Samuel
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James S. Jaffe Rare Books LLC (United States)
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(Iowa City: Iowa Center for the Book at The University of Iowa, 1983). First edition thus. One of 52 press-numbered copies signed by the author and the artist (the total edition) printed by hand on Arches Cover paper by Cheryl Miller, L.J. Yanney, K.K. Merker and Cynthia Rymer. Berger 80. A fine copy in publisher's slipcase, which is slightly sunned at the edges. Henke, Dellas. Folio, thirteen full-page etchings by Dellas Henke, quarter black morocco, black morocco fore-tips, and paste paper over boards, speckled endpapers by Bill Anthony. A fine copy in publisher's slipcase, which is slightly sunned at the edges.
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The Morning Watch by AGEE, James

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The Morning Watch
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AGEE, James
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Roma: Botteghe Oscure VI, 1950. First (separate) edition of Agee's autobiographical first novel, printed for private circulation in its entirety. One of an unrecorded number of offprints from Marguerite Caetani's distinguished literary journal Botteghe Oscure. Presentation copy, inscribed on the front free endpaper: "to Bob Edwards / with warm good wishes / Jim Agee". The novel was not published until 1951 when Houghton Mifflin brought it out in the United States. A story of adolescent crisis, based on Agee's experience at the small Episcopal preparatory school in the mountains of Tennessee called St. Andrew's, one of whose teachers, Father Flye, became Agee's life-long friend. Wrappers dust-soiled, small area of discoloration on front free-endpaper, otherwise a very good copy, without the glassine dust jacket. Books inscribed by Agee are rare. 8vo, original printed wrappers. Wrappers dust-soiled, small area of discoloration on front free-endpaper, otherwise a very good copy, without the glassine dust jacket. Books inscribed by Agee are rare.
Letter to the Editor of Nature (13 July, 1935); "Can the Quantum Mechanical Description of Physical Reality be Considered Complete?", in Physical Review (1935); "Discussion with Einstein on Epistemological Problems in Atomic Physics", offprint from Albert Einstein: Philosopher-Scientist (1949); "On Notions of Causality and Complementarity", offprint from Science (1950)

Letter to the Editor of Nature (13 July, 1935); "Can the Quantum Mechanical Description of Physical Reality be Considered Complete?", in Physical Review (1935); "Discussion with Einstein on Epistemological Problems in Atomic Physics", offprint from Albert Einstein: Philosopher-Scientist (1949); "On Notions of Causality and Complementarity", offprint from Science (1950) by BOHR, NIELS

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Letter to the Editor of Nature (13 July, 1935); "Can the Quantum Mechanical Description of Physical Reality be Considered Complete?", in Physical Review (1935); "Discussion with Einstein on Epistemological Problems in Atomic Physics", offprint from Albert Einstein: Philosopher-Scientist (1949); "On Notions of Causality and Complementarity", offprint from Science (1950)
Author
BOHR, NIELS
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The Manhattan Rare Book Company (United States)
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1950. First edition. Original wrappers. Very Good. IMPORTANT PAPERS BY NIELS BOHR CONCERNING HIS DEBATES WITH ALBERT EINSTEIN OVER FOUNDATIONAL ISSUES IN QUANTUM MECHANICS. From the mid-1920s to the mid-1930s, at scientific conferences, in published papers and in informal discussions, two of the greatest physicists of their generation-Albert Einstein and Niels Bohr-argued about the emerging theory of quantum mechanics. Quantum theory had been phenomenally successful in explaining experimental results that had puzzled physicists for decades, and in accurately predicting new results. No one denied its predictive power, least of all Einstein who had been one of the early pioneers of the theory. However, the interpretation of the theory-the elucidation of its relationship to some (presumably) underlying physical reality-was a different matter. Quantum theory predicted only the probabilities of various experimental outcomes. Of course, probabilistic (or statistical) models of nature were nothing new to physicists. In the nineteenth century, Ludwig Boltzmann and others had developed the theory of statistical mechanics, which was concerned with predicting the bulk thermodynamic properties of materials through a statistical analysis of the motions of large ensembles of molecules, without attempting the impossible task of measuring or predicting the motion of each individual molecule. In statistical mechanics, the results were understood to be mere summaries of a more detailed underlying reality that was, as a practical matter, inaccessible to experimental observation. The question raised by quantum theory was whether its predictions merely reflected an incomplete knowledge of the underlying physical systems, as with statistical mechanics, or whether quantum systems were statistical (or probabilistic) in a more fundamental and ontological sense. Put another way, was the underlying reality itself probabilistic, or were there "hidden variables"-like the motions of individual molecules in statistical mechanics-which, even if not experimentally accessible, explained the rules of the theory? Bohr advanced the former view, and made it one of the fundamental pillars of the so-called "Copenhagen interpretation" of quantum theory that is associated with him and his followers. Initially, Einstein seemed willing to accept some elements of what later became solidified as the Copenhagen interpretation. "In 1905 Einstein had proposed that under certain circumstances monochromatic light [...] behaves as if it consists of light quanta, photons, particle-like objects" (Pais, p. 230). In trying to reconcile his proposal with the traditional wave theory of light, Einstein, in a 1909 paper, stated, "Deshalb ist es meine Meinung, daß die nächste Phase der Entwicklung der theoretischen Physik uns eine Theorie des Lichtes bringen wird, welche sich als eine Art Verschmelzung von Undulations- und Emissionstheorie des Lichtes auffassen läßt." [Therefore it is my opinion that the next phase of in the development of theoretical physics will bring us a theory of light that can be understood as a sort of fusion of the wave and particle theories light.] (Einstein, p. 817). Such a "profound statement", writes Bohr's assistant and later college of Einstein's, Abraham Pais, "foreshadows the fusion achieved in quantum mechanics-the new mechanics so offensive to Einstein's later views." (Pais, p. 231). But when physicists began to take sides on Bohr's emerging theory of complementarity, Einstein joined Schrödinger, Planck and others who were unable to accept the view of the natural world that was implicit in the Copenhagen interpretation. (Schrödinger's best-known contribution to the debate was his famous "Schrödinger's cat" thought experiment. Heisenberg, on the other hand, sided with Bohr.) These disputes became a focus of the Fifth Solvay Conference on Physics, held in Brussels in 1927. "All the creators of both the old and the new quantum theory were in attendance. The general discussion was opened by the venerable Lorentz, president of the meeting, who asked: 'Could one not maintain determinism by making it an article of faith? Must one necessarily elevate indeterminism to a principle?'" (Pais, 425-26). "[Einstein's] reservations [concerning quantum theory] were twofold. Firstly, he felt the theory had abdicated the historical task of natural science to provide knowledge of significant aspects of nature that are independent of observers or their observations. Instead the fundamental understanding of the quantum wave function [...] was that it only treated the outcomes of measurements (via probabilities given by the Born Rule). The theory was simply silent about what, if anything, was likely to be true in the absence of observation. That there could be laws, even probabilistic laws, for finding things if one looks, but no laws of any sort for how things are independently of whether one looks, marked quantum theory as irrealist. Secondly, the quantum theory was essentially statistical. The probabilities built into the state function were fundamental and, unlike the situation in classical statistical mechanics, they were not understood as arising from ignorance of fine details. In this sense the theory was indeterministic. Thus Einstein began to probe how strongly the quantum theory was tied to irrealism and indeterminism." (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy). As Einstein saw it, the only way to preserve realism and determinism was to assume that quantum theory, successful as it was empirically, was not a "complete" theory of nature, and that there must be hidden variables affecting the experimental outcomes that would have to be included in any complete theory (even if they were not experimentally observable). The two pairs of papers offered here provide important documentation, from Bohr's perspective, of the Bohr-Einstein debate. I. Bohr's Reaction to the EPR Paper-Letter to the Editor of Nature (July 13, 1935) and "Can the Quantum Mechanical Description of Physical Reality be Considered Complete?", in Physical Review (1935) "In the May 15, 1935 issue of Physical Review Albert Einstein co-authored a paper with his two postdoctoral research associates at the Institute for Advanced Study, Boris Podolsky and Nathan Rosen. The article was entitled 'Can Quantum Mechanical Description of Physical Reality Be Considered Complete?' [...] Generally referred to as EPR, this paper quickly became a centerpiece in debates over the interpretation of quantum theory, debates that continue today. Ranked by impact, EPR is among the top ten of all papers ever published in Physical Review journals." (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy). Indeed, like the verification of Einstein's earlier prediction of the gravitational deflection of light, EPR even got attention in the popular press. Eleven days before the paper was published: "The New York Times carried an extensive report under the provocative headline 'Einstein Attacks Quantum Theory,' which was summarized by the sentences: 'Professor Einstein will attack science's important theory of quantum mechanics, a theory of which he was sort of grandfather. He concluded that while it [the quantum mechanics], is "correct" it is not "complete."'" (Mehra and Rechenberg, p. 724-25). In essence, Einstein and his collaborators devised a thought-experiment involving two physical systems (say, A and B) with necessarily-correlated physical properties, that were widely separated in space. (For example, the two systems might have equal and opposite momenta and positions dictated by physical conservation laws.) From the perspective of quantum theory, the two systems could be described by a single wave function, or state vector. A measurement performed on A could precisely determine its position, which would also fix a precise position for B. The momenta of A and B could be determined in the same way. The central insight of EPR was that either the position and momentum of A and B were real, determinate and fixed prior to the measurement of A, or else B only took on a fixed and determinate value when A was measured. But the latter interpretation implied that the measurement event at A had somehow instantaneously fixed the (previously indeterminate) properties of B, despite the spatial separation between A and B, which could be made as great as one wished. Einstein argued that this implied one of two things: either that the quantum description of A and B was incomplete, in that each of them had a fixed, determinate position and momentum at all times; or that nature permitted actions such as measurement to have "nonlocal" influences on distant systems. In the first two items offered here, Bohr responds to the EPR argument. The first, shorter version of the response appeared as a letter to the editor in the journal Nature; the second, a more developed discussion, appeared shortly thereafter as a full-fledged scientific paper in Physical Review. Leon Rosenfeld, who was in Copenhagen at the time, remembered the fallout of these developments vividly: "This onslaught came down upon as a bolt from the blue [...] As soon as Bohr heard my report of Einstein's argument, everything else was abandoned: we had to clear up such a misunderstanding at once." (Pais, 430). According to Rosenfeld, the next day Bohr was heard muttering "Podolski, Opodolski, Iopodolski," etc. By mocking Podolsky-who was, after all, only a postdoctoral student and the second-named author of EPR-Bohr presumably was, even in his anger, avoiding saying anything that might be interpreted as a direct attack on Einstein. Bohr's argument proceeded with what some might describe as his characteristic lack of explanatory clarity. Indeed, in revisiting EPR fifteen years later, Bohr himself would admit, "[r]ereading these passages, I am deeply aware of the inefficiency of expression which must have made it very difficult to appreciate the trend of the argumentation" (Schilpp, p. 234; see also Lehner, p. 331, who describes Bohr's rebuttal of EPR as "obscure in content but confident in tone."). Generally speaking, however, Bohr's approach seems to boil down to a willingness to accept non-local or "contextual" theory of measurement interactions. In any event, it is clear that Bohr was more prepared than Einstein was to take quantum theory at face value as a complete theory, even if this meant abandoning notions of physical reality that are part of humanity's intuitive understanding of the world. Later in a famous 1964 paper, John Bell, using an EPR-like thought experiment, proved that the situation was even worse than Einstein had imagined: even a hidden variable theory that reproduced the empirical predictions of quantum mechanics would necessarily violate Einstein's desideratum of local realism. As Christoph Lehner puts it, "this proof is of great importance because it shows the impossibility of Einstein's idea that quantum mechanics could be understood as an incomplete description of a reality that is objective and locally definite." (Lehner, p. 234). II. Bohr's Contribution to Albert Einstein: Philosopher-Scientist-"Discussion with Einstein on Epistemological Problems in Atomic Physics", offprint from Albert Einstein: Philosopher-Scientist (1949) and "On Notions of Causality and Complementarity", offprint from Science (1950) From the 1930s through to the present, the publishing enterprise The Library of Living Philosophers has sought to "bring together," for "each of the greater of the world's living philosophers," "the interpretations and criticisms of a wide range of that particular thinker's scholarly contemporaries, each of whom will be given a free hand to discuss the specific phase of the thinker's work which has been assigned to him. All contributed essays will finally be submitted to the philosopher with whose work and thought they are concerned, for his careful perusal and reply."(Schilpp (ed.), p. vii). The seventh volume in the series, edited by Paul Arthur Schilpp and published in 1949, was devoted to Albert Einstein, the "Philosopher-Scientist", and included contributions from Bohr, Pauli, de Broglie, Born, Gödel, and numerous other luminaries. Bohr's contribution to this Festschrift, the offprint of which is offered here, was titled "Discussion with Einstein on Epistemological Problems in Atomic Physics." His forty-page discussion runs through the entire history of his discussions with Einstein on foundational issues. Its opening words, written with uncharacteristic clarity and characteristic generosity, state: "When invited by the editor of the series, 'Living Philosophers', to write an article for this volume in which contemporary scientists are honouring the epoch-making contributions of Albert Einstein to the progress of natural philosophy and are acknowledging the indebtedness of our whole generation to the guidance his genius has given us, I thought much of the best way of explaining how much I owe to him for inspiration. In this connection, the many occasions through the years on which I had the privilege to discuss with Einstein epistemological problems raised by the modern development of atomic physics have come back vividly to my mind and I have felt that I could hardly attempt anything better than to give an account of these discussions which, even if no complete concord has so far been obtained, have been of greatest value and stimulus to me. I hope also that the account may convey to wider circles an impression of how essential the open-minded exchange of ideas has been for the progress in a field where new experience has time after time demanded a reconsideration of our views." (Bohr, "Discussion with Einstein", p. 201). Einstein's response to Bohr made it clear that his own position, like Bohr's, had not changed: "What does not satisfy me in [quantum theory], from the standpoint of principle, is the attitude towards that which appears to me to be the programmatic aim of all physics: the complete description of any (individual) real situation (as it supposedly exists irrespective of any act of observation or substantiation)." (Einstein, "Reply to Criticism", in Schlipp (ed.), pp. 667-74). Towards the end of his 1949 discussion, Bohr notes that "[a]lthough in more recent years I have had several occasions of meeting Einstein, the continued discussions, from which I always have received new impulses, have so far not led to a common view about the epistemological problems in atomic physics, and our opposing views are perhaps most clearly stated in a recent issue of Dialectica." (Bohr, "Discussion with Einstein", p. 239). The Dialectica paper was reprinted in the journal Science in 1950, and an offprint of that reprint is also offered here. It is most notable for its willingness to extend Bohr's theory of complementarity in striking new directions. For example, at page 54, Bohr states that "[t]he complementary mode of description [...] aims at an appropriate dialectic expression for the actual conditions of analysis and synthesis in atomic physics. [...] The epistemological lesson we have received from the new development in physical science [...] may also suggest lines of approach in other domains of knowledge. [...] An example is offered in biology, where mechanistic and vitalistic arguments are used in a typically complementary manner. In sociology, too, such dialectics may often be useful. [...] Recognition of complementary relationship is not least required in psychology, where the conditions for analysis and synthesis of experience exhibit striking analogy with the situation in atomic physics." BOHR, NIELS. "Letters to the Editor: Quantum Mechanics and Physical Reality". IN: Nature, vol. 136, no. 3428 (13 July, 1935). Quarto, complete issue in original wrappers. Rusting around staples, as usual; otherwise, clean and bright pages. BOHR, NIELS. "Can the Quantum-Mechanical Description of Physical Reality be Considered Complete?". IN: Physical Review, vol. 48, no. 8 (15 October, 1935). Quarto, complete issue in original wrappers. Excellent condition. BOHR, NIELS. "Discussion with Einstein on Epistemological Problems in Atomic Physics". Offprint from: Volume VII of The Library of Living Philosophers, Albert Einstein: Philosopher-Scientist, 1949. Octavo, complete issue in original wrappers. Fading around edges, bookplate of Arnold W. Thackray, scientific historian and founding president of the Chemical Heritage Foundation, inscribed: "Cambridge July 1975". BOHR, NIELS. "On the Notions of Causality and Complementarity". Reprinted from: Science, vol. 111, no. 2873 (20 January, 1950). Folio, one self-folding leaf comprising 4 pages. Light foxing on recto, not affecting text. References: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Arthur Fine, "The Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen Argument in Quantum Theory", The Stanford Encyclopaedia of Philosophy, ed. Edward N. Zalta (Online: Stanford University, 2020) Einstein, Albert, "Über die Entwicklung unserer Anschauungen über das Wesen und die Konstitution der Strahlung" [On the Development of Our Views on the Nature and Constitution of Radiation], Physikalische Zeitschrift 10.22 (1909), 817-26 Lehner, Christoph, "Einstein's Realism and His Critique of Quantum Mechanics", in Michel Janssen and Christoph Lehner (eds.), The Cambridge Companion to Einstein (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014) Mehra, Jagdish and Helmut Rechenberg, The Historical Development of Quantum Theory, 6 vols. (New York: Springer-Verlag, 1982-2001), VI: The Completion of Quantum Mechanics, 1926-1941 (2001) Pais, Abraham, Niels Bohr's Time: In Physics, Philosophy and Polity (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1991) Schilpp, Paul Arthur (ed.), Albert Einstein: Philosopher-Scientist (Evanston: Library of Living Philosophers, 1949).
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Opera posthuma by LUBIENSKI Stanislaw

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Opera posthuma
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LUBIENSKI Stanislaw
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1643. First Edition. LUBIENSKI, Stanislaw. Opera posthuma, historica, historo-politica, variique discursus, epistolae, et aliquot orationes. Antverpiae: Apud Ioannem Meursium, 1643. Folio, contemporary vellum, hand-inked spine title. $5500.First edition of this scarce collection of works on 17th-century Polish history, with a full-page copperplate portrait of the author engraved by Flemish artist Jacobus Neeffs.These selected works on Polish history were written by Lubienski (also known as Stanislaus Lubienscius), a Polish nobleman, Catholic priest, and the bishop of Plock from 1627 until his death in 1640. The volume includes essays on the Zebrzydowski Rebellion, the Polish-Ottoman War and other topics, along with a text about Sigismund's journey to Sweden in 1593, Lubienski's correspondence with various literary figures and a biography of the author. Text in Latin. See Graesse IV, 270. Title page verso with small armorial stamp of the Donaueschingen Court Library.Small spots of worming to first and last few leaves; vellum slightly sprung, with minor soiling. An extremely good copy of this uncommon collection.
Photo Album with 232 Photographs of Mushrooms In Their Native Habitat

Photo Album with 232 Photographs of Mushrooms In Their Native Habitat by [No Author]

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Photo Album with 232 Photographs of Mushrooms In Their Native Habitat
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[North America]: [no publisher], 1975. Very Good. Blue cloth three-ring binder of 232 color print photographs of different mushroom species with taped manuscript spine label written in black and blue pen. 29 double-sided plastic sleeves with four compartments at front and back. All photographs are tipped onto sleeve sheets with 4 per page. All with Linnaean scientific name and a penciled number written below each photograph. Very Good with lifting to tape label at binder's spine, light scuffing and soiling to cloth; slight rippling to pages. A fantastic, colorful collection of vintage mushroom photographs shot in the field by an unknown mycophile, with many familiar North American favorites such as magical fly agarics, morels (false morels, too), earth stars, lion's mane, and Coprinopsis atramentaria (inky caps). Edible and toxic varieties are present: an innocent bloom of chanterelles are pictured recto a deadly bed of destroying angels. Assemblages of photos this large related to mycology are scarce.
A BOOK OF SHAKESPEARE’S SONGS WITH MUSICAL SETTINGS BY VARIOUS COMPOSERS THE WHOLE ARRANGED AND DECORATED BY EDWARD EDWARDS.

A BOOK OF SHAKESPEARE’S SONGS WITH MUSICAL SETTINGS BY VARIOUS COMPOSERS THE WHOLE ARRANGED AND DECORATED BY EDWARD EDWARDS.

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A BOOK OF SHAKESPEARE’S SONGS WITH MUSICAL SETTINGS BY VARIOUS COMPOSERS THE WHOLE ARRANGED AND DECORATED BY EDWARD EDWARDS.
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4to. (12 3⁄4 x 9 1⁄2 inches), 3⁄4 blue paper over vellum with gilt decoration and leering to spine; tips modestly worn; slight soiling to covers; untrimmed. Endpapers decorated in Arts & Crafts style with medallion on each together with the name of the publisher, Schirmer, and the Latin expression Labrorum Dulce Lenimen (work sweetly soothing.) (100) pp., profusely decorated with large wood-engravings; elaborate, wide floral page-borders throughout. # 105 of 200 copies printed on Italian handmade paper. Printed by the De Vinne Press. G. Schirmer has been publishing classical music for over 150 years. This volume contains the sheet music for 10 songs by six songwriters including Schubert and Haydn. Distinguishing this book, however, is not the sheet music but the extensive use of Arts & Crafts decoration that brings to mind the style of William Morris. The sheet music for each song is preceded by a two page spread. The recto of the spread contains full page floral decoration surrounding a large panel containing lyrics in heavy black leering and the title in red. The facing page of the spread also contains extensive floral decoration with a panel containing a black and white illustration relating to the song. Each sheet music page contains floral wood engraved borders. The title page is part of the eleventh two page spread with a tissue guard between them. Rare with no copies currently available in the marketplace; last recorded auction sale was in 1981. Near fine!
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LORD JOHN SIGNATURES by (AUTOGRAPHS). (LORD JOHN PRESS). KING, STEPHEN (Introduction)

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(AUTOGRAPHS). (LORD JOHN PRESS). KING, STEPHEN (Introduction)
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Northridge, California: Lord John Press, 1991. No. 135 OF 150 DELUXE COPIES (and 400 numbered copies, and 26 lettered copies). 195 x 265 mm. (7 3/4 x 10 3/4"). xi, [1] pp., [1] leaf (blank), 1-16, 15a, 16a, 17-38 pp., [3] leaves, 41-75, [1] pp., [2] leaves. Publisher's navy quarter morocco over gray buckram, cover titled in blue, spine lettered in gilt. In a (slightly worn) navy buckram slipcase. With 40 photographs of the authors whose signatures appear, plus an additional 55 photos of signatures from other authors and public figures. SIGNED BY 41 AUTHORS. Essentially as new. An autograph collector's delight, this unusual fine press production is perhaps of importance mainly as the vehicle for the first printing of an essay by Stephen King on autograph collecting (signed by King, of course). In addition, the book features the signatures of 41 important figures, including (alphabetically) John Barth, Ray Bradbury, Harry Crews, Gerald R. Ford, Jim Harrison, Tony Hillerman, Ursula LeGuin, Elmore Leonard, Norman Mailer, Joyce Carol Oates, Reynolds Price, Anne Tyler, John Updike, and Eudora Welty. The Lord John Press was founded in 1978 by Herbert Yellin (1935-2014) with the purpose of publishing modern authors in signed, limited editions. Yellin had long been a collector of books and autographs before he became a publisher, and he kept his collector's sensibility as a publisher, always concerned with excellent printing, and, of course, with signatures..
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Allergie et immunologie. Vol. 1 - Vol. 6. From the library of M. B. Sulzberger

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Allergie et immunologie. Vol. 1 - Vol. 6. From the library of M. B. Sulzberger
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1974. 6 vols. 235 x 152 mm. Quarter sheep, marbled boards, spines faded and worn. Suklzberger's name tooled in gilt on all volumes. Presentation card from Dr. Georges Halpern, editor-in-chief of the journal, laid into Vol. 1. Very good.
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Proceedings of a Harvard symposium on digital computers and their applications
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Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1962. xvi, [2], 332pp. Original cloth, dust-jacket (chipped, a few small tears). First edition.
Voyages in the Arctic Seas (and) Arctic Travels.

Voyages in the Arctic Seas (and) Arctic Travels. by Anon.

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Voyages in the Arctic Seas (and) Arctic Travels.
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Anon.
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Two volumes, 16mo, 15.5 cm. 173, (2 ads); 176 pp b/w wood engraved frontispieces, title page vignettes and plates "Voyages" consists of extracts from Ross' 1818 voyage and Parry's voyages of 1819 and 1820. "Travels" covers the overland expeditions of Hearne, Mackenzie, and Franklin. Both are "recast in a question-and-answer style for young people." - Arctic Bib. 655, 656. See also Sabin 100841. These were apparently originally published in Dublin in the 1830s for the Sunday School Union. The imprint on these New York editions reads, "Published by Lane & Scott for the Sunday-School Union of the Metropolitan Episcopal Church..." Volume 1 bears the bookplate of engineer and businessman Edwin Stanton Fickes, and the pencil inscription, "A school book of Geo J and Henry H. Fickes used in the 1850s in Oskaloosa, IA. - ESF." Scattered foxing, but presentable copies in matching half calf over marbled boards. Labeled "153" and "!55" at base of spines.
The History of John Robins, the Sailor.

The History of John Robins, the Sailor. by Anon.

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Seller: Ten Pound Island Book Co.
Title
The History of John Robins, the Sailor.
Author
Anon.
Seller
Ten Pound Island Book Co. (United States)
Description
Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union, n.d. (Circa 1826). 16mo. 32 pp. b/w wood engraved illustrations. A preacher in England bumps into an old Sunday School student of his named John Robins. The two get to talking, and Robins tells how he managed to lose an eye, a best friend at Trafalgar, and a leg in the course of his naval career. He spent quite a while "in the service of sin" but eventually found his way back to the Lord, and now is perfectly happy to have been "a brand plucked out of the burning." Well, to each his own. Worldcat dates this pretty little book at 1826. It stands 4 1/4 inches tall and is bound in quarter leather over marbled boards, with gilt spine lettering.
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THE BIRTH OF THE OPAL by Allen, Daphne

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Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY
Title
THE BIRTH OF THE OPAL
Author
Allen, Daphne
Seller
THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY (United States)
Description
THE BIRTH OF THE OPAL, G. Allen, 1913, first edition, some wear to spine extremities and corner tips, lower 3" of outer rear hinge starting to split, else vg in like dust-wrapper save for some chipping -again at the spine extremities and corner tips of the dust-wrapper. Profusely illustrated in color and black & white with 12 tipped-in full color plates. A delightful fantasy. Scarce in dust-wrapper.
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TWO TO NOWHERE by Adcock, A.S.J.

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Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY
Title
TWO TO NOWHERE
Author
Adcock, A.S.J.
Seller
THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY (United States)
Description
TWO TO NOWHERE, T. Fisher Unwin, 1911, first edition, inner hinges starting, light wear to corner tips and spine tips, else vg copy in gold-gilt stamped pictorial cloth with illustrations by M.M. Williams. A delightful young adult fantasy with gnomes & genies, princes & princesses, kings & queens, et.al.
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A CATALOG OF THE TAPESTRIES IN THE COLLECTION OF FRANK GAIR by ACKERMAN, Phyllis

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Seller: The Bookpress, Ltd.
Title
A CATALOG OF THE TAPESTRIES IN THE COLLECTION OF FRANK GAIR
Author
ACKERMAN, Phyllis
Seller
The Bookpress, Ltd. (United States)
Description
(TAPESTRIES) ACKERMAN, Phyllis. A CATALOG OF THE TAPESTRIES IN THE COLLECTI OF FRANK GAIR MACOMBER. N.P.: n.d. Folio. Quarter-vellum. (iv), vi, (iii), 107 pages, 24 plates. Fir edition. One of 50 copies. Tapestries from the middle of the fifteenth century to the end of the eighteenth. The collection regards them as both an industry and an art. Sho tear at head of spine, boards rubbed, internally very good.
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Mayan

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Seller: Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
Title
Mayan
Seller
Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller (United States)
Description
Art Maxims in a Bronx Fedora

Art Maxims in a Bronx Fedora by [Aleatory Press] McCallion, Barry

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Title
Art Maxims in a Bronx Fedora
Author
[Aleatory Press] McCallion, Barry
Seller
The Kelmscott Bookshop (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
Claremont, CA: Aleatory Press, 1970. Very Good. This is a very early and scarce work by noted book artist, Barry McCallion. Mr. McCallion has had a lengthy career in the book arts following his graduation from Columbia and move to the west coast for a period of time. His work can be found in many institutional and private collections. His career has been documented in a fine article by Mark Segal in the East Hampton Star in 2013: "A Springs Artist's Creative Odyssey." In the article, Segal also writes extensively about Mr. McCallion's "astonishingly beautiful and utterly unique books," saying "they use an impressive range of materials and techniques. ... It's difficult to do justice to the variety and complexity of the books in words or in photographs. They are ideally experienced by hefting and opening the boxes and exploring the contents in what becomes a very personal exploration of an artwork." This is the original first publication of Mr. McCallion's interesting and somewhat mysterious book. It was later published again by the ABYSS Publications. The text is a series of questions and comments about art and life. Bound in bright yellow paper covers with a white cloth spine. The front cover has the title and a design of dark and white circles. The staples attaching the book to the spine show through the spine, otherwise book is in very good plus condition. Measures 8.5 x 13 inches. Unpaginated. [12 pages printed on rectos only] PRI/121624.
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Atlas of Experimental Immunobiology and Immunopathology by Waksman, B H

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Seller: Palinurus Antiquarian Books
Title
Atlas of Experimental Immunobiology and Immunopathology
Author
Waksman, B H
Seller
Palinurus Antiquarian Books (United States)
Condition
Very good.
Description
New Haven: Yale Univ. Press, 1970. First Edition.. Original publisher's cloth.. Very good.. Folio. The atlas is illustrated throughout. A superb atlas intended as a reference work to illustrate the morphologic aspects of many immunologic phenomena. See G - M for the author's entries.
Nostrand's Map New York City

Nostrand's Map New York City

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Seller: Langdon Manor Books LLC
Title
Nostrand's Map New York City
Seller
Langdon Manor Books LLC (United States)
Condition
Very good
Description
New York. Very good. This is a listing for Nostrand's Map of New York City, likely from the 1930s. The cover has a photo of New York and on the bottom are details that will be found on the map like house numbers, subways and parks. There is a map on each side of a sheet measuring approximately 31¾” x 16½”, folded into the booklet which measures 4¼” x 8½”.
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Dai Vernon's Ultimate Secrets of Card Magic by Ganson, Lewis

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Seller: Brattle Book Shop
Title
Dai Vernon's Ultimate Secrets of Card Magic
Author
Ganson, Lewis
Seller
Brattle Book Shop (United States)
Condition
LikeNew
Description
Tahoma, CA: L & L Publishing 1995. Hardcover. 10" x 7". X, 186, [4] pp. Illustrations throughout text. Publisher's green boards in an illustrated DJ. Fine. . LikeNew. Hardcover .
Renewing the Spirit: Paintings from the Harlem Horizon Art Studio

Renewing the Spirit: Paintings from the Harlem Horizon Art Studio by Zeigerman, George; Bill Richards; Nathan Knobler

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Seller: Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
Title
Renewing the Spirit: Paintings from the Harlem Horizon Art Studio
Author
Zeigerman, George; Bill Richards; Nathan Knobler
Seller
Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (United States)
Condition
VG
Description
Philadelphia: University of the Arts, 1994. Softcover. VG. Purple wraps with color illustration on front cover, 40 pp, richly illustrated in color. Catalog of an exhibition held at the Johnson & Johnson World Headquarters Gallery, New Brunswick, N.J., Sept. 12-Oct. 28, 1994, and elsewhere through Oct. 1, 1995. Includes bibliographical references.
Batman: Broken City

Batman: Broken City by Azzarello, Brian; Risso, Eduardo

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Seller: Carpetbagger Books, ABAA
Title
Batman: Broken City
Author
Azzarello, Brian; Risso, Eduardo
Seller
Carpetbagger Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN
9781401201333
Condition
Near Fine
Description
New York: DC Comics, Inc, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket, unclipped (no price), some soiling on the panels. White boards, rubbed at the bottom edge. Square and firmly bound, clean internally.
1870 Census Clayton County, Georgia

1870 Census Clayton County, Georgia

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Title
1870 Census Clayton County, Georgia
Seller
Kenneth Mallory Bookseller. ABAA (United States)
Condition
Very good
Description
[Jonesboro]: Ancestors Unlimited, 1987. Paperback. Very good. Paperback. Second Printing. 105pp+ index. Edges sunned, three holes punched at spine , previous owner's label on front, else very good in publisher's wraps.
REVISTA DE BELLAS ARTES. NO. 9

REVISTA DE BELLAS ARTES. NO. 9

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Seller: Beverly Karno Books LLC
Title
REVISTA DE BELLAS ARTES. NO. 9
Seller
Beverly Karno Books LLC (United States)
Description
México: Secretaria de Educación Publica; Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, 1966. b/w plates, ports., wrps., ISSN: 0185-3570. OCLC: 2266971. Issue published six numbers a year, devoted to art, literature and culture.
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Afrique Mon Pays, No. 25 (Special Cameroun)

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Title
Afrique Mon Pays, No. 25 (Special Cameroun)
Seller
McBlain Books (United States)
Condition
Good
Description
Dakar, 1967. Paperback. Good. photos, 18p. [plus a few pages of advertisements]. Softcover in original wrapper. 32 cm. Modest wear. French text. Magazine edited by Manadi N'Diaye. This issue is focused on Cameroon and Amadou Ahidjo.
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MASTER PLAN AND ORDINANCE FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MARYLAND

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Title
MASTER PLAN AND ORDINANCE FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MARYLAND
Seller
Second Story Books, ABAA (United States)
Description
Silver Spring: The Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Commission, 1979. Softcover. Quarto, 89 pages. In Very Good condition. Paperback binding. Spine dark brown with beige lettering to the front. Covers show slight wear including faint sunning and minor wear to the edges. Text block has slight age toning to the edges. Illustrated. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area, Quarto and Folio Case. 1380321. FP New Rockville Stock.
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Massachusetts. A Guide to the Pilgrim State. Second edition, revised and Enlarged

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Seller: Savoy Books
Title
Massachusetts. A Guide to the Pilgrim State. Second edition, revised and Enlarged
Seller
Savoy Books (United States)
Description
Boston, 1971. Book. 8vo, cloth w/DJ. Pp. 525 illus. Fine copy in a good DJ..

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