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Word by Steir, Pat

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Seller: Thomas A Goldwasser Rare Books
Title
Word
Author
Steir, Pat
Seller
Thomas A Goldwasser Rare Books (United States)
Description
Oakland: Crown Point Press, 1980. First edition. 5-3/4 in. x 6 in. Boards, fine. Five drypoints with aquatints and (in number 5) hand coloring. One of ten copies, signed at the colophon and initialed on each page. While the prints were executed in 1977, and dated as such, the book was not published until 1980. Pat Steir's quiet, early works - word/image prints inspired by the randomness of John Cage's musical compositions both in design and subtlety - challenged definitions of art, and particularly printmaking and drawing. Abstract marks, images, and words are scattered across the sheet with equal weight. Having written poetry before learning to paint, Steir considers drawing and writing as one and the same. Throughout the 1970s Steir narrowed her research to focus on art itself, making drawings and prints in her own version of Minimalism's geometric and serial formats, exploring the parameters of a mark with a drawn frame. The artist book Word is emblematic of this early period in Steir's career, with its focus on the study of details in language. She examines the differences between words and images, and presents isolated words and images within the regulated grids of her prints. Bound in original printed boards by Kevin Parker, it includes a custom made clamshell case.
The Geographical and Historical Dictionary of America and the West Indies…[5 volumes]

The Geographical and Historical Dictionary of America and the West Indies…[5 volumes] by ALCEDO, Colonel Don Antonio de.

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Title
The Geographical and Historical Dictionary of America and the West Indies…[5 volumes]
Author
ALCEDO, Colonel Don Antonio de.
Seller
Argonaut Book Shop (United States)
Description
Provides a great deal of statistical information about California 5 volumes. Quarto. Approx. 550pp. per volume. Collated complete. Early 20th century three-quarter polished tan calf, marbled boards. Small contemporary engraved bookplate on inner cover of Alexander Baring. Corners show some wear. Ex-library copy (withdrawn) with bookplate to front and rear endpapers, perforated library stamp to title pages, and a few unobtrusive ink library stamps. Light foxing to preliminary and end leaves. Overall, a very good set, generally very clean. First English edition, translated from the Spanish by G. A. Thompson and often simply referred to as "Thompson's Alcedo." . Originally published at Madrid, 1786-89, this great work is a valuable and comprehensive geographical, historical, and commercial gazetteer of the Americas. It covers the entire history of the Americas and is particularly rich in data relating to the Spanish possessions with particularly extensive sections on Chili, Mexico, Peru, Venezuela, etc. It also includes numerous entries dealing with Canada and the United States. The general section on "Nueva España (New Spain) is very well covered and begins with, "A spacious kingdom of North America, the limits of which toward the north are unknown…". California is covered giving a great deal of statistical information, and includes a list of the missions of "New California" founded up to 1803. Appended is a vocabulary of provincial terms (largely Spanish), forming a catalogue of American plants, birds, and animals. A supplement provides the text of the Treaty of Peace between the United Kingdom and the United States (War of 1812). "Thompson's edition, for its additions, etc., is infinitely superior to the original…(Sabin). The small bookplate on the inner cover is that of contemporary owner, Alexander Baring, 1st Baron Ashburton. Baring (1774-1848) was a British politician and financier. [Sabin: 683].
A History of the Early Part of the Reign of James the Second; with an Introductory Chapter

A History of the Early Part of the Reign of James the Second; with an Introductory Chapter by Fox, Charles James

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Title
A History of the Early Part of the Reign of James the Second; with an Introductory Chapter
Author
Fox, Charles James
Seller
Brenner's Collectable Books (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
London: Printed for William Miller by William Savage, 1808. 1st Edition. Full-Leather. Very Good. 4to., lixxxix(5)277(3)clvii.. Beautiful First Edition, Gorgeously bound, in contemporary tree calf, expertly re-backed with later morocco with 5 raised bands, gilt floral decorations in five compartments; title in gilt upon brown, gilt-bordered leather label in second compartment. Date in gilt in sixth. Frontis illustration of the bust of the author. Square, tight and generally clean throughout with little if any toning and strong joints, Scattered foxing throughout though generally clean text. just a touch pf page edge toning and remarkably no foxing. Mild wear to heel and top tips, more so to bottom tips. A few light surface scratches. A most handsome and solid collectable copy.
The Vortex Blaster

The Vortex Blaster by Smith, E.E., Ph D.

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Title
The Vortex Blaster
Author
Smith, E.E., Ph D.
Seller
Brenner's Collectable Books (United States)
Condition
Near Fine/Fine
Description
Hicksville, NY: Gnome Press, 1960. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine/Fine. 8vo., 191pp. Sharp Stated First Edition. Currey bonding "B", bound in gray cloth with lettering in red on spine. Square and tight a with little or no wear save a touch of softness to the spine ends. Mild page toning. Equally attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($3.50), is fresh and bright with no chipping, creases or tears. A gorgeous collectable copy at a great price.
I See Tho My Eyes Are Closed. Dedicated to W. C. Handy

I See Tho My Eyes Are Closed. Dedicated to W. C. Handy by [Music – Blues – Inscribed Copies] Aaronson, Lazarus A.; Handy, W. C.

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Title
I See Tho My Eyes Are Closed. Dedicated to W. C. Handy
Author
[Music – Blues – Inscribed Copies] Aaronson, Lazarus A.; Handy, W. C.
Seller
Auger Down Books (United States)
Condition
Near Fine.
Description
New York: Handy Brothers Music Co., Inc, 1951. Quarto sheet music, single folded leaf making 4 pp. Light toning to margins, else near fine. 9 x 12 inches. “Sample Copy” stamped on cover. Inscribed and signed by W. C. Handy on the front cover to Miss Sybil Gregory, dated June 16, 1951, the year of publication. Near Fine.. An uncommon Handy Brothers Music Co. publication issued late in the career of W. C. Handy (1873–1958). The song is credited to Lazarus A. Aaronson, a little-documented composer whose work here was published in homage to Handy. The present copy bears Handy’s contemporary inscription: “To Miss Sybil Gregory — W. C. Handy — 6-16-1951.” Little information survives regarding Gregory, suggesting a personal acquaintance or admirer within Handy’s musical circle. Signed publications from the Handy Brothers imprint are uncommon and provide a tangible association with one of the most influential figures in the history of American blues.
Hubička. Der Kuss. Prostonáro dní opera Volksoper. [Piano-vocal score]

Hubička. Der Kuss. Prostonáro dní opera Volksoper. [Piano-vocal score] by SMETANA, Bedřich 1824-1884

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Title
Hubička. Der Kuss. Prostonáro dní opera Volksoper. [Piano-vocal score]
Author
SMETANA, Bedřich 1824-1884
Seller
J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians LLC (United States)
Description
Praze - Prag: Fr. A. Urbánek [PN 24], 1880. Folio. Full black cloth with small contemporary label to upper titled in manuscript, original illustrated title lithographed by Engelmann & Mühlberg in Lipsku [Leipzig] bound in. 1f. (recto title, verso cast list), 3-181, [i] (blank) pp. Text in Czech and German. The attractive full-page title, printed on an olive green ground, depicts a scene from the opera. Slightly worn; light uniform browning; minor creasing to corners; blank inner margin of title slightly abraded. First Edition. The Kiss, a folk opera in two acts to a libretto by Eliška Krásnohorská after the short story by Karolina Svetlá, was first performed in Prague at the Provisional Theatre on 7 November 1876. It was Smetana's sixth opera, composed in 1875-1876 shortly after his becoming totally deaf, and became the most popular of his operas after The Bartered Bride. "Non-Czech commentators have often dismissed the plot of The Kiss as trivial and improbable, hinging as it does on Vendulka's refusal to grant her future husband a kiss. Nevertheless this opera is one of Smetana's most successful. Its fervent lyricism is unforced (remarkably so, considering that this was Smetana's first stage work after he became deaf), the psychological penetration of the characters profound. Its appeal to Czech audiences ever since its first performance owes something to its genre description as a 'folk opera' (underpinned by Lukáš's polka, Vendulka's two lullabies and other genre pieces), but equally to its gentle message of reconciliation, a feature of all of Smetana's late operas and those of many later Czech composers." John Tyrell in Grove Music Online "Though The Kiss is notable for the way the central figures emerge with a sense of reality, it is remarkable in being the first Smetana opera to treat large scenes as entities and not, as in the case of The Bartered Bride and The Two Widows, as mere songs and choruses. Indeed, so continuous is the musical flow that it would have been possible to play The Kiss without intervals had the Provisional Theatre been equipped with facilities for rapid scene changes. ... Tragically, increasing deafness and cerebral complications were to rob Smetana's later works of the very qualities which make The Kiss so endearing, and because some commentators see it as the last work to be written before his mental collapse, the opera has assumed a special place in his output." Large: Smetana, pp. 314, 316.
You: 405 Drawings

You: 405 Drawings by NOËL, Ann

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Title
You: 405 Drawings
Author
NOËL, Ann
Seller
Harper's Books (United States)
Condition
A fresh copy in illustrated papered boards; fine.
Description
Berlin: Rainer Verlag, 1982. A fresh copy in illustrated papered boards; fine.. Deluxe Edition. Quarto. Artist's book, press-numbered as 122 of 130 copies and SIGNED by Ann Noël to colophon. Under the title You, Noël illustrates 405 full-page typographical variants of the lowercase letter "i;" an arresting work of concrete/visual poetry, published by Rainer Verlag a few years after Noël and husband Emmett Williams became permanent residents in Berlin. This deluxe edition, issued in a larger format, includes a loose color print (folded), displaying the full complement of typographical variants, which are also reproduced on endpapers.
Voiceprints with Etchings by Thomas Cornell

Voiceprints with Etchings by Thomas Cornell by Walker, David

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Title
Voiceprints with Etchings by Thomas Cornell
Author
Walker, David
Seller
De Wolfe and Wood (United States)
Description
[Portland]: Romulus Editions, 1989. Thomas Cornel. 38, [1] pp. Fine condition with 5 full page etchings and a copy of the prospectus This is number one of 75 signed and numbered copies Two other editions with extra prints were also published at the same time with a print run of all three editions of 99 copies Blue Morocco spine with decorative paper covered boards.
NIGHT-BOOK

NIGHT-BOOK by Kotzwinkle, William

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Title
NIGHT-BOOK
Author
Kotzwinkle, William
Seller
Brian Cassidy Bookseller at Type Punch Matrix (United States)
ISBN
9780380491063
Condition
Fine.
Description
(New York): Bard/Avon, 1980. Fine.. First Bard edition of Kotzwinkle's early erotic novel, a set of linked contemporary tales presented as "the rare and obscene love tales told each year by the most beautiful women" of classical Greece and originally published in 1974. 6.75'' x 4''. Original purple wrappers. 159, [1] pages. Minor edgewear.
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JONAH THE FISHERMAN by Zimnik, Reiner

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Title
JONAH THE FISHERMAN
Author
Zimnik, Reiner
Seller
Hoffman Books (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
United States: Pantheon. Very Good. 1956. Hardcover in Dust Jacket. This book is hard-bound in blue paper covered boards with white printing, on the upper cover, with a blue cloth spine, in a dust jacket with light soiling, sunning to the spine, and edge-wear. The covers show light soiling and edge-wear. The binding is solid. The contents are bright and clean with illustrations. .
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Cigarette Lighter Shaped like a Royal Crown Cola Bottle

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Title
Cigarette Lighter Shaped like a Royal Crown Cola Bottle
Seller
White Fox Rare Books and Antiques (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
Detroit, Michigan: Kem Inc, 1950. Very Good. A novelty miniature Royal Crown Cola bottle that is a mere 67 mm tall, 15 mm diameter at its base. Its wraparound label shows a Good Housekeeping seal on its back. Its front is decorated with the three pyramids of Giza. The lighter is accessed by twisting the bottle at its middle, not far from its collar. We know the manufacturer because it is chased into the metal top piece. We assume this was made for Royal Crown, and our dating to 1950 is approximate.
Drown All The Dogs; A Neil Hockaday Mystery
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Drown All The Dogs; A Neil Hockaday Mystery by Adcock, Thomas

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Title
Drown All The Dogs; A Neil Hockaday Mystery
Author
Adcock, Thomas
Seller
James & Mary Laurie Booksellers (A.B.A.A.) (United States)
ISBN
9780671770419
Condition
Fine
Description
New York: Pocket Books, 1994. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Signed by author on title page. Bound in publisher's original quarter gray cloth with blue boards and spine stamped in blue. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches. 341 pages.
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Franzizskaya Gravfra Konstsa XIX - XX Vekov

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Title
Franzizskaya Gravfra Konstsa XIX - XX Vekov
Seller
Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (United States)
Condition
VG but for some yellowing to cover.
Description
Moscow: Sovetskii Hudozshnik, 1973. Softcover. VG but for some yellowing to cover.. White illus. wraps with black Cyrillic lettering; unpaginated with approx. 40 pp.; with 132 bw illus. With extensive introductive essay; text in Russian.
The Modern Priscilla, February, 1908, Vol. XXI, No. 11

The Modern Priscilla, February, 1908, Vol. XXI, No. 11 by [No Author]

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The Modern Priscilla, February, 1908, Vol. XXI, No. 11
Author
[No Author]
Seller
Yesterday's Muse Books (United States)
Condition
Good
Description
Boston, Massachusetts: The Priscilla Publishing Company, 1908. Stapled Binding. Good. Bickford, Nana French (cover). Wrapper edges rubbed, front wrapper lightly toned, one inch tear on page 19/20. 1908 Stapled Binding. 34 pp. Cover art by Nana French Bickford. Contents include articles on Russian lace and drawn work, seasonable articles in knitting and crochet, cetrepiece in Mexican drawn work, stenciled curtains designs, handkerchiefs in point and honiton braids, Wallachian embroidery, child's hat and dress, hot puddings, embroidery designs for spring suits, waists, hat, and parasols, fancy stocks, embroidered tray cloth and centrepiece, embroideries for little folks, sofa pillows, Priscilla paper patterns, crochet doily, and more. Ads and illustrations throughout. Modern Priscilla (1887-1930) began at Lynn, Massachusetts, as a 16-page quarto devoted to fancy work, dress patterns, china painting, and needlework in general, at fifty cents a year. In 1894 it was moved to Boston, and eventually it was enlarged in scope to cover many other aspects of women's home life. It absorbed Everyday Housekeeping in March 1912, and Home Needlework Magazine in May 1917. The last issue was July 1930, after which it apparently merged into Needlecraft.
The Air War: the myth of de-escalation

The Air War: the myth of de-escalation by Air War Action Committee

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Title
The Air War: the myth of de-escalation
Author
Air War Action Committee
Seller
Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Description
San Francisco: Air War Action Committee, 1972. Pamphlet. 6p., stapled pictorial wraps toned else very good condition, 7x8.5 inches, illustrated with photos and drawings. Argues that the Vietnam War is detroying the people and culture of Southeast Asia while absorbing billions of dollars that could be used to fight poverty and other problems in the US.

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