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Pioneers of Space

Pioneers of Space by Adamski, George

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$2,800.00
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Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Title
Pioneers of Space
Author
Adamski, George
Seller
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
Los Angeles: Leonard-Freefield Co, 1949. First Edition. Very Good. First edition, first printing. Signed by George Adamski on the front free end paper, and dated "May 24--51". Bound in publisher's original blue cloth stamped in gilt, lacking the scarce dust jacket. Very Good with soiling, light bubbling and wear to cloth, dulling to gilt lettering. Endsheets offset from binder's glue and small price written beneath Adamski's inscription, binding error to rear free endpaper. A very rare Adamski title, ghost-written for him by his secretary, Lucy McGinnis. Critics would later draw similarities between this early work of science fiction and his later claims of real-life space travel in inside space ships.
Pre-Marital Property Agreement and Will

Pre-Marital Property Agreement and Will by [Marital Property] [Wills and Land Grants] Poulter, Mary and James Danvers

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Seller: Whitmore Rare Books
Title
Pre-Marital Property Agreement and Will
Author
[Marital Property] [Wills and Land Grants] Poulter, Mary and James Danvers
Seller
Whitmore Rare Books (United States)
Description
[Surrey], 1808. Vellum manuscript measuring 520 x 670mm with text to recto only. Original horizontal and vertical foldlines. Some minor toning to recto and verso. £1 impressed duty stamp and seal of King George III adhered to upper left corner with tin. Married in Southwark Christ Church, Surrey on 27 June, 1808, Mary Poulter and James Danvers previously established through this document their shared property and inheritances in the event that one pre-deceased the other. "As the nineteenth century began, real property owned by a married woman in a legal estate was subject to the management and control of her husband. Personal property of the wife became the property of her husband as soon as he reduced it to possession. Where equity courts existed, separate equitable estated could be created for married women's property, but the protections provided to a wife by the equitable forum had to be specifically delineated in the document creating the estate" (Chused). Even before the Married Women's Property Acts were established, beginning in 1870, there was a movement away from the traditions of coverture and increased attention toward the economic precarity these laws had left women facing. By 1800, women's property ownership had become a more complicated arena. "Studying the ability of women to own property, particularly land, reveals how patriarchal legal and social institutions operated to control and constrain women through economic means. Yet such constraints and controls are only part of the story. Also significant are the ways that system and its players made land ownership and control a reality for some women...the analysis of probate documents reveal that not insignificant numbers of 'ordinary' women did inherit and bequeath both real estate and chattel goods...even more expectedly, many of these women retained control of property during their marriages" (Crosswhite). The present document invites this kind of study. Dated 62 years before the first Married Women's Property Act of 1870 allowed married women to retain ownership of earned and inherited property, the agreement between James Danvers and "Mary Poulter his intended wife" sets out the parameters of inheritance in advance of their union. While all property would revert to James and his heirs and assigns in the event of Mary's death -- something easily established within the document's first line -- the remainder of the document outlines the leases and rents due to Mary in the event of James' death. Further research could be conducted to determine the economic and class situations of the Danvers and Poulter families relative to each other and to their wider community. The terms of their agreement could further be compared to similar property documents of the predating or contemporary to this, as well as how the terms compare to later agreements following the 1870 Married Women's Property Law. While the women's movement had yet to establish legal protections for people like Mary Poulter, property laws in the U.S. had already begun shifting at the turn of the century. In these sense, trans-Atlantic comparison could also be beneficial, in considering whether or to what extent Mary Poulter's property ownership, income, or terms were influenced by negotiations happening in the United States.
Ben's Dream

Ben's Dream by Allsburg, Chris Van

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Seller: Bookbid Rare Books
Title
Ben's Dream
Author
Allsburg, Chris Van
Seller
Bookbid Rare Books (United States)
ISBN
9780395320846
Description
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1982, 1982. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. Published in Boston by Houghton Mifflin Company in 1982. First Edition number sequence is listed on copyright page "10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1." This book is SIGNED by the author. Book fine. DJ very good except for rubbing on corners, slight wearing on both top and bottom edges of spine, and two small tears one measuring 1 inch and the other 1/2 an inch, both tears are covered by tape. DJ price reads "$8.95
AFTER GOOD-NIGHT

AFTER GOOD-NIGHT by Sis, Peter; Mayper, Monica

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Seller: Type Punch Matrix
Title
AFTER GOOD-NIGHT
Author
Sis, Peter; Mayper, Monica
Seller
Type Punch Matrix (United States)
ISBN
9780060241209
Condition
Near fine in very good plus dust jacket.
Description
New York: Harper & Row, 1987. First edition. Near fine in very good plus dust jacket.. Signed first printing of this dreamy bedtime story with graceful illustrations by Peter Sis, inscribed by Monica Mayper in the year of publication. Hans Christian Andersen Medal-winning artist Peter Sis's entrancing, joyful, and detailed illustrations mix technical prowess with a love for the medium. His work boasts man accolades, including seven NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW Best Illustrated Book of the Year awards, Society of Illustrators gold and silver medals, and three Caldecott Honors. 9'' x 5.75''. Original purple cloth-backed boards. Original color pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. Illustrated in black and white. Unpaginated. Inscribed by Mayper to front flyleaf, dated Christmas 1987. Jacket with mild edgewear. Binding corners and spine ends lightly bumped. Clean and bright.
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THE MAESTRO; the life of Arturo Toscanini by Taubman, H.

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Seller: J.B. Muns, Fine Arts Books
Title
THE MAESTRO; the life of Arturo Toscanini
Author
Taubman, H.
Seller
J.B. Muns, Fine Arts Books (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1951. Hardcover. Very Good.

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