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Don Juan by BYRON

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Title: Don Juan
Author: BYRON
Seller: Bauman Rare Books (United States)
Description: 1819. First Edition. BYRON. Don Juan. London: Thomas Davison [i.e., John Murray], 1819-21 (Cantos I-V, Volumes I-II); John Hunt (Cantos VI-XVI, Volumes III-VI), 1823-24. Six volumes bound in three. Quarto (Volume I) and octavo (Volumes II-III), quarto: 19th-century three-quarter polished tan calf, raised bands, elaborately gilt-decorated spine, marbled boards and endpapers, top edge gilt, uncut; octavos: modern, similarly styled three-quarter polished tan calf, raised bands, elaborately gilt-decorated spines, marbled boards and endpapers, top edges gilt. $17,000.Scarce first editions of Byron's great workCantos I-XVI complete in six volumes, with Volume I the scarce first issue, in quarto formatvery handsomely bound.""The War and Peace of English poetry, Don Juan contains an epic sweep that moves from Spain, to the East, and to Russia before ending in England At the same time that Byron's broad canvas foretells the scope of the great 19th-century novels, the poet's own sensibilities echo the picaresque 18th-century novels of his early reading, Smollett and Fielding, with their bawdy humor and sly inversions of vice and virtue. Unlike these prose narratives, however, Don Juan has no beginning, middle, or end. It draws us in, not to learn 'what happens next' but to hear what this seductive, confidential, teasing voice is going to tell us"" (Eisler, 610). Byron planned to have his hero Juan tour Europe ""with a proper mixture of siege, battle, and adventure, and make him finish in the French Revolution I meant to have made him a Cavalier Servente in Italy, and a cause for divorce in England, and a Sentimental 'Werther-faced man' in Germany, so as to show the different ridicules of the society in each of those countries, and to have displayed him gradually gâté and blasé as he grew older, as is natural. But I had not quite fixed whether to make him end in Hell, or in an unhappy marriage, not knowing which would be the severest. The Spanish tradition says Hell: but it is probably only an Allegory of the other state"" (letter to John Murray, February 1821). When Cantos I through V appeared, they did so without the name of either author or publisher on the title page. Publisher John Murray refused to print Byron's dedicatory poem, which ridiculed English poet laureate Robert Southey, and Byron refused to put his name on a censored publication. Because of Byron's change from his long-standing publisher Murray to John Hunt (brother of writer Leigh Hunt) midway through Don Juan, complete first-edition copies with all cantos are scarce. ""The first editions of the four volumes of the last 11 Cantos of Don Juan were issued in three sizes: 'Large Paper' or demy octavo, 'Small Paper' or foolscap octavo, and the 'Common Edition' or 18mo"" (Randolph). Volume I was published in an edition of 1500 copies, 150 of which were destroyed by the publisher after this volume was reprinted in octavo format; the 'large-paper' octavos were issued in editions of 1500 copies, with 'small-paper' octavos in editions of 2500-3000 and 15,000 or so in the common edition (Randolph). This set consists of the quarto first editions of Cantos I and II with 'Large Paper' first editions of Cantos III-XVI; the scarce half titles and all advertisements are present as called for, as well as the erratum slip for Canto XVI. Randolph, 69, 74, 82-83, 86-87, 91. Wise II:3-8. Armorial bookplate in quarto volume.Quarto volume with light to moderate foxing, extremities slightly rubbed; octavo volumes bright and fresh. A desirable set.

Clara Bow | Six Type 1 Photos And Autograph

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Title: Clara Bow | Six Type 1 Photos And Autograph
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA (United States)
Description: 1926-1933. A seven-item lot from the career of silver screen icon Clara Bow, including six type 1 photographs and an autograph. These photos span the length of Bow's brief but sensational Hollywood career. Autograph: Bow's autograph appears on a 6" x 4.5" piece of stationary. The blue ink inscription reads: "To Connie / Clara Bow". In very good condition. Mild age-toning. Comes with a 8.25" x 10.75" reprint of the movie poster for the 1929 sound-film The Wild Party. Photograph #1: An early studio photo of Bow in costume, taken in 1926 around the time she was making Mantrap. The photo measures 8" x 10" and is in very good- condition. Age-toning throughout, mild wear to edges and corners, slight warping, and a crease in the top right corner. Photograph #2: A 3.75" x 6.25" type 1 studio photo, from around 1927. In very good condition. Verso has notation in blue ink, Wide World Photo stamp in black ink, and a file stamp from 1952. Photograph #3: An 8" x 10" type 1 studio photo of Bow, seated on a chaise lounge. Likely taken in the early 1930s. In very good- condition. Age toning throughout, minor soiling to margins, and a crease at the bottom right corner. Verso has stamp from Wide World Photo, pasted caption, a use-date stamp of 1937 (when Bow was contemplating a return to pictures after a 3-year retirement), and an "Editorial Cut Order". Photograph #4: A type 1 silver gelatin photo taken in 1931. It shows Bow posing at the wheel of her luxury automobile. Measures 6.5" x 5.5" and is in very good condition. Minor soiling to margins. Verso has pasted caption (which mentions her recent "nervous breakdown"), a file stamp of June 3, 1931, and the stamp for International Newsreel. Photograph #5: A type 1 silver gelatin photo of Bow posing with her father in June, 1931. Taken right before moving to Nevada to the ranch of Rex Bell, her soon-to-be husband. In very good condition, minor age-toning to right and top margin. Verso has blue stamp of International Newsreel, and a pasted caption that reads: "It was a new Clara or / perhaps the old Clara of seven years ago, that / started away from her Beverly Hills home for a / 350,000 acre ranch in Nevada. Clad in a tan polo / shirt, riding breeches and boots, her hair is / unusualy [sic] blonde, with scarcely a trace of its / natural, dark red. Clara is shown here bidding / har [sic] father good-bye. 6/14/31". A type 1 studio headshot taken during the production of Bow's last film, Hoopla, in 1933. In good+ condition. Age-toning throughout, faint pin holes in each corner, slight warping at bottom edge, minor wear to edges, and a crease in the top left corner (largely confined to margins). Verso has numerous stamps, pencil notations, and pasted captions. Typed caption from studio states: "WATCH FOR HER -- Clara Bow will delight her many admirers / in her new Fox film, "Hoopla" in which her starring role / offers her an opportunity to reveal her talents as a / dancer. The role of the "It" girl's lover is played by / Richard Cromwell." K21002 Shelved Case 0. 1349102. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

Chymie Experimentale et Raisonnee, 3 vols., by Baume, A

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Seller: Palinurus Antiquarian Books

Title: Chymie Experimentale et Raisonnee, 3 vols.,
Author: Baume, A
Seller: Palinurus Antiquarian Books (United States)
Condition: A good copy; some marginal tide marks to some pages; edges of some plates rumpled and moderately soiled; two spine labels abrade
Description: Paris: P F Didot, 1773. First Edition. B Issue.. full contemp. calf.. A good copy; some marginal tide marks to some pages; edges of some plates rumpled and moderately soiled; two spine labels abraded.. 8vo. There is a frontis. and total of 12 eng. fldg. plates. One of the last great general chemistry texts of the 18th century. Baume was a working chemist and pharmacist and his text provides a good deal of information on the processes of chemical production. This copy conforms to the B issue described by Cole in his bibliography wherein the forntis. portrait is reversed and un-signed etc. . Cole # 45.

[LAW] HOUSE JOURNAL OF THE FIRST SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE, 1865, WHICH CONVENED AT NASHVILLE, MONDAY, APRIL 3

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Title: [LAW] HOUSE JOURNAL OF THE FIRST SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE, 1865, WHICH CONVENED AT NASHVILLE, MONDAY, APRIL 3
Seller: Black Swan Books, Inc. (United States)
Condition: Good binding
Description: Nashville, Tennessee: S. C. Mercer, Printer to the State, 1865. First Edition. Half Leather. Good binding. 8vo.; in tan half-calf over well-worn marbled board; 316 pages, including the Alphabetical Index to House Journal 1865; [with] APPENDIX, Comptroller’s Report; Report of Supervisor of Banks; Foreign Insurance Companies; Distribution of Charities; Report of the Condition of the Tennessee Penitentiary; Reports of the Trustees and Superintendent of the Tennessee Hospital for the Insane; Report of the State Librarian of the Senate and House of Representatives, 155 pages.~~The front joint is cracked; there is handwritten paper label on the upper board which appears to be contemporary: “Clerk’s Office”; the front hinge reinforced with paper tape at the title page.~~An illuminating picture of life in the State of Tennessee in the months following its departure from the Confederate States.~~Very uncommon. Good binding.

COLLAGE, trans. by Rbt E. Wolf. by Wescher, H.

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Seller: J.B. Muns, Fine Arts Books

Title: COLLAGE, trans. by Rbt E. Wolf.
Author: Wescher, H.
Seller: J.B. Muns, Fine Arts Books (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: New York: Abrams, 1968. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Folio. 396 illus., incl. 40 hand-tipped in plates in full color.

ALFRED BROWING PARKER, A MEMOIR

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Title: ALFRED BROWING PARKER, A MEMOIR
Seller: J.B. Muns, Fine Arts Books (United States)
Description: Probably a limited edition. Well illus., many color photos.

The tourist in Italy by ROSCOE, Thomas

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Title: The tourist in Italy
Author: ROSCOE, Thomas
Seller: Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts (United States)
Description: London: Robert Jennings and WIlliam Chaplin, 1831. FIRST EDITION. Complete with 26 engraved plates (though some out of order as indicated on the “List of plates”), each with tissue guard, text block with gilt edges; rebound in modern green cloth, minor foxing on some of the plates, generally in the margins. Ownership Inscription of Selina Atherley on fly-leaf. First edition. Written in a romantic style, this work includes descriptions of buildings and places in Venice and Rome, together with stories and poetry relevant to the locations. As an example of the style of writing, the chapter on the Rialto begins: “A thousand grand remembrances and splendid visions of the past await us on the old Rialto. It was from the island of the Rialto that queenly Vencie first raised her yet undiademed head; and it is on the bridge of the Rialto that she seems to have laid aside her glory, and sits deserted among her palaces.” The beautifully detailed engravings enhance the picturesque romanticism of the text. This is the second of four volumes issued as The Landscape annual (issued for the years 1830-1833). The beautifully detailed engravings are made from drawings by the artist Samuel Prout (1783-1852), primarily of scenes in Venice and Rome.

Millard Sheets by Miller, Arthur. et al.

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Title: Millard Sheets
Author: Miller, Arthur. et al.
Seller: John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller (United States)
Description: 1935. Los Angeles and New York: Dalzell Hatfield, 1935. Large 8vo, (12), 28 pp. followed by 28 black and white plates and (4)page appendix. Frontispiece portrait photo by Edward Weston, original signed lithograph by Sheets. Blue paper boards letttered in white. Some edgewear to the boards and light age-toning to contents; very good. ß First edition with original signed lithograph by Sheets; number 433 of 1000 copies. Articles by Arthur Millar, Merle Armitage, and Dr Hartley Burr Alexander followed by a well-printed catalogue of Sheets's works.

Pictor's Tract on the Treatment of the Renal Calculus (1557). Facsimile with English translation by Charles Greene Cunston. by PICTOR, George [Pictorius, Georg] (c. 1500-1569).

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Title: Pictor's Tract on the Treatment of the Renal Calculus (1557). Facsimile with English translation by Charles Greene Cunston.
Author: PICTOR, George [Pictorius, Georg] (c. 1500-1569).
Seller: Jeff Weber Rare Books (Switzerland)
Description: London:: George Routledge & Sons, 1925., 1925. 5.25 x 3.75 inches [135 x 950 mm]. With the bookplate of G.O.M. With the original box reconditioned, preserving the original printed matter mounted on the box made as per the original – excellent condition. Limited edition of 400 copies, being the first English edition. Georg Pictorius of Villingen was a physician who also wrote about magic and alchemy.

Gerate und Maschinen des Nordamerikanischen Landstrassenbaues ("Devices and Machines of North American Highway Construction") by Prof. Dr.-Ing. R. Woernle

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Title: Gerate und Maschinen des Nordamerikanischen Landstrassenbaues ("Devices and Machines of North American Highway Construction")
Author: Prof. Dr.-Ing. R. Woernle
Seller: Appledore Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: Chalottenburg, Germany: Zementverlag G. m. b. H., 1926. Boards. Very Good. Obscure, uncommon 1926 German study of the equipment and machinery behind North American highway construction. Solid and VG in its navy-blue cloth, with very light soiling at the front panel and writing (ink and pencil) only to the first 2 pages. Octavo, 98 black-and-white plates supplementing Professor Woernle's text.

The Mediterranean: Seaports and Sea Routes... by Baedeker, Karl.

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Title: The Mediterranean: Seaports and Sea Routes...
Author: Baedeker, Karl.
Seller: Ten Pound Island Book Co. (United States)
Description: Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1911. "[I]ncluding Madeira, the Canary Islands, the Coast of Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia... with 38 maps and plans." This is the first edition, and the only edition in English. See Gretton, Med1. Bound in classic Baedeker red cloth with gold lettering. Light cover wear, but a very good copy.. 16 cm. xxxvi,607 pp. folding color maps.

The New Interior: Modern Decoration for the Modern Home by ADLER, Hazel H.

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Title: The New Interior: Modern Decoration for the Modern Home
Author: ADLER, Hazel H.
Seller: Argosy Book Store (United States)
Condition: very good(+)
Description: New York: The Century Co, 1916. hardcover. very good(+). Illustrated with photographs and drawings in black and white as well as a folding diagram demonstrating color organization. 315 pages. 8vo, pictorial orange boards. New York: The Century Co.,(1916). A very good(+) copy.

Tapestry by ZVI, Ben

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Title: Tapestry
Author: ZVI, Ben
Seller: Argosy Book Store (United States)
Condition: near fine
Description: Barnett, 1975. hardcover. near fine/very good(-). Zvi, Ben. More than 25 full-page, some double page, plates, in both color and black-and-white. 88 pages. Slim oblong 4to, cloth d.w.; lower corners a little bumped, dust wrapper a bit dust soiled, long tear rear cover. L.H. Barnett, (1975). A near fine copy in a very good(-) dust wrapper.

The Rescue of Miss Yaskell: And Other Pipe Dreams (Advance Uncorrected Proof) by Baker, Russell

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Title: The Rescue of Miss Yaskell: And Other Pipe Dreams (Advance Uncorrected Proof)
Author: Baker, Russell
Seller: Brenner's Collectable Books (United States)
ISBN: 9780312927301
Condition: Fine
Description: New York: Congdon & Weed, 1983. Uncorrected Proof. Soft cover. Fine. 8vo., Wraps with pictorial dust-jacket. 290 pp.. Beautiful Unread Uncorrected Galley Proof. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Equally attractive unclipped dust-jacket is fresh and bright with no chipping, creases, tears or toning. A sharp collectable copy at a great price.

Icehouse Lights by WOJAHN, David

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Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA

Title: Icehouse Lights
Author: WOJAHN, David
Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN: 9780300028164
Description: New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1982. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. 69 pages. The 77 book in the Yale Series of Younger Poets. Foreword by Richard Hugo. A fine and tight copy in a very near fine dust jacket. Seemingly uncommon in the cloth issue.

H.C. Andersens Tegninger by Andersen, Hans Christian, Vilhelm Wanscher [forward]

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Title: H.C. Andersens Tegninger
Author: Andersen, Hans Christian, Vilhelm Wanscher [forward]
Seller: The Kelmscott Bookshop (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: Copenhagen: Poul Uttenreitter, Slesvigsk Forlag, 1925. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. SCARCE. 8vo. Very good in red cloth covered boards with faded gilt title to spine. Spine a bit faded. Closed tear to first title page (may be original wrapper). Previous owner's writing to half title page. Beautiful black and white plates on every page. TEXT IN DANISH. 67 pages. Children's Literature. CHI1/5170.

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