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The art of glass. Shewing how to make all sorts of glass, crystal and enamel. Likewise the making of pearls, precious stones, china and looking-glasses. To which is added, the method of painting on glass and enameling. Also how to extract the colours from minerals, metals, herbs and flowers. A work containing many secrets and curiosities never before discovered. Illustrated with proper sculptures. Written originally in French, by Mr. H. Blancourt, and now first translated into English. With an appendix, containing exact instructions for making glass-eyes of all colours by GLASS. CHEMISTRY. Haudicquer de Blancourt, Jean, approximately 1650?-1704); Neri, Antonio (d. 1614); Merret, Christopher (1614-1695)

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Title: The art of glass. Shewing how to make all sorts of glass, crystal and enamel. Likewise the making of pearls, precious stones, china and looking-glasses. To which is added, the method of painting on glass and enameling. Also how to extract the colours from minerals, metals, herbs and flowers. A work containing many secrets and curiosities never before discovered. Illustrated with proper sculptures. Written originally in French, by Mr. H. Blancourt, and now first translated into English. With an appendix, containing exact instructions for making glass-eyes of all colours
Author: GLASS. CHEMISTRY. Haudicquer de Blancourt, Jean, approximately 1650?-1704); Neri, Antonio (d. 1614); Merret, Christopher (1614-1695)
Seller: Liber Antiquus (United States)
Condition: Fine
Description: London: printed for Dan. Brown at the Black Swan without Temple-Bar; Tho. Bennet at the Half-Moon, D. Midwinter and Tho. Leigh at the Rose and Crown, and R. Wilkin at the King's-Head in St. Paul's Church-yard, 1699. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION of Jean Haudicquer de Blancourt's "De l'art de la verrerie. Hardcover. Fine. Bound in contemporary English paneled calf, rebacked. Very fine condition. Two plates lightly browned, marginal foxing to a few leaves. Illustrated with 9 engraved plates of glass-making furnaces, tools, crucibles, and other apparatus. The core of Blancourt's text is Christopher Merret's annotated Latin edition (1668) of Antonio Neri's "L'Arte Vetraria"(1612). Merret had produced his own English (unillustrated) translation of Neri's work in 1662. Among Blancourt's notable contributions to the text are a chapter on crystal, glass and metal mirrors; and an appendix on a secret technique for making glass eyes look "Very Natural". "Antonio Neri's 'L'Arte Vetraria' as the first printed book solely devoted to the art of glass formulation. It is a work committed to the subject of refining raw materials and combining them into a range of glasses and a rainbow of colors. The book divides into seven parts, each devoted to a different aspect of the glassmaker's art. He starts with the basics: preparing the fundamental ingredients of glass. Next, he combines those materials into "cristallo." Named after its mineral cousin, rock crystal, cristallo was a sophisticated Venetian specialty renowned for its delicate clarity. Neri details its traditional composition as brought to the Medici court by Venetian masters and then innovates with variations of his own. "At the other end of the spectrum is his "common" glass used for daily utilitarian purposes. He shows the standard formulas used in shops throughout the region and then proceeds to improve upon them. He presents a gamut of colors as well as advice for the glass "to emerge in full beauty and perfection." He shows the way to decolorize glass, to take away even a slight tinge of hue that may be present and bring the melt to perfect crystal clarity. He walks us through numerous recipes in preparation for making an iconic Renaissance glass, including the exquisite chalcedony-engineered to replicate the swirling colors of its namesake mineral. Beautiful to behold and thought by many to engender mystical properties, Neri describes it as "adorned with so many graceful and beautiful areas of undulations and enhanced with the play of diverse, lively, flaming colors." He goes on to describe leaded glasses, artificial gems, enamels and glass paints. Each time he innovates, each time he guides us with encouragement, admonition and painstaking clarity. "That Neri's book was the first of its kind in print is a notable distinction, but one that his deeper accomplishment easily surpasses; 'L'Arte Vetraria' preserves a rare glimpse of skilled practical knowledge. In his era, prized techniques were frequently lost to subsequent generations, lost because artisans so often spared the pen. Their precious knowledge went purposely unrecorded, passing in strict confidence from master to apprentice working side by side. In 1612, Neri published his expertise to the world, preserving the techniques and science of glass practices, but also its art. Just as a great painter relies on the quality of pigments at hand, so must a master glass artisan depend upon the materials of the melt. For the glassblowers and furnace workers who shaped hot glass, a superior batch was crucial to superior results. A great piece of glasswork owes its form to the talent of the artist, but its substance is the province of the craftsmen who make the glass. "Neri wrote 'L'Arte Vetraria' shortly before his death at the age of thirty-eight. Soon after, Galileo sent it to a friend in Rome, who was anxious for a copy."(Paul Engle, "Antonio Neri, Alchemist, Glassmaker, Priest", Corning Museum of Glass).

The Merrivale Mystery by Corbett, James

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Seller: Carpetbagger Books, ABAA

Title: The Merrivale Mystery
Author: Corbett, James
Seller: Carpetbagger Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition: Fine
Description: New York: Mystery League Inc, 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Fine in a Fine jacket, unclipped (no price), faintly rubbed. Black cloth with green ink lettering on the spine and front board. Square and firmly, clean internally. A remarkably fresh copy of Corbett's infamously bad mystery novel centering on the murder of Sir Philip Merrivale in his home library.

DUSTY FLETCHER (ca. 1948) Oversized portrait by Np

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Seller: Walterfilm, Inc.

Title: DUSTY FLETCHER (ca. 1948) Oversized portrait
Author: Np
Seller: Walterfilm, Inc. (United States)
Condition: Near Very Good
Description: No binding. Good. Photo Vintage original 14 x 11" (36 x 28 cm.) black-and-white portrait, USA. A few marginal tears, and some diagonal creasing, near very good. Dusty Fletcher (1900-1954) was an African American film and stage actor, and frequent vaudeville performer. He became famous for a routine called "Open the Door, Richard", which portrayed a drunk trying to make his way home. That routine included a song of the same name, which he recorded in 1947, and which became a novelty sensation. His films include such classics as Rufus Jones for President (1933) with a pint-sized Sammy Davis, Jr. (who was then six years-old), King for a Day (1934) with Bill Robinson, and Hi De Ho (1947) with Cab Calloway.

The Show is Over by BULL, Malcolm

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Seller: Riverrun Books & Manuscripts

Title: The Show is Over
Author: BULL, Malcolm
Seller: Riverrun Books & Manuscripts (United States)
ISBN: 9781935263890
Condition: A clean copy with no internal markings
Description: New York: Gagosian Gallery, 2013. First edition. A clean copy with no internal markings. 11.5 x 10 inches. 170 pages. Profusely illustrated in color. Original wrappers; pictorial dust jacket. Published on the occasion of the exhibition held at Gagosian Gallery in 2013.

Tom O'Bedlam's Night Out and Other Strange Excursions by Schweitzer, Darrell

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Title: Tom O'Bedlam's Night Out and Other Strange Excursions
Author: Schweitzer, Darrell
Seller: Brenner's Collectable Books (United States)
ISBN: 9780932445155
Condition: Fine
Description: Buffalo, NY: W Paul Ganley Pub, 1985. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Gorgeous First Edition signed by the Author.

Kurt Cobain (SIGNED and INSCRIBED by author in English) by Christopher Sandford

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Title: Kurt Cobain (SIGNED and INSCRIBED by author in English)
Author: Christopher Sandford
Seller: ZH BOOKS (United States)
ISBN: 9789029052252
Condition: Very Good
Description: Meulenhoff, 1996. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. Meulenhoff, 1996. Stated FIRST DUTCH Edition. Oversize paperback. Book Condition: Very Good - slightly bent corners of the front cover, otherwise the book is in great condition. It is inscribed by the author on the title page: "To Jacob & Lucille, With love, Christopher, 9/96" There is also a yellow post-it note with the following message: " Tower 801 Building, etc. Dear Jacob - I thought you might be mildly amused by this tome (please also see acknowledgment on p. 7)...I spent a glorious 3 days in the Hotel Ambassade in Amsterdam earlier this month, promoting it. With love to you both - Christopher" The names Jacob and Lucille are among several others, mentioned on the Acknowledgments page.

Safe-conduct pass to be honored by all Vietnamese government agencies and allied forces

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Title: Safe-conduct pass to be honored by all Vietnamese government agencies and allied forces
Seller: Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Description: [Saigon]: n.pub, [196-]. 6x3 inch pass, very good, depicting flags of South Vietnam, the US and allied countries; the other side shows a Vietnamese soldier guiding a peasant to safety and gives directions in Vietnamese on how to use the pass to surrender. Issued in various versions in large quantities during the Vietnam War and distributed where guerrillas could find them (often dropped by air). Text is in English, Vietnamese, and Korean.

Houses Of New York; Open to the Public by ZOOK, Nicholas

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Title: Houses Of New York; Open to the Public
Author: ZOOK, Nicholas
Seller: Argosy Book Store (United States)
Condition: very good
Description: hardcover. very good. many illus. square 4to, cloth, d.w. Barre, MA, 1969.

Franz Schubert: In Selbstzeugnissen und Bilddokumenten by [SCHUBERT]. Schneider, Marcel

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Seller: J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians LLC

Title: Franz Schubert: In Selbstzeugnissen und Bilddokumenten
Author: [SCHUBERT]. Schneider, Marcel
Seller: J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians LLC (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hamburg: Rowohlt, 1978. Softcover. Very Good. Octavo. Pictorial wrappers. 181 pp. With occasional illustrations. Browned.

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