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Nouvelles Observations microscopiques, avec des découvertes intéressantes sur la Composition & la Décomposition des Corps organisés by NEEDHAM, John Turberville

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Title: Nouvelles Observations microscopiques, avec des découvertes intéressantes sur la Composition & la Décomposition des Corps organisés
Author: NEEDHAM, John Turberville
Seller: Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller, Inc. (United States)
Description: Eight folding engraved plates. xviii, 524, [4], 29 pp. Small 8vo, cont. polished calf, spine gilt, red morocco lettering piece on spine. Paris: L.E. Ganeau, 1750. First edition, a translation by Louis Anne Lavirotte, of Needham’s Account of some New Microscopical Discoveries (1745) and his Observations upon the General Composition and Decomposition of Animal and Vegetable Substances (1749). This edition contains substantial additions by Needham which appear here for the first time, including his “forward-looking theory of reproduction”–D.S.B., X, p. 9. The first English Catholic priest to be elected to the Royal Society of London, Needham (1713-81), developed a theory of generation in this work which placed him in the vitalist camp through its reliance on principles peculiar to living things and its assignment of self-patterning powers to matter. It differed from Buffon’s in its denial of chance combinations of mathematically countable genetic traits. The final 29 pages — “Description et Usage du Microscope” — discuss a Cuff-style microscope developed by Passement. Its parts are illustrated on one of the plates. Fine copy with the bookplate of Etienne François Dutour de Salvert (1711-89), experimental physicist, geologist, and botanist from Riom. He wrote several monographs on electricity and natural history and corresponded with a wide range of scientists, including Nollet, Lavoisier, d’Alembert, and Buffon. ❧ Needham, History of Embryology, p. 211. ODNB.

Lemkovina: Map of Lemkovina or West Carpatho-Russia by [Eastern European Immigration]. [Maps]

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Title: Lemkovina: Map of Lemkovina or West Carpatho-Russia
Author: [Eastern European Immigration]. [Maps]
Seller: McBride Rare Books (United States)
Condition: Very good.
Description: Philadelphia: Lemko Press, 1929. Very good.. Lithographed folding map, approximately 32 x 40 inches, printed in pink and black. Housed in original red wrappers printed in black. Modest wear along folds, a couple of small separations at crossfolds, light marginal toning. Wrappers with minor spine and edge wear. An extremely rare map of "Lemkovina," the homeland of the Lemko, an Eastern Slavic people from the Central Carpathian Mountains (where Poland, Slovakia and Ukraine meet in the present day). From the late-19th century to the 1920s, tens of thousands of Lemkos immigrated to the Unites States and Canada -- fleeing war, oppression and seeking better economic opportunities. Once in the United States, Lemko intellectuals founded institutions to preserve and promote Lemko culture in the New World and to lobby for sovereignty of the Lemko homeland. The present large-format map is an intriguing artifact of the Lemko-American immigrant experience. The map was drafted by the Lemko-American activist Dmitriy Vislocky and published by the Lemko Press in Philadelphia in 1929; it showcases the areas where the Lemko population prevailed, as well as areas of mixed Lemko-Slovakian and Lemko-Polish demographics; while it does not explicitly define Lemkovina as a sovereign state, its rhetorical direction is nevertheless clear. The Lemko are an Eastern Slavic people who originate from a large area along both slopes of the Central Carpathian Mountains, in a region traditionally often referred to as "West Carpatho-Russia," located along the eastern stretch of today's border of Poland and Slovakia, and extending slightly east into Ukraine. The Lemko language is akin to Ukrainian and is written in Cyrillic. Traditionally many consider the Lemkos to be a subgroup of Russians or Ukrainians, although many Lemkos have tended to self-identify as a distinct ethnicity. The Lemkos have vibrant and sophisticated cultural traditions, with distinct music, folklore, clothing and customs. Most Lemkos are Eastern rite or Byzantine-rite Catholics, although some have converted to the Eastern Orthodox faith. The period leading up to, during, and after World War I was traumatic for the Lemkos. The group splintered their loyalties, with some supporting the Russians (both Red and White factions), while others were sympathetic to Ukrainian nationalism, and some (either voluntarily or under coercion) were allied with Austria-Hungary. Lemkos caught on the wrong side of events often met with cruel fates. In the aftermath of the war, Lemkos who supported the Red Russians formed the "Lemko-Rusyn People's Republic" (which existed from December 1918 to March 1920), a state that took in part of the northern slope of the Central Carpathians of Lemkovina. Meanwhile, further to the east was the pro-Ukrainian "Eastern Lemko Republic" (November 1918 to January 24, 1919). However, these republics were soon extinguished, with all Lemkovina being divided between Czechoslovakia and Poland. The Lemkos in Poland would have a very difficult time, as the Polish state considered them disloyal. Eventually they were forcibly displaced from their homeland. Lemkos began to immigrate to the United States and Canada in the late 19th century, in good part due to economic opportunities. The greatest center of activity for Lemko peoples in North America was in Pennsylvania, although large communities could be found across the American Northeast and Midwest, as well as in places such as Toronto, Canada. Many Lemkos found decent jobs, initially in the burgeoning manufacturing industry. Smaller, but still significant Lemko communities developed as far away as Colorado and Alberta, where they were engaged in the ranching and mining industries. Today, hundreds of thousands of North Americans count Lemko ancestry. Lemkos adjusted very well to life across the Atlantic, and generally met with success. The most famous of all Lemko-Americans was the artist Andy Warhol (1928-1987), who was born in Pittsburgh, the son of Lemko immigrant parents. In the 1920s, Lemko intellectuals in America, largely based in Pennsylvania, formed a movement to preserve Lemko culture, while lobbying for the eventual resurrection of an autonomous (if not sovereign) Lemko homeland – Lemkovina. However, there was a great deal of internecine dispute over the nature of this proposed state, as some favored a pro-Ukraine sovereign entity, while others wanted it to be Soviet satellite (yet, the dream of a future sovereign Lemko nation, of any sort, was never to be realized, as powers ranging from the Czechoslovak and Polish governments to Hitler and Stalin would never allow it). Lemko culture flourished in the U.S. and Canada, centered around Lemko halls and churches, and beginning in the 1920s, a handful of small printing presses were established to serve and educate the community, issuing Lemko-language almanacs, primers, newspapers, and pamphlets. One of the most important of these houses was the Lemko Press of Philadelphia, which under the leadership of Dmitriy Vislocky, published the Lemko Gazette. The circle of the Lemko Press had a pronounced Ukrainophone allegiance and was at odds with some other Lemko-North American groups. As a major part of their campaign to define "Lemkovina" and call for its eventual nationhood (presumably as a pro-Ukrainian sovereign state in opposition to both the Soviets and Poland), Dmitriy Vislocky and the Lemko Press produced the present map. As best as we are aware, it is the only large format map of the period to specifically show Lemkovina as a distinct entity, and being published in Philadelphia, it stands as a remarkable feat of Lemko-American immigrant cartography. The large format map, executed to the ample scale of 1:200,000, with text in Cyrillic, and lithographed from a hand-drawn template, shows the Polish-Slovakian frontier region (which today extends east into Ukraine), along the Central Carpathian Mountains, an area traditionally sometimes known as "West Carpatho-Russia." A very rugged and rural area, it is roughly framed by the the Dunajec River in the west, and the San and Uzh Rivers in the east, and with the cities of Nowy S cz, Poland, to the northwest, and Košice, Slovakia, to the southeast. The map delineates all major rivers, roads and railways and locates cities, towns and villages. The legend below the title explains the color-coding employed to define demographic areas. Territory shaded in bold pink are of majority ‘Russian’ [meaning Lemko and Rusyn] population (i.e., core Lemkovina), while the areas covered by southwest-northeast hashed lines are of mixed Lemko/Rusyn-Slovakian population and the areas with northwest-southeast hashed lines are of mixed Lemko/Rusyn-Polish population. Beyond are labeled the lands of Poland (to the north), Slovakia (to the south), Eastern Galicia (to the northeast) and Sub-Karpatsky Russia (Ukraine, to the southwest), while the map defines the Polish-Czechoslovak border as it was then internationally recognized. While the map does not explicitly state that Lemkovina is a country, Dmitriy Vislocky’s sovereignist direction of travel is nevertheless clear. The present map is extremely rare. It was likely issued in only a small print run and the survival rate of such fragile, ephemeral American immigrant publications is very low. We can trace only a single institutional example of the map, held by the David Rumsey Map Collection at Stanford University. Beyond that we are aware of only a single other example as having appeared on the market in the last twenty-five years. David Rumsey Map Collection (Stanford University): 11153.000.

Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star, Volume V. by Ward, Thomas (ed.)

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Title: Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star, Volume V.
Author: Ward, Thomas (ed.)
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Description: Liverpool: James and Woodburn, Printers, 1844. Leather bound. 200pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] 3/4 calf over marbled boards. Very Good. Light rubbing to extremities. Front joint splitting at head and foot. Title page is loose and laid in. Sporadic foxing to endsheets and pastedown. End sheets and paste downs chipped at foot with subtle losses. This Millennial Star contains the "Trial of Sidney Rigdon" and "Awful Assassination". The trial of Sidney Rigdon pertains to elder Rigdon ordaining his own "Prophets, Priests and Kings". Brigham Young compares Rigdon and his actions to those of James Strang and the Strangites. The supplement, 'Awful Assassination' brought the details of the Smith brothers martyrdom to the British and European Saints. The Millennial Star during this time period was one of the only LDS periodicals, and this supplement is where many of the scattered faithful would have received the news of the Prophet Joseph Smith's murder. Flake/Draper 4782. Crawley 233.

Evangeliarium Quadruplex: Latinae Versionis Antiquae seu Veteris Italicae [Four volumes in Two] by [New Testament] Josepho Blanchino Veronensi [Giuseppe Bianchini]

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Title: Evangeliarium Quadruplex: Latinae Versionis Antiquae seu Veteris Italicae [Four volumes in Two]
Author: [New Testament] Josepho Blanchino Veronensi [Giuseppe Bianchini]
Seller: Capitol Hill Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: Romae [Rome]: Typis Antonii de Rubeis, apud Pantheon, in via Seminarii Romani, 1749. Very Good. Romae [Rome]: Typis Antonii de Rubeis, apud Pantheon, in via Seminarii Romani, 1749. First Edition. Four folio volumes (41x28cm) bound in two; full contemporary calf with seven raised bands, gilt decoration, and leather title labels to spine; sponge painted edges; marbled endpapers; half titles; titles in red and black; 96; DLXXII; [3] pp.; [14]; DCXXXIV pp., 19 plates, 5 of which are folding, collated, presumed complete. Wear to boards with exposure to edges; surface scraping and flaking; binding sound. Engraved armorial bookplate of Bartholdi Nicolai Krohn of Hamburg to front pastedowns; old notes to preliminaries; else unmarked; a Very Good set of Bianchini's collation of the Vercellensis, Veronensis, Corbeiensis, and Brixianus codices. Complete sets uncommon in retail. Brunet II.

The History of Unilever: A Study in Economic Growth and Social Change by WILSON, Charles

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Title: The History of Unilever: A Study in Economic Growth and Social Change
Author: WILSON, Charles
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Description: London: Cassell & Company Limited, 1954. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (23.5cm). Two volumes in black cloth, titled in gilt, red topstains, in cream dust jackets; [xxii],335,[1]pp; [x],480pp; 12 folding plates, 7 color diagrams, additional black and white illustrations. Both volumes inscribed to J. W. Fredericks from Major V. J. A. Lillie-Costello, November 1955, on front free endpapers. With Fredericks' ownership inscription in pencil on front panel of dust jacket to vol. I. A straight set, slight dustsoil to edges of textblock, endleaves foxed, else clean: Very Good. Jackets price-clipped, lightly rubbed, browned at spines, with minor dustsoil: Very Good. The inscribee is J. Wayne Fredericks (1917-2004), distinguished Africanist, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State under the Kennedy and Johnson administrations, later Director of Africa programs for the Ford Foundation and Director of the Foreign Policy Association (1994-2004). Fredericks' work on behalf of Black South Africans was sufficiently well-known and significant that Desmond Tutu spoke at his memorial service in 2004.

A Life of Love and Music; The Memoirs of Hector Berlioz 1803-1865 by Berlioz, Hector

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Title: A Life of Love and Music; The Memoirs of Hector Berlioz 1803-1865
Author: Berlioz, Hector
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Description: London: Folio Society, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Translated and Edited by David Cairns. Fine in a Near Fine slipcase, a small tidemark at the bottom edge. Red cloth with a black ink panel and gilt lettering and designs on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound with a red topstain, clean internally.

The Survival of English; Essays in Criticism of Language by Robinson, Ian

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Title: The Survival of English; Essays in Criticism of Language
Author: Robinson, Ian
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ISBN: 9780521201919
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Near Fine in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($11.95 and £3.50), lightly rubbed at the edges. Green cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. Firmly bound with a slight forward lean, former owner's names on the front endpaper, clean otherwise. Robinson's analysis of the language of England's religion, politics, serious journalism, love, and literature. "It is an uncomfortable book, and meant to be.

The 5 O'Clock Band by Andrews, Troy

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Title: The 5 O'Clock Band
Author: Andrews, Troy
Seller: Kenneth Mallory Bookseller. ABAA (United States)
ISBN: 9781419728365
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Description: New York: Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2018. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. First Edition. Unpaginated. Very good hardback in a very good dustjacket.

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