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A ROOM OF ONE'S OWN [Signed]

A ROOM OF ONE'S OWN [Signed] by Woolf, Virginia

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Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA
Title
A ROOM OF ONE'S OWN [Signed]
Author
Woolf, Virginia
Seller
Second Story Books, ABAA (United States)
Description
New York, NY / London, UK: The Fountain Press / Hogarth Press, 1929. Limited Edition, #408/450. Hardcover. Octavo, 159, [1] pages. In Good condition. Bound in publisher's red cloth with gilt lettering along the spine. Boards have mild shelving wear, water-staining along spine slightly extending onto upper edges of boards. Small water-staining along top edge of first two front free endpages. Paperclip stain to top edge of first two front free endpages. Bookplate to front pastedown detached, glue staining present. A few torn top edges from when the book was cut. Signed flat by Virginia Woolf on the half-title page. Limited Edition #408/450. Shelved in Case 2. Adeline Virginia Stephen, later Virginia Woolf after her marriage to Leonard Woolf, was born January 25, 1882 to an affluent family in South Kensington London. She began writing professionally in 1900 and published her first novel in 1915. Woolf's writings would become highly popularized in the 1970's during the rise of Second-Wave feminism. Both Woolf's life and writings became highly regarded under feminist criticism, in particular "A Room of One's Own", an extended essay that explores social injustices faced by women. 1409429. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
Speech of George W. Richardson, of Hanover, in Committee of the Whole, on the Report of the Committee on Federal Relations, in the Convention of Virginia, April 4, 1861

Speech of George W. Richardson, of Hanover, in Committee of the Whole, on the Report of the Committee on Federal Relations, in the Convention of Virginia, April 4, 1861

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Title
Speech of George W. Richardson, of Hanover, in Committee of the Whole, on the Report of the Committee on Federal Relations, in the Convention of Virginia, April 4, 1861
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Second Story Books, ABAA (United States)
Description
Richmond: Whig Book and Job Office, 1862. Other. Softcover Octavo; 32 pages; G; chipping along edges, rubbing to rear cover, age toning and foxing to pages; RW; Shelved Room A. 1357449. Special Collections.
FOREIGN LOGISTICAL ORGANIZATIONS AND METHODS: A REPORT FOR THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY

FOREIGN LOGISTICAL ORGANIZATIONS AND METHODS: A REPORT FOR THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY

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Title
FOREIGN LOGISTICAL ORGANIZATIONS AND METHODS: A REPORT FOR THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY
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Second Story Books, ABAA (United States)
Description
Washington DC: War Department of the Secretary of State, 1947. Hardcover. Quarto, 210 pages. In Good minus condition. Bound in the publisher's black cloth. Spine green with white lettering. Boards have mild wear including faint sunning and minor frays to the edges. Small ex-library sticker to the front. Text block has slight wear including slight age toning to the edges. Several instances of ex-library, "Surplus Library of Congress" markings interiorly with pouch to the rear pastedown. Partial cracking to the hinges and tape mends to the front hinge. Some pencil notations, paperclip offsetting to few pages and mild age toning, interiorly. Illustrated. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex, Quarto and Folio Case. 1393467. FP New Rockville Stock.
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Alphabet de la grande guerre, Alphabet of the Great War 1914 - 1916 by HELLÉ (André).

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Title
Alphabet de la grande guerre, Alphabet of the Great War 1914 - 1916
Author
HELLÉ (André).
Seller
Ursus Books (United States)
Description
HELLÉ, André. Alphabet de la grande guerre. [Alphabet of the Great War 1914-1916]. Folio, 315 x 240 mm, publisher's illustrated boards. Paris-Nancy: Berger-Levrault, (1916). Colour lithographed covers, the first, under a calligraphic title in capital letters, depicting gunners behind a cannon, flags on the second, guards illustrated with flags. A title page and illustrated table of contents precede twenty-six boards each comprising a letter, a title, a central illustration in a black frame and a text as close as possible to the war, adapted in a real way for children. From A for Alsace to Z for Zouave, including Drapeau, Highlander, Joffre, Russe and La Tranchée, this is a book for children. Extremely rare album. Cover slightly rubbed.
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Archive of Correspondence of Burt, Hildreth and Company, manufacturers of Agricultural Machinery of Harvard, Worcester County, Massachusetts, 1874-1920 by Burt, Hildreth and Company

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Seller: Michael Brown Rare Books, LLC
Title
Archive of Correspondence of Burt, Hildreth and Company, manufacturers of Agricultural Machinery of Harvard, Worcester County, Massachusetts, 1874-1920
Author
Burt, Hildreth and Company
Seller
Michael Brown Rare Books, LLC (United States)
Description
212 letters, 288 pages, 132 post cards, 49 printed and manuscript ephemeral items, including trade cards, circulars, etc., 13 snapshot photographs presumably of family members c. 1890s-1920s, plus 4 miscellaneous manuscripts, reminiscences etc., by family members c. 1890-1900. The bulk of the materials date between 1876-1880. Archive of primarily incoming correspondence of this firm which specialized in the manufacture of agricultural machinery, the bulk of which dates between the years 1876-1880. The correspondence includes orders, and related matters, legal matters and includes correspondence relating to the firm's patents with the patent offices in Washington D.C. and in Canada. The correspondence is primarily from customers in New England, however the firm's customers extended to the Midwest, Minnesota and the plains states of Iowa and Kansas. In 1855 Burt, Wright & Co. was established by George E. Burt and George Wright, specializing in agricultural machinery. A couple of years later, Wright accepted other employment and left the partnership. In 1864 Edwin A. Hildreth joined with Burt and the firm operated as Burt, Hildreth & Co., the firm specializing in horse-powered machinery and horse powers (devices for extracting power from horses or other draft animals). The evidence suggests that while Burt was a good inventor and mechanic but not a good businessman and the business failed to thrive. It is likely that Hildreth's brother, Stanley B. Hildreth, joined the firm at some point. In 1880, they left that partnership and established Hildreth Brothers in direct competition with their old firm, which continued under the name of George E. Burt. Hildreth Brothers built horse powers, saw tables, and especially a wood-splitting machine for making firewood. It appears that, like Burt, Wright & Co. before them, they licensed some of their designs to others, notably Ames Plow Co. The firm held at least 11 patents on their inventions and machinery. The Hildreth Brothers firm survived until at least 1915. History of the Town of Harvard, Massachusetts: 1732-1893, by Henry Stedman Nourse, 1894, has the following information: Of manufactories [in 1885] there were two of agricultural implements, George E. Burt's and that of the Hildreth Brothers... Harvard's representatives in the Massachusetts Legislature... 1883. Edwin Alonzo Hildreth. ... 1890 Stanley Barbour Hildreth. Justices of the Peace... 1869. Edwin Alonzo Hildreth ... 1883. Stanley Barbour Hildreth... The firm of Benjamin K. Park and Isaac N. Stone here introduced machinery for sawing slate and marble and conducted business successfully for about fifteen years. The property was deeded to George E. Burt and George Wright, machinists, in 1855. About the same time Mr. Burt acquired from Edward W. Winslow a small batting-mill, or carding-shop, which stood on the north side of the highway by the brookside. Under the title of Burt, Wright and Company the firm carried on the business of manufacturing agricultural machinery for two or three years when Mr. Wright removed to Clinton and entered the employ of the Clinton Wire Cloth Company. In 1864, shortly after graduating at the Lawrence Scientific School, Edwin A. Hildreth became associated with Burt. Burt, Hildreth and Company were chiefly engaged in the making of horse-power machines. Since 1880 Mr. Burt has conducted the business by himself, until failing health destroyed his ability to labor, employing from three to five hands. His works have been closed during the past year. He has patented numerous mechanical devices, chiefly improvements in farming implements. His "American hay tedder," manufacture by the Ames Plough Company, has been sold by thousands, and his patent horse-rake and improved horse-power have been widely used. On these he received a royalty, selling the rights of manufacture to others. It is rare that inventive talent is accompanied by those business qualifications that ensure large financial success, and Mr. Burt is not exceptional in this respect. Edwin A. Hildreth left the firm of Burt, Hildreth and Company in 1881, and with his brother, Stanley B. Hildreth, began the manufacture of horse-power machinery, etc., by a steam-driven plant in a shop built near his residence. The Hildreth Brothers have created a prosperous business, employing six hands, and selling finished products to the amount of about ten thousand dollars annually. The chief articles manufactured by them are saw tables and a "power-axe" or wood-splitter, patented by them. http://vintagemachinery.org/mfgindex/detail.aspx?id=4343&tab=0
Traite d’Optique Physique

Traite d’Optique Physique by BILLET, M. F.

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Seller: Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts
Title
Traite d’Optique Physique
Author
BILLET, M. F.
Seller
Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts (United States)
Description
Paris: Mallet-Bachelier, 1859. FIRST EDITION. With 14 folding plates. Contemporary marbled boards backed in pebbled calf; some foxing, especially in the text toward the end of each volume, otherwise a very good copy with the stamp of the Bibliotheque de Sichel with its motto, “Nihil sine opera.”. First edition of Billet’s fundamental textbook of optics, with emphasis on polarization, refracting and interference. He opens with basic theories and constants of optics, vibratory movements, diffraction, polarized and unpolarized light, and proceeds to detail the new principles of geometric optics, double circular refraction, rotatory polarization and chemistry, and the theories of double refraction, among many other topics. Billet (1808-1882) was professor of physics at the Faculty of Science at Dijon. He is known for inventing the split lens, as well as an apparatus that made multiple rainbows visible. It is noted in the DSB that Marie Alfred Cornu (1841-1902), who made a number of important contributions to spectrum analysis, while a probationer at the École des Mines, “was attracted to experimental optics by an exhaustive study of Félix Billet’s celebrated Traité d’optique, and he repeated all the experiments in this work in his spare time.” For his re-determination of the velocity of light, Cornu was awarded the La Caze Prize of the Académie des Sciences and the Rumford Medal of the Royal Society.
Women

Women by BUKOWSKI, Charles

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Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books
Title
Women
Author
BUKOWSKI, Charles
Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books (United States)
Description
London: W.H. Allen, 1981. First U.K. Edition. First Impression. Octavo (22.25cm); black paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in silver on spine; dustjacket; [6],7-290,[6]pp. Spine ends nudged, subtle tanning to text edges (as per usual with this title); Near Fine. Dustjacket is price-clipped, with light wear to spine ends and extremities; Near Fine. An attractive copy of Bukowski's third novel.
EATONTOWN/ MONMOUTH PARK/ OCEANPORT. NJ MAP. FROM WOLVERTON'S “ATLAS OF MONMOUTH COUNTY,” 1889

EATONTOWN/ MONMOUTH PARK/ OCEANPORT. NJ MAP. FROM WOLVERTON'S “ATLAS OF MONMOUTH COUNTY,” 1889 by WOLVERTON, Chester

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EATONTOWN/ MONMOUTH PARK/ OCEANPORT. NJ MAP. FROM WOLVERTON'S “ATLAS OF MONMOUTH COUNTY,” 1889
Creator
WOLVERTON, Chester
Seller
Antic Hay Books (United States)
Description
NY: Chester Wolverton, 1889. An original 30-inch by 22-inch linen-backed color map published in 1889. Map depicts Eatontown from the railroad tracks to Monmouth Park; and from the Buttonwood Road area to to the Mill Brook area. Also has insets of Monmouth Park and Oceanport. Shows structures erected at the time. The original hand-colored map (Plate 26), not a reproduction! Wolverton maps are among the best you can get of Monmouth County. Nice condition!
Lutke, ceste i vodoskoci [with letter from Ante Zemljar]

Lutke, ceste i vodoskoci [with letter from Ante Zemljar] by Zemljar, Sanja

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Title
Lutke, ceste i vodoskoci [with letter from Ante Zemljar]
Author
Zemljar, Sanja
Seller
Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Description
Zagreb: Lykos, 1959. Hardcover. 96p., hardcover, very good cloth boards, in a somewhat tattered dustjacket with old tape repairs. A precocious book of poetry by the young daughter of the Yugoslavian writer Ante Zemljar, which contains a typed letter in French signed by Ante, Sanja, and Vlasta. The letter, addressed by Ante to Judy Stone (then with Look Magazine, later with the SF Chronicle, and also the sister of I.F. Stone), gives her the contact address for a relative in New York and discusses the book of poetry, noting that Sanja was already working on her third collection, to include works written up to age twelve. The letter's original envelope is included. The book is inscribed by Sanja on the front endpaper, with a black and white photo of the young author pasted underneath the inscription. The family's Zagreb address is penned on the last page inside the cover. Ante Zemljar, a partisan fighter during World War II, was jailed from 1949 to 1953 as a political prisoner. He was a prolific author and critic. One of his works, Charon and Destinies, detailed the atrocities of the Slana concentration camp on the island of Pag.
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Three Hundred Tested Recipes. Contributed by Many Good Cooks. [Compiled by] Miss A. Alden and Miss A. Adams. Second edition, issued December, 1895 by Alden, Ada; Alice Adams

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Title
Three Hundred Tested Recipes. Contributed by Many Good Cooks. [Compiled by] Miss A. Alden and Miss A. Adams. Second edition, issued December, 1895
Author
Alden, Ada; Alice Adams
Seller
Rabelais - Fine Books on Food & Drink (United States)
Description
Springfield, Mass: Cyrus W. Atwood, Printer, 1895. Octavo (23.5 x 15 cm.), 80 pages. Advertisements. Cover title: The A. A. Cook Book, Containing Three Hundred Tested Recipes. Publisher's name and date of publication from cover. Index is actually a table of contents. ~ Stated Second Edition. Not a charitable cookbook (though included in Cook), but rather a functionally anonymous compilation of unattributed recipes, numbered 1-350. A survey eminently of its time: croquettes, meat pies, biscuits, griddle cakes, pickles, cookies, and confections, though one might wish to pause over the Apple Shortcake, Huckleberry Puffs, or Snickerdoodles. Of some interest as an example of the local New England print trade: Cyrus W. Atwood (1825-1919), the printer contracted by Miss Alden and Miss Adams, was said to have been known by colleagues and competitors as Prompt Atwood, owing to his reliability. Affiliated with the Methodist Episcopal Church, he appears to have specialized in bible-study and other religious publications. The first edition was published in 1893, and credited to "arranged and recommended by the ladies of the Lend-a-Hand Society of Memorial Church, Springfield, Mass." ~ Text block darkening and with some minimal edgewear ; page fore-edges and several initial pages damp-stained. In stapled, paper wrappers, soiled, chipped, and creased; brittle and partially detached at the spine. Good only. Scarce. [OCLC locates four copies; Bitting, page 6; Cook, page 114, notes also a (first?) edition printed in 1895, but titled Many Good Cooks; not in Brown or Cagle].
Art Incognito: Collection de l'art brut

Art Incognito: Collection de l'art brut

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Art Incognito: Collection de l'art brut
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Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN
9782884060233
Description
Lausanne, Switzerland: Collection de l'art brut, 1997. First edition. Softcover. 28 pages. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran May 27 through September 7, 1997. Text in French. Includes numerous black and white illustrations A near fine copy in stapled wrappers. Scarce, with only 2 copies listed in OCLC.
Imperial China: Photographs 1850 - 1912

Imperial China: Photographs 1850 - 1912 by WORSWICK, Clark and Jonathan Spence

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Imperial China: Photographs 1850 - 1912
Author
WORSWICK, Clark and Jonathan Spence
Seller
Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN
9780517533772
Description
[New York]: Pennwick Publ, 1978. First edition and first printing. Oblong hardcover. 151 pages. Featuresa a foreword by Harrison Salisbury and historical texts by Clark Worswick and Jonathan Spence. Includes numerous black and white images. A clean and tight near fine copy and with a tiny date notation and from the library of Lucas Samaras with estate stamp to the front free endpaper and in a very near fine dust jacket. A very nice copy with an interesting provenance.
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Important Jewels. New York. Wednesday, December 8, 1993. Sale 7806

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Title
Important Jewels. New York. Wednesday, December 8, 1993. Sale 7806
Seller
Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (United States)
Condition
VG. Light rubbing to wraps, otherwise clean and unmarked. Prices realized included.
Description
New York: Christie's, 1993. Softcover. VG. Light rubbing to wraps, otherwise clean and unmarked. Prices realized included.. Quarto. Softcover auction catalogue. Illustrated wraps. 292 p. : color illus. ; 27 cm.
Landscape Architecture: A Quarterly Magazine, Volume 9, Nos. 1-4 (October, 1918-July, 1919)

Landscape Architecture: A Quarterly Magazine, Volume 9, Nos. 1-4 (October, 1918-July, 1919)

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Landscape Architecture: A Quarterly Magazine, Volume 9, Nos. 1-4 (October, 1918-July, 1919)
Seller
McBlain Books (United States)
Condition
Good
Description
Harrisburg, Pa: Lay, Hubbard & Wheelwright, 1919. Hardcover. Good. photos, viii, 228, (4)p. Rebound in library buckram. 27cm. Cover. soiled. Ex lib. (bookplate and perforated stamp for St. Joseph Public Library). Internally sound and clean. Introductory title and list of contents is for Volume 10 (1919-1920) instead of Volume 9. Original wrappers not preserved.
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John Ruskin: The Passionate Moralist by ABSE, Joan

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Title
John Ruskin: The Passionate Moralist
Author
ABSE, Joan
Seller
Argosy Book Store (United States)
Condition
very good
Description
New York: Knopf, 1981. hardcover. very good/very good. 363pp. 8vo, cloth- backed boards, d.w. New York: Knopf, 1981. Very good.

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