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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.

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

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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