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Madeline

Madeline by Bemelmans, Ludwig

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Title
Madeline
Author
Bemelmans, Ludwig
Seller
Bookbid Rare Books (United States)
Condition
Near fine
Description
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1939. First. hardcover. Near fine/Very good. Bemelmans, Ludwig. A near fine first edition in a very good dust jacket. Correct year (1939) on title page and copyright page. Signed by Ludwig Bemelmans on a laid in page. Former owner's inscription to front free end paper. Housed in a slipcase.
The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication

The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication by Darwin, Charles

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Title
The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication
Author
Darwin, Charles
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B & B Rare Books, Ltd., ABAA (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
London: John Murray, 1868 Two volumes. First edition, first issue. One of 1500 copies. Bound in three-quarter contemporary brown calf over red marbled boards, spines lettered and decorated in gilt, all edges marbled, marbled endpapers. A very good set with some wear and rubbing along edges and spines, former owner bookplate to front pastedowns, some foxing to the first few leaves, otherwise clean. Freeman 878.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good.
Album de Punto de Cruz de la Familia No. 1

Album de Punto de Cruz de la Familia No. 1

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Title
Album de Punto de Cruz de la Familia No. 1
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White Fox Rare Books and Antiques (United States)
Condition
Fair
Description
Mexico City (assumed): La Familia, 1945. Hardcover. Pebbled Cloth. Fair. Richly, even boldly, colorful designs for needlepoint with backdrop of the mesh of small squares. The designs might be likened to Lego designs, except they are two dimensional. Designs are very varied, with many floral displays, vignettes to full page -- roses, lilies, bouquets, baskets, bowls, laurels, etc. -- human figurative imagery such as Jesus, many children, Mexicans as to be expected but also Japanese and Dutch boys and girls, early 19th Century gentry, baseball players and other sportsmen;. animals aplenty, with the ever popular horses, dogs, parrots and other birds, not to mention camels, insects, and others; letters, and one might say calligraphically showy letters; vehicles such as cars, ships and boats, carriages, etc. etc.; and a wide miscellany of other objects. And among the most eye-catching and astonishing are the full-page views, both rural and urban, including one of a Dutch canal and bridge, and a spectacular image of Florence or a place suggestive of Florence. The imagery ranges from the deliciously kitsch-y to the sublime, and the same image can often manage to be both folk art-like and yet rather sophisticated at the same time. While the illustrations that consume the entire page, as with some of the views, a ship, a Jesus portrait, are the most arresting to us, there is a beauty to how the plates with many different objects or separate illustrations are composed so harmoniously or coherently, but the sheer number of separate elements makes it a near insuperable challenge to capture everything even in a description of this length, which we are aware is hardly cursory. What we will say about all the illustrations is that they have a geometric quality to all the designs, no matter how much they seek to be realistic painting, because of the inherent demands of the form. Dating is tricky, since the source material is sometimes dated, but probably the bulk of the plates come from a source not dated. If we trust that the plates are in a consecutive order by date, then two dated magazine covers dated 1944 and 1945 are the latest, or nearly so, items in the collection. In any case, we are comfortable with the notion that the entirety is from the mid-1940s. Also the publisher's name is not given, but these were probably supplements to the publication, "La Familia", and we believe the publisher went by that name as well. The binding is quarto, or 4to, 30.5 by 23 cm. After the first cover leaf, which is the title leaf of an issue of the Mexican publication bearing the title we are using, the leaves, not the pages, are numbered by ink in the upper right corner 1 to 87, after which there are two leaves used like a scrapbook, to mount miscellany relating to needlepoint. Also eight loose leaves, or 16 pages of color plates of needlepoint designs from "La Familia" as well. So most pertinent is the total number of needlepoint design color plates, and that number is 168 full color pattern plates, in 14 other pages with color printing, six of these, magazine covers mostly with photographs, or photo derived portraits, of beautiful women, and one, an illustration of a bouquet, and the balance, advertisements, with a single full color ad on the page. Condition: Many leaves loose. A moderate amount of foxing, generally centered or only obvious in margins. Edges of leaves -- mostly just the loose leaves -- can be rough. Age toning is on heavy side along edges, as inevitable given the pulp-ish cheap paper used. Notwithstanding these various paper flaws, the color is throughout vibrant and in this the publication has suffered little, if any, loss of integrity. The binding has some stains, rubbing and the like, but in this case we would regard this more as an incidental flaw.
Alphabetum Hebraicum Addito Samaritano et Rabbinico cum Oratione Dominicali, Salutatione Angelica, & Symbolo Apostolico

Alphabetum Hebraicum Addito Samaritano et Rabbinico cum Oratione Dominicali, Salutatione Angelica, & Symbolo Apostolico

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Title
Alphabetum Hebraicum Addito Samaritano et Rabbinico cum Oratione Dominicali, Salutatione Angelica, & Symbolo Apostolico
Seller
James Cummins Bookseller (United States)
Condition
Recent morocco backed boards, a.e.g
Description
Rome: Typis. Sac. Congreg. de Prop. Fide, 1771. First edition. 16 pp. 1 vols. Small 8vo. Recent morocco backed boards, a.e.g. First edition. 16 pp. 1 vols. Small 8vo. Birrell & Garnett 15; Smitskamp PO 204
Das Verlorne Paradies Oratorium in III Abtheilungen von Heinrich de Marées in Musik gesetzt von Friedrich Schneider Herzogl. Anhalt-Dessauischer Hofcapellmeister, Mitgl. d. Königl. Schwed. mus. Acad. zu Stockholm. Zum erstenmale aufgeführt bei dem I. Musikfeste an der Elbe, zu Magdeburg. [2. IX 1825.] Clavierauszug vom Componisten 74tes Werk. Eigenthum des Verlegers. Preis 6 Rthl. No 20. A Platt lith. M. [Piano-vocal score]

Das Verlorne Paradies Oratorium in III Abtheilungen von Heinrich de Marées in Musik gesetzt von Friedrich Schneider Herzogl. Anhalt-Dessauischer Hofcapellmeister, Mitgl. d. Königl. Schwed. mus. Acad. zu Stockholm. Zum erstenmale aufgeführt bei dem I. Musikfeste an der Elbe, zu Magdeburg. [2. IX 1825.] Clavierauszug vom Componisten 74tes Werk. Eigenthum des Verlegers. Preis 6 Rthl. No 20. A Platt lith. M. [Piano-vocal score] by SCHNEIDER, Friedrich 1786-1853

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Das Verlorne Paradies Oratorium in III Abtheilungen von Heinrich de Marées in Musik gesetzt von Friedrich Schneider Herzogl. Anhalt-Dessauischer Hofcapellmeister, Mitgl. d. Königl. Schwed. mus. Acad. zu Stockholm. Zum erstenmale aufgeführt bei dem I. Musikfeste an der Elbe, zu Magdeburg. [2. IX 1825.] Clavierauszug vom Componisten 74tes Werk. Eigenthum des Verlegers. Preis 6 Rthl. No 20. A Platt lith. M. [Piano-vocal score]
Author
SCHNEIDER, Friedrich 1786-1853
Seller
J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians LLC (United States)
ISBN
9781063474038
Description
Halberstadt: bei C. Brüggemann [PN 20], 1829. Oblong folio. Half dark green cloth with dark green textured paper boards, original light green publisher's wrappers bound in with titling within decorative border. 1f. (recto title, verso blank), 1f. (recto dedication, verso blank), [i] (blank), 2-165, [i] (blank) pp. Text in German. With publisher's catalogue to verso of lower wrapper ("Musik-Verlag von C. Brüggemann Ostern 1829"). Title and dedication lithographed, music engraved. Brief contemporary annotation in ink to front free endpaper; occasional annotations in pencil including "Soli," "Chor," and "Segue." Nineteen measures canceled in orange pencil (pp. 96-97), most likely a performance cut. Binding slightly worn, rubbed, and bumped; endpapers browned. Margins browned; moderate foxing throughout; very small tear to blank outer margin of p. 2 repaired with archival tape. First Edition. MGG I, 11, 1902. OCLC 742557095, 873481700, 916097718, and 1063474035. Das Verlorne Paradies, composed in 1824, was first performed in Magdeburg at the Elbe-Verein Music Festival in 1825. Schneider was a composer, conductor and teacher; his pupils included Robert Franz. "His performance of Beethoven's Fifth Piano Concerto in Leipzig on 28 November 1811 is believed to have been the work's première (see AMZ, xiv, 1812, col. 8)." Franz Gehring, E.M. Oakeley, and Michael Musgrave in Grove Music Online "The highpoint of his wide-ranging compositional activity while at Leipzig came with his oratorio Das Weltgericht, first performed on 6 March 1820 at the Gewandhaus and widely performed thereafter. This work has been seen as an important bridge in a period of stagnation between the oratorios of Haydn and Mendelssohn, and his creative achievements were respected by Schumann. His music is essentially lyrical and contemplative in character." ibid.
Der Freischütz Romantische Oper in 3 Aufzugen... mit leichter Clavier Begleitung eingerichtet von Carl Zulehner... Pr: 7 fl. [Piano-vocal score]

Der Freischütz Romantische Oper in 3 Aufzugen... mit leichter Clavier Begleitung eingerichtet von Carl Zulehner... Pr: 7 fl. [Piano-vocal score] by WEBER, Carl Maria von 1786-1826

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Der Freischütz Romantische Oper in 3 Aufzugen... mit leichter Clavier Begleitung eingerichtet von Carl Zulehner... Pr: 7 fl. [Piano-vocal score]
Author
WEBER, Carl Maria von 1786-1826
Seller
J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians LLC (United States)
Description
Mainz: B. Schott Söhne [PN 1719], 1821. Oblong folio. Disbound. 1f. (recto title with large engraved oval vignette depicting a scene from the opera, verso blank), 1f. (recto cast list and contents, verso blank), 122 pp. Engraved. Text added in pencil to many leaves. Somewhat worn, soiled, browned, and foxed; occasional minor stains; some leaves creased; first six leaves, including title, soiled at upper margin and with small holes, not affecting text; binder's holes to blank inner margins. A romantic opera in three acts to a libretto by Johann Friedrich Kind after Johann August Apel and Friedrich Laun's Gespensterbuch, Der Freischütz was first performed on June 18, 1821 at the Schauspielhaus in Berlin. "With the overwhelming success of his opera Der Freischütz in 1821 [Weber] became the leading exponent of German opera in the 1820s and an international celebrity. A seminal figure of the 19th century, he influenced composers as diverse as Marschner, Mendelssohn, Wagner, Meyerbeer, Berlioz and Liszt..." "... Der Freischütz was the culmination of an important phase in Weber's struggle to realize his conception of German opera. His idea of combining the resources of drama, music and the visual aspect of theatre in a unified art work was only partly realized in Der Freischütz; but, owing much to the example of French opera, he moved far beyond the limitations of Singspiel as it was practised by the majority of his German contemporaries." Clive Brown in Grove Music Online.
The Lord's Land: A Narrative of Travels in Sinai, Arabia Petræa, and Palestine, from the Red Sea to the Entering in of Hamath.

The Lord's Land: A Narrative of Travels in Sinai, Arabia Petræa, and Palestine, from the Red Sea to the Entering in of Hamath. by [ Advertising. Salesman's dummy.] Ridgaway, Henry B.

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The Lord's Land: A Narrative of Travels in Sinai, Arabia Petræa, and Palestine, from the Red Sea to the Entering in of Hamath.
Author
[ Advertising. Salesman's dummy.] Ridgaway, Henry B.
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Michael R. Thompson, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB (United States)
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New York: Nelson & Phillips, 1876 Salesman's sample demonstrating two binding options: "Fine English cloth, black and gold stamp, beveled boards" for $5 and "Full Gilt Turkey Morocco" for $7.50.. Publisher's binding with black leather over upper board and red cloth over lower board and spine (demonstrating the two different binding options). . 6 x 9 in. . Half- and full-page illustrations throughout. Last eight pages blank except for heading reading "Subscriber's Names / Residence / Style of Binding. Slight rubbing to cloth. Strip of black spine leather titled in gilt mounted to upper pastedown and strip of red cloth titled in gilt mounted to lower pastedown (corresponding with the two binding options). Some offsetting to flyleaves. Ink ownership signature ("Miss Hicks from Uncle G."), dated 1880, to preliminary blank. Some foxing. A very good copy of this rare advertsing sample book, issued for itinerant salesme.. The last three pages describe The Lord's Land to the buyer: "Over two years have been spent upon the mechanical and artistic part of it. The illustrations, type, etc., have involved an outlay of over $10,000…The book is a Royal Octavo, printed on beautifully tinted linen paper, clear, open type, made expressly for this work, 744 pages, and 115 new and original illustrations…The Lord's Land can only be obtained through our regularly authorized Canvassing Agents, and is sold only by subscription. In this connection the Publishers beg leave to state that it will not be sold in our own or any other bookstore with our knowledge and consent.
Bring Back our Darling! * Or, The Stolen Child

Bring Back our Darling! * Or, The Stolen Child by Smith, Dexter (words), Brockway W.H., (music)

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Bring Back our Darling! * Or, The Stolen Child
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Smith, Dexter (words), Brockway W.H., (music)
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De Wolfe and Wood (United States)
Description
Boston: White & Goullaud, 1874. Asterisk mentions the kidnappings of Little Charlie Ross.
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Rabbi Meir of Rothenburg: His life and his works as Sources for the Religious, Legal, and Social History of the Jews of Germany in the Thirteenth Century by Agus, Irving A.

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Rabbi Meir of Rothenburg: His life and his works as Sources for the Religious, Legal, and Social History of the Jews of Germany in the Thirteenth Century
Author
Agus, Irving A.
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Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller (United States)
Condition
vg
Description
New York: Ktav Publishing House, 1970. Second Edition with Appendix. Hardcover. vg. 2 volumes in one. xxxiii,392pp. vi,394-749pp. Mottled green cloth with gilt lettering to cover and spine. A detailed account of Rabbi Meir's life and his works as sources for the religious, legal, and social history of the Jews of Germany in the thirteenth century. A magnificent set for anyone interested in the history of European Jewry. Text in English, with Hebrew insertions. Head and tail of spine bumped, corners slightly rubbed. Minor scuffing to boards. Foxing to page edges, not affecting text. Very good condition. Dr. Irving Agus was a historian of medieval Jewry who taught at Yeshiva University from 1944-77.
The Putnam Record, Vol. 1, No. 3 (July, 1857)

The Putnam Record, Vol. 1, No. 3 (July, 1857)

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The Putnam Record, Vol. 1, No. 3 (July, 1857)
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McBlain Books (United States)
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Good
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(Newburyport. Mass: Published by the Student of the Putnam Free School, 1857. Paperback. Good. 16p. Softcover in original blue wrapper. 23 cm. Cover somewhat worn and soiledi. Some dog-earing at lower right cormer. Former owner's ocal name stamp embossed on upper right corner of front cover. The Putnam Record was an early student publication.
Juan Latino: Slave and Humanist

Juan Latino: Slave and Humanist by Spratlin, V[alaurez] B[urwell]

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Juan Latino: Slave and Humanist
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Spratlin, V[alaurez] B[urwell]
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Brattle Book Shop (United States)
Condition
Good
Description
NY: Spinner Press 1938. 8vo (9.25" x 6"). [2], XIV, 216 pp. Includes author's translation from Spanish of Diego Jimenez de Enciso's "The Famous Drama of Juan Latino," bibliography, and general index. Ini publisher's red cloth, gilt titles stamped to spine and front cover. Spine and head of front cover sunned, some soiling to spine. A Good to Very Good copy of Spratlin's biography of the 16th-century Afro-Hispanic humanist and Latin poet Juan de Sesa, enslaved as a child in Granada. This copy inscribed by author on ffep, "For Dr. Cromwell/ with every good wish/ Valaurez B. Spratlin/ Washington, D.C./ November 1, 1938." The recipient was Otelia Cromwell - professor, literary scholar, and first African American woman to receive a PhD. from Yale. . Good. Hardcover .
The Stochastic Man

The Stochastic Man by Silverberg, Robert

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Title
The Stochastic Man
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Silverberg, Robert
Seller
Carpetbagger Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN
9780060138684
Condition
Fine
Description
New York: Harper and Row, Publishers, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket, unclipped ($7.95), rubbed and bumped at the surface and edges. Quarter black cloth with blue cloth on the boards. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. Silverberg's novel of a prediction expert gaining the power of second sight.
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The Atlas Lathe and Attachments: Cat. No. 5. by Atlas Press Company.

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The Atlas Lathe and Attachments: Cat. No. 5.
Author
Atlas Press Company.
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Lighthouse Books, ABAA (United States)
Description
Kalamazoo, Mich.: Atlas Press Company, (1934). Quarto, pictorial self-wrappers, stapled, [12] pp. Photos and illustrations throughout. Fine, with an eight-panel leaflet, “4 Points, 4 Drill Presses,” laid-in, with a copy of Vol. I, No. 2 of The Atlas News, and a letter from the company, “Many thanks for your inquiry,” also laid-in. Together, 4 items in original envelope.
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The Peanut Allergy Answer Book by Young, Michael C.

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The Peanut Allergy Answer Book
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Young, Michael C.
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Weller Book Works ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Condition
Fine
Description
Quayside, 2006. Fine. Young, Michael C.. The Peanut Allergy Answer Book. Gloucester, Massachusetts: Quayside, 2006. Second edition.. 167pp. Bibliography. Glossary. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Fine..

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