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Les Horribles et espouvantables faictz et prouesses du très renommé Pantagruel Roy des Dipsodes fils de grand géant Gargantua

Les Horribles et espouvantables faictz et prouesses du très renommé Pantagruel Roy des Dipsodes fils de grand géant Gargantua by André Derain. François Rabelais.

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Les Horribles et espouvantables faictz et prouesses du très renommé Pantagruel Roy des Dipsodes fils de grand géant Gargantua
Author
André Derain. François Rabelais.
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Marninart, Inc (ABAA-ILAB) (United States)
Condition
Very Good
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François Rabelais, illustrated with colored woodcuts drawn and engraved by André Derain Limited numbered edition of 275 copies, of which this copy is on of 200 in Velin d'Arches, signed by the artist on the justification page. Derain's main illustrated work, with 128 (21 full-page) original color woodcuts, 34 color woodcut initials and 18 color woodcut final vignettes. André Derain took full charge of the printing process from the carving of the wood blocks, in the manner of 15th-century cardmakers, to the coloring to which he added special attention to preserve the warm tone of his woodblocks, using a hand - coloring technique: all the wooden blocks had to be colored one after the other by a team of practitioners, in their nuances, according to a scheme established by the painter and repeated in each volume. Loose as issued in half parchment wrappers, chemise and slipcase. Text selection by A. Lefranc, illustrations printed by Andre Derain and Roger Lacourière. Light foxing at the margin, chemise in poor condition . Ref : The Artists and the Book 81.
Derrière le Miroir 178 Pol Bury, 1969. With 7 original lithographs

Derrière le Miroir 178 Pol Bury, 1969. With 7 original lithographs by André Balthazar, Jacques Dupin, Pol Bury

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Derrière le Miroir 178 Pol Bury, 1969. With 7 original lithographs
Author
André Balthazar, Jacques Dupin, Pol Bury
Seller
Marninart, Inc (ABAA-ILAB) (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
Derrière le Miroir N.178, Pol Bury, 1969, Paris. Includes 7 original lithograph in colors, of which 4 in double page, and 8 pages of facsimiles of drawings. Loose as issued.Very good conditions.
Derrière le Miroir 167 Fiedler, October 1967, with 9 original lithographs

Derrière le Miroir 167 Fiedler, October 1967, with 9 original lithographs by Pierre Descargues, François Fiedler

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Derrière le Miroir 167 Fiedler, October 1967, with 9 original lithographs
Author
Pierre Descargues, François Fiedler
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Marninart, Inc (ABAA-ILAB) (United States)
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Very Good
Description
Derrière le Miroir 167 Fiedler, October 1967, Maeght Editeur. Includes 9 original lithographs in color, of which 5 in double page. Exhibition of 23 painting of 1967. Loose as issued.
Mexico Felvideke Elet Es Kortani Tekintetben

Mexico Felvideke Elet Es Kortani Tekintetben by Szenger, Ede

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Mexico Felvideke Elet Es Kortani Tekintetben
Author
Szenger, Ede
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McBride Rare Books (United States)
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About very good.
Description
Budapest: Franklin-Tarsulat Nyomdaja, 1877. About very good.. x,[1],220pp. Original russet cloth stamped in black and gilt, a.e.g. Light soiling and wear, corners bumped. Text toned but clean. Szenger was a Hungarian doctor serving in the Medical Corps of Maximilian I's army in Mexico. He witnessed first-hand, therefore, the French intervention in Mexico, including Maximilian's execution. The present work is his account of his travels in Mexico. The title roughly translates as "The Highland of Mexico in Respect to Physiology and Pathology," which, in addition to being an interesting and unusual travel narrative, serves as an odd sort of medical work. Rare on the market and especially uncommon in American institutions. We locate copies at Yale Medical, Vanderbilt University, and the University of Arizona, as well as several copies in Hungary. An important eyewitness account of Maximilian's brief career as the Emperor of Mexico.
Geo. H. Schumacher, Major Q.M. Corps. Notes Covering Visit to 4th Corps Area Posts April 4, to May 1, 1937 [cover title]

Geo. H. Schumacher, Major Q.M. Corps. Notes Covering Visit to 4th Corps Area Posts April 4, to May 1, 1937 [cover title] by [U.S. Army]. [American Southeast]

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Geo. H. Schumacher, Major Q.M. Corps. Notes Covering Visit to 4th Corps Area Posts April 4, to May 1, 1937 [cover title]
Author
[U.S. Army]. [American Southeast]
Seller
McBride Rare Books (United States)
Condition
Very good.
Description
[N.p., 1937. Very good.. [3],53pp., rectos only, including fifty-nine vernacular sepia-toned photographs measuring 2.5 x 3.5 inches and a few maps and manuscript diagrams. Typed self wrappers, brad-bound. Minor creasing and dust-soiling to wrappers. Clean internally. A profusely illustrated report, with a few hand-drawn diagrams and numerous manuscript emendations, focused on various U.S. Army installations in the American Southeast. The author, Major George H. Schumacher of the U.S. Army's Quartermaster Corps, visited several Army bases and other posts in Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Alabama, and Georgia in the Spring of 1937. His report includes inspection details, notes on personnel, recommended repairs, and other information for each site he visited on his 3,065-mile tour, beginning with Fort Barrancas and Key West in Florida to Fort Moultrie in South Carolina, to Fort Bragg and Raleigh Cemetery in North Carolina, Fort McClellan in Alabama, and ending with a couple of bases in Georgia. The text of the report is supplemented with almost sixty annotated photographs which are interspersed throughout. A sampling of the photographs includes the Bachelor Quarters in Key West, the CCC Camp at Fort Taylor, the St. Augustine Cemetery, a WPA road under construction at Fort Moultrie, various buildings at Fort Bragg and the Raleigh Cemetery, a road and bridge at Fort McClellan, and various features at Georgia forts Screven and Oglethorpe. A unique production, and an informative assessment of 1930s Army installation in the American South and Southeast.
Swimming

Swimming by BARNEY, Tina and Tina HOWE

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Swimming
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BARNEY, Tina and Tina HOWE
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Riverrun Books & Manuscripts (United States)
Condition
Spine faded as often with this book, a few scuffs to cloth, some minor soiling to slipcase
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New York: The Library Fellows at the Whitney Museum of American Art [by Michael and Winifred Bixler Press and Letter Foundry], 1991. Spine faded as often with this book, a few scuffs to cloth, some minor soiling to slipcase. Oblong folio (32.9x42 cm; 13x16½ inches). Beautifully printed in letterpress. [16] pages With 9 mounted chromogenic photographic prints by Tina Barney: 27.7 x3 5.9 cm (11x14¼"). Original turquoise three quarter morocco over cloth; endpapers designed by Sage Reynolds; slipcase. One of an edition limited to 175 copies signed by Barney and Howe. An artist book collaboration between American playwright Tina Howe and American photographer Tina Barney produced as a benefit for the library of the Whitney Museum. An edition in the Artists and Writers Series. The text is a four-person dialogue written by Tina Howe, set on an Atlantic Coast beach in late August. The large-format images manipulate depth of field, and capture people on or around the beach, making the series a vibrant, though haunting, counterpoint to Howe's clipped dialogue. It also delights in capturing late 1980s style and fashion, from young children through the elderly. A beautiful, tactilely rich book.
[Cover title:] The Wise Men Drawn to Kneel in Wonder at the Fact so of Itself

[Cover title:] The Wise Men Drawn to Kneel in Wonder at the Fact so of Itself by BLACK SPARROW PRESS; David BROMIGE; Robert KELLY; Diane WAKOSKI

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[Cover title:] The Wise Men Drawn to Kneel in Wonder at the Fact so of Itself
Author
BLACK SPARROW PRESS; David BROMIGE; Robert KELLY; Diane WAKOSKI
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Riverrun Books & Manuscripts (United States)
Description
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1968. Small 4to. Original printed wrappers. A fine copy. FIRST EDITION of this Christmas keepsake, containing Bromige's "The Nest"; Kelly's "Yeod & Malkuth..."; and Wakoski's "The Magi. Morrow & Cooney 113a.
The Bank of Upper Canada. A Collection of Documents

The Bank of Upper Canada. A Collection of Documents by BASKERVILLE, Peter (editor)

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The Bank of Upper Canada. A Collection of Documents
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BASKERVILLE, Peter (editor)
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Riverrun Books & Manuscripts (United States)
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A fine copy
Description
Toronto: The Champlain Society in Cooperation with the Ontario Heritage Foundation, 1987. A fine copy. 8vo. Plates. Original red cloth, gilt-lettered on spine. One of 1300 copies of volume XIII of the Ontario Series from the Publications of The Champlain Society.
Scientific Papers from the Department of Physical Chemistry, Harvard Medical School, 1925-1955

Scientific Papers from the Department of Physical Chemistry, Harvard Medical School, 1925-1955 by Edsall, John T., Cohn, Edwin J., Bailey, Orville T., Ferry, John D., Greenstein, Jessie P., Gurd, Frank R. N. , Hughes, Walter L., Jr., Ingraham, Franc D., Janeway, Charles A., Low, Barbara W., Morrison, Peter R., Oncley, John L., Scatchard, George, Surge

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Scientific Papers from the Department of Physical Chemistry, Harvard Medical School, 1925-1955
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Edsall, John T., Cohn, Edwin J., Bailey, Orville T., Ferry, John D., Greenstein, Jessie P., Gurd, Frank R. N. , Hughes, Walter L., Jr., Ingraham, Franc D., Janeway, Charles A., Low, Barbara W., Morrison, Peter R., Oncley, John L., Scatchard, George, Surge
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1925-1955. First editions. 1925-1955 UNIQUE ARCHIVE OF 450 OFFPRINTS FROM LEGENDARY HARVARD PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY LAB CONTAINING MANY LANDMARK PAPERS. This archive of research conducted and published by the faculty of Harvard Medical School's physical chemists between 1925 and 1955 is from the library of John T. Edsall. Along with his colleague Edwin J. Cohn, both leaders of the research laboratory during this period, he authored many of the papers, with his signature on a number of the individual offprints as well as on the flyleaf of 4 of the volumes. Offered are nine hardcover volumes, containing a total of 450 offprints, each 10 1/4 inches tall, brown buckram cloth binding, gilt title to spines. Vols. I-IV front paste-down with bookplate and handstamp of University Laboratory of Physical Chemistry related to Public Health, Harvard University Medical School, back paste-down with library pocket containing blank library card. Vols. V-VIII with ink inscription, "John T. Edsall/ Department of Physical Chemistry/ Harvard Medical School/ Boston," front free endpaper. Typescript table of contents and author index to each volume. Vol. I, 1925-1933, 24 offprints, several signed by John T. Edsall with his marginal ink notes; Vol. II, 1934-1936, 37 offprints, Vol. III, 1937-1939, 50 offprints; Vol. IV, 1939-1942, 43 offprints; Vol. V, 1943-1945, 76 offprints, containing: entire issue of J Clin Invest, July 1944 (with 3 Garrison-Morton titles), French language Belgian review of blood transfusion includes paper by EJ Cohn, clinical use of products of human blood fractionation by Charles A. Janeway (albumin in shock, gamma globulin in measles), immunity in mumps by John F. Enders (JEM 1945), wartime radio talk on blood and blood derivatives by EJ Cohn, US Patent 2,385,802 for process for manufacture of plastics, obituary of David L. Edsall, Dean of Harvard Medical School and father of JT Edsall; Vol. VI, 1946-1947, 48 offprints, including: CA Janeway on blood derivatives, "a new public health field," LK Diamond on anti-Rh isoagglutinin reagents, G Scatchard on osmotic pressure, FHL Taylor on the coagulation defect in hemophilia, J Stokes on gamma globulin in mumps and hepatitis, George Minot on anti-hemophilic globulin, review by EJ Cohn on history of medical research; Vol. VII, 1948-1949, 43 offprints, including: Irving S. Wright transactions of first blood clotting conference (New York 1948), JT Edsell, preservation of formed elements and proteins of the blood, JT Edsall unclassified manuscript on large asymmetrical molecules distributed to US government and military laboratories (100 copies); Vol. VIII, 1950-1951, 63 offprints including Lewis Barness on nephrotic syndrome, historical sketch of the Department of Physical Chemistry, Harvard Medical School 1920-1950; Vol. IX, 1952-1955, 66 offprints including A discussion on the structure of proteins with contributions by WT Astbury, Robert Corey, Linus Pauling, John Randall, William Bragg, Max Perutz, John Bernal, John Edsall. JOHN TILESTON EDSALL (1902 - 2002) was an early protein scientist, who contributed significantly to the understanding of the hydrophobic interaction. For more than half of the twentieth century John T. Edsall, class of 1923, was a guiding spirit and constant contributor to the rise of biochemistry at Harvard and in the world through his research, teaching, mentoring, writing, editing and moral influence. Following graduation from Harvard College he entered Harvard Medical School, but anticipating an academic career, he then spent two years studying biochemistry at Cambridge University before returning to Harvard for a MD degree in 1928. Edsall's devotion to teaching was extraordinary. In 1928 he became a Tutor in the newly formed concentration of Biochemical Sciences and continued in this role for forty years, serving as Head Tutor for more than twenty years. In 1954 he moved to the Biological Laboratories. While he found the last two years of medical school disappointing he compensated by joining Edwin J. Cohn's Department of Physical Chemistry where some of the earliest studies on protein physical chemistry were underway. Thus began a long research career devoted to proteins and their constituent amino acids. His early work contributed mightily to establishing proteins as uniquely structured large molecules deserving the same intense study that had become commonplace in the chemistry of small molecules. John's early studies dealt with the size and shape of the principal proteins in muscle and blood, their states of ionization, the role of constituent polar and hydrophobic amino acids in stabilizing protein structure and the vital role of ever-present water. He was the first to describe the phenomenon that is the central feature of hydrophobic interactions. No one contributed more than Edsall to the establishment of high standards and effective communication in protein science. In 1944 he co-founded Advances in Protein Chemistry, an annual cutting-edge review written by experts. He continued as editor for fifty years leaving a vast legacy of judicious selection and authoritative presentations. He further left his imprint on the scientific literature in biochemistry by editing the Journal of Biological Chemistry, the leading publication in the field, for a decade. EDWIN JOSEPH COHN (1892-1953) was a protein scientist. A graduate of the University of Chicago [1914, PhD 1917], he made important advances in the physical chemistry of proteins. In 1928, as group leader at Harvard Medical School, Cohn was able to concentrate, by a factor of 50 to 100 times, the vital factor in raw liver juice which had been shown by Minot and Murphy to be the only known specific treatment for pernicious anemia. Cohn's contribution allowed practical treatment of this previously incurable and fatal illness, for the next 20 years. Cohn became famous for his work on blood fractionation during World War II. In particular, he worked out the techniques for isolating the serum albumin fraction of blood plasma, which is essential for maintaining the osmotic pressure in the blood vessels. Transfusions with purified albumin on the battlefield rescued thousands of soldiers from shock. After the war, Cohn worked to develop systems by which every component of donated blood would be used, so that nothing would be wasted.
Dissertações philosophico-politicas sobre o trato das sedas na comarca de Moncorvo

Dissertações philosophico-politicas sobre o trato das sedas na comarca de Moncorvo by SILK INDUSTRY, PORTUGAL — SÁ, José Antonio de

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Dissertações philosophico-politicas sobre o trato das sedas na comarca de Moncorvo
Author
SILK INDUSTRY, PORTUGAL — SÁ, José Antonio de
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Musinsky Rare Books, Inc. (United States)
Description
Lisbon: press of the Royal Academy of Sciences, 1787. Narrow 4to (209 x 118 mm). [8], xiii, [3], 175 pages. Title-leaf (fol. [*2]) present in duplicate. Folding engraved plate of a mechanical silk loom; titles with woodcut arms of the Portuguese Royal Academy of Sciences, woodcut and typographic headpieces (occasional slight discoloration, small wormtrack in the folding plate). Contemporary cat’s-paw polished sheep, covers with gilt border, spine in six gold-tooled compartments, the second gilt lettered, edges gilt and gauffered (recased, endpapers renewed, defect in top spine compartment, a dozen small wormholes). Provenance: António Romão dos Passos (1866-1951), signature in ink (Antonio Passos / agronomo or Anto R. Passos) scrawled across both titles, the first with price note, and on six text leaves. *** Only edition of a comprehensive overview of the Portuguese silk industry, by the judicial magistrate of the Moncorvo district and author of several works on political economy and history of law. José Antonio de Sá (d. 1819), a native of Bragança, was an important proponent of modernization of the industry, and later served as director of the Royal Silk Factory (Real Fábrica das Sedas), founded in 1802 in Lisbon. He was one of the earliest members of the Academia Real das Sciencias of Lisbon. Silkworms were raised in Portugal as early as the 13th century. Sericulture and silk production were concentrated in the northeastern province of Trás-os-Montes, its largest center being the city of Bragança, which from the 15th to 17th century was known throughout Europe for its luxurious velvets. Because of the lack of government support for industry, frequent wars, and above all the persecutions of the Inquisition, which decimated an industry in all sectors of which Jews or converted Jews (cristãos-novos) played a major role, Portuguese silk production suffered from intermittent crises and was even periodically decimated. Starting in the 1770s, efforts to revive the industry began to have an effect: “By the end of the 18th century, the Trás-os-Montes silk industry had dragged itself out of the crisis that had begun in 1750-1755, coinciding with the last incursion of the Inquisition into Bragança, and embarked upon a period of great development, accompanying the industrial expansion that was then taking place, not only in that particular region, but throughout the Portuguese kingdom. After the Inquisition’s systematic persecution of businessmen, weavers and throwers had finally come to an end, the continuity and expansion of the silk industry seemed to be a viable prospect. In the last two decades of the 18th century, a remarkable process of modernization took place thanks to the efforts of the businessmen involved in this economic activity, such as António José Lopes Fernandes, who installed 200 silk looms in Bragança, magistrates such as José António de Sá and Pereira de Barros, and politicians such as Martinho de Melo e Castro and Rodrigo de Sousa Coutinho, the latter being the Portuguese ambassador to Piedmont, Italy. These efforts included the adoption of Piedmontese methods and techniques (namely the organzine mill and the spinning-jenny), the most advanced ones at that time in Europe, in an operation led by experts coming to Portugal from that Italian region.” (Sousa, p. 6) Sá’s work is in three parts. The first part comprises an overview of the history of silk production, starting with Antiquity, and summaries of the industry and government policies toward it in other countries, followed by a detailed recommendation, with responses to projected objections, that the Portuguese government undertake a campaign to plant mulberry trees and promote the industry generally. Part two is a treatise on the silkworm, and part three a technical survey of “the art of silk spinning.” Explained in the text (pp. 142-148) is the letter- and number-keyed engraving of a rather fanciful machine, showing a vat for softening the cocoons heating on the left, from which a thread-unwinding mechanism feeds a loom on the right. The reason for the duplicated title-leaf in this copy is not clear. Perhaps one functioned as an upper wrapper — but as both titles are preceded by a half-title that appears unlikely. The book collector Antonio Romão dos Passos (b. February 28, 1866) was an engineer and agronomist. Other books from his library, all on practical subjects, are recorded; four are digitized by the Biblioteca Nacional Digital de Portugal. One, a treatise on hemp, has a similar indelicately scrawled signature across the title. OCLC gives six US locations. Innocencio, Diccionario bibliographico portuguez IV: 246, no. 2658; Kress, Luso-Brazilian Economic Literature Before 1850, p. 4. Cf. F. Sousa, “The Silk Industry In Trás-Os-Montes During The Ancient Regime,” E Journal of Portuguese History, Vol. 3, no. 2, Winter 2005 (digitized).
Mexican Cookbook. Illustrated by Valentin Vidaurreta

Mexican Cookbook. Illustrated by Valentin Vidaurreta by Fergusson, Erna

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Mexican Cookbook. Illustrated by Valentin Vidaurreta
Author
Fergusson, Erna
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Description
Santa Fe, N.M.: The Rydal Press, 1934. Octavo (21 x cm.), 119 pages. Illustrated. Index. FIRST EDITION. The book was re-issued in 1940, 1945, and 1973, with a total of three different illustrators. While the title is "Mexican Cookbook", the book has a strong focus on the cuisine of New Mexico. It captures the unique blend of Native American, Spanish, and Mexican culinary influences that define this regional cooking style. In doing so, it helped to solidify the identity and importance of New Mexican food as a distinct culinary tradition. The first edition is very uncommon in the market, especially in jacket. Fine in a fine unclipped jacket. [OCLC locates fifty-one copies; Bitting, page 156; Brown 2125; Cagle 253].
Airport Cafe: An Exhibition about Art and Food, San Francisco International Airport, April 14-July 21, 1986

Airport Cafe: An Exhibition about Art and Food, San Francisco International Airport, April 14-July 21, 1986 by [Exhibitions Program, San Francisco International Airport; Feinstein, Diane]

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Airport Cafe: An Exhibition about Art and Food, San Francisco International Airport, April 14-July 21, 1986
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[Exhibitions Program, San Francisco International Airport; Feinstein, Diane]
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Rabelais - Fine Books on Food & Drink (United States)
Description
San Francisco: International Airport/Community Arts, 1986. Small octavo in wrappers (16.5 x 13 cm.), 80 pages. Black and white photographic illustrations throughout. FIRST EDITION. In 1980, the San Francisco International Airport developed an exhibitions program to "humanize the airport environment and to showcase the Bay Area's unique cultural life." This 1986 exhibition catalogue includes the one hundred sixty-nine item exhibition list with over thirty recipes from area restaurants, including Alice Water's Chez Panisse and Fog City Diner. Introduction by then San Francisco Mayor Diane Feinstein. Internally clean and sound. In publisher's black wrappers, with slight rubbing, otherwise fine. [OCLC locates ten copies].
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MANUALE TYPOGRAPHICUM by Zapf, Hermann

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MANUALE TYPOGRAPHICUM
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Zapf, Hermann
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New York: Museum Books, 1954. parchment backed boards, dust jacket, cardboard slipcase. oblong 8vo. parchment backed boards, dust jacket, cardboard slipcase. (iv) preliminary pages followed by 100 leaves with an embossed page number, (4) pages. First edition, limited to 1000 copies and printed by Heinrich Egenolf at Stempel's printing house with types owned by Stempel. Small chips out of the top edge of the dust jacket. The cardboard slipcase shows some minor wear and staining. Overall a lovely copy in a fine paper-covered boards slipcase. This is the English language version. A landmark in the study of type and design. Printed in black and red. Inserted in a pocket in the back is a 42 page pamphlet entitled "Quoted Texts of Manuale Typographicum in Original or Rendered English.
AUTHOR'S PROOF

AUTHOR'S PROOF by Zara, Louis

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AUTHOR'S PROOF
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Zara, Louis
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Skokie, IL: Black Cat Press, 1979. cloth, title gilt-stamped on spine, decoration gilt-stamped on front board, marbled endpapers. Miniature Books. miniature book (4.3 x 5.8 cm). cloth, title gilt-stamped on spine, decoration gilt-stamped on front board, marbled endpapers. 33, (3) pages. Limited to 249 copies. (Bradbury, Black Cat Press 55). Publisher's note by Norman Forque. Printed French-fold.
A MONOGRAPH OF THE WORK OF MELLOR MEIGS & HOWE

A MONOGRAPH OF THE WORK OF MELLOR MEIGS & HOWE by (Architecture & Design) (Mellor Meigs & Howe)

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A MONOGRAPH OF THE WORK OF MELLOR MEIGS & HOWE
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(Architecture & Design) (Mellor Meigs & Howe)
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New York: The Architectural Book Publishing Co., 1923. First edition Folio, 212 pages, bound in original blue cloth with gilt spine titles. A most impressive study of the architectural firm of Mellor, Meigs & Howe, with photographic images as well as architectural drawings of some of their most important commissions. The preface was written by Owen Wister in praise of the mission of the architects of this prestigious concern to allow "life to determine the character of a building". This particular volume is concerned primarily with residential and farm buildings displaying the firm's dedication to standing against the commercialization of art and architecture by applying the deepest philosophical and aesthetic elements of the Arts and Crafts movement. Indeed, the influence of the British architectural principles seen in the work of Bailey Scott, Philip Webb and others is in keen evidence. The book retains its original dust wrapper, exhibiting some light wear but complete and bright. This title has been reprinted but the new version is a sad representative of this substantial, handsome work. Quite scarce in this condition.
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Notice des quelques Tableaux, Gouaches, Estampes, Recueils, Terres Cuites, Albatres, etc., Après le décès de… Par F. L. Regnault-Delalande. Cette Vente se fera…le Jeudi 9 Décembre [1813]… by (AUCTION CATALOGUE: COSSE-BRISSAC, Hyacinthe Hugues Timoléon, comte de)

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Notice des quelques Tableaux, Gouaches, Estampes, Recueils, Terres Cuites, Albatres, etc., Après le décès de… Par F. L. Regnault-Delalande. Cette Vente se fera…le Jeudi 9 Décembre [1813]…
Author
(AUCTION CATALOGUE: COSSE-BRISSAC, Hyacinthe Hugues Timoléon, comte de)
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Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller, Inc. (United States)
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1 p.l., 12 pp. 8vo (218 x 140 mm.), mid-19th century marbled boards (spine worn), spine gilt, uncut. Paris: Metzinger & Regnault-Delalande, 1813. A very rare auction catalogue for the sale of Cossé-Brissac (1746-1813), count of the Empire, chamberlain to Napoleon’s mother, and politician. His remains were placed in the Pantheon. This was a mixed sale of paintings, drawings, sculpture, prints, and ceramics. 42 lots. It details 24 lots of paintings by Brueghel the Elder, Champaigne, Maratti, Rembrandt, Teniers, ter Borch, Vermeer, S. Vouet, Ph. Wouwerman, etc. Each entry provides a concise description, technical notes, and measurements. In good condition, internally fine; WorldCat and the Getty Provenance Index locate no copy in North America. With the amusing engraved bookplate of [H]enry [Pannier] (1853-1935), the Parisian art dealer and collector of early art auction catalogues, on front paste-down, and stamp of the Bibliothèque Heim on verso of half-title. ❧ Lugt 8457.
SENTIMENTAL TOMMY

SENTIMENTAL TOMMY by BARRIE, J.M.

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SENTIMENTAL TOMMY
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BARRIE, J.M.
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Boston Book Company (United States)
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1896. BARRIE, J.M. SENTIMENTAL TOMMY. London: Cassell, 1896. Signed first edition, first issue. 8vo, purple cloth, darkened on spine with some wear at crown and heel. Front hinge starting, but still overall this is a very good copy. (Cutler 46).
North Woods Hunting Photo Album, Moosehead Lake Region, Maine

North Woods Hunting Photo Album, Moosehead Lake Region, Maine

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North Woods Hunting Photo Album, Moosehead Lake Region, Maine
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James Arsenault & Company (United States)
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[ca 1895]. Oblong 8vo (19 cm) photo album, flexible blue-green cloth. 21 bromide print photos (4.5" x 6.5"), 3 laid-in photos ( 2.5" x 3"), 1 b&w laid-in postcard (3.5" x 5.5"). A photo album documenting a hunting trip in the North Woods of Maine, beginning with a view of Mount Kineo and the Kineo House with its attendant buildings on Moosehead Lake. Subjects captured include a group of hunters posed on a porch with a uniformed man, perhaps at a Kineo cottage; campsite scenes where hunters wash up, smoke, or play cards; hunters proudly posing with bagged deer throughout the album and and in photos laid-in, deer lying on the ground after the kill and hanging in groups from pole structures; water scenes, including one with canoeing hunters; a photo of a bird perched on a hanging deer, etc. An unrelated laid-in postcard of a farmhouse is entitled "Link View. Orono, Maine". A nice album evoking the Golden Age of sporting in Maine. CONDITION: Good, tonality of photos generally good, most photos with some spotting, one leaf detached.
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Principle English Writings. Prefaced by a Sketch of His Life. by DOHERTY, Patrick John.

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Principle English Writings. Prefaced by a Sketch of His Life.
Author
DOHERTY, Patrick John.
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Savoy Books (United States)
Description
Quebec: L.H. Huot, 1873. Book. 12mo, contemp. 1/4 morocco, marbled boards, gilt morocco label. Pp. 237, (1). Frontis. port. Extremities rubbed, front hinge tender; a very good, copy. First edition. Consists mostly of Doherty's travel letters from Europe and the Holy Land..
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Ventures In Book Collecting by William Harris Arnold

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Ventures In Book Collecting
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William Harris Arnold
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Jeff Bergman Books ABAA/ILAB (United States)
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Fine
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Charles Scribner's Sons, 1923. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Fine Copy In a Near Fine Gray Jacket. $3.50 On Flap. First Edition. One The Great Classics on Books About Books..
THE PASSION OF JOSEF D.

THE PASSION OF JOSEF D. by Chayefsky, Paddy

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THE PASSION OF JOSEF D.
Author
Chayefsky, Paddy
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Revere Books, ABAA & IOBA (United States)
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Near Fine
Description
NY: Random House, 1964. First edition, first prnt. Black & white photographs of the original production by Henry Grossman. Inscribed by Chayefsky on the front free endpage. "July 15/70 To Patty & Victor With all my best feelings Paddy Chayefsky." Spine cloth ends with tiny crease; dustjacket with minimal shelfwear mostly at spine ends and one corner, light rubbing on the rear panel, beginning toning on the spine. Tight copy in Near Fine condition in a Very Good dustjacket with an archival cover. First presented at the Ethel Barrymore Theater on February 11, 1964 with Elizabeth Hubbard, Alvin Epstein and Peter Falk as Stalin. . Inscribed & Dated by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
LITTLE GREEN MAN

LITTLE GREEN MAN by Armitage, Simon

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LITTLE GREEN MAN
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Armitage, Simon
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Revere Books, ABAA & IOBA (United States)
ISBN
9780670894420
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Fine
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London: Viking, 2001. First edition, first prnt. Signed by Armitage on the title page. Unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. The poet's first novel. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Wonder-Eyes and What For

Wonder-Eyes and What For by TALBOT, Eleanor W.

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Wonder-Eyes and What For
Author
TALBOT, Eleanor W.
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Sandra L Hoekstra Bookseller, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA (United States)
Condition
Very good
Description
London: Cassell, Peter, Galpin & Co, 1880. Boards. Very good. 7 1/2'' x 9 1/2''; unpaginated [58 pp]; illustrated paper over board cover; blue endpapers; pictorial title page; ink gift inscription dated 1883 to page following title; 30 full page chromolithographed illustrations printed one side only with rhyming text; cover corners bumped and chipped, rubbing to spine; interior bright and tight; very good. No listing in WorldCat. Juvenile rhyming text with chromolithographed illustrations contained within a border. Some rhymes are humorous, others are sweet, and several involving cats.
Home Needlework Magazine, March 1914, Volume XVI, No. 3

Home Needlework Magazine, March 1914, Volume XVI, No. 3

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Title
Home Needlework Magazine, March 1914, Volume XVI, No. 3
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Sandra L Hoekstra Bookseller, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA (United States)
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Very good +
Description
Boston: Home Needlework Publishing Company, 1914. Wraps. Very good +. [NEEDLEARTS: CROCHET, EMBROIDERY, TATTING] [HOME ARTS] [FASHION] [PERIODICAL]. 8vo; 46pp; tan illustrated wrapper, front a close up of needlework, rear wrapper an advertisement in color; b&w half-tone illustrations throughout of needlework projects; illustrated advertisements; light soiling to wrapper, rubbing to spine; very good plus. Well-illustrated needlework periodical with a variety of instructions for projects in crochet, embroidery, beading, knitting, applique, and cothing construction and decoration.
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A List of Books Printed in Scotland Before 1700 by ALDIS, H.G.

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A List of Books Printed in Scotland Before 1700
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ALDIS, H.G.
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Argosy Book Store (United States)
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very good(+)
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Edinburgh: National Library of Scotland, 1970. hardcover. very good(+). Including those printed furth of the realm for Scottish booksellers. With brief notes on the printers and stationers. 189pp., thick 4to, blue cloth, d.w.; (lightly chipped). Edinburgh: National Lib. of Scotland, 1970. Very Good (+). Photographically reprinted from the Edinburgh Bibliog. Society edition of 1904, with additions including entries for books published in 1700.
Keeping Shadows: Photography at the Worcester Art Museum

Keeping Shadows: Photography at the Worcester Art Museum by ACTON, David

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Keeping Shadows: Photography at the Worcester Art Museum
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ACTON, David
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Argosy Book Store (United States)
ISBN
9781555952518
Condition
near fine
Description
New York: Hudson Hills, 2004. First. hardcover. near fine/very good(+). With contributions by Stephen B. Jareckie and Ben Charland. 200 photographs, 383 pages, 4to, black cloth, d.w.; some minor scuffing and denting to dust wrapper. New York: Hudson Hills, (2004). First edition. Fine in very good(+) dust wrapper.
Master Drawings, From the Worcester Art Museum

Master Drawings, From the Worcester Art Museum by ACTON, David

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Master Drawings, From the Worcester Art Museum
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ACTON, David
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Argosy Book Store (United States)
ISBN
9781555951474
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near fine
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New York: Hudson Hills, 1998. First. paperback. near fine. Foreword by James A. Welu. Illustrated. 287 pages, tall 4to, stiff pictorial wrappers, spine faded. New York: Hudson Hills Press, in association with the Worcester Art Museum, (1998). First edition. A near fine copy. Published in conjunction with the exhibition of the same name.
SEA GIRT: MILITARY SHARP-SHOOTERS

SEA GIRT: MILITARY SHARP-SHOOTERS by HARPER'S WEEKLY

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SEA GIRT: MILITARY SHARP-SHOOTERS
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HARPER'S WEEKLY
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Antic Hay Books (United States)
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1880. HARPER'S WEEKLY. SEA GIRT, 1897: MILITARY SHARP SHOOTERS. A 15.75-inch by 10.75-inch, hand-colored engraving from an 1897 issue of "Harper's Weekly." The drawing is entitled "Military Sharp-shooters At Sea Girt, New Jersey- Scenes at the Inner-State Competitions Held Under The Auspices Of The New Jersey State Rifle Association." Drawn by Alfred Brennan.The page has seven scenes relating to the competition, including the Club House, the shooting matches, and the three various trophies. An uncommon print. $100.00.
An Epistle of the First Presidency: To the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, in General Conference Assembled. Read April 6, 1886, at the fifty-sixth general annual conference, held at Provo, Utah

An Epistle of the First Presidency: To the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, in General Conference Assembled. Read April 6, 1886, at the fifty-sixth general annual conference, held at Provo, Utah by Taylor, John and George Q. Cannon

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An Epistle of the First Presidency: To the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, in General Conference Assembled. Read April 6, 1886, at the fifty-sixth general annual conference, held at Provo, Utah
Author
Taylor, John and George Q. Cannon
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Tschanz Rare Books (United States)
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Salt Lake City: [Deseret News Company, 1886. First Edition. 19pp. Octavo [21 cm] About very good. Lacks wrappers. An open letter by the First Presidency that was sent out to be read at a General Conferences in Provo, instead of in person at the Tabernacle due to the Polygamy raids, than be conducted by federal marshals throughout the Territory, to locate and arrest known bigamists. In this short work Taylor writes of the challenges the Church was facing due to anti-polygamy legislation and the importance of continuing the practice of plural marriage. "The cry of polygamy has made a good battle cry: this has called the fanatical element into line; but underneath and above this question of polygamy, and completely enveloping it, has been the design to destroy our rights as citizens, to take away from us our liberties under the Constitution and the laws, and to obtain the political control of our country, so that, being as voiceless in the affairs of government as the Indians or Chinese, we could be taxed and plundered with impunity, and be lorded over by a set of political harpies who would revel and fatten at our expense." John Taylor (1808 - 1887) was third president of the LDS Church from 1880 to 1887. He is the first and so far only president of the LDS Church to have been born outside the United States. He was with Joseph Smith when he was murdered at the Carthage Jail and led the Church during the Polygamy raid period. Flake/Draper 1662.
La Danse Hindoue

La Danse Hindoue by Usha Chatterji (Srimati Usha)

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La Danse Hindoue
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Usha Chatterji (Srimati Usha)
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Appledore Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Collectible; Fine
Description
Paris: Les Editions Vega, 1951. Original Wraps. Collectible; Fine/Fine. A clean, crisp copy of the 1951 1st French edition, IN A LOVELY EXAMPLE OF THE PUBLISHER'S PRINTED WRAPAROUND BAND. Solid and Near Fine in its glassine dustjacket. Octavo, 145 pgs. plus bibliography. Text in French.
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Forty Years in a Moorland Parish Reminiscences and Researches in Danby and Cleveland by Atkinson, J C - NATURAL HISTORY - FOLKLORE

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Forty Years in a Moorland Parish Reminiscences and Researches in Danby and Cleveland
Author
Atkinson, J C - NATURAL HISTORY - FOLKLORE
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Palinurus Antiquarian Books (United States)
Condition
A near fine copy; unopened.
Description
London: Macmillan and Co., 1892. Second Edition.. orig. publisher's cloth.. A near fine copy; unopened.. 8vo. There are 3 plates and 2 maps (one fldg.) A wonderful book of local history, folklore, language, natural history, and geology. An example of a genre now lost.
THE IMPENDING GLEAM

THE IMPENDING GLEAM by BAXTER, Glen

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THE IMPENDING GLEAM
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BAXTER, Glen
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Charles Agvent, ABAA (United States)
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Light soiling to covers. Near Fine
Description
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, (1981). First Edition. Pictorial wraps. Light soiling to covers. Near Fine. Glen Baxter. Uncorrected Proof in pictorial white wraps (7-1/2" x 10"). SIGNED on the title page by the author/artist. Acquired directly from the Gotham Book Mart inventory after the store closed.
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Classic Powercraft Volume 1 and Volume 2 by Wingard, Norm and Jim

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Classic Powercraft Volume 1 and Volume 2
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Wingard, Norm and Jim
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Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB (United States)
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Fine
Description
Classic Powercraft, 1986. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Dustjacket as Issued. Both volumes fine, both signed by both authors.
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Bulletin of the American Rock Garden Society Mixed 1955-1957 by Worth, C. R. (editor)

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Bulletin of the American Rock Garden Society Mixed 1955-1957
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Worth, C. R. (editor)
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Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB (United States)
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Very Good +
Description
Plainfield, NJ: American Rock Garden Society, 1955. Soft cover. Very Good +. July, 1955 (Vol. 13) & January, April, July, & October, 1956 (Vol. 14) & January & October, 1957 (Vol. 15). Some covers very slightly soiled, bindings tight, text clean, b&w photographs throughout.
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Artisty Sovetskogo kino (Actors of the Soviet Cinema) by Anonymous

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Artisty Sovetskogo kino (Actors of the Soviet Cinema)
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Anonymous
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ZH BOOKS (United States)
Condition
Very good
Description
S. l. (Moscow): Izogiz, 1958. First Edition. Very good. Sixteen silver gelatin photographs in a card stock folder, the latter printed in green and red; 3 3/4 x 2 3/4; images subtitled in lower left corner; minor wear - in near fine condition; folder with small nicks to tips of spine and corners and a few small creases - in very good condition. Commemorating some of the best-known figures of Soviet cinema in the mid-20th century, the images included actress Elina Bystritskaia (1928 - 2019), whose theater and film career would span more than six decades; actor, screenwriter, and director Sergei Bondarchuk (1920 - 1994), whose epic production of Tolstoy's "War and Peace" would bring him a Golden Globe and an Oscar in 1968; and others.
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THE STONE SILENUS by Yolen, Jane

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THE STONE SILENUS
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Yolen, Jane
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THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY (United States)
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THE STONE SILENUS, Philomel Books, 1984, first edition, small bump to the center of the upper margin of the boards, else fine in like dust-wrapper. Inscribed by the author to a well known multi HUGO winning publisher.
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The Random Review 1982

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The Random Review 1982
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Ken Lopez Bookseller, ABAA (United States)
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Near Fine
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NY: Random House. (1982). The uncorrected proof copy. Near fine in wrappers. Unless otherwise noted, our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine.
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Encyclopaedia of Cultivated Orchids: An illustrated, descriptive manual of the members of the Orchidaceae currently in cultivation. by Alex D. Hawkes.

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Encyclopaedia of Cultivated Orchids: An illustrated, descriptive manual of the members of the Orchidaceae currently in cultivation.
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Alex D. Hawkes.
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Lighthouse Books, ABAA (United States)
Description
London: Faber And Faber Limited. (1978). Royal Octavo, Black textured board (hardcover), 602 pp. Full color Photographs and Plates throughout. Fine in a Fine full color dust jacket.
Memo from David O. Selznick

Memo from David O. Selznick by Behlmer, Rudy, ed.

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Memo from David O. Selznick
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Behlmer, Rudy, ed.
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ReadInk (United States)
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Near Fine
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New York: Grove Press, Inc.. Near Fine. 1981 (c.1972). 1st Evergreen Edition. Softcover. [minor wear only to book, but there is a small hole punched in the front cover]. Trade PB (B&W photographs) An endlessly fascinating read-through of the correspondence files of the legendary producer of GONE WITH THE WIND and other classics (and an occasional non-classic) -- albeit, as editor Behlmer explains in his foreword, presenting "a rather one-sided case, with no opportunity for the several victims of Selznick's unhappiness or, in some instances, wrath, to offer rebuttals or countercharges." The selection of memos -- from among two thousand file boxes of Selznick's papers -- was a monumental task, and although it was by necessity a highly selective process, at the end you feel like you've gotten a pretty comprehensive picture of DOS -- "at times pontificating and overly fussy," as the editor allows, but "also brilliant, knowledgeable, tasteful, painstaking, and possessed by what he was doing." The book itself was something of a landmark of cinema scholarship: never before had a book of film history (or biography) been presented as an assemblage of primary documents, and it's not saying too much to state that it raised the bar for future film historians' excavation of such archives. Quite fittingly included in the important bibliography "100 Books on Hollywood & the Movies." (xx) .

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