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Tarzan of the Apes by Burroughs, Edgar Rice

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Title: Tarzan of the Apes
Author: Burroughs, Edgar Rice
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: New York: Grosset and Dunlap. Reprint. Very Good. 1914 [but later]. Reprint. Signed by Edgar Rice Burroughs and inscribed to a former owner on the front free end paper. Bound in publisher's original red cloth stamped in black. Very Good with light staining, soiling and wear to cloth, fading to spine. Light worming and light foxing to textblock edge.

The book of nature; or, the history of insects by Swammerdam, Jan

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Title: The book of nature; or, the history of insects
Author: Swammerdam, Jan
Seller: Jeremy Norman & Co., Inc. (United States)
Description: London: Seyffert, 1758. Swammerdam, Jan (1637-80). The book of nature; or, the history of insects. . . . With the life of the author, by Herman Boerhaave. Translated from the Dutch and Latin original edition, by Thomas Flloyd. Revised and improved by notes from Reaumur and others by John Hill, M.D. 2 parts in 1, folio. [6], xx, [6], 236; 153, lxiii, [12]pp. 53 engraved plates, a few by Swammerdam. London: C. G. Seyffert, 1758. 440 x 274 mm. (uncut). Quarter calf, marbled boards in period style. Edges a bit frayed, light toning, but very good. First Edition in English. See Dibner 191. Despite a scientific career that lasted only a dozen years, Swammerdam was one of the outstanding comparative anatomists of the seventeenth century. His most remarkable work was in the field of insect anatomy, which he undertook in order to disprove Aristotle's claims that insects lack internal anatomy, develop by metamorphosis (sudden and complete transformation) and arise from spontaneous generation. By refining his techniques of microdissection and injection to the point where he could use them on the smallest and most delicate anatomical parts, Swammerdam was able to illustrate for the first time the complex internal structures of insects, including their reproductive organs; and to demonstrate the gradual development of an insect's adult form throughout all its larval stages. These observations are "indubitably the foundation of our modern knowledge of the structure, metamorphosis and classification of insects" (Cole, p. 285). In addition, Swammerdam performed valuable investigations of crustaceans, mollusks and frogs, and was the first to prove experimentally that muscles do not increase in bulk when contracted via nerve stimulation. The Biblia natura, Swammerdam's major work, was published fifty-seven years after his death by Herman Boerhaave (1668-1738), who assembled it from unpublished manuscript materials integrated with a slightly revised version of Swammerdam's Historia insectorum generalis (1669). Boerhaave's biography of the author, which prefaces the work, remains the chief published source of information about Swammerdam's life. The English translation of Biblia natura was prepared by the physician John Hill (1716?-75), author of several botanical treatises (including the monumental Vegetable System [1759-75]) and a host of miscellaneous works. Brazier, Neurophysiology in the 17th and 18th Centuries, pp. 40-45. Cole, History of Comparative Anatomy, pp. 270-305; Library of Early Medicine & Zoology, 731. .

The Progress of a Midshipman exemplified in the career of Master Blockhead by CRUIKSHANK, George; MARRYAT, Frederick, illustrator

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Title: The Progress of a Midshipman exemplified in the career of Master Blockhead
Author: CRUIKSHANK, George; MARRYAT, Frederick, illustrator
Seller: David Brass Rare Books, Inc. (United States)
Description: London: Thos. McLean, 1835. The Progress of a Midshipman Eight Hand Colored Aquatint Plates by George Cruikshank CRUIKSHANK, George, engraver. [MARRYAT, Frederick, illustrator]. The Progress of a Midshipman exemplified in the career of Master Blockhead in seven plates & Frontispiece. London: Thos. McLean, Aug 1st 1835. First edition, [third state of the plates]. Oblong quarto (10 5/8 x 16 3/4 inches; 270 x 426 mm.). Eight hand-colored aquatint plates, including the hand-colored aquatint frontispiece, engraved by G. Cruikshank after Captain Frederick Marryat. All plates mounted on stubs. Plate no. 8 has alight water-stain on the lower margin (7/8 x 6 inches; 23 x 152 mm.) not affecting plate mark. Plate nos. 4, 5, 6 & 7 have the same water-stain but so light, they are almost invisible. Recent half black straight-grain morocco over marbled boards, spine with five raised bands decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments. According to OCLC and KVK there is only one copy of the first state with the plates dated 1820. (Harvard University, Houghton Library, MA, USA): Just one copy of the second state with the plates dated 1821. (Huntington Library, CA, USA) and just one copy of the third state with the plates dated 1835. (Harvard University, Houghton Library, MA, USA) Note: Interestingly enough plate numbers 2, 4, 5 & 6 show a feint "Pubd. by G. Humphrey 27 St. James's St. London 1820" just above the McLean imprints. The Plates: 1. Fitting Out - Plate 1 August 1st, 1835). 2. Master B. Finding things not exactly what he expected. (Plate 2, August 1st, 1835). 3. Mr. B. on the Middle Watch. (Plate 3, August 1st, 1835). Hand-colored aquatint. 4. Mr. B. Mastheaded - or, enjoying the fresh air for the 304th time. (Plate 4, August 1st, 1835). 5. Mr. B. seeking the Bubble reputation. (Plate 5, August 1st, 1835). 6. *Waiting room at the Admiralty - (*no misnomer). (Plate 6, August 1st, 1835). 7. Mr. B. Promoted to Lieut: & first putting on his uniform. (Plate 7, August 1st, 1835). 8. The Progress of a Midshipman exemplified in the career of Master Blockhead in seven plates & Frontispiece. (Plate 8, August 1st, 1835). Cohn, 1874; Patten, vol. 1, pp. 198-205.

Glass and the New Crystal Palace, The by CRUIKSHANK, George

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Title: Glass and the New Crystal Palace, The
Author: CRUIKSHANK, George
Seller: David Brass Rare Books, Inc. (United States)
Description: London: J. Cassell, 1853. One of George Cruikshank's Teetotalling Pamphlets With Eleven Fine Woodcut Engarvings CRUIKSHANK, George. The Glass and the New Crystal Palace. With cuts. London, J. Cassell, 1853. First edition of this pamphlet against alcohol. Octavo (8 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches; 222 x 140 mm.). 32 pp. Eleven woodcut engravings in the text. Bound ca. 1900 by Tout in three quarter dark green morocco over marbled boards, ruled in gilt, spine with two raised bands, decoratively tooled and lettered lettered horizontally in gilt, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, others uncut. Publisher's front and rear yellow printed wrappers bound in. The vignette on the title-page is repeated on the front wrapper. Front wrapper and title-page nearly detached, otherwise a near fine copy. One of Cruikshank's teetotalling pamphlets inveighing against the opening of the Crystal Palace on Sundays and the attendant sale of alcoholic beverages. With the distribution and consumption of alcohol permitted in the New Crystal Palace, Cruikshank "protested, with some justice, at the hypocrisy that permitted the rich unlimited indulgence while circumscribing the pleasures of the poor. Although several of the illustrations take a light-hearted view of the subject, the pamphlet jabs with right and left" (Patten, II, p. 325). Cohn, 203.

Hannah Wilke: A Retrospective (Signed Copy with Drawing) by WILKE, Hannah

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Title: Hannah Wilke: A Retrospective (Signed Copy with Drawing)
Author: WILKE, Hannah
Seller: Harper's Books (United States)
Condition: A near fine copy in panoramically-illustrated jacket with minor rubbing and faint impression to front panel; also near fine.
Description: Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1989. A near fine copy in panoramically-illustrated jacket with minor rubbing and faint impression to front panel; also near fine.. First Edition. Oblong quarto. Illustrated half-title page SIGNED by Wilke and dated in the year of publication, accompanied by one of her vulva doodles. Published on the occasion of a retrospective held at the University of Missouri–St. Louis, curated by Thomas Kochheiser. Contents: 176 pages; thoroughly-illustrated in both b&w and color. With essay from art historian Joanna Frueh, and a selection of texts from Wilke's own works.

All-American V: Is Love Enough by WEBER, Bruce

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Title: All-American V: Is Love Enough
Author: WEBER, Bruce
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Condition: Some slight marks to black matte covers, overall near fine in wrappers.
Description: New York: Little Bear Press, 2005. Some slight marks to black matte covers, overall near fine in wrappers.. First Edtion. Quarto. Fifth volume in Weber's All-American series. A mix of Weber's own portraits with archival photographs and illustrations. Figures profiled include the US Marine Corps, rodeo photographer Louise Serpa, pulp novelist Micky Spillane, Fairfield Porter, Billy Graham and others.

Phantoms - Original Screenplay Dated August 4, 1996 by Based on the Novel by Koontz, Dean; Screenplay by Joel Soisson and Matt Greenberg

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Title: Phantoms - Original Screenplay Dated August 4, 1996
Author: Based on the Novel by Koontz, Dean; Screenplay by Joel Soisson and Matt Greenberg
Seller: Dale Steffey Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Los Angeles: Snowfield, Inc., 1996. Book. Near Fine. Loose Leaf. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. White paper printed in black, three holes punched, two with original brads. Cover dated August 8, 1996. Front cover, bottom left : Property Of: Snowfield, Inc. 8111 Beverly Blvd., #201 Los Angeles, CA 90048. 98 pages printed single side rectos only. Near Fine, tiny bottom corner creases. Based on the 1983 Dean Koontz horror novel and adapted by Koontz for the film. The 1998 film starred Peter O'Toole, Rose McGowan, Joanna Going, Liev Schreiber, Ben Affleck, Nicky Katt, and Clifton Powell. RARE earliest draft of this screenplay. A single script located for sale online showing earliest date of Sept. 6, 1996 with 9 revisions in different color papers between Sept. 17, 1996 and Feb. 17, 1997..

AN IMAGE OF BARNS by Sloane, Eric

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Title: AN IMAGE OF BARNS
Author: Sloane, Eric
Seller: Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB (United States)
Condition: VG+
Description: NY: Funk and Wagnall's, 1966. 1st Edition. Hardcover. VG+/Very Good. First edition with an atypical and personal sketch by Sloane on teh ffe. Typically, Sloane sketches covered bridges or tools or whatever is the subject of his book to the inscribee. In this case, Sloane has sketched a Christmas greeting from one couple to another which recalls a shared vacation "(on) the banana boat" and a shared joke about a formation of clouds that resembles a woman's breast and torso; the observing couple, looking skyward, proclaim "look there's a cumulus boobilus". All in all, highly unusual for a Sloane sketch. Dustjacket a little bit worn. A solid - and collectible - copy.

Teppiche Aus Dem Orient by Schurmann, Ulrich

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Title: Teppiche Aus Dem Orient
Author: Schurmann, Ulrich
Seller: Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB (United States)
Condition: Fine -
Description: Wiesbaden: Ebeling Verlag, 1976. Cloth. Fine -/Very Good +. small pieces missing at spine ends and corners, plus a small triangular piece missing on back, internally fine, no previous owner markings.

A Sort of Peace: Echoes and Images of the Vietnam War by EHRHART, W.D. Images by Don Fox

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Title: A Sort of Peace: Echoes and Images of the Vietnam War
Author: EHRHART, W.D. Images by Don Fox
Seller: Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (United States)
Condition: Fine
Description: [No place]: Foxphotoarts, 2005. Softcover. Fine. First edition. Oblong quarto. Spiralbound stiff wrappers with clear plastic cover. Fine. Images by Fox accompanied by Ehrhart's text. Signed by Fox. Scarce – *OCLC* locates a single copy.

New York Yacht Club, 1914 by New York Yacht Club

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Title: New York Yacht Club, 1914
Author: New York Yacht Club
Seller: Ten Pound Island Book Co. (United States)
Description: NY, n.d. (1914). Color plates, b/w ills. 12mo. 314 pp. plus plates. Forty-five color plates showing hundreds of flags of members, club flags, signals. Also member list, vessel lists, charts, music for bugle calls, color plate of yachting uniform ornaments, etc. Bound in half black morocco over boards. All edges gilt.

Etchings by the late William Makepeace Thackeray while at Cambridge Illustrative of University Life, etc., etc.; Now First Published from the Original Plates by Thackeray, William Makepeace, as the artist

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Title: Etchings by the late William Makepeace Thackeray while at Cambridge Illustrative of University Life, etc., etc.; Now First Published from the Original Plates
Author: Thackeray, William Makepeace, as the artist
Seller: White Fox Rare Books and Antiques (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: London: Henry Sotheran & Co, 1878. First edition. Full Calf. Very Good. 8vo. 22 by 14 cm. Title leaf, table of contents, then eleven etchings, each given in two states, one hand-colored, the other, without color, and in each of these etchings is presented on eight leaves, for a total of sixteen plates. Following the plates are many blank leaves which allowed for the binding to have some thickness and a title label on the spine. Thackeray was an accomplished caricaturist, but we should be glad that a Cruikshank he was not, and that in time he chose to concentrate on the written word for his sustenance. Bound in full calf by Bradstreet's. Bookplate with section and shelf lines, but we believe this is for a private library. No other signs that can be interpreted as ex-lib. Spine leather darkened. Chips to spine labels. Tight and clean within.

Polizeiverordnung vom 9. August 1930 (Gerüstordnung) by Wutzky, I. V. (Mayor)

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Title: Polizeiverordnung vom 9. August 1930 (Gerüstordnung)
Author: Wutzky, I. V. (Mayor)
Seller: Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller (United States)
Condition: vg+
Description: Berlin: Magistrat Berlin, 1930. First edition. Softcover. vg+. Octavo. 29 (1)pp., 7 folding plates. Original green wraps with black lettering, Berlin Coat of Arms and decorative ruling on cover and title page, protected by modern mylar. This Scaffolding Ordinance (Gerüstordnung), published in the official register of the City of Berlin on August 31, 1930, No. 35, regulates the production, maintenance usage of various kinds of scaffolding for the owner, manufacturer, the contractor and his delegates. The ordinance takes effect on October 1, 1930, and is reinforced by the building inspection department. The pamphlet provides seven folding plates with technical drawings detailing the usage of scaffolding for roofs, demolition, plaster work, masonry, and three variant ladder scaffolds, including one for masonry. Text in German. Wraps with light sunning at spine. Small dealer sticker on inside front cover, upper left corner, and stamp of engineer Heinz-Werner Dennig on title page. Block with light age-toning. Wraps and interior in overall very good+ condition.

Henry Moore. Translated By Daniel Gichter by Argan, Giulio Carlo

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Title: Henry Moore. Translated By Daniel Gichter
Author: Argan, Giulio Carlo
Seller: James & Mary Laurie Booksellers (A.B.A.A.) (United States)
Description: New York, Harry N. Abrams, [1971]. Cloth, dust jacket. Very good.

“Fotti — Fotti, billig — billig”: Fotos von Sigmar Polke (15 March-23 April 1977) by (POLKE, Sigmar)

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Title: “Fotti — Fotti, billig — billig”: Fotos von Sigmar Polke (15 March-23 April 1977)
Author: (POLKE, Sigmar)
Seller: Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller, Inc. (United States)
Description: Pictorial postcard, mailed. Bonn: Galerie Klein, 1977. Scarce Sigmar Polke exhibition postcard. This copy was mailed to “Herr u. Frau Hahn” (possibly collector and conservator Wolfgang Hahn (1924-1987)). Polke’s “[Photographer’s Window, Afghanistan]” (1975) is reproduced on the recto. Near fine; two holes punched out.

The Records of Swedish Lutheran Churches at Racoon and Penns Neck 1713-1786 by [WPA] [Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration, State of New Jersey] Johnson, Dr. Amandus (with an introduction and notes by)

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Title: The Records of Swedish Lutheran Churches at Racoon and Penns Neck 1713-1786
Author: [WPA] [Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration, State of New Jersey] Johnson, Dr. Amandus (with an introduction and notes by)
Seller: Americana Books ABAA (United States)
Condition: Very good
Description: Elizabeth, New Jersey: Colby and McGowan, 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/fair. Octavo. Blue cloth hardcover with yellow dust jacket. [2], xvi, [1], 387 pages, [1]. Blue cloth hardcover has very light shelf wear. Light toning to the end papers. Previous owner name on the right front flyleaf. Dust jacket is faded completely on the spine and faded around the edges. Some spotting, creasing, and a few small chips to the jacket.

The Golden Ass [Metamorphoses] by Apuleius

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Title: The Golden Ass [Metamorphoses]
Author: Apuleius
Seller: Tschanz Rare Books (United States)
Description: New York: Chiswick Press, Privately Printed for the Scott-Thaw Company, 1904. 1/200. 226pp. Quarto [35 cm] 1/2 tan cloth over brown boards with paper labels on the front board and backstrip. Very good. Gentle age toning to boards. This edition was printed in an edition of 200 numbered copies, this is number 53. Translated by William Adlington. Nicely produced version of the only ancient Roman novel in Latin to survive in its entirety.

Best of Friends by ALDRIDGE, Josephine Haskell

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Title: Best of Friends
Author: ALDRIDGE, Josephine Haskell
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Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
Description: Berkeley:: Parnassus Press,. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1963. Hardcover. First edition. INSCRIBED by the author. Near fine in a near fine (lower corner of front flap is clipped, light edge wear) dust jacket. .

Twenty Poems. by ALEIXANDRE, Vicente.

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Title: Twenty Poems.
Author: ALEIXANDRE, Vicente.
Seller: Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
Description: Madison: The Seventies Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1977. Paperback. Bilingual edition - Spanish and English. Translated from the Spanish by Lewis Hyde and Robert Bly. Edited by Lewis Hyde. First edition thus (paperback). Previous owner's name on verso of front cover and poem on rear free endpaper, else near fine plain white wraps in a near fine (light stain to front panel), price clipped dust wrapper. .

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