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Thoukudidou tou olorou peri tou Peloponnesiakou polemou biblia okto (Graece). THVCYDIDIS De Bello Peloponesiaco Libri VIII. Iidem Latinè, ex interpretatione Laurentii Vallæ, ab Henrico Stephano recognita. Secunda Editio by Thucydides (ca. 455-ca. 400 B.C.)

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Title: Thoukudidou tou olorou peri tou Peloponnesiakou polemou biblia okto (Graece). THVCYDIDIS De Bello Peloponesiaco Libri VIII. Iidem Latinè, ex interpretatione Laurentii Vallæ, ab Henrico Stephano recognita. Secunda Editio
Author: Thucydides (ca. 455-ca. 400 B.C.)
Seller: Liber Antiquus (United States)
Condition: Fine
Description: Geneva: Excudebat Henricus Stephanus, 1588. SECOND ESTIENNE EDITION, corrected by Estienne and with numerous additions. Printed in two sizes of the ‘grecs du roi’ types of Claude Garamond. There are numerous historiated initials and decorative head- and tail-pieces. The Estienne "Noli altum sapere" device appears on the title page. Hardcover. Fine. A fine, tall copy in contemporary blind-ruled vellum, edges of the text block sprinkled red and blue. The text is in very nice condition, lightly toned, with minor blemishes (A FEW small ink stains, sm. burn hole in margin of one leaf, ss2 small rust spot, g3-5 v. light dampstain at corner, light damp to lower outer margin of final few signatures, title and verso of final leaf lightly soiled. Provenance: 1. Ownership inscription, dated 1595, of the German jurist, political philosopher, and seven-time rector of the University of Tübingen, Christoph Besold (1577-1638). Besold was a close friend of Johannes Kepler, whom he met while studying at Tübingen (at which time he purchased this book.). Besold championed Kepler's theories while at Tübingen and, in 1626, he participated in the trial of Kepler's mother, who was accused of witchcraft (and ultimately acquitted.) As a political philosopher Besold proposed a form of mixed constitution, in which the ‘rights of majesty’ are divided between the prince and the assembly of estates. For his evolving views, see his “De consilio politico axiomata”(1622), “De statu reipublicae mixtu”(revised ed. 1625), and “Principium et finis politicae”(1626). For his views on Democracy in particular, see his 1623 “Discursus politici”, esp. Chapter III (“De Democratia”). 2. Small stamp of the Donaueschingen Hofbibliothek (library sold 1999-2001) on verso of the title. Second Estienne edition, generally considered the best sixteenth century edition, of Thucydides’ history of the Peloponnesian War. The war was fought from 431–404 BC “between the two leading city-states in ancient Greece, Athens and Sparta. Each stood at the head of alliances that, between them, included nearly every Greek city-state. The fighting engulfed virtually the entire Greek world and it was properly regarded by Thucydides as the most momentous war up to that time. With Athens’ defeat . . . the most culturally advanced Greek state was brought into final eclipse.” (Britannica) "For this new edition Estienne has corrected the Greek text and scholia, as well as further revised Lorenzo Valla's Latin translation, which is now printed on the same page with the Greek text, in parallel columns, while the Greek scholia are printed at the foot of the page. Estienne has also added marginal concordances to his first edition. Among the other important additions are Estienne's ‘Proparasceue’ (Preparation) to the reading of the Greek scholia, which is, to this day, a most valuable exposition of the special vocabulary and technical terminology used by the Greek scholiasts; his annotations on the text and scholia of the first two books (Renouard, as well as Carter and Muir in PMM, wrongly attribute these annotations to Isaac Casaubon); the Thucydidean Chronology of David Chytraeus, and the Greek Life of Thucydides by Marcellinus, with a Latin translation by Casaubon." (Quoted from Schreiber's "The Estiennes") "The standards and methods of Thucydides as a contemporary historian have never been bettered. Thucydides has been valued as he hoped; statesmen as well as historians, men of affairs as well as scholars, have read and profited by him"(PMM 102). “Thucydides kept rigidly to his theme: the history of a war—that is, a story of battles and sieges, of alliances hastily made and soon broken, and, most important, of the behaviour of peoples as the war dragged on and on, of the inevitable “corrosion of the human spirit.” He vividly narrates exciting episodes and carefully describes tactics on land and sea. He gives a picture, direct in speeches, indirect in the narrative, of the ambitious imperialism of Athens—controlled ambition in Pericles, reckless in Alcibiades, debased in Cleon—ever confident that nothing was impossible for them, resilient after the worst disaster. He shows also the opposing picture of the slow steadiness of Sparta, sometimes so successful, at other times so accommodating to the enemy. “His record of Pericles’ speech on those killed in the first year of the war is the most glowing account of Athens and Athenian democracy that any leading citizen could hope to hear. It is followed (in, of course, due chronological order) by a minutely accurate account of the symptoms of the pestilence (“so that it may be recognized by medical men if it recurs”) and a moving description of the demoralizing despair that overtook men after so much suffering and such heavy losses—probably more than a quarter of the population, most of it crowded within the walls of the city, died. “Equally moving is the account of the last battles in the great harbour of Syracuse and of the Athenian retreat. In one of his best-known passages he analyzes by a most careful choice of words, almost creating the language as he writes, the moral and political effects of civil strife within a state in time of war. By a different method, in speeches, he portrays the hard fate of the town of Plataea due to the long-embittered envy and cruelty of Thebes and the faithlessness of Sparta, and the harsh brutality of Cleon when he proposed to execute all the men of the Aegean island city of Mytilene. Occasionally, he is forced into personal comment, as on the pathetic fate of the virtuous and much-liked Athenian Nicias. “He had strong feelings, both as a man and as a citizen of Athens. He was filled with a passion for the truth as he saw it, which not only kept him free from vulgar partiality against the enemy but served him as a historian in the accurate narrative of events—accurate in their detail and order and also in their relative importance. He does not, for example, exaggerate the significance of the campaign he himself commanded, nor does he offer a self-defense for his failure. Characteristically, he mentions his exile not as an event of the war but in his “second preface”—after the peace of 421—to explain his opportunities for wider contacts. By the end of the 4th c. BC “the philosopher Theophrastus coupled Thucydides with Herodotus as a founder of the writing of history. Little is known of what the scholars of Alexandria and Pergamum did for his book; but copies of it were being made in considerable numbers in Egypt and so, doubtless, elsewhere, from the 1st to the 5th century AD. By the 1st century BC, as is clear from the writings of Cicero and Dionysius (who vainly disputed his preeminence), Thucydides was established as the great historian, and since that time his fame has been secure.” (Britannica).

Star Trek's creator Signature on Star Trek Visiting Card by [STAR TREK] RODDENBERRY, GENE

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Title: Star Trek's creator Signature on Star Trek Visiting Card
Author: [STAR TREK] RODDENBERRY, GENE
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Description: Roddenberry has signed in black ink above his printed name, "Gene Roddenberry" on his 3 x 2 inch Star Trek visiting card showing the star ship Enterprise in the blue background sky. Roddenberry is identified under his name as "President, Norway Productions, Inc." Roddenberry established Norway Productions in 1959. The address for the company is Paramount Studios, Melrose Place, Hollywood, CA,

The Story Of George Romney; Builder, Salesman, Crusader by Mahoney, Tom [Romney, George]

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Title: The Story Of George Romney; Builder, Salesman, Crusader
Author: Mahoney, Tom [Romney, George]
Seller: The First Edition Rare Books, LLC (United States)
Condition: Very good
Description: New York: Harper & Brothers, 1960. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Very good/very good. The first edition of The Story of George Romney: Builder, Salesman, Crusader by Tom Mahoney, inscribed by Gov. George Romney to AP Reporter Richard Pyle.. Octavo, ix, [3], 275pp. Maroon cloth, title stamped in gilt on spine. Stated "First Edition" on copyright page. Internally clean, solid text block. Light soiling to cloth boards. In the publisher's dust jacket, $4.00 on front flap, shelf wear, a few closed tears, bright illustrations. Inscribed on the front free endpaper to Associated Press Reporter, Richard Pyle: "To Dick Pyle, I have enjoyed our regular contact during the campaign and first months of my administration in Lansing. With best wishes always, George Romney 5/9/63." Richard Pyle (1938-2019) was an Associated Press reporter and editor who worked for the wire service for more than four decades, covering major events around the world. He reported extensively from Vietnam during the war, often alongside photographers Horst Faas and Nick Ut, and survived multiple combat assignments, including the 1975 helicopter crash in which photojournalist Larry Burrows and others were killed. Pyle later served as AP's Saigon bureau chief and continued to cover international conflicts, politics, and disasters before returning to New York as a senior correspondent. George W. Romney (1907-1995) began his career in business, rising through the ranks to become the president and chairman of American Motors Corporation (AMC) in the 1950s. Under his leadership, AMC focused on compact cars, a strategy that proved highly successful and helped the company compete with larger automakers. Transitioning from business to politics, Romney was elected as the Governor of Michigan in 1962, gaining a reputation for his progressive policies and advocacy for civil rights. His political career reached a national level when he unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination for President in 1968. Later, under President Richard Nixon, he served as the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, where he worked on housing reform and desegregation efforts. He is the father of Senator Mitt Romney.

Contrat pour la Préservation des Droits de l'Artiste sur Toute Oeuvre Cédée by SIEGELAUB, Seth

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Title: Contrat pour la Préservation des Droits de l'Artiste sur Toute Oeuvre Cédée
Author: SIEGELAUB, Seth
Seller: Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller, Inc. (United States)
Description: 4, [4] pp. Large folded sheet, holes punched as issued. Brussels: Herman Daled, [1971]. The scarce French version of Seth Siegelaub’s fabled “Artist’s Contract.” The document originally appeared in English, designed by Cristos Gianakos and published by the School of Visual Arts in 1971. It was subsequently translated into German, Italian, and French. The French translation was done by Michel Claura and then published by collector Herman Daled. “Commonly called the Artist’s Contract, this template agreement was initiated by Siegelaub and drafted by Robert Projansky after Siegelaub carried out what he described as ‘extensive discussions with over five hundred artists, dealers, lawyers, collectors, museum people, critics’ and others in the art world, to find out if they believed such a contract would be effective. Siegelaub, in the wake of the debates and lectures on the subject of artists’ rights organized by the Art Workers’ Coalition, was inspired to take this action by European legislation, most notably the French notion of droit de suite, to give artists greater control over the conditions of exhibition and reselling of their work sold or donated to collectors or institutions. The contract’s fifteen percent clause, which granted them a significant share of the added value if their work was resold, remains the primary point of contention in a debate that continues to the present day.” In excellent condition. ❧ L. Coelewij & S. Martinetti, eds., Seth Siegelaub: Beyond Conceptual Art (2016), pp. 226-27 (all four versions pictured).

MEXICAN VINTAGE PICTURE POSTCARDS "CARTULINAS DE AMOR Y CORTESÍA" BLACK AND WHITE AND COLOR POSTCARDS

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Title: MEXICAN VINTAGE PICTURE POSTCARDS "CARTULINAS DE AMOR Y CORTESÍA" BLACK AND WHITE AND COLOR POSTCARDS
Seller: Beverly Karno Books LLC (United States)
Description: México, 1910. 16 beautifully illustrated romantic postcards from Mexico, mostly hand-tinted and decorated. Only two have no written or typed message behind. Sold as a set.

The Village Church by CHASE, Jessie

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Title: The Village Church
Author: CHASE, Jessie
Seller: Sandra L Hoekstra Bookseller, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA (United States)
Condition: Near fine
Description: Munich & New York: The Art Lithographic Publishing Company, 1890. Wraps. Near fine. Marian CHASE. [GIFT BOOK] [NOVELTY BOOK] [POETRY] [RELIGION] [WOMAN AUTHOR] [WOMAN ILLUSTRATOR]. Marian CHASE, illustrator. Printed in Germany. 48mo oblong (3 15/16" x 4 7/8"); [8]pp; stiff chromolithographed wrapper die-cut in the shape of a church with a bell tower, rear wrapper pictures a small wood fence with garden pergola and tree; publishers red silk ribbon binding; "No. 2472" on title page; lithographic illustrations in gray tones throughout; decorated letters; light rubbing to bottom edge, small stain on rear wrapper; near fine. Not recorded. A small gift or novelty book of the type first made popular in the late 19th century. This booklet features a rhyming verse about longing for the comfort of the local church. The poem finishes with a quote from Psalm 100 verse 4, "Enter into His gates with thanksgiving and into His courts with praise.".

REMEMBERING LAUREN BACALL

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Title: REMEMBERING LAUREN BACALL
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA (United States)
Description: Norwalk, CT; New York: The Easton Press; Life Books. Hardcover. Quarto, 78 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Bound in publisher's decorated gray leather with paneling and gilt lettering to spine. Pictorial label to front board. Mild scuffing to rear board. Edges of textblock gilt. With silk endpapers and a silk ribbon bookmark. Interior pages clean. Shelved in Easton Press. 1382923. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

Little Miss Sunshine by Arndt, Michael

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Title: Little Miss Sunshine
Author: Arndt, Michael
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Description: Newmarket Press, 2007. first. softcover. fine. Screenplay, SIGNED by Arndt. Fine.

The Ruodlieb; the First Medieval Epic of Chivalry from Eleventh-Century Germany

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Title: The Ruodlieb; the First Medieval Epic of Chivalry from Eleventh-Century Germany
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Description: Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1965. Translated from the Latin with an introduction by Gordon B. Ford, Jr. 104p., original stiff printed wrppers.

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