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The Song of Lazarus

The Song of Lazarus by COMFORT, Alex

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Title
The Song of Lazarus
Author
COMFORT, Alex
Seller
Riverrun Books & Manuscripts (United States)
Condition
A fine copy, a few soft creases
Description
Barnet, England: Poetry Folios, 1945. From the Bart Auerbach Collection. A fine copy, a few soft creases. 8vo. 11 pages. Original printed wrappers; glassine. First edition, one of 200 copies, this copy hors commerce. The dedication copy, inscribed beneath the colophon by the author: "À Paul Eluard en hommage Alex Comfort." The printed dedication ("For Paul Eluard") appears beneath the poem's title. With an ALS by Comfort to Eluard, in French, 30 January 1946, 4to, 1 1/4 pages, forwarding the book and commenting on Eluard's work, "... La poème que vous m'avez envoyé doit sa face à cette conscience de l'humanité – j'ai vouler faire un tel, moi, et je vrai pas pu. Je vous en remercie." Alex Comfort (1902-2000) was a British scientist and physician known best for his nonfiction sex manual, 'The Joy of Sex' (1972).
[Group of Eight Handsome Professional Photographs of Jamaica]

[Group of Eight Handsome Professional Photographs of Jamaica] by [Jamaica]

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Title
[Group of Eight Handsome Professional Photographs of Jamaica]
Author
[Jamaica]
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McBride Rare Books (United States)
Condition
About very good.
Description
[Kingston: A. Duperly & Sons, 1910. About very good.. Eight glossy sepia-toned photographs, each approximately 6 x 9 inches; matted to 14 x 16 inches. Some creasing and wear, more pronounced on a handful of images. Minor soiling, minimal fading, crisp images. A nice group of photographs from the noted Kingston studio of A. Duperly and Sons, initially established by patriarch Adolphe Duperly in the 1840s. The images here show local life and scenery, including a view of the rebuilt King Street following the 1907 earthquake; local women with baskets perched atop their heads; a man carrying bananas; and several images featuring locals at bends in a river, notably one that shows a dapper Black man seated by a stream beneath some palm trees, his hat resting on his upturned knee. A wonderful representation of the work accomplished by the Duperly studio after it was rebuilt following the Kingston Earthquake of 1907.
[Group of Fifteen Images Documenting Classes of the Division Science Workshop in the Philippines]

[Group of Fifteen Images Documenting Classes of the Division Science Workshop in the Philippines] by [Philippines]. [Education]

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[Group of Fifteen Images Documenting Classes of the Division Science Workshop in the Philippines]
Author
[Philippines]. [Education]
Seller
McBride Rare Books (United States)
Condition
Very good plus.
Description
Lucena City: Garcia's, 1969. Very good plus.. Fifteen sepia-toned photographs, most 5 x 7 inches, a couple slightly smaller, all but one captioned in the negative. Minor wear, otherwise very nice condition. A collection of fifteen photographs featuring the participants in the 1968 Division Science Workshop in the Philippine city of Lucena. The workshop appears to have concentrated on teacher training for instructors from grades 1 through 11. The present images capture the various training classes during instruction, broken out by grade level, with classes of Filipino men and women taught in English by two white men. Information on chalk boards can be seen in a couple of images. Six of the photographs feature group photographs featuring either the entire population of teacher-trainees or individual grade-level classes. One image features a Division Science Seminar for District Science Coordinator. An interesting assortment of photographs capturing teacher training in a notable Filipino city at the end of the 1960s.
The Garden Murder Case; A Philo Vance Story

The Garden Murder Case; A Philo Vance Story by Van Dine, S.S.

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Title
The Garden Murder Case; A Philo Vance Story
Author
Van Dine, S.S.
Seller
The First Edition Rare Books, LLC (United States)
Condition
Near fine
Description
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Near fine/very good. The first edition, first printing of The Garden Murder Case: A Philo Vance Story, signed by S.S. Van Dine.. Octavo, [2], 332pp, [10pp ads]. Publisher's black cloth, title stamped in gilt. The first printing, with the "Scribner's A" on the copyright page. Faint wear to black cloth, light scuff mark on front cover along fore-edge. Solid text block, internally clean. In the publisher's first state dust jacket, $2.00 on the front flap, two closed tears with archival tissue reinforcement to verso, notable wear along bottom edge of front panel, wear at tips, a very good example. This copy is signed on the front free endpaper by S.S. Dine. The Garden Murder Case was first published in 1935 by Charles Scribner's Sons in New York. The novel was serialized in American Magazine beginning in February 1935, just before its book release. A British edition was issued the same year by Cassell and Company in London. The book was the ninth in the Philo Vance series and was one of the later entries before the character's popularity declined. A film adaptation by MGM, starring Edmund Lowe as Vance, was released in 1936.
THE MISCELLANEOUS TRACTS OF THE LATE WILLIAM WITHERING, M. D. F. R. S. TO WHICH IS PREFIXED A MEMOIR OF HIS LIFE, CHARACTER AND WRITINGS. IN TWO VOLUMES [With Withering ALS]

THE MISCELLANEOUS TRACTS OF THE LATE WILLIAM WITHERING, M. D. F. R. S. TO WHICH IS PREFIXED A MEMOIR OF HIS LIFE, CHARACTER AND WRITINGS. IN TWO VOLUMES [With Withering ALS] by Withering, William

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THE MISCELLANEOUS TRACTS OF THE LATE WILLIAM WITHERING, M. D. F. R. S. TO WHICH IS PREFIXED A MEMOIR OF HIS LIFE, CHARACTER AND WRITINGS. IN TWO VOLUMES [With Withering ALS]
Author
Withering, William
Seller
Second Story Books, ABAA (United States)
Description
London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1822. Hardcover. Octavos, Two Volumes. In Good plus condition. Rebound in modern tan leather with red spine labels bearing gilt lettering. Text blocks uneven. Some foxing and evidence of liquid damage to both volumes. Ex-library with usual markings, including institutional stamps to several pages and call number written in ink. Marbled paper paste downs. Folding plates present and intact. CONTENTS: Vol. I. (vi, 496 pages) (Informational slip of paper taped in to front free end paper. Handwritten letter by Withering on title facing page.) – Vol. II. (iv, 3-503 pages). MF Consignment. Shelved in Rm. G. Text of Withering's letter: Teignmouth Devon 7th Oct: -92 My dear William I wrote you a few lines, with some plants from Malvern hills & sent them off from Cheltenham: at Bristol Holwells your sister collected some calcareous spars, and I took a view of the rocks & the river Avon from a point which I believe had not been drawn before. These were sent off from Bath, directed to you. I remain, my dear boy, very affect'y yours W Withering The whole party extends their regards to you. 1355189. Special Collections.
OSKAR KOKOSCHKA: DAS DRUCKGRAPHISCE WERK II

OSKAR KOKOSCHKA: DAS DRUCKGRAPHISCE WERK II by Wingler, Hans M.; Welz, Friedrich

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OSKAR KOKOSCHKA: DAS DRUCKGRAPHISCE WERK II
Author
Wingler, Hans M.; Welz, Friedrich
Seller
Second Story Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN
9783853490853
Description
Salzburg: Verlag Galerie Welz, 1981. Hardcover. Quarto; 46 pages; VG/VG; Brown spine with white and yellow text; housed in Publisher's VG- slipcase; Slipcase has rusting to staples; Dustjacket protected by mylar covering, mild shelfwear; Textblock clean; Shelved Artist Monographs. 1365796. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
An Archive Of Mexican War Forage Documents Written Weeks After The Consequential Battle Of Buena Vista

An Archive Of Mexican War Forage Documents Written Weeks After The Consequential Battle Of Buena Vista by (MEXICAN WAR - BUENA VISTA)

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An Archive Of Mexican War Forage Documents Written Weeks After The Consequential Battle Of Buena Vista
Author
(MEXICAN WAR - BUENA VISTA)
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Stuart Lutz Historic Documents, Inc. (United States)
Description
(BATTLE OF BUENA VISTA). The Battle of Buena Vista, fought over February 22 and 23, 1847, saw the outmanned American Army, under Zachary Taylor, defeat the Mexicans under General Antonio Lpez de Santa Anna. The American forces were largely made up of volunteers rather than regular armyArchive. 15 pieces. 1847 (mostly April). Buena Vista [Mexico]. An archive of fourteen receipts and manuscripts written in the wake of the Battle of Buena Vista; most are from April 1847 and a few state that the location of the receipts is Buena Vista. Some of these receipts are addressed to Charles C. Gilbert of Ohio, and it is for volunteers from Indiana and Ohio. Some are in pencil and some are in pen. These documents show the American soldiers, stuck in rural Mexico, trying to find food for themselves and their beasts of burden. Mexican War dated manuscripts written from Mexico are scarce. A few sample documents include:a)ADS. 1pg. April 17th, 1847. No place. An autograph document signed Lt. C.A. Shank AAQM 3 Reg Ina Vol addressing to pay for corn for mule feed.b)ADS. 1pg. April 17th, 1847. Buena Vista. An autograph document signed Jos Napier AQM ordering pleas [sic] pay this Mexican for 33 Sacks.c)ADS. 1pg. April 17, 1847. No place. An autograph document signed John Caldwell Act. A. Qr. M. 2d R. O.V. stating Return for 3 Horses and 40 Mules in the service of the 2r Regt. O.V. [Ohio Volunteers] for 2 days.d)ADS. 1pg. April 18, 1847. No place. An autograph document signed Wm Erwin A A Q M ordering: Requisition for forage for fifty mules and seven horses in the service of the United States for two days commencing on the 17th and ending on the 18th April 1847.e)ADS. 1pg. April 17, 1847. No place. An autograph document signed Thomas L. brent 1st Lieut & A.A. Qr Master noting Company B 4th Artillery Forage for two days 50 Bushels and 16 Quarts Corn116 Horses28 Mules.
MARLENE DIETRICH, SIDNEY TOLER | BLONDE VENUS (1932) Photo

MARLENE DIETRICH, SIDNEY TOLER | BLONDE VENUS (1932) Photo by Paramount

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MARLENE DIETRICH, SIDNEY TOLER | BLONDE VENUS (1932) Photo
Author
Paramount
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Walterfilm, Inc. (United States)
Condition
About Fine
Description
Paramount. No binding. About Fine. [Los Angeles: Paramount, 1932]. Vintage original 8 x 10" (20 x 25 cm.) black-and-white glossy silver gelatin photo. There are light signs of use at blank corners, about fine. Marlene Dietrich was the true writer of the screenplay for this opus which took her from wealth to ruin to rags to fame to wealth again. The censors crossed out so much of her material (even in the pre-Code period) that by the time a final script was approved, she and director/mentor Joseph von Sternberg had little interest in making the film. They came through, though, with a brilliant odyssey highlighted by Dietrich in many moods, all behind heavy diffusion. Here is Dietrich as the down-and-out vagrant Helen Faraday, with Sidney Toler as the detective on her trail. Photo coded 1385-87.
DAVID BELASCO (1900-15) Set of 2 portraits

DAVID BELASCO (1900-15) Set of 2 portraits by Np

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DAVID BELASCO (1900-15) Set of 2 portraits
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Np
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Walterfilm, Inc. (United States)
Condition
Very Good+
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Np. No binding. Very Good+. Set of 2 vintage original black-and-white matte photos. Stamped on verso as deaccessioned duplicates from the great theater collection of the New York Public Library, each trimmed for publication. Both very good+. David Belasco (1853-1931) was a preeminent American theatrical producer, impresario, director and playwright in the early decades of the 20th century. He was the first writer to adapt the short story Madame Butterfly for the stage. He launched the theatrical career of many actors, including James O'Neill, Mary Pickford, Lenore Ulric and Barbara Stanwyck. Belasco pioneered many innovative new forms of stage lighting and special effects in order to create realism and naturalism. (Wikipedia) - Portrait, ca. 1900, 8 1/2 x 6 3/4" (22 x 17.5 cm), small diagonal paper loss at extreme right bottom. - Portrait, ca. 1915 (Belasco still has a full head of hair, but it has now turned white), 8 5/8 x 6 5/8" (22 x 17 cm).
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Mirza. A Tragedie, Really acted in Persia, in the last Age. Illustrated with Historicall Annotations. The Author R.B. Esq.
by Baron, Robert

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Mirza. A Tragedie, Really acted in Persia, in the last Age. Illustrated with Historicall Annotations. The Author R.B. Esq.
Author
Baron, Robert
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Sanctuary Books (United States)
Condition
Near Fine
Description
London: Humphrey Moseley, 1655. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Small 8vo. Modern full tan calf; a.e.g. A clean, unwashed complete copy. Bookplate of Kenneth Rapoport and a slip laid in, with his note marking the purchase at Seven Gables in Oct. 1968.
Society of Colorado Pioneers, First Annual Banquet and Re-Union, at The "Windsor", Denver, January 25th, 1881

Society of Colorado Pioneers, First Annual Banquet and Re-Union, at The "Windsor", Denver, January 25th, 1881 by [Menu – Society of Colorado Pioneers (Denver, Col.)]

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Society of Colorado Pioneers, First Annual Banquet and Re-Union, at The "Windsor", Denver, January 25th, 1881
Author
[Menu – Society of Colorado Pioneers (Denver, Col.)]
Seller
Rabelais - Fine Books on Food & Drink (United States)
Description
Denver: [publisher not identified], 1881. Menu and program (16 x 9 cm.), two separate cards, printed versos and rectos, [4] pages. Illustrated. Printed menu and program of the Society's first annual banquet held January 25, 1881, at the Windsor Hotel. The Society of Colorado Pioneers was founded in 1872 to recognize and assist those who had arrived in Colorado earlier than 1861, which effectively meant during the three-year period (1858 through 1861) when Colorado was still part of the Kansas territory. The menu is really two menus, one an imagined menu featuring the "Grub" experienced by those arriving in 1859, which included beans, bacon, hard tack, dried apples, and "Taos Lightning". The spirit was a high proof whiskey which distilled in New Mexico starting around 1830, and laden with tall tales. It was said that "Taos Lightning would take the hair off a chihuahua". The much lengthier menu for the dinner consumed that January night in 1881 included raw oysters, mock turtle soup, a larded filet of trout, glazed sweetbreads, quail, etc. The table was bedecked with ornamental pieces depicting scenes of Denver's Western heritage, including The First House in Denver, a Wagon Train, and Indian Teepees. Each card includes a wood engraving printed on one side. The menu card depicts a prospector driving his mule "Over the Range"; the program card shows two riders leading a wagon drawn by six head of cattle, titled "The Sleeper We Came On," both are credited "J.D. Howland, Del. [delineavit] and J.M. Bagley, Eng". John Dare Howland (1843-1914) is often referred to as Denver's first resident artist, and James M.Bagley, born in Maine, (1837 -1910), "the first artist, wood engraver, and cartoonist in Denver". Complete details of the banquet reported in the Rocky Mountain News on January 26, 1881, page 4. Small stain and a bit of other light soil to the menu card; program card is clean. Together, near fine. [OCLC locates one copy of the program only (Denver Public Library; one copy of the menu and program are held by UNLV[.
Set of Miniature Panoramic Photographs of Chipiona Mine District

Set of Miniature Panoramic Photographs of Chipiona Mine District

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Set of Miniature Panoramic Photographs of Chipiona Mine District
Seller
Langdon Manor Books LLC (United States)
Condition
Very good
Description
[Mexico]: [Cieneguita Copper Company?], 1900. Very good. 11 photographs, each measuring 2¼" x 7" and mounted on thick card measuring 5¼" x 10½". All but one with extensive detailed captions. Photos near fine, cards very good -a bit wavy with light edge wear and small flecks of surface loss on versos. This is a group of 11 photographs which depict the Chipiona mining district in Mexico around the turn of the 20th century. Evidence in the captions suggest they were prepared by a surveyor or mining engineer with an eye toward further operational development. The images may have been compiled by an employee of the Arizona-based Cieneguita Copper Company (CCC) as the company had a significant operation in Chipiona at the time. According to a 1906 article in The Engineering and Mining Journal, CCC's Cieneguita's operations had: "four wood-burning reverberatory smelting furnaces, two reverberatory roasters and some 50 roasting stalls. A steam plant, gravity incline and several work shops are in operation. A large company store is also run. Half a million dollars (gold) is said to have been spent on the property. Over 7000 ft. of drifts are said to have been run and a large body of ore opened up. This mine is the best developed in the district and should soon be an active producer." If indeed taken by an employee of the CCC, the images likely pre-date that article, as the operations shown here appear to be in their infancy, and show far fewer buildings than images of CCC's plants in a 1905 prospectus. The photographs show different angles and viewpoints of mostly mining areas. We see guard houses, ruins of an old mill, two views of the Chipiona mining camp and one of the Colorado De Vres camp. The versos are exceptionally well captioned, detailing geography, mine components, progress of mining efforts and more. Over half have an economic/planning aspect to them with detail on measurements, location, potential profit and more such as, "The "Foster Shaft," looking almost due East. "Jerry" on left, Mr. Brodine on right. The pile of rock on their right, and behind them, is ore, and is estimated to be of from $10,000 to $40,000 value. The mountain in back is ½ mile away, across Chipiona Creek. To right is waste pile, with truck. Shaft 235 ft. deep." Or, "The reservoir and stack. Mine hill on left. Reservoir 93 feet long, 60 feet wide, 10 ft deep, holds ½ milliion gallons; said to have cost about $10,000 gold. Taken from corner of old adobe wall that enclosed qudrangle, for protection from Indians." Other captions point out ruins, older buildings and one mentions a cemetery. Also of note are the three which contain manuscript drawings of shafts. A rare collection documenting an early 1900s American mining venture in Mexico.
The Joy of Cooking

The Joy of Cooking by Rombauer, Irma S.

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The Joy of Cooking
Author
Rombauer, Irma S.
Seller
lizzyoung bookseller (United States)
Condition
Yellow checked clothed covered boards. Very good
Description
Indianapolis: THE BOBBS-MERRILL COMPANY6, 1936. First Trade Edition. Hardcover. Yellow checked clothed covered boards. Very good. 628 pages. 24 x 16.5 cm. First printing of 1936 edition - with no printing number noted on copyright page. A lovely copy of the widely beloved Joy of Cooking. Two years into the depression, the recently widowed St. Louis native Irma Rombauer cobbled together a cookbook, illustrated by her daughter Marion. By 1936 the Bobbs-Merrill Company agreed to publish the expanded version, keeping the narrative style later known as the "action method", in which ingredients are called for within the recipe. Chock full of recipes fit for everyday meals or inviting over guests, this timeless book is comprehensive and popular for good reason. Interior clean - no marks, unused, pages lightly toned. Boards rubbed at edges and at head and tail of spine. Covered in protective mylar.
[Cabinet Card of an African-American Mother and Children in Rural Kansas]

[Cabinet Card of an African-American Mother and Children in Rural Kansas] by [African Americana]: [Photography]: [Kansas]

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[Cabinet Card of an African-American Mother and Children in Rural Kansas]
Author
[African Americana]: [Photography]: [Kansas]
Seller
The Joe Fay Company LLC (United States)
Condition
Very good.
Description
Salina, Ks: Atherton & Hopkins, 1900. Very good.. Cabinet card photograph, 5.5 x 4 inches, on a slightly larger studio mount printed "Atherton & Hopkins Salina, Kans." Minor edge wear, small "X" handwritten above one subject's head within the image, a few small paper remnants to verso. A striking image of an African-American family of six, a mother and five children, living in Kansas around the last decade of the 19th century. The African-American population in Kansas grew in the 1880s as families left the South to escape the rollback of Reconstruction-era protections. African Americans settled across Kansas, largely in the eastern states. The present photograph was taken in Salina, in central Kansas, about a hundred miles from either Wichita or Topeka. Images of African-American families in Kansas in the 19th century are exceedingly rare.
LYRICS OF THE HEARTHSIDE

LYRICS OF THE HEARTHSIDE by Dunbar, Paul Laurence

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LYRICS OF THE HEARTHSIDE
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Dunbar, Paul Laurence
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Sumner & Stillman (United States)
Description
1899. New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1899. Original olive-green cloth decorated and embossed in gilt. First Edition of this early title by this African-American poet whose parents, before they met, had both been Kentucky slaves; his father escaped to Canada, and wound up fighting in the Civil War for the Massachusetts 55th Regiment; his mother escaped to Ohio. Dunbar was born and raised in Dayton, where at Central High School (Class of 1890) he would be the only black student, the president of the literary society, and the editor of the school newspaper; one of his classmates was Orville Wright who, shortly after his mother died, would drop out of school before graduating -- to devote time to his fledgling printing business, and then (1892) to his and brother Wilbur's new bicycle business. Dunbar's first book (published as a favor by Orville's father) came out in 1893; by the time this book came out, he was already ill with the tuberculosis that would claim his life seven years later, at age 33. As with many of his books, some of the verse is in proper English -- for which Dunbar wished he would be known -- and some is in "black dialect" -- for which he was widely known and praised. One of the former type is "Sympathy," which ends with the line "I know why the caged bird sings!" -- from which came (many decades later) the title of Maya Angelou's first book. Despite his intellect, Dunbar's race dictated that he could find work only as an elevator operator (where he tried to sell his volumes of verse to passengers); in this line he was referring to himself in his elevator cage. Included is a frontispiece photograph of the poet; the binding design, in matte and embossed gilt, is by Alice Morse (so initialed). This copy is in near-fine condition (minor rubbing at the extremities, spine gilt less than bright, Christmas 1907 endpaper inscription). Blanck 4925.
LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY, ACCOMPANYING HIS REPORT ON THE MEMORIAL OF SUNDRY MERCHANTS AND TRADES OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA. 13TH APRIL, 1798

LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY, ACCOMPANYING HIS REPORT ON THE MEMORIAL OF SUNDRY MERCHANTS AND TRADES OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA. 13TH APRIL, 1798 by [Wolcott, Oliver]

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LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY, ACCOMPANYING HIS REPORT ON THE MEMORIAL OF SUNDRY MERCHANTS AND TRADES OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA. 13TH APRIL, 1798
Author
[Wolcott, Oliver]
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David M. Lesser, Fine Antiquarian Books LLC (United States)
Description
[Philadelphia: Ross, 1798. 8pp, as issued. Disbound, blank inner margins toned, else Very Good. "The memorialists represent, that the distance of the port of Philadelphia from the sea, and the casualties to which vessels are exposed in the winter season, have rendered it necessary to erect and maintain piers in different parts of the river Delaware." The expense of maintaining the piers, particularly avoiding their decay, prompts this request for Congress to authorize and fund necessary repairs. Secretary Wolcott advises, "The proposed piers will be useful to foreign vessels, and to American vessels from all the States." He hence recommends that "an appropriation for erecting piers in the river Delaware, below Philadelphia, not exceeding sixty thousand dollars, ought to be made." Evans 34866. ESTC W13468. Not in Rink.
WAY THAT WATER ENTERS STONE
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WAY THAT WATER ENTERS STONE by DUFRESNE, John

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WAY THAT WATER ENTERS STONE
Author
DUFRESNE, John
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Boston Book Company (United States)
ISBN
9780393029246
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1990. DUFRESNE, John. THE WAY THAT WATER ENTERS STONE. Stories. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., (1990). Advance uncorrected proof. 8vo., blue printed wrappers. Touch of soil and sun to wraps. Small photo of cover proof tipped into front wrap at verso. Near fine. The author's first book, in a scarce format.
A Little Book of Drawings By Jack B. Yeats: Gathered from 'A Broadside'

A Little Book of Drawings By Jack B. Yeats: Gathered from 'A Broadside' by YEATS, Jack B.

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A Little Book of Drawings By Jack B. Yeats: Gathered from 'A Broadside'
Author
YEATS, Jack B.
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Dale Steffey Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
Dublin: The Cuala Press Ltd., 1971. Book. Very Good. French Wrappers. Limited Edition, Revised. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. One of 1000 copies, this copy not one of the 200 that were hand-colored. Bound in illustrated pale grey French wrappers, Very Good, 1/4" tear and creasing at top edge rear wrapper, even toning at edges. 16 unnumbered pages with 11 illustrations in the text, printed in red and black..
Cendrillonnette Opérette en quatre Actes Paroles de Paul Ferrier ... Partition Chant et Piano ... à Mily-Meyer. [Piano-vocal score]

Cendrillonnette Opérette en quatre Actes Paroles de Paul Ferrier ... Partition Chant et Piano ... à Mily-Meyer. [Piano-vocal score] by SERPETTE, Gaston 1846-1904 and ROGER, Victor 1853-1903

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Cendrillonnette Opérette en quatre Actes Paroles de Paul Ferrier ... Partition Chant et Piano ... à Mily-Meyer. [Piano-vocal score]
Author
SERPETTE, Gaston 1846-1904 and ROGER, Victor 1853-1903
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J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians LLC (United States)
Description
Paris: Choudens Fils [PN A. C. 8568], 1890. Large octavo. Full modern dark green textured cloth with titling gilt to spine, original publisher's light pink illustrated upper wrapper bound in. 1f. (recto title, verso blank), 1f. (recto notes on first performance, named cast list, and contents, verso blank), 113, [i] (blank) pp. Some leaves unopened. Named cast includes Mily-Meyer, Gilberte, R. Maurel, Théry, Dieudonné, Piccaluga, Tauffenberger, Jannin, and Wolff. Small handstamp to upper margin and minor dampstaining to lower margin of upper wrapper; inner margin defective. Occasional minor foxing; small handstamp to upper margin of title; occasional minor chips and tears. First Edition. First performed in Paris at the Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens on 24 January 1890.
Joseph Conrad in the Congo

Joseph Conrad in the Congo by Jean-Aubry, Georges

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Joseph Conrad in the Congo
Author
Jean-Aubry, Georges
Seller
B & B Rare Books, Ltd., ABAA (United States)
Condition
Near Fine
Description
London: "The Bookman's Journal" Office, 1926 Limited first edition, first printing. One of 470 copies signed and numbered by the author, this being number 207. Publisher's green cloth, with beveled edges, facsimile Conrad signature in gilt to front board, spine lettered in gilt, and frontispiece portrait of Conrad. Near fine, with light toning to spine, a touch of staining to head of spine, mild rubbing to foot of spine, and light toning to frontispiece tissue guard and endpapers. Overall, a clean and attractive copy. This biography makes use of Conrad's personal letters to examine his trip to the Congo River in 1890. Notably, Conrad's experience on that trip inspired him to write arguably his most important story, Heart of Darkness (1899). Georges Jean-Aubry was a French music critic and close friend of Conrad's, who also wrote Joseph Conrad: Life and Letters (1926) and Vie de Conrad (1947), translated in 1957 as The Sea Dreamer: A Definitive Biography of Joseph Conrad.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine.
THE MONK AND THE HANGMAN'S DAUGHTER

THE MONK AND THE HANGMAN'S DAUGHTER by BIERCE, Ambrose

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THE MONK AND THE HANGMAN'S DAUGHTER
Author
BIERCE, Ambrose
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Charles Agvent, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Fine in lightly worn glassine and Fine chemise and a Fine slipcase
Description
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1967. Hardcover. Fine in lightly worn glassine and Fine chemise and a Fine slipcase. Michael Circy. Tall octavo (7-1/4" x 10-3/4") bound in heavy buckram. Translated from the German of Richard Voss by Gustav Adolf Danziger and adapted by Ambrose Bierce. With an introduction by Maurice Valency and watercolor illustrations by Michael Circy. Copy #970 of 1500 SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page. Monthly Letter laid in.
ELFSONG

ELFSONG by Turner, Ann

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ELFSONG
Author
Turner, Ann
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Type Punch Matrix (United States)
ISBN
9780152008260
Condition
Very good plus in fine dust jacket.
Description
New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1995. First edition. Very good plus in fine dust jacket.. First printing of this story of a young girl who stumbles into a world of elves and magic while searching for her lost cat. 9'' x 5.75''. Original cloth-backed boards. Original unclipped ($16.00) color pictorial dust jacket. 168 pages, including glossary. Jacket with a hint of edgewear. Binding with light soil, tiny bump to center of spine. Tight.
IRMA VOTH

IRMA VOTH by Toews, Miriam

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IRMA VOTH
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Toews, Miriam
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Type Punch Matrix (United States)
ISBN
9780062070180
Condition
Fine.
Description
(New York): Harper, 2011. Fine.. Advance uncorrected proof of the US edition of Toews's fifth novel, set in a rural Mexican Mennonite community and issued as part of the Powell's Books's INDIESPENSABLE series. For more than ten years and over seventy installments, Powell's Books (Portland) has been issuing their semi-monthly INDIESPENSABLE series, a subscription-only selection of specially-produced, (typically) limited edition volumes from many of the most prominent names in literature (Claire Messud, George Saunders, Michael Chabon, Annie Proulx, Donna Tartt, J.M. Coetzee, Jeffrey Eugenides, Jonathan Franzen, Siri Hustvedt) and publishing (McSweeney's, Graywolf, Algonquin). Installments commonly include a specially slipcased recent release, as well as one of more promotional titles (usually ARCs or like, but sometimes, advance excerpts). 8.25'' x 5.25''. Original wrappers. 255, [5] pages. Minor edgewear.
Seven Falls and South Cheyenne Canon

Seven Falls and South Cheyenne Canon

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Seven Falls and South Cheyenne Canon
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James Arsenault & Company (United States)
Description
Colorado Springs, Colo.: The Seven Falls Company, [ca. 1925]. Color brochure. 1 sheet, 12.5" x 7", folded to 3.5" x 6.25", 4 panels printed on both sides, decorative orange front and back panels, 5 color illus., one b&w map. Colorful brochure inviting tourists to visit the most picturesque and awe-inspiring spot in Pikes Peak region: Seven Falls and and Seven Falls Canon. One could climb the Stairway to Inspiration Point, just beyond the grave of Helen Hunt Jackson, or motor through the canon, take photographs of yourself on burros and visit the Pavilion to buy souvenirs. Includes color images of the Lower Three Falls, Cheyenne Gorge, Pillars of Hercules, and the Upper Four Falls. The b&w map is 6" x 3 1/4" and ranges from Colorado Springs to Pikes Peak to Seven Falls. CONDITION: Good, 3/4" separation on left side of center fold and 1 1/2" separation on right side of center fold, otherwise clean.
Forgotten Realms: The Spine of the World

Forgotten Realms: The Spine of the World by Salvatore, R.A.

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Forgotten Realms: The Spine of the World
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Salvatore, R.A.
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Carpetbagger Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN
9780786914180
Condition
Near Fine
Description
Renton: TSR, Inc. | Wizards of the Coast, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Near Fine in a Fine dust jacket, unclipped ($23.99), faintly bumped. Brown paper on the boards, bumped at the edges, gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. Salvatore's sequel to The Silent Blade.
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HIGHLIGHTS IN THE DEBATES IN THE SPANISH CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES RELATIVE TO THE ABANDONMENT OF SANTO DOMINGO by Yuengling, David G. (Ed.)

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HIGHLIGHTS IN THE DEBATES IN THE SPANISH CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES RELATIVE TO THE ABANDONMENT OF SANTO DOMINGO
Author
Yuengling, David G. (Ed.)
Seller
Hoffman Books (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
Washington, D. C.: Murray & Heister. Very Good. 1941. Hardcover. 181pp., blue cloth with gilt stamping. Covers are slighlty spotted, soiled, bookplate. Otherwise, contents are clean and bright. Near Very Good. .
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Broncho. by Ball, Richard.

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Broncho.
Author
Ball, Richard.
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Lighthouse Books, ABAA (United States)
Description
London: Country Life, (1930). First Edition. Octavo, cloth & boards (hardcover), ix, [i blank], 135 pp. Sixteen plates from drawings by G. D. Armour. Near-Fine, with gift inscription, light shelf wear; in a Very Good, mylar protected dust jacket with some perimeter chips and a darkened spine.
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Everyday Life of the North American Indians by White, Jon M.

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Everyday Life of the North American Indians
Author
White, Jon M.
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Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB (United States)
Condition
Near Fine +
Description
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Holmes & Meier Publishers, Incorporated, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine +/Near Fine. dw a bit rubbed, spine just slightly darkened, internally clean and tight, no previous owner markings.
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New Rules and Amendments To The Rules Governing the Courts of The State of New Jersey

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New Rules and Amendments To The Rules Governing the Courts of The State of New Jersey
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Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
Newark, NJ: Soney & Sage, 1949. Softcover. Very Good. Very good in stiff paper covers. (Pages: 13) Light soiling along edges. Former owner's name on front cover.
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One Hundred Years of Congresses of Physiology. by WHITTERIDGE, D.

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One Hundred Years of Congresses of Physiology.
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WHITTERIDGE, D.
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Jeff Weber Rare Books (Switzerland)
Description
Oulu:: International Union of Physiological Sciences, 1989., 1989. 8vo. 61 pp. Silver printed wrappers. Very good.
Catalogue 4. A Selection of Fine & Rare Books

Catalogue 4. A Selection of Fine & Rare Books by Wyer, William

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Catalogue 4. A Selection of Fine & Rare Books
Author
Wyer, William
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Kaaterskill Books, ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Condition
A very good+ copy with sunning on spine and front wrapper.
Description
Williamstown, MA: William Wyer, 1983. First edition. Paper wrappers. A very good+ copy with sunning on spine and front wrapper.. Unpaged. Illus. with b/w plates and in-text reproductions. Sq. 8vo. 100 items.
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Register of Pennsylvania Society of the Colonial Dames of America by (COLONIAL DAMES OF AMERICA)

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Register of Pennsylvania Society of the Colonial Dames of America
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(COLONIAL DAMES OF AMERICA)
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Argosy Book Store (United States)
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hardcover. Color Frontis. 8vo, cloth; (slight wear to edges). Philadelphia, 1911.
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Rat: A Novel. by ZANIEWSKI, Andrzej.

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Rat: A Novel.
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ZANIEWSKI, Andrzej.
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Jeff Maser, Bookseller-ABAA (United States)
Description
NY: Arcade, (1994).. Advance reading copy.. xiii + 157 pp. Very near fine in illustrated wrappers. Translated from the original Polish by Ewa Hryniewicz-Yarbrough.
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Beehive History no. 23

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Beehive History no. 23
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Weller Book Works ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
Utah State Historical Society, 1997. Very Good. Beehive History no. 23. SLC: Utah State Historical Society, 1997. 32pp. Illustrated. 8vo. Stapled paper wraps. Book condition: Very good with gently rubbed and bumped panels.

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