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SATYRAE by (BINDINGS - ROGER PAYNE). JUVENALIS, DECIMUS JUNIUS, [and] AULUS PERSIUS FLACCUS

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Title: SATYRAE
Author: (BINDINGS - ROGER PAYNE). JUVENALIS, DECIMUS JUNIUS, [and] AULUS PERSIUS FLACCUS
Seller: Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts (United States)
Description: Dublin: Typographia Academiae, 1746. 202 x 122 mm. (8 x 4 7/8"). 2 p.l., 136 pp. ATTRACTIVE NEAR-CONTEMPORARY RED STRAIGHT-GRAIN MOROCCO, VERY PROBABLY BY ROGER PAYNE, covers with single gilt rule border, raised bands, top and fore edge gilt, other edge untrimmed, yellow endpapers. Housed in a later black cloth slipcase. Title page ruled in red, and with engraved vignette. Pastedown with armorial bookplate of Joseph Neeld; front free endpaper with armorial bookplate of Vincent Lloyd-Russell. Dibdin II, 156 ("a very correct and beautiful edition"). ◆Just a little wear at spine ends and corners, contents faintly browned at top edge of leaves, title a bit soiled, two leaves rather foxed, otherwise in fine condition, the leather still lustrous, and the text clean and fresh. Although this elegantly simple binding is not signed, we are convinced that it was executed by the celebrated Roger Payne. According to Cyril Davenport's indispensable monograph on the binder, a crucial technique developed by Payne "with the object of intensifying the visibility of the natural markings" of morocco can be seen to full effect here, particularly given the volume's simplicity of design. Payne had originally followed the French custom of ironing his thinly pared moroccos to smooth out the natural grain, making it more receptive to gilt tooling. However, as Davenport reports, "in due time he became aware of the decorative effect of the natural lines and dots which appear all over the surface of the skin." By dampening the morocco slightly and hand-rolling it vigorously, he was able to achieve "a permanent surface configuration like a series of small, more or less parallel, wavy lines, which is now known as 'straight grain', largely found, for the first time, on many of Payne's finest bindings." (Davenport, p. 44) In Nixon's study of bookbindings in the Broxbourne Library, one can see a (decorated) binding with the same distinctive straight-grain morocco in the plate on p. 195. Nixon notes that Payne did about 50 very plain bindings, tooled only with simple gilt or blind rules, for one of his major clients, the extraordinarily discriminating Rev. Clayton Mordaunt Cracherode (1730-99) of Christ Church, Oxford. This collector bequeathed his books to the British Library, in a gift characterized by De Ricci as "one of the most valuable . . . that the Museum has ever received." Nixon notes that the Eton College Library has a number of Baskerville Press books from the collection of A. M. Storer, all bound in "plain red straight-grain morocco signed: PAYNE RELIGAVIT." According to Nixon, these were done mostly between 1790-92, and also feature the flat green sewing band and plain colored endpapers seen here. One of the most famous of all English bookbinders, Roger Payne (1738-97) was apprenticed to the Eton bookseller Joseph Pote, then moved to London, where he first worked as a bookseller before establishing his bindery. Much of his work was commissioned by two clients: Rev. Cracherode and the celebrated bibliophile George John, second Earl Spencer (1758-1834), called by De Ricci "one of the greatest book collectors . . . in the history of the world" (his books are now in the John Rylands Library). The text here is a collection of 16 satires by the great Roman poet Juvenal (ca. 60 - ca. 130) and six satires by the short-lived Stoic Persius (34-62) that has provided inspiration for a number of poets intent upon denouncing the vices of society. Among many other examples, Johnson's "London" clearly borrows from Juvenal's third satire, which shows Megalopolis (i.e., Rome) as the seat of vice and corruption. Our volume was formerly owned by the fabulously wealthy Joseph Neeld (1789-1856), whose 1828 inheritance of £800,000 (nearly £73 million in today's money) allowed him to purchase the Victorian Gothic mansion Grittleton House and fill it with collections of books, art, and antiques..

Selected Poems by [Arion Press] Melville, Herman; Helen Vendler, editor and introduction; Barry Moser, frontispiece

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Title: Selected Poems
Author: [Arion Press] Melville, Herman; Helen Vendler, editor and introduction; Barry Moser, frontispiece
Seller: The Kelmscott Bookshop (United States)
Condition: Fine
Description: San Francisco: Arion Press, 1995. Fine. Number 200 of 250 numbered copies, with 26 lettered copies hors de commerce. It is the forty-seventh publication of the Arion Press and rather scarce with no copies in commerce. The book shares characteristics with the sixth publication of the press, Moby-Dick, by the same author, of 1979, in that the same typeface is used, Goudy Modern ... it is printed on the same paper, which was made for that edition by hand to the specifications of the press at the Barcham Green Mill in England and bears watermarks of the mill, the press, and of a sperm whale; and the same artist, Barry Moser, has engraved a new portrait of Herman Melville on Resingrave for the frontispiece. The text type was composed and cast on the Monotype by Mackenzie & Harris. The display type is Goudy Open and was set by hand. The book was designed and produced by Andrew Hoyem and conceived in many ways as a companion to the 1979 Moby Dick, one of the most important press books of the twentieth century." [from the Prospectus]. This book was suggested to Hoyem by the renowned scholar of poetry, Helen Vendler. She regarded Melville as among the greatest American poets of the 19th century and was eager to make a selection that would show the variety of his best poetry. Despite the importance attached to his poems today by scholars and critics, seldom did readers have any appreciation for Melville the poet. Bound in bright blue cloth with darker blue dyed leather goatrskin bands left over from the earlier Moby Dick. The bands run across the top and bottom edges of the book with title and author in silver foil. Printed on octavo sized paper of 6.75 x 9 7/8 inches using Goudy Modern type in a smaller point size than the 1979 volume. Top page edges trimmed, while the fore-edge and bottom edges are untrimmed. The signatures were folded by hand and each copy was sewn by hand with linen thread over linen tapes. Housed in a blue cloth slipcase with blue goatskin title label to spine. Accompanied by the prospectus. In fine condition. Measures 7 x 10 inches. 156 numbered pages. PRI/110424.

Photograph Album of the town of Albion, Orleans County, New York, dated circa 1890s-1910s

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Title: Photograph Album of the town of Albion, Orleans County, New York, dated circa 1890s-1910s
Seller: Michael Brown Rare Books, LLC (United States)
Description: Small quarto album, containing 114 black and white photographs, mainly silver prints, the album is bound in original half leather, marbled paper boards, the photographs are mounted onto sheets of paper in album; the paper stock of these leaves is of poor quality, all sheets are browned, and brittle, chipped at margins, and loose in album; several photos loose, not pasted to sheets; photos vary in size from 5" x 3 ¾" to 6" x 4" to 7 ½" x 4 ½"; images not dated, circa 1890s to 1910s. The images themselves are in good condition, clean and clear, however the album and the leaves the images are mounted on have condition issues. The album is not signed, nor labeled, but several clues within the album and images of the photos, appear to place the album as being a collection of images of buildings in the town of Albion, New York, in Orleans County. Several images are of buildings under construction – perhaps the album was compiled by a builder. The album contains a newspaper clipping of an Albion, New York newspaper dated 1911, however none of streetscapes show any automobiles, rather horse and buggy, or people on horses, thus the mages likely date from the late 19th Century, or first decade of the 20th Century. Some of the photographs of the churches in the album, when compared to the architecture of the historic churches of present day Albion, shows that they are indeed photos of Albion churches, in particular the First Presbyterian Church and the Christ Episcopal Church, thus confirming the images are buildings in Albion, Orleans County, New York. Albion is a village in Orleans County, New York. The village is centrally located in the county. The village is partly within the towns of both Albion and Gaines. Albion is the county seat of Orleans County and is about 30 miles (48 km) west/northwest of the City of Rochester. There are no written inscriptions identifying the photos, however some have images provide some information. One is the A.V. Clark tombstone, which may be a clue to the origins of the album. Another is a Cole tombstone, again possibly a clue to the ownership of the album. A couple of the photos have "Aristotype" or "Drop Shutter" written on the bottom margins, indications of the photographer detailing the method he took taking the photograph. An "Aristotype" is a high-symmetry structure type that can be viewed as an idealized version of a lower-symmetry structure. "Drop Shutter" is an early form of camera shutter consisting of a plate which when released falls vertically and carries an aperture in its center past the opening of the lens. One photo shows the "Andre Monument, Tarrytown, NY." Another image shows "Our Unknown Dead –May 30, 1890" – and has a photo of a monument. One image is a portrait of an older man with the inscription: "Dr. Marsh, Albany Medical School," written in pencil next to it. A couple of newspaper clippings, laid into the album, mention President Grant's death, which would place them in 1885, perhaps dating the album as early as 1885. The First Presbyterian Church of Albion at 29 East State St. was built in 1874 - with its 175-foot high spire was the tallest structure in Orleans County, New York. Photographs of it in the album show it to be complete, thus dating the photo album post 1875, and with the Grant obituary mentions in the newspaper clippings, puts it at about 1885, but the album also shows a church built in the 1890s, and a newspaper clipping of 1911, thus a good date for the album is likely 1890s-1910s and before the automobile, as only horses and horse and buggies are shown in the photos when streetscapes or properties are shown. The images consist mainly of architectural views such as houses, churches, cemetery monuments, small local bridges, buildings under construction, several interior views of homes, several landscape views showing gardens, fountains, and the grounds of properties, some animals, a couple of water scenes showing small boats and houses on the shore of a lake, or pond, and several photos of people (men and women, children), some on horses.

The Duty of American Women to Their Country

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Title: The Duty of American Women to Their Country
Seller: Appledore Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: New York: Harper & Brothers, 1845. Cloth. Very Good. The uncommon 1845 1st edition of this early examination of moral instruction in American education. 16mo, 164 pgs. of text plus a lengthy list of Harper & Brothers recent titles in theology and travel. Tight and VG in its dark-green cloth, with bright gilt-titling along the front panel. A degree of forgiveable spotting and soiling to the panels, offsetting at the pastedowns and endsheets. Written in pencil on the front pastedown in a former owner's (or bookseller's) hand is the following description: "an early plea & plan (an appendix) to adopt a national system of schools & education in the U.S. (especially Indiana + Ohio"). Includes letters from Henry Beecher and other leading theologians of the day, beseeching women to teach the country's young in principled, moral ways.

Napoleon's Diplomatic Service by Edward A. Whitcomb

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Title: Napoleon's Diplomatic Service
Author: Edward A. Whitcomb
Seller: Appledore Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 1979. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. A crisp, very solid copy of the 1979 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, Near Fine dustjacket. Octavo, 218 pgs.

THE SECRET OF SATURN'S RINGS by Wollheim, Donald

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Title: THE SECRET OF SATURN'S RINGS
Author: Wollheim, Donald
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY (United States)
Description: THE SECRET OF SATURN'S RINGS, Winston, 1954, first edition, slight wear to the head of the spine, else a tight vg+ copy in a bright near fine full color pictorial dust-wrapper with some very light rubbing to the rear cover. Illustrated with Alex Schomburg art. The authors first book.

A Collection of Civil War Manuscript Documents, Related to Troops and Supplies Transportation by Various

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Title: A Collection of Civil War Manuscript Documents, Related to Troops and Supplies Transportation
Author: Various
Seller: ZH BOOKS (United States)
Condition: Very good
Description: Various: By the authors, 1861. Very good. Five documents, 1861 - 1862, three in manuscript, two printed and filled in manuscript; various sizes; generally in very good or better condition - two with small ncks and cuts to edges, one with a discreet repair to verso.The Civil War would be one of the first wars, in which large-scale railroad transportation was used to move and supply armies rapidly over long distances. Various documents and orders were used to record the movements, including military orders, written by commanders and then conveyed to railroad companies, freight and passenger receipts, in which railroad companies used their standard paperwork to record military transports, and so on. The current group of papers, signed by various army commanders and railroad officials, represented such records of transportation of soldiers, horses, servants, equipment, and baggage on the Hartford nad New Haven and the Springfield railroads.

Mineral Resources of the Eastern Part of the Sawtooth National Recreation Area, Custer and Blaine Counties, Idaho (Geological Survey Bulletin 1545)

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Title: Mineral Resources of the Eastern Part of the Sawtooth National Recreation Area, Custer and Blaine Counties, Idaho (Geological Survey Bulletin 1545)
Seller: Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition: Good
Description: Washington DC: United States Government Printing Office, 1986. Paperback. Good. Book plus maps. 472pp. Octavo [23 cm] Illustrated wraps. The text block is cracked at the center, and the surrounding pages are a little loose. Housed in a portfolio, with rubbing to the extremities. With the 5 maps in the rear pocket of the portfolio. Studies Related to Wilderness - Primitive Areas.

Acta Asiatica: Bulletin of the Institute of Eastern Culture, [No.] 83

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Title: Acta Asiatica: Bulletin of the Institute of Eastern Culture, [No.] 83
Seller: McBlain Books (United States)
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Tokyo: Toho Gakkai, 2002. Paperback. Near Fine. ix, 96p. Original wrapper. 26cm. "Rejected Tozzer Library" stamped twice on front cover. This issue titled: "The Current State of Research on Monogatari.

Ot Delakrua do Matissa: katalog vystavki - Shedevry francuzskoj zhivopisi 19 - naèala 20 veka iz Muzeja Metropoliten v N'ju-Jorke i Chudo zhestvennogo instituta v Èikago

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Title: Ot Delakrua do Matissa: katalog vystavki - Shedevry francuzskoj zhivopisi 19 - naèala 20 veka iz Muzeja Metropoliten v N'ju-Jorke i Chudo zhestvennogo instituta v Èikago
Seller: Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (United States)
ISBN: 9785730001220
Condition: VG interior but with rubbing to covers
Description: Leningrad: Aurora, 1988. Softcover. VG interior but with rubbing to covers. Blue and yellow wraps with color illustration and Cyrillic lettering; 23 pp. text followed by 53 color plates. Text in Russian. Exhibition catalogue of a show of 19th and 20th-century French paintings "From Delacroix to Matisse" held in the collections of the Metropolitan in New York and the Art institute of Chicago. Held in Leningrad, Moscow, New York, and Chicago.

SACRED SAGE by Silver Wolf Walks Alone

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Title: SACRED SAGE
Author: Silver Wolf Walks Alone
Seller: lizzyoung bookseller (United States)
Condition: Cream illustrated wraps. Fine
Description: Taos, NM: Wendy Whiteman, 2020. Staplebound. Cream illustrated wraps. Fine. 29 pages. 21.5 x 14 cm. Written to honor the spirit of the sagebrush. Created in two parts: first - the physical uses in healing, second - ceremonial uses. Pristine copy.

The Royal Game & Other Stories by ZWEIG, Stefan

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Title: The Royal Game & Other Stories
Author: ZWEIG, Stefan
Seller: Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: (New York): Harmony Books, 1981. Softcover. Very Good. Uncorrected proof. Printed wrappers. Introduction by John Fowles. Foxing on the wrappers and page edges thus very good.

The Post-American Culture Congress by Abrams, Sam

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Title: The Post-American Culture Congress
Author: Abrams, Sam
Seller: Carpetbagger Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN: 9780672512506
Condition: Fine
Description: Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Fine in an about Fine jacket, unclipped ($6.95), lightly toned at the edges. Red buckram with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. A collection of poetry from the Fulbright professor that "profits from his classical studies.

Die SchÃ¶nsten Bucher Ãsterreichs 1991

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Title: Die SchÃ¶nsten Bucher Ãsterreichs 1991
Seller: Kenneth Mallory Bookseller. ABAA (United States)
ISBN: 9783851030914
Condition: Very good
Description: Wien: Hauptverband des Osterreichischen Buchhandels, 1991. Paperback. Very good. Paperback. 26pp. Wraps lightly rubbed, else very good. Text in German.

The Pacific Paradise; a look at the role of U.S. bases in the Philippines. A look at the Philippines one year after the ousting of Marcos [handbill]

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Title: The Pacific Paradise; a look at the role of U.S. bases in the Philippines. A look at the Philippines one year after the ousting of Marcos [handbill]
Seller: Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Description: Chicago: American Service Friends Committee, 1986. Handbill. 8.5x11 inch event handbill; slight horizontal bend, else in very good condition.

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