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The Invisible Man by Wells, H.G.

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Seller: Whitmore Rare Books

Title: The Invisible Man
Author: Wells, H.G.
Seller: Whitmore Rare Books (United States)
Condition: About Fine
Description: London: C. Arthur Pearson Limited, 1897. First edition. About Fine. Original red publisher's cloth binding with gilt titles to spine and front board; black illustration to front board. The front inner hinge has been repaired, but otherwise the copy is in exceptional condition. A book that is often plagued with condition issues from faded cloth to brittle paper. This is a superior copy: bright, clean and unfaded, about Fine. H.G. Wells connects science with philosophy in this novel, which reimagines and modernizes Plato's tale of the Ring of Gyges. According to Plato, the power of invisibility could corrupt anyone possessing it, giving them the upper hand over friends and enemies alike. Wells' lead character Griffin, a scientist, succeeds in doing just this. "Griffin gives in to many of the same temptations. He robs. He injures. He kills...But even though Griffin is guilty of his share of crimes, his goal is not to indulge in hedonism. His goal is just the opposite: he wants to stop being invisible" (Frederick). Ultimately, the practical problems of being an invisible human work counter to Griffin's interests. The need to be clothed, the isolation from other humans lead to Griffin's downfall and death at the hands of a terrified mob. Indeed, much as his actions dehumanize Griffin, his invisibility allows the mob attacking him to treat him as less than human. An exceptionally important consideration of the benefits and dangers of science, and the definition of humanness at the turn of the century. About Fine.

Martin Kippenberger, Köln 87 (Studio Portrait) by STAPPERT, Andrea and Martin Kippenberger

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Title: Martin Kippenberger, Köln 87 (Studio Portrait)
Author: STAPPERT, Andrea and Martin Kippenberger
Seller: Harper's Books (United States)
Condition: Framed (26 x 30.5 inches). NB: Additional shipping costs will be calculated after checkout.
Description: Köln, 1987. Framed (26 x 30.5 inches). NB: Additional shipping costs will be calculated after checkout.. Gelatin silver print (19 x 23.5 inches). SIGNED by photographer Andrea Stappert and hand-numbered as no. 6 of 15 to verso. This studio portrait was reproduced for Kippenberger's 1987 exhibition poster for Einfgach geht der Applaus zugrunde.

Naivetés by BEAUMONT, Charles-Édouard de

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Seller: David Brass Rare Books, Inc.

Title: Naivetés
Author: BEAUMONT, Charles-Édouard de
Seller: David Brass Rare Books, Inc. (United States)
Description: Paris: Au Bureau du Charivari, Maison Martinet, 1860. Nine Humorous Lithographs Depicting a Lack of Experience and Sophistication BEAUMONT, Charles-Édouard de. Naivetés. Paris: Au Bureau du Charivari, Maison Martinet. 1860. Folio (13 1/2 x 10 inches; 342 x 254 mm.). Nine fine lithograph plates, all mounted on stubs. Some light marginal staining otherwise very clean. Early-to-mid twentieth century three quarter red morocco over red pebbled cloth boards ruled in gilt, front cover with rectangular black leather label ruled and lettered in gilt. Smooth spine elaborately decorated and titled in gilt. Small stain to upper portion of boards. Rare: Not in Colas, Hiler or Lipperheide. Not recorded by OCLC/KVK.

The Big ABC Book by [Wain, Louis; Stewart, E.H.; et al]

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Seller: Swan's Fine Books

Title: The Big ABC Book
Author: [Wain, Louis; Stewart, E.H.; et al]
Seller: Swan's Fine Books (United States)
Condition: Good +
Description: London: Blackie & Son Ltd, 1921. Hardcover. Good +. Wain, Louis; Stewart, E.H.. Folio size, 62 pp. English artist Louis Wain (1860-1939) is known for his trademark anthropomorphic cats, who live in a rich, vibrant world and display playful personalities amidst their alphabetised actions. According to H. G. Wells, "[Wain] has made the cat his own. He invented a cat style, a cat society, a whole cat world. English cats that do not look and live like Louis Wain cats are ashamed of themselves" (n. b., quote from Wikipedia). For this whimsical alphabet book, Wain creates a series of colour illustrations for each of the twenty-six letters, with captions for each image written in verse. In addition to Wain's ABC section, there are an additional four sections; the second presents the ABCs in a series of hunting scenes (uncredited), the third is also an ABC with anthropomorphic animals of all types (also uncredited); the fourth section, illustrated by E.H. Stewart, follows young children through their day, with each hour of the day properly alloted (e.g., "Seven O'Clock: Waking Time", etc.), the fifth and final section is yet another ABC (also uncredited), setting forth the characters and events when "Amy, her age it was eight" said "I will give an At Home of my own" (please note: there are several scenes in this section presenting stereotypical Golliwogs, which are now considered highly racist). This work is scarce in the marketplace, with no other copies online as of this writing; OCLC locates only three copies (Princeton, Bryn Mawr, and Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin); we see a single auction record (RBH). Interestingly, although Baumgarten lists numerous Wain titles it does not include this work, although it is included in Dale. Volume undated, we believe it to be a 1921 publication based on both Dale and a record found online where the book is listed in "The Saturday Review" for 19 November, 1921. ___DESCRIPTION: Bound in cloth-backed boards, the front board with a full-colour illustration (by or after E.H. Stewart) and the back board covered in plain grey paper, the front endpapers pictorial, with a series of small line drawings of children in blue and the rear endpapers plain, the front free endpaper serving as the title page, every page of each section with colour illustrations; folio size (13 3/8" by 10 1/4"), unpaginated with sixty-two pages (of which the front free endpaper and its verso consitute two). ___CONDITION: A bit better than good, the text block strong although the hinges are tender, the interior is bright with a few stray marks, the sole prior owner marking a child' name, written in a child's hand, on the (blank) verso of the title page/front free endpaper; the binding is generally worn with the corners rubbed, there is overall soil with some marks, and some toning to the free endpapers. Although the binding has been generously used, still a sturdy, good overall copy of a scarce Wain item. ___CITATION: Rodney Dale, "Louis Wain, The Man who drew Cats", p. 136. ___POSTAGE: International customers, please note that additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs; please inquire for details. ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA, ILAB, and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have, we are here to help.

President Harry Truman Awards And Signs Legion Of Merit To A Soviet Soldier by HARRY TRUMAN

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Seller: Stuart Lutz Historic Documents, Inc.

Title: President Harry Truman Awards And Signs Legion Of Merit To A Soviet Soldier
Author: HARRY TRUMAN
Seller: Stuart Lutz Historic Documents, Inc. (United States)
Description: HARRY TRUMAN (1884-1974). Truman served as the 33rd President. TDS. 1 pg. 8 x 10 N.d. White House. A typed document signed Harry S Truman as President: CITATION FOR LEGION OF MERIT Degree of Legionnaire Lieutenant Colonel Sergei Stapanovitch Sergeeff, 20th Budapest Guard Infantry Corps, Red Army, displayed exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services contributing materially to the success of combined operations in Europe. The Legion of Merit is a military award of the United States Armed Forces for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services and achievements. The award can be issued to members of the eight uniformed branches of the United States Armed Forces, but also to military and political figures of foreign governments. It is seventh in order of precedence of all U.S. military awards. Notable recipients of the Legion of Merit include Joe Louis, Colin Powell, King George VI, Chiang Kai-shek, Charles De Gaulle, Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, and Narendra Modi. Given how quickly U.S.-Soviet relations deteriorated after World War II, it is likely this specific citation was awarded in the early years of the presidency of Harry Truman. The document is in fine condition.

President Truman Appoints An Assistant Secretary Of Labor by HARRY TRUMAN

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Seller: Stuart Lutz Historic Documents, Inc.

Title: President Truman Appoints An Assistant Secretary Of Labor
Author: HARRY TRUMAN
Seller: Stuart Lutz Historic Documents, Inc. (United States)
Description: HARRY S. TRUMAN (1884-1972). Truman was the Thirty-Third President.DS. 1pg. 16 x 12 . September 27, 1950. Washington. A commission signed Harry S Truman as President and co-signed by Maurice J. Tobin as Secretary of Labor. The President appointed Robert J. Creasey as an Assistant Secretary of Labor. The calligrapher erred on Creaseys state, so he or she scratched it out and replaced it with Texas. The document is glued to a larger board and is evenly toned from a previous framing; the gold seal is intact and the large autograph is dark.

La Pucelle d'Orleans. Poeme en vingt-un Chants by Voltaire, (Francois Marie Arouet de)

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Title: La Pucelle d'Orleans. Poeme en vingt-un Chants
Author: Voltaire, (Francois Marie Arouet de)
Seller: Dale Steffey Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition: Very Good Plus
Description: Paris An VII (1799): Crapelet Book. Very Good Plus. Hardcover. Later Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. With an engraved portrait and 21 copperplates.xiii, (1), 223; (4), 243 pp. Two volumes bound in half green morocco over marbled boards, gilt back with crown and sword in four compartments, marbled end papers,all edges gilt. Very Good Plus, light edge wear, extensive light pencil bookseller notations in both French and English verso front marbled end paper, giving references for this work. With the armorial bookplates of Victor Duc de Saint-Simon Vermandois, second Spanish Duke of Saint-Simon, and confirmed as a peer of France by Louis XVIII in 1819 (though with the rank of marquis, not duke). He served as ambassador first in Lisbon, then in Copenhagen, before being named Governor-General of the French colonial possessions in India, based in Pondichéry, in 1834. He did not start using the ducal title until the 1840s. which dates this binding from 1840 to 1865, when he died. A Scarce edition, which incorporates the plates of the Didot edition of 1795 but without the frames. Voltaire's notorious bawdy parody of the life of French national heroine Joan of Arc, with the risque and erotic illustrations all present. Cohen-Ricci II, 1034.

Dryad Handicraft Leaflets by Dryad Handicrafts

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Seller: Thorn Books

Title: Dryad Handicraft Leaflets
Author: Dryad Handicrafts
Seller: Thorn Books (United States)
Condition: Very good
Description: Leicester: Druad Handicrafts, 1920. Hardcover. Very good. Bound volume containing 34 Dryad leaflets, numbers 3 to 36 inclusive. Publisher's green cloth, gilt spine title. Ownership name on front free endpaper, and an ownership stamp in the base of the title page. A near fine copy. The leaflets cover a great number of crafts, beginning with basketmaking, re-caning, papier-maché, alabaster carving, carving, etc. Some of the lealfets have color illustrations. Scarce. .

The Remedy for Duelling: A Sermon Deleivered Before the Presbytery of Long-Island, at the Opening of Their Session, at Aquebogue, April 16, 1806 by Beecher, Lyman

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Title: The Remedy for Duelling: A Sermon Deleivered Before the Presbytery of Long-Island, at the Opening of Their Session, at Aquebogue, April 16, 1806
Author: Beecher, Lyman
Seller: Nicholas D. Riccio Rare Books & Prints (United States)
Description: Pamphlet, 8vo, dbd, removed, sewn, 48 pp. Minor foxing and aging; very good. Beecher, the father of Harriet Beecher Stowe, delieverd this tract as a sermon in 1806. Not surprisingly, Beecher was strongly opposed to dueling, whichhe felt was sinful, evil, and murder. This pamphlet was sponsored by the Anti-Dueling Association of New York, and calls upon people to make a firm resolution against dueling, and resist those that don't. S&S 16976.

THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE by Glasgow, Ellen

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Title: THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE
Author: Glasgow, Ellen
Seller: Sumner & Stillman (United States)
Description: 1900. New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1900. Original tan cloth decorated in dark green. First Edition of Ellen Glasgow's third book -- a tale of the Reconstruction Era -- the first volume in a trilogy (followed by BATTLE-GROUND in 1902 and THE DELIVERANCE in 1904) that deals with life in Virginia from the end of the Civil war until the turn of the century. THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE is set in Kingsborough, Virginia (modeled upon Williamsburg), and portrays the social stress caused by the rise of the rural lower class during the years immediately after the Civil War. Ellen Glasgow, born and raised in Richmond, would go on to win the Pulitzer Prize in 1942, for IN THIS OUR LIFE. This is a handsome copy, fine except for the slightest of darkening of the spine.

RADIO NEWS WRITING AND EDITING by WARREN, Carl

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Seller: Antic Hay Books

Title: RADIO NEWS WRITING AND EDITING
Author: WARREN, Carl
Seller: Antic Hay Books (United States)
Description: Harper and Brothers Publishers, 1947. WARREN, Carl. RADIO NEWS WRITING AND EDITING. NY: Harper and Brothers Publishers, [1947]. 8vo., grey cloth. Later printing. Signed presentation from Carl Warren on front endpaper: To Bob Shand, a fine managing editor I am proud to call my friend. Carl Warren". Very Good (little wear spine tips, spine somewhat darkened). $85.00.

A Gentleman from Mississippi: A Novel Founded on the Popular Play of the Same Title. by Brady, William A.; Grismer, Joseph R; Wise, Thomas A.; Rhodes, Harrison

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Seller: Crooked House Books & Paper

Title: A Gentleman from Mississippi: A Novel Founded on the Popular Play of the Same Title.
Author: Brady, William A.; Grismer, Joseph R; Wise, Thomas A.; Rhodes, Harrison
Seller: Crooked House Books & Paper (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: J.S. Ogilvie Publishing Company, 1909. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. Hardcover, full blue cloth with white and black lettering and decoration to front and spine, dust jacket with similar design to covers, 7-5/8â€ tall, 189 pp. + publisherâ€™s ads, photographic plate illustrations. Very minor wear to spine ends, dust jacket missing bottom third of spine panel, small chips to top edge. The dust jacket flap describes this book only as â€œIn big demand.â€ Starring a young Douglas Fairbanks, the play was a success, and was adapted to film in 1914.

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