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Odysseias [The Odyssey] (Large paper copy) by Homer

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Seller: Whitmore Rare Books

Title: Odysseias [The Odyssey] (Large paper copy)
Author: Homer
Seller: Whitmore Rare Books (United States)
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Glasguae [Glasgow]: In Aedibus Academicis, Excudebant Robertus et Andreas Foulis, 1758. First thus. Near Fine. The rare large paper issue of the beautiful Foulis folio edition of the Odyssey. Near-contemporary diced russia rebacked with gilt spine. Two volumes, folio. Measuring 245 x 385 mm. [viii], 297; [iv], 336 pp. Bound without terminal blanks, otherwise complete. Pages ruled in red with half-titles and title-pages elaborately ruled in red and green. Corners somewhat rubbed. Some foxing to preliminaries in volume one, otherwise very clean and fresh throughout. A bright, Near Fine copy. The Foulis folio editions of the Odyssey (1758) and the Iliad (1756) are regarded as landmarks in Scottish printing and two of the finest editions of Homer ever produced. This large-paper issue, measuring about 5cm greater in both dimensions than the regular edition and printed on better-quality paper, is rare and particularly sumptuous (Gaskell, 319). The production was highly praised by Dibdin, both for its aesthetics and its accuracy, as "each sheet, before it was finally committed to the press, having been six times revised by various literary men" including Andrew Foulis, Professors James Moor and George Muirhead, and James Tweedie. The Foulis editions of the Odyssey and Iliad were both printed with specially-cut double pica type from the Edinburgh University type founder Andrew Wilson, resulting in a clear and readable text praised by Edward Gibbon, who wrote that he "read Homer with more pleasure in the Glasgow edition. Through that fine medium, the poet's sense seems more beautiful and transparent." ESTC T90250. Gaskell, Bibliography of the Foulis Press, 319. Near Fine.

Poems by [Hofland, Barbara] Hoole, Barbara

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Title: Poems
Author: [Hofland, Barbara] Hoole, Barbara
Seller: Whitmore Rare Books (United States)
Description: Sheffield: J. Montgomery, 1805. First edition. Contemporary mottled calf with gilt and morocco to spine. Marbled endpapers. Measuring 148 x 90mm and collating complete with subscriber's list: li, [1, blank], 256. Discreet repair to upper joint near crown and joints starting but sound. Occasional light scattered foxing, but a largely clean and fresh copy internally. Several small pinholes to title and dedication leaves not affecting text. Bookplate of Mary Oates to front pastedown, with her husband George Oates (1789-1827) appearing in the subscriber's list, possibly on her behalf. A scarce collection of poetry by the writer Barbara Hoole Hofland, who supported herself and founded a school with funds from her publications, OCLC documents only 2 copies in libraries (BL and NLS). It is the only copy on the market. "In forty years of writing, Barbara Hoole Hofland produced nearly seventy titles...They include books for children or young adults and adult novels, with some poems, plays, guidebooks, and handbooks on artistic topics rounding out her bibliography. More than 300,000 copies of her books were sold in Britain and as many, proportionately to population, in the U.S." (Orlando Project). Her career began of necessity. Having married the merchant T. Bradford Hoole, she was shortly after widowed and left to support herself. It was during this period that Poems was published, with a staggering list of 2,000 subscribers including George Oates (who purchased the present copy). Funds from this work, which emphasizes female experiences and interiority, made it possible for her to launch and maintain a boarding school at Harrogate, where she could make education accessible to girls. On her marriage to artist Thomas Hofland, she moved from Sheffield to London, where she settled into a career as a full time writer. "Though many of her titles fall naturally into groups, [focusing] on family relationships (notably widows as struggling, successful single mothers)...she always varied her forumulas. Her books for the adult market were independent in their attitudes, expressing an original and thinking mind" (Orlando Project). This early work reveals Hofland finding her creative voice, which ultimately did not shy away from or diminish the value of how women perceive experiences from the domestic to the global. While some poems address the loss of friends, advice to young men and women, or the hopes of a widow for her daughter, others consider how war and politics unsettle and affect women.

Thyrza. A Tale (in 3 vols.) by Gissing, George

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Seller: Whitmore Rare Books

Title: Thyrza. A Tale (in 3 vols.)
Author: Gissing, George
Seller: Whitmore Rare Books (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: London: Smith, Elder & Co, 1887. First edition. Very Good. Original publisher's cloth binding stamped in black. Yellow endpapers. Measuring 185 x 125mm and collating complete with half titles to all volumes and publisher's adverts to rear of final volume: [6], 291, [1]; [6], 316; [6], 298, [2, adverts]. A Very Good copy with minor bumps to extremities; some hinges tender and starting. Rear hinge repaired in volume 1. Minor marginal foxing and staining throughout, not affecting text. "George Gissing intended Thyrza to contain the very spirit of London working-class life. His story tells of Walter Egremont, an Oxford trained idealist who gives lectures on literature to workers, some of them from his father's Lambeth factory. Thyrza Trent, a young hat trimmer, meets and falls in love with him, forsaking Gilbert Grail, an intelligent working man who Egremont has put in charge of his library. In a tale of ambition, betrayal, and disillusionment, Gissing's heroine aspires to purity and self-improvement. Trapped by birth and circumstance, she is unable to escape her destiny. Thyrza Trent is the embodiment of Gissing's preoccupation with sex, class, and money. Through her, he exposes a society intrinsically opposed to social mobility" (Victorian Secrets). Very Good.

One Month Ago. (Deluxe Edition of 10 Copies With Print) by GUYTON, Wade

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Title: One Month Ago. (Deluxe Edition of 10 Copies With Print)
Author: GUYTON, Wade
Seller: Harper's Books (United States)
Condition: Fine in printed wrappers; print ripped at edge, as issued. Housed in a custom clamshell box with a special enclosure for the pri
Description: New York: Karma, 2014. Fine in printed wrappers; print ripped at edge, as issued. Housed in a custom clamshell box with a special enclosure for the print.. Deluxe Edition. Quarto. Number 9 of 10 numbered copies; SIGNED by Guyton in the book. Issued with an 8 1/2 x 11 inch color print, not signed as issued, ripped from the pages of the book (the trade edition lacks this page). An artist's book of appropriated images captured by Guyton off sfcrewcut.com.tumblr on January 13, 2013. The deluxe edition was not offered publicly.

THE COMPLETE WORKS by (BINDINGS - HERTZBERG & SONS). HAWTHORNE, NATHANIEL

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Seller: Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts

Title: THE COMPLETE WORKS
Author: (BINDINGS - HERTZBERG & SONS). HAWTHORNE, NATHANIEL
Seller: Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts (United States)
Description: Cambridge: Printed at the Riverside Press, 1883. No. 68 OF 250 COPIES of the "Riverside Edition.. 248 x 159 mm. (9 3/4 x 6 1/4"). 13 volumes. Introductory notes to each volume by George Parsons Lathrop. Restrained but attractive early 20th century brown crushed morocco by Ernst Hertzberg & Sons (stamp-signed on rear free endpaper), covers with frame formed by pairs of plain gilt rules and a single gilt dot at each corner, raised bands, spine compartments gilt in the same design as the covers, gilt titling, turn-ins densely gilt in a palmette pattern, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt, other edges rough trimmed. All 13 volumes with frontispieces and title pages with etched vignette. A Large Paper Copy on laid paper. Title pages in red and black. Clark B-10; BAL 7643. Spines faintly and evenly sunned, just a hint of wear to the tops of three spines, but A BEAUTIFUL SET, the lustrous bindings almost entirely unworn, and the text unusually clean, fresh, and bright. One of the major figures in the history of literature in the United States, Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-64) was among those who first inspired the idea of "American literature," a national literature that could take its place alongside its long-established European forebears. Probably more than any other writer of stature in 19th century America, Hawthorne combined vivid imagination with careful, structured craft. In addition to his great achievements--"The Scarlet Letter" of 1850 and "The House of Seven Gables" (1851)--our handsome edition contains all of the lesser narrative and non-fiction writings, including voluminous entries from his journals, said to contain upwards of 300,000 words. This copy has the original 12 volumes that normally make up the set, along with an additional 13th volume containing "Doctor Grimshawe's Secret," edited by Julian Hawthorne. Ernst Hertzberg, who learned to bind in his native Germany, went to work as a finisher for the Ringer bindery after immigrating to Chicago, and he eventually became a partner in the business. He also collected Napoleonic prints and documents with the goal of binding an extra-illustrated edition of William Milligan Sloane's "Life of Napoleon Bonaparte." The completed project was exhibited at the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis, where it won top honors for bookbinding. Hertzberg sold the set to a private collector for the then-staggering sum of $12,000, which allowed him to buy out his partner and set up his own bindery..

Another Country by Baldwin, James

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Seller: Bookbid Rare Books

Title: Another Country
Author: Baldwin, James
Seller: Bookbid Rare Books (United States)
Condition: Near fine
Description: New York: Dial Press, 1962. First. hardcover. Near fine/Very good. A near fine first edition (1962 on title page and no mention of later printings on copyright page) in a very good dust jacket with original price of $5.95 on front flap of the dust jacket and 1 1/2 inch long residue from removal of tape on front of jacket.

Dramatis Personæ by YEATS, W. B.

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Title: Dramatis Personæ
Author: YEATS, W. B.
Seller: James S. Jaffe Rare Books LLC (United States)
Condition: Fine copy in glassine jacket which is chipped (with loss) in a few places
Description: Dublin: The Cuala Press, 1935. First edition (400 copies printed). Wade 183. Fine copy in glassine jacket which is chipped (with loss) in a few places. 8vo, original cloth-backed paper over boards, printed paper spine label, glassine dust jacket. Fine copy in glassine jacket which is chipped (with loss) in a few places.

Interessantes Gespräch Uber Sclaverey In Amerika Zwischen Nabob Und Gottlieb Im Staate Georgien

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Title: Interessantes Gespräch Uber Sclaverey In Amerika Zwischen Nabob Und Gottlieb Im Staate Georgien
Seller: Books Tell You Why, Inc. (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: s.l.. Very Good. [1840?]. First Edition. A smart first edition in Very Good condition with minor soiling and damp staining to upper page edges. Sewn without wraps, as issued; Not in Sabin or DeRenne. Library of Congress gives no author, place of publication or date. "An interesting discussion about slavery in American between Nabob and Gottlieb in the State of Georgia. " (translation of title). OCLC does not locates any copies; 8vo; [1] 2-16 pages; GinsID627; INTERESSANTES GESPRACH UBER SCLAVEREN IN AMERIKA ZWISCHER NABOB UND GOTTLIEB IM STAATE GEORGIEN. [N.p., n.d., 1840?]. 16pp. Sewn as issued. First edition. Not in Sabin or DeRenne. Library of Congress gives no author, place of publication of date. " An interesting discussion about slavery in American between Nabob and Gottlieb in the State of Georgia." (translation of title). OCLC does not locates any copies of this little rarity.; OP:300 .

Transactions of the American Art-Union for the Year 1848

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Title: Transactions of the American Art-Union for the Year 1848
Seller: Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (United States)
Condition: Good+, some wear to covers
Description: NY: G. F. Nesbitt, 1849. Softcover. Good+, some wear to covers. Greenish wraps. 191 pp. This publication contains the listings of the 455 paintings which were distributed at the 1848 annual meeting AND to whom each painting went, and the city that the individual lived in. Also contains a complete listing of paid members, honorary secretaries, and the annual report of the Union. Frontis illustrations with tissue guard: Etching of "Youth" from the original painting by Thomas Cole; opposite page showing obverse and reverse of the Stuart Medal Rare.

Mark Twain's Sketches New and Old by Twain, Mark

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Title: Mark Twain's Sketches New and Old
Author: Twain, Mark
Seller: Carpetbagger Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hartford: American Publishing Company, 1884. Hardcover. Very Good. Early Reprint. Very Good. Blue publisher's binding, toned at the spine and edges, rubbed. Square, front hinge a bit loose, firm and clean otherwise. Twain's classic novel about Tom Sawyer and his friend Huckleberry Finn.

M by (Shakespeare, William)

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Seller: Thorn Books

Title: M
Author: (Shakespeare, William)
Seller: Thorn Books (United States)
Condition: Fine
Description: Santa Fe: The Press of the Palace of the Governors, 2013. Softcover. Fine. Accordion style book, 5 inches high by about 8 inches long. Printed in silver on black paper. An excerpt from 'Macbeth': "Tomorrow & tomorrow & tomorrow...." he text is bound into black boards, with the upper board simply printed in silver with "M." Finely printed by Tom Leech and James Bourlandat the Press of the Palace of the Governors. One of 23 numbered copies of which this is No. 19. A fine copy.

Yours Truly Harvey Donaldson by Wolfe, David R.

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Seller: Kenneth Mallory Bookseller. ABAA

Title: Yours Truly Harvey Donaldson
Author: Wolfe, David R.
Seller: Kenneth Mallory Bookseller. ABAA (United States)
ISBN: 9780935632019
Condition: Very Good
Description: Prescott: Wolfe Publishing Company, 1980. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. xiii, 271pp. Very good hardback bound in publisher's brown boards with mylar jacket.

Janie; a comedy in three acts by Bentham, Josephine, and Herschel Williams

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Title: Janie; a comedy in three acts
Author: Bentham, Josephine, and Herschel Williams
Seller: ReadInk (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: New York/Los Angeles: Samuel French. Very Good. (c.1943, 1944). First Edition Thus. Softcover. [light external soiling and moderate age-toning, small closed tear at bottom of front cover; front endpaper stamped "Return to Story Dept. / Paramount Pictures Inc.," and there is also an old paper clip affixed to the top of the front endpaper which has caused the page to tear at that point so is better left in place]. (B&W photographs) The published script for the hit play (which ran for 642 performances on Broadway between September 1942 and January 1944), adapted by the author of the 1940 novel of the same name, in collaboration with Herschel Williams. The movie version, also called JANIE and released by Warner Bros. in September 1944, was stated to have been based only on the play, with no mention of the original source novel, which has itself become something of a rarity. (As of this writing, there is only a single copy of the novel on offer in the online marketplace -- also by ReadInk. See our separate listing for more speculation about this oddly "lost" novel.) A sequel to the film, JANIE GETS MARRIED, appeared in 1946, with a similarly evasive credit: "based on characters created in the play." (It's also interesting to note -- although I can't say what significance to attach to it, if any -- that this particular copy was once the property of the Story Department at a different movie studio (Paramount) than the one that produced the two films.) .

Golden Gate by Angelo, Valenti, Author and Illustrator

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Title: Golden Gate
Author: Angelo, Valenti, Author and Illustrator
Seller: De Simone Company, Booksellers (United States)
Description: New York: Viking Press and the Junior Literary Guild, 1939. 8vo. 235 x 160 mm., [9 1/4 x 8 1/4 inches.]. 273pp. All illustrations by the author, in handsome block-print style; Angelo was a specialist in linocut. Publisher's pinkish-tan cloth with dark brown stamping on spine and front cover; illustrated jacket, notched as issued (but unclipped), in tan and metallicized gold. Book Near Fine: seemingly barely read; normal age-browning to pastedowns. Jacket Very Good: slight abrasions to edges, two short closed tears on rear near top of spine-fold. First Edition. Valenti Angelo (1897-1982), whose work is highly prized among graphic artists and collectors, was born in Massarossa, in Tuscany, and immigrated to the U.S. at the age of 8. After a period in New York City, he settled in California where he became a leading engraver and printer, specializing in the linocut as a medium, and in evocative Southwestern night and desert scenes. In San Francisco he worked with the celebrated Grabhorn Press. Nino, his first book for children, received the Newbery Honor in 1939. In Golden Gate, Angelo provides a sequel to the earlier autobiographical Nino, in which he had recreated his very youngest years in Tuscany. Golden Gate restarts the story of his childhood after the American arrival.

Ghada Amer: Reading Between the Threads by AMER, Ghada, Selene Wendt, James Rondeau, and Valerie Cassel

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Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA

Title: Ghada Amer: Reading Between the Threads
Author: AMER, Ghada, Selene Wendt, James Rondeau, and Valerie Cassel
Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN: 9788290955477
Description: Hovikodden, Norway: Henie Onstad Art Centre, 2001. First edition. Softcover. 63 pages. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran September 20 through December 2, 2001 and then traveled for additional dates. Text in English and Norwegian. Features contributions by Selene Wendt, James Rondeau and the text of a conversation between Valerie Cassel and Amer. Includes numerous color illustrations. A fine copy in French style wrappers.

The Young Visiters; or, Mr. Salteena's Plan [Visitors] (The Folio Society) by Ashford, Daisy; Barrie, J.M. [James Matthew]

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Title: The Young Visiters; or, Mr. Salteena's Plan [Visitors] (The Folio Society)
Author: Ashford, Daisy; Barrie, J.M. [James Matthew]
Seller: Yesterday's Muse Books (United States)
Condition: Near Fine
Description: London: The Folio Society, 1956. First Thus. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 0x0x0. Brough, Diana. First thus (Ford-Smith, Folio 76 #92). Includes publisher's slipcase. Near fine in very good slipcase. Bottom corner of slipcase discolored. 1956 Hard Cover. 78 pp. Introduction by J.M. Barrie (author of Peter Pan), hand-colored illustrations by Diana Brough. "This, 'the greatest novel written by a nine-year-old,' has been in print in Britain since the '20s, but has been out of print in the U.S. for 35 years. It has two hilarious themes: love and social climbing.

Thee. by AIKEN, Conrad.

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Title: Thee.
Author: AIKEN, Conrad.
Seller: Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Condition: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
Description: NY:: George Braziller,. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1967. Hardcover. A poem. Stated first printing. Very good in a very good (minor shelf wear and age toning) dust jacket. .

History of the Organization of the Seventies. Names of the First and Second Quorums. Items in Relation to the First Presidency of the Seventies. Also, A Brief Glance at Enoch and His City by Young, Joseph, Sr.

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Title: History of the Organization of the Seventies. Names of the First and Second Quorums. Items in Relation to the First Presidency of the Seventies. Also, A Brief Glance at Enoch and His City
Author: Young, Joseph, Sr.
Seller: Weller Book Works ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Condition: Good
Description: Deseret News , 1878. Good. Young, Joseph, Sr.. History of the Organization of the Seventies. Names of the First and Second Quorums. Items in Relation to the First Presidency of the Seventies. Also, A Brief Glance at Enoch and His City. Salt Lake City: Deseret News , 1878. 16pp. 8vo. Disbound pamphlet. Book condition: Good with wraps missing, faint soiling on verso of frontispiece, numbers written in ink on top corner of title page, and last leaf has a one inch closed tear in middle near spine and a small ink stamp with writing on bottom corner. Flake 10082.

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