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G.H.Q. American Expeditionary Forces. General Orders No. 73 by [Women in the Military] Pershing, John

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Title: G.H.Q. American Expeditionary Forces. General Orders No. 73
Author: [Women in the Military] Pershing, John
Seller: Whitmore Rare Books (United States)
Description: France: AG Printing Department, 1919. First edition. Handbill measuring 195 x 127 mm with text to recto only. A Fine example of a scarce piece, which is not listed in OCLC. As the American Expeditionary Forces under General Pershing faced the violence of the European warfront, women also took on more official military positions than they had in the past. "At the time of the First World War, most women were barred from voting or serving in military combat roles," but many professionally "provided support on the front lines as nurses, doctors, ambulance drivers and translators" as well as serving as secretaries, operators, and canteen workers (National WWI Museum & Memorial). In fact, "World War I marked the first major mobilization of American women in Europe in US history. More than sixteen thousand women served as part of the AEF in sex-segregated environments in non-combat roles. Thousands worked stateside in the armed services in order to free up men for war. Hundreds more traveled to France to work for newspapers, relief societies, and to staff wartime agencies...This was waged work, so it attracted women interested in serving but without the means to perform volunteer service" (Missouri Over There). As the war ended, these brave women received some acknowledgement for their contributions, as evidenced here. Marked "for official circulation only," this small pamphlet contains Pershing's "desire to express my sincerest appreciation of the work done by the women of the American Expeditionary Forces. The part played by women in the winning of the war has been an important one...you have added new laurels to the already splendid record of American womanhood." Notably, however, the women of the AEF were not considered veterans and as such they did not receive the same types of benefits -- financial or otherwise -- given to their male counterparts. "Despite women's overseas actions, their heroism, and the celebration in the media of their work, most authorities continued to view women's wartime service as an aberration. Women who returned were urged to settle down and return to the domestic sphere" -- much as Pershing hints in his missive (Missouri Over There).

Policeman Bluejay by [BAUM, L. Frank, pseud]. Laura BANCROFT

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Title: Policeman Bluejay
Author: [BAUM, L. Frank, pseud]. Laura BANCROFT
Seller: Riverrun Books & Manuscripts (United States)
Condition: Corners rounded, other wear at extremities, wear at ends of spine with loss of some lettering of title and imprint
Description: Chicago: Reilly & Britton, 1907. Corners rounded, other wear at extremities, wear at ends of spine with loss of some lettering of title and imprint. 8vo. Complete with 8 color prints (including frontispiece) and black-and-white illustrations in text by Maginel Wright Enright. Original gray cloth, both covers with color-printed illustrations mounted. First edition, first state, with identical full-color designs on front and back covers.

Military Life in Algeria by [ALGERIA] CASTELLANE, [Louis Charles] P[ierre], Comte de

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Title: Military Life in Algeria
Author: [ALGERIA] CASTELLANE, [Louis Charles] P[ierre], Comte de
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books (United States)
Description: London: Hurst and Blackett, 1853. First English Language Edition. Octavo (19cm). Two volumes rebound in half brown sheep and marbled paper boards, all edges sprinkled blue; plain endpapers; [ii],303,[1]pp; [ii],307,[1]pp. Tight and sound but lightly rubbed, with leather over spine dried and cracking, title pages and final leaves browned from endleaves, else clean: around Very Good. First English translation of this account of the French conquest of Algeria, written by a French military officer. Uncommon in the trade.

The Table: How to Buy Food, How to Cook It, and How to Serve It. Revised edition, with supplements by Filippini, Alessandro

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Seller: Rabelais - Fine Books on Food & Drink

Title: The Table: How to Buy Food, How to Cook It, and How to Serve It. Revised edition, with supplements
Author: Filippini, Alessandro
Seller: Rabelais - Fine Books on Food & Drink (United States)
Description: New York: The Merriam Company, Fifth Avenue, 1895. Thick octavo (23.5 x 15.5 cm.), [iv], 505 pages. All edges green. Indices. Stated "Revised Edition, with Supplements"; originally issued in 1889. A cookbook associated with, but not exclusively drawn from, the great New York restaurant Delmonico. In a facsimile of a letter to Charles Delmonico, the author states he was employed by the restaurant for twenty-five years, although it has been said he worked there as chef de cuisine for thirty-nine years. The Table includes menus for every day of the year as well as somewhat simplified recipes based largely on his professional restaurant recipes. Also present is an interesting section on the fish available in the markets for each month of the year, and a description of some of the relative strengths and weaknesses of the American food markets as they compare to those of Europe, especially with regard to beef. The challenges of shipping live cattle cross country versus slaughtered sides are considered. Also included are a few menus from around the world, including Hong Kong, Africa, Japan, Korea, and Hawaii. Bit of foxing to early leaves, otherwise internally very good. In tan oilcloth, titled in green on the spine and front panel. Free endpapers and adjacent leaves heavily toned from acidification. But overall a near fine copy of a handsome book usually found in poor condition. Early ownership inscription, "Louis R. Merrill", to half title. [Bitting, page 157; not in Cagle].

Catalogue No. 20, 1998 by ART METROPOLE, bookseller

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Title: Catalogue No. 20, 1998
Author: ART METROPOLE, bookseller
Seller: Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller, Inc. (United States)
Description: Cover artwork by Stephen Ellwood. 71 pp. Large 4to (270 x 212 mm.), pictorial wrappers, staple-bound. Toronto: 1998. [with]: —. Catalogue No. 20 (Wholesale). Cover artwork by S. Ellwood. 11 pp. Large 4to (265 x 211 mm.), orig. pictorial wrappers, staple-bound. Toronto: 1998. Two scarce catalogues of artists’ books, multiples, audio works, video works, and periodicals. The second is a wholesale catalogue, with items offered at a 35% discount. Both in fine condition. ❧ See “Art Metropole’s Publications and Events History with Related Ephemera, January 1971 – April 2006,“ on the National Gallery of Canada website.

Expense Account NY Sheriff 1838-Elections-Trials-Newspaper Ads-Refreshments for Jurors

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Title: Expense Account NY Sheriff 1838-Elections-Trials-Newspaper Ads-Refreshments for Jurors
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Description: Manuscript Expense Account for Jacob Acker, Sheriff of New York County. 6pp., legal paper. Tears on folds. Items include getting refreshments for jurors, elections, placing advertisements in various newspapers and other activities.

Downtime by KAWS

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Title: Downtime
Author: KAWS
Seller: Harper's Books (United States)
Condition: Fine in cloth boards with paste-down color illustration.
Description: Atlanta: High Museum of Art, 2012. Fine in cloth boards with paste-down color illustration.. First Edition. Quarto. Published on the occasion of the retrospective exhibition at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, Georgia.

ROCKY LEDGE. Issue #1 by BAXTER, Glen; GINSBURG, Allen, et. al

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Title: ROCKY LEDGE. Issue #1
Author: BAXTER, Glen; GINSBURG, Allen, et. al
Seller: Charles Agvent, ABAA (United States)
Condition: Fine
Description: Nederland, CO: Rocky Ledge, 1979. First Edition. Pictorial wraps. Fine. Quarto (8-1/2" x 11") stapled pictorial wraps with cover drawing by Glen Baxter. Edited by Anne Waldman and Reed Bye with a poem by Allen Ginsburg and poems and prose by several other contributors. SIGNED at the bottom of the first page by Baxter. Acquired directly from the Gotham Book Mart inventory after the store closed.

Earth Changes Bible; A Personal Guide to the Coming Global Transformation by Tessman, Diane [Moseley, Jim]

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Title: Earth Changes Bible; A Personal Guide to the Coming Global Transformation
Author: Tessman, Diane [Moseley, Jim]
Seller: Carpetbagger Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN: 9780938294535
Condition: Very Good
Description: New Brunswick: Inner Light, 1996. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Inscribed on the title page to Jim Moseley. About Very Good. Wraps curled at the fore-edge, bumped at the corners. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. Tessman's New Age guide to avoid apocalypse inspired by her learnings from her alien abductor Tibus. From the collection of ufologist Tom Benson.

Falcon's "Command Performance" Video Pac 81, Sept-Oct '92 [brochure/poster]

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Title: Falcon's "Command Performance" Video Pac 81, Sept-Oct '92 [brochure/poster]
Seller: Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Description: [n.p.]: [n.p.], 1992. 8.5x11 inches folded, with six-panel creasing, explicit photos of male nudity and homosexuality throughout; in very good condition. When the brochure is completely unfolded, one side becomes a poster-sized collage of stills from the movie "Command Performance." Featuring Chuck Hunter, "Horse Hung" David Montana, Aiden Shaw, and more.

Leaves of Grass: Including Sands at Seventy, First Annex, Good-by My Fancy, Second Annex, A Backward Glance O'er Travel'd Roads, and Portrait From Life (Aventine Classics Volume 2) by Whitman, Walt

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Title: Leaves of Grass: Including Sands at Seventy, First Annex, Good-by My Fancy, Second Annex, A Backward Glance O'er Travel'd Roads, and Portrait From Life (Aventine Classics Volume 2)
Author: Whitman, Walt
Seller: Yesterday's Muse Books (United States)
Condition: Good
Description: New York: Aventine Press / Department of Limited Editions of J.J. Little and Ives Company, 1931. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 9x6x1. Boards a bit soiled, bookplate of Mary Weld on front endpaper, front and end matter lightly foxed. 1931 Hard Cover. 580 pp. 8vo. A complete edition of Leaves of Grass, and the second volume of the Aventine Classics series. Walter Whitman (May 31, 1819 - March 26, 1892) was an American poet, essayist, journalist, and humanist. He was a part of the transition between Transcendentalism and realism, incorporating both views in his works. Whitman is among the most influential poets in the American canon, often called the father of free verse. His work was very controversial in its time, particularly his poetry collection Leaves of Grass, which was described as obscene for its overt sexuality. Born on Long Island, Whitman worked as a journalist, a teacher, a government clerk, and a volunteer nurse during the American Civil War in addition to publishing his poetry. Early in his career, he also produced a temperance novel, Franklin Evans (1842). Whitman's major work, Leaves of Grass, was first published in 1855 with his own money. The work was an attempt at reaching out to the common person with an American epic. He continued expanding and revising it until his death in 1892. After a stroke towards the end of his life, he moved to Camden, New Jersey where his health further declined. He died at age 72 and his funeral became a public spectacle. Whitman's sexuality is often discussed alongside his poetry. Though biographers continue to debate his sexuality, he is usually described as either homosexual or bisexual in his feelings and attractions. However, there is disagreement among biographers as to whether Whitman had actual sexual experiences with men. Whitman was concerned with politics throughout his life. He supported the Wilmot Proviso and opposed the extension of slavery generally. His poetry presented an egalitarian view of the races, and at one point he called for the abolition of slavery, but later he saw the abolitionist movement as a threat to democracy.

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