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Daphnis and Chloe by Longus; ARISTIDE MAILLOL

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Title: Daphnis and Chloe
Author: Longus; ARISTIDE MAILLOL
Seller: Ursus Books (United States)
Description: 1937. MAILLOL, Aristide. Les Pastorales de Daphnis and Chloe. By Longus. With 52 woodcuts by Aristide Maillol. Two volumes. 8vo., original illustrated wrappers and publisher's vellum-backed slipcases. Paris: Gonin, 1937. A unique copy of the most beloved of all Maillol's books. This is the publisher's copy accompanied by 6 autograph letters from Maillol to the publisher discussin varuious aspects of the making of the book. As with all his books, Maillol was closely involved in all aspects of production, and the result is an extremely pleasing work, "perhaps the most harmonious of Maillol's illustrated books" (Garvey). This is copy number 1 of 25 hors commerce copies on large paper containing a double suite of the plates, one in black and white and one in sanguine. It is also accompanied by a somewhat foxed example of the wedding invitation which Maillol printed for Gonin and a letter from Gonin to the original purchaser of this copy. Signed by Maillol on the colophon. The Artist and the Book 174.

THE SECRET AGENT. A Simple Tale by Conrad, Joseph

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Title: THE SECRET AGENT. A Simple Tale
Author: Conrad, Joseph
Seller: Sumner & Stillman (United States)
Description: 1907. London: Methuen & Co., (1907). 40 pp ads dated Sept 1907. Original deep red cloth with gilt-decorated spine. First Edition of this tale of espionage sited in Russia. The idea for the story came from an actual 1890s revolutionary attempt to blow up the Observatory at Greenwich. Conrad initially planned this to be a short story (titled "Verloc"); however, as he "got into" it, he lengthened it into a full-blown novel. He then strove to make it a popular novel, one that would provide him with the cash he needed to get out from under pressing debts; however, after an initial flourish, sales dropped off and the book was not reprinted until 1914, after the success of CHANCE reawakened interest in Conrad. The initial printing consisted of 2,500 copies, including 500 for Canada and 500 intended for the colonies; however, the good initial reception of the book prompted the publisher to use the colonial copies for the domestic market instead, replacing the colonial half-title and title with the standard domestic one -- "there is no visible evidence of cancellation and for all practical purposes we must regard these copies as indistinguishable from the regular domestic issue" [Cagle]. This is a very good-plus, perhaps near-fine copy: there is some light speckling of the cloth mainly near some edges, and there is an early ink signature and (personal library?) number at the top of the title page. The original endpapers show no cracking, there is scarcely any of the often-pervasive foxing, and atypically the spine is NOT faded. In our experience LORD JIM, YOUTH and THE SECRET AGENT are the toughest of Conrad's first published editions to find in collectible condition. Supino A12.1.0; Cagle A12a(1); a "Modern Library 100" selection and a "Connolly 100 Key Books of the Modern Movement" selection.

Life and Times of Jo Mora, Iconic Artist of the American West by Hiller, Peter

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Seller: Thorn Books

Title: Life and Times of Jo Mora, Iconic Artist of the American West
Author: Hiller, Peter
Seller: Thorn Books (United States)
Condition: Fine
Description: San Francisco: Book Club of California, 2019. Limited edition. Hardcover. Fine. Large quarto, 9" x 12.25". Quarter brown leather over linen boards. Portrait of Mora mounted on front board, gilt spine. With a paper portfolio of reproductions of two noted posters by Mora. All housed in a brown cloth publisher's slipcase with gilt lettered spine. One of 50 copies (the Deluxe Edition), signed by Hiller as well as editor Gail Jones and printer Norman Clayton. In addition, the acknowledgments on the copyright page is signed by two of the supporters of the edition, James Bryant and Mary Hill. In addition to this edition of 50 copies, there were 295 copies of the trade edition and 20 hors-commerce with no extra plates. Uruguayan-born American artist Jo Mora (1876-1947) was a sculptor, painter, muralist, photographer, and historian, pardticularly known for his portrayals of cowboys. The two Mora posters which are included in the portfolio are "Evolution of the Cowboy" (1937 ) and one of Mora's important late works "The State of California" (1945). This title was oversubscribed on publication and therefore uncommon on the market. .

Around the World with General Grant; A Narrative of the Visit of General U.S. Grant, Ex-President of the United States, To Various Countries in Europe, Asia, and Africa, in 1877, 1878, 1879. To Which are Added Certain Conversations with General Grant on Questions Connected with American Politics and History by Young, John Russell

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Seller: The First Edition Rare Books, LLC

Title: Around the World with General Grant; A Narrative of the Visit of General U.S. Grant, Ex-President of the United States, To Various Countries in Europe, Asia, and Africa, in 1877, 1878, 1879. To Which are Added Certain Conversations with General Grant on Questions Connected with American Politics and History
Author: Young, John Russell
Seller: The First Edition Rare Books, LLC (United States)
Condition: Fine
Description: New York: Subscription Book Department, 1879. First Edition. Leather bound. Fine. First edition of Around the World with General Grant by John Russell Young, published in 1879.. Quarto, [two volumes], xii, 632pp; xvi, 632pp. Publisher's deluxe three-quarter brown morocco, gilt-tooled spine, brown pebbled cloth boards. Five raised bands, title in gilt on each spine. Marbled endpapers, with marbled leafends. Both volumes with solid text blocks, solid hinges. Light wear to corners and lower tips of the spine. Complete with forty-two full-page plates, and a world map of the voyage, all in fine condition. Includes twenty-one plates in Volume I, and twenty-one in Volume II. With 800 engravings in total. An attractive example. After completing his second term as president, Grant embarked on a two-year tour with his wife, Julia. Their itinerary took them across Europe, North Africa, the Middle East, India, Southeast Asia, China, and Japan. When they returned to the United States, the Grants stopped in Yosemite Valley, Utah Territory, and Nebraska before arriving in Chicago. John Russell Young, the book's author, was a journalist and writer invited to accompany the Grants on their journey. While in China, Young formed a friendship with the Qing statesman Li Hongzhang, a relationship that impressed Grant and later led him to recommend Young to President Chester A. Arthur for a diplomatic post in China.

Stone engraving by Théodore Maurisser (fl. 1834-1859) after the sculpture by Jean-Pierre Danton Jeune (1800-1869) by BERTON, Henri-Montan 1767-1844

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Seller: J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians LLC

Title: Stone engraving by Théodore Maurisser (fl. 1834-1859) after the sculpture by Jean-Pierre Danton Jeune (1800-1869)
Creator: BERTON, Henri-Montan 1767-1844
Seller: J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians LLC (United States)
Description: A full-length caricature of Berton in profile standing on a square block dressed in a long coat with musical notation to lapel and edge, hat in hand. Image size 180 x 50 mm., sheet size 260 x 170 mm. Slightly foxed; upper left corner of blank margin torn away. A very good impression on wove paper. A French composer, violinist, teacher and writer, Berton was musical director at the Théâtre de l'Impératrice (Opera Buffa) from 1807 to 1810 and chorus master at the Opéra from 1810 to 1815.

Exposicion Que Dirige al Soberano Congreso Nacional, el Gobierno del Departamento de Yucatan by Tiburcio Lopez, José

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Seller: McBride Rare Books

Title: Exposicion Que Dirige al Soberano Congreso Nacional, el Gobierno del Departamento de Yucatan
Author: Tiburcio Lopez, José
Seller: McBride Rare Books (United States)
Condition: Good plus.
Description: Merida: Imprenta de Castillo y Compania, 1845. Good plus.. 40pp. Original printed wrappers. Spine chipped, some wear and minor loss at corners. Light dampstaining at fore-edge; scattered, light foxing. Small, faint ink stamp on title page. A scarce appeal by the pro-Mexican faction in the Yucatan for the full reincorporation of the province into Mexico. The region had declared itself an independent republic in 1841 and rebuffed military attempts at reoccupation in 1842 and 1843. In exchange for the restoration of trade, the Yucatan accepted a Mexican provincial governor but retained autonomy until after the Mexican-American War. This pamphlet prints the appeal of the governor, José Tiburcio Lopez, who rather dubiously asserts that the return of the Yucatan to Mexico is the unanimous wish of its inhabitants, and that certain political dalliances, such as those with Texas and the United States, were in fact unwanted foreign interventions. The appendix at the rear prints pro-Mexican declarations from leading Yucatan political figures as well as some information on the contemporary agricultural and manufacturing production of the region. An unusual "Republic of Yucatan" imprint; OCLC locates only a small handful of copies.

South Florida Cookery; Unique recipes from the tropics and elsewhere by Hawkes, Alex D.

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Title: South Florida Cookery; Unique recipes from the tropics and elsewhere
Author: Hawkes, Alex D.
Seller: Rabelais - Fine Books on Food & Drink (United States)
Description: Coral Gables, Fla: Wake-Brook House, 1964. Large octavo (22 x 15 cm.), 224 pages. Index. FIRST EDITION, regular issue. There was also a "Sponsor's Edition" limited to 225 signed and numbered copies, with a list of sponsors, but otherwise similar. An interesting collection of recipes from South Florida, which contains an amalgam of dishes focused on the cuisines of the West Indies, especially those that use fruits and vegetables of the Caribbean, with dishes familiar to any American seeking recipes for "entertaining" in that era. The author, Alex Drum Hawkes (1927-1977), was a noted botanist and the author of numerous books on orchids and other tropical plants, as well quite a few cookbooks, usually with a focus on the foods of the West Indies and the Caribbean basin. Several dozen orchids have been named after him. The publishers describe this as "a handmade book" on the copyright page, and its simple design includes boards covered with a bright, decorative, green and white cloth, with a printed paper title label running the length of the spine. The paper of the label is somewhat browned from age, and the cloth is very lightly soiled, but overall the book remains very good or better. Inscribed by the author on the free front endpaper, "For Nika Hazelton – Fond regards of the author, Alex D. Hawkes, December 1968". Nika Hazelton was a renowned cookbook author and food journalist. [OCLC locates thirty-two copies].

Three (3) Transcriptions of The Ten Commandments in Decorative Modern Calligraphy

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Title: Three (3) Transcriptions of The Ten Commandments in Decorative Modern Calligraphy
Seller: Eclectibles (United States)
Condition: Good. Two gold trims loose, others beginning to loosen.
Description: United States, 1970. Good. Two gold trims loose, others beginning to loosen.. A set of three (3) decorative posters, hand-recording the Ten Commandments in modern calligraphy in three different Hebrew scripts: "Script of the Dead Sea Scrolls 1st Century"; "Rashi Script 14th Century"; and "Script of the Scribes from 1500". Each measures approx. 14.25" by 9", and has been hand lettered in red, gold, and black ink. They are laid down on scrap thick card, and removed from an early (1970s?) frame.

Ten Days in the Mountains. An album by Xiao Yuncong (1596-1673) by Xiao, Yuncong. Wear, Eric Otto

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Title: Ten Days in the Mountains. An album by Xiao Yuncong (1596-1673)
Author: Xiao, Yuncong. Wear, Eric Otto
Seller: Kaaterskill Books, ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Condition: A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. As new.
Description: Hong Kong: Hanart T Z Gallery, 2002. First edition. Cloth. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. As new.. Unpaged [36 pp]. Illus. 4to. Signed by the author Eric Otto Wear. "In the midst of political turmoil and the collapse of an empire, Xiao Yuncong (1596-1673) sat in a flooded hut and painted ten deceptively simple images." To these Wear has added ten prose poems and drawings. English text on folded card stock, with Chinese translation within (by Chiu Kwong Chiu), tipped-in opposite the illustrations. A beautiful production.

Churchill and Beaverbrook ; A study in Friendship and Politics by Young, Kenneth

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Title: Churchill and Beaverbrook ; A study in Friendship and Politics
Author: Young, Kenneth
Seller: Hackenberg Booksellers ABAA (United States)
Description: London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1966. 349p., b/w illus., lightly chipped dj.

METAMORFOZY BOGOW INDYJSKICH [METAMORPHOSES OF INDIAN GODS] by JAKIMOWICZ-SHAH, Marta

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Title: METAMORFOZY BOGOW INDYJSKICH [METAMORPHOSES OF INDIAN GODS]
Author: JAKIMOWICZ-SHAH, Marta
Seller: Brian Cassidy Bookseller at Type Punch Matrix (United States)
Condition: Very good.
Description: Warsaw: Krajowa Agencja Wydawnicza, 1983. First Edition. Very good.. Catalog of a 17th century volume of 105 Indian miniatures, now held by the Warsaw University Library. Reproduced in color and black and white, with modifications to the original sequence of illustrations. Text in Polish, followed by a brief summary in English. This copy inscribed by the author to abstract expressionist painter Harold Shapinsky ("To Harold and Kate Shapinsky / Marta Jakimowicz-Shah / 17.3.85 Warsaw"). Hardcover. 4to. Pictorial boards, no dust jacket as issued. Corners bumped; boards slightly bent/curved. SIGNED on title page. About very good.

ELECTRICAL-ANALOG-MODEL STUDY OF WATER RESOURCES OF THE COLUMBUS AREA, BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY, INDIANA by WSP 1981 -- Watkins, F.A. Jr. and Heisel

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Title: ELECTRICAL-ANALOG-MODEL STUDY OF WATER RESOURCES OF THE COLUMBUS AREA, BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY, INDIANA
Author: WSP 1981 -- Watkins, F.A. Jr. and Heisel
Seller: Hoffman Books (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: Washington, D.C.: GPO. Very Good. 1970. Softcover. USGS 1970. Wrappers, very good condition (rubber stamp on cover) Complete with all maps and plates. .

Blue-Collar Light: Poems. by ZARZYSKI, Paul.

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Title: Blue-Collar Light: Poems.
Author: ZARZYSKI, Paul.
Seller: Jeff Maser, Bookseller-ABAA (United States)
Description: West Sacramento: Red Wing Press, (1998).. First edition.. 41 pp. Small pale stain on front cover, else near fine in stapled wrappers.

New Royal Cook Book by Royal Baking Powder Co.

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Title: New Royal Cook Book
Author: Royal Baking Powder Co.
Seller: lizzyoung bookseller (United States)
Condition: Black printed wraps, Near fine
Description: New York, NY: Royal Baking Powder Co., 1922. Staplebound. Black printed wraps, Near fine. 50 pages, 20 cm x 13 cm. The New Royal Cook Book is the 1922 release of the Royal Baking Powder Company in their line of advertisement recipe booklets. The cover has detailed, full color illustrations of some of the recipes inside, a large change from the 1902 and 1911 Royal Baker and Pastry Cook books this edition replaced. Inside the front page of the book, there is a yellow insert to fill out and send back with the names and addresses of three friends to whom Royal will send the book, free of charge. Laid in are a handwritten recipe for Picallili, a postcard from Stoneham, Massachusetts from 1907, and a recipe for Coffee Bavarian Cream written on a paper from the prescription pad of Dr. M. D. Sheehan. 2 small stains on front page, otherwise very clean.

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