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Histoire des découvertes et conquestes des Portugais dans le Nouveau monde

Histoire des découvertes et conquestes des Portugais dans le Nouveau monde by Joseph-François Lafitau (1681-1746)

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Title
Histoire des découvertes et conquestes des Portugais dans le Nouveau monde
Author
Joseph-François Lafitau (1681-1746)
Seller
The Book Collector ABAA, ILAB, TBA (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
2 volumes. [8]+xxiv+616+[47]+[1] pages with 4 maps ad view (one folding) and 3 plates (one folding); [2]+693+[89]+[2] pages with 1 map and 6 plates. Quarto (10 1/4" x 10 1/4") bound in half leather with raised spine bands and gilt lettering to spine over marbled boards. (Borba de Moraes, page I:453; European Americana 733/146; Sabin 38591) First edition.Joseph-François Lafitau was a French Jesuit missionary, ethnologist, and naturalist. He is best known for his use of the comparative method in the field of scientific anthropology, the discovery of ginseng, and his writings on the Iroquois. Lafitau was the first of the Jesuit missionaries in Canada to have a scientific point of view. Lafitau is considered the first of the modern ethnographers and a precursor of scientific ethnology for his work on the Iroquois. He developed a model of studying peoples that involved describing existing cultures on their own terms—not in comparison to European society. He distinguished generic and specific traits, transforming the "generic savage" into specific tribal groups. He explained that "only from specific identities can genetic relations be inferred." Furthermore, he was the first to declare, "contemporary primitive cultures throw light upon the culture of ancient people and vice versa. Lafitau is remembered for applying the comparative method with a greater level of competency than any of his contemporaries. Through original field observations, he was able to critique the works of earlier writers on Primitive peoples. By using the Comparative Method, Lafitau rejected all theories of social and cultural change and instead used his study to demonstrate the similarities in customs, practices, and usages of the Native North Americans with diverse peoples from different continents and centuries. He consistently relied on the doctrine of degeneration: all men originally shared one religion with one God but over time as people migrated to separate margins of the earth where they then lost touch with the values and traditions of this one true religion and culture. Therefore, Lafitau believed in the "psychic unity of mankind" and the doctrine of primitive monotheism. His major work, written in French, was first published in 1724 in Paris. It is entitled Customs of the American Indians Compared with the Customs of Primitive Times (Moeurs des Sauvages Amériquains, Comparées aux Moeurs des Premiers Temps) and is 1,100 pages in total. In 1974, William Fenton and Elizabeth Moore made the first translation into English available. Lafitau published two other works. One, Histoire de Jean de Brienne, Roy de Jérusalem et Empereur de Constantinople (Paris, 1727), was released before he returned to Canada; it is little known and seldom seen. A two-volume Histoire des découvertes et conquestes des Portugais dons le Nouveau Monde . . . (1733) appeared after he came home to France. Frequently found in libraries, it is not just a compilation of original sources but an attempt to make available to French readers a story of exploration and adventure otherwise denied to them; in the chronicles he sees a long development of customs hitherto unnoticed, such as he had reported in the Mœurs; from them, understood only, he says, in the original languages of the people who practice them, he builds his "system" or philosophy of history, and once more he is concerned too with the relation between custom and natural history, or ecology.Condition:Beautifully rebound in half leather. Faint dampening to second volume; early owner's signatures on title pages, inked stamps of St Charles Borromeo Seminary on front paste-downs and first title page, lacks frontispiece else a very good to fine set.
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The life of Sir Isaac Newton by BREWSTER, David

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The life of Sir Isaac Newton
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BREWSTER, David
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Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts (United States)
Description
London: John Murray, 1831. FIRST EDITION. Engraved frontispiece portrait of Newton, woodcut vignette on title, text illustrations and diagrams. Contemporary moire over boards with gilt floral design on corners, gilt edges; rebacked. Possibly from the library of Elizabeth Jones [Soyer], the English portrait artist, with her signature, and 2 library plates on paste-down and first flyleaf; a couple of insignificant tears. First edition.
Trainspotting (Original photograph from the 1996 film)

Trainspotting (Original photograph from the 1996 film) by Ewan McGregor (starring); Danny Boyle (director); Irvine Welsh (novel); John Hodge (screenwriter)

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Trainspotting (Original photograph from the 1996 film)
Author
Ewan McGregor (starring); Danny Boyle (director); Irvine Welsh (novel); John Hodge (screenwriter)
Seller
Royal Books (United States)
Description
N.p.: N.p., 1996. Vintage black-and-white borderless reference photograph from the 1996 film, showing Ewan McGregor drinking with his friends. Director Danny Boyle's second and best-known film, an adaptation of the acclaimed 1993 novel by Irvine Welsh, a darkly comic examination of the life of a heroin addict trying desperately to extract himself from his habit and the accompanying lifestyle. McGregor rose to international stardom on the strength of his performance as the lead, Mark Renton, and would return for the sequel, "T2 Trainspotting," released in 2017. 10 x 8 inches. Fine.
TIMOTHY TRIM'S CLOCK BOOK

TIMOTHY TRIM'S CLOCK BOOK

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TIMOTHY TRIM'S CLOCK BOOK
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Type Punch Matrix (United States)
Condition
Near fine.
Description
Detroit: Curtis Advertising Co, 1909. Near fine.. First edition of this delightful interactive clock book, in which Umpty Umpt (the son-in-law of Father Time) teaches children how to tell time with a moveable clock face. The text in verse offers a fun way to teach telling time. Each page of text faces a wonderful full color illustration in the style of Denslow. In a 1914 issue of HOME PROGRESS, a mother attested to the usefulness of the CLOCK BOOK: from its "jingle verses," her daughter learned what the hand positions on the clock face meant "fairly well" -though when she was promised a watch as a reward when "she became much more of an adept" (793). A lovely copy of a charming educational novelty. 7.25'' x 10''. Original three-color pictorial boards with circular cut-out to front, with clock face including moveable metal hands mounted to inner rear board and protruding through cut-out. Illustrated in three colors. [16] pages, each leaf with a circular cut-out. Ink gift inscription dated year of publication to front pastedown; pencil name next to inscription. Light rubbing and soil to boards.
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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BOARDS OF REGENTS OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION : SHOWING THE OPERATIONS, EXPENDITURES, AND CONDITION OF THE INSTITUTION FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1894. REPORT OF THE U.S. NATIONAL MUSEUM

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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BOARDS OF REGENTS OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION : SHOWING THE OPERATIONS, EXPENDITURES, AND CONDITION OF THE INSTITUTION FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1894. REPORT OF THE U.S. NATIONAL MUSEUM
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Washington: Government Printing Office, 1896. Hardcover. Octavo, xxvi, 1030 pages. In Poor condition. Ex-library with the usual markings including call number label on spine, library stamps to endpapers and title page, card pocket on rear pastedown.Spine is black with black print. Boards in black cloth; fraying to spine caps and corners, shelf wear, toning to spine. Text block has cracked front hinge, broken rear hinge and consequent exposed binding and tear to rear pastedown, intermittent spine breaks. Illustrated: b&w plates (photographs), b&w text illustrations (drawings). NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column Y. 1407730. FP New Rockville Stock.
IMPRESSMENT OF AMERICAN SEAMEN

IMPRESSMENT OF AMERICAN SEAMEN by Zimmerman, James Fulton

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IMPRESSMENT OF AMERICAN SEAMEN
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Zimmerman, James Fulton
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Second Story Books, ABAA (United States)
Description
New York: Columbia University, 1925. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, 279 pages. In Good plus condition. Spine is green with red label and silver lettering. Boards show minor scratching on back board, slight bumping to spine headcap, and minor shelf wear rubbing on spine corners. Textblock has age toning. RWO Consignment. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area, Wegewood Section. 1369963. Special Collections.
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THE BONFIRE OF THE VANITIES [signed] by Wolfe, Tom

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Title
THE BONFIRE OF THE VANITIES [signed]
Author
Wolfe, Tom
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Second Story Books, ABAA (United States)
Description
Franklin Center: The Franklin Library, 1987. First edition, limited edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 659 pages. In Very Good condition. Spine is brown with gold print, raised bands. Boards in brown leather. Text block has gilt edges, marbled endpapers, tan ribbon marker. Illustrated: b&w frontispiece (2-color drawing by the author. "This limited first edition ... has been privately printed and personally signed by Tom Wolfe, exclusively for The Signed First Edition Society"- limited edition page. Signed in ink by the author on front endpaper. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column BB. 1412061. FP New Rockville Stock.
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"A Double Curve" (Baseball Trade Card / Ink Blotter) by Anonymous

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"A Double Curve" (Baseball Trade Card / Ink Blotter)
Author
Anonymous
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ZH BOOKS (United States)
Condition
Very good
Description
S. l.: s. n., 1880. Very good. Large trade card / ink blotter, unused, n. d. (1880s); oblong 8 1/4 x 3 1/4; lithographed illustration to recto; a few very minor spots to margins and very mild wear to edges; in very good or better condition. An exceedingly-scarce 19th-century advertisement, it would double as a trade card and/or an ink blotter. The card featured two caricaturish baseball players in full uniforms - the first propping one foot on a log and swinging his bat and the second - holding a baseball behind his back, getting ready to pitch.
Ilustrado

Ilustrado by Miguel Syjuco

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Title
Ilustrado
Author
Miguel Syjuco
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Grayshelf Books, ABAA, IOBA (United States)
ISBN
9780330510004
Condition
Near Fine
Description
First UK Edition/First Printing with the complete number line; A Near Fine book in a Fine dust jacket with only mild age-toning to the text block and edges, else as new and unread. SIGNED by the author to the title page. An outstanding copy of this novel by the winner of the Man Asian Literary Prize. Not remaindered, not price clipped, not ex-library; in a protective Mylar sleeve and will ship carefully wrapped in a sturdy box.
Zhongguo she ying jia Zhu Xianmin zuo pin ji / The works of Chinese photographer Zhu Xianmin

Zhongguo she ying jia Zhu Xianmin zuo pin ji / The works of Chinese photographer Zhu Xianmin by Zhu, Xianmin; Yang En

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Zhongguo she ying jia Zhu Xianmin zuo pin ji / The works of Chinese photographer Zhu Xianmin
Author
Zhu, Xianmin; Yang En
Seller
Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Description
Beijing: Renmin meishu chubanshe, 1987. 76p., wraps, 8.25x11.25 inches. 65 photos, mostly in black and white.

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