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Humourist, The

Humourist, The by CRUIKSHANK, George

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Seller: David Brass Rare Books, Inc.
Title
Humourist, The
Author
CRUIKSHANK, George
Seller
David Brass Rare Books, Inc. (United States)
Description
London: Printed and Published by J. Robins & Co., 1819. Rare in the Original Pictorial Boards Forty Hand Colored Etchings by George Cruikshank CRUIKSHANK, George, illustrator. The Humourist: A Collection of Entertaining Tales, Anecdotes, Repartees, Witty Sayings, Epigrams, Bon Mots, Jeu d'esprits, &c. Carefully selected. London: Printed and Published by J. Robins & Co., 1822, 1819, 1819, 1820. First edition, second issue with title page to volume I dated 1822 and "Epitaph on a Dyer" on page 44. Four small octavo volumes (6 13/16 x 3 15/16 inches; 173 x 100 mm.). 226, [2, list of plates & advertisements]; 230, [2, list of plates & advertisements]; 222, [2, list of plates & advertisements]; 226, [2, list of plates & advertisements] pp. Forty hand-colored etched plates after Cruikshank, including four frontispieces and four vignette titles. The plates in volume one bound in as per list of plates; The plates in volumes II, III, & IV bound between pages 12/13, 8/9 & 12/13 respectively. Some occasional very light marginal foxing to text leaves only. Page 109/110 in volume II with small hole in top blank margin and small stain, page 181/182 with repaired tear on blank fore-margin; Vol III with small stain on page 9/10. Publisher's pictorial tan boards uncut, printed in black. The first volume slightly darkened and with small piece (1/2 x 3/4 inch) missing from lower portion of spine not affecting print. Some light rubbing to boards, otherwise excellent. Housed in a velvet-lined, quarter dark green morocco over green cloth clamshell case. Four spines, each with five raised bands decoratively ruled and lettered in gilt in compartments. A superb example in the original pictorial tan boards. "Vol. I was reissued in 1822, so dated on the title, the dates running 1822, 1819, 1819, 1820. There are differences in the letterpress of this reissue. Notably at p. 44, where in the first issue the tale is "Dr Johnson," while in the 1822 reissue it is "Epitaph on a Dyer." (Cohn, p.126). "The Humourist. A Collection of Entertaining Tales, Anecdotes, Epigrams, Bon Mots, 8c. &c. gave Cruikshank his first sustained opportunity to devise illustrations; Blanchard Jerrold calls it "his first remarkable separate work." Robins issued forty six-penny parts, stitched into green wrappers with a colored etching in each, during 1819 and 1820. The parts were also bound into four volumes. In several respects this format anticipates the one Dickens and his publishers revived in Pickwick Papers and the other serials; so too do Cruikshank's designs anticipate Browne's theatrical frontispiece for that novel. The vignette title page for volume 4 shows a grotesque dandy holding a cocked hat, grinning at the audience from a stage whose proscenium arch is decorated with swagged curtains and comic masks. The illustrations preserve that sense of theater: each scene takes place within a frame surmounted by emblematic props aspiring to a pedi-mental shape and supported by a base on which the title is inscribed, along with additional scenes and props. The Humourist plates also grow out of title-page vignettes that surround a scene with its emblematic reflections and from such generically mixed devices as comic coats of arms, of which Cruikshank did several during this period, including a bloody Radical's Arms, an outrageous Dandies Coat of Arms, and The Boxer's Arms that he "fistit." (Patten I, p.190). Provenance: From the renowned Cruikshank collection of Adrian W. Flühmann. Cohn, 419; Patten I, p.190.
Signed Photograph

Signed Photograph by SANGER, Margaret

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Seller: Heritage Book Shop, LLC
Title
Signed Photograph
Author
SANGER, Margaret
Seller
Heritage Book Shop, LLC (United States)
Description
New York: Ira L. Hill, 1917. SANGER, Margaret. Margaret Sanger. An Autobiography. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, [1938]. First edition. Octavo (9 3/8 x 6 3/8 inches; 237 x 161 mm). [1]-504, [2] pp. With photographic frontispiece portrait. Title-page printed in black and blue. Original full blue cloth. Spine printed in orange and gilt, and lettered in gilt. Top edge brick red, others uncut. Some minor rubbing to boards. Overall about fine. Margaret Sanger is a woman's right's activist and a pioneer of the birth control movement, starting clinics that would eventually become known as Planned Parenthood. "Sanger made it her mission to 1) provide women with birth control information and 2) repeal the federal Comstock Law, which prohibited the distribution of obscene materials through the mails, and regarded birth control information as such. In 1914, Sanger launched her own feminist publication, The Woman Rebel, advocating for birth control. She was charged with violating the Comstock laws and fled to England, though had friends share a pamphlet she authored on contraceptive techniques in her absence. She returned a year later to stand trial, but when her five- year-old daughter died unexpectedly, public pressure led to the charges against Sanger being dropped. In 1916, she opened the first birth control clinic in Brownsville, Brooklyn. Barely a week later, she was arrested and spent 30 days in jail. Sanger's arrest garnered much media attention and brought her several affluent supporters. She appealed her conviction, and although she lost, the courts ruled that physicians could prescribe contraceptives to women for medical reasons, a loophole that allowed Sanger to open a clinic in 1923 staffed by female doctors and social workers, which would later become the Planned Parenthood Federation of America." (Womanshistory dot org). HBS 68449. $1,500.
Taming of the Shrew

Taming of the Shrew by SHAKESPEARE, William

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Seller: Heritage Book Shop, LLC
Title
Taming of the Shrew
Author
SHAKESPEARE, William
Seller
Heritage Book Shop, LLC (United States)
Description
London: Printed for C. Bathurst.., 1786. or Catherine and Petruchio. A Comedy. Altered from Shakespeare, by David Garrick, Esq. Marked with the Variations in the Manager's Book, at the Theatre-Royal in Covent-Gardens. London: Printed for C. Bathurst..., 1786. [with] MOORE, Edward. The Gamester, A Tragedy of Five Acts. Marked with the Variations in the Manager's Book, at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane. London: Printed for S. Bladon...,1789. [with] SOUTHERN, Thomas. HOPKINS, Mr. Isabella; or the Fatal Marriage. A Tragedy, Altered by Southern. Distinguishing Also the Variations of the Theatre, As Performed at the Drury-Lane. Regulated from the Prompt-Book, by Permission of the Managers. London: Printed for John Bell, 1780. [with] MURPHY, Arthur. The Grecian Daughter. A Tragedy. Marked with the Variations in the Manager's Book, at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane. London: Printed for T. Lowndes..., 1777. [with] ROWE, Nicholas. The Fair Penitent, A Tragedy; Of Five Acts. Marked with the Variations in the Manager's Book, at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane. London: Printed for T. Lowndes..., 1790. [with] ROWE, Nicholas. Jane Shore. A Tragedy of Five Acts. Marked with the Variations in the Manager's Book, at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane. London: Printed for T. Lowndes..., 1791. Six plays bound together. Octavo (6 3/4 x 4 inches; 172 x 100 mm). 34, [2, ads]; 70, [2, ads]; 53, [1, blank]; 64, [2], [5, ads], [1, blank]; 55, [1, ads]; 51, [1] pp. Full speckled calf. Spine with red calf spine label, lettered in gilt. Spine ruled in gilt. Board edges tooled in blind. Edges speckled blue. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown. Occasional minor paper flaw and toning. Page 45 of The Fair Penitent torn along the bottom and fore-edge margin trimmed close, slightly affecting text. Page 19 of Jane Shore with a corner torn, just barely affecting page number. Overall a very good copy in nice condition. HBS 68005. $750.
The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift (14 Volumes, complete, including index)

The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift (14 Volumes, complete, including index) by Swift, Jonathan. Dabis, Herbert (editor)

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Title
The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift (14 Volumes, complete, including index)
Author
Swift, Jonathan. Dabis, Herbert (editor)
Seller
Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB (United States)
Condition
Very Good +
Description
Oxford: Basil Blackwell Shakespeare Head, 1951. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Very Good +. Complete run of the original 14 volume set, published from 1951 - 1968, issued in linen uniformly. Volume 1, A Tale of a Tub", in dustjacket, the rest not. Spines variously browned or tanned, depending on cloth and year of issue. Still, a handsome set, with the same owner's holograph and/or nameplate in six of the volumes, and one volume with Blackwell bookshop ticket and bookmark. Internals fine. A collectible set, indeed.
LA REVUE BLANCHE

LA REVUE BLANCHE by BONNARD, PIERRE (1867-1947)

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Title
LA REVUE BLANCHE
Creator
BONNARD, PIERRE (1867-1947)
Seller
L'Estampe Originale (United States)
Condition
Fine
Description
1898. As issued. Lithograph. c. 1898. Image: 10¼ x 8. Margins: 15¾ x 10 . POSTER IMAGE FROM LES MAITRES DE L'AFFICHE, Pl. 38. With their Blind stamp, lower right.
So Going Around Cities: New & Selected Poems 1958-1979 [Inscribed to Harris Schiff and Judy Pomerantz]

So Going Around Cities: New & Selected Poems 1958-1979 [Inscribed to Harris Schiff and Judy Pomerantz] by Ted Berrigan

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Title
So Going Around Cities: New & Selected Poems 1958-1979 [Inscribed to Harris Schiff and Judy Pomerantz]
Author
Ted Berrigan
Seller
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
Berkeley, CA: Blue Wind Press, 1980. Very Good. Berkeley, CA: Blue Wind Press, 1980. First Edition, wrapper issue. Signed at front free endpaper "Ted Berrigan, Hand-corrected for Judy and for Harris Aug, 1980 - Tear it in half when you hate each other. Harris: p. 376, Judy: p. 383. Love, Ted," with manuscript prompts for respective poems in text. Large octavo. 403pp. Illustrated wraps featuring a Donna Dennis painting to front. Wraps worn with staining along bottom half, echoing to preliminaries and edges of text block. Binding sound and interior else unmarked; a Very Good sound but well used copy with a sweet association. Harris was a friend of Berrigan's and the two collaborated on "Yo Yo's With Money." Fischer p. 55.
Ear Magazine New York, Vol. 1, no. 3, Summer, 1975 [Jackson Mac Low's copy]

Ear Magazine New York, Vol. 1, no. 3, Summer, 1975 [Jackson Mac Low's copy] by Beth Anderson and Richard Hayman [eds.]; John Cage [contr.]

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Title
Ear Magazine New York, Vol. 1, no. 3, Summer, 1975 [Jackson Mac Low's copy]
Author
Beth Anderson and Richard Hayman [eds.]; John Cage [contr.]
Seller
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Very Good-
Description
New York: Ear N.Y., 1975. Very Good-. New York: Ear N.Y., 1975. First Edition. Tabloid format (42cm); self-wrappers, disbound as issued; [8]pp.; illus. Rather worn and toned with tears along old mail fold affecting text without loss of meaning, damp stain affecting upper cover; Good to Very Good only. Single issue of this uncommon newspaper devoted to music culture and sound poetry. With original postage stamp and manuscript address to the American poet and composer Jackson Mac Low (1922-2004). Contributors to this issue include composers Yasunao Tone, John Cage, and Joan La Barbara, as well as the poet Christopher Knowles and others.
Does he destroy your way of life? [six versions of a small screenprint poster]

Does he destroy your way of life? [six versions of a small screenprint poster]

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Seller: Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
Title
Does he destroy your way of life? [six versions of a small screenprint poster]
Seller
Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Description
[Berkeley]: [Political Poster Workshop at the University of California, Berkeley], 1970. Poster. Six prints of the same design on different types of paper, most 14x17 inches, very good but for a diagonal crease on the pink example. The number 4973 at the bottom identifies this as a product of the Political Poster Workshop at Berkeley in 1970. In the Maggs Bros book "4973: Berkeley Protest Posters 1970," similar posters are illustrated on pages 29-31. Participants in the Political Poster Workshop practiced the techniques of silkscreened poster production on sheets of used computer printout paper or other random stock. Most of the products of this workshop are scarce, for obvious reasons. If looking for just a single example of this design, we have duplicates of a couple of colors; please inquire.
Raise the Titanic

Raise the Titanic by Clive Cussler

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Title
Raise the Titanic
Author
Clive Cussler
Seller
Grayshelf Books, ABAA, IOBA (United States)
ISBN
9780670589333
Condition
Very Good
Description
First Edition/First Printing with no mention of subsequent printings; A Very Good book in a Very Good dust jacket. SIGNED by the author with "Get it up" and a doodle of the Titanic sinking. A handsome copy of this author's 3rd novel, featuring the iconic Dirk Pitt. This copy is in very good condition with only moderate sunning and rubbing to the board edges, else NF or better. Housed in a very good clean and crisp dust jacket that shows light rubbing and chipping to the spine ends and corners, a mild general age-toning, and some faint scratching and rubbing to the back panel. Not remaindered, not price-clipped, not ex-library; in a protective Mylar cover and will ship securely wrapped in a sturdy box.
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The Afterlife by UPDIKE, John

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Title
The Afterlife
Author
UPDIKE, John
Seller
James S. Jaffe Rare Books LLC (United States)
Condition
Fine copy
Description
(Leamington Spa): Sixth Chamber Press, 1987. First edition. One of 175 numbered copies signed by Updike. Fine copy. 8vo, original cloth. Fine copy.
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ARCHITECTURE IN ANCIENT EGYPT AND THE NEAR EAST by BADAWY, Alexander

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Title
ARCHITECTURE IN ANCIENT EGYPT AND THE NEAR EAST
Author
BADAWY, Alexander
Seller
The Bookpress, Ltd. (United States)
Description
BADAWY, Alexander. ARCHITECTURE IN ANCIENT EGYPT AND THE NEAR EAST. Cambridge: M.I.T., (1966). 4to. Cloth, dust jacket. x, 246 pages. First edition. A study of architectural development in Egypt, Mesopotamia, Asia Minor, North Syria, the Levant, Persia, and Cyprus from earliest times to the Hellenistic Period. With four hundred illustrations. Very good in a lightly chipped and sunned dust jacket.
$75,000 Receipts 1863 Broadside

$75,000 Receipts 1863 Broadside

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$75,000 Receipts 1863 Broadside
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De Wolfe and Wood (United States)
Description
1867. $75,000 Receipts 1863 $16,599.01... Present Year at the Rate of $55,000. Broadside Measures 10 x 5 1/2. Dated March 23, 1867. Small tears on margins.
Warrior in Two Camps: Ely S. Parker, Union General and Seneca Chief

Warrior in Two Camps: Ely S. Parker, Union General and Seneca Chief by ARMSTRONG, William H.

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Title
Warrior in Two Camps: Ely S. Parker, Union General and Seneca Chief
Author
ARMSTRONG, William H.
Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books (United States)
Description
[Syracuse]: Syracuse University Press, 1978. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (24cm). Red cloth in red dust jacket; [xii],244pp; black and white illustrations. Tapped at head and tail, else Fine. Jacket price-clipped, very gently rubbed at edges, Near Fine.
A Child's Easter

A Child's Easter by ARMSTRONG, Naomi Young

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Title
A Child's Easter
Author
ARMSTRONG, Naomi Young
Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books (United States)
Description
[N.p.: Naomi Young Armstrong, 1971]. First Edition. Octavo (21.5cm.); original white pictorial staplebound wrappers; unpaged. About Fine. Religious children's poetry, written from the point of view of a young boy.
Catalogue 245: Ulises Carrión II, Including Selections from the Collection of Guy Schraenen (1941-2018)

Catalogue 245: Ulises Carrión II, Including Selections from the Collection of Guy Schraenen (1941-2018) by (CARRION, Ulises)

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Title
Catalogue 245: Ulises Carrión II, Including Selections from the Collection of Guy Schraenen (1941-2018)
Author
(CARRION, Ulises)
Seller
Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller, Inc. (United States)
Description
Color illus. 143 pp. & colophon. 8vo, pictorial softcover, title on spine. New York: Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller Inc., 2023. Our second catalogue on the Mexican artist Ulises Carrión (1941-89), offering 58 items for sale, including manuscripts, rare bookworks, exhibition ephemera, etc. A number of the materials come from the collection of Guy Schraenen (1941-2018). In her Substack review of the catalogue, Johanna Drucker writes: “The catalogue is an exquisitely produced collection of facsimiles of the materials the bookseller is managing. The care with which the presentation has been put together and the production values in design, printing, photography, and expertly meticulous cataloguing make it an exemplary piece for study…Finally, the value of this catalogue is not only in its presentation of the work of a much-respected artist, but in the preservation of the fabric of culture, of aesthetics, of artistic communities and lives.” As new. Edition of 500 copies. Designed by Flat Fix and printed by KOPA in Lithuania. N.B. International shipping by Fedex starts at $25.00. OCLC Accession No.: 1403378417.
The Temple Scroll: The Hidden Law of the Dead Sea Sect
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The Temple Scroll: The Hidden Law of the Dead Sea Sect by Yadin, Yigael

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Title
The Temple Scroll: The Hidden Law of the Dead Sea Sect
Author
Yadin, Yigael
Seller
Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller (United States)
ISBN
9780297784111
Condition
g
Description
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1985. Hardcover. g. 4to. 261pp. Brown cloth with gold lettering on spine in original illustrated dust jacket. History and analysis of the famous Dead Sea Temple Scroll by Yigael Yadin, one of the foremost archeologists of the 20th century. Yadin passed away shortly after finishing this book. Includes numerous photographs. Top of dj creased. Head and tail of spine bumped. Overall in good condition.
Symeonis Dunelmensis Opera et Collectanea Volume One

Symeonis Dunelmensis Opera et Collectanea Volume One

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Title
Symeonis Dunelmensis Opera et Collectanea Volume One
Seller
Kenneth Mallory Bookseller. ABAA (United States)
Condition
Very good
Description
Durham: Andrews & Co, 1868. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. lxxxi, 266pp+ index; addenda and ads. Nam eon front free endpaper, minor spot of loss to the front joint, spine sunned, else very good in publisher's green cloth.
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Zoo Quest to Guiana. by Attenborough, David.

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Title
Zoo Quest to Guiana.
Author
Attenborough, David.
Seller
Lighthouse Books, ABAA (United States)
Description
London: Reprint Society, (1958). Octavo, green cloth (hardcover), xii, 210 pp. Photos. Good; some insect damage along top and bottom edges, in a Fine dust jacket.

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