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Pianta di Roma e del Campo Marzo

Pianta di Roma e del Campo Marzo by Piranesi, Giovanni Battista (1720-1778); Nolli, Giovanni Battista (1692-1756)

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Seller: Liber Antiquus
Title
Pianta di Roma e del Campo Marzo
Author
Piranesi, Giovanni Battista (1720-1778); Nolli, Giovanni Battista (1692-1756)
Seller
Liber Antiquus (United States)
Condition
Fine
Description
Rome: ca, 1774. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Fine. Image size (from plate mark): 121.2 x 71.1 cm. A fine impression, tiny area of blank left margin neatly repaired, some light marginal soiling. With no staining or discoloration where the three sheets are joined. Paper with watermark of a fleur-de-lis within a double circle. Giovanni Piranesi’s monumental map of Rome, which incorporates the earlier, extraordinarily precise plan of the cartographer Giovanni Battista Nolli (1748). The 1748 map was the first plan of Rome to represent the architectural developments in the city since the plan by Giovanni Battista Falda of 1676. It marked the first use of what was to become a fundamental graphic convention: the figure-ground plan in which buildings are illustrated as a black mass surrounded by white open ground. Piranesi has greatly expanded the area covered by the Nolli plan to include the Campo Marzo (the ancient “Field of Mars”), with the Ponte Milvio (the Milvian Bridge) on the Tiber marking the plan's northern terminus. Piranesi had worked with Nolli on the 1748 plan and it was in Piranesi’s own map of 1774, published almost twenty years after Nolli’s death, that the two artists’ collaboration found its ultimate expression. For this monumental view of the city, Piranesi made an important innovation, identifying 402 archaeologically important sites, with each monument shown in plan and in correct proportion, and keyed to Piranesi’s vast output of engravings of those structures. "By the mid-1770's, at the height of his career, Piranesi had produced a comprehensive record of ancient and modern Rome in the form of the well-over-a-hundred plates of the ‘Vedute di Roma’(The Views of Rome). He may have felt the need for a reference map to accompany collections of these plates and devised this work, usually found in associations with the ‘Vedute’, to fill this need. Exercising his skills in presenting formidable quantities of information coherently, he sought to relate the surviving remains of antiquity to the contemporary topography of Rome and to offer a way to reference published information about them. He therefore produced a large map of the modern city within the Aurelian Walls, together with an extension showing the territory to the north, between Porta del Popolo and Ponte Milvio and including the Campus Martius area. This is augmented by a smaller map isolating the principal antiquities, which were marked with numbers corresponding to those in the larger map. Around these Piranesi arranged a detailed index listing the monuments according to their assigned number and referring to relevant passages in his major publications, including the ‘Antichità Romane’, ‘Della Magnificenza’ and ‘Campo Marzio’. “The dating of the map is problematic, since, although it is dedicated prominently to Clement XIV (1769-1774), Francesco Piranesi's 1792 catalogue assigns it to 1778 and most authorities, including Giesecke, Focillon and Hind, have accepted a late, if not posthumous date; however, this dating is certainly based on error, since Giambattista, in his Avvertimento at the top of the main map, refers to ‘l'approvazione che si è degnata mostrarne la Santità di N.ro Sig.re PAPA CLEMENTE XIV felicemente regnate.’ Supporting evidence for an earlier date comes from an impression of the ‘Catalogo delle Opere’ referred to by Scott, which contains manuscript entries for the three ‘Vedute di Roma’ datable to 1774 and indicates that the map was already available.”(Wilton-Ely).
Foundation and Empire

Foundation and Empire by Asimov, Isaac

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Seller: Yesterday's Muse Books
Title
Foundation and Empire
Author
Asimov, Isaac
Seller
Yesterday's Muse Books (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
New York: Gnome Press, 1952. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8x5x1. Cartier, Edd. First edition, first printing, first state in original jacket, with thinner red boards and 26 titles on rear jacket panel (Chalker, Currey A1A, references courtesy of Steve Carper's excellent site on Gnome Press). Endpapers lightly foxed, ink gift note on front endpaper dated February 14, 1953, jacket price clipped, jacket lightly foxed with shallow 1/2 inch chip from top edge. 1952 Hard Cover. 247 pp. Red patterned paper over boards, black titles with nebula decoration on front board, Edd Cartier jacket art. The second in the famous trilogy comprising Foundation, Foundation and Empire, and Second Foundation, which won the one-time Hugo Award for 'Best All-Times Series' in 1966. Covering nearly four centuries in the history of the Foundation, this classic trilogy is one of the most well known works of Isaac Asimov, arguably the most prolific writer of our time. Many of Asimov's works have been adapted into films, most recently I, Robot, starring Will Smith, which featured the Three Laws of Robotics invented by Asimov.
The Royal Kalendar: and Court an City Register, for England

The Royal Kalendar: and Court an City Register, for England

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Seller: De Wolfe and Wood
Title
The Royal Kalendar: and Court an City Register, for England
Seller
De Wolfe and Wood (United States)
Description
London: William March, 1823. Contemporary red calf with spine re-backed. Spine repaired and one scratch to the rear board. With an attractive fore-edge painting of Westminster Hall and surroundings. 404, 142 pp. pp.
Good-bye, Mr. Chips: A Play in Three Acts (Goodbye)

Good-bye, Mr. Chips: A Play in Three Acts (Goodbye) by HILTON, James and Barbara Burnham

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Seller: Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
Title
Good-bye, Mr. Chips: A Play in Three Acts (Goodbye)
Author
HILTON, James and Barbara Burnham
Seller
Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (United States)
Condition
Fine
Description
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1938. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. American publisher's copyright notice label on the copyright page else fine in very near fine dustwrapper with scattered foxing. Hilton's own adaptation of his novel, which was the basis for two films: the 1939 Sam Wood-directed version with Robert Donat (who beat out Clark Gable, Henry Fonda, and others for the Best Actor Oscar in what was probably Hollywood's best year ever), Greer Garson, and Paul Henreid and the 1969 remake directed by Herbert Ross with Peter O'Toole, Petula Clark, and Michael Redgrave. A very nice copy, and quite uncommon.
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COLLECTION OF POEMS. In Six Volumes

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Seller: Joseph J. Felcone Inc.
Title
COLLECTION OF POEMS. In Six Volumes
Seller
Joseph J. Felcone Inc. (United States)
Description
1763. A COLLECTION OF POEMS. In Six Volumes. London: For R. and J. Dodsley, 1763. 6 vols. 2 engraved plates, engraved title vignettes and headpieces. Half titles present. Contemporary mottled calf, spines gilt, red and black spine labels. Bindings moderately rubbed at extremities, a few hinges cracking but secure. A very attractive set. With the armorial bookplates of James Perrot and Admiral Duff, the latter dated 1858. Edited by Robert Dodsley. A later edition of Dodsley's highly influential poetical miscellany, containing the works of the leading poets of the day. See M. Suarez, Dodsley's 'Collection of Poems,'" PBSA 88 (1994).
End Zone (Review copy, with press photo)

End Zone (Review copy, with press photo) by DELILLO, Don

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Seller: Harper's Books
Title
End Zone (Review copy, with press photo)
Author
DELILLO, Don
Seller
Harper's Books (United States)
Condition
Black cloth boards with silver lettering; near fine. In illustrated, unclipped jacket; some rubbing to edges, else near fine.
Description
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1972. Black cloth boards with silver lettering; near fine. In illustrated, unclipped jacket; some rubbing to edges, else near fine.. First edition of the author’s second book. This review copy accompanied by publisher's review slip—stating publication date of March 27, 1972 and price of $5.95. Along with black-and-white glossy press photo of DeLillo, with brief biographical sheet.
Chemotherapy of Inoperable Cancer : Based on the Report of the Committee of the Bristol University and the Bristol Royal Infirmary, England - The Use of Lead

Chemotherapy of Inoperable Cancer : Based on the Report of the Committee of the Bristol University and the Bristol Royal Infirmary, England - The Use of Lead by University of Bristol, Royal Infirmary

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Seller: Eclectibles
Title
Chemotherapy of Inoperable Cancer : Based on the Report of the Committee of the Bristol University and the Bristol Royal Infirmary, England - The Use of Lead
Author
University of Bristol, Royal Infirmary
Seller
Eclectibles (United States)
Condition
General wear.
Description
New York, NY: Anglo-French Drug Company, 1926. General wear.. The booklet provides a brief summary of the human clinical trials conducted at the Bristol Royal Infirmary at the University of Bristol in England, under the control of Dr. Todd, to study the effects of lead selenide as a chemotherapy treatment in those with "advance cancer patients who were hopeless for any other form of treatment". There were two phases of the trial, first with 12 cases, and the second with 44 cases. At the end it was concluded that they had "definite proof that it is a useful treatment, and by no means a cure for cancer, but still a treatment which appears to prolong life and often markedly relieves the pain of advanced cancer. If reasonable care is taken there is very little danger in the treatment." The booklet includes several excerpts from case histories, examples of "untoward symptoms" due to the use of lead, and instruction on administration and dosage. At the end is a note titled "in the interest of humanity", which basically states that the Bristol Royal Infirmary is deriving no profit from the publication of the booklet, and the drug is being offered at a "fair price" by the British Drug House Limited with the "amount of profit made by them is less than usual". Also included is post card so one can request a copy of 'Chemotherapeutic Researches on Cancer' a book also by the Bristol Royal Infirmary and/or a price quote on the drug, Colloid Lead Selenide. 8 pgs. Tan printed wrappers. OCLC 1 (Jan. 2021, Note, the title is misspelled and the page count does not include title page or advert page in back). Measures 7 3/4" x 5" (booklet),
Bust-length role portrait photograph in the title role of Bizet's Carmen, signed in full

Bust-length role portrait photograph in the title role of Bizet's Carmen, signed in full by STEVENS, Risë 1913-2013

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Seller: J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians LLC
Title
Bust-length role portrait photograph in the title role of Bizet's Carmen, signed in full
Author
STEVENS, Risë 1913-2013
Seller
J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians LLC (United States)
Description
From the Bender studio in New York. Ca. 253 x 203 mm. Risë Stevens was an "American mezzo-soprano of Norwegian origin. She sang with the New York Opera-Comique before becoming a pupil of Anna Schoen-René. Approached by the Metropolitan, she declined and sailed for Europe to study with Marie Gutheil-Schoder. She then made her formal operatic début in Prague in 1936 as Thomas' Mignon; she also sang with the Vienna Staatsoper and in Buenos Aires. Returning to the USA, she made her début with the Metropolitan on tour in Philadelphia in 1938 as Octavian, appearing a month later in New York as Mignon. She remained with the company until 1961 but also sang with other companies (including Glyndebourne in 1939 and, as Cherubino, 1955). Her warm, lyric voice can be heard on studio and off-the-air recordings of her Cherubino, Carmen, Mignon, Delilah and Octavian." Max de Schauensee and Alan Blyth in Grove Music Online.
How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe SIGNED FIRST EDITION

How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe SIGNED FIRST EDITION by Yu, Charles

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Title
How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe SIGNED FIRST EDITION
Author
Yu, Charles
Seller
Underground Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN
9780307379207
Condition
Good
Description
New York: Pantheon Books, 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/good. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Charles Yu to bookplate affixed to front free endpaper. Stated first edition, with full number line indicating first printing. 8 1/2" X 5 3/4". Mild edgewear to unclipped dust jacket, with two very faint spots of staining around spine. Bound in full silver paper over boards, with spine lettered in black. Moderate wear to binding, with bumping to head and tail of spine. Binding is firm and sound. Pages smell faintly of smoke, with small ink marks and highlighting to pages throughout. An admittedly worn but solid signed first printing of this first novel by National Book Award-winning author Charles Yu. ABOUT THIS BOOK: From the National Book Award- winning author of Interior Chinatown, comes a razor-sharp, hilarious, and touching story of a son searching for his father . . . through quantum space-time. Every day in Minor Universe 31 people get into time machines and try to change the past. That's where Charles Yu, time travel technician, steps in. He helps save people from themselves. Literally. When he's not taking client calls, Yu visits his mother and searches for his father, who invented time travel and then vanished. The key to locating his father may be found in a book. It's called How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe, and somewhere inside it is information that will help him. It may even save his life.

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