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COELEBS IN SEARCH OF A WIFE by More, Hannah

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Title: COELEBS IN SEARCH OF A WIFE
Author: More, Hannah
Seller: Type Punch Matrix (United States)
Condition: Near fine.
Description: London: Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1808. Near fine.. First edition of this wildly successful novel that combined the plot of courtship novels with the morals of a conduct book - considered by some a turning point in the history of the novel. Hannah More was one of the most impactful women of late 18th-century Britain. The bestselling author of plays, chapbooks, poetry, and conduct books, she also took on major roles in the abolitionist and Sunday School movements. Her books far outsold those of her now-more-famous contemporary, Jane Austen, who had mixed feelings about Hannah More herself. When Austen's sister Cassandra wrote praising COELEBS, Austen replied, "You have by no means raised my curiosity about Caleb [sic];-My disinclination for it before was affected but now it is real [...] Of course I shall be delighted when I read it, like other people, but till I do, I dislike it." The novel was a phenomenon in More's (and Austen's) time, going into twelve editions in the first year alone, as well as crossing overseas to sell tens of thousands of copies in the US over the next decade. Some modern critics even argue that its massive popularity was a turning point in the history of the novel, finally making that literary form "respectable" and therefore paving the way for novelists like Scott and Dickens to become bestsellers (cf. Pickering). Despite the book's immediate success-or perhaps because of it, with COELEBS seeing so many editions so quickly-the first edition is quite rare today; we find only one copy recorded at auction in the past 40 years. Two octavo volumes, 7.25'' x 4.25'' each. Contemporary full speckled calf, sympathetically rebacked. Speckled edges. Errata in vol. II supplied from another copy. xii, 351, [1]; [4], 469, [1] pages. Engraved bookplate of John Smith, Esq., to front pastedowns; his ink owner name to title page of vol. II. Some dryness to boards, repaired. A few shallow ink stains to edges of vol. II title, with tiny repair to lower edge. Else quite clean.

Ronde joyeuse des fagotiers by FAN — SEX & DEATH

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Title: Ronde joyeuse des fagotiers
Author: FAN — SEX & DEATH
Seller: Musinsky Rare Books, Inc. (United States)
Description: [France], 1786. Hand-colored etched folding paper fan, printed on the recto of two joined sheets, backed in plain paper, mounted on 15 (later?) plain wooden sticks, the open leaf measuring approx. 112 x 460 mm., total fan height 260 mm. The etching shows two couples (and a small dog, and table with wine carafe and glass) flanking a female figure in white Grecian robes and a green wreath, holding in one hand a heart at her breast, and with the other hand ceremoniously setting alight a bundle of wood (a fagot) on a small pedestal or altar, above which is the wreathed inscription Institution des fagotiers a auteuil le 2 avril 1786 / On prete serment sur un fagot de pratiquer toute sa vie cinq vertus [:] cordial franchise amitié générosité obeisance [sic] et tendresse; at top a star with the initials T L A and a banner lettered Vertus des fagotiers, surmounted by the caption Ronde joyeuse des fagotiers/ Air: c’est la petite Theresse [sic]; on either side of this scene are four verses within two green-outlined oval cartouches, within stenciled blue and yellow decorative border. Some wear and slight splitting along a few folds, a couple of small tears at mounts.*** A mildly licentious pre-Revolutionary printed fan, possibly commemorating a real event, a “festival of the wood-gatherers” (fagotiers), held in Auteuil on April 2, 1786, but of which there appears to be no historical record. Rather than a guild, the fagotiers may have been a local association or club. The symbolism of the image and verses seems to be along the lines of Carpe diem, carnally, for death is around the corner — heavy sentiments for a feather-light fan. One of the men is gesturing toward his partner’s crotch, and the verses on either side of the central scene are dotted with sexual innuendo. The first stanza, “Let us sing of the burning fagot [a bundle of small wood], lit by friendship / he who backs away from it knows her [i.e., friendship] only half-way / without her life is nothing / with her one is deified,” could be understood as innocuous, but the second stanza celebrates the joys of Déduit, an archaic term for the pleasures of love, or coïtus. Stanza three brings in Death, in the form of Charon: “amiable fellow, let us sing his good humor, his boat may lead to the devil but his spirit leads to happiness / with his worthy ardor the fire burns in our hearts.” The last stanza declares that the “august fagotine law” allows us to include women, we need not hide, everyone kiss your partner, etc. I locate one other example of this fan, held by the Musée Carnavelet in Paris. It is digitized on their website, with the description “The Genie of Friendship lights the pyre on which the couples will take the oath of friendship.” The stenciled border of our copy differs from that of the Carnavelet example, which is in pink; here it is in two colors and includes two birds perched on branches.

GROUP GAME-A New Material for Recreational Activities by S. Mason and D. Mitchell. 团体游戏 by Social Games for Recreation

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Title: GROUP GAME-A New Material for Recreational Activities by S. Mason and D. Mitchell. 团体游戏
Author: Social Games for Recreation
Seller: BATTLEDORE LTD (United States)
Condition: Fine
Description: GROUP GAME-A New Material for Recreational Activities by S. Mason and D. Mitchell. 团体游戏 Shanghai: Printed by Shanghai Wanye Bookstore, 1951, translated by Yang Minwang from Social Games for Recreation by Bernard S. Mason & Elmer D. Mitchell in English, published by Qian Juntao, twelve different categories of group games were introduced in this book, 12mo, [ii] 179pp., printed pictorial wrappers, library seal on the first page, lighty soiled on the front cover, taped at the spine, else fine condition $500 上海万叶出版社1951年印刷，杨民望翻译，原版为英文。钱君匋出版。本书共分为12个大类别的游戏。封皮带有游戏的图画，彩色印刷，尺寸12×18.5cm，179页，封皮略有污损，带有图书馆章，书脊处稍有粘贴，其他品相非常好。

Large Black & White Photograph, Signed by ALBEE, Edward (1928 - 2016)

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Title: Large Black & White Photograph, Signed
Author: ALBEE, Edward (1928 - 2016)
Seller: Argosy Book Store (United States)
Description: New York. unbound. Large portrait photograph signed. Simple black lacquer frame. Please inquire for additional information. Three-time Pulitzer Prize-winning American dramatist best remembered for such modern classics as "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf," "A Delicate Balance," and "Seascape."

[REVIEW COPY] [HISTORY] THE MEDIEVAL HERITAGE OF MEXICO by Luis Weckmann | Lopez Morillas ( Translator)

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Title: [REVIEW COPY] [HISTORY] THE MEDIEVAL HERITAGE OF MEXICO
Author: Luis Weckmann | Lopez Morillas ( Translator)
Seller: Black Swan Books, Inc. (United States)
Condition: Very Good binding
Description: New York: Fordman University Press. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Very Good+ dust jacket. Small 4to; in the publisher’s black cloth binding; with titling on the spine in gilt; in a bright dust jacket; 692 pages including the Index; a touch of mildew on the boards; a bit of wear to the edges; leaves 681-688 of the index are crumpled and have small bits of loss.~~A review copy with a note laid in. Very Good binding / Very Good+ dust jacket.

Dead and Company - 2017 - Summer Tour - Poster - VIP - Tour Poster for Summer Tour 2017

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Title: Dead and Company - 2017 - Summer Tour - Poster - VIP - Tour Poster for Summer Tour 2017
Seller: Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: AJ Mastay, 2017. 7075 printed. Very Good. Measures 18"- 24" SummerTour 2017 Signed and Numbered edition of 7075 posters. Awesome design! Artist A J Masthay. This was the VIP poster distributed with the VIP ticket packages. Printed on thick cotton paper, a striking and vivid image.

To Spin is Miracle Cat by ZELAZNY, Roger. (Ursula Le Guin)

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Title: To Spin is Miracle Cat
Author: ZELAZNY, Roger. (Ursula Le Guin)
Seller: Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (United States)
Condition: Fine
Description: San Francisco: Underwood-Miller, 1981. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition, trade issue limited to 500 copies out of a total edition of 720 copies. Foreword by Ursula Le Guin. Octavo. 68, [2]pp. Yellow cloth. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. Roger Zelazny is best known for his science fiction writing; this is his third collection of poetry.

Human Rights Now! Newsletter of the Meiklejohn Civil Liberties Institute. Summer 2004 by Syfers, Jim, editor

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Title: Human Rights Now! Newsletter of the Meiklejohn Civil Liberties Institute. Summer 2004
Author: Syfers, Jim, editor
Seller: Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Description: Berkeley: MCLI - Meiklejohn Civil Liberties Institute, 2004. Newsletter. Unpaginated, nested brochure consisting of three large leaves of cream alkaline paperstock, folded and printed to make twelve professionally printed pages, folded once more for mailing (bears an address sticker). Illustrated with a few vignette photos, a portrait, march, and one atrocity photo. A few small areas of handling smudge, else clean, and quite sound and unmarked. Covers Abu Ghraib, Vannunu, Lawrence Livermore weapons lab, Contra Costa school board take-aways. Enclosed find a printed envelope to enclose donations.

Lambda Legal Impact: vol. 28, #1, Winter 2011: 30 Years into the HIV epidemic

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Title: Lambda Legal Impact: vol. 28, #1, Winter 2011: 30 Years into the HIV epidemic
Seller: Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Description: New York: Lambda Legal, 2011. Magazine. 20p. includes covers, 8.5x11 inches, very good magazine in stapled pictorial wraps. Cover story on the continued silence, denial & bigotry 30 years into the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Also: Atlanta Bar Patrons get justice. Iowa's Courts under attack.

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