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A fine original pen and ink drawing depicting Old Mr. Bouncer, Mr. Tod, Jemima Puddle-Duck and Hunca Munca by POTTER, Beatrix, artist

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Title: A fine original pen and ink drawing depicting Old Mr. Bouncer, Mr. Tod, Jemima Puddle-Duck and Hunca Munca
Author: POTTER, Beatrix, artist
Seller: David Brass Rare Books, Inc. (United States)
Description: n.p.: , 1912. A Wonderful Original Beatrix Potter Pen & Ink Drawing Featuring Old Mr. Bouncer, Mr. Tod, Jemima Puddle-Duck and Hunca Munca POTTER, Beatrix, artist. A fine original pen and ink drawing depicting Old Mr. Bouncer (Benjamin Bunny's father), Mr. Tod, Jemima Puddle-Duck and Hunca Munca. Signed "Beatrix Potter/Dec 4th 1912". Size 3 7/8 x 5 3/8 inches; 99 x 137 mm. Matted, framed and glazed. Framed size 15 1/2 x 16 1/2 inches; 393 x 420 mm.). A charming and highly evocative original pen-and-ink drawing by Beatrix Potter, signed and dated "Dec 4th 1912," presenting a delightful gathering of some of her most memorable animal characters. Executed with Potter's characteristic economy of line and expressive delicacy, the composition centers on a finely observed rabbit - likely Old Mr. Bouncer - standing upright in a tailored coat, holding a walking stick, his posture conveying both dignity and gentle humor. To the right appears Jemima Puddle-Duck, rendered with soft, rounded contouring and subtle cross-hatching, while in the background the sly figure of Mr. Tod is lightly sketched, his upright stance and elongated form giving him an almost theatrical presence. At lower left, a small mouse - presumably Hunca Munca - stands attentively, drawn with minimal strokes yet full of personality. The sheet is further enhanced by Potter's neat inscription and signature, placed prominently at left, balancing the visual weight of the figures. The spacing between the characters suggests a spontaneous yet carefully judged arrangement, typical of Potter's informal presentation drawings, possibly executed for a friend or admirer. Overall, the drawing captures the essence of Potter's genius: a seamless blend of natural observation and anthropomorphic charm, achieved through confident, fluid line work. The date of 1912 places it within a mature period of her artistic output, when her style had reached its most assured and economical form. A particularly appealing and well-composed example of her original work, uniting four beloved characters in a single, lively vignette. The Tale of Mr. Tod, was published in October 1912. "Dear Mr. Warne, I am much obliged for the new books [finished copies of Mr. Tod]... Beatrix Potter. Oct 9.12" "The hills around Sawrey are the setting for this story, and we are told that in winter and early spring Mr. Tod 'might generally be found in an earth amongst the rocks at the top of Bull Banks, under Oatmeal Crag.' 'I think this story is amusing' wrote Beatrix Potter when sending the manuscript to Mr. Warne on November 18th 1911, it's principal defect is imitation of "Uncle Remus". It is no drawback for children, because they cannot read the negro dialect - I hardly think the publishers could object to it?" Helen Beatrix Heelis (née Potter; 1866-1943), commonly known as Beatrix Potter, was an English writer, illustrator, natural scientist, and conservationist. She is best remembered for her beloved children's books featuring anthropomorphic animals, most notably The Tale of Peter Rabbit, her first commercially published work in 1902. Her stories, including The Tale of Two Bad Mice (1904), The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck (1908), The Tale of Tom Kitten (1907) and The Tale of Mr. Tod (1912), have sold over 250 million copies worldwide. A pioneering entrepreneur, Potter played a key role in character merchandising. In 1903, she patented a Peter Rabbit stuffed toy, making him the first fictional character to be officially licensed. Born into an upper-middle-class family, Potter was educated by governesses and had a largely solitary childhood. She kept a variety of pets and spent her holidays in the Lake District, where she developed a deep appreciation for the natural world, closely observing and painting its landscapes, flora, and fauna. Her meticulous studies and watercolors of fungi earned her recognition in the field of mycology. In her thirties, Potter self-published The Tale of Peter Rabbit, which became a tremendous success, prompting her to pursue a full-time career in writing and illustrating children's books. Over the years, she authored more than sixty books, including twenty-three children's tales that remain widely popular. In 1905, with earnings from her books and an inheritance from her aunt, Potter purchased Hill Top Farm in Near Sawrey, a village in the Lake District. Over the following years, she acquired additional farms to protect the region's distinctive landscape. In 1913, at the age of 47, she married William Heelis (1871-1945), a respected local solicitor from Hawkshead. A dedicated farmer, she became a prize-winning breeder of Herdwick sheep and was deeply committed to land conservation. Though she continued to write, illustrate, and design merchandise for her publisher, Warne, her responsibilities as a landowner and her declining eyesight eventually limited her creative work. Potter passed away from pneumonia and heart disease on 22 December 1943 at her home in Near Sawrey, aged 77. She left almost all her property to the National Trust, playing a crucial role in preserving much of what is now the Lake District National Park. Her books continue to be translated into multiple languages and remain popular worldwide. Her stories have been adapted into films, songs, ballet, and animation, and her life has been depicted in The Tales of Beatrix Potter (TV Movie 1983) and Miss Potter with Renée Zellweger (2006).

Herbolario Volgare, nel qual e le virtu de le herbe, & molti altri simplici se dechiarano. by [HERBAL / BOTANY]

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Title: Herbolario Volgare, nel qual e le virtu de le herbe, & molti altri simplici se dechiarano.
Author: [HERBAL / BOTANY]
Seller: Martayan Lan, Inc. (United States)
Description: WITH MANUSCRIPT ANNOTATIONS IN PORTUGUESE MENTIONING BRAZIL 8vo (14.4 x 9.6 cm), [180] ff., with 151 large woodcut illustrations of which 149 are of plants. Bound somewhat tightly in later vellum over boards, covers gilt-ruled, spine gilt with morocco title pieces, a.e.g. Some marginalia cropped at time of re-binding as well as 2 pages of manuscript annotations in Portuguese. Minor tear repaired at edge of title, just touching woodcut border; some minor soiling, but generally a fresh copy with dark strikes of the woodcuts. Rare, second Italian-language edition (first 1522) of the Herbarius latinus, important for the dissemination of botanical/medical knowledge in popular culture and particularly for the adoption of this originally German-printed Latin work for readers in the Veneto. The second section, with 96 chapters, includes information on laxatives, aromatics, fruits, seeds, gums and resins, salts, minerals goose-grease, cheese, honey, ivory, and much more. Anderson notes that this section probably contributed to the book's success: "It was concerned with the materials of medicine that were commonly available in the shops of apothecaries and spice merchants. Through the use of the Herbarius the average man could easily find what drugs to use and purchase them in most towns." According to Anderson, "the Herbarius sold as well in Italy, if not better. There its second section may have contributed to its success, for it was concerned with the materials of medicine that were commonly available in the shops of apothecaries and spice merchants. Through the use of the Herbarius the average man could easily find what drugs to use and purchase them in most towns. The second section has 96 chapters, though many of them are very brief. They deal with the following: laxatives; aromatics; fruits, seeds, and plants of garden and orchard; gums and resins; salts; minerals and stones; and a variety of animals and their products, such as goose-grease, cheese, honey, and ivory" (Anderson, Illustrated History of the Herbal, pp. 86-7). The last chapter (CLI) de Vino e Aceto is illustrated with a woodcut showing wine barels in a cellar. According to Hunt, the woodcut on the title-page showing Saints Cosmos and Damian appears here for the first time. Our copy has 2 full page and numerious marginal early 17th c. annotations in Portuguese, mentioning Brazil in one case and giving the date of 1630 in another. There are two mentions of experiments in planting and cultivating cotton and ginger, "brought from Brazil"--one of them dated 1643 (f. aa6 r and f. Y6 r). In 1577, the Portuguese prohibited the cultivation of ginger in Bahia due to their interests in the India trade. However, Bahian colonists ignored the law and continued to grow it, selling it in secret to the Dutch and the English, among others. The use of lead for treating bladder ulcers is also discussed (f. Y6 r). Most curious is a recipe for avoiding and curing hemorroids by "Father Manoel da Anuncia��o, Capuchino, in the year 1630". The recipe involves frying small frogs in oil (without salt) "until the oil stops making noise... Once they are fried, take them out of the oil and put the oil in a bottle and apply this liquid with your fingers on the bone and on the hemmorhoids and they will heal quickly" (f. Y6 v). * Hunt I.34; Mortimer I.228 (1520 Latin); Anderson, Illustrated History of the Herbal, pp. 86-7; Schwartz, Sovereignty and Society in Colonial Brazil, esp. pp. 158-9.

Les Cahiers d 'André Walter, Inscribed Presentation Copy with Four ALSs bound-in by André Gide (1869-1951)

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Title: Les Cahiers d 'André Walter, Inscribed Presentation Copy with Four ALSs bound-in
Author: André Gide (1869-1951)
Seller: Sanctuary Books (United States)
Condition: Very Good+
Description: Paris: Librairie de l'Art Independant, 1891. Very Good+. Deluxe second edition, 12mo (6¼ x 4¼ in); number 180 of 125 copies on tinted paper numbered 66 to 190 and initialed "AW" by Gide in ink. Additionally signed and inscribed by the author to French writer and literary critic Edmond Jaloux (1878-19489), "en cordiale souvenir, Marseille fin Avril 1896" in ink on the half-title; rebound in yellow floral patterned moire silk, gilt-stamped spine, with the original publisher's wrappers preserved, bound in at front and rear. A wonderful association copy. [With] Four autograph letters signed, most likely to French poet Henri de Régnier, bound in: 1) Two pages opposite p. 24, in which Gide worries about a lack of response from Régnier regarding a future meeting; 2) Single page opposite p. 64, where he confirms a date and meeting place; 3) Single page at rear, discussing the organization of a casual, perhaps, "annual dinner of NRF [Nouvelle Revue Française] loyalists" perhaps planned in celebration of Régnier's appearance in Paris; 4) Single page, also at rear, confirming arrangements to meet a mutual friend, Gide inquiries about the friend's address; sizes vary. Edmond Jaloux was among the earliest literary critics to champion the works of 20th-century authors like Rilke, Proust, and Woolf. "Jaloux was virtually the first to recognize the importance of André Gide. When merely a lad of lycée age, Jaloux could already presage Gide's importance in the development of twentieth-century letters." (J. Kolbert, "Edmond Jaloux and His Contemporaries." The French Review, Vol. 21, No.4). Gide and Jaloux met in late April 1896, when the writer dropped in unannounced to the young man's Marseille apartment. The young critic described the entrance of Gide as if a meteor had landed in his room, dubbing the writer an "Olympian" figure. According to a letter from Jaloux to Gide dated May 16th, 1896, he received the present lot from Gide on the previous day. Jaloux thanks him profusely in this letter, and praises Les Cahiers to the highest, "I read [it] until dusk; the sky was gloomy and misty, and I was able to harmonize myself infinitely with this precious book [] Ah! dear Sir, how admirable and pure Cahiers d'André Walter is! Few books have moved me to this point, and it contains such revealing sentences that make one shiver as when listening to the loveliest of music." (See Correspondance: André Gide & Edmond Jaloux. Edited by Pierre Lachasse, 2004).

Happy Birthday, Wanda June by Vonnegut, Kurt

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Title: Happy Birthday, Wanda June
Author: Vonnegut, Kurt
Seller: B & B Rare Books, Ltd., ABAA (United States)
Condition: Fine
Description: New York: Delacorte Press, 1971 Illustrated with photos by Jill Krementz and Bert Andrews. First edition, first printing. One of 3,000 copies. Inscribed by Vonnegut on half-title page. Publisher's black cloth, with red foil trident to front board, spine lettered in bronze, and orange endpapers; in its original black dust jacket, with red trident to front panel, lettered in white and yellow, and photo of Vonnegut to rear panel taken by Jill Krementz. About fine book, with a tiny hole to cloth at foot of spine, and light toning to top edge of text block; near fine unclipped dust jacket, with a small chip to bottom left of front panel, and a couple of small closed tears. Overall, a bright and clean copy. Pieratt and Klinkowitz AI1. Happy Birthday, Wanda June tells the story of Harold Ryan, a macho war hero and big game hunter who is presumed dead. He returns home to find that his wife, Penelope, is entertaining two suitors very unlike himself - a vacuum cleaner salesman and a hippie doctor. To celebrate Harold's birthday in his absence, one of Penelope's suitors bought a cake that had originally been made for a young girl, Wanda June, who was run over by an ice cream truck. At the end of the play, Wanda June and several other deceased people connected to Harold address the audience from heaven. The Vietnam War-influenced play made its off-Broadway debut at the Theatre de Lys in 1970. It was adapted into a 1971 film directed by Mark Robson and starring Rod Steiger and Susannah York as Harold and Penelope. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Dust Jacket Included.

Voyages a Travers la Peinture. by LOEB, PIERRE; WIFREDO LAM

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Title: Voyages a Travers la Peinture.
Author: LOEB, PIERRE; WIFREDO LAM
Seller: Ursus Books (United States)
Description: 1946. LAM, Wifredo. Voyages a Travers la Peinture. By Pierre Loeb. 144 pp. Illustrated with one loose etching by Lam and approximately 50 black-&-white plates. 4to, bound in publisher's wrappers with an illustration by Lam on the front cover. Paris: Bordas, 1946.

Twenty-Four Original Photographs of President Kennedy at Arlington National Cemetery by [John F. Kennedy]

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Title: Twenty-Four Original Photographs of President Kennedy at Arlington National Cemetery
Author: [John F. Kennedy]
Seller: Type Punch Matrix (United States)
Condition: very good +.
Description: [Washington, D.C.]: n.p., 1961. very good +.. Taken Veteran's Day, November 11, 1961, these images document Kennedy's first presidential visit to Arlington National Cemetery. The president was accompanied by Major General Paul A. Gavan, Commanding General of the Military District of Washington, as well as the VA administrator John S. Gleason, and military aides General Chester Clifton, Colonel Godfrey McHugh, Captain Tazewell Shepard, and National Commander of the Legion of Valor Thomas Stirling. These images document the president's participation in the Veterans Day ceremony, including laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and speaking to a crowd of more than 5,000 at the Memorial Amphitheater. This speech, perhaps a justification for the United States' increasing involvement in Vietnam, was a message of peace through war: "In the end, the only way to maintain the peace is to be prepared in the final extreme to fight for our country - and to mean it. As a nation, we have little capacity for deception. We can convince friend and foe alike that we are in earnest about the defense of freedom only if we are in earnest -- and I can assure the world that we are." Collection of sixteen gelatin silver prints and eight color photographs on heavy stock. Each measuring 10" x 8" approx. All curling at edges. Slight toning to black-and-white prints. Color prints mildly faded. Very good or better overall.

America: In Search of Hidden Melodies by Agishi, Mitsuho (Photographs by)

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Title: America: In Search of Hidden Melodies
Author: Agishi, Mitsuho (Photographs by)
Seller: Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller (United States)
Condition: g+
Description: [Tokyo]: Nihon Kamerasha, 1978. First edition. Hardcover. g+. Quarto. 160pp. Original photo-illustrated dust-jacket over brown cloth with gold lettering on spine and front cover. This posthumous photography book by renown aerial photographer, Mitsuho Agishi, contains 77 striking color photographs depicting magnificent views of Yosemite Valley, Lake Tahoe, Mt. Shasta, Monument Valley, Death Valley, San Francisco, Mt. Whitney, etc.. Moderate shelf wear and rubbing along edges of dust-jacket. Text in Japanese and English. DJ in overall good, binding and interior in good+ to very good condition.

Robert and Urban Nichols, Missing from Cincinnati, Ohio. Thought to Have Been Kidnapped [Antiziganism] by Copelan, William (Chief of Police)

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Title: Robert and Urban Nichols, Missing from Cincinnati, Ohio. Thought to Have Been Kidnapped [Antiziganism]
Author: Copelan, William (Chief of Police)
Seller: ZH BOOKS (United States)
Condition: Good
Description: Cincinnati: By the Author, 1912. First Edition. Good. Poster; 12 x 8; beige stock, printed in black and illustrated with a photograph; paper fragile and age-toned; upper two corners clipped; old, horizontal fold line with two thin, closed cuts to edges; residue from a brown paper strip to upper margin of verso; in good to very good condition.A missing poster for two small children from Cincinnati, it gave a detailed description of the two brothers, the time they were last seen (April 29, 1912), and the speculation that "Hungarians" might have picked them up. Hungarian-Slovak gypsies emigrated to the US in the late-19th century, primarily to Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, and New York. They would become well-known for making a living by playing music at cafes and restaurants and for being semi-permanently settled, unlike the other nomadic Romani groups in the country, including the Ludar, the Romanichal, the Black Dutch, etc. Despite that, the general perception of the gypsies' roaming lifestyle and strange and secretive culture gave way to widely-spreading antiziganism. An article in the Greenfield Republican from May 23, 1912, stated that, indeed, Hungarian gypsies had been suspected of kidnapping the boys, as the former had hurriedly left Cincinnati around the time of the disappearances, but ultimately, the children had been found by their father, drowned in a feed-box in a stable.

The Homecoming by PINTER, Harold

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Title: The Homecoming
Author: PINTER, Harold
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books (United States)
Description: London: Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1965. First Edition. First Impression. Octavo (19cm); black cloth-covered boards, with titling stamped in silver on spine; dustjacket; 83pp. Light sunning to board edges, bookshop sticker to front pastedown, soil to rear endpaper, and occasional marginal notes; Good. Dustwrapper, unclipped (priced 12s 6d net), with modest creasing and rubbing, and soil to front panel and flaps; Good. Winner of the Tony Award for Best Play (1967). It received Broadway performances beginning in 1967, and a film adaptation (1973), directed by Peter Hall which stars Paul Rogers, Ian Holm, and Cyril Cusack. [84353].

Cinderella Waltz by Ezra Read

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Title: Cinderella Waltz
Author: Ezra Read
Seller: Eclectibles (United States)
Description: 1920. 4 pp, dark blue cover with a black line drawing depicting Cinderella by a fire place, with her fairy god mother and three mice. Also in the smoke created by the fire is a small drawing of Cinderella's carriage. The song is Cinderella Waltz, which was also sometimes called Dewdrop Waltz. There is no date or publisher on this item. The back list the numerous other pieces sold by the publisher and at the bottom it states "You can get any of above pieces where you got this one." Measures 14" x 10 1/4" Minor edge wear, with a few small tears at the fold. Toning and soiling due to age.

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Hesitant Heroes: Private Inhibition, Cultural Crisis. by ZIOLKOWKSI, Theodore.

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Title: Hesitant Heroes: Private Inhibition, Cultural Crisis.
Author: ZIOLKOWKSI, Theodore.
Seller: Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB (United States)
ISBN: 9780801442032
Condition: Fine in Fine dust jacket
Description: Ithaca:: Cornell University Press,. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2004. Hardcover. 0801442036 . First printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. .

"Threshold Effects in High Energy Reactions." Offprint from: Philosophical Magazine, vol. 4, no. 45, Sept. 1959. by BAZ, Alfred I.

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Title: "Threshold Effects in High Energy Reactions." Offprint from: Philosophical Magazine, vol. 4, no. 45, Sept. 1959.
Author: BAZ, Alfred I.
Seller: Jeff Weber Rare Books (Switzerland)
Description: No place:: Philosophical Magazine, 1959., 1959. 8vo. 1035-1045 pp. Self wraps. FINE.

The Crooked Road by West, Morris L.

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Title: The Crooked Road
Author: West, Morris L.
Seller: ReadInk (United States)
Condition: Very Good in Good dj
Description: New York: William Morrow and Company. Very Good in Good dj. 1957. First American Edition. Hardcover. [spine slightly turned, minor bumping to lower corners, a little dust-soiling to top of text block, tiny stain on fore-edge; jacket faded at spine, missing about 1.5" inches from bottom of spine, 2-inch split at lower front flap-fold, several other nicks and small tears]. "An exciting novel about an American newspaperman fighting for his 'big story' in the turbulence of Italian political intrigue," this was West's fourth published novel (the third under his own name). Also published in the U.K. under the title "The Big Story," it preceded his breakthrough best-seller "The Devil's Advocate" by a couple of years. The 1965 film adaptation, starring Robert Ryan and Stewart Granger, although it was a British film, used the American title. The book has been frequently reprinted in paperback under both its titles, but this edition is notably scarce. .

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A Walk Among The Tombstones by Lawrence Block

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Title: A Walk Among The Tombstones
Author: Lawrence Block
Seller: Jeff Bergman Books ABAA/ILAB (United States)
ISBN: 9780688103507
Condition: Very Fine
Description: Morrow, 1992 Book. Very Fine. Hardcover. F. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ISBN:0-688-10350-2. Very fine in near fine jacket 1/8 tear on front top corner,.

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