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Ein Anatomischer Totentanz.

Ein Anatomischer Totentanz. by Hasselwander, Albert

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Ein Anatomischer Totentanz.
Author
Hasselwander, Albert
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Ursus Books (United States)
Description
1926. HASSELWANDER, Albert. Ein Anatomischer Totentanz. 27, [1] pp. Illustrated with 50 collotype plates. Small 4to., 220 x 175 mm, bound in original publisher's half vellum over brown boards. Munich: J.F. Bergmann, 1926. Only Edition of this photographic anomaly, offering an "Anatomical Dance of Death," prepared for the use of artists, with a long preface on the illustrated history of the "Dance of Death" by Hasselwander. There are 25 photographic plates of dramatically positioned nudes, each one accompanied by 25 photographs on the facing plate capturing their skeletal "death" portrait, in mirror position. Ein Anatomischer Totentanz, prepared in collaboration with the painter Fritz Stell, is far closer to a photographic "Dance of Death" than a medical work on the musculo-skeletal system. Dr. Albert Hasselwander (1877- 1954) was a professor of Anatomy at the University of Erlangen, Germany and is best known today for his publications Atlas der Anatomie Menschlichen Körpers in Röntgenbild, (1926) and Handbuch der Anatomie des Kindes (1938). Viewed artistically, the contrast of the nude photographs with their corresponding skeletons elicits an amusing but also disturbing response in the onlooker. Certainly, "artistic instruction" was the intention of the author Hasselwander, and yet, beyond the moralistic message inherent in Dance of Death works, Ein Anatomischer Totentanz evokes a Weimar Republic-like luridness and kinky voyeurism. In excellent condition, previous owner's stamp on front free endpaper.
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A Sampler of Leaves from Plain Wrapper Press and Ex Ophidia Books. Essays by Richard Gabriel-Rummonds, Decherd Turner, Michael and Winifred Bixler, Golda Laurens, Bradley Hutchinson, Alessandro Zanella, Guido Trevisani, and Craig Jenssen by [PLAIN WRAPPER PRESS] RUMMONDS, Richard Gabriel

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A Sampler of Leaves from Plain Wrapper Press and Ex Ophidia Books. Essays by Richard Gabriel-Rummonds, Decherd Turner, Michael and Winifred Bixler, Golda Laurens, Bradley Hutchinson, Alessandro Zanella, Guido Trevisani, and Craig Jenssen
Author
[PLAIN WRAPPER PRESS] RUMMONDS, Richard Gabriel
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James S. Jaffe Rare Books LLC (United States)
Condition
Fine copy
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(No place: Richard-Gabriel Rummonds, 1996). First edition. Limited to 40 copies signed by Rummonds. The Sampler includes a checklist of books produced by Rummonds at the Plain Wrapper Press and at Ex Ophidia. "This edition . . . was composed in Monotype Dante by Michael and Winifred Bixler. Golda Laurens lettered the title. Bradley Hutchinson printed the front and back matter on Magnani mouldmade paper and the wrappers on Fabriano Ingres mouldmade paper. The signatures and sections in the sampler were printed on a variety of papers by Richard-Gabriel Rummonds and Alessandro Zanella. The frontispiece photograph was taken by Guido Trevisani. The edition was quarter bound in leather with cloth boards by Craig Jensen at BookLab." - from the colophon. Fine copy. Folio, original quarter-leather & cloth, in publisher's cloth box. Fine copy.
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Thou Shalt Not Kill: A Memorial for Dylan Thomas by REXROTH, Kenneth

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Thou Shalt Not Kill: A Memorial for Dylan Thomas
Author
REXROTH, Kenneth
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James S. Jaffe Rare Books LLC (United States)
Condition
Fine copy
Description
Sunnyvale, CA: Horace Schwartz, (1955). First edition, the only editioni in book form of the complete poem. The present copy is bound upside down. Perron A12. Presentation copy, inscribed by Rexroth to the poet and publisher Jonathan Williams on the top of the titel-page. Rexroth's prefatory note states: "This Poem was written in one sitting, a few hours after a phone call came from New York with the news that Dylan Thomas had died. It was circulated widely, mimeo'd, to all my friends. The copies were all plainly labelled "NOT FOR PUBLICATION." Nevertheless, it has been printed without my permission, in Japanese, Greek, French, English and several other languages, in a shortened form . . . The poem is directed against the 20th, century of horror.. Fine copy. 8vo, original printed wrappers, stapled. Fine copy.
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How to Be Perfect. Poems by PADGETT, Ron

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How to Be Perfect. Poems
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PADGETT, Ron
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James S. Jaffe Rare Books LLC (United States)
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As new
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Minneapolis: Coffee House Press, (2007). First edition, a paperback original. As new. 8vo, original pictorial wrappers. As new.
[Japanese Textbook]. Approved by the California State Board of Education

[Japanese Textbook]. Approved by the California State Board of Education by [Japanese Americana]. [California]

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[Japanese Textbook]. Approved by the California State Board of Education
Author
[Japanese Americana]. [California]
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McBride Rare Books (United States)
Condition
Very good.
Description
[San Francisco & Japan: Aoki Taisei-Do, 1929. Very good.. [56]pp. In Japanese. Original printed, stiff wrappers, cloth-backed. Minor wear and scattered staining to wraps. Light tanning internally. A fascinating and scarce Japanese-language textbook, intended for use by Japanese-American children in California during the late 1920s. The work was published by Aoki Taisei-Do, a San Francisco book and stationery store that catered to Japanese immigrants. The inside, rear wrapper states that this was was, "Approved by the California State Board of Education. August 1923. Published Aoki Taisei-do. San Francisco California. Printed in Japan, together with a 1929 date code. The book contains numerous illustrations throughout of young children, animals, plants, and more accompanied by Japanese text, and seems to have been a primer for learning to read and write Japanese for children born to immigrants in the United States. A illustration of Santa Claus and one of a English teatime table setting belie a bit of Western influence. Despite the printed discrepancy between approval and publication dates, we locate no other editions and only one copy of the present one, at the Bancroft.
Collection of rare 18th century songs published in London ca. 1737-1790

Collection of rare 18th century songs published in London ca. 1737-1790 by [VOCAL MUSIC - 18th Century - English]

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Collection of rare 18th century songs published in London ca. 1737-1790
Author
[VOCAL MUSIC - 18th Century - English]
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J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians LLC (United States)
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Folio. 19th half black leather with marbled boards, spine in compartments gilt with titling gilt. Engraved throughout, with the exception of the ninth songsheet, which is typeset. Provenance Evan Charles Sutherland-Walker (1835-1914), with his armorial bookplate to front pastedown. Contains 25 songs including works by Arne, Bride, Dibdin, Clarke, Galliard, Handel, Harington, Hook, Jackson, Leveridge, Selby, Smith, and others. With occasional ornamentation, filling out of chords, and corrections in contemporary manuscript. 1. Clark. "The Broom on Cowdenknows" ["When Summer comes the Swains on Tweed"]. London, ca. 1780. 1f. (recto music, verso blank) pp. BUC p. 1075. Jeremiah Clarke (ca. 1743-1809), English composer, violinist, and organist; his published works, all printed in London, consist of songs and keyboard sonatas with instrumental accompaniment. 2. Dibdin. "While the Lads of the Village ... Sung by Mr. Bannister." "J.W." printed to foot of music. London: [?]John Welcker, ca. 1775. 1f. (recto music, verso blank) pp. BUC p. 1078. Charles Dibdin (1745-1814), English composer, dramatist, poet, actor, singer, and entertainer, wrote many songs. 3. Arne. "Water Parted from the Sea ... Sung by Mr. Tenducci in Artaxerxes." London, ca. 1765. 1f. (recto music, verso blank) pp. BUC p. 57. Alfred Thomas Augustine Arne (1710-1778), an English composer, violinist, and keyboard player, was "the most significant figure in 18th-century English theatre music." Peter Holman and Todd Gilman in Grove Music Online 4. Jackson. "Delia ... Sung by Mr. Squibb at Marybone[!] Gardens. Set to Music by Mr. Wm. Jackson of Exeter." London, ca. 1770. 1f. (recto music, verso blank) pp. BUC p. 552. William Jackson (1730-1803), an English composer and organist, wrote a number of songs, canzonets, etc. "His best music is to be found in his secular vocal works, where he demonstrates an ability to blend a natural melodic style with a sensitivity to text." Richard McGrady in Grove Music Online 5. Galliard. "The Early Horn ... A Fav'rite Song in the Royal Chace. Sung by Mr. Beard. Set by Mr. Galliard." London, ca. 1737. 1f. (recto music, verso blank) pp. Paginated 31 at upper outer corner. BUC p. 358. John Ernest Galliard (ca. 1687-1749), German composer and oboist, "certainly played a significant role in London's musical life in the first half of the 18th century." Roger Fiske, revised by Richard G. King in Grove Music Online 6. Smith. "Zoreb and Zaida ... Sung by Mr. Morgan." London, ca. 1770. 1f. (recto music, verso blank) pp. JISC (one copy only, at Oxford University. 7. Handel. "Let me Wander ... L'Allegro Il Penseroso." London: Printed for J. Bland No. 45 Holborn, ca. 1790. 1f. (recto blank, verso music) pp. HWV 55. BUC p. 433. George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), English composer of German birth, was "one of the greatest composers of his age." Anthony Hicks in Grove Music Online 8. Handel. "L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato Or Let the Merry Bells." London: Bland, ca. 1790. 1f. (recto music, verso blank) pp. HWV 55. BUC p. 433. 9. Bride. "The Joy-Inspiring Horn ... A Favorite Hunting-Song. Set by Mr. Bride." London: [?]R. Falkener, ca. 1775. [i] (blank), 2, [i] (blank) pp. BUC p. 135. Typeset, with an arrangement for two German flutes in score on the second page. Tear extending from lower margin into three systems of music; small loss to lower outer corner of first page of music; imprint trimmed, but possibly the Falkener edition, where the imprint appears at the foot of the second page of music. OCLC 43123680. 10. Handel. "Sung by Mr. Beard in Alexander's Feast" ["Happy, happy pair"]. London, [?]ca. 1740. [i] (blank), 2, [i] (blank) pp. HWV 75. Not in BUC. 11. [?]Leveridge. "The Roast Beef Cantata." London, ca. 1770. 4 pp. BUC p. 1026. Richard Leveridge (1670-1758), English bass and composer, was "a leading singer on the London stage and a popular composer of songs." Olive Baldwin, revised by Thelma Wilson in Grove Music Online 12. "The Camp Medley" ["The Lark was up the Morn was grey"]. London: Longman & Broderip, ca. 1780. BUC, p. 595. 4 pp. With trill markings in contemporary manuscript. 13. "The Banks of the Dee A favorite Song" ["It was summer"]. [?]London: [?]Bland, ca. 1780. 1f. (recto music, verso blank) pp. BUC p. 549 (other editions). 14. "He Stole my Tender Heart Away ... A Favorite Song" ["The Fields were green"]. London, ca. 1780. 1f. (recto music, verso blank) pp. BUC p. 334. 15. Hook. "The Favorite Song Sung by Miss Brown in the Scheming Lieutenant" ["Beneath a green shade"]. London: CST (handstamp Charles and Samuel Thompson), ca. 1775. 1f. (recto music, verso blank) pp. JISC (two copies, at the British Library and the National Library of Scotland). James Hook (1746-1827) was a noted English composer whose songs were "regularly performed at the main London pleasure gardens." Pamela Gairl in Grove Music Online 16. "Social Pow'rs ... A Favourite Song" ["Come now all ye Social Pow'rs"]. London: Printed for J. Bland No. 45 Holborn, ca. 1785. 1f. (recto music, verso blank) pp. BUC p. 208. 17. "The Invitation Sung at Marybone Gardens by Mrs. Vincent. Mr Lowe. Miss Davis. Mr Raworth. and Mr Taylor" ["Come ye party Jangling Swains"]. London, ca. 1766. 1f. (recto music, verso blank) pp. BUC p. 209. 18. Selby. "The Chace of the Hare ... A New Hunting Song." 1f. (recto music, verso blank) pp. BUC p. 940. Minor loss to flute line. 19. "Fair Hebe. Sung by Mr. Beard at Ranelagh Gardens" ["Hebe I left with a cautious Design"]. London, ca. 1750. 1f. (recto music, verso blank) pp. BUC p. 324. With "Fair Hebe" in contemporary manuscript to blank verso. 20. Harington. "Air. by Mr. Harington of Bath" [Gentle Airs sweet Joys impart"]. London, ca. 1780. 1f. (recto music, verso blank) pp. BUC p. 446. Henry Harington (1727-1816), English composer, physician, and author, was a leading contemporary composer of glees, catches, and duets. 21. Arne. "The favourite Hymn of Eve. In the Oratorio of Abel" ["How Chearful along the gay Mead"]. London, ca. 1755. 1f. (recto music, verso blank) pp. JISC (one copy only, at Oxford University). 22. "The Cotillon" ["Hail Politeness pow'r divine"]. London: Rd. B__e, ca. 1770. 1f. (recto music, verso blank) pp. BUC p. 416. 23. Arne. "The Echoing Horn in Thomas & Sally." London: Printed and sold by S. Phillips in St. Martins Court, ca. 1765. 1f. (recto music, verso blank) pp. BUC p. 45. 24. Arne. "Hebe ... Set by Dr. Arne" ["When forc'd from dear Hebe"]. London: Walsh, 1752. 1f. (recto music, verso blank) pp. BUC p. 47 25. "Anna A Particular Favourite Irish Song. Sung by Miss Catley - and - Mr. Leoni." ["Shepherds I have lost my Love"]. London: I. F.[entum], ca. 1775. 1f. (recto music, verso blank) pp. BUC p. 943. Bound with: Clark. Eight Songs with Instrumental Parts in Score Composed by Jeremiah Clark Organist in Birmingham Opera Seconda. London: Printed for the Author and Sold by Messrs. Straight & Skillern Music Engravers and Printers in St. Martins Lane near Charing Cross, ca. 1775. 1f. (recto title, verso blank), 34 pp. Engraved throughout. BUC p. 94. RISM C2618 and CC2618 (two copies in the U.S., at Cornell University and the Library of Congress). Index in pencil to front free endpaper. Binding worn, rubbed, and bumped. Slightly worn; occasional minor imperfections, including small tears, soiling, and stains.
Sämmtliche Werke für Pianoforte... herausgegeben von Louis Koehler und Rich. Schmidt Band I Sonaten Band II Stücke Band III Variationen und Concerte. Neu revidirte Ausgabe

Sämmtliche Werke für Pianoforte... herausgegeben von Louis Koehler und Rich. Schmidt Band I Sonaten Band II Stücke Band III Variationen und Concerte. Neu revidirte Ausgabe by WEBER, Carl Maria von 1786-1826

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Sämmtliche Werke für Pianoforte... herausgegeben von Louis Koehler und Rich. Schmidt Band I Sonaten Band II Stücke Band III Variationen und Concerte. Neu revidirte Ausgabe
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WEBER, Carl Maria von 1786-1826
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J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians LLC (United States)
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Leipzig: C. F. Peters [PN 7735, 6239, 8467], 1899. 3 volumes bound together. Folio. Quarter dark red leather with marbled boards, raised bands on spine in decorative compartments gilt, marbled edges and endpapers. Vol. 1: [i] (titling within decorative border printed in sepia), 2 (contents), 3-117, [i] (blank); Vol. 2: 1f. (title), 3 (contents), 4-106, [i] (blank) pp.; vol. 3: [i] (title), 2 (contents), 3-96 pp. The title of Vol. 3 lacks the printed note "Neu revidirte Ausgabe" and has the plate number in its place; the other two titles have the plate number to the foot of the page; all three titles are otherwise identical. Oval handstamp of "Cercle de l'Union artistique Bibliothèque" with manuscript number "20683" to center to front endpaper; without manuscript number also to head of title of vol. 1 and to verso of rear endpaper. Slight loss to upper edge of front endpaper. Uniform light browning; title leaf of Vol. 1 minimally foxed. The first Peters edition of the complete piano works (vol. 1-2: second issue). Later Peters editions use the same plates and title design, but they spell the name of Louis Koehler with an Umlaut and the word "Concerte" as "Konzerte"; instead of Rich[ard] Schmidt, they list August Ruthardt as co-editor; and their contents pages are re-engraved, with some including incipits. There is also an edition in one volume using the same plates and the title page of the present volumes 1 and 2, but the contents are arranged in a completely different order (sonatas coming last); the uniform plate number is 6176.
Large Format Photograph of Brigadier General Lorenzo Thomas

Large Format Photograph of Brigadier General Lorenzo Thomas by [Civil War]

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Large Format Photograph of Brigadier General Lorenzo Thomas
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[Civil War]
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Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Very Good +
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New York: Chas. D. Fredricks & Company Photographers, 1862. Photograph. Very Good +. Large format print measuring 35 cm by 27.5 cm. Actual image is oval and measures 20 cm by 15 cm. Image is near fine. Mount has a few minor losses at the extremities. Image is undated. The view shows Thomas sitting in a wooden chair in uniform with a sword in his left hand. Lorenzo Thomas (1804-1875) was a general during the American Civil War and later served as Secretary of War under President Andrew Johnson.
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The Man Who Killed the Deer by Waters, Frank

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The Man Who Killed the Deer
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Waters, Frank
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Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA (United States)
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Very Good
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New York: Farrar & Rhinehart, Inc, 1942. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 311pp. Octavo [21 cm] Bright red cloth covered boards with a black ink stamped title and gilt stamped designs on the spine, and a black ink stamped vignette on the front cover. The extremities are lightly rubbed and the spine is a bit rolled. There is a contemporary owner's inscription on the front pastedown and there is a bookseller's ticket on the rear pastedown. In the dust jacket, with heavy fading to the spine and a handful of small closed tears to the edges. Frank Waters wrote 27 books, including novels, biographies, histories, and essay collections. The majority of his fiction and non-fiction reflects Waters’ wide interest in the culture and religion of Navajo, Hopi, Pueblo, and pre-Columbian peoples. From the dust jacket- The man who killed the deer was Martiniano, a Pueblo Indian. Like many of his tribe, he was sent away as a youth to an 'away-school' where he learned the ways of the white man. But when he returned Martiniano found himself outcast from his tribe when he refused to participate in the ancient tribal dances, to wear a blanket, to cut the heels off his shoes, or to let his hair grow long. When he married Flowers Playing, a beautiful girl from the distant Ute tribe, his estrangement from his pueblo grew more acute, but not as acute as that fateful day when he shot and killed a deer on the government reservation. This precipitated swift action by the Government against the Pueblo which had been trying for many years to regain its sacred Dawn Lake in the region of the watershed under the Government's protection.
LOOK AT THE BIRDIE

LOOK AT THE BIRDIE by Vonnegut, Kurt

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LOOK AT THE BIRDIE
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Vonnegut, Kurt
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Revere Books, ABAA & IOBA (United States)
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Norfolk: Easton Press, 2009. First edition, limited to 1000 numbered copies signed by Vonnegut on a bound-in page as issued. Gilt-stamped leather-covered boards, all edges gilt. In publisher's unopened mailing carton with inserts and shipping accesories intact. Contains fourteen previously unpublished stiries.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition.
THIRTEEN STORIES AND THIRTEEN EPITAPHS

THIRTEEN STORIES AND THIRTEEN EPITAPHS by Vollmann, William T.

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THIRTEEN STORIES AND THIRTEEN EPITAPHS
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Vollmann, William T.
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Revere Books, ABAA & IOBA (United States)
ISBN
9780679404392
Condition
Fine
Description
NY: Pantheon, 1992. First US edition, first prnt. Signed by Vollmann on the title page. Unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Second novel in Vollmann's Prostitution trilogy. Hardcovers. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.The images are of the book described and not stock photo.
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THE FRENCH BOOKBINDERS OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY by UZANNE, Octave

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THE FRENCH BOOKBINDERS OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
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UZANNE, Octave
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The Bookpress, Ltd. (United States)
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UZANNE, Octave. THE FRENCH BOOKBINDERS OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. Chicago: Caxton Club, 1904. 4to. Cloth spine, boards. 133 (1) pages, 20 plat First edition. One of 250 copies. [Mejer, 614; Brenni, 605]. Illustrated with six wash drawings by Paul Avril, fourteen facsimile binders' labels and twenty photographs of bookbindings. Divided into five chapters; t origin, first attempts at a decorative renaissance, the master binders, price tools, raw materials and a special chapter on the use of silk, embroidery, spangles, etc. as decoration. Very good.
Berliner Amerikaner: Courting Ajaxander / Techniques of Fornication / Aleph, Alpha, and Alfalfa

Berliner Amerikaner: Courting Ajaxander / Techniques of Fornication / Aleph, Alpha, and Alfalfa by IANNONE, Dorothy, William Copley, and Emmett Williams

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Berliner Amerikaner: Courting Ajaxander / Techniques of Fornication / Aleph, Alpha, and Alfalfa
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IANNONE, Dorothy, William Copley, and Emmett Williams
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Harper's Books (United States)
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All three volumes fine, in illustrated wrappers, housed in cloth
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Berlin: Haus am Lützowplatz, 1993. All three volumes fine, in illustrated wrappers, housed in cloth. First Edition. Three volume set. Published on the occasion of the exhibition "Berliner Amerikaner" at the Fördererkreis Kulturzentrum, which featured works by American artists—and Berlin residents— Dorothy Iannone (Courting Ajaxander), William Copley (Techniques of Fornication), and Emmett Williams (Aleph, Alpha, and Alfalfa). Each book hand-numbered as 410 of 500, and SIGNED by the artists, with Copley's signature accompanied by hand-stamped drawing. Each illustrated throughout, with Iannone's publication featuring a tipped-on color photographic plate. Text in English, with Iannone's also featuring German translation.
The Heart of the Matter

The Heart of the Matter by Greene, Graham

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The Heart of the Matter
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Greene, Graham
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Very Good
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London: Heinemann, 1948 First edition, first impression. Publisher's navy blue cloth with publisher's device to bottom right of rear board, spine lettered in silver, and tan endpapers, red topstain; in the original red dust jacket priced at 9s.6d.net. Very good book, with corners lightly bumped, boards bowed, spine slightly creased, and a small tear to the spine of front endpaper; good or better unclipped dust jacket, with heavy fading to spine and light chipping to head of spine and corners, a 1-inch closed tear to front panel, and some edgewear. Overall, a sturdy copy of a notoriously fragile book. Set in Sierra Leone during World War II, The Heart of the Matter follows Major Henry Scobie as he navigates the moral degradation and religious guilt that result from a romantic affair. Greene pulled from his own experience as a British intelligence officer in colonial Africa when writing Scobie's sympathetic character, who bears the struggling Catholic soul present in many of Greene's works. The Heart of the Matter was an immediate success, selling over 300,000 copies upon its release. In 2005, it made Time magazine's list of the one hundred best English novels since 1923. In 1953, the novel was made into a film directed by George More O'Ferrall and starring Trevor Howard and Maria Schell.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included.
Palgrave's Golden Treasury

Palgrave's Golden Treasury by Bell, Robert Anning (Illus); Palgrave, Francis Turner (Ed)

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Palgrave's Golden Treasury
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Bell, Robert Anning (Illus); Palgrave, Francis Turner (Ed)
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E M Maurice Books, LLC, ABAA (United States)
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Very Good
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London & New York: J M Dent / E P Dutton, 1907 367 pgs. TEG. Full vellum decorative stamped and titled in gilt, mild soil to vellum, boards slightly bowed, vellum bubbling near spine of upper cover, occasional foxing. Palgrave's famed collection of poetry illustrated with 25 tipped-in color plates and partial-page line art by Robert Anning Bell. Deluxe edition. . First Deluxe Edition. Full Vellum. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Robert Anning Bell. Large Thick 8vo.
The Land of Heart's Desire

The Land of Heart's Desire by Yeats, William Butler

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The Land of Heart's Desire
Author
Yeats, William Butler
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James Cummins Bookseller (United States)
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Cream colored paper boards with yapp edges and green lettering with lightest soiling, near fine
Description
Portland, Maine: Thomas B. Mosher, 1909. First published revised edition, alternate printing, 1/500 on Japanese vellum. [xxviii], 31 pp. 8vo. Cream colored paper boards with yapp edges and green lettering with lightest soiling, near fine. First published revised edition, alternate printing, 1/500 on Japanese vellum. [xxviii], 31 pp. 8vo. Hatch 406; Bishop 187; Wade 13a
ALYS-ALL-ALONE

ALYS-ALL-ALONE by MacDonald, Una

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ALYS-ALL-ALONE
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MacDonald, Una
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Green Gate Farm Antiquarian Books (United States)
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L. C. Page and Company, Boston. Octavo First Impression with August, 1911 on copyright page. Bound in the original tan ribbed cloth with color cover illustration in red and green. The book is beautiful, virtually perfect and as new except for a slight corner bump and a discreet ink inscription on the front end paper. The excellent condition is explained by the presence of the original dust wrapper. The wrapper is chipped and worn with pieces missing from the titling on the spine. Still a remarkable survivor and still clean and bright with the cover illustration intact.
The Lear Collection: A Study of Copper Alloy Socket Candlesticks A.D. 200 - A.D. 1700
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The Lear Collection: A Study of Copper Alloy Socket Candlesticks A.D. 200 - A.D. 1700 by Bangs, Christopher

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The Lear Collection: A Study of Copper Alloy Socket Candlesticks A.D. 200 - A.D. 1700
Author
Bangs, Christopher
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Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller (United States)
ISBN
9780964222403
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New in publisher's shrink wrap
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Easton, Pennsylvania: King's Hill Publications, 1995. First edition. Hardcover. New in publisher's shrink wrap. Large Quarto. 398pp. Original dark brown illustrated cloth with gilt lettering on cover and spine. Illustrated with striking photographs throughout. Exhaustive history of candlesticks from !.D. 200 – A.D. 1700. Contains bibliography at rear.
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Farouche à quatre feuilles by Breton, André ;Lise Deharme;Julien Gracq;Jean Tardieu

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Farouche à quatre feuilles
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Breton, André ;Lise Deharme;Julien Gracq;Jean Tardieu
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Thomas A Goldwasser Rare Books (United States)
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[Paris]: Grasset, 1954. First edition. 139, [4] p. 20 cm. Original pink wrappers, fine copy. One of 1500 numbered copies on velin de Lana. Les trois premiers textes de ce volume ont été composés en vue d'une émission radiophonique organisée par Lise Deharme. Le quatrième a été spécialement écrit, sur sa demande, dans le même esprit"-
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The Libera me Domine. Translated by Barbara Wright by Pinget, Robert

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The Libera me Domine. Translated by Barbara Wright
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Pinget, Robert
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Thomas A Goldwasser Rare Books (United States)
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New York: Red Dust, 1978. First American edition. Cloth, fine in dust jacket 239 pp. 22 X 13 cm. Jacket split along rear flap crease (not unusual for this printing).
The Education of Undergraduate Women at Princeton: An Examination of Coordinate Versus Coeducational Patterns.

The Education of Undergraduate Women at Princeton: An Examination of Coordinate Versus Coeducational Patterns. by [ Women. Education. ]

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The Education of Undergraduate Women at Princeton: An Examination of Coordinate Versus Coeducational Patterns.
Author
[ Women. Education. ]
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Michael R. Thompson, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB (United States)
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[Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University,] March 1969 Pale bule printed paper wrappers. . Octavo. With a full-page table comparing educational models. Fading and light foxing to front cover. Very bright and clean throughout. A very good copy of an uncommon item reporting the results of a study on how Princeton University could implement their decision to admit women. A committee of Princeton students, faculty, and administrators considered five models for incorporating women into the college: (1) "Separate educational institutions, joined by a 'treaty' which makes possible some sharing of facilities and faculty"; (2) "Two institutions with separate formal identities, but with one faculty identified with the men's college"; (3) "A separate women's residential college (or zone) within the University"; (4) "A single institution, with an established ratio of women to men students, but with no separate residential college"; and (5) "A single institution with no established ratio of women to men students." The present item summarizes the characteristics, advantages, and disadvantages of the five models. Princeton began admitting undergraduate women in the fall of 1969 under the fourth proposed model. The model allowed women to choose between living on campus in designated spaces (women-only dorms or women's sections in larger dorms) or living off campus and between eating and socializing in communal spaces with men or in their own dorms and private residences. The text reads: "This model avoids any connotations of 'segregation' and thus is attractive on grounds of principle to those who believe it is important that men and women students learn how to know each other simply as 'people,'" (p. 9).
The Woman Who Was Pope: A Biography of Pope Joan, 853-855 A.D.

The Woman Who Was Pope: A Biography of Pope Joan, 853-855 A.D. by Wood, Clement

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The Woman Who Was Pope: A Biography of Pope Joan, 853-855 A.D.
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Wood, Clement
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ReadInk (United States)
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Near Fine in Very Good+ dj
Description
New York: William Faro, Inc.. Near Fine in Very Good+ dj. 1933 (c.1931). 3rd printing. Hardcover. [just a touch of shelfwear, modest age-toning to edges of text block; the jacket is lightly edgeworn, and has some random spotting on the rear panel]. Or, not. A "biography" (if we may call it that) of the woman who purportedly reigned as Pope of Rome for a couple of years during the 9th Century, but whose actual existence had long been a matter of dispute in church circles, and which is today now widely regarded as a myth. So basically what we have here is "historical fiction" with not much actual history underpinning it, although the author (rather grandiosely claimed in the jacket blurb as to be "probably the greatest student of Christianity in America") gives it the old college try: Part One of the book, "Pope Joan in History," purports to demonstrate "that Pope Joan was a definite historical figure, whose existence is as definitely established as that of any of her contemporaries." (Basically it runs through the evidentiary chronicle, then posits a conspiracy theory about the "smothering" and "suppression" of the truth.) Part Two, "The Life of Pope Joan" -- by far the largest part of the book -- is a pretty much made-up-from-whole-cloth account (with lots of dialogue) of Joan's life from conception to death (in childbirth, of all things). And just the bring the whole story home, I guess, there's a 4-page Appendix explaining the origin and playing rules of "The Card Game, Pope Joan." (Although it's tempting to believe that Wood -- famously the co-author, with his wife Gloria Goddard, of "The Complete Book of Games" -- just made that up, too, it was in fact a thing: per Wikipedia, "a once popular Victorian family game....an 18th-century English round game of cards for three to eight players.") .
REPORT ON THE TYPOGRAPHY OF THE CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS PREPARED IN 1917 AT THE REQUEST OF THE SYNDICS BY BRUCE ROGERS AND NOW PRINTED IN HONOUR OF HIS EIGHTIETH BIRTHDAY

REPORT ON THE TYPOGRAPHY OF THE CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS PREPARED IN 1917 AT THE REQUEST OF THE SYNDICS BY BRUCE ROGERS AND NOW PRINTED IN HONOUR OF HIS EIGHTIETH BIRTHDAY

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REPORT ON THE TYPOGRAPHY OF THE CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS PREPARED IN 1917 AT THE REQUEST OF THE SYNDICS BY BRUCE ROGERS AND NOW PRINTED IN HONOUR OF HIS EIGHTIETH BIRTHDAY
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Oak Knoll Books/Oak Knoll Press (United States)
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N.P.: The University Printer, 1950. cloth-backed boards. Cambridge Christmas Books. 4to. cloth-backed boards. xii, 36 pages. Limited to 500 copies as one of the Cambridge Christmas books printed by Brooke Crutchley. Gift inscription in pencil by Ronald Mansbridge to Herbert H. Johnson on front free endpaper. A near fine copy.
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Über die Molecularvolume von Flüssigkeiten by Kopp, Hermann

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Über die Molecularvolume von Flüssigkeiten
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Kopp, Hermann
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Palinurus Antiquarian Books (United States)
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Fine.
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Leipzig und Heidelberg: C F Winter, 1889. OFFPRINT from Liebig's Annalen. Original publisher's printed wrappers.. Fine.. 8vo, 118 pp.
[HISTORY] [PAMPHLET] OBSERVATIONS UPON THE ACT FOR THE REDEMPTION OF THE LAND TAX: SHEWING THE BENEFITS LIKELY TO ARISE FROM THE MEASURE, BOTH TO THE PUBLIC AND TO THE INDIVIDUALS

[HISTORY] [PAMPHLET] OBSERVATIONS UPON THE ACT FOR THE REDEMPTION OF THE LAND TAX: SHEWING THE BENEFITS LIKELY TO ARISE FROM THE MEASURE, BOTH TO THE PUBLIC AND TO THE INDIVIDUALS

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[HISTORY] [PAMPHLET] OBSERVATIONS UPON THE ACT FOR THE REDEMPTION OF THE LAND TAX: SHEWING THE BENEFITS LIKELY TO ARISE FROM THE MEASURE, BOTH TO THE PUBLIC AND TO THE INDIVIDUALS
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Black Swan Books, Inc. (United States)
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London: Bunney, Thompson and Co, 1798. Very Good binding. 8vo; in much later marbled wrappers; [2]. 46 pages.~~The Land Tax was made a permanent charge on the land in 1798. However future liability might be mitigated by a lump sum payment or by the purchase of government stock.~~A uncommon pamphlet. Very Good binding.
Capital in the Twenty-First Century

Capital in the Twenty-First Century by Piketty, Thomas

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Capital in the Twenty-First Century
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Piketty, Thomas
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9780674430006
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Fine
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Cambridge: The Belknap Press, 2014. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Translated by Arthur Goldhammer. Fine in a Fine jacket, unclipped ($39.95), faintly rubbed. Quarter black cloth with black paper on the boards. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. Here, Piketty "analyzes a unique collection of data from twenty countries, ranging as far back as the eighteenth century, to uncover key economic and social patterns.
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Considering the Radiance: Essays on A.R. Ammons. by [AMMONS, A.R.]. Burak, David and Roger Gilbert. eds.

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Considering the Radiance: Essays on A.R. Ammons.
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[AMMONS, A.R.]. Burak, David and Roger Gilbert. eds.
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NY: Norton, (2005).. Uncorrected proof.. 355 pp. Sunning to spine and extrems, else near fine in printed light blue wrappers.

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