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“Di Giulio Cesare e Luco Spinoli 1619.” by [WALLET BINDING / BUSINESS / SPINOLA FAMILY]

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Seller: Martayan Lan, Inc.

Title: “Di Giulio Cesare e Luco Spinoli 1619.”
Author: [WALLET BINDING / BUSINESS / SPINOLA FAMILY]
Seller: Martayan Lan, Inc. (United States)
Condition: Early 17th-century account ledger of Giulio Cesare and Luco Spinola, two brothers of the Genoese patrician family, recording deb
Description: n.p., 1619. Early 17th-century account ledger of Giulio Cesare and Luco Spinola, two brothers of the Genoese patrician family, recording debts and credits over a period beginning in 1619 and ending in 1631. Information about individual debts is registered at the top of each page, with ample blank space underneath for successive transactions relating to the debt. Other pages are filled with tables recording transactions in a given period of time pertaining to different debtors and creditors. Although the book was evidently begun in 1619, some of the entries record transactions dating back to 1599. The entries are written in a single neat hand which only occasionally turns into a hasty scrawl. Six loose leaves inserted into the pages contain records of transactions from 1599 to 1630. The brothers were evidently responsible for the finances of their mother, Lamilla, whose name appears frequently, as well as their sisters. One of them, Luiggia, born Livia, was in a convent, while the other, Benedetta, had her dowry managed by her brother until her marriage to her cousin, Paris Salvago. Reflecting the Spinola family’s twin spheres of influence in Genoa and Naples, both places appear in the transactions, with somewhat more mentions of Naples—probably an indication of the focus of Giulio Cesare and Luco’s business interests, and a plausible explanation for why their accounting ledger should be bound in such a splendid Spanish-Neapolitan binding.. Folio manuscript, [25 x 35 cm], consisting of 119 numbered leaves and (70) blank leaves; (6) loose folded leaves. Contemporary black morocco wallet binding, most likely Neapolitan (or Spanish), elaborately and densely tooled, with original morocco reinforcements with decorative red stitching on lower edge (i.e., spine); some minor worming and abrasion. Vellum title shows minor soiling, and so do extremities of scattered leaves, but generally in an excellent state of preservation.

Outgoing President Benjamin Harrison Discusses Diplomatic Appointments in a Letter to Noted New York Politician Cornelius Bliss by Benjamin Harrison

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Seller: The Raab Collection

Title: Outgoing President Benjamin Harrison Discusses Diplomatic Appointments in a Letter to Noted New York Politician Cornelius Bliss
Author: Benjamin Harrison
Seller: The Raab Collection (United States)
Description: 19/11/1892. Letter signed, on black bordered Executive Mansion stationery as his first wife, Caroline Scott Harrison, had died less than a month before, three pages, November 19, 1892, to Cornelius Bliss concerning the appointment of a friend of Bliss as Ambassador to Portugal. Bliss was a seasoned politico who would be Theodore Roosevelt’s campaign manager in 1904.“I have your letter of the 16th and notice what you say about Mr. Einstein. I knew of course he took the race for Mayor only to help the general ticket and without thought of success himself. I fear that, as to the Portuguese Mission, some arrangements have been made with the Secretary of State, with my concurrence, that will make that impossible to give that to Mr. Einstein and I do not know what else there may be. You know I have only broken bits of meat and very little even of that. “Mr. Lispenard Stewart, General Butterfield, Mr. Webb and two or three other prominent people in your state have been urged by friends for foreign appointments since the election. I have only Switzerland that is not either disposed of or so complicated as not to be free. The best thing I think is to say nothing to Mr. Einstein about it and let me see what I can do. I know that you will appreciate my good disposition and also the limitations that are upon me.” Like many outgoing presidents Harrison wanted to reward friends with last minute appointments when possible. He was to leave office less than four months later.Cornelius Bliss was, in addition to TR’s campaign manager, the Chairman of the New York State Republican committee who was instrumental in Harrison’s carrying that state in 1888. He was later Secretary of the Interior under McKinley. Edwin Einstein was a Representative in the 46th U.S. Congress and did indeed run unsuccessfully for Mayor of New York in 1892.

A Barrel-Full of Money Making Ideas for Printers. Full Size Plans for Die Cut Booklets - Folders- Novelties Etc. Accurate Steel Rule Die Manufacturers [together with] mailing envelope to prospective customer, along with typed letter to prospect

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Seller: White Fox Rare Books and Antiques

Title: A Barrel-Full of Money Making Ideas for Printers. Full Size Plans for Die Cut Booklets - Folders- Novelties Etc. Accurate Steel Rule Die Manufacturers [together with] mailing envelope to prospective customer, along with typed letter to prospect
Seller: White Fox Rare Books and Antiques (United States)
Condition: Fine
Description: New York: Accurate Steel Rule Die Manufacturers, 1949. First Edition. Wraps. Stapled. Envelope. Fine. A most unusual shaped-book, die cut trade promotion, most appropriate in this instance as the company is promoting its own business of making die cuts for the printing trade. In other words, the company was the maker of die cuts to be used by other printers, as opposed to being a printer using die cuts. Of further interest is that the promotion is a pattern book and primer on the die cut process, clearly intended to fuel enthusiasm for using die cuts for all kinds of business advertising and promotion, and critically, to get printers to expose their customers to its possibilities. The shape is a barrel, which plays nicely on the title, "A Barrel Full", the title itself quite possibly chosen because the printer wanted to use the image of a barrel, which is large-ish and its size too setting this apart from more ordinary promotions. The size is, using the maximum length and width, 38.5 by 29.5 cm. 24 pp., including front and rear of wraps. The booklet abounds with small black and white vignettes of a wide range of consumer products, as well as other objects, animals and people that might be used in advertising, perhaps because of a company's name, or alternatively, some association in the promotion with a characteristic of say, the animal. (Think elephant when the word "jumbo" is part of the promotion, as just one example.) Most of the space on a page, though, is given to outlines to be used in constructing a die cut. These include geometric shapes that have nothing to do with a particular subject but might be a desired shape for a background board, to give just one of many possibilities. And things such as display boxes are among the patterns, and these patterns aren't the least bit decorative in and of themselves. The company, Accurate Steel Rule Die Manufacturers, was in business from about 1930 or '31, based on its representation of having been in business 18 years in this brochure, and remained in business at least until the 1980s. It issued catalogues later than this one, but none of the others of which we are aware were themselves die cut, nor were they the folio size of this one. Scarce, with a single copy recorded on OCLC First Search, located at Harvard, and no indication this copy comes with mailing envelope and letter. Printed onto the mailing envelope, in large lettering, is the question, "How to Become The Most Successful Printer in Your Community (Sent at Your Request). This informs us that among Accurate Steel Rule's client base were other printers. In a sense it had a wholesale business, that being the case. The parenthetical is suggestive, too, that this brochure was perceived as something more than merely a company's promotional puffery. The cover letter is housed in a pocket, which is itself an envelope mounted onto the lower long edge of the shipping envelope. It is undated and signed by a company officer whose title is not given. The envelope has light soiling, much of which could be erased if one wished to make the effort. Otherwise, an outstandingly well-preserved piece of unusual printing ephemera.

The Court Of The Gentiles: Or A Discourse touching the Original of Human Literature, Both Philologie and Philosophie, From the Scriptures & Jewish Church... Part II. Of Philosophie by Gale Thomas

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Title: The Court Of The Gentiles: Or A Discourse touching the Original of Human Literature, Both Philologie and Philosophie, From the Scriptures & Jewish Church... Part II. Of Philosophie
Author: Gale Thomas
Seller: Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB (United States)
Condition: Fair
Description: Printed by Will. Hall, for Tho. Gilbert, 1671. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fair. Original or early calf, raised bands, front cover detached, 448p.

The Art of Home Candy Making with Illustrations by Home Makers of Candy

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Title: The Art of Home Candy Making with Illustrations
Author: Home Makers of Candy
Seller: Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: Canton OH: The Home Candy Makers, 1913. 3rd Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. Third edition revised, blue cloth wrappers (with no cardboard underneath as issued), stamped in gilt, measures approx 6" x 9", 110 pages + 2 page advertisements, Illustrated with photos and diagrams. Errata strip tipped-over one line on page 13 to correct for the temperature for small or light crack hand test from 244 degrees to 254 degrees; temperature is everything. Uncommonly well preserved. Cloth covers curl-in from corners - no backing.

Keyes, E. L. by THE TONIC TREATMENT OF SYPHILIS

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Title: Keyes, E. L.
Author: THE TONIC TREATMENT OF SYPHILIS
Seller: Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: NY: Appleton, 1877. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Pub green cloth, gilt titles. 83pp + 32pp adverts. Minor wear to corners. Very good all around. Errata sheet bound in before title.

A PLAN OF THE CITY OF HARTFORD. PRELIMINARY REPORT by Carrere & Hastings, Advisory Architects

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Title: A PLAN OF THE CITY OF HARTFORD. PRELIMINARY REPORT
Author: Carrere & Hastings, Advisory Architects
Seller: Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hartford: Hartford Press, 1912. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. Near fine copy, except it's missing its front cover, stapled spine, 117p , illustrated w/ b&w photos, 5 foldout maps all in original folds. An early 20thC effort to apply urban planning (although the term wasn't used then to one of the oldest American cities: "the rectification of the present plan. on comprehensive lines of order and harmony." URBAN PLANNING CITIES.

The Possum That Didn't by Frank Tashlin

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Title: The Possum That Didn't
Author: Frank Tashlin
Seller: Appledore Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition: Near Fine
Description: New York: Farrar, Straus and Company, 1950. Pictorial boards. Near Fine/Very Good. Frank Tashin. The 1950 1st edition, in its matching pictorial dustjacket. Solid and VG+ to Near Fine (a touch of light offsetting at the endsheets) in a bright, price-clipped, VG dustjacket, with light chipping --and several tiny closed tears-- along the top-edges. Thin quarto, wonderful black-and-white illustrations by the author himself.

The Squeal Man: The True Story of Matt Bonora, Suburban Homicide Detective (First Edition Review Copy) by Flusser, Martin

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Seller: Brenner's Collectable Books

Title: The Squeal Man: The True Story of Matt Bonora, Suburban Homicide Detective (First Edition Review Copy)
Author: Flusser, Martin
Seller: Brenner's Collectable Books (United States)
ISBN: 9780688031930
Condition: Fine
Description: New York: William Morrow and Company, 1977. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo., 251pp. Beautiful Unread First Edition, First Printing with full number sequence. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Equally attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($8.95), is fresh and bright with no chipping, creases, toning or tears. Publisher's review slip and marketing flyer laid in. A gorgeous collectable copy of a surprisingly uncommon title.

Brave Against The Enemy; T'oka Wan Itkok'ip Ohitike Kin He by Ann Clark, Helen Post, Emil Afraid of Hawk, Edward A. Kennard, Willard W. Beatty

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Title: Brave Against The Enemy; T'oka Wan Itkok'ip Ohitike Kin He
Author: Ann Clark, Helen Post, Emil Afraid of Hawk, Edward A. Kennard, Willard W. Beatty
Seller: James & Mary Laurie Booksellers (A.B.A.A.) (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: Washington, D. C.: Dept. of the Interior/Education Division of the U.S. Indian Service, 1944. 1st. Softcover. Very Good. Dual mirrored text in English and Sioux. Edited by Beatty. English text by Clark, photographs by Post, Sioux by Emil Afraid of Hawk edited by Kennard. Bound in publisher's original illustrated wrappers. Beautiful and striking photographic cover in color with orange text. Illustrated throughout with striking black and white photographs. Sharp edges and corners, bright text block. Fine except for very mild wear to extremities. 7 x 10 inches. 215 pages.

Soviet Democracy by Ward, Harry F. [Frederick]; Lynd Ward (Illustrator)

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Seller: Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA

Title: Soviet Democracy
Author: Ward, Harry F. [Frederick]; Lynd Ward (Illustrator)
Seller: Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition: Very Good +
Description: New York: Soviet Russia Today, 1947. Original 1947 printing. Pamphlet. Very Good +. 48pp. Duodecimo [18.5 cm] Tan saddle-stitched wraps, featuring cover art by the author's son, Lynd Ward, an artist known for his novels in pictures and his book illustrations. With small rust stains surrounding the staples of the binding. With reproduced black and white photos and with illustrations by Lynd Ward. Chicago-born illustrator, printer, and novelist Lynd Ward was known for his series of wordless novels illustrated with woodcuts and wood engravings, often referred to as a precursor to modern graphic novels. The author, Harry Frederick Ward (1873-1966), was a Methodist preacher and social activist. He founded the Methodist Federation of Social Services in 1907, and in 1933 he helped found New America, an organization devoted to economic reform and moving the country towards socialism. One of the more prominent organizations that Ward helped to co-found was the American Civil Liberties Union. Furthermore, in the 1930s Ward was also a leader in the American League against War and Fascism. Anti-war efforts would remain a passion of his throughout his life.

Captiva (Signed First Edition) by WHITE, Randy Wayne

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Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA

Title: Captiva (Signed First Edition)
Author: WHITE, Randy Wayne
Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN: 9780399141409
Description: New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1996. First edition. A Doc Ford novel. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed by White on the half-title page.

When M.I.T. Was "Boston Tech" 1861-1916 by Prescott, Samuel C.

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Title: When M.I.T. Was "Boston Tech" 1861-1916
Author: Prescott, Samuel C.
Seller: Carpetbagger Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Cambridge: The Technology Press, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Near Fine in an about Very Good jacket, unclipped ($6.00), generally toned and rubbed, a few small chips near the spine. Grey buckram with red ink lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. Prescott's "personal report, an essay in interpretation and remembrance which is important both for what it tells about M.I.T.'s first half-century and for what it tells about what Dean Prescott finds important and interesting in that half-century.

Getting Mother's Body: a Novel by Suzan-Lori Parks

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Seller: Grayshelf Books, ABAA, IOBA

Title: Getting Mother's Body: a Novel
Author: Suzan-Lori Parks
Seller: Grayshelf Books, ABAA, IOBA (United States)
ISBN: 9781400060221
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition/First Printing (number line ending in a 2, first printing for Random House at the time); A Fine book in a Fine dust jacket with only a light crimp to the spine foot, else as new and unread. SIGNED by the author with a heart doodle to the title page. A lovely copy of this debut novel from the Pulitzer Prize winner. Not remaindered, not price clipped, not ex-library; in a protective Mylar sleeve and will ship carefully wrapped in a sturdy box.

Revolutionary Organisation

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Seller: Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA

Title: Revolutionary Organisation
Seller: Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: London: Solidarity, 1969. Softcover. Very Good. Very good in wrappers. Light rubbed along spine ends and corners. Edges slightly faded.

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