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Military Discoveries by ALKEN, Henry; TALLY-HO, Ben

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Seller: David Brass Rare Books, Inc.

Title: Military Discoveries
Author: ALKEN, Henry; TALLY-HO, Ben
Seller: David Brass Rare Books, Inc. (United States)
Description: London: S & J Fuller, 1819. Scarce Misery in the Army [ALKEN, Henry] TALLY-HO, Ben. Military Discoveries or, The Miseries of campaigning in a series of seven plates being Hints to Young Officers. London: S & J Fuller, March 24, 1819. Oblong quarto (10 1/8 x 14 inches; 257 x 355 mm). Seven aquatint plates, uncolored, loose as issued and housed in a modern cloth portfolio with gilt-lettered black morocco title label and silk ribbon ties. Without title-page, as issued. A rare and biting Regency military satire, almost certainly drawn by Henry Alken, here working under the pseudonym Ben Tally-Ho. In seven sharply observed scenes, the series dismantles the romantic expectations of young officers by presenting campaigning not as glory, but as discomfort, humiliation, danger, and farce. The plates - issued individually rather than as a bound book - follow a newly commissioned officer through the realities of military life: sodden bivouacs, enforced family "reparations," transport-ship torments, battlefield mishaps, perilous dispatch riding, sudden night alarms, and ignominious capture by enemy foragers. Alken's genius lies in his ability to balance caricatural humor with genuine physical jeopardy, offering a satirical yet unmistakably truthful portrait of post-Napoleonic soldiering. This work is exceptionally rare. OCLC/KVK records only three institutional holdings worldwide (University of London, Brown University, and the University of Michigan). The last recorded auction appearance was in 1961, more than half a century ago. Significantly, the series is absent from Tooley, Abbey, and the Le Vivier Library catalogue, the most comprehensive Alken collection ever assembled, underscoring its extreme scarcity and peripheral survival outside standard reference corpora. Though often cited in references in a hand-colored state, the present example survives uncolored, a format consistent with early issue or economical distribution, and increasingly rare in its own right. As an ephemeral print series rather than a conventional book, survival was never intended. A remarkable and elusive Alken military suite - of great appeal to collectors of Regency satire, British military iconography, and rare sporting prints - representing one of the sharpest anti-romantic statements on army life produced in early nineteenth-century graphic art. The Plates: 1. In tasting the joys of bivouac you DISCOVER that in many parts of the Service the elegance of costume are not so much attended to. 2. On getting into a love affair, you DISCOVER that the numerous parts of the family assisted by some professional gentlemen are determined to revenge the supposed injury... 3. Having been but little time on board the Transport you DISCOVER that after your many lessons and long patience on riding you are but ill qualified to ride the Wooden Horse with any chance of comfort to yourself. 4. On recovering from a swoon you DISCOVER it was occasioned by your horse being shot under you... 5. Having volunteered to carry dispatches through the Enemy's Country you DISCOVER that you have a chance of amusement all the way in observing repeated parties of Gentlemen who are out Man Shooting. 6. Being awoke by a violent noise, and rushing from your quarters, you DISCOVER your Colonel who commands you, immediately to resist a serious and unexpected attack made on the Camp by the Enemy, withut waiting for any additoinal Clothes. 7. Going to dinner at a neighboring Vila, you are interrupted by a party of the enemy's foragers, who after stripping you of Pelisses, great Coats &C. you DISCOVER they are determined to carry you to their quarters some thirty miles ahead. Not part the Le Vivier Library catalogue, the most renowned collection of Alken. Not in Tooley. Not in Abbey. Bobbins 340 (colored); Army Museums Ogilby Trust Index to British Military Costume Prints, 1500-1914, no. 44 (colored); Sterling Library IV, 24; Widener sale, November 28th, 1944, #10 (colored).

[Matchbook]: McGovern's Liberty Inn, Dine & Dance

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

Title: [Matchbook]: McGovern's Liberty Inn, Dine & Dance
Seller: Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: Chicago: 661 N. Clark St: (Universal Match Corp., St. Louis), 1950. Unbound. Very Good. Matchbook. Lacking the original match sticks, else a very good, vibrant example, printed in multiple colors, from Chicago's largest strip club in the early 1950s. The outside cover advertises the club as "Chicago's only electric lighted tile bar," with "four floor shows nightly," and features three girls in semi-states of undress. The removal of the match sticks from the inside cover reveals a black & white photograph of an alluring woman fully undressed, alongside McGovern's "Dine and Dance" logo. It was here during the gangster era that Dion O'Bannion, founder of the North Side Mob and the main rival of Johnny Torrio and Al Capone, worked as a singing waiter and became friends with Bugs Moran, Hymie Weiss, and "The Schemer" Drucci. A nice piece of Americana.

SAINT MAYBE by Tyler, Anne

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Title: SAINT MAYBE
Author: Tyler, Anne
Seller: Revere Books, ABAA & IOBA (United States)
ISBN: 9780679403616
Condition: Fine
Description: NY: Knopf, 1991. First trade edition, first prnt. One of an unspecified number of first printing copies with a tipped-in leaf signed by Tyler for members of Kroch's & Brentano's First Edition Circle. Laid in is the Kroch's & Brentano's letter to members of the First Edition Circle as issued. Unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Hardcovers. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Caracole [Signed] by Edmund White

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Title: Caracole [Signed]
Author: Edmund White
Seller: Capitol Hill Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN: 9780330292917
Condition: Near Fine
Description: London: Picador, 1986. Near Fine/Very Good +. London: Picador, 1986. First UK Edition. Octavo (22cm); 342pp. Publisher's illustrated dust jacket with price intact (£9.95). Boards full bound in black cloth with silver stamping to spine. Jacket generally scuffed and rubbed with minor creases to edges and toning to top margin. Board corners and spine ends lightly bumped with toning to all page edges. Pages toned at margins but otherwise clean. A Near Fine copy in a Very Good or better dust jacket. Signed and inscribed by White at title page.

Ver Sacrum: Neue Hefte fur Kunst und Literatur. Ausgabe A mit 4 Originalgrafiken

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Title: Ver Sacrum: Neue Hefte fur Kunst und Literatur. Ausgabe A mit 4 Originalgrafiken
Seller: McBlain Books (United States)
ISBN: 9783714166644
Condition: Very Good
Description: Wien: Jugend und Volk Verlagsgesellschaft, 1971. Paperback. Very Good. illustrations (some color), 87p. Softcover in originial wrapper. 31 cm. Lower front corner curled on first several leaves. German text.

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