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Punch à Paris

Punch à Paris by CHAM (pseudonym of Amédée de Noé); HUART, Louis; CHAMPS, Victor, binder

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Title
Punch à Paris
Author
CHAM (pseudonym of Amédée de Noé); HUART, Louis; CHAMPS, Victor, binder
Seller
David Brass Rare Books, Inc. (United States)
Description
Paris: Lange Lévy et Comp., 1850. First Edition, Bound from the Original Parts Complete with all six of the original front wrappers and the five leaves of advertisements at the end From the Bibliothèque Antoine Vautier CHAM (pseudonym of Amédée de Noé). HUART, Louis. CHAMPS, Victor, binder. Punch à Paris par Cham. Revue Drolatique du Mois. Paris: Lange Lévy et Comp., February - June 1850. Complete with all six of the original front wrappers and the five leaves of advertisements at the end. First edition, bound from the original parts. Small folio (11 x 7 7/8 inches; 280 x 200 mm.). [1]-192 pp. Six full page engraved plates and numerous engravings throughout the text. The six original pictorial front wrappers dated from January thru July 1850 bound in at front. Five leaves of advertisements and one blank bound in at end. Bound by V[ictor] Champs ca. 1900 (stamp-signed in black on verso of front free-endpaper). Three quarter red crushed levant morocco over marbled boards, ruled in gilt, spine with five raised bands, elaborately decorated and lettered in gilt in compartments, cockerel-style endpapers. With the small octagonal bookplate of the celebrated collection of Bibliothèque Antoine Vautier on front paste-down. The commencement of Punch à Paris was in February 1850 and was intended to be a monthly published magazine, however in June 1850, after just six issues Punch à Paris had to cease publication "The excessive rigors of the new press law oblige us to suspend our publication". Cham, pseudonym of Charles Amédée de Noé (1818-1879) has collaborated in many satirical newspapers and has also published a number of albums of lithographs or woodcuts. Very comfortable in political and moral caricatures, he is one of the first to give stories in drawings that will soon be called comics and as such occupies a key place in the history of comics in France, and among the pioneers of the genre. Louis Adrien Huart (1813-1865) was a French journalist, writer and theater director. From 1835, he wrote for Le Charivari, France's main opposition satirical daily, of which he was to become the most assiduous editor. In his literary and theatrical chronicles as well as in his satires of daily political news, he constantly approached the legal limit set by censorship without ever exceeding it. Many legends of lithographs by Honoré Daumier came from his pen. Editor-in-chief of Charivari from 1848, he later became its editor until his death. He had the merit of discovering and promoting young talents from the new generation, such as Henri Rochefort , who without him would have remained a simple employee of the administration. He also wrote the text for several books illustrated by Grandville and Cham. Victor Champs (1844-1912) was one of the most prolific and renowned bookbinders of the late nineteenth century. "His bindings for bibliophiles are sought after by collectors, for the good performance of their body of work and the finish of the work. Together with Carayon, they were the bookbinders who, in relatively simple works, summed up the highest degree of perfection of execution." (Fléty, p.41). Provenance: Bibliothèque Antoine Vautier. One of the great French bibliophiles whose superb collection "Catalogue de Vente aux Encheres" was sold in Paris at Hotel Drouot on April 21st, 1971 and on May 11th, 1977. Hatin, 521.
[CHILDREN'S BOOK]. Just So Stories for Little Children

[CHILDREN'S BOOK]. Just So Stories for Little Children by Kipling, Rudyard

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[CHILDREN'S BOOK]. Just So Stories for Little Children
Author
Kipling, Rudyard
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Michael Laird Rare Books LLC (United States)
Condition
Good
Description
London: Macmillan, 1902. First Edition. Good. 8vo. vi, 252 pp. Original publisher's cloth (somwhat worn, front hinge cracked). Pastedowns and endleaves opposite with foxing as commonly. Half-morocco case, front cover with reproduction of the original cloth design printed on paper. ONE OF THE MOST ENDEARING CHILDREN'S BOOKS OF ALL TIME, "Just So Stories" features 22 illustrations by Rudyard Kipling himself (who also designed the covers). FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE (with the date 1902 printed on the title-page), FIRST IMPRESSION (with the printer's mark on p. [251]). "The 'Just So Stories' began as bedtime stories told by Kipling to his daughter Effie. When the first three were published in a children's magazine, a year before her death, Kipling explained: 'In the evening there were stories meant to put Effie to sleep, and you were not allowed to alter those by one single little word. They had to be told just so; or Effie would wake up and put back the missing sentence. So at last they came to be like charms, all three of them - the whale tale, the camel tale, and the rhinoceros tale.' "Nine of the thirteen 'Just So Stories' tell how particular animals were modified from their original forms to their current forms by the acts of human beings or magical beings. For example, the Whale has a tiny throat because he swallowed a mariner, who tied a raft inside to block the whale from swallowing other men. The Camel has a hump given to him by a djinn as punishment for the camel's refusing to work (the hump allows the camel to work longer between times of eating). The Leopard's spots were painted by an Ethiopian (after the Ethiopian painted himself black). The Kangaroo gets its powerful hind legs, long tail and hopping gait after being chased all day by a dingo, sent by a minor god responding to the Kangaroo's request to be made different from all other animals." Our favorite remains "The Cat that Walked by Himself" which as a statement of individuality was profoundly influential to us. So it begins: "Hear and attend and listen; for this befell and behappened and became and was, O my Best Beloved, when the Tame animals were wild. The Dog was wild, and the Horse was wild, and the Cow was wild, and the Sheep was wild, and the Pig was wild-as wild as wild could be-and they walked in the Wet Wild Woods by their wild lones. But the wildest of all the wild animals was the Cat. He walked by himself, and all places were alike to him. "Of course the Man was wild too. He was dreadfully wild. He didn't even begin to be tame till he met the Woman, and she told him that she did not like living in his wild ways. She picked out a nice dry Cave, instead of a heap of wet leaves, to lie down in; and she strewed clean sand on the floor; and she lit a nice fire of wood at the back of the Cave; and she hung a dried wild-horse skin, tail-down, across the opening of the Cave; and she said, 'Wipe your feet, dear, when you come in, and now we'll keep house.'" CONTENTS: 1. How the Whale Got His Throat - why the larger whales eat only small prey. 2. How the Camel Got His Hump - how the idle camel was punished and given a hump. 3. How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin - why rhinos have folds in their skin and bad tempers. 4. How the Leopard Got His Spots - why leopards have spots. 5. The Elephant's Child/How the Elephant Got His Trunk - how the elephant's trunk became long. 6. The Sing-Song of Old Man Kangaroo - how the kangaroo assumed long legs and tail. 7. The Beginning of the Armadillos - how a hedgehog and tortoise transformed into the first armadillos. 8. How the First Letter Was Written - introduces the only characters who appear in more than one story: a family of cave-people, called Tegumai Bopsulai (the father), Teshumai Tewindrow (the mother), and Taffimai Metallumai, shortened to Taffy, (the daughter), and explains how Taffy delivered a picture message to her mother. 9. How the Alphabet Was Made - tells how Taffy and her father invent an alphabet. 10. The Crab that Played with the Sea - explains the ebb and flow of the tides, as well as how the crab changed from a huge animal into a small one. 11. The Cat that Walked by Himself - explains how man domesticated all the wild animals, even the cat, which insisted on greater independence. 12. The Butterfly that Stamped - how Solomon saved the pride of a butterfly, and the Queen of Sheba used this to prevent his wives scolding him. WITH THE BOOKPLATE OF H. BUXTON FORMAN (his posthumous sale at Anderson Galleries, 27 April 1920, lot 582). Forman was not only an important book collector and bibliographer, he was a conspirator (with T.J. Wise) of the infamous series of "creatively forged" pamphlets that were described by Carter and Pollard in their jaw-dropping account entitled "An Enquiry Into the Nature of Certain Nineteenth-Century Pamphlets" (1934). Forman's own nefarious activities predated his conspiracies with Wise. Forman died in 1917, before his participation in the scheme was fully understood. After the "Enquiry" was published, Wise blamed Forman for everything; see Nicholas Barker and John Collins, "Sequel to an Enquiry into the Nature of Certain Nineteenth Century Pamphlets by John Carter and Graham Pollard: The Forgeries of H. Buxton Forman & T.J. Wise" (1992).
The World within the World (Advance Copy)

The World within the World (Advance Copy) by GASS, William H.

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The World within the World (Advance Copy)
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GASS, William H.
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1978. Plain printed blue wrappers, with publisher's blurb stapled to verso of front cover. Housed in custom cloth clamshell case with leather lettering piece to spine.. First Edition. Octavo. Uncorrected Proof, with publication date of May 23rd, 1978 and price of $10.00 provided in-manuscript to front cover.
A COLLECTION OF THE MOST USEFUL ARITHMETICAL TABLES. Among which are, monies of account in most foreign commercial countries--their exchanges--value of their exchanges in Federal money--rules for reducing Federal money to other monies--and vice versa--superseding entirely the necessity of pupils in common schools, making use of any other arithmetic. To which is added, a perpetual almanac. Making in the whole, a useful pocket companion

A COLLECTION OF THE MOST USEFUL ARITHMETICAL TABLES. Among which are, monies of account in most foreign commercial countries--their exchanges--value of their exchanges in Federal money--rules for reducing Federal money to other monies--and vice versa--superseding entirely the necessity of pupils in common schools, making use of any other arithmetic. To which is added, a perpetual almanac. Making in the whole, a useful pocket companion by WHITE, John J.

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A COLLECTION OF THE MOST USEFUL ARITHMETICAL TABLES. Among which are, monies of account in most foreign commercial countries--their exchanges--value of their exchanges in Federal money--rules for reducing Federal money to other monies--and vice versa--superseding entirely the necessity of pupils in common schools, making use of any other arithmetic. To which is added, a perpetual almanac. Making in the whole, a useful pocket companion
Author
WHITE, John J.
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Bartlebys Books (United States)
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Hartford, [CT]: Printed and sold by Hale and Hosmer, 1812. Contemporary three-quarter red leather with marbled boards (scuffed). [Second edition, expanded]. 14.5 cm. 71 pp., [1]. Front joint starting. Karpinski p.151. Copy at AAS. OCLC: NYU, CT State Lib., Trinity College.
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Historical Sketches of North Carolina, from 1584 to 1851.; Compiled from original records, official documents, and traditional statements; with biographical sketches of her distinguished statesmen, jurists, lawyers, soldiers, divines, etc. Illustrated with engravings by WHEELER, John H.

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Historical Sketches of North Carolina, from 1584 to 1851.; Compiled from original records, official documents, and traditional statements; with biographical sketches of her distinguished statesmen, jurists, lawyers, soldiers, divines, etc. Illustrated with engravings
Author
WHEELER, John H.
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Bartlebys Books (United States)
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Baltimore, (MD): Regional Pub. Co, 1964. Reprint of the 1851 original. 8vo. Two vols. in one: 138; 480 pp. Plates, map. Includes a brief history of each county in the state. Cf. Howes W-323 and Thornton 14720 for the original. Black cloth, gilt spine title, printed dust jacket (spine chipped at head). Endpapers foxed, else very good. (3639).
Allied-Axis, the Photo Journal of the Second World War Issue #19 (M2/M2AI Halftrack; Bergepanzer, #19)

Allied-Axis, the Photo Journal of the Second World War Issue #19 (M2/M2AI Halftrack; Bergepanzer, #19)

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Allied-Axis, the Photo Journal of the Second World War Issue #19 (M2/M2AI Halftrack; Bergepanzer, #19)
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Ed's Editions Bookstore (United States)
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2007-01-01. Softcover. Very Good. Clean, has a good binding, no marks or notations.
THE NAVIGABLE WATERWAYS [Signed]

THE NAVIGABLE WATERWAYS [Signed] by Alexander, Pamela

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THE NAVIGABLE WATERWAYS [Signed]
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Alexander, Pamela
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Lorne Bair Rare Books (United States)
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New Haven: Yale University Press, 1985. First Edition. First Printing, hardcover issue. Signed by Alexander on title page. Some wear to edges (no tears or large chips), a gift inscription and a touch of dust; Very Good in Very Good dustjacket. Yale Series of Younger Poets volume 80 chosen by James Merrill.
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THE UCLA HISTORICAL JOURNAL,; Volume 10, 1990

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THE UCLA HISTORICAL JOURNAL,; Volume 10, 1990
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Second Life Books Inc (United States)
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Los Angeles: UCLA, 1990. 8vo, pp. 161. Paper wraps. Inscribed by Clare Spark to the poet Paul Metcalf and his wife. Includes an article, "Who's Crazy Now?": An essay dedicated to Christopher Hill, by Clare L. Spark.

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