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Autograph Musical Bars, Signed by PORTER, Cole

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Seller: Heritage Book Shop, LLC

Title: Autograph Musical Bars, Signed
Author: PORTER, Cole
Seller: Heritage Book Shop, LLC (United States)
Description: N.P.N.D. C.A., 1926. PORTER, Cole. Autograph Musical Bars, Signed. [No place, no date, ca 1926]. A small (4 1/4 x 5 3/8 inches; 106 x 134 mm) paper with the clef, key signature and six notes from the song "It's De-Lovely" hand-drawn in black ink and underneath signed "Cole Porter" along with the lyrics "It's d'lovely". The verso (not seen in frame) with notes stating "Commander R.N. HMS Repulse, 6th Sept, 1926." Matted, framed and glazed in a circle mat alongside a photographic portrait of Porter. Photo is (8 x 6 inches; 200 x 153 mm). Black wooden frame is (16 1/4 x 14 1/4 inches; 413 x 364 mm). Paper lightly toned in a circle shape to match matting. Overall about fine. "Cole Albert Porter (June 9, 1891 - October 15, 1964) was an American composer and songwriter. Many of his songs became standards noted for their witty, urbane lyrics, and many of his scores found success on Broadway and in Hollywood films... t's De-Lovely" is one of Cole Porter's hit songs, originally appearing in his 1936 musical, Red Hot and Blue. It was introduced by Ethel Merman and Bob Hope. The song was later used in the musical Anything Goes." (Wikipedia) HBS 69554. $3,000.

Observations de Mars by Rudaux, Lucien

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Seller: Jeremy Norman & Co., Inc.

Title: Observations de Mars
Author: Rudaux, Lucien
Seller: Jeremy Norman & Co., Inc. (United States)
Description: 1892. Rudaux, Lucien (1874-1947). (1) Observations de Mars. Illustrated autograph document signed, in French. 3-1/2pp. on three sheets. Donville, ca. August 1892. (2) Autograph letter signed, in French, most likely to G. Secretan, manufacturer of scientific instruments; includes sheet with drawings of Mars. 4pp. on 3 sheets. Donville, 9 October 1892. "De la part de M. Secretan" inscribed in pencil on the first sheet in another hand. Together 2 items, 6 sheets total. Approx. 300 x 202 mm. Edges a bit frayed, small tears along some folds. Very good. Excellent illustrated manuscript and letter by Lucien Rudaux, one of the founders of modern space art, who was the first to create accurate images of our moon and Mars. The Rudaux crater on Mars, and the Lucien Rudaux Memorial Award honoring masters of space art, are both named for him. He was the author of Sur les autres mondes (1937), a classic work containing over 400 illustrations of our solar system's planets and moons. "Never before had readers seen such an accurate and spectacular depiction of the worlds of the solar system. So accurate were [Rudaux's] paintings that many of them look as though they were done last year instead of more than 70 years ago" (Miller). Rudaux's "Observations de Mars," which he wrote when he was just 18, contains 10 beautifully rendered ink and wash drawings of Mars made between June 10 and August 15, 1892 in Donville, Normandy, using a 95 mm. lunette (small telescope) manufactured by the firm of G. Secretan. Each illustration is accompanied by Rudaux's notes detailing times, weather conditions and observed planetary features, including the Martian "seas" and polar icecaps. His letter of October 9, 1892, most likely written to Secretan, Rudaux expressed his satisfaction with "votre excellente lunette" [your excellent lunette] and enclosed a further series of eight Mars observations taken during the month of September. " I was more favored by the weather during this month than during the month of August. I communicated the observations for this month and those for July to M. C. Flammarion, who found the results remarkable for an objective of this dimension (as he said in the October number of L'Astronomie). I believe these new observations to be more interesting that the others; in fact, on 11 September between 8:30 and 10:30 I distinctly perceived a canal . . . " (translation ours). "Flammarion" refers to astronomer Camille Flammarion (1842-1925), author of the classic La Planète Mars et ses Conditions d'Habitabilité (1892) and editor of the journal L'Astronomie. Miller, Ron, "The First Science Artist to Draw Accurate Pictures of Mars and the Moon." io9, io9.Gizmodo.com, 16 Jan. 2012. Accessed 1/12/18. .

The Works of William Shakespeare by Shakespeare, William

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Seller: Whitmore Rare Books

Title: The Works of William Shakespeare
Author: Shakespeare, William
Seller: Whitmore Rare Books (United States)
Condition: Fine
Description: London: Macmillan, 1900. Fine. The Globe Edition. Octavo (7 1/2 x 5 inches; 190 x 127 mm.). viii, 1,138 (double-column) pp. Bound ca. 1900, most probably by a student of Douglas Cockerell, in full brown morocco in the style of the Arts and Crafts Movement. Both covers bordered in blind enclosing an elaborately decorated blind stamped lattice design, each with twenty-four blind-tooled squares enclosing a four leaf and central flower design. The twenty-four squares framed by one hundred and seventy four gilt circles with green morocco onlays and in addition thirty-five blind-stamped circles. Spine with five raised bands similarly decorated and lettered in gilt in compartments. There are ten 'squares' surrounded by ninety gilt circles and twenty-four blind corner circles. The spine is lettered in gilt in the second compartment and dated "1900" at the foot. Turn-ins ruled in blind and decorated with three-leaf blind-tooled corners and seventy-two gilt circles with green morocco onlays, green paper liners and double matching end-papers, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Spine a bit faded, otherwise a Fine copy. Although unsigned, this is a remarkable hand-tooled Arts and Crafts style binding is reminiscent Douglas Cockerell's early work and was most probably executed by one of his students. Douglas Cockerell (1870-1945) was one of the most talented English Arts and Crafts binders and brother of bibliophile & curator Sydney Cockerell. Cockerell apprenticed with Cobden-Sanderson's Doves Bindery before establishing his own bindery in 1897. Apart from producing high-quality bindings, his lasting impact on the book world is best felt through his role as a teacher at the Central School of Arts and Crafts, training students like Sangorski, Sutcliffe, and Powell. His Bookbinding and the Care of Books (1901) is a canonical text on the craft. Fine.

Dangling Man by Bellow, Saul

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Seller: Bookbid Rare Books

Title: Dangling Man
Author: Bellow, Saul
Seller: Bookbid Rare Books (United States)
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Vanguard, 1944. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition of the author's first book. 8vo. Except for a tiny soil spot at the bottom inside edge of the back cover and a closed tear in the bottom margin of one page, this is a very near fine and quite clean and fresh copy of this fragile book, in a very good fust jacket that shows minimal chipping at spinal extremities, rubbing along back spine edge and a tear in the middle of the front jacket flap. Original price of $2.50 still on front flap of jacket. Housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase.

BUSING IN CLINTON, TENNESSEE (1956/57) Photo by Np

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Title: BUSING IN CLINTON, TENNESSEE (1956/57) Photo
Author: Np
Seller: Walterfilm, Inc. (United States)
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Np. No binding. Near Fine. Np, 1956/1957. Vintage original 8 x 10" (20 x 25 cm) black-and-white double weight photo. Crease in upper right corner, holograph notes in pencil on verso, near fine. Twelve African American students integrated the previously all-white Clinton High School in Clinton, Tennessee. They were among the first to participate in desegregation of southern schools following the Supreme Court's 1954 Brown vs. Board of Education ruling. However, on September 1, the White Citizens Council and Klan launched full-scale rioting in Clinton. Cars were overturned, windows smashed, and Black citizens were threatened. In this photo a single African American student, with his head slightly bowed, is in the forefront, and behind him there is a jeering mob of whites.

Taxidermy, Minerals, and Shell Catalogue of Walter F. Webb for the Year 1896

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Seller: Eclectibles

Title: Taxidermy, Minerals, and Shell Catalogue of Walter F. Webb for the Year 1896
Seller: Eclectibles (United States)
Condition: Very good. Some staining, short open tear to upper wrapper.
Description: Albion, New York: Walter F. Webb, 1896. Very good. Some staining, short open tear to upper wrapper.. A trade catalogue advertising products for the taxidermist and natural science enthusiast, including tools, stands, glass eyes, displays, paint brushes, and more. Sold by Walter W. Webb, the publisher of "The Museum", a natural science and zoology journal. The second half of the catalogue advertises the sale of "Minerals" and "Shells" for collectors, ranging from Acadialite, a red mineral collected in Nova Scotia, to Voluta Vespertilio, a shell collected from Singapore. Includes some illustrations of taxidermy supplies. Each item is named with pricing and, in some cases, dimensions. Also. Note the sale of arsenic for taxidermy, as well as the inclusion of an "Indian Hair Rope, 40 feet" and "Sioux Arrows" under the heading "Land and Marine Curios

Been Doon So Long a Randall Grahm Vinthology by Grahm, Randall

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Seller: Rabelais - Fine Books on Food & Drink

Title: Been Doon So Long a Randall Grahm Vinthology
Author: Grahm, Randall
Seller: Rabelais - Fine Books on Food & Drink (United States)
Description: Berkeley & Los Angeles, California: University of California Press, 2009. Quarto (26.5 x 22 cm.), 336 pages. Illustrated. FIRST EDITION. The gonzo wine memoir from the original Rhone Ranger, one of California's great innovative vintners. Fine, in a fine, unclipped dust jacket. Boldly signed by the author on the half-title.

Extraordinary, Ordinary People: A Memoir of Family by Rice, Condoleezza

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Title: Extraordinary, Ordinary People: A Memoir of Family
Author: Rice, Condoleezza
Seller: Brenner's Collectable Books (United States)
ISBN: 9780307587879
Condition: Fine
Description: New York: Crown Archetype, 2010. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo., 342pp. Sharp Stated First Edition, First Printing with full number sequence. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Equally attractive unclipped dust-jacket. ($27.00), is fresh and bright with no tears, creases or chipping. Signed by Rice directly on the title page. Laid in is a folded poster for events at Barnes & Noble which includes the rice event. A gorgeous collectable copy.

A Small Target by Andreae, Christine

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Seller: James & Mary Laurie Booksellers (A.B.A.A.)

Title: A Small Target
Author: Andreae, Christine
Seller: James & Mary Laurie Booksellers (A.B.A.A.) (United States)
ISBN: 9780312145439
Condition: Fine
Description: New York: St. Martin's Press, 1996. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Signed by author on title page. Promotional material laid in. "A Lee Squires Mystery." Bound in publisher's original black boards with spine stamped in gilt. 5 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches. 260 pages.

Themes from the Bible [INSCRIBED] by Band, Max

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Title: Themes from the Bible [INSCRIBED]
Author: Band, Max
Seller: Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller (United States)
Condition: vg
Description: Los Angeles: University of Judaism Press, 1964. First edition. Hardcover. vg. For my friends Pepi and Herbert Luft with my cordial good wishes et avec mes sentiments les milleurs Max Band Oct. 1964" on front free endpaper. Quarto. 80pp. Original red quarter cloth over red velvet covered boards with gilt-stamped lettering on cover. Decorative title page in yellow and black. Historiated ruling on contents page, Max Band drawing on verso. Beautifully arranged book with themes, artwork and illustrations from the Bible, including 12 tipped-in color reproductions of artwork by the Lithuanian artist Max Band. Stamp of Pepi & Herbert Luft (film producer)on title page and page 13. Binding with very light wear along edges. Binding and interior in overall very good condition.

Third Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution 1881-1882

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Seller: Weller Book Works ABAA/ILAB

Title: Third Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution 1881-1882
Seller: Weller Book Works ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Condition: Good
Description: Government Printing Office, 1884. Good. . Third Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution 1881-1882. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1884. 606pp. Indexed. Illustrated. 4to. Book condition: Good. The text block is cracked at the title page. The edges of the pages are lightly moisture stained. Chapters include Notes on Certain Maya and Mexican Manuscripts by Cyrus Thomas and Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of Ethnolgy on Masks, Labrets and Certain Aboriginal Customs, With an Inquiry Into the Bearing of Their Geographical Distribution by William Healey Dall.

Monarch The Big Bear of Tallac by Seton, Ernest Thompson

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Seller: Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB

Title: Monarch The Big Bear of Tallac
Author: Seton, Ernest Thompson
Seller: Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB (United States)
Condition: Very Good +
Description: NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1904. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good +. Blue cloth, oval pictorial pastedown, titles in gilt. Narrow stain running along bottom edge of leaves first grouping of pages not affecting text. Solid copy. With 100 drawings by author Seton,

Everything Good Will Come: A Novel [Inscribed] by ATTA, Sefi

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Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books

Title: Everything Good Will Come: A Novel [Inscribed]
Author: ATTA, Sefi
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books (United States)
Description: Northampton, MA: Interlink Books, 2005. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21.25cm); black cloth, with titles stamped in silver on spine; dustjacket; [6],7-336pp. Inscribed by the author on the title page to Puerto Rican editor, translator, and literary critic Roberto Marquez: 4/18/07 / To Roberto / from Sefi." Touch of dust-soil to upper edge of textblock, else very Near Fine in a Fine, unclipped dustjacket (priced $24.95). First novel by the Nigerian-born author and playwright, centered around the fate of two young girls living under military rule in Nigerian during the early 1970s.

Escape on Venus by Edgar Rice Burroughs; Frank Frazetta Cover Art

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Seller: Kenneth Mallory Bookseller. ABAA

Title: Escape on Venus
Author: Edgar Rice Burroughs; Frank Frazetta Cover Art
Seller: Kenneth Mallory Bookseller. ABAA (United States)
Condition: Very good
Description: NY: Ace Books, 1974. Mass market paperback. Very good. Mass market paperback. First printing. Slightly tanned, else a very good, tightly bound example with a flat, uncreased spine.

This Is My Beloved by Benton, Walter

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Seller: Carpetbagger Books, ABAA

Title: This Is My Beloved
Author: Benton, Walter
Seller: Carpetbagger Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1968. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Very Good in an about Very Good jacket, unclipped ($3.95), rubbed at the edges with a couple closed tears and chips, toned on the back panel. Quarter red cloth with blue paper on the boards. Square, bound with some reading wear and a red top stain. Benton's diary in verse that became one of the best-selling books of poetry of its time.

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