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Original Print on an Autograph Letter Signed about his Daughter, Val

Original Print on an Autograph Letter Signed about his Daughter, Val by MILLER, HENRY

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Seller: Schulson Autographs
Title
Original Print on an Autograph Letter Signed about his Daughter, Val
Author
MILLER, HENRY
Seller
Schulson Autographs (United States)
Description
Miller writes to his Japanese translator and language teacher, Michiyo Wantanabe. He began his study with Wantanabe in 1967, the same year he married Hoki Tokuda, a Japanese musician living in California. Miller explains that his daughter, Val, wants to come back home to, "spend the winter with us as her business there [in Colorado] is no good and she doesn't want to spend the winter in that cold climate... I said of course...and stay as long as she likes...." He tells Michiyo that " a friend...will cook for everyone." He explains that because he told Michiyo, "so many unpleasant things about her [his daughter] that you might be frightened to live in the same house...I want to give you a chance to think it over...." He speculates that his daughter "needs to come home - short of money...homesick...lost another lover??" Our letter offer insight into Miller's perception of his role as a father as well as an insight into his view of his daughter. A fine personal and visually attractive letter. The decorative orange, white and gray print along the side margin also shows through on verso. Miller is best known for "Tropic of Cancer" (1934), and "Tropic of Capricorn" (1939), travel memoirs and as literary criticism as well as for his art work.
Please Plant This Book

Please Plant This Book by Brautigan, Richard

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Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Title
Please Plant This Book
Author
Brautigan, Richard
Seller
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA (United States)
Description
San Francisco: Graham Mackintosh, 1968. First Edition. First edition. Stiff cream wraps containing eight unopened seed packets with a short Brautigan poem on each side, planting instructions on the other. Very Good+ or better with slight toning and shelf wear to wraps, offsetting to fore edge from glued flaps (some copies of this book had glued flaps, others didn't; no known priority), some light staining to seed packets from contents. Nice shape overall. All packets present, unopened, containing their original seeds for planting in the 1968-1969 season. Four of the seed packets were flowers, the other four were vegetables. A rare and unique poetry book from the author of Trout Fishing in America, metaphorically connecting the flower generation to its successors, the back-to-the-land and environmental movements.
The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals.

The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals. by Darwin, Charles

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Title
The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals.
Author
Darwin, Charles
Seller
B & B Rare Books, Ltd., ABAA (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
London: John Murray, 1872 First edition, second issue with "htat" misprint on the first line of page 208. One of 7000 copies. Publisher's green cloth with decorative borders in blind to front and rear boards, titles and decorations in gilt to spine, green endpapers, seven Heliotype Plates numbered in Arabic. Very good or better with light wear to spine hinges and corners, a bit of toning to spine, some spotting to the plates on pages 180 and 264, a few small notes in pencil to a couple pages, and a touch of soiling to bottom edge of text block. Overall, a solid copy of Darwin's "forgotten masterpiece," with very well-preserved plates. Freeman 1142. The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals expands on Darwin's theories raised in On the Origin of Species (1859) and The Descent of Man (1871), arguing that there is an evolutionary explanation for the human expression of emotions. The book was originally intended by Darwin to be a chapter in The Descent of Man, but grew until it was necessary to publish the work separately. An influential text in the field of psychology, the book has also been described as "a pivotal turning point in the history of book illustration, right up there with Alice in Wonderland" (The Atlantic). With seven plates of heliotypes that represent various human emotions, The Expression of the Emotions was one of the first scientific books to include photographs. These photographs were provided by a handful of photographers and researchers, including Guillaume-Benjamin Duchenne, Adolph Kindermann, George Charles Wallich, James Crichton-Browne, and Oscar Rejlander. Rejlander contributed nineteen of the thirty photographs in the book, including the crying baby photo, later dubbed "Ginx's baby," which became incredibly popular in its time. Interestingly, Darwin's research for the book prompted him to circulate one of the first scientific questionnaires, which he used to gauge people's ability to identify a handful of core emotions. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good.
THE ROBBER BRIDEGROOM

THE ROBBER BRIDEGROOM by WELTY, Eudora

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Seller: Charles Agvent, ABAA
Title
THE ROBBER BRIDEGROOM
Author
WELTY, Eudora
Seller
Charles Agvent, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Fine in a mildly darkened, just about Fine dustwrapper
Description
Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1942. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a mildly darkened, just about Fine dustwrapper. Welty's first novel and second book, issued in an edition of only 3490 copies. A not especially well-made book, not often seen in this condition.
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MY BUSY DAYS: A CHILD'S VERSE by Sturgis, Edith B. Hinchman, Margaretta S. (illustrator)

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Title
MY BUSY DAYS: A CHILD'S VERSE
Author
Sturgis, Edith B. Hinchman, Margaretta S. (illustrator)
Seller
Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
NY: D. Appleton, 1908. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Uncommon children's title, from illustrator associated with the Brandywine group Pictorial cover a wee rubbed, sunned and edges/ corners showing moderate wear. One plate showing some edge loss from apparently once been loosened, now professionally re-inserted. A thoroughly presentable copy.
After The Seventh Day. The World Man Created

After The Seventh Day. The World Man Created by Calder, Ritchie

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Seller: Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB
Title
After The Seventh Day. The World Man Created
Author
Calder, Ritchie
Seller
Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
NY: Simon and Schuste, 1961. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Inscribed by Scottish author and journalist Calder, an early disarmament activist, to Detlev Bronk, president of Johns Hopkins an Rockefeller University on the ffe: "For Detlev Bronk, In gratitude for his encouragement of science writers - especially this one. With affectionate regards, Ritchie'. Clean copy in unclipped dustjacket with slightly tanned spine and modest edgewear.
Growing Up Republican; Christie Whitman: The Politics of Character

Growing Up Republican; Christie Whitman: The Politics of Character by BEARD, Patricia

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Title
Growing Up Republican; Christie Whitman: The Politics of Character
Author
BEARD, Patricia
Seller
Argosy Book Store (United States)
ISBN
9780060183615
Condition
fine
Description
New York: Harper, 1996. First. hardcover. fine/fine. Illustrated in b/w. viii + 262 pages. 8vo, red cloth backed blue boards, d.w. New York: Harper, (1996). First edition. A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper.
Collection of photographs from Nantucket, Massachusetts

Collection of photographs from Nantucket, Massachusetts

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Title
Collection of photographs from Nantucket, Massachusetts
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Oak Knoll Books/Oak Knoll Press (United States)
Description
(Nantucket, MA): Dick Williams Nantucket Photographs, n.d.. Photography. broadsides (5 by 7 inches). A set of seven photographs, scenes from Nantucket, Massachusetts.
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Biblio, Volume 2, #8, August 1997

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Seller: Weller Book Works ABAA/ILAB
Title
Biblio, Volume 2, #8, August 1997
Seller
Weller Book Works ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Condition
Fine
Description
Aster, 1997. Fine. Biblio, Volume 2, #8, August 1997. Eugene, Oregon: Aster, 1997. 4to. Paperback. Book condition: Near fine.

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