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The History of Travayle in the West and East Indies, and other countreys lying eyther way, towards the fruitfull and ryche Moluccas. As Moscovia, Persia, Arabia, Syria, Aegypte, Ethiopia, Guinea, China in Cathayo, and Giapan: With a discourse of the Northwest passage.... Gathered in parte, and done into Englyshe by Richard Eden. Newly set in order, augmented, and finished by Richard Willes

The History of Travayle in the West and East Indies, and other countreys lying eyther way, towards the fruitfull and ryche Moluccas. As Moscovia, Persia, Arabia, Syria, Aegypte, Ethiopia, Guinea, China in Cathayo, and Giapan: With a discourse of the Northwest passage.... Gathered in parte, and done into Englyshe by Richard Eden. Newly set in order, augmented, and finished by Richard Willes by VOYAGES AND TRAVELS. NEW WORLD. Anghiera, Peter Martire d', (1457-1526), known as Peter Martyr. Eden, Richard (c.1520-1576), translator. Willes, Richard (fl.1558-1577), translator and editor

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The History of Travayle in the West and East Indies, and other countreys lying eyther way, towards the fruitfull and ryche Moluccas. As Moscovia, Persia, Arabia, Syria, Aegypte, Ethiopia, Guinea, China in Cathayo, and Giapan: With a discourse of the Northwest passage.... Gathered in parte, and done into Englyshe by Richard Eden. Newly set in order, augmented, and finished by Richard Willes
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VOYAGES AND TRAVELS. NEW WORLD. Anghiera, Peter Martire d', (1457-1526), known as Peter Martyr. Eden, Richard (c.1520-1576), translator. Willes, Richard (fl.1558-1577), translator and editor
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London: Richard Jugge, 1577. SECOND EDITION, GREATLY EXPANDED. Hardcover. Fine. A fine, complete copy in 18th c. calfskin, rebacked, with some wear at the board edges. Title page lightly soiled, the outer corner and lower margin a bit ragged, a few light marginal stains in the text, some text on p 30 lightly printed. Light damp-staining at the beginning of the volume, heavier in gatherings B and C; small marginal wormhole to first 5 and last 2 leaves. Scattered light finger-soiling; last leaf verso soiled and lightly foxed. Text printed in black letter; woodcut illustrated initials. Illustrated with a woodcut of the South Pole showing "the order of the starres about the pole Antartike" on folio 436 verso. Provenance: bookplate of Thomas Pennant, 1726-1798, Welsh naturalist and travel writer. Complete copies are rare, especially in early bindings. The second (and best) edition of Richard Eden's translation of the first four books of Peter Martire d'Anghiera's "De Orbe Novo"(On the New World), only the third book in English to describe the Americas, here revised and greatly expanded by Richard Willes, who translated the remaining parts of d'Anghiera's original and added numerous additional travel accounts from the Americas, Asia, Africa and Europe. The book, with its accounts of the voyages and travels of Columbus and Magellan, and Cortes' conquest of Mexico, ignited English interest in exploration and colonization. The account of Magellan's circumnavigation of the globe is the first in English (as is the description of Japan). Among the other accounts are Frobisher's search for the Northwest Passage, travels to Persia by English merchants, and Ludovico de Varthema's travels to the Middle East and India in 1502-1507. Shakespeare likely derived the name of Setebos, the unseen god in "The Tempest", from Willes's translation of Magellan's account of the Tehuelche people of Patagonia. Peter Martyr occupied a position of unrivalled authority among the early historians of exploration. A member and official Chronicler of Charles V's Council of the Indies (Consejo de Indias), he knew Columbus and had direct access to the original documents of his voyage, as well as access to the documents from the voyages of da Gama, Cortés, Magellan, Cabot, and Vespucci. His "De Orbe Novo Decades", the first part of which was published in Latin at Alcalá in 1516, drew on this exceptional proximity to produce the first systematic history of the Americas. His works were "held in the highest esteem by his contemporaries and are indispensable as a primary source for the history of early European exploration of the Americas." (Hill) Richard Eden's translation of the first three Decades (and an abridgment of the fourth), published in 1555 as "The Decades of the Newe World", was a landmark in English publishing history. It made detailed knowledge of the New World available to English readers for the first time, contained the first publication in English of Magellan's circumnavigation of the globe, and helped to create a robust appetite for voyages of discovery among the English. Eden's "translations of the geographic works of other writers helped foster a spirit of overseas exploration in Tudor England. The new protector, the Earl of Northumberland, wished to challenge Spain's global empire and he encouraged publications that would help encourage such enterprise" (Hadfield). Eden was "the pioneer of British geographic research, the very first of our naval chroniclers, and the herald and forerunner of all our subsequent discoveries". (Arber) Following Eden's death in 1576, Willes undertook a thorough revision and vast expansion of the work, transforming the compilation into a comprehensive survey of the known world. In his preface, Willes explains that Eden had intended to augment his earlier translations "by putting thereunto in English Ludovico de Varthema's navigation into Egypt, Arabia, Siria, Persia, and India, with our Merchantes, Muscovian and Persian travelles: but death prevented his purpose." Willes reorganized the book to make it easier to follow, cut away superfluous translations, filled gaps with Martyr's other writings, and fulfilled Eden's wishes with his own translations. The volume is organized into four parts. The first part contains the first four Decades of Peter Martyr, together with Oviedo's history of the West Indian navigation and accounts of New Spain (Mexico, Peru, Rio de la Plata), the lands of Labrador and Baccalaos, and the discovery of Florida. The second part presents Frobisher's attempt to find the Northwest Passage together with accounts of China, Japan, and other parts of Southeast Asia. The third part describes travels to northern Europe, including Russia, Scandinavia, Greenland, Iceland, Lapland, and the Baltic Sea, drawn from the writings of Jacob Ziegler, Paulo Giovio, Hayton of Corycus, and Baron Sigismund Freiherr. Willes includes accounts of certain London merchants' travels through Russia into Persia, "describing the resources, customs of the people, and trade authorized by the Shah." The fourth part sets down the merchants' voyages into Guinea and southeastern Africa, and Varthema's travels into Egypt, Ethiopia, Arabia, Syria, Persia, and East India. The account of Magellan's circumnavigation is drawn from Maximilian Transylvanus' letter to the Cardinal of Salzburg and from Martyr's other works. The book concludes with the abridgment of Martyr's last four Decades, "wherein especially that noble and glorious conquest of Mexico is written." "Eden and Willes were the precursors of Hakluyt, and lived in a time when many seamen were leaving British ports to penetrate the mysteries of the unknown world" (Cambridge History). Both editions have long been considered crucial to the history of English exploration and to the ideological formation of England's imperial ambitions; the second edition, with its extensive material on Asia, the Northwest Passage, and the wider world, is regarded as the more important and influential of the two.
Thoukudidou tou olorou peri tou Peloponnesiakou polemou biblia okto (Graece). THVCYDIDIS De Bello Peloponesiaco Libri VIII. Iidem Latinè, ex interpretatione Laurentii Vallæ, ab Henrico Stephano recognita. Secunda Editio

Thoukudidou tou olorou peri tou Peloponnesiakou polemou biblia okto (Graece). THVCYDIDIS De Bello Peloponesiaco Libri VIII. Iidem Latinè, ex interpretatione Laurentii Vallæ, ab Henrico Stephano recognita. Secunda Editio by Thucydides (ca. 455-ca. 400 B.C.)

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Thoukudidou tou olorou peri tou Peloponnesiakou polemou biblia okto (Graece). THVCYDIDIS De Bello Peloponesiaco Libri VIII. Iidem Latinè, ex interpretatione Laurentii Vallæ, ab Henrico Stephano recognita. Secunda Editio
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Thucydides (ca. 455-ca. 400 B.C.)
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Geneva: Excudebat Henricus Stephanus, 1588. SECOND ESTIENNE EDITION, corrected by Estienne and with numerous additions. Printed in two sizes of the ‘grecs du roi’ types of Claude Garamond. There are numerous historiated initials and decorative head- and tail-pieces. The Estienne "Noli altum sapere" device appears on the title page. Hardcover. Fine. Bound in contemporary calf, rebacked. The boards are framed by a single gold fillet. Central, wreath-like cartouches, also gilt, are stamped at the centers of both boards. The text is in very good condition, with good margins. There is, however, a bit of worming affecting the text in the first part. Second Estienne edition, generally considered the best sixteenth century edition, of Thucydides’ history of the Peloponnesian War. The war was fought from 431–404 BC “between the two leading city-states in ancient Greece, Athens and Sparta. Each stood at the head of alliances that, between them, included nearly every Greek city-state. The fighting engulfed virtually the entire Greek world and it was properly regarded by Thucydides as the most momentous war up to that time. With Athens’ defeat . . . the most culturally advanced Greek state was brought into final eclipse.” (Britannica) "For this new edition Estienne has corrected the Greek text and scholia, as well as further revised Lorenzo Valla's Latin translation, which is now printed on the same page with the Greek text, in parallel columns, while the Greek scholia are printed at the foot of the page. Estienne has also added marginal concordances to his first edition. Among the other important additions are Estienne's ‘Proparasceue’ (Preparation) to the reading of the Greek scholia, which is, to this day, a most valuable exposition of the special vocabulary and technical terminology used by the Greek scholiasts; his annotations on the text and scholia of the first two books (Renouard, as well as Carter and Muir in PMM, wrongly attribute these annotations to Isaac Casaubon); the Thucydidean Chronology of David Chytraeus, and the Greek Life of Thucydides by Marcellinus, with a Latin translation by Casaubon." (Quoted from Schreiber's "The Estiennes") "The standards and methods of Thucydides as a contemporary historian have never been bettered. Thucydides has been valued as he hoped; statesmen as well as historians, men of affairs as well as scholars, have read and profited by him"(PMM 102). “Thucydides kept rigidly to his theme: the history of a war—that is, a story of battles and sieges, of alliances hastily made and soon broken, and, most important, of the behaviour of peoples as the war dragged on and on, of the inevitable “corrosion of the human spirit.” He vividly narrates exciting episodes and carefully describes tactics on land and sea. He gives a picture, direct in speeches, indirect in the narrative, of the ambitious imperialism of Athens—controlled ambition in Pericles, reckless in Alcibiades, debased in Cleon—ever confident that nothing was impossible for them, resilient after the worst disaster. He shows also the opposing picture of the slow steadiness of Sparta, sometimes so successful, at other times so accommodating to the enemy. “His record of Pericles’ speech on those killed in the first year of the war is the most glowing account of Athens and Athenian democracy that any leading citizen could hope to hear. It is followed (in, of course, due chronological order) by a minutely accurate account of the symptoms of the pestilence (“so that it may be recognized by medical men if it recurs”) and a moving description of the demoralizing despair that overtook men after so much suffering and such heavy losses—probably more than a quarter of the population, most of it crowded within the walls of the city, died. “Equally moving is the account of the last battles in the great harbour of Syracuse and of the Athenian retreat. In one of his best-known passages he analyzes by a most careful choice of words, almost creating the language as he writes, the moral and political effects of civil strife within a state in time of war. By a different method, in speeches, he portrays the hard fate of the town of Plataea due to the long-embittered envy and cruelty of Thebes and the faithlessness of Sparta, and the harsh brutality of Cleon when he proposed to execute all the men of the Aegean island city of Mytilene. Occasionally, he is forced into personal comment, as on the pathetic fate of the virtuous and much-liked Athenian Nicias. “He had strong feelings, both as a man and as a citizen of Athens. He was filled with a passion for the truth as he saw it, which not only kept him free from vulgar partiality against the enemy but served him as a historian in the accurate narrative of events—accurate in their detail and order and also in their relative importance. He does not, for example, exaggerate the significance of the campaign he himself commanded, nor does he offer a self-defense for his failure. Characteristically, he mentions his exile not as an event of the war but in his “second preface”—after the peace of 421—to explain his opportunities for wider contacts. By the end of the 4th c. BC “the philosopher Theophrastus coupled Thucydides with Herodotus as a founder of the writing of history. Little is known of what the scholars of Alexandria and Pergamum did for his book; but copies of it were being made in considerable numbers in Egypt and so, doubtless, elsewhere, from the 1st to the 5th century AD. By the 1st century BC, as is clear from the writings of Cicero and Dionysius (who vainly disputed his preeminence), Thucydides was established as the great historian, and since that time his fame has been secure.” (Britannica).
Finely written manuscript on paper of Shuo fu lüe 說郛畧 [Outline of Shuo fu]

Finely written manuscript on paper of Shuo fu lüe 說郛畧 [Outline of Shuo fu] by TAO, Zongyi 陶宗儀

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Finely written manuscript on paper of Shuo fu lüe 說郛畧 [Outline of Shuo fu]
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TAO, Zongyi 陶宗儀
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Brush & ink drawings in several vols. Ca. 1500 folding leaves. Ten vols. Thick 8vo (280 x 195 mm.), later wrappers, new stitching. [Japan]: from the final leaf of Vol. 10 (in approximate trans.): “The Buddhist practitioner Banjin copied this in Kinko [in today’s Kagoshima Prefecture] in 1721. I visited Banjin in 1737 and had conversations with him, [signed] Soko.” Manuscript excerpts dating from after 1646, taken from Shuo fu 說郛, a collectanea (congshu 叢書) by Tao Zongyi 陶宗儀 (ca. 1316-ca. 1402), bibliophile and author; Shuo fu preserved a number of important documents and biographical data that would have been lost otherwise. Tao included a number of works — now unique — on Inner Asian dynasties and Southeast Asian kingdoms. The title Shuo fu is rarely translated but comes from a phrase meaning “Heaven and earth form the castle walls of the myriad things; the Five Classics are the outer city walls (fu) of the numerous accounts (shuo).” Tao’s book collects excerpts from a very great number of Chinese literary works, so we can say that it functions to “wall in” these excerpts. Victor Mair and Christopher Atwood translate the title as Purlieus of Exposition. Tao Zongyi was one of the most famous writers of the late Yuan (Mongol) and early Ming periods. He apparently had ambitions to serve in office under the Yuan, and might have done so briefly under the Ming (founded in 1368), but most of his career was spent as a teacher and writer. Shuo fu is a collectanea, a Chinese genre of books consisting of excerpts of other books. Never published in Tao’s lifetime, this collection of excerpts might have been intended for his own research purposes rather than for publication. Shuo fu is very important, as it contains excerpts from books that have since been lost. In total, over a thousand books are excerpted. Tao compiled a first version in 1361 but then continued revising it over the following decades. The textual history of Shuo fu is very complicated. It apparently had 100 chapters (juan) when Tao was done with it. By the late 15th century, only 70 chapters survived. Around that time, one editor, Yu Wenbo 郁文博, added 30 chapters to reconstitute the original 100, but the additions had no connection to Tao Zongyi’s work. Our manuscript contains a preface by Yu Wenbo. Between 1607 and 1620, a 120-chapter edition of Shuo fu was prepared, with a supplement of another 46 chapters. Other 120-chapter editions were then printed into the early Qing period (after 1644), with a varying number of books excerpted and with supplements of varying length. Zhang Zongxiang 張宗祥 (1882-1965) attempted to reconstruct a 100-chapter version based on different, incomplete manuscripts, and printed the resulting edition in 1927. Our copy is in 10 volumes and contains neither 70 nor 100+ chapters. It is not a complete copy of any of these printed editions, but a selection, entitled Shuo fu lüe [Outline of Shuo fu]. We know of no printed edition of our manuscript nor any other manuscripts. Our copy has a preface by Yang Weizhen 楊維楨 that is found in several editions of Shuo fu. It also carries a preface on the “redone collation of Shuo fu,” written by Wang Yingchang 王應昌 in 1647 (Shunzhi 4). The copy also has a preface by Li Jiqi 李際期 (who passed the highest exams in 1640). Wang’s preface was initially written for Li’s 120-chapter 1646 edition, which Atwood calls a “mutilated edition” because it excluded selections from works dealing with Inner Asia, a politically sensitive subject in the early Qing period. Li’s edition was nevertheless the standard edition of Shuo fu until Zhang’s edition in 1927. From the presence of these two prefaces it appears that our Outline of Shuo fu was made on the basis of Li’s edition. The fine brush & ink drawings depict actual elaborate seals and imprinted seals, with annotations, and coins (in the fifth volume) and ink stones (in Vol. 9). We believe the “Banjin” who prepared this manuscript was Banjin Dotan (1698-1775), Buddhist monk, artist, and calligrapher. A very fine set. Minor worming here and there. Preserved in a modern Japanese wooden box. The front panel contains a manuscript inscription (in trans.): “Hand-copied by Banjin. Setsuryaku seppu [the title in Japanese]. Ten volumes.” ❧ Atwood, Christopher P., “The Textual History of Tao Zongyi’s Shuofu: Preliminary Results of Stemmatic Research on the Shengwu Qinzheng Lu” in Sino-Platonic Papers 271 (2017), pp. 1-70–(a wonderful piece of bibliographical detective work). Chang, Peter & Fang Chaoying, “T’ao Tsung-yi” in Dictionary of Ming Biography, Vol. 2, pp. 1268-72. Endymion Wilkinson, Chinese History. A New Manual, 4th Edition, p. 783. Pelliot, Paul, “Quelques remarques sur le Chuou fou” in T’oung Pao 23.4 (1924), pp. 163-220.
Bibliothecae Samuelis S.R.I. Com. Teleki de Szék. Pars Prima [-Tertia]

Bibliothecae Samuelis S.R.I. Com. Teleki de Szék. Pars Prima [-Tertia] by (TELEKI, Sámuel, Gróf)

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Bibliothecae Samuelis S.R.I. Com. Teleki de Szék. Pars Prima [-Tertia]
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(TELEKI, Sámuel, Gróf)
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Finely engraved port. of the collector & engraved title in Vol. I. xxxvii, [11], 313, [25] pp.; xxxvi, [14], 436, [41] pp.; 1 p.l., iv, [4], 285, [25] pp., [3], 290-672, [30] pp. Three vols. (Vol. III in two parts). 8vo, modern paste-paper boards, uncut. Vienna: M. Pulio, 1796 [Vol. I]; M.A. Schmidt, 1800 [Vol. II]; A. Pichler, 1811 [Vol. III]. First edition of one of the rarest of all private library catalogues; this copy lacks, as usual, the fourth volume published in 1819. WorldCat locates only one possibly complete set (and the bibliographical details of that set, in Hungary, are sketchy); in the U.S., the only three sets located by WorldCat — Newberry, Columbia, and Harvard — all lack the fourth volume (Harvard lacks the third volume as well). The Oxford copy also lacks the fourth volume. Teleki (1739-1822), formed his collection over a long period and his books relating to Hungarian and Transylvanian history were only rivaled by the Szechenyi library. After Teleki’s death, the family donated in 1826 a large part of the library — about 30,000 volumes — to the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and this was the beginning of the Academy’s library. The Teleki catalogue, along with that of Szechenyi, are the basis for all bibliographical information relating to Hungarian authors, history, and literature. They have never been rendered obsolete by subsequent publications. Fine set and of great rarity. Our copy has the very rare and attractive frontispiece portrait of Teleki which is usually missing. ❧ Taylor, Book Catalogues, p. 264–(the Johns Hopkins copy seems to be a ghost).
Catalogue d’une charmante Collection de Tableaux anciens et modernes, des Ecoles Flamande et Française; composant le Cabinet de…[Expert: B. T. Henry] et dont la vente se fera…les mardi 20 et mercredi 21 décembre 1814…

Catalogue d’une charmante Collection de Tableaux anciens et modernes, des Ecoles Flamande et Française; composant le Cabinet de…[Expert: B. T. Henry] et dont la vente se fera…les mardi 20 et mercredi 21 décembre 1814… by (AUCTION CATALOGUE: DUFRESNE, –, restorer & painter)

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(AUCTION CATALOGUE: DUFRESNE, –, restorer & painter)
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38 pp. 8vo (209 x 138 mm.), loosely stitched, disbound. Paris: Olivier & Henry, 1814. The very scarce catalogue of a Parisian painting restorer’s intriguing collection of pictures. Dufresne, whose first name is unknown, resided on rue Taitbout and then on rue Saint-Lazare. This catalogue’s foreword mentions that he has worked as a tasteful and able restorer for the past 15 years. The catalogue describes 124 lots of paintings, including work of Albani, van Asch, Boilly, Bidault, J. Brueghel, van Bloemen, Marguérite Gérard, Drolling, van Goyen, de La Hire, Lantara, Poelenburgh, Swagers, Taunay, D. Teniers, Zurbarán, etc. The subjects in many of the pictures are detailed at length, and each entry provides measurements and the type of support. Henry, the expert, even offers comparisons and critiques of the work in his descriptions. A good copy of a rare catalogue. Some dampstaining to the margins, and the stitching is nearly gone. ❧ Lugt 8622. See N. Etienne, The Restoration of Paintings in Paris, 1750-1815 (2017), p. 285, for the entry on Dufresne. Oxford Art online (Henry)–“He studied under Charles Landon and Jean-Baptiste Regnault. In 1793 he began to deal in pictures and until 1812 spent part of his time travelling abroad (mainly in Italy) to increase his knowledge of art. In October 1816 he was appointed Commissaire-expert des Musées Royaux, a post he held until his death. Between 1810 and 1830 he assembled an eclectic collection, purchasing either privately or at sales, among them the posthumous sales (1826 and 1827) of Vivant Denon. His tastes in Italian art ranged from the work of Fra Angelico to that of the 17th-century Bolognese masters…In 1834 Henry offered a large part of his collection to the town of Cherbourg, and on 29 July 1835 a museum to house his works was opened on the second floor of the Hôtel de Ville; it was later named the Musée Thomas-Henry.”.
1992-93 Gesamtkatalog

1992-93 Gesamtkatalog by BOEKIE WOEKIE, bookseller

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1992-93 Gesamtkatalog
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Black & white illus in fine. 30 pp. Small 4to, pictorial photocopied wrappers, staple-bound. Amsterdam: 1992. Scarce bookseller catalogue from the important artist-run Amsterdam bookshop. It lists books by Oey Tjeng Sit, Henriette van Egten, Runa Thorkelsdottir, Jan Voss, and Cornelia Hoedeman. Nearly all of the entries provide bibliographic details and information on the contents of these artists’ books. The artists and various collaborators are depicted on the wrappers. In fine condition.
[FIRST EDITION OF THE COMPLETE WORKS]. Scritti de Leonardo Pisano Matematico del Secolo Decimoterzo: II Liber Abbaci; Practica Geometriae, Opuscoli

[FIRST EDITION OF THE COMPLETE WORKS]. Scritti de Leonardo Pisano Matematico del Secolo Decimoterzo: II Liber Abbaci; Practica Geometriae, Opuscoli by Fibonacci, Leonardo (Leonardo Pisano or Leonardo of Pisa)

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[FIRST EDITION OF THE COMPLETE WORKS]. Scritti de Leonardo Pisano Matematico del Secolo Decimoterzo: II Liber Abbaci; Practica Geometriae, Opuscoli
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Fibonacci, Leonardo (Leonardo Pisano or Leonardo of Pisa)
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Rome: Tipografia delle Scienze Mathematiche e Fisiche, 1862. Very good. 2 vols., folio. Numerous diagrams; occasional light spotting and foxing. Modern brown morocco, uncut. In slipcases. EDITIO PRINCEPS OF THE WRITINGS OF FIBONACCI, THE GREATEST MATHEMATICIAN OF THE MIDDLE AGES, STILL THE ONLY COMPLETE EDITION PUBLISHED. IN THE HISTORY OF MATHEMATICS THIS UNABRIDGED EDITION OF THE LATIN TEXT IS ESSENTIAL, AND WAS THE VEHICLE BY WHICH FIBONACCI'S WORKS WERE DISSEMINATED THROUGHOUT MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY CULTURE. Rare in private ownership. This copy, which sold at Sotheby's forty years ago, is the ONLY copy that has ever appeared at public auction according to Rare Book Hub, which currently lists more than 15 million records in the Rare Book Transactions database; furthermore, it is the only copy currently available on the market. Leonardo of Pisa (ca. 1170-1250), a.k.a. Fibonacci, is justly considered to be the most important mathematician of the Middle Ages, if only for being the first Christian mathematician to systematically explain Arabic numerals. Indeed, the mathematical renaissance in the West began with him according to George Sarton. The first volume contains the the 'Liber Abaci,' devoted to problems of computation including algebraic quadratic problems; here Fibonnaci here introduces Arabic numerals, the fraction bar, and the numerical approach to square roots and cube roots. The second volume contains the 'Practica Geometriae,' devoted to the application of algebra to geometric problems; 'Flos,' written for Frederick II in answer to a number of mathematical problems posed by Magister Johannes; "Letter to Magister Theodorus" developing a general method for the solution of indeterminate problems; and finally the great "Liber quadratorum," described by Vogel as "a first-rate scientific achievement and showing Fibonacci as "a major number theorist." Vogel continues to assert (correctly) that Fibonacci was far ahead of his time, without a successor until 1621, when Bachet made the text of Diophantus available which in turn stimulated Fermat in founding number theory. "In addition to the antique manuscripts, there also undeniably exists, however, a vehicle that, notwithstanding the inadequate and problematic access to the manuscript sources, has spread the text of the Fibonaccian treatise throughout modern and contemporary culture: the well known Italian mathematician and historian of science Baldassarre Boncompagni Ludovisi, in fact, in his brilliant far-reaching project which brought into focus the personality of Fibonacci, as well as his surviving works, realized and published in Rome in 1857 [i.e. THIS EDITION] what can with ample justification be defined the editio princeps of the entire treatise." (Germano). Despite the flaws in Boncompagni's work, "it of course was a noteworthy editorial operation, especially as it made available in print to a vast number of interested parties a work which had almost fallen into oblivion and that up to that time could be consulted only from its manuscript sources, with all the difficulties and inconvenience which this could entail." (Germano). It is fair to say that Fibonacci's contributions to mathematics languished unappreciated until the rediscovery of his texts and their presentation in the present -- surprisingly rare -- volumes. Despite its flaws, Boncompagni's edition serves as the basis for only complete translation of the Liber Abici made into a modern language thus far, namely Lawrence E. Sigler's "Fibonacci's Liber Abaci. A Translation into Modern English of Leonardo Pisano's Book of Calculation" (2002). Whereas Sigler corrected some errors he introduced many others, usually on account of inability to understand and effectively translate the Renaissance Latin text. Before Boncompagni's edition, only the "Prologus" and Chapter XV of Fibonacci's Liber Abaci had received a respectful circulation in print that was due to G. Libri's "Histoire des sciences mathématiques en Italie, dépuis la renaissance des lettres, jusqu'à la fin du dixseptième siècle" (Paris, 1838) vol. II, respectively pp. 287-290 and 307-476. REFERENCES: Giuseppe Germano, "The Modern Dissemination in Print of the 'Liber Abaci' and its Pitfalls," Part 3 of his New Editorial Perspectives on Fibonacci's Liber Abaci (in: Reti Medievali Rivista, 14:2 [Firenze University Press, 2013], pp. 161-163 and passim). George Sarton, Introduction to the History of Science II, p. 611 et seq. On Boncompagni, see V. Cappelletti's in DBI, XI, pp. 704-709. M. Mazzotti, "For Science and for the Pope-King: Writing the History of the Exact Sciences in 19th-century Rome" in: British Journal for the History of Science, 33 [2000], pp. 257-282, especially pp. 259-265. On the strengths and weaknesses of Boncompagni's edition see R.E. Grimm, "The Autobiography of Leonardo Pisano" in: The Fibonacci Quarterly, 11 [1973], pp. 99-104. John D. Stanitz, Sources of Science and Technology: an Exhibit of One Hundred and One Books and Documents (Kent State, 1972) no. 14 (this copy). PROVENANCE: John D. Stanitz, (his sale Sotheby's New York, 25 April 1984, lot 268, with , with Sotheby's label on the slipcase of vol. II) --> Messrs. Bernard Quaritch (June 1984 Mathematics list, $3,000) --> James M. Vaughn (1939-2022), enigmatic American philanthropist and bibliophile who assembled the finest mathematics collection ever formed by a private individual: 125 rare and foundational books in the history of mathematics were donated to the Harry Ransom Center in 2021; our volume was kept in Vaughn's home in River Oaks, Houston, and sold to us by his estate. Vaughn funded the Mathematical Association of America and helped support the solution of the 300-year-old math puzzle, Fermat's Last Theorem; it is therefore meaningful that he owned this copy of the Editio Princeps of the complete works of Fibonacci. With J.M.V. bookplate in each volume.
Gæsteporten

Gæsteporten by [Restaurant guest book – Old Denmark Restaurant (New York City)]

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Gæsteporten
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[Restaurant guest book – Old Denmark Restaurant (New York City)]
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Rabelais - Fine Books on Food & Drink (United States)
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[New York], 1993. Wooden guest book in the shape of a door, wooden metal hinges, 50 leaves sewn with pink cord, with seventy-five holograph signatures, nearly forty of which we have been able to identify. The Old Denmark was a casual restaurant, at 135 East 57th Street, and later, 113 East 65th Street on New York’s Upper East Side. A 1964 review gave the restaurant one star, and described it as “first and foremost a purveyor of Scandinavian delicacies for the retail trade, but it also boasts one table where customers may dine on Danish salads. There is a seating capacity for eight guests at a time and the table is shared by other customers. The food served consists primarily of salads such as cucumber, mushroom, crab, beet and herring, but there is also liver paté and smoked salmon…” Identified amongst the signators are: Ingrid Bergman, Louise Allbritton, Virginia Field, Mario Lanza, Groucho Marx, Marlene Dietrich, Carl Brick, Helen Traubel, Miriam Hopkins, Elsie D. Alexander, Ruth Bryan Rohde, Eleanor Roosevelt, Robert St John, Edward Arnold, Princess Revé de Bourbon, Lillian Gish, Joel Grey, Lillian Hellman, Faye Dunaway, Bill Murray, Sergio Franchi, Ron Howard, Shirley Hazzard, Gary Maddox, Garrison Keillor, and Camilla Roos. Some light soiling to pages, scuffing to the wooden doors, lacking the original "doorknob". Generally near very good.
12 Volumes] THE WORKS OF JONATHAN SWIFT, D.D. DEAN OF ST. PATRICK’S, DUBLIN, ACCURATELY REVISED IN SIX VOLUMES. ADORNED WITH COPPER PLATES; WITH SOME ACCOUNT OF THE AUTHOR’S LIFE, AND NOTES HISTORICAL AND EXPLANATORY BY JOHN HAWKESWORTH [8 Volumes, with] LETTERS, WRITTEN BY THE LATE JONATHAN SWIFT... FROM THE YEAR 1703 TO 1740 [4 Volumes]

12 Volumes] THE WORKS OF JONATHAN SWIFT, D.D. DEAN OF ST. PATRICK’S, DUBLIN, ACCURATELY REVISED IN SIX VOLUMES. ADORNED WITH COPPER PLATES; WITH SOME ACCOUNT OF THE AUTHOR’S LIFE, AND NOTES HISTORICAL AND EXPLANATORY BY JOHN HAWKESWORTH [8 Volumes, with] LETTERS, WRITTEN BY THE LATE JONATHAN SWIFT... FROM THE YEAR 1703 TO 1740 [4 Volumes] by Jonathan Swift; with notes by John Hawkesworth; Deane Swift

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12 Volumes] THE WORKS OF JONATHAN SWIFT, D.D. DEAN OF ST. PATRICK’S, DUBLIN, ACCURATELY REVISED IN SIX VOLUMES. ADORNED WITH COPPER PLATES; WITH SOME ACCOUNT OF THE AUTHOR’S LIFE, AND NOTES HISTORICAL AND EXPLANATORY BY JOHN HAWKESWORTH [8 Volumes, with] LETTERS, WRITTEN BY THE LATE JONATHAN SWIFT... FROM THE YEAR 1703 TO 1740 [4 Volumes]
Author
Jonathan Swift; with notes by John Hawkesworth; Deane Swift
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Black Swan Books, Inc. (United States)
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Very Good binding
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London: Published and printed variously by C. Bathurst, C. Davis, C. Hitch and L. Hawes, J. Hodges, R. and J. Dodsley, W. Bowyer, L. Davis C. Reymers, W. Johnston, T. Davies, R. Davis, H. Woodfall, W. Strahan, J. Rivington, W. Owens, R. Baldwin, T. Longman, and J. Hardy, 1768. First Edition Thus. Full Leather. Very Good binding. Volume I: [2], 8, 43, xviii, 184, [2], viii, 4, 286; Volume II: [4], 231, [4], 176, (restarting at 157)-182; Volume III: [2], vi, iii, 38 [inserted half title] 39-191, [6], 253; Volume IV: [8], 318, [2], ii, 237; Volume V: [4], 258, [4], 144 (printer error in pagination skipping to) 153-232; Volume VI: [4] 210, [2], iii, 218; Volume VII: [lacking half title], iii-viii, 230, iv, 49, 58-221; Volume VIII: xxiii, 278, vii, 196, 195-279, publishers advertisement on verso; Volume X: xxxi, 288; Volume XI: [2], viii, 322; Volume XII: viii, 295; Volume XIII: viii, 320. This is the first of the important Hawkesworth editions, lacking Volume IX and the supplementary Volume XIV which were published in 1775 and 1779 respectively, the last of the volumes printed. Given the nearly 25-year span over which the printing took place it is remarkably difficult to find sets of this edition complete. Volumes I-VI (1755); VII (1763-4); VIII (1765); X-XI (1766); XII-XIII (1768); [lacking Volumes IX (1775) and XIV (1779)]. Full bound in contemporary mottled calf with morocco title and volume labels (through numbered I-XII) with some chipping and loss. 19th century rebacks to some volumes; more recently, damage to spines and boards have been repaired; though there is cracking and tenderness to some spines, they are now relatively stable. All volumes offered are from the First Quarto Edition except the Letters X & XI which appear to be a reprint dated the same year as the First Edition. Volume X states “New Edition,” and both X & XI have a variant collation from what Teerink suggests; both appear complete. All volumes complete but for Volume VII which is lacking a half title. All 26 full-page copperplate engravings plus 4 pages of Cantata are present as called for by Teerink. Notably, the same engravings were used for the octavo editions. Only the quarto edition has a large frame around the image to make it congruous to the page size. This copy belonged to Sir John Frederick, Baronet of Burwood House and bears his very tasteful engraved bookplate in most volumes. (Teerink 87). Very Good binding.
I Am Still Alive

I Am Still Alive by KAWARA, On

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I Am Still Alive
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KAWARA, On
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Harper's Books (United States)
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Fine in gray boards with the title stamped in white; plain gray slipcase, lightly marked.
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Berlin: Edition René Block, 1978. Fine in gray boards with the title stamped in white; plain gray slipcase, lightly marked.. First Edition. Oblong quarto. Hand-numbered copy 122 of 450 from Series A; in addition to 350 un-numbered copies from Series B, which were issued without slipcase. Black-and-white reproductions of Kawara's "I Am Still Alive" telegrams, up to December 31, 1977. With the telegram formats of various companies and nations on full display.
Insecurity

Insecurity by YANAI, Guy

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Insecurity
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YANAI, Guy
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Harper's Books (United States)
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Foil-printed yellow wrappers with flaps; new.
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Marseille: Yundler Brondino Verlag, 2024. Foil-printed yellow wrappers with flaps; new.. First Edition. Quarto. One of 700 copies. An ingenuous artist's book from painter Guy Yanai, synthesizing the PDFs created by his studio to accompany his eight international COVID-era exhibitions (2020-2023). As an elegant archive of the 91 paintings exhibited during this cycle—as well as of the attendant anxieties from this precarious artworld period—the book elevates the utilitarian PDF format to artistic standing, while offering something of a Proustian transformation to the gallery sales kit. Contents: 216 pages, illustrated after full-color reproductions of the artworks, along with studio and installation shots; accompanied by original artist's statements and exhibition reflections. Elegantly designed by Aurore Chauve; printed in Italy by Golinelli. Featured galleries: Praz Delavallade (Paris and Los Angeles), Galerie Conrads (Düsseldorf), Miles McEnery (New York), König (Berlin), Seojung Art (Seoul), and Harper's (Los Angeles).
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Morris LOUIS by FRIED Michael

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Morris LOUIS
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FRIED Michael
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Marninart, Inc (ABAA-ILAB) (United States)
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New York: Abrams, 1979.
Bunny Rabbit's Pranks

Bunny Rabbit's Pranks by Ken (?)

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Bunny Rabbit's Pranks
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Ken (?)
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White Fox Rare Books and Antiques (United States)
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Very Good
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Otley, UK. NA. Loose. Very Good. Charming animal story manuscript, in the tradition, if not inspired by Peter Rabbit, with a strong kinship to Bugs Bunny. In this story, the rabbit prankster manages to get the best of all the other, mostly bigger and stronger animals, even when at first the rabbit appears to be in a bind. It bests a fox, a bear, a lion, a wolf and turtle in various ways. If there is a moral to this tale of a manipulative rabbit, it is that brains can beat out brawn, and do so consistently. N.d., but our sense is circa 1940s. As far as we know, this story was never published, but this manuscript was definitely already well along in the publishing process, with intended color plates set up for the several steps required of printing them. 16 sheet manuscript, all of card stock. Two sizes: the two versions of the title, 22.5 by 15 cm, all others, 17.5 by 13 cm. One title fully colored, other title, pen and ink with color wax paper overlay. Six other pages similar -- intended as plates, with pen and ink on card, with coloring on wax paper overlay. Eight text sheets, all handwritten, four with illustrations on them as well. Condition: some chipping to the wax paper, and a few of these overlays are loose. Light soiling and wear besides.
SEWELL C. BIGGS COLLECTION OF AMERICAN ART, A CATALOGUE.|THE

SEWELL C. BIGGS COLLECTION OF AMERICAN ART, A CATALOGUE.|THE by Zimmerman, Philip D., Jennifer Faulds Goldsborough,William H. Gerts, and Roxanne M. Stanulis

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SEWELL C. BIGGS COLLECTION OF AMERICAN ART, A CATALOGUE.|THE
Author
Zimmerman, Philip D., Jennifer Faulds Goldsborough,William H. Gerts, and Roxanne M. Stanulis
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Oak Knoll Books/Oak Knoll Press (United States)
ISBN
9781893287051
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(Dover, DE: Biggs Museum of American Art, 2002. cloth. 4to. cloth. 227+(1); (iv), (229-230), 231-521+(1) pages. 2 Volumes. First edition. Volume I, Decorative Arts with essays by Philip D. Zimmerman and Jennifer Faulds Goldsborough. Table of contents, acknowledgments, list of contributors, introduction by museum director Karol A. Schmiegel. Further contributions by Ronald W. Fuchs II and Deborah E. Kraak. Volume II, Paintings and sculpture with table of contents, essays by William H. Gerdts and Roxanne M. Stanulis. Table of contents, bibliography, makers' index, notes on contributors. Color and black and white illustrations throughout both volumes. With a biographical sketch of the collector. Much information on Delaware craftsmen and artists. Introduction by Karol A. Schmiegel, Director.
CATALOGUE OF THE LIBRARY BELONGING TO MR. THOMAS W. FIELD. With SUPPLEMENT TO THE CATALOGUE OF THE LIBRARY OF MR. T.W. FIELD, INCLUDING BOOKS OMITTED IN THAT LIST ..

CATALOGUE OF THE LIBRARY BELONGING TO MR. THOMAS W. FIELD. With SUPPLEMENT TO THE CATALOGUE OF THE LIBRARY OF MR. T.W. FIELD, INCLUDING BOOKS OMITTED IN THAT LIST ..

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CATALOGUE OF THE LIBRARY BELONGING TO MR. THOMAS W. FIELD. With SUPPLEMENT TO THE CATALOGUE OF THE LIBRARY OF MR. T.W. FIELD, INCLUDING BOOKS OMITTED IN THAT LIST ..
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Oak Knoll Books/Oak Knoll Press (United States)
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New York: Bangs, Merwin & Co, 1875. half red leather with marbled paper covered boards, later cloth slipcase with chemise. Field, Thomas W.. 8vo. half red leather with marbled paper covered boards, later cloth slipcase with chemise. viii,376; (ii),59 pages. 2 volumes bound in 1. McKay 1985 and 1988, completely priced in the margin of the main catalogue and the supplement. Field (1821-1881) was a Brooklyn teacher who made his fortune in real estate. The largest portion of his library was devoted to the history and culture of the North American Indian. Significant buyers at the sale included William M. Darlington, Samuel W. Pennypacker, and Brayton Ives (see Dickinson, Dictionary of American Book Collectors. p. 116). Describes 2663 and 661items. Ex library copy with markings including the name of the library perforated on the title page. Covers very worn and detached. Paper is acidic and has pieces chipped away along edges. Book block loose. Housed in a cloth case.
EDWARDS SHEET METAL PRODUCTS

EDWARDS SHEET METAL PRODUCTS by Edwards Sheet Metal Co. (Trade Catalog)

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EDWARDS SHEET METAL PRODUCTS
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Edwards Sheet Metal Co. (Trade Catalog)
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Green Gate Farm Antiquarian Books (United States)
Description
Oversize quarto bound in the original printed wrappers. A fine copy with no wear or marks. 184 pages profusely illustrated with sheet metal building materials such as metal Spanish tile, metal shingles, roofing, siding, gutters, awnings, stamped and spun zinc and copper, doors, widows, metal ceilings, portable buildings, etc. Great black and white photographs, drawings and some color. An excellent reference source for the restorer.
(Prospectus) Allgemeine, Wohlfeile Volks-Bilderbibel Oder die Ganze Heilige Schrift des Alten und Neuen Testaments

(Prospectus) Allgemeine, Wohlfeile Volks-Bilderbibel Oder die Ganze Heilige Schrift des Alten und Neuen Testaments

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(Prospectus) Allgemeine, Wohlfeile Volks-Bilderbibel Oder die Ganze Heilige Schrift des Alten und Neuen Testaments
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Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB (United States)
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Leipzig: Baumgartner, 1852. 4 page bifolium issue of a German prospectus (OCLC reports only two German libraries have a copy of the issued Bible). An early German prospectus with the text of Matthew 17 but an engraving of Delilah holding a sleeping Sampson in her lap while another woman cuts his hair, with awaiting Philistine waiting for the deed to be done. A small engraving shows Samson knocking apart the pillars for their temple and killing the multitude on verso is an engraving of Jesus feeding the 5,000. Fragile but the copy is in good condition with a tiny note on page two that it was printed in Altenberg. The notice is fascinating since it notes that it is indeed a prospectus but implies the actual version will be printed on far better paper. It notes that it is printed as Stereotyp-Pract-aus. [OCLC: 986785185]. It is, of course, a German Bible based on Martin Luther's translation though the same publisher in 1838 issued a Vulgate Bible [see OCLC: 632301254] small piece from corner ton away not affecting text, a few spots of foxing. A very good copy.
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The Golden Book of Peter Pan by [BARRIE, J.M.] PILLER, Gordon, editor

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The Golden Book of Peter Pan
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[BARRIE, J.M.] PILLER, Gordon, editor
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Houle Rare Books & Autographs (United States)
Description
London, Newnes [1965]., 1965. First edition. 4to. Illustrated throughout (many in color). Dust jacket. Very good. Signed and inscribed on front free endpaper by Piller to director George Cukor: "To George Cukor With best wishes always, Gordon Piller." With Cukor's Paul Landacre bookplate.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.
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The Tract of Gowers by Bruce, N - NEUROLOGY

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The Tract of Gowers
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Bruce, N - NEUROLOGY
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Palinurus Antiquarian Books (United States)
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A very good copy.
Description
London: Qrtrly. Jour. of Exp. Physiology, 1910. OFFPRINT.. Original publisher's printed wrappers. A very good copy.. 4to. There are text illus. . Bruce's work on the the cells that originate Gower's tract or Gower's bundle.
Beyond Worlds: My Fantastic Journey to Our Tenth Planet, Decem!

Beyond Worlds: My Fantastic Journey to Our Tenth Planet, Decem! by Oldest Spears

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Beyond Worlds: My Fantastic Journey to Our Tenth Planet, Decem!
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Oldest Spears
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Carpetbagger Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN
9781928792109
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Very Good
Description
East Chicago: Zapadores Publication, 2004. First Edition. Staplebound. Very Good. 34p. Very Good. Card covers with some stains on the back. Firmly bound with three staples, some wavering to the pages, clean otherwise. A work in the Space Brothers tradition in which Oldest Spears recounts his trip to and experiences on Decem, a planet in our solar system beyond Pluto. Two holdings located in OCLC, but neither for this edition. From the collection of ufologist Tom Benson.
New York Diaries 1609 to 2009

New York Diaries 1609 to 2009 by Carpenter, Teresa

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New York Diaries 1609 to 2009
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Carpenter, Teresa
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Carpetbagger Books, ABAA (United States)
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9780812974256
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Fine
Description
New York: Modern Library, 2012. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Edited by Teresa Carpenter. Fourth Printing. Fine in a Fine jacket, unclipped ($26.00). Quarter white cloth with beige paper on the boards. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. A selection of journal entries for each day of the year drawn from four hundred years of writing.
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Avraham Goldfaden un Zigmunt Mogulesko by Zylbercweig, Zalmen [German spelling: Salman Silberzweig]

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Avraham Goldfaden un Zigmunt Mogulesko
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Zylbercweig, Zalmen [German spelling: Salman Silberzweig]
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Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller (United States)
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vg
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Buenos Aires: Farlag "Elisheva, 1936. Softcover. vg. 12mo. 188pp. Illustrated wrappers. Biography of two famous Yiddish actors, Abraham Goldfaden (1840-1908) and Sigmund Mogulesco (185801914). Written by acclaimed historian of the Yiddish theater, Zalmen Zylbercweig (see below). Publisher's stamp at rear wrapper. Bottom of spine chipped. Browning to wrappers and inside. Minor tears to inside of title page [at spine], not affecting text. In Yiddish. Very good condition. On the author [from Online Archive of California and other public domain sources]: Zalmen Zylbercweig a.k.a. Zilbertsvayg (1894-1972) was born in Chortkov, Galicia. He started his career as an actor before he turned to writing, translating, and directing plays. Zylbercweig was a historian of the Yiddish Theater.  His best known work was his Leksikon fun yidishn teater (Lexicon of the Yiddish Theatre), a six volume reference work in Yiddish on the lives of those who were involved in professional Yiddish Theater anywhere in the world. Zylbercweig relocated to New York in 1937 where he served as editor for the Jewish American for eleven years. He later moved to Los Angeles.
Revolution

Revolution by Vinograd, Julia

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Revolution
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Vinograd, Julia
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Crooked House Books & Paper (United States)
Condition
Fine
Description
Berkeley, California: Oyez, 1970. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Fine. Oblong trade paperback, lime green with blue & pink lettering and decoration. First edition. Fine. Poetry from the "Bubble Lady" of the People's Park demonstrations in Berkeley.
Redoute's Roses, Redoutes Rosen, Les Roses De Redoute
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Redoute's Roses, Redoutes Rosen, Les Roses De Redoute

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Redoute's Roses, Redoutes Rosen, Les Roses De Redoute
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Books Tell You Why, Inc. (United States)
ISBN
9783822813560
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Fine
Description
Koln, London, ET AL: Taschen. Fine. 2001. Softcover. 3822813567 . An edition in Fine condition ; 191 pages .
[Exhibition catalog]: Visions Of 20th Century Masters: Works on Paper: Watercolors, Drawings, Graphics: November 2 - December 1, 1981

[Exhibition catalog]: Visions Of 20th Century Masters: Works on Paper: Watercolors, Drawings, Graphics: November 2 - December 1, 1981

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[Exhibition catalog]: Visions Of 20th Century Masters: Works on Paper: Watercolors, Drawings, Graphics: November 2 - December 1, 1981
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Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
New York: Hammer Galleries, 1981. Softcover. Very Good. Exhibition catalog. [16]pp. Stapled wrappers. Scattered foxing on wrappers, else very good. Featuring works by Chagall, Dali, Fernand Leger, Picasso, Miro, Henry Moore, Pollock, Thomas Hart Benton, George Bellows, and Grant Wood.
Pearl Plants a Tree.
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Pearl Plants a Tree. by ZALBEN, Jane Breskin.

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Pearl Plants a Tree.
Author
ZALBEN, Jane Breskin.
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Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB (United States)
ISBN
9780689800344
Condition
Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
Description
NY:: Simon & Schuster,. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1995. Hardcover. 0689800347 . Illustrated by the author. First printing. Remainder mark on bottom edge, else near fine in a near fine, price clipped dust jacket. .
The Jesus Quest: The Third Search for the Jew of Nazareth

The Jesus Quest: The Third Search for the Jew of Nazareth by Witherington, Ben

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The Jesus Quest: The Third Search for the Jew of Nazareth
Author
Witherington, Ben
Seller
Kenneth Mallory Bookseller. ABAA (United States)
ISBN
9780830818617
Condition
Very good
Description
Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 1995. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. 294pp+ indices. Very good hardback in a very good dustjacket.
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The Invisible China: The Overseas Chinese and the Politics of Southeast Asia. by Alexander, Garth.

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The Invisible China: The Overseas Chinese and the Politics of Southeast Asia.
Author
Alexander, Garth.
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Lighthouse Books, ABAA (United States)
Description
New York: Macmillan, [1974]. First American Edition. Octavo, cloth (hardcover), xiv, 264 pp. Photos. Former-owner signature; otherwise, Near-Fine in dust jacket.
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The Concerto by VEINUS, Abraham

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The Concerto
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VEINUS, Abraham
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J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians LLC (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
London: Cassell, 1948. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo. Full light gray boards. 330 pp. Endpapers browned; outer edges spotted.

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