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THE WORKS OF ALFRED LORD TENNYSON

THE WORKS OF ALFRED LORD TENNYSON by (BINDINGS - ALICE PATTINSON, GEORGE FISHER). TENNYSON, ALFRED

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Title
THE WORKS OF ALFRED LORD TENNYSON
Author
(BINDINGS - ALICE PATTINSON, GEORGE FISHER). TENNYSON, ALFRED
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Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts (United States)
Description
London: Macmillan and Co, 1902. 192 x 123 mm. (7 1/2 x 5"). viii, 900, [2] pp. LOVELY RED CRUSHED MOROCCO, GILT AND INLAID, BY ALICE PATTINSON (rear turn-in stamp-signed with her cipher and dated 1904), covers framed by gilt and inlaid white morocco roses, raised bands, spine compartments with interlocked Tudor roses, gilt lettering, turn-ins with triple gilt fillets, blue endpapers and flyleaves, all edges gilt. Engraved portrait frontispiece. Front flyleaf with pencilled inscription identifying binder by her maiden and married names. Tidcombe, "Women Binders," p. 170, Plate 44. Spine just slightly and evenly sunned, one corner gently bumped, but a fine copy, clean and fresh internally, in a shining binding with virtually no wear. This attractive edition of the complete works of the beloved poet laureate comes in a lovely binding by Alice Pattinson, who trained with the great Douglas Cockerell. She took over his premises when he moved out of London in 1902, and hired forwarder Elsé Hoffmann and finisher George Fisher, who presumably did the finishing here to Pattinson's design. Formerly of Riviere, and one of the best at his craft in England, Fisher would later spend more than two decades as the chief binder at the Gregynog Press in Wales. According to Tidcombe, Pattinson's work was done "to a very high standard," and her bindings were pictured in "Art Workers Quarterly," "Art Journal," and "The Art of the Book." She was a regular exhibitor at the Arts & Crafts Exhibition Society's events, and also exhibited in Leipzig and Frankfurt..
Handwritten note on a postcard from A'Lelia addressed to Lelia College of Beauty Culture at 108 West 136th Street in Harlem. Undated but probably late 1921

Handwritten note on a postcard from A'Lelia addressed to Lelia College of Beauty Culture at 108 West 136th Street in Harlem. Undated but probably late 1921 by Walker, A'Lelia, 1885-1931

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Handwritten note on a postcard from A'Lelia addressed to Lelia College of Beauty Culture at 108 West 136th Street in Harlem. Undated but probably late 1921
Author
Walker, A'Lelia, 1885-1931
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McBlain Books (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
Very Good. Postcard. 14 x 9 cm. Picture/illustration of the S. S. Paris, an oceanliner, on the back with "Cie GleTransatlantique French Line." printed along top. Partial postmark illegible. Handwritten note on message half of front. "No. 2. Just a note to Let all know that I am 'bien' & the food is 'magnifique.' Post this on the board as soon as you read it. Love to all, A'Lelia." A'Lelia had crossed the Atlantic in a cabin on the S. S. Paris. This postcard was probably sent while Walker was traveling in France in late 1921. Her foreign travels continued into 1922 and included stops in Italy, North Africa and apparently a visit to Ethiopian Empress Waizeru Zauditu in Addis Ababa. The Lelia School of Beauty Culture occupied the second floor of the building on 136th Street. The small thumbtack holes at the corners suggest that this postcard had probably been posted on "the board" as A'Lelia directed. Online information generally has A'Lelia focused on the Walker hair care business until inheriting it in 1919. Thereafter her focus seems to have been more on her role as a patron of the arts and as a giver of memorable (and sexually liberated) parties during the Harlem Renaissance. Yet here she is remembering to send a postcard the Lelia College of Beauty Culture in NYC while she is having a good time in France (probably Paris). The first Lelia College of Beauty Culture was opened by Madame C. J. Walker in Pittsburgh in 1908. Perhaps the Lelia College of Beauty Culture in New York was regarded as Lelia College of Beauty Culture No. 2.
Reports of the Society for the Study of Disease in Children

Reports of the Society for the Study of Disease in Children by Stephenson, Sydney, Carpenter, George and Fisher, Theodore

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Title
Reports of the Society for the Study of Disease in Children
Author
Stephenson, Sydney, Carpenter, George and Fisher, Theodore
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Biomed Rare Books LLC, ABAA, ILAB (United States)
Description
London: J. & A. Churchill, 1901-1908. First edition. SCARCE COMPLETE SET OF ILLUSTRATED REPORTS OF FIRST BRITISH SOCIETY FOR DISEASE IN CHILDREN. Eight hardcover volumes (all published), 9 inches tall, red cloth binding, covers with blindstamped rulings, gilt title to spines, top edge gilt. Handstamp of British Medical Association Library to all volumes, and in Vol. I, handstamp, "Presented to the Library by" F. Jaffrey, Esq. FRCS (inscribed). Spines darkened, light browning to pages, very good minus. SYDNEY STEPHENSON (1860 - 1923) earned his medical degree from Edinburgh University, became a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. He was an ophthalmologist at Queen's Hospital for Children and editor of The Ophthalmoscope, a review that had become the most important periodical in British ophthalmology. He made seminal contributions in the study of ophthalmia neonatorum, summarized in his book of that title. He founded with George Carpenter the Society for the Study of Disease in Children, and when the amalgamation of multiple societies resulted in the formation of the Royal Society of Medicine, it became one of the constituent sections. GEORGE ALFRED CARPENTER (1859 - 1910) was an English pediatrician who described the Carpenter Syndrome. He earned his M.D. in London and became physician to the Queen's Hospital for Children. In 1900 he founded the Society for the Study of Disease in Children, the first British society of its kind, and compiled eight volumes of Reports (offered here). When the society was incorporated in the Royal Society of Medicine in 1908 and became the section for the study of disease in children, he was elected its president. His major publications were on congenital malformations of the heart, which was also the subject of his Wightman lecture delivered in 1909 before the section for the study of disease in children, Royal Society of Medicine, and published in the British Journal of Children's Diseases in 1909. In 1901 Carpenter published The Syphilis of Children in Everyday Practice. A short work, Golden Rules for Diseases of Infants and Children, published in 1901, reached a fourth and revised edition in 1911. PROVENANCE: FRANCIS JAFFREY FRCS (1861 - 1919) was raised in Australia, and earned his M.D. at St. George's Hospital, London. He was surgeon to the Belgrave Hospital for Children and consulting surgeon to the Cripples' Home in Kensington. He became dean of the Medical School of St. George's Hospital while he was also Lecturer in Anatomy.
Crania Suecica Antiqua: Eine Darstellung der Schwedischen Menschen-Schädel aus dem Steinzeitalter, dem Bronzezeitalter und dem Eisenzeitalter sowie ein Blick auf die Forschungen über die Rassencharaktere der Europäischen Völker

Crania Suecica Antiqua: Eine Darstellung der Schwedischen Menschen-Schädel aus dem Steinzeitalter, dem Bronzezeitalter und dem Eisenzeitalter sowie ein Blick auf die Forschungen über die Rassencharaktere der Europäischen Völker by Retzius, Gustaf

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Crania Suecica Antiqua: Eine Darstellung der Schwedischen Menschen-Schädel aus dem Steinzeitalter, dem Bronzezeitalter und dem Eisenzeitalter sowie ein Blick auf die Forschungen über die Rassencharaktere der Europäischen Völker
Author
Retzius, Gustaf
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Biomed Rare Books LLC, ABAA, ILAB (United States)
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A DELUXE ATLAS OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY: 100 PLATES OF LIFE-SIZE SKULLS OF PREHISTORIC HUMANS IN SWEDEN, STONE AGE, BRONZE AGE, AND IRON AGE. Elephant folio, 16 3/4 x 13 1/4 inches hardcover, publisher's blind dust jacket, 3/4 pebbled white cloth with burgundy paper covered boards, gilt title to cover, gilt title to black leather label and gilt author red leather label to spine, [8], iv, 182 pp, 100 photographic plates. As new in publisher's cardboard box with black cloth covered sides and pink printed paper label, edges rubbed. MAGNUS GUSTAF RETZIUS (1842 - 1919) enrolled at the Uppsala University in 1860 and received his medicine kandidat degree there in 1866. He transferred to the Karolinska Institutet where he became medicine licentiat in 1869 and completed his doctorate in medicine in 1871 at the University of Lund. In 1877 he received an extraordinary professorship in histology at the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, and in 1889 he was appointed to the chair of anatomy. Retzius anatomical and histological work concern in particular the sense organs of vertebrates and invertebrates. In humans he studied the anatomy of the brain and the nervous system. Retzius travelled much, both in Europe and America, in order to conduct anatomical and anthropological studies. Retzius conducted a comprehensive study of old Swedish and Finnish skulls, and published more than 300 scientific works in anatomy, embryology, eugenics, craniometry, zoology and botany. REVIEW OF CRANIA SUECICA ANTIQUA by J. Beddoe in Man, Vol 1, pp 71-73, 1901: This is a sumptuous work, fit to be compared to the finest pieces of anthropological literature that oar own country has produced, the Crania Britannica, to wit, of Barnard pavis and Thurnartfj and the Excavations of Pitt-Rivers. It contains, besides maps and other illustrations, 100 plates, every one comprising two admirably executed photographs of crania, of the natural size, and as viewed from a distant focus, so as to obviate almost wholly the usual error of foreshortening. One result of this improvement in method, by the way, is an apparent increase in the proportion of phaenozygous crania, the zygomata standing out further than they would do in photographs taken in the ordinary way. HEAVY ITEM REQUIRES EXTRA SHIPPING COSTS--PLEASE INQUIRE BEFORE PLACING ORDER.
OPERA

OPERA by VIRGIL

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OPERA
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VIRGIL
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Boston Book Company (United States)
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1800. VIRGIL. P. Virgilii Maronis Opera. Vol. I(- V). Ex antiquis monimentis illustrata cura, studio & sumtibus Henrici Justice. Bruxellis: Prostant venales apud J.L. de Boubers, [1800]. Five volumes. 21.5 x 14 cm. This is a reprint of the original edition of 1757-1765, with de Boubers' imprint added at foot of t.p.'s. The last volume is an index by Christoph Saxe; it also contains William Justice's dedication of the work to Catharine II (the Great) of Russia. Entirely engraved throughout - including the text, with title vignettes, illustrations, head- and tail-pieces and historiated initials by G.M. Pitteri after Fidance and C.F. de La Traverse. Folded map in Volume 2 engraved by Herman Condet. Printed on one side of the leaf only. This is a very clean copy, with some neglible thumbing and offsetting to a few leaves. The once elegant bindings (old calf, diced and gilt-stamped, with matching marbled endpapers and edges) are now sadly worn, with crudely mended hinges. The top board of Volume 2 is detached. A beautifully printed edition that needs rebinding; it is offered with all faults.
NELLIE'S CHRISTMAS EVE

NELLIE'S CHRISTMAS EVE by Wight, Miss Fanny [Frances Wight]

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NELLIE'S CHRISTMAS EVE
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Wight, Miss Fanny [Frances Wight]
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Type Punch Matrix (United States)
Condition
Very good.
Description
New York: McLoughlin Bros, 1908. Very good.. Early edition of this moral Christmas story, set in the cadence of THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS - mounted on linen for use by children. This tale of a sweet orphan girl who receives kindness from strangers on Christmas Eve feels very much like THE LITTLE MATCH GIRL with a happier outcome. McLoughlin published this book earlier in a different format, on regular paper with wrappers: the linen-mounted leaves of this edition are precursors to the modern board book, meant to withstand rougher handling by very young children. 10.75'' x 9.25''. Original stiff color pictorial wrapper. Six full-page chromolithograph plates. [6] leaves. Wrapper with some edgwear and a few tiny scuffs, glue repair to spine. Leaves with a couple small spots of soil. Vibrant.
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Broadside Advertisement by Triune Printing Company

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Broadside Advertisement
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Triune Printing Company
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Palinurus Antiquarian Books (United States)
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Good; some marginal finger soiling and spotting.
Description
New York: Triune Printing, [ca1910?]. As issued.. Good; some marginal finger soiling and spotting.. Broadside on glazed board. It measures 362 x 284 mm. A full color lithograph that was a sample of the kind and quality of work that the Triune firm was capable of producing. They were located at the corner of Spring and Wooster in NYC.
The Shows of London: A Panoramic History of Exhibitions, 1600 - 1862
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The Shows of London: A Panoramic History of Exhibitions, 1600 - 1862 by ALTICK, Richard D.

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The Shows of London: A Panoramic History of Exhibitions, 1600 - 1862
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ALTICK, Richard D.
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Argosy Book Store (United States)
ISBN
9780674807310
Condition
fine
Description
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1978. hardcover. fine/near fine. Numerous black & white illustrations. Oblong 4to, black cloth, d.w. (spine slightly faded). Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1978. Fine in near fine dust wrapper.
Medieval Illuminators and Their Methods of Work
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Medieval Illuminators and Their Methods of Work by ALEXANDER, Jonathan J.G.

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Medieval Illuminators and Their Methods of Work
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ALEXANDER, Jonathan J.G.
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Argosy Book Store (United States)
ISBN
9780300060737
Condition
very good(+)
Description
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1992. paperback. very good(+). 247 illustrations, many in full color. 214 pages. Slim 4to, pictorial wrappers. New Haven: Yale University Press, (1992). A very good(+) copy--lightly scuffed, some sticker residue to rear panel.
SURPRISE PARTY

SURPRISE PARTY by Wegman, William

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SURPRISE PARTY
Author
Wegman, William
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Revere Books, ABAA & IOBA (United States)
ISBN
9780786805853
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Fine
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NY: Hyperion, 2000. First edition, first prnt. Signed by Wegman on the title page. Additionally Wegman has drawn a face on the page (Chundo or perhaps Chip). Dustjacket upper corners just touched; otherwise, in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover.. Signed By Author with Drawing. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
The Half-Inch Himalayas.
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The Half-Inch Himalayas. by ALI, Agha Shahid.

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The Half-Inch Himalayas.
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ALI, Agha Shahid.
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Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB (United States)
ISBN
9780819521316
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Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
Description
Middletown:: Wesleyan University Press,. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1987. Hardcover. 0819521310 . A collection of poems. Stated first edition. Near fine in a near fine, price clipped dust jacket. ; 58 pages .
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Story of a Bad Boy. by ALDRICH, Thomas Bailey.

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Story of a Bad Boy.
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ALDRICH, Thomas Bailey.
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Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB (United States)
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Very Good
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Boston:: Houghton, Mifflin and Company,. Very Good. 1895. Hardcover. A later printing. Octavo, bound in gray cloth with gilt lettering and red design, top edge gilt, 286 pages. Light age toning along spine, else very good. No dust jacket. Binding is solid and tight. .
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Sir Walter Ralegh. by Winton, John.

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Sir Walter Ralegh.
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Winton, John.
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8vo, hardcover, cloth, gilt title on spine, dust jacket, illustrated, 352 pp. Some slight creasing and wear to DJ, a little dust soiling to page edges, normal aging; otherwise a very nice copy. Great coverage of one of history's colorful charachters.
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Big Sugar: Seasons in the Cane Fields of Florida. by Wilkinson, Alec.

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Big Sugar: Seasons in the Cane Fields of Florida.
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Wilkinson, Alec.
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Lighthouse Books, ABAA (United States)
Description
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1989. First Edition, stated. Octavo, green cloth & boards (hardcover), gilt letters, uncut, 263 pp. Near Fine, with light foxing (age darkened spotting) to page edges; in a Near Fine dust jacket with darkening to underside. From dust jacket: Big Sugar marks the emergence as a major voice -- and with a major subject -- of Alec Wilkinson, already established as one of our most gifted young writers, author of two acclaimed books: Midnighs: A Year with the Wellfleet Police and Moonshine: A Life in Pursuit of White Liquor. His new book is a revelation of a largely unknown American scandal: the brutal exploitation of migrant West Indian cane cutters in south Florida by the big sugar companies. And he depicts -- with a respect for the particulars of human lives that transcends mere expose -- the world that the cane cutters have made as they endure their perilous work and situation. The story he tells is one of unapologietic exploitation that seems to belong to an earlier time or to another country. Wilkinson describes in compelling detail how the sugar cane is grown, and how it is harvested -- a job so dangerous, hot, exhausting, and low paying that American workers will not accept it. He tells how just forty-seven years ago the biggest of the sugar growers, then employing Americans, was indicted for slavery, and how, rather than reform its practices, big sugar has sustained its vastly profitable enterprise by replacing Americans with West Indians (mostly Jamaicans) imported seasonally, who can simply be shipped home if they do not do exactly as they are told. But Big Sugar is more than a record of exploitation. Wilkinson leads us to know the Florida towns of Belle Glade and Clewiston, where the cutters are barracked -- little pieces of the Third World in the United States -- and the small islands of pleasure, from taverns to brothels and enticingly stocked stores, that the cane cutters have found there. Above all, we hear the voices of the cutters themselves as they recount their lives and hardships. “We are slaves,” one of the men explains. “The companies pay us money, but really they buy us. Our government sell us to the contract. We live in captivity, we must obey our master -- anything he say, we do. For we it is rough. We are all of us under a sufferation.” Big Sugar is a powerful book -- about the abuse of workers by a rich and protected industry. It is as well a moving recognition of individual men struggling to seize a decent life from impossible circumstances.
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Ending Hunger: An Idea Whose Time has Come: The Hunger Project

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Ending Hunger: An Idea Whose Time has Come: The Hunger Project
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Weller Book Works ABAA/ILAB (United States)
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Praeger, 1985. Very Good. Ending Hunger: An Idea Whose Time has Come: The Hunger Project. NY: Praeger, 1985. 430pp. Indexed. Illustrated. Bibliography. Glossary. 4to. Paperback with flaps. Book condition: Very good with bumped and slightly yellowed edges. Gift inscription on front-free endsheet.

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