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Manuscript on paper, entitled “Kōbei nichiroku” 航米日錄 [“Daily Record of the Voyage to America”]

Manuscript on paper, entitled “Kōbei nichiroku” 航米日錄 [“Daily Record of the Voyage to America”] by TAMAMUSHI, Sadayū 玉虫左太夫

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Title
Manuscript on paper, entitled “Kōbei nichiroku” 航米日錄 [“Daily Record of the Voyage to America”]
Author
TAMAMUSHI, Sadayū 玉虫左太夫
Seller
Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller, Inc. (United States)
Description
Several small illus. & one double-page chart. Seven vols. 8vo (235 x 165 mm.), orig. wrappers, old stitching. [Japan]: before 1868. A manuscript copy of this famous travelogue of the first Japanese embassy to the United States in 1860. This important text remained unpublished until 1913. The Japanese mission was “tasked to present to President Buchanan a letter from the shogun and to exchange instruments of ratification for the US-Japan Treaty of Amity and Commerce concluded in 1858. When the Japanese completed their official duty, they visited three East Coast cities — Baltimore, Philadelphia, and New York — at the invitation of municipal authorities. At the capital and other localities, the Japanese men received welcome in the forms of parades, receptions, dance balls, and tours of factories and navy yards...It was Japan’s first official visit to a Western nation and opportunity to observe its social and economic systems. The United States viewed the mission as a steppingstone for increased commerce and a chance to promote a stronger relationship with Japan against covetous European powers” (Ikuko Asaka, “Guerilla Women and Men in Silk Dresses: Diplomacy and Orientalism during the 1860 Japanese Mission,” The Journal of the Civil War Era 13.4 [2023]: pp. 444-45). The journal is an invaluable source for Japanese impressions of the Western world at the end of the Edo period, but it also documents inter-Asian interactions. Notably, during a stop-over in Hawaii, Tamamushi encountered a Chinese pharmacist, with whom he conversed by means of “brush-talk” — writing notes in classical Chinese. The pair discussed the recent Arrow War between Great Britain and China, and both lamented the behavior of the Western powers (Michael Facius, “From Kangaku to Shingaku: On the Growing Significance of Contemporary China for Sinitic Scholarship in Nineteenth-Century Japan,” in Sino-Japanese Reflections, ed. by Joshua A. Fogel & Matthew Fraleigh, pp. 274-75). Tamamushi Sadayū (1823-69), studied in Edo. In 1857 he travelled to Ezo, the non-Japanese part of Hokkaido, later authoring a book about his journey. During the Boshin War, which ended bakufu rule in Japan, Tamamushi worked to establish and maintain the Northern Alliance that resisted the restoration of imperial rule. “Sendai retainer Tamamushi Sadayū (1823–1869) rejected race and human exploitation as hierarchies of ‘civilization,’ separated morality from ‘Westernization,’ and perceived the intra-hierarchical compassion he believed he saw in America as the key to Japan’s future political stability. Tamamushi’s ideas and transnational experiences manifested themselves in his activity as a military commander for the Northern Alliance in the Boshin War (1868–1869)” (Natalia Doan, “The 1860 Japanese Embassy and the Opening of American Civilization,” Oxford, PhD Thesis, 2019). The chitsu containing our volumes has a note pasted on it stating that it was “formerly in the collection of the Makino family, feudal lords of the Tango-Tanabe Domain” 丹後國田辺藩主牧野家舊藏, which ought to date our manuscript to before the Meiji restoration of 1868. Fine set, some minor worming, partially mended.
OUR LADY OF THE BEECHES

OUR LADY OF THE BEECHES by (BINDINGS - CHIVERS). HUTTEN, BARONESS [BETTINA] VON

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Title
OUR LADY OF THE BEECHES
Author
(BINDINGS - CHIVERS). HUTTEN, BARONESS [BETTINA] VON
Seller
Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts (United States)
Description
London: William Heinemann, 1907. 190 x 130 mm. (7 1/2 x 5"). 4 p.l., 245, [1] pp., [1] leaf. A VERY PRETTY VELLUCENT BINDING BY CEDRIC CHIVERS (stamp-signed on rear turn-in), upper cover with large central panel outlined in gilt, depicting an idyllic grove of trees, with a large marbled sundial in the foreground, this highlighted with mother-of-pearl inlays, smooth spine with painted title panel, gilt-ruled turn-ins, vellum doublures. With frontispiece portrait of the author. A little light soiling to vellum, occasional minor spots of foxing to margins, otherwise a fine, fresh copy, the binding well preserved and without the splaying that often affects vellum boards. This romance by a scandalous American heiress who married into a noble German family and then became a popular novelist was beautifully bound by Cedric Chivers, using a tranquil garden scene invoking the beloved woods of the title character. Clearly with autobiographical elements, "Beeches" involves the love story between a celebrated scientist and a clever American woman who is the wife of an Austrian nobleman. Our author, Bettina Riddle (1874-1957), was born into a wealthy Pennsylvania family and, like other American heiresses of her day, married a title--Friedrich Karl August, Baron von Hutten zum Stolzenberg. Her first novel appeared in 1898--the same year as her first child--and she went on to produce 25 novels over the next 40 years, including a series featuring her most famous character, Pam. She and the baron divorced in 1909, reputedly over her infatuation with an Italian tenor, and she settled in London (though wintering in Rome). Cedric Chivers (1853-1929) established binding premises in his native Bath after an inspiring visit to the Paris Exhibition of 1878, and a short time later, after hearing a lecture by Cyril Davenport on the 18th century painted vellum bindings of Edwards of Halifax, he began producing his own work in this tradition, creating what he called the "vellucent" binding. The innovative part of these bindings, as seen here, was accomplished by rendering vellum transparent, then placing it over painted pieces of paper, thereby protecting the surface of the paper from soiling and abrasion. Prideaux says that the process achieves the effect of enriched enamel. Chivers often used mother-of-pearl inlays on his vellucent bindings, and here the inlays give the sundial on the cover a more three-dimensional aspect..
Lord Malquist & Mr. Moon (Signed)

Lord Malquist & Mr. Moon (Signed) by STOPPARD, Tom

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Title
Lord Malquist & Mr. Moon (Signed)
Author
STOPPARD, Tom
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Harper's Books (United States)
Condition
Red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Some tape ghosting to endpapers, along with ink ownership signature, thus close t
Description
London: Anthony Blond, 1966. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Some tape ghosting to endpapers, along with ink ownership signature, thus close to near fine. With bookseller's ticket to front pastedown. In unclipped, illustrated jacket, with original laminate; near fine.. First Edition. Octavo. A copy of Stoppard's first novel, SIGNED in black marker to title page.
Constitucion de la Republica Mejicana Sancionada por el Soberano Congreso Nacional en los Años de 1835 y 1836 [wrapper title]

Constitucion de la Republica Mejicana Sancionada por el Soberano Congreso Nacional en los Años de 1835 y 1836 [wrapper title] by [Mexico]. [Constitutions]

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Constitucion de la Republica Mejicana Sancionada por el Soberano Congreso Nacional en los Años de 1835 y 1836 [wrapper title]
Author
[Mexico]. [Constitutions]
Seller
McBride Rare Books (United States)
Condition
Good.
Description
San Luis Potosi: José Maria Infante, 1837. Good.. 75pp. Printed self-wrappers. Wraps toned, with minor wear and small losses. Upper right corner dampstained. Light dust soiling and scattered foxing throughout. Scarce San Luis Potosi printing of the Mexican "bases constitucionales," issued by Santa Anna in 1835 after he assumed power, which led to the centralization of authority in Mexico and deemphasized the role of individual states. Called the "Siete Leyes" after the were enacted, the laws concerning the organization and authority of the federal government replaced the original Constitution of 1824. Not in OCLC, though we do find a smattering of other issues printed elsewhere in Mexico.
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2666 by Bolano, Robert

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Title
2666
Author
Bolano, Robert
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Bookbid Rare Books (United States)
Condition
Fine
Description
Farrar Straus Giroux, New York, 2008. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket. Fine in wrappers. Advance Reader's Copy for the first American Edition. Back cover states: "Publication Date: November 2008. $30
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Weatherby's Inning by Barbour, Ralph, H.

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Weatherby's Inning
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Barbour, Ralph, H.
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Bookbid Rare Books (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
D. Appleton and Company, New York, 1903. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Barbour's first baseball novel, which created the sports sub-genre of "prep school" sport stories. First edition. Book in very good condition. No dust jacket, as issued. Complete with 6 color plates.
Amulet
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Amulet by Roberto Bolaño

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Amulet
Author
Roberto Bolaño
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Bookbid Rare Books (United States)
ISBN
9780811216647
Condition
Fine
Description
New Directions, 2007. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A fine first US edition in a fine dust jacket.
A Contemporary Copy Of A Lease Document Related To Star Of The West, The Ship Fired Upon When It Tried To Resupply Fort Sumter

A Contemporary Copy Of A Lease Document Related To Star Of The West, The Ship Fired Upon When It Tried To Resupply Fort Sumter by (STAR OF THE WEST)

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A Contemporary Copy Of A Lease Document Related To Star Of The West, The Ship Fired Upon When It Tried To Resupply Fort Sumter
Author
(STAR OF THE WEST)
Seller
Stuart Lutz Historic Documents, Inc. (United States)
Description
(STAR OF THE WEST). Star of the West was a steamship built in 1862 by Jeremiah Simonson for Cornelius Vanderbilt, and it frequently traveled to Nicaragua. In 1861, the Federal government hired her to ship supplies to Fort Sumter, but it was fired on by cadets from The Citadel. D. 2pg. 8 x 12. June 16, 1855. Punta Arenas Nicaragua. A contemporary copy of a financial agreement for the steamer Star Of The West. The document states in part In the Article of Agreement dated March the twentieth one thousand eight hundred and fifty five entered into between me and acting legally for Michael Baker of South Dartmouth Mass, as his attorney of the first part and Capt E W Turner of the Steam Ship Star of the West of New York, of the second part it was agreed to appoint Mr. Charles Morgan of New York to be the approver of the names on the Bond for the Sum of Twenty five thousand dollars to be given by the said E W Turner pledging payment on receipt of the first sample of the Guano at any port from the Island or Islands in the Pacific Ocean the Geographical position of which the said Michael Baker and myself have bound ourselves, to furnish and have for ever transferred all right and title thereto as set forth in the Article of Agreement. The document has three filing folds and some ink blotches, and it is in very good condition.
History of the Vermont Press in The Vermonter, XI, 1 (August 1905), Tenth Anniversary Issue

History of the Vermont Press in The Vermonter, XI, 1 (August 1905), Tenth Anniversary Issue

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History of the Vermont Press in The Vermonter, XI, 1 (August 1905), Tenth Anniversary Issue
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Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB (United States)
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St. Albans, Vermont: Charles D. Forbes. 40p. The most important history of Vermont newspapers from the 1780's when there were three to the greatest period of expansion in the 1880's when there were with the advent of technology 59. By 1905 there were less than 10. Besides listing all of the early presses, there are photographs of the editors, examples of the great varieties of typeface (including those with logos), the subjects of interest in the era. Besides domestic affairs and agriculture, the issue regarding slavery and the Civil War were in the period of expansion so that four new papers came out during the war.
All Talk

All Talk by Sztybor, Bartosz; Akeussel(Art); Bernstein, Celina(Trans.)

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All Talk
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Sztybor, Bartosz; Akeussel(Art); Bernstein, Celina(Trans.)
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Underground Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN
9781990521126
Condition
Very good +
Description
Toronto: Black Panel Press, 2020. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good +. First Edition. Hardcover. 10 1/4" X 7 3/4". 118pp. Stated first edition. Mild rubbing, toning, and shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of paper wraps over boards. Gentle bumps to corners of back cover. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is firm, tight, and sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Rahim is a suburban kid like any other, a "good kid." Chilling with his boys, hearing the legends of "Immortal Al," the greatest gangster who ever lived, it's hard not to get starry eyed and soon, Rahim starts dreaming of becoming a kingpin, idolizing his local gangsters in the hopes of climbing their ranks. But his friends joke that he's all talk and no action. Until one day, when he sees an opportunity to prove himself... but how far will he take it before there's no turning back? All Talk is a modern, urban graphic novel exploring the toxic nature of "street cred" and the role it plays in the lives of vulnerable young men.(Publisher).
Political Affairs, Vol. XLIII No. 8, August 1964

Political Affairs, Vol. XLIII No. 8, August 1964 by Aptheker, Herbert (Editor)

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Political Affairs, Vol. XLIII No. 8, August 1964
Author
Aptheker, Herbert (Editor)
Seller
Kenneth Mallory Bookseller. ABAA (United States)
Condition
Very good
Description
New York: New Century Publishers, 1964. Paperback. Very good. Paperback. 96pp. Rubbed and edgeworn, else very good in publisher's stapled wraps. "Automation and Social Change
Law Sports at Gray's Inn (1594) Including Shakespeare's Connection..

Law Sports at Gray's Inn (1594) Including Shakespeare's Connection.. by Brown, Basil

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Law Sports at Gray's Inn (1594) Including Shakespeare's Connection..
Author
Brown, Basil
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The Lawbook Exchange Ltd (United States)
ISBN
9781584779896
Description
2010. ISBN-13: 9781584779896; ISBN-10: 1584779896. Shakespeare, Bacon and the Law Brown, Basil. Law Sports at Gray's Inn (1594) Including Shakespeare's connection with the Inns of Court, the origin of the Capias Utlegatum re Coke and Bacon, Francis Bacon's connection with Warwickshire, together with a reprint of the Gesta Grayorum. Originally published: New York: [Privately Printed by the Author], 1921. xciv, 188, 88, [9] pp. Reprinted 2010 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584779896; ISBN-10: 1584779896. Paperback. New. $15.95 * This interesting volume examines legal aspects of the lives and writings of Shakespeare and Bacon. Includes the text of the hard-to-find Gesta Grayorum, which is attributed in part to Bacon. Brown also describes the origin of the Capias Utlegatum insult offered to Bacon by Queen Elizabeth's attorney general, Sir Edward Coke.
Linen Nursery ABC and Simple Speller

Linen Nursery ABC and Simple Speller by [No Author]

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Linen Nursery ABC and Simple Speller
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[No Author]
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Yesterday's Muse Books (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
Syracuse, New York: G.C. Hanford Mfg. Co.,, 1905. Stapled Binding. Very Good. 0x0x0. Wrappers rubbed, creased. 1905 Stapled Binding. Linen pages. Illustration of Little Bo Peep on front wrapper. An early 20th-century alphabet and speller for children.
Virginia Woolf and the Real World
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Virginia Woolf and the Real World by Zwerdling, Alex

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Virginia Woolf and the Real World
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Zwerdling, Alex
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Weller Book Works ABAA/ILAB (United States)
ISBN
9780520061842
Condition
Very Good
Description
University of California Press, 1986. Very Good. Zwerdling, Alex. Virginia Woolf and the Real World. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1986. x, 374pp. Indexed. Bibliography. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good. Edges lightly rubbed.

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