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OEUVRES DE M. SCARRON EN VII TOMES

OEUVRES DE M. SCARRON EN VII TOMES by (BINDINGS - LEBRUN). SCARRON, PAUL

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Title
OEUVRES DE M. SCARRON EN VII TOMES
Author
(BINDINGS - LEBRUN). SCARRON, PAUL
Seller
Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts (United States)
Description
Amsterdam: Chez J. Wetstein, 1752. Nouvelle Edition. 142 x 84 mm. (5 5/8 x 3 1/4"). Seven volumes. Reviewed, corrected, and augmented with a History of his Life and Works, a Discourse on the Burlesque Style, and a quantity of Pieces omitted from previous Editions. ELEGANT CHOCOLATE BROWN MOROCCO, GILT, BY LEBRUN (stamp-signed in gilt at foot of spine), covers with double frames of French fillets and lace-like rolls, smooth spines with vertical titling within a similar frame, densely gilt turn-ins, marbled endpapers, edges gilt over marbling. Printer's device on title pages, volume I with engraved frontispiece portrait, other volumes with frontispieces illustrating the works therein (five by L. F. D. Bourg, one by Paetr), all engraved by Folkema. Magne 403; Tchemerzine V, 742; Cohen-de Ricci 945; Brunet V, 184. Isolated trivial stains or minor smudges (from printing process), but A VERY FINE SET, clean, fresh, and bright internally, IN SPARKLING BINDINGS. This is an exceptionally attractive copy of what Scarron bibliographer Magne calls the best and most beautiful collection of the works of that 17th century master of the burlesque style, offered here in exquisite bindings by an award-winning 19th century Parisian artisan. Paul Scarron (1610-60) was not only known for his prolific output as a novelist, dramatist, and poet, but also for his curious and difficult life. He was severely deformed by what is thought to be polio or an inflammatory spinal condition, endured considerable pain, and, in an effort to find relief, became addicted to opium. Nevertheless, at 42, he married the beautiful young Françoise d'Aubigné, who, after our author's death, became Madame de Maintenon, Louis XIV's mistress and eventually his morganatic wife. In addition to Scarron's novels, our set contains his letters to acquaintances--among them cardinals, nobles, and the queen of Sweden--as well as plays, poetry, and "Virgil Travesti," his masterful parody of "The Aeneid." The story of a group of travelling actors, his most important work, "Roman Comique," is perhaps the very first French novel to show genuine power of depicting manners and character, and it is impressively vivid. The binder Lebrun (fl. 1830-57) was employed for some time at the workshop of Simier before striking out on his own. He won medals in the exhibitions of 1839, 1844, and 1849, and was praised by the jury at the latter for his passionate love for the craft. He was notable for using a variety of leathers in his work, and for his mastery of the art of pastiche. His clients included bibliophiles Armand Bertin, Jules Janin, and Baron Taylor. This set stands on the shelf like so many soldiers in full dress, impeccably attired with gilt, and--as a reflection of the careful appreciation shown to it over the years--with virtually no signs of use..
Booker T. Washington Business College Catalogue 1949-1952

Booker T. Washington Business College Catalogue 1949-1952

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Seller: Langdon Manor Books LLC
Title
Booker T. Washington Business College Catalogue 1949-1952
Seller
Langdon Manor Books LLC (United States)
Condition
Very good
Description
Birmingham, Alabama: [The College], 1948. Very good. 11” x 8½”. Stapled illustrated thin card wrappers. Pp. [28]. Very good: wrappers lightly scuffed and worn; a touch of light creasing; evenly toned. This is an unrecorded, illustrated catalog for a Black business college founded by an immensely successful African American businessman and his wife (and run by a majority of women), the Booker T. Washington Business College of Birmingham, Alabama (BTWBC). Arthur George Gaston completed the tenth grade, then left school to sell the Black-owned Birmingham Reporter newspaper and work as a hotel bellman. He served in the army during World War I, saving his military pay to invest in real estate when he returned to Birmingham. By 1923 he had founded his first business, the Booker T. Washington Burial Society, and by 1932 an insurance company of the same name. When he and his wife Minnie couldn't find Black accountants, clerks and bookkeepers, they founded BTWBC in 1939 to train their own. Minnie also helped found the Birmingham chapter of the National Council of Negro Women and served on the board of Alpha Kappa Alpha. By the time A.G. Gaston died in 1996, his enterprises also included a bank, motel, two radio stations, two cemeteries, a construction company and multiple real estate holdings. He founded the city's Boys' Club and home for senior citizens, and reportedly bailed Martin Luther King Jr. out of jail in 1963. Black Enterprise magazine named him “Entrepreneur of the Century” in 1992. This book was printed by a noted Black company in Birmingham, Forniss Printers. It has 28 photographic images, showing A.G. Gaston, President, Minnie as Director, and some of the 26 faculty, 15 of whom were women. There are great shots of Black students operating the “$20,000 worth of machinery,” getting “real life experience in the businesses around the college” and enjoying extracurriculars like choir and the basketball team. We even see the “Crowning of the king and queen by president Gaston in a popularity contest between the day and night students.” The book provides the college calendar for the upcoming four years, detailed descriptions of courses in typing, business math and law, “Consumer Problems,” “Applied Psychology,” accounting, sales and more. It explains the grading system, requirements for graduation, rules of “Discipline” and assistance from the “Placement Bureau.” A striking college catalog for an under-known Black training school. No holdings were found in OCLC.
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October Blast by YEATS, W. B.

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Seller: James S. Jaffe Rare Books LLC
Title
October Blast
Author
YEATS, W. B.
Seller
James S. Jaffe Rare Books LLC (United States)
Condition
Head of spine a little worn, spine label chipped, affecting top portion of text, label darkened, modest toning to boards, otherw
Description
Dublin: The Cuala Press, 1927. First edition. 350 "copies of this book have been printed on paper made in Ireland." Wade 156. "Sailing to Byzantium", and "Among School Children" appear here for the first time. The collection also includes "The Tower. Head of spine a little worn, spine label chipped, affecting top portion of text, label darkened, modest toning to boards, otherwise a very good copy. 8vo, original linen-backed paper over boards, printed paper spine label. Head of spine a little worn, spine label chipped, affecting top portion of text, label darkened, modest toning to boards, otherwise a very good copy.
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Report Upon the Removal of Blossom Rock, in San Francisco Harbor, California by Williamson, R. S. and W. H. Heuer

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Report Upon the Removal of Blossom Rock, in San Francisco Harbor, California
Author
Williamson, R. S. and W. H. Heuer
Seller
Argonaut Book Shop (United States)
Condition
Fine
Description
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1871 Book. Fine. Hardcover. First edition. Quarto. 11½ x 9 inches. 40pp. plus 11 plates (one folding, one in color). Lithographic title page with vignette. Publisher's original blind-ruled dark green cloth, gilt-lettered title to front cover. Expertly rebacked to match, corners lightly refurbished. Endpapers renewed. Complete and clean. The complete official report, with precise engineering drawings, of the removal of this major obstacle. Blossom rock was a huge chunk of sandstone, located just five feet below the surface of the Bay between Alcatraz and Yerba Buena Islands and was a considerable peril to shipping. The rock was discovered and named by Captain Beechey in 1826. The plates are beautifully drawn, quite detailed and include a folding map of the entrance to San Francisco Bay showing the position of Blossom Rock, various depths throughout the bay, etc. (from a Coast Survey Chart of 1859). Another map (colored) is "Map showing the Depth of Water on Blossom Rock as established by Survey of April 1871." Also included are numerous detailed engineering drawings, plans and sketches for the destruction of the rock, placement of the black-powder charges, etc. Delicately hand-colored. [Cowan: p.688; Rocq: 12846]..
A Street In Bronzeville

A Street In Bronzeville by Brooks, Gwendolyn

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Title
A Street In Bronzeville
Author
Brooks, Gwendolyn
Seller
The First Edition Rare Books, LLC (United States)
Condition
Near fine
Description
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1945. First Edition, Third Printing. Cloth. Near fine/very good. The first edition, third printing of A Street In Bronzeville by Gwendolyn Brooks, her debut collection of poetry.. Octavo, vi, 57pp, [1]. Black cloth, title stamped in gilt over orange printed bands. Stated "third edition" on the copyright page. Previous ownership inscription on the front free endpaper. Internally clean, solid text block, a near fine example. In the publisher's second state dust jacket, $2.00 on the front flap, "No. 2322" on the rear panel, no mention of "War Bonds" on the rear panel, chipping along top edge, a closed tear along spine hinge, a very good example. Gwendolyn Brooks (1917-2000), a renowned author, was the first African American to receive a Pulitzer Prize. Her book of poetry, Annie Allen, was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry on May 1, 1950.
The Triumph of Katie Byrne

The Triumph of Katie Byrne by Bradford, Barbara Taylor

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Title
The Triumph of Katie Byrne
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Bradford, Barbara Taylor
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The First Edition Rare Books, LLC (United States)
Condition
Fine
Description
New York: Doubleday, 2001. First Edition, First Printing. Full leather. Fine. Finely bound first edition of The Triumph of Katie Byrne by Barbara Taylor Bradford, from her personal collection.. Octavo, [12], 338pp. Finely bound in full red morocco. Four raised bands, title in gilt on spine. All edges gilt, marbled endpapers, red silk bookmark sewn-in. Books from the library of Barbara Taylor Bradford are bound in the style of the Bayntun-Riviere Bindery. With "First Edition" statement and full number line listed on copyright page. Housed in a matching red cloth slipcase, lightly worn. A beautiful example. Provenance: Doyle Auctions of New York, May 2025. This copy is from the private collection of Barbara Taylor Bradford, a British-American novelist. Following the success of her debut novel, A Woman of Substance (1979), Bradford wrote 40 best-selling novels, often about young women advancing in the world through hard work.
A Good Woman

A Good Woman by Bromfield, Louis

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Title
A Good Woman
Author
Bromfield, Louis
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The First Edition Rare Books, LLC (United States)
Condition
Very good
Description
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1927. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Very good/good. Signed first edition of A Good Woman by Louis Bromfield.. Octavo, 432pp. Red cloth, title in gilt on front cover and spine. No additional printings listed on copyright page. Slight lean to text block, some wear to cloth along hinges. Bookplate removed from front free endpaper. In the publisher's dust jacket, $2.50 retail price, soiled with a dampstain to rear panel. A few short closed tears, jacket held intact by tape repairs to verso. Inscribed by the author on the half title: "For --- with the good wishes of Louis Bromfield." A Good Woman was Bromfield's first publication following his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, Early Autumn (1926). Despite his successful literary career, Bromfield spent the majority of his life as an early champion of sustainable farming and organic agriculture.
JOAN CRAWFORD | MGM FASHION (1933) Hand-printed and numbered oversized custom photo - 1

JOAN CRAWFORD | MGM FASHION (1933) Hand-printed and numbered oversized custom photo - 1 by Clarence Sinclair Bull

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Title
JOAN CRAWFORD | MGM FASHION (1933) Hand-printed and numbered oversized custom photo - 1
Author
Clarence Sinclair Bull
Seller
Walterfilm, Inc. (United States)
Condition
Fine
Description
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. No binding. Fine. Los Angeles: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, [1933]. Vintage original 10 x 13" (25 x 32 cm) sepia-tinted double weight matte custom photo. Handwritten in pencil on verso: "Rush, Crawford, 1933". Indicated for nine prints and hand-numbered B6591. Fine. Very few prints were made of this exclusive image, perhaps used for just one publication. In 1933, Joan Crawford appeared in the MGM films Today We Live, Sadie McKee and Dancing Lady (for which this glamour portrait, in which she wears a gown by Adrian, would be used to publicize). Though not photographer stamped, the image is likely by Clarence Bull.
An Elementary Course on Ordnance and Gunnery... Together with a Concise Treatise on Steam.

An Elementary Course on Ordnance and Gunnery... Together with a Concise Treatise on Steam. by Ward, James H.

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An Elementary Course on Ordnance and Gunnery... Together with a Concise Treatise on Steam.
Author
Ward, James H.
Seller
Ten Pound Island Book Co. (United States)
Description
Philadelphia: Carey and Hart, 1845. "Prepared for the use of the Midshipmen at the Naval School, Philadelphia..." The Naval School in Philadelphia served as the first United States Naval Academy from 1834 to 1845. First edition of an important and influential text. The first section deals with naval cannon; the second with steam power.Ward, a naval officer, was killed early in the Civil War, but his text stayed in print through the 1860s. (See DAB for Ward's career.) This copy bears ownership signatures of Rear Admiral Thomas O. Selfridge, 1845, and his son J.R. Selfridge, 1867. Bound in quarter cloth of plain boards with paper spine label. Light foxing in text but very good condition.. 23.5 cm. viii, 109, 59 pp. b/w plates, some folding and illustrations in text.
The Brave Volunteers from North Haven. (Caption title)

The Brave Volunteers from North Haven. (Caption title) by (Civil War). H. B-----. (Harrison Beverage)

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Title
The Brave Volunteers from North Haven. (Caption title)
Author
(Civil War). H. B-----. (Harrison Beverage)
Seller
De Simone Company, Booksellers (United States)
Description
(North Haven?, Maine?), 1864. 4to. broadside.  255 x 167 mm. [10 x 6 ¾ inches].  12 stanzas of verse in two columns, with woodcut engraving of large sailing ship set beneath the title. American Navy Civil War verse broadside from North Haven Island, Maine,written by Harrison Beverage.  The broadside lists many names of sailors from North Haven and ships that they served on. The names included are Hanson Carver, the Brown's - Eben & John, the Alexanders - James, Ezekiel & Zena. They served on board the School Ship Sabine, The Ohio a ship of the line, The steamship Colorado, the Rhode Island and on board the Monitor Menadnoc with a couple of them getting wounded in battle. The piece also tells about the battle at Fort Fisher and Commodore Porter. Rare.
THIS BOY'S LIFE

THIS BOY'S LIFE by Wolff, Tobias

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Title
THIS BOY'S LIFE
Author
Wolff, Tobias
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Type Punch Matrix (United States)
Condition
Near fine in very good plus jacket.
Description
New York: The Atlantic Monthly Press, 1989. Near fine in very good plus jacket.. Signed edition of Wolff's "extraordinary" memoir (SF Chronicle) - adapted into the 1993 film of the same name starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Ellen Barkin, and Robert De Niro. 9'' x 6''. Original quarter light brown, green paper cloth, blind-stamped to front board, stamped in off-white to spine. In original unclipped ($18.95) color pictorial jacket designed by Robbin Schiff. [12], 289 pages. Signed by Wolff on title page. Jacket with touches of edgewear, small spot of soil to rear flap verso. Book crisp, tight.
SESTETS

SESTETS by Wright, Charles

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SESTETS
Author
Wright, Charles
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Type Punch Matrix (United States)
ISBN
9780374532147
Condition
Fine.
Description
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010. Fine.. First paperback edition of the 19th poetry collection by the acclaimed Pulitzer Prize-winner. 8.25'' x 5.5''. Original black wrappers. 75, [1] pages.
Something about a Soldier

Something about a Soldier by Willeford, Charles

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Title
Something about a Soldier
Author
Willeford, Charles
Seller
Carpetbagger Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Near Fine
Description
New York: Random House, 1986. First Edition. Paperback. Near Fine. Advanced Uncorrected Proofs. Near Fine. Red wraps, lightly rubbed, label taped onto the front. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. Willeford's memoir about his time in the U.S. Army during the Great Depression.
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‘Abdullah Ansari of Herat (1006-1089 C.E.): An Early Sufi Master. (Curzon Sufi Series.) by (al-Ansari al-Harawi, Abu Isma‘il ‘Abd Allah b. Muh. b. ‘Ali b. Muh. b. Ahmad b. ‘Ali b. Dja‘far b. Mansur b. Matt al-Ansari al-Harawi al-Hanbali) Ravan Farhadi, A.G.

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‘Abdullah Ansari of Herat (1006-1089 C.E.): An Early Sufi Master. (Curzon Sufi Series.)
Author
(al-Ansari al-Harawi, Abu Isma‘il ‘Abd Allah b. Muh. b. ‘Ali b. Muh. b. Ahmad b. ‘Ali b. Dja‘far b. Mansur b. Matt al-Ansari al-Harawi al-Hanbali) Ravan Farhadi, A.G.
Seller
Ars Libri Ltd (United States)
Description
Richmond, Surrey (Curzon Press), 1996.. xiv, 158pp. Wraps.
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Das Stilleben und sein Gegenstand. Sept.-Nov. 1983. Texts by A. Mayer-Meintschel, I.J. Danilowa, J.I. Kusnezow, H. Marx, W.M. Wolodarski, A.G. Kostenewitsch. by Dresden. Albertinum.

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Das Stilleben und sein Gegenstand. Sept.-Nov. 1983. Texts by A. Mayer-Meintschel, I.J. Danilowa, J.I. Kusnezow, H. Marx, W.M. Wolodarski, A.G. Kostenewitsch.
Author
Dresden. Albertinum.
Seller
Ars Libri Ltd (United States)
Description
Dresden, 1983.. 387, (3)pp. 220 illus. (32 color). 4to. Wraps. (shaken).
Utah and Salt Lake City "Nature's Greatest Scenic Center

Utah and Salt Lake City "Nature's Greatest Scenic Center by Salt Lake City Chamber of Commerce

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Utah and Salt Lake City "Nature's Greatest Scenic Center
Author
Salt Lake City Chamber of Commerce
Seller
Tschanz Rare Books (United States)
Description
Salt Lake City: The Chamber of Commerce, 1930. 31pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Color illustrated wrappers. Better than very good. An illustrated guide for the prospective tourist to Salt Lake and Utah. Contains images of many long gone establishments (Pinecrest, Mineral Baths, Saltair II, Salt Lake Country Club). Double-page map at the center. "Unique Utah and Salt Lake City! Here is one of the few cities of the United States with an outstanding historic pioneer past and a romance-awakening personality that has firmly established it in the mind of the American traveler as a center of unique interest, retaining, as it always will, the glamour of the Old West." Flake/Draper 7495.
Tales of the Gold Rush (Easton Press)

Tales of the Gold Rush (Easton Press) by Harte, Bret

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Tales of the Gold Rush (Easton Press)
Author
Harte, Bret
Seller
Ed's Editions Bookstore (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
Easton Press, 1980. leather_bound. Very Good. Full brown leather with gilt board design and page edges. Spine seems lightly sunned. Four raised bands to the spine. Clean, has a good binding, no marks or notations. Part of the Easton Press Masterpieces of American Literature Series, Collector's Edition.
Mickey7 [Mickey 7]

Mickey7 [Mickey 7] by Ashton, Edward

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Mickey7 [Mickey 7]
Author
Ashton, Edward
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Yesterday's Muse Books (United States)
ISBN
9781250875280
Condition
Near Fine
Description
New York: St. Martin's Griffin, 2023. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 5x0x8. Signed by author. Brand new from publisher. Signed without inscription by author on title page. 2023 Trade Paperback. 317 pp. Soon to be a major motion picture starring Robert Pattinson and directed by Academy Award winner Bong Joon-ho. Mickey7 is an Expendable: a disposable employee on a human expedition sent to colonize the ice world Niflheim. Whenever there's a mission that's too dangerous―even suicidal―the crew turns to Mickey. After one iteration dies, a new body is regenerated with most of his memories intact. On a routine scouting mission, Mickey7 goes missing and is presumed dead. By the time he returns to the colony base, his fate has been sealed. There's a new clone, Mickey8, reporting for Expendable duties. The idea of duplicate Expendables is universally loathed, and if caught, they face being recycled into protein to feed a hungry colony. Meanwhile, life on Niflheim is getting worse, and the native species are growing curious about their new neighbors, which has Commander Marshall very afraid. Ultimately, the survival of both lifeforms will come down to Mickey7.

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