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The Grasses of Great Britain [unique original collection of specimens]

The Grasses of Great Britain [unique original collection of specimens] by Goddard, H J - BOTANICAL SPECIMENS

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Seller: Palinurus Antiquarian Books
Title
The Grasses of Great Britain [unique original collection of specimens]
Author
Goddard, H J - BOTANICAL SPECIMENS
Seller
Palinurus Antiquarian Books (United States)
Condition
Fine; some rubbing to the binding.
Description
Salisbury [UK]: Not published, 1936. Unique.. Contemporary three-quarter gilt stamped leather.. Fine; some rubbing to the binding.. Folio, measuring about 21 x 13 inches. There are 205 full page mounted specimens and mounted photographs etc.. A massive folio volume of mounted specimens of British grasses representing a life-time of work. The botanist/collector was H Goddard who was a well known authority on British flora in general and grasses in particular. He was the staff botanist for the firm of Dunns Farm Seeds in Salisbury. In 1936, after 50+ years of collecting he presented the collection to the firm. They had it bound with introductory letter press. This is the folio volume being offered here. The preliminaries of the volume contain photos and mounted press clippings from which is derived the following: ' A collection of British grasses, believed to be without equal .... It took most of his life to get it together, and two years ago it was put into a bound volume ... and presented to the firm. A preface to it was written by Prof. R G Stapleton, director of the Welsh plant breeding station, and one of the world's authorities on grasses, who pays it and the author a high tribute. He says," ... in Mr. Goddard's collection they have a valuable possession which will stand for all time ... the specimens are beautifully set-up, correctly named and well arranged. Indeed it is such that could have only been brought together by a botanist of long experience, and by one with infinite patience and with a deep feeling for the beauties of nature." Apart from some minor scuffing the volume is in fine condition with impeccably preserved specimens in tact. Each specimen has the common name, genus, species, place, and date collected noted on the mount. A superb and fascinating monument to scholarship, science, and natural beauty.
Burt C. Buffum’s Photograph of Guy Holt Riding “Steamboat,” September 1903

Burt C. Buffum’s Photograph of Guy Holt Riding “Steamboat,” September 1903 by [Wyoming – Rodeo] Buffum, Burt C.

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Title
Burt C. Buffum’s Photograph of Guy Holt Riding “Steamboat,” September 1903
Author
[Wyoming – Rodeo] Buffum, Burt C.
Seller
Auger Down Books (United States)
Condition
Wrinkling, slight damage; left corners missing. Very good plus.
Description
Laramie, Wyoming, 1903. Single photograph measuring 6 ½ x 8 ½ inches. Manuscript caption verso. Wrinkling, slight damage; left corners missing. Very good plus.. A photograph, taken by University of Wyoming professor Burt C. Buffum, of rodeo cowboy Guy Holt riding “Steamboat.” The caption reads: “Guy Holt Worlds Champion bronco buster riding ‘Steamboat’ (said to be the hardest horse to ride known.) Laramie Wyo, Sept 22 – 03. Photo by B.C. Buffum.” Steamboat rode for fifteen years around the US and Canada, twice earning Cheyenne Frontier Days rodeo’s “Worst Bucking Horse of the Year” award. This photo of Holt riding Steamboat is the inspiration for the University of Wyoming’s logo.
Five 1920 Photographs of Texas Rangers, Including Frank Hamer

Five 1920 Photographs of Texas Rangers, Including Frank Hamer by [Texas Rangers – History of Policing] Unknown Photographer

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Title
Five 1920 Photographs of Texas Rangers, Including Frank Hamer
Author
[Texas Rangers – History of Policing] Unknown Photographer
Seller
Auger Down Books (United States)
Condition
One photo with large tear at corner, else excellent.
Description
El Paso, Texas: Underwood & Underwood, 1920. Five photographs measuring 7 ¼ x 9 ½ inches. Typed captions affixed and Underwood & Underwood stamps verso. One photo with large tear at corner, else excellent.. The Texas Rangers, now a statewide investigative law enforcement agency, was formed in 1823 to protect Euro-American settlers in Mexican Texas, and officially established in 1835. Throughout the 19th century, the Rangers, as an irregular military, defended Texians from attacks by Indigenous people as they expelled the Indigenous populations from their homelands, and engaged in conflicts including the Mexican-American and Texas-Indian wars. During this time they also became known for their harsh tactics, including extrajudicial killings. The force became more organized into the 20th century, though the tactics were slow to become more humane, particularly during the Mexican Revolution. Offered here are five press photographs of Texas Rangers from 1920. The Rangers are shown posing with their horses or on horseback—in one, a Ranger shakes hands with a “Mexican Fiscale Captain”, also on horseback—and posing with an infant and its family. Two of the Rangers are identified in the captions as Captain Charles Stephens and Sergeant Hamer, likely Charles F. Stevens and Frank Hamer. Stevens (1868–1929) became captain of Ranger Company B in 1910; in 1929 he was killed in an ambush while working as a Federal Prohibition Agent. Hamer (1884–1955) was an on-again, off-again Ranger best known for his role in the posse that killed Bonnie and Clyde in 1934. Of interest to historians of the Rangers and their public perception early in the 20th century.
Catalogue des Tableaux, Dessins, Gouaches, Estampes, et autres Articles curieux composant le Cabinet de feu… Par H. Delaroche. La Vente s’en fera…[added in cont. ms]: “6 juin 1814.”

Catalogue des Tableaux, Dessins, Gouaches, Estampes, et autres Articles curieux composant le Cabinet de feu… Par H. Delaroche. La Vente s’en fera…[added in cont. ms]: “6 juin 1814.” by (AUCTION CATALOGUE: BRISEBARRE, Claude Henry)

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Title
Catalogue des Tableaux, Dessins, Gouaches, Estampes, et autres Articles curieux composant le Cabinet de feu… Par H. Delaroche. La Vente s’en fera…[added in cont. ms]: “6 juin 1814.”
Author
(AUCTION CATALOGUE: BRISEBARRE, Claude Henry)
Seller
Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller, Inc. (United States)
Description
iv, 34 pp. Small 8vo (198 x 130 mm.), stitched as issued (spine a little defective). Paris: Delaroche & Bonnefons de la Vialle, 1814. A scarce sale catalogue, with many contemporary pencil annotations recording the prices and buyers. Brisebarre (d. 1813) was an administrator at the Banque de France, and this auction took place at his home on rue Notre-Dame-des-Victoires, no. 38. The present sale was postponed from 5 April to 6 June (hence the two Lugt numbers), probably due to Napoleon’s return from exile; the correct date has been written in on the title-page of our copy. This catalogue describes a total of 182 lots, with a large number of modern French paintings. We find works by Boucher, Bruandet, Bidault, Boissieu, Demarne, Drolling, Hue, Lantara, Mlle. Jenny Legrand, Lespinasse, Meunier, Nicolle, Saint-Martin, Senave, Taunay, etc. Nearly all of the prices and more than half of the buyers’ names have been noted in the margins. A nice copy. Stamp of the Bibliothèque Heim on verso of the first leaf. ❧ Lugt 8497 & 8534.
In the Mecca [Inscribed and Signed]

In the Mecca [Inscribed and Signed] by Gwendolyn Brooks

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Title
In the Mecca [Inscribed and Signed]
Author
Gwendolyn Brooks
Seller
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Near Fine
Description
New York: Harper & Row, 1968. Near Fine/Very Good. New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1968. Early Printing. Octavo (21cm); publisher's cloth in white pictorial price-clipped dust jacket; vii,[1],54pp. Light wear and dust-soil to dust jacket; a Near Fine copy in Very Good jacket overall. Inscribed and signed on half title page, "For Betty, with love and pride! Sincerely, Gwendolyn Brooks, February 19, 1986.
Histoire du Calendrier Romain, qui contient son origin & les divers changemens qui lui sont arrivez

Histoire du Calendrier Romain, qui contient son origin & les divers changemens qui lui sont arrivez by Francois Blondel

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Title
Histoire du Calendrier Romain, qui contient son origin & les divers changemens qui lui sont arrivez
Author
Francois Blondel
Seller
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Good
Description
A La Haye: Arnout Leers, 1684. Good. A La Haye: Arnout Leers, 1684. 12mo; 19th-century dark brown morocco over marbled paper-covered boards, gilt spine in five compartments; [2],400,[6]pp.; six leaves of tables (collated complete), steel-engraved emblems throughout text, including title page. Binding quite scuffed and worn along margins, joints cracked, rather large loss of spine leather, 20th-century ownership ex libris to front pastedown; a Good, rather unlovely copy, though contents remain clean and sound. The French engineer and mathematician's account of the history of the Roman calendar, generously illustrated.
KNOLL INTERNATIONAL COLLECTION (undated, c1980)

KNOLL INTERNATIONAL COLLECTION (undated, c1980) by Charles Pollock, Max Pearson, Neils Diffrient, Marcel Breuer, Harry Bertoia, Richard Schultz, Charles Gwathmey, Robert Siegel, et al (designs of)

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Title
KNOLL INTERNATIONAL COLLECTION (undated, c1980)
Author
Charles Pollock, Max Pearson, Neils Diffrient, Marcel Breuer, Harry Bertoia, Richard Schultz, Charles Gwathmey, Robert Siegel, et al (designs of)
Seller
Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
NY: Knoll Associates, Inc. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Undated (c1980) catalog of the Knoll International Collection with hundreds of photographs supplemented with detailed drawings and specifications for Knoll furniture for residences and offices. Catalog is organized as follows, by tab: office seating, side chairs, lounge seating, multiple seating, outdoor furniture, tables, desks/credenzas. Three-ring binder in striped, opaque acrylic covers with title stamped in red, measures approx 12 x12 x2.5" Catalog design uncredited.
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Living Shrines: Home Altars of New Mexico by Cash, Marie Romero (text). Halus, Siegfried (photopgraphs)

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Title
Living Shrines: Home Altars of New Mexico
Author
Cash, Marie Romero (text). Halus, Siegfried (photopgraphs)
Seller
Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB (United States)
Condition
Fine
Description
Santa Fe: Museum of New Mexico Press, 1998. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Fine. Fine copy signed by photographer Halus on the half title.
Visit to the Great Oasis of the Libyan Desert;

Visit to the Great Oasis of the Libyan Desert; by Hoskins, George Alexander (d. 1863 or 64).

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Visit to the Great Oasis of the Libyan Desert;
Author
Hoskins, George Alexander (d. 1863 or 64).
Seller
Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio (United States)
Condition
Fine
Description
London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green & Longman,, 1837. First edition. References: Ibrahim-Hilmy i, 310; Kalfatovic 0338. Fine. 22 cm; xvi, 338 (i.e. 341) pages, map and 20 engraved plates (3 of them folding). Bound in recent half leather over marbled boards in period style. Marbled edges. Ownership inscription of W. Cushman of Watertown. Living in Luxor in 1836, Hoskins traveled with Robert Hay and Frederick Catherwood to the oases of Libya, where he ran into Joseph Bonomi. "A good account" (Kalfatovic) illustrated with maps and engravings from Hoskins's own drawings.
Not Solely Mourning

Not Solely Mourning by McMahon, Lynne

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Not Solely Mourning
Author
McMahon, Lynne
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Swan's Fine Books (United States)
Condition
Fine
Description
[Columbia, Missouri]: Sutton Hoo Press, 1997. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. One of "between 65 and 80 copies", unnumbered, folio size, [32] pp. A collection of twenty-one poems by Lynne McMahon, Professor Emerita at the University of Missouri; her work has appeared in multiple highly regarded periodicals, including "The New Yorker", "Rolling Stone", and "The Atlantic Monthly", among numerous others. This work explores the wide arena of human experience; as the publisher of one of her works stated, she "has a genius for making sense, and poetry, of the ordinary, for 'transforming the least promising dross into aspects for intricate contemplation' ". McMahon's work has won her awards such as grants from the Guggenheim Foundation, the Ingram Merrill Foundation, and the Missouri Arts Council. ___DESCRIPTION: Bound in terra cotta coloured cloth ornamented only with one small gold dot on the lower end of the shelfback, title page in black and terra cotta, text is in black with terra cotta calligraphic initials designed by Cheryl Jacobsen, designed and printed by Chad Oness with the help of Laurie Hamblin, Bryce Oates, and Gregory Hardwick; Dante types, Rives Light papers, folio size (13" by 5"), 32 unnumbered pages, per the colophon "between 65 and 80 copies" were to be printed, all unnumbered. ___CONDITION: Fine, the binding is clean and unrubbed, the text block strong with solid hinges, the interior is clean and bright, and the volume is free of prior owner markings; crisp, as new. ___POSTAGE: International customers, please note that additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs; please inquire for details. ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA, ILAB, and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have, we are here to help.
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A History of Caroline County, Virginia: Form Its Formation in 1727 to 1924. Compiled from Original Records and Authoritative Sources and Profusely Illustrated. To Which is Appended “A Discourse of Virginia” by Edward Maria Wingfield. by Wingfield, Marshall.

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Title
A History of Caroline County, Virginia: Form Its Formation in 1727 to 1924. Compiled from Original Records and Authoritative Sources and Profusely Illustrated. To Which is Appended “A Discourse of Virginia” by Edward Maria Wingfield.
Author
Wingfield, Marshall.
Seller
Lighthouse Books, ABAA (United States)
Description
Richmond, VA: Trevvet Christian & Co., Inc., 1924. One of 1,000 Copies Privately Printed from Type and Type Distributed. Royal octavo, burgundy cloth (hardcover), gilt letters, xv, 528 pp. Cracked hinges; otherwise, clean and tight, with light rubbing to edges.
Lessons from My Games. A Passion for Chess

Lessons from My Games. A Passion for Chess by fine, Reuben

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Title
Lessons from My Games. A Passion for Chess
Author
fine, Reuben
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De Wolfe and Wood (United States)
Description
New York: David McKay, 1958. 225 pp. Very good in a slightly worn jacket.
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Sandpaintings of the Navaho Shootingway and The Walcott collection by Wyman, Leland C.

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Sandpaintings of the Navaho Shootingway and The Walcott collection
Author
Wyman, Leland C.
Seller
Rulon-Miller Books (United States)
Description
Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1970. 4to, pp. xii, [2], 102; color frontispiece, 44 grayscale photographs; blue cloth, ex-library with call number and library stamp on upper cover; covers spotted, musty, text clean and sound.
Discourse on the Life and Character of George Peabody Delivered in the Hall of the Peabody Institute, Baltimore, February 18, 1870, at the Request of the Trustees

Discourse on the Life and Character of George Peabody Delivered in the Hall of the Peabody Institute, Baltimore, February 18, 1870, at the Request of the Trustees by Wallis, Severn Teackle

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Discourse on the Life and Character of George Peabody Delivered in the Hall of the Peabody Institute, Baltimore, February 18, 1870, at the Request of the Trustees
Author
Wallis, Severn Teackle
Seller
The Kelmscott Bookshop (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
Baltimore: the Peabody Institute, 1870. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. 8vo. Grey paper wrappers with black title to front wrapper. Minor soiling and chipping to wrappers. Interior is clean and bright with many pages unopened. 60 pages. BALT/063015.
The Angry Ones

The Angry Ones by WILLIAMS, John A.

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Title
The Angry Ones
Author
WILLIAMS, John A.
Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books (United States)
Description
New York: Pocket Books, 1970. First Pocket Books Edition. Octavo (18cm); illustrated wrappers; bright pink edge-staining; [6],184,[2]pp ads. Gentle sunning to top edge, else a Fine, unread copy. Attractive copy of Williams's first novel, initially released by Ace in 1960. A powerful story of the racism that faces an educated Black man in the professional world, and the painful truths that warp interracial sex.
Contributions Towards a Bibliography of The Taylors of Ongar & Stanford Rivers

Contributions Towards a Bibliography of The Taylors of Ongar & Stanford Rivers by Bailey, Albert Edward

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Contributions Towards a Bibliography of The Taylors of Ongar & Stanford Rivers
Author
Bailey, Albert Edward
Seller
Kenneth Mallory Bookseller. ABAA (United States)
Condition
Very good
Description
Hamden, CT: Archon Books, 1965. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. xii, 65pp. Lightly edgeworn, else very good in a rubbed see-through dust jacket. 163 of 1,000 copies printed.
Jake's Thing

Jake's Thing by AMIS, Kingsley

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Title
Jake's Thing
Author
AMIS, Kingsley
Seller
Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN
9780670404711
Description
New York: The Viking Press, 1978. First U.S. edition and first printing. Hardcover. 276 pages. A novel that was shortlisted for the Booker Prize from the author of the classic "Lucky Jim." Amis would go on to win the Booker Prize for "The Old Devils." A very good plus copy in paper covered boards with a cloth spine with some faint foxing to the page edges and in a near fine dust jacket with some very minute wear.

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