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Original Codicil To The Will of Raymond Chandler

Original Codicil To The Will of Raymond Chandler by CHANDLER, Raymond

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Original Codicil To The Will of Raymond Chandler
Author
CHANDLER, Raymond
Seller
Mystery Pier Books, inc (United States)
Condition
FINE
Description
Raymond Chandler's original two-page typed letter, the official codicil to his will. The unique document, on Chandler's preferred blue onionskin paper and blue type, is to his lawyer Michael Gilbert and is dated January 18, 1957 from Palm Springs, California. In it he sets forth the directive as concerns donating his eyes ("if they want them") to a cornea bank; the desire to be cremated; and his preferred funeral service ("in a church," "nothing but the formal service for the dead," "no poems read, no speeches, no goddam parson in a funeral parlor or chapel"). Letter is signed by him: Ray. This unique document, a marvelous collectible, comes presented in a custom-designed black cloth & rich wine silk moire folding chemise with an elegant black leather label with gilt titles.
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CALIFORNIA HOMES, August 1936

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CALIFORNIA HOMES, August 1936
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J.B. Muns, Fine Arts Books (United States)
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Both northern & Southern California. Colorful cover
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Non-Slaveholder by ALLINSON William J.

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Non-Slaveholder
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ALLINSON William J.
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Bauman Rare Books (United States)
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1853. First Edition. ALLINSON, William J., editor. The Non-Slaveholder. Philadelphia: George W. Taylor, 1853-54. Two volumes bound as one. Octavo, modern three-quarter calf gilt, marbled boards. $4600.Complete run of the final 24 issues (the two-volume ""New Series"" of 1853-54) of the abolitionist journal, The Non-Slaveholder, published from 1846 to 1854.This local abolitionist journal covered the quickly changing events around slavery, from news of anti-slavery gatherings to slave laws and from the publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin to some of Frederick Douglass' early writings. The journal was published for the Free Produce Society of Philadelphia, a store that only sold goods untainted by slave labor. The goods themselves were relatively expensive, but many Quakers and abolitionists happily paid more in order to avoid supporting slavery. William Allinson, the editor of this journal, was also the manager of the store. Although the Society disbanded in 1856, the store stayed open until after the Civil War when the high prices could not longer be justified as a moral issue. Owner inscription on title page. Bookseller blindstamp.Dampstain to fore-edge of text block, a bit of embrowning to interior. A very good copy. Scarce.
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Document signed by GARBO Greta CUKOR George

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Document signed
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GARBO Greta CUKOR George
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Bauman Rare Books (United States)
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1929. Signed. GARBO, Greta. Document signed. Contract addendum. WITH: CUKOR, George. Typed letter signed. Garbo document: Santa Monica, California: March 12, 1941; Cukor letter: No place, August 1, 1969. Two sheets (8-1/2 by 11 inches), printed and typed (in carbon) on rectos. Housed together in custom half morocco portfolio. $3500.Original document signed by Greta Garbo in 1941 modifying an existing contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures regarding her final film, the disastrous failure Two-Faced Woman, directed by George Cukor. Offered together with a later letter from Cukor discussing Garbo, referring to her as ""our girlfriend,"" hoping the recipient might be able to forward a release letter to her, so that she might permit footage from their 1936 movie Camille to be used in a biopic about Cukor.The contract change proposed here is minor, altering a date that appears in the original contract from April 1, 1941 to April 15, 1941, but comes at a tremendously significant and fraught time for Garbo, her relationship with M-G-M, and her career. Though it does not name the film, this change almost certainly involves her contract to star in George Cukor's Two-Faced Woman, which came out late in 1941, an attempt to capitalize on Garbo's comic success in her most recent film, 1939's Ninotchka. In Two-Faced Woman she played a double role that featured her dancing the rumba, swimming, and skiing. Though the film performed reasonably well at the box office, it was a critical failure, and Garbo later referred to the film as ""my grave"" (Bainbridge, ""The Great Garbo"" in Life, 1955). Two-Faced Woman would indeed prove to be her last film, though she was only 36; she had made 28 feature films in only 16 years. Garbo hadn't planned on retiring, but the Second World War made finding roles difficult, and she was ambivalent about returning to work afterward. Cukor later said, ""People often glibly say that the failure of Two-Faced Woman finished Garbo's career. That's a grotesque oversimplification. It certainly threw her, but I think that what really happened was that she just gave up. She didn't want to go on"" (Paris, Garbo, 1994). In 1949, she was reportedly offered the role of fictional silent film star Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard; however, she ultimately turned down the role. Two file holes punched at upper margin of Garbo document. Fine condition.
Ralph Waldo Emerson Works to Organize the Great Town and Country Club, Which Brought Together Thoreau, Emerson, Longfellow and Many of the Leading Transcendentalists of the Era in Conversation and Debate

Ralph Waldo Emerson Works to Organize the Great Town and Country Club, Which Brought Together Thoreau, Emerson, Longfellow and Many of the Leading Transcendentalists of the Era in Conversation and Debate by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Ralph Waldo Emerson Works to Organize the Great Town and Country Club, Which Brought Together Thoreau, Emerson, Longfellow and Many of the Leading Transcendentalists of the Era in Conversation and Debate
Author
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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The Raab Collection (United States)
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09/02/1850. This unpublished letter, written at the time of debates around the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, comes from the collection of Dr. Otto O. Fisher, who bought primarily in the 1930s and 1940s, and thus has not been offered for sale in nearly a centuryIn the middle of the 19th century, Massachusetts brought together men and women who gathered to form perhaps America's first prominent literary movement. It was a flowering of literary artistic creation, and the image of the great men and women of the era sitting around the table discussing and debating the great issues and literary works of the time, from their own works to the evil institution of slavery, is today iconic.Amos Bronson Alcott founded the Town and Country Club in 1849 ""to establish better acquaintance between men of scientific, literary, and philanthropic pursuit ,"" in particular bringing together ""Town” intellectuals with those living outside urban Boston and Cambridge in the “Country"", such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, who lived in Concord and aided Alcott in establishing the Club. Bronson Alcott had been inspired by his recent series of conversations to provide a more regular and permanent meeting place for discussing the ""great questions"" of the day. Many of the first attendee at the Town and Country Club had been involved in the Transcendentalist Club. The Town and Country Club was a more formal success than the other gatherings, in its attempt to establish an organization with a constitution, formal rules, membership fees, and, hopefully, some control over membership. Attendees included many of the leading Trancendentalists. More than 100 people joined the Club or attended meetings, including Longfellow, Theodore Parker, Thoreau and others.Autograph letter signed, Concord, February 9, 1850, to merchant James Fisher, care of Messieurs Fisher and Chapin, Boston. ""I am going out of town so soon, to New York, that I am forced to name Monday next, at 3 1/2 o'clock PM as the hour for the first meeting of the Committee, at the T&C Club Room. I will avail myself of your kind offer to summon all the committee, except Dr. George B. Loring, with whom I have already communicated. Indeed I heard also of the appointment through him. I heartily wish to be present at one meeting and so name this.""
The geographical distribution of the family charadriidae, or the plovers, sandpipers, snipes, and their allies

The geographical distribution of the family charadriidae, or the plovers, sandpipers, snipes, and their allies by SEEBOHM, Henry

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The geographical distribution of the family charadriidae, or the plovers, sandpipers, snipes, and their allies
Author
SEEBOHM, Henry
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Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts (United States)
Description
London: Henry Sotheran & Co., 1888. FIRST EDITION. Complete with index, title vignette and 12 hand-colored plates after J.K. Keulemans (including the frontispiece), plus engraved text illustrations. Original green morocco, covers ruled in black with gilt lettering; despite some wear to the edges, a very beautiful copy from the library of Walter Henry James and Walter John James with their armorial bookplates on the paste-down. First edition, first issue (with the Slender-billed Dotterel frontispiece) of this milestone treatise on the shore-birds of the world. Seebohm writes the most comprehensive account on this group of birds, dealing with their distribution and mutual relationships. The subject is developed over thirty chapters, from general questions (the classification of the species) to a systematic treatment of each genus where the author describes its character, synonymy, and geographical distribution. Keulmans’ exquisite plates illustrated a number of species for the first time. Seebohm also includes a discussion of Darwin in the introduction. Seebohm (1832-1895) settled in Sheffield as a manufacturer of steel, but most of his time was devoted to ornithology. He visited Southern Europe and South Africa to study European birds in their winter quarters and to collect materials for the present work. He was a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and of the Linnean Society.
Kaart van het Westelyk Gedeelte van Nieuw Mexico en van California Volgens de Laatste Ontdekkingen der Jesuiten en Anderen

Kaart van het Westelyk Gedeelte van Nieuw Mexico en van California Volgens de Laatste Ontdekkingen der Jesuiten en Anderen by TIRION, Isaac

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Kaart van het Westelyk Gedeelte van Nieuw Mexico en van California Volgens de Laatste Ontdekkingen der Jesuiten en Anderen
Author
TIRION, Isaac
Seller
Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts (United States)
Description
Amsterdam, 1765. Engraved hand-colored map, matted and framed. A beautiful hand-colored map of the American southwest focusing on the Southern California, Baja California, the Gulf of California and Arizona (notwithstanding the title, there is no portion of New Mexico depicted). Tirion names San Diego, the Santa Catalina Islands, Ensenada and Cabo San Lucas on the coast, plus Casa Grande on the River Gila, which, though marked as a mission, was a large site of a Native American ruin. He includes images of missions and forts in Baja at San Jose del Cabo and Loretto. This is apparently the earliest printing of the map, published in Tirion’s Nieuwe en Beknopte Hand-Atlas (1765). It was re-issued a number of times over the next decade. Tirion (1705-1765) was a Dutch publisher in Amsterdam. He produced several atlases and Dutch town plans, as well as a number of pamphlets which are all quite scarce.
Weinberger Speech and Autograph Confirmation Hearing Notes

Weinberger Speech and Autograph Confirmation Hearing Notes

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Weinberger Speech and Autograph Confirmation Hearing Notes
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Second Story Books, ABAA (United States)
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Other. Preparatory notes for two speeches given by Caspar Weinberger, Secretary of Defense from 1981 until 1987, given at two very different points in his career. Weinberger came to be known as "Cap the Knife" for his reputation for cutting costs. 1) Three autograph pages of notes on ruled 8x12.5 in paper, with the heading "For January 6, 1981 / My Priorities for Defense Department." These appear to be Weinberger's draft notes for his confirmation hearing before the Senate Armed Forces Committee, which occurred on January 6, 1981. In them, Weinberger writes: "As long as we are perceived by our potential enemies, as well as by our allies, as ill-equipped, weak, irresolute, quiet-ridden and unwilling and unable to do anything but be patient, we can expect increasingly hostile actions against our people abroad, and actions that weaken our position in the world, such as we have seen in Angola, Afghanistan, Iran and elsewhere. Very good-; significantly age-toned. 2)A typed, hand-annotated text of a speech entitled "The Uses of Military Power--Ten Years Later," with the words "Final Draft / 1994" written in the upper right corner of the first page. Weinberger gave the original "Uses of Military Power" speech during his tenure as Secretary of Defense. In it, he outlined what became known as the Weinberger Doctrine, which delineated the circumstances under which the United States might deploy troops in military engagements. 18 pages, single-sided, with scattered ink annotations. Also included is a note on Weinberger's personal stationery, in his hand, reading "I was one of those who argued most strenuously--but alas not persuasively enough--against our sending troops as part of their MNF and of our remaining there after it became clear neither Israel nor Syria had agreed to withdraw." Very good. Slightly age-toned with minor bumping to edges and corners; rusted paperclip stain to first and last page. CW Consignment. CW001. 1359687. Special Collections.
A TEST OF POETRY

A TEST OF POETRY by Zukofsky, Louis

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A TEST OF POETRY
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Zukofsky, Louis
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Second Story Books, ABAA (United States)
Description
New York: The Objectivist Press, 1948. First Edition Thus, Fourth Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, vii, 165 pages. Bound in purple cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Mild shelf wear to boards, including sun-fading to spine (lettering remains legible); slight cocking to spine (boards somewhat shaken, no shelf lean, binding sturdy); rubbing to boards; mild age-toning to text block; light age-toning to endpapers and interior pages. Shelved in Case 0. 1397334. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
THE RIGHT HAND OF SLEEP [SIGNED]
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THE RIGHT HAND OF SLEEP [SIGNED] by Wray, John

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THE RIGHT HAND OF SLEEP [SIGNED]
Author
Wray, John
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Second Story Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN
9780375406515
Description
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 325 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering. Spine pictorial blue with gilt lettering. Exterior has very slight wear. Boards have very slight wear including faint sunning and minor edge wear. Text block has very slight wear. Deckled fore edge. First edition. Signed by the author. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex, Column AA. 1410080. FP New Rockville Stock.
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Garrett's Corsair No. 52

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Garrett's Corsair No. 52
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Second Story Books, ABAA (United States)
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Albany: Teral Garrett. Softcover. Octavo; VG; softcover; white spine; covers have minor shelfwear, two folding creases running horizontally, light folding on spine head edge; NOTE: Shelved in Room G. 1300285. Full-priced Rockville.
Rare Autograph Letter by one of the Great French Beauties and Wits of the 19th Century

Rare Autograph Letter by one of the Great French Beauties and Wits of the 19th Century by RECAMIER, MADAME JULIETTE

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Rare Autograph Letter by one of the Great French Beauties and Wits of the 19th Century
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RECAMIER, MADAME JULIETTE
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Lion Heart Autographs Inc (United States)
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RECAMIER, MADAME JULIETTE. (1777-1849). Parisian socialite remembered for her popular Royalist salon as well as her great beauty, memorialized by such artists as Jean-Louis David. ALS. ("J.R."). 1p. 8vo. N.p., N.d. [1834]. To French author LAURE JUNOT, DUCHESS OF ABRANTÈS (1784-1838). In French with translation. "So how are you doing, dear friend? I am worried about your silence, I would go ask you if I were not restrained by sad affairs, so please tell Monsieur the count that I also complain about not seeing him, he would always find me between three and five o'clock, I would be delighted to see him and would thus hear from you – with a thousand tender greetings…" The daughter of a government minister from Lyon, during the Reign of Terror 15-year-old Juliette was married to Jacques-Rose Récamier, a wealthy banker nearly 30 years her senior. Their marriage was never consummated, fueling rumors that Récamier was Juliette's father, marrying her to make her his heir. Beautiful and flirtatious, Juliette became one of the most popular salon hostesses of her day, especially amongst writers, artists and anti-Napoleon intellectuals. Among the prominent figures who frequented her salon were writer Madame de Staël, King Charles XIV John of Sweden and Norway, and anti-Bonapartist general Jean Victor Marie Moreau. Her adoring male admirers included Napoleon's brother Lucien Bonaparte, Swiss political theorist Benjamin Constant, writer Jean-Jacques Ampère (son of the physicist), French statesman Mathieu Jean Felicité de Montmorency, and painter Jean-Louis David, who executed a famous portrait of her reclining on a sofa that was so associated with her that it became known as a récamier. However, only a few such relationships were consummated, notably with Prince August of Prussia and French author, historian and statesman Francois-René de Chateaubriand, who died in her arms. Juliette was exiled from France for a time due to her anti-Napoleon intrigues, which she continued while living in Italy. Our letter's recipient was also known for her beauty and wit. In 1800, she married one of Napoleon's generals, Jean-Andoche Junot (1771-1813), who, after occupying Lisbon (without any loss of life) was made Duc de Abrantès and governor of Portugal. His wife accompanied him in his Lisbon campaign but, upon her return to France, she fell out of favor with Napoleon, who had once proposed marriage to her widowed mother; thereafter, she supported the Bourbon restoration. From 1831-1834, Laure Junot published her memoirs in 18 volumes, with the support of her lover, French novelist Honoré de Balzac. Written on a folded sheet with the integral address leaf intact. Remnants of the red wax seal. Dated 1834 in an unidentified hand and in fine condition.
LOVE & FAME

LOVE & FAME by BERRYMAN, John

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LOVE & FAME
Author
BERRYMAN, John
Seller
Brian Cassidy Bookseller at Type Punch Matrix (United States)
Condition
Very good in a very good jacket.
Description
New York: (Farrar, Straus and Giroux), 1970. First Edition. Very good in a very good jacket.. Signed first edition of the final book published within Berryman's lifetime, it is difficult to find signed in its trade edition. Scarce thus. Hardcover. 8vo. Black cloth boards, title stamped in gold on spine. In cream printed dust jacket. Mildly edge-worn Unclipped. Lightly bumped at spine ends. Very good plus to near fine oerall. SIGNED by Berryman on ffep.
TRIAL BALANCES

TRIAL BALANCES by Winslow, Ann; Bishop, Elizabeth; Moore, Marianne; Theodore Roethke; Muriel Rukeyser; George Abbe

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TRIAL BALANCES
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Winslow, Ann; Bishop, Elizabeth; Moore, Marianne; Theodore Roethke; Muriel Rukeyser; George Abbe
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Type Punch Matrix (United States)
Condition
Very good plus in very good jacket.
Description
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1935. First printing. Very good plus in very good jacket.. First edition of this anthology of 32 young American poets, including three early works by Elizabeth Bishop and an appreciation of their "methodically oblique" qualities by Marianne Moore. Other notable poets selected by Winslow include Theodore Roethke, Muriel Rukeyser, and George Abbe. With critical commentary by Wallace Stevens, Malcolm Cowley, Stanley Kunitz, Louis Untermeyer, Louise Bogan, and others. Scarce in jacket. 8,5'' x 5.75''. Original silver-lettered navy cloth. In original unclipped ($2.00) silver dust jacket. 225, [1] pages. Bookplate of poet W.G. Van Keuren to front pastedown. Minor foxing and soil to top edge of text block. Jacket with small chip to spine head, a few small closed tears, tape repairs to verso. Book with some faint spotting to cloth. Silver jacket bright.
New York-Connecticut Semi-Pro Baseball League: By-Laws

New York-Connecticut Semi-Pro Baseball League: By-Laws

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New York-Connecticut Semi-Pro Baseball League: By-Laws
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Appledore Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
1926. Original wraps. Very Good. A nice piece of early baseball ephemera from the Semi-Pro Leagues. The 1926 booklet of the New York-Connecticut By-Laws, in its fragile dark-gray wrappers. Miniature (64mo), a clean copy, with very light creasing to the 12 pg. text and the covers. Still though, attractive and very presentable. And probably extremely scarce.
Yohannes IV of Ethiopia: A Political Biography [Inscribed]

Yohannes IV of Ethiopia: A Political Biography [Inscribed] by [AFRICA] [ETHIOPIA] GABRE-SELLASSIE, Zewde

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Yohannes IV of Ethiopia: A Political Biography [Inscribed]
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[AFRICA] [ETHIOPIA] GABRE-SELLASSIE, Zewde
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Lorne Bair Rare Books (United States)
Description
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1975. First Edition. First Impression. Octavo (22cm); navy blue cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; xiv,334,[4]pp. Inscribed by the author on the front endpaper to J. Wayne Fredericks, the former U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs (1961-67): "To Wayne and Anne / A simple token of a sincere appreciation of friendship / Zwede / Xmas 1978." Faint foxing to upper edge of textblock, else a clean, Near Fine copy. Dustjacket is price-clipped, lightly shelfworn, with a few tiny tears and some wear to spine ends; Very Good+. A substantial biography of Yohannes IV, former Emperor of Ethiopia from 1871-1889. Gebre-Sellassie (1926-2008) was an Ethiopian nobleman, historian, and the great-great grandson of Yohannes IV, who throughout his illustrious career served as governor of Shere, Minister of Justice, Mayor of Addis Ababa, Ambassador to Somalia, Deputy Prime Minister, and Foreign Minister of Ethiopia. Inscribed copies are uncommon.
Official Army Register, for August, 1862

Official Army Register, for August, 1862 by [United States Army]

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Official Army Register, for August, 1862
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[United States Army]
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Americana Books ABAA (United States)
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Fair
Description
Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1862. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair. Octavo. 118 pages. Contents include three folding charts opposite page 88 and an alphabetical index in back. Former institutional copy rebound in red cloth covered boards with red leather spine and corners. Original wraps preserved and in very good condition. Commandery of the State of Illinois illustrated label on the front paste down. The label is signed by Roswell H. Mason and dated Sept. 1909. The front board is detached. Leather is rubbed on the spine. Library paper label on spine. Interior contents in good condition. This is the first Army Register printed with Major General Geo. B. McClellan listed at top General on page 3. Other officers include John Fremont and Henry Halleck. U.S. Grant is listed on page 63. George Custer is listed on page 21 as Second Lieutenant Fifth Regiment of Cavalry.
Central Queensland: Its Marvellous Pastoral and Mineral Resources, Its Unbounded Agricultural Possibilities, and Its Scenic Beauties

Central Queensland: Its Marvellous Pastoral and Mineral Resources, Its Unbounded Agricultural Possibilities, and Its Scenic Beauties

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Central Queensland: Its Marvellous Pastoral and Mineral Resources, Its Unbounded Agricultural Possibilities, and Its Scenic Beauties
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ReadInk (United States)
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Fair
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Brisbane: The Queensland Government Intelligence and Tourist Bureau. Fair. 1914. "New Edition". Softcover. (staple-bound) [heavily worn at edges, small tears at a couple of corners of front cover, spine covering partially gone but binding intact, some scrunching and minor dog-earing to lower corners of first few pages; fold-out map in excellent condition, with some minor creasing along the edge where it extends just slightly outside the text block]. (B&W photographs, fold-out color map) The subtitle pretty much tells it all. "Notwithstanding that the bulk of its country is devoted to the raising of sheep, cattle, and horses, evidence is forthcoming that the land is equally as fertile and wealth-producing as it is in other divisions of the State of Queensland." It goes on in this vein, extolling the region's richness in every possible way, before finally getting to the point: "The real want of Central Queensland at the present time is population." As of 1912, it's stated, there were just 79,332 residents, in an area of 212,224 square miles -- and all 164 pages of this book (with oodles of facts and figures, and a photograph on practically every page) were devoted to convincing the reader that he or she ought to add themselves to that number. (As of the 2021 census, the population had grown to 228,246 -- finally, more than one person per square mile!) .
Warner Bros. Animation Art: The Characters - The Creators - The Limited Editions

Warner Bros. Animation Art: The Characters - The Creators - The Limited Editions by Beck, Jerry, and Will Friedwald

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Warner Bros. Animation Art: The Characters - The Creators - The Limited Editions
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Beck, Jerry, and Will Friedwald
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ReadInk (United States)
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Fine
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(n.p.): WB Worldwide Publishing / Beaux Arts Editions. Fine. (c.1997). First Edition. Hardcover. (pictorial boards; no dust jacket, as issued) [a beautiful, as-new copy, with clear acetate(?) faux-cel inset in front cover, depicting Daffy Duck, Bugs Bunny, Tweety, and Porky Pig]. (color and B&W photos, art reproductions, etc.) Fabulously-produced illustrated survey of Warner Bros. animation -- from the classic Looney Tunes era through more modern productions such as the "Tiny Toons" and "Batman" TV series of the 1990s -- although in the end it's somewhat less about the cartoons and their creators than about the retrospectively-created artwork generated to fuel the collectibles market. (Not that there's anything wrong with that....) Includes an illustrated "Catalogue Raisonné of Warner Bros. Limited Edition Animation Art," with publication details (including edition size) on approximately 500 limited-edition cels issued from 1977 through 1996. ****NOTE that additional postage charges will be assessed for international shipping of this heavy oversize book; if this concerns you, please contact us for a shipping quote before placing your order. As always at ReadInk, domestic Media Mail shipping is free.**** .
Tu zi xian sheng, bang bang mang hao ma? [Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present]

Tu zi xian sheng, bang bang mang hao ma? [Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present] by ZOLOTOW, Charlotte. Maurice Sendak, illustrated by

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Tu zi xian sheng, bang bang mang hao ma? [Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present]
Author
ZOLOTOW, Charlotte. Maurice Sendak, illustrated by
Seller
Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (United States)
ISBN
9789573233527
Condition
Near Fine
Description
[Taipei]: (Yuan-Liou Publishing Co., Ltd, 1997. Hardcover. Near Fine. First Chinese-language edition. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak. Slim oblong octavo. Text in Chinese. Glazed pictorial boards. Spine lightly sunned and light evidence of delamination, mostly at the lower joint, near fine. The first edition was a 1963 Caldecott Honor book.
Cecilia o la disattenzione

Cecilia o la disattenzione by ZOLLA, Elémire

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Title
Cecilia o la disattenzione
Author
ZOLLA, Elémire
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Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
(Milano): Garzanti, 1961. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Small octavo. Text in Italian. Binding a bit cocked, endleaves and topedges modestly foxed, very good in a tanned, very good dust jacket with nicks and short tears.
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The Hollow Men by Weyand, Kathy (Eliot, T. S.)

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The Hollow Men
Author
Weyand, Kathy (Eliot, T. S.)
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ZH BOOKS (United States)
Condition
Very good
Description
S. l.: By the artist. Very good. Manuscript, n. d. (mid-20th-century); 8 x 6; pp. [8], loose card stock sheets, stapled in upper left corner; text and illustrations to rectos only in black ink and watercolor; mild age-toning; several tiny punctures to corners (removed pins and / or staples); in very good condition. A beautiful interpretation of parts of T. S. Eliot's "The Hollow Men," the most impactful (presumably) lines were illustrated with stunning watercolors by an unknown, though quite accomplished artist. "The Hollow Men" was first published in 1925 - a poem following the otherworldly journey of the spiritually dead.
Dreams of Spring: Erotic Art in China From the Bertholet Collection
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Dreams of Spring: Erotic Art in China From the Bertholet Collection by Yimen, Rev

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Title
Dreams of Spring: Erotic Art in China From the Bertholet Collection
Author
Yimen, Rev
Seller
Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (United States)
ISBN
9789054960393
Condition
VG/VG: Exlibrary book. Sticker on the dust jacket at the base of the spine. Stamp on the front free end page. Stamp on the back
Description
Amsterdam: Pepin Press, 1997. Hardcover. VG/VG: Exlibrary book. Sticker on the dust jacket at the base of the spine. Stamp on the front free end page. Stamp on the back free end page. Sticker and due date card on back pasted end page.. A red casebound book. There is a dust jacket with the title in white down a red spine. Pages: (7), 8-207, (1). Profusely illustrated with color images. Contents are as follows: Spring Palace Paintings -- The Rites of Spring -- Yin and Yang -- Taoism and Sex -- The Art of the Bedroom -- What the Yellow Emperor had to Learn -- The Nine Ways -- Early Erotic Painting -- The Rise of Erotic Romance -- The Golden Period of the Late Ming -- The Great Novels -- The Carnal Prayer Mat -- Some Characteristics -- Tenderness -- Humour -- Dongxuan zi: The Thirty Methods -- The Albums -- In Search of the Elixir -- Strange and Remarkable Love Scenes from the Ming Dynasty -- Episodes from Rouputuan (The Carnal Prayer Mat) -- Spring Flowers and Autumn Moons -- The Garden of Delights -- The Joys of Forbidden Love -- Romance in Beautiful Scenery -- Delights of a Young Scholar -- Scenes from Jinpingmei (Golden Lotus) -- The Secret Meeting -- Visions of Traditional Sex Life -- Love and Laughter in the Rich Man's Mansion -- Renderings of Ancient Times -- Happy Days at the Courtesans' House -- The Comedy of Sex -- Decadence and Debauchery -- Inlaid Boxes and Painted Silk Covers -- Imitations of Ancient Erotic Art -- Rice Paper Paintings -- Naughty Stories from the Golden Time of Romance -- Male and Female Homosexuality -- A Brothel in Shanghai -- Shanghai in the 1920s -- Popular Scrolls.
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A Superb Collection of English Sporting Paintings; Frost and Reed Gallery at the National Museum of Sport

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Title
A Superb Collection of English Sporting Paintings; Frost and Reed Gallery at the National Museum of Sport
Seller
Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (United States)
Condition
VG-, small amount of writing front cover, corners slightly bent
Description
New York: The National Art Museum of Sport, 1970. Softcover. VG-, small amount of writing front cover, corners slightly bent. Blue wraps. 39 pp. Numerous bw & color plates. A brief foreword accompanies the excellent illustrations. From the exhibition beginning Nov. 1970.
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New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting & Sculpture 2023 MFA Thesis Exhibition

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Title
New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting & Sculpture 2023 MFA Thesis Exhibition
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Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (United States)
Condition
VG.
Description
New York: New York Studio School, 2023. Staplebound. VG.. Oblong Octavo. Staplebound exhibition catalog. Green wraps with white titles. Unpaginated.
Corps à Corps

Corps à Corps by ZAZA, Michele

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Title
Corps à Corps
Author
ZAZA, Michele
Seller
Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA (United States)
Description
Paris: Studio Simonis, 2001. First edition. Oblong softcover. Text in French. Includes numerous color and black and white images by Zaza. A very near fine copy in stapled wrappers. Scarce with no copies listed in OCLC.
Had: A Tale (Signed First Edition)

Had: A Tale (Signed First Edition) by WOOLF, Douglas

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Had: A Tale (Signed First Edition)
Author
WOOLF, Douglas
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Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA (United States)
Description
Eugene, OR: Wolf Run, 1977. First edition. Softcover. Printed in an edition of 250 copies. A single short story by Woolf. A near fine copy in stapled wrappers with some minor wear and light toning to the edges. Signed and inscribed by Woolf to John O'Brien who was the founder of the literary journal "Review of Contemporary Fiction" as well as the Dalkey Archive. Also includes a laid in handwritten note from Woolf to O'Brien presenting this book. A nice association copy and uncommon signed.
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THE ELEVENTH CALIFORNIA INTERNATIONAL ANTIQUARIAN BOOK FAIR / COLOR PICTORIAL POSTER by ABAA

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THE ELEVENTH CALIFORNIA INTERNATIONAL ANTIQUARIAN BOOK FAIR / COLOR PICTORIAL POSTER
Author
ABAA
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THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY (United States)
Description
THE ELEVENTH CALIFORNIA INTERNATIONAL ANTIQUARIAN BOOK FAIR / COLOR PICTORIAL POSTER, ABAA, 1978, first printing, measuring approximately 11" by 16.5" and most suitable for framing. A fine copy.
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FOUND OBJECTS by ZUZOFSKY, Louis

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Title
FOUND OBJECTS
Author
ZUZOFSKY, Louis
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Second Life Books Inc (United States)
Description
Georgetown, KY: Chapin, 1964. Blue Grass #3. 8vo, pp. 43. Paper wraps. Bottom corner of title page has little insect damage, o/w VG. Poems.
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FAITH & MISSION:; An ecumenical women's liturgy resource book

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Title
FAITH & MISSION:; An ecumenical women's liturgy resource book
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Second Life Books Inc (United States)
Description
Task Force on Women Massachusetts Council of Churches, 1973. 4to, pp. 73. Paper wraps A name and address on back cover, o/w VG. Various liturgies, written by many different people, both lay and clergy.
Bushido: An International Journal of Japanese Arms, Vol. 1, Nos. 1 (July, 1979-April, 1980) and Vol. 2, Nos. 1-4 (July, 1980-April, 1981), and Vol. 3, No. 1 (July, 1981)

Bushido: An International Journal of Japanese Arms, Vol. 1, Nos. 1 (July, 1979-April, 1980) and Vol. 2, Nos. 1-4 (July, 1980-April, 1981), and Vol. 3, No. 1 (July, 1981)

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Bushido: An International Journal of Japanese Arms, Vol. 1, Nos. 1 (July, 1979-April, 1980) and Vol. 2, Nos. 1-4 (July, 1980-April, 1981), and Vol. 3, No. 1 (July, 1981)
Seller
McBlain Books (United States)
Condition
Near Fine
Description
Honolulu: B & E Enterp[rises, 1981. Paperback. Near Fine. illustrations (some color), 48 pages per issue. Softcovers in original wrapper. 26cm. Minor corner creasing on fist issue. First nine issues of this quarterly journal.
Buy Goudy and Kent's Find Biscuits and Confectionery for the Children's Picnic

Buy Goudy and Kent's Find Biscuits and Confectionery for the Children's Picnic

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Buy Goudy and Kent's Find Biscuits and Confectionery for the Children's Picnic
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Sandra L Hoekstra Bookseller, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA (United States)
Condition
Fine
Description
[Portland, Maine], 1898. No Binding. Fine. 4 ¾" x 7"; wood engraved pictorial on recto, verso advertisement for Bakers' Goods and Confectionery; fine. Not in WorldCat or Rickards. The obituary for Lewis A. Goudy of Portland Maine appeared in the January 1922 issue of The Cracker Baker, Vol. XI, p. 59 and summarized the story of his business life as both a cracker baker and confectioner. Edward W. Kent became a partner in 1886 and retired in 1891. A business disaster in 1892 led to Goudy re-establishing his company as Goudy & Kent. In 1898 the business was sold to the National Biscuit Company, founded that same year.
IMAGERY, IDEAS, AND DESIGN IN SHELLEY'S ODE TO THE WEST WIND

IMAGERY, IDEAS, AND DESIGN IN SHELLEY'S ODE TO THE WEST WIND by WILCOX, Stewart C.

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IMAGERY, IDEAS, AND DESIGN IN SHELLEY'S ODE TO THE WEST WIND
Author
WILCOX, Stewart C.
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Antic Hay Books (United States)
Description
[No Place]: Studies in Philology, 1950. First Edition. Reprinted from Studies in Philology, XLVII, 4, October1950. With a typed letter signed from Professor Shiv K. Kumar, with the Osmania University in India, to Wilcox saying he would like to include one of his articles on Shelley in an upcoming anthology of essays. with Wilcox's response in another typed letter. Wilcox was a professor at the University of Oklahoma. 8vo., printed wraps. 18 pages. Very Good (covers nice; contents clean & tight).
The Lost Ships of Guadalcanal.

The Lost Ships of Guadalcanal. by Ballard, Robert D. and Rick Archbold.

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The Lost Ships of Guadalcanal.
Author
Ballard, Robert D. and Rick Archbold.
Seller
Ten Pound Island Book Co. (United States)
Description
(New York): Madison Press, (1993). "Exploring the Ghost Fleet of the South Pacific." Ballard, of course, is the great marine archaeologist. VG, dj.. 28 cm., 227, (1) pp. Color and b/w plates.
North East Group for the Study of Labour History. Bulletin 14. 1980

North East Group for the Study of Labour History. Bulletin 14. 1980

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North East Group for the Study of Labour History. Bulletin 14. 1980
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Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Description
Newcastle upon Tyne: North East Group for the Study of Labour History, 1981. Pamphlet. 76p., wraps. 11.5x8.25 in. Good. Includes essays on Thomas Spence and British shipyards during World War I. Also, a cumulative index for issues 1-13.

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