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Le Phénakisticope

Le Phénakisticope

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$4,500.00
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Seller: James Cummins Bookseller
Title
Le Phénakisticope
Seller
James Cummins Bookseller (United States)
Condition
Original patterned paper box with lithographed onlay on upper cover. Box worn and soiled
Description
Paris: Chez Alph. Giroux et Cie, 1835. 11 (of 12?) hand colored discs [lacking number 6], paper board disk with eye slits, and wooden framed mirror. Without the wooden handle with brass fitting. Original patterned paper box with lithographed onlay on upper cover. Box worn and soiled. 11 (of 12?) hand colored discs [lacking number 6], paper board disk with eye slits, and wooden framed mirror. Without the wooden handle with brass fitting. Among the earliest animation devices, it was first introduced in 1832 by Joseph Plateau and marketed in Paris by Giroux as early as 1833 as a boxed set like the present. A wooden handle with a brass peg would be fitted first with the larger plain disc with eye slits, followed by one of the hand colored animation discs. Arrayed radially around the disc's center is a series of pictures showing sequential phases of the animation. Standing in front of a mirror (one included in this set) the discs would be spun and the viewer would look through the slits into the mirror to see the reflection of the animation. Included among the discs present are man with bat and ball, a blacksmith hammering a piece of hot metal with a drop forge, two men playing leap frog, a woman with a cornucopia dancing, a man walking a tightrope, a man playing a cello, a saw cutting wood, a crank turning a windmill, as well as several geometric patterns. Scarce, particularly in the original box.
My Women

My Women by Akhmadeeva, Ioulia

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$2,800.00
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Seller: The Kelmscott Bookshop
Title
My Women
Author
Akhmadeeva, Ioulia
Seller
The Kelmscott Bookshop (United States)
Condition
Fine
Description
Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico: ALTERnativa Ediciones, 2019. Hardcover. Fine. Hardcover. One of 5 copies. According to the artist, this book "presents my reflection and the relationship between the women of my family. On the one hand we are paper boats in the sea of liquid time and on the other side it is a narrative map of some kind of genealogical tree." An elephant folio accordion bound in red cloth boards with gilt title to front board. The interior includes a detailed copperplate etching of portraits of the artist and the women in her family on paper boats sailing across the sea. The verso is a silkscreen showing a descriptive family tree including the artist, her three daughters, her mother, twin sister, aunts, grandmother, etc. This collage-style illustration includes places, descriptive words, dates, photographs, and shows her family's immigration from Russia to Mexico. Text in Spanish with some English. Printed on Guarro Super Alfa 100% cotton paper. Housed in a matching red cloth covered clamshell box. Bumping to bottom corner of the box. Size: about 24 x 10 inches. Ioulia Akhmadeeva (1971 - ) was born in Russia but has resided in Mexico for nearly 30 years. She is professor of Fine Arts at the Michoacan State University San Nicolás Hidalgo in Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico. She has participated in many international exhibitions and won awards and grants for her work. Copies of this book are in the Special Collections of Stanford University. Five minute video about this book (in Spanish): https://youtu.be/pBPJvmBvp84.
THE LOST PRINCESS OF OZ

THE LOST PRINCESS OF OZ by Baum, L. Frank

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$250.00
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Seller: Green Gate Farm Antiquarian Books
Title
THE LOST PRINCESS OF OZ
Author
Baum, L. Frank
Seller
Green Gate Farm Antiquarian Books (United States)
Description
Reilly & Lee, Chicago, 1917 Original pictorial cloth, illustrated by John R. Neill with 12 color plates. This is an early, but not first edition, retaining the same number of plates as the first. In later editions, fewer color plates were included. Aside from light soiling, the binding is very bright and firm. The contents exhibit the usual foxing and browning, but all plates are present and in fine condition. A most pleasing copy of one of the popular titles from this iconic American series.
TUMMELISA

TUMMELISA by Anderson, H. C.

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$65.00
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Seller: Green Gate Farm Antiquarian Books
Title
TUMMELISA
Author
Anderson, H. C.
Seller
Green Gate Farm Antiquarian Books (United States)
Description
Ahlen & Akerlunds, Stockholm, 1915A large quarto bound in the original beige linen cloth with a color cover vignette and green titling. The cloth is slightly age darkened with some wear to the extremities. Front inner hinge cracked but still solid. Some soiling and age darkening to the text block as usual. This is the first edition, written in Swedish with charming, nearly miniature illustrations by Einar Nerman. The illustrations are mounted and tissue guarded. Gift inscription on front endpaper dated 1927. Despite faults a nice example of a scarce title.
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American Line Type Book, Borders, Ornaments; Price List Printing Material and Machinery

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$210.00
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Seller: James & Mary Laurie Booksellers (A.B.A.A.)
Title
American Line Type Book, Borders, Ornaments; Price List Printing Material and Machinery
Seller
James & Mary Laurie Booksellers (A.B.A.A.) (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
Chicago: American Type Founders Co, 1906. Hardcover. Very Good. Bound in publisher's original brown cloth with spine and cover stamped in gilt. Illustrated throughout with examples of type; numerical, alphabetical, illustrative, borders, and ornaments. Wear to extremities, head and heel, and corners. Hinges and bindings tight, text block sharp, clean, and bright. 6 x 10 1/2 inches. 920 pages.
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Mary Of Nimmegen; A Facsimile Reproduction Of The Copy Of The English Version In The Huntington Library

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Seller: James & Mary Laurie Booksellers (A.B.A.A.)
Title
Mary Of Nimmegen; A Facsimile Reproduction Of The Copy Of The English Version In The Huntington Library
Seller
James & Mary Laurie Booksellers (A.B.A.A.) (United States)
Condition
Book and dust jacket very good
Description
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1932. Hardcover. Book and dust jacket very good. Introduction by Harry Morgan Ayres and Adriaan Jacob Barnouw.
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Zopf und Empire in Mittel- und Norddeutschland by C. Zetzsche

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$150.00
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Seller: Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
Title
Zopf und Empire in Mittel- und Norddeutschland
Author
C. Zetzsche
Seller
Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (United States)
Condition
VG with minor tears and fraying on case
Description
Leipzig, Germany: Baumgärtner's Buchhandlung, 1909. Hardcover. VG with minor tears and fraying on case. Hardcover cased in loose folios 2 portfolios (16 pages, 90 leaves of plates; 16 pages, 90 leaves of plates : chiefly BW illustrations). Imprint date from prefaces./ On each t.p.: "90 Tafeln in Autotypie nebst einleitendem mit Abbildungen versehenen Text."/ Includes indexes. Contents as follows: Vol. 1: Buildings, facades, facade parts. Vol. 2: Details of the external and internal construction, furniture, gravestones, ironwork, etc.
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Diego Rivera by Paine, Frances Flynn; Abbott, Jere

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Seller: Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
Title
Diego Rivera
Author
Paine, Frances Flynn; Abbott, Jere
Seller
Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (United States)
Condition
G+. Missing jacket, some soiling to boards. Interior clean and unmarked.
Description
New York: Museum of Modern Art / W.W. Norton & Company, Inc, 1931. Hardcover. G+. Missing jacket, some soiling to boards. Interior clean and unmarked.. Small quarto. Hardcover. Bound in yellow cloth with black titles. 1 preliminary leaf, 7-64 pages, 1 leaf : frontispiece, illustrations, plates, portraits, 26 cm.
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The Collection of the Garden Ltd. Magnificent Books and Manuscripts

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$50.00
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Seller: Books Tell You Why, Inc.
Title
The Collection of the Garden Ltd. Magnificent Books and Manuscripts
Seller
Books Tell You Why, Inc. (United States)
Condition
Fine
Description
New York: Sotheby's. Fine. Cloth. A Fine edition ; 4to .
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Treasure Chest of Songs Never Forgotten

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$40.00
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Seller: Books Tell You Why, Inc.
Title
Treasure Chest of Songs Never Forgotten
Seller
Books Tell You Why, Inc. (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
Very Good. Softcover. A Very Good edition that is worn mostly from aging and life on the shelf; 8vo .
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Frank Lloyd Wright Home & Studio bag with illus. on cover, ca 1990's.

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Seller: J.B. Muns, Fine Arts Books
Title
Frank Lloyd Wright Home & Studio bag with illus. on cover, ca 1990's.
Seller
J.B. Muns, Fine Arts Books (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
Very Good.

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