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Det menneskelige Livs Flugt, eller Doden-Dands...Besorget til sine Landsmænds Rytte og Fornøjelse af by Borup Thomas Larsen

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Title: Det menneskelige Livs Flugt, eller Doden-Dands...Besorget til sine Landsmænds Rytte og Fornøjelse af
Author: Borup Thomas Larsen
Seller: The Book Block (United States)
Description: Copenhagen J. H. Schubothe, 1814. Small 4to., more-or-less contemporary marbled boards with a morocco spine label and a gilt cypher on the cover (by Gustave Hedberg, Stockholm, with his ticket).Woodcut title-page with two skulls followed by 36 large (5 x 5 1/4 inch) woodcuts and verses devoted to the Dance of Death. Although the theme is traditional--Death in the form of a skeleton ushers away people of every class to their final reward: the Pope, Emperor, King, Queen, right on down to the child and the humble beggar--the artistic treatment of the figures is quite unlike anything by Holbein or Hollar in the 16th and 17th centuries, or for that matter Matthias Merian, or Bewick a century later. Printed on a rough-textured paper altogether appropriate for these "FOLK ART" DEPICTIONS, the scenes (each of which is attractively framed) are more satirical or playful than frightening. Each is accompanied by twenty-eight lines of verse, set in gothic type. The final image is that of Jesus Christ triumphing over Death.We found JUST TWO REFERENCES. The Minns Catalogue ("The Dance of Death," a Collection sold in New York by AAA in 1922. No. 63), calls it "[a] rare and curious Dance of Death, not listed by Bibliographers." Aldred Scott Warthin, The Physician of the Dance of Death (NY, 1931, pp. 83-84), writes, "A Danish version of the Dance of Death is given in a series of curious woodcuts issued in Copenhagen in 1814..." He goes on to describe the general caracteristics of the book before looking closely at the figure of the Physician, the subject of his study, "It is a simple, naive, conventional representation of the subject." He then reports, "In 1838, an edition, Det Menskliga Lifwets, was published in Fahlun, Sweden. The same woodcuts used in the Danish edition are repeated, reduced in size and reversed [a reproduction of the Physician appears on p. 80]." Although the title-page calls it the third edition, neither of these two references mention any earlier appearance of the book. We found NO COPY OF ANY EDITION IN THE BRITISH LIBRARY. Indeed, a very fine copy of a RARE AND CURIOUS DANCE OF DEATH. Rare and Curious Danish Dance of Death

A Bonsai-Shaped Mind and Postures of the Heart. Designed and co-published by David Pascoe of Nawakum Press and Richard Wagener of Mixolydian Editions. by [ Wagener, Richard, illustrator and designer], Keene, Mark Peter

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Title: A Bonsai-Shaped Mind and Postures of the Heart. Designed and co-published by David Pascoe of Nawakum Press and Richard Wagener of Mixolydian Editions.
Author: [ Wagener, Richard, illustrator and designer], Keene, Mark Peter
Seller: Michael R. Thompson, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Description: Petaluma, California and Gig Harbor, Washington]: 2024 One of thirty "slipcase edition" copies out of a total edition of 82 copies.This project is the fourth collaboration between Mixolydian Editions and Nawakum Press. The first section is titled "A Bonsai-Shaped Mind" and includes five short essays on bonsai from Marc Peter Keane. Keane describes bonsai as a living art which fosters connections between the artist and the natural world. The second section, "Postures of the Heart," consists of a short story in nine parts, which follows a bonsai tree over five hundred years. Richard Wagener's engravings appear throughout, inspired by bonsai he observed during his time at the Pacific Bonsai Museum in Washington state. . Two tone beige and green cloth slip case with letterpress label. Original prospectus laid in. 9 3/4 in. x 10 3/4 in. . 3/4 in. Eleven wood engravings by Richard Wagener. Center-spread featuring four-color letterpress printing by Rebecca Chamlee. Text printed by Joel Benson. Paste-paper boards with green silk spine. A fine copy. Richard Wagener (b. 1944) is a California book artist who specializes in fine wood engraving. His work is held in Special Collections of over one hundred fifty libraries around the world. Wagener has collected several accolades for his work including the 2016 Carl Hertzog Award for Excellence in Book Design. Through his imprint, Mixolydian Editions, Wagner now publishes his own fine press editions. Marc Peter Keane (b. 1958) is a landscape architect and designer, artist, and author of books about Japanese gardens. He currently lives in Kyoto, Japan. His work is based on Japanese aesthetics of simplicity and serendipity.

Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. by ADAMS, Ansel (photographs) and MUIR, John (text).

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Title: Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada.
Author: ADAMS, Ansel (photographs) and MUIR, John (text).
Seller: Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Condition: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
Description: Boston:: Houghton Mifflin Company,. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1948. Hardcover. 64 black and white photographs. Selections from the works of John Muir edited by Charlotte E. Mauk. An early printing without the 1948 date on the title page. SIGNED by Ansel Adams on the half-title page. Some light foxing on text block edges, else very good in a very good (edge worn with several moderate sized chips) dust jacket. ; 132 pages .

Travels in the great desert of the Sahara, in the years of 1845 and 1846, containing a narrative of personal adventures, during a tour of nine months through the desert, amongst the touaricks and other tribes.... by RICHARDSON, James

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Title: Travels in the great desert of the Sahara, in the years of 1845 and 1846, containing a narrative of personal adventures, during a tour of nine months through the desert, amongst the touaricks and other tribes....
Author: RICHARDSON, James
Seller: Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts (United States)
Description: London: Richard Bentley, 1848. With 3 engraved plates (2 of which are frontispieces) a large folding map, and 24 text woodcuts. Contemporary half morocco and marbled boards; foxing limited to endpapers, overall in excellent shape. First edition of this account of Richardson's first expedition to Africa. The idea, to reach the “celebrated Oasis of Ghadames . . . amidst the most appalling desolations of the Great Saharan Wilderness,” came to Richardson via the accidental reading of a brochure on a table in the Algiers public library. This glance resulted in a journey from Tunis and Tripoli in Libya to Ghadames and Ghat in the middle of the Sahara, chronicled in his Travels in the treat desert of Sahara. Readers travel with Richardson and his group through cities, trader routes and more oases, learning the language, the culture, and the religion of the people whom they encounter. It is as fascinating and rich as any nineteen th-century travel narrative. A review in the Journal of the Royal Geographical Society states: “These volumes are useful contributions to our knowledge of the interior of the imperfectly known regions of Northern Africa; and they describe some hundreds of miles of desert routes over which no Europeans had previously passed, as well as several of the cities of the Desert, of which we had not before received accounts from European visitors” (Vol. 18, p. lix). Indeed, Richardson returned to the area in 1850 to cross the elevated plain of the Hammada, the first European to ever do so. It was on that journey that he died of a mysterious illness. Richardson (1806-1851) was an English explorer with an ambition to propagate Christianity and suppress slavery in Africa. He frequently refers to the trans-Saharan slave trade and the position of slaves in local Tuareg communities.

LEADERS OF THE PEOPLE OF THE WORLD 世界人民领袖 by Chairman Mao

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Title: LEADERS OF THE PEOPLE OF THE WORLD 世界人民领袖
Author: Chairman Mao
Seller: BATTLEDORE LTD (United States)
Condition: Fine
Description: LEADERS OF THE PEOPLE OF THE WORLD 世界人民领袖 Shanghai: Printed and distributed by Sanmin Book Company, 1950, this book introduces 10 leaders of different countries with pictures and texts, including Stalin, leader of the world revolution movement, Chairman Mao of China, Choibalsan of Mongolia, Kim Il-sung of North Korea, Ho Chi Minh of Vietnam, Kyuichi Tokuda of Japanese Communist Party, Foster of America Communist Party, Pollitt of Great Britain, Thorez of France, Georgi Dimitrov of Bulgaria. 12mo, [ii] 38pp., wears to the spine, slight tear to the edge of front cover, else fine condition. 本书出版于1950年，印刷发行与三民图书公司。书中图文介绍了10位世界领袖，分别为世界革命领袖斯大林，中国领袖毛主席，蒙古国的乔巴山元帅，朝鲜的金日成将军，越南的领袖胡志明，日共领袖德田球一，美共总书记福斯特，法共总书记多列士，保加利亚领袖季米特洛夫。38页，12×18cm，书脊处磨损，封皮边缘稍微一条撕裂，内页几页折角，其他完好。

Promise Me, Dad; A Year Of Hope, Hardship, and Purpose by Biden, Joe

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Title: Promise Me, Dad; A Year Of Hope, Hardship, and Purpose
Author: Biden, Joe
Seller: The First Edition Rare Books, LLC (United States)
ISBN: 9781250171672
Condition: Fine
Description: New York: Flatiron Books, 2017. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/very good. Publisher's signed edition of Promise Me, Dad by Joe Biden.. Octavo, [10], 260pp. White hardcover, title embossed on spine in red print. Stated "First Edition: November 2017" on copyright page with full number line. In the publisher's dust jacket, small chip to rear panel, bright illustrations. From the publisher's "Signed Edition" release in 2017, with a tipped in signature page and "Signed Edition" notation on dust jacket. A great example of this New York Times best-selling book by Vice President Joe Biden.

Tried Recipes. A cook book compiled by the ladies of the Presbyterian Church of North Vernon, Indiana by [The Presbyterian Church (North Vernon, Indiana); Ladies of the...]

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Title: Tried Recipes. A cook book compiled by the ladies of the Presbyterian Church of North Vernon, Indiana
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Description: North Vernon, Indiana: North Vernon Plain Dealer, Book & Job Printers, 1906. Octavo (22.3 x 15.3 cm.), 193 pages. Advertisements. FIRST EDITION. A second edition was issued in 1926. A church cookbook with recipes in narrative form. Many of the recipes are attributed. Very scarce. [OCLC locates one copy (Indiana State Library); Cook, page 74; not in Brown; a single copy of the second edition of 1926 resides at Kansas State U.].

The Witch of Wall Street Hetty Green by Sparkes, Boyden; Moore, Samuel Taylor

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Title: The Witch of Wall Street Hetty Green
Author: Sparkes, Boyden; Moore, Samuel Taylor
Seller: Carpetbagger Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition: Fine
Description: Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1935. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Fine in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped (no price), faded at the spine and with a small chip at the head. Green cloth, thin bands of fading at the edges. Square and firmly bound with a purple top stain, clean internally. An early biography of "America's richest woman" and who the Guiness Book of World Records dubbed "the greatest miser.

The Assassination of Justinian's Personality by Sotiroff, George

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Title: The Assassination of Justinian's Personality
Author: Sotiroff, George
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Condition: Very Good
Description: Regina: Lynn Publishing Company, 1974. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. About Very Good. Thick wraps, rubbed and with some stains and creases, faded lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. Sotiroff's work that explains how James Bryce "assassinated" the character of Justinian and how it can be "brought back to life.

United Nations Secretary-General U Thant Notes The Person Who Has Exercised The Greatest Influence Upon Me Was Buddha by U THANT

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Title: United Nations Secretary-General U Thant Notes The Person Who Has Exercised The Greatest Influence Upon Me Was Buddha
Author: U THANT
Seller: Stuart Lutz Historic Documents, Inc. (United States)
Description: U THANT (1909-1974). Thant, a Burmese diplomat, was Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1961 to 1971.TLS. 1pg. 8 x 11. July 30, 1968. New York. A typed letter signed U Thant on The Secretary-General letterhead. He wrote to Patricia Levine: I thank you for your letter of July 19 regarding your projected publication of a book entitled The Anatomy of Greatness. Because of my very pressing official duties I am afraid I shall not be able to do justice to your queries, but perhaps the following answer may meet with your requirements. 1. The person who has exercised the greatest influence upon me was Buddha. 2. Some of the reasons for my selection are set out in my statement made by me in Toronto, Canada, on the 22nd October 1967. The texts that statement is enclosed. The Thant letter is accompanied by his 1967 statement. The letter has a staple in the upper left corner and is in very fine condition.

L'Ingenu by Voltaire

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Title: L'Ingenu
Author: Voltaire
Seller: Dale Steffey Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Paris: l'Enseigne du Pot Casse, 1927. Book. Near Fine. Half Mottled Calf. Limited and Numbered Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Finely bound with original wrappers in contemporary half mottled calf over marbled boards, the bask gilt with red morocco label, marbled end papers, top gilt, Woodcuts by Gaston Goor. Copy No. 1210 of 2500 on Chesterfield laid paper. Near Fine, prior owner name front end page, scattered light toning. A lovely binding..

The Cat of Bubastes - A Tale of Ancient Egypt by Henty, G.A.

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Title: The Cat of Bubastes - A Tale of Ancient Egypt
Author: Henty, G.A.
Seller: Brenner's Collectable Books (United States)
Condition: Very Good/Near Fine
Description: London: Blackie & Son Limited. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine/Very Good. . 8vo., 352pp. Sharp reprint, originally published in 1889. No date but circa early 1930's. Bound in green cloth with titles in black on front board and spine. Figure of a cat on the spine. (4) b&w illustrations including frontispiece. Square, tight and clean throughout save a touch of off-setting to end-paper gutters and spotting to fore-edge.Some gentle bumping to spine ends and some puckering along the board edges. But little other wear and quite well-preserved. Very attractive unclipped dust-jacket, (2/6 net on the bottom of the front flap), has some tiny closed tears and creases. Minor rubbing to hinges and folds. Rubbing to the surface of the rear panel. Still fresh and bright and quite scarce in any condition. A very pretty collectable copy at a great price.

Dancers in Mourning (First Edition) by Margery Allingham

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Title: Dancers in Mourning (First Edition)
Author: Margery Allingham
Seller: Royal Books (United States)
Description: New York: Doubleday Doran, 1937. First American Edition, preceded by the First UK Edition published the same year by Heinemann. A Mr. Campion mystery. Slight spine lean, boards moderately bowed and soiled, with a contemporary owner name on the first blank. Overall, book Very Good or better in a Very Good, price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket moderately foxed, with a thumbnail-sized hole at the center left of the faded spine panel, and closed tears and accompanying creasing to the bottom edge of the front panel.

Rona Barrett's Hollywood. April 1975. by Barrett, Rona.

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Title: Rona Barrett's Hollywood. April 1975.
Author: Barrett, Rona.
Seller: Nicholas D. Riccio Rare Books & Prints (United States)
Description: Magazine, glossy covers, illustrated, 82 pp. Spine and cover in good shape, normal aging of contents; otherwise very good plus. This is an issue that covers The Godfather Part II. Also, coverage of Lee Majors and Steve McQueen.

Sun Dogs by BUTLER, Robert Olen

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Title: Sun Dogs
Author: BUTLER, Robert Olen
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books (United States)
Description: New York: Horizon Press, 1982. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21.5cm); gray cloth spine over blue paper-covered boards, with titling stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [ii],[6],7-218,4pp.; illus. Text edges and upper board edges foxed, two board corners gently tapped (though still sharp) and spine ends gently nudged; faint spot on pp.9-10; Very Good+. Dustjacket unclipped (priced $12.95) with some rubbing and wear to extemities; base of spine crinkled, with a small closed tear and a very minor chip; Very Good. Butler's second novel, blending his experiences in the Vietnam War with his protagonist's military service and later journey to New York, San Francisco, and Alaska. [82254].

From the Brink of the Apocalypse: Confronting Famine, War, Plague, and Death in the Later Middle Ages by Aberth, John

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Title: From the Brink of the Apocalypse: Confronting Famine, War, Plague, and Death in the Later Middle Ages
Author: Aberth, John
Seller: Kenneth Mallory Bookseller. ABAA (United States)
Condition: Very good
Description: London: Routledge, 2001. Paperback. Very good. Paperback. xii, 304pp. Lightly rubbed and edgeworn, crease on the front, previous seller's sticker on the rear and spine, else a very good paperback.

Sunstone Magazine (Vol 21.3, Issue 111, August 1998)

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Title: Sunstone Magazine (Vol 21.3, Issue 111, August 1998)
Seller: Weller Book Works ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Condition: Fine
Description: Sunstone Foundation, 1998. Fine. Sunstone Magazine (Vol 21.3, Issue 111, August 1998). SLC: Sunstone Foundation, 1998. 96pp. Illustrated. 4to. Paperback. Book condition: Near fine with faint rubbing. Former owner's name and address on rear panel.

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