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Temple of Ben-Teng in the Harbor of Simoda by HEINE, Wilhelm (1827-1885)

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Title: Temple of Ben-Teng in the Harbor of Simoda
Author: HEINE, Wilhelm (1827-1885)
Seller: Donald Heald Rare Books (United States)
Description: New York: G.P. Putnam & Company, 1856. Tinted lithograph mounted on support sheet with printed letters as issued with small stab holes where previously bound. A fine plate from Graphic Scenes of the Japan Expedition of a Benten temple in Shimoda, Japan harbour showing one of the treaty ports opened to American vessels in 1854 through the combined lens of topography, harbour life, and local religious practice. Shimoda, or "Simoda" in the period spelling used here, had particular importance for Perry's expedition. Under the Treaty of Kanagawa, signed on 31 March 1854, it was one of the two ports opened to American vessels for supplies and refuelling. Heine records the harbour as a coastal landscape of daily movement, local religious architecture, and practical maritime activity. In the foreground, Japanese boatmen haul a long narrow boat through the surf, while a second boat lies angled on the beach at right. Beyond them, the temple rises from a small rocky promontory, half hidden among trees and reached by a stepped landing and gate, with low mountains and a heavy cloud filled sky in the distance. The titles "Ben-Teng" is a 19th-century transliteration of Benten, or Benzaiten, a deity closely associated with water, good fortune, music, and eloquence. Benten halls and shrines are often found beside rivers, ponds, springs, and the sea, which makes the placement of this harbour temple especially fitting within the image. The composition uses this setting to strong effect: the shrine rises above the labour of the beach, while the dramatic sky and surrounding mountains give the small coastal sanctuary a commanding presence within Shimoda's new post-treaty landscape. Wilhelm Heine was the official artist on Commodore Matthew C. Perry's expedition to Japan in 1853-54. On returning to the United States he produced several series of prints commemorating the trip. A group of six elephant-folio prints appeared in 1855, and the following year a second volume was issued, in a smaller format, with different images and with explanatory text. Both projects employed the New York lithographic firm of Sarony, among the best lithographers in the United States at that time. Bennett, p.53; McGrath American Color Plate Books 123.

Testimonies by HEANEY, Seamus

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Title: Testimonies
Author: HEANEY, Seamus
Seller: James S. Jaffe Rare Books LLC (United States)
Condition: Fine copy
Description: Iowa City, IA: University of Iowa Center for the Book, 2003. First edition. One of 200 copies printed by Shari McGraw and Nicole Flores on the occasion of the Truman Capote Award presented to Heaney on September 25, 2003, this copy is signed by Heaney. Fine copy. Large oblong broadside poem, 11 x 16 inches, calligraphy by Glen Epstein. Fine copy.

P. & Med. Doctor. Engraved Portrait by P. van Gunst after D. van der Plaats by Blankaart, Stephen

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Title: P. & Med. Doctor. Engraved Portrait by P. van Gunst after D. van der Plaats
Author: Blankaart, Stephen
Seller: Jeremy Norman & Co., Inc. (United States)
Description: Plate: 174x108 mm. Margin: 190x114 mm. Some very faint creasing, very faint soiling. Ownership stamp on reverse of print.

The Chinese Lama Temple: Potala of Jehol. Exhibition of Historical and Ethnographical Collections Made by Dr. Gosta Montell, Member of Dr. Sven Hedin's Expedition and Donated by Vincent Bendise

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Title: The Chinese Lama Temple: Potala of Jehol. Exhibition of Historical and Ethnographical Collections Made by Dr. Gosta Montell, Member of Dr. Sven Hedin's Expedition and Donated by Vincent Bendise
Seller: James Arsenault & Company (United States)
Description: Chicago: A Century of Progress Exposition, 1932. Small 4to (8.25" x 6.25"), pictorial front wrapper, plain back wrapper. [6], 64 pp., numerous b&w illus., 3.25" x 5.5" laid in pencil note, ink inscription in Chinese at flyleaf. An exhibition catalogue describing the contents and architecture of the Golden Pavilion, the summer palace of Manchu Emperors replicated for the 1932 exposition in Chicago. Included also is a history of Lamaism. A laid-in penciled note reads "that's my name at the right hand side", explaining a column of Chinese characters inscribed on the front free endpaper. CONDITION: Very good, light wear on covers, interior clean and bright.

Pendleton Historic District: A Survey

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Title: Pendleton Historic District: A Survey
Seller: Ed's Editions Bookstore (United States)
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Description: Pendleton District Historical and Recreational Commission. PAPERBACK. Good. B0022EK9GC Modest cover wear, clean, has a good binding, "Southern Regional Office" with address stamped on first page- no other marks or notations. Ships from our bookstore in West Columbia, S.C.!

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