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Dialexis de novae et prius incognitae stellae inusitatae magnitudinis et splendidissimi luminis apparitione, & de eiusdem stellae vero loco constituendo. Accesserunt aliorum quoque doctissimorum virorum de eadem stella scripta

Dialexis de novae et prius incognitae stellae inusitatae magnitudinis et splendidissimi luminis apparitione, & de eiusdem stellae vero loco constituendo. Accesserunt aliorum quoque doctissimorum virorum de eadem stella scripta by Hájek z Hájku, Tadeáš (Hagecius, Thaddaeus) (1525-1600)

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Dialexis de novae et prius incognitae stellae inusitatae magnitudinis et splendidissimi luminis apparitione, & de eiusdem stellae vero loco constituendo. Accesserunt aliorum quoque doctissimorum virorum de eadem stella scripta
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Hájek z Hájku, Tadeáš (Hagecius, Thaddaeus) (1525-1600)
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Liber Antiquus (United States)
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Frankfurt: A. Wechel for S. Feyerabend, 1574. SOLE EDITION. Hardcover. Fine. A very fine copy with a few small spots and a minor marginal stain to one leaf. With woodcut diagrams and a full-page woodcut map showing the nova within the constellation of Cassiopeia personified. "The style of this map was copied directly from Dürer" (Warner). Original limp vellum binding (defective at head of spine) from a medieval manuscript leaf. Extremely rare. Harvard and Stanford only in North America. The extremely rare first edition of this important work on the new star “stella nova” that appeared in 1572, now known as SN 1572 or Tycho's Supernova, written by the Czech astronomer and physician Tadeáš Hájek z Hájku. In his book, “Discussion of the appearance of a new and previously unknown star of unusual magnitude and brilliance”, Hájek argued that the nova was a supralunary (i.e. celestial) phenomenon, located outside of the terrestrial sphere (beyond the Moon), challenging the Aristotelian belief that the heavens were immutable. His conclusions, based on meticulous observations and measurements and the employment of novel methods (see below), contributed significantly to the shift in the astronomical paradigms of the time. Hájek’s -like Tycho Brahe’s- measurements of the nova revealed no parallax shift, proving that the nova was not a comet (at the time considered “sublunary”, and therefore mutable, phenomena). Nor, since the nova always followed the diurnal motion of the fixed stars, was it a planet. These factors could only mean that the nova must be counted among the fixed stars. “The ‘Dialexis’ justly earned Hájek popularity among the most renowned astronomers of his time. Thanks to his contacts and his reputation, Hájek was able to establish a leading network of communication concerning the newly discovered phenomenon which attracted a number of illustrious observers, like Thomas Digges in Cambridge, Michael Maestlin in Heidelberg, Cornelius Gemma in Louvain, Elias Camerarius in Frankfurt, Annibale Raimondo in Verona, Jerónimo Muñoz in Spain, Ciprianus Leovitius (Leowitz or Lvovický) in Bohemia, and Tycho Brahe in Denmark. But, most importantly, Hájek’s ideas inspired Tycho Brahe’s own considerations on the new star in his ‘Astronomiae instauratae progymnasmata ‘(1602), where he quoted Hájek extensively.”(Žemla, Hagecius, a Renaissance Man, in Thaddaeus Hagecius, or Hájek, 1526-1600. Bohemian Polymath of the Rudolfine Period) Hájek maintained a close scholarly relationship with Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe. They corresponded extensively, sharing observations and analyses of celestial events, including the 1572 supernova; he also shared a manuscript of Copernicus’ “Commentariolus” with Tycho. Hájek's influence extended beyond correspondence. He played a role in persuading Emperor Rudolf II to invite Brahe to Prague, facilitating further collaboration and the eventual involvement of Johannes Kepler in Brahe's work. The appearance of the supernova of 1572 was a pivotal event in astronomical history. Its sudden appearance and subsequent analysis by astronomers like Hájek and Brahe provided concrete evidence against the long-held belief in the immutability of the heavens. Their observations demonstrated that changes could occur in the celestial realm, prompting a reevaluation of existing cosmological models. “In November 1572, a new star blazed in the constellation of Cassiopeia [and] entered the lives of both Hájek and Tycho, shaping their destiny… Hájek was one of the first to write an essay on the strange heavenly appearance, sending the brief ‘De investigatione loci novae stellae’ to Bartholomew Reisacher who published it in the appendix of his ‘De Mirabili Novae ac splendidissimae Stellae’ (Vienna 1573). Hájek later extended this originally brief report with additional details into the ‘Dialexis.’ “The great importance of Hajek's works on Nova Cassiopeiae consists not only in the accuracy of his observations and analysis of this highly significant astronomical phenomenon, but in the method by which he determined the location of this nova. The new method introduced time as an astronomical measure for the difference in longitude. Although efforts to use this method were made by Wilhelm IV of Hessen at his observatory in Kassel, it appears that this method was first suggested by Hájek who, even before Tycho, tried to use it in his observations.”(Hujer, Thaddeus Hájek and Early Attempts to Measure Stellar Parallax). The book includes additional works on the nova by Hegecius’ contemporaries: the imperial mathematician Paulus Farbricius’ “Stellae novae vel nothae potius, in coelo nuper exortae” and Cornelius Gemma’s “Stellae peregrinae iam primum exortae”; as well as a letter to Hagecius from Gemma and another from Fabricius (from whom Hagecius probably borrowed instruments.) Two other texts are included: Johannes Voegelin’s “Significatio cometae, qui anno 1532 apparuit.”, previously published in 1533; and “De cometa anni 1472” attributed to Regiomontanus but taken from a work by Eberhard Schleusinger. See Zinner. “Hájek was a genuine Renaissance man with a broad range of interests. A physician wavering between the traditional Galenic and the new Paracelsian medicine, an astronomer and mathematician as well as an astrologer and alchemist. He embraced most of the arts, or proto-sciences, available in his time. Even though he earned his daily bread by his medical services, he never let mathematics and astronomy go. It is here, in astronomy, that he achieved the greatest reputation both among his scholarly peers and in the eyes of later historians of science. As it may have been a handy source of income, he published popular calendars, prognostics, and minutions in his youth, i.e., day-by-day instructions on ideal dates for bathing, bloodletting, purgation, hunting, fertilizing, cutting trees, picking fruits, castrating livestock, etc., calculated on an astronomical and astrological basis. He continued with this activity sporadically until to 1570. He was a supporter of calendar reform, declared by the pope in 1582, and was commissioned by Rudolf II to examine all calendars to be published in Prague.”(Žemla, Hagecius, a Renaissance Man, in Thaddaeus Hagecius, or Hájek, 1526-1600. Bohemian Polymath of the Rudolfine Period).
Auslegung uber Sankt Augustins Regel

Auslegung uber Sankt Augustins Regel by Humbertus de Romanis (1200-1277)

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Auslegung uber Sankt Augustins Regel
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Humbertus de Romanis (1200-1277)
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[Ulm: Conrad Dinckmut,] c., 1488. FIRST AND ONLY 15th c. EDITION. Hardcover. Fine. A large copy bound in contemporary Augsburg blindstamped calf over wooden boards [Kyriss 81, EBDB w002144], title tooled on upper board, author's name inscribed on fore-edge, label on upper board. The binding is a little worn, with a few wormholes, some leather missing from spine, lacking clasps. An early printed leaf has been used as a rear pastedown. Light dampstaining to the first and final few leaves, marginal paper flaw to one leaf. Provenance: Wolfgang Seydel (1492-1562), preacher at the Augustinerkirche in Munich, inscription dated 9 January 1544. Early annotation on p3. The sole 15th c. edition of Humbert of Romans' important explication of the Rule of St. Augustine, "Expositio regulae beati Augustini Episcopi". The Latin original was not printed until the 16th c. and this is apparently the only edition of the German translation. According to ISTC, "current research suggests the Dominican Georg Falder-Pistoris (d. 29.XII.1452) or Johannes Meyer (d. 20.VII.1485) as possible translators." "Humbert of Romans (Humbertus de Romanis, c.1200-1277) was the fifth master general of the Order of Preachers, from 1254-1263. He was born at Romans-sur-Isère in southeastern France (c.80 kms. south of Lyons). As a young man, he went to Paris to study theology and canon law, becoming a Master of Arts before joining the Order of Preachers in 1224. In 1226, Humbert was appointed lector of theology for the convent in Lyons, for which he was conventual prior in 1237. Around 1238, he was elected prior provincial for the province of Romana, he received several votes at a papal election in 1241, in 1244-45 he was elected prior provincial of Francia, and finally, in 1254, the general chapter elected him master general of the Order. During his generalate, which lasted to 1263, Humbert contributed significantly to a re-organization and homogenization of the Order, an improved relation to the Franciscan Order, and a joined mendicant defense against their many secular critics. After leaving the office of master general in 1263, he went back to his old convent of Lyons, where he continued his series of numerous writings. Humbert died on 14 July 1277 and was buried in Valence (near Romans). He became venerated as Blessed within the Order, but was never officially beatified. "Humbert has left us a number of written works. These include a commentary on the Rule of St. Augustine and the Dominican constitutions (Expositio regulae beati Augustini Episcopi et super constitutiones fratrum praedicatorum). He also functioned as collector and publisher of earlier Dominican material."(Jakobsen) The Dominican "Rule": "The Rule of Saint Augustine was not originally meant to be a rule, and was not used as such until the 11th century. Drawn up in c. 423 as a letter to a convent of nuns, in which they were rebuked for insubordination to their prioress and advised as to the spirit in which good religious should conduct themselves, it lacked the detailed precision needed to stand alone as a religious rule."(Brett) Dominicans became dissatisfied with the vagueness of the Rule of St. Augustine and came to rely on their own Constitutions, handed down by St. Dominic. However, Humbertus believed that the Rule was crucial to Dominican life and to dispense with it would harm the Order. Hence the need for his Expositio. The Exposition on the Rule of St. Augustine, Humbertus' longest work, was composed after March 1248. "The commentary is composed of a short prologue in which the author explains the purpose of his literary undertaking, a preamble where he presents the reasons why the Augustinian Rule is highly suitable for the Friars-Preachers, and finally, the actual discussion of the text of the Rule, divided into seven chapters. The first six deal with the Dominican religious life as a state of community, penitence, respectability, poverty, brotherhood, and obedience, while the seventh concerns itself with the reasons why the Rule must be diligently observed."(Brett) Conrad Dinckmut "regular activity as a printer"(BMC) began around 1482 although there is evidence that he was active in the 1470s. He printed Humbertus' "Auslegung uber Sankt Augustins Regel" almost certainly at the behest of the Ulm Dominicans as part of their reform movement. For a fuller discussion of the "Expositio", including an interesting discussion of Humbertus' philosophy of education, see Edward T. Brett, "Humbert of Romans: His Life and Views of Thirteenth-century Society", p. 117-133.
De Naturae Divinis Characterismis; seu Raris & admirandis spectaculis, causis, indiciis, proprietatibus rerum in partibus singulis universi, Libri II. Auctore D. Corn. Gemma, Louaniensi, Regio Medicinae professore. Peculiarem partis utriusque materiem vel argumentum sequens pagina planius explicabit

De Naturae Divinis Characterismis; seu Raris & admirandis spectaculis, causis, indiciis, proprietatibus rerum in partibus singulis universi, Libri II. Auctore D. Corn. Gemma, Louaniensi, Regio Medicinae professore. Peculiarem partis utriusque materiem vel argumentum sequens pagina planius explicabit by Gemma, Cornelius (1535-1579)

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De Naturae Divinis Characterismis; seu Raris & admirandis spectaculis, causis, indiciis, proprietatibus rerum in partibus singulis universi, Libri II. Auctore D. Corn. Gemma, Louaniensi, Regio Medicinae professore. Peculiarem partis utriusque materiem vel argumentum sequens pagina planius explicabit
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Gemma, Cornelius (1535-1579)
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Liber Antiquus (United States)
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Antwerp: Ex officina Christophori Plantini, 1575. SOLE EDITION. Hardcover. Fine. A fine, tall copy in its original limp vellum binding (vellum lightly soiled, ties perished). Occasional light marginal foxing and the occasional light ink stain. Some short passages neatly underlined. Small damp-stain at the head of gathering a. Deaccession stamp (and duplicate stamp of the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich) on title verso. Illustrated with numerous woodcuts of deformities and monstrosities; anatomical illustrations (relating to obstetrics); kidney stones, minerals and bones; astronomical and atmospheric phenomena, including three woodcut star charts (two of which show the Nova of 1572; the third shows the recorded positions of the comet of March-April, 1556), the forms of various comets, and several eclipses (including a partial solar eclipse). Woodcut Plantin device on both title pages. This work also includes the first scientific illustration of an aurora ever published. Cornelius Gemma, physician, astronomer, mathematician and son of the famous Gemma Frisius, was born at Louvain, where he later held the chair of medicine at the University. He occupied himself largely with astrology and mathematics but is remembered for his observations of a comet in 1556, an eclipse of the moon in 1569 and the "New Star" (Nova) in Cassiopeia in November 1572. He recorded this nova on the evening of the 9th, on which night Gemma tells us "it appeared with a splendor surpassing all the fixed stars and scarcely less bright than Venus". Gemma observed the nova two days before it was seen by Tycho Brahe. An examination of Tycho's personal copy of the present work reveals that Tycho read Gemma's description closely while composing his pivotal "Astronomiae instauratae progymnasmata" (Prague 1602). "Tycho's observations of the nova of 1572, and his revolutionary calculations concerning their distance from the earth, constitute one of his principal achievements in the history of astronomy, leading to the abandonment of the traditional view of the celestial spheres." (Martayan Lan, Inc., Catalogue 28, describing Tycho's annotated copy of Gemma's work).''The present work is a disquisition on portents and prodigies in nature of every description, with their supposed connection with human affairs. Monsters, of which he gives curious pictures, were viewed as special works of the Creator intended to foretell or indicate coming events.'' (Ferguson)Gemma sought to develop "a cosmocritical art which was to scrutinize not only the occult virtues and causes of bodies and singular affections, but also the critical mutations of things which occur in the triple world. More especially, Gemma sought to forecast events that are divinely proffered contrary to the usual run of nature, such as prodigies, monsters and dreams. Cornelius felt that he was the first to develop this particular field, although he recognized that his treatise belonged in the same general category as that of Fracastoro on the sympathy and antipathy of things, that of Fernel on the hidden causes of things, that of Levinus Lemnius on occult miracles of nature, that of Pomponazzi on incantations, and that of Peucer on divination." (Thorndike, History & Magic VI.406-7)It is interesting to note that the author's father, Gemma Frisius, died of complications from "stones". What influence, if any, this fact had on the author's interest in the nature and significance of renal stones and other "lapides" formed within living beings, is unknown.
Histoire de l'Ile Saint-Domingue; Extraite de l'Histoire Civile et Commerciale des Antilles

Histoire de l'Ile Saint-Domingue; Extraite de l'Histoire Civile et Commerciale des Antilles by Edwards, Bryan

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Histoire de l'Ile Saint-Domingue; Extraite de l'Histoire Civile et Commerciale des Antilles
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Edwards, Bryan
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Paris, 1802. Very good.. [4],xii,209pp., plus folding map. Contemporary marbled wrappers. Minor edge wear and rubbing to wrappers. Occasional minor foxing to text, small repair in gutter of half title. Untrimmed. First French edition of this notable history of Saint-Domingue translated by Jean-Baptiste Joseph Breton, which was highly popular at the time of its publication. The text is supplemented with a folding map of Saint-Domingue engraved by Blondeau. Bryan Edwards was a British plantation owner based in Jamaica who directly benefitted from the transatlantic slave trade; conservative estimates place the number of people he enslaved at 1,500. A prominent figure in the politics of the West Indies in the late-18th century, Edwards was opposed to abolition but open to the improvement of the conditions for enslaved people in the region. In 1791, he joined a British relief expedition to the French colony of Saint Domingue. One of the wealthiest colonies in the Caribbean, those enslaved by French settlers rose up in rebellion following the French Revolution of 1789. The revolt, known as the Haitian Revolution, would eventually be successful and in 1804 the colony would achieve independence as the first free Black nation in the Americas. Edwards' main purpose in traveling to the island was to gain information about the causes and consequences of the Haitian Revolution, which he published in 1797. In the course of his historical narrative, Edwards claims that 30,000 people died during the rebellion. He blamed the revolt on the treatment of enslaved people by the French settlers on the island.  After relating the history of the island since its discovery by Christopher Columbus, the book devotes a significant portion to the events that took place in Saint-Domingue between the slave revolt of 1791 and the surrender of the key figure of the Haitian Revolution, Toussaint Louverture in 1802. The abolition of slavery, decreed on February 4, 1794, and applied in all French colonies except Bourbon Island and the Mascarenes, was revoked in 1802.   The present copy of Edwards' history is particularly interesting for the wealth of manuscript annotations and corrections in French, added around 1802 or 1803 by a contemporary reader, most likely a slave owner and a witness to the Haitian Revolution. Under the date of June 8, 1791 (at the end of Abbé Grégoire’s letter reproduced in full in the book), the commentator notes: "On August 23, the fire, carnage, and black revolt began. Only God knows when it will end” (p. 128).  The racist reactions and pro-slavery comments of this commentator, while shocking to modern sensibilities, serve as a subject of study for modern historians and provide insight into the mindset of a pro-slavery advocate at the end of the 18th century. This volume contains nearly a hundred handwritten marginal notes, including comments, observations, simple affirmations ("true," "true fact," "truth"), or refutations ("false," "this is false"). The commentator also makes numerous corrections to details, figures, and historical facts. For instance, he asserts that Toussaint Louverture’s army was six thousand men, not thirty thousand as stated in the book (p. 180). The annotator's reactions to the circular letter of Abbé Grégoire -- one of the founders of the Société des Amis des Noirs, for the equality of whites and free blacks in the colonies and the abolition of the slave trade and slavery -- are particularly revealing. The book reproduces in full the "Letter to the Men of Color of Saint-Domingue" (pp. 116–128). After referring to "le perfide Raynal" ("the perfidious Raynal," p. 114), the reader notes: "How much harm this letter has caused!" (p. 116). Regarding the Saint-Domingue slave revolt, he writes: "Ils ont égorgé leurs pères naturels" ("They have slaughtered their natural fathers," p. 125). In response to Grégoire’s statement: "Un jour des députés de couleur franchiront l’Océan pour venir siéger dans la diète nationale...un jour le soleil n’éclairera parmi vous que des hommes libres" ("One day, deputies of color will cross the ocean to sit in the national assembly...one day, the sun will shine only on free men among you"). He further comments that "Provocation à la révolte des noirs, au meurtre, à l’incendie" ("A call for black revolt, for murder, for fire"). When Grégoire urges French citizens to "alléger les peines de ces malheureuses victimes" ("ease the suffering of these unfortunate victims"), the commentator replies, "Les noirs vivent plus heureux que les paysans en France" ("Blacks live happier lives than peasants in France," p. 127). Faced with the passage urging the abandonment of all hatred and resentment, the annotator writes, "il est beau de parler morale à des sauvages qu’y n’y entendent rien et à des affranchis qui se sont armés de poignards à cette harangue" ("It is easy to speak of morality to savages who understand nothing of it and to freedmen who took up daggers at these words," p. 128).   The text on pp.161-162 reads, in part: "On a calculé que plus de dix mille rebelles avaient peri par le fer ou par la famine; que plusieurs centaines d'entr'eux avaient succombé sous la main du bourreau, et avaient expiré sur la roue, genre de châtiment et de mort si cruel et si barbare, qu'il n'est pas d'atrocités et de crimes qui puissent le justifier chez une nation civilisée." The annotator responds in the margin: "Voilà les fruits amers de la Lettre de Grégoire des amis des noirs" ("These are the bitter fruits of Grégoire’s letter and the Friends of the Blacks." pp. 161–162). A unique copy of Edwards' history of Saint Domingue with a legion of contemporary annotations in the margins worthy of extensive further study in the modern age.
As We Are Going to a Feast." Cook Book Issued by the Ladies' Aid Society of the First Congregational Church of Ventura, California

As We Are Going to a Feast." Cook Book Issued by the Ladies' Aid Society of the First Congregational Church of Ventura, California by [Cook Books]. [California]

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As We Are Going to a Feast." Cook Book Issued by the Ladies' Aid Society of the First Congregational Church of Ventura, California
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[Cook Books]. [California]
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McBride Rare Books (United States)
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Good.
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Ventura, Ca: Free Press Book and Job Office, 1897. Good.. 116,[20]pp. Original printed cloth wrappers. Moderate wear and soiling to wraps, rear wrapper detached. Scattered manuscript notes throughout, plus manuscript additions to rear blanks. Even toning and scattered staining, other signs of use. Extremely scarce, late 19th-century community cook book published in Ventura, California in 1897. Several hundred recipes are attributed to members of the local Ladies' Aid Society, and advertisements for local businesses are scattered throughout. One chapter prints a handful of "Spanish Recipes," which include Havana Soup, Pastel de Pescado, Spanish Liver, and Spanish Jerked Chicken. Other colorful recipes are Italian Herring Salad, Mrs. Saxby's Chicken Salad, Van Deusen's Gold Load, Eureka Sponge Cake, and Apple Pie Without Apples. The present copy contains additional manuscript recipes and notes on the preponderance of the twenty rear blank pages, dated 1917 to 1923. They contain instruction for items such as Rosa's Wonderful Coffee Cake and Mrs. Nance's Biscuit, but also comprise four pages of manuscript notes on the packing and preserving of local fruits, including apricots, strawberries, and currants. Well used, but a unique copy with numerous manuscript additions, and also extremely scarce. We locate copies at Berkeley and Yale only.
Heald-Menerey's Geographical, Commercial and Recreational Map of California

Heald-Menerey's Geographical, Commercial and Recreational Map of California by [California]. [Maps]. Heald, Ralph P., compiler

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Heald-Menerey's Geographical, Commercial and Recreational Map of California
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[California]. [Maps]. Heald, Ralph P., compiler
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McBride Rare Books (United States)
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Very good.
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[San Francisco and Los Angeles: The Heald-Menerey Company, 1928. Very good.. Large color map, measuring 44 x 64 inches, cut into eight sections and folded into book form. Original black limp textured cloth, yapp edges, titled in pale yellow on front cover. Moderate edge wear, titles on front cover almost completely worn away. Internally clean. A rare portable version of the large and impressive Heald-Menerey's Geographical, Commercial and Recreational Map of California, produced in the late-1920s. According to the sheet of instructions bound before the map: "The first of its kind ever devised for desk, home or automobile use. It consists of the California Survey, 44 x 64 inches in size, cut into eight strips and folded to make a book of 64 pages. Page No. 1 is the extreme northwest corner of our Survey and page No. 64 is the extreme southwest corner." The instructions proceed to inform the user on how to locate points on the map given its form as a book. The verso of the instructions page is a county index keyed to the pages of the map. The cover title begins, "California Survey" but the remainder is rubbed beyond readability. The map was produced by the Schmidt Lithograph Company of San Francisco. The legend of the map contains symbols representing roads, trails, railroads, streams, springs, swamps, aqueducts, lighthouses, county and state boundary lines, national forests, mountain peaks, township and range lines, base and meridian lines, and more. There are also two inset maps - one showing San Francisco and vicinity and the other Los Angeles and its immediate surroundings. OCLC records just a handful of copies of this book-form map published between 1928 and 1933.
Map of Kings County, California

Map of Kings County, California by [California]

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Map of Kings County, California
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[California]
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Hanford, Ca: Hanford Morning Journal, 1909. Good plus.. Folding map, approximately 25.5 x 22 inches. Original printed card wrappers. A couple internal tears and separations along fold lines, repaired with tape on blank verso, with resultant minor losses, slightly affecting printed areas. Otherwise unrecorded, early 20th-century plat map of Kings County, California, published by the newspaper of its county seat, the Hanford Morning Journal. The county, south of Fresno and west of Visalia in the Central Valley, was formed from Tulare County in 1893, and just over 200 acres were added in its northwestern region from Fresno County, perhaps the impetus for the production of the map in the same year. In addition to the plat of the entire county, the map shows the cluster of towns in the northern portion of the county, the routes of the Southern Pacific and A.T. & S.F. Railroads, which crossed in Hanford, the outline of the "mostly dry" Tulare Lake bed, and other water and geological features. Not in OCLC.
1776 - 1838 - 1846 - 1876. The State of Iowa United States of America. Its Statistics & Resources

1776 - 1838 - 1846 - 1876. The State of Iowa United States of America. Its Statistics & Resources by [Iowa]

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1776 - 1838 - 1846 - 1876. The State of Iowa United States of America. Its Statistics & Resources
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[Iowa]
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Des Moines: State Register Print, 1876. Good plus.. Small folding pamphlet, with [8] panels. Small separation at foot of one fold line; slight biopredation at head of two panels. Light tanning. An unusual Iowa promotional, which charts the growth of the state over the 19th century through statistics and tables of its agricultural production. It also charts the growth of mining and manufacturing, shows the growing value of freight carried by railroads in the state, and delineates the amounts spent on public institutions such as education. A small map of the state is printed across two panel which shows the Iowa railroad routes and Congressional districts. OCLC locates eight copies.
Amidst the Swirl of Important War Events in February 1941, Winston Churchill Finds Time to Honor the Man Whose Financial Support Got Him Through the Wilderness Years

Amidst the Swirl of Important War Events in February 1941, Winston Churchill Finds Time to Honor the Man Whose Financial Support Got Him Through the Wilderness Years by Winston Churchill

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Amidst the Swirl of Important War Events in February 1941, Winston Churchill Finds Time to Honor the Man Whose Financial Support Got Him Through the Wilderness Years
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Winston Churchill
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26/02/1941. “It seems to me that very probably you will want the celebration to be public, and in that case I think the best thing I could do is not to take the chair, but to come if I possibly can as a guest.”February 1941 was packed with momentous events. The Italian attack on Greece was spreading to include the Germans and British. Hitler sought to press Yugoslavia to join the Axis. On February 9, in a famous speech on the war broadcast over the BBC, Churchill told President Roosevelt in a heartfelt plea, ""Give us the tools, and we will finish the job."" The U.S. House of Representatives passed Lend Lease and Churchill began considering what that would mean in terms of munitions. On the 10th Britain severed diplomatic relations with Romania due to the presence of 500,000 German troops in that country. A few days later German General Rommel arrived in Libya to take over the Afrika Korps, and began operations against the British. On the 15th, Churchill warned President Roosevelt that the Japanese might attack the U.S. in the Pacific. A terrible three nights of the Blitz ended on February 21, but more was imminent. On the 22nd Britain agreed to sent an expeditionary force to Greece, and Hitler said the U-Boat campaign, already seemingly in full gear and sinking British ships, would intensify.Winston Churchill’s main source of income was not his salary as a Member of Parliament, but as an author. He wrote 43 book length works in 72 volumes, and also wrote some 10,000 articles for newspapers and magazines over a period of decades on a broad variety of subjects. In many cases, these newspaper articles were for The News of the World, which was so fond of his work that from 1936 and 1939, they paid him £400 for article, which would be £12,000 (or over $15,000) in today’s money. Quite a sum to pay a columnist during the Depression, and enough to keep Churchill in his Pol Roger champagne and Romeo y Julieta brand cigars. Major Percy Davies was director of the News of the World, and Sir Emsley Carr was the editor in the 1930s, and Churchill was grateful to them. When Carr died in August 1941 Davies ascended to the editorial position. It was with these men that Churchill dealt.In February, Davies invited Churchill to a luncheon to mark Carr’s fifty years in the editorial chair. On February 22, 1941, Churchill wrote Davies, stressing that the onrush of events in the war made it impossible for him to make and hold to commitments. “Perhaps you would let me know whether the gathering would be public or private. If it were public I feel that my acceptance would draw upon me many other requests which I have hitherto consistently declined. Also my affairs are rather uncertain under present conditions, and even if I made a promise, I could not as your letter foresees be sure of keeping it. I will however make a note of the date, and if I am unable to come I will certainly send a message.”But despite his work load, Churchill had second thoughts about not attending an event honoring Carr. Four days later, he again wrote Davies, saying he could not take the Chair, but would come as a guest instead. Typed letter signed, on Prime Minister’s letterhead, London, not dated but written February 26, 1941, to Davies. “It seems to me that very probably you will want the celebration to be public, and in that case I think the best thing I could do is not to take the chair, but to come if I possibly can as a guest. This would not prevent my saying a few words about the N of W [News of the World] and our friend.”The luncheon took place on May 10, and the King sent a telegram of congratulation. Churchill in fact attended, and he spoke briefly saying: “When things are not at their best in this country, it is to the journalist people turn for inspiration’. Churchill acclaimed Carr’s record, and then excused himself on the grounds that he must get on with other important affairs. We thanks the Churchill Archives Centre for their generous assistance in dating this letter, and in placing it in the context of the letter of February 22.Letters of Churchill as wartime Prime Minister are becoming increasingly uncommon.
TANSAI GAFU

TANSAI GAFU by [DESIGN BOOK] Yoshida Gyokujo^, compiler

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TANSAI GAFU
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[DESIGN BOOK] Yoshida Gyokujo^, compiler
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Boston Book Company (United States)
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1934. [DESIGN BOOK] Yoshida Gyokujo^, compiler. TANSAI GAFU. Kyoto, Happpo^do^, Sho^wa 9 [1934]. 2 vols., complete. Tall folios, 36.7 x 25.4 cm, orihon folded album in woodcut printed paper over board covers with printed paper title labels. There are 25 total full page color woodblock prints. Interesting style, mixing flat solid colors with small naturalistic elements in a single print. Good impressions and colors. Complete in clasped chitsu case with printed silk label. Case is worn, books about good. The set eventually ran to 4 volumes, these are the first two produced.
The Trial of Leo Frank . .

The Trial of Leo Frank . . by Arnold, Reuben R.

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The Trial of Leo Frank . .
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Arnold, Reuben R.
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Good
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Baxley, GA: Classic Publishing Co, 1915. First Edition. Good. 7¾” x 5 3/8”. Paper wrappers. Pp. 69 (including author frontis) + [2] pp. publisher's ads at rear + 2 photographic plates tipped in. Good: front wrap moderately chipped, lower third split at spine; evidence of water damage with large stain to first (halftitle) page; a bit stiff and wavy throughout. This is the first printing of a defense attorney's heart-wrenching post-trial speech. It was addressed to the trial court in the Leo Frank case; a trial rife with misallegations, steeped in issues of racism, antisemitism and child labor, that resulted in a lynching and major implications for the Jewish population of Georgia. Leo Frank was a Jewish community leader and superintendent of the National Pencil Company factory in Atlanta in 1913, when Mary Phagan, a 13-year-old girl who worked at the factory, was found beaten, strangled and likely raped in its cellar. Largely based on the testimony of Jim Conley, an African American janitor at the factory, Frank was convicted of murder and sentenced to death. Upon appeals, the last of which occurred in April 1915, his sentence was reduced to life in prison. Four months later, he was kidnapped from his cell by a group of armed men and lynched in Marietta, Mary's hometown. The case drew national media attention and fueled antisemitism and ire. At a 1913 conference on emerging child labor concerns, participants partly blamed Jewish factory owners. The lynchers, while locally known, were never identified or charged. Around half of Georgia's 3,000 Jews left the state. The case was referenced in the 1913 founding of the AntiDefamation League, and likely contributed to the revival of the Ku Klux Klan, which occurred just one month after the lynching. The general consensus among researchers is of the innocence of Leo Frank. In the present speech, addressed in the month that his client had been sentenced to be hanged, Frank's attorney Reuben Arnold declared that “It takes thirteen jurors to murder a man in cold blood” and that he felt “not only justified but required . . . to argue to the court the facts of this unusual case, and to give the reasons why the verdict of guilty should be set aside.” Arnold particularly chastised the spectacle that the trial had become: “And how deadly is the spirit of the mob! . . . Sentiment, prejudice, excitement, had taken the place of justice . . . Argument was lost upon that jury . . . The cry rang out, 'The Jew did it.' Slanders against Frank were poured in the people’s ears. He was locked up in jail and had no chance to meet them. The seeds of prejudice were sown broadcast and Frank was condemned in the public mind.” An important work in legal and Jewish history, traversing myriad social issues. Reasonably well-represented in institutions.
The Will to live On
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The Will to live On by Herman Wouk

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The Will to live On
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Herman Wouk
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9780060196080
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Fine
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Harper Collins, 2000. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Presentation & Association. 1st Edition. Atlas Folio - over 23 - 25" tall. Fine Copy In Like Jacket.First Edition/First Printing.$25.00 On Flap.Rare Presentation & Association. For Jonny WoukWith the author's great affection Herman Wouk." Jonny Was The Writer's Nephrew.Gorgeous Copy.:.
[Cover title]: USS Brooke DEG-I. Prima et Optima. Westpac Cruise 1968

[Cover title]: USS Brooke DEG-I. Prima et Optima. Westpac Cruise 1968

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[Cover title]: USS Brooke DEG-I. Prima et Optima. Westpac Cruise 1968
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Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (United States)
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Very Good
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(Marceline, Mo: Walsworth), 19641968. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Quarto. 74pp. Pictorial cloth. A bit of soiling on the boards, very good or better. Vietnam War-era tour book of a guided missile escort ship.
Tel-news – October 1964 (About New Jersey)

Tel-news – October 1964 (About New Jersey)

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Tel-news – October 1964 (About New Jersey)
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Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (United States)
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Near Fine
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(no place - Newark): New Jersey Bell Telephone Company, 1964. Unbound. Near Fine. Oblong 16mo. Approximate measurement 6" x 3 1/4". Single sheet, folded into six panels. Front panel illustrated with the scene in Taylor's Opera House, Trenton, Sept. 19, 1877 when General George B. McClellan was nominated for Governor of New Jersey. Age-toned, else fine. This small pamphlet has mini articles on topics such as New Jersey citizens must vote on Election Day November 3, 1964 or they face getting a $5000 fine, Turtle soup, fire prevention, votes for women, about the telephone, and more.
Jack of Eagles

Jack of Eagles by Blish, James

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Jack of Eagles
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Blish, James
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Fine
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Greenburg, 1952. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. First edition with no mention of later printings on the copyright page. A nice clean, square copy. Dust jacket has original price of $2.75 printed on front flap. Minor soiling on back cover and rubbing at bottom edge.
FACING REALITY - FROM WORLD FEDERALISM TO THE CIA [Signed]

FACING REALITY - FROM WORLD FEDERALISM TO THE CIA [Signed] by Meyer, Cord

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FACING REALITY - FROM WORLD FEDERALISM TO THE CIA [Signed]
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Meyer, Cord
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Second Story Books, ABAA (United States)
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9780060130329
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New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1980. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, 433 pages. In Good condition with a Good dust jacket. Spine blue with white lettering. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, price uncut: '15.95.' Dust jacket with some general shelfwear throughout and creasing to spine. Foxing to text block edges. Inscribed by Meyer to the half-title page. With Thomas Hughes ownership ink to the front free endpaper. With profuse underlining and marginalia throughout in black and red ink, including mentions of the Bureau of Intelligence and Research and Thomas Hughes himself. Loose within is an equally marked up photocopy of a book review. Shelved in Case 1 1/2. Thomas Hughes served as the Director of the Bureau of Intelligence and Research (Now known as the Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research) from April 28, 1963 through August 25, 1969, serving under Kennedy and Johnson and resigning under Nixon. He went on to serve as president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace from 1971-1991. Originally joining Washington as legislative counsel to Senator Hubert Humphrey in 1955, he worked with then Vice President Humphrey to compose a memorandum from Humphrey to President Johnson warning about the negative consequences of escalation and intensification of the war in Vietnam. From the memorandum, dated Washington, February 17, 1965: "SUBJECT Vietnam. I would like to share with you my views on the political consequences of certain courses of action that have been proposed in regard to U.S. policy in Southeast Asia. I refer both to the domestic political consequences here in the United States and to the international political consequences." "In 1968, with an eye to history, Hughes commissioned an independent "self-study" to evaluate the INR's intelligence efforts during the Vietnam War. Hughes was unaware at the time of the similar but more elaborate project to study the Pentagon's decisionmaking on Vietnam, commissioned by Defense Secretary McNamara. Time magazine, in 1971, mentioned the INR study and dubbed it the State Department's version of the Pentagon Papers. But Hughes's study remained classified until 2004...Hughes, upon the publication of the State Department study of the INR and Vietnam, assessed his and his bureau's role in these terms: "...[we] have the ironic satisfaction of knowing that most of our forecasts have been vindicated by history. We can only lament that, while we were heeded, we were unable to persuade, sway, or prevail when it came to the ultimate decisions." [Smith Bruce L. R and Brookings Institution Press. 2021. The Last Gentleman : Thomas Hughes and the End of the American Century. Washington D.C: Brookings Institution Press.]. 1370473. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
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Uniform and Dress of the Army of the Confederate States by CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA

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Uniform and Dress of the Army of the Confederate States
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CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA
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very good
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Norwalk: Easton. hardcover. very good. 9 color plates of soldiers in uniforms. 6 b/w plates of badges, chevrons, and buttons. 5pp. of text. Folio, full brown leather with paper label on front cover, light browning to front and back inner hinges. Norwalk: Easton Press, n.d., circa 1995. Very good A facsimile of the Richmond, 1861 edition in the Library of Congress.
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RIGHT ROYAL by ALDIN, Cecil] MASEFIELD, John

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RIGHT ROYAL
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ALDIN, Cecil] MASEFIELD, John
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LONDON, HEINEMANN, 1922, 1922. SIGNED BY MASEFIELD & ALDIN (ILLUSTRATOR); #168/375 COPIES GOOD. Signed by Author(s).
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The Minister's Wooing. by Stowe, Harriet Beecher.

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The Minister's Wooing.
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Stowe, Harriet Beecher.
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New York: Derby and Jackson, 1859. Book. 8vo, orig cloth. Pp. 578. A very good copy of the First American edition. BAL 19407.
[Catalog: Exhibition at Galerie im Bootshaus 11 May to 15 June 1984]

[Catalog: Exhibition at Galerie im Bootshaus 11 May to 15 June 1984] by SIMS, Phil

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[Catalog: Exhibition at Galerie im Bootshaus 11 May to 15 June 1984]
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SIMS, Phil
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A fine copy with some light toning and a few small stains on wrappers
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Eckernforde: Nemo / Galerie im Bootshaus, 1984. A fine copy with some light toning and a few small stains on wrappers. 11.5 x 8.25 inches. 3 original etchings with tissue guards, printed on heavy paper. White wrappers. Number 220 of 300 copies signed on the colophon by Sims. With a short introduction essay by Erich Franz and a chronology of the artist's life an work on the inner rear wrapper.
Is the Devil a Gentleman

Is the Devil a Gentleman by Quinn, Seabury

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Is the Devil a Gentleman
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Quinn, Seabury
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Fine
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Baltimore: Mirage Press, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. A Voyager Book. Illustrated by David Prosser. Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket, unclipped ($5.95 but with marker price of $5.05 written next to it). Black cloth, lightly bumped, with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. A posthumous collection of Quinn's best weird tales.
A Two-Dollar Bet Means Murder; The Unholy Alliance Between Gambling and Crime

A Two-Dollar Bet Means Murder; The Unholy Alliance Between Gambling and Crime by Cook, Fred J.

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A Two-Dollar Bet Means Murder; The Unholy Alliance Between Gambling and Crime
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Cook, Fred J.
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Carpetbagger Books, ABAA (United States)
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Near Fine
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New York: The Dial Press, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. Near Fine in a Good jacket, unclipped ($4.50), generally toned and soiled, stains throughout, some rubbing and bumps and tears at the edges. Quarter black cloth with red cloth on the boards, a small bump at the bottom edge. Square and firmly bound, foxed at the edges and endpapers, clean otherwise. Cook's expose that attempts to show how "the two-dollar bettor who patronizes a bookie does not play an innocent game of tiddlywinks," but rather, "he is helping to bankroll the activities of the most brutal forces in American society -- the thugs, the narcotics peddlers, the pimps, and the killers of the underworld.
Killer.app

Killer.app by D'Amato, Barbara

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Killer.app
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D'Amato, Barbara
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9780312859916
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Fine
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New York: Forge, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Signed by D'Amato on the title page. Fine in a Fine dust jacket, unclipped ($22.95). Black paper on the boards with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. The first book in her Figeroa and Bennis series, "a nerve-jangling police thriller that races along the cutting edge of today's computer technology.
THE HEAD HUMPER

THE HEAD HUMPER by [Pulp Erotica]

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THE HEAD HUMPER
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[Pulp Erotica]
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np: European Classics, 1968. First Edition. Good.. Smut. Sleze. A piracy of the original Greenleaf Press edition. With a preface touting the book's supression in Europe. Introductions to smut works of the era often warned readers against purchasing piracies like this one. Surviving examples scarce. 190pp. Wraps. 16mo. Printed gray wraps. Moderate handling wear, creasing. Small section of loss from rear cover. Overall sound, good only .
Room for a Son

Room for a Son by Abrahams, Robert D.

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Room for a Son
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Abrahams, Robert D.
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Very Good+ in Very Good dj
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Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society of America. Very Good+ in Very Good dj. 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. [light shelfwear, a bit of wear to spine ends; the jacket is modestly edgeworn, with minor paper loss at the spine ends, and a small horizontal tear mid-spine (no paper loss)]. "This novel tells a simple, moving and intensely human story about a Jewish family in a small American town and the young refugee whom they adopted. ... Through it all the reader is conscious of the sturdy Americanism of the small town's population, the Americanism that accepts the stranger, reaches out a helping hand to the neighbor and expresses itself in democratic cooperation. The one word that cements Americanism and Judaism at their best, and which lies at the basis of this delightful story, is the word which expresses the depth of religious teaching -- Loving-kindness." The author's jacket blurb states that he's written four previous novels and three books of poetry, and is uniquely qualified to tell this heart-warming tale "by reason of his activity as President of the Jewish Family Service of Philadelphia, an agency which has supervised the resettlement of more than six hundred Jewish refugee families in that community." The rather unbelievably-warm-and-welcoming small town is never named, but it is said to be in Pennsylvania, and at one point early in the book the characters "drive down to Philadelphia," apparently without breaking much of a sweat -- so let's just say it's Allentown or thereabouts. ***This book is among the nearly 150 items offered in ReadInk's new Catalog Number 4, "Booking Passage: Books on the Immigrant Experience." You can access this catalog and its contents in any one of three ways: (1) email us to request a PDF to be emailed to you; (2) view or download the catalog from the link on our website's main page; (3) browse the books individually (including a few that didn't make the cut for the catalog) on our website under these two subject headings: "Immigration: Fiction" and "Immigration: Non-fiction." .
Contact Sheet 181: Letha Wilson: Sight Specific

Contact Sheet 181: Letha Wilson: Sight Specific by WILSON, Letha and Shane Lavalette

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Contact Sheet 181: Letha Wilson: Sight Specific
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WILSON, Letha and Shane Lavalette
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Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN
9780935445930
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Syracuse, NY: Light Work, 2015. First edition. Softcover. 48 pages. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran March 17 through July 18, 2015. Features text by Shane Lavalette. Includes numerous color illustrations. A clean very near fine copy in wrappers. Seemingly uncommon.
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Makers of History: Alfred the Great by Abbott, Jacob

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Makers of History: Alfred the Great
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Abbott, Jacob
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Very Good-
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Akron, Ohio: The Superior Printing Company. Very Good-. Hardcover. A Very Good- edition that has tanned pages, soiling to the boards and some chipping to the lower board edges ; A fascinating and well-researched biography of Alfred the Great, king of Wessex from 871-899. Abbott does a great job of contextualizing Alfred within the changing political landscape of the 8th century, and he paints a nuanced portrait of a ruler who was both brilliant and ruthless. Highly recommend.; Vol. 2; 8vo; 229 pages .
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[Op. 47]. Indianisches Tagebuch. Zweites Buch. Gesang vom Reigen der Geister (Cano della Ronda degli spiriti). Full score by BUSONI, Ferruccio 1866-1924

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[Op. 47]. Indianisches Tagebuch. Zweites Buch. Gesang vom Reigen der Geister (Cano della Ronda degli spiriti). Full score
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BUSONI, Ferruccio 1866-1924
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Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel [PN Part.B.2452], 1916. Quarto. Original publisher's light green wrappers printed in dark blue, publisher's advertisement to verso of lower. 15 pp. Ex libris the concert pianist Mario Feninger (1923-2016), with his handstamp to upper margin of title. Wrappers slightly worn and chipped; publisher's numbered handstamp to upper. Slightly browned, First Edition. Kindermann K. 269, p. 303.
The Wall in the Middle of the Book

The Wall in the Middle of the Book by Agee, Jon

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The Wall in the Middle of the Book
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Agee, Jon
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Kenneth Mallory Bookseller. ABAA (United States)
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9780525555452
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Very good
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NY: Dial, 2018. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. First Edition. Very good hardback in a very good dustjacket.
Barbara Morgan: Prints, Drawings, Watercolors and Photographs

Barbara Morgan: Prints, Drawings, Watercolors and Photographs by Curtis L. Carter and William C. Agee

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Barbara Morgan: Prints, Drawings, Watercolors and Photographs
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Curtis L. Carter and William C. Agee
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Kenneth Mallory Bookseller. ABAA (United States)
ISBN
9780871002617
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Very Good
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Milwaukee: Patrick and Beatrice Haggerty Museum of art, 1988. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. 128pp. Edges tanned, else very good in publisher's wraps.
A Christmas at School

A Christmas at School by [No Author]

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A Christmas at School
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[No Author]
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Very Good
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New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1882. Small Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Rear board soiled, pencil name and notes on front endpaper. 1882 Small Hard Cover. 46 pp. Grey cloth boards. Only 7 copies located in OCLC. A children's story of Christmas at school, with engraved illustrations throughout.
Massachusetts--Reception of the Grand Duke Alexis--View of the Grand Ball Given in Honor of the Duke by the Citizens of Boston, at the Boston Theatre. From a Sketch by Joseph BeckerFrank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, December 30, 1871

Massachusetts--Reception of the Grand Duke Alexis--View of the Grand Ball Given in Honor of the Duke by the Citizens of Boston, at the Boston Theatre. From a Sketch by Joseph BeckerFrank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, December 30, 1871 by [No Author]

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Massachusetts--Reception of the Grand Duke Alexis--View of the Grand Ball Given in Honor of the Duke by the Citizens of Boston, at the Boston Theatre. From a Sketch by Joseph BeckerFrank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, December 30, 1871
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[No Author]
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Frank Leslie, 1871. Single Sheet. Near Fine. No large chips and no large tears. Minor general wear. 1871 Single Sheet. Illustration of Massachusetts--Reception of the Grand Duke Alexis--View of the Grand Ball Given in Honor of the Duke by the Citizens of Boston, at the Boston Theatre. From a Sketch by Joseph Becker, from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, December 30, 1871.
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A Precocious Autobiography by Yevtushenko, Yevgeny

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A Precocious Autobiography
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Yevtushenko, Yevgeny
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New York: E. P. Dutton, 1963. 1st Edition. Translated by Andrew R. MacAndrew. 124p., b/w illus., dj.
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Anatole France: Polemiste. by Bancquart, Marie-Claire.

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Anatole France: Polemiste.
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Bancquart, Marie-Claire.
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Paris: A. G. Nizet, 1962. Octavo, blue cloth (hardcover), gilt letters, 688 pp. Original wrappers rebound in cloth. Near-Fine.

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