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The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby by Dickens, Charles

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Title: The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
Author: Dickens, Charles
Seller: Whitmore Rare Books (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: London: Chapman and Hall, 1839. First edition. Very Good. Bound in the original publisher's deluxe full green morocco binding, gilt titles, stamped in gilt and blind, yellow end papers, all edges gilt. A Very Good copy with creasing and wear to the spine (one short tear at the head), some foxing to the plates. Armorial bookplate of Henry Gillett on the front paste-down. Bound without the half-title, otherwise complete with the engraved frontis and 39 plates by Phiz. Nicholas Nickleby, Dickens' third novel, was originally serialized in monthly parts, then issued as a book in cloth. The publishers also had a small number of copies bound up in the present morocco both for presentation - a census of copies inscribed by Dickens on publication show them all to be in the green morocco binding - and for sale to the public at a higher price. This copy with most of the issue points outlined in Smith, but with a few typographical errors corrected. "Dickens' third novel has always been a favourite with the general public. Indeed, it was the book's huge sales that enabled Dickens to give up parliamentary reporting and become a full-time writer...The theatricality of the novel attracted new and more appreciative critical attention [and it] demonstrates the inextricable link between public and private" (Bannerjee). A satire tackling the injustices faced by both women and men within the Victorian class system that relied so heavily the social status of the patriarch, the novel follows Nicholas Nickleby as he seeks to support his mother and sister after his father's death. When Nicholas' father dies after losing all of the family's money, it is up to the young man to emerge as the new and more morally sound patriarch. Dashing and likable, Nicholas ultimately prevails, dodging shady characters along the way and securing a respectable life in Devonshire for his extended family. A favorite among Dickens' works, Nicholas Nickleby has been adapted into a much-loved film. Very Good.

Lettere della Signora Isabella Andreini Padovana, by Andreini, Isabella.

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Title: Lettere della Signora Isabella Andreini Padovana,
Author: Andreini, Isabella.
Seller: Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: Venice: Giovanni Battista Combi, 1620. Very Good. Octavo (163 x 105 mm). Two parts in one volume, each with separate title page (second title reads: "Fragmenti di alcune scritture..." ). [24], 268, [4 blank]; 180, [4 blank] pages. Printer's device on title pages. Large woodcut initials. Bound in 18th century in plain leather over pasteboard, spine in six compartments decorated with gilt tools and stamps, raised bands, red leather title label. Edges stained red. Marbled endleaves. Upper joint cracked but holding, with small chip lacking at base of spine and old repair at headcap. Occasional light foxing, with small ink drops (pages 19 and 164-5 of the first part, p.89 of the second). Old ownership inscription in upper margin of title page; modern ex-libris of Mario Bagliani (1926-1990), noted collector of books related to theater arts. References: Ferri, p. 14 (not this edition); Vinciana 3319; Michel I, 142, #7; Graesse I, 121 (noting this as the sixth edition of the epistolary). The star female player of the well-known Gelosi troupe, Isabella Andreini enjoyed fame as "the most celebrated commedia dell'arte actress of her century," says Prof. Meredith K. Ray. She wrote prolifically for the stage, including a series of plays in which she acted the title role under her own name (Lucky Isabella, Jealous Isabella, Isabella's Madness). She also produced several volumes of poetry. The volume of "Lettere" offered here was first printed in 1607, three years after the author's death (in childbirth), and saw many subsequent editions. It is joined, with a separate title page and pagination, by a series of serio-comic dialogues, the "Ragionamenti piacevoli," or "Fragmenti," as they are called on the dedicated title page. Prof. Diana Robin points out, perceptively, that epistolary collections had been an accepted genre for women writers in the Renaissance (with a hiatus in the mid-16th-century). The genre, she says, "cast itself as a major mode for women's publications from the opening of the seventeenth century until the modern era" (Publishing Women, p. 203). I think it is a mistake to call "Lettere" an epistolary. There are no salutations or addressees, rarely dialogue with an imagined recipient. In fact, it is a series of short essays, very like Montaigne's, on a broad variety of subjects, most of them "approved' for women (love, marriage, desire, jealousy, etc) and others profoundly outside conventional women's roles. Her fame can be judged by the gratulatory verses in the front matter of the epistolary by Tasso and Marino among others. Andreini and Tasso admired each other. She frequently played the (male) role of Aminta in Tasso's pastoral drama of the same name, and her acknowledged masterpiece, the pastoral play "Mirtilla," is loosely based on Tasso's model. Her letter on the death of Tasso (p. 184 in this volume) is a particularly moving meditation on the unfairness of mortality. "Even the world, which seems immune, will someday die." The "Ragionamenti piacevoli" consist of 31 sketches, whether meant for stage or merely for thought, posed as dialogues or arguments on contrasting themes, such as epic versus tragedy, lawyers versus medical doctors, hate v love, and even a free-for-all pitting falling in love, falling out of love, marriage, vows of fidelity, and honesty all against each other.

Complete Tunheim Santrizos Gift Book Series. In Eleven Volumes Published Between 1990 And 2000

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Title: Complete Tunheim Santrizos Gift Book Series. In Eleven Volumes Published Between 1990 And 2000
Seller: James & Mary Laurie Booksellers (A.B.A.A.) (United States)
Condition: Fine condition
Description: Minneapolis: Tunheim Santrizos. Hardcover. Fine condition. Each book is illustrated with wood engravings by Kent Aldrich and printed at The Nomadic Press. All but one (Ted Hall) are bound in quarter cloth of various colors with complementary marbled boards. Limitations ranged from a few hundred to seven hundred, but are virtually unobtainable because they were only distributed privately. Most were issued signed but some of these are unsigned printer's proofs. All are in fine condition. Individual authors and titles are as follows. Hall, Ted, A RECOLLECTION OF WINTER DRIVING, 1990, from an unspecified limited edition, signed by the author. Holm, Bill, UNCLE SCROOGE ON THE ROAD, 1991, 1 of 5 printer's proofs from an unspecified limited edition, signed by the author. Mclean, Norman, A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT: an excerpt, 1992, 1 of 5 printer's proofs from an unspecified limited edition. Jones, Syl, SANTI CLAW: an excerpt, 1993, 1 of 375 numbered copies. Hassler, Jon, CHRISTMAS EVE IN OMAHA: A short story, 1994, from an unspecified limited edition, signed by the author. Allen, Heather, Selected poems from: LEAVING A SHADOW, 1995, 1 of 500 numbered copies, signed by the author. Clifton, Lucille, SELECTED POEMS, 1996, 1 of 575 numbered copies. Jones, Richard, THE ABANDONED GARDEN: Selected Poems, 1997, 1 of 650 numbered copies, this one out of series and unnumbered, signed by the author. Dove, Rita, EVENING PRIMOSE: Selected Poems, 1998, 1 of 660 numbered copies, this one out of series and unnumbered, signed by the author. Eleven young poets, RIVER RISING, 1999, 1 of 700 numbered copies, this one out of series and unnumbered. Hampl, Patricia, THE ART OF A WASTED DAY, 2000, 1 of 725 numbered copies, this one out of series and unnumbered.

Portrait of a Finely Dressed Young African-American Man from Bakersfield, California, c. 1890s-early 1900s by [African-Americana - California - Portraiture] Nelson, C.A.

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Title: Portrait of a Finely Dressed Young African-American Man from Bakersfield, California, c. 1890s-early 1900s
Author: [African-Americana - California - Portraiture] Nelson, C.A.
Seller: Auger Down Books (United States)
Description: Bakersfield: C.A. Nelson, 1890. Silver gelatin photograph measuring 5 ½ x 3 ⅞ inches on larger mount. Heavy wear to mount, some staining to margin of photograph, wear and creases and a closed tear to mat, fair to good overall. An incredible image of a young African-American man, finely dressed, taken by the photographer C.A. Nelson around the turn of the century. No identification, though someone has written “Romeo” on the verso. A remarkable and uncommon early portrait, unfortunately not in the best shape.

Neuzeitliche Miethäuser und Siedlungen (Modern Appartment Buildings and Settlements) by Adler, Leo (Ed.)

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Title: Neuzeitliche Miethäuser und Siedlungen (Modern Appartment Buildings and Settlements)
Author: Adler, Leo (Ed.)
Seller: Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller (United States)
Condition: Very good condition
Description: Berlin-Charlottenburg: Ernst Pollak Verlag, 1931. First edition. Hardcover. Very good condition. Large Quarto. xvi, 272pp. Original blue pebbled cloth with gilt lettering on cover, gilt lettering and ruling on red label of spine. Cream endpapers. Compilation of modern apartment buildings and settlements to demonstrate the work of contemporary architects. The book is devided into three chapters: low rise, medium rise and high rise buildings. "The observant viewer of contemporary architectural development will notice, particularly in these days, that a new phase of architectural development is in the making; "the new" comes to light in particular in that the buzzwords of the past years, e.g. "New Objectivity," "pure functionalism," or even the by now half way recanted "living machine" appear in the discussion of the "New Architecture" more and more without quotation marks while formal aesthetic questions come to the fore." Profusely illustrated with 415 b/w reproductions of photographs of new architecture, architectural plans and drawings, and measured drawings throughout. Among the architects represented in this volume are Bruno Ahrends, Heinrich de Fries, Walter Gropius, Josef Havlicek, Ernst May, Erich Mendelsohn, J. J. P. Oud, Hans Poelzig, Hans Scharoun, Bruno Taut and many others. Lists all architects in table of content. Text in German. Very light wear along edges of binding.

SPEECH...AT THE NATIONAL REPUBLICAN CONVENTION,; In Worcester, Oct 12, 1832 by WEBSTER, Daniel

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Title: SPEECH...AT THE NATIONAL REPUBLICAN CONVENTION,; In Worcester, Oct 12, 1832
Author: WEBSTER, Daniel
Seller: Second Life Books Inc (United States)
Description: Boston: Stimpson & Clapp, 1832. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 43. Disbound. VG. S&S 17010 (5).

12 Shot: A Photopoem. by ABBOTT, Keith.

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Title: 12 Shot: A Photopoem.
Author: ABBOTT, Keith.
Seller: Jeff Maser, Bookseller-ABAA (United States)
Description: Calais: Z Press,, 1975.. First edition.. [40 pp]. Near fine in stapled wrappers. Photos and poems about cars Abbott has known. One of 474 numbered copies. Though not called for, SIGNED by Abbott on the colophon page. This is copy #1.

The New Physics: Poems. by ZOLYNAS, Al.

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Title: The New Physics: Poems.
Author: ZOLYNAS, Al.
Seller: Jeff Maser, Bookseller-ABAA (United States)
Description: Middletown: Wesleyan University Press, (1979).. First edition.. 80 pp. Small spot on fore-edge, else near fine in near fine dust jacket.

The Shape of Snakes by Walters, Minette

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Title: The Shape of Snakes
Author: Walters, Minette
Seller: Brenner's Collectable Books (United States)
ISBN: 9780399147333
Condition: Fine
Description: New York: G.P Putnam's Sons, 2001. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo., 371pp. Beautiful Unread First Edition. Square, tight and clean throughout with a gentle bump to the crown.. Equally attractive unclipped dust jacket, ($24.95), is fresh and bright with no chipping, creases or tears. Signed by the author on the front free end-paper. A very pretty collectable copy at a great price.

A Dictionary of Vernacular Terms and Expressions by Sa'd, Ahmad Abu

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Title: A Dictionary of Vernacular Terms and Expressions
Author: Sa'd, Ahmad Abu
Seller: Weller Book Works ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: Librairie Du Liban, Circa 1987. Very Good. Sa'd, Ahmad Abu. A Dictionary of Vernacular Terms and Expressions. Lebanon: Librairie Du Liban, Circa 1987. 4to. Hardcover. Book condition: Very good with bumped edges and light soiling. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good with rubbed edges and short tear in front panel.

Myths and Symbols in Indian Art and Civilization by Zimmer, Heinrich; Campbell, Joseph

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Title: Myths and Symbols in Indian Art and Civilization
Author: Zimmer, Heinrich; Campbell, Joseph
Seller: Weller Book Works ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Condition: Good
Description: Bollingen, 1963. Good. Zimmer, Heinrich. Myths and Symbols in Indian Art and Civilization. Campbell, Joseph. Princeton, New Jersey: Bollingen, 1963. 247pp. Indexed. Illustrated. 12mo. Paperback. Book condition: Good with light rubbing and yellowed edges. Small mark on front cover and sticker on half-title.

Rise, Fall, and Future of Florida’s Citrus Industry. by Sumner, David E.

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Title: Rise, Fall, and Future of Florida’s Citrus Industry.
Author: Sumner, David E.
Seller: Lighthouse Books, ABAA (United States)
Description: Chambersburg, PA: Lightning Source for David Sumner, (2025). First Edition. Octavo, softbound, (xii), xii, 300, [1] pp. Photographs. Fine.

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