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Autograph musical quotation signed from the composer's symphonic suite, Sheherazade, Op. 35 by RIMSKY-KORSAKOV, Nikolay Andreyevich 1844-1908

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Title: Autograph musical quotation signed from the composer's symphonic suite, Sheherazade, Op. 35
Author: RIMSKY-KORSAKOV, Nikolay Andreyevich 1844-1908
Seller: J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians LLC (United States)
Description: Three measures from the second theme of the second movement. Notated in black ink on ivory card stock with autograph titling and date of 30 December 1907, St. Petersburg. Small oblong octavo (70 x 108 mm). Mounted on a taupe mat on heavy gray silk-bordered cardboard below a bust-length color reproduction painting of the composer. Overall size 260 x 150 mm. Composed in 1888, Sheherazade, Rimsky-Korsakov's characteristically colorful orchestral work, was inspired by the fantastical One Thousand and One Nights (The Arabian Nights), a collection of Middle Eastern folk tales in Arabic compiled during the Islamic Golden Age (the 8th-13th centuries) and first translated into English in ca. 1706-21. "Russian orientalism received its best-known expression in Sheherazade (1888). The work is based on A Thousand and One Nights, the story of the sultana Sheherazade, who keeps her husband, the sultan Shakriar, from his intention of killing her by telling him stories for one thousand and one nights. The encounter between barbarous despotism and feminine seduction ... - a contrast that Rimsky-Korsavkov's work emphasizes from the start - renders the story an oriental paradigm par excellence." Maas: A History of Russian Music, p. 175. The work was adapted for ballet by Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, premiering in Paris at the Opéra Garnier on 4 June 1910 to Rimsky-Korsakov's music, with dramatic choreography by Michel Fokine, striking sets and costumes by Léon Bakst, and iconic dancers Vaslav Nijinsky and Ida Rubinstein. A fine example from one of the composer's most popular works and the one with which he is most closely identified, penned just under six months before he died on 21 June 1908.

An Act to Prevent Frivolous and Vexatious Suits in Ecclesiastical Courts by [Separation of Church and State] [Sexuality] [Privacy]

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Title: An Act to Prevent Frivolous and Vexatious Suits in Ecclesiastical Courts
Author: [Separation of Church and State] [Sexuality] [Privacy]
Seller: Whitmore Rare Books (United States)
Description: London: Charles Eyre & Andrew Strahan, 1787. First edition. 27 George III, Chapter 44. A Fine copy measuring 310 x 190mm and collating complete: [2], 987-988. A scarce and important piece of legal history, which ESTC records at only one library (Lincoln's Inn) and which does not appear in the modern auction record. The present is the only example on the market. At the start of the Restoration, "English church courts were revived by an act of Parliament on 27 July 1661 to resume their traditional task of correcting spiritual and moral misdemeanors. Soon thereafter, parishioners across England's dioceses once more faced admonition, fines, excommunication, and even imprisonment if they failed to conform to the laws of the restored Church of England" (Aklund). As much as these courts sought to reestablish a monolithic Anglican communal identity during Charles II's reign, their position in the 18th century became "a case study in the secularization of the legal system" particularly given their theoretical justification based in the problematic concept of divine right (Harris). Numerous acts, the present example among them, "represented an important step in the direction of limiting the reach of of ecclesiastical jurisdiction" (Harris). An Act to Prevent Frivolous and Vexatious Suits in Ecclesiastical Courts was passed in 1787, drawn from a bill presented in Parliament the previous year. Its major accomplishment was the removal of Church authority in the regulation of private sexual behaviors: "It shall be further enacted by the Authority aforesaid That no Suit shall be commenced in any Ecclesiastical Court for Fornication, or Incontinence, of for any striking or brawling." While the Church may have voiced its moral codes or enacted social shaming within its own communities, it no longer had the legal authority to regulate or punish sexual behavior. Such secularization had significant benefits across a number of communities. For survivors of assault, it ended the Church's ability to mandate that a woman marry her attacker; for queer communities it prevented Biblically based persecution; for sex workers it took away the risk of arrest or fines for conducting their livelihoods. Ultimately, the jurisdiction of ecclesiastical courts over sexual behavior (whether in the form of obscene or defamatory words, sexual engagement and sensual pleasure) was terminated by this act. Little to no legal regulation of sex would be enacted until the next century, when the 1861 Offences Against the Person Act and a series of Contagious Diseases Acts would seek to give secular courts more control over individuals' bodies. ESTC N58717.

Thrilling Moments on Palestine Tour by Powell, Jacob W.

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Title: Thrilling Moments on Palestine Tour
Author: Powell, Jacob W.
Seller: Langdon Manor Books LLC (United States)
Condition: Very good
Description: Malden, Mass: [Jacob W. Powell], 1937. Very good. 9¼” x 6¼”. Blue pebbled cloth, title gilt. Pp. xvi, 136 + 60 [of 60] photographically illustrated plates interspersed. Very good: light wear, a hint of toning to leaves. This is a detailed and heavily illustrated travelogue written by an AME Zion Elder and religious educator, Jacob W. Powell. The first three pages of the book include a detailed chronology of Powell's life, along with his numerous certifications related to religious teaching. From it, we learn that Powell was born a Methodist Episcopalian in 1866 and converted to the AME Zion Church in Boston in 1881. He worked as a stenographer for a number of religious and civil clients before becoming ordained a Deacon and later Elder. Powell served as Pastor of a few AME Zion and Baptist churches and, according to this book's dedication, taught over 4,000 students during his 54-year career. The book is simultaneously a travel log, travel guide, and collection of Powell's short essays on various religious subjects. It relays Powell's account of his six-week tour and is broken up into 25 chapters, each with numerous subdivisions. Powell described his observations of myriad sights and experiences throughout Rome, Naples, Genoa, Marseilles, Alexandria and Cairo, and Palestine. He related an incident involving a “Mohammedan lad” who took a liking to him and his group while they were visiting mosques, surmising that “perhaps my similar complexion helped to draw him toward me,” and of whom he snapped a photograph, angering a crowd of adults who had gathered nearby. His writing, while often rambling, is also often action-packed, such as this near accident returning to Marseilles: “ANOTHER THRILLING INCIDENT—as it looked to me, our ship came perilously near 'going on to rocks' just before we reached the narrow outlet from Marseilles Harbor . . . . jagged rocks loomed ominously on either side of this narrow outlet as the 'Excalibur' pushed her prow forward. Hardly any saw the danger until the Captain in the pilot house looked out of his window and shouted to his deck officers, 'Throw out your sheet (?) anchor!' Immediately the command was obeyed (good discipline aboard this ship), and the staunch vessel stood fast within fifty yards or so from the perilous rocks!” Powell's descriptions are complemented by detailed historical and geographical data as well as 60 plates of maps, illustrations and photographic images. He clearly intended this to be a guide book as well, as he provided histories of seemingly countless tourist destinations, as well as information on languages, locals, cities he did not get to visit and more. He also waxed on many religious topics including the history of Christianity, provided brief statements of the beliefs of Muslims and Jews, and devoted four pages to his outline on the symbolism of the book of Revelation. Also of note is a rare piece of ephemera laid in to the book: Powell's promotional order form for this book, as well as others he'd written, along with a number of blurbs. A meticulous and well-illustrated travelogue and collection of religious essays by an African American educator and religious leader. OCLC locates five copies.

The Fourth American Tourist

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Title: The Fourth American Tourist
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller (United States)
Condition: Publisher's green straight grained cloth, styamped in blind
Description: New York: Published by A.T. Goodrich Astor House, No. 2 Barclay-streetr. D, Fanshaw, Printer, 1839. ix, [1], 506pp. 12mo. Publisher's green straight grained cloth, styamped in blind. ix, [1], 506pp. 12mo.

Report of the Trial and Conviction of John Earls for the Murder of HIs Wife Catherine Earls... Together With the Confession of the Prisoner by Packer, Wm F. and Cummings A.A. Jr.

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Title: Report of the Trial and Conviction of John Earls for the Murder of HIs Wife Catherine Earls... Together With the Confession of the Prisoner
Author: Packer, Wm F. and Cummings A.A. Jr.
Seller: De Wolfe and Wood (United States)
Description: Williamsport: Printed by the Publishers, 1836. Hardcover. 188 pp, recently rebound in cloth. Inscribed by Packer to Hon. A. V. Parsons. See McDade 280.

Gunnery Instructions, Simplified for the Volunteer Officers of the U.S. Navy; with Hints to Executive and Other Officers by Edward Barrett

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Title: Gunnery Instructions, Simplified for the Volunteer Officers of the U.S. Navy; with Hints to Executive and Other Officers
Author: Edward Barrett
Seller: Capitol Hill Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: New York: D. Van Nostrand, 1863. Very Good. New York: D. Van Nostrand, 1863. Third Edition, revised and enlarged. Small octavo; 93pp +14pp publisher's catalog. Tables and illustrations throughout. Publisher's blindstamped blue cloth with gilt lettering and anchor ornament. Boards edgeworn, with rubbing at corners and spine ends and some general scuffing and smudging to surface. Opens widely to title page, but binding is holding soundly. Ownership signature of W.L. Churchill, U.S.N. in pen on flyleaf and faintly in pencil on front free endpaper, else pages unmarked. First Edition published in 1862. [Nevins I-218].

DISCE VIVERE: LEAR TO LIVE. A TREATISE OF LEARNING TO LIVE by SUTTON, Christopher

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Title: DISCE VIVERE: LEAR TO LIVE. A TREATISE OF LEARNING TO LIVE
Author: SUTTON, Christopher
Seller: The Bookpress, Ltd. (United States)
Description: SUTTON, Christopher. DISCE VIVERE: LEAR TO LIVE. A TREATISE OF LEARNING TO LIVE. London: William Pickering, 1848. Tall 8vo. Publisher's quarter calf, marble papered boards. xx, 292 pages. "Wherein is shewed that the Life of Christ is and ought to be an express patt for imitation unto the life of a Christian, so far as in him lieth." A Christian devotional first printed in London in 1634 as, but not printed agai until 1839 in London. This 1848 reprint (published as one of the Pickering Christian Classics) was the sixth reprint, but all editions are scarce. Bookseller's label on inside of front board. Spine shows wear as well on edg and tips of boards, else very good.

IMMORAL MARRIAGE by ATHERTON, Gertrude

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Title: IMMORAL MARRIAGE
Author: ATHERTON, Gertrude
Seller: Houle Rare Books & Autographs (United States)
Description: NY, BONI/LIVERIGHT, 1927. FIRST EDITION VERY GOOD-FINE. F.

Following Gravity [Inscribed, Review Copy] by APPLEWHITE, James

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Title: Following Gravity [Inscribed, Review Copy]
Author: APPLEWHITE, James
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books (United States)
Description: Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1980. First Edition. First Printing, review copy, with publisher's slip laid in. Octavo (23.5cm); orange cloth-covered boards, with titling stamped in black on spine; dustjacket; [xiv],[2],3-67,[7]pp; illus. Inscribed on title page, "For Sam Baker / with all good wishes. / James Applewhite". Lightly sunned edges, else Fine. Dustwrapper has sunning to spine panel and edges; Fine. Applewhite's first collection of verse, selected by Donald Justice for first place in the 1979 AWP Award Series. [82635].

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