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GEESTELYKE NATUURKUNDE by (BIBLE - NATURAL HISTORY OF). SCHEUCHZER, JOHANN JAKOB

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Seller: Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts

Title: GEESTELYKE NATUURKUNDE
Author: (BIBLE - NATURAL HISTORY OF). SCHEUCHZER, JOHANN JAKOB
Seller: Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts (United States)
Description: Amsterdam: Petrus Shenk, 1735-38. First Edition in Dutch. 415 x 264 mm. (16 3/8 x 10 3/8"). Entirely complete (with continuous pagination, but with a jump in page numbering from the end of book XIII to the beginning of XIV, as usual). 15 parts in eight volumes. Translated by Florentius H. J. van Halen. HANDSOME CONTEMPORARY VELLUM, covers with large gilt entrelac centerpiece framed with gilt floral rule with bouquet-like cornerpieces, gilt floral border, raised bands, compartments richly gilt, titles and volume numbers handwritten in ink on spines, all edges gilt. With head- and tailpieces, 15 engraved titles printed in red and black with engraved vignettes, and complete with frontispiece, two engraved portraits of the author and the engraver (the latter with shorter margins, probably tipped-in), and 760 OFTEN STRIKING COPPER ENGRAVINGS (on 758 plates), one with partial hand coloring, a few double-page. Front pastedown of first volume with handwritten note in French on lined paper; with additional black & white title to first work erroneously dated 1728. Nissen ZBI 3661; see also: Faber du Faur, "German Baroque Literature," p. 472. Trivial soiling to the vellum, the seventh volume with a faint marginal dampstain affecting a few quires (but not touching engravings), the odd negligible blemish, but AN OUTSTANDING SET, the very attractive original bindings showing only insignificant wear, and THE CONTENTS ESPECIALLY FRESH AND CLEAN THROUGHOUT, WITH VERY FINE IMPRESSIONS OF THE PLATES. This is the first Dutch translation of Scheuchzer's "Sacred Nature," one of the most splendid German illustrated books of the 18th century, presenting what surely is the most impressive combination of biblical exegesis and scientific illustration to be found in any printed book. First published in 1731-35 as the "Physica Sacra" in Latin, and as the "Kupfer-Bibel" in German (so-named for the amazing array of copperplate engravings), this work is arranged according to the progression of books in the Bible, citing passages from those chapters where phenomena from the natural world are mentioned. The typical pattern here includes a textual citation followed by the author's often lengthy remarks on the passage and, in many cases, a dramatic engraving to illustrate what is said. The plates are identical to the earlier editions (retaining the inscriptions in Latin and German) and are the work of Johann-Melchior Fuseli, of the well-known Zurich family of 18th and 19th century artists. The engraved scenes are always executed with great skill, are generally very animated, and are often fascinating. Of the 760 images meant to illustrate the text, many are strictly or primarily depictions of biblical scenes; several are simply illustrations of specimens of nature; and a large number, perhaps half, offer a kind of combination. An example of this last type includes a wonderful scene showing the birth of Man (as related in Genesis 1:26-27) depicting not only a startled Adam in his fecund paradise, but also 10 images of fetuses, placentas, and the skeletons of children, attached like mounted specimens to the architectural frame of the illustration. According to Faber du Faur, it is in this work that "the Baroque attains, philosophically as well as artistically, its high point and its conclusion. It is the last of those elegant works which do not really contain illustrations to a text but which are, in effect, composed of splendid plates with a text to accompany them." Scheuchzer (1672-1733) was a prolific naturalist who promoted at every opportunity the most modern scientific ideas, though without wanting to risk the accusation of being irreverent. He says that the present work represents an attempt at finding a harmony between reason and revelation, though it can also be seen as an effort to promulgate progressive theories under the venerable cloak of biblical commentary. The bibliographies disagree about the number of plates that ought to be present in this work and in other editions, but ours corresponds to copies previously sold at auction as complete. Copies of the "Physica Sacra" and its translations show up regularly for sale, but almost never does one see the work both complete and, as here, with a clean and fresh text in remarkably well-preserved and attractive contemporary bindings..

A Tale of Two Cities by Dickens, Charles

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Seller: John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller

Title: A Tale of Two Cities
Author: Dickens, Charles
Seller: John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller (United States)
Description: 1859. London: Chapman & Hall, 1859. Large 8vo, viii, 254 pp. Frontispiece, engraved title & 14 plates by H.K. Browne. Without list of plates. Polished green calf, backstrip gilt with red and brown gilt-lettered labels, marbled edges and endpapers. Binding a little rubbed and worn at corners, spot of worming to backstrip, contents clean with minimal toning to the plates, small address ticket on front free endpaper, overall very good. § First edition in book form of Dickens' great novel of darkness and light, containing 7 of the 8 first issue points identified by Smith (the final two letters of "himself" on p.166 are well printed). The list of plates is not present. "When Dickens began the publication of All the Year Round, the successor of Household Words, he realized the necessity of making a strong start. So he began writing A Tale of Two Cities, publishing the first of the serial in the opening number of his new periodical... As a novel of great popularity it probably ranks next to Pickwick and Copperfield" (Eckel 87). This was the last novel in which Dickens worked with "Phiz" after a partnership of 23 years, and was published on commission through the renewed partnership with Chapman & Hall. "A Tale of Two Cities originally appeared in the weekly journal All the Year Round from April 30 to November 26, 1859 (Nos. 1-31). It was also published in eight monthly parts, the last part forming a double number, from June- December 1859. The novel was published in book form on November 21, 1859." (Smith I, 13). Eckel 87. Thomson 89. Smith I, 13.

Kansatsu ehon - Kinda bukku - boku kei. by TAKEI, Takeo

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Title: Kansatsu ehon - Kinda bukku - boku kei.
Author: TAKEI, Takeo
Seller: Ursus Books (United States)
Description: 1932. TAKEI, Takeo. Kansatsu ehon - Kinda bukku - boku kei. 16 pp. including covers, all colour lithographs on light card. Oblong folio, 260 x 380 mm., bound in publisher's illustrated wrappers in a new blue cloth folding box. Tokyo: Fureberukan, 1932. This is one in a series of "observation" books begun in 1927 by the now named Froebel-kan - based on the principles of educator Friedrich Froebel. An interesting example of prewar Japanese book design for children, with some of the plates verging on kitsch, and some almost surreally avant-garde.

Sweet Thursday by Steinbeck, John

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Seller: Dale Steffey Books, ABAA

Title: Sweet Thursday
Author: Steinbeck, John
Seller: Dale Steffey Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: New York: Viking Press, 1954. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition, First Printing. Very Good, cloth at spine with faint crease, prior owner name in ink front end page, in a Very Good Plus dust jacket, small chips and light wear at spine ends. Bound in light gray cloth boards with red lettering and blue bird motifs to the spine and upper board. Top edge stained red. In the correct first issue dust jacket, un-clipped and priced $3.50 and with author's portrait photo by Philippe Halsman and no blurbs on the rear panel..

Violina; or, the Passing of the Old Adam and Eve. by Todd, Mary Ives.

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Title: Violina; or, the Passing of the Old Adam and Eve.
Author: Todd, Mary Ives.
Seller: Michael R. Thompson, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Description: New York: Broadway Publishing Company, [ [n.d., copyright 1904] First edition under this title. Seemingly predated by an edition under the title Violina; or, Poland and Liberty (New York: John L. Strus, 1904). Both editions are scarce. OCLC records only six physical copies of the Strus edition (Howard, Michigan State, LAPL, Ohio State, Macomb Community College, National Taiwan University) and four physical copies of the Broadway edition (the Huntington, Allegheny College, University of Pittsburgh, and NYPL). Publisher's purple cloth stamped in pink and gilt. . Octavo. . With three plates (frontispiece and three illustrations of Florence). Spine sunned and some discoloration to cloth. Some foxing to first and last few leaves. Open tear to margin of p. 162 (not touching text). Inscribed by Mary Ives Todd, "To my Dear Friend, Mr. F.A. Calkins, with the compliments of the author." A very good copy. Like many of the other novels by Mary Van Lennup Ives Todd (1849 – ca. 1915?), Violina uses the story of a young woman's tumultuous marriage to reflect on religious tradition, women's rights, and how husbands exert control over wives. The titular Violina Isartoryski is a young Polish American woman who travels to Florence to train as a musician. In Italy, she marries a musician who mistreats her; the pair eventually divorce when Violina discovers that he has two children with another woman. The themes of Violina reflect those of Todd's novel Deborah (1896), which examines marriage and gender in Salt Lake City during the early years of Mormon settlement there.

Documentary Photography by Owens, Bill

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Seller: Dawson's Book Shop

Title: Documentary Photography
Author: Owens, Bill
Seller: Dawson's Book Shop (United States)
Condition: Very good, staining to some leaves at top and bottom edge
Description: Bill Owens, Livermore, (19780. Very good, staining to some leaves at top and bottom edge. 11 x 8 1/4 inches, wrappers, Inscribed by Owens in pen on introduction page, [1] (introduction) 56, [1] (advertisement) pages. Owens candid self published work discusses how he became a successful documentary/commercial photographer including descriptions of all his major projects as well as a discussion of equipment used and his stylistic approach to the medium. Illustrated with a generous amount of reproductions from photographs detailing the 1970s suburban life in Livermore, California that made him famous.

The Chicago Stadum Review (December 1938)

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Title: The Chicago Stadum Review (December 1938)
Seller: Appledore Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Illinois Sportservice, Inc, 1938. Magazines. Near Fine. A crisp, well-preserved copy of the December 4th, 1938 issue of this charming weekly "published for every athletic event at the Chicago Stadium". This issue devoted specifically to hockey and the Chicago Black Hawks ("Lightning on Skates"). Clean and Near Fine in its stapled wrappers, with just a touch of light soiling to the rear panel. Striking cover design by Jan Bryan Studio. A nice early piece of Chicago sports ephemera, with wonderful local, period ads throughout.

The Pilgrimage of Henry James by Van Wyck Brooks, Ed

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Title: The Pilgrimage of Henry James
Author: Van Wyck Brooks, Ed
Seller: Appledore Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition: Collectible; Very Good
Description: New York: E.P. Dutton & Co, 1925. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. The 1925 1st edition, IN THE UNCOMMON DUSTJACKET. Solid and VG in its red cloth. And in a bright, VG- dustjacket, with light chipping to the panel edges, light soiling along the spine and light chipping at its crown. Still though, a very presentable copy. Octavo, 170 pgs. Small, neat 1925 inscription on the front free endpaper.

[[SALESMAN’S SAMPLE] [2 VARIANT BINDINGS] LIFE OF HON. GROVER CLEVELAND, EX-PRESIDENT, U. S. A., A FULL ACCOUNT OF HIS ANCESTRY, BOYHOOD. EARLY STRUGGLES, RECENT POLITICAL TRIUMPHS, MARRIAGE AND HOME LIFE, WITH A SKETCH OF THE LIFE AND PUBLIC SERVICES OF HON. ADLAI E. STEVENSON .. by Hon. Roger Q. Mills; Hon. James G. Blaine

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Title: [[SALESMAN’S SAMPLE] [2 VARIANT BINDINGS] LIFE OF HON. GROVER CLEVELAND, EX-PRESIDENT, U. S. A., A FULL ACCOUNT OF HIS ANCESTRY, BOYHOOD. EARLY STRUGGLES, RECENT POLITICAL TRIUMPHS, MARRIAGE AND HOME LIFE, WITH A SKETCH OF THE LIFE AND PUBLIC SERVICES OF HON. ADLAI E. STEVENSON ..
Author: Hon. Roger Q. Mills; Hon. James G. Blaine
Seller: Black Swan Books, Inc. (United States)
Condition: Very Good binding
Description: Not Identified: Political Publishing Co, 1892. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. 8vo.; two volumes in variant bindings, one with decorations in red, dark blue and gilt, and the other with no red in the decorative cover; pagination numbers to 348 in each, followed lined pages for subscriber’s names -- one volume has several names (with addresses indicating Michigan); illustrated with photographic plates on coated paper.~~One volume has a sample spine attached to the front pastedown. Also one volume has a frontispiece portrait of Grover Cleveland, and the other volume has a colorful chromolithographic frontispiece with portraits of Cleveland and Stevenson.~~Variants of the “Official Edition” of this book, “Sold by Subscription Only”. Very Good binding.

Catch Your Breath - 1st Edition/1st Printing by Auerbach, Jessica

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Title: Catch Your Breath - 1st Edition/1st Printing
Author: Auerbach, Jessica
Seller: Books Tell You Why, Inc. (United States)
ISBN: 9780399141669
Condition: Fine in Fine dust jacket
Description: New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1996. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0399141669 . First edition/first printing in about Fine condition in alike dust-jacket; Author's fourth novel; 8vo; FSA .

Francis: A Call to Conversion by Arnold, Duane W.H.

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Title: Francis: A Call to Conversion
Author: Arnold, Duane W.H.
Seller: Books Tell You Why, Inc. (United States)
ISBN: 9780310520603
Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
Description: Grand Rapids, MI: Cantilever Books. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1988. Hardcover. 0310520606 . Very Good+ condition with some shelfwear and a date inked on the front flyleaf in a Very Good dust-jacket with light edgewear and scuffing; The spirit of Francis of Assisi emerges as a guide to help the church make its way into the 21 century; 8vo; 143 pages; FSA .

Johnny Guitar by Chanslor, Roy

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Title: Johnny Guitar
Author: Chanslor, Roy
Seller: ReadInk (United States)
Condition: Near Fine
Description: New York: Pocket Books (1017). Near Fine. 1954. 2nd printing. Softcover. [a very nice copy, with ust a touch of edge- and surface-wear to covers, firm and uncreased spine]. Mass Market PB "A novel of gamblers, outlaws and lynching in the American West," and renowned as the source of the famously overheated Nicholas Ray film -- which has all those elements but oh so much more, with Joan Crawford and Mercedes McCambridge squaring off, ostensibly over the affections of the laconic title character (played by Sterling Hayden), but really just because they hate each other's guts. Definitely a movie tie-in edition -- it even includes the statement "Movie produced by Republic Pictures, November 1953" as part of the publishing history on the copyright page! -- although the tie-in is confined to the first inside page, where a line drawing of Crawford is accompanied by her purported testimonial about the book ("For me there was a special excitement in the role of this fascinating woman...."). Externally, the book is like a miniaturized version of the hardcover edition, using the same cover art -- although upon close comparison, it's evident that the figure of the woman has been re-drawn in order to make her face stand out a little more (no attempt was made to make her resemble the then-45-year-old Joan, though). .

THE MEZZANINE by BAKER, Nicholson

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Title: THE MEZZANINE
Author: BAKER, Nicholson
Seller: Charles Agvent, ABAA (United States)
Condition: Fine in a Fine dustwrapper
Description: New York: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, (1988). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. Author's first book.

Gittel's Journey: An Ellis Island Story by Lesléa Newman and Amy June Bates

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Title: Gittel's Journey: An Ellis Island Story
Author: Lesléa Newman and Amy June Bates
Seller: Kenneth Mallory Bookseller. ABAA (United States)
ISBN: 9781419727474
Condition: Very good
Description: NY: Abrams, 2019. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. First Edition. Very good hardback in a very good dustjacket.

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