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Hans Brinker; or, the Silver Skates, a Story of Life in Holland

Hans Brinker; or, the Silver Skates, a Story of Life in Holland by Dodge, M.E. [Mary Mapes]

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Hans Brinker; or, the Silver Skates, a Story of Life in Holland
Author
Dodge, M.E. [Mary Mapes]
Seller
Whitmore Rare Books (United States)
Condition
Near Fine
Description
New York: James O'Kane, 1866. First edition. Near Fine. Publisher's brown cloth titled in gilt. Twelvemo. 346, [2, ads] pp. Complete with four plates (including frontispiece). A bright copy with a small smudge to lower board and just a bit of foxing to endpapers and preliminary blanks. Otherwise clean and fresh throughout. Small contemporary ink gift inscription to preliminary blank. A Near Fine copy. Hans Brinker, the story of a Dutch boy who hopes to win a pair of silver skates in an ice skating race, is one of the most successful books in the history of children's literature (ANB). The novel introduced American children to a charming Dutch backdrop inspired by Dodge's readings on the history of the Netherlands and the firsthand accounts of her Dutch immigrant neighbors. Notably, the novel also popularized the legend of a Dutch boy who saves his city by plugging a hole in a leaky dike with his finger (in Hans Brinker, the story is recounted in a classroom scene); the legend has inspired many American retellings, including a poem by Dodge's family friend Phoebe Cary, since the novel's publication. Along with writing many books for children, Mary Mapes Dodge (1831 - 1905) also edited the periodical St. Nicholas Magazine, a companion to Scribner's Monthly intended for a juvenile audience, for over thirty years. Dodge was skilled at soliciting contributions from both popular, sought-after writers and new talent: the works of Mark Twain, Robert Louis Stevenson, Louisa May Alcott, and Rudyard Kipling appeared alongside that of emerging writers like Frances Hodgson Burnett, who serialized her first major success, Little Lord Fauntleroy, in the magazine. Dodge's work on St. Nicholas Magazine set the standard for other juvenile magazines and helped launch the careers of influential writers who would shape the genre of children's literature; in other words, the magazine left "an indelible imprint on American juvenile publishing" (ANB). Near Fine.
Cold Dogs in the Courtyard (Inscribed to a poet)

Cold Dogs in the Courtyard (Inscribed to a poet) by Bukowski, Charles

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Cold Dogs in the Courtyard (Inscribed to a poet)
Author
Bukowski, Charles
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Whitmore Rare Books (United States)
Condition
Near Fine
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Chicago: Literary Times & Cyfoeth Press, 1965. First edition. Near Fine. One of five hundred copies of the first edition, this copy inscribed on the title-page by Charles Bukowski to poet Jack Grapes. Cover design by Betsy Milam. A Near Fine copy with just a bit of toning to the spine. This chapbook compiles thirteen of Charles Bukowski's poems that had been previously rejected by literary magazines and book publishers. In his "Foreward" [sic], Bukowski writes, "The poems in this book...have been overlooked (or looked-over and shunned) by those people who, for reasons unknown to society, publish collections of poesy. This, I hope, will be the sixth gathering of my work since I began writing at the cobby age of 35, a sad long 9 years back, and these are the poems the editors didn't want for the earlier books...I went through the magazines looking for turned-away poems. I found 20 poems I wish I had never written, 20 I didn't give a damn about one way or the other. The others you will find in here." Jack Grapes is a Los Angeles poet, publisher, and former editor of the poetry journal ONTHEBUS (1989-2017). Notably, Grapes' poems appeared alongside Charles Bukowski's in an issue of the short-lived but influential Loujon Press literary journal The Outsider (1960-1969). Bukowski also corresponded with Grapes and inscribed several books to him. In the spring of 1965, Grapes, then a young poet with a burgeoning career, wrote to Bukowski to share his chapbook This Thing Upon Me (titled from the first line of Bukowski's poem "Old Man, Dead in a Room") and to ask for advice from the more experienced writer. In Bukowski's response, he praised Grapes' poetry chapbook ("the first 4 lines of poem 10 are as good as anybody can write") and added, "Well if you want advice from an old man - the writing comes out of the living and if you've got to sell-out to stay alive, sell as little as possible, save what you can. it's when you give it all up to them that you are dead. don't be in a hurry to make it. it's more important to sit around in the sunlight or sleep. it will come along if you let it...I am honored, of course, that you 'stole' the title THIS THING UPON ME, and hope that you find some poems in CRUCIFIX. I have signed some pages, one of them to you, must get them in the mail so the people can get their books. It seems so strange to be signing pages. is this the way it happens? your turn now. hail, Buk" Krumhansl 16. Near Fine.
A catalogue of the Royal and Noble Authors of England, Scotland, and Ireland; with Lists of Their Works (5 Volumes)

A catalogue of the Royal and Noble Authors of England, Scotland, and Ireland; with Lists of Their Works (5 Volumes) by Walpole, Horatio. Enlarged and continued to the present time, by Thomas Park

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A catalogue of the Royal and Noble Authors of England, Scotland, and Ireland; with Lists of Their Works (5 Volumes)
Author
Walpole, Horatio. Enlarged and continued to the present time, by Thomas Park
Seller
White Fox Rare Books and Antiques (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
London: John Scott, 1806. Full Decorated Calf. Very Good. Scarce large paper edition! 4to. 29 by 23 cm. xxxii, 326, x, 352, x, 343, x, 400, x, 408 pp. With 138 copper engraved portraits. Condition: rebacked, with black stamped ornamentation on newer spine, and elaborate gilt decoration on contemporary calf boards. Foxing scattered throughout volumes. Regardless, an appealing copy, both externally and internally.
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Windsor Castle: An Historical Romance by AINSWORTH, W. H.

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Windsor Castle: An Historical Romance
Author
AINSWORTH, W. H.
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Argosy Book Store (United States)
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very good(+)
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London: Henry Colburn, 1843. First. hardcover. very good(+). Engraved frontispiece portrait of Ainsworth by Maclise. Illustrated with 14 etchings by George Cruikshank & 4 plates by Tony Johannot; 87 wood-engravings & woodcut title by W. A. Delamotte. xii, 324pp. Tall 8vo, handsomely bound by Riviere & Son in full navy blue calf with ornate gilt-stamped spine; inner dentelles; uncut edges (light edgewear to leather with minor repairs to joints; scattered foxing throughout). London: Henry Colburn, 1843. Very good (+). First Edition in one volume. Cohn 19.
Mickey7; Antimatter Blues

Mickey7; Antimatter Blues by Ashton, Edward

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Mickey7; Antimatter Blues
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Ashton, Edward
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Burnside Rare Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Fine
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Oxford: Solaris, 2023. First British Edition. Fine/Fine. First British edition, first printing of both novels. Each signed by Edward Ashton on a tipped-in page at front. 309, [2]; 314, [5] pp. Bound in publisher's blue or gray paper over boards, silver lettering to spines. Fine in Fine dust jackets; as new. The first novel, Mickey7, inspired the Bong Joon-ho 2025 film Mickey 17, starring Robert Pattinson.
A Treatise of the Nobilitie of the Realme. Collected Out of the Body

A Treatise of the Nobilitie of the Realme. Collected Out of the Body by Bird, William

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A Treatise of the Nobilitie of the Realme. Collected Out of the Body
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Bird, William
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The Lawbook Exchange Ltd (United States)
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1642. of the Common Law, With Mention of Such Statutes. of the Common Law, With Mention of Such Statutes. "Nobilitie of the Realme" [Bird, William]. A Treatise of the Nobilitie of the Realme. Collected Out of the Body of the Common Law, With Mention of Such Statutes as are Incident Hereunto, Upon a Debate of the Barony of Aburgavenny. With a Table of the Heads Contained in this Treatise. London: Printed by A.N. for Mathew Walbanke and Richard Best, 1642. [iv], 157, [1] pp. Woodcut illustrations (genealogical tables). Octavo (5-1/2" x 3-1/2"). Recent period-style calf, blind rules and fillets to boards, gilt-edged raised bands, blind ornaments and lettering piece to spine, endpapers renewed. Title page and text printed within ruled borders. Light browning to text, somewhat heavier in places, occasional faint dampspotting, some edgewear to title page and a few other leaves, internally clean. $250. * Only edition. The occasion for this treatise was a contemporary controversy regarding the legitimacy of Edward Nevill's claim to the title of Lord Bergavenny. His claim is the starting point for a general review of peerage law. Another edition, with additions by Sir John Doddridge, was published later in 1642 as The Magazine of Honour; Or, A Treatise of the Severall Degrees of the Nobility of this Kingdome. Both editions are scarce. OCLC locates 8 copies of Treatise in North American law libraries (Columbia, Georgetown, Harvard, Library of Congress, Ohio State, University of Minnesota, University of Pennsylvania, York University). English Short-Title Catalogue R18509.
YOU POEMS: The Crowfoot Poetry Series Volume 2

YOU POEMS: The Crowfoot Poetry Series Volume 2 by CARRIGAN, Andrew G.

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YOU POEMS: The Crowfoot Poetry Series Volume 2
Author
CARRIGAN, Andrew G.
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Brian Cassidy Bookseller at Type Punch Matrix (United States)
Condition
Near fine in a near fine jacket.
Description
Ann Arbor: Crowfoot Press, 1979. Limited ed. Near fine in a near fine jacket.. Inscribed limited edition, one of only 350 copies. A nice association between Carrigan and the Mikolowskis, who had published several of the poems included here via their Alternative Press imprint; a nice edition from another Ann Arbor fine press. Wraps. Small 4to. Plain white card wraps with printed paper dust jacket. Near fine in like DJ. ASSOCIATION: INSCRIBED by Carrigan in the year of publication to Ken and Ann Mikolowski of Ann Arbor's Alternative Press, at title page. Light handling wear to jacket and wraps. Interior bright, crisp, and clean. Good and sound. Unpaginated.
Negro Spirituals for Four-Part Mixed Voices. De Gospel Train

Negro Spirituals for Four-Part Mixed Voices. De Gospel Train

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Negro Spirituals for Four-Part Mixed Voices. De Gospel Train
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New York: Harold Flammer Publisher, 1938. Music and lyrics for this song. 8vo. 8 pp. Very good. Original decorated wrappers. (#6671).

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