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JAPAN. [spine title] TWO ALBUMS OF 108 ALBUMEN PHOTOGRAPHS OF JAPAN, MOST HAND-TINTED, PRODUCED BY PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHERS, ca. 1880s

JAPAN. [spine title] TWO ALBUMS OF 108 ALBUMEN PHOTOGRAPHS OF JAPAN, MOST HAND-TINTED, PRODUCED BY PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHERS, ca. 1880s

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JAPAN. [spine title] TWO ALBUMS OF 108 ALBUMEN PHOTOGRAPHS OF JAPAN, MOST HAND-TINTED, PRODUCED BY PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHERS, ca. 1880s
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Bartlebys Books (United States)
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[various places in Japan, 1880. Two oblong albums, 15 1/2 x 11 in., bound in 3/4 leather and koi fish patterned cloth. A collection of images of shrines, river views, hotels, natural settings, and villages of 19th century Japan. Studio photos laid down on stiff card stock mounted on cloth tape stubs. Images are on rectos and versos of the card stock, one to a page, each 7 3/4 x 10 1/4 in. Most are identified with printed captions and numbers. Some light rubbing to leather and soiling to binding, but overall very good, images all sharp, clear. Many can be recognized as the work of Kusakabe Kimbei (1841-1943) or his studio. The first album of 62 hand-tinted albumen photos are primarily views of Nikko, a small city in the mountains north of Tokyo, famous for the Shinto shrine Tochigi. Photos include a group of stone statues lining a path; Chiusenji Lake; a Sacred Bridge; Dainichido Garden; Iyemitsu Tomb; Yomeimon, Great Gate; etc. There are also more general images of a flower seller; women gathering tea leaves; a sleeping girl; a tattooed man; a basket cellar; rice planters; and a photo of a group of Japanese men and women posing with five Western men and women at tea in a room in front of a painted screen. Perhaps someone in this group was the owner of the albums. The second album of 40 hand-tinted, and 6 untinted albumen photos show views from Matsushima; Honmoku, near Yokohama; Noge Hill, Yokohama; the Room of Hot Spring Place, Hakone; Spring Scenes of Koganei near Tokyo; Nishi Honganji Temple Carving Gate at Kioto; Kurodani Graveyard at Kioto; any many more. Cameras for the amateur photographer were just beginning to become available in the 1880s, so travellers were still dependent on other ways of capturing their memories. Professional photographers often supplied images of tourist spots, either individually or in souvenir albums available for purchase. Many, if not all of the images in these two albums are products of the photographic studio of Kusakabe Kimbei in Yokohama. Although they do not bear his stamp, the numbered photos and captions can be identified in catalogues of his work. Kusakabe Kimbei trained under Felice Beato (ca.1825-1907), an Italian living in Japan, first as a colorist and later as a photographer. He opened his own studio in 1881 and his images often captured the fast vanishing world of old Japan. [see: Chris Kincaid's essay "Felice Beato and Kimbei Kusakabe, Photographers of 1800s Japan," (Japan Powered: 2018)].
The Wolves of Willoughby Chase

The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Aiken, Joan

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Title
The Wolves of Willoughby Chase
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Aiken, Joan
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Burnside Rare Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Near Fine
Description
London: Jonathan Cape, 1962. First British Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition, first printing. Signed by Joan Aiken and inscribed "Best wishes from the author" on the front free endpaper. Bound in publisher's black cloth-affect boards with spine lettered in silver. Near Fine with slight lean to binding and small stain to fore edge of textblock extending into the margins of a few pages. In a Near Fine vibrant unclipped dust jacket with fading to spine, light rubbing to edges and small tear to rear joint at top edge. A fantastic copy of the first book in The Wolves Chronicles, a popular series set during the time of King James III, scarce signed.
How to Commit a Murder

How to Commit a Murder by Ahearn, Danny

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Title
How to Commit a Murder
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Ahearn, Danny
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Burnside Rare Books, ABAA (United States)
Description
New York: Ives Washburn Inc, 1930. First Edition. First edition. Signed by Danny Ahearn, inscribed on the bottom half of the title page to Hollywood columnist Jimmy Starr, "Best of Good-Luck in[?] anything you ever [?] take to. May our friendship go on for decades to come, from one Human guy to another. Sincerest regards [signed] Danny Ahearn." Hollywood bookstore (The Satyr Book Shop) ticket on rear endpaper. 254 pp. with photo frontispiece. Bound in publisher's red cloth with yellow lettering. Fine in Good pictorial dust jacket with chip to bottom of front panel, interior chip to spine panel, head chipped as well, tape mends to verso, unclipped ($2.50). Back in print in 2022, scarce signed.One career criminal's how to guide for the uninitiated, crimes certainly not limited to murder. The chapter titles tell it all: "How to Rob a Jewelry Store" (classic), "How to Stick Up a Fur Joint" (nowadays not so easy to do), "Straight Stickups," "How to Run a Crap Game" paired with its logical rejoinder "Taking a Crap Game" (heads I win, tails you lose), "Pulling a Phony Pinch," "Easy Money," "The Political Racket" (another timeless classic), "The Automobile Racket," "Beating a Frameup," and lastly the titular "How to Commit a Murder--" with the all-important next chapter "-- And Get Away with It." All told in '20s hoodlum slang. This is one Ahearns guide with an appeal to a much broader audience than book collectors and sellers, basically to anyone with an id.
Theorie des Operations Lineaires

Theorie des Operations Lineaires by Banach, Stefan

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Title
Theorie des Operations Lineaires
Author
Banach, Stefan
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Dale Steffey Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Very Good Plus
Description
Warszawa: Z Subwencji Funduszu Kultury Narodowej, 1932. Book. Very Good Plus. Printed Wrappers. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First Edition of Stefan Banach's most important work foundational in functional analysis, which introduced the concept of normed linear spaces, which are now known as Banach spaces. This work transformed functional analysis into a distinct field of mathematics. The concept of Banach spaces and the later development of Hilbert spaces (a specific type of Banach space) are fundamental to the mathematical formulation of quantum mechanics.(Wikipedia) Very Good Plus copy in the original printed wrappers, the text in French but printed in Poland. The spine and edges of the wrappers sunned to brown, else clean, tight and unmarked internally. vii, 254 pp. .
[Collection of NAACP Membership Materials in Arizona and California]

[Collection of NAACP Membership Materials in Arizona and California]

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[Collection of NAACP Membership Materials in Arizona and California]
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Langdon Manor Books LLC (United States)
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Very good
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Mostly Flagstaff, Arizona; also San Francisco, 1967. Very good. 81 items ranging from 2¼" x 3¼" to 6" x 10½": see description for details. Generally very good or better: a few items gently worn and a few like new. This is a collection of letters, forms, reports and printed ephemera showing the drive of African American residents of Flagstaff, Arizona to increase membership in their local NAACP chapter. A few items also represent the San Francisco NAACP, including a typed letter signed by a noted female leader. The end days of World War II saw an influx of Black migration to the small logging town of Flagstaff for sawmill and lumber work. Where the 1930 census reported 115 African American residents, that of 1950 claimed 667. The town stayed segregated, with Black and Mexican homes and businesses lying south of the railroad tracks. The Northern Arizona chapter of the NAACP was founded in Flagstaff in 1951 by a group that included Annie Watkins. A former school teacher, Watkins turned to local politics when she saw that Black voters' ballots were being thrown away. She was vice chair of the county Democratic committee and led voter registration drives and education sessions for the Black community. This small collection shows the growth of the Flagstaff chapter in the 1960s, and includes 56 membership campaign envelopes filled out with names and addresses. There are membership cards, reports, endorsed checks and handwritten notes on officers, members and donations. Autograph and typed signed letters to New York headquarters reveal donations and requests for recruitment material, there's a response on HQ letterhead, and most are in their original envelopes. Notably, one of these envelopes holds pristine printed materials including a photographic brochure and the NAACP Life Membership Bulletin of June 1962, which ran "Civil Rights Round-Up" news, upcoming events and "sales hints." Three items reflect similar work in California, including a TLS on San Francisco chapter letterhead from Acting Regional Secretary Tarea Hall Pittman, asking branches to send in their 1960 reports. Pittman had been president of the California State Association of Colored Women's Clubs and of the California Council of Negro Women, and served as Director of the NAACP West Coast Region from 1961 to 1965. Vivid documentation of the efforts of African Americans to organize in Arizona and California. An inventory of contents is available.
Mirrors, Dreams, and Miracles

Mirrors, Dreams, and Miracles by Hammill, Peter

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Mirrors, Dreams, and Miracles
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Hammill, Peter
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B Street Books, ABAA (United States)
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Good
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Sofa Sound, 1982. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Good. INSCRIBED on the flyleaf by the author, "Happy Birthday Chris, for March 27th, 1992, Best regards, Peter Hammill". A brief introduction discusses the formation of the collection, followed by lyrics grouped by subject matter, eight short stories, a discography for Hammill and Van der Graaf Generator, and an alphabetical index. Portrait on the rear cover by Anton Corbijn. Wear and scuffs to paper covers, with creasing to joints. Pages faintly toned with age. 224pp. 7.75 x 5
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SALONES PALACIO NACIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC ALBUM

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SALONES PALACIO NACIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC ALBUM
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Beverly Karno Books LLC (United States)
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México, D.F.: Presidencia de la República - Subdirección de Almacenes e Inventario. Dirección General de Administración 1988 - 1994, 1994. 535 individual photographs (mostly 6x4cm), leather bound with gold stamped title. Contains a meticulous inventory of furniture, paintings, accessories and other decorative elements of the halls of the National Palace in Mexico City. In total, 535 individual original b/w photographs, mostly 6 x 4 cm., are included, which portray all the inventoried pieces. Each photograph is accompanied by a description and inventory number. The album includes the different environments, galleries and halls of the National Palace, including the presidential office, the library, the meeting room, the dining room, etc. Important register of assets found in the National Palace at the end of the Presidency of Carlos Salinas de Gortari.
ALBUM OF THE SECOND BATTALION DURYEE ZOUAVES: 165th New York Volunteer Infantry

ALBUM OF THE SECOND BATTALION DURYEE ZOUAVES: 165th New York Volunteer Infantry by [Union Regimental History]

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ALBUM OF THE SECOND BATTALION DURYEE ZOUAVES: 165th New York Volunteer Infantry
Author
[Union Regimental History]
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Kubik Fine Books Ltd, ABAA (United States)
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The Regiment: Privately Printed, 1906. First edition. White decorated cloth. Light staining to covers; interior clean and tight. A hardcover book in good condition. SUPERB PHOTOGRAPHIC RECORD OF A NEW YORK INFANTRY REGIMENT. This work contains little text, being primarily an album of photographs of the regiment's men, both officers and enlisted men. The photographs are all identified and most contain a brief biography of the soldier. The photos are a mix of older photos taken during the war and contemporary portraits of survivors.
Brothers in Arms; The Epic Story of the 761st Tank Battalion, WWII's Forgotten Heroes

Brothers in Arms; The Epic Story of the 761st Tank Battalion, WWII's Forgotten Heroes by Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem [Powell, Colin]

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Brothers in Arms; The Epic Story of the 761st Tank Battalion, WWII's Forgotten Heroes
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Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem [Powell, Colin]
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The First Edition Rare Books, LLC (United States)
ISBN
9780767909136
Condition
Fine
Description
New York: Broadway Books, 2005. First Trade Paperback. Paperback. Fine. First paperback edition of Brothers in Arms by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, inscribed to former Secretary of State Colin Powell.. Octavo, xv, 302pp. Paperback. Stated "First trade paperback edition published 2005" on copyright page. Solid text block, a fine example. Signed "9/14/08 For Gen Powell, I'm sure you know this story but I figured that you could get some depth from this version. Enjoy / Kareem" on the front free endpaper. Both Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Colin Powell were featured speakers at Peter Lowe's "Success 1996" seminar. Since that time, Abdul-Jabbar has consistently referenced General Powell as an inspiration for his philanthropic work.
[Darwin, California]

[Darwin, California] by Allen, Norton

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[Darwin, California]
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Allen, Norton
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Tschanz Rare Books (United States)
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[Palm Springs, CA]: [Desert Magazine], 1963. Manuscript map [21.5 cm x 36.5 cm] / [8.5" x 14.5"] ink on paper. Near fine. This map appears in the Desert Magazine issue for February of 1963 on page 18, and accompanies the article 'Mineral Mecca at Darwin' by Mary Francis Berkholz. This excellent map depicts the Darwin Hills mining district near Darwin, California. The Calcite Hole, Anaconda Company, Belle Union, Lucky Jim Mine, Christmas Gift Mine, Zinc Hill Mine, and Darwin Falls. Norton Allen (1909-1997) was an American artist and archaeologist who worked in the American Southwest. For nearly four decades he was one of the in-house draftsmen who drew the outstanding maps that appeared in many issues of Desert Magazine. Unique. "A visit to the Darwin District is not complete without a stop at beautiful Darwin Falls. Here, from a sharp cleft in the barren hills, a ribbon of life-giving water dance down the fluted walls into the fern grotto and pool below. A quiet, peaceful, oasis hidden in the heart of one of the Mojave Desert's most arid regions.
(BLACK EDUCATION)

(BLACK EDUCATION)

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(BLACK EDUCATION)
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The Bookpress, Ltd. (United States)
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(BLACK EDUCATION) Sixth Annual Report of the Board of Trustees of Combined Normal and Industri Department at Wilberforce University, Green Co. Ohio 1893. 8vo. Original gree wrappers, illustrated with full page view of Normal Hall on the rear wrapper. N.P. 1893. First Edition Wilberforce University was the first college owned and operated by African Americans. The founding of the college in 1856 was a collaboration by the Cincinnati, Ohio Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church and the African Methodist Episcopal church. They planned a college to provide classical educaton and teacher training for black youth. Leaders of both races made up the first board members. When the number of students fell due to the American Civil War and financial losses closed the college in 1863, the AME Church purchased the institution t ensure tis survival. Its first president, Bishop Daniel A. Payne, was one of the original founders. Prominent supporters and the US government donated fun for rebuilding after a fire in 1865. The college attracted the top professor in the day, including W.E.B. DuBois. Wrappers stained; with a few ex-library stamps on front cover, "With complime of Elroy M. Avory Ohio Senate." Apparently not in OCLC. 40756.
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Let it Come Down by Bowles, Paul

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Let it Come Down
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Bowles, Paul
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Thomas A Goldwasser Rare Books (United States)
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London: John Lehmann, 1952. First edition. Cloth, very good in lightly faded and used dust jacket. Ownership signature dated Cairo, 1952. Jacket design by John Minton.
Ethics: An Investigation of the Facts and Laws of the Moral Life: The Facts of the Moral Life; Ethical Systems

Ethics: An Investigation of the Facts and Laws of the Moral Life: The Facts of the Moral Life; Ethical Systems by Wundt, Wilhelm; Gulliver, Julia; Titchener, Edward Bradford; Washburn, Margaret Floy

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Ethics: An Investigation of the Facts and Laws of the Moral Life: The Facts of the Moral Life; Ethical Systems
Author
Wundt, Wilhelm; Gulliver, Julia; Titchener, Edward Bradford; Washburn, Margaret Floy
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Yesterday's Muse Books (United States)
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Very Good
Description
London: Swan Sonnenschein & Co., Lim / William Brendon and Son, Printers, 1897. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Ink name and date on title pages, pages lightly toned (endpapers more so). 1897 Hard Cover. xii, 339; viii, 196, [2] pp. 8vo. Wundt is considered the founder of modern psychology (a survey in American Psychologist ranked William James and Sigmund Freud a distant second and third). He also founded Philosophische Studien, the first academic journal for psychological research.
The Twilight of World Steam

The Twilight of World Steam by Ziel, Ron; Eagleson, Mike

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The Twilight of World Steam
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Ziel, Ron; Eagleson, Mike
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Yesterday's Muse Books (United States)
ISBN
9780448024325
Condition
Very Good
Description
New York: Madison Square Press / Grosset & Dunlap, 1976. Reprint. Large Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 10x8x1. 1976 reprint. Jacket price clipped, minor ink transfer on rear jacket. 303, [1] pp. A definitive and masterful record of the end of an era - the passing of the steam locomotive around the world. Over 550 action photographs, 22 in full color.
Seek the Living

Seek the Living by Ashley Warlick

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Seek the Living
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Ashley Warlick
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Grayshelf Books, ABAA, IOBA (United States)
ISBN
9780618341481
Condition
Fine
Description
First Edition/First Printing with the complete number line; A Fine book in a Fine dust jacket, as new and unread. SIGNED by the author to the title page. A crisp, tight, and bright copy of this author's 3rd published work. Not remaindered, not price clipped, not ex-library; in a protective Mylar sleeve and will ship carefully wrapped in a sturdy box.
Mendelssohn is on the Roof

Mendelssohn is on the Roof by Jiri Weil

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Mendelssohn is on the Roof
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Jiri Weil
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Grayshelf Books, ABAA, IOBA (United States)
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9780374208103
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Fine
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First Edition/First Printing; A Fine book in a Fine dust jacket, with only a tiny rub to the spine foot. Not remaindered, not price clipped, not ex-library; in a protective Mylar sleeve and will ship carefully wrapped in a sturdy box.
Maps for Lost Lovers

Maps for Lost Lovers by Nadeem Aslam

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Maps for Lost Lovers
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Nadeem Aslam
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Grayshelf Books, ABAA, IOBA (United States)
ISBN
9780571221806
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Fine
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First UK Edition/First Printing with the complete number line; A Fine book in a Fine dust jacket with no visible flaws. An outstanding copy of this critically acclaimed novel; not remaindered, not price clipped, not ex-library; in archival protection.
A Hen Pidgeon from the Ninkcombar Islands near Pegu in India FROM A Natural History of Birds: illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life

A Hen Pidgeon from the Ninkcombar Islands near Pegu in India FROM A Natural History of Birds: illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life by Albin, Eleazar

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A Hen Pidgeon from the Ninkcombar Islands near Pegu in India FROM A Natural History of Birds: illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life
Author
Albin, Eleazar
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Biomed Rare Books LLC, ABAA, ILAB (United States)
Description
London: Printed for the Author, 1737. First edition. 1737 NICOBAR PIGEON, RELATIVE OF THE EXTINCT DODO, FROM THE FIRST BIRD BOOK TO INCLUDE COLOR PLATES HANDCOLORED BY THE AUTHOR AND HIS DAUGHTER. 9x11 1/4 inches handcolored engraving from Eleazar Albin's Natural History of Birds. Bright, bold colors, heavy paper, very good. ELEAZAR ALBIN (1690 – 1742) was an English naturalist and watercolorist illustrator who wrote and illustrated a number of books including A Natural History of English Insects (1720), A Natural History of Birds (1731–38) and The Natural History of Spiders and other Curious Insects (1736). Nothing is known of Albin's early life, though he may have been German-born; he claimed to have been in Jamaica in 1701. In 1708 he is known to have been married and living in Piccadilly, London. Albin taught watercolor painting before being instructed in natural history by silk weaver and naturalist Joseph Dandridge. A Natural History of Birds has colored engravings by Albin and his daughter Elizabeth Albin. In that book Albin writes "As for the paintings, they are all done from life, with all the exactness I could either with my own hand, or my daughter's, whom I have taught to draw and paint after the life". This was the first book on birds to include color plates. Fewer than 100 copies were printed, accounting for its rarity. THE NICOBAR PIGEON (Caloenas nicobarica) is found on small islands and in coastal regions from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India, east through the Malay Archipelago, to the Solomons and Palau. It is the only living member of the genus Caloenas, and may be the closest living relative of the extinct dodo,
Cuneiform Tablets. Haverford Library Collection.

Cuneiform Tablets. Haverford Library Collection. by Barton, George, Aaron (Ed.)..

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Cuneiform Tablets. Haverford Library Collection.
Author
Barton, George, Aaron (Ed.)..
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Ten Pound Island Book Co. (United States)
Condition
'Documents from the temple archives of Telloh'. Texts and facsimiles of Sumerian clay tablets, mainly of 'a business and adminis
Description
Philadelphia: John C. Winston Company, N D (1950?). 'Documents from the temple archives of Telloh'. Texts and facsimiles of Sumerian clay tablets, mainly of 'a business and administrative character'. Presented by Professor Barton of Bryn Mawr. With textual descriptions followed by illustrating facsimile drawings of the clay tablets. In sturdy boards (slight bumping). V G . Postage at cost.. 3 volumes. Vol 1 27 pp. 50 b/w illustrative plates. Vol. 2. 36 pp. 50 b/w illustrative plates. 2 photographic plates. Vol. 3. 62 pp. 54 b/w illustrative plates. 1 pp. corrections.
Dark Masquerade

Dark Masquerade by An Illustrious Anonymous Author

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Dark Masquerade
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An Illustrious Anonymous Author
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ReadInk (United States)
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Very Good+ in Good dj
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New York: Green Circle Books. Very Good+ in Good dj. (c.1936). First Edition. Hardcover. (price-clipped) [solid copy, a bit soiled on top edge, property stamps of Ross's News Store, Scranton, Pa. on front pastedown and ffep (no other markings of any kind); jacket is worn and soiled, with tiny bits of paper loss at several corners and edges]. "A startling novel of love, crime and redemption, by an Illustrious Anonymous Author." OK, now hold it just a minute -- is it really possible to be both "illustrious" and "anonymous"? I mean, really, what's the point in THAT? Anyway, this seems like a thoroughgoing potboiler, about a "prominent criminal attorney, well versed in the art of fixing juries," who falls in love with a debutante, who is also loved by "daring young news photographer" Jimmy Cronin. The flies in the ointment of this three-way romance are gangster brothers Butch and Larry McCabe, disgruntled clients of the aforementioned lawyer, and the ensuing plot involves "an avalanche of masterfully portrayed incidents including a jail-break and the appearance of a mysterious nun on an ocean voyage." That's right, a mysterious nun. .
Tuck Valentine Postcard with Real Photo Inset -- "The Jewel Purse" Series no. 267

Tuck Valentine Postcard with Real Photo Inset -- "The Jewel Purse" Series no. 267

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Tuck Valentine Postcard with Real Photo Inset -- "The Jewel Purse" Series no. 267
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Eclectibles (United States)
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Very good. Light toning, surface discoloration.
Description
England: Raphael Tuck, 1900. Very good. Light toning, surface discoloration.. An attractive postcard published as part of Raphael Tuck's "The Jewel Purse" series of Valentine post cards (no. 267). The front is embossed and printed in a bright silver metallic ink. It depicts a silver purse with the caption "With Valentine Greetings", and a small real photograph of a young lady in the center of the purse. Measures approx. 3.5" by 5.5
Circle of Animals

Circle of Animals by Ai Weiwei; Susan Delson [ed.]

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Title
Circle of Animals
Author
Ai Weiwei; Susan Delson [ed.]
Seller
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN
9783791346366
Condition
Fine
Description
Munich: Prestel, 2011. Fine/Very Good +. Munich: Prestel, 2011. First Edition. Large square quarto; publisher's simulated cloth in white photo-illustrated dust jacket; 219pp.; photographic illus. throughout, chiefly in color. Minute shelf wear and very faint soil to jacket extremities, else a Very Good to Near Fine copy.
THE BULB BOOK

THE BULB BOOK by WEATHERS, John

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THE BULB BOOK
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WEATHERS, John
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Antic Hay Books (United States)
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WEATHERS, John. THE BULB BOOK: OR BULBOUS AND TUBEROUS PLANTS FOR THE OPEN AIR, STOVE, AND GREENHOUSE. CONTAINING PARTICULARS AS TO DESCRIPTIONS, CULTURE, PROPAGATION, ETC., OF PLANTS FROM ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD HAVING BULBS, CORMS, TUBERS, OR RHIZOMES, (ORCHIDS EXCLUDED). Illustrated by the Author. NY: E.P. Dutton, [no date]. Small 4to., green cloth stamped in gilt. First Edition. Very Good (some sunning spine). $50.00.
The Dawn Patrol (First Edition, signed in the year of publication)

The Dawn Patrol (First Edition, signed in the year of publication) by Don Winslow

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The Dawn Patrol (First Edition, signed in the year of publication)
Author
Don Winslow
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Royal Books (United States)
ISBN
9780307266200
Description
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2008. First Edition. First Edition. SIGNED and dated in the year of publication on the title page. The first Boone Daniels book, a 2009 Barry finalist. About Fine in a Fine dust jacket.
Summer Set 2007

Summer Set 2007

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Title
Summer Set 2007
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Kenneth Mallory Bookseller. ABAA (United States)
Condition
Very good
Description
NY: David Findlay Jr. Fine Art, 2007. Paperback. Very good. Paperback. [64]]pp. Lightly rubbed, else very good in publisher's wraps.
Family Meal SIGNED FIRST EDITION

Family Meal SIGNED FIRST EDITION by Washington, Bryan

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Family Meal SIGNED FIRST EDITION
Author
Washington, Bryan
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Underground Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN
9780593421093
Condition
Very good +
Description
New York: Riverhead Books, 2023. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good +/Very good +. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Bryan Washington in ink to page specially bound in by the publisher. Stated First Printing. 9 1/4" X 6". 306pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners and edges of unclipped dust jacket. Bound in black paper over boards with spine backed in white and lettered in purple. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. A very presentable signed first edition of this irresistible novel from the bestselling, award-winning author Memorial and Lot. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Cam is living in Los Angeles and falling apart after the love of his life has died. Kai's ghost won't leave Cam alone; his spectral visits wild, tender, and unexpected. When Cam returns to his hometown of Houston, he crashes back into the orbit of his former best friend, TJ, and TJ's family bakery. TJ's not sure how to navigate this changed Cam, impenetrably cool and self-destructing, or their charged estrangement. Can they find a way past all that has been said - and left unsaid - to save each other? Could they find a way back to being okay again, or maybe for the first time? When secrets and wounds become so insurmountable that they devour us from within, hope and sustenance and friendship can come from the most unlikely source. Spanning Los Angeles, Houston, and Osaka, Family Meal is a story about how the people who know us the longest can hurt us the most, but how they also set the standard for love. With his signature generosity and eye for food, sex, love, and the moments that make us the most human, Bryan Washington returns with a brilliant new novel.(Publisher).
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Carl Maria Von Weber: Sein Leben und Sein Schaffen by ZENTNER, Wilhelm

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Carl Maria Von Weber: Sein Leben und Sein Schaffen
Author
ZENTNER, Wilhelm
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Argosy Book Store (United States)
Condition
near fine
Description
hardcover. near fine/very good. Illus. 12mo, cloth, d.w. Olten, (1952). Near fine in very good dust wrapper.

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