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SPECIMEN DAYS IN AMERICA Inscribed by Whitman to his Niece

SPECIMEN DAYS IN AMERICA Inscribed by Whitman to his Niece by WHITMAN, Walt

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Seller: Charles Agvent, ABAA
Title
SPECIMEN DAYS IN AMERICA Inscribed by Whitman to his Niece
Author
WHITMAN, Walt
Seller
Charles Agvent, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Toning to paper. Neat professional repair to hinges. Very Good
Description
London: Walter Scott, 1887. First Edition. Hardcover. Toning to paper. Neat professional repair to hinges. Very Good. Original dark blue cloth with a printed paper spine label. Part of the Camelot Series. BAL 21428: Binding A. Most of the material within first appeared 5 years earlier in SPECIMEN DAYS & COLLECT published by Rees Welsh and Company in Philadelphia. This edition is "Newly Revised by the Author, with Fresh Preface and Additional Note." INSCRIBED by the poet on the front endpaper to his niece: "Jesse L. Whitman/Oct: 1888--/to my Dear Jess:/from Uncle Walt." SPECIMEN DAYS IN AMERICA contains largely personal reminiscences, including hospital scenes and incidents during the Civil War. An exceptionally scarce family Association Copy of what is considered the largest and most important work of Whitman's old age, a new form of autobiography linking personal and national history. Jessie Louisa Whitman was the daughter of Walt Whitman's brother, Jeff. She and her older sister Manahatta ("Hattie") were born in the house on Portland Avenue in Brooklyn that their parents shared with Walt, his mother, and brothers George and Edward. Her family's move to St. Louis in 1868, when Jessie was 4, did nothing to detract from her strong feelings for her Uncle Walt. After her mother died in 1873, she spent much of each summer at the home of George Whitman in Camden, where Walt was also living at that time. She was close to her uncle all her life and was with him a few weeks before his death in 1892. She lived until 1957, just shy of her 94th birthday. Whitman mentioned her in his touching reflection on her father, "An Engineer's Obituary," published in GOOD-BYE MY FANCY (1891). Jeff Whitman died in November 1890, about 2 years after Walt presented this book to Jeff's daughter.
Spectaculum naturae & artium : in vier Sprachen, Deutsch, Lateinisch, Franzoesisch und Italiaenisch. 2 Volumes in 1

Spectaculum naturae & artium : in vier Sprachen, Deutsch, Lateinisch, Franzoesisch und Italiaenisch. 2 Volumes in 1 by MEIL, Johann Wilhelm; WINTER, George Ludewig

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Spectaculum naturae & artium : in vier Sprachen, Deutsch, Lateinisch, Franzoesisch und Italiaenisch. 2 Volumes in 1
Author
MEIL, Johann Wilhelm; WINTER, George Ludewig
Seller
Ursus Books (United States)
Description
1761. MEIL, Johann Wilhelm. Spectaculum naturae & artium: in vier Sprachen, Deutsch, Lateinisch, Franzoesisch und Italiaenisch. 2 volumes in 1, with 30 and 20 plates respectively, in contemporary hand coloring. 8vo, 200 x 155 mm, contemporary calf over boards. Berlin: Bey George Ludewig Winter, 1761-1765. A splendid copy of this delightful polyglot pictorial encyclopaedia of trades, crafts and technology, including beekeeping, printing, engraving, zoo keeping, scientific instruments, military and naval equipment, building and construction. The plates are by Johann Wilhelm Meil and in this copy are in contemporary hand colouring. A rare book with OCLC listing copies at only Berkeley, Newberry, Illinois, LC, Harvard, Princeton in the US.
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Developmental Abnormalities of the Eye by Mann, Ida - HUMAN EYE

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Title
Developmental Abnormalities of the Eye
Author
Mann, Ida - HUMAN EYE
Seller
Palinurus Antiquarian Books (United States)
Condition
Very good; some rubbing to the cloth.
Description
Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press Published for the British Journal of Ophthalmology, 1937. First Edition.. Original publisher's cloth.. Very good; some rubbing to the cloth.. Royal 8vo, [12]. [1] - 444 pp. and illustrations throughout. “After qualifying Mann decided to specialize in ophthalmology, and took her first post under Leslie Paton at St Mary's, becoming FRCS in 1924. She also held several teaching appointments while she progressed up the ladder towards consultant ophthalmologist status, reaching the highest point in 1927 with appointment as senior surgeon on the staff of Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, the first woman ever to do so. At the same time she established a Harley Street practice and consolidated herself as a leading clinical ophthalmologist in London, but still carried on her developmental studies and teaching (including the diploma course in Oxford). In this period up to the Second World War she learned and promoted the then new technique of slit-lamp microscopy of the eye, applying it both to patients and to animals in the London Zoo. She was also instrumental in bringing to London in 1938 Josef Dallos, the Hungarian pioneer of glass contact lenses, just ahead of the Nazi take-over of Hungary, and with him she established the first contact lens centre in the United Kingdom… At the instigation of Sir Hugh Cairns Mann moved to Oxford in 1941 to undertake the clinical training of medical students diverted from London, and there she was appointed to Margaret Ogilvy's readership in ophthalmology, as well as a personal chair, the first woman ever to hold the title of professor in the University of Oxford, and a professorial fellowship in St Hugh's College… In this period she was the first to use penicillin to treat ocular infection.” See ODNB; G-M #5987.
The American Senator

The American Senator by Trollope, Anthony

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Title
The American Senator
Author
Trollope, Anthony
Seller
De Wolfe and Wood (United States)
Description
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1877. Paper wraps. Trollope, Anthony. The American Senator. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1877. 190 pages in original wraps. Front wraps is separating. First U.S. Edition.
Maroc
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Maroc by Watson, Albert

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Seller: Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
Title
Maroc
Author
Watson, Albert
Seller
Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN
9780847821617
Description
New York: Rizzoli, 1998. Hardcover. Folio [36.5 cm] Illustrated paper covered boards. Very good. The edges of the spine and covers are bumped. The spine is slightly rolled. The dust jacket is in very good condition. Mildly soiled. There is a small stain on the rear panel.Extra charges apply on this item due to weight. May require extra postage due to weight. Albert Watson is an internationally famous fashion photographer whose earlier book, Cyclops, was an instant success. His work often appears in the world's top fashion magazines.
Forget If You Can

Forget If You Can by Erskine, John

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Title
Forget If You Can
Author
Erskine, John
Seller
Brenner's Collectable Books (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1935. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo., 337pp. Sharp Stated First Edition. Square and tight. Some foxing to endpapers and pastedowns, a little shelfwear but still a bright clean copy. Unclipped dust-jacket, ($2.50), has some rubbing to folds and a few tiny nicks and closed tears. Still fresh and bright and scarce in any condition. A solid collectable copy and uncommon, particularly in dust-jacket.
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Details of Frank Lloyd Wright; the California work, 1909-74. by Dunham, J.

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Title
Details of Frank Lloyd Wright; the California work, 1909-74.
Author
Dunham, J.
Seller
J.B. Muns, Fine Arts Books (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
Photos by Scott Zimmerman. Intro. by Eric Lloyd Wright. Color plates.

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