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As a Strong Bird on Pinions Free by WHITMAN Walt

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Title: As a Strong Bird on Pinions Free
Author: WHITMAN Walt
Seller: Bauman Rare Books (United States)
Description: 1872. First Edition. Signed. WHITMAN, Walt. As a Strong Bird on Pinions Free. and Other Poems. Washington: 1872. Slim octavo, original green cloth. Housed in a custom clamshell box. $5200.First edition, boldly signed and dated by Whitman in purple ink on the title page: ""Walt Whitman October 1884.""On June 14, 1872, twelve days before Whitman was scheduled to deliver the title poem at Dartmouth College, he wrote: ""I shall print my College Poem in a small book"" (Correspondence, II, 177). This collection of Whitman poems includes ""One Song, America, Before I Go,"" ""Souvenirs of Democracy,"" ""As a Strong Bird on Pinions Free,"" ""The Mystic Trumpeter,"" ""O Star of France,"" ""Virginia-The West,"" and ""By Broad Potomac's Shore."" With eight pages of publisher's ads as issued, including ""Foreign Criticism on Walt Whitman."" Myerson A7.1.a1. BAL 21408. Waterstaining to front cover, affecting ""Birds"" and ""Free"" of title, minor foxing to endpapers. Interior clean and bright, signature bold. A very good copy, signed by Whitman.

Arte Nuevo de Escribir por Preceptos Geometricos y Reglas Mathematicas by Aznar de Polanco, J C - WRITING MANUAL

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Title: Arte Nuevo de Escribir por Preceptos Geometricos y Reglas Mathematicas
Author: Aznar de Polanco, J C - WRITING MANUAL
Seller: Palinurus Antiquarian Books (United States)
Condition: A good copy; old ink stain to p. 74 has resulted in the loss of a few letters; some margins close ( but complete ); binding worn
Description: [Madrid]: [ M R de Murga ], [1719]. First Edition, second state - plates numbered.. Contemporary limp vellum.. A good copy; old ink stain to p. 74 has resulted in the loss of a few letters; some margins close ( but complete ); binding worn; text block beginning to split.. 4to. There is an eng. title, frontis. (with four saints), eng. portrait, and 39 eng. plates. A sought after book in which the author departs from usual forms of calligraphic art and presents it as a geometrical science. It is the first Spanish writing manual listed in the Hofer catalog. Harvard has two copies, both defective. The copy offered here is, according to Palau, Hofer, and others, complete with the maximum number of plates. Palau suggests that early issues of the book may have fewer plates. The author was an orphan (born in 1663) raised by the schoolmaster of his native town (Mostoles). He was to become famous as a creative and inventive ( and favored ) member of the court as well as a didactic writer on art, a mathematician, architect, and instructor of fencing. An impressive work with plates illustrating the laying out of dials and the mathematical basis for various letter forms. This resulted in a lengthy and detailed text that is most uncommon for this kind of book. The engraving throughout is elaborate and elegant. Only one plate is signed by the engraver Juan Bernabe Palomino; Cotarelo assigns all the engraving to him. The state results from the fact that the plates are numbered consecutively - Harvard has a defective copy without the numbering. What is of special interest is the crucial siginificance ( see Corbeto ) of such books and especially Aznar de Polanco on the early development of punchcutting in Spain during the formative mid-eighteenth century. The in depth analysis of the ' letra grifa ' - a cursive type - is directly attributed to Aznar de Polanco. Hofer Coll., # 137; Palau # 21133; Cotarelo y Mori I, pp. 134 - '40; see Corbeto, The Library, v. 10, #3, esp. pp. 286 - 289.

Istoriia odezhdy (History of Clothing) by Andreevskaia, V. D. (Vera Dmitrievna); Dmitrevskii, N. P.(Nikolai Pavlovich)

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Title: Istoriia odezhdy (History of Clothing)
Author: Andreevskaia, V. D. (Vera Dmitrievna); Dmitrevskii, N. P.(Nikolai Pavlovich)
Seller: ZH BOOKS (United States)
Condition: Good
Description: (Vologda): Izdanie Vologodskogo otdeleniia gosudarstvennogo izdatelstva, 1922. Good. Second printing (published shortly after the first), 1 of 4000 copies; 10 3/4 x 9; pp. [62]; rebound in speckled, gilt-and-black paper over boards and 3/4 leatherette; original wraps bound in; illustrated with beautiful lithographed plates; a few small deaccession stamps; two of the plates with archival repairs to verso; page numbers in manuscript (as published [?]); in good to very good condition.An ambitious and beautifully-executed endeavour, the book was a collaboration between author, historian, and educator Vera Dmitrievna Andreevskaia (1886 - 1960) and painter, graphic artist, stage designer, and part of Mir Iskusstva Nikolai Pavlovich Dmitrevskii (1890 - 1938). Intended for the "general population," the publication presented the history of clothing and fashion of various time periods - from primitive garbs through ancient Greek, Italian, and Chinese, to 18th-century French and 19th-century Russian outfits. Furthermore, to enhance the character of the style of the era, the artist added in the margins of the plates ornaments and other nation-specific symbols (cuneiform, etc.). The influence of the World of Art movement on Dmitrevskii could be clearly seen, especially in the illustrations of the French and Russian clothing. However, in some critics' opinions, the project was just a marginal success, as compared to other brilliant works of Dmitrievskii, this one showed his "little interest in the matter and lack of inspiration." Furthermore, the critics felt it was impossible to cover such an elaborate and all-encompassing subject in one thin volume. Nevertheless, for what it was, the book was overwhelmingly well-received, informative, and quite-handsome.

THE SCRIPTURE CHRONOLOGY DEMONSTRATED BY ASTRONOMICAL CALCULATIONS, AND ALSO BY THE YEAR OF JUBILEE, AND THE SABBATICAL YEAR AMONG THE JEWS: Or, an Account of Time from the Creation of the World, to the Destruction of Jerusalem; as it may be Proved by the Writings of the Old and New Testament by BEDFORD, Arthur

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Title: THE SCRIPTURE CHRONOLOGY DEMONSTRATED BY ASTRONOMICAL CALCULATIONS, AND ALSO BY THE YEAR OF JUBILEE, AND THE SABBATICAL YEAR AMONG THE JEWS: Or, an Account of Time from the Creation of the World, to the Destruction of Jerusalem; as it may be Proved by the Writings of the Old and New Testament
Author: BEDFORD, Arthur
Seller: Charles Agvent, ABAA (United States)
Condition: Title page soiled, laid down with minor marginal losses; some quires heavily foxed or stained but most of text and plates clean
Description: London: James and John Knapton et. al., 1730. First Edition. Hardcover. Title page soiled, laid down with minor marginal losses; some quires heavily foxed or stained but most of text and plates clean with a closed tear about 3 inches to one plate with no loss. Early signature of Benjamin Hale on the front pastedown. Leather very dry, front board and endpaper detached, the spine leather lacking but the text block solid. Good overall. Folio (10-1/2" x 17") bound in contemporary calf with the spine leather lacking and the front board detached; [ii], vi, [iv], 774, [24] pages. Complete with table of contents, list of subscribers, index, 13 maps, and 8 plates, 6 of which are folding. Most of the maps are of the Holy Land. The plates depict the Tower of Babel, Solomon's Temple, etc.

Two prints. Historic Christ Church at Middletown, and, Day of the Hawk. by Ward, Lynd

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Title: Two prints. Historic Christ Church at Middletown, and, Day of the Hawk.
Author: Ward, Lynd
Seller: Crooked House Books & Paper (United States)
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Two prints by Lynd Ward, 13" x 19", titled and signed in pencil by him. "Middletown" is numbered 191/250. Printed on very thin paper with light wear to edges.>

The Naked Sun by Asimov, Isaac

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Seller: Crooked House Books & Paper

Title: The Naked Sun
Author: Asimov, Isaac
Seller: Crooked House Books & Paper (United States)
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1957. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near fine. Ray, Ruth. Yellow paper-covered boards under yellow jacket designed by Ruth Ray. Book club edition, rear flap advertises "Double Star" by Heinlein. Not dated, circa 1960s. Minor toning to spine panel of DJ, small closed tear to top of front panel. A nice vintage copy of a classic sci-fi novel, something of a follow-up to Caves of Steel.

Dark Pearls by [Texas] [Fine Press] Thomas, Larry D.

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Title: Dark Pearls
Author: [Texas] [Fine Press] Thomas, Larry D.
Seller: Peruse the Stacks (United States)
Description: Nacogdoches, TX: LaNana Creek Press, 2009. First edition, #9 of 20 copies. 24x33cm, unpaginated. Photo and black and white woodcuts by Charles Jones after drawings by Corinne Jones. Signed by both artists at the colophon. Half tan Harmatan goat leather, brown book cloth over boards with silhouette illustrations of crows. Few scuffs to leather, perhaps from binding, else fine. Beautiful production from the LaNana Creek press at Stephen F. Austin State University, an illustrated collection of 16 poems from Larry D. Thomas (b. 1947), Texas Poet Laureate. From the colophon: "Printed from photopolymer plates and the original wood blocks, cut by Charles Jones from drawings by Corinne Jones. Designed and printed by Charles Jones on Somerset Book Wove, white paper. Assisting in layout, printing, and binding were, Anne E. McCabe, Kristina N. Grauke, and Terri Goggans." A very small limitation of 20 copies, 2 of which are held by institutions, and both in TX according to OCLC. .

Carte-de-Viste of the American Artist and Illustrator Charles Dana Gibson at his easel

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Title: Carte-de-Viste of the American Artist and Illustrator Charles Dana Gibson at his easel
Seller: Sandra L Hoekstra Bookseller, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA (United States)
Condition: Very good
Description: New York: Pach Bros., 935 B'way, 1900. Ephemera no binding. Very good. Card measures 8 11/16" x 10 ¼"; mounted photograph is 7 ¼" x 9 3/8"; bottom right card corner chipped, light creasing across bottom of photograph and two light vertical scratches, spotting to rear of card; very good. Charles Dana Gibson (1867-1944) was best known as the author of the Gibson Girl in the late 19th and at the start of the 20th century. The drawings of these beautiful, active, and seemingly independent women first graced the pages of popular magazines such as Life Magazine, Collier's, Scribner's, and Harper's Weekly, and later were published as collections in books. The photograph of the author and artist is taken in a sitting room setting, with two long couches in the background flanking a fireplace. Long decorative draperies have been pulled across the windows, probably to block the glare from outside lighting. The artist sits at an adjustable drawing table with a smaller table holding small bottles of ink and brushes at his elbow. Not smiling, he gazes calmly at the camera with one hand lightly resting on his drawing board. Balding in his later life, here he retains a full head of hair.

Delacroix by ALLARD, Sebastien; FABRE, Come

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Title: Delacroix
Author: ALLARD, Sebastien; FABRE, Come
Seller: Argosy Book Store (United States)
ISBN: 9781588396518
Condition: fine
Description: New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2018. First. hardcover. fine/near fine. DELACROIX, Eugene. Vibrant color reproductions throughout. 314 pages. Thick square 4to, blue cloth with gilt lettering at spine, pictorial d.w. (small area of crinkling at top edge). New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art/Yale University Press, (2018). First Edition. A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. With contributions by Dominique de Font-Reaulx, Michele Hannoosh, Mehdi Korchane, and Asher Miller. Catalogue published in conjunction with the 2018 exhibition "Delacroix" at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Le Prince Soleil Pièce à Grand Spectacle en 4 Actes et 22 Tableaux Représentée pour la 1ere fois au Thèâtre du Châtelet le 27 Juin 1889 Poëme de M. M. Hippolyte Raymond et Paul Burani ... Partition Chant et Piano Prix net: 12 f. [Piano-vocal score] by VASSEUR, Léon 1844-1917

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Title: Le Prince Soleil Pièce à Grand Spectacle en 4 Actes et 22 Tableaux Représentée pour la 1ere fois au Thèâtre du Châtelet le 27 Juin 1889 Poëme de M. M. Hippolyte Raymond et Paul Burani ... Partition Chant et Piano Prix net: 12 f. [Piano-vocal score]
Author: VASSEUR, Léon 1844-1917
Seller: J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians LLC (United States)
Description: Paris: Société Anonyme des Édition Mutuelle de Musique [PN E.M. 127], 1889. Large octavo. Quarter dark brown leather with textured maroon cloth boards, raised bands on spine in decorative compartments gilt, titling gilt. 1f. (recto decorative title printed in sepia within decorative border by L. Denis, verso blank),1f. (recto named cast list, verso blank), 1f. (recto contents, verso blank), 216 pp. Named cast includes Lantelme, Mary Aga, Toudouze, Blanche Miroir, N. Laurent, Pauline, Hélène, Léonie Leroux, Hortense, Devillers, Guéret, Léona, Francès, Lérand, Peutat, Fraizier, Chameroy, Clairmont, Ossart, Darcey, Boéjat, Pontalès, Jacquier, Doubleau, and Legrenay, with Maître de Ballet Balbiana and dancers Zanfretta and Aenea. Binding slightly worn, rubbed, and bumped. Uniformly browned; occasional minor foxing; small Barcelona bookseller's stamp to lower outer corner of title. Some rubbing to spine. Occasional minor foxing; small bookseller's handstamp to title. First Edition.

Igor Stravinsky: His Life, Works and Views ... translated by Martin Cooper by [STRAVINSKY]. Druskin, Mikhail

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Title: Igor Stravinsky: His Life, Works and Views ... translated by Martin Cooper
Author: [STRAVINSKY]. Druskin, Mikhail
Seller: J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians LLC (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1983. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo. Full black cloth with titling gilt to spine. 194 pp. With 5 illustrations. In dustjacket.

SILVER SLIPPERS by Bailey, Temple. Herford, Oliver (dustjacket art)

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Seller: Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB

Title: SILVER SLIPPERS
Author: Bailey, Temple. Herford, Oliver (dustjacket art)
Seller: Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB (United States)
Condition: Very Good -
Description: NY: Grosset & dunlop, 1928. First or early reprint edition. Hardcover. Very Good -/Very Good -. Reprint edition, bearing Penn Publishing copyright, 1928. Blue cloth covers, leaves heavily toned (pulp stock). Pictoorial dustjacket signed in by O Herford, with the O conjoined to the H, typical of Oliver Hereford, who became best known for authoring and illustrating his own books of comical whimsy, but who also in early days, especially, did commercial artwork, including book publishers.

[Auction Catalog]: Public Auction No. 170. Richard Wolffers Auctions, Inc. 6:00 P.M. Thursday June 18, 1992

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Seller: Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA

Title: [Auction Catalog]: Public Auction No. 170. Richard Wolffers Auctions, Inc. 6:00 P.M. Thursday June 18, 1992
Seller: Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (United States)
Condition: Near Fine
Description: San Francisco: Richard Wolffers Auctions, Inc, 1992. Softcover. Near Fine. Auction catalog. Small quarto. 224pp. Heavily illustrated in black and white. Light wear, near fine in printed wrappers. Over 1,100 items organized into three sections: Rock and Roll, Boxing, and Historical.

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