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He gong qi ju tu shuo 河工器具圖說 [Illustrations & Explanations of the Techniques of Water Conservancy and Civil Engineering]

He gong qi ju tu shuo 河工器具圖說 [Illustrations & Explanations of the Techniques of Water Conservancy and Civil Engineering] by WANYAN, Linqing 完顏麟慶 (M.: WANGGIYAN Linking)

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He gong qi ju tu shuo 河工器具圖說 [Illustrations & Explanations of the Techniques of Water Conservancy and Civil Engineering]
Author
WANYAN, Linqing 完顏麟慶 (M.: WANGGIYAN Linking)
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1836. 145 full-page woodcuts. Four juan bound in four vols. 8vo, later wrappers (some inoffensive worming in all vols.), stitched. Suzhou: Wu xue pu ju, Preface dated 1836. First edition of this richly illustrated book; it is rare on the market. “The first [Chinese] handbook specialized in technical knowledge about hydraulics (that we know of). It is an extremely valuable work because of the precise descriptions of each tool, the accompanying illustration and the attention given to terminology” (Spicq, “Linqing”). Wanggiyan Linking (1791–1846) — or, in the more common Chinese spelling, Wanyan Linqing — is one of the few Manchu bureaucrats recognized internationally today not for their activities within officialdom but for their accomplishments in the republic of letters. A descendant of the Jurchen emperors of the Jin state (1115–1234), Linking was born into the prestigious Bordered Yellow Banner and a lineage of eminent ministers in the imperial court. He attained the highest jinshi degree at the age of 17, and his career was distinguished and successful, reaching its apex with his appointment as the Viceroy of Liangjiang in 1839. To Western readers, Linking is perhaps best known as the author of the finely illustrated and widely translated memoir A Wild Swan’s Trail (Hong xue yin yuan tu ji 鴻雪因緣圖記). The memoir’s wide range of contents, from the war against the British to the aboriginal peoples of Guizhou to the rock collections of Beijing’s literati gardens, attests to the incredibly fascinating and multidimensional life of the Sino-Manchu man of letters caught in an age of turbulence. Beyond his own compositions, Linking also played a part in the history of women’s literature in China, having reportedly encouraged his mother, Yun Zhu 惲珠 (1771–1833), to publish her expansive collection of women’s poetry, thereby initiating the project that was to become the widely known Anthology of Correct Beginnings by Women of This Dynasty (Guochao guixiu zhengshi ji 國朝閨秀正始集, 1831, sequel published 1836). In light of his illustrious literary legacy, it is perhaps unsurprising that Linking’s expertise in the art of hydraulic engineering now occupies only a marginal position in his biography. For nearly a decade between 1833 and 1842, Linking’s most important professional duty as the Viceroy of the Southern Rivers was to oversee the management of some of China’s most strategically important and sometimes dangerous bodies of water: the Yellow River, the Hongze Lake, the Huai River, and the Grand Canal connecting southern China to the capital in the north. This professional responsibility led to Linking’s profound interest in and familiarity with the history and practice of hydraulics in China. Our book “is supplied with pictures of coffer-dams, dykes, sluice -gates, gabions, ships, tools, and so on. Although of late date, the book is very little indebted to Western influences since so much of the technique was highly traditional.”–Needham et al., Science and Civilisation in China, Vol. 4, Part III, Civil Engineering and Nautics, pp. 327-29 (with illus.), & see p. 596, with an illustration from the fourth volume of our book of a “standard transport junk”; Needham states this is “the best traditional Chinese drawing which shows the system of battens, the multiple sheets with their euphroes, the halyards and the topping lifts.” Our book reflects the depth of Linking’s practical knowledge and scholarly erudition on civil engineering. According to the postscript, the four-volume work contains 133 plates of illustrations representing 254 objects related to hydraulic engineering (in our count, there are 145 plates and around 300 objects). It is divided into four categories: 1. Xuanfang 宣防: tools for communication and defense, such as signal flags, weather vanes, various types of measuring instruments, announcement boards, etc. 2. Xiujun 修濬: tools for maintaining, repairing, dredging, constructing dikes, or directing waterways, such as pumps, spades, shovels, ramming stones, sieves, vessels, groovers, etc. 3. Qianghu 搶護: tools for emergency response, including specialized boats, horse-mounted plows, flood bags, and elaborate mechanisms known as “wooden dragons” (mulong 木龍). 4. Chubei 儲備: tools for transportation and storage, including land vehicles, specialized boats, tools for cutting, ropes and rope-making devices, frames, hooks, etc. According to the Preface, during Linking’s patrols of the riverbanks, “whenever [he] saw an instrument, [he] always inquired about it in great detail and studied its history diligently. Some tools were invented anew for a specialized task, others were adapted for purposes different from their original ones; some are analogous to ancient tools but are in fact modern inventions, while others belong in the present while being identical to ancient tools.” Each full-page woodcut is thus accompanied by a succinct and learned essay on the history, technical purpose, and general significance of the instruments depicted, with frequent references to canonical texts such as the Confucian classics and dynastic histories. Linking was firmly aware of the historical importance of his own undertaking, and in the Preface explicitly defends his choice to publish the first illustrated treatise dedicated to hydraulic technology by arguing for the inseparability of the cosmo-political Way (dao 道) and various worldly technologies (qi 器). The work’s postscript, written by Wang Guozuo 王國佐, emphasizes the historical significance of this unprecedented treatise by comparing its depth and scope to previously published works on waterways and hydraulics. PROVENANCE: A collector’s red seal reads 泰和蕭敷政蒲邨氏珍藏, indicating our copy once belonged to the library of Xiao Fuzheng 蕭敷政 (d. 1924), a Republican-era book collector who lived in southern China. A very good set, preserved in a hantao. The first three leaves of the first volume and the final three leaves of the last volume have been repaired, not touching text. Some faint dampstaining. Small characters on the last page of the postscript state that the woodblocks were carved at 姑蘇閶門外洞涇橋西吳學圃局, which, according to the Encyclopedia of China entry on this title, indicates that this is the first edition, printed at Suzhou in 1836. The rebinding is imperfect, as the tables of contents of Vols. 2-4 are bound at the end of their preceding volumes rather than the beginning of the volumes to which they belong. ❧ Hummel, Eminent Chinese of the Ch’ing Period, Vol. I, pp. 506-07. Li, Xiaorong, “Gender and Textual Politics during the Qing Dynasty: The Case of the Zhengshi ji” in HJAS 69, No. 1 (2009), pp. 75–107. Spicq, Delphine, “Linqing 麟慶 (1791-1846), official handbooks and the diffusion of knowledge about water conservancy in nineteenth century China,” Water History Conference, Montpellier, 28 June 2013. Van Hecken, J. L., & W. A. Grootears, “The Half-Acre Garden, Pan-Mou Yüan” in Monumenta Serica 18 (1959), pp. 360–87.
Outlaw Blues (Original screenplay for the 1977 film)

Outlaw Blues (Original screenplay for the 1977 film) by Susan Saint James, Peter Fonda (starring); Richard T. Heffron (director); Bill L. Norton (screenwriter); John Crawford, James T. Callahan (starring)

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Outlaw Blues (Original screenplay for the 1977 film)
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Susan Saint James, Peter Fonda (starring); Richard T. Heffron (director); Bill L. Norton (screenwriter); John Crawford, James T. Callahan (starring)
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Royal Books (United States)
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Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1976. Revised First Draft script for the 1977 film. Bobby (Peter Fonda) is a struggling musician who gets a chance to showcase some of his songs to country star, Garland Dupree (Callahan). The country star steals Bobby's best song, "Outlaw Blues," and makes it a hit. Receiving no credit, Bobby confronts Garland, and when Garland is found shot dead shortly afterward, Bobby becomes the prime suspect. Only Garland's back-up singer Tina Waters (James) believes Bobby's innocence. Together, they hit the road, looking for the killer. Fonda did his own singing in the film. Shot on location in Texas. Blue titled wrappers. Title page present, dated January 21, 1976, noted as REVISED FIRST DRAFT, with credits for screenwriter Norton and producer Steve Tisch, as well as Fred Weintraub and Paul Heller, representatives of the production company. 121 leaves, with last page of text numbered 118. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good plus, bound with two gold brads.
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ALBERT GIACOMETTI; DESIGNS 1914-1965. by Bouchet, d'Andre du

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ALBERT GIACOMETTI; DESIGNS 1914-1965.
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Bouchet, d'Andre du
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J.B. Muns, Fine Arts Books (United States)
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Very Good
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Maeght, 1969. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. 120 drawings, beautifully executed. Folio.
The American Friends Of Lafayette Roster

The American Friends Of Lafayette Roster

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The American Friends Of Lafayette Roster
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Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (United States)
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Very Good
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Easton: American Friends of Lafayette, 1933. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First Edition. Very good plus with very slight foxing to endpapers, very minor wear to top and bottom of spine, singe on title page, in good, browned and edgeworn glassine dustwrapper.
Attractive bust-length photograph of the Austrian composer and conductor in jacket and tie, signed in full, inscribed in dark blue ink to Alexius Fernandes, and dated Vienna, October 1957

Attractive bust-length photograph of the Austrian composer and conductor in jacket and tie, signed in full, inscribed in dark blue ink to Alexius Fernandes, and dated Vienna, October 1957 by STOLZ, Robert 1880-1975

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Attractive bust-length photograph of the Austrian composer and conductor in jacket and tie, signed in full, inscribed in dark blue ink to Alexius Fernandes, and dated Vienna, October 1957
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STOLZ, Robert 1880-1975
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J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians LLC (United States)
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With Munich studio handstamp to verso "Copyright by Bayerische Bild." 239 x 179 mm. Slightly worn, creased, and stained. Together with two personalized Christmas cards printed with photographic images of Stolz and his wife.
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William Jackson Palmer : Pathfinder and Builder

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William Jackson Palmer : Pathfinder and Builder
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Weller Book Works ABAA/ILAB (United States)
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George Foster Peabody, 1931. Fine. William Jackson Palmer : Pathfinder and Builder. Saratoga Springs, NY: George Foster Peabody, 1931. 1st edition. 78pp. Illustrated. 8vo. Book condition: Near fine with gently rubbed corners. Inscribed by Utah Governor, George H. Dern, on the front free endsheet.
Christmas Entertaining
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Christmas Entertaining

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Christmas Entertaining
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Weller Book Works ABAA/ILAB (United States)
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9780743278515
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Fine
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Free Press, 2005. Fine. . Christmas Entertaining. New York: Free Press, 2005. 143pp. Indexed. Illustrated. 4to. Hardcover. Book condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near fine.
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Photography: the First Eighty Years; 27 October to 1 December 1976

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Photography: the First Eighty Years; 27 October to 1 December 1976
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James & Mary Laurie Booksellers (A.B.A.A.) (United States)
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very good
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London: P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. Ltd, 1976. 1st. paperback. very good. Bound in the publisher's original illustrated wraps. Worn at the extremities and spine. Profusely illustrated throughout.
Harper's Bazar. A Repository of Fashion, Pleasure, and Instruction. Vol. XI. No. 47

Harper's Bazar. A Repository of Fashion, Pleasure, and Instruction. Vol. XI. No. 47

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Harper's Bazar. A Repository of Fashion, Pleasure, and Instruction. Vol. XI. No. 47
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Rulon-Miller Books (United States)
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New York: Saturday, November 23, 1878. 16½" x 11¾", pp. [1] 746-760 [i.e. 16 pages]; 4 columns per page, partially unopened with some clean tears. Front page features an elegant 'Dinner and Visiting Dress'. Includes many wood engravings of fashion and clothing patterns with samples of embroidery, coiffures of flowers, and satchels. Also an English gossip column, extracts of "Coward Conscience!" by F.W. Robinson, New York fashion column, sketches in India and usual ads (many with cuts).
Poema Grecum: King Arthur and the Ancient Knight

Poema Grecum: King Arthur and the Ancient Knight by Von der Hagen, Friedrich, ed., James J. Owens, transl

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Poema Grecum: King Arthur and the Ancient Knight
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Von der Hagen, Friedrich, ed., James J. Owens, transl
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Thorn Books (United States)
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Tucson: Thorn Books, 2022. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Fine. 8vo. (8), 19, (45)pp. Pictorial boards. A fine copy. A 13th or 14th century Greek fragment of an Arthurian tale discovered by Von der Hagen in the Vatican Library and published by him in 1821. This is the first translation into English of the fragment. It is followed by a facsimile of Von der Hagen's publication, which contains a length preface (in Latin), his recension of the Greek fragment, and then his Latin translation of the Greek. .
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The Uruk Countryside: The Natural Setting of Urban Societies. by Adams, Robert McC. & Nissen, Hans J.

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The Uruk Countryside: The Natural Setting of Urban Societies.
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Adams, Robert McC. & Nissen, Hans J.
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Ars Libri Ltd (United States)
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Chicago/London (The University of Chicago Press), 1972.. x, (2), 241pp. Prof. illus. Lrg. 4to. Cloth. D.j.
Enfin Malherbe: The Influence of Malherbe on French Lyric Prosody, 1605-1674.
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Enfin Malherbe: The Influence of Malherbe on French Lyric Prosody, 1605-1674. by ABRAHAM, Claude K.

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Enfin Malherbe: The Influence of Malherbe on French Lyric Prosody, 1605-1674.
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ABRAHAM, Claude K.
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Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB (United States)
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9780813112541
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Lexington:: University Press of Kentucky,. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1971. Hardcover. 0813112540 . First edition. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. .
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FLOYD COUNTY CENTENNIAL 1890-1990 COOKBOOK.; Celebrating 100 years of home cooking

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FLOYD COUNTY CENTENNIAL 1890-1990 COOKBOOK.; Celebrating 100 years of home cooking
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Beverly Karno Books LLC (United States)
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Texas: Il Penseroso Jr. Study Club, 1990. spiral bound, color chapter pages, black and white plates, laminated covers, index. Over 600 recipes. 2002 reprint. Contents: Breakfast and Brunch (5-14), Appetizers and Beverages (15-40), Soups, Salads and Sauces (41-72), Main Dishes (73-112), Vegetables (113-132), Breads and Quick Breads (133-162), Pies, Cakes and Desserts (163-220), Cookies, Candies and Ice Cream (221-260), Home Canning and Remedies (261-278), Recipes from Long Ago (279-294), Index (295-314).

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