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A collection of approximately 1650 chopstick wrappers, all of Japanese origin, pasted in four 8vo and two large 8vo albums, various bindings

A collection of approximately 1650 chopstick wrappers, all of Japanese origin, pasted in four 8vo and two large 8vo albums, various bindings by CHOPSTICK WRAPPERS

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Seller: Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller, Inc.
Title
A collection of approximately 1650 chopstick wrappers, all of Japanese origin, pasted in four 8vo and two large 8vo albums, various bindings
Author
CHOPSTICK WRAPPERS
Seller
Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller, Inc. (United States)
Description
Japan: ca. 1920-30. A remarkable collection of more than 1600 Japanese chopstick wrappers, all carefully mounted in six albums. The wrappers vary from very plain to highly elaborate and offer a wide range of design and typography. Many have telephone numbers. The anonymous collector painstakingly (and lovingly) assembled this collection in the 1920s and 1930s; the wrappers advertise famous and forgotten restaurants, which served mostly Japanese but also Chinese and Western cuisines, from almost everywhere in Japan, ranging from Hokkaido in the north to Kyushu in the south, including Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka, prominent hot spring resorts, and many famous sightseeing destinations. The restaurants served a wide range of cuisines including sushi, kaiseki, vegetarian foods in temples, health foods, various kinds of Western foods, etc. Most of the restaurants were located in major cities, but our indefatigable collector has gathered wrappers from restaurants in local train stations, country inns, bunraku and kabuki theaters, and hundreds of other food establishments, most of which no longer exist. The first four albums (230 x 155 mm.) are bound in the original wrappers, which have been decorated by the collector with drawings of entrances to restaurants. Each volume has a manuscript label pasted on the upper wrapper, reading Kuidoraku (Gourmandism). Additionally, each volume has on the first folded leaf a poem or story in manuscript about the pleasures of food. These are illustrated with four scenes of happy times at the Japanese table, including one depicting foreigners. The final two albums (305 x 210 mm. and 280 x 180 mm.) are bound in silk-covered boards and are accordion-style. The collector must have been a wealthy gourmet to have travelled so widely and eaten so well, and making these albums was a long-term commitment. In the early 20th century, there was a popular style of fiction in Japan, called the gastronomic novel, where food was the primary subject. This literary movement had wide ramifications in eating styles and tastes throughout Japan and introduced the consumption of meat and European cuisines. In fine condition.
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LE PORTRAIT DE DORIAN GRAY by WILDE, OSCAR. (LABOUREUR)

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Seller: L'Estampe Originale
Title
LE PORTRAIT DE DORIAN GRAY
Author
WILDE, OSCAR. (LABOUREUR)
Seller
L'Estampe Originale (United States)
Condition
Fine
Description
Paris., Société d'édition Le Livre, Emile Chamontin, 1928. Trans. into French by E. Jaloux and F. Frapereau. Large 4to, 349 pp. 3/4 maroon moroccan, gilt back, t.e.g, marbled boards, and end papers with original wrappers bound in. Illus. With 23 steel engravings by Jean-Emil Laboureur. No. 61 of 230 numbered copies. Godefroy 369, Carteret IV, p. 409. ORIGINAL WRAPS BOUND IN INCLUDING SPINE. Corners rubbed, end paper slightly split, interior fine. Fine example of Laboureur's work at the height of his stylized art deco period.
Bataille Secrète en France. 167 dessins de l'auteur [TOGETHER WITH] Original pencil and ink cover maquette and one additional pencil and ink illustration, the latter signed

Bataille Secrète en France. 167 dessins de l'auteur [TOGETHER WITH] Original pencil and ink cover maquette and one additional pencil and ink illustration, the latter signed by [WW2 - FRENCH RESISTANCE] GIRARD, André

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Bataille Secrète en France. 167 dessins de l'auteur [TOGETHER WITH] Original pencil and ink cover maquette and one additional pencil and ink illustration, the latter signed
Author
[WW2 - FRENCH RESISTANCE] GIRARD, André
Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books (United States)
Description
New York: Brentano's, [1944]. First Edition. Octavo (20cm.); original cream pictorial wrappers printed in red and black depicting a signed illustration by Girard of a fallen soldier; 292pp.; illus. by the author throughout, including many full-paged. Spine a bit darkened, top textblock edge stained with very shallow bleeding onto leaves. A Very Good and tight copy. Text entirely in French. Extensively illustrated contemporary account of the German occupation in France and the French Resistance. Girard, a French painter and poster artist, was the founding member of the Resistance organization known as the CARTE network, which he ran from Antibes, a free zone in France. In 1942 CARTE drew the attention of the British Special Operations Executive, which provided the organization with arms, radio operators, and funds. After traveling to Britain under SOE orders in 1943, Girard was forbidden from returning to France during which time his wife was arrested and incarcerated in the Ravensbruck concentration camp until the end of the war. As a result, Girard broke with the SOE and left in self-imposed exile for the United States where he voiced his opposition to the British and the Gaullists. TOGETHER WITH: Original pencil and ink maquette drawing of a fallen soldier (20x13.5cm.) nearly identical to the cover illustration. Additional pencil sketch on verso with variation of the fallen soldier and cover text. Slight rust-staining from previously removed paper clip, else Very Good. TOGETHER WITH: Original pencil and ink illustration (28x21.5cm.), signed. Depicts a scrum of bedraggled men and women overseen by four large and sinister German guards, either at a train station or a concentration camp, though it is unclear. This illustration does not appear in the published work, though variations of the guards do make appearances throughout. Tears at hole punches not affecting text, some minor staining along top edge, else Very Good.
An Easy Burden: the Civil Rights Movement and the Transformation of America

An Easy Burden: the Civil Rights Movement and the Transformation of America by YOUNG, Andrew

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Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books
Title
An Easy Burden: the Civil Rights Movement and the Transformation of America
Author
YOUNG, Andrew
Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books (United States)
Description
New York: Harper Collins, 1996. First Edition. First printing. Inscribed on half title: "For Elizabeth Palmer / Peace & Blessings," signed, undated but contemporary with publication. Octavo. Cloth-backed boards (hardcover) in dustjacket; x,550pp; 16 leaves of unnumbered photographic plates (halftones). Fine and unmarked in an crisp, unworn dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $27.50 on front flap), Fine.
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Man's Role in Changing the Face of the Earth. Transcript of the Proceedings Wenner - Gren International Symposium Princeton NJ June 16 -11, 1955 by William L. Thomas, Jr. (editor). Lewis Mumford, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, et al (contributors)

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Man's Role in Changing the Face of the Earth. Transcript of the Proceedings Wenner - Gren International Symposium Princeton NJ June 16 -11, 1955
Author
William L. Thomas, Jr. (editor). Lewis Mumford, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, et al (contributors)
Seller
Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB (United States)
Condition
Near Fine
Description
NY and Washington: Wenner - Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research with the collaboration of the National Science Foundation, 1955. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Presentation copy, inscribed in Volume 1 by one of the four organizers of the symposium, William L. Thomas, Jr, to another organizer all-around intellectual and philosopher Lewis Mumford: "For Lewis Mumford, champion of the human prospect, with fond memories of our week at Princeton. Bill Thomas" The symposium had 68 participants, all leading scholars in the sciences and humanities, plus 7 contributors who submitted papers, including French philosopher Teilhard de Chardin. Mumford's paper published here is "The Natural History of Urbanization". Three volumes of the proceedings: Volume 1, Sessions I-IV; Volume 2, Sessions V-VIII; and, Volume 3, Sessios IX-XII. Billed as the "first large-scale evaluation of what has happened and what is happening to the earth under man's impress," Man's Role in Changing the Face of the Earth" attempted to solicit viewpoints from all fields of knowledge upon "man's capacity to transform his physical-biological environment and upon his cumulative and irreversible alterations of the earth. Each volume uniformly bound in plain green cloth, gilt spine titles. Some loss to the cloth at the foot of one spine, else unused.
Tommy Dorsey, inscribed Photography

Tommy Dorsey, inscribed Photography

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Tommy Dorsey, inscribed Photography
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Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB (United States)
Description
8" x10" inscribed photograph. "To Julius, Sincerely, Tommy Dorsey." Because of his early death at age 51 signed photographs are relatively uncommon.
Souvenir of Flagstaff and Coconino County, Arizona

Souvenir of Flagstaff and Coconino County, Arizona

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Souvenir of Flagstaff and Coconino County, Arizona
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Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB (United States)
Description
[Flagstaff, Arizona, 1918]: Arizona Illustrated Book Company. Oblong Octavo. 74 unnumbered pages (though lightly done so in pencil). Souvenir of Flagstaff and Coconino County, Arizona. Besides the photos of Flagstaff (including the Babbitt-Polson shop), there are several of Williams, Arizona including the special Red Cross Nursing Station set up to help boys wounded in World War I. Copies at Yale, Princeton, DeGoyler, and many AZ libraries. string bound pictorial wrappers, some wear along the edges. A very good copy.
TEATRIP

TEATRIP by BECK, Christian (artist); Stefan BRAUN (artist)

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TEATRIP
Author
BECK, Christian (artist); Stefan BRAUN (artist)
Seller
Riverrun Books & Manuscripts (United States)
ISBN
9783948440169
Condition
Some light wear to cover edges. otherwise a clean copy
Description
Karlsruhe, Germany: Slanted Publishers, 2020. Second edition. Some light wear to cover edges. otherwise a clean copy. 11.5 x 9 inches. Profusely illustrated in color. Original pictorial boards; cloth spine.
Modern Living Accessories: 100 Years of Design

Modern Living Accessories: 100 Years of Design by VOLKER, Albus; FREMDKÖRPER DESIGN

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Modern Living Accessories: 100 Years of Design
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VOLKER, Albus; FREMDKÖRPER DESIGN
Seller
Riverrun Books & Manuscripts (United States)
ISBN
9783848000425
Condition
A fine copy, with some shelfwear to dust jacket
Description
Potsdam, Germany: Ullman, 2012. A fine copy, with some shelfwear to dust jacket. 12 x 9.25 inches. 512 pages. Profusely illustrated in color. Original boards; dust jacket. First edition.
A Bond Signed Multiple Times By William Trenholm And His Business Partner

A Bond Signed Multiple Times By William Trenholm And His Business Partner by WILLIAM TRENHOLM

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A Bond Signed Multiple Times By William Trenholm And His Business Partner
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WILLIAM TRENHOLM
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Stuart Lutz Historic Documents, Inc. (United States)
Description
WILLIAM TRENHOLM (1836-1901). Trenholm was a banker and Comptroller of the Currency from 1886 to 1889.DS. 1pg. January 1, 1868. Charleston, South Carolina. A printed bond document signed WL Trenholm and Theodore D Wagner five times each: Know all Men by these Presents, That We, Theodore D. Wagner and William L. Trenholm, of Charleston, in the State of South Carolina, Merchants, are held and firmly bound unto James Robb and Charles T. Lowndes, Trustees, under an agreement made between us, the said Theodore D. Wagner and William L. Trenholm, in behalf of John Fraser and Company and Fraser, Trenholm and Company, and certain creditors of said Copartnerships, and bearing date November twenty-fifth, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, in the sum of Four Hundred Dollars, lawful money of the United States of America, to be paid to the said James Robb and Charles T. Lowndes, Trustees. Theodore Wagner was a Charleston-based businessman associated with John Fraser and Company. Trenholm and Wagner signed the bond on its body and then on four interest payment coupons, and there are three other signatures as well. In fine condition.
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Arthur Rackham: His Life and Work by Hudson, Derek

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Arthur Rackham: His Life and Work
Author
Hudson, Derek
Seller
Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller (United States)
Condition
vg
Description
New York: Charles Scribner, 1975. Reprint (of 1960). Hardcover. vg. Arthur Rackham. 4to. 180 (2) pp. Green buckram binding with embossed gilt decoration to cover and title plate to spine in original printed dust jacket. Some scuffing, rubbing and minor tearing to dj, mainly on top dj spine. Illustrated endpapers. Color frontispiece. Profusely illustrated throughout (some color). With three appendices. Re-issue of 1960 edition. Dj in good, book in very good condition. On the illustrator: Arthur Rackham (September 19, 1867 - September 6, 1939) was a prolific British book illustrator. He was born in London as one of 12 children. At 18, he worked as a clerk at the Westminster Fire Office and began studying at the Lambeth School of Art. In 1892 he quit his clerk job and started working for The Westminster Budget as a reporter and illustrator. His first book illustrations were published in 1893. From then, until his death in 1939, he illustrated innumerable books. Rackham won a gold medal at the Milan International Exhibition in 1906 and another one at the Barcelona International Exposition in 1911. His works were included in numerous exhibitions, including one at the Louvre in Paris in 1914. Arthur Rackham died 1939 of cancer in his home in Limpsfield, Surrey. Major works of Arthur Rackham include the children's books Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm (1900), Rip van Winkle (1905), Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens (1906), and Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1907) and many others. While he may be best known for his elaborate children's literature illustrations, he also illustrated books for adult readers, e.g. A Midsummer Night's Dream (1908), Undine (1909), The Rhinegold and the Valkyrie (1911) (also known as Das Rheingold), short stories by Edgar Allan Poe, and several fairy tale books.
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The Saint-Etienne Compound Hypogea (Jerusalem) Geological, Architectural and Archeological Characteristics: a Comparative Study and Dating by Lufrani, Riccardo

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The Saint-Etienne Compound Hypogea (Jerusalem) Geological, Architectural and Archeological Characteristics: a Comparative Study and Dating
Author
Lufrani, Riccardo
Seller
Brattle Book Shop (United States)
ISBN
9783525573112
Condition
LikeNew
Description
Gottingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht [2019]. Hardcover. 12.5" x 9". 308 pp. Photographic illustrations throughout text. Publisher's red cloth boards. No DJ, as issued. Very minor shelf wear. Near Fine. ISBN 9783525573112. . LikeNew. Hardcover .
Report to the Stockholders & Other Poems 1932-1962.

Report to the Stockholders & Other Poems 1932-1962. by Beecher, John.

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Report to the Stockholders & Other Poems 1932-1962.
Author
Beecher, John.
Seller
Ten Pound Island Book Co. (United States)
Condition
Bound as issued in cloth with paper spine and cover labels. Inscribed by author. Dust jacket is sunned and spotted. Light spots
Description
(New York): MR Press, 1962. Bound as issued in cloth with paper spine and cover labels. Inscribed by author. Dust jacket is sunned and spotted. Light spots also on boards. Text immaculate - lovely, dark and deep.. 23.5 cm. 81, (1 colophon) pp. b/w frontispiece
Here and Elsewhere; The Collected Fiction of Kenneth Burke

Here and Elsewhere; The Collected Fiction of Kenneth Burke by Burke, Kenneth

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Title
Here and Elsewhere; The Collected Fiction of Kenneth Burke
Author
Burke, Kenneth
Seller
Carpetbagger Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN
9781574232028
Condition
Fine
Description
Boston: David R. Godine, 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Introduction by Denis Donoghue. A Black Sparrow Book. Fine. Green pictorial boards. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. A collection of stories from the literary predecessor of Calvino, Gass, and Nicholson Baker.
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What We're Talking About

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Title
What We're Talking About
Seller
Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
CA: Literary Magazine of LA, 1976. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Very good in wrappers. Covers rubbed with some smudge marks. Small nick on back, rubbed along edges.

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