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Traité Élémentaire du Jeu des Échecs ....

Traité Élémentaire du Jeu des Échecs .... by Basterot, [Barthelemy de] - MANUSCRIPT COMMENTARY ON PAUL MORPHY

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Traité Élémentaire du Jeu des Échecs ....
Author
Basterot, [Barthelemy de] - MANUSCRIPT COMMENTARY ON PAUL MORPHY
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Palinurus Antiquarian Books (United States)
Condition
Very Good; some wear to the binding; frontispiece reinforced at gutter.
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Paris: Allouard et Kaeppelin, [1852]. First Edition. Contemporary half calf with marbled boards.. Very Good; some wear to the binding; frontispiece reinforced at gutter.. 8vo, [2], vi, [7] - 372 pp. + frontispiece. AN ADDITIONAL 44 pp. MANUSCRIPT WITH MOUNTED ILLUSTRATIONS OF GAMES APPENDED TO THE TEXT BY ALFRED JUMELLE. A superb association copy with an important narrative regarding chess and the social and artistic life at the Café de la Regence. The manuscript annotations and 'appendage' are by an habitué of the Café de la Regence - the chess players and social rendezvous during the 18th and 19th century at the Place du Palais-Royal and then, after 1852, at 161 rue Saint-Honoré - Alfred Jumelle, the Parisian aesthete and accomplished chess player. He was a member of numerous societies (e.g., Soc. de Géographie, Union centrale des Beaux-Arts appliqués à l'Industrie) and a frequent contributor to the journal La Stratégie and the Parisian press. The Café de la Regence played host to the greats of the game and society (Marx and Engels played there). Diderot makes note of it in his Neveu de Rameau; it was frequently cited by Philodor and Jean Jacques Rousseau. The decade of the fifties and sixties were its high point. It saw such notables as the great Paul Morphy - recorded here (alas, NOT the great "Opera" game that Morphy played on Oct. 21, 1858 at the Salle Le Peletier during the performance of Norma). On the front endpaper of this book is Jumelle's opening remark: "Le comte de Basterot m'avait fait l'honneur de m'entretenir de [son] ouvrage plusieurs fois à la Régence (...) [Il] eut la bonté de me faire parvenir cet exemplaire que j'ai fait relier en lui laissant toute marge". The 42 page manuscript appended to the text commences with a commentary of chess techniques and strategies in the game, chess problems offered in contemporary literature of the subject, interspersed with comments on the Café de la Regence and bickering skirmishes among its patrons (there is a list of the regular players at the Café between 1854 - 1858 including Alfred de Musset, Pierre Saint-Amant, future president Jules Grevy, Daniel Harrwitz the great German player, etc.). There is a substantial entry dated Sept. 27, 1858 recording the appearance and games of the American phenom Paul Morphy - who undertook 8 games. He records a game between Harrwitz and Morphy; another between Maczuski and Duclos (1869). Accompanying these entries and comments is a lengthy account of several pages of the "life" of the Café de la Regence: "Le corps incliné sur l'échiquier, le regard fixement attaché sur les pièces, la figure écarlate, le coude appuyé sur la traverse ou sur le mouchoir, les mains serrant convulsivement le tableau de marbre, les pièces roulées machinalement entre les doigts, ou martelées les unes contre les autres, l'oscillation de la tête, le tremblement des pieds, le pianotement des doigts, l’échec au Roi prononcé avec une espèce de fureur, la pièce posée avec force sur l'échiquier, l'interpellation aux membres de la galerie, tous ces signes démontrent une défaite certaine (…) Dans le seul temple ouvert au culte des échecs (...) a-ton dit, on joue avec des échecs, mais on ne joue pas aux échecs ... tel est l'aspect de certaines tables [et des] propos des joueurs au café de la Régence (…) nulle part aux yeux de l'observateur le caractère humain ne se dessine mieux que là". An important, detailed, unknown commentary.
Twelve to Twelve: Poetry D-Day. Camden Festival 1970

Twelve to Twelve: Poetry D-Day. Camden Festival 1970 by Heaney, Seamus, Ted Hughes, et. al. Jeni Couzyn, ed

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Twelve to Twelve: Poetry D-Day. Camden Festival 1970
Author
Heaney, Seamus, Ted Hughes, et. al. Jeni Couzyn, ed
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Triolet Rare Books, ABAA (United States)
Description
London: Poets Trust, 1970. First edition. [51] pp. Orange cloth, spine lettered in red, with the dust jacket. Slight edgewear to the top edge of the jacket with a tiny crimp on the rear panel, volume fine. One of one hundred numbered copies in boards, signed by all the contributors. “The twelve poems in this book which appear in print for the first time were specially commissioned for the Camden Festival, 1970.” (introduction) Twelve poems by Seamus Heaney, Ted Hughes, Stevie Smith, George MacBeth, Peter Redgrove, Adrian Henri, Lee Harwood, Tom Picard, Michael Hamburger, Edward Lucie-Smith, Jon Silkin and William Plomer. Sagar & Tabor B46a.1. Brandes & Durkan B6b.
PEG WOFFINGTON

PEG WOFFINGTON by (BINDINGS - SANGORSKI & SUTCLIFFE). READE, CHARLES

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PEG WOFFINGTON
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(BINDINGS - SANGORSKI & SUTCLIFFE). READE, CHARLES
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Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts (United States)
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New York: Printed [by the De Vinne Press] for the Grolier Club, 1887. ONE OF 250 COPIES on Holland paper and two on vellum. 180 x 110 mm. (7 1/8 x 4 1/2"). Two volumes.. GRACEFUL BROWN CRUSHED MOROCCO, GILT, BY SANGORSKI & SUTCLIFFE (stamp-signed on rear turn-in), upper cover framed by multiple gilt fillets interlaced at corners, center panel with gilt lettering at head and foot, and a six-petalled gilt ornament with inlaid green morocco dot at center, raised bands, gilt-ruled spine compartments and titling, gilt-ruled turn-ins, top edges gilt, other edges untrimmed. Each volume WITH AN ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR PORTRAIT of a main character from the novel by Alfred Brennan, dated 1907. ◆Small stain at head edge of free endpaper and flyleaf in volume I, otherwise AN ESPECIALLY FINE SET with no signs of use inside or out. With an original watercolor by a noted American illustrator and a binding by one of Edwardian England's top workshops, this is surely the ultimate copy of the Grolier Club's limited edition of Reade's first novel, printed for its distinguished bibliophile members. First published in 1852, "Peg Woffington" features the 18th century Irish actress Margaret Woffington (1720-60) as its central character and focuses on her brilliant career in the London theater and her liaison with the great David Garrick. The original watercolors are by Alfred Laurens Brennan (1853-1921), a painter and successful illustrator for national publications and for children's books who was admired for his technical virtuosity. Binders Francis Sangorski and George Sutcliffe met as boys attending Douglas Cockerell's bookbinding classes at the L. C. C. Central School. Cockerell was so impressed by their skill that he hired Sutcliffe as a finisher and Sangorski as a forwarder. In 1901, Francis and George went into business for themselves, and before long, they had become two of the most renowned English binders of the 20th century. The taste and technique displayed in our binding attests to their talents. According to the American Printing History Association, "No one has earned a place in the annals of American printing history more solidly than Theodore Low De Vinne (1828-1914). His encyclopedic understanding of the craft, his advancement of its technology and design, his appreciation of its history, his business leadership, and his many writings earned him, among his contemporaries, the designation 'Dean of American Printers.'" A co-founder of the Grolier Club, De Vinne designed and printed most of its publications issued during his lifetime. This set has everything a bibliophile could ask for: fine printing, original illustration, elegant binding, and outstanding condition..
Delle lettere facete et piacevoli di diversi huomini grandi et chiari, & begli ingegni. Raccolte per M. Dionigi Atanagi, libro primo. Riveduto, scelto, & corretto dal medesimo & con somma diligenza ristampato. (Bound with:) TURCHI, Francesco (1515-1599). Delle lettere facete, et piacevoli, di diversi huomini grandi, et chiari & begli ingegni. Scritte sopra diverse materie. Raccolte per M. Francesco Turchi. Libro secondo.

Delle lettere facete et piacevoli di diversi huomini grandi et chiari, & begli ingegni. Raccolte per M. Dionigi Atanagi, libro primo. Riveduto, scelto, & corretto dal medesimo & con somma diligenza ristampato. (Bound with:) TURCHI, Francesco (1515-1599). Delle lettere facete, et piacevoli, di diversi huomini grandi, et chiari & begli ingegni. Scritte sopra diverse materie. Raccolte per M. Francesco Turchi. Libro secondo. by ATANAGI, Dionigi (1504-1573)

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Delle lettere facete et piacevoli di diversi huomini grandi et chiari, & begli ingegni. Raccolte per M. Dionigi Atanagi, libro primo. Riveduto, scelto, & corretto dal medesimo & con somma diligenza ristampato. (Bound with:) TURCHI, Francesco (1515-1599). Delle lettere facete, et piacevoli, di diversi huomini grandi, et chiari & begli ingegni. Scritte sopra diverse materie. Raccolte per M. Francesco Turchi. Libro secondo.
Author
ATANAGI, Dionigi (1504-1573)
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Govi Rare Books LLC (United States)
Condition
Very Good+
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Two parts in one volume, 8vo (160x106 mm). [20], 438, [2]; [16], 575, [1] pp. Collation: †8 ††2 A-DD8 EE4; *8 A-NN8. Printer's device on title pages. Early 20th-century half vellum, double lettering piece on spine. Some marginal staining, small loss to the outer margin of a few leaves without loss. A very nice copy, uncut with deckle edges. FIRST COLLECTED EDITION. Atanagi's Delle lettere facete was first published in Venice in 1561. Atanagi had planned a second book, but his work on it was interrupted with his death in 1573. The material was gathered together and published by Francesco Turchi on behalf of Aldo Manuzio two years later in 1575. Both volumes were printed together for the first time in Venice by Altobello Salicato in 1601. Both books were put in the Parma Index of 1580, but not in those published in Rome in 1590 and 1593 (cf. J.M. Bujanda, R. Davignon, E. Stanek, M. Richter, eds., Index de Rome: 1590, 1593, 1596, avec étude des index de Parme 1580 et Munich 1582, Sherbrooke, 1994, p. 151, no. 354). The first volume contains 183 letters grouped by authors and arranged in chronological order. Most of the letters are dated between 1507 and 1558. "Atanagi indique les fonctions d'un grand nombre d'épistoliers et de leurs destinataires; parmi les 32 auteurs, secrétaires et ecclésiastiques, les deux étant en rapports étroits et fréquemment unis dans la même personne, sont les plus nombreux et les plus féconds. Les principaux sont le cardinal P. Giovio avec 37 lettres, puis B. Boccarini avec 31 lettres, G.B. Sanga avec 18 lettres, F. Berni avec 13 lettres et G.F. Bini avec 12 lettres, quatre sécretaires de prélats éminents. Les destinataires les plus cités sont Atanagi lui-même à qui sont envoyées 34 lettres, G.M. Mentebuona pour 27 lettres, G.F. Bini pour 25 lettres et L. Iuvenale pour 12 lettres. Les sujets sont variés, personnels ou politiques, parfois graves. La présence d'une lettre dans ce receuil peut être justifiée par son ton facétieux ou simplement familier, par une seule expression plaisante, un jeu de mots, exceptionnellement par son sujet" (J. Basso, Le genre épistolaire en langue italienne (1538-1662), Rome & Nancy, 1990, I, pp. 204-205). The volume also contains the only sixteenth century printing of a satirical text on the Rome of Paul III by Jacopo Bonfadio (ca. 1508-1550), here entitled Al Furfante Re della della Furfantissima Furfanteria (pp. 323-336). The volume ends with two long letters addressed by Girolamo Muzio to Vittoria Farnese Della Rovere, Duchess of Urbino, in which the author, "in persona del Verno contra la State", paradoxically praises the winter against summer (cf. M.C. Figorilli, I due libri di lettere facete, et piacevoli (1561-1575), in: "'Meglio ignorante che dotto'. L'elogio paradossale in prosa nel Cinquecento", Naples, 2008, pp. 109-110). Volume two gathers 159 letters and 6 satirical texts, including the second edition of the celebrated Formaggiata, the first book on cheese ever published. "Ce livre, préparé pour Aldo Manuzio le Jeune d'après la dédicace, compte 61 épistoliers et contient 159 lettres numérotées, puis 4 autres encore qui accompagnent l'envoi de different écrits burlesques ou libertins: L'Oratione della ignoranza (de Doni), La Pazzia, La Formaggiata, La Sacra Corona (de Caro) et La Pelatina. Voici les principaux auteurs: A. Bonaguidi (8 l.), P. Giovio (7 l.), Bonfadio (6 l.) et D. Atanagi (5 l.) qui est aussi le principal destinataire (18 l. dont la première probablement en signe d'hommage). A.F. Doni tient une certaine place à la fine du volume avec Il Valore degli asini, L'asinesca gloria parmi le lettres encore numérotées, en plus d'écrits déjà cités. Les lettres, plus raramente datées que dans le livre I et en général plus récentes, sont groupées par auteurs, sans ordre chronologique. Ce second livre est plus disparate que le premier. Il place côte à côte des noms d'épistoliers célèbres, d'inconnus nombreux et des pseudonymes; il mêle au genre épistolaire davantage de poésies, des avertissements aux lecteurs et de long discours extraits d'ouvrages divers; il accueille le burlesque paradoxal, obscène" (J. Basso, op. cit., I. pp. 205-206). Catalogo unico, IT\ICCU\RMLE\012784 and IT\ICCU\BA1E\001767.
The Papers of John Adams: Volume 7 & 8

The Papers of John Adams: Volume 7 & 8 by ADAMS, John

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The Papers of John Adams: Volume 7 & 8
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ADAMS, John
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Argosy Book Store (United States)
ISBN
9780674654440
Condition
fine
Description
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1989. hardcover. fine/near fine. 2 volumes. ix + 462 pages and xxxviii + 433 pages, tall 8vo, black cloth, d.w. Cambridge: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1989. A fine set in near fine dust wrappers. Volume 7: September, 1778 - February, 1779. Volume 8: March, 1779 - February, 1880.
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Sunset at Blandings by WODEHOUSE, P.G.

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Sunset at Blandings
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WODEHOUSE, P.G.
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Argosy Book Store (United States)
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fine
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London: Chatto & Windus, 1977. First. hardcover. fine/fine. With Notes and Appendices by Richard Usborne. Illustrations by Ionicus. d.w. London: Chatto & Windus, 1977. First Edition. Fine. Wodehouse's last, and unfinished novel.
The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories (Doubleday science fiction)

The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories (Doubleday science fiction) by Isaac Asimov

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The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories (Doubleday science fiction)
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Isaac Asimov
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Grayshelf Books, ABAA, IOBA (United States)
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9780385121989
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Fine
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Stated First Edition/First Printing; A Fine book in a Near Fine dust jacket with light rubbing and creasing to the jacket edges and some minor soiling to the bottom of the back panel. An exceptional copy of this collection of stories from the SciFi Master; basis for the Robin Williams movie; uncommon in this condition. Not remaindered, not price clipped, not ex-library; in a protective Mylar cover and will ship in a new sturdy box.
A MEMOIR OF THE LIFE AND CHARACTER OF THE LATE JOSEPH PARRISH, M.D., READ BEFORE THE MEDICAL SOCIETY OF PHILADELPHIA (INSCRIBED)

A MEMOIR OF THE LIFE AND CHARACTER OF THE LATE JOSEPH PARRISH, M.D., READ BEFORE THE MEDICAL SOCIETY OF PHILADELPHIA (INSCRIBED) by Wood, George B.

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A MEMOIR OF THE LIFE AND CHARACTER OF THE LATE JOSEPH PARRISH, M.D., READ BEFORE THE MEDICAL SOCIETY OF PHILADELPHIA (INSCRIBED)
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Wood, George B.
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Second Story Books, ABAA (United States)
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Philadelphia: Lydia R. Bailey, 1840. Hardcover. Octavo, 72 pp. Presentation copy. Fair; bound in black cloth with extensive tears to spine and corners; binding tight; text block clean; foxing to front matter and endpapers; INSCRIBED ON TITLE PAGE in ink "Rev. John Ludlow, D.D. with the respects of the author;" ex-library copy with embossed stamp on title page. MF consignment. Shelved in Upstairs Hall. 1354831. Special Collections.
The Cultivator, a Monthly Publication, Designed to Improve the Soil and the Mind. Volume VI [Mar-Dec, 1839]

The Cultivator, a Monthly Publication, Designed to Improve the Soil and the Mind. Volume VI [Mar-Dec, 1839] by [AGRICULTURE & HUSBANDRY] BUEL, J[esse]

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The Cultivator, a Monthly Publication, Designed to Improve the Soil and the Mind. Volume VI [Mar-Dec, 1839]
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[AGRICULTURE & HUSBANDRY] BUEL, J[esse]
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Lorne Bair Rare Books (United States)
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Albany: Steam-Press of C. Van Benthuysen, 1839-40. Quarto (34cm). Contemporary half-calf over paper-covered boards; [3],208pp; inserted portrait frontispiece (of Buel); text illustrations. Binding scuffed, leather on spine somewhat dry, but structurally sound and internally quite clean but for some mild to moderate foxing, most pronounced on title page and first page of text; Very Good. Bound volume of twelve issues from March to December, 1839; monthly except for August and November, for which months two numbers were issued. Buell (1778-1839) began his career as a printer and publisher; he was the proprietor of two partisan Democratic newspapers in the teens and twenties (the Ulster Plebeian and the Albany Argus). But his most important accomplishments were in the area of agricultural reform, beginning with the establishment of his own experimental farm near Albany in the early 1820s. By the end of that decade he had become a leading spokesman for "scientific methods" in agriculture; in addition to establishing a number of agricultural associations (including the New York State Agricultural Society in 1832), "...his most important accomplishment was to establish a career as an influential agricultural writer. He set the Albany Cultivator on a firm footing as one of the leading journals of its day...he included many original contributions in its pages, enlisting the knowledge of hundreds of agents and correspondents..." [ANB]. The Cultivator ran from 1834 to 1865; following Buel's death in 1839 it merged with Luther Tucker's The Gennesseean.
GREAT EXPECTATIONS

GREAT EXPECTATIONS by Acker, Kathy

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GREAT EXPECTATIONS
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Acker, Kathy
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Type Punch Matrix (United States)
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Fine in a fine jacket.
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New York: Grove Press, 1983. First printing. Fine in a fine jacket.. First edition of Acker's rewriting and reinterpretation of Charles Dickens's famed coming-of-age novel. Told with Acker's typical sense of experimentation, appropriation, and brutal honesty. Oddly uncommon and a beautiful copy. 8'' x 5''. Publisher's quarter black cloth over black boards. In original unclipped ($14.95) color pictorial jacket designed by Roy Colmer after art by Sue Coe. 128 pages. Bright and sharp overall.
Appalachian Legacy

Appalachian Legacy by ADAMS, Shelby Lee

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Appalachian Legacy
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ADAMS, Shelby Lee
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Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA (United States)
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9781578060498
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Jackson, MS: University Press of Mississippi, 1998. First edition and first printing. Softcover. 132 pages. Another terrific book of photographs by Adams taken in his homeland. Includes 80 duotone images. A clean very near fine copy in French style wrappers.
Bill Woodrow: Sculpture 1980-86

Bill Woodrow: Sculpture 1980-86 by WOODROW, Bill and Lynne Cooke

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Bill Woodrow: Sculpture 1980-86
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WOODROW, Bill and Lynne Cooke
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9780947912659
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Edinburgh: The Fruitmarket Gallery, 1986. First edition. Softcover. 144 pages. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran September 13 through October 25, 1986. Text by Lynne Cooke. Includes numerous color illustrations. A close to near fine copy in French style wrappers with some minor wear.
Easy Meat (Signed First Edition)
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Easy Meat (Signed First Edition) by HARVEY, John

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Easy Meat (Signed First Edition)
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HARVEY, John
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Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA (United States)
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9780805041484
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New York: Henry Holt, 1996. First U.S. edition and first printing. Hardcover. 388 pages. A part of the Charlie Resnick series from this prolific and well regarded British writer. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed by Harvey on the title page. A fresh copy.
The Little One

The Little One by Dare Wright

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The Little One
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Dare Wright
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Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1959. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good +. A very solid copy of the 1959 stated 1st edition. Tight and VG+ to Near Fine in a crisp, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket, with light wear along the tips and the spine ends, and mild creasing --with several tiny closed tears-- along the panel edges. Tall, thin quarto, Dare Wright's wonderfully-evocative (and sometimes jarring) black-and-white photography throughout.
Cabinet Portrait Gallery Reproduced from Original Photographs by W.&D. Downey. VOLUME ONE ONLY

Cabinet Portrait Gallery Reproduced from Original Photographs by W.&D. Downey. VOLUME ONE ONLY by Unknown

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Cabinet Portrait Gallery Reproduced from Original Photographs by W.&D. Downey. VOLUME ONE ONLY
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Unknown
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London: Cassell and Company, 1894. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Volume one only of a five volume series. This volume contains 36 black and white portraits accompanied by a brief, adulatory biographical piece. Subjects are drawn from many spheres of British society and culture, with an emphasis on royalty, the aristocracy, the stage, and the arts. Among those included are the Duke and Duchess of Fife, Sarah Bernhardt, Archbishop of Canterbury, Price of Wales, Frederic Leighton, and Mrs. Humphrey Ward. This is an ex-library volume with the bookplate of the City of York Public Library affixed to the front pastedown. In what was probably an effort to discourage readers from taking photographs, the library applied an unobtrusive but visible embossed stamp to the margins of the photos, not affecting the portrait itself. Despite these factors the photographs are still interesting and attractive. Bound in brown cloth with floral borders to front boards and titles in gilt to front and to spines. Some bumping and rubbing, remains of small white stickers at foot of spine, but otherwise in quite good condition. Save for the small embossed stamps, the photographs are in very good condition. 96 pages plus photographs. PHOTO/081017.
THE HURRICANE LAMP

THE HURRICANE LAMP by ANDERSON, Jack

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THE HURRICANE LAMP
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ANDERSON, Jack
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Very good.
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Trumansburg, NY: New/Books, 1969. First Edition. Very good.. First printing of this early collection of verse by Anderson, also known as a dance critic. Wraps. 8vo. Saddle stapled pictorial wraps. A very good copy. Mild toning to wraps' edges, touches of soil. Interior bright, clean throughout. Good and sound. Unpaginated.
EARLY CARE FOR HIV DISEASE

EARLY CARE FOR HIV DISEASE by Baker, Ronald A. & Jeffrey M. Moulton, PhD, John Charles Tighe

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EARLY CARE FOR HIV DISEASE
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Baker, Ronald A. & Jeffrey M. Moulton, PhD, John Charles Tighe
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lizzyoung bookseller (United States)
Condition
Brown illustrated wraps. Very good
Description
San Francisco: San Francisco AIDS Foundation, 1991. Paperback. Brown illustrated wraps. Very good. 107 pages. 21.5 x 14 cm. In 1982 the San Francisco AIDS Foundation was founded as a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing services for people with HIV/AIDS with a mission to end the epidemic in the United States. This book brought useful and practical information about early care for HIV patients. Covers lightly rubbed.
Mies Reconsidered: His Career, Legacy, and Disciples
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Mies Reconsidered: His Career, Legacy, and Disciples by Zukowsky, John (editor)

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Mies Reconsidered: His Career, Legacy, and Disciples
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Zukowsky, John (editor)
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Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (United States)
ISBN
9780847807710
Condition
VG- (Light scuffs to cover, light edgewear to head of spine and edges, slight tanning to page edges, otherwise quite nice.)
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Chicago, IL: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1986. Softcover. VG- (Light scuffs to cover, light edgewear to head of spine and edges, slight tanning to page edges, otherwise quite nice.). Green illustrated wraps with orange and white lettering, 172 pp., many BW illustrations. Issued in conjunction with a 1986 exhibition focused on the work of German-American architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1886-1969). Essays: Ludwig Mies van der Rohe: A Biographical Essay / David Spaeth -- Modernism and Tradition in the Work of Mies van der Rohe, 1920-1968 / Kenneth Frampton -- Mies and the Highrise: Recent Correspondence on History, Ideology, and Succession / Christian F. Otto -- Excellence: The Culture of Mies as Seen in his Notes and Books / Francesco Dal Co -- miMISes READING: does not mean A THING / Peter Eisenman -- Mies van der Rohe and his Disciples, or The American Architectural Text and its Reading / Stanley Tigerman. Includes an appendix of biographical sketches of his "Disciples of Modernism."
Whys and Wherefores of the Automobile: A Simple Explanation of the Elements of the Gasoline Motor Car, Prepared for the Non-Technical Reader

Whys and Wherefores of the Automobile: A Simple Explanation of the Elements of the Gasoline Motor Car, Prepared for the Non-Technical Reader

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Whys and Wherefores of the Automobile: A Simple Explanation of the Elements of the Gasoline Motor Car, Prepared for the Non-Technical Reader
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Underground Books, ABAA (United States)
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Good
Description
Cleveland: The Automobile Institute, 1907. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover. 7 1/8" X 4 4/8". Unpaginated, 128 pages plus nine pages of ads. Green cloth over boards with upper board lettered in gilt. Moderate wear to binding, with bumping and light fraying to extremities. Small tear at gutter several leaves. Spine visible at first page of Chapter III and Chapter XVIII. Hinges tender; binding remains sound. A worn but quite charming copy of this 1907 guide to the automobile, with ads for Winton Motor Carriage models to rear.
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First aid and health. Prepared by . . . for the use of Bell System Employees. by American Red Cross & American Telephone & Telegraph Co.

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First aid and health. Prepared by . . . for the use of Bell System Employees.
Author
American Red Cross & American Telephone & Telegraph Co.
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Jeff Weber Rare Books (Switzerland)
Description
N.p.:: (American National Red Cross, 1927)., 1927. 201 x 138 mm. 8vo. iv, 148 pp. 78 figs. (most photographic showing first aid techniques), index. Blind- and red-stamped navy textured cloth; rubbed. Ownership signature. Very good.
Men of Steel: The Lives and Times of Boxing's Middleweight Champions.

Men of Steel: The Lives and Times of Boxing's Middleweight Champions. by Walsh, Peter.

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Men of Steel: The Lives and Times of Boxing's Middleweight Champions.
Author
Walsh, Peter.
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Nicholas D. Riccio Rare Books & Prints (United States)
Description
8vo, Hardcover, dust jacket, illustrated 245 pp. Price sticker on rear covet; otherwise in near mint condition. Excellent coverage of boxing's second most popular division.

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