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The Devil’s Elixir

The Devil’s Elixir by Hoffmann, E.T.A.

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Title
The Devil’s Elixir
Author
Hoffmann, E.T.A.
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Biblioctopus (United States)
Description
Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood & T. Cadell, 1824. First Edition. 2 vols. in one. First in English. Original blue cloth backed boards, and printed paper spine label. Light wear, bookplate, small ink signature to the title page, a little foxed, but withal near fine, amazing condition for any book this vintage, especially this one. A rare book, even when it’s rebound, and this is the only copy I have ever seen of it in its original, fragile binding, in any condition, anywhere (best copy in the world so far). Coll: 12mo. [viii], 379; [4], 339 pages. Following 30 years of gothic novels with logical (not paranormal) explanations at the end, Matthew Lewis added the supernatural in his 1795 novel The Monk, but it was Hoffmann, in The Devil’s Elixirs (“Die Elixiere des Teufels” Berlin, 1815), who took supernatural horror out of the Gothic castle, and on to the highway, rearranging and expanding the potential plotlines and leaving a legacy vitally alive today, for his descendants, Bram Stoker, H. P. Lovecraft, and Stephen King. He elevates the sport to a new zenith as he analyzes the destructive psychological state, the deeply divided nature of human imagination, and the seductive ambiguities of art. The Capuchin monk Medardus is a charismatic criminal whose superficial holiness is a facade masking an inner wickedness. Driven by power fantasies Medardus drinks an arcane liquor (60 years before Stevenson’s Jekyll & and Hyde) and becomes implicated in a mystery against his will. Traveling on the road to Rome, and wrestling with the enigma of his own identity (65 years before Freud), he is pursued by a demonic and murderous doppelganger (multiple identity as a wraith of himself). The monk’s only potential salvation lies with the sex object Aurelie, but to escape the curse which lies over him (and his family), he must evade sinister powers, of the living and the dead. Does he do it? Nope.
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Bilderbogen der Zeit 1. Arbeiter by BROCKMANN, Gottfried

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Title
Bilderbogen der Zeit 1. Arbeiter
Author
BROCKMANN, Gottfried
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Ursus Books (United States)
Description
1927. BROCKMANN, Gottfried. Bilderbogen der Zeit 1. Arbeiter. Illustrated with 15 linocuts. Folio, 285 x 230 mm., original wrappers in a new cloth folding box. Duesseldorf: Westdeutsche Verlagsdruckerei, 1927. A stunning work by an artist who was connected to the Cologne Progressive movement, and who studied with Heinrich Campendonk whose influence can be seen in these linocuts. In fine condition, with the spine neatly repaired and a small corner of the rear wrapper missing. An incredibly rare book, with OCLC listing no copies in the U.S., and just 3 in Germany.
Portrait Photograph of Albert Einstein, signed by Yousuf Karsh

Portrait Photograph of Albert Einstein, signed by Yousuf Karsh by EINSTEIN, ALBERT; KARSH, YOUSUF

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Seller: The Manhattan Rare Book Company
Title
Portrait Photograph of Albert Einstein, signed by Yousuf Karsh
Author
EINSTEIN, ALBERT; KARSH, YOUSUF
Seller
The Manhattan Rare Book Company (United States)
Condition
Fine
Description
Princeton, NJ: np, 1948. framed. Fine. ONE OF THE MOST CELEBRATED IMAGES OF EINSTEIN, SIGNED BY MASTER PHOTOGRAPHER, YOUSUF KARSH. On February 11, 1948, Yousuf Karsh, perhaps the most accomplished portrait photographer of his generation, visited The Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton to fulfill a dream of his: to photograph Albert Einstein. As he later explained: "Among the tasks that life as a photographer had set me, a portrait of Albert Einstein had always seemed a 'must' - not only because this greatest refugee of our century has been accounted by all the world as the [most] outstanding scientist since Newton, but because his face, in all its rough grandeur, invited and challenged the camera..." (Karsh: Beyond the Camera, David Travis, ed.). "At Princeton's Institute for Advanced Study, I found Einstein a simple, kindly, almost childlike man, too great for any of the postures of eminence. One did not have to understand his science to feel the power of his mind or the force of his personality" (official Karsh website)... "Awed before this unique intellect, I yet ventured to ask Einstein his views on human immortality. He mused for a moment and then replied, 'What I believe of immortality? There are two kinds. The first lives in the imagination of people and is thus an illusion. There is a relative immortality, which may conserve the memory of an individual for some generations. But there is only one true immortality, on a cosmic scale, ant that is the immortality of the cosmos itself. There is no other.' "He spoke of these ultimate mysteries as calmly as he might a student's question about mathematics - with such an air of quiet confidence, indeed, that I found his answer profoundly disturbing to one who held other views. Knowing him to be an accomplished violinist, I turned the conversation, and asked if there were any connection between music and mathematics. 'In art, he said, 'and in the higher ranges of science, there is a feeling of harmony which underlies all endeavour. There is no true greatness in art or science without that sense of harmony. He who lacks it can never be more than a great technician in either field.' "Was he optimistic about the future harmony of mankind itself? He appeared to ponder deeply and remarked in graver tones: 'Optimistic? No. But if mankind fails to find a harmonious solution than there will be disaster on a dimension beyond anyone's imagination.' To what source should we look for the hope of the world's future? 'To ourselves,' said Einstein. He spoke sadly yet serenely, as one who had looked into the universe far past mankind's small affairs. In this humor my camera caught him... the portrait of a man who had traveled beyond hope or despair." (Yousuf Karsh, Regarding Heroes). (Opening quote from: Colin Naylor, ed., Contemporary Photographers.) Silver print. Photo taken Princeton, 1948. Printed later. Signed by Karsh in full beneath the image on photographer's mount. With Karsh's original calling "card" - a 4x10 inch cardboard slip - included. Image: 8x9 inches. Framed to an overall size of 12x15 inches. Fine condition.
Mapping the Transmississippi West, 1540-1861

Mapping the Transmississippi West, 1540-1861 by Wheat, Carl I. [Dale L. Morgan]

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Seller: Tschanz Rare Books
Title
Mapping the Transmississippi West, 1540-1861
Author
Wheat, Carl I. [Dale L. Morgan]
Seller
Tschanz Rare Books (United States)
Description
San Francisco: Institute of Historical Cartography, 1963. First Edition. 6 volume set. 264,281,349,260,222,223-487pp. Folios [37 cm] 1/4 green buckram over gray cloth with the titles gilt stamped on the backstrips. Near fine. Complete with all fold-out maps. Exlibris Dale Morgan. Inscribed by Wheat to Morgan on the front free endsheet of Volume 1: "To Dale L. Morgan, with every good wish Nov. 12, 1957 Carl I. Wheat." Excellent association copy. Volume 1: The Spanish Entrada to the Louisiana Purchase, 1540-1804. - Volume 2: From Lewis and Clark to Fremont, 1804-1845. - Volume 3: From the Mexican War to the Boundary Surveys, 1846-1854. - Volume 4: From the Pacific Railroad Surveys to the Onset of the Civi War, 1855-1860. - Volume 5: From the Civil to the Geological Survey. This five volume work describes the maps of Western America from the earliest cartographic conjectures to Spanish explorations of the fifteenth century, through early exploration and overland travel up to the beginnings of the great surveys and the Civil War. Morgan's contribution to this classic work was greater than is generally recognized. From the forewords to the individual volumes it seems that Morgan functioned as an unofficial editor and research fellow. Wheat gratefully acknowledged his liberal contributions of information, footnotes, and editorial work. Of the text itself, chapter 36 on Mormon maps in the fourth volume, and all of volume five (two books) was Morgan's work. Additionally, because Wheat was victimized by several strokes, about one-half of the second volume and ninety percent of the third is apocryphally attributed to Morgan's authorship, though he claimed only the complete volume five on his own bibliography in the Morgan Papers. Saunders 29.
AM-FM Radio with Carrying Strap

AM-FM Radio with Carrying Strap by HARING, Keith

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AM-FM Radio with Carrying Strap
Author
HARING, Keith
Seller
Harper's Books (United States)
Condition
The radio preserved in fine condition, with original plastic lining and styrofoam shell; untested (required 9 volt battery, not
Description
Hong Kong/New York: Pop Shop, 1985. The radio preserved in fine condition, with original plastic lining and styrofoam shell; untested (required 9 volt battery, not originally included). Illustrated box with expected wear to joints, but otherwise remarkably bright and clean, with acetate windows intact and clear; near fine.. First Edition. Multiple. Molded plastic radio (turquoise variant), with extendable antenna and carrying strap, housed in original illustrated box (5.25 x 5.25 x 1.5 inches). Manufactured in Hong Kong for Keith Haring's Pop Shop, in the year before its New York opening, this two-faced AM-FM radio was designed to embody his recurring Three Eyed Monster character. With Haring's signature molded to the lower portion of the control panel.
Tartine (Signed)

Tartine (Signed) by YOKOTA, Daisuke

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Tartine (Signed)
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YOKOTA, Daisuke
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Harper's Books (United States)
Condition
Fine in illustrated wrappers.
Description
New York: Session Press, 2015. Fine in illustrated wrappers.. Fist Edition. Quarto. One of 500 copies, SIGNED and dated 2015 by the photographer to the front end-paper. A beautiful production featuring full-bleed black and white and color images by Yokota, taking inspiration from the Japanese Mono-ha movement. Includes a folded SIGNED poster.
SFX: The Only Music Magazine on C-60 (Complete Run, Issues 1-19)

SFX: The Only Music Magazine on C-60 (Complete Run, Issues 1-19) by Bell, Max [Editor]; Martyn Atkins [Designer]

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Title
SFX: The Only Music Magazine on C-60 (Complete Run, Issues 1-19)
Author
Bell, Max [Editor]; Martyn Atkins [Designer]
Seller
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
London: SFX Publications Ltd, 1982. Very Good. Issues 1-19 complete. C-60 cassettes twist-tied to an 8-1/4" x 11-3/4" cardboard backing. Very Good overall with light soiling and wear to cassettes and cardboard. Issue #14's cardboard has been trimmed, stapled and used as a cassette case. A few of the twist-ties may not be original. Issues 9, 10, 12, 18, & 19 have two additional punch holes through cardboard. A short-lived experiment in cassette magazine publishing focusing on contemporary British music at the height of the New Wave. SFX managed to cover a lot of musical ground: from the one-hit wonders of the day like Haircut 100 and Funboy 3 to post-punk to Queen, B.B. King, filmmaker Mel Brooks, Motorhead's Lemmy, Phil Collins, Kid Creole, Can's Holger Czukay, and more. Like Australia's Fast Forward, each issue was in a radio show variety format. They had news, interviews, reviews, previews of upcoming albums, unsigned band demos, and occasional features on culture, fashion, and football with three or four commercials per issue. In issue #11 they were able to get Paul McCartney's thoughts on the murder of his former bandmate, John Lennon; a journalistic coup that also allowed SFX's audio format to shine.
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Out Cry by WILLIAMS, Tennessee

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Title
Out Cry
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WILLIAMS, Tennessee
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Sanctuary Books (United States)
Condition
Near Fine
Description
New York: New Directions, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good+. 8vo. 72 pp. Publisher's orange cloth, near fine in pictorial dust jacket with a few short nicks. This copy warmly inscribed to actor Michael York who starred in the original production: "For Michael, who made it worth while. Love, Tennessee." Laid in is a teletype message from Williams to York saying that he's leaving earlier than expected and they will have champagne ("champain") another time. Ephemera from Lycheum Theatre also laid in.
Synthetic Men of Mars

Synthetic Men of Mars by Burroughs, Edgar Rice

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Title
Synthetic Men of Mars
Author
Burroughs, Edgar Rice
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Carpetbagger Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Near Fine
Description
Tarzana: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc, 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Frontispiece by John Coleman Burroughs. Near Fine in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($2.00), bumped at the edges, a very short tear at the bottom of the rear flap fold. Blue cloth with red ink lettering on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound with a red topstain, former owner's signature inside the front board, clean otherwise. The ninth Barsoom novel.
The Marriage Guest

The Marriage Guest by Bercovici, Konrad

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The Marriage Guest
Author
Bercovici, Konrad
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ReadInk (United States)
Condition
Near Fine in Very Good+ dj
Description
New York: Boni & Liveright. Near Fine in Very Good+ dj. 1925. 3rd printing. Hardcover. [a nice copy with only minimal shelfwear; the jacket has a short closed tear at the bottom of the front panel, a little nick at each end of the spine, which is also slightly browned]. The Romanian-American author's first novel, following half a dozen collections of short stories (overwhemingly about Gypsy life, the subject with which his name will always be linked), a couple of non-fiction books, and a play. Subtitled (on the jacket) "A Novel of New York," it's set in the German quarter of New York's East Side. From a contemporary newspaper review (unsigned): "The story is woven around Greta, the daughter of Anton Zwenge, a German fiddle maker and repairer living on the east side of New York. Greta falls in love with a composer, but the practical side of her nature, together with the importunities of her mother, bid her marry a rising young contractor. She early learns her mistake and is able to keep her marriage vows only by imagining her husband to be the musician. So the daughter born to them is the physical child of the contractor and the spiritual child of the musician." Uncommon in jacket. Hanna 325. ***This book is among the nearly 150 items offered in ReadInk's new Catalog Number 4, "Booking Passage: Books on the Immigrant Experience." You can access this catalog and its contents in any one of three ways: (1) email us to request a PDF to be emailed to you; (2) view or download the catalog from the link on our website's main page; (3) browse the books individually (including a few that didn't make the cut for the catalog) on our website under these two subject headings: "Immigration: Fiction" and "Immigration: Non-Fiction." .
A Signed Photograph Of Geraldine Farrar And Her Dachshunds

A Signed Photograph Of Geraldine Farrar And Her Dachshunds by GERALDINE FARRAR

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A Signed Photograph Of Geraldine Farrar And Her Dachshunds
Author
GERALDINE FARRAR
Seller
Stuart Lutz Historic Documents, Inc. (United States)
Description
GERALDINE FARRAR (1882-1967). Farrar was an American opera singer and movie actress.PS. 5 x 3 . 1949. N.p. A small, black-and-white photograph signed Ga Farrar 1949. She is shown holding two dachshunds,. In fine condition, though the photo is a bit grainy.
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Selected Poems. by AKHMATOVA, Anna.

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Selected Poems.
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AKHMATOVA, Anna.
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Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Condition
Fine
Description
London:: Folio Society,. Fine. 2016. Hardcover. Translated from the Russian by D. M. Thomas. Introduction by Eimear McBride. First edition thus. Fine in a fine slipcase.; 161 pages .
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The Dome

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Title
The Dome
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Ken Lopez Bookseller, ABAA (United States)
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Good
Description
London: Unicorn. 1898-1899. Two bound volumes: Vol. One and Vol. Two of the New Series (October to December, 1898 and January to March, 1899). Owner names; bindings worn; contents preserved, but still only good copies. Hardcover. Good.
The Man with No Face

The Man with No Face by Margaret Armstrong

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Title
The Man with No Face
Author
Margaret Armstrong
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Capitol Hill Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Very Good+
Description
New York: Random House, 1940. Very Good+/Very Good. New York: Random House, 1940. First Edition, stated First Printing. Octavo; publisher's red cloth with pictorial front board and decorative spine stamped in black, black topstain; pictorial dust jacket with $2.00 price intact; 279pp; board edges bumped with small nick to front board, light wear to crown and tail of spine, spine is a bit cocked, small soil spots to first few pages of textblock including half title and title page, toning throughout, otherwise pages are unmarked and binding is sound, surface scratches to front of dust jacket, some chipping to edges, closed tears to crown of spine and some chipping to spine tail, light wear and toning throughout, else a Near Fine copy with a Very Good dust jacket.
An ABC of Witchcraft Past & Present

An ABC of Witchcraft Past & Present by Doreen Valiente

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An ABC of Witchcraft Past & Present
Author
Doreen Valiente
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Eclectibles (United States)
Condition
Good. Extremities worn, corners bumped, a little edge soiling.
Description
Custer, Washington: Phoenix Publishing Inc, 1988. Good. Extremities worn, corners bumped, a little edge soiling.. Later edition of a guide to witchcraft history and practice, offering practical information on everything from amulets and Aleister Crowley to magical alphabets, vampires, scrying, and the zodiac. Organized alphabetically, each with a lengthy entry. Single vol. (8.5" by 5.5"), pp. 377, [1], in original illus. wrps. with image of woman in white robes in front of a foggy moon.
TORRENT OF THE WILLOWS

TORRENT OF THE WILLOWS by WARDEN, Lewis

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TORRENT OF THE WILLOWS
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WARDEN, Lewis
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Antic Hay Books (United States)
Description
Vantage Press, 1954. WARDEN, Lewis. TORRENT OF THE WILLOWS: AN HISTORICAL NOVEL. NY: Vantage Press, [1954]. 8vo., cloth in dust jacket. First Edition. Signed inscription by Warden on front endpaper: "Nov. 16, 1954. Autographed by the author, Lewis Warden." Very Good (ink presentation on front endpaper, which is also browned); short tears & edgewear (some soil) d/j. $50.00.
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al-Shi`‘ah wa-al-dawlah al-qawmiyah fi al-‘Iraq, 1914-1990. / The Iraqi Shi’ite and the State, 1914-1990. Second edition. by al-‘Alawi, Hasan.

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al-Shi`‘ah wa-al-dawlah al-qawmiyah fi al-‘Iraq, 1914-1990. / The Iraqi Shi’ite and the State, 1914-1990. Second edition.
Author
al-‘Alawi, Hasan.
Seller
Ars Libri Ltd (United States)
Description
London (Dar al-Zura’), 1990.. 400pp. 4to. Cloth. D.j.
New Sculpture by Jann Haworth

New Sculpture by Jann Haworth by Melville, Robert

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New Sculpture by Jann Haworth
Author
Melville, Robert
Seller
Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (United States)
Condition
VG
Description
New York: Sidney Janis Gallery, 1971. Paperback. VG. Black stapled wraps. 12 pp, chiefly illustrations (8 large bw plates). The American artist Jann Haworth (b. 1942) grew up in Hollywood and moved to England in 1961. She became involved with the British Pop artists and was married for a time to Peter Blake. Lists 40 works, mostly sculptures. Blake died in 1979. Haworth is (perhaps) best remembered as having been a co-designer of the iconic Sgt. pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album cover.

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