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Catéchisme des courtisans ou les Questions de la cour et autres galanteries

Catéchisme des courtisans ou les Questions de la cour et autres galanteries by COURT SATIRE

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Seller: Musinsky Rare Books, Inc.
Title
Catéchisme des courtisans ou les Questions de la cour et autres galanteries
Author
COURT SATIRE
Seller
Musinsky Rare Books, Inc. (United States)
Description
“Cologne,”, 1680. Small 12mo (121 x 70 mm). 48 pp. Woodcut title ornament. Small stain to lower fore-edge of title-leaf. 19th-century jansenist green morocco, turn-ins gilt, gilt edges (by Duru, binder’s stamp erased from front flyleaf), extremities scuffed, spotting to binder’s flyleaves. Provenance: Armand Bertin (1801-1854), sale, Paris, Techener, 4 May 1854, lot 575; Félix Solar (1811-1870), sale, Paris, Techener, part 1, 19 Nov. 1860, lot 2039). *** Rare expanded edition of a Mazarinade, probably printed in Holland, containing dialogues defining the court as a pit of corruption. In the first piece, the “Questions de la cour,” the unknown author spreads his venom generally, e.g., “What is a King? - A man who is always deceived, a Master who doesn’t know his job”; “What is a Monk? - A bogeyman [épouvantail] for children, and the meanest man in the world”; “What is Money? - That which one loses when young and hunts for when old, and the prime mover of the world.” It concludes with the city everyone loved to hate: “What is Paris? - Paradise for women, purgatory for men, and Hell for horses.” The second piece, “Instruction à la Loy Mazarine,” sinks its teeth into Cardinal Mazarin himself: “What is the sign of Mazarin? - The sign of the Cross, printed on gold and silver. How is it made? - By taking with both hands in the name of the King.” Mazarin’s “credo, profession of faith, and ten commandments” are equally vicious. Having targeted the Jesuits in the first piece (”What is a Jesuit? - A political sage, who uses Religion skilfully”), the Jansenists are blasted in the third, “Autre Catéchisme, à l’usage de la Cour Ecclesiastique de France Contre le Jansenisme.” Originally published in 8 pages in 1649 and 1652, during the first wave of Mazarinades (under different titles: Catechisme des courtisans de la cour de Mazarin and Definitions sur l'estat et condition d'vn chacun), the pamphlet’s glib nastiness made it popular, and after Mazarin’s death it was reprinted with additional material, in 1668 and 1672 (a 1669 edition contains only 18 pages and seems to have been a chapbook pamphlet). The miscellaneous extra poems in this edition include an imaginary dialogue between Colbert, Fouquet, and other high-ranking officials, Fouquet’s satirical “confession,” a rhyming “Request for protection from the King by the rats of Paris,” two sonnets on the Great Fire of London, a few genuinely laudatory poems on Colbert, and one praising the King’s choice of the duc de Montausier as tutor to his eldest son (the Dauphin), a charge Montausier filled from 1668 to 1680. A fine copy from the libraries of two bibliophiles, both journalists and editors. From 1848 to 1851 Armand Bertin was the highly respected editor of the long-running Journal des Débats. McGill holds a copy of this edition. Other editions are held by U. Wisconsin (Catéchisme, 1649) Harvard (Definitions sur l'estat, undated, Yale and Folger (Catéchisme, 1668). Gay-Lemonnyer 1: 494-495; Moreau, Mazarinades 1: 651 (1649 edition); Brunet I:1656 (1668 edition).
The Red Pony (Signed Limited Edition)

The Red Pony (Signed Limited Edition) by Steinbeck, John

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Title
The Red Pony (Signed Limited Edition)
Author
Steinbeck, John
Seller
Whitmore Rare Books (United States)
Condition
Fine
Description
New York: Covici Friedi Publishers, 1937. First edition. Fine/Near Fine. One of 699 signed copies, this one unnumbered. A Fine copy of the book in excellent condition externally and internally. Slight bowing to front board, but in all bright, clean and unmarked. In a Near Fine slipcase with just a hint of shelfwear. Lacking the original glassine. A coming of age tale as only Steinbeck can tell it. Mischievous and a little destructive, Jody Tiflin takes his first step into adulthood when his father Carl gives him an important gift: his first horse to raise up, a red pony that Jody names Galiban. Bonding and growing together, Jody takes the responsibility of the red pony seriously; he cares for him daily, ground trains him, gets him into bridle and saddle, and excitedly anticipates the day when he'll finally be able to ride Galiban. But before that can happen, tragedy strikes. In an accident no one could have predicted, Jody loses Galiban, learns about the pain of loss, and realizes the fallibility of the men who have trained him. An unforgettable story. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket.
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THE LATE BREAKFASTERS by Aickman, Robert

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Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY
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THE LATE BREAKFASTERS
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Aickman, Robert
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THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY (United States)
Description
THE LATE BREAKFASTERS, Gollancz, 1964, first edition, fine in near fine dust-wrapper with some slight dust-soil. Scarce.
1951 – Three hand-illustrated humorous orders submitted by W. G. Williams of San Francisco to Stanely D. Harris, a prominent stamp dealer who operated out of New York and Vermont in the mid-twentieth-century

1951 – Three hand-illustrated humorous orders submitted by W. G. Williams of San Francisco to Stanely D. Harris, a prominent stamp dealer who operated out of New York and Vermont in the mid-twentieth-century by W. G. Williams

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1951 – Three hand-illustrated humorous orders submitted by W. G. Williams of San Francisco to Stanely D. Harris, a prominent stamp dealer who operated out of New York and Vermont in the mid-twentieth-century
Author
W. G. Williams
Seller
Kurt A. Sanftleben (United States)
Condition
Very good
Description
San Francisco, California, 1951. Unbound. Very good. Two of the three letters feature several colorful small vignettes, one showing Harris as "El Rey del Timbres" (The King of Stamps) standing atop a tower of stamp journals and almanacs. The third contains an illustration in blue and black depicting Harris as a business mogul seated behind a large desk, surveying a huge stamp distribution warehouse and fleet of delivery trucks. All are enclosed in one of Harris's shipping envelopes. Harris was apparently also recognized as an expert with regard to valuable "grilled" U.S. stamps, as examples bearing his pencil signature occasionally appear in prominent philatelic auctions today.
The poetry quartos. Twelve brochures each containing a new poem by an American poet... [as below]

The poetry quartos. Twelve brochures each containing a new poem by an American poet... [as below]

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The poetry quartos. Twelve brochures each containing a new poem by an American poet... [as below]
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Rulon-Miller Books (United States)
Description
[New York]: Random House, 1929. Edition limited to 475 sets printed in Silvermine, Conn., each designed, printed and made by Paul Johnston; tall 8vo, each poem in separate printed wrapper, stitched, as issued, and enclosed in a yellow printed paper chemise; lacking the publisher's box, but otherwise fine throughout. Includes: Monologue for Mothers by Genvieve Taggard, The Lovely Shall Be Choosers by Robert Frost, Rigmarole, Rigmarole by Vachel Lindsay, The Prodigal Son by Edwin Arlington Robinson, Adirondack Cycle by Louis Untermeyer, Body and Stone by Alfred Kreymborg, Red Roses for Bronze by H.D., Birthday Sonnet by Elinor Wylie, The Aspirant by Theodore Dreiser, Sagacity by William Rose Benét, Prelude by Conrad Aiken, Roots by Witter Bynner.
Exhibition card: stanley brouwn (14 October-18 November 1989)

Exhibition card: stanley brouwn (14 October-18 November 1989) by (BROUWN, Stanley)

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Exhibition card: stanley brouwn (14 October-18 November 1989)
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(BROUWN, Stanley)
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Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller, Inc. (United States)
Description
Printed on one side. Card. Düsseldorf: Konrad Fischer, 1989. Card announcing Brouwn’s 1989 presentation with Konrad Fischer. Fine. ❧ D. Fischer, ed., Ausstellungen bei Konrad Fischer: Düsseldorf Oktober 1967-Oktober 1992 (Edition Marzona: 1993) 272.
Rocketeer Adventures Volume One

Rocketeer Adventures Volume One by Alex Ross et al.

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Rocketeer Adventures Volume One
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Alex Ross et al.
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Kenneth Mallory Bookseller. ABAA (United States)
ISBN
9781613770344
Condition
Very good
Description
San Diego: IDW, 2011. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. First printing. [128]pp. Very good hardback bound in publisher's illustrated boards and issued without a jacket.
Understandable Jung: The Personal Side of Jungian Psychology

Understandable Jung: The Personal Side of Jungian Psychology by Wilmer, Harry A.

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Understandable Jung: The Personal Side of Jungian Psychology
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Wilmer, Harry A.
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Kenneth Mallory Bookseller. ABAA (United States)
ISBN
9780933029699
Condition
Very Good
Description
Wilmette: Chiron Publications, 1998. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. 265pp+ index. Internally fine with clean text that has no underlining, highlighting or notes.
Firefight

Firefight by FERRANDINO, Joseph

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Firefight
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FERRANDINO, Joseph
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Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (United States)
Condition
Fine
Description
(New York): Soho, 1987. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with some fading on the spine.
Revolution : propaganda organ of the Central Committee of the Revolutionary Communist Party (USA). No. 53 (Winter/Spring 1985)

Revolution : propaganda organ of the Central Committee of the Revolutionary Communist Party (USA). No. 53 (Winter/Spring 1985)

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Revolution : propaganda organ of the Central Committee of the Revolutionary Communist Party (USA). No. 53 (Winter/Spring 1985)
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Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB (United States)
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Chicago: RCP Publications, 1985. 106p., 8.5x11 inches; minor wear else very good condition. Includes Bob Avakian on "The '60s-'70s shift," Li Onesto on the bourgeois feminist ERA, and more.

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