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Roman histories of Lucius Iulius Florus; from the foundation of Rome, till Cæsar Augustus by Florus, Lucius Annaeus

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Title: Roman histories of Lucius Iulius Florus; from the foundation of Rome, till Cæsar Augustus
Author: Florus, Lucius Annaeus
Seller: Biblioctopus (United States)
Description: London: William Stansby, 1619. First Edition. 1st edition in English of Edmund Bolton’s translation. Contemporary polished calf, covers bordered with a triple blind rule large blind arabesque at centers, spine with three blind ruled raised bands, joints and spine tips worn, 17th century autograph ‘York’ on pastedown, imaginably, James, Duke of York, later James II, but no proof of that here, a very good copy. Roman letter, some Italic, text within box rule, engraved architectural title border signed "Sim Pass scu." (Simon van de Pass), small floriated woodcut initials, woodcut head pieces. On p. 503 Bolton signed the work (in type) with his initials "translated into English by E.M.B.", i.e. Edmund Maria Bolton, and he also signs the dedication with his pseudonym "Philanactophil." Collation: [xxiv], 503, [2]. last blank. RBH lists no other copies at auction since 1965. Florus’ history, known as the ‘Epitome of all the Wars during Seven Hundred Years’, is an abridgment of Roman history up to the age of Augustus with special reference to war. The style is rhetorical, and Florus is sometimes brief to the point of obscurity. His identity and names are not known for certain, though he is commonly called Lucius Annaeus. He lived in the 2nd century AD and is variously identified with the Florus who was poet-friend of the emperor Hadrian. This work is often described as an epitome of Livy, and no doubt owes much to that author, who is sometimes quoted verbatim, but Livy is by no means the only source, and Florus frequently makes statements at variance with Livy’s. The works of Sallust and Caesar were certainly employed, and there are reminiscences of Vergil and Lucan. It is probable that Florus imitated the division of the history of Rome into 4 ages, infancy, youth, manhood and old age, from Seneca. Florus is strikingly free of any political bias, except that in the Civil War he appears to side with Julius Caesar rather than with Pompeius. Bolton was the friend of Cotton and Camden, whose antiquarian researches he shared, and as a writer of verses he was associated with Sidney, Spenser, Raleigh, and others in the publication of "England's Helicon” and also wrote commendatory verses to Camden’s Brittania and Ben Jonson’s Volpone. Many influential friends, including the Duke of Buckingham, tried to help him in his pecuniary difficulties, but there seems no doubt that his Catholicism (which would have endeared him to James) stood in the way of his making a living by literature. For instance, a life of King Henry II which he had prepared for an edition of Speed's “Chronicle” then in course of publication, was rejected on account of the too favourable aspect in which he had depicted St. Thomas of Canterbury. In 1617 Bolton proposed to the king a scheme for a royal academy or college of letters which was to be associated with the Order of the Garter, and which was destined to convert Windsor Castle into a sort of English Olympus. James I gave some encouragement to the scheme, but died before it was carried into execution. With the accession of Charles I, Bolton seems to have fallen on hard times. The last years of his life were mostly spent either in the Fleet or in the Marshalsea, as a prisoner for debt, to which no doubt the fines he incurred as a "recusant convict" largely contributed.

Schorr, J by Schachkongreß Teplitz-Schönau im Oktober 1922

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Title: Schorr, J
Author: Schachkongreß Teplitz-Schönau im Oktober 1922
Seller: The Book Collector ABAA, ILAB, TBA (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: 664 pages with diagrams, tables, plates and indexes. Royal octavo (9 1/2" x 6 1/2") in original decorative binding. Notes by Grünfeld and Beeker. Includes 214 pages on chess problems which in turn includes a part on retrograde analysis by Kluver. (Bibliotheca Van der Linde-Niemeijeriana:5550) First edition."Not just the 91 annotated games of the tournament won by Reti and Spielmann ahead of Tartakover, Rubinstein. Grünfeld and so on (with Tarrasch in 13th place, next to bottom). This material with notes by Grünfeld and Beeker takes up only the first 286 pages, whereupon follows a report on a two-mover competition, then a three-mover, articles on various aspects of problem and study themes, a witty Tartakover 'chess alphabet', very detailed indexes and a 75 page account by chess historian Ludwig Bachmann... What leisured days they enjoyed then!" British Chess Magazine.Condition:Previous owners name and date "1923" on title, corners bumped else a very good copy.

NAPOLEON'S MEMOIRS by (BINDINGS - COSWAY-STYLE). (GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS). BONAPARTE, NAPOLEON

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Seller: Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts

Title: NAPOLEON'S MEMOIRS
Author: (BINDINGS - COSWAY-STYLE). (GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS). BONAPARTE, NAPOLEON
Seller: Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts (United States)
Description: Waltham St. Lawrence: Golden Cockerel Press, 1945. No. 412 OF 500 NUMBERED COPIES. 317 x 190 mm. (12 1/2 x 7 1/2"). 422, [2]; 78, [2] pp. Two volumes bound in one. Translated and edited by Somerset de Chair. HANDSOME RED MOROCCO BY BAYNTUN (RIVIERE) (stamp-signed in gilt on rear turn-in), covers with double gilt rule surrounding a field of alternating gilt tools (a bee, and the letter "N" encircled by a wreath), upper board with inset WATERCOLOR OVAL PORTRAIT OF NAPOLEON, with two flags, a gun, and a saber outlined in gilt appearing to cross behind it, lower cover with large gilt armorial device, raised bands, compartments ruled in gilt with bee or "N" tool at the center, gilt lettering, thick turn-ins with gilt rules and decorative cornerpieces, blue watered silk endleaves, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, original map endpapers bound in. Volume I with a frontispiece portrait of Napoleon, volume II with a black and white photograph of a modern sculpture of the general, title page of each volume with a woodcut design of an eagle clutching a flag among other accoutrements of war. Title page of volume one SIGNED BY THE EDITOR in ink. Chanticleer 167; Cave & Manson 167. Small nick to head of spine and some minor damage along the tail, two small stains and a couple of dings to covers, but still a beautiful binding in very pleasing condition. Small repair to edge of one of the map endpapers, one or two isolated trivial smudges elsewhere, but the contents nearly pristine. This is a finely bound copy of an innovative version of the memoirs that were based on conversations between Napoleon and Emmanuel-Augustin-Dieudonné-Joseph, Comte de Las Cases (1766-1842). The count accompanied the defeated emperor into exile on Saint Helena as an informal secretary, took a great many notes about Napoleon's life, inserted his own impressions, colored his account to the point of (favorable) misrepresentation, and published the work as the celebrated "Mémorial de Ste. Hélène," from which he made a substantial amount of money. Our translator and editor Somerset de Chair has turned the text into a first-person narrative and rearranged the pieces so that events are recalled in chronological order. The first volume covers the general's career from Corsica to Marengo, and the second is devoted to Waterloo. The so-called "Cosway" binding, featuring handsome morocco inset with one or more painted miniatures, apparently originated with the London bookselling firm of Henry Sotheran about 1909. It was in that year that G. C. Williamson's book entitled "Richard Cosway" (dealing with the British miniature painter of that name, 1742-1821) was remaindered by Sotheran and presumably given this special decorative treatment. The name "Cosway" was then used to describe any book so treated, whoever its author. Other prominent binderies, chiefly Sangorski & Sutcliffe and Bayntun, produced their own versions of the popular style. The Bayntun firm, founded in Bath in 1894, is now the last of the great Victorian trade binderies still in family ownership. Among the great English workshops of the Edwardian "golden age" of lavish bindings, Bayntun has the distinction of being the only one located outside London's West End to be sought after by bibliophiles. In 1939, Bayntun took over the esteemed Riviere firm, founded in 1829. The oval portrait on the present work is especially pleasing because it communicates something of Napoleon's character: he appears smug and in control, yet expressing some of the famous charisma that contributed to his success. The miniature bears the monogram "WMB," quite likely the initials of William Mineard Bennet (1778-1858), a painter and miniaturist who studied under Thomas Lawrence. According to Benezit, he went to Paris in 1835 "where he was extremely well received, enjoying the patronage of both the Duke de Berry and King Louis-Philippe.".

Ayn Rand (source) THE FOUNTAINHEAD (1949) Photo archive by Warner Brothers

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Title: Ayn Rand (source) THE FOUNTAINHEAD (1949) Photo archive
Author: Warner Brothers
Seller: Walterfilm, Inc. (United States)
Condition: Fine
Description: Warner Brothers. No binding. Fine. [Los Angeles]: Warner Brothers, 1949. Collection of twenty-one 8 x 10" (20 x 25 cm) black-and-white glossy silver gelatin photos. National Screen Service embossed on most, ink stamps on verso, overall fine. Many of Ayn Rand's most dramatic story moments from this adaptation of her novel The Fountainhead are captured in this group of scene and publicity photos, including the principal stars Gary Cooper, Patricia Neal and Raymond Massey. Photos coded: 707-12, 19, 22, 36, 37, 62, 64, 69, 89, 100, 114, 634, 678, 684, 688, 907, 932, 937, 939, 949, and one of Patricia Neal and Raymond Massey in the office for which the number is not visible.

From Bauhaus to Our House by Wolfe, Tom

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Title: From Bauhaus to Our House
Author: Wolfe, Tom
Seller: Kenneth Mallory Bookseller. ABAA (United States)
Condition: Very good
Description: NY: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1981. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. #163 of 350cc signed by Wolfe on a tipped in limitation page. Fine copy in publisher's cloth and slipcase.

The House of Landell; or, Follow and Find [SIGNED] by Whitney, Gertrude Capen (Mrs. George Erastus Whitney)

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Title: The House of Landell; or, Follow and Find [*SIGNED*]
Author: Whitney, Gertrude Capen (Mrs. George Erastus Whitney)
Seller: ReadInk (United States)
Condition: Very Good in Fair dj
Description: New York: R.F. Fenno & Company. Very Good in Fair dj. (c.1917). First Edition. Hardcover. NOISBN . [moderately worn but solid book, a bit of staining and soiling to edges of text block, some foxing/discoloration to endpapers; jacket is worn and soiled, with various tears and chips, missing about 1-1/2 inches at bottom of spine, a bit of paper loss at top of spine]. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the ffep: "With love to / Caroline[?] Vickers / from / Gertrude Capen Whitney / Augusta Georgia / June 1920." Novel concerning "two charming, exquisitely wrought out love-affairs [that] parallel each other in the story, whose scene is laid in and old and wealthy New England hill town and partly in the sunny Southland." But there's also this: "Psychic phenomena that are now recognized factors in life's expression give Mrs. Whitney's book almost an occult flavor and the elucidation of these strange and mysterious occurrences is convincingly clear." (The author was a Unitarian, for what that's worth.) Signed by Author .

Fine Etchings by Old & Modern Masters. Whistler Venetian and Thames Subjects selected by the late William M. Chase from Whister's Porfolios for the Easton Collection. ... Including Dürer's "Great Fortune." May 12, 1933. Sale 4044 by American Art Association, Anderson Galleries

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Title: Fine Etchings by Old & Modern Masters. Whistler Venetian and Thames Subjects selected by the late William M. Chase from Whister's Porfolios for the Easton Collection. ... Including Dürer's "Great Fortune." May 12, 1933. Sale 4044
Author: American Art Association, Anderson Galleries
Seller: Kaaterskill Books, ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Condition: A very good copy with soiling on wrappers.
Description: New York: American Art Association, Anderson Galleries, 1933. First edition. Paper wrappers. A very good copy with soiling on wrappers.. 29 pp. Illus. with b/w plates and photos. 8vo. 183 items described from the collections of Mrs. L.F. Easton, Mrs. Ira Davenport, Alexander M. Hudnut, Willis Vickery. Lancour 6002.

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