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Organon logikon, Kurtzer grundtlicher...Underricht, Zuberaitung und gebrauch, Des Circkels Schregmess und Linial in wahrer proportion by GALGEMAYR, G

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Title
Organon logikon, Kurtzer grundtlicher...Underricht, Zuberaitung und gebrauch, Des Circkels Schregmess und Linial in wahrer proportion
Author
GALGEMAYR, G
Seller
Martayan Lan, Inc. (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
Augsburg: Weh, 1655. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 4to., (4) ff., 128 pp., with four folding plates; lightly toned. Bound in contemporary stiff vellum, with title written in ink on spine in a neat hand. Ownership inscription on title-page, some careful underlining and annotations in a neat contemporary hand; lightly toned. Excellent.Rare edition and a fine copy of Galgemayr's very influential text describing the construction & use of two instruments, a proportional compass and a lineal compass for the measurement of volumes and surfaces. The former, closely resembling Galileo's proportional compass, was a popular calculating device used throughout the 17th C. The work was first published in 1615 and re-printed in 1626, 1633, and 1654 with modifications. All editions, however, are very rare owing to the book's practical utility. The copy offered here is enriched by annotations that indicate that it was used as a workbook. These are unusually careful and neat, and a few contain calculations that do not appear derived from the exercises; possibly they are calculations for actual (e.g. real life) situations for which the chapters are being consulted as a model or guide. Together with Uttenhofer's Circinus geometricus (see below), the work provides a vivid picture of a developing technology that ultimately became the modern hand-held calculating machine. * I. Zinner Astronomische Literatur 5046 & 5025 (1626 ed.); Instrumente p. 568; Poggendorf II. 1163; Kiely, Surveying Instruments, p. 226. II. Berlin Kat. 1716 (1633 ed.). The work is bound with an incomplete copy of: UTTENHOFER, K. Circinus Geometricus, zu Teutsch Mess-Circkel, nemlich: Ein Geometrisch Instrument, durch welches ...einen Acker, Wissmat oder Wald abzumessen.... Geschutz zu richten... etliche... Sonnen Uhrn zu machen. Nurenburg, Simon Halbmayr, 1626. 4to., (8) ff., 136 (e.g. 138) pp., (l) ff., including t-p with elaborately engraved architectural border (signed Hauer), 2 folding-plates, [7 of 10] full-page engraved plates [printing error left 3 pages blank], 60 woodcut illustrations in text and numerous tables.
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Fishing. A Single Poem with an Original Mixed Media Print By William Weege Da Barba by [PERISHABLE PRESS] OLSON, Toby

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Title
Fishing. A Single Poem with an Original Mixed Media Print By William Weege Da Barba
Author
[PERISHABLE PRESS] OLSON, Toby
Seller
James S. Jaffe Rare Books LLC (United States)
Condition
Very fine copy
Description
Driftless, WI: Perishable Press, 1973. First edition. One of only 50 copies printed on Shadwell and signed by the artist. "The cover is six vertical scraps of variegated Shadwell randomly zig-zagged together with the text block sewed to one end of the blank side. The cover is then folded under and around the text block with a real fishing fly affixed to the cover. . . . Needless to say this is/was a bibliographer's nightmare about which many letters were received." Hamady 63. Printers' Choice, 68. In our experience, the rarest publication of the Perishable Press. Very fine copy. 4to, cloth & paper wrappers with original print on verso, real fishing fly on front cover. Very fine copy.
Charter, By-Laws, Officers and Members of the Ristigouche Salmon Club

Charter, By-Laws, Officers and Members of the Ristigouche Salmon Club

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Title
Charter, By-Laws, Officers and Members of the Ristigouche Salmon Club
Seller
James Cummins Bookseller (United States)
Condition
Light green cloth, upper cover titled in green. Fine. Book label of Charles B. Wood, III
Description
Matapedia, P.Q., Canada: [Privately printed], 1980. Frontispiece. [2], 62 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Light green cloth, upper cover titled in green. Fine. Book label of Charles B. Wood, III. Frontispiece. [2], 62 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. "These little membership books, which were presumably issued every year, are rare as hen's teeth" - Charles Wood, Bibliotheca Salmo salar. Wood records one example of a Ristigouche Salmon Club book from the late 1920s, then nothing further until 1950s; OCLC records just six examples, 1890s to 1950s, each in a single location. This is the centennial edition, abundantly illustrated with historic photographs. Bibliotheca Salmo salar 137
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Legacies by BRADBURY Ray KING Stephen BLOCH Robert CHIZMAR Richard

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Title
Legacies
Author
BRADBURY Ray KING Stephen BLOCH Robert CHIZMAR Richard
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Bauman Rare Books (United States)
Description
2010. First Edition. Signed. (KING, Stephen, et al.). CHIZMAR, Richard, editor. Legacies. Baltimore: Cemetery Dance, 2010. Octavo, original full blue leatherette, original dust jacket, original matching traycase. $1500.Signed limited first edition, number 103 of 500 copies, signed by almost all contributors including Stephen King.Ten classic horror stories from legendary authors Stephen King, Dean Koontz, Clive Barker, Ray Bradbury, Richard Matheson, David Morrell, Peter Straub, Robert Bloch, William F. Nolan and George Clayton Johnson, paired with original color and black-and-white illustrations by award-winning artists including Jill Bauman, Glenn Chadbourne, Alan M. Clark, Keith Minnion, Mark Nelson, Eric Powell and Gahan Wilson. The King story is ""One for the Road,"" a sequel to 'Salem's Lot; the Koontz story ""Black River,"" basis for a 2001 television movie, appears here for the first time in book form. 552 copies were printed in total: 52 signed and lettered and 500 signed and numbered, of which this is number 103 with a complete set of tipped-in signature pages signed by the editor, artists, and all authors except Bloch and Bradbury (who did not sign any copies). Book and dust jacket in fine condition, traycase with minor scuffs.
Mucha Signed Color Art Reproduction

Mucha Signed Color Art Reproduction by MUCHA, ALFONS

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Title
Mucha Signed Color Art Reproduction
Author
MUCHA, ALFONS
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Schulson Autographs (United States)
Description
The artwork's title is translated as, "Concord of Slovakian Nation." Mucha has signed in his fine hand, "Mucha," above and perpendicular to his printed name. Mucha's printed name appears to the left under the image and the Czech title to the right.A note on provenance: the signed postcard originally came from Mucha's daughter. Ideal for display and exceptionally attractive.
DUSE, ELEONORA Photograph SIGNED

DUSE, ELEONORA Photograph SIGNED by DUSE, ELEONORA

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DUSE, ELEONORA Photograph SIGNED
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DUSE, ELEONORA
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Schulson Autographs (United States)
Description
Photograph Signed showing the famed actress as Magda in the play "Heimat" by dramatist Hermann Sudermann. On verso using her familiar purple ink, she dedicates, signs and dates the photograph "To Mr. B. Webster E. Duse 1896, New York." The photograph was taken in New York by photographer Aime Dupont and measures 5.5 x 7.25 on photographer's board measuring 10 x 11.75. The photograph is also matted on the image side. Duse successfully toured the United States in 1896. An exceptionally large signed image of one of the 19th and early 20th century's great actresses. Condition: Overall darkened, some staining on left edge and light crimping to surface of board in two spots not affecting image. Surface chip to upper right corner of board and soiling on the board is covered by the mat. The photograph is in good overall condition.
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The Book Hunter by John Hill Burton

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The Book Hunter
Author
John Hill Burton
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Jeff Bergman Books ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Condition
Fine
Description
William Blackwood & Sons, 1862. Book. Fine. Three-Quarter Leather. Autographed Note. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Bound in Green Three Quarter Leather. First Edition of This Books About Books Classic. 1/22 copies that have been printed for Sale on Large Paper. Comes With ALS By Burton. Dated Jan 25, 1875. Amazing Copy. .
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L'instant fatal, poèmes by Queneau, Raymond

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Title
L'instant fatal, poèmes
Author
Queneau, Raymond
Seller
Thomas A Goldwasser Rare Books (United States)
Description
Paris: Gallimard, 1948. First Gallimard edition, greatly expanded from the 1946 book of the same title which contained only six poems. 136 p. 19 cm. Original wrappers, very fine, unopened. Tirage de tête, copy number II of 13 copies (10 numbered, three lettered) printed on vélin pur fil.
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The Eccentricities of a Nightingale and Summer and Smoke by Williams, Tennessee

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The Eccentricities of a Nightingale and Summer and Smoke
Author
Williams, Tennessee
Seller
Thomas A Goldwasser Rare Books (United States)
Description
New York: New Directions, 1964. First edition. Blue cloth. Ownership signature, nice copy in lighlty used dust jacket. Jacket design by Alvin Lustig. Crandell A29.1.
THE DOCTRINE OF CHANCES, OR THE THEORY OF GAMING, MADE EASY TO EVERY PERSON ACQUAINTED WITH COMMON ARITHMETIC, SO AS TO ENABLE THEM TO CALCULATE THE PROBABILITIES OF EVENTS IN LOTTERIES, CARDS, HORSE RACING, DICE, &C. WITH TABLES ON CHANCE, NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED, FROM WHICH MERE INSPECTION WILL SOLVE A GREAT VARIETY OF QUESTIONS

THE DOCTRINE OF CHANCES, OR THE THEORY OF GAMING, MADE EASY TO EVERY PERSON ACQUAINTED WITH COMMON ARITHMETIC, SO AS TO ENABLE THEM TO CALCULATE THE PROBABILITIES OF EVENTS IN LOTTERIES, CARDS, HORSE RACING, DICE, &C. WITH TABLES ON CHANCE, NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED, FROM WHICH MERE INSPECTION WILL SOLVE A GREAT VARIETY OF QUESTIONS by (GAMBLING). ROUSE, WILLIAM

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THE DOCTRINE OF CHANCES, OR THE THEORY OF GAMING, MADE EASY TO EVERY PERSON ACQUAINTED WITH COMMON ARITHMETIC, SO AS TO ENABLE THEM TO CALCULATE THE PROBABILITIES OF EVENTS IN LOTTERIES, CARDS, HORSE RACING, DICE, &C. WITH TABLES ON CHANCE, NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED, FROM WHICH MERE INSPECTION WILL SOLVE A GREAT VARIETY OF QUESTIONS
Author
(GAMBLING). ROUSE, WILLIAM
Seller
Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts (United States)
Description
London: Printed by Gye & Balne, Gracechurch Street, for the Author, Published by Lackington, Allen & Co, [1814]. FIRST EDITION. 222 x 137 mm. (8 3/4 x 5 1/4"). lvi, [57]-350, [1] leaf (errata). Excellent retrospective half calf over marbled boards, raised bands, spine panels with leafy gilt centerpiece, red morocco label. Engraved title page with vignette of gentlemen playing cards, throwing dice, and watching a horse race. With two folding tables (one divided into two charts) mounted on tabs at rear of volume. Title page faintly foxed, leaves a little yellowed with age, but A FINE COPY, clean and fresh internally, the folding plates without tears, and the sympathetic binding unworn. This is an extremely pleasing copy of a work that introduces the principles of probability to a general audience, including fundamental concepts, real-world decision-making, and, in particular, applications in gambling, with chapters devoted to cards, dice, lotteries, and horse-racing. To teach these concepts, the author presents a series of 90 gambling problems and their solutions, demonstrating how one can calculate the odds of winning instead of relying on mere luck. Rouse also takes a cautionary stance in his introduction, noting that "a knowledge of calculations is likely to prevent, or, at least, to lessen, the final fatal consequences of gaming, which arise more from the inequality of chances or skill in the players, than from any thing intrinsic in any species of play." Although the present work is influenced by earlier treatises, such as Abraham de Moivre's "Doctrine of Chances" (1718), Rouse's work is more accessible and practical, aimed at readers with an interest in probability without requiring advanced mathematical knowledge..
Making Chicken Soup

Making Chicken Soup by Krims, Les

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Title
Making Chicken Soup
Author
Krims, Les
Seller
Rabelais - Fine Books on Food & Drink (United States)
Description
Rochester: Humpy Press / Light Impressions, 1979. Square duodecimo, unpaginated. Illustrated with twenty-eight black and white photographs. FIRST EDITION. A photographic artist book from Les Krims, in which the artist's mother demonstrates the step-by-step method for preparing her chicken soup. The book also includes Mrs. Krims' recipes for kreplach and matzo balls. Fine in photographically illustrated wrappers.
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Appareils de Cuisine et de Chauffage au Gaz et au Carbon by [Trade Catalogue – Stoves]; Etablissement Brachet & Richard

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Title
Appareils de Cuisine et de Chauffage au Gaz et au Carbon
Author
[Trade Catalogue – Stoves]; Etablissement Brachet & Richard
Seller
Rabelais - Fine Books on Food & Drink (United States)
Description
Lyon: Brachet & Richard; [Imprimerie Leon Sezanne, 1935. Velour, post-bound catalogue (21.5 x 17 cm.), unpaginated. Illustrated. Printed throughout in red and black. FIRST EDITION. Trade catalogue of gas and coal stoves and heating appliances. Attractive, Art Deco-style design throughout, with red velour stiff wrappers, debosed and titled in gold. Unrecorded. [OCLC locates no copies].
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My Attainment of the Pole. Being the Record of the Expedition that First Reached the Boreal Center, 1907-1909. With the Final Summary of the Polar Controversy. by Cook, Frederick A.

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Title
My Attainment of the Pole. Being the Record of the Expedition that First Reached the Boreal Center, 1907-1909. With the Final Summary of the Polar Controversy.
Author
Cook, Frederick A.
Seller
Argonaut Book Shop (United States)
Condition
Fine
Description
New York: The Polar Publishing Co., 1911 Book. Fine. Hardcover. First edition. Small quarto. xx, [2], 604pp. Frontis portrait, 49 photographs, text illustrations. Index. Brown pictorial cloth. Some scattered foxing, contemporary owner's signature on blank flyleaf, slight rubbing to spine ends and corners, else a fine copy. Cook's original purpose in exploring the region west of Greenland was ostensibly to organize a hunting expedition. Just north of Etah, Cook decided that conditions were good enough for an assault on the North Pole, and set out on his journey over the sea ice with two Eskimo companions, two sledges and 26 dogs. Cook is one of the most controversial figures in the history of polar exploration. His supporters claim that he was the hero of the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, the first to climb Mt. McKinley, and the first to stand at the North Pole (allegedly only four days before Robert Peary). Others insist that Cook faked his claims to both Mt. McKinley and the North Pole, and continued a career of deceit by using the mail to defraud investors in a Texas oil promotion, for which he was convicted and spent five years in federal prison. The endless controversy and debate continues over what Cook's true accomplishments were. [Ricks: p.70; Smith: 1976; Wickersham: 4904 (later printing)]..
Andrei Rublev (Original photograph taken on the set of the 1966 film)

Andrei Rublev (Original photograph taken on the set of the 1966 film) by Andrei Tarkovsky (director, screenwriter); Andrei Konchalovskiy (screenwriter); Anatoliy Solonitsyn, Ivan Lapikov, Nikolay Grinko (starring)

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Andrei Rublev (Original photograph taken on the set of the 1966 film)
Author
Andrei Tarkovsky (director, screenwriter); Andrei Konchalovskiy (screenwriter); Anatoliy Solonitsyn, Ivan Lapikov, Nikolay Grinko (starring)
Seller
Royal Books (United States)
Description
N.p.: N.p., 1966. Vintage borderless double weight reference photograph of director Andrei Tarkovsky talking with actor Nikolay Grinko on the set of the 1966 film. Annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the verso, along with a Photofest label. Tarkovsky's sprawling 15th-century drama, capturing seven episodes in the life of revered Russian iconographer Andrei Rublev, from his humble origins as a traveling monk to his later years returning to painting after a long and meditative sabbatical. Set in medieval Russia, shot on location in Moscow. 7.5 x 5.5 inches. Very Good plus. Criterion Collection 34. Rosenbaum 1000. Vogel, Film as a Subversive Art.
EUDORA WELTY: WRITERS' REFLECTIONS UPON FIRST READING WELTY

EUDORA WELTY: WRITERS' REFLECTIONS UPON FIRST READING WELTY by (WELTY, Eudora) McHANEY, Pearl Amelia (editor)

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Title
EUDORA WELTY: WRITERS' REFLECTIONS UPON FIRST READING WELTY
Author
(WELTY, Eudora) McHANEY, Pearl Amelia (editor)
Seller
Charles Agvent, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Fine in slipcase, as issued
Description
Athens, GA: Hill Street Press, (1999). First Edition. hardcover. Fine in slipcase, as issued. Bound in green silkish cloth with gilt lettering on the front cover and spine. Published on the occasion of Welty's 90th birthday. One of 200 numbered copies (there were also 26 lettered copies) SIGNED by the editor and all 22 contributors: Richard Bausch, Doris Betts, Fred Chappell, Ellen Douglas, Tony Early, Clyde Edgerton, George Garrett, Ellen Gilchrist, Anthony Grooms, Barry Hannah, Mary Hood, Greg Johnson, William Maxwell, Willie Morris, Alice Munro, Daniele Pitavy-Souques, Reynolds Price, Louis D. Rubin, Jr., Lee Smith, William Jay Smith, Elizabeth Spencer, and Richard Wilbur.
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Bei Jaffa by Struck, Hermann

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Bei Jaffa
Author
Struck, Hermann
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Palinurus Antiquarian Books (United States)
Condition
Paper somewhat browned and dry with some cracks along a portion of the vertical plate margin of both sides; some spotting over t
Description
Frankfurt: [H Struck], 1903. First Edition. Not bound or framed.. Paper somewhat browned and dry with some cracks along a portion of the vertical plate margin of both sides; some spotting over the surface of the print that appears to result from the paper utilized.. Etching. The printed surface measures appx. 178 x 238 mm; sheet size 234 x 350 mm. Laid paper; watermarked at center. Signed in light pencil on the lower left and in the plate lower right. One of a hundred copies. Originally issued in a portfolio of prints titled Land Israel. The author is best known for his portrait of Einstein. See Schwartz, Graphische Werk von Hermann Struck, 1911, p. 68.
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Myologische Untersuchungen by Kuhne, W - NEUROPHYSIOLOGY

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Title
Myologische Untersuchungen
Author
Kuhne, W - NEUROPHYSIOLOGY
Seller
Palinurus Antiquarian Books (United States)
Condition
A very good copy; small inst. blind stamp on a blank portion of the title.
Description
Leipzig: Veit, 1860. First Edition.. Disbound.. A very good copy; small inst. blind stamp on a blank portion of the title.. 8vo. There is one fldg. plate. The first book by Kuhne. It contains Garrison-Morton #620, his important 1859 article, in which he isolated and named 'myosin' in muscles. See G - M #620.
Exit

Exit by WRIGHT, Harold Bell

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Exit
Author
WRIGHT, Harold Bell
Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books (United States)
Description
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1930. First Edition. Octavo (19.5cm); red textured cloth boards stamped in gilt on spine and front panel; dustjacket; 315pp. Gilt slightly dulled, with some trivial soil to text edges, preliminary and terminal leaves; Near Fine. The dustjacket is remarkably bright and fresh, with some pinpoint rubbing and a few tiny nicks to note; Near Fine. One of Wright's later novels, surrounding a multi-generational love triangle in a small Ohio town.
Uncle Fred in the Springtime

Uncle Fred in the Springtime by WODEHOUSE, P. G.

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Uncle Fred in the Springtime
Author
WODEHOUSE, P. G.
Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books (United States)
Description
London: Herbert Jenkins Ltd, 1939. First U.K. Edition. First printing. Octavo (19cm). Red cloth, titled in gilt on spine; plain endpapers; 311,[5]pp; 3pp of publisher's ads at rear. Bookplate of Douglas R. Vining. A straight, sound copy, spine sunned, edges rubbed, endpapers browned: Very Good. The fifth Blandings novel, preceded by the Doubleday, Doran & Co. US edition of the same year. MCILVAINE A61b.
Notre Combat

Notre Combat by [ARTIST'S BOOKS] ELLIA, Lind; Simone Veil (pref)

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Notre Combat
Author
[ARTIST'S BOOKS] ELLIA, Lind; Simone Veil (pref)
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Lorne Bair Rare Books (United States)
Description
Paris: Editions du Seuil, 2007. First Edition. First printing. Large octavo (26cm); pictorial wrappers, 398pp. As new in the publisher's folding card slipcase. Documentation of a remarkable artistic collaboration in which Ellia, a Tunisian Sephardic Jew living in Paris, invited hundreds of individuals, artists and non-artists alike, to alter pages from an original edition of Hitler's Mein Kampf. The remarkable results are gathered here in book form; an exhibition of the original works took place at the Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco in 2010.
Decorative Lighting Catalog No.36. Southern Electric Company. Wholesale Distributors. Staunton, Virginia

Decorative Lighting Catalog No.36. Southern Electric Company. Wholesale Distributors. Staunton, Virginia

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Decorative Lighting Catalog No.36. Southern Electric Company. Wholesale Distributors. Staunton, Virginia
Seller
White Fox Rare Books and Antiques (United States)
Condition
Near Fine
Description
Staunton, Virginia: John C. Virdin Company, 1936. Wraps. Brass Clasps. Near Fine. A wide selection of chandeliers, overhead lighting fixtures generally, sconces, indoor and outdoor, many Art Deco, but also more ornate styles that can be loosely described as Victorian, and the primary material besides the light bulbs various metals, sometimes painted, sometimes hammered, sometimes sculpted and shaped, but also glass the design often actualized by molding the glass into striking shapes. The lighting fixtures here, which we would peg as middle-of-the-road for the time, were generally destined for middle class homes and apartment buildings. The clientele were not furnishing mansions and Fifth Avenue penthouses with these fixtures, other than they might draw upon the catalogue for servant's quarters, lesser rooms, and the like. 4to. 28.5 by 22.5 cm. 53, [3] pp. Profusely illustrated, with color illustrations dominating 19 pages. In fact, the first 53 pages feature illustrations, and after the first page, these are of inventory items. The illustrations generally look as if they were drawn, but they are derived from photographs and thus are a sort of hybrid one sees in many a catalogue from the period. and all the other 53 first pages with illustrations. The general pattern is with the color images, there are three to five fixtures shown in a single frame, the fixtures arranged symmetrically, often a larger fixture at the center. The black and white images, on the other hand, will have just one fixture in a frame, but there are three to six frames on the page. One other distinction between the color versus b/w fixture representations -- the color ones tend to be larger. This changes in the latter part of the catalogue where the frames are dispensed with entirely for the non-color renderings. With many of these pages, there are nine fixtures shown also. One other distinction between the color versus b/w fixture representations -- the color ones tend to be larger. There are also enough color examples to allow the catalogue user to imagine how the similar fixtures shown in b/w will look when seen in person. Cover has minor wear, including a few tiny dings and/or closed tears, entirely trivial. The interior is clean.
[BIRD PRINT]. The Golden-crowned Wren, and The Ruby-crowned Wren

[BIRD PRINT]. The Golden-crowned Wren, and The Ruby-crowned Wren by EDWARDS, George

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[BIRD PRINT]. The Golden-crowned Wren, and The Ruby-crowned Wren
Author
EDWARDS, George
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Sandra L Hoekstra Bookseller, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA (United States)
Description
London, 1758. George EDWARDS. Plate 254 from Gleanings of Natural History by George Edwards. Hand-colored copperplate engraving on hand-laid paper. Matted in a museum archival bevel-cut mat, double gilt decoration, archival foamboard backing. Mat and backing are hinged. Mat measures 16" x 14"; beveled mat opening measures 9 7/8" x 7 3/8
Happy Little Edward and His Pleasant Ride and Rambles in the Country

Happy Little Edward and His Pleasant Ride and Rambles in the Country by Early American

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Title
Happy Little Edward and His Pleasant Ride and Rambles in the Country
Author
Early American
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E M Maurice Books, LLC, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Fine
Description
New Haven: S. Babcock, 1850 Blue paper wraps titles and decorative engravings in black ink. The story of a little boy's journey through the countryside of Connecticut and Massachusetts to visit family. The little boy is curious and points out all of the things he sees along the way and his mother explains what he is seeing. Illustrated with detailed, full-page engravings. . First Edition. Original Wraps. Fine. Illus. by Engravings. 48mo.
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Esquisses de L'Homme by ALAIN

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Esquisses de L'Homme
Author
ALAIN
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Argosy Book Store (United States)
Condition
fine
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Paris: Edouard Pelletan, 1927. hardcover. fine. Alfred Ltour. Wood engraved decorative headpieces by Alfred Ltour. 382 pages. 16mo, (4 x 6 inches). Handsomely rebound in full red crushed morocco, top edge gilt, ornate gilt dentelles & red watered silk end-leaves. Paris: Editions D'Art Edouard Pelletan, 1927. A fine copy with the origial wrappers bound-in. Ninth in the series Philosophes et Moralistes.
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Surgical Technigrams by AKL, F.M. Al

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Surgical Technigrams
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AKL, F.M. Al
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very good(-)
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New York: McGraw-Hill, 1954. hardcover. very good(-). With b/w illustrations and diagrams throughout. 346 pages. Large 8vo, cloth-backed boards. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1954. A very good(-) copy--light rubbing to cloth edges, minor foxing to fly, ex-libris plate and signature on pastedown.
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The Clain (Clan) Campbell; A Geneological and Historcial Sketch Collected and Arranged for the"Ridgetown Plaindealer" (bound with) Some Account of the Cunningham-Caruths . Arranged By John Ca by Campbell, John Caruth

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The Clain (Clan) Campbell; A Geneological and Historcial Sketch Collected and Arranged for the"Ridgetown Plaindealer" (bound with) Some Account of the Cunningham-Caruths . Arranged By John Ca
Author
Campbell, John Caruth
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Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB (United States)
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Very Good
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Muirkirk ONT: Bridgetown Plaindealer Print, 1895. Assumed First (and Only) Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Uncommon individual effort at geneology of the Caruth clan in Canada' Ontario province. About 3'x4" gold cloth, first part 52pp, second 9, with another pasted-in part entitled "Descendants of Peter Campbell-Bawn of Dumbartonshire. Neatly pasted-in are about 14 pages of clippings of births and deaths of related clans in Scotland from the Glasgow Daily Herald of April 23, 1864.
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The Art of Indian Asia: Its Mythologies and Transformations (Two Volume Set) by Zimmer, Heinrich; completed and edited by Joseph Campbell

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The Art of Indian Asia: Its Mythologies and Transformations (Two Volume Set)
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Zimmer, Heinrich; completed and edited by Joseph Campbell
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James & Mary Laurie Booksellers (A.B.A.A.) (United States)
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Fine Condition
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New York: Bollingen Foundation, 1960. 2nd. Hardcover. Fine Condition. With photographs by Eliot Eliosfon and others. Bollingen Series XXXIX. Volume I: Text. Volume II: Plates. In publisher's original navy blue cloth with gilt stamping. Ex-library. Previous owner's name stamped and dedication by same to the Sheldon Swope Art Museum in ink on the front free endpaper.
Oberon. Romantische Oper in drei Aufzügen... Dichtung mit englischem Texte von J. Planché. Deutsch nach dem Englischen von Th. Hell. Traduction française rhythmée par M.M.A. van Hasselt et J.-B. Rongé. Partition complète pour Chant et Piano

Oberon. Romantische Oper in drei Aufzügen... Dichtung mit englischem Texte von J. Planché. Deutsch nach dem Englischen von Th. Hell. Traduction française rhythmée par M.M.A. van Hasselt et J.-B. Rongé. Partition complète pour Chant et Piano by WEBER, Carl Maria von 1786-1826

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Oberon. Romantische Oper in drei Aufzügen... Dichtung mit englischem Texte von J. Planché. Deutsch nach dem Englischen von Th. Hell. Traduction française rhythmée par M.M.A. van Hasselt et J.-B. Rongé. Partition complète pour Chant et Piano
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WEBER, Carl Maria von 1786-1826
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J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians LLC (United States)
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Braunschweig & New-York: Henry Litolff's Verlag [PN 2300], 1870. Octavo. Original publisher's elaborately blindstamped dark green cloth boards with portrait of composer in relief, spine decorative spine with titling gilt. [i] (title), 2 (cast list and contents), 3-176 pp. Printer's note to foot of p. 2: "Stich und Druck von Henry Litolff's Verlag in Braunschweig." Contents and sung text in French, German, and English. Headers (caption titles) and stage directions in French and German only. Handstamp "Cauderes J. Bordeaux Allees de Tourny 50" to front endpaper. Binding slightly worn, bumped and shaken; Occasional wear and foxing; titled frayed at edges; some leaves partly detached. A later edition. Date according to WorldCat. WeV C.10. Jähns 306 (p. 392). "Th. Hell" is a pseudonym of Carl Winkler (Jähns p. 383). "In accepting a commission from Covent Garden in London, Weber virtually guaranteed that his last opera, Oberon, would stand apart in many ways from his earlier efforts. Behind J.R. Planché's libretto... lay a tradition of English opera more closely allied to 18th-century popular theatre than to contemporary continental opera, a concept of theatre orientated more towards visual spectacle than the musical realization of action and conflict... The main developments take place primarily in spoken dialogue... Obvious parallels with Die Zauberflöte point up further ties to the 18th century: the disposition of the four principal characters into two pairs of lovers, heroic (Rezia and Huon) and comic (Fatima and Sherasmin) respectively; exotic settings (Baghdad and Tunis); magical effects and scene transformations; a magic instrument (Oberon's horn) that on more than one occasion saves the principal characters from harm; and the Enlightenment theme of human perseverance in the face of severe trials." Paul Corneilson et al in Grove Music Online.
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Webern Studies by [WEBERN]. Bailey, Kathryn, ed

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Webern Studies
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[WEBERN]. Bailey, Kathryn, ed
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J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians LLC (United States)
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Fine
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[Cambridge]: Cambridge University Press, 1996. Hardcover. Fine. Octavo. Boards. Full dark green cloth. 375 pp. With musical examples and occasional illustrations. In dustjacket.
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Johannes Schultz Fürstlich Braunschweig-Lüneburgischer Organist in Dannenberg Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Musik in Niedersachsen in der ersten Hälfte des XVII. Jahrhunderts by [SCHULTZ]. Siebeck, Robert

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Johannes Schultz Fürstlich Braunschweig-Lüneburgischer Organist in Dannenberg Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Musik in Niedersachsen in der ersten Hälfte des XVII. Jahrhunderts
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[SCHULTZ]. Siebeck, Robert
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J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians LLC (United States)
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Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1913. Octavo. Disbound. 191 pp. Wrappers lacking, reinforced with paper tape to spine. Browned; first and last leaves creased and with small tears, some affecting text; edges frayed.
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Das Schrifttum zur musikalischen Lokalgeschichts-Forschung by SCHAAL, Richard

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Das Schrifttum zur musikalischen Lokalgeschichts-Forschung
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SCHAAL, Richard
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J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians LLC (United States)
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Very Good
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Kassel: Bärenreiter, 1947. Softcover. Very Good. Small quarto. Original publisher's dark ivory printed wrappers. 62 pp. Slightly worn; browned.
We English (Signed First Edition)

We English (Signed First Edition) by ROBERTS, Simon

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We English (Signed First Edition)
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ROBERTS, Simon
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Harper's Books (United States)
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Light wear, tapping to corners, toning to page edges; near fine in printed paper-covered boards.
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London: Chris Boot Ltd., 2009. Light wear, tapping to corners, toning to page edges; near fine in printed paper-covered boards.. First Edition. Oblong quarto. SIGNED by Roberts. Large-scale color photographs of the English at leisure, taken by Roberts with a 4 x 5 inch view camera. (Parr / Badger, v3, 176).
Little Men: Life At Plumfield with Jo's Boys

Little Men: Life At Plumfield with Jo's Boys by Alcott, Louisa M.

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Little Men: Life At Plumfield with Jo's Boys
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Alcott, Louisa M.
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Books Tell You Why, Inc. (United States)
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Very Good+
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Boston: Little, Brown, and Company. Very Good+. 1937. Hardcover. A sprightly edition in Very Good+ condition with little edgewear and soiling. There are two owner's book plates between the front free endpaper and the title page ; Louisa May Alcott's account of the children of Jo Bhaer and Meg at Plumfield Estate School, first published in 1871, the second book in the Little Women trilogy ; Color Illustrations; 8vo; 354 pages; TBC .
Man of La Mancha; a musical play

Man of La Mancha; a musical play by Wasserman, Dale; lyrics by Joe Darion, music by Mitch Leigh

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Man of La Mancha; a musical play
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Wasserman, Dale; lyrics by Joe Darion, music by Mitch Leigh
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ReadInk (United States)
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Near Fine in Near Fine dj
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New York: Random House. Near Fine in Near Fine dj. (c.1966). Book Club Edition. Hardcover. [nice book, tight and clean with only slight wear at extremities; jacket is similarly nice, with just a touch of edgewear]. (B&W photographs) Musical adaptation of "Don Quixote," which premiered in 1965 with Richard Kiley in the title role; filmed by director Arthur Hiller in 1972, with Peter O'Toole and Sophia Loren. [Note re book content: please note that, as usual with published versions of musical plays, this incudes the lyrics of the songs but NOT the music.] [Also note that the book itself states "First Printing," but don't be fooled: it's the Book Club Edition, as clearly indicated on the dust jacket flap.] .
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The Theory of Universals by Aaron, R. I

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The Theory of Universals
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Aaron, R. I
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Oxford: Athe University Press, 1952 First edition. Cloth. Octavo. Very good in price-clipped d.j. Jacket has small gash in spine.
Einstein's Monsters

Einstein's Monsters by Amis, Martin

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Einstein's Monsters
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Amis, Martin
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Kenneth Mallory Bookseller. ABAA (United States)
ISBN
9780517565209
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Very good
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NY: Harmony Books, 1987. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. First American Edition. Very good hardback in a tanned jacket. Signed by Amis on the title page. 051756520x.
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On the Cutting Edge of Blake Scholarship by Tolley, Michael J.

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On the Cutting Edge of Blake Scholarship
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Tolley, Michael J.
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John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller (United States)
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1968. Adelaide, Australia: Adelaide University Graduates' Union, 1968. 4to, 8pp. Blake illustration on page 4 accompanying a Blake article on pages 4 & 5 in the Adelaide University Graduates' Union Monthly Newsletter and Gazette, December 1968. Illustrated wrappers. Very good. § Bentley, BB, 2862.
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Blake's Song of Spring by Tolley, Michael J.

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Blake's Song of Spring
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Tolley, Michael J.
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[N/A] Offprint. 8vo, 32pp. (numbered 96-128) including 6 illustrations. Offprint in plain light blue wrappers. Near fine. §.
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Only One Father. [cover title]

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Only One Father. [cover title]
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McBlain Books (United States)
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Good
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n.p., 1950. Paperback. Good. 10p. Sheets stapled in upper corner. 30 cm. Horizontal crease throughout. Mimeographed text printed on one side only. A short story/essay about a child given up by his Japanese mother and whose father was an African American sergeant serving a life sentence at Leavenworth. Author not identified.
DEUTSCHE BUCHEREI, 1912-1962 FESTSCHRIFT ZUM FÜNFZIGJÄHRIGEN BESTEHEN DER DEUTSCHEN NATIONALBIBLIOTHEK

DEUTSCHE BUCHEREI, 1912-1962 FESTSCHRIFT ZUM FÜNFZIGJÄHRIGEN BESTEHEN DER DEUTSCHEN NATIONALBIBLIOTHEK

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DEUTSCHE BUCHEREI, 1912-1962 FESTSCHRIFT ZUM FÜNFZIGJÄHRIGEN BESTEHEN DER DEUTSCHEN NATIONALBIBLIOTHEK
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Oak Knoll Books/Oak Knoll Press (United States)
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Leipzig: Buch-und Bibliothekswesen, 1962. cloth. Deutschen Nationalbibliothek. 4to. cloth. xxiv, 402 pages of text followed by plates of illustrations. Nineteen chapters concerning German books written as part of this Festschrift.
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ARCHITECTURE CALIFORNIA, Vol. 20, #1, Summer 1999 by (Escherick, Joseph)

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ARCHITECTURE CALIFORNIA, Vol. 20, #1, Summer 1999
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(Escherick, Joseph)
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J.B. Muns, Fine Arts Books (United States)
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Very Good
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Paperback. Very Good. Contains dedication with photo of Escherick who died this year. Articles on school & college architecture. Wraps.

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