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Manuscript on paper, entitled “Gunkyōroku” 軍鏡錄 [“The Recorded Military Mirror”]

Manuscript on paper, entitled “Gunkyōroku” 軍鏡錄 [“The Recorded Military Mirror”] by SAWAI, Munekiyo 澤井宗清, author of Preface

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Title
Manuscript on paper, entitled “Gunkyōroku” 軍鏡錄 [“The Recorded Military Mirror”]
Author
SAWAI, Munekiyo 澤井宗清, author of Preface
Seller
Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller, Inc. (United States)
Description
Numerous brush & ink illus. (some heightened in red, blue, brown, yellow, & gray ink) in text. 20 parts in 7 vols. Ca. 522 folding leaves. 8vo (242 x 170 mm.), orig. wrappers, new stitching (a bit loose). [Japan]: 1847. A very rare and richly illustrated manuscript on military doctrine and practice, compiled during the early or mid-Edo period. Only one or two complete copies appear to be available in Japanese libraries, and none in North America. It has never been published. A Preface signed by Sawai Munekiyo discusses the duties of civil and military officials: “to serve the peace of one’s country and the good of its people, that is the substance of civil officials. To serve so that it does not become threatened and act so that it does not fall into disorder, that is the substance of military officials.” From the wording, it sounds as if this passage was written in peacetime, when the task of military officials was to maintain the status quo, an important factor during the relatively peaceful Tokugawa period. Our manuscript is extremely detailed and discusses “the use of troops,” distinguishing infantry, cavalry, artillery, etc. The section is illustrated, including a variety of helmets, undergarments, body armor, saddles, stirrups, and foot gear. A horse is presented with its different anatomical parts clearly marked, along with illustrations of protective armor for the horse. The text then continues with a discussion of the virtues that generals should possess: humanity, righteousness, ritual, wisdom, trustworthiness, and bravery. Following this are discussions about military campaigns and strategies. There are sections on camps and their hygiene (with a rather fascinating discussion of toilets), the order within sending-off processions, special travelling boxes designed to carry heads of captured enemy generals, the construction of pontoon and permanent bridges, elevated observation posts, fences, traps, styles of moats, etc. (all illustrated). Other topics covered in our manuscript include encampments, portable shields made of densely packed reeds, the construction of fortresses (numerous illustrations with many kinds of complex maze-like fortresses and fortifications, with measurements), auspicious meals to be eaten before battle, formations of troops before and during a battle, signaling by flags, military tools that “assist soldiers” (drums to send signals, bells, bugles, conch shells to be blown, flags, fans, knots, gloves, whips, boots, saddles and stirrups, elaborate backpacks with quivers for arrows), and military discipline. A separate, brief section discusses discipline on military ships. Naval warfare has its own section, with an account of different armored ships, as does nighttime fighting. Devices to help one breathe under water are shown. Astrology (determining inauspicious and auspicious days) is likewise covered in a section. The manuscript begins with an oath (meisho 盟書), signed in 1710, followed by the undated Preface. The last volume carries a colophon by the copyist, Senbu Dōjin 宣夫道人, dated 1847. The first volume contains a very useful “Grand Index” to all 20 parts of our manuscript. Fine set. Unimportant, mostly marginal worming.
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Road Test by (RUSCHA, Ed)

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Title
Road Test
Author
(RUSCHA, Ed)
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Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller, Inc. (United States)
Description
Many black & white illus. [80] pp. 8vo, pictorial upper cover, metal spiral-bound. Toronto: Self-published, 2000. An amusing pastiche of Ruscha’s Royal Road Test, this time with a Macintosh Plus (Model “X”) Computer. Corinne Carlson, Karen Henderson, and Marla Hlady published this in an edition of 100 copies “in response to Knock-off, An Or Gallery Fundraiser” in Vancouver. In fine condition.
Elements of Naval Architecture: Being a Translation of the Third Part of a Work Entitled Traite Elementaire De La Construction Des Vaisseaux..

Elements of Naval Architecture: Being a Translation of the Third Part of a Work Entitled Traite Elementaire De La Construction Des Vaisseaux.. by Vial du Clairbois, Honore Sebastien.

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Elements of Naval Architecture: Being a Translation of the Third Part of a Work Entitled Traite Elementaire De La Construction Des Vaisseaux..
Author
Vial du Clairbois, Honore Sebastien.
Seller
Ten Pound Island Book Co. (United States)
Description
London: John Russell Smith, 1846. viii, 46 pp. b/w folding plates. First English edition of a work originally published in French in 1787. Clairbois was a French naval constructor and a contributor to the marine section of the Encyclopedie Methodique. This is an important work, mainly concerned with hydrodynamics, and Clairbois method of calculating displacement. This copy with a presentation inscription by the translator, Commander J.N. Strange, to the Royal Artillery Regimental Library. With their handsome bookplate on the front pastedown. Bound in original green cloth with gold cover lettering. Backstrip lacking, front cover detached.
At the Zoo ABC, Father Tuck's Field and Farm ABC Series

At the Zoo ABC, Father Tuck's Field and Farm ABC Series by ABC

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At the Zoo ABC, Father Tuck's Field and Farm ABC Series
Author
ABC
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E M Maurice Books, LLC, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
New York London Paris: Raphael Tuck & Sons, 1890 Circa 1890. 8.5 x 6 inches. Color printed card covers with light wear, previous owner's name at bottom of front cover. Brief verse for each letter represented by an animal. Some odd things about this book: E is for Elk but a moose is pictured, I is for Ice-Bear (Polar Bear), K is for King of Beasts (Lion), R is for Roar, also Lion. Four color plates, the balance in brown ink.. Original Wraps. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Raphael Tuck Studios. Oblong 12mo.
Cast a Yellow Shadow

Cast a Yellow Shadow by Thomas, Ross

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Cast a Yellow Shadow
Author
Thomas, Ross
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Brenner's Collectable Books (United States)
Condition
Near Fine
Description
New York: William Morrow & Company, 1967. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo., 256p. Beautiful First Edition with no other printings listed as called for by Morrow prior to 1973. Bound in 1/4 black cloth over yellow paper-covered boards. Square tight and clean throughout with just a touch of wear at the spine ends but minor. Board edges mildly toning as is common to the yellow paper. Equally attractive unclipped wrapper, ($4.50), has some mild toning/rubbing but still fresh and bright with no creasing, chipping or tears. A very pretty collectable copy of the author's third book and at a great price.
The Bigger They Come

The Bigger They Come by Fair, A.A. (Earl Stanley Gardner)

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The Bigger They Come
Author
Fair, A.A. (Earl Stanley Gardner)
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Brenner's Collectable Books (United States)
Condition
Very Good/Near Fine
Description
New York: Pocket Books, 1943. 1st Paperback Edition. Soft cover. Very Good/Near Fine. Vintage Paperback Pocket Books 228. Beautiful Unread First Paperback Printing, September, 1943. No cover price. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. or page toning. Some quite shallow surface creasing and dog-ear to top page corners. Fresh and bright with no chipping or tears. Though not marked in any way, this came directly from the library of H. Lawrence Hoffman who illustrated the front cover. A very pretty collectable copy of the first Bertha Cool & Donald Lam mystery and the first title published using this Gardner pseudonym. An uncommon printing as are all of the early printings and quite scarce in such high-grade condition.
The Ballad of Tom Dula: The Documented Story Behind the Murder of Laura Foster and the Trials and Execution of Tom Dula

The Ballad of Tom Dula: The Documented Story Behind the Murder of Laura Foster and the Trials and Execution of Tom Dula by West, John Foster

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The Ballad of Tom Dula: The Documented Story Behind the Murder of Laura Foster and the Trials and Execution of Tom Dula
Author
West, John Foster
Seller
ReadInk (United States)
Condition
Very Good+ in Very Good dj
Description
Durham NC: Moore Publishing Company. Very Good+ in Very Good dj. [1970]. First Edition. Hardcover. [a bit of foxing/staining and light wear along the top edge, no other significant wear; the jacket is also a bit stained along the edges and at the spine, but presents well in new mylar]. (B&W photos, facsimile of map) This book, about the real-life 1868 murder case that was the basis for the popular folk ballad about "Tom Dooley," written by a North Carolina native who was "is based on evidence researched from legal documents and newspaper articles contemporary with the murder. There are a good many surprises in store for the reader who has come to accept the folk versions of the tragedy, versions which [this book] refutes for all time." (So if you've been out there singing that catchy song and promulgating those legends -- well, hang down your head in shame.) From a contemporary review: "Mr. West presents the different versions of the ballad, the contradictory and largely mythical accounts of the murder, pointing up the discrepancies in the recorded versions. He has also reproduced the transcripts of both trials, together with pertinent contemporary newspaper articles." .
Goodbye, I Guess [*SIGNED*]

Goodbye, I Guess [*SIGNED*] by Blankfort, Michael

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Goodbye, I Guess [*SIGNED*]
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Blankfort, Michael
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ReadInk (United States)
Condition
Very Good+ in Very Good- dj
Description
New York: Simon and Schuster. Very Good+ in Very Good- dj. 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. NOISBN . [light shelfwear to bottom edges, spine moderately turned; jacket shows wear at edges and corners, some scuffing to front panel, dog-earing at top of spine, tiny tear and associated creasing at bottom of front panel]. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the title page to fellow screenwriter Daniel Taradash: "To Dan / for the many lunches; / the good talk; the years / that passed too swiftly / Mike / December 1962." Blurbed as "an elegy on the many kinds of love: first, last, normal, abnormal, and -- impossible," this novel, set primarily in Beverly Hills and Paris, "challenges the sexual mores of the unprepared and unused young American [and] is equally relentless in its exposure of the weary oversophistication of the young French." Signed by Author .
On Pourtalesia. A Genus of Echinoidea

On Pourtalesia. A Genus of Echinoidea by Loven, Sven

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On Pourtalesia. A Genus of Echinoidea
Author
Loven, Sven
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Biomed Rare Books LLC, ABAA, ILAB (United States)
Description
Stockholm: Kongl. Boktryckeriet, 1883. First edition. 1883 MONOGRAPH ON DEEP SEA URCHINS BY NOTED SWEDISH MARINE BIOLOGIST--ILLUSTRATED WITH 21 VERY FINE LITHOGRAPHS. 12 inches tall folio hardcover, marbled paper-covered boards, green cloth spine with paper title label, institutional handstamps bottom of title page, contemporary ink signature top of front paste-down, 95 pp, many figures in text, 21 fine lithographed plates; wear to corners and spine ends, binding tight, text and plates unmarked, very good. SVEN LUDVIG LOVEN (1809 - 1895) was a Swedish marine zoologist and malacologist. The Sven Loven Centre for Marine Sciences at both Kristineberg and Tjärnö are named in his honor. He was first Keeper then Director of the Swedish National Museum in Stockholm. He was also Professor of Natural History at Stockholm University. He was made an honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1881 and a Foreign Fellow of the Royal Society of London in 1885. The World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) lists 174 marine species named by Lovén. THE POURTALESIA is a genus of the family Pourtalesiidae which belongs to the irregular (bilaterally symmetrical) sea urchins. The animals measure 5–6 cm in length and live in the abyssal zone of the Atlantic, Pacific, Indopacific and Antarctic Oceans where they have been found in more than 3,000 m depth.
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The Random House Fiction Preview Fall 1988

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The Random House Fiction Preview Fall 1988
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Ken Lopez Bookseller, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Near Fine
Description
(NY): Random House. 1988. Excerpts from E.L. Doctorow, Frederick Exley, Kristin McCloy, Anthony Burgess, Alan Hollinghurst, Susan Chace, Richard Russo and Sarah Glasscock. Near fine in wrappers. Unless otherwise noted, our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine.
Labor Outreach Guide for Anti-Nuclear Activists [handbill advertising the guide]

Labor Outreach Guide for Anti-Nuclear Activists [handbill advertising the guide]

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Labor Outreach Guide for Anti-Nuclear Activists [handbill advertising the guide]
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Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Description
San Francisco: Abalone Alliance Labor Task Force, 1980. Handbill. Single sheet, printed one side only, 8.5x11 inches, very good condition.
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A Time Remembered: American Women in the Vietnam War. by Gruhzit-Hoyt, Olga.

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A Time Remembered: American Women in the Vietnam War.
Author
Gruhzit-Hoyt, Olga.
Seller
Lighthouse Books, ABAA (United States)
Description
Novato, CA: Presidio Press, [1999]. Octavo, glossy black boards (hardcover), gilt letters, xii, 262 pp. Near-Fine, with former-owner inscription, in a Fine (As New) dust jacket. Section Headings: Army Nurse Corps; Navy Nurse Corps; Air Force Nurse Corps; Women’s Army Corps; Army Special Services; International Voluntary Services; USP; American Red Cross; U. S. Agency for International Development; Epilogue: The Others.

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