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Ueber die Beziehungen der Eigenschaften zu den Atomgewichten der Elemente ("On the Relationship Between the Properties and Atomic Weights of the Elements"), IN Zeitschrift für Chemie (1869); WITH: Die Periodische Gesetzmässigkeit der Chemischen Elemente ("The Periodic Law of the Chemical Elements"), IN Annalen der Chemie und Pharmacie (1871)

Ueber die Beziehungen der Eigenschaften zu den Atomgewichten der Elemente ("On the Relationship Between the Properties and Atomic Weights of the Elements"), IN Zeitschrift für Chemie (1869); WITH: Die Periodische Gesetzmässigkeit der Chemischen Elemente ("The Periodic Law of the Chemical Elements"), IN Annalen der Chemie und Pharmacie (1871) by MENDELEEV, DMITRI IVANOVICH

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Ueber die Beziehungen der Eigenschaften zu den Atomgewichten der Elemente ("On the Relationship Between the Properties and Atomic Weights of the Elements"), IN Zeitschrift für Chemie (1869); WITH: Die Periodische Gesetzmässigkeit der Chemischen Elemente ("The Periodic Law of the Chemical Elements"), IN Annalen der Chemie und Pharmacie (1871)
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MENDELEEV, DMITRI IVANOVICH
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The Manhattan Rare Book Company (United States)
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Leipzig; Leipzig and Heidelberg: Quandt & Händel; C.F. Winter, 1871. First edition. Original wrappers. Very Good. INTRODUCING THE PERIODIC TABLE TO THE WESTERN WORLD: FIRST EDITIONS OF TWO KEY PAPERS RELATING TO MENDELEEV'S DISCOVERY OF THE PERIODIC LAW-ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT DISCOVERIES IN MODERN CHEMISTRY. One of the most consequential scientific discoveries of the last 150 years was Dmitri Mendeleev's realization that if the chemical elements were listed in a natural order (originally by atomic weight, and later by atomic number), then the list could be broken down into rows and displayed in the form of a table in which the elements within each column of the table had similar chemical properties. The resulting tabular display of the elements is now known as the periodic table. Mendeleev explained the ability to construct such tables in terms of a general principle that chemical properties change periodically as one moves along the ordered list of elements. This insight had an important immediate consequence: it facilitated the identification of gaps in the list of known elements, and enabled chemists to predict the properties of the elements that would later be discovered to fill those gaps. Even more importantly, periodicity stimulated other theoretical advances. As E.R. Scerri notes: "Whenever scientists are presented with a useful pattern or system of classification, it is only a matter of time before they begin to ask whether there may be some underlying explanation for the pattern. The periodic system is no exception." (The Periodic Table, p. xix). Thus, the periodicity of element's chemical properties found a natural explanation in Bohr's 1913 proposal of a "quantum" model of the atom in which electrons were arranged in concentric "shells," each with a characteristic fixed size. As atomic number increased, so did the number of electrons in an atom. The additional electrons were added to the outermost shell one-by-one until it was full, and then they began occupying a new outer shell. The atoms of chemically similar elements were postulated to have the same number of electrons in their outer shells. In turn, that insight led to later developments in quantum theory-such as the Pauli exclusion principle and the spin-statistics theorem-which provided an explanatory framework for, and refined, Bohr's "shell" model. Like all prescient discoverers, Mendeleev stood on the shoulders of giants. The organization of the elements into groups with similar properties goes back to at least the eighteenth century, and some chemists had experimented in the 1860s with tabular arrangements of elements listed in order of increasing atomic weight (see Edward G. Mazurs, Graphic Representations of the Periodic System during One Hundred Years, ch. 1). Lothar Meyer, for example, drew a periodic table in 1868 but did not publish it. It was Mendeleev, however, who in 1869 announced the periodic law as the natural principle underlying such tables: "Mendeleev] is by far the leading discoverer of the [periodic] system. Although he was not the first to develop a periodic system, his version is the one that created the biggest impact on the scientific community at the time it was introduced and thereafter. His name is invariably and justifiably connected with the periodic system, to the same extent perhaps as Darwin's name is synonymous with the theory of evolution and Einstein's with the theory of relativity. "Although it may be possible to quibble about certain priority aspects of his contributions, there is no denying that Mendeleev was also the champion of the periodic system in the literal sense of propagating the system, defending its validity, and devoting time to its elaboration." (Scerri, The Periodic Table, p. 101). Mendeleev's discovery was initially announced in a paper read before the Russian Chemical Society in St. Petersburg in 1869, and published the same year in the Journal of the Russian Chemical Society (Zhurnal russkago khimicheskago obshchestva). However, it is the two works offered here that put the discovery before the eyes of chemists in western Europe and America. These works are: 1. An abstract, in German, of Mendeleev's 1869 paper. "The German abstract, which contains a version of the periodic table, was the first announcement of Mendeleev's discovery published in Western Europe." (The Haskell F. Norman Library of Science and Medicine, ed. Diana H. Hook and Jeremy M. Norman, 2 vols. (San Francisco: J. Norman, 1991), 1491). The original paper "was not translated from Russian until 1895 and consequently played little or no role in initially acquainting American, British and western European chemists with the periodic law. This role was played instead by two short German abstracts of the paper, one of which appeared in the Journal für praktische Chemie and the other in the Zeitschrift für Chemie {The latter is the one offered here.} [...] The first reproduced only Mendeleev's table, without any commentary or explanation [...] To the best of our knowledge, only the longer abstract in the Zeitschrift für Chemie had a significant impact, as it was the reading of this abstract that stimulated the German chemist, Lothar Meyer, to publish his own thoughts on the periodic law in late 1870 and which ultimately gave rise to a vigorous priority debate." (William B. Jensen, "Origins of the Period Law, 1869-1871", in Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev, Mendeleev on the Periodic Law: Selected Writings 1869-1905, ed. Jensen (Cincinnati: University of Cincinnati Press, 2002)). 2. The first complete and detailed presentation of the periodicity principle, and Mendeleev's first use of the term "periodic" to describe that principle. "It was in this article that Mendeleev spelled out his detailed predictions [of the properties of as-yet unknown elements] that, when later confirmed, were to make him famous." (Scerri, The Periodic Table, p. 112). Mendeleyev himself characterized this paper as "the best summary of my views and ideas on the periodicity of the elements and the original after which so much was written later about this system." (Dictionary of Scientific Biography, ed. Charles Gillispie, 16 vols. (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1970-80), IX, p. 289). The 1869 abstract is offered here in the complete twelfth volume of the journal Zeitschrift für Chemie, bound in full modern maroon morocco with gilt lettering and raised bands. Leipzig: Von Quandt & Händel, 1869. The Mendeleev paper is on pages 405-6. Very faint old institutional stamp to the general title page, mild uniform browning to the text. The second item is offered in the "Supplementband VIII" to the journal Annalen der Chemie und Pharmacie, recently rebound in three-quarter blue half goat with gilt lettering to the spine. Leipzig und Heidelberg: C.F. Winter'sche, 1872. The Mendeleev paper is quite long, appearing on pages 133-229. Tiny closed tear in bottom margin of one table, otherwise fine. BEAUTIFULLY BOUND COPIES OF THE TWO KEY PAPERS ANNOUNCING MENDELEEV'S "PERIODIC LAW" TO WESTERN SCIENTISTS. References: Dictionary of Scientific Biography, ed. Charles Gillispie, 16 vols. (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1970-80) Emsley, John, The Elements, 3rd edn. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998) The Haskell F. Norman Library of Science and Medicine, ed. Diana H. Hook and Jeremy M. Norman, 2 vols. (San Francisco: J. Norman, 1991) Jensen, William B., "Origins of the Period Law, 1869-1871", in Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev, Mendeleev on the Periodic Law: Selected Writings 1869-1905, ed. Jensen (Cincinnati: University of Cincinnati Press, 2002) Mazurs, Edward G., Graphic Representations of the Periodic System during One Hundred Years, 2nd edn. (Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 1974) Scerri, Eric R., The Periodic Table: Its Story and Its Significance, 2nd edn. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007) Shapley, Harlow, Of Stars and Men: The Human Response to an Expanding Universe (Boston: Beacon Press, 1958).
The Works of Oliver Goldsmith (in 10 vols.)

The Works of Oliver Goldsmith (in 10 vols.) by Goldsmith, Oliver

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The Works of Oliver Goldsmith (in 10 vols.)
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Goldsmith, Oliver
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Whitmore Rare Books (United States)
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Near Fine
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New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1908. Turk's Head Edition. Near Fine. One of one hundred numbered sets ("The Primrose Hundred") within the Turk's Head Edition of 1,000 copies, this being copy twenty. Leaves measuring 160 x 240 mm, with the set collectively occupying 42 cm (16.5 in) of shelf space. A Near Fine set. Attractively bound in full red morocco. Spine in six compartments with raised bands. Spine and boards elaborately stamped in gilt. Top edge gilt. Some rubbing to crowns of a few volumes, slight cosmetic wear to joints; otherwise, a very attractive set, bright and clean throughout. Illustrated with eighty photogravure plates. This attractive edition collects Goldsmith's prose and poetry from throughout his career. The set includes, of course, The Vicar of Wakefield (1766), Goldsmith's most famous novel; as well as his poem "The Hermit"; his popular plays She Stoops to Conquer and The Good-Natur'd Man; and his nonfiction. The edition was named for the Turk's Head, a London tavern, which "was a favorite haunt and a kind of social headquarters of the men of letters in Goldsmith's day. It was at this place of entertainment, too, that the Literary Club, the most famous organisation of its kind in the history of English letters, held its meetings" (publisher's note). Near Fine.
Jigokuhen [trans.: Hell Screen]

Jigokuhen [trans.: Hell Screen] by AKUTAGAWA, Ryunosuke

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Jigokuhen [trans.: Hell Screen]
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AKUTAGAWA, Ryunosuke
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Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller, Inc. (United States)
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88, [4] pp. Small 4to, orig. blue cloth, uncut & unopened. Tokyo: Noda Shobo, 1936. First separate edition, limited to 170 copies, originally published in 1918 in two newspapers. Akutagawa (1892-1927), is today most famous for having written the story “In the Grove” which was the basis for the classic film Rashomon by Kurosawa. The theme of the present story is concerned with artistic obsession. It was dramatized by Mishima in 1953 and made into a movie — Portrait of Hell — in 1969. Fine copy in the original slipcase. This limited edition is printed on fine handmade paper with a watermark reproducing the author’s signature. The binding and original Japanese style box of dark blue rough cloth are in the mingei style.
Exhibition postcard: Ger Van Elk: Neue Arbeiten (13 September-12 October [1975])

Exhibition postcard: Ger Van Elk: Neue Arbeiten (13 September-12 October [1975]) by (VAN ELK, Ger)

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Exhibition postcard: Ger Van Elk: Neue Arbeiten (13 September-12 October [1975])
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(VAN ELK, Ger)
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Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller, Inc. (United States)
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Printed on both sides. Postcard, mailed. Bremerhaven: Kabinett für aktuelle Kunst Bremerhaven, 1975. Postcard invitation for Van Elk’s second exhibition with Jürgen Wesseler’s gallery. In fine condition. Mailed to curator Judith Cahen (b. 1938) and graphic designer Wim Crouwel (1928-2019). ❧ Exhibition installation pictured in Vorhut aus dem Hinterland (Neues Museum Weserburg Bremen: 1992).
Corrected typescript draft of his 1966 commencement address delivered at Chatham University

Corrected typescript draft of his 1966 commencement address delivered at Chatham University by McNamara, Robert

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Corrected typescript draft of his 1966 commencement address delivered at Chatham University
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McNamara, Robert
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James Cummins Bookseller (United States)
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[Washington, D.C.], 1966. 19pp. Typed, with significant pencil crossouts and additions. 4to. 19pp. Typed, with significant pencil crossouts and additions. 4to. In 1966, the year of his daughter's graduation from Chatham University, Robert McNamara -- then serving as Secretary of Defense in the midst of Vietnam -- was asked to deliver the commencement address. The speech examined the role of protest in history and the effects of technological and social change. Although heavily criticized at the time for his role in esclating the Vietnam war, McNamara had already begun questioning the increased engagement and by the November 1967 would resign as Secretary. It was not until the release of the Pentagon Papers which detailed his own internal investigation of the war that his objections were fully understood.
Olympe & Henriette

Olympe & Henriette by Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, Auguste, comte de; Joe D'Ambrosio

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Olympe & Henriette
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Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, Auguste, comte de; Joe D'Ambrosio
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Thorn Books (United States)
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Sherman Oaks, CA: Joe D'Ambrosio, 1992. Limited edition. Hardcover. Near fine. 8vo box binding with blue-gray cloth spine, printed title label, floral cloth boards. The spine is constructed of stepped planes. The text consists of individual pages as well as recessed leaves, including the title page, which also incorporates stretched open weave cloth suggesting net stockings. Designed and produced by D'Ambrosio . Printed on handmade 'Misty Rose" paper with a Vandercook No. 4 proof press in Van Son's brick dust and slate gray inks. A fine copy of a skillfully designed artist book. One of 75 copies and 10 artist proofs; this is number 8. A short story about two Parisian prostitutes originally written in the 19th century. .
Picturesque Illustrations of Buenos Aires and Monte Video ..

Picturesque Illustrations of Buenos Aires and Monte Video .. by Vidal, E. E.

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Picturesque Illustrations of Buenos Aires and Monte Video ..
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Vidal, E. E.
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Thorn Books (United States)
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Near fine
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Buenos Aires: Mitchell's English Book-Store, 1944. Hardcover. Near fine. 8vo. xxviii, 115pp. plus 24 color plates. One of 1870 numbered copies (from a total printing of 2000 copies), This is number 1441. The text is a facsimile in 8vo of the Ackermann edition, London. 1820, complete with 24 full color plates. Finely bound in cowhide with green endpapers with a velvet-like texture. Rear inner hinge cracked else a fine copy. .
Obras de José Clemente Orozco en la Collección de Carrillo Gill - Mexico

Obras de José Clemente Orozco en la Collección de Carrillo Gill - Mexico by (Orozco)

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Obras de José Clemente Orozco en la Collección de Carrillo Gill - Mexico
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(Orozco)
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Thorn Books (United States)
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México: Imprenta Nuevo Mundo, 1949. Limited edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very good. Folio. 59pp of text (in Spanish) followed by the catalog of Pinturas y Dibujos (91 plates), Litografias (28 plates) and Grabados (12 plates). Many of the plates are printed in full color. Black cloth, gilt titles on the spine and upper board. A fine copy. The dustwsrapper is slightly darkened with age and a little rough along the top edge, else is in very good condition. One of 1200 numbered copies signed by the editor, This is copy 207. Inscribed on a preliminary blank to Nettie King by Margarita V. de Orozco, the artist's wife. Nettie King was the wife of illustrator Alexander King. .
Before Lewis and Clark; Documents Illustrating the History of the Missouri, 1785-1804

Before Lewis and Clark; Documents Illustrating the History of the Missouri, 1785-1804 by Nasatir, A. P., ed.

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Before Lewis and Clark; Documents Illustrating the History of the Missouri, 1785-1804
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Nasatir, A. P., ed.
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Thorn Books (United States)
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Near fine
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St. Louis: St. Louis Historical Documents Foundation, 1952. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. Two volumes. 8vo. Green cloth, gilt spine titles. Five folding maps in volume 1, as called for. Gilt dimmed with age else a fine set. The dustwrappers are lightly chipped at edges else near fine. .
MEMOIRES D'UN VOLONTAIRE

MEMOIRES D'UN VOLONTAIRE by (BINDINGS - KIEFFER). FRANCE, ANATOLE

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MEMOIRES D'UN VOLONTAIRE
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(BINDINGS - KIEFFER). FRANCE, ANATOLE
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Paris: Librairie des Amateurs, A. Ferroud, Libraire-Éditeur, 1902. First Separate Edition (see below). No. 58 OF 160 COPIES ON JAPON, from a total edition of 400 copies. 252 x 162 mm. (10 x 6 3/8"). 3 p.l., 96 pp. [2] leaves (prospectus). VERY ELEGANT DARK BLUE MOROCCO, GILT IN AN ANTIQUE SCROLLING DESIGN, BY RENÉ KIEFFER (stamp-signed in gilt on front doublure), raised bands, gilt lettering to spine, SKY BLUE MOROCCO DOUBLURES enclosed by dark blue morocco frame tastefully tooled in gilt, patterned silk endleaves, marbled flyleaves, top edges gilt. Original printed wrappers bound in. Title vignette, five plates, 14 illustrations, three headpieces, and three tailpieces, all in two additional states before letters, etched by Xavier Lesueur after Adrien Moreau (80 etched images in all, the title vignette being repeated on the front wrapper). A Large Paper Copy. With the four-page prospectus bound in at back. Front flyleaf with armorial bookplate of Dr. Samuel L. Siegler. Trivial shelfwear, but A VERY FINE COPY, pristine internally. This is a beautifully bound and attractively illustrated edition, printed on creamy paper with vast margins, of a portion of the author's "L'Étui de Nacre" ("Mother of Pearl"), first published in 1892. The story recounts the adventures of a country youth, once meant for the priesthood, who becomes a member of the volunteer militia after spending a tumultuous time in Paris amidst the uproar of the French Revolution. The novelist, critic, and man of letters Anatole France (born Jacques Anatole Thibault, 1844-1924) grew up amidst the deprivation that comes with being the son of a bookseller, but he rose to become one of the great European writers of the 19th century. In 1921, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. The Nobel Foundation describes France as "a writer in the mainstream of French classicism. His style, modelled on Voltaire and Fénélon, as well as his urbane scepticism and enlightened hedonism, continue the tradition of the French eighteenth century." The binder René Kieffer (1875-1963) was in the first class of students to graduate from the École Étienne, where he concentrated on becoming a doreur, or gilder, learning to tool gold designs in the classical style. After leaving school, he worked at the Chambolle-Duru bindery until 1898, when he established his own studio. According to Duncan & De Bartha, he "became a disciple of Marius Michel, moving gradually away from his traditional training towards a more emblematic and modern style." He would become one of the most innovative and progressive binders in Paris in the 20th century, but for the present volume he hewed to his traditional training, producing a lovely design that suggests the Rococo style popular at the time the events in the story take place..
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PABLO PICASSO PAR CHRISTIAN ZERVOS, VOL II - 1ST VOL. 1906-1912 by Christian Zervos

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PABLO PICASSO PAR CHRISTIAN ZERVOS, VOL II - 1ST VOL. 1906-1912
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Christian Zervos
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Marninart, Inc (ABAA-ILAB) (United States)
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Vol. 1 (oeuvres de 1906-1912) of the two volumes of the complete Volume II edition. Limited in 700 copies. Text in French, with more than 150 illustrations in black and white. Bound with two title pages, binding in red and black cloth. In very good condition.
Paper Moon (Original screenplay for the 1973 film)

Paper Moon (Original screenplay for the 1973 film) by Peter Bogdanovich (director); Joe David Brown (novel); Alvin Sargent (screenwriter); Ryan O'Neal, Madeline Kahn, Tatum O'Neal (starring)

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Paper Moon (Original screenplay for the 1973 film)
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Peter Bogdanovich (director); Joe David Brown (novel); Alvin Sargent (screenwriter); Ryan O'Neal, Madeline Kahn, Tatum O'Neal (starring)
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Royal Books (United States)
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Burbank, CA: Saticoy Productions, 1972. Revised Final Draft script for the 1973 film. Copy belonging to an unknown crew member, with their annotations in manuscript ink on five pages. Included with the script is a small, circular fabric patch, with the film's title and a small, stylized crescent moon, affixed to a small card noting, "And Thanks / Peter Bogdanovich," likely made in a limited edition for cast and crew members. Based on Joe David Brown's 1971 novel "Addie Pray," about an orphaned girl who begins hustling with a con man. Winner of an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress (Tatum O'Neal) and nominated for three others, including Best Screenplay. Set in Kansas and Missouri, shot on location in Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and California. Red untitled wrappers. Title page present, dated August 18, 1972, with credits for director Peter Bogdanovich, screenwriter Alvin Sargent, and novelist Joe David Brown. 140 leaves, with last page of text numbered 139. Xerographic duplication on blue stock, rectos only, with two pink revision pages dated 8/21/72. Pages Fine, wrapper Near Fine, bound with two gold brads.
Newly-Confirmed Supreme Court Justice Willis Van Devanter Orders New Judicial Robes

Newly-Confirmed Supreme Court Justice Willis Van Devanter Orders New Judicial Robes by WILLIS VAN DEVANTER

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Newly-Confirmed Supreme Court Justice Willis Van Devanter Orders New Judicial Robes
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WILLIS VAN DEVANTER
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Stuart Lutz Historic Documents, Inc. (United States)
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WILLIS VAN DEVANTER (1859-1941). Van Devanter was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court for over two decades.TLS. 1pg. December 20, 1910. Cheyenne, Wyoming. A typed letter signed Willis Van Devanter. Just having being appointed to the Supreme Court he was confirmed by the Senate on December 15 Van Devanter wrote to Supreme Court Clerk James H. McKenney, asking McKenney to order his new robes. My dear Mr. McKenney: If it conveniently can be done, I will appreciate it if one of the gentlemen in your office will procure an appropriate gown for me. My height is 5 feet 9 inches. My weight is 178 pounds, and I am otherwise of usual proportions. When I became Circuit Judge a seamstress in Washington, who had made gowns for some of the Justices and Circuit Judges, made one for me, but it is worn too much to permit of further use. I will be glad to have the new one made of good material, and am writing on the supposition that I must pay for my own gown, which will be done promptly upon reaching Washington. I contemplate being there in time to enter upon my new duties January third. Wishing you a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, I am, Very sincerely, Willis Van Devanter. The letter is in very good condition with a stain and a Received stamp.
Order and Disorder; or, Charles the Thoughtless

Order and Disorder; or, Charles the Thoughtless by [ANONYMOUS]

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Order and Disorder; or, Charles the Thoughtless
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[ANONYMOUS]
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Edinburgh and London: William Oliphant and Co.; Hamilton, Adams, and Co, 1860. [JUVENILE] [RELIGION]. Edinburgh: William Oliphant and Co.; and London: Hamilton, Adams, and Co. Murray and Gibb, Printers, Edinburgh. First edition thus? 16mo (6 7/16" x 4 7/16"); 95, [1]pp + [2], 3-16pp of publisher's ads; ornate blind-stamped design on maroon cloth over board, gilt letters on front and spine; glazed yellow endpapers; engraved fp with tissue guard, historiated first letter, head and tail-pieces; illustrated rear publisher's ads; spine lightly sunned, a few light fingerprints and scattered foxing; very good plus. OCLC locates one copy at Cambridge Univ. with these publishers. This appears to be the first edition with these two listed publishers. In addition to the two moralistic and religious stories, "Order and Disorder" and "A Sabbath in the Country," Bible verses are inserted to impress the reader with a sense of doing what is morally and socially correct.
The Little Old Woman, Susie Sunshine's Series

The Little Old Woman, Susie Sunshine's Series by [ANONYMOUS.]

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The Little Old Woman, Susie Sunshine's Series
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[ANONYMOUS.]
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[New York]: McLoughlin Bros. Publisher, 30 Beekman [Street], 1869. Wraps. Very good. 12mo; [7pp]; yellow pictorial wrapper relief printed in red and navy, rear wrapper publisher's ads for Paper Dolls-Book Form and Paper Furniture; publisher's string binding; ownership in pencil on verso front wrapper; color pictorial title page; color illustrations with verse each page; light overall soiling, 2" split at foot of wrapper fold; very good. The date of publication is estimated for McLoughlin Brothers' address on Beekman Street in New York. The life and death of the Little Old Woman is told in ironic rhyming verse, and while she may have been pitied for her age and infirmity, she was wealthy and lacked in no physical comforts. "This Little Old Woman, (The story so goes,) Had nothing to wear but Abundance of clothes. And, oh! Let me weep At the dismal news, She would have been barefooted, But for her shoes.".
Peter Rabbit, Ruth E. Newton's Chubby Cubs

Peter Rabbit, Ruth E. Newton's Chubby Cubs by [POTTER, Beatrix], NEWTON, Ruth E.

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Peter Rabbit, Ruth E. Newton's Chubby Cubs
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[POTTER, Beatrix], NEWTON, Ruth E.
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Racine, Wis: Whitman Publishing Co, 1947. Staplebound. Very good. Ruth E. NEWTON. 4to; [11pp with back wrapper last page of story]; linen-like color illustrated paper wrapper, title, author and publisher on front; 11 pages of color illustration followed by text; a few light creases to front wrapper and light scuffing of paper; very good. Unauthorized Peter Rabbit story.
Oscar Lobster's Fair Exchange

Oscar Lobster's Fair Exchange by SELDEN, George

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Oscar Lobster's Fair Exchange
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SELDEN, George
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Sandra L Hoekstra Bookseller, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA (United States)
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New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1966. First Thus. Cloth. Very good +/very good. Peter LIPPMAN. First thus. 8vo; 172 [3]pp; illustrated green and blue cloth over board with title, author and illustrated to front board; ownership book plate to front pastedown; b&w illustrations; unclipped illustrated dust jacket; light shelf scuffing to cover top and bottom edges; dust jacket has creasing, chipping to edges, loss 1" section tail of spine, bottom flap clipped but price remains, scuffing; very good plus in vg minus dj. This story previous copyright in 1957 and published by under the title The Garden Under the Sea by Viking in New York and illustrated by Garry MacKenzie.
The Seventh Cross

The Seventh Cross by SEGHERS, Anna, James A. GALSTON, translator from the German

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The Seventh Cross
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SEGHERS, Anna, James A. GALSTON, translator from the German
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Sandra L Hoekstra Bookseller, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA (United States)
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Near fine
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Boston: Little, Brown & Co, 1942. Book Club Edition. Cloth. Near fine/Very good. Book Club edition. 8vo: 338pp; bright red cloth over board, title in gilt to spine; ownership in ink to ffep; upper edge black stained; publisher's colophon to title page; fading of gilt on spine, slight glue burn to eps; brown unclipped dust jacket without price, title and author in black border of barbed wire, sunning and chipping to spine, rubbing to edges; near fine in very good dj. Title in the German: Das Siebt. Kreuz: Roman. A war time (WWII) novel by German author, Seghers, warns of the danger of the Nazis and totalitarianism. Having escaped from a concentration camp, the prisoners flee across Germany trying to escape the Nazis searching for them. Back at the camp, seven trees are cut in anticipation of the return of the prisoners so they may be tortured.
Revolution de l'Amerique. Philosophique & Politique des Etablissements & du Commerce des Europeens dans las deux Indes

Revolution de l'Amerique. Philosophique & Politique des Etablissements & du Commerce des Europeens dans las deux Indes by M. l'Abbee Ranal

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Revolution de l'Amerique. Philosophique & Politique des Etablissements & du Commerce des Europeens dans las deux Indes
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M. l'Abbee Ranal
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De Wolfe and Wood (United States)
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London: Lockyer Davis, 1781. Paper wraps. 171pp. A Swedish work in favor of the American Revolution which went through several editions in 1781. Front cover worn and detached. Some staining to bottom edge of pages.
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Researches on the Development, Structure, and Diseases of the Teeth by Nasmyth, Alexander

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Researches on the Development, Structure, and Diseases of the Teeth
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Nasmyth, Alexander
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Palinurus Antiquarian Books (United States)
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Very good.
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London: John Churchill, 1839. First Edition. Rebound in modern cloth.. Very good.. 8vo, xvi, 165, [1] pp. + 7 plates (in two series identified as A & C) and 7 pp. of explanatory text paginated 1-4 & 1-3. A learned and important work that makes use of the recent microscopic analysis undertaken by Retzius. Weinberger, NYAM, p. 101; Stromgren, p. 143.
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Historische Notizen und Betrachtungen über die Anwendung der Atomtheorie in der Chemie .... by Cannizzaro, St[anislao]

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Historische Notizen und Betrachtungen über die Anwendung der Atomtheorie in der Chemie ....
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Cannizzaro, St[anislao]
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Palinurus Antiquarian Books (United States)
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Fine; unopened.
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Stuttgart: F Enke, 1913. OFFPRINT from Samm. chem. und chem.-tech. Vor.. Original publisher's printed wrappers.. Fine; unopened.. 8vo, [2], 166 pp.
A Passion for Excellence: The Leadership Difference

A Passion for Excellence: The Leadership Difference by Peters, Tom; Nancy Austin

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A Passion for Excellence: The Leadership Difference
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Peters, Tom; Nancy Austin
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Burnside Rare Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Near Fine
Description
New York: Random House, 1985. Near Fine/Near Fine. Signed by Tom Peters on the front free endpaper, inscribed to former owner in the year of publication. xxv, [1], 437 pp. Publisher's cloth and tan paper-covered boards, spine lettered in gilt. Early printing, not the first. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket, lightly shelf worn. The sequel to In Search of Excellence, signed by its author, one of the best-known writers and speakers on business management.
Son of the Typhoon

Son of the Typhoon by Bennett, James W.

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Son of the Typhoon
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Bennett, James W.
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ReadInk (United States)
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Very Good+ in Very Good dj
Description
New York: Duffield & Company. Very Good+ in Very Good dj. 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. NOISBN . [minor shelfwear, small faded spot at base of spine cloth; jacket has a few small tears, some soiling/rubbing, small chip at base of spine, tiny chip at bottom of rear panel]. "A powerful story of modern China," centering around the mixed-race son born of a forced marriage between a Chinese woman and an American sea-captain. "With character and mind complicated by this conflicting blood, Hen-li develops into a leader of New China. The narrative of his passionate and all but tragic career, his vacillation between Western and Eastern viewpoints, becomes not only an unusual human document but a valuable contribution to our understanding of the political turmoil in the Far East today." A bit pretentious, perhaps, although the jacket blurb states that the author had served in the Consular Service in China and also as a lecturer at a Chinese university, so least he came by his background material honestly. Bennett cranked out a handful of novels and several handfuls (handsful?) of short stories, many for the adventure pulps, mostly between the mid-1920s and the early 1930s -- the great majority of them (surprise!) with Chinese or other Asian-Pacific settings and subjects, with titles like "The Manchu Cloud" and "Dragon Shadows." I've been unable to confirm a death date, but his short-story output appears to have dropped off after about 1932; the latest story I've found by him appeared in 1938. .
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STORY TELLER'S STORY by ANDERSON, Sherwood

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STORY TELLER'S STORY
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ANDERSON, Sherwood
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Houle Rare Books & Autographs (United States)
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NY, HUEBSCH, 1924, 1924. First edition. Brown cloth stamped in yellow. Dust jacket (square inch missing from spine center, due to removal of publisher's price). Very good.. F. Hardcover.
Third annual report of the regents of the university, on the condition of the State Cabinet of Natural History, and the historical and antiquarian collection, annexed thereto

Third annual report of the regents of the university, on the condition of the State Cabinet of Natural History, and the historical and antiquarian collection, annexed thereto

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Third annual report of the regents of the university, on the condition of the State Cabinet of Natural History, and the historical and antiquarian collection, annexed thereto
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Rulon-Miller Books (United States)
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Albany: Weed, Parsons & Company, 1850. Revised edition, 8vo, pp. 183, [1]; 18 colored plates, 5 black and white, 2 folding; 5 maps, woodcut illustrations throughout; original blind-stamped brown cloth, gilt spine; front joint starting; faded; spine cracked and chipped with sections missing; otherwise good and sound. 18 beautiful colored plates depicting Iroquois garments and accessories, 5 black and white plates showcasing fossil specimens, 5 maps indicating where various artifacts referenced in the text were discovered. The report begins with catalogues of animals, minerals, and fossils recently added to the State Cabinet of Natural History. It then goes on to describe the history and function of Native American artifacts discovered around the Finger Lakes that now reside in the State's collection. The report then shifts to a detailed analysis of the geology and mineralogy of New York State.
Song of the Earth Spirit [Inscribed, Review Copy]

Song of the Earth Spirit [Inscribed, Review Copy] by ANDERSON, Susanne; David R. Brower (foreword; general editor)

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Title
Song of the Earth Spirit [Inscribed, Review Copy]
Author
ANDERSON, Susanne; David R. Brower (foreword; general editor)
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Lorne Bair Rare Books (United States)
Description
San Francisco and New York: Friends of the Earth / McGraw-Hill Book Company, [1973]. First Edition. Review Copy, with publisher's typed review slip (stamped Dec 10 1973), typed photograph grant and release contract (with 'Send to' and "Victor de Keyserling' inked to sheet), publisher's typed press release, and T.L.s. from author laid in. Quarto (29cm); yellow cloth-covered boards, with titling stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; dustjacket; 126pp; colorful and black-and-white photographic (halftone) illustrations throughout. Inscribed by author on half-title page, "Tom, I love you. I will always love you. XXX S." Light foxing to edges of textblock, title page, and very occasionally to text margins; Very Good+. Dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $14.95), spine-tanned, with light shelf-soil and impression marks, 1.5" tear to upper rear panel, and tiny chips to extremities; Very Good. Paper clip marks to laid in contract and T.L.s. (with additional loss to lower edge). Second work in the "Celebrating the Earth" series, with poems, conversations, and photographs of a Navajo community. [84890].
Répertoire des Morceaux d'Ensemble éxécutés par la Société Concerts du Conservatoire, arrangées très soigneusement pour Piano seul. [Operatic overtures arranged for piano solo]

Répertoire des Morceaux d'Ensemble éxécutés par la Société Concerts du Conservatoire, arrangées très soigneusement pour Piano seul. [Operatic overtures arranged for piano solo] by [OPERA OVERTURES - Piano Solo]

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Répertoire des Morceaux d'Ensemble éxécutés par la Société Concerts du Conservatoire, arrangées très soigneusement pour Piano seul. [Operatic overtures arranged for piano solo]
Author
[OPERA OVERTURES - Piano Solo]
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J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians LLC (United States)
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Paris: Schonenberger ... Boulevart Poissonière, 28, 1850. Large octavo. Black pebbled leather-backed brown textured cloth boards. Contains works by Beethoven, Cherubini, Gluck, Haydn, Mehul, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Ries, and Weber, as follows: - Weber. 3E. Livraison. Ouverture d'Euriante de Weber. Prix net 65 centimes. 1f. (recto title, verso blank), 12 pp. - Cherubini. 5E. Livraison. Ouverture de Lodoïska ... 80 centimes. [i] (title), 2-15, [i] (blank) pp. - Gluck. 7E. Livraison. Ouverture d'Iphigénie ... 65 Centimes. 1f. (recto title, verso blank), 12 pp. - Weber. 12E. Livraison. Ouverture d'Oberon ... 60 centimes. [i] (title), 2-12 pp. - Mehul. 15E. Livraison. Ouverture du jeune Henri ... 80 centimes. [i] (title), 2-16 pp. - Mendelssohn. 17E. Livraison. Ouverture de la Grotte de Fingal ... 70 centimes. [i] (title), 2-13, [i] (blank) pp. - Ries. 21E. Livraison.Ouverture Millitaire ... 85 c. [i] (title), 2-17, [i] (blank) pp. - Gluck. 25E. Livraison. Ouverture d'Armide ... 40 centimes. [i] (title), 2-8 pp. - Beethoven. 27E. Livraison. Ouverture d'Egmont ... 60 centimes. [i] (title), 2-12 pp. - Weber. 28E. Livraison. Ouverture du Roi des Génies ... 55 c. [i] (title), 2-11, [i] (blank) pp. - Mendelssohn Bartholdy. 31E Livraison. Songe d'un nuit d'été ... 95 centimes. [i] (title), 2-19, [i] (blank) pp. - Beethoven. 33E. Livraison. Ouverture de Prométhée ... 55 centimes. [i] (title), 2-11, [i] (blank) pp. - Méhul. 35e. Livraison. Ouverture de Timoléon ... 50 centimes. [i] (title), 2-10 pp. - Weber. 39e. Livraison. Ouverture de Robin des bois ... 60 centimes. [i] (title), 2-12 pp. - Beethoven. 40E. Livraison. Ouverture de Fidelio ... 55 centimes. [i] (title), 2-11, [i] (blank) pp. - Mehul. 42E. Livraison. Ouverture de Stratonice ... 50 centimes. [i] (title), 2-10 pp. - Haydn. 53E Livraison. Ouverture célèbre ... 85 centimes. 1f. (recto title, verso blank), 16 pp. - Mozart. 55E. Livraison. Ouverture de la Flûte enchantée ... 45 centimes. [i] (title(), 9, [i] (blank) pp. - Weber. 58E. Livraison. Ouverture du Jubilée ... 65 centimes. [i] (title) 12 pp. With contemporary manuscript table of contents to front free endpaper and 1f. publisher's catalogue at conclusion. Publisher's and New York bookseller's small oval handstamps to blank lower margin of title, some with publisher's facsimile signature. Binding slightly worn, rubbed, and bumped. Slightly worn and browned internally; lightly foxed; some publisher's stamps slightly trimmed.
Richard Artschwager: No More Running Man

Richard Artschwager: No More Running Man by ARTSCHWAGER; Richard (artist); Robert MORGAN (author)

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Richard Artschwager: No More Running Man
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ARTSCHWAGER; Richard (artist); Robert MORGAN (author)
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Riverrun Books & Manuscripts (United States)
ISBN
9780847844067
Condition
New in shrinkwrap
Description
New York: Gagosian; Rizzoli, 2014. First edition. New in shrinkwrap. 10.5 x 8 inches. 88 pages. Profusely illustrated in color. Original boards. "This book documents Richard Artschwager's last series of work, shown posthumously at Gagosian Gallery, New York, in 2014. For five decades, Richard Artschwager has forged a maverick path by confounding the generic limits of art while making the visual comprehension of space and the everyday objects that occupy it strangely unfamiliar. For his last series of work, Artschwager returned to an image, the isolated Running Man, that fascinated and inspired him for twenty years. About the works, Robert Morgan notes in his essay "They are remarkable...as a metaphor in reference to existence and mortality" (the publisher).
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Annals of the West: Embracing a Concise Account of Principal Events which have occurred in the Western States and Territories, from the Discover of the Mississippi Valley to the Year Eighteen Hundred and Fifty Six by Albach, James R.

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Annals of the West: Embracing a Concise Account of Principal Events which have occurred in the Western States and Territories, from the Discover of the Mississippi Valley to the Year Eighteen Hundred and Fifty Six
Author
Albach, James R.
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Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller (United States)
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g
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Pittsburgh: James R. Albach, 1857. Hardcover. g. Large octavo. xl, 1016 pp. Full leather binding protected by modern plastic cover. Bumping to head and foot of spine, as well as a small closed tear to foot of spine. Binding has been reinforced with masking tape. Some pages have been similarly repaired. Small stain to bottom right corner of first few pages. Book is in good condition.
Strip Tease (Signed First Edition)

Strip Tease (Signed First Edition) by Hiaasen, Carl

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Strip Tease (Signed First Edition)
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Hiaasen, Carl
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Brenner's Collectable Books (United States)
ISBN
9780679419815
Condition
Fine
Description
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1993. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo.,354pp. Beautiful Stated First Edition. Square, tight, and clean throughout with little or no wear. Pages edges mildly toning. Equally attractive unclipped wrapper, ($18.95), is fresh and bright with no creases, chipping or tears. Signed by the author on the title page, A gorgeous collectable copy at a great price.
Constitution, By-Laws, Rules of Order and Scale of Prices of Eureka Typographical Union, No. 207, Eureka, California, Organized August 30, 1886

Constitution, By-Laws, Rules of Order and Scale of Prices of Eureka Typographical Union, No. 207, Eureka, California, Organized August 30, 1886

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Constitution, By-Laws, Rules of Order and Scale of Prices of Eureka Typographical Union, No. 207, Eureka, California, Organized August 30, 1886
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Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB (United States)
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Eureka, CA: Eureka Typographical Union, No. 207, 1886. Pamphlet. 21p., 3.5x5.5 inch pocket booklet wraps; mild soil and handling of wraps, staples slightly rusted, else very good.
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THE GIRL PROPOSITION A BUNCH OF HE AND SHE FABLES by Ade, George

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THE GIRL PROPOSITION A BUNCH OF HE AND SHE FABLES
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Ade, George
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Hoffman Books (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
New York: R.H. Russell. Very Good. 1902. Hardcover. First Edition. 192 pages. Illustrated. Tan cloth covers with a pictorial label to the front cover. The covers are slightly soiled and rubbed, but the contents are bright and complete. Near Very Good. .
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American Paintings from the Amon Carter Museum

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American Paintings from the Amon Carter Museum
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Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (United States)
Condition
VG/VG
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Birmingham, AL: Oxmoor House, 1986. Hardcover. VG/VG. White cloth/color dj. 128 pp. 68 color plates.
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Truth in Philosophy by Allen, Barry

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Truth in Philosophy
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Allen, Barry
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Michael R. Thompson, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB (United States)
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Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard Univ. PRess, 1993 First edition. Cloth. Octavo. Fine in fine d.j.

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