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Catalogue raisonné des Principaux Manuscrits du Cabinet de M. Joseph-Louis-Dominique de Cambis, Marquis de Velleron, Seigneur de Cayrane & de Fargues.. by (CAMBIS, Joseph Louis Dominique de, Marquis de Velleron)

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Title: Catalogue raisonné des Principaux Manuscrits du Cabinet de M. Joseph-Louis-Dominique de Cambis, Marquis de Velleron, Seigneur de Cayrane & de Fargues..
Author: (CAMBIS, Joseph Louis Dominique de, Marquis de Velleron)
Seller: Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller, Inc. (United States)
Description: 3 p.l., vi, [2], [3]-766 pp., 2 leaves of errata. Two parts in one vol. Large 4to, cont. mottled calf (two corners a bit worn, outer margin of title a little stained, some spots of dampness & dormant mold towards end), arms in gilt of the Marquis de Tulle de Villefranche (the arms of this important family of the Comtat Venaissin were added in the 19th century) on both covers, spine gilt, red morocco lettering piece on spine. Avignon: L. Chambeau, 1770-71. The very rare privately printed catalogue — issued in a few copies only — of one of the most important collections of manuscripts formed in 18th-century provincial France. Joseph Louis Dominique Cambis-Velleron (1706-72), was one of the great provincial collectors of the period. A member of a very old and distinguished family from Avignon, Cambis-Velleron served in the army for some years. “Ami des lettres, de Cambis n’avait jamais cessé, dans ses loisirs, de rassembler tous les manuscrits intéressants et les livres rare qu’il avait pu rencontrer; aussi en composa-t-il une bibliothèque fort curieuse.”–N.B.G., Vol. 7, col. 302. This is the best — and only — record of his magnificent collection of 195 early illuminated and text manuscripts which also included some 17th-century manuscripts regarding Avignon history. Several of the manuscripts are now in Madrid at the Biblioteca National, some entered the Musée Calvet in the 19th century, and others have appeared from time to time in the market. This catalogue was issued in two parts. The first part (through page 519) was issued in 1770. A second part — with continuous pagination starting with a reprinted page 519 —was printed in 1771 in order to describe Cambis’s most recent acquisitions. Some copies of the first part were distributed alone (see Peignot below). Cambis’s descriptions are long and amazingly exact. This copy contains a number of contemporary annotations by someone with considerable knowledge and expertise. The annotations are found on pages 33, 49, 58, 62, 63, 68, 91, 96, 140, 196, 209, 216, 243, 291, 341, 342, 453, 467, 496, 503, 555, 621, 665, 668, 673, 674, 714, and 730. Another annotation on pages 131-32 has been cut away from the blank portion of the leaf and repaired at an early date. A catalogue of part of Cambis’s printed book collection appeared in 1774, issued following his death by two Avignon booksellers. The family’s handsome chateau still stands in Velleron in the Vaucluse. A very good copy with the engraved armorial bookplate of the Marquis de Tulle de Villefranche. This is the first time I have handled a copy. The autograph manuscript of this catalogue is at the Bibliothèque municipale of Avignon (BM ms. 2016). ❧ Brunet, I, col. 1510–“Catalogue fort rare n’ayant été tiré qu’à très petit nombre.” Peignot, pp. 87-88–“Catalogue tiré à petit nombre et devenu rare. Quelques exemplaires n’ont que 519 pages, et d’autres 766. Cette différence provient de ce que l’auteur, après avoir distribué une partie de l’édition, y ajouta les descriptions de plusieurs manuscrits dont il avoit fait l’acquistion.”.

Shu yu zhou zi lu 殊域周咨録 [Record of Information Broadly Acquired from the Various Regions] by YAN, Congjian 嚴從簡

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Title: Shu yu zhou zi lu 殊域周咨録 [Record of Information Broadly Acquired from the Various Regions]
Author: YAN, Congjian 嚴從簡
Seller: Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller, Inc. (United States)
Description: Eight vols. 8vo, orig. wrappers, orig. stitching. [Beijing]: Gu gong bo wu yuan 故宮博物院, 1930. An important edition of this Chinese work on foreign countries from the late 16th century. Ming China was a well-connected player in the elaborate international exchange known as early modern globalization. The Ming court dispatched ships to far-away places, Ming merchants traded in East and Southeast Asia, and numerous countries regularly sent embassies to the Ming court. Our book draws on these exchanges. Foreign states covered include Korea, Japan, Ryūkyū, the oasis polities of eastern Central Asia, the “Tartars,” and other tribes on the northern border. Yan Congjian (b. 1529) was a scholar-official from Zhejiang. Upon passing the highest-level civil service examination in 1559, he was assigned to the Messenger Office, “a central government agency attached to the Ministry of Rites.” The office’s “principal function was to deliver formal, non-routine documents to important dignitaries such as Princes (wang) and foreign chiefs” (Hucker, A Dictionary of Official Titles in Imperial China, 245). Yan’s work in the Messenger Office gave him access to a wealth of material on China’s foreign relations, which became the basis for our book. Yan wrote that his book “contains a lot of current events of our day, but only cursory information about older times.” The reason for this, he explained, was that “each of the barbarians has since the Han and Tang periods had their own histories [i.e., their own treatises in the dynastic histories],” which the reader could easily consult by themselves. More recent information, by contrast, was not easily accessible, giving Yan impetus to write the present book. The book contains an author’s Preface dated 1574 (Wanli jiaxu) and one by Yan Qing 嚴清 (1524-90) dated 1583 (Wanli guiwei). Fine set, preserved in a hantao. References Hucker, Charles O. A Dictionary of Official Titles in Imperial China. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1985.

The Life of John Ledyard, the American Traveller .. by Sparks, Jared

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Title: The Life of John Ledyard, the American Traveller ..
Author: Sparks, Jared
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Condition: Near fine
Description: Cambridge: Hilliard and Brown, 1828. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine. 8vo. (2), (8)pp publisher's catalogue dated January, 1828, xii, 325, (5)pp. Early binding of brown cloth spine, printed paper label, drab paper over boards. Untrimmed, Ownership signatures of S(ilas). E. Burrows on a preliminary blank, and R. R. Ward in pencil on the title page. Burrows (b. 1794) was a successful merchant, shipowner of whaling and sealing vessels, and philanthropist, building a thriving business in New York, Hong King, Montevideo, and Japan. Ledyard (b. 1751), known as Connecticut's most famous explorer, served with Captain Cook, publishing the Journal of Captain Cook's Las Voyage, the first book on Hawaii to be published in the United States, He was involved in the fur trade, and encouraged by Jefferson to explore a route to the U. S> from Russia. He was arrested by Catherine the Great and deported, then set off to explore Africa, where he died. Howes S818.

THE SAUSAGE MASTER OF MINSK by Kleinzahler, August

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Title: THE SAUSAGE MASTER OF MINSK
Author: Kleinzahler, August
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Description: Montreal: Villenueve, 1977. First Edition. Stapled card covers pasted into printed jacket; 8vo. [28 pp.] The poet's first book a chapbook of 14 poems; no.412 of 500 copies signed and numbered by the poet. The poet's first three books were published in Canada, were he attended university. This is an easily Very Good copy; lightly sunned with little wear or signs of use.

The Collected Works of Dante Gabriel Rossetti with preface and notes by William M. Rossetti by Rossetti, Dante Gabriel

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Title: The Collected Works of Dante Gabriel Rossetti with preface and notes by William M. Rossetti
Author: Rossetti, Dante Gabriel
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Description: London, Ellis and Elvey, 1890. Octavo. Two volumes. Bound in 3/4 leather with marbled boards with gold letters and raised dentils . Edited with preface and notes by William M. Rossetti. the second edition. Fredeman 23, Rossetti 42. Some scuffing to leather binding, otherwise in good condition.

THE WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE CO. PITTSBURGH, PA. OFFICE AND WORKS: ROBINSON, LACOCK, AND DARRAGH STREETS, ALLEGHENY CITY, PA by Westinghouse Air Brake Co.

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Title: THE WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE CO. PITTSBURGH, PA. OFFICE AND WORKS: ROBINSON, LACOCK, AND DARRAGH STREETS, ALLEGHENY CITY, PA
Author: Westinghouse Air Brake Co.
Seller: David M. Lesser, Fine Antiquarian Books LLC (United States)
Description: Pittsburgh, Penna., 1876. Small folio, original publisher's cloth stamped in blind, front board stamped in gilt. Decorative endpapers. Spine stamped and decorated in gilt. 76pp plus engraved folding plates, full-page plates displaying the Westinghouse invention in technical drawings. Printed on glossy paper. Near Fine.

The Clammer; [with and offprint and TLS] by Hopkins,William John

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Title: The Clammer; [with and offprint and TLS]
Author: Hopkins,William John
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Description: Boston; New York: Houghton Mifflin Company; Riverside Press, 1906. Octavo (19 x 12 cm.), 255 pages. FIRST EDITION. Three short stories, including the title entry, "The Clammer", first published in The Atlantic Monthly in August of 1905. Also included is the original appearance of "The Clammer" from the Atlantic Monthly, disbound from the magazine and sewn into green wraps, and a typed letter signed from Hopkins tipped-in, dated 1912. Clean and sound, in publisher's decorated binding, with a design in pale green and gilt, on green cloth. Some rubbing to corners, otherwise near fine.

Skull by STERN, Lynn; Donald KUSPIT

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Title: Skull
Author: STERN, Lynn; Donald KUSPIT
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ISBN: 9780500970836
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Description: London: Thames & Hudson, 2017. A fine copy. Folio. 336 pages. Cloth; dust jacket. FIRST EDITION, inscribed by Lynn Stern on the title.

Ninety Years of Education in California, 1846-1936. A Presentation of Educational Movements And their Outcome in Education Today by Ferrier, William Warren

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Title: Ninety Years of Education in California, 1846-1936. A Presentation of Educational Movements And their Outcome in Education Today
Author: Ferrier, William Warren
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Description: Berkeley: Sather Gate Book Shop, 1937 Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Octavo. 9 1/2 x 6 1/4 inches. Pp. xv, 413. Index. Gilt-lettered navy cloth.Light offsetting to endpapers, else a fine copy with dust jacket (jacket with waterstain to right edge, and with large portion of top rear edge chipped away. First edition. An overview of the history and development of education in California, both of elementary education and colleges and vocational schools. Constitutional and Legislative Provision; First Public and Private Schools; Educational Needs, 1849; First Free Public Schools; and on, and on including the establishment of Kindergarten, college movements during the first two decades, genesis of Stanford University, and much more. .

PLAYING FOR KEEPS by WATERHOUSE, Jane

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Title: PLAYING FOR KEEPS
Author: WATERHOUSE, Jane
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Description: Macmillan Publishing Company, 1987. WATERHOUSE, Jane. PLAYING FOR KEEPS. NY: Macmillan Publishing Company, [1987]. 8vo., cloth & boards in dust jacket. First Edition. Signed by Waterhouse on half-title page, dated 1995. Fine; minor wear d/j. $40.00.

Dante: The Poet, the Political Thinker, the Myth. by [ALIGHERI, Dante]. Reynolds, Barbara.

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Title: Dante: The Poet, the Political Thinker, the Myth.
Author: [ALIGHERI, Dante]. Reynolds, Barbara.
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Description: Emeryville: Shoemaker & Hoard, (2006).. First US edition.. xiv + 466 pp w/index. Fine in very near fine dust jacket.

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