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Autograph letter signed

Autograph letter signed by WHITMAN Walt

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Autograph letter signed
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WHITMAN Walt
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Bauman Rare Books (United States)
Description
1875. Signed. WHITMAN, Walt. Autograph letter signed ""Walt."" Camden (431 Stevens St.), May 2, (1875). Octavo, two pages on single sheet, to John Burroughs, with original envelope in Whitman's hand. $15,000.Fine autograph letter signed from Walt Whitman to naturalist John Burroughs, his close friend and protégé.The letter reads in full: ""Dear John Burroughs, I send you a letter that I rec'd from Dowden [the Irish literary critic], as you are alluded to. I have written to Dowden, to-day, & sent it off, & have given him your address— so I suppose he will send you the books alluded to. Mine have arived— Dowden advances, expands, or rather penetrates— the first two chapters of his Shakespeare, (which I have read thoroughly) are very fine— (I have underlined passages on every page)— the Victor Hugo I have not yet read— Nothing very different with me— I am pretty strong yet, & go out— but head, stomach & liver, all in a bad way, & seems as if nothing could bring them round. Have rec'd a long & good letter from Rossetti which I will show you when you come. How are you getting along?— How is `Sula? Love to both— bright here to-day, but cold, & every thing frightfully backward. Walt. You may return Dowden's letter to me, when you write— but no hurry."" With an autograph envelope addressed to Burroughs in Whitman's hand. This letter is printed in The Collected Writings of Walt Whitman, Miller, Volume 2, pp. 331-2. The young John Burroughs first met Whitman in Washington, D.C. during the Civil War and quickly became close to the poet, initially considering him something of a guru who could do no wrong; Burroughs' first book, in 1871, was the adoring Notes on Walt Whitman as Poet and Person, the drafts of which Whitman read and commented on at every stage. In later years, Burroughs would build a cabin in the woods in West Park, New York, not far from Poughkeepsie, and took to referring to the land around it as ""Whitman Land"": ""It was in these woods that he'd walked with Walt during the poet's frequent visits to West Park in the late 1870s,"" and Burroughs was in the habit of speaking ""to his guests as much about Whitman as he did about birds and wildflowers… Burroughs would stand on the steps of the cabin, a worn copy of Leaves of Grass in his hands, and recite 'Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking'"" (Renehan, John Burroughs: American Naturalist, 183). Burroughs was also a frequent visitor at Whitman's house in Camden, and they remained close until the end of Whitman's life. ""Rossetti"" was William Michael Rossetti, the influential English editor and brother of the artist Dante Gabriel Rossetti and poet Christina Rossetti. Rossetti—and his 1868 edition of Leaves of Grass, which Whitman considered ""a horrible dismemberment of my book""—was an essential force in encouraging appreciation for Whitman in England. Fine condition.
Map Shewing Present Field of the Melanesian Mission

Map Shewing Present Field of the Melanesian Mission

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Map Shewing Present Field of the Melanesian Mission
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James Arsenault & Company (United States)
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Dunedin, New Zealand: J. Wilkie & Co., litho. [ca. 1880]. Lithograph, 30 x 33 cm, plus margins, mounted on original linen. CONDITION: Good, old folds, separation along central vertical fold in lower margin, with a bit of loss, light general foxing, minor losses and tears at edges. An apparently unrecorded map of the Solomon, Santa Cruz and New Hebrides Islands, which constituted the "field" of the Melanesian Mission spearheaded by English Bishop John Patteson, who met his end in the region at the hands of native people. This map encompasses three clusters of islands in the South Pacific Ocean, all of which were of interest to the Melanesian Mission-an Anglican missionary agency established in 1854 on the recommendation of bishop of New Zealand, George Selwyn. Beginning with Vulava, twenty-six islands are listed and numbered at the bottom-left. Three arrows-located in the margins-point outside of the map proper to the Norfolk Islands, Fiji, and Sydney; compass lines appear in the center of the map. Some of the islands and locales labeled on the map do not appear in the list of islands. In 1855, Englishman John Coleridge Patteson (1827-1871)-his mother the niece of Samuel Taylor Coleridge-became the Melanesian Mission's first bishop. In the course of his duties, Patteson learned some twenty-three Melanesian languages, which proved critical in his efforts to convert natives and also suppress the slave trade on the islands. In 1861 he became 'Bishop of Melanesia.' Sailing on the Southern Cross, Patteson traveled extensively throughout his island diocese-the "Present Field" depicted here spanning over 1,800 miles-and ferried converts back to study at his mission school. Known for his gentle, agreeable temperament, Patteson is said to have been the first man to swim ashore to each new island the Southern Cross visited-arriving in shirt, pants and a top hat in which he kept presents. A note near the "Swallow Group" of islands identifies the spot where Patteson was killed by natives on the island of Nukapu on 20 Sept. 1871. Apparently Patteson was mistaken for a labor recruiter (an illegal 'blackbirder') disguised as a missionary. Near the spot where he was killed, another note reads "Patteson Sh[oals?]. P.D." Also named in his honor is Port Patteson, on the east coast of the Vanua Lava. J. Wilkie & Co. Lithographers, Manufacturing and General Stationers, based in Dunedin, New Zealand, appears to have existed from at least the 1880s until 1922, when the company became Coulls Somerville Wilkie. Operating their own warehouse and stationery factory, Wilkie & Co. specialized in stationary, printing, bookbinding and embossing. Not in OCLC. REFERENCES: Patteson, John Coleridge (1827-) at Solomon Islands Historical Encyclopaedia online
Araki By Araki: The Photographer's Personal Selection. 1963-2002 [SIGNED]

Araki By Araki: The Photographer's Personal Selection. 1963-2002 [SIGNED] by Araki, Nubuyoshi (荒木 経惟)

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Araki By Araki: The Photographer's Personal Selection. 1963-2002 [SIGNED]
Author
Araki, Nubuyoshi (荒木 経惟)
Seller
Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller (United States)
ISBN
9784770029386
Condition
near fine
Description
Tokyo: Kodansha International, 2003. First edition. Softcover. near fine. Large quarto. 407pp. [1]. Multicolored glossy photo-illustrated dust jacket, text in on the spine in red and black. Glossy b/w photo-illstrated wrappers, with white text on the spine. Illustrated endpapers in blue and silver. Photo-illustrated title page. Signed by Araki, "Arakiss" in black sharpie with an illustration, opposite the title page. "Araki by Araki is a record of the career of Nobuyoshi Araki, self-styled "photomaniac" and permanent enfant terrible of the Japanese art world. Published to mark the artist's sixty-third birthday on May 25, 2003, this volume features 2002 photographs covering his entire career from 1963 to 2002. Sex-trade voyeur, recorder of Tokyo cityscapes, chronicler of married life, or experimental photo artist - no matter what your image of Araki, this collection will reveal new aspects of his talent, as it traces his unique vision over forty prolific years. All the pictures were selected by Araki himself (who also provides an original commentary), making Araki by Araki not only a comprehensive but highly personal overview of the artist's work to date. High quality color and duotone black and white printing ensure the highest standard of reproduction throughout." - Publisher Text in English and Japanese. Dust jacket, wrappers and interior all in near fine condition.
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Bibliothecae Apostolicae Vaticanae codicum manuscriptorum catalogus, in tres partes distributus, in quarum prima Orientales, in altera Graeci, in tertia Latini, Italici aliorumque Europaeorum idiomatum codices. 3-vol. set (Complete) [NUMBERED AND SIGNED BY THE PUBLISHER] by Assemanus (Asseman), Joseph simonius and Stephanus Evodius

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Bibliothecae Apostolicae Vaticanae codicum manuscriptorum catalogus, in tres partes distributus, in quarum prima Orientales, in altera Graeci, in tertia Latini, Italici aliorumque Europaeorum idiomatum codices. 3-vol. set (Complete) [NUMBERED AND SIGNED BY THE PUBLISHER]
Author
Assemanus (Asseman), Joseph simonius and Stephanus Evodius
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Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller (United States)
Condition
vg
Description
Paris: Librairie Orientale et Americaine, Maisonneuve Freres, Editeurs, 1926. Facsimile edition. Hardcover. vg. 1/300. Large quarto (11 1/2 x 7 1/2"). [2], lxxvi, 498, [4]pp (Vol. 1); [2], xxiv, 556pp (Vol. 2); [2], 587, [1]pp (Vol. 3). Modern light blue cloth, with white lettering to spines. Decorative head-, tailpieces and initials. Originally published between 1756 and 1759, this monumental work is a catalogue of all the Oriental manuscripts housed in the Vatican library. The first volume is a catalogue of the Hebrew and Samaritan manuscripts; the second and third volumes lists all the Chaldean and Syriac manuscripts. This facsimile edition is one of 300 copies numbered and signed (third volume only) by the publisher, of which the second volume is No. 269, the third is No. 60. The first volume is unnumbered. Ex-library copy, with reference sticker at upper front joint and tail of spines, stamp at top and bottom paper edges, bookplate on inside of each front cover and printed notice at rear. Text in Latin. Binding and interior in overall very good condition.
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London. Liebe zu einer Stadt by Zucker, Wolf

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London. Liebe zu einer Stadt
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Zucker, Wolf
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Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller (United States)
Condition
g
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Berlin: Williams & Co, 1929. First edition. Softcover. g. Octavo. 170(1)pp. Original decorative stiff gray wrappers with red and light gray lettering on cover. Photo-illustrated front endpapers. Titel page design. The ten vivid b/w photographs depicting London at day and night time printed on red front endpapers are provided by Keystone View Co., Berlin, and Judges Ltd., Hastings, England. A compilation of testimonies from an ardent admirer of the flamboyant cosmopolitan city of London. Starting with his love for the language Zucker compiles brief sketches about the city and its neighborhoods, the Bobbies, the parks, the theater, the architecture, its art and literature, its nightlife, and its magic. Illustrated with lovely in-text drawings by Fritz Wolff. Text in German. Wrappers with some wear along edges and age toned. Block lightly age toned. Wrappers in overall good-, interior in good condition.
[INDIAN CAPTIVITY NARRATIVE 1867]. Life and adventures of William Filley: who was stolen from his home in Jackson, Mich., by the Indians, August 3d, 1837, and his safe return from captivity, October 19, 1866. After an absence of 29 years

[INDIAN CAPTIVITY NARRATIVE 1867]. Life and adventures of William Filley: who was stolen from his home in Jackson, Mich., by the Indians, August 3d, 1837, and his safe return from captivity, October 19, 1866. After an absence of 29 years by Ballard, J.Z. (editor)

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[INDIAN CAPTIVITY NARRATIVE 1867]. Life and adventures of William Filley: who was stolen from his home in Jackson, Mich., by the Indians, August 3d, 1837, and his safe return from captivity, October 19, 1866. After an absence of 29 years
Author
Ballard, J.Z. (editor)
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Michael Laird Rare Books LLC (United States)
Condition
Good
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Chicago: [Western Book Manufacturing Co. for] Filley & Ballard, 1867. Second edition. Good. 8vo. 110 pp. (of 112, lacking final leaf which is the end of a poem and also has a small woodcut) including 8 (of 8) plates on pale yellow paper. Stiched, original illustrated front wrapper present, paper along spine and back wrapper perished (this had an illustration of the search party); lower blank portion of p. iv/v (Dedication / Preface) torn away. Edges worn and curled (SEE IMAGES), foxing and staining throughout as commonly. With stated condition problems, and priced accordingly. NOT ex-library! CONTROVERSIAL INDIAN CAPTIVITY NARRATIVE. Is J.Z. Ballard's account of the 1837 disappearance of William Filley "real" or "fake"? Certainly its authenticity has not been universally accepted, and numerous critics and historians have disparaged it, e.g. D.G. Brinton who immediately pronounced: "The work is fraudulent" and is an "impudent attempt at imposition by an illiterate vendor of nostrum" (Historical magazine, 2d ser., v. 2, 1867, p. 180). Brinton noted that Filley's songs, reputed in Ballard's book to be Comanche, were actually Ojberay-Algonkin and copied from "Schoolcraft's Indian Tribes." In fact, the Comanche customs and manners described herein appeared to be randomly picked from popular books on Indian traits. Ballard's narrative was further disputed in 1894: William Lewis Manley was in the original search party for the lost five year old boy. In "Death Valley in '49," Manley recalls a visit to Jackson, Michigan in 1870 -- fully thirty-three years after Filley's disappearance -- and being told by the Filley family that "no trace of the lost boy had ever been discovered." (SOURCE: Donald G. Southerton, The Filleys: 350 Years of American Entrepreneurial Spirit). By contrast, Filley's "Life and Adventures" continues to be accepted as genuine by some scholars. See for instance Emily Parrow's long discussion of the narrative in "The Friendly and Flowing Savage" (2020): "Filley, while living in Michigan with his parents, was kidnapped at age five and sold or traded to seventeen tribes over the course of his twenty-nine year captivity. By the time of his return to white civilization in 1866, he could speak eleven different native dialects in addition to English and Spanish. His narrative, compiled by family members, and friends, and interspersed with Filley's own words, is a curious mix of describing cultural differences and butchery and clear admiration for his captors. [...] Filley's praise for the natives sometimes startled his contemporaries. One of the book's publishers, J.Z. Ballard, commented, '[H]is friendship for them is of that enduring kind which time, even, cannot change or efface. The slightest insinuation against their honesty or friendship, is resented by him as a personal insult. In fact, his long residence among them, HAS MADE HIM AN INDIAN.' During his captivity, Filley eventually rose to the ranks of medicine man and, later, second chief. In his book, he aligns himself with his Native American captors. He refers to the group as 'we,' not 'they,' intoning closeness, not separateness or foreignness, though he makes the distinction between 'civilized' and 'savage' tribes." (SOURCE: Bound Away: The Liberty Journal of History, 2020, Volume 3, Issue 2). Early title-page inscription in pencil: "Warren C. Webster." This same individual has written "William Filley" on p. 53 in pencil. Graff 1322. Howes F-128. Streeter 24328. Field 535. Ayer 98. Chicago Ante-Fire 1189.
A CURIOUS DANCE ROUND A CURIOUS TREE

A CURIOUS DANCE ROUND A CURIOUS TREE by Dickens, Charles

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A CURIOUS DANCE ROUND A CURIOUS TREE
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Dickens, Charles
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Sumner & Stillman (United States)
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1860. [London: St. Luke's Hospital, 1860.] Original pale pink wrappers. First Edition, second and usual issue -- with the final paragraph in bold (not like the rest of the text), with the wrapper pink (not mauve -- though all are today faded), with the front cover title followed by a comma (not by a period), and with the front cover border decorative only at the corners (not all 'round). Dickens describes the wretched conditions inside St. Luke's Hospital ("established in 1751, for the treatment and care of lunatics"), and in particular the "very sad and touching spectacle" of the annual Christmas Ball there (dancing around the Christmas tree). He actually wrote the original piece in 1852, at which time it appeared in his Household Words (Dickens's authorship was questioned until 1913, when the original manuscript -- in his hand -- turned up). It is here published in book form for the first time, eight years later, when Dickens gave permission for the hospital to use it as a fundraising appeal. The hospital added two items to update the piece: an article about the 1860 Ball from the "Times," plus a brief article "Contrast between 1852 and 1860," in which the hospital asserts that many of the deficiencies cited by Dickens have since been addressed. (The results of the initial mailing were not good -- which is why for this second issue, the final paragraph, the actual appeal, was highlighted in bold.) This is a fine copy of this very fragile item, with scarcely any wear, soil, or foxing; as usual, the pink wrappers have faded. (Tipped to a corner of the inside front wrapper is an old but hyperbolic catalogue description.) As with almost all copies, there is a vertical crease, because the booklet was folded vertically when the fundraising appeal was mailed out in narrow envelopes. Uncommon in this condition. Podeschi (Yale) B216 (second copy); Carr (U of Texas) B465; Eckel pp 188-191. Housed in a cloth clamshell case lined with felt.
Being There (Original screenplay for the 1980 film)

Being There (Original screenplay for the 1980 film) by Hal Ashby (director); Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine, Melvyn Douglas (starring); Jerzy Kosinski (novel, screenwriter); Robert C. Jones (screenwriter)

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Being There (Original screenplay for the 1980 film)
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Hal Ashby (director); Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine, Melvyn Douglas (starring); Jerzy Kosinski (novel, screenwriter); Robert C. Jones (screenwriter)
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Royal Books (United States)
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Los Angeles: Lorimar, 1979. Production script for the 1980 film, created for internal use just prior to the commencement of shooting, with Lorimar Studios wrappers, but also with copied punch holes throughout (see images). Annotation in manuscript ink on the title page, noting copy No. 22. Laid in with the script is a three-page synopsis (internal, reading "NOT FOR PUBLICATION"), with an annotation in manuscript ink on the first page, noting "File." Based on the 1970 novel by screenwriter Jerzy Kosinski. Peter Sellers' final film, and the last unqualified success of director Hal Ashby's all too brief career. Winner of an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Melvyn Douglas, with Sellers receiving a Best Actor nomination. White generic Lorimar wrappers. Title page present, dated January 10, 1979, with credits for Kosinski and screenwriter Robert C. Jones. 107 leaves, with last page of text numbered 106. Xerographic duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good plus, bound internally with two gold brads. National Film Registry. Criterion Collection 864. Ebert II.
Derrière le Miroir 127 Giacometti, May 1961. With 14 original lithographs by Giacometti

Derrière le Miroir 127 Giacometti, May 1961. With 14 original lithographs by Giacometti by Olivier Larronde, Léna Leclercq, Isaku Yanaihara

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Derrière le Miroir 127 Giacometti, May 1961. With 14 original lithographs by Giacometti
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Olivier Larronde, Léna Leclercq, Isaku Yanaihara
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Marninart, Inc (ABAA-ILAB) (United States)
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Very Good-
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Derrière le Miroir n.127, May 1961. With 14 original lithographs, of which 3 in double page, by Giacometti.Few stains at the spine, inside in very good conditions.
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CRUMBS FROM THE MASTER'S TABLE by ( African / American Literature ) Derricks, Cleavant

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CRUMBS FROM THE MASTER'S TABLE
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( African / American Literature ) Derricks, Cleavant
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THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY (United States)
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CRUMBS FROM THE MASTER'S TABLE, Paegent, 1955, first edition, fine in near fine pictorial dust-wrapper. A fine discussion of the African Americans in the U.S. by this minister and music composer from Tennessee. Scarce in the market place. (The authors son (same name) is a well known Broadust-wrapper ay personality and past Tony Award winner as well as a film actor appearing in "Moscow On The Hudson" with Robin Williams, Neil Simon's "Slugger's Wife," Michael Diner's "Offbeat", Wes Craven's "Carnival of Souls" and "World Traveler" with Julianne Moore and Billy Crudup).
SUR 4

SUR 4 by Borges, Jorge Luis et al (contributors). Ocampo, Victoria (editor and publisher)

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SUR 4
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Borges, Jorge Luis et al (contributors). Ocampo, Victoria (editor and publisher)
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Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB (United States)
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Near Fine
Description
Buenos Aires: SUR, 1931. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. The fourth issue printed in the first year of publication, published by Victoria Ocampo. Borges was a contributor from the first issue, years before his success as a novelist. A near fine copy, in its origial glassine which has absorbed surface soiling, leaving the white paper covers remarkably clean. An apparently unread copy - leaves uncut. With original annual subscription form laid-in.
Cinderella or the Little Glass Slipper, Little Dot Series

Cinderella or the Little Glass Slipper, Little Dot Series by [PERRAULT, Charles]

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Cinderella or the Little Glass Slipper, Little Dot Series
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[PERRAULT, Charles]
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Sandra L Hoekstra Bookseller, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA (United States)
Description
New York: McLoughlin Bro's, 1875. [JUVENILE] [ILLUSTRATED]. 24mo (5 3/4" x 3 3 /4"); [8]pp including wrapper; chromolithographed front wrapper, rear wrapper last page of story with b&w illustration and text; publisher's string binding; line drawings and text every page; faint ownership in margin above title on front wrapper; fine. The "Little Dot" series was one of McLoughlin's most inexpensive publications, reusing illustrations from the "Aunt Lulu" series and retailing at just one cent. (Radiant with Color & Art, Hewes, Schiller, Wasowicz, 135.) This copy features a bright front wrapper and lovely, clear illustrations with the text.
Maine in the Making of a Nation 1783-1870

Maine in the Making of a Nation 1783-1870 by RING, Elizabeth

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Maine in the Making of a Nation 1783-1870
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RING, Elizabeth
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Sandra L Hoekstra Bookseller, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA (United States)
ISBN
9780897252461
Condition
Near fine
Description
Camden, Maine: Picton Press, 1996. First Edition. Cloth. Near fine/near fine. First edition. 8vo; xix [i], 485pp; gilt-stamped dark green cloth; map illustrated endpapers in green; b&w illustrations; light scattered foxing to upper and fore-edge not affecting the pages face; unclipped glazed green pictorial dust jacket; near fine in near fine dj. ISBN: 0-89725-246-2. From the front flap: " This book presents local and state history in the framework of national history with particular reference to the part of Maine natives had in the building of the West and South. It was inspired by an extraordinary collection of family letters found in the McArthur attic in Limington, Maine in the summer of 1942, now in the Bowdoin College Library.".
Ida Lupino, Forgotten Auteur

Ida Lupino, Forgotten Auteur by Seros, Alexandra

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Ida Lupino, Forgotten Auteur
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Seros, Alexandra
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Biblioctopus (United States)
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Austin: University of Texas Press, 2024. First Edition. First printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Signed by Seros on the title page. The book features over 150 photographs and archival documents providing vital historical context. As Seros notes, "Seeing the documents is as important as reading about them... through them, Lupino's voice will become clearer." In screenwriter Alexandra Seros' meticulous analysis of Ida Lupino's career, we see a compelling portrait of a filmmaker who transcended the gendered constraints of post-World War II Hollywood through strategic self-fashioning and sheer professional determination. Seros, whose PhD in cinema and media studies informs her scholarly approach, reveals how Lupino's multifaceted identity—as actress, director, producer, writer, mother, and wife—created what she aptly terms a "pixelated legacy," but one that deserves recognition for its groundbreaking achievements in both film and television. Through exhaustive archival research and close textual analysis, Seros demonstrates how Lupino's directorial approach, characterized by restraint, empathy, and ambiguous endings, challenged conventional representations of women during a period of significant social transition. Lupino's remarkable career trajectory, as Seros convincingly argues, positions her as a collaborative auteur whose working method anticipated contemporary understandings of authorship in film and television. Moving seamlessly between directing independent films and television episodes, Lupino maintained creative control while nurturing collaborative relationships with her artistic partners. As Seros notes, Lupino was "mother to the guerrilla alliance of directors, writers, cameramen, editors, and musicians who worked in film and television," embracing a collaborative approach that allowed her to tackle controversial subjects through her distinctive documentary-influenced aesthetic. Seros' scholarship makes a significant contribution to film history by recovering Lupino's voice from the "silences that affected the reception of her work." By examining both Lupino's independent films and her extensive television output, Seros illuminates how Lupino balanced motherhood and a demanding career during a period when women were expected to remain in the domestic sphere. Lupino's pragmatic approach represents what Seros frames as an early feminist strategy for professional survival. As Seros concludes, although Lupino "would not have recognized her career as unparalleled or revolutionary, it was," presenting "a woman's point of view to millions of film and television viewers during a period when women's issues were usually defined by the men in power," making her "the face of a new, collaborative auteurism.
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Rebel Cork's Fighting Story From 1916 to the Truce with Britain

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Rebel Cork's Fighting Story From 1916 to the Truce with Britain
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Weller Book Works ABAA/ILAB (United States)
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Good
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Anvil. Good. Rebel Cork's Fighting Story From 1916 to the Truce with Britain. Republic of Ireland: Anvil, ND. Illustrated. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Good with rubbed and gently bumped edges, creasing, light soiling, front hinge weak and pages yellow. Contains inlaid Irish stamp attached to a piece of postmarked envelope.
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I VERMEXIO: Architetti ispano-siculi del secolo XVII. (Collezione Meridionale. III: Il Mezzogiorno Artistico.) by Agnello, Giuseppe.

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I VERMEXIO: Architetti ispano-siculi del secolo XVII. (Collezione Meridionale. III: Il Mezzogiorno Artistico.)
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Agnello, Giuseppe.
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Ars Libri Ltd (United States)
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Firenze (“La Nuova Italia”), 1959.. 230pp., 90 plates. Lrg. 4to. Cloth. D.j.
The Principles of Ethics: In Two Volumes

The Principles of Ethics: In Two Volumes by Herbert Spencer

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The Principles of Ethics: In Two Volumes
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Herbert Spencer
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Grayshelf Books, ABAA, IOBA (United States)
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9780913966341
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Near Fine
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A Two Volume Set; A Near Fine set in wraps, with only light rubbing to the panel edges. Not remaindered and not ex-library; will ship securely wrapped in a sturdy box.
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Tides in English Taste (1619-1800).; A Background for the Study of Literature by ALLEN, B. Sprague

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Tides in English Taste (1619-1800).; A Background for the Study of Literature
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ALLEN, B. Sprague
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Argosy Book Store (United States)
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near fine
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Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1937. hardcover. near fine. Black & white illustrations. 2 volumes. 8vo, gilt-stamped blue cloth, t.e.g. (previous owner's bookplates). Cambridge: Harvard UP, 1937. Near Fine.
Selected Poems

Selected Poems by Watkins, Vernon

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Selected Poems
Author
Watkins, Vernon
Seller
Crooked House Books & Paper (United States)
Condition
Near Fine
Description
New Directions, 1948. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Decorated paper-covered boards in matching dust jacket, 9" tall, 92 pp. Light crease to title page, toning to pages. Poems from the Welsh poet who was close friends with Dylan Thomas, and also served as a cryptographer at Bletchley Park.
Interurban Railways of the Bay Area: Interurban Electric / Key System / Market Street Railway / Peninsular Railway / Northwestern Pacific / Petaluma & Santa Rosa / Sacramento Northern

Interurban Railways of the Bay Area: Interurban Electric / Key System / Market Street Railway / Peninsular Railway / Northwestern Pacific / Petaluma & Santa Rosa / Sacramento Northern by Trimble, Paul C,

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Interurban Railways of the Bay Area: Interurban Electric / Key System / Market Street Railway / Peninsular Railway / Northwestern Pacific / Petaluma & Santa Rosa / Sacramento Northern
Author
Trimble, Paul C,
Seller
Crooked House Books & Paper (United States)
ISBN
9780913548479
Condition
Near Fine
Description
Valley Publishers, Fresno, 1977. First Edition. hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 9x6x1. Red cloth boards under illustrated dust jacket. A standard history, well illustrated.
Soldiers in Hiding: A Novel

Soldiers in Hiding: A Novel by Wiley, Richard

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Soldiers in Hiding: A Novel
Author
Wiley, Richard
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Yesterday's Muse Books (United States)
ISBN
9780871130464
Condition
Near Fine
Description
Boston: The Atlantic Monthly Press, 1986. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8x5x1. Signed by author. First edition. Signed by author on half-title page without inscription. 1986 Hard Cover. 199 pp. Author's first novel. "Thirty years after World War II, Japanese-American jazz musician Teddy Maki is still haunted by his friend Jimmy Yamamoto's wartime death and his own failure to disobey a commanding officer's order to shoot an American prisoner.
The Masks of Orthodoxy.

The Masks of Orthodoxy. by Benes, Peter.

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The Masks of Orthodoxy.
Author
Benes, Peter.
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Ten Pound Island Book Co. (United States)
Condition
Bound in publisher's black cloth boards w/ d/j. First edition. Good condition. An illustrated history of
Description
Amherst: The University of Massachusetts Press, 1977. Bound in publisher's black cloth boards w/ d/j. First edition. Good condition. An illustrated history of "Folk Gravestone Carving in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, 1689-1805".. 25 cm. 273 pp. b/w figures and line illustrations in text
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LIBRARY TRUSTEE, A PRACTICAL GUIDEBOOK by Young, Virginia G.

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LIBRARY TRUSTEE, A PRACTICAL GUIDEBOOK
Author
Young, Virginia G.
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Oak Knoll Books/Oak Knoll Press (United States)
Description
New York: R.R. Bowker Company, 1969. cloth. 8vo. cloth. (xii), 242 pages. First edition. Edited by Young and with 21 chapters by different people in the field. Ex library copy with marks.
Unite for May 4th [handbill]

Unite for May 4th [handbill]

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Unite for May 4th [handbill]
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Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Description
New Haven, CT: May 4th Action Committee, [197-]. 8.5x11 inch handbill, mimeographed both sides, very good. Announces events leading up to a planned general strike on May 4th to show labor opposition to the Vietnam war. Notes that workers of Local 35 at Yale had recently held a five-minute work stoppage to protest the war.
The Singing: Poems

The Singing: Poems by Williams, C.K.

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The Singing: Poems
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Williams, C.K.
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Kenneth Mallory Bookseller. ABAA (United States)
ISBN
9780374292867
Condition
Very good
Description
NY: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2003. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. First Edition. 72pp. Very good hardback in a very good dustjacket.

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