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[Archive of Research, Personal Correspondence and College Ephemera] by Merrell, Ada Clark

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Title: [Archive of Research, Personal Correspondence and College Ephemera]
Author: Merrell, Ada Clark
Seller: Langdon Manor Books LLC (United States)
Condition: Very good
Description: Ripon, Wisconsin, 1917. Very good. 10½” x 7½”. Scrapbook, marbled paper over boards, with 217 pp. filled mostly to completion with 140 newspaper clippings, 23 letters, 30 notes and 38 items of ephemera (most adhered or written directly on pages, 68 items laid in) + an additional 53 letters in plastic sleeves. Generally very good: scrapbook a bit worn and overstuffed, backstrip perished; one printed speech with a large tear affecting a few letters of title but no other text; sporadic offsetting, light chipping and soiling. This is a vast and illuminating collection of research on a noted female educator, Clarissa Tucker Tracy, as well as personal and professional materials mostly concerning Wisconsin's Ripon College (RC). It was compiled by a woman with lifelong ties to the school, Ada Clark Merrell. Ada Clark was born in Kentucky in 1856 and first came to Ripon, Wisconsin at the age of 10, visiting relatives who had moved there from New York. When she was 15 her father received a letter and college catalog from RC president Edward Huntington Merrell. Ada begged to be enrolled and studied under Merrell's guardianship until the age of 21, graduating with a degree in classics. Merrell's first wife died in 1876 and in 1880 he and Ada were married. They established their home as Merrell Manse, a longtime social hub for RC and local denizens; it later housed a college dean, then a fraternity before being razed in 1962. Edward served as RC president a total of 16 years and published a historical sketch of the school in 1893. He died in 1910, and Ada lived until 1934. In 1908 Ada Clark Merrell published Life and Poems of Clarissa Tucker Tracy. Tracy was the first female professor at RC and has been deemed “the mother” of the school. An educator from the age of 14, at RC Tracy taught botany, English literature and mathematics. She ran food service and housekeeping, served as counselor and nurse. For 30 years she and students researched wild flora, and she published Catalogue of Plants Growing Without Cultivation in Ripon and the Near Vicinity in 1889. Tracy retired in 1893 at age 75, then ran a women's off-campus dormitory and continued tutoring until her death in 1905. This archive contains a wealth of materials on Clarissa Tucker Tracy, as likely compiled for Merrell's book, the proceeds of which (per a present clipping) were “to be devoted to a Tracy Memorial Fund . . . More people, probably, remember Ripon for Mrs. Tracy's sake than for any other one thing, and with reason, for city and college have held no nobler life, and surely none more piquant, picturesque, and full of racy interest.” It contains poems and other writings by the educator, both published and not, a few with Merrell's comments, such as “In the autograph copy of this poem, the title is called by Mrs. Tracy – 'Beyond.'” There are transcriptions of letters written by and about Tracy, family genealogies, clippings on her life and work and laudatory letters from local notables. The materials also shine light on RC history. There are several clipped obituaries for E.H. Merrell and others associated with the school, images of campus buildings, board meeting minutes and published statements by RC leaders. Some headlines include “Fifty Useful Years: Past Struggles and Present Success of Ripon College. Love of Knowledge Its Basis,” “Carnegie gives Ripon $20,000: Wisconsin College the First to Benefit Under the Iron King's New Policy” and “How the Alumni Money is Used.” There are clippings on former students serving in World War I, school clubs and events like the Women's Symposium, as well as materials Ada collected as chair of various committees. There are also dozens of letters between Ada and Edward that show deep love and mutual respect, and discuss various goings-on at RC. She shares musings on literature, notes sent to professors and many ideas: “Letters are so unsatisfactory, Edward. I would rather sit beside you and tell you all my thoughts.” Other interesting materials include a copy of a paper Ada read before the landmark World's Congress of Representative Women at the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893 and a program deeming her “a Lecturer and Pianist who has succeeded in popularizing Beethoven, while maintaining the dignity and noble beauty of the composer's music.” A fascinating collection rich with research fodder on a Wisconsin college, its respected second president and noted female educator, created and collected by a woman devoted to all three.

Coca erythroxylon. (Vin mariani.) Its uses in the treatment of disease. With notes and comments by prominent physicians. (offered with) Coca and its therapeutic application. (offered with) Eminent physicians’ portraits and biographical notes by MARIANI, Angelo

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Title: Coca erythroxylon. (Vin mariani.) Its uses in the treatment of disease. With notes and comments by prominent physicians. (offered with) Coca and its therapeutic application. (offered with) Eminent physicians’ portraits and biographical notes
Author: MARIANI, Angelo
Seller: Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts (United States)
Description: Paris; New York; Paris: Mariani & Co.,; J. N. Jaros; Mariani, 1890. THIRD EDITION; FIRST EDITION. I: Original publisher’s cloth, title in gilt on front cover. II: With frontispiece and numerous full-page and text illustrations. Original printed wrappers, stained and soiled; waterstains in margins of second half of the book. III: With the text portraits of 30 doctors (all men). Woodcut printer’s device, woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces, illustration on final leaf. Original printed wrappers. Before the twentieth century, regulations did not require manufacturers of ready-made remedies to list ingredients in their medicines. Perhaps taking advantage of the popularity of the drug, Lloyd Manufacturing did advertise the cocaine in their toothache drops. The promised instantaneous relief was likely provided by the anesthetic properties of cocaine. In the late nineteenth century, the typical cocaine user was a professional man who had been prescribed the drug or a physician administering his own doses. Coca wine was the most popular way to consume cocaine. Vin Mariani was the first coca wine product sold, and for a while, the most successful. The coca wine Vin Mariani was later overtaken in popularity by Coca-Cola; pharmacist John Pemberton created the drink as a non-alcoholic alternative to his Peruvian Wine Coca after prohibition was adopted in Atlanta in 1886. Angelo Mariani (1838-1914) was a chemist and entrepreneur from the island of Corsica. In 1863 he moved to Paris where he set up shop and began experimenting with Erythroxylon coca. Within three years he had mastered the art of extracting cocaine from it. He blended the cocaine with wine, and launched Vin Mariani. He would go international in 1880 when he opened a successful operation in New York. By this point, Mariani had become so successful that his name was a household word throughout America and Europe. All of the publications from Mariani were intended for the medical profession. In Coca and its therapeutic application, Mariani provides a short account of the history of coca and any experimentation or other investigation of the efficacy of the product. Indeed, the last item offered here is “provided to the medical profession with the compliments of Angelo Mariani.” The short detailed biographies and portraits of a group of French physicians are supplied here along with some fine advertisements of (you guessed it) Vin Mariani. The actual portraits are very well done; each of the physicians of course has written in favor of Mariani. The promotional pamphlet ends with a short article on the specific value of coca, some suggestions as to when to prescribe Vin Mariani, and the dosage. A fantastic example of self-promotion for the time.

Ausstellung Gouachen und Zeichnungen von Cy Twombly (Announcement) by TWOMBLY, Cy

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Title: Ausstellung Gouachen und Zeichnungen von Cy Twombly (Announcement)
Author: TWOMBLY, Cy
Seller: Harper's Books (United States)
Condition: Minor rubbing to edges of yellow cardstock, else fine. Scarce, with single OCLC record located (Köln).
Description: Essen: Galerie Rudolf Zwirner, 1961. Minor rubbing to edges of yellow cardstock, else fine. Scarce, with single OCLC record located (Köln).. Bifolium announcement card for an exhibition of Cy Twombly's gouaches and drawings; his first solo show in Germany, curated by Rudolf Zwirner at the Folkwang-Museum in Essen. Illustrated with b&w reproduction to front panel and a sartorial portrait of Twombly to interior, alongside brief bio and exhibition history.

Cesta ke svobode (The Road Towards Freedom) by ŠTREIT, Jindrich

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Title: Cesta ke svobode (The Road Towards Freedom)
Author: ŠTREIT, Jindrich
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Condition: Near fine in a near fine jacket.
Description: Sovinec: Spolecnost pratel umeni, 1999. Near fine in a near fine jacket.. First Edition. Quarto. With 52 searing black-and-white images of Czech drug addicts. With essays and personal stories about drug addiction in the rear; some in English. Introduction in Czech. Gripping book that has escaped the mainstream.

Nature Addresses and Lectures by Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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Title: Nature Addresses and Lectures
Author: Emerson, Ralph Waldo
Seller: Carpetbagger Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Boston: James Munroe and Company, 1849. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Very Good. Brown binding, pushed and rubbed at the corners, frayed and with some loss at the spine, a tear at the rear gutter. Square and firmly bound with eight pages of ads in the rear, old bookeller's catalog entry tipped onto one of the front endpapers along with a 19th century ownership signature, clean otherwise.

I, JAMES WHITTAKER [SIGNED] by Whittaker, James; Frankau, Gilbert [foreword]

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Title: I, JAMES WHITTAKER [SIGNED]
Author: Whittaker, James; Frankau, Gilbert [foreword]
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA (United States)
Description: London: Rich & Cowan, Ltd, 1934. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, xiii, [15]-327 pages; VG; bound in publisher's black cloth, white titling to spine, white monogram to front cover; Inscribed on the title page to Luke Harvey Poe by James Whittaker, dated 18/4/44. Additionally inscribed on the ffep to Harvey from James, dated Reykjavik, Iceland, 1944: "My dear Harvey: Here is a true story for you: it is as true as the law allows. There is no distortion & no exaggeration. Now you'll understand why I want to make a better world."; shelved case 9. The only known book written by James Whittaker. He served as a British Censorship Liaison Officer during WWII.; Luke Harvey Poe Jr served four years in World War II as a Lt. Cdr. with service in both the North Atlantic (U.S.S Symbol) and Pacific (U.S.S. Mississippi). The U.S.S Symbol operated in Reykjavik from March 31st through July 22nd, 1944, where this book was inscribed;. 1358459. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

Photograph signed by President Jimmy Carter to Dan Rostenkowski by [Carter, Jimmy]

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Title: Photograph signed by President Jimmy Carter to Dan Rostenkowski
Author: [Carter, Jimmy]
Seller: The First Edition Rare Books, LLC (United States)
Condition: Near fine
Description: Washington DC: The White House, 1977. Signed Photograph. Photograph. Near fine. Original White House photograph signed by President Jimmy Carter to Representative Dan Rostenkowski of Chicago. Inscription reads: "To my good friend Dan Rostenkowski. Jimmy Carter." One of the most influential politicians from Illinois in the 20th Century, Representative Dan Rostenkowski served on the House Ways and Means committee during the Reagan years. His political career ended abruptly in 1994 when he was indicted on corruption charges relating to the Congressional Post Office Scandal.

Children of Pleasure by Barretto, Larry

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Title: Children of Pleasure
Author: Barretto, Larry
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Condition: Fine
Description: Farrar and Rinehart, 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Dull red cloth boards with yellow writing, red front endpapers with blurb, 311 pp. First edition, NAP. Brown illustrated dust jacket priced at $2.00. Minor toning to spine panel of jacket, a couple of short closed tears to top edge. Excellent fashion cover of the smart set. "The gay rich train for poverty.

So I Shall Tell You a Story...: Encounters with Beatrix Potter by Judy Taylor

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Title: So I Shall Tell You a Story...: Encounters with Beatrix Potter
Author: Judy Taylor
Seller: Crooked House Books & Paper (United States)
ISBN: 9780723240259
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Great Britain: Warne, 1993. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 9x7x0. A very well kept copy. Quarto.

The Romantics by Pankaj Mishra

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Title: The Romantics
Author: Pankaj Mishra
Seller: Grayshelf Books, ABAA, IOBA (United States)
ISBN: 9788186939055
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Description: First Edition in India/First Printing with the complete number line; A Fine book in a Fine dust jacket with only a faint sticker smudge to the back panel, else as new and unread. SIGNED by the author to the title page. A pristine copy of this novel from the award winning Indian essayist Mishra. Not remaindered, not price clipped (price in Rupees), not ex-library; in a fresh Mylar sleeve and will ship carefully wrapped in a sturdy box.

Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of King's Bench, from Michaelmas Term, 37th George III. 1796, to Trinity Term, 38th George III. 1798. Both Inclusive. With Tables of the Names of Cases and Principal Matters. Vol. VII by Durnford, Charles and East, Edward Hyde

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Title: Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of King's Bench, from Michaelmas Term, 37th George III. 1796, to Trinity Term, 38th George III. 1798. Both Inclusive. With Tables of the Names of Cases and Principal Matters. Vol. VII
Author: Durnford, Charles and East, Edward Hyde
Seller: Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB (United States)
Condition: Very Good -
Description: Dublin: Printed for L. White, P. Byrne, J. Moore, and J. Rice, 1799. First Edition. Polished Calf. Very Good -. Volume 7 only. Red leather label at spine with gilt title. Moderate scuffing to covers and spine. Spine endes and edgesrubbed, corners slightly worn. PON crossed out and seperate PON at title page, dated 1799. Pastedowns, free endpapers, title page, and first few pages toned and stained, but text clean. Binding tight.

Turkish style. Photographs by Ara Güler and Samih Rifat...Illustrations by Kaya Dinçer by Yerasimos, Stephane

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Title: Turkish style. Photographs by Ara Güler and Samih Rifat...Illustrations by Kaya Dinçer
Author: Yerasimos, Stephane
Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (United States)
Description: New York: The Vendome Press, 1992. 4to, pp. 223, [1]; chiefly color photographic illustrations; original boards in white pictorial dust jacket; minor shelf wear, leaves a touch cockled from damp, else very good and sound.

Rainbow in the Cloud: The Wisdom and Spirit of Maya Angelou by Angelou, Maya

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Title: Rainbow in the Cloud: The Wisdom and Spirit of Maya Angelou
Author: Angelou, Maya
Seller: Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN: 9780812996456
Condition: New
Description: New York: Random House, 2014. Later printing. Hardcover. New/new. 112pp. Octavo [21cm]. 1/4 white paper over tan boards. Title stamped in gilt on spine, and author's signature blind stamped on front board. In a dust jacket with embossed lettering. "Rainbow in the Cloud" offers resonant and rewarding quotes on such topics as creativity and culture, family and community, equality and race, values and spirituality, parenting and relationships. Perhaps most special, Maya Angelou’s only son, Guy Johnson, has contributed some of his mother’s most powerful sayings, shared directly with him and the members of their family.

The Water Knife by Bacigalupi, Paolo; Ulman, Juliet

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Title: The Water Knife
Author: Bacigalupi, Paolo; Ulman, Juliet
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ISBN: 9780385352871
Condition: Near Fine
Description: San Francisco: Night Shade Books, 2010. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 6x1x9. Lacoste, Raphael. First edition. Two faint spots on front board, otherwise an excellent copy. 2010 Hard Cover. 371 pp. Paolo Bacigalupi, New York Times best-selling author of The Windup Girl and National Book Award finalist, delivers a near-future thriller that casts new light on how we live today - and what may be in store for us tomorrow. The American Southwest has been decimated by drought. Nevada and Arizona skirmish over dwindling shares of the Colorado River, while California watches, deciding if it should just take the whole river all for itself. Into the fray steps Las Vegas water knife Angel Velasquez. Detective, assassin, and spy, Angel "cuts" water for the Southern Nevada Water Authority and its boss, Catherine Case, ensuring that her lush, luxurious arcology developments can bloom in the desert and that anyone who challenges her is left in the gutted-suburban dust. When rumors of a game-changing water source surface in Phoenix, Angel is sent to investigate. With a wallet full of identities and a tricked-out Tesla, Angel arrows south, hunting for answers that seem to evaporate as the heat index soars and the landscape becomes more and more oppressive. There, Angel encounters Lucy Monroe, a hardened journalist, who knows far more about Phoenix's water secrets than she admits, and Maria Villarosa, a young Texas migrant, who dreams of escaping north to those places where water still falls from the sky. As bodies begin to pile up and bullets start flying, the three find themselves pawns in a game far bigger, more corrupt, and dirtier than any of them could have imagined. With Phoenix teetering on the verge of collapse and time running out for Angel, Lucy, and Maria, their only hope for survival rests in one another's hands. But when water is more valuable than gold, alliances shift like sand, and the only truth in the desert is that someone will have to bleed if anyone hopes to drink.

Golden Gate Performing Arts presents...San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus in Classically Yours

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Title: Golden Gate Performing Arts presents...San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus in Classically Yours
Seller: Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Description: San Francisco: San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus, 1983. [6]p. including covers, nested wraps, 7x8.5 inches, very good condition.

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