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The history of the Royal Society of London by SPRAT, Thomas

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Title: The history of the Royal Society of London
Author: SPRAT, Thomas
Seller: Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts (United States)
Description: London: J. Martyn & J. Allestry, 1667. FIRST EDITION. Includes the rare imprimatur leaf with arms of the Royal Society on the verso, 2 engraved plates, errata leaf, but as often without the engraved frontispiece by Wenceslaus Hollar. Contemporary calf, spine in compartments with red morocco spine label; a fantastic copy with the bookplate of John Rolfe and the signature of M. Morton Smith. First edition of the first history of the Royal Society. This famous response to public attack, in which Sprat justifies the work and nature of the Society, also includes many valuable contributions, including experiments, by the members. Cole, Chemical Literature, 1700-1860, 1242; Duveen, 558; Keynes, Hooke 28; Krivatsy 11326; Norman 1989 Wing, S-5032.

Report of the Special Committee of the Board of Supervisors of San Francisco on the Chinese Quarter and the Chinese in San Francisco

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Title: Report of the Special Committee of the Board of Supervisors of San Francisco on the Chinese Quarter and the Chinese in San Francisco
Seller: Appledore Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition: Very Good +
Description: San Francisco: P.J. Thomas, 1885. Original wraps. Very Good +. The 1885 1st thus, the 1st printing offered as a stand-alone publication. Clean and VG+ in its printed beige wrappers, with light chipping to the front panel's lower tip and very light wear along the spine crown. Octavo, 95 pgs. Includes the architectural rendering of a Chinatown tenement but lacks the colored fold-out map of Chinatown as called for (Cowen, pg. 204). Also includes a compendium of testimony and reports concerning the conditions of Chinatown tenements, businesses, gambling houses, brothels and opium dens. The committee claims to have visited every room in Chinatown; a list of gambling houses even enumerates their escape routes. Oftern colorful, overwrought descriptions paint a sordid picture of depravity and illness. Underground organizations are said to pay for murder, posting Chinese-language broadsides offering rewards to killers. Concluding recommendations include the demand to force Chinese immigrants to live at the same standard of living as white laborers, undercutting the "corrosive" effects of their presence. Materials of interest to the modern researcher include detailed listings of manufacturers in Chinatown, with specific addresses.

After the Banquet by Yukio Mishima; Donald Keene [trans.]

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Title: After the Banquet
Author: Yukio Mishima; Donald Keene [trans.]
Seller: Capitol Hill Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition: Very Good +
Description: New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1963. Very Good +/Very Good +. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1963. First American Edition. Octavo. 271pp. Illustrated dust jacket. Black cloth over blue paper-covered boards stamped in gilt and red; red topstain. Unclipped dust jacket toned along edges with light wear and a couple minor nicks to spine ends. Boards show light shelfwear with some mild dust soiling. Binding sound; off-setting to endpapers and pages else unmarked; a Very Good or better copy.

Magdalena Abakanowicz: Space of Stone by ABAKANOWICZ, Magdalena, Brooke Barrie, and Jacquie Asplundh

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Title: Magdalena Abakanowicz: Space of Stone
Author: ABAKANOWICZ, Magdalena, Brooke Barrie, and Jacquie Asplundh
Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA (United States)
Description: Hamilton, NJ: Grounds for Sculpture, 2004. First edition. Softcover. Features a short text by Brooke Barrie and excerpts from an interview of Abakanowicz by Jacquie Asplundh. Includes numerous color illustrations, biographical information, and a bibliography. A fine copy in wrappers.

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