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A la Recherche du Temps Perdu

A la Recherche du Temps Perdu by PROUST, Marcel

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Title
A la Recherche du Temps Perdu
Author
PROUST, Marcel
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Heritage Book Shop, LLC (United States)
Description
Paris: Bernard Grasset, 1914. A La Recherche du Temps Perdu. Paris: Bernard Grasset, 1914 [i.e., 1913]; Éditions de la Nouvelle Revue Française, [1918]-1927. A complete set of first editions. First issue of Du Cots de Chez Swann, with the date 1913 on the front wrapper and 1914 on the title-page, printer's imprint dated "le huit novembre mil neuf cent treize" on the verso of p. 523, and with 8 pp. of ads at the end. With the printer's misprint on the title-page and no table of contents. [4], 523, [1, printer's imprint], [8, ads] pp. (Swann's Way). Together thirteen octavo volumes. Original glassine on all volumes. All volumes numbered on except for A l'Ombre des Jeunes Filles en Fleurs, as there was no numbered print for this volume. "A l'ombre des Jeunes Filles en Fleurs" is first edition on regular paper (after 64 large paper copies); all other volumes are in numbered first edition, bearing the indication "Edition originale" on the cover. The set comprises: Du Cote de Chez Swann; A l'Ombre des Jeunes Filles en Fleurs; Le Cote de Guermantes I, one of 800 numbered copies for the Amis de L' Edition Originale (#760); Le Cote de Guermantes II [and] Sodome et Gomorrhe I, one of 800 numbered copies for the Amis de L'Edition Originale (#168); Sodome et Gomorrhe II (three volumes), one of 30 numbered copies for the Exemplaires D'Auteur Hors Commerce Marques (For the author, not for sale, all three numbered 855); La Prisonniere (two volumes), one of 875 numbered copies for the Amis de L'Edition Originale (both volumes nymbered 293); Albertine Disparue (two volumes), one of 1,200 numbered copies for the Amis de L'Edition Originale (Both volumes numbered 346); and Le Temps Retrouve (two volumes), one of 1,200 numbered copies for the Amis de L'Edition Originale (both volumes numbered 845). Original buff wrappers printed in red and black. Du Cote de Chez Swann in yellow wrappers, printed in black. Volume I of Sodome et Gomorrhe II with previous owner's ink notes on front blank, ink bleeding a bit onto the half-title. Overall fine copies of all volumes. Each volume individually housed in chemises with red morocco spines over gray paper boards and black paper slipcases with red morocco edges. "Du cote de chez Swann is the first volume of Proust's monumental opus A la recherche du temps perdu, the most important French novel of the twentieth century and a masterpiece of European literature. This first volume described the narrator's childhood and contains the celebrated madeleine episode. Publication of subsequent volumes was interrupted by the war. This novel, famously turned by Gide for the N.R.F, was published at the author's expense by Grasset. By 1918 the N.R.F had realised its huge blunder and published A l'ombre des jeunes filles en fleurs, which won the Prix Goncourt and established Proust as a major literature figure" (From Stendhal to Rene Char: Le Cabinet de livres de Renaud Gillet, Sotheby's, 27 October 1999, lot 64). "Translated by Scott Moncreiff as Swann's Way etc., Proust's great novel A la recherche du temps perdu is something that happens once in a hundred years like Les Fleurs du Mal or War and Peace. He combined tragic poetical insight with the gift of creating comic characters in the round, like Shakespeare. He is consistently both intelligent and poetic. Bergsonian philosophy of time gives depth, Ruskinian aesthetics texture. Embittered by his homosexual bias and disabling asthma, he shows some deterioration in the unrevised volumes though not enough to upset this magisterially executed conception of a master-mind in which art erects its monument to dead loves using for material only thought and the passage of time. 'It appeals to our sense of wonder and gains our hommage by its veiled greatness. I don't think there ever has been in the whole of literature such an example of the power of analysis' (Conrad)" (Connolly, The Modern Movement). BN, Proust, 402, 445, 484, 489, 531, 533, and 536. Connolly, The Modern Movement, 23. HBS 68610. $35,000.
President Abraham Lincoln Appoints a Cavalry Officer Who Would Soon Command a Regiment and Be Decorated For Heroism at Antietam

President Abraham Lincoln Appoints a Cavalry Officer Who Would Soon Command a Regiment and Be Decorated For Heroism at Antietam by Abraham Lincoln

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President Abraham Lincoln Appoints a Cavalry Officer Who Would Soon Command a Regiment and Be Decorated For Heroism at Antietam
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Abraham Lincoln
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The Raab Collection (United States)
Description
29/03/1861. James E. Harrison, though born in Virginia, served the Union cause during the Civil War. He received his first appointment as a Second Lieutenant to the 2d U. S. Cavalry in June 1856, and was stationed in Texas and various forts in the West until December 1858, when he was assigned to scouting Indians. He returned East, and with the Civil War imminent he was promoted to First Lieutenant 2d U.S. Cavalry in March 1861 and then to Captain 5th U.S. Cavalry in May of that year. Harrison was engaged in the Peninsular campaign and commanded a regiment in the Army of the Potomac from September 1862 to June 1863. During that time he served at the battles of Antietem, Chancellorsville, and Brandy Station, among many others. He was Breveted Major U.S. Army for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Hanover Court House, and Brevet Lieutenant Colonel U.S. Army for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Antietam. In July of 1864 Harrison was assigned to be Inspector-General of Cavalry in the Department of Arkansas, and was later appointed as Special Inspector of Cavalry in West Mississippi.Document signed, as President, Washington, March 29, 1861, effective retroactively to February 27, 1861, an ornate, vignetted commission, with an eagle, cannons and flags, appointing Harrison to the rank of “First Lieutenant in the Second Regiment of Cavalry.” The document is countersigned by Secretary of War Simon Cameron.
Orville Wright Doubts Viable Alternatives to the Flying Machine Invented by Himself and Brother Wilbur

Orville Wright Doubts Viable Alternatives to the Flying Machine Invented by Himself and Brother Wilbur by Orville Wright

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Orville Wright Doubts Viable Alternatives to the Flying Machine Invented by Himself and Brother Wilbur
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Orville Wright
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The Raab Collection (United States)
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7/10/22. “I am so strongly of the opinion that soaring flight is possible only in ascending trends of air that I do not expect any new type of machine to be developed from experiments along this line.”The Wright Brothers breakthrough in inventing the airplane was to realize that if the wing on one side of the aircraft met the oncoming flow of air at a greater angle than the opposite wing, it would generate more lift on that side. In response, that wing would rise, causing the aircraft to bank. If the pilot could manipulate the wings in this way, he could maintain balance and turn the aircraft as well. The brothers had considered using a system of gears and pivoting shafts to angle the wings in opposite directions, but they quickly realized such a system would be too heavy and complex. Then they conceived the elegant concept of twisting, or warping, the wing structure itself to take advantage of air currents, a method they called wing-warping. They were aware of gliders, and used some technology from them, but saw them as limited and no competition for the airplane.Richard R. Blythe was an early aviator whose PR firm promoted Lindbergh's flight. He went on to become the president of the Aeronautic Executives of the United States. He was mainly interested in the commercial possibilities in aviation. Blythe was also a prolific writer on aviation. In 1922 he wrote an article on sky sailing, something along the lines of a sailplane.Typed letter signed, on his letterhead, October 7, 1922, to about another flight invention, ''sky-sailing.'' 'Your letter enclosing a clipping of your article in the New York Tribune on sky sailing is received. I understand there are several projects on foot in America to encourage experiments in soaring flight. I am so strongly of the opinion that soaring flight is possible only in ascending trends of air that I do not expect any new type of machine to be developed from experiments along this line. However, this kind of flight does furnish a very good sport, as well as good training to those who engage in it, and for these reasons is to be encouraged....Orville Wright''. Vestige of old mounting on back with some show through to front.Thus did Orville Wright defend his airplane and its mechanics, and dismiss other flying machines predicated on different principles than the Wright Brothers had discovered that were proven to work.An uncommon letter of Wright about flight and the principles the Wright Brothers used in their great invention.
Colorful Airmail Postcard Signed by Pioneer Aviatrix Amelia Earhart in 1928, Commemorating Her Reception in Her Hometown When She Became the First Female Aviator to Fly Across the Atlantic Ocean

Colorful Airmail Postcard Signed by Pioneer Aviatrix Amelia Earhart in 1928, Commemorating Her Reception in Her Hometown When She Became the First Female Aviator to Fly Across the Atlantic Ocean by Amelia Earhart

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Colorful Airmail Postcard Signed by Pioneer Aviatrix Amelia Earhart in 1928, Commemorating Her Reception in Her Hometown When She Became the First Female Aviator to Fly Across the Atlantic Ocean
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Amelia Earhart
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The Raab Collection (United States)
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9/7/28. Earhart was the first female aviator to fly across the Atlantic Ocean. She set many other records, was one of the first aviators to promote commercial air travel, wrote best-selling books about her flying experiences, and was instrumental in the formation of The Ninety-Nines, an organization for female pilots. She disappeared with navigator Fred Noonan somewhere over the Pacific Ocean in July, 1937 and has been the subject of numerous theories and conspiracies ever since. She was declared dead in 1939.An air mail postcard bordered in red, white and blue diagonals with a 10 cent air mail stamp showing a biplane and a large cachet at the left noting it is from the Boston Chapter of the National Aeronautic Association and commemorates the official welcome given to Amelia Earhart, Wilmer Stultz and Lou Gordon, the “Friendship” fliers, Boston, July 9, 1928, the occasion being Earhart's welcome by her hometown after her famous flight across the Atlantic Ocean. It is postmarked the same date, and signed by Earhart across the cachet.
Quinto Libro degli Elementi d'Euclide ovvero Scienza Universale delle Proporzioni Spiegata colla Dottrina del Galileo

Quinto Libro degli Elementi d'Euclide ovvero Scienza Universale delle Proporzioni Spiegata colla Dottrina del Galileo by [GALILEI, Galileo]/VIVIANI, Vincenzo

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Quinto Libro degli Elementi d'Euclide ovvero Scienza Universale delle Proporzioni Spiegata colla Dottrina del Galileo
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[GALILEI, Galileo]/VIVIANI, Vincenzo
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Martayan Lan, Inc. (United States)
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Very Good
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Florence: alla Condotta, 1674. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. [2] ff., (8), 149 pp, (3), 153-230 pp., 231-232 ff., 233-284 pp., 2 folding engraved plates. bound with [VIVIANI, Vincenzo]. Enodatio Problematum universis geometris Propositorum [.] Praemissis, horum occasione, Tentamentis Variis ad Solutionem illustris veterum Problematis De Anguli Trisectione. Florence, Gugliantini, 1677. [2] ff, (6), 63 pp., 4 folding engraved plates. With presentation inscription to verso of half-title of first work signed by Viviani. Bound in contemporary calf with spine in six compartments. A wonderfully fresh copy, light toning and foxing to one or two leaves, otherwise excellent. First complete edition (second; first 1674, see below) of this important Galileianum, an assembly of previously unpublished writings by Galileo, together with texts by Torricelli and Viviani himself, inscribed by Viviani to an unknown (scored) receipient. Vincenzo Viviani resided with Galileo at Arectri from October 1639 as his pupil, amanuensis, and assistant, and together with Torricelli, spent the last months of Galileo's life with him recording the master's final meditations on the relationship between mathematics and physics. The first chapter of this work, a dialogue entitled "Quinto Libro degli Elementi d'Euclide... spiegata colla Dottrina del Galileo" was dictated by Galileo to Torricelli in November 1641. (Galileo died January 9, 1642.) Though on his deathbed, it was to be the beginning of still another book continuing the discussion between his three old interlocutors from the Two New Sciences. In this dialogue, printed here and edited from a manuscript given to Viviani by Cardinal De' Medici, Galileo reflects upon two definitions found in Euclid's Elements, "same ratio" and "compound ratio," which were "the two most important keys taken from antiquity in creating Galileo's mathematical physics, so that his exposition of them as the last act of his scientific career reflected his earliest scientific steps at Pisa and Padua. Like the Leaning Tower affair, this dialogue linked his last days with his first; Galileo had come full circle" (Drake, p. 421). As a young man, Galileo was profoundly influenced by the Elements, especially Books Five and Six which contained the Eudoxian theory of proportion. "The importance of the Eudoxian proportion theory to Galileo's science cannot be exaggerated. Until the application of algebra to the general solution of geometrical (as well as arithmetical) problems, not achieved until after Galileo's work was completed, rigorous connection of mathematics with physical events was possible only through some theory of proportionality.... Eudoxian theory establishing proportionality between continuous magnitudes was essential to any great advance over medieval physics" (Drake, p. 4). Viviani "with the rigor and prolixity of the ancients.devoted an appendix to geometric problems, among which was one on the trisection of an angle, solved by the use of the cylindrical spiral or of a cycloid; another was the problem of duplicating the cube, solved by means of conics or of the cubic xy2 =k" (DSB). ..............
JAMES AND HORACE SMITH: A FAMILY NARRATIVE

JAMES AND HORACE SMITH: A FAMILY NARRATIVE by (BINDINGS - GUILD OF WOMEN BINDERS). (EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED BOOKS). BEAVAN, ARTHUR

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JAMES AND HORACE SMITH: A FAMILY NARRATIVE
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(BINDINGS - GUILD OF WOMEN BINDERS). (EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED BOOKS). BEAVAN, ARTHUR
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Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts (United States)
Description
London: Hurst and Blackett, Limited, 1899. 190 x 125mm. (7 1/2 x 5"). xii, 128 pp.; 1 p.l. (volume II title page handwritten in ink), 129-312 pp. One volume expanded to two.. Fine crimson crushed morocco by the Guild of Women Binders (stamp-signed in gilt on front pastedown), raised bands, stylized gilt lettering on spines, all edges gilt. With five portraits, as called for, and EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED WITH 264 PLATES, 31 of these colored, 12 folding, about half of them scenes or views, the rest portraits. Also containing the bookplate of David Garrick (mounted on card at p. 10); an autograph letter, signed, from George Smart; an invoice or accounting signed by Eliza Matthews; and five other autographs mounted on heavy stock. Occasional trivial offsetting from inserted plates, but A VERY FINE COPY, clean and fresh internally, in unworn bindings. Richly extra-illustrated with depictions of the people, places, and events discussed in the text, this joint biography of brothers James and Horace Smith was simply and tastefully bound by members of the Guild of Women Binders. Although James (1775-1839) was a lawyer and Horace (1779-1849) a successful stockbroker, both had literary aspirations and enjoyed being part of theatrical and artistic circles. Their dreams were realized when in 1812 the Drury Lane Theatre offered a £50 prize for an address to be recited on the theater's reopening following repair of fire damage. The Smiths hit on the idea of producing parodies of popular poets, with James imitating Wordsworth, Southey, and Coleridge, while Horace took on Byron, Moore, and Scott. Their humorous publication was an unexpected runaway hit, going to seven editions in three months. According to Britannica, "'Rejected Addresses' are the most widely popular parodies ever published in England, and take classical rank in literature. . . . A striking feature is the absence of malice; none of the poets caricatured took offence, while the imitation is so clever that both Byron and Scott are recorded to have said that they could hardly believe they had not written the addresses ascribed to them." In addition to being witty, both men were kind and generous friends, often helping impecunious artists. Percy Shelley and Horace became friends after competing in a sonnet-writing contest (which Shelley won by producing "Ozymandias"). Before leaving for Italy, the poet entrusted his financial affairs to Horace, of whom he said, "Is it not odd that the only truly generous person I ever knew who had money enough to be generous with should be a stock-broker? He writes poetry and pastoral dramas and yet knows how to make money, and does make it, and is still generous." The binding here was produced by the Guild of Women Binders, established by bookseller Frank Karslake in 1898 to give an organizational identity to a group of women already at work binding books in various parts of Britain, often in their own homes. Karslake first became interested in women binders when he visited the Victorian Era Exhibition at Earl's Court in 1897, held to celebrate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. He was impressed with a number of bookbindings at the Jubilee exhibit, prominent among them being those of Mrs. Annie MacDonald of Edinburgh, and he invited the women to exhibit their work in his shop at 61 Charing Cross Road. The Guild was formed soon thereafter, and operated until 1904. As Tidcombe notes, "because the women were generally unaware of the long history of traditional bookbinding design, they produced designs that were freer and less stereotyped than those of men in the trade." Our binding is more restrained that other Guild works, but the spine lettering, which juxtaposes curves and sharp angles, stands out as a distinctive feature..
MEMOIRS OF COUNT GRAMMONT

MEMOIRS OF COUNT GRAMMONT by (BINDINGS - MARIUS MICHEL). HAMILTON, ANTHONY

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MEMOIRS OF COUNT GRAMMONT
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(BINDINGS - MARIUS MICHEL). HAMILTON, ANTHONY
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Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts (United States)
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London and Edinburgh: Printed by Ballantyne, Hanson and Co, 1889. No. 101 OF 780 COPIES, extended to two volumes and extra-illustrated with portraits, views, etc. by John C. Runkle. 292 x 191 mm. (11 1/2 x 7 1/2"). Two volumes. Notes by Sir Walter Scott. VERY FINE CONTEMPORARY SCARLET MOROCCO, ELABORATELY GILT, BY MARIUS MICHEL (stamp-signed on front doublures), covers featuring concentric French fillet panels with intricate cornerpieces between them, raised bands, gilt-ruled spine compartments with elegant foliate curls and complex central lozenge composed of several fleurons, FOREST GREEN MOROCCO DOUBLURES with large central panel formed by lobed French fillets, gilt-tooled inner and outer cornerpieces and sidepieces, gilt-decorated turn-ins, marbled endpapers. With 33 etchings (20 as head- or tailpieces, 13 as plates), as issued, by L. Boisson from original compositions by C. Delort, along WITH 167 ENGRAVED EXTRA-ILLUSTRATIONS, for a total of 200 images. A Large Paper Copy. ◆Two joints showing minor wear, other trivial external signs of use, vague spotting of no consequence in the text, inserted plates occasionally with minor foxing, but an especially attractive set in otherwise fine condition, the text clean and fresh, the margins vast, and the bindings lustrous. Hamilton's gossipy account of life at court, a book of persistent interest since its original appearance in 1714, is offered here in a copy of special note for its handsomely printed text, its luxury format, its added illustrations, and particularly its beautiful bindings. Philibert, Comte de Grammont, was a libertine and gambler who resided at the courts of Louis XIV of France (from which he was banished) and Charles II of England. His memoirs, written in an entertaining and ironic style, were either dictated to, or composed by, his brother-in-law, Anthony Hamilton (1646? - 1720). Although historically unreliable, they paint a vivid portrait of the character and scandals of the court, as seen by someone in the midst of its history. The book is an appropriate text to be used as a vehicle for extra-illustration, given the fact that the text records an insider's history of the courts of Louis XIV and Charles II, royal households which encompassed a great many important and colorful characters. Jean Marius Michel (also called Marius Michel the elder, 1821-90) produced distinguished work in the prevailing historical style for two decades, beginning in Paris in 1849. He worked at first by himself, then later with his son, Henri François Marius Michel (1846-1923), and he published important books on the history of binding as well. The family workshop came to even greater prominence when the son began producing bindings in a completely new and original style. The present binding is in the classical mode of Marius Michel the elder, but may well have been produced by his son; given the date of publication, the elder would have had to create this binding in the final year of his life. Whoever performed the work, it is characterized, like other bindings from the firm, by a remarkable elegance of design as well as the highest level of technical execution..
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Poem-Scapes by PATCHEN, Kenneth

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Poem-Scapes
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PATCHEN, Kenneth
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James S. Jaffe Rare Books LLC (United States)
Condition
Very fine copy, preserved in a custom-made cloth folding box with leather label on the spine
Description
Highlands, NC: Jonathan Williams, 1958. First edition. One of 75 copies "prepared and painted" by Patchen, with hand-written colophon & handpainted boards. Jargon 11. An exceptional copy, the covers painted with two marvelous creatures characteristic of Patchen's very best imaginative paintings. Very fine copy, preserved in a custom-made cloth folding box with leather label on the spine. PATCHEN, Kenneth. 8vo, original hand-painted boards by Patchen. Very fine copy, preserved in a custom-made cloth folding box with leather label on the spine.
Effusions. Religious. Moral and Patriotic: in Prose and Verse

Effusions. Religious. Moral and Patriotic: in Prose and Verse by Sterry, Abby

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Effusions. Religious. Moral and Patriotic: in Prose and Verse
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Sterry, Abby
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Palinurus Antiquarian Books (United States)
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A good copy; frt. bd. detached; spine somewhat abraded; internally crisp and bright.
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New - London: Prtd. for the Author, 1818. First Edition.. orig. prtd. blue paste paper bds... A good copy; frt. bd. detached; spine somewhat abraded; internally crisp and bright.. 8vo. A vanity or perhaps a gamble based on need. Whatever Ms Sterry is not the American Keats. The book, however, does earnestly force the reader to consider it. Stoddard/Whitesell, # 1210; Wegelin # 1156; S & S # 45797.
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Versuch einer Einrichtung antiker Münz-Sammlungen zur Erläuterung der Geschichte der Kunst des Alterthums by Stieglitz, C L - MUSEUMS

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Versuch einer Einrichtung antiker Münz-Sammlungen zur Erläuterung der Geschichte der Kunst des Alterthums
Author
Stieglitz, C L - MUSEUMS
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Palinurus Antiquarian Books (United States)
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Very good.
Description
Leipzig: Karl Tauchnitz, 1809. First [only] Edition.. Contemporary three quarter leather.. Very good.. 8vo, xii, [2], 258 pp. The earliest text to call for the organization of museum collections on principles of art history rather than antiquarian ordering. The author is best known for his work in architectural history. As director of the Dresdener Antiken Galerie he had hundreds of items from his own collection of coins duplicated as sulphur casts for exhibition. The copy offered here was once owned by his brother Conrad (1724 - 1795) and then passed to the Sixt family whose last owner (Friedrich Sixt) recorded the descent of the book through the family on the free front endpaper.
Die Erkenntnis und Heilung der Ohrenkrankheiten

Die Erkenntnis und Heilung der Ohrenkrankheiten by Kramer, W - OTOLOGY

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Die Erkenntnis und Heilung der Ohrenkrankheiten
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Kramer, W - OTOLOGY
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Palinurus Antiquarian Books (United States)
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Good; joints chafed; small inst. stamp on blank portion of the title; some spotting.
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Berlin: Nicolai, 1849. Second Rev. & Enlarged Edition.. Contemporary three-quarter leather.. Good; joints chafed; small inst. stamp on blank portion of the title; some spotting.. 8vo, xvi, [1] - 871, [872] pp. + two large fldg. plates. A landmark in 19th century otology. Hirsch is effusive in his comments about Kramer and this book citing it as a work that established the subject. It is worth noting that this revised edition is virtually a new book with the addition of 400 pages more than the first printing and completely revised. See G-M #3367 citing the first edition (1835).
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The Effect of Stimulation on the Polarisation of Nerve by Stewart, George

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The Effect of Stimulation on the Polarisation of Nerve
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Stewart, George
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Palinurus Antiquarian Books (United States)
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Very good.
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[London]: Journal of Physiology. OFFPRINT. Original publisher's printed paper wrapper.. Very good.. 8vo, [2], 27 - 38 pp. His work relates to the fundamental concept of a nerve's resting potential and how it changes during an action potential. In the context of Stewart's work, this involves the study of how an electrical stimulus affects the voltage difference across the nerve membrane, causing the membrane to change from a polarized state (negative inside, positive outside) to a depolarized state and then back to a polarized state (repolarization).
Sporting Repository, The

Sporting Repository, The by ALKEN, Henry and James BARENGER, illustrators

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Sporting Repository, The
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ALKEN, Henry and James BARENGER, illustrators
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David Brass Rare Books, Inc. (United States)
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London: Printed by W. Lewis... for Thomas McLean, 1822. First and only edition of a rare and valuable magazine" (Schwerdt) ALKEN, Henry [and] BARENGER, James, illustrators. The Sporting Repository, containing Horse-Racing, Hunting, Coursing, Shooting, Archery, Trotting and Tandem Matches, Cocking, Pedestrianism [and] Pugilism. anecdotes on sporting subjects, interspersed with essays, tales, and a great variety of miscellaneous articles. London: Printed by W. Lewis... for Thomas McLean, 15 January-15 June 1822. First and only edition. Octavo (9 1/8 x 5 3/4 inches; 233 x 146 mm.). viii, [1]-80; [81]-176; [177]-268; [269]-356; [357]-448; [449]-540 pp. Hand-colored aquatint frontispiece and eighteen hand-colored aquatint plates after H. Alken and J. Barenger engraved by G. and T. Hunt. All plates with tissue guards. Handsomely bound by Rivière & Son ca. 1920. Full red morocco, covers decoratively ruled in gilt, spine with five raised bands elaborately tooled and lettered in gilt, gilt board edges & turn-ins, dark green silk liners and endleaves, all edges gilt. A spectacular example, the hand-colored plates bright and fresh. Loosely inserted at end are the original front and rear wrappers for part II "15th of February, 1822". This publication stands out for its vivid illustrations, some of the finest sporting aquatints of the period, and for its documentation of early 19th-century British sporting culture. Though it was planned as a continuing series, only six monthly parts were published, making complete sets rare. Published in six monthly parts from January to June this is the "First and only edition of a rare and valuable magazine." (Schwerdt). The Sporting Repository contains anecdotes and illustrations on many sporting subjects including 'Horse Racing, Hunting, Coursing, Shooting, Archery, Trotting and Tandem Matches, Cocking, Pedestrianism and Pugilism'. This 'rare and valuable magazine' is an unashamed celebration of popular sports and a mine of interesting information. Mellon/Podeschi A13. Schwerdt II, p. 212. Tooley 467.
Oliver Twist; or, the Parish Boy's Progress.

Oliver Twist; or, the Parish Boy's Progress. by Dickens, Charles

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Oliver Twist; or, the Parish Boy's Progress.
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Dickens, Charles
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B & B Rare Books, Ltd., ABAA (United States)
Condition
Near Fine
Description
London: Richard Bentley, 1838 Three volumes. Illustrated with twenty-four steel-engraved plates by George Cruikshank. First edition, mixed issue, with many first issue points to the text, early "Boz" on the title pages, and the later "Church" plate in Volume III. Lacking half-titles and advertisements. Finely bound in late 19th century half black morocco, marbled paper-covered boards, five raised bands to spines, lettered, decorated and ruled in gilt, and marbled endpapers. Near fine, with some mild flaking to spine ends and joints, some corners lightly bumped, light rubbing to boards, and some very light soiling and spotting internally. Overall, a beautiful, tight and square set of one of Dickens' most beloved works. Housed in a navy slipcase. Smith I, 4. Published shortly after the enactment of the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834, which mandated that state poor relief would only be given to workhouse residents, Oliver Twist served as a vehicle for Dickens' criticism of the effects of poverty left unabated. Specifically, this social novel tells the story of poor, orphaned Oliver Twist who is drawn into the dark worlds of child labor, petty crime, and life in the London slums. The book features some of Dickens' most colorful characters, including Fagin, the Artful Dodger, Bill Sykes, and Nancy. The book has received many film adaptations over the years, including David Lean's classic 1948 version starring John Davies as Twist and Alec Guinness as Fagin, and the 1968 musical film Oliver!, which won six Academy Awards and was itself adapted from the same-titled 1960 Tony Award-winning musical. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine.
La Race Noire dans la Democratie Americaine

La Race Noire dans la Democratie Americaine by [African Americana]: Nelson, William S.

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Title
La Race Noire dans la Democratie Americaine
Author
[African Americana]: Nelson, William S.
Seller
The Joe Fay Company LLC (United States)
Condition
Very good plus.
Description
Paris, 1922. Very good plus.. x,84,[2]pp. Original grey printed wrappers. Minor toning, partially unopened. An early work by noted theologian and Civil Rights activist, William Stuart Nelson. Nelson (1895-1977) was a native of Kentucky who served in World War I. He would go on to work as an university president, teaching at Howard University before becoming the first Black president of Shaw University, and later filling that office at Dillard University. He was a noted advocate of non-violence who worked with both Martin Luther King, Jr. and Mahatma Gandhi. He graduated from Howard University in 1920 and then attended schools in Europe before attaining his BD from Yale in 1924. The present work was published during his time in Europe. In the present work, he discusses the history of African Americans in the United States, from slavery to the present moment. Two map charts show the distribution of the Black population in America in 1910 and the number of lynchings from 1889 to 1922. A very nice copy of this relatively scarce work.
Peter and Wendy

Peter and Wendy by Barrie, J. M.

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Title
Peter and Wendy
Author
Barrie, J. M.
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Bookbid Rare Books (United States)
Condition
very good
Description
Hodder and Stoughton, 1911. 3rd. hardcover. very good. Third edition, published in same month as first edition. Book very good, some discoloration to covers, foxing to front and rear end papers and to page end edges, former owner's inscription to front paste-down, slight scratching to top edge, water stain to rear gutter and around.
Three Base Benson

Three Base Benson by Barbour, Ralph Henry

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Title
Three Base Benson
Author
Barbour, Ralph Henry
Seller
Bookbid Rare Books (United States)
Condition
Good
Description
Appleton, 1921. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Extremely rare first edition of this juvenile baseball book, the first of 3 books in the North Bank series. Barbour was an extremely popular and prolific author, with over 3,200 books listed on ABE, not there is no copy of any printing of this book listed. Covers worn, good only, contents clean.
Signed Photograph, 12mo original photograph, Big Sur, August 1949; plus TLS on 4to brown paper, n.p., n.d., with autograph letter on Miller's behalf by Emil White on Miller's 4to Big Sur stationery, Sept. 28, 1945

Signed Photograph, 12mo original photograph, Big Sur, August 1949; plus TLS on 4to brown paper, n.p., n.d., with autograph letter on Miller's behalf by Emil White on Miller's 4to Big Sur stationery, Sept. 28, 1945 by MILLER, HENRY

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Signed Photograph, 12mo original photograph, Big Sur, August 1949; plus TLS on 4to brown paper, n.p., n.d., with autograph letter on Miller's behalf by Emil White on Miller's 4to Big Sur stationery, Sept. 28, 1945
Author
MILLER, HENRY
Seller
Schulson Autographs (United States)
Description
Original black and white photo of Henry Miller inside, looking out of the top of a Dutch door. On verso signed, inscribed and dated by the writer, "For Stefan... from Henry Miller Big Sur 8/49." A Typed Letter Signed, to "Dear Friend," one page of browned paper with two repairs to vertical folds and three unrepaired tears, 4to, n.p. (Big Sur), n.d. Miller apologizes to his correspondent that he is no longer able to respond to mail about his books as he has no time to actually write these books any more. "I regret that I am unable to answer your letter myself... for years the letters from readers of my books were a sustaining note in my life... Of late... has become a burden...." He specifies, by writing about the book he is working on. "Since 1942, due to the pressures of other work, I have... put off the consummation of the one book which means more to me than any I have written thus far - THE ROSY CRUCIFIXION. I want the luxury of being able to concentrate on this work...." The Rosy Crucifixion consisted of three works, Sexus (1949), Plexus (1953) and Nexus (1959) and were all three published together by Grove Press in 1965. Miller introduces his friend, Emil White who would be answering letters for him. "Emil White, who has volunteered to answer my mail, is a close friend who lives nearby... He is doing this without compensation... Be kind to him!" Signed in full, with Emil's address in Big Sur below. Emil White, (1926-99) artist and close friend of Henry Miller. The Autograph Letter Signed by Emil White, on Henry Miller personal Big Sur stationery with trapezoidal photo illustration of Miller at head, is to a bookseller named Mr. Lindmark, Sept. 28, 1945. White writes on behalf of Henry Miller who had entrusted his friend, Emil White, to act as his secretary. "Enclosed is a picture of Henry Miller, the only one he has at this time. Mr. Miller regrets he cannot do the "blurb" for your book store... As for B. Traven, he knows... little about him.... If you think you can get by the customs authorities, you may try to import his earlier books from... Obelisk Press... Paris...." In a P.S., written along the side margins, "Can you obtain for Mr. Miller the following books at reasonable prices: Knut Hamsun "Mysteries"; Jean Giono - "Joy of Man's Desiring" and Duhamel...." White's letter is related in spirit but unrelated in date and inscription to MIller's signed photograph. Condition: photograph shows some cracking in upper left corner but overall in good condition as is White's ALS, but Miller's TLS on brown paper has been backed on Mulberry paper due to a full tear across a horizontal fold and splits along vertical folds.
The prints of Joan Miró

The prints of Joan Miró by Leiris, Miro

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Title
The prints of Joan Miró
Creator
Leiris, Miro
Seller
Marninart, Inc (ABAA-ILAB) (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
With 2 pochoirs in color by Miró and 40 prints in black and white by Miro. Michel Leiris. Published by Curt Valentin, New York, 1947. A collection of 42 prints of Miro' reproducing his beautiful surreal world, the prints loose as issued are assembled in a paper wrap portfolio in red with pictorial front cover. This limited edition of 1500 unnumbered copies, comes with a booklet with a text by Michel Leiris that is unfortunately missed. The 42 prints, including the two color stencil plate, are all in place in the red paper wraps. In very good conditions, red paper folder worn.
Gravity's Rainbow

Gravity's Rainbow by Pynchon, Thomas

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Title
Gravity's Rainbow
Author
Pynchon, Thomas
Seller
Carpetbagger Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN
9780670348329
Condition
Very Good
Description
New York: Viking Press, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. Very Good in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($15.00), faded a shade at the spine, lightly bumped. Orange cloth, bumped at the top edge of the front board and with a ridge in the spine, with red gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound with an orange top stain, a few scratches to the outer edges of the text block, clean internally. A nice first edition of the Pulitzer Prize-winner of 1974 and one of TIME's All-Time 100 novels.
Through a Glass Darkly

Through a Glass Darkly by Risden, E.L.

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Title
Through a Glass Darkly
Author
Risden, E.L.
Seller
Carpetbagger Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Fine
Description
Lewiston: Mellen Poetry Press, 1997. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. Fine. Blue wraps. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. A collection of poetry from the St. Norbert professor and Beowulf scholar.
The Knife of the Times and Other Stories

The Knife of the Times and Other Stories by WILLIAMS, William Carlos

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Title
The Knife of the Times and Other Stories
Author
WILLIAMS, William Carlos
Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books (United States)
Description
Ithaca, NY: The Dragon Press, 1932. First Edition. First Printing, one of 500 copies. Octavo (19.5cm); blue-grey cloth, with cream printed title labels mounted to upper spine and front cover; dustjacket; [viii],[2],3-164pp. Trivial wear to lower board edges, hint of offsetting to endpapers, else a fresh, Fine copy. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $1.50), showing a hint of sunning to spine and minute wear to upper spine panel; very Near Fine. With the publisher's original glassine overlay, similarly gently spine-sunned with corresponding wear at upper spine; Near Fine. Williams's first collection of short fiction, gathering 11 stories, published by Angel Flores's Dragon Press. "The stories are all about people I knew in the town, portraits of people who were my friends. I was impressed by the picture of the times, depression years, the plight of the poor...I wrote it down as I saw it. The times - that was the knife that was killing them" (see WALLACE A13). 88425.
Penny Lane [with] Two Penny Lane [with] Three Penny Lane [Complete Trilogy]

Penny Lane [with] Two Penny Lane [with] Three Penny Lane [Complete Trilogy] by DAWSON, Fielding

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Title
Penny Lane [with] Two Penny Lane [with] Three Penny Lane [Complete Trilogy]
Author
DAWSON, Fielding
Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books (United States)
Description
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1977-81. First, Limited Edition. Three small octavo volumes. "Penny Lane" and "Three Penny Lane" are each from the signed limited edition of 250 copies (no. 56 & no. 179 respectively); "Two Penny Lane" is letter "F" of 26 lettered copies, signed on colophon and with an original drawing by Dawson tipped in after the title page. Original cloth-backed boards in publisher's acetate dustjackets; some mild foxing to upper edge of text block of "Three Penny," else uniformly fine.
A Piece of My Mind: Reflections At Sixty

A Piece of My Mind: Reflections At Sixty by WILSON, Edmund

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Title
A Piece of My Mind: Reflections At Sixty
Author
WILSON, Edmund
Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books (United States)
Description
New York: Farrar, Straus & Cudahy, 1956. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (19cm); gray cloth covered boards titled in black on the spine; red topstain; dustjacket by Ronald Clyne; 239pp.; spine ends and corners faintly rubbed; offsetting inside covers, mostly at rear, Very Good+. The dustjacket is unclipped (priced $3.75) with mild sunning to spine; nicks to the extremities; Very Good+. A series of essays- "a symphonic meditation" to use the author's words- arrranged under the following titles: Religion, The United States, War, Europe, Rusia, The Jews, education, Science, Sex, The Author at Sixty. The autobiographical note inherent in the subtitle carries through all of the essays" (from the dustjacket); RAMSEY, p.48.
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Prophéties perpétuelles, très-curieuses & très-certaines by MOULT, Thomas Joseph

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Title
Prophéties perpétuelles, très-curieuses & très-certaines
Author
MOULT, Thomas Joseph
Seller
Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts (United States)
Description
Naples: Raymond, 1769. Modern boards. Old stamps « BJ » on the title, old pen trials on the title verso. Title page repaired, some marginal dampstaining. You’ve heard of the perpetual calendar, now get ready for the perpetual fortune teller. Providing insights for every year from 1269 to 2024, it is based on a supposed 28-year orbit of the sun, so that the fortunes repeat every 28 years. Thus, the predictions for the years 1800, 1828, 1856, and 1884 are the same. According to the text, this year portends a great war of Christian leaders, the discovery of treason, an important naval battle, and the crowning of a grand prince. This edition not in Caillet.
Wild Pilgrimage

Wild Pilgrimage by Ward, Lynd

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Title
Wild Pilgrimage
Author
Ward, Lynd
Seller
Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
New York: Harrison Smith & Robert Haas, 1932. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good +. Octavo [24 cm] Full rust colored cloth with paper labels on the front board and spine, and the publisher's black top stain. Spine rolled. Extremities lightly bumped and faintly soiled. In the uncommon dust jacket, which is a bit toned - particularly at spine - and has a handful of short, closed tears and small losses. Pencil notation on front flap of dust jacket. The author and illustrator's third wordless novel explores the social and economic realities of the Great Depression. Preceded by the artist's groundbreaking first two novels: Gods' Man (1929) and Madman's Drum (1930). In this work, Ward used a a two color system - rust colored for the thoughts of the protagonist, and black for the crumbling world around him. Ward produced six wordless novels between 1929 and 1937, and although Ward continued to be an illustrator in high demand for the rest of his life, these early works find him at the absolute height of his creative and artistic powers.
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Autographed Postcard, Signed by Coolbrith, Ina

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Title
Autographed Postcard, Signed
Author
Coolbrith, Ina
Seller
Argonaut Book Shop (United States)
Condition
Very fine
Description
San Francisco: 1067 Broadway, 1917 Postcard. Very fine. No Binding. Signed by Author(s). Full dated note (Dec. 26, 1917) and signature in ink on back of standard postcard. Also addressed in Ina's hand on front. A very fine, crisp example. Unique item Very rare! Signed inscriptions by Coolbrith show up occasionally, but separate autographed notes, signed by Coolbrith are very, very rare. Here, she has addressed the postcard to Charles H. Shinn, the San Francisco journalist and author, best known for his Mining Camps (Zamorano Eighty, 68). "Dear Friend: Aloha and good wishes may not look as pretty on a plain Postal as on a fancy holiday card, but they mean just as much, and here they are till I can write. To you & yours, Your Ina Coolbrith"..
Eternity. [He who binds to himself a loy]

Eternity. [He who binds to himself a loy] by Blake, William

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Title
Eternity. [He who binds to himself a loy]
Author
Blake, William
Seller
John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller (United States)
Description
1975. [San Francisco: Thomas Ingmire, 1975]. Oblong 12mo, [11]pp. With a hand-drawn gold initial letter on the cover and on the title-page. Original rust wrappers, fine. § Limited to "300" copies of which 40 were hand-bound and maybe 100 copies completed in all. Exceptionally scarce and beautiful, we have had one copy in the last 30 years. Ingmire here reproduces his calligraphic version of Blake's famous poem, found in the "Notebook" (1787-1818). Thomas Ingmire was the first American to be elected a Fellow of the prestigious Society of Scribes and Illuminators, London. A vivid expression of the modern calligraphy movement, his work can be found in public and private collections around the world; it is the subject of Michael Gullick's Words of Risk: The Art of Thomas Ingmire (1989) and codici 1: a teacher's notebook on modern calligraphy & lettering art (2003). His teaching experience and influence extends throughout the United States to Canada, Europe, Australia, Japan and Hong Kong.
Monumethensis Comitatus. Vernacule Monmouth Shire

Monumethensis Comitatus. Vernacule Monmouth Shire by Blaeu, Johannes

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Title
Monumethensis Comitatus. Vernacule Monmouth Shire
Author
Blaeu, Johannes
Seller
John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller (United States)
Description
1643. [Novus Atlas: 1643]. Folio 20 x 24", hand-colored engraving 15 x19 1/2", two cartouches with pastoral figures and putti, the Royal coat of arms, the local coat of arms, and a plumed crown with "Sche Diene" along the rim, Latin text to verso. § From an early edition of Blaeu's atlas which focused on England and Wales. This brightly colored, decorative map describes the county in the south east of Wales which in Welch is Sir Fynwy. Skelton 28.
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William Blake The Power of the Imagination by Thorpe, James

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Title
William Blake The Power of the Imagination
Author
Thorpe, James
Seller
John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller (United States)
Description
1979. San Marino: Huntington Library, 1979. 8vo, 24 pp, with illustrations throughout (some in color). Original wrappers, inscribed by Jenijoy and Bob "for Kay and Roger" [Easson]. Very good. § An interesting "beginner's" study with excellently chosen illustrations from the Huntington's holdings.
Exhibition announcement: Jan Dibbets (opens 26 February 1970)

Exhibition announcement: Jan Dibbets (opens 26 February 1970) by (DIBBETS, Jan)

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Title
Exhibition announcement: Jan Dibbets (opens 26 February 1970)
Author
(DIBBETS, Jan)
Seller
Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller, Inc. (United States)
Description
Black & white illus. on recto, details to verso. Card. Milan: Galerie Lambert, 1970. Announcement card for Dibbets’s debut exhibition in Italy, staged at Françoise Lambert’s Milan gallery. An installation photograph of the artist’s Shadows, Krefeld (1969) is on the recto. Near fine; creased. ❧ Sophie Richard, Unconcealed: The International Network of Conceptual Artists 1967-77, Dealers, Exhibitions and Public Collections (2nd printing: 2010), p. 368.
Catalogue d’une Collection nombreuse d’Estampes anciennes et modernes…Après le décès de M. D***… 13 novembre 1832, et jours suivans…

Catalogue d’une Collection nombreuse d’Estampes anciennes et modernes…Après le décès de M. D***… 13 novembre 1832, et jours suivans… by (AUCTION CATALOGUE: D***)

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Title
Catalogue d’une Collection nombreuse d’Estampes anciennes et modernes…Après le décès de M. D***… 13 novembre 1832, et jours suivans…
Author
(AUCTION CATALOGUE: D***)
Seller
Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller, Inc. (United States)
Description
2 p.l., 36 pp. Small 8vo, disbound. Paris: P. Defer, 1832. A scarce Defer catalogue. Presented are 12 lots of paintings and drawings; 225 lots of Italian, German, Flemish, Dutch, English, and French prints; examples of early lithography; and illustrated books. Nice copy. From the library of Jacques Fryszman (1909-98), the great historian of art and collector of drawings, who wrote the Lugt number in the top right corner of the wrappers (or first leaf of text) on nearly all of his catalogues. See Lugt, Les Marques de Collections de Dessins & d’Estampes (online) 4946. ❧ Lugt 13116.
Thistledown: A Book of Scotch Humor, Character, Folklore, Story, and Anecdote

Thistledown: A Book of Scotch Humor, Character, Folklore, Story, and Anecdote by Ford, Robert

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Title
Thistledown: A Book of Scotch Humor, Character, Folklore, Story, and Anecdote
Author
Ford, Robert
Seller
Brenner's Collectable Books (United States)
Condition
Near Fine/Fine
Description
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1914. First Illustrated Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine/Near Fine. 8vo., 463pp. Beautiful First Illustrated Edition after the original was published in 1891, Undated but likely 1914 given publication dates of titles listed on rear panel. Bound in brown cloth with titles stamped in gilt on front board and spine. Illustrated by John Duncan with tipped in full-color plates tipped in on tissue-guarded captioned pages. Square, solid and clean throughout with little wear save some minor bumping to spine ends. Equally attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($1.75 net on spine panel), has some tiny nicks and chips along edges, spine ends and tips. Still quite fresh and bright and scarce in any condition. A gorgeous collectabe copy.
The Da Vinci Code

The Da Vinci Code by Brown, Dan

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Title
The Da Vinci Code
Author
Brown, Dan
Seller
Brenner's Collectable Books (United States)
ISBN
9780385504201
Condition
Fine
Description
New York: Doubleday, 2003. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo., 454pp. Beautiful Sharp First Edition, First Printing with full number sequence. Square, tight and clean throughout with gently bumped heel. Equally attractive unclipped dust jacket, ($24.95), is fresh and bright with no creases, or chipping, toning or tears. Very well-preserved. Made into the 2006 film starring Tom Hanks and Audrey Tautou. A gorgeous collectable copy at a great price.
The Community Yellow Pages 1982 First Annual Edition

The Community Yellow Pages 1982 First Annual Edition by [GAY & LESBIAN]

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Title
The Community Yellow Pages 1982 First Annual Edition
Author
[GAY & LESBIAN]
Seller
Arthur Fournier Fine & Rare (United States)
Description
104 pp. gay and lesbian community directory, illus. 4to. Very good. Illus. stiff wraps. [1752] From Cordova's introduction: "Just a short ten years ago, the list of LA's lesbian and gay organizations could be squeezed onto a 3 x 5 file card. The first (and only) Metropolitan Community Church, the Gay Community Services Center, The Advocate newspaper, the Daughters of Bilitis Lesbian Center, One inc., and the Crenshaw Women's Center were the only numbers you could dial and expect a warm response. The 1982 Community Yellow Pages lists 161 groups, centers, and organizations which serve our needs from camping to counseling, from the economic to the educational. To me this book is about love and courage. It is a statement about love and belonging to our particular society, and a statement of courage and strength in our commitment to make Change." Scarce.
Shooter (with Inscribed Photograph and postcard)

Shooter (with Inscribed Photograph and postcard) by Kennerley, David Hume

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Title
Shooter (with Inscribed Photograph and postcard)
Author
Kennerley, David Hume
Seller
Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB (United States)
Description
New York; (1979): Newsweek Books. First Edition. Octavo. With a photograph of an Asian child signed and inscribed by the author in a separate envelope. The book is 269pp., (3) pp. index. The author, a Pulitzer prize winner became UPI's Saigon bureau chief at the age of 24, won a Pulitzer prize at the age of 25 and was made personal photographer to the President of the United States at 27. A fine copy bound in 1/4 red cloth over black cloth, spine lettering silver and black, in a fine unclipped pictorial dust jacket. An exceptionally nice copy.
Blueberry Hill Kitchen Notebook

Blueberry Hill Kitchen Notebook by MASTERTON, Elise

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Title
Blueberry Hill Kitchen Notebook
Author
MASTERTON, Elise
Seller
Sandra L Hoekstra Bookseller, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA (United States)
Condition
Fine
Description
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co, 1964. First Printing. 1/4 cloth. Fine/Very good. Ava MORGAN. First printing. 8vo; [x], 258pp; quarter bound orange cloth with patterned paper over board; stamped spine; illustrated unclipped dust jacket; light scuffing to dj; fine in very good dj.
Old Warsaw Cook Book, Hundreds of Polish Specialties with many additions from Cuisines the World Over

Old Warsaw Cook Book, Hundreds of Polish Specialties with many additions from Cuisines the World Over by RYSIA

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$48.00
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Title
Old Warsaw Cook Book, Hundreds of Polish Specialties with many additions from Cuisines the World Over
Author
RYSIA
Seller
Sandra L Hoekstra Bookseller, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA (United States)
Condition
Fine
Description
New York: Gramercy Publishing Co, 1958. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/very good. Irena LORENTOWICZ. First edition. 8vo; 304pp; grey cloth over board with title, author and publisher stamped in yellow on spine; a few black and white illustrations; unclipped dust jacket withour price; light chipping to dj upper and lower edge; fine with very good dj.
"Unknown Country". The Story of Czechoslovakia by Preston Benson.

"Unknown Country". The Story of Czechoslovakia by Preston Benson. by (MINIATURE BOOK)

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"Unknown Country". The Story of Czechoslovakia by Preston Benson.
Author
(MINIATURE BOOK)
Seller
BATTLEDORE LTD (United States)
Description
(MINIATURE BOOK) "Unknown Country", the Story of Czechoslovakia by Preston Benson. London: Lincolns-Prager, 1942. With diagram map inside front cover + 16pp photographs. 32mo, 95pp; pictorial printed wrappers. Fine copy. First edition. On the history and anti-Nazi resistance of Czechoslovakia. Measures 3-1/4 x 2-1/4 inches. No other copy in commerce besides a 1943 revised version printed in the USA.
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Rubens. Drawings and sketches. Cat. of an exhibition at the... Brit. Museum, 1977 by Rowlands, John

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Title
Rubens. Drawings and sketches. Cat. of an exhibition at the... Brit. Museum, 1977
Author
Rowlands, John
Seller
Jeremy Norman & Co., Inc. (United States)
Description
London: British Museum Pubs Ltd, 1978.
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Ermyntrude and Esmeralda. An entertainment. Introduction by Michael Holroyd. Illustrations by Erte by Strachey, Lytton

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Title
Ermyntrude and Esmeralda. An entertainment. Introduction by Michael Holroyd. Illustrations by Erte
Author
Strachey, Lytton
Seller
Michael R. Thompson, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Description
[London:] Anthony Blond, [1969] Pink boards. Quarto. Bottom corner lightly bumped. Otherwise fine in clipped d.j.
An Eye For Gold

An Eye For Gold by Andrews, Sarah

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Title
An Eye For Gold
Author
Andrews, Sarah
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James & Mary Laurie Booksellers (A.B.A.A.) (United States)
ISBN
9780312253493
Condition
Fine
Description
New York: St. Martin's Minotaur, 2000. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Signed and dated by author in ink on title page. 5 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches. 387 pages.
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Under the Midnight Sun: Centennial History of Scandinavian Missions by Zobell, Jr., Albert L.

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Under the Midnight Sun: Centennial History of Scandinavian Missions
Author
Zobell, Jr., Albert L.
Seller
Weller Book Works ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
Deseret, 1950. Very Good. Zobell, Jr., Albert L.. Under the Midnight Sun: Centennial History of Scandinavian Missions. SLC: Deseret, 1950. 1st edition. 197pp. Indexed. 8vo. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Book condition: Very good with a stamp on the front free endsheet. Dust Jacket Condition: Good with light soiling. The edges are lightly chipped and have a few losses and the spine is slightly sun-faded.
Ideological Brain
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Ideological Brain by Zmigrod, Leor

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Title
Ideological Brain
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Zmigrod, Leor
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Weller Book Works ABAA/ILAB (United States)
ISBN
9781250344595
Condition
New
Description
New. New book.
Pomp and Circumstance

Pomp and Circumstance by COWARD, Noel

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Pomp and Circumstance
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COWARD, Noel
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Riverrun Books & Manuscripts (United States)
Condition
A near-fine copy in a good jacket that has wear and soiling and several abrasions
Description
New York: Doubleday, 1960. First American edition. A near-fine copy in a good jacket that has wear and soiling and several abrasions. 8vo. Original tan cloth; with the dust jacket reproducing a painting by Coward. Previous owner's inscription penciled on front free endpaper. Coward's first novel.
Now, Voyager

Now, Voyager by ALLEN, Jeanne Thomas (editor) Casey Robinson

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Now, Voyager
Author
ALLEN, Jeanne Thomas (editor) Casey Robinson
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Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN
9780299097905
Description
Madison, WI: Wisconsin Center for Film and Theatre Research, The University of Wisconsin Press, 1984. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. Edited and with an introduction by Jeanne Thomas Allen. Introduction by Tino Balio. Features the text of Casey Robinson's screenplay. A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket that is lightly rubbed and with some other very minor wear.
THE LADIES REPOSITORY: A MONTHLY PERIODICAL DEVOTED TO LITERATURE AND RELIGION VOLUME XXIV

THE LADIES REPOSITORY: A MONTHLY PERIODICAL DEVOTED TO LITERATURE AND RELIGION VOLUME XXIV by Wiley, Rev. I. W.

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THE LADIES REPOSITORY: A MONTHLY PERIODICAL DEVOTED TO LITERATURE AND RELIGION VOLUME XXIV
Author
Wiley, Rev. I. W.
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Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB (United States)
Condition
Good
Description
Cincinnati: Poe & Hitchcock, 1864. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good. Original binding, half leather. Hinges revealed but holding. Intermittently foxed.
THE GAVIN EWART SHOW

THE GAVIN EWART SHOW by Foreman, Michael; Ewart, Gavin

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THE GAVIN EWART SHOW
Author
Foreman, Michael; Ewart, Gavin
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Brian Cassidy Bookseller at Type Punch Matrix (United States)
Description
London: Trigram Press, 1971. Signed special limited first printing of this collection of witty and saucy poems from the winner of the 1971 Cholmondeley Award, with dust jacket and frontispiece illustrated by Michael Foreman. THE GUARDIAN identifies Michael Foreman as "one of the best-known British writer-illustrators," in part thanks to his remarkable output: since he began his career in 1961, he has published over 300 books for children and adults. He has earned two Kate Greenaway Medals, and has twice been nominated for the Hans Christian Andersen Award. 8.5'' x 6.5''. Original brown and black cloth boards. Original unclipped (no price) brown pictorial dust jacket. 64 pages. Signed by Ewart to colophon, numbered 50 of 100.
The Book of Weddings

The Book of Weddings by Kingsland, Mrs. Burton

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The Book of Weddings
Author
Kingsland, Mrs. Burton
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De Wolfe and Wood (United States)
Description
New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1907. Hardcover. 245 pp. Good condition.
La Laitière de Trianon Opérette de Salon en un acte et à deux personnages Paroles de Galoppe d'Onquaire ... Partition in-8o. Piano et Chant Pr: 6f. net. [Piano-vocal score]

La Laitière de Trianon Opérette de Salon en un acte et à deux personnages Paroles de Galoppe d'Onquaire ... Partition in-8o. Piano et Chant Pr: 6f. net. [Piano-vocal score] by WECKERLIN, Jean-Baptiste 1821-1910

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La Laitière de Trianon Opérette de Salon en un acte et à deux personnages Paroles de Galoppe d'Onquaire ... Partition in-8o. Piano et Chant Pr: 6f. net. [Piano-vocal score]
Author
WECKERLIN, Jean-Baptiste 1821-1910
Seller
J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians LLC (United States)
Description
Paris: Au Ménestrel, Heugel et Cie. [PN H. 3754], 1868. Large octavo. Original publisher's grey printed wrappers. 1f. (recto title, verso blank), 7 (libretto), [i] (blank), 1f. (incipits), 75, [i] (blank) pp. Wrappers quite worn and soiled, tape reinforcement to spine. Some internal wear; occasional dampstaining; several signatures split; title with manuscript notation in pencil, handstamp, and tape reinforcement; markings in red crayon to p. 18. [?]First Edition.
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VIOLIN PLAYING AS I TEACH IT by Auer, Leopold

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Title
VIOLIN PLAYING AS I TEACH IT
Author
Auer, Leopold
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J.B. Muns, Fine Arts Books (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
New York: Stokes, 1921. Hardcover. Very Good. 10 portraits. Mishkin photo tipped on cover as issued of Auer.
Madeline and the Gypsies

Madeline and the Gypsies by Bemelmans, Ludwig

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Madeline and the Gypsies
Author
Bemelmans, Ludwig
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E M Maurice Books, LLC, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Fair
Description
New York: Viking Press, 1959 Bound in green cloth with black stamped titling and design, shelf wear, foxing along top margin of pages, pages thumbed, damp stain to a top corner of a few pages; dust jacket worn with tears, insect damage, losses, erased child scrawl, foxing to verso. Madeline goes off with the gypsies and must find her way back to Miss Clavel's. What a great adventure she has, though. . First Edition. Pictorial Cloth. Fair/Poor. Illus. by Ludwig Bemelmans. 4to.
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GEOLOGY AND WATER RESOURCES OF THE GREAT FALLS REGION, MONTANA by WSP 221 -- Fisher, Cassius A.

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GEOLOGY AND WATER RESOURCES OF THE GREAT FALLS REGION, MONTANA
Author
WSP 221 -- Fisher, Cassius A.
Seller
Hoffman Books (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
Washington, D.C.: GPO. Very Good. 1909. Softcover. USGS 1909. Wrappers, very good condition, Complete with all maps and plates. .
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Wildest Dreams (Subterranean Press Short Novel , No 1) by Norman Partridge

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Title
Wildest Dreams (Subterranean Press Short Novel , No 1)
Author
Norman Partridge
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Grayshelf Books, ABAA, IOBA (United States)
ISBN
9781892284006
Condition
Fine
Description
Signed, Numbered Edition this being #104 of 500; Fine in fine dust jacket with only minor spotting on the top of text block. Beautiful copy of this special edition, protected in a mylar cover.
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Freedom, Civil & Religious

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Title
Freedom, Civil & Religious
Seller
Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (United States)
Condition
Good
Description
New York: Review & Herald Publishing, 1920. Softcover. Good. Good in wrappers. / theres a 2 inch piece of border missing from the cover, there is also a 4-5 inch piece of border missing from the back.
The Good Housekeeping Needlecraft Encyclopedia

The Good Housekeeping Needlecraft Encyclopedia by Carroll, Alice

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Title
The Good Housekeeping Needlecraft Encyclopedia
Author
Carroll, Alice
Seller
Crooked House Books & Paper (United States)
Condition
Good
Description
New York: Rinehart & Company, Inc, 1947. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Mint green cloth with purple and green titles, 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches, 479 pages, profusely illustrated with pictures and instructional drawings; boards are edge worn with special attention to corners and head and tail of spine, pages are clean and unmarked, has old book smell. A charming informational book for any aspiring needleworker.

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