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Holie Bible by BIBLE

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Title: Holie Bible
Author: BIBLE
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Description: 1609. First Edition. BIBLE. The Holie Bible Faithfully Translated into English, out of the Authentical Latin Douai: Lawrence Kellam, 1609-10. Two volumes. Quarto, contemporary vellum rebacked in vellum at an early date, early traces of ink writing on spines and front boards. Housed together in a custom slipcase and clamshell box. $25,000.Scarce first edition of the first Roman Catholic translation of the Old Testament into English, from the Latin Vulgate.""The Douai Bible is, as it professes to be, a literal translation of the Vulgate, and in some places more accurately hands down the very words of the [biblical] writers than any English translation then existing"" (Dore, 316-17). ""This version of the Old Testament came from the same hands as the Rheims New Testament of 1582"" (Darlow & Moule, 129), translated by ""religious refugees who carried their faith and work abroad. Since the English Protestants used their vernacular translations, not only as the foundation of their own faith but as siege artillery in the assault on Rome, a Catholic translation became more and more necessary in order that the faithful could answer, text for text, against the 'intolerable ignorance and importunity of the heretics of this time.' The chief translator was Gregory Martin Technical words were transliterated rather than translated. Thus many new words came to birth Not only was [Martin] steeped in the Vulgate, he was, every day, involved in the immortal liturgical Latin of his church. The resulting Latinisms added a majesty to his English prose, and many a dignified or felicitous phrase was silently lifted by the editors of the King James Version, and thus passed into the language"" (Great Books and Book Collectors, 108). Lack of funds and ""our poore estate in banishment"" prevented the publication of this two-volume Old Testament until 1609-1610. With ornamental woodcut title borders, woodcut initials, and ornamental head- and tail-pieces. The Bible 100 Landmarks 65, 66. The Bible in the Lilly Library 39, 40. Dore, 291-98. Herbert 177, 300. Darlow & Moule 231. Pierpont Morgan Library, The Bible 112. Rumball-Petre, 15. Rylands, 95, 96. STC 2884. Herbert 300. STC 2207. Pierpont Morgan Library, The Bible 115. An early ink annotations to front endpapers of Volume II.Text just occasionally embrowned, with infrequent light foxing; last 1-3 letters of bottom 19 lines supplied in an early pencil on page 1079 of the first volume; last 20 leaves of Volume II with expert cleaning, later pastedowns with free endpapers restored and preserved. Expected light soiling to contemporary vellum.

Viertzehende Schiffart, Oder Gründliche vnd warhaffte Beschreibung desz Neuwen Engellandts einer Landschafft in Nordt Indien, eines Theils in America, vnter dem Capitein Johann Schmidt by SMITH, John

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Title: Viertzehende Schiffart, Oder Gründliche vnd warhaffte Beschreibung desz Neuwen Engellandts einer Landschafft in Nordt Indien, eines Theils in America, vnter dem Capitein Johann Schmidt
Author: SMITH, John
Seller: Martayan Lan, Inc. (United States)
Condition: * Church 304; Sabin 33,667 (and 82,819n); JCB I.492 no. 569; Alden-Landis II.617/137; Brunet III.370; Bibliotheca Grenvilliana I
Description: Frankfurt: In verlegung der Hulsischen, 1617. * Church 304; Sabin 33,667 (and 82,819n); JCB I.492 no. 569; Alden-Landis II.617/137; Brunet III.370; Bibliotheca Grenvilliana I.352; Asher, p. 72; Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities, "Captain John Smith," http://www.apva.org/history/jsmith.html (1997/2000).. Rare first edition of the fourteenth part of Hulsius’s voyage anthology, a translation into German of Captain John Smith’s Description of New England (London, 1616; Church 369), which includes an early copy of Smith’s map of New England. Goodspeed (1927) claims that this part of Hulsius’s Sammlung von Sechs und Zwanzig Schiffarten, inspired by the success of the more lavish de Bry series, appears to be "one of the rarest of the Collection." Hulsius managed to beat de Bry’s heirs to the press with an important German-language Americanum; it would appear in the Tenth Part of de Bry’s "Great Voyages" in Oppenheim the following year.A pivotal figure in the Jamestown Colony, Smith (1580-1631) had been forced to sail back to England in 1609 to care for an injury from a gunpowder accident, and was never able to return to the settlement. "In London, he actively promoted the further colonization of Virginia, but was unpopular with the Virginia Company. In April 1614, he returned to the New World in a successful voyage to the Maine and Massachusetts Bay areas, which he named New England" (APVA). "He sailed along the coast from Penobscot to Cape Cod in search of whales and mines of gold. The voyage was in most respects a failure, but it gave him an opportunity to write this tract, the general object of which is to show the advantages likely to accrue to adventurers in New England" (Church p. 852 on 1616 English ed.). The map of New England included in the Viertzehende Schiffart (identical to that which appeared in Hulsius’s parts 13—see item 60—and 20) is an accurate re-engraving of Smith’s influential original (omitting only the names in the lower corners, Smith’s title, and the verses). "The earliest thoroughly accurate map of Massachusetts Bay" (Winsor apud Church) and the first to name the region of "New England," Smith’s map is found in nine or more states, all printed from the same plate. Hulsius made his copy from the very rare first state. When drawing his map in 1614, Smith asked Prince Charles—later, Charles I—to replace the indigenous place-names with properly "English" ones. These are included here, although places such as London and Oxford would soon be renamed by subsequent colonists (Scituate, Marshfield, etc.); only three names from Smith’s map are retained today—Cape Ann, the Charles River, and Plymouth. The plate depicting the flora and fauna of New England balances realism—a porcupine, otter, and beaver—with fantasy—a griffon? Unsigned, this engraving was not reused in the de Bry version of the text. Levinus Hulsius (1546-1606) began publishing his 26-part series of voyages in 1598. The Schiffahrt volumes were generally more modest in size and price than those issued by de Bry, and as a result, they could often be sent to the press in a more timely fashion, allowing Hulsius’s heirs to scoop the competition.

Tristan und Isolde, an opera. 6 original set designs by the noted American artist Robert Perdziola (born 1961), two dated April 1983m one signed with the artist's initials, the others unsigned by WAGNER, Richard 1813-1883

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Title: Tristan und Isolde, an opera. 6 original set designs by the noted American artist Robert Perdziola (born 1961), two dated April 1983m one signed with the artist's initials, the others unsigned
Author: WAGNER, Richard 1813-1883
Seller: J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians LLC (United States)
Description: Three of the designs are in pen and wash and are identified by the artist as being for Acts I, II and III. Sheet size 305 x 388 mm. The remaining designs are in pencil and are also identified by the artist as being for Acts I, II, and III, although for different scenes. Sheet size 268 x 355 mm. Minor wear. In very good condition overall. "The ancient Tristan legend, probably of Celtic origin, achieved its first literary form in the 12th century. The version used by Wagner as the basis for his drama was that of Gottfried von Strassburg (fl1200-20). Wagner conceived the idea of writing an opera on the Tristan subject in the autumn of 1854, but the earliest dated surviving sketch (an elaboration of two fragments) is from 19 December 1856, at which point he was still engaged on Act 1 of Siegfried. Tristan und Isolde is regarded as a milestone in the history of music, largely on account of its pervasive emancipation of the dissonance. The far-reaching influence of the work in technical terms is matched by the overwhelming effect the extremity of its emotional expression has had on generations of artists in all media. On one level, Tristan is the ultimate glorification of love: 'a monument to this loveliest of all dreams', as Wagner put it. But on another level, the work goes beyond emotional experience and enters a metaphysical realm. Human existence and the outer material world of phenomena are ultimately transcended and salvation found in the embrace of the noumena, the ultimate reality." Barry Millington in Grove Music Online Perdziola, an internationally-recognized set and costume designer for theater, opera, and ballet, has worked extensively throughout the United States at such venues as the Metropolitan Opera, San Francisco Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Lyric Theatre of Chicago, American Ballet Theater, Shakespeare Theater in Washington, Boston Ballet, and Miami Ballet, as well as for various Broadway productions. He has also worked internationally for productions at the Monte Carlo Opera, the Niedersächsische Staatsorchester in Hannover, the Garsington Opera in the United Kingdom, the Finnish National Ballet, the Saito Kinen Festival in Japan, and the Sydney Opera House. The artist has received three Helen Hayes awards and a Helpmann award; he has also been nominated for numerous additional awards.

Postcard photograph with autograph signature of the German actor. Addressed to Walter Honig in Vienna by WALDEN, Harry 1875-1921

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Title: Postcard photograph with autograph signature of the German actor. Addressed to Walter Honig in Vienna
Author: WALDEN, Harry 1875-1921
Seller: J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians LLC (United States)
Description: Studio of Becker & Maass in Berlin, with their stamp to lower right corner. From the collection of the distinguished American mezzo-soprano Marilyn Horne (b. 1934). Slightly worn. Harry Walden was a German stage and screen actor with a short but vibrant career. He appeared in many classical stage productions and was a noted interpreter of Oscar Wilde's plays. He also appeared in the films "The Mandarin" (1918), "Der Umweg zur Ehe," and "Zwei Welten" (both 1919). In 1921, at age 45 Walden was killed in a tragic incident that rocked Berlin society. A contemporary article in the New York Times reported that Walden's wife, the actress Frieda Wagen-Hohenthal, attacked Walden and his stepson with a razor while under the influence of morphine, then turned the knife on herself. All three of them died shortly after being admitted to the hospital. The Honig family emigrated from Vienna to England in September of 1938 and then to the United States in 1939. The family papers are held at the Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C. "Horne had a voice of extraordinary range, rich and tangy in timbre, with a stentorian chest register and an exciting top... In concert she once achieved the feat of singing in a single programme Rossini arias and Brünnhilde's Immolation Scene, proof of her exceptional versatility. Throughout her lengthy career she was an admired recitalist, singing lieder, mélodies, and Spanish and American songs with equal aplomb." Alan Blyth in Grove Music Online.

1906 Atlanta Massacre; in Le Petit Journal by [African Americana]

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Title: 1906 Atlanta Massacre; in Le Petit Journal
Author: [African Americana]
Seller: Biblioctopus (United States)
Description: Paris: Le Petit Journal, 1906. First Edition. 1st Continental appearance (?), covered earlier in the U.S. and U.K. Original sheets (4), as issued. Very good. The massacre took place from September 22–24, upwards of 100 Black residents of Atlanta were murdered in an event that was, in the immediacy, misrepresented regionally, downplayed nationally and then ignored locally for 100 years. The details can be easily researched, with numerous scholarly works published in the past 20 years. We’d say this illustration, and its report, would add to any African American archive that includes the event. The Atlanta Race Massacre of 1906 was a devastating episode of racial violence that erupted between September 22-26, when white mobs, inflamed by sensationalized and fabricated newspaper reports of Black men assaulting white women, descended upon Atlanta's Black communities. The violence was situated within a heated gubernatorial campaign where both candidates, M. Hoke Smith and Clark Howell, editors of competing newspapers, explicitly campaigned on platforms to disenfranchise Black voters and stoked racial tensions through inflammatory journalism. What began at Five Points in downtown Atlanta quickly spread as mobs killed at least 25 African Americans (with unofficial estimates ranging from 25-100), destroyed countless Black-owned businesses and homes, while police officers and some militia members either participated in or did nothing to stop the violence. The massacre reflected growing white resentment toward Atlanta's expanding Black population and their increasing economic success in what was considered the capital of the New South. The 1906 Atlanta massacre carried profound significance for 20th century history and the trajectory of civil rights activism. As historian Clifford Kuhn notes, the violence "discredited for many Black leaders the accommodationist strategy of Booker T. Washington among the leadership of Black America, and gave new legitimacy to the more aggressive tactics for achieving racial justice epitomized by W.E.B. Du Bois,” who wrote a poem titled "A Litany of Atlanta" in response to the violence. The event directly influenced the founding of the NAACP in 1909 and contributed to a shift toward more activist approaches to civil rights. Despite its historical importance, the massacre was "forgotten or minimized for decades in the white community and ignored in official histories of the city" (New Georgia Encyclopedia, 2022). It wasn't until 2006, on its 100th anniversary, that the event was publicly commemorated, and only in 2007 did it become part of Georgia's public school curriculum, demonstrating how this critical historical event was effectively brushed under the rug for a century.

A Collection of Five Fabulous California Mid-Century Architectural Drawings by A. Carlson; Tennant; P.E.T. (Artists)

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Title: A Collection of Five Fabulous California Mid-Century Architectural Drawings
Author: A. Carlson; Tennant; P.E.T. (Artists)
Seller: Dale Steffey Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition: Fine
Description: California: QRS Corporation (?), 1966. Drawing. Fine. No Binding. A collection of 5 architectural drawings, all bearing logo of "QRS Corporation", four measuring 14 1/2" x 20" and the fifth, 16" x 20". Pen and ink with watercolor and marker on textured drawing boards with taped edges. Three have drawings for different concepts for Carnation Ice Cream Fountain - Lunch, each signed Tennant in pencil . The fourth, Grist Mill Health Foods, is signed PET in pencil bottom right. The fifth, 16 x 20, is for First California Federal, pencil signed R. Carlson '66. All are Fine. Given that the Carnation Ice Cream Cafe located in Yesterland, Disneyland, is housed in a Victorian era building, and First California Federal was not incorporated as the first federal credit union in California until 1980, these are most likely student works completed for an architectural drawing class in the mid 1960s. No record of a QRS Corp. architectural firm found. As a group a striking collection of mid-century California architecture and advertising..

Neurosurgery of Infancy and Childhood by Ingraham, Franc D. and Matson, Donald D.

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Title: Neurosurgery of Infancy and Childhood
Author: Ingraham, Franc D. and Matson, Donald D.
Seller: Biomed Rare Books LLC, ABAA, ILAB (United States)
Description: Springfield: Charles C. Thomas, 1954. First edition. FIRST EDITION OF THE WORLD'S FIRST TEXTBOOK ON PEDIATRIC NEUROSURGERY. Ten inches tall hardcover, tan cloth binding with red embossed neuron to cover, color frontispiece photos of neurosurgical lesions, i-xvii, 456 pp, 381 figures,[1]. Light wear to cover edges, signature of "Forrest L. Johnson M.d., 3/31/54" to front paste-down, otherwise unmarked. Very good in custom archival mylar cover. FRANC DOUGLAS INGRAHAM (1898–1965) was a pioneer in the development of pediatric neurosurgery. He received his MD from Harvard in 1925 and remained in Boston to work under Harvey Cushing at the Brigham Hospital, then to Johns Hopkins to serve under Walter Dandy. This was followed by training under Nobelist Charles Sherrington at Oxford. On his return to Boston from England in 1929, Dr. Ingraham's preceptor, Harvey Cushing, turned over to him the rapidly expanding area of neurological surgery in children. At that time the problems peculiar to the developing nervous system which might be amenable to surgical therapy constituted a virtually unexplored field. Franc Ingraham accepted this challenge and devoted the remainder of his professional career to the development of pediatric neurological surgery. DONALD DARROW MATSON (1913-1968) graduated from Harvard Medical School. Matson selected Peter Bent Brigham Hospital for his neurosurgical training, which was interrupted during World War II. Matson returned to Boston to become Franc Ingraham's fellow and partner. He was a masterful surgeon and, with Ingraham, published Neurosurgery of Infancy and Childhood in 1954, offered here. Upon Ingraham's retirement, Matson became chairman of the department of neurosurgery at Boston Children's Hospital and Peter Bent Brigham. He was unable to preside at the 1969 meeting that marked the 100th anniversary of Cushing's birth, having contracted Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. Matson died at the age of 55, surviving his mentor Ingraham by only 4 years.

The Heather Blazing [Signed bookplate] by Colm Toibin

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Title: The Heather Blazing [Signed bookplate]
Author: Colm Toibin
Seller: Capitol Hill Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN: 9780330321242
Condition: Very Good +
Description: London: Picador, 1992. Very Good +/Very Good +. London: Picador, 1992. First UK Edition. Octavo (22.2 cm); [vi], 245pp. Publisher's illustrated dust jacket with author photo on back flap and price intact (£14.99). Boards full bound in black cloth with gilt stamping. Jacket generally creased, scuffed and rubbed with no tears and light toning to verso top margin. Board corners and spine ends bumped with light soiling and binding cocked due to binding error (final pastedown not centered on back cover. Endsheets have some black rubbing to gutters but otherwise pages clean. A Very good or better copy in like jacket. Bookplate signed by Colm Tóibín loosely laid in. This is the second of his novels and earned him an Encore Award in 1993.

Stefan George und die Blatter fur die Kunst, Deutsche Geistesgeschichte Seit 1890 by Wolter, Friedrich

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Title: Stefan George und die Blatter fur die Kunst, Deutsche Geistesgeschichte Seit 1890
Author: Wolter, Friedrich
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Condition: Very Good+
Description: Berlin: Georg Bondi, 1930. Hardcover. Very Good+/Good+. Navy cloth, stamped in gilt on upper board and spine; dust jacket; large 8vo (6.75 x 9.5 inches); pp. 589, [3] (ads), plus frontispiece and 4 plates. Boards lightly rubbed; text block very slightly tanned. Dust jacket dust-soiled, and chipped and wrinkled along the edges; in mylar.

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