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Selected Poems

Selected Poems by [Arion Press] Melville, Herman; Helen Vendler, editor and introduction; Barry Moser, frontispiece

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Seller: The Kelmscott Bookshop
Title
Selected Poems
Author
[Arion Press] Melville, Herman; Helen Vendler, editor and introduction; Barry Moser, frontispiece
Seller
The Kelmscott Bookshop (United States)
Condition
Fine
Description
San Francisco: Arion Press, 1995. Fine. Number 200 of 250 numbered copies, with 26 lettered copies hors de commerce. It is the forty-seventh publication of the Arion Press and rather scarce with no copies in commerce. The book shares characteristics with the sixth publication of the press, Moby-Dick, by the same author, of 1979, in that the same typeface is used, Goudy Modern ... it is printed on the same paper, which was made for that edition by hand to the specifications of the press at the Barcham Green Mill in England and bears watermarks of the mill, the press, and of a sperm whale; and the same artist, Barry Moser, has engraved a new portrait of Herman Melville on Resingrave for the frontispiece. The text type was composed and cast on the Monotype by Mackenzie & Harris. The display type is Goudy Open and was set by hand. The book was designed and produced by Andrew Hoyem and conceived in many ways as a companion to the 1979 Moby Dick, one of the most important press books of the twentieth century." [from the Prospectus]. This book was suggested to Hoyem by the renowned scholar of poetry, Helen Vendler. She regarded Melville as among the greatest American poets of the 19th century and was eager to make a selection that would show the variety of his best poetry. Despite the importance attached to his poems today by scholars and critics, seldom did readers have any appreciation for Melville the poet. Bound in bright blue cloth with darker blue dyed leather goatrskin bands left over from the earlier Moby Dick. The bands run across the top and bottom edges of the book with title and author in silver foil. Printed on octavo sized paper of 6.75 x 9 7/8 inches using Goudy Modern type in a smaller point size than the 1979 volume. Top page edges trimmed, while the fore-edge and bottom edges are untrimmed. The signatures were folded by hand and each copy was sewn by hand with linen thread over linen tapes. Housed in a blue cloth slipcase with blue goatskin title label to spine. Accompanied by the prospectus. In fine condition. Measures 7 x 10 inches. 156 numbered pages. PRI/110424.
Photograph Album of the town of Albion, Orleans County, New York, dated circa 1890s-1910s

Photograph Album of the town of Albion, Orleans County, New York, dated circa 1890s-1910s

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Seller: Michael Brown Rare Books, LLC
Title
Photograph Album of the town of Albion, Orleans County, New York, dated circa 1890s-1910s
Seller
Michael Brown Rare Books, LLC (United States)
Description
Small quarto album, containing 114 black and white photographs, mainly silver prints, the album is bound in original half leather, marbled paper boards, the photographs are mounted onto sheets of paper in album; the paper stock of these leaves is of poor quality, all sheets are browned, and brittle, chipped at margins, and loose in album; several photos loose, not pasted to sheets; photos vary in size from 5" x 3 ¾" to 6" x 4" to 7 ½" x 4 ½"; images not dated, circa 1890s to 1910s. The images themselves are in good condition, clean and clear, however the album and the leaves the images are mounted on have condition issues. The album is not signed, nor labeled, but several clues within the album and images of the photos, appear to place the album as being a collection of images of buildings in the town of Albion, New York, in Orleans County. Several images are of buildings under construction – perhaps the album was compiled by a builder. The album contains a newspaper clipping of an Albion, New York newspaper dated 1911, however none of streetscapes show any automobiles, rather horse and buggy, or people on horses, thus the mages likely date from the late 19th Century, or first decade of the 20th Century. Some of the photographs of the churches in the album, when compared to the architecture of the historic churches of present day Albion, shows that they are indeed photos of Albion churches, in particular the First Presbyterian Church and the Christ Episcopal Church, thus confirming the images are buildings in Albion, Orleans County, New York. Albion is a village in Orleans County, New York. The village is centrally located in the county. The village is partly within the towns of both Albion and Gaines. Albion is the county seat of Orleans County and is about 30 miles (48 km) west/northwest of the City of Rochester. There are no written inscriptions identifying the photos, however some have images provide some information. One is the A.V. Clark tombstone, which may be a clue to the origins of the album. Another is a Cole tombstone, again possibly a clue to the ownership of the album. A couple of the photos have "Aristotype" or "Drop Shutter" written on the bottom margins, indications of the photographer detailing the method he took taking the photograph. An "Aristotype" is a high-symmetry structure type that can be viewed as an idealized version of a lower-symmetry structure. "Drop Shutter" is an early form of camera shutter consisting of a plate which when released falls vertically and carries an aperture in its center past the opening of the lens. One photo shows the "Andre Monument, Tarrytown, NY." Another image shows "Our Unknown Dead –May 30, 1890" – and has a photo of a monument. One image is a portrait of an older man with the inscription: "Dr. Marsh, Albany Medical School," written in pencil next to it. A couple of newspaper clippings, laid into the album, mention President Grant's death, which would place them in 1885, perhaps dating the album as early as 1885. The First Presbyterian Church of Albion at 29 East State St. was built in 1874 - with its 175-foot high spire was the tallest structure in Orleans County, New York. Photographs of it in the album show it to be complete, thus dating the photo album post 1875, and with the Grant obituary mentions in the newspaper clippings, puts it at about 1885, but the album also shows a church built in the 1890s, and a newspaper clipping of 1911, thus a good date for the album is likely 1890s-1910s and before the automobile, as only horses and horse and buggies are shown in the photos when streetscapes or properties are shown. The images consist mainly of architectural views such as houses, churches, cemetery monuments, small local bridges, buildings under construction, several interior views of homes, several landscape views showing gardens, fountains, and the grounds of properties, some animals, a couple of water scenes showing small boats and houses on the shore of a lake, or pond, and several photos of people (men and women, children), some on horses.
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THE SECRET OF SATURN'S RINGS by Wollheim, Donald

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Title
THE SECRET OF SATURN'S RINGS
Author
Wollheim, Donald
Seller
THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY (United States)
Description
THE SECRET OF SATURN'S RINGS, Winston, 1954, first edition, slight wear to the head of the spine, else a tight vg+ copy in a bright near fine full color pictorial dust-wrapper with some very light rubbing to the rear cover. Illustrated with Alex Schomburg art. The authors first book.
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A Collection of Civil War Manuscript Documents, Related to Troops and Supplies Transportation by Various

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Title
A Collection of Civil War Manuscript Documents, Related to Troops and Supplies Transportation
Author
Various
Seller
ZH BOOKS (United States)
Condition
Very good
Description
Various: By the authors, 1861. Very good. Five documents, 1861 - 1862, three in manuscript, two printed and filled in manuscript; various sizes; generally in very good or better condition - two with small ncks and cuts to edges, one with a discreet repair to verso. The Civil War would be one of the first wars, in which large-scale railroad transportation was used to move and supply armies rapidly over long distances. Various documents and orders were used to record the movements, including military orders, written by commanders and then conveyed to railroad companies, freight and passenger receipts, in which railroad companies used their standard paperwork to record military transports, and so on. The current group of papers, signed by various army commanders and railroad officials, represented such records of transportation of soldiers, horses, servants, equipment, and baggage on the Hartford nad New Haven and the Springfield railroads.
The Post-American Culture Congress

The Post-American Culture Congress by Abrams, Sam

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Title
The Post-American Culture Congress
Author
Abrams, Sam
Seller
Carpetbagger Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN
9780672512506
Condition
Fine
Description
Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Fine in an about Fine jacket, unclipped ($6.95), lightly toned at the edges. Red buckram with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. A collection of poetry from the Fulbright professor that "profits from his classical studies.
Die Schönsten Bucher Österreichs 1991

Die Schönsten Bucher Österreichs 1991

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Title
Die Schönsten Bucher Österreichs 1991
Seller
Kenneth Mallory Bookseller. ABAA (United States)
ISBN
9783851030914
Condition
Very good
Description
Wien: Hauptverband des Osterreichischen Buchhandels, 1991. Paperback. Very good. Paperback. 26pp. Wraps lightly rubbed, else very good. Text in German.

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