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Trial of Thomas Paine, For a Libel by PAINE Thomas

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Seller: Bauman Rare Books
Title
Trial of Thomas Paine, For a Libel
Author
PAINE Thomas
Seller
Bauman Rare Books (United States)
Description
1792. First Edition. PAINE, Thomas. The Trial of Thomas Paine, For a Libel, Contained in the Second Part of Rights of Man, Before Lord Kenyon, and a Special Jury, At Guildhall, December 18, 1792. With the Speeches of the Attorney General and Mr. Erskine, at Large. London: C. and G. Kearsley, 1792. Slim octavo, modern full polished green calf, elaborately gilt-decorated spine, raised bands, marbled endpapers; pp. (ii), (1) 2-45. $3500.One of the first editions of the first contemporary record of the infamous December 1792 British trial in which Paine was found guilty of seditious libel for The Rights of Man, Part Two, ""his most important statement of political principles"" (New Yorker). handsomely bound in full polished calf.""Thomas Paine wrote like no one else: he wrote for everyone… So ripping was Paine's prose, and so vast was its reach, that Adams once complained to Jefferson, 'History is to ascribe the American Revolution to Thomas Paine."" Following Paine's crucial role in the Revolution, he returned to England where, in 1792, he followed the first part of The Rights of Man with ""The Rights of Man, Part the Second, his most important statement of political principles, in which he explained and insisted on natural rights, equality and popular sovereignty… Paine's Second Part was outsold only by the Bible. But… Paine was charged with seditious libel and everywhere his ideas were suppressed and his followers persecuted"" (New Yorker). A government campaign urged local clergy and magistrates to denounce Paine and hired spies to tail ""him constantly on London's streets"" (Keane, 337). Paine's friends urged him to seek refuge in exile in France, and ""in September 1792, that's just what Paine did"" (New Yorker).Back in England, ""the trial of Thomas Paine was unique in that the defendant was not in custody and not even within the jurisdiction of the trial court. The trial took place in London on December 18, 1792. The indictment charged Paine with the publication of a seditious libel in the form of his pamphlet entitled The Rights of Man"" (Raby, 61). Attorney-general Archibald Macdonald ""explained in the trial that he had not prosecuted the first part, because he thought that it would only reach the 'judicious reader.' The second had been industriously circulated in all shapes and sizes… The real reason was obvious. The respectable classes had taken alarm at the events in France…The Rights of Man was thus adopted as the manifesto of the party which sympathized with the French revolution"" (DNB). ""Despite the brilliance of Paine's attorney, Thomas Erskine, Paine was found guilty, declared an outlaw and the Rights of Man contraband"" (Gimbel 78). Paine's Rights of Man remains ""the clearest of all expositions of the basic principles of democracy"" (PMM 241). Issued in London within days of the trial. Issued with ""Genuine Edition"" printed above title page (this copy), and without; no priority established. Precedes the subsequent year's American edition. With tiny gutter-edge pinholes from original stitching. ESTC N13831. Gimbel-Paine, 125. Bookplate of William Tarun Fehsenfeld.Text fresh with light scattered foxing, faint toning to spine. A splendid near-fine copy handsomely bound.
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Shin Gosho Moyo. Volume 5 by YAMAMOTO, Sekkei; SEKKA, Yamamoto

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Title
Shin Gosho Moyo. Volume 5
Author
YAMAMOTO, Sekkei; SEKKA, Yamamoto
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Ursus Books (United States)
Description
1933. YAMAMOTO, Sekkei. Shin-gosho-moyo. [Imperial Motifs]. Volume 5. 27 leaves, 25 full-colour woodblock illustrations and 25 outline illustrations, on double leaves folded accordion style (orihon). Folio, 405 x 270 mm., bound in publisher's silk over boards in a new chitsu case preserving the original label. Tokyo: Unsodo, 1933. A volume of the set of Shin-gosho-moyo, Imperial Motifs, by Yamamoto Sekkei, a Yuzen artist in Kyoto. A superb example of Japanese bookmaking at its finest, with the delicate outline plates a counterpoint to the brilliantly printed colour woodcuts. Unsodo is the name of a large Japanese publishing company with branches in both Tokyo and Kyoto. Founded in 1891, this company is still in existence today. From the 1890s through the 1930s, the Unsodo publishing house was involved in printing high quality pattern books for various crafts including textiles and lacquer. rare, with OCLC lisiting only FIT and the National Diet Library.
An Essay on the Abstinence from Animal Food, as a Moral Duty

An Essay on the Abstinence from Animal Food, as a Moral Duty by [Animal Rights] Ritson, Joseph

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An Essay on the Abstinence from Animal Food, as a Moral Duty
Author
[Animal Rights] Ritson, Joseph
Seller
Whitmore Rare Books (United States)
Description
London: Richard Phillips, 1802. First edition. Contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards, rebacked to style with gilt and morocco label to spine. Boards with some gentle rubbing and toning, else pleasing and square. Armorial bookplate of the Delamere House to front pastedown. Occasional marginal foxing, but internally clean and unmarked otherwise. Collating complete: [4], 236. OCLC reports 19 copies at U.S. institutions. An antiquary by trade and animal rights activist by ideology, Joseph Ritson became a vegetarian in 1772 as he worked through Madeville's Fable of the Bees. By his own account, the book "induced him to serious reflection" at the age of 19 and ever since then he "firmly adhered to a milk and vegetable diet, having, at least, never tasted during the whole course of those thirty years, a morsel of flesh, fish, or fowl." An atheist who based his views in observations of human behavior rather than in a theistic worldview, he was considered a dangerous radical by some contemporaries. "As well as issuing editions of ballads, he wrote books on vegetarianism and atheism" and he was a supporter of the French Revolution's call for liberty and equality (Morton). His Essay tracks, in ten chapters, the various reasons physical, economical, and moral that give humans a duty to abstain from meat consumption. In addition to considering the health benefits to the individual and the wider environmental benefits of a vegetarian diet, Ritson also documents how the consumption of animals leads to cruelty towards them, which in turn trains humans to dehumanize each other and more easily justify social violence and inequality. Vegetarianism, in this sense, becomes one thread in a larger tapestry promoting respect for the dignity of bodies, human and non-human.
[ALS] [ART] ZORACH EXPLAINS SCULPTURE

[ALS] [ART] ZORACH EXPLAINS SCULPTURE by William Zorach

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Title
[ALS] [ART] ZORACH EXPLAINS SCULPTURE
Author
William Zorach
Seller
Black Swan Books, Inc. (United States)
Condition
Very Good binding
Description
New York: American Artists Group, 1947. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/near Very Good dust jacket. Signed. Small quarto; in the publisher’s grey cloth binding; xiii, 302 pages including the Index; with black and white photographic illustrations throughout; in an unclipped jacket; some chipping to the edges of the jacket.~~This copy of Zorach’s book on sculpture is accompanies by two “autograph letters signed” by Zorach. Both letters are dates April 25, 1955 and are on Zorach’s personal stationery with his address in Brooklyn. The letters are addressed to a physician in Richmond, Virginia, and discuss the possibility of his purchasing a sculpture by Zorach for his office in Richmond. The letters reference a show Zorach had at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Very Good binding / near Very Good dust jacket.
IUnyi chitatel. [Issues 2, 4-11, 13-15, and 17-24 for 1926]

IUnyi chitatel. [Issues 2, 4-11, 13-15, and 17-24 for 1926]

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IUnyi chitatel. [Issues 2, 4-11, 13-15, and 17-24 for 1926]
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McBlain Books (United States)
Condition
Good
Description
Riga: Izd-vo "Salamandra, 1926. Paperback. Good. Softcover in original wrappers. 27cm. Cover browning. Mostly modest wear although some issues are rather worn. A twice-monthly Russian-language periodical published 1925-1926 in Latvia while the Baltic states were independent between the two World Wars. Short stories ranged from science fiction to Christmas tales. Other regular features included Stamps, Boy Scouts, Projects around the House, What's on the Radio, Photography, Contests and Puzzles. Each issue also contained a few pages of advertisements for such items as Halava, sport and ballet shoes, "Salamander" publications, etc.
The Little Minister

The Little Minister by Barrie, James M.

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Title
The Little Minister
Author
Barrie, James M.
Seller
Royoung bookseller, Inc. (United States)
Condition
20th century full tan calf. Aeg. Fine in very good matching cloth slipcase
Description
London: Cassell & Co, 1891. First edition. Hardcover. 20th century full tan calf. Aeg. Fine in very good matching cloth slipcase. 232, 239, 232 pages 19 x 13 cm. Bound by Baynton of Bath. 12 pages of publisher ads end of Vol. ! with original cloth covers and spines laid-in. First book form edition. First published serially in "Good Words" magazine the same year, 1891. Considered Barrie's best work, one of several of his novels based in the fictional town of Thrums, modeled after Barrie's home village of Kirriemuir. Raised bands, spines richly gilt, green and tan spine labels, inner dentelles, marbled enpapers.
Undercover Girl (Original publicity photograph from the 1950 film noir)

Undercover Girl (Original publicity photograph from the 1950 film noir) by Alexis Smith, Royal Dano, Scott Brady, Richard Egan, Gerald Mohr (starring); Joseph Pevney (director); Harry Essex (screenwriter)

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Undercover Girl (Original publicity photograph from the 1950 film noir)
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Alexis Smith, Royal Dano, Scott Brady, Richard Egan, Gerald Mohr (starring); Joseph Pevney (director); Harry Essex (screenwriter)
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Royal Books (United States)
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Universal City: Universal Pictures, 1950. Vintage publicity photograph from the 1950 film noir, showing actress Alexis Smith. A young woman joins the police department in order to find and stop the killer responsible for her father's death. Actor Royal Dano's film debut. From the archive of noted Hollywood still photographer Ray Jones. Born in Wisconsin on January 1, 1901, Jones worked for Paramount Pictures in the early 1930s, and went on to be the head of the still photography department at Universal Pictures in 1935, where he worked well into the 1950s. Set in New York City. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Grant US. Selby US. Spicer US.
Lewis Baltz: The Prototype Works (First Edition)

Lewis Baltz: The Prototype Works (First Edition) by [Lewis Baltz] Matthew S. Witkovsky

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Lewis Baltz: The Prototype Works (First Edition)
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[Lewis Baltz] Matthew S. Witkovsky
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Royal Books (United States)
ISBN
9780865592414
Description
Gottingen: Steidl, 2010. First Edition. Softcover. First Edition. As New. Fine and unread in a Fine dust jacket. Still in publisher's shrinkwrap.
Point of Terror (Four original photographs from the 1971 film)

Point of Terror (Four original photographs from the 1971 film) by Alex Nicol (director); Peter Carpenter (screenwriter, starring); Dyanne Thorne (starring); Ernest A. Charles, Chris Marconi, Tony Crechales (screenwriter)

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Point of Terror (Four original photographs from the 1971 film)
Author
Alex Nicol (director); Peter Carpenter (screenwriter, starring); Dyanne Thorne (starring); Ernest A. Charles, Chris Marconi, Tony Crechales (screenwriter)
Seller
Royal Books (United States)
Description
Beverly Hills, CA: Crown International Pictures, 1971. Four vintage studio still photographs from the 1971 film. A man starts having an affair with a married woman he meets on a beach. Unbeknownst to him, she previously murdered the wife of her current husband when she first began having an affair with him. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus.
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Laws and Resolutions Passed By the General Assembly of the State of North Carolina at the Special Session, Begun and Held in the City of Raleigh on the First of July, 1868 by -

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Laws and Resolutions Passed By the General Assembly of the State of North Carolina at the Special Session, Begun and Held in the City of Raleigh on the First of July, 1868
Author
-
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Appledore Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Collectible; Very Good
Description
Raleigh: The State of North Carolina, 1868. Full-Leather. Collectible; Very Good. 1868 1st thus. Octavo, clean and tight and VG. Bound in publisher's full leather, red leather spine label, compartments. Light scuffing at the panels and light fraying at the spine.
Piero e Urbino, Piero e le Corti rinascimentali

Piero e Urbino, Piero e le Corti rinascimentali

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Piero e Urbino, Piero e le Corti rinascimentali
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Kenneth Mallory Bookseller. ABAA (United States)
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Very Good
Description
Venice: Marsilio, 1992. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. 531 page exhibition catalog with publisher's errata. Text in Italian.
A Test of Poetry

A Test of Poetry by ZUKOFSKY, Louis

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Title
A Test of Poetry
Author
ZUKOFSKY, Louis
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Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (United States)
Condition
Near Fine
Description
New York: Jargon / Corinth Books, 1964. Softcover. Near Fine. First printing by this publisher. Octavo. vii, 165pp. Printed wrappers. Advance Review Copy with slip laid in. Spine sunned, else near fine.
Hurricane pictures of greater Fall River

Hurricane pictures of greater Fall River

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Hurricane pictures of greater Fall River
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Rulon-Miller Books (United States)
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Fall River: Herald News, September, 1938. 8vo, pp. 64; illustrations of destruction throughout; covers lightly rubbed, else very good, clean, and sound. The famed hurricane of September 21, 1938 which ravaged Rhode Island and nearby Massachusetts.
The Police by Slawomir Mrozek the author of Tango and Out at Sea [handbill]

The Police by Slawomir Mrozek the author of Tango and Out at Sea [handbill]

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The Police by Slawomir Mrozek the author of Tango and Out at Sea [handbill]
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Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Description
Berkeley: International House :: The Playhouse Repertory Theatre of San Francisco, 1964. Handbill. 8.5x7.5 inch handbill; illus., slight toning, else very good.
Saturday Afternoon At The Bijou
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Saturday Afternoon At The Bijou by ZINMAN, David

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Title
Saturday Afternoon At The Bijou
Author
ZINMAN, David
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Argosy Book Store (United States)
ISBN
9780870001970
Description
New York: castle books, 1973. hardcover. Illustrated. 511pp. 8vo, cloth-backed boards. N.Y.: Castle Books, 1973. Very good. DUP in Drama-Very good copy in a good tattered dust wrapper.

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