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De la Démocratie en Amérique (Presentation copy) by de Tocqueville, Alexis

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Seller: Whitmore Rare Books

Title: De la Démocratie en Amérique (Presentation copy)
Author: de Tocqueville, Alexis
Seller: Whitmore Rare Books (United States)
Description: Paris: Pagnerre, 1850. Thirteenth edition. Revised, corrected and augmented with a comparative examination of democracy in the United States and Switzerland, and an appendix. Text in French. Inscribed by the author: "à M. Courbis offert par l'auteur AT." Bound in a contemporary French binding of green quarter morocco over paper boards, marbled end-papers. Two volumes bound together in one, collating: viii, 512; viii, 476. Binding with slight chipping at the head of the spine, otherwise in excellent condition. Besides the present example, only one other inscribed copy of this 1850 revised edition can be found in the auction record, selling for 11,875 euro in 2013. De Tocqueville's seminal work on American government, first printed the same year in Paris. De Tocqueville, a French aristocrat, visited America between 1831 and 1832, ostensibly to study the penal system, although his interest was considerably broader. It seems logical that France would look to America as a beacon of hope for a successful democracy. After France embraced the goals of equality and democracy in 1789 at the start of the French Revolution, it found itself first in a dictatorship under Napoleon and then in one constitutional monarchy after another during the years following. De Tocqueville's astute observation of several aspects of American society and culture provides an invaluable lens of foreign perspective on our young nation's political growth. Democracy in America was an immediate and sustained success. Almost from the beginning it enjoyed the reputation of being the most acute and perceptive discussion of the political and social life of the United States ever published. Whether perceived as a textbook of American political institutions, an investigation of society and culture, a probing of the psyche of the United States, or a study of the actions of modern democratic society, the book has maintained its place high within the pantheon of political writing. "No better study of a nation's institutions and culture than Tocqueville's Democracy in America has ever been written by a foreign observer; none perhaps as good" (The New York Times). Library of Congress: A Passion for Liberty, Alexis de Tocqueville on Democracy & Revolution (Washington, 1989).

The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club by Dickens, Charles

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Title: The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club
Author: Dickens, Charles
Seller: Whitmore Rare Books (United States)
Condition: Near Fine
Description: London: Chapman and Hall, 1837. First edition. Near Fine. Bound in the publisher's full crushed purple morocco, all edges gilt. Stamped in gilt on the spine and with blind rules on the boards and spine. With original yellow-coated end papers. A lovely, Near Fine copy overall. One spot of offsetting on the first couple leaves, otherwise quite clean internally. The book complete and entirely unrestored. Collating [xvi], 609, [1], complete with half title and 43 inserted plates. A few of Hatton and Cleaver's first issue points to the later half of text; all plates in the Phiz states and with the later Chapman & Hall imprints. Given that the early parts continued to be reprinted (and corrected) while the later parts were produced, it is common for the cloth-bound (or publisher's morocco-bound copies) to have most of the earlier misprints corrected, as here. Dickens' first novel, showcasing his astounding talent for sketching charming, sympathetic characters, helped to launch his career. "Its main literary value and appeal was formed by its numerous memorable characters...The Pickwick Papers are mostly a series of humorous misadventures, with a bit of satire, that give some insight into the mores of Victorian society. You can witness Dickens here working on a few prototypes that will show up in later novels...you also see his social consciousness manifesting itself" (Inverarity). An important early work that remains beloved by Dickens' fans for its sensationalism and humor. Near Fine.

Ten Chinese Gouache Paintings on Pith Paper of Ceremonial, Pedagogical and Domestic Scenes

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Seller: White Fox Rare Books and Antiques

Title: Ten Chinese Gouache Paintings on Pith Paper of Ceremonial, Pedagogical and Domestic Scenes
Seller: White Fox Rare Books and Antiques (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very Good. Especially bright pith or rice paper paintings. N.d., circa early to mid-19th century. Oblong, 23 by 33 cm. The paintings are 19 by 28 cm within the blue paper framing. The paintings include one showing religious observance before a shrine, an audience in a nobleman's receiving chamber, a servant bathing a bay while another serves a cup of tea, students studying, a woman breast feeding, an elderly man being carried in a chaise, etc. All the artwork is both simple yet highly detailed and nuanced, and the album is of extraordinary beauty, with the colors rich, deep and luminous. With the usual minor losses to the rice paper. Front board has a crack.

Letters to Various Persons by Thoreau, Henry David

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Seller: B & B Rare Books, Ltd., ABAA

Title: Letters to Various Persons
Author: Thoreau, Henry David
Seller: B & B Rare Books, Ltd., ABAA (United States)
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1865 Edited by Ralph Waldo Emerson. First edition, first printing, in Blanck's "A" binding. One of 2,130 copies. Publisher's brown cloth, with wreath illustrations stamped in blind, spine lettered in gilt, and brown coated endpapers. Near fine, with light toning to spine and bottom margin of front board, light wear to spine ends, some ink staining to verso of front free endpaper, and text outlined in ink on pp. 74-77. Overall, a sturdy and attractive copy. BAL 20116. Letters to Various Persons is Thoreau's sixth book and the fourth to be published posthumously. Specifically, it is a collection of Thoreau's letters to his friends, written from 1840-1862. As Emerson notes in his preface, "Nearly all the letters have been printed directly from the original autographs furnished by the persons to whom they were addressed" and clarifies that "the letters have been printed as they stood, with very few verbal corrections." Additionally, Letters contains nine poems, including "Sympathy," "Mountains," "Smoke," "Smoke in Winter," and "Haze," among others. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine.

A View from the Bridge, Two One-Act Plays by Miller, Arthur

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Title: A View from the Bridge, Two One-Act Plays
Author: Miller, Arthur
Seller: B & B Rare Books, Ltd., ABAA (United States)
Condition: Near Fine
Description: New York: The Viking Press, 1955 First edition, first printing. Presentation copy, signed and inscribed by Miller to American theater critic and editor Otis Guernsey Jr. on front free endpaper: "For Otis Guernsey / With my respect / Arthur Miller." Publisher's red cloth and red patterned boards, with spine lettered in white; in the original black dust jacket designed by Robert Hallock, with a red bridge illustration to the front panel, lettered in white and red. About fine book, with some offsetting to endpapers, and a couple of small bumps to board edges; good or better unclipped dust jacket, with light fading to spine, a couple of minor scratches to front panel, light soiling to spine and rear panel, small closed tear to bottom edge of rear panel, and light spotting to jacket flaps. Overall, a great presentation copy. From Otis Guernsey Jr.'s personal library. A View from the Bridge tells the story of Italian American Eddie Carbone as he harbors two family members who have immigrated to the United States illegally. The play first appeared as a one-act play alongside A Memory of Two Mondays, and was produced by Martin Ritt on September 29, 1955 at the Coronet Theatre in New York. Despite Miller's reverence for the format of the one-act play, he later revised and extended A View From a Bridge so that it consisted of two acts. Otis Guernsey Jr. (1918 - 2001) was an influential American theater critic and editor, who worked at the New York Herald Tribune for 19 years (1941 - 1960), moving up the ranks from copy boy to drama critic and arts editor. From 1964 to 2000, he edited 36 volumes of the highly respected Best Plays Theater Yearbook series and released highly regarded annual lists of his 10 favorite plays of the year. A member of the New York Drama Critics Circle, Pulitzer Committee for Drama, and Tony Award nominating committee, he was inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame in 2001. Otis Guernsey Jr. was a big proponent of Miller's work. In a New York Times article, he's quoted as saying that Miller's Death of a Salesman is "the best play written in my lifetime." Elaborating, he says, "'It shocked us all to realize that the American dream was not enough and that we never found what it was we should be pursuing" (Dec. 22, 1987). He also helped bring Death of a Salesman to television in 1966 while serving as a CBS consultant. . Inscribed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Dust Jacket Included.

100 Years of Negro Freedom by BONTEMPS Arna

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Title: 100 Years of Negro Freedom
Author: BONTEMPS Arna
Seller: Bauman Rare Books (United States)
Description: 1961. First Edition. Signed. BONTEMPS, Arna. 100 Years of Negro Freedom. New York: Dodd, Mead, 1961. Octavo, original blue cloth, original dust jacket. $1800.First edition of this cultural history, with eight pages of black-and-white photographic portraits, presentation copy inscribed in the year of publication by Bontemps on the front free endpaper: ""For John and Elise, becauseas the man saidthere are not many John Hopes anywhere, With all the best, Arna Bontemps, June 24, 1961. Fisk.""""Bontemps' historical interests also led him to write 100 Years of Negro Freedom (1961) and to edit Great Slave Narratives (1969) and The Harlem Renaissance Remembered (1972). He also edited a popular anthology, American Negro Poetry (1963), just in time for the black reawakening of the 1960s the impact of his work as poet, novelist, historian, children's writer, editor, and librarian is far greater than the sum of its parts. He played a major role in shaping modern African-American literature and had a wide-ranging influence on African-American culture of the latter half of the 20th century"" (ANB). Bontemps also served as the Librarian of Fisk University. Recipient John Hope II and his wife Elise were noted civil rights advocates; John's father was renowned civil rights activist John Hope, President of Morehouse College from 1909-36.Book fine, dust jacket with toned spine and minor soiling to rear panel, near-fine. A lovely inscribed copy with a nice provenance.

The Little White Bird by BARRIE, J.M.

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Title: The Little White Bird
Author: BARRIE, J.M.
Seller: Argosy Book Store (United States)
Condition: near fine
Description: London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1902. First. hardcover. near fine. 8vo, dark blue cloth. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1902. First Edition. The book that made the first mention of Peter Pan. Jean Hersholt bookplate inside cover; ownership signature , 1903. Near fine in a leather backed cloth slipcase.

Militant Graphic Art in Rumania

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Seller: Appledore Books, ABAA

Title: Militant Graphic Art in Rumania
Seller: Appledore Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Bucharest: Meridiane Publishing House, 1963. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. The 1963 1st edition of this first-rate collection of Rumanian militant graphic art. Clean and Near Fine (a touch of light offsetting at the endsheets) in a crisp, Near Fine dudstjacket, with very mild soiling to the rear panel and very faint wear at the spine ends. 194 examples (largely cartoons and posters) , from charcoals and inks to woodcuts to crisp, tipped-in, nicely-reproduced color plates. Followed by an informative biographical index and list of illustrations. The periods in the book are broken down into 1848-1921; 1921-August 1944; August 1944-1961. Edited by Jules Perahim, Vasile Kazar et al.

Colonial Ironwork in Old Philadelphia: The Craftsmanship of the Early Days of the Republic by Philip B. Wallace

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Title: Colonial Ironwork in Old Philadelphia: The Craftsmanship of the Early Days of the Republic
Author: Philip B. Wallace
Seller: Appledore Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition: Collectible; Very Good
Description: New York: Architectural Book Publishing Co, 1930. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. A solid copy of the 1930 1st edition. Tight and VG in a crisp, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket, with very light creasing at the spine crown. Tall quarto, 147 pgs., "measured" drawings by William Allen Dunn. Former owner bookplate and stamp at the front free endpaper, otherwise clean as could be, including the crisp black-and-white plates thruout.

Rhyme? and Reason by CARROLL, Lewis

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Seller: Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts

Title: Rhyme? and Reason
Author: CARROLL, Lewis
Seller: Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts (United States)
Description: New York: Macmillan, 1884. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. With 65 illustrations by Arthur B. Frost and 9 by Henry Holiday. Publisher’s red binding, author and title in gilt on front cover (with double-ruled borders) and spine; interior excellent. First American edition, published in London the prior year. The text is made up of poems chiefly republished from Phantasmagoria but renewed with the wonderful Frost illustrations. Included are a few newly published poems and riddles. See Williams, Madan, Green, 160.

]RICHMOND] [ARCHITECTURE] THE WORK OF WILLIAM LAWRENCE BOTTOMLEY IN RICHMOND by William B O’Neal.; Christopher Weeks

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Title: ]RICHMOND] [ARCHITECTURE] THE WORK OF WILLIAM LAWRENCE BOTTOMLEY IN RICHMOND
Author: William B O’Neal.; Christopher Weeks
Seller: Black Swan Books, Inc. (United States)
ISBN: 9780813910468
Condition: Very Good binding
Description: Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1985. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. Quarto; in the publisher’s tan cloth backed in white linen; with dustjacket; xiv; [2] 3-262 pages including the Index; some foxing to the binding; a bit of toning to the jacket; a previous owner’s inscription on the front end paper. ~~Richmond is graced with examples of true architectural grace and beauty, many designed by William Lawrence Bottomley. A nice copy of this important monograph on Bottomley’s designs in Richmond. Very Good binding / Very Good dust jacket.

For the Millions of Men Now Under Arms (Lot of 7 Issues) by Young Men's Christian Associations of North America, International Committee

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Title: For the Millions of Men Now Under Arms (Lot of 7 Issues)
Author: Young Men's Christian Associations of North America, International Committee
Seller: Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (United States)
Condition: Good (Wraps are generally worn/toned/scuffed/smudged; the front and rear cover of number three are detached; rear cover of numbe
Description: Not Identified: [Young Men's Christian Associations of North America, International Committee], 1915. Paperback. Good (Wraps are generally worn/toned/scuffed/smudged; the front and rear cover of number three are detached; rear cover of number 1 is missing; textblock edges are foxed; book may be crimped from folding; interiors are clean with occasional foxing or smudging.). White sewn wraps with black lettering; various paginations. Issues 1-4, 6, 11, 12 are included in this lot. This series was printed for allied military fighters in World War I by the YMCA. These were not published for the public until much later and some are stamped "Strictly Private -- Not to Be Printed." The Foreword to each issue reads, "The more than twenty millions of men in the armies of the countries now at war present one of the most remarkable opportunities for unselfish ministry which the world has ever known. The following extracts from recent letters and from other communications throw interesting side-lights on the Christ-like service being rendered by the Young Men's Christian Association and the Student Movement in camps, in trenches, in hospitals, and in prisons. It is earnestly requested that none of this material be reprinted or made public." -- John Mott.

Try Anything Once by Pendower, Jacques

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Seller: Brenner's Collectable Books

Title: Try Anything Once
Author: Pendower, Jacques
Seller: Brenner's Collectable Books (United States)
Condition: Fine
Description: London: Robert Hale, 1967. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo., 192pp. Sharp First Edition of this uncommon title. Bound black cloth with lettering in silver. Square, tight, and clean throughout with little or no wear. Remarkably no page toning. Equally attractive unclipped dust-jacket, (15/- net), is fresh and bright with no chipping, creases, or tears. A very pretty collectable copy of a surprisingly quite scarce book with no other copies currently available in the marketplace.

Britt-Marie Was Here: A Novel by Fredrik Backman

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Seller: Grayshelf Books, ABAA, IOBA

Title: Britt-Marie Was Here: A Novel
Author: Fredrik Backman
Seller: Grayshelf Books, ABAA, IOBA (United States)
ISBN: 9781501142536
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition/First Printing with the complete number line; A Fine book in a Fine dust jacket, with only slight shelf wear to the spine ends, else as new and unread. A beautiful copy of this novel, the author's 3rd published work, and a follow up to the spectacular "My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry"; uncommon in this condition and in the first printing. Not remaindered, not price clipped, not ex-library; in a protective Mylar sleeve and will ship carefully wrapped in a sturdy box.

The House Beautiful treasury of contemporary American homes. by Barry, J.

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Seller: J.B. Muns, Fine Arts Books

Title: The House Beautiful treasury of contemporary American homes.
Author: Barry, J.
Seller: J.B. Muns, Fine Arts Books (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: 12 pages of color illus. of Frank Lloyd Wright homes.

Three early titles from the series

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Seller: Rulon-Miller Books

Title: Three early titles from the series
Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (United States)
Description: v.p.: Wolfsong, 1978. 3 volumes, 8vo; nos. 1-2, and 4 from this series of American poetry chap books. Includes Peter Wild's "Gold Mines," William Kloefkorn's "Stocker," and Dorothy Dalton's "The Moon Rides Witness". All in original wrappers; fine. The first 2 titles published in Iola, Wisconsin; the third published in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. With original envelope in which these were mailed to Emerson G. Wulling of the Sumac Press with a short ALs (6 lines) from Wolfsong's R. Chris Walla concerning the series.

Le Livre de Mon Amour. Selections. Translated by A. L.

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Title: Le Livre de Mon Amour. Selections. Translated by A. L.
Seller: McBlain Books (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: Paris: Libraire Champes et Cie. New York, 1910. Very Good. 44 leaves printed on one side. Tied internally in limp leather binding. 12cm. We found no bibliographic information about this oddity which appears to have been typed and then reproduced on photostatic paper.

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