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Little Metamorphoses changing costumes

Little Metamorphoses changing costumes

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$2,200.00
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Seller: Eclectibles
Title
Little Metamorphoses changing costumes
Seller
Eclectibles (United States)
Condition
Very good. Minor toning, dust soiling, minor stains. Lacks torso panel number 9.
Description
Germany, 1830. Very good. Minor toning, dust soiling, minor stains. Lacks torso panel number 9.. An attractive and engaging children's transformation game comprised of three sections-- head, torso, and bottom-- in which multiple panels can be exchange to reveal new costumes and characters. This particular game, "Little Metamorphoses", was designed for both English and French audiences. In total there are 29 panels, each with a printed number pasted to the verso of the card. This set lacks torso panel 9, but is otherwise complete. Each completed figure measures approx. 7" by 4". Panels housed in modern custom made cloth box measuring 7.5" by 4.5" by 0.5" Similar card transformation games were popular in the first half of the nineteenth century; Ackermann produced a similar version in London with male and female caricature types ("Changeable Ladies", 1819, and "Changeable Gentlemen", 1818).
Lettres cabalistiques,

Lettres cabalistiques, by Boyer d'Argens, Jean Baptiste de, Marquis .

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Seller: Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio
Title
Lettres cabalistiques,
Author
Boyer d'Argens, Jean Baptiste de, Marquis .
Seller
Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio (United States)
Condition
Good
Description
La Haye: Pierre Paupie, 1741. Nouvelle édition, augmentée de LXXX nouvelles lettres..... Good. Six volumes 12mo (16 cm). Title pages in red and black. Vignettes on title pages. Frontispiece portrait and full-page engraved allegory of Truth lifting the veil that conceals the Afterlife. Bound in full mottled calf, spines in six compartments decorated with gilt. Marbled edges and endleaves. Title labels no longer present. Spine ends worn and joints tender. Corners reinforced. Text clean, sound, and entire. Reference: Caillet, 1605. Second, much enlarged edition of this anti-clerical, anti-religious epistolary fiction (non-narrative novel?) that was slapped onto the Index within a year of publication. Particularly venomous toward the Jesuit order.
The Harp of a Thousand Strings; or Laughter for a Lifetime

The Harp of a Thousand Strings; or Laughter for a Lifetime by Carroll, Lewis

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$175.00
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Seller: Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc.
Title
The Harp of a Thousand Strings; or Laughter for a Lifetime
Author
Carroll, Lewis
Seller
Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc. (United States)
Description
New York (1858): Dick & Fitzgerald. First Edition. S. P. Avery. octavo, 268 pages, 4 pages ads; publisher's pictorial rust colored cloth, printed in gilt; yellow end papers. Contains the Lewis Carroll story "Novelty and Romancement" on pages 188-194. Wear at extremities, one loose signature, but very good. Internally clean and bright.
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The Believer, Issue 46

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$70.00
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Seller: Books Tell You Why, Inc.
Title
The Believer, Issue 46
Seller
Books Tell You Why, Inc. (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
McSweeney's. Very Good. 2007. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. Very Good. Slight shelf-wear to edges of cover and head / tail of spine. Subscription card correct to the issue IS present. ; Volume 5, Number 6. .
Put on the Spot

Put on the Spot by Lait, Jack

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Seller: ReadInk
Title
Put on the Spot
Author
Lait, Jack
Seller
ReadInk (United States)
Condition
Very Good+
Description
New York: Grosset & Dunlap. Very Good+. (c.1930). First Edition. Hardcover. (no dust jacket) [spine moderately turned, but otherwise only lightly worn, with couple of vertical puckers in the spine cloth and a touch of dust-soiling to the top of the text block; old gift inscription (non-authorial) on front endpaper]]. Could one make a case, I wonder, for Jack Lait (1883-1954) as the "forgotten man" among hard-boiled writers of the 1920s and 1930s? Best-known for his co-authorship with Lee Mortimer of the "Confidential" volumes ("Chicago Confidential," "Washington Confidential," "New York Confidential" and of course "U.S.A. Confidential"), he had a Ben Hecht-ish background as a journalist, playwright and short-story writer, and made several notable contributions to the "gangster lit" genre of his era. He published a couple of books of short stories (with evocative titles like "Beef, Iron and Wine" and "Gus the Bus and Evelyn, the Exquisite Checker") prior to 1920, and in the early talkies era penned the novelizations of the screenplays for THE BROADWAY MELODY, THE BIG HOUSE and BEAST OF THE CITY. He also turned out a number of original novels (including this one) published by Grosset & Dunlap, which have always been more or less overlooked as literary works. "Put on the Spot," a tale about a high-living gangster named Goldie Gorio, has the additional distinction of being the only one of his novels to actually be adapted for the screen -- as BAD COMPANY, by RKO in 1931. Includes a quite extensive 17-page "Underworld Glossary" at the back of the book. .

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