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Scarce, iconic, & fantastic Abraham Lincoln lithograph cartoon,The Political Gymnasium

Scarce, iconic, & fantastic Abraham Lincoln lithograph cartoon,�The Political Gymnasium by [Abraham Lincoln] [Louis Mauer?]

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Seller: Seth Kaller, Inc.
Title
Scarce, iconic, & fantastic Abraham Lincoln lithograph cartoon,�The Political Gymnasium
Author
[Abraham Lincoln] [Louis Mauer?]
Seller
Seth Kaller, Inc. (United States)
Description
Scarce, iconic, & fantastic lithograph Abraham Lincoln cartoon, The Political Gymnasium [Abraham Lincoln] [Louis Mauer?] The Political Gymnasium. New York: Currier & Ives, 1860. Lithograph broadside, 18 x 13-1/2 inches. This scarce and iconic lithograph is a detailed, humorous "parody on the field of presidential candidates and their supporters in the 1860 campaign." Bell and Everett, for the Constitutional Union Party, are there: Bell, a muscle man, holds Everett aloft on a barbell. Horace Greeley struggles to do a pull-up in his effort to gain the New York governorship, while Lincoln is easily astride his own bar (wooden rails) offering helpful advice: "You must do as I did, Greely, get somebody to give you a boost. I'm sure I never could have got up here by my own efforts." The New York Courier's James Watson Webb does a backward somersault in the foreground. The broadside evidently issued after the parties' nominating Conventions, because Seward is depicted as a cripple, "on crutches and with bandaged feet." Breckinridge and Douglas, "the two sectional Democratic candidates compete in a boxing match." Auction records for the last couple of years show a colored example with trimmed right margin selling for $8,125 and a nice but sooty uncolored example for $5,250. (Both sold by Heritage.) Measures 18 x 13-1/2 in. and is an ideal candidate for framing. Overall Near Fine. Professionally cleaned & mended. (Closed tear crosses most of Seward's midsection.)
Drunken Angel (Original screenplay for the 1948 film noir)

Drunken Angel (Original screenplay for the 1948 film noir) by Akira Kurosawa (director, screenwriter); Keinosuke Uekusa (screenwriter); Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura (starring)

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Seller: Royal Books
Title
Drunken Angel (Original screenplay for the 1948 film noir)
Author
Akira Kurosawa (director, screenwriter); Keinosuke Uekusa (screenwriter); Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura (starring)
Seller
Royal Books (United States)
Description
Tokyo: Toho Company, 1948. Draft script for the 1948 Japanese film noir. Text and titles in Japanese. The first of sixteen film collaborations between director Akira Kurosawa and actor Toshiro Mifune. Kurosawa's seventh film saw him exploring the inter workings and motivations of the yakuza and machismo. Censorship was tight regarding the occupation, forbidding criticism of Americans, leading Kurosawa to slip in references to the US presence in Japan, satirizing jazz, "pan pan" girls (unlicensed prostitutes catering to American soldiers), and Western clothing and hairstyles. Set in the slums of postwar Japan. White titled wrappers. Approximately 40 leaves, with last page of text numbered 79. Mimeograph duplication, printed on rectos and versos. Pages Very Good plus, wrapper Very Good plus, covered in a protective plastic wrapping from when the script was used during filming, side stapled. BFI 638. Criterion Collection 413. Grant Japan.
HISTORY OF A CRIME AGAINST THE FOOD LAW

HISTORY OF A CRIME AGAINST THE FOOD LAW by Wiley, Harvey W. M.D.

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HISTORY OF A CRIME AGAINST THE FOOD LAW
Author
Wiley, Harvey W. M.D.
Seller
Type Punch Matrix (United States)
Condition
Very good.
Description
Washington D.C.: Harvey W. Wiley,. M.D., 1929. First printing. Very good.. Inscribed first edition of the "most important book ever written in America to protect American citizens from fraudulent practices against their food and drugs" (Clinton R. Miller), written by the first commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration. The self-published account of one of the most consequential consumer protection laws ever passed in the US - the 1906 Food and Drug Act - written by one of its most famous proponents. Wiley details the battles and opposition to the law (both historic and ongoing), as well as arguing strenuously for strengthening the act's enforcement mechanisms. As writer Deborah Blum noted in her 2018 biography of Wiley: "When the landmark 1906 Food and Drug Act was finally passed, it was known across the land, as 'Dr. Wiley's Law.'" This copy was signed on the last day before Wiley's retirement from public life, which was widely announced in newspapers nationwide as commencing on Jan. 1st of 1930. An interesting copy of a significant book. 8'' x 5.25''. Original black cloth with gold stamped titles. xiv, 414 pages. Inscribed by Wiley on the title page: "To Mrs. S.W. Davidson / With the sincerest re- / gards of the author / Harvey W. Wiley / December 31st, 1929." Spine titles faded. Some fraying to cloth at head and tail, rubbing to joints. Slight lean, minor shelfwear. Overall, sound.
SERVANTS WITH TORCHES

SERVANTS WITH TORCHES by Windham, Donald; Cadmus, Paul

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SERVANTS WITH TORCHES
Author
Windham, Donald; Cadmus, Paul
Seller
Type Punch Matrix (United States)
Condition
Good in very good plus jacket.
Description
(New York): (n.p.), 1955. First printing. Good in very good plus jacket.. Rare limited signed first edition of this story privately printed by the author's partner Sandy Campbell and illustrated with a signed and numbered serigraph by Paul Cadmus. Windham was a close friend of Truman Capote and Tennessee Williams and an acquaintance of E.M. Forster, Joseph Cornell, Gore Vidal, Montgomery Clift, and Paul Cadmus - at whose studio he first met Sandy Campbell - among many other notable figures in literature and the arts. His several novels, memoirs, and short stories earned him the admiration of André Gide and Thomas Mann, and his "early and fearless representation of gay characters in his fiction has made works like Two People and the short story "Servants With Torches" essential reading in Queer Studies classes" (The Story of Windham and Campbell, Windham-Campbell Prizes, Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Yale University). Many copies of the already small limited edition were destroyed by water, with most of the few surviving copies showing some signs of water damage, as here. Rare and important. 10.25'' x 7''. Original black pictorial cloth. Black endpapers. In original black paper dust jacket. 24 pages. Original silk screened illustration by Paul Cadmus, numbered 56 and signed by the artist. Tissue guard detached but intact and present. Edition of 117 copies; this copy no. 56. Signed by Windham below limitation statement. Front joint starting, some loss to spine. Water damage to endpapers and gutters throughout, as common. Minor scuffing to jacket.
THE ENCHANTED CASTLE

THE ENCHANTED CASTLE by Zelinsky, Paul O.; Nesbit, E.

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THE ENCHANTED CASTLE
Author
Zelinsky, Paul O.; Nesbit, E.
Seller
Type Punch Matrix (United States)
ISBN
9780688054359
Condition
Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
Description
New York: William Morrow & Company, Inc, 1992. Near fine in near fine dust jacket.. First Zelinsky-illustrated edtion of this magical tale of three children who discover a strange castle and an enchanted wishing ring when exploring the forest one day. Paul O. Zelinsky is a children's book chameleon. He notes that his art is "recognized by [its] unrecocognizability," and his output exhibits delightful variety: from simple pop-up books to illustrations inspired by the high Renaissance, he has a title for every aesthetic taste (DETROIT FREE PRESS). Zelinsky has earned a Caldecott Medal and three Caldecott Honors. 9'' x 6.5''. Original green cloth boards. Original unclipped (no price) color pictorial dust jacket. Yellow topstain. Color pictorial endpapers of historical objects on shelves. Illustrated in color. 294 pages. Jacket with mild wear. Binding with a hint of edgewear, a couple tiny spots of soil. Interior clean and bright.
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La Monacologia ossia descrizione metodica de frati by [VON BORN, Ignaz Edler]

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Title
La Monacologia ossia descrizione metodica de frati
Author
[VON BORN, Ignaz Edler]
Seller
Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts (United States)
Description
Cagliari: Efisio Firanu, 1848. Original printed wrappers. Some minor foxing, otherwise fine. A whimsical satire on monastic life, written as a Linnaean classification. First published in Latin in 1783, the text is comprised of entries for twelve holy orders, with a physical description, differences between male and female species (monks and nuns), habitat, diet, and purpose (for example, “Too fat for use, born only to eat and drink”). An epigraph written by Linnaeus about insects and adapted to the present work opens the book. Published anonymously for obvious reasons, this title is attributed to Austrian mineralogist and metallurgist Ignatius von Born, who is best remembered for his catalog of fossils and minerals in the Raab collection.
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Étude medico-légale sur l’infanticide by TARDIEU, Ambroise

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Title
Étude medico-légale sur l’infanticide
Author
TARDIEU, Ambroise
Seller
Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts (United States)
Description
Paris: Bailliere, 1868. With 2 full-page and 1 folding stipple engraved plates, 2 completed in fine contemporary hand-color. Contemporary half gilt green sheep over marbled boards, old manuscript shelf labels, bookbinder ticket affixed to the front pastedown, stamps of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. In good condition. First edition of this forensic analysis of infanticide. The text describes ways of determining if a newborn was born alive, different forms of infanticide (suffocation, head injury, strangulation, drowning, discarding in trash, fire), and the criminal pathology of mothers who kill their babies. It includes instructions for performing autopsies. The final section is comprised of case studies. The plates at the end of the volume show the organs and bones of babies who were both stillborn and killed after birth.
Zhuangzi Nan hua jing jie 莊子南華經解

Zhuangzi Nan hua jing jie 莊子南華經解 by Zhuangzi; Ying Maogong 莊子, 穎茂公

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Title
Zhuangzi Nan hua jing jie 莊子南華經解
Author
Zhuangzi; Ying Maogong 莊子, 穎茂公
Seller
Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Description
n.p.: Shang gu shan fang, 1914. Paperback. Four slender lithographed volumes bound with thread in traditional format, title label on the first volume, paper toned, otherwise very good, in a wrap-around case. Gives date of 1914 but may be a 1920s reprint. Explication of the writings of Zhuangzi.
Amnesty for Portuguese democrats in prison or exile

Amnesty for Portuguese democrats in prison or exile

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Title
Amnesty for Portuguese democrats in prison or exile
Seller
Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Description
Bruxelles: International Association of Democratic Lawyers, 1962. Pamphlet. 11p. pamphlet, creased from folding into quarters, 8x10.5 inches. On dissidents exiled by the right-wing Portuguese regime.
Partida y Ausencia

Partida y Ausencia by Zapata, Miguel Angel, introduction by Aurelio Guirao

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Title
Partida y Ausencia
Author
Zapata, Miguel Angel, introduction by Aurelio Guirao
Seller
Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB (United States)
ISBN
9788435903677
Description
Madrid: Editorial Playor, 1984. Paperback. 62p., text in Spanish, very good first edition trade paperback in pictorial wraps. Playor Nueva Poesia. Peruvian American poet.
The Decline of American Liberalism

The Decline of American Liberalism by Aronowitz, Stanley

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Title
The Decline of American Liberalism
Author
Aronowitz, Stanley
Seller
Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Description
npl: Socialist Scholars Conference, 1986. pp. 53-76, 5.5x8.5 inch pamphlet, reprinted from New Politics 1986; very good. Socialist Scholars Conference, Pamphlet Series.
Takizawa Bakin

Takizawa Bakin by Zolbrod, Leon M.

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Seller: Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
Title
Takizawa Bakin
Author
Zolbrod, Leon M.
Seller
Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Description
New York: Twayne Publishers, Inc, 1967. Hardcover. 162p., first edition of the first Bakin biography in English; hardbound in bright red plastikoid gilt. Text-paper is quite acidic and is toned, but not yet fragile, the top edge of textblock is flecked with dust and foxing. Sound, clean and unmarked, a good copy of a book mis-designed in press, but not just "a reading copy" -- the only sort of copy. Twayne's World Authors Series 20.
Venetian Palaces

Venetian Palaces by Zorzi, Alvise. Photography by Paolo Marton. Translated from Italian by John G. Harper. Editing, bibliography and index by Beatrice Simonutti and Rodolfo Illich

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Title
Venetian Palaces
Author
Zorzi, Alvise. Photography by Paolo Marton. Translated from Italian by John G. Harper. Editing, bibliography and index by Beatrice Simonutti and Rodolfo Illich
Seller
White Fox Rare Books and Antiques (United States)
Condition
New
Description
New York: Rizzoli, 1990. First Edition Thus (In English). Cloth. New/New. Folio, 33 by 27 cm. 537 pp. Profusely and richly illustrated with spectacular photographs principally but also some images of prints, maps, etc. The survey captures the Venice of fantasy, taking us into interiors mostly inaccessible to the tourist. The book has previously been unused and is essentially new. It does have a short red magic marker line on lower edge right by spine tip -- the typical mark of a remainder book. In our view, the mark is inconspicuous and will not disconcert most collectors.
SANDY HOOK: LIGHT-SHIP

SANDY HOOK: LIGHT-SHIP by HARPER'S WEEKLY

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SANDY HOOK: LIGHT-SHIP
Author
HARPER'S WEEKLY
Seller
Antic Hay Books (United States)
Description
1879. [HARPER'S WEEKLY]. SANDY HOOK, 1879: LIGHT-SHIP. A half-page, hand-colored engraving on a page form the September 27, 1879 issue of "Harper's Weekly" showing showing the Sandy Hook Light-ship, as drawn by F.S. Cozzens. $75.00.
Buckeye cover standardized paper

Buckeye cover standardized paper

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Buckeye cover standardized paper
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Rulon-Miller Books (United States)
Description
St. Paul: McClellan Paper Company, 1950. Oblong 8vo, unpaginated; original linen-backed pictorial paper wrappers, light foxing and sunning to back wrapper, else fine; interior fine. Provides sample papers demonstrating color, texture, weights, and finishes, with a duplex color swatch at the back. "Butler Brands Paper" printed on the cover. Not in OCLC.
The Story of Henri Tod [Signed]

The Story of Henri Tod [Signed] by William F. Buckley, Jr.

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Title
The Story of Henri Tod [Signed]
Author
William F. Buckley, Jr.
Seller
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1984. Very Good/Very Good. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1984. Book Club Edition. Signed by Buckley at half title, "Cordially, William F. Buckley." Octavo. 217 pp. Illustrated dust jacket. Brown boards stamped in gilt. Dust jacket lightly worn and creased along edges with toning to spine. Boards shelfworn and binding is sound. Top edge of text block a trifle stained but interior unmarked. A Very Good copy of the fifth novel in the Blackford Oakes series.
Bibliography Of Forest Service Range, Wildlife And Fish Habitat, And Related Research Publications: 1977-89

Bibliography Of Forest Service Range, Wildlife And Fish Habitat, And Related Research Publications: 1977-89 by Wolters, Gale L.

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Title
Bibliography Of Forest Service Range, Wildlife And Fish Habitat, And Related Research Publications: 1977-89
Author
Wolters, Gale L.
Seller
Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA (United States)
Description
U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, 1990. Paperback. 288pp. Quarto [28 cm] Yellow and black illustrated wraps. Very good plus. The spine and surrounding areas are very subtly faded. There is a previous owner's name on the top edge of the front cover. The pages are clean and bright. U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service Bibliographies and Literature of Agriculture No. 95.
The Return of Tarzan

The Return of Tarzan by Burroughs, Edgar Rice

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Title
The Return of Tarzan
Author
Burroughs, Edgar Rice
Seller
Brenner's Collectable Books (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
London: Methuen & Co, 1920. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 12mo., 246pp. Solid Stated Seventh Edition, (British), of the second Tarzan adventure. Bound in red cloth with titles and borders in black on front board and spine. Square and tight with very moderate shelf-wear. Boards and pages well-toned. Small name on front end-paper. Attractive unclipped, though unpriced, dust-jacket, (2/- net on spine panel), has rubbing along edges, folds and tips. A couple of tiny nicks and closed tears. Rear panel toned. Still bright and complete. Not perfect but a presentable collectable copy at a great price.

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