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A Prayer for the Traveler, the Sailor and the Carolingian Bishop in the 9th Century, the Text Likely Used to Pray for Charlemagne and his Descendants and Referencing the Parting of the Red Sea by Theology and Scripture|Before 1300|All Medieval Historical Documents

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Title: A Prayer for the Traveler, the Sailor and the Carolingian Bishop in the 9th Century, the Text Likely Used to Pray for Charlemagne and his Descendants and Referencing the Parting of the Red Sea
Author: Theology and Scripture|Before 1300|All Medieval Historical Documents
Seller: The Raab Collection (United States)
Description: 01/01/1025. It is fascinating to think that the men and women who said this prayer lived early enough to have perhaps lived concurrently with Charlemagne himself, who died in 814, but almost ertainly with his son Louis, who lived into the 840s. Documents of any import or interest from this early era are very uncommon The Rise of CharlemagneThe late eighth century saw a new power rising in Europe in the form of the empire of Charlemagne (747-814). Originally from the region of north-eastern France and the adjacent territories of the Low Countries, within a few decades most of Europe from the Channel to the Pyrenees, eastwards into much of Germany, and downwards into Italy had fallen under his sway. It is clear that he saw the correct fostering of religion, writing, reading and learning in general as a vehicle to give this unit a collective identity, remaking the Roman Empire as he saw it out of the fragmented and disparate communities left behind when that power structure fell in the fifth century.In 800, Charlemagne was crowned Emperor of the Romans by Pope Leo III, reviving the ancient imperial title in the West.Charlemagne’s only surviving legitimate son, Louis the Pious, inherited the entire empire. Louis was deeply religious and capable but lacked his father’s political and military authority. He ruled as Emperor (814–840) and sought to maintain unity, but his own reforms and family disputes soon undermined that goal.These conflicts ended with the Treaty of Verdun (843), which permanently divided Charlemagne’s empire into three main kingdoms: West Francia, ruled by Charles the Bald, became the foundation of modern France; East Francia, ruled by Louis the German, evolved into Germany; Middle Francia, ruled by Lothair I, included northern Italy, Burgundy, and the Low Countries; this area later fractured further.Louis the German ruled East Francia from 843-876, followed by Carloman of Bavaria, Louis the Younger, and Charles the Fat.Although politically divided, Charlemagne’s empire left a lasting legacy. The idea of a Christian emperor ruling Europe persisted, inspiring the later Holy Roman Empire (begun in 962 under Otto I). His reforms in education, administration, and law profoundly shaped medieval Europe.The Sacramentary was one of the oldest tools of the Western clergy. It combined the various readings needed for Masses and the liturgy in a single convenient volume for use by a bishop or a priest. The earliest examples to survive are the Leonine and Gelasian Sacramentaries, both with origins in the seventh century, but as with the Bible and other key Christian books the careful reform and correction of such texts was at the forefront of the earliest waves of the Carolingian renaissance. Between 781 and 791, Charlemagne wrote to Pope Hadrian I asking him for an approved copy of the service-book of the Roman Church. That was examined, added to on numerous occasions and disseminated, and became the Gregorian Sacramentary. It is likely to have been further added to in the provinces of Europe, and the text dominated liturgical practice for the next three centuries.Votive Masses for those on voyages and at sea, for one’s enemies, and for the Bishop and congregation. Reading in part: ""Almighty and everlasting God, who alone work great marvels, stretch forth upon your servant N., Bishop, and upon all the peoples committed to him the spirit of saving grace; and that they may truly be pleasing to you, pour upon them the continual dew of your blessing.... O God, Who didst bring our fathers through the Red Sea and didst guide them in safety through the overflowing waters, whilst they sang praises to Thy name, we humbly pray that Thou wouldst keep in safety Thy servants on board ship and grant them a calm voyage to the haven they desire... O God of infinite mercy and immeasurable majesty, whom neither the expanse of places nor the intervals of times separate from those whom you protect, be present to your servants who everywhere place their trust in you, and deign to be for them—through the whole journey they are about to undertake—a guide and a companion. Let nothing of adversity harm them; let nothing difficult stand in their way. Let all things be healthful for them, all things prosperous; and under the help of your right hand, may they swiftly obtain, with effect, whatever they seek with just desire.”Leaf, measuring 230 x 99 mm, blind-ruled for two columns of 27 lines, written in large and rounded Carolingian minuscule, rubrics in orange-red, recovered from reuse in a later binding.It is fascinating to think that the men and women who said this prayer lived early enough to have perhaps lived concurrently with Charlemagne who died in 814 but certainly with his son Louis. These changes would have been uttered at a time when the consolidation of their empire was a recent and not distant event and Charlemagne’s grandchild was on the throne. These were events of real import to them and had daily consequences.Our gratitude to manuscript expert Dr. Timothy Bolton, who aided in the research of this document.PROVENANCEProduced in an abbey within the Holy Roman EmpireCut up for use in a binding probably in the 16th centuryMaggs Bros, Catalogue 1002 [1980]Mark Lansburgh (1925–2013), teacher, hand-press printer, and book collector (on whom see Dutschke, 2024); presumably sold by him to:Neil F. Phillips (1924–1997), QC, of Montreal, New York, and Virginia: his MS 698; sold at Sotheby's, 2 December 1997, lot 42; bought by:The Boehlen Collection, Bern, MS 804.

In The American Grain by WILLIAMS, William Carlos

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Title: In The American Grain
Author: WILLIAMS, William Carlos
Seller: James S. Jaffe Rare Books LLC (United States)
Condition: Covers very slightly rubbed, otherwise a fine copy, in a handsome half-morocco slipcase
Description: N. Y.: Albert & Charles Boni, 1925. First edition of Williams' first trade publication. Wallace A9. Signed and dated at the time of publication on the front free endpaper by the author: "William Carlos Williams, Dec. 5, 1925." One of Williams' most important prose works, an imaginative appropriation of America: "only by making it my own from the beginning to my own day, in detail, should I ever have a basis for knowing where I stood" (Letter to Horace Gregory). Covers very slightly rubbed, otherwise a fine copy, in a handsome half-morocco slipcase. Tall 8vo, original black cloth. Covers very slightly rubbed, otherwise a fine copy, in a handsome half-morocco slipcase.

1870s–1880s Record Books of a Broker and Property Manager in Brooklyn, Including Entries about Intoxicated Assistants and “see[ing] about the Negroe’s” by [New York City – Real Estate – African-American History] Hill, Stephen F.

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Title: 1870s–1880s Record Books of a Broker and Property Manager in Brooklyn, Including Entries about Intoxicated Assistants and “see[ing] about the Negroe’s”
Author: [New York City – Real Estate – African-American History] Hill, Stephen F.
Seller: Auger Down Books (United States)
Condition: Overall very good.
Description: New York City, 1882. Five record books: May–Oct. 1874, 46pp, 8 x 12 ½ inches (appx. 13,000 words); Nov. 1874–Apr. 1875, 48pp, 7 ½ x 11 ¾ inches (appx. 10,000 words); Dec. 1875–Jun. 1876, 24pp, 7 ½ x 11 ¾ inches (appx. 7,000 words); Sept. 1880–Apr. 1881, 55pp, 8 x 9 ¾ inches (appx. 13,000 words); Oct. 1881–Aug. 1882, 56pp, 8 x 12 ½ inches (appx. 22,000 words). With fourteen small pieces of scrap paper, mainly used for arithmetic. Overall very good.. A set of record books belonging to Stephen F. Hill, a real estate broker and property manager working in Brooklyn in the 1870s and 80s. His entries document improvements and their costs, rents collected, neighborhoods worked in, and sometimes personal activities. For instance, he writes on June 4, 1874: “Rainy morning & partly and [sic] cloudy, balance of the day Paid for Drilling 24. Marietta went to Mrs Sands & Mrs Dunnalleys – Cars to N.Y. & 62/- Struck a writing from Brundage, agreeing to let me have the loan, upon my getting a perfect title of Gates ave lots. Paid for Column Brick for 449 N. Street – 1.30 [...]” One ongoing project in 1874 was building a house on Atlantic Avenue; the exact address is not given but the property is mentioned a number of times. On completion, Hill apparently considers renting the property to an African American family, writing on November 18th, “I went up to see about the Negroe’s, in Atlantic Ave” and on the 23rd, “James & wife (Colored) called about Atlantic Ave house.” However, it seems he does not rent the property to this family, as on December 18th he mentions that he “went up to see Ayers about renting A.A. House at $8.00 per month”. Hill manages properties at a range of values; an entry from March 20, 1875, describes renting a pricey house on Grand Ave.: “Revd. W. M. Martin & Mr. H. E. Riggs called this evening They took the Grand ave House at $1.000 per month. Mr Martin takes the whole of the main House excepting the back Parlor and he also is to have the north upper extens. room adjoining Bath Room, at $700.00 and Mr Riggs takes all of the two Extensions (excepting the Bed room mentd.) and the back Parlor for $300.00, both parties to have use of the sub cellar & Bath Room and the Laundry one day in the week for washing purposes”. Again the exact address is not provided, but this must have been quite a grand house for the price at which it rented. (Occasionally addresses are mentioned, including 439 Herkimer St., 38 and 108 Putnam Ave, and several addresses on Fulton St. in Bed-Stuy.) Hill does not mention being a temperance man—at the time, the movement was quickly gaining popularity with the general public—but has issues with several chronically intoxicated employees. One “came home intoxicated and kept us up all night” (January 31, 1875) and another spends nearly a week in jail, and is re-arrested shortly after his release (Feb.–April 1875). Other entries mention seeing “Mr Beecher & others speak on Political topic” (October 8, 1880), sending coal to tenants, paying mortgages and taxes, and dealing with insurance companies. Overall the logbooks document the development of Brooklyn as it became one of the most populous cities in the US.

GEORGE SEGAL (1979) Set of 3 photos by H. Wang by H. Wang

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Title: GEORGE SEGAL (1979) Set of 3 photos by H. Wang
Author: H. Wang
Seller: Walterfilm, Inc. (United States)
Condition: Fine
Description: Whitney Museum. No binding. Fine. [New York]: Whitney Museum, May 1979. Set of 3 vintage original 8 x 10" (20 x 25 cm) black-and-white semi-glossy photos. All with holograph notes crediting photographer H. Wang on verso. Fine. George Segal (1924-2000) started his art career as a painter, but his best known works are cast life-size figures and the tableaux the figures inhabited. In place of traditional casting techniques, Segal pioneered the use of plaster bandages (plaster-impregnated gauze strips designed for making orthopedic casts) as a sculptural medium. (Wikipedia) Segal is seen in portrait and posing with his installation; the last photo shows just the installation. Written on verso of all three photos: "George Segal at Whitney 5/79, Harvey [or H.] Wang."

HEIDI CHRONICLES, THE (1989) Theatre poster by Center Theatre Group

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Title: HEIDI CHRONICLES, THE (1989) Theatre poster
Author: Center Theatre Group
Seller: Walterfilm, Inc. (United States)
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Wendy Wasserstein (playwright) Los Angeles: Center Theatre Group, [1989]. Vintage original 22 x 14″ (56 x 36 cm.) window card theatre poster, USA. Various creases, NEAR FINE. Wendy Wasserstein won the 1989 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for THE HEIDI CHRONICLES, which unfolds over a period of twenty years, about the changing role of women during those times, showing her ardent feminism in the 1970s and her eventual sense of betrayal in the Reagan era. This poster is for the Los Angeles premiere of the play, with Amy Irving in the lead role, under the direction of Daniel Sullivan.

Old Witch House, Salem, Mass. Built Before 1634 [caption title] by [Salem Witch Trials]: [Photography]

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Title: Old Witch House, Salem, Mass. Built Before 1634 [caption title]
Author: [Salem Witch Trials]: [Photography]
Seller: The Joe Fay Company LLC (United States)
Description: Salem, Ma: Upton & Frisbee, 1900. Albumen photocollage, 4 x 5.5 inches, on a slightly larger printed studio mount. Minor surface wear and toning. Very good. A wonderful relic of the continuing fascination with the Salem Witch Trials, featuring four views of Salem's "Witch House" in a photocollage format produced in Salem around the turn of the 20th century. First built and inhabited by Roger Williams sometime before 1634, the house was later occupied by Jonathan Curwen (or Corwin), Esquire, described here as "one of the judges during the witchcraft trials." The photocollage itself includes four illustrations -- the original house, the house following "alterations in 1780," the "rear of the house after 1780," and the house "at the present time." The photograph was produced by Edwin N. Peabody, active in Salem from the 1870s to 1890s, and published by the local pharmacy Upton & Frisbee, which occupied the house beginning in the late-19th century. The verso of the photocollage is printed with detailed information on the "Witch House," mostly encapsulated in eight paragraphs about the "Witchcraft Delusion of 1692" itself. The building was renovated again in 1945 and still stands today as one of the only remaining structures with direct ties to the witch trials.

Meditations affectueuses sur la vie de la tressainte vierge mere de Dieu by BINET, ETIENNE

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Title: Meditations affectueuses sur la vie de la tressainte vierge mere de Dieu
Author: BINET, ETIENNE
Seller: Sanctuary Books (United States)
Condition: Very Good+
Description: Antwerp: Martin Nutius, 1632. Hardcover. Very Good+. Full dark blue morocco, all edges gilt. 5 1/2 x 3 1/4 inches (14 x 8.5 cm); 3, 131, [1] pp.; engraved title and 33 full-page illustrations. Binding lightly worn, final leaf remargined. The Robert Hoe copy with his bookplate. With full-page engraved illustrations by Charles de Mallery and Cornelius Galle showing scenes from the life of the Virgin Mary.

The Voyage Out. by Woolf, Virginia

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Title: The Voyage Out.
Author: Woolf, Virginia
Seller: Lighthouse Books, ABAA (United States)
Description: London: The Hogarth Press, 1929. First Printing of the volume in the Uniform Edition. Kirkpatrick A1e. [Hardcover] Octavo, jade green cloth (hardcover), [1 half title], [2 list of books in the Uniform Edition], [3 title], [ 4 printing information]. [1]-458 text, with printer’s imprint at the foot of 458. Although the volumes in the Uniform Edition are described as “new edition,” they are offset reprints of the First Edition. This copy bears the ownership signature of the artist-illustrator, Alma Elliot-Bayley, with the date in her hand, “April, 1930.” Very good, with a slight slant, and a very good dust jacket with fading to spine and small chips to its head and foot, with mylar protector.

Washingtons Denkmal zu Baltimore / Das Grabmal Washingtons by Payne, Albert Henry

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Title: Washingtons Denkmal zu Baltimore / Das Grabmal Washingtons
Author: Payne, Albert Henry
Seller: ZH BOOKS (United States)
Condition: Very good
Description: Leipzig: s. n., 1850. Very good. Broadisde, etching with engraving; sheet 7 3/4 x 10 3/4, plate mark 6 3/4 x 9 3/4; edges trimmed a bit unevenly; minor spotting to verso; in very good or better condition.Created by Albert Henry Payne (1812 - 1902), renowned engraver, printer, and illustrator born in England, but living and working through most of his life in Leipzig, the three side-by-side images depicted the Washington Monument, a portrait of George Washington, and the Washington Tomb. Subtitles below each engraving read, respectively: "Leipzig d. Engl. Kunst Austalt (A.H. Payne sc / Washington's Denkmal. / zu Baltimore," "Declaration / of / Independance / 1783," and "Leipzig d. Engl. Kunst Austalt (A.H. Payne sc / Das Grabmal Washingtons."

As to Place by Downsbrough, Peter

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Title: As to Place
Author: Downsbrough, Peter
Seller: Arthur Fournier Fine & Rare (United States)
Description: Unpaginated artist's book, [ ca. 112 pp.], illus. throughout. 12mo. Very good, with scuffing and marginal old fold to rear cover. Illus. stiff wraps. [1283] The work consists of five chapters: "AS," "TO PLACE," "AND," "TO PLACE," "AS/AGAIN" paiiring examples of the artist's "two lines" drawings with eight images ashowing full-bleed vertical photographs of New York City street views. A scarce and attractive work.

Hip Hop Immortals Volume 1 by Bonz Malone; Nichole Beattie and DJ Lindy [eds.]

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Title: Hip Hop Immortals Volume 1
Author: Bonz Malone; Nichole Beattie and DJ Lindy [eds.]
Seller: Capitol Hill Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN: 9780972074612
Condition: Very Good
Description: [N.p.]: Immortals Brands, a Division of Sock Bandit Productions, 2002. Very Good. [N.p.]: Immortals Brands, a Division of Sock Bandit Productions, 2002. Second Printing, this being copy #1373. Folio. Unpaginated. Photographs throughout. Gray glossy boards stamped in purple and white. No dust jacket. Publisher's "proof of ownership" document laid in. Boards bumped and lightly edgeworn with a few minor scuffs. Binding sound. A few pinpricks to pages, else unmarked and a Very Good and sound copy.

Clinical researches in electro- surgery by Rockwell, A.D.

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Title: Clinical researches in electro- surgery
Author: Rockwell, A.D.
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Description: New York: William Wood & Co, 1873.

ADAM'S NEW ARITHMETIC. ARITHMETIC, IN WHICH THE PRINCIPLES OF OPERATING BY NUMBERS ARE ANALYTICALLY EXPLAINED, AND SYNTHETICALLY APPLIED; THUS COMBINING THE ADVANTAGES TO BE DERIVED BOTH FROM THE INDUCTIVE AND SYNTHETIC MODE OF INSTRUCTING........ by Adams, Daniel

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Title: ADAM'S NEW ARITHMETIC. ARITHMETIC, IN WHICH THE PRINCIPLES OF OPERATING BY NUMBERS ARE ANALYTICALLY EXPLAINED, AND SYNTHETICALLY APPLIED; THUS COMBINING THE ADVANTAGES TO BE DERIVED BOTH FROM THE INDUCTIVE AND SYNTHETIC MODE OF INSTRUCTING........
Author: Adams, Daniel
Seller: Hoffman Books (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: Keene, NH: J. & J. W. Prentiss. Very Good. 1831. Hardcover. Keene, NH: J. & J. W. Prentiss, 1831. 264 pages, hardbound. Contents are sound with moderate foxing throughout. The boards are covered in green printed paper and the spine is leather. The binding is tight with shelfwear. Overall a good copy. .

SAMURAI PRESS, 1906-1909, A BIBLIOGRAPHY.|THE by Woolmer, J. Howard

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Title: SAMURAI PRESS, 1906-1909, A BIBLIOGRAPHY.|THE
Author: Woolmer, J. Howard
Seller: Oak Knoll Books/Oak Knoll Press (United States)
Description: Revere, PA: Woolmer - Brotherson Ltd, 1986. cloth, dust jacket. Samurai Press. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xix, 70 pages. First edition. The Samurai Press was founded in 1906 at Ranworth Hall, near Norwich, by Maurice Browne, Harold Marno, and others, with the object of publishing attractive and moderately-priced works of a transcendental nature, chiefly poetry, by young, aspiring, and little-known authors. The Press published 30 books during its lifetime, some of which were hand-printed on the press that was later to be used by Douglas Pepler and Eric Gill at St. Dominic's Press at Ditchling. This bibliography describes each book published by the Press with a photograph of each title page. Descriptions of Samurai Press catalogues, flyers and other ephemera are provided as well as ghosts, books planned but not published, and books of other publishers listed in Samurai Press catalogues but not so identified. Jacket rubbed.

ONLINESS by Smith, Dave

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Title: ONLINESS
Author: Smith, Dave
Seller: Revere Books, ABAA & IOBA (United States)
ISBN: 9780807108710
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Baton Rouge: Louisiana State Press, 1981. First edition, first prnt. Beginning foxing on edges; dustjacket with closed tear with internal tape repair and a price-clip. Near Fine condition in a Very Good dustjacket with an archival cover. The image is of the actual book described and not a stock photo.

Beethoven's Meisterjahre. Von der Eroica bis zur Appassionata. by Rolland, Romain.

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Title: Beethoven's Meisterjahre. Von der Eroica bis zur Appassionata.
Author: Rolland, Romain.
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Description: Leipzig: Im Insel, 1930. Book. 8vo, orig cloth. Pp. 276 with 29 plates and 2 folding facsimiles. Cover soiled, spine chipped, internally very good..

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