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La Minéralisation de Dudley Craving Mac'Adam by [SURREALISM; DADAISM]. ROCHE, JULIETTE

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Seller: The Manhattan Rare Book Company

Title: La Minéralisation de Dudley Craving Mac'Adam
Author: [SURREALISM; DADAISM]. ROCHE, JULIETTE
Seller: The Manhattan Rare Book Company (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: Paris: Imprimerie Croutzet et Depost, 1924. First edition. Original wrappers. Very Good. FIRST EDITION of Roche's surreal, dadaist roman à clef exposing the misogynistic world of the French avant-garde. With annotations likely in Roche's hand. Like too many women artists of the early twentieth century, French writer and artist Juliette Roche (1884 - 1980) has been long overshadowed by her male contemporaries. Roche came of age amidst leading artistic and literary salons of early 20th century Paris. She studied at Académie Ranson, then considered the absolute best art school in Paris, and was an early adopter of Cubism. However, she is most closely associated with Dadaism. Despite Dada being a movement of absolute rebellion it harbored the normalized misogyny of the early twentieth century. Roche's most explicit critique of this discrepancy, of rebellion vs repression, can be found in La Minéralisation de Dudley Craving Mac Adam, her groundbreaking novella. Part satire and part Dada nonsense, the thinly veiled roman à clef is a prime example of the daring poetic style that Roche developed while living in New York during World War I. Having watched artistic vanguards come and go in Paris' salons and exhibitions, Roche observed the New York City hijinks of Francis Picabia (French, 1879 - 1953) and Marcel Duchamp (1887 - 1968) with a level of detachment that alluded their American peers. She had close access to Picabia, perhaps too close: in 1917 he and his wife, Gabrielle Buffet-Picabia, moved into an apartment directly beneath one Roche shared with her husband Albert Gleizes, a French artist and philosopher who helped popularize Cubism, on the Upper West Side. While Roche admired Picabia's iconoclasm she was disturbed by the misogyny she saw in works like his manometres where woman as 'la machine' was at best a manipulable object, at worst the butt of a private joke. If taking Roche's ambivalence towards and her neighborly proximity to Picabia into consideration, the novella could be inspired in part by an age-old story: pure contempt of one's neighbor. The novella is an indirect indictment of certain illicit behaviors Roche found annoying and dangerous. She synthesizes her fellow expatriates' personalities and physical traits to create the decadent Mac'Adam and the men he encounters on the day of his demise. Picabia becomes Mac'Adam. Swiss writer and boxer Arthur Craven (1887 - 1918) lends his name to the protagonist while becoming Lloyd Willow. Juliette Roche herself appears as Juliette Granite, a play on words since roche means rock in French. Roche spins the narrative in poetic and surreal fragments, at turns absurd and others told in a stream-of-consciousness style. La Minéralisation moves beyond conventional storytelling to allow readers into the minds of her characters through rich interior monologues, revealing in each case her estimation of the particular model's idiosyncrasies. Roche seemed to find the antics of the all-male world of the Dadaists to be too limited, and they're wickedly satirized among these pages. Written in ink on the first page is "Publié dans 'La Vie des Lettres' en 1921 / New York 1918" and there are a few words written on page 20 in the same hand. It appears to be Roche's handwriting (from the few samples we've seen), but we can't guarantee it. Paris: Imprimerie Croutzet et Depost, 1924. Thin octavo (33pp + terminal blank), original printed wrappers, stapled (as issued); custom box. Small tear and split at top of spine; a near-fine, extremely well-preserved copy. EXCEEDINGLY RARE: We can find records of no other copies that have been on the market. References: Burke, Carolyn, "Recollecting Dada: Juliette Roche." Women in Dada: Essays on Sex, Gender, and Identity, edited by Naomi Sawelson-Gorse, MIT Press, 1998, 557.

[Drop-title]: Fantastens neueröfnetes Kunst– und Rarität-Bücher-Cabinet, nebst vermischten Nachrichten [Fantasto’s newly opened Cabinet of Rare Art and Books, and Assorted Intelligence] by IMAGINARY LIBRARY CATALOGUE

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Title: [Drop-title]: Fantastens neueröfnetes Kunst– und Rarität-Bücher-Cabinet, nebst vermischten Nachrichten [Fantasto’s newly opened Cabinet of Rare Art and Books, and Assorted Intelligence]
Author: IMAGINARY LIBRARY CATALOGUE
Seller: Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller, Inc. (United States)
Description: One sheet folded into two leaves. 8vo, unbound. N.p.: n.d. [but probably Nuremberg: 1780-90]. An apparently unique catalogue of imaginary artworks and books; we find no copy in WorldCat or VD18. The first two pages list 21 fictitious books, all priced. Fine copy.

Matematica Alegre by De CANTOS, Paulo

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Seller: Ursus Books

Title: Matematica Alegre
Author: De CANTOS, Paulo
Seller: Ursus Books (United States)
Description: 1933. De CANTOS, Paulo. Matematica Alegre. 256 pp. 8vo, publisher's wrappers. Lisbon: Póvoa de Varzim (Portugal): Tip. Livraria Povoense, 1933. A book from the little-known Portuguese educator and amateur printer Paulo de Cantos who lived from 1892 to 1979' A mathematics book containing puns based on traditional equations. Without the usual eccentric illustrations, but still desirable. A fine copy. NOT LISTED IN OCLC.

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J. K. Rowling

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Seller: L'Estampe Originale

Title: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Author: J. K. Rowling
Seller: L'Estampe Originale (United States)
ISBN: 9780439784542
Condition: Fine
Description: New York, Scholastic Press Arthur A. Levine. 2005. 4to. First American Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine dust jacket. True First Printing of the First American hardcover Edition, with the publisher's complete number line of "10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1," listed on the copyright page. (with PICTURE) The sixth Harry Potter book. July 2005. Purple diamond blind stamped boards with spine cover and purple title printing to spine. Both Dust jacket and book are as New. Original price of $29.99 on inside flap of D. J. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Arthur a Levine The sixth Harry Potter book. ISBN: 9780439784542

Indian in the Cupboard by Banks, Lynne Reid

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Seller: E M Maurice Books, LLC, ABAA

Title: Indian in the Cupboard
Author: Banks, Lynne Reid
Seller: E M Maurice Books, LLC, ABAA (United States)
ISBN: 9780385170512
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1980 Brown cloth with gilt design to cover and spine title, light shelf wear, offsetting where the "Brock Cole" card was pasted to the copyright page, the card is present but detached; color pictorial dust jacket with light chipping to extremities, light soil, original price intact ($9.95). The juvenile fantasy classic, that was also made into a film, about a boy whose toy Indian comes to life after being locked in a cupboard. First editions in nice condition are scarce.. Stated First American Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Brock Cole. 8vo.

Autographed Letter Signed by SISKEL, Gene (1946 - 1999)

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Title: Autographed Letter Signed
Author: SISKEL, Gene (1946 - 1999)
Seller: Argosy Book Store (United States)
Description: 1988. unbound. Handwritten personal letter from Gene Siskel to Washington Post columnist Tom Shales. Written on Chicago Tribune letterhead in 1988, Siskel praises Shales on his television appearance in a 'Nightline' segment on Children's TV and Commercial Programming. He goes on to thank Shales about an article he wrote on the Siskel & Ebert show. Eugene Kal Siskel was an American film critic and journalist for the Chicago Tribune who co-hosted a movie review television series alongside colleague Roger Ebert. Siskel started writing for the Chicago Tribune in 1969, becoming its film critic soon after. In 1975, he was paired with Roger Ebert to co-host a monthly show called Opening Soon at a Theater Near You airing locally on PBS member station WTTW. In 1978, the show, renamed Sneak Previews, was expanded to weekly episodes and aired on PBS affiliates across the United States. In 1982, Siskel and Ebert left Sneak Previews to create the syndicated show At the Movies. Following a contract dispute with Tribune Entertainment in 1986, Siskel and Ebert signed with Buena Vista Television, creating Siskel & Ebert & the Movies (renamed Siskel & Ebert in 1987, and renamed again several times after Siskel's death). This item is from the collection of Television critic Tom Shales (1944 - 2024). Shales was an incisively funny Washington Post columnist, he earned the nickname Terrible Tom and had the clout to make or break shows. Shales won the Pulitzer Prize for criticism in 1988. During his three-decade career those in the industry considered him both a kingmaker and a high executioner in an era when network television's hold on American culture was at it's peak. Time magazine called him "brilliant, thoughtful, incisive and screamingly funny...also, vicious, infuriating, cruel and unfair". His thrice-weekly Washington Post TV column, 'On the Air,' syndicated in 59 other newspapers. The Tom Shales collection includes letters, cards and correspondence from celebrated television and entertainment legends, newscasters and politicians, including letters from Norman Lear, David Letterman, Johnny Carson, Conan O'Brien, Garry Shandling, Fred Rogers, Carol Burnett, David Brinkley, Dan Rather, Tom Brokaw, Edward Kennedy, Nancy Reagan and many more. Please inquire for more information.

Confessions of a Nazi Spy (Original photograph from the 1939 film) by Anatole Litvak (director); Milton Krims, John Wexley (screenwriters); Edward G. Robinson, Francis Lederer, George Sanders (starring)

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Title: Confessions of a Nazi Spy (Original photograph from the 1939 film)
Author: Anatole Litvak (director); Milton Krims, John Wexley (screenwriters); Edward G. Robinson, Francis Lederer, George Sanders (starring)
Seller: Royal Books (United States)
Description: Los Angeles: First National Pictures, 1939. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1939 film. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Based on a series of articles written by FBI officer Leon G. Turrou, recounting his investigation of spy rings in the US. The first explicitly anti-Nazi film produced by a major American studio, released four months before the start of World War II, and featuring a large cast of German actors, including many who had emigrated from their country after the rise of Adolf Hitler. Set in Germany. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus, lightly age toned.

Johnny Appleseed and Other Poems by Vachel Lindsay; George Richards [illus.]

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Title: Johnny Appleseed and Other Poems
Author: Vachel Lindsay; George Richards [illus.]
Seller: Capitol Hill Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: New York: The Macmillan Company, 1928. Very Good/Very Good. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1928. First Edition. Octavo. 144 pp. Three color plates; black and white illustrations. Illustrated dust jacket with $1.75 price present. Green cloth stamped in gilt and black; illustrated endpapers. Dust jacket chipped with short tears along edges and rubbing to spine. Light shelfwear to edges of boards. Binding is sound. Touch of fading to endpaper and pages otherwise unmarked. A Very Good copy.

The Tables of the Law & the Adoration of the Magi by Yeats, William Butler

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Title: The Tables of the Law & the Adoration of the Magi
Author: Yeats, William Butler
Seller: Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller (United States)
Condition: fair
Description: London: Elkin Mathews, 1904. First edition. Softcover. fair. 8vo. 60 + iv pp. Original illustrated wraps, crudely rebound in stiff card board rebacked with gray tape. Rare edition with two short stories by Irish poet and dramatist William Butler Yeats (1865-1939). The Tables of the Law was first published in 1896 in "The Savoy." At the time the work was very controversial due to its focus on mysticism and the apocalypse. 4 pages in rear of list with a selection of publisher's 'new' books. White binders tape covering parts of lettering of front wrapper. Chipping and tearing on edges of wraps. Minor staining on boards, bottom corners and tail of spine slightly bumped. Two-inch closed tear on binders tape along tail of spine. Marginal pencil marks throughout. Usual age toning on leaves. Signature of previous owner on title-page. Wraps in poor, otherwise in overall good condition. As is. No. 17 of the Vigo Cabinet Series.

Visions of a Vanishing Race; Text by Florence Curtis Graybill and Victor Boesen by Curtis, Edward Sheriff

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Title: Visions of a Vanishing Race; Text by Florence Curtis Graybill and Victor Boesen
Author: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Seller: Thomas A Goldwasser Rare Books (United States)
Description: Seattle: Promontory Press, 1994. 4to. Boards, in dust jacket. Fine. Additional shipping required.

Calidoscopio latinoamericano: Imágenes históricas para un debate vigente by ANSALDI, Waldo (ed)

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Title: Calidoscopio latinoamericano: Imágenes históricas para un debate vigente
Author: ANSALDI, Waldo (ed)
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books (United States)
Description: Buenos Aires: Ariel, 2004. First Edition. Octavo. Pictorial card wrappers (softcover); 495pp. Clean, tight, and unmarked; few faint spots of foxing to endpapers, else Fine. Edited volume, with chapters by Lucia Sala de Touron, Eduardo Azcuy Ameghino, Vicente Oieni, Vitor Izecksohn, Verónica Giordano; others.

Waldman on Theater by Waldman, Max

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Title: Waldman on Theater
Author: Waldman, Max
Seller: Dawson's Book Shop (United States)
Description: Doubleday & Company, Garden City, 1971. 10.25 in. x 7 in., 185 pages, Cloth, Dust Jacket, Pages stained at bottom edge, price clipped dust jacket, bookseller's stamp on lower right edge of front endpaper. Preface by Peter Bunnell and introduction by Clive Barnes. Laid in is folding brochure for an exhibit of Waldman's photographs at the Gruenebaum Gallery in New York in December, 1975.

Prize Recipes of Whitefield by [MEMBERS ARLINGTON GRANGE NO. 528, NORTH WHITEFIELD, MAINE]

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Title: Prize Recipes of Whitefield
Author: [MEMBERS ARLINGTON GRANGE NO. 528, NORTH WHITEFIELD, MAINE]
Seller: Sandra L Hoekstra Bookseller, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA (United States)
Condition: Very good
Description: Chicago, Illinois: Women's Clubs Publishing Co., Inc, 1970. Comb-style plastic wraps. Very good. 8vo; 40pp + a-h [8]; stiff white glazed wrapper, printed in brown with a vignette of a prize ribbon next to the title; brown comb plastic binding; 7pp advertisements; headpiece decorations; light stains to wrapper and some pages; very good minus. Not in WorldCat. Interesting Grange cookbook with recipes contributed by members. Local advertisements and blank pages to add other recipes.

Stalingrad to Berlin: The German Defeat in the East by ZIEMKE, Earl F.

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Seller: Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA

Title: Stalingrad to Berlin: The German Defeat in the East
Author: ZIEMKE, Earl F.
Seller: Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (United States)
Condition: Good
Description: Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History United States Army, 1981. Hardcover. Good. Fifth edition. Quarto. 549pp. Quarter red cloth and black papercovered boards. Light dampstain on top corners of pages and boards, rear board bottom corner bumped with one-inch tear, thus good only lacking the dust jacket.

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