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Henjaku Soko retsuden kakkai [Commentary on Bianque Canggong zhuan] by ASAI, Tonan

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Title: Henjaku Soko retsuden kakkai [Commentary on Bianque Canggong zhuan]
Author: ASAI, Tonan
Seller: Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller, Inc. (United States)
Description: 24; 46 folding leaves. Two vols. 8vo, orig. blue wrappers, orig. block-printed title labels on upper covers, new stitching. Osaka, Kyoto, Nagoya, & Edo: Kawachiya Kihei et al., 1848. Second edition (1st ed.: 1770); both editions are very rare. This book, in Chinese with Japanese reading marks, is the commentary by Asai (1706-80), the famous painter of bamboo and court physician of the Owari fiefdom, on the biography of Bian Que (active sometime in 5th-3rd centuries B.C.), the founding father of scientific Chinese medicine. This biography first appeared in Shiji [Records of the Grand Historian], written by Sima Qian. The Shiji, completed ca. 94 B.C., is the first of the monumental series of Chinese dynastic histories. “Bian Que is said to have learnt and applied a range of medical techniques including acupuncture and moxibustion, drug preparation, and therapeutic massage. He is also credited with special expertise in pulse diagnosis. Shiji calls him China’s first pulse-diagnostician, and presents him as a key figure in the early differentiation of a Chinese medicine, as groups of practitioners distanced themselves from the practice of magic in favour of treatments based on the emerging theories of the Yin and Yang channels and of Qi.”–Ma Kanwen in Lo & Barrett, Imagining Chinese Medicine, p. 446. Fine set. Minor marginal worming. ❧ Needham et al., Science & Civilisation in China. Vol. 6, Part VI: Medicine, p. 45.

THE WILD SWANS AT COOLE by Yeats, W. B. Moore, Thomas Sturge (cover design)

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Title: THE WILD SWANS AT COOLE
Author: Yeats, W. B. Moore, Thomas Sturge (cover design)
Seller: Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: London: Macmillan, 1920. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good +. First edition in first issue dustjacket which is soiled with a spine that is browned and missing about half inch at each end. Covers, designed by Moore are quite nice. Moderate wear to cloth at spine ends. Some offsetting to ffe and fly, with an ownership name that looks like Leslie Hogarth dated 1919 upper right corner of half title.

PHILIPS' HANDY ATLAS OF THE COUNTIES OF ENGLAND by Bartholomew, John

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Title: PHILIPS' HANDY ATLAS OF THE COUNTIES OF ENGLAND
Author: Bartholomew, John
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Condition: Very Good
Description: London: George Philip & Son, 1876. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Publisher's brown pebbled cloth, gilt titles and device. 40 maps, index, adverts. All plates extant. Spine a tad sunned, ands chipped with shallow loss at ends. Better than very good copy. Solidly bound, clean internals.

15 ALs, 1821-56. by BLAIKIE, Francis, 1770-1856?

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Title: 15 ALs, 1821-56.
Author: BLAIKIE, Francis, 1770-1856?
Seller: Savoy Books (United States)
Description: Book. Scottish agriculturist, writer and manager of Thomas William Coke's estates at Holkham. 15 ALs, one to Richard Mackenzie Bacon, editor of the Norwich Mercury, the remaining to Bacon's son and edit orial successor, Richard Novare Bacon. Holkham and Melrose, 1821-56. 63 pag es, some tears, minor loss. With complete typed transcription. An important 35 year correspondence from one of the ablest Scottish agriculturists of the 19th century, for 12 years manager at Holkham, the world renowned experimental estate of Thomas William Coke, Earl of Leicester, recognized as one of the great achievements of English agriculture. The earliest letters are written during Blaikie's tenure at Holkham, and deal mostly with the publication of R. N. Bacon's Report of the Transactions at the Holkham Sheep Shearing. Following Coke's death in 1842, Blaikie retired to Scotland and the remaining letters are written from his farm at St. Helens, Melrose. Bacon's proposed history of Coke and Holkham elicits from Blaikie several substantial letters regarding the estate and those who contributed to its success. There is lengthy comment on the controversy regarding the placement of Coke's memorial, and the in-fighting and goings on at Holkham following Coke's death. In response to Bacon's request for biographical details for his work, Blaikie supplies a long and detailed account of the introduction of the turnip into England and his own contributions to perfecting its cult ure as a field crop. Blaikie himself was the author of a handful of scarce pamphlets, published by Coke primarily for distribution among the Holkham tenants, and in one of the letters he discusses these works. Another letter is devoted to his theories regarding an unsolved Norfolk murder making news at the time. Active well into his eighties, Blaikie writes with clarity and a wry sense of humor. These are the letters of an energetic and articulate individual, full of keen observation on politics and affairs of the day, agricultural and economic policy, as well as more purely rural matters. Altogether a fine batch of primary material regarding a crucial period in English agriculture..

Fukuro: Meibutsu Gire (布久路: 名物裂) by Ninagawa, Dalichi, ed

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Title: Fukuro: Meibutsu Gire (布久路: 名物裂)
Author: Ninagawa, Dalichi, ed
Seller: Thorn Books (United States)
Condition: Very good plus
Description: Kyoto, 1952. Hardcover. Very good plus. Third edition. Folio, bound accordion book. 32 leaves of heavy card printed. Fifteen full page illustrations in full color of fabric bags used to house tea jars or kettles for use in the traditional tea ceremony. Each plate contains four images with a facing letterpress explanation in Japanese. Both the plates and the letterpress printings are tipped in. The boards are covered in a printed paper with a paper label to the upper board. This is the third printing, preceded by two printings in larger format, but scarce in its own right. The boards are worn at the edges, and the color plates have pulled away at the corners where they are adhered, with some resulting tearing of the paper though not affecting any of the images. .

Pennies from Heaven (Original screenplay for the 1981 film) by Herbert Ross (director); Dennis Potter (screenwriter); Steve Martin, Bernadette Peters, Christopher Walken (starring)

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Title: Pennies from Heaven (Original screenplay for the 1981 film)
Author: Herbert Ross (director); Dennis Potter (screenwriter); Steve Martin, Bernadette Peters, Christopher Walken (starring)
Seller: Royal Books (United States)
Description: Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1980. Revised Final Draft for the 1981 film. Copy belonging to an unknown crew member, with their name in manuscript pencil annotation on the front wrapper. One of Steve Martin's earliest and most bizarre critical successes and, along with "The Singing Detective" (1986), the work for which the late Dennis Potter is best remembered. Potter's trademark dark sensibilities permeate the film's mood, punctuated by wildly complex, choreographed musical numbers. Nominated for three Academy Awards, including Best Screenplay. Set in Illinois. Goldenrod titled wrappers, noted as REVISED FINAL DRAFT on the front wrapper, rubber-stamped copy No. 27, dated October 22, 1980, with credits for director Herbert D. Ross and screenwriter Dennis Potter. Title page present, dated 10/22/80, noted as REVISED FINAL DRAFT, with credits for screenwriter Dennis Potter. 145 leaves, with last page of text numbered 143. Xerographic duplication, rectos only. Pages Very Good plus, wrapper Very Good plus, bound with two gold brads.

Il secondo libro dell'Opere Burlesche, by Berni, Francesco, and others.

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Title: Il secondo libro dell'Opere Burlesche,
Author: Berni, Francesco, and others.
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Condition: Lacks P2 to Q2
Description: Florence: heredi di Bernardo Giunti, 1555. First edition. Lacks P2 to Q2. Octavo (16 cm); [4], 187, [1] leaves, LACKING leaves 114-122, with text by Pietro Aretino, excised at an early date. Giunti device on title page and on last page. One woodcut initial. In c18 sheep. Spine decorated in gilt. Marbled endleaves. Rather worn, joints cracked but holding, leather peeling from spine with slight loss. References: Pettas, Florence, #326; Gamba 159, CNCE 5550. An admittedly unhappy copy of the very rare first printing of the second anthology of satiric and contrarian writing by Francesco Berni and his circle, following the first compilation seven years earlier. Among the poets represented in this set are "Bronzino Pittore," Giovanni Andrea Dell'Anguillara, and Lodovico Domenichi.

A Chaptal's ... Versuch über die Vervollkommnung der chemischen Kunstgewerbe in Frankreich by Chaptal, J A [translated by H W Heerwagen] - CHEMISTRY

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Title: A Chaptal's ... Versuch über die Vervollkommnung der chemischen Kunstgewerbe in Frankreich
Author: Chaptal, J A [translated by H W Heerwagen] - CHEMISTRY
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Condition: Good with some spotting, and somewhat toned; old ownership stamp near lower border of the title page;
Description: Berlin: J F Unger, 1802. First German Edition.. Later (?) blue paper over card stock wrappers.. Good with some spotting, and somewhat toned; old ownership stamp near lower border of the title page; . 8vo, 94 pp. An interesting essay by the great chemist on the means by which the state could support and improve the economic well being of the tradesmen in crafts utilizing chemistry and other scientific skills. This German trans. was intended to inspire the same progress in Prussia. See Cole #265.

Sex Machine.... by KURI, Yoji

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Title: Sex Machine....
Author: KURI, Yoji
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Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.
Description: [Tokyo: Self-published, c. 1972]. Fine in illustrated wrappers.. First Edition. Square octavo. SIGNED by Yoji Kuri: No. 6 of his series COO.18. Kuri is a well-known Japanese cartoonist, independent filmmaker, and pioneer of Japanese animation. This artists' book features a collection of 22 humorous cartoons depicting surrealist imagery of human sexuality. Exceptional book, not known in the West. No copies in OCLC.

Alexandre Dumas Fils, Son Of Famous Namesake Father, Writes And Signs Condolence Card by ALEXANDRE DUMAS

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Title: Alexandre Dumas Fils, Son Of Famous Namesake Father, Writes And Signs Condolence Card
Author: ALEXANDRE DUMAS
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Description: ALEXANDRE DUMAS FILS (1824-1895). Dumas was a French author and playwright, best known for the romantic novel La Dame aux Camlias (The Lady of the Camellias).AQS. 1 pg. 2 x 3. N.d. N.p. An autograph quotation signed A Dumas fils in French on a small calling card. Dumas wrote in pencil (this is the translation): When we lose those whom we have loved, they are no longer where they were but they are where we are. This card is a hand-written quotation written on a condolence card belonging to Mr. Jacob A. Loeb, whose name is printed on the card. On one side, the quote is given in French, and on the other side has the English translation in an unknown hand. Both sides are written in pencil. The source of the quote is unknown. It is in fine condition.

PARDON ME, SIR -DO YOU OWN A CAR? by American Weekly Advertising

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Title: PARDON ME, SIR -DO YOU OWN A CAR?
Author: American Weekly Advertising
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Description: PARDON ME, SIR -DO YOU OWN A CAR?", The American Weekly, 1936, first edition of this 22 1/2" x 18 3/4" advertisement which appeared in the June 15, 1936 edition glued to a 15 1/2" x 9 3/4" heavy stock cover with "A SURVEY DISCLOSED THE FACTS!" printed on the lower right corner of the cover. There is some wrinkling to the upper portion of the glossy paper else a near fine copy. There is slight staining from the envelope clasp on the rear cover. The ad includes a partial list of important advertisers in The American Weekly during 1934, 1935 and 1936. Enclosed in the original mailing envelope.

Baajankaro: A Fulani Epic from Sudan. Analysed and edited. (Africana Marburgensia. Sonderheft/Special Issue 9.) by Abu-Manga, al-Amin.

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Title: Baajankaro: A Fulani Epic from Sudan. Analysed and edited. (Africana Marburgensia. Sonderheft/Special Issue 9.)
Author: Abu-Manga, al-Amin.
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Description: Marburg/Lahn (Africana Marburgensia), 1985.. 67pp. Frontis. Wraps.

Egypt to the End of the Old Kingdom. (Library of Early Civilizations.) by Aldred, Cyril.

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Title: Egypt to the End of the Old Kingdom. (Library of Early Civilizations.)
Author: Aldred, Cyril.
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Description: London (Thames and Hudson), 1976.. 143pp. 136 illus. Wraps.

Rossetti and His Circle. by Beerbohm, Max.

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Title: Rossetti and His Circle.
Author: Beerbohm, Max.
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Condition: Bound in publisher's blue cloth boards. Ex Libris Lenox Library w/ stamps. Small chip to top of spine, otherwise in very good co
Description: London: William Heinemann, 1922. Bound in publisher's blue cloth boards. Ex Libris Lenox Library w/ stamps. Small chip to top of spine, otherwise in very good condition. A collection of caricatures in color inspired by the Victorian Era by Max Beerbohm.. 25 cm. 1x, 22 pp. C. frontispiece and 22 C. plates

The Rebel; An Essay on Man in Revolt by Camus, Albert

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Title: The Rebel; An Essay on Man in Revolt
Author: Camus, Albert
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ISBN: 9780394700304
Condition: Good
Description: New York: Vintage Books. Mass Market Paperback. Good. Foreword by Sir Herbert Read. A revised and complete translation by Anthony Bower. Good. Wraps toned, lightly bumped at the corners, a hole punch through the front cover and first pages through the Foreword. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. Camus' book-length essay that Manes Sperber called "the logbook of the intellectual's pilgrimage to paradise on earth, the biography of that European rebellion which was born with the French Revolution.

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